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When All Else Fails
Chapter- 6
Inuyasha quickly sits up and looks around not recognizing where he was. 'Oh, this is my room isn't it?' He chuckles at his stupidity. He notices something in the corner of his eye. He instantly recognizes the figure. Kagome was slouched over in a chair with her head on his nightstand next to his bed. "That can't be too comfortable." He feels the pain in his neck, but it wasn't as severe as last night. "Damnit Kouga..." He slides out of bed and heads towards Kagome. "Silly girl..." He picks her up and instinctively Kagome wraps her arms around whoever was holding her, causing him to chuckle. When he went to go put her on her bed... she wouldn't let go. "Come on Kagome, let go..."
"Nooo..." Kagome whines in her sleep gripping tighter to his shirt. "Nhm." She tries to pull him down.
"God Kagome, your such a witch." He gives in and lies next to her. Kagome leeches to his side and puts on his chest. "What am I going to do with you?"
*
"Kagome?" Miroku knocks on the door. "Its past noon, this isn't AH!" He stares blankly at the scene before him. "How come the worst probable even always seems to happen to me? Damn." He grumbles as he walks out of her room.
*
Hearing the door close, Inuyasha wakes up. "What the..." He goes from the door to the sleeping girl beside him. "Shit?" (A/N: And yes I ment to put that question mark there, its exactly what I would say if I was found in the same predicament...) He jumps away from her, causing her to wake up.
"Uhn, what's going on?" Kagome rubs her face and yawns.
"I...I cant remember... Did I?"
"If you did, do you think you would be in here?" She laughs at his saucer- sized eyes. "You need to take your meds. Man, your a scitzo." She sits up. "Maybe it was the poison."
"I wouldn't want to see how much of a smartass you could be when you're fully awake." He glares at her. "Anyway, want to grab a bite to eat and see a movie today?"
"How are you feeling?" She motions for him to come to her.
"What does that matter?" He sits on the edge of her bed and looks back at her.
"I don't want to drag your sorry hide back here if you do go out." She pulls his hair to one side and touches the raised area on his neck caused by the dart. "It looks like it's healing."
"It should. I don't remember anything past lying on the couch. That's how woozy and tired I was... What a snake."
"Yeah..." Kagome runs her fingers along his neck. "Does he have a grudge against you?"
"Why?" Inuyasha opens an eye.
"He said...mumbled...something about a grudge."
"Get ready, we'll leave here in an hour?" He completely avoided the subject.
"K." Inuyasha pats her leg and leaves the room.
*
Kagome was about to leave the inky darkness of her room to pursue a shower when she heard two familiar voices outside her bedroom door.
"You slept with her didn't you?"
"No! I mean it Miroku, when have you ever not trusted me?"
"Now. I can't believe you!" Miroku punches the wall.
"But I di-"
"NO! I saw you two, you can't tell me I didn't see something when I know I did."
"Miroku! Would you just listen to me for once! I didn't screw Kagome! You don't know the whole story!"
"I don't want to know the whole story. You keep thinking that I don't know that you're screwing an 18-year-old chick, which you've only known for 3 going on 4 days. Come on dude, I know how you mess with their mind."
"May I ask what you two are LOUDLY discussing?" Kagome crosses her arms. "Nothing happened, end of story. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to go take a shower." She walks between the boys and into the bathroom. Inuyasha and Miroku stare at each other with the same dumbfounded expression on their faces.
"How long was she there?" Miroku squeaks. (A/N: heh heh squeaky.)
"Think about it, she would've heard it anyway. We're right in front of her door." Inuyasha points over his shoulder.
"Yeah your right. Why didn't I notice that?" Inuyasha smacks himself.
(A/N: And guys say us chicks change our attitude in the blink of an eye, heh heh, look at these two...)
