That's right, I updated. I don't expect much love but I'm not going to give you any excuses because it's not like many care anyways. (I'm just being realistic).

So here you go...

Loyal Traitor

Chapter Ten

"The Shikon No Tama? Oh Hell. Fuck."

I blinked. Looking around to make sure I wasn't actually in Hell, I swallowed and grinned sheepishly at Sesshomaru. "Naraku wants the jewel pretty badly. He's making a lot of plans."

"And the point was for Sango and Miroku to find it."

"Well I still don't know where it is," I countered. "I don't know even know if Naraku has a clue of its whereabouts."

Sesshomaru looked at me. "What do you purpose we do?"

I shrugged. "I'll probably obtain information faster on its whereabouts than Miroku and Sango until they get a good lead. I'd leave them searching and I'd keep updating you regularly with calls. When I find out the information, I'd tell you where and when and have Sango, Miroku and their team get there first."

Sesshomaru nodded. "It's something good to consider. I'll think it over. Anything else?"

"When we ransacked Mimisenrei's place I was lucky enough to take care of the office. I found this notebook in a secret compartment in his desk. It has details of his company's and Hell's Mark's alliance. It discusses transactions and such."

Sesshomaru grabbed the black notebook from my hand and smirked. "Only you. I'm really busy, swamped actually, but I'll get to it eventually."

I was counting on that.

I smiled and nodded. "Thanks Sesshomaru."

"Is that everything?"

"That's everything." I turned to look back over my shoulder, back towards the shack of Hell's Mark. The place I was forced to join, the place that made me kill others, the place that I was slowly accepting as a part of my life.

Oh. I might not want to mention that to Sesshomaru. I winced and Sesshomaru looked at me curiously, misreading exactly why I was wincing.

"How are you surviving there?"

Bahaha. Surviving? Too well actually. Best friends for life, idiots that made you want to swear off guys forever and the typical love of the century.

Hell it was high school drama, right?

Lovely.

I shrugged. "Fine, I guess. I'm making it through."

"How do they treat you?" Sesshomaru asked and I could see that he was moved (a very little bit) as to how I was taking one for the team.

Bahaha again! He thinks I'm struggling possibly, that I'm still a little hostile and that I hate it there.

Oh yeah. I hate it there.

I just have the greatest friend in the world (Ayame), a second big brother (Ryukotsusei), guys that would stick up for me no matter what (Hakaku, Ginta…possibly Kouga), bitches (Yura and Tsubaki), women that freak me out (Kagura and Kanna), a freaky, cynical, overrated, watched-way-too-many-bad-guy-movies boss (guess who), others who were just there to add to my already interesting life (Muso, Juromaru, Kageromaru and Goshinki) and a secret boyfriend…I think (he who will not be named).

I was actually kind of having…fun.

Oh God. It was worse than I thought. Great. Just peachy.

Fun. I grimaced again.

"It's tolerable." That was possibly the only answer that I could give. I didn't want to lie to Sesshomaru but I know for a fact that I would be taken off this mission if he knew how close I was to everyone. It's called "attachment" and Renege disagreed with it completely.

Sesshomaru gave a ghost of a smile, the closest you would ever get to the real thing. "I will call you in three days so you can give me an update. Let me know how it goes, please. …And be careful."

Shock was something I was trained to hide, thank bloody God. I smiled at him and hugged him once more. "I miss you and everyone at Renege," I whispered. "Tell Sango and Kohaku I say hi if you talk to them."

Sesshomaru promised, gently pushing me off as he rolled his eyes. "Alright. Well you better get back. And remember, you're a legend."

I grinned. "True that. Talk to you soon." And with that, I ran off, being careful of every step I took so that I wouldn't fall and break my head on a massive rock, successfully ending my legendary life within five minutes.

Inuyasha woke up with a start. He knew it was morning, though he didn't have a window with filtering sunlight to tell him. It was the downside to living in this hellish hole. Not for the first time, Inuyasha cursed it. He preferred the air, the breeze, the sunsets… He loved sunrises though.

