Chapter 6
Demons Do What?
On the way to his house, InuYasha couldn't stop the grin on his face as Kagome rested her head on his shoulder. He took one step further and placed his hand on the seat in between them, grateful when she accepted the gesture and placed her hand in his. Next thing he knew, she was creating small circle with her thumb to the front of his hand. Yep, he was in Heaven.
As they reached the house, he saw Kagome's eyes widened as she took in the mansion.
"You live here?"
"Yeah, my brother and I come from a very prestigious demon lineage. We would actually be considered royalty in the Feudal times."
They got out and Sango helped the still dazed out Miroku to his feet.
"No Mommy, I would never ask a girl to bear my child. She's lying."
Sango shook her head, "amazing, he even dreams in the gutter."
They walked up the steps and let themselves in, only to see a tall and incredibly handsome man having an indoor picnic with none other than Rin! Said couple was feeding each other strawberries when they came in.
Rin stayed stark still and stared at her friends, "hey guys, what are you doing here?"
InuYasha keh'd, "they're here with me. My girlfriend, my best friend, and his girlfriend."
Standing up, she just looked at them all wide-eyed.
"I have really missed a lot, haven't I?"
They all nodded and Rin felt Sesshomaru come up behind her and curled one arm around her waist.
"Welcome to our home. My name is Sesshomaru. I am InuYasha's big brother, and Rin's boyfriend."
Kagome and Sango had to pick their mouths up off the floor as they soaked in the new information. Walking towards them, Kagome shook her head.
"Why didn't you tell us? Why keep who you're dating such a secret from us?"
Rin shifted from one foot to the other, "I know he's older than me and I didn't know how you guys would take it. And with our relationship being so new, I didn't want anyone to get me questioning it. I was going to tell you after it'd been a good while, but it's a little late for that so…surprise!"
Kagome rolled her eyes, "six months is hardly new."
She got on the other side of Rin and slung an arm around her shoulders.
"Come on, Rin. You should know us better than that. If you're happy and he treats you right then that's all that matters, right Sango?"
Sango walked over and put her arm around Kagome's shoulder, "right! I would have teased the hell out of you, but I wouldn't have said anything negative about it."
Rin looked from her friends to her boyfriend, "you guys are awesome!"
"Not that I'm wanting to break up this sweet moment, but can someone move so I can find a place to put the lecher?"
They all laughed, except for Sesshomaru who just grinned, and scattered. The half-demon plopped Miroku onto the couch and surprised everyone by coming up behind Kagome, wrapping his arms around her waist, and bringing her with him to sit on the love seat, cradling her comfortably in his lap. She blushed and put her head down slightly to try and hide it.
"So, little brother, what are your intentions with this girl."
"Kagome, her name is Kagome, and she's my girlfriend."
"I already knew that; your scent is all over her."
Kagome lifted her head at that, "what does that mean?"
Sesshomaru grinned with a twinkle in his eye as he pulled Rin to him and sat down on the floor, settling her safely in between his legs.
"It means that you have potential."
"Sesshomaru!"
InuYasha did not want him telling her anything she wasn't ready for. The older brother waved his hand dismissively, "fine then, I'll explain it this way."
He wrapped his arms around Rin and kissed the top of her head.
"Rin carries my scent, because I care so much for her."
He tilted her head up so she could see him as he said the next part.
"Those that are chosen have potential to become a mate. Demons mate for life and true mates go through with a blood bond to share a life span. If a demon, or in InuYasha's case, half-demon was to mate with a human, the human mate will live as long as the demon. It also means if one dies, so does the other. It is the most significant bond mates can go through."
He grazed his knuckles slowly and tenderly down her cheek, "one bond I hope to one day have with you."
Rin's breath hitched in her throat, "you want me to be your mate?"
He nodded, "I was going to tell you this at our picnic, but we were interrupted."
Crying out in joy, Rin flung her arms around his neck, "oh, Sesshy! Yes, yes, yes, I will be your mate!"
He chuckled as he held her close.
