Chapter 9: Females in heat
Kagome and Sango had relaxed into their new room with leisurely acceptance and were lounging calmly on one of the beds chatting when Kagome tensed. "Shit!" she whispered, face deadly white. Sango sniffed and her eyes widened, "Oh no!" she said and crinkled her nose in sympathy. "The heat'll only last a day or two at the most," she added softly. And then a howl pierced the stillness of the chamber's serene peace. Kagome scrambled off the bed with great urgency and quickly steadied herself for an attack. Sango got up coolly and walked to the door; throwing it open she revealed a line of wolf and dog youkai males.
"Can I help you?" she asked innocently. They all howled again and Sango raised an elegant eyebrow. "Excuse me, but I don't respond to demands." She shut the door on their surprised faces. All the youkai there expected the bitches to be obedient and docile—submissive was the word; what a shock to find them arrogant and cool. As soon as the door closed Sango cracked into laughter and Kagome was already bent over in painful gasps of breath.
Inuyasha had picked up the scent and it took all his willpower to refrain from howling and lining up like the rest of the idiots he had heard. He shuddered with pain and desire. Surely this was much more subtle method of torture; why couldn't females be simple? He knew Miroku wasn't in line waiting—which actually came as a revelation—so he searched him out. Miroku was whimpering in a corner of the servants' corridor.
Inuyasha couldn't help but smirk as he pounced on him. "What's with the whimpering, lech?" Miroku sat up and calmly stated, "These are not whimpers; these are the lonely call of a suffering lover. I miss my dearest lioness, but you wouldn't understand. I've be restrained from seeing her a full day. No groping for a day? That's too much to bear." Inuyasha laughed heartily but Miroku saw thru it and slyly began to question him. "Why are you here though, milord? Didn't you need to interrogate the 'prisoners'?" (A/N: everyone refers to them as 'prisoners' because everyone knows that they're really not. So it's kind of an insult to the Lords. Ha ha.) "Have you spoken to Lady Kagome yet? Did you know she's gone into heat? Did you see all the guys waiting for a playful round of nips and tastes?"
Inuyasha had taken all of the questions well but Miroku had hit a nerve with the last one. Inuyasha seemed somewhat out of it as he left Miroku, and Miroku sensed he'd just created a hazardous risk to the other males but he couldn't care less. Sure enough, Inuyasha went right to them and they all whistled encouragement only to be put in their places. Some were lucky enough to escape with only a couple bruises and a few cuts; others—like Kouga—had a lot more than that at the end and limped away weakly.
The Southern Spies were unsure of what had happened and were waiting anxiously and uneasily for the end of all the screams and cried behind the door. But nothing came, just silence and muttered curses from a familiar voice. Kagome felt a rush of relief and almost joy hearing him. She smiled brazenly and winked at Sango. "This should be fun," she whispered. Strolling out of the room with casual grace Kagome had to mask her shock at the bloody mess in front of her. "Hello Inuyasha, what do you want?"
But something was terribly wrong with him; it was not the same arrogant, easily teased hanyou Kagome remembered—in his place stood a full-youkai, but that wasn't it, he seemed to have lost all self-control. Kagome stumbled back terribly frightened and made a run for the door, but he was unbelievably fast. She tried to jump over head but he yanked her back down and crushed her in a tight embrace.
"Lemme go jerk! Let me go!" she ordered trying to camouflage her fear laced scent. It didn't work unfortunately. He smiled a truly sleazy smile and whispered in a hollow voice, "You're fear is delicious, it makes your scent even more attractive and desirable." Kagome shuddered and clobbered him with her free hand. He let her go and asked lightly, "Where are you going to run to? Sango? I'll just get rid of her first, how about a spar?" Kagome narrowed her eyes and threw in, "Well if you wanna spar let's raise the stakes. I win you leave me alone, I lose and..." Inuyasha smirked, "I'll get to free you of that virgin scent." Kagome flared up angrily, "Hardly, I won't lose."
Sango was listening from the door and she was shaking with anger then she realized she had her own problem as her body naturally slipped into heat. She and Kagome always did have the same days. She could face Inuyasha quickly, and then slip away and no one would know the difference. She lunged at his unprotected back with extended claws and a swinging Hiraikotsu and nailed him straight on.
She pulled Kagome into a run and they both took off before the full effects of their heat took over. Kagome—who had gotten it much earlier than Sango—felt it first. She began to slow and lethargically and erratically her breathing increased, she gave a longing moan and swayed. Sango took control of the situation and carried her slung over her back. "It's okay Kagome, it'll pass, just breath and ignore what your instincts are telling you!" she cried as she ran.
Inuyasha picked himself up and shook his head to clear it, what the hell had he done now? Miroku caught up to him; eyes lusting almost immediately as a new scent spiked the air. "She's in heat," he murmured dreamily. "Ah shit!" Inuyasha muttered; he remembered nothing but he could smell Kagome's fear on him. The two guys took off in search of the heat-struck girls worriedly and—in Miroku's case—in a daze.