Disclaimer: What? You don't say... You don't say...!! Hm... Somebody told me that Inuyasha doesn't belong to me. Throws away all the sketch pads I thought I would need that to draw my future comics, but I guess I was wrong. Oh well.

wk: Between work and... and... well, work, there has been almost zero time to work on my fic. Oh, so sad. I'm sorry this one was kind of late. I'm trying to simultaneously work on this fic and my "Neighborly Love" fic, so... Sigh it's taking quite a while. I'm afraid my writing has waned a little bit for "Neighborly Love", and I also seem to be in a little writer's block for it. I have an idea for it, and am currently writing it until I think of a better one, but I really have no idea what I'm doing, either for this fic, or the other. Wish me luck, and it's a miracle you guys have stuck with me on this so far. =) Love you guys!

Chapter Two
Second Date

They watched an action movie, since watching a horror movie seemed too cliché. Kagome found herself rolling her eyes when the protagonist got the girl. The protagonist always got the girl. Then they went riding off into the sunset with no thoughts to law enforcement, the innocent people killed, or the damage that he had done. And of course, the girl had to have sex with the guy. She found herself peeking through her fingers when it showed too much skin.

"Too much for you?" a husky whisper asked in her ear. She glared at him through her fingers, and he grinned at her. What a mix! She was a seducing witch, but was so innocent.

"No," she said defiantly, and kept on watching through her fingers. Pride demanded she lowered her fingers, but her own embarrassment at watching such a scene with Inuyasha next to her kept her hands over her face. She nearly groaned when it switched to a different scene where the protagonist and the girl were making out before he left valiantly to get rid of the bad guy.

Inuyasha seemed mostly bored with the movie, and he was. This wasn't an action movie, for goodness sakes. It was a sappy, cheesy, disgustingly romantic movie disguised as an action movie with a few explosions and flipping around.

"Oh!" he heard Kagome gasp from her seat when the bad guy managed to beat down the hero. Of course, the hero got back up and killed the bad guy, but she already knew that. Still, if the movie was a movie, it was meant to play on the audience's feelings. She sighed when the movie was over. She sat there for a moment, processing everything she had seen.

"It sucked," she said as she abruptly stood, startling Inuyasha. He stared after her departing form for a moment, then chuckled. He followed her, his hands in the pockets of his jeans since he didn't trust himself to keep them off of her. She really was very tempting.

"It had no plot, just showed a lot of skin, and blew up things where it was convenient," Kagome ticked off the reasons for the movie being bad.

"You're some kind of movie critic now?" Inuyasha asked, his fingers curling and uncurling repeated in his pockets as he followed her.

"Well, at least I have an opinion," she shot at him, and he shrugged.

"I thought it was bad, just like you did. There, I've stated my opinion," Inuyasha retorted. Kagome tossed her hair over her shoulder and looked up at him haughtily.

"Whatever," she said in a dignified manner, walking to his car. He followed at a lazy pace, watching in amusement as she huffed out a frustrated breath when she couldn't open the car door. In fact, the car alarm went off. Inuyasha pressed his ears to his skull, ignoring the shrill. Kagome had her hands over her ears, yelling at him.

"Turn it off!" she yelled, glowering at him. He smirked, leaning against the shrieking car.

"Why should I? You were trying to break into it without my permission. It is my car," Inuyasha said over the shrilling of his car. He could see Kagome grit her teeth together and bare her teeth at him.

"I don't care whose car it is! Just turn it off!" she ordered. When he pretended not to hear her and she noticed people staring at them, she sighed. "Okay! I'm sorry! Can I please get into your car?" she asked semi-pleasantly. Inuyasha grinned and pressed a button on his car thing.

"See? That's all you had to say," Inuyasha said. Kagome practically hissed at him and got into the low-slung car. With his income at the radio station, it was a rocket of a car, with the whole body kit and everything. It was souped up.

Inuyasha pulled out of the parking lot smoothly, wincing when Kagome turned up the music so loud it left no room for conversation. He turned it low, and she growled at him. "I understand you're not in a talking mood, but if we get into an accident because you've made my sensitive ears bleed, then I'm not going to take responsibility for it." Kagome rolled her eyes at him, but made no move to turn up the music again.

Kagome leaned back in her chair, her eyes growing heavy-lidded. She was tired, and being in a bad mood was exhausting. She didn't know how surly people did it. Being depressed all the time… they should get paid for it. It's probably my darn hangover, Kagome thought viciously, somehow landing the blame on Inuyasha. Blackmailing jerk. She sighed. No, it wasn't his fault. It was her stupidity that landed her into this stupid deal.

"This was date number one. And although it wasn't the ideal date, it was date number one," Inuyasha said. Kagome didn't pay attention to him, her eyes closing. He seemed to remember where she lived perfectly anyway. She nodded off to sleep, a light snore filling his ears. It wasn't a full-fledged snore, just a sound that signified she was breathing. He felt a little bad about dragging her out when she was so obviously tired, and getting over a hangover, but oh well. He glanced at her from the corner of his eye, and couldn't resist pulling the sides of his jacket around her closer to keep her warmth in at a red light. He also tucked in a wisp of her hair behind her ear, and then moved again when the light turned green.

