Dude! *gapes at the reviews they got for chapter 3* Emmie and I love you
guys! *huggles all the reviewers* Storymind, everything with Kikyo will be
answered in time. You're not supposed to see the connection yet, after
all. Demon Kitty; look! We didn't take month! Keimiko: You really don't
sleep, do you? *blink* Fallout1, Kikyo? Screw things up? HELL NO!
*manages to suppress the evil laughter* I mean, ah, you'll have to wait to
see.. AyumiH, how could we two girls make a weak Kagome? Likewise, how
could we two girls make a sane Kagome? But, you do what you have to, to
survive. In this case, Kagome has to be "good" so that Inuyasha will keep
on protecting her.
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Chapter Four!
Kagome swallowed hard and when the door closed, she slumped out of breath onto the bed. "I thought I was done for..." She whispered then looked up at Inuyasha. She would not ask about what had been said. About this 'Kikyo'. She would not stick her nose where it did not belong. Instead, Kagome swallowed again and looked up at him apologetically. "I am sorry I put you in a position against your friend." Kagome whispered, her voice heavy with guilt.
Pushing herself off of the bed, Kagome watched Inuyasha, "Thank you." She said and walked over to him, kissing him then took a step back. "We had a bargain, you kept your side up." Kagome reminded and reached up to the straps of her nightgown, slowly moving them over her shoulders, slumping one down her arm. She was about to do the same to the other, which would have caused the dress to slide off of her onto the floor.
"Don't worry," he muttered, gaze lingering on the door. "Kouga and I are always fighting. I think that was the first fight we had that we didn't end up trading blows. Of course, I also pulled rank on him, which won't sit too well with Kouga."
He was pleasantly surprised when she kissed him and thanked him, but when she began to undue the straps of her dress, his breath caught in his throat. As it was she was already enticing, but if she revealed more of herself, he didn't think he'd be able to contain himself. He reached out and brought her forward, kissing her soft mouth. His lips began to move downward, caressing her neck as his fingertips ran up her arms, bringing the straps of her gown back up to her shoulders.
Kagome for a moment was lost. It was somewhere on the border of warm pleasure and delightful surprise that she had lingered for a few moments. Feeling the dress settled over her shoulders once more, Kagome's brown eyes took on a warm healthy earth color as they stared at him. Her heart beating fast now, for another reason other then fear. Kagome's eyes searched his for a long moment, while she brought her finger tips up to caress and trace his face. How surprising this pirate was. At first she was sure he was going to kill her, rip her throat out and now she could not think of any other person whom she felt safer with. Of course that was a stupid way to feel, but even though she was a priestess that did not mean she could control her feelings any more then any other mortal. A blend and mixture of feelings kept crashing onto her like waves onto rocks. But Kagome didn't want to obsess over them now. Instead she forgot of her promise to him and ignored the situation and how it came to be, and just allowed that odd fluttering feel in her heart to take control. He had not wished her naked though he was obviously interested and his kisses were warm and tender, not slobbery and demanding. For that moment, it was enough. Kagome hooked her hair and moved it away from her neck giving him more access, as she leaned her head on his shoulder and kissed his own neck.
Inuyasha felt like he was in heaven as she kissed him back. His breath blew over her skin as he forgot who he was, and who she is. Kagome filled his world. He felt a rumbling in his throat as he nuzzled her neck, his fingertips still just touching her skin and playing with the strap of her dress. What the hell- was he purring? 'Who the hell cares,' he demanded, nipping at the shoulder bone and tasting her skin lightly with the tip of his tongue.
Then, rudely, the door slammed back open. "Hey! Inu-.....ewww.... Get a room! Wait, guess you already did...."
He sighed and places his forehead on Kagome's shoulder, pulling her closer so that she wouldn't leave again. His sighed had made her scent fill his mind. He'd never forget her scent. "What is it, Kouga?" he mumbled, talking into Kagome's neck.
"Um.... can I borrow a deck of cards? The marked ones?" In all honesty, he hadn't thought they'd have started making out again so soon. He'd obviously forgotten how long it had been since Inuyasha had last gotten some action.
Rolling his eyes, he let go of Kagome and opened one of the cabinets. Not wanted to get interrupted again, he walked to the door, shoved Kouga out of the way, and threw the cards done the hallway. If anybody but Inuyasha had given Kouga the look that followed this action, Kouga would have challenged them to a duel in the blink of an eye. "Fetch."
"Fuckin' bastard..." Kouga mumbled, retreating after the marked deck. Inuyasha shut the door and leaned against it. The moment had been shattered, pure and simple. He stared at Kagome's dress. "Well, I guess that we better find you an actual dress. We can't have you wearing that all the time, can we?"
