Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Mushishi, though… there are times where I wish I did.

Pairing: Adashino/Kagome

Summary: It's a harsh snowstorm. Hopefully someone will come and whisk Adashino-sensei from his boredom and loneliness.

1st Lover

The Good Doctor

Adashino looked out the window from his house. It was getting worse. He sighed. This year's snow storm was one of the worst ones this year. The damage in the village was already accumulating. He watched as the snow came down in a flurry, visibility was low and, even in his house, he could feel the cold bite at his skin.

He sighed. Dear god… he was so bored, it felt like he was suffocating. Being a prisoner of the weather. This is why he didn't like winter much.

He turned his head from the raging blizzard outside and towards the calendar that hung on the wall of his living room. It was already late December and he hadn't seen Ginko in a while. He took note of this and thought to himself that maybe his friend and specimen supplier would pop up to stay tonight. He smiled at the thought. Despite the sarcastic behaviour and annoying smile of the man in question, he was a good person and a good friend. He always did enjoy his visits. And it would be good entertainment.

Adashino was lost in his train of thought when he heard a faint knock on his door. He snapped to attention and moved from the living room to the entrance of his house. 'Speak of the devil…' thought to himself amusingly. He walked to the door, feeling giddy, now that his silver haired friend had come to rescue him from this torture. As the person behind outside knocked a bit more rapidly, he opened the door, expecting to be greeted by his silver haired friend.

Instead of his silver haired male friend, he found an odd looking woman at his doorstep. The woman at the door looked up at him, her blue eyes staring at him. He took in the features of the strange woman. She had the traditional black hair that all oriental women had, but her eyes were the most amazing shade of dark blue. Her clothes were quite odd to him. She wore a pair of loose black pants that tightened and ended at mid calf and a blue short sleeved shirt and a long black coat over the thin layers she had on. Her large yellow backpack seemed to dwarf her small size. Not the normal attire you would see around here.

After a while of observing the strange woman, she emitted a small sneeze that snapped the doctor out of his daze. Once she got his attention, she opened her mouth and spoke to him. "Excuse me Adashino-sensei, but I was caught in this snow storm and I have no other place to go, do you mind if I bunk here tonight?" Her soft soprano voice flowed through him and something inside of him clicked.

"Ah! Is that you Kagome-chan?" The woman in front of him giggled. He ushered the girl into his house, closing the door from the strong winds.

"And here I thought you forgot about me." The girl, now identified as Kagome, put her enormous backpack down on the ground in the small entrance. Adashino flashed a grin at her. Well, it might not Ginko, but she was just as good. "It's hard to forget somebody as memorable as you Kagome-chan?"

Kagome just laughed. 'I don't know anyone else that isn't affected by mushi at all.' He thought to himself. It was true, the woman that was brushing off that snow off her coat was a mushishi that cannot be affected by the mushi. It was quite amazing when he first heard of her. They had met when she had stumbled into his village, starving, dirty, and broke. Apparently, some petty thieves had robbed her and she was lucky they didn't kill her.

He took the coat that Kagome had shed off and draped it over his arm. "Alright Kagome-chan, I'll show you to your room. Did you eat yet?" asked as he guided the young woman over to her room. "Ah… Well… You know… I'm good." Kagome said, stuttering. Adashino just raised a brow when a low grumbling noise was heard from Kagome's stomach. Heat rose to her cheeks as he started to chuckle. His voice was a low baritone, the kind of voice that made Kagome shiver slightly.

When they arrived at her room, he placed the coat off on the side and pointed at one of the shelves. "The futon is in there, make yourself at home while I make you something to eat." Kagome was about to protest but he had already left the room.

She sighed at her friend, though she couldn't help but have a grin break through. She had missed this village. The people here were very generous when they heard that she was robbed. They all gave some of their crop to her and she was forever thankful to the village, as well as, Adashino, who had healed her from the minor injuries that was afflicted by the crooks. She walked over to where her coat was and put her yellow backpack beside it. She opened the bag and grabbed out a jar. It contained something that looked like a red bead in water. She smiled and pocketed the item.

As she crept out of her room silently, she made her way to the kitchen, where the pleasant smell of food drifted out. When she got to the kitchen door, she could see that had already taken out a bowl and was serving, what seemed to be a stew, to her. She giggled giddily, watching as he jumped a little from the sudden sound of her voice. He turned around and looked at her with a smile.

"Come on, before the food gets cold." Kagome nodded and walked towards him. gave her the bowl filled with warm goodness and their hands brushed. They both felt a small shock go through them but pretended nothing happened. It was then Adashino realized how cold Kagome's hands were.

