Inuyasha shot up from his spot on the high tree branch. Kikyo was not far. He could smell her decaying scent. The mixture of earth, clay, and blood bathed her long dead body. Even in her demise he had still let the old torch burn for his forgotten lover. His pants, though rather baggy, began to tighten, making his arousal noticeable not only to humans, but any demon as well.
He bounded from his high perch and landed with swift skill and grace, so as not to wake the others with his hasty departure. As if making sure no one had heard him, he stood frozen on the spot a moment waiting for some kind of sign that everyone was still fast asleep. After about a minute he loosened his tensed muscles and began toward his secret lover. Once he was far enough away he began to sprint to her side, the smell of her flowing over his nostrils as he breathed in every bit of her.
A low throaty chuckle could be heard from a large formation of bushes, but no one had seemed to notice. Even the white haired hanyou had not heard a peep as he streaked past toward his undead mate. The unknown visitor's slight chuckle grew to a laugh as the dog man left the camp unguarded.
The stalker's golden eyes glistened in the moonlight as he turned his full attention to the slumbering camp. As he continued to eye the sleeping bodies he noticed that one of them was missing, besides Inuyasha.
He looked around desperately for the missing woman. Though he had watched the camp all-day he was at loss as to where the miko had run off. He began probing his brain for the lost information. As he began to rethink the events of that day, it came to him…
Flashback
She had pulled something out of a large bag and lit a fire. She was cooking some kind of noodles. The food's odor filled his nose even before the woman even attempted to call for everyone.
"Inuyasha! Hurry up, the food is getting cold!" Kagome yelled.
"Kagome, leave him. If he doesn't want 'the warm juicy roman' we made him, then screw him! We'll eat. Besides he probably already ate with-" The monk had been cut off by a fuming hanyou.
"Miroku, shut your face! I haven't ate yet! I'd just rather go searching for that jewel shard she was talking about earlier." Inuyasha complained.
"We'll look for the jewel as soon as you eat, Inuyasha!" The miko was growing impatient with the untrained half-breed.
"I think you have it all wrong, we'll leave now and eat later!" He argued.
"Dammit Inuyasha! I'm not doing this! I hope you starve!" Kagome yelled kicking over the bowl of roman and storming from the camp.
"Hey, I was gonna eat that!"
"Well, if you're really that hungry Inuyasha, there it is," She yelled pointing at the puddle of food. "You're a dog! A little dirt won't hurt you!" Then turned on her hells and continued away from camp.
"Wench! Get back here!" Inuyasha growled jumping from the tree and landing in the roman pool.
"Leave me alone! It's too late to go looking for that goddamn shard anyway! It's already long gone!"
"Damn you Kagome!" He yelled watching her leave camp.
"See what you did Inuyasha!" The demon slayer yelled running in the direction Kagome had gone.
"Well now Sango is gone! See what you do! You need to remember Kagome is a delicate soul and if you harm her physically or mentally you also hurt her best friends, by forcing her to leave not only you, but the rest of us aswell." Miroku explained irritably. "And by the way, when are you going to tell Kagome about mat-"
"Shut up Miroku! Someone might hear you!" Inuyasha growled pouncing on his friend.
"Miroku's right Inuyasha!" hollered a small fox demon, biting the half-breed.
Inuyasha pummeled the fox cub. "I ain't telling her!"
"You have to tell her! It starts officially at midnight." The monk pressed.
"No, I'm not telling her!" the hanyou growled. Before Miroku could object, Sango came back.
"I don' t know, she's really upset. God only knows when she'll come back." She informed them.
Later that evening…
"Good, everyone's asleep. I'll just grab my bag and take a trip to the Hot Springs. That should prove relaxing." Kagome thought aloud to herself…
End flashback
"So, that's where she went. I wonder if she's still there…" The golden eyed demon pondered.
Kagome was lounging in the Hot Springs when she heard quick footsteps to the north of her. As much as she wanted to know what the worthless mutt was up to, she decided against looking. He could be spying, of course she could just sit him and get out of the water unseen, but then he would get really pissy. She needed to head back to camp anyway, there was a youkai nearing camp. The others would need to be warned before anything happened...
