That Night At the Inn

Explanations

Kagome breathed a sigh of complete wonder. All she could do was sit, naked, on the futon for a minute.

She had just done it.

She looked down at her body, but it was exactly the same as it had been before. But how could that be when she felt so different?

And she felt...happy! She smiled a bit. She was happy. She had just given herself to the man she loved and she felt complete in everyway.

And he had run away.

Her face fell a bit. Honestly, she shouldn't expect anything different. When faced with something like this, the first thing InuYasha would think to do is run. It was so...him.

But she was still disappointed. She had just had what was probably the single greatest moment of her life and he had run away. She would have to make sure to tear him apart about it later, as soon as she found out exactly why he had run.

She looked around. Her clothes were in shreds. But he had left his fire rat robe, so she pulled that on as she had done in the past, using the enormous sleeves more as a belt than anything.

She stood up, her legs were a bit wobbly, but otherwise she was fine.

The ink painting lay on the ground, ripped into five from InuYasha's claws. She bent down to pick it up, but there was nothing on it. The man had vanished.

And nothing said 'demon' like ink paintings vanishing from paper.

But InuYasha had obviously slain it. The ink painting must have been its true form.

She heard movement outside the room. Not one to cower, she ran to the door and threw it open, prepared for anything.

And gasped when she saw the innkeeper, crawling along the ground, his hand on his chest where four claw marks had been dug into his flesh.

"I gave you...what you wanted." he growled and blood poured form his lips. "I always give...what you want."

Kagome was unsure of whether or not to be worried. InuYasha didn't claw random people for no reason, at least not anymore. Then again, he looked so helpless and so human.

"She will...avenge me." he glared his face turning ugly in anger. "She will...come after you. You will pay...for this."

"Kagome!"

Kagome looked up in surprise as InuYasha came running towards her, Tessaiga at the ready, but the innkeeper had said his last and his body slumped, dead, onto the wood.

"What was he?" she asked as InuYasha stepped in front of her protectively and sheathed his sword.

"I don't know." InuYasha sighed. "But he's not human. The flowers are gone now and I can smell him properly. He's a demon."

"Kagome! InuYasha!"

Sango and Miroku came running around the corner, obviously sober and alert.

"What about the sake?" Kagome asked, confused.

"Demon sake." InuYasha said. "It tempts you to drink it but once the demon is dead it loses its affects." He was talking to her but he was keeping his eyes away from her still. Kagome wanted to demand he look at her but Sango and Miroku had already reached them.

"Are you two alright?" Sango asked.

"Fine." Kagome nodded. "What was he?"

Sango, a demon expert, kneeled down and examined the body. "Oh, I've heard of these. I've never seen one before."

'What is it?" Miroku asked as he said a prayer for it, ever the monk.

"It's called an incubus, the male form of a rather...special type of demon." Sango looked up and saw Kagome wearing InuYasha's robe, something she did only when her clothes weren't available or she was in danger of fire.

"What type, Sango?" InuYasha asked, annoyed.

"They feed on..." she paused, uncertain if she wanted to say it in front of the monk. But InuYasha glare told her she better speak up fast. "They feed on sexual energy from females."

Kagome and InuYasha blushed and looked away from each other.

Miroku looked up like a hound scenting blood as a wide grin broke out of his face. "You don't say?"

Sango continued, "This one was using this inn as a way to get people to stay here, have...you know, then eat the energy created from it. The sake was used to help loosen inhibitions."

"So, he made us..." Kagome trailed off.

"Yeah." Sango nodded, knowing what Kagome couldn't say.

"Really?" Miroku looked intrigued. "I should probably be told exactly what-"

"Shut up, monk!" InuYasha punched him on the head, not hard enough to leave a mark but hard enough to make a point.

"He said, 'she will avenge me.'" Kagome spoke up. "Who is she?"

"It might be the female form of the demon." Sango said. "The succubus. She eats the sexual energy from males. It's a lot more affective for the succubus or incubus to just mate directly with their chosen pray but an indirect method is to have the pray just mate before their body."

"The ink painting." Kagome said.

"Right." InuYasha nodded.

"Ow." Miroku rubbed his head, stars dancing before his eyes.

"I'm just...going to go get my things." Kagome said, running away from them towards the common area.

"I'll go with her." Sango said. "InuYasha, can you and Miroku check on everyone?"

InuYasha nodded and Sango smiled thanks as she chased after her friend.

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"So, did you two actually..." Sango asked as Kagome pulled her spare uniform from her bag. She always kept a few spares just in case one was ripped beyond repair, which happened all too often.

Kagome nodded, biting her lip. "It felt almost like a dream as it was happening. But it was real. And it was wonderful." Kagome smiled at her. Then her face fell, "But he ran away. He ran away from me after the demon's hold on him broke."

"An incubus and succubus are most vulnerable after mating." Sango said. "They're eating the energy created, once you're under their spell it's the only time you can attack them. InuYasha couldn't have broken the spell any sooner."

"I kind of didn't want him to." Kagome admitted. "It was amazing. Everything I always dreamed. And it actually happened." The smile that had been growing back, faded again. "But he regrets it. He wishes it hadn't happened."

"The incubi and succubi can only eat the sexual energy if real desire is present." Sango said. "They can build upon desire that's already there, make it more obvious and harder to ignore, but they can't create it. That's why they normally choose to mate with their pray themselves, they're so attractive that instant of desire is automatic in the opposite sex. If he got you and InuYasha to mate, it wasn't that either of you were unwilling.

"In fact, it could have chosen Miroku and me. Miroku and any female, actually." Sango grimaced. "But it didn't, it chose you two to mate before it tonight. The energy between you two was greater than the energy between Miroku and me. He wouldn't have had to work as hard."

"So, he did want me, is what you're saying?" Kagome asked to clarify.

Sango nodded. "If nothing else, I can guarantee that."

"But he still regrets it." Kagome sighed as she pulled off his robe, long past the point of being body shy around Sango. And the rest of the room was empty. All the servants apparently disappeared with their master's death. "I have to talk to him."

Sango nodded. "Let's go find them before he kills the monk."

So that is it. The inn Keeper is an incubus. watch out where you spend the . Like I said, the first twenty-three chapters belong to Sombra112 and the entire InuYasha cast belong to Rumiko Takahshi. Please Review!