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Chapter 11.

Once the heat of the moment passed Inuyasha started to feel a little bit concerned. He honestly didn't know what had come over him, he did the exact opposite of what he was supposed to do. He had kissed her! What in the holy fuck had he been thinking? Obviously nothing! He wasn't supposed to let that happen, he wasn't supposed to let her think that there was a future for them other than being friends! (As much as that killed him).

He could only hope that Kagome didn't act any different after that. To be honest, it wasn't as if that was the first time they kissed… they had done it before… a couple of times… when they were kids… nothing wrong there, right? They had continue with their lives after that, without having to make anything official, they were comfortable with each other and the way they were, not simply friends, but not in a serious relationship either… ugh, who was he kidding… things couldn't be the same way, now. Frist because they were not little kids anymore, he was almost 19 now, and it obviously meant something for her! She had thrown herself at him, for goodness sake (not that he complained, mind you)! And she did it because he had told her he had ended things with Kikyo, right after she had told him she would ended it up with Hojo! If a kiss after that didn't meant they becoming something to her then he didn't know what else would! Damn it would mean exactly that for him if he didn't know any better!

He did his best to hide his inner turmoil from her in the hours that followed, not wanting to hurt her feelings making her think he regretted their kiss, which he did but at the same time didn't, his mind was a mess at the moment and she didn't need to know that. Stupid human emotions! Always took the best of him… at the end he decided to let it be for the night. He would deal with it in the morning when he was, well… he, and could think properly, without the added weight of over sensible feelings.

When the time came, Kagome followed their old, well-practiced routine, placing some sutras over her bedroom walls that would help her keep up the barrier while she slept, she said her incantation and then walk to her bathroom to get ready to sleep. When she got out he went to do the same. Nervousness was consuming them both, Inuyasha could feel hers even with his dulled human senses, which proved to him that in fact that kiss had subtly opened a door that he wished had stayed closed forever. When he came out of the bathroom, Kagome had installed herself in the bed already, the lights were off and the only light came from the lamp on her nightstand. He was praying to all and every god he could think of that she would have fallen sleep already so to save him the trouble of her offering the option to lay down with her (as she always did on those nights, something that had never been a problem to him until now, taking into account the previous events of the night) not wanting to force him to sleep in her couch knowing how uncomfortable it was, unless you had super youkai blood that prevents you from suffering from stiff muscles the next morning.

He was making his way to the couch as soundlessly as possible just in case he was being lucky and she had already fallen sleep, when she lifted herself on her shoulder to look at him quizzically.

–"what you doing?" she said rising an eyebrow

-"uh, I thought you were sleeping already, I didn't want to wake you up" he tried to sound normal… but for the look on her face he knew he was failing.

–"you know I won't fall sleep before you come to bed" she said, and his heart speed his rhythm, how was it that she could say that so casually?

-"uhm, I can sleep on the couch, you know, I don't want your mother to come and get the wrong impression." She let out an exasperated sigh and lifted the sheets on the left side of the bed

–"stop acting like a child, Inuyasha, it's not like we haven't shared the bed before!" she told him and motioned him to get in the bed. "What's wrong?" she asked when he didn't move. "It's because of the kiss? Are you... regretting it?" she asked her voice shy, and started biting her lower lip with her teeth, "cause, you know, nothing gotta change because of that, I mean, it's not like we haven't kissed before… and I'm not expecting things to be any different, I'm happy the way we are, I'm happy with just having you by my side" she said her voice almost a whisper while her hands fidgeted with her sheets. Fuck! Don't do this to me, Kagome, don't make it even more difficult than it already is! He thought. He hold back a sigh, he was gonna regret this in the morning, he could feel it… now though, he could not let her think that he was shying away from her because he regretted something the he actually didn't, even though he should…

-"I'm not regretting anything, you silly woman. I honestly thought you were asleep. And I do think I should sleep in the couch, don't want to press your mom's buttons the wrong way as soon as she had forgiven me…. But you are right, is not the first time, and it may not be the last one, so move your ass, I getting in the bed now, I need to sleep" he told her while he climbed in the bed pulling the sheets over himself. Her smile widen and she snuggled herself against his chest, sighing softly when he wrapped his arms around her. He was not so gonna regret this… never…

The thing was, he was wrong… so utterly, and completely wrong…

He's so fucking regretting it now! How had gone things so out of his control so quickly? One moment everything is nice and roses and the next, boom! His youkai blood goes out making claims it shouldn't!

