Chapter 15
They thought maybe he would come back on his own, maybe having trotted off to find firewood or some other small and harmless reason like that. Most of the gang hoped so, in quite a naive way. It was Kagome who slipped off into the forest at random times, filled with concern for the small kitsune who may have gotten lost, kidnapped, or killed. It was unlike him to run off, and having been gone for quite a few days now, it left the schoolgirl borderline terrified.
She tried her best to not think of it, and believe what the others were telling her to comfort her. He was fine, he would come back, or else they would go find him. He would be just fine. With a sniffle and slight sob, Kagome forced herself to believe so, and sat quietly at the fire which roasted a decent sized fish, across from her friends. It was an odd pattern that they sat in, though, with each person separated from their love interest. Miroku sat between Kagome and Inuyasha, much like a barrier or force field. It was Sango who sat at the other side of the fire, seemingly separated, not only from Miroku, but from the entire group. Only Kirara remained at her side, shivering and licking at her paw as she curled around her master's foot. Sango's hands were pressed awkwardly in her lap, her thighs clenched tightly. She engaged in conversation though, whenever she was addressed as the gang spoke of their uneventful time on the beach.
"We haven't found a single jewel shard." Inuyasha griped unhappily, noticing the glare in Kagome's eye. It was all he could think to talk about, as well as something that they actually needed to discuss.
"We should move to a new area." He added, looking around the group. There was a pause of silence for thinking, and then everyone simultaneously shook their heads no. It wasn't as if this was the first time they had talked about leaving the beach, and it wouldn't be the last. There was something that kept them there, and it was no longer the pretty view that tying them to the place. Since they had first arrived, the sand was now a bit firm and scratchy, and bits black grain were everywhere, and the ocean's hue was getting darker by the day. Dirtier, almost.
"It's true though. We haven't made very much progress." Miroku agreed, looking from Kagome to Inuyasha, as well as managing to catch a fleeting glance at Sango. Red cheeked, they both looked away.
"But we can't leave without finding Shippo!" Kagome chimed in, her eyes locking on Inuyasha, who in turn jumped a bit at the sound of her voice. Their eyes met and glued.
"Alright, alright." The hanyou replied in a softly irritated voice, but his eyes did not move. They locked onto Kagome, and suddenly he felt drunken feelings rushing back.
Then there was a silence that washed over them, hanging like a blanket over the gang. While Miroku and Sango desperately avoided each other's gaze, Kagome and Inuyasha's grew stronger and more intense. Desire was clear in their eyes, an emotion that was bubbling to the surface again just to hide all the others. That, and perhaps the fact that they had yet to satiate their sexual tension, and who knew if they ever would.
A sigh left the miko's lips as she quickly stood from the sand. She gave a slightly worried glance at Sango, noticing her change in behavior. "Firewood, anyone?" she murmured, an excuse that many of them used to go off into the forest for alone time with either themselves or their love interest. Kagome soon trotted off, picking feverishly at the front of her blouse. Her thighs had been beginning to tingle and blush from Inuyasha's stare, and she was relieved when the sexual desires passed as she merged deeper into the wood.
"Kagome." She heard her name being uttered sharply, and then a flash of red appeared at her side. Her skin prickled, and she stopped dead among the trees to look at him. His golden irises trembled, and she looked away when neither of them spoke.
"Why is it like this?" Inuyasha suddenly asked, his voice low.
"What do you mean?" Kagome replied, raising her eyes up to him, but wearily.
"This whole goose chase is so stupid. Why do we keep avoiding it? You know what I want, I know what you want."
The miko's cheeks were set aflame, and she quickly picked up her pace again, burying herself into the forest. She purposely had not answered his question. Her whole body gave a shudder as she felt so utterly dirtied by his words. Did she really want him like that, and a better question was is it that noticeable?
"That's exactly what I mean!" the hanyou shouted as he remained behind her. It took him no time to catch up, and he quickly snatched her arm. "Damn it, Kagome, this is getting ridiculous."
She gasped a bit when her arm was seized, and then quickly peered up at him with a look in her eyes close to fear. She remembered how he had almost made her his, biting and kissing her all night. All they had been through- the choice between her and Kikyo, the pain, the blood, the tears. It call came rushing back and when it came down to it, all she really wanted at this moment in time was…
Kagome blinked rapidly, embarrassed as she realized how close she had gotten to Inuyasha. Her chest was pressed to his and their lower lips were just barely grazing. From a cross-eyed view, she could see the hanyou's face was red with shock, and perhaps with a flustered lust. She quickly stepped away, and Inuyasha released her, looking stunned, and halfway rejected.
