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[ruddcatha]

It takes a friend to open your eyes is now live!!

A collaboration with @clearwillow for @inu-spiration!

Summary: Kagome and Inuyasha end up as roommates, but it quickly becomes apparent that there are ... difficulties living with each other. When a friends comment makes them both realize what their anger was hiding, what happens when sparks begin to fly during a fight?

Y’all need to check out the art from Clearwillow, it is absolutely amazing and I only hope I have done her work justice!!!

[inu-spiration]

Written in the Stars: A Tanabata Inu-spiration Bang: July 7, 2024

Mark Your Calendars: Sign-Ups Begin March 15th

Hi everyone! We are very pleased to announce that our first inu-spiration event of 2024 will be a Tanabata bang!

Tanabata, or, "evening of the seventh," is a star festival held yearly in Japan. It celebrates the meeting of the dieties Orihime and Hikoboshi, whose stars are kept separate in the skies, and can only meet once per year. While the festivities can take place in July and August (often overlapping with Obon), the start of the festival is July 7. In honor of the festival, we hope you will join us for our sixth (!) Inu-spiration bang!

Sign-ups for the bang will begin March 15th and run through April 1st. It will be a traditional bang, meaning that artists will either draw to the story that a writer conceives, or the two will collaborate on the concept.

For more information, and to learn more about the schedule, check out our FAQ page!

[sereia1313]

Afterglow

@inu-spiration always comes up with such great themes! I had the privilge of working with @stardust414 and she created a stunning piece of art to go with our idea!

Read it on Ao3 and FFnet.

See (and swoon) over Stardust's art here!

Summary: Usually, Sesshoumaru paid the mortals no mind. They’d built him a splendid temple, and offerings littered the steps daily, but the gifts had begun to wane, and the murmurs of a goddess taking human form had begun to get louder.

Sneak Peek

A creak of the cottage door had him bounding back into the trees, unwilling to give up his cover even with his glamour firmly intact. He watched with wide eyes as a woman clad in pale robes and a determined glare stepped outside of the safety of her enclosure.

"Who's there?" she demanded. Sesshoumaru kept still, not wanting to relinquish his position even as her eyes flickered in his direction.

Breath stilled in his lungs as he was engulfed in an oceanic tempest, waves crashing upon his psyche as she held him captivated. The flush of her cheeks was nothing compared to the ferocity in her eyes, and it was a wonder he hadn't been burned on the spot.

She was stunning.

Raven curls fell around her shoulders, slightly tangled, as if she'd been pulled from a deep sleep. Chin raised defiantly, she scanned the area, hands gripping the door. She looked nothing like any goddess he had seen before, but he wished her to be one all the same. If he were a lesser being, he'd have grovelled at her feet—if only to get a better view.

"I do not fear you," she called out. "And you will find no solace here. Be gone before you meet the same end as your brothers." She was steadfast, like a warrior ready for battle, and Sesshoumaru remained still until well after she'd disappeared back inside.

Perhaps he'd been too hasty. Any female would've felt threatened if they'd heard noises outside their home so late at night. To his credit, he hadn't expected anything, let alone her, but he'd covered his tracks, his aura and presence hidden, so the fact she'd sensed anything piqued his curiosity.

Leaning back against the tree, intent on keeping an eye on her until she was willing to answer his questions, he rested one arm upon a bent knee, casting his gaze upward to the darkened sky. There must have been candles lit from within, as she'd glowed when she'd opened the door. But even as that thought crossed his mind, his brow pinched into a frown.

She'd felt human.

[mamabearcat]

It's actually Friday here in Oz, so I'm being fashionably late. But @elkonigin and I are cooking up something together for Halloween @inu-spiration which we hope you'll enjoy.

This isn't the main piece of art, but one of the little extra watercolour sketches to whet your appetite. By the pricking of my thumbs...

[wheremydreamsliethereyoullfindme]

Love Affairs: an Inukag story for the Inu-spiration 4 event!

Happy New Year and happy @inu-spiration ! This time I had the pleasure to work with the wonderful @nartistadigital...you just wait and see her amazing art!! She recommend me to watch this lovely kdrama named Business Proposal, I was so hooked that I may or may not have binged the whole thing in two days and so this story came to be. Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Story Summary: Kagome agrees to go on a blind date pretending to be Sango, to save her friend from an unwanted suitor, but she finds out her date is none other than her despicable boss, Inuyasha Taisho.

“Will you marry me?”

“What?”she almost dropped her phone, too shocked to maintain her motor functions.

“I’m asking you to marry me.” A deep intake of breath on the other side of the phone, his temper flaring even at distance, “It’s the third time I said that. Are you perhaps deaf, Sango-san?”