InuYasha watched on in longing. One day he hoped to ask Kagome the same thing, be he wasn't even sure of her feelings. Would she react the way Rin did, or would she reject him? It may seem crazy to someone for him to already want Kagome as his mate, but demons and half-demons are different. There is so much more that goes into how they choose a mate, but most important is instinct. From the moment he met Kagome, a primal side he didn't even know he had, showed itself and has refused to leave him alone.
"I'm happy for them."
Kagome looked on dreamily at the couple, "to have no indecisiveness and know without any doubt that's the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. It's so beautiful."
InYasha decided to gauge her reaction, "well who's to say we won't be like that one day?"
She turned to look at him and her heart began thumping so loud she was sure InuYasha could hear it too. She straightened her back, and turned her head, not able to say what she was going to with him looking at her.
"We don't know what the future will bring."
He smirked, such an evasive answer. He pulled her closer and kissed her neck, "the future is looking pretty bright from here."
She shivered as his breath fanned over the sensitive skin of her neck.
Sango woke up her boyfriend and had an idea.
"Anybody want to play a game?"
InuYasha got up, Kagome with him and stretched.
"Actually, I was going to show Kagome my room so you guys can do whatever you want."
With that, he walked them upstairs, hand in hand. Kagome bit her bottom lip as nerves assailed her stomach.
"Is there a particular reason why we should see your room?"
"I just want to spend some time alone with you."
He could feel her anxiety thick between them, "don't worry, I'm not going to take advantage of you or anything."
She relaxed and smiled as they approached a room with a sign that said, 'no full dog demons allowed'. It looked like InuYasha wrote it years ago, and probably kept it up as a joke. He moved aside and opened the door.
"After you, my lady."
Mock bowing, he let her into his room and shut the door behind them. There was no place to sit except for the bed, so Kagome sat on the edge. InuYasha sat prone and opened his legs.
"Come here."
Biting her lip, she got fully on the bed and sat between his legs, letting him wrap his arms around her waist. He trailed his hand down her arms and they laced their fingers together.
Kagome sighed and rested fully against him. Hoping it wouldn't ruin the mood, he chose to ask her.
"Kagome?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you know what day it is?"
"Ummm, I'm gonna guess Wednesday?"
"Yeah, but it's a special day."
Snuggling deeper into his warmth, she pondered.
"Oh, you wouldn't possibly mean our four months together, would you?"
"That's exactly what I'm talking about. Happy anniversary, sweetheart."
"Happy anniversary, InuYasha."
There was a long pause.
"Kagme?"
"Yes?"
"Will you let me kiss you?"
"You're asking me if you can kiss me?"
"Yes."
She turned to look at him, "not one for atmosphere, are you? Besides, we had that conversation before and you know the answer."
He took a deep breath.
"You know how Sango said that only true love's kiss can break the spell, what if true love's kiss can also prevent the spell from taking effect?"
Thinking it over, he made a valid point.
"That could be accurate, but are you saying that you think I'm your true love?"
He gulped, "I'm saying that you could be, even though we have a new relationship, we could be each other's true loves and not even know it yet."
She ducked her head, "I hear what you're saying, but I don't think I can just kiss you when…"
Taking one of her hands, he tilted her face up to look at him, "when what?"
She searched his honey eyes, hoping that he wouldn't laugh at her.
"When it would be my first kiss, but you knew that already. What you didn't know is that you were my first hand-hold and even my first romantic embrace."
His eyes widened in surprise. Even knowing she was a good girl, he would have never thought it was this much. Although, it did explain why she blushed every time he held her or kissed her cheek. Smiling, he leaned his head down and lightly rubbed his nose to hers.
"I'm glad I could be your first for those things, and maybe I'll be your first kiss too one day."
He chuckled as red tinged her cheeks once again.
"InuYasha?"
"Yeah?"
"How does the whole mating thing work?"
If he had been drinking something, he would have spewed it all over himself and her.
"What?"
"You know, how does it work? What do you have to do?"
He scooted her a little away from him so he could see her, and so she wouldn't be so close to a 'particular area' that loves the mating talk.
"Okay, so a demon finds the one he wants to mate with and if he doesn't do the blood bond then they, ah… are you sure you want to know this?"
Kagome nodded her head and made a gesture to continue.
