AN: Okay, I know I posted this chapter already but that was last night at around 11:30 and I didn't bother checking for typos or other errors so I thought I'd just do that now, so bear with me! I'm pretty sure I managed to get all of the mistakes (if not then most of them). J **Warning! There is a lemon scene in this chapter! It's on the borderline between R and NC-17 so please…if you're not of age skip the last two pages! x.x**
Previously:
Kagome shot up from her bed and gasped for air. She was covered in a cold sweat, her bangs plastered against her forehead.
"What the hell was that?!" Kagome asked herself alarmed.
Take Me for Who I Am
Chapter 7: Her Savior in Red
Kagome didn't tell anyone about her dream. Instead she spent the rest of the night and most of the next day brooding over it. The rain continued to pour down in sheets never easing up. As her friends played games and talked and gossiped about anything and everything Kagome stared out the window thinking to herself.
Of course her friends knew something was wrong, it was impossible not to notice.
"Kagome? What's wrong? Are you upset about me getting mad over the sand in the bed and shampoo?" Ayame asked. She worried about her friend a great deal. The usual happy-go-lucky Kagome was gloomy, just like the weather, and there was nothing any of them could do.
"No, not at all. I thought it all to be very funny." Kagome smiled. Her smile, though, was fake, a façade to cover her true feelings. Her feelings of foreboding.
Kagome rarely ever dreamed, and when she did they were nightmares. Then she would get the same nightmare over and over again until something went wrong in her life, and then the nightmares would mysteriously stop.
She couldn't help but feel Inu yasha was somehow involved, but how? Why would he be involved? She knew something was happening within her group of friends, otherwise they wouldn't have been heartless and faceless monsters in her dream. And there was also the fact that she was running…but from what?
"Kagome, what's wrong?" Tea asked.
"Nothing, nothing at all. I didn't sleep well last night for some reason." Kagome said nonchalantly. Ayame eyed Kagome suspiciously.
"I can never tell when you're lying, Kags. You're good at acting and you know it and you use it to your advantage." Miroku said squinting his eyes.
Just then the phone in the room rang; Kagome got up from her position next to the room (the other three were playing Twister) to answer it. She cleared her throat before answer.
"Hello?" Kagome said.
"Kagome? Is this Kagome?" A male voice answered.
"Yes," Kagome started warily. "Who is this?"
"Kagome, I want to see you again. Please say you'll see me again. Please." The voice pleaded. He sounded familiar, but his voice was muffled, and husky.
"Who is this?" Kagome asked again.
"You know me, I saw you just yesterday. Would you come and meet me today? I need to talk to you." He said.
"Today? It's pouring outside, there's a flashflood warning!" She answered incredulously.
"Yes today. I need to speak with you…please."
"Is there something wrong?" Kagome could feel her friend's eyes on her waiting for her to get off the phone.
"You could say that I guess," The voice sounded amused, Kagome could feel his smirk on the other side of the line. "Will you meet me? Say in twenty minutes?"
"Umm," Kagome thought hard. She was compelled to go, intrigued by the mysterious man, but her dream still haunted her.
"Please?" He asked again. "I'm desperate. I'll buy you a stuffed monkey for your collection! Please just say you'll meet with me!" Kagome hesitated. Very few people knew she collected stuffed monkeys so it was obviously someone that knew her well, but who? She didn't have many guy friends. Plus, not many people knew she was going to the shore for the weekend anyway.
"Fine." She agreed. The male voice heaved a great sigh of relief.
"Meet me outside the Go-Go grocery store in town, I'll be waiting for you. And Kagome? Thanks." The person on the other line hung up.
Kagome put the receiver down and put on a heavy sweatshirt over her tee shirt. Then she put on Tea's rain jacket.
"What was that about Kagome?" Ayame asked. Kagome shrugged her shoulders in response.
"My friend from elementary school is in town, she wanted to see me today because it'll be the last day she's here. She moved away in second grade to the United States. I haven't seen her in ages so I'm going to go see her, even if it's just for a short while. I'll be back, bye!" Kagome lied calmly. She picked up her purse and left the room with an umbrella.
The others watched Kagome leave. Even if she did sound truthful she said it very quickly. This made her friends slightly uneasy.
The harsh wind blew the unforgiving rain against her face creating thousands of sharp pains on her cheeks. The umbrella broke long ago from the unusually high winds that mercilessly tossed her around. It was like being in a hurricane, but the weather forecast said severe thunderstorm.
Street lamps were the only things that illuminated Kagome's path as she made her way to the grocery store. No one else was in sight, obviously because of the storm. Kagome mentally kicked herself for agreeing to come meet a stranger during such dangerous weather.
