Bloodborne Duties

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.

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Kagome woke up to a feathery sensation running up and down her arm. Groaning in her half-sleep state, Kagome turned around and was assaulted by the amazing scent of her beloved mate. Smiling, she reveled in the moment for a few seconds before pushing back and sitting up suddenly. She lost her smile immediately.

"Where's Shippo? How're you? When'd I get here? How'd yo—" Kagome was silenced when her mate's lips pressed hardly against hers. Wanting so bad to want to let him continue, Kagome didn't succumb to her desires. Using all the strength she had, she shoved her mate off of her and gave him a stern look.

"Inuyasha, answer me."

Chuckling, Inuyasha brought his hand up and pushed some of her bangs back. Kagome frowned and moved her head away from him. "I'm warning you…"

"Relax, wench," Inuyasha's voice sounded lighthearted. "Shippo's in the room next to ours, I'm fine, you got here last night when I carried you and Shippo into the castle and, now I'm assuming your last question, I'm a half-demon. I heal faster than you, in case you forgot."

Kagome gawked at him before crossing her arms. "You said that everything hurt. You never complain about anything hurting."

"Well if you had to wrestle a bunch of fucking cacti." Inuyasha shuddered. "I still can't believe there're cacti demons. They're fucking plants."

"We fought a tree not too long ago. You know they probably weren't real demons…"

Inuyasha stared at her before realization dawned. "Aw shit. Jewel shard… why didn't I think of that."

"Because I did," Kagome crawled over to her mate and allowed him to envelope her into a welcoming hug. "I'm glad you both are okay."

Inuyasha smiled and kissed the crown of her head. "I'm glad, too. I was ready to tear the earth open for that runt."

"I won't tell him you care," Kagome giggled. "But I do want to find this demon and give it a piece of my mind."

"Keh," Inuyasha snorted. "Not if I don't tear it limb from limb for hurting the runt."

Kagome tilted her head up to look at Inuyasha and he took the opportunity to close the gap between them. It was probably the best kiss Kagome had ever felt; the passion was burning, and the butterflies in her stomach were going crazy. Inuyasha's left hand traveled up to cup her face and Kagome reached up to grab his arms.

Inuyasha's tongue pushed into her mouth and Kagome gently pushed him down so that she would be able to turn around completely. Inuyasha moved to lie down and Kagome took the opportunity to straddle him; Inuyasha's hands went to her hips but their lips never lost contact.

Kagome's one hand rested on his cheek as her other moved to caress his ear. A low growl grumbled from the back of Inuyasha's throat and just as he was getting into the moment, he smelt his brother. Sighing dejectedly, he pulled away from Kagome and glanced to their door. "Asshole approaches."

Kagome smiled. "Play nice," she crawled off of her mate and stretched her arms over her head. As she went to remove the kink from her neck, Inuyasha quickly moved in and sunk his fangs right over her bite marks. His mate's eyes widened and her arousal skyrocketed—he was inwardly commending himself, he was an evil, evil husband.

"Will you two please stop getting frisky in there?" Sesshomaru's voice echoed into their room. Kagome shot Inuyasha a nasty glare before she got up to open the door.

"At least I can get frisky," Inuyasha teased his brother. Sesshomaru gave Inuyasha a look that was on par with the one Kagome gave him. As much as the half-demon didn't want to admit it, he loved being on the receiving end of Kagome and Sesshomaru's anger. It was just too funny pissing them off the way he did.

Besides, angry-Kagome sex was the best kind out there. Well, at least in Inuyasha's opinion and his was the only one that mattered.

"Other than the fact that the two of you can't keep your hands off of each other, I have come to inform you that the fox demon is awake and my attendants are looking after him," Sesshomaru looked at Kagome before turning to his brother. "I'm going for my rounds. Daiki brings news that there has been another attack. It isn't as large as the one before but this demon, or whatever it is, is growing in strength. You two need to—"

Inuyasha stood up and interrupted his brother. "Now wait a fucking second," his voice was gravelly, laced with anger. "Shippo just got better and you're telling Kagome and me to go out and slay a demon? What the hell are you here for?"

