He swore softly before possessing her lips once more, his tongue pushing past her lips and making her moan, running her fingers through his hair. Growling, he pulled away from her, fluidly transitioning into a crouch, presenting his back to her.
"Let's get to the others," he said angrily, not hiding his upset from the way the evening was unfolding. Kagome sighed, straightening her shirt before easing herself onto his back. Despite his angry words, he gently slid his hands up the back of her thighs, eliciting goose bumps to jump up on her skin, hoisting her up and pulling her snugly against him. He didn't miss her surprised gasp when he pulled her closer, rubbing her intimately against his back.
He inhaled deeply, his eyes closing briefly as the scent of her arousal wrapped around him, along with her hands gripping his shoulders. He tried in vain to keep his disappointment at bay as he raced through the dense, dark wood. But he couldn't say that he was in any way disappointed with Kagome's reactions to him, making him smirk as he thought of the way she writhed and moaned under him.
"Where have you two been?!" Sango cried, her expression warring between relief and worry, as her friends burst upon the scene. Inuyasha hurriedly put Kagome down next to her friend, immediately taking a fighting stance.
"I fell way behind, and Inuyasha came to…" the time-traveler swallowed, embarrassed. "He came back to help me."
Miroku couldn't help but notice Kagome's blush and her swollen lips; he smiled at the couple innocently. "Are you okay, Kagome? You look a little… out of sorts." His smile widened by her look of embarrassed shock and Inuyasha's smirk; the houshi couldn't hide his surprise, as usually the hanyou would immediately deny or blow up in anger if anyone were to insinuate something of this nature.
"I-I was very frightened, Miroku," Kagome stuttered, staring at her hands. "I couldn't see the hand in front of my face, and I'd lost you guys."
Sango embraced her friend. "It's okay, Kagome. I'm so sorry." They smiled at each other, and Kagome relaxed when the conversation turned.
"Koga is almost here," Inuyasha snarled, pulling Tetsusaiga from its sheath. The fang roared with power as it transformed, and the shard hunting party immediately straightened, tensing for the fight to come.
As if on cue, the whirlwind that was the wolf demon made its way into the clearing; as the fierce wind dispersed, a smiling Koga emerged with a spring in his step. But the moment he spotted Kagome, he stilled, his face falling to disbelief.
"Kagome…" He said, sounding distracted as his nose worked in over-time to sort out all the different scents around her. She still smelled like herself, and the lingering scent of her arousal was definitely a turn on… but something was off. He could smell Inuyasha all over her, which wasn't unheard of, but the way her pheromones were more pronounced than usual left a bad taste in his mouth.
"Why do you smell so different?" He asked bluntly, not hiding his distaste.
The whole group gasped, and Kagome looked horrified. Inuyasha was the first to break from his shock, and took a protective stance in front of her.
"Wh-what do you mean, Koga?" Kagome asked quietly, but she knew it was just another side-effect of THE STUFF. The hurt in her voice was palpable, and it made the inu-hanyou visibly angrier; he growled in warning at the wolf, who, of course, ignored him.
"Kagome, you smell like…" Koga wracked his brains to put a name to the scents he was getting. "You smell like a bitch." He scowled at her, watching as her face paled considerably. "It's nauseating!" He put his hand over his sensitive nose and took a step back, not caring that Inuyasha's warning growl intensified ten-fold.
"Get the fuck out of here, you mangy wolf!" Inuyasha roared, jumping forward and striking at Koga with the Tetsusaiga. The wolf was hard-pressed to dodge with Inuyasha so determined to hit him.
Koga leaped back to an impressive distance. He looked at Kagome, her face pale, her lips trembling, and he felt a pang of regret for speaking to her that way. It was probably best to leave, anyways. He sneered at Inuyasha before retreating, his whirlwind buffering them in his wake.
Inuyasha turned to look at Kagome just in time to see her tears start to fall. He reacted quickly, moving to her side and enveloping her in his arms. Sango took an alarmed step back, her eyebrows in her hairline; what is going on?
"Don't cry, Kagome," he rumbled consolingly, holding her tightly to him as she began to cry in earnest. He put one of his hands in her hair, the other rubbing small circles on her back. "Please don't cry. That bastard is not worth it… He's not worth it."
Kagome was shocked, dismayed, and very upset with the way Koga had reacted to her. He'd always been so kind, if not extremely annoying. It's not that she had any type of feelings for him, but to be spoken to like that… because she'd used THE STUFF.
It should have come with a warning label about annoying kitsune's and extremely rude wolf demons!
After a moment, the raven-haired beauty slowed her tears, sniffling, and coming to enjoy Inuyasha's arms around her for the second time that evening. A girl could get used to this, she thought happily. He was running a clawed hand through her long tresses, idly playing with the ends. She pulled away just enough to look up into his face, reassured by the fondness she saw shining back at her.
"I think you smell great," he whispered quietly so no one else could hear.
Except Shippo.
"I think you smell great, too, Kagome!" He squeaked, wanting to help her feel better. Inuyasha scowled, dropping his arms from around her. She felt suddenly cold, with the loss of his body heat.
"Lets set up camp." He barked, back to his usual self. "I'm starving."
He can't sleep.
Inuyasha sat up in a tree above his sleeping companions. It's not that he needed as much sleep as the humans in his group, but he still needed a little. But, with the dark-haired woman occupying his thoughts, sleeping directly below him, he couldn't catch a wink. She had been quiet and somber throughout their whole meal, even retiring earlier than the others, falling asleep almost immediately.
Then his mind got to working on what Koga had said, about her smelling like a bitch… It was true, but Inuyasha knew she didn't like being referred to that way. It was a slander in her time- having nothing to do with a female dog. He was pretty sure that's why she was so upset.
But… why did she smell like that? She hadn't always… Not that he was complaining. He was actually doing the opposite. He didn't know how she came to smell like that, but he definitely liked it.
A lot.
His eyes moved to Kagome's body as she shifted in her sleep. He frowned when she made a small noise. After making sure all of their other companions were asleep, he jumped down silently next to her, crouching by her face.
She really was beautiful, he thought, awed. She exhaled slowly and he found himself watching her mouth. Her lips were so pink… and he remembered how soft they were… He reached his hand up and traced her full lower lip with a clawed finger, sucking in a breath when she instinctively puckered her lips. He snatched his hand away, sitting back on his heels, studying her as she slept.