Adoration And Fidelity
One of the reasons this chapter took longer to update was because I wrote it... and it was accidentally deleted... yeah... just my luck and I don't mean just deleted into the recycle bin, but deleted from all existence on my hard drive. It really sucks when that happens and that's definitely not the first time that's happened to me...
I'm writing this chapter completely different from how I wrote the other one.
Rating: M for Mature
Warnings: Sexual Content; Extreme violence; Offensive Language
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but I do own the storyline.
Recap: The miko looked down. She was scared in a sense and amazed in another. So this was what it felt like to have the love of the one you loved... to have to adulation of the one you adulated...
Within moments the first snow flakes of winter began to fall. It was a new beginning... for everyone. End Recap
Chapter 15: The Diversion Of It All
It looked like things were finally starting to look up. Things were starting to go about in a normal way with everyone. Naraku was gone. The Jewel was gone. The air was clear and the soul was pure.
Two long weeks after Sango and Miroku's wedding things started to become a little bit boring between the adults. All of the children had the privilege of being allowed the play in the snow and all that, but the older people were much to embarrassed and civilized to do such things, which was particularly a genuine shame, since it would make the village a lot more lively.
On a trail walked a cute and chilled couple. A hanyou and a miko. Inuyasha and Kagome. Inuyasha was angered at this all. He didn't exactly enjoy the snow to much. None of his childhood memories that involved snowy days were good ones.
Crossing his arms Inuyasha peaked at Kagome to his side. She was just staring ahead and holding her sweater tightly to her curvy form to keep warmth locked in.
"We should have waited 'till the snow melted more before going there if you were going to be this cold." Inuyasha said in a mocking way.
"I'm not cold, Inuyasha. I'm just trying to keep from getting cold."
"Feh, whatever, but I'm not going to sit and spend the whole day watching you play with Shippo, so hurry up."
"You don't have to come at all." She informed. It was his choice to follow her after all.
"And leave you to get killed on the way?... If that's what you wanted than you should have just said something." A small grin appeared on his face as he teased his woman. Kagome gave him a fictitious glare.
They had not kissed anymore since those two smooches that took place two weeks before. The first week things had been pretty awkward, but all this week they had just grown more comfortable with each other. Neither would dare to bring up that day. It would only make things more uneasy. For now they were all content and they would like to keep things that way.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome smiled. She placed her hands behind her back as she prepared her comeback. "It's not as if you would let me die. You care about me to much."
"Keh, woman. You shouldn't think so highly of yourself." A small blush was formed on his cheeks, concluding that what Kagome said had to-in some way-be true.
There was another moment of silence that passed between the two as the village came into view. Following a small trail, where the snow was thinner, Inuyasha and Kagome entered their destination.
"Alright, Shippo should be somewhere around here now." Kagome figured as she placed a finger on her chin and looked around. Inuyasha raised his nose in the air and sniffed. Shippo's smell was mixed with some other children and it was coming from the center of the village.
"He's there." Inuyasha pointed to where he could smell the kit and Kagome nodded, walking forward.
"Thanks." She was about to go, but realized Inuyasha was not pursuing her anymore. "Aren't you coming?"
"Like I would sit around and play with a bunch of runts." He crossed his arms again. Kagome sighed.
"Well then what are you going to do?"
"I have better things to do." He replied. He really had nothing to do, but he figured he'd just go see how Miroku was doing or something. So that's just what he did. He could smell Kagome so it wasn't like she was in any sort of danger right now. There was no demons near and if one were to come he would kill it before it reached the pure miko.
Kagome headed off to where Shippo would be. She felt sorry for abandoning Inuyasha in a way. Throughout the time she had decided to stay in the modern era for the rest of her life and all the way up to that moment she had spent seldom time away from Inuyasha, but she did, after all, promise Shippo she would not just ignore him and come around to hang out once in a while and this was the perfect day for that. She had nothing especially that needed to be accomplished and what better to do than have some fun in the snow to relieve some deepened stress?
Seeing Shippo ahead playing around with some other children Kagome could not help the budding smile her rosy lips formed. She just loved to see others happy. It gave her, her very owe sense of security and solace.
As Kagome was about to enter the center and notify Shippo of her arrival, Sango came and stopped her. With a hand on her shoulder, Kagome jerked a little in unexpectedness.
