Taste Of Love
Kagome ran away from her demanding family and found herself right in the arms of Takahashi Inuyasha. Caught up in his world, it's getting hard for her to leave, for she has had her first taste of love.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. Rights are reserved fully to Rumiko Takahashi. This plot too isn't as original, so to those who have attempted before I have, they have full rights to this plot too. Anything else that is mentioned that isn't a figment of my imagination, I also disclaim.
Age Brackets: Kagome – 20, Sango – 22, Miroku – 25, Inuyasha – 26
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Models
Kagome woke up early the next morning, not knowing why sleep seemed to have left her. It was really early, close to 8am and Kagome headed towards her bathroom, wanting to take a shower. Stepping into the standing shower, the water beat onto her back and Kagome remembered the events from the previous night…
He kissed me, she thought, touching her lips her eyes widening considerably, not once…but three times.
Remembering the feeling she had gotten the previous night, the wondrous leap in her stomach, the quick pace of her heart, the rush of heat to her cheeks – the sensation of his lips on hers as their bodies worked in perfect harmony…
It was amazing.
Stepping out of the shower, Kagome got dressed in casual white pants and a pink button up top. Slipping into her slippers, Kagome walked out of the bathroom and tip-toed towards her bedroom where she could sit and read a good book for a few hours before the household woke up.
Entering her haven, Kagome quietly shut the bedroom door and walked to her bed, fishing for her comb inside of her nightstand drawer. Frowning because she couldn't find it, Kagome went to search her dresser when a knock came at her door, breaking her out of her train of thoughts.
Walking towards the barrier between her room and the rest of the house, Kagome quietly opened it revealing the object of her attention standing in cotton black pajamas with no shirt on.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome gasped as he smirked at her.
"What're you doing here?"
Raising a brow he rubbed his freshly shaven chin. "It's my house mademoiselle," he said wiggling his eyebrows, "I can be wherever I want to be."
"Yeah but…"
"Let me in?"
Gasping at her impoliteness, Kagome opened the door wide enough for Inuyasha to enter. As soon as he came inside, he shut the door behind him and sat down on her bed while she looked for her brush in her dresser.
"How'd you know I was awake?" She asked absentmindedly from her position in front of the dresser. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
"Shower's on and your bedroom was empty, door was open before you ask." He smirked as she turned and looked at him. Giggling slightly, Kagome turned back to her dresser, growling. Standing up, Inuyasha stood beside her.
"What're you looking for?"
"My brush!" She exclaimed. "How else am I gonna brush my hair?!"
"Ever think to look there," he put his hand under her head and guided her face to check the top of her other nightstand. Sweat dropping, Kagome giggled.
"I knew that."
"Sure…"
"Shut up," Kagome rolled her eyes as she headed towards the other nightstand. She picked up the brushed and walked back towards her dresser, pulling off the towel bun and throwing it onto her bed. Inuyasha saw the tangles of hair fall out of the bun and land comfortably on her shoulder and somehow, it provoked him.
Why the hell does this girl and all of her non-provoking attributes make me wanna…take her?! It was an unanswerable question and even he knew that, but he still asked, nonetheless.
Standing up, quietly, he walked towards Kagome and tugged the brush out of her hands. Confused, she shot him a look and he said nothing as he dragged her back to the bed.
"Sit," He commanded and Kagome didn't listen. Her arms crossed, she examined him from head to toe as he sat on her bed.
"What're you up to, Casanova?"
"Can't a man want to brush his wife's hair?"
"I am not dressing up as a porcupine, dear lord." Kagome attempted to get her brush back but Inuyasha merely stood up and held it out of her reach.
"I'll give it to you, on one condition." He whispered and Kagome raised a brow.
"Name it, Casanova."
"You kiss me."
Kagome raised a brow in amusement. "So you're begging for kisses now? No problem, I can always borrow Sango's brush." Moving out of his way, Inuyasha caught her arm and pulled her back into his arms.
