Bloodborne Duties
An ancient curse was placed upon the Inuyoukai family: if the youngest born heir does not produce an heir-apparent before his 205th birthday, the Dogs will surrender to the Panthers. Inuyasha is the youngest heir and it is his duty to avoid the curse.
Inuyasha and Kagome chose to depart early in the morning, when Sesshomaru was out for his rounds and Rin was still sound asleep. Though Kagome intended to bid the young girl farewell, her mate told her that it would be better if they left quickly. Despite Inuyasha’s dislike for Sesshomaru and his “request” to send him and his mate on a goose chase for whatever wiped out civilization of one part of their land, Inuyasha knew the consequences of not acting fast.
“Think Rin was right about the dream demon?” Kagome asked. Inuyasha, who had his arm wrapped around his mate’s shoulder, made a sound that sounded like something between a snort and a
keh. Kagome rolled her eyes but counted to twenty in her head, knowing that Inuyasha would respond by then.
She was right. “I don’t know.
I’ve only ever heard that the story was made up to get human runts to sleep,” Inuyasha looked down at Kagome. “Human children hated sleeping. So, their mothers would tell them that if they
didn’t sleep on time, the dream demon would get them.”
“So you’re saying it’s false?”
“No,” Inuyasha snorted, “I’m
saying that I don’t
think dream demons exist.”
Kagome bit her lower lip. Dismissing the theory would not be the smartest thing to do, in her opinion. The last time they dismissed something… well… bad things
always happen to them so Kagome really couldn’t pinpoint a time where dismissing a theory proved to be negatively impactful. “We shouldn’t throw the idea out just like that,” Kagome finally said. Inuyasha sighed, stopped walking, and grabbed his wife’s shoulder to make her face him.
“We’ve been through hell and back a thousand times in the past three years,” he said firmly and Kagome couldn’t tear her eyes away from him. It wasn’t often her better-half gave her a pep talk. “Of course we aren’t dismissing the fucking idea, but I don’t
believe it. That’s all I’m saying. You can entertain the damn idea all you want but I’m not going to base my assumptions over what Sesshomaru’s runt has to say.”
Kagome rolled her eyes. “Alright, koinu, I get it.”
“
Keh, I’m a full grown beast.”
“No, you’re a puppy.” And to prove her point, Kagome leaned forward to rub his fuzzy appendage. Growling, Inuyasha took the moment of her being really close to him to place a quick kiss on her lips. Kagome raised both eyebrows and looked at him, challengingly.
“That’s it?”
“You can’t handle the rest, wench,” Inuyasha smirked.
Kagome grinned. “Who are you kidding, you can’t
deliver the rest.”
“Wench,” Inuyasha scowled, “you do
not insult a man’s ability to deliver.”
“It’s not an insult if it’s fact. Come on, koinu,” Kagome languidly winked at him, “we should do things you’re more capable of doing—like hunting for shards.”
Inuyasha was seething. How could she just nonchalantly walk off like she
didn’t just insult his ability to have sex? Ohhh he’d show her—
wait a fucking second, Inuyasha thought, grinning,
she wants to mate. Suddenly very gleeful, Inuyasha followed his mate making sure that he was always one step behind.
“I miss Ai,” Kagome glanced over her shoulder. “We should go back and visit Miroku and Sango sometime soon.”
“Or we could have a pup of our own,” Inuyasha shrugged. He was plotting a way to get his wife naked and beneath him. He could smell the traces of her desire. Yep, she was beginning to get very horny.
That was a good sign.
“Having pups require us to do activities you aren’t comfortab—“ Kagome was smothered into a ferocious kiss. Squealing inwardly, she wrapped her arms around Inuyasha’s shoulders and melted into his touch. His kisses just got better and better
every time.
“If you wanted to mate,” he drawled out, “you could’ve just told me.”
Kagome giggled. “But where’s the fun in
telling you.
Teasing you is so much better.”
“Do you want to be punished?”
Without missing a beat, Kagome said: “Yes.” Inuyasha snickered as he leaned forward and nipped at her mark. Kagome’s hands tightened around his shoulders; she was allowing him to take control. Withdrawing, Inuyasha peered at his wife while he still held onto her.
“I can hear a hot spring,” he drawled out and Kagome giggled.
“Well why didn’t you say so?”
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They weren’t even
in the hot spring yet and Inuyasha had already stripped his wife down to nudity. Kagome purred with excitement as his fingers caressed her waist; they were half submerged in the hot spring and Inuyasha, who was also naked thanks to Kagome, was bestowing all the worldly pleasures onto his wife.
Without warning, his lips slammed onto hers and their tongues danced in hot frenzy. Kagome’s arms snaked around Inuyasha’s shoulders and she pulled his body closer against hers; she needed to feel him. All of him.
