(Hikari: "Yay! Our tenth day in Feudal Japan and we're finally getting somewhere! And I'm a unicorn! YAY! Hey, wake up lazy!"

Reiki ignores her, Hikari pops her sleep bubble with a newly long fingernail.

Reiki: "Aww… What the hell do you want?"

Hikari: "I don't feel like typing, so I'll dictate and you do the finger work."

Reiki: "But…"

Hikari grabs her baseball bat with one hand and cracks the knuckles of her other hand.

Reiki: "Exactly how do you expect me to work like that!"

Hikari: "Quickly."

Reiki: …

SCROLL ELEVEN:

Matter of Mate

"Please, we're far enough!" Kagome begged, rubbing against his now nude back. "No one will hear us! … Probably…"

"Then you don't know the half of being a demon," Inu-Yasha commented. Well, he himself still didn't know much, but… All he was able to think about was how he wouldn't last much longer, with how his blood was boiling and coursing. Abruptly he noticed something. Kagome's scent suddenly spiked and became... tantalizing. Oh, God, he could smell her! He could almost taste her her scent was so heavy, and with shock he realized that she was in heat… "No, don't think about that now…" he told himself, as his natural reaction rose to the front of the line of his attentions. He still had to find a place that didn't pose a threat of interruption. Her scent came to him more strongly with another inhale, making him groan, and he forced himself to think of something else as he dashed.

(Beginning of Lime!)

"This is fine!" Kagome interrupted his distractive train of thought, pressing against him. He abruptly stopped when he felt a rub of her firm nipples as she hugged him. That was it! He snapped, his newfound demon blood was demanding the satisfaction that Kagome was more than willing to give.

He reached back and turned her onto his chest, and pressing her to himself they shared a powerful kiss. She laced her arms around him, and suddenly placed her tongue in his mouth. He had never done that before, but what ever it was he enjoyed it and returned the treat.

Kagome was entirely enthralled with him. As they kissed, the burning near her stomach blossomed and she began to gasp and groan over her need for his attentions. She abruptly felt her back against something slightly rough, a tree, and Inu-Yasha, no longer needing to support her save for with his chest, began to roam her body with his hands.

"You're sure about this?" he mumbled against her neck which he found quite suckable, undoing the side buttons to her skirt and massaging her breast.

"For the love of gods, just rip that off and take me!" she cried desperately, breathing heavily and wrapping her naked legs around his hips and running her hands down his chest.

She had the sensation of movement, and she was suddenly laying on the ground, the cool grass cradling her back. He laughed in a growling way, as she saw that he was braced above her. He lowered his head and began to lick her ear, his hands stroking the sides of her breasts. She gasped with the unexpected pleasure that gave to her, and with a suck on her earlobe he continued with his mouth down her neck, licked the hollow above her collarbone, and lower…

(End of Lime)

He abruptly stopped and looked up, smelling the air and growling dangerously.

"That bastard! What's he doing here!" Inu-Yasha cursed deep in his throat.

Kagome was ready to kill something. How dare anyone interrupt what they were going to do! She smelled something vaguely familiar though, thanks to her recently becoming a hanyou, and a sudden pang of fear came when she realized that she was in the nude.

"Inu-Yasha," she began, uncertainty clinging to her tone. "What if he…?"

"Oh, MAAA-AATE!" came an almost singing voice.

Kagome shrieked and hid behind Inu-Yasha, who -sadly- still wore his pants, when Koga broke through the tree line.

Kagome tried to hide herself as thoroughly as possible from the wolf demon, but that wouldn't help her much. Her mind-boggling scent was enough to get the males excited for her.

Inu-Yasha glowered at the other male who had disturbed them, flexing his fingers. He was going to kill him this time. This was no longer mere rivalry, but now, under these circumstances, it was a territorial fight; one over a possible mate. His mate!

"Inu-Yasha!" Koga growled, his hair nearly on end as he bared his teeth. "How DARE you try to claim my mate! Especially when she's in heat! I'm going to rip you to shreds, you filthy half-breed!!"

"You idiot!" Inu-Yasha nearly laughed, still livid though. "Were you so absorbed with Kagome's scent that you completely overlooked mine?"

Koga, noticing now that Inu-Yasha was somehow a true demon, braced himself for an attack. "Her perfect and sweet scent was beaconing to me. All other scents would be pinned to the dirt! Just like you will be, if you don't leave my mate and my lands!"

Inu-Yasha chuckled and cracked his knuckles. A challenge. Did they really cross over into Koga's terrain? Oh well…

Koga attacked, and threw a punch for Inu-Yasha, who grabbed Kagome from behind himself and dodged.

"And just what the hell are you trying to hit?" Inu-Yasha scoffed. He thought he'd tease the wolf before spilling his blood. All of it.

Koga scoffed and jumped at him again. Inu-Yasha knocked him away with a punch, and reached for his sword. He grabbed it, and sparks suddenly began to fly. With a sharp intake of breath he jerked his hand away and looked down at his blade.

"Tetsusaiga?" he asked, pained and shocked as steam rose from his palm. He had never been denied his sword…

"Watch out!" Kagome yelled, still hiding herself.

Inu-Yasha had momentarily completely forgotten about the fight, and received one of Koga's kicks to the temple. He flew and, instead of smacking into a tree, caught himself.

"Bastard!" he cursed, standing as Koga watched him. Halfway up though his vision doubled and he went back to his knees.

"Good, the kick was perfect!" Koga thought, as he watched Inu-Yasha wobble and fall back to his knees. Knowing he only had about seven seconds before Inu-Yasha's equilibrium returned, and without even looking at his prize he snatched up Kagome and bolted.

"Hey!" Kagome cried, clawing at his back. She only scraped armor though. "Let me down! I'm not yours! Let me down or I swear…!"

"Sorry, my mate," Koga apologized sweetly, and reaching back to her neck he struck a pressure point. He felt her body flinch and then completely relax. "Take a nap, and we'll sort things out later… But first I must rescue you from that mongrel."

Inu-Yasha finally sorted his senses and stood, staggered, and growled. Kagome and the wolf were nowhere in sight. He immediately pursued. No one, and he meant NO ONE, was going to claim Kagome save for himself!

(End of chapter!)

Hikari: "You bitch! How dare you turn that into a tease and a cliff hanger and make is SHORT!"

Reiki: "Hehehe, sorry! But anticipation is so nice, no? Besides, this gives the readers something to think about while I ponder out some more of the plot!"

For all of you readers who wish to strike Reiki with something big and heavy, never fear, for Hikari was there! Be sure to send flowers and 'get well soon' cards to Reiki's hospital room, number six hundred sixty-six!

Hikari: "And send us suggestions! I might have given her amnesia or a concussion, so let's help her plot with what should happen next!"