And then bam, he was forced to come here with a welcome to Hell's Mark, a place as literal as its name.

Shaking his head and cursing still, Inuyasha grabbed his cell phone and switched the SIM card. It was probably five in the morning, judging by his grumpiness and how he just wanted to snuggle deeper into the covers and sleep. Dialling the number he knew by heart, he wished more than anything the person he was calling wouldn't answer.

"You were supposed to call me last night."

Fuck. Too bad.

He was debating hanging up but Inuyasha finally sighed. "I know. Naraku was briefing me. It took pretty much all night. By the time I got out it was already past the hour and I figured you would be busy."

The man on the other line growled. "Fine. You knew she was out last night, right?"

Inuyasha furrowed his eyebrows. She was? "Of course I knew that. Problem is the damn bitch would've heard me so I just waited until she came back."

"Any problems with Naraku?"

"None," Inuyasha confirmed.

"That's all I wanted to know. Do you at least try to get close to her? You have to let Kagome trust you Inuyasha, or our plan will go to hell."

Inuyasha growled. "I know that and yes, I've won her trust indefinitely."

"How did you manage to do that?"

Now Inuyasha was getting angry. If the Boss knew what the hell happened between him and Kagome, he'd for sure be killed. "The hell if I know."

Then, he heard the dial tone and realized that his Boss hung up on him. He smirked. He was doing well then, so that would save his ass a bit longer. Switching the SIM cards yet again, Inuyasha put his phone on the night stand and rested his head on his pillow.

And the same damn thought that woke him up came back.

Everything he did with Kagome wasn't a lie, despite what he told his boss.

He just hoped that if she wasn't killed, she would understand.

"What do you think is wrong with Ryukotsusei?" Ayame asked me when we sat in my so-called bedroom. She had noted, like me, the way that Ryukotsusei looked haggard beyond all belief. I had a feeling it had to do with the plans Naraku was forcing him to do and if Ryukotsusei had succeeded and followed Naraku's rule, said plans were done and in Naraku's hands.

What plans though?

Did it have something to do with the Takeover? Or something else entirely?

Sad to say however, that I wasn't much thinking about the Takeover or Naraku's plans. Last night, after the meeting Inuyasha and Kouga had with Naraku, he hadn't been talking to me much. He didn't even say goodnight, which to say the least, was weird.

And cruel. I couldn't help but think of that fact.

Yesterday morning I woke up to Inuyasha.

This morning I woke up to misery.

I pushed that thought out of my mind as I listened to Ayame talk about random gossip. I knew most of it now anyways. Eavesdropping wasn't that difficult here I found. When she asked me out tonight though, I started to pay attention.

"When?" I repeated, and then I cringed. "Midnight. When else?" That was Renege's prime-time. Some things just didn't change.

"Oh okay. So meet outside?"

I nodded. "You have money right?"

Ayame winked at me and I saw the playfulness that I saw in her eyes the first time I met her. "Hell yeah. You think I give Naraku all the money? Right. Usually when he sends us out to pick up money, we charge a fee on those we pick it up from."

I smirked, finding that amusing. I stopped immediately though when I realized what I was doing. Bullying was FUNNY. Oh fuck. I wondered how long it would take for Hell's Mark to completely transform me.

With the rate that it was going, it wouldn't be long. I had been here a total of five days. FIVE DAYS!

Just peachy perfect.

Sesshomaru was going to murder me outright when he saw my change in attitude.

"Come on," I sighed, imagining the many ways he would torture me and how much he would enjoy it. "We've got training."

Ayame and I sauntered outside, not all that quickly.

"Can you get the sandbags?" Ayame asked, walking to our usual spot. Hakaku and Ginta were standing there, pointedly waiting for Ayame. She shrugged at me.

