~Kagome POV~

As soon as my feet hit the well floor on the other side I felt my body being lifted up. Grabbing on the InuYasha's arms I felt a shiver go up my spin when I fingered the strong muscles of his arms.

'Good gravy he's toned!' I thought in amazement 'Must be from wielding Tetsusaiga' I mused silently.

"Hop on Kagome" he said kneeling down so that I could climb on his back.

"Why? The village is so close" I said, almost afraid of being so intimately close to him at the moment.

"Just get on" he said looking at me, his eyes narrowed a bit "Sango, Miroku and the rest of them are not there anyways"

"Oh" I said "Okay then" I climbed on his back and immediately he jumped to the nearest tree.

I immediately I laughed, tilted my head back and enjoyed the feel of the wind in my hair….I loved this.

Loved it when it was just the two of us, flying through the air like this. When we were like this, the world disappeared for me, the past was irrelevant and the only thing that mattered was the feel of flying free like a bird.

His hold on my legs where tighter than usual, as if he was trying to get me as close to him as possible. Shaking my head, I forced the thoughts out, they would only wind up getting me hurt. InuYasha's heart would always belong to Kikyo and it was time for me to realize that and let go.

"Say InuYasha…..where are we going?" I asked when I noticed how deep in to the forest we were heading.

"Don't worry about it Kagome….we're almost there" he said but his voice sounded like his mind was somewhere else.

'Okay' I thought 'A little vague'

I sighed then thought now would be a good time to bring up a very painful subject.

"InuYasha…I've been thinking" I started softy but I knew he could hear me "There really is no reason for me to keep coming back here" I said then gulped when I heard the loud growl coming off of him.

"Please don't take it the wrong way InuYasha" I pleaded with him "It's just that…..well….I'm not really needed here now am I" I said sadly.

When he didn't respond to me….I started to get scared. He didn't even so much as give out a 'Feh'…or curse or yell.

"InuYasha?" I said leaning forward so that my face was right by his neck.

"Do you remember the promise you made to me?" he said, his voice eerily calm.

I closed my eyes and rested my face against his broad shoulders "I promised I would stay by your side" I whispered.

He stopped running and put me down. Frowning I looked around and saw that we were at the mouth of a cave though it took me a while to figure out that it was a cave. The opening was so hard to see that if someone were to just glace at it, they wouldn't be able to tell at all.

Taking my hand he pulled me towards to entrance.

"What are we doing here? It's still light out why are we going into that cave? I don't sense a jewel shard" I asked confused as I tried to keep up with his hurried steps.

The darkness of the cave made me too aware that he was right by me, that we were alone….just the two of us in the darkness. Why did he bring me here?

After a few minutes I noticed a sweet almost coaxing scent coming from the back of the cave.

"What's that smell?" I asked inhaling again "It smells like…...herbs…but they don't smell grassy, it's almost floral"

As I inhaled again then felt sort of woozy as a shot of something warm zinged though my whole body.

I could tell there was a fire up ahead since the cave started to get brighter. Once we reached a cavern I stopped and gasped. It was like a cozy little den.

The fire that burned in the middle of the den was directly where an opening in the ceiling was, I looked at it and was amazed that it was a ventilation. Canteens of water, dried meats, fur pelts and down pillows made the cave seem almost….cozy.

"Wha?" I said looking around in confusion and wonder, the scent in this cave was so relaxing and tempting that it was getting difficult to string a coherent thought together.

I watched as InuYasha took off his robe of the fire rat, leaving his under kimono on and threw it by what I guessed was the bed.

I frowned. There was only one bed….and no sleeping bags.. .anywhere. Something was…wrong about this…..I was sure but my mind was slowly becoming fuzzy.

"I want to show you something" he said hoarsely as he pulled me into his arms. My body complied with his wish as he pulled me to one side of the cave where a split in the wall made way to a room with a hot water spring.

"Wow" I breathed out dreamily…I did feel like I was floating in a dream.

I him tug on my backpack reliving me of my heavy load and threw it somewhere….I wasn't paying attention. Was I swaying? I giggled as I tried to walk but room seemed to tilt to one side. Suddenly I felt one strong arm wrap around my waist as another undid the ties to the front of my shirt then the buttons.

I was about to ask what he was doing when I felt his mouth on my shoulder kissing and licking every inch of exposed skin he could get his mouth on.

Whatever I was about to say died on my lips, my mind was blissfully blank, my body relaxed and responsive to his touch.

"Do you love me Kagome?" he said roughly turning me around to capture my lips to his I let out a little whimper of desire "Do you?"

"Yes" I said against the assault of his sinful lips, not bothering to lie to him "I love you so much" I confessed openly and wondered why I tired to hide it from him.

How we ended up in the other room was a mystery to me but the next thing I felt was getting lowed on some soft animal pelts. His mouth moved from ravishing my lips to my neck where he sucked and nibbled until I was panting, my hands in his hair…holding him to me…needing more of him.

