Burn of Desire
I.
I was so happy! Actually, happy isn't even the word for it. Think of any word that means something better than happy and that's what I was. What a way to start off, here, let me explain.
Well, there was going to be a big dance at my school and even though I hardly ever went to school anymore, I wasn't about to miss this dance! That would just be one more thing my friends could only tell me about. But the problem was…it was a formal dance and I needed a date! Sure, this one guy, Hojo, asked me…of course. He's nice and all, but I got my eyes on someone else.
Someone that's one of a kind. I can say positively that there is no one else in the world like him. And tell me, who in their right mind would pass up a guy like that?!
That's what I thought.
Only problem was, I really don't think he felt the same way about me. I mean, there was a lot of clues that he liked me, but there were also a lot of clues that he didn't.
Sigh…what's a girl supposed to do?
Also, this guy doesn't even go to my school! Heck, he isn't even in my timeline! Confused yet? Yeah, understandable.
His name is Inuyasha. Even just saying his name gives me goosebumps. I can't even explain the feelings I have for him. He's perfect for me!
Inuyasha is selfish, arrogant, bossy, insolent, self-centered, cute, hot, beautiful, gorgeous, sweet, luscious, pure, thoughtful, desirable…
Perfect.
You would think I would feel intimidated around him. But I don't. He never really acts like he's better than anyone else is…sort of. At least to me, except when he calls me a weak human, but I know he doesn't mean that.
Anyway, I think I'm getting off subject. The point is: there is going to big dance at my school and I want Inuyasha as my date.
I decided to ask him one night while everyone else, which included Shippo, Sango, and Miroku, was asleep. Inuyasha usually is the last to fall asleep, I don't know why. Maybe he likes to make sure none of us are going to play a joke on him while he's up in the tree. That's right, he also usually sleeps up in a tree. I know a definite reason for that! He's the lookout, to make sure nothing to going to attack us.
How sweet and thoughtful.
So I pretended I was asleep for about an hour, going through what I was going to say over and over in my head.
"Hey Inuyasha, my school is holding a dance, wanna go?"
No, that doesn't work.
"Inuyasha, guess what? This Saturday there is going to be a dance at my school, I was wondering if you would be my date."
Date?! Yeah right, like Inuyasha would go for that!
"I know you don't like me to go back to my own time, but there's going to be a dance at my school and if you go with me, then you don't have to worry about me getting attacked from anything. How about it?"
Guess that's a way to trick him into it…
I slowly open my one eye to look up into the tree and I clearly see that Inuyasha is asleep with his arms crossed and one leg tucked under him. Carefully getting out of my sleeping bag, so as not to disturb Shippo, I quietly walk over to the tree, craning my neck to look up. He wasn't really that far up, but I'm not that much of a climber. Good thing there was little stubs sticking out of the tree that I can grab and pull myself up on.
As I do so, I try my best not to make too many grunting sounds, since Inuyasha is a light sleeper.
Before I know it, I'm balancing myself on the branch he was on. I catwalk over to him. By now, I can feel my face blushing, since I start to wonder how I'm going to look to him when he opens his eyes and sees me right beside him on all fours.
So before I lose my nerve, I tug on his sleeve very lightly.
"What do you want, Kagome?" he asks.
I have to smile, it's such an honor that he knows its me before he even opens his eyes. It's because of my scent. See, he's half demon and his sense of smell, plus everything else, is extra sensitive, so he basically knows everyone by their smell. He once told me I smelled nice.
But that's not the point.
"Umm, nothing special," I say. How stupid!
I begin to feel my whole body over heat, so before I get too dizzy and lose my balance, I turn my body so I'm sitting like he is.
Inuyasha puts his other foot down so both of his legs are dangling, "I kind of figured it was nothing special."
I narrow my eyes. That's his arrogant side.
"I just couldn't sleep," I respond. I figured that if I just start a conversation, it'll eventually lead up to the dance.
"Feh, I knew that. It's weird how you can just lay in the same position and not be asleep. Normal people would at least change position if they're not comfortable."
Smirking, I cross my arms like him, "I guess I'm not normal then." At least that's true. I wouldn't want to be normal. Normal people seem to be boring and have no life. And he knew that. Inuyasha knew he just gave me a compliment. But he just shrugged and closed his eyes.
We sit in silence for awhile, but it's not uncomfortable silence. It's very soothing. I like to hear his breathing mixed in with the sounds of the night. It just blended right in, I could never dream of anything better…
Perfect.
"Inuyasha?" I whisper.
"What?" he says, just straight out.
I let out a little laugh, it would figure he would ruin a moment, "I was wondering, would it be okay if I go back to my time this Saturday?"
He looks over at me with his gorgeous golden eyes, "Why?"
This was it. I could tell because my body began to feel like I was dressed up for winter on a hot summer's day, instead of being in a short skirt on a mild spring's night.
"Well, you see…my school is having a dance and even though I missed everything else at my school, I didn't want to miss this." I explained as quickly as I could, yet just as calmly.
