A/N: So, I know the Inuyasha CD Dramas are primarily satire-based, but "Asatte" is the post-manga one and it had some genuinely cute InuKag moments. (This takes place directly after track 5.) As of the time this fic was posted, the whole thing is on Youtube, but the basic rundown plot is Rin asking Kagome if she and Inuyasha are married leads into a conversation about how he proposed, after which Kagome realized he never did. An over-convoluted misunderstanding on Inuyasha's part when confronted about this lands the whole group in the Underworld (or rather, Inupapa's tomb) which ends up breaking the skeleton. Inuyasha and Kagome get tasked with rebuilding it, and there is an adorable scene at the end of Kagome deciding to just trust Inuyasha, and she lays his head in her lap to tickle his ears. (Inuyasha's VA legitimately GIGGLED, you guys.) I was all in for that, but then the woman goes and lets out the most seductive-sounding "Sit" ever (it's not a Sunrise production without an obligatory undeserved "Sit", after all) and thus, this fic was born.

I typically follow manga canon, but since I've never seen any fics touching on any of the CD dramas, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to be speshul. It's pretty much just porn, though... So enjoy! (Not in the grave, I promise.)

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Kagome really hadn't meant to get herself into this situation, though she had to admit she hadn't exactly made any efforts to avoid it, either. Who knows, maybe it was her way of punishing herself for the "Sit" she'd just given Inuyasha, which tended to be rare now that they were (unofficially) married, but he'd been gradually testing her patience all day.

Inuyasha was currently trying to pry his face from her midriff, and if the massive blush on his face was any indication, he was very self-conscious of that fact. Kagome was not. At least for the moment. She was too busy trying to hold back her laughter. His subjugation had knocked the wind out of her, but she was still releasing breathless giggles that only increased when her hanyou tried to growl at her with a face full of miko hakui and hakama.

"It's not funny," he hissed.

"It's a little funny."

"It's not."

Kagome only hummed at him like she was half-listening, reaching up to affectionately tweak an ear. Inuyasha only scoffed and sat up, making to face away from her but seeming to change his mind at the last moment, leaving her staring at his right side instead. Really, it was only in hindsight that Kagome was grateful the ground around the Great Dog's tomb was softer than the last two times they'd been here. Trudging around in - and especially getting slammed down into - a bunch of old skeletons would not have been pleasant. Even the bone birds seemed mysteriously absent.

Inuyasha broke her out of her absent-minded thoughts with his grumpy huff. "No way in hell I'm repairing this whole thing."

"Your father's not a 'thing'," she admonished gently, "and it was nice of Rin-chan to give us this alone time. We don't always get any, between my miko duties and your trips out to exterminate youkai."

The red had not left his cheeks. "Why... did you say it like that?" he asked suddenly.

"Hmm?"

"Keh, that Sit! You said it like... like you wanted to rile me up or something."

His voice was borderline accusatory, but Kagome did not take the bait. "Hmm, well maybe I was trying to. A bit."

Inuyasha gaped at her, and Kagome was reminded vividly of the koi fish that she liked to feed behind the old shrine. He composed himself rather quickly, but that pretty pink had spread more over his cheeks. Cute. He was cute. She reached to take his hand, giving his knuckles a few loving strokes with her thumb.

"Come back over here, my dearest." Kagome blushed a little herself at the use of the pet name. Those were a new thing between them, but seemed to hold at least some sway over Inuyasha, because even though Kagome could count the number of times they'd gone a little beyond kissing on one hand, one always seemed to be uttered in those moments.

This time seemed like it would be no different. Inuyasha slowly but surely crawled back over her body that was still relaxed on the ground, his ears twitching this way and that, though she couldn't tell if it was to sense for danger or out of his own embarrassment. Kagome met him half way when he leaned down to kiss her.

She fisted her hands in his Fire-Rat suikan, feeling the wonderful tingling in her hands and toes that always came with the feel and taste of him. Pressing against him, loving him like this, had never made her swoon or feel like she was flying, as her friends back in the modern era had sometimes described. Rather, kissing Inuyasha simply felt natural, like she'd always been meant to do it.

'Well... except for how my toes always seem to curl...' she mused with an inward smile.

