A/N: Ugh I cant decide if I like this story or not. Youd think after reuploading it a million times I'd know by now...
Chapter 2 Heated
It had been three days since Kagome's disappearance. The trail Inuyasha had been following vanished and was now replaced with the fragrant aroma of flowers. It was the night of the new moon, and Miroku being.. well.. Miroku, had convinced a local villager to let them stay with his family. They were given the royal treatment over a bogus story of an ominous aura looming over their village that needed to be cleansed.
"Well Miroku I've got to hand it to you, you're quite the story teller." Sango sighed as the last of the villagers gave their thanks to the young monk. Miroku chuckled and scratched his head. "It's one of my many talents."
Inuyasha sighed heavily and went upstairs to be alone.
"Poor Inuyasha.." Sango said
"Yeah he's really hurting." Shippo replied quietly from his Perch on top of Kirara's head.
"We'll find her, don't worry.." Sango said as she placed her Haraikotsu down in the corner of the room and took a seat next to them.
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Kagome stirred lightly in her sleep. For some reason she couldn't shake the feeling that she was being watched. "Inu...Yasha." She muttered through cracked lips.
"Who's Inuyasha?" Kuronue asked, he couldn't help feeling like he heard the name somewhere else before. Kagome shot up into a sitting position, glaring fiercely at the bat.
"None of your business, you disgusting winged rat." She hissed, instantly regretting her words when she saw his facial expression change from curious to furious. Kuronue walked over and bent down so that he was eye level with her. His threatening indigo eyes met her soft brown ones. Reaching behind her head, he grabbed a fist full of hair and yanked her head back violently. "Mind your tongue bitch, or I'll cut it out of that pretty little mouth of yours." He spat before tossing her back on the bed and returning to his post on the opposite side of the room.
Kagome felt herself trembling. "Damn him, I'll have to play along if I want to survive this." She thought miserably. A long moment of silence passed before she sighed in defeat and asked her captor "what do you two plan to do with me? Why am I still alive?"
Kuronue scoffed in response, "I have nothing to do with this. Youko claimed you for himself and to be perfectly honest, if it was up to me you'd already be dead. We have no use for humans like yourself." He said with disgust as he spun his ruby pendant and stared at her helpless form laying across Youko's bed. He traced every flawless curve on her body. "As useless and annoying as she is, she really is gorgeous."
Kagome could feel his eyes on her back and sat up to face him. "Instead of gawking at me how about getting me a water from my pack over there?"
Kuronue rolled his eyes, but did as she requested, tossing the strange container of water at her. She picked it up off the bed and shakily downed its contents. "Would it be too much if I asked to take a bath?"
"For what?" Kuronue growled. "You'll never wash away that disgusting human stench."
Kagome threw the empty plastic bottle at him "because I'm filthy and Youko told you to see that I'm comfortable, that's why!"
"Fine." He spat, picking up her bag and leading her two doors down to a small makeshift bathroom. There was a natural hot spring in the middle, Kuronue and Youko's extra clothes hung from sharp rocks that stuck out from the cave's glistening walls like a hook. Kuronue slid the door shut. "Hurry up and don't do anything stupid. I'll be behind this door." He said leaving her there. Kagome lowered herself into the steamy water and felt her muscles start to relax at last.
Youko returned from scouting the area covered in blood.
"Good hunt?" Kuronue asked, raising an eyebrow.
Youko grinned "indeed, where's Kagome?"
Kuronue pointed toward the hot spring room. "She wanted to bathe."
Youko threw off his bloody clothing before walking into the room. Kagome was fast asleep in the spring. Washing quickly, he wrapped his arm tightly around her waist and pulled her into his lap. Still slightly asleep, Kagome snuggled against his chest as he held her. His breathing became heavy, her nude form was even more gorgeous than clothed. He ran his clawed hands down her smooth back. Kagome looked up at him through hooded eyes and kissed him deeply. His eyes widened before kissing her back. She pulled away before leaning back against his chest. Youko's arms found their way back around her and his hands found her perfect breasts, rubbing his thumbs over her nipples.
"Inuyasha." She moaned quietly
"Who's that?" Youko said, snapping back to reality. Kagome's eyes opened wide and she jumped when she realized he was holding her tight against his body. She wanted to slap him, but her body didn't let her.
"Fucking plant." She cursed under her breath.
"We're you dreaming?" Youko asked tucking her hair behind her ears.
She nodded. "I miss my friends."
Youko stayed quiet for a few minutes. "You need to forget about them. You're mine now." He said turning her around so she was face to face with him. Kagome straddled his waist and wrapped her fingers in his long silver hair. She could feel his hardness threatening to enter her. "I don't share my toys sweetness." Youko purred, kissing her again.
"Why am I doing this?! No! No! No!" Her mind screamed and raced as she tried her hardest to fight the plants power. His fangs grazed her bottom lip and he deepened the kiss.
When he finally parted from her, he was breathing heavily again. Still straddling his waist as he stood up, Youko carried them out of the hot spring and back to his room. She felt weak from fighting off the plants power to no avail. He dropped her gently on his bed and handed her his spare robes. "I'll have your clothes washed, wear this for now."
"Th..ank you." Kagome stammered. She couldn't take her eyes off of his erection. He was huge. Kagome felt a chill run down her spine. "What if he put that inside of me? I'm still a virgin." Her face flushed at the thought.
"Sure." He said simply before turning and leaving her alone again.
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It was the sixth day. Kagome had spent a lot of time with Kuronue since he was given orders to watch her and was now allowed to walk around the cave as long as he accompanied her.
"Kuro, I'm bored. Can we go for a walk outside?" She whined making her way to the bar's post. His ears twitched with annoyance at the sound of the nickname she had given him.
"I don't think so, stop being so irritating." He answered all she begged him with sad eyes.
"Please Kuro, I haven't seen the sun in a week."
Kuronue stared up at her uninterested and sighed heavily before giving in. "Fine, anything to get you to shut up." He grabbed her hand and leading her towards the back entrance.
They made their way through the dark cave. The walls were wet and small glints of shining rock illuminated by torches enticed Kagome to rub her hand across its cool surface as she walked by. After a bit she finally saw a light at the end and began to rush forward, practically dragging Kuronue behind her. When they got outside Kuronue tightened his grip on her small hand. Kagome almost fell over. "It's so beautiful!" They we're standing in front of a huge waterfall. It's clear blue water fell perfectly into the lake below, making perfect white water around the base. Adorning the lake were white marble rocks and fully bloomed flowers of every kind. Stepping forward, she placed her feet into the sparkling liquid. A large cherry blossom tree towered over the river bank.
"This is Youko's garden. He's been making it perfect for about five years now. Back when we first found this place, nothing was out here but a middle lake and some weeds. I suppose.. technically this is still part of the cave." Kuronue mused, sitting at the base of a tree. He figured they were going to be out there a while when Kagome laid back in the water to float and enjoy the scenery.
Youko walked in a few hours later, only to find that no one was actually there. Growling, he followed Kagome's scent down the hall that led to his garden. Walking out the door, he found Kagome smelling the flowers and Kuronue just about dozing under the tree. He felt his anger fade, quickly to be replaced by amusement. Why was this human able to make him melt without even trying? Kuronue stretched before making his leave.
"Oh cool, babysitting is over. See ya." He waved to the fox as he walked back into the cave.
Youko made his way over to Kagome, laying in the grass next to her to watch the evening clouds roll by. "Tomorrow your enthrallment will wear off. I trust that I won't have to dose you again?" He asked quietly. Kagome stayed silent. "I'll take that as a maybe." He sighed looking into her glistening eyes.
"I don't know what's going to happen. Or even why you want me here to begin with? Why me?" Her words were cold and tinged with hurt, tears now threatening to spill.
"You're different Kagome. I'm drawn to rare and unusual things. You clothing, your hair and even your attitude is different than any woman I've ever met.. and I hear you have a special talent exclusive to you. You can sense these." Youko said holding up her bottle of jewel shards.
"My Shikon shards!" Kagome reached to try to grab them.
"Oh no, I definitely won't be giving these back now that I know what they're capable of. You're going to help me find the rest of them once you submit yourself to me completely without the help from my powers." Youko smirked, placing the bottle back into his robes.
Kagome glared at him. "I'll be going back to my room now. It's getting cold and dark." She got up and walked away. Youko got up and followed her so she wouldn't get lost.
"What's going to happen to me?" Inuyasha where are you?" She thought to herself as she took off her wet clothes and replaced them with the warm pajamas she had with her from the human world. She followed Youko to the sitting room where she boiled water and made herself some ramen from her pack. "I can act of my own free will tomorrow." She thought as she sat beside him and ate in silence.
