Okay, this is the first chapter in which the PG-13 warning comes into play. Umm… I really like this chapter. I did a good job. Anywho, enjoy!
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What to do? What to do? InuYasha's hair was changing slowly, so they still had time, but his scent couldn't take too much longer to change, and then they would be very, very dead! Kagome had to get his attention somehow! What could she do…? Then it hit her.
InuYasha had his back to her, and was busy trying to detangle himself from the drunkard. His hand wasn't on her chain. With a sudden cry of victory, Kagome turned and bolted, dashing down the nearest street as fast as she possibly could.
InuYasha heard the sudden clink of the chain, and looked up at the rapidly disappearing Kagome in horror.
"Whoo-EE!" The drunk said, grinning stupidly at the disappearing miko. "Looks a-like yew gotta go!" He said, giving the shocked hanyou a little shove. "Jus remember, the name's Aaron, and I can give yew a hand if ya ever need it." He said amiably.
InuYasha growled at the drunk, then tore off after Kagome. The miko didn't stand a chance. The hanyou caught her before she even got halfway down the street. Kagome suddenly choked as she felt her head stop but her feet keep going. A second later she landed flat on her back on the pavement, and gasped in pain. The was a slight hiss of steal, and suddenly Tetsusaiga, in it's beat up old form, embedded itself into the pavement a mere inch form her neck. Smoldering amber eyes burned into hers.
"You are yet new." InuYasha announced dramatically. "So I will overlook the normal punishment for such insult." With that, her hauled her roughly to her feet, and grabbed her by the neck. Not hard, Kagome noticed, but firmly. Briefly, his eyes flashed inquisitively, then returned to their normal emotionless state.
"New moon." Kagome mouthed silently, desperately.
InuYasha's eyes flashed once in understanding, then in sorrow. There was suddenly a stinging pain on Kagome's right cheek. Then he put her down, and began to stalk quickly back to the central square. Kagome put her hand to her cheek, and drew it away. The hand was stained red.
The drunk, Aaron, was waiting beside InuTaisho's grave. Upon seeing them, he waved enthusiastically.
InuYasha stalked up to him. "A new agenda has come up." He announced, focusing an icy glare on Kagome. "Where can I find a place to stay?" He asked.
"Well, I can help yew out." He said cheerfully.
"You don't want to stay in the places he suggests." A new, tart voice said smoothly. The cat-girl whom Aaron had hit on earlier strode up. "There is a fine place over there." She said, indicating a tall building on the far end of the square.
"Oh, c'mon Kitty!" Aaron complained. "Ya never let me have any fun."
"Kitty?" InuYasha asked.
The cat girl nodded. "My name. You probably didn't see me the last time you came through Shinjuku." She explained. "I spend lots of time on the mainland." She looked up at InuYasha and Kagome, and gave them a meaningful wink. "There's a nice clearing over there I like. It has a pond, and very tall grass."
InuYasha nodded gratefully to her, but eyed her suspiciously all the while. "I thank you." He said, and started walking quickly for the Inn.
As the pair disappeared into the inn, Kitty walked over to Aaron. "Think they'll make it."
"It'll take a miracle." Aaron said, fading out of his drunken slur. Then he looked up at the cat girl. "Say, would you be interested in going to one of those places I was gonna suggest to those two?" He asked.
Kitty looked at him, then bashed him over the head with a fist. "Correction." She said. "THAT would take a miracle."
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The innkeeper looked at them suspiciously. Inwardly, InuYasha prayed that his transformation wasn't too evident yet, and cursed himself for not keeping better track of the moon. "And how many rooms did you want?" The innkeeper asked.
InuYasha turned around as he felt his eyes start to change color. "One." He said, firmly, ignoring the shock on Kagome's face.
The innkeeper nodded, and started to fish out a key for them, then suddenly paused. "And you would like a single bed in that?" He asked slyly.
InuYasha's now brown eyes widened, and conveyed a bit of apology to Kagome. This is what had to be done. "Yes." He said, firmly.
Kagome gasped a little, and looked at the hanyou with a little bit of fear. What was he planning?
The innkeeper looked at them, and sniffed carefully. After they had 'passed' his inspection, he handed them a key.
Several flights of stairs later, InuYasha unlocked the door, and beckoned Kagome inside. Nervously, Kagome stepped inside, and InuYasha stepped in behind her, and closed the door softly.
The miko turned timidly around, and looked up at InuYasha. The hanyou's transformation was increasing more and more. His hair was now black almost halfway down his back, and his claws were shrinking into normal human nails, and his eyes were now brown, like Kagome's.
Tenderly, the now human reached down and touched her bloody cheek where his claws had marked her before. "I'm sorry." He said simply, and took his hand away.
There was a long, awkward silence. Kagome bowed her head slightly, thinking. She had been through more in a day than most people should have been through in a week. The constant threat of death, the girl's sudden, pitiful demise, InuYasha's slap, and then having to share a room with him. It was all just to much!
A tear ran down Kagome's cheek, followed by another one, then a third. A sob racked her body, and she collapsed into InuYasha, holding him tightly around the middle, heedless of the blood she was getting on the nice clothes.
InuYasha gently put his hands on her shoulders, and let her cry, taking the blood and the tears in stride.
Suddenly, he stiffened, and his grip on Kagome tightened. "You embarrass me publicly, then beg me for mercy?" InuYasha demanded, his voice once again that of Kain.
Kagome looked up at InuYasha's face, and gasped. His expression was almost panicked. He nodded urgently at the door, and winked.
There must be someone spying! Kagome attempted to turn off the waterworks, but quickly found that she could not. So, she worked them to her advantage instead. "Please, master." She said dramatically. "Please, I was foolish. Please don't…" She said, falling to her hands and knees.
InuYasha scowled at her, and hefted her to her feet. "You will get no mercy other than I have already given you." He announced. With that, he shoved her back, making her sprawl on the bed.
For a brief moment, Kagome worried. Surely InuYasha wouldn't… No! Of coarse not. He wouldn't!
"First, we should get rid of these annoying little clothes." He said coldly. With that, he grabbed one of the sheets of the bed, and began to ruffle it dramatically, then threw it to the floor. Kagome whimpered slightly, and squirmed on the bed, adding to the performance.
InuYasha gave a pleased little chuckle. "Well, it looks like I wasn't rough enough on you the first time." He said ominously, and hopped onto the bed himself. "Time for you to learn you're lesson, wench."
Kagome whimpered again, making lots of noise as she inched to the other end of the bed.
"I think not!" InuYasha declared, and took Kagome's wrist gently. Kagome suddenly found herself pulled over to the hanyou, and caught up in a deep embrace. Even under the act, Kagome had to blush slightly. Luckily, He chin was hooked over his shoulder, and her face was obscured by his now black hair.
There was a "Hmph!" of dissatisfaction from the doorway, and a flurry of footsteps down the hallway.
Inuyasha smirked slightly, and squeezed Kagome once more, but comfortingly this time. "You okay?" He asked.
Kagome nodded through the black hair. "Thank you, InuYasha." She said, whipping he tears on his sleeve.
InuYasha started to pull away, but was pulled back by Kagome's embrace. "Please." She whispered. "Just for tonight… hold me."
InuYasha started to speak, then thought better of it. His arms encircled Kagome, and held her until the young miko fell into sleep.
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Hooray for Inu/Kag fluff! Yippie! Hehe! Toodles, more tomorrow!