"What?" Kagome whispered awoken almost for her daydream. Where had her mind been a moment ago, as she watched her kidnapper throw a deck of cards down the hall? Oh yes, still reveling in the feel of his tongue passing over her skin and the warmth his body gave off as it wrapped itself around hers. "Oh." Kagome whispered, feeling her cheeks heat up. Ducking her head, so that her hair veiled around her face like a curtain Kagome stared down at the nightgown in mention. It was stained beyond repair, which was obvious.
Stained. With his blood, something inside of her whispered and the thought disturbed her. Practically caused the gorge to rise up in her throat. Swallowing down the vile taste, Kagome looked back up at him. What was it about him? Kagome couldn't figure him out for the life of her. He was a ruthless pirate, the way he broke into her house and attacked her was evidence enough, but now he was almost kind.
Never trust pirates, another whisper came to her mind that steeled her will against him, and whatever charms he had. "What then do you suggest I wear?" Kagome asked then passed her tongue over her lips. Why was her mouth so dry? "I did not bring with me a change of clothes, you know." Kagome reminded and at the same time, shook her self. She was a captive here, in need of finding a way out, an escape.
Crouching down, Kagome picked up the needle she had used on Kouga earlier and then walked over to Inuyasha's forgotten robe on the floor. Straightening the chair, Kagome sat down and began to rethread the needle. "A bath would do nicely as well." Kagome said after she had applied a few stitches to his clothing.
The blood on her was his, she had caused it and did not, she knew from the start, mean for the wounds to be fatal for whatever reason. He had bled, Kagome thought, - while the dark red stain stared right up at her from her lap - a lot. I might as well sew up the slices I caused. Kagome reckoned, finding it fitting seeing as he had just kept up their side of the bargain to protect her. But how long would that last? She wondered.
He watched her start to sew his jacket. "You don't have. . . ." He stopped and sighed, running a hand through his silver hair. "The bathing room will be busy now. We have a designated time for girls to bathe, but it's not till tomorrow morning. Most of the girls will still be unconscious right now. I can take you there tomorrow."
He leaned on the door, scratching his pointed ears as he thought. Obviously she didn't have a change of clothes with her! What did she take him for? An idiot?
Kagome pricked her finger at the shock his words had wrought upon her. Bringing up her finger to her mouth hurriedly, Kagome sucked on the blood droplet collecting at its tip. "Girls? You mean you brought other captives along?" Kagome asked, her heart pounding in her chest. It was not her anymore that she had to free alone, but them as well. "Take me where?" Kagome asked, the events of the day beginning to weigh on her mind. "I thought you said if I left this room, I am free game." Kagome could feel her face begin to warm. An image of Kouga with his shackles entered her mind, and she swallowed hard.
"Well, yeah, by yourself. But if I'm with you, it's a little different. I'll be right there to pro... def... people will see that you're with me and won't touch you," he finally said. "And I didn't bring anybody else with me, but everybody has a girl, yeah."
He suddenly got an idea of where to get a dress for Kagome, but stopped when he saw the thoughts going through her head. "Don't even think about it, Kagome," he warned, his voice dangerous. "If you continue to break rules on the ship, I won't be able to keep them from punishing you."
"I cannot let them eat those girls either." Kagome said a certain magical strength entering her voice. Her hard brown eyes stared up at him defiantly. "The others aren't like you, I will not condemn those girls to such a fate as long as there is life in me." Kagome said, stating her purpose without shame. His voice was vibrating with a certain danger, that caused her bones to feel hallow and yet she looked unaffected by it.
Kagome shook her head as she went about her sewing once more. "We also need to change the rules about my going on alone. I cannot go everywhere accompanied by you, nor will I stay locked up in your room like a caged bird. I am trapped, but I do not need to feel caged." Kagome pointed out. "Is there no way for you to announce to your fellow shipmates or somehow mark me so they know not to touch me?"
"Sesshomaru once branded his woman," he thought, watching her reaction. "Yeah. I didn't think that you'd like that idea. But I'll see what I can do." Honestly, he preferred it if she stayed in his bedroom. Even if there was something he could do to somehow mark her, he didn't like the idea of her wandering around the ship. Disregarding the fact that he could see Kagome starting a feminist mutiny on the ship, Inuyasha knew that there were several men who wouldn't care that she'd been spoken for, more than likely based on the fact that it was a half-breed who had marked her.
Absentmindedly, he wondered if she's believe him if he told her how much he disliked thinking of what was happening to the other females on the ship.
"'See what you can do?'" Kagome shouted, tearing the thread and knotting it quickly over the last stitch, tossing the robe at him as though it was a weapon, that could actually hurt him. "And what am I suppose to do until then? Sit and be pretty?" Kagome demanded as she advanced upon him. "Can you not talk to Sesshomaru? He has a woman, thus he would understand the importance." Kagome's mind ran a mile per second as she tried to think. Then quickly, she wiped at her wrist with her gown and held it out, palm up exposed to him. The thin lines of blue veins showing through the alabaster skin. "Isn't that how demons mark? With blood?" Kagome was treading a thin line here, she could feel it. But survival was pounding at her, survival and the need to do anything it took to get those women to safety before they were injured any further.
