Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, not the Hanyou, Anime series, or Magna. I do not own any of the other characters involved with the series Inuyasha, and all credit and profits belong to Rumiko Takahashi, thus I make no money from this piece of writing.
Summary: Kagome is 17 now and the battle with Naraku is almost over. Things should be somewhat easier at this point but Kagome's mother is responsible for a major dent in plans. Mrs. Higurashi agrees to allow a 17 year old exchange student to use Kagome's room, while Kagome is in the feudal era, for one year! How will they explain Kagome's absences? Is this girl destined to find out? What impact will it have?
WARNING: Ok, reality time. The characters of the magna, especially Inuyasha, curse. I have read this first hand and also have seen it, well heard it rather, in the anime episodes that are in original Japanese. This means that I will be cursing in my writing- only occasionally because I do think it can cause good literature to appear trashy, but nevertheless I will be cursing. If I feel the character I'm writing would add in a fuck or a shit or a bitch! I will write it in their lines.
Also I understand most of us have only seen the cartoon friendly version of Inuyasha, curse free, on adult swim. As I've already explained though that isn't the case here so please do not message me or review me saying don't curse, or they don't curse in the animation- yes they do- and please don't ask me to change my writing to make you feel more comfortable- I'm from New Jersey cursing isn't something I'll even acknowledge you asking me to refrain- it is as completely natural as breathing. K, that's it thanks.
IF YOUR READ NO OTHER PART OF THIS AUTHORS NOTE, READ THIS PART: In this fic, I wrote something like "She would promise him downright sinful idea's"-You'll understand with what context I used those words once you read through this. Please understand, they're all from the past except Kagome, whose like the original girl next door. Point being, sinful ideas, coming from the feudal area, granted were they from Miroku would be worse, but coming from anyone else, are things like French kissing, hand holding, and some mild, I mean extra mild, hold the grope, petting. This is because its 500 years in the past and you'll get it when you read it, just keep it in mind. I don't want to hear any complaints in reviews unless you have a valid point. Ok onward! lol
It had been three weeks since Kagome's last return to her time. She still hadn't met the new girl yet and this was going to be her first time arriving home. Kagome and her mother had talked about the idea of Kagome maybe coming out of the Well one day early, radioing in Kagome's intentions to come home to her mother, and then once her mother knew she could tell the new American that Kagome was due back from the hospital for a visit. This seemed the most logical plan, but it really wasn't. The search for Naraku and the shards took the group great distances away from the Well, even if Kagome borrowed Kilala, she couldn't really use the Well to get home and then go back for another day. Complications with Inuyasha caused a lot of the trouble too.
Kagome sighed dejectedly thinking about their latest fight. It troubled her that Inuyasha couldn't at least part ways one time without their being some big fight. Secretly, she really loved that he cared enough to make protest, and Shippo, Sango and Miroku had a various times throughout their history together travel companions, told her that Inuyasha was withdrawn when she was away, he missed her terribly, and that was the reason he argued with her.
"Kagome? Why are you sitting here all by yourself?"
Screaming like the hounds of hell were after her, more in fright than anything else, Kagome jumped out of the recently dark abandoned Well and thirteen feet into the air.
"INUYASHA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!"
"You left this back in the feudal era."
He wasn't going to fight with her, he had no intentions of being sat, he just wanted to return the book, get one more look at her so he could better fast while she was gone. It was hard going without her; he'd eventually miss not only her smell in the group, but seeing her face, and the sound of her voice.
Inuyasha extended a clawed hand in front of him, in his hand was Kagome's mini school bag filled with some of her school supplies that she and her mother had bought a few weeks ago. Kagome was touched that Inuyasha had brought them for her.
"Inuyasha, you actually came back here to give me these? Are you feeling ok?"
Inuyasha was actually enjoying the moment until Kagome put her hand against his head too see if he was really sick.
He jerked his head away none to politely.
"Hey! I'm not sick just because I did something nice!"
"Yeah, but you may be coming down with something."
Kagome was only kidding but enjoying the exchange nevertheless. At this point the two of them had made their way out of the well, Kagome had set her bag down on the side of the old Well's wooden frame, and she had taken her shards, which were currently in a pocket on her short green skirt, and placed them gently inside the bag with the rest of her stuff. She wouldn't want to forget them later when she put her clothes in the wash, not that it was extremely likely, but still always good to be cautious.
