Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction / Crossover Fan Fiction ❯ Coyote Tricks: The Bone Eaters Well ❯ Leaving on a Jet Plane ( Chapter 1 )

Title: Coyote Tricks: The Bone Eaters Well

Authors: Stardreamer

Fandom: Inuyasha with cross references to Yu Yu Hakushu

Rating: NC-17

Codes: Yaoi (M/M), Lemon (M/F),

Summary: Shippo returns from his trip to Colorado detailed in Coyote Tricks: Outfoxed. It is recommended to read that story before reading this one. Spirit Singer and Kit return with him to answer questions about the Bone Eaters Well. Shippo deals with the implications of his relationship with Kit.

Disclaimer: Shippo and other Inuyasha characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi, Koto and other Yu Yu Hakushu characters belong to Yoshihiro Togashi, references to elves and Underhill are based on the works of Mercedes Lackey. All are used here without permission. I am just playing with them for awhile and promise to return them if asked. I own Kit Coyote, Spirit Singer, Toshiro and Kaemon. I am willing to let others play with them as long as you credit me and no profit is made from it. This work is not made for profit and may not be used for such.

Archive: Yes, just make no changes and let me know where. I can be contacted at dreamerman90-fanfic@yahoo.com.

Notes: Items in single `quotes' represent non spoken thoughts.

Chapter I: Leaving on a Jet Plane

Kit Coyote sighed for about the one hundredth time. He hated standing in lines and it seemed he had been in this one for an eternity. It was even more frustrating that it wasn't entirely necessary for him to travel this way. One of the advantages of being half coyote spirit and living with a colony of Elves in Colorado was access to the nexus gate that lead to the spirit realm. Of course, traveling `Underhill' (A/N: What is referred to in Anime stories as the spirit realm.) from a nexus portal in Colorado to one in Japan would not necessarily be faster. Underhill a straight line was almost always not the shortest route and given the highly variable rate that time flowed in that realm it could take days but at least it would be days of physically traveling as opposed to sitting for hours in a metal tube. But his mentor Spirit Singer was in a hurry and felt Kit needed to learn patience and so insisted they take the `quicker' way to Japan. Getting through a nexus was also far easier than getting through an airport it seemed even without delays like this one. The security man working the only metal detector leading to the airport gates was not only a rude irritating individual but he had spent the last thirty minutes harassing a young mother with two small children and an infant over the size of her carryon bag.

As usual when Kit was bored, his mischievous side started to come out. He turned to look at his companions in line behind him, Shippo Kitsune and Kaemon Taijiya. Shippo caught Kit's look and the 500 year old fox lifted in eyebrow in silent question. Kit winked and flashed Shippo a mischievous grin as he sent a silent command to the charm around his neck.

Shippo's other eyebrow went up as Kit assumed his true appearance.

`Is he crazy?' The Kitsune thought. `We are in the middle of a crowded airport!'

Shippo quickly glanced over his shoulder at Kaemon to see if the human archivist, who looked so much like his ancestor Miroku, had noticed but he and indeed all the humans in line seemed oblivious. Kit was obviously being selective in lowering his illusion and was letting Shippo see in order to let him in on the joke.

As the guard finally let the mother proceed, he looked up to sweep the long line that had developed. As his gaze came to the head of the line, he did a double take. `Did that young man have dog ears?' He shook his head and looked again, yes the boy had sandy colored pointed dog ears on his head and as he stared the youth smiled showing a set of fangs and also started wagging a similarly colored tail!

"Kit…" Singer whispered over his shoulder in front of him in a tone that made it clear that he had guessed that Kit was doing and to stop it right now.

The guard closed his eyes, shook his head and looked again to see a perfectly ordinary sandy haired young man looking back at him. Turning to the table next to the x-ray machine, he called to one of his coworkers, "Mary I really think I need to take a break."

Kit watched as the guard switched out with a female coworker and admired her figure as she passed Singer thorough the metal detector.

