Author's Note: Hello once again, my faithful reviewers. Yes, I know its been a while since I've updated, but try teaching elementary school age students, and continuing you education; then see how much time you have left. sighs I so live for the weekends. Okay, enough of my whining, enjoy and review. Please forgive an erroneous errors, I haven't had time to proof read. Shameful, I know.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, or anything associated with it. I just love to think of ways to torture them. LOL.
CHAPTER 10: CLEANSING FIRE
Kagome spine was so rigid she thought that it would snap. 'Oh, why did I say that out loud?' She turned slowly around and looked at Inuyasha. His golden eyes gleamed in her obvious embarrassment. Kagome was bound and determined not so let him get the better of her. Even if it cost her, her pride. "Why, whatever made you say that Inuyasha? Of course I'm hot, too hot, I was taking a shower. The bathroom doesn't have any ventilation and it is making uncomfortable."
Inuyasha flashed her a toothy grin before responding. "Kags you really aren't a good liar."
Kagome caught herself before she let out an outraged gasp. 'Not a good lair!' she thought, 'I'll show you.' So, Kagome opted, instead, to lift her small shoulders in a shrug which she hope read, 'I could careless.'
He laughed. "Kagome, don't forget that I have excellent hearing. I heard what you said, and there is no misinterpretation."
"Yes, you do," she agreed half heartedly. "However, I have noticed that your interpretation of what I said is all wrong." Kagome said that with a straight laced poker expression, well the best one she could impersonate.
"Is it now? What about physical interpretations?" Inuyasha commented, as he thoroughly was going to enjoy this. He took a few steps forward so that he was just a few feet away from Kagome. Inuyasha noticed Kagome starting to fidget under his intense glaze.
Her throat became very dry all of a sudden. Kagome noticed Inuyasha walking towards her and she willed her feet to move in reverse, but they weren't' complying. She began clutching the hem of her nightie between her fingers. "Physical interpretations?" Kagome chocked out.
Inuyasha didn't answer her but decided to show her. He stretched out his hand, mindful of his sharp claws, and dragged one finger along Kagome's smooth jaw. Inuyasha traced Kagome's features slowly like an artist painting a portrait. He rubbed the bottom of her full lip in a slow sensual manor.
Kagome shivered from Inuyasha's light touch, but that couldn't be possible. His touch made her blood grow warmer. Kagome could feel every indentation that formed his unique finger print, as it suddenly changed direction.
His finger dropped to the curve of her neck, and stilled. Inuyasha sported a half cocked smile when he felt Kagome's pulse quicken, however he continued his inspection. He noticed Kagome's breasts were raising and falling rapidly. "Am I correct in my interpretation that you want this? You want me, Kagome?"
Miroku stopped talking to Kouga long enough to look back into the living room, and realize Sango wasn't there. 'Odd,' Miroku thought, 'I didn't hear her.' He got up from the table and walked into the previously occupied space. There he could see her form from the window. His violet colored eyes took in his fiancés form as she waned into her mediation position. 'Kami, Sango you're beautiful.'
Sango inhaled a deep cleansing breath of air and almost chocked. 'What is that smell?' she thought with a grimace. 'It almost smells like gasoline.' Sango sniffed the air again to confirm her suspicions.
He was almost on her, just a few feet from making physical contact. The beast roared in triumph, it was so loud that Romeo could hear nothing else. It was almost consuming. Romeo slipped his hand into his pant pocket and pulled out a book of matches. His excitement was causing him to get aroused. He, Romeo, wanted to come in his pants with the anticipation, but he couldn't relief just yet. 'No, business before pleasure.' He chanted. Romeo pulled out one single match from the booklet, and readied to strike the match. He became inspired with the thought of seeing Sango's face before the fire engulfed her body. Romeo could visualize the look of utter shock that would come to her face, when she set eyes on the man who killed her. The man that no one knew stalked her best friend, Kagome.
Sango thought she heard a faint rustle in the background, and strained her ears trying to pick up on any sound. Her gut was telling her to run. 'Something isn't right,' her mind screamed. Sango shifted off the bench ever so slowly so that it looked like she was changing positions for mediation. Her legs unfolded so that they came in contact with the ground, while she lifted her arm up above her face. Sango froze for a second when her feet came into contact with something wet. Something that smelled a whole hell of a lot like gasoline. 'Shit!'