"Are you sure?" I asked, throwing an odd glance at the two. They seemed to notice and looked at the ground, a sheepish grin on both of their faces.

"Those birdbrains?" Ayame countered. "I'll be okay." She grinned and winked at me and sighing, I walked towards the shed.

That's when it hit me. This strange feeling that made me feel as if something even stranger was going to happen. What a lovely feeling it was. Knowing that something worse was up ahead and you had no clue whatsoever what it was.

With my outstanding luck, it was my infinite doom.

In the darkness of the shed, I was used to getting the tools though I had never gotten used to feeling my way around for the handle. Ayame usually did it since she had been here a number of years before me. Like an idiot, I blindly felt around. Eventually, I felt the rusty knob scratch against my palm and swung the door open.

"Need some help?"

Yup. That did it. That feeling was crashing down on me and I could hear the orchestra in the background playing the climatic piece. Dum, dum, dum, dummmm…

Fuck.

"What do you want Inuyasha?" I sighed, turning around to face him. I was still hurt by last night though I wouldn't admit it. I just wouldn't be all nicey-nice around him.

"Well…" Inuyasha drawled. "The sandbags are extremely heavy and poor little me can't do it all by myself." He was pouting; his ears down, his golden eyes wide like a puppy and his lower lip sticking out just that tad little bit…

Fuck times two.

"Does that hurt you?" A sudden feeling of déjà vu hit me and I realized we had had this exact conversation before, in this same shed. That meant that pretty soon, I was going to lose to him.

"Does what hurt?" he asked me confused. Oh God.

I rolled my eyes. "Your ego for your admittance. 'Poor little me'? Have you been seeing a therapist lately? He's doing a shit job on your confidence but an amazing job on your cocky personality."

He smirked and then all of a sudden I was pushed against the shed wall.

Fuck times three.

And this is where the umpire would yell "you're out!"

"My confidence, as a matter of fact, is doing just fine. However, my cocky ways have kind of…died."

"Died?" I asked, raising a brow. His cockiness was dying? Bahahahahaha! And I'm a monkey's uncle.

He leaned down and whispered in my ear, so low I could barely hear it. "If I was cocky, I wouldn't feel bad for last night. Nor would I apologize."

I held my breath. "You haven't done that yet."

He groaned. "It's implied," he murmured and then brushed his lips against mine. "Besides, I'm not sure how cocky I can be with you. As I told you, it's dying. And by the way, you're killing it."

Then, he backed off and grabbed the sandbag handle. He waited for me patiently as I stumbled to get the other handle. I realized I was numb. Who wouldn't be when they came to such a disturbing realization?

I was, quite obviously, a monkey's uncle.

But besides that disturbing point, he knew what my problem was. And he knew I wasn't happy. And that meant that since he was still being so disgustingly nice, he still cared about me. So therefore that meant there was a reason he was gone.

I smiled at the fact that I was just that intelligent enough to discover hidden meanings.

I frowned when I realized I didn't know what the reason was.

I was thinking about it all through training, even when Ayame was talking about the conversation between her and Hakaku and Ginta. I was interested and I really wanted to know since I had been the once to ask, but I had a hard time focusing. I couldn't figure it out. Naraku had let him go, hadn't he? And if not, why?

I didn't get it and I felt like I was missing a very important piece of a very large, complex, one-thousand piece puzzle. A puzzle I most likely had only connected five parts of. Ugh.

However, what would Inuyasha have to do? Say for case one, Naraku kept him. But why just keep him? There had to be a very important reason. Did it have something to do with the Takeover? Possibly. Or maybe it had to do with something else entirely.

That didn't make me feel very good inside.

Case two: Inuyasha was not with Naraku and doing something else on his own time. But what could that be? Unless he was jerking off in a corner (which I heavily doubt considering the fact I believe most guys would go to a girl in hopes for something –ANYTHING! - before making love to themselves) I couldn't really think of anything.

Unless he was the other player.