She was insane. How come Inuyasha had to find the one girl in the village who was completely and utterly insane? He tossed his robe over his white shirt, grabbed her by the shoulders, and shoved her on the bed. His yellow eyes were laced with a fury that echoed in the tightness of his face. "Don't tempt me, woman," he growled, each word being pushed out with a barely controlled force. Was she seriously offering him her blood? Inuyasha's never heard of demons marking with blood, but then, his brother had been quite skilled at keeping secrets. Even though he didn't understand, he felt a new hunger awakening in his stomach as he thought about sinking his teeth. . . . He forced himself to cut the thought short.
The air rushed out of Kagome's lungs as she hit the bed with force. Staring up at him while he still pinned her down, Kagome did not know what to think or say. It almost seemed that he was having a inner battle with himself over something. He is not any ordinary demon, Kagome realized with sudden clarity and didn't know if she should feel relieved or worried over the matter. Non the less, she had struck some kind of a nerve, she believed to be the key. Feeling her pulse beat faster throughout her entire body, Kagome tried to squirm out of his grip but only managed to loosen a hand. With it she brushed her hair away from her neck and turned her head to the side, her eyes still watching him. "I offer you my blood."
"You're fucking insane," he muttered, his grip slowly lessening even as the one on his mind tightened. His gaze affixed in her pale throat, his breathing became shallow, his teeth intending his lower lip. What was the matter with him? Was he actually thinking of drinking her blood? He let go of her, practically pushing her away.
"I have to go out for second. I'm going to lock the door, but it's for your own safety, not to keep you," he tried to remember the phrase she had used before. "Not to keep you caged. Kouga's the only one who knows how to jimmy open doors." He didn't add on that his statement was only a presumption.
"K-Kouga?" Kagome repeated sitting up and placing a hand to her throat before letting it fall back into her blood stained lap. "But.. Wha." Kagome calmed and looked around. "What if he comes again?" Kagome then asked and sat with her legs beneath her. As though nothing had passed between the two a moment earlier. Maybe I am insane, Kagome thought to herself, a priestess offering her blood to a demon. Shaking her head, Kagome hooked her raven hair behind her ears. "Let me at least have a bow and arrows before you leave!" Kagome protested, not minding being locked away in a room right about now.
Inuyasha's hand was on the doorknob. He paused, his conscience getting the better of him. He walked over to the bed, and, even though Kagome was on it, swung the bed over so that he could get at the wall. Inuyasha glanced at Kagome. "This is our secret? Got that? And if you use the arrows to shoot me again, I won't have a single regret about throwing you overboard, understood?"
Kagome sprawled on the floor with a blanket a top her like a cloak and a pillow falling from her shoulders to her lap stared at him. "Fine. Understood." Kagome said untangling herself. He had no manners! What was she thinking earlier?? Kagome wounded tossing the bedding from her. Beast, Kagome thought then smiled cruelly. "Though you remember I had no regrets about throwing myself overboard either."
He smirked, using his nails to lift up a plank of the floor, beside the wall. "True, but I've been known to wait until we're over shark infested waters to do it." He pulled out Kagome's bow and arrows from the small, secret chamber hidden under the loose floorboard, and slammed it shut before she could see what else was in there. Inuyasha moved the bed back.
Scurrying over Kagome quickly collected up the bow and the arrows. Looking up at him through disheveled hair, Kagome simply nodded her head in thanks then moved over to the bed. Crawling to the center of it and stringing the bow. Her bow. Her fingers passed over the arrows lovingly, while her now gray blue eyes admired the priestess arrowheads. Smiling contentedly, Kagome remembered he was still in the room and looked up at him. All warmth gone from her face. "Weren't you going or something?"
"Don't get your panties in a twist. I just thought... aw, who the hell cares!" He unlocked the door, and slammed it behind him, locking it tightly. He'd thought she was going to demand why he had her bow, but apparently she didn't care.
Kagome stared at the shut down and curled up on the bed and stared at her weapons. "Why..." She whispered softly, then closed her eyes and sufficed by burying her face in the pillow. It was all she could do to keep the her harsh breathing quite as she went over what had happened to her this past day and what was yet to come.
Inuyasha pounded on Shippo's door until the little demon awoke, rubbing his eyes. Inuyasha nodded at the arrows embedded in the wall. "Hey, Shippo, mind cleaning that up for me?" He left before the little demon could say anything. It was Shippo's job to clean, after all.
He went to Jakotsu's room and pounded on that door. At least doors would question him and order him around like they were the ones in control!
