Chapter Eleven
Resurrection
Kagome couldn't ever remember a time in her life when she had ever felt so complete. Complete, at ease, comfortable, in love… All these things sprang from just knowing Inuyasha. He had resurrected the old Kagome, slowly stirring her carefree smiles, and contagious laughs back into existence once more.
And all this happened rapidly during the few weeks they had been officially a couple.
The attention was surprisingly something Kagome could handle again. She felt uninhibited and completely secure with herself. Inuyasha made her feel safe and in his arms she was on top of the world again.
Old friends rejoined the group and soon there were invitations to parties and mall trips nearly everyday. Her senior year was picking up and it wasn't hard for her to fall into the social groove she once thrived in.
Kagome laughed loudly, walking to lunch with her old friends Yuki and Erin. "You have got to be kidding me!"
Erin smiled wickedly. "I'm being serious. He was getting handsy so I just pulled down his pants in front of everyone and casually walked away."
"I wish I could have been there!" Kagome giggled again.
Yuki joined in. "You were invited! You should have come!"
Kagome shook her head. "Nah, Inuyasha doesn't like parties that much so I just took it easy with him at my house." I'm still getting used to parties myself…
"Well, what about the party at Kouga's tonight? You should really convince him to come!" Yuki pressed.
"Yeah! It's supposed to be big. Come on, tt's already March; we only have a few more months together before we graduate." Erin chimed in.
Kagome gnawed her bottom lip. "I don't know. I can ask him but I doubt he will say yes."
The other girls cheered, clearly taking that as a yes.
"You guys are pretty serious, aren't 'cha?" Erin said changing the subject and looping her arm under Kagome's elbow.
Kagome blushed but not like she used to. "Yeah, we really are. Inuyasha really means a lot to me."
Yuki latched on Kagome's other arm. "I want a boyfriend like him. He's hot, foreign, and um did I mention hot?"
The girl in the middle laughed. "Yeah, I think you did. He's perfect too."
"I wonder…" Erin said, narrowing her eyes at Kagome. "Have you two…" Her eyebrow raised suggestively.
"Oh, no, no, no. Not yet."
"Really? You've guys have been glued to the hip since he got here last semester." Yuki said sounding very surprised.
"True, but we've only been a couple for a month… I don't want to rush into things with him."
Erin didn't look convinced. "Cut the crap. He's totally gorgeous, how can you possibly not want to jump his bones?"
Kagome flushed a little at her friend's vulgarity, but that was the good old Erin she was used to from a lifetime ago. Well, that isn't the problem… I'm certainly attracted to him enough…
"I bet he'd be a firecracker in bed, wouldn't you say Erin?" Yuki teased.
The other girl nodded enthusiastically. "For sure, you should really get on that, Kagome. If you don't give him what he wants, he wont have a problem finding it somewhere else."
A cold sweat beaded down her back. He wouldn't do that to me. Inuyasha is different from other guys… he is perfect…
The trio walked into the bright sun and immediately Kagome spied her boyfriend. Her glorious Adonis was bathed in the sunshine and a heavenly aura. But as pleasant as the view was, it was muddled by the group of girls flirting shamelessly with him. When did he become so popular? Why hadn't I noticed this earlier?
Erin 'tsked.' "See, he has girls throwing themselves at him. He is a guy, Kagome."
Kagome felt panicky all of a sudden. "I'm going to go. I'll call you guys after school!"
Why do they always do this… I've got a girlfriend for God's sake… These American girls are so annoying…
Inuyasha lazily ignored the obnoxious blonde talking to him and searched the immediate area for his girlfriend. He saw her quickly walking up and his heart jumped in his chest. Would he ever get over the excitement of seeing her?
He didn't say a thing as he pushed his way from the peanut gallery and strode up to his Kagome. He wrapped an arm around her and began leading her back to the tables.
"Hey, are you okay?" He asked; she was as stiff as a board.
She smiled though it wasn't the heart-rendering one he usually got from her; it didn't even reach her eyes. "Yeah, just tired." She looked at the girls waiting by the table, no doubt they were waiting for him to return. "Do you want to eat in my car today?" She asked distractedly.
He smiled in relief. "Yeah, that would be great."