The grocery store came into view, it was only about fifty yards away, but the rain made it difficult to see where she was going and the wind made it nearly impossible to walk in a straight line.
The darkness around her made Kagome uneasy. Cars were completely void from the parking lot, meaning the store was closed. Kagome jumped at the slightest noise other than the howl of the wind, the patter of the rain, and her own heart. Street lamps began to flicker. She finally made it to the front doors of the building.
Kagome felt herself whimper more than she heard herself. The storm was worsening, and pretty soon…. The street lamps completely went out without warning. The electricity went down all around Kagome making the darkness surround her until she was engulfed with darkness and fear that she bit her lip until it bled crimson.
She began to get frantic. Adrenaline pumped through her veins, her eyes darted from side to side, her heart pounded against her chest…. Then she saw a dark figure, completely black, walking towards her. Kagome sighed with relief knowing she wasn't alone any longer, but instantly felt panic again as she realized that if it was some sick stalker she was in serious danger.
The lone figure looked at Kagome through dark eyes and quickened his pace until he was just three feet away from her. Kagome felt, rather than saw, him speak to her, but due to the loud and ceaseless moaning and roaring of the wind she couldn't make out a word he said. She shrugged her shoulders to show she didn't understand.
He walked towards her and placed his mouth next to her ear so she could hear him better. His breath was foul and his voice harsh and raspy from yelling.
"Thanks for coming, Kagome. It means a lot." The same voice from the phone said. He placed his cheek against Kagome's and she felt him grin. Kagome was certain she didn't know this man.
"Who…who are you?" She questioned. The only response she got was another smirk from the man. Her heart quickened further and her breathing came in fast short gasps of air. She was terrified. In the middle of a dangerous storm, with no one around, without anywhere to escape.
"Who are you?" Kagome asked again less bravely. Her voice cracked.
"Come now, Kagome. You know who I am. Guess." The man grabbed Kagome's left and right wrists in a tight grip with one hand and placed them above her head.
The street lamps began to flicker on and off creating eerie shadows on the man's face preventing Kagome from seeing who he truly was. But she knew, however, he was right…it was someone she knew. She just couldn't place how and where she knew him from.
Kagome tried to free her wrists fearing what he might be planning. She tugged and pulled and even yanked as hard she could but his grip was solid, she couldn't budge a bit. This made Kagome even more fearful. The man just chuckled.
"Where you going sweet cakes?" He said acidly. There was alcohol mixed with raw power in his voice that sizzled and boiled; it made Kagome's stomach churn and made her feel nauseous. Her eyes widened in surprise and shock when he licked her ear lobe and nipped her neck with sharp teeth. Memories came flooding back to her, memories from way back then, memories of that night, memories from that "drug induced" boy, memories from the night he made the rest of her life a living hell.
This stranger, this man, who was now feeling her up, was none other than Kouga.
"Kouga?" Kagome said with more terror that would ever have allowed herself to admit. Since that fateful night she vowed never to show her fear, her anger, her resentment towards Kouga. Kagome was sick with shock.
"Bingo, sweet cakes. I never thought you'd remember." Kagome was all too aware of what he was capable of. And now she knew he was back to finish the job he started four years ago.
"Please let me go, Kouga." Kagome pleaded realization settling in. She squirmed against his wandering hands, which were steadily making their way down her lower stomach and lower still.
"You know I can't do that. Just be a good girl, Kagome, you know you want this." Kouga licked the base of Kagome's neck.
"Let me go, Kouga, let me go now. I'm warning you, if you don't let me go now I'll kick you in the family jewels so hard that you'll never be able to reproduce." Her voice quavered and her fear seeped out.
Kouga pressed her hard against the building with his body, which prevented her from moving. Kagome tried moving her head away as he began to suck on the side of her neck. She tried screaming but realized that even if he did allow her to scream there was no one to rescue her. Everyone was safe at home, warm in their beds.
So Kagome did the only thing she could think of. She leaned forward and bit his ear, and bit it hard. Kouga let out a yowl of pain and immediately let Kagome go to grip his ear.
Kagome tasted his salty and tainted blood in her mouth. She spat it out, walked over to Kouga with rage and kneed him hard in the stomach before attempting to run away. She knew all too well how quick of a runner he was. He howled again and doubled over in pain.
Kagome didn't waste another second. She ran. She ran for all she was worth. She ran without looking back to see if he was close or if he was still on the pavement recuperating. Rage mixed with terror. It was a feeling she never felt before and it was intensified by the dark streets, the thunderstorm, the loud thud thud of her heart, and the flashbacks.
