Oh my friends….

I watched the last episode on Monday and I am heartbroken. The ending was quite unsatisfying. And the kiss had the weirdest timing. But I guess they stuck to the books… What did you think of it?

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter. Remember to Read And Review!

And btw thanks to all that have reviewed. I really appreciate it

French Translation:

Ce qui? : What?

Merci : Thank you

Oui ? : Yes?

Chapter 9:

INU POV

*THUMP*My head shot up from the noise and the hard contact I had just made with the floor.

"Oh shit," I groaned. "Fell off the damn bed." I realized we were still up in the air. I lifted myself up, walked over to the window and smiled. Down below I could see the beautiful country side of my second home. 'Every time I come back it seems more beautiful than before.' I thought. Suddenly I heard a light sniffle behind me. I turned around to find Kagome snuggled under the covers. So she had been in the bed with me all night, huh? I guessed she had just slept at the opposite end of the large California King sized bed so I hadn't noticed when she joined me…or it could have been that Ijoined herand shedidn't notice…er…who was I kidding I had no idea how anything had happened. We had all been too wasted to function and it looked like we'd been knocked out for a good six or seven hours.

"Inu…mm…yasha?" Kagome mumbled. She stretched and cracked open one eye. I turned to her.

"Hmm? Oh you're awake, huh drunkie?" I smirked.

"You were just as drunk as me, you ass." She smiled. I made a motion for her to come join me at the window.

"Come," I said simply. She obeyed and peered down to get a glimpse of Paris for herself.

*Ding*Ding*Wewill be landing in roughly thirty to forty-five minutes, Mr.Alexandrov. *Ding*Ding*

"Oh wow, Inuyasha. I had no idea it would really be this amazing." She looked at me, happiness shining brightly in her large grayish-blue eyes. "You know, you see and hear about it in movies all the time. But seeing it…really seeing it…it's breathtaking." I smiled warmly at her. I was beginning to see that there were many different sides of Kagome. She was so warm and gentle yet so feisty and confident.

"What are you looking at?" she poked me in the shoulder. "Hmm?" She giggled and walked over towards the door. It was then that I realized she was wearing nothing but a large button down shirt, which come to think of it was mine…how did that even get on her in the first place? I stuttered, desperately trying to let her know about her absence of clothing, but nothing came out of my mouth. Probably because I was secretly enjoying what I saw. I took in Kagome at that moment. Her long raven hair was messy, but sexy, reaching all the way down her back. The shirt loosely hugged her curves, the top two buttons undone, showing off her bosom.

"You...got any underwear on underneath that thing?" I mumbled. She looked down.

"Hmm...maybe I do, maybe I don't." I made a slight lunge towards her and she jumped back. "Inuyasha!" she exclaimed. "You just calm down. I've gotta go get dressed so we can get off this plane." she turned towards her bag and pulled out her clothes then headed for the bathroom. "Besides, you think I'll just give it up like that? I'm not free you know!"

I stared at her. 'Well,' I thought. 'She does have a point.'

"Ah, Inuyasha." Miroku came up behind me. "You haven't even considered that maybe you have feelings or her?"

"What?" I snapped. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, perhaps you like her, idiot."

"Like her?" I mused. "I-I guess I never really thought about it. I mean she's sexy as hell but-"

"Well...maybe this trip will make it a little clearer." Miroku placed a hand on my shoulder.

"Yeah...maybe."

After helping the driver load our luggage, I joined the rest of the group in the limo that was taking us to my mother's vacation home. I didn't really make contact with Kagome the entire drive, despite the excitement being shared between everyone else. Every once in a while, I noticed her shooting concerned glances, but I refused to acknowledge anyone at that point. I was too lost in my own thoughts.

"Hey," Kagome whispered, giving me a sharp nudge with her elbow. "What's got you so deep in thought?"

I blushed. "Huh? Oh n-nothing." I stuttered. "Oh hey look! We're here!" I was relieved to find a reason to change the subject. I knew, confined to the car, Kagome would have lost patience sooner or later and would try to pry my thoughts out of me. I got out of the car and held out my hand to aide her.

"Thank you," She smiled warmly, gladly accepting my offer. "Inuyasha...I-" But she never finished her sentence. She was too stunned by the amazing estate that stood in front of her. She spun around in a complete circle, trying to take everything in all at once. "This is...beautiful." she breathed.

"Indeed," We all turned to face the large front doors. There stood Sesshomaru, holding out his arms to welcome us. "Hello all." His gaze fell on Rin. "Welcome. I trust your flight was to your liking?" Rin gave a slight nod, her face a deep shade of crimson. "Excellent, well come inside everyone and have a look around. Make yourselves at home. Brother, can I speak with you for a moment?"

