(Heh..Naraku's responsible for this fic..heh..um..oh and a note- I purposely had the IY characters forget most of the weapons and abilities in the haze of the love potion simply because I though it'd be funny as hell to have them running about instead of fighting overmuch. Of course Jaken's got the staff of Heads and Mirouko his staff, but no heavy duty Tetsusaiga stuff. Also towards the end of the chapter, there is a Sess/Kag moment that's more serious than funny but I think it worked out okay..

Inuyasha and co belong to the divine Takahashi Rumiko, original characters are mine.)

Love Potion Number Nine - Six

Miroku had come to just in time to see Jaken chasing Sango around the Bone Eater's Well.

"GET - AWAY - YOU - DISGUSTING - THING!" Sango yelled as she kept trying to dodge the amorous toad-youkai.

"That's the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me, my little lily!" Jaken abruptly leaped over the well and glomped onto Sango!

"AAAHHH!!" Sango jerked the offending Jaken off her chest onto a waiting Miroku, who punched Jaken in the face, where he landed on the ground, still clutching the Staff of Heads.

"All right, monk..you've made Jaken MAD! You don't want to make Jaken mad!"

"Bring it on.." Miroku smirked as he held the staff that Sango had tossed to him.

Jaken pointed the staff of heads at Miroku and a burst of fire came out of it, barely missing Miroku by inches!

"Bwhahahaha! Teach you to mess around with Jaken's woman!" The toad youkai laughed.

"I'm NOT your woman!" Sango yelled at Jaken and abruptly kicked his legs out from under him, which made the Staff of Heads point upwards.

Upwards meaning towards Kikyou who was STILL hanging from the tree that imprisoned her.

"AAAAHHH!! I'm on fire!!" Kikyou screamed to no one in particular.

"So am I!" Jaken was STILL unperturbed by Sango's abuse as he stood once more. "I just got to tell you Sango-chan, this poor Jaken loves you!"

"ACK!!!" Sango was totally and completely disgusted!!

"You - fiend!" Miroku yelled to get Jaken's attention.

No one noticed that Kikyou was on fire, but then as she was a dead miko walking, it didn't matter.

****

"Inu -yaaaaasha.." Naraku called out to Inuyasha. "I KNOW you're out here! I can hear you breathing!"

Inuyasha was perched in a tree, panting. Naraku looked like he hadn't even broken a sweat!

"Kukuku..I just love it when you play so hard to get, Inu-darling.." Naraku grinned upwards towards the trees.

"Grrrrr.." Inuyasha's ears flattened back.

"Oooh! I hear you!" Naraku stopped where he was. "Now come out like a GOOD puppy and Naraku will reward you!"

"Screw you!" Inuyasha spat.

"Is that a threat or a promise, doggy-boy?" Naraku finally spotted where Inuyasha was perched.

"Leave me alone!" Inuyasha said. "I'm in love with Kikyou!"

"Kukuku..she's a dead woman..why have her when you can have me? I can be anything you want, Inu-dearest."

"Quit messing with my name!"

"That's not ALL I want to mess with!" Naraku suddenly jumped up to where Inuyasha was and glomped him.

"Itaaaaiii!!" Inuyasha screamed in terror as Naraku tried to French kiss him.

"Ooooh, I love it when they scream!" Naraku giggled.

"GAH!!!" Inuyasha bolted from Naraku's embrace. He had to get back to his beloved Kikyou!

Uh -oh smoke! Inuyasha raced to where the smoke was coming from and saw Kikyou on fire!

"My beloved!" Inuyasha sailed amongst the trees and in swashbuckling fashion, freed Kikyou from her prison. They landed on the ground where Inuyasha threw Kikyou to the ground and started to put out the flames - with his feet.

"Ow! Oh! Ow! Eee!" Kikyou squeaked as Inuyasha did an impromptu dance all over her. When he was done, she raised her head, which had black soot on it.

"Argh....." Kikyou's eyes crossed and she fainted. Fortunately other than that she was none the worse for wear.

(a/n: Hey she's dead, what do you expect?)

"Oh my poor Kikyou.." Inuyasha murmured softly as he crouched on his bare feet and held his smoky love-miko in his arms.

"Cough..bleah.." Kikyou came to.

"Okay, doggy-boy..the chase is over!" Naraku was suddenly behind him - not a safe place to be.

"Inuyasha, I - love you - even if you stomped all over me.." Kikyou ignored Naraku's presence entirely.

"And I love you even though you're always trying to kill me." Inuyasha murmured.

"Cut it out! I'm Naraku! The evil guy in the baboon pelt, remember?" Naraku placed his hands on his hips and tapped his foot impatiently.

