Chapter 4:

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

"Mmmph," I groaned. 'Oh my God my head.' I attempted to lift my face from the pillow and slightly leaned to shut off my alarm clock. 9:00AM. "Too early…." I turned back towards the pillow when I felt someone beside me. 'Oh no, I didn't.' I panicked as I opened my eyes to see who it was. I let out a huge sigh of relief to come face to face with Sango. "Ah," I laughed. "Long night." I lifted myself onto my elbows to get a good look at where I was. Rin was passed out on the opposite side of Sango and we were in my room. "Fuck, how did we even get home?" I wondered. I rolled out of bed and stumbled into the hallway.

"Okay Kagome, keep it together." I took a deep breath, steadied myself and was able to walk normally to the kitchen. I poured myself a glass of ice tea and made my way to the living room. My dream last night had been so weird.

I was walking through a forest dressed in my school uniform. I had no idea where I was. There seem to be no buildings or modern architecture for miles and I began to panic knowing I wasn't anywhere near New York. I called out for my mother and father, for Sango, for anybody. After running like a mad man through hundreds of trees, I halted as I came to a clearing. I squinted, trying desperately to see what was at the other end, but the sun blocked my view. After walking a couple more yards I saw an amazingly large tree, almost as big as a red wood. I caught a glimpse of something that was at the base of the tree. It was red, wrapped in the roots and vines of the tree. When I finally reached the tree, I gasped.

"Inuyasha!" I screamed. I reached out to him, but he made no movement whatsoever. He was dressed in some kind of old fashioned Japanese haori. He looked peaceful as I watched his partially uncovered chest rise and fall. "Inuyasha…" I murmured, gently stroking his face. Suddenly his eyes shot open.

"KKKKAAAAGGGGOOOOMMMMEEEEE!" he shrieked. His eyes had turned blood red, with neon blue pupils. His fangs had grown larger and his claws longer. He broke free of the restraining roots and lunged for me.

That's when I woke up. I wondered what it all could have meant. I quickly dismissed it from my mind and began to mix whisk some eggs. Rin and Sango stumbled into the kitchen and sat at the breakfast bar across from me.

"Hey Kaggy," Rin yawned. "How'd you feel this morning?"

"Ugh, I already puked twice." Sango said. She groaned and put her head down on the counter.

After breakfast, I took a long bubble bath then slipped on my grey yoga pants and a tight black tee that showed a generous amount of cleavage. "Alright ladies I'm heading out. Anyone coming with?" I slipped on my black and white Chanel sneakers. I looked up to see both girls were passed out on the counter. 'Guess not'


I walked through Times Square with 3 shopping bags per arm, beaming. I had splurged a little, yes. But my father had sent me a second credit card as a reward for my success with the show. It would've been wrong to not put the card to good use.

"What a beautiful day." Chuckled, practically skipping forward.

"Hey Kagome, aren't we looking radiant this afternoon." I spun around to give my admirer a piece of my mind, when I came face to face with Inuyasha.

"Aww, that's so nice of you to say." I rolled my eyes.

"Come on, Kags, take a compliment."

"Coming from you, it's more like an insult."

"Ha. Yeah you're right," he snickered. "I didn't mean it at all."

"Why are you everywhere?" I asked, exasperated. "I'm aware that you don't like me. Yet you insist on popping up everywhere I go, saying anything you can to get under my skin and you constantly, CONSTANTLY-"

"What? Seriously what do I do that bothers you that much? What's so wrong about me?" He looked surprisingly offended. Maybe even hurt. I stared at him. Why was he acting this way? "What?! What the hell are you staring at?"

"Inu…yasha." I stepped towards him and frowned as I brought my face close to his. "I'm only going to say this once okay? If there's something wrong, I'm letting you know that right now at this very second if you want to tell me, I'll listen. This offer will not last long, nor does it mean that I like you, but I'm willing to hear you out because hey, everyone needs someone to vent to right? None of your friends seem to be around." I drew in a long awaited breath after finishing my spiel and waited impatiently for his response. "Well?" I tapped my foot.

He looked at me for a couple of seconds and then his eyes began to reveal nothing but pain. His ears flattened and he looked away, as if embarrassed. "Come with me?" he made a gesture towards the black car parked next to us by the sidewalk. I know I should have asked where…And why…And just what the hell he was up to, but at that moment, for some odd reason, I didn't care.


About 20 minutes later, we arrived at West Chester, one of the most expensive suburban neighborhoods in the state. We pulled up to an ivory stone mansion with gold trim. I glanced in every direction to take in my surroundings as I followed him into the huge house.

"Whoa. So this is your place?" I asked.

He nodded. "Yeah, well my father's anyway."

"So what's wrong?"

"I don't even know why I brought you here," He murmured. My eyes grew wide with fury. Did this jerk seriously just drive me all the way across the city to tell me he didn't want me around?