Romeo poised the match as he watched the love of his life best friend move. "Sango." He whispered maliciously. Romeo's earth brown eyes noticed how stiff her back became at his voice.
Miroku watched his Sango-sweets contently. For if he hadn't he wouldn't have noticed how her entire body language went from relaxed to tense into mere seconds. Miroku watched as she put her feet down on the ground and control the flinch that racket her body. He thought it was odd that Sango would become to tense after mediation. It was like she didn't want to telegraph her movement to someone. Then she moved her head to the left.
Sango felt dread grip her soul as she struggled to maintain her tranquil appearance on the outside. That's when she heard it, or rather him. He called her. The bastard knew her name. Sango felt sick to her stomach. Her head slowly turned to the direction of where Romeo's voice came from. 'Oh, kami! He's here!' She knew instructively that she would only have on shot to get away.
He could read it her face, the widening of her irises, the slow and deliberate movement. Romeo spoke what he thought would be the last words Sango would ever hear again. "She shouldn't have run Sango. Now Kagome will pay. She will learn that running will cost her what she values the most." As he finished, Romeo's wrist made a flicking motion in which he struck the match. It flashed before the flame burned in his hand. "Good- bye Sango." Then Romeo dropped the lit match.
The flash from the combustion of the gasoline made Miroku flinch backwards and falter to the floor.
Chief Myoga let a bellow of outrage that could have shaken the rafters of the precinct when Shippou Longtail revealed the bastard traitor's name. He didn't believe it, not at first anyways. The bastard was one of them.
Shippou winced and quickly pull the phone away from his ear when he heard the Chief let out a roar that reminded him of a banshee. He thought that he would be deaf in one ear for the rest of his long life.
Chief Myoga clinched his teeth together tightly as he tried to reign in his temper. "Red! I want you to pull up all murder cases that, that no good fucking asshole worked on, and even the cases he was asked his opinion on."
"Right, Chief." Shippou responded, but soon after he gave his reply the line went dead.
He picked up the phone again and dialed Inuyasha's phone number. It rang through, however; instead of hearing the usual cocky voice of the Detective Tsuwamono, the Chief heard the ominous sound of the animated operator answering. "Shit!" The old flea youkai moved as like he never had. He grabbed his standard issue, Berretta 9 millimeter, and darted out the door yelling at the top of his voice. "Code 83! Code 83 boys! Move it out now!"
The entire police force of precinct 47 for the first time in 40 years was silenced as the Chief of Police yelled out code 83. Every officer spurred into action seconds later. It was unspoken allegiance of brotherhood; one of their own was in danger.
Sesshoumaru awoke at the break of dawn and gazed down at the woman in his arms. He really didn't want to leave his bed, not when Rin was here snuggling her soft frame into his. However, he needed to get an update from Inuyasha on the bothersome issue at hand. That was the only reason why Sesshoumaru silently left his custom made bed, making sure not to disturb the fiery minx that sleep there. A faint smirk curled on Sesshoumaru's angelic face as he remembered his less than saintly activities last night. His inner youkai was quite pleased when they took Rin, they were even more pleased when they had been her first. And if Sesshoumaru had anything to say about it, he would be her last.
His golden eyes blazed as he peered out the large bay window meeting the morning.
The picture Sesshoumaru gave off could have been described as nothing less than god like. His pale skin glowed in the morning accentuating his muscular frame; silver locks shining a brilliantly in the light. He truly was something to behold in his naked glory. Once the sun rose above the horizon Sesshoumaru finally left the suite to go to his study.
The silk sheets felt good against her flushed, naked skin. And the ache between her legs wasn't as bad as she thought it was going to be. She turned her body so that she was on her stomach, nuzzled her face into the pillow, and inhaled the lingering scent of the absent demon. Rin reminisced about the unrelenting Taiyoukai and his persuasive methods of getting what he wanted, and Sesshoumaru wanted her.
