Chapter Fourteen: Love Bites

*Kagome's POV*

Why did she do that? Was she crazy? She couldn't believe what happened! It was early in the morning as Kagome slowly sat up on her bed, rubbing her sore neck.

She shut her eyes and her thoughts went back to last night.

*Flashback*

"Let me see if I got it straight…" Kagome said quietly. "You're asking if you can drink some of my blood?"

Inuyasha put his head down in shame. "I know—but I can't help it. If you really don't—then I promise to leave now."

He turned to jump down, but Kagome grabbed hold of his hair to prevent him leaving.

"HEY!" he yelped as he was pulled back into the room. "My hair's attached you know?"

"Just because I don't want you to suck my blood doesn't mean that I want you to leave. Besides," she muttered looking up at the dark clouds, "The TV said that it was going to rain tonight. I don't want you to catch cold. You could stay… at least until it's over?"

"Keh," Inuyasha said in a pompous voice as he sat back on the windowsill. "Wouldn't matter. I can't get sick."

"Ever?" Kagome asked curious.

"Nope." He leaned back against the wall, getting comfortable. "But if you want me here so much… I guess I could stick around a little longer."

Just as he said that… lighting flashed in the sky, illuminating the darkness and making the raindrops look like small amounts of liquid light. He gave her a slight grin as he waited for her to get back into bed. "You—ah—afraid of storms?" he asked.

"NO!" Kagome almost yelled. But when she saw him raise his eyebrows. "Maybe a little…" she confessed. When he continued to look skeptical, she admitted, "Ok, ok… sometimes I'm a little afraid of thunder. I know… it's lame."

When he grinned, she rolled her eyes as she got into bed. "Look, I'm going to sleep ok? Can you at least stay until the rain stops? Please?" she hated to sound like she was begging. But she didn't think she could get a wink of sleep tonight with everything that's been happening lately.

Inuyasha merely shrugged, trying not to laugh. Kagome, rather childishly, stuck her tongue out at him before she finally lay down. But before she went to sleep, Inuyasha asked, "What makes you think that I can be trusted?"

Kagome looked at him in surprise before she said, "Because… if you were going to hurt me… you would've done it by now. I don't know why but… I feel like I can trust you."

Inuyasha stared at her in amazement before she smiled again, "Night."

She was asleep as her head hit the pillow.

*End of Flashback*

It was morning when she woke up and sunlight was streaming through the windows. Wait a minute! Morning? Sunlight? Oh no, Inuyasha!

She shot up into a sitting position in her bed so fast she thought that she almost fell off her bed and onto the floor.

Her head swam a little from sitting up so fast, so she had to wait a minute to get her bearings. However, when she looked around her room, everything seemed the same as it had last night, except that Inuyasha wasn't there.

She sighed in relief that Inuyasha hadn't been caught in the bright shining sunlight. But then a great sorrow took a hold of her. Inuyasha must have gone back to his home as soon as the rain had stopped. He had left her as soon as he could. And after he promised her that he wouldn't leave.

*Flashback*

"I don't blame you. It is not your fault for what happen," he said, watching her with his miniature golden suns for eyes.

"But I-"

"No. It isn't your fault," he repeated, he then laid back, so that he fell onto his back, at the foot of her, his arms behind his head, signaling that he didn't want to talk about this anymore.

"What are you doing tomorrow, Kagome?" he suddenly asked as if desperate for a change of subject. Kagome guessed when he said it wasn't her fault, he really, really meant it.

She groaned, "Tomorrow I have to go to school."

"Oh," was Inuyasha's reply. "Then I think you should go to sleep."

She nodded.

"Don't worry, I'll watch over you," Inuyasha said with a hint of a smile.

"Thank you, Inuyasha." she said.

*End of Flashback*

She felt tears welled up in her eyes, but she forced them down. She was not going to cry, not this time. So what if he was gone? She could make it through the day without him.

She got out of bed and walked down to the kitchen, were her mother was setting plates full of homemade waffles in front of them.

"So Kagome, did you sleep well?" she asked her while getting the syrup out of the cupboard.

"Mm-Hm," Kagome answered tiredly, reaching for a glass. She really didn't feel like talking right now.

