Hey! It's Ceryoko again. I know I haven't updated in almost a year and I am so sorry. I hope I haven't lost any readers because of the long delay and once again, I'm really, really sorry.
Well I started writing this chapter since summer last year. Right now I have a lot going on. I just got a job. I'm really sorry about not updating and disappointing all of my readers. I felt really bad because I usually hold all my reviews in my inbox for inspiration and I saw one today and I felt so bad that I decided to update. I don't know when I'll be able to update again though because of work.
This chapter is the first half of the picnic. I hope you all enjoy it. I was going to do the whole thing but I think I've already stayed too long.
Here you go, chapter six of Beauty and Brains.
Chapter 6
Part 1
Kagome awoke at six in the morning after tossing and turning all night in bed. She just could not get Inuyasha off her mind and the silent promise of his last kiss. It was as if he was trying to tell her that he had a lot more in store for her. Kagome turned and swung her foot over the edge of the bed and began to rotate her neck to get out the kinks.
'This was the worse night ever,' she thought as she got up and walked over to her chest of drawers. She pulled out a light pink matching pair of bra and panties. Afterwards, she strode into the bathroom with her towel over her shoulder. She stripped off all her clothes and brushed her teeth as the tub started to fill up with warm water. When it was finally done, she put in jasmine scented bubbles and slid into the tub.
"Ah," she moaned as the water glided over her bare skin. "Now I can finally relax. No work to finish off, no Inuyasha to cluster my thoughts, nothing." She slowly slid into the tub until the bubbles were at her chin and closed her eyes in content.
No sooner had she closed her eyes, than her mother start banging loudly on the door. "Kagome! There's someone downstairs to see you and he says it's urgent."
"Agh!" she groaned in frustration and quickly washed off the bubbles. "Okay, okay, I'm coming." She pulled on a terry cloth towel and fuzzy slippers and came down the stairs. When she saw no one, she walked into the kitchen and was met by her mother.
"Oh Kagome, what took you so long?" Her mother asked with a brilliant smile on her face.
"I was in the shower you know," she replied. "And I thought you said that there was someone to here to see me."
"Oh, go into your room. You were taking so long so I …"
"Thanks a lot mom." Kagome said as she stormed off ignoring what her mother was saying. She walked straight into the room and closed the door behind her. As she walked to her bed to put on her underwear, she said, "Sango, I don't know what's going on in your head. You know that I'm always in the shower at this time and you didn't even call first. You're lucky you're my best friend you know …." She trailed off when she realized she couldn't find her underwear and bra. She began to turn around slowly but not before she heard the annoying yet sensual drawl she was getting so accustomed to.
"I love all these skimpy panties you wear," he said as he held up the scrap of lace. "You really know how to turn a guy on," Inuyasha said with a smirk as she turned to look at him.
Heat instantly crept up her neck to her cheeks. "Give me those," she said as she walked over quickly and snatched it from his hand. "God, have you no common courtesy or respect for anyone's privacy?" she asked as she turned her back to hide her blush.
"Oh and I guess Kohaku knew what he meant when he said you had a nice rack. And here I thought you were always wearing a push-up bra," he said with a low sexy chuckle that sent shivers down her spine that had nothing to do with the wind blowing through the window on her still wet skin.
"Inuyasha!" she shouted as she yanked her bra from his hand. "What is wrong with you? I can't even have time to myself in my own house!" she shouted as she stormed out of her bedroom and headed for the bathroom. She made sure to lock the bathroom door before she began to put on her underwear.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha said as he knocked softly on the door twice. "I'm sorry and I'll wait for you downstairs, okay?" he said to her through the bathroom door.
Kagome waited until she heard his retreating steps before breathing a sigh of relief. After she was done with her bra, she put the towel around her and walked back to her room. As soon as she entered she locked the door and went over to her dresser. She pulled out a thin blue halter dress and decided to wear it. Before she pulled off the bra, she turned around instinctively to find Inuyasha on the bed sitting down watching her actions intently. Despite herself, she laughed out loud. "I guess you were expecting to see a little skin huh?"
