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Love Potion # Kyuu	By : SplendentGoddess Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > InuYasha/Kagome Views: 15093 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
Disclaimer: Inuyasha, and the characters therein, are the property of Rumiko Takahashi. I am in no way affiliated with Takahashi or VIZ Productions, and I do not gain financially from my fanfic in any way.

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Chapter 4 - Here Lies Miroku
Usually, whenever Inuyasha would storm off angrily to attack something, it was either because they were actually under attack, themselves, or otherwise, if there was no immediate danger, then Kagome would usually try to stop him, because he was most likely overreacting. Such was not the case this time around, however, as the miko went storming off with him, both of them ready to let a certain 'monk' - and they used that term loosely - have a piece of their minds. They were both aware of the fact that the two of them still had a lot to discuss with each other in private regarding where their relationship stood and what everything meant, but they also both silently agreed that that conversation could wait now that they had someone to blame.
"Miroku!" Inuyasha bellowed as they approached Kaede's hut. He could hear activity inside, so he knew everyone was already awake.
Kagome could also hear the suffling coming from inside, but as her new mate made a move towards the door, the miko had a different idea.
"No, Inuyasha..." Kagome spoke up then, surprising him. Spinning around, he glared at her with a very 'you've got to be kidding me' expression over the idea that she could possibly want him to go 'easy' on the letch, but she immediately erased that concern as her eyes hardened while adding, "Let me." as she made her own way towards the door.
"Kagome?" he questioned hesitantly, reaching an arm out to stop her momentum as his eyes asked her if she was certain she felt up to it.
"He likes it when you're mad sometimes. He teases you, I've seen him do it. I can be much scarier." she stated logically.
I won't argue with that... The fire in her eyes was making him feel uneasy, and he wasn't the one her ire was directed towards. Thank kami...
"Stay within ear shot."
"You got it."
With that, Kagome stormed inside the hut, without knocking, tossing the reed mat aside so hard as she passed that it crashed against the frame of the doorway, spooking everyone inside the hut who had been sitting around the fire pit waiting for their breakfast of leftover stew to finish reheating.
"Kagome!" Kaede exclaimed in surprise, "What is it child?"
"Kaede-obaa-chan, would you and Sango-chan please take Shippou-chan and go outside..." Kagome ground out through gritted teeth, while glaring daggers at Miroku.
"Wha-?" Sango started to mutter in surprise and confusion, before she was quickly rushed out the door by a panic-stricken kitsune loudly proclaiming "Let's go!" at the sight of an angry Kagome. Kaede was concerned, considering the young miko's temper was usually never directed towards anyone other than Inuyasha, but she too quickly rose to her feet and made her way outside, after first placing the stew off the fire so that it wouldn't burn.
Kagome didn't move a muscle, her narrowed eyes never leaving Miroku's person as she breathed heavily through her nose. The sound of the door mat falling back into place behind her left the duo in eerie silence. Finally, it was Miroku who braved speaking first.
"Whatever seems to be the matter, Kagome-sama?" he asked politely, though he couldn't conceal his mild gulp of nervousness. He had no idea what he'd done to deserve the young lady's anger, but the fact that she was angry with him was quite apparent.
"Hmph, Kagome-sama..." she grumbled sarcastically after a moment. "As if you have any respect for women!"
"I beg your pardon?"
"Request denied!"
"Kagome!" he declared in genuine surprise and growing concern, deliberately dropping the suffix to show just how close he truly felt to the young miko whom he had honestly come to consider as a little sister of sorts. "What's gotten into you?" he asked nervously, wondering if an enemy of theirs had managed to concoct an illusion of sorts. Not that he believed her to be a false Kagome, but perhaps she had witnessed a false Miroku comment some heinous act? After all, even during all the times she had been angry with Inuyasha over one thing or another, he'd never before seen her quite this angry. What could he have possibly done?
"What's gotten into me? Into me? Oh, how about Sango-chan's fucking mint tea!"
Oh, that...
Kagome rarely cursed, and whenever she did, she usually limited her vocabulary to less vulgar terms like 'damn' or 'crap'. To Miroku's knowledge, this was the first time that particular swear had ever left her lips. Although, if he understood the situation correctly, then the term was most likely warranted, he decided then.