They silently made their way to her car. Inuyasha wondered if she would speak up what was on her mind after they got there. She was almost finished with her sack lunch though and she still didn't say a word. She chewed each piece with a thoughtful expression on her face.
Inuyasha reached over from the passenger seat and ran his claws through her loose curls. "Are you gonna tell me what's wrong?"
She seemed startled by his question. "I'm fine." She swallowed her bite. "Really."
He growled and withdrew his hand to fold over his chest. "You shouldn't lie to me, Kagome."
He heard her sigh. "I'm sorry. It's really nothing, Inuyasha. I was just talking with Yuki and Erin, and well, they just said something and it got me worried is all."
"What did they say to you?" Golden orbs scrutinized her.
"Nothing. Just something stupid. I'm over it already."
"Ya should know better than to think that would work on me."
"Ugh. They just said that… Gosh, this is so embarrassing." Kagome buried her face in her hands.
Inuyasha reached out a hand stroked her hair again, admiring the thickness and silky texture. "You can tell me."
She leaned her forehead on the steering wheel but turned her face so she could look at him. "I know." She let out a breath. "They just asked why me and you haven't…" Kagome gave him a pointed look, clearing not wanting to continue.
"Haven't?"
"You're really going to make me say it? Ugh, they want to know why we haven't had sex and they said if we didn't soon that you would go to another girl." She said in a single breath.
Inuyasha felt an uncharacteristic blush form on his cheeks. "Oh, uh…"
She laughed a little stiffly. "Then when I got to lunch, I saw you surrounded by those girls and I just worried about it for a second."
Inuyasha felt his blood boil. Just the thought of betraying Kagome made his hackles raise and his stomach churn unpleasantly. "I would never cheat on you."
Kagome smiled and sat up so she could cup his cheek. "I know. It was a stupid thing to worry about."
He nuzzled into her hand and placed a small nip at her palm. He was surprised when she squeaked and pulled her hand away.
"Kagome?"
She was holding it to her chest like he had just burned her; her face was bright red.
Kagome laughed nervously. "Sorry, I just-" The lunch bell rang. "Well, time for class!" She grabbed her trash and hurried from the vehicle.
"I think there is something terribly wrong with me, Sango." Kagome said when she finished her retelling of the events today in her car with Inuyasha.
Her best friend chortled. "No. There is nothing wrong with you, it's called animal magnetism. What you feel is completely natural."
"But you don't understand. Inuyasha just has to look at me and my blood sizzles and my thoughts! I can't keep them under control around him!"
Sango finished applying her makeup in Kagome's bathroom mirror and turned to her stunning friend, who was wearing a very flattering black mini dress. "Oh stop it, come on now; Inuyasha is an attractive male. You can't help it if you undress him in your mind and have urges to lick and kiss certain-"
"Sango! I'm never like this though! Ever!"
Sango gave Kagome a soft, knowing look. "Well, you haven't been much of yourself for the last couple years. Inuyasha finally woke you up and you are just realizing everything you've been missing: like being intimate with someone you really care about."
Kagome nodded and turned to herself in her mirror. I know that's true… Since the... Well, I really haven't craved even a glance from anyone… but Inuyasha has changed all that, I crave so much when I'm around him…
"Is this how you feel about Miroku?"
Sango faltered in her progress out of the bathroom. "Yep, uh-huh." She was blushing more scarlet than Kagome had ever been.
Kagome chased her best friend from the room. "So, uh, have you and Miroku taken your relationship to the next level?"
Sango lowered her eyes and began to pay a lot of attention to putting on her heels. "I don't know what you mean."
The other girl flopped on the bed. "You know, do you get the urge to 'lick and kiss?'"
"I mean, we've certainly talked about it. And we love each other a lot-"
"Spill it!"
"Yes."
"What?"
"Yes, me and Miroku have been… intimate."
Kagome sat shell-shocked for a minute then exploded with questions. "When? Why didn't you tell me? Where? Did you like it?"
Sango blushed. "I didn't know if it was something that you would have wanted to talk about…"
Kagome smiled. Sango was one of the few people who still treated her like the scared and quiet girl she had been until recently. It was like she was afraid any false move would make Kagome lapse back into her reclusive ways.
