Then and Now
A/N: Wow, seven chapters! This is the first story I've ever had run this long. Thanks again to all my wonderful reviewers, you are what keeps me going(slowly, but surely).
Chapter 7
I can't believe that wench! How could she be courting somebody else? She's mine! She should know that! I protect her more than I do anyone else, I try to be considerate of her. Most of the time, anyway. I just don't get it! And then to bring that guy here and let him hold her like that right in front of me! How could she? Inu Yasha thought to himself as he ran through his forest, destroying any living thing suicidal enough to cross his path. "Kikyo would never..." He began out loud.
"I would never what, Inu Yasha?" A voice up ahead asked.
"Kikyo. What are you doing here?"
"I came to see you. I've missed you, Inu Yasha. I've had a lot of time to think, recently. I was wrong to hate you. I should have loved you enough to know something wasn't right, that you would never betray me. I'm sorry that I doubted you."
"Kikyo." He sighed, hugging her. "I love you. I knew that you would realize I would never hurt you. I only want to protect you. Oh, Kikyo."
"But what about my reincarnation? Don't you want to protect her, too"
"Kagome doesn't want my protection. She's courting someone else." Inu Yasha stated, sadly.
"She hurt you! You should come with me. We could be happy. It could be the way we always wanted." The undead Miko pleaded.
"I don't know if I can leave them all, yet. The Jewel isn't complete yet, and I haven't avenged you. But I can't stand to see her with him. I don't know." He explained.
"At least stay the night with me." Kikyo offered.
( If you really want to know what happened between them during the night you can go to under the author name Lady MoonShadow1, you sick bastards. Otherwise, read on.)
(The next morning)
Kikyo woke before the hanyou. That was good, she had things to do this morning. Important business deals to make. She gathered her clothes and stepped silently through the forest, content that the prize was hers.
(Kurama and Kagome that night)
"I can barely recall the air being so clean. I've missed this time." Kurama stated with an almost wistful tone.
"I know. I always feel so refreshed just being here. It's like the whole environment just...cleanses me" Kagome responded, as if searching for the right words to convey her feelings. "The stars are so much brighter here, too. It's so beautiful."
"Not half as beautiful as you are" he whispered, leaning in for a soft kiss. Kagome felt her knees go weak as she closed her eyes in anticipation. She couldn't get enough of him. every time he kissed her she found herself wanting more. Her body ached to have him touch her. "Kurama..." she sighed a moment before their lips touched.
His tongue slipped into her mouth almost immediately, gently probing. Her tongue, for it's part, shyly explored the Kitsune's own mouth, testing the feel of his teeth, his tongue and anything else she could reach. Soon, their kiss deepened, each fighting for dominance. Youko sat smugly within his host's soul. I knew it, didn't I? She wants us. Give her what she wants. What WE want. All of us. I feel it from you more than we smell it from her.
Youko, shut up. I'm not going to push her.
The fledgling miko's hands found their way to Kurama's hair stroking his scalp, eliciting a groan from him. His arms wrapped more tightly around her waist, bringing the proof of his desire to press against her lower abdomen. Kagome gasped at the unexpected sensation and the desire that it brought with it. A tiny voice in the back of her mind shouted that she should make him stop, but every instinct she possessed told her how right it all felt. She couldn't deny how she felt. Her hips gave an involuntary jerk forward, shocking her Fox. He pulled back with no little bit of reluctance, and looked at her.
"What's wrong" Kagome asked, worried that she'd done something wrong.
"I just don't want to rush this. I want to keep it slow for right now. I want it to be right for both of us if we go farther than this. I don't ever want you to have regrets about something like that." He assured her with a tender gaze.
She smiled at him, relieved. "I understand. You're right. It is a bit too soon for that. It's kind of weird, but, it feels right with you. I can't explain it. I've never felt this before."
"I know. I've never felt so strongly about anyone, either" he kissed the top of her head gently. "It's getting a bit cool out here, we should go on in. It wouldn't do for you to go getting sick for real, now would it" he said teasingly.
She giggled "Right.
(You knew it had to happen sooner or later)
She craved his kisses, his touch. She could feel his hands exploring her secret places, bringing her to the edge of pleasure. She could smell him, the wild forest scent that was only Kurama. She felt his lips in places she was sure lips didn't belong, but she didn't care. Only the feeling mattered. She moaned his name loudly. he whispered her name into her ear. "Kagome."
"Kagome, wake up, koibito." Kurama whispered, gently, touching her arm.
"N-nani? Argh" She groaned. I should have known it was a dream.
"Gomen" Kurama began, chuckling to himself "but you were getting a little loud."
Kagome immediately sat up straight, looking to see if anyone else was awake. Finding them sleeping, she lay back down with a sigh of relief. "You don't have to find it so funny, you know."
"I'm flattered, actually, that you dream of me that way...so, was it good for you?" He teased.
Kagome promptly hit him with her pillow. "Shut up." She said, giggling with him.
(TBC)
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