Deceitful Time
Chapter Twenty: Diagnosed
"This isn't going to be pleasant," were the worst possible words to hear from a doctor—of course, a dashing doctor, at that. What did it say about her that she still had time to briefly loath the woman for what most likely transpired between her and Inuyasha? After all, why else would she not have any problem at all when he called her up and asked her to meet him and his 'girlfriend'—it did bring fleeting joy to her heart to hear him say that—at her practice at three in the morning? She didn't need an explanation, like Inuyasha had promised, all he had to do was ask her to do a full examination on Kagome and he emphasized for her to be kind.
Of course, the words were never truer, the entire experience was as far from pleasant as Kagome thought humanly—or demonly, as the case may be—possible. She had contemplated asking Inuyasha to be in the examination room with her, to hold her hand through whatever processes was to follow, but by the end of it when she was allowed to put back on her undergarments, sweater, jeans, socks and boots she was happy that he hadn't been there. It would have simply been too embarrassing.
"I'm going to go out where Inuyasha is," she declared as she glanced back at the doctor as she removed her gloves and threw them away in the trash.
"Alright," she replied without even glancing up at Kagome while she picked up the chart she had been writing on off and on throughout the entire ordeal.
With a heavy breath, that's exactly what she did. He was lazily lying on a bench, staring intently at the ceiling. If it weren't for the fact that he wasn't blinking at all, she might have been pissed off to see him so comfortable. It didn't take her announcing her presence for him to spin around to sit up properly and look over to her.
"Hey," she sighed.
"How'd it go?" He inquired as he pushed up to walk over to her. She just shrugged, averting his gaze all the while, "not fun, huh?"
"You have no idea," she grumbled, allowing him to wrap his arms around her and pull her into a loose embrace.
"Well… there is good news," the doctor declared as she came out into the waiting room, pushing up her designer glasses before looking at the scene before her that only deepened the dull look upon her face. "Of course, with good news always comes bad news, which would you like first?"
Kagome glanced up to Inuyasha before she pressed her lips, the bad always made the good sound better, right? But, and reasonably so, she chickened out in the last moment, "the… good."
"There are no obvious signs of vaginal tearing," she stated swiftly, "which leads me to the conclusion that you were not sexual assaulted."
She could hear Inuyasha let go of the breath he was holding. "And the… bad?" Kagome mumbled as she turned her head so she could see the doctor that stood behind her some distance.
"That bite mark on your thigh, I haven't seen it in ages and it took some time for me to recall why it looked familiar. It's from a munashii demon, I was certain they had all perished in the Incident," she mused over that for a moment with furrowed brows before continuing on, "they are vicious fuckers. It would explain the bruises, too, they simply enjoy inflicting such pain on their victims and it would also explain the memory loss."
"I… don't know what a munashii is," Inuyasha mumbled.
"Yes, well, they were rare before the Incident and—like I said—I was under the impression they all died. They are like…" she bit her bottom lip as she glanced up, trying to locate the proper word, "parasites, yes. That's it."
"P-p-par…" Kagome stuttered out the word the best she could, though she couldn't get very far without losing the ability to breath. Her hands clenched to the warn shirt of Inuyasha's more.
"Damn it, Tomoko, don't scare her like that," Inuyasha snickered, "tell us what that means."
"Well," she dragged out tauntingly before the stern stare from Inuyasha finally made her sigh and roll her eyes, "it means a variety on things, honestly. She could be infected or it could have just been sucking on her life energy. The latter isn't as bad as the former," she sped up when she saw the ever-so-bad tempered dog was about to start screaming at her again. "I believe it must have sucked some of her life energy because that tends to be why people after encountering them lose chunks of memory. It's essentially a leech sucking up energy instead of blood. Of course, it's not good but it's not deadly and with rest she'll be fine."
"A… and if I was… infected?" She barely managed to get out as she clung to the man that held her more.
"If you were infected," she sighed with a shiver, "I don't even really want to talk about it. It gives me the creeps."
"Tomoko!" he shouted again as he pulled Kagome closer, "you're scaring her on purpose now!"
