-1Inuyasha's Girl

Chapter Two: Obsession's Quirks

By: Kaguya Chaos

Sesshoumaru moaned softly as the liquor clawed at his head. It wasn't even morning yet, not even an hour passed midnight, and already his temples were pounding in a frantic beat, nearly matching his erratic thoughts in their tempo. Why hadn't she fallen for him! What was so different about her that captured his attention so…but he knew the answer to that question.

She was…perfection. A kind, purity wrapped up in warmth and a beauty no earthly being could have.

Sesshoumaru snorted as he thought this line and shook his head in slight disbelief and incredulous horror. The wench turned him into some kind of…love-sick poet! He snorted again and sank further into the cushy chair he was sprawled in. He wondered briefly over his innate sense of wry humor and how, of all times, he could joke about his situation.

The woman he had fallen for, the one and, possibly, ONLY woman he ever would fall for, was marrying someone else. And not just some random idiot, either. No, she just HAD to be marrying his bastard brother. The hanyou was unworthy of her, on so many levels, Sesshoumaru thought with a dark look of maliciousness on his face that seemed to fit very well with his slightly red-tinted eyes.

He stumbled up from the comfy chair and staggered over to the liquor cabinet again. This time looking for something stronger…if that was at all possible. He flung open the door and a flash of memory literally knocked him on his ass.

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Sesshoumaru stood in the study he and Inuyasha had talked in a few days ago, the day before he met HER. His amber eyes were slightly cloudy, indicating he was in deep thought. The focus of these thoughts? The damn human woman his brother had been sporting on his arm all evening. He scowled and downed the brandy in his hand and turned to the lightly crackling fire in the back of the room.

His family had been invited to an evening ball and Inuyasha had promised Miss Higurashi that he would be her escort. Sesshoumaru snorted at the way the boy kept glancing down the front of her dress as he lead her into the extravagant ball room. Him and many of the other males in the god-forsaken room! Including Sesshoumaru, himself!

He had had to deal with simpering wenches all night long, and why? Not because it was his duty as heir to the family. Not because he thought it would be entertaining. Not because he had WANTED to go. No, he went because he had heard that Inuyasha was taking Kagome to the ball.

'What the hell is wrong with me? Why am I so interested in a human wench anyway? She was nothing special…a bit on the pretty side…' He knew he was fooling himself, at least deep down anyway, but that never stopped him from swimming in De-Nile. 'It must have been my instincts rising after denying myself female companionship for such a long time.' He finally concluded and set the glass on the small end-table. He let out an inaudible sigh of relief at his carefully misconstrued thoughts and headed for bed.

As he passed by Inuyasha's doorway, he heard the half-breed snore, rather loudly, what seemed to be "Kikyo!". 'What an idiot.' He thought and closed his door, only to dream about sapphire eyes and raven-wing hair once again.

Unfortunately, the next day was just as droll for Sesshoumaru. He had to entertain…guests…because he had gone to the damn ball. Not friends, of course. These…people…were clicking hens known as the matrons of society…and each one was nearly jumping at the chance of snagging him for one of their daughters or charges.

One increasingly annoying 'matron' was the Viscount Hiroshida, with her charge, Rin. The girl, Rin I mean, looked barely over the age of fifteen! No doubt this was her first season in London, and already her guardian was trying to set her up with someone far out of her league. For Sesshoumaru was out of her league…status wise, of course.

Sesshoumaru sat in a dazed boredom, while his step-mother chatted happily away with the twenty or so other females in the room. He nearly jumped up in joy when the visitors began voicing excuses about making other rounds on other houses. He kept a cold façade as he had to kiss each hand flashed his way, goodbye. So lost in the routine of the cordial goodbye's, he almost kissed Izayoi's hand as well.

He snapped out of his dazed state when the head butler, Totosai, announced that they had another caller. The Ms.'s Higurashi. Izayoi nearly danced around in glee and immediately asked for them to be shown to the drawing room. She turned suspiciously bright eyes to Sesshoumaru and grinned mischievously. Sesshoumaru leaned away from the woman a bit and Izayoi's grin widened.

"Ooo. I can't wait to embarrass Inuyasha while he isn't here to stop me!" She announced proudly and marched out of the small room toward the more luxurious room the Higurashi's were taken to.

Sesshoumaru allowed a brief smirk and followed along, unconsciously drawing in the tantalizing scent that was solely Kagome's. He wiped the smirk from his face immediately, and the practiced look of stoic iciness slid into place perfectly.