The future-born miko's eyes shown with a wide range of emotions in that moment, as her aura flared angrily around her. She was still upset, and rightfully so, over what had happened to herself - being drugged, more or less, with what she now believed to be an intentional 'date rape' sort of herb. And while she was mildly relieved for herself to realize that she hadn't been the intended target, that relief was superseded by her natural compassion for others. Yes, she had been drugged, intentionally or not, and yes, she had lost her virginity in a blurry drunken stupor, but at least it had been with the man she loved, whom she was pretty sure also loved her in return, if the bite mark on her neck was any indication. Things would be awkward between her and Inuyasha for a while, she was certain, but they would figure it out. They would be fine. Now that Kagome knew the drug had been meant for Sango, she was more angry on behalf of her friend than for what had happened to herself. Miroku's intended violation of Sango was too much. That woman was like an older sister to Kagome, and she cared for her deeply. Sango had been through so much already, losing her entire family, nearly dying herself, and even though Miroku was playfully lecherous, Kagome had always thought that there were genuine feelings buried beneath the surface. She had believed there could actually be a bright future ahead for them; that Sango and Miroku were made for each other. Not now. Not after what he had tried to pull. He was a player...worse, a rapist. Yes, Kagome knew that she and Inuyasha would be just fine. Hell, one day this might even be one of those things that they would look back on and laugh about, as they lived happily ever after. But if Miroku had successfully managed to lure Sango into his bed last night with that witch's brew of his, it would have destroyed her.
While Kagome stood before him too angry to even continue yelling at him, unlike the kaleidoscope of emotions swimming in her eyes, the monk's eyes reflected nothing but the unbridled panic of a rabbit looking out its burrow into the snapping jaws of a wolf. His thoughts could only form a single word...
Busted.
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Outside Kaede's hut, Inuyasha was close by as Shippou rushed out first, a startled Sango in tow with a yawning Kirara on her heels. Kaede was quick to exit next, the elderly miko shaking her head to herself as she headed off towards the herb fields, figuring she might as well get started on that morning's weeding.
"Inuyasha, what's going on?" Sango asked as she spotted the hanyou.
"And why do you and Kagome smell so strongly of each other?" added Shippou.
Before Inuyasha could even open his mouth to respond to Sango's question, the kitsune's inquiry had him blushing to his ears, and he swiftly bopped him on the head for not minding his own business.
"Owe! I was just wondering..."
"Feh!"
"Hey!" Sango started again in that moment, grabbing his hand to regain his attention. "Inuyasha, what is going on? What does Shippou mean? And why is Kagome-chan so angry with Houshi-sama?"
"I'm not sure if she wanted me to explain it to you or not." he answered vaguely, shifting his weight nervously from foot to foot. "She didn't say."
"Well, if she didn't say, then she didn't say not to tell me, so tell me!"
Fucking women's logic...
But once again, before he could open his mouth to answer her, the three of them suddenly heard Kagome's full-throated profanity from within the hut.
The taijiya was understandably taken aback, both by the harsh language, as well as the seemingly innocent subject matter.
"My tea? What about my tea?"
"It made Kagome drunk." the hanyou reluctantly confessed, his ears lowering from a lingering feeling of guilt.
"It did?" Sango questioned with a very puzzled look on her face, trying to figure out how that could have possibly happened, and what she was obviously missing.
Clearing his throat nervously, Inuyasha hesitantly added, "It...was supposed to make you drunk."
Inuyasha stepped back a few paces as Sango's eyes rapidly darted from side to side, as if reading words that floated in the air that only she could see, as she quickly put the rest of the pieces into place, the entire puzzle swiftly taking shape. Shippou's comment was also taken into consideration, about how Inuyasha and Kagome smelled so much like one another, indicating perhaps just how drunk the miko had actually gotten, while also explaining why Inuyasha looked so guilty. The fact that all three of them could also still hear the continuing argument going on inside Kaede's hut sealed the deal. When the last piece of the puzzle clicked into place, Sango did a very lovely impersonation of a youkai, as she squinted her eyes into a very evil expression, raising her upper lip to bare what passed for fangs among humans, balling her hands into tight fists which she clinched firmly against her sides. Had she truly been youkai, or even hanyou like himself, Inuyasha mused darkly that she would have transformed in that moment; claws, red eyes, the works... She was that mad.
