Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Circumstances ❯ To love ( Chapter 8 )

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Yo ho ho! An answer to one reviewer's question is: Yes, Kagome and Hiei will eventually get together.. just be patient. Something might even happen in this chapter! ^_-

 

*Sniff sniff* I'm so glad I've changed some non-hiei/kag lovers into hiei/kag lovers. YAY! I love all of you who review and like my story! <3

 

 

Ch. 8

 

Something was up. That much she knew. Kagome kicked the rock in front of her angrily. The things Naraku said sparked her interests. But then again, she couldn't believe someone like him… could she? Frowning, she wondered what he would have showed her if Hiei hadn't interrupted.

 

Would he show her an illusion or spell? Shaking her head furiously, she let out a long sigh. The day was rough on her mentally and physically. Her heart was broken yet slightly mended thanks to a certain friend, and their enemy told her about Inuyasha having another relationship with someone else. This was too much like a TV soap opera.

 

`Maybe Naraku was telling the truth for once. After all, he didn't take the jewel shards.' she pondered. Everything was turning out to be some great mystery.

 

Turning to her side, she faced Hiei. “Thanks… for saving me.”

 

He just nodded slightly. Noticing her shifting the backpack from shoulder to shoulder, he gently took it out of her hands and slung it around his own shoulder. She smiled gratefully. “Thanks, again.”

 

Halfway along the way to the village, they ran into a frantic up Inuyasha.

 

“Where is he? I smelled Naraku!” he growled out with his hand on the hilt of the tetsaiga and his nose in the air.

 

Kagome gave him a half smile. “He was here, but escaped. Gomen.”

 

Inuyasha glared at the sky. “Keh, damn bastard got away again.” Tearing his eyes from the sky, he looked at the two. “Come back to the hut. There's a little celebration going on.” With one last look at the pair, he bounded off ahead of them.

 

Kagome looked curiously at Hiei who didn't look the least bit interested. Shrugging, she continued walking.

 

As they reached the hut, she heard laughing. Peeking inside one of the rooms, she saw everyone sitting around the fire merrily. Kagome noticed the new member of the group.

 

She was sitting very close to Miroku, and they were holding hands. She had long brown/black hair that was held up in a bun with a few stray hairs framing her face. Her eyes were big and were a nice shade of hazel. She wore a simple kimono that was red with little colorful butterflies flying randomly on it. All in all, she was pretty.

 

`Ah, that must be the girl Miroku is going to marry!' kagome thought happily.

 

Miroku, noticing the new comers greeted them warmly. “Come on in! Meet my soon-to be wife!” he said happily.

 

They both joined them [KM: *gasp!* Hiei's being social!] and joined their little circle. Kagome sat by Sango with Hiei at her side. With a quick scan around the room, Kagome spotted Inuyasha sitting in a corner, a little away from the group with his hands in his sleeves.

 

Even now with Miroku's fiancé here he couldn't be close with them. But that was Inuyasha for you.

 

The night was going pretty well, they got to get to know Mei better and chatted over little things. One of the topics that got everyone riled up was what to name the baby. Inuyasha had even added in his own two cents.

 

As the night progressed, Miroku mysteriously pulled out a bottle of sake out of no where and offered it around the circle. Thankfully, Shippo was asleep so they didn't have to worry about him. And Kaede had left a while ago, letting the young ones have their fun.

 

Of course Mei couldn't drink since she had a growing child inside of her, so that left her out. After taking a swing, Miroku offered it to Sango.

 

Surprisingly, she took a gulp. “Bleh, I never did like the taste of sake…” She said as she wiped her mouth. Lifting the jug, she held it out to Kagome.

 

Kagome shook her head with her hands up. “I'm under age…” was her lame excuse. Once she had tried some at a sleep over with her friends, and she found out that she doesn't like hangovers. She never wanted to relive that experience.

 

She grabbed it and offered it to Hiei, who slightly moved his head from side to side. It looked like he didn't drink either. Shrugging, she got up to from her seat and offered it to Inuyasha.

 

He had been silently watching them and stared at her as she approached. With a keh, he grabbed the sake from her hand and downed a lot. Wiping his mouth with the back of his clawed hand, he smirked. “You guys are weak. It's not even that strong.”

 

A vein throbbed in Sango's forehead. “What are you saying Inuyasha?” she asked, her eyes darkening.

 

“I'm saying I can probably drink may more than you can handle. Your weak ningen bodies probably couldn't take it.”

 

Fire burned behind Sango as she abruptly stood up. Stomping over to the corner Inuyasha was in, she snatched the alcohol away from him and took a huge gulp.