"Well a guy can only hope," he said with a sheepish grin. He got up and walked towards her and slowly turned her back around to face the mirror and dresser. "Let me help you with that." Slowly he ran his hands over her shoulders and up to her neck, before lightly kissing her neck. Her eyes closed in content and he moved his hand back to her shoulder and looped a finger under each of her bra straps and slowly inched them off her shoulders. He ran his hands down the length of her arms then brought his hand around the back to undo the clasp.
Kagome was in sensual heaven. The only thing she could think about was the wonderful feelings he was evoking in her. She felt his hands lightly run down her arms and come up around her back to undo the clasp of her bra. When she felt his nimble fingers move around as if in confusion, she remembered that the clasp of her bra was at the front of her bra, between her breasts. He must have realized it too, she noted, because his hands began to come around to her breast.
Inuyasha was just about to undo the clasp when he realized that there was no clasp. He was just about to curse out loud when he realized that the clasp must be in the front and how much better things were that it was. This way, he could touch her as if it was a mistake. He slowly began to inch his hands around to her breasts. As soon as his finger made the slightest contact with one of her nipples, she took a quick intake of breath, her nipples hardened and her breast tightened and ached for his touch. Just as quickly, she stepped out of his arms with a wary look in her eyes.
Kagome was floating. She could not move away from his touch. She would not even dream of it. She felt a coil of desire in her gut as his hands got closer to her aching breasts. As soon as she felt his finger brush her breast, she felt the coil in her gut get tighter. She felt her breast ache even more and her breath quickened. Suddenly, she remembered that they were in her room, that she was only in her lingerie and that her mother was just downstairs. She jumped out his arms hastily and stared at him.
"What the hell is your problem?" she asked, angry at him because he showed no regard to the fact that her mother was downstairs and angry at herself for reacting to his touch and wishing that they were alone in the house.
"I'm sorry if I caused you to be aroused by my touch," he said with a simple shrug of his shoulder. "I just thought you would want to finish what we started last night at Sango's place before we were so rudely interrupted by Kohaku and Souta."
The memory of his heated touch on her skin, her breast and between her legs was almost her undoing. She tried to wipe her mind clear but she knew it was too late when he turned a smug smirk on her. "Just get out so that I can put on my clothes," she said wearily.
He stared at her for a full minute before starting to walk by her to the door. When he was directly beside her, he bent and whispered into her ear. "I know you won't be able to fight it for long. I know how aroused you are right now and I can do a lot more to you if you'd let me," he whispered before moving on to the door. "Oh and hurry up and get ready. I'm taking you to breakfast as soon as you're ready, to apologize for accusing you of being a traitor," he said in a light tone as if nothing had just happened, before walking out the door.
Kagome stared at the closed door for a while before moving over and locking it. Then she moved over to the window and drew her curtains. "Just in case he tries something else," she whispered to herself. She took off her bra and slipped on the halter dress and tied it around her neck. Afterwards, she moved towards her closet and pulled out a pair of light blue two inch-heeled sandals and put them on. When she was done, she stepped over to the mirror to check her reflection. Satisfied with her outfit, she moved on to her hair. She plugged in a curling iron into the wall and ran a comb through her hair until it heated. When it was heated, she put her hair up into a blue jeweled scrunchie an left two tendrils of hair framing her face. She then used the curling iron to curl the two tendrils and the hair flowing from the scrunchie. When she was done, she did a final once over of her outfit then grabbed her purse and went to meet Inuyasha.
When she got to the bottom of the steps, she met Inuyasha playing video games with her brother. She could not stop the little smile that curved her lips at the sight. 'I guess he really does have another side,' she thought as her mind went back to the pool and where she had been the one to start the kiss they had shared. Her cheeks instantly heated as she remembered her brazen action.
Inuyasha caught the change in scent behind him and turned around to see Kagome standing in the blue dress, staring at him and looking as she had just been caught with her hand in the proverbial cookie jar. He stared at her from head to toe. 'She's beautiful,' he thought as he looked at her face, still slightly rosy from the blush. He continued looking her over until he reached to her mid thigh, where the dress ended. 'Damn, and I'd thought the dress had looked good pressed up against her.' He continued his once over by looking at the length of her legs. 'Her legs are so long and smooth,' he thought as he imagined her legs wrapped tightly around his waist while he pounded into her.
