AN: Because a reviewer expressed concern that I wouldn't post the entire fic on here, I'm posting twice this week! Here you go, my show of good faith! I will be posting the entire story, unedited, on here and AO3.

Chapter Five

Tolerable Misunderstandings

Inuyasha was so hot, he kicked the covers off himself, rocking the bed and stirring the woman next to him. Her body now exposed, he drank in her naked backside and snuggled up to her. She moaned and pressed herself against him, making him hard in an instant.

"If you're awake, I have some things I'd like to do to you."

Muffled and tired, her voice lifted up to him like bells with a giggle. "Oh? And just what is that, My Lord?"

"First, I wanna flip you over like pan bread and put your feet above your head…."

His hand was pressed to her ribs, feeling her shift as she turned to him. Any second now, Inuyasha would be made breathless by Kagome's bright teal eyes. He was still made breathless when dull gray eyes met him instead. "That sounds like a good start, lover."

"Kikyo? No...where's Kagome?"

"Who's Kagome?!"

"No...no..NO!" She ignored him, climbing on top of him with her legs spread. "Kikyo, no!"

Pushing Kikyo off, she bounced off the bed and onto the floor with an umph while Inuyasha jumped off. Then Kagome laughed, and he froze, looking back to where Kikyo disappeared. "That wasn't very nice of you."

His breath caught, teal eyes appearing just above the edge of the bed. Leaping across, Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's hand and helped her off the floor. A yukata covered her tightly, showing him the curves he truly desired. Not the stick figure of another woman.

Pulling her up, he stood on his knees before her, a bright smile on her face. "I know we haven't been married long, but could you try not to kick me out of bed in the middle of the night?"

Without any thought, he wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry, Kagome...Kagome…"

Kagome hugged him right back, placing her mouth right at Inuyasha's ear. "I'm right here. And I'm not going anywhere."

Nibbling on his ear, Inuyasha nearly fell on top of her. Suddenly, he felt like an animal in heat, and he wanted to mate with Kagome.

He threw Kagome back to the bed, and she responded with a giggle. So light and cute, it had his blood raging. He nearly ripped the tie to her yukata in two, his lust controlling him. Opened wide, he took in her beautiful body, his memories from their wedding night not doing it justice.

Holding himself over her, he slowly took her in, only distracted when she reached up to him. Tenderly tucking his strands behind his ear, his breath caught at the look in her eyes. The look she gave him.

Inuyasha fell to her and hit something hard. Groaning, he opened his eyes and found his room, but Kagome was gone. No longer under him, he quickly scanned his room but stopped short.

Laying on the cold floor next to him, she was there.

Just as she promised, Kagome was here. Even though stiff, Inuyasha reached over and pulled her to him. She was freezing but felt amazing against his hot skin. It didn't take a genius to figure out he had a fever, but without it, Kagome still would have been cold to the touch.

She shivered against Inuyasha and his warmth, her eyes slowly fluttering open. He watched her long, dark lashes brush against her cheeks. And then the flush that spread across them when she realized her current location.

"You're awake?"

"And so are you."

Kagome pressed a hand to Inuyasha's forehead even though she was pressed to the rest of his hot body. "You still have a fever. Your body is fighting the infection from the dirty rocks and blade that hurt you."

The glistening of her eyes was no coincidence, and he tugged on Kagome to get her even closer. "Why did you come after me?"

A single tear fell, and he caught it, not letting it or his wife get away. "They told me you were dead. But I knew it wasn't true. So Sango, Sab, Handu, and I went to find you."

"They followed you, didn't they? You made them go?"

"They wanted to go; I didn't make them!" Kagome was offended, but he was trying to complement her. And now she was pulling at Inuyasha's grip, trying to get away. "Why are you so close to me? And why am I in your bed?!"

"You were shivering on the floor next to me. Your chattering teeth woke me up!"

"That's not true!"