Inuyasha blinked, "How long would you be gone?"
I shrugged, "Maybe four to five hours."
He thought about. He really thought about it…then he said, "Okay, whatever."
"What?!" I can't help but let out. That wasn't part of the plan! He was supposed to say no and then I would ask him to come with me!
Hearing someone shuffle below us though gave me the thought that I just ruined the whole moment between us because I woke someone up. But when I looked down, I realized Sango was just turning the other way.
I let out a sigh.
"Gees oh man, Kagome, what's your problem?" Inuyasha asked.
I turned to him again, only to see that he lowered his dog-ears down against his head. The scene gave me butterflies in my stomach. And if there was such a thing as stomach gymnastics, I'm sure my stomach would be the winner.
I shake my head and look down at the ground below us, "It's nothing."
Out of the corner of my eye, I see his ears go back up, "Kagome?"
God, how I loved to hear him say my name.
I look over to him and I know I look sad. I might as well tell him what I had on my mind, since I'm the one that always gives him lectures that he doesn't confide in me enough.
"I was hoping you would go to that dance with me, Inuyasha," I tell him straight out.
His eyes widened in shock, after all, it isn't everyday that I ask him to go to a dance with me.
"Me? Go to a dance? With you?" He asked.
I only nod.
Biting my bottom lip, I wait impatiently for him to answer. I had the biggest urge to imitate Brain's voice from Pinky and the Brain and say "Are you pondering what I'm pondering?" But of course I didn't.
"Okay," I hear him say suddenly.
My eyes light up.
"But…"
My eyes lower. Oh great, I probably have to do something big for him to agree.
He grabs my chin to make me look at him. I'm surprised I heard what he had to say, the feel of his hands, his fingers, his claws on my face…it was almost unbearable.
"Only if you tell me what this whole dance thing is," he finally says.
At first I blink in confusion, then nod vigorously, overly joy-ed that he agreed.
Then he gave me one of his rare smiles. The next thing I know, he's leaning his back against the trunk of the tree and wrapping his arms around my waist to make me lean back against him. Of course, I'm shocked out of my mind at this gesture, but it's not like I have any complaints.
His one leg is still hanging off the branch, while the other one is resting over mine.
I lay my head to his shoulder, closing my eyes and resting my hands over top of his. I take in a deep breath, taking in his scent. I don't have his nose, but I still know when things smell good or bad, and man, did he smell good! That caught me by surprise, since I don't see him take a bath too much and he's usually fighting. You would think he would reek!
Plus, we were breathing in unison. I felt his chest rise and fall and once I figured out how many seconds he took each inhale and exhale, I did the same with my breathing. And when he breathed out…oh, it was right in my ear. His breath was so hot…it was driving me insane.
"So tell me about it," he said.
I smiled and told him everything I knew.
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The day of the dance was more humorous than anything. For one, I never really dressed up before, so just getting into that silky lavender dress was a hassle, but once I got it on, it felt wonderful. The funny part was Inuyasha though, getting into that pure black suit. I can say without a doubt that he looked very handsome in it, but I still preferred him in his usual outfit.
If only he could get into it by himself. I think he did know how to get into the pants, but since they were tighter on him than what he's used to, he didn't think it was right. I had Souta help him, since I thought he might be a little embarrassed if I helped him get dressed.
But as I stood out in the hallway, I had to hold in a lot of laughs from the noises that came from inside the room. There was a lot of shuffling, grunting, yelling, and just plain out loud bangs when something or someone fell.
How about I just skip to the dance? It was cool, all my friends were jealous. And they thought Hojo was a keeper! Now just look who I've got!
Inuyasha didn't dance…but I kind of expected that. I couldn't actually picture him doing it anyway. He did like the drinks and food though.
I take that back, he did dance…but only because I made him. It was the last song of the night, so of course, it was a slow song. I dragged him out to the middle of the dance floor and, a little nervously, I put his arms around my waist and my own arms around his neck. I waited a couple of minutes for him to get used to it before I put my head against his chest. I felt him tense up a little, but once I slid my hands down to his arms, he began to relax again.
"So this is a dance, eh?" he asked, and from where my head was, his voice only came out as a soothing humming sound, making me dance closer to him.
His hand ran up my bare back and I shivered noticeably. From that note, I blushed big time. Did I really want Inuyasha to know that I was so sensitive to his touch? It didn't matter one way or another now, since Inuyasha already knew and was going to show me that he did.
Again, he came close to my ear, "What do you have to tell me, Kagome?" he said, almost in a whisper.
I rubbed my cheek against his chest, "I think you know," I respond breathlessly.
