AN; Added a lot more so this chapter worked better! Little bit of steamy here too! So again Rated M!
Chapter 10; The Way I Feel
Kagome looked dazed almost robotic as tears gathered in the corner of her eyes. She didn't bother looking at Inuyasha. At this point she wasn't sure she could. She was humiliated and couldn't bare it if there was rejection in his eyes.
Inuyasha himself was speechless. He thought maybe a crazy ex or some love struck creep was involved, but her step father? So was her step father stalking her? This was the reason behind her fright. He stared at her in utter confusion and complete anger for her pain. His body still lay draped over hers. He was unable to find it in himself to move. Afraid even the slightest of movements would set her off.
Finally Kagome turned her body away from his completely, as her shock retreated, and realization again dawned on her. "Don't look please don't look."
She slowly began to crumble, as emotions overwhelmed her, and she sobbed. Embarrassment, belittlement, and sheer guilt all racked her mind at once. Regardless of how much he had expressed he like her body, and shown sheer interest in her, she felt grossly undesirable.
"Hey," Inuyasha shook her slightly "hey." He still wasn't the best at this whole comforting thing, but he knew he needed to search deep and find something. For Kagome he was willing to learn to comfort and she was really going to need it.
"Inuyasha," Kagome attempted to turn away from him, "please!" She tried twisting her body in the opposite direction, but he continued to make it difficult.
Inuyasha turned her so her whole body faced towards his, pinning her hands on either side of her head, and locking his legs against her waist to hold her still. She pushed and thrashed against him as if his touch scorched her. Inuyasha just continued to hold her down waiting for her anger to pass and eventually that's what happened.
Once her body stilled, Inuyasha released his hold on her, and gathered her up in his arms. He held her tightly as if she would fade away from him. It was the best thing he could think of to do in that moment.
Inuyasha held his breath afraid to move. This didn't feel right. She was so pure, good, she wasn't supposed to be broken like this. It wasn't right and she didn't deserve it. In that moment he wanted nothing more than to suck up all her pain and bare it for her.
He held her like that a few more moments hoping that she would calm down her hysterics. When she finally stopped sobbing he felt guilty, because he was relieved. The saltiness of her tears we're absolutely suffocating. Currently he had a full trail of them on his shoulder and the crook of his neck.
"I'm sorry." She sounded so pathetic to her ears, was that really her voice?
"Don't apologize Kagome, I should have noticed the other day."
Kagome laughed bitterly, "You were tending to the wound on my arm, besides I think you were actually trying to be a gentleman and not stare at me."
"So that's who your running away from isn't it, your step-father?" Inuyasha ignored her compliment ready to hear the story.
Kagome nodded, finally feeling like she had no choice but to explain her situation to Inuyasha. Fear struck her, hoping he wouldn't think if her differently. It felt so weird to have kept all this bottled up for so long, never telling a sole, not even her mother had the whole story. But, the look that Inuyasha gave her made it impossible for her to lie.
Kagome took a deep breath. She would not cry again. She couldn't. She had been this strong so far
"My father died when I was thirteen. It was a weird freak accident. Times were rough, but one of my father's friends, he was there for Souta, my mother, and I. We didn't have a whole lot of money and my mother felt bad taking from my father's family." Kagome paused remembering how hard the death had been on the whole family. "Onigumo said he would help us and he did. At first it was really nice, he even fully paid for my little brother to study abroad at a competitive soccer school in America. He and Mama got married not to long after. When I turned sixteen though, that was when things started to get strange." Kagome tried to explain her story as calmly as she could.
Inuyasha stared intently and listened carefully.
Closing her eyes Kagome thought back to the past.
"Mama, Mama a boy from school asked me to go on a date. Like a real date." Kagome ran into the kitchen searching for her mother. That was weird she usually was always home at this time. Kagome turned to walk up to her room and collided with a large hard body.
"Oh, Onigumo I'm sorry I didn't even notice you there." Kagome laughed.
"Girl's like you have to stay pure and don't go on date's Kagome. Cancel with that boy." Onigumo demanded. His purple orbs looked ominous as he stared at her. It honestly scared her.
"Hey I'm sixteen I'm a sophomore in high school. This is when people my age start to date." Kagome explained walking past Onigumo. Ignoring him like an ordinary teenager would. He might be her step-father, but he wasn't about to dictate her life!
Kagome felt herself jolted backwards when a tight hand gripped her arm, before shaking her roughly. The contact would surely leave a bruise on her gentle skin.
"Ouch, what are you doing that hurts!" Kagome whined. "Please let go." It felt like his grip was going to crush her arm.
"You," he vehemently spat, "are not allowed to date Kagome. Listen to your Daddy or believe, me things you won't like will happen."
When he let go Kagome darted up the stairs locking the door for the remainder of the night, too afraid to say or do anything. She had never experienced something like that happen before and didn't know how else to handle the situation.
The next day the boy she had plans with never showed up on their date, which had left her feeling devastated. The following school day she had found out that he had a terrible accident and was in the hospital.
Kagome sighed as she explained and finished her story to Inuyasha.
"He never did come out of the coma, worst, he wasn't the last. I was asked out twice sophomore year and once more my junior year. Something bad happened to every single one of them. I was known at school as bad omen Kagome. I knew it had to be him I knew it. It was my fault that those boys were hurt."
"Kagome you can't fault yourself for that." Inuyasha rolled off her and propped himself on his side allowing her to continue the story.
"It scared away all my friends, so I figured it was easier to just be alone. I think that was exactly what Onigumo wanted. Once I finally graduated I was so relieved, because I was silly enough to think I was going to get away. I was so wrong." Kagome choked back a sob for a moment, "Things got so much worse."
Kagome closed her eyes once more, it felt like yesterday.
"You are not leaving this house. You do not need to go to college you need to stay here." Onigumo yelled, knocking over his beer causing it to shatter on the ground.
"You are not the boss of me! I am eighteen years old, a legal adult, and I will do whatever I want. You have made high school unbearable for me. You will not take anything else away from me!" Kagome yelled back. She was ready to fight this, she had too.
"Kagome, I know unfortunate things happened in high school, but you can't blame Onigumo. Onigumo honey, you don't have to be so protective of Kagome she's a big girl she will be okay." Kagome's mother tried to mediate the situation.
"For this to work you have to stay pure till it's ready. So you will not leave Kagome and whore yourself out. If you don't do as I say there will be problems." Onigumo spoke crazily. He stalked up to Kagome getting right up in her face, grabbing hold of her shoulders with more force than necessary. "Pure, means you can't be a nasty wench. Defiled is weak, I want power. I haven't stuck this out this long to gain nothing."
"What are you talking about? You're not even making any since." Kagome yelled as she tried backing away from him.
"Onigumo you will not talk to my daughter like that what has gotten into you?" Kagome's mother got in between the man and her daughter. "You will not touch my daughter either."
Onigumo raised his hand and struck Kagome's mother so hard it sent her to the cold tiled kitchen floor a good four or five feet away.
"Mama!" Kagome screamed, running over to, and kneeling down to her mother. She was knocked completely out. Blood trickled from her mouth from the impact of being struck.
"You monster!" Kagome yelled standing up, charging at the man she had come to hate. Onigumo grabbed her with ease and tossed her body harshly to the ground.
"You want to even try and be a whore? I'll make it where no man will ever want you." Onigumo seethed grabbing up one of the kitchen steak knives. Straddling Kagome, he ripped her shirt apart, and held her arms down with one hand.
He grabbed hold of one of her breasts squeezing the sensitive flesh harshly. "Do you like that way that feels, slut0?"
"No, stop," Kagome sobbed. "Please let me go I'm begging you, stop!"
He let go of her breast and pulled a knife from his back pocket. He began to carve into her skin, line after line, in excruciatingly slow strokes. Some of the bloodied lines were straight and others were done in a zig-zag fashion.
