"There is no evil angel but Love"

William Shakespeare - Love's Labour's Lost

InuYasha's golden eyes blinked, once, twice, before he moaned and gradually regained consciousness. Slowly, he pushed himself into a seated position and looked around uncomprehendingly. The world spun, fuzzy and distorted and he shook his head, trying to get rid of the hazy feeling that seemed to have gripped his senses.

It was no good, he simply couldn't concentrate.

He tried to scowl but his lips wouldn't cooperate. He staggered to his feet, swaying slightly when he tried to step forward, and his eyes landed on Kagome. With unsure steps he stumbled over to the miko and fell at her side.

"Kagome?" He rasped. She didn't move. Knowing something was wrong, but unable to focus long enough to even begin to work out what it was, he leaned in, intending to pick her up and take her from the cave. The moment he got too close her scent assaulted his nose.

Hardwired instincts suddenly awakened and his body turned hard instantly. As if in a trance a languid feeling of pure desire suffused his blood and a low growl rumbled in his throat. Sweet Kami, she smelled good.

He had never really figured out why Kagome's scent had such an arousing affect on him. Her scent should have been tainted with all the chemicals and pollutants that choked the air in her time, but it wasn't. He couldn't really even say she smelled of anything in particular. She simply smelled like Kagome.

He bent his head and nuzzled the bare skin in the crook of her neck, inhaling deeply. Unable to stop himself he nipped the skin and then ran his tongue over the small red mark he'd left. She winced and stirred a little, but didn't awaken. Growling again, he rubbed his nose down, following the line of her blouse until he reached the end of the plunging v-neck. Irritated, he used his claw to pop the first button, and then the second, causing the material to gape open. The functional white bra she wore was now visible. InuYasha rubbed his nose over the slope of her right breast, moving down to nuzzle between them.

He inhaled again and the scent of her soft skin caused his cock to twitch. Kami, he wanted her right now. His hands flew to the ties of his hakama and he had the first knot loosened before he realized what he was doing. Horrified, he blinked and stumbled back from her and glanced down at his shaking hands.

Holy shit, he'd almost…

Unnerved, his ears flattened against his head and he crouched on the far end of the cave away from her. He could still feel his blood pounding, urging him to strip her and mate her. He started towards her again, but he stopped himself, pulling his ears and whimpering pathetically. The demon inside him roared and his hand immediately moved to his belt so he could grip Tetsusaiga's handle. His claws closed over air. Startled, he looked down and realized his sword was no longer there. Eyes narrowing he scanned the cave and found his sword sticking out of the ground near the mouth of the cave. He started towards it, reached his hand out to curl his fingers around the handle, and was thrown away.

He hit the ground hard. Confused now, InuYasha sat up. Why had Tetsusaiga rejected him? Unless…

He held his hands out, palm up and noticed to his dismay that his claws were elongating. His demon was trying to take over. He glanced back at Kagome and a powerful surge of lust gripped his loins. The demon in him fought for dominance, demanding that he mark her, mate her, and make her his forever.

InuYasha griped his ears again and howled. He couldn't let the demon do this. He had to be stronger. He tried to run away, but the demon wouldn't let him, so in the end he simply curled in upon himself and hoped he could hold his demon back until Kagome woke up.

Kagome groaned and gingerly opened her eyes and blinked a few times, before fully reawakening to her surroundings. She groaned again and pushed herself away from the wall, stretching a kink out of her back.

"Where am I?" She mumbled and would have rose to her feet had her gaze not caught a familiar red figure huddled in the corner, curled into a ball, and rocking back and forth. She frowned, confused. Tetsusaiga was stuck in the dirt not five feet away from him, and it had transformed back into its disguise as a rust covered relic.

"InuYasha?"

"Go away," he growled. Concerned, she quickly rose to her feet and took a step towards him. He screamed this time.

"No! Don't come near me! Go away Kagome! Run!"

She paused and felt her stomach knot. He'd been serious, very serious. More than a little scared now, she regarded him warily.