*
'I don't understand, I come here to spend time with my cousin.' Kagome lathers shampoo in her hair. 'But I'm spending more time with Inuyasha...' Kagome begins to rinse out her hair when she gets the sudden feeling she's being watched. "If its you Inuyasha you're going to be one really dead dog..." She slowly peeks her head around from the side of the shower curtain. Her eyes scan one side to the other, noticing nothing was out of the ordinary. "Hm." She goes to resume her duties in the shower when something catches in the corner of her eye. Kagome locks eyes with the man in her window. (A/N: Guess who it was *wink wink*) Upon noticing that he had been caught he took off. Once it had clicked that Kagome had a stalker and he was standing in the bathroom window watching her bathe, she slipped in the tub and fell halfway out of the tub. Lying on the floor, grasping her head, she hears the door swing open and hit the wall. Leaving her bare chest exposed for all to see.
"Kagome?" 'Oh god not Miroku's voice...' When Kagome had opened her eyes she noticed that Miroku had a hand over his eyes, only meaning one thing... He had seen her.
"Get the FUCK out of here!" Kagome searches for something to throw, while Miroku was having an inner self-meltdown.
'She's your cousin! -No, she's female. But she's your cousin! -And female. She's your cousin damnit, that's just incest you ass!' "I, uh, wanted to make sure you were alright." Miroku's free hand was searching for the doorknob.
"Well I am fine, now get out." She covers herself with an arm while trying to get up, which wasn't going too smoothly for her. Kagome groans as he succeeds in closing the door. "TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH!" She snickers.
"Bitch!" He retaliates.
"Oh yeah, never heard that one before..." She snuffs. She hears Inuyasha laugh outside the bathroom. She smiles and gets back in the shower and cranks the hot water.
*
Miroku uncovers his eyes still not believing he just saw Kagome naked.
"She wont let you live this down..." Inuyasha laughs. "Ever."
"Yeah, I know." Miroku puts his hands behind his head. "So I guess I'll be off for now, I really don't want to be here when she gets out. I don't want to give her a chance to bitch."
"Then you better leave now, I'll take care of her."
"That's what I'm worried about." Miroku glares daggers into Inuyasha's head.
"So you can look at her naked and I cant?" Miroku blushes (A/N: GASP! MIROKU BLUSHED!!) as he envisions Kagome.
"It was a mistake!"
"I watched how long it took for you to peel your eyes off her. Don't give me that innocent bullcrap."
"I'm leaving." Miroku turns and storms out the door fighting off the images.
"I win." Inuyasha smiles in spite of himself as he palms the small, square package in his pocket. "I hope she allows me to..." He thinks out loud and settles on her bed to wait for her arrival.
*
Kagome squeezed out her hair trying to rid it of all the excess water...It would still take over 4 more hours for it to dry completely. She quickly looks over at her foggy reflection in the mirror. "I look like the grim reaper..." She states flatly, and then laughs at her seriousness. A quick jab of a cotton ball and some make-up remover solved that problem. Now for the task of putting clothes on a wet body. Kagome picks up a pair of cloth (stretchy cotton stuff) jeans and a tight blue and white baby tee. She quietly begins to hum the melody from heaven knows where and hangs up the towel. When Kagome stepped out of the bathroom she noticed it was oddly quiet. "You're kidding." She groans as she ruffles her hair that was now sticking to the back of her neck. "Damn hair." She laughs at the memory of Inuyasha cursing over his hair and throwing the brush into the bathtub. She feels her face heat up. "God Inu...Yasha..." She looks through the doorway to her bedroom and locks eyes with Inuyasha. 'Damn it.' Her blush deepened at the phrase that he caught her at.
"God what?" Kagome thought she heard his voice waiver.
"Nothin.g?" She manages to squeak out before her throat completely closed up. She realized that not only was he in her room, and on her bed, he was playing with something in his pocket. She got a good idea of what it was and immediately an idea came to mind. 'He doesn't expect to...' A smile crawled across her face. "What's in your pocket?" Kagome takes her time sauntering over to the foot of the bed, noticing that he had stopped playing with whatever was in his pocket and had crossed his arms.
"Nothing." He imitated her.
"Quit copying me."
"Imitation is the highest form of flattery, you know."