**
"Eh?" Jakotsu mumbled, turning his attention away from the cleaning of his sword. Up and down, up and down, up and down again he glided the blood socked rag as he polished his beloved baby. But when that rude sound pounded through his chamber. Placing his baby on the table, he rose to open the door. Upon opening it his amethyst eyes grew wide and big and lust filled. "Oooh. Inuuuyasha. So you came. I didn't know if you would, I was hoping," He said in a seductive slightly feminine voice. "But rumors had it you brought a girl. Good to know they were wrong. I'd hate to think about a woman," he said the last in disgust. "Being with you. Come on, come sit on my bed." Jakotsu said patting the matters and licking his lips suggestively, the task of polishing his snake sword put on hold for now.
He tried to keep his exasperation from showing. Jakotsu was decent enough, for being a demon. Had a liking for killing, which Inuyasha didn't really care about, he just wished the homosexual demon would stop trying to get into his pants. Inuyasha shook his head, denying the request to sit on the bed. He stayed rooted in the doorway. "I do have a woman, Jakotsu. Sure, it doesn't happen much, but it does happen."
Jakotsu's face twisted into something disgusting for a moment, before smoothening over his complexion and playing with the brooch in his hair. "Oooo... A woman, ayyye?" He asked drawling out the last, trying to mask the venom of the word 'woman'. "And yet you are here, Inuuuyasha..." Jakotsu practically purred.
"Yeah. Because I was wondering if I could borrow one of your kimonos," he said blandly, hoping Jakotsu would lend him one. He looked around the room, finding something amiss. He stared at Jakotsu suspiciously. "I'm not even quite sure I should be asking this, but didn't you join the raiding party? You know we're supposed to keep them alive until we get back to the island, Jakotsu!"
Jakotsu smiled malevolently and leaned close to Inuyasha. "Mmmm... You used cologne... Didn't you?" He asked intoxicated by the scent then shrugged and sat back, propping one leg up causing the kimono to fall open and expose his hairless shapely leg. "A kimono?" Jakotsu's interested grew. "Oh! Inuuuyasha you are finally coming around to my way of thinking!" He announced delighted then stared transfixed at his ears and licked his lips. They still looked as delicious as ever. "I know I am suppose to keep them alive, but the boys blood... I wanted to see how red it would be." Jakotsu excused and glanced over at his sword. "It was a beautiful crimson shade."
He sighed. Jakotsu was cruising for a beating, and didn't even know it. Inuyasha only hoped that he was the one to administer it. Let the other demon think he was cross dressing. They lived in a ship. People would see it wasn't true. "Watch yourself, Jakotsu. Mind if I have that kimono now?"
"Mmmm.... Of course not. Have your pick!" He said waving over to his closet. Sprawling back on the bed, trying to look tempting, Jakotsu licked his lips once more. "But you have to put it on here." He said looking Inuyasha over. Inuyasha was definitely hiding a great body under that red robe Jakotsu just knew it. Shame that whenever he went to shower, Inuyasha was never there. Oh. That could've been fun. Soaping his back.
Inuyasha picked out a red one. He bet that her hair would look even darker against red. And then, if he ever brought her up for a walk or something, having her wear robes the same shade as his would only enunciate the point that she was his. Throwing it over his shoulder, he was about to break the ice and tell Jakotsu it was for a girl, when he got another idea. "Hey... um... speaking of blood, do you know anything at all about marking with blood? Or have you heard anything about demons drinking human blood?"
"Mmmm...." Jakotsu murmured rolling the sound over his tongue. How long had it been since he'd tasted really good live blood? Feeling a rush of pleasure vibrate threw him, Jakotsu took up a sexier pose on the bed, laying on his elbow and crossing his legs. The kimono falling open over his chest, showing the chest plate he wore underneath and exposing one shoulder. "I haven't heard of the blood ritual in a looooong time, but ooooo it's nice...." Jakotsu purred. "It's a show of ownership, dominion really." He said, narrowing his eyes into slits. "You are welcome to try it out on me, I'm willing to have you clamp me down and dominate me." Jakotsu offered, licking his lips again, the thought of those twitchy ears dominating him... A shiver of pleasure ran down his spine. "Oh, that reminds me." He said enjoying the afterglow of the thought. "It increases pleasure..." Jakotsu let his hinting sentence drawl out. "And depending from who you drink, can give power." Jakotsu said then sat up, already panting in anticipation.
His upper lip curled in disgust. Eww.... biting Jakotsu. Eww.... dominating him. Well, at least if the demon was clamped down he wouldn't cause much trouble for a little while. Inuyasha wondered if Kagome knew it was a sign of dominion. He tried to keep the sudden wave of expectation that ran across his skin at the thought of getting pleasure -any pleasure, really- from Kagome, from Jakotsu's prying eyes. The last thing Inuyasha needed was for the gay demon to really think Inuyasha wanted him, or that he was actually enjoying his time with Kagome. "That's quite alright, Jakotsu. Thanks for the kimono. See ya."