Inuyasha quite abruptly broke her out of her thoughts by gently deepening the kiss. He was still so careful with her, and Kagome guessed that he was likely just shy. His tongue moved against hers slowly, attentively, testing what she'd respond to. She surprised him back by rubbing her tongue against his fang, careful not to let it pierce. Inuyasha made to pull away with a sharp inhale, but she cupped his face tenderly to pull him back. His shyness always came to the forefront when it involved traits from his youkai heritage, though she always tried to show him how much she herself liked them.

Inuyasha seemed unsure of what to do with his own hands before he decided to follow her lead and rest one against her cheek. The other he curled around her arm. The feel of his claws prickling slightly but with no pressure behind them drove shivers through Kagome's body. Whether Inuyasha sensed the change in her reaction she couldn't be sure, but he chose that moment to break away for air. His face was more flushed than before and he wore a sheepish smile as his eyes darted around in clear embarrassment. Kagome nuzzled under his chin, uncaring of anything other than to have his warmth and smell close to her. She was very content, even if he was still a little stunted in the physical intimacy department. She knew enough to understand that was not his fault, and had trained her mindset to never be put off, since she also knew enough to understand how much he actually did enjoy it.

"Kagome, we're... outside, y'know..."

He hadn't moved his hands and Kagome turned her head to give the palm resting on her cheek a kiss, before moving to his neck again; this time with intent. "Mm-hmmm."

His breath hitched and the hand on her arm squeezed marginally. "And, um... aren't you cold?"

A wet, open kiss against his pulse point finally drew out a moan. Oh, as cute as his concern was, cold was the last thing she felt. "Mmmm... Nope..." Kagome followed an impulse and arched to press her covered breasts against his heaving chest. He pulled back enough to put some sobering distance between them at that.

"Kagome..."

The woman in question huffed out her annoyance as he continued to play coy. "In case you hadn't noticed, I'm trying to-..."

"I'm not dense enough to miss you trying to seduce me again, Ka-go-me," he interrupted with a lilt of playfulness to his voice and a reproachful finger tap against her nose. "I just don't want Sesshoumaru to come back to check if we've finished rebuilding my old man's bones."

'His father's bones... Oh god, his FATHER! I almost let myself forget we're in a tomb of all places!'

"Oh jeez, I'm so sorry, Inuyasha... Here I was-... In front of your father-..."

Inuyasha for some reason looked a little sour at that, and not even in the way she would expect. "Keh! Is that all you're worried about? Dad's the one who wanted me to love humans so much, for all I care let him know how good I'd-..."

"Inuyasha!"

He didn't finish the sentence, thankfully, choosing instead to sit up and cross his arms inside his suikan sleeves. Kagome thought he looked a little smug at flustering her so badly, though. 'Not the kind of flustered I was hoping to feel from him...'

"A-Anyway, you said we're done for now, right? We should... We should get home, then."

Inuyasha nodded and pulled out Tessaiga. The blade pulsed jet black, freckled by little white stars, as he called for the Meidou Zangetsuha.

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Inuyasha heaved a sigh of relief when they emerged in front of their little hut settled in the woods. Getting to the Underworld was easy, but getting back not so much. He didn't want to give Kagome any indication that he'd been even the slightest bit worried though, so he merely stepped forward to enter their home. Thankfully it was situated a little ways from the main village, so nobody was going to see them suddenly drop in from an ominous dark void. As much as Inuyasha liked the village and its people, he was a forest spirit at heart and was far more comfortable surrounded by the trees and quiet.

He could hear by her heartbeat that Kagome was still trying to compose herself after kissing him. He was a little excited himself, though his thoughts had moved elsewhere with the effort of getting them home. Now, though... Now it was quiet and she was becoming the center of his focus again.

It had gotten darker while they'd been in the other world, and night crickets were just starting to chirp in the twilight. The hut was dark inside, and Inuyasha knew Kagome was having trouble seeing in it. Wordlessly he moved toward the irori fire pit, but she seemed to be thinking the same thing and beat him to it.

"Um, I'll start a fire and get some tea going. Are you hungry, yet?"

His answer was soft, still a little distracted by how her erratic heartbeat was affecting her voice, "No. I can catch us some game before dark, though."

Kagome hummed in acknowledgment, and in the dim light she reached for the flint and kindling, only to drop the latter with an annoyed grunt when she misjudged where the kettle was placed in the center of the hearth. Inuyasha snickered a little at her expense. His eyes were much more adept at making use of low light than a human's, so he could still make out her glare. It was also that fact that made him move to kneel beside her and take over the job.

