Turn of Events

by Bear5

Everyone feared him, except for one person. Not being able to resist the challenge her intelligence rained on him, Inuyasha kept her in his gang for the sake of his sanity. Kagome was just a rich girl he plucked off the street to anger Fluffy, right?

6. Cure for Pain

Disclaimer- -_- I still down own him, but I love writing stories!

(A/N-Thanks again to my reviewers, explanations are at the bottom of the page!

BTW-This chapter is the last of the completely odd chapters, but you'll probably like me for what I make happen ^_^

Chapter 6-The Cure for pain

It had been two days since they had all spent the night in Sango's apartment, and Miroku and Sango were having a drink at the bar. It was the only way for them to get away from the bosses. If Inuyasha wasn't driving Kagome crazy by making her rest, he was driving them up the wall with questions and insults. One had to get away from that if they wanted to keep their sanity.

Lately, if Inuyasha didn't sleep on their couch, Miroku would stay and sleep beside Sango, or keep her company while Kagome continued resting in her bedroom. Sango was getting rather lonely, so Miroku never really left her side. He was always somewhere nearby, and as relaxing as it was for her, she found that her wrist hurt a lot more lately and his head had a lot more bumps.

Inuyasha sure had become persistent on Kagome's rest, and no matter how much she complained or wined, Inuyasha would disappear back into her room for a half hour or so before reappearing with a cocky smirk. Sango would always ask him what he did to get her to sleep, but he would just smile and say, "I'm the boss and I told her to." She would leave it at that because she knew she wasn't getting any more out of him.

Miroku sighed while observing his drink, twisting it gently in his fingers. "You know, all that alcohol in Kagome's room almost makes me want to not drink. Almost."

Sango smirked. "Inuyasha had it all drank by last night. Kagome hasn't found out yet."

A strange sound of yelling could be heard outside, and Miroku tilted his drink with a grin. "Oh I think she knows."

The doors to the club opened and Kagome stomped in with Inuyasha following, looking almost hopeless but not backing down. Every member in the club stopped to watch their leader and his second argue and fight. "Hey, I did you a fucking favor, damn it! Turn around and look at me when you yell!"

She crossed her arms and started up the stairs, not thinking of looking at him while she headed towards his office. "You fucking bastard! You drank all of it! That's over three hundred dollars in alcohol, MY ALCOHOL, damn it! You didn't even save me the rest of that tequila!"

He pointed at her as he rounded the corner to the stairs. "You ain't ever having that shit again, so it doesn't matter if I drank it or not!"

"UGH! Whatever! That's not the point!"

"I was THIRSTY, and you weren't going to get any of it, so I don't see the problem here!"

"That's a typical male answer! 'I was thirsty, how was I supposed to know that you receive wine as gifts from people?'" She stomped up the stairs and into his office, waiting until he followed suit and slammed his own door to reveal more yelling that couldn't be made out. It was perfectly noticeable, though, and everyone in the club had to wonder if someone would get their head chopped off today.

Miroku sighed and stood, waiting for Sango to follow his lead. "Come on, Sango, we have to break it up before they get into a wrestling contest."

Sango almost giggled at that visual. "Well with how pissed off she is there's no telling who would win."

"At least things are back to normal, right?"

"Right…" They headed up the stairs and walked into the office to reveal Kagome standing by the door and Inuyasha leaning on his desk. The air in the room was thick with previously said words, but what was most noticeable to Miroku was the way Kagome seemed near tears. He was surprised that Inuyasha was arguing with her because she seemed like she could break at any minute.

They stopped arguing when Sango and Miroku had walked in and slammed the door behind them. Sango shook her head at them, almost saying without words that they were pitiful. "We could hear you two way before you even got into the club."

Inuyasha snorted and pointed at Kagome. "It's her loud mouth!"

Kagome fumed. "I just figured out that you drank all my stash! I have a reason to yell!"

"I wouldn't have drank your stash if you hadn't fucking went home and drank all that tequila! You owe me that three hundred dollars for repairs in your apartment anyway."

Kagome sighed and rubbed her head. "I told you that I myself would pay for those damages, but that wine was a gift to me! You could have at LEAST left that!"

"How the hell was I supposed to know that it was a gift? All I know is that it shouldn't matter to you right now cause your fucking week isn't up yet!"

"I feel well enough to take you on, Inuyasha, my period should be up."

"But it ain't!"

"Then change it!"

"My mind's made up, I will not change anything."

"Because you are a stubborn bastard."

"I think I liked it better with you in pain."

"I liked you better then, too, because you actually felt sympathy for someone in your life. Though to bad Sango came home early and found me, or I might have granted your wish and killed myself!"

He growled. "Ain't it obvious by now that I ain't letting you fucking die! No matter what you do, you aren't dying unless I kill you!"

"Then for Kami's sake, kill me already, Inuyasha!"

Sango walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Kagome, talking like that will bring you into another state of depression."

She pointed at Inuyasha. "He'll kill me eventually anyway, Sango! I felt no obligation to continue living when my dad died." Her eyes watered and she looked down to hide them. "Shit…" She turned and stomped out of the room, slamming the door behind her as she went back to her apartment.

Both Sango and Miroku slowly looked at Inuyasha, who was leaning on his desk but his head was down and staring at his feet, as if he couldn't think of what to do or say. Sango sat down in the leather chair and rubbed her eyes. "Damn it, what are we going to do? She still blames herself for her dad's death."

Miroku sighed, also looking away and not meeting any eyes. "That's because she thinks that he died because he lost her. She blames herself because she didn't call him and tell him she was all right. Of course if that is the reason he died, then it's technically our fault not hers."

Inuyasha looked up at them. "There is a reason I made her limit for a week. She may feel well enough to bitch and argue with me, but the pain of her loss is still an open wound. Until it scars up, we have to keep our eyes peeled. She could still think that she has to hurt herself."

"In other words, she shouldn't be left alone."

"No."

Sango stood and walked quickly out the door. Inuyasha yelled after her. "Call me on my cell phone if you need anything."

Miroku sat down in Sango's place and stared up at Inuyasha. "So how are you doing, Inuyasha?"

"What? Besides me being half fucking deaf at Kagome finding out that she has no booze left, and besides the fact that she worries me sick with all that talk of killing herself, I guess you could say its been great." He sat back down and put his feet up as he rubbed his forehead.

"Inuyasha, is it safe yet to say that you like her? Perhaps even more?"

He swallowed. It's now or never, genius! "I admit it, alright? I care more about her than anyone else alive. Satisfied?"

"Very. It explains a lot, and admitting it could be the start of a new relationship."

"Miroku, I can't think about shit like that right now. I have to find a way to keep her from hurting herself. I mean, I got quite the earache yesterday when she found out that she wouldn't be getting her weapons back until she stopped wanting to die. There are so many ways a person could end their life, but I'll be fucking damned if I let her lose hers."

"Yes, Inuyasha, the human life is very fragile indeed. So is the heart, however, and when you care as much about someone as you obviously do Kagome, they can't die. At least, not by taking their own life."

There was a long pause before Inuyasha snorted. "Miroku?"

"Yea?"

"No one can quite 'comprehend' what the fuck you are talking about half the time. She wants to die, she's just waiting for me to give her back her weapons." He looked down guiltily and twitched his ears. No, he wouldn't give her back her weapons and have her end up slitting her wrists. He couldn't deal with that, and if she died he would never forgive himself for it.

"Then show her, Inuyasha. Show her that she can't die because you need her too much." He pointed at the Hanyou before his automatic retort. "Don't even say you don't need her, Inuyasha, because you do. You said so yourself, you care more about her than anyone else. That's got to mean something to you, especially considering that you could probably rip my heart out without second thought right this minute."

He scooted forward conspicuously. "Not a bad idea, Hentai."

"Don't kill me for telling you how you obviously feel, Inuyasha. I'm just trying to help. Before we do anymore jobs, you need to talk to her. Let me remind you of something…how did you feel when Kagome had that breakdown?"

He snorted and crossed his arms. He could NOT believe the nerve of this monk…

Miroku dared to venture further, knowing that Inuyasha wouldn't hurt him today. "Inuyasha, I want you to tell me so I can make a point."

"Alright, fine, I felt responsible and bad."

"And how did you feel when she told you about her father's death and you were forced to comfort her in the bathroom?"

Inuyasha widened his eyes in realization and pointed at Miroku, almost in horror. "You little shit, not only were you listening but you were spying as well!"

"You knew we were out there?"

"HAVE YOU SEEN MY FUCKING EARS!"

"Yes, Sango and I watched. She was so worried about her friend, Inuyasha. But enough stalling, tell me how you felt."

He sighed and looked down, rubbing his eyes. "I didn't want her to feel that at all. I felt fucking horrible because we had just fought, and then to top it all off her dad dies, and I wanted to help comfort her a little."