"It wasn't a request, mademoiselle," he said in a husky whisper, "it was a demand."
Not allowing her to say anything more, Inuyasha bent forward and caught her lips with his own, not hesitating to enter his tongue straight into her mouth. Kagome was shocked for a moment. She hadn't expected for him to actually kiss her again. The feelings she had the previous night blew at her like a hurricane as she lost her senses and forgot the argument about the brush.
Bringing her hands up to his shoulder, she pulled him closer, if that was possible and allowed her senses to rock wild. Taking that as a good thing, Inuyasha slowly turned around, with Kagome still lip locked with him. Gently he pushed her onto the bed, Kagome fell onto her back without so much as realizing it and Inuyasha climbed on top of her, straddling her while still kissing her.
This woman made him feel things nobody ever did before. Hell, he slept with Kikyo and it felt more like meaningless sex. Kissing Kagome right then and there gave him more passion and more emotion than one night with Kikyo ever gave him.
It was nerve-wracking.
Kagome tore away from his mouth and panted slightly. "How large are your lungs Casanova?"
"Large enough for you, Mademoiselle."
Amused, Inuyasha leaned forward and kissed her again, thoroughly, his hands bracketing her head and keeping him from crushing down onto her body. Kagome's eyes were closed as she arched her back, wanting to feel more of him—and then it hit her.
He's Kikyo's boyfriend! Eyes snapping open, she brought her hands up and placed them flat on Inuyasha's chest. Ignoring the jolt that sizzled through her, Kagome shoved him with all of her might. Confused by her actions, Inuyasha tore away from her honey sweet lips and raised a brow in confusion.
"And that was for?"
"Raping me while I need to brush my hair." Kagome snorted as she turned around and walked to her dresser, running her fingers through her hair instead. Just as Inuyasha was about to approach her and give her back her comb, his back pocket started vibrating.
Cursing silently, Inuyasha reached back and pulled his black Katana phone, flipping it open.
"Whoever it is, do you have any fucking knowledge of what damn time it is?!"
"I'm sorry sir," The voice squeaked, "but I needed to inform you…"
"Inform me what Shippo?!" Inuyasha roared into the phone and Kagome was slightly amused. With her he was the flirty Casanova that she had grown too attached to but with his businessmen he was a cold hearted…thing.
"That we need a cover girl model for two weeks and we needed your approval."
Sighing in frustration, he sent Kagome an apologetic look before leaving her room. He didn't shut the door behind him and Kagome raised a brow in amusement, seeing how he can change from the man ravishing her lips to the rich snob she had first taken him to be.
Alter-egos, she thought shaking her head, grabbing her brush from her bed and heading towards her dresser to brush her hair.
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"And what are you talking about Shippo?" Inuyasha hissed into the phone as he walked into his bedroom. "I told you not to call me during summer vacation!"
"We have to run the company magazine soon and I need your pick of the cover girl model. I sent six pictures to your e-mail…reply soon okay?"
"Whatever," Inuyasha snarled as he hung up his phone. He headed towards his laptop and opened it, clicking onto his business e-mail. Indeed there was an e-mail from Shippo Kitsune with six attachments of six models.
Takahashi,
Six models and their attached pictures. Reply ASAP.
Models in order:
Katrina Leung
Midori Saki
Jen Lee
Brittney Tao
Chun Li
Miko
Inuyasha was amused seeing the names of the six most famous models that Asia had ever seen. Putting his laptop into sleep mode, Inuyasha concluded that he'd make the kid's pick the prettiest model.
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Sitting in the living room, Miroku and Kouga were watching all of the kids play while Daichi, Hayabusa, Hojo, Eri, Ayumi, Yuka, Ayame and Sango went riding. Kagome decided to stick back and get some refreshment for the kids. Inuyasha descended the stairs with the laptop in his hands.