"Well they just have sex, but the male has to stay in her long enough for their souls to mingle. Then the next day they'll both wake up with marks on them."
She looked like a kid, eyes trained as she soaked up all the information she could.
"So, what happens if you do the blood bond?"
"If the female accepts the male and they choose to do the blood bond, then they have sex, and when they are about to reach completion, they bite each other on the neck, allowing some blood into the mouth and they still have to stay 'together' through the soul mingling, but when they wake up, their marks would be different from the ones that didn't do the blood bond. I don't know how different, just something about it won't look like the other marking symbols."
Kagome was picking at nothing on his comforter as her mind reeled.
"It sounds so…passionate."
Passionate? That was not the word he expected her to use.
"They say once you're mated, it's extremely hard to keep your hands off each other. Like whatever passion you had before is multiplied by a thousand."
Looking up sheepishly, she questioned if she should even ask the next one, but decided to go for it.
"Can you have sex without mating?"
He cocked his head to the side and stared at her. Is her mind in the gutter?
"They can, but most demons don't chance it. After all, if passion or lust is strong, a demon might forget to get out of her and then they are mated to someone they never wanted. My brother's mother and my dad had a one night stand when he was young, fortunately they didn't mate, but she did become pregnant. When my father met my mom, that was a different story. He purposely mated with her and once a demon is mated, they can have no other. So, cheating doesn't exist which is probably why mates don't have a jealousy thing ever."
Thinking further, Kagome glanced up at him.
"Was your mother and father blood bonded too?"
He said nothing, just nodded his head.
"How did they…"
"Die?"
"Yeah."
He took a deep breath as he was about to tell her something that pained him for years.
"There was a bad car accident when I was about five. My dad was called by the hospital and he grabbed us up to go there. Mom was on a respirator with wires connected to her. She was hurt badly in the accident, and there was swelling in the brain so she was in a coma."
Watching him, Kagome crawled back into his lap and rested her head on his chest, listening to the rhythmic beat of his heart as he draped his arms around her and continued.
"She was kept like that until I was twelve. My father had started to teach us things about defending ourselves, and he gave me this."
Digging in his shirt, he pulled out the charm on his necklace.
"This is my dad's fang. He said one day, when I was ready, it would be turned into a sword to protect me, but that I should wear it at all times until then. Something about it keeping my demon blood at bay. Anyway-"
"He was preparing you."
Nodding, he spoke, "within a month's time, my brother knew all the odds and ends of the business, how to run the house, and I was taught how to fight. After that month, he sat us down and told us about demon mating and that he and my mom shared a life span. Even at twelve, I knew what he was getting at. We went to the hospital for the last time and watched the nurses unplug everything keeping my mom alive. Dad stayed by her side and held her hand, until her last breath was drawn. As she stopped breathing, my father's head slowly fell to the bed, and his hand went limp. I knew they were gone."
Feeling him shake, Kagome sat up, faced him, and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck. She felt her
shoulder become wet with his tears and streams trailed down her own face.
"Oh, InuYasha. I can't imagine what that must have been like, but I'm here for you."
He lifted his face to look at her, and wiped away her tears. Never had another person cried for him. Holding her close, he scooted down to lay down fully on the bed, Kagome turned around and they spooned. It wasn't dirty or sexual, just tender comfort he desperately needed. They fell asleep in each other's arms.
Downstairs, Sesshomaru, Rin, Miroku, and Sango were playing a very interesting game of poker. It was Miroku's idea to play strip poker and while Sesshomaru didn't like the thought of any man seeing his intended bare fleshed, he agreed.
Now Sesshomaru was without his business suit, but he still had a tie around his neck and his pants, Rin had her socks and vest off, Sango, had her shoes off, but Miroku was left in his boxers freezing to death.
"This is not the way I expected the game to go."
Sango giggled, "let me guess, you expected us women to suck at poker and be the least dressed at the end, right?"
"Well, yes! I think you ladies swindled me."
Rin couldn't bite back her laughter, "you would be correct about that!"
Both boys looked at their girlfriends. Sango fanned herself with her cards.
"What do two girls do in the hot summer with cable out for a good two weeks?"
