Here is the seventh chapter of Fruit Basket ^_^ I hope you all enjoy this. Again, if it weren't for purduepup the story wouldn't be anywhere near as good. ^_^ This is going to be a LONG ASS chapter as well…

Disclaimer: T.T If I didn't own the franchise six chapters ago, WHY WOULD I OWN IT NOW?

Watermelons

She tossed and turned, a mixture of her thoughts and the summer night's heat keeping her awake, and when she did manage to fall into the blissful state of sleep, her sexual dreams woke her again. Kagome huffed, frustrated due to numerous things: from her lack of sleep, sex, and a clear head. With a heavy, tired sigh, she turned on her side only to stare out of her French doors and see the sun beginning to rise. Her thoughts traveled as she began thinking about what her brother had said a few days prior.

'He stood up for you, idiot. Even though in reality you treat him like crap…' Kagome closed her eyes, trying to think of how to make things up to him when— 'A kiss would be nice.' That thought crossed her mind briefly before she managed to shut it in the back of her head again. 'Dammit, not again…' she inwardly groaned. 'It's these damn dreams…' Kagome was just about ready to pull her hair out from all her pent-up sexual frustration, it was so tiring, bothersome, and haunting. She rolled onto her back and stared up at the ceiling, thinking about past times with her secret lover—the moments his hands met her skin, his voice drifted to her ears, his mouth crashed against her own…

She bit her lower lip and ran her hand over her breasts, which were clad only by her bra, considering it was hot even with the air conditioning on, since the heiress kept a window open at night, and she decided to stick with just sleeping in her underwear. She unclasped her bra and tossed it elsewhere in her darkened room, her fingers trailing over her breasts, trying to imagine Inuyasha's touch instead of her own. She moved her hand down, slowly creeping towards her aching womanhood, and her free hand came up to rub across her smooth stomach and her side, trailing lightly along it.

The heiress closed her eyes, remembering the way he touched her, the way he looked at her, the way he felt as his cock thrusted in and out of her body, brushing over the tender spot inside of her. She had been without his touch for two weeks, and she hadn't realized how much she missed it until now; it was beginning to become unbearable. Her fingers moved against her clit and she slipped two fingers inside of her body, then a third. She thrusted them in and out, not able to give herself the level of satisfaction she wanted, but it would have to do.

She panted softly, thinking over the way his hair tickled her skin as it fell around his face. She thought of the way his strong hands held her close as he ravaged her breasts with his lips, and her fingers moved faster. She began to bite her lower lip harder as a spring coiled somewhere inside her stomach. "Inu…" softly came from her lips right as she was ready to climax.

"Kagome, time to wake up. We have to be at the airport in two hours!"

Fuck. Feeling her high die, she absently thought, Or maybe not…

And had she really just said part of his name?

Before she could backtrack her thoughts and really think about what she'd just uttered, her mother was calling her from down the hall again. Kagome's eyes shot open, the climax that was once so close, now so far away again. She inwardly cursed, sighing heavily. "Yeah! I'm up…I'm getting dressed," she said in the politest way that she could manage with little to no sleep. Now she was tired, irritable, frustrated, and even hornier. With an agonized groan, she got out of her bed and headed into her bathroom to get herself showered and ready, not bothering to finish what she had started.

—Later that day—

"Man…these watermelons actually grow pretty big," Souta huffed as he loaded yet another one of the gargantuan, green melons into the bed of a different loading truck. He glanced over at the men who were loading crates of cherries and the late-bloomed apricots, jealous and wanting to switch places to lessen his own workload. "You'll get used to it, rookie," Inuyasha said, easily carrying three watermelons in his arms, one stacked upon the other two to form a pyramid. Souta stood wide-eyed at the sight, not knowing how the older male managed to do it and ignoring the new nickname that was ever so graciously bestowed upon him.

Miroku laughed at the two as he handed off another watermelon to Souta. "It does take some getting used to," he confessed. "Nevertheless, don't try to overdo yourself; even I can only carry two at a time, and that's with weak knees." Sporting a smirk, he assured the younger boy, "Inuyasha's just showing off."