He came out of the stupor of the night waken up be the pulsations of his youki coming back, as they always did one by one his senses came back to life, he felt the tingling of his ears, his fangs and claws going back to their normal state. He regained the control over his environment once his earing returned to normal. His sense of smell was always the last thing to come back. At the beginning he was unsettled by the presence of another person so close to him, and he was preparing to jump out of bed when such presence moved and he could sense it giving off a purifying aura, a sniff let him know who that person was and he dared open his eyes to see kagome's figure rolling on the bed onto her right side groaning in discomfort, as if trying to get away from him, he didn't like that, she shouldn't be repelled by him! And suddenly he realized that maybe he being in full attack mode was the reason, so he lowered his stance and moved to snuggle her from behind, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her tightly against his chest. He buried his nose in her hair basked in her scent and had to stifle a moan, she smelled delicious, but there was something missing, and it took a moment for his clouded mind to pin point what it was… she is not wearing my scent… he realized, well, he would have to fix that.

Kagome was starting to stir in his arms, she was waking up, and he felt a smirk form in his face, he just though a very good way to wake her up and solve the other issue all at once. He started running the tip of his nose on the side of her neck while his hands occupied themselves caressing her soft skin under her loose blouse. his right hand, that had restricted movement being pressed by the weight of her body to the bed, content itself playing circles with his fingers on her navel, while his left went up all the way over her ribcage until it got what he was looking for… he let out an annoyed groan when instead of touching her soft skin he found fabric, he slid his hand cupping her breast and hooked his finger on the center of her bra, effectively slicing it up in two with his claws. She shudder on his hold and let a soft gasp when he fondled her now exposed breast.

His legs had tangled with hers and one had made his way between her thighs, pressing softly on her core. The heat that radiated from her burned his skin and a soft pleased rumble started emanating from his chest. His mouth had started to work its way on her neck, placing wet kisses from its back to the soft flesh under her ear. He heard her whisper his name, and he smirked, now was the time… he murmured her name against her skin and traced more kisses on her left shoulder and back to the base of her neck. Without wasting any more time, he licked that spot at the base of her neck that he had come to know so well and sunk his fangs on her flesh without hesitation. She let out another moan and call out his name. "Mine" his mind was screaming "you are mine, Kagome... Say it, say that you belong to me…" he demanded –"I'm…yours…inu…yasha" she managed to let out between short breaths.

Satisfied with her submission he let go of her neck, licking the droplets of blood that had come from the punctures he had made, effectively sealing them up with his healing saliva. He inhaled her again, and smiled, her scent was just right, a perfect balance between her sweet essence and him. –"that would have to do for now…" he whispered against her ear "at least until the full moon…" he knew that he needed to wait but, oh how difficult it was to resist her now, smelling all delicious and all willing under his touch, maybe, just maybe they could have a preview of the main event…? It couldn't be bad right… after all she was for sure going to become his mate…mate… the word echoed in his mind and for some reason it sounded so perfect and so wrong at the same time. And it hit him… Kagome could not be his mate, he had promised… what was he doing?

Automatically, as if he had received a strong electrical shock, he jumped off the bed colliding with the wall, his chest rising up and down rapidly with each ragged breath he took, panic written all over his face.

