A/N: Time for some more yummy citrus. Tame version here; the original, more explicit version (aka the much better version IMO) on AO3.
"It's about time you joined us!" Sango exclaimed, as Kagome started to struggle and attempt to sit up. "You've been passed out since last night! Inuyasha!"
Down by the river, Inuyasha's ears perked up when he heard Sango yell his name. He had been busy cleaning some of the tools they travelled with. Quickly shoving them back in the satchel, he darted back up to the camp they had set up last night.
"Hey, you're awake!" Inuyasha grinned happily, as he dropped down next to his girlfriend. Her hair was a mess and the whites of her eyes were a bit red, but she was up and conscious and that was all that mattered.
"Yeah. I need to pee and I'm starving," Kagome groaned. Crawling to her feet, she wandered off for a moment.
"I guess we'll need more fish, just to be safe," Inuyasha decided. Jumping to his feet, he headed back down to the river. His ears picked up the sound of footsteps behind him, and a quick sniff told him who it was. "Feeling alright, babe?" he asked.
"Yeah. Physically. Still feeling bad for trying to shoot and kill you," Kagome sighed behind him. She was still tired, as she hadn't woken up completely yet, so she found a driftwood log to sit on and watch him fish.
"Don't. I know it wasn't really you intending to shoot that bow," Inuyasha told her. "No sense in dwelling on and punishing yourself for being under mind control like that. Just remember, you're a badass chick who killed a dark priestess with one blow, after being the first person to break the curse themselves."
"I don't remember much of what happened when I was under the curse," Kagome admitted. She sat silently for a moment, gazing at him. "But I do remember seeing you in bits and pieces. I told you to run away from me and you refused. Why?"
Inuyasha turned to his girlfriend and gazed down at her. She looked so small and vulnerable from this angle. "What kind of man would I be if I ran off and left you at a time like that, when you needed me? I knew that if I stayed and kept calling to you, you would eventually hear me and come back to me. I could never abandon you and run off like a coward."
"Just as I won't ever abandon you," Kagome promised him.
Inuyasha continued to look at her and gave her a small smile. "I know. I also know that you tend to dwell on things you have no control over or couldn't change. No sense in hanging on to bad memories like that. What good would it do you anyway?"
Kagome returned his smile. "None, I suppose, and you're right. It's a bad habit of mine. I need to focus more on the positive, such as your utter devotion to me. So where are we off to next?"
"Ready to hit the road already?" Inuyasha laughed at her. "Don't know, it hasn't been decided yet. We stayed here last night, just to get away from that place. Oh, and remember that red orb from the lake? Apparently when I cut it, Tessaiga gained the power to cut through barriers, which I discovered last night, since Tsubaki had a barrier around her home. Tessaiga started to pulse so I took the hint and gave it a try. We got the shards that were inside and then left."
"I missed a lot, didn't I?" Kagome sighed. "Well, I'm all rested now, so get me some lunch and we can continue on our merry way."
"That's what I'm doing, you bossy little woman," Inuyasha smirked. "Already caught a bunch, but you're starving, so I'm getting some more for you. Here. Have at it."
"Aw, thanks honey," Kagome made a face at him when he held out a raw, very freshly killed fish for her. Jumping up, she wrapped her arms around his waist from behind. "I'll be back by the campfire, where we can cook them properly before eating." She felt pretty good as she made her way back up the slope, towards the rocky outcropping the others were sitting under. "How many shards did she have?" she asked, reaching for the backpack.
"Quite a few. She kept them in a little jar," Miroku informed her.
"Hm," Kagome said, as she opened the jar and let them tumble out into her hand. The shards were dark purple, but as she held them and let her power flow, they paled to lilac. Between those and the others they previously found, they were starting to have quite the collection. Hopefully they wouldn't end up losing one…That gave her an idea. She grabbed the other shards and poured all of them into her palm, closing her fingers over them. Letting her power flow once again, she kept her hand closed over the shards for a few moments, to find that they had solidified into part of an orb when she opened her hand.