The third party that Mimisenrei was so afraid of was a factor I hadn't yet considered. Nor, did I realize, I wanted to. Inuyasha being a part of that third party could potentially hurt me deeply. But then again, I wondered if that third party had the same sort of goal like Renege. Kill Hell's Mark and get the jewel. Then again, the jewel only belonged to Renege and any other party was officially a potential problem if they showed even a remote interest in it.

Damn it all to fucking hell.

As I went back into that hole in the ground of a place I now resided in, I wanted to go into my dingy room, pull the once white pillow over my head and scream.

The phone rang dangerously loud in the middle of my empty room, in the middle of the night, under my pillow that was as thin as those low-fat chocolate bars. I jumped up and grabbed my cell. Flipping it open I turned it off, cursing silently in my head. I waited for an extra twenty minutes, listening to the sounds of the prison I was in. When after all that time I heard no shift or movement, I slipped out of my bed already dressed.

Ayame met me outside the heavy metal door. I was proud of myself. I was becoming amazingly stealthy of getting out of Hell's Mark unnoticed. She motioned me to hurry up to the bushes where she hid. When I got there we immediately ran to the very same spot where I spoke to Sesshomaru the night before. It was almost midnight, the moon's light revealing and bright. It was a full moon tonight and I prayed it wouldn't make a difference heading back.

Ayame sat down on a rock and looked at me, winking. "Don't worry. We won't get caught. Others will vouch for us, I guarantee it."

I smirked. "Let's hope so. I made a pretty good getaway but alas, I'm one human amongst a group of demons."

Ayame laughed. "And a half-demon, don't forget!" She winked at me. "How is he by the way?"

I hesitated and Ayame obviously noticed it. Dammit. I was losing it. Eventually I shrugged. "We're okay I guess. I mean…the same."

I didn't dare tell her that he had been in my bed two nights ago. And that he got me once more in that God forsaken shed today. Yet again, however, he didn't come into my room. He didn't say goodnight to me. He didn't even spend that much time with me. I hadn't seen him at all after training. He seemed to have just walked off the face of the earth. If this had been the very first day I met him, I would've been overjoyed. Now that I had fallen for him, I felt my stomach tighten at just the thought. What was it with guys?

Did he just want a fuck buddy?

I snorted. Probably. What luck. I was fooled once more. He was good-looking so he was either gay or an asshole. I was hoping different since there were subtle hints that a good guy actually existed and resided on the planet.

"Come on," I urged, walking forward towards the road –civilization. "I want to get moving." I wanted to avoid any further discussion on myself and asshole.

Ayame shrugged and jumped up. It took around forty-five minutes of straight running to get into a town large enough to have a pharmacy. Every other store we had seen didn't have pregnancy tests. It took us five stores until we found one. It was pathetic. What did the women of these small towns do? Just pray that they weren't pregnant? I doubt that every small town girl was practicing the art of abstinence. And I doubt that small town men weren't horny.

Hahahaha! The very thought alone made me want to laugh out loud. And never mind "lol". I'm talking about "lmfao" x10. And you see, if I was laughing that hard, I would have no ass at all.

Good thing it was all in my head.

Finally we found a pharmacy that had them. Ayame stared at the boxes in horror. I had a feeling she didn't want to do this. Standing in front of her, I searched through the boxes and read directions. I grabbed the only one that was familiar to me, which was probably from the help of TV commercials and paid for it.

The woman at the counter stared at me and then Ayame, most likely wondering which one of us was possibly pregnant. She then looked at me and shook her head to herself. I myself wondered if she thought it was me.

Grabbing the bag and throwing the change in it, Ayame and I walked along the dark streets. Streetlights flickered on and off but for the majority we walked in complete darkness. We quickened our pace when we reached the dismal part of town. The houses were mostly rundown and garbage was littered everywhere. There wasn't one streetlight in sight and no windows illuminated any part of the road. I turned to make sure Ayame was with me and realized I couldn't see the features on her face. I saw the faint and dark outline, but nothing more.