"I…" she bit her bottom lip before she tugged on a strand of her midnight shaded short hair, "I can't help you if she is and there's not some medical test I can run to magically get the results, Inuyasha. I am sorry but this is as far as I can help you."
"What's it mean if she's infected?" Inuyasha spat, "you can at least tell me that, right?"
"It's a parasite-like-demon… I doubt it infected her, honestly," Tomoko said without a very reassuring, steady voice or look upon her face. "Usually they only infect demons, because our bodies are stronger and better hosts. They latch onto the heart; the only way to kill the parasite is by squashing the heart. Human bodies are generally useless to them since they can only sustain the pressure of being the host for a month, at most, before dying. Demons generally are a few years."
"I killed the demon that took Kagome by ripping his heart out," Inuyasha began, thanking his lucky stars for that being his favorite and the most effective way for killing, "so that means I killed the parasite, right? And Kagome's fine?"
"Well," she dragged out, "it doesn't really transfer into the other body, it dies with the host body, but a part of it…" she shivered once more, "like an egg, essentially takes hold in the host body."
"Oh my god! That's so disgusting!" Kagome cried out as she dug her face into Inuyasha's chest, "ew! Ew! Ew!"
"My thoughts exactly," Tomoko mumbled, "I've never personally had to deal with that… so I don't know what will happen if she is infected… besides the fact that she'll die."
"Do you know anyone that may?"
Tomoko had to take a moment to think about that before she switched her weight from one Gucci pump to another, "the only person I can think of," she mused, "is going to Ohachi, he's pretty well versed in all these really weird stuff. Oh!" she snapped her finger before pointing to Inuyasha, "are you still on good terms with your ex?"
He just stared dully at her, how was he supposed to know which one she was talking about?
"Ex-wife? Chiyoko? She might be helpful, too," Tomoko nodded, ever so proud of herself from figuring that out.
"Fuck me," Inuyasha muttered to himself. Could nothing be easy? Couldn't he just have gotten Kagome back safe and sound? Nothing abnormal? "Come on, Kagome."
"Where are we going?" She grumbled as he led her out of Tomoko's practice, giving her a weak thanks before they left.
"Chiyoko's, it's not far away from here…" he sighed as they stepped out onto the street, her hands tightly locked on one of his.
"Inuyasha… I'm scared," she muttered.
"Don't be," he requested as he looked into her eyes, "I'll make sure everything's OK. Do you honestly believe I'd ever let you die?"
"No," she griped as she lowered her head and followed his lead. At least, she really hoped not.
"I have to say," he was fully aware, too, that he was about to put his foot in his mouth and be an utter ass all at once, "that this wouldn't have happened if you stayed away from the well like I told you to."
"I know," she mumbled almost so low that he didn't catch that.
"Kagome," he sighed as he stopped on the sidewalk to pull her into his arms, now he felt like an ass. She wasn't supposed to agree, she was supposed to protest and kick him in the shin or something. "I swear, everything's going to be fine."
{xoxoxoxoxo}
"Akiko?" Inuyasha awed once the decked out door opened.
"Inu," she grinned as she stretched out one arm welcomingly to him as she stepped aside, it was only then that she caught sight of, "oh, and your human. I have to admit, I was very surprised to see that you brought her to the Summit."
"Shouldn't you be in Hokkaido?" He snickered back as he stepped inside the highly decorated—in nothing but the finest antiques—penthouse, he had to tug on his hand that was wrapped in both of Kagome's before she stepped into the place and took of her shoes as he did his.
"There's that transition period, hun, Munchou has another two weeks to put his affairs in order before I take over his post," she gloated, "I knew I could win if I had your support."
"I know, I'm awesome," he muttered as his ambers glanced about, "where's Chi?"
"Sleeping, it's four in the morning," Akiko dragged out, "which leads me to the golden question, what brings you here at four in the morning without as much as a call?"
"I need to talk to Chi," he replied as he led Kagome into the very purple living room and nodded for her to take a seat on the couch, "I need a favor."