"I'm the kind of girl that doesn't take compliments very well." She inches closer. "That is, of coarse, a certain kind of compliment." Inuyasha understood the gist of it, but his hormone-ridden brain was thinking something way different from what she was 'supposedly' talking about.
"Answer my question." He leans back on his elbows.
"What question?" She purrs as she was sitting on her knees at the foot of the bed. The way she was sitting accentuated her curves; he was trying to control his drooling. She looked like she knew what she was doing, though she claimed that she was pure as fresh snow. He couldn't move, it was like she had him tied down with some sort of weird magic trick. Inuyasha was usually the one that made the first move, but this girl had power over him. He wasn't sure if he liked it or not.
"Kago...me." He panted and closed his eyes. 'Why am I out of breath? Oh god, tell me this isn't a dream.' He half expected to sit up in bed at that exact moment and discover Kagome was still mad at him. (A/N: song I'm listening to at the moment by taproot (number 11)*come on, come on, come on wake up, wake up.* haha)
"Yes?" She whispered into his ear. The sudden warm current caused it to flick. His eyes refused to open, but he pried them open anyway, focusing on Kagome. Who was much closer than he remembered. 'Why didn't I feel her movement?' He looked into her eyes and saw something that girls said they saw in his eyes; only it wasn't just a sliver of passion... It was complete. It was all out seduction. Whatever she was doing, he was falling for it. She had no idea what she was doing to him. Besides he wasn't about to protest, this is what he was envisioning since the first time he set eyes on her. He would never admit it of coarse, unless under one circumstance. Still eluding the hanyou. The opportunity showed itself, and Inuyasha wasn't about to risk losing the small, timid Kagome. She stares down into his golden eyes, he watches her chocolate orbs widen in surprise when he puts his hands in her back pockets and pulls her down on top of him. She began closing the distance between them until their noses were only millimeters apart.
"Say it." She purrs. What could he say? She had him upside down, inside out and backwards. He wanted more than a free look.
"Say what?" He smirks leading Kagome deeper into his trap. Immediately, Kagome recognized the way he was playing the game.
"About this." She licks her lips and gently touches Inuyasha's.
"You tease!" Still keeping one hand in her back pocket he reaches up to her head and pushes her head down; there was no chance of escaping. When he finally got his lips on hers and he was definitely in pre-eternal bliss. He had finally caught the vixen that had tortured him day and night for the past 4 days. He reluctantly broke out of the tongue war to pant. Breathing was more important than kissing, as unfair as it may have been. Kagome's wet hair was sticking to him now, but he didn't care. "God Kagome." He looks up at her and smiles.
"What?" She only opens her eyes enough to see him. (A/N: And he realizes its KIKYO! haha, nah I wouldn't do that to you guys, or to myself for that matter... o.o')
"That was better than sex." He pants.
"That one kiss." She states skeptically as Inuyasha closes his eyes.
"Yep." He hoists himself up and snags Kagome in a slower, more intimate kiss. She slides her hands up his shirt and traces the muscle lines on his chest. Kagome was actually quite surprised on how soft Inuyasha's skin was. He places his forehead to hers. "It's not fair for you to be doing that and I'm trying to be good."
"Then don't." He raises an eyebrow at her.
"You don't need me to be losing control." 'I'm acting like I'm in middle school again!'
"Here; I'll save you the trouble." He couldn't believe his ears, he had to be dreaming. The gods were playing a nasty trick on him. Inuyasha stared in disbelief as she took off her shirt. "Better?" She teased.
"Kagome?" He wraps his arms around her, holding her close.
"Yeah?"
"Tell me something."
"Mm, ok." The warmth, the sound of his heard and his smell ensnared her...
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Mmhmm."
"I don't want to hurt you or make you feel uncomfortable in anyway. Just remember I'm doing this for your own safety. Do you want Kouga to leave you alone?"
"Do I! That's a stupid question, of coarse I do, he's a backst-" He covers her mouth.
