That Night At the Inn
Drunk
A few weeks prior...
"Hey, guys, look!" Shippo said energetically, pointing down to something on the other side of the hill that the rest of them were just reaching the top of.
"What is it?" Kagome asked as InuYasha watched in disinterest.
"It's an inn." the kit jumped. "Can we stay there for the night? Huh? Can we?"
"It has been a while since we slept indoors." Kagome thought thinking of warm food and a comfortable bed.
Sango nodded in agreement as she stroked Kirara's fur. "Miroku, how much money do we have?"
The monk felt around inside his robes for a moment then said. "Just about nothing."
"Aw." Kagome pouted. "But I was really hoping we could stay there."
"Well, sorry for making you sleep outside so much." InuYasha said, crossing his arms as they crested the hill and looked down.
The inn wasn't a part of a village, but instead was situated at a crossroads tempting weary travelers that would have to choose their direction.
"Wow. It's enormous." Sango said. "It looks more like a mansion than an inn."
Kagome agreed but the sign above the gate clearly marked it as an inn. "Maybe it was a mansion that was renovated." She suggested thinking they wouldn't have been able to afford it anyway.
The inn itself was identical to many mansions they had seen in their travels. There was a small creek that wound itself through the grounds with a bridge overlooking it and a couple on it, not bothering to hide the fact that they were clinging to each other like vines. The gardens around it had many sakura trees in full bloom and beautiful purple flower bushes grew everywhere.
"Oh, my." Sango blushed, spotting the couple. "Do they have no sense of decency?"
"I don't think they care." Kagome said blushing a bit as well.
Miroku was stroking his chin thoughtfully, looking down at the building.
"What are you thinking about, Miroku?" Shippo asked, jumping up onto his shoulder.
"I sense a strange demonic presence about that mansion." The monk said seriously.
"Here we go again." InuYasha rolled his eyes as Kagome smiled.
"Yay!" the modern girl celebrated. "One fake exorcism and we get room and board for the night."
Miroku looked offended. "What do you mean 'fake' exorcism? I'll have you know I've never performed a fake blessing in my life."
"I hope they have fish for dinner." Shippo told Sango.
Who nodded excitedly. "And maybe even a place to bathe."
"A nice bed, a warm meal." Kagome told InuYasha, happily. "Doesn't that sound nice?"
InuYasha had to admit, it did sound pretty good. "Alright. Let Miroku do his phony blessings and we'll stay there."
They started walking down the hill with Miroku grumbling about their lack of faith in him.
They let Miroku lead, Kagome trying not to look too enthusiastic, and the monk sighed as he approached.
"Hello?" he called out as they crossed the gate. "Inn keeper?"
"Yes?"
They jumped and turned as a man came out from the shadow of the gate wall, laughing at their fright.
InuYasha chastised himself for not noticing the man sooner. But his nose was being overpowered by the smell of those purple flowers that littered the grounds. It wasn't a bad smell, but it was strong. That would be bad if he couldn't smell any danger.
"Sorry to frighten you." the innkeeper said. He was a very handsome man with striking features. It was the kind of face you didn't forget and with that welcoming smile it just made you want to gravitate towards him. "Would you travelers like a room?"
"Actually." Miroku stepped forward. "We were walking down the road when I sensed a demonic presence in your inn."
"Goodness." the man looked shocked. "Are you sure?"
Miroku nodded. "If you would just let me exercise it, we will be on our way. We expect no payment."
"Nonsense." the innkeeper waved his words away. "I must insist that you stay the night at least. And I'll provide food and sake free of charge." "You are too kind." Miroku bowed respectfully as Kagome smiled in triumph.
"Please, come this way." the innkeeper walked ahead of them. "I have many guests today so I would be thankful if you didn't frighten them."
"The blessing should be very quiet." Miroku assured him.
"And I see you have a child with you." the man said, smiling at Shippo. "We have a wonderful playroom for our younger guests. I do believe there are three others there right now if you wish to go play with them, little one."
"O-oh! Can I?" Shippo pleaded with Kagome.
"Sure." Kagome smiled. "Take Kirara with you so she can watch over things."
Kirara, who was very good with children, human and demon, hopped out of Sango's arms and walked over to Shippo who was excited at the thought of being able to play all night.
"The room is just over there." The innkeeper pointed to a building separate from the rest of the inn where a grown woman sat, watching the children play. "I always have a member of the staff watching the kids." he assured the adults.
"Woo!" Shippo yelled as he ran towards the room, Kirara a step behind him
"Ah, to be young." the innkeeper smiled. "So, monk. Do you need anything to perform your blessing?"