"You need a lot of those lately, Inu," she taunted as she leaned against the wall, her salutary ginger eyes wondering up and down Kagome a few times—making her obviously feel even more uncomfortable than she already seemed to be. Kagome only glanced over Akiko for a bit before making sure to keep her gaze away from the revealing woman. She wore a black with golden floral patterned, satin, flyaway shaped baby doll slip. It exposed her flat, perfectly sculpted stomach and her matching thong. At least she wore a golden silk—yet still, short—kimono slip with black trim so her lovely legs were completely showing. She couldn't help but think that that's exactly the type of sexy thing Inuyasha loved to see a woman wear. If it was anyone besides his dear-lesbian friend Akiko she'd be upset to have him stare so intently at her, but she knew it was only out of annoyance that he did so right now.
"I've built up a lot of them, Akiko," he spat back.
"Anata!" He cringed at the lyrical voice before he looked over to see Chiyoko tying her own purple, long, silk kimono slip up. Kagome got the feeling she wasn't wearing anything under that since the loosely V-neck shape of the slip gave just a slight peek of her luscious chest--that were far more prominent than Kagome's, she couldn't help but sigh as she looked away again. She might be infected with a parasite… she might die in a month… yet she still found time to feel more uncomfortable by the fact that she was surrounded by two utterly gorgeous girls and jealous of the way that Inuyasha's ambers lingered on Chiyoko, how it took him a moment to find his voice.
"C-Chi," he cleared his throat as he glanced away, "I need your help."
"Anything, anata," she assured as she walked over to him, taking a step down onto the wooden floor of her living room. Right as her eyes landed on Kagome she smiled and swiftly, perfectly, moved over to sit beside Kagome on the couch. "Good morning, missy."
"Good morning…" she murmured back.
Inuyasha moved to sit down on the other side of Kagome and pull her into his arms. It was only then hat he leaped into explaining what had occurred. She hadn't noticed until she rested her head against his shoulder and felt his warm, safe, embrace tighten around her that she realized how tired she was. How her eyelids felt like they weighed as much as a rock, how her body ached for sleep, or how much slumber pulled at her every moment.
"Oh my," she barely heard Chiyoko awe in a sweet hush, "a munashii, how dreadful."
"Damn, Inu," Akiko muttered, "if there was out there, you'd be the only one that pissed one off enough that it wanted to take your girlfriend."
"Shut up," he growled, "can you help or not, Chiyoko?"
"You are oh so lucky, anata, Ohachi just so happens to be in Tokyo lecturing Takeo on all that he needs to know and do when he takes over as ambassador," Chiyoko got up then to head over to her phone, "I will call him an invite him over."
"Will he help? I get the feeling he doesn't like me much and Kagome's just a mortal…"
"Oh, Ohachi owes me a favor, him and I go back before even the Incident, he will do this for me," Chiyoko chimed as she raised the phone to her ear.
"Thank you, Chiyoko," Inuyasha sighed, "really, I owe you for this."
"No, no, anata, we are friends; friends simply do these types of things for each other."
"Chi…" he coaxed, Kagome couldn't bring herself to look up to whatever affectionate look must have been on his face since his tone was so awe-struck and almost… longing? If nothing else there had to be a very nostalgic look upon his face—perhaps thinking of all the good times when they were wed? It really did kill her to think of the fact that a chunk of his heart belonged to such a stunning woman still…
"Hello, Ohachi, how are you?" Chiyoko began, "I am fine, I know it is very early I hope you do not mind… yes, it is important… do you remember where I live still?... Yes, still the same penthouse… It is a rather long story, but I would very much appreciate your assistance if you are willing to give it…" then she went on to explain to him exactly what Inuyasha had told her. After she was finished she was quiet for a few minutes before she hung up and smiled, "he will be here in a bit."
"You're great, Chi," Inuyasha smiled back.
"I know," she assured, "now, while we are waiting do you mind if I peek into the foggy memories of yours, missy? Important information might be entangled with them."
"Oh?" Kagome murmured as she pulled away from Inuyasha some, her eyes only then looking up to him for an answer as she bit her bottom lip.
