Chapter 5



Inuyasha groggily opened his eyes and noted the black cloud of silk before his gaze. Inhaling sharply he reviewed the events of yesterday evening as he calmed and nuzzled the head before him.

"Inu ysha." Kagome mumbled as she turned over and burrowed into his embrace. Brown eyes flashed with gold for a moment as she opened up her eyes for a moment and smiled sleepily from her position against him. Sadly Inuyasha did not see the flash or he would have noticed the first changes in their bond occurring.

"We need to get up and go to the shrine soon Kagome." Inuyasha said as he rubbed his cheek against the side of her head and nipped briefly on her bare shoulder.

"Ummmmph." Was Kagome's only reply against his bare chest, tickling him in the process.

Smiling down upon the woman he had made his mate, Inuyasha in a swift move, pulled away from her and bundled her up before she could react.

"Now you are almost ready to go." Inuyasha said with an affectionate grin as he looked at the cocooned and deeply sleeping bundle below him now.

Frowning slightly at the bundle now, Inuyasha tried to remember how many days Kagome would be in her peak time. He hazily remembered it took at least three days, if he remembered correctly, each day getting progressively worse when the human was completely conscious. For some reason when they were semiconscious the affects weren't so severe. Many taking sleeping drugs to sleep through the time when they wanted to forgo finding a mate.

Finding his clothing, Inuyasha pulled them on hastily and gathered the other blankets and her supplies into a bag from the back of the alcove.

Pulling the bag over his shoulder and picking up the bundled Kagome, Inuyasha sent off for his part of the shrine.

If he was going to be with his mate for the duration, he wanted to be able to keep the jewel safe as well. The villagers could only be asked to watch his duty for so long.



Kagome wearily opened her eyes as she noted her changed surroundings.

She had know that Inuyasha had rooms for his use, attached to the shrine, but this was the first time she had known they were opulent in a way.

The bed she slept on was soft and plush, inviting even. The sheets she lay under were a soft red and smooth, the fire burning cheerily in the center of the room was blazing nicely.

Smiling sleepily now, Kagome relaxed and felt notably content, for in a short time she knew the need would reclaim her.

Licking her lips at the sudden smell of a pasta dish being prepared somewhere close, Kagome wondered where Inuyasha was.

Closing her eyes, Kagome heard him curse. `Dam that's hot. Wonder if Kagome is up yet? `

Feeling a heat on her neck, Kagome said in a rough sleepy voice to answer him. "I'm up Inuyasha, don't worry. Are you the one making the food?"

After a moment, Inuyasha slid the door open to the room and came in with a steaming bowl of noodles in a savory meat broth.

"Are you hungry?" Inuyasha said in a sing song voice.

"Is that mine?" Kagome sing songed back.

Smiling down on her, Inuyasha helped her sit up and placed the bowl with some chopsticks in front of her.

"Eat up." Inuyasha said as his eyes widened when it seemed to disappear at the speed of sound.

`Hungrier than I thought.` Kagome heard from the hanyou as she focused down on her bowl.

"I'm not really "that" hungry Inuyasha." Kagome answered back as she still focused on the bowl. Tasting the yummy noodles.

Above her, Inuyasha silently gasped. He hadn't said anything aloud that time. It was almost like.. But he had only heard of that sort of thing happening with tightly bonded soul mates. It couldn't be happening so soon. Could it?

Purposefully he thought something with as clear of any other thoughts as he could get. Making sure only one thought was in his mind. Just so he could be sure it wasn't a guess.

"Of course that was the first day of my three days. I wasn't gone that long." Kagome answered out of the blue.

Eyes wide and mouth hanging open, Inuyasha reeled at the implications. He had only thought of the question on how many days into her time she was. Had not voiced a thing aloud and had given no hints to his question through body language. There was only one way it could be happening.

Looking down upon her still lowered head, Inuyasha looked upon his mate with wonder and affection. Happy that he had found a mate he could share such a deep connection with, one that few gained and many searched their entire lives for. The perfect soul mate.



"You finished yet? Do you want some more?" Inuyasha asked softly to Kagome.

"Yep I'm finished and no more please." Kagome said as she looked up and handed him her bowl and eating utensils. Noting his strange doting expression, she could only smile at him and ask. "What? Why are you looking at me that way Inuyasha?"

Smiling wide, Inuyasha gave her an affectionate but fast kiss before standing up and taking the bowl to the kitchen hastily.

Purposefully, Inuyasha thought a question from the kitchen, hoping she would reply.

`Did you want anything do drink Kagome?`



"No I'm fine for now but thank you anyway." Kagome's voice drifted down the hall as Inuyasha grinned widely. Pondering briefly, Inuyasha wondered what other new abilities they had to one another.

`I wish he would get back soon. My temperature is starting to spike. Can't wait for him to get his perfect behind back in here. He could be addictive.`

Turning around to head back, Inuyasha smiled evilly now. He knew that her voice wouldn't have come through so loud and clear through all the walls separating them, even with his exceptional hearing. The only way was to hear her thoughts, and knowing Kagome, the last part was something she would never say aloud.

Smiling still as he walked down the hall, he wondered briefly whether he should tell her, or let her figure it out in her own time. Maybe he would hear some more about what she liked about him.

Entering the room now, he caught her eyes flash gold as he stood there and let his clothing fall. If this was only the beginning of the bond between them, he was in rapt attention to figure what was next.

As Kagome's eyes widened and her body began to sweat with the onset of her second heat. Inuyasha smiled secretively.





Note: information time. Ok according to my story. Depending on how deep the bond between the pair, the eyes will flash notably as the soul bond is forming. For all intents and purposes, Kagome's eyes are going to flash or quite some time. We want them really bonded now don't we readers. Oh, to read someone's mind, if only for a short time. It would be interesting, I'll speculate there. Makes you wonder if the statistics are true and guys do really think about sex related things every ten seconds or less or is it every ten minutes. I forget. Well lets see how interesting this gets.