"It's not funny," she grumped, rubbing her hand where he could tell she'd gotten at least one splinter from her mishap.

"It's a little funny," he parroted back her own words from earlier and struck the flint.

Kagome only "hmph"ed in reply, but she did bend over to help him blow at the smoldering little embers he'd awoken until a merry fire hissed to life and illuminated her face.

She'd gone back to nursing her hand, and Inuyasha started to feel a little bad for laughing at her. "Here, let me see it."

The woman offered her palm and Inuyasha picked delicately at the rather large splinter with his claws. It didn't take long to come free, though it did leave a small smear from the blood beading out of the wound. Not caring at that moment if it made him seem more doglike - a sentiment he'd always hated - the hanyou brought the scrape to his mouth and swiped his tongue over it once to stem the flow, before using the sleeve of his suikan to gently press and stop it altogether.

Kagome remained silent through the whole exchange, but her heart was fluttering in excitement again, and he felt her shift a little before he finally met her gaze a second time. Her eyes effectively nailed him to the spot as he saw some of the earlier heat had returned to them and a pretty blush was starting to darken her cheeks. She smiled and he braced himself for her weight, but she merely rose to her knees to drape her arms around his neck and press their foreheads tenderly together.

"Thank you," she murmured, low and soft. "You sneak, always making me fall in love with you all over again."

Now it was Inuyasha's turn to blush. "Tch, I'm just... taking care of you..."

"Exactly."

Nuzzling their noses together for a moment, Kagome gave him another brilliant smile before leaning in to kiss him. This time she was the one who deepened it, nibbling gently at his bottom lip before soothing over it with her tongue. With a happy sigh, Inuyasha obliged her. Their tongues touched, and then moved together to create a wet friction that Inuyasha was already enjoying very much. Kagome seemed to be too, because she released a bubbly giggle against his mouth that made him smile.

He could hear her heartbeat quickening. Th-thump, th-thump, th-thump. His ears swiveled towards the sound and he drew her closer against him to feel it against his chest.

Something changed in her scent, becoming spiced with a very specific headiness that pulled at his senses in the most drugging way. He knew what it meant, and in response he pulled her into his lap, feeling his own heartbeat quicken. They pulled apart briefly for air, noses still touching, and Inuyasha marveled at how different her eyes looked this close up. There had never really been an opportunity or reason to see them this close for most of the time he'd known her, and to be honest, he'd never really even thought to do so. He could see every shade of brown, the color bursting outwards from the pupil in lights and darks. If he'd had a mind to, he could probably count the freckles in her irises. Her eyes were deeper and prettier than he'd ever given them credit for. He thought about telling her as much, but she was ducking her head now to kiss at his jaw. He sucked in a harsh breath when she peppered them down his neck, but that only caused him to inhale her scent more deeply, and his chest labored as he suddenly felt like he couldn't catch his breath - his mouth falling slightly open to pant against her ear.

Kagome reacted immediately, and gave a searing, wet suck to the skin of his throat. He could even feel her teeth pressing in her excitement, though that was likely accidental. Despite the low groan he released at the action, she still mumbled an apology before her tongue darted out to taste his Adam's apple; sweat already starting to gather on his skin. His throat being bared to her affections seemed to only invigorate her further, and Inuyasha's breath hitched again when her legs moved from their more neutral position to wrap ardently around his hips. The action caused her chest to press up snugly against his, and this time he had no intention of moving away.

On the contrary, he decided his hands had been idle long enough and brought them up to touch hers. She grasped one and interlaced their fingers before bringing their joined hands to rest over his heart. The other he traced lightly up her arm, letting it disappear under her billowing hakui sleeve.

He felt her teeth against him again, this time at the juncture between his neck and shoulder. "A-Ahh! Kagome...!"

She kissed the spot again in apology despite his positive reaction. It was pretty precious how overzealous she was when they got like this. His busy hand was still stroking up and down her arm, gratified by the little goosebumps he could feel forming. No longer content to let her lead, Inuyasha kissed her back; first on her forehead, then her temple, before pressing a wet and heady kiss to the base of her neck, in the same place she'd just bitten him.

