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Recap:

InuYasha had been almost as active as the ride itself; kissing her vigorously and running his hands through her wonderful hair. He was pleased that he wasn't the only one enjoying the romance; she had returned the intimacy once she had grasped the concept of the ride.

He had blushed again after she said it had been her favorite ride too.

In the car ride back to the university, he had held her closely.

Chapter 15:

Misshapes

InuYasha watched the door impatiently. It had been at least three hours since he had last seen Kagome…something wasn't right here.

They had been walking around in central park and had accidentally been separated in the crowd. He thought he smelled the scent of a group of demons, but he couldn't be too sure. The smell was there and gone; just like Kagome.

He knew that she didn't have a cell phone and the odd thing was that…her scent couldn't be found anymore. It was covered by something he couldn't quite put his finger on. He was getting really worried and the hanyou couldn't go out and find her like last time because her scent always seemed to lead back to her dorm.

InuYasha had checked her dorm, but no one was there. He was sitting in his room thinking of what to do. His door suddenly burst open. After the initial shock came over him, he saw two figures leaning by the doorframe.

"InuYasha," a very familiar, and very cold, voice sounded coming from the tall form.

The hanyou realized, with much dread, that it was his older brother that had burst into his room. By his hands, he held onto a slouched over Kagome.

"Sesshomaru!" InuYasha snapped. "What the hell did you do to her?" he demanded. He knew his brother hated him with a passion, but to go out and hurt his girl? That is crossing the boundaries that aught never to be crossed! He jumped out of his sitting position to get to the two.

"Don't speak to me so rudely, little brother," he stated very icily. "You should be thanking me for finding your wench." He gave Kagome a little push as he scolded at his brother.

Kagome awkwardly fell over and into InuYasha's chest; she felt very limp in his arms.

InuYasha took in a great whiff of her scent…there was that familiar smell of sweet herbs and cinnamon that was his Kagome…but, there was also something else. Another scent seemed to cloud over her usual aroma…

Kagome forced her heavy head up to look at InuYasha with unfocused eyes.

"Wowwww," she garbled out. "Th-there's two InuYashas!" she stated while looking back at Sesshomaru, then turning lazily back at her hanyou. A hiccup came out of her mouth.

She was completely drunk with alcohol!

"Um…what's wrong with her?" InuYasha asked with worry and confusion.

"Let's see," the elder brother said plainly as if he was going to count out what happened. "I found her in a bar; she had passed out and had decided to take a little nap on the counter with her empty bottles. She simply reeked…aside from the smell of alcohol, that is…your stench was all over her, so I thought I should return her to you."

InuYasha glared at his insulting brother. To InuYasha's dismay, Sesshomaru was not done talking.

"She woke up while I was bringing her back here. She kept calling me 'InuYasha' the whole way back…she doesn't make a very good hooker for you, I must say."

"She ain't a hooker!" InuYasha yelled defiantly, ready to fist fight him.

His yell was interrupted by Kagome hiccupping again.

"Now, now Inu dear…" she patted him on the shoulder. hiccup "…Inu don't you scream at Inu. It's not p-polite for you to scream at you," Kagome reprimanded drowsily.

She closed her eyes and had passed out once more in his arms. InuYasha took her to his bed so she could sleep off the alcohol's spell.

"Sesshomaru, why was she at the bar?" InuYasha asked as he tucked her in gently.

"I do not think she went there of her own accord…but I would recommend that you keep your eyes open…it would be very bad if my good name where tainted because of your foolish actions…letting your mate almost die from alcohol poisoning like that," he said bitterly and narrowing dangerous eyes at his younger brother.

InuYasha glared at him with utter contempt and sheer loathing. He knew very well that Kagome wouldn't just leave him alone to go out and get hammered…someone put her up to this and he would find out who. No one messes with his woman!

"Hey!" InuYasha yelled out, finally realizing what Sesshomaru said. "We aren't mates!" Even though his face was red with yelling, it was tinged over with a pink blush.

Sesshomaru just looked at him lightly and smiled mockingly.

"When she spoke to me, she thought I was you. She repetitively told me she loves me and wanted nothing more then to spend the rest of her life with me," he smiled again in ridicule at his angered brother.

"You two crave each other," he continued, "I wouldn't put it past you to choose a pathetic human as your mate…not to mention the lust she holds in her eyes for you; it's quite obvious, little brother," he ranted with that irksome smirk.

InuYasha stood there, speechless at his brother's words. Just hearing 'Kagome' and 'mate' in the same sentence brought out the biggest blush in his face.

