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Devotion that Withstands Time	By : RougeFugitive Category: InuYasha > General Views: 3826 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Phase 23
I’ll Be The Switch You Turn On

“Inuyasha, I’m pretty sure this is the wrong direction.” You say, looking towards the dirt road that you can sort of see beyond the trees and bushes. “I think we’re going farther away instead of getting closer.”

It was true, or at least you thought. You two had been walking for the pass few minutes after Inuyasha decided to switch directions a few minutes back and walk in what you thought was the opposite direction of the inn. Plus, you’re certain that it shouldn’t take so long to get back to the inn because it didn’t take as long leaving it.

However, what calmed your worries the most is, of course, Inuyasha. Justified by all of the time you’ve known him, he’s never gotten lost, and even if he may have accidentally taken a wrong path, he’s always known which direction to take to get back on the right path. Maybe he’s your living compass?

Maybe you’re putting too much faith in him to steer you both in the right direction… What if he’s suddenly become directionally challenged?

“That’s right, this is the wrong direction.” Inuyaha sighs, and slows to a stop. Whilst scratching behind his ear, he looks to you curiously. “How’d you guess?”

“Well, I’m not blind. We would be back by now if that’s the direction we were going in.” You cross your arms and glance back at him. “Did you lead us out here purposely?”

The great outdoors... It’s so peaceful and downright pleasant, especially in this area. You never got to experience such before back in Tokyo aside from little excursions in the park now and then. It’s nice, though you’re a little worried about what may jump out at you next. If not the evil bird yakuza finding you, what if there’s snakes and wolves? Plus your feet are starting to hurt!

“Yeah, it’s just that…” Inuyasha glances down to the ground and kicks the dirt, before turning away from you. “We haven’t had a lot a time to spend alone lately, and I just wanted to.. Ya know? But it’s ok if you wanna go back. Let’s go.”

“No, it’s ok. We can stay outside as long as you want to. What do you want to talk about?” You step in front of him and smile sweetly.

How rare! A time when Inuyasha is willingly sort of romantic!

“Good, we’re away far enough now, so no one will hear your screams. Strip or something before I get impatient.” He snaps his fingers, “Chop-chop.”

Your smile freezes on your face. “What? What do you mean? You want to do that out here? And who exactly are you snapping at and getting impatient at, huh?”

Inwardly, you weep. You were slow to believe it for a moment. Of course, Inuyasha’s not some happy pretty boy from a manga who would take you on a romantic walk through the forest.

“You, and yeah, that. Did you think that I was just going to forget about what you did earlier? You can’t just do whatever you want and think that I’ll let it go later.” Inuyasha says, stepping forward to stand close enough to you that his hair brushes against your forehead when leans down to look you in the eyes.

“No, but we couldn’t possibly do it here. There’s killer animals and stuff, and who knows? Someone might see us.” You blush faintly and grab onto the collar of his yukata, but instead of pushing him away, you use it to hold him there.

“You say that, but you’re doing something else. You secretly want it, don’t you? But you’re not going to tell me.” Inuyasha wraps his arms around you and then starts untying your yukata sash.
O.o.O

“Who exactly takes a three hour walk?” Sango asks loudly.

“Huh?” Surprised, you glance in hot spring’s direction, to see Sango already sitting in the spring. “Oh hi, Ms. Sango.” With your bath bucket and supplies in hand, you walk pass the spring directly to one of the faucets.

“You didn’t answer my question. Did something happen to make you stay out so long? Something you don’t want to speak about it?” Sango inquires and you can practically feel her suspicious stare on your back.

“What? N-no! We just lost track of time. We’ll be more careful from now.” You mask your sudden discomfort and small gasp at the shot of pain from your back when you sit down, with a smile in Sango’s direction.

Sango simply stares back at you. “Hm..”

You turn away to hide the embarrassment shone on your face and start washing yourself after stripping away your towel.