"I'm not afraid of anything anymore, Sango. I would have loved to know." The blue eyed girl answered sincerley.
"In that case…"
Sango relayed all the intimate details with Kagome as they finished getting ready for Kouga's party. It was surprisingly easy for Kagome to convince Inuyasha to go, especially once Sango told him Kagome was going to go with or without him. Inuyasha certainly didn't like the idea of her being at Kouga's without him.
While Kagome felt thrilled to hear how happily things were going for Sango and Miroku, she couldn't help reflecting some more about her current situation. Certainly what happened to her three years ago made a huge impact on her decision to sleep with someone. Afterall, her only experience had been one of pain and heartache. Sex was associated with negative feelings in her mind; she knew nothing different.
That's why it was so damn confusing that she was actually lusting after Inuyasha. It made her feel dirty and tainted yet she simply couldn't deny her attraction and the deep-set sexual tension sizzling between them as of late. After each lingering kiss, Kagome yearned for more from him. She felt so aggressive and that frankly scared her.
But Sango was so ecstatic about her sexual relations with Miroku. She said it was fun and highly enjoyable. Could that really be?
The doorbell rang in the background upsetting Sango's retelling and Kagome's thoughts. The girls grabbed their purses and made their way to the boys waiting outside.
The party was bumping by the time they arrived a little after nine. Kouga lived in an extremely luxurious house, in a gated community. Stepping foot inside was like walking into the White House, posh furniture was delicately fashioned in every room, expensive paintings adjoined the walls, and the carpets were all pristine and white. Didn't exactly seem like the ideal place to have a massive rager like this.
The music was so loud the vibrations resounded off the high ceilings. Kouga happened to be walking through the thick throngs of partying teens when Kagome's gang arrived. He smiled brilliantly and went to her.
"Kagome! I'm glad you decided to come." He winked wolfishly at her, pointedly ignoring the irate half-demon behind her.
"Me too. This place looks packed." She answered back, but molding her body to Inuyasha's as to appease him a little.
"Yeah, things are certainly getting out of hand fast. I have to go check the house for damage but make your way to the kitchen and get something to drink! I've got quite the selection."
Kagome assured him they would and waited until he was out of sight before turning in Inuyasha's arms. Sango and Miroku had long since disappeared.
"Be nice. He didn't try anything." Kagome said reaching up to pet one of his twitching silver ears.
He narrowed his beautiful sunset eyes. "Yet. I won't be convinced so easily."
Kagome smiled at her boyfriend and the stark difference between this party and the one her and Inuyasha went to at the beginning of the year. Then she was the nobody and hid outside with Inuyasha. Tonight she would be the life of the party no doubt and be dancing the whole night.
"Come on, Sango's driving so let's get something to drink." The words surprised herself even as she said them; she'd never had a sip of alcohol before.
In the kitchen, Erin and Yuki spotted her.
"You came!" Erin squealed in a slightly pitchy voice; her ankles wobbling precariously on her high heels.
Kagome hugged them both. "Apparently!"
Yuki looked to have had a bit of alcohol herself, but she held up a shot glass. "Vodka?"
Inuyasha tensed noticeably behind Kagome, so she looked back at him for his approval. He didn't seem to reject the idea so Kagome nodded.
"I'd love some. I've never had Vodka before."
Erin and Yuki's jaws dropped. "What? Oh my gosh, well here! We will take it together! Inuyasha you want one as well?"
Kagome again leaned back to see him. "One please?" She begged quietly.
Inuyasha snorted. "One won't do nothin' to me."
How does he know that? She frowned. Just because I've been a hermit all my high school career doesn't mean he has too. I'll have to ask him about that later though.
Yuki poured a round for the four of them. And then she poured a little soda in a red cup and handed it to a confused Kagome. She paused at the uncertainty on Kagome's face.
"It's the chaser, Kags. Don't tell me you can just take Vodka by itself!"
Kagome blushed at her ignorance. "No, I certainly can't." She fibbed. "Thanks."
Erin raised her shot glass and the others mimicked her. "To Kagome and Inuyasha for showing up!"