Sesshomaru chuckled lightly before turning around to leave.

"Oh, and before I forget…" Sesshomaru continued with his back turned to InuYasha and facing the door to leave. "Send me an invitation to your wedding. You owe me a good bottle of wine for helping her," he said in amusement.

"Sesshomaru!" InuYasha yelled out. The door slammed shut and InuYasha remained red.

He looked over at Kagome, who was now waking up.

'She was just drunk; she couldn't have meant what she said' InuYasha thought. 'She was just unstable…now I gotta deal with the drunken Kagome…'

"In-InuYasha, is th-that you? I had the…weirdest d-dream. There were two of ya…and I…I became a sparkler…and…I was drunk…and…ohhh, my head hurts," she stated groggily as she fell back to the bed.

"Kagome, you are drunk. What happened?"

'Should I be asking questions while she's like this?' he thought distractedly. He went over to her bedside…Kagome got up and pulled InuYasha down onto the bed with her. He sat up into a comfortable position and waited for Kagome to answer.

Moving wobbly, she sat herself onto his lap and embraced her arms around his neck. She snuggled her head into his chest. She began to speak again, but was a bit incoherent with her head buzzing around, which gave her a sickening dizzy sensation.

"I-I don't care if I'm drunk or…or about what happened…all that matters is…" hiccup. "Is me being w-with you…" she stopped for a moment and smiled; her vocabulary was feeling very limited at the moment. 'Me being with you and…' she thought for a moment "and all that good in-between stuff," she completed. She then passed out once more.

'This is not good; Kagome's completely out of it! I better put her to bed…' he contemplated. 'I'll find out what happened later…right now, she just needs to sleep this off' he thought with a sigh.

He took off her shoes and the sweater she was wearing. She was wearing a light, undercover shirt that would have to be removed because it was still wet of booze…but he had to wait until she woke up; he wouldn't violate her like that by forcing her naked.

Making sure she was comfortable enough, he finished tucking her into bed once more.

InuYasha took off his pants and shirt to put on a large, baggy shirt and got into bed with the intoxicated Kagome. With his arms wrapped safely around her, he drifted off.

He awoke to the pleasant feeling of Kagome kissing his neck. He jumped up slightly to see that she had taken off her drinking shirt and replaced it with one of his clean shirts; she must have been very quiet not to wake him.

Kagome's eyes were still glazed over with distortion. She smirked happily and patted an empty spot on the bed, signaling for him to sit up by her.

"What's wrong Inu?" she questioned with a failing smile and fiddled with her shirt to lift it up. It didn't go to far as she tangled herself in the sleeves. "Am I bad at this?" she asked, surprised at herself. "Am I not pretty enough for you? Or am I too much of a whore like the other 'you' said?"

She was still very much out of it. InuYasha finally realized what she was hinting at as he watched her try to undress.

InuYasha just stared at her in shock. He didn't know what to do. She was still intoxicated and wanting to make love!

He knew he would be taking advantage of her if he had taken up her offer.

"Kagome? W-what are you saying?" InuYasha questioned, not sure of what else to say in this awkward moment. He reached over and made sure that her shirt stayed on. To his surprise, she smiled widely at him…the dopy drunk-grin plastered to her face.

"I want kids…didn't you know that?" she asked him as if it were a completely obvious thing.

He shook his head as a 'no' in response. He was saying no to both her sexual offer and question. This was not the Kagome that he fell in love with when she was acting like this…he couldn't take advantage of her.

As a side note, the hanyou thought, she was much more of a sex pistil now…not as timid and selfless as before…but still, he wouldn't violate her.

She continued to question him again.

"Did you know that I was pregnant before? My father had sold my virginity off to one of his sick friends," she revealed. A tear streamed down her cheek at the horrid memories. "It was the most frightful night of my life…that man had made me do things that I…that I never would have done".

Kagome had paused. Even though her head was spinning from the aftershocks of the drinks, she could still recognize the horror in InuYasha's expression at her story.

'She… she had a child before us?' he thought with devastation.

As if reading his mind, she corrected his troubled thought.

"I never had the child…it was a miscarriage. I had been pushed down the stairs by my father…and…and I lost it," she sniffled, her eyes hazing over in tears. Oddly enough, she held on to a whisper of a smile as the salted drops ran down her face.

InuYasha walked over and embraced her. He was both happy and sad that she didn't have the child. He was happy that he had a chance to have their first kids together, but very sad that she had suffered through that devastation.

