Angel: Ok, I actually got a couple hours of sleep, my interview went well, and my son is healthy and sleeping through the night.
Kouga: Good, so you're not going to yell this time?
Angel: Nope! Not today! Today is a good day!
Inuyasha: -whispers to Kouga- I think she's on drugs…
Inu: Baka.
Angel: -throws shoe at Inuyasha- I'm not medicated, I'm just in a good mood.
Sesshoumaru: This is rarely a good thing…
Inu: -whispers- Sesshoumaru, keep your mouth shut.
Angel: -glares daggers at everyone- Can't I just be happy for one day without everyone thinking I'm drugged!?
Inu: Calm down, Angel. You're starting to yell. Don't waste your voice on the two idiots behind Sesshoumaru.
Kouga: HEY!
Inuyasha: Gr…
Angel's Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own any characters in this story except Chad, and maybe a few others later. They belong to Ms. Rumiko Takahashi and if I owned them Sesshoumaru would be locked in the hall of Bishis for eternity so no fan girl could get drool on his perfectness, except me and now Inu!
Inu's Disclaimer: As she said, I don't own. If I did the pairings in the series Inuyasha and Kikyou would be together, who should be burning in the deepest pit of hell. And that Sesshoumaru would be mine.
Things Change
by: Angelmom07 & InuTaiyoukaiGalOfDarkAndLight
Chapter Seven: Hold Me In Your Arms Forever
"Inuyasha stop! Please don't be upset with me..." Kagome pleaded as they stood by Inuyasha's car.
"How can I not be upset!?" he yelled throwing his hands in the air. By now they had drawn quite a crowd. "You're choosing to stay with that-that wolf rather then me! All he wants is to get you in bed!"
Kagome stopped and her blood boiled in her veins. One look told Inuyasha he'd gone too far. "How dare you?" her low voice threatened. "I am staying with him of my own free will and if we do have sex it is NONE of your business. If you can't respect my relationship with Kouga then I suggest you just stop talking to me at all. Now please let me get my things out of your car."
Inuyasha pressed the button to unlock his car and stepped to the side. "I just wish you would stay with me Kagome, that way I know you're safe."
Kagome closed the door, faced him, and sighed. "Inuyasha I'll be fine, Kouga will take care of me." She glared as she turned to walk away from the car. "Take a picture it will last longer!" she snapped as she walked through the crowd of people standing around his car.
Kouga waved her over to his car and opened the passenger door. "Your chariot my love," he said as she got in.
Kagome giggled and grabbed his hand when he got in. "You know you're too good to me. I don't deserve to be treated like this."
"I know, you deserve so much better."
"Kouga, who's your new friend?" his father asked as he gave Kagome a tour of the house.
"Dad, this is Kagome, the girl I was telling you about from school," Kouga answered as they walked into the den.
Kouga's father looked at Kagome and raised his eyebrows. "She has nice child bearing hips." Kagome blushed and looked at the floor. "And she seems to be quite a powerful miko. She will make a fine mate."
Kouga didn't know such shades of red existed until this moment. "Father!" he barked.
His father just shrugged it off. "I was only pointing out the obvious."
After they left the den and went back to his room Kouga gave Kagome an apologetic look. "I'm sorry about Father, he can be a bit..." he paused to think of a word, "blunt sometimes."
"It's ok," Kagome replied smiling. "There is one thing he's wrong about."
"Oh?"
"I'm not a powerful miko. My abilities are rudimentary at best."
Kouga smiled. "I think you underestimate yourself. Your power is greater than any miko I've met, it's just unrefined. With training and practice you could become one of the most powerful mikos in Japan."
Kagome laughed a little. "You're just being nice to me."
Kouga's demeanor turned more serious. "I've felt your power, you may not notice because it's always been a part of you, it's grown with you. Your whole life you've been controling them and just didn't know. You've been restraining them unconsciously and every so often you release them without realizing it. If you could learn to control them it's possible you could purify lesser demons and eventually with much training even greater demons."