"You felt possessive too, didn't you?"

"Possessive? Possessive how?" He suddenly felt stupid that Miroku was explaining this to him. It was so obvious…why didn't he see it before?

"You felt like you were the only one who could help her, the only one allowed to help her. You may not have realized it at the time, but you wanted to be the only person she looked to for comfort."

He sighed. "You're right. So what?"

Miroku smirked and that ^_^ look appeared on his face. "I think that you love her, Inuyasha."

"I haven't even known her for two weeks yet, Miroku. How can I love her yet?"

"Have you ever heard of love at first sight? Inuyasha, it can happen. It's not impossible. Your mother started loving you the day you were born, probably even before…"

"Don't bring my mother into any of this. She's dead and she just reminds me of how fragile a human life is, and reminds me of that helpless feeling that I felt when she died." He shook his head and leaned back. "That's why I didn't want Kagome to feel it. I know what the feeling is."

"Then perhaps you are the only one who can comfort her right now, Inuyasha. You're the only one of us who actually understands." Having shared his words of wisdom, he stood and walked out of the room, leaving Inuyasha completely stumped.

*~*~*^_^*~*~*

Sango stood outside Kagome's room as she had been doing for a long time, knocking and talking to Kagome through the wooden surface of her door. "Please, Kagome let me in."

"Go the fuck away!"

"Please let me in, Kagome, it's not healthy to keep locking yourself up."

"I promised myself that I wouldn't let anyone see me cry anymore! Yet he stood in there and got me started up again! He's such a bastard!" Sango could hear her beat something against the pillow and was hoping it was her fist.

"Come on, Kagome, he doesn't mean it."

"Yes he does! He'd probably kill me if he didn't need me as a second in command. I mean, what else am I good for?"

"Well what about me? Can't I come in?"

"Only if you bring some wine."

"But Inuyasha said…"

Something broke on the other side. "That's my fucking point! Inuyasha's the boss, I have no control over my life anymore! I never did! What's the point of living if I don't even control my life?"

A noise was in the kitchen and Sango turned to see Inuyasha, standing there with crossed arms and a concerned look on his face. His ears had plastered over his head, and Sango realized he had heard all of it. And judging by the emotion in his eyes, it hurt to hear it.

"Kagome, please come out!" She pleaded again, turning back to the door and ignoring him.

Sango and Inuyasha could then hear what appeared to be punching noises. His hearing could pick up her mumbling. "Baka father, why the hell did you have to die?"

Inuyasha pushed Sango aside and leaned on the door. "Kagome! Open up this door!" He didn't sound too nice about it. He wasn't even going to try, either; if she was anything like him, she would just ignore him and continue with her uncontrollable hysterics.

The noise stopped, as if she wasn't even in the room anymore. But Inuyasha could hear her breathing, and he watched the ceiling as he continued to talk. "Come on, Kagome, don't make me break it down."

"Why? I left to get away from you, not for you to come to Sango's apartment and break down the door."

"You and I need to talk, Kagome."

"I don't want people to see me like I am right now, Inuyasha. And I really don't want to see you. Just go away."

"Shit…" he mumbled. "I told you, I'm coming in there. You get to choose my method."

There was hesitation. "Can you wait for a little bit?"

He sighed. "I suppose."

Inuyasha waited as he heard scurrying inside her room. Kagome was still wondering why in the world she agreed to let him come in. Hmm…maybe because either way, he'd end up coming in here. She sighed and shook her head. I'm acting like such a baby. She cleaned and refreshed her face because she hated her tears, but hated the thought of other people seeing them even more. They made her seem weak and vulnerable, which was something she vowed to never be again.

Inuyasha almost fell into the room when she opened the door, but he straightened out and stood with his arms crossed. Kagome motioned him into her room and he went and sat on her bed without any hesitation. Sango blew the bangs out of her face and walked to the living room to hit Miroku for going through her movie cabinet again; glad somebody finally got her to open her door. The only thing she was concerned about was whether she would open up to Inuyasha, because she desperately needed to, to anyone.

Kagome paced around her room and stopped in front of him, starting with a basic level of demands. "Well, you wanted to talk, so talk."

He stood, wondering why he sat down in the first place, and stood within a foot of her. "Kagome, you can't keep doing this to yourself. You'll make yourself sick."

She sniffled, wiping more tears away before they could fall. "I'm not worried about that."

"You should be."

"The only reason I'm upset is because I'm crying! And the only reason I'm crying is because of you!"

"My mother died, too, and you don't see me balling! She was murdered, even, and I couldn't find her killers! The only reason you're crying is because you're dad died and you're pissed at me, and that's nothing to get all moody about!"

"You bastard…" She stared at him like she couldn't believe her ears. How dare he imply that she couldn't be upset that her father died?

"Your father killed himself; at least he chose to die. My mother had her life taken away from her, and because I was slow, she couldn't do anything about it!"

"That doesn't mean you have to be a damn mongrel and tell me that I have no right to be upset!"

He snorted. "Don't call me names, damn it! I'm trying to be nice here!"

"Well you're not trying very hard! The least you could do is not address my problem, here! You obviously never cared about another person in your life!"

"Hey! I don't need to hear that from you! I've cared about plenty of people, but they don't ball their eyes out about everything something happens to them!"

She clenched her fists and stared at him. "You jerk! Why the hell did I join your gang in the first place!"

"Cause you 'wanted a different life'. Well you got it! I need you and you're not going anywhere!"

"Well how much do you need me, Inuyasha? I'm your own personal insultant!"

He raised an eyebrow. "That's not even a word!"

"With you it doesn't matter, now does it?"

He closed his eyes and clenched his fists. "Just shut up!"

"I hate you." She said coldly, glaring at him and breathing so heavily with anger, she thought she'd explode.

He growled a growl that started low in his chest and ended up in his throat. He clenched and unclenched his fists, staring at her and watching as she panted in her own anger. They were both quiet for a few minutes, never breaking each other's gaze and never ceasing their glares. It was the longest three minutes of his life, and the silence was driving them both crazy.

The next thing he knew, he had enveloped her in his arms and was giving her the most desperate kiss he had ever known of. She instantly responded as if she herself thought of doing it, wrapping her arms tightly around him and pulling him as close as humanly possible as if savoring the feel of his lips on hers. He gripped the back of her head and pushed her more into the kiss, diving his tongue deep into her mouth. Kagome managed to trace his fangs and nearly cut herself, before he growled slowly and battled with her tongue, enough to show her who was boss.

Neither stopped until they needed air, and then pulled back to look each other closely in the eyes. Never in her life had a man handled her this way, but she couldn't say she didn't like it. Kagome felt wonderful, as if that entire event was like a cure for her pain. She suddenly didn't want to die anymore. She bit her lip and then sighed, almost with relief. "So that's how much you need me?"

He smiled slightly. "Yea…"

She exhaled carefully before he grabbed her again and continued their kiss, listening to their leather rub up against each other as they tried to get as close as possible to each other.

Someone knocked on the door and Inuyasha growled possessively, pulling back from the kiss but not letting her go. "What?" He asked harshly, glaring at the door. Whoever was on the other side was about to DIE, he swore it.

"It's Miroku, Inuyasha, and it's been awfully quiet in there. What's going on?"

"If it was any of your damn business I would have invited you in." He tightened his hold on Kagome and inhaled the scent of her hair while he kissed the crook of her neck. She smells so sweet, like spring rain…

"Sorry, we were just wondering since I haven't heard any yelling for the past five minutes."

He growled and stared at the door again, daring someone to walk through it. "You're going to hear me yell in a fucking second, now go the hell away!"

"Right, Inuyasha." He heard the footsteps go back into the living room, and Sango screamed "Miroku!" at something he had said or done.

Inuyasha looked down and noticed Kagome playing with something in his coat while her cheek rested on his chest. She leaned her head back and opened the side, pulling out one of the little knives that he had on the strap on his chest. It was very thin and shiny with a skull on the hilt, and it looked more like a collector's item than a weapon. "Wow, where'd you get this one?"

He smiled slightly and took it from her, looking at it carefully before putting it back in it's sheathe. "I think it's one I had custom made, but I have to damn many to remember."

"What do you use it for?"

"It's a knife, deary, I cut things with it."

"I know THAT, smart ass, but it's little, meaning it has a special purpose."

"It's more or less made so that you can hide it easier. I'm the only one that carries them."

She sighed, leaning her forehead on his chest. "Are all of your knives that stylish?"

"Maybe."

She smiled and rubbed her eyes. "I'm thirsty, so I guess I'll go get something non-alcoholic out of the kitchen." She added emphasis on non-alcoholic to show she wasn't happy about it.

He ran a finger through her hair and smirked. "Yes, a non-alcoholic drink is good for you. You should try them, they don't end up with hangovers."

