Chapter 3: Awakening, Part One
She came to in an impossibly white room that smelled of bleach and disinfectant. She deduced she was in the hospital. She felt for the button that she knew hospitals had to summon nurses. She pushed it and a nurse entered three minutes later with a doctor.
"You're finally awake." He said. "Can you tell me your name?" She nodded. "Good, then let's get this tube out of your mouth." He told her to relax then her proceeded to remove the offending tube causing her to choke a little.
"My name-" she began hoarsely. "My name is Kagome Higurashi."
"DO you know where you live or any family members we can call?" Kagome was silent for a while then shook her head.
"Okay. Do you remember what happened?" she nodded.
"Car crash. Man brought me here."
"Good. DO you remember anything else?"
"Yes. New York. Carlos and Rosalina Santana."
"Do you know how to reach them?"
"555-5623."
"We'll notify them immediately." He turned to the nurse. "Could you get Ms. Higurashi some medication for her sore throat and some water to drink?"
"Yes doctor." When the doctor left the looked at Kagome. "You gave us all a scare. You were badly damaged when you came here but you've healed nicely."
"How long?" Kagome said once she managed to swallow the medication.
"Three years. You fell into a coma once we stabilized you."
"Three years?" Kagome said choking on tears.
"Hush now; do not cry. In a few days, we can release you and you can go home to your friends. You'll make a full recovery."
"Thank you." Kagoem closed her yes dreaming of silver and gold that brought a slight smile then terror to her sleepy mind.
"Mr. Santana?"
"Yes?"
"This is Dr. Andreotti from the University Hospital of Macerata in Italy."
"Why would a doctor from Italy be calling me?"
"We have a patient that knows you as her next of kin; a Miss Kagoem Higurashi."
"What? What happened?"
"Do not worry; she was in a car crash three years ago but she is fine now."
"I was not even told. I will come to get her tomorrow."
"Very well. She is ready to go home in any case. She will need some physical therapy to rejuvenate her muscles but that can be done in New York. I deduced that is Italian?"
"Yes. Thank you for telling me."
Carlos was on the next flight out and was in Macerata by midnight. He called the hospital to let them know he would be there in the morning. He thought of the poor child; how he missed her affectionate hugs whenever he was not feeling too happy with Rosalina.
The next morning he hurried to the hospital where the nurse directed him to the room. "Chica?"
"Papi!" she said sitting up. She was still unable to walk much but her upper body strength was good. "I've missed you."
"Me too. How are you feeling?"
"A little lost but I'm glad to see a familiar face. Where is Rosalina?"
"You were right, chicita. I loved her but she did not love me."
"I prayed I was wrong."
"Anyway. How did it go with your family?"
"My family?"
"Yes, the ones that live in Ascoli Pienco."
"I don't remember. Is that why I came back to Italy." She thought for a moment. "You're right, I cam to ell my sister I forgave her."
"We should go there now."
"I do not know if I am ready. I have not told them I am pregnant."
"Pregnant, mi Corazon?"
"Yes Papi."
"How long?" Kagome held her stomach and looked down confused.
"I-I was pregnant when I left New York; wasn't I?"
"You never told me." Carlos said. He hoped she had not been pregnant. "Maybe you dreamed it, no?"
"Maybe. Who knows? So many things are mixed up in my head. I wanna go back to New York."
"What about your mother and sister and you baby brother?"
"I'm not ready to face them."
"As you wish."
"We'll come back together once I've gotten my life back together."
"Your job is waiting for you back home."
"Thanks Papi." They talked a little before he left. He came then next day with some clothes he bought at a local store. She dressed with the aid of a nurse then they wheeled her out of the hospital and out of Italy.
Inuyasha had not been the same since Kagome's death. He did not speak of her with anyone but his daughter, which was not very often since he did not know her very long. The child grew to resemble her mother impeccably and the bright-eyed three year old pointed it out to her father very chance she could.
"Papa, can we get ice-cream?" she said in Italian. She grew up in America but he had taught her the language of her birthplace. Luckily she was a citizen having been born there.