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"Aren't you glad we stopped here?" Kagome asked, smiling at InuYasha.
The inn was a large central room where guests ate and drank and laughed together with all the rooms coming off of it. The innkeeper had put them there while he took Miroku to perform the blessing.
"My staff will prepare a room for you. Wait, eat, and drink. I insist." he had said before taking Miroku away.
InuYasha had already stuffed his face and Kagome had just put down her bowl as a servant came by, a bottle of sake and four bowls on a tray.
"The master said that this was for you, compliments of the hotel." She said placing it at their feet as she gathered their food trays. "Enjoy your drink."
"I don't drink." InuYasha said as Sango, more out of curiosity than anything, lifted the bottle and took a sniff of the drink inside.
"Oh, wow. That smells heavenly." She said. "I don't think one small drink will hurt."
She poured a small amount into her cup and drank it down.
"Oh, my..." she said. "That...is delicious."
"Really?" Kagome asked, never having drunk sake before. She wasn't of legal age yet and traveling around in the past and fighting monsters all the time didn't leave her much free time to get up to anything bad.
"I'm glad you like it."
They turned when the innkeeper came back with Miroku. He was smiling.
"Please, drink." he insisted as Miroku sat beside Sango and, like magic, a servant girl appeared with a tray of food.
"That sake is a special blend of my own design. I take great pride in it. I really insist that you try at least a little bit."
The servant girl paused to pour the sake into the four glasses before standing up and returning to other duties.
All around them, the other guests were laughing and talking and drinking. In one corner was a man playing a junanagan quite expertly and the air was filled with the tone of his instrument. It was all very light and festive.
"Please, drink." the innkeeper urged. "That sake is my pride and joy. Just one sip, please?"
InuYasha sighed and, if only to shut him up, reached down and grabbed one. "Just one." he told the innkeeper sternly before drinking it down.
And it was delicious. He had never tasted anything quite like it. There was no sting of alcohol, just a smooth flavor that coated his tongue and warmed his belly. As Sango said, heavenly.
"Wow." he admitted. "That is good."
"See?" Sango said taking her cup and drinking it down again. "I don't think I've ever tasted anything quite like it."
"Oh?" Miroku, who was much more well versed in sake than the other two, took a drink as well. He paused, savored the flavor, and said. "InuYasha. Do me a favor and stay sober because I do believe I'm going to end up drunk on this."
Kagome laughed as InuYasha rolled his eyes.
"Go on, dear." the innkeeper said. "Take a drink."
"Oh, no thank you." Kagome smiled apologetically. "I don't drink."
The innkeeper looked a bit surprised at that. It was a look Kagome was used to. People in 16th century Japan just didn't not drink.
"Go on, Kagome." Sango urged already pouring herself and Miroku another glass. Then, as an afterthought, refilled InuYasha's cup as well. "Just a taste."
Kagome fought against the peer pressure for a moment. But only for a moment.
"Just a sip, all right?" she said picking it up and sipping from it.
"Oh...oh my..." she said after downing the glass. "I'm pretty sure sake never tasted like that."
"You like it then?" the innkeeper, pleased, as Sango, who was already red faced and tipsy, tried refilling her glass.
"Aw, we're out." she frowned.
"Then you must have another." he clapped his hands twice and a servant girl appeared and replaced the jug.
"Relax, I'll have someone escort you to your rooms when you're ready." he stood up and left the room, leaving everyone to laugh and dance and drink.
"Just one more." Kagome said as she drank it.
InuYasha wouldn't have minded another one, it was a very good drink, but he knew better. If everyone ended up drunk they wouldn't be able to fight effectively. He had to stay sober to protect them.
But he still felt that one drink warm in his belly.
It didn't take long at all. As the sun set, Sango was laughing as Miroku groped her completely consequence free continuously. Kagome had given in again and drank one for glass and she was tipsy herself. She had stood up at some point and was dancing to the instrument in the corner.
InuYasha just couldn't bring himself to mind that everyone was useless now. He was mesmerized by Kagome's slowly rotating hips and flushed face.
He didn't notice the room slowly emptying; he didn't notice Sango pass out and Miroku giggling as he poked her breasts.
Instead, he had stood up and was moving against Kagome as she moved against him. It was a sensual parody of pleasures that he knew were dancing just on the edge of his mind. His blood was hot and the soft curves under his hand were enticing.
But, before he could do anything, he was interrupted by the innkeeper.
"May I take you to your room now?" he asked pleasantly.
"Sure." Kagome slurred as she leaned against InuYasha. "Room take us...that way!"