"Maybe… it's better that she doesn't remember any of that stuff, Chi," he countered as he looked from Kagome's hazels to Chiyoko's violets.
"Perhaps," she hummed, "but perhaps whatever she has forgotten is the only way to help her?"
"Chi…" he dragged out, "I really think some things are better left forgotten."
"Yes," she matched his tone exactly, "but then you take back memories that you erased, did you not?"
She had him there, so he sighed and looked over to Akiko who simply shrugged—she had no part in whatever madness was occurring—then he looked back to Kagome, "it's up to you. If you don't want to no one will blame you, Kagome."
"I…" she sighed before pulling even more away from Inuyasha so his embrace was just a loose touch at most, "alright…"
"OK," Chiyoko chimed as she placed her hands upon Kagome's head, "now, close your eyes and just think about the things you do remember while you were with the munashii."
"OK," Kagome mumbled as she did just that. She felt a bit of a static shock jolt through her before mangled memories returned.
"Does it hurt?" The demon with a fang laced mouth questioned; his eyes utterly red. She just squirmed and muffled a scream as he held her down with his tight, painful, grip upon her upper arms. "Good, priestess. Mm, when Naraku came to me and gave me a shikon shard to kill you and your friends I only thought—ah, a boring task. Then I saw you and felt your luscious life energy and couldn't help but snatch you. He did tell me I could do whatever I wanted with all of you…"
Then she felt a piercing pain as he lowered his head to her hip, she couldn't help but scream then. "You taste so good… I love the flavor that the holy emanate. Your friends will follow the trail I left them, they will come here in a day or so—at most—I will kill them and then be able to keep you all to myself. The shikon shard will make this body a perfect host," she saw through her watery eyes him place his hand upon his own chest, "it will last decades longer than it should. Don't fret, I'll keep you near at all times. Why would I give up something that tastes so divine? Besides," he chuckled, "your energy is so powerful. I haven't felt this strong in years."
"Kagome," Inuyasha whispered as she jerked away from Chiyoko's grasp and wrapped her arms around herself as she shut her eyes even tighter. "Are you OK?"
"Let's give them a moment, darling," Chiyoko requested as she glided over to Akiko, who nodded before they walked out of the living room.
"Kagome," Inuyasha kept up as he pulled her, gently, back into an embrace to whisper into her ear, "are you alright?"
"I'll be fine," she managed.
"Do you want to talk about it?" He inquired as he tilted forward some to try gain eye-contact, he just frowned deeper when he saw the fear written across her face.
"No," she stated swiftly.
"Hey," he whispered softly as he took her chin in his hand and gently tilted her head so she would look at him, "no matter what, you'll be OK, alright?"
"But," she pressed her lips together before looking away. "What if I am... infected and..."
"As if I'd let anyone or thing have your heart," he retorted smugly with a smile. It sounded a bit corny but she smiled nevertheless in return.
"Thanks," she replied.
"Good very, very early morning to all of you," Ohachi boasted as he walked into the living room, discarding his jacket on the first chair he found before he walked over to kneel down before Kagome, Chiyoko and Akiko not far behind him. His eyes wondered all about the girl before a smile laced his lips, "oh, Inuyasha, you always make things far, far more interesting."
"Yeah, it's so great," he grumbled back.
"Let me see your hand," Ohachi requested as he held out one of his. Kagome let her eyes flicker between Inuyasha and Ohachi for a moment before she set her shaky hand into his. He just allowed them to stay like that, palm-to-palm before he stood up and nodded, "as I thought. She's not infected. You said you kill the parasite, Inuyasha?"
"I did."
"Good, good, then the problem is under control." He mused as he walked over to sit down on the seat that housed his jacket, "it must have been the last munashii left," since Inuyasha left out the whole 'time-travel' part in his explanation, it was reasonable to assume that, "and, as you said, Inuyasha, your mortal does emanate a grand amount of a pure aura. You must be a very powerful priestess, hm?"
