Chapter 12: The scent breaks thru its peak

Before...

They completed their job and offered to take Shippo and Kirara back to the nursery. They both declined and snuggled up to their new found warmth. So Ayame left them with a light warning to behave and a tender kiss on the head. Then a creak in the broken door made Shippo duck down and Kirara hid under the covers. Someone had entered the chamber, and Shippo wasn't sure who it was over the stench of the blood, flowers and the two girls.

Continuation...

Shippo's fear radiated but he knew he couldn't let some one just waltz into the room when the girls were resting. He crouched low and as a curious face peered down at Kagome he jumped for it. "Augh!" the dog-eared hanyou cried and swiped at Shippo. "Little brat! What the hell are you doing in here?" Shippo attempted to growl low in his throat but Inuyasha just picked him up by the scruff of his neck and tossed him clear out the door.

Inuyasha settled himself down by Kagome's bed and rested his rusty katana on his knees; he watched with amusement as Miroku snuck into the room too and peered down at Sango then was attacked by Kirara. He carefully pulled the usually placid neko of his face and placed her by Sango's head, and it was then he heard a snicker.

"Hey bouzu, what the hell are you doing in here?" Miroku grinned lecherously and replied, "Why, Inuyasha, I was about to ask the same thing!" Inuyasha flushed and narrowed his eyes. "I'm here to guard the prisoners and keep them protected from overly friendly males." Miroku laughed, "Like yourself? I know you cornered Kagome, Yash. There's no denying it. When I showed up I could smell her fear. You scared her and she won't forget it." Inuyasha's eyes glinted and he answered as steadily as he could, "Well, at least I stood a chance. Sango won't even consider you, lech." Miroku rolled his eyes, "Oh I'm hurt, deeply, deeply hurt."

Kagome was in a stupor—she could hear a voice arguing with another and recognized them as male. Her heat increased and she gave a ragged moan before turning over. Both arguing males froze and held their breath. Inuyasha quickly said, "We should get out, I forgot how bad a females scent could get at her peak." But for some reason he couldn't bring himself to leave the room. He was drawn in by an intoxicating scent circulating the spacious chamber and caressing his sensitive nose. It was one he had never smelt before. It was a wild tangy, fresh scent, clean and addicting with the barest hints of rare berries and somehow earthy and rich. It caught him in its web and pulled him in tightly.

Miroku wasn't affected by Kagome's scent he was more attracted to Sango's. Her heart rate had increased and she was breathing erratically when she too reached her peak. She arched her back and pushed herself partly up only to sink back down. Miroku gave in to temptation and sniffed the delicate spiking, alluring scent that now overwhelmed almost all of her own real scent. Sango smelt like ripe watermelons, sunlit fields, strawberries and lilies. She was so sweet and pure Miroku thought he was going to drown. No such luck as both females finally broke free from the heat. They opened their eyes at the same time and both shrieked at the top of their lungs.

Hovering above them were two extremely lustful, bemused and deafened males. Kagome fell of the bed in her haste to escape him and Sango punched Miroku dab in the middle of his face. She heard—with little satisfaction—a small crunch as Miroku dropped away from her. "So—sorry!" he gasped. Inuyasha looked down at Kagome and smirked. "Ya know, it's not a bad view from up here..." "Osuwari bastard!" Kagome screamed and rolled away as Inuyasha came crashing down.

She crawled over to Sango and complained, "This is getting old! Every time we fall asleep these two pricks end up right in our room hovering over our beds! Why can't we have a little privacy? Sango, I wanna go home now!" Sango nodded sympathetically as she dragged both of the men out of the room. "I know what you mean! This is ridiculous!" She sat down when she came back and yelped as something meowed from beneath her. "Kirara! So it wasn't a dream!" she exclaimed when she got up and pulled out an extremely tousled Kirara from under the covers. "Oh Kirara! We were so worried. What happened?" Kirara meowed unconcernedly and curled up in Sango's lap. "Not important, eh?" Sango asked and sweat-dropped.

Inuyasha and Miroku sat outside the door breathing hard. Shippo sat on Inuyasha's head repeatedly asking what had happened but he could not get a straight answer. Finally Inuyasha's infamous impatience caused him to bat the curious little kistune away and Shippo ran for cover in the nearest location; the girls' room. Inuyasha's jaw fell open and he whispered, "They'll murder him..." Then he smirked and said, "At least someone finally will." He and Miroku winced when they heard two very loud squeals burst from the room. Inuyasha gulped and plastered his ears against his head.

"Aww...he's so kawaii! What's your name little one?" An innocent shaky voice replied, "Sh—Shippo, Lady." "I'm Kagome and this is my dearest friend, Sango. What are you doing here?" Inuyasha had waited a few tense seconds and then curiously put an ear to the door. He scowled when he heard the two girls start to baby Shippo. Miroku watched with interest as Inuyasha's face turned red. Was his Lord Inuyasha actually—dare he think it—jealous? He started to laugh, hard. Inuyasha looked at him arms crossed and jumped up to hit him on the head. "Shut up!" he ordered sternly.

Sesshoumaru was resting lightly on his bed with Kagura asleep on his chest when he smelt an intruder. Checking with his natural youkai senses he made sure Naraku was still pinned in the dungeon, the spies in their room, servants all over the place, and his baka brother with the lecherous Miroku outside the door of the spies' room. He carefully placed Kagura down and left the room silently. The thought of a trespasser made his blood boil. These youkai would be lucky to stay alive after he caught up with them.