"There's a way to keep him off you, but it's only by your own choice." Kagome nods slowly, somewhat understanding what was coming. "For as long as your here, don't leave the house alone. If you do leave, I'll go with you. Youkai's and hanyou's alike respect one another's mates and packs, which is still true in today's society as well as 1000 years ago."
"So you're saying, by posing as my boyfriend he'll leave me alone?"
"As long as he knows it."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, signs of affection while he's around, talking, you know the usual boyfriend, girlfriend thing."
"What's the point of faking it?" She looks down at him. "Miroku doesn't have to know."
"Lets do this, see how things work out and go from there." She nods.
"By the way, what's in your pocket? It's digging into my leg." (A/N: No, its not that you sick minded freaks) Inuyasha reaches into his pocket and pulls out the box.
"Here." He hands it to her. "Its for you anyway." Kagome looks at him confused. "Open it..." She slowly undoes the bow and opens the box, to find a black-laced choker with a jewel on it. "It's called the Shikkon no Tama. (Jewel of the Four Souls) A very old gem that is said to be very powerful. No one has figured out how to use it in the past 200 years. Its like all the miko's dropped dead." Kagome stares at it in disbelief.
"Where'd you find it?"
"Can't tell you."
"My grandfather has told me stories about it. I never actually though that one day I would come to possess it." She watches it shine in the stream of sunlight sneaking in through the slats of the blind. "Its so beautiful..."
"It is, isn't it?" Kagome looks at him.
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why did you get me this?" She continues to study the jewel. "It had to have been expensive."
"That doesn't matter, I'm just glad you like it." Kagome's mind had just caught up to her actions as she begins to blush furiously. She quickly jumps across the room.
"What's wrong?" She continues to redden in sudden modesty as she shakes her head.
"You might want to look over here." Another female voice echoes through the silent room. Inuyasha swallows hard as he looks over towards the door.
"Umm... H-Hello S-Sango...."
I know, I know! Another cliffhanger. How will Sango react? He he, you will just have to wait and see now wont we? Let me know how you like it, and check out the other one I just wrote 'blood and tears.' Review that one too pleeease!
- -Ayame- -
When All Else Fails
Chapter- 6
Inuyasha quickly sits up and looks around not recognizing where he was. 'Oh, this is my room isn't it?' He chuckles at his stupidity. He notices something in the corner of his eye. He instantly recognizes the figure. Kagome was slouched over in a chair with her head on his nightstand next to his bed. "That can't be too comfortable." He feels the pain in his neck, but it wasn't as severe as last night. "Damnit Kouga..." He slides out of bed and heads towards Kagome. "Silly girl..." He picks her up and instinctively Kagome wraps her arms around whoever was holding her, causing him to chuckle. When he went to go put her on her bed... she wouldn't let go. "Come on Kagome, let go..."
"Nooo..." Kagome whines in her sleep gripping tighter to his shirt. "Nhm." She tries to pull him down.
"God Kagome, your such a witch." He gives in and lies next to her. Kagome leeches to his side and puts on his chest. "What am I going to do with you?"
*
"Kagome?" Miroku knocks on the door. "Its past noon, this isn't AH!" He stares blankly at the scene before him. "How come the worst probable even always seems to happen to me? Damn." He grumbles as he walks out of her room.
*
Hearing the door close, Inuyasha wakes up. "What the..." He goes from the door to the sleeping girl beside him. "Shit?" (A/N: And yes I ment to put that question mark there, its exactly what I would say if I was found in the same predicament...) He jumps away from her, causing her to wake up.
"Uhn, what's going on?" Kagome rubs her face and yawns.
"I...I cant remember... Did I?"
"If you did, do you think you would be in here?" She laughs at his saucer- sized eyes. "You need to take your meds. Man, your a scitzo." She sits up. "Maybe it was the poison."
"I wouldn't want to see how much of a smartass you could be when you're fully awake." He glares at her. "Anyway, want to grab a bite to eat and see a movie today?"
"How are you feeling?" She motions for him to come to her.
"What does that matter?" He sits on the edge of her bed and looks back at her.