 

Kagome watched worriedly from her spot as her two traveling companions were getting drunk. Both were too stubborn and high in pride to back down. Sighing looked across the fire and saw Miroku hugging Mei affectionately.

 

She almost `awwed'. For once he wasn't being his perverted self and was being a gentleman. Blushing, she turned away when they started kissing passionately. Okay, so maybe he wasn't being a complete gentleman. But, then again, they say you can't change a person.

 

With a chuckle, Miroku stood up and offered a hand to Mei. His staff jingled as they started walking out the hut. “We'll be going back to our own hut now. Have fun!” he said with a wink and ushered his future wife out the door.

 

`Hm.. The married life. I wonder what it would be like…' she wondered to herself. Turning her attention back to the people with alcohol, she held back laughter when she saw the positions they were in.

 

Apparently both were all talk, for they were both out cold. Inuyasha was asleep with a frown on his face, a clawed hand on the rope holding the sake. His leg would occasionally twitch every now and then, along with his nose. Sango was lying next to him, tugging on one of his ears. Her mouth was wide open and she was drooling slightly.

 

Even Hiei chuckled at the sight. It was so funny it was almost pathetic. Not being able to hold it in anymore, Kagome fell to the ground laughing. She laughed so hard tears began to form out of her eyes. Clenching her sides, she willed her laughter to stop. The next thing she needed was to wake up Shippo.

 

She looked at Hiei from the ground and saw that he was now watching her highly amused. Blushing, she realized just how ridiculous she looked, sprawled out on the floor with tears in her eyes while holding her sides. How swave of her.

 

Standing up, she straightened out her clothes and looked at him. “Well, what do you want to do now? I'm wide awake and can't really go to sleep…”

 

“We'll train. Change your clothes and meet me in the usual spot.” With that said, he disappeared. He definitely wanted to work her harder after the experience with Naraku a few hours ago. There was no way he was going to risk her life against some baka spider hanyou.

 

Sighing, she went into another room to change. She pulled out her outfit for the night, which was a tight black tank top that kept everything held down, and some loose black pants that hugged her hips. After tying her hair back in a ponytail, she set out for the forest.

 

In a flash she was in her animal form, ears perked and alert. Kagome flexed her claws nervously. Since she lived in the city, she was use to seeing lights at night. But here in the feudal era, everything was completely dark. The only source of light she could go by was the moon.

 

Leaves rustled in the wind and Kagome put her guard up. With a twitch of the legs, she pushed off the ground and leaped into the air. Switching her legs around, she aimed a foot for a branch in a tree.

 

As she suspected, a small figure quickly moved out of the way and out of sight. All the nights they had trained together was finally paying off.

 

She sniffed the air lightly and locked on to his scent. Running softly, she ran deeper into the forest and cracked her knuckles. Tonight was going to be fun. She needed to get her mind off things, more like people, aka Naraku and Inuyasha.

 

Her running stopped as she ran into a path that led you through the trees. Cautiously, she took it. Since he was playing hard to get, she would have to lure him out.

 

It was a stupid yet bold move. With her ears swiveling to every sound, she slowly walked down the path, her eyes darting around her and her nose sniffing for any scent that could reveal where he was.

 

Kagome's instincts suddenly perked and told her to move out of the way, and quick. Trusting them fully, she let them guide her out of the path and into a safety of a tree. She peeked down through the leaves and saw Hiei with his katana out.

 

Good thing she moved, or else she would have been sliced like a piece of meat! With her claws digging into the branch she was perched on, she pounced off it and aimed straight for Hiei. With her claws ready to attack, she swiped at him.

 

Of course he evaded such a simple attack and countered by aiming his katana for her heart. With the momentum of the pounce from the tree, Kagome couldn't stop herself and was literally falling towards the outstretched blade.

 

Panicking, she caught the blade between her hands. She was surprised but didn't dwell on it for she was still fighting him, and quickly kicked Hiei in the chest, making him release his hold on his katana.

 

Tossing the blade upwards, Kagome quickly caught the blade by the handle and started running towards him at full speed.

 

Hiei easily sidestepped the attack, and kicked her back making her fall forward. Kagome tried to catch her footing, but before she could, he attacked her again. Using his speed, he ran in front of her and punched her in the gut. Out of surprise, she let go of the katana.

 

Catching his weapon, he aimed for her neck. After being punched, she flipped backward off the ground and landed on her feet, clutching her stomach. Since he thought she was trained enough to spar him with weapons, he had been hard on her.

