~InuYasha POV~

I was slowly losing my control as I tasted the sweetness of her lips. How did I live without this? Without her? I crushed her to me needing to get rid of the scent of that other man and claim her mine and mine alone. When she walked into her room I was so infuriated that I wanted nothing else then to drag that human in here and kill him in front of her eyes and show her who the stronger one was like some conquering warlord, then claim her ruthlessly until she submitted to me. I tasted and teased her mouth taking pleasure in at the small moans and whimpers that she made in the back of her throat; my demon was smirking in male satisfaction at Kagome's surrender. She may not have realized it, but her little moans and her body language spoke of her submission, it was an offering to my demon and I was accepting it. I knew she was trying to detach herself from me, I realized now how close I was coming to losing her forever and so I would use any and all weapons at my disposal to keep her….and I was not going to fight fair.

Breaking the kiss I was satisfied to see her eyes glazed over slightly, her arousal was thick in the air making it very hard for me to just kiss her and walk away. Fuckin hell…I wanted her…right here, right now. My demon was clawing at me to take her and damn the consequences! But I knew that if I mated with her now my plan might fail. I wasn't going to let her leave me…even if that's what she wanted I couldn't do that….. it would take a much better man to leave this beautiful girl in my arms.

"Your mine" I said again softly "even if your mind tells you otherwise…your body knows the truth" I said giving her neck a nuzzle.

Realization flashed into her eyes and she glared at me stepping back.

"Damn you InuYasha" she whispered to me "Why? Why can't you let me at least forget about you? Do you enjoy torturing me?" she said anguish her voice, I hated to see her like this but I couldn't let her forget me.

My eyes flashed dangerously at her "I would never want you to suffer Kagome. I was serious when I said that I would protect you with my life, but if you think I'm just going to sit back as another man takes you from me…then your sadly mistaken. I don't care if it's a human male or that scrawny wolf Koga, the fact still remains that you are mine and NO ONE else can have you…I'm selfish that way"

With that I went to the open the window "Three days Kagome….. You have three days here, then I will come back to get you, and when I do I better not smell him on you again" I said menacingly "I warn you now, his life lies in your hands now. I swear I won't hesitate to rip his heart out"

Her eyes where wide with shock but I didn't care, as long as she took my message seriously.

Jumping out the window I ran down the Bone Eaters Well. I had a plan in mind and I needed to make sure everything would be in order before I brought her back here. Standing in the clearing by the Well on the other side I looking up at the moon and laughed bitterly.

One kiss.

That was all it took to make me snap. One fuckin kiss from another male and I completely forgot that was supposed to get all embarrassed around her, forgot that I was supposed to avoid my feelings for her. Now I felt a calmness and a resolution that made me feel powerful. I knew what I wanted now and I'll be damned if anyone was going to take it from me.

I ran until I found the village of some healers that sold herbs and potions. First thing I had to do was make sure that Kagome wouldn't realize to lapse in time for what I had in mind, and lucky for me I knew that there was an herb that would help with that. My human side felt mortified that I was resorting to this to keep her by my side but my demon knew that if there was a way to make sure that she couldn't leave me then I would it without a second thought.

Just thinking about my petite human girl had my blood singing. I always did think she was beautiful…..even more so than Kikyo. Kikyo had a cool beauty while Kagome was all fire and passion. I looked at her and images of tangled sheets, flushed skin and ebony curls came to mind. Kagome was life itself, everyone she in contact with fell victim to her angelic beauty and charms.

On the night before I had to get Kagome I made sure that everyone in the group had a different impression of what was going on. I didn't need Sango and Miroku to ruin my plans. The more I thought about it the more I was sure that this was what I wanted….and I wanted it desperately.

I was staring out at the moon thinking of Kagome and the changes that were sure to come and smiled to myself. Yes I wanted this, but I also knew that it would mean that I would have to make sure that there were no more room for mistakes, she couldn't get kidnapped or hurt anymore. I couldn't afford for that happen. So much was at stake, yes the smart thing to do was to wait until after Naraku was dead, but I no longer had the luxury of time. My time ran out.

