The First Inuyasha Shorts

Disclaimer: The characters of InuYasha are not mine, they are property of Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan, Yomiuri TV, Sunrise, and Viz. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.


Penpaninu here! Thanks again for all the lovely reviews. This is next in line after “Falling for You” (snick). That was meant to be quite literal-minded, considering they fell off a waterfall. I know, cliché. I had this idea yesterday afternoon but decided to limit myself to one Inuyasha a day or so. This took me five hours to write mainly cause the shiny tv, Sprite-chan and my FY manga distracted me. Sorry to delay! Hope I don’t’ disappoint.
And if things go at the end to your surprise, just think that I may have more surprises due in store despite the ending. Myahaha…. Please review! Happy penpaninu loves reviews!

Disclaimer: Penpaninu does not claim to own Inuyasha, nor is penpaninu making any money off writing this.

“Night of the Void Moon”
by penpaninu

Inuyasha and Kagome trooped back to Kaede’s village the next day. Inuyasha offered to carry her on his back without complaint so they traveled along in long leaps thanks to Inuyasha’s strong legs and long walks so Kagome wouldn’t be too jostled.

Inuyasha padded along, listening to Kagome breathing into his ear, his hands under her thighs. He had a feeling she may be dozing back there while he walked but he didn’t mind the freeloading. She felt so good against his back.

“They’re back! Kagome! Inuyasha!” Shippou hollered and bounded forward to greet them. Inuyasha smirked and shook Kagome gently.

“Wake up, we’re back. The brat wants to see you,” he said quietly. Kagome yawned and raised her chin from his shoulder.

“Don’t call him a brat,” she said automatically and regretfully slid from Inuyasha’s back to stand on the dirt. Inuyasha tucked his hands into his sleeves as Shippou bounded him and crashed into Kagome’s chest.

“Kagome! We were so scared!” he wailed, hanging onto his surrogate mother.

Kagome smiled and rubbed his back. “I’m okay, Shippou-chan! Inuyasha took care of me.”

Shippou glowered over her shoulder at the hanyou. “He better have! Hmff!”

Inuyasha stalked off into the village, muttering under his breathe. Kagome giggled and ruffled Shippou’s hair.

“You shouldn’t be so hard on him! Inuyasha’s got a lot on his mind,” Kagome confided. Shippou grinned.

“Really? Like what?” his foxtail waved back and forth excitedly.

“Adult things. Nothing for you to be worried about,” Kagome promised, kissing his brow.

Shippou nodded. “Okay. Come on, Miroku and Sango are waiting too! They weren’t too worried, but you know, you were with Inuyasha and all…”

Kagome set Shippou down on the ground and followed her gloomy protector back into the village. “We were just fine, Shippou…” It was Inuyasha, after all.

* * * *

Sango and Miroku greeted the pair upon their arrival, as well as old Kaede. Kaede took Kagome into her arms for a hug as Inuyasha snuffed, pretending to be embarrassed.
Then all too soon Sango and Miroku left to Sango’s village. Time to clean the graves, Sango had explained. Inuyasha was sure Miroku would take the time to put the moves on Sango so he shrugged and let him walk into his own funeral.

Shippou said that was fine, more ninja food for him. However, Kaede had a birth in the next village to attend. Sensing the couple needed some private time, Kaede gently convinced the kitsune to come along and help. Kagome gave him all the candy to take with him to appease his sour mood and so the kitsune bounced away with the old miko, happy to not have to share his candy with anyone.

Inuyasha sighed, watching the two disappear over the hills. “You didn’t have to give him the whole freaking bag,” he groused. “I like those pock sticks too.”

Kagome giggled and rummaged around in her backpack, then closed it. “We’re having ramen for dinner, not pocky. So don’t pout too much.”

“Ramen?? Yes! Alright, Kagome,” Inuyasha cheered, a smile darting across his features.

Kagome turned to gaze at him, her face soft. “You should smile more often, Inuyasha…I like it when you do.”

Inuyasha went cross-eyed and smiled a goofy smile. “It’s not really my thing, Kagome… who takes this seriously?”

Kagome swept the front of Kaede’s walk with her broom. “Just once in a while. It makes me happy.”

Inuyasha tucked his hands into his sleeves and sat down to lean against the miko’s hut. “The moon’s tonight, Kagome… we’re going to have to stay sealed up in here.”

Kagome nodded and patted her blouse pocket. “Kaede-ba-chan gave me these to keep anything out. I gave them my own charge as well.” Inuyasha’s ears lifted, sensing the tingling presense of ofuda scrolls.

“Ah…I’ll leave that to you,” he stammered, nervous.

“That’s fine. You just make sure we have everything and get a fire going.”

“Oi….what about please?” Inuyasha leered.