She got a glass of juice and sat down at the table, in which her mom and Sota sat down across from her. "Are you alright, Kagome?" Sota asked. "You seem kind of distracted this morning."

She looked up at him. She could always tell her family anything. But, should she tell them about last night, about Inuyasha? About a vampire in her room? Nah.

She shook her head. "No guys, everything's fine. I'm ok." What happened between Inuyasha and her was way too personal.

Her mom just nodded and her brother said, "You sure you're alright? You look completely out of it."

I nodded. "Sure. I'm ok." Yeah, she would be fine now that the dark, mysterious, and beautiful Inuyasha was gone, and if she never left the house ever again. Wait… beautiful? Why the hell was she acting like some kind love-sick school girl? Just because she…

"Good," mom said. "I'm going to be going to pick up grandpa at noon, so you won't see me when you get home. Alright?"

"Alright." She and Sota answered, nodding, before getting up and going off to their room to get ready for the day.

*Upstairs*

She pulled out her favorite white blouse and green skirt from her dresser and put it on. She had then gone over to her closet, and slid back the moving door when she heard it. She was only going to reach in and get her coat, but what met her was not only her coat.

"Close the door!" Inuyasha hissed.

Inuyasha was sitting on her closet floor, holding his arms up to shield himself, and trying to move backwards to get out of the light.

She slammed the door closed, her eyes wide open. What was he doing in there? She thought he left!

She slipped down to the floor, placed her hands on the door and pressed her ear up to it so she could hear what was going on inside. The sound of heavy breathing met her ears.

"Inuyasha, are you okay?" she asked, concerned. "I didn't hurt you did I?"

"Yes, I'm okay Kagome," Inuyasha answered. His breathing was quieting and going back to normal. "And no, you didn't hurt me, just caught me off guard."

She sighed in relief and when a few moments passed she asked. "Inuyasha?"

"Yes, Kagome?"

"You're not mad at me, are you?"

She heard Inuyasha sigh lightly and the door opened slightly, making her back up. She went and was looking through the crack Inuyasha had made, when Inuyasha's hand emerged and signaled for her to come in. He then quickly pulled his hand back.

She was hesitant to go in, but it would be a little hard to talk through the door. So she got on her hands and knees, crawled in, and sat down before the door closed and was plunged into total darkness.

Everything was deathly silent. She couldn't see or hear anything from outside. She couldn't even hear or see Inuyasha, and he was right in front of her. Wasn't he?

She didn't know where he was. That is, until she felt his hand on her shoulder, in which he put a little pressure and pushed her so that my back touched the wall.

"No, Kagome," he purred. "I'm not mad at you." She could feel his breath on her lips, and she knew he was really close. A tremor went through her, and she was thinking that maybe Inuyasha enjoyed it.

*Inuyasha's POV*

Inuyasha sat in the pitch blackness of Kagome's closet and growled to himself. If any of the other vampires found out about this, there would be no way for him to be able to live it down.

But, really, what did it matter? So what if the others thought it was humorous? They probably wouldn't live by the time the next full moon came around anyway, he would see to that. He smiled to himself at the thought.

He leaned his back up against the wall and listened to Kagome moving around her room. He listened as she left, went downstairs, and talked to her family. As she talked to them, he thought about what happened last night.

*Flashback*

He sat on the windowsill of Kagome's room, watching the rain fall against the house and slip down the windowpane. Kagome was sound asleep in her bed, breathing deeply.

He sighed, looking at his reflection on the glass, streaked by rain. (I know that vampires don't have reflections but in my story, they do.) He looked at Kagome's sleeping form before he began to wonder if he could actually get away with taking some blood.

Inuyasha shook his head; he wanted to drink now but he refused to hurt her. The last person that he wanted to hurt was Kagome. But he couldn't deny that every time that he was close to her, something bubbled up inside him, something other than his instincts to drink. This new feeling was strong, and it made him feel really good.

'Just go,' his instincts seem to say. 'Just one sip of her blood. She'll never know. Do it now.'

He shook his head again and covered his ears with his hands as if he could block out the urges. And suddenly, he kind of lost it. His instincts seemed to take control for the moment.

He got off the sill and walked over and onto the end of the bed. Kagome was still asleep, but she had rolled onto her back. She was in perfect position.

He edged up and leaned over Kagome so that his body was parallel to her.

