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Custom Toonami Block Week 170 Rundown

Inuyasha The Final Act: We get another one of those episodes where several plots that clearly happened in different orders are kinda happening all at once, so I’ll tackle them in the order they’re resolved rather than the order they show up in. Sesshomaru is still dicking around in the background trying to master the Meido Zangetsuha because it can already kill everything in one hit but really mastering it means a slightly bigger AOE of killing everything in one hit. Meanwhile Inuyasha’s actually kind of proactive in searching out his next upgrade like ‘you know I’m just gonna steal the arc villain’s powers anyway so might as well just hunt him down’ and luckily they find Dakki just as it’s being perfected, like minutes after, it’s crazy. Inuyasha kills the dragon demon that gave the scales for it with a classic game of demonic energy tennis and then the human that forged it pulls a Kaijinbo and decides to start wielding Dakki anyway despite the corrupting influence it has on his body. Another game of demonic energy tennis ensues and Tessaiga loses all its power but manages to crack Dakki and get it scared enough that it just starts pumping energy into its human wielder who just fucking explodes from it, so yeah Tessaiga has its second most useless upgrade now. Like I feel like since it gets Meidou Zangetsuha right after this and it’s very situational and hurts the user at first, Dragon Scale Tessaiga never really gets the chance to shine. Like it ‘absorbs demonic energy’ but that doesn’t really amount to much given Inuyasha doesn’t do anything with that energy, it’s basically a switch that turns off Naraku’s auto-healing. Energy absorption is really weird for a heroic power and Yashahime did a lot of weird shit with Towa using it too but at least with her it made her attacks stronger. Meanwhile Koga gets set up to be attacked by a baby wolf demon kid whose brother is being held ransom by Naraku’s newest incarnation once he realized ‘oh shit Kagura did all my grunt work what do I do now’, Byakuya. I don’t really get what the plan was, like this kid was never going to kill Koga and leading him back to them was kind of a whim that basically amounted to Byakuya getting to see the Goraishi in action. But Moryomaru does come around and Inuyasha gets to save Koga from having his shards taken for like the tenth time (though this time it’s because of bs conveinient Midoriko shenanigans so I guess the good luck cancels out the bad) and they do get to do a cool team attack now that Koga has an energy blast like the rest of the big boys. Also like, they gave the wolf demon kid a jewel shard? Naraku has almost the whole jewel completed at this point, we’ve seen it, so is he like… breaking off new shards? That seems like a bad idea given the only shards besides Koga’s and Moryomaru’s is the one you gave to a random kid to fuck with Sango and it’s currently Naraku’s biggest obstacle, like you’d think he’d stop giving out jewel shards and risking losing them. But yeah, turns out Dragon Scale Tessaiga is too much for Inuyasha to handle rn so he has an upgrade but he really doesn’t so now it’s time for second upgrade.

Castlevania: So yeah we get the fabulous scene of the demons murdering Frollo which I think is the most popular scene in the series with good reason. Meanwhile Trevo gets help from Sypha doing crowd control and it’s really funny how he’s like ‘damn priest you almost made murderers out of these people’ only for the people to fucking murder the priest, like they switched fucking fast, guess a little ‘ ‘ey isn’t this guy an asshole?’ is all it takes to overcome years of Catholic guilt because all Trevor really does is say ‘they’re lying’, offer no evidence and everyone’s willing to just jump the priest over it, like he’s telling the truth but I feel like the villagers are just a bit too ready to believe him right away. The two of them manage to Seven Samurai their way into teaching the people how to fight demons just in time to have a really long scene of falling into Alucard’s daddy booboo room. Alucard and Trevor have a really cool fight because it’s like Sonic Adventure 2 you’re more likely to believe there’s one supernatural vampire/hedgehog that looks slightly different than you expected than the more unbelievable option that there’s actually two supernatural vampires/hedgehogs. But yeah they get all their flamboyant male showboating out of the way and agree to go kill Dracula because they’re all getting kinda sick of this whole demon horde genocide thing.

Jujutsu Kaisen: I don’t know who’s in charge of directing Meimei’s scenes but they always do it like it’s some kind of survival horror and it’s a special treat. Meimei defeats smallbox with the powers of birds and death which is definitely a sentence I never thought I’d say. Meanwhile Maki, Nanami, and Papa Zenin encounter that lil baby Cthulu thing who’s just digivolved into Perfect Cell Cthulu thing and he and Papa Zenin have a weird meta discussion about animation and HD while Cthulu’s just like ‘my friends are dead and I’m mad’ like I legit thought with how hyped up this tentacle guy was in the first OP and just kinda hanging around in the background of Kujaku’s hiding place he’d be some key figure but apparently he’s just some guy they pal around with, it’s like that bit in the Simpsons where the small yakuza guy does nothing and you’re waiting for him to do something cool and this is cool but it’s not exactly what I was expecting. Papa Zenin’s technique is pretty cool too like a weaponized form of windows movie maker and if you don’t make a full AMV in half a second you get stunlocked but of course since he uses his fists and not like a sword or something he doesn’t have a really good finishing blow so it takes a while to beat the shit out of someone, like that that point learn how to use a sword so you can cut someone’s head off while they’re stunlocked instead of beating them around for ten minutes. Anyway Cthulu Expansions his Domain which is just Super Mario Sunshine with angry murder fish and Papa Zenin does the move which is different from the other move that cancels domain shit and it’s really poorly explained it’s basically just ‘nuh-uh’ to the Domain shit by doing a frame perfect input cancel. And like they always seem to get the guys that don’t have Domains to fight the villains that do because I’m guessing if Papa Zenin could do Doamin stuff he’d have done it by now. Still, the guys hold up as long as they can against fish that can literally just teleport into already biting a chunk out of them and Megumi comes out of nowhere to give Maki her nunchaku back and use his Domain he learned like a couple weeks ago to at least de-power Cthulu’s domain from an insta-kill to like an 80% kill which is enough to actually fight at least but Megumi’s not doing so hot trying to drag Super Mario Sunshine into his Shikamaru Shadow World so he just plans to rip a hole in the edge of the domain for everyone to get out of because it’s one of those once a day things so if you just like move out of the way they can’t spam it. Papa Zenin’s missing an arm and Nanami’s missing an eye so yeah they’re ready to get the fuck out of dodge but Dadgumi pops out of the hole of all people, like father like son I guess just popping in to Super Mario Sunshine to fuck shit up.

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: I really like how despite the episodes being two separate vignettes likely derived from manga chapters being shorter than anime episodes, the two halves usually lead into each other in some way and carry a certain theme, it’s a good touch I didn’t see in something like Spy X Family that tends to go for mostly unconnected stories or full story arcs. Frieren and Fern are cleaning up a beach in exchange for a counterfeit book supposedly written by Flamme, who we find out in the second half is Frieren’s Master from a thousand years ago and famously didn’t write shit down so a bunch of people wrote shit down to say it was her. The running gag for this half is Frieren sleeps like a college student, up all night reading and then sleeping till noon, which means she won’t be able to see the sun rise on the festival when the beach is finally clean, but Fern Mama Bear’s up and knows it’s important to Frieren to see it and gets them out the door to watch it. Frieren contemplates why Himmel was so insistent on her seeing it back when they were in town and sees it as nothing special until she sees Fern smiling at it and realizes the real sunset was the friends she made along the way. The second half is the group visiting Eisen as the last other surviving member of the Himmel Troupe and Frieren’s like ‘bro I don’t wanna feel bad when you die too so lemme know any unfinished business shit you gotta deal with’ and sweetly enough, Eisen’s unfinished business is having Frieren deal with her unfinished business and getting her to voice her regrets to Himmel’s spirit in the afterlife. This is really kind of a setup for another ‘the way to solve your own problems is to help someone else’ kind of deal but I feel like this series has earned that kind of trite thing at this point and I’d honestly kinda prefer that to a magical ‘oh, heaven’s real and death has fewer consequences because of it’ twist. But yeah, they do find Flamme claims to have talked to the dead in the spot where the Demon King’s Castle was but she also was a notorious troll and may just be fucking with Frieren to get her to work her own shit out but either way Frieren was looking for a sidequest anyway so they might as well go on a NG+ adventure to the Demon King’s Castle to go talk to ghosts or whatever.

Vinland Saga: So yeah Gardar’s here to take Arnheid and their definitely alive and with her son but Wolf ain’t having that and Einar’s kinda slowly coming to the realization that just because they’re good to them doesn’t mean the guys that literally enslave people are the good guys. Thorfinn manages to talk him down and Wolf beats the shit out of Gardar so they can drag him off for questioning. The rest of the episode is kind of an awkward ‘what now?’ conversation between a couple of parties. Arnheid tells Einar about how Gardar left for war based of an unnecessary and vague idea of keeping his family safe and protecting them and ironically all the men running off to war for what amounts to the viking equivalent of fighting for oil is what opened up her village to being ransacked and her son dying (they don’t show them murdering a one year old obviously but I checked the wiki and apparently he was killed because you get more for female slaves that don’t have kids) and her getting sold as a slave. And now worst of all she sees the kind of monstrous murderer Gardar has become and is afraid of him so she’s ready to leave him to his fate and protect her own now that, get this, she’s fucking pregnant with Ketil’s kid (I’d fucking laugh if this story were different and she carried to term and the Ketil welcomes the kid and it comes out with Einar’s bright red hair that’d be fucking hilarious). But yeah, except all of that or at least part of it was a fucking lie because after everyone goes to bed Arnheid’s gonna sneak out and see him anyway. Sverkel tells her a contrasting story about how not going to war caused him and Ketil to lose everything they were avoiding fighting for in the first place, so moral of the story is fight or don’t, world’s fucked up and everyone ends up broken in the end so you gotta pick the kind of brokenness you can live with. And that seems to finalize Arnheid’s decision as she walks into the night in a way dramatic enough to ensure me she is definitely not coming back.

#ooc #Toonami #Custom Toonami Block #Inuyasha #Castlevania #Jujutsu Kaisen #Frieren #Souso No Frieren #Vinland Saga

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3 + 5 + 14 for enstarries ^_^ - mollys

3. What was your favorite song to preform? Is it your favorite song now? Do you remember preforming it?

as izumi it’s absolutely fight for judge. that song has so much meaning to me, i made the choreography, i think it really shows us off so well as a unit and lets us shine. it’s an absolutely incredible song, and it’s one of my all time favorites now too because of how strong my connections are to it, and because it’s good. a close runner up is article of faith. as mika, my favorite is probably “tonight in this moonlit mansion” and is also one of my favorites to listen to now!! but i love singing that song, i love the lyrics, i love the back breaking choreography, it’s sooo much fun - 🏹

For Shu, it was definitely Le Temps des Fleurs and it still is my all time favorite Enstars song at the moment. It was something very emotional for me to preform and it still gets me really bad now too. I remember everything surrounding it rather vividly and I'm just glad to bring joy to my grandparent as well as my family. - 🪽

5. Is there anyway your timeline differed from source? It could be a small or big thing.

i have a lot of timelines that differ from source in different ways! for example, i have a hokuto (es) canon where i was the prince of a kingdom, a natsume (es) canon where i was in trickstar instead of switch, an izumi (es) canon where yumenosaki was not an idol school and instead most people attending were animal hybrids for some reason, but my most glaring is my mika canon since it's not very canon compliant even though it's my primary timeline for him. maybe it's too much to get into here though.. - 🏹

The first one that comes to mind is Mao! I had a canon where I was in Knights and had a... lot more issues than I let on in the main canon timeline! I had serious attachment and personality disorders that just got worse after I lost my friends for the most part and something I cared a lot about. And with the stress of being in Knights too it just made things really hard for me. - 🪽

14. Did you have any hobbies? Skills? Do they carry over to current day?

as both mika and izumi i did a lot of craftsy sorts of things, especially sewing or knitting and stuff having to do with clothes. i really want to learn stuff like knitting and crochet now and i would love love love to be able to make like little plushies and stuff from it i think that's my dream... i have the stuff to do so but just not the time right now... or as natsume i had a lot of interest in divination which carries over to now to an extent as well since i really love working with my tarot cards. as him and as jun as well i was really into video games, as mika i was really into manga and stuff especially horror, as koga i had a huge interest in music which is a big spin for me now too. i think i’ve got a fair few connections - 🏹

I can't think of a lot that have carried over to now? As Shu, I was very into sewing and also I did do painting on the side? I do find painting now to be very comforting despite not getting to often? I think the most prominent is Mao because I did actually like playing video games as Mao and that's something I do a lot now- not really the sports side of it all because that was my main hobby. I loved basketball a lot but also other sports were really fun for me. - 🪽

#🏹 ; cherubim arrows #🪽 ; seraphim feathers #✨️ ; ask game

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Ohhhh thanks for the Toga and Izayoi as it is so cute!!, maybe you can do Moroha being awesome and tag team fight with mum or dad?

Ok so this one... well, it got way out of hand. This isn’t quite a tag team fic like you asked -- I’m learning I go pretty off course with prompts, guys, I’m sorry -- but it is an InuYasha-and-friends-reappear-in-the-midst-of-battle-fic. None of this really lines up with what’s currently happening in Yashahime, but whatever. Nothing in Yashahime makes sense anyway!

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Prompt me!

Riku had them cornered.

Of all the bastards Moroha had ever faced, he was perhaps the biggest bastard of them all, with his smug little smirk and his pompous way of speaking, acting every inch of a lord's son that he said he was. And Moroha had met a lot of that sort, too; stupid, scrawny little lordlings who pretended they were better than her because they had money and "better blood," whatever that meant, even when they were asking for her help against the demons that scared them half to death.

The only thing that made Riku any different from them was the fact that when he picked a fight, he at least had the balls to see it through to the end. Sure, the fight he’d picked this time was against them, and if they weren’t careful he was probably going to kill one of them before sunrise, but hey-- he wasn’t relying on anyone else to do his dirty work, and Moroha could respect that.

Jumping up and back to dodge a spearing attack of rock that he'd summoned from the ground, Moroha landed in the relative safety of the of the Tree of Ages, hidden amongst its branches. He controlled the elements, so far as they could tell: he could move the ground, shape water, spark fire, and guide the wind-- though the last of those abilities didn't seem to work well when he was around Setsuna. Towa had noticed that the last time they'd fought; he’d flung a cutting gale of wind at her when Setsuna, quiet as she was, had grit her teeth and swung her naginata so high and hard that she'd blown Riku straight off the edge of a mountain, redirecting his attack back onto him with twice the efficiency.

Setsuna had always been able to shape the air for her Cyclone Burst, but that? That she’d never done before.

But now they weren't on a mountain, Setsuna was injured, and Towa was trying to protect her sister from all the attacks Riku was launching at them. They’d both been robbed of their pearls not so long ago and without them, their strength was fading fast.

"Dammit, dammit, dammit—"

Moroha scrambled inside her pockets, withdrawing the little clamshell that held her pearl and her grandmother's lipstick. On her shoulder, Myoga jumped up and down, protesting— but she already knew everything he was saying. Yes, she wouldn't last long in a full demon state, but maybe it could give Towa the opening she needed to cut the pretty bastard down. All she had to do was distract him.

While droplets of blood dripped from her wrist and onto the tree, Moroha swiped her pinky across the red rouge. Readying herself, she took a deep breath, concentrating all her energy and—

Riku spun the wind and Setsuna spun it back, distracting her. Where one gale met the other, a glowing scar struck through the open air, and the tree beneath her feet gasped.

A tree couldn't gasp, of course, but it was trying very hard to, rocked with an energy that demanded everyone's attention. Energy pulsed beneath the pads of her bare feet and Moroha startled, clicking the clamshell shut as the Tree of Ages trembled. Myoga held on tight to her ear as she tried to steady herself, claws digging into the bark; and once she did that, the voice of the tree screamed in her ears.

"You won't be free!"

It was the Tree— that priestess, Kikyo, who apparently her mother was, or had been, or something; no one really seemed to agree on the difference and Moroha thought it was all stupid, anyway. How could someone be someone else? But Kikyo (who was not really Kikyo, and also not her mother) screamed and raged and tried with all her might to keep a seal from breaking. Someone was screaming back at her.

"You're not her, you wrinkled old bitch!"

The clamshell in her hand trembled and the well in the middle of the clearing pulsed with yoki once, then twice, reminding her of long summer days and thunderstorms. Red robes and white hair.

"LET ME GO!"

Moroha had never noticed the seal before, but she noticed it now: pink and black and sickly purple, like a bruise, pulsing from an old fletching notch in the tree. Towa screamed for her, but it was too late; the notch cracked, the seal broke, and a pulse of reiki shot through her so hard it made her teeth rattle and purified the rouge right off her pinky. Riku jumped back and his and Setsuna’s winds spun out, and Towa lurched aside, trying to avoid the pink-white light that was now spilling out of the mouth of the dusty old well in the middle of the clearing.

The hate that had been embedded in the Tree of Ages - the onyrō, if the echo of a dying priestess could be called that, left there in the power of her arrow - died an abrupt, sudden death, and all the sudden everything that ghost had been trying to hold in and destroy began to break free.

"What's happening?!"

It was a scream to no one as leaves began to rain down from the branches, even though Autumn was months away. There was a sudden burst of wind then, swirling of its own accord, unguided, and new scents came in an onslaught: reiki, yōki, and something in between; pain, anguish, hate, and unbridled sorrow; storms, iron, metal, tears, and flower blossoms. All of them were mixed and strange and rainbow-colored, until the first body came soaring out of the well.

A yōkai with brown furs, jet black hair, and piercing blue eyes shot straight out of the lancing light and into the night sky, seeming to hover in the air above them before he plummeted back towards the earth. Somewhere on Kirara's back, Kohaku called out a name:

"Koga!"

Once, there had been a battle in this clearing. Kohaku had told them as much. After all three of them had been spirited away to safety as infants, their parents and their friends had fought a strange enemy here. The only one to walk away unscathed from it had been that enemy— and Sesshomaru, whom no one had seen since.

Everyone else had disappeared from this very spot, leaving behind only a stunned monk and his family of demon slayers.

Koga - whoever he was - cracked the ground as he landed, and Riku cursed and cursed, flinging expletives in languages she didn't even know. He held up his hands and Moroha's stomach bottomed out, feeling that strange pull that only the rainbow portal had, but a gale of wind knocked him off his feet; again, sourceless, but it dispersed his strange powers.