"Uncle Inu!" Ai smiled up at him and he grinned at his best friend's daughter. Kikyo was nowhere to be seen and nobody really cared at that moment.
"I need you guys to do a favour," Inuyasha said as he sat down on the ground and brought his laptop out of hibernation mode. All of the kids, including Kouga and Miroku, huddled behind Inuyasha as he clicked open his e-mail once again.
Kagome, just then, walked into the living area. For some reason, she wasn't shy at all after making out with Inuyasha. Nervous, yes perhaps but shy not really.
"What's going on?" She raised a brow and Inuyasha glanced up at her.
"We're picking out models for our company cover girl, wanna help?" Inuyasha raised a brow and Kagome shrugged, bringing the tray of drinks she was carrying to rest on the coffee table before standing behind Inuyasha, looking over his shoulder to the pictures of the models.
"First off is Katrina Leung." He said opening her picture. Katrina was sitting on a bench with a Hawk perched on her hand. Ai stuck her tongue out.
"She looks stinky Uncle Inu."
Hikari nodded in agreement and Miroku laughed affectionately. "Stinky?! Elaborate, dear Ai."
"Emaborate?" Hikari looked at her uncle Miroku who laughed even harder.
"It means explain."
"Ohhh." Ai nodded in understanding. "She sitting with a green skirt on…green is a stinky colour."
"Ehh? My favourite colour is green," Kagome defended and Ai blew a raspberry at her. Chuckling slightly, Inuyasha voted Katrina out.
"Okay next is…Midori Saki…"
Before Inuyasha could even open the file Kouga said "No."
Looking at him, Inuyasha raised a brow. "Why not?"
"She's a part time porno, so no."
"And how come I didn't know that?" Miroku raised a brow, feigning shock and Kagome slapped his head.
"Shut up. Next." She said as Inuyasha opened the picture.
"Jen Lee."
"She's gorgeous," Kagome whispered and Miroku smiled sadly at her. Jen Lee and Miko were best model friends and Miroku knew that Kagome seeing her old best friend would bring back unwanted memories.
The picture was of Jen sitting with a bunch of puppies with a polka dot dress on. Kyo stuck his tongue out.
"Ugly!"
Ichiro nodded as he poked the screen. "Badd dwess!"
"I take it young Ichiro dislikes the dress," Kouga chuckled shaking his head in admiration. They loved all of the kids as their own and if something happened to one, all of the adults would react, worried.
"I guess Jen Lee is voted out," Inuyasha shook his head, "at this rate nobody is gonna get picked—why am I making the kids chose anyways?"
"It's because you luuub them, Casanova." Kagome teased and Inuyasha smirked in amusement.
"Next up is Brittney Tao."
"Oh not her," Kouga winced, "she's my ex girlfriend."
"And how come I don't know?!" Kagome raised a brow, turning to her friend who laughed nervously.
"It was a…secret relationship. Her parents were against me and my parents were against models. Why the hell do you think I married Ayame?!"
"Besides the fact that you love her?" Inuyasha asked dryly and Kouga smacked his head.
"It was a rhetorical question."
"You married her because you love her, right?" Kagome eyed Kouga dangerously who laughed.
"Of course, it was a choice between Sango and Ayame but Miroku already proposed to Sango so you know…"
"Eyes off my wife bub." Miroku warned playfully. Inuyasha went on to the next picture.
"Chun Li?" Kagome raised a brow. She knew Chun, Miko and Chun had an unspoken competition on who could make the most photo shoots and hit number one. Miko won every time and Kagome, personally, hated Chun.
"Isn't that a Street Fighter?!" Hikari asked, looking at her father who grinned.
"Yeah it is. Wow, she even LOOKS like the Chun Li from Street Fighters."
"I don't like Chun Li," Kagome snorted and Miroku caught the underlying message. Kouga wrapped a supportive arm around Kagome who glared at the picture of Chun in a bathing suit half way into the water.