Twisting, Inuyasha had Kagome more firmly in his hold, and she gave up. Either because it was pointless or she didn't want her freedom. That's when Inuyasha noticed the old haori stretched out over him on top of his blankets. "What's this?"

Kagome shifted, looking where he was, and stiffened as if caught. "It's….it's nothing."

"Is that the haori you always wear? What significance does it hold for you?"

She was quiet, but he was patient. Today anyway, with Kagome in his arms, it was hard not to be. "It...it was my father's. It's like a good luck charm. Nothing bad ever happens to me when I wear it."

"Nothing, huh?"

"I was wearing it when I found you! I knew you were alive and that everything would be okay thanks to the haori."

"Or just your dedicated and foolish heart. Kagome, that was dangerous and stupid of you."

"Stupid?! You'd be dead if it weren't for me!"

Even in her anger, Kagome wrapped her arms around Inuyasha's neck with her words. He happily accepted her affection, hugging her tightly back. "You could be dead yourself. Challenging an armed man with nothing more than an arrow head?!"

"It worked, didn't it?"

Inuyasha couldn't help but chuckle at Kagome's foolhardy obstinacy. "I guess this thing is lucky after all."

A small giggle from her, and he couldn't take it anymore, pressing his hot mouth to the back of her neck. A sharp inhale but no more; nothing was said or done to discourage him from continuing. So he did, layering Kagome's skin with warm wetness.

"What are you doing?"

She was shivering again, and it only drove him crazy. "I'm kissing you."

"Why?"

"Because you're my wife, and I missed you." The shifting she did only pressed her backside against his hard cock, and she gasped. "I missed you a lot."

He chuckled at her apparent nervousness. It didn't stop him, though, finding and working on untying her yukata. "You...missed someone else. Kikyo was here."

Kagome squirmed again when Inuyasha stopped from her words. His grip on her belt tightened all the more. "Did she...did you talk with her?"

"Only to tell her I was going after you."

He huffed, lifting his head back as a laugh rolled out of him. "And she left before we got back, didn't she?"

"My Lord…"

Flipping her back, he quickly declared the conversation over, not liking the sadness that edged on Kagome's tone. "Why do you not call me Inuyasha? Even when we're alone?!"

"I will call you it when I feel it is right, and I haven't felt that it's right yet!"

He went back to undressing her, pulling her belt apart in one swift tug. "How about I make you say it?"

"Lord Tashio...you're wounded and feverish. You're not of your right mind." He stopped only to open up his yukata, rip off the bandage, and place her hand on his wounds. "They're….closed up!"

"Part of my title of Demon Lord, I can't seem to be harmed, so I'm tough to kill. A fever will hardly be the end of me or my mind."

"So...you're no longer in pain?"

Tears threatened Kagome again, and that was the last thing Inuyasha wanted right now. Her crying over him. So he pulled her hand off his strange skin and placed it over his fundoshi and hardened cock. "I hurt real bad right here."

She gasped and turned red but didn't pull away. So Inuyasha used Kagome's hand to push the cloth out of the way and put her hand on his shaft. He hissed when she wrapped her fingers around him. Her eyes were locked on him and her hand, but he found the strength to keep talking.

"Only you can make this pain go away, Kagome."

Teal eyes, wide and bright, locked on his only to turn her face away an instant later. "If my Lord wishes."

Releasing the wrist of the hand that held him, he grabbed her chin and pulled her back to him. "Kagome…"

He couldn't take it anymore, dropping and grabbing her lips with his. He sucked hard, switching back and forth from her bottom and top lip as he ravaged her mouth. He nipped at her, and she licked him. So he opened her mouth using his, flicking his tongue across hers again and again until she moaned loudly.

