~InuYasha POV~

'Where the hell was she?!' I looked around her room, and then thought that maybe she was with her family downstairs. As I walked out the door and walked down stairs to find her I frowned when I noticed that her scent was old, like she hasn't been home for hours. Once I reached the living room I found her mother reading relaxed on the couch.

"Oh InuYasha! how good to see you dear" she said to me sweetly. I could never understand how Kagome's mom, brother and grandfather could be so as ease around me. I figured it was just how people are in this time and it never failed to embarrass me a bit but I was willing to take that embarrassment anytime if it meant I could keep coming back here and feel the sense of family and peace.

"Where's Kagome?" I asked after noticing that the woman I've been obsessing over wasn't here either, where the hell was this girl? It was already dark outside!

"Oh…umm" said her mom uncertainly.

I really did not like the way she was fidgeting, it looked like she didn't want to tell me something. My instincts went on overdrive, my demon growling that it was dark and Kagome was not safe in her house where she should be.

"Where is she?" I asked once more, this time a bit more forceful, but not so much to scare Kagome's mom….I liked her.

"She left on a date a few hours ago" she said with a sigh "I don't know what is going on between you two, but when I asked her if she was certain she wanted to go out this boy she said "yes" very firmly"

I stopped breathing for a moment as a wave of anguish washed over me. She was with another male! And she went willing. The demon in me hissed and snarled wanting to break free and hunt down this other male and rip him to pieces. Kagome was my female, mine.

"InuYasha" said her mom sternly "I don't know what happened between the two of you, but if Kagome decides that she likes this other boy then you have to let that be…do you understand?"

I knew what she was trying to say to me but she didn't seem to understand that half of me was ruled by a demon, a demon that relied on instinct…and right now those instincts where urging me to rip the throat of the other male and steal Kagome away, I wanted to lock her up in a cave and keep her to myself.

That thought knocked some sense into me. What was I thinking? Did my desire for Kagome reach its limit and now I wanted to steal her away like a fuckin savage and lock her up somewhere remote, a place that I could make damn sure nobody would be able to take her from me? I laughed at myself bitterly. She wasn't mine to steal away, and I was going to lose her. Growling I couldn't afford to think that way and the thought of her being forever out of my reach was making me behave like a rabid dog.

"You love her don't you?" said her mother softly while smiling warmly at me. I swallowed hard, not trusting my voice at the moment. I was never good with words and confessing my feelings was just as hard.

For as long as I could remember, I was always told how unsightly a demon with emotions was, how it was disgraceful, but…..I couldn't be like my brother. Cold and uncaring. I yearned for love just like any creature did, and yet looking at the mother of the one woman who filled my heart with peace; I was still not able to get the words out.

"You don't have to answer me" she said smiling "I'm pretty sure I have the answer" she said smugly going back to her book "You are welcome to stay in the spare bedroom if you are going to wait for her to leave in the morning but she is not going anywhere tonight…it's too late" she said sternly again.

I had the urge to stick my tongue out at her.

"You better not stick your tongue out at me or I will wash it out with soap InuYasha" she said still reading.

I balked at her, 'How could she tell that I wanted to do that?' I thought gaping at her.

"I'm a mother InuYasha, with two children, trust me…there are some things that are like ESP for a mom"

'Okay she was now plain creepy' I thought as I leapt up the stairs and headed for Kagome's room. Looking around I inhaled deeply, feeling light headed. Her scent was everywhere here; the only thing missing was the infernal girl that went with the scent. Leaping out of the window I decided to wait on top of the roof of her house, that way I had a good view and size up the man to dared to even think himself worthy of my Kagome.