An ache formed between my legs now, driving me mad with need and I knew that only InuYasha would be to placate that need. I was blind and deaf except to the feeling and sensation he was stirring within me. His mouth was possessive and expert as he found new areas of my body that had me arching my back to him, wanting….needing more contact while his hands caressed and stroked every inch of my skin not doubt leaving his scent all over me.

Why had I been fighting this? Why have we not done this before? I couldn't remember…the sweet smell in the cave was urging me to let go and give in, give in the wicked temptation of his body, to leave my innocence and drink from the cup of desire and engage in the an act that was as old as mother earth herself.

"Mate with me koi…become mine and mine alone" I heard him whisper to me to, his rough voice luring me into a dark dream world where it was only the two of us.

"Yes..."

Because was there any other choice for me at that point?

He left for a short moment, automatically I felt the loss as his warmth leaving my body chilled and so incredibly aroused that I gave him a little throaty whine.

"I'm right here my little mate"

The next thing I knew I felt his hot, hard satin skin cover mine and as if we were magnets I clung on to him letting go of any final restraints and inhabitations. I kissed every inch of his skin that I could get my mouth on, shuddering and hissing at how good he tasted.

If there was one desire I would constantly day dream about is how he would taste under my lips. It was a dark fantasy, something that no innocent girl should be having, but my hanyou had a way of provoking those thoughts from me.

If Sesshomaru has a cold, calm, cool beauty, InuYasha was his exact opposite. InuYasha was raw, earthy and overflowing with sexuality, he was sex in humanoid form, powerful and deadly. How can anyone ever think him inferior because of his half demon blood? If I were to envision a god of passion and fertility….he would be it, for here I was laying on fur pelts, his silver hair flowing down my body as his mouth sought to lick and nibble every inch of my skin. His claws grazed my skin sending shots of electricity coursing through my blood until I was withering under him.

'Gods if this is a dream….I don't ever want to wake up' I thought 'Let me lie forever here with him, let me dream that he is mine alone and that he loves me as much as I love him'

When I felt his mouth travel lower I mewl and shuddered in anticipation. I had never been touched like this, never had a man so close to that part of me that I had guarded and treasured. I should feel afraid, but I didn't, I belonged to him and him alone.

~InuYasha POV~

I was slowing going mad.

Her scent, her taste…it was almost too much to bear. She tasted of berries with sweet honey and I was starving. My demon wanted to claim our mate, to bind her to us for as long as the gods deemed us worthy to grace this land.

Scooting down further on her body I smirked as she shuddered, no doubt already knowing my destination. This was something I needed and wanted…..something my demon would kill to get.

At the first lick of her delicate skin I growled and turned feral. She screamed out my name when I devoured her, greedily lapping everything that she gave me shuddering violently on how addictive her taste was.

I would kill for this, slaughter all who would dare to even come close to that which was now mine. She was mine, all of her. Her body, soul, heart and spirit was mine to keep and protect.

My demon howled loudly inside of me on its conquest. Kagome was untouched by any man, her body unknown to the touches and caressed of a male, her skin virgin to a man's lips and tongue and her treasure guarded and pure to anyone.

Only a I, her mate, would ever know how her body tasted, how enthralling the scent of her fragrance that was unique to all females down there was. It was a scent that only I would know intimately and only I will have the privilege of bringing out her first climax from her virgin body.

Demon's where known to kill for this honor, for the experience to taste to first climax of a virgin in heat.

Her small body raised up then slammed down as she wailed out and shattered under me, the moment I tasted her first orgasm…. my demon and I almost blacked out. It was the most exotic moment of my entire two hundred plus years. Like nectar in the purest forms, I drink until I felt as drunk as she did. Greedy for more I tormented her body until she was sobbing as I provoked release after release from her now lax and boneless petite form.

Moving to look down at her, my breath caught. Gods, I felt like such a fuckin idiot for almost giving her up, for almost losing her to some other man. She looked like a gods damned sex kitten. Her hair was fanned around her, thick ebony waves that begged to be touched, her skin was flushed and pink from being thoroughly lavished by my tongue and her legs…..I closed my eyes and snarled low. Her legs where spread for me, an open invitation as she laid there panting and moaning. She never looked more beautiful as she did at this very moment; wanton, seductive and shameless. Her eyes where passion glazed from both her climax and the herbs, and an adorable blush graced her angelic features.

With a hungry growl I crawled up her body and kissed her deeply, pulling her body to mine, one of my clawed hands skimming the side of her body so that I could pull her leg up and have it wrap around my waist. I wanted her closer, to devour and fuse her to me her until she become part of my every being.

"Koi, mate with me" I said in-between kisses "Become mine" I said moving down the lick the spot where my mark would forever brand her my mate but before I could do that the female must give the consent. In order for me to bind her to me and give her my life span and the pup I was about to create with her, I needed her to open her aura and soul to me.