Pulling away from her mouth, he ripped open her yukata. Perfect porcelain skin greeted him, her white hada-juban nearly blending into her skin. He tugged it down, pretty pink nipples standing out and begging for him to suckle them. He started by licking the heavy mounds heaving before him in excitement, going from the underside until it fell off his tongue and bounced. And he watched. Kagome was making delightful hiccup sounds, her moans hitching in her throat as Inuyasha continued to lick her body.

This wasn't going to be like their wedding night. There was no one waiting at the door, listening in and waiting for them to finish. He could take his time and make her fucking scream if he wanted. Because he refused to share any part of her with anyone, and this time, he didn't have to.

Reaching between Kagome's legs and pushing her koshimaki out of his way, he flicked her folds, and she cooed, her grip on his shaft tightening. Inuyasha quickly found her ear, whispering harshly to make her shiver. "Stroke me."

It was slow, but the harder he played with her, the faster her hand moved on him. Soon, Inuyasha had to pull his hand off her to stop her hand on him.

"Put me inside you."

He didn't whisper this because he wanted to watch Kagome's face as he said it. Blood flooded her cheeks and neck, and he sat back just far enough for her to see. He was still watching Kagome as she hesitantly looked down. Her eyes widened, probably at the sight of him in her hand.

Once he felt his tip on her entrance, he slowly pushed with his hips, filling her up. Kagome seemed like she was in shock, keeping her hand on him until there was nothing left for her to hold. He was in shock as well, just as tight around him as their first time he was in a haze of ecstasy. Kagome kept watching as he pulled in and out of her, her flushed face turning purple and her mouth opening wide.

Rolling his hips had her head going back, losing sight of current interest. He took a peek, seeing how he was coated in her juices up to his sack. Even his hair gleamed with it. That would explain Kagome's slickness; it felt like he was wrapped up tight with fine silk. And he couldn't stop his hips, pulling out only to have her tight cunt suck him right back in.

Falling back to her, he groaned as he slipped in a little deeper. Kagome whimpered, trying to be quiet just like before. But he at least wanted to hear her.

"I missed you."

She stammered, puffing out hot air as she tried to keep up. "I...I know…"

"I mean...I missed this. I missed...your sweetness coating my cock.." Her insides quivered and tightened even more around him, and he chuckled. "You like it...when I talk dirty?"

"N..no! You pervert!"

"Then why...are you gripping me...so much tighter?"

Kagome said nothing else, turning her head away from him. So Inuyasha pushed his knees under her, her legs and backside resting on his thighs. Without a word, she lifted her legs higher, now dancing in the air from his thrusts.

Kagome was hiccuping again, loudly. "Ah...ah...ah...ah...ah…"

His hands around her ribs, he rubbed her hard nipples with his thumb, catching them as they bounced for a second at a time.

"My Lord?" There was a knock at his partition, and Kagome slapped her hands over her mouth. "My Lord, are you awake?"

Inuyasha didn't stop; his hips refused. "Yes!"

"Are you alright? I heard some noises?"

"Yes, yes, I'm fine!"

Kagome twisted her face away from the partition, trying to hide in case they walked in. "Have you seen Lady Tashio? She's not in her quarters again."

"No! Go find her!"

He was pretty sure they left after that, but Kagome was still hiding. Leaning over and pulling on her hands and face got him slapped. So he wrapped her arms around his neck and forced her to sit up on top of him. Inuyasha wasn't the only one that couldn't stop, Kagome's hips grinding into his with fevered need. He grabbed her and pulled her onto his cock harder.

"Lord Tashio...something is coming...something big…."

"Let it come!"

Her head tilted back, and he attacked her skin, sucking and biting her without shame as she cried. It was a far different sound from when he made her come before. This one was wanted and enjoyed. No pain, no fear, no suffering. Just pure joy and pleasure. This is what Inuyasha wanted to give Kagome before but couldn't with the council outside listening.

Her twitching insides did him in, squeezing and pulsing around him until he spilled all he had inside her.

She flopped to the bed, sliding off his lap and back to the cushions behind her. He was quick to join her but not fast enough to keep her from seeing his cock still standing at full attention.