When he arrived at her small house in the neighborhood, he wondered if he should wake her up. He shook her a little, but she only moaned and shifted a little. He sighed. It looked like she wouldn't wake up no matter what. He got out of the car and moved to her side. He lifted her out of the car, and she shifted in his arms, burrowing into his chest. He rolled his eyes at her, but she slept peacefully on.

He closed the door with his foot, and then walked to the front door. He looked at the front door, in a dilemma. How did one open the door with arms full of a sleeping girl? He shifted, leaning down a little to awkwardly get his hand on the doorknob. He carried Kagome inside, and then went to her bedroom. He sniffed a little, and wished he hadn't. This place was covered in her scent, and he felt himself becoming aroused. "Dammit!" he hissed, and he quickly laid Kagome on her bed, lifting the blanket to her chin.

She opened her brown eyes for a moment, and his own amber eyes softened as they sought him out.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, but she closed her eyes and she was sleeping again. Inuyasha never felt this before in his life. He felt like making love to her passionately, but wanted to soothe, to be tender. Without thinking, he brushed his lips over her pliant ones, and nearly groaned. He backed away from her, before taking her in her sleep. He didn't think she'd forgive him for that one. And his blackmail would become useless. Ah, well, he had something to talk about tomorrow on his show.

"Welcome to 102.5," Miroku said smoothly. "Miroku and Hanyou are here to answer any questions. Of course, he will be doing the answering, and I'll be providing any additional comments to our listeners."

"Shut up Miroku. You still talk too much," Inuyasha cut in. Miroku merely sighed and sat back. "Hanyou here. First caller."

"Hi! This is Aya. Did you meet the girl again?" Aya asked. Inuyasha almost groaned. He didn't expect for there to be questions about her this soon!

"Listen, Aya, and everyone else. I'll talk about her at one o' clock everyday that I have a show, or try to, at least. So until then, shove a cork in it unless you have another question."

"Okay then—" Inuyasha hung up on her, frowning. What a boring little girl.

"Next caller," Inuyasha said.

"This is Chika!" a chirpy voice said. Inuyasha raised a brow.

"Okay, what do you want?" Inuyasha asked, irritated.

"Well, I was wondering if my boyfriend and I should break up." Inuyasha waited for an explanation, but didn't receive any.

"Why?" Inuyasha bit out.

"Well, because I think we aren't compatible anymore, and I'm just not interested in the same stuff and—"

"Let me tell you something, Chika," Inuyasha cut in. "If you're calling us to ask if you should break up with him, I think you should, because obviously, you can't even make up your own mind when, from what you say, it's already over." Inuyasha hung up on her. "Egad, I think our world is populated by overly ignorant people." Miroku chuckled.

After what seemed like a few calls to Inuyasha, one o' clock came around the corner. He sighed when a horde of calls came, asking about his story.

"Yeah, yeah… okay!" Inuyasha snarled into the microphone when the little red light signifying a call wouldn't go away. "Well, I called Kikyou out last night, to tell her that we're dating. No, I didn't ask," Inuyasha said lazily before Miroku could interject. " I told her. She's very headstrong this girl. Probably wouldn't have let me near her if I asked her."

"So what happened?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha frowned at him.

"Um… I'm telling the story right now so… I should tell you soon," Inuyasha said sarcastically. Miroku scowled. "Anyway, so I blackmail her, telling her she did and said things while she was drunk that she probably wouldn't want my—I mean her boss to know about. I have a connection with him, you see. So she hesitantly agrees, and we go to the movies like a really bad cliché. Of course, she's a real sweet honey pot. Before we leave, the next thing I know, I'm kissing her on the side of my car. It was, also, like a really bad cliché." Inuyasha leaned back in his chair, remembering her taste, the feel of her skin under his rough fingertips.

"So…?" Miroku asked after a slight pause.

"So I nearly forget we're in a public area, if you know what I mean," Inuyasha said, leaning forward toward the microphone again. "Sweet little thing. Being a lecher as you are, you probably wouldn't be able to resist this little wench."

"Probably not," Miroku muttered.

"So then we go to the movies, after I promise the stupid idiot that I wouldn't kiss her anymore that night, and then she's really into the movie. It was stupid in my opinion, and I nearly fell asleep, but she's hiding her face behind her hands at the embarrassing parts, and I thought it was really idiotic, but when the movie ends, she stands up and says, as calmly as you please, 'It sucked.' I had to stop myself from (bleeping) her in the back of the theater after that. Damned if I'm not a sucker for honesty," Inuyasha said.

There was another pause after that, and Miroku said hesitantly, "So what happened after that?"

"I'm getting to it, you stupid—"

"Now, now, In—Hanyou," Miroku said hastily, nearly forgetting not to say Inuyasha's real name. "What did… er… Kikyou do after that?"