"Yeah, sure." I ushered Kagome and the rest of the group inside. She looked at me with worried eyes. "I'll be back," I whispered. I followed Sesshomaru to the dining room, both of us not speaking a single word until we reached our destination. That was my first clue that whatever he was going to say wasn't going to be good.

"Brother, I'm afraid that the Nenhuma Mercês is on the move." Sesshomaru poured himself a small shot of vodka from the crystal bar nearby.

"What? Are they here?" My eyes went wide with worry. I didn't care about what happened to me, but I didn't want anyone to get caught in the crossfire. 'Kagome' I thought sadly.

"We're not sure yet. We know that they've been spotted in Italy and Spain. However, they've only been sending them out in pairs of demons." He gulped down the contents of his glass. "Inuyasha," He turned to look me straight in the eye. "I'm just telling you to keep your guard up. You know the ring father gave you?"

I looked down at my hand. "Yeah what of it?"

"It serves more than just the purpose of turning you human. It can transform you into a full demon as well."

"What? How come you never told me this before?! Do you know how much trouble that could have saved us all-" My voice started to rise.

"Inuyasha!" I shut my mouth immediately as my brother grew even more serious. "See, this is precisely why we didn't tell you! It's not something you can use at the drop of a hat, idiot! Every single time you turn into a half demon, you no longer can distinguish enemies between friends. And it will rid you of most, if not all, of your energy."

"So it will kill me?"

"It very well could!" He snapped. He took a deep breath and brought his gaze back to mine. "It doesn't necessarily mean you'll be killed. But at the very least, you'll probably still have to recoup for the following eighteen to twenty-four hours. You just need to keep your guard up at all times."

I nodded, showing him that I would comply. "Am I safe to be myself here, though?"

"Of course. This place is heavily guarded, just like the house in New York." Sesshomaru got up to leave the room. "Please heed my words brother. You know mother couldn't take it if she lost you."

"Yes, Sesshomaru, I understand." Sesshomaru thought of my mother as his own. His mother was slain by another demon long ago when he was only and infant. My father raised him alone until he was about five or six, when he met my mother. At first, Sesshomaru had not taken kindly to her because of the fact that she was human. But after months and months of showing him nothing but kindness and care, he gave into her charm and fell head over heels. He had called her mother ever since he was seven years old and through the years, they had become quite close.

I walked back to the entry way to find everyone gone except for Kagome. "What are you doing here? Where's everyone else?" I asked.

"Um...I dunno I guess I just decided to wait for you. And the rest of the group went to explore the house." I stared at her, once again taking in her beauty.

"What?" she asked. I gave no answer. "Hello?" She waved her hand in front of my face. "Let's go find everyone else dork."

We found everyone upstairs scrambling to choose the bedroom they wanted to stay in.

"Hey! Last two doors in the hallway of the third floor are MINE!" I screamed. Everyone stared at me for a moment, and then quickly got back to scurrying around the hallways. I rolled my eyes. "Hey, Kagome?"

"Yeah?"

"Come on, I've gotta show you something." I grabbed her wrist and began to drag her up another flight of stairs to the third floor. She forced me to loosen my grip enough for her to slip her wrist out. I was going to ask her why, but her reaction had me beat. She quickly replaced my grip on her wrist with her hand grasping mine. I blushed, but continued to lead her down the hallway. When we got to the last door on the left of the hallway, I stopped her.

"Close your eyes." I told her. She furrowed her brow in confusion, but obeyed. I opened the door slowly and led her inside. Flicking on the light, I turned her towards me. Positioning her face so she could look nowhere but my eyes, I asked her if she was ready for her surprise. She nodded and opened her eyes. Our faces were extremely close since I was trying to block her view of any part of the room. She smiled.

"You're my surprise, Inuyasha?" she asked softly. I couldn't help but return her smile.

"Turn around." she did so and gasped at what she saw. The room she was standing in was covered top to bottom in light lavender and white. The room had a canopy bed made of gold with white silk curtains covering the actual bed, which was decked in a velvet lilac bedspread. The room's furniture was made of white and gold and it was covered in lilac and lavender accessories. I had had the room designed after I had experienced Kagome's scent. Every time she was near, I could smell the heavy scent of her lilac shampoo. It brought me into an ecstasy that I couldn't even begin to explain.

"Oh Inuyasha..." she breathed, looking up at me."It's beautiful."

"I'm glad you approve."

