Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.
AN: Thank you for all your reviews. You've been so supportive and I've made you wait far too long for an update. Here it is! Sango is bouncy and happy in this chapter, but all I'll tell you is that she should enjoy it while it lasts. Poor thing. Let me know if this chapter is acceptable.
Warning: sexual content.
During the walk back to camp, Sango felt like dancing. A rush of emotions assailed her, making her want to move, twirl, and toss up the dried leaves around her like a child.
Kagome, I never knew it could feel like that.
Touching her the way she'd been aching to do had been incredible. Sango couldn't remember feeling so happy, so fulfilled, or so completely aroused. It was made all the more wonderful by the fact that Kagome had touched her back. An image of Kagome's finger trailing down her belly caused her to shiver. It was all like a dream and Sango didn't know when her head would stop spinning from the delight of it all.
"Kagome!" Sango squealed as she tossed a handful of leaves her way. "You're amazing." Kagome giggled and covered her head, trying unsuccessfully to avoid being doused with leaf particles. An instant later, Sango was pulling Kagome's hands away from her head and dusting the leaf litter out of her hair before she leaned in to kiss her. Finding she wasn't satisfied with one, brief kiss to her lips, Sango immediately leaned in for another, longer kiss. Kagome sighed and relaxed against her. Sango deepened the kiss and pushed her gently forward until Kagome's back was pressed against the nearest tree for support.
She moved her hands over her back and along the line of her hips, realizing that she was becoming quite aroused again.
"You're dangerous, Kagome," Sango whispered against her lips as she drew back for a moment. "After all that, I want you again just as badly." The words seemed to spur Kagome's hands into action as well, and she gripped Sango's hips and pulled them against her own. Sango felt a newly ignited heat pulsing from between her legs and she ground herself against Kagome through her skirt. Things were moving faster this time.
Her fingers roamed Kagome's body with abandon, greedy to touch the paces which they'd only finished worshiping shortly before. Her fingers slipped beneath Kagome's shirt and brushed over her breasts, tentatively at first, but soon her fingers pressed into the soft flesh and Kagome moaned in response. Needing more, she pulled up Kagome's skirt and gripped the inside of her thigh. She pushed her panties aside and pressed her fingers eagerly into Kagome's soft, wet folds. Touching her now was even exciting than before, now that she wasn't worried that Kagome would reject her advances. She slipped her finger inside, feeling a frantic need to touch her again, everywhere.
"I want to feel you, Sango," Kagome breathed in her ear and surprising her with her ardor as she tugged unsuccessfully at the shoulder section of her uniform.
"Kagome, you can't know what those words do to me," Sango leaned back and, with trembling fingers, began to fumble with her fastenings. "I can't seem to get my clothes off fast enough," she told her in a whisper. "You've made me that desperate." She glanced up from her clothing to find Kagome staring hungrily down at her with a smirk on her lips. Finally, she succeeded in stripping off most of the upper layer and pressed her bare skin against Kagome. She felt like her entire body was on fire as she felt the smooth skin slip of Kagome's chest and belly move over her own. She wrapped her arms tightly around Kagome's waist and pressed into her. Kagome let out a little gasp.
Needing to feel more, she pulled Kagome's panties down a few inches and cupped her sex with her hand. Kagome moaned against her lips and Sango began feeling around for the hard nub she'd discovered earlier. When Kagome tensed against her and cried out softly, she knew she'd found it. She dropped her right hand to Kagome's hips and used her finger to penetrate her from behind, while Sango's finger slipped in little circles over the slick and hardened nub just inside of her curls.
Behind them, a twig snapped and both girls froze instantly. They stared at one another for an instant before scrambling to put their loosened clothing to rights. Shitshitshit! Sango thought to herself as she stumbled into Kagome's back. "Sorry," she whispered. At that point, Kagome began giggling.
Sango thought she must have gone mad. "What are you, why are you –"
Kagome began laughing outright, covering her mouth. Dusk had settled and Sango couldn't quite make out her expression. She put her hands on her hips and scolded, "shh! Someone might hear you!" Kagome tried unsuccessfully to stifle her giggles and suddenly Sango found herself smiling. Before long, she began giggling as well. She quickly pulled Kagome close and brushed her lips against hers and murmured, "come on, silly, let's get back before someone comes looking." She glanced behind her. "Though it seems someone may have done so already."