"Inuyasha?" she called out and came closer to him. "I'm ready so we can go."
"Oh ... yeah sorry," he said as he returned his eyes back to her face. "You look...," he paused as if trying to find the right word without sounding sappy. "Beautiful, Kagome," he said for lack of a better word.
She searched his face to see if he was just saying it to get a sexual rise out of her. When she saw nothing indicating it on his face, she smiled brightly and said, "thank you Inuyasha."
He cleared his throat and said, "so let's go." He held out his hand and she gracefully took it. He led her to the front door.
She pulled away at the last minute and said "I'll be right back." She went into the kitchen and kissed her mother on the cheek. "Bye Mom, and thanks," she said before going back out to meet Inuyasha who was waiting at the door.
"Ready?" he asked when she approached him.
"Yes," she replied as she held his hand again and they stepped out the door. She walked straight over to his car, but before she could open the door, he opened it for her. "You didn't have to do that," she said although she had a light blush on her face.
"I wanted to," he said before coming around to his side and getting in. He looked at her once more before starting up the engine. He pulled out of the driveway and drove, trying to concentrate on the road but he could not quite think about anything beside the woman sitting beside him.
After about fifteen minutes of driving, Kagome tried glancing away from Inuyasha but could not. She could not tell if it was a ploy to get her to trust and like him or if he was genuinely distracted by her. She could not ignore all the little glances he kept throwing her. Then she started to look at him suspiciously. 'This is not the Inuyasha I know. Something's up.'
He looked at her fully now because he reached a red light, and noticed the suspicious look she was giving him. He knew instantly why she was looking at him like that. "Don't worry. I'm not being intentionally nice to get in your pants. I don't have to pretend I'm something I'm not. I complimented you because you deserved it," he said before moving off because the light changed to green.
She stared at him before turning to look out the window. It was a lot easier to ignore him when he was being brazen and kept coming on to her at any given moment. But she could not handle him being genuinely nice.
After another few minutes of driving, he pulled into a parking lot outside a little diner. They both got out and walked towards the door. When they were inside, he led her to a little booth.
"Where is this?" she asked.
"It's just a diner. I used to come here a lot when I didn't feel like being followed around like some celebrity."
"Oh," she said. Just then a waitress came up with a notepad and pencil in hand, along with two menus.
"Here are the menus," she placed one in front of each before looking at them. "Oh Inuyasha! It's so great to see you again!" she exclaimed and enveloped him in a hug which he stood up and returned.
"Hi Karen," he said as she released him and smiled up at him. He returned the smile and said, "I missed you guys."
"We did too," she said and pressed a lingering kiss to his cheek.
Inuyasha just smiled and said "just bring two of my usual."
"Two?" the girl questioned then looked down and finally realized that there was a woman in the booth as well. "Oh sorry," she said and offered her hand. "I'm Karen, Inuyasha's girlfriend. You must be the new employee, right?"
Kagome sat, staring at the whole exchange while she was totally ignored. Then she saw the girl kiss Inuyasha and felt as if she had been punched in the gut. Then, to make matters worst, the girl finally realized she was there and turned to introduce herself.
"I'm Karen, Inuyasha's girlfriend..."
As soon as Kagome heard it, she felt as if the floor beneath her had just shattered and she was falling into a dark chasm. She finally realized that the girl had asked a question and said "excuse me?"
"I asked if you were the new employee," the girl repeated.
"Oh yes, my name's Kagome. It's nice to meet you," she forced a smile to her face and shook the girl's hand.
"Okay!" the girl said cheerfully. "I'll go and get your orders," she said as she left the table.
Inuyasha sat back own at the table and said "I hope you don't mind, but I ordered us eggs benedict, French toast and pancakes, plus sausage links and two mugs of coffee."
"Okay," she said, trying to keep her voice cheerful and light.
"Are you okay?" he asked when he realized her scent had gone from extremely happy, to another emotion close to depressed.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I guess I'm just a little worried about the presentation I prepared yesterday," she lied.