Kagome screamed out in pain with every sting that bit into her skin. She continued pleading for him to stop the torture. It was so devastatingly painful and slow, that she wished he'd just plunged the knife into her heart.
"What's wrong Kagome feeling dirty yet?" Onigumo laughed genuinely enjoying himself. He had put up with the teenager for two years now and was done playing games. She was the only thing that stood between him and absolute power.
Reaching down he yanked her skirt so hard it tore from her body. He earned and even louder cry from the girl as she began to thrash wildly on the ground.
"No please, no please!" Kagome attempted to whip her body harder, praying for a miracle to stop this pain and torture. He pushed his arousal against her sickly. All Kagome could think about was that she was about to be raped.
"Stop!"
Onigumo smacked her hard across the face, her neck twisting painfully back into the hard ground. The impact knocked the wind out of her lungs, causing her to gasp painfully.
"Whore you brought this on yourself."
Kagome choked out a scream when a horrible stinging sensation erupted in the juncture of her pelvic bone. He continued to dig the knife into her scarring up her bikini line. The sensitive skin seared with pain. She wasn't sure how long it lasted. But her whole body began to go numb.
"You're disgusting." Onigumo spat. "No one is going to want you!"
Kagome sobbed once more trying to remember that the incident was in the past.
Abruptly she rolled off the bed. Unbuttoning her jeans, she dropped them to her ankles hesitantly. As if to prove her point that she was not lying about any of the story. Standing there awkwardly, Inuyasha could still see some of the scars on her inner thigh now that he was really looking. They indeed matched the ones on her chest.
"I thought I was going to get raped, but this was the worst pain I had ever felt." She sobbed grabbing hold of her stomach feeling like she might throw up. "When I look in the mirror, and all though I know I don't mean it, sometime I wonder if it would have been better to just of been raped rather than sliced up."
"Don't ever think anything like that!" Inuyasha growled. His skins felt like it was boiling. The pit of his stomach churned with utter disgust for this Onigumo. He had never wanted blood as much as he did in that moment. Inuyasha gripped his hands feeling the elongated nails digging into his palms. Trying his best he took deep breaths to keep control of his body.
Kagome tried with all her might to stop the tears, but she was no longer able to contain them, yet she was determined to get through her story.
"When he was done he warned me that if we tried to run he would hunt us down. That he waited too long to get what he needed from me." Kagome paused taking a deep breath before continuing. "Needless to say, my mother and I ran the first chance we got. He found us twice, we barely got away. When Miroku's father got in touch and offered to help us I think my mother explained a few things to him." Kagome paused once more wiping some of the tears from her sore cheeks. "She's staying on Miroku's estate and I was to come with Miroku. That's how I ended up here. I just thought it was over Inuyasha, I just wanted it to be over." Kagome choked on the last of her words. Her whole body shook. Mentally and physically she was at her limit. Why was this so hard to talk about, to accept? She'd had three years to find some way to cope, and yet, the wound felt as fresh as ever.
Inuyasha scooped her up before her knees came crashing down against the floor. Inuyasha, again that night, gathered her in his arms. How could she have been holding onto that for so long on her own? Oh gods, how was Miroku going to react? He felt like such a jerk for all the times he teased her for being so innocent. How could she not be naïve, she hasn't even had a chance to live life.
"I'm sorry if I ever made you feel uncomfortable Kagome."
Kagome shook her head against his shoulder.
"No, in a weird way it kinda made me feel like maybe I wasn't what Onigumo said I was. I guess I believed him that no one would want me after all that." Kagome smiled bitterly. It was the truth, for the first time she actually felt normal. She felt like she could have friends in her life and have an actual relationship.
Inuyasha stood there a moment longer. She was starting to calm down once more thankfully. There was just one thing that nagged him, and then he was ready to drop the subject.
"What did he mean Kagome? Being pure, what did he need from you?"
"I have no idea Inuyasha he's obviously crazy. He drank a lot too. I'm sure it was just drunken banter."
Inuyasha sighed once more. He dared the man to come find Kagome now, no, actually prayed for it. He would enjoy killing the bastard. Oh the wonderful ideas that swam through his mind on how he could torture the evil bastard. If he thought what he did to Kagome was bad.
Inuyasha pushed her away from his body to look her square in her reddened eyes.
"You know I won't let anything happen to you ever again right?"
"Inuyasha…"
"I mean it Kagome I won't. Neither will Miroku or Sango. I swear." Inuyasha looked so intense in moment, like the weight of the world rested on his shoulders. All she could do was nod as a few more tears slipped out. She didn't feel like she deserved any of this at all. She really messed up not being honest with everyone. Something bad could have happened to any one of them.
"Thank you Inuyasha, really thank you." Kagome chastely kissed him truly thankful that they had met. It was still hard to shake the vulnerable feelings she had. She hated it, but was going to have to learn to let it go. "So we really have to do this whole blood thing again?"
"Yeah, but before that," he whispered scooping her up, tossing her back onto the bed. He crawled up beside her, hovering over her body only slightly. Pulling at the material of her shirt, he lifted it up and over her head. She had tensed, but didn't object to his actions.
"This" He touched the scares lightly below her breast, leaning down, he brushed painfully light opened mouth kisses on each and every mark. "I don't care about scars, your still single handedly one of the most beautiful woman I have ever seen Kagome. Do you understand?" It felt so strange to him to say something like that out loud, but it was so important in that moment for her to know how he felt. It didn't matter how corny he might have sounded.
Kagome nodded with a smile, fresh tears dropping from her eyes, but unlike the previous ones these tears were from happiness. This hardly seemed real.
He studied her body once more. He really had meant it she was beautiful and she was his. He wouldn't let anyone ever take her away from him, ever.
"You know," Inuyasha began brushing her cheek lightly. "Your innocent, because you still blush like this, because I'm seeing you in your under garments, and no one has seen you like this. You're pure because even you're a hard headed pain in the ass that cares about others with everything you have." He paused, leaning down to chastely kiss her lips before rubbing her bare arms in a comforting manner. "Take Rin for example, you knew her for what a few hours? And still found it in yourself to protect her. That bastard was just trying to break you Kagome for whatever twisted reason. He's wrong."
Kagome studied the honesty in his eyes. Onigumo had accomplished that, she had never felt she was good enough to be with someone else. She had always been too afraid to get close to anyone romantically or friendly. Feeling like it would never last or something horrible would happen, but from day one she couldn't seem to fight off what it was about Inuyasha. The fact that she could let go of the past and move on with the present was like a weight being lifted from her shoulders.
"Are you alright?" Inuyasha whispered a bit unsure of her reaction. Maybe he had said too much. Man this wasn't his thing.
"Yes, I'm just relieved." Kagome leaned up to kiss him lightly, again before pulling away. "I think I just want to kiss you."
Smirking Inuyasha reached down not ready to give up her lips either.
It was the gentlest kiss he had given her yet. He waited, before slipping his tongue deep into the crevices of her mouth. Unlike the heated kisses a few nights ago this time he took his time exploring. Kagome reached out to wrap her arms around his neck. His hair enveloped their bodies with its silky softness. Inuyasha's body just barely touched hers as he continued to use his forearms as support. Almost as if he was afraid his weight would crush her fragile body.
Finally he pulled away from the suffocating yet pleasantly delectable kiss.
Kagome looked up at him. Those red and yellow eyes met her gaze once again. However, unlike the other times he didn't seem animalistic, but almost calming.
"Your eye's changed again. You seem fine though. You're not going to run away again are you?" Kagome teased.
It was comforting to him to hear her joke with him again.
"I'm really concentrating, hard, and I don't think I could leave even I wanted to." He brushed the hair from her cheek lightly.