"Oh, cool!" Sango exclaimed, as she saw Kagome hold the partial pink jewel. "That will make them easier to carry and less likely to lose one! Plus we'll be able to see the progress better."
"Yeah," Kagome smiled happily, as she tucked the unfinished jewel away.
With everybody in good spirits, after defeating the dark priestess and obtaining a significant chunk of the jewel, they managed to cover a good chunk of distance after lunch. Continuing their trek south, they decided to just see where the road would take them, as they currently had no leads. Adventure had a way of finding them, it seemed, so they were sure to have another wild encounter sooner or later.
They made camp shortly after passing by a few large farms sprawled across the countryside, in favor of choosing a spot on the edge of the forest nearby. Miroku hadn't even bothered to suggest an exorcism to try and stay at one of the farms, since the buildings themselves were smaller, and most likely the families had a lot of children and/or workers, so they were likely to be more crowded.
Sango and Miroku provided the daily comedy routine as usual, before they settled down for the night with a huff. Kagome lay down with Inuyasha curled up behind her, in their usual fashion, using his fire rat robe as a blanket. It was such a peaceful night, with fireflies flitting about as the sky continued to fully darken with the sun gone.
"Can't sleep at all," Kagome whispered, after listening to Miroku snore softly for a while. Rolling onto her back, she gazed up at her boyfriend, who was laying there with his hand propping his head up. "I'm wide awake right now since I was asleep until afternoon."
Inuyasha gazed down at her with a small smirk. "You don't have to sleep if you don't want to. It's a really nice night out right now…we could always go somewhere more private."
"I think we should," Kagome sat up, a sudden pang tightening her lower half as she thought of the implication in his suggestion. He sat up with her and grinned, planting a quick kiss to her lips. Grabbing the fire rat robe, he quickly slipped into it and reached for her hand. Kirara lifted her head as they had gotten up, blinking her red eyes at them as she watched them silently. The other humans in their party didn't stir at all, as they silently left their camping spot.
Holding Kagome's hand in his clawed one, Inuyasha led the way, as they slowly strolled away from the forest and across the grassy meadow. Gently rolling hills made up the landscape. The night sky was quite clear, with the moon high in the sky, providing just enough light for Kagome to navigate. "I love how there are so many stars out here," she said dreamily, gazing up at the millions of dots in the sky above them. "I just can't get over how well you can see the Milky Way! It doesn't get old no matter how many times I look at it."
"Yeah, it's really beautiful. Makes me feel like I'm back in Montana," Inuyasha said, as he gazed at the sky wistfully. He squeezed her hand as he reminisced growing up. "One day, after we make it back to our time, I want to bring you there to visit. It might kind of remind you of all of this, in the wilderness. There's so many awesome places to visit and explore, and I want to do see them again, but with you."
"I would love that," Kagome smiled up at him. "I miss the national parks. The Rocky Mountains are the best part of the US, I think. Maybe we can spend a few months there, rent a camper or something, and just travel all over the West. I've only really seen Colorado, but have always wanted to see all the other states as well. There's so many different types of scenery. I never did get to visit Yellowstone, sadly."
"It's a plan, then. I'll be the one to take you there," Inuyasha promised her. "Something to look forward to upon our return. We'll make it back. I'll see to it." They walked in silence for a bit, deep in thought and admiring the lovely nightscape. Once they were a decent way from the campsite, without going too far, for there was more security in the vicinity of the inhabited farmlands, he came to a stop and pulled his girlfriend to stand in front of him.
Kagome gazed up at Inuyasha's glinting golden eyes as he tilted her chin up and leaned down to kiss her. She reached up to wrap an arm around his neck, under his silvery hair that was glowing slightly from the moonlight. He kissed her slowly, but thoroughly, before dropping to sit on the ground, tugging on her hand to follow suit. She dropped down to straddle his lap, her kimono riding high up on her thighs as she did so.
Wanting to see and touch bare skin, Kagome pushed his red robe off of his shoulders and then pulled his tan kosode apart, revealing his lightly tanned, firm chest. Tilting her head, she let him kiss her deeply, as her hands roamed the sculpted muscles of his biceps and pecs. As her hands roamed, so did his, reaching for her kimono to pull it apart and down her shoulders.