"She fell asleep as I was driving her home," Inuyasha said, sighing. "I had to carry her fat ass into the damn house."

"From what I hear, her ass wasn't fat. If she really was a fine specimen like you say," Miroku said wryly. Inuyasha scowled at him.

"Figuratively, okay?" Inuyasha said. Miroku shrugged.

"Whatever."

"Okay, so anyway, I carry her into the house, and I really should have gotten a medal for not having climbed into bed with her. A man would have to have a serious amount of self control to keep himself out of this witch's bed, I'm telling you," Inuyasha told Miroku.

"I really want to meet this girl," Miroku said. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"Maybe later, you lecher," Inuyasha said. Miroku pouted, but Inuyasha gave no hint that he noticed it. "I'm supposed to go out with her again tonight."

"To where?" Miroku asked, intrigued and forgetting Inuyasha wouldn't tell him over the air.

"Like I would tell you so you could spy on me, you idiot," Inuyasha said somewhat affectionately and with a hefty amount of annoyance. Miroku rolled his eyes.

"So that's all that happened?" Miroku asked.

"Yeah. No sex. I was so disappointed. I must have had to take a cold shower twenty times last night," Inuyasha said ruefully, frowning. Miroku laughed.

"This is exactly why people love you, Hanyou," Miroku said wryly. "It's because you're so blunt, and careless with your remarks."

"Keh. That's why Kikyou will fall head over heels with me, too."

Inuyasha sighed as he picked up the umpteenth call talking about "Kikyou". Why were people so interested in his relationships anyway? Didn't they have a life of their own?

"And he dumped me over that stupid skank! I wish I was more like your Kikyou… Maybe he wouldn't have dumped me then…"

The answer to his question seemed to be yes. Yes, people had no lives of their own.

"If you really believe that, then you deserved to be dumped." Inuyasha hung up on her sob. So what if she was a little sad? Dammit. He wished she wouldn't have started to cry. A female's tears, no matter whose, always made him feel like slime.

"Gee, Inuyasha, got any sympathy at all in that frozen thing you call a heart?" Miroku asked wryly.

"Nope," Inuyasha said cheerfully, and took the next caller. Sighing, he twirled around in his chair, trying to pay attention to the caller. Finally, five o' clock rolled around, and he picked up his messenger bag. Leaving the station, he used his cell phone to call Kagome's work place again.

"Myouga Corporations, Kagome speaking," she said easily, shuffling some papers around.

"Hey, babe," Inuyasha said, leaning back in his seat and starting the car. Kagome frowned.

"What do you want?" Kagome asked.

"Do you not remember our deal?" Inuyasha asked.

"Of course I remember your stupid idea," Kagome snapped. She sighed. Being bad tempered really wasn't her thing, but Inuyasha would drive a saint to murder.

"So meet me at the restaurant we were at yesterday at the same time, okay? And relax. I won't rape you or anything. I would have done that when you were piss drunk, if I wanted to," Inuyasha said, stepping on the gas and going into the flow of traffic.

There was a pause.

"…Are you saying you didn't want me?" Kagome asked quietly. Inuyasha groaned.

"I'm not saying that at all, you stupid wench. If you listened, you would know I said that I had the chance to, but I restrained myself," Inuyasha said.

"Well thank you so very much," Kagome said sarcastically. She hung up on him. Inuyasha sighed as he put down his cell phone and maneuvered his way in between two cars.

"Dammit, move!" he yelled, honking the horn as he got stuck behind a slow car. He got another call on his cell phone, and he looked at it skeptically. It couldn't be Kagome. She didn't have his cell phone number. Hell, she didn't have his house number. And now, to think of it, he didn't have hers either. Well, he would have to fix that tonight.

"Hello?" he answered when he saw that it was the station calling.

"Inuyasha, this is crazy! Calls are still coming in about you and Kikyou! Er… Kagome!" Miroku said. Inuyasha growled and sighed.

"Tell them to leave me the fuck alone," Inuyasha said wearily.

"Too late," Miroku said cheerfully. "You agreed to this fully, and it was one hundred percent your own free will." Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"Whatever. Somehow, I'll pin it on you, and drag you down with me, bastard."

"I love you too."

"If you ever say that to me again, I'll rip out your—"

"Let's not be hasty, Inuyasha. I was just saying it was your decision." Inuyasha snarled at the phone as he hung up and threw it on the passenger seat. He stopped at a red light and looked down at himself. He was in a T-shirt and slacks, looking formally informal. Should I change?

Nah.

A honk behind his car signifying that the light had changed to green for quite a while had him cursing at the car behind him.

He drove to the restaurant, knowing he was really early, almost an hour early. He sat at a different booth, since the one they had sat in last time was occupied. He drummed his fingers on the table, looking bored, then tracing patterns that was on the wooden table. He barked for a waiter, and a cute little waitress came to him. She was fluttery and tried to flirt with him, but he found himself having no interest in her. She put two glasses of water on the table, walking away while batting her eyelashes at him. He ignored her. Half an hour later, Kagome was there, looking harassed.