Kagome watched in fascination as Inuyasha downed his shot with perfect ease and without the chaser he was offer. Erin and Yuki too seemed unfazed by the shot but followed their drink quickly with the soda. Closing her eyes, Kagome tipped her head back with the shot glass and swallowed.
Her eyes stung for a moment from the unexpected burn of the alcohol down her throat. "Whoa." She chugged the soda, hoping to relieve the sting.
Inuyasha's claws were running down her arms, his eyes filled with uncertainty. "You alright?"
Kagome nodded. "Yeah, it was fine." She added a smile for good measure; and it was, her first experience with alcohol wasn't entirely too bad.
Yuki produced another round. "To Kouga for having us!"
It was three shots later that Kagome realized the foggy sense of mind she was in was drunkenness. Her legs felt heavy and she had a spinning sensation whenever she closed her eyes. Dazed, she looked up at her boyfriend who besides having a healthy glow to his cheeks seemed completely normal.
"You drunk?" She slurred, stumbling into his arms.
He cocked his trademark half smile. "Nah, it takes more than that to get me drunk."
Kagome frowned. "I'm drunk?"
He nodded. "Very."
"Let'sh go dance!" She decided suddenly seeing Erin and Yuki make their way to the other room.
Inuyasha followed; along the way someone handed him a beer. Kagome fell against him in the room everyone was dancing in, she noticed his beer and smiled.
"Drink it! I want you to have a good time!"
"I always have a good time with you." He replied readily, his eyes half closed.
At her look, he opened the bottle and took a swig. "And now we dance!" Kagome whirled around and began the familiar grinding movements she had learned at the Winter Formal dance.
Inuyasha's free hand slid down her hip to her mid thigh and suddenly Kagome was alive. The music fed through her withering body and her pulse quickened. Inuyasha's touch burned her body and she pushed her backside more heavily against him.
The friction between their grinding bodies was heavenly and Kagome couldn't help herself from reaching behind her, her head resting on his shoulder. She smiled up at him and threaded her fingers in the silky hair at his neck, urging his face closer to hers.
Without breaking the rhythm of their dancing, she lifted her lips to his and let herself become lost in the sweet, longing of the kiss. Her tongue slid out and met his bottom lip; he opened for her. She drew it along his tongue and couldn't suppress the heady moan from her throat. Her shyness was forgotten, and she wasn't even mindful of the other people around her.
Inuyasha smirked into her lips and raised his hand from her thigh up to her opposite hip, holding her across her body, locking her to him fully. His hips were sensual against hers and soon she was reeling from the fire licking deep inside her belly and the clawing craving of something more.
She whimpered.
"Kagome? Oh my…" Sango's voice floated to her.
Kagome quickly dislodged her person from her boyfriend and shyly met her cousin's and Sango's shocked faces.
"Please, do not let us stop you. Continue as you were." Miroku said, grabbing Sango's hips from behind.
Sango frowned and glared over her shoulder at him. "Pervert."
"I didn't mean we would watch… I'll be busy with you."
"Was there something ya wanted?" Inuyasha drawled, taking a long sip on his beer.
Sango blushed. "I was just making sure Kagome was having a good time."
"Yep, ish fun here. Hey, have you ever had Vodka?" Came the slurred reply.
"I have, and I'd say so have you."
"Well my flower, now that you see your best friend is pleasantly enjoying herself, what do you say we continue dancing?"
Kagome nodded and reached behind her for Inuyasha's hand. "You two have fun. I'm too hot in here." She navigated through the sweaty bodies to the sliding back door. "Ahhhh. This feels good." Her heel caught on the track of the door and she stumbled forward a little.
A strong set of defined arms caught her before she was dragged back into a different, yet familiar chest.
"You've been drinking, Kagome?" Came the amused masculine voice of Kouga.
Kagome was still trying to process the last thirty seconds of quick movements. "Yesh. I'm sorry, Kouga."
Inuyasha was holding her tensely, and she heard the muted sound of his possessive growl.
"Don't apologize. I've been drinking too, in fact everyone here is drinking."
"Right, well I just wanted some fresh air." Kagome started to steer her and Inuyasha to the other side of the backyard.
Kouga kept up with her.