I noticed that she had suddenly stopped and I turned around, tilting my head.

She put a finger to her lips and I stopped moving. Silently, Ayame started walking again. She looked natural; her walk easy-going and relaxed. However, I noticed the glare my way and realized that we were being watched.

My stomach did flip-flops. What if it was someone from Hell's Mark? Had they followed us? What would happen then? I swore no one had been with us before… We hadn't been shadowed.

From behind me I heard a noisy ruffle in the bushes. There was a sudden curse and then I heard oncoming footsteps charging towards me. It couldn't be someone from Hell's Mark because we were a lot stealthier than that.

Bag in hand I spun around to face my attacker. I blocked his simple punch easily but felt the wind get knocked out of me when Ayame went flying into me. I felt the pavement harshly as my head hit it and the bag I was holding was dropped instantly. It took me a second to open my eyes again and I saw three looming figures hover our way. Ayame had been taken by surprise, I realized.

She was up quickly however, thanks to her lovely cushion (me). She started fighting back and I got up, somewhat unsteady, to help her. I was just about to knock out the guy I had whirled on before when we heard a couple very familiar voices.

Ayame and I froze. We watched in absolute horror as our attackers did the same, only to be unconscious a second later. We couldn't see them, but we certainly knew who they were.

Bloody fucking Inuyasha and Kouga.

The universe hated me. Truly and passionately hated me.

It was the only way I could explain my terrible luck tonight.

"You girls alright?" Kouga asked gruffly and I realized they didn't know who we were.

I nodded, grabbing Ayame's hand quickly so that she didn't speak. However, my shit luck kept coming.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" Ayame demanded. "Have you been following us this entire time?"

I sighed loudly. "Ayame, you just blew our cover! They can't even see us! They didn't know it was us!"

"What the fuck? Kagome, is that you?" Inuyasha asked, stunned.

I could only imagine the look on his face. I grimaced. "Hey you," I managed, somewhat weakly. I still wasn't sure about what was happening with us.

"What in God's name are you doing here?" Kouga yelled, seemingly furious as well as dumbfounded. I didn't really blame him.

"Nothing," Ayame defended herself immediately. "It wouldn't be any of your business anyways."

I cringed again. Technically it was.

"Oh really? Then why are you so defensive?" Kouga shot back, obviously not pleased.

I sighed yet again and wished I could see what Inuyasha was doing. He wasn't beside Kouga anymore. Where was he?! A slight movement to the right of me made me turn sharply. I heard the crinkle of the plastic bag and Ayame, suddenly broken out of her thoughts, freaked.

I could tell already that she wasn't the best liar when dealing with her own problems. Working for Naraku? No problem. But this was something that she was on the line for.

"Give me that!" Ayame demanded immediately, walking towards Inuyasha's shadowy figure. Before she could get it though, Mr. Asshole stole in from Inuyasha.

Ayame whirled around, but not before slapping Inuyasha. "Why'd you give him that?" she yelled, exasperated.

I felt bad for Inuyasha. He had no clue what was going on or what was in that bag but of course, he wound up getting the short end of the stick. He growled, "What the fuck is your problem?"

I just stood there, fearing the worst.

Maybe I should have done something more. No wait, scratch that. Without a doubt, I should have done something more.

But I didn't and that's when I saw Kouga flip open his phone so the dull light could illuminate the contents within the bag.

I'm pretty sure it took Kouga a couple minutes to understand, then a couple seconds later to feel the true impact of what that meant.

Ayame freaked, screaming at Kouga furiously as he just blinked and ignored her.

"It's entirely your fault!" Ayame shrieked. "I can't stand you! You're such an asshole to me and then you're all 'baby girl' other days. I can't take it! I don't understand what you're doing and what's worse, I don't fucking understand what you're doing to me!"

Kouga finally looked up, blinking. "What's this?"

Alright. This was too much. Sad to say, but I was now getting involved. "It's a pregnancy test. Can't you read?"