"I don't want to drag your sorry hide back here if you do go out." She pulls his hair to one side and touches the raised area on his neck caused by the dart. "It looks like it's healing."
"It should. I don't remember anything past lying on the couch. That's how woozy and tired I was... What a snake."
"Yeah..." Kagome runs her fingers along his neck. "Does he have a grudge against you?"
"Why?" Inuyasha opens an eye.
"He said...mumbled...something about a grudge."
"Get ready, we'll leave here in an hour?" He completely avoided the subject.
"K." Inuyasha pats her leg and leaves the room.
*
Kagome was about to leave the inky darkness of her room to pursue a shower when she heard two familiar voices outside her bedroom door.
"You slept with her didn't you?"
"No! I mean it Miroku, when have you ever not trusted me?"
"Now. I can't believe you!" Miroku punches the wall.
"But I di-"
"NO! I saw you two, you can't tell me I didn't see something when I know I did."
"Miroku! Would you just listen to me for once! I didn't screw Kagome! You don't know the whole story!"
"I don't want to know the whole story. You keep thinking that I don't know that you're screwing an 18-year-old chick, which you've only known for 3 going on 4 days. Come on dude, I know how you mess with their mind."
"May I ask what you two are LOUDLY discussing?" Kagome crosses her arms. "Nothing happened, end of story. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to go take a shower." She walks between the boys and into the bathroom. Inuyasha and Miroku stare at each other with the same dumbfounded expression on their faces.
"How long was she there?" Miroku squeaks. (A/N: heh heh squeaky.)
"Think about it, she would've heard it anyway. We're right in front of her door." Inuyasha points over his shoulder.
"Yeah your right. Why didn't I notice that?" Inuyasha smacks himself.
(A/N: And guys say us chicks change our attitude in the blink of an eye, heh heh, look at these two...)
*
'I don't understand, I come here to spend time with my cousin.' Kagome lathers shampoo in her hair. 'But I'm spending more time with Inuyasha...' Kagome begins to rinse out her hair when she gets the sudden feeling she's being watched. "If its you Inuyasha you're going to be one really dead dog..." She slowly peeks her head around from the side of the shower curtain. Her eyes scan one side to the other, noticing nothing was out of the ordinary. "Hm." She goes to resume her duties in the shower when something catches in the corner of her eye. Kagome locks eyes with the man in her window. (A/N: Guess who it was *wink wink*) Upon noticing that he had been caught he took off. Once it had clicked that Kagome had a stalker and he was standing in the bathroom window watching her bathe, she slipped in the tub and fell halfway out of the tub. Lying on the floor, grasping her head, she hears the door swing open and hit the wall. Leaving her bare chest exposed for all to see.
"Kagome?" 'Oh god not Miroku's voice...' When Kagome had opened her eyes she noticed that Miroku had a hand over his eyes, only meaning one thing... He had seen her.
"Get the FUCK out of here!" Kagome searches for something to throw, while Miroku was having an inner self-meltdown.
'She's your cousin! -No, she's female. But she's your cousin! -And female. She's your cousin damnit, that's just incest you ass!' "I, uh, wanted to make sure you were alright." Miroku's free hand was searching for the doorknob.
"Well I am fine, now get out." She covers herself with an arm while trying to get up, which wasn't going too smoothly for her. Kagome groans as he succeeds in closing the door. "TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH!" She snickers.
"Bitch!" He retaliates.
"Oh yeah, never heard that one before..." She snuffs. She hears Inuyasha laugh outside the bathroom. She smiles and gets back in the shower and cranks the hot water.
*
Miroku uncovers his eyes still not believing he just saw Kagome naked.
"She wont let you live this down..." Inuyasha laughs. "Ever."
"Yeah, I know." Miroku puts his hands behind his head. "So I guess I'll be off for now, I really don't want to be here when she gets out. I don't want to give her a chance to bitch."
"Then you better leave now, I'll take care of her."
"That's what I'm worried about." Miroku glares daggers into Inuyasha's head.
"So you can look at her naked and I cant?" Miroku blushes (A/N: GASP! MIROKU BLUSHED!!) as he envisions Kagome.