"What?! Hey! Oye! Inuyasha!" Jakotsu shouted at the suddenly shut door. Standing up enraged, he stared down at his crotch. "You will pay for this Inuyasha." Jakotsu swore as he sat back down on the bed and grabbed his sword and cloth. His poor loins, getting all quivery in anticipation for nothing... Then again, Inuyasha was finally beginning to open up. He couldn't rush him all at once too much. Jakotsu stared at his reflection in the blade. "Mmmm... I'll slice him only a little for payment."
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Chapter Four!
Kagome swallowed hard and when the door closed, she slumped out of breath onto the bed. "I thought I was done for..." She whispered then looked up at Inuyasha. She would not ask about what had been said. About this 'Kikyo'. She would not stick her nose where it did not belong. Instead, Kagome swallowed again and looked up at him apologetically. "I am sorry I put you in a position against your friend." Kagome whispered, her voice heavy with guilt.
Pushing herself off of the bed, Kagome watched Inuyasha, "Thank you." She said and walked over to him, kissing him then took a step back. "We had a bargain, you kept your side up." Kagome reminded and reached up to the straps of her nightgown, slowly moving them over her shoulders, slumping one down her arm. She was about to do the same to the other, which would have caused the dress to slide off of her onto the floor.
"Don't worry," he muttered, gaze lingering on the door. "Kouga and I are always fighting. I think that was the first fight we had that we didn't end up trading blows. Of course, I also pulled rank on him, which won't sit too well with Kouga."
He was pleasantly surprised when she kissed him and thanked him, but when she began to undue the straps of her dress, his breath caught in his throat. As it was she was already enticing, but if she revealed more of herself, he didn't think he'd be able to contain himself. He reached out and brought her forward, kissing her soft mouth. His lips began to move downward, caressing her neck as his fingertips ran up her arms, bringing the straps of her gown back up to her shoulders.
Kagome for a moment was lost. It was somewhere on the border of warm pleasure and delightful surprise that she had lingered for a few moments. Feeling the dress settled over her shoulders once more, Kagome's brown eyes took on a warm healthy earth color as they stared at him. Her heart beating fast now, for another reason other then fear. Kagome's eyes searched his for a long moment, while she brought her finger tips up to caress and trace his face. How surprising this pirate was. At first she was sure he was going to kill her, rip her throat out and now she could not think of any other person whom she felt safer with. Of course that was a stupid way to feel, but even though she was a priestess that did not mean she could control her feelings any more then any other mortal. A blend and mixture of feelings kept crashing onto her like waves onto rocks. But Kagome didn't want to obsess over them now. Instead she forgot of her promise to him and ignored the situation and how it came to be, and just allowed that odd fluttering feel in her heart to take control. He had not wished her naked though he was obviously interested and his kisses were warm and tender, not slobbery and demanding. For that moment, it was enough. Kagome hooked her hair and moved it away from her neck giving him more access, as she leaned her head on his shoulder and kissed his own neck.
Inuyasha felt like he was in heaven as she kissed him back. His breath blew over her skin as he forgot who he was, and who she is. Kagome filled his world. He felt a rumbling in his throat as he nuzzled her neck, his fingertips still just touching her skin and playing with the strap of her dress. What the hell- was he purring? 'Who the hell cares,' he demanded, nipping at the shoulder bone and tasting her skin lightly with the tip of his tongue.
Then, rudely, the door slammed back open. "Hey! Inu-.....ewww.... Get a room! Wait, guess you already did...."
He sighed and places his forehead on Kagome's shoulder, pulling her closer so that she wouldn't leave again. His sighed had made her scent fill his mind. He'd never forget her scent. "What is it, Kouga?" he mumbled, talking into Kagome's neck.
"Um.... can I borrow a deck of cards? The marked ones?" In all honesty, he hadn't thought they'd have started making out again so soon. He'd obviously forgotten how long it had been since Inuyasha had last gotten some action.
Rolling his eyes, he let go of Kagome and opened one of the cabinets. Not wanted to get interrupted again, he walked to the door, shoved Kouga out of the way, and threw the cards done the hallway. If anybody but Inuyasha had given Kouga the look that followed this action, Kouga would have challenged them to a duel in the blink of an eye. "Fetch."
"Fuckin' bastard..." Kouga mumbled, retreating after the marked deck. Inuyasha shut the door and leaned against it. The moment had been shattered, pure and simple. He stared at Kagome's dress. "Well, I guess that we better find you an actual dress. We can't have you wearing that all the time, can we?"
"What?" Kagome whispered awoken almost for her daydream. Where had her mind been a moment ago, as she watched her kidnapper throw a deck of cards down the hall? Oh yes, still reveling in the feel of his tongue passing over her skin and the warmth his body gave off as it wrapped itself around hers. "Oh." Kagome whispered, feeling her cheeks heat up. Ducking her head, so that her hair veiled around her face like a curtain Kagome stared down at the nightgown in mention. It was stained beyond repair, which was obvious.