He didn't say anything else, so Kagome looked over to see that he must actually be waiting for an answer, "I suppose…"
"Yes, well, if I remember correctly, munashii cannot infect pure creatures. If it had tried, which I doubt, it would have failed. Her aura would have killed the infection before it took hold."
"Good, good," Inuyasha sighed, "so she'll be alright?" Another false alarm, he couldn't be more pleased. She wasn't raped, she wasn't infected, she was just obviously drained from the experience.
"She looks like hell washed over," Ohachi shrugged, his statement was not too far from the truth. She was paler than normal and had dark bags under her eyes, "it must have taken some of her energy. She needs to sleep for some time and she will be fine."
"Then, if you guys don't mind, I'm going to take her home so she can rest," Inuyasha announced as he helped her to her feet. "Thanks, everyone."
"Not a problem at all, anata," Chiyoko retorted cheerfully.
"I have to say I'm glad I allowed her to live," Ohachi mused, "things are more interesting now."
"Yeah, great," Inuyasha muttered.
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"You feeling better?" He inquired lightly as he sat down on the corner of his spacious bed, his head tilted slightly as his ambers hovered around her.
"Yeah," she weakly mumbled with a smile as she rolled over in the bed, getting even more tangled in his sheets and comforter, "I feel a lot better after that nap."
"Nap?" He laughed, "you've been out for twenty-four hours. It's Friday."
"No," she awed as she shot up, "really?"
"Mm-hm," he nodded, "don't worry, I called your mom and told her that you were here recovering from what happened in the Feudal Era. I didn't give her any details, just that you need to sleep for a while. You've missed an entire week of school, though."
"Well," she sighed, "that was to be expected… I guess. I doubt anyone is surprised, my grandpa covered for me, right?"
He nodded, "he called in for you. You have about a hundred missed calls and messages from all your friends, though."
"I do?" She murmured as he handed her the pink phone that belonged to her, a frown cascade across her lips when she saw how right he was, "I should call everyone back."
"Yep, I'll go down to Magic Wang," the Chinese restaurant he adored so much, "and get us something to eat for dinner, alright?"
"Thank you, Inuyasha," she smiled as he left and she did just as she said she would. She wasn't really thinking about it, but she knew she was forgetting something. Something that was important… like a promise she made to a little fox demon. A promise she broke… and the worry that must have brought a half-demon she still cared oh-so-much about.
{xoxoxoxoxo}
"Oh my gosh," Michiko awed with a cute pout and hands clasped, "your boyfriend takes care of you when you are sick? That's so precious!"
"Yeah, it's nice of him," Kagome replied with a weak smile. She really didn't want to go out with all of them for lunch but when she told each of them she was fine when she returned their calls she couldn't help but feel bad about making them worry so much that she had to give in.
"I'm shocked," Ayumi admitted, "it sounds like this guy really cares about you."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Kagome muttered as she sucked on her straw bitterly.
"Well," Eri mused, "we were just thinking that since he's so much older that… it was all about sex but you guys still haven't done that and he still taking such good care of you... I'm jealous, Kagome."
"Well," she dragged out some as she pressed her lips together and glanced away from the trio.
"Oh my god," Eri squealed, "you did it finally!? And you didn't call us right away and tell us all about it? Tell us all the details, Kagome!"
"Guys," she laughed weakly, "come on… that's private."
"Did you like it at least?" Ayumi taunted, "was it good? Was he good? Did you have an organism? I didn't the first few times. Usually a girl doesn't for a while so if you—"
"Guys," she shrieked, "please, this is embarrassing!"
"No it's not," Michiko giggled, "we're all friends. We've all done it. We're here to help our unskilled friend. Let's face it, Kagome, Shiro is sexy and probably really well versed in the area, huh?" She waited for Kagome to give a meek nod, "then you need us. You need us to help you surprise him in bed; you don't want him having all the power. Believe me; a guy likes it when a girl knows what she's doing and takes the upper hand a few times. You really like him, right, Kagome?"
"I really do," she coaxed as her eyes rested on her soda.
"You don't want to lose him to someone else, do you?" Ayumi inquired.
She just shook her head, "but I won't, Inu—Shrio doesn't want anyone else."
