Last time on Of the Spirit,
Inuyasha shook his head slightly. The little twit couldn't even light the fire. After making sure that Kagome was really and truly asleep, Inuyasha jumped down from his branch and lit the campfire. He was determined to protect Kagome. She might not have realized it, but that bear youkai had to have been sent from someone to get her. To kill her. The trees rustled ominously as Inuyasha stepped back from the blaze that he had created within the fire pit. Well, they were just shit outta luck. Because the only way they would lay a hand on Kagome is if they killed him first. And Inuyasha had no intent to die any time soon.
Kagome awoke the next morning feeling slightly better. Sure, she couldn't go home now, but she would be able to go home eventually. The well was probably just blocked on the future side. Humming, Kagome grabbed her things and headed off towards the river that was located near camp. It wasn't the hot springs, but Kagome had the sudden urge to feel clean. As if she could just wash away everything that had happened yesterday with a quick dip. When she reached the river, Kagome quickly disrobed and entered the frigid water.
"Cold...cold...cold. The things I do for hygiene…" Kagome's teeth began to chatter as she grabbed for her soap.
"Want me to wash your back for you, princess?" The voice was right in her ear. Kagome screamed and whirled around, glaring at Inuyasha (who was grinning quite widely).
"You…you...you pervert! Get out! Go! How dare you, you peeping tom!" Kagome threw the soap at his head, and missed by about three feet. Inuyasha was still grinning, and his focus was aimed slightly lower than her face. When Kagome realized just what he was looking at, she ducked under the water and hissed at him.
"First of all, dear, I was here first. You aren't the only person in the world who bathes, you know. Secondly, it's not my fault that you don't observe your surroundings enough to notice that there's another person who is using the river. Unless you did notice, in which case that would make you the pervert. And thirdly, I don't really think that it's that cold in here." As Inuyasha had said all of this, he had been walking steadily towards Kagome, until he had ended up about three inches away from her.
Suddenly, Kagome didn't seem to find the water so cold anymore. Nope. In fact, it was getting a tad too warm for her tastes. She had realized thatone,Inuyasha was naked andtwo, he had quite a fit body. All those muscles…. Kagome gulped and looked up into Inuyasha's eyes. She gasped when she saw the distinct red tinge they had taken on, and she tried to back away from him. However, it seemed that Inuyasha was having none of that. For every step she took backwards, Inuyasha took one forwards. Kagome ended up backed against a rock, water swirling all around her as she tried to duck low enough so that she was covered, but high enough so that she didn't end up with water up her nose. Inuyasha grabbed her by the arms and stood her up. Kagome raised her arms to cover herself, but he blocked them with his body.Nuzzling her neck, Inuyashawhispered into her ear,
"You were a fool to think that I would notice anyone but you. Kagome…I think…I think it's time for you to run." Inuyasha was panting slightly as he backed away from Kagome. He had doubled over in the water, and, concerned, Kagome walked over to him to help, only to stop dead in her tracks when he lifted his head and pinned her with his gaze. Inuyasha's markings had appeared, and his upper lip was lifted in a sort of snarl. "Kagome, get the hell out of here!Do you need a damn invitation?" Kagome fled from the river, not even stopping to grab her things. She reached camp and hurriedly pulled out her spare change of clothes. Changing quickly, Kagome could only sit and wait for Inuyasha to return. She knew that she wouldn't last very long without him, not with all the rampant demons inside of the forest.
Kagome just hoped that Inuyasha would return as his normal surly self.
Inuyasha battled with himself in the rushing river. He shouldn't have gotten so close to her. He didn't mean to, his feet just kind of…carried…him there. He had been washing himself when he heard Kagome splash into the water. After getting over his initial shock of seeing her there…naked as a jaybird…Inuyasha decided that he would have a little bit of fun. But he had gotten too close to her, and his senses (and hormones) had overloaded. She smelled too nice, her skin was too soft…it had all snuck up on him and hit Inuyasha with a tidal wave of lust. Only the fact that it was Kagome – his Kagome – had stopped him from releasing his full demon and claiming her right there, right then. Inuyasha just groaned and tried to picture something that would get him to calm down.
Kagome jumped when she heard Inuyasha stomp into camp. She looked up and sighed with relief when she noticed that his markings were now absent from his face, and he looked a great deal calmer than he had in the river. Pondering what could have made him return to normal so quickly (in truth, it had been the mental image of a naked Jaken), Kagome glanced up at Inuyasha and made a decision.
She was going to seduce him.
AN: I know that this chapter's really short, but I'm working on it! I figured that since so many of all you wonderful people reviewed and read my story, I might as well post what I have done. I dunno when I'm going to update, so don't bother asking. My muse keeps odd hours. Some of you might have noticed that I changed the name of this story. It was previously called Broken, but I changed it to Of the Spirit. I figure that the new title has more to do with the story than the old one ever will (all will be explained in due time). As for the seducing part...like I stated before, all will be explained in due time! A little bit of this chapter has been revised, for those of you who have read this story before. I needed to fix some grammer and the like. As always, R&R!