A/N: Rating's T for suggestiveness. It's pretty stupid, but I don't have brain for much more right now. You've been warned.

Inuyasha no Mori

Kagome woke up when she felt her blanket slide down her body. She sleepily reached for it, tried to pull it over her shoulder. But it didn't go up, so after a few tugs the miko opened her eyes to scan the little bedroom. After a year of living in the hut with Inuyasha she knew this place like the palm of her hand and didn't need much light to determine what each shadow and shape was.

In the dim light of the embers in the fire pit she could see a figure seated by her futon, a pair of glittering yellow eyes looking straight at her. She gasped, but relaxed when she saw the shadow of two triangular ears on top of the figure's head. Only one person had dog ears and yellow eyes. And there couldn't be no mistake about the paleness of his wild mane of hair.

"Inuyasha," she breathed out. "You scared me! Where were you?! I've been waiting for you."

The figure moved closer and nuzzled her chin in apology. "Miroku had a problem. Needed my help."

This wasn't all the information she get from him. One sniff was enough to suspect that Miroku's problem was a jug of sake he needed a friend to help him emptying.

"You're drunk," she accused.

"Not drunk, just relaxed," he gave her a toothy grin. "All warm and fuzzy inside."

"Speaking of warm, give me back my blanket and come to sleep," Kagome said, shaking her head. Inuyasha was probably right, he didn't appear that drunk and he was still using entire sentences. She could just hope Miroku wasn't in a worse shape, Sango and the kids wouldn't have mercy on him.

"I have one more thing to do," Inuyasha said and pulled her blanket down even more, looking at her sleeping yukata. "I have to patrol my forest."

"What, now? In the middle of the night?" the miko frowned. Something was off, why was he looking at her like she was a cup of ramen?

"The night's the best time," he assured her. "Not that I wouldn't like to do it during the day... I mean - I'd like to patrol it now, if you let me."

"Uh, sure, if you feel like it..." Kagome stared at her mate in confusion. He had never asked her for her permission to go on a patrol. Inuyasha took advantage of her puzzlement and untied her obi. She came back to reality when she felt the cool air hit her skin.

"Inu? What are you doing?" she asked, shivering when he leaned in and placed a couple of gentle kisses along her jawline. "You were going on a patrol? Of your forest?" she didn't complain, even if his breath smelled a bit of sake, she was just really unsure what he had in mind. His actions weren't the same with his words.

"I'm going to," he replied, his warm breath tickling her collarbone. "Patrol my forest. The wild forest of Inuyasha... Where no one dares to step... Only I can go there, no other man... There's a hidden well there... And when I go into the well time stops... And there's a hidden divine pearl there too, one that grants my greatest desire..." Kagome gasped when she felt his hands on her, caressing her sides. It was hard to focus on his words instead of the warmth of his hands and lips on her skin.

"But... Your forest is out there..." she pointed out. He didn't make sense, the well was sealed and the sacred jewel was gone for years... One of his hands sneaked to the spot where her legs connected.

"It's right here," he stated and kissed her. The last coherent thought in Kagome's mind was to make sure Miroku got another jug of sake some time soon.