"What the fuck happened?!"

Then there was another voice, another scent— and it nearly sent Moroha falling out of the tree.

"I saved your life, you mangy wolf!"

A man dressed in red climbed out of the well, shining silver against the moonlight. There was a woman unconscious on his back, chin pillowed against his shoulder; another girl lay sleeping in his arms.

Behind him, the Butterfly of Dreams fluttered up into the sky and all the light in the well faded to nothing.

"You sealed me in a tree, you flea-infested— shit!"

Koga bailed to the left to avoid a trail of fire that shot across the field and Towa slammed her sword in the ground to protect herself, letting it buffet against that wall of yoki until it extinguished itself. Setsuna's naginata fell to the ground beside her as her strength failed her, though she was far off from dying. There was something else on her face— exhaustion, maybe.

Hisui and Kohaku's voices were a mangled mess of names as Kirara brought them to the ground. Kohaku went first to the sleeping girl, taking her in his arms; Hisui went to the hanyō and the miko, wide-eyed and incredulous.

Moroha knew who they were. She couldn’t not know who they were.

“Shit,” InuYasha cursed, adjusting the unconscious Kagome on his back and drawing a sword that sang like a storm, streaking through the night like lightning. “How long has it been, Hisui?”

“InuYasha?”

Moroha was frozen, gone completely silent, watching the young demon slayer speak to her Father. Myoga was gone. Kohaku tried to shake the girl in his arms awake, softly calling her name.

“Rin?”

InuYasha waited impatiently for an answer. Eventually, Hisui found it.

“Fourteen years.”

“...fuck.”

And then there was no more time for talking as Riku attacked again, suddenly incensed, aiming the brunt of his attacks straight at Kohaku and Rin, flinging fire aside at the twins as he did. Moroha lurched when she saw Towa wasn’t going to be able to withstand the attack this time, but then the winds kicked up again, blowing the fire aside, and a scar blazed in its gale once again.

InuYasha swung Tessaiga and Riku disappeared in a burst of white light.

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beyondtheborderridiculous · 3 years

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A3! 4th Anniversary The Key to Daydreaming: Summer’s Door Part 3

This... This was a bit hard to translate. In the end, I’m not even sure if I was able to understand 100% of it. But I tried my best!

First I Previous

*wings flutter*

Kamekichi:

It’s here!

Izumi:

(The communal bath… There’s also the “unlocked” paper taped here.)

Izumi:

(I’m sure that it’ll be the continuation of the etude.)

Nick:

“…”

Izumi:

(! Nick’s on the floor…!)

Tadano:

*Gasp*

Izumi:

I-Is everything ok!? What the hell happened…!

Koga:

“No, we just happened to pass by…”

Kikukawa:

“He was like this when we got here.”

Tim:

“My bad. When I came here to give Nick’s buddy Leo a bath, he suddenly collapsed.”

Kikukawa:

“Leo… Are you perhaps talking about that plushie?”

Koga:

“What kind of setting is this?”

Wattson:

“Excuse me, please let me through!”

Tim:

“You are?”

Wattson:

“I’m a doctor. Please hold on…!”

Nick:

“…”

Wattson:

“Th-This is…”

Tim:

“It can’t be…!?”

Wattson:

“…He seems to just be tired and is sleeping.”

Koga:

“What the hell!”

Tadano:

“So noisy…”

Nick:

“…Gasp!”

Kikukawa:

“Ah, he’s up.”

Nick:

“What am I…”

Tim:

“Are you okay, Nick? You suddenly collapsed and fell asleep.”

Nick:

“Aa, that’s right… I’ve been practicing too much lately and haven’t slept much.”

Nick:

“I’m sorry, I must’ve been a huge disturbance.”

Izumi:

It’s okay, don’t worry about it.

Wattson:

“But if you don’t get enough sleep, you have to rest properly.”

Koga:

“You should just take a bath here and relax. I recommend the half-body bath.”

Kikukawa:

“That’s so sudden."

Tim:

“I see… I cam here to bathe Leo, but this is what the Japanese call the ‘large communal bath.’”

Wattson:

“I’ve heard about that too. Taking a bath with your friends is called ‘naked dating’!"

Nick:

“By meeting here, we’ll all have that ‘naked relationship’…”

Koga:

“Why the hell is that happening!?"

Kikukawa:

“You were the one who proposed it yourself…”

Koga:

“I didn’t say that I would join you.”

Koga:

“I mean, who the heck are these guys? Are you members of the circus troupe?”

Kikukawa:

“It seems so. Like I said earlier, the costume design seems to be helpful.”

Izumi:

Anyway, I’m glad that you weren’t sick.

Tadano:

“…Well, I’m a go back then.”

Izumi:

Wait, Tadano-kun!

Tadano:

“…What?”

Izumi:

You talked about a lost item earlier…

Tadano:

“Ah… this?”

Koga:

“! Where did that…!”

Tadano:

“It fell on the side of the road. Is it yours?”

Koga:

“Yea, no doubt about it.”

Izumi:

I knew it, it was Tenma-kun… no, Koga-kun’s lost item.

Wattson:

“What a mysterious coincidence…!”

Tim:

“Huh, a padlock necklace?”

Kikukawa:

“Uwah… no way, it was a hybrid item?”

Koga:

“No, not really!”

Nick:

“It looks very expensive… I wonder how much it’ll cost if I sell it…”

Koga:

“Anyway, I’m glad it came back. Thanks for you help.”

Tadano:

“…It’s nothing. I just picked up something that fell.”

Izumi:

(Fu fu, is he a little shy? That’s kind of funny.)

Izumi:

(…Hold up, this wasn’t the time for this! I was supposed to find out more about the key!)

Izumi:

Um… I picked up this key too, but does anyone know anything?

Wattson:

“No, I don’t…”

Nick:

“Ah!”

Izumi:

Do you know the owner?

Nick:

“N-No, that’s not it, but…”

Nick:

“I just dreamed about a key with a similar shape as that one.”

Koga:

“Dream?”

Nick:

“Yes. It was the key of good luck to those who have it.”

Nick:

“But, that’s all I know… I’m sorry.”

Tim:

“The key to good luck?”

Izumi:

If that’s the case, then I’d like to return it to its owner even sooner…

Kamekichi:

Anyway, I’m glad that this group is safe!

Wattson:

“Ah, the bird that guided me earlier!”

Koga:

“You! Why’re you here without any ill will? You stole my necklace!”

Kamekichi:

Somehow, it’s refreshing.

Tadano:

“So it was the bird’s fault after all…”

Tim:

“Ooh, a bird that can speak the human language? I want it in my circus. I’m sure Josie will welcome you too.”

Kikukawa:

“…Hey, you. If you’re looking for the key owner, why don’t you go now?”

Kikukawa:

“I don’t think anybody here knows anything, and I’m not sure if you would want to deal with this noise.”

Izumi:

That’s true…

Izumi:

(Rather than not knowing anything, I feel like I’m being swayed by them…)

Nick:

“Like some kind of ‘baby’ for us… I’m sure that this key will also bring you good luck.” *

Nick:

“A warm luck like a shining summer.”

Izumi:

…!

Kikukawa:

“See you.”

Izumi:

(For some reason, I was kicked out of the public bath.)

Izumi:

(Even so, what was with this series of events…)

Izumi:

(In the end, I didn’t get any important information about the key.)

Izumi:

(However, that noise was full of Natsugumi’s feelings as usual.)

Izumi:

(As Nick said, if this key really is for good luck…)

Izumi:

(What the hell is that luck?)

Izumi:

Alright. Let’s check the next place!

---

* For the life of me, I cannot figure out what Nick was trying to say with that baby line. If anybody knows, please feel free to message me! (Edit: Someone mentioned that it could be alluding to the magical baby that gave the circus troupe good fortune during Luminous Circus, which makes so much sense.)

And we’re done! The 4th anniversary event is finally completely translated!!!

#a3!#act! addict! actors!#a3 translation #fan translation #natsugumi #now I can finally read the rest of the event yay~

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ewbts - my top moments

no i will never stop laughing at that abbreviation it’s beautiful. buckle in because this is gonna be long, and probably don’t read it unless you’ve watched/read kuroko’s basketball and like izuki lmaoooo

chapter 1: hatchling, awaken

Izuki swallows. “Why do you all think I can do this?”

Then Kiyoshi turns to him with steel in his eyes (that must be how he got nicknamed Iron Heart - he seriously never backs down!) and asks him very clearly, “Why don’t you?”

Why don’t I think I can be captain?

“Because nobody thought I could be until now.”

aka “ceru is a masochist”, exhibit 1/???. anyway lets hear it for insecurities!!

chapter 2: liftoff

Predictably, Kuroko drags him aside at practice the next day and says, “I have something to tell you, Izuki-senpai.”

Izuki smiles at him. “Is it about your five evil exes?”

Kuroko looks horrified. “My what?!”

i think im funny

chapter 3: crash landing

As Izuki walks off the court, he looks for flashing glasses and grey eyes.

He curses himself for the heavy sadness that falls over him like a blanket when he doesn’t spot them.

yay for “ceru is a masochist” exhibit 2!

Oh, he [Izuki] watched videos of Aomine, came up with strategy after strategy to corner him, but videos and strategies can only go so far. Aomine in real life is something else entirely, a flash of lightning setting the court on fire with the sheer elegance of his crazy street basketball. All one can do is sit back and watch, awed beyond belief. Nothing can curb the wild madness that is Aomine Daiki – unrestrained, gleeful insanity dancing across the court like it’s his playground.

i also rlly like this line, it has some pretty imagery and we all know im a slut for pretty imagery~

chapter 4: a broken bone grows back stronger

“All right,” Koganei says to himself, moving to stand in front of the hoop. “One more time.”

He jumps, raising the ball to just above his face and releasing it. It misses, and he lets out a cry of frustration.

Can he even do this? Is it worth the time?

Koganei bites back the wave of guilt that washes over him at the thought. Izuki, Kiyoshi, Tsuchida, Rinnosuke, Kagami, Kuroko – he’d be letting them down if he didn’t give this his best shot. They’re all so dedicated to basketball that they each have a special skill honed from years of practice and love for the sport. If he can’t bring anything of his own to the table, what will he mean to this team? Seirin makes him want to be a team player, to add his skills to theirs rather than shining on his own. The change is good, yes, but he doesn’t want to stop there – he doesn’t want to be useless.

He will not be useless.

a bit of context: in this fic, since hyuuga did not return, koga became the SG for seirin :D i think my favorite character to develop, apart from izuki, was koganei - it was so fun to imagine all the ways he could have gone!

chapter 5: spreading new wings

All too soon, the day of judgment arrives, and Seirin convenes in the gym one last time before they head off to the Winter Cup building. No one says anything; not Kagami, fresh from his training trip to America, not Izuki, not Kiyoshi or Riko. They simply stand there, breathing in the scent of cleaner and leather and something else that’s so entirely Seirin, and knowing that no matter what happens this Winter Cup, they will return to the gym different people than they were before.

Different, and better.

Then they head out and off to the opening ceremony of the Winter Cup, not looking back once as they do.

yay for more pretty words!!!

“Oh, no worries. The actual motivational part is coming. Anyway, as I was saying – Tōō was just better than us that day. It’s hard to admit, I know: far easier to blame yourself, say you didn’t give it your all, but you know; we all know. It was their day to shine, not ours. But I think we’ve worked hard enough and are in a good enough mindset to change that, today. We aren’t scared or apprehensive about Tōō and Aomine, because we’ve faced them before. We know what attitude they’ll walk into our game with, and that’s what we’re going to exploit!”

“You’re going to exploit,” corrects Tsuchida. “Unlike you, the rest of us aren’t manipulative bastards.”

That raises a bunch of cackles, which quiet down when Izuki gives his team a glare. It doesn’t work on Riko, however, who sniggers under her breath and smirks at him.

izuki highkey sucks at pep talks lmao

chapter 6: ride the storm

Kagami and Aomine were made for each other. Made for this rivalry, this intense competition that will push them to their very limits and carry them onto a plane that no ordinary human can reach. Neither can defeat the other per se - they’re destined to stand neck and neck forever. However, one has a trump card on his side; and that trump card can make all the difference in the world.

Aomine Daiki may be strong, but Kagami Taiga is just as good. And damn him if the power of Kagami’s determination coupled with Kuroko’s unshakeable support won’t overwhelm the undisputed king of basketball.

Move aside, light bulb, Izuki thinks vindictively. The tube light is here to replace you.

pretty words. gay words. i love them (aokaga + izuki being a salt man lmao).

chapter 7: eagle versus aegis

“So bitter,” he [Izuki] reflects aloud, answering Himuro’s question.

That’s the emotion in his eyes. That’s what I might have become, if I had let my anger grow.

And suddenly he isn’t seeing Himuro Tatsuya anymore, but a version of himself, a version with darkened eyes and a mocking smile and pain and rage bubbling below the surface. Immensely talented, but not able to break the last barrier. Because he’s an ordinary man, and it’s as much as an ordinary man can do.

Strong, so strong. But also so terribly, heartbreakingly weak. Weak in a way that today’s Izuki Shun will never be.

GOD where do i even start w/this scene its literally everything i’ve ever wanted to write ksjfhsfj

chapter 8: clawing through mirages

Izuki’s taken aback for a millisecond before he continues his mad dash towards Murasakibara, letting out a war cry as the center makes to simply toss the ball into the hoop.

“It wasn’t their intention,” says a quiet but familiar voice. “But, this is the result of Kiyoshi-senpai and the other upperclassmen’s tenacity.”

Izuki grins, feeling new strength fill him up.

Together, huh? Okay. Together.

“This is where it ends for you!” shouts the voice, becoming stronger.

Not one, but two hands knock the ball out of Murasakibara’s hands and onto the ground. Kuroko shimmers into vision, smiling at Izuki with all the happiness in the world, just as the final buzzer rings.

i loved writing this match tbh, yousen is super underrated!

chapter 9: catch the updraft

21 - 22, in their favour at long last. Izuki grins at Kasamatsu, who shakes his head wearily.

“Using my own advice against me. What a terrible student you are,” he says, affecting an old man’s voice.

“The true student is the one who beats the master at his own game,” Izuki says quickly, sliding back into their familiar banter. “I swore to myself, my drive would beat your drive today, kitakore.”

“When did you get so wise?” asks Kasamatsu with a sigh, ignoring his pun and receiving the ball from Kobori, who was quick to grab it once Koga scored. Izuki just laughs, not bothering to reply and instead focusing carefully on Kasamatsu’s movements.

Kasamatsu shifts his weight right, left, then right again. Izuki narrows his eyes, trying to figure out what the hell his upperclassman is doing—

But it’s far too late, as Kasamatsu successfully passes through his defence in his moment of distraction, ball clutched tightly in hand. The sound of the scoring whistle is shrill and unpleasant to Izuki’s ears, and his chest stings at the loss.

“What was that about the main course?” Kasamatsu teases, wearing an enormous grin as he comes forward to guard Izuki once more.

izuki + kasamatsu banter is so so fun to write y’all have no idea

chapter 10: headwinds

This is your fault. If you’d been a better captain, a better point guard, a better everything, none of this would’ve happened. Seirin would have been well in the lead and controlling the game—

Izuki shakes his head violently, trying to get rid of his intrusive thoughts. He knows he’s a good captain, and doing this to himself will do no good for the rest of the team. He has to be strong for them. He has to lead them to victory, he can’t be a weak person overwhelmed by emotion. But it’s so hard to breathe, suddenly, and Izuki’s about to sink when—

“Don’t worry, Captain. I’ll take care of this match today,” says a confident and familiar voice, and a hand claps down on Izuki’s shoulder. He turns, a little surprised by the sudden contact, to find Koganei’s cat mouth set in a determined frown. “You can rest your hopes on me. I’ll be Seirin’s wings for as long as you need me to.”

kogazuki brotp feels man. kogazuki brotp feels.

chapter 11: cliff edge

Riko nods, sobering up a little. “I do know. And… I have to admit, I was a little harsh on you in the early days… I kept comparing you to Hyūga-kun.” She looks at the ground briefly, then raises her head to continue, meeting Izuki’s eyes with no hint of doubt in her own brown irises. “But then I saw how different you were. How you were never willing to give up, even if you were the worst player in the world. That’s what… that’s what made me truly believe in you.” She swallows thickly, taking a deep breath, but not averting her gaze from his.

The honesty and trust in her eyes is what shatters Izuki’s calm.

He steps forward, and she rises too, opening her arms. Then he hugs her tightly, murmuring, “Thank you for having faith in me.”

The “Of course. You’re family,” that she whispers back fills Izuki’s already overflowing heart even further.

Eventually, he lets her go, and she drops lightly to the ground, straightening her sweater and skirt.

“We never speak of this,” Izuki warns her, moving towards the door of the room.

Riko nods, back to her usual haughty demeanour. “Of course. No one can know we’re actually big softies who care a lot for each other.”

“To them, we’re just sarcastic jerks,” Izuki agrees. “And that’s the way it stays.”

anyone said izuriko brotp???? this fic is just platonic feels tbh

chapter 12: overcast skies

What should I do? Someone tell me! the voice cries out in Izuki’s head, a voice he hasn’t heard since the loss to Tōō. It is the same voice that whispers all his insecurities in his ear in the dead of night when no one is around to reassure him, the same voice that gave rise to all his fears and worries. It is the voice of the vulnerable and weak part of Izuki, the one that needs someone to guide him with a gentle hand, and he hates it.

It is a voice that, frankly, he never thought he would hear again. Yet, here it is, crying out for attention, screaming for someone to help.

He thought he had left it behind. It turns out he was wrong.

Izuki shoves it deep into his heart with more effort than he’s exerted all game, breathing a heavy sigh when he succeeds in locking it behind the glass wall that keeps his emotions away.

let’s hear it for “ceru is a masochist” exhibit 3~

chapter 13: nosedive

“I don’t know who you are,” Koganei completes his little speech, anger brimming in every part of his being. “But I know that my captain is Izuki Shun, not Akashi Seijūrō. The coach can bench you if she likes; we can fight without our captain, because we know he wants us to win for his sake. We’ve been fighting without him all the match, and we can continue doing so. We don’t need a player that can’t play with the same passion as us!”

Izuki looks at the ground and doesn’t respond. Somewhere within, something is stirring at Koganei’s words. Something that cries out to fill the gap inside him.

