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“I can sense a shard of the Sacred Jewel!” They had been walking almost aimlessly for most of the day when Kagome spoke up, breaking the comfortable silence that had fallen between them.
“Which way is it?”
“Straight ahead, following the road we are on.” She pointed, and they continued on until a village, nestled deep in the valley between two mountains, came into sight.
The trouble started when they tried to enter the village. “Halt! Women are not welcome here!”
“Why not?”
“Is there a place where we might rest for the night?” Miroku cut Kagome off; he had heard of a village like this one before.
“Yes; if you skirt the village heading East there is a hut where travelers may rest. If you need to purchase food or supplies, the men may enter. But only the men, not the women or the fox child.”
“Thank you. Let’s go.” Miroku began to walk east.
“Hey, what the hell? We aren’t just…”
“I think this village is a refuge for men who prefer the company of other men.” Miroku’s voice held no judgment.
“A… a what?” Inuyasha blinked at him.
“Does such a thing exist?” Sango was confused.
“You mean like an entire village where everyone is gay?” Kagome alone knew what Miroku was getting at.
“I am not familiar with the word ‘gay’. However, it is a village where men work, live, and satisfy each other without the need, or desire, to involve women.”
“Yeah, that sounds like a gay village alright. Gay refers to men who are sexually attracted to other men.”
“Ah, then yes, you are correct.”
“Hold up, how do you know about this?” Inuyasha eyed Miroku suspiciously; he had his suspicions that the Monk wasn’t what he seemed to be, and had caught him looking at another man on more than one occasion.
“I have heard rumors on my travels; however this is the first time I have chanced upon such a village. Kagome, can you tell where in the village the jewel shard is located?”
“No, but it is in the village.”
Miroku fell silent, considering their options. “Then we will have to enter the village, and find the shard without your help. Inuyasha, you should pretend to be my lover; if we can gain the trust of the villagers by pretending to be like them, that will be our best chance of finding the jewel shard and returning safely.”
“What will I have to do? I mean… pretend in what way exactly?” Inuyasha was not at all comfortable with this idea; he could barely even consider himself experienced when it came to having sex with women; he’d only done it with a girl once, and that was years before he’d met Kikyo, let alone Kagome and the others. With men he had no experience at all.
“Nothing overly intimate; just stay close to me, put an arm around me or hold my hand as needed. Try to sound affectionate when you talk to me; if you sound shy or nervous that's okay; we can say that Kagome and Sango don’t know about us and therefore we have never been open about being lovers before. That should be enough.”
“It is just pretend, right?” Sango was studying Miroku as though she had never seen him before.
“But of course. If we were sneaking around like that, do you think we’d be able to keep it a secret?”
“Well… no. No, you wouldn’t.” Sango conceded the point.
“Not at all.” Kagome agreed.
“I don’t really get what’s going on, but Inuyasha is horrible at keeping secrets.”
“Hey, did you really have to say it like that?!” Inuyasha got right up in Shippo’s face.
“Calm down, both of you.” Miroku sighed.
“Will this work? Miroku can just apply his normal flirting techniques on Inuyasha, but Inuyasha? I’ve never seen him flirt…” Kagome commented idly.
“Yeah, you’re right.” Sango agreed.
“Yes; the biggest giveaway will be if he flinches or jumps when I…”
“You don’t have to do that!” Inuyasha’s cheeks turned bright red.
“Given my personality, do you think it would be believable if I groped everyone’s butt besides my lovers?”
“Oh… no, I guess not.”
“We may not be back before the morning. I don’t know how easily we will find the shard with just Inuyasha and myself searching.” Miroku knew that Inuyasha could sniff out the shards, but only Kagome could pin-point the exact location of one; and although he himself had some ability to sense the shards, he had to almost be right on top of one to do so.
“If you can’t retrieve the shard by tomorrow, we will regroup and come up with another plan.” Kagome sighed, knowing exactly what Miroku was thinking, for once.
“Maybe we can trade for the jewel shard?” Inuyasha’s comment was completely innocent; they still had several bags of Ninja Food, so maybe they could trade those.
“Yes, perhaps.” It took all Miroku had to not blush as far less innocent thoughts ran through his mind at the word ‘trade’.
“It’s beginning to get dark; we should go now.” Miroku wanted to get this over with.
“Yes.” Inuyasha began to walk and Miroku followed after them.
Kagome waited until they were out of sight; and hopefully earshot; before turning to Sango. “So think they’ll finally hook up?”
“I hope so. I do like Miroku, but he’s interested in Inuyasha, not me.”
“They’ll be cute together.” Kagome had only just begun to develop an interest in yaoi, and the idea that her male friends might hook up excited her.