Inuyasha (who was crouching on his knees in the hot spring) left his wife’s lips and proceeded to drag his tongue down her chin and over to the left side of her neck. He took the liberty of sinking his fangs into the mark he had given her not too long ago and Kagome moaned. His one hand was caressing her nipple, pinching, teasing, and tweaking as he proceeded to suckle on her neck. He intended on giving her a hickey.
Kagome had found enough sense in her mind to reach up and caress her husband’s ears. He growled, a low rumble emitting from the back of his neck, and his ministrations on her neck intensified. He let go of her nipple and massaged her breast with force and hot intensity.
“
Koinu…” Kagome purred. Inuyasha’s ears tweaked and he pulled away from Kagome’s neck. His eyes were dark and glassed over; desire was pouring from him. Wordlessly, stood up and lifted his mate out of the water, placing her one of the boulders that surrounded the hot spring. Before Kagome had time to react, he pushed her legs apart and burrowed his face in her most sensitive area.
Kagome gasped and threw her head back, her body coursing with a sensation she was only recently becoming familiar with.
Inuyasha’s tongue lapped and danced around her soft folds, he ground his tongue into her clitoris and –instinctively- brought his hands up to pull her folds apart. Given the entryway, he thrust his tongue into her. Inuyasha intended on mating with her in every way possible.
Kagome moaned his name, arched her back and thrust her chest forward. Never could she imagine something like that could feel so good…
Well, she was proven wrong within seconds. Inuyasha thrust his index finger into her tight, wet chamber but continued to use his tongue against her. Kagome’s moans became louder and he began to thrust his hand a bit faster. Wanting to see the expression on his mate’s face, Inuyasha withdrew his mouth from her wonderful taste and sat up. His eyes were flashing between red and ochre; his demon was enjoying the mating as much as his human and half-demon was.
His fingers still in action, Inuyasha leaned forward and pressed his lips against Kagome. Somehow, tasting herself in Inuyasha’s mouth made her want him
even more. She pulled her lips away from him and locked her eyes with his—his thrusting slowed down just a bit.
“I want you,” she hoarsely croaked out. It was all he needed to hear as his demon fully emerged. Withdrawing his fingers, Inuyasha kissed his wife once more before positioning himself at her entrance.
“Mate. Watch.” He commanded and Kagome grinned. With a fluid motion, his body plunged into hers and she entered a realm of pleasure beyond comprehension.
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Inuyasha had his head resting against a boulder as the lower half of his body remained submerged. Kagome was sitting beside him, soaking chin-down in the warm waters. That was
amazing—it was better than amazing. It was…
Yeah.
It was.
“I’m ready to nap,” she mumbled. Inuyasha glanced down at her before wrapping an arm around her shoulders and pulling her closer to his body. She leaned her head against his shoulder and closed her eyes, letting the wariness consume her body. “Sleep. Good…” she murmured in a Neanderthal-like fashion. Inuyasha masked his smile; sometimes Kagome was too cute for her own good.
“Sleep not good, wench,” he gently shook her. “We’ve gotta find this village that was wiped out of existence.”
“How do we find something that doesn’t exist anymore?” Kagome mumbled as her eyes remained closed. Inuyasha deadpanned… well, she
was the wittier one between the two of them. Inuyasha turned and rested his head against the rock once more… okay fine, maybe they could take a short little—
“KAGOMEE!”
“For the love of--!” Inuyasha jumped out of the hot spring in a heartbeat and threw his haori at Kagome. She was stumped momentarily before slipping into her husband’s article of clothing. Inuyasha yanked on his hakama and slipped into his inner haori in time to see Shippo hurtling in their direction. Kagome withdrew herself from the hotspring as Shippo came to a halt in front of them.
“Thank—“ breathe. “God I—“ wheeze. “Found—“ cough. “Youuuu…” Shippo fell over backwards, his eyes rolling into the back of his head. Kagome shrieked as she dove for Shippo. Inuyasha dropped to his knees and peered over Shippo just opposite of his wife.
“Oh my god,” Kagome wailed as she clutched him close to his chest. His skin was hot and that worried her even more. “Shippo! Shippo!!”
No response.
“Is he dead?!” She looked up at Inuyasha who shook his head. He would personally
destroy anybody who laid a finger on
his Shippo. The runt was
his brat and
nobody other than he could beat the living shit out of the fox. Not even Miroku could.
“He’s alive,” Inuyasha said as he still sensed life force in the kitsune. Inuyasha ushered for Kagome to stand up as he picked Shippo up gingerly. The runt was burning up—
youkai fever. They had to get Shippo to a village doctor immediately. “He has youkai fever though,” he admitted as he watched Kagome quickly gather her clothes and shove them into her bag. “We need to get him to the closest village doctor.”