"Feh…like I really need to show off," the gray-eyed worker grumbled in rebuttal. He easily grabbed two more watermelons from the bed of the truck he and Miroku drove and returned to the loading vehicle, dumping them off carefully, making sure they didn't roll off and break. As he hopped off the back of the loading truck, Inuyasha locked eyes with Onigumo, narrowing his gaze at the less-experienced worker. Onigumo glanced away, now knowing that he shouldn't mess with the more fit man, and continued loading without another word.

Miroku glanced over at Inuyasha as he walked back towards him and the already sweating Souta. "You okay, Yash?" he asked, making sure his best friend wasn't about to blow a gasket. Inuyasha only nodded in response and looked towards the main house, wondering why he hadn't seen Kagome all day.

Speak of the devil—

"Hey, looks like the warden is back," one of the workers announced in disdain, causing the other laborers to groan and cuss out of frustration of the Higurashi's return.

Inuyasha, Miroku, and Souta looked towards the black car that pulled up to the front of the main house. First out of the car and into the house was Silent Grandpa Higurashi, as most of the workers called him, because of his hardly ever speaking…at least, to them. Then it was Mrs. Higurashi's turn; she got out of the driver's seat, went around to the back of the car, and pulled out two suitcases before heading into the house, too.

Inuyasha then finally saw whom he had been waiting to see. Kagome appeared from the backseat of the car, and his eyes traveled down her outfit of a light yellow summer dress, dark sunglasses, and matching sandals. What followed her made the entire male crowd, excluding Inuyasha, drool with desire.

The woman's hair was in a neat, high ponytail that almost reached the top-middle of her back. She was wearing a short-sleeved, low-cut, light green blouse that flaunted the curve of her breasts and revealed the perfect amount of cleavage. It hugged her torso nicely, showing off her hourglass figure with the help of her short white skirt. It didn't help when she leaned back into the car to grab her purse, giving all of the workers a nice view of her bottom's roundness, and her long creamy thighs drew them all in as well.

She jumped slightly, hearing a few whistles and howls from the men, then turned towards Kagome, sharing a look before the two women laughed and headed into the house. Even Inuyasha had to admit, the woman was very good-looking, but his attention was on that of his lover whose touch and body he still craved.

"What was all that about, Kagome?" the woman asked, still laughing. Kagome shrugged with a gleaming smirk on her face, leading her new visitor up the stairs and to the guest bedroom. "I told you that they'd appreciate the new scenery, Sango."

"Yeah, I know, but that much?" Sango laughed and plopped down on the bed, looking around the plain, undecorated room. "I haven't been here in years. It looks different," she observed, not quite able to put her finger on it. "Yeah, we repainted the walls white because my mom got tired of the yellow," Kagome answered distractedly, her mind on Inuyasha, whom she was able to catch a glimpse of when they arrived. She nearly drooled at the sight of his body; though it was hidden under a wife-beater tee and faded, light-blue jeans, the perfect outlines of his muscles and figure remained, emitting the masculinity she worshipped and missed.

"You okay, Kagome?" Sango wondered skeptically, raising an eyebrow at her friend who seemed to be preoccupied. "Or did those men outside get you riled up?" she teased, looking over at her suitcases that had been placed down by Mrs. Higurashi. "Hah, no, not that. I was just thinking. So, what do you want to do?" Kagome asked, sounding more cheerful.

Letting the topic slip, Sango leaned back a bit and tapped her lower lip. "Well, we could always go back outside. Maybe I'll get some eye candy myself?" she mused, having seen at least two men she found attractive out loading the trucks when they arrived.

Kagome rolled her eyes playfully and nodded. "Yeah, sure. Come on; maybe it'll motivate them to work faster so they can come and talk to you."

A murmur of various voices surrounded Inuyasha, catching small tidbits of the other workers' conversations about the mysterious woman who had arrived with Kagome. "Do you think she's her cousin…or maybe a sister we've never seen?" "She's smoking hot." "Did you see her ass? Holy shit…" "Damn, maybe she's the reason it seems it just got hotter." "Hey, they're coming back," one of the workers pointed out, managing to speak over some of the others, causing them to hush in unison and stare back over at the two young women as they emerged from the house again.