Sesshomaru, who wasn't anticipating his brother's anger, simply stared with his eyes narrow. Kagome was looking between her husband and her brother-in-law… she knew that it was not the time to interfere. Inuyasha was in a zone and far be it for her to interrupt him.

"These are your lands, you're the Daiyoukai, you go." Inuyasha took a step towards Sesshomaru. "Kagome and I are gonna stay right here until Shippo is healthy again and your damn lands can just sit back and fucking wait. Alright?"

Sesshomaru looked at Kagome. "What have you done to him, human?"

Kagome opened her mouth and promptly shut it. Best not to answer…

"A dream demon attacked Shippo, probably the same thing that wiped out the village." Inuyasha's voice was less angry but a lot more stern. "If it has the capacity to wipe an entire township off of the face of the continent, who can say what it would do to Shippo."

Sesshomaru's eyes flickered back to his brother. "Clearly this demon is after you then."

"What isn't ever after us." Inuyasha growled. "Everything from Naraku to a walking tree. Same shit, different day—but I'm not, and I know Kagome won't, leave Shippo alone in his condition."

"My attendants—"

"Aren't his parents."

Kagome's eyes widened as her gaze snapped to Inuyasha. He just… he—

Sesshomaru nodded. "Very well then. Your argument makes some form of sense, and your mate probably agrees too."

Any other time Kagome would've yelled at them for speaking as if she weren't standing right there. But at that moment her heart was beating uncontrollably and she was trying to digest what Inuyasha had just said.

"I will go on ahead and do some investigation. I'll take Daiki with me, but I will leave Jaken."

"No!" Inuyasha groaned. "Take the toad, leave Daiki."

"Jaken cannot fight to save his own ass."

"Why do you need help fighting?"

Kagome decided it was time to interfere. "Inuyasha, the village was wiped out. Let your brother take Daiki."

Pouting, Inuyasha decided his mate was right. Sesshomaru nodded at Kagome and took his leave and it was then that the aforementioned girl whirled onto her mate. "What did you say about the attendants?"

Inuyasha crossed his arms and shoved his hands into his haori. "They aren't his parents, keh. Don't look so surprised, wench. You were playing mother for Shippo long before you and I mated."

"I know that, but you never played father."

His lips twitched and molded his mouth into a rather sinfully sexy smirk. "Really? I helped the runt grow a backbone after his dad died."

"What backbone?" Kagome wailed. "All you ever did was beat him up and insult—ohhh," she stopped her rant. "I get it now."

"About time."

"Don't make me –it you."

Chuckling, Inuyasha shook his head and held his arms out to Kagome. "C'mere, wench." Without hesitation, Kagome walked into the arms of her awaiting mate and they picked up where they left off prior to Sesshomaru interrupting them.

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"Let me get this straight," Inuyasha was sitting crossed legged in front of Kagome (who was sitting on a chair), as she combed and braided his hair. Shippo was watching with sheer amusement and Rin was sitting just across from Inuyasha, making funny faces at him. The half-demon chose to ignore her and give Shippo his undivided attention but both the kitsune and the young girl noticed how his lips would twitch at certain faces Rin made.

"Wenchlette, stop," Inuyasha interrupted himself when Rin crossed her eyes, pinched her nose, and wiggled her tongue. Kagome bit her tongue to prevent herself from laughing; Inuyasha's command meant nothing for Rin. She continued making faces. Choosing to ignore her once again, Inuyasha's eyes flicked over to Shippo.

"You were out scouting for game when a beam of light attacked you?"

Shippo nodded. "Yeah. I didn't know what it was. I couldn't attack it either; my bi kept going through the stupid thing."

Kagome, who had managed to detangle Inuyasha's knots, was halfway through completing his braid; he had such a thick mane that the braid was the size of Kagome's upper arm. "After it entered you," she asked, looking up from her task at hand, "you came looking for us?"

The fox-demon nodded. "Yep. I was able to faintly smell you guys for a while but uhh… I didn't want to… approach."

Kagome blushed, knowing what he meant. He smelt their mating. Inuyasha, however, beamed with pride. That was such a man thing to do. "But after it entered your aura—"

"I came rushing for you guys." Shippo completed. "The hell if I could battle things like that alone."