SIGH

Kikyou and Inuyasha were staring at each other intently, lost in the love that they felt.

Naraku shrugged. Okay, he tried to be nice! He was not adverse to group activities if it meant he'd be with his Inuyasha puppykins! With an abruptness that shocked both Kikyou and Inuyasha, Naraku fell upon them both like a ravaging animal.

"Bwhahahaha!" He laughed. "Naraku wins! Get ready for wild baboon love, my little doggy-boy of love!"

"EEEYYYAAAHHH!!!" Inuyasha and Kikyou both screamed in terror. They were in trouble!

****

Their clothes were on the bank, although Kagome kept on her bra and panties for modesty's sake. Their clothes had been dragging them down - especially Sesshoumaru's kimono. Kagome had turned her head away when he had shed his garments, so that she wasn't sure what he was wearing, although she could see his bared chest - which was very nice.

They were playing in the water, she and Sesshoumaru. Kagome had to admit, she was having a lot of fun, splashing Sesshoumaru and being splashed back playfully. It made her forget about things for awhile - which was partly deliberate on Sesshoumaru's part.

"Can't catch me!" Kagome taunted as she dove under the water towards the waterfall, swimming as fast as she could.

Sesshoumaru's grin was almost predatory, for he loved a good chase. Diving under the water, he chased Kagome until he snagged her foot. She kicked at him, trying to get away as she surfaced, half-laughing and half-sputtering. Sesshoumaru took the advantage by grasping her around the waist and surfacing himself. He swept back his long wet hair and smirked.

"It seems that I HAVE caught you.." Sesshoumaru looked down at Kagome. "I guess I shall have to exact a penalty from you."

"No!" Kagome giggled and went under the water once more where she saw -

~EEE! He doesn't have anything on!!~ Kagome quickly came up out of the water, gasping for air and coughing.

"Did you - see something?" Sesshoumaru chuckled.

"You - you - " She blushed furiously.

"Yes?" He raised a brow.

Kagome was desperate to change the subject, so she said, "Your tail - it's still - dry?"

Sesshoumaru glanced at his very long fluffy tail that floated upon the water behind him.

"It's waterproof. After all, a wet tail can add weight. This way - " Sesshoumaru's tail wrapped around Kagome's waist. "I can manage it."

"How - how did you do that?" Kagome felt butterflies in her stomach. After all, she was with a naked youkai-lord who was acting like - well human and she had barely a stitch on herself!

"It has a mind of it's own.." Sesshoumaru smirked as he drifted them over to the waterfall. They went under it and then they were behind it, shielded by the crash of water. Sesshoumaru shook out his hair, while Kagome winced.

"Sorry.." Sesshoumaru smiled, indicating that he was not sorry.

"Uh huh.." Kagome felt really weird. On the one hand she felt like she was doing something wrong being here with him, but on the other hand, it felt very right.

"So this is what it is like to feel - to feel happy." Sesshoumaru murmured as he pulled her close, enjoying the warmth of her skin, which was a contrast to the cold water.

"You've - never felt? Everyone has feelings - even youkai, don't they?" Kagome asked.

"I never did.." Sesshoumaru let his hands rest upon Kagome's waist. "I don't know why. Perhaps when I was very young I did, then later the only thing I could feel was hate."

"That's sad, Sesshoumaru.." Kagome sighed.

"Hai.." Sesshoumaru sighed contentedly. Was this love? It was more than the physical closeness that he felt with Kagome that stirred him, it was just - her.

"Kagome.." Sesshoumaru said.

"Hm?" Kagome leaned against the warmth of his chest, her face tilted up to his.

"I - " Sesshoumaru let his arms wrap around her securely, as if she could give him strength - this little slip of a woman-child.

"Nani?" Kagome asked softly.

"This feeling for you I can't explain." Sesshoumaru's eyes were troubled, as if he were trying to express something that was bigger than himself.

"It's alright." Kagome soothed.

"I - love you." He whispered softly - so softly that Kagome had to make sure she even heard him.

"You - do?" Kagome could not fathom Sesshoumaru loving anyone - but then again he did care for Rin - but to love her? Kagome was sure it was whatever spell he had been placed under but she didn't want to ruin it for him.

"Hai.." His lips grazed her forehead and then went lower to her lips, kissing them softly at first and then almost hungrily. Kagome's senses reeled with the intensity of the feelings that swirled around them both and she felt - yes she felt that this time might never come again. In her world she was only a student, not yet an adult, but here she was considered a grown woman.

And for the first time, she truly felt like one in Sesshoumaru's embrace.

They continued to kiss, with Sesshoumaru guiding her to the bank that was just beyond where they stood.