If Kagome hadn't been completely sure whether she was dreaming or not, the moment she propped herself up from the bed she knew this should be some kind of nightmare. What other explanation could there be for this abrupt turn of events? Inuyasha had jumped from the bed, away from her as possible, as if she had done something wrong… had she? had she hurt him? She had been trying so hard to keep her powers at bay so not to hurt him… Maybe she did without realizing?

She called his name and he averted his eyes, as in shame, and he wished he hadn't because he locked eyes with the monster that was greeting him in the full size mirror Kagome had in her room. The monster's eyes widen in surprised as he could felt his own doing. Now he understood what had happened… he had lost all trace of control over himself… he had turned, he was in full fucking youkai mode then… and Kagome had seen him, the only side of him that he had wished she never met… his ears picked the sound of Kagome moving on the bed coming to him and he bolted out of her room afraid that he may lose the last piece of sounded mind that for some reason still remained on him.

Toga was having a headache with everything he had to deal with lately, from the board not getting an agreement on who should take the leadership of the Higurashi clan to his rebellious son that had made his only goal to avoid him at all cost, and all the in between matters that that particular behavior of his entailed. He had come home last night feeling exhausted. Hearing the bickering of the elders of the council all day long had wasted his energies. The only thing that had him moving was the thought of his precious mate waiting for him at home.

Lately he didn't feel comfortable bringing her with him to the board meetings, afraid of her reaction to the rather raw comments the board spoke about his son's decision to take Kagome Higurashi as his mate without the proper audience and in the middle of a crisis with the death of her father, not to mention the fact that she was still a candidate to take over the position of the head miko. He wanted to protect her from all the unnecessary things. Izayoi knew he had been dealing with a lot of things, and knew the truth about Keiichi's death, but he had yet to tell her about Inuyasha and Kagome. The only good thing about all this was that, at least for the moment, he didn't have to worry about Keiichi's family being stripped from their position now that they didn't have any actual way to hold on to their power and status. Being mated with a Taisho had its advantages, you see, but he feared that the board wouldn't take much before they start to make a fuss over the fact that it wasn't a recognized union yet.

Speaking of which, he hadn't been able to talk with said girl… he was also worried that now that she and his son were mated she might as well lost her powers… it could be possible right? After all that was the reason why Midoriko had refused to accepted his old friend as her mate… she was sure that even if they were truly destined to be she might lose her spiritual powers, suppressed by the influence of his youki and the bound they would share. He sighed, and shook off the thought, he had been thinking about his old friends too much lately… the similitude between their story and the one of his son almost frightening to him… he desperately wished that things turned for the best for them as it hadn't for his old friends.

Unable to sleep more, he woke up really early, the sun wasn't up yet, but soon it would be… a small smile appeared on his face when he remember how last night his wife had informed him rather excitedly that their son was spending his moonless night at keiko's, a knowing smile on her face. He was aware that Izayoi never really liked the other Higurashi girl, as she liked to call her, because she could feel that she didn't really love their son, and was sure that she was using him to gain their favor for the selection. Toga had to admit that he also saw it that way, but if Inuyasha had decided to keep her by his side then he had wanted to respect his decision. He was glad that in the end his son had come to his senses.

He was now in his study, going over some paper of his company, he would have to call Kazuya to check on some legal matters latter… hopefully it wouldn't require for him to travel again, he had just come back from his last one and Miroku could use some quality time with his father, in his own house. Toga really liked the boy but sometimes he was even more trouble that his own son… he didn't appreciate the numerous complains of the maids about the flirtatious comments and moves he constantly tried to make on them.

A cracking sound pulled him out of his musings, he jumped far from his desk just in time to avoid all the shattered glasses and splinters that flew from where once had been his balcony's door. He prepared himself to attack whomever that had dared to enter his territory, but when he caught a sight of the intruder he felt the air caught up in his throat. His son stood there in the middle of the room his clothes ripped in various places from where the glass had cut him, barefoot, and clearly agitated, instantly his own senses were on alert, but not just because of his visible distress but because he was in his full youkai form.

