::Scarlet Reflection::

By: Virgin Rin (Hime-Chan00.... Or what not.....lol)

Story So far: Sango and Kagome meet Inu Yasha and Miroku, Inu Yasha refers to Kagome as his mate and Miroku targets Sango for something VERY sneaky.......What's to come?! Read and find out dummies! ^_^

Rated: R for lime-ish events

Couples: Inu/Kag and Mir/San

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Chapter 2:

Solving the Riddle

"SANGO TO YOUR RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kagome called out as the giant spider demon reared back for attack, Sango nodded and hopped up as soon as the demon lunged, Sango took her boomerang a threw it slicing the spiders front legs. Kagome watched as it slowly made its face to the ground, spouting blood from the lack of limbs. Sango gagged nearly when a wave of blood washed over her,

"YUCK!!!!!!!!" she shook her head, suddenly worms flew out from the holes of the creatures limbs and headed for Souta who was attempting to bind the creature. Kohaku took his chain scythe swinging it above his head and slicing up the worms. Souta winced when the severed body parts flew at him hitting him with thick sticky goo. Kagome flinched and then saw her opening, taking her bow up she notched the arrow and pulled back the string and end.

"NEE-SAN!!!!!!" Souta yelled out, his eyes wide with fear, Sango turned and flew her boomerang at the huge mate of the spider demon that crashed through the foliage. Kagome flinched and let the arrow go, the spider demon lunged at her back as its mate fell, the boomerang missed its target, Sango and her brothers watched in terror. A horrid screech and a wave of blood hit Kagome, she sputtered and turned the Spider demon's head was clear off its body! And on the back of the corpse stood her savior in red, Inu Yasha stared down at her and hopped down, Kagome held her breath her bow clenched to her chest as he looked her over. She could hear Sango and her brothers growling in the background, Inu Yasha's ear twitched hearing them and he sniffed her. Looking up at her face he saw a red flush from her collar bone to the roots of her hair, he smirked and then turned running off. Kagome's bow dropped and she blinked, assessing what just happened.

"Nee-Chan!" Kohaku ran up to her, "Did that Inu Youkai just save you?!"

Kagome gulped. 'He did save me......and we're so far away from his forest.......is he following me?' she pressed a hand to her racing heart and took in a deep breath. 'Just then, he was checking if I was alright......and then he, smirked at me......' she blushed just thinking about the way her mind spoke out, 'He's kinda cute......' she shook her head violently and then turned to her brother. "Yeah, I guess so, I thank him, let's go home now!"

Sango and Souta stared blankly as Kohaku and Kagome walked towards Kirara, who too, was covered in blood. "Well......" Sango said aloud, "I call hot spring!"

"NAH UH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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Sango sat in to her neck in the small hot spring, Kagome didn't join her tonight, that struck her as weird, but she figured Kagome really didn't want to be in such a close proximity to Inu Yasha. Her mind wondered and finally she decided to think about Miroku, she didn't know how exactly or even why she wanted to think about him, but she did, he intrigued her, how can a MONK be perverted like that? Well go figure he's a Kitzune but still that was just wrong. And why did he grope her like that?! Sango took her right hand and lifted it to her face. "This is just stupid......I don't need to be thinking about a hentai like him...... He's probably off groping some other girl......" she muttered, but the more she thought about what she said, the more angry she got. "So wait! He thinks he can just grope me and leave?! I still haven't paid him back fully for that little incident!" she smirked, "YEAH! Tomorrow I go to pound him for what he did to me two days ago!" she chuckled. Taking her fist she slammed it into the water.

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Kagome stood in her bloody Miko garb, staring into Inu Yasha's forest, she just had to ask him, and the less flattering she looked the better, just incase he got any ideas. She clenched her fists and stomped off into the forest, leaving her weapons behind, "Inu Yasha?" she looked around, you couldn't see the starry sky in this forest it was covered with treetops. She sighed, that just made it creepier, she shivered as a cold wind made its way passed her and scattered the leaves in her path. My god the forest felt like it was pulling her into it, she shook her head and clenched her hands to her chest and walk forward. Something scattered behind her and she threw a rock into the bush watching a bird youkai fly at her. She ducked and watched it come around aiming at her dead on, she narrowed her eyes and went into stance, the bird flew to her and Kagome held out her hands and disintegrated the bird in a white light.

"You're really something else......"

