Chapter Five "Runaways"

Inuyasha smiled at the lovely Angel and replied, "No, I guess not." She smiled right back at him. She felt deliciously naughty, knowing this was her first time kissing a man, and she was good at it. At that time she felt she was on top of the world-of course, she knew that once the night was over, she would be out all alone in a strange place. She knew nothing of Earth or its cruelty, being pampered as an Angel her whole life.

"Inuyasha?" "Yea?" "Um..thank you.." "For..?" "For not kidnapping me." A thought dawned on him. "Kagome? Where are you going to stay?" She looked down and her lip quivered again. "I don't know." He cursed silently under his breath. "Shit...alright come with me." He grabbed her arm almost roughly and pulled her out of the bathrooms.

"Where are we going?" "To a friends. I think he can help." Inuyasha's fiery amber eyes once again scanned the club, and at last he found who he was looking for. Miroku was in a dark corner of the room, making out with the pink corset clad girl from before.

"Miroku!" No answer. This time Inuyasha nearly screamed. "Miroku! Get your ass over here you pile of testosterone!" This time Miroku heard him and paused the fun with his new friend Sango, who looked somewhat releived. As soon as he came towards Inuyasha, his eyes darted Kagome's body and made her wish she had worn a turtleneck.

"Well, well...who have we here?" "Miroku, we found our Angel." "Alright, so what do you need with me?" "I'm not taking her back home to meet the folks."

"What? Why?" "Cause I'm not! No questions, ok? Were crashing at your place for a few days." "The girl, too?" "Yeah, this is Kagome." Miroku took Kagome's hand and kissed it. "Such an honor to meet so beautiful an Angel, my Lady. Call me Miroku." Miroku was making InuYasha's skin crawl, and he could tell Kagome felt the same way, as she snatched her hand away from the boy. Ooh, fiery! Miroku thoguht to himself. Inuyasha's gunna have a handfull with this one all right.

Realizing she was going to stay at this man's home, she imediatly smiled and said in her sweetest voice, "The pleasure is all mine, Lord Miroku. Thank you for your hospitality." The boy smiled and to Inuyasha said. "Look! She called me Lord! Your most welcome, Angel Kagome, but there is no need for such an honorable title. 'Miroku' is just fine"

"And," said Kagome, " 'Kagome' is just fine too." They smiled at each other, and Kagome figured this Miroku character was not such a bad guy after all. She figured she could come to like this fellow, once she got pat his womanizing. Inuyasha cleared his throught and stated, "Are we done here? Good. Lets go." After Miroku traded numbers with Sango, the three got into Inuyasha's black car and headed towrds Miroku's apartment. Kagome was not used to traveling in cars, and was especially not used to traveling in a city, so she was a little scared.

"This has got to be the oddest birthday of my life." she muttered to herself. "Its your birthday? Is that why your here? To do a litle partying?" Miroku asked. Kagome's eyes looked to the messy floor of the car and, teary-eyed, replied, "No, its not." He sensed somethng was wrong, so he whispered to Inuyasha, "Why dont you stay over too and try to get some answers from the girl? She's clearly upset about something." Inuyasha figured he was right. Miroku was a runaway himself, so maybe he knew something about what it was like to be scared about leaving home.

About ten minutes later, the demon parked his car into the parking lot of Miroku's shabby apartment biulding. As they went up what seemed to be a never ending flight of stairs, they approached a door labeled C201.

"Thats mine." muttered the human boy as he fished his keyes out of his pocket. He turned the lock and opened the door to a messy apartment that looked like the man lived alone. Magazines littered the coffee table that looked like it hadn't been cleaned in weeks, dirty dishes in the sink, clothes on the floor.

"Kagome, I can take the couch, Inuyasha can have my room since hes used to the mess, and you can have the spare room. Its cleaner." Kagome had to smile at the last part.

Later that night...

Kagome was streched out in the spare bed, clad in her underwear and one of Miroku's oversized tee shirts. This was not the type of room she's been in the past, but she felt like it was an adventure. She wasn't used to the hustle and bustle of city life, and it excited her. Suddenly there came a quiet knocking at her door. She expected it to be Miroku, bringing her the tea she'd asked for. "Come in."

Inuyasha entered the room and closed the door quietly behind him. He was wearing only Miroku's pajama pants and no shirt. Kagome's eyes grew large. She had never seen anything like this, so she was suprised to find her craving his touch, this time somewhere other than her lips. Hey, she is female.

"Hey." was Inuyasha's greeting as he sat on the edge of the bed. "Hey." she responded meekly, looking at him. He's even sexier without his shirt on she thought to herself, and blushed to be thinking such a thing.

"So," Inuyasha started, and inched closer to her, "why did you run away from home? I thought the glamour of being an Angel would be amazing for a girl."

"There was nothing glamourous about it! Being told what to do, how to act, having to eat, sleep, laugh, cry, dance, do anything perfectly was not my idea of glamour. And please dont refer to me as a girl. Im seventeen. I'm a woman." she huffed. A lazy smile broke out on his lips. "So, is that why you ran away?"

"No," she quietly replied. "I always dreamed about it, but the final straw was Lord Hojo." "Who?" She sighed and buried her face in her hands. "Oh, he's this obnoxious Lord in who's so in love with himself he thinks I actually like him. But..." She felt like she was going to cry.

"But...?"

"But I find out...from him no less...that my father had it arranged that we were going to get married next year. He actually thought I had feelings for the loser!" She felt the hot tears threaten to fall.

"So you ran away?"

"I had to! What else was I to do? I had absolutly no friends who cared about me, all they saw was money and power and looks, so there was no way my first and last friend would be Hojo, king of the shallow Lords!" Then, Inuyasha suprised both Kagome and himself by saying two words that never before entered his vocabulary.

"I'm sorry." What?! He thought to himself. I never apologize! But if that wasnt bad enough, he had the strongest urge to kiss those tears away. But he couldn't. Kagome beat him to it.

She pressed her lush lips to his so roughly, it almost knocked him over for a second. For a second though...

He quickly regained his balance and kissed her back. He licked her lips, asking permision to enter, which she immedietly granted. They two were so busy "getting her mind off of home", that no one noticed Miroku walk in with Kagome's cup of tea. He smiled knowingly at his friend, set the cup on the nightstand and quietly left the room, whispering "I'll leave you two alone" as he shut the door behind him.

Inuyasha grabbed her breast through the thin fabric of the shirt, and she arched her back toward him, so Inuyasha took that as permission to continue. His hands crept down under her shirt, aiming for her bra. "Inuyasha?" "Hm?" "Please...I've never done anything like this before." He smiled.

"I knew you were a virgin." He saw the crimson color return to her cheeks and he laughed. "Thats okay. Haven't met any of them in a while." He kissed her lightly. "I like you, Kagome." She smiled. "I like you too, Inuyasha."

Aww, how sweet! R&R everyone!