"What's wrong, babe?" Inuyasha asked carelessly, in reality concerned. She dropped herself in her seat across from him, frowning. She was still wearing her suit from work, and Inuyasha noticed a strong smell coming from her that wasn't hers. He turned serious all of a sudden and asked, "Did someone touch you in any wrong way?" Kagome looked startled that he had gotten it so quickly, but shook her head.

"He's a coworker. Nothing serious. If I tell him to back off, he usually does," Kagome said, gratefully sipping the water on the table.

"'Usually'?" Inuyasha said, leaning back in his seat and still frowning.

"Yeah," Kagome mumbled. "Today he was just more… relentless. Kept on telling me I smell like someone else, and that I was his," Kagome added, giving Inuyasha a look. Inuyasha made a face.

"Don't you shower, wench?" Inuyasha asked, his nose wrinkling.

"Of course I do, you butt!" Kagome hissed. Inuyasha grinned, and took a long, deep sniff. Yes, she showered, this morning from the freshness of her scent. He smelled the soap, and unfortunately, smelled whoever was all over her. He instinctively started to growl, but stopped himself, surprised. He wasn't that possessive. Was he?

"Well, you do smell like you showered, but I don't smell anyone else on you, except for the one that touched you." Kagome rolled her eyes.

"You probably just can't smell your own scent, stupid. He said I smelled like a dog. He got a good thump on his head before he could explain that I really did smell like a dog, and not that I smelled like a dump." Kagome looked satisfied that she had hit him. Inuyasha was satisfied as well. Then—

"Wait, so you're saying he smelled me on you?" Inuyasha asked incredulously. Kagome shook her head sadly.

"Well, you're the only dog I know of," Kagome said scathingly. Inuyasha growled at the way she made the word "dog" sound like such an insult. Then he paused. If she had showered, then his scent should have rubbed off of her. Especially since that stupid guy, whoever he is, rubbed himself all over her. He felt the possessive growl start again, and once more, ceased it before he could let it come out of his throat. He took a deep sniff again, and found out several things about the certain male on her. However, there was one particular thing that stood out.

He was a wolf demon.

This time, he let the growl come out, not able to stop it. Kagome sat back and stared at him, startled at the animalistic sound. He leaned across the table, pinning his gaze on her.

"You're letting a fucking wolf demon touch you?" Inuyasha snarled. Kagome pursed her lips. How had he known? His nose was twitching and he involuntarily sneezed as he whiffed at her scent again. Oh. His nose.

"I didn't let him touch me," Kagome defended herself. "He comes on to me everyday, okay?" Inuyasha shook his head, trying to dispel the jealousy from it. Not that he would call it jealousy. He crossed his arms, "hmph"ing.

His mind reeled. His thought process once again landed on his scent still on her skin. It was true; he had touched her incessantly last night. Hell he had nearly climbed into bed with her. Still… There should have only been a faint trace of his scent on her when she went to work after she had showered.

He remembered Myouga telling him when he was just a pup that if his scent had melded with a female, then he desired to have her as his mate. He snorted inwardly at that. He didn't want Kagome as his mate. He wanted a female that would cook him food when he got home, tired and hungry from work, and would rub his poor tired feet and then have sex with him whenever he wanted. That was the woman he wanted. He gave a glance at Kagome, who was unconcernedly ordering from a waiter that was smiling at her in a suggestive manner. Of course, the girl didn't even seem to notice as she smiled back at him in a disarming way. He pouted some more, noticing that she didn't notice him pouting. Then realizing he was sulking, he immediately leaned on the table, staring at Kagome.

Kagome wiggled in her seat, trying not to notice the laser stare coming from him. "What?" she snapped, trying to shift in her seat so she would not feel that stare on her skin.

Inuyasha grinned at her, refusing to think about having this bad-tempered, fiery, independent, and absolutely gorgeous woman as his mate. "Nothing, just wanted to make you uncomfortable," Inuyasha said. Kagome stopped shifting, glaring at him. Inuyasha's grin grew wider, and she turned away again, waiting for her food. He took the chance to study her.

She had a great figure. He knew that from the club. When she had been dancing with him unabashedly, he had been able to feel her slim waist and seen her sparkling, if a little dull, eyes. They had been a little opaque with her drunkenness, but he had found himself fascinated by them nonetheless.

Kagome felt his stare on her face, and she flicked her eyes toward him just to see what the hell he found fascinating. He stared directly into her eyes and she felt the world tilt for a precious moment. She blinked repeatedly when the world snapped back. Confused by her behavior, he tilted his head a little, and Kagome grudgingly admitted to herself that he looked cute.

Stubbornly, Kagome crossed her arms and pursed her lips. She felt the gaze go to her lips, and she didn't look at him. The gaze then moved to her breasts, unseen by the tailored suit she wore. Her back stiffened at his actions, and when she finally couldn't take it anymore, she opened her mouth to blast him. She closed her mouth when she saw that he was grinning at her in the most charming way he could muster. Words failed her.