Next to speak is Kiyoshi, standing up and executing much the same move as Koga had by yanking Izuki up by his collar. However, Kiyoshi pulls Izuki into a standing position so that Izuki is half-leaning against him.

Brown eyes meet black, and Kiyoshi simply states, “I didn’t expect this from you, Shun.”

Then he rears his fist backwards and punches Izuki in the jaw.

“ceru is a masochist” exhibit 4!

chapter 14: bird of prey

“I just… I didn’t think you’d give up so easily.”

Koganei’s head shoots up. There’s fury in his eyes, and his face is white. His hands are shaking.

Izuki continues, calm and careless as he always is, “Really… after you gave me all that talk at halftime? I don’t believe this is you.”

Koganei’s jaw clenches, and he cries, “But I have done everything I can! He’s just too good—”

“And when has that ever stopped you?” Izuki keeps his voice quiet and even, but it has the gravity he intended it to - Koga falls silent immediately, eyes wide and riveted on him. “When have you ever backed down from fighting? You don’t know the meaning of giving up. You’ve never cared about whether someone’s better than you. I knew a shooting guard once, just like you, and he had the potential to be the greatest in the world. He was held back because he cared that he was worse than others. But you? You never blinked at it, just practised and practised until you could do the impossible.”

His words are getting louder with pride; he’s unable to keep it steady with the outpouring of emotion in his speech.

“Tell me, who can master Ray Allen’s form in one and a half years? Who can be such a rookie at basketball, yet be able to fight an Uncrowned King and respond to a shot that has left all its previous victims unable to move?!” Izuki leans forward and jabs a finger into Koganei’s chest demandingly. “Tell me, who the hell was that?!”

“Me,” Koga whispers timidly, looking down.

ahhhh yay for more platonic comfort and bonding. *izuki voice* yelling is the way to get ur team to get their shit tgt

chapter 15: born to soar

Izuki finds himself moving, barely thinking as he grabs the ball and bawls for an attack. He’s running faster than he ever has, flying up the court like there are wings on his legs. No one follows at his pace - they’re all too far behind.

No one but Kiyoshi.

The rhythm beats louder than ever, a heavy pulse in Izuki’s head and heart. He can feel Akashi on his heels and knows he needs to do something.

One second left—

Izuki’s hands move on their own, passing the ball to the one person he knows that he will always find.

Kiyoshi catches it and jumps.

Fortyfivethirtyfivetwentyfivefifteen—

The ball leaves his hands.

Fivezero—

The whistle blows to end the game. Kiyoshi’s shot hits the backboard and drops straight into the basket. Time stops as a shrill sound screeches into the air and the ref shouts, “124 to 123, Seirin High wins the Winter Cup!”

there we go. the most heartwrenching scene of this chapter ahhhhh

chapter 16: final flight

“We should go. Don’t want to keep them waiting too long,” Kiyoshi says, staring daggers at Hyūga, who to his credit doesn’t flinch but merely stares back.

“Let’s go, then,” Izuki agrees. He looks straight at Hyūga and allows a small, formal smile to play on his lips. Hyūga just nods, accepting the answer.

Izuki nods back, then turns around and starts walking away. But even as he moves toward the exit, something weighs heavily in his tired chest. For the first time in a long time, he isn’t confident in his decision.

Acting on impulse, he turns on his heel and yells out, “Call sometime, maybe!” before walking backwards out the door that Kiyoshi holds for him.

It’s an open-ended suggestion. Hyūga can choose to wallow and ignore it, or he can choose to pick up the phone. Izuki isn’t going to do so either way - he’ll be happy if Hyūga makes that call, but he won’t be terribly sad if he doesn't.

This time, he’s going to be the one that walks forward without looking back.

ahhh okay so this scene means a hella lot to me personally because... i had to grow, the way izuki grew. izuki’s now strong enough to sort of put the olive branch out and say, “take it or leave it,” and if it’s left he’s not gonna be upset. that’s something i really learned with a lot of difficulty and i think that that growth - in both me and him - is a lovely thing.

and there we have it! my favorite moments from each chapter of this story. *cries in a corner* god i can’t believe it’s over...

THANK YOU FOR THE JOURNEY!

#knb #izuki #eagles were born to soar #izuday #ceru writes

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Cowboy Blues

InuKag

Word count: 5114

Rating: M for language

A/N: My gift for everyone this White Day!!! Haven't written fanfiction in 10+ years, so here's to hoping this isn't completely terrible LOL. This little fic was inspired by a song of Kesha's titled "Cowboy Blues", and I would recommend putting it on in the background for maximum effect!

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🎵“They say you know when you know, what do you do when it don't, they're saying ‘love it'll happen if it's meant to happen’, but what do you do when it don’t”.🎵

At least Kagome could say that she only has one cat snuggled up with her in bed, although Buyo was big enough to feel like three. She had been laying in bed for the past hour, the feeling of utter defeat pinning her where she lay. Her mind begged her to turn off the music playing through her speakers, but her body resisted any thought of movement. What did it matter in the end anyways? All the hard work she put into the last week and a half was wasted. And she had been doing so well! Up until today that is. As soon as Kagome had came home and crawled into her bed, turning on the music via phone app, she let down the walls she had been building up, giving in to every emotion she had shut away.

It had all started earlier in the day, after Kagome was done at work. She needed to make a simple trip to the gas station, a task that should have only taken her maybe five minutes, but some unseen force in this universe just wanted her to be miserable. Swiping her card at the pump, she jumped at an all too familiar voice calling her name.

“Kagome! Fancy meeting you here!”

‘Ugh.’

“Oh, h-hello Hojo.” Kagome had such a bad case of tunnel vision that she failed to notice her friend’s husband and old schoolmate pull up to the pump right beside her as she inserted the gas nozzle into her tank.

“How have you been Kagome? Ayumi and I haven’t heard from you in a while, we we're starting to get worried.”

“Oh, I’ve just been really busy with work and all, you know how it goes”, Kagome chuckled awkwardly, running her hand through her hair. This was the last thing she wanted to deal with today. And Kagome was pretty sure she was stationed at the slowest pump in all of history.

“Well, it's a good thing I ran into you here! Ayumi wanted to invite you to dinner with us tomorrow.”

‘Ab-so-lut-ely not.’ “No, that’s okay Hojo, I’m not about to put you guys out on Valentine's Day. Don't worry about me, and just enjoy your night together.”

Hojo looked like he was about to argue with her when the pump connected to Kagome's car clicked, letting her know her time at the gas station was finally up. ‘About damn time, too.’

“Well, I’m all finished up here, so I’m going to head out to beat the traffic. I'll talk to you guys later, okay!” Kagome spoke in one breath as she dived into the drivers seat and sped away, leaving Hojo behind looking confused, and mildly worried for his old friend.

Kagome had been avoiding everyone since the beginning of February. She knew that her friends and family meant well. She knew they only wanted to see her happy, but Kagome didn't know if she could do it; another Valentine's Day filled with people throwing her yet another elaborate pity party. If she didn’t know any better, it was like they thought she forgot that she was almost 30 and still single. But Kagome was determined that this year was going to be different. She figured that if she just ignored everyone and stayed home until Valentine's Day had passed that she could bypass all her own feelings of inadequacy and loneliness. And since the first week of February, she was nailing it. Kagome worked in the kitchen of a little diner, and since business is always a little heavier leading up to the holiday of love, she had signed herself up for some much needed overtime with the hopes that she would too busy for anything else. In addition to working extra hours to occupy her time, she had stockpiled her household with enough food and supplies to last through the week. And if she forgot something? Well, grocery stores will deliver to you now, so Kagome didn't have to worry about walking into her nearest shop, only to be surrounded by chocolates and candies and giant stuffed animals that served no purpose other than reminding Kagome of her unwanted solitude. Kagome had planned her last week so meticulously, giving herself little to no free time to think about the fact that she was still single, or to let anyone else remind her of that fact.

Kagome had always been a rather stubborn child. Kagome knew what she wanted, and if something didn’t live up to her expectations, then it was kicked to the curb. Unfortunately, this personality trait included all the men she dated. It wasn’t like Kagome had never been on a date, or been with a man sexually, but more often that not she found that no one could keep her interests in more than one area for more than a night.

When she was still in high school, Kagome had gone on a couple of dates with Hojo. He had always been quite smitten with her, and it wasn’t as if he wasn’t a nice guy. Hojo was always (and remains to be) one of the few good guys out there, but he was a little too….amicable for Kagome's tastes. His personality almost seemed fake in the sense that he never had any disputes with anyone and could never find anything bad to say about anything. It wasn’t as if Hojo's courteous nature was a bad thing per say, but Kagome always had a wild spirit, and she found it difficult to see herself settling for someone who couldn’t at least sometimes find themselves on her level. On their last date, Kagome had even tried to start a fight with him, just to spawn some other form of emotion from him, but to no avail. In the end, Kagome decided they were better off just being friends. Luckily, Hojo didn’t take the rejection too hard, and in the coming years, he found a cozy companionship with one of her best friends, Ayumi, and in no time at all had proposed to her. They were wedding number one that Kagome was a bridesmaid in.

After Hojo, Kagome dated a couple of other guys, but she quickly found faults in every one of them. Koga, an extremely forward wolf demon, was a great lay, but Kagome did not share in his views that she should just settle down to become his woman, which was just code for becoming a housewife who spat kids out faster than you could say ‘I do'. Kagome liked working, and she wasn’t about to just up and quit her job because some guy told her to. Meanwhile, Bankotsu, who worked at her old gym, ended up on the other end of the spectrum opposite Hojo; his whole life seemed to revolve around fighting and conflict, which was a lifestyle Kagome didn’t want to be apart of. Actually, Kagome was pretty sure he was in a gang. She switched gyms after their break up.

The last time Kagome had been on a real date was five years ago. Since then, she had seen all the rest of her best friends find their true love and get married. Even her most lecherous friend, Miroku, found a woman willing to put up with him. Kagome's mother tried to set her up on a few dates, mostly with the sons of the ladies she plays bridge with, but after a while Kagome just started to flat our reject them. She hated going on blind dates, no one could live up to her expectations. Because the one thing that no one else had known about was that about three months ago, she had met a guy. And he had completely flipped her world upside down.

~flashback~

It was November 1st. Halloween was officially over with, and Kagome had decided to head down to a local bar to celebrate the fact the she was still standing. Earlier in the year, the diner she worked at had started making seasonal desserts, so Kagome had spent the past week baking ghosts and pumpkins and bats on top of all her other cooking duties. Her days at the diner that week usually started far before dawn and ended far after dusk. To say she was tired would be an understatement, so what better way to treat yourself to a job well done than with a celebratory drink? Kagome found herself seated on the opposite end of the bar from the door, pulling out a thick hardcover book. She had not invited anyone else out with her, having no qualms with drinking alone. In fact, after the week she had, she preferred it. She would have a couple of drinks, read a little bit of the current fantasy novel in her hands, and head back home for a good night’s rest.

Kagome was only halfway through her first drink (a standard rum and cola) when a foreign hand suddenly engulfed her page, ripping the book from her hands.

“Excuse you!” Kagome exclaimed, a look of indignation washed over her face.

“You’re excused,” her book thief shot back, his face showing an indifferent look as he rifled through the books pages.

“Do you mind giving me back my book? And don’t lose my spot, either!” Kagome attempted to swipe the book from his hands, but the man merely held it over his head, just out of her reach.

“So tell me, who comes to a bar – alone – just to read a book? Can't find yourself a date on this day, after All Hallows Eve?”

“That is absolutely none of your business,” she squeaked, her face dusted with a slight blush. For a moment, Kagome was struck silent, unsure of how to respond to this stranger. But, for the first time in the maybe twenty seconds they’ve interacted, she finally took a moment to glance at the stranger who found themselves sitting next to her.

‘My GOD is he gorgeous!' were the first thoughts out of Kagome’s head, taking in his tanned skin and perfectly manicured nails. His long silver hair, which only seemed to shine despite the darker environment of the bar, went about halfway down his back and was pulled back in a low ponytail, two strands pulled loose on either side of his head. As her eyes roamed upward, she took in every aspect of his face, from the fangs held behind his smirk to the pair of fuzzy ears that sat on top of his head. ‘So he's a hanyou. I wonder how soft those ears are,' she thought, stifling her yearning to reach out and touch them. But what really took her breath away was his eyes. Golden in color, they glowed, despite the darkened environment. Amber, mixed with flecks of soft brown swirled together as they gazed down on her. He had to be at least a whole foot taller than her. A pair of black slacks accentuating his long legs, while a simple bright red shirt hugged the muscles of his arms and chest. Kagome had never laid eyes on a man more handsome than the stranger beside her, despite her irritation with him interrupting her date with a good book. 'Do I really care though?' she thought, licking her bottom lip slightly to relieve herself from her all-of-a-sudden chapped lips.

“If you must know,” she started, looking slightly down across the bar rather than in his general direction, “I’ve had a hard week and decided to treat myself to a drink and a good book. If that’s okay with you?”

“By yourself?” he said incredulously, slightly lowering his arm that held her book. It gave her just the distance to snatch it back before he could defend against her.

“You say that like it’s a bad thing.”

“Well, when it comes to celebrations, no one should be alone.” He motioned to the bartender. “The lady and I will have another round, on me,” he spoke the second part of that sentence facing towards her, causing Kagome to blush even more.

“Here you are buying me a drink, and I don’t even know you’re name.”

“I could say the same thing about you,” he smirked, a lone fang poking out from his lips. It was outlandish, in Kagome’s mind, how that one simple facial expression could make her go utterly speechless. She really wanted to throw out some witty, sarcastic quip just to see what kind of expression she could get out of him, but the only word she could seem to utter was her name.

“Well, Ka-go-me,” he said quietly, the bartender handing them two new drinks. The way he enunciated each part of her name sent a small shiver down her spine. “Shall we make a toast then?”

“A t-toast? To what?” she spoke in a hushed voice.

“Hmmm…” he paused, dramatically taking his chin in his thumb and index finger and sporting a most reflective look which made Kagome giggle. “To the rest of tonight. The name's Inuyasha.” He raised his glass in front of her, his eyes glazing back and forth between their drinks. Kagome wasn’t sure what was happening, the room felt like it was spinning, and she barely had anything to drink yet! A part of her was reluctant towards him. She had not planned to talk, let alone meet, someone tonight, but she couldn’t deny she was a little lonely. And he was really hot. ‘So fuck it,’ she thought, and raised her drink up to delicately clink their glasses, a beginning to what would become one of the greatest night’s that Kagome had experienced in a while.

Minutes soon turned to hours. One drink together turned into two. They spent hours playing pool, loser buying celebratory whiskey shots, and when their fill of competitive playfulness had been satiated Inuyasha and Kagome found themselves laughing and dancing the rest of the night away next to the jukebox.

The atmosphere in the little bar that night was perfect. There were just enough people in the bar to make the place feel welcoming without the claustrophobic ambience that a normal club or more popular bar would have. Kagome couldn’t remember the last time she had as much fun as she did that night. Inuyasha was….perfect. They talked about a variety of subjects throughout the night, mostly about the little things, like what their favourite food was or what reality television show was their most guilty pleasure. Work, of course, was another topic they came upon. Kagome talked about her passion for cooking, how it was stemmed from time spent in the kitchen with her mother after her father passed away, and Inuyasha talked about his job as a mechanic. He was definitely a textbook definition of a “car guy", Kagome was pretty sure he could have talked all night about engines and tires and….torque? Kagome didn’t have a clue what he was talking about most of the time, for the most part nodding her head at the appropriate times, but for some reason she found it endearing when listening to Inuyasha talk and all she could do was smile brightly at him.

Despite their steady drinking, he was a perfect gentleman. There was never any instigation to do anything more than have a fun night out, which Kagome found utterly refreshing. One of the reasons she hated going to the more populated bars and clubs was because most guys wanted (and almost expected) something more from her months bedroom department. And while she did not consider herself to be chaste, she was not a fan of sex on the first date – or meeting for that matter.

~present~

‘It was the most perfect night,’ Kagome mused, the music pulling her from her memories as she tried to will her body to become one with her bed.

🎵“Did I fuck my whole life up? Did I miss my one true love? Was he right in front of me at the dive bar? Was that you with the cowboy blues?”🎵

With an aggravated huff, Kagome finally found the nerve to turn the damned music off. She didn’t need any more reminders of her romantic failure. Kagome had thought about that night long and hard. At no point in their celebrating did she feel weird around Inuyasha, and the more time went by, any misgivings she might have had in the beginning about him dwindled to nothing. What could have happened to make everything that was good about their evening go so wrong?

'My drunk, dumb ass is what,' Kagome thought, taking both her hands and pulling them through her hair in frustration.

Kagome was not a lightweight when it came to alcohol for the most part. She rarely went out in that kind of setting, but when she did the necessary precautions were taken to pace herself and keep hydrated. But between their mixed drinks and shared whiskey shots, Kagome had drank more than she could handle, and about an hour before the bar was to officially close for the night, she proclaimed (louder than she probably would have liked If she was sober) that it was time for her to head home. Any other man she could have been with would have taken this opportunity to “escort her home", with the possibility of a night cap, which would have been easy in her inebriated state. It wasn’t like she hadn’t let her mind wander at all that night, especially sit the way his ass looked in those slacks. But ever the gentleman, Inuyasha simply called her a cab, paid the driver, and sent her off on her way.

If Kagome hadn’t been so drunk, she would have asked for his number. Or maybe his social media account. Hell, she would have been content to just get his last name! But at the time, there was no way Kagome could think straight, and with barely a “Goodnight Inuyasha!”, the taxi cab had whisked her away before Inuyasha could even begin to maybe put his own number in her phone.

For a week, Kagome tried her hardest to find any sign that Inuyasha existed since that night. She thought it would have been easier with such an unusual name, but without knowing his last name, her internet searches came up blank. There were surprisingly more ‘Inuyasha’s out there than she ever would have thought. He didn’t seem to have a social media account, so that became her first dead end. She tried looking up all the mechanic shops in the area to try and find some sign that Inuyasha worked there, which proved to be a very daunting task. About halfway through her search, Kagome had then come to a startling hypothesis; What if Inuyasha didn’t live in the area? He could have been visiting from out of town, which means searching through local mechanic shops could be a wasted venture. The thought only made Kagome more frazzled in her search. She even attempted to go to the bar, going on the same day of the week the had met, but after about a month and a half of light drinking and fending off the desperate men that tried hitting on her, Kagome had finally given up. Hell, for all she knew, her mind had probably imagined him up. It’s not like perfect men like him exist anyways.