Inuyasha grinned against her kiss as his hands cupped her bare breasts, feeling her shiver when his claws tickled the tender flesh. She had been dressed for bed so she had previously removed her bra before they lay down earlier, he had realized with delight.
Kagome felt her nipples harden quickly as they became exposed to the gentle breeze and her boyfriend's teasing fingers. She tilted her head back as he began to kiss her neck, sucking hard here and there, as he trailed his lips to the center of her throat, and across her collarbone. All the while his hands played with her breasts, roaming them eagerly.
Sitting so intimately in Inuyasha's lap, Kagome felt the heat of his pelvis, and was well aware of how he was pressed to her inner thighs. As he nudged her backwards a bit, she reached down between their bodies and wrapped her fingers around the bulge in his hakama, making him growl against her skin.
"You're still wearing too much clothing," Kagome gasped. She was shivering a bit at the feel of him, and that was through the pants. It wasn't nearly enough to satisfy her. Her hands clawed for the ties of his hakama, quickly undoing the straps.
"So are you. I want to see everything," Inuyasha murmured quietly. Nudging her out of his lap, they both stood up and he kicked his hakama off, before pulling his boxers down. Kagome had been undoing the obi to her kimono slowly, her eyes glued to his abdomen, and then lower, as he fully revealed himself to her for the first time. Intentionally, that is.
"Need some help, slow poke?" Inuyasha chuckled at her, making her glance up at his face with a blush, having got caught staring. Without waiting for an answer, he pulled her hands away from her obi, leaning down to kiss her collarbone while he undid the knot. He dropped to his knees, his mouth leaving a trail of kisses down her body as she stood there, letting her kimono fall off once the belt was undone.
"Do you have any idea how long I've been fantasizing about seeing all of you like this?" Inuyasha grinned, glancing up at her before leaning back in to kiss her, his lips going for the inside of her hipbone, as he trailed the back if his fingers down her body. Kagome blushed at his statement and shivered as he touched her, before turning away from her to spread out his fire rat robe on the grassy knoll. He needed a breath of fresh air to still his urges.
"No, but you weren't the only one fantasizing," Kagome informed him, reaching forward to brush his bangs out of his eyes as he sat down and gazed up at her. "Even before we both fell through the well and ended up here, I do have to admit."
"Same for me as well. I sometimes wonder, if not for the well incident, would we ever have gotten together?" Inuyasha couldn't help but ponder. "Whatever though, this was just meant to be. Enough talking though." Reaching for her hand, he tugged her to sit down in his lap again and resume their former position so they could continue to make out, this time with nothing between them.
Inuyasha was a bit overcome by all of the sudden skin-to-skin contact, his senses going haywire, as he breathed in the scent that was coming from both of them. His chest was heaving a bit as he sucked in a few gulps of air. His hands were resting on his girlfriend's bare hips, the tips of his claws just barely prickling her skin.
Kagome moved to kiss him, slowly at first, allowing the passion to build up, which happened rather quickly. Heated kisses on the lips evolved into heated kisses everywhere else, and before long she found herself being flipped flat onto her back, with his mouth on her most intimate region.
Nothing had ever felt better in her entire life.
Eventually, Inuyasha moved back up so he was face to face with her once again. He cradled the side of her face with his hand, his thumb rubbing her jawline. "I want you so bad, baby. Will you let me have you? All of you?"
Kagome nodded and reached up to pull him down, so their foreheads were touching. "Yes. I'm all yours just as you're all mine."
Inuyasha grinned widely and crashed his mouth to hers, giving her a deep kiss that she felt all the way to her toes, before he reached down between their naked bodies. Wrapping her arms loosely around his shoulders, Kagome gazed up at her boyfriend as she felt him press his hips forward, entering her fully for the very first time.
"Does it hurt?" he asked quietly, brushing her bangs out of her eyes with his thumb. She shook her head, swallowing hard. "Good," he kissed the tip of her nose playfully. "I'm trying to make it good for you. Just…tell me to slow down if you need me to. I don't wanna hurt you."
