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Demon Nature	By : Shardetector Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > InuYasha/Kagome Views: 25046 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 8
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Demon Nature
Chapter Seven

InuYasha laid the petite unconscious form of his mate gently down on the soft furs of their bed. Tucking his red suikan tighter around her, he removed his white kosode to lay over her for extra warmth.
Gazing dejectedly at her peaceful face, he couldn’t stop the hate that consumed him. What made it even worse was the fact he couldn’t bring himself to want to take it back. He would absolutely have done things differently, but as far as undoing the claim he had placed on her?
He reached down to slide a strand of her raven hair from her porcelain face; absently noting that the bruise that had marred her right side was almost completely gone now. His heart swelled when she smiled softly in her sleep, murmuring his name. No, he decided he would never regret his claim on her. This beautiful human woman had him on a short leash and he didn’t mind it one bit.
Reluctantly, he pulled himself away from her sleeping form to start a fire. The small rays of sunlight peeking into the cave provided a fair amount of light, he just wanted to be doubly sure his mate was warm.
Once he had a decent flame blazing, his golden-red eyes narrowed in disgust as he glanced down his own body. His clawed hands were still smudged with the blood of those damn orcs. And he had had the gall to touch something so pure with such taint?
Without a sound InuYasha fled the cave and headed straight for the river. He didn’t even slow his pace or give himself time to dread the frigid water. Diving as deep as he could go, his red hakama clinging to his legs, he scrubbed violently at his skin. Not just wanting to clean his claws, but wanting to clean all of himself. Somehow hoping the cold waters could wash away his guilt.
When he finally emerged to step out on the river bank, his skin was a bright inflamed hue from the mistreatment he had given it. Yet he still didn’t feel he was clean enough to be in her presence. Dropping down on all fours, he shook himself as hard as he could to quickly dry himself.
InuYasha decided his current state of cleanliness would have to do, not wanting to waste any time in getting back to his mate. He already never liked to leave her for long. The bond he had created only called him back to her that much more urgently. Not to mention she had some minor wounds he needed to take care of.
When he entered the cave, he was again concerned with how long it was still taking the jewel to purify even the slightest bit in Kagome’s presence. He needed to fix this. His eyes locked on to his mates’ still sleeping form and he grew sullen once more… All of this.
Taking a deep breath to try and calm himself, only succeeded in setting him even more on edge. The smell of her blood, while a small amount, was like acid in his lungs. He hated knowing she was hurt, hated even more knowing he had caused some of her injuries.
Walking over to crouch down next to her legs, he removed his kosode from her. He stared hard at his suikan, mentally preparing himself for what he had to do. Thankfully the injuries she had were slight in comparison to those from when he healed her that first time. Though he had yet to claim her then. If he thought his demon had given him trouble the first time he had tasted her blood… InuYasha shuddered. His demon could get the fuck over it. He was healing her body and nothing more.
Mind determined, he reached with shaky hands to pull open the crimson fabric of his suikan. He refused to let his eyes wonder over her body, only allowing them to travel to her small wounds.
He felt a pain in his chest as his eyes landed on the small crescent moon like cuts on her hips. Five on her left side and four on her right. He smiled bitterly, at least he had thought to rid himself of his claw before he had touched the delicate flesh of her womanhood.
As his eyes traveled lower to her left leg, he growled low at seeing the long shallow claw marks there. They started just above her knee and curved around to go down the back of her calf. The way they traveled down her, he could tell she had been running. He cursed himself more for not having gotten to her sooner.
Wanting to get this over with while his priestess still slept, InuYasha guessed her leg was as good of a place as any to start. Making his way down to her ankles, he carefully lifted her leg and crouched down low to begin.
As soon as his tongue touched the first mark on her leg, her blood shot through his senses like a wildfire. Urging him to heal her, to protect to her, to reinforce his claim on her.
InuYasha beat that last thought down violently. He would heal her and nothing more. Focusing on the claw mark he was currently healing, he slowly traveled up her leg following it and coating it with his saliva. Once the first mark had disappeared completely, he got to work on the remaining two.