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Back inside Kaede's hut, Kagome had finally grown tired of waiting for Miroku to say anything in defense of himself. Guilty until proven innocent was just fine with her, under the circumstances.
"Don't just sit there! Say something!"
"Kagome-sama...I assure you I meant no-"
"Oh please, save it it for the jury!"
"Huh?"
"You!" she stomped her foot. "In my time, you'd get arrested for what you did!"
"Arrested?"
"Yeah! We treat women with a little more respect in the 21st century!"
"Have I not always treated you with the utmost respect?"
"Don't play stupid. This isn't about me."
"But, I thought..."
Now he was confused.
"This is about me, and it isn't."
"..."
Now he was even more confused.
Sighing in exasperation, Kagome wiped her hand down across her face before deciding to spell it out for him.
"You didn't rape me!"
He gasped, appalled at the very notion of what she was suddenly insinuating.
"I didn't 'rape' Sango!"
"Only because I drank her tea!"
"Kagome-sama..." Miroku started slowly. "You misunderstand, I assure you."
She just glared daggers, allowing him to finish.
"I would never force Sango to bed with me against her will."
"No, only make her so loose that she didn't resist!"
"It was a love potion." was his reply, as if using the word love made it okay, as if that explained everything. Like Kagome would suddenly go, 'Oh, it was? Sorry, my mistake.' and leave it be.
"Guess you guys had a different word for it back then...back...now, whatever!" she started while shaking her head. "My point is...it's wrong to drug somebody you supposedly care about. Wait, no, it's just wrong to drug somebody, period! But especially somebody you supposedly care about!"
Miroku cringed each time she used the word supposedly, as if he truly had no feelings for the slayer. Finally, in a last ditch effort to defend himself, he snapped back with, "Quit saying that! Quit saying 'supposedly' like that! I do care for Sango! I do more than care, I love her!"
Kagome wasn't fazed, though.
"Well you've sure got a funny way if showing it." was her deceptively casual reply.
Pausing to take a few deep breaths in order to calm his shaking nerves, once the seriousness of the situation, from Kagome's point of view, finally sank in, Miroku then raised his eyes to meet her own, his voice calm and steady once more.
"Kagome-sama, that tea wasn't designed to control the mind in the way you believe. It was a true love potion, one that works with a person's heart. It brings to the surface your hidden love for a specific individual that for whatever reason you refuse to express. It doesn't turn a woman into a common whore, unable to refuse the advances of any random man. It just makes you act on the desires you already have, for whomever you already desire."
Kagome opened her mouth prepared to argue some more but then promptly closed it again, her sudden change of expression suggesting that she just might possibly be considering the slim chance that what he said was true. After all, the 'date rape' drug that she knew of from back in her own century basically knocked you out so that you weren't really aware of what was happening. Kagome had definitely been 'aware' of what was happening, having been the instigator of it all. No, that tea hadn't allowed Inuyasha to rape her. A more accurate statement would be that it had caused her to rape Inuyasha, despite his insistence that it was his own fault for 'giving in' and that he'd been too weak to resist her. That still went to show that he needed to resist, because she had been the forceful one. In the end, whatever reasons he had for giving in didn't really matter.
"I don't understand something, though..." Miroku continued in that moment, pulling Kagome from her thoughts with an unsettling feeling as she noticed the sudden contemplative look on his face. "How did you even find out, if you were the one who drank the tea? Unless of course..."
Just then, the reed mat hanging in the doorway was violently flung aside, the sudden breeze causing Kagome's hair to move away from how she'd had it placed strategically over her shoulder, which gave Miroku a perfect view of the mating mark on her throat. Instant realization struck Miroku like Hiraikotsu to the head, or was that just Sango swinging her weapon?
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Back outside the hut, Shippou had jumped up onto Inuyasha's shoulder, for fear that Sango would transform at any moment. She had seemed virtually frozen in place, as they all silently continued to listen to the argument taking place inside the hut. It wasn't until they all plainly heard Miroku cry out that he loved her that she seemed to snap out of whatever trance she had temporarily fallen under, whirling around and making a move for the doorway.
