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Chapter
13
Overcoming
Inu Yasha was
swimming in a turbid darkness. He could
feel his fingers losing their grip on reality as a distant familiar voice
echoed through storm: “I’ve always
wanted a big family…I can’t imagine not having a litter of them.” Inu Yasha groaned as he felt himself become
overpowered by his inner youkai.
Mercilessly, he was tugging at Inu Yasha’s feet, leaving him hanging by
his claws. It was over. One more tug, and the youkai would have
won. He could feel the rise of the youki
and hear Kagome’s calm heartbeat reverberate against his racing heart. The youkai tugged, and the abysmal storm was
blasted away by an infinite white light.
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“Inu
Yasha?” Kagome asked in a worried
voice.
“I said, what in
Kami’s name do you two think you are doing there?”
“Just star gazing,
officer!” Kagome snapped as she sat up
to get a better look at the hanyou in her arms.
“Did you have to flash that damn light directly in his face? His youkai eyes are more sensitive than
human!”
“Listen, brat, I
don’t need to take this kind of disrespect from you young people that think
‘making love’ under the stars is so romantic.
It’s indecent exposure, disturbing the peace, and a very rude P.D.A.!”
“P.D.A.?” Inu Yasha growled confused. He was able to sit up and take in his
surroundings, but he had this strange sensation as if he had been falling
into…something bad. He looked up to see
a familiar old chubby officer, with bug-like eyes and a receding hairline.
“Public
displays of affection! Damn you
young people! Just the other week, I had
this couple that thought having whoopee in a public fountain would be
fun…Speaking of which…you two look familiar.”
Inu Yasha stood up
quickly, with his youki still flaring.
Kagome noticed the change for the first time, but before she could say
anything, Inu Yasha had dragged her away, running towards the thick woods. The old officer followed blowing his whistle
until he lost them in the vegetation.
“Inu
Yasha!” She gasped as she tried
desperately to catch her breath. “Are
you…okay?” In the midst of her sentence,
Inu Yasha launched himself at her, pinning her to a tree. She was surprise when he didn’t take it from
there. Instead, he just hugged her.
“Need you…feel
better…need you.”
“It’s alright, Inu
Yasha,” she began in a soothing voice.
“You have me.” She wrapped her
arms around him so her miko aura could neutralize his blazing youki. She
completely missed his newest devilish smirk, as his youkai side declared,
“She’s mine!”
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“It’s been a long
time since we had lunch together, just the two of us.” Sango commented as both girls made themselves
comfortable in the Kazanna Café.
“Not since the
Moushi case got going…that was what about a month ago? We’ve been working through lunch so much, I
forgot that meal existed.”
“No, it’s been
longer than that…since you and Inu Yasha started dating, and that was about a
month and a half ago. Wow…you two
already had an anniversary.”
“Small one…we just
went out to eat, nothing special.”
“You would think
that the fact he made it one month with a woman was something to write home
about.” Sango joked as she took a sip of
her ice tea.
“Well, believe it
or not, the one month marker isn’t a big deal.
That usually marks the end of his obsession with a woman. Most of his ‘relationships’ lasted about a
month…though they were all with the same woman, more or less.” Kagome explained. “Now, the two month anniversary, I’m scared
about…he told me to take the whole weekend off and to tell jii-chan not to
expect me until Sunday night.”
“Wow, he’s taking
you away…wait, your jii-chan approves.”
“He has been
purifying me and Inu Yasha every day since I brought up the possibility of the
two of us going on a trip together.”
“Ouch…I guess he
likes Inu Yasha less and less.” Sango
finished as their waiters brought them the day’s special.
“No, he still
likes Inu Yasha; he just wishes that he would be less forward in his advances.”
“And how forward
has he gotten?” Sango asked with a sly
grin worthy of Miroku. Kagome blushed
beet red.
“Not too far…”
“Only
second…you’re wasting time…”
“No…only
first.”
“Ouch…how is he
taking it?”
“We’ve argued over
it…Sango, you know where I’m coming from.” Kagome sighed.
“Yes, and I don’t
blame you, but, Inu Yasha has needs too.”
“I just get so
scared…last time…it hurt so much.”
“If I told you
once, I told you a million times: Hojo did something wrong!”
“They say third
times the charm…he tried five times before I forbade him to ever touch me there
again!”