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at him. "Why ya follow'n us, wolf?"
"Can it mutt-face. I just want to talk to Kagome about something."
Said girl stopped. "Yesh, Kouga?"
In the semi-dark, his eyes were bright with hesitation and uncertainty. He didn't seem about to respond but finally he opened his mouth…
"Kouga hun! There you are!" Ayame bounced over to her then-again boyfriend; she pointedly stopped short and sneered at the company. "Oh, you're talking to them."
Kouga sighed and stepped back; draping his arm around his girlfriend. "Nevermind, I'll catch you later. Have fun, Kagome."
When him and Ayame disappeared Kagome shook her head. "That was weird."
"Keh. Tell me about it."
She turned and practically jumped on Inuyasha; effectively backing him up against the side of the house. They could still make out the low thrum of the music blaring inside.
"Oi wench! Careful, I could have cracked my head open."
She laughed loudly and lightly rapped his forehead. "Not with that thick skull of yours."
He growled playfully and with his free hand pulled her flush against him. "Watch yourself, human."
Defiantly, Kagome challenged his gaze. "I'm not afraid of you."
"You should be." His face was getting closer and closer, she could feel his alcohol scented breath against her cheek.
Suddenly an entirely different memory came to mind. Her happiness quickly evaporated into the dark and haunting pain of three years earlier in a different backyard… in a different set of arms… The same biting smell of alcohol on her face...
She broke out of Inuyasha's arms and on shaky legs stepped away from him. Her heart was leaping wildly in her chest and her breath couldn't come fast enough.
"Oh no." She tried to catch her failing breath; a cold sweat broke out over her skin.
"Kagome? Hey, are you alright?"
She was gulping the cool night air in mouthfuls. Stop it. Stop it, Kagome! You are just drunk! Why are you scared? It's just Inuyasha! You shouldn't feel like this around him! He makes everything better!
"Kagome?" His low voice was pained.
She had her head bent into her hands but she heard him drop his beer and then felt the tender touch of his hand on her shoulder. She cringed inwardly as she shied away from his touch.
"I wont hurt you, Kagome. I'm sorry, I was just kidding earlier."
Kagome swallowed more air and finally looked up. The slight breeze brought to her attention the twin trials of tears drying on her cheeks. She felt foolish but not scared anymore.
"It wasn't you, Inuyasha. I-I just had a bad memory… You didn't do anything."
He still didn't look convinced and she stepped into his arms. "I'm sorry."
"What scared you?" He asked a moment later.
Kagome shook her hazy mind. "Nothing." She smiled, it wasn't genuine but it was the best she could muster. "Forget about it, please?"
He frowned at her. "I don't think so. Spit it out."
Kagome really didn't want to recount the ominous memory and her sluggish mind tried to quickly come up with something to distract him with. Her smile turned a little more alluring. She pushed against his chest with one hand. He was drunk enough to stumble backwards into the wall again.
She saddled up to him and threw her arms around his neck. Her lips hurriedly sought out his. Inuyasha was far from reluctant as he returned her sizzling kiss. But after a moment he did pull back.
"You cant distract me, woman."
"Wanna bet?"
A black eyebrow arched dismissively.
Kagome thought he was still exceedingly handsome in the quieted darkness. His normally chiseled masculine looks, were softer and less harsh. Though she could still make out the strong jaw of his chin. Though the darkness did nothing to show off his lithe and lean muscled body, her fingers now splayed across his chest, mapped his magnificence.
Her blood was alive again. Pounding fiercely in her veins for him, hard and hot with a yearning only he could arouse. Her previous dark spell, already forgotten entirely.
She leaned up and kissed him again. This time more gently as if to drink his very essence and draw from him his wealth of protection and security. He sighed and easily gave himself up to this human girl in his arms.
The passion was building, mounting to a place neither of them had ventured to go before. Perhaps thanks to the liquid courage, or perhaps to sheer need, Kagome pulled her mouth from Inuyasha's and trailed her swollen lips to his neck.
A swipe of her tongue followed by the light pressure of her teeth, had him shivering into her. His hands fell limply to his sides as she lavished his neck with wet kisses and lingering nips. She was inadvertently calling on every instinct he possessed, she was marking him in the demonic sense and she probably had no idea.
