I do not own InuYasha or the characters created by Rumiko Takahashi.
A/N: This chapter is a little long, but I hope you'll agree it was worth it.
The Lost Chapters: The Desire Within Part 3
They didn't stay in the dining room for much longer and returned to their quarters to prepare. Sango changed from her village clothes to her demon slayer outfit. Miroku went through his ofudas* and Shippo shook nervously next to Kirara while avoiding the corners of the room. There was a loud thud as Sango dropped hiraikotsu* and Shippo screamed. His hair was standing on end and his eyes scanned the room wildly.
"Sorry Shippo," Sango said and leaned her weapon against the wall. She sat close to her weapon near a corner of the room while Miroku sat facing the door.
The fox demon took a deep breath and calmed down.
Two hours had gone by and there was still no sign of trouble. Shippo had fallen asleep and Sango and Miroku were growing tired as well. Kirara sat in Sango's lap and mewed when she started to nod off.
In the West wing Kagome was sitting on her bedding reading one of her textbooks while Inuyasha sat opposite her. His eyes were closed but he followed her slight movements with his ears.
Kagome noticed that his right ear flicked every time she shifted around. "Is something wrong?" she finally asked.
He looked at her, "Huh, no," he denied. The half demon was trying his hardest to pretend she wasn't there, but failing miserably.
"Why are you so fidgety then?" she commanded closing her book.
"Just sitting around makes me agitated, I want to get this over with," he barked.
She sighed knowing it was pointless to try and calm him down. She put her book down and started to lie down.
"What do you think you're doing?" he accused her.
"I'm not going to sleep, it's just more comfortable to lie down that's all. I'm not even getting under the covers," she replied placing her head on the soft pillow.
He stood up and she looked over at him quizzically. "I'm going to run the perimeter and make sure nothing suspicious is going on," he explained.
"Okay, I'll be here," she waved him off, already half asleep.
He shook his head in disbelief and left the room.
His run was uneventful, as expected, but pacified his nerves. He slid the door open to their room and looked at Kagome curled up in a ball.
"Keh, I knew she was going to fall asleep," he muttered.
He closed the door and sat down with his back against the wall. He placed tetsusaiga in the crook of his arm and watched her sleep. About another hour went by with nothing to keep him busy and he dozed off.
"Inuyasha," Kagome called in a sensual tone, the last syllable lingering on her lips.
He snapped his eyes open at the sound of his name for the sixth night in a row but this time she was practically in his lap. She was kneeling in front of him and leaning in to get closer. He initially tried to scoot away from her, but his back was up against the wall. He flicked his right ear and glanced around the room nervously looking for help or a logical explanation, but found neither. His mind knew that something was amiss but he couldn't convince his arms to push her off of him.
"Uh, uh Ka…" he choked over the words in his throat.
Her face was inches from his now and sweat started beading on his forehead. She nudged her nose against his and brushed her cheek along his. His senses went wild with anticipation and his body responded to her touch. Tetsusaiga fell to the floor unnoticed as she raised her hands up to stroke the sides of his triangular ears. He let out a low groan but remained very still, as an attempt to avoid touching her in return. Kagome placed her hands at the base of his neck and rose up to bring her mouth to his left ear. She gently pressed her warm, moist lips against the outside of his ear and he could hear her heart beat quicken. The half demon lost control then and quickly grabbed her around the waist with his right arm. In one motion, he lifted her off of him and laid her on the floor underneath him. He stared into her eyes and that's when he noticed their haziness and lack of emotion.
The smell of human blood crept into his nose and brought him back to reality. He turned to see an ant the size of a small pig with a hard shelled body creeping out of a hole in the corner of the room. It was jet black and had long thin antennae wrapped around the bottom of Kagome's legs. Inuyasha lifted his left hand to claw the antennae controlling her, but she reached up and pulled him down on top of her. He lost his balance with his right arm still beneath her and they rolled until she was on top. He didn't want to hurt her and decided the quickest way to free her was kicking the demon ant across the floor. It squealed from the forceful blow and released its hold on her.