"We had ice-cream five minutes ago."
"Then can we go to the restaurant where you and Mama met?" Inuyasha sighed. "Please, Daddy." She added in English.
"Aright, my little flower." She giggled.
"I'm not your flower, I'm mommy's little Night flower." His eyes widened.
"Who told you that?"
"Mommy did silly." She laughed genuinely amused at her father.
"When, Jasmine?" he said smiling.
"The night she died. You were there. She kissed me and said 'Mama loves you my sweet night flower.'"
"You were only a few months old. How can you remember?"
"I dreamed about it last night. Mama was very beautiful."
"Yes she was." He said combing her hair with his fingers. "Let's go."
"Think you're coming back today?" Carlos asked. "Think again. You are not working until I am satisfied you've healed."
"But Papi-"
"No buts. Tomorrow is just as good a day as any. Go out for a walk."
"Fine." She took up her purse and left although not exactly pleased.
She was strolling past a pizza parlor when she saw a familiar face. "Kouga?"
"Kagome? My eyes must be deceiving me." She hugged him affectionately.
"How are you?"
"I'm great. I just got my job back. I'm surprised you're actually talking to me."
"Life is too short to hold grudges. Wanna walk with me?"
"Yeah."
"So you say you got your job back? Why did you lose it?"
"As disgusting as it is, I couldn't keep my zipper up and I got fired. I don't blame my boss I deserved to be beheaded. I'm glad they even let me back into the company."
"I'm glad you've learnt your lesson."
"Not in time to keep you though." He looked thoughtfully at his shoes. "Anyway, I was wondering if you'd like to go out some time."
"I'd love to but just as friends."
"I cannot argue."
"How about tomorrow?"
"Sounds great." They continued walking amicably and joking about old times.
"It seems they are closed for inventory, Jasmine." Inuyasha said to his little girl.
"Too bad. I wanted to pretend to be mommy and bring you water."
"And I would've enjoyed it. Let's go get that ice-cream."
"Yay!" she clapped.
"What flavor do you want?"
"Mint - Chocolate."
"Why that today?"
"It was mommy's favorite."
"How do you know this? Oh, wait you remember it from before?"
"No. This time I saw mommy and she looked like an angel. She told me a lot of things."
"Like what?"
"That daddy is a bully but a sweet person and that he has the best kisses in the whole world."
"Really? Do you believe her?"
"Yes. You do have the best kisses."
"Did she say anything else?"
"She said we'd be together soon." She sighed forlornly. "I told her she did not have to lie because I know she is dead. She cried." Suddenly the little girl started sobbing. "I made mommy cry daddy. I'm a bully just like you." Inuyasha looked at his sobbing baby and at the accurate accusation. He had made Kagome cry and now she was dead.
"I'm so sorry baby." He held her gently, comfortingly until she fell asleep. He went into a store and bought a whole bucket of mint-chocolate ice cream. He exited after his purchase and his acute sense of hearing and smell threatened to tear him apart. Eh could have sworn he smelled the soft, flowery smell of Kagoem and heard the lilt of her laughing voice
"Now I'm going crazy too." He decided it was all the talk of Kagome that brought about the nostalgia. "Let's go home baby girl." He got into his car and carefully drove home. He no longer drove like a manic because of the circumstances of Kagome's death. He reasoned if he had not been driving so quickly she would have caught up with him and probably worked out an acceptable agreement.
Kagome's cell phone rang two hours before her dinner date with Kouga. "Hello?"
"Hey babe, I was wondering if it would be okay to invite tow friends of mien to come along."
"That sounds great. I'll see in two hours, Kouga. Don't be late or I'm leaving without you."
"I remember, babe." She heard the affectionate term he called her but she did not mind as long as he did not get any ideas.
An hour and a half later Kagome was picked up by Kouga and his two friends, Sango and Miroku.
"Told you I'd be early."
"I know. She was introduced to the couple who Kouga claimed to now since the cradle." They arrived at the pizza parlor at eight and had good time talking about their lives.