Kagome turned and looked up finding Inu Yasha lounging in a tree, "I have a question for you Inu Yasha!" her voice was stern, and warning, Inu Yasha scoffed,

"And you really had to risk dying to come and ask me?"

Kagome looked down, 'Maybe he was just bored and killed the spider for the hell of it,' her eyes narrowed, 'not likely......' she looked up. "Come down here please!"

"Why don't you come up here?" he closed his eyes smirking, Kagome blinked and took her white haori off, she had on a piece of fabric, a wrap that went around her and tied in the back with a small knot, It served as an under shirt but looked like a crop top, it was considered indecent, but she was going to have a lot of trouble climbing if she didn't. Inu Yasha glanced down and watched her actually climb up the tree; he lifted an eyebrow to her once she sat herself on the branch across from him.

"What? Didn't think I could do it?" she smiled sweetly, Inu Yasha narrowed his eyes and leaned back further into the branch, she was a little wobbly, but she held on.

"So you're not as weak as you look, what's the question?"

"Umm......Inu Yasha......Why......um...... Why did you er......" she fumbled,

"SPIT IT OUT ALREADY!!!!" he yelled at her, Kagome jumped immediately loosing balance, she screamed falling back out of the tree, Inu Yasha grabbed her hand and yanked her to him. "Stupid girl, could've broke your neck!!!" he growled, Kagome's face was in his chest and she mumbled something, he moved her back. "What?"

"Can we go down? Then I promise I'll ask and be out of here!" she shivered slightly feeling him growl then grasp her and hop to the ground. They stayed there for a moment then parted, "Thank you......So, why did you save me?"

"Okay so far I have a memory of two savings, which one?"

"With the spider......" she muttered, narrowing her eyes at his attempt to avoid the question. "I know for a fact that village was far from your forest range, so why did you come?"

He flattened his ears then flipped them up again, rolling the question around in his mind, 'She probably doesn't know that I've set claim on her......stupid.' He narrowed his eyes then looked down at the girl in his arms. "Stupid......" he stuck his face in her neck and sighed, she froze,

"Inu......?" fear flooded her scent, he frowned and pushed her back, 'could she be so daft? She belonged to him, he didn't know why he wanted her, he, just did......something weird told him to take her quickly......' did he have to be slow with her? That was annoying, oh well...... He stepped back, her heart was thumping wildly everywhere he touched her.

"Kagome?"

"Yeah......?"

"You stink, go take a bath......"

"WHAT?!" she yelled and whacked him on the head, she turned on her heel and walked off. "Stupid, arrogant, idiotic, chauvinistic, pompous DOG DEMON!" she grumbled and walked off. Inu Yasha blinked touching his head,

"OI KAGOME!!!!"

"WHAT?!"

"Stupid and idiotic are the same thing!"

"URUSAI!" she huffed and ran off. Inu Yasha cocked an eyebrow smirking; he picked up the bloody Miko haori and threw it over his shoulder turned on his heel and walked deeper into his forest.

Kagome was enraged; she didn't even get an answer from him! Just a rude comment on her smell! WHAT A JERK! She looked down at herself and blinked, "Okay, so I am covered in putrid demon blood but that doesn't mean he had to comment on it!" she walked over to the path in the eastern part of the village that led to the women's hot springs.

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Sango blinked hearing a stampeding sound coming down the path to the hot spring, she grabbed her boomerang that was laid to the side and stood in stance wearing only a towel. Kagome then burst through the bushes in an angry growl and stopped to remove her clothes, Sango blinked and put her boomerang down. "What happened to you?" she questioned as her sister slipped into the springs and scrubbed herself furiously, "Where's your Haori?"

"THAT JERK!!! SAYING I STINK! PISH! I SMELL BETTER THEN HIM ANY DAY!!!!"

"Him........?" Sango's eyes darkened and her voice was flat, "You don't mean Inu Yasha do you?"

Kagome froze, no sounds came from her, only the quiet water ripples. Sango frowned,

"I'm telling dad." Sango said immediately, Kagome jumped,

"NO! SANGO! Don't tell him! Please!" she begged, pouting the best she could.

"I won't, if you stop seeing that demon......" Sango narrowed her eyes, she knew Inu Yasha had badass written all over him from the moment she heard about him. Kagome couldn't fall for such a guy, a YOUKAI even,

"I-I will!" Kagome stuttered, her father was SCARY with demons, she shivered to even think about Sango telling her dad she'd met with Inu Yasha on more then one occasion, neither times did it involve self defense.