Inuyasha made his way through the clearing where Kikyo awaited his arrival. Soul stealers floated over head, giving her skin a kind of glow effect. Inuyasha longed to caress her smooth milky clay-like body. His pants were constricting his bulging piece. No longer could he hold his feelings at bay.
Kikyo had noticed his throbbing package when he made it into the clearing and the hunger that now shown in his darkened eyes. His need for her left him vulnerable and all shields were down. She liked mating season, no matter his efforts he always found his way to her.
Though she was no longer part of the living she enjoyed rutting with her former love. It almost melted her frozen heart to know he had chosen her over that slut human harboring her lost soul.
Kagome look around to make sure no one was near… besides the youkai who no longer roamed by the camp, but began heading in her direction. Realizing how close it was she ducked behind a rock.
"If he can't see me then maybe he'll just keep going." Kagome thought aloud, hope rushing over her.
Little did she know, the demon had already made his way to the springs and knew very well that she was hiding behind the rock… A thin smile crept its way across the malicious lips of Kagome's unknown predator. "Guess again," His voice was cocky and full of amusement. "Come on out Kagome, that rock won't hide you forever, and my sorry excuse for a half-breed brother isn't here to rescue you."
"Inuyasha loves me!" Kagome yelled walking out from behind the rock and crossing her arms over here chest in embarrassment as Sesshoumaru ogled her. "He'll come! What do you want anyway? I don't have the Tetsaiga…"
"I thought that answer was obvious, I'm here for you. It's mating season and I will choose any mate I see fit." Kagome looked at him with confused look plastered on her face. "Don't you know why he is always running off at night?" She continued to stare. Sesshoumaru shook his head. "My brother is hopeless. Mating season… a time when demons, such as myself, look for a mate. Until now I have never made the life long commitment, but before… I never knew you. I had a really good feeling that my brother didn't know which of you he wanted."
Kagome held a hand up to stop him from going any further. "What do you mean 'which of you.' That suggests another."
Sesshoumaru nodded "Yes, it does. Kikyo to be exact. She and Inuyasha rut all the time. All you are to him is a shard detector. You follow him around like a lost puppy. Don't you see that when he looks at you all he's doing is looking right through you? He doesn't want to see Kagome, he wants to see Kikyo." He explained. "He didn't even tell you about the mating ritual. He left you in his era with no knowledge of what our kind do."
Kagome's eyes bulged as his words sunk in…
Flashback
"…And by the way, when are you going to tell Kagome about mat-"
"Shut up Miroku! Someone might hear you!" Inuyasha growled pouncing on his friend.
"Miroku's right Inuyasha!" hollered a small fox demon, biting the half-breed.
Inuyasha pummeled the fox cub. "I ain't telling her!"
"You have to tell her! It starts officially at midnight." The monk pressed.
"No, I'm not telling her!" the hanyou growled. Before Miroku could object, Sango came back.
End flashback
For a few moments all Inuyasha did was stare, wanting to move to her, but the smell of his brother filled his nose. He was roaming just north of the camp… and…
"Kagome," The name slipped his lips before he could stop himself.
The woman before him suddenly stood up, eyes wide, aura flaming. "You dare speak that bitch's name in my presence! If she is who you seek I suggest you leave before I have your head!" She shrieked unable to control her rage.
"Kikyo… no… I… my brother…" He stammered.
"Inuyasha, you fool! Of course your brother! It's mating season! If you had a care at all for that little whore then why didn't you send her home?" She ranted. "Your brother has needs just as you do and it seems he's found someone to fulfil his wishes. Her virginity will only make her all the sweeter when he decides to perform the ritual."
Inuyasha was stuck between two options, save Kagome and possibly fix the large mess he had made, risking his and Kagome's lives or stay with Kikyo where he knew his emotions would stay at bay and he could fulfil his own desires.
Finally making his decision he stepped forward toward Kikyo and stole a kiss from his dead maiden. Pulling away from her he whispered an apology and ran toward the Hot Springs.
'If Sesshoumaru so much as touched her, he'll die on this night.' He cursed running South to the Hot Springs.
