Okay my lovely ones here is the chapter everyone has been waiting for…..major lemon in here…you have been warned.

~Alex POV~ 3 days later~

Getting close to her was starting to look like an impossible mission.

Kagome as still pissed off at me for saying what she felt for her demon was bestiality, but what else did she want me to think? The blasted man had fucking dog ears for Christ sake! I was surprised he didn't have a tail too but the ear alone where freaky enough for me. The medicine I got from the Inn keepers son was already mixed into a bottle of water I kept in my bag. He told me that if and when I gave it to Kagome I would have to hide her from the dog….that was easier said than done. InuYasha did like having her too far away from him; stupid demon was extremely possessive of her. Kagome didn't even seem to mind; either she didn't notice it or choice to ignore it. Back in the unit she would have kicked the ass of any man who even dared to imply that she couldn't handle herself but with InuYasha…she would roll her eyes and just indulge him.

It was a bitter pill to swallow when I would notice how her eyes would linger on him longer than necessary, or how they would find little ways to touch each other.

"Your jealously is tainting your soul"

I am startled from my inner monolog and look down to see Kikyo walking next to me, her expression serene as she looked at InuYasha who was walking with Kagome.

"What about you? I heard you two use to have a thing together…doesn't it bother you to see him with another woman?" I say, I don't get to whole undead thing with her. It bothers me on how alike she and Kagome are only Kikyo as a sad air about her that manages to make me uncomfortable around her.

"No, I use to believe I loved InuYasha, but I now see him as family. He belongs with Kagome, she is his other half, his soulmate" she pins me with a dark look "I know you love her Alex, but you have to admit defeat in this. You will never win her heart, InuYasha already has it and he has no intentions of ever letting go"

I don't reply to her opinion for a long time as I continue walking "What if I can change that?" I say softly looking at Kagome as she laughs at something the demon said.

"Not possible Alex. You don't have that kind of power, I know it's hard, but you will recover with time. My suggestion to you would be to embrace the friendship she offers and wish her well" with that she walked ahead of me towards Miroku and Sango.

Miroku is a cool enough guy, wise but perverted, but of course I have no support from him, he's InuYasha's friend. No… the only fighting chance I have on keeping Kagome is the medicine, now the big question would be how to give it to her and get her to the well without that demon interfering?

~InuYