Forever Yours

Chapter Two: Luck Be a Lady

InuYasha couldn't believe his luck; he couldn't believe this was happening. He had with him a female that wanted him—if he was reading all the signs accurately.

One, that if he played all his cards correctly, might end up becoming his mate. While it was still too early to tell, it certainly wasn't a long shot.

Perhaps, (InuYasha allowed himself to hope), he had finally found the one his mother had always told him about as a child—the one that would forever erase his loneliness.

Often during his youth, and sometimes into his adulthood, he had dreamed about that special someone—and hardly dared to believe it would ever come true. He wasn't stupid. InuYasha knew, as a hanyou he wasn't the most desirable mate to most.

A hanyou—neither completely demon, nor human—knew better than to get his hopes up. Still, the idea was never far from the back of his mind.

And now, here he was, leading a female to his on again off again home, who had been giving him all the signs that she was more than willing to share his bed, and perhaps so much more.

The half demon just hoped that all this wasn't a hallucination. He couldn't bear the thought of yet another heartbreak.

Though he hated to admit it, deep down he was tired of being alone, and had all but given up hope of anything like this of ever happening.

In the past, when he had stumbled across unclaimed females, they had wanted little to do with him. Often times scorning is very existence. Some had even teased him, making him believe they had actually wanted him, only to hurt InuYasha far more deeply than he'd ever be willing to admit.

But this female—this Kagome—appeared far more different from the rest. So much so that he was more than willing to go father with her than any of the other's he had come across in his lifetime.

InuYasha came to sudden a stop, reaching his intended destination.

Kagome skidded to a halt beside him, unable to contain the surprise gasp that sent shivers of male pride running through InuYasha's body.

Before the pair stood a massively large tree, its roots entangled and imbedded into what seemed to be once a small mountain of rock. It was perhaps the tallest and thickest tree Kagome had ever laid eyes on.

"This is your home?"

InuYasha nodded, taking her hand and leading her around the massive growth, and into a barely noticeable opening near its roots.

Kagome couldn't help but survey her new surroundings with a sense of awe. It was obvious he didn't use it very often. InuYasha's scent was old here—several weeks in fact.

The inside of the tree seemed even larger than Kagome could have imagined. It was quite cool, and went back quite a ways. She noticed a small fire pit in the center—also rarely used. Several feet away towards the back, Kagome noticed a bed of furs.

Sun light trickled through several small openings in the wood, giving the place a homely feel.

"This is amazing…" Kagome whispered. She had never seen anything like this. The palace she had lived in with her parents had of course been beautiful and quite extensive, but it was nothing like this. InuYasha's home was something else—something unique and stunning all on its own.

InuYasha's rumbling growl of male pride finally drew Kagome's attention back towards him. He had somehow snuck up behind her, and was so close that she could feel the heat radiating off his body. She was sure, if she moved even a millimeter, they'd be touching.

The half demon was pleased that she was impressed with his home. It was his duty after all to make sure she was happy and well taken care of—or at least, it would be his duty if she accepted him completely and allowed him to play such a role in her life.

Kagome felt her own body flooding with heat at the mere idea of such a thing, and she knew that InuYasha sensed it as well.

He reached for her, trapping her body firmly against his own. InuYasha buried his nose into her hair, reveling in her scent. Kagome wined at the contact, begging him for more.

Unable to deny both her and his own desires, InuYasha spun her around in her arms, forcing her legs to wrap around his waist as her back simultaneously hit the cool wall behind her.

Kagome may have gasped in shock were it not for InuYasha's own lips claiming hers. Kagome's arms wrapped around his neck, only to become tangled in the silky tresses of his hair, as she pulled him nearer, needing to be as close to him as she possibly could.

The heat of his own body molding against her own, set aflame of desire so deep within Kagome that she never wanted it to douse.

InuYasha's lips reluctantly broke away from hers, only to leave a scorching trail of hot wet kisses from her chin and down her neck as his hands teased and caressed the exposed skin of her thighs.