Stained. With his blood, something inside of her whispered and the thought disturbed her. Practically caused the gorge to rise up in her throat. Swallowing down the vile taste, Kagome looked back up at him. What was it about him? Kagome couldn't figure him out for the life of her. He was a ruthless pirate, the way he broke into her house and attacked her was evidence enough, but now he was almost kind.
Never trust pirates, another whisper came to her mind that steeled her will against him, and whatever charms he had. "What then do you suggest I wear?" Kagome asked then passed her tongue over her lips. Why was her mouth so dry? "I did not bring with me a change of clothes, you know." Kagome reminded and at the same time, shook her self. She was a captive here, in need of finding a way out, an escape.
Crouching down, Kagome picked up the needle she had used on Kouga earlier and then walked over to Inuyasha's forgotten robe on the floor. Straightening the chair, Kagome sat down and began to rethread the needle. "A bath would do nicely as well." Kagome said after she had applied a few stitches to his clothing.
The blood on her was his, she had caused it and did not, she knew from the start, mean for the wounds to be fatal for whatever reason. He had bled, Kagome thought, - while the dark red stain stared right up at her from her lap - a lot. I might as well sew up the slices I caused. Kagome reckoned, finding it fitting seeing as he had just kept up their side of the bargain to protect her. But how long would that last? She wondered.
He watched her start to sew his jacket. "You don't have. . . ." He stopped and sighed, running a hand through his silver hair. "The bathing room will be busy now. We have a designated time for girls to bathe, but it's not till tomorrow morning. Most of the girls will still be unconscious right now. I can take you there tomorrow."
He leaned on the door, scratching his pointed ears as he thought. Obviously she didn't have a change of clothes with her! What did she take him for? An idiot?
Kagome pricked her finger at the shock his words had wrought upon her. Bringing up her finger to her mouth hurriedly, Kagome sucked on the blood droplet collecting at its tip. "Girls? You mean you brought other captives along?" Kagome asked, her heart pounding in her chest. It was not her anymore that she had to free alone, but them as well. "Take me where?" Kagome asked, the events of the day beginning to weigh on her mind. "I thought you said if I left this room, I am free game." Kagome could feel her face begin to warm. An image of Kouga with his shackles entered her mind, and she swallowed hard.
"Well, yeah, by yourself. But if I'm with you, it's a little different. I'll be right there to pro... def... people will see that you're with me and won't touch you," he finally said. "And I didn't bring anybody else with me, but everybody has a girl, yeah."
He suddenly got an idea of where to get a dress for Kagome, but stopped when he saw the thoughts going through her head. "Don't even think about it, Kagome," he warned, his voice dangerous. "If you continue to break rules on the ship, I won't be able to keep them from punishing you."
"I cannot let them eat those girls either." Kagome said a certain magical strength entering her voice. Her hard brown eyes stared up at him defiantly. "The others aren't like you, I will not condemn those girls to such a fate as long as there is life in me." Kagome said, stating her purpose without shame. His voice was vibrating with a certain danger, that caused her bones to feel hallow and yet she looked unaffected by it.
Kagome shook her head as she went about her sewing once more. "We also need to change the rules about my going on alone. I cannot go everywhere accompanied by you, nor will I stay locked up in your room like a caged bird. I am trapped, but I do not need to feel caged." Kagome pointed out. "Is there no way for you to announce to your fellow shipmates or somehow mark me so they know not to touch me?"
"Sesshomaru once branded his woman," he thought, watching her reaction. "Yeah. I didn't think that you'd like that idea. But I'll see what I can do." Honestly, he preferred it if she stayed in his bedroom. Even if there was something he could do to somehow mark her, he didn't like the idea of her wandering around the ship. Disregarding the fact that he could see Kagome starting a feminist mutiny on the ship, Inuyasha knew that there were several men who wouldn't care that she'd been spoken for, more than likely based on the fact that it was a half-breed who had marked her.
Absentmindedly, he wondered if she's believe him if he told her how much he disliked thinking of what was happening to the other females on the ship.
"'See what you can do?'" Kagome shouted, tearing the thread and knotting it quickly over the last stitch, tossing the robe at him as though it was a weapon, that could actually hurt him. "And what am I suppose to do until then? Sit and be pretty?" Kagome demanded as she advanced upon him. "Can you not talk to Sesshomaru? He has a woman, thus he would understand the importance." Kagome's mind ran a mile per second as she tried to think. Then quickly, she wiped at her wrist with her gown and held it out, palm up exposed to him. The thin lines of blue veins showing through the alabaster skin. "Isn't that how demons mark? With blood?" Kagome was treading a thin line here, she could feel it. But survival was pounding at her, survival and the need to do anything it took to get those women to safety before they were injured any further.
