Ch 3

Inuyasha woke up just in time to feel the changes to his appearance and body structure. His ears changed back into their pointy triangle shape and assumed their rightful place at the top of his head. His hair faded into its usual silverfish gray color shiny and matted with youkai blood. His eyes went from dark brown to the dark honey color they normally were. Having had his eyesight improve, Kagome's room again became brighter and he saw the sleeping Kagome on his chest. She was snuggled warmly to him, safe and sound asleep in his arms. He realized quickly enough that waking up like this every morning would quickly become habit forming. As he tried to get up without waking the sleeping Kagome he heard a familiar voice from just behind his left ear.

Myoga the flea had somehow managed to cling to him and snuck into Kagome's time as well. "My Lord" the flea whispered softly to him as not to hurt his sensitive ear "If your intent is to take Lady Kagome as a mate, you had best hurry." Inuyasha, more than a little annoyed, found the little flea in an instant behind the sensitive ear. He finished gently moving himself from beneath Kagome's head and quietly slipped out of her room shutting the door behind him. "Myoga, how the heck did you get here an why do you care if I take a mate or not?" Having not received a timely answer, Inuyasha sent the flea flying across the hall only to fetch it again.

Hitting the bathroom door with a soft thud Myoga sat up holding his head in his tiny hands. Inuyasha was more than a little annoyed; he wanted to be alone with Kagome. His Lord's voice sounded mad, Myoga decided to remain where he was for the moment that was most likely the safest thing to do. "My lord though it is none of my concern, if you wish to make lady Kagome your mate you may wish to do so soon. Youkai mating season will begin very shortly and being without a mate during this time can be frustrating for a young one. I came here because as your father's son your mating could be challenged unless some other youkai can say they know for sure you are mated." With that he jumped into the palm of Inuyasha's waiting hand.

Inuyasha had the oddest mental picture of himself attempting to mate Kagome with that flea in the room, that would not work in any time. "Myoga if ya think I'm gonna let you watch me and…" Knowing where Inuyasha was headed with his thought Myoga thought it wise not to let him get there so he quickly interrupted him. "My lord, I would be hiding in the small trunk on top of the larger trunk that holds Lady Kagome's cloths, you would not even know I am present. I would never do you or the lady the injustice of watching you. That would be a disgrace to her, a horrid mark in the world of youkai. My listening to the aftermath of the bite as you marked her would be fine. As for watching, I doubt she would allow it any more than you." Inuyasha thought for a long moment before saying "Ok but get in there before she wakes up, I'm gonna take a shower." He walked into the bathroom as Myoga went to get into the music box.

Luckily for Inuyasha Sota had shown him how to use the 'shower' and everything in it before so making the water come out was not a problem. He turned on the hot water, then the cold and shut the doors so it could heat up without soaking the room. As quickly as he could he removed his cloths and put his sword in the corner. Returning to the shower he stepped into the warm water. Now wonder Kagome spent so much time in the water, it was great. When the water soaked his hair he saw the little red drops fall, the reminder of the last youkai's blood to spray in his hair. That had been a fierce, long, painful, and tiring battle. He grabbed the soap and covered himself in it like he was supposed to. At least this one did not smell like a girl, he would have hated that. Washing off the body soap he reached for the shampoo, he hated this part it got in his eyes causing a lot of pain. Kagome's door opened with a small creaking noise. 'She must be hungry' he thought when he heard her pass the hall way and go down the stairs. He poured a large amount of the shampoo out of the bottle and started washing his hair. This was a chore as long as the hair was and as many tangles as it had. He knew then that he would have to do it more often. To his surprise Kagome stayed down stairs for about a minute and came right back up. Her footsteps went down the hallway and stopped outside the bathroom. The door creaked open, all the doors her were old, and Kagome's head popped in.

Kagome's eyes were tightly shut and in her hands she held one of those 'towel' things he hated using, they hurt his ears. "Sorry Inuyasha but I remembered that there were no towels up here so I brought you one." She used her hand to block the shower and put the white towel near the sink. Inuyasha stood there wanting badly to pull her in with him, before he could make up his mind however she walked out and shut the door behind herself with a 'click'. He washed the shampoo out and did the same with the conditioner. While he washed the conditioner out he thought about her. 'She looks great in that dress. I gotta get her to ware that thing more often.' He turned off the water, feeling clean, he had no idea it took him twenty minutes just to wash his hair. He shook off most of the water there in the shower. He was not allowed to do it in the middle of the room anymore because it always covered everything.