"My Lord isn't satisfied?"

He pushed her legs together to keep her from spilling his seed. "I'm plenty satisfied." Her eyes danced from his face to his groin below. "It'll go away, don't worry." She still wasn't satisfied. "It...takes a lot to tire me out."

"Did...did Kikyo manage?"

Grumbling his displeasure, he slapped the top in her thigh just enough to sting. "There's that name again. This is not a conversation we are going to have!"

Kagome was pouting and trying to hide it. "It's as you said, you are the first and only man...I don't know how I'm supposed to act."

"You act as you please. Tell me when I upset you and when I make you happy, so I know what's best. And never let another man touch you, for you are mine."

His possessive side was showing. But Kagome took it in stride, nodding in earnest at his words of warning. So Inuyasha was shocked when she got up and pulled her yukata backup on her shoulders. It surely smelled of their sex, laying on it for most of it.

"Where are you going?"

Focused on her fingers as she tied her belt, Kagome moved to the edge of the bed. "You sent people out to look for me. Now I have to be 'found'."

On cue, the door to his room slammed open, and the person who entered didn't announce themselves or wait for permission to enter. Instead, Sango ran right around the partition into his sex-filled bedroom.

"Lord Tashio! Kagome is…"

Sango skidded to a halt, and Kagome cowered into herself, covering her face in her hands. "As you can see, Kagome is fine. Now please get out, Sango."

He was going for calm, but he was pretty sure it sounded gruffer than that. Sango bowed her head and didn't lift it again until she was out of sight. Maybe never.

Kagome groaned into her palms. "How am I going to face her again?"

"Would you like to practice? Try facing me." She giggled sadly, slowly turning towards him. Inuyasha just wanted to see her face. An embarrassed Kagome was a captivating one. "You're so pretty."

She turned purple and hid in her hands again.

Her hands remained on her face as he pushed her back to the bed. "So pretty; I want to see you naked again."

He had her yukata open again before she recovered, pushing at his hands and trying to get away. "I need to go talk to Sango! Fix things!"

"You can fix things tomorrow. I'm injured."

"No, you're not!"

He pulled her up so he could get her clothes out from under her and off her completely. Rolling over on her belly, she tried to get away, but he grabbed her hands similarly to how he did their wedding night. "There's no getting away, Kagome. Not from me."

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So used to being cold at night, alone in her bed, it woke Kagome up when she was no longer freezing. In Inuyasha's arms and bed, she was a mix of euphoria and embarrassment; happy he was awake but shook from her current predicament. She wasn't in his hold long before she felt something poke her from behind. Was Inuyasha like this because of her or because he dreamed of Kikyo?

That was the only reason Kagome brought her up at a time like this, wanting to remind Inuyasha who he loved. Then she reminded him he was wounded. But to her added confusion, he no longer was. How were his wounds closed so quickly? And he seemed to have use of his wrist and arm?

It didn't make sense, but neither did her hand on his cock. Kagome's fingers wrapped around the girth of it in awe. It was so large. She hadn't paid close attention the first time she had seen it, what with so much more going on at the time. And he wanted her to stroke him.

His fingers were stroking her, so Kagome moved her hand in rhythm with his, finding her mind going blank as her body got hotter. All she could think about was the sensations running through her and how she wanted to make the same feelings run through her husband.

"Put me inside you."

Inuyasha's face told Kagome he was serious, even moving out of the way for her to see. Her hand looked so small on him. Or he seemed so large in her hand; she wasn't sure. Doing as commanded, Kagome placed him at her entrance, fear racing in her. The last time they did this, it wasn't pleasant. It had been quite painful, actually. And yet, here she was, willingly doing it again all to please her husband. Kagome would have to get used to sex since she would have to bear his children someday.