As he entered the room, he was immediately assaulted with high pitched voices talking a mile a minute. Neither were Kagome's, so he could only assume they were Izayoi and Mrs. Higurashi. Stifling the urge to growl in irritation he walked over to the three ladies and waited as Izayoi introduced him once again.

"And this is my step-son, Sesshoumaru. Inuyasha's elder brother. Sesshoumaru, this is Mrs. Higurashi and I am sure you have met Miss. Kagome…" She trailed off and Sesshoumaru took it from there. He kissed the top of Mrs. Higurashi's hand and murmured his usual pretty words of "how do you do" . He then turned to Kagome and his searing gaze caught her own.

A slight shiver raced up her body and Sesshoumaru resisted the urge to smirk. He knew it was the intense look in his eyes that had caused her heart to flutter. 'So, she's not immune after all…' He raised her hand and lightly brushed his lips over her soft skin, letting out a small puff of hot air. He watched as goose bumps flitted up her arms before she snatched her hand back.

With a flirtatious smile and slight nod, he sat down across from the older women and slightly to the side of a, now, nervous Kagome. The older women continued to chatter on about mundane things, and occasionally, Kagome added her own opinion. Strangely, Sesshoumaru found himself actually listening to her responses to questions and realized she was either pretending to know big words and had a good streak of luck, or she was more intelligent then the rest of her gender seemed to be. He was personally leaning toward the good streak of luck, for acknowledging the fact that she had intelligence, was admitting a grudging respect for her.

His eyes strayed from the woman, now gossiping over some random person's horrible choice in dresses at the ball last night, and gazed at the garden in deep thought. This time it was over some missives he had received concerning a ship he had sent out earlier that month. So it came as a complete surprise when Izayoi had suggested he take Kagome out and show her the gardens.

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Sesshoumaru sniffed derisively and chocked back his pitying chuckles. Yeah, that had been his first mistake. To think he had control over the situation. To think he could walk out in the evening light through a huge garden with a being that already fascinated him more then anything had before. To think that he could keep his head while baiting her with words she probably wouldn't comprehend.

Lord, how plans fail!

A small moan slipped from his lips as he remembered exactly what had happened. The feel of her stunned mouth on his, her warm body pressed to his through their layers of clothes. He moaned louder, this time due to the pain of the restriction in his pants and pent up frustration.

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Sesshoumaru repressed the desire to press the side of his body to her own and continued on the golden-hued path to the nearest gardens. Her small hand was placed tentatively on his arm and her eyes never strayed passed the cobbled stones leading the way. The silence between them was stretched thin and the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. 'Not the kind of tension I would prefer…' Sesshoumaru cut off the thoughts and decided it would be better for his health if he started some sort of conversation.

'So, why do you like the half-wit so much?' No couldn't start off saying that… 'Are you in love with the bastard?' Nope…no good. Strangely, he found himself thinking about this question in more then one way. And it really pissed him off. Not the thinking about it, the results of his thoughts though. 'Does she really love him that much! What was so great about him? Inuyasha is a self-centered ass. Doesn't she know that he is never serious about anyone other then that damn woman Kikyou?' He started working himself up. It was the next question that really ticked him off, however. 'Did they already have sex! How dare that half-breed touch her!'

A slight tap brought him out of his disturbing thoughts and the pink leaking into his eyes cleared away. He glanced down to see Kagome staring up at him in concern. He took a deep breath and felt slight relief to notice she still held onto her innocence. "Lord Sesshoumaru…is something the matter?"

Sesshoumaru forced himself to relax slightly and his bored façade fell into place. "It is nothing." He said shortly and watched in slight awe as Kagome turned to face the setting sun. Her profile lit up like an angle appearing in a golden halo. Her sparkling eyes widened slightly and a smile stretched over her lovely lips to curl at her cheeks.

"It's gorgeous!" She exclaimed softly and Sesshoumaru silently agreed, not at all looking at the enchanting foliage around them.

This seemed to be the ice breaker and they both settled into comfortable conversation. They found a bench farther into the greenery and sat down to further enjoy their surroundings and continue the interesting talk they were having. Of course, just like all good things, it had to end. And this ending was a slightly guarded question from Sesshoumaru.

"What do you see in him?"

As soon as the question left his mouth he knew he had screwed up. Instead of retracting it, he put on another coat of ice to his expression and watched as Kagome stared at him in shocked confusion. "What do I see in who?" She asked and Sesshoumaru fought the urge to snort.