Kagome giggled lightly, "I kinda enjoy mushy Inuyasha. Who would have thought you could be so sweet."
"Keh, whatever just don't get used to it and no more crying." Inuyasha rolled off her to lie on his back, crossing his arms, he looked in the other direction.
Kagome smiled again. He was embarrassed. She didn't think that was even possible. As much as she wanted to tease him she couldn't bring herself to. Not after all the kind things he has said to her.
"You know you outta just stay here from now on."
"Huh?" Kagome whispered.
Inuyasha stretched his arms over his head.
"I said you could just stay here, you know like move in. Not that you have a whole lot of stuff to move. Probably should go shopping now that I think about it."
"Inuyasha, I'm not going to desert Sango." Kagome muttered. She turned to her side leaning her body against his. Not only did she just want to be close to him, but she couldn't help the over whelming feeling of studying his body since it was in viewing range.
"Why not? I mean you're my girlfriend right? We'll isn't that how you humans do it, go out, move in together yada yada?"
Kagome scowled, "Maybe after dating for some time. I mean were across from the hall right?"
"Exactly so what's the difference in staying the nights here? We have privacy and a bigger comfier bed!" Inuyasha smiled a toothy grin.
"I'm Sango's roommate I don't want to abandon her!" She argued.
Regardless of the impending argument she continued to admire his chest. It probably sounded childish, but she had never really looked at the opposite sex like this. Especially someone as fit and attractive as Inuyasha, she was genuinely curious. His hair draped over his torso obnoxiously, obstructing her view, so without really thinking about it she brushed the silk off his abdomen.
"Like what you see?"
Kagome's face lit up as she jerked her hand back. Great now she had embarrassed herself. Sighing she went to lean away from him until he grabbed hold of her hand that had been touching him.
"Don't be like that I was just joking," Inuyasha placed her hand back to his stomach. "You can touch and stare you know. I'm not gonna say I don't enjoy it."
Inuyasha wrapped his arm around her, bringing her body closer, so that it was practically molded to his. He loved the enticing spiciness her scent was beginning to take on as she admired his flesh.
Hesitantly she laid her head on his chest resting her hand on his stomach. Sure it wasn't the first time they had laid, or slept, in a bed together, but they were both scarcely clad in any clothing. Him in his basketball shorts and her in a bra and pair of underwear, it was certainly a bit more intimate feeling, with skin against skin.
"I know you think it's funny, but I can't help it. I get these knots in my tummy, feel like I can't breathe, and I don't know what to do." Kagome mumbled against his collar bone.
"Actually I think it's kinda cute. I seriously haven't quite met someone like you before." That was such an understatement, before Kagome women were only good for one thing. Fucking and toying with. He had tried once before, desperate for something more concrete, but that had been a huge mistake.
"Inuyasha? What happened with Kikyou?"
Inuyasha sighed. Her timing ironic since the witch had just crossed his mind. Should have known she would ask more about it eventually. After the gut wrenching story she had just told him he owed her at least the pathetic one over his past failed relationship.
"Well as you know we dated awhile, thought there was more between us, she didn't accept it, and zapped me. Kinda ruins a relationship when that happens, so that's it." He was so robotic in his explanation, but he didn't want to explain any more than he had to.
"How long did you date and well why?" Kagome couldn't quite hold back her disgust. She drew lazy circles on his chest feeling jittery, probably from drinking his blood.
"We go way back. I made the mistake of thinking she was the same person I had first met long ago. A few years ago we tried dating again. All I was good for was status, but I think people liked the fact that she used then threw me away. I guess after that I figured women weren't worth it, well till you." He sighed. The feeling of stupidity coursed through him. It never worked, trying to force emotions, and that was what he had tried to do back then.
"That bitch!"
Inuyasha chuckled whole heartedly.
"Did my little Kagome just curse?"
"Don't talk to me like I'm a child. I can say bad words. I just choose not to, but I think she completely deserves it!"
Again Inuyasha laughed. "Well I certainly wouldn't consider her a bitch."
"Oh, right I forget that's a compliment for your kind." Kagome giggled lightly.
He closed his eyes taking a deep breath. It was nice that the storm had blown over, intense overload of emotions there not too long ago. It always astounded him how nice it was to sit and talk with Kagome. She continued to draw lazy circle across his chest. He enjoyed her sweet light touches. When her touches began to descend below his abdomen, however it began to set fire to his skin, and she probably wasn't even aware of it.
"Woah," Inuyasha snatched up her hand taking a deep breath, depositing her digits back to his chest. "This is a much better area here."
"I'm sorry did I tickle you. Or do you not like being touched here?"
"No, that's not it at all. Let's just say this is a better place." Oh shit. The vixens little innocent touches were turning him on, like really turning him on. All the thoughts coursing through his head would have a whore blushing. He never even knew he was this sensitive in the v-line of his abdomen. Not to mention this wasn't the time to be thinking about these things.
Kagome studied him for a moment slightly confused. "So it didn't bother you, so then it felt weird?" She hadn't really seen him get flustered before, and that's what he seemed like he was.
Turning to meet her gaze he gave her a charismatically feline smile. Kagome had learned what that smile meant.
"Want me to show you how it felt?" he almost purred. Kagome looked up at him like a lost lamb, so much for his good conscience. Right now his voice and demeanor practically yelled 'I'm a sex god', and he knew it.
Gulping slightly she couldn't help but nod, in the end curiosity tended to beat rationality. She had never trusted anyone as much as she did Inuyasha. Trusting him with her body didn't seem to be any different. She knew he would push limits, but not her boundaries.
Inuyasha swiftly rolled them over in one movement, pinning her down with his body. Unlike earlier, he let his weight fall heavier into her body. Kagome could feel his hard abs as they molded to the part of her stomach not hidden by her lose shirt.
Dipping his head down her claimed her lips in a dominating way. Kagome moaned lightly against him when he immersed his tongue into her mouth, aggressively drowning himself into her, it would most likely cause her lips to swell in the best possible of ways. His strongly firm calloused hands trailed up her sides. Shivers shot down her spine, butterflies infiltrated her stomach, and she loved every minute of it.
Inuyasha bit down carefully on her bottom lip, pulling the soft flesh, before releasing it. "Gods I could eat you up." Inuyasha whispered against her lips peering into her chocolate hues.
Kagome gulped feeling like her heart skipped a beat. He sounded serious in his declaration, and she wanted him to taste more of her. The sclera of his eyes were that brilliant red again clouding his intense gold irises. He was back to looking like that animalistic hunter, but as before, she wasn't afraid of him. This was probably her favorite side of Inuyasha. It was the most honest and passionate Inuyasha.
Inuyasha began to suck on her neck lightly nipping here and there but never in a painful way. Her chest rose with every pant that escaped her lips. It was all she could do to remind herself to keep breathing. His hands inched their way up Kagome's sides once again taking her shirt up higher over her breast. Once reaching her neck he pulled away, only long enough to slip the shirt over her head and arms, discarding the garment to the floor. His lips suckled sweet kisses all the way down her neck past the collar bone until reaching the top of her breasts. Leaving her bra intact he simply just worshipped the skin available to him.
Reaching up Kagome grasped his biceps for support. She wasn't sure what feelings were coursing through her body, but it made her chest and stomach pleasantly tight. She gripped his biceps tightly once he sunk his hands under her shoulder blades pulling her small body up towards awaiting lips.
He continued his ministrations, trailing back up the contours if her neck, ending at her luscious panting lips.
He got back to the bottom of her bra
"You make me feel wild with desire" lifting the limp material up enough to drag the side of his finger along the underside of her delicate mound.
"Is this okay," Inuyasha whispered. "Touching you?"
Kagome nodded afraid her vocal chords wouldn't rub together correctly to invoke a single syllable.
He stayed frozen not finding her believable enough, "I'm scaring you."
"No just nervous." Kagome whispered.