"Because it would mess up everything!" She quickly defended. "Inuyasha you know I can't afford to… to do whatever it is that you want. Be with you, or be your… mate. I have a home back there, and I can't just keep switching between the two after the jewel's complete!" She added, getting more and more frantic by the moment. As if tears hadn't already been at the brim of her eyes before, about the Shippo situation…
"Besides, it would mess up your plans too. Not to mention how cruel the demons are. They'll use us being together against us, you know that." She tried to reason with him, keeping her voice as low as possible.
She wasn't even convincing herself, and before she knew it, her shoulders had locked up in slight anger and frustration. She sighed heavily, and grabbed at Inuyasha's hand, dragging him back to the beach.
"Do you mind if Kirara comes along for a second, Sango? I need something back at home." She questioned, having given in, yet Inuyasha was still confused. He pulled his hands away and looked at her grumpily.
"Way to change the subject." He muttered.
With a shake of her head as Sango's approval, Kirara limped towards the pair who stood at the edge of the forest. Though she couldn't walk too well with her pained paw, she could at least fly. It took her a good few minutes to find the well again, as it was a good distance from the odd little beach they had found. Once they'd arrived, Kirara could barely land because of her foot. Somehow, though, they managed to get down, and stand awkwardly for a moment in front of the well.
"What the hell do you need back here, huh?" Inuyasha snapped, crossing his arms and glaring at his miko friend. The frustrated look still remained on her face as she huffed, and then unexpectedly pushed the hanyou straight down into the well. His yelp echoed.
It was Kagome who dove down next, falling straight into Inuyasha's lap. Before he even had time to react, they quickly phased into Kagome's realm, and her mouth crashed over his.
Without warning, her lips melted across his, and the hanyou immediately fell into the rhythm of their kissing. Now he understood why they were here. She hadn't needed to get anything at all.
Slowly, their lips parted, allowing entrance for each other's tongues. Inuyasha quickly drowned in the taste of her, his clawed hands gripping at her clothing to pull her tightly against his firm body. His back pushed heavily against one of the well walls, and their breathing quickly became labored as the air inside the enclosed space became humid.
"Inuyasha." Kagome quietly moaned, her voice barely above a squeak as the hanyou removed his mouth from hers to quickly kiss upon her neck. Her thighs tightened around his waist and for a moment there, she caught herself pushing her hips into him in a begging sort of fashion. She's immediately stopped as Inuyasha reacted with a sharp grunt and the clench of his fingers on her sides.
The half-breed paused for a moment, a hand moving down to place onto her pale thigh, whilst subtly stroking himself with his thumb. It was then that Kagome glanced downward to see the object that had risen underneath his hakamas. Inuyasha caught her eyes when she looked back up, and she seemed almost confused.
Inuyasha was getting eager, his manhood thick and throbbing beneath the red cloth that clad his lower half. He ceased from touching it, feeling almost ashamed, as he knew Kagome had no idea of what to do next. She seemed almost terrified as she glanced back down again, and curiously set her hand over his hardened member.
He jolted, a surprised groan falling from his lips as a sparkling bit of pleasure ran through him. He grasped Kagome tightly, his desire reaching a new level completely. He pushed her back against the well wall, fixing the miko so that he was settled on his knees between her legs, and her thighs were wrapped around him. He pressed his erection against her, and listened to the tiny squeal that came from her.
Their mouths meshed, and again the air was filled with the sound of squeals and moans, and smacking lips. All the while, Inuyasha was gently pressing himself against Kagome's moist panties, his nails digging into her legs almost to the point of piercing the skin. The longer this dragged on, the more forceful the hanyou became, his hips digging into her inner thighs, his member pressing and throbbing against her clothed womanhood.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome whispered between their feverish kissing.
"Inuyasha!" She said again, her voice a pathetic whine. The half-breed quickly reacted to his name upon hearing the distress in her voice. He pulled back looking deep into her chocolate eyes, and seeing her concern.
"What'd I do?" He questioned, a bit annoyed, but his ears quickly twitched and then drooped in regret of snapping at her. His eyes lowered to what was happening down below, and he slowly gulped in the realization that they had never gotten this close to...
Quickly letting go, he watched Kagome as her ass plopped suddenly back onto the bottom of the well. With a cautious hand, he gently smoothed down the bulge in his hakamas and looked at her apologetically, as well as trying to avoid her gaze altogether.
"I'm just… I'm not ready, I don't think." She murmured, rubbing her butt a little, and then reaching around to push her skirt between her legs to cover her underwear.