"But..." she frowned in confusion."Why is it that you-"

"HEY KAGS!!!!!!" Sango came screaming down the hall. "You gotta see our ro- oh wow this is gorgeous!" she threw a sly look towards me. "Aw you set this up Inuyasha?"

"Hey! Mind your own business." I snapped. I turned off the light and dragged them both back down to the second floor.

KAG POV

"Well I say we play a game." Rin chirped.

"Game? Okay Rin, what game?"

She giggled. "Do you see this place? There's no way we've seen the whole thing! Hide and seek!!!!!!!!"

"OH I AM SO DOWN!" Miroku yelled. Everyone stared. That was a little enthusiastic for a 17 year old. "Alright everyone split up! Rin's up first!"

"Aw why me?"

"Your idea," Miroku shrugged. "Okay, GO!" Everyone scrambled off in different directions. Sango ran upstairs down the hallway, unaware that Miroku was hot in pursuit. Inuyasha zoomed off somewhere…no one actually knew where, since he was running at his demon speed. I blinked as the wind that was Inuyasha breezed past me. Then I took off on my own down to the first floor. I couldn't figure out where to hide, but it did dawn on me that if Inuyasha had quite the advantage. He could smell anyone coming so I knew he would never get caught.

I chuckled quietly to myself. '...d-bag.' I suddenly came across a wooden door with a small porthole-like window in the middle. I was curious so after a quick look to my left and then to my right, I gently pushed open the door. I was surprised to find a rather large, dimly-lit spa room, complete with a sauna and a hot tub. The only thing that lit the room was candles. I began to try to find the light switch, but then thought better. 'I don't know whose close by. I'd better stay quiet.' I thought as I moved farther into the room. I whipped my head around at the sudden chirping of Rin's voice. 'Oh shit.' I grinned wildly, quickly blowing out the candles and crouching behind the benches in the Sauna. I let out a sigh of relief as her voice started to fade down the hallway. I figured now was the time to mentally pat myself on the back for finding a good-ass hiding place. Grinning triumphantly, I stood, but almost screamed as a heard a small 'click' sound. I could have sworn I heard the door open. My suspicions were confirmed when the sauna turned on and the steam began to spread all over the room.

"Who's there?" I asked quietly. No answer. "Look, it's getting pretty hot in here. How are we supposed to stand in here like this without bathing suits or whatever?"

"Exactly," I felt a hand touch mine and I jumped back, realizing who it was.

"Inuyasha?" I smirked, thinking back to my thoughts about his advantages with the game. "Did you follow your nose, dog boy?"

"Kagome," he said warningly, stepping in front of me so I could make out the outline of this face. "You shouldn't call people names. There are times when it can make their behavior a little...crazy."

I pulled at the collar of my dark green sweater dress. Leave it to me to have on the worst possible thing at the worst possible time. Still, I couldn't help my arousal that was starting to take me over. He was driving me nuts, nuzzling my neck while he whispered dirty things in my ear. "Crazy?" I breathed, my eyes rolling back into my head as I tried to shake the feeling from me.

"Mmm yeah, really crazy." He whispered, placing a light peck on my lips. I looked at him for a moment with my half-lidded eyes and then repeated his previous actions. Giving him one small kiss and then another. Before I knew it, his lips were locked with mine. He plunged his tongue into my mouth like he'd never tasted me before. I didn't know how much more I could take. I had on too much clothes for this sort of thing. If sex made you this hot no wonder it's best naked. Slowly he began to pull at my white leggings, and despite whatever I was thinking I let him.

"Inu-yasha..." His hands roamed freely along my body, massaging my breasts one by one. I was completely lost in his touch. I threw my head back as he slipped two of his digits inside me. My breathing became short and heavy as I tried to control the ecstasy that was building up inside me. He kept going, harder and faster, building the pressure inside. I opened my mouth to moan, but was cut off by his rough passionate kiss. I thrust my hips onto his fingers to make his thrusts seem even harder.

My orgasm took over my body completely, causing me to throw my head back. I wanted to scream Inuyasha's name, but it was muffled by his hand covering my mouth. "Shhh," he said. "We don't want everyone in the house thinking you're in trouble." I twitched slightly from trying to control my outburst. When I was finally steady, I removed my dress. Inuyasha stared at me in confusion. At this point, I didn't really care if he saw me in my bra and underwear. Not that he could see me considering the room was completely dark. So I simply got undressed and hopped into the hot tub. He stood there for a while, but shook his head and joined me. After soaking in the tub for a moment, I turned to him.

"Inuyasha, what are we?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" He asked, trying to mask whatever he was really feeling with confusion.