"Kagome?" he whispered gently into her ear. The girl stirred and slowly opened her eyes. Sleep clouded her vision, but she could still tell it who it was who woke her.

"Hi, Inuyasha." Kagome breathed, smiling lightly. "What time is it?"

"Shhh," he said, reaching up to stroke Kagome's hair. "I'll tell you later. Ok?"

His fingers gently flowed though the midnight black strands of Kagome's hair. It was surprisingly soft and cool to the touch. So he enjoyed it as he wrapped a tendril of the young one's hair around his index finger, taking extra care not to pull or cause any pain to Kagome.

After he was finished he gently released Kagome's hair, before looking down and catching her in his gaze. Kagome stared back at him with wide eyes, her mouth slightly open, as if she didn't know what to say or how to act in this situation.

"Y-Inuyasha. I-I… wh-what are y-y-you doing?" she stuttered. He smiled at her failing attempts to speak. Kagome saw him smile and blinked, fear coming into her soft eyes. She was getting worried about what he could end up doing to her… that he was going to go back on his word.

He had to erase Kagome's fear before he went on, or she would never let him get close to her again. So, he reached up and gently pushed some of the soft hair out of Kagome's brown eyes.

"Kagome," he said, whispering as if they were on her sickbed. "I promised you that I wouldn't hurt you. Remember?"

He then leaned down, very slowly. He didn't want to go to fast, for the fear of scaring her.

Kagome nodded slightly and then she froze, seeing how close he was to her; their lips almost brushing each other. "Just wanted you to know," he said, his breath fanning her lips. "I always keep my promises."

He heard Kagome gasp and when she didn't breath out he knew that she was holding her breath. He watched her for a moment, she was just lying underneath him, eyes wide, breath caught in her chest, not willing to just let go.

He lowered his head the faction of the inch that separated their faces and gently brushed his lips against hers, letting her shock fire up and then slowly die, while her held breath slowly left her.

After everything she held inside disappeared, every fiber in her body relaxed, and he lay softly on the bed. He gently pried Kagome's mouth open, which deepen the kiss they shared. She tasted warm, sweet, and pure, just what he had thought she'd be.

A small moan came up though Kagome's throat, and he knew that she was enjoying the feeling he was giving her. Anyone would. But then again, he was kissing her like this for her and her pleasure, not for someone else. He had never done this to anyone else, expect for one other.

He reached up to touch her neck… without breaking the kiss, he reach out and gently touch Kagome's skin. It felt like he had just touched silk. Kagome's skin was warm, smooth, and soft, and he felt like Kagome was the most prefect creature that ever walked on this earth.

He could hear a soft heartbeat thrumming in Kagome's chest, something that he didn't have. But he wished that he did.

But suddenly, Kagome breathed in quickly though her nose, and he knew something was wrong. He pulled his hands away from her, slightly upset that he had to pull away, but he was more concern about Kagome and what had upset her.

Kagome quickly broke their kiss and wrapped her fingers around her throat. What? What had happened? She looked up at him, her eyes filled with a fear more powerful then he had ever seen in her. She mutely shook her head back and forth, trying to tell him what was going on without saying anything to him.

"Please Inuyasha, don't. I don't want this," she pleaded to him, her eyes fixed on his. What was she talking about? And then it hit him. He should have known. How could he have been such an idiot? He shouldn't have gone so fast.

He jumped off of the bed backwards and landed on the floor. "I'm sorry, Kagome," he said sadly. He then turned around, kicked the floor with his foot, and muttered to himself about what a complete idiot he was.

He sat back on the windowsill, keeping his eyes away from Kagome. He didn't want to see how much he had hurt her.

But behind him, he could feel Kagome staring at him, and he knew that he had to say something to her. To explain himself.

"I won't do anything you don't want me to do, Kagome. I will stop, if you want me too." At this he turned his head and looked at Kagome. She no longer had any fear in her eyes but was just watching him, trying to figure something out.

Then he heard her tiny voice come out though the darkness. "I'm sorry," she said.

*End of Flashback*

He was so lost in thought that he didn't realize that Kagome had come back into the room, or that she had opened her closet door until the light came in, and burned him.

"Close the door!" Inuyasha hissed trying to retreat into the darker side of the closet holding up his arms up to try to shield himself.