Sango and Kagome sat out on the porch swing, managing to stay out of the direct sunlight as they caught up while every so often glancing out at the "hard-working" men.

Inuyasha hit Miroku across the back of his head; the blue-eyed man was without a doubt about to create a puddle of drool at his boots from all the staring he'd been doing at Kagome's houseguest. "Snap out of it, Miroku!" Inuyasha snapped, eyebrows furrowed. "Let's at least show that we aren't distracted by a woman and work." 'Yeah, like you're one to talk…' Inuyasha's inner self spoke.

Miroku rubbed the back of his head, still in a trance-like state and staring at the woman next to the Higurashi heiress. "Yash…she's…she is gorgeous. Imagine what she looks like up close." Suddenly, his eyes widened, as if experiencing a complete revelation. "I have to go over and talk to her," Miroku decided, talking quietly and obviously still distracted by the woman's beauty. "Yeah, well…you're only a worker…" Inuyasha argued softly, mumbling the last half of the sentence mostly to himself, Miroku not hearing what he had said. Inuyasha sighed noiselessly to himself, the statement repeating in his mind. 'You're only a worker…' He shook his head, trying to shake the thought away before it got to him.

The gray-eyed worker looked back over at the main house, for a second locking gazes with Kagome, whose eyes seemed almost as filled with want as his. He then glanced out towards the rows of trees behind the main house that Kagome would be able to get to by heading out the back door of her home. She seemed to understand his unspoken signal, but turned her attention back to her guest as if a silent message hadn't been exchanged.

"So, what's new around here, Kagome?" Sango asked, her eyes glancing from man to man and spotting Kagome's brother amongst the crowd. "And…what's Souta doing out there?" she questioned, wondering why the younger Higurashi was with the laborers, working instead of relaxing in the air-conditioned house.

At her best friend's inquiry, Kagome rolled her eyes. "Oh, Souta's just being Souta. He wanted to try and find out more about the workers so he's 'undercover'," she responded, making air quotations with her fingers to emphasize undercover. Sango mouthed a quiet, "Oh" as her gaze switched to the two men loading the truck and seemingly talking with Souta. "Hm…that one is pretty cute," Sango remarked to Kagome with interested eyes.

The heiress followed her friend's line of sight only to come across Inuyasha, Souta, and some other worker—the only ones in that area. Her stomach flipped a bit and a small amount of jealousy sparked, knowing Sango was talking about one of the older males. She inwardly hoped it wasn't Inuyasha. "Which one?" Kagome asked, trying to cover up the falter in her voice.

"The one to the left of Souta. Purple shirt," her guest answered, biting her lower lip and admiring the male's muscular arms that showed from the short-sleeved fabric. Kagome wanted to give a sigh of relief at her friend's answer; otherwise could have been awkward. "Uhm, wow. Yeah, I guess," Kagome said, laughing offhandedly.

Sango raised an eyebrow at the heiress, and turned more towards her. "There's something different about you, too… You have a different aura about you, Kags…" Sango thought for a second, then snapped her fingers and got a small smirk on her features, leaning closer to her childhood playmate and confident since elementary school. "You've been dancing the horizontal tango lately, haven't you?"

Kagome's face went red, but she knew she couldn't hide anything from Sango for too long. She nodded and smiled a bit, confessing sheepishly, "Yeah…" Her friend suddenly sounded like a young schoolgirl—something every un-Kagome—and Sango's eyes brightened with curiosity as she began plundering for information. "Okay, spill. Who is he, and what's his name? And please tell me he's not a complete douche; we both know how that's ended…" she muttered with a roll of her eyes, the person she had in mind causing her stomach to churn with disgust.

Kagome nodded, also not enjoying the reminder. "Yeah, I know…but no, he's actually nice… He's a worker… The one talking to Mr. Purple Shirt, actually." The heiress bit her lower lip shyly, her eyes locking with her lover's again, her womanhood throbbing with need to have him buried inside of her. "His name is…Inuyasha."

Sango glanced over, unaware that her best friend was practically ready to have an orgasm from just looking at the man. "Hm, not bad, Kaggy. How long has this been going on?" she asked curiously. Kagome snapped out of her daze, and thought back. "Since February…so…about four months now." The heiress pondered that thought: Had it really been four months? The time had seemed to flash by before her very eyes. "We haven't done anything in about two weeks, though," Kagome muttered in disdain.