"It was a mistake!"
"I watched how long it took for you to peel your eyes off her. Don't give me that innocent bullcrap."
"I'm leaving." Miroku turns and storms out the door fighting off the images.
"I win." Inuyasha smiles in spite of himself as he palms the small, square package in his pocket. "I hope she allows me to..." He thinks out loud and settles on her bed to wait for her arrival.
*
Kagome squeezed out her hair trying to rid it of all the excess water...It would still take over 4 more hours for it to dry completely. She quickly looks over at her foggy reflection in the mirror. "I look like the grim reaper..." She states flatly, and then laughs at her seriousness. A quick jab of a cotton ball and some make-up remover solved that problem. Now for the task of putting clothes on a wet body. Kagome picks up a pair of cloth (stretchy cotton stuff) jeans and a tight blue and white baby tee. She quietly begins to hum the melody from heaven knows where and hangs up the towel. When Kagome stepped out of the bathroom she noticed it was oddly quiet. "You're kidding." She groans as she ruffles her hair that was now sticking to the back of her neck. "Damn hair." She laughs at the memory of Inuyasha cursing over his hair and throwing the brush into the bathtub. She feels her face heat up. "God Inu...Yasha..." She looks through the doorway to her bedroom and locks eyes with Inuyasha. 'Damn it.' Her blush deepened at the phrase that he caught her at.
"God what?" Kagome thought she heard his voice waiver.
"Nothin.g?" She manages to squeak out before her throat completely closed up. She realized that not only was he in her room, and on her bed, he was playing with something in his pocket. She got a good idea of what it was and immediately an idea came to mind. 'He doesn't expect to...' A smile crawled across her face. "What's in your pocket?" Kagome takes her time sauntering over to the foot of the bed, noticing that he had stopped playing with whatever was in his pocket and had crossed his arms.
"Nothing." He imitated her.
"Quit copying me."
"Imitation is the highest form of flattery, you know."
"I'm the kind of girl that doesn't take compliments very well." She inches closer. "That is, of coarse, a certain kind of compliment." Inuyasha understood the gist of it, but his hormone-ridden brain was thinking something way different from what she was 'supposedly' talking about.
"Answer my question." He leans back on his elbows.
"What question?" She purrs as she was sitting on her knees at the foot of the bed. The way she was sitting accentuated her curves; he was trying to control his drooling. She looked like she knew what she was doing, though she claimed that she was pure as fresh snow. He couldn't move, it was like she had him tied down with some sort of weird magic trick. Inuyasha was usually the one that made the first move, but this girl had power over him. He wasn't sure if he liked it or not.
"Kago...me." He panted and closed his eyes. 'Why am I out of breath? Oh god, tell me this isn't a dream.' He half expected to sit up in bed at that exact moment and discover Kagome was still mad at him. (A/N: song I'm listening to at the moment by taproot (number 11)*come on, come on, come on wake up, wake up.* haha)
"Yes?" She whispered into his ear. The sudden warm current caused it to flick. His eyes refused to open, but he pried them open anyway, focusing on Kagome. Who was much closer than he remembered. 'Why didn't I feel her movement?' He looked into her eyes and saw something that girls said they saw in his eyes; only it wasn't just a sliver of passion... It was complete. It was all out seduction. Whatever she was doing, he was falling for it. She had no idea what she was doing to him. Besides he wasn't about to protest, this is what he was envisioning since the first time he set eyes on her. He would never admit it of coarse, unless under one circumstance. Still eluding the hanyou. The opportunity showed itself, and Inuyasha wasn't about to risk losing the small, timid Kagome. She stares down into his golden eyes, he watches her chocolate orbs widen in surprise when he puts his hands in her back pockets and pulls her down on top of him. She began closing the distance between them until their noses were only millimeters apart.
"Say it." She purrs. What could he say? She had him upside down, inside out and backwards. He wanted more than a free look.
"Say what?" He smirks leading Kagome deeper into his trap. Immediately, Kagome recognized the way he was playing the game.