Kagome stamped her foot. “Now! Or no ramen…”

“Okay, I’m going already!” Inuyasha darted for the forest and collected tree branches quickly. He wanted to be settled and sealed into Kaede’s hut long before sunset.

* * * *

Inuyasha’s skin tingled with nervous energy as he listened to each scroll being slicked against the doorframe of the hut. He couldn’t see Kagome through the door’s flap but he could hear her soft breaths and mutterings as she did her work.

“And…there you go…okay all done,” Kagome said loudly, and entered the hut. She turned to face the flap and lifted her hand an inch apart. Sparks of energy flared and she nodded, content.

“That should do it! Looks like we’re set,” she said happily. Inuyasha snuffed, trying to smell the fire. His sense of smell and sight were growing smaller by the minute and soon he could barely pick up the bare traces that were Kagome. She still smelled like river water, but it wasn’t bad on her. Refreshing almost.
Inuyasha blinked, his eyes fading from golden to dark. His ears shifted to human round ears and his hair darkened to midnight. He lifted his hands, no longer assured by the natural weapons of claws. The moon always put him in a self-agonizing mood. How could he protect anyone weak as he was?

Kagome watched him in fascination, then touched a lock of his dark hair. “You’re so pretty…” she commented and Inuyasha scowled and blushed.

“Oh you’re always pretty,” she assured him, and rooted through her backpack for a hairbrush. “But you never sit still long enough for me to work on you.” Inuyasha shrugged and turned around, cross-legged.

“Go on…” Not like he had anything better to do. Kagome’s sure fingers sunk into his silkier strands and she worked the brush through. She groomed him for long minutes until his hair was a river of shining obsidian. Inuyasha sighed to himself and let her do what she wanted. Her tiny fingers traced one of his round ears and he jumped, more vulnerable this way.

“Hey, I know they’re different…” he protested.

Kagome giggled and kissed the top of his head. “You’re cute no matter what. I’ll cook our ramen now.”

Inuyasha nodded his agreement, but tingled at the loss of her touch. He cradled Tetsuiaga against his shoulder, then propped it against the wall. He crawled closer to gaze into the fire, near to Kagome’s side. Kagome was intent to watch her kettle boil their water, so he didn’t move to touch her.
After their ramen had been devoured and the trash deposited in Kagome’s bag, there was nothing to do but watch the fire.

Without his usual heightened eyesight, Inuyasha had to rely on the fire for light at all. He could make out the walls of the hut, sure, but to see Kagome’s expression, the fire came in handy.

“What are you thinking?” Kagome asked softly, studying him shyly. She didn’t want to push his mood, knowing how weak Inuyasha felt during his moon’s transformation, but he was always gentler in those moons. Maybe he wouldn’t mind.

Inuyasha coughed and tucked his hands in his sleeves. “That I’m glad those ofuda are up,” he stated. Kagome frowned.

“Oh, Inuyasha….”

“I mean it! They keep anything looking for me out, since I can’t…can’t protect you.” There he said it. Why else would they have to shut him away like a criminal when full-blooded humans like Sango and Miroku were strong enough to fend for themselves…the irony was not lost on Inuyasha and he brooded on it now.

Kagome shook her head. “That’s not right and you know it… you have many enemies…”

“I can’t protect you on a night like tonight….” Inuyasha showed her his blunted human nails. “It’s good we’re in here now.”

Kagome smiled. “I think you’re right…”

Inuyasha’s eyes widened. “Huh?”

“It’s good we are in here, alone together… I can protect you instead.”

Inuyasha laughed. “Protect me? From what, in here?”

Kagome leaned closer and grazed her lips against his. “Your fears.” She leaned up to kiss him again and Inuyasha let her.

After they broke apart, Inuyasha laughed. “What’s up with you all of a sudden? You kiss me out of no where….”

Kagome played with a lock of his hair. “You saved me back at the river… now I should do the same for you.”

Inuyasha touched her shoulders softly. “Come on, you helped. You dragged me from the river’s edge….and what else did you do?”

Kagome looked into his eyes. “ I…took off your haori and hung it up…. “

Inuyasha nodded.

“And I held you…”

Inuyasha smiled. Shivering warmth.

“And I cried….”

Inuyasha’s eyebrows furrowed and he pulled her against his chest. “Oh, Kagome… I was okay…”

Kagome leaned against him. “But I didn’t know that…for all I knew you could have died protecting me….”

“I’ll protect you, but I won’t die,” he promised but the vow sounded empty. Kagome shivered and held onto him.

“Don’t promise you won’t die….what if you do?”

Inuyasha’s fingers threaded through her hair. “Come on…don’t be so scared, Kagome. We’ll see through this adventure and….”