At first Rin didn't want to given to the full throttle lust she felt for the dog demon. But, she was only human! The fates set her up to fail miserably if they honestly thought she could with stand the wooing of the devilish handsome Taiyoukai. Granted Rin just met the hard ass two days ago. 'Oh, Kami-sama!' Rin groaned at that thought. 'What does that make me? Desperate? An easy lay? No, he was your first lay! So you can't be desperate, but maybe easy.' Her hand made a fist and punched the pillow a few times in irritation. 'Alright Rin,' she told herself, 'you need to have more self control! More will power!' She lifted her head off the pillow and mumbled to herself. 'Wait!' Rin thought as her head shot up off the down pillow. 'Where the hell is Sesshoumaru?'
She bounded off the bed in righteous indignation with sheets clutched around her frame. "Why that insufferable mutt! The nerve of him, leaving me in after what we… had! Argh!" Rin ranted. She paced back and forth on the Beirut rug working herself in fine lather, cursing the handsome Taiyoukai.
Inuyasha couldn't help pressing her on this issue, but if he didn't stop soon he wouldn't be responsible for his action towards her. May hap he shouldn't have tried to point out her attraction to him. 'Hell,' Inuyasha muttered, 'Kagome is something else!'
Kagome was drowning in those molten eyes, and she knew she was doomed. This sinking feeling within her was consuming, and yet… He was right. She couldn't deny wanting him even physically. Kagome had wanted him for years, but he wasn't hers. Theirs was a friendship formed out dislike for one another at first and evolved from there, but then that's when the nightmare from hell occurred. It ripped her away from Inuyasha, and now fate was giving her another opportunity. Yet now the opportunity was presenting itself, or rather Inuyasha was presenting himself to her. They were both adults now. Consenting?
Inuyasha watched Kagome wet her lips. He noticed she lowered her gaze, as if she was debating something. Part of himself, he wished to kami that Kagome would want him. Inuyasha moved his head so that his cheek of slightly grazing her's. "Guess what?" His voice was low and very arousing.
'Going from hot to shivering isn't normal? Is it?' she question when she felt Inuyasha hot breath against her ear. "What?" she responded breathlessly.
"I want you Kagome, but only if you are willing."
Kagome was puzzled when Inuyasha pulled away from her, and went completely still. Then it clicked. 'He's giving me a choice.' She mused. Kagome couldn't blame anyone but herself for what happened next. Her hand reached for Inuyasha's muscular shoulders and jerked him toward her face. There lips were mere inches apart, as Kagome murmured her response. "Just don't file a sexual harassment suite."
Sango felt paralyzed with trepidation at Romeo's words. Her head was half way curved towards the direction he was in, and from her peripheral vision Sango could see a large figure in the shadows. She could barely make out his hands being held out in front of his person. Sango knew what he hand in his hands even though she couldn't see it. It was a match. The sound of the match being dragged against the textured paper that would ignite it into a flame was ringing in her ears. Sango lunged forward, away from the bench as the flammable liquid incinerate into a hot burning blaze licking her legs. The air was knocked out of her lungs as she hit the ground, hard, rolling.
Miroku yelled Sango's name with such unconcealed horror, as he scrambled off the ground to run, like the wind, for the door.
"Yo! Miroku! What's going on?" Kouga shouted from the kitchen as he peek his head down the hallway.
"Fire Kouga! Call the fire department!" Miroku screamed in fear. His hand shot out for the door handle and the moment he grabbed the metal knob Miroku received a second degree burn. Miroku cursed himself as he tugged at his T-shirt using it as a buffer between his skin and the hot metal. Miroku threw open the door only to be greeted by scorching flames. He stood there for a second debating. It wasn't that Miroku was contemplating whether saving Sango or if the fire was going to burn him, hell yes it would. Miroku was just trying to figure out how deep the flames were so he could get to Sango. He took a few steps back and began to run when a hand grabbed him by the upper arm.
Kouga finally smelled the fire and burning chemicals after he got off the phone. "What the hell are you thinking?"
"Sango's out there!" Miroku said as he struggled to get out of Kouga's hold.
Kouga eyed the proximity before hoisting Miroku over his shoulder lunging through the fire. He landed ten feet into the back yard, well away from the flames. Kouga set Miroku down and started scanning for Sango's body. The thick black smoke was interfering with his ken sense of smell.