"What the fuck are you talking about? Why the hell are you wasting my time then?!" I screamed. I turned to leave the room when I felt strong hand grab my wrist, making me freeze.

"HEY!" he yelled. "I don't know why I brought you here, Kagome, but for some reason you're the only one I feel like I can trust."

I laughed at that. I couldn't help it. "How is that? You can only trust me yet I'm the number one person that you go out of your way to piss off?"

He blushed. "I-I don't know. You can leave if you want. I know this makes no sense."

I turned away from him and began walking around the room to get a good look at everything. I looked at a picture of a four-year-old Inuyasha and smiled. He was unbelievably adorable. In the picture I meant. "No. I'm not leaving. I came here to find out what's wrong with you and I want to know what is."

He stood there for a moment and then sat down on the large sectional couch in the far left corner of the room. I followed suit and waited for him to begin. He proceeded to tell me about his parents and his relationships with them.

"So…you're mother's a human?" I asked. He nodded. "And…your father's a…demon?"

"Alright one more question to go, Kags, and you'll be eligible for the $500,000."

"Shut up stupid. So then you're…you're a half demon?" I was astonished and couldn't help but stare at him. Youkai were rare enough these days as it was. To come across a half demon was just…unheard of! Yet there he was, right here with me.

"Yeah," he grew sad, his ears drooping. "I'll understand if you think it's immoral or disgraceful. You're not the first one that's felt that way."

"No!" I exclaimed, causing him to draw back a little. "No, Inuyasha, I don't care what you are. Your race doesn't make you any better or worse than anyone else. And if there are people that disagree, then they can go fuck themselves.

"You- you don't care that I'm a half demon?"

"No idiot! But….but there are certain people that do. I've heard of them. They-"

"Try to capture them to run tests and research and stupid shit like that because they can't accept that two different species have the abilities to procreate." He sneered.

"Yeah," I said quietly. "But…it's illegal, right?"

"Feh….has that ever stopped anyone?" It grew unbelievably quiet. "My dad…is ashamed." He whispered.

"What? Why?"

"He acts like there is nothing wrong and says he loves me and everything…but I can tell he's ashamed of the fact that I'm not full demon. I know father blames himself, because he couldn't live without my mother no matter what. And I'm the result." He turned around and punched the wall and repeated what his father had called him out of anger during the fight they'd had that morning. "A worthless half breed!"

I ran over to him. "Inuyasha! Stop trying to maim yourself. How are you a disappointment? You go to one of the top schools in the country and you are a model in the making! Parents all over the world would dream of having you for a son." I grabbed his chin so he faced me. "I know we don't get along, but I would never want someone to think they are less of a person because of their race. It's wrong."

He blushed and turned away.

"So how come the other demons at school don't say anything about you being a half demon?" I asked.

"Because they can't tell." he held out his hand to me, revealing a gold ring with the crest of the dog demons printed on it. "See? It creates the illusion to other demons that I'm a full demon. It changes my scent."

"Hmm. Well I don't care what you are."

"That's…nice of you to say Ka-Kagome." He said quietly.

"Okay," I slapped him on the back. "Snap out of it and get back to being the annoying egomaniacal half demon I know and loathe!" He smirked.

"So…what was that at the club the other day?"

"Huh? What are you talking about?" I pretended to act clueless despite flushing with embarrassment.

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INU POV

"You said-" I took a step closer to her and made it so my lips were no more than an inch from her own. "That if you put your mouth on my-" I rubbed my erection against her leg. "I'd never want you to stop. Is that…true?" She strained to remain within eye contact with me as I stared her down.

'She is so fucking sexy. She annoys the hell out of me but…I don't know what it is.' I stole a glance at her body. She had beautiful curves in all the right places. I would have expected nothing less from an Italian beauty like her. Her simple outfit hugging all the right places. How was I going to keep my hands off of this woman? I breathed in the scent of her hair.

"Mmm…but you know Kagome, I think-" I grabbed her neck and brought her ear closer to my mouth. "That if I put my mouth on you, it wouldn't make you go insane."

"What exactly is it you would do, to make me go insane, Inuyasha?" she asked.

"I'd use my tongue."

"Okay how do I know what that means?"

I looked at her, silently confused as to where she was going with all of this. And suddenly I saw it: the look in her eyes. Her grey eyes were completely clouded, like she was in another world. She just stared right back at me, never blinking. I brought my lips to her and immediately stuck my tongue in her mouth. After giving her mouth the time of its life, I pulled away. It hadn't exactly been a make out session, but that hadn't quite been the point.

"There," I smirked. "I showed you."

"I-uh…" She shook her head and turned toward the front door. "I gotta go Inuyasha. Next time I see you, you better be back to fucking with me like usual." She grabbed her things and headed out, phoning for a car.

And as she headed out the door, I couldn't help but watch how gracefully her hips swayed when she walked. "That's easier said than done, Kagome. If you didn't have that mouth of yours, you'd be the perfect woman."