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Knocked Out

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He narrowed his eyes in anger at her response; she was not Cleopatra Queen of Egypt, stubborn wench. Could she not, for once, just do what was expected of a female? But then it wouldn't be a challenge and he wouldn't be in this predicament he now found himself in. 'Indeed.' Was not that one of the reason he had not wanted a mate to begin with- their submissiveness? He wanted respect from his mate; he was not one to confuse submissiveness with respect.

"Well," she asked haughtily cutting into his thoughts, "Are you going to kiss my hand or just stare at it?" she finished mockingly. Ignoring the warmth that came from his hand or how small her hand was compare to his; she chose to instead focus on the mud print she left on him and found her self fighting with herself to ignore the warmth coming from his hand.

He mentally snarled at the foolish girl in front of him, she was utterly, truly, undeniably frustrating and yet he found that he was enjoying himself. Well the girl wanted to play, so be it; he would play. Slowly and deliberately he lifted her hand, not only getting her attention but also locking eyes with her, as his lips brushed the top of hand before placing a kiss on it.

Startled a blush appeared on her face as she backed away only to be stopped by Toga's firm grip on her hand. She watched in annoyance as a gleam appeared in his eyes. So he thought he had the upper hand was that it? 'Ha!' Decision made she would give him the impression that whatever it is he came up with was going to work. Yes, she would play along and be the good girl. Deciding not to hide her blush like usual she acted like she was flattered by his attention and smiled back at him shyly.

Toga was shocked at her change in demeanor but could find no deception as she pulled at the hand that held hers. He followed her as she led them to a spot near the fire and sat pulling him down with her. Still shocked at her behavior he cautiously watched her to see what her game was but he could not sense any deceit, that was when he gave the miko a genuine smile as she leaned her head against him. He could feel her tense against him but slowly began to relax and even sensed a bit of embarrassment. He leaned over and inhaled her sweet scent never realizing until this moment how much he had missed it since the mud incident.

Kagome nibbled on her bottom lip as she stayed focused on doing her part. She was determine to see this through and would not break out of character. She let Toga brush her hair away from her neck and felt his hot breath tingle across her skin sending a surprisingly pleasant chill up her spine. 'Focus.' She started chanting to herself.

Toga was pleased with this turn of event, he was still wary and made sure to keep an eye on her aura but nothing had changed if anything she was relaxed and there was actually a spike of pleasure mixing in her scent now that he was just a mere inch from her skin. It was safe to assume that she was comfortable. Her scent was much stronger now that she was clean of the mud that had covered her earlier and he liked it.

Kagome mind was becoming foggy and befuddle by the assault of just his breath brushing over her skin. Struggling to keep up her chant she slowly reached out feeling around for the stick she had seen as she sat down.

Getting drunk on her clean scent, it would seem that this was his ambrosia. As he went to inhale a deeper breath he heard a crack before everything went dark.

"GAH!" Kagome screeched as Toga fell over her, pinning her legs. Sitting there she took a moment to calm her now racing heart. Looking down at the knocked out Inu a giggle escape. She really had thought it would not work but she was wrong, pushing him off she made her way to the other side of the fire and sat down. It would seem that sticks were becoming her new best friend.

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I was not happy with the original Chapter 64 and decided to clean it up and rewrote half of it making this one of my longest chapter thus far! Over 800 words! 0.o Let me know what you think. I am so glad you all enjoy the Cleopatra reference; it was not originally written that way it was a last minute change. Love you all! Itachi anime, Dark 16EtErnIty z8, Esha Napoleon, TearsDrippingDown, llebreknit, 2featherbraids, kate, CityOfFallenAshes, TheLostPrincessOfTheEast, Tsyilna Llyria, xauroragoddessx, Jessica, LADY SILVERFOX and AnabellaGC. Priss ^^