His vocabulary was on par with Inuyasha's. Great. Fatherly influence was right.

"The Witch Mountain Pretoria is helping," Kagome commented. "You've healed considerably well from the state you were earlier. Feel any different?"

Shippo shook his head. "Not at all. All the demon was able to do was control my dreams and any injuries sustained there were reflected out here. I don't think it's strong enough yet because it isn't able to hurt anybody other than the dreamer but I'm sure it can get to the point where I could be dreaming and it hurts you, which will be reflected in real life."

"You think that's how it destroyed the village?" Rin piped and Inuyasha nodded, solemnly.

"I think it's stronger than it led Shippo to believe, that's for sure."

Rin stood up and placed her hands on her hips. "You two killed Naraku. I'm sure you can take down a dream demon."

"I think we should consult Myoga," Kagome asked as she tied the elastic band around the tail of the braid. Inuyasha, sensing she was done, moved away to look at her. "He may know something."

"Keh… that flea?"

"Knows a lot." Kagome said sternly. "We should send word for him."

Shippo nodded in agreement. "She's right."

"Myoga's been your father's vassal too," Kagome reminded her mate. "He's been around far longer than you have."

"So has Sesshomaru," Inuyasha muttered. "But he's about as smart as a—"

"Just get Jaken to send word for Myoga," Kagome interrupted him. She looked at Rin and asked if she could call Jaken. The young girl nodded and ran off, yelling something along the lines of TOADY! YOU'RE BEING CALLED!

Inuyasha snickered. "She'd make the old dog a good mate."

"Let her grow up first," Kagome snorted. "She's younger than Souta."

Inuyasha, suddenly, had a stupid grin on his face. "Imagine if Souta met Rin."

Kagome groaned and kicked Inuyasha who dodged it laughing. Shippo loved the banter between the two shard-hunters; Inuyasha had loosened up considerably after he and Kagome mated. He smiled a lot more, joked a lot more, and displayed his feelings a lot more. "Souta is dating Hitomi, remember."

"How could I not," Inuyasha snorted. "Runt always talks about her when we go back. I oughta have him grow a backbone."

"If you dare," Kagome eyed him nastily. "I still remember him trying to senkon tessou everything; he was so disappointed when he couldn't shatter anything."

Shippo choked in laughter. "Your brother tried to senkon tessou?!"

Inuyasha grinned proudly. "I'm his idol."

"Gee, I wonder why. Kagome, isn't there anybody in your time worth idolizing."

"WHY YOU—" Inuyasha was about to bonk Shippo when he remembered his promise to his mother. Snarling angrily, he sat down in a huff and just glared at Shippo who couldn't help but laugh at the hanyou's expense.

"Care about me too much to hit me?" Shippo teased.

"Keh."

Luckily for Inuyasha, Jaken waddled into the room with Rin following close behind him. "What do you want, half-breed?"

"Get me Myoga."

"I don't take orders from—"

"NOW!" Inuyasha snarled. Jaken jumped, turned around, pushed Rin out of the way and ran. A growl erupted from Inuyasha's throat as he shot out of the room and caught Jaken by the throat with light speed. "Push her again. I dare you."

Kagome ran up to Rin and helped her up. "You okay sweetie?"

Rin nodded and they turned their attention to Jaken and Inuyasha.

"I'm sor-ry," Jaken choked and Inuyasha released his hold on him. Scoffing, Jaken rubbed his neck and muttered: He's worse than Lord Sesshomaru.

Inuyasha looked over his shoulder to see Rin clutching onto Kagome. She was taken quite off guard; they weren't expecting Jaken to get so jumpy. "You're sure as heck protective," Shippo piped. "Marriage has become you."

"Shut up, runt." Inuyasha snorted. "Can we all do something productive now? You can walk, right?"

Shippo nodded. "I can walk."

"Hide and seek?" Rin asked and Kagome shook her head.

"Both of them have hypersensitive smelling."

"Tag?"

"They can both run faster than us."

Rin rolled her eyes. "Geez, what can't they do?"

Kagome grinned evilly. "Dress. Up."

Inuyasha and Shippo paled. Glancing at each other, they both thought the same thing: Shit.

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