Although he could tell she was lying, he said "don't worry. You're good and anything you do will be great." Better to pretend ignorance until she decided to tell him.
"Thanks," she said just as the girl, Karen, brought their meals. She looked up at the girl and thanked her as well.
After placing each plate in front of both them, Karen left.
They ate in silence while Inuyasha tried to figure out what was bothering Kagome. When they were done, he saw Kagome wipe her mouth with her napkin and make a move to stand up.
"I'll be right back. I just need a little air. I'm feeling a bit queasy," she said and headed for the front door.
When she got outside, she walked for a while until she reached a little shady spot under a huge tree. She sat down and tried to relax her quick-beating heart. 'How could he do that to that girl? How could he do that to me? Get me to fall in lo... like him so much even though he knows he has a girlfriend.' She could feel the tears coming on from the pain in her chest and the inexplicable lump in her throat. She felt her eyes mist just as someone tapped her on the shoulder. She jumped away from the touch and turned around and saw Inuyasha staring at her quizzically.
"Are you okay? And don't tell me yes because I can smell and see your tears."
"I told you I'm fine. Why can't you just leave well enough alone?" 'Oh great! Not only am I jealous, but I let him see me cry.'
"Come on. I'm taking you home so we can talk."
"I don't want to talk. Besides, I don't have to say anything because my family will be there."
"That's where you're wrong. I gave your brother some cash to take your mother out for the entire day."
"What's wrong with you?" she said and stood and stormed off.
He was at her side in a minute and guided her into the car.
She sat and looked out the window the entire time he drove. Every time he even looked at her, she would say "I don't want to hear it." When he pulled into the driveway, she got out quickly and headed for the front door while pulling her keys out of her purse. As soon as she put her key in the hole, she felt his hand on hers. She opened the door and pushed inside with Inuyasha trailing behind. She rushed straight up the stairs and attempted to slam and lock her door but Inuyasha put his foot in the door.
Inuyasha rushed into the door and walked towards her until she backed up and fell back onto the bed. "Why are you acting like this?" he asked.
"Why do you care?" she countered.
He paused, not knowing how to answer. Then he said "Kagome, is it because of something I did or said?"
Kagome stared at his confused and concerned face and her anger rose. "You want to know what you did?" she shouted at him. "You come on to me all the time. You kiss me and touch me as if my body is yours to do with as you want. Then today you take me to meet your girlfriend! What the hell is the matter with you? You don't do that to people. I'm not your whore or your mistress and you shouldn't treat me like one!" By the end of her tirade, she was panting as if she had just come from a long run and angry tears had spilled over and begun to run down her cheeks.
Inuyasha just stared at her until her words sank in and realization hit him. "You're jealous," he said as if amazed.
"What! I am not jealous. I'm angry because you don't respect me enough to keep your hands to yourself and act like you have a girlfriend!"
Inuyasha just stared at her for a while then stepped forward, closer to the bed. As he got closer, she scrambled across the bed to the other side.
"Don't come near me. There is nothing you can say to fix this."
He walked around the bed and stood facing her. "If I can't say anything to fix this, then how about I do something instead?" he said before he stepped closer and pressed his lips to hers.
She knew she should be angry, but his heated lip just caused her to melt. She could not help but to respond to his kiss.
He pulled away from her slowly and looked earnestly into her eyes as he put his forehead to hers. "Kagome, she's not my girlfriend. It's just something she says to keep all the unwanted attention away. Every time I went there, I would be mobbed by women. Once, a woman even tried to hit me with sexual harassment in court when she jumped onto me." He watched as Kagome eyes widened in understanding and then her cheeks reddened with embarrassment.
"Oh my God! This is so embarrassing," she said as she stepped out his arms and turned her back. "I can't believe I was ... j-j-j jealous," she spit the word as if it was poison.
"It's okay," he said and turned her back around. "I should have corrected her when she said it."
She looked into his eyes and saw no ridicule in his eyes.
"At least now I know you really like me though," he said, that knowing smirk on his face.
"Lord, can we not turn this thing into some sex issue," she said. "This is terribly humiliating and I'd preferred if you'd just keep your hands to yourself for a while."