"Yes InuYasha…I'm yours" she said, her voice was slightly slurred but it was coherent enough to make it valid to my demon.

"Wrap your legs around me mate" I said in her ear then moaned when obeyed without questions.

'Hmmm…maybe I need to drug her more often' I thought "Expose your neck and open your aura love, it will hurt, but only for a moment"

"Yes InuYasha" I said her eyes closed as she tilted her head and exposed her pale neck to me and opened up her aura, letting her spiritual powers swirl around her. Smirking I wondered if there was a way I could get her to always be this obedient with me since she soon was going to be a pupped female.

I had enough herbs for four days. That is how long Kagome was going to be fertile for and I was going to make damn sure that before these four days where over, Kagome will be pregnant with my pup.

After seeing her kiss that other male, images of could happen if I were to let it flashed through my mind. I saw Kagome on the arm of another man and leaving my side; of her mating with that idiot and finally the image that made me snap was the image of Kagome round with another man's child. After that the demon in me snarled and I couldn't remember why I had waited so long to claim her.

Kagome will carry my children and in doing so, she would never think of leaving me. I will bind us together in every way possible, spirit, soul and blood. I knew this was a dirty trick but the demon in me was ruled by animal instincts and those instincts where telling me that there was another man that wanted to take our mate from us. I was going to make damn sure that would never happen

Growling low in my throat I saw red as I eased my way into her petite body. She was so hot, tight and delectable.

"Touch me" she whispered as she arched her back.

"Oh I'll touch you love" I said darkly as I reached her barrier, scraping my fangs to her shoulder I sank then deeply as I plunged deeply into her, ripping the barrier that held her purity for so many years.

She trembled and gave out a small cry of pain underneath me, her arms tight around my neck holding me to her as she kept her aura open for me. Injecting my youkai into I blanketed her aura with my own, lacing together our souls forever. No one would ever take her from me. If I were to die, my soul would wait for her on the other side until she died and was returned to me. Her purification powers recognized me and instead of purifying my youkai it fused with him, allowing my demon to merge his powers and hers.

Once she relaxed against me did I move. Dear merciful heaves….I was the luckiest bastard alive, she felt so fuckin amazing. I thrust deeply against her until you couldn't tell where she began and I ended. Her channel was liquid velvet against my hardness, coaxing me to release my seed deep within her ripe body. Licking the blood from her shoulder I pulled her up to me making her gasp at the new angle, with one arm holding her up I make a slash on my chest with the other and pull her lips to the blood trickling down.

"Drink mate" I said as I kept my pace feeling my release getting closer and closer "Drink and bind yourself to me"

She latch on and drank my blood, making it so that she could carry my pups. Moaning she drank until I had to stop her. Watching the blood run from the edge of her lips, growling I leaned forward and kissed her, licking the sticky red substance from her mouth.

She cried out into my mouth as she I felt her convulse around me, her orgasm shaking her tiny body until she nearly passed out. Roaring out into the darkness of the cave that I have taken and sated my mate I allowed her to take all of my seed. I stayed within her body for a lone while, not waiting any of it to go to waste.

Moving to my side I pulled her against my chest and breathed in her scent, purring low when my scent gently laced with hers now.

With my mate in my arms and my seed in her belly, I thought about my promise to Kikyo. I hated to break my promise but if I was being honest, I long ago fell out of love with her. She was not the woman I wanted to spend my life with. I almost thanked the gods for what Naraku did. If he had not interfered, then I would have been human and died long ago and I would never have met my soul mate.

Looking down at Kagome, I leaned down and nuzzled her cheek gently. She'll forgive me…I would make sure she did. I know she was going to be pissed but even she had to recognize that we belonged together, born for each other. Placing my hand on her stomach a rare true smile graced my face.

A pup.

A part of me and my mate to love unconditionally, a son or daughter to hold in my arms and protect.

Picking her up, I took her to the other room of the cave and sank into the hot spring. She sighed in my arms contently, I looked down at her and admired the way her bottom lip was slightly fuller than her top, how large and unique her gem blue eyes were. She truly was a beauty I thought, then growled low, and she belonged to me now. Not even my brother Sesshomaru would be able to find a female youkai as beautiful and powerful as my mate.

I always knew that my Inuyoukai instincts were stronger than most half demons, but I was almost unprepared for the sheer possessiveness that my beast was capable of as I gazed at my sleeping mate.

Washing the blood of her maidenhead I got out and reentered the other room where I laid her down on the fur pelts and pull my white under kimono over us. I would give her few moments of rest before I would take her again, and again, and again. Purring, I nuzzled her neck and licked the mark on her shoulder. I felt whole and complete now that I felt her soul merged with mine.

"I love you Kagome" I breathed against her ear "And I hope you can forgive me for taking away your choice"