"Sango, wait!" Inuyasha spoke up in a hurry, partially trying to protect the houshi should Sango do any serious damage to him in her current state of ire, while also partially trying to protect himself should Kagome direct her own anger towards him for having allowed Sango to interrupt.
For half a second, the hanyou thought he'd been successful, getting Sango to pause until she could gather her thoughts as she hesitated just before entering the hut. But as quickly as his cautious optimism had come, it was immediately erased as the taijiya merely turned to make a grab for Hiraikotsu, which had been resting propped up against the outer wall of the hut. She then proceeded to rush past the reed mat, leaving Inuyasha standing alone in confusion while Shippou ran off to find Kaede. For a brief moment time seemed to stand still, as the hanyou found himself lost in thought, contemplating Miroku's latest words. Was it true? That the tea he had made was designed only to bring out what was already in one's heart? He had known that Kagome cared deeply for him, but he hadn't been certain if her feelings had run quite that deeply. Could it really be possible that all the tea had done was allow her to act like how she would have acted anyway were it not for some inhibition she had about being so forward? Had that passion truly been...her own?
Before he could truly think too deeply on the matter, though, Inuyasha was quickly pulled from his thoughts by the sudden sound of Kagome screaming.
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"Sango-chan!" the miko gasped in surprise as she spun around only to stare in horror at the murderous look in her friend's eyes.
Years of training backed by blinding anger had the taijiya moving faster than Kagome could react, the miko helpless to do anything but look on in horrid shock as her friend spun the blunt end of her deadly weapon into the back of Miroku's head so hard that it knocked him unconscious. At least she hadn't decapitated him. But Kagome's expression of shock and disbelief quickly morphed into terror when she saw Sango rising up her weapon up for another strike. Was she seriously trying to kill him?!
"Sango NO!" she screamed, but just as the Hiraikotsu was about to crack into Miroku's skull, it was stopped by Tetsusaiga's blade.
"Out of my way Inuyasha..." the taijiya ground out through gritted teeth. "I'm not too fond of you right now, either, for taking advantage of Kagome-chan like that!" she spat evilly, as she eyed the mating mark on Kagome's throat.
Her words stung him, but he didn't dare retract his sword. Not until after she first retracted her boomerang. Seeing the stalemate in his eyes, Sango huffed before relenting, twisting Hiraikotsu up onto her back as she shot him a 'fine, have it your way' expression. Cautiously, he sheathed Tetsusaiga, knowing that he and Kagome had some serious damage control to do.
"Sango-chan, listen to me..." Kagome started in that moment, valiantly ignoring the queasy dance of butterflies in her stomach that had her wanting to throw up again. "It's not what you think." she continued, "It's not...it wasn't...what I had thought."
"So you believe his lies?" the slayer spat.
"I...uh..." Rubbing at the back of her head with a sheepish grin, the miko confessed, "Well, I kinda know...first hand...how the potion apparently works, er...worked, so I don't think that was a lie."
She stole a quick glance over at Inuyasha, whose matching blush told her that he'd also heard Miroku's explanation.
"How it works..." the taijiya repeated sarcastically. "What are you talking about?"
Sango's human ears had unfortunately missed the part where Miroku had explained the specific workings of his love tea, the quieter words having been spoken while she had paused outside to retrieve her weapon. The 'lies' she was referring to was Miroku's confession of his love for her.
Before Kagome could think of how to put it into more delicate words, trying to douse the fire in her friend's eyes, she suddenly heard Inuyasha's all too blunt explanation.
"That shit apparently only makes you hot for the one you got in your heart. If you don't love no one, then the tea don't do nothin'. It was his lecherous way of goin' about findin' out if you loved him or not since he ain't man enough to just ask."
His words made Kagome want to smack herself on the forehead, though she couldn't really fault him on accuracy. Grammar, perhaps, but that was neither here nor there. Peaking over at Sango to see whether or not the slayer was considering his explanation, she breathed a sigh of relief at the look of mild contemplation in Sango's eyes. The slayer was indeed considering Inuyasha's explanation, since her knowledge of various herbs and potions meant that she actually was aware of the fact that there were such 'love teas' in existence, although one admittedly had to be of questionable morals in order to consider actually using such a thing on somebody.