He stroked the underside of her breast once more. "You make me want to," he paused looking up at her to both gauge her current reaction and wait for her second. "Slide my hand under this slip of material so I can caress your breast. I'd pinch you nipple just bit, roll it between my thumb and forefinger, till it hardened enough to taste." Inuyasha pulled away from the underside of her breast, before cupping the bra clad mound.
'Oh, dear gods, Inuyasha was in a dangerous mood.' Kagome panted her mind feeling like mush, picturing Inuyasha touching her in the way he explained.
"I think you'd get tired of the teasing though," Inuyasha continued as his eyes continued to burn into hers. "I'd trail my hand down your body until I reached your thigh." Inuyasha did as he said, his hand ending its lazy trail, to rest on her thigh, with his palm down. "I'd rip these off with my claws," Inuyasha snapped the elastic on her panties. "You see I'd be way too impatient to pull them off the normal way. I'd find that sweet place between your thighs, Kagome, I'm sure it wouldn't be hard, because I have a feeling you're really sensitive. I bet your moans would be something else."
Kagome gripped his biceps to the point her nails were drawing small trace amounts of blood, but he paid it no mind, too caught up in all of this. Her face, ears, and neck were all a flame from embarrassment, but she just couldn't will herself to tell him to stop. No, she wanted to hear him, it was the most erotic thing she had ever heard
"I bet the feeling of you wrapped around my finger would be erotic as fuck. I'd work that bundle of nerves until you were begging me for release. When you got close to that high spot, I would stop, just so I could switch positions to taste you when you came." Inuyasha attacked her mouth. His tongue was savagely plunging in an out of her mouth, like it was lips of a different kind.
Kagome whined against his lips. A powerful shiver wrecked her body, and molten heat licked its way up between her legs. It was the first time in her life she wanted to throw off all her cloths and just go for it. She didn't care if she was inexperienced. She would somehow figure it all out.
Inuyasha abruptly pulled away, "That right there." He began breathing raggedly trying to elicit some sort of control. "What you're feeling is how you make me feel every day."
All Kagome could do was nod, her brain was utterly scrambled. She panted lightly trying to calm herself down before she really embarrassed herself.
"Alright, well put this off long enough, let's get this last blood sucking over with and to hit the sack. I know you have to be exhausted." Inuyasha got up off. He staggered a bit awkwardly away. She watched him as he paced around the room a bit. Finally he walked back over to her and kneeled in front of the bed and for the last time that night he tore into his flesh to offer her his vein.
Kagome groaned, "Can't we go back to the other stuff instead." She blushed slightly, but had been serious, she really hadn't wanted to stop, and now she felt uneasy. Like something had definitely been missing from their heated make out sessions.
Inuyasha smirked at her, "Are you frustrated Kagome?"
"Frustrated?" She whispered wondering what he meant by that. She probably was irritated that he had leapt out of the bed.
He shook his head.
"Never mind, come on this is the last time. As far as the other stuff, promise it wasn't the last time, just think I have all sorts of things to teach you." Promise was in his voice, but he realized there was a lot he had to learn from this as well. They could do this slowly. Each time it felt easier on him, like the demon in him was content from the progress. It took all his control now to not just pounce on her, but he was controlling it. He could be strong for the both of them.
Kagome rolled her eyes. He was probably teasing her again, in the worst possible of ways. She didn't think she would miss the simple gouges to her ego. She got up off the bed as well and took his bloodied wrist in her hands knowing what was to come next. Last time she thought to herself.
Kagome turned over in the silkiness of the comforter. Her body still felt tired and achy, but anything was better than the stinging of her throat from the previous night's events. Fluttering her eyes open she glanced at Inuyasha who was still asleep. His body faced her as he lay on his side. The way he was curled up in a ball, plus the somber look to his face, gave him an almost childlike look. It was comforting to see him look so innocent. Lords knew that he was anything but. Her mind automatically returned to his declarations the previous night.
She smiled reaching out to him, tucking a piece of loose hair out of his face. He probably wouldn't enjoy being told he looked like a child or innocent at all. She reached out to him tracing the contours of his shoulders enjoying how the muscles dipped. His skin was firm and soft all at once. Tracing up his neck she stopped at his cheek. Such masculine yet beautiful features, it kind of made her jealous. Did he have any idea how beautiful he was? Good demon genealogy. It was still a bit hard to believe that not too many hours earlier he had been fawning over her. The idea caused a tightness of butterflies to invade her abdomen, again.
Inuyasha pressed his cheek into her hand, silently willing her to continue the sweet ministrations. She continued to caress his smooth skin all the way to his ears. Couldn't help but want to touch them. She scratched ever so lightly behind the soft appendages, causing him to again nuzzle against her hand.
Kagome giggled lightly before ceasing in her curious ministrations.
"You're being a tease." Inuyasha mumbled groggily opening one eye to peer at her.
Kagome stiffened for a moment. "You were awake? I find it a bit ironic that you're calling me a tease."
She turned away feeling slightly embarrassed.
"You're actually surprised by that?" Inuyasha chuckled pulling her back around to face him as she had been earlier.
"I don't know. I guess I just figured you had to sleep sometime right?" Kagome mumbled. "
Inuyasha chuckled softly, "True, but I'm still a light sleeper. How are you feeling?"
She actually felt really good. If possible she felt better than ever!
"I feel great."
"Yep, perks of demon blood." Inuyasha yawned turning over to look at the clock at his bedside. He groaned, it wasn't even seven in the morning. Deciding it was much too early to be up, he turned back to reach for Kagome, lifting her body up into his arms. He situated her so she laid directly on top of him face down. It was easy to hold her in place with his hands locked together at the small of her back.
"W-what are you doing?" Kagome mumbled into his chest. Her arms were lying against the mattress on either side of his body, while her legs daggled around his in a straddling position.
"Going back to sleep, it's too early, now hush." He closed his eyes with a toothy grin that went unnoticed by the angel on top of him.
She sighed and sat there for only a few minutes in silence.
"Don't you think this is a tad bit uncomfortable? I mean I'm basically smothering you…" Kagome groaned. She once again had butterflies in her tummy. She had forgotten that she was only in her under garments and Inuyasha was still only in shorts. The way their skin touched sent waves of heat up her body and yet he seemed completely cool about it. Of course he had also been completely cool in demeanor while whispering rather naughty things into her ear the previous night.
"Actually I'm quite comfortable, go back to sleep." Inuyasha pushed once more.
He rubbed his calloused hands in comforting circular motions on the small of her back. Instead of the comfort, it caused her to feel more nervous. Oh gods, she berated herself for having a dirty mind at that particular moment, but how could someone not think sexual thoughts lying on top of such a god who was basically unclothed.
"Are you alright?" Inuyasha finally snickered.
"W-what do you mean?" Kagome mumbled. She prayed he couldn't read her thoughts. No, she knew that he couldn't right? Right.
"Well your heart is beating so fast its making my ears hurt and your breathing really heavily. Are you drooling as well?"
Kagome swatted at his biceps, her annoyance apparent.
"I am NOT drooling and I am NOT breathing hard. M-maybe it's just not comfortable being on top of you. Did you ever think of that?" Kagome yelled leaning herself up on his chest to look into his amused eyes and lazy grin.
"Yeah, you are kind of heavy too." Inuyasha laughed. As he expected, the moment the insult left his lips, she reached out to smack him. Being prepared he grabbed hold of Kagome's dainty wrist flipping their position over.
"Come to think of it, I like this position a hell of a lot more."
Sighing Kagome turned her head away a bit embarrassed. Did he even realize just how suggestive he sounded, practically all the time? Or maybe it was just her raging hormones again? The feeling of Inuyasha's hands lightly trailing her neck caught her attention. Turning to look at him he held a very coy smirk as he studied her.