Kagome lifted her head to kiss his lips. "I will."
Covering her mouth with his once again, Inuyasha moved to give her as much pleasure as he could, with his own body.
As he finished, Inuyasha just held himself up above her, gazing down at her with pure bliss. Grabbing her hands in his to press them to the grass on either side of her head, he laced their fingers together. "Wow. Just wow." The grin on his face was practically ear to ear.
"That was amazing. Our first time with each other," Kagome's face broke out into a huge grin before she cast him a sly look. "Or shall I say, the first time for both of us, ever."
Inuyasha snorted at that. "I don't recall ever actually admitting to you that I was a virgin. Was it really that obvious?"
"You didn't have to. And yeah, I could tell, just based on things you've said, and just by knowing you, and how you are as a person," Kagome giggled. She wrapped her arms around him to hug his sweaty body close. "I'm just so happy to be your first, and to have you be mine."
"Me too. I wouldn't have it any other way," Inuyasha told her, giving her a deep kiss. "I'm curious though, did you feel anything kind of strange, while we were having sex? Like our energies doing something on their own? I don't know how to explain it any better." The entire time they were making love, he had felt as if his youkai had been reacting to her energy a bit, however it had been kind of overshadowed by the intense physical pleasure he had been enjoying.
Kagome grinned and turned to gaze at their intertwined fingers. "You mean like this?" she asked, as she let some of her power flow out of her hands. The pink glow was immediately matched by Inuyasha's yellow youkai, that flared out from his hand, surprising them both. Their opposing energy types weren't reacting to attack each other's, but instead they seemed to complement the other, swirling in tandem at first before combining into a soft orange glow. It felt extremely comforting, as if their very souls were touching, seeking refuge in each other as they blended into one.
"Yeah, that. I wonder if it will happen every time?" Inuyasha wondered, before giving her a sly grin. "I can't wait to find out!"
"Typical male," Kagome laughed, rolling her eyes at him. "You just had sex and already you're thinking about the next time."
"Hell yeah, I am!" Inuyasha declared. He glanced at their hands, fingers still intertwined, before gazing down at his beautiful girlfriend, his expression going from cocky to soft. "You know, I'm not religious or anything. Never have been, especially with how my life has gone. I've never been one to actually believe in heaven or hell or any of that shit, but if there was such a thing as heaven, it would be this. Right here with you, like this. Most of my life has sucked, and I've been miserable for a good amount of it, but being with you has made me happy."
Kagome smiled up at him, her heart fluttering at the sincerity in his words and in his eyes. "It was an interesting play of events that brought us together, from one side of the world to the other, and then this crazy adventure through time, but here we are. I have you now, and I'm never letting you go."
"Likewise," Inuyasha grinned, and playfully bit her neck. With a groan, he pushed himself up off of her, slowly withdrawing his hips to pull out of her the rest of the way. The scent of their love-making was so thick still, he breathed in deeply, unable to get enough of it.
Instead of getting up, Kagome just folded her arms under her head, arching her back slightly, as she gazed up at her sexy boyfriend. The moonlight was making his silver hair glow beautifully. With him not on top of her any longer, the cool breeze tickled her bare flesh, causing goosebumps to erupt everywhere. "I kind of want to stay here like this all night," she told him wistfully.
Inuyasha gave her a sultry look, his eyes roaming her bare body with zero shame. "Don't tempt me, bitch. As much as I'd love to, we should probably go get some sleep back at camp, before they get confused and go looking for us in the morning."
"True," Kagome sighed. Pushing herself to sit up, she glanced at her boyfriend's tall, lean, very naked frame, as he picked up his boxers and shook them off to make sure there was no dirt. He was the perfect amount of lean muscle from head to toe. Not to mention he was all hers. 'I'm a very lucky girl,' she thought with a grin, as she finally grabbed her kimono and got to her feet.
Hand in hand, the young lovers strolled back to the campsite, the pale moon illuminating their way.