Her mind seemed to be louder than her heart, all the bad memories replaying in her head as she ran. Kagome didn't think of going back to the bed and breakfast, her mind was too panicked to think of much. All she knew was that she had to get away. She had to escape from the torment that had been plaguing her since eighth grade.
Everything around her began to spin uncontrollably. The street was now the sky, the sky was now the street, and the lamps swirled around still flashing and flickering. Buildings warped into odd shapes, everything was becoming a blur from the fast spinning.
Kagome's stomach lurched and turned upside down as she fell in slow motion to the hard cement sidewalk below. Her hands flew out in front of her to catch her fall and she waited for the impact. The fall seemed to take forever, but when she finally hit the ground she hit it hard, so hard her elbows collapsed and sent her headfirst into the pavement.
She scraped her palms and arms upon impact and her head began to throb immediately from hitting it against the ground. Kagome groaned and pushed herself up into a sitting position. She didn't dare open her eyes in fear of vomiting from the constant spinning of the world around her.
Kagome heard someone breathing hard in front of her. She coughed and forced herself to open her weary eyes. They stung and burned and her vision was still blurry. She gasped in horror as she saw an enraged Kouga stretch his hand out to slap her.
A sickening smack echoed throughout the street. Kagome was sent flying back to the ground dazed from Kouga's slap.
"You bitch!" She heard Kouga say. "You fucking bitch!" Kouga kicked Kagome hard in the stomach. She screamed at the pain and she felt tears form in her eyes. They wouldn't fall, though, her pride and her pain was too great to allow tears to fall. So she remained lying there, on the ground in a large dirty puddle.
"Stop, Kouga, please stop." Kagome whispered. Kouga pretended he didn't hear her. He pulled her up by her shirt until they were face to face. He slapped her again. Blood trickled out of her mouth but he didn't care. He slapped her across the other cheek this time and dropped her. She fell limply to the ground and didn't move. Her eyes were open and her breathing had calmed a little; she felt the onset of a dead faint coming but she was scared to faint. She was scared of what might happen if she did.
Kagome felt a vibration through her cheek that was on the ground. Something was coming. She cocked her head and lifted it upwards a little to attempt looking around. She somehow managed to hear growling above the wind and rain.
Kagome raised her head further and looked into a pair of horrified and infuriated amber eyes. She smiled and rested her head against the ground not worried for the first time in the last hour. She felt safe despite the situation she was in.
"Inu yasha…" Kagome whispered.
"Kouga," Inu yasha spat angrily. "Kouga," he growled again. "What the hell did you do?" Kouga glared at Inu yasha through squinted and dangerous eyes.
"Oh look, the dog is here to rescue his bitch, how quaint." Kouga laughed maniacally. Inu yasha's whole body shook with anger, his hands clenched in tight fists, his knuckles white….
When Kagome didn't hear any more talking she tried opening her eyes again and was extremely pleased to see Inu yasha's fist collide with Kouga's jaw sending him into the pavement. When Inu yasha walked over to Kouga once more Kagome closed her eyes not wanting to watch Inu yasha beat him senseless. But as soon as Kagome closed her eyes she felt herself about to faint and this time she allowed herself to. The last thing she heard was another bone cracking punch in favor of her hanyou.
The smell of fresh pine wafted through the air and into Kagome's nose. She breathed the rich pine smell deeply and stretched her arms high above her head but immediately regretting the action as her stomach ached in protest. She groaned and rubbed her temples trying to ease her throbbing head.
Kagome opened her eyes and was a bit disoriented before she remembered what had happened. She was confused at to why she wasn't outside in the rain anymore. And where was Kouga? She asked herself. Then she remembered her savior. Her savior in red to be more precise. Her savior in red with amber eyes and silver hair and puppy ears to be even more precise.
She smiled feeling completely at ease in her new, but strange, surroundings. She was on a dark green couch in a small room. The warmth of the room warmed and comforted her wary mind.
"Kagome?" A soft voice said. Kagome turned her head towards the source of the voice. There he was, towering above her with worried and concerned eyes. His presence warmed her heart.
"Hi…Inu yasha…" Kagome said with a pause between words. Inu yasha smiled and pulled a chair over to her and sat down. He held out a glass of water and two aspirin.
Kagome sat up and took the aspirin and water and swallowed them. She drank the contents of the glass until not a drop remained.
They sat in uncomfortable silence for what seemed like an eternity, both brooding and remembering what happened. Neither of them wanted to relive, especially Kagome, that night.
"Thank you, Inu yasha." Kagome finally said. Inu yasha's head was bowed towards the floor, but his eyes had never left Kagome. He was fearful. Of what he wasn't exactly sure.