Why is she so suspicious?! It’s not like you can tell her that it took so long because you were busy having hot sex in the woods with Inuyasha! However, she did share her problem about Miroku with you and you wanted to be friends, too… Ayame, though embarrassed at first, was always interested when you talked about things with Inuyasha.

You sigh… Ayame! How you missed having friends! And Inuyasha doesn’t count!

Disturbing your moment of angst, Kohaku, (or was it Koharu?), walks into the hot spring and takes a seat near you at one the faucets. She looks towards you and greets you quietly before starting to bathe.

You slowly pour a small bucket of hot water over your chest to rinse away the soap.

What a pleasant and polite girl, and she seems very shy, too. Helping her grandfather run the whole inn must be difficult, but she manages.

“Ms. ___?” Kohaku asks, looking at you.

“Yes?” You reply, glancing toward her.

“D-do you and your husband have sex a lot?” The teenager asks, not at all hiding her curiosity for the topic.

Your bar of soap slips from your hand and hits the ground by your feet. You quickly snatch it up before it can go sliding away. “What? Why do you ask?”

Could she have heard something?!

“I was just curious.” Kohaku’s look drops to the ground and her cheeks darken slightly.

You start collecting all of your bathing supplies into your bucket before hesitantly answering her. “Um, we.. I guess we... I wouldn’t say a lot! Moderate, the normal amount!”

“So… What is the normal amount? I was just wondering because Ms. ___, you have a lot of… Love bites. It must be good then?” She looks to quite expectantly now.

Surprised, you touch your neck and feel about. Stupid Inuyasha!

“I can’t answer that!” You shut off the water valve on your faucet, while blushing irritably. ”…Teenage girls shouldn’t worry about those types of questions, Kohaku. Concentrate on your studies.”

She shuts off her faucet, too. “I’m sorry, it’s just that, um, my boyfriend’s been hinting at it a lot lately, and we haven’t seen each other in a while. I was wondering if we should just wait…” Kohaku nervously fidgets with her bucket. “When you’re married there’s no limit on sex, right? So…”

“Of course, there’s no limit. The only one who can make a limit is you.” You stand up and pick up your bucket and towel.

Kohaku looks away, seeming to be mulling over your words. “Do you make limits?”

You push a lock of hair out of your face and smile slightly. “…Only about important things. Whether or not you want to wait depends on what you want, and what feels right. I think you’ll have the most satisfaction out of it if it’s what you really want right now. Ignore him if he pressures you.”

“I-I think I really want it.” Kohaku stares up at you blushing brightly.

Don’t say that while looking at another woman’s naked body, kid.

“Um, is that so? Good for you, Kohaku. Good luck to you and your boyfriend!” You turn away and start to walk towards the hot spring for a soak.

“Thank you.”

“But there’s no rush at all, you know? I miss having a boyfriend with an easy-going relationship! I was so happy then! I could just about ignore every stupid thing he said and concentrate on the small things!” You smile, enjoying the scent of the shampoo and conditioner that you just put in your hair. It smells just like your favorite fruit!

Behind you, Kohaku starts to speak, but-

“I’m sorry you’re not happy now! You want an easy-going boyfriend?! I’ll divorce you right now! You can have as many boyfriends as you want!” Inuyasha interrupts loudly from the other side of the hot spring.

Pausing in step, you look over to the thick, bamboo wall dividing the male and female side and roll your eyes.

“Shut the hell up! Who’s talking to you?! Stay over there and stop eavesdropping!” You snap towards the wall and look to Kohaku. “Were you saying something, Kohaku?”

“How can I when you’re so noisy, loudmouth?! And if you have something to say to me, say it to my face! Don’t talk shit about me behind my back!” Inuyasha interrupts again.

You turn towards the wall and set your hands on your hips. “Look, I’m not talking to you or about you, so shut up! Don’t make me come over there to shut you up myself!”

“Oh yeah?! Come on over then! I’m waiting!”

“I bet you are, but I’m not going to give you the pleasure, so there!” You walk over to the spring and slip down into the hot water with a huff.