"These two were hopeless. Sango was as expert at Martial arts and Miroku was a ladies man. He had girls crawling all over him all day. IT bugged the hell out of Sango."
"It did not." Sango said defensively.
Miroku backed Kouga up. "It's true girls threw themselves at me but I had eyes only for Sango. She wouldn't give me the time of day."
"In my defense I might have looked at you if I didn't have to keep watching your hands. Kagome, Miroku was addicted my butt. There were times it would seem we would finally seal the deal on our relationship and suddenly his hands would be crawling al over my ass."
"Pervert."
"My words exactly. I kept slapping him or knocking him out. He always had red face or eye."
"I've never heard of an red eye."
"Miroku has a very hard head. It took all my strength to even get the area to bruise." Kagome laughed as did everybody else.
"How did you two finally hook up?" Kagome asked a soon as she could talk.
"We went on a camping trip and a freak storm separated us from the rest pf the group. Miroku did not once try to grope me or take advantage of me."
"Notice she said 'try.' I was tempted but I knew she'd leave me to die if I even breathed like I wanted to try anything. I remained a gentle man and it was she who made the move."
"Really?"
"I was just as surprised. After I told her how I felt she ran away then two minutes later, she kissed me crazy. I never thought of another since then."
"That's sweet." She sipped her soda.
"So how did you and Kouga meet?"
"At a bar. I was binging off some jerk that cheated on me. Kouga dropped lines and I punched him."
"Sango, it rivaled yours." Kouga laughed.
"I dragged him out intending to take my anger out on him but when I saw he was unconscious I had to carry him all the way back to my apartment."
"I do not know how she did it."
"Neither do I. I was to drunk to hail a cab. Anyway I got there and nursed him back to health."
"When I came she was muttering in Italian and I smiled. She said it was the prettiest smile she ever saw. She was still pretty drunk."
"I fell in love immediately." Kagome said looking at him.
"So why did you two break up?" Miroku asked.
"Differences of opinion." Kagome said.
"She's being kind." Kouga said. "I was the bastard who slept with her sister."
"What?"
"You didn't have to tell them Kouga."
"I wanted to. She was more gracious than I would have been if it were a reverse."
"You're a brute." Sango said pointing a finger. "You're lucky she's even talking to you."
"Don't I know it?" He said scratching his head. "She is a good person."
"Good enough to reconsider getting back together." She added looking into her soda. The table went silent.
"Are you serious?" they all asked at the same time.
"Yeah. I never got over him."
"You're sure?" Kouga asked.
"Very." She squeezed his hand under the table and they finished their pizza with a celebration. When Kouga dropped her off, he chanced a kiss on the cheek but she gave him the kiss they both wanted.
"You're sure you wanna be with me, again?"
"I'd like to give it a try. I can't promise it'll work but if it doesn't we'll end it amicably this time around."
"I accept. Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
Kouga and Kagome were going strong for five months now. He wanted to propose but he did not want to rush her. They had talked about marriage but she said she was not ready so he waited.
"Who is that for?" Inuyasha asked over his shoulder.
"The girl I plan to marry once she is ready."
"Why isn't she ready?"
"I guess she's trying to figure out if I'm trustworthy or not. I don't blame her if she breaks it off tonight."
"You love her."
"I do."
"Don't wait too long; I lost the girl of my dreams that way."
"Still thinking about her, huh?"
"It's hard to when she left me a miniature of her self to take care of."
"You know I haven't met this image yet."
"You mean Jasmine? She'll be at the Christmas party tomorrow night. Is your girlfriend coming?"
"She already has her dress. She won't even show me what it looks like."
"She's trying to surprise you."
"I'm surprised when ever she looks at me and doesn't slap me into a next dimension. I don't deserve her."
"I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Later."