Miroku was about to answer with something lecherous, but before Sango could whack him, Sesshomaru beat her to it as he bopped Miroku on the top of his head.
"You are not to think perversions about my Rin."
Rubbing his abused head, Miroku feigned a look at Sesshomaru.
"You can't blame me! Any normal teenage boy would have thought the same thing."
This time, Sango got hers in as she smacked the back of his head.
"I honestly think you still try to touch hot things even though you get burned."
He pouted, "what are you trying to say?"
Sesshomaru answered for her.
"She's saying you never learn."
Miroku couldn't say anything to that, so he chose to cross his arms over his bare chest.
Sango and Rin started having a conversation while Sesshomaru held Rin to his bare chest. None of them knew of the battle happening upstairs.
Kagome snuggled deeper into the warmth of InuYasha's body and drifted further into sleep. The half-demon however, awoke slightly and chose to stay there, listening to her soft breathing.
'I smell the sweet scent of my intended.'
Looking on his bed side table, he got the pill bottle out and groaned in anguish. He took the last one that morning and forgot to tell Sesshomaru. It must have been his excitement about their anniversary. InuYasha leaned over, kissed her head, and sat up.
'I hoped you would be gone for good, or at least mute.'
'Fat chance of that, half-breed.'
'What do you want?'
'I want my intended. I want to take over and make her mine.'
'That's not happening! She doesn't feel that way about me yet.'
'I don't care how she feels. I want to claim her.'
'You will never get the chance! I won't allow it.'
His demon growled in anger.
InuYasha had an epiphany.
'It's her, isn't it?! She's the reason for why you started speaking to me.'
The demon chuckled low in his throat, 'bravo, InuYasha, but knowing why won't make me go away. I've become stronger.'
Getting up off the bed, he walked over to look in the mirror above his chest of drawers and glared.
'I've become stronger too, and you cannot have control!'
He saw his eyes flash red, and purple marks pulsed in and out on his face.
'I can take control a lot easier than you can stop me from it. Don't test me, half-breed, especially when she is within my reach.'
Feeling defeated, InuYasha hung his head.
'What's the matter? Finally realized how powerless you are?'
He bolted from the room and ran outside, not paying attention to the people he passed on his way out. Sesshomaru jumped up and immediately ran after him. Something was wrong.
Rin, Sango, and Miroku followed suit.
Sesshomaru used his nose and followed InuYasha's scent, but what was unnerving was the fluctuation of his scent from half-demon to full demon. He ran for four blocks until his scent trail suddenly stopped. Looking around, that's when he found his brother cowering in a dark alleyway. InuYasha was shaking uncontrollably, and moaning.
"InuYasha?"
The half-demon jerked his head towards him and Sesshomaru saw his brother's internal struggle manifesting as red flashed in his eyes and purple markings, much like his own, fading in and out on his cheeks.
"Try to calm down, little brother."
Growling, low in his throat, could have been considered menacing, but Sesshomaru recognized it was a more pained sound.
"He won't stop. He won't stop. He won't stop."
InuYasha's voice was very guttural and unnatural for him.
"He wants her. He won't stop because he wants her!"
Kneeling down, Sesshomaru tried to speak calmly with him, "who does he want?"
InuYasha shifted his eyes to his brother.
"K-Kagome."
There was sorrow in his voice, and his heartache over the truth of it was quite evident. Sesshomaru dug in his pocket, hoping he still had some of InuYasha's pills on him, thankful when he found them.
"Here InuYasha, take this."
"I'd love to, Sessh, but you may have to force it down my throat."
Nodding, Sesshomaru held InuYasha's hands down by the wrists with his feet and shoved the pill in his mouth, holding his head up and waiting for him to swallow. Once the pill was down, Sesshomaru punched him in the gut, which did the trick as InuYasha passed out.
By the time everyone else found them, Sesshomaru was carrying InuYasha over his shoulder and heading back to the house. Rin ran up to him.
"Oh Sesshy! Is he alright?"
"No, but he will be when he wakes back up."
She walked by his side and he reached for her hand, grasping it like it was his only lifeline.
Sango and Miroku followed along, both very worried about their half-demon friend.