“Does Inu Yasha
know about this?”
“No…it’s hard
enough with what he does know. Kami, his
teasing is endless, if he were to know about this…I don’t want to know where it
would go. Besides this is a fake
relationship.”
“Kagome, I hate to
burst your bubble, but your fake relationship ended the minute your heart got
involved.”
“My heart is not involved…this is purely a physical
attraction.”
“How often do you
two spend time together?”
“I don’t know…if
we spend more than twenty-four hours apart he seems obsessed in making up for
it with interest.”
“Oh, so you feel smothered?” Sango asked taking a bite of her shrimp.
“No, the attention
is good, and he is a man that values his freedom, so it’s not overly done. I mean we’re together, but we’re not
necessarily together. Like the time the
four of us went to that sports bar, he left us two to our own devices, while he
and Miroku watched the game.”
“And how many
times have you given him the ‘dream of me tonight’ kiss?”
“The
what?”
“You know…that
really slow sensual one that leaves them hanging for another, but they are in
such a trance, you manage to run away before the spell breaks.”
“How else am I
going to get away from him?”
“It sounds to me
this relationship is not fake, and for whatever reason, he is giving it his
all.”
“You’ll be
surprised what a man is capable of when a large sum of money is involved.”
“Or
when a beautiful woman steals his heart.” She laughed back. “Talk to him.
Explain where you’re coming from.
Once he knows, he won’t be as demanding.”
“No, then he will
go into concurring your fear mode.
Either way, he will try to get into my pants.”
“He wouldn’t be a
man if he didn’t.” Sango replied taking
another bite of her lunch.
“Hojo?”
“I’m sure Hojo
tried to get into your pants…just never knew how.”
“No,” Kagome began to
stand as she leaned over to get a better view of the door. “I just saw Hojo…with a girl.”
“And that’s bad
because?” Sango also turned around to
see the new couple. Hojo pulled out the
chair for is fair skinned, petite companion with rose colored eye shadow.
“No reason…I just
hadn’t heard anything about him dating again.
He didn’t say a thing when we had lunch last week.”
“Well, did you
tell him about Inu Yasha?”
“No, just that I
was seeing someone.” Kagome leaned in a
bit more to get a better look.
“She could be
someone from work.”
“No, he pulled her
chair out. He only does that with his
mother and his girlfriend...Do you think she’s prettier than me. She has this really sophisticated look to her
with that kimono and all.”
“Sweet heart, you
would be surprised how much your boobs add to your beauty.”
“Huh?” Kagome gave her a confused look.
“At least your
boobs are real. Hers are definitely
stuffed. Too perky…too
still.”
“I told you we
would find them here, Inu Yasha.” Kagome
and Sango both jumped at the sound of Miroku’s voice. “And what are you two doing to have such a
guilty conscience?” The girls looked at
the two men dressed in Armani suits.
Miroku completely dressed in black and Inu Yasha with a wine red shirt
and tie combo. Kagome had to admit, they
definitely turned heads. They each sat
next to their perspective girlfriend while the girls groaned.
“This is supposed
to be a ‘girls only’ lunch.”
“Which is fine, because we are having a guys only lunch…we just
happened to share a table.” Inu
Yasha gave his girlfriend a quick kiss, but did not miss that her attention was
not completely on him, as it should be.
He turned to look at what she was staring.
“Don’t tell me you
like that guy?” Inu Yasha laughed.
“Huh…don’t start.”
“Just go talk to
him. It’s obvious you are curious, and
if you keep staring he is going to catch you, and then we will be forced to
have lunch with those two as well.”
Sango complained.
“Who are you
talking about…oh…”
Miroku finished when his eyes landed on Hojo. “Someone has moved on. Now, Kagome, this is an important lesson in
dating. Now that your ex has a new
someone, you go show him that you’ve upgraded.”
Miroku smiled. “You want to
remain as something unobtainable in his mind.”
“Miroku…that is
ridiculous. I refuse to parade Inu Yasha
around like a piece of meat!”
“No, it’s what
you’re supposed to do.” Inu Yasha chimed
in. “I’d love to be used as a piece of
meat to make your ex…”
“Kagome? Oh, wow, it’s been a while!” Kagome jumped at the sound of a familiar
voice. She turned and smiled to her
childhood best friend.