"Mm-hm," Eri nodded, "that's what they all say. You want to make him happy, right?"
Kagome nodded again.
"And he does nice things for you, right? Like taking care of you while you are ill?" Ayumi added.
"He does do a lot for me," a lot. Waiting five-hundred years, going all over the place to make sure she is alright after he saved her from a demon.
"Don't you want to repay him?" Michiko asked as she tilted her head enough that Kagome had to look over to her.
"Yeah…" she guessed she did, at least.
"OK, then I know exactly what a guy really loves in return for a favor," Michiko grinned with excitement as she scooted closer to Kagome in the booth, placing her finger on her bottom lip.
"What is it…?" She inquired worriedly.
"Have you ever given him a blow job?"
"Michiko!" Kagome cried as she covered her mouth, "you are so blunt!"
"Kagome," she laughed, "you are so cute and innocent, no wonder every guy has a thing for you."
"I'm kind of surprised she knows what that is," Ayumi whispered to Eri who nodded back. "Well, Kagome, have you?" She waited for Kagome to shake her head, "it's not hard to do, and every guy appreciates it a great deal."
She could just feel her cheeks flush with color as she glanced away, would she do that for Inuyasha? Did she want to…? That didn't sound like fun for her but he had done a lot of for her lately… and, really, this shouldn't have anything to do with it but she couldn't shake the jealousy she felt sizzle in her gut from the way he looked at Chiyoko, the tone he had—if only briefly—as he talked to her that night. Or how… bland she felt in comparison to Akiko and Chiyoko. The things they wear had to be the type of thing that he loved to see. She took a breath before she looked up to her friends, they were there to help her after all, right?
"Hey," she began, "um… will you guys," she bit back her pride and spat it quickly, "help me pick out something sexy to wear for Shiro?"
"Kagome," Eri gleamed, "we thought you'd never ask!"
"Let's go right now," Ayumi eagerly requested as she flagged down the waitress.
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"Inuyasha?" Kagome called out as she walked into his place, with the key he so graciously gave her a while back, she took off her shoes and hung her coat before she stepped out of the entrance to look in the living room—nothing—then the kitchen—nothing, again—and then finally his bedroom—there he was. He was taking a nap it would seem, wasn't that perfect for her then? She gripped the handle of the frilly bag she was carrying more before she headed off to his bathroom to change.
She had to be confident, her friends told her that over and over again. It was a brave feat to dress up for one's boyfriend. It took a great deal of coolness to pull it off so she just kept telling herself 'I can do this' over and over again as she undressed to dawn on the far too expensive—in her opinion—outfit her friends had picked out. Honestly, for her it was really rather embarrassing to go into the lingerie store and try on a few outfits for her friends. She thought that when she was alone she wouldn't feel that pang of humiliation but… she still did. So she took a deep breath as she looked into the mirror at the maroon halter style baby doll that had a pearl looking pin in the front and satin trim, she had a matching thong. She couldn't wear just that so she also bought a black lace kimono wrap. It was a mid-thigh length, see-through, patterned lace with three-quarter sleeves that she tied loosely around her waist. Her friends had assured her over and over again that she looked sexy and that Shiro would drawl all over himself when he saw her. She hoped so, since it was his credit-card she used to buy the outfit… like a high schooler with no job could buy two pieces of lingerie from a high-class shop.
"Kagome?" She jumped when she heard his groggy voice and him roll over on his bed yet no pitter patter of his feet on the ground.
She bit her bottom lip as she walked over to the door and grabbed the knob, rubbing her foot lightly on the back of her other leg. Much to her surprise, after her twenty-four hour nap her bruises had faded into nothing. It had freaked her out some, since when had she been able to heal so quickly? That wasn't normal at all, but Inuyasha had called up his friend Tomoko to inquire about it. Apparently, once one regains all the energy lost from the munashii the wounds that it inflicted in the process disappeared.