Fleetingly, Kagome realized that maybe things were moving too fast, maybe they should slow down… But her mind was too hazy, too far gone to really do anything about it. The things InuYasha was doing to her body with just his mouth and hands were beyond words…

It wasn't until she felt InuYasha's deep chuckle against her neck that Kagome broke through her haze, and blushed deeply. A not so foreign grumbling had erupted from the pit of her stomach.

"Hungry?" InuYasha asked, placing one last yearning kiss along the exposed column of her neck.

Kagome nodded, thoroughly embarrassed as she buried her face into his chest. It had been a couple of days since she had had a decent meal, after all. Running from palace guards, did not exactly equate much time for stopping to hunt for real food.

"I can fix that." InuYasha said, a hint of humor still evident in his voice. Kagome's feet reached the floor as he stepped away from her, "I'll be back soon."

InuYasha gave her one last look of longing, as if willing her not to disappear before he returned. And then in a flash he was gone.

Kagome felt his presence disappear, and was struck with an odd sense of loneliness. She shrugged it off quickly, deciding then to distract herself and explore his home more thoroughly.

There wasn't much more to be seen, beyond what she had noticed at first glance. It was still massive to her gaze, and cool despite the summer heat.

Now alone, and able to clear her thoughts, Kagome was suddenly overwhelmed with fatigue. It had been a long day with so much excitement.

Deciding a nap wouldn't hurt, and not ready to deal with the reality of all that had transpired today, Kagome made her way over to the large bed of furs. She felt more than safe here, and figured InuYasha wouldn't mind if she used his bed.

Tucked comfortably in the one place InuYasha's scent was the strongest, Kagome was deep in slumber a few minutes later.

Kagome awoke, what she assumed was several hours later, to find InuYasha had started a fire, and was well into the process of gutting and cleaning what had once been a live deer. Mortified, she realized she must have been more tired than she had thought, to have slept through his return.

Kagome watched him work, impressed with his devotion to his cause, and enjoyed the look of absolute concentration on his face. He sat before the fire, one hand holding the animal in place, while the other cut it up into smaller pieces. It was an extraordinary image for Kagome, who had never once had the privilege of having someone prepare a meal for her in such a way.

The young inu-youkai female watched him for several more moments, before deciding it was time to reward him for his actions—for taking such great care of her.

Leaving the comfort of his bed, she made her way over to him. At her movement, InuYasha spared her one quick smirking glance, before returning to preparing their meal.

Kagome continued towards him, until she was able to crawl into his lap. Only then did he stop what he was doing to stare at the mischievous look in her eyes. The half demon only had time to raise an eyebrow questioningly before his body went rigid at the pleasurable feelings she began to evoke in him. Kagome's lips left tender kisses and nips along his neck, sending the male of her desires one message loud and clear: this could be yours if you play your cards right.

InuYasha growled appreciatively, desperately wanting to touch her, but unwilling to soil her beautiful Kimono with his blood stained hands.

Kagome pulled away then, placed one last chaste kiss upon his lips and looked into his intense golden eyes.

It would be several moments before InuYasha would be able to finish preparing the meal, but when he did, the pair would eat together in comfortable silence—more than content to enjoy the company of the other, wrapped in each other's arms.

Gah! Don't hate me! I didn't plan to take so long to update… I'm SOOO SORRY! Words cannot express how sorry I am! Many things happened this summer that seemed against me getting any work done with this fic! My computer broke, so I had to get a new one... Then I found myself lost in work, and by the time I had time to sit down and look at where I was going with the story, I decided to make some changes to the direction I had originally intended to go.

Please don't hate me too much! I'm back at school, and with a little bit more free time, so hopefully updates will be quicker.

I know the chapter is short, but by now you guys should know I'm the queen of short chapters! Also thinking about maybe censoring certain chapters I may post on here. The unedited versions would be on my deviantArt, and Eternal Destiny, as well as Archive Of Our Own. Not sure yet. I was wondering maybe what your guys take on this may be? I won't if you don't want me to. I guess I just would like your thoughts?

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