She snorted and pulled away from him, walking towards the door. "You want anything?"

"Nope. I'm good."

Kagome smiled and opened her door, going into the kitchen and getting into the fridge. Inuyasha followed her out and took off his coat, setting it on the kitchen chair. He removed his weapons and sat them on top, then his ears twitched with a noise in the doorway. His gaze looked up to see Miroku and Sango leaning on each other, basically spying on them and trying to avoid being seen. Inuyasha shook his head and finished what he was doing before bringing them into conversation. "You guys going to watch a movie?"

Sango and Miroku swallowed and walked into the kitchen, very sorry that they had been caught. "We planned on it. You guys want to join us?" Miroku ventured.

Inuyasha and Kagome both shrugged as she pulled some diet pop out of the fridge. "Sango, don't you have something non-diet?"

"At the back of the fridge. Since I was the only one who ever drank it, diet's all I kept around."

"Hmm…well it looks like I might be having more pop for a little while."

Inuyasha stared at her and crossed his arms as he leaned against the wall. "You should make it into a habit."

"I've never preferred pop over alcohol."

"Well you should."

She turned and stared at him. "What about you? I've never seen you drink anything but alcohol."

"That's different."

"How?"

"I don't ever get drunk, no matter how much I drink. And I never get hangovers."

She pulled out a can of Dr. Pepper and popped the tab, staring at him while she took a drink. "So just because I can get hangovers I can't ever have alcohol?"

"I'm just saying that you need to drink more pop because it's better for you."

She opened her mouth to say "Since when do you care what's better for me?" but she closed it and nodded instead. Sango and Miroku jaw dropped. "Are you guys ok? Cause you are acting really weird…" Sango stated.

Inuyasha growled, baring some very violent fangs. "Go watch your damn movie, Sango."

She crossed her arms and walked back into the living room, Miroku smiling cheerfully and waving as he followed her. He almost earned himself a smack walking by her because he was grinning so much, but Sango decided that she was more curious than mad. "What the fuck are you smiling about?"

Miroku motioned back to the kitchen with a graceful wave of his hand. He whispered to her. "I'll tell you later." Then his voice rose again. "So, what movie are we going to watch?"

"You pick, and no chick flicks."

"You don't own any."

She gave him a dull look before answering blandly. "Some of the ones you brought over are very questionable, Miroku. You're more of a girl than I am."

He sighed and crossed his arms. "If you say so." He dug through the cabinet to find a good movie, slightly hoping that Inuyasha and Kagome would join them so he could observe their strange behavior. He wanted to see if his hunches were correct.

Kagome chugged the can of Dr. Pepper with Inuyasha watching her carefully. Eventually he sighed, not wavering from his position against the wall. "Do you drink your alcohol like you drink your pop?"

She rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Your 'looking out for me' routine is going to drive me crazy."

"What? I'm just asking."

"Well, I know we've had this conversation before, but what about you? In the limo, you were chugging strawberry daiquiri like no one's business."

"And once again, I say it's different because I can't get poisoning or all that shit regular humans do."

She threw away her can and sighed, turning herself to face him while biting her lower lip carefully. "You're making it harder and harder to argue. Makes me wish that I wasn't human."

"I'm part human."

She smiled almost sweetly. "But not all." She reached into the cupboard and grabbed a Snickers bar, slamming the door shut and opening the package. "You want to watch the movie with them?"

He shrugged. "It doesn't matter to me. I'd be just as content sitting in your bedroom and staring at the wall."

Kagome laughed and got another pop out of the fridge. She stared at him. "You sure you don't want one?"

"I'm fine."

She walked into the living room and Inuyasha slowly followed. Kagome sat by Sango on the couch and Inuyasha sat next to her, just about as closely as possible without it being too noticeable. "So Sango, what're we watching?"

"I have no clue. Miroku just popped whatever it is in."

Inuyasha sighed, sending a glare at the monk. "It's not a chick flick, is it Miroku?"

"What is it with everyone asking me if it's a chick flick? It's one of Sango's movies!"

"Oh good, then it's not." He crossed his arms and stared at the screen as the movie played, taking some glances at Kagome without moving his head every once in a while. She sat there eating her candy bar, getting pissed off at the movie every once in a while when something didn't make sense or seemed obviously fake. He wanted to put his arm around her shoulder, but he didn't want to give Miroku and Sango more reason to beam at them. He liked people being afraid of him, instead of smiling all the time.

Eventually, Sango fell asleep and leaned on Miroku, while the monk accepted the opportunity and pulled her as close as humanly possible. It seemed to take forever before Miroku seemed zonked out too, and he and Sango held each other tightly as they were resting, impossibly entwined with each other's bodies.

Kagome waited until she could hear a breath change before she smirked up at Inuyasha. "Those two are dating, right?"

He nodded hurriedly. Taking one more glance, she scooted even closer to him and he happily grabbed her around her waist, kissing her forehead while she leaned on him. "I thought those two would never go to sleep."

"Me too. About time."

Inuyasha lifted her chin and kissed her deeply, grabbing the back of her head to hold her firmly in place. Kagome cupped his cheeks and turned fully towards him as he probed her mouth, seeking to find every crevice and tooth. She wasn't aware that after a while his hands had moved to her hips and pulled her over his hips so that he could get a better angle kissing. When she did notice that she was straddling his lap, though, she didn't seem to mind.

Kagome became aware of a vibration coming from Inuyasha, and after deep listening she found it to be what sounded like purring. She pulled back for breath and leaned her head on his shoulder to listen to the wonderful noise while he kissed her neck and shoulders. His hands were under her shoulder blades, hugging her close while his mouth worked. Kagome noticed that he was being extremely careful, because he was, after all, a Hanyou. His instincts would be calling on him to do much more than he was, but he cared about her enough not to rush anything.

Somehow, that made her feel a lot better.

She ran her hand through his hair and smirked when the purr grew louder as she touched his ears. He seemed very responsive to the rubbing she induced on it, and he made a slight noise that she couldn't tell if it was a moan or a low growl. His hand on the back of her head quickly brought her mouth back to his, kissing her almost desperately as if giving her something else to do. So she quit rubbing his ears and ran her fingers through his hair while she felt him move his hand to her butt, completely turning her so that she was pinned against the back of the couch.

Inuyasha moved on his knees between Kagome's legs as he nudged them back. He was still purring loudly and Kagome smiled against his mouth, resisting the urge to reach up and grab his ears again. She had never heard a noise like that before, except from a cat, but this was lower and made his whole body vibrate. It was an affectionate sound that she was betting no one else had ever heard. And hopefully, no one ever would.

A giggle was heard and both eyes shot wide open, Inuyasha pulling back immediately to stare dumbfounded at Miroku and Sango. They were wide-awake and sitting up with grins from ear to ear. Kagome turned bright red and Inuyasha growled menacingly while still gripping her waist and neck. "What the FUCK are you doing awake!"

Miroku and Sango shook their heads. Sango sighed. "We were never asleep, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha growled even louder and Kagome fumed. "So you were pretending!"

Miroku shrugged. "I figured that something had happened in the bedroom after the two of you refused to argue like you always do. Kagome, you actually agreed with him without yelling all the swear words in the world. And I mean, come on, Inuyasha was not himself."

Inuyasha had a spark in his eyes as he stood and popped his knuckles, towering over the now frightened Sango and Miroku. "Not myself, huh? We'll see about that…you're about to get a thrashing that neither of you will EVER believe…"

Both of them booked in different directions and headed towards Sango's room, slamming the door and locking it before Inuyasha got to it. "Quick little shits."

Kagome snorted, wiping her eyes and calming herself so that her blush would reside. "Lucky little shits is more like it." She finished drinking her pop and smashed the can against the coffee table. "So now what do we do? Every time those two look at one of us there'll be a smirk on their face."

"I'm going to pound it out of them, or I'll smash their heads into something so that they'll forget it ever happened." He walked back over and sat down beside her. "I didn't really want many people to know yet, cause they'd all give me shit about it."

"About caring for another person?"

"Yes. I drove them all to believe that I didn't care about a person that was still alive, and whether they lived or died was not my problem. Them knowing about this, and knowing that it's a person from the gang, it'll just change my rep."

She fidgeted. "Couldn't you just beat them all senseless?"

He looked up and smirked. "I have a better idea." He got up and walked over to Sango and Miroku's door, pounding on it hard. "I'll break it down, so fucking help me!"

The door opened carefully and Sango and Miroku poked a head out. Inuyasha pointed at them both, a scowl still plastered on his face. "IF you tell a fucking soul about Kagome and I, not only will I kill you, but I'll do it nice and slow, got it? Not a hint, not a word, not a fucking sentence, or it'll mean the end of you two."

They nodded slowly and sighed in relief of not getting beaten. Miroku decided to be brave and speak. "We're your friends, Inuyasha, we would never tell. That's your job."