Izayoi came running into the room, most likely alerted from the loud noise produced by his son crashing down the door and he had to jump to place himself between her and his son that had a snarl on his face and a clearly defensive stance.

–"get out!" he shouted her "go down, call Keiko, check on Kagome!" he barked orders at her, not turning to see her but knowing that she would do as she was told, not wanting to take his eyes off his now full youkai son. He didn't like the way things looked right now, mainly because besides of his own he could pick subtle traces of Kagome's blood on Inuyasha.

At the mention of his mate's name, Inuyasha had redirected his sight to his father and a low growl started on his throat.

–"Inuyasha…" Toga started "what happened?" he took a steep forward provoking that Inuyasha retreated one as well, his son was unstable when he was like this, the human blood mixed with his youkai one preventing him to actually have control over his mind and instincts, Toga knew that one wrong movement could make him go rampage and he wanted to prevent having to physically hurt his own blood as much as possible.

Still he needed to know what has happened, was Inuyasha capable of hurting Kagome in his deprived state of mind? Toga didn't want to believe that, there was nothing more valuable for a youkai than his mate, there was no way that one could be the cause for harm to fall on them… but still…

-"Inuyasha" he tried again "what happened to your mate?" he asked directly, and Inuyasha's face contorted in pain, new blood could be smelled in the air falling from Inuyasha's hands, he was piercing his palms with his claws with the force he had closed his hands in tight fists.

–"She is not my mate" he let out his voice hoarse…"I was supposed to protect her… she cannot be my mate!" he shouted and Toga knew that he had been trying to keep his emotions in check even in his current state,"I … don't know what happened… I might just have done something that kill her…" he confessed and started to pace in the room pulling his hair and staining it with his blood...

–"what do you mean you might have killed her, son? Did you hurt her? Where is she now?" he asked trying to mask the worry that was growing inside him… Inuyasha stopped his pacing just a second to look at him just to continue the next making his way to the nearest wall the throwing his fist at it making a hole

–"it wasn't supposed to be this way!" he shouted again "I was supposed to protect her… and then this morning I woke up like this and I bit her and… I might have done the only thing I promised myself I wouldn't, and she might be dead by now…. didn't we have to do it for it to happen?" he asked again desperation on his voice.

–"what do you mean?" he tried again "what did you do to your mate, son?" he turned to look at him again rage clear in his eyes

–"stop calling her my mate! She isn't my mate! She can't be, she being my mate means she is as well as dead" his son shouted, he was having trouble breathing normally, and even in his state it seem that he was about to cry. He let himself fall to the floor, knees to his chest, head down and hands buried in his hair.

Toga was confused, his son didn't make sense. Why was he saying she wasn't his mate? And more importantly why did he do now that he thought of her as dead? He heard three pairs of feet rushed up the stairs, he turned just in time to see her coming into the room and tried to stop her advances but she pushed his arm out of the way and ran to where his son was laying. She dropped on her knees between his legs and pulled his face up to see him, not showing for even a second other emotion than pure concern in her face.

–"Inuyasha, are you hurt? Why did you bolt out of the window that way?" she asked between pants

–"Kagome…"he lift his head and Toga was amazed to see him reverting back to his normal self.

–"let me look at you, you are bleeding! What happened to your hand? And your hair? Did you cut your head with the glasses too?" she demanded cupping his face with one hand and trying to assess any damage in his head with the other. Not being able to contain himself anymore Inuyasha let the tears roll down his face pulling Kagome against himself and hiding his face on her chest. Toga definitely didn't know what was going on…

What. The. Hell. Did. Just. Happen…?

Kagome was standing there one foot on the floor and one under her body where she was sitting on her bed stupidly looking at the hole on her wall that used to be her window. Her mother came into the room alerted by the noise and brought her out of her stupor when she pulled her face to look at her.

–"what happened? Did Inuyasha do this?" her mother asked pointing to the hole in her wall.

