Tortures of a Hanyou

Chapter Two "It Can't Get Any Worse....Right?"

"What in seven hells am I gonna do?" Inuyasha mumbled up into the clear blue sky overhead. He lay on his back, his arms folded behind his head, staring skyward from the roof of Kaede's hut. The bitch was already inside, talking to the others, and telling them how strangely he had been acting.
Keh.
This was ridiculous. How the hell was he supposed to survive that god damn scent of hers? It was practically calling to him, begging him to take her. Growling, he fisted his claws into the folds of his red pants.
This was pure torture. It had to be. What had he done to deserve this suffering? How many lives had he saved with the aide of his Tetseiga? Only to have this fate bestowed upon him in some cruel twist of fate.
He wanted the bitch.
Gods how he wanted her. But what made it worse, was that it wasn't just lust. Oh sure, there was a hell lot of that there too, but there was also something more. A connection to her, his Kagome. One of which he never remembered Kikyo having.
This was gonna drive him out of his mind if he let it. He had to sort this out. He'd been putting it off to long as it was. Question was, which miko did he want? Which girl? Which raven haired beauty?
Kikyo had been alluring to him. A forbidden fruit of the sorts. Him, a lowly half breed, neither human, nor demon. Her, a pure and untainted miko. What had brought them together? He had thought it was love, but he was starting to have his doubts.
Kikyo had wanted him to use the jewel to become a human and to live with her. He had been willing to surrender his strength, his demon heritage for the normalcy of human life. He would grow old with her and die.
At least, that's what was supposed to have happened. Thanks to Naraku, it didn't. But it only made Inuyasha wonder more. He had always thought it was his fault Kikyo had met her demise. It had been his form that Naraku took when he had attacked. But, the more he thought about it, the more he began to wonder.
If Inuyasha hadn't been there, would Naraku have still killed Kikyo?
He had no doubts in his mind. Of course he would. Regardless of whether Inuyasha was an obstacle or not to Kikyo's death, either way, Naraku would have killed her to get the jewel. By pitting them against each other, he'd hoped to go one step further, and taint the jewel with hatred and bitterness.
Inuyasha sighed as he closed his eyes.
Kikyo had put a condition on him. To become human for her. He would be human and she would be free of her miko duties. Now that he looked back on it, it made him wonder. All his life, all he had wanted was to be accepted. His mother loved him dearly, he knew that. His father too, after all, leaving the Tetseiga to him.
And he had thought Kikyo had, but maybe he was wrong. Kikyo had wanted him mainly for the purpose of freeing her from the jewel. She had wanted to use him.
Kagome on the other hand, had never once treated him any different. She was one of the first people to see his transformation on the moonless night, and still, she stayed by his side in his pitiful human state. When he had lost control, and changed to that.blood thirsty youkai.she still stayed by his side. And she loved his hanyou ears, his white dog ears on his head.
Kagome loved him.
Inuyasha sat up as the shock hit him. She didn't just care for him. She didn't just worry about him. She loved him. How could he have not seen it before? And all the times he left her unprotected to run off to Kikyo.
Gods how she must hate him.
But she had come back. He had been willing to let her go. Give her the life he could never give her. Go to hell with Kikyo. And never see Kagome again. He had been willing to give up the only happiness he had, for duty.
But Kagome hadn't let him. She wanted to be by his side, regardless of his misjudged feelings for the undead miko.
What a fool he was.
A rare smile crept along his lips. Now he knew. It wasn't Kikyo. It had never been Kikyo. It was Kagome. Always.
But it still didn't solve his dilemma.
Just because his bitch was in heat, he had no intention of claiming what he considered his. It would be wrong and he didn't want to scare her away. Perhaps if he.just tried being a bit nicer to her.no, that wouldn't do any good. She would only get suspicious of him.
Then the realization of what he was up against really hit him.
He was scared.
He had faced hordes of demons, monsters, and other creatures. Fought off countless enemies, including his homicidal brother with his thirst for Inuyasha's death, and in all that time, not an ounce of fear.
But now he was terrified. Terrified of this pull her scent had over him. Terrified of what his youkai was struggling him for. Terrified of what he might do to her if he failed to control himself.
He vowed he would never hurt her, but she was only a human. A powerful one yes, but still a frail young woman. He, half breed or not, was a demon. He couldn't risk hurting her. If there was a way.maybe he would consider taking her for his-
What the hell was he thinking?
The damn scent was messing with his head now. She might love him, but that didn't mean she would understand and accept the responsibilities that came with being his mate. It was all too much for him to have her bare.