"Don't you forget that, and next time the two of you spy I'll cut your fucking tongues out myself."

"Yes Inuyasha." They said together.

"Go back into that room and don't come out."

The door was shut and Inuyasha walked back into the living room, only to see that Kagome wasn't in there. He looked around and sniffed, noting that she had to have gone back into her bedroom. By focusing his hearing, he could tell that she was probably changing her clothes, so he shrugged and sat back down on the couch to channel search for something good.

Kagome came out a few minutes later in her new pajamas and walked into the bathroom before Inuyasha could see the details. He heard water running as she brushed her teeth and the sound of a brush against her hair. He was so focused into knowing what she was doing that he didn't hear a word of his show.

She finally came out and walked to the living room to lean on the doorway. Inuyasha eyed her carefully, liking her pajamas a lot. A tank top and loose pants with a string, with white socks covering her feet. The pants were all black with orange flames seemingly engulfing them. The tank top was just black, but the middle had a little flame on it that had white wording with 'hot' underneath. Her hair was in a ponytail and her hands were across her chest as she began talking. "Would you like anything to eat, Inuyasha?"

He snapped up and looked in her eyes, realizing how stupid he must have looked ogling her. "Uh…"

"But if you're hungry for real food, we have a lot of that too."

His eyebrows furrowed. "Are you getting something?"

"No."

"Then I'm not either."

"Inuyasha, are you hungry or not? I ate a Snickers just now."

"I'm not if you're not."

She eyed him. "What do you want to eat?"

"I'm not hungry."

"Yes you are, you have to be."

"I am not."

"What do you want?"

"Nothing."

She rolled her eyes. "You are hungry, and you are going to tell me what you want, right now!"

"I'm not going to eat unless you eat, and I'm not hungry anyway! When I'm hungry, I'll raid your fridge while you're asleep!"

"Do it now while I'm willing to get you something!"

"No."

She sighed and then turned her attention to Sango's room when she heard laughter on the inside. Inuyasha took off one of his boots and threw it against the door, hitting it hard enough to make it rattle and shutting them up. He then removed his other boot and put it down on the floor so that he could throw it when needed, too. "You goddamn pricks are only getting one more warning before I bust the door down!"

Kagome sighed and walked into the living room, plopping down on the couch next to him. He wrapped his arm over her shoulder and leaned his head on hers while she watched the television. She placed a hand on his muscled stomach and rubbed her fingers along it, hearing his breath hitch and fall out in a sigh. His fingers were rubbing her shoulder, and in a matter of minutes she was almost asleep.

Inuyasha noticed it and sat up, leaning down and pulling the stick that made the couch's ottoman come out. He grabbed Kagome around the waist and scooted over to it, forcing the back down so that it was flatter. Kagome lay down beside him and snuggled into his hold, rubbing her cheek on his shoulder as his arms held her even closer. He rested his head on top of hers and put a leg over hers, hearing her gasp slightly and look up at him. He smirked at her and kissed her forehead. "Go to sleep."

She rolled her eyes and smiled happily. "Yes sir." She closed her eyes tightly and sighed deeply, quickly falling to sleep.

Inuyasha smiled warmly at the situation at hand. Yep, from now on you're mine. For as long as I live you'll be mine. His eyes closed at his joyful thoughts, for once actually tired. He would sleep well tonight without actually having work to worry about, all the while keeping one ear on the world around him. He savored her touch before falling into sleep, waking only slightly to occasional noises in the apartment.

*~*~*^_^*~*~*

Inuyasha woke to the one thing he did not want to hear right now; his cell phone. He groaned and picked it up off his belt, not really sure what time it was but not really caring as he answered it grumpily. "What?"

"Inuyasha? It's Miroku. How ya doing?" Inuyasha could sense the hint of amusement in his voice and it pissed him off. What the hell was the monk so cheery about?

"What the hell do you want, Hentai?"

"Sango and I have been monitoring the club for you, Inuyasha, and I was just checking on you and wondering when you were planning on coming back to work."

"When did you leave?"

"About an hour ago. It's almost midnight."

He actually opened his eyes and looked at Kagome, who was starting to stir from her happy dreamland. "I'm not sure, but it won't be too much longer."

"Well Sango had to threaten Kouga with her knife when he started getting aggravated at the fact that both you and Kagome aren't here. He said that he can't trust you with her because last time he almost got killed."

"So fucking kill his ass so I don't have to worry about him anymore! I'm not even sure why I put in my club."

"You're never one to miss a good opportunity, Inuyasha, and he was certainly strong gang material. Speaking of which, how did you and Kagome sleep last night?"

"It was fine until you called, and remember what I told you Hentai."

"I know, I know, and neither of us will tell." He hung up before Inuyasha could make any kind of retaliation.

Inuyasha threw his cell phone onto another part of the couch and almost shivered when Kagome's hands absently slipped up his chest and across his waist, hugging him tighter. She was slowly waking up, and Inuyasha sighed out of frustration. Damn Miroku, he could have waited just a little longer.

Her other hand came up and rubbed her eyes, trying to focus them back to the real world. "What time is it?"

"Almost midnight. That bastard could have waited to call."

She smiled slightly and sat up yawning. "Yea, but don't you have to be at the club?"

"I'm the boss, I can do whatever the hell I want and the club will like it cause I told them to."

She laughed and stood, slowly walking into the bathroom. "I'll go get dressed."

"Where do you think you're going?"

"With you to the club, but I have to shower and some other things first." She turned and pointed at him. "Get yourself something to eat! You have to be hungry, and I want you to."

He sighed. "Fine, I'll grab something from your cabinets after I've got my shit on."

She smiled slightly and walked into the bathroom. "Thank you." Then she shut the door to begin her daily routine of getting ready.

Inuyasha had his weapons and coat on in a few minutes, taking his fingers and combing it through his hair. He made sure that his glasses were back on over his ears and his boots on his feet, and as he looked around the apartment for a few seconds to make sure he had everything, he remembered what she wanted him to do. He readjusted his gloves and sighed, getting into the cabinets to grab something so Kagome wouldn't kill him.

Kagome ran out of the bathroom in just a robe and walked into her room while smirking at him. "Hey, you're actually eating!"

"Yea, well I didn't want to get into another argument about how I should eat."

She smirked and continued walking. "I'll be right back."

"Don't take forever."

She rolled her eyes and walked into her room, shutting the door to get dressed. Inuyasha sat at her table and drank two cans of her pop in less than ten seconds, eating a strange Snickers bar that was in the cabinet. He didn't usually eat chocolate, and the sweet taste was strangely delicious. He was wanting more almost immediately, but Kagome came out of her room all dressed and ready with her slightly wet hair up in a ponytail. Her coat was on and her glasses down, and she bent over near the kitchen table to put on her shoes.

He decided to muse silently to himself. Who needed chocolate when he had plenty of eye candy?

"I'm ready, 'cept I don't have my weapons."

"You might get your weapons back today, but I haven't decided yet."

"I'm not going to try and kill myself."

"Well I just want to be careful. Do you realize how badly I would feel if you killed yourself anyway when I could have avoided it?"

She sighed, shaking her head in dismay. "So in other words, you still don't trust me."

"I didn't say that, but the fact that you can be a good actor when you want to be has me a little worried. Besides, you'll probably get them back today, so quit your damn bitching."

She grabbed a soda from the fridge and stood, waiting for him to follow without another word of the situation. "I'm ready, let's go."

Inuyasha got up and followed her out the door, heading back to the warehouse. He didn't try to touch her or anything because people could probably be watching them, and he still didn't want anyone else to know yet. Not while he could avoid it.

*~*~*^_^*~*~*

Kagome rolled her eyes for the hundredth time that night as she stood behind Inuyasha's desk. He had been explaining to her what would basically change since she was now considered his, and she didn't really like the idea of him getting to kick all the ass of people who disturb her. Nope, she didn't like that one bit.

"Aww, come on, Inuyasha, I can kick people's ass. I proved that when I decked Kouga."

"Yea, well I'm the one who's allowed to kick the ass of anyone who mess's with you. It's my right."

"Well if you do it that way, everyone will automatically assume our relationship and the cat'll be out of the bag."

"Does it look like I care? If someone harasses you, I'm not going to sit around and fucking let them! They'd all find out eventually, anyway."

Kagome noticed him almost fidget in his chair, and she crossed her arms to glare sternly at him. "Ok, you're hiding something, Inuyasha."

"What the fuck are you talking about, woman?"

"You are fidgeting, and stiff and you're trying to keep something from me. Don't deny it."

He started rubbing his eyes to ease any pressure. "You just had to be a damn lawyer, didn't you?"

"Lawyers are trained to spot things like this, Inuyasha, now spill it."