Feeling cold, Kagome woke up to find that InuYasha was gone. Stretching, she scooted off the bed, fixed her clothes, and walked out of the room. There was a commotion downstairs.
"Was he ever going to tell us?"
'That was Miroku's voice.'
"I doubt he wanted any of you to worry."
'Sesshomaru? What on Earth is going on?'
"Well it's a little late for that. What if this had happened at school? We have to know how to help him."
'Sango sounds really upset. Maybe I should head down and see what's up.'
Kagome walked all the way down and all the voices stopped.
"Hey guys, is everything alright? Where's InuYasha?"
Sesshomaru moved aside so she could see the knocked out hanyou. Running to him, she knelt down by his prone body, held his hand, and wiped the hair from his face.
"What happened to him?!"
Glancing up, she noticed that nobody was willing to look at her. Sesshomaru lifted his head and took a deep breath.
"InuYasha has recently been battling with his demon side."
She looked at him like he grew another head, "do what?"
Pinching the bridge of his nose, he tried to explain it.
"InuYasha is a hanyou, therefore he has demon blood and a human heart. Something has happened recently to awaken his demon blood, and it has manifested as a voice in his head that will not be silenced. Unfortunately, InuYasha almost lost control of himself and his demon side was very close to taking over. I had to knock him out so he wouldn't turn."
Turning back to InuYasha, she lightly trailed her hand through his hair and looked upon his handsome face with something she couldn't describe, but the emotion was strong.
"I thought his necklace was supposed to keep his demon at bay."
Shocked, Sesshomaru practically sputtered his words.
"H-he told you about that?"
She nodded, "he told me everything, except for the whole demon half trying to take over thing."
Taking out the pill bottle, Sesshomaru presented it to them. They needed to know what to do if he wasn't around to help.
"This medication is for schizophrenics. It worked today, while he was at school, in subduing the voice. This is what you will need to give him, just one, if he seems like he may be losing it again. I'll get some extra from the pharmacy later so you can have one too."
Standing up, Kagome looked Sesshomaru square in the eye.
"What caused his demon blood to awaken?"
Sesshomaru adjusted his tie that was still on his bare chest.
"That question is better answered by InuYasha, but don't ask him unless you are ready for the truth. If I were you, wait for him to tell you. When he tells you, it will be because you are ready to hear it."
She cocked an eyebrow at him, "do all dog demons speak in riddles, or is that just your specialty?"
Rin giggled, "it's just him. My Sesshy is one of a kind."
He smiled warmly at her and held her close to his side. Observing everyone else around them, he felt there had been enough excitement for one day.
"It may be best for you all to just head on home and get some rest. You're all on half-demon watch tomorrow, and no one is to speak of this to anyone, including InuYasha. He, most likely, will pretend like nothing has happened anyway."
"Do I have to leave too?"
Kagome and admit that she cares about what happens to her boyfriend, and this felt like she was at a hospital visiting a dear friend she was worried about.
"If you don't, then at least call your parents to let them know where you are."
Smiling, she got out her cell phone.
"Mom?"
"Hey, InuYasha's sick and would it be alright if I stayed over?"
"Thanks, Mom!"
"Oh! Would you mind terribly bringing me a change of clothes for tomorrow, and some pajamas?"
"You're the best! I'll see you when you get here."
"Oh yeah, the address is"
They all heard the exchange over the phone and could not believe how okay her mom was with it. Noticing everyone staring at her, she put her phone away.
"What? My mom knows she can trust me."
With that, Kagome walked outside to flag her mom down when she got there.
Meanwhile, the rest of the gang said their goodbyes and Miroku borrowed InuYasha's truck to drop Sango off and head home himself. Rin chose to stay in the other guest bedroom not too far from Sesshomaru's room, just in case he needed her.
When her mom had come and gone, Kagome walked back in to see a very dazed InuYasha sitting up on the couch. She dropped her things in the hall and came to sit on the floor next to him. Cupping his cheek, her worry was evident, "are you alright?"
The warmth of her hand helped soothe his aching head.
"Yeah, just a major headache. What happened?"
Sesshomaru was leaning against the door frame to the kitchen.
"You mean you don't remember?"
