Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lunacy and Excitement ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

The castle reached up high into the sky, surrounded by firs and pines and green meadows spotted with wild flowers of every color imaginable. A tall gate made its way around the outside, guards posted at the entrance.
Kyoki sighed as the castle approached, both for its warmth and its beauty. Glancing up at Lord Sesshoumaru, she was partially glad that he hadn’t noticed Rin and Kohaku were again being lovey-dovey on the back of Ah-Un, following the cloud she, Jaken, and Sesshoumaru rode upon.
“You should really give him a chance,” she told him. He looked down at her, confused, before looking over his shoulder, a feral and dangerous growl reverberating throughout his whole being, his eyes flickering red.
Without thinking about what she was doing, or to whom she was doing it to, Kiko grabbed his chin with her hand, forcing him to look her in the face.
“They love each other, more so than I’ve seen any couple do in a long while. If you can’t see that, you’re a fool. If you can’t allow yourself to let her have it, you’re even crazier than me, which is saying a lot.”
He continued to growl, trying to pull away from her rather strong grasp, but failed as she forced him closer to him, their noses mere inches apart. She stood upon her toes, her mouth moving up to his ear.
“Personally, I think they belong together,” she whispered, sending unknown chills down Sesshoumaru’s spine.
He glanced at her, seeing the answer in her eyes as he turned his attention back upon the fast encroaching castle before them; Kiko was still staring at the couple.
She knew he was trying to ignore them, ignore her, but didn’t care. Forgetting once more her manners, she grabbed his pointed ear, pushing his face to look back at the couple.
They looked so cute, sitting there together. Rin, soundly asleep, was wrapped around Kohaku, her face buried in the crook of his neck as his arms encircled her. Sesshoumaru and Kyoki watched on wordlessly as he slowly and carefully bent his head down, lightly brushing Rin’s lips with his own, and then placing his head upon her own, sighing as he continued to watch her sleep.
“Every father has to let his little girl grow up sometime,” Kiko told Sesshoumaru quietly, turning to face him once more. “Just be glad it was this late. And it’s with someone she loves as much as her Daddy. Maybe even more.”
There was a grim smile plastered upon her face, one he didn’t quite understand. He was so close, his nose almost touching hers, their breath mingling, he saw every color and emotion flicker within her blazing red eyes.
Without realizing she was doing, Kyoki slowly began massaging the back of his ear and neck, her fingers tangling in his long silver hair, their proximity never changing as they continued to stare at each other in a silent battle of the wills.
She couldn’t help as a light-hearted laugh escaped her lips as she heard the low rumbling that definitely wasn’t a growl resound throughout the noble lord’s throat.
She smiled up at him, watching as his half-lidded, golden eyes met her own, a single fang protruding from his lip, her other hand joining in his pleasurable procedure. “I didn’t know dogs purred,” she spoke, her voice as playful as his own as he answered her.
“We do when we like it.”
He was leaning forward now, and she was almost sure that Nekkyo could hear his purr on the other side of the well by now. A low moan escaped his lips as he abruptly stood, her hands moving away from the back of his head to hang at her sides.
They would be landing soon, and the soldiers would be surprised to see the young demon lord at his weakest by the mere fingers of a seemingly human girl only a few years older than his young charge.
Just before the cloud dissipated and their feet hit the ground, Sesshoumaru mumbled something that brought a deep crimson blush upon Kiko’s cheeks. It was in that same tone she had used earlier, if not a little more so.
“I may have to keep you around for a little while longer than intended.”


The hilarities of the first day had never seemed to end as Neko and Kurama had been introduced to everyone; Sango had especially taken a liking to Nekkyo after hearing about the small ‘incident’, taking Miroku’s pride right out the door as he scowled at his wife and her new-found friend.
They stayed that night at the village, Inuyasha promising to venture out in a three-person search party for Kyoki at the crack of dawn the next morning; he didn’t want to wander too far from Kagome this night, for fear she might need him to help keep the other boys under control.
They all went to sleep directly after dinner, though Neko was having a few problems with her positioning, and kept on rolling and flipping over, huffing each time she landed on her back. Kurama could only describe her in one word.
“You’re restless,” he whispered gently as he crawled over to her in the dark. “Why can’t you sleep? Are you worried about Kyoki?”
Neko sighed, nodding her head in reluctance. She was tired, but she couldn’t find a nice spot on the floor for herself. “Yeah,” she told him as he seated himself beside her, both of their backs against the wall of the hut, then hitting the floor beside her with her knuckles, she added menacingly, “And I can’t get comfortable. I don’t see how you could.”
He chuckled a bit. “I’m used to uncomfortable situations.”
“Well, then, if you don’t mind, I’m going to use you as a pillow. Maybe I’ll be able to get a few winks outta that.”
She laid her head on his shoulder, curling up to his side as she slowly drifted off, missing the golden eyes staring at her, the red hair slowly turning silver in the moonlight that drifted through the window about their heads.
Dawn passed without a thought, followed by a few hours more as everyone slept. Inuyasha was beginning to get impatient. After all, he had said that he would wake up at dawn, which he had done, to begin looking for Kiko, though he was sure he knew where she was. It was only waiting for Neko that was making him curse out at everything that moved.
A loud scream pierced the air, making his ears flatten against his head as he ran for Miroku and Sango’s hut. ‘I bet the monk did something bad again,’ he thought as he burst through the door.
The sight that met him was not one he had expected, considering the silver kitsune sitting in the same spot Neko had been sitting when he had left last night, nursing a red cheek as he pouted, the same exact look Miroku always had when he got slapped. Inuyasha half-expected him to say, “It was worth the pain.”
“What the hell happened?!” he shouted, surprising everyone in the room; the kitsune remaining as he was, bottom lip sticking out as fake tears welled in his golden eyes.
Inuyasha turned toward Neko, who was as far away from the fox as she could get, holding her hands protectively over her chest. Inuyasha could only raise his eyebrow, trying to hold back a laugh as he watched her seethe.
“It wasn’t funny!” she exclaimed, shaking in rage. “How would you feel if you woke up to some strange man pressed up as tightly as he could get to you…” She seemed to rethink for a moment, before stating, “Why am I even asking you?”
Shaking her head, she stomped her foot, giving Fox-Boy a death glare that could rival the sharpness of a cat’s claws. “For goodness sake! He was nuzzling…my…my chest! I don’t even know who you are!”
Neko couldn’t help but feel flustered now as he let a perverted grin leer over her, admiring Mother Nature’s work.
“Oh, but you do know me,” he told her, slowly standing to his full height. Neko gulped audibly as she stared up at him. “Youko Kurama.” He leaned down, his mouth almost touching her ear, sending shivers throughout the whole of her body. “I really admired you the other day, when you came running downstairs…”
He trailed off, and she swallowed again, almost whimpering as he pulled away. Youko smirked at her, noticing her sudden uneasiness. The rest in the room all had confused looks as they watched the display before them.
Youko quirked a brow. “Are we looking for Kyoki, or not?”
A/N: That’s all I have for now, and I’ll update as soon as I possibly can. I would have updated this chapter earlier, if not for my friend (internet-hog) who got a new boyfriend for Christmas: a laptop. Almost every time I see her, if she’s not driving her new truck, she’s sitting on the couch doing something or other with her laptop. -_-‘ Sometimes I wonder if she’s engaged to it…
Anyway, please review! I want to know how well it’s going!