"Inuyasha." He clipped out and Kagome's eyes lit in understanding only to furrow in further confusion.

"I don't understand exactly where you are going with this." She said as her back stiffened and her mouth curved down into a tight little frown.

Sesshoumaru resisted the urge to frown back and roll his eyes. "What do you see in Inuyasha that makes him so special to you?" He asked and nearly gritted his teeth at the strange words passing through his lips.

"Well," Kagome began and her eyes softened to the point where Sesshoumaru felt like breaking something. "He is very sweet. He always makes me laugh. His eyes are so sincere and he is such a clown, I have to wonder if he is ever serious. He is good to me and attentive to what I say." She might have went on if it weren't for the snort that interrupted her.

"'Tentative to what you say'?" Sesshoumaru snorted again and Kagome frowned deeper. She stood up and placed her hands on her hips.

"What exactly is that supposed to mean?"

"Only that the only thing he is 'tentative' to, is the cleavage you practically shove in his face." The minute the words left his mouth he felt like wincing. If that wasn't jealousy coloring his tone, he didn't know what it was. Fortunately, or unfortunately, however you look at it, Kagome only caught the meaning of his words and not the tone of them.

"Practically shov-…Excuse me! Are you calling me "loose", sir!" The word sir was drawn out in repressed anger and Sesshoumaru stood up. His first thought was to placate her anger and change the situation. However, it didn't exactly turn out the way he wanted it too…

"My 'brother' only hangs around 'loose' women, so what would you have me think? Especially with the indecent-"

"Indecent! I wear what every other lady wears in today's fashion! How dare you-"

"How dare you interrupt me. I was spe-"

" I could careless what you were speaking about! You dare to insult me with such-"

The whole time they were arguing, they had been drifting closer, until Kagome was poking Sesshoumaru's chest for emphasis on the last sentence and Sesshoumaru's growing lust took over. He suddenly reached out and tugged her fury ridden body to his and slammed his mouth onto her own, slightly moist, lips.

Electricity immediately traveled up their spines and left their nerve endings blazing in a licking fire of unknown origin. Sesshoumaru softened his hold slightly and sensuously slid his tongue out to lick at the seam of her lips. He nearly moaned at the taste of her delicate flesh, but pushed it back to get a better taste. Once she opened her mouth, that is.

She was still rather stiff in his arms and Sesshoumaru mentally frowned at this. What could he do to get her compliance? An idea struck him and he reached up with one of his hands to stroke the back of her head and settle on the nape of her neck. A shudder rippled through her and she finally opened her mouth.

The moan she gave off was swallowed by him as he completely ravaged her mouth. Hot tingles were spiraling throughout his limbs and settling in his lower regions with each touch from her hands. When her own tongue came up to brush against his, shyly, he couldn't suppress the groan and drew her closer into his arms.

Their little scene was cut short, however, when Kagome suddenly stiffened and jerked out of his embrace. A sharp sound and a searing pain irrupted on the side of his face and he realized she had slapped him. His head had snapped to the side and he was staring in shock at the hedges to his right. He heard a ragged sob and hurried footsteps but his mind couldn't comprehend anything. He had gone from, feeling a mounting pleasure, to painful shock.

His thoughts seemed to catch up to him and his eyes snapped to where Kagome had run off to. He had no idea how long he had stood there in shock and wasn't looking forward to the drama that would be waiting for him when he got to the mansion. With a sigh of regret and slight trepidation, he headed toward the looming house.

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Sesshoumaru clenched his eyes shut and knocked the back of his head against the wall. His hair shifted to hide his eyes and half of his face.

The house had been silent when he had come back that one time. No one made mention of an upset Lady Kagome, only saying that she had appeared to be preoccupied and that she had said he had sent her ahead because he had to take care of some business.

Why? Why had she lied? Why didn't she tell them the truth? Of course, he had asked her a few days later, only to get some stupid answer…something about not wanting to break the family apart or something. He could tell she had been hiding something else, but didn't pressure her. He wasn't supposed to feel like this, anyway. She had every right to call the house down upon him.

Maybe that's why he had tried to distance himself from her as much as he could. It was a fool's wishful thinking that inspired this. He should have foreseen the problems of this venture.

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KC: Well, I think I'll end it here for now. Not to happy with how this turned out, but I think it is the best I can currently make it! XD

Please Read and Review. I would really like to know how much this sucks!