"Okay," he said simply and waited for all of five seconds before he reached out and pulled her to him. "I think that's long enough," he said huskily and lowered his lips to hers once more.
This time she responded with no inhibitions. Her hands came up around his neck to lightly brush through his hair. She opened her mouth wider and tilted her head to give him better access.
His mouth left hers to trail kisses down her neck before he looked into her eyes. "Kagome, I want you," he said huskily and she could see the desire burning bright in his beautiful amber-gold eyes. "I want you right now, but I won't force you."
She stared up at him, his desire mirrored in her own eyes. "I-I-I want to... but I can't," she said and looked away. "I'm not ready for this," she said before stepping out of his arms once more.
He breathed hard and tried to get his rushing blood under control. "Sorry, I didn't mean to seem like I was forcing you or anything."
"It's not that. I just don't know if this ...thing... between us is just you still trying to get me into bed because you're some playboy."
"Oh okay," he said. "Just so you know, I still want to get you into bed. I won't deny it." He looked at her straight in the eye. "But things are different. I don't even know what's going on between us myself."
She blushed. She looked at him and said, "I'll see you at the picnic, okay?"
"Yeah," he said and turned to go out the door.
"Inuyasha?" she called after him.
"Yeah?' he answered as he turned around.
She walked straight to him and pressed her lips to his in a tender kiss. It was chaste, but he felt it hit him right in the groin. "Bye," she said, before pressing her lips against his one more time before following him down the stairs and to the door. He went out the door and got into the car. He waved as he drove away.
When Inuyasha pulled up in front of the house, he saw Miroku's car already parked there. He jumped out and headed inside, where his butler informed him that Miroku was waiting for him in his room. Inuyasha went straight to his room to find Miroku just waiting.
"Hey Miroku," Inuyasha said. "What's up?"
"Nothing, nothing at all," Miroku said. "I just decided to drop by and spend some time with my best friend but when I got here at ten, Stan the butler said you had left since six this morning. When I asked him where, he said that you said that you were going to get some work done with your new employee. I figured that was Kagome since that's the only new employee we've had in a while."
"Where are you going with this? I don't see how my going to see Kagome is any of your business."
"I know she's beautiful, Inuyasha, but that doesn't mean that you have to try and sleep with her like the rest. And don't even try to tell me that you haven't tried because I know you."
"Are you defending Kagome?" Inuyasha asked incredulously. "Because Kagome is about the last woman who needs defending from me."
"All I'm trying to say is that Kagome is my friend and if it wasn't for her, Sango and I wouldn't be together. And anyway, she's Sango's best friend and if you hurt her, she's bound to tell Sango who's going to think I knew about this all along. And you know that's going to mess up everything."
"So you didn't come here to express your concern about Kagome. You came to make sure that what's going on between me and Kagome doesn't mess up what you have with Sango. I thought you were better than that Miroku," Inuyasha said then laughed.
"Well I do care about Kagome but I have to look out for my interests," Miroku said before taking a seat next to the bed. "So tell me, what exactly is going on between you and Kagome?"
"Well, she was my next conquest but she's making it really hard for me to focus on that. And today, I found out she really does like me and you wouldn't believe how I found out." He waited a beat before continuing. "This morning, I took her to breakfast at the diner where Karen works to apologize for last night. You know Karen, always saying she's my girlfriend. So she did it and Kagome started acting so strange. She walked out and she was about to cry when I found her. Then you wouldn't believe, I took her home and she just started to shout at me about how I was treating her like a whore because I already had a girlfriend. That's when I realized she liked me. She was so jealous I could practically see the green on her face."
"That's great I guess. At least you won't be able to mess up things between me and Sango."
"Yeah. Anyway I hope that all of you are ready for the picnic today. I have some business to finish up and I have to talk to Sesshoumaru so I'll talk to you later," Inuyasha said as he headed to his office.
"Alright bye. I'll get Sango and Kagome when I'm coming," Miroku said and left.
Sorry about the short chapter. As I said I wasn't finished with it but I felt that you all deserved it. Please remember to read and review. As you can see, the reviews really do inspire me to write more.