Chapter 3: Awakening, Part Two
The hall clock struck seven o' clock and she did one final spin in front of the mirror. She wore a clinging white number. Her figure was perfect in her eyes especially since she had been going to the gym ever since she got back together with Kouga. The sleeves covered her arm and stopped halfway down her hand, showing only her manicured fingers. The shoulder fell off gracefully while the front dipped modestly; the back however dipped all the way down her creamy back and stopped just above the swell of her butt. Her black hair had been piled intricately on top of her head with curled wisps falling out in a very cute picture. It had been dusted with silvery powder so it sparkled in the light. She applied a lightly colored gloss and a powder to take off the sheen, as she did not wear makeup. She hung a small flower shaped pendent around her neck before grabbing her purse and heading downstairs. She put on her coat just in time to hear Kouga blowing outside. She hoisted the skirt so it would get dirty and slipped into the car.
"I still do not know what you look like under that stunning coat."
"You'll be impressed trust me."
"I already am." He touched her cheek lightly before driving off. They arrived at the office half an hour later and were seated in the elegantly decorated ballroom. She figured that this was the only office in town that had a ballroom.
"Good evening, miss, may I take your coat." She had forgotten she had it on.
"Why yes." She stood up as did Kouga to help her out of it. The beauteous image he saw sent shivers down his back then up.
"Wow." He said carelessly handing the coat to the host. "Wow."
"Exactly the reaction I was hoping for."
"You are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."
"I look even better underneath."
"Feisty as ever." They reclaimed their seats as the dinner was served. They talked quietly before the MC took the stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a great line-up for you. Feel free to take to the dance, in fact we encourage it." The group applauded out of duty rather than entertainment. "First on stage, all the way from Jamaica is Beres Hammond."
"Wanna dance?" Kouga asked.
"I'd love to." Beres rang out wonderful love songs as Kouga, Kagome and some others danced. They applauded genuinely when he was finished.
"I know you enjoyed that." The MC said. "Now, let's give it up the soul singer, India Arie." Kagome loved her songs and was more than happy to dance to 'I am Ready for Love' and 'Brown Skin.' She sang a few more songs which Kagome sat out as she talked to Kouga.
"I wanted to introduce you to a friend but it doesn't seem like he's here yet."
"Well why don't you look for him while I go to the restroom."
"Okay. Hurry back, babe."
"Do I ever?" she smiled.
"Jasmine, we're already late."
"I don't wanna." She said petulantly.
"I'm going to have to punish you then."
"I do not care."
"You're stubborn little one."
"Just like mommy."
"If I agree will you go in?"
"Yes."
"You are the image of your mother, cara."
"Good. Let's go." She modestly held her baby blue purse against her shades of blue dress. "Ready."
"Yes daddy." They strolled into the hallway where Kouga greeted them.
"Kouga! Good to see you." Inuyasha said. "Where is you date?"
"I'm right here." She said following closely. Inuyasha would have keeled over if he did not get grip on himself in time.
"Inuyasha, this is the lovely-"
"Kagome?"
"You too know each other." The child who had her back turned to the little group suddenly turned around and squealed.
"Mama!" she dropped her purse and ran towards the confused Kagome. "You're alive!"
"I-I don't know what's going on but I am not this child's mother."
Inuyasha was silent as was Kouga as they listened to the excited chatter of the little girl. Inuyasha noticed the distressed expression on her face and detached the little girl from the specter before him.
"Jasmine, give her a minute." He said in Italian.
"Why doesn't she remember me?" the child answered in Italian.
"English?" Kouga said.
"Sorry. Kouga do you mind if I speak to Kagome alone?"
"Why?"
"It is imperative." He looked at Jasmine. "Go sit with Kouga until I come back."
"Yes, Papa."
"You have no idea who I am or who that little girl is?"
"I'm sorry no." she answered even though a torrent of emotions for this man befuddled her mind.
"What happened? We though you were dead."
"In the car crash?"
"They said the blaze had consumed you completely."
"I was in a coma for three years, wait, how do you know all this?"
"Do you know how you came to be in the hospital?"
"I was on my way to Macerata when a sleeping driver ran me off the road."
"Why were you going to Macerata? You live in-"
"Ascoli Pienco." She shook her head. "I need to go back to Kouga. Thank you for all the information."
"You don't wanna know why that little girl called you 'mama?'"