"Hey there." It was Sango's voice and yet... not. She sounded different. As if something in her had changed and Kagome assumed from the tone she was using that it had changed for the better.
"Sango?" Kagome turned around in wonder. The demon slayers hand lifted from Kagome's shoulder and fell silently to the woman's side. "What's up?" Kagome mustered her biggest smile. "Everything going good?"
"Oh, Kagome..." Sango smiled and in her eyes a profusion of excitement glimmered.
"Ah... did I miss something?"
"Everything is going so great Kagome. I've missed you, though. Where have you and Inuyasha been?"
"We weren't really doing anything really. We spent a lot of time gathering things to prepare for the rest of the winter season and getting as many herbs as we could before they all died in the weather."
"There's something I want to tell you." Kagome could tell her friend was excited about whatever it was she needed to say, so she figured she would take the time and hear her out.
"What's going on?"
"Come with me." Sango began pushing on Kagome's back in a certain direction and at first Kagome was hesitant, but then just giggled.
"I have to play with Shippo."
"That can wait." Sango stopped behind some big tree and took in a deep breath. Kagome crossed her arms and waited, a glitter of impatience in her expression. Inuyasha was starting to rub off on her.
"Did something happen?" Apparently... it was sort of pointless for Kagome to ask that. She knew the answer of course.
"Well..." A burning of Sango's cheeks indicated the information was a tad bit embarrassing in some nature. "Me and Miroku have been talking and since..." Sango started circling her foot in the snow and looking anywhere, but her friends face. "Since the curse is gone, Naraku's dead, and there's no more shards to worry about we have chosen to move on with our lives..." Kagome didn't really get with this was going yet. Hadn't they already done that? "We... Kagome we're trying to have a baby!" Sango looked up the young priestess. Kagome's face was awestricken and joyous as the same time.
"Sango!" Kagome small smile grew much larger. "That's so great! I'm so happy for you two!"
"Thank you so much Kagome... I thought you would want to know."
"Oh, I did! We need to make all sorts of plans! A baby is a huge responsibility. What to do first?" She started pacing and talking on and on, randomly about babies and what they needed and all of that. Sango barely heard half of it. "This is so exciting! But we need to get back before the others worry."
Meanwhile
Inuyasha walked over and leaned on the wooden fence facing the playing children. Miroku was standing on the side of him. When the hanyou met up with the monk they didn't even talk. They just headed over to where the girls would be.
"That's odd." Miroku said. He looked around the playing children. "Sango had informed me that this would be her spot of choice."
"She's coming." Inuyasha mumbled. Smelling for Kagome and finding her and Sango heading their way.
"Hmm?"
"They're coming." Inuyasha repeated a little louder.
"Oh, I see. Sango must have told Kagome the news then." Miroku didn't tell Inuyasha. He didn't think the half demon would have any interest in such a subject. Looking back at his friend Miroku noticed the way Inuyasha was covering his nose as he looked at him. "Is something wrong?"
"You stink!" Miroku smelt like sweaty, dirty sex and it was never a pretty smell, especially when it gave him sickening thoughts on what had caused his friend such smells.
"You don't smell so perfect yourself my friend." Miroku remarked, narrowing his eyes at the insult.
"I don't stink! Wait till Shippo smells it. A kid doesn't need to be smelling things like that."
"Like what?" Kagome asked as she walked in on the conversation.
"N... nothing." Inuyasha shut it mouth and looked away from his friends.
"Hey Miroku. Sango told me what was going on. Congratulations!" Kagome turned her head a little to the side to show off her smile. Miroku patted the back of his head proudly.
"Always thankful."
"I would like to talk more, but I promised I'd play with Shippo, so..." Kagome walked over to Shippo and some of the children. They all stopped playing and looked at her.
"Kagome!" Apparently the kitsune had been so into his game he only then noticed Kagome's presence. He beamed and jumped up into her arms. "You came."
"Lady Kagome! My Lady!" The kids gathered around Kagome eagerly.
"Won't you play with us?" A little girl asked. Kagome smiled and nodded. That seemed to make them all much happier.
"So what are we playing."
"How about..." Shippo furrowed his brows in thought. "Lets play tag!" Shippo raised his hand in the air. Kagome had taught him that particular game and he had gone on and taught the youngsters of the village.