Kagome's eyes came back to life and she found herself straddling Inuyasha. He was leaning on one elbow with his other hand resting on her waist staring into her eyes. No words could describe the embarrassment she felt and her face turned bright red.
"What is…?" she stammered. She quickly got up and Inuyasha was mindful not to resist.
"What is going on?!" she freaked walking in circles. "What were we doing?!" she shouted. She put her face in her hands and kept shaking her head. "I..I d..don't remember anything," she stuttered. The smell of salty tears over powered her scent now.
"I….It wasn't your fault," Inuyasha blurted nervously. It's not what he really wanted to say, but he wasn't sure how to put how he felt into words. All he could do was curse himself for losing control like that.
She stopped crying at the sound of scuffling in the room and shrieked at the sight of the demon ant. Inuyasha went and cut it open with his claws.
"What was that?" she asked.
"That's what was controlling you," he explained. He walked over to her but stopped short not wanting to get too close; he was still a bit fired up. "Are you okay?"
She nodded, but put her arms around herself as if she was cold.
"Let's go, we're going after them," he gestured toward the hole, as he picked up tetsusaiga.
She starred at tetsusaiga confused because she could have sworn she felt the sword beneath her before she got up from his lap. She pushed the suspicion out of her head and slipped her shoes on. She grabbed her bow and quiver and Inuyasha stooped down for her to climb on. He jumped down the hole and they were enveloped by the darkness.
Miroku was having a similar problem with Sango, but she wasn't as easy to hold off. She came up behind him while he was sleeping and took his staff away. The rings on his staff jolted him awake and he found Sango embracing him from behind. Initially the monk thought it was his good fortune that she wanted to be intimate with him, but when she tried climbing into his lap he saw her eyes. He immediately tore away from her grip and reached for his staff. Sango deftly kicked it away and grabbed hiraikotsu. She launched it across the room at him and successfully pinned him to the wall.
The noise awoke Shippo and Kirara and they looked on bewildered.
The monk tried to wiggle his right arm out, but it wouldn't budge. She sauntered up to him and laced her fingers through his hair. She breathed heavily as she starred into his eyes.
"Sango, wake up, you're not yourself!" Miroku pleaded, still squirming.
She grabbed his hair with her right hand and tilted his head to the side. She teased the side of his neck with her tongue and sweetly kissed his Adam's apple.
The monk was torn between the pleasure of her soft lips and doing the right thing. He wouldn't be able to resist her for much longer.
"Ahh, I shouldn't be watching this. I'm just a kid!" Shippo yelled running for the door. Kirara was still confused and didn't know what to do.
"Shippo don't leave. I need your help! There must be something controlliiin….," Miroku shouted to him, but was cut off as Sango hungrily stole a kiss. Her tongue plunged into his mouth and he stopped fighting her. He pulled her against him with his left hand and rolled his tongue along hers. He slid his left hand down from the small of her back to her rear and squeezed to his heart's content.
"Right, I have to stay strong. Miroku is too lecherous to fight off a woman," Shippo reasoned. He scanned the room until he found the same type of demon ant that had a hold on Kagome.
"I found it. Fox fire!" he shouted and burned the antennae clinging to Sango.
The light returned to her eyes and she found herself lip locked with Miroku. One of his hands was pinned against the wall and the other was stroking her rear. Startled, she wound up and slapped him hard.
"What are you doing?!" Sango screamed. Her face was red and she paced around the room.
"Sango it really wasn't his fault this time, you were being the lecherous one," Shippo explained.
"What?" Sango said whipping around to look at him.
Shippo got scared and hid behind Kirara, who mewed quietly in agreement.
She was quiet for a while, but finally returned to her senses and drew her sword. Miroku started stammering and pleading for his life, but she walked over to the injured demon ant and sliced it open. Miroku took a deep sigh of relief. Sango walked over to the monk and pulled her weapon out of the wall.
"Let's go!" She ordered and everyone jumped down the hole after her.
*ofudas - pieces of paper with blessings written on them
*hiraikotsu - Sango's weapon