`Hmm,' he thought, `I wouldn't mind being patted down by her.' Kit concentrated on a subtle change in his spirit energies that was guaranteed to set off any metal detector as she waved him forward.

After clearing security they continued on to the gate.

"You enjoyed that didn't you" Shippo observed.

"Of course" Kit answered smiling.

"You haven't restored your illusion to me you know. I saw what you did with your tail."

Kit's grin got even bigger. "Yea I liked that cute little squeaking noise she made."

"I thought that was what that was" Spirit Singer interrupted as the 80 year old shaman came up beside them. "And unless you want to be called `stumpy' in the future I suggest you don't do it again."

"Yes Wise Elder" Kit said looking appropriately contrite.

Singer continued ahead to talk to Kaemon.

"Well you are just not allowed to have any fun are you?" Shippo said sarcastically.

"Nope such is my lot in life." Kit said with an exaggerated sigh. "Of course he is just a little upset that I'm using my charm instead of just transforming into a human form."

Shippo was a little curious about that himself. Unlike Kit who could physically transform, Shippo's fox magic could change his fox feet to appear human but not his primary tail so it was always present no matter what form he took. He could make it invisible but in a crowded place like the airport there was always the problem of it being stepped on if not kept out of the way. So he was at a loss as to why Kit was using the magical charm his father had given him that simply made his coyote features invisible as opposed to changing into a pure human form.

They arrived at the gate waiting area and everyone found a seat.

"It is good thing we left so early considering the hold up at security" Kaemon said digging out a magazine to read. "We still have plenty of time before the flight."

"Oh joy. More waiting." Kit groused.

Shippo grinned at the coyote half demon. As he watched, Kit sniffed the air and his ears perked up as he looked at something across the waiting area. Shippo looked in the same direction and saw a cute looking girl about 19-20 standing by the window staring in Kit's direction. She looked away quickly when she saw that Kit was looking at her. Shippo's sensitive fox nose also caught the arousal emanating from her. Not surprising. At 60 years Kit had the appearance of human male in his late teens and was very handsome. In Japan he would be called a bishounen. Considering he had shared his bed with Kit several times over the last week, Shippo could definitely understand the girl's attraction to him.

Kit stood and wandering over to girl immediately started flirting. Shippo knew that Kit had an active sex life. Tomcat was what one girl had called him at the Spirit Peak Resort but it seemed that his libido was running in overdrive today. Recalling the day up until now he realized Kit had gone out of his way to hit on every girl in his vicinity and made no effort to be subtle about it either.

It was thinking about smells that it suddenly occurred to him what was going on. Kit was doing this deliberately to rub it in Shippo's face. Shippo had not only shared Kit's bed for several nights but Kit submitted to him. While Shippo had not marked him as a life mate in those matings, it would normally be very insulting to be seeking other mates in front of him like this.

But last night, Shippo had moved into a room at the resort lodge and requested that Kit clean himself in a manner that would remove any of the scent markers that would indicate their relationship to other canine spirits. When Kit had balked at this, Shippo had insisted using the Alpha status Kit's submission had granted him. It was clear today that Kit had not only followed his direction to the letter but was purposely over interpreting it by seeking to pick up as many new `scent markers' from other people as possible. Shippo could not really challenge the subtle insult implied by these actions since his own insulting action started it. He frowned as he watched the girl reacting favorably to Kit's attentions.

`Perhaps it is for the best' he thought `all things considered.'

The gate opened for boarding and the group proceeded down the ramp and into the plane. As they moved down the aisle to their seats, Shippo noticed an unusual tenseness come over Kit.

"Something wrong?" he asked.

"It's just so much smaller than I imagined" Kit answered.

Shippo looked down the aisles of the large jumbo jet.

"Haven't you ever flown in a plane before?"

"No"

`This should be an interesting trip' Shippo thought.

Author notes: I don't mean to impugn the fine folks who make our airports and airlines safe; there are bad apples in every barrel. Incidentally, this story takes place prior to the start of both Ranma