“Sesshomaru’s village?”
Inuyasha nodded, grimly. Without word, he dropped to his knees and Kagome clambered onto his back. Holding Shippo close to his chest, he began sprinting to his brother’s village—
Don’t worry, runt. Inuyasha thought.
I’m here now.
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“He’s been poisoned,” the doctor in Sesshomaru’s village said matter-of-factly. Inuyasha, Kagome and Daiki were standing inside of the demon’s hut. When Inuyasha dropped his wife and Shippo off to the doctor’s place of residence, he quickly ran to the castle to call for Daiki—it was Kagome’s idea, in all honesty. She insisted that somebody who was familiar with the village and its inhabitants should be present.
The inu-youkai looked at Inuyasha, then Kagome. “He’s consumed poison. It’s a very specific kind, though,” the youkai murmured, “it had the ability to control his movements for a short period of time. Based on the wounds I’ve found, it is evident that the kitsune had put up a fight.” The youkai looked at Daiki. “But we need a special kind of herb to heal him.”
“What kind!” Kagome demanded, stepping forward. The youkai looked back at her.
“Mountain Witch Pretoria,” he stated. “It’s a rare kind of herb that can only be found in—“
“Jinenji!” Inuyasha roared before turning around and racing out of the hut. Kagome stood there stunned before realization dawning. She turned to the youkai and then glanced at Daiki.
“He knows where to get it,” she explained, “he’ll be back.” Then, without any hesitation, she sat down beside Shippo and took his hand into her own. Daiki took that as his cue to leave so he departed with the doctor, he knew the doctor was going to talk about payment but Daiki would just weasel his way out of it. That
was what he was good for, anyway… receiving free service for the Daiyoukai Clan.
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Inuyasha believed he never ran as fast as he did at that moment. Shippo's life was on the line and he would be
damned if he didn't make the effort to save him. Jinenji was a half-demon that knew more about herbs and their medicinal properties than
healers.
Inuyasha had to find him.
He. Had. To.
Leaping from tree to tree, his ears remained alert and tweaking. His lithe body gave him the agility he needed but Inuyasha struggled to push on. To go faster, and farther…
To reach Jinenji in time.
His foot hardly touched a branch before he leapt into the sky once more. Only one other time did he hear the blood pounding in his temple and felt the urge to rip everything apart with his bare hands
in half-demon form, and that was when he thought Kagome died. Shippo was just as important to him as Kagome was; she had wordlessly adopted the young orphaned fox-demon and, in some way, Inuyasha had taken on the father figure in Shippo's life.
Sure, they had their moments: Shippo says stupid thing, Inuyasha knocks him out, Kagome subdues Inuyasha. But wasn't that something families did? They fought and made up. Fought and made up.
I swear to you, Mother, Inuyasha thought,
if Shippo lives, I'll never beat on him ever again. A soft wind breezed past Inuyasha. He glanced to his left to see Kikyo's soul stealers and his jaw tightened. Forget her. Forget what she wanted. The most important thing to him was to save Shippo, and he wouldn't accomplish
that by responding to Kikyo's calls.
He turned away from the flying lizards. His eyes hardened- Jinenji's village was still a good run away.
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"Kago—
meeee!" Shippo shrieked in his sleep. Daiki and the healer ran in as Kagome watched, horrified, scars appear on Shippo's cheeks. "HELP ME!"
"Shippo!" Kagome dove to shake him awake but Daiki caught her around the waist. "Let me go! Wake him up!"
"You can't," Daiki whispered, almost lost. The healer looked from Shippo and back to Kagome. His expression was almost sombre.
"You can't wake up a victim of the dream demon… it means inevitable death."
Kagome's soul froze.
Dream... demon? But that meant Rin was right, and that Shippo was a victim--
A victim of the creature that managed to destroy an entire section of Sesshomaru and Inuyasha's lands.
Inuyasha, please come back quick! Kagome thought desperately to herself as she struggled in Daiki's grasp. Tears spilled from her eyes as she saw more scars appear on Shippo. The doctor was trying to find something that would put Shippo to rest without waking him up, but he couldn't find
anything...
"What do we do?" Kagome whispered and Daiki looked at her sadly.
"Wait..."
A sob escaped from her throat before Kagome sank to her knees and broke down into tears. Daiki dropped to his knees, too, and held Prince Inuyasha's mate. Looking at the doctor, Daiki's eyes narrowed. "Call Lord Sesshomaru. Now."
The doctor glanced at Shippo, who was still struggling in his sleep, and nodded before racing out of the room. Daiki knew the Lord of the West better than anybody and if Daiki said to call Sesshomaru then he
must know something.
At least both the doctor and Kagome hoped so.
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