Kagome shrugged. "I never really worried about learning to use my power. It does what I need it to do and that's all that matters. I mean it's not like there is a market for demon purifying anymore. Our country grew out of that fear long ago." Kagome sat down on the couch and looked up at him. "Can we talk about something else?" She didn't want to talk about her powers, Kouga thought it was subcounscious that held her powers back but Kagome knew better. It had taken years of rigirous training to contain her powers, but after what happened they had to do something. Kagome shuddered at the thought of what happened that day at the park in Kyoto.
"Shin, look! It's a girl!" a little youkai boy said pointing at Kagome.
She smiled as they walked over to her. "Hi! My name is Kagome, do you want to play?" she had asked sweetly as she stopped her swing.
The older boy looked down at her. "And she's human at that," he scoffed. "We don't want your kind around here. This is our playground and you can't be here because I say so."
Kagome smiled again. "I only want to play. I can go play on something else if you want this."
"What we want is for you to leave," the boy said pushing her off the swing. Kagome's eyes filled with tears and anger as she stood up. A blue aura flashed around her like lightening and the boys backed away, but not soon enough.
She could still hear their screams of pain in her mind. Her father had found her unconcious after expending all her power and the boys were both rushed to the hospital. The doctors said they were surprised they even made it out alive. After that day her father never underestimated her powers again. He took her to a shrine outside Osaka to train her body to contain and restrict her powers. It had taken 3 years of constant tortureous training, but she learned to hold it back and only use it for what she needed.
"Kagome? Did you hear me?" Kouga asked, concern plastered on his face.
"I'm sorry Kouga, no I didn't hear."
"I asked if you wanted something to eat. The servents will be coming around taking dinner orders soon."
"Um, I'll just have a salad I think. I don't feel much like eating."
Kouga grabbed her hand. "I don't know what you were thinking about just now, but whatever it was I'm sure it will be ok."
Kagome smiled and leaned forward, kissing his lips gently. "Thank you."
"For what?"
"For everything, for just being here."
"You're welcome," he said kissing her passionately. Kouga ran his hands through her silky hair and down her back.
Kagome's heart raced and her body begged for more of his touch. He kissed along her jaw and down her neck. He nibbled gently at her shoulder and collar bone. A hand ran down his chest and left fire in it's path. She let out a small cry of surprise when he lifted her off the couch and carried her to his bed. He looked down at her as he laid her down. "If you want me to I will stop right here and now. If want me to stop at anytime just say something ok?"
Kagome nodded then kissed him and pulled him down onto the bed with her. Her lips followed his jaw to his neck and he growled softly in approval. She didn't notice his hand slowly inching its way up her shirt and gasped as he found her breast. He pulled the shirt over her head and pulled off his own shirt. As his hand made it's way down to the button of her jeans he looked at her for approval. Without hesitation she nodded and her eyes begged him. Her mind was screaming at her, telling her that this was the point of no return, that there was no turning back after this but she blocked it out. She wanted to feel loved, to feel the touch of someone that cared for her, to block out the pain Chad had put her through. She nodded again, this time pulling at his belt and removing it. This was it, there was no looking back, no stopping it now and her mind, body, and soul gave in to the passion of the moment.
As they lay together afterwards, bodies covered in sweat Kagome began to cry. She cried for her loss of innocence, she cried for the pain that no matter how hard she tried she couldn't block out, and she cried for the girl that was lost and what she had become.
Angel: Yes I know it's short, but this seemed like the best place to leave off... AND I want you all to know that I still love you and I WILL NOT give up on this story because I really like it, I know in my head where this is going, AND most of all I don't want to disappoint you.
Inu: We are too dedicated to pleasing our fans so be happy we're some of the few people who actually finishes their stories because they're IN IT THROUGH THE END.
Angel: With that said I want to tell you all that I just got a call about a job, if I accept it, which I most likely will, I will be working anywhere from 40-60 hours a week so I don't know how often we will be able to update. I'm so sorry to do this to you all, but money doesn't grow on trees and I have a son to take care of.
Inu: -tries not to sound rude or offend anyone- Unlike some of you, we actually have lives outside the internet.
Angel: Now, please review and right now we need lots of reviews to motivate us, especially when I'm tired from work and taking care of the baby.