"You son of a—" Okay, so not that many words failed her. It was just the bad ones that came out of her mouth. She stopped herself before she would curse, and she sat back, a whoosh of frustrated air coming out of her lungs.

"Why don't you cuss?" Inuyasha asked, genuinely curious. Kagome gave him a dirty look.

"I'm not speaking to you," Kagome said.

"You just did," Inuyasha pointed out. She threw him another dirty look and refused to speak. Inuyasha sighed as he sat back. The waiter from earlier returned, holding a basket of fries and a burger. Kagome smiled up at him, and he winked at her. She seemed startled, and as Inuyasha watched, became more uncomfortable as she became aware of the waiter's intentions.

The waiter leaned down, ignoring Inuyasha and speaking to Kagome. Obviously, Mr. Waiter saw that she was in a little snit with Inuyasha and decided to take advantage of that.

"I'm not supposed to be talking to customers, but you're so cute I just had to say something," he said easily, smiling down at her. She smiled uneasily, and Inuyasha let a growl slowly make its way up. The guy touched Kagome's cheek, and Inuyasha's growl turned into a full-blown snarl. Mr. Waiter decided it was a good time to scamper away, unable to leave his number. Kagome threw a glare at him, and opened her mouth to speak to him, but remembering her vow, snapped it shut.

"What?" Inuyasha snapped at her, noticing the disapproving glares she threw at him. She didn't even acknowledge him after that, chomping down on her fries viciously. Inuyasha sighed, and the waitress from before came, and took his order. He frowned. Why couldn't they just have one waiter for their table? And not the one that was all over Kagome. He growled again, smelling his scent lingering. When the girl came back, it was Inuyasha this time that was oblivious to her attentions, only trying to achieve eye contact with Kagome.

"Look, I'm sorry," Inuyasha bit out sourly. It usually wasn't him who was apologizing, but her stubbornness gave him no way out. She instantly turned to him, her frown gone and replaced with an easy smile.

"Now was that so hard?" Kagome asked, biting into her burger with victory and relish. She could swear that making Inuyasha apologize to her made the burger's taste increase by at least ten times.

"So why don't you cuss?" Inuyasha asked again, going back to the question before she had stopped talking to him. Kagome shrugged.

"Because I figure that I don't need immature words that don't even mean insults to express myself," she said, biting into her burger again. Inuyasha picked up his own fry, putting it into his mouth and chewing thoughtfully. "Think about it," Kagome continued, after swallowing a mouthful of her burger. "The F word only means to have sex with someone. The B words only mean female dog and a boy that doesn't have a father, and the S word means poo, and—"

"I get it," Inuyasha snapped, shoving another fry into his mouth. "I call you bitch sometimes, because I'm a dog demon." Kagome gave him a blank look. Inuyasha sighed. "I think of other females as dogs as well. It's a habit from home. My dad called my mom his bitch when she was only a human." He sighed, draping his arms across the back of the booth and leaning back. "So when I call you bitch, I don't mean it as an insult."

"You know, you could have explained this before you say I'm a bitch," Kagome said darkly, putting the remainder of her burger down.

"And miss out on your righteous indignation? No way." Inuyasha chuckled as Kagome glared at him.

"And what about 'wench'? Is that another common dog-demon term for endearment?" Kagome asked scathingly. Inuyasha smirked.

"No, that's calling you a wench because you are one," Inuyasha said. He caught the fry she threw at him in his mouth, chewing it with the same gusto that she had first chewed her hamburger.

"Jerk," Kagome murmured, stewing on her seat. Inuyasha grinned at her.

"Glad you noticed. So what do you want to do on our second date?" Inuyasha asked, cutting into her retort. She looked flustered, he thought. Deliciously, scandalously, flustered.

"I don't know…" she clapped her hands excitedly. "Let's go to the club again. I'm in the mood for dancing." Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at her and shrugged.

"My car, or your car?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome shrugged.

"Your car's fine. It's a lot cooler, anyways," she said. Inuyasha smiled proudly. "Where'd you get the money to do that to it anyways? What is your job?" Inuyasha momentarily panicked. He couldn't tell her he was Hanyou! She would tune into his station and definitely recognize his voice!

"I'm… kind of an advice-giver. Like, a therapist," Inuyasha said, and nearly slapped himself for such a stupid lie. If he was anyone's therapist, they would end up dead, either by his hand or their own.

"Really?" Kagome asked suspiciously. She couldn't imagine him in a small office, talking patiently to people who needed advice on their own sanity. Definitely couldn't see him like that. "Are you sure…?" she asked slowly. Inuyasha scowled at her.

"Of course I'm sure!" he said, huffing impatiently. Boy, I should get an Oscar, Inuyasha thought proudly. Kagome still looked suspicious but decided to drop the matter. If he wanted to keep his job a secret, that didn't matter. They both left, leaving tips for their own respective waiters.

