Title: A Highlander Hanyou

Genre: Humor/Romance

Rating: R for eventual citrus and to cover InuYasha’s language

Pairings: InuYasha/Kagome, Miroku/Sango are the main ones.

Summary: A bit of a crack!fic, featuring InuYasha in a kilt and parodying medieval Scotland romance novels. Kagome and Sango are kidnapped by the Nichi Clan (Western Clan), and taken to their stronghold. Various hijinks ensue and of course lots of fluff.

Author’s Notes: I had to write this after getting the image of InuYasha wearing a kilt and swinging a big sword around and getting the giggles.

Disclaimer: Disclaimer: I make no claims on owning InuYasha, and have only written this for entertainment purposes only. InuYasha and associated characters are owned by Rumiko Takahashi, Viz Media and Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.

A Highlander Hanyou

Lady Kagome Higurashi paused for breath in her trek to her friend Lady Sango Taijya’s keep about half a mile away from Kagome’s grandfather’s keep in the northern borderlands of England. Kagome had to escape before she did injury to her grandfather for his idiotic behavior. Lord Higurashi went ahead and betrothed his granddaughter to a Lord Hojo Fujimori and hadn’t even bothered to at least ask Kagome if she wanted the betrothal. Lord Hojo was nice enough, she supposed, but he was so dreadfully boring! Always so polite and gentlemanly. Kagome wanted adventure, not a gentleman who would bore her to tears in a month.

Kagome came upon the keep of the Lord Taijya, Marcher Lord of the North and waited patiently at the closed gate. The alert guards called down to her.

“Who goes there?”

“Lady Kagome. I needs speak with the Lady Sango on matter of grave importance.” “Oh Lord Higurashi did something to irritate you again, milady?” chuckled one of the guards.

“Yes and I’d rather not go home right now. He is still in danger of me doing him some damage.” “One moment, milady.” The gate creaked open and a guard with a torch in his hand motioned Kagome in.

Kagome made her well-practiced way up to Sango’s chamber and entered the room quietly.

“Had an argument with your grandfather again, Kagome?” Sango sat up in bed.

“Sorry about the latest of the hour but Grandfather had just returned from London to tell me the news.” Kagome undid her cloak and dropped her satchel full of clothes and other necessities.

“News?” By that time, Sango had arisen and lit several candles and stoked up the fire.

“I am betrothed to the Lord Hojo Fujimori. A great coup since I wouldn’t bring much land as my dower.”

“Hojo??” Sango hastily smothered a guffaw. “Oh dear. A very good match, but not one you would want, I see.”

“He is just so polite and oh so gentlemanly. I swear I would die of boredom in a month. I want adventure! A man who is interesting and finds me interesting as well, not some jewel to trot out at dinner and then to be wrapped in silks and put on a shelf for the next use.”

“We’ll come up with something, Kagome. Now it is late and I have lots to do in the morning.” Sango crawled into bed and settled on her side away from Kagome. Kagome changed into her nightshift then got into the bed beside Sango after blowing out the candles and carefully folding her cloak and gown. Her breathing smoothed out into sleep.

 

Dark shapes crept up to the bed and looked at the sleeping girls.

“Och, I thought they’ld never quit gabbing. So this is the Lady Sango our Miroku is so enamored off and her friend Lady Kagome. So the lady wants adventure? Hey, Shippo?” called one od f the shapes quietly.

The other one answered. “Yeah?”

“D’you think the Lady Kagome would be just the girl for InuYasha? She looks like Lady Kikyo but she’s got spirit she does.”

“Aye.” Shippo went to the chest and gathered Lady Sango’s clothing, stuffing them into a large satchel.” “See? Lady Kagome even was smart enough to pack her clothes as well. She won’t be naked on the way to her new home, I say. Now toss the bags out so Bunza can load them up. One girl per horse and do you have the sleeping ofudas? I don’t relish the though of the Marcher Baron breathing down my neck whilst we make a run for the border if one of the girls scream.”

“Hurry, Kouga. You’re being much too loud and if we’re caught in here, we’re dead.” Shippo carefully dropped the satchels out the window, then turned to apply the ofudas to each girl’s forehead, keeping them asleep. That hentai ‘holy’ man was useful for something anyways.

The two youkai carefully wrapped Kagome and Sango in extra plaids to keep them warm on the trek to the Nichi clan’s holdings. Kouga, carrying Kagome was the first one out the window, carefully leaping from the second-floor window and Shippo, carrying Sango came floating down after him in his pink-bubble form. They paused for a minute to see if they were detected but the guards were still unconscious. Bunza led the horses to the two older Youkai and helped them into the saddle and the group left through the door Kagome had so thoughtfully showed them earlier that night. As soon as they cleared the shadows of the castle, the three Youkai made rapid progress to the border and crossed over the border a few hours before dawn. The threesome pressed on and by dawn, they were at the Nichi Keep. The horses’ hooves clattered over the hastily dropped drawbridge and they stopped in the bailey just before the steps leading to the great hall where Miroku, InuYasha and Sesshomaru awaited them.

Miroku, after glancing at Sesshomaru for permission, hurried down the steps to Shippo, who moved his horse forward., grinning.

“You have her?”

“Naturally.” Shippo flipped over the edge of the plaid covering Sango’s face and Miroku smiled.

“Ah my beautiful Lady Sango. Well done, Shippo. I am in your debt, naturally.” Miroku reached up and carefully lifted her down from the horse and made his way up the steps to her new chamber.

Kouga rode forward and dismounted. He adjusted his burden and went forward to the two inu Youkai.

“We were also successful in finding other quarry, my lords.” He dramatically flung the plaid off of Kagome’s face.

InuYasha blanched and came closer. “Is that Kikyo?”

“Nope, Lady Kagome Higurashi. I believe she fled home because of a betrothal to the Lord Akitoki Hojo. Those girls gabbled like geese.”

InuYasha sniffed in Kagome’s direction and grunted folding his arms over his chest, bare except for the plaid crossing from one shoulder to his waist where it was carefully pleated.

“Feh. She’ll do. Sango would adjust better with someone familiar around her. Carry her up to Sango’s chamber and don’t you dare touch her any more than necessary, wolf, or I’ll be wearing your pelt as my new winter cape. Is that clear, Kouga?”

“Yes, sir.” Kouga nodded his head and followed Shippo to the girls’ chamber.

“I think InuYasha likes her already.” Shippo whispered.

“Feh. He thought she was Kikyo at first. I was hoping though that he wouldn’t take her. She is a pretty wench.” Kouga whispered back.

“Come on. I don’t want to be the first thing the girls see when they wake up. It’s liable to be noisy.” Shippo turned away from the bed where he had been adjusting the curtains to block the sunlight and went out the door. Kouga followed with a lingering glance at Kagome’s sleeping form.