Soon enough, Christmas and New Years had flown by, filling Kagome with a sense of emptiness. They had only spent a few hours together, but she felt as if she had known him for years. There was this feeling in Kagome that she couldn’t quite verbalize. She felt such a longing for a man she barely even knew, and it killed her inside to know she may never get to indulge in it again. The end of January had brought about a wistful demeanor in Kagome, which conjured up many questions amongst her friends and family. They may not have known about her night with Inuyasha, but it wasn’t difficult to see that something considerable was weighing on Kagome's shoulders, causing her to fall into a dispirited state.

Hence Kagome's need to throw herself into work and not have any contact with anyone she knows until Valentine's Day was over with. Except it didn’t work, and Kagome still ran into Hojo, pulling her back into her own self pity. Why was life so unfair? Did Kagome do something to earn such dreadful luck?

“God, I need a drink,” Kagome muttered as she pushed her cheeks up with her hands. She wasn't scheduled to work tomorrow, although Kagome had planned to go in anyways, but running into Hojo at the gas station had unleashed a barrage of emotions in her and for the first time in a week, Kagome realized just how tired she was. Maybe taking tomorrow off wouldn’t be such a bad idea.

‘Well, in that case, I might as well get out of this house to drink my sorrows away,’ she thought, as she stood from her bed and walked towards her closet. Kagome found herself dressed in a comfortable pair of yoga pants matched in an enormous, bright red hoodie. About two weeks after her night with Inuyasha, Kagome had found the hoodie hanging in a window display at the mall, and without missing a beat she had walked inside and purchased the first one she could get her hands on. She wasn’t an airhead, Kagome knew exactly what pulled her to buy a piece of clothing such as this. She knew it reminded her of him. After religiously wearing the hoodie to bed for months, Kagome had tucked the hoodie away into her closet when February began, knowing that one piece of clothing would never let her forget about him. Thus, she found it fitting now to don the oversized sweater, since there was no use trying to not think about him anymore.

Soon enough, Kagome was out the door, heading down an all too familiar path to the bar. Kagome, in fact, lived practically walking distance to the bar. She could walk from her apartment to the bar in about twenty minutes, and in the car that time was basically nothing. Because she lived so close, Inuyasha could have just as easily helped walk her home that night instead of calling a cab. They could have spent more time together than parting ways at the bar. Maybe he would have had the time to ask for her number. Hell, maybe he would have come inside. Kagome felt a pang of guilt when thinking about just how drunk she got. If she were less intoxicated, she could have had a clearer mind to ask him out again.

A chill breeze swept against her face, causing a light shiver to run down her body. Kagome picked up her pace slightly, desperate for the warmth the incandescent lights above the bar would bring. There was no point in dwelling in the what-if's of the whole situation at the moment; there would be plenty of time for that with a spirituous drink in her hand.

Before long, Kagome had finally reached her destination, the tinkling of the small bell above the door floating through the air. Absentmindedly, she meandered towards her usual seat on the opposite side of the bar. Luckily, it was a Thursday night, so there wouldn’t be too many people around with a clear view of her imminent sour thoughts.

“Kagome! Long time no see!” Looking towards the voice, Kagome spotted the small wildcat demon child, who hopped onto a protruding ledge on the employee side of the bar. Well, ‘child’ was a relative term here. Kagome was sure that despite his small stature, he was probably older than her. Wildcat demons weren't known to get very big.

“Hello Bunza!” Kagome said with a light smile on her face. “How are you this evening?”

“I'm doing alright I guess. It’s been pretty slow tonight, and Totosai gave me this HUGE list of chores to do before we close,” Bunza sighed with a dejected look on his face. “But don’t worry about me Kagome, did you want your usual?”

Kagome giggled slightly at his less-then-enthusiastic attitude towards his duties. He might be older than her, but in the demon world he was still a child, and what child likes to do chores? “Not tonight Bunza, how about making me a Cosmo?”

“Coming right up!” Bunza grinned and set off to work as she sat down, hanging her purse on the hook in front of her legs.

It had been a shock to Kagome the first time she had seen Bunza working the counter. Sometimes, she had to remind herself that the demon world worked different when it came to certain things, such as a child like Bunza working at a bar. Kagome had learned, from her many visits, that Bunza had worked there for about five years. His parents died in a fire when he was very young, leaving him an orphan. Totosai, the actual owner of the bar, was a family friend and agreed to take Bunza under his wing. Of course, this meant he would spend many a night at the bar, working his way up from just sweeping and keeping the bar relatively clean to actually making drinks for patrons. Totosai had actually installed a ledge along the bar for Bunza when he started learning how to make drinks so that it would be easier for him to interact with the customers sitting on the other side of the bar. Many people who came in would comment on his age, about how he was too young to be put to work, but Bunza would just brush them off. It was plain for anyone to see, if they truly tried, that despite the work Bunza was happy to just not be by himself after his parents death. Totosai made sure he had a roof over his head and warm food in his belly, which was more than he could have asked for.

A few minutes later, Bunza set down the finished Cosmo in front of her. “Let me know if you need anything else Kagome!” he said, hopping down from the ledge to pick up where he had left off with his chores. Kagome had always enjoyed talking with Bunza, but her heart just wasn’t in it today. Sighing heavily, she slumped her shoulders, trying to release all her tension from the week. With a few turns of the neck, Kagome grabbed her drink and took a sizeable sip.

“You better be careful, take any more drinks like that and I’ll have to call you another cab.”

Kagome almost choked on her drink at the unexpected voice behind her. Coughing as she tried to take in huge gulps of air, she felt a hand brace her back, patting it gently, the other hand gripping the bar. The motions of the man brought him into her sight, although Kagome didn’t actually need to see him to know who was behind her. If the past week had taught her anything, it was that there was no force on this planet that could possibly make Kagome forget anything about Inuyasha. The deep baritone of his voice. The way his eyes bore into her own, as if he was trying to memorize every bit of her own visage. The velvety texture of his snow-white hair that would tickle her cheeks if he bent his head near hers. The way he always seemed to smell like fresh pine and sandalwood. No, there was no possible way for Kagome to forget him, not that she'd want to anyways.

“I-Inuyasha…” she stuttered, her face starting to burn from the embarrassment of it all. He wasn’t suppose to be here! She hadn’t taken the time to get herself dolled up on the off chance she would see him again. Not that Kagome wasn’t happy to see him, she just wished she was more prepared. She currently held the appearance of a troll rather than a lady. She thought so anyways.

“Well damn, Ka-go-me, didn’t know you were that drunk already,” the way he enunciated her name, yet again brought shivers down her spine. His deliciously plump lips twerked upwards in an all too knowing smirk. She knew he was teasing her, and under normal circumstances she would have huffed in indignation at his ever apparent satisfaction of picking on her, but Kagome had waited months for this moment. There would be plenty of time for pointless bickering later, and by God she would make sure there was a later. The smirk on his face transformed into a wide smile, and Kagome couldn’t help but tilt her lips up to try and imitate his own. She was about to change her own fate.

“Do you want to get out of here?” Kagome said all in one breath. Inuyasha squinted his eyes at her slightly, his smile remained wholeheartedly.

“What’s the rush?”

“I didn’t get a chance to eat dinner yet. It’s been a long week"

Inuyasha snickered. “You’re just always having a bad week, aren’t you wench?”

“Only preceding when I see you, apparently. Maybe it’s a sign?”

“A sign of what?”

“That I should see you more,” Kagome muttered, breaking her eye contact for just a moment before gazing at him with hopeful eyes. His face held an emotion that Kagome couldn’t quite place. Relief? Awe? Contentment? She continued on, afraid any pause in her plan would spell disaster.

“There’s a really great ramen shop not too far from here. If you don’t mind walking.”

His eyes lit up at the word ‘ramen. “You just said the magic word,” Inuyasha said, backing up somewhat to give her enough room to stand. Kagome could not contain the smile on her face as she dug into her purse. Kagome had let Inuyasha get away once, and she wasn’t about to make the same mistake twice. Once she found her wallet, she placed some bills on the table and turned to walk out the door with Inuyasha. The night had turned even colder with the sun having been fully set, but Kagome and Inuyasha hardly noticed. Every look that they would pass back and forth would keep them plenty warm.

It was too bad the sun had already gone down though. Kagome had always envisioned she'd find him one day and they'd ride off into the sunset together.

'Oh well, another day.'

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Ooh! Inukag #70, please: "After everything we’ve been through, you still don’t think that I love you?”

Almost 5k words later... I give you your lovely answer!

**Contains smut** ;)

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“Inuyasha…”

Inuyasha turned to face Kagome. She had been badly injured in their recent battle with Naraku. It had been all his fault. He left her with Sango and Miroku as it appeared Kikyo was falling… The fucking bastard Byakuya of the dreams created an illusion. He didn’t trust his nose and immediately made Kagome go with Sango and Miroku. When he leapt off and jumped to catch the fake Kikyo he heard a scream—he swore time slowed as he watched Naraku’s tentacles ensnare Kirara who had been slowed down by Kagome’s added weight and caused the others to fall to the ground. Sango was able to save herself and Miroku, but they lost their grip on Kagome as they hung off the cliff; she fell down the cliff into the river. She had bumped her head, twisted her ankle, dislocated her shoulder… Inuyasha counted his blessings she had taught him that “C-P-R” shit and was able to get the water out of her lungs.

Sango and Miroku had been able to chase off Naraku’s puppet and Byakuya then had met them down river. They had been uncomfortable by the situation of decided to go back to the village to “check on Shippo” while Inuyasha took Kagome to the spare hut at the village’s edge to have her rest away from prying eyes and ears. But he forgot how hard it would be to face her. He let her down. Big time. She could have been killed for something so simple and reckless… because of his weakness.

He cared about Kikyo. She would always hold a place in his heart. He blamed himself for her death, while the full blame was on Naraku, his lack of ability to trust anyone was what made her meet her demise and his sealing. He owed Kikyo the peace she deserved. But that drive always made him brainless and irrational. This time it almost cost Kagome her life!

Kagome… The girl who taught him how to trust. Fully. The girl who taught him how to make friends. The girl who had never been afraid of him or looked him differently. The girl who taught him what love actually was… How could he have been so stupid?! He could have lost the woman who actually held his heart! The one who, when all this was over, he wanted to ask to be with him. Forever. Literally. To have her become his mate…

Like hell that was going to happen after that. How could she ever forgive him? How could he ever forgive himself? He should’ve just sent her back to her own time and made sure there had been no way for her to return.

“Inuyasha!”

He was snapped back into reality as Kagome had managed to sit up and pulled on his forelocks harshly.

“Watch it, Wench! Lay back down you’re hurt! You’re only gonna reinjure yourself, ya moron!”

“Oh relax, we already popped my shoulder back in and yes, it’s tender but it’s fine! My ankle is wrapped, pain pills have been taken, and my head is fine! I honestly didn’t hit it that hard, I swear! You were the one staring out into space all depressed and self-loathing! I needed to snap you out of your funk before you went all ‘go-back-to-your-own-time’ on me,” Kagome said in a poor imitation of him.

He stared at in disbelief. How in the fuck did she know exactly what he had been thinking?

“I’ve known you long enough to know what’s going around in your head by now, Inuyasha. Stop blaming yourself for what happened. It was a series of bad circumstances…”

“Bad circumstances?!?! Kagome, how have you lost your mind?! You could have been killed because of my thoughtless actions!! How are you not upset?? Not saying I want you to ‘Sit’ me, but how come you haven’t? You should be furious with me!”

“Inuyasha, we both know what Naraku is capable of at this point. We both know this was part of his plan—to divide us. Yes, I was upset you made me stay back with Sango—but you were trying to keep me out of danger while you rushed to save Kikyo. Yes, I unfortunately got hurt, but it wasn’t your fault. It was Naraku’s. You have to stop blaming yourself for his actions!”

“Kagome, I just don’t understand how you can keep forgiving me and why you bother sticking around me… I’m not a good friend to you, I’m… no good for you…” he trailed off. He would never be able to tell her how he felt. She deserved better. Maybe Koga had been right. Or that Hobo-kid in her time. She couldn’t ever love someone as useless, dirty, and stupid as him. She could only ever offer him her friendship, which he was fine with—whatever she wanted, he would’ve give her… Even if she had ever told him she wanted to remain in her time, he loved her enough to let her…

“Inuyasha—”

“No! Listen here, Wench! You know damn well you shouldn’t stay here with me. Travel with me! It literally is a death sentence. You should hate me! Just like everyone else does! Because I literally—”

“Inuyasha!!! Would you cut it out!? How could I ever hate you??”

“Kagome, don’t be stupid. You know exactly why you should. Think of all the stupid, asshole things I’ve done, and you so crazily forgiven me for. This should be the final straw. You should be demanding me to take you home and to never let me see you again…”

She cupped his face and drew him out of his rant of him trying to make her realize he was no good for her and the look on her face stopped his words from forming.

“After everything, and I mean everything—the bad, the good—we’ve been through, you still don’t think that I love you?”

He was speechless. What could he say? How was someone supposed to respond to that? She couldn’t mean that as more than a friend. No way. She wasn’t crazy. She couldn’t possibly feel like—like—like that towards him… He couldn’t help but yearn for it though. He also couldn’t stop himself as he leaned into her touch.

“Kagome, I don’t deserve your friendship…”

“Of course you do, Inuyasha…” she said sadly. Dejected. Her smile reflected the way she said those words. What could have made her say it like that? Didn’t she just say she cared about him?

“Why…why do you say it… like that? Do you regret us being friends?”

“Ugh, Inuyasha… you’re so dense…”

“What?! Wench—”

She leaned in and kissed him. On the lips. Not the cheek. HO.LY. SHIT. She. Was. Kissing. Him. Not like this had been the first time, but it was the first time with him not going crazy in full demon form. Where he could return it—shit! He needed to kiss her back! Before she pulled away like last time.

As his lips returned the pressure onto her, she pulled away. Damnit!

“I-I’m sorry! I-I just—Uhmmm…” His apparent gaping face made her keep stuttering, “I’m so sorry, Inuyasha! I—I didn’t know how else to uhm, literally, show you how I felt. I—How could I ever regret us being friends?? You’ve changed my life… You’ve been my best friend for three years. You’ve protected me, made me feel important and special. You made me realize how much more there is to the world than just school and my future… You made me grow up. I don’t regret ever meeting you or falling in love with you. I-I’m sorry if I made you uncomfortable. I know you don’t feel the same for me… I understand your obligations to Kikyo and I plan to support you in anyway I can. You will always have a choice…I just want to be by you side…please… Don’t make me leave you!”

He was stunned. Firstly, he hadn’t expected such a heart-felt confession from her let alone that she was still willing to even be by his side thinking he would pick Kikyo over her…

She was stupid to even think that—there was never a future with Kikyo. There wouldn’t have even been a future with Kikyo at this point even if she remained in her clay-body or miraculously was revived… Kagome loved him unconditionally with all she had. She never expected him to change and took him exactly as the rude half-demon he was… He literally had no clue what love meant before Kagome. He never knew what love was at all before he laid eyes on this mysterious girl from the future.

He cupped her cheeks and gazed into her eyes. Fuck, he couldn’t wait any longer. He wanted to be with her. Fully. She confessed to him—it was his turn to own up.

“Kagome… Don’t—Don’t be sorry. I—”

He couldn’t find the words (fuck!) and began to get flustered, frustrated, and started growling in annoyance. She blushed and took her lip in her teeth and that’s when he lost it. He pulled her face back to his and kissed her roughly. Demandingly. He tried to convey the words he couldn’t come up with into the kiss. She seemed like she understood as she eagerly returned the kiss.

He tentatively brushed his tongue across her lips causing her to gasp. He took that opportunity to push it further and explore her mouth. God, she tasted better than he had ever imagined. She was sweet like candy. He wanted to get to know her more. She lightly stroked her tongue against his fangs causing him to groan in excitement. After a few minutes of exploring each other mouths, he pulled back and leaned his forehead against hers. They were both gasping for air and flushed.

“Inu-Inuyasha…”

“Kagome… I want you. Not Kikyo. You. I’ve wanted you since you convinced me to go help the old hag retrieve Kikyo’s remains. But you were young, and not ready… I know I’m the shittiest guy out there, pushing you away, insulting you, confusing you… but I couldn’t let myself get close to you. I… I never thought you would return my feelings…” As he spoke her eyes brightened and shined with unshed tears so he pressed on. “I—I had planned on asking you… when this was all over if you would be my mate.”

Kagome gasped, “Really? You mean that??”

“Do you… know what that means?”

“Uhm,” she blushed and looked away from his curious eyes. “Sa-Sango told me one day…”

She clearly didn’t want to elaborate how and why the demon slayer made mention of mates but obviously it had to do with him and his ‘courting’ behaviors he had started. He had known the mission would be over soon and needed to ensure he could prove himself. She seemed confused and even though it sounded like Sango had tried to explain his actions, she clearly hadn’t believed the slayer or still didn’t understand.

“Is that something you’d consider?”

“Inuyasha…” she looked back into his face and placed her hands on his neck and gently pulled so their lips were barely apart. “I have never wanted anything more… I want to be with you; always. You are my home… Please…”

He swallowed having smelled her high rise in arousal, “This… this isn’t something you can go back on Kagome. You-You should really think about it. You’re also hurt we shouldn’t—”

“I know what I want Inuyasha. I’ve wanted it since I begged you the first time to let me stay by you side. I know what ‘forever’ means. If it’s with you, it still won’t be long enough. Now, stop talking,” she closed the gap between them and restarted their heated kissing.

He literally couldn’t think. Her hands pulled at his robes and he released her face she should push them off his shoulders. She had meant business. Was she afraid he’d change his mind?

“Ka-Kagome—” he pulled away once again and held her by her shoulders at arm’s length. He wanted her to be sure; he didn’t want her to feel pressured. “We-We can wait. We don’t have to rush this. I’m not going anywhere.”