Kagome slammed the door closed. Once the darkness returned, the pain stopped and he began to take in deep calming breathes. He put his hear against the door so that he could hear what Kagome was doing. He could hear the sound of a body slowly slide to the floor, her hands on the door as if she was trying to listen to him. "Inuyasha, are you okay?" she asked, in a concerned voice. "I didn't hurt you did I?"

"Yes, I'm okay Kagome," Inuyasha answered. His breathing was quieting and going back to normal. "And no, you didn't hurt me, just caught me off guard."

He heard her let out a sigh of relief and when a few moments passed she asked. "Inuyasha?"

"Yes, Kagome?"

"You're not mad at me, are you?"

Why the hell would he be angry at her? Inuyasha sighed lightly and opened the door slightly, to invite her in. He then quickly pulled his hand back to prevent himself being in direct light.

He knew that she was hesitant to go in, but after a few moments, she got on her hands and knees, crawled in, and sat down before Inuyasha the door closed and they were plunged into total darkness.

Going as slowly as he could, he put his hand on her shoulder and gave her a little pressure to push her gently back so that her back touched the wall.

"No Kagome," he purred to her. "I'm not mad at you." He moved his face close to hers, and he felt a tremor go through her. He grinned in the darkness

But he wasn't going to do anything that she didn't want him to do. Not after what she said last night.

*Flashback*

He blinked. "What?" he asked. Was Kagome apologizing? To him? Why? He was the one who could've really hurt her. He was the one being stupid. So why was she saying that she was sorry?

"I'm sorry." Kagome said again.

"Oh, Kagome," he said, sadly shaking his head while watching her with concerned eyes. "Don't be sorry. It's my fault."

"No, it's not." Kagome said, climbing out of her bed and walking over to him. "It's not your fault. I read about how when vampires find someone they're fond off—they can't help but go after their blood."

He opened his mouth to argue, but Kagome cut him off. "Don't deny it. I can tell that you're fighting with yourself. And it's all because of me."

And at that moment, he knew that he had to do something, no matter what the risk.

He hopped down from the sill and picked Kagome up, getting her to lie on her back in his arms. He then carried her over to her bed and gently laid her down.

Her eyes were open only a little bit, but by the way she was acting, she wasn't going to fall asleep any time soon. He looked deep into her eyes and sighed as he placed two fingers over Kagome's soft lips to quite her. "Shhhh," he said. He then looked right at her, to tell her that he was getting serious. "I'm not going to hurt you, Kagome."

Kagome sighed and closed her eyes for a minute.

He sat with her until he was sure that Kagome was asleep. He guessed the part of his words and sheer exhaustion had tried her out. He gently ran his hand though her hair before going back and sitting on the windowsill again. Where he could watching the still falling rain.

*End of Flashback*

No. He wouldn't do anything to hurt her. He would let her make the first move.

*Kagome's POV*

What the hell was she doing? Why was she sitting in the closet with a vampire who had the gall to go and steal her first kiss like that? Why didn't she just turn and leave when she shut the door? But no matter how hard she tried… she couldn't seem to go.

But he could end up breaking her though as she tried to reason with herself. He could kill her easily… but then why didn't he do it already? And why did he stop when she asked him to stop?

*Flashback*

She knew that Inuyasha thought that she was asleep, but she wasn't. She had only pretended to fall asleep so he wouldn't worry about her. She didn't like it when people worried about her. She found it really annoying.

Since Inuyasha had return to the sill she laid on her back, eyes closed but not very tried. She had too much to think about right now, to even think of sleeping.

A million questions lay unanswered in her mind, all too hard to answer on her own. But some of them she had to answer, because they were too personal to tell anyone else.

So she started on the first one. The terrible feeling that had started to haunt her. She had pushed Inuyasha away because she was scared. She wasn't afraid of him, but because she didn't know what he might have done to her.

She had been reading up on vampires at school yesterday—before Inuyasha's smoke screen busted her out—and she found something posted up on a Wikipedia.

She remembered what it had said about vampires longing for a heart.

Vampires have great need for blood, but an even greater need for the hearts of humans. Many Vampires will target one person that is innocence and is pure of heart, and soul: usually young maidens, before going after and tearing out their hearts.