Satisfied when her leg was completely healed, he begrudgingly crawled up between her legs to her hips. Eyes taking in the areas where he had sunk his own claws into her flesh, he damned his demon heritage. Even knowing he had not done so meaning to cause her harm, he had been lost to lust, he found no excuse for himself.
InuYasha took extra care with these marks. He gently healed these marks caused by his demon passion with long loving strokes. Giving each spot of her skin a small tender kiss once he had rid it of the mark his claws had left behind.
Once he was finished, he sat back and his eyes stared blankly down at the soft flesh of her skin above her most intimate of places. While it wasn’t as strong now, he could still smell her blood there.
He had heard it was normal for females to bleed some during their first mating. To what extent he had no idea, since none of the females he’d been with before had been new to such activities. What worried him most was how roughly he had taken her. Had she bled simply because he was her first, and she would be fine? Or had he caused her serious damage that was in need of healing?
InuYasha sighed as he knew what he had to do. His demon was going to hate him for this. Yet, he would rather put himself through the inner torture he knew was sure to come, rather than chance that she might not be seriously hurt there.
‘Healing only, nothing more.’
Laying himself flat on their bed of furs, he gently spread his sleeping mate’s thighs. With her womanhood opened to him, his nose wrinkled as the smell of her blood grew a little stronger to him. His eyes were sad as he took in how swollen and red her delicate flesh was.
Not sure how far deeply her inner injury was and if he could even reach it with his tongue, he was quite proud of the idea he came up with. Lifting her with his hands each cupping an ass cheek, he angled her so that gravity would be on his side. Even if his tongue couldn’t reach, as long as his saliva did then she would heal.
Glancing back up to his mate’s face to make sure she was still sleeping, InuYasha smiled softly at seeing how peaceful she looked. His smile disappeared when he refocused on the task in front of him.
Stilling himself mentally, he leaned forward to give her nether regions an open-mouthed kiss of sorts. Sliding his tongue down her passage, he couldn’t control the groan that left him. The taste of their combined juices mixed with her blood set his demon blood on fire.
The mixture of their tastes and in just knowing how intimately close his mouth was on her was almost too much for him. His demon begged him to lay with her; it was normal for newly mated pairs to spend days reinforcing their claims. The demon blood in him demanded he do just that and his dick sure wasn’t helping any.
InuYasha shut them both up by grinding his pelvis hard at an awkward angle. He forced himself to concentrate on the small pain the action had caused. To focus on healing her. Squeezing his eyes shut tight, he tried to block the lustful thoughts out that kept plaguing him.
As he pushed his saliva coated tongue back into her, he paused hearing the slight hiss of pain that left her.   Opening his eyes, he looked up her body only to be met with curious stormy eyes. He waited anxiously to see what her reaction was going to be. But when his miko did nothing but blush prettily and give him a shy smile, he took that as his cue to continue. He never broke her gaze as he dipped his tongue in and out of her a few more times with nothing lustful in the action. The only thing he wanted to convey to her how sorry he was for causing her this pain.
InuYasha watched her face forlornly as she grimaced a time or two, clearly still sore from his earlier claim on her. He was relieved when his actions started to seem that they were no longer causing discomfort.   Taking one last sweep with his tongue, he was surprised when a completely different reaction left her.
Sensitive ears picked up the smallest of moans, just as his nose caught the scent of her arousal. Pulling his face back from her some, he stared up intensely at his mate trying to read her. When she blushed hotly realizing he knew what her body felt, he smiled wickedly.
Crimson-honey stare locked with steel blues, he leaned forward to give an experimental lick up her center. Observing as she bit her lower lip in vain to halt another involuntary moan, InuYasha made up his mind.
While he absolutely refused to grant himself any release, he couldn’t help but to think she deserved a little pleasure. He didn’t bother arguing with himself that the act of giving her pleasure gave him some as well. This was about her.
He had healed the damage he had caused, now it was time to make amends for it. Replace the pain he had caused with something much more satisfying. As his tongue started its’ sensual dance over her intimate area, he never released her eyes.