He shook his head. Telling her the problems to a relationship like this is not how he intended on spending this day. "Another reason I don't want that many people to know is it becomes a safety issue for you."

"What?"

"People will try to hurt you to get back at me, or to get something from me that they want. You'd be known probably as Inuyasha's bitch, and everyone knows that I guard what's mine very well, and I usually do all I can to keep it. They'd blackmail me with your life, and I don't want that to happen."

Kagome sighed and nodded. "Yea, figures."

"Figures?"

"There's always a catch, and I knew there'd be one with you, too." She smiled slightly, almost fakely, but it wasn't too noticeable. "I guess I'll have to watch my back even more."

He sighed. "I'm still going to do the good boyfriend thing and protect you whether you like it or not, so get used to it."

She almost growled at him, but instead bit her lip. "What about jobs?"

"What about them?"

"Will I get to do them anymore?"

"That depends."

"On?" She asked with a dangerous tone. She knew the answer, and she would kill him if he said it. She was NOT a baby and she'd prove it!

"On how dangerous it is. Holy shit…" Before he knew it, he was on his back on the floor with an angry panting Kagome sitting on top of him, her fist out in the best threat that she could come up with. Since she had knocked him out of his chair, she now sat between his legs, pinning him with an arm to his chest that could easily be removed when the shock wore off. "I'm going to do the jobs, Inuyasha, and you are not keeping me out of the action."

After inhaling carefully, almost as if he was trying not to agitate her, he grabbed her wrists and sat up, pushing her back against his desk. He didn't move their bottom halves so that she was effectively trapped between his legs and the back of the desk. Being still a little shocked and trying to figure out how the hell she got across the desk that fast, he breathed in heavily and blew it out even more concentrated. "Now look, I have no doubt that you can do it, but if you get killed it would be my fault, and I'll be damned if I'm going to loose another person I love just because I'm careless."

"If I die it will be my fault, and because I was being careless. Your mother's death is not your fault, either, and you have to quit blaming yourself for it."

Inuyasha sighed. "You still blame yourself for your father's death."

"That's different."

"How?" This was starting to sound familiar.

"My father took his own life, Inuyasha. Your mother was murdered, and it's not your fault that you didn't kill her killers."

He clenched his teeth and tensed, almost releasing her so that he didn't squeeze her, but didn't. "Look, you aren't going to do jobs for a while anyway, so I don't know why you are so damned worried about it. You still have a lot of recovering to do."

Kagome leaned her head back against his desk and groaned. "Damn…one night of pure blind rage and no one will trust you to do anything."

"Did I say that?"

She stared at him. "No, but you imply it. I hate being overly protected."

"I'm not overly protecting you; I'm just protecting you. You're going to get fucking used to it, too, because I refuse to see you hurt."

"Well I'm going to refuse just sitting back and watching, damn it! I'm part of this club!"

"And who's the fucking leader? I'm your boss, too, and I said your not doing anything for a while!"

She pushed at his hands to let her go, but he wouldn't. "Let me go, damn it!"

"No. I want you to tell me that you're going to listen to me and stay out of trouble."

She glared at him, huffing to calm her breathing. "Did you forget how stubborn I am? I'm a good pusher, Inuyasha."

"So am I. I won't get up unless you tell me you will promise."

"Just get your ass off, Inuyasha."

He sighed in near defeat. "What will it take for you to admit it, Kagome? I win this argument, no matter how hard you try to convince me otherwise. Once my mind is set on something, it's not changing back."

She shivered at memories that suddenly came rushing back at her like a flood. "I just don't want to be a fucking child anymore! I already told you a long time ago about how my father wouldn't let me do a goddamn thing without his consent or approval. To me, this is the exact same thing."

"But it's not, Kagome. I'm just keeping you out of dangerous situations because I worked hard to keep you here with me, even harder to muster up courage enough to kiss you, and you are not abandoning me now, Higurashi."

She closed her eyes and exhaled carefully, opening them to reveal that he stared at her with concern and arrogance on his face. "I'm not abandoning you, Inuyasha. Hell, I'm trying to do more with you, but it looks like that won't happen."

"Maybe not right now."

She sighed and looked anywhere but at him. "Well, my week of no alcohol isn't that much longer."

"You get drunk again and I'll take it off your menu."

Kagome found her impulses urging her to strangle him. "Inuyasha…" She never finished as he captured her lips in a passionate kiss, in probably the worst compromising position he could possibly be caught in with all their clothing still on and in his office. She hesitated before kissing him back, calming down her rage enough to focus on their activity. She would never get tired of kissing him…

He moved so that his knees were on the ground, folding her legs down straight in front of her so that he could straddle them. He intensified the kiss, tangling his fists in her hair while her hands came up to grip his shoulders tightly. Her thoughts were basically focused on the fact that she had never been in this position with a man before. He had never sat on her; it was usually the other way around.

Although she had been extremely curious, she made herself stop thinking of stupid questions. She didn't want to act like a giddy schoolgirl right now; not in front of a very masculine gang leader, who just happened to be attached to her like he was sucking the life out of her.

Of course, Sango chose that moment to knock on the other side of the door and he quickly hauled them to their feet before breaking the kiss and picking up his chair while Sango walked in. Inuyasha made sure to wipe off his face from lipstick before Sango could see anything and make a stupid comment. "Knocking, Sango, it's one of the many things that will keep you out of trouble with me."

"Sorry, Inuyasha, I guess I didn't realize you were in a meeting because it was so quiet in here." She smirked and walked over to the desk, revealing a folder from under her arm as she handed it to him. "This is the scoop on our next hit."

"Thank you, Sango."

Kagome huffed and walked into his bathroom, slamming and locking the door. Sango cocked an eyebrow. "What's her problem?"

"She just doesn't like the fact that I'm the boss." He could hear Kagome spit and he smirked cockily.

"Let me guess, you're keeping her out of this hit?"

"Out of quite a few, and I also took the time to inform her that if she gets drunk again she won't be having alcohol anymore."

"Oh, well then, I bet that went over real well."

"About as well as I planned." He sighed, waving his hand to dismiss her. "Anyway, get the hell out, Sango. Tell Miroku to keep a close eye out for anything suspicious."

"Yes, Inuyasha." She was out the door and back into the noisy club, everyone instantly making way for the scary woman who could probably rip anyone's heart out in an instant. She made sure to encourage those train of thoughts, too.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and walked over to the bathroom door, knocking on it carefully. "Go the fuck away!" She yelled.

"Get out of my bathroom, Kagome. We aren't done talking yet."

"We weren't talking when Sango walked in. Let me guess, I'm not going to get to know a damn thing about that hit?"

"I never said I would keep you completely out, Kagome. I just said you ain't working the hit. There are other ways you could be in on it."

That got her attention. She stood from the counter she was sitting on and opened the door to him, staring at him carefully. "Alright, I'm listening."

"We sometimes have people working in vehicles not that far off. They radio and tell us the important details we need to complete a mission, and they inform us of any obstacles and problems. It could actually be just as fun as working the hit itself. And besides, since you know so much about computers and shit, I think you would like it."

She crossed her arms, eyeing him suspiciously before speaking. "So I would still get to know everything, and I would even get a headset to talk into?"

"Yes, damn it. Anything you say we'll hear and respond. You get to look at a computer screen with our second base man and give us readings and everything. Hell, sometimes I wish I was doing it, but I run all the hits."

Kagome had to think about it, tapping her chin carefully, finding it to be a tempting decision. "Alright, as long as I'm somehow involved it might work out."

He sighed with relief. "Good." Looking around, he grabbed Kagome's elbow, pushing her back into the bathroom. She looked at him with a puzzled look before he grabbed her around the waist and lifted her back on the counter, securing her legs on each of his sides. He pulled her face down enough to kiss her romantically, shocking her a little before she returned it. He found her reaction quite amusing and decided that he wanted more.

He lifted the sides of her heavy leather coat and slid his hands in to snake around her thin waist, seeking to touch her flawless skin. Her heart skipped a beat before she slid her hands under his coat and gripped his shoulders from behind. He pulled her to the complete edge of the counter where she would have fallen if he wasn't there holding her up, and carefully lifted the bottom of her tight shirt so his hands could roam over the skin of her back. She hitched her breath when his claws made contact with his skin and instantly relaxed as his hands slowly made their way up to her shoulder blades, rubbing very slightly as if trying to know every last inch of her.

Inuyasha smirked deviously. She like his claws. He'd have to keep that in mind for later.

Kagome arched slightly because she found his fingers to be cold against her rapidly warming body, and Inuyasha smirked against her mouth. He prepared to experiment with his claws, wanting to trace patterns down her back and maybe snap a bra off in the process…

Their moment was cut short by the gasp of Kouga in the bathroom doorway. "What the fuck…"

Inuyasha growled and sat Kagome down on the floor again, turning his full attention to Kouga and preparing to randomly hack his head off. "What are you doing in my office without fucking knocking first?"