-"I… I don't know what happened…" she said finally focusing her eyes on her mother… "he was…" how to explain to her mother the look in Inuyasha's eyes, how could she tell her mother that she had probably hurt him in her sleep… because there was no other explanation for what had happened… or better to say, she didn't find any other good one.

-"are you okay?" she pressed

-"I am… I'm just worried. Mom he went out through the window and he crossed the barrier… he could be hurt…" if not purify laying on the floor down her window, seeing how he was in his full youkai self the moment that he went through … that thought made her move, running to the window to lock down, sighing in relief when she didn't saw him there.

-"Kagome!" her mother shouted "your foot!" shit, she forgot about the glasses… it was just a small cut though, nothing serious.

-"I'm okay… I need to go look for Inuyasha" she said and hurried to her bathroom to grab a bandage for her foot, pulling off her ruined bra in the process… her bra… a remainder that what happened was not a dream… he really did… we were…she felt her face go red at the thought. She heard the phone rang and turned it time to see her mother going out the bathroom to pick it up.

-"Izayoi, thank goodness you called…" her mother said "I don't know what happen either…" pause "I… well, no… she is okay… no, I don't think he hurt her…" her mother continued answering Izayoi's questions "breath, Izayoi…" her mother told her "I'm sure he didn't… but he might be hurt…. Well, he went through the window to start with… and Kagome said that he crossed her barrier…"her mother added throwing a worried sight her way

-"is he at home now?" Kagome asked, all the while looking for a sweeter to put over her pajamas.

-"is he there with you now….?" Her mother nodded once she heard her friend's response.

-"I'm on my way there." She informed and ran her way to her car.

-"Kagome, wait!" her mother ran behind her, phone on her hand "Izayoi says that right now it's not a good time."

-"I'm not going to wait, he is hurt, I know it." She told her without stopping

-"then I'm coming with you" her mother said leaving the phone on the nearest table and picking up the car keys before her. She just nodded, she didn't have the time to waste discussing with her mother. She needed to get to Inuyasha now.

The 5 minutes' drive to his house was incredibly long. She was grateful when she saw the door open, Izayoi waiting for them having heard their conversation through the phone. She let them in but stopped Kagome by the arm.

-"Kagome, please. You should wait, Inuyasha is not himself right now…" her voice was low laced with concern

-"he's not gonna hurt me… I may be the reason he is like that…"she confessed "this morning I must have zapped him with my powers or something… I need to see him" she practically begged

-"you haven't honey. He has lost control over his blood again… Toga is with him right now trying to calm him down. Let's just wait here, I'm sure you wouldn't want to see him like this."

-"Is Inuyasha we are talking about, I don't have any reason for not waiting to see him, no matter what form he is!" Kagome told her, somehow feeling irritated that his own mother seemed to be afraid of him now he had turned into full youkai, how could she doubt her own son? Even her, that hadn't seen his youkai form before that same day knew he wasn't gonna do anything to hurt her. As if shocked Izayoi let go of her and she used that moment to sprint up the stairs.

She was barely aware of Toga standing in her way, she may have pushed him out of her way, but she didn't care. There in front of her was Inuyasha, covered in cuts and blood, curled up in a ball against the wall. She ran to him, already feeling her lungs burning from the exertion she made by running up the stairs. She didn't understand his hesitation when she pulled up his face, she somehow felt relieved to see his face go back to normal and his youki losing some of the intensity that previously had, but not because she feared him, but because she knew that he didn't like it when he lost control over himself. Besides she did love his golden eyes better, but the look they had at the moment did little to comfort her. She saw the blood on his hands, had he done it to himself? It seemed to be the case, his claws were stained with his own blood… and the bruised on his knuckles… a look to the wall behind his explained that… she had to assume after palpating his skull without finding anything that the blood on his hair was also coming from his hands. Only when she was sure that he was okay, at least physically, she let out a sigh. Though the crying hanyou on her chest still didn't make any sense.