InuYasha thoroughly enjoyed watching as lust swiftly heated her gaze. He soon found himself having to hold her in place, but not from her trying to escape his ministrations. Her hips jerked wildly as his tongue found her little bud of nerves. Airy moans left her as he pressed hard with his tongue while making small rapid circles.
He could tell when she was close. Her right hand clung tightly to the furs they laid on next to her head while her left tangled in his hair. Wincing some as one of his ears was caught in her grip, he still smirked against her, adoring her passion.
Doubling his efforts, it wasn’t long before he was rewarded. When she came, her eyes squeezed shut, her breath caught, her back arched, and her grip in his hair tightened. InuYasha’s greedy eyes took it all in.
Unwilling for it to be over, he didn’t give her a reprieve or time for her body to touch back down to earth. No, he kept going, loving the way she sounded. Lost in the way her body moved for him. He was ravenous demon as he took her over the edge repetitively.
He only stopped when her thighs clamped together on his head. His ears picking up the small broken pleas from her, begging him to stop. At first, he was worried he had crossed a line, but when he could smell no fear coming from her he relaxed. Taking in the small quivers that ran through her body, and how she was panting for breath, InuYasha figured her body simply couldn’t take anymore. That knowledge filled him with male pride.
Rising up to his knees, he purposely held her hooded gaze as he slowly wiped her juices from his mouth with his thumb. He smirked when the action caused her to blush hotly and advert her gaze.
Staring down at her, his heated gaze morphed as it landed on his mark at her neck. A woeful tenderness over took him knowing he had bound her to him without explaining anything to her or even asking her permission. Perhaps if he hadn’t been so consumed by his demon…
Reminded of the growing tainted power of the jewel, InuYasha’s face grew stern. Slowly he started to crawl up his mates’ body on his hands and knees. Not allowing his body to touch hers.
Kagome was out of breath and her whole body was on fire. She hadn’t been able to keep InuYasha’s heated gaze after his little show. Her face was so hot from his teasing; how could he do such things so boldly? Although, given with what she had just let him do perhaps he was starting to rub off on her.
When she had first woken up to find InuYasha licking… certain places, she truthfully hadn’t pictured things going this way. She could tell that he had been healing her. From how much better her leg felt and how much better she was starting to feel in the area he had currently had his tongue. Honestly, she had only been mildly embarrassed with having him touching her so intimately.
The dejection in his once again scarlet-gold eyes had erased any discomfort she had felt. She realized that he needed this more than she did. Kagome saw how torn up inside he was, and if allowing him to heal her would fix that? She could get past her mild embarrassment.
She had offered him a smile to reassure him, and it seemed to be the que he was waiting for. It wasn’t long before the small burning sensation she had felt was gone. His healing touch working wonders. The only problem then had been how good it had started to feel. She had tried to keep herself quiet, but as he gave her one last lick with that hot tongue of his, the smallest of moans had escaped her.
Kagome hadn’t been shocked to see his adorable dog ears twitch at the sound. She had figured out long ago that he did in fact have canine like hearing. Her complete embarrassment came, though, at seeing his nose twitch. She had blushed fiercely when she realized he could smell her body’s excitement.
If that hadn’t made matters worse, the shit eating grin he gave her absolutely had her face hot. Yet she hadn’t been able to tear her eyes away from his gaze as he had leaned towards her; anticipation overwhelming her. She had known she was in trouble the second his hot mouth descended on her.
She knew deep down all it would take was one word from her and he would stop, but she couldn’t stop him. Frankly, she hadn’t wanted to. InuYasha made her feel things she never had before. And she was too curious to explore these new feelings so she was perfectly fine with getting lost in him.
Smiling to herself at how lost she had got in him, Kagome was pulled back to reality at feeling him move. Her heart pounded hard when she realized he was starting to move up her body. She closed her eyes and bit her bottom lip, both nervous and excited for whatever he had planned next.
The soft pressure of his forehead touching hers was not what she was expecting. Before she could react, she next felt his left-hand travel up to intertwine with the fingers of her right hand. A cool smooth hard object pressed between their palms.