He almost regretted leaving Kikyo, but part of him knew that when it came down to Kagome's innocents and his desires she came first. Besides, when he was done Kikyo would still be waiting for him.
'Damn that worthless hanyou! He didn't fall for the bait! I'll have to take my business somewhere else.' Sesshoumaru thought, as his brother's scent became stronger the closer he got to the springs.
"Kagome, I am not up for games right now. I'll explain all the details back at my castle." He cooed wrapping muscular arms around her.
"What are you doing." Kagome shrieked. "Put me down! Let me go!"
His instincts began to take over at the sound of her pleading. His eyes widened no longer gold, but red. Kagome screamed as Sesshoumaru changed into his dog form and began toward his home.
From where Kagome sat on his back she could see Kikyo staring off in the distance. Following her gaze Kagome saw Inuyasha before his brother practically plowed over the half-breed counter part. Kagome screamed again in fear and desperation. Right now Inuyasha was her only hope.
Her pleas where at the ears of one demon also lurking near the springs and a sleeping camp. If Inuyasha didn't hurry her only chance would be to jump off Sesshoumaru's back and wish for a soft landing or someone to come to her rescue. At the moment neither seemed in her favor.
Kagome screams reached the roaming demon first who immediately sprang to life at his lost love's voice. Running as fast as his jewel powered legs would let him; he slowly caught up to Sesshoumaru.
"Kagome, I love you! Jump into my arms and I will carry you to safety." The demon yelled.
"Kouga, is that you?" Her voice filled with hope.
"Yes, now jump from that beasts back and into my arms. I promise only good shall come of this." Kouga coaxed.
"Yeah right Casanova, all your thinking about is the ritual you'll perform afterwards!" Kagome's ears were filled with Inuyasha's cocky voice.
"Back off dog breath! I was here first. I call dibs so she's mine!" Kouga spat at the half-demon.
"What did you say? We'll just see about that!" Inuyasha stopped following his brother and pounced on Kouga, knocking both of them into a ditch.
Kagome bowed her head. There was no way she was going to be saved at this rate. She looked ahead to see where they were and there stood the castle only feet away. Kagome let out one last scream of hope, the loudest yet, hoping that it would echo through the woods and to the camp.
Miroku shot up from his bedroll as a deafening scream much like Kagome's reached his ears.
"Kagome!" He yelled. "She still isn't back yet! Something must have happened to her."
"What is it Miroku?" Shippo asked sleepily. "Is something wrong?"
The monk nodded. "I do believe that scream came from Kagome. I knew this was going to happen! I should have known not to trust Inuyasha with that information. Now something has taken her away!"
Sango sprang to life at a light squeezing on her behind. Slapping the pervert next to her she began yelling profanities.
"Sango please, Kagome has been taken. It's not the time to lecture me!"
"Perverted priest!" She mumbled loudly under her breath. "What, who took Kagome?"
"I don't know and I'm a monk, not a priest." He corrected.
"So then how do you expect to find her? Inuyasha's gone too!" Shippo whined.
"No I'm not!" Declared a wounded Inuyasha. "Sesshoumaru took her… to his castle… Kouga's after her too."
"So that's the demon I sensed earlier today…" Miroku pondered.
"You stupid monk! You knew there was a demon near by and you didn't even warn us?" Inuyasha was enraged.
"Why do you care? You wouldn't have listened anyway. You're to busy caught up in dead pussy that the ones around you that count the most don't count at all!"
Sango stepped between the two arguing men. "Stop this! We all have been fudging on our friendships and Inuyasha, you more so. Not telling Kagome of this night! Thinking you were some how helping her! All you did was help set her up as fresh meat! Think of the other's that could have taken her? What if it had been Naraku and not your brother? What would you do then? What about the other's still to come?"
"No one else is comin' and if I have anything to say about it then my brother ain't havin' her either!" Inuyasha roared.
"Then what are you doing here at camp? Shouldn't you be off trying to kill your brother?" Miroku asked.
"Kouga is there too, I need someone to hold him back while I attack Sesshoumaru." Inuyasha informed.
(A/N) HA HA HA! Yes, I stopped it there! Don't Ya love me? Kisses! Muah! Bibi ;p