Kagome knew she shouldn't watch, but she was just spellbound. Inuyasha's massive member slid inside her with ease. It stretched and pushed at her walls, tension building from it, but it fit—all of it. She couldn't believe it; all but a few inches were inside her. Inuyasha did something with his hips, and she convulsed, her head whipping back as intense waves of heat washed over her. Whatever pain Kagome felt the first time, it was gone. Maybe it was a lack of pressure, no one listening outside the door. Kagome was sure that was what had Inuyasha less deterred, laying over her to put in the rest of himself. Now his tip kissed her womb over and over again.

He was playing with her breasts, flicking her nipples when the knock at the door came. Her mind pulled a complete stop, the ability to think long gone since Inuyasha started twisting against her. Inuyasha didn't seem to have the power either, not stopping his body as it collided with hers. The most she managed was to cover her mouth in hopes of muffling her moans.

"Are you alright? I heard some noises?"

They had heard her noises. Was Kagome that loud that she caused an uproar in the whole house?

"Yes, yes, I'm fine!"

That was the best Inuyasha could say? They were going to come in and check any moment now, and Inuyasha was still deep inside her. Turning her face away from the screen was silly, but Kagome did it anyway. No way they wouldn't know it was her when they walked in.

"Have you seen Lady Tashio? She's not in her quarters again."

Kagome wasn't there because she had been sleeping next to her ailing husband. Who was as healthy as an ox now. Did the person on the other side already know she was in here and what they were doing?!

"No! Go find her!"

Great, now the whole household would be running around looking for her! Inuyasha didn't seem to care, pulling her hands from her mouth and forcing her to face him. She slapped him, but he just pulled her up into his lap. Whatever was wrong with his hips, Kagome suffered the same, ashamed at how she pressed herself against him so his tip would hit her womb again. The tender flesh between her thighs pressed against his pelvis as well, adding to her heat.

Something was building inside her, something big and unknown. It wasn't like before; the quaking inside Kagome was welcomed by her body while her heart was terrified. Surely her husband knew what it was and could help her?

"Lord Tashio...something is coming...something big…."

"Let it come!"

At Inuyasha's command, Kagome's body tensed and hardened all over—every muscle in her body pulsed with satisfaction all at once. Inuyasha stopped, his tip as deep as it could go, and pulsed as well. So hot, she felt his seed spill inside her, filling her womb.

So thoroughly satisfied, Kagome considered sleeping right where she laid. But her husband was another story, Inuyasha's body not relaxed like hers was. It was just like the first time. It would appear she wasn't enough for her husband. "My Lord isn't satisfied?"

She wasn't ready for children, but Inuyasha wasn't asking, closing her legs for her to hold in his contribution. "I'm plenty satisfied." Her eyes danced from his face to his groin below. "It'll go away, don't worry." Her disbelief showed on her face to him. "It...takes a lot to tire me out."

"Did...did Kikyo manage?"

She didn't mean to ask, and she wasn't sure she wanted to know. But Kagome's fear of inadequacy had her heart pounding painfully in her chest as she waited for Inuyasha's answer. He only seemed angry about it. "There's that name again. This is not a conversation we are going to have!"

That must be his way of politely saying 'yes'. Kikyo was the only woman to satisfy him, which made sense since he loved her. But, the attachment Kagome felt, she didn't like it at all; she wanted none of the feelings she was feeling now. "It's as you said, you are the first and only man...I don't know how I'm supposed to act."

"You act as you please. Tell me when I upset you and when I make you happy, so I know what's best. And never let another man touch you, for you are mine."

Why would Kagome ever let another man touch her? She only wanted Inuyasha. Because he was her husband and first. That's what she told herself anyway, nodding her head in agreement since she planned on only ever touching Inuyasha. The ache in Kagome's heart was only getting worse the longer she laid in his arms. Rising and getting released, she pulled the yukata that had served as their mattress back on her shoulders. It smelled like Inuyasha, something she hoped to preserve.