"Follow me then, you two." he smiled as he turned and walked down one of the halls.
"Wow, InuYasha." Kagome slurred. "You're really strong." Since she was far too gone, InuYasha was half carrying her down the hall causing her feet to drag a bit as she struggled to walk. The innkeeper didn't even seem to notice.
"You're really drunk." InuYasha pointed out not really caring that the alcohol had loosened him a bit, a lot, as well.
"I'm not as...think...drunk as I...you...am." Kagome struggled to get that backwards phrase from her time 'I'm not as drunk as you think I am' but it was too much for her. "Wow, the moon is so pretty."
"Yeah." InuYasha agreed, not really looking at the moon.
"I'm kinda...dizzy." she said.
"Yeah..."
"Your room." the innkeeper stopped before a shoji screen. "Please, do feel free to make yourself at home." he bowed respectfully then walked away.
InuYasha, after a moment of trying to remember how to do it, slid the door open and stumbled inside with Kagome. They laughed together as he tripped over nothing and fell.
The room was pretty simple as rooms go. The futon on the floor was a double with the cover pulled back, ready to be used. The only decoration was an ink painting on the wall of a naked man posing seductively. The artist had clearly not been shy about making him as realistic as possible.
"There's only one bed." InuYasha pointed out as he dragged both himself and Kagome over to it. "You can have it Kogame."
"Did you just call me Kogame?" Kagome snickered.
"I did." he snorted as they started laughing harder. "Kogame, you can have the futon."
"No." Kagome shook her head. "It's a big one. We can um...we can...um...we...um...Uh..."
"Share?"
"Yeah! That's it!" Kagome smiled victoriously. "We can share it. I shrust you."
"I shrust you too." InuYasha said pulling her on top of it and rolled on it after her.
They laughed some more, not realizing they had rolled onto it sideways.
"You know what? You-you know...what?" Kagome said after a few seconds of laying there laughing.
"What?" InuYasha sat up a bit.
"I lub you." Kagome smiled. "I lub you lots."
"Lub." InuYasha repeated. "I like lub."
"Yeah." Kagome nodded. "I lub you this much!" Kagome threw her arms out at her side, stretching her fingers as far as they could go.
"That's a lot." InuYasha remarked. "I-I don't think anyone can measure that it's so much."
"I know! Right!" Kagome rolled over and sat on him. "I feel...odd."
"Drunk." InuYasha said. But he could smell her arousal on the air and it was affecting him.
"No. Hot." Kagome said. As if in reaction to her words, sweat started beading on her forehead. "I wanna take it off."
"Take what off?" InuYasha slurred. He felt weird as well. He wanted to run his fingers up and down Kagome's body, which wasn't unusual. He desired the future girl and had had that urge many times. But never had he actually lifted his hands and start feeling her thighs and reaching under her skirt so his fingertips brushed those strange undergarments she wore.
Kagome, instead of answering, lifted her shirt over her head and threw it away. Her hips started squirming as she felt her desire flare up at her core in response to InuYasha's touch.
"That's nice." she licked her lips as she started fondling her own breasts. She wanted touch, she needed it. InuYasha, his brain fogged by that sake and lust, sliced through the sides of her panties and pulled them out form under her.
"Skirt too." Kagome begged. "Skirt too!"
InuYasha didn't need to be told twice, he obligingly ripped through them and tossed them aside.
Kagome's wiggling hips touched on his growing erection and her body knew instinctively that that was what she wanted.
She felt so free! She was sure that doing this would bring on consequences but she just couldn't think of them or bring herself to care at all. Everything felt so surreal and at the same time she was hyper aware of every nerve ending in her body.
And every nerve ending in her body wanted InuYasha. His body, his breathe, his scent, his everything.
She leaned down over him and hovered her lips over his.
InuYasha didn't let her tease him long, he grabbed the back of her neck and slammed her lips down on his as he rolled over and came on top of her.
"Clothes, clothes." Kagome said desperately as she tried ripping his fire rat robe off.
InuYasha left her only long enough to do that for her then he was back, kissing her, running his tongue across hers in a slippery dance that they both knew without being taught.
Neither could think of anything other than the sweet heat that poured into them when their flesh touched and the need for more of it.
It was like a dream, the world around them just disappeared, nothing mattered anymore.
And InuYasha just knew he had to join with this woman. He had wanted her for so long, stood beside her as she stood beside him, and he had never really acted on those feelings. He had been good; he had looked but never touched. But right now, he couldn't remember why he had displayed such restraint.
Why shouldn't he take her in his arms as he did now?
Why shouldn't he run his naked body along the length of hers?
And why shouldn't he join his body with hers?
He couldn't think of a single reason not to, so he did. He settled himself between her thighs, watching her flushed face and loving how she panted gasped. He grabbed her hips, held them firmly, and pushed forward, spearing her without mercy or restrain in one quick motion.
Kagome screamed and InuYasha flinched in sympathy.
But that was it, it was over now. And he stayed still giving her body a chance to adjust to this new intruder, while he leaned down and began kissing her again. Coaxing her back into playing with him, saying he was sorry without actually saying he was sorry. Because, honestly, he wasn't.
Her body was warm and wet and, more than likely, the single most pleasurable thing he had ever felt.
When Kagome started gently rocking her hips, InuYasha matched her motions, groaned at the feelings that ran through his body. It was as if his entire being was focused on that single connection between them.
He heard her cry his name, a small almost indistinguishable cry, but it lit his blood on fire. She was all he could see, all he could smell; his entire world had shrunk to the woman in his arms.
He started moving faster, rocking into her, and she moaned as her back arched under him. It was glorious, feeling her move around and within him. He needed nothing else but this, nothing mattered but this. There was no other reason to breath than to be able to hold her in his arms. And he just couldn't imagine why he hadn't done this before.
She was whimpering as he increased the tempo of his thrusts, he wasn't going very fast but each stroke was deep and pleasurable.
He would have plenty of time to go faster later, to explore her body more and find what brought her pleasure. But for now, it was enough to just feel that moist heat, to feel her silken skin rubbing against his.
When his orgasm grasped his body, he pushed into her one last time, encasing himself completely in her body, and beneath him Kagome convulsed as her own pleasure climaxed, and his seed was pushed into her body.
Kami, yes!
This was incredible.
Why hadn't he done this before? What the hell had kept him from doing this?
He leaned back a bit and looked down at the treasure beneath him her cheeks flushed as she gasped for air and looked at him with the most beautiful eyes.
So perfect, so loving.
He reached up a hand and stroked her cheek.
How he loved her, how he adored her. He would die for her, he would kill for her. He already had, in fact. He would protect her from anything and everything. No matter the human or demon. Naraku himself couldn't-
InuYasha gasped.
Naraku.
That was why he hadn't done this before. He couldn't do this to Kagome. Not now! He had obligations; he had enemies far too dangerous to mate with a woman right now.
"What's wrong?" Kagome asked, seeing his face shift so completely.
He looked at her, her desire fogged eyes.
No.
That wasn't desire.
That was a different kind of fog.
He jumped back, landed on his feet on the other side of the room, looking for whatever had fogged his mind, was trying to take back over his mind.
"InuYasha?" Kagome sat up. "What's wrong?"
InuYasha said nothing, looking around. What had happened? He never forgot his promise to Kikyo like that. He certainly never forgot about the dangers Naraku presented.
"Calm down, InuYasha." Kagome looked at him seductively. "Why don't you have a drink to calm your nerves?"
She pointed to the door where, how had he missed that; a bottle of that sake had been placed.
The sake!
InuYasha jumped forward and grabbed it and sniffed at the open container.
It smelled sweet and delicious. He was so tempted to just drink it down. Just thinking about it made him start feeling drunk again.
He forced his thoughts away and threw the bottle.
He looked back at Kagome, lying, confused, on the futon. And behind her, how had he missed it? The ink painting of the naked man that just poured out a demon aura.
InuYasha didn't know what it was or why it had done this, but he wasn't about to wait and find out. That painting was it's true form and it had brought Kagome and InuYasha here for a reason, to do what they had just done, before it.
So he didn't care what it was or what it wanted, he leapt forward with a cry of pain and anguish and ripped through the painting with his bare claws.
He heard a scream, a scream of tortured pain that sounded suspiciously like the innkeeper.
The change was sudden and almost overwhelming. The fog that had been filling his brain faded as well of the scent of the flowers that had been hiding the demon.
Kagome blinked a few times, then he saw awareness come back into her eyes and she gasped.
"Oh, my..." she said, shocked. "We...we just..."
InuYasha didn't speak to her he didn't think he could. He reached forward and threw on his suikan and put his Tessaiga into it. He said quickly, without glancing at her, "I'm going to go check on the others." and he ran out.
I feel that the existing chapters to this story are very well written and I do not intend to make many changes if any. Neither I, nor the original author of this fan fiction, Sombra112, own InuYasha or any of the publically recognizable characters. They belong to Rumiko Takahshi. Please review.