They got into Inuyasha's car, and he looked at her attire. "Don't you want to go home first and change?" Kagome looked at herself and laughed.

"Yeah, I guess I better. This is hardly sexy." Kagome looked distastefully at her own suit. Inuyasha disagreed with her. The suit was clean cut, and was tailored exquisitely to skim her curves. The skirt she wore came to her knees, but still managed to accentuate her long, slim legs. The bottom portion, anyway. Her hair, which had been in a bun while she was at work, was released with a few curly tendrils here and there. He could ravish her right now in the car, and grew hard just thinking about it. "What?" she snapped after a while. He blinked, and realized he had been staring at her for what must have been a minute without even moving the car.

"Nothing," he said. Kagome sat back, adjusting her chair so that it was at a certain angle and she was comfortable.

They arrived at her house, and Inuyasha waited in her living room, watching TV while she dressed and reapplied her worn make-up. She came out in a black dress that was shorter on one side than the other, and showed off the long, slim, beautiful legs in high heels. Her hair was put up in a clip with only a few strands coming down from it artfully. Needless to say, his attention was on her and not the TV. Kagome grabbed a purse, and stocked with any immediate feminine items she might need. Then, the cell phone, and then, to Inuyasha's surprise, a pepper spray. She was about to sling the purse onto her shoulder, but Inuyasha grabbed it, and opened it again.

"What are you doing?" Kagome hissed, trying to reach for it and pressing herself against his arm intimately. She didn't seem to notice her position, of course, but Inuyasha did. He did his best to ignore it, but he just knew he would be uncomfortable in his jeans.

He took out the pepper spray and handed it to her, and she gave him a questioning glance. "You don't need that while you're with me," he said. Kagome rolled her eyes.

"Puh-leeze. Save me from overly macho men," Kagome said, then stuck the pepper spray back into her purse despite Inuyasha's protests. "What if I get separated from you at the club? What if you're too busy doing something else? Hm?" she asked, and Inuyasha sputtered, then conceded defeat by scowling.

"Okay, so it's a good idea to have additional protection," he admitted. Kagome smiled.

"As long as you know you're wrong—"

"I never said I was wrong, wench," Inuyasha said. Kagome frowned. "I said that additional protection is good, but I'm going to be the one to protect you." He snagged her wrist and drew her body to his, looking down at her startled face. She gulped, looking up at his fierce features. She tried to look indifferent, but proved otherwise to Inuyasha at her involuntary shiver as his hand smoothed down her back. "Do I have your permission now?" Inuyasha asked, his breath skimming over her lips and making her tremble in anticipation. She had never felt like this before, and she was scared.

"N-no." Then, more strongly after a deep breath, "No." Inuyasha scowled as he pulled away from her, rubbing a hand over his face.

She struggled to right herself, stumbling as she caught the arm of her sofa. She was breathing hard, and Inuyasha was glaring at her. Then, he sighed.

"I don't suppose I could use your shower for a good, nice, long, cold one?" he asked. The thought of him naked in her shower had her shaking her head quickly. And made her mouth water.

Darn it.

"I didn't think so," Inuyasha was saying as he sighed. "Oh well. Let's go." Inuyasha and Kagome went back to his car, and he drove to the club. Crystal was alive with the rhythm of whatever music was playing inside. Kagome pulled on Inuyasha's hand, trying to get him to hurry up as they headed towards the club. "Eager to do something?" Inuyasha murmured, and Kagome instantly let go of his hand, going into the club by herself. He followed at a more leisurely pace, his hands in his pockets as he walked past the bouncer after flashing his ID at him. He was whistling, although even he couldn't hear the high-pitched sound over the loud music. He would probably go deaf, since his ears were so sensitive, but oh well. He had them against his skull to block out most of the sound anyway.

His whistling stopped abruptly as he saw a certain raven-haired girl dancing with another male. Another badly dancing male. "Dammit!" He pushed past people to her, but when he got there, she acted as if he wasn't there.

"Oi! Wench!" He grabbed her wrist, and she looked sternly up at him.

"What?" she yelled over the music.

"Why are you dancing with…" He looked at the human boy, who seemed to be boringly ordinary. "him?"

"Because I want to, stupid," Kagome yelled. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at her. The other guy tried to butt in, but Inuyasha smoothly stepped in front of him, cutting off his remark.

"Uh… I'll see you next time, Kyra!" he said as he waved his hand and made his way to his table. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at him, then at her.

"That's the guy from the time I got drunk. I told him my name was Kyra before I got drunk and I ended up with you somehow," Kagome said, scrunching up her nose at him in distaste. He rolled his eyes.

"At least I didn't do the robot," Inuyasha said. Kagome covered her mouth with her hand, but it was too late to smother the choke of laughter that had escaped. Somebody shoved Kagome, sending her sprawling into Inuyasha who caught her. "I guess we should dance, since we're in the middle of the dance floor," Inuyasha said, and grabbed her hips.