He tilts his head so his lips are on my neck and I can feel his lips moving against my skin, "Just because I know doesn't mean I don't want to hear it…"
By now, my stomach is in a huge knot and there's only one way to untie that knot…
I take in a deep breath before looking up into his gorgeous golden eyes once again, "I love you, Inuyasha…"
Immediately, he smiles at me and I try to smile back, but the only thing I want to do his feel his lips pressed tightly to mine. I stand on tiptoe in order to reach him so I can make this wonderful night even more worthwhile. Just a few more inches…
~*~
HA! Bet I fooled you there, huh? All that is definitely not true. Well…except my feelings for Inuyasha. Nothing is going to change that. But this is just one of my many fantasies of the two of us getting together. Actually, this was my very first fantasy; can you tell by the child-ness in it? Not just that, I'm hardly ever in school, I wouldn't know if my school was holding a dance or not if my life depended on it.
At this moment, the group was just walking along some path, on the lookout for Shikon jewels, the usual. No one's really talking, guess we have nothing to talk about. That's okay, I don't mind moments like this, it gives me that chance to daydream.
I take a peak over at Inuyasha and as always, he got his eyes narrowed, forever sensing if there is any danger. I look down at the ground in front of me. Why can't he just accept that sometimes there is no danger and he's allowed to relax?
Again, I look over at him. But maybe he isn't on the lookout for danger, maybe he's thinking about something. Could it be me? I look down. Probably not. Most likely it's Kikyou that he's thinking about. I don't like to think that he's thinking about that, but sometimes it's hard not to. I mean, she is more beautiful, more talented, more graceful, more…everything than me!
And people call me an optimistic…
But it's true. She has everything that I don't. Including Inuyasha's heart. And believe me, that's not a very easy thing to get.
I study him some more. He doesn't look sad and that's usually how he looks when he's thinking of her. But maybe he's doing what I do…pretending. I can't really picture—
"You know, the way you keep looking at me is starting to really tick me off!" Inuyasha spoke up finally.
"Oh!" I look down at the ground again, blushing a little, "Sorry about that."
He narrowed his eyes and turned his attention ahead of him again, "Feh!"
"Don't tell her what she can and can't look at, Inuyasha!" Shippo spoke up. The little guy never did like it when Inuyasha yelled at me.
Without turning towards us (since Shippo was on my shoulder), Inuyasha said, "I just did."
I heard Shippo growl before he jumped from my shoulder to Inuyasha's head, biting down on his left ear.
Rather Inuyasha wanted to admit it or not, he did yelp out when his ear disappeared into Shippo's mouth. But it didn't take him too long to grab Shippo by the neck and throw him to the ground hard.
"Oomph! That didn't feel pretty," Shippo replied.
"Inuyasha!" I scold, "Don't be so hard on Shippo!" I walk over to where Shippo was pretty well smashed into the ground and picked him up.
"Yeah!" was Shippo's only comeback on his part.
Miroku laughed from behind us, "Oh, come on, Inuyasha, you know you feel honored that she likes to stare at your body."
Before another thought, Inuyasha was up in Miroku's face, "I don't like people staring at me!"
"And who says I was staring at his body?!" I ask, pushing Inuyasha out of the way so I can get in front of Miroku.
Probably noticing that I was about to pound him, he waved his hands in front of him in defense, "No one, it just seemed so obvious and—."
Miroku ended up on the ground from a punch in the face from Inuyasha, "Nothing is so obvious! So just shuddup!"
To our right, we heard Sango giggling a little.
"And what do you find so funny?!" Inuyasha yelled, going over to her.
Sango only shook her head a little and walked away from him, "It's nothing."
Inuyasha gave her a death glare and I heard a low growl emit from low in his throat. I find that very cute.
"Let's just continue," I suggest, putting Shippo back on my shoulder and walking the direction we were.
Everyone agreed with me, since they all began to follow.
It didn't take long after that for darkness to embrace everything, so we decided to find a place to rest for the night. Lucky us, we did come across an abandoned cabin that was in pretty good shape for us to spend the night.
"You weaklings can sleep in the nice, cozy cabin, but I'm sleeping outside," Inuyasha commented.
I turned around just as I was about to walk in, "Don't you want to eat?"
Inuyasha gave me a side-glance and with a simple "feh" he walked past me and into the cabin.
I couldn't help it, I had to smirk.
~ From the inside lookin' out,
You're the one that I've been thinkin' about,
I'm a lonely little fool over you babe.
Got me dazed and confused,
Got my body cryin' the blues,
Come and see me, got a line I'm throwing to you.
You're the mountain that I want to climb,
I won't stop 'til I reach it this time,
I just can't get you outta my mind.
I'm all fired up with no where to burn,
Gotta hold myself steady.
I'm all fired up with nowhere to burn,
I know what I want and I'm ready.
You passed every test,
You left me here starved and obsessed,
With a hunger that begs for you.
Draw, aim, fire!
You can't run from my desire,
It's my arrow through your heart surrender to me.~
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So, how'd everyone like it? ^_^ This is my very first Inuyasha fanfic, so don't be too hard on, okay? And if you say "Miroku and Sango were out of character" …I'm terribly sorry. I only began watching Inuyasha when it came on Cartoon Network and since they didn't show those two yet, I really don't know what they're like except from what I read in fanfics. Please review and expect to see the next chapter soon!
TBC