He shook his head, "just bits and pieces with a mean voice yelling at me."
His brother truly hated being the bad news guy all the time. It was like being the employee at a job whose sole purpose was to fire people.
"Your demon side was on the cusp of completely taking over. It was touch and go for a while, and you looked like a crazy person. You were fortunate that I'm the one that found you, because anyone else would have called a mental institution to get you."
InuYasha stared at him, completely freaked out.
"It got that bad?!"
Sesshomaru nodded his head.
"I suggest you don't miss your next dose, otherwise he will come back and we may have a repeat of today."
Peering at Kagome, InuYasha lifted her hand into his.
"I'm sorry if I made you worry."
Kagome was flooded with so many emotions at that point that all she could do was tear up.
"Oh, InuYasha!"
She flung herself into his arms and held onto him. She feared losing him, and InuYasha had no idea where all of this came from, but he held her just as tight. It was a close call and, if his demon side had won then he wouldn't be able to hold Kagome again, it would be him.
"What time is it?"
Kagome let go of him to look at her phone, "8:38pm."
"Wow, I was out a while. Did you need me to take you home?"
She smiled, "nope, I had my mom bring by what I need for tonight and tomorrow."
"So, you're (gulp) staying the night?"
Looking down, Kagome got a little fidgety, "I mean, unless you don't want me to."
"No!"
Sesshomaru eyed him, "there is no need to yell, little brother."
"Well what I mean is, no there is no problem with you staying and I'm glad that you are."
Blushing, Kagome stood up and walked over to Rin who chose to stay quiet and play on her phone, knowing that the conversation had nothing to do with her. Rin looked up when Kagome started to tug on her arm.
"Are you staying too, Rin?"
"Umm, yes! Yes I am."
She hooked her arm with Kagome's, "after all, I can't leave Kagome alone in a place she's doesn't even know that well. I would be a bad friend, and that I can assure you, I'm not."
Smiling, Kagome waved goodbye to her boyfriend and Rin kissed 'Sesshy' on the cheek, before walking off to one of the guest rooms (Rin really knew her way around the mansion).
The boys were left staring longingly at the hall the girls had walked down. Both glanced over at each other and immediately straightened up, neither one wanting the other to see how bad they wanted their girlfriends to come back.
"Well, I suppose I should start cooking something small for all of us."
Sesshomaru walked into the kitchen and busied himself.
InuYasha relaxed on the couch, until the girls' voices tickled his ears. Sitting up, he thought 'why not', and followed the giggles to the biggest guest bedroom where the girls were chatting and having fun. Being very quiet, he listened in, curiosity getting the better of him.
Inside the bedroom, Kagome was enjoying all the pictures on Rin's phone. They were all of Rin and Sesshomaru, apparently, her friend had more time for extracurricular activity than she led on.
"Rin, you two are so cute together!"
Smiling, she traced his face on her phone, "I feel like a princess living in my own fairytale. Sesshomaru is my knight in shining armor, my prince charming, my hunky debonair pirate captain that took me as his captive, only to fall madly and passionately in love with me."
The dreamy look in her eyes as she stared at nothing and clutched her hands together, Kagome knew she was in her own little world right now.
InuYasha held a clawed hand over his mouth, fighting the urge to burst into laughter at Rin's pirate fantasy. Knowing Sesshomaru, he would dress like a pirate for her…maybe he could suggest that costume for Halloween. It would be rather funny to see Rin faint at the sight of her 'captain'.
He leaned in to hear more.
"Hey, Rin?"
Said girl snapped out of her musings, "yeah?"
"Are you going to do the blood bond with Sesshomaru?"
Looking at the floor, Rin really thought about it.
"I will do whatever Sesshomaru wants to. I don't think we have to do it right away, but maybe when we have kids and when they become teenagers, maybe then we will. I don't want to leave children in the situation that he and InuYasha were in. Sesshomaru will know best though."
Watching the play of emotions on her friend's face, Kagome smiled at her.
"You really trust him, don't you?"
Beaming, Rin placed her hand on her heart, "with all my heart!"
Thinking of InuYasha, her smile turned sad and forlorn.
"What's wrong, Kagome?"