She blushed at their close proximity, and brought her hands between them and pushed to lever herself away from his body. He didn't relent, and instead wrapped an arm around her waist to anchor her against him. "Relax. Just dance," Inuyasha instructed, smirking at her. His fingers rubbed little circles in the small of her back, and she nearly moaned at the sensation as she sank into him. He grinned at her response.

It wasn't a slow song, and it was quite the opposite, but it didn't seem to matter to either. Inuyasha kept rubbing the pads of his fingers against her back, and she stayed against him, pleasure surrounding her. Inuyasha subtly moved her, while swaying, to an unoccupied corner. She didn't notice, her face in the hollow of his shoulder. His hand made a slow, maddening journey up to the nape of her neck, where he massaged and made her groan. Inuyasha's pulse jumped at the sound, and raced. He was hard, too, but she didn't seem to notice that either as she was concentrating on the sensations his hand was creating.

"Can I kiss you now?" Inuyasha's voice rumbled, and Kagome lifted her head confusedly.

"What...?" Kagome caught eyes with him, and Inuyasha nearly groaned himself.

"Can I kiss you now?" he repeated again. He lowered his mouth to nip at her lower lip.

"I thought you weren't going to kiss me until I asked you to," Kagome whispered when he pulled away. He leaned his forehead against hers, looking deeply into her eyes.

"That wasn't a kiss. You'll know when I kiss you," Inuyasha rumbled. Kagome's cheeks flushed, and she licked her lips. Her breath was coming quick and fast, a bit erratic since she was trying to control it.

"I…" Kagome leaned away from his head, looking at his face.

"I'll give you the count of five. Then it's over as far as I'm concerned." Inuyasha put her hand on his chest, right over his heart. Even with the beat of the loud music, she could make out the beating of his heart under her hand, and she felt that more than the music.

"One…" This wasn't right. "Two…" She didn't even know him! "Three…" His amber eyes were so bright… "Four…" She really, really wanted to kiss him. "Fi—"

Kagome cut off the last number with her lips, swallowing the sound. He groaned and his hands went behind her head to tangle themselves in her thick tresses. Her right hand stayed on his heart, but the left one went to rub the base of his ear. He scraped his teeth against her bottom lip, then kissed her with a devastating intent.

"Ah…" Kagome involuntarily let the sound out. Inuyasha growled and practically started to ravage her. She stood on her tiptoes, and he moved one hand down, almost covering her whole posterior, and lifting her a little against him. She groaned into his mouth, as he used his tongue, teeth and lips to lay claim to her.

Inuyasha could swear she tasted a lot better than the last time. If he wasn't careful, he would become addicted to this particular honey pot.

To Inuyasha's extreme irritation and anger, somebody bumped into him, making him and Kagome falter. They nearly fell, since they were clearly out of it and wrapped around each other. Kagome blinked, her opaque brown eyes slowly losing their dullness and becoming sharper. He groaned in disappointment as she blinked to dispel the spell that they had put over themselves. She pushed against him, and he stepped back willingly. She was breathing hard, just as he was, and he didn't move his eyes away from her.

"That… was a mistake," Kagome said slowly, her arms wrapping around herself in insecurity. She looked away from his eyes. They seemed like bright amber shards, cutting into her with accusation.

"I gave you the count of five. You were the one to start it. How could that be a mistake? And you weren't drunk this time," Inuyasha bit out. Kagome refused to look at him.

"I…" Inuyasha circled her waist with his hands his eyes glittering with intent.

"That's right, it wasn't a mistake, was it?" he said softly. His hand crept to the small of her back and began to rub again. Her head fell forward onto his shoulder with a groan. She tried to lever herself away from him after her moment, and also tried to clear the hazy fog in her brain.

"It was a mistake. It was a lapse of sanity, into insanity, because that's the only thing that could make me kiss you," Kagome growled, twisting herself out of his grasp. He growled back at her, irritated and frustrated with her.

"You feel lust for me, I feel lust for you, why not try to sate it?" Inuyasha asked, making a grab for her. Somehow, she evaded him, dodging between people's bodies. He tried to follow her, more clumsily.

She strode out of the club, angry and frustrated. Inuyasha was there a few moments later, whirling her around to face him.

"What the hell? Don't ever do that again!" he yelled at her. He had to run interference for her with at least three men who were intent on following her!

"Don't tell me what to do!" Kagome yelled back, trying to push his clawed hands away. Inuyasha grit his teeth.

"Why the hell are you so angry?" he asked, stepping in front of her so she couldn't walk away. She seethed silently, refusing to look at him. He took her chin in his grasp, lifting her face to look at his. "Why?" he asked in a slightly softer tone. She stared at him hard, then sighed in defeat.

"Not everything is about sex, Inuyasha." With that, she walked to his car, clearly not divulging any details about what she had just said. Inuyasha, frowning, followed. "I want to go home," she said quietly. Inuyasha stared at her, and how she seemed to be so insecure with her arms wrapped around herself and staring off into the distance.