She was insane. How come Inuyasha had to find the one girl in the village who was completely and utterly insane? He tossed his robe over his white shirt, grabbed her by the shoulders, and shoved her on the bed. His yellow eyes were laced with a fury that echoed in the tightness of his face. "Don't tempt me, woman," he growled, each word being pushed out with a barely controlled force. Was she seriously offering him her blood? Inuyasha's never heard of demons marking with blood, but then, his brother had been quite skilled at keeping secrets. Even though he didn't understand, he felt a new hunger awakening in his stomach as he thought about sinking his teeth. . . . He forced himself to cut the thought short.
The air rushed out of Kagome's lungs as she hit the bed with force. Staring up at him while he still pinned her down, Kagome did not know what to think or say. It almost seemed that he was having a inner battle with himself over something. He is not any ordinary demon, Kagome realized with sudden clarity and didn't know if she should feel relieved or worried over the matter. Non the less, she had struck some kind of a nerve, she believed to be the key. Feeling her pulse beat faster throughout her entire body, Kagome tried to squirm out of his grip but only managed to loosen a hand. With it she brushed her hair away from her neck and turned her head to the side, her eyes still watching him. "I offer you my blood."
"You're fucking insane," he muttered, his grip slowly lessening even as the one on his mind tightened. His gaze affixed in her pale throat, his breathing became shallow, his teeth intending his lower lip. What was the matter with him? Was he actually thinking of drinking her blood? He let go of her, practically pushing her away.
"I have to go out for second. I'm going to lock the door, but it's for your own safety, not to keep you," he tried to remember the phrase she had used before. "Not to keep you caged. Kouga's the only one who knows how to jimmy open doors." He didn't add on that his statement was only a presumption.
"K-Kouga?" Kagome repeated sitting up and placing a hand to her throat before letting it fall back into her blood stained lap. "But.. Wha." Kagome calmed and looked around. "What if he comes again?" Kagome then asked and sat with her legs beneath her. As though nothing had passed between the two a moment earlier. Maybe I am insane, Kagome thought to herself, a priestess offering her blood to a demon. Shaking her head, Kagome hooked her raven hair behind her ears. "Let me at least have a bow and arrows before you leave!" Kagome protested, not minding being locked away in a room right about now.
Inuyasha's hand was on the doorknob. He paused, his conscience getting the better of him. He walked over to the bed, and, even though Kagome was on it, swung the bed over so that he could get at the wall. Inuyasha glanced at Kagome. "This is our secret? Got that? And if you use the arrows to shoot me again, I won't have a single regret about throwing you overboard, understood?"
Kagome sprawled on the floor with a blanket a top her like a cloak and a pillow falling from her shoulders to her lap stared at him. "Fine. Understood." Kagome said untangling herself. He had no manners! What was she thinking earlier?? Kagome wounded tossing the bedding from her. Beast, Kagome thought then smiled cruelly. "Though you remember I had no regrets about throwing myself overboard either."
He smirked, using his nails to lift up a plank of the floor, beside the wall. "True, but I've been known to wait until we're over shark infested waters to do it." He pulled out Kagome's bow and arrows from the small, secret chamber hidden under the loose floorboard, and slammed it shut before she could see what else was in there. Inuyasha moved the bed back.
Scurrying over Kagome quickly collected up the bow and the arrows. Looking up at him through disheveled hair, Kagome simply nodded her head in thanks then moved over to the bed. Crawling to the center of it and stringing the bow. Her bow. Her fingers passed over the arrows lovingly, while her now gray blue eyes admired the priestess arrowheads. Smiling contentedly, Kagome remembered he was still in the room and looked up at him. All warmth gone from her face. "Weren't you going or something?"
"Don't get your panties in a twist. I just thought... aw, who the hell cares!" He unlocked the door, and slammed it behind him, locking it tightly. He'd thought she was going to demand why he had her bow, but apparently she didn't care.
Kagome stared at the shut down and curled up on the bed and stared at her weapons. "Why..." She whispered softly, then closed her eyes and sufficed by burying her face in the pillow. It was all she could do to keep the her harsh breathing quite as she went over what had happened to her this past day and what was yet to come.
Inuyasha pounded on Shippo's door until the little demon awoke, rubbing his eyes. Inuyasha nodded at the arrows embedded in the wall. "Hey, Shippo, mind cleaning that up for me?" He left before the little demon could say anything. It was Shippo's job to clean, after all.
He went to Jakotsu's room and pounded on that door. At least doors would question him and order him around like they were the ones in control!
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"Eh?" Jakotsu mumbled, turning his attention away from the cleaning of his sword. Up and down, up and down, up and down again he glided the blood socked rag as he polished his beloved baby. But when that rude sound pounded through his chamber. Placing his baby on the table, he rose to open the door. Upon opening it his amethyst eyes grew wide and big and lust filled. "Oooh. Inuuuyasha. So you came. I didn't know if you would, I was hoping," He said in a seductive slightly feminine voice. "But rumors had it you brought a girl. Good to know they were wrong. I'd hate to think about a woman," he said the last in disgust. "Being with you. Come on, come sit on my bed." Jakotsu said patting the matters and licking his lips suggestively, the task of polishing his snake sword put on hold for now.