Kagome gasped and then grunted out a shaky moan when the hand massaging her arm brushed against her breast from inside the sleeve. It had been an accident, but he took her reaction as encouragement and pulled his hand from the fabric to brush again, this time caressing her much more purposefully with a knuckle. Kagome's response was to lean back enough to take the hand in her own and place it fully over the swell of her breast.

He had touched her here a handful of times, but it still felt new and exotic to hold the soft flesh in his palm. Her sarashi chest wrap kept him from feeling the full weight of it, but she still seemed to feel when his thumb brushed itself over her nipple. A breathy sigh of his name was the only warning Inuyasha had before Kagome was pulling open the top of her hakui and hadagi to expose her shoulders and the tops of her breasts. She encouraged him to touch the new skin and he did, bringing his mouth to her closest shoulder and moving his hand slightly up to spread his fingers over naked flesh.

Kagome's head came forward to rest against his shoulder as she tried to get her breathing under control again. The more he touched and kissed her, the lower she seemed to let her upper garments drop, until soon the only things covering her upper half were her sarashi and muna-himo string.

Inuyasha kissed lower, following the fabric, and hooked a finger into the bandages wrapped around her chest as he rasped, "Can we take these off?"

Kagome nodded almost frantically and reached behind her to undo them, letting them spool onto the ground like thick thread. Her nipples were pert and blushing for him when they came free, and he moved his hand back to its previous place covering one breast. The other heaved up and down with her harsh breaths, looking very neglected in the warm glow of their fire.

"Kagome? Can I kiss you here, too?"

He had already done it before, but there was always a sense of trust between them during intimacy. A different type of trust than their normal life-risking one, and one he still felt compelled to honor with assurances.

"Yes," she whispered. His ears still heard it clear as day over the pop of sparks the fire released.

The room suddenly felt too warm, and as if sensing this thought, Kagome began loosening his own clothes for him. She only paused to gasp in relieved pleasure when he followed through on his desire, and brought his lips to the dusky nipple of her neglected breast. Holding his head to her for a moment, her hand clutched at his hair before moving to rub at the pressure point at the tip of his ear. He shuddered and grew more ardent in his attentions, licking and sucking gently while his hand massaged the other side.

Kagome had gone back to his clothes after her savoring, and Inuyasha's suikan was now peeled down with his hadagi quickly joining it. With both their chests bare, Inuyasha pulled back to press his wife against him in a tight hug. She was so precious to him, and he could feel the same sentiment from her returned embrace. Well, that mixed with a different kind of love, as she hadn't stopped running her hands up and down his bare back. He almost teased her, but didn't want to make her angry and ruin the entire mood.

"I love you," she sighed into his ear, and he dragged his lips over her shoulder. "I want to try something, if you'll let me."

"Mm-hmmm..." was his only response.

Pulling back, Kagome was biting her lip – cute – and clenched her fingers against his shoulders. Then her hands were at the ties of his sashinuki pants. He gasped to accompany his wide eyes, and she stopped.

"Ka-Kagome, but-... that's..."

They had never technically gotten this far. In the past they had discovered the sensation of rocking against each other to achieve completion, but neither had been fully naked in front of the other during intimacy yet. Kagome seemed to be ready, though. "Is it okay?" she asked quietly.

If she was ready, then he was ready, too. Her determination and fervor were as contagious as always. He nodded and tried to keep his eyes on her face despite the loosening of his clothes making him feel a little exposed. He wanted more than anything to make her happy, and he trusted her.

So he nodded. When the ties were undone, Kagome got off his lap to pull the sashinuki carefully down his legs, urging him to move enough to help them off. Soon he was left only in his fundoushi, and then that was being untied as well, and his face was flushing in equal parts excitement and trepidation. The blush reached his ears, turning them bright pink beneath the white fur when he was suddenly free of all clothing. Her hands had inevitably brushed against him a few times, and he felt his excitement explode into a very heated arousal. He bit his lip as he watched her, pretty black hair framing her face while she looked at his very obvious exhilaration. He was less embarrassed than he thought he'd be when she reached fingers out to touch him. He was more shocked by the thrill of pleasure it caused. He wasn't used to his body being very sensitive when his most common physical sensations were wounds sustained during battle. It was something he was still getting used to, though he was completely sure that if it wasn't Kagome touching him, that same sensitivity wouldn't even come about. Her touch was special.