"I did knock, damn it! You just probably didn't hear me because you were too busy making out with my girl!"

"She ain't your fucking girl, she's mine, and I'm about to rip you apart for walking in without permission." He popped his knuckles and in one hard shove had him back out into the open office area where the 'magic' of kicking Kouga's ass would take place.

Kouga stood on the other side of the room, pulling a knife out of his sheathe and pointing it at Inuyasha. "Once I take you down, I'll get both the girl and the club."

Inuyasha just stared at him before removing his leather coat and taking one of his knifes out of the sheathes on his arms. He knew that this fight was about to turn serious, but even when Kouga was serious he was an amateur. He would never be a threat. "I'd like to see you try. The only thing you're going to get is a trip to the hospital."

Kagome leaned against the doorway and watched carefully, sensing that Inuyasha knew that Kouga would have to be beat pretty hard this time to get it through his head. What she didn't understand was why Kouga really wanted her as his woman. Why was she the special one with the demons? And why didn't Inuyasha just kill him anyway? If he beat his ass so many times, surely one blow to the head would kill that demon?

Kouga clenched his knife and seemed to disappear, and Kagome looked around for him carefully. Inuyasha didn't seem phased, though, and when Kouga reappeared in front of him he blocked the kick and knocked his other leg out from underneath him, forcing him into a back flip. Kouga landed instantly and started attempting to hit Inuyasha with the full force of his fists, but Inuyasha just effortlessly moved out of the way. It was fascinating Kagome to no end...she had never witnessed something like this before.

Finally, Kouga backed up a little and stopped fighting, panting and glaring at Inuyasha. "Why aren't you fighting back, half-breed?"

Inuyasha growled loudly. "I'm waiting for your pathetic attempts to hit me to end so I can knock you senseless."

Kouga charged him again, but Inuyasha took a swing at him with his fist, enough to catch him in the stomach. The full demon coughed and jumped back to kneel while holding his gut, an eye cracked open to stare at him. "That was unfair."

Inuyasha smirked. He crouched slightly and sprinted for the full demon, kicking him in the face and watching as he flew back a few feet. Kouga just shook it off after a second and stood, knife still in his hand. His expression told Inuyasha that he was going to really try and kill him this time.

That was a look Inuyasha was used to getting from people he was about to kill.

Kouga was ready and charged, this time managing to slash a deep cut down his arm and kick him in the face. Inuyasha went down but was wide-awake and gripped Kouga's hands effortlessly when he tried to stab him in the stomach. After a minute Inuyasha squeezed the hands and he dropped the knife, enough so that he could kick Kouga off and view any damage done.

He observed the cut on his arm and growled. "I really hope that's not the best you can do, Kouga, cause that was pathetic."

Miroku and Sango walked into the room about then, locking the door and staring with wide-eyes at the two demons. Sango eventually just shook her head. "Should I call an ambulance ahead of time?" She asked Miroku, but he just smirked and shook his head.

Kouga charged him again, but this time, Inuyasha punched him so hard in the face that Kagome heard a crack and watched him fall to his knees, holding his nose tightly. Blood began to leak from the spot and Kouga glared up at his boss with the most evil of eyes. He pulled back his hands and revealed a horrible mess of blood. "If I weren't a demon, that might have actually hurt me, dog breath."

Kagome snorted. "You're bleeding all over the place! What the hell are you talking about?"

Inuyasha pointed at her. "Just be quiet and stay out of it. He's too stupid to realize that."

Kagome huffed and crossed her arms, leaning against the doorway. "Whatever."

Kouga growled and stood again, piercing Inuyasha with his eyes. "Don't talk to her like that! She deserves much better than you!"

Inuyasha suddenly kicked Kouga from the side and watched as he went flying near the desk. He had hit his head and was now rubbing it carefully. "Don't you tell me what to do! I don't want Kagome anywhere near you, she'd end up killing you and getting blood all over her nice leather coat."

Kouga mumbled something that no human could hear, but Inuyasha instantly growled and in one jump was on top of him, beating the crap out of him with claws and fists. Kagome had wide eyes as she witnessed Inuyasha take Kouga's neck and punched his face once more. "I'll have you know that I can't kill you today, as I'd prefer to not have to kill in front of Kagome. But if you pull a stunt like this again, I'll take you out." He walked over to his door and threw him out, slamming the door and walking into this bathroom to clean himself up, free of any blood and to cleanse the wound on his arm.

Sango and Kagome stared at each other before Miroku broke the silence. "May I ask you a question, Inuyasha?"

"What?" Was heard from the bathroom along with the running of the faucet.

"Why choose not to kill in front of Kagome?"

A small popping noise was heard, as if Inuyasha had smacked the faucet down in place. He held a cloth to his arm as he came out of the bathroom, glaring at his friend. "Why do you think?" He stomped over to the desk and sat down while Kagome slowly paced over to him. She took his hand from him and forced him to let her see the wound. "How long until you can heal this, Inuyasha? I can see the bone."

He pulled it back and put more pressure on it. "Only an hour or two."

"Where are the bandages?"

He stared at her. "I don't need it."

She crossed her arms and eyed him. "WHERE are the bandages?" She asked again.

He growled slightly, preparing to say something else when he was interrupted by Kagome searching through his desk. He almost rolled his eyes, but found it flattering that she wanted to make sure of his safety. He knew not to even try to stop her, she'd just find the things she wanted.

She pulled out a long strip of bandages from the bottom drawer and smirked at him. "I found them!" She glared at him when he clutched his arm even more tightly. "You are not going to get rid of me until you let me put these on you."

He sighed and handed her his arm, watching as she wrapped the bandage tightly around it. It bled slightly, but it was already slowing down thanks to his healing. After Kagome had finished, she stared at him. "You can take them off when that thing is healed. This way, though, it'll keep you from bleeding."

He nodded and put his coat back on, covering the wound easily. Kagome sat on his desk near him and watched him. "So, why can't you kill in front of me?"

He shrugged. "I just can't."

Miroku scratched his head after hearing something in his earpiece. "Inuyasha, we'll be back." He gripped Sango's arm and led her downstairs without so much as a second glance back towards his boss.

Kagome stared at him. "You know, I don't understand why Kouga thinks that he needs me."

Inuyasha smirked. He thought by now that girl would know it was obvious. "He thinks you're irresistible, and frankly he's not the only one."

She looked down, now slightly nervous that people other than Inuyasha were interested in her. "What is it about me that's irresistible, Inuyasha?"

He shrugged again, but it seemed to cause him a little pain with his injury. "I really don't know…you argue well, you're difficult, you're not a baby in any way and you know how to take care of yourself…I'm not sure what he sees in you."

"Thanks a lot."

He grinned. "Don't worry about it, what he finds interesting in you doesn't matter because he's not ever going to have you. He'll end up getting seriously hurt if he continues thinking that."

Kagome sighed. She watched him flex his arm and his wrist, seeing him have slight difficulty with it. That made her uncomfortable and she couldn't help but feel partially responsible for it. They were, after all, fighting over her…well that and Kouga entering the office without permission. "Are you going to be alright?"

He glared at her, very unwavering. "Of course I am, I've had much worse than that little scrape that Kouga mustered up. That's the worst he's ever done to me and he'll never do it again."

"But it looks like you're having trouble with it, Inuyasha."

"It's just a little sore, my blood with heal it in an hour." He put his gloves back on so that the bandage was completely invisible to the naked eye. He picked up his phone when it rang and answered harshly. "What is it?" He listened intently and his expression turned even more serious than before. "I'm on my way." He hung up and stared at her carefully.

Kagome stared at him while he put his weapons back on. "Well?"

"You have no choice but to come with me, Kagome, so you stay right behind me and do every fucking thing I tell you, got it?"

"Yes." He finished with his weapons and grabbed her arm, leading her out of the room and downstairs into a crowd of his people at the door. He growled loudly and yelled to get everyone's attention. "Get the fuck out of the way, people!" And everyone moved back for him.

Miroku, Shippo and Sango stood at the doorway, restraining someone against the wall. Kagome couldn't get a good look at the person but could feel by Inuyasha's grip that the person worried him. He walked up and stood between Sango and Miroku as Shippo held the woman against the wall with his fangs bared and a glint of murder in his eyes. The woman looked at Inuyasha with amusement and sighed. "Hello Inuyasha."

Inuyasha growled, his ears even going back in response. "Who let you out of your cage, Kikyo?"

"I let myself out."

"What the fuck are you doing in my club?"

She smirked, running a hand through Shippo's hair and watching as he nearly bit her hand off. It made her only laugh. "Tell the cute guy here to put me down and maybe I will tell you."

"Shippo has never acted this aggressive towards an intruder, bitch, so what the fuck did you do to him?"