"I wish I could have been there sooner." He said finally. Kagome smiled genuinely.
"Don't worry, I'm happy you showed up at all." They both became silent again and for the first time Kagome noticed she was in a bathrobe, not her clothes. A light blush rose in her cheeks realizing how she must have gotten there.
"Umm…" Inu yasha started. He wasn't sure what to say, but he knew he had to comfort her somehow. He wanted to hug her and hold her close and tell her it was going to be all right. He knew it wouldn't be all right, though. Kouga escaped, he retreated into a dark alley and Inu yasha couldn't follow him because he needed to get Kagome to safety. It wouldn't be all right…she was almost raped, and possibly even murdered by a drunken ass without anything better to do.
Kagome swallowed and fidgeted with the blanket that covered her lower half. "Can I take a bath, Inu yasha? I feel all dirty and…and gritty from being on the ground in the rain." Inu yasha looked at Kagome in the eyes and smiled.
"Sure." Inu yasha helped Kagome off the couch (because she was still hurting and a little woozy) and led her into the bathroom. He gave her a towel and left her there before leaving and searching through the mini fridge in the hotel room to get his mind off of Kagome in the bathtub.
Kagome stayed in the bathtub until the water was cold. She had plenty of time to think to herself about what had happened and how it should be dealt with. Kagome wouldn't let Kouga get away this time. Inu yasha was a witness so there was no way the judge could dismiss the case.
She felt safe being with Inu yasha, even if they were alone in his hotel room. All the old hurt seemed to be completely washed away with the dirt and grime, and in time the physical pain slowly left her as the aspirin started to take affect.
Kagome felt content just laying in the bathtub knowing it would turn out right this time, she wouldn't have to go to school and see Kouga's smirking and disgusting face. She would finally be able to show up at school without fear; she would finally be able to be herself knowing he was suffering as much as she did. It was a horrible though, Kagome knew, but it brought her comfort. There was no way he would get away with it this time.
Kagome drained the bath and dried off using the towel Inu yasha had given her. And even as she brushed her hair with his hairbrush she couldn't stop thinking of him. Even the bathrobe reminded her of him and his presence somewhere outside the bathroom door. Kagome knew exactly what she would do as she left the bathroom, she played it through in her mind over and over again while she was in the bath…and it made her cheeks flush.
Kagome opened the bathroom door silently and turned out the light. She saw Inu Yasha next to a glass window staring out at the sea. His ear turned towards Kagome, but he remained looking out into the rain.
Inu yasha heard the door open, he heard the light switch turn off, he heard the slow but steady shuffle of her feet coming towards him, yet he couldn't turn his head to face her.
His faced flushed a shade of pink when he felt her arms wrap around his middle and hug him tightly. He felt her head rest on his shoulder and nuzzle her nose against his neck.
Inu yasha turned around to face Kagome with his cheeks still slightly pink. Kagome shifted her position and wrapped her arms around his neck. She hugged him tightly and smiled mischievously innocent.
He looked back at her with wide eyes unsure of what to do and afraid of what might happen and if she would regret it later. His arms seemed to have a mind of their own as one made its way around her body to pull her in closer. His free hand touched the velvet soft skin of her cheek where Kouga had previously slapped her.
"I won't allow another person to slap you ever again, Kagome." Inu yasha said quietly. His jaw clenched. He remembered how he smelled Kagome's fear from his hotel room, he remembered the condition she was in when he finally found her, and he remember how he stood there in front of those two, horrified and enraged as he saw Kagome being slapped so hard she fell to the ground.
"I know, Inu yasha…I know." Kagome said. Kagome unwrapped her arms from around his neck and placed them on his cheeks. She pulled him closer until their lips met. Inu yasha's eyes widened in surprise at Kagome's sudden sign of affection. He wasn't sure what to do, but like his arms his mouth seemed to have a mind of its own and began to respond to her kiss.
Slowly it began…soft, careful, and tender, but Kagome didn't want him to be careful. She wanted him to act normally, not like she was going to collapse in tears at any moment. So she wrapped her arms around his neck again and pressed her body to his and deepened the kiss.
The kiss broke a few moments later to allow them to breathe. Kagome opened her eyes and looked into Inu yasha's. She saw desire and hesitation. She grinned at him and kissed his nose as an ' it's okay'.
Inu yasha didn't wait any longer before lowering his head to kiss her deeply again then leaving a trail of butterfly kisses along her jaw and down her neck. Kagome smiled and enjoyed the sensation as she played with his hair at the back of his head.