"Well we keep going at each other like sex crazed animals. But is that all we are? Just sexually attracted to one another?"

"I...I don't know." I couldn't believe him. He can find all the time in the world to grope me, but when I talk about actual feelings he runs away with his tail between his legs.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN?" I screamed.

"LOOK!" He yelled back. "I was fucked over before, okay? She told me she loved me and that was bullshit!" He screamed the last word with such intensity; I drew back a couple inches. "So why the hell should I trust you?!"

I couldn't believe him. On one hand, I did understand where he was coming from. When you're hurt like that it's hard to put your trust in anyone else. But for him to speak like that to me. Like I had done something to him besides simply try to be kind to him and make sure he was safe. And while his words hurt my feelings, my heart still went out to him. It was almost like it called his name in a way. I managed to stop any tears from falling as I got out of the tub and grabbed my dress. I threw it on without speaking a word to him and just left.

INU POV

"Whatever if she wants to be mad, then she can be mad. One less thing I have to worry about..." I grunted as I walked throughout the house. It really did hurt like a bitch to have to smell her tears. And to know that she was crying for the second time because of me didn't make it any better. 'Ugh what am I gonna do? I know there's something there...but who's to say she doesn't betray me like the last one.'

"Inuyasha!" Sango came bursting through the doors of the parlor. *WHAP!* She slapped me on the back of the head. "What the hell did you do to Kagome, you idiot?"

"HEY! What the fuck are you talking about? I didn't do shit to her!" I screamed back, trying to shield myself from her blows. "Miroku! Get your woman!!!" Looking back on it now, I realize that was something I shouldn't have said.

"WHAT?!" Sango shrieked. "What the fuck do I look like? A damn piece of property? Fuck BOTH of you!!!!" And with that, she was gone. Miroku stared after her, his mouth hanging open. He shot a death glare my way.

"What the hell did you do that for?" I opened my mouth to say something, but he cut me off. "Look just because you can't let go of the past and welcome Kagome into your life does not mean you should take me down with you!" And then he was gone too. Great. 'Why doesn't everyone just burn me at the steak while they're at it?' I thought. I slammed my head on the table and decided to sit there and sulk when I felt the vibration of my iphone in my left front pocket.

"Hello?" I groaned.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" it was Sesshomaru.

"Nothing," I lied.

"Ok whatever; well meet us in the left hangar." *click* the line went dead before I could give any kind of objection. I dragged myself out of the parlor and made my way through back door in the kitchen and out to the hangar. It basically replaced what I suppose most wealthy human families would have as a stable for horses. My father began to raise fire cat demons when he shortly after he met my mother. I found Kagome admiring the white one with the light blue paws; my favorite actually. His name was Caesar. My father gave him to me for my 11th birthday and he'd stayed by my side ever since.

"Inuyasha, help me get everyone settled. They want to ride." Sesshomaru explained. I nodded and began to help Miroku with his gear when my ears picked up something interesting. I had noticed when I first arrived that Kouga was nowhere to be seen. It had been easy enough to locate his voice though. I realized that he had found her; Ayame. Ayame was the ranch hand we had hired a while back. She was, ironically enough, a wolf demon as well. However, her pack was from England, while Kouga's was from off the coast Brazil. She was quite the tomboy, but despite her boyish attitude, it was her appearance that really caught one's eye. Ayame stood about five feet, three inches. Her perfectly sized breasts and bottom gave her the delectable hour glass shape that most women could only hope for. She had a flawless olive complexion and had long, dark-red hair that reached her bottom. It probably would have been longer had the ends not softly curled on their own. Her bright emerald eyes could hypnotize the player of players himself. Kouga was lost in her. I could tell by the tone of his voice.

"Oh my God." He breathed.

"Ce qui?" Ayame asked, having no idea he had even been standing there in the first place.

"You're…I've never seen anyone like you." He paused, trying to recover from his nervousness. "I mean, you're beautiful."

"Eh? Me- Merci," Ayame blushed, but took a moment to study Kouga. She looked up into his bright, cerulean blue eyes and took in the gorgeous black main that framed his tanned face. Realizing what she was doing, she immediately rolled her eyes and turned back to her duties.

"W-wait!" Kouga scrambled back in front of her. She sighed heavily and met his eyes once more.

"Oui?"

"I see you can understand English. Can you speak it as well?" she raised an eyebrow at this, but finally decided to comply.

"Yes," she stated simply. Kouga's heart practically leaped out of his chest. Even her voice was intoxicating. After uttering her single word, she slipped past him, holding two kittens to her chest. "You'll have to excuse me-" she paused, her eyes silently asking his name.