O.o.O

“Could that be how you keep the marriage fresh?” On the other side of the hot spring, Miroku sits down in the spring, across from Inuyasha who sat with eyes closed and his back towards the bamboo wall.

“Huh? What marriage? I’m not married to anyone.” Inuyasha scowls and crosses his arms.

Miroku laughs. “You better not let Ms. ___ hear you say that.”

“Pff, what marriage! I’m not married to anyone!” Inuyasha loudly repeats.

O.o.O

“Then don’t be married then! Who’s stopping you?!” You frown and set your folded towel behind you to lay your head back against it.

“Um, Ms. ___, is that really ok?” Kohaku asks hesitantly as she walks over to the spring.

You look up to see Sango and Kohaku both giving you surprised and concerned stares. “What do you mean?”

“To say that to your husband, won’t he be mad?” Kohaku asks, stepping into the spring near you.

“So what? He’s making me mad, too. I’m not going to apologize. He should stop being so oversensitive!” You say huffily, and push a fallen lock of hair out of your face.

“I’m surprised. You seemed so meek before now. So that’s the kind of relationship you have…” Sango says after a short pause.

“Huh?” You look to her confused.

O.o.O

“What are you doing?” Inuyasha asks, looking towards Miroku, who’s kneeling in front of the bamboo wall.

“I just noticed there’s a hole big enough to see through to the ladies side.” Miroku answers inspecting said hole. “Come and see.”

“No thanks, there’s nothing to see over there.” Inuyasha grumbles and scratches behind his ear.

“Ah, really? Well, you’re missing out.” Miroku says, peeking through the hole.

“What are you? Twelve and pubescent? Your preoccupation with the female body is troubling. No wonder you don’t have a woman.” Inuyasha closes his eyes, folds his arms behind his head and reclines.

“Speaking of which, how did it go with-“ Miroku jerks his head back to avoid getting jabbed in the eye with a finger.

O.o.O

“Damn, I missed!” Sango hisses, kneeling in front of the wall before the little hole.

“Captain, that wasn’t what it looked like! I was only going to find something to fill the hole in with!” Miroku calls from the other side of the wall.

“Yeah right, if I catch you peeping again, I’ll damage more than your eye!” Sango says menacingly and stands up.

“Um, w-what if Mr. Miroku really is trying to plug the hole? He doesn’t seem like the type to peep to me.” Kohaku says.

You laugh. “You misunderstand, he may seem charming and gentlemanly at first, but that’s only a fa�ade. Beneath that, he is Miroku Hoshino, enemy of all women.”

Kohaku looks to you confused. “What?”

“He’s a player.” Sango elaborates. She walks over to the spring, picks up her towel from where she left and wraps it around herself.

“Exactly, he’s a hit it and quit it. He’ll only be nice to you to get into your panties, and he’s nice to everyone.” You nod solemnly.

Kohaku blushes brightly. “Ms. ___... You said ‘get into your panties.’”

“Well, I’m getting tired. I’ll be leaving now. Goodnight.” Sango says, starting to walk to the hot spring exit/entrance.

You and Kohaku both bid Sango a ‘good night’ as she leaves. Several moments pass, and hot spring falls silent. You go back to reclining and resting your head on your folded towel and gaze up at the night sky.

It’s looks like a full moon tonight, maybe Inuyasha will turn human?

“Ms. ___?” Kohaku says.

“Hm?”

“My name isn’t Kohaku. It’s Koharu.”

You look over to her surprised. “Really? Oh wow, and I’ve been calling you Kohaku all this time! How embarrassing, I’m sorry!”

She blushes faintly, sinking down chin deep into the water. “It’s ok… And, I’m not a teenager, I’m twenty.”

“What? You look so young and small for your age!”

“Yes, I know. Everyone says that, it gets annoying sometimes...” Koharu says sullenly, looking away from you.

“I’m sorry, but it’s true.” You smile slightly. “Some people want to look younger than their age, you know.”

“How old are you?”

“Twenty-five, and Inuyasha’s twenty-four. If we met in high school, I would have been his upperclassman!” You begin to play out the scenario in your head.