Kagome blushed and looked up into his face. “And what?….”

Inuyasha snuffed, and it looked cute when he wasn’t hanyou. “Well, we’ll be mated soon…. You’ll bear my pups….” He looked indignant that she wouldn’t consider it.

Kagome blushed deeply and stroked his chest with one finger. “What if I have your children…your pups before we defeated Naraku?”

Inuyasha frowned. “You won’t….”

“How can you be so sure? We already slept together… if we do it again, I could get pregnant and I’d be a burden….”

“Kagome….”

“How could you fight knowing our child rested on your success?” Kagome’s hands dug into his haori.

Inuyasha shook his head. ”You’re jumping to conclusions… you’re not pregnant…”

Kagome raised an eyebrow. “How can you tell?”

Inuyasha stammered and rubbed the back of his neck. “ I know I was excited, but…that first time, I didn’t smell my seed taking root…”

Kagome stared at him. “You can smell that?”

Inuyasha blushed. “Abit…it’s sort of a sense really… but you’re not pregnant. You’re not even in heat…or you weren’t this morning….”

Kagome giggled and snuggled into his chest again. “You’re one guy who talks about kids before the girlfriend does.”

Inuyasha looked confused. “Huh? Why wouldn’t I talk about it? I won’t let my pup….”

“Nothing….” Kagome kissed him and shut him up. They shared breathe for a long time, hearing only each other and feeling only each other. If things continued as they were, it would be a repeat performance of last night. While Inuyasha loved being close to and touching his Kagome, he didn’t want to be left hard and unfulfilled.

Kagome started, blinking when Inuyasha gently pushed her back. “But..don’t..” she protested, trying to kiss him again. Inuyasha held her simply.

“Inuyasha, let me….” She tugged at his haori. Inuyasha sighed, his chest heaving.

“I’m not leaving you alone, Kagome….but if you keep doing that, I’ll ignore what you say and I’ll take you again,” he warned.

Kagome blushed, pressing her face against his chest. “Is it always about sex with you?” she gently chided.

Inuyasha frowned, blushing. “I mean it, we talked about it…. And you say you need more time…and you don’t want to be pupped before we defeat Naraku…” his fingers moved over Kagome’s stomach and she stopped his hands.

“I can’t get pregnant tonight…it’s not my time and the moon’s void…”

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. “That’s what I’m saying, and I need you and…”

Kagome pressed her hands on Inuyasha’s chest and pushed him on his back, falling with him.

“I need you too…can you just listen to me once, please?” Kagome pleaded.

Inuyasha still pouted under her. “I listened when you said you needed time…”

“Inuyasha!” Kagome leaned down and kissed him. That got his attention. “I need you. Please….I don’t know to worry about mating marks…can’t we just be together?”

Inuyasha’s fingers moved uner her shirt slowly. “Kagome…are you sure?”

Kagome nodded. “Very…” she met him in a searing kiss, trying to tug his haori open as his fingers dipped under her shirt. They pressed together half naked, legs tangling together. Inuyasha grunted when her hands found the bow to his hakama.

“Wait…I need to…” he sat up and helped her untie his hakama and Kagome stared down at his hardening erection.

Inuyasha grinned and pushed her down, tugging at her skirt.

“Wait, Inuyasha!” Kagome exclaimed.

Inuyasha paused. “What now?”

“Are you sure…I could still get pregnant…”

Inuyasha laughed lightly.” I think you should be more worried when it’s not the moon!”

“Hmm but…oh, Inuyasha…” Kagome giggled, letting him strip her bare. They regarded each other somberly then met in a passionate embrace.
The fire burned out slowly as two figures sprawled across the single futon, gasping softly and moaning each others names. This time didn’t hurt the miko as much and she took joy in his embrace. Inuyasha groaned as her legs wound around his waist. Kagome’s hands dug into his back, clutching him to her.

Inuyasha cradled her head in his arms and kissed her neck as she jerked in orgasm. Inuyasha watched her in adoration and let himself go as she clenched him tightly. They both lay together, sharing warmth as the fire’s embers winked out, content to share their bodies and hearts.

She must have dozed off for when Kagome next opened her eyes, Inuyasha’s hair was snowy white again and his hands and feet sported claws. She smiled and touched one of his dog ears and giggled as it twitched.

“Hmm…Kagome…”

Kagome kissed him and sat up. “Inuyasha I was thinking….

“What?”

“I want to be mated to you soon.”

End for now

Argh don’t’ kill me, I had this moon thought last night. The talk about pups is a reason why she’s probably put Inuyasha off so long since the first time. And he has a point, she’d have more chance conceiving if he were hanyou. I plan on putting off their mating mark time anyhow, so what do you think?

Penpaninu 8/29/05