"Then again, I could just ask her"
Then again, she could just sit him into the next year for even bringing such a matter up to her. Closing his eyes, he sighed deeply, his ears twitching at the sounds of his bitch moving around in the hut. He had long ago given up fighting himself for calling her his bitch. As long as he didn't say it out loud, where was the harm in that?
Either way, until she went out of heat, he was in for a storm load of trouble keeping demons away from her. This was not going to be a fun week.
"Ah, here you are milord. Has that intoxicating scent of our lovely young lady miko been the cause for driving you up here Lord Inuyasha?" Myoga asked, hopping into Inuyasha's shoulder.
Turning his head to glare at the flea, he snarled lightly.
"Beat it flea"
"But milord. Surely you have caught the scent-"
"I said get lost flea. That's none of your business bug" Inuyasha said with a dangerous growl.
"But Lord Inuyasha, should you choose to take Lady Kagome as your mate, and I'm certain you will eventually, there are certain traditions-"
"Myoga! Shut the hell up! I'm not doing anything!" Inuyasha shouted.
"Actually, you're bothering the neighbors Inuyasha" Miroku said with a blank look on his face as he walked out of the hut, followed by Sango, Shippou, and of course the bitch.
"Inuyasha, are you still acting strangely?" Sango asked.
Inuyasha's eyebrow twitched in annoyance.
"Eh, Sango, don't get him angry. He's just cranky lately" Kagome said.
"Keh. I'm the moody one she says" Inuyasha said.
"I'm NOT moody!" Kagome shouted as Inuyasha leaped down from the roof.
"You SAT me for no reason!" Inuyasha cried.
"You were being a JERK! That's reason ENOUGH!" Kagome shouted.
"Stupid stubborn bitch!-"
"Eh, milord?" Myoga said.
"-You don't even know what you're talking about!-"
"Milord?" Myoga tried a bit louder.
"-I had plenty of reason bitch!" Inuyasha shouted back at Kagome.
"LORD INUYASHA!" Myoga cried.
"WHAT?!" Inuyasha screamed at the flea on his shoulder as his eyebrow twitched.
"We have company." Myoga said.
"Huh?" Inuyasha looked around, his eyes widening as he cursed loudly
"Son of a bitch!" Inuyasha cried, grabbing Kagome around the waist and pulling her to his stomach as he placed his head on hers, his ears flattening to his head. The others were just left to blink in surprise at his odd behavior. At least until Sesshoumaru stepped out of the shadows of the forest, Jaken at his left and the little girl Rin at his right.
"Sesshoumaru! What do you want?" Inuyasha cried, snarling darkly as his grip on Kagome tightened a bit. Kagome blinked, still confused as to what was going on, and why Inuyasha was holding her to his chest to tightly. She blushed deeply as she looked down at his arm curled around the front of her stomach, holding her to him.
"Ah little brother. I see you're on your way to becoming a man, hm? Father would be so proud. A human, of course." Sesshoumaru said as Inuyasha's growls deepened.
"Sesshoumaru, you should know better than anyone else now would not be the time for your shit. So if you leave now, just this once, I won't be forced to kick your sorry ass." Inuyasha said through gritted teeth.
"Inuyasha, what-?" Kagome asked in confusion. What was going on?
Sesshoumaru looked at the girl for a moment, before he looked back up at his younger brother.
"Seems you don't have much time brother. Three, maybe four days. Better make good use of the time. And try not to bruise the girl. I'm sure you wouldn't want that." Sesshoumaru said.
"Fuck off Sesshoumaru!" Inuyasha cried.
"Hm, and to think I came here as a favor. Pity it's to be wasted." Sesshoumaru said.
"Favor? Since when do you do favors for Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru?" Miroku asked.
"Since he's going to have his hands full for the next few days. You've got some demons headed your way little brother. Unless you'd choose to stay and fight, you may consider leaving with your bitch and your allies." Sesshoumaru said.
"Shut the hell up Sesshoumaru." Inuyasha growled, his ears flattening to his head as his eyes flickered red.
"I'll be leaving. I've no more use for you. Farewell Inuyasha" Sesshoumaru said, turning and heading back to the two headed dragon, Rin at his heels.
Once he disappeared, Inuyasha snorted and finally released his hold on Kagome with a blush. Refusing to give any of them an explanation, he turned and started walking in the direction out of the village.
"Let's move it." Inuyasha said.
Kagome looked at him in surprise as she blushed deeply, her heart fluttering wildly in her chest. What had just happened? What was that all about?
Either way, she was gonna get to the bottom of it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~