"Where are you going?"

Inuyasha's tone told her that he wasn't planning to let her go anytime soon, but Kagome desperately needed to get away. "You sent people out to look for me. Now I have to be 'found'."

The door to Inuyasha's room clattered open; someone was in a hurry. So much, they didn't knock or notice until it was too late.

"Lord Tashio! Kagome is…"

Standing before them, Inuyasha, still nude behind Kagome while she dressed with a flush, was Sango. She could only imagine what the scene looked like, but given the look on Sango's face, she was sure it looked like it was exactly. Covering her face, Kagome felt all the heat from her fever in her palms.

"As you can see, Kagome is fine. Now please get out, Sango."

Even Kagome shivered from Inuyasha's tone. There was such malice on it. And Sango was a woman; she didn't want to think what would have happened if it had been Miroku or a male to run in as Sango had. Inuyasha was pretty adamant about not sharing her.

She listened to Sango's retreat and groaned through her fingers. "How am I going to face her again?"

"Would you like to practice? Try facing me." Like that was as much of a challenge. Inuyasha already knew they had sex. It was easy to face him. "You're so pretty." But it was a mistake, hiding her face again, so Kagome didn't have to see Inuyasha's face and the look on it. Now she was getting pushed back to the bed, and try as she might, she couldn't bring herself to stop him. "So pretty; I want to see you naked again."

The fever haze Inuyasha (and Sango) had Kagome in allowed her yukata to be opened again. She pushed at him, her flush traveling down the rest of her now exposed body. "I need to go talk to Sango! Fix things!"

"You can fix things tomorrow. I'm injured."

"No, you're not!"

Her yukata was ripped from her, disappearing somewhere on the floor. Rolling onto her belly, Kagome hoped to crawl away or at least reach her clothes. But Kagome's power was stripped from her, Inuyasha grabbing her wrists and pinning them to the mattress above her head. "There's no getting away, Kagome. Not from me."

He was correct; there was no escape because he had her in his hold, and she didn't want to be anywhere else. Moreover, she was weak, and she blamed the exquisite sex they just had. Trying to rationalize, yet again, Kagome told herself that Inuyasha wasn't satisfied. She had seen it for herself, how right after they finished, he was still straining to relax.

There was no fight in her, letting him split her legs and slid into her from behind. He kept her hands in his hold and his mouth at her ear. At least Kagome had the pillow to press her mouth into for her screams.

Inuyasha was breathing heavily and grunting. It was so erotic that it had Kagome shivering. The hand he had on her hip was kneading, holding her down and pushing her occasionally to hit a different spot inside her. Then, when he was entirely comfortable, and she was moaning loudly, Inuyasha started speaking.

"No one...no one has...fully satisfied me...Kagome...no one." Her already racing heart began beating at a frantic rate, and she thought she might die. "You're so tight though...you feel so good….better than anyone. I….I love your...silky cunt…."

Now Inuyasha was chuckling because she knew he felt how she quivered from his words. His dirty talk had that effect on her.

"You're….you're lying…."

"I'm not….I'm addicted...I never want another…."

"Stop it...stop…."

"I won't."

And he didn't. Not until Kagome screamed into the pillow, her body convulsing for the second time that night. Inuyasha flooded her womb again and rolled off her. She remained still, panting into the mattress and hugging the pillow to herself. This was when she should get up when Kagome should leave, but she couldn't move.

Inuyasha was next to her, laying out in his nudity, so Kagome didn't look his way. In part, because she was too tired to twist her head but also because she was afraid she would look over and see Inuyasha's cock still standing upright. More than anything, she wanted to deflate him, to satisfy Inuyasha like no woman ever had. But Kagome was so tired now; there was no way she could go again if he weren't satisfied.

She was vaguely aware of him running a hand up and down her back, sliding his hand over her backside before going back up her spine. It relaxed Kagome the rest of the way to sleep.