Disclaimer: Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. I just write these for fun.

Author's Note: This is just a bit of fluff I wrote for a friend. Takes place a very long time before the beginning of the series.

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Chapter Eleven: She's Got Heaven in Her Eyes

The mood inside the hut was solemn. Dinner had come and gone without incident and neither of the companions seemed to have much to say. Both were lost in their own thoughts. Inuyasha was thinking of his mother and Corin was thinking about Inuyasha. Myoga had left them earlier in the evening so there was no one to chatter endlessly on.

Corin broke the silence first. "Inuyasha?"

"Hmm?"

"Can I sleep with you tonight?"

Her question took him by surprise. She never asked to sleep with him. They would each go to bed separately and by morning she would be in his arms. It was like a game they played. "Why are you asking? You always do just what you want anyways."

"But tonight I'm asking." The look she gave him was one he'd never seen before.

Inuyasha's nose caught her scent but it was different this time. It was sharper, more feminine and it intoxicated him. Something about her had changed as well. This change had awakened something deep inside Inuyasha, a feeling he'd never felt. His heart started to pound faster. Corin crawled closer to him and he thought his heart would leap out of his chest.

Corin stopped her approach and she saw his ears twitch, he was watching her with wary eyes, half intrigued, half frightened. She reached for his hand. "Can I? Can I sleep with you tonight?"

"I… Uh…" Inuyasha's face flushed and it was suddenly very warm in the hut. He started to think that maybe she was talking about something more than sleeping. "Well… Um…"

"Please?" Her voice was soft and it shook him to his core. She advanced on him until she was right beside him. She laid her head on his shoulder and stroked the back of his hand with her fingers. "Inuyasha?"

He couldn't hear her over the sound of his heart beating wildly. He'd been close to her before, but this time the atmosphere had changed. The air pulsed with electricity and baser instincts had been awakened. He realized that he wanted her and he needed her. He didn't need her as a friend this time; he needed her like a man needs a woman.

Corin turned away from him. Inuyasha went to reach for her but what she did next stopped him. Her kimono slipped down over her right shoulder, and then her left. She let it slide gracefully down her back until it pooled around her waist, exposing her smooth creamy skin. Her scent was much sharper now and Inuyasha emitted a small sound from his throat, something between a growl and a purr.

Sensing his hesitation, Corin abandoned her clothes and knelt beside him, naked. She touched his face tenderly, her long fingers caressing his cheek. He closed his eyes and reveled in the affection she showed him. She crawled into his lap and smiled when his eyes flew open in surprise. Corin kissed him, softly at first, tasting. Inuyasha's hands hesitated before they touched her shoulders, and then her back until he embraced her and deepened the kiss. He held her tightly and the kiss transgressed beyond anything they had experienced before. It was more passionate and filled with the fire of needs that have never been met. It signified long burning desires that lay hidden, waiting for the time when they could surface and be fulfilled.

When the kiss was broken, Corin collapsed against Inuyasha, breathing hard, flushed with delight and desire. She looked up into his eyes and saw that they were a dark, solid gold and the look he bestowed on her spoke of things he longed to do to her.

Her hands clutched at his shirt, almost violently. She clung to him as if something could rip them apart at any moment. "I love you Inuyasha," she cried. "I do! I always want to be with you."

"Corin," Inuyasha was surprised by her sudden outburst. He stroked her fine, soft hair to calm her. "Don't be scared. I'm right here. I won't leave you."

But Corin was scared. She was running out of the potion that the healer had given her, she took as little as she could to make it last, but she knew that soon it would be gone. She was living on borrowed time and it frightened her terribly. With so little time left, she wanted to make as many memories with him as she could.

"Kiss me," she pleaded. "Kiss me and don't ever stop." Corin's need and desperation for Inuyasha overcame her.

Inuyasha bent his head towards hers and captured her lips. Before the kiss had ended, Inuyasha was as naked as Corin with no memory of how it had happened.