Professor Myoga, Vampire specialist

She had shaken with fear after she had read that part. But she had pushed it aside, thinking that out of all the people in the world, no way he'd pick her. But it looks like she was dead wrong.

When she felt his cool, gentle hand touch her skin very softly, it felt really good. But she knew that she could've been in danger of being… of having her… oh- she couldn't even say it. She could never, and will never say it. Really, she can't even think it. It's too scary. But, she knew that she was in danger.

That's why she had pushed him away. But after she did, she felt bad for him. She had stopped him from doing what he had no control over. If not tearing out her heart… then from drinking her blood.

And it kind of scares her, but… she kind of, wanted him to keep kissing her. But she had pushed him away, and he'd probably never forgive her.

But the worst part about it was that he blamed himself, and she knew that it wasn't his fault. And that just made the pain worse, because she knew it was her fault.

She turned over, facing away from Inuyasha, and buried her head into her pillow. The only thing that she could hope for would be that things would work out soon, and that when she woke up tomorrow, Inuyasha would still be here.

"Kagome," she heard Inuyasha say. She guessed that he knew that she wasn't really asleep. She turned over and saw him sitting on the edge of her bed.

"I don't blame you. It is not your fault for what happen," he said, watching her with his miniature golden suns for eyes.

"But I-"

"No. It isn't your fault," he repeated, he then laid back, so that he fell onto his back, at the foot of her bed, his arms behind his head, signaling that he didn't want to talk about this anymore.

"What are you doing tomorrow, Kagome?" he suddenly asked as if desperate for a change of subject. Kagome guessed when he said it wasn't her fault, he really, really meant it.

She groaned, "Tomorrow I have to go to school."

"Oh," was Inuyasha's reply. "Then I think you should go to sleep."

She nodded.

"Don't worry, I'll watch over you." Inuyasha said with a hint of a smile.

"Thank you, Inuyasha," she said, turning over. She dug her head into her pillow so Inuyasha couldn't see her smile.

*End of Flashback*

He had stayed with her when he didn't have to. Why? That's when she realized something. Last night, Inuyasha had gone pretty far with her, and who knows what could happen later on? How far would Inuyasha go if he couldn't control himself?

She didn't have very long to think about it because she felt Inuyasha's lips gently touch hers and his tongue slip inside her mouth. She was surprised at first, but then melted at his touch and purred into his mouth. Inuyasha was going to go as far as he could with her without hurting her.

But was she ready? No, of course not. she don't think she'd ever be ready. But, then again, maybe she was.

But even if she was, would she let Inuyasha get that close? There was only one way to find out.

He gently broke the kiss he had on her. She could see him a little now that he was so close, and then he pulled away so that he could see her face. He then looked right at her, right into her very soul and asked her six little words.

"Do you want me to stop?"

She opened her mouth and was surprised at the answer that came out. "No," she replied softly.

At her answer, Inuyasha smiled and she felt him gently caress her neck and collarbone before kissing her again. But this time he didn't push his tongue into her, he waited. He was going to let her slip her tongue into his mouth, let her taste him.

She wasn't sure about how you were supposed to kiss someone. In fact, she had never been kissed until when Inuyasha did it. So she just had to wing it.

She pushed her tongue up into his mouth. He tasted cool, and dark. But there was something else too, there was a metallic taste in him, in his very soul, and she knew what it was. Blood.

She felt Inuyasha grasp her hand and hold it in his own strong one as the kiss continued. It went on until she heard her mother yelling at her to come downstairs so that they could go. Very unwilling, they broke their kiss.

"Will you still be here when I get back?" she asked.

"Maybe," he answered. "If it gets cloudy later I have to leave at least for a little while. I'm sure that the others are wondering where the heck I am. But I promise that that I'll see you again very soon. So don't be hurt if I'm not here."

She nodded. She sighed as he drew back from her so that she could open the closet door and get out. The bright light blinded her for a moment before she shut the door and left.

Every girl dreams of sharing a romantic kiss… maybe under the full moon on the beach or in a fancy restaurant just before they have dessert…

… but she was sure that in a closet underneath with a rack of clothes and coats hanging above them wasn't one of those fantasies.

And yet… she wouldn't have traded it for any beach or restaurant scene.

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