"N-nothing."
"You can't lie to me."
Kagome sighed heavily, "it's really complicated…or I am. I don't know which."
Finger to chin, Rin wondered to herself, and decided to ask.
"So, how did you and InuYasha get together?"
"That's the complicated part."
"Well I'm one of your besties! Come on, you can tell me."
Rin smiled softly at her and Kagome was so thankful to have a friend like her.
"Okay."
Clapping her hands, Rin waited in anxious anticipation.
"It started with a 'Slippery When Wet' sign that I did not see. One minute I was racing to class, and the next I was lying on the floor with InuYasha on top of me. I grabbed him on my way down and somehow my shirt came up and… (she blushed) his face landed in between my breasts."
Rin's eyes were bugging out, "are you serious?!"
Nodding, Kagome continued her story.
"If that wasn't humiliating enough, that creepy high school newspaper photographer came up at that exact moment and snapped a picture of us!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"THAT JERK!"
"I know, right?!"
Calming down, Kagome finished up.
"So, somehow InuYasha got the picture and negatives. That day he approached me, we walked off and…"
Kagome felt bad telling her what InuYasha did, because she was really starting to see him as a nice guy, for the most part.
"Either I date him for this school year, or he would let the picture get out and ruin my reputation."
Rin just sat there for a good two minutes, not saying anything, or even showing any emotion. Then the twitch happened.
It was quick, but the eye twitch led to jumping up, which led to balling her fists at her sides.
"I'm gonna kill him!"
"Rin, no!"
Kagome jumped up, faced her, and grabbed her shoulders.
"You can't do anything! You're not even supposed to know about it… no one is."
If she could have shot fire from her eyes, she would've.
"But why did he do that?! Why blackmail you like that?!"
Dropping down into a sit, Kagome held her head in her hands.
"It's my fault."
Rin got on her knees in front of her, "how can you think him blackmailing you could be, in any way, your fault?"
Lifting her head, Rin saw the tears collecting in her friend's eyes.
"He asked me to go to dinner with him one night, and I turned him down. I gave him a lame excuse, but he knew I said no because of his reputation for being bad and dangerous. Maybe he did it to show me who he is so I can judge for myself instead if listening to rumors about him."
Rin rolled her eyes, "stupid illogical, logic. If that was his goal, then didn't he already fail by doing something so underhanded like blackmail?"
"Rin, I can feel that there is chemistry between us, but something is holding me back."
"I know exactly what you're saying, so you don't even have to try and explain it."
Kagome was grateful, because she wouldn't have even known how to say it anyway.
"I'm happy you stayed here with me, Rin."
"I'm glad I did too."
The girls hugged and InuYasha wanted to punch something. He knew it wasn't the greatest way to get her, but it was the only thing he could think of at the time! Damn his spontaneous impulsive decisions!
"What exactly do you think you're doing?"
One thing about Sesshomaru that drove InuYasha crazy was his innate ability to never make a sound when he walked.
Squeezing his eyes shut as the guest bedroom door opened, he took a deep breath.
"I was just-"
"Picking up the napkin that fell, after all, why else would you be kneeling on the floor like that?"
"R-right."
He feigned a look up at the girls and wish he hadn't.
Rin stared at him so hard he thought he was about to get mentally punched, and Kagome averted her eyes. She couldn't even look at him, and he felt lower than dirt. Standing up, he made his way to the dining room where Sesshomaru had a nice spread. He was showing off for Rin, that was very obvious.
Seafood linguine with mussels, scallops, and shrimp all mixed into the noodles with some type of garlic butter sauce. If that wasn't a clue, then the fact he set the places with ornate dishes and wine glasses with neatly folded cloth napkins curled around the forks and spoons. Was this his house or a restaurant?
He took his seat and waited for everyone else.
Kagome came in, and InuYasha immediately stood up in respect.
"Would you like to sit next to me?"
Glancing up, she had to admit that he looked so handsome and cute the way he was standing behind the empty chair he was offering. Walking over, she took the seat next to him, still a bit uncomfortable after her conversation with Rin. How could she ever have deep feelings for someone who would blackmail her like that? At this point, life made no sense.
