Experiment #4 Part II: and Dogs Will Be Dogs

He is sniffing me

Great God in heaven I am being sniffed by a dog. Not just any dog; a dog the size of a small mountain. Not just a dog the size of a small mountain; a demon dog the size of a small mountain with fangs bigger than I am. I am being sniffed by a demon dog the size of a small mountain with fangs bigger than I am who just happens to be the great demon Lord of the Western lands.

I am being sniffed by Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru, great youkai Lord of the Western lands is sniffing me and I would bet anything that the hungry look in his massive glowing red eyes is not a hunger for meat; at least not the kind of meat you can eat.

Great Kami what did I ever do to deserve this? Ok, so I manipulated a few youkai to abide by their instincts, forced them to do what I wanted even against their own wishes, and used science for my own personal gains; but do I really deserve this?

He is sniffing my neck. Oh my God! His nose is wet and cold and it tickles! I will not laugh, I will not laugh!

Crap! I laughed, and now he's growling at me! At least I think he's growling. Then again it sounds a lot different from that thundering growl that he released before when I tried to go check on Inuyasha. In fact this particular growl sounds more relaxed, content maybe, almost like purring. Oh no! I did NOT just think that Sesshomaru is purring while sniffing me!

This is not happening! I mean it can't be right? Any minute now I am going to wake up and realize that all of the pheromones I have been working with have affected my brain in some weird way and that all of this is just a dream. A very, very bad dream; more like a nightmare actually. Yes I am having a nightmare. There couldn't be any other reason why Sesshomaru would be sniffing me and purring right?

Any reason other than the fact that this is not a dream, but rather a science experiment gone horribly, horribly wrong.

Oh why me! I just couldn't be satisfied to know that pheromones would work. Oh no, I had to go and do more tests using pheromones on youkai. You know how they say curiosity killed the cat? Well right now I'm that cat and I get the feeling that the source of my demise, aside from my damdable curiosity, will be the very large dog that is currently sniffing my belly.

On that note, what the hell is so interesting about my belly anyways? Maybe I should be glad that he's only sniffing my belly and not anywhere else….NO NO NO! That's it! He just went waaayyyy beyond the whole personal boundary thing!

"Stop!" I took a step back from that cold wet nose that had just been probing into a place where he had no business being.

Ok now I'm sure he's growling. It most definitely is not that contented purring sound from before. No, this time the growl is definitely not a friendly one. He must be mad because I moved away from him. But I couldn't help it, I mean if I didn't then the pressure against my…well against my…ummm…skirt (yes that will do) and the brush of heated breath against the sensitive skin of my thighs might have produced a reaction (a totally unwanted reaction!) that he might have taken completely the wrong way.

I can't help it that my virgin body sometimes acts in ways that I have no control over any more than a teenage boy can help the fact that sometimes (usually at the most inopportune time) they are cursed with an erection just because of their raging hormones. And such an unwanted reaction from my body at the moment, when there is a monstrous dog which would probably be able to detect even the slightest change in my heartbeat or rise in body temperature sniffing me, would definitely be a bad thing.

What do I do now? Come on brain think! Ok, I just have to get to the water and wash off the pheromone scent. Problem is the water is quite a ways away. Stupid Inuyasha! Why couldn't you have just reacted like every other youkai to the pheromones? That way I would have washed them off by now and I wouldn't be in this mess! No, I can't blame Inuyasha; this is entirely my fault.

Back to the problem. How am I going to get to the water? Putting aside the fact that if I do manage to get to the water and Sesshomaru comes out of the pheromone induced haze he will probably kill me for deceiving him, I would still rather be impaled like a piece of doggy meat than on a piece of doggy meat. I mean I've heard of doing it doggy style but this is just ridiculous!

I took another step back towards the water, but no sooner had I moved than Sesshomaru took a step forward to close the distance. His growls were so loud that I almost had to cover my ears to keep myself from going deaf. I wanted so badly just to turn and run, but somehow I managed to stay put. Turning my back on him would probably be the worst thing I could possibly do. It would be a symbol of rejection, one which the dog in him would likely seek to remedy with a brutal display of strength and dominance; one that I'm certain I wouldn't live through. I don't know how I kept it together, but I did.

Baby steps Kagome. Come on you can do it. One more step, followed by more growls. If I ever get out of this I swear I'm never going to do anything scientific again! After this science is dead to me!