Seeing as she was holding the bowl with only one hand, made a grab for the other one. He engulfed her slim, petite hand in his larger and calloused ones. Kagome felt her face heat up from the sudden gesture and she looked up at the taller man.

"Sensei, what are you doing?" He gave her a smile. "Keeping you from freezing, that's what." And with that said, he walked towards the living room, with her in tow. He had a lot to ask her, it HAD been a long time since he last saw her.

When the arrived in the room, they noticed the storm had gotten fiercer and the sound of the wind was loud. They both sat down at the low table and Kagome placed her bowl in front of her. She took out the vial from the pocket of her pants and handed it to. "Sensei, I found a rare one." smiled and took the small vial. His interest piquing, he reached into his kimono and took out a small magnifying glass.

'As expected of Kagome-chan, she found the one I wanted for my collection.' Thought happily.

Scrutinizing on the red orb, he gave a few sounds of approval, while Kagome ate away at the stew happily. When stopped examining the orb, he looked at Kagome as she finished the stew. "So, Kagome-chan, how much is it this time?" Seeing his happiness from receiving the specimen, Kagome just smiled. "It's okay sensei, it's on me this time." Adashino's face broke into a huge grin. "Thank you Kagome-chan!!!" He flung himself onto the smaller girl and proceeded to hug the life out of her.

Kagome giggled into to nape of his neck, her breath brushing lightly against his pulse. The doctor felt electricity shoot up his spine. With his face buried into her mass of soft black hair, whispered in her ear. "I've missed you." Kagome sighed and nuzzled herself into his neck.. "Me too sensei."

They stayed in that position for a minute before Kagome started to move back. As she leaned away from, he found that his arms were still held tightly in place. Perplexed, she gave a firm poke to the good doctor's shoulder. "Sensei, are you going to let go anytime soon?" She asked in a playful tone. She was answered with silence. Kagome was worried by the silence and looked up, only to find that he was looking at her with dark, smouldering eyes.

"Sensei?" Kagome said quietly. Lifting one arm, while keeper his other arm locked at her waist, he brushed a few stray strands of hair from her face. "You're very beautiful Kagome."

Kagome felt the heat rise to her face. This has never happened before. Most of the time, Adashino was a quiet gentleman. Running his free hand through her hair, grabbed the back of her head gently and closed the distance until their lips were a breath away from each other.

"I really missed you Kagome."

And with that, slammed his lips onto Kagome's soft ones. Kagome had no time to protest, nor the time to breathe. She was surprised by the kiss. It was passionate, she felt the want in him. It was quite mind blowing for her. As deepened the kiss, he was delighted that Kagome responded to him. His tongue darted out and gently asked probed Kagome's closed lips a little. Accepting the invitation, Kagome timidly opened up a little, only to have him invade and explore her mouth. She could feel herself melting into a pile of heated goo.

The doctor was leaning his weight slightly on her and Kagome quickly found her arms not being able to support them both and they ended up on the floor, her back on the floor while he propped himself up with his hand and knees, still in the moment of the passionate kiss.

As much as didn't want this to end, he knew that Kagome needed to catch her breath. slowly moved away from her. When looked down at her, he felt raw passion coarse through his veins. There she was, lying underneath him, breathing heavily, with dishevelled hair and a red heated face. She looked at him with glazed over eyes.

Suddenly, he felt a wave of guilt wash over him. He had just molested her on impulse. He felt quite terrible right now. He looked down at the small woman and opened his mouth to apologize, only to find her grabbing his kimono for support and having her passion hungry lips over his own. She broke the kiss and whispered words of love to him, which caused him to double his passion as he ravished her.

Right now, it didn't matter to Kagome or Adashino that there was a raging snow storm outside, or that the house was cold, or even the sound of the wind, banging at the door and calling their name. Right now, they both felt the liquid fire run through their veins as they went deeper into their passion. Right now, they both felt the warmth of each other, and that was all that they really needed.

*~*~ OMAKE ~*~*

As the wind whizzed past him and the biting cold froze him slowly, Ginko continuously pounded at the door of his 'good friend', Abashing house. He could see that there were lights on but no matter how much he pounded and shouted his 'friends' name, no one came to the door. There was nothing to comfort him but the frost and the wind. He felt tears weld up in his eyes as he continued to pound the door.

Author's Note: Ahahaha… I'm sorry to do that to you Ginko, I still love you. Well, that's the first of this little oneshot series. I hope you enjoyed it. For those of you who haven't read or watched 'Mushishi' before, I hope you do, it's very interesting.