Unbidden, his voice let her know that. "Nngh... Kagome..."

That seemed to embolden the woman, and she wrapped him in a more secure grip. He hissed through the teeth still biting his lip.

"Can I kiss you here, too, Inuyasha?" came the soft question, mirroring what he'd asked of her just a little while ago.

Inuyasha wasn't completely sure why she'd want to do that for him, or how she was so brave that she could ask that calmly. What he was completely sure of was that he didn't want her to stop touching him.

"Okay."

She smiled like he'd just granted her one of her deepest wishes, and lowered to her elbows to be even with his lap. At the first press of her lips - the first pass of her tongue - Inuyasha swore he saw stars. When she gently pulled back his foreskin to caress the head of him more fully, he bucked into her with a soft curse. He was becoming hard almost to the point of pain, now. His body ached for her, and suddenly he needed to be touching her. He settled on stroking his hand through her hair while she kept up her experimental licks and touches, clearly trying to see what he'd react best to.

"Shit, Kagome...! Don't stop!"

His miko pressed her tongue to a spot at the underside that had him crying out sharply. "I have no intention of stopping, my love. But if you're still talking, then I'm clearly doing something wrong."

Inuyasha felt indignant at that sentiment and opened his mouth, about to fiercely tell her that everything she was doing was right, only to have it cut off by a stuttering moan as she leaned further in to take him into her entire mouth. She didn't take all of him – which he was glad for because the last thing he wanted her to do was gag – but it was more than enough. The hand that wasn't in her hair came up to his own, clutching at his sweaty bangs restlessly as he tried to find an outlet to vent the pleasure he was feeling without moving his hips. The scent of her arousal was increasing, too, and it was making his thoughts nearly incoherent.

He ended up leaning back until his spine pressed against the floor, cushioned slightly by his clothes that still lay on the ground under him. Teeth worrying at his lip, fingers worrying at his bangs, he found he couldn't keep quiet even if he wanted to. Kagome seemed to appreciate this and only grew more enthusiastic, curling her arm up to lay on his torso between his glistening thighs, and wrapping the other around the neglected part of his erection. He could feel her breasts brushing feather-light against his balls every time she bobbed her head over him. Every now and then she broke for air and kissed along the entire length, rubbing her thumb over the pre-cum beading from his tip in little milky-white pearls. It was all too good. He couldn't take it.

Inuyasha pressed urgently against her head, trying to warn her any way he could since she'd made good on her promise to render him speechless. In response, Kagome gave him a heavy-lidded look that told him exactly how she felt about his warning, before wrapping her mouth around him again and swirling her tongue against the head repeatedly. It coaxed for a climax, and Inuyasha could no longer hold back.

He came heavily into her mouth with loud, erratic moans. Kagome kept still against the squirming, swallowing what she could despite the awkward position, though she had to let some dribble down her chin for comfort's sake. Inuyasha felt his sensitive flesh pulsing like a second heartbeat, enveloped in her warmth as his cum slowed to an ooze. At last, Kagome let him slide free with a wet 'pop' as Inuyasha exhaled noises of complete satisfaction. He'd never felt anything like that in his life.

Kagome's body fell over his, and he noted distantly that she'd removed her own hakama and susoyoke to be completely bare as well. If she was half as sweaty as he was then he couldn't blame her. Finally he opened his eyes to meet her smiling ones. She looked absolutely radiant in that moment, haloed by firelight with a beaming, tender smile that he knew only he got to see. She was absolutely radiant and his, he amended in his head, reaching up to thumb away some of the traces of his semen that she'd missed cleaning.

"Good?" she asked.

He huffed out a laugh. "Kagome, that was..."

"... Better than good?" she tried hopefully, tracing nervous little patterns on his chest.

Inuyasha couldn't come up with an appropriate word for how amazing she'd just made him feel, so he only nodded dumbly.

"Good," she said. "Making you happy is my favorite thing." Playfully, she reached up to tickle one of his ears, like she had back at the tomb just before she'd said 'it' so seductively. And just like back then, he let out a giddy little laugh in a rare moment of sounding truly happy. For her. She did make him happy.

He wanted to make her happy, too. So he made himself be brave like her and asked, "You, too... Can I touch you there, too? Maybe kiss you...?"