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Glaring from my post I watched Kagome and the other male from the top of her house as she laughed at something the asshole said. I felt my claws extend….. lengthening, wanting to make contact with my prey. I won't allow this! Nobody could have her! I felt my demon roared at within me, urging me to take what was rightfully mine and slay all those who would try and take her from me. Then I saw something that made me see red. Pure rage and fury boiled up inside of me as the other male bent down and kissed Kagome. Something snapped within me….I was not sure if it was my sanity or my control over my demon but suddenly I felt eerily calm. Kagome pushed the man away and then slipped inside the house. I debated killing the other man as I watched him smirk then turn to walk down the steps. Leaping up I landed in the middle of the steps scaring the prick. Smirking I stood a good food taller than him; I looked at him up and down. He was backing away from me.

"What the fuck are you?" he said then looked back towards Kagome's house. I snarled at him catching his attention.

"Listen here you shack of shit" I said walking closer to him, stalking him "If I ever see you come near Kagome again, I will rip out your dick and shove it down your throat" I snarled "She is mine"

Nodding he ran past by me in such a hurry that I almost didn't catch the scent of his urine. Fuckin pansy I thought then looked over to the dark house. Leaping up to the roof I slipped into Kagome's room and waited.

~Kagome POV~

When I slipped inside of my room with a sigh of relief not even bothering with the lights I didn't catch the flashing of golden eyes as they watched me, I was still reliving the date with Kyo. It wasn't until a sudden movement caught my eye, turning around I gave a little squeak of surprise when I saw the hard planes of his face….he was pissed.

'Oh crap! Don't tell me he saw?' I gasped to myself in horror….then scoffed and called myself stupid. 'What did he care anyways?' I thought to myself 'He has Kikyo, Kikyo is his choice'.

He was sitting on the widow still, his sword in hand as he twirled it as if bored. "So…..Who's the guy?" he asked casually but there was a sharp edge to his voice that almost made me flinch and the fact that he wasn't rising his voice, which to me made it worse.

"Just a guy from school. What of it?" I said pretending like his deadly stare didn't make me quake a bit. Like the fact that he was standing in my room so at ease didn't make my pulse quicken, like how just the scent of him didn't make me want to run to him and bury myself into his strong embrace.

The glare that he gave me made me take a step back. 'Why was he so angry?' I thought 'It shouldn't matter to him anymore….I'm just a friend after all'

"What crawled up your ass InuYasha?" I said crossing my arms and glared back at him "What I do with my life is none of your concern"

He walked towards me very much like deadly hunter his eyes bore into mine; I've seen this look before, It's the dark look he gets when he's ready to go into battle, but why was he glaring at me like that? As he walked closer to me I couldn't help my body's reaction as I backed away from him. The darkness of my bed room made his eyes glow inhumanly and the silver of his hair made him look more like an avenging angel than a demon. I gasped when my back touched the wall to my bedroom. I cringed softy when he placed both of his hands right by my face his tall body leaning into mine, making me feel slightly trapped.

"I will tell you this only once so listen well" he said his voice hard and cold "You are mine Kagome. You said that you would stay with me and I intend to make you keep that promise…one way or another" he said in an uncannily calm voice that made me both shake with fear and excitement. He was so close to me now that my head was filled with his clean woody scent and it was making my resolve waver but then I remembered all the hurt he made me go through and got mad all over again.

"You want me only until Kikyo appears and then you leave me without a second thought, I may stay and help you find the jewel shards but what makes you think that I can't and won't find love in the arms of someone else?" she spat back at him "I'm tired of being second best to a ghost" I said heatedly.

I wasn't prepared for what he did next. With an urgency that smoldered he kissed me, pulling me close against his muscular body, one hand behind my head holding my lips prisoner while his over arm snaked around my waist. His kiss was one of dominance and desire, it spoke of untamed passions and gods I had no choice but respond. I shivered as my body melted into him, I couldn't remember why I was supposed to fight him couldn't think as I felt is tongue taste and devour me branding me his. How long did I wait for this? How long did I look at him and yearned for him to hold me like this? I had to stop him…I had to find the will power to pull away but damn him for doing this. Now that I knew what this felt like how he tasted….sensual, raw and powerful….. Now that I had a sample of what he offered…..I knew I was ruined for all other men.

Damn you to hell InuYasha for making me love you even more….