Sango's eyes widened. "Kagome, come on; you can't just start something like that and quit." Kagome shrugged, explaining that she had just been too busy to sneak off with him for a secret rendezvous. Sango stood up and placed her hands on her hips, a determined look overtaking her expression. "No, I can't stand for this… I mean, I haven't had sex in over a year since Kuranosuke and I broke up. But I still know, once you start getting it again, you don't want to stop," Sango laughed.

Kagome playfully rolled her eyes. "You know, from the outside, you can't tell how much of a perv you really are, San."

Inuyasha looked over at the porch once more and back at Souta, who'd called for his attention. "Yeah, kid…" he spoke distractedly, not even knowing what the teen had asked of him. "So, you think the heiress is hot?" the secret heir taunted, an amused smirk on his features.

"What? No…I, uh… What?" Inuyasha stumbled, his heart beating quickly, now fully paying attention to the younger male. "Why are you asking me that?" the older of the two asked in an irritated manner, his sexual frustration having an effect on his overall behavior once again. Catching onto his fellow worker's mood, Souta raised up his hands in defense. "I was only joking," he claimed with a nervous laugh.

Not noticing the episode between his roommates, Miroku looked over at the two once the moving vehicles drove off. "Well, we're done for the day, finally," he said with a huff, fanning himself with his hat, trying for whatever relief he could get. The scattered workers cleared out quickly, still talking about Sango, but none of them daring to go up and speak to her. It was now just the three, a few hundred feet away from the main house, and the pickup truck nearby them.

"Hey, can I drive the truck?" Souta asked, wanting to get behind the wheel of a car for the first time. "Yeah, do you know how to drive?" Miroku asked him with a raised eyebrow, but not looking towards the disguised worker and instead looking over at the porch, sending a charming grin over towards Sango.

While Souta was preoccupied with sitting in and figuring out the controls of the truck, Inuyasha scanned the area before sneaking off towards some trees, planning and making a full circle, though staying hidden, to meet up with his lover. Before Miroku could question him, he saw the new guest to the Higurashi home walking off the porch and looking around, not noticing that the heiress had disappeared.

Sango laughed quietly to herself from seeing Kagome's silent thanks hidden in her eyes when Sango had told her to go off and have a little fun. Miroku grinned and walked over to her with confidence in his stride. "Hello there, miss; my name is Miroku," he introduced himself, a charismatic smile still gracing his lips.

Souta looked up from the truck to see Miroku courting Sango, and then glanced over to notice the mutual disappearances of Inuyasha and Kagome. "Huh… Now isn't that a coincidence," he said quietly to himself with a smirk, having a strong feeling about what was going on.

Kagome managed to pass through her house, avoiding her mother and grandfather; though she knew they wouldn't be calling or looking for her and Sango until it was time for dinner, she didn't want to give them any hints to her location. The brunette snuck out into the trees, looking around for the man she longed to see, but only spotting a pickup truck off to the side. She felt some disappointment and confusion, wondering where he possibly could've gone and if her release would ever arrive, when suddenly, the tall figure was in front of her.

Inuyasha looked down at her and pulled her close, his hands moving sensually down over her sides. "I want you…" he spoke lowly, huskily as he leaned down and ran his lips along her jaws. He wanted so badly to greet her mouth with his own and take her into a kiss but resisted, knowing she still wouldn't allow it. Kagome's fingers twisted in his wife-beater tee, begging for pleasure while her panties grew immediately wet from her quick arousal.

Sensing her need and feeling his own grow, Inuyasha easily picked up his lover as if she was light as a feather and wrapped her legs around his waist. His hands found the curve of her backside, cupping it as he began grinding their hips together. Feeling him against her, Kagome bit her lower lip, fisting her hands into his silky tresses, loving the feel of his hair between her fingers. She leaned her head down and brushed her lips over his cheek then tipped her head to the crook of his neck, her tongue flicking against his skin.