"No." She started to walk out when he grabbed her by her upper arms.
"You cannot mean that."
"Inuyasha please, let me go." The words sounded familiar to her but she could not place where she first spoke this very sentence.
"I do not care that you have forgotten me but to forget your own daughter."
"I cannot have a daughter; I was never pregnant."
"DO you honestly believe that?"
"Please, no more." She said I Italian. "Please."
"You've said those words to me before."
"Then please. Let me go."
"Very well but I must leave then. I cannot allow my child to be traumatized by the fact that her mother does not remember her."
"Your child?"
"She is my daughter, our daughter."
"I must go." He released her after a second and watched her walk out.
Kouga questioned the three year old gently in the absence of her father. "How do you know Kagome, Jasmine?"
"She was daddy's girlfriend before she ran away from him. She had me later then she died when daddy found her again."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. Daddy gave me a picture of her." She proudly displayed the picture in her little locket. "See?"
"Does your daddy still love Kagome?"
"Oh, yes. Sometimes I see him staring at her picture and crying so I don't hear him but I do."
"I love your mama too."
"Not like daddy can." She said wisely. "Besides, she bit daddy."
"What?" Kouga was raised as a human so he knew nothing of heritage; he did not understand what the little girl meant.
"You do not know? But you are like daddy."
"What do you mean?"
"A demon."
"What?"
"Daddy is part dog, part human and you-" she sniffed at him. "Full wolf." Kouga smiled at her imagination. "You do not believe me?"
"Of course, little one."
"Do not lie to me. I can read your mind." She protested. "You are thinking if my papa lays a hand on mama, you will cut it off. You must not think such bad thoughts."
"Can your papa read minds?"
"No. Mama can."
"Can you read her mind?"
"That's easy." She was silent for a minute. "She wants to marry you but she still does not trust you."
"Why?"
"I don't know. But she cannot marry you because you are not my papa."
"Okay."
"Kouga, we need to leave." Kagome said over his shoulder. "But-"
"I need to get away from that man and this girl."
"Why? Inuyasha would never hurt you."
"He already has." She said as buried memories surfaced then sank just as quickly.
"What did he do?"
"He took my baby and now I can't find her." She said still lost in her rapidly sinking memories.
"I'm right here mommy." Jasmine said as he started to cry. Instinctively, Kagome wrapped her arms around her. Inuyasha saw this and demanded she release her.
"No. She is mine and mine alone." She hugged the child. "Would you like to come home with me?"
"Can papa? Please." She said in Italian.
Kagome answered for Inuyasha. "Of course you can."
"Yes, Jasmine. I will come for you in the morning." Kouga had no idea what was being said since he did not speak Italian. Inuyasha watched Kagome walk away with Jasmine and he feared he might not ever see her again. Kouga started to follow but the look Kagome gave him told him she needed to be alone.
"What a small world, huh?" Kouga said as he twirled the ring.
"I found out about you and Kagome only after the baby was born; if I had known-"
"No. You would have. I can see you love her. I can see when I'm beat." He held the ring out to him. "Maybe you'd like to give her this."
"No, you should save it for the girl of your dreams."
"You are right. I'm gonna call it a night. You should go over and see Kagome." He gave him a key and an address. "The part of her that remembers you is waiting for you."
Inuyasha decided he would run all the way, so he could work off the frustration he felt. His hair turned silver as he removed a hidden pendant from his neck and his eyes changed from brown to gold. He streaked over the high rise buildings and came to rest on Kagome's building. He wondered if he should go in; he sat outside for an hour before he decided to leave. He was just about to jump across to the other building when the roof door opened.
"Did you really come all this way to turn back?"
"We don't have anything to say to each other. You have our daughter for the night. We'll work something out in the morning."
"Wait-don't go yet." She said. "I wanna see you." Inuyasha had not shown anyone his true form outside of his family. The thought of exposing himself to a woman who did not remember him was nerve-racking. She walked over cautiously.