There were two big problems with that sentence: she was totally not gonna marry her boss and she was definitely not Sango.

[otaku-108]

Hungry like a wolf

Here's my piece for @inu-spiration!

I worked with the awesome @mynightshining on a little KogKag reunion that is just lovely 😍 Read it here! https://archiveofourown.org/works/57445606

Thank you all for the event ❤️❤️❤️

[eliza-faust-diary]

Hello! For this Tanabata Bang by @inu-spiration I worked with amazing @mayarab and made a KagSan illustration! :D What kind of conversation are they having? Be sure to read the story "Vino Veritas" here on AO3!

[demadraws]

Another collaboration in the books! It was so fun to make this piece for @ahufflepuffhobbit's beautiful fic, Bruises on the Heart (Link to AO3). It's so tender and sweet and FUNNY – great comedic timing in this one, pals. I hope you read it :)

[fawn-eyed-girl]

An Auspicious Fortune:

an @inu-spiration collaboration with @stardust414

Hi everyone! I'm very pleased to share my contribution to @inu-spiration: "An Auspicious Fortune" (Rated T), features a pining Inuyasha, a Sango who gets a troublesome fortune, and a Miroku who's trying to keep it all together.

I was very inspired by @stardust414's gorgeous art; please be sure to give them all of the love!! And please enjoy our little art and story 💖

Sneak peek under the cut!

Inuyasha’s scowl deepened. “Don’t fuckin’ joke with me, Miroku,” he grumbled, and turned his head away.

“Come, come now,” Miroku cajoled him, patting his friend on the shoulder. “You can tell me, Inuyasha. We’ve been friends a long time; we’re business partners now, right?” He dropped from a squat to his knees. “What’s troubling you, old friend?”

Inuyasha grouched, and pulled a piece of paper from his pocket. Miroku recognized it immediately; it was a small red omikuji, just like the one Sango and the children were waiting in line for. Miroku held out his hand. “May I?” he asked, kindly.

“Keh.” Inuyasha shoved it at him. “Don’t fuckin’ matter, anyway.”

“I’m sure that it does.” Miroku took the omikuji and opened it. His eyes grew wide at the fortune. “Why, Inuyasha, it’s…”

“A dai-kichi,” Inuyasha muttered. “Yeah, I know.”

Miroku tried to keep his composure. Why would a great blessing irritate his friend so?

“But, Inuyasha,” Miroku began, trying to see the reason, “isn’t this what you’ve wanted? What you’ve been waiting for?”

Inuyasha whipped around to face Miroku, who was stunned to see Inuyasha’s eyes wet with tears. “What I’ve been waiting for, you damn monk,” he hissed, “is for Kagome to fuckin’ come back through that well, not for some stupid, shitty fortune promising that some vague great thing’s gonna happen! Who knows what that’ll be!”

“Maybe it will be her,” Miroku reasoned.

“Yeah,” Inuyasha scoffed, “or maybe my brother will finally eat shit and die.”

Miroku choked back a laugh. 

[mamabearcatfanart]

It's almost reveal day! Here's a sneaky peak of a tiny bit of the art I'm working on. I know you're going to love the story it's inspired by!

[moonkissedart]

From the next chapter of Nextlahualtin by @procrastinatorrexii 🤫

[inu-spiration]

Written in the Stars: A Tanabata Inu-spiration Bang

Sign-Ups are now open!

Hi everyone! The inu-spiration mods are very excited to announce that sign-ups for our sixth Inu-spiration event, called "Written in the Stars: A Tanabata Inu-spiration Bang", are now open!

The sign-up form can be found here. The form is the same for artists, writers, and betas, and we've included an option for pinch hitting, as well.

Sign-ups will be open until April 1st 📝

Questions? Check out our FAQs or send us an ask 💌

We hope you will join us, and can't wait to see all the new creations this event will bring!

[sereia1313]

Can't WAIT to share my final piece for @inu-spiration's Tanabata event! But until then, enjoy a little snippet of God-Sesshoumaru!

Sneak Peek

He'd never been gone this long before. The humans were starting to worry, rumours of incoming plagues and other such petty disasters stirring their fear, but it was said rumours that had caused his descent from the sky in the first place.

Usually, he paid them no mind. They'd built him a splendid temple, and offerings littered the steps daily, but the gifts had begun to wane, and the murmurs of a goddess taking human form had begun to get louder.

He snorted. No one was more beautiful than him, no female for that matter, and none would dare invade his territory. There had been peace amongst the deities for centuries; it was the humans who enjoyed bloodshed and drama. Some of the demi-gods, his brother included, enjoyed spurring them on, but Sesshoumaru had better things to do than engage in their squabbles for entertainment.

He was only down here in the first place because he was bored.

He didn't have anything against them—they worshiped him well enough—but there was something earthy about them that had him thankful he had so little contact with them in the first place. It was his job to guide them throughout the night, to give them hope during long voyages, and perhaps entrance a pair of lovers now and then.

Sighing, he ran a hand through his dark hair. This was another reason he didn't enjoy his time in the mortal realm. Scents were stronger, the ground harder, and he was forced to wear a guise in order to fit in. Others of his breed traipsed around in their true form while among the humans, but his markings tended to frighten rather than fascinate, so it was less of a headache to pretend to be one of them.

Keeping to himself, he strode purposely toward the heart of the village. It wasn't spectacular by any means, but there was a constant buzz of activity, patrons chatting amongst each other as they bought food for dinner or trinkets for loved ones.

Sesshoumaru bypassed all of it, shadows scampering away as he flared his power. The crowds eventually tapered off, leaving him on a single road headed north. Small stone statues carrying candles lit his way as the sun began to set, twilight darkening the sky.

He passed an old woman headed in the opposite direction, and she smirked, tapping his leg with her cane. "Ye are too late to witness her glory, young pup. Perhaps she will grace you with her presence tomorrow." He gave her a questioning look, and she had the audacity to laugh at him. "There is no other reason to be headed down this road."

"Perhaps I am simply taking in the sights," he said, hands hidden within his sleeves.

"Ah, but what a particular sight to behold." She turned toward him, squinting at him with her one good eye. "They say she is descended from Kisshouten-sama or is even the goddess herself in human form. But she is elusive, hiding away in her garden while she gathers power to fight the spirits that haunt us."

He kicked a stone at the thought, the so-called spirits hissing before disappearing from the path he'd been taking. There were certainly more than the usual amount within the village, but nothing he needed to be worried about.

They culminated in darkness, festering on nights of the new moon, and he supposed he could understand the woman's worry, considering how long he'd been absent from the sky. He needed to put this rumour to rest so he could return to his duties. "Has she been here long?"

The woman hummed, giving him a knowing smile. "As long as necessary. The spirits come with their teeth bared, but she will have none of it." She thumped the ground with her cane. "They wouldn't dare attack us with her present."

He raised an eyebrow at that. The spirits gave him a wide berth, but few others commanded their attention enough to keep them away from humans. He took another step in the so-called goddess' direction, but the woman caught his foot with her cane. "If ye seek the take advantage, you will find yourself banished."

He was tempted to show his true colours, but he could sense no taint within her soul, so he inclined his head. "I merely wish to pay tribute to the one protecting the village."

She eyed him up and down, then shrugged. "Try as you might, she will not venture out of her garden at night."

"I will keep that in mind," he replied.

"See that you do." She finally released his foot and then carried on her way. Sesshoumaru found it curious that she had given such a stern warning yet never once looked back, but she was not his concern that night.

He had confirmed, at least to a point, the existence of someone impersonating a god, and regardless of the creature's intentions, it was a crime punishable by death.

[procrastinatorrexii]

“I just want to see–” She reached for his clenched hand, and he moved convulsively, pushing her away with the arm he still held and jerking the other hand out of her reach at the same time. “Ow!” Kagome cried when his claws scraped her skin, scoring four thin red lines on her upper arm. 

He blinked, looking up at her for the first time, and she realized that the whites of his eyes were fully red. It jolted the glimmer out of her mind, for the moment; “What– hey, are you ok?” 

He blinked again, and seemed to have trouble forming the words, “I– I don’t– can’t-” He showed his fangs, and they were longer than Kagome remembered. She tried to take a step back, but his grip on her made it impossible. 

She flinched when his hand slid down her arm, but there was nothing to fear; his hand slid down to cup hers, almost tenderly, “I can’t have this,” he gritted out the words like he was hurting.

[ruddcatha]

SPIRIT RUN

Spirit Run, an @inu-spiration collaboration between @classysassy9791 and myself is now live on Ao3! The art that inspired this story is absolutely amazing, and heartbreaking!

Summary: A yokai attack leads to an encounter that shakes the InuTachi to the core, and sends Kagome and Inuyasha on a race for her life.

Be sure to check all all the amazing works that have been posted with this collaboration event!

[teharrarose]

Sweeter Echoes, Crackling Embers

My favorite part of a project is when you find the art that properly tells the story you want to tell. @lunaticmarkers -- here from tumblr -- ((lunaticmarkers.tumblr.com)) brought to life our story Sweeter Echoes, Crackling Embers unlike anything I could have done alone. They brought their talent and we hit a homerun!

Check it out here, our story, Sweetest Echoes, Crackling Embers -- written for the 72 Hour Murderboy Game Jam 2024 -- https://teharra-rose.itch.io/sweeter-echoes-crackling-embers