I think Kouga scowled at me but I couldn't tell as the cell phone light faded out. Pressing a button, it was quickly back on but the look had gone. "I know that. But I think we need to have a talk."

Inuyasha threw his arms up in the air. "Fuck no! I'm out of this. I don't know about you Kags, but I'm not getting in the middle."

Ayame gave me a look that begged for me to stay with her. I shook my head. Inuyasha was right. This was for her and Kouga to sort out. They didn't need a referee and I wasn't going to freely volunteer.

She seemed to understand. Nodding, the two of them waited in the dark while me and Inuyasha walked away. I sensed that he was close, I could easily feel the warmth radiating off him as we stole through the obscured streets.

"So, what were you and Kouga doing out here?" I asked. "Obviously you know what Ayame and I were doing."

Inuyasha shrugged. "Mission. It's what Naraku was talking to us about. Just some collection –money collection."

I rolled my eyes. Of course.

"So…do you think…?" Inuyasha started, looking in my direction. I couldn't read the look on his face; it was hard enough to make out any features.

"I'm not sure," I answered truthfully. "She could be pregnant and she could be not. It's harder to tell down there in that prison."

"Agreed."

"Answer me this Inuyasha," I said firmly, slowing my walk. "Why have you been avoiding me? I mean, you know that you are –you told me yourself. So what have you been up to that so important?"

Inuyasha seemed to burst into speech. I wasn't sure if it was because he was nervous, or he was lying, or maybe even he was repeating something he had rehearsed. Regardless, it sounded funny.

"Oh, you mean like what happened in that thing? …Tool box? …Shed? Well, yeah, I guess. I mean, I was going to but it got really late and I didn't know what you wanted. Well, I do…but I don't? If that makes sense. I just didn't know if you wanted me to waltz into your room or something like that. Though I don't dance into rooms, I'm not a fag. But you get the point…"

He spoke so fast I almost didn't catch it. It took me a moment for the words to sink in. It was simple enough. Any man would be confused. Then again, I also had to meet Sesshomaru, so it was better in the end anyways.

"Don't have a heart attack," I managed finally, when I felt his heated gaze in the dark. "It's not that big of a deal. I was just asking. And…you're always welcome in my b– …Room."

Shit. Shit. Shit. Welcome in my bed? Was I on crack?

Inuyasha laughed. "I heard that."

"Heard what?" I demanded, feeling uneasy.

Shit. Shit. Shit.

"You were going to say 'you're always welcome in my bed, not room." Inuyasha laughed and put his arm around me.

We walked at a fair pace in the dark. We were nearing the woods, the town lights far behind. I couldn't hear Ayame and Kouga, though I don't know whether Inuyasha could or not. Probably.

I poked at his cute fuzzy ears.

"What the hell was that for woman?" Inuyasha said roughly, tilting his head away from me.

I shrugged. "I wasn't sure if you could hear Kouga and Ayame from here or not. And your ears are just so irresistible."

"Enough about my–" He stopped abruptly and growled. "Don't steer me off topic Kags. I'm going to get you either way. You said bed."

I snorted, which was pretty unladylike.

What the hell was I worrying about that for? I lived in a hole in the ground, with a bunch of killers, a mad psycho gang boss that was out to destroy humanity and I led a double life! I should be worrying about meals, hygiene, respect and more importantly life.

Let's not forget about that one, shall we?

"I did not," I said curtly. I was hoping the subject would just drop.

But I'm talking to Inuyasha.

There is so such thing as just dropping a subject. Oh no.

"Did so."

"Did not," I said in a singsong voice.

"Did so."

"Did not!"

"Oh, you did so," Inuyasha cooed, talking to me as if I were an infant.

"Don't you dare start making me go all lalala on your ass. I did NOT!"

"Well, start singing babe because you did so."

I sighed. "I did not!"

"You did–"

"La la la la la la la la la," I sang loudly, interrupting him.

