Chapter 3 – Mounting Frustrations

Kagome laid own in her sleeping bag that night and tried to get some sleep to no avail. She was only able to sleep a few hours when Inuyasha woke the group to move on.

"This can't go on." Kagome thought. "I need to go home and figure out a way to relieve these feelings I'm experiencing. I need to go home and pick up something that will help me sleep along with looking something up online about relieving sexual desires without involving someone more experienced." With that thought Kagome fixed breakfast for everyone and repacked her back pack. Approaching Inuyasha she could see that he was in a good mood.

"Inuyasha, I need to go home for the night and replenish my backpack. I promise that I'll return tomorrow if you let me go." Kagome said. Inuyasha's face scrunched up in frustration at her request. He wanted to move on and find more shards but knew that if he protested her leaving that she would just "sit" him and go anyway. Besides, he had recently developed a penchant for trying to please her and new that if he just said ok, it would go a long way in keeping them on friendly terms.

Kagome was shocked by the response she received from Inuyasha. "Ok Kagome but please come back tomorrow." Seeing the shock on Kagome's face Inu thought that maybe he had been TOO friendly and added at the end "if you're late I'm going to come get you wench!" Which earned him a scowl from Kagome.

"Thanks Inuyasha, I'll return tomorrow I promise." At that they headed to the well.

It took them only a few hours to reach it. Shippou at once made Kagome promise she would return with candy. She gave out hugs to everyone including Inuyasha even though he acted as if he didn't want one and then hopped down the well.

At once Kagome realized that there was something out of the ordinary. She felt it as she was climbing out of the well in the shrine. As she opened the doors to the shrine she realized where these feelings were coming from. She could tell that there had been a storm recently by the debris lying around and the fact that there were no cars driving down the road. She quickly entered her house and surmised that her brother was at school and her mother was at work. Grandfather was of course still sleeping. Turning on the T.V. the news exclaimed that no one was allowed to drive because of the recent rash of spring storms and that an other one was on the way this evening. People were instructed to bunker down at work, school, home etc. until the storms passed the next day. Phone lines were down in all areas of Tokyo.

Kagome shut off the T.V. and sighed. She new she wouldn't be able to get on the internet after all. Heading upstairs she enters the bathroom and runs a bath for herself. She opens the medicine cabinet and takes out the Tylenol PM. She takes two and then climbs into the tub for a soak.

Her skin is sensitive to the touch and her nipples immediately harden as the hotwater touches them. "I'll never be able to sleep like this!" she thinks to herself. But, as her mind relaxes in the bath she drifts off.

Kagome was at the stream again. Rubbing the washcloth up and down her slit. Moans fell from her mouth as the pressure increased. Thinking about Inuyasha touching her there she whispered his name. Just then, Kagome heard a growl come from her left.

She quickly submersed all but her head in the water. Her eyes widened in fear at the figure standing on the opposite side of the stream. He was tall, formidable and his icy exterior would warn anyone that didn't know him that he was not someone to toy with. Kagome, fortunately or unfortunately knew him. Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's frosty older brother stood there staring at Kagome. His thoughts were as usual his own. Nothing showed on his perfectly sculpted face. "What do you want Sesshomaru? Inuyasha is just over there" pointing to the opposite side of the river Kagome hoped that it would be deterrent enough to Sesshomaru that he would just leave. He did not. Instead he took a step forward and spoke. "Tell the half breed to leave this area. I do not want to smell his foul stench on my lands." He paused and Kagome thought he would leave. Instead he continued to stare at her. As he continued to stare she realized that his eyes were not void of emotion. He was looking at her with a something akin to hunger. Her pulse picked up speed at the realization and she knew she was blushing. She watched him as his eyes roamed what was visible of her form in the water. She wanted to move but her body refused to cooperate. It was as if she were a dear caught in headlights.

It was his voice that finally broke the spell. "Leave now. I detest the foul smell of humans on my land. Especially when that smell is mixed with that of the half breed." Kagome was angry. She knew that just moments before he hadn't been complaining as he stared at her figure! Understanding that her life was hanging by a thread she thought better than to voice her opinion on the matter.

Kagome awoke with a start as someone knocked on the bathroom door. Her grandfather's voice is on the other side. "Kagome? Are you ok? I heard noises. Are you hurt?"

Kagome began crawling out of the cold water and reached for her towel. "Yes grandfather its me. I'm ok. I fell asleep in the bathtub and had a nightmare." Some nightmare Kagome thought. Her sensitive skin protesting the idea that being ogled by a very handsome demon lord could be considered a nightmare.

"Ok Kagome but please don't fall asleep again. I am going to walk to the store and see if they are open. If you leave before I return just leave me a note ok?"

"Ok Grandpa"

Kagome decided then that staying in the future wasn't helping her any. Her dream continued to bother her. Why Sesshomaru? Why did her mind have to conjure images of him and her together like that? Why not Inuyasha? Kagome was frightened. She did not like where her wayward thoughts had taken her. Never in a million years had she thought about Sesshomaru in that way.