She had the good graces to blush, but the comfortable smile never left her face as she nodded. She lay down next to him on the floor and Inuyasha hurried in fussing with his suikan to make a pseudo bed for her. They hadn't had a chance to pull out the bedrolls, and to do so now felt like it would break the intimate spell they were under. Kagome moved to the makeshift one gratefully, and for a moment Inuyasha was content to just lie next to her, rubbing his fingers over her skin and kissing. He knew her arousal must rival his own from a minute ago, though, and he didn't want to seem like he was making her wait to tease her.

He heard her heartbeat speed up as she both felt and watched his hand slide down her body, leaving a whisper of a caress over her breasts that had her jerking a little, before ghosting down her stomach and lower. Nervous, he curled his fingers to brush her with his knuckles. Her breath staggered as he first rubbed up and down, then around in circles, his ears completely attuned to her to hear what she responded to. Her heartbeat fluttered. Her breathing hitched in little gasps.

"My claws..." he whispered apologetically, "I'm sorry..."

"It's okay, just... keep doing that."

She was moving her legs further apart for him, and then suddenly choked out a gasp when he brushed over a little nub of flesh. The wetness against his knuckles increased, and her scent spiked again.

"There?" he asked.

Passing over the spot again drew out a long moan from her, and she nodded vigorously. He tried circling there and her mouth fell open in ecstasy, so he kissed her, tongue running over her lip and then inside.

"Oh... Inuyasha..."

As much as he liked having access to her lips, it was hard not to worry about his claws and accidentally cutting her in his excitement.

"This position's a little awkward," he said. "Can I use my mouth?"

Again she nodded, sweat glowing fire-orange on her brow. "Yes."

Removing his fingers, which were now glistening with her juices, Inuyasha slid his body down the length of hers and carefully moved her thighs apart. It was pretty fascinating to get to see what he'd just been feeling up close. Kagome was a soft pink and all pretty folds, and he could finally understand why some people compared this part of a woman's body to flowers. He saw that little nub that she'd reacted to before and decided to start there. At the first pass of his tongue, Kagome's hips shot up and he had to press them back down again so that he could breathe.

Circling it like before elicited a similar reaction, this time accompanied by a groaning exhale of pleasure. Her toes were curling and uncurling now and reminded Inuyasha of the kneading motion a happy cat would make. He smiled against her, glad to be making her feel that way. Not wanting to neglect his exploration, Inuyasha dragged his lips and tongue down the length of her slit, to where she was warmest and wettest. That spicy, musky scent was most concentrated here, and he slicked his tongue over it. It tasted a little different than it smelled, but it was intoxicating to him nonetheless. He found he couldn't stop tasting her, curling his arms as far around her thighs as he could to hold her still as her moans and whimpers filled the room.

Slipping his tongue inside revealed even more textures, including some bumpy ridges that unexpectedly excited him a lot. When he withdrew, Kagome's leg and belly muscles were spasming, her sounds cut off by increasingly intense gasps. He wanted to push her over that edge. Wanted to make her feel even better than she did now. Bringing his knuckles back into it, he rubbed them over her entrance and around her labia, moving his mouth back to that nub. Kagome went ballistic at that, bucking into his face as best she could while being held down and her choking gasps gaining volume rapidly.

'That's it, Kagome...'

As if responding directly to the thought, Kagome's body suddenly tensed, her head thrashing from side to side as she keened out her ecstasy. Her legs had clamped down against his head, where they shook. Inuyasha felt more wetness coat his knuckles, but didn't stop licking her until she used her feet to gently push him away. Realizing she was just too sensitive to take any more, the hanyou waited until her legs loosened and the blood could rush back into his ears. Then he rose to all fours and moved back up her body, settling beside her to take in her face.

"Oh god..." she panted. "That was..."

"Better than good?" he teased, though inside he was honestly anxious over her answer.

Kagome huffed out a breathy laugh. "Better than good," she agreed. "You were amazing."

Inuyasha felt a swell of pride and love at her words and leaned forward to kiss her forehead.

"I guess we ended up back at square one," she said then, and Inuyasha blushed as he realized she was talking about his new erection, which had been gaining momentum while he was attending to her needs.

"Yeah, er... sorry..." he said sheepishly, scratching the back of his head. "I got carried away, and-..."

"Inuyasha," she whispered. "I want you..."