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The next few weeks were a blissful blur to Sango. She found herself in a near-constant state of extended elation. She and Kagome took every opportunity to sneak off into the woods together, not always an easy task since the lull in shard-hunting was finally over. The jewel was nearly complete. The hunt was on for the last of the jewel shards and that meant more frequent encounters with Naraku's minions and even a few with Naraku himself. As Sango thought of her brother and the fact that it might soon come down to the last shard, his shard, she would feel again the distress and gut-wrenching fear she'd lived with for almost a year now. But later, she would look at Kagome, catch her hand in her own, and the heavy weight would lift from her heart and she would feel happy again.
You're using the girl as an escape from reality, a nagging inner voice would sometimes scold her and a heavy guilty would settle in her chest. Her thoughts would spiral again into a fear for her brother and the others. What business did she have selfishly sneaking off for trysts in the forest when her brother was in such danger?
But Sango would eventually seek out Kagome once again, allowing her presence to act as a balm for her soreness of heart. She deserved a little happiness, she reasoned. They both did. And then Kagome would smile at her and her heart would soar. All the danger, all the worries would fade away as if they never existed.
The world itself appeared changed, as if altered in some wondrous way. Sango noticed things and took pleasure in the most ordinary and unobtrusive of events. For example, she found herself fascinated by the way the light slanted through the trees. Or she paused in whatever she might be doing to listen to the sound of ordinary birdsong. The world was a better place, a beautiful place, now that Kagome was hers, and Sango wanted to cherish every moment.
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Despite Kagome's presence while they battled youkai, Sango was able to maintain her usual, cool air during the conflicts. She was a trained warrior and her focused and calculated actions while fighting were second-nature. Still, later, she would melt under Kagome's heated gaze and feel deliciously weak. Or, when she watched the way Kagome's hair flowed behind her as she was carried by Inuyasha, she would be overcome by a heady sense of excitement and passion. Kagome was hers now in the most intimate of ways and the simplest of things reminded her of that.
"Kagome, come with me," Sango would whisper to her as they sat next to one another by the fire. The two would duck into the woods and melt into one another, their mouths and tongues desperately trying to make up for all the time that they must remain apart. Being secretive was actually a thrill, Sango found, and she thought Kagome must enjoy it as well. Sometimes when the others were present, she'd catch Kagome looking hungrily at her and she'd have to catch her breath. She and Kagome had certainly found a desirable distraction from their grim quest.
Inuyasha's gaze sometimes caught her eye as well. He watched Kagome with a haunted, anxious expression. Worry nagged at her as she studied his expression. But afterwards, Sango would shrug it off. It wasn't her business. He'd had his chance.
At night, Sango would whisper seductively into Kagome's ear as they lay there, trying to fall asleep.
"You're beautiful, do you know that Kagome?"
"I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't touch you like this."
Sometimes, when the two were not able to find the time for a rendezvous together in the forest, Sango would slip her hands briefly into the folds of her sleeping bags and touch her.
"I could touch you all night like this…and this and no one would know."
Other times, they would lie there exhausted from their daily quest for the jewel and Sango would simply nestle close to her for a few moments before she returned to her own sleeping place.
"I love you Kagome, so much. You make me so happy. Did you know that?"
Sango told Kagome these things and more. It was no matter that Kagome was more reticent. Sango didn't mind. But she herself felt like shouting her feelings to the world. She wanted everyone to know exactly how she felt and what she'd found in Kagome. Of course, she didn't do this, but she was still in awe of the things that Kagome made her feel and the things Kagome had allowed her, and only her, to do.
Sango rolled these thoughts over in her mind as she lay there, looking up at the stars. She spared a quick glance over at an already sleeping Kagome before she nestled against Kirara's fur and drifted off to sleep. The next morning, she awoke with a start and realized she'd been crying. She shook her head to clear her thoughts and tried vainly to remember what'd she'd been dreaming of, but could only recall vague and fearful images tinged with a terrible sense of loss.
"Sango, are you alright." Sango looked up to find Kagome standing over her with a worried expression. She quickly wiped the tears away and gave her a reassuring smile. "Fine, just a bad dream."
Kagome smiled back and offered her hand. Sango felt better instantly, the phantom fears melting away as she took hold of Kagome's hand and eased herself up off the ground.
AN: I have the last two chapters finished. I need to edit them but they should be up within a week or so, depending on how the review whore in me is feeling. Things do get a little sad from here on (sorry!) but there is another lemon in the next. You know, the one a few of you've been asking for.