Inuyasha laughed. "You."

"Twinkle twinkle little STAR!" I sang louder, trying to erase his voice with childish songs.

"Did."

I decided I had no choice. I had to go there. I stopped singing children's rhymes and stepped it up a notch. "I wanna, lick, lick, lick, lick you from your head to your toes! And I wanna, move from the bed, down to the- down to the- to the floor. And I wanna, ah ah, you make it so good I don't wanna leave but I gotta, n-n-n- known wh-what's your f-fan-ta-tasy!"

I'm pretty sure it was the 'ah ah' part that got to him. I mean, what guy wouldn't enjoy that? Inuyasha's arm dropped from my shoulders and he stopped dead in his tracks.

"What the HELL was that all about?"

I started skipping down the road, feeling much better than I had all day. Ayame was no longer a worry. Unless her test came out positive for pregnancy, life was good. Inuyasha was with me, despite the fact he was glaring at me like I had two heads. Everything was chilled. I walked off the road and into Demon Woods. We were nearing Hell's Mark now; however we would have to start quieting down within five minutes or else risk getting caught.

"Kagome? Can you answer me?" Inuyasha asked. It almost sounded like a whine.

I laughed. "Hey! You're a crazy bitch but you fuck so good I'm on top of it! When I dream of doing you all night, scratches all down my back to keep me right on!"

I continued to sing. It was a lot more fun to confuse Inuyasha than to please him. I'd have to remember that for the future.

"Ex…" Inuyasha coughed, possibly choking from the sexual innuendos I was singing out loud. "Excuse me?"

"Your beside me on the seat, got your hand between my knees and you control how fast we go by just how hard you wanna squeeze. It's hard to steer when you're breathing in my ear…"

"Kagome, I would stop right now," Inuyasha mumbled. "And I mean stop."

"But I got both hands on the wheel while you have both hands on my gears! By now, no doubt, that we were headed south, I guess nobody ever taught her not to speak with a full mouth!"

"Kagome," Inuyasha warned. He sounded like he was whining. His voice was rougher and I wondered what kind of position I was putting Inuyasha in.

The position that came to my head was an interesting one. I continued to sing.

"Cause this was it, like flicking on a switch, it felt so good I almost drove into the ditch!"

I was about to continue when the air was crushed out of my lungs. Inuyasha was on top of me and his rough hand was over my mouth. "Can you please, and I mean please, stop?"

I smiled and shrugged.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha practically shouted. He was on top of me, his hips straddling my small waist. It would most likely be an interesting scene if there was one out in the forest at a near three a.m.

He took his hand off my mouth and I smiled wickedly.

"Kagome," Inuyasha warned once more. His dark brows furrowed sternly and his lips pouted. I felt bad because I knew I was driving him crazy.

"I'm telling you to loosen up my buttons babe–"

It was a terrible shame that I didn't get to finish the song, however, I didn't think I could tear my lips from his as he kissed me so hard I thought I would melt. I couldn't say it was like breathing for the first time, because it's never like that. You can't read a romance novel and then expect your love life to be like such. Though there is the rare case, first time sex with a new guy that you've known barely a week is hardly hours and hours and hours of naughty, passionate sex.

Trust me –guys don't have that much stamina.

They rarely last long.

Such a shame.

Inuyasha kissing me however, was new. It was better than anything I imagined. It was what I wanted, what I needed. And that made it so perfect. I couldn't tell you how long we were kissing for. I didn't exactly count the seconds as his tongue danced across my lips, his own teasing me and his body pressing against me. All I do know is that it ended abruptly.

"For fuck sake's you guys!" Kouga shouted, laughing his ass off as it sounded like he just entered the forest. "I can hear you. I'm not human, I have extra-sensitive hearing. And making out isn't exactly what I want to hear."

I sighed. I tried to move but Inuyasha was still on top of me.