"At least she's covered herself- if she wore a bikini I would've destroyed your laptop Inuyasha." Kagome murmured and Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
"Hatred much?" He said as he flipped to the last picture.
"Miko," He finally said and Kagome suppressed her gasp. It was her favourite shot too, where she was sitting on a bench close to midnight staring up into the sky and her brother had taken a side shot of her face. Thing is, the wind was blowing so her hair covered part of her face, making her still unrecognizable.
"She's pretty," Ai murmured as she crawled closer to the laptop. Ai had no idea that her godmother was the famous Miko.
"Pwetty!" Kasumi squealed as she sat in Inuyasha's lap.
Hikari nodded in agreement and Kyo kept on staring in awe. Kagome was about to object but Inuyasha closed the cover of his laptop.
"It's settle then, I'll contact Miko's agent and ask them if she can do a few shots for us."
Kagome leaned into Miroku and whispered, "Doesn't the world know she's missing?!"
Miroku shook his head. "No, Akira's trying to keep it a secret apparently. Nobody knows but your family and the Onigumo's."
Kagome felt her heartbeat quicken as Inuyasha headed up the stairs to put his laptop back.
"This is bad…" she murmured.
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The entire crew came back from riding and all settled in the living area. Kikyo appeared from her bedroom with an avocado face mask on. Hikari scrunched her nose.
"EWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!" She shrieked, running to her mother. Ayame glared at Kikyo.
"Will you take that thing OFF! You're scaring the kids!"
Inuyasha and Kagome were sitting on the loveseat together and she leaned towards his ear.
"Hey Inuyasha," She whispered. He glanced at her with an eyebrow raised.
"Hmm?"
"What colour is the wicked witch of the west?"
Inuyasha tried his best to not laugh. "Green," He hissed at her before shoving her aside before he exploded in laughter. Grinning slightly Kagome glanced at her goddaughter, winking. Ai giggled before hugging her father.
"Turn on the TV," Ayumi fanned herself, "I'm so bored!"
Picking up the remote, Yuka turned on the television and found that the party they attended the previous day was playing on TV. Instantly, Sango, Ayame, Miroku, Kouga and especially Kagome's eyes widened.
"I had no idea it was aired…" Kagome whispered feeling her stomach flip several times.
"Neither did I," Inuyasha shrugged, "maybe Asakura decided to air it."
"I thought it wasn't going to be aired!" Kagome said. "Which is why I went…"
"What gave you that idea?" Daichi raised a brow and Kagome frowned.
"Last Asakura's party wasn't aired…"
"That man has more mood swings than a pregnant woman on her period." Hayabusa snorted and Yuka punched him.
"Pregnant women don't get periods!"
"It's just a saying, geez." Hayabusa massaged the arm his wife punched. Kagome was still in shock.
No way, she thought, if it's aired in Hong Kong then…Japan would… oh shit! Standing up, Kagome moved to go to her bedroom.
"I'll be right back," She smiled before dashing up the stairs to go to her bedroom. Sango instantly knew what Kagome was going to do and stood up, leaving without saying anything.
"The hell?!" Kikyo shrieked. "Those two have more mood swings than a pregnant woman on her period."
"Ehh, copyright thank you very much!" Hayabusa snarled and Kikyo rolled her eyes. Inuyasha just stared at the spot Kagome was sitting just a few moments ago.
What's going on?
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Kagome pulled out her cell phone and instantly started dialing her brother's phone number. Crossing her fingers and praying, Kagome's eyes widened suddenly before snapping her phone shut.
"WHAT?!"
"What, what, WHAT?!?!?" Sango shrieked as she saw Kagome hyperventilating.
"His phone is out of service… why would his phone be out of service!!"
"I don't know? Maybe he's in an underground parking?" Sango asked and Kagome shook her head.
"It's Saturday, he has no movie filming or school or anything today—Sango what if they saw me on T.V?"