"I was happy that I had lost the child," she confessed morbidly. "I didn't love that man…I didn't even know him! He forced that life to grow inside of me!" she sobbed into InuYasha's shirt. "I …but I was so depressed when I learned I had lost the baby; I had worked so hard to keep it alive. I was only three months into it when it happened," she sobbed.

"How… how did you know that you were pregnant? Or that you had lost the child?" he asked, curiosity forcing words into his mouth.

"It…It was easy to figure out that I was pregnant…but after the stairs, and how my stomach had flattened…I knew I wasn't gong to be a m-mother," she cried. It stung InuYasha's heart to hear her so sad. He wouldn't tell her how much it would have hurt him, if she had a baby with anyone else but him.

"I'm… I'm sorry about that…" he mumbled. She stopped her crying and looked up at him with a smile. She gave his body a tight squeeze.

"I want you to know about me; I want you to know that I love you…"

InuYasha looked her in the eyes with joy.

"I love you too; but promise me you won't ever get drunk again…you're not the same person when you're…like that," he said, looking away from her gaze. He heard her breathing even out. He sighed when he realized she had lost consciousness again.

'She sure dose like to fall asleep in my arms…' he thought with a smile.

When Kagome awoke, she looked up to see amber eyes staring down intensely at her. InuYasha smiled at her lovingly and she held fast into his arms.

"InuYasha…what happened? I feel like I ran into a wall; or got smashed by a boulder," she exaggerated. He smirked and placed a kiss on top of her head.

"I was going to ask you the same thing," he said cheerfully. "You've been asleep in my arms since last night." She looked up at him with surprise.

Then, as if something in her mind began to spark, all of her memories from the night before came to her quickly.

"Wait! I remember now…some wolf demons grabbed me and took me to a bar! They said I had to drink whatever they put in front of me or they wouldn't let me go," she remembered as she put her head down in dismay. "They said that if I didn't obey them…they would…would rape me," she told InuYasha with great sadness, as if she was the one that needed to apologize for what had happened.

InuYasha jolted; he couldn't believe how much hell she was put through…who would ever want to hurt this poor, loving creature? He held onto her tightly to comfort his woman.

"I was so terrified…I didn't want to go through with something like that ever again…so I drank…" She closed her eyes before remembering what else they had tried to do.

"And then they tried to get the necklace from me. I knew I couldn't fight them off…they were so strong…but then something happened to me," she tried hard to remember; something had definitely saved her when she was in trouble…'What was it?' she thought.

"I pushed them off me," she realized. "Something was…I don't know how to explain it…I guess, something was just…surging throughout my body. Something very powerful…I can't really remember clearly from all the alcohol…but some magenta colored spark thingies came out of my hand like electric bolts and forced the demons away from me…I must have passed out then, because the next thing I remember, I woke up in someone's arms…I thought it was you, seeing the silver hair and golden eyes…but it wasn't you….his voice was a lot colder and he was so different."

She started shaking her head to clear the dizziness; her head hurt so bad right now.

"I know the rest. You told me about…some unpleasant things; but don't worry, you're here now…with me. You just have a simple hangover, so let's go get you some breakfast and orange juice."

He smiled at her, remembering a scene like this with himself.

"Don't you feel like your just dieing? I mean, my first hang over was the worst!" he ranted with a laugh. She looked at him with uncertainty.

"You've gotten drunk before?" she asked.

"Well…I was a little…how would you put it…I was kinda a punk before…but that's not important now…the past is the past and this is the future. Let's go get ready for breakfast."

During the breakfast, InuYasha raised some questions about Kagome's little adventure.

"How did that power come out of your hands?" he asked in wonder.

"I don't know…it just did. It was so odd…when it happened, it was like it just felt right…you know? Like it was second-nature for me. I guess I really didn't want to have them…I didn't want to be violated, so I…uhg, this is making no sense! I don't even know what I did and I'm already making assumptions about it," she growled in frustration.

Kagome cupped her face in her hands to relieve the agitation. InuYasha pulled one of her hands down and massaged it soothingly. She looked up into his strong and calm eyes. She sighed and gave him a grateful smile.

"Don't worry; it'll be okay," he assured. "I won't let anything bad happen to you ever again, I promise," he said.

"Thanks InuYasha…for loving me," she breathed, and gave him a small peck on the lips.

-----------------------------------------To Be Continued---------------------------------------------

Whoop! Der' it is! Chapter 15! And guess what! I have the stomach flu and I'm puking like crazy! I hate the taste of puke! It taste awful, but I won't go in to detail for your own sake. Well R&R! It'll make me feel better!