 

Wincing, she lightly rubbed her stomach. She had a feeling there was going to be a bruise there in the morning. Kagome's eyes widened when she saw Hiei come at her once again and didn't have enough time to react.

 

Before she knew it, her back was slammed against a trunk with a katana at her neck. With her ears flat against her head in defeat, she let a small whimper escape from her lips. “I… guess you won.” She said with a nervous gulp. The blade was a little too close to her liking.

 

Kagome blushed when she saw how close they were. His face was only inches away from her own, and she could feel his breath lightly caressing her skin. “Uh, Hiei?” Looking at him, she observed his face. He looked like he was thinking hard about something.

 

And he was. His eyes flashed for a second, making Kagome gasp before he did something she never thought he would do.

 

He kissed her.

 

For once in his life, Hiei put his heart in jeopardy. Would the girl reject him? Never speak to him again? Maybe not even look at him? The doubts were swimming around in his mind.

 

But for her, for this simple miko whom he had only met a few months ago, he would risk everything. Even the thing most precious to him, that he had kept hidden for years, thinking no one could bring it back to life. His heart.

 

From the beginning of his life, he had grown a thick layer of ice around his heart. That was a common weakness of most, and he would not let himself fall pray to something as simple as that. Plus growing up in a cruel world made him realize that he was better off without one if he wanted to survive.

 

Alas… meeting Kagome changed everything. She brought warmth to his heart and showed that she cared for him. He was someone who hadn't even tried, or asked, for her affections and attention. But received it anyways.

 

So now, he went for it. He kissed her. Something so simple but filled it with lots of emotions. Ones that he would never be able to truly express. The question is, would she accept his love?

 

 

Kagome was surprised. Her eyes widened when their lips made contact. I mean come on; she had only known him for a short period of time! And she was still getting over her heartbreak.

 

But she couldn't deny she had some sort of feelings for him. Even if she didn't know what they were herself. But the kiss… it felt so…right.

 

Well, what did she have to lose? Her heart had already been shattered, could he be the one to pick up the pieces? After experiencing rejection once, would she be able to handle it again so soon? Aw hell, what could a little kiss do?

 

Closing her eyes, she pressed forward, showing Hiei that she wanted this kiss as much as he did. Dropping his katana to the ground, he put both his arms around her sides, trapping her against the tree.

 

Deciding to be bold, Kagome lifted her hands and wrapped them around his neck bring him closer to her. Hiei tilted his head and deepened the kiss. He let his tongue nudge her lips, quietly giving her the signal to open her mouth.

 

She obeyed, and let their tongues meet. Kagome moaned at the new sensations. Sure, she had kissed Inuyasha, but it hadn't even come close to this! She winced when her tongue touched her own fangs, cutting her a little bit.

 

But the sting was instantly soothed when Hiei's tongue lightly ran over the cut, instantly healing it with the enzymes in his youkai saliva.

 

After a few minutes of battling tongues, Hiei had won dominance over her mouth and had her head against the tree. He enjoyed the taste of her mouth and knew that he had become addicted to it. Now all he had to do was claim her and everything would be perfect.

 

Parting for air, Kagome panted while blushing a pretty pink. That was her first make out session, and boy had it been intense.

 

So much passion was put into that kiss. She was surprised he had it in him. Smiling, she tapped her nose against his and gave him an Eskimo kiss. “So what does this mean?” she asked with a small giggle.

 

“Hn, whatever you want it to mean.”

 

Kagome rose an eyebrow at him. “So… does this mean we're a couple now?” The thought was weird. He didn't say directly in words to her that he liked her, but she knew from the kiss what his feelings for her were.

 

He nodded and kissed the corner of her mouth. “I'm now courting you.” And before she could say anything, he caught her lips in yet another passionate kiss.

 

Hiei smirked against her lips. Maybe taking chances weren't that bad after all.

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Naraku narrowed his eyes at the image of the couple kissing against a tree. With a wave of a hand, the image disappeared and the mirror was once again blank. “Leave.”

 

With that simple command, the albino girl left with a bow.

 

Things weren't going the way they were supposed to. The young miko was supposed to stay heart-broken, and once he showed her the inu-hanyou's relationship with the exterminator, she was supposed to come to him utterly defeated and vulnerable.

 

And if that didn't work, he would simply control her mind and emotions. That way she'll be easy to manipulate.

 

But then the short youkai came into the picture. He had noticed him the first day he joined their little group and had to say he was quite impressed with his skills. If he worked for him, he would have conquered many lands by now.

 

Though now his thoughts changed. Naraku never thought he would become romantically involved with the miko. From what he observed, he was cold and distant to everyone in the group. Only a few times had he seen the short youkai converse, but that was only with Kagome.