"What?" suspicion crept into her voice.
"Nothing just admiring, is there something wrong with that?" The smirk never left Inuyasha's lips. Surely he was plotting. She knew that look.
Ceasing in his light touches Inuyasha brushed her hair away from her face.
"You know it's taking everything in me to not reach down and sink my fangs into your skin." He whispered a bit too calmly, drawing lazy circles on the spot on her neck he was fantasizing about.
It sent shivers down her spine. Oddly it didn't freak her out the way it would have prior to knowing Inuyasha. Rin had said when a demon finds their intended it was almost a painful inner fight to mark them. Of course, some demons were much better at coping than others.
"I'm not pushing you know."
Kagome took a deep breathe thinking a moment before responding.
"Would it help you if you did? Like the demon, it would help right? You know I wouldn't-" Kagome whispered.
Inuyasha's eyes widened slightly. Was this crazy girl offering?
He shook his head slightly, "I don't think at this point that would be a good idea."
Kagome looked away from him a bit embarrassed. A part of her couldn't believe she just basically asked him to mark her. Was she crazy? It was moving way too fast. Engagement right, isn't that what he had compared it to? In spite of the slip of stupidity that nagged at her, she felt a bit hurt, and wasn't all that sure why.
"Do you not, or well I-" Crap, why hadn't she just simply kept her mouth shut? Feeling embarrassed she averted her eyes from his yet again.
Inuyasha sat confused for a moment, before understanding her mumbling. "Hey, I just said I wanted to didn't I? I just meant at this point it may not be a good idea, until I know for sure I won't hurt you. I have never had so much trouble controlling myself, to the point I don't even realize I have lost it. I don't want something like last time to happen again."
Kagome nodded feeling a bit relieved. "Well, I don't want you to feel pushed either Inuyasha."
He chuckled at the odd statement. He wasn't sure anyone had ever thought they were pushing him into something before, but no one had ever seriously cared about his feelings either.
"Trust me I can't wait to mark you" Inuyasha purred kissing the juncture of her neck. "And tease you," he placed another open mouth kiss below her ear. "And dominate you," he nipped at her earlobe gently. "Oh, and make you scream."
Kagome didn't even have the time to gasp or argue, before he kissed her lips passionately. Again with simple words he had turned her on. Her heart was thumping and her palms were beginning to sweat. Gods help her, he was turning her into a hentai!
Before getting too carried away Inuyasha pulled away from her swollen lips, "I think I like this."
"Like what?" Kagome panted.
"Waking up with you, well I guess being woken up by you would be more accurate."
Kagome rolled her eyes. "We've done this a couple of times now, not use to it yet?" She couldn't help but pry. That was a normal thing right wanting to know about the past of who you cared about most.
Inuyasha shook his head negatively, before continuing to trace the lines of her creamy neck like he had earlier.
"Well haven't you, well I mean, from what I hear you've um…." Oh how did she go about saying this?
Again Inuyasha shook his head, "Nah, we'd do our business and the chick would leave. Plus I've never slept with a girl in my bedroom. It always takes place in the spare. That was the underlined rule. Not even with Kikyou, actually now that I think about it she couldn't get away fast enough." Inuyasha sighed. He didn't like bringing her up to Kagome. But, they might as well not hide anything else from each other, especially after what had occurred the previous night.
Kagome smiled brightly confusing Inuyasha.
"I know I shouldn't smile at that." She covered her mouth uncomfortably. "It's just that you've been a first for a lot of things for me. It keeps making me feel inadequate or self-conscious. So I guess it's just nice to be a first for something for you as well. "
Inuyasha leaned down kissing her sweetly.
"You know, we could do this every morning." Inuyasha grinned pulling away.
Kagome sighed, "Back to this again? I told you I don't want to abandon Sango."
Groaning Inuyasha rolled away from her to his back.
"Well Miroku can just move in with Sango. She's his mate anyways so it makes more sense."
Kagome sat up with an excited yelp. "Really? So she really is his mate?"
"You don't pine over a woman for three years unless she's your bitch."
"Inuyasha!" Kagome scolded rising up to sit on her knees as if to prove she would pounce on him for being mean.
"Remember it ain't an insult." He sighed looking her over really good. The sun shining through the window kissed her alabaster skin perfectly. She was curvy in all the right places, not a skin and bones type by any means. Gods her body made his mouth water. He could certainly sink his teeth into her.
"So do you always wear such sexy bras? At first I thought you were definitely a C-cup, but now getting a good look, you might be a D."
Kagome's face lit up as she scrambled to cover herself up with the comforter. "Do you have to pay that much attention to my chest!"
Inuyasha put his arms behind his head as he stretched out his body. That coy smile never left his features.
"Well don't get me wrong, I pay attention to the rest of your body too. Your hour glass shape, well-toned, muscular thighs, and great ass technically I appreciate it all." He paused a moment crossing his arms. "I know you like to work out and all just don't ever get too skinny. I banged this model for a while once and she had the boniest hip bones and it hurt like hell when-"
"INUYASHA!" Kagome yelled hitting him over the face with the pillow beside him.
"Hey cut it out." He dodged the pillow a few times but she proved to be a lot quicker than normal. The demon blood in her must be kicking up her speed some and definitely her strength. "Hey I was complimenting you!"
"Well don't be so crude!" Kagome yelled out she raised her hand again, but this time he caught her around the waist. With ease he slung her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
"Did you get that out of your system?" He barked.
"Well you wouldn't want to hear about me screwing some random guy!"
Inuyasha growled, "I don't have to worry about that, you're a virgin, and no guy better ever lay his hands on you or ill rip them off. No questions asked."
Kagome sighed, "That's real healthy." She raised her hands in truce, before he slung her back forward onto her feet.
Kagome steadied herself, but just as soon as she had, a rush of that familiar dizziness wrecked her brain. She felt Inuyasha's hand reach out to steady her body.
"That dizzy thing again?" At Kagome's nod he continued. "You know it could have to do with you spiritual powers. I've been told that mikos have to regularly expend their energy or else it builds and has side effects."
"How do you expend energy?"
Inuyasha smiled, "Normally through prayer and purification ceremonies, but there is also another way to let go of that energy."
Kagome sighed, "Leave it to you to turn this into a sexual conversation."
"Look at the bright side at least you're not embarrassed anymore?"
Oh crap. Now she was standing in front of him in nothing but her under garments. He was right though, she didn't feel as embarrassed about it, probably because she was still irked. It was a liberating feeling to feel comfortable with out his clothes in front of him.
"Well better go take a quick shower. I'm sure Miroku will be here any minute now expecting a full play by play." Inuyasha groaned. It would not be the highlight of the day.
Kagome looked at him confused. "How do you know that?"
"Been up for the last hour and a half pacing back and forth in your apartment, probably been waiting for a decent enough time to drop by."
"You can hear that?" Kagome was genuinely impressed.
Inuyasha pointed to his ears, "What do you think?"
Panic washed over Kagome's features almost instantly as she thought about the unique hearing ability a demon could possibly have. She had never thought to ask Miroku what his capabilities were with the enhanced senses.
"Oh, Inuyasha can Miroku?"
"Nah, his hearing isn't as good as mine, but he can feel vibrations and wind currents. So he probably has felt us, especially with you chasing me around like a mad woman!"
"It was well deserved!" Kagome warned pointing up at him.
Again he just coyly smiled at her, "Well I'm gonna go shower real quick. You know you ought to go brush your hair a bit."
Kagome watched him walk away. He even seemed coy in the way he retreated. Brush her hair? Why did he say something like that? Walking over to the long length door mirror she looked at her appearance. Her hair didn't look that unruly. What had he been talking about? She just needed to…
"INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed.
She barged into the bathroom to be greeted by the hanyou with a towel wrapped around his waist. Her eyes widened before turning her back to him.
