Chapter Eight

It was like being set on fire. Every nerve ending in my entire system was alive the instant he touched me. Our kisses were gentle and innocent but in no time at all they became heated with unkempt need. The soft whimpers being emitted from the back of my throat only seemed to drive the inu-hanyou into even more of a frenzy. I felt his strong grip on my hips as he brought me closer to him, his heated body touching finally touching mine. I mewled again, realizing the situation and placing both hands on his chest, I gently pushed Inuyasha away. A look of confusion crept onto his face and into his semi-glassy golden eyes, enough so that I had to try hard not to giggle.

"Isn't this what you want?" he managed to whisper hoarsely. His claws were still running up and down my sides and it took a lot of effort to not melt back into his arms.

"Of course it is, silly puppy," I muttered soothingly, my hands drifting up to stroke his ears, enjoying the feeling I got as his muscles relaxed and he entered a dream-like state. "It's just that I don't want to interfere too far with this mission. I need all of my concentration and in order to have that I can't have my emotions interfering with my ability to make decisions…" I sighed and trailed off. This was harder than it'd been the first time. Kyler had been amazing… I'd loved him with all my heart. It was just too bad that the job had come first and he'd felt the need to get into the middle of it…

"Hey you! Cat! Snap out of it!"

A sharp pain registered in my brain and I snarled in surprise. Inuyasha was hovering over me with the tip of my ear in his mouth, mischief dancing in his eyes. I sent him a mock glare.

"You did NOT just bite me."

He merely grinned and bit down gently a second time, causing me to let loose an undignified yip. I growled and looked at Inuyasha scathingly.

"You're asking for it, pup..."

Inuyasha spat out my ear-tip and sat down again, gazing at me with look of guilt and apology on his face. The so-named "puppy dog look". I rolled my eyes and took the advantage to pounce on him, throwing the "noble" dog prince to the ground, flat on his back. I perched on his chest, my tail swishing in triumph.

"Ooooh, a dominant female," he muttered huskily, the glassy look returning to his eyes again. I smiled seductively and rubbed his inner thigh with my tail; getting increasingly closer to his throbbing manhood. When his eyes clamped shut and he let out a low, drawn out, moan, I knew I'd hit the right spot. I leaned forward, nipping at his jawline. Inuyasha blinked at me came out of his semi-trance with a growl.

"Aww, wassamatter, Inu? You don't like the fact that I can taunt and tease you to the brink of no return?" I applied more pressure to the bulge under my tail, causing Inuyasha's growl to lead into a whimper.

"You…better…watch…yourself…cat…," he panted, claws grazing the ground in a dire attempt to keep himself from losing control.

"Well, looks as though we're feeling a bit better." A voice sounded from behind me and I jumped, hissing, over Inuyasha's head and landed not so far away.

At the door were Miroku, Kagome, and Shippo. I jumped over Inuyasha's head and twisted to land all fours on the ground. Miroku chuckled as my ears flattened to my skull and I looked, disgustedly, at the ground to my right. Kagome bent down to pick up Shippo and ushered him away from the hut, calling to us over her shoulder.



"I suggest that you two get ready to move 'cause I sense a jewel shard rather close by."

I stood and stalked past Miroku with my head held high, completely ignoring his snickering. I faintly heard Inuyasha get up to follow me as he was stopped by Miroku. I paused and glanced over my shoulder and caught Miroku giving Inuyasha that male 'So, did you nail her??' look. I expected some sort of revolting remark from Inuyasha but what actually came out was unexpected by all and caused goose-bumps to rise on every part of my body.

"She's beautiful and she's in heat. Keep her away from me… I don't know what I might do next…"