"Kouga," he said quietly.

"Kouga, then." She smiled. "You are a wolf demon, yes?" he nodded. "Well I'd love to talk more later on, but I'm sorry, right now I have to get the kittens washed up and back to their mother so they can eat." She looked down and gently stroked the newly born fire kitten.

"Later then." Kouga nodded, signaling her was okay with her departure. She gave him a small smile and left. "Wait!" he called after her. "What's your name?"

She turned slightly, eyeing him with her peripherals. "Ayame,"

I heard him sprinting towards me. Turning, I smirked at him. "MUTT!" he shrieked. "You have to get her to hang out with us!"

"Kouga," I began, my left eye twitching. "What the fuck have I told you about calling me a fucking mutt? You mangy wolf."

"Whatever who cares. You've just got to get me on her good side." He all but begged.

"Hmm and why the hell should I help you?" I asked, pretending to sound genuinely curious.

"Remember that summer in the 6th grade when you were caught in the girl's bathroom with your pants down and then you-"

"ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT! What the fuck ever I'll help." I hurried away from him. I did not want him to continue that story.

KAG POV

A couple hours later, we had made our way farther into the French country side. Everyone seemed to be taking to the fire-cats quite well. Sango had fallen in love with a kitten that Inuyasha ended up giving to her as an apology for that afternoon's fight. We had stopped for a while to enjoy a picnic the chef had made for us. I sat under a tree, fidgeting with my dress, refusing to look Inuyasha in the eye.

How could I have been so stupid? I actually tried to get mad at him for something that was completely irrelevant. So you let a guy flirt with you and you just automatically assume they're you're boyfriend? I was ashamed and knew he probably didn't want to speak to me anyway.

"Stupid…" I mumbled. "Stupid…emotional…insecure…lovey-dovey bullshit…AGH!" I was broken from the argument I was having with myself by Inuyasha plopping himself into my lap. Of course he was a great deal bigger than me, so naturally, I toppled over with him landing directly on top.

"Kagome…I'm sorry. I-"

"No," I stopped him. "I shouldn't have put pressure on you like that. There's no book that says consensual flirting means dating-" I was cut off by his hand slapping itself over my mouth.

"Shhh…" He said quietly as he peered into the sky, trying to shield his eyes from the sun. "Sesshomaru…"

"Yes…I feel it too…" It grew bone-chillingly quiet and the two brothers stopped all movements, trying desperately to read their senses correctly. Suddenly, a thunderous boom erupted from the sky. A large ball of fire crashed into the ground.

"Everybody get on your cats!" Sesshomaru screamed. "We've got to get the hell out of here!" Kagome got up to run, but swiftly turned back reaching for her journal that her grandfather had given her so long ago before he passed. But she was too slow. She looked up in horror as another fire ball zoomed her way.

"NO! KAGOME!" I felt Inuyasha shove me out of the way with brute force. The fire ball erupted on top of him and he was flown several feet into the ground. I groaned, trying to push myself up off of the rock that I had collided with after the shove. I winced in pain and blood came gushing out of the huge gash in my right arm.

"Inu…yasha," I tried to yell, but I was too weak. I knew something was wrong. 'He's probably dead.' I thought miserably. My eyes began to cloud with tears. "Inuyasha…INUYASHA NO!" *BAM* the fireball-turned-rock exploded into a million tiny pieces. There stood Inuyasha, his shirt had been torn to shreds, blood tripped from his chest and stomach. But there was something else that was different. His eyes were completely red with light blue pupils, He had a purple streak across each cheek and his fangs and claws were down two times longer and sharper than before. He threw his head back and roared, jumping high into the hair.

"Blades of Blood!" He screamed, flinging his blood ridden claws at the enemy in the sky. Red blades of light shot from his hand and sliced the fire cannon and its operator one by one. I looked away as the blood began to drizzle from the sky like rain. Inuyasha landed back to the ground with a crash, indenting it with a large hole. He stood there, growling and breathing heavily, looking from left to right. He seemed both confused and enraged. Something was wrong. I had to see him. I managed to lift myself up and limp over to the edge of the hole he was standing in. He turned to me quickly, baring his fangs and hissing as I tried desperately to call out to him. Why didn't he recognize me?

"Inu…yasha!" I cried, reaching out to him. Suddenly, the red color left his eyes and he stepped forward, trying to come into my embrace. At that moment, it seemed almost every ounce of life had left him. His eyes became lifeless and dead as he dropped to his knees.

"Ka-Ka…gome," He whispered. Then he dropped.