Kagome felt him pull his head back some, and she opened her eyes curiously to look up into his crimson-honey orbs. His gaze was so thick with emotion that her breath caught. She couldn’t bring herself to tear away from his eyes, captivated by the intensity in them.
Her gaze only left his when she felt him start to release her hand. Turning her head to stare at their joined hands next to her face, she was filled with even more bewilderment when he removed his hand from hers completely. Left behind in her palm was the dark gem she hadn’t seen since the first day she arrived.
She watched transfixed as the dark clouds inside the jewel swirled violently; the darkness slowly being replaced with a purifying light as she felt an energy leave herself to enter the gem. Watching as the dark jewel transformed into a beautiful translucent gem once more was truly an amazing sight.
Turning to face InuYasha seeking answers, Kagome was left in awe at what she saw. Pure golden-honey eyes held her stare now. And despite the sorrow that currently took up residence inside their depths, she loved those eyes.
She found herself lost in their amber depths as she marveled at their beauty. The connection she felt with InuYasha so strong in this moment that she wished to stay like this forever. Forever with this gorgeous demon who stole her heart.
“I’m so sorry Kagome…”
Kagome inhaled sharply, almost convinced she had imagined his words. His soft apology hadn’t been what startled her; he had been trying so hard to convey the words to her without speaking since she had woken up. No, it was hearing her name spoken from him for the first time…and so lovingly.
Afraid of breaking the moment between them, but desperately wanting to hear him speak her name again, her own words were a breathy whisper.
“Say it again.”
InuYasha’s brow scrunched slightly confused at first by her request. But as he stared down into the hopeful eyes of his miko clarity found him. Smiling softy, he leaned down closer to her almost nose to nose. Intent on conveying all his heart to her, he poured it all in to speaking her name.
“Kagome…”
“InuYasha…”
Hearing his own name from her sent a warm sensation throughout his entire being. His eyes drifted to her full lips, taking in how they stayed slightly parted after whispering his name. He brought his gaze back to hers in time to catch her stare lingering on his own lips.
He didn’t think as he closed the gap between them. His mouth coming down on hers in a soft caress for the first time. He kissed her long and slow, drawing out the electrifying feel of her against him. The longer he kissed her, the more lost in her he became.
Soon on its’ own accord his body was formed against hers, his legs having laid flat without his noticing. InuYasha wanted more of her; he wanted to touch more, smell more, and taste more. It was with this thought that he ran his tongue against her lips silently asking permission to deepen the kiss.
As soon as she granted him access he was exploring her mouth. Coaxing her to explore him as well. And when he felt her tentatively run her tongue over one his fangs he almost lost it. His hand went back to hers in search of something to hold onto to keep him grounded. Not wishing to taint the jewel she held tightly in her grip he settled for holding on to her wrist.
He could have kissed her all day, but unfortunately the need to breath was becoming more urgent. There were also other areas of her delicate flesh he wished to kiss. Releasing her lips, he panted as he opened his eyes to take her in. He was so lost in her he couldn’t even remember when he had closed them.
InuYasha was trying hard to slow down. Taking deep breathes trying to calm himself, he really didn’t want to fuck up and go too far with her again. As he watched her open her stormy-grays to stare up at him, he was stunned when it was her lips that came crashing up on his.
Reason gave way to lust, and he soon found his kisses trailing down her neck. Jerking the collar of his red suikan of the way, he found his mark and ran his tongue teasingly over it. The long moan pulled from them both caused by the action set him on fire.
He pulled his mouth away from her and ducked his head trying to gain control over the desire that was consuming him. InuYasha was just about to pull himself away from her completely, afraid if things continued as they were he’d do something she wasn’t ready for. But as he was summoning the will to distance himself from his beautiful priestess, he felt her hot mouth on the tip of one of his canine ears.
He lost his inner battle then. Nipping, kissing, sucking, licking his way down her he found his way to her breast. The flimsy white material covering her was gone instantly with the flick of his claw. Slicing effortlessly up the thin middle where it met between her perfect mounds.
