Little Red Riding Hood

This is my first fanfic post so, be gentle. . .please?

Little Red Riding Hood
Story by: Pucie

~Flashback~


The Inu-tachi gathered around their friend, the miko from the future, and gazed at the bright light emanating from the newly purified Shikon No Tama that lay in the palm of her hand. She glanced up and caught amber eyes gazing into her own stormy grey. . .

“Inuyasha. . I know that I promised you that I would let you have the jewel to fufill your own wish once it was completed, but. . “

“Feh, I told you already, I don’t care anymore, just as long as Naraku doesn’t have the damned thing,” he said gruffly, interrupting her.

Kagome glared at the hanyou before continuing, “ANYWAY, as I was saying, I think I have come up with the perfect wish”

She quickly broke away from her group of closest friends, and headed out into the meadow that had become the battleground where they finally destroyed Naraku. She made her way around the bodies of enemies and allies alike, until she came upon the specific corpse she was looking for. . .the CLAY corpse she was looking for. She dragged the empty shell that had once housed a part of Kikyo’s soul to a clear area away from the worst of the carnage. Then, she looked up at her friends in the distance, and as tears rolled down her cheeks, she told them what was in her heart, “I love you all, more than you’ll ever know. . . I just needed to tell you that before I make my wish. Inuyasha. . . you have been the best friend I have ever had!”

As the realization of what she was going to wish for sank in, her friends tried to make a mad dash for her, only to be thrown back by the sudden vortex of wind, light, and sound that engulfed Kikyo and Kagome’s bodies. When the light and wind finally settled, as well as the dust that had risen with it, a lone figure emerged from the still settling cloud. “K-Kikyo?” Inuyasha whispered as he turned to look at Sango and Miroku and noticed their tearstained faces. He reached a clawed hand up only to find that his own cheeks were tear-streaked as well, he had just lost the only person in the world to completely accept him as he was, and had trusted him with her life. “But. . .but that means that Kagome is. . .K-Ka-Kagome is. . “Sango couldn’t bring herself to finish the sentence. Miroku turned her in his arms and held her tightly as she wailed her sorrow to the heavens above, and even the hentai monk couldn’t stop the tears that escaped his own eyes.

“That mean’s I’m WHAT?” A voice rang out from behind Kikyo. A grin spread across Kikyo’s face as she turned to look at the woman slowly walking up behind her. “KAGOME!!” Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha shouted in surprise. “What? How did? HUH? Okay, someone explain this to me, just exactly what the FUCK is going on here!!” Inuyasha shouted, his face turning red. . . Kagome could only laugh at the picture of pure confusion on his face, “Only you could sum a situation up, oh so elegantly my friend!”
~End Flashback~


~PRESENT~
She sat and watched as Kikyo’s face contorted with the pain of another contraction, and thought back on that day from almost a year ago. She smiled as she remembered the stunned expression’s on everyone’s faces. While she had wished for Kikyo’s soul to return to Kikyo in a human body, Kagome also knew that she did not want to die, not just yet. Therefore, she had also wished a new soul for herself.


~Kagome's Inner Thoughts~
It was one of the best idea’s she had ever had, because it was then that she realized that all of the lust, love, and passion she had been feeling for Inuyasha all this time, were just memories from Kikyo’s soul, and what he and Kikyo should have had together. Because Kagome had been able to see a different side of the hanyou, with a view free from prejudice, Kikyo was able to fully accept Inuyasha just as he was. As soon as her complete soul was restored to her, Kikyo and Inuyasha were finally able to complete the loving relationship that had been over 50 years in the making. Kikyo had even accepted his blood bond, and had become a hanyou herself. So, as odd as it might sound, Kagome found herself smiling in happiness for them, and wishing them the best. Kagome still loved Inuyasha, he was the closest thing to a brother she had in this era. She treasured that relationship with the hanyou, because as soon as her wish had been completed, the Bone Eater’s Well had finally closed completely. She was not sorry though, she had decided she could not live a life full of regrets . While it was true that she missed her family, she had made up her mind even before the last battle with Naraku took place. She belonged in the Feudal Era.