“Eri! What are you doing here?”
“Business
lunch with the ass and his significant other.” The young girl pointed towards Hojo with her
head.
“Wow, you saying
something bad about Hojo! The world must
be coming to an end!” Kagome joked, but
her friend did not join in.
“I’m surprised at
you, Kag. I know forgive anything, but I
never figured you would have forgiven him that easily.”
“Forgiven him for
what? The relationship ended mutually.”
“You mean the
bastard didn’t tell you?” Eri raised her
voice while she stomped her feet. “He and that…that tramp have been seeing each other for three
months now. The only reason I
haven’t strung him up by his toes is because he waited until after you two
broke up to consummate the relationship.
And now that they are living together…damn I don’t get a good night’s
rest with all the moaning and groaning and screaming… Kami, at least you two had
the decency to keep it quiet!” Kagome blushed three different shades of red as Inu Yasha leaned in
and asked,
“You can keep
quiet? I’d like to see to try.”
“And you are?” Eri asked, not missing a beat.
“Oh, where are my
manners? Eri this is my boyfriend Inu
Yasha; Inu Yasha this is my childhood best friend Eri.” Inu Yasha stood to shake the girl’s hand, and
she took the opportunity to admire her friend’s catch.
“Wait…Inu
Yasha as in Inu Yasha Takahashi?”
“Yes.”
“Wow, Kagome! You’ve definitely upgraded! Don’t forget to flaunt him.”
Kagome rolled her
eyes as her friend sad a quick good bye and made her way to the other table.
“Why is it Eri
never acknowledges me?” Miroku asked feigning
hurt.
“She still can’t
forgive you for groping her girlfriend.”
Kagome answered.
“How was I
supposed to know she and Ayumi were dating?”
“Well, if the long
make out sessions didn’t give it away…”
Kagome began in a sarcastic voice.
“I’m just glad she
didn’t hit on me again.” Sango replied.
“Probably didn’t
see you.”
“So, are we going
to go?” Inu Yasha asked in a hopeful
voice.
“Go where?” Kagome asked before noticing where here was
staring. “Inu Yasha,
not you too!”
“It’s true! When you upgrade, you got to let the whole
world know!”
“Is that what you
did with me?” Kagome asked with a raised
eyebrow.
“I didn’t upgrade…” Inu Yasha cursed under his breath the minute
the words left his mouth.
“Oh, so you
downgraded?” Kagome waited for his
answer, but the poor hanyou became tongue tied.
Kagome responded by turning away from him.
“What I mean is
that you and Kagura are both amazing women and though different are still…a beautiful and…”
“Inu
Yasha, save yourself a headache later.
Shut up before you can’t dig your foot out of your mouth.” Kagome answered coldly.
“Higurashi?” The couple turned to face the young man with
light brown hair that approached the table.
“Hojo.” Kagome smiled as she stood up to give him a
light peck on the cheek. Inu Yasha
growled lightly under his breath as he stood up between them.
“You must be Inu
Yasha. Kagome has told me a lot about
you.”
“Really? When?”
“On
our last lunch date.”
“Lunch date?” Inu Yasha’s youki senses became keener as he
took a predatory stance against his new opponent.
“Yes, in which
someone failed to mention a new love interest.”
Hojo blushed and looked away.
“I didn’t know how
to tell you.”
“‘Kagome, I’m
seeing someone’ would have been a nice way to start! Hojo, we are supposed to be friends. How can we do that if we aren’t open with
each other?”
“Well you didn’t
tell me you were dating someone! You
just told me you were sort of seeing someone!”
Hojo shot back, while Inu Yasha released a low growl.
“Well, supposedly
you weren’t seeing anyone! I didn’t want
to flaunt my new found happiness if you weren’t in the same boat!” Kagome defended herself, and Inu Yasha
smirked at her words.
“Well…I guess we’re
both right! Let’s start over, Higurashi.” He stretched out his hand for Kagome to
shake. “Friends?” Kagome took it, and
Inu Yasha placed his on top of theirs.
“Friends.” He smiled at his girlfriend. Hojo laughed nervously before asking,
“So, Eri told you
everything?”
“Yeah, I would
have preferred to have heard it from you, though.”
“I hate
confrontations…you know that.”
“Doesn’t
mean you can avoid them for life.”