"Gee, try to do something nice for somebody, show them you care and all a guy gets is put downs, next time I'm just going to throw that stupid bag in the damn river."
Inuyasha let a few more choice words go as he continued muttering to himself.
"Oh Inuyasha, it isn't so bad, I'm sorry, thank you, I really do appreciate that you brought my stuff back."
Inuyasha feigned indifference, turning his head away stubbornly, and putting his hands in his sleeves. Kagome would never be 100 positive, but, at that moment she could have sworn she'd heard Inuyasha "humph" like a small child. He really looked like an angry puppy who'd just lost a game of fetch. The mental picture alone caused Kagome to dissolve into a fit of giggles and she put her hand over her mouth to stifle the sound. Inuyasha would only be angrier if he thought she was calling him a puppy again.
"Come on now Inuyasha, you aren't that angry," Kagome hesitantly snaked a hand up to pet Inuyasha's dog ears. Starting at the base she massaged the little dorsal veins she felt there and even rubbed the pointed tip.
Instantly Inuyasha's face relaxed, his posture dropped, his eyes became laden and began to close, remaining only half open. There was also, some sort of humming, what was that? A noise she could hear, very, very faintly.
Kagome could hear something, rumbling of some sort… she put her head a little closer to hear better. Was Inuyasha… purring? No… not purring…this didn't sound like Buyo this sounded almost like… happy rumbling of the belly… Kagome couldn't explain it but it did help lighten the mood, and she stifled more giggles, without realizing it, when Kagome had leaned closer to Inuyasha, her hand moments had faltered, only slightly, because she was busy trying to hear. Apparently he had noticed.
"Hey, still mad, don't stop."
Kagome turned deep scarlet red. That was definitely Inuyasha speaking, but his voice, which was usually so frank and rough, was softer, almost husky, he was clearly enjoying himself. Looking up at Inuyasha, his eyes were closed, his weight swayed slightly from foot to foot, his face was relaxed and he looked almost asleep. His mouth was parted and his breathing was even. Kagome felt like she was intruding on the most private moment of another individual, and then increasing her ministrations on his ear, and noticing the noise in his chest pick up, she realized something.
She wasn't intruding on any sort of private moment; she and Inuyasha were creating one, together. This was her and him, alone, and he was responding to something she was doing! He was responding, pleasantly, to her touch and her stimulation, not Kikyou or anyone else's. Joy, pure undiluted joy, it hit her in waves and rolled off of her. She briefly wondered if Inuyasha knew how happy he was making her. In the darkness of the Well house, standing there in silence by the Well itself, Kagome could clearly hear Inuyasha's sharp intake of breath through his nose, disturbing his own peaceful deep breathing patterns.
Inuyasha groaned in pure appreciation, something Kagome remembered doing when she'd woken up on Christmas to discover her mother had made fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. That appreciative moan that someone makes when they smell something mouth watering. That noise that comes from the mouth, but is made by the stomach, Kagome remembered she couldn't wait to eat one of those cookies. Inuyasha made that noise now, a deeper moan than even she had ever made, but Kagome didn't understand why until he was making the sound until he spoke.
"Your scent changed," unconsciously he leaned a little closer, Kagome for her part, never stopped her hand moments, "you smell so good happy."
Kagome blushed again; she must have been the envy of every unripe tomato, being as red as she was by now. It was just at that moment Kagome realized, she was the cookies on Christmas morning, and she was the savory aroma causing Inuyasha to groan. Berating herself slightly for acting like an immature teenager, Kagome did a mental
'HOO-RAY! Kagome One, Dead Miko Zero!'
Before settling down and re-submerging her-self into this perfect, most excellent moment.
Inuyasha's hands had come to rest lightly on Kagome's hips; he wanted her closer, much, much closer. He couldn't though; he didn't want to do anything he'd regret later, but Gods everything felt so good right now. Kikyou hadn't touched his ears while he was alive. Not out of fear, exactly, but more because she saw it has sacrilegious. He was half demon and she was a priestess, and the ears were part of his demonic DNA so to speak. He didn't think Kagome and he were doing anything inappropriate but this felt so good. It was a wonderfully fun moment if nothing else, but it was also sensual and sweet and he could count on one hand the amount of times this sort of pleasurable experience had come his way. Once, admittedly, had been the kiss with Kikyou by the boat on the river, but even that had been closed and sectioned off. Kikyou would not allow Inuyasha to ever put his tongue in her mouth, not while he was a half-demon, and she was a priestess. She would promise him downright sinful idea's though about things she would do if she were an ordinary woman and not a virtuous priestess, once the jewel was gone and the demon within was diminished.
