As Kaede pealed the last seal from the outside of the hut that Nashori & Inu Yasha were left in last night, she began to wonder what she would see once she opened the door to the hut. When she opened the door, the sight she came across brought a small smile to her lips.
Laying in a nestled bunch of straw with Inu Yasha's firerat cloak beneath them, was Nashori & Inu Yasha, laying together. Nashori had her head resting on his chest with her arm draped around his waist & Inu Yasha had his arm wrapped around her, his free hand to the side of him.
"Inu Yasha, wake up," Kaede said, earning a frown from Inu Yasha, who put his other arm around Nashori as his eyebrows knitted together. "Are ye awake?"
"What do you want old hag?" He asked, keeping his eyes closed.
"I wanted to let you know that you & Nashori may leave the hut whenever you wish. The seals have already been removed from the outside."
"Shut the door Kaede... I will come out when she awakens." Inu Yasha listened as Kaede left the hut, shutting the door behind herself. The hanyou opened his eyes & looked down at the woman that lay with her head on his chest, a small content smile on her lips. "Nashori, wake up," he spoke, removing his arms from around her.
The neko hanyou turned over, rolling away from him with a soft groan. "What is it?" She asked as she began waking up.
"Kaede has been in here & she says that we're allowed to leave the hut," he answered, sitting up.
"Thank you for letting me know," she said, wincing when she moved her body wrong, causing pain in her lower area. She sat up & looked down at herself to see dried blood on her thighs. She closed her eyes tightly.
Nashori reached over & grabbed her panties & skirt, then her bra & shirt, pulling her panties & bra on, then her shirt. She rose to her feet & pulled her skirt on, making sure she put her tail though the hole Kaede had cut for it. She looked at him when she saw him rising to his feet, hakama in hands. "So, you will keep your part of the deal?" She asked, straightening out her shirt.
Inu Yasha looked at her as he pulled on his hakama. "Since you let me fuck you last night, yes. But I want you in my hut tonight Nashori. And if you don't come, then you'll have to watch yourself when you're out," he said. "And don't you dare say word of this to anyone."
Nodding, Nashori opened the door to the hut & walked out, making her way to the river near the village. Unknown to her, a pair of violet eyes watched her as she left the hut & started into the woods.
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Nashori had been soaking for so long she had lost track of the time, but she was thankful she finally had the dried blood washed away from between her legs. Her ears picked up the sound of movement along the river shore, so she ducked her body under the water until the level of the water was at her chin. When she looked at the bank, she saw Miroku looking down at a rock that threatened to trip him if he didn't watch his step with it.
When he got closer to the bank, he smiled up at her & waved. "Hey Nashori! Did you sleep well?"
-About as good as I was able to with the pain I'm dealing with,- she thought, pushing a false smile to her face. "Slept good Miroku," she answered.
"How does the water feel today?"
"The water's okay... Will you come in with me Miroku?"
Miroku was slightly shocked at the amount of trust she was giving out to him for her to invite him into the river since they would both be in the nude. "Are you sure you would want that Nashori?" He asked. "I wouldn't want you to feel uncomfortable."
"I'm positive Miroku. Please join me? I'll even look away until you're in the water if you'd like me to," she smiled.
"Would you mind doing so?"
"Not at all," she smiled & moved deeper into the river, putting her back to him to give him the privacy he requested. Her sensitive cat ears picked up the sound of material, then a small clink as she guessed his staff was laid on the ground ontop of his robes.
Miroku made his way into the river, shivering slightly from the cold contact on his warm skin. He moved into the river until he was close enough to Nashori to place his hand on her shoulder. He gave her a small smile as she turned to face him. "Thank you for letting me join you Nashori." She nodded slightly. "Nashori, did Inu Yasha hurt you?"
She shook her head. "No, Miroku, he didn't hurt me," she answered, sniffing the air slightly as a gust of wind came their way. She searched the wind for Inu Yasha, but she found nothing close to his scent, so she relaxed in the water.
"You know you can tell me Nashori."
"Miroku, if he did hurt me, which he didn't, & I told you, you would just go run & talk to him about it."
"No, I wouldn't Nashori... I know that if he did hurt you & I went to talk to him about it, it would only cause you more pain while you're here. I know that more pain is the last thing you need right now."
Nashori moved closer to him in the water, pressing her body against his in a tight hug. Her ears listened for any noises at all, but found none as she pulled away from the hug. "Miroku, can I tell you a story about a girl from my era?"
"Of course Nashori," he smiled, his cheeks still a little red from when she hugged him.
"I knew this girl a while back & no one else knew her the way I did because I'm the only one she ever let near her... Well, we lived in two separate cities, so we also went to different schools. One day, her family moved to my city, so imagine how happy I was to show her around the city we now shared & the school we went to when it rolled around. Everyone loved her when they met her; she didn't know why, they just did. All but one."
Miroku listened to every word she spoke, slowly the realization sunk in that she was speaking about herself & he held back a frown as he listened to the story. -At least she's opening up to me,- he thought.
"This guy was the only one not to like her, just because he was used to being the center of everyone's attention; & now with a new student in school, he was being a baby because they weren't paying him very much attention. So he started being extra mean to her, as if she could help that she moved & was now zoned for this school."
Nashori looked to the side at a small drop in the water that supplied the river.
"She found out he had an adorable little brother & the girl & the kid started getting along better than the jerkoff & his brother. This angered the brother even more because he wanted the little boy to be miserable for some unknown reason. Well, the way the boy from school was treating her had reached the eyes of the Head of the school."
She looked at him, to see him staring at her with hooded eyes, hanging onto her words. -I hope he gets what I'm trying to say,- she thought as she took a shaky breath & forced back the tears that were beginning to gather in her eyes.
"You don't have to finish if you don't want to Nashori," he said, his voice kind & understanding. "I can tell that this story about your 'friend' is bothering for you to tell."
"No, Miroku," she replied, putting her hand in his, smiling slightly when she felt him give a small squeeze. "I want to tell you this story. You have told me things about the people you have met along the way, I want to tell you about one of mine."
"All right. Go on then," he smiled, rubbing the top of her hand with the pad of his thumb.
"Anyway... The Head of the school began to worry about how things would look for the school if his actions were allowed to go on. So she told me to tell my friend that if she didn't straighten things out with him, she would have to find a new school in her zoning to go to. One day, her & the guy got put away in jail for the night, she never told me why it happened in the first place, but it turns out they were put in the same room. In the room, they sorted things out in a way she never wanted. Her told her that the only way he would let her be able to stay in the school, was to be his sex servant & that she had to make it official that night by having sex with him."
"Nashori-"
"But there was one other person aside from myself that she let in." She saw the confused look on his face after she said that. "He was a sweet guy, that was the first person she'd shown any kind of trust to besides myself. They began getting a little close & she knew he was the only guy she could ask a favor of."
"What favor was this?"
"She wanted him to help her forget the pain caused by the guy during that night," she said as she looked into his eyes, moving her free hand to his chest.