That was probably a good thing. I needed a few minutes for my body to mould back into shape. A puddle of goo probably wasn't the most attractive thing to be when around a guy.

"Move," I murmured. "This is supposed to be a secret, isn't it?"

"Fuck secrets."

I suddenly had a very bad feeling.

"Inu–" But before I could finish his name he was completely laying down on top of me, his arms bracing himself around my head, his hair flowing around me and his lips heavy on mine.

I could clearly hear Ayame and Kouga's footprints right beside us.

"Okay guys," Ayame said. I couldn't see what her face looked like but I didn't think it looked good. "Get a room please."

I tried to squirm out of his grasp. I mean, of course I was enjoying it. I was depressing myself as I moved away, but it was just a tad bit more than a little awkward to have your best friends right beside you while you talked tongue.

Inuyasha made a sound of surprise and then suddenly rolled over. I was now on top and his arms held me firmly against him.

Fuck my life.

For God's sake, he was making it look like I was just as willing in this as he was!

I pulled my head away. "You ass!"

Inuyasha laughed. "That got rid of them quickly."

I looked around. Kouga and Ayame were nowhere to be seen. "You mean they left?"

"Only a second ago," Inuyasha replied, relaxing me. "Don't worry. They won't go in without us."

I got off of Inuyasha, allowing him to stand up. I brushed myself off, noticing a large clump of grass on my butt. I couldn't see it, but I sure as hell felt it. I almost got rid of it when Inuyasha picked me up into his arms and before I could blink we were through the woods.

I didn't even have time to scream.

"At least you didn't take long," Kouga cringed. "I'd hate to have to hear you while we waited."

"Oh, it's okay," I whispered. "We got an earful that night of the party so we'll call it even."

I smiled wickedly as Ayame and Kouga stared at me and then Inuyasha. I couldn't tell for sure, but I knew Ayame was probably blushing deep crimson. They were shocked at my comment. Of course, they didn't know we were out there since we had been hiding on them when they came looking for us outside.

I opened the metal door and walked quietly inside. Inuyasha followed me close behind. They still hadn't even gone down the stairs when Inuyasha murmured "see you in five" to me in front of my bedroom.

What I could hear was the statement afterwards and it took every ounce of power to not laugh.

"You bastards," Ayame muttered.

The next week went by all too smoothly. Ayame and I checked the pregnancy test the next morning, despite the fact she wanted to do it immediately. Regardless of the fact that Inuyasha was waiting for everyone to settle down before joining me in my room, I told Ayame that it would be better to do in the morning when we had solid light and a bit of rest.

Ayame wasn't going to do it, but with Kouga calming her down, she agreed.

Sometime during that talk the two of them had, they seemed to have worked it out. They hadn't discussed the relationship part of their life but they were taking things one step at a time. The pregnancy scare was the biggest issue so that was to be dealt with first.

It turns out that a scare was all that it was. Ayame was not pregnant and she was more than happy when she got her period a couple days later.

That's probably the only time when a woman would be grateful for that little surprise each month.

When Sesshomaru called, life at Hell's Mark had been so uneventful that I had nothing new to report.

As for me and Inuyasha, I couldn't complain. I believe we got a solid one hour of sleep before my alarm went off, signalling we had to train. No one gets up immediately so Inuyasha snuck to his room and no one was the wiser.

Nights passed like that from then on. Although our relationship wasn't a secret, we weren't going to broadcast it, or our bed-sharing.

Missions were easy, there was practically no information on the Takeover, and despite my hard work, my perfect life seemed to carry on from there.

Pfft. Perfect life. Yeah right.

Just wait for what comes next.

There's the chapter. It was more of a information/ filler type chapter but I promise the next one won't be.

And there is a next one, just so you don't kill me.

I am hoping to finish this, inspiration has hit once more and for some reason I have no clue why.

So please, if you do review, can you critique me on my actual writing, plot, story and not my absence? That would be really appreciated!

Thanks for waiting, WitchyGirl