“I don’t think I could have guessed that. Ms. ___ looks younger, too.” Koharu says, staring up at you.

“Thanks! Now I feel less old!” You laugh lightly.

“I don’t think you’re old at all.” Koharu replies. “My grandfather and Mr. Totosai are the ones old.”

O.o.O

The soak in the hot spring was wonderful! It was so relaxing, and it was doing wonders for your skin! It’s like your skin’s become twenty-five percent softer, since you’ve been staying here!

So you finally decided to leave the hot spring, it’s probably near midnight, and it looks like everyone else has gone to their rooms. It’s pretty quiet on the first floor. On your way upstairs to your room, you noticed the back door near the hot spring entrance open, and curiously decided to take a look outside.

O.o.O

“Miroku?” You walk down the small stone stairs and into the grassy backyard of the inn. Miroku stood near the corner of the building with a lit cigarette in his hand and a lighter in the other, flicking the lid open and close. “I didn’t know you smoked.”

Miroku looks over to you and smiles. “Oh, Ms. ___, hey, you surprised me! Only on occasion, I try not to make it a habit. Do you want one?” He starts to reach into the pocket of his yukata.

It’s sort of dark, and you can only see him from the dull light shining through the windows of the building. The fireflies floating around you aren’t much help, despite their glow.

“No thanks, I like my health just fine.” You reply without a second thought and cross your arms.

“Really? You can try it and it’ll be our secret!” Miroku takes out a box of cigarettes and hands them to you. For the first time, you notice a bandage thickly wrapped around his hand and wrist.

Did he hurt himself recently?

“No, it’ll be on my conscience forever.” You reply, not accepting the cigarettes from him.

“What about mine? Are you sure that you don’t want to give it just a small blow?”

What?

“I said no.” You shoot him an annoyed glance and turn away when he takes a long drag of his cigarette. “Don’t blow it in my direction.”

“I’m sorry, I’m not. It’s the wind.” Miroku replies and laughs. “That’s just like Ms. ___, such a virgin.”

“Excuse me?” You turn to face him with furrowed eyebrows, ready to pounce.

“You would do it if it was Inuyasha asking, wouldn’t you?” He asks you seeming amused.

“I have nothing to prove to you, and him either. I don’t want to smoke.” You say frowning. “What does it have to do with him?”

“Oh, I don’t know.” He walks forward, staring into the dark woods in front of him. “You know, before Inuyasha mentioned it to me today, I had no idea that it bothered you.”

“What are you talking about?” You ask before coming to a quick realization. “What did he say?”

Heaven help him if he blurted out all of your feelings to Miroku! You can even get him to talk about his own feelings, and he dares to talk about yours with someone else?!

“In short, I hurt your ego when I dumped you and that I better hit on you a lot more from now on or he’ll really beat me up for what happened earlier.” Miroku sums up, and takes a small puff from his cigarette.

You take a few moments to take in that information. “That sounds so manipulative… But so sweet! Did he really say that?”

“He did. However, don’t you want to know the reason why I dumped you, Ms. ___?”

You sigh, (because you want to see Inuyasha right now, and Miroku’s not him), and shrug. “Do I? I don’t think I care anymore.”

“Well, for the time when you do care, it wasn’t anything personal. It was just that you were too much of a virgin then.” Miroku turns and smiles at you. “But now…”

You stare at Miroku for a few bewildered moments. “How is that not personal?”

“I don’t want you to take it that way. You just weren’t my type, to date an innocent virgin girl; I’d feel too obliged later.” He explains sheepishly.

“Then what’s your type, a slutty easy girl?” You glare at him.

“That’s not exactly what I meant, but yes.” Miroku nods.

“That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. You didn’t date me because I was a virgin?” You say, looking to him in disbelief.

“Yes, exactly! Also, at the time, you really didn’t have much of a sex appeal to me.” He waves his hands upon seeing the expression on your face. “Don’t misunderstand; you’re an attractive woman, but... I just wanted something else.”