Unsure if he'd heard her right or that was just his imagination taking advantage of the blood rushing though his ears, Inuyasha only looked back at her for a moment. Then, "... Are you sure? I mean – right now?"

"Right now. I'm ready if you are."

Obviously he had to know she wanted him after everything they'd done, but it was different to hear her say it out loud, especially so unflinchingly. Like she wasn't hesitating for a second to go all the way with a hanyou. He knew how she felt about him, he really did, but things like that... simply didn't happen. It took him a minute to ground himself and acknowledge that this was, indeed, his reality.

He must have been silent too long, because Kagome only smiled sadly and brought a hand to his cheek to bring his attention back.

"Too soon?" she asked softly.

That jerked him back to the moment at hand almost violently as he cried, "No! I mean... If you're sure you're ready, then I am, too." Unable to say more, he brought his lips to hers, hoping to convey it through feelings. Since it was Kagome, and she was very good at reading him, it seemed to work.

His wife urged him over her, and he obliged without breaking their lip contact. She kissed him back with growing excitement, and then moved her legs to fold over his hips. The movement was enough to coax him further against her, and both hissed when the head of his erection came into contact with her wet heat. Unable to stop himself, Inuyasha rocked against her a few times, coating himself with her slick juices and making her moan.

Remembering what he'd learned with his tongue, he angled himself to where he could slowly, as gently as he could, sink into her body. Kagome gasped, but she didn't seem to be uncomfortable at all. Inuyasha massaged at her pelvic muscles with a hand to keep her relaxed while he penetrated her, but she seemed to be keeping herself from reflexively trying to push him out or tensing up. Inuyasha was humbled she trusted him that much. Both let out a relieved breath when their hips met; both because it had been a painless process, and the relief the pleasure brought.

Inuyasha balanced on his knees to rest his weight on his elbows and draw Kagome close to him, one hand under her shoulders and the other sliding under her hips to hold her against him. With him inside her and molding her body to his, it felt like a bunch of missing puzzle pieces coming together. In spite of the insistent throbbing from his arousal to start moving and find release, Inuyasha was content to lie there with her for the moment, both breathing hard in pleasure. But more than the obvious sexual pleasure involved, Inuyasha was struggling against his own emotions that this act was drawing out. He'd thought he'd feel more like a youkai – more carnal or thrilled by the physical sensations. But instead, his human heart seemed to be at the forefront of his reactions. He wondered at that for a moment, while he savored Kagome's presence and tried to get his emotions under control.

"Inuyasha?" came her voice. "Are you okay?"

The feeling of her hands rubbing his back made him stir a little. "Yeah... Just all feels really good."

Her smile was good-natured. "It will feel even better if you move, dearest."

So he did. She was warm and wet and yielded easily when he first slid out, and then back inside her, making her gasp and spasm. Inuyasha swallowed thickly around a groan of pleasure, feeling her shiver all around him, mostly accommodating, but occasionally gripping in a squeeze so delicious he saw stars.

"So good..." Kagome breathed out, raising her hips to meet his next thrust.

"Yeah..." he gasped back.

"You can go faster... and push in a little harder."

Inuyasha obliged her, and the rush of heightened pleasure made him extremely glad he'd already cum once tonight, or this would be almost over already. He wanted to savor this as long as he possibly could. He especially wanted to make Kagome feel good. If her pants of his name and little "ah!"s were any indication, then she did. She gave a particularly loud cry when he shifted his knees a bit to accommodate the new pace, almost startling him before he realized it was a very good sound.

"Right there!" she coaxed feverishly. "Oh, Inuyasha...!"

He focused all his efforts on that spot, trying to hit it with as many thrusts as he could. Every time he succeeded, he was rewarded with a cry of exhilaration from his wife. In, out... In, out... He bit his lip in pleasure, because seeing and hearing Kagome like that was the single most erotic thing in his life, and heightened his own arousal. He knew his desire to draw this out was a losing battle, now. He was already starting to throb in earnest where they were connected, and he had to bury his face in Kagome's neck while the rhythm of his hips grew erratic and jerky.

"Yes... That's it, Inuyasha..." she sighed out to him. "Come on... Come on..."

Her hips were in a similar state of irregularity, twitching up against his in sharp bursts rather than the steady pushes of before.

"I've got you..." she purred again. "Just let go..."