She tasted his pulse with a probe of her tongue, Inuyasha growled and raised his arms to her stomach and slowly slid them up. Just before he reached her breasts he chanced a look down and saw to his immense pleasure, Kagome's eyes were closed and her mouth just barely parted in sweet, anxious anticipation.
Dramatically, his hand closed over her breasts. Even through the fabric of her mini dress he could feel the heat and swollen weight of them. She was a woman aroused.
Her eyes snapped open as he kneaded the taut flesh. She pressed herself closer to his hands reared her head back. Inuyasha couldn't contain himself from ignoring the blatant invitation. His lips seared her skin as he marked her neck and shoulder with small bites and kisses.
His yearning for this woman only increased at her easy submission and the encouraging sighs she was expelling at every tweak and pull of her womanly flesh. Moving, he maneuvered them so Kagome was pressed against the house, and was leaning into her.
She slid her hands into the hair at the nape of his neck, further ensnaring him in his obsession of her and her responsive reactions.
Kagome was withering against him in his slow torment. She had never experienced so much pleasure from mere touching. How could anything else feel so good? She wanted to know, she wanted to learn everything she had been missing out on previously.
Boldly, she trailed her nails down his neck, slipping further down his tightly muscled chest, to his rippling lower abs to the top of his jeans. Inuyasha's head stopped assaulting her neck to stare into her wide, aquatic eyes. She swallowed before snapping the top button undone.
He tensed and then slowly smiled. Kagome took it as encouragement but when she moved to lower his zipper, his claws bit lightly into the insides of her wrists. She froze, feeling embarrassment and rejection wash over her.
Inuyasha nuzzled her neck and placed a single kiss there before each of her cheeks. "No, lets continue focusing on you." His voice was huskier than she had ever heard before.
It excited her. Almost as much as when he dropped his hands from her breasts to her bare thighs. Slowly, excruciatingly slowly, he slid them up and under her dress. Her breathing hitched and sped up, she wasn't sure what to expect. He caught her gaze.
One of his large, warm hands cupped the heat of her womanhood over her underwear. Her eyes rolled back and when he gently teased the bud of her sex she actually let loose a breathy, entirely erotic moan. He repeated the touch over and over again until she felt her stomach clenching. She couldn't think, only feel. She was so lost in his magical touch. Pleasure was sparking through her body and it wasn't until she tensed tightly even as he continued the torture, and felt herself explode did she realize something important.
She was no longer an orgasm virgin.
Her release was excruciating and even though he wasn't inside her, her inner muscles were spasming deliciously from his ministrations. She tried to gather an even breath.
He brought her dress back in place once she was sated and gathered her weakened body in his arms. Although, he was painfully hard himself, he didn't want to push her. For two reasons; one, he wasn't sure if he already pushed the envelope too far and two, sex wasn't a positive thing in Kagome's mind and he decided he wasn't going to press his needs until she was thoroughly convinced otherwise about the pleasurable reality of sex.
A long time after, when her breathing was back to normal Kagome leaned up and kissed him slowly, lethargically.
Kagome had just had her first lesson in passion and in both of their minds, it had gone exceedingly well.
Well hello again!
I know, I know! Its been almost three weeks since my last update! I apologize! I had every intention of updating sooner but then came along New Years, followed by my birthday and then a spur of the moment trip to Cal Poly SLO to visit my bestie, continuing with and even now a nasty little cold that refuses to vamoose! So, I only started this chapter a couple of days ago, and even know I'm uploading it quickly before going out because I felt guilty about waiting even longer before updating! But its an extra long chapter! That helps right?
Oh right... Warning mild sexual content? Oops, I guess I should have warned you earlier? Well, as a warning, pretty much its only going to get more graphic from this point on...
I felt eh about this chapter. It doesn't feel right in my mind and I know it has to do with Kagome's sudden personality change. I just couldn't decide how to handle her transformation from recluse to popular again. I tried to gradually do it but then when her and Inuyasha became offical I decided to go balls to the walls and just jump the new Kagome right in. Let me know what you think! This is vital!
Thanks for reading! And those who review, you're my favorites :) Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback!
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