"If you wanted to shower with me Kagome you didn't have to yell."
No she didn't care if he was in nothing but a towel, she was way too angry! Turning around she stalked back over to him.
"What are these?" She pointed to her neck. Bruised looking purple and red spots trickled down her neck to the top of her collarbone. "They're all the way down to the top of my breasts!"
Inuyasha wasn't sure if she was red from embarrassment or anger, but either way he couldn't contain his smile. Normally he wasn't a hickey kind of person, but if he couldn't mark her with his teeth, then go for the next best thing.
"Hickeys? Yeah I guess I did get a little carried away."
"A LITTLE? There are like six or seven kiss marks! I look like a floozy!"
"Give it a few days, they'll go away. Look on the bright side at least everyone will know you're mine." Inuyasha smiled brightly.
Kagome gave him a strangled look. Turning towards the large mirror, she tilted her head slightly, and once again surveyed the damage to her neck.
"Actually, come to think of it, wouldn't that bring me more trouble if people knew we were an item? You know those crazy groupies of yours seem to just love me."
Inuyasha crossed his arms defiantly snorting at her, "Not all the time. Most demons around her are actually terrified of me. So they would never go near what's mine."
"What's mine? I'm not a candy bar Inuyasha!" Kagome continued to examine her skin. Doing a double take she looked closely at the skin under her breasts. Where there had been those horrible prominent scars that she was so use to. They were still there, but looked different. They were lighter, skinnier, and all together smaller. She reached up hesitantly to touch one. The groves were almost gone as well.
"Inuyasha the scar's….they're…"
"Almost gone? It's the demon blood. I don't care either way, but if you wanted, I'm sure after a few more times they will be completely gone."
Kagome stared at the scars a little longer. She had lived with them for so long it was going to be strange to not see them anymore, but the thrill of the idea shook her to the very core. She took a deep breath trying to regulate her emotions so she wouldn't cry, again, in front of him.
"I know it won't exactly help with the emotional part, but maybe it might be a start." Inuyasha sounded so genuine.
Despite the anger she had felt towards him a few minutes ago, she could no longer be mad. Inuyasha could be a pervert and a hot-head, but he had genuinely been there for her in any way possible. It created a warm feeling in the pit of her stomach. What was this that she was feeling?
"So are you getting in or what?"
Kagome gave him a dirty look. "Maybe if you hadn't asked I would have considered it on my own." She then turned on her heel to exit the bathroom.
"Tease!" Inuyasha yelled after her.
"Miroku you're going to pace a hole through my kitchen." Sango dryly remarked. She couldn't quite blame him. She was stressed out about the situation herself. But there was nothing to do at the moment.
"I cannot stand being in the dark. Hell, apparently I have been in the dark where it concerns Kagome for a long time now." Miroku stopped pacing to sit in the bar stool next to Sango in an attempt to calm his nerves.
Sango reached out to take one of his hands trying to comfort him the best she could.
"Look I know it must have been hard for Kagome in the past. But, now she is with all of us Miroku. Besides, if she's Inuyasha's intended then I know he won't let her be hurt anymore. You can't beat yourself up over this."
Miroku pulled away from her feeling shameful. "But, I should have. I looked out for Kagome since we were kids. But once she started high school and my powers really began to manifest I dropped the ball. She's the only cousin I have, the only family other than my parents I really have. I promised our grandfather I'd look out for her and I apparently failed miserably."
Sango sympathized with him. She knew that he was acting too positive yesterday. Miroku always held things in. She had noticed that a long time ago. But, it really bothered her that there was nothing that could be said to amend the issue.
Standing from the bar stool Miroku growled lowly looking in the direction of the door.
"What is it?"
"I'd say Kagome and Inuyasha are up based on the harsh vibrations that are coming from Inuyasha's apartment. Most likely Kagome is beating him for being unruly."
Sango sighed, "Oh and you are one to talk?"
Miroku turned towards her with a genuine smile.
"It didn't seem like you were complaining this morning."
Sango's cheeks pinked slightly as she turned away from him to pour herself another cup of coffee.
"So are you going to head over there?" Sango voted for a change of subject.
"Yeah I'll give it a few more minute, but I can't wait any longer than that. I want to know what the hell is going on."
Sango sighed mixing her coffee with creamer. She was almost afraid to know what was going on. It was even more scary that Kagome had been so good at hiding everything. Whatever the circumstance, it had been bad, so it could be good to be a normal part of her life now.
"So what are you going to do about the apparent stalker?"
"I'm going hunting." Miroku growled.
Nodding Sango thought about his words for a moment. Of course he would feel that way. "Well, I talked with Rin this morning. She invited Kagome and I over to Sesshomaru's mansion. She would be safe there so that you and Inuyasha can take care of odd and ends."
"Sesshomaru is actually allowing people at his estate?" Miroku couldn't help his curiosity at that.
"You know how he is when it comes to Rin. Now he won't even allow her to leave the house. So I guess that's the compromise. Personally I think it could be nice. I think Kagome needs a slumber party experience and to not worry at all for a day." It already was an abnormal school, but it would be nice to try and do things a bit more normal.
"Noted, well I guess I'm heading on over then." Miroku sighed mentally preparing himself for the future occurrence. Once out in the hallway he found himself becoming hesitant. It was not often Miroku found himself afraid, but where it concerned Kagome he was most certainly feeling apprehensive.
Surprise took hold of him once the door swung open to Inuyasha's apartment. Standing there was a still wet Inuyasha in a pair of red basketball shorts and white wife beater fashioned tank.
"Really man I know you have the patience of a monk, but you've been doing this all morning haven't ya?" Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow.
Miroku just sighed entering the apartment, "Is she alright?"
Inuyasha simply just held up his hand to point out Kagome sitting on the couch. She had on a pair of oversized sweat pants with a matching oversized hoodie that was zipped up to her neck. Which were obviously Inuyasha's clothes.
Miroku sighed, he was still going to have to get use to the idea of the two, but Inuyasha had at least proven himself worthy enough. Truth of the matter was there wasn't a thing Miroku really could do, but accept it.
"Miroku, I'm so sorry!" Kagome burst trying her best not to tear up. She had felt humiliated explaining things to Inuyasha, but she wasn't sure she could with Miroku. She had looked up to him for many years and then just alienated herself from him completely even though he had always been there for her. Maybe if she had gone to Miroku everything that had occurred wouldn't have.
"Hey, don't apologize I just want to know what the hell is going on." Miroku didn't waste any time. Kagome just looked at him like a deer caught in headlights. "Well aren't you going to explain?"
"I, well I, I…" Kagome stuttered feeling panicked.
Miroku made to reach for her, but was stopped by Inuyasha. The dog demon gave him such a stern look that he was almost afraid to say anything. Wow, and he thought that he had been protective.
"Hey Kagome, I bet Sango is worried. Why don't you go tell her you're alright? Her and Rin want to spend the day with you and do girl crap. You'll be alright with them." Inuyasha offered.
Kagome nodded not wasting any time, got up off the couch, and headed towards the door. She gave Inuyasha a sympathetic yet thankful look as she passed him out the door.
Sighing Inuyasha released Miroku's wrist, "Come on let's go for a run, we'll head up into the mountains."
"Inuyasha why don't you just tell me what's going on?" Miroku pushed trying to not become annoyed.
"I will, just trust me on this one."
Kagome gasped at the view of the mansion, no castle, that Rin and Sesshomaru lived in. Someone could most certainly get lost in a place like this. There were gardens and flowers scattered among the lush grass. Everything was green and ripe. A fresh garden wrapped around the side of the mansion and extended to the back. Beautiful red and white roses had climbed their way up the sides of the mansion.
Rin came bouncing out of the entrance with a smile plastered on her face. Her excitement was clearly evident. She was in an extravagant white kimono with deep red roses and vines decorating the soft fabric. The small girl threw herself into Sango's arms hugging her tightly.