He choked out her name, "Kagome...!" Then lurched his hips forward – once, twice... before his breath was torn from him in a louder call of her name. At least he thought he'd called out – it was hard to get any air at all, and he could hear almost nothing over the sound of blood rushing in his ears. He bent low over the woman in his arms, spine curled, as his release washed over him in several warm bursts. All the while, Kagome held him as close as she possibly could.

Silence settled over the little hut. Spent, Inuyasha went almost boneless against his miko, who slowly and carefully eased her legs back into a more natural position. They did not let go of each other fully, however. After a few moments of afterglow had ticked by, Inuyasha finally lifted his head to look down at his wife. His expression was both awed, and a little nervous.

"Kagome? Was that... okay?"

She sighed happily. "It was fantastic. Are you happy?"

"Of course I am. But... did you-...?"

She caught on to his meaning and shook her head. "Don't worry over that. You made me very happy, Inuyasha."

He knew she probably meant every word, but that was what bothered him most. Above all, he'd wanted to make her feel good, and she hadn't even been able to finish.

She must have seen the line marring his brow, because she smoothed her hand over his cheek, playing with the locks of hair that sat there. "It's normal. Nothing you've done wrong. Can we just enjoy this moment?"

He wasn't swayed, and before Kagome could say another word or settle in to get comfortable, Inuyasha carefully pulled out of her - soft and sticky. There was a thin string of semen still connecting them, but Inuyasha merely avoided it as he brought his knuckles back to her clit. She was still sensitive and it didn't take very long for the fast circles he traced around it to send her over the edge. She first stuttered and tripped over his name, before exhaling it with beautiful clarity as she rode out the waves of her orgasm.

Inuyasha was there, kissing her down and reveling in every harsh breath. When she opened glossy, dilated eyes to look at him, he moved off of her to lie beside her.

He held her hand in his, intertwining their fingers, and said, "I never thought it could be like that."

Kagome had taken on a dreamy look now that her breathing was back under control. "Yes."

"Did you think it would?"

A shake of her head. "No. I mean, I'd heard stories, but those rarely talk about the emotions involved. I felt a lot closer to you than I thought I would."

Closer was as good a word as any for it. Truthfully, Inuyasha couldn't settle on any words to describe it. He was too caught up in the feelings. So he only made a sound of agreement.

Kagome moved to sit up, before blushing profusely and freezing.

"What's wrong?" he asked, following her example and sitting up, himself. "Does something hurt?"

"No, I just... need to get cleaned up..."

After a second, Inuyasha noticed what the problem was, both smelling and seeing the tiny puddle of white between her legs. Blushing himself, and feeling a bit stupid that he hadn't realized that would happen, the hanyou hurried over to their clean water supply. He returned to her side with a full basin and two washing cloths. Still blushing, she thanked him, and they both cleaned up in silence.

"... Hey, Inuyasha?" she began after a minute.

"Yeah?"

Both now clean, Kagome scooted her body over to lean against his shoulder. "Will you marry me?"

He choked. "What?! I thought we-..."

"Yeah, well... You never formally asked me, so I decided that maybe I should ask you."

His brow furrowed. "That's silly. You know we're already together like that."

She tweaked one of his ears, which flicked away in mild annoyance. "I know, but sometimes it's nice to do things officially."

"Keh! What happened to just enjoying the moment?"

"You think it's a bad time?" Her eyebrows rose.

"... Fine."

She seemed highly amused. "'Fine'?"

"I'll marry you. Officially." The last word was said mockingly, but he knew she would understand it was just a playful quip.

Kagome giggled, and it soothed Inuyasha's heart to hear it. "Good. And as your official wife, I'll always stay by your side." Another joke, though there was a genuine tenderness behind the words.

Inuyasha grumbled something about women having to make a big deal over the obvious, but pulled her close when she laughed again. Kagome had come back to him, stayed with him as his wife, and now they were closer than ever. For once, life seemed truly good.

"We should eat, and get to sleep soon," she cut in to his musings. "We'll probably have to get up earlier than usual tomorrow."

"Eh? Why?"

She gave him a tolerant look. "Well, Onii-san will likely come asking about your father's tomb..."

"... Shit!"

A/N: So. many. clothes. Sex in the Sengoku era must've seriously sucked, because everyone wears like 14 layers.