"If they did then Souta would've called you." Sango said, trying to help her friend but Kagome was in an obvious state of haste, shock and paranoia.
"What if Mom and Dad took away his phone and have him on lockdown for helping me? Sango, you don't know my parents, money, power and status mean the world to them and they WOULD chain Souta to his room if they found out he helped me in the least bit!"
Sango noted that Kagome was right. Kagome's parents were more about money than their kids. Taking in a deep breath, Sango spoke again.
"But on T.V. we saw you dancing with Inuyasha. If they want so much money, wouldn't they be happy you snagged the richest and most influential businessman to date?"
"No they wouldn't!" Kagome shrieked, which confused Sango.
"Why not?"
"The Onigumo's and my parents are best friends, literally. I've heard my parents talk about them all the time but I've never actually met them or anything. My dad would want his best friends son marry me and after what I heard Naraku did to Aiko, he's the last man I want to marry- even then I wouldn't do it!"
"But influential rich businessman; higher than the Onigumo's, Kagome that is a really hard deal to refuse."
"You don't know my parents," Kagome murmured, "plus Dad isn't fond of Inuyasha."
"Why the hell not?!" Sango was shocked. "EVERY rich kid's father is fond of Inuyasha. He is like the idol amongst idols for them."
"Not for my dad!"
Sango walked up to Kagome and hugged her. "Listen, you have us, Kouga and them and I bet you even the Falcons, Daichi's and Asuki's are going to be willing enough to help you. They can't force you to do anything."
"You don't know my parents."
"Trust me on this one," Sango whispered, "it'll be fine."
"But…"
"Listen to me!" Sango said urgently. "It's gonna be fine! The chances of them seeing you on T.V when your family has like a billion satellite dishes is close to nothing. You don't have to be worried!"
Kagome took a few deep breaths and smiled shakily at her friend. "Yeah…I guess you're right."
"So let's go downstairs?"
Nodding, Kagome followed her friend.
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Ai, Hikari and Kyo wanted to go horseback riding and following their suit, Ichiro and Kasumi also wanted to go. So taking their kids to go riding, the only three that were left in the house were Inuyasha, Kagome and Kikyo since Ayumi and Daichi tagged along with the others to the arena.
"I'm going to go wash this off," Kikyo said, standing up while she pointed to her face.
"Yeah and I hope you melt while you're at it," Kagome muttered under her breath and only Inuyasha heard her since he was sitting beside her. Sending her a look, Inuyasha stood up and walked to the kitchen as Kikyo went upstairs.
Feeling slightly dehydrated, Kagome got up and went into the kitchen to get a glass of water or something. Surprised that the chef wasn't in the kitchen, Kagome ignored Inuyasha grabbing a beer from t he friend and went to grab a clean cup.
Inuyasha pulled the can of beer out and put it on the counter before turning to Kagome, who was pouring herself a glass of water. Walking up to her, he wrapped his arms around her waist and she stiffened slightly before relaxing, knowing it was him.
"You know your girlfriend is in the house," Kagome said absentmindedly as she continued pouring herself a glass of water.
"Just one kiss?"
"Ask Kikyo."
"She's upstairs."
"So I'm a Kikyo replacement?"
"No," Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "you're just a much better kisser." Spinning her around, he firmly planted his lips onto hers. Knowing she should push away, Kagome attempted until she felt his tongue lick her lips. All reasonable thoughts fled as she allowed herself to be thoroughly kissed by Inuyasha, again.
Just as it got interesting, a voice rang through the house.
"INUYASHAAAAA!! I'M BOREDD!"
Tearing away from Kagome, Inuyasha took a step back. Kagome's eyes were wide as she turned with the glass of water in her hands and walked out of the kitchen, passing Kikyo. Kikyo frowned.
"She's in a rush…"
"Yeah," Inuyasha ran his fingers through his hair. One simple thought was on his mind.
If…I'm attached to Kagome so much, why am I still with Kikyo?
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