Still, she couldn't help but shake the shameful twinge. It was completely normal for someone to do this for their boyfriend, particularly in her era, her friends had all done it for at least one of their boyfriends so why didn't it feel natural or normal to her? Why did it take so long for her to push the worry out of her way and open the door to see Inuyasha sitting on the edge of his bed, facing his bathroom, and rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. She couldn't muster up the confidence that she was meant to, instead she just rested against the doorway, her eyes averting his for a while as she bit her bottom lip. It took the stunned silence that set in after her act for her to look over to see an awe-struck man. It was far more apparent than whatever he might have shown to the outfits Akiko or Chiyoko wore so that did boast her confidence some as she smiled.
He swallowed as he tried to find his words but completely failed as she walked over to him and knelt down before him, her hands on his knees. He opened his mouth just to say her name yet couldn't even manage that as she slid her fingers, delicately, up his legs to his belt. He couldn't help but stiffen some at the implication—this had to be a dream. A great dream, at that, he wasn't one for wet-dreams though—as shocking at that may seem—but he was glad for this one. He shivered slightly with delight as she undid his belt and slowly, surely, unbuttoned his jeans and unzipped them before he finally managed to get enough sense to stutter her name.
"Huh?" she mumbled back without taking her eyes off the task at hand—really, should it take such intense will power to go through with the act? Much against her will, her friend Michiko had gotten a banana from a convenient store and started to school her in the process but that only lasted a short while before she shrieked and scurried off—she just couldn't take that!
Right, huh? What was it that he was going to say? He couldn't seem to recall as she pulled his jeans away from his hardened area and let her hand float over it, pausing for a while before she took a breath and willed herself to continue. He looked up to the ceiling and bit his lips together before he took both of her precious hands into his and sighed. Who knew he had such will power himself?
"It's taking every ounce of restraint that I have not to jump you right now," he explained with ample difficulty, he took another deep breath before he pushed her hands away from the area he'd much rather her handle.
"What…?" She murmured as she looked up at him, both her lips and eyes seemed to be pouting at him. That only made it all the more problematic for him to keep with his resolve.
"You are adorable," he admitted as he let go of the breath he was holding.
"I… am?" She questioned with a cocked brow. That wasn't what she was going for at all, not that it was a bad thing but… she wanted to be sexy, like Chiyoko and Akiko were, like Inuyasha so obviously doted over.
"Not right now," he assured with a small shake of his head as his eyes kept glimpsing over her. Gods, sometimes he really hated having a conscious. "You are gorgeous right now, you are…" he couldn't even find a word.
"Then…" she glanced away, her cheeks tainted pink, "wh… what is it?"
"Why are you doing this?" He inquired as he cupped her face, not forcing her to look back at him, though.
"You… don't like… this?" She mumbled with slightly furrowed brows as she meekly looked up to him.
"I really do," he assured earnestly, "but… you…" this simply wasn't at all like her. She was cute, innocent, and essentially pure—regardless if she wasn't a virgin anymore. Honestly, her dressing up for him was the last thing he'd ever expect… it was a nice surprise but suspicious. Perhaps the whole ordeal with the munashii mixed up her head up? Or, more likely, Chiyoko's powers muddled her mind? Forgetfulness and strange behavior after an encounter with her powers were very common.
"Me…?"
"Are you OK?" he inquired with a tilt of his head as he rubbed her cheek lightly with his thumb.
"Huh?" She muttered with another raised brow.
"It's just… this isn't like you and I know if Chiyoko does her thing on people's minds they can act funny for a while afterwords… so do you really want this?" That and he really hadn't expected intimacy after her return. Old feelings for his old self probably were sparked and, knowing her, that would inhibit sex until she sorted them out... or maybe he just won? That she didn't even think about the half-breed he used to be? Gods, he wished.
"Isn't this…" she bit her lips together lightly before she sighed and sagged her shoulders, "what you like?"
"What I like?" He repeated, that wiggled a lopsided smirk out of him, "you are doing this because you want to… make happy or something?"
She shrugged lightly as she looked away.
"Kagome," he sighed, joyfully but before he could get another word out she interrupted him.
"It's the type of stuff Chiyoko would have worn for you, right?" She grumbled with folded arms.
