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THE STUFF.

Chapter Six.

Kagome awoke with a start, sitting up quickly from her bedroll. Her heart was pounding, a light sheen of sweat covering her body. She looked frantically from left to right, trying to figure out exactly what woke her. Her cerulean eyes landed on Inuyasha, sitting close by her side, watching her with an unreadable expression. It was still dark, the twilight hours before sunrise, and she frowned at him.

"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" She asked quietly, aware their companions were still dozing. She pulled the cover off; it was way too hot to keep it on. He continued to stare at her, his eyes darkening in a way that made her spine tingle and a blush rise to her face.

"I couldn't sleep," he murmured, moving closer to her.

She swallowed, her heart beginning to race. "Do you usually sleep?"

He regarded her for a moment, a sexy smirk gracing his features. "No." He touched her cheek, letting his fingers linger on her flushed skin. "I'm happy you're awake. I wanted to talk to you."

She swallowed again. Why was she so nervous? She sat up straighter. "What's up?" She asked, trying to be nonchalant… realizing she was failing when she looked into his face. That nose of his always correctly deduced her moods.

"What Koga said…" he started slowly, frowning as he tried to find the right words. "It's true, your scent is different." His eyebrows rose at her gasp of shock. "It's still the same you, but… uh… different," he finished lamely. He couldn't tell her it was mouth-watering, boner-inducing, and sexy-as-hell. Could he?

She gaped at him. What should she say? The truth?

Hey, Inuyasha, I was really horny and tired of waiting for you to come around, so I washed myself in a dog-breeding shampoo from my time so we could get it on when you couldn't control yourself? Yeah, right.

"I… well… I tried a new kind of shampoo from my time," she said. I guess honesty is the best policy. "I rather like it." She regarded him from beneath her lashes. "Do you?" She asked breathlessly.

The retort he had for her died on his lips as he gazed at her. Was she flirting with him? Watch out, Kagome. Don't play with fire unless you want to get burned. He moved closer still, enjoying the way her heart began to race at his proximity; he could smell her nervousness… her excitement at his proximity. He looked down into her eyes, his pupils dilating; she took a sharp breath as she gazed up at him.

"Inuyash-"

He silenced her with his mouth on hers, moving one of his hands to the nape of her neck to hold her in place. After a moment, she sighed into his mouth, relaxing into him; he took the opportunity to slip his tongue past her lips, marveling at how sweet she tasted. She surprised him by bringing her own tongue up to meet his, slowly caressing, and then battling for dominance of the kiss. He growled in appreciation, but not wanting to be dominated, pushed the girl roughly onto her back.

She gasped and he was on her, one of his legs slipping between hers, his hands in her hair and his lips hard and hungry on hers. She couldn't stifle her moan, running her hands up over the taught muscles of his back, pulling him in closer. She needed to feel more of him. He shifted his thigh against the apex of her thighs and she cried out, breaking their kiss.

He smiled down at her before moving his mouth to her throat, trailing hot kisses from behind her ear to her collar bone and back, occasionally nipping at her sensitive flesh, eliciting her hoarse moans and cries at his ministrations. He ground his hips into her, reveling at the intensely delicious friction and extremely pleased with the sexy noises Kagome was making beneath him.

He brought one of his hands from her hair to cup her breast softly, musing about how it was a perfect fit. The dark-haired beauty bucked beneath him, her breathing becoming harsh. He moved down farther, biting her breast through her shirt and bra; the scent of her arousal grew so strong, he almost came on the spot.

"Oh, Kagome," he rumbled, the vibrations shooting through her body down to her core. "You smell so good." His hand trailed down to the hem of her shirt, letting his fingers linger on the soft, heated skin he found there. Growing more bold, he slid his hand up, slowly feeling her flat stomach, tickling over her ribs, stilling when he brushed the underside of her bra. "I want to feel you," he growled, sending a thrill through Kagome that started and ended with her groin.

All she could do was nod, all of her attention focused on the feelings he was conjuring with his mouth and fingers… The way he was settled over her was intensely erotic and suddenly she was wondering if they'd go… all the way. There was no turning back now. THE STUFF was definitely doing the trick and she felt as if she'd die from need if they were to stop now.

He pulled his hand back out, bringing it to join his other back at the hem of her shirt. He tugged it up… exposing her belly. He paused to place feather-light kisses, making her jolt and squirm; he moved his way up, sliding the shirt as he went. Kagome was having trouble breathing past the desire for this man on top of her, when all of the sudden… he stopped.

She opened her eyes to find that he not only stopped, but was perched back in the branch above her, his eyes closed, feigning sleep. She frowned, tempted to "Oswari" his ass right out of that tree to finished what he started, but right at that moment, Sango sat up from her bedroll, rubbing her eyes drowsily. Kagome's mouth dropped open in shock. Thank goodness Inuyasha has such amazing senses or they would have been caught!

…

She didn't even care, she was so disappointed. She let out a pained sigh, lying back down under the cover, suddenly cold. She glanced up at her hanyou and her frown deepened when she saw him smirking at her.

Fine, she thought as she greeted Sango warmly. I'll have to take matters into my own hands if I don't want to be interrupted again.

"Are you okay, Kagome?" Sango asked, after a closer look at the time-traveler. "You look a little… off."

Inspiration struck Kagome in that moment. "I don't know what's going on, Sango, but I think I should go home and get some medicine. I feel terrible."

Modern era, here we come!