 

A sinister smirk made his way onto his face. If he couldn't get her to come to him on her own, he would just have to break her mentally. A plan started to form in his evil mind. Oh yes, there will be a way to show her what her so-called `friends' are really doing while she's not looking

 

“This will be fun. And by the time my little game is done, I will have the miko and shikon no tama in my hands!” His lip twitched as he started to laugh evilly into the night. [Km05: What a loser…]

 

~The next morning~

Kagome pulled her sleeping bag over her face to shield her eyes from the morning sun light. With her eyes still closed, she smiled to herself. She was now with Hiei.

 

It was really weird how they got together. Neither said a simple phrase such as “I like you” or anything like that. Instead it was expressed physically, though she wasn't complaining.

 

But when he started talking about courting, she instantly thought of animals. You know, like all the animal TV shows that talk what some male birds would do when courting a female, well that's what threw her off.

 

After their little lip-lock, Hiei explained the way that youkai mate or more or less chooses their mate. When males find themselves females that would produce strong offspring they would literally mate and receive a bite mark on their shoulder. The mark would prove to any youkai that the female (and male if both are youkai) is already taken. Of course the males scent would also permanently mix in with the females as another warning to keep other males away. The only way the mark would fade is if either spouse dies or another male challenges the female's current mate and wins. Then he would replace the previous mark with his own.

 

Kagome's head spun with all this new information. But came back to earth when she heard the mating part. Hopefully Hiei didn't expect her to.. Ahem… do that stuff yet! For kami's sake she is only 16!

 

Plus with collecting the jewel shards and defeating Naraku, they had their hands full. And she didn't think her broken heart was ready for all of that yet. So hopefully the fire apparition holds a lot of patients because all he's going to be doing for the time being is waiting.

 

Grunting, Kagome opened her eyes and sat up in her sleeping bag. Stretching her arms, she yawned and blinked a few times to get her vision to clear. They had gotten back pretty late last night, and she barely got enough sleep with all the loud snoring that was produced from Inuyasha.

 

Getting up, she gathered the pots and pans necessary for making ramen and got breakfast started. Grabbing one of the larger pots, she started to walk towards the river to get the amount of water needed for cooking the noodles.

 

After 2 steps, Hiei appeared in front of her and took the pot from her hands. “I'll get it.” And in a flash he was gone and appeared in 5 milliseconds with a pot full of water.

 

Kagome smiled gratefully. “Thank you Hiei.” Just as she was about to kiss her helper, they heard a huge groan and turned their heads back towards the hut.

 

Inuyasha was leaning against the doorframe, while holding his head. Ah, the joys of hangovers. There were dark circles under his eyes and his ears were plastered against his head. “Damn, I feel like a giant youkai just stepped on my head!”

 

Giggling, Kagome set down the pot over a fire. “Alcohol will do that to you.”

 

He just growled in response. Soon an overly hyper Shippo came bounding out.

 

“Kagome! Kagome! Ifoundsomechocolateinyourbagandiatesomesonowihavealotofenergy!” (Translation: I found some chocolate in your bag and ate some so now I have a lot of energy!)

 

Both Kagome and Inuyasha groaned. Kagome because she now had a very very hyper kit in her hands and Inuyasha because his head was starting to pound from all the loud noise.

“Shut up will ya?!” Inuyasha growled out as he hit Shippo on top of the head.

 

Shippo covered his head with his hands as a bump appeared. “Ow! You stupid inu!” And jumped up and pulled his ear.

 

Inuyasha's eye twitched before he began chasing the kit around. “Come here you little runt! Just wait until I catch you!”

 

All the commotion woke up another happy camper. Sango came out also holding her head with an evil glare on her face. Apparently she didn't feel that good in the morning either.

 

Her eye started to twitch as she watched the 2 run around. When Inuyasha ran by Sango, she punched him in the head, effectively knocking him down to the ground and unconscious.

 

Kagome and Hiei watched in silence, a little bit scared of the way Sango was acting. Shippo, in fear of getting hit too, took shelter on Kagome's shoulder.

 

Smiling suddenly, Sango looked at the pot over the fire. “Breakfast ready yet?”

 

All 3 sweat dropped, wondering about Sango's mental sanity.

 

 

 

 

 

There, I am done with another chapter. UGH! Did I go too fast with Hiei and Kagome? First their relationship goes really slow, then it goes to fast! Oh well, I hope you people can deal with it. And I'm sorry that I repeated a few words a too many times…>< But w/e and like the usual R&R!