Kagome was just being indulgent though. She asked for nothing in return for this exchange, and at its core, this was innocent. Kagome was displaying affection for Inuyasha, openly and unabashed. Inuyasha wanted to show Kagome his affection for her too.
Inuyasha's hands, which had been idly resting on Kagome's hips, wrapped full circle around her as he brought his arms up around her waist. Kagome, who'd been standing on tip-toe the entire time to reach Inuyasha's ears, was much relieved when he began to bend his head forward. Although he'd only dipped his head done in order to better inhale her scent, he could smell Kagome's enjoyment wafting off of her, she was liking this just as much as he was, if not more. She smelled even lovelier, which he did not think was at all possible, when she was happy. He inhaled extra deep, exhaling slightly.
It was then that Kagome realized how extremely close they'd moved towards each other. Now that Inuyasha's head was bent slightly, she could feel his breath as he exhaled, close as he was standing it hit her cheek on its way out of his mouth.
As for Kagome, she had no intention of not breathing, despite how difficult the task had recently become. She exhaled herself, her own breath slightly rushed, just a little, due to her excitement. Her sheer excitement, because even after this incredible moment had passed, when this exchange between the two of them ended, Kagome knew no matter what, that this was a dear moment in her life. For the rest of her life, when she would search for a meaning about the connection between the two of them, even though what they shared at this moment was so small, she loved that she was sharing it with Inuyasha. Her heart, at the moment, was trying to relay that love by physically jumping out of her chest. Seriously, she thought her breast bone was going to shatter her heart was beating so hard.
In the calm of this moment, while exchanging air between the two of them, with a rosy tint on her cheeks, and with Inuyasha's arms around her, he suddenly opened his eyes. This startled Kagome and she almost went to step back, but his mellow golden orbs had reached a new level of magnificence for Kagome, they were topaz, they were filled with love, they were aimed straight at her. She was spell-bound.
His arms tightened around her waist, he wanted to show his affections for her, here, freely where the world couldn't judge them. Here where they were alone. He looked quickly from her eyes, to her mouth, and then back to her eyes. He hoped they showed her everything he was feeling for her and more. He began to move closer.
"Grandpa Higurashi! Can I go look at the Well house?!"
The cry had come from outside. It had given Inuyasha and Kagome limited warning and she didn't need Inuyasha's sensitive hearing to know they were heading this way. The voice wasn't one Kagome recognized and Souta would not have called their grandpa, grandpa Higurashi so she could only assume the moment of confrontation she'd been so desperately trying to avoid was upon them.
"Oh my god! They're coming in here! She can't see us!"
Kagome frantically grabbed Inuyasha by the front of his shirt, and throwing caution to the wind backed herself up until she felt her thigh hit the lips of the Well, shifting her weight backwards she allowed gravity to pull her downward into the Well, head first, with Inuyasha following, due largely in fact to her holding his shirt as she threw herself backwards, landing less than gracefully on top of her at the bottom. The things she did for love. Kagome thought one second too late about the fact that her shards were in her yellow backpack, her yellow backpack was on the side of the Well, in perfectly plain few.
They hit the bottom, Kagome first, just seconds before the door to the Well house burst open, flooding the tiny area with light and causing Kagome to realize just how painful it was landing under Inuyasha, something she had imagined many times only without the bruising.
"WHAT THE F-umph!
Inuyasha was quickly cut off as Kagome placed her hand over his mouth starring directly into his eyes. This would have been something of a romantic moment if she weren't about to pass out from anxiety. She swore if she managed to avoid some sort of altercation, she would kill her mother for this predicament.
"This Well has been here for over 500 year's it-
"Excuse me, Grandpa?"
The man refused to let Lisa call him shrine dude, as she had tried repeatedly to do, to no avail.
"Hmm, yes?"
"What's this yellow backpack doing here?"