"What makes you think I did anything, Inuyasha?"

"Gee, I don't know, that gleam to kill you in his eyes?" He walked over to Shippo and pushed him aside as he gripped the collar of Kikyo's red shirt with his good hand. He put her nose to nose with him and snarled. "Now what the fuck do you want?"

"Why else would I be here? I came to get you."

"You're too fucking late, I kicked you out of my club a long time ago for your betrayal, and now you ask me to take you back in? Not even in your dreams, bitch."

"Who said anything about the club? I came to get YOU Inuyasha, not the club."

Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow at her. "What the fuck are you talking about? I had never belonged to anyone, especially not a mad whore like you."

"You were almost mine, Inuyasha. I almost convinced you to care about someone other than yourself."

"I have someone else to thank for that. You are leaving or I'll have you hog tied and use you as one of our practice targets."

"Someone else?" She sounded terribly disappointed and a little angry. Of course Inuyasha could care less about her feelings.

He growled and talked harshly through clenched teeth. "Did I stutter?"

"Who?"

"No one you should know." He put her on her feet and gripped the back of her neck, opening the door to the club before preparing to shove her out. "Wait Inuyasha!"

"What the fuck is it now?"

She turned and looked at him, foolishly attempting to have the last word. "I wanted to say that I had worked hard to win your affections. I even almost got you to kiss me once. And you fucking turned that all away for some tramp that you probably picked off the side of the road?" She smacked him hard against the cheek and suddenly was introduced to the barrel of a gun above her nose.

Inuyasha didn't even pull it…

Kagome smirked and stared at the menacing bitch who dared to hit Inuyasha. "I'm sorry, I think you misunderstood. See, Inuyasha doesn't like your fucking face and neither do I, and now it's awfully loathing since your hand came anywhere near his skin."

Inuyasha crossed his arms and stared down at her, a bored look on his face. "What did I tell you?"

Kagome growled and cocked the gun, never wavering it from Kikyo's face. "I know what you told me, but I'm not going to stand here and watch it."

"Where'd you get that gun, Kagome?" He asked in an already knowing tone.

"From your pocket, Inuyasha."

"I didn't tell you that you could have your weapons back."

"I didn't ask, and this isn't my weapon it's yours. Since you didn't use it, I decided to."

"We just had a talk about this up in my office, now didn't we?"

"Yes."

"You're not listening to me, damn it. Put my gun away."

She snorted and shook her head. "Not until this bitch leaves."

Kikyo jaw dropped. "HER? That ugly excuse of a woman is your new bitch, Inuyasha?"

Kagome put the gun to the floor and moved forward with her hand fisted. "I'll show you ugly…" Inuyasha grabbed her arm and pulled her back, staring carefully at Kikyo. "Get out, Kikyo, you've pissed her off."

"I can't believe my eyes, Inuyasha. You are letting her talk to you that way?"

"She's my bitch, that's what you said. You pissing off my left hand is not a good idea, but since I don't really care about you I should let her kick your ass to prove my point." He gripped her shoulder tightly, a very fake grin making it's way to his face. "But first…" He reached his hand out for the gun and Kagome shook her head, taking a step forward to get out of his way. "Give me my gun, damn it!"

Kagome put it up to pointing at Kikyo again and shook her head. "Not until she leaves or I shoot her!"

"Kagome, don't make me fight you for it."

"Just let me shoot her and you'll get it back faster."

"You don't even know her."

"I don't give a rat's ass, she called me ugly and I'm about to wipe that bitch off the face of the earth."

Kikyo snorted and crossed her arms. She had a look of pure ignorant arrogance that pissed everyone off when they noticed. "You're just like Kouga, all talk and no bite. You couldn't hurt me if your life depended on it."

Inuyasha let Kagome go and took a step back, knowing it was now pointless to stop the oncoming beating because Kagome was being baited. Her scent was spiking with anger, and for a second he could have sworn that she had an aura…but he was just imagining it. "What did you just say to me?"

"You heard me. All talk, no bite."

"You want me to bite, do you? You really want me to bite?" Kagome handed the gun back to Inuyasha and popped her knuckles, smirking slightly while she rolled up her sleeves. She then took a jump and pinned a shocked Kikyo to the ground, pounding the life out of her face. "You (smack) think (jab) I'm the (punch) ugly one (smack) you wait until I'm finished with you!"

Kikyo screamed. "Let go! Oww! You stupid whore! Oww…" She reached up and grabbed Kagome's hair, pulling her head back down slightly. Why couldn't I react? Why couldn't I hurt her? She waited until Kagome seemed to strain in pain before she viewed the damage done. Her lip was bleeding, and both her eyes were black. And if her nose wasn't broken then something was terribly wrong with it. "MY FACE! LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO ME!"

Kagome grabbed her hands and punched her cheek once more before Sango and Miroku pulled her off as instructed by Inuyasha when he decided that he had had enough. Inuyasha just stood there staring down at her, shaking his head slightly at the sight of Kagome struggling to beat some more sense into her. "You just had to bait her, didn't you bitch?"

"How could you let her do that to me, Inuyasha?"

"It's all your fucking fault, and now I'm the one who has to calm her down. Thanks for nothing, and you might want to call a doctor about your nose." He grabbed Kagome's arms from Miroku and Sango and pinned them behind her back, hauling her to her feet. He looked at Sango and sighed, furrowing his eyebrows. "Get that bitch back onto the sidewalk. I don't want her anywhere near my buildings again or Kagome is going to maul her and leave bloody traces everywhere." At her nod he turned and forced the panting Kagome upstairs while plastering his ears from all the names she was screaming at Kikyo. He was secretly impressed, but he had other things to worry about. How the fuck am I going to get her to calm down…

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Kagome was struggling to get the handcuffs off her wrists as she sat in the chair in front of Inuyasha's desk. She had never been so angry in her life. "I'll kill that bitch!"

Miroku and Sango had just joined them and stood by the door, shaking their head slightly at the thought of seeing Kagome so uptight. Inuyasha paced in front of her and occasionally had to wordlessly push her back down in the seat so she didn't stand and attempt to get away. Putting her in handcuffs seemed to be the only way to control her without actually holding onto her, and he hated doing it. His ultimate goal was to get her to stop screaming things about Kikyo because his ears were really starting to hurt.

Sango's thoughts twisted, and she both wanted to laugh at Kagome's outbreak and to worry for her. "Kagome, she's gone. Stop trying to kill her."

"You make me, Sango. I'll slice her in half! Nobody talks to me like that, I don't even let Inuyasha talk to me like that."

Inuyasha snorted and looked down at her. "Kagome, calm yourself the fuck down."

"Who the hell is she, Inuyasha? She want's you back!" She added emphasis on the last sentence. Every word was spat with hatred towards that crazy woman, and she didn't know why...

He put an arm on each of the chair's arms and squatted in front of her. "She's an ex-club member who meant nothing at all to me, Kagome. She was kicked out when she betrayed me to Fluffy."

"She said you almost kissed her!"

"I never even thought about something so disgusting, Kagome. I would never willingly touch that bitch, now stop panting because you're hurting my ears."

Kagome looked down at the floor but didn't stop panting as she continued to struggle against the handcuffs. "I need to hit something…let me off these handcuffs."

"Sorry, but until you smell normal again I ain't letting you go."

She stared at him, almost stunned with his choice of words. "Smell normal?"

"Your scent is full of rage, and until that goes away your not getting off the handcuffs. I'm glad I decided to wait to give you your weapons back because you would have probably killed her."

"Who fucking cares if I killed her? Unless you are the only one who would miss her I don't see anyone else."

"I do not care about her, Kagome, so stop suggesting it."

"She's the one who did the talking before she smacked you, Inuyasha." She strained her arms in an attempt to get the handcuffs off. "Damn it I can't squeeze out of these. Did you have to make them so tight?"

"Yes, I did."

"Well stop it! My stupid self-defense classes don't come in handy when the handcuffs are so fucking tight!"

"I tightened them for a reason, Kagome, so stop fighting them." Inuyasha walked over to his desk and plopped down in the seat while staring carefully at Miroku. "So explain to me how that bitch got in."

"I have no clue, Inuyasha. She did something to Shippo, and I think he opened the door to her and then tried to kill her once he figured it out."

"Did you ever get Shippo to calm down?"

Sango nodded. "It wasn't easy, but we did. He's taking a breather by the bar."

"Well this is just great. She pissed Shippo off to an extent that I have never seen him act to before, she drove Kagome into another rage fit, and she smacked me without me hitting her back. What the fuck is it about that bitch that always changes everyone for the worst?"

"Don't worry about the hitting thing, Inuyasha, because Kagome shoved a gun in her nose." Miroku stated, smiling brightly and earning a smack to the gut from his girlfriend.

Kagome half growled and groaned as she fought against the handcuffs again. "I should have shot her head off right then and there!"