"About this." She licks her lips and gently touches Inuyasha's.
"You tease!" Still keeping one hand in her back pocket he reaches up to her head and pushes her head down; there was no chance of escaping. When he finally got his lips on hers and he was definitely in pre-eternal bliss. He had finally caught the vixen that had tortured him day and night for the past 4 days. He reluctantly broke out of the tongue war to pant. Breathing was more important than kissing, as unfair as it may have been. Kagome's wet hair was sticking to him now, but he didn't care. "God Kagome." He looks up at her and smiles.
"What?" She only opens her eyes enough to see him. (A/N: And he realizes its KIKYO! haha, nah I wouldn't do that to you guys, or to myself for that matter... o.o')
"That was better than sex." He pants.
"That one kiss." She states skeptically as Inuyasha closes his eyes.
"Yep." He hoists himself up and snags Kagome in a slower, more intimate kiss. She slides her hands up his shirt and traces the muscle lines on his chest. Kagome was actually quite surprised on how soft Inuyasha's skin was. He places his forehead to hers. "It's not fair for you to be doing that and I'm trying to be good."
"Then don't." He raises an eyebrow at her.
"You don't need me to be losing control." 'I'm acting like I'm in middle school again!'
"Here; I'll save you the trouble." He couldn't believe his ears, he had to be dreaming. The gods were playing a nasty trick on him. Inuyasha stared in disbelief as she took off her shirt. "Better?" She teased.
"Kagome?" He wraps his arms around her, holding her close.
"Yeah?"
"Tell me something."
"Mm, ok." The warmth, the sound of his heard and his smell ensnared her...
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Mmhmm."
"I don't want to hurt you or make you feel uncomfortable in anyway. Just remember I'm doing this for your own safety. Do you want Kouga to leave you alone?"
"Do I! That's a stupid question, of coarse I do, he's a backst-" He covers her mouth.
"There's a way to keep him off you, but it's only by your own choice." Kagome nods slowly, somewhat understanding what was coming. "For as long as your here, don't leave the house alone. If you do leave, I'll go with you. Youkai's and hanyou's alike respect one another's mates and packs, which is still true in today's society as well as 1000 years ago."
"So you're saying, by posing as my boyfriend he'll leave me alone?"
"As long as he knows it."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, signs of affection while he's around, talking, you know the usual boyfriend, girlfriend thing."
"What's the point of faking it?" She looks down at him. "Miroku doesn't have to know."
"Lets do this, see how things work out and go from there." She nods.
"By the way, what's in your pocket? It's digging into my leg." (A/N: No, its not that you sick minded freaks) Inuyasha reaches into his pocket and pulls out the box.
"Here." He hands it to her. "Its for you anyway." Kagome looks at him confused. "Open it..." She slowly undoes the bow and opens the box, to find a black-laced choker with a jewel on it. "It's called the Shikkon no Tama. (Jewel of the Four Souls) A very old gem that is said to be very powerful. No one has figured out how to use it in the past 200 years. Its like all the miko's dropped dead." Kagome stares at it in disbelief.
"Where'd you find it?"
"Can't tell you."
"My grandfather has told me stories about it. I never actually though that one day I would come to possess it." She watches it shine in the stream of sunlight sneaking in through the slats of the blind. "Its so beautiful..."
"It is, isn't it?" Kagome looks at him.
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why did you get me this?" She continues to study the jewel. "It had to have been expensive."
"That doesn't matter, I'm just glad you like it." Kagome's mind had just caught up to her actions as she begins to blush furiously. She quickly jumps across the room.
"What's wrong?" She continues to redden in sudden modesty as she shakes her head.
"You might want to look over here." Another female voice echoes through the silent room. Inuyasha swallows hard as he looks over towards the door.
"Umm... H-Hello S-Sango...."
I know, I know! Another cliffhanger. How will Sango react? He he, you will just have to wait and see now wont we? Let me know how you like it, and check out the other one I just wrote 'blood and tears.' Review that one too pleeease!
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