“Grrrrr!! Inuyasha—three years may seem like nothing to you, but they were a long time for me. I want you. I’ve wanted you in this way for the past year or so… Yes, when I was fifteen it would have been impulsive. Sixteen, rushed. Seventeen? It wouldn’t have hurt to wait. Eighteen?? Inuyasha, please, I’m not a child in my own era, don’t treat me like I don’t understand what I’m asking of you. I know all about what happens with a man and woman. Plenty of girls at my school have shared more than enough information to even make Miroku blush… I know this is what I want. I want you! Now and forever. I know inuyoukai mate for life. I know there is no going back after we do this. But I love you, and I don’t ever want to try or think about us seeing anyone else! Now, please!”

Ok. That shut him up for good. He pulled her back wrapping his hands around her waist and head and reengaged in their fierce war of tongues. He tentatively reached from behind her the ties of her yukata she had changed into while her clothes were drying. He may have had her permission, but he was still nervous. She grasped his hand and led it to the tie having had felt his tremorous hand. He undid the knot but did not pull her robe open. Nope. He was going to allow her to do that. Wait, how had she untied his obi? Shittttttttttt her hand had begun stroking him. Fuck. Shit. Fuck. Holy damnit all the helllllllllllll. He grasped her hand pulling it away to stop. She made a whine of disapproval which caused him to chuckle once he controlled his yearning groan.

“You keep doing that, I won’t last Ka-Go-Me.”

He decided against his previous decision in an act to distract her to open her yukata as his mouth moved down her jaw to her neck and shoulder. She moaned and clutched his back, head tilted to the side as an act of submission. He licked the junction of her neck and shoulder.

“This is where I will mark you. As mine.”

She swallowed and yet again, her hands had somehow disappeared from his senses and began to stoke his ears. She was trying to kill him. She would be the death of him. He did NOT purr, as she had called it, but growled in a repetitive lull as he continued to move down and then caught her left breast in his mouth. She arched herself more into him and moaned in pleasure. He took his hand and tentatively brought it between them and stroked along her folds which caused her to gasp and cry out. Oh, she was sensitive. His little future priestess had never been touched by anyone than him and his inner demon loved it.

He lowered her down to futon and then attacked her other breast with the same diligence as he had the left. He figuratively was fed by her moans and groans of pleasure as he kept at his mission. He wanted to prove and give her all the love and care she had ever given him. While he had never been with a woman before, his instincts knew what to do, and whenever they were blank as far as “where she would like to be touched ”, he knew from being around for as long as he had been, how a woman’s body could be pleasured. Men always bragged (especially Miroku; no matter how much Inuyasha had tried to get him to shut the hell up) how they were able to conquer a woman and the ego-boost that it had been for them to have been able to bring that woman to their peak. And he swore while he would never divulge where he learned those things if she asked, but he would make it a point that she would too blissed to ever need to.

He slowly moved himself lower exploring her ribs and her stomach causing her to hitch her breath. Her hands found his ears again after having explored his abs and started stroking them. He finally had made his way between her legs and softly pushed her legs apart for himself. FUCK. She smelled one-hundred times sexier than he could have ever imagined. Her taste, her smell, her touch—this was beyond anything he could have ever dreamed of in his tiny size brains—he swore he had to be dreaming though. But he didn’t want to stop and test that theory. He was hungry for her. And he was going to take her.

He started licking her gently between her folds after she questioningly stuttered his name, probably from embarrassment or confusion from his staring and lingering thoughts. He couldn’t tell. Nor did he really care. He wanted to bring her to her climax before he had to cause her discomfort when they went further (if she still wanted to). He wasn’t going to push her and wanted to be extra certain before they went any farther.

She gasped and mewled as he increased the pressure, making circles, paying attention to her opening and her little nub as those seemed to be the places that made her make those sweet arousing sounds the most. She released his ears (thank the Gods) and gripped his head, trying to pull his closer to that nub. Her wish would be his command. He started to focus his ministrations on that spot, but still wouldn’t give her fully what she wanted. He wanted to make this the best she ever had. He wasn’t a fool, nor did her scent lie; he knew she had ‘relieved’ herself in her room back at her home before. He wasn’t sure what had caused her arousal but knew it was ‘private’ and didn’t pry… Though the thought of her lusting after another about drove him insane with jealously. One of the many reasons he demanded they return to the past as soon as they could. Knowing it was him though—and it had only been him to invoke that need to pleasure herself away from him at that moment only drove him crazier. Her pants and broken syllables of his name was what finally made him clamp down and suck on her swollen gem. Her legs squeezed his head and her hands clamped down in his hair as she screamed her release. Her opening grew wetter and wetter which took everything in his power to not reclean her core; he wanted the wetness so that there would be less resistance if she wanted to keep going. He really prayed she did. He had never been so hard in his life—when he heard her scream his name like that—it took all his self-control not to just fucking maul her.

He brought himself back up to her face and kissed her back from her stupor, her hands rewrapped around his neck her legs encircled themselves around his hips. He groaned by the sensation of her wet weeping core on his length.

“Ka-Kagome… Are you sure?”

“Please…” She looked at him so lovingly. Her face red from exertion, glistening in sweat from pleasure, hair disheveled—Gods she had never looked more beautiful than she had in that moment—staring up at him with the gorgeous brown orbs. He retook those pink lips with his own before he positioned himself at her opening and slowly edged his way in. She was tight, but there wasn’t a lot of resistance as he sank into her. He watched her face for discomfort but only saw her gaze longingly back at him, stroking his cheek with one hand while the other was on his shoulder. He was finally fully sheathed inside her but remained still to let her adjust. They couldn’t have fit more perfectly together. While he had been nervous about hurting her, he was happy her face never shifted t discomfort. He luckily knew from rumors women who had actually been through a lot physically could have lost their walls previous to actually having sex. His inner demon purred and started to rise slightly to the surface—hungry for more.

Kagome bucked her hips snapping him out of his inner monologue with himself and moaned dipped his head into her shoulder licking her junction again where he planned on marking her.

“You can move, Inuyasha.”

“Kagome I…” I love you.

“I know, Inuyasha,” she said as she lovingly brushed through his hair.

He began to slide out and then thrust back into her slowly to check for any lingering pain, but her gasp and moans egged him on to move faster. He knew he wouldn’t last long. She already spoiled him. He wouldn’t ever be able to go back to his hand after this. She felt amazing. Wet, warm, like home… She was everything he was missing out on life. She was everything he ever needed. She was everything he had ever wanted. And she had become in that moment, his.

He didn’t realize his demon had emerged until Kagome brushed a hand up to his cheek and said his name questioningly. He knew she had been touching the purple marks she told him about that appeared on his face in this form. But he had been fully aware and her leaned down to nuzzle her cheek and pulled her by her shoulders to straddle his kneeling legs. His hands were on her hips still thrusting her up and down onto himself. Her breath quickened and she rested her hands on his shoulders to keep her stabilized while her cries grew louder. His name on her lips broke more and more with every thrust downward onto his hardened length. He felt her walls start to clench and knew she was just as close as he was. He wanted them to finish at the same time if not her before him. He took one of her hands off his shoulder and guided it between them which caused her to open her eyes questioningly and blush harder than she already was from their activities.

“Touch yourself.” His voice was rough and deeper, but she didn’t flinch or react. She obeyed without second thought and brought her lips to his again. How did he get so lucky? To have had someone who would’ve loved him in any form he took? He had to be the luckiest bastard who ever lived.

She stopped kissing him and cried out again, her walls clamped down on him rhythmically, trying to milk him which he couldn’t help but almost succumb to immediately—but he had to finish the mating process. He bit his tongue and then leaned down to Kagome neck and then bit down allowing his demonic aura to fill her. She whimpered but stayed still and took it in. Her own spiritual powers wrapped around him in return. Once he felt they were finally fully linked, he licked his tongue on her neck to close up the wound.

Once he pulled away from her, he felt a rush of power leave him—his inner demon sated retreating back within him—and saw his purple jagged mark on the junction of her neck and shoulder. He smiled a genuine smile seeing it on her. She looked up at him dreamily and touched it, unshed tears in her eyes.

“Thank you, Inuyasha…”

“You’re thanking me?! Kagome, you really are the craziest girl I have ever met! I should be thanking you… for everything. For accepting me. For loving me. For being patient and never giving up on me. Gods, I must be the luckiest bastard alive…”

“Guess you’re my luckiest bastard,” she said with mischief in her eyes.

He stuttered from the language she used but realized she was trying to tease him and chuckled a bit. She really had grown up a lot over the past three years. She wasn’t a stupid girl anymore. She had become a woman. He pulled her up and off him and then laid them both down on the futon and covered them. He held her close and stroked through her long black locks with his claws.

“So… what do…uhm… I-uh… I have some questions now?”

He rolled his eyes and laughed softly smirking down at her curious face, “What are your questions, mate?”

“How do we tell everyone?” she asked smiling up into his amber eyes.

“Well… We can tell them whatever you want—Sango probably already knew this would happen eventually since she explained to you about inuyoukai mating rituals and traditions. Shippo will obviously smell you. But we can tell them, or we can hide it if we tell the runt to keep his mouth closed. It’s up to you.”

“You—You won’t be embarrassed?”

“I may end up killing the monk for his teasing, but no. You are my mate. I don’t want to have to hide that…”

“What about from…” she bit her lip and looked away. He knew who she was referring to without actually voicing her name.

“Kikyo? She probably can already sense it through your shared soul. It’s a soul bond remember?”

“Right… So…”

“So nothing, Kagome. I knew what it meant when I claimed you. I’m not ashamed nor will I hide it from her. I owe her vengeance. I don’t owe her my life… Hahahahaha, I’m actually excited for the next time we run into the wolf.”

Kagome glared at him, “Now, Inuyasha…”

“I won’t kill him. Relax. But if he doesn’t accept or respect the mark, I will have to maim him.”

She rolled her eyes and smacked his shoulder. She snuggled into his chest and he buried his nose in her hair.

“Rest Kagome… We have all the time in the world now…”

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ajoy3fanfics · 4 years

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Missing PT XIII

‘You need to let him go’

That’s what Sango had told her; If she had been honest with any of her other friends, she was sure that would have been their advice too. What on Earth was she doing, hanging around an ex, the very one who shattered her heart and didn’t think twice? When he left her, he didn’t call, didn’t try to rectify his wrongs. He moved on, never looking back at the damage.

But then there he was, showing up at her doorstep, begging for a moment of her time. Just when she thought she could move on from him, he came bursting into her life, shining his attention on her and making her feel starved without it.

She shouldn’t feel that way! They were over! O-V-E-R. She had to keep reminding herself of that; He was sick, his love was sick, and all of it was just temporary.

It became a mantra; ‘he doesn’t love me, he doesn’t love me, he doesn’t love me’. Somehow, Kagome thought that if she kept repeating it, it would make it feel less real. Yet no matter how many times she mulled it over in her head, it was hard to turn away from the man she loved.

Loves?

Loved.

Her phoned vibrated and she thanked God for the distraction. Any more time spent thinking on the hanyou would lead her down a rabbit hole she didn’t dare to follow.

‘Up for a movie?’ Koga, of course. Kind and sweeter than she deserved.

She should reply quickly; it wasn’t good to leave him on read. She didn’t feel much like going out, or seeing even him for that matter. Before, she looked forward to their dates, to getting out of the house and spending time with him. Their last meeting left a heavyweight in the pit of her stomach that took days to shake. Not that he had done anything wrong- the complete opposite, really. He wanted more, wanted her and she didn’t exactly know how she felt. They were not exclusive, although she knew the wolf demon was not seeing anyone else; it put a pressure on her she wasn’t sure she was ready for. No, she and Koga were just casually dating, or at least that’s what they had agreed to; So why did it feel so much like cheating every time she thought of Inuyasha?

When she was with him, she felt like she was sneaking behind Koga’s back, and when she was with Inuyasha…

All her thoughts were on him. He was always present, her mind never cast off in a million directions. Her attention was always on him, on the way he looked, the sound of his laugh, how good he smelled or the way one corner of his mouth turned up more than the other when he smiled.

It wasn’t good to be like this, to let these feelings fester. How long was she going to let the hanyou control her? She should focus on Koga, focus on her future. She should ask Inuyasha if he ever went to his doctor's appointment.

Damn it!

She should choose Koga, chose a new path, someone who wouldn’t take her feelings for granted and run off when their relationship became rocky. Koga wasn’t like that; but then again, she didn’t think Inuyasha was either.

It was so out of character, so strange how it happened. It was as if his personality did a complete 180. Sure, his temper could be short at times, but he was never cruel. How could someone go from such a loving man to someone who turned their back so easily? By the end of their relationship, she felt like she didn’t recognize him anymore.

She was shocked to learn he was calling for her at the hospital; The desperation in his voice, the way he clung to her… she had never seen him afraid. If he lost his memory, he was working off his feelings from back then. He must have loved her, must have truly cared at some point. How could it all have gone so wrong?

It didn’t matter.

And yet it did, and it was driving her nuts!

She couldn’t just continue on like this, stuck in limbo, waiting for Inuyasha to fall out of love with her, waiting for some closure that would probably not happen.

Kagome knew what she needed to do.

She had made up her mind.

~.~

The phone buzzed, immediately catching his attention, making him put down his pencil and halt his work on the clients blue print; it seemed that no matter what he was doing, he was never too busy to respond to her texts. She did that a lot now- texting him. When they first started talking it was minimal communication; awkward and brief, only relaying the basic message that needed to be sent. Now, she was opening up, talking about her day, her frustrations, the good parts and boring. It reminded Inuyasha of how they were, before; He dared enough to take it as a good sign.

Especially when she texted late at night. That itself was something that had him fantasizing in a million different ways. Was she lonely? Did she miss him? If she thought of him in the early hours, it must mean that she was alone and Koga wasn’t warming her bed, and that was fucking brilliant.

It drove him crazy to know that that damn wolf was still sniffing around her; He had found out that they weren’t official, but they were dating, and that alone was enough to make him rip Miroku’s couch to shreds, which, by the way, was getting fucking old. He needed to find a place and soon, but apartment hunting took so much damn time.

‘You’re going to the doctors today, right?’

Boring. He wished she would talk about anything else- what she had for lunch, the color of her panties, when he could see her next. Really, anything else; But no, his ex-fiancé was in full-on nag mode. He knew that when she was like this, there was little that could stop her.

‘Not today. Too busy. I’ll go on Friday.’ He responded, rolling his eyes as he tossed the phone on his desk. Miroku, his mom, hell, even Sesshomaru had been on him about going to get a check-up; he had meant to, but he just kept missing the appointments. How could he get to the doctors when there was so much work to do? It buzzed again, and even though he knew it would be grating, he was still thrilled to receive something, anything, from her.

‘You better to go, Inuyahsa. I mean it!’

She was concerned, that had to be a good sign, right? Kagome was worried enough about his well-being enough to argue with him about it. That had to be good, right?

‘Yeah, yeah. Thanks mom.’ He sent back, biting on the corner of his lip. He knew that it would get under her skin, but he said it anyway.

‘You better. Don’t make me get your mother involved.’

Ouch, a real fucking threat. She’d do it too, if history was any indication. Not that Kagome called his mom over petty arguments, no she wasn’t that type. His mom just fucking loved Kagome, a lot, and they always seemed to team up and back him into a corner when they were on the same page.

‘You should. She misses you.’ He sent it on impulse and regretted it immediately; he tried to keep it light, did his best to stay in the friend zone and not bring up their relationship. Yes, it was the giant elephant in the room, but he was a coward and he’d rather dance around the issue and be with her than to confront it head on. There would always be time for that some other day.

‘Yeah, I miss her too.’

He didn’t know what to say next, how to move the conversation along from there. Should he change the subject? What the hell could he talk about? His mind was racing as he panicked, his claws tapping on his wooden desk as he searched for an answer, Kagome supplying one before he could.

‘Are you busy tonight? Can we meet up?’

It felt like a mistake and an opportunity all at once.

‘Of course.’

What else could he say?

~.~

The ride back to her apartment seemed too short, at least in Inuyasha’s opinion. They had gone out for coffee, she walking and he driving to meet her. While they sat sipping it suddenly began to pour, the rain heavy on the concrete sidewalk, and Inuyasha was more than thrilled to give Kagome a lift home. It was nice to have her in the passenger seat again, to have her by his side.

He pulled up, parking in his old spot, the feeling more nostalgic than he would have thought. A simple gesture, but one that threw him back, took for granted back then. As he cut the engine, he turned to look at her, his breath-stopping, all thoughts lost.

The air felt heavy, hot. She was looking at him half-lidded and if he didn’t know better, he would have thought she wanted him. He had seen that look on her often enough, fuck it was ingrained in his mind, but she hadn’t looked at him that way, been so close to her like this in a long time, and fuck if it didn’t make him nervous. He felt like a bumbling idiot, too afraid and jittery to make a move. “L-let me grab my jacket.” He stuttered. “I-I can walk you to the door.” Kagome bit her lip and nodded and Inuyasha just about died.

Shutting his door behind him with a loud bang, he whipped around to Kagome’s door, holding his jacket high overhead to protect her from the rain. She stepped out, squeaked a bit from the weather and the two of them ran to the front steps of her apartment, the small awning making them huddle in together as they said their goodbyes.

“I should go.” He said, silver hair damp with rain, sticking against his forehead. Kagome smiled, reaching up to push away the stray locks, tucking one behind his ear, the hanyou doing his best to control his blush. Her hand rested on his cheek, cupping it tenderly as she searched his amber eyes, looking for hesitation, looking for recognition, for truth or love- she wasn’t sure anymore.

“Kagome,” he breathed out, covering her petite hand with his own. “I-“

She cut him off, unwilling to let him finish lest she lose her nerve. The kiss was slow and tentative at first, an underlying hunger they were too afraid to indulge in. When they broke away, quickly, much too quickly, Inuyasha knew he was panting and he didn’t care; Kagome’s hands had traveled down, grasping his muscular arms like they were her lifeline. Had her eyes looked this blue before? Had her lips been so full, so plump? Her scent so spicy and alluring? Everything about her in this moment set his senses in overdrive, leaving him feeling both drugged and charged for more.

“Don’t go.” She pleaded, her tone hinting that she was worried. As if he could turn away.

“Are you sure?” He asked, the words sounding foreign to his own ears. This had to be a dream. And to his utter surprise, she nodded, clutching him harder, her eyes never leaving his.

She didn’t have to ask him twice.