"InuYasha what is it? What's going on?" He shook his head violently and continued rocking.

"InuYasha!" She commanded. He abruptly turned to face her and she gasped.

His eyes were bleeding through with red and faint purple slashes faded in and out across his cheekbones. His tortured gaze met hers; he was violently trying to keep his inner demon at bay.

"Please Kagome, run. I don't know how much longer I can…" He suddenly screamed and she took an instinctive step towards him only to be thrown backwards when he pounced on her and pinned her to the ground. She wiggled, struggling against his iron grip only to freeze when she felt something digging into her thigh. Her eyes went wide. He was fully, painfully aroused.

The gravity of the situation finally sunk in. She couldn't even protect herself with osuwari because he was fully on top of her.

She met his eyes and found his golden orbs were now completely red and the purple slashes were defined against his sharp cheekbones. The demon growled low in his throat and started sniffing near her neck only to move lower between her breasts. Sharp, deadly, elongated claws gripped her hips savagely and she whimpered when she felt a trickle of blood roll down her skin.

"InuYasha," she whispered, desperately. She needed to reach him. His response was to quickly and savagely rip open her top and bra and bare her naked breasts to the chilly air. She gasped. He was…she….Kami; he was going to rape her! The demon bent his head and licked a path from her right nipple all the way up her neck to her chin. She stilled.

He seemed to take this as some sort of compliance because he used his claws again and ripped away her skirt, leaving her in nothing but her pink panties. His hands fumbled with his hakama, trying to push the red fabric down his legs. She could feel his throbbing erection near her thigh and knew that if she didn't do something quick he was going to free his cock and plunge into her.

She also knew that if she allowed that to happen, when InuYasha came out of this he was going to hate himself.

Forcing down the bone crushing fear pulsating through her veins she assessed the situation. She couldn't struggle. She knew better, knew that in this state he was more primal and powerful than when his human side had control of his actions. Struggling would not only allow him to rape her, but would probably get her killed in the process.

While she'd been thinking, he'd gotten his cock free and she now felt the steely flesh against her naked thigh. She'd run out of time. Acting on instinct and some barely remember conversation about youkai matting rituals that she'd once had with Sango, Kagome did the only thing she could. She wrapped her arms around his waist tightly and exposed her throat to his fangs.

It was the ultimate symbol of trust for a female demon to make herself vulnerable to death from the male by exposing her jugular. InuYasha stilled above her, growling low in his throat.

Kagome waited and whispered. "Please InuYasha, please come back to me."

She felt him move, his hitoe brushing against her bare skin, and she had to struggle against the urge to jerk away when she felt his fangs run lightly over the pulsing vein. He growled again and his tongue slipped out and ran back and forth, back and forth, while his teeth gently pinched the soft flesh. She felt a shiver go down her spine. It didn't help that even though she was afraid, she found the contact arousing, and she could tell by the pleased rumble in his chest that he'd noticed the change in her scent.

"Come back InuYasha. I love you, please come back to me."

He responded by nipping the shell of her ear and sliding one of his palms up her ribcage to cup her breast. She hissed when his claws gently scratched over her nipple. It puckered instantly. InuYasha seemed pleased by this and he growled low again.

She shuddered and tears started rolling down her cheeks.

"InuYasha, please. Not like this."

The hanyou wasn't listening. When his head descended and he dragged his tongue over her distended areole she bit her lip to keep from crying out and arched into him. She felt the junction between her thighs grow wet and warm and she wanted to die of shame. How many times had she wished for him to stop running from his feelings and finally admit that he wanted her? How often had she fantasized about making love to him?

She couldn't let him take her like this, or else all her hopes for some sort of future with him would be crushed under his guilt when he finally regained his senses.

"InuYasha, I love you. I know this isn't you. Please fight. Come back to me."

She felt him jerk and his nails dug into her skin again. She cried out in pain and his head whipped up, their eyes met and he could see the grimace of agony, the lingering fear, and the tears dusting her dark lashes and rolling down her cheeks. He suddenly roared, clutched his head in his hands, and sprung back away from her. She sat up and tried to cover herself with her now tattered clothes as she watched him thrash about. His eyes were once again, bled through with streaks of gold and the purple slashes were fading in and out. He met her gaze and spat.