“Yeah…so you aren’t
mad?”
“Whatever makes
you happy. I
found what makes me.” She smiled at Inu
Yasha, who gave a victorious smirk towards Hojo.
“I’m glad. Well, I better get back before Eri kills
someone.” He laughed and left.
“That was
interesting.” Kagome said as she sat
down.
“You can say that
again.” Sango replied still observing Hojo’s retreat.
“You have lunch
dates with him?” Inu Yasha demanded.
“Could you act any
more like a jealous spoiled brat?”
Kagome shot back, her patience wearing thin.
“Nani?”
“Inu
Yasha! For a second, I thought
you were going to kill him.”
“What were you
doing having lunch with him?”
“We’re still
friends…I know I told you about it!”
“Not that you were
having lunch with him.”
“What, now you are
the only one allowed to have lunch with your ex? Let’s not forget you see Kagura on a daily
basis.”
“Maybe we should
leave…” Sango suggested standing up.
“Sit!” Kagome demanded in a tone that left no room
for question, and the young lawyer obeyed.
“That’s business;
besides, I told you that she’s in love with my brother!”
“But you are the
one that believes you have downgraded!”
“I didn’t say
that!”
“No, you implied
it.” Kagome said standing up. “I will see you two at the office. I need a walk” She left the restaurant with Inu Yasha
on her heels.
“Be grateful we
aren’t like that.” Miroku said after the
two were gone. “We have much better
lines of communication and honesty in our relationship.”
“Sure, and the
fact that it is a secret to everyone but your parents, is a perfect example of
that.” Sango rolled her eyes.
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“Hello Rin. Where’s your father?” Kagura asked as she stepped into the Western
Mansion, her knee length black
skirt flowing behind her. She
straightened her red DKNY leather jacket and silk shirt combo as the young girl
kicked off her school shoes.
“Downstairs
sparing with uncle Inu…he and his girlfriend got into a fight.”
“Inu
Yasha? Why aren’t I
surprise? I can’t believe your father is
helping his brother vent out some steam!”
“He figured it
would be a good idea to exercise a bit before his date tonight.”
“Date? With whom?”
“Yeah, some lady
named Yura. He seemed happy, and
frankly, it was about time my dad started to date.” Rin stated taken an affirmative adult stance.
“Yura?” Kagura repeated with distaste.
“Do you want to
wait for him?”
“No, I’ll get him
tomorrow.” Kagura turned to leave.
“Hey wait…don’t
tell dad, but…” Rin lifted her wrist to
show the wind youkai her new silver charm bracelet. “My boyfriend gave it to me for our one month
anniversary.”
“That is so cute…does
your dad know?”
“I’m still alive,
and so is he.”
“Don’t keep it
from him too long, it will only make maters worse…Oh, and Rin…”
“Yes?”
“I want to meet
him, soon.”
“Ok.” Rin replied as Kagura caught sight of a pair
of very sweaty and chiseled topless inu brothers emerging from the basement. She left before they noticed her drooling.
“Was that Kagura?” Sesshomaru asked.
“Yes. She said she was in a hurry.” Rin replied as she gave the two of the three main
men in her life a kiss hello. “She didn’t
seem to want to disturb you with your big date and all.”
“It’s not a big
date…it’s your damn uncle’s meddling.”
“Hey, I won that
bet fair and square! Even Rin can tell
you need to go out more, and Yura is perfect for a quick date.” Inu Yasha defended himself.
“I agree! Though I don’t get why Yura is so great, but
that’s probably because I don’t know her.
But, if she is anything like Kagura, I know I will like her.” Rin smiled before she bounced off to her
room.
“Hey, Sesshomaru,
can we spar again tomorrow?”
“You didn’t lose
badly enough today?” The stoic youkai
raised his eyebrow in question.
“Kagome is coming
over tonight, and we will probably make up from today’s argument, so I will be
very frustrated. A month and a half and
we haven’t been past first! I feel like
I’m fifteen again, and I’m still figuring out how everything works!”
“That is karma at
work! Punishment for all the women you
took advantage off.”
“I did not take
advantage of anyone who didn’t want to be taken advantage off.” Inu Yasha defended himself.
“So, what was this
argument about?” Sesshomaru asked as they started to head towards the showers.