~.~

A/N: Hey guys! I am super happy about getting to this point, and even more excited for the next chapter! Thanks for sticking with the story and reading! I hope everyone had a great holiday and has a happy new year!

#missing #inuyasha #kagome #inukag #inufanfic #fanfiction #ajoy3 #hope you like it

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ayakashiramblings · 5 years

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Checklist: To do You (SFW)

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Aoi’s

For some reason, Oji-san got me this notebook instead of the beef needed for the Hayashi rice. Typical. He even had the time to get my name printed in golden cursive on the front.

Well, he would, considering he had twelve ‘5-minute’ breaks. Maybe I should do one of those trackers as well. The pages are technically college-ruled so it would be easier to draw out grids although I personally wanted the weight to be 300gsm and blank for watercolour paintings. I could technically get away with a mandella and colour it in each time Oji-san skips work.

… Wait, that should not have been included in the first entry of this diary. That’s it, I’m going to change it to a book of checklists. And I might as well use it since it is a gift.

Aoi’s Checklists

I actually do need to create one for something with Y/N today. There are several scenarios that I have highlighted in the new pens I bought.

Why is each word getting from bad to worse? This is why I stick to brushes.

Step #1: Rename notebook to make sure no one reads it Logic: Ideally, I would like to have one of those hexes the Onmyoji seem to be able to cast but I am not approaching Y/N without a solid reason. So, I’m settling for writing on the front. Someone with 100 eyes better be able to see it. Outcome: DO NOT READ Aoi’s Checklists

Step #2: Be more presentable Logic: This date requires at least some modicum of etiquette… and I guess that includes even the writing. The word ‘Please’ is the first word appearing in this book called ‘The Lovers’ Guide’. Apparently was written in the age of Samurais and Ninjas. Might as well use it. Outcome: (Please) DO NOT READ Aoi’s Checklist

I am satisfied so I did more concrete planning.

Step #3: Smile Logic: … I was told by her that my smile makes people swoon. She better not have been faking it or else. Outcome: A customer had asked me if I was ok. Offered to massage my face. I think me cringing should have been clear enough to show that my face was/is not stuck.

Step #4: Open the door when you sense her Logic: Near closing time is when she will arrive. Usually, I can track her with my Satori powers, especially since I love… not having to worry about her falling. Why does she always insist on walking by herself? I hope she is alright. Outcome: Oji was cajoling too many girls and the presence of disgust in their hearts was too overwhelming. I think I had lost my power temporarily at that moment. Or more accurately, I am NOT doing that again. She wasn’t there anyway.

Step #5: Say Hello Logic: She has had a long day. I admire how hard she works and the least I can do is acknowledge her coming to Raccord. Outcome: When she finally came in, I had asked her if she wanted to try the strawberry milk and shortcake because of the pink colour. Might have gotten distracted by her cheeks. Who asked her to come in running so prettily, huh?

Step #6: Check appearance after evaluating hers to see if my attire was correct Logic: You know she is going to be pretty, make an effort for her! Outcome: The prettiness level was too much. She had actually bunned up all of her hair and it was so cute. So I washed my hands and patted my still-damp hands to properly serve her pink milk. Oji-san managed to distract Y/N thankfully while I was trying to compose myself. Not that I was nervous. I took the dishcloth off my shoulder to wipe my face and neck dry, only putting it back on my shoulder because I would look cooler.

It was then I noticed Koga next to her. Insecurity was flooding in. So was the water from the dishcloth so I had no choice but to keep it on.

But I had promised both of us. I could do this. We had both agreed to have a taste-testing session here and we would. Will. Besides, at least now I know she was safe.

Step #7: Talk about the weather Logic: The weather is the perfect fall-back topic for any pair. Seventy-eight percent of people fall in love while talking about whether or not it stopped raining. Plus, it would be great to say that the weather is great for the fruit-picking date. Outcome: I am now part of the twenty-two percent because I talked about Kuya sleeping in the rain even with lightning around him instead of how ‘the rain makes her shine brighter’. Luckily, Koga laughed and confirmed my suspicions. Unluckily, Koga has a great laugh that Y/N highlighted. Just for that, I am switching the palette to something warmer.

Step #8: Laugh at her jokes. Even the ones you wonder were written by Ginnojo. Logic: Y/N likes to use a joke to break tensions and usually has an interesting story about selling her father’s imports. Just in case, prepare for something bad. Outcome: She made one across the room because apparently along the way, she was already in the middle of telling the Tale of the Peach kimono and debating with Koga as the proposition.

I tried laughing across the room but it looked like I was laughing at the strawberries. I’m just glad I can take ten minutes to write this while chopping them with the other hand. Ignore the splatters.

Step #9: Make the plate look pretty Logic: We had agreed to work on my culinary skills together and taste-test them. Looks is one of the factors she told me she would consider while judging so I tried to make it suitable for her. Outcome: I nearly splattered lead into the milk because I had crushed a pencil. Coincidentally, the one I was using to write this. Even more, coincidentally, Koga had touched her hair, making it bob up and down like some yarn ball of Nachi’s.

I can’t even serve her milk. I’m going to stop this now.

Step #10: Denial Logic: Pretend that nobody is watching as you write the message about the fruit-picking date in strawberry icing. That way, she can react to it in private. Outcome: Koga was about to see it so she smeared it across the plate. Yay. Of all things to forget to consider was ignoring the audience BUT not forgetting them.

Step #11: Anger Logic: I cannot be completely calm or else she will worry. Outcome: Might have written the kanji for a certain word on Kuya’s omelette that Oji did. Honestly, the certain word was meant for a certain ogre so I hope Kuya understands when Koga collects the takeaway.

Step #12: Bargaining Logic: Might as well show off that I can do business with my excellent shopping skills Outcome: She shared the shortcake with Koga after challenging him to eat the dessert without alcohol. He won. Now, stop smiling at her so I can give you some sake or something Oji hides and thinks that I don’t know about.

Step #13: Depression Logic: Girls appreciate sensitive guys right? Right? I’ll just talk about not getting enough fruits and maybe bring up a fruit-picking date. Outcome: I think I made it seem like Step #11. She talked about how tart and sweet the strawberries were. I said she had the same comment about the mango-lavender cobbler.

I know, I know. Why did I say that? It’s just that she was moaning after each bite. I pretty much died during those times and was miraculously brought back to life…

… Wait, Koga also heard them, ugh...

That said, he and Oji-san had somehow saved me… or not. I mean, Koga didn’t have to say that food was the way to a woman’s stomach for crying out loud. And Oji, what was he thinking about greeting the customers? ‘Not often we get people in here’... oh god, we’re going to be out on the streets in a few days at this rate.

Step #14: Acceptance Logic: What was I thinking? Why would she want a date with me? I mean, yeah we’re boyfriend and girlfriend but we haven’t even kissed. I think I went past a time limit. Is there a time limit? I don’t know. I bet Koga would know of a time limit, he has a way with people, including ladies…

He even fed her at one point, mimicking one of her lady friends apparently and talking about how cute it is. I can’t even do that openly.

Why can’t I just laugh and be happy without worrying like him? He doesn’t hesitate to take. I mean, I get that he won’t do anything, he’s kind but that also means that Y/N deserves to be with someone like him… not me.

I am not him.

Outcome: I braced myself… just in front of the other customers. Somehow, I can write down orders and in this checklist… journal… whatever.

Step #15: Distract Yourself Logic: Enjoy the fact that you don’t have to hunt for another job for the tuition fees. Enjoy not seeing her whispering into Koga’s ear and… winking at him. Outcome: … The crowd is somehow parting. Oji-san even seems to be ushering them out. What is going on? Is he actually ill? Better get some medicine.

Step #16: Really distract yourself Logic: Save the Milk Hall from Oji’s madness that Koga seems to be helping along. Outcome: I slipped on some errant mango peel while hurrying up the orders for the few remaining customers. It was not even a banana, it had to be a mango. Got caught by Koga in a dip. Great, he even knows how to dance.

Y/N luckily didn’t see me. Needed to go to the powder room according to Koga. It’s a good thing I cleaned it. Hope she likes the new soap I brought in. It’s the only thing I know about her, apparently.

Maybe she actually left, I can’t blame her. All I did was ask her to technically do work to improve the cafe, insult her opinion, and don’t even ask her because I think she is better with Koga. I feel like some villain, maybe on Akiyasu levels and then Koga will come in to slice him open with a sword...

Step #17: Get surprised when she approaches you if she ever does Logic: Actually surprises are the worst, it’s like your heart is stuck in your throat and it’s just… yuck. Outcome: The only time I was happy to be surprised. Y/N was suddenly in a pretty dress. I mean, not that her normal kimono isn’t pretty. It’s just this one was a bit fancier and she even had a nice hairpin.

Step #18: Don’t just stand there like an idiot when she offers help. Logic: You. Are. Working. Outcome: She is somehow serving the last few dishes that I have prepared and also entertaining the dwindling number of guests. Honestly, I wanted to stop her but not in front of everyone else. Plus… she was… maybe cute while being so hard-working. I think we had spent the entire duration of the shift sending each other glances from the tables or behind the counter.

And every time we passed by each other, she smiled. I hope I did too although I have a feeling I had the most confused expression on my face.

Edit: Koga said it was true. Darn.

A few small-chats with her father’s friends before Oji brings them all out.

I swore he winked at us. All of his 100 eyes. I have got to ask him if that was possible.

Step #19: Thank the right people Logic: Koga kicked us out with a picnic basket he had been hiding because Y/N needed it for her ‘plan’ apparently. He really is a good friend. I’m glad. Outcome: MY HAIR IS STILL RUINED FROM ALL THAT RUFFLING. AND HOW DARE HE SAYS I GIGGLE LIKE A CUTE SCHOOL GIRL.

It’s clearly Y/N who is cute.

Step #20: Follow her blindly and willingly Logic: Oh, kiss this paper’s ass, I’m done for this part. Outcome: We are having a date. In a carriage. Horses. Y/N refuses to tell me how much it is. So I told her… some things.

I am not writing them all down. Not because I find them mortifying or anything. I guess to be fair I managed not to make eye-contact with her for the most part.

Well, except for one part;

“I… wanted to have the perfect evening. You know, sharing a dessert, asking you out, go fruit-picking and maybe… ok no, that doesn’t matter because I kept thinking Koga is better…”

And she actually kept chasing my eye-line throughout the whole monologue before I gave up and somehow managed to look into her… angry eyes?

Now I have to ask Oji if it is possible to have flames in the eyes. Or if it is just an Onmyoji thing.

“Ok, you better listen to me well and clear. I’ve only looked at you. And I have seen you care with everything you’ve got.”

She… knew.

“You’d always show that and I’d always be thanking every day for being with you even if if it’s on a street and we’re playing with a cat that is not Nachi but you keep insisting it is just so that you have some excuse to be naturally kind.”

She… was ok.

“You could be lecturing Oji and I’d know it’s how you love him. Nobody else matters except for those who love you.”

She… loved me.

“And I haven’t met a single person who doesn’t. I’ve just never known anyone who understands how much I wanted to do this.”

… She kissed me…

And maybe that was what made my powers work again. Because it was like every sensation was embracing me with encouragement to drown in her.

Like her butterflies. Like heartache and painful misunderstandings. Getting everything we could have ever wanted, and revelling in each emotion exposed. Labour that was exhilarating.

… We loved.

The next date night though? Peach picking. I really want her to win the next bet.

… … …

Good job, Aoi. Took ya long enough. I had to wait a whole day to get you to finish this entry. And you’re welcome. You may thank me by not giving me any peach. - Koga Kitamikado

I’m so proud of you. And now you’re in a good mood, I can go to Kuya for more cigarettes. - Oji

…

I love you.

- Yours Truly

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pinestripes · 5 years

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A New Moon, A New Start (an Inuyasha oneshot)

For @inukag-week Day Seven: Time, because time brings great change.

Thank you to @thebusytypewriter for looking this over. I’m sorry I didn’t take any of your advice. <3

And thank you to the InuKag Week mods! This week has been so fantastic!

Kouga and the wolf demons hadn’t actually been planning on staying in the village for longer than a quick hello—they seemed to make the villagers nervous, for some reason—but when he had sought out Inuyasha in the darkness of the night of the new moon, he had found the half-demon sitting on the ground outside the old priestess’s hut, ears missing and hair black.

“Yo, dog,” Kouga said by way of greeting. “Where’s my woman?” (After all this time, the nickname persisted, but now it was reduced to a method of ruffling Inuyasha’s feathers and teasing the half-demon’s human wife—however, Kouga was still too intimidated to use the name when Ayame was around.)

Inuyasha snarled, though the effect was less than normal. “What, don’t you have a nose?”

Kouga did, in fact, have a nose, and at the moment it was indicating that Kagome was inside the hut. He started toward the door, tossing over his shoulder a “No need to be rude.”

Suddenly Inuyasha was between Kouga and the doorway, sword already half out of its sheath. The half-demon was nearly growling. “Stay out.”

Finally Kouga noticed the tension that laid in thick layers over Inuyasha’s shoulders. “The hell’s wrong with you? What’s up with Kagome?”

From inside the hut came a pained groan. It was low and long—a woman’s voice. Koga started forward, ready to push Inuyasha out of the way—it would be easy tonight, after all. “Was that her? You mutt let her get hurt?”

Again Inuyasha shoved at him, snarling, “She’s not hurt, idiot! She’s having a baby.”

That made Kouga freeze. “A baby?”

“Hm.”

“...yours?”

“Whaddya think?”

The wolf demon stepped back, slightly dumbfounded. Had it really been that long since the last time he had been to the village? Then his eyebrows drew in. “What’re you doing out here, then, huh? She’s having your kid in there!”

Inuyasha frowned deeply, flushing. “Kaede and Sango wouldn’t let me in. Said birth’s for women or somethin’.”

Kouga sighed, putting a hand to his forehead in exasperation. “Humans! We wolf demons offer support to our mates when they’re giving birth.”

“Oh, shut up,” Inuyasha snapped, and sat back down by the door.

“Where’s the monk?”

“He’s keeping people away. Can’t have everyone seeing me as a human, and I won’t leave Kagome and go hide somewhere.”

Kouga nodded—he could respect that, at least.

The two winced as another pained moan came from inside the hut, which was immediately followed by Inuyasha’s name slipping out in a whimper—and suddenly the half-demon was on his feet and into the hut, fast enough that if Kouga didn’t know better he would think the moon was out and shining. The wolf demon heard from inside the voices of the old priestess and the demon slayer rise in protest, but a sharp retort from Inuyasha and a breathed out affirmation from Kagome squelched any further argument.

Kouga rolled his eyes. Humans.

He set off in search of the monk—maybe he’d have some answers.

He found Miroku not far away, at the edge of the village, doing what Kouga guessed was something of a check of the areas around the small cluster of huts.

“Ah, Kouga,” the monk greeted. “I sensed the presence of demons around, but when I went to go investigate further I was fairly positive it was some of your tribe. It seems I was correct.”

“Yeah,” Kouga responded. “What’re you doing out here, then, if you knew that was my tribe outside the village?”

“I promised Inuyasha I would do a perimeter check after I shooed the villagers off. He’s...a little anxious at the moment,” Miroku said with a dry chuckle.

“You can say that again. Bastard nearly bit my head off.”

“So you’ve spoken with him already, then? About Kagome?”

Kouga grunted an affirmation.

Miroku smiled a little. “Of course it would happen on tonight of all nights. Kagome’s pregnancy has made Inuyasha more tense and protective than usual—the two of them fought constantly at the beginning because he worried so much—but being in his human form when she’s giving birth is a nightmare for him.”

Kouga glanced from the trees that ringed the village to Miroku, and then back to the trees. “Really.”

Miroku nodded. “Of course. Being in his weaker human state has left him worried that the protection he can offer Kagome and the baby would be...inadequate, if something happened while they’re so vulnerable. That’s why he has me doing perimeter checks, I believe. To look out for any potential attacks on the village.”

Kouga was quiet. He shuffled his feet, eyes still glued to the woods.

“Well, anyway.” Mirok laughed awkwardly and leaned on his staff. “I’ve probably said too much. Will you and your tribe be moving on, then, since Kagome isn’t really prepared for visitors?”

The wolf demon reached up to scratch the back of his neck. “Eh, we were heading out to do some hunting, and we’ve been traveling all day. The wolves could probably use some rest.”

The monk raised an eyebrow, responding, “Oh?”

“Yeah, we’ll probably hang around until—sunrise, maybe. It’s only for a few more hours. You don’t think the humans will mind, right?”

Kouga swore he saw a twinkle in Miroku’s eye. “I’ll make sure they don’t.”

“And the mutt, too. Don’t want him biting my head off this time.”

“I’ll inform him.”

“Alright then, I’m going to head out so my wolves and I can get some sleep.” Kouga started off in the direction he knew his wolves had gathered.

“Rest well.” There was a smile in the monk’s voice.

Kouga waved behind him and trudged toward where the wolf demons were waiting for him.

Some time later, several things occurred at once: the sun rose, a half-demon’s hair turned white, and a baby’s first cry was heard. A chorus of wolves howling responded in celebration.

#inukag week #inukag #inuyasha #kagome higurashi #my writing #pinestripes babbles #i've actually had this idea in my head for literal years #it's always been from kouga's pov #that's the one thing that stayed the same even though the rest changed a lot #idk why i'm not even a big kouga fan #anyway #once again i wrote this in one sitting #sigh #it's the only way i write

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acarnivalofstars · 5 years

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Ensemble Stars Event Translation: Various Crossroads “Crowd” Part 1

Happy late New Year everyone! I hope you all had a great New Years celebration in some shape or form! I drank a lot of apple cider because bubbles are tasty

Special thanks to Linne for proofreading as always! Some of these lines were a doozy to translate and he came in clutch as usual :’)

It’s finally the long-awaited day of DEADMANZ’s performance! Koga runs like the puppy he is to pick up Rei before they head off to the venue. Rei says some more cryptic stuff. Someone please put me out of my pain why is he like this.

[Shopping District]

(Next Day)

Koga: Sakuma-senpai~!

Rei: Whoa. Hey, good mornin’...Puppy ♪

Koga: Who the hell are ya callin’ “Puppy”?! It ain’t even the time of day to say good mornin’! It’s evenin’ now!

Is it that? Since yer always goin’ overseas...Are ya jet lagged??

Well, whatever! Look, look! I brought ya your guitar ya left behind in the underground Live House!