Inuyasha groaned softly; he had been waiting for this for nearly two weeks, but something inside of him wanted to take this slow. He moved her over to the pickup truck, placing her down on some blankets in the back of the truck that were near the edge of the vehicle's bed. Unused to the gentle treatment, Kagome was shocked to see he wasn't just going to take her against a tree or in the grass; however, she wasn't necessarily complaining.

Kagome shifted on top of the blankets, her legs lightly swinging off the edge of the truck, and she raised an eyebrow at Inuyasha as if to ask why on the bed of the truck? "It's better than the ground," he said with a smooth removal of his shirt and a small smile, like he had read her mind, only wanting Kagome to be as comfortable as possible. The heiress smiled back some, seeing different sides to her lover every time they were together, and she ran her hands over his tanned chest, down to his abs. With every touch towards his hard body, she felt her core ache with more need and want.

Her hands swiftly undid his belt and pulled his hard shaft from its confinement. Kagome leaned forward and teasingly ran her tongue over his bare chest, her hand pumping his cock, causing Inuyasha to groan and begin to buck into her hand. Inuyasha reached into his pocket and produced a condom, quickly opening the wrapping, and watching as Kagome took it from his hands and rolled it down his length, stroking him a few more times earning quiet moans of appreciation from him.

Inuyasha gently laid Kagome back and hiked up her dress, and ripped off her panties having now lost some of his patience. With Kagome at the perfect level to meet his hips, he pressed the head of cock against her core, and they both moaned in unison at the sensation. Kagome rolled her hips against it, wanting him inside of her; she looked up at him with a lustful gaze that made him nearly climax. "I need you inside me," she said in a stern, but seductive voice that sent a light shiver down his spine.

The steel gray-eyed lover complied, thrusting himself inside of her, causing another groan of unison between the pair. Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's hips and pulled her as close as possible to him. He carefully shifted to sling her legs over his shoulders, smirking at her. Kagome didn't notice; her back was arched and her eyes closed, groaning again at how good he felt from the new angle, but also in a plead for him to continue thrusting.

With another wide grin, Inuyasha placed his hands onto the brunette's hips and pulled his own back slightly before swiftly reburying himself inside of her tight core. His pace was immediately set to the fastest tempo he could manage from their position and that she could handle. He watched as her clothed breasts bounced within her dress with each meeting of their hips and watched as one of her hands ran through her hair, the other running along her side and along the outer curve of her mounds.

Kagome panted heavily, trying to roll her hips to greet Inuyasha's, but not managing to keep up with his quick pace. Her eyes opened halfway, glancing at his face and seeing his eyes were focusing on her breasts and down between them—something that aroused her to no end. She tightened herself even more around his shaft, moaning loudly and immediately biting her lip, not wanting anyone to hear them. She watched as his muscles flexed with his thrusts, defining his perfect abs, chest, and arms even more than they already were.

His husky, lust-filled pants and the look in his smoky eyes drove her crazy with bliss. Suddenly without warning, she felt a subtle tingle run over her body, quickly sending her into an explosive orgasm, her near scream of pleasure still partly escaping her lips, despite her attempts to bite it back. Inuyasha moaned loudly as her inner walls clenched around his throbbing length, sending him over the edge directly after her with a few more thrusts. "Kagome…" he panted out in a low, passionate tone of voice.

Hearing her name uttered that one always made her feel a flutter in her stomach, but she tried to ignore the feeling for the sake of avoiding any more attachment. They kept their hips rocking for a short while longer until Kagome ceased her motions, and Inuyasha pulled himself carefully from her, unsheathing himself and tying the condom off. He fixed himself back into his pants, not wanting to look at Kagome during that moment because it somehow always seemed to hurt him on the inside—the way she would avoid eye contact or give a polite smile and walk off. But he finally looked back up at her after picking his shirt up off the ground and throwing it back on lazily, feeling sated but wanting much more.

To his surprise, Kagome seemed to be staring at him, either in thought or a spaced out state of mind. "Kagome?" he quietly spoke, causing her eyes to focus again. "Sorry. Afterglow, I guess," she said softly with a light smile. "Can't wait to do that again…" she breathed, though not realizing how happy she actually sounded saying it. Her tone made Inuyasha want to smile, feeling some hope in his chest. "Yeah; me, either."