Taking a taunt nipple into his mouth he teased each one of her pink tips with his tongue and fangs. Growling low as his miko responded in kind by torturing each of his ears with her mouth; InuYasha lost himself in pleasuring her.
As their passion grew, he gave love to every part of her. Often coming back up to visit his mark and her delicious mouth. Lips locked together once more, he found himself kicking out of his pants.
When he settled his hard arousal against her wet entrance, he shuddered. Raising up on his forearms above her, he panted as he sought her eyes. Digging deep to find some small amount of self-control, he refused to go no further until she told him it was what she wanted.
“Kagome.”
He called her name breathlessly and waited patiently for her to open her eyes. Once her steel-blues finally fluttered open and he had captured them in his stare, InuYasha’s tone became very serious, almost pleading.
“Kagome, I need to hear you say it.”
Truthfully, he didn’t care exactly what ‘it’ was. He just needed some form of confirmation from her that it was ok for him to proceed. That she wanted him to go forward from this point.
A light blush dusted across her face, and he sighed when he felt the warmth of her empty hand on his cheek. Every nerve in him was strung tight, wanting so badly to be with her. He wouldn’t blame her if she halted their actions, but he would definitely have to excuse himself.
Kagome was so lost in him she had barely comprehended when InuYasha was addressing her. She had been right it would seem; taking his time with her had indeed made her putty in his clawed hands. And she loved every minute of it.
When his words finally penetrated through her foggy mind, she found she loved him even more for them. She paused as that emotion set deep with her. Love? A man she had only known for two weeks, who had only a few short hours ago taken something precious from her without asking. Could she really say she loved him?
Staring up into his heated golden eyes, Kagome felt she was gazing right into his naked soul and that her own was bared naked to his gaze as well. She didn’t question why she felt so closely drawn to him from the moment she first laid eyes on him. Instead all she found was the consuming need to be closer to him. Not the lustful desires of passion, although those feelings were undeniably there. No, she wanted their souls to be as close as possible. She wanted to be one with him and never live another day without him by her side.
Yes, she decided. She loved this half-demon man more than words could describe.
Kagome’s face heated just slightly as she realized how deeply she cared for InuYasha. Tightening her grip on the Sacred Jewel he had given her as a symbol for how remorseful he was over his earlier actions, she brought her free hand up to cup his face.
Needing so badly to be one with him, yet still a little unconfident in herself from her lack of experience; she could only bring forth one word to express her want of him.
“Please.”
As her soft request reached his ears, InuYasha groaned as he sank into her. He examined her features intensely searching for any sign of discomfort on her end. Although, her face only conveyed the wonderment she felt as he filled her. When he was fully inside her he paused for a moment, giving her time to adjust unlike before.
Gaze locked with hers, he deliberately brought his hips up only to slide them back down in a slightly increased pace. He made damn sure he took his time with her this round as his hips rolled sensually into her at a steady tempo. Building up their passions slowly and torturous, wanting to feel every part of her and for her to feel every part of him.
Although he was very mindful of his claws, as his grip on her wrist inadvertently tightened they still pressed into her skin leaving small indentations. His other hand sought out her hand that didn’t hold the jewel and lacing his fingers with hers, InuYasha held on to her as he took them both higher.
It wasn’t long before he had them both falling over the edge. As her moans filled his ears and her passage tighten around him, he couldn’t help but to slide his fangs back into his mark to strengthen his claim.
Unconsciously he angled his neck so she could place her mark on him and he only vaguely noticed when he didn’t feel her bite. He was too caught up in the feel of his fangs buried in his mark; extremely pleased with himself for having placed his claim so that he could easily access it from either her front or back.
As they both came down from their euphoria and their bodies started to relax, InuYasha sighed feeling the fatigue of his mate through their bond. While his demon stamina came in handy many times, he could tell now was not one of them. He could have gone several more rounds, but knowing that her body was truly spent he settled for placing loving licks and kisses to his mark.
Not wanting to smother her with his weight, he tightened his arms around her small frame and rolled them so she was laying on top of him. He groaned as she wiggled around some getting comfortable. Still being intimately connected with her, her movements did not help any in calming himself down.