"Sit me, Kagome! I don't know how long I can…" His paused and his eyes went red again.

"Sit boy!" She screamed as the demon charged. The beads of subjugation flared once and drove him to the ground. Crazed beyond reason, he snarled and scratched at the earth, unable to move.

Kagome didn't think about it, again acting on instinct. She ran over, grabbed Tetsusaiga and ran back towards InuYasha. As soon as she got too close, she felt the magic of the sword trying to repel her backwards. She gritted her teeth and pushed through the field and lay down on InuYasha's back, keeping the flat of the blade between their bodies.

A flash of pure energy arched between them and he screamed in agony. When it was gone he lay still between them. Kagome waited a moment and then gingerly pulled away from him, leaving his sword in contact with his body.

He lay on the ground, unconscious, and the purple markings were now completely gone.

She felt the tension leave her body and boneless, she sunk down on her knees near his head and gently ran slim fingers through his silver hair.

He started to stir a moment later and groggily lifted his golden eyes to her brown. He blinked once, twice, tree times, grabbed Tetsusaiga, and scrambled away from her to the far corner of the cave, shaking. He noticed his now limp member was still hanging out of his pants and blushing with shame he sheathed his sword and adjusted himself so that he was covered.

One glance at Kagome and he wordlessly shrugged out of his hitoe and threw it at her. She caught it reflexively and wrapped the warm fir rat jacket around her smaller frame.

"InuYasha…" she started to say just as he said. "Dammit Kagome, when I fucking tell you to run you need to listen to me!"

She narrowed her eyes and rested her hands on her hips, glaring.

"If I'd have listened to you there is no telling what you would have done, idiot! You weren't exactly in your right mind!"

He looked away and hung his head in shame. "I could have…I almost…"

He couldn't say it. Kagome felt her anger evaporate as quickly as it had come. She crossed over to him and he flinched instinctively. She pursed her lip in annoyance and wrapped her arms around him.

"Kagome?"

She held him tighter, and a moment later his arms embraced her, pulling her against his chest. She sighed in triumphant.

"You would never hurt me, InuYasha. Not you, not your demon. I trust you." He swallowed passed the lump lodge in his throat and murmured gruffly.

"How can you have that kind of faith in me? It's dangerous Kagome. You shouldn't trust me. I can't always control..."

She cut him off. "But you did control it. If you hadn't nothing I did would have been able to stop the demon from taking me. You know that."

He rested his head atop hers and held her closer. He wasn't so sure. He'd never felt anything like what had been humming through his blood not five minutes ago. The moment he'd awaken in the cave and seen Kagome lying there he'd been hit with a surge of lust so powerful it was all he could do not to strip her naked and pound into her until he was spent.

He had wanted her so badly it had been physically painful. And when the human in him resisted the demon had stared clawing its way out degree by agonizing degree. He felt bile rise in his gourd. He could have really hurt her.

Kagome seemed to sense what he was thinking and instinctively brushed her lips against the pulse point of his throat to comfort him. He went motionless but relaxed a little when he realized the lust he felt right now as not the out of control, painful wanting he'd felt earlier.

They were silently for a few minutes, each absorbing the warmth of the other until Kagome broke it with a question.

"What happened, InuYasha? The last thing I remember was walking to the well to get water for Riko and then nothing until I woke up."

He sighed and she felt it run through her body.

"I don't know. When you didn't come back, Riko sent Benji to find me and I followed your scent here. Someone was with you but the scent was masked under animal feces. I couldn't tell who it was. The next thing I knew I'd been gassed with youkai pellets."

She bit her lip and frowned, thoughtful. "That means it had to be someone from the village doesn't it? The villagers are the only ones with access to youkai deterrents."

He scowled. He knew of only one man in the village who might do something like this.

The only question now was, why?