He hated using those towels she brought but he needed to finish drying off, Kagome's mom insisted that he keep dry so he would not get sick, like he did that. When he finished drying his hair her realized that his cloths were missing and a red thing resembling his hori hung on the door, a note from Kagome was under it. "Inuyasha, I took your cloths down to wash them I've done it before so they shouldn't shrink. Here is a robe, it is kinda like your hori, you can ware it for now. Love Kagome." Though Inuyasha knew that she put that on all her letters, he read it over and over again.

They would mate this afternoon he could not wait any longer than that. Kagome had put Inuyasha's cloths in the washer to wash they really needed a good spin, or eight. Remembering she had wanted to change she went to her room. To her happy astonishment the half demon lay on her bed in the red robe, which was half open, in the middle of her bed. This reminded her of a dream she had had the week before, until a fox demon and a dog eared guy had ended it by getting in a fight. She smiled slyly and "SIT" him as a payback for her wake up call. Inuyasha lay there staring up at her in utter amazement, she would be his forever in just a few minutes.

She saw the look in his eyes, knew what was about to happen. She was frightened and happy at the same time. She expected it to hurt when he entered her, knew it was coming, but feared it all the same. Her whole body trembled violently as she took his outstretched hand and let him pull her down. Her thin sundress blew around gently in the soft breeze the fan made, their eyes locked. He smelled her fear when she walked in, he knew she was frightened. He prayed he could hold in his demon side so it would not try to harm her, carefully he laid her on top of him. Knowing that in a few minutes he might not be able to contain his youkai blood he gave Kagome fair warning. "Kagome, if this keeps goin' I can't say I won't accidentally hurt ya. If you wanna stop this ya gotta tell me now."

Kagome knew that he knew she was afraid, and that she wanted this more than anything. She took an ear between each forefinger and thumb and gently guided his mouth to hers, stopping just an inch shy of their lips touching. "Inuyasha, I'm supposed to be scared, humans are shy about these things. As for your hurting me, I trust you no matter what is going on, your demon won't hurt me any more than you right now." Her heart screamed that he had, she told herself that he had never physically hurt her so that did not count right then.

Fighting the urge to flip her over and take her right then Inuyasha kissed her passionately, and almost too hard. Having a fight within him was not helping much, then he realized that nether he nor his demon side would harm the girl they both loved. Coiling his demonic urges he slowly rolled on top of her, leaving her mouth to get a better look at her face. Her lips were red and swollen from his kiss, her eyes full of passion, love, and longing. Realizing her lips bleed ever so slightly he vowed to be more gentle with her, he pulled away and sat on the edge of the bed to compose himself. 'She is so damn fragile, I've gotta calm down or I'll hurt her.' With a warning to his youkai side he felt her fingers grab his ears and slowly pull him to her again. Kagome wondered again that if he hated her touching his ears so much why he always let her do it. As his hands attempted to further explore her, he realized that something here was not quite right. Reverting to his place at the foot of her bed, he started at the top of her head. Her hair was all over the pillow, eyes wide, lips perfect, neck exposed, shoulders flawless, the dress.

She was wearing too much, that was what was bugging him. Deciding not to rip off the dress, as that would surly earn him a "SIT", he instead found the hem and pulled it off. Kagome would have sworn her heart had skipped beats when he pulled her dress off leaving her in only her lace and silk undergarments. His gazed at the scar Naraku had left on her stomach during their last battle and his defeat. Kagome realized what he was looking at and attempted to cover her stomach. Easily outdoing her mortal speed he grabbed her small hand and pinned it near her head.

His voice was so low when he spoke that she could barely hear him. "If I was stronger you wouldn't have that now. I promise that will never happen to you again." She could find no words to tell him that she did not mind the scar so much, that she liked helping him through it. Unable to do it however she simply dragged him back down to her and kissed him with all of the passion she had stored inside since she met him. She looked deep in his amber eyes content to do no more than stare at him. He was strong, and warm but distant and reserved all in one. Never had she been so scared and so full of passion at the same time, she needed him, needed to be with him now and forever. She pulled him down to resume their mating, suddenly egger to begin again.

Inuyasha let her kiss him, kissing her back. He knew that no matter what he did she'd love him. He stayed still for a long moment to let her do as she wished. She was soft, warm, and willing; he would let her know exactly how he felt about her. He would not let her wonder any more if it was her he loved or if he just saw Kikyo in her. He would mate with her and join them as one forever.

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