A breeze picked up the scent of my brother making me sigh in annoyance 'Oh great' I thought as I turned to see Sesshomaru walking silently towards me.

"What do you want?" asked in a calm but annoyed voice, I couldn't really afford to do battle with him at the moment. I was conserving my energy for something else.

Sesshomaru stared blankly at me as I stared back, raising an eye brow at him I waited for him to say something….anything…but of course I got nothing. Rolling my eyes I went back to stare down at the valley of flower that was close to the cave I had prepared.

"You seem different InuYasha, normally your foul language and barbaric behavior would rise to meet me, I must say I prefer this side of you better little brother" his stoic voice gave no emotion, and normally I guess he was right, I would have greeted him differently…..but right now, I honestly didn't give a shit. Rolling my eyes at him again I then snorted.

"Funny, here I thought you didn't prefer me period. What brings you out here anyway?" I asked with curiosity.

"Searching for Naraku obviously" he said in a monotone voice "I take it you have giving up?"

"No, I'm not giving up on defeating him; I just have more pressing matters at the moment. Once I take care of this, then I will seek out Naraku and defeat him and eliminate his presence from this world" I said in a bored sort of way. I really did have better things to do then have to put up with his stuffy ass.

"And you think a half breed like yourself have the power to accomplish this?" he scoffed.

With my hands still in the folds of my kosode I barked out a laugh.

"I honestly don't care what you think Sesshomaru, being a half breed just means that I have twice the advantage that full fledge demon doesn't. My human blood gives me the passion and motivation to never give up" I said calmly turning to pin him with a look darning him to disagree with me.

Sesshomaru looked at me for a while then scoffed and turned to leave but before he did he placed his hand on my shoulder making me frown at the hand then at him looking at him.

"Maybe you are worthy of the Tetsusaiga after all, whatever caused this change in you..don't lose it. You are finally behaving more like a prince of west and the brother of a DaiYoukai lord" and with that he left. I stood there watching my brother disappear in the darkness, shaking my head I seriously hoped that split personality disorders weren't something that ran in the family.

~Kagome POV~

I was fidgeting.

I knew it but the thought of seeing InuYasha was making my nerves stand on end. He didn't seem like himself last time I saw him.

'Of course he wasn't himself! He kissed you! You big dummy!' I thought to myself rolling my eyes. It true that I had wanted it to happen I had made no moves to stop him, especially not after that horrible date with Kyo and his wondering hands. He was worse than Miroku! No, I had been all too willing to let InuYasha erase Kyo's kiss from my memory. That still didn't give him the right to claim me as his! What was I anyway? Luggage to claim!

I was still simmering over this when the door to my house opened and InuYasha walk in with perfect ease, like he owned the place. I narrowed my eyes at him, he was different…it was hard to put a finger on it but it seemed like he matured more since the last time he was here.

He walked in, closed his eyes and inhaled deeply. Tilting my head I was perplexed 'what in the world was he doing?' I thought then arched an eyebrow at him when he stepped closer to me and sniffed the air around me.

"Ah?" I said when he stopped doing that he turned and looked at me in the eyes and smirked. That little smirk of his had my stomach doing summersaults and a foreign ache appear somewhere deep within me.

'What was that all about?' I thought in alarm 'My body is literally humming being this close to him' all of the sudden I just wanted to be held by him.

"Ready to go Kagome?" he said to me his low husky voice sent a zap of electricity throughout my body.

"Yeah, let's go" I said to him trying to calm down.

Once we got to the well house I was about to jump in when I felt his arm snake around my waist. Gulping I looked up at him…then wished I had not. His eyes burned into mine making my knees go slightly weak. Leaning down he gave my neck a quick nuzzle before plunging into the well together, his arm still around me.

I had a feeling something was about to happen, something that would change my life forever.