–"hey… what's wrong?" she asked again pressing her check on the top of his head… trying to sooth him rubbing one of his ears with one hand and rubbing his back with the other. But he didn't answer, he just pressed her more to himself and hide his face further on her neck.

-"can you tell me what happened?" she heard his father ask… oh, right, they were not alone in the room. She tried to look back but it proved to be rather impossible with the hold he had on her, and when it was clear that he didn't plan to let her go any time soon she limited herself to answer without looking at them.

-"I'm not sure. I guess I try to purify him in the morning when he got his powers back… but I'm not sure…"she felt Inuyasha's head moving in negation against her chest. "If it's not that then I don't know what caused him to act like this…" she added more to him than to his father… she really needed him to give her an explanation… and now!

-"I don't believe that is the reason." His father told her, his voice unsure. "He mention he had bitten you" Kagome tensed a little and he hugged her tightly if that was even possible. "I know already Kagome. I can smelled him on you. Can I see your mark?" he asked, and Kagome was feeling even more confused now.

-"mark? What mark?" she said this time lifting up her face and trying to look back as much as she could with Inuyasha still on her arms. "I don't have a mark" she stated.

-"you do…"Inuyasha mumble lifting his head to look her in the eyes, well, at least he had stopped crying and his breathing was more or less normal now… but his eyes were showing all kind of emotions, none of them pleasant. "I think I did it this morning when I…"Kagome raised an eyebrow… and then gasped, did he meant the bite? Had he left a sort of hickey on her neck this time? She had no way of knowing she didn't check herself on the mirror before going out… oh, gods… her mother was there, what was she going to think about her now… Inuyasha didn't continue with his explanations, clearly seeing that she had pick up what he meant, more or less, and unlocked his right hand from her waist to pull the collar of her blouse down just enough for her to see the three slim vertical cuts that were on her left breast… she gasped again, when did that happened, and more importantly why didn't she feel that before? It hadn't hurt until she saw it, the skin around the cuts was red, irritated and stained with the small amount of blood that came out of them. "Sorry…"he told her embarrassment clear in his voice. "I'm gonna fix it..." he said and pulled his tongue out and passed it over the cuts to help them heal. She forgot they had company then, and for the second that his ministrations lasted she felt the same way as she had this morning… she let out a moan effect of his tongue against her skin. She felt him fist the fabric of her blouse on her back and knew that he had felt it too, the electricity running through her waking up all and every nerve in her body. His father clearing his throat rather loudly the only thing preventing them to resume the activities they had left incomplete that morning. "Sorry…"he told her again… and lifted himself up taking her along with him, though he didn't let go of the hold he had on her waist.

-"can I see it?" his father asked again, and she felt like dying… if her assumptions were right, then he was asking for her to show him her breast… nothing uncomfortable there, just exposing yourself to the man you think of as future your father-in-law… come on, girl, this has no other reason than to know what is happening with Inuyasha… she berated herself.

-"No…" she didn't have the time to answer, Inuyasha doing it for her. He had pulled her to himself again, pressing her head over his chest, moving a few steps back and turning his body so that his was standing between her and his father. Kagome was thinking on telling him that she was okay with it, assuming that he was refusing only for the sake of her, when he started to growl at his father, alarmed for his behavior she lifted her head, the best she could with his hand pressed againt her skull, and could see the purples marks showing again on his face, his eyes flicking from golden to red every now and then…

-"Inuyasha, are you… growling to your father!" she reprimanded him, not really believing him. When he didn't acknowledge her, she tried to break free from his arms and that only serve to make him angrier

-"don't move" he hissed her way without taking off his eyes of his father. She was starting to worry, for the position she was she couldn't see anything pass him, but she could hear her mother calling her name and Izayoi trying to calm her down, after a moment of him growling he heard a sigh and a new growl exploded in the room.