InuYasha smiled feeling her finally relax against him. With her head laid partially on his shoulder and his chest, her hand holding the now pure jewel placed over his heart; a content peacefulness filled them both at their closeness.
Holding her snuggly in his arms, he found he hated himself a lot less. While he still would have chosen to have done things differently, he couldn’t deny how pleased he was with the outcome. Besides if this lovely woman could forgive him, who was he to deny her.
Feeling as his mate tried to fight sleep and sensing how anxious she seemed to have become, he glanced down at her sleepy gaze. Seeing the questions swirling in her hazy steel-blues he couldn’t blame her for wanting answers about what all had transpired between them. Holding her close, he kissed her forehead before speaking to put her mind at ease.
“I’ll explain everything after you’ve slept.”
He felt her smile against his chest and in no time, she had drifted off. Feeling his own eyes grow heavy, InuYasha didn’t fight the peaceful lure of sleep. His mind free from the pull of his demon nature, his hatred for himself lessened, his mate content in his arms and still intimately connected with him…he couldn’t help but to feel hopeful. After their current activities, perhaps she wouldn’t take the news so bad after all…

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The athletic brunette sighed as their pace continued on too slowly for her liking. From the urgency of the letter that had been sent to her village, she wanted to reach the troubled village as soon as possible. Especially if it concerned the Sacred Jewel.
Not to mention there was apparently a lost girl and a rabid demon on the loose!
Sighing heavily again, Sango reached up to scratch the small yellow head of her feline companion resting on her shoulder. Her eyes stared forward at the two men in front of her engaged in conversation, one on horseback the other walking alongside the steed dressed in purple robes and carrying a wooden and gold staff.
She did feel bad for the wary messenger. Upon arriving at her village, one look at him and you could tell he had traveled as swiftly as he could. It seemed he had forgone sleep most nights in his want to reach them in time. And the poor man had been frantic, begging them to come quickly to aid their Priestess Kaede. It had taken a while to calm him, but once they had his tale was justly worrisome.
The Sacred Jewel… reappearing back into the world after all this time? The gem had been lost for 50 years. Why would it now show up so suddenly?
Brown eyes glancing over the man who had brought them the message, her stare caught with the lavender gaze of her monk companion. Sending her a charming smile, Sango couldn’t help her own smile that grew.
Her husband was too flirtatious for his own good. She truly didn’t know how he had managed to steal her heart. Seeing as how perverted she thought he was since the first time she had met him.
They had met while both answering the summons of a terrified village. One elder believing they needed an exorcist, another saying they needed a demon slayer. So, in order to appease both men, both had been sent for. As it had turned out, Miroku had been the right one for the job.
After that first encounter, however, it seemed he was everywhere! Every village she was called too, there he was. Flashing her his charming smile, and trying to sleaze his way closer to fill her up with that hand!
Sango giggled at the thought of his ‘cursed’ hand. That had always been his excuse for groping her. She couldn’t blame him; it was his ‘cursed’ hand he would always say. Though that excuse never softened her blows to his head one bit.
As if running into him on every job she went on wasn’t enough, the damn monk had eventually found his way to her own village. Saying that he wanted to join forces with them. Claiming what they lacked in exterminating evil spirits, he more than made up for; and where he lacked skill in combating demons of flesh and bone, they certainly made up for.
Sango had at first been livid when the village headman, her father no less, had agreed with the perverted monk. He even assigned his most skilled slayer to team up with their new partner. Which just happened to be her, oh joy.
Yet over time, the lovable goof had won her heart. And not too long ago her hand. Although they were still holding off on having the many, many children he apparently planned on having.
“It’s not much further now, we will be there by this afternoon I do believe.”
Getting torn from her thoughts at hearing the messengers voice claiming how close they were, Sango couldn’t help but to groan to herself.
‘We would have been there much sooner if he hadn’t insisted he escort us.’
Not having wished to spook the man’s horse by riding Kirara made them travel at a much slower speed. That, plus having to stop to make a secure campsite during the night of the full moon, put them behind schedule. Miroku’s abilities at creating a strong barrier had definitely come in handy though.
