Chapter 10

Ten Seconds In Heaven

"DARE me, someone!" Kagome shouted playfully, throwing down the empty plastic cup to litter the ground where all her other cups lay. Three downed already. Inuyasha had already had four in so little time.

"Kagome!" Yuka stated firmly. "I dare you to drink another cup of punch."

The miko laughed like it was a real joke, nodding sloppily. "That I can do!"

Inuyasha tried to say something to her, but he could barely even see her in the broken and choppy circle of kids still playing Truth or Dare, and getting rowdier with it too. There was an echo after everyone's voice and there was a fuzzy feeling in his head. He felt distorted and his vision was starting to blur, things splitting in two, seeing double. The same thing was happening to Kagome. Still, she didn't suspect a thing as she sucked the juice from another plastic cup at the same time as the hanyou did, like it was a race.

Kagome and Inuyasha were silence, sneaking glances at each other, seeing how red each other's faces were by now. Sometimes one of them would smile, and then look away. Mostly, it was awkward and fuzzy and drunken fun. They weren't even paying attention to anything around them anymore or who was being dared what by who. Thoughts revolved around each other, wondering if the other was watching them. It was only the pointed finger that poked into Inuyasha's face that brought them from their daze.

"Truth or dare?" Ayumi asked the hanyou, a smile Kagome had never seen on the face of the innocent girl. Devilish dirtiness. Slyness. Something was up.

Inuyasha stared, trying to remember how to even play the game. He didn't want to play anymore. He wanted to get up and leave but the girls still had a tight hold on him, begging for someone to dare them to kiss the new boy they had their hands on. Inuyasha disregarded them, mostly.

"D-Dare…" He stammered, wondering what she had in mind. Why was he going along with this? Because he was too drunk to deny.

"I dare you to kiss Kagome's neck for ten seconds!"

"AYUMI!" Kagome, Eri, and Yuka all cried at the same time.

"You gotta do it! I dared you! You picked dare and I dared you!" She cried, pointing excitedly to Inuyasha.

Kagome and her other two friends stared at her, wondering if she too had a little too much to drink. She had never really been one to enjoy the party scene. Now here she was, shouting and laughing and pointing with the rest of them.

"He won't do it."

"He's a wimp."

"I'd do it, but he can't."

"Hahaha."

Snickers and whispers. Inuyasha felt his face grow hot, his chest swelling with temptation. He wanted to, but he had been told not to show affection for this girl. But here, in this realm, he had been dared to. Did that mean he suddenly allowed to now? The hanyou sat, erect, swaying slightly from side to side, and staring at Kagome with raised brows. What was he supposed to do. Then again, did Inuyasha ever do what he as supposed to in the first place?

No. Yes. It made sense to kiss her neck. At least at the moment, in the state he was in, it made sense to the hanyou. The soft, pale skin of her throat looked so good right about now. Her lips looked even better. It was only ten seconds. He could do it. Of course he could, and there was no way Kagome was going to resist either.

Inuyasha thrust himself forward, breaking the hold of the two drunk girls and even through to the center of the ring. He pulled himself to the miko, hovering over her and watching her shrink back, lower to the ground until she was laying flat on her back, a giggling, blurred, drunken mess. He looked down at her, and for a moment, everything else was gone. He couldn't hear the voices of the others, only the sound of his heartbeat throbbing in his head echoed in his ears.

He lowered a bit, impaired amber eyes closing slowly, his hungry lips met her neck. He grazed the hot flesh, his hands on either side of Kagome's body, hardly working in their attempt to keep him up straight. His tongue washed out across the skin of her neck, his fangs pushed slowly against her throat. His body stiffened with sudden flashbacks. He kissed the faint, barely visible scar he had left on her neck when he had attempted to make her his. He hadn't had the chance to follow through then, and this was only teasing him, telling him he couldn't have her, but only a taste of her that would never be enough. But he continued, pressing more firmly to her neck, kissing and sucking the flesh until Kagome had drifted off somewhere, soft noises leaving her lips.

"…Wow…" Ayumi murmured, amazed at what she had just started. Her eyes softened with that dreamy gaze again. She seemed almost proud.

"One! Two! Three! Four!" the ring of teenagers counted out loud, watching them as well. "Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Nine! Ten!"

But Inuyasha didn't stop. He didn't pull back from his comfortable position above his once-lover. He moved casually to another spot on her neck that he hadn't kissed yet, having already left a clear mark in one place.

"…Eleven….Twelve…..Thirteen….Fourteen?" They kept counting.

Around the thirtieth out loud count, the crowd grew silent.

It took a whole minute for the hanyou to finally sway and collapse to the side of Kagome. He breathed heavily, one arm lying across the miko's chest that rose and fell gently, as if she was sleeping.

"…K-Kagome? Inuyash…a? G-Guys?" Eri stammered, just as shocked as everyone else. She reached out to touch the hanyou's shoulder, and he quickly jerked away, sitting up straight, his head spinning and his ebony pupils dilated. Kagome slowly sat up beside him, eyes to the floor, face red, blank and breathing heavily.

"Gimme 'nother one of those drink things." Inuyasha demanded throwing out a shaking hand.

Kagome was silent, staring at her two pairs of feet that shook and swayed. She had to admit that was one of the best "ten seconds" of her life.

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yes i realize i took soooo long and only managed to put up this tiny little chapter. man i'm so sorry but i've just been so freakin' busy. really, can you all forgive me? i'm really really trying. --

MyInuyashaObsession- oh its okay. yeah i was kinda wondering where you got that from Oo and yes party scenes are just WILD.

BlackParade- haha well you got it now, right? and thanks.

little-miss-inu - aren't we all? ha, into party scenes, that is. but anyway. hmm i don't think my friends have every spiked me before, that is a little odd. anyways THANKS.

Interruption- Baha. I know. and ain't it the truth too?

Tifa Sohma- well i suppose you liked this chapter very much then, huh? muhahahaaaaa...yeah

xcurlyinuyashax- haha spank you. yeah a drunk inuyasha and kagome has gotta be pretty wild, as you can see by reading this chapter.