"Okay," he answered quietly, opening the car doors and letting her in. He had an immense urge to just pick her up and hold her against him, but that wasn't right.

It was just lust. Right?

wk: Okay, the reason why this particular chapter took so long was I made an effort to make it a little longer than other chapters. I'm not sure I'm going to be spending so much time on one chapter again, but another factor could be that school's gonna start again soon, and work is slowly killing me. Ah, well... you do what you gotta, right? Okay, so that's the end of chapter four. Wait for the next one! Now, for the...

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Okay, first I'd like to thank Krystal-Drumm, or Krystal, for so doggedly sticking to my stories. Your compliments and comments have gotten me far. Thanks for loving my stories! They love you back. ;)

Well, I must say, that I have thought of that story line, silentslayer. You'll just have to wait, though, to see if I use it. Mwaha. Evil.

Thanks, Daddy's Pixie! Haha, I hope this one was worth the wait... I'm afraid I took a little longer this time... (Winces) =( Sorry!

Haha, glad you so happy, Wheezambu! Thanks for... uh... ABSO-FREAKING-LUTELY loving my story! Hehe, and compliments only make my big head bigger.

1 word, BoY CrAzZe 143: Thanks! Haha, hope this one was a "Wow" too.

No problem, inuyasha's girl! I answer everyone's reviews, or try to, unless it was so short that I really had no response to it. =/ Hehe, glad you waited though! Sorry it took so long... (Sighs)

Haha, thanks. I know that Kagome would likely cuss, but... I'm saving it for a special occasion. You'll know when you see it, but it won't be for a while yet. I think. Sometimes, things just don't turn out the way I mean for them to. My fingers, as I've said before, have brains in the very tips and write of their own accord. And hell yeah I loved your ideas, drake220! Too bad that it just wouldn't work! Otherwise it would be perfect. (Sighs with resignation) Thanks so much for getting me started though! You and Esther Tan! =)

Thanks so much Bella-chan! Your compliments have spurred me forward! Haha, I'm sure my writing isn't THAT great, but I think I'm doing a little better now. I wish I had more reviews too, but hey... Can't wish for everything, right? Meh heh. I'm so happy this story wasn't boring for you! I tried really hard not to bore my readers in the beginning, since I think there are too many stories like that, professional or just fanfiction. =) Thanks so much again, and keep reading!

Yeah, I think I will give Inuyasha and Kagome a "Kikyou Break", like in my other story, "Neighborly Love". I really don't know how she can come back in this story without making it seem too... too... Eh, I dunno. And yes, Sesshoumaru is still Inuyasha's half brother no matter what. Of course, I don't see HOW they're related, especially in their manner, but... what can you do? (Shrugs) Haha. And, again, you and drake220 have given me another great idea on how Sesshoumaru will be involved in this story! He will be another politician or a tycoon or whatever, but he'll know who Inuyasha, or "Hanyou" is. They're just not on good terms, but when he hears Naraku is starting to put some pressure on Hanyou, he'll step in smoothly and defend his half-brother, albeit a bit reluctantly. THANKS SO MUCH Esther Tan! Great great great! And maybe he'll be married to Rin... you'll have to continue to read and find out! Mwahahaha...

I know I updated a little late, ilikesaddleshoes, but do I still get the chocolate bunny for making the chapter longer? Maybe? Perhaps? Haha, that's okay. I like tomorrow better anyways. It seems that these days, the tomorrows are all I wait for. Hehe, thanks for thinking I actually managed this story line. Tell me if I need improvement please!

Shippo will definitely enter the story soon, l1d0 krn guh! I just need to find out a way to put him in... (Sighs) Think of something for me please! My brain is refusing to work!

THANKS, Saiyou-the-lover! Haha, wait for the next one!

Thanks so much, PeachesDani! I hope this chapter wasn't too late for you! Looking forward to you reading the next chapter! =D

Thanks for the eye, Penguine! Anxiousness to read more is always good. =D

Well, Xx tickle me ElmoXx, I have to say I had to think a while to think of this story line, since I was trying to think of something no one else has done. Too bad I don't know that much about the profession, or else my writing would be a whole lot better. (Sighs) Thanks for liking my story so much!

Haha, hope you waited, Starrchick101! And there will definitely be other couples. I've already hinted at Sango/Miroku, although I didn't hint it very strongly. Sorry about that, and I'll make sure to include other people. I don't know why my focus is so narrow. It's like I can only see Kagome and Inuyasha. Whoops. Well, just remind me to put other people into it, and I'll gladly do it! Love ya! And I wasn't planning on stopping anytime soon... =D

Who gets through the doors, xbuNNix? If you're talking about Inuyasha, then he sneaks out the back to his car, and if you're talking about Myouga, he can squeeze under any crack under a door since he's so small. Either that or hop on any of the myriad of people that come in and out of the building and... Voila! (Grins) Sorry I updated so late. Wait for the next one again! (Winces) =)