Houshi-sama is definitely of questionable morals... Sango relented with a sigh, accepting the explanation as truth, and Kagome released the breath she'd been holding at the sight of Sango's anger melting away.
Glancing Kagome's way with questioning eyes, her concerns, too, were more strongly rooted in her friend's well-being than her own in that moment, as she asked..."But then...you and Inuyasha?"
"Feh! Don't change the subject!" the hanyou barked out more from embarrassment than anger, though Sango promptly ignored him to meet Kagome's gaze head on. She wanted to make absolutely sure that her friend hadn't been violated, or she would take her revenge.
Blushing down to her toes, Kagome met Inuyasha's eyes with a breif look of apology before looking Sango's way once more, knowing that her friend deserved the truth no matter how uncomfortable she was with the subject. "Well, that is how it works." she began, closing her eyes and counting to three. "I sort of...threw myself at him. You can't blame him for going along with it."
Opening her eyes and glancing Inuyasha's way, the hanyou sent her a brief nod, letting her know he wasn't mad for her confession to Sango. At least she had left out pretty much all of the details. That wasn't anyone's fucking business but their own!
Kagome was about to say more, though only regarding how she and Inuyasha were okay and how she didn't want their friends to act awkwardly around them, when the queasiness she had been fighting off for the last twenty minutes suddenly rushed up on her with a vengeance. With her eyes suddenly opening wider in panic, she bolted for the doorway, darting past both her friend and mate before either one of them could open their mouths to ask her what was wrong. Inuyasha's ears quickly informed him less than a minute later, though, as the sensitive appendages picked up the unmistakable sound of retching. Slumping his shoulders, he wondered just how long Kagome was going to be feeling the ill effects of that stupid fucking brew.
At first, Inuyasha's instinct was to go out and check her, as his leg muscles tensed to make a move towards the door, but his logical mind told him in that moment that she'd be fine, at least eventually, and also that he had better not leave Sango alone with Miroku just yet. While he could tell from his scent that the houshi was only knocked out and was otherwise relatively unharmed, he didn't want to leave the two alone until he knew the slayer could be trusted not to injure him further.
Sango had of course assumed that Inuyasha would chase after Kagome, as well, so when she turned to see him still standing there, arms tucked into the sleeves of his suikan, staring at her squarely in the eyes, she almost flinched from the intensity of his scrutinizing gaze before mustering enough courage to ask almost sarcastically, "Aren't you going to go after her?"
"Keh, she's fine." he brushed off, ignoring her tone. He couldn't really blame Sango for still being angry with him when he was still angry with himself. "She's just throwing up again." he added for her benifit as explenation for Kagome's unexpected departure. "I ain't leaving until I know you're okay."
Unfolding his arms, Inuyasha softened his gaze, allowing Sango to see the genuine concern he held for her as a friend. Relaxing her own posture, then, she wiped a hand down across her face, her head still a jumbled mess though she was doing the best she could to sort it all out. "I'm all right, I suppose." she answered truthfully. After all, nothing had actually been done to her, except for the breif moment her entire world had been flipped upside down as she lost every ounce of trust for the man she loved. "This was all just a lot to take in all of a sudden, and Houshi-sama...Houshi-sama! Oh no!" she suddenly cried out in realization, dropping to her knees to examine the unconcious monk.
"He'll be fine." Inuyasha assured Sango in that moment, lightly tapping his nose. The taijiya sighed in relief.
As upset as she had gotten, it was only because she had initially thought, just the same as Kagome and Inuyasha had both believed, that Miroku had been attempting to incapacitate her. But now that she knew that wasn't what'd happened, she started to cry a little in a mix of relief and guilt, feeling responsible in a way because of how cold she knew she had been acting towards him as of late. Sango believed that, perhaps, if she had been a little nicer towards the letch, then he wouldn't have had reason to stoop so low to decipher her feelings. It was true, she did love him, but she hadn't thought that he felt the same way, assuming his open attraction to her was purely physical, lust and desire without any deeper emotions. Now she realized that wasn't true, either.
Once Sango calmed down enough to start whispering quiet apologies to the slumbering houshi, Inuyasha knew he didn't have to worry about them any longer, and finally headed outside to check up on Kagome.
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