Inuyasha stared at her and then back at Sango and Miroku, his eyebrows raised suggestively. "See what I'm talking about? I figured she was a lot like you, Sango. There's no controlling her once she wants to kill someone."

"Do the last thing you did to get her out of it."

He snorted and crossed his arms, sarcasm dripping from his actions and words. "She won't let me, not when all she wants to do is kill Kikyo."

Sango smirked. "She's become even scarier than I am when she's so angry. She deserves to be your second."

Miroku smiled lightly, only to influence it more. "And your girlfriend."

"Just get the hell out and I'll see what I can do."

Miroku and Sango smiled slightly and nodded as they headed out. Inuyasha sighed for the earache he just might receive as he stood and got directly in front of Kagome again. She stared at him and sighed. "If I see her again you had better not hold me back."

"If you see her again then that means that she's in my club and I'd encourage you to beat the shit out of her." He bent down in front of her and stared her in the eyes as if he were reading her. "I mean it, calm down."

She closed her eyes and tried to stop panting, but the words of Kikyo kept running through her mind. Every time she heard the voice of that bitch in her head she was filled with the urge to kill her all over again. She shook her head and opened her eyes to give him an honest answer. "I can't. Every time I close my eyes her fucking face comes into my head and her words ring throughout my ears as if I was hearing them again."

"Well if you don't calm the fuck down you are going to drive yourself into another blind rage fit. Your rage is bad enough when you're fully aware of it."

"Well sorry if she pissed me off!" She struggled some more and Inuyasha grabbed her shoulders, squeezing lightly as if willing her to listen. "Kagome, stop right now."

She clenched her teeth. "You should have let me kill her when I had the chance!"

"Stop it now, I mean it."

Kagome stared at his eyes and saw how serious he was, but no matter what she did it seemed that she couldn't calm down. She closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the seat, trying to calm her panting down before she hyperventilated or pissed him off. Shit, I have never been this fucking angry before…but damn, the need to kill that bitch feels so good…

She suddenly felt lips against hers with arms wrapping around her waist and felt herself instantly relax under his touch. She kissed him back and let all the anger and frustration slowly leave her with every breath she took. Wishing she could move her arms, she knew Inuyasha's handcuffs would prove to be too much. Her self-defense classes didn't teach her about how to get out of those tight situations where escape was impossible.

Inuyasha gripped her cheeks and pulled back hesitantly, staring into her glazed eyes. "Do you feel better now?" She nodded and he sniffed her neck carefully before taking out a key and unlocking her from the handcuffs. She rubbed her wrists and stared at him as he pocketed the set, still staring at her carefully. "You know you really shouldn't get yourself so damn worked up."

"I couldn't help it."

"You beat her face beyond recognition, Kagome. I think you did a nice job."

"So are you still going to kill everyone who harasses me and keep me out of the jobs? I can handle it, Inuyasha, really I can!"

"I know, I know." He sighed and rubbed the back of his head. "The only thing that worries me is that you'd get pissed off at someone and try to kill them in the middle of a job."

"Oh for Pete's sake, Inuyasha, I will not. I'll do whatever I'm told."

"Yea, right. That's what you told me when I led you downstairs, but you made moves and stole my gun anyway."

Kagome looked down in thought. "Oh yea, I forgot about that…"

"You're just lucky I'm nice to you or you would have been in big trouble."

"We still argued in front of everyone."

"Well if you hadn't stole my gun I wouldn't have argued. I mean, it was fucking weird. I didn't even feel you take it."

"You should have already pulled out your damn gun and shot her face out."

"No, I should've just thrown her out so she didn't cause anymore shit than she already did."

Kagome looked down in thought. "You know, I think if I had hit her just a little harder on her left cheek and pushed up, I could have poked her eye out…"

Inuyasha grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him, resisting the urge to chuckle at her persistency. "No more Kikyo, she's gone, forget her. I won't let her back into the club, and certainly no where around you."

"What's the big deal, Inuyasha? Why don't you want me to kill her?"

He sighed and rubbed his eyes. The answer to that question was a lot more complicated than it seemed. "I don't want you to kill her because Kikyo is a Miko with ties to my brother. They have an agreement, and if something should happen to Kikyo, he would get a vision of what was happening and would kill the person hurting her."

She looked up and sighed, almost in wonder. She couldn't believe she didn't notice that. "Shit…why didn't you say something before?"

"Because I didn't want you to worry about it."

She hummed slightly and shook her head. Time for a change in subject then…

"Inuyasha, I have a question…"

"Yes?"

"What ever happened to that baby that you kidnapped?"

He smirked and leaned back until he was sitting on the floor flat on the floor. "I dropped the brat off at social services about a week ago. They didn't do much other than put it in a foster home."

"Good."

"You're such a softy."

"It's just a baby, Inuyasha, it couldn't help the fact that its father was stupid enough to mess with you."

"Yea, yea, whatever. I took it back and at least I don't have to deal with it anymore." He blew bangs out of his face and grabbed a folder off his desk, opening and reading its contents. Kagome stared at him while he did and crossed her arms in annoyance. She still wasn't going to know about the mission. Great…just great!

She stood and walked over to the door. "I'll have my cell phone if for some reason you decide you need me." Then she walked out before he could object to anything she had said to quickly head back downstairs.

He leaned back with his mouth partly open because he wasn't quick enough to object. Damn, she's quick…he sighed and continued reading. It was a complete profile of what Sesshomaru had been doing lately, and what about him had changed. Sango took the time to write down the most important factor; he was starting to get sneakier and avoiding their spies more often. Inuyasha was instantly suspicious. Sesshomaru hadn't made a hit in a long time, since he first brought Kagome into the group. When he avoided hits for a while, it usually meant he was planning something big, and usually the outcome was bad for Inuyasha's gang.

"Sesshomaru, what are you going to pull this time?" He closed his folder and decided it was time to take action. He phoned Sango and Miroku up into his office and within minutes they were there. "Sango, have you noticed the other problem as well?"

"Sure, he hasn't made any hits."

"We have to know what he's planning. I have no idea how to do it, though."

Miroku sighed. "That's not our problem, Inuyasha. We already know what it's going to do. It'll have a lot to do with Kagome, but the question is, should she know about it or not?"

Sango rubbed her eyes. "You guys are just going to piss her off if she finds out how much you've been keeping from her. She doesn't want to be treated like a child."

Inuyasha snorted. "The 'problem' is if she does find out, she'll either be scared shitless or she'll be very pissed off and I don't want her to be either. We keep it from her, for her own damn good."

Miroku looked bored. "You do realize that if she finds out you've been keeping shit from her she might not talk to you ever again?"

He sighed loudly as he tapped the floor with his boot. "Either that, or she'll yell until she's sure I'm deaf. I know the consequences, but it's better than her knowing and getting killed. We just have to take care of Fluffy before she finds out." He smiled evilly, looking around him at them both. "I think I have an idea, but you'll both kill me for it."

"What is it, Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha continued to tell them of his idea, hearing the occasional scowl and gasp from Sango. Miroku just nodded his head, knowing that Inuyasha wouldn't back out and nothing they said would change his mind.

It was settled. They'd put the plan into action after Inuyasha had a talk with Sesshomaru. The biggest problem was keeping Kagome out of it, and making it so if she did find out, she wouldn't hate him forever.

Yes, that would go over very well with Higurashi.

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(A/N-There you have it! Now Inuyasha admits it and they are officially a couple! Thank you for bearing with me!

EXPLANATIONS-Just to answer some questions, Kagome's dad died and she blamed herself because she didn't talk to him and tell him that she was ok. I know it was mean of me, but don't be mad! It all means something in the future.

And Inuyasha definitely has a heart now, but it pisses Kagome off because he doesn't want to loose her.

AND YES, I DID PUT KIKYO IN THE STORY. But I hate Kikyo, and trust me, she's going to die sooner or later. But I'm going to have her play the evil bitch she is for a while.

And there was another question about whether Inuyasha and Kagome were going to have a lemon or not…I do have one written out later on, but I'm not very good with lemons. You still have to bear with me. And Kouga got his ass kicked, but I can't kill him yet! He will probably die to, or something is going to happen to him.

Oh yea, Miroku IS a lecher, but in this story Sango doesn't give him much of a chance to be one because she's always with him. She's his girlfriend, and if you had a freaky girlfriend like that then you would try to stay on her good side, right?

Fluffy dearest is planning something, and there will be more jobs and fighting later on. Inuyasha has to keep Kagome, he doesn't want to loose her now that he finally does care about someone other than himself, which is why he's so protective of her. But he still does endanger her life, plenty.

SPOILERS-next chapter, Kagome gets hurt, but nothing bad will happen to her! Please believe me, I know what I'm doing!

I'd like to thank my reviewers! I can't do anything without them!