One more step. This time, his growls did not escalate. Instead, the thundering vibrations quieted down into just a dull roar. It wasn't quite the purring noise from before, but even though I had no idea what he was saying (if in fact he was saying anything) with his growl, I decided that I liked this one better and that it was definitely a good sign for me.

One more step. Still the rolling vibrations of his growl kept coming, but now he had crouched down low on his front paws, his back end still high in the air. If I didn't know any better I would swear that the repetitive movements of his tail looked a lot like he was wagging it. But the great demon Lord of the west wouldn't wag his tail right? I mean this is Sesshomaru I'm talking about. You know the cold, emotionally detached, stoic youkai who never shows even the slightest bit of any sort of expression or emotion. There is just no way that he is currently squatted in front of me and wagging his tail.

One more step. Slowly, very slowly I am getting closer to the river's edge. Only about twenty more steps and I'm there. Oh man (sweat drop) I am so dead!

One more step. He is just sitting there watching me, crouched down as though he's about ready to pounce. Oh no! I bet that's what he's doing! He's watching my every move. Analyzing…well analyzing something but I'm not even going to attempt to try and figure it out; I have no desire to know what going on in Sesshomaru's mind at the moment. It looks like he's stalking prey. And that must be what I am to him: prey. Oh Kami please help me! Please, please, please get me out of this and I swear I'll do anything you want!

One more step. Suddenly the growls stopped. I have no idea what could have cause that, but I just hope beyond hope that it's not a bad thing.

One more step.

"WOOF"

God! Talk about giving someone a heart attack! The deep commanding bark sounded so suddenly and startled me so badly that I jumped and lost my balance, falling hard on my but on the ground.

Before I could get comfortable with my newly found position, before I could do anything for that matter, I became aware of something very large hovering just above me.

He was everywhere, covering every inch of my peripheral vision. He was just so massive that his form hovering above me blocked out the world, leaving me with only him to focus on. He brought his giant head complete with frightening glowing red eyes and razor sharp fangs down until his nose touched my chest. He started sniffing me again, only this time it wasn't the short, curious intakes of breath that he had been using when he first came upon me; this time the scenting was long and lazy. The low purring sound came back, rumbling in his massive chest, sending vibrations through the air that caressed my skin and sent jolts of electricity though my body.

I can't let this happen! Somehow I have got to get away from him! There has to be a way!

In desperation, I allowed some of my miko powers to leak out of me. They singed his sensitive nose, making him give a small yelp and pull back a bit. I took my chance and began scrambling frantically to get out from underneath him. But it was to no avail. I had only managed to move a few inches when a sharp jolt of pain shot through my left shoulder.

I cried out, but still the pressure and the pain would not relent. I looked over to my shoulder, and found it caught firmly in Sesshomaru's massive maw. The amazing thing was, even though he held my shoulder between his razor-sharp teeth, there was no blood. He hadn't even punctured the skin. A punishment, some sort of reprimand for striking out at me with my miko abilities, that's what he was doing. He wasn't trying to hurt me, just letting me know that he is in control.

I looked back up to find those terrifying eyes staring intently at me. Something in my mind screamed out to me then 'if you want to live then submit!' And without any other options that didn't involve me being killed, I did just that.

A small pathetic and frightened whimper escaped my lips as I turned my head to the side to bear my neck and submit to the beast that had dominated me.

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Kukukuku….Kagome is DOOMED!

Naw just kidding, but I just had to say that because it was a comment made in one of the reviews from the last chapter (has this experiment gotten out of control enough for you Blue Dart?). Anyways, I still have a few tricks up my sleeve. The next chapter won't be an experiment, more like a continuation from where this chapter left off. I haven't decided what I should call it yet because I haven't really planned that far ahead. You know for something that started out as my own experiment, this story really is getting good.

I have to thank all the research that I have been doing for this story for that (Yes I have actually been doing research for this story. I have gotten a few reviews that have questioned me if the information I start out each experiment with is correct, and the answer is yes. All of the definitions at the beginning of each experiment are taken directly from Wikipedia the online encyclopedia – which you would know if you read the disclaimer.)

While I'm talking about my experiment, I just want to say thank you everyone who has been reviewing this story. Your thoughts mean so much to me, and if it wasn't for you then I would not be so kind as to update as often as I have been. I keep telling myself that I shouldn't update every day, but when I read all of those wonderful reviews they just get me all excited and the ideas just pour out!

Anyways, I guess that all for now.

Chow

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters I am about to weave into my web of chaos. Any and all definitions have been taken directly from Wikipedia the online encyclopedia because I am far too lazy to do any further research to support my Inuyasha obsession.

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