“I don’t know about ‘cute’, but as long as they’re happy, then so am I.”
They just looked at one another, laughed, and went inside the hut.
Miroku grabbed Inuyasha’s hand with his own just before they entered the village; this time the men standing guard allowed them passage.
“Are you seeking food? Or perhaps… companionship for the cold night ahead?” They were surrounded by men as they entered the center of the village.
“Miroku…” Inuyasha tensed up, not liking this at all.
“We come seeking the Shards of the Shikon no Tama. I’ve heard that there is one such shard in this village.”
“We might have a shard, or we might not. What will you offer in return?” The man reached for Inuyasha. “I have never tasted the flesh of a half-demon before.”
“T-taste?! What do you mean by taste?” Inuyasha retreated, and Miroku stepped in front of him.
“He’s shy, and inexperienced in the art of lovemaking; he is my lover and only I am allowed to touch him. The women we travel with do not know that we are lovers, and as such we have only been intimate a handful of times, and always in the dead of night.”
“Well, I’ve never tasted the flesh of a Monk either.” The man groped Miroku, and although it took all he had not to pull away from the touch, Miroku gritted his teeth and bore it without complaint.
“Is this how women feel when I…?” He shook the thought off.
The man must have sensed his discomfort, for he pulled away. “Or perhaps you would prefer the attention of men younger than myself?” He clapped his hands, and four beautiful young men appeared; two were close in age to Kagome and Sango, the third was about the same age as Miroku, and the fourth a year or two older than he was.
“Share a bath with these men, you and the half-demon both. No one else will be present in the room, but there will be windows to allow anyone to watch the show. If you satisfy them, then what you seek shall be yours.”
“Inuyasha?”
“Do we have a choice?”
“Yes, if you are willing to give up on acquiring the Jewel Shard.”
“Then… fine. Bring it on.” Inuyasha was as shy and inexperienced as Miroku had stated, but it wasn’t as though he only liked girls, and he often wondered if Miroku was lying about his interest in women.
“We’re in agreement then; one shared bath in exchange for the Jewel Shard.” He looked up at the sun. “Also, we will need lodgings inside the village for tonight.”
“Yes, that can be arranged.” The eldest of the young men took Miroku’s hand, and began to lead him towards the building in which the village bath was kept.
“Oh, the bindings on my right hand cannot be removed; nor can the necklace Inuyasha wears.”
“What, are they cursed or something?”
“Yes.” Miroku decided not to elaborate.
“Okay, fine.” They were stopped just outside the door, and the four young men began to undress them, right there in front of the crowd.
Inuyasha found it embarrassing to be stripped nude in front of a crowd, but at least there weren’t any women present. He had nothing that these men hadn’t already seen, except for his dog ears and they didn’t count.
“No tail?” The youth sounded disappointed.
“Nope, sorry.”
“That’s okay, this more than makes up.” The second youth wrapped a hand around Inuyasha’s cock, and stroked him firmly. “I’ve heard that demons are hung, but I’ve never been able to see it for myself until now.”
“The monk is pretty well hung as well.”
Inuyasha glanced over at Miroku just in time to see the eldest of the four youth take him into his mouth.
Miroku must have felt his gaze, because he looked back at Inuyasha at that exact moment, and Inuyasha shivered at the heat in his eyes, his hands gently holding the youth in place.
Inuyasha never quite knew why he did it, but he leaned in and kissed Miroku’s lips, earning a startled gasp from the monk, then a tongue slipped into his mouth.
“Mhmm?” Inuyasha gasped; not only did Miroku’s mouth taste good, but his tongue was doing wicked things that made Inuyasha feel lightheaded.
“Guess they weren’t lying about being lovers after all.” The youth who had taken Miroku into his mouth stood up, swallowing audibly.
“I hope that was just the preview?” Miroku was flushed and his eyes unfocused, and Inuyasha had to wonder if he came from the man’s mouth alone, but he couldn’t ask; if it came out that he didn’t know what Miroku looked like after creaming, they’d know it’s all just an act.
“Shall we?” The youth simply stood and led the way into the bath, the doors remaining open in their wake.
“So, half-demon…”
“My name is Inuyasha!” He was getting fed up with being called ‘half-demon’ all the time. “The monk is Miroku. And you are…?”
“Okay, Inuyasha then. You heal fast, yeah? And you don’t need to know our names.”
“Well, yeah…?” He had no idea where the youth was going with this.
“So I can put it in here without wasting too much time preparing you?” A finger slid between his butt-cheeks.
“What?! Uh… yeah I guess? I’ve never had anything up there so I dunno…”
“Oh, is Miroku the bottom then?”