"Good, now I'll set up your futon for you, take your bath......" Sango glanced at her and walked off to the large head home at the north of the village, she was now of course wrapped in her sleeping kimono.

Kagome pouted as soon as her sister was gone, "It's not like I wanted to see him........." she paused and leaned her head back, "......much......"

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Inu Yasha took the now clean haori out of the water and hung it up, "Hmph, stupid bitch can't even remember to grab her clothes......" he grinned up at his handy work and the frowned, taking the cloth in between his fingers his nose scrunched up, "This thin fabric won't protect her from anything......" he then took a piece of his red fire rat's fur and felt it, it was the same in texture and thickness, and she did need protection that the Miko garb did not offer. A plan slowly formed in his mind, he smirked and then set off to work throwing the dried white Miko garb into the fire that blazed behind him.

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It was well into morning now, Kagome stretched and gave a jaw breaking yawn before rubbing her eyes of the sleep. Looking to the futon next to her, she found Sango gone, "Where did she go?" she blinked and heard voices outside. Walking over to the shoji she slid open the door and looked down the hall finding her brothers, "Souta, Kohaku, where did Sango go?"

"She and Kirara headed off to those mountains! She said she was going to patrol......" Souta pointed to the south, Kagome narrowed her eyes; 'Those are Miroku's mountains' she thought bitterly and then nodded,

"How long ago?" she blinked.

"About 20 minutes ago." Kohaku replied.

"That's the way she's going to play huh?" Kagome smirked, Kohaku and Souta blinked,

"Huh?"

"I'm going to go join Sango on her 'Patrol' ok?" Kagome's eyes flashed and evil grin befell her usually peaceful and happy features.

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Sango blinked feeling an evil aura come about her as she climbed the mountain, jaki? "Oh well......" she blinked and climbed up the crumbling wall of the mountain. She was near the top, only a little further; it would be A LOT easier if Kirara could of made it through the barrier. She reached out and grabbed a ledge pulling herself up, she sighed and turned looking out at what she had already climbed, turning around to face the mountain again she failed to notice that the ledge was slowly breaking under her feet.

"What are you doing up here?" Miroku blinked down at her from 4 feet up, Sango growled,

"I have a bone to pick with you Miroku!"

"Really now?" he smiled. Sango growled and then cried out as the ledge crumbled beneath her, Miroku used his staff and caught her underneath her shoulder armor and hauled her up. Sango blinked as her feet touched the ground, "I swear, you and your family always seem to be in some kind of peril one way or another." he sighed closing his eyes. But the moment they did Sango punched him right across the cheek; he blinked in surprise and stumbled, but quickly regained his posture. "And what pray tell, was THAT for?" he mumbled, Sango opened her mouth and then closed it, her thoughts disappeared, and now she was feelings pretty bad for doing it.

"Well you......the day before......"

"I groped you?" he finished for her.

"Y-...YEAH!" she thought for a minute and then her anger was renewed, "YOU PERVERT!"

"But did you not punish me for that already?"

"Well, y-you disserved another swing for it!"

"Alright." He blinked, Sango felt uncomfortable, "Would you like some tea?" he smiled walking into his cave, Sango fidgeted then followed him into his cave.

Kagome watched in horror, she punched him, and now she's following him into his CAVE?! Sango was doing WAY worse things if what she saw was what she thought it was! "Oooooooooo..........Now I got dirt on her." She smirked and hopped down the mountain, heading back for her daily exercises.

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It took Kagome a while before getting back to her village, for lack of Kirara, but she made it none the less, she put on her Miko garb then looked around for the matching Haori. 'Wait a minute......' she gasped and covered her mouth looking off at the forest, "......Inu Yasha......" she blinked, then stopped and looked through her closet, all she had was her white kimono she wore when she was 12, it went to her knees then, but, it wouldn't do her good now, and her father didn't stop off to buy her another. She sighed and slipped it on, IT SHOWED HER BUTT! She looked around and found yukata pants that stopped at her knees, okay, this'll do. She slid them on creating a new and cute outfit, her yukata pants were red so it was, a new generation Miko outfit, it would work. Kagome brushed her hair out and grabbed her bow running out to the archery ranges outside the forest.

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Inu Yasha watched Kagome head for the archery ranges and simply followed her, sliding a white fabric into his Haori.