"I am so excited that you guys came!" Rin explained. Pulling away from Sango she gave Kagome a big welcoming hug as well.
"Hey Rin," Kagome whispered hugging her lightly back. "Are you feeling alright?" Kagome had forgotten, if she had inhaled poison then surely Rin had as well. Perhaps Sesshomaru had shared his blood with her.
"Oh, yeah I'm fine my mate's a strong demon. It would take a lot more than poison to affect me." Rin smiled brightly, not making a whole lot of sense to Kagome.
Kagome thought the small girls words over for a moment.
"How exactly does that affect you?" Kagome finally voiced. There was still so much about demons and mating that she did not know.
"Oh I'll explain it all to you in due time. Come on, I set up tea and made cookies and brownies!"
"Tea, brownies, and cookies?" Sango ridiculed. Why wasn't she surprised.
"Yep, I wanted to bake more, but Sesshy wouldn't let me." Rin pouted.
The girls giggled, following Rin through the gardens. The cutest white 19th century gazebo was decorated with roses, lilies, and lilacs. In the very center was a white wooden porch furniture set. The glass table was adorned with tea, brownies, cookies, and various candies.
"So Kagome are you doing alright? Considering everything that happened last night?" Rin questioned sitting down in the soft cushiness of the chair.
Kagome nodded. She was still a bit apprehensive about the current subject, but this was possibly the best time to open up about her feelings. If anyone knows about the things she was going for it would be a mixture of Rin and Sango.
"You don't have to talk about it yet if you aren't comfortable Kagome." Sango pushed. She really wanted to know what was happening in Kagome's life, but she did not want to push anything on Kagome.
"Thanks Sango and you too Rin, I'm still not sure how to go about talking to Miroku about everything. I feel really embarrassed about everything, but I think it would be best to talk about it." Kagome blubbered.
"Actually, I'm pretty sure that he's going to get it out of Inuyasha. That was at least the plan this morning. They went up into the mountains."
"Oh, the mountains," Rin laughed, "Nice." She reached out grabbing a warm brownie ready to indulge.
Kagome too laughed at the oddness of the conversation. It was hard to believe that yesterday she thought her life was going to end. Life may not be perfect, but she really didn't mind how life had become. It was nice to be able to laugh and gossip.
"Mountains? Why would they go all the way up there?"
"Oh you know, safe place to talk." Rin grabbed up a cookie to munch on next. "Inuyasha sure has been pretty sweet on you. So he definitely is your intended, huh? When are you going to do the marking? Or even better the mating?" Rin bounced excitedly.
"Uh, oh yeah that…." Kagome stuttered. Rin pushed cookies into Kagome's hands.
"You do understand how hard that is for Inuyasha right?" Rin looked at her astonished.
Kagome looked at her a bit confused.
"Is it really that hard? I mean I get the whole animalistic aspect of everything, but as far as the marking and mating thing, is it that difficult?" Kagome pushed. Every time she had brought something like that up he seemed to just let it go, but it was something she had really wanted to know the answer too.
"Well for Inuyasha of course. He mentioned to Miroku that he was almost afraid to push for anything physical yet with you." Sango laughed lightly. "Sorry Kagome but, Inuyasha not chasing women, I never expected that!"
"Well he's being considerate. I mean I'm not ready." Kagome mumbled.
"Because of him being a demon it's going to be really hard on him is all I'm saying." Rin pushed. She wasn't quite sure Kagome had realized the difficulties with a demon in the courting stage.
"Well, I mean I get it might be hard, but look at Miroku he's been head over heels for Sango for a long time now. He seems pretty sane to me." Kagome couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed. Inuyasha had explained everything was fine. So why were they making a big deal about this?
Sango sighed, "Miroku is a wind demon. They are probably the most patient and calmest of demons."
"So basically he can control the urges much better than a hot-headed, possessive, and impulsive dog demon. Trust me." Rin finished.
The ground trembled harshly causing the tea cups and pitchers to spill over.
Kagome stood up with a jolt. "Earthquake?"
Sango sighed looking up at her with sympathy.
"Actually no, I think that would be Miroku's doing." Sango pointed into the valley that surrounded the mountains. The estate provided a perfect view of what nature had to offer.
Kagome's eyes darted off into the direction in which Sango pointed. A giant crater stuck out like a sore thumb. All the forestry around it looked like thousands of blades had chopped it up to nothing.
"Miroku?" Kagome gasped.
"Is what happened really that bad Kagome?" Sango asked her own question obviously upset.
That's right Inuyasha had probably told Miroku the whole situation. Kagome couldn't help the sickening feeling that overtook the pit of her stomach. Although she realized after telling Inuyasha about her past, she had known it was inevitable for Miroku to find out, but she couldn't help but wish he didn't have to know.
"Sango I…"
"No!" Rin yelled catching both of the other girls attention. "No sad faces! We are having a fun girls day! I understand there seems to be some dark clouds, but worrying over them now won't do anything. As far as Miroku and Inuyasha go it's not the first time that either of them has made craters in the mountains, it's a crazy demon thing. So no sad faces!"
Both Sango and Kagome couldn't help but smile. Rin seemed so much like a little child at times. Then on the flip side she sounded so mature. There was nothing to do about the past. It couldn't be changed.
"So back to gossiping! So are you going to let Inuyasha mark or what?" Rin pushed reaching for another cookie.
"Um, isn't that a really big step?" Kagome questioned.
"Well yeah I guess so, but it'll beat an increasingly crazy horny possessive demon."
Was it really something that would make him act this way? Of course Inuyasha already seemed like he acted like a horny teenager. Would it be so bad after all to get marked? Rin would know these questions better than anyone now that Kagome thought about it.
"Does it hurt?"
"Which part?" Rin smiled almost too innocently.
"Marking?" Kagome whispered sheepishly.
Rin thought about Kagome's question for a moment intently.
"Well to be honest I can't really explain it. I almost want to say it's as good as having sex, but that wouldn't quite glorify it. It's like being entered from everywhere." Rin smiled happily with her description. However, Kagome's frozen face seemed to think differently.
"Oh, like spiritually, like the demon aura. Don't get me wrong, it's not that it's better than actually mating it's just a different type of good. But I hear that it can be different for everyone. How would you explain it Sango?" Rin tried once more to get her point across.
"Uh, I well." Sango mumbled sheepishly.
"Wait, wow Miroku marked you? When?" Kagome pushed. Sango sighed pulling her shirt to the side. There were indeed symbols that trailed from her neck down to her shoulder.
"It happened a few days ago. Its only markings, we aren't fully mated yet. You were upset about Inuyasha's disappearing act so I felt wrong saying anything about it." Sango tried her best to explain her actions.
Kagome smiled brightly at her though, "I'm really happy for you guys Sango." Miroku deserved to be happy and he obviously did love Sango. It was certainly more fun centering attention on someone else other than her for once.
"I don't get why you guys didn't just mate." Rin pouted.
"I like this taking things slow thing. Just so I can be sure. I mean my family is a long lineage of demon hunters and now I'm involved with one." It was true Sango thought to herself. She would be lying if she said she didn't want it, but there was nothing wrong with being cautious.
Kagome leaned back getting comfortable in her seat. It seemed like they were probably going to be out here for a while. She thought about Sango's cautiousness. She couldn't really blame her. It was a scary thought. Demons didn't seem to think things over as carefully.
"So if demons mark you, what makes it not a binding mark?"
Rin smiled brightly. She loved all these fun questions. She had to find out about demons all on her own. So it was fun to share with someone else about them.