“Is that so?” You stare at him coldly.

“But it’s completely opposite now! You’re full of sex appeal! Even now, you’re glowing.”

“Who cares what you think! I’m not married to you, so your opinion doesn’t matter to me! Don’t get so overconfident either, Inuyasha was exaggerating. You didn’t hurt my self-esteem. Even if you didn’t dump me, I still wouldn’t like you because of how you treat women!” You snap at him and turn to walk back to the door. “If anyone’s self-esteem should hurt, it’s yours. I think you don’t want to date virgins because you can’t fulfill a woman’s needs!”

The door opens before you can even touch it, and Inuyasha steps out of the building with jet black hair and regular human ears. “Why is it so noisy out here?”

He grunts in surprise and nearly falls over when you practically jump on him to kiss him. After a moment, he finds some support against the wall and begins to kiss you back.

“…I’m jealous; I want a woman to throw herself at me like that.” Miroku says, watching. After a minute passing, Miroku turns away. “Hey now, you two already have a room. Go to it.”

Inuyasha tilts his head back, breaking the kiss, while holding you against him. “What’s up with you?”

“I just want to appreciate you.” You smile and wrap your arms around his neck, entangling your fingers in his hair that’s still a bit damp from the hot spring.

“Can’t you two appreciate each elsewhere? You’re making me feel lonely.” Miroku says, turning back to face you two, and waving his cigarette holding hand as if to say, ‘hi, I’m still here!’

“Shut up, Single and Lonely, no one cares what you think.” You reply, sending Miroku an annoyed glare. You lean your head against Inuyasha’s chest.

Miroku looks to you and smiles. “I think you misunderstood, Ms.___, when I said I didn’t want a virgin, I only meant you.” He drops his cigarette and grinds it into the ground underneath his foot.

You stare at Miroku for a moment surprised. “Really?”

“Yes.”

“Wow, you really hurt my feelings...” You pull apart from Inuyasha, and look at Miroku with a false hurt expression on your face, “And if it helps you sleep at night knowing that, then I hope you never sleep because I just lied. I could care less.”

You turn and walk back inside of the building to go to your room without another word.

O.o.O

Still standing where he was silently observing for the last few minutes, Inuyasha peeks inside of the building to make sure you really left and then shuts the door.

Inuyasha crosses his arms and looks to Miroku impassively. “You know, you really fucked up this time. She’s gonna hate you later.”

Miroku laughs nervously. “I wasn’t trying to make her hate me; some things came out wrong… I didn’t mean..”

“You should be worried.” Inuyasha shrugs and turns partly towards the door. He looks back to Miroku and smirks. “Good job, by the way, I’ll never hear about it again. She’ll take all of her anger out on you.”

“Uh, Inuyasha, maybe you could help me out a little? To make her less.. Revengeful, perhaps?” Miroku starts walking towards the door.

“Why would I do that? This went better than I planned. She already didn’t like you, now she hates you, and that means I’ll never have to hear about it again. If you try something, or even look at her the wrong way, then she’ll beat the crap out of you herself, and I won’t have to lift a finger. This saves me a lot of trouble.” The mastermind cackles, and then they both go inside for beers.

O.o.O

For the question when Miroku asks you if you’d take a cigarette from him if he was Inuyasha, then I think you would. That would put the situation into reverse, you’d be married to Miroku instead, and then you would cheat on him with Inuyasha! Draaamaa! But that’s a whole different universe from this storyline.

I don’t think I could write Miroku/You other than what’s been implied in the last few chapters, and even then I don’t think the implications have been too strong, other than the subtle as a herd of rhinos stampeding through a field of rose bushes, wet dream at the start of Phase 20.

I think I can guess your responses from the last reviews, (thank you, I love you!), but who here actually enjoys the small amount of Miroku/You? Or just finds it a little funny? Or should I just stop annoying you hardcore Inuyasha fans? Don’t look at me with those eyes of betrayal. Inuyasha/You is my OTP.

I laughed while finishing this entire chapter, did you? =D
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