Inu yasha pulled the bathrobe off of one of her shoulders, teasing her with light kisses on her collarbone. Kagome took in a gasp of air when she felt his hand slip into her robe to touch her flesh. Inu yasha lifted her chin to kiss him on the lips again, and at the same time he gently held a breast with his other hand. She moaned into his mouth at the gentle touch.
Kagome's hands fumbled while trying to take off the top of Inu yasha's red outfit. Eventually she found the secret way to take it off and it fell to the floor revealing his bare chest. Inu yasha easily untied the knot that kept the bathrobe closed. He pulled it away and let the robe slip to the floor leaving Kagome completely bare.
He felt Kagome squirm a little in embarrassment but she didn't break the kiss, she didn't push away, she didn't say no.
Kagome's hands wandered over his chest feeling the defined muscles and memorizing the way they moved under her hands.
With one full swoop, and a squeal from Kagome, Inu yasha picked her naked form up and walked over to the bed. He placed her down on her back and stopped. Kagome sensed his hesitation.
"Don't stop, Inu yasha." Kagome pleaded. Grinning she sat up and with both hands grabbed his ears and began to rub. He growled and then blushed a deep shade of red remembering yesterday. He growled even louder and pinned her to the bed beneath him.
Immediately Kagome felt a large hard lump against her upper thigh and with eyes wide Inu yasha began to wander again, touching and kissing, caressing, and sucking. Moans of pleasure and purrs of excitement escaped Kagome's throat. She was in her own little utopia.
When Inu yasha began to grind Kagome felt like she was going to explode at the sudden new feeling, her arousal at the max. Inu yasha chuckled at Kagome's sudden gasp and began kneading a breast again happy he could please her.
Kagome stopped Inu yasha and pushed his sweaty chest off of her own sweaty chest to take off his baggy red pants. Inu yasha saw Kagome's hands shake a little and decided to help her by holding them and guiding them to the right loop in the knot to pull.
With the last obstacle finally out of the way Kagome felt his slightly pulsing member against her inner thigh. She looked at it then at his face to kiss him. Inu yasha took the opportunity to coax Kagome to open her legs in a straddling position.
Inu yasha trailed his long claws slowly down Kagome's stomach and stopped to tickle the sensitive area just above the tuft of dark hair that leads to the most sensitive area on her body. Kagome smiled and giggled during the kiss. Inu yasha smiled back and lightly began to drag his claw further downward.
Carefully, so not to cut her, Inu yasha inserted a finger and then a second, and then a third… each time Kagome groaning. Kagome soon found herself unconsciously rocking against his hand and breathing hard.
Inu yasha withdrew his fingers and licked them clean while noticing the big disappointment on Kagome's face. He leaned forward and mumbled something into her ear…something that made Kagome blush despite all that they had been doing.
Kagome wrapped her arms around his slick body, pulled him close, and held on tight. He pushed his way into her but stopped at the barrier that made her a virgin. He kissed her cheek and pushed through hard breaking her hymen. She didn't yell out like he thought she would. She didn't even dig her nails into his back that hard, but she did whimper…and her lip quivered.
He waited a few minutes for most of the pain to subside before rocking out then into her. Kagome forgot her pain immediately as a new feeling sent her soaring above and beyond everything else she had felt that night.
Their breaths came in short hot gasps, the bed groaned beneath them, the old pains forgotten…they were in their own little world.
Inu yasha collapsed on top of Kagome in pure bliss and exhaustion. He withdrew from her body and moved to her side on the bed so he wouldn't crush her. Kagome snuggled up against him and pulled a sheet up over their lower halves. Kagome fell asleep almost immediately. But Inu yasha couldn't help but watch her sleeping form and wonder how such an amazing girl could ever be involved with someone as vicious as Kouga. Before Inu yasha fell asleep he couldn't help but wonder why he cared so much for this girl...this girl that lay sleeping in his arms.
Wow, that was 16 pages long, I can't believe how long it turned out! I sure hope everyone liked it! Please let me know via reviews! ::hint hint:: Now for some answers to reviews!
silverstarlight: She'll find out about her friends ploy next chapter ^.^ If I made them just split the money what fun would that be?
RK-128: I did that to one of my guys friends before…the whole tampon thing. It was quite funny but he got really mad. I like torturing guys about "women" things *cackles evilly*
Pinky-Cat: Thank you! I appreciate what you said. You're the only person that really answered my question about chapters 4 and 5! Thanks!
Kagome-Sama: Yes, I know it's like 10 Things I Hate About You. That's where I got the idea from. I never seriously considered using the whole paintball thing so don't worry about that. ^.^ I would never just copy off of something like that hence the reason behind the whole Kouga attack/attempt to rape Kagome thing.