"This is who I dreamed of for three years in a lonely hospital bed." She touched his cheek. "This is who made love to me." He looked at her before moving to replace the pendant. As soon it touched him, he began to change back. She found she wanted to see him in all his glory.
"I hid from you for three years in my mind and when I came out, I was so upset that I finally lost you, I wiped you from my mind." Inuyasha still did not speak. "I could not forget these." She said touching his lips lightly. "Or these." She said taking hold of his hands. Inuyasha refused to speak. He felt word wishing they could tumble from his expectant lips but he bit his tongue.
"Inuyasha?" she searched his eyes and found resistance. She kissed him softly, tentatively, glancing up at him between the fleeting caresses. Inuyasha felt fire where he touched him and moved to hold that flame closer; she fell easily against him, deepening the kiss that he encouraged. She moaned into he kiss, which excited him. Her fingers worked feverishly through his hair finally resting against the warm skin of his neck. Slowly, she worked the clasp loose on his chain; her hand deftly moved to catch the falling jewelry even a she kissed him into sweet oblivion. Kagome opened her eyes so she could watch him and her brown eyes clashed with the gold of his. Slightly startled she whimpered and his now exposed fangs nipped at her lip.
"Do not bite off more than you can chew, cara." He said, his fist words for the night in resonant Italian. Eh followed his words with a deep growl as he moved to kiss her neck. The sound vibrated through Kagome's frame and she leaned into it but when his sharp incisors brushed against her skin, fear constricted her throat; pain ripped through her mind and terror enveloped her.
"Get away from me!" she screamed. "You monster; what the hell are you?" She held herself, shrinking away from the silver-haired man before her. Inuyasha scowled.
"You seductive wench." He said in a fierce whisper.
"Who are you? What do you want from me?"
Inuyasha pulsed with rage and humiliation. This small woman managed to trap him with her strange magic, not once but twice. "As of now, nothing." He did not know why he wasted all that time mourning the witch. "I only came for my daughter. And if you'd be so kind to return my pendant." Kagome watched wide-eyed in terror as he wrenched the jewel from her hand then casually strolled passed her to the roof door.
"No! You cannot get my daughter." By now, both had abandoned English and were cursing fluently in their innate tongue.
"We did this scene years ago and you were not bale to stop just like now." He said dangerously.
"No." she said barring the door.
"Remove yourself form the door or suffer the consequences."
"Do you plan to deliver the blow yourself or are you gonna throw me into speeding traffic like before?"
"You accuse me of trying to kill you? I wouldn't waste my time."
"Just how easy is it for you to kill me with those claws and fangs, demon?"
"Too easy. You deserve to suffer for trying top keep me away from my daughter."
"You don't dictate what I deserve. Get out of here! Stay away from me and my daughter."
"You could never hope to grow her the right way; you know nothing of what she is." Kagome's eyes widened. "Didn't think of that; did you? She is just like me."
"No. She is nothing like you." Inuyasha had gone as far as he could; he physically grabbed Kagome who squired against him. He put her aside and swung the door open and almost trampled on his daughter.
"Jasmine." Kagome called to her daughter.
"Mama? Papa?" she started to cry. "Stop fighting." Inuyasha growled at her and she sobered immediately and walked obediently towards him.
"Don't you growl at my daughter." Kagome said running towards the moving child. She misjudged Inuyasha's speed and grabbed at air as the monster leapt to another building with her child. "JASMINE!" she ran and began climbing the edge of the building with every intention to jump.
"Mama, no!" Inuyasha turned just in time to seethe white clad figure disappearing down the side of the high-rise building.
"Jasmine stay here." He said even as he himself disappeared over the side of the building. Him calling out her name clashed with her terrified scream. She was falling faster than he could catch up. "No!" he yelled pushing against the wind resistance and leaning into the full effect of gravity.
"Inuyasha!"
"You stubborn wench." He grabbed her reaching hand and with his great strength tucked her under his arm. He landed gently on the ground. "Do you have a death wish?" he said bringing her nose to nose with him.
"Am I dead?" she asked her eyes still closed.
"What the hell did you think you were doing? Were you trying to traumatize your daughter?"