“Everyone was
commenting on how she had upgraded and should flaunt her new prize, and when
she asked me if I had upgraded…”
“Upgraded what?” Sesshomaru asked confused.
“Boyfriends! I met her ex today, and I have no
competition. If these were the olden
days, I could eliminate him by just showing off my claws.”
“But these aren’t
the olden days.”
“No, and she didn’t
appreciate my marking my territory!”
“Please tell me
you didn’t pee in public!” Sesshomaru
stopped mid step.
“No! I growled discontently
whenever he tried to touch her.”
“And she
complained? I wondered why?”
“I can’t figure it
out, either.” Sesshomaru gave his
brother an incredulous look before shaking his head dismissively.
“Anyway, somehow
the question was raised if I had upgraded, and I said no, and all hell broke
lose.”
“Do you feel you’ve
downgraded?” Sesshomaru stopped to look
his brother in the eye.
“No! Why does everyone fucking assume that if I
didn’t upgrade I must have downgraded! I
don’t think either is better than the other.
I know they are fucking different, but… fuck it! This is too complicated to explain.”
“I understand you perfectly,
but does Kagome?”
“No, she took it
the wrong way!”
“My advice to you
is to swallow your pride, get on your knees and beg…beg, and if she still isn’t
convinced beg some more. Oh, and between
all that begging explain that she isn’t a downgrade.” Sesshomaru threw over his shoulder as he went
into the shower.
“When will you
fallow your own advice?” Inu Yasha
mumbled as he walked towards the next bathroom.
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“Hey, I thought
you had a date with Inu Yasha?” Souta
asked as he stepped into his sister’s bedroom.
“Don’t you knock
anymore?” Kagome snapped.
“Well, I thought
you had fallen and couldn’t get up!
Normally, by this time, you are begging me for my help in the wardrobe
department.” Souta responded
defensively.
“Sorry, kid. I’m going to call and cancel. I’m not in the mood to deal with him.” Souta closed the door behind him and joined
his sister on the bed.
“What did he
do? Did he try to get fresh with you,
because I don’t care if he is a hanyou and I’m only a priest in training, I
swear I will purify his half-demon hide!”
Kagome smiled at her “not so little” brother.
“Nothing like that…we
just ran into Hojo and his new girlfriend today.”
“Oh…”
“Souta, do you
think I’m a downgrade?”
“Downgrade?”
“Do you think Inu
Yasha downgraded when he chose to go out with me?”
“Let’s see, you
have morals, standards, good looks, intelligence…I can see where you’re coming from.” Kagome hit her brother with a pillow.
“You haven’t seen
his ex-girlfriend. She’s tall, gorgeous,
shaped like a Roman goddess, sophisticated, smart, totally unlike me!”
“She is also in
love with his brother.”
“How did you know
about that?”
“I know many
things…” Souta laughed nervously. “The point is, that you are smart…5’6 isn’t
short…you are beautiful without the help of make up or designer clothes, and
you were top in your class…so I guess that would make you intelligent, though
why you would question your worth while being so smart is beyond me! And just because you two are not alike, it
doesn’t mean you are less than her, just different. Like the lights jii-chan bought for the
festival! They are all 40 watts, but
some are green, others are blue and then my favorites are red.”
“How did you get
so smart?”
“It runs in the
family…oh, and in the off chance you change your mind and do go out with him,
you should make him beg forgiveness. That is best done in something strapless, as I
have learned the hard way.”
“Hold it! How are things with you and your
girlfriend? You didn’t tell me how your
date went last night.” Souta started to
giggle sheepishly.
“We made out.” Kagome laughed.
“As
long as you are stopping there.”
“Well, we kind of
feel bad, cuz her dad doesn’t know yet.”
“Why?”
“According to her,
he would string me up from my toes, skin me alive and then feed me to a pack of
wild starving dogs.”
“Ouch! Are you sure you want to be seeing this girl?”
“She is worth all
the pain in the world.” He sighed and
left the room.
“Let’s see if you
are still singing that tune when the dogs are fighting over your bones.” Kagome turned to her closet. “Strapless…that red dress would be way too
much, wouldn’t it?” She asked herself as
she pulled out her “secret weapon.” She
looked at herself in the mirror and the spot on the bed where she had been moping. “Any man who makes
you doubt your self worth, deserves the red dress!” She declared as she looked for the right
accessories for the night.
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