"Yellow backpack what-
Grandpa's eyes nearly bulged out of his skull, how had Kagome's backpack gotten here, he quickly searched around for anything that screamed exposure.
About six feet below the surface Inuyasha and Kagome, still too nervous to move, remained perfectly still, with Kagome's hand over Inuyasha's mouth, both of them sweating bullets.
"That? Oh, uh, that, was probably left here by one of the tourists!"
He not only sounded nervous, but like he'd just thought it up. Subtly wasn't his strong suite.
"Well what are we going to do with it now?"
Below them Kagome had breathed a sigh of relief removing her hands from Inuyasha's mouth. She didn't catch the look of disappointment in his eyes; she didn't realize he was already scolding himself for even letting things get that far, nor did she know it would never happen again, as far as he was concerned. Shifting so as to free herself from his weight, which was still resting on top of her, Kagome began to wiggle away to the side, very accidentally brushing against Inuyasha's groin.
Immediately, and silently Inuyasha's hands flew towards Kagome's legs pushing them down flat against the ground-Was she insane! Did she want them to get caught! It was all Inuyasha could do not to groan out loud, but he wouldn't have, even if the American hadn't been up above them, he just wasn't about to let Kagome know how much her little knee jerk had affected him. How much, in truth, she could affect him.
Kagome, however, realizing instantly what her knee had touched could not contain the gasp of both shock and embarrassment that escaped her mouth, especially when Inuyasha's hand was suddenly on her leg. Needless to say the gasp echoed off the walls and Inuyasha and Kagome exchanged worried glances.
"Hey did you hear that Grandpa? I think it came from inside the Well," Lisa began to approach the Well beginning to look over.
"Tours over!"
Grandpa's sudden shrill scream startled Lisa and she jumped back, afraid, who knew the old man had such lung power? Then, quicker than she could process, he proceeded to usher Lisa out before anything else could happen.
Lisa didn't forget though.
The audible sighs of relief released by Inuyasha and Kagome once Lisa and Grandpa exited the Well House were louder than the gasp Kagome had previously let slip, they were so extreme. Inuyasha shot Kagome a hostile glare before he barked out instructions.
"Don't move, let me move."
Kagome sarcastically contemplated on how quickly the hanyou had reverted to his old charming self.
Balancing his full weight on his knuckles Inuyasha effortlessly sprang up and offered Kagome a hand.
She didn't look at him as she grabbed his clawed hand and brought herself to her feet. Together they climbed out of the Well.
What did one say at this point? Had her and Inuyasha actually almost… she was too afraid to think it. Not because it frightened her, in fact the idea of something more than plutonic thrilled her in several major ways, but the idea that she'd been given a chance and lost it. That was almost too much to bear.
"Inuyasha, I'm-
He cut her off and she was glad for once, she hadn't figured out what to say past "Inuyasha" before she'd opened her mouth to speak.
"Kagome, I'll be back in five days like you asked. I'll see you then."
Inuyasha jumped down into the Well without a single word about anything else. Kagome watched him leave wishing the earth would open up and swallow her whole. Once he had passed through time, and the aura of the Well had calmed again, Kagome took her time. Leaning against the lip of the Well Kagome could not help feeling a roller coaster of emotions. Anger, resentment, bitter hatred, just to name a few. She should have been thrilled at the way things had just progressed, but who was she kidding? She didn't want fleeting moments! She wanted it all, she wanted Inuyasha to come out and say for once, 'It's you Kagome, it always has been you, and it always will be.'
Maybe it was too selfish to want that, the situation certainly merited acceptances but it'd been two years! Wasn't she ever going to be made to feel important? Wasn't he ever going to give her some sort of status, some sort of anything other than she was "something to be protected?"
She kicked the back of the Well in frustration. Who she was angry at, she wasn't sure of, but she couldn't believe it! She thought back to those final moments before the doors to the Well had been opened. Inuyasha's lips had been so close to her own! Of his free choice! She thought about his arms around her waist, it felt good to be in those arms, the smell of him, of the wind and the forest, and the air of the feudal era, so different from the air of her time. So pure you could easily smell the surrounding forest, the smoke from the villages, Inuyasha's scent was all that and more. It was his essence. Kagome's eyes softened with that. It may have been interrupted, but it was definitely something.
Sighing in defeat Kagome picked up her yellow backpack and prepared to radio her mom.
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