"I'm alive?" she said completely absorbed in her little world.
"Are you listening to me?"
"oh, thank you, thank you, thank you." She said hugging him.
"Get off!" he said. She started talking excitedly and so quickly he could not keep up. He slung her over his shoulder and took her to the top of the roof where his daughter happily played with a lost kitten.
"Daddy, can I keep her?"
"No." he said the same time as Kagome's affirmative. "I believe she was talking to me."
"I have a say in the way my child is raised. Come here, Jasmine."
"It is time ot go home."
"Can mama come?"
"No."
"Is mommy going away again daddy?"
"Yes."
"But how can you leave her? She bit you." She whined. "She bit you!" she stamped her foot and strangely it reminded him of the imp beside him.
"What does she mean I bit you?" Instinctively, Inuyasha covered the left side of his neck.
"Forget it." he said quickly. "It's nothing."
"I don't remember biting you, except-" she paused and looked at the neck he still covered. "What are you hiding?" she moved towards him reaching for the concealing hand.
"You stay away from me. You are a witch. You'll put some sort of spell on me."
"Don't be silly. Let me see what you're hiding."
"Daddy, I'm going to grandma's to show her my new kitten." Inuyasha looked over at his daughter who waved before disappearing in a cloud of pink smoke.
"Hmmm? Where did she go?" Kagome said surprisingly calm but very curious.
"Italy."
"WHAAAAAAAT!"
"Don't worry, she does it all the time. She'll be back before bedtime." He sighed. "I'll be going home now."
"Not so fast!" she collared him, dragging him to the ground.
"Hey, stop that!" he yelled as she began tearing at his shirt. "This shirt is expensive."
"And now it's crap." She said once she successfully tore it. She inspected the left side of his neck and discovered a red bruise, mere pinpricks but she recognized the tiny bite mark she had given in her throes of passion. "How can you still have that after-" she counted four years.
"Get off me!" he pushed her back and she fell on her butt with a thump.
"Ow!"
"Just stay away from me. If Jasmine shows up here instead of at my house, I'll pick her up tomorrow. If not, I'll send her over. Because of her unique gift, which I presume she got from you, I won't have to endure you're presence."
"Like I want to see you. I may have made the mistake of sleeping with you-"
"Correction, I believe your words were 'making love.'" She blushed considerably.
"Whatever. I will have full custody of my daughter; no visitation on your part."
"I'm hardly worried, since my daughter is a stubborn as her witch of a mother. Have fun explaining why you're on this roof." She say him casually walk away with his hands in his pocket.
"You're not leaving me here. You're taking me with you."
"Not likely." He said still walking away. She growled in frustration and launched herself at him. She grabbed him by the neck and wrapped her legs around his waist. "I cannot deal with this now."
"You are taking me with you."
"Look, go back to your little boyfriend." He knew Kouga had already given up on her but he wanted her to admit or realize she was all alone, again.
"Leave Kouga out of this, besides, he knows I'd never stay with him."
"Well he is smart on some level. Now, if you'd just get of my back, I'll get out of your life, like you've been telling me all evening."
"Well at least have the courtesy to take me home. I'm sure your Italian blood has not run cold. Would you disgrace your mother by leaving me outside in the cold without a way of getting home?"
"You dare to insult me, human?"
"Human? If I'm human, what are you?"
"Doesn't matter. I'll take you home." He effortlessly transported her to her apartment complex. "Now climb down. I need some sleep."
"Fine." She started to slide down then had the craziest idea. "why do you call me a witch?"
"So many questions, cara."
"My name is Kagome."
"As if I could forget it."
"Is it because I did this?" She ran a finger over the red pin pricks and felt as Inuyasha shuddered under her weight. "What does it mean?" she said running her index finger over the mark.
"Would you-stop that-Kagome?" he said between shuddering breaths. "Get off me." She slid off the muscled back with a smile.
"Maybe I wasn't so wrong in choosing you for a sperm donor."
"What?" he said still a bit delirious from her recent ministrations.
"Goodnight."