She was happy for all of her friends, but still felt a bit of sadness lingering in her heart. All of her friend’s, it seemed had found a mate, someone to love, Inuyasha and Kikyo, Sango and Miroku, Kouga and Ayame. Even the cold Taiyoukai of the Western Lands had taken a mate, none other than the Wind Demon, Kagura. After the battle with Naraku, he had revived her using Tenseiga, with the excuse that she didn’t deserve to die after she had sacrificed herself for Naraku’s destruction. Imagine everyone’s surprise when a few months ago, Sesshoumaru arrived to introduce his new mate. . . . his new, very pregnant mate. What surprised them even more was that the couple had finally decided to formally adopt Rin as their ‘first’ daughter, and Sesshoumaru also ‘formally’ accepted his brother and his brother’s pack as part of his own.

She wasn’t completely sure about the whole Kouga/Ayame mating. Kouga. . .that was another sore spot for the young miko. ‘Not that it even concerns ME anymore’ she thought to herself. The day before the final battle with Naraku had occurred the ookami wolf prince had taken her aside to speak with her. He had whispered to her that he would let her go so that she would be free to mate the ‘hanyou’ she truly loved. He then publicly rescinded his original claim on her. . . .she was no longer “HIS woman”. Yet somehow, she found that she missed the odd term of endearment. He had also informed her that he would be leaving to go to the High Council of Wolf Elders, they were going to review the contract he had with Ayame and decide once and for all if it was indeed binding for him. She could only assume they had ruled against him, for that had been the last time she saw him.
~End Thoughts~


“Don’t wander too far off , wench, I can’t always come and save you when you get in trouble,” Inuyasha said, smirking from his place by Kikyo’s side. Leave it to Inuyasha to snap her back to reality faster than anything else. . . She frowned and glared at him for interrupting her thoughts before she stood, walked out the door, and headed into the forest.


She'd been training with Kaede over the past year, with plans to take over as the Village Miko, when she passed on. This would be the first birth she handled on her own. . .she was nervous. Although she knew that it would be a while before Kikyo actually went into labor, she had been berating herself all day for not already having the herbs she would need gathered and prepared. But, Kikyo had gone into labor a week earlier than originally thought. So, she had mistakenly thought she had plenty of time to gather all the supplies she would need to ease the birth of Kikyo's pups, but evidently the pups and mother nature had decided that today was THE day.

“Oh well, such is life” she sighed, thinking once more of the wolf prince, as she headed deeper into the forest. “It’s not like I found him attractive, not in that light anyway” She said to herself as she stooped to gather some herbs. She walked a little further down the path, “Yeah right, keep telling yourself that, maybe one day you'll believe it. I'm such a BAKA! Who the hell do I think I’m kidding? The Kami’s have it out for me, I just know it! Why else would I not realize how much that stupid wolf meant to me until AFTER he’s gone!!” Stoops, grabs more herbs, walks further into the woods. . . stomps a little. . . .”Kami, who knew I’d miss him this much,” She murmured as she slid slowly down the trunk of a tree to sit for a while. Once seated, she sighed,” I guess it’s like that old song goes: you never know what you’ve got, 'til it’s gone. . . .” She closed her eyes to rest a few moments before continuing on.

Meanwhile, a pair of eyes followed every step of the miko as she walked through the forest. He grinned as he watched her slow progress through the forest, every now and then stooping to pick some plant or another. She was the most powerful miko he had ever met, and yet she could still get so lost in her own thoughts that she never realized when a youkai was stalking her. He turned his ears in her direction as she started muttering to herself, 'This should be interesting,' he thought to himself. . . . .

A/N: the next chapter will be a songfic I think. . .
Tell me what you honestly think, while Kouga/Kagome is not my favorite pairing, I was listening to a song the other day, and it just gave me this Idea. . .