“Yes.” Miroku might not have truly slept with Inuyasha, but he did have experience with men, as a bottom. He saw no benefit to lying about it at this point; not when they were going to be taking him regardless of what he claimed to have, or not have, already done.
“Yeah, that’s right.” Inuyasha decided that if Miroku was game, then so was he.
“So no assplay for you? Or is the monk just not enough of a man to satisfy you?”
“It ain’t like that! Our dynamic is just that I’m the top, and he’s the bottom. He’s never even offered to top me.”
“Well, what can I say? I prefer to be dominated.” Miroku laughed softly, hoping that Inuyasha would think it was just a part of his act, when it wasn’t. Not at all.
“Yes he turns to putty whenever a strong man has his way with him.” As soon as the words left him, Inuyasha wished he could take them back. Teasing Miroku was one thing, but these men wanted things from them that Inuyasha had never experienced and…
And Miroku was melting and turning to putty as the men began to apply a bit more force to their interactions with him. Interesting.
Seconds later Inuyasha was distracted by hands pulling his ass cheeks open, and a cloth washing him down followed by a tongue lapping softly at his hole. It felt strange, and part of him wanted to ask the man to stop, then it was like a switch had been flipped inside him as the feeling stopped being strange and began to feel good. Really good; so good that when the finger slid inside him he made a strange sound that wouldn’t stop pouring from his throat, and it took all he had not to cover his mouth with his hand.
“Ah-hah!” The finger had a friend join in, and just as Inuyasha was getting used to the intrusion, the fingers left him.
“Are you ready?”
“R-ready for what?” Inuyasha glanced over at Miroku, hoping for a clue, and just in time to see him get slammed down onto a cock, another man behind him to keep Miroku stable as he bounced. Oh, right, that’s what he was asked. “Y-yeah, I think I’m ready…”
“Good.”
It hurt when the man thrust inside him, but it also felt kind of good. Then the fourth man swallowed him down, and it went from feeling good to being completely amazing, and he had to grab the edge of the bath to keep from clawing up his lovers.
He came quickly, but didn’t even have time to blush as his lover kept going, riding him hard and fast until he’d finished twice more; and then a tongue was against him once again, and he glanced down.
Miroku was the one on all fours before him, and there was a man behind him; inside him; but all Inuyasha could see was Miroku.
He ran a hand through Miroku’s hair, trying to signal that he was close, and Miroku nodded once. Praying he was reading Miroku correctly, he gave into the final release as he felt the man release inside him at last.
After, he was only dimly aware of strong, male hands washing him down, and leading him to a room where they could spend the night; of the Jewel Shard being pressed into his hand. “That was the best show we’ve had in ages; thank you.”
He started, having completely forgotten the windows had been open for the other men of the village to watch them.
“We’re pleased that you’re satisfied, but we would ask that you not speak of this again.”
“Of course.” The men left and they were alone at last.
His mind full of questions he couldn’t ask where they could be overheard, Inuyasha lay down on the single sleeping mat that had been laid out.
“Where will I…”
“There’s room for two.”
“Are you sure? I…”
“Just get over here.”
Miroku was nervous as he lay down, and Inuyasha spooned around him.
“You’re tense.”
“Inuyasha…”
“So, the thing about you liking to be dominated wasn’t an act?”
“No.”
“When you sneak off at night, it’s not to seek the company of a woman at all, is it?”
“Sometimes I’m with a woman, and sometimes a man. I sleep with both.”
“Would you sneak away if I was your lover for real?”
“I wouldn’t need to, but we can’t be lovers. Can we?”
Inuyasha kissed his neck. “I think we can. Do you want to be my lover?”
“Yes, I do.”
This time Inuyasha kissed his lips. “Tomorrow night, then.”
“Why not tonight?”
“Aren’t you sore? Besides, I don’t want an audience.”
“Okay, tomorrow.”
Inuyasha woke as early morning sunlight filled the room, wondering just when he'd fallen asleep, and he was smiling softly as he looked down at the man sleeping in his arms. He’d always wanted to kiss a lover awake, and now he finally had the chance.
“Mmm… Morning.”
“Morning yourself. Do we need any supplies? Or should we just leave town?”
“We need supplies.”
The shopping took less than an hour, and the girls were packed and ready to leave when they returned to the travelers hut. “Did you get the shard?”
“Yes.” Inuyasha handed it to Kagome.
As they left the village behind them, Kagome caught Sango’s eye and they shared a knowing look, then as one they looked ahead of them, at Inuyasha and Miroku holding hands. Later, they’d notice, spring apart, and make a huge deal out of nothing, but for the moment it was peaceful, and Kagome knew that her guess was right; they were cute together.