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Kagome smiled and stretched her arms out cracking her neck, "Ok, time to practice!" she shivered with glee as a cool wind came over her, the ground was cool and the sun was behind the trees, making the ranges a beautiful place. The sounds of the wild filled her ears as she shot her first arrow it hit target as usual and she pulled another arrow from behind her and shot the target again using an angle.

A gust of wind blew behind her causing her to whirl around and drop, unceremoniously to her bottom, she growled and aimed but then found her arrow pointed at Inu Yasha's nose. "What do you want?" she blinked, her anger nearly forgotten the moment she saw him, she brought her bow down.

"You left your damn Haori in my forest, it wreaks take it back!" he threw the haori towards her and it hit her in the chest, she blinked, 'what's his problem?' she thought and then stood up.

"HEY! What's your problem!? The first day I met you, you were all over me, the 2nd time I saw you, you insulted me, and now you're being unbelievable rude! What you call me a mate and then realize something?!" she yelled out at him, Inu Yasha blinked at her outburst. He grunted and turned, "DON'T YOU DARE TURN YOUR BACK ON ME! ANSWER ME!" she yelled. He started to walk off and she ran up to him tackling him from behind, she was immediately rolled onto her back and pinned by him, 'Oh big deal, fast reflexes!' she barked out at him in youkai tongue.

'So what are you trying to tell me bitch? Cause demanding me to do anything will get you absolutely fucking nowhere!' he smirked, 'and getting violent with me will only serve to your disadvantage......' he growled out.

'I'm confused! Wh-Why?! Why are you watching me?! Why did you call me your......' she paused and took in a breath, she was flustered with all this confusion building around her.

'......Mate?' he finished her sentence, she nodded, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, 'I stuck a mark to you the moment I saw you......'

"Why?" she finally asked,

"Because you're strong, beautiful and have a feisty attitude when you're all riled up, like now......I find that completely irresistible......" he muttered, "You're eyes are blazing with indignation, and your body is pressed to mine." He growled out, it was barely comprehendible, but Kagome's heart rate spiked no less, the growl and look in his eyes made her breath hard to keep steady. Inu Yasha's eyes opened and he smirked, "Does that answer your question bitch?"

She nodded and gulped, he was, pressed against her more then she thought, man, he was so strong compared to her, his form engulfed her. She then closed her eyes and allowed herself a moment to calm herself, but, not without focusing on every body part he laid on, a slow warmth sinking into her. Inu Yasha growled and took her chin watching her eyes snap open in shock, he placed his mouth on hers and pressed again her soft lips.

Kagome gasped allowing him to slide his tongue in and taste her, her hands gripped the fabric on his upper arms, and she responded timidly, running her tongue slowly against his, he sunk into her, flattening her more so. She made a high pitched mewl and his eyes flashed darkly, his hand slid from her face to her collarbone and passed resting it over her breast before squeezing it, she yelped and pulled away. That was a little too far, the kissing was good, but she was a little jumpy about that, he growled softly and nuzzled her cheek, nipping it lightly. Kagome watched him slowly pushed himself up balancing himself of his forearms, "Inu......?" she blinked, she looked up at him and blushed at the expression he gave her, it was one of longing and lust.

"You're scared still aren't you......?"

"Of you?" she asked, he nodded, she cocked her eyebrow and scoffed, "RIIIGHT......Me being afraid of you, don't let your ego get the better of you!" she giggled at his playful expression. She blinked and narrowed her eyes in confusion at the glimpse of gold in his eyes, only gold, but the moment he blinked they were gone.

"Odd." She muttered,

"What?" he growled, she shook her head lightly and blew it off.

"I just thought I saw gold in your eyes......but I'm just----" Inu Yasha jumped to his feet and rubbed his eyes, "—Wh-what? All I said is that I thought they looked gold!" she blinked; he was rubbing his eyes with the heels of his palms. The Shikon Jewel's light around his neck wavered its dark purple aura almost becoming a light pink.

"Nothing, I have to go......" he paused and grabbing her face kissing her briefly before running off, "TRY ON YOUR MIKO GARB!" he ran off into the forest,

"What on earth?" Kagome blinked.

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**********So far through the story: Things have heated up with Inu Yasha and Kagome, and Sango and Miroku are doing something......but just what is it? WAIT UNTIL NEXT TIME!!!!!! Oh and, what's up with Inu Yasha's eyes, gold......? HUH?!**********