Rin and Sesshomaru came in. He held her by the waist and led her to the seat next to him, leaning over he kissed her gently on the forehead.
Everyone was about to start eating, but Rin stopped them.
"Wait! We need to say grace."
Everyone bowed their heads and said grace, Rin following with an amen.
Digging in, Kagome couldn't help but to moan as the intense flavors enticed her taste buds. Rin wasn't doing any better as she let out her own sounds of enjoyment. Sesshomaru grinned in triumph and leaned over the table at InuYasha.
"And they say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Maybe those men didn't try cooking for their women."
Smirking, InuYasha jerked his head to Kagome who moaned again. She had no idea how that sounded or the images flashing through his mind from those little noises escaping through her perfect lips. Fortunately, he was not a lecher like Miroku.
If they thought dinner was excruciating around the girls, they were not prepared for the noises of pleasure as Sesshomaru gave them some tiramisu to finish off the meal. Kagome gushed over it.
"Oh, my gosh! This is the best thing I have ever put in my mouth!"
InuYasha blushed and kept eating, silence was best in this situation.
Rin swooned over it.
"Mmmmm, it's so sweet and moist."
Sesshomaru blushed as dirty thoughts unwittingly snuck into his normally controlled mind.
Both guys made quick work of their desserts and chose to go to the living room, needing some air not thick with innuendoes and pleasurable moans and groans.
The girls finished and walked into the living room to see both guys sitting and looking at nothing in particular.
"Are you alright?"
Rin eyed both of them suspiciously. Kagome chose to retire to the guestroom as sleepiness took over everything, including nerves as she walked over to kiss InuYasha on the cheek.
"Night, InuYasha."
"Goodnight, Kagome."
He watched her leave and wished he could go back in time and pursued her like a normal guy, instead of blackmailing her. He would have tried to win her over by being around her all the time and showing her how nice he could be. If they were meant to be, then eventually she would have agreed to a date with him. Too late though, that ship had sailed and he must try to fix things, somehow between him and Kagome. He wanted more than anything, for Kagome to trust him because, if she did, she could allow herself to fall for him.
InuYasha was pulled out of his thoughts as Rin got up and death glared at him.
"InuYasha, I want to make one thing clear. Kagome is one of my very best friends and your intentions had better be noble, even though your tactics weren't. I won't stand for you or anyone else trying to hurt or use her in any way. She's too good of a person for that! Do you understand me?!"
InuYasha coward in his chair as he swore flames surrounded her.
"Y-Yeah."
"Good."
Walking back over Sesshomaru, she stopped and looked over her shoulder.
"By the way, what were you really doing at our door earlier?"
His ears drooped.
"I was…eavesdropping."
Turning fully around, she pointed her finger at him.
"I knew it! First you blackmail her and now you eavesdrop on her conversations?! Show her some respect and stop doing bad things when you are trying to show her how good you can be!"
She leaned in close to stare coldly at him. Her voice was low and menacing, "that had better be the last time you do anything to disrespect her."
"It is! Well except…"
"Except what?"
"Nothing, nothing at all."
Flames grew hotter and more dangerous in those usually happy eyes of Rin's.
"If you don't tell me, then I will personally make sure that your life is a living Hell."
"Y-you can't do anything to me. You're a pipsqueak."
Laughing low in her throat, Rin tilted her head slightly to one side.
"I have my ways. You have one more chance to tell me, otherwise tomorrow starts day one of your own Hell."
Though scared and worried, InuYasha turned his head away from her and keh'd.
Sesshomaru stepped in, "Come, Rin. There is something I want to talk with you about."
She walked with her Sesshy, but turned to stick her tongue out at InuYasha before heading into Sesshomaru's room. She didn't stay long in there though, and came back down to stay in the guest room with Kagome.
InuYasha headed up not long after, and collapsed on his bed. Taking his pill bottle out that Sesshomaru gave him earlier, InuYasha placed it on his bedside table, and then pulled something out from under his mattress. The picture elicited so many emotions from him, along with getting very turned on. Yeah, he wasn't about to tell Rin about this guilty pleasure.
With a smirk, he got ready to have some fun before heading to bed.