Romeo laughed like a wild hyena as he watched the gasoline take life in a living breathing form. 'Fire cleanses everything,' he thought, 'maybe this will give Kagome and me a clean slate. No interfering from ingrates that will taint Kagome's thinking.'
He could hear shouting coming from inside the house, which only added to his excited state. Romeo decided to take his leave, satisfied that he had taught Kagome a lesson, once again. He tossed remaining matches in the fire and grabbed the gas can then rushed off back to his car.
Off in the hazy smoke filled night, Kouga's sensitive eyes could barely see a figure retreating into the distance. He snarled, revealing long pearly white fang. Instinctively, Kouga's demonic counterpart snarled knowing that, that was the bastard killing all those women. In an unconscious but well memorized action, Kouga reached for his side holster and with drew his gun. "Freeze bastard."
Miroku found Sango just a few yards away and ran to her side. His fingers went to her throat, praying he would find a pulse. Miroku felt the faint movement of the artery moving beneath his fingers. "Sango?" he called out, as he gentle touched her shoulder.
Groans Sango felt someone shaking her, and calling out to her. It took her mind a little while to register who it was. 'Safe,' was all Sango could think of when her brain processed it was Miroku by her side.
Miroku heard her whimper in pain and began to check her body for signs of injury when he heard Kouga yell for someone to halt. His head shot up in that instance. Miroku followed Kouga's line of sight and could only make out a delineate figure. Within a heartbeat, Miroku knew who it was. The bastard found them, and almost killed Sango! 'Shit! I bet he's looking for Inuyasha and Kagome.' Miroku was fighting the urge to run back into the flame just to kill the asshole with his bare hands, however; another painful whimper from Sango engrossed him.
Romeo heard the command bellowed out to him to stop. He froze in his movement and turned around. There was a vile smile upon his lips as he faced Detective Ookami. Romeo's free hand went up in a mocking salute to the Detective with his middle finger at attention.
Thick black smoke was burning Kouga's eyes so bad that they were watery. He could make out that the figure turn to face him, but little else. However, he kept his gun trained.
Romeo could see the fire light shine on the steel of Kouga's gun. 'Ha! Do you think you can stop me you walking flee bag? Tsk, tsk. When will you learn?' Romeo's hand clenched around the gas can handle as thought came to him. 'There is enough fuel in this gas can to leave them with an explosive exit.'
There was a change in wind direction for the briefest of seconds in which there was a break in the heavy dark smoke that rolled off in waves. That's when Kouga noticed an identified projectile being hurled at them. He pulled the trigger.
"Bam"
The explosion of the gas can sent the combustible liquid spraying in every direction. And do to Romeo's miscalculation he was torched with the fire he himself set. The flames seared the flesh of his face and hair. Romeo let out a pain filled scream. "ARGH!" He thrashed around trying to extinguish the burning flames scorching him.
Kouga dropped to the ground from the explosion. His heart was racing and Kouga swore he about pissed his pants from what he considered a near death experience. "Fuck! That was to close. I didn't know that shit would happen." He muttered. Kouga's thoughts were farther cut short however when he heard a horrid screaming sound, almost like nails on a chalk board. That sent a shiver down his spine.
'She isn't messing around,' Inuyasha thought. Kagome didn't give him time to ask her to explain what the hell that meant, but he figured it out quickly. Her hands fisted into his hair while she ravished his mouth. Sure, you could say he was stunned, but Inuyasha was not one to be passive for to long in the arms of a willing Kagome.
The death grip she had him in when she stretched up on her tiptoes and kissed him, long and heard, frantically and passionately, just the way she dreamed about. Kagome could feel his arms suddenly wrapped around her as Inuyasha hauled her against him even closer. She could feel his claws traveling down her back, then to her bottom and finally to her thighs.
Kagome rocked her hips against Inuyasha pelvis in a blatant restless movement. That's when she felt him pick her up guiding her legs around his waist. Kagome could feel Inuyasha arousal pressing snugly against her core. The friction made her moan into the kiss.
Inuyasha was reveling in Kagome's scent; the arousal thick in the air. The thin silk nightie hardly covered the fact that her nipples were at attention, and rubbing against his chest. Inuyasha's clawed fingers cupped her toned bottom as he made a move to the bed so that they could progress things.
"Ring, ring, ring"