"Keh. Yeah." Inuyasha muttered, trying to act as tough as possibly to hide the fact that his body was aching from lust. "I knew you wouldn't be"
"Hey, just because you've done this before doesn't mean you have to be insensitive about it! I'm not stupid for being scared!" Kagome suddenly snapped, pulling her knees in to her chest, and covering them with her skirt. She felt embarrassed, not only by the fact that she had gotten so close to such a thing as sex, but because she had stopped them from going any farther, and all the while she was pulsing between the legs, begging for that certain attention.
Inuyasha blinked a bit and huffed a little as he fell back against the wall beside Kagome, exhausted. The two of them remained there, silent with their cheeks as red as can be. Not this time. Close, but no cigar.
The awkward moment slowly but surely passed, and after awhile, the pair phased back through to the feudal era, and climbed quietly out of the well. It seemed as though they had been gone forever, yet Kirara was still patiently waiting, sitting against the truck of a tree, cradling her paw. She quickly jumped up, though, on the return of her companions, and quickly took them back to camp as they commanded.
It was just upon arriving at the edge of the forest that the sound of gagging reached their ears. Kirara quickly ran off across the sand, her body shrinking into a tiny feline form.
"Oh no…" Kagome murmured as she spotted Sango bent over against a tree, spilling her stomach into the grass. Miroku was close behind her, gently and awkwardly stroking her lower back.
The miko quickly forgot, or at least pretended to forget, about the previous event with Inuyasha as she jogged over to her friend. Her hands quickly fought for the bundle of hair that had fallen over Sango's shoulder, and almost caught a few chunks of her puke. Everyone couldn't help but be concerned. She'd been like this for days now.
"Are you okay, Sango?" Kagome question, peeling back a few hair from the slayer's face as she stood and turned around to them. She apologized at least a dozen times before Kagome wrapped an arm around her and led her towards the fire again to try to fix her some food and get her some water.
"You're an idiot." Inuyasha grumbled, eyes sharp as daggers towards the monk who had stood behind, silent and awkward. Miroku peered up at his half-breed friend and shrugged a bit. Before he could even question what the hanyou had meant by that, he had moved off to sit with the rest of the inu tachi, and left Miroku to follow slowly behind.
"We should go look for Shippo." Sango finally muttered after she had drank away the taste of her bile, and gotten a bit of food back in her stomach. She stood wearily, and Kagome quickly reached out to help her walk.
"You must be really sick." She said, reaching up to feel Sango's forehead. She wasn't warm, which confused Kagome. "Or maybe you've eaten something bad?"
Inuyasha shook his head, and Miroku glanced at his feet.
It wasn't too long before Sango had regained her composure, and they all agreed on searching for their lost kitsune friend. Kagome was first into the forest, prancing around, calling the small fox-demon's name. Inuyasha searched in the trees, sniffing wildly as he went in attempts to catch Shippo's scent. Miroku, Sango, and Kagome split up for awhile- but it was all in vain.
Eventually they all met back up in the middle again, hours spent searching for someone lost. Each face held melancholy looks as they realized that Shippo was nowhere to be found.
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I can never apologize enough for what I've put you guys through. Ehh. Well, I have a slight excuse now. My computer died, and then a lot of drama went down. But I'm back! Well, if I can keep up that is. I hope this chapter somewhat compensated for how long I've been gone. It's kinda dirty, which I know I said I wasn't going to be graphic in earlier chapters, buttttt, I lied. I hope you enjoyed!
CandlelighQuill – Haha! Oh gosh, I'm glad you think I'm going good. I tried to keep it as in the dark as possible, but of course things will lighten up in later chapters. Not much cleared up in this one, except for the fact that Shippo really is lost. And they do seem to be actually "cursed", don't they? KEEP READING, YOU'LL FIND OUT
Vampirelover2009 – Yay, you loved it! And yeah, Miroku's a little dumbstruck. He didn't expect to get any from Sango, I guess you could say XD
Tifa Sohma – YOU DID RHYME! Squee! So sorry for not updating asap, though. Sad life!
Haydenlover19 – I just peed with joy. I'm sooo flattered that you probably fought to find this story again after you lost your favorites. And omg, pleeease recommend. That's the sweetest thing ever!
Xcurlyinuyashax – YOU ARE AMAZING. Gah. I love your reviews. Anyway, you'll have to see why Sango's puking, and the whole thing about Kagome going for a swim was probably to lighten the mood. You know how she is! And AHH if you have the manga, please sent it. Or at least quote what he says. I love him saying cute things XD