I made sure to take super good care of it, ya see. Fufu ♪

Make sure ya put on a performance flashy enough to put everyone there in a trance with it tonight!

Rei: Oh~ I was wonderin’ where that was… I see, so you were takin’ care of it, huh? Thanks for that. Good boy, good boy ♪

Koga: Don’t rub my head!

Rei: Haha. Looks like someone’s in a good mood, Puppy… Did ya manage to get some intense coachin’ from bouzu this past week? How much have you improved?

Koga: Yeah. I’m improvin’ so fast it even surprises me~ That punk’s actually pretty good at teachin’!

I’ve gotten able to play difficult chords now!

His excessive, annoyin’ lectures piss me off, but it is thanks to him that I’ve managed to level up a lot!

So I mean, I guess I can be a little bit thankful towards him!

Rei: If ya feel that way then tell him so directly… That guy’s got some preliminary preparations to take care of, so it seems like he came to the Live House before us today.

Make sure ya help him out. And if ya can, try to get along with him even after today. I feel like the two of you are a perfect match.

Koga: Eh~... How many times do I gotta say it? I wanna learn from you, Sakuma-senpai!

I endured it and followed that shitty four-eyes everywhere, but that all ends today!

From today on I’ll be with Sakuma-senpai forever...♪

Rei: Ahaha. I did promise to possibly teach ya if you showed enough growth to impress me.

You are gonna make sure I’m fully amazed today, right?

Koga: Of course! I’m gonna put a performance that dumbfounds everyone includin’ you!

Aah, I’m so excited. I’m gonna play my guitar until I collapse today! Hmhmhm ♪

Rei: (Haha. Young’uns sure are energetic, huh? He’s all sparkly-eyed… I have a feelin’ that’s what I was like when I touched a guitar for the first time.)

(Since when have I become such a corpse…? Nothin’ I look at anymore excites me. I guess I’ve turned into a aimless human being.)

Koga: Sakuma-senpai? What’s the matter, it’s like ya ain’t got any life in ya… You must be jet lagged after all, huh?

Rei: Nah. ...If you want, I’ll give ya that guitar as a present, Puppy.

I haven’t played a guitar in awhile, and I plan on just singin’ today anyway.

It ain’t worth all so much anyways . Think of it as an apology for gettin’ ya mixed up in our troubles.

Koga: Eh? Yer really givin’ me yer guitar? Yahoo ☆

Wait, is that okay, though? This is the one you’ve used since you were little, right? Ain’t it basically a keepsake for ya?

Rei: Just why do ya know so much about me? I’m sayin’ I’ll give it to ya so just take it, Puppy.

I’ve been holding on to old ties for a long time now, but today I’m going to stop dragging things out and consign one to oblivion forever.

If there’s a memento near me, I’m sure every time I look at it I’ll think back on the past…

It’ll probably make me all gloomy, so I wanna hand it over to someone else.

If you don’t want it then it’s fine, though.

Koga: There’s no way I wouldn’t want it! Thank you, Sakuma-senpai. I’ll treasure it ♪

Rei: Ahaha. Yer so innocently excited. But then again...you are still a kid, after all.

Bein’ an adult ain’t as fun as I thought it’d be…

If possible, I want you to stay as the shining kid that you are right now. The innocent smile of a child is our greatest joy, ya see.

[DEADMANZ Stage]

Koga: Whoa…? What’s with this? The underground Live House’s got an even flashier feel than usual!

This is so cool~ It looks like there’s a magic circle or somethin’ drawn there!

Rei: Didn’t bouzu tell you anythin’?

Koga: Eh? Um~...He told me I was gonna stand on stage today with Sakuma-senpai since ya came back from overseas.

Since I got super excited after hearin’ that, I didn’t pay any attention to his detailed explanation afterwards.

Rei: Pay attention, will ya.

Hmm~...Just as expected of bouzu; seems like he understands the clientele of the Live House properly.

I don’t mind this kind of rock n’ roll vibe.

Old-school classic rock styles like this tends to be considered passe, but I’m not against it. What’s wrong with goin’ retro...?

Well, I haven’t gotten senile to the point of admirin’ the good ol’ days, though.

Bouzu’s gonna be one of the people running the student council from here on. Even though he’s supposed to be on side of the system rock n’ roll’s all about fighting...

What’s he doin’ makin’ rock n’ roll the live’s theme? I can’t quite tell if the anti-establishment mood is him bein’ contradictory or rueful.

(Are you strayin’ off course? You’re just struggling in the valley between desires and ideals, bouzu, aren’t you? I’m sure that’s tiresome. I’ll put you out of your misery.)

(Jumpin’ into the flames like that… If ya don’t reincarnate, it shows that you were a person who could only do that much.)

(Let’s have a debate once again. We’ll duke it out with our ideals.)

(That’s how we met, after all. I won’t let you say you’ve forgotten about that, Keito.)

#ensemble stars #enstars #あんさんぶるスターズ！#あんスタ #karen tries to translate

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momorabu · 6 years

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Ensemble Stars! Event Story - Set Sail! Pirates at Sea Festival / Pirates (Part 2)

As the CG illustrations for this story is more than the maximum photoset allowed by tumblr, I decided to split this summary translation into 2 parts. This is Part 2, please make sure you read part 1 before proceeding!

Anyway as always, the summary of the story can be found below. Translation may not be 100% accurate due to my poor Japanese skills~

Pirates / 海賊: Chapter 1 - 4

Seeing that UNDEAD had arrived, Chiaki said that he shall hand over the stage to them and retreated from the stage. Shinobu was really dizzy from the rope action he had performed just now and remarked that it seems that he’s suffering from motion sickness from travelling on a ship. Tetora offered his shoulder for Shinobu to lean on but Midori decided to just sweep Shinobu up and carry him instead, saying that it would be easier this way. Shinobu felt embarrassed being carried like a child and asked Midori to please put him down XD (Aww~ Midori is so manly like that while Shinobu is adorable >////<)

Kanata cheered Kaoru to work hard and that he would support him before heading off the stage, to which Kaoru asked whether it was right for Kanata to support him seeing that they would be rivals in the last part of the pirate fes. Kanata shook his head and said that he hates battles actually and wasn’t interested in them since he felt more satisfied seeing everyone’s smiles instead. But Kaoru told Kanata that even if Kanata hates to battle against him, Kaoru would not make it easy for him either, since he hates to lose even if he doesn’t like putting in so much efforts either =w=“

Today was a special occasion in that Kaoru might be more pumped up than usual since there were girls in swimsuits looking at their performance, and thus he doesn’t want anyone else to be more eye-catching than him. He called out to the crowd and asked them to support and clapped for them, though Kaoru confessed that he’s only happy to get the support from females actually. Koga was actually causing a din which Kaoru found it noisy, and lectured him that he’s going to cover up the girls’ cheers with his barks. Koga didn’t listen to Kaoru of course and shouted at him that he’s going to kill him since... Kaoru had locked Koga and Adonis into an iron cage which allowed Kaoru himself to be the one that shines the most on stage. Koga had wanted to perform on stage for a long time and demanded Kaoru to let him out so that he can sing and said that he cannot bear it any longer. (You know, sometimes Koga’s desire to sing sounds abit like he’s addicted to singing ^^;)

Adonis realised that Rei was nowhere to be found and asked whether Rei did not plan to join the live performance this time round. Kaoru realised that he had forgotten to explain to them, and thus added that since Rei was weak against the sunlight, there’s a possibility that he would collapse under the bright sunlight and thus would be attending as a different role. He told them to look forward to his own performance, but Koga was still pissed and tried to bite at Kaoru even though he was still locked up in the cage. Kaoru told Koga to stop and said that since Rei was not around, he was entrusted to be the leader for the pirate fes this time and thus, he was the captain of the pirates. He threatened to drop Koga and Adonis into the sea if they tried to rebel against him, but Koga was not scared at all and barked back that he would definitely not regard him as the captain. He added that UNDEAD was unlike Ryuseitai where everyone could get along peacefully, as it’s a battle where the weak will fall to the strong.

Koga did not like the idea that Kaoru had locked both him and Adonis in the cage while letting himself to be in the limelight so as to enjoy the girls in swimsuits cheering for him, and called Kaoru a jerk who’s always in estrus all year long. He looked down on Kaoru for bringing down people in the same unit and claimed that he would definitely not forgive him for doing that. He wondered whether Rei had allowed such a thing to happen, to which Kaoru explained that he had locked both Koga and Adonis is the cage because their role in the pirate fes was the “ferocious monster” and “rare monster” who was being captured by him being the pirate captain on an extraordinary island. That pissed Koga even more when he realised that they (he and Adonis) were being treated like animals.

(Koga seems like he really wants to kill Kaoru by how many times he keep telling Kaoru to die for locking him up in the cage ^^;)

Adonis looked at them and tried to understand the situation silently. He realised that they’re showing to the audience that they had a bad relationship with each other and that showed badly upon them, seeing that Ryuseitai had shown that they’re very united before passing the performance to them. Adonis knew that it seems like UNDEAD had forced their way in to perform with Ryuseitai at the pirate fes in the first place, and now that the members were even quarrelling on stage, it’s really going to show the crowd a bad image of them. He wished that Rei was here and control the situation, but since he wasn’t around, Adonis knew that he had to be the one to try to improve the situation. He looked at Koga and noticed that his eyes were shining actually, and realised that Koga had been looking forward to the pirate fes very much. Knowing that there’s no way that UNDEAD could be lovey-dovey like Ryuseitai, Adonis guessed that he shall have to do it UNDEAD kind of way, where the strong would win against the weak according to Koga words.

Just then, they heard Rei’s voice, asking them what was going on as they’re creating a din. Koga was shocked and wondered where was Rei’s voice coming from, as he could not find Rei anywhere. Turned out that the sail on the ship was acting as a screen for the stage as well, so Rei’s face was shown on there. He was actually staying at the school’s sickbay as he can’t stay out in the sunlight, having collapsed earlier on at the beach, and thus it was arranged that he would show his face on the screen as a way to attend the live performance instead. He even told the others to treat it that he’s here as an additional guest or a calefare instead for the time being, and assured the audience that he would definitely make an appearance personally when the sun had set.

(Look at Rei enjoying himself in the sickbay XD He even had a tropical drink to keep him hydrated~)

Koga was not pleased to see that Rei was enjoying himself in a cooling place while the rest of them were working hard to the point that they’re hot and sweaty under the scorching sunlight. Rei told Koga not to bark and be an obedient child instead since initially, Rei shouldn’t even attend the live performance due to him feeling unwell, but thanks to “my” arrangement, Rei could at least show his face to the audience. He said that according to the story setting of the pirate fes, he was considered the captain of the pirates, so they could perhaps imagine the storyline of Rei being captured by the marine army instead, and UNDEAD as the pirates would have to fight the marine army bravely in order to rescue Rei. Rei apologised to Koga for making him felt lonely and told him to just bear abit longer since Rei would care and pet him even more later on~ This just pissed Koga to the point that he shouted that he’s going to go crazy. Rei decided to go offline, saying that he’s sleepy and he had left everything to Kaoru to take care of the performance even though Rei had no idea what is the situation now OWO” He requested for the video of him dancing and singing (which was taken earlier on) to be played while he went for a nap ^^; Koga tried to stop him by explaining that Kaoru had locked both Adonis and him up in the cage, which Rei did not know about but he didn’t really care much for it either, telling Kaoru not to “bully” the juniors too much before signing off.

(Rei, are you pissing Koga on purpose by even telling him that there’s aircon in the sickbay and you’re enjoying yourself very much there? ^^;)

Poor Koga was disappointed and pissed with Rei who just went offline in the midst of the conversation and went to bed when they’re still stuck in this situation. Kaoru told him to just stop talking and “enjoy” the live performance now that the music and Rei’s video had started playing.

Kaoru called the girls in the audience “mermaids” which Koga felt disgusting, and it really started with Kaoru dancing and performing by himself, ignoring Poor Koga and Adonis who were still trapped in the cage =w=“ (Kaoru... You’re really very mean D:)

Koga shouted at Kaoru to let him out, yelling that he’s a proud wolf that can’t be locked up in a cage like this. Adonis, who was silent all this while, tried to calm Koga down by telling him that he’s wasting his energy like this and he won’t have enough energy when they start dancing later on. But Koga replied that looking at this situation, they may not even have the chance to appear on stage and perform. Adonis assured Koga that he would do something about it, and any cage or lock won’t be able to keep them away from their freedom, and with that, he started holding onto the metal bars of the cage and tried to bend them.

This shocked Kaoru as he questioned Adonis on his actions. Adonis was confident that he would be able to bend the metal bars, explaining that the heat had made the bars more flexible than usual, and thus much easier to bend. This sounds bizzare to Kaoru, as he felt that there’s no way a human’s strength was able to bend mental, even if Adonis was strong like a gorilla. However, Adonis did not give up and even tried the best he can in bending the metal bars, saying that he had become stronger now and was not a weak creature that could not do anything anymore. Kaoru was beyond shocked that Adonis was saying this seriously and was planning on breaking through the cage in order to get out.

Adonis remembered that he was always locked up in cages like this when he was young. His scary sisters would also tie him up and ordered him around like he was a slave. (What kind of a childhood did you have, Adonis? TAT) But now, Adonis was different now since he had grown bigger and stronger to the point that he won’t be tortured like that anymore. He wanted to protect “me” and Koga, who were considered weak creatures to him.

(That’s cute that he wanted to protect Koga too~ Guess Adonis was quite fond of Koga after all~)

Koga wasn’t pleased to hear that he’s considered as a weak creature in Adonis’ eyes. Even though he knew he’s not as strong as Adonis yet in terms of physical strength and body build, he wanted to take Adonis down on a challenge. Adonis apologised and said that he’s not someone who would “bully” weaklings and refused to fight with him XD That pissed Koga too, and he complained that everyone in UNDEAD just likes to go against him ^^;

At that moment, the bars of the metal cage indeed started to bend, which shocked Kaoru even more since he felt that this was not supposed to be possible. He wondered whether it was because the “young kids” like to force themselves too much, or perhaps the cage was actually just made of plastic even though it looks like metal ^^; Kaoru sighed and told Adonis and Koga that he would let them come out of the cage when the pirate fes reached the third part of the performance, explaining that it’s impossible for the three of them to win against Ryuseitai in the last battle with Rei absent from the performance, and Kaoru was being nice by letting them rest in order to save their energy for later.

But, Kaoru’s words fell on Adonis’ ears as he managed to bend the bars apart to create a hole for him to get out of the cage, saying that his sisters had always forced things onto him in the past too while saying that they’re doing for his sake. He’s not going to get cheated by those words anymore, claiming that he’s going to create the path that he wants to walk on in life, and went on to break apart Koga’s cage to let him out.

Koga finally smiled when he was freed from the cage, thanking Adonis and even praised that he’s a great guy~ He asked Adonis to beat Kaoru together with him and threw him in the ocean, and that made Kaoru scared and asked them not to get angry at him since he was doing all this as a joke just now. Koga was glad that he was finally out on the stage and was able to sing and give his all in the performance. For Koga, the pirate fes was just about to start now instead!

Now that both Koga and Adonis were free, Koga told Kaoru that it was time for the tables to turn against him. Since they’re still in the middle of a live performance, he decided to just beat Kaoru up one time, grabbing him up by the collar. (Does that mean if they’re performing, Koga would have beat Kaoru lots and lots of times instead? XD) Kaoru begged Koga not to punch him in the face and asked someone to come ans save him since from Koga’s eyes, he was really serious in beating Kaoru up ^^; Luckily, Ryuseitai appeared at this time, with Chiaki calling out to Koga to stop since he objects to using violence as part of the justice.

Chiaki explained to them that if UNDEAD had caused a commotion on stage, they might cause the pirate fes to be halted, and if that happens, their image as an idol unit will drop instead. Calling out to Ryuseitai to be activated, Chiaki asked his members to stop the UNDEAD members from doing anything stupid. Tetora was glad to do that, remarking that it seems like they’re really the marine army capturing the pirates who had gotten violent. Chiaki cautioned Tetora to be careful, as it might really cause the commotion to be unstoppable if Ryuseitai ended up being violent too and started fighting UNDEAD.

Even though this was earlier than what was planned, Chiaki decided that they shall start with the third part of the pirate fes, and requested “me” to start playing the special music for that part. He tried to lead the audience to believe that their actions were all part of the performance, since if not they would cause the live event painfully planned by “me” to become a failure, which was not what anyone would have hoped for at all. Chiaki vowed to make the stage back to one with love and peace for “my” sake as their producer, with Kanata calling his dolphins friends back again to sing together with them. Midori remarked that Kanata had called upon some weird creatures onto the stage again, and while he’s bad with getting along with other people, he would do it since the mascot character would be cheering for him. Poor Shinobu was already quite tired at this point of time though, seeing that they had not rest much before performing yet again.

Seeing that Ryuseitai had gotten back on stage and into their performance, Adonis called Kaoru and Koga to put their differences and conflict aside for now. While he knew that it’s impossible to ask for the UNDEAD members to get closer and become friends, he wished that they would unite since if they don’t, it would be impossible for them to win against Ryuseitai. Koga agreed with Adonis, so he had no choice but to put down his rage against his “stupid senpai” and began to sing for the performance since he would hate to lose against Ryuseitai. Kaoru also had no choice but to work together with them, grumbling that he really hates the pace of how this situation is moving though. He realised how hard it was to be a senior now, and wondered how Rei could manage it.

Koga laughed as he performed, saying that they would perform and shine to the point that Rei won’t even have a place in UNDEAD anymore when he returned (that... may be an exaggeration though ^^;) Somehow Chiaki had seen Koga’s words to be similar to a line from a certain superhero show, and thought that Koga was a fan of it, but however, when Koga said the lines, Chiaki felt that it was a “pirate version” instead. He excitedly hugged Koga, who immediately pushed him away and scolded him a superhero show otaku, yelling him at him not to hug him or even try to get close to him since they’re rivals XD

The screen turned to show Rei again, who was curious about the commotion caused while he was not looking for “a moment”. Koga was pissed with Rei who still seems to be sleepy and demanded him to come to join them at the pirate fes as the sun was about to set soon.. since, without Rei, it’s not enough for UNDEAD to show their full powers at the performance. Rei agreed and told the members to wait for him, and confessed that compared to his lonely dream, the reality now was much happier for him. (I wonder... Perhaps Rei did felt lonely for being left out of the pirate fes actually...)