He tried to keep his exasperation from showing. Jakotsu was decent enough, for being a demon. Had a liking for killing, which Inuyasha didn't really care about, he just wished the homosexual demon would stop trying to get into his pants. Inuyasha shook his head, denying the request to sit on the bed. He stayed rooted in the doorway. "I do have a woman, Jakotsu. Sure, it doesn't happen much, but it does happen."
Jakotsu's face twisted into something disgusting for a moment, before smoothening over his complexion and playing with the brooch in his hair. "Oooo... A woman, ayyye?" He asked drawling out the last, trying to mask the venom of the word 'woman'. "And yet you are here, Inuuuyasha..." Jakotsu practically purred.
"Yeah. Because I was wondering if I could borrow one of your kimonos," he said blandly, hoping Jakotsu would lend him one. He looked around the room, finding something amiss. He stared at Jakotsu suspiciously. "I'm not even quite sure I should be asking this, but didn't you join the raiding party? You know we're supposed to keep them alive until we get back to the island, Jakotsu!"
Jakotsu smiled malevolently and leaned close to Inuyasha. "Mmmm... You used cologne... Didn't you?" He asked intoxicated by the scent then shrugged and sat back, propping one leg up causing the kimono to fall open and expose his hairless shapely leg. "A kimono?" Jakotsu's interested grew. "Oh! Inuuuyasha you are finally coming around to my way of thinking!" He announced delighted then stared transfixed at his ears and licked his lips. They still looked as delicious as ever. "I know I am suppose to keep them alive, but the boys blood... I wanted to see how red it would be." Jakotsu excused and glanced over at his sword. "It was a beautiful crimson shade."
He sighed. Jakotsu was cruising for a beating, and didn't even know it. Inuyasha only hoped that he was the one to administer it. Let the other demon think he was cross dressing. They lived in a ship. People would see it wasn't true. "Watch yourself, Jakotsu. Mind if I have that kimono now?"
"Mmmm.... Of course not. Have your pick!" He said waving over to his closet. Sprawling back on the bed, trying to look tempting, Jakotsu licked his lips once more. "But you have to put it on here." He said looking Inuyasha over. Inuyasha was definitely hiding a great body under that red robe Jakotsu just knew it. Shame that whenever he went to shower, Inuyasha was never there. Oh. That could've been fun. Soaping his back.
Inuyasha picked out a red one. He bet that her hair would look even darker against red. And then, if he ever brought her up for a walk or something, having her wear robes the same shade as his would only enunciate the point that she was his. Throwing it over his shoulder, he was about to break the ice and tell Jakotsu it was for a girl, when he got another idea. "Hey... um... speaking of blood, do you know anything at all about marking with blood? Or have you heard anything about demons drinking human blood?"
"Mmmm...." Jakotsu murmured rolling the sound over his tongue. How long had it been since he'd tasted really good live blood? Feeling a rush of pleasure vibrate threw him, Jakotsu took up a sexier pose on the bed, laying on his elbow and crossing his legs. The kimono falling open over his chest, showing the chest plate he wore underneath and exposing one shoulder. "I haven't heard of the blood ritual in a looooong time, but ooooo it's nice...." Jakotsu purred. "It's a show of ownership, dominion really." He said, narrowing his eyes into slits. "You are welcome to try it out on me, I'm willing to have you clamp me down and dominate me." Jakotsu offered, licking his lips again, the thought of those twitchy ears dominating him... A shiver of pleasure ran down his spine. "Oh, that reminds me." He said enjoying the afterglow of the thought. "It increases pleasure..." Jakotsu let his hinting sentence drawl out. "And depending from who you drink, can give power." Jakotsu said then sat up, already panting in anticipation.
His upper lip curled in disgust. Eww.... biting Jakotsu. Eww.... dominating him. Well, at least if the demon was clamped down he wouldn't cause much trouble for a little while. Inuyasha wondered if Kagome knew it was a sign of dominion. He tried to keep the sudden wave of expectation that ran across his skin at the thought of getting pleasure -any pleasure, really- from Kagome, from Jakotsu's prying eyes. The last thing Inuyasha needed was for the gay demon to really think Inuyasha wanted him, or that he was actually enjoying his time with Kagome. "That's quite alright, Jakotsu. Thanks for the kimono. See ya."
"What?! Hey! Oye! Inuyasha!" Jakotsu shouted at the suddenly shut door. Standing up enraged, he stared down at his crotch. "You will pay for this Inuyasha." Jakotsu swore as he sat back down on the bed and grabbed his sword and cloth. His poor loins, getting all quivery in anticipation for nothing... Then again, Inuyasha was finally beginning to open up. He couldn't rush him all at once too much. Jakotsu stared at his reflection in the blade. "Mmmm... I'll slice him only a little for payment."