Kagome hopped off the edge of the truck and straightened her dress out. "I'll let you know somehow," she promised, looking back at the house, actually slightly sad she had to be leaving. Wait—"sad"? No… She was only upset that they couldn't keep going at the moment…wasn't she? Oblivious to her musings, Inuyasha nodded. "Okay," he responded, and watched his lover smile once more then leave without another word to him.

Kagome successfully made it up to her room without being noticed by her mother and grandfather, quickly hopping into the shower and changing into light summer pajamas to relax. As she walked out of the bathroom, brushing her hair, she spotted her best friend sitting on her bed with a sly smile on her lips. Kagome rolled her eyes, already knowing what Sango wanted to know.

"Sooooo, how was it? I want the details, Kags," the bustier one of the two teased, more curious than earlier about what Inuyasha was like as a person and in the sack. Kagome laughed. "Okay…but how did you spend your time? Just sitting on the porch?" the heiress wondered.

Sango looked off to the side and a larger grin spread across her face. "Not quite… Purple Shirt…his name is Miroku, he—he's a charmer, that's for sure. I know I had to have blushed more than twice. And it's hard to make me blush!" she said in amazed tone, placing her hands on her face, laughing a bit in embarrassment. "And when he walked away, he kissed my hand—I didn't even think guys did that anymore…"

Kagome plopped down on the bed next to her also pj'd friend. "Oh, really? Sounds like someone here may have a little crush," the heiress taunted with the same sly smirk that had been plastered on Sango's face mere moments before. Sango only laughed and shrugged, then looked at Kagome and gestured with her hand as if to try to urge her to tell what happened on her side.

Meanwhile at the worker house, Inuyasha was stepping out of his shower, only wearing sleeping pants. Souta was sitting back on his bed, reading a magazine Miroku had given him; needless to say—he was intrigued by the images he saw. Inuyasha looked over to the new recruit, seemingly in a much better and friendlier mood for the most part, though part of him was still depressed as his mind kept reminding him that he'd never be considered good enough for Kagome's class. "I see Miroku is trying to turn you into a pervert?" he said, trying to show a little more hospitality to the teen, and still unaware that he was sharing a room with his lover's younger brother.

Hearing the accusation as he entered the room, Miroku tried defending himself. "Hey, the boy doesn't have to read the magazines. Maybe he's just looking at the articles." Miroku smirked, knowing that wasn't truly the case, as did Inuyasha, who shook his head. Souta tried to ignore the two older workers' teasing with a roll of his eyes and a sarcastic laugh.

Miroku went and plopped down on his bed. "So, where did you disappear to, Inuyasha? I went looking for you, but couldn't find you, so Souta and I just came back to the house," Miroku mused distractedly, still thinking about the woman whom had introduced herself to him as Sango.

"I just needed to clear my head and relax," Inuyasha responded quietly, sitting on the edge of his bed, his mind still wandering in other places. "Well, whatever you did, it worked; you definitely seem to be in a better mood," the dark blue-eyed man responded. "Meanwhile, I made some progress to Miss Kagome's friend. Her name is Sango. Beautiful, isn't it?" Miroku said with an excited grin.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Of course, you're such a womanizer." Miroku shook his head in protest, reaching into his pocket and pulling out his cell phone, deciding to play a game out f boredom as he argued, "I am not a womanizer. Besides, I've only gotten as far as being able to kiss her hand."

Inuyasha shrugged, not believing his friend still. "Whatever you say." Sitting in his bed across from the two older men, Souta hid his face with the magazine, already having a good feeling about what had relaxed Inuyasha so much—and really not wanting to hear any more insinuations that Miroku wanted into the pants of his sister's best friend, the woman he thought of as another older sister. He also didn't want to give any expression that might make the two suspicious of why he was turning red in the face: a result of his held-in laughter.

'I'm so getting sis back…' the teen thought mischievously to himself.

Aaaand I think that'll be that for chapter 7! XD;;; I hope you all enjoy it and that it wasn't a disappointment (though the ending is a bit blah). I didn't really expect this chapter to be long like the last one.

If it is good though then give thanks to purduepup once again for making it worthy enough. ^_^ The next chapter will be up in about a week~