Epilogue: Chapter 1 - 3

It was night time when the pirate fes had finally ended. Izumi grumbled that he can’t believe that he had stayed till the end, and was really tired to the point he thought his bones were going to break. Arashi saw the others starting a barbecue and asked Izumi to join them together since they had not had any dinner yet. Izumi replied that he didn’t want to eat meat actually since he would gain weight that way, but Arashi assured him that it’s alright since they’ve already worked alot just now to the point that they sweat alot, so it was just right to gain back the calories which they’ve just lost, and added that they should view the barbecue as a reward for their hard work.

Izumi would rather get a monetory reward from “me” instead since he felt that it wasn’t enough to be repaid by a barbecue for his hard work for the day. However, since there are two units who had participated in the pirate fes, after deducting the payout for them and costs of preparing the performance, there wasn’t much money left, not to say having an additional amount of money to give to Izumi and Arashi. If the pirate fes had ended up as a failure, it would cause a loss instead rather than a profit, and Arashi would pity “me” if that happens. Even though the pirate fes was a success with the audience getting excited, there wasn’t much of a profit from selling the goods at the event. Since Arashi and Izumi had offered to help out of the blue, Arashi told Izumi to just let it go this time round and praised Izumi that he knew that he would be a good kid. That shocked Izumi as he didn’t like Arashi touching him, and scolded him an okama =w=“

Arashi wanted to look for “me” and pat “me” on the head for working so hard for the pirate fes, to which Izumi replied him that he had just seen “me” wearing a mascot outfit and going on a walk on the beach with “the huge first year”. Obviously... that’s Midori! He was excited and told “me” to wait for him, as it seems like “I” could move about easily even while “I” was wearing the mascot outfit. (He was too happy when “I” fall though =w=“) Midori asked “me” if it’s alright to walk on the beach together while offering to hold hands together and even said that he’s going to be “lovey-dovey” with “me’ alot today.

(This CG illustration is so pretty, except that “I’m” wearing a mascot outfit while on such a beautiful date with Midori T////T It seems romantic yet not romantic at the same time Orz)

Shinobu remarked that it was quite a shocking scene to see Midori holding hands with a mascot character and walking on the beach, even though Midori looks so happy that he could not even stop smiling at all. Tetora was surprised to see Midori smiling so happy for the first time, and wondered if Midori really likes “me” that much, but then he realised that perhaps Midori likes the yuru-chara instead and started to get confused on which is it that Midori likes. Shinobu explained that though “I” agreed to go on a date with Midori with a mascot outfit on earlier on, turned out that “I” could not bring the mascot outfit back with “me”, so in exchange for the date, we ended up just taking a walk on the beach together like this. He felt that the two of us seems like we’re a baka-couple playing together, and wondered how “I” could still have the energy to entertain Midori since Shinobu himself could hardly move anymore as he was almost out of energy.

Just then, Adonis showed up and told the first years to eat some meat to replenish their energy, offering a plate of meat that was barbecued and ready to eat. Chiaki urged them to eat as well, and if they do not like meat, there were also lots of fishes that Kanata had captured just now. (When did he have the time to go fishing? OWO”) Midori’s family had also sent some vegetables to the venue as well, so it was quite a grand barbecue with lots of different food to eat. Chiaki also offered some eggplants for them to eat, since... he doesn’t like them and just looking at them was enough to send a chill down his spine ^^; Adonis told Chiaki that he should not be picky with food as he won’t become strong if he doesn’t eat properly, but Chiaki explained that though he understands that he should not be picky, eggplant was really something that he cannot bring himself to eat at all, saying that it had something to do with his past life.

Chiaki noticed that Tetora had gotten near to the fire and scolded at him not to get near to it, while Tetora remarked that he had a strange feeling just looking at the fire, and instead offered to take over Adonis in barbecue the meat. Adonis agreed, saying that he would take this break to offer some food to Kaoru, who was tied up on the mast of the ship. (I would say poor Kaoru... but then again he sort of brings this upon himself XD) Tetora was excited that he gets to barbecue the meat, but Chiaki quickly stopped him instead, saying that he’s not allowed to cook anything with fire as he might end up causing a fire accidentally instead OWO” (Chiaki really wants to stop Tetora that badly to the point that he even say that he himself was the signal of fire since he’s Ryusei-Red.) Convinced by Chiaki, Tetora decided to give up but offered to help in other ways instead. He called out to Shinobu, Midori and “me”, asking us to get back for dinner~

Adonis head to the mast in the meantime and asked Kaoru whether he’s still alive while offering some meat and fish. He noticed that Kanata was there too, and asked whether the two of them had a great relationship with each other, seeing that they’re both from the Marine Life Club. Kanata asked whether Adonis was interested in the creatures in the sea but Adonis explained that he had only known about the Marine Life Club because his friend was in it and talked about it often. That friend was none other than Souma, and knowing that they have a common friend/junior, Adonis and Kanata ended up getting along quite well together which Kaoru found it extraordinary XD

Kaoru asked whether they could let him down from the mast since he had now realised his mistakes, and complained that he’s going to get markings on his skin from the ropes that were tied around him. He worried that he’s going to cause a misunderstanding from the rope markings on his skin, that people would think that he had an interest in bondage OWO” However, Koga was still on the ship and yelled at Kaoru to keep quiet and think about his wrong doings instead. He even grabbed the food that was for Kaoru, telling Adonis that there was no need to bring food for him.

However, Koga brought the food over to Rei instead, asking him to eat the meat that Adonis had prepared so as to get enough energy in preparation for tomorrow’s live performance. (I guess the pirate fes lasts for several days?) Rei accepted the food, while Adonis told them that there’s more if they felt that the food wasn’t enough. Koga said that if Rei wasn’t well enough to perform, it would always feel that UNDEAD was lacking something since Rei was still not feeling that well even when the sun had set. He told everyone to eat well and sleep well so that all of them could work together and perform well for tomorrow’s live performance instead, since in the end UNDEAD still lost pretty badly to Ryuseitai on today’s battle. Rei shook his head and explained that this can’t be helped as UNDEAD seems all over the place compared to Ryuseitai, to which Koga rebutted at Rei that this was all his fault in the first place.

As Koga really hates to lose, he told Kaoru to work seriously tomorrow too, which unexpectedly gets Rei’s agreement too, saying that it would be good that Kaoru works hard for something else other than love and girls for a change. However, Kaoru sighed and clarified that he only has a desire to work hard for girls, and had no interest to get in contact with guys, especially his juniors. Rei told Kaoru that he doesn’t understand the joy of having a junior, and started to remember the times where the three oddballs were seniors and all coddled over their junior. Kanata joined in too and told Kaoru that the juniors were cute but Kaoru said that this was because Ryuseitai’s juniors were good kids whereas UNDEAD’s side had only little jerks instead ^^; (Kaoru and Adonis can be cute too... I think?) He told Kanata that his juniors were being mean to him to tie him up on the mast and leave him hanging there, but Kanata replied that Kaoru need to reflect on his mistakes instead, and even threatend to give him a hand chop as punishment. (Kaoru seems like he’s really afraid of Kanata’s hand chop, begging him not to do so as it’s really painful, and assured him that he would definitely reflect on his mistakes XD)

In the end, Kaoru was still punched in the face by Koga, to the point that a part of his face had swollen. He was worried that the girls would get scared of him when they see his swollen face and felt disappointed that he won’t get to pick up girls when it’s rare that he had come to the beach. Koga told him that he’s noisy and said that since they’ll be staying here as there’s still live performance tomorrow, Kaoru would just have to get his face unswollen by the time they perform next time. He called for Adonis to bring some ice to help to heal Kaoru’s face, which Adonis did while saying that they’ll win tomorrow instead, by absorbing their defeat today to make them become stronger. Rei smiled and said that he’s going to try not to collapse tomorrow and remarked that he actually felt younger today, which was a rare feeling that he had not felt for a long time. His friend had thanked them for making the pirate fes a success since thanks to it, the beach house had great sales for the day.

As the pirate fes was a success on the first day, it had become a popular topic and thus Rei guessed that there would be more people coming tomorrow to watch them. Therefore, UNDEAD can’t perform badly like today, if not their image would be going down the drain.

Kanata came to Rei and remarked that he had a great smile on his face recently, guessing that perhaps the reason for his smile was because of “me”. Rei admitted to it, saying that “I” seems like their goddess of luck that was to be put at the front of the ship, giving them blessings and leading the ship ahead smoothly. He’s really thankful of “me” for bringing these miracles to them and said that as long as he’s with “me”, he felt that the youth that was long-lost because of the battles in the past, were returned to him, and hoped that “those” two would return soon. (At the time when this event was started, no one knew who Rei referred to, but now I bet he’s referring to Natsume and Shu~) But Rei knew that it would be bad if they form as “five oddballs” again, and remarked that he’s different from the past now since he’s already satisified at the current spot he’s at now.

Koga urged Rei to eat properly, fussing over him and wondering whether he needs someone to nurse him XD Rei smiled and commented that the summer seems "warmer” this year as compared to the past. Even though he felt hot and dry, and also didn’t have much of an appetite, he felt relaxed and great too which was quite an extraordinary feeling overall. He continued on that even though the sun had already set, “I” was still shining brightly like a sun now, to the point that Rei had found “me” too bright and remarked that the season now was really bad to vampires ^^;

And that’s it for this short event story~! (Which actually may not be that short since I split into 2 parts in the end ^^;) As a fan of Ryuseitai, I really enjoyed this story especially since it focused on Shinobu and Midori quite alot, and they’re my two favourite members in the unit ^/////^ The marine army outfit looks really good on them too +/////+

UNDEAD looks really cool too being the pirates and I personally felt that it suits their unit image well, so overall the image of Ryuseitai VS UNDEAD sounds fantastic since both of their outfits symbolise their units well~ I felt abit pity that their screentime seems way lesser than Ryuseitai though, especially Rei even though he’s a 5* card =w=“

I really worked hard at the revival event of this to unlock all the stories and collect almost all of the cards except Rei’s~ Feeling so blessed to get the cute Shinobu 4* card and Midori’s 5* card especially, since I really like his bloomed illustration as it was the same as my pillow cover ^/////^

Blooming both Midori and Shinobu allows me to let them put on their marine army outfit on my homescreen of the game +W+ I really like Midori’s outfit so he’ll be on my homescreen currently for now~ ^////^

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Manga vs. Anime - Kagome Edition #48 - Kyokotsu

A elderly white wolf is seen rushing through the forest attempting to run away from a group of small demons, who manage to swoop down on him and bite into him. However there attempts to kill and eat him, are interrupted by Koga who appears and dispatches of them easily enough. The wolf however already knows that it's too late for himself and reveals that he'd abandoned his own territory, after an attack by a being that has neither the scent of a demon nor a human, but a scent of a body long dead and grave soil, began devouring demons around the area. The anime adds in a bit more before the white wolf appears, showing Kohaku's involvement in their revival as he visits and shatters their grave with a bunch of jewel shards. Kagome, Inuyasha and the group come to a stop as they ponder if Naraku is laying out a trap for them, while we get a recap of the remarks from the monkey god, this isn't a canon scene, but it's treated like one that would appear later on in this section. Ayame's appearance after this would lead to the white wolves appearance, with Ayame being a member of the tribe that was attacked and the grand-daughter of the white wolf. This generally sets up a good section of the episode, with Ayame and members of the tribe trying to run away from the demons as well as Kyokotsu, and protecting the white wolf. With it comes a change in the wolf that Koga meets, a brown wolf who is also a member and elder of the wolf tribe, whose attacked by demons in an attempt to distract the demons away from Ayame and the white wolf. The wolf dies with Koga and his companions giving the wolf a proper burial before he decides to check into the situation himself, assuming the situation has Naraku's involvement, especially when he realizes that Inuyasha is nearby. Meanwhile Inuyasha realizes the very same thing when he notices Koga's scent around the area, Kagome, Miroku and Sango he must be moving on a clue of his own. This scene in the anime had Ayame added into the end of it, with her passing along some information about the situation. Elsewhere a young monk and his pupil attempt to go and find this every large being, assuming that it's a demon and that they can exercise it, however upon the appearance of the "demon" in question, they run away in fear when they see him devouring a demon. The anime continues with the meeting between Ayame and the group, with Kagome healing up the white wolf as he passes along information. Going there seperate ways, Kagome promises Ayame if they find Koga they'll let him know that Ayame is alright. Before she leaves Ayame warns about the smell of Kyokotsu. Kohaku appears moments later, telling the being, Kyokotsu, that soon he'll be meeting people with jewel shards. Kyokotsu is pleased by this news and promises to get the jewel shards, unlike the failed attempts of past Naraku followers. He tells Kohaku to leave, only to attempt to attack him the moment he sees the jewel shard in Kohaku's back. Kohaku swiftly retaliates, slicing Kyokotsu's hand clean off, before Naraku's insects appear next to Kohaku. Realizing that he's being watched Kyokotsu's stands down, reaching down for his severed hand and puts it back into place. Koga and his wolves in the meantime are rushing towards the area, however Koga's wolves soon find themselves attacked by Kyokotsu himself. Kyokotsu assumes that Koga is one of the people that Kohaku was talking about, as Koga realizes that Kyokotsu is the person that the elder wolf was speaking of. Kyokotsu is suprised to find that the scent of his grave is still on him, considering he'd been removed from his grave sometime ago, but puts that aside for the moment as he tries to make a grab for Koga in an attempt to eat him. Koga instead outspeeds him, managing to bound up into the air, and land a hard kick right up against Kyokotsu's face, knocking him down to the ground. Kyokotsu realizes that he was right about his assumption earlier, that Koga does have shards and their in his legs. A confused Koga questions what exactly Kyokotsu is, finding no hint of scent from him of Naraku, he writes off the possibility of him being apart of Naraku. Kyokotsu claims that he's just a simple human, which Koga scoffs off. Kyokotsu reveals that the reason for his revival is due to the jewel shard in his had, before Kyokotsu again attempts to rush at Koga. Koga's speed again gets the better of of Kyokotsu, whose attempt to grab Koga, only ends in him slapping himself in his own face, Koga follows this up by literally twisting his around, seemingly snapping his neck and sending Kyokotsu crashing to the ground. Koga is apprehensive about his win, finding it too easy, before Kyokotsu reaches out and grabs him, once more attempting to eat him. Koga once more stops him, this time punching him right in the head, which Kyokotsu laughs off, before Koga rips the shard out from his head, leading Kyokotsu to crash down to the ground in a heap of bones, pinning Koga down in place before Naraku's insects appear. Koga watches as the insects reach down and grab the jewel that Koga managed to pull out away, now knowing Naraku's involvement in the situation. With the anime it's only natural that they expanded this fighting section, giving him a ball and chain to fight with, but the fight ends up about the same, only Koga finds himself in more trouble than before, actually turns his back on the seemingly dead Kyokotsu and Ayame appears. The anime actually adds in a pretty odd scene with Koga kicking Kyokotsu in the head shard-to-shard, which sends off a light that basically everyone sees. Oh, and the ball in chain was actually Naraku's insects. This scene ends with Ayame thanking him for what he's done, before she says goodbye to him. He tells her to be careful, which Ayame states that Kagome told her the same thing, hearing this Koga smiles to himself a bit. Elsewhere Kohaku reports to another, Jakotsu who comments on Kyokotsu's death, but isn't surprised, considering he was the weakest of the group. Jaokotsu however seems much more interested in his opponent, Inuyasha and how cute he is, pondering what the color of his blood looks like.

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This covers Episode #102: "Assault on the Wolf-Demon Tribe” and Chapter #234: "The Ghost”, Chapter #235: “Kyokotsu” of the manga.

A Koga centric section that showed that Koga was a lot more capable than he'd been shown to be up to this point. The Band of 7 arc was really where he began to shine, he didn't really lose his shine going forward in the series, but he was probably at his very best during this arc.

I really don't know what they were going for with the shard flash in this episode, everyone around the area actually saw it but only Ayame actually went over to see it. Kagome and Inuyasha don't even go to check it out, which is odd and the anime never actually acknowledges it again. In the manga, it could be a little jarring considering that Koga and Inuyasha were rushing in to check things out, and Inuyasha and Kagome never make it to where Kyokotsu is, but the manga never states they were going the same specific location, just that they were going into the same area, with that flash of light I would have expected the anime to do some kind of meet-up between the two groups and Ayame, but oddly that doesn't happen.

There isn't really a whole lot to be said about Kyokotsu. Kohaku proved to be more than capable of stopping him in his tracks, and Koga wasn't even trying. He was mostly brought in to set the stage for what was to follow, showing that removing the jewel was the way to defeat them, revealing Naraku's involvement, showing they were just revived humans and preparing for the arrival of both Jakotsu and Mukotsu, who, are very similar to one another, and proved to be a lot more interesting.

I believe this is the only time when Naraku's insects actually form into an object, and it's an anime only thing all other times they merged together they usually merged to form body parts. Even more interesting is that there were only 4 of them that made up that rather large ball and chain.

Last appearance of Ayame in the anime until the very end of the anime series. Because of that I want to give a brief talk about her character, since I probably won't ever be able to, and if I am, it won't come until the end of the series. We see a dramatic change in her character from this point to her last appearance in the series. Att hat time she shows to be insanely jealous over Koga's one-sided feelings for Kagome, even at the end of the episode saying that she will train herself to sense the jewel shards like Kagome. She leaves on not-so-friendly terms, however in this episode, while they do acknowledge that, Kagome and Ayame seem to be on great terms, and seem to have a ton of respect for one another, for Ayame that's a big change, for Kagome not so much since she was just kind of stuck in the middle of the situation and didn't return those feelings anyway. That being said, I kind of like the change, I just felt it came to quick and I thought the goodbye between her and Koga was a nice touch, though Koga's remarks were a bit out of place for it... however he has to say that, for the canon content and we still had to get through a scene later in this arc with Koga. Props at the very least for Sunrise trying to work a filler character in and actually sort of making it work, and even more-so for them actually remembering her enough to include her at the end of the series. Again odd shift in character, but that being said, I didn't mind it, but it's a reminder of not only how drastic things can change in filler, but how characters personalities can be altered around in filler to fit a certain approach to get a specific result, even for the main characters, regardless of how OOC it might be.

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