"Marks aren't binding. The mark on Sango's neck in a week or so will fade. So then Miroku will have to make another one, which is why I just don't get why they didn't mate, then it be permanent. At least with a mark though it'll keep other demons away, plus Miroku will have a better connection with her." Rin cleaned some of the now cooled down hot tea from the table that had spilt from the earlier quake.
So then marking really was similar to being engaged. It was something that could be broken. But mating was not like marriage, it was forever. Kagome sighed she finally thought she was getting this stuff down.
"Ok, so a demon can mark you as much as he wants, but once you mate then it's done, right?"
It was Sango's turn to giggle lightly. It was cute to see Kagome so interested in all the information. She was pretty sure that Kagome wasn't even aware that she had already decided what she would do considering marking with Inuyasha.
"Well not exactly. My lord still likes to bite me when we mate. Sometimes I think it's a demon thing, but it's a demons way to transfer power. Most demons are too selfish to do this, but I think the ones who truly are in love with their intended do it." Rin smiled brightly. She most certainly knew her lord loved her and thought her special. No use hiding that.
"Transfer power?" Kagome questioned right away.
"Well if a demon takes a human or possibly a weaker demon as their mate, giving away a little bit of power helps protect them." Rin picked her hair accessory out of her hair. She pushed her index finger to the sharp silver causing a descent size gash.
"Rin!" Kagome gasped. The smaller girl looked up at her with a bright smile.
"See." Rin held out her hand, the minor gash was already healed. "It's kind of the same thing with the blood that Inuyasha gave you. It heals."
Kagome nodded, understanding a bit better. There were so many rules and things to know about demons. What a crazy world that only in her wildest dreams she could have ever imagined. That must have been why Rin was stronger against the poison.
"Okay so more gossiping, so Kagome, how far?" Rin smiled wickedly like a Cheshire cat.
"Huh? How far what?" Kagome looked up at Rin confused.
Sango hid her shaking head in her palm.
"You with Inuyasha, how far?" Rin pushed again.
"They haven't done anything but kiss Rin." Sango decided to bail Kagome out. Who turned bright red at the realization at what 'how far' meant.
"What? No way? Inuyasha? No other bases at all?" Rin couldn't quite decide what she wanted to say.
Kagome sheepishly shook her head embarrassed.
"They're just taking things slow Rin, no biggie." Sango attempted again to play hero.
"Wow. I'm just surprised I mean considering Inuyasha is normally such a man whore. Who knows how many people he has slept with? Do you remember how loud all the sleezy girls would be, you could hear them scream from across the…" Rin paused seeing Sango waving her hands and mouthing no from behind Kagome. "Uh, I mean they use to scream, because he used to be so mean! Inuyasha is always so mean, which is why he obviously really really likes you!" Rin sighed. Well crap that wasn't obvious.
Kagome sighed, "Its fine you don't have to sugar coat it, I figured as much. Sesshomaru said he's been around for 150 years. I'm sure the numbers rack up."
"Well think of it this way, at least he knows his way around the bedroom!" Rin smiled brightly.
Kagome gave her an odd look through the embarrassment, "This really doesn't bother you at all to talk about does it?"
"Talk about what?" Rin chided back with a grin.
Kagome shook her head.
"It's part of life, a good part of life. I may have only been with one person, but from what I've read sex with demon's is really intense. Especially if they are the one, so why wait?" Rin looked so innocent while talking about something so intimate. "I mean don't you want to do it?"
"I mean I think about it," Kagome whispered. "I guess I'm just a bit afraid. What if I don't compare? You say it's so intense what if I mess it up?"
'Does that make me horrible to think that?' Kagome thought. She really tried not to, she really did, but it was just something that nagged in the back of her mind.
"It won't matter, besides that's Inuyasha's job to make it go smoothly. If you're that worried don't take my word for it, just ask Sango."
Sango coughed on the hot tea that she was sipping on. Her face turned bright red. It was hard to tell if it was from the chocking or embarrassment.
Kagome's eyes widened, "What?"
"Yeah with Miroku," Rin whispered a little confused.
"You've slept with Miroku?" Kagome shouted.
Sango buried her face in her hands once more and groaned.
"Oh, whoops, man I'm sure on a roll today." Rin scratched her head sheepishly.
"Why didn't you tell me? Wait when exactly did this happen?" Kagome pushed feeling a bit hurt, but more confused than anything.
Sango groaned, "I was embarrassed, it was not my best of moments."
"She slept with him after a party the first night she met him." Rin supplied.
"Rin!" Sango yelled once more picking up the nearest pillow and beating her in the side with it.
"What? It isn't my fault ya'll are all so secretive! That's why I have no problems or drama in my life. I just tell everyone everything." Rin scowled.
"Is that why you pushed Miroku away for so long? Because you guys slept together the first night you met him?" That actually had made some sort of sense.
"It just happened. There was something about him and we just got carried away. Besides, later I found out that he had come to the party with a date that night and had been with someone the night before. I felt ashamed and mortified. Not to mention he marked me without me even knowing it. I get that demons don't care but I did." Sango frowned about the situation.
"Hello, I told you that you were drawn to him for a reason. I have read about this, demons are not the only ones that are drawn to their mates. Think about it you said it yourself that it was uncharacteristic of you? Well it wouldn't have happened with anyone but Miroku." Rin rolled her eyes. "Besides if he just marked you he did it for a reason." Geez why did all these people not listen to her already?
"So instead you have just been fighting it huh?" Kagome whispered. Wow if that was true then Sango sure was a strong willed woman. The more Kagome thought about it she really wasn't sure if she had done really any fighting. Maybe at first when she met Inuyasha, but technically after he had saved her the first time, she probably was hooked
Sango nodded. "Well we're together now."
"Yeah it only took three years! You must have been frustrated as hell. Have you guys finally done it yet?"
"Rin!" Both Sango and Kagome yelled in unison.
"What? Geezz" Rin puckered her lips like a little girl. She couldn't help the hentai in her. She wanted some real girl talk already.
"Why did you never talk to Miroku about it?" Kagome couldn't help but wonder. Surely Miroku would have understood. From what Inuyasha had said Miroku had been smitten ever since he met Sango. She continued to hear how strong willed Miroku's patience was and how uncharacteristic it was of demons.
"I guess I just assumed it meant nothing to him. I've heard stories where demons used humans as sport by marking them as objects." Sango had a bit of guilt wrenched her stomach. Miroku really was a lot more genuine than she had ever given him credit for.
Rin sighed, "He's been trying to ask you out for three years now. What more proof did you need?"
"I can't help it if I've been hurt before and was being careful. Not all of us are crazy enough to be in love with someone who pays no attention to her." Sango crossed her arms ready for the conversation to be over with.
"Hey, that was only for a little while. Lord Sesshomaru loves and treats me very well." Rin defended.
"Hey but everything worked out for the best right?" Kagome offered.
Both girls nodded agreeing.
"So Sango?" Rin smiled.
"Yes," Sango hesitantly answered. She eyed the little minx suspiciously.
"Have you guys done it already or what?"
AN; Annnnnnnnnd whatcha think? I really liked having more Inuyasha and Kagome fluff!
Chapter 11 Preview;
"I c-cant…I want you to submit bitch!" Inuyasha growled into her ear. "I wwant, I want to devour you!" He growled out once more scratching his claws up the bricked wall provoking a noise similar to nails on a chalk board. "Your mine!"
Kagome wasn't exactly sure what Inuyasha meant but she knew it was the demon in him speaking to her in that moment.
Chapter 10 Playlist;
Simon Curtis; Delusional
Rihanna; Diamonds
Get Scared; Sarcasm
The Used; Put Me Out
Hellogoodbye; All of Your Love
Celldweller; Frozen
Modest Mouse; The View
Skyway Traffic; E.T.
Skillet; Monster
Atreyu; Falling Down
Everyone Dies in Utah; Synthesize Me Captain
Date; Rise Against
12 Stones; The Way I Feel