"Tag sounds great." Kagome put Shippo down.
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As Sango and Miroku were engulfed in some sort of conversation, Inuyasha just sat and waited in boredom. Kagome must have been hanging out with those kids for at least two hours now and he was really becoming intolerant of all of this wasted time. That had already switched the games they were playing over and over. 'Stupid kids. They can never make up their minds.' He could see they were all starting to tire down. Even Kagome and Shippo.
They had ended up moving to a small hill sometime during their games and Inuyasha had no idea why. Something about Kagome wanting to play in a more clear space and being able to watch the sunset before everyone had to leave.
Inuyasha stood up suddenly. Miroku and Sango stopped talking and looked over towards him.
"Is something up?" Sango asked, sensing Inuyasha's rage.
"You can't allow your intolerance of waiting cause you to ruin their fun, my friend." Miroku knew what was going on. It was obvious on why Inuyasha was angry. "Let them be for a little longer. They'll have to leave soon anyway. Better to leave later with a happy Kagome, than now with an irritated one." Miroku pointed out the obvious. Inuyasha growled clenching his fist.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome noticed the hanyou's anger and looked at him, halting the game. "Inuyasha do you want to come and play too?"
"Hah! As if I would play some kids game?" Inuyasha crossed his arms.
"Oh come on?" Kagome pushed. She handed some child a ball they were using and instructed the children to continue without her. She headed over to Inuyasha. "Just play Inuyasha. I don't want to leave yet. They want me here." Kagome frowned a little. It was the frown and want that Inuyasha could not resist. He would give in and he knew that, but he would not go down so soon with some sort of fight.
"We have to go. I'm hungry." He used as his excuse.
"Just a little longer. You can eat later."
"I'm hungry now."
"But Inuyasha..." Kagome held her hands together and made the puppy-dog face. Inuyasha used one eye to look and stopped crossing his arms.
"You don't need to play games. You're an adult!" He lectured.
"It's not for me. It's for them and even so... even older people can have fun once in a while."
"No." Kagome could tell he was going to be stubborn about this, so she concocted a thought in her mind and grinned devilishly. Inuyasha did not trust that look and felt a little feeblish under it.
"W... what?"
"Everyone can have some amusement here and there, even you Inuyasha." Kagome stepped forward and Inuyasha waited for his punishment. Kagome suddenly pounced. Inuyasha's eyes widened. What was she thinking?
Knocking Inuyasha down the couple suddenly began to rumble and roll down the hill. Inuyasha's eyes widened, but Kagome was only giggling loudly. As a child she had loved rolling down hills and just enjoying the feeling of grand freedom. She had that feeling now. As if everything bad just disappeared and was replaced with the good.
Inuyasha grabbed Kagome tightly as they rolled and when they landed he made sure he was the one on the bottom, so that he took in most of the impact, which was pretty slight.
Kagome continued laughing for a little longer, not realizing that she was lying on top of Inuyasha.
"See! I told you."
"Are you insane woman? You could have gotten yourself seriously hurt?" Kagome opened her laughing eyes and noticed Inuyasha's concerned ones. She smiled.
"Relax. I've done it a million times before. The snow cushions the fall. It's no big deal and it was fun after all."
"Baka..." Inuyasha mumbled. He had worried, but he had also enjoyed it a little. He would have to admit it was a fabulous feeling. It was at that time that Inuyasha and Kagome noticed there how intimately they were attached.
They both blushed at the closeness, but also got sucked into it. Kagome leaned in a little more, having very few thoughts going through her mind that didn't involve Inuyasha and getting closer. The diversion of it all gathered and the boldness surmounted.
She was about to kiss him. She really was, but then the interruption came.
"Oh! Kissey, kissey!" The children teased. It seemed they had came down the hill after Inuyasha and Kagome and were now surrounding both of them. Miroku and Sango were laughing to themselves, trying their very hardest not to farther embarrass their friends.
That was my cute ending. I know it sucks when things like that happen and they never actual kiss. It always drives me crazy reading those sorts of things, but writing it doesn't give off that feeling. At least not for me. It makes me feel like I have succeeded in drawing you in and making your hearts swell and your stomachs turn in anticipation. I will make them kiss more later on, so don't worry.
A diversion is an entertainment or an enjoyment.