Glancing up to catch the shameful look her husband was giving her, Sango blushed lightly realizing she must have groaned a little louder than intended. Wrinkling her nose up at him, she knew he was only teasing her for being so impatient.
She could already hear him now lecturing her on how ‘patience is a virtue’. Seeing the smile he shot back at her, she smiled as well. Of course, he would most certainly follow that up with how well it worked for him. Often telling her how he had won her over with his charm and patience.
Scratching the ear of her sleeping kitten, Sango couldn’t wait to reach the village. They needed to take care of the Jewel once and for all. She really hoped they weren’t too late to save the young girl the man and the letter had spoken of. Yet she didn’t like their odds if the woman had still been lost during the demon’s night…
And she couldn’t forget there was a demon in need of slaying. Apparently a very powerful inu youkai. Sango’s jaw clenched, she would kill the beast slowly if she found out the dog had harmed the innocent girl.
Miroku shook his head after seeing how serious Sango’s features had become. He loved her for her determination and fiery passion, but he felt sometimes she was too quick to jump to conclusions.
Taking note of Hiroshi’s sudden solemn posture, Miroku spoke out kindly to the poor man.
“What troubles you Hiroshi? You will return home soon; you should be happy should you not?”
Lavender eyes not missing a thing, he grew even more curious as the messenger seemed to battle with an inner struggle of some kind. The man’s voice was hesitant when he finally spoke.
“I am not sure I should say… Even Kaede-sama seemed frightened…”
His interest truly peeked, Miroku didn’t hesitate to use his charm against the man. Nor the fact that he was a man of the cloth.
“Hiroshi, I am a man of the cloth, if you cannot confide your fears in me then who can you?”
He watched as Hiroshi considered his words, and was relieved when the man started to speak to him in a hush tone.
“Lady Kaede even fears the malice of the demon InuYasha. While we know not the origins of the girl, it would seem our Priestess even worries over the possible harm he could cause her… I myself have witnessed how savage this demon can be… yet…”
Listening intently to the man’s concerns, Miroku was perplexed when Hiroshi suddenly asked him a strange question. Strange in the fact that he could find no immediate connection with it and the line of their current conversation.
“Good Monk, that is your wife is it not?”
Glancing back at his lovely demon slayer clad in her more comfortable yukata for traveling, Miroku smiled softly as he answered.
“She is indeed.”
“What would you do, if someone were to say… run her through with an arrow? Intent on killing her?”
Miroku’s face hardened. He was unsure of where Hiroshi was taking this, and his answer was blasphemous especially coming from a holy man. He replied truthfully non the less.
“I would kill them for trying to take her life.”
Hiroshi nodded, as if he had expected that to be his answer despite coming from a monk and Miroku was only slightly stunned at what the man said next.
“From how I saw things, that is exactly how the demon InuYasha reacted when Katashi struck the young woman with his arrow. I do not deny his ferocity or the terror he struck in us all, yet with at what ease he slew the mistress centipede… why only kill one man? The very man who caused that girl harm…”
Hearing this Miroku brought his index and thumb up to his chin as he became deep in thought. From the letter Lady Kaede had written, it had seemed she was concerned over the wellbeing of the strange young girl because of the demon InuYasha.
Could it be she was just simply concerned for the girl in general? That her only worry with InuYasha was in his possession of the Sacred Jewel? Her letter had been hastily written…
“I apologize for my naïve thinking… I just felt it was information you could use. It was raining and dark after all… I could be mistaken.”
As Hiroshi’s voice pulled from his thoughts, Miroku smiled at the man trying to reassure him.
“No not at all. I’m glad you confided this in me Hiroshi.”
Glancing back at Sango’s determined face, Miroku knew he needed to find a moment with her to share this information. He had no clue what they were going to find and given how battle ready his wife already was; it could only add kindling to the flames. Yet he wasn’t sure she would even listen to him, she could be extremely stubborn once her mind was set on something.
Eyes focused back on the road in front of him, Miroku couldn’t stop the sigh that now left him.
‘This is going to be an interesting day…’
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