Ah, that made sense and took away his good joy all at once. "Kagome, come here," he requested with a pat on the bed beside him. Reluctantly, she got did just that, pulling her lace kimono wrap closed more and held the wrap tightly shut over her chest, too. "Do you know what Akiko was doing at Chiyoko's?"
She shook her head.
"This might make you feel better," he began as he grabbed her shoulder farthest from him and pulled her in so she could lean her head against his, "remember how I told you for most of the time Chiyoko lived with me Akiko did, too?"
"So?" she grumbled.
"Akiko and Chiyoko are… close friends, and were for that time period, too, apparently they rekindled their feelings for each other. Chiyoko and I were never in love, never will be. I like her a lot, she's a good friend, but she's no you."
It took a little too much time for her to put two and two together and gasp as she pulled away to look at him, awe-struck herself, "but you said you and Chiyoko had sex!"
"We," he coaxed for a bit, "did… but only a few times."
"But then… how come Akiko and Chiyoko…?" She tilted her head, perplexity written across her pretty face.
She was too cute, too innocent, he couldn't help but smile. "Chiyoko doesn't really care, either way's fine."
"So…" Kagome began before she just gave up. That was far too confusing for her to even try and grasp.
"You're doing this because you're jealous?" he inquired with a grin as he pulled her back to him and placed a kiss upon the top of her head.
"Sort of…" she murmured.
"You're cute," he assured as he wrapped his other arm around him. "I like this, I do," he tugged on the lace wrap, "but I like you a lot more. You're sweet and carefree, I like that more than you dressing up for me. Besides, you aren't comfortable with this at all, are you?" She just shook her head, "that's what I thought. I don't care about that stuff. I'm happy with your cotton-bra and underwear with teddy bears and hearts on it."
"Inuyasha," she squealed as she squirmed around in his grasp.
He just chuckled lightly... that was the Kagome he knew and loved.
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"Where ya' going?" Inuyasha grumbled as he rolled over in his bed to look at Kagome as she grabbed her things. After they sorted out everything and to his dismay—though he didn't show it—they ended up doing nothing but watching a movie Kagome's friends had recommended to her, eating, and sleeping in the same bed together.
"Erm," she fidgeted some, "I remembered that I promised Shippou I'd come back… I'm already a few days late. I should go back today…they must be worried." It killed her to glance over and see the look on his face—blankness. He wasn't mad, he wasn't surprised, he wasn't anything… but she could tell how unpleased he was as he let out a small sigh and looked away as he fiddled his fingers in his bed head hair.
"Inuyasha," she sighed, "I have to… they're my friends."
"Right," he muttered, "whatever."
"I'll stay in the village, OK? And it's day and that means Inuyasha… well, you?" She waited to see if that was the right answer but he didn't bother to look at her, "will still be a half-demon, nothing bad will happen. I'll be back tonight."
"You tellin' them goodbye? Are you going to stay here for good?" He asked with a bit of detachment and, as he thought, he didn't get a reply just the sound of her weight shifting from one foot to another. "That's what I thought," he gripped before turning in his bed to face away from him. "I'm coming to get you tonight if you aren't back and I'll be fucking pissed if I have to go save your sorry ass from another demon."
"Fine, whatever!" She scoffed before stomping out of his place.
Of course, once she got out on the street and began to walk home—she'd prefer the time to think she'd get from walking over taking the bus or subway—she knew why he was such an ass… he wasn't mad at her for leaving, that wasn't what was written in his voice at the end… he was hurt that she was still heading back. She hated that… she hated hurting him but…
She hated more how, as she stood before the well preparing herself to jump in, she hadn't the confidence she possessed before. She hated how she hadn't any idea what to do anymore…
With one deep, cleansing, breath she jumped over the well and down to travel through the blue, slimmery, world she knew so well.
Only time would tell what fate had planned for her.
A/N: Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for all the reviews! I never could picture Kagome as the type to dawn on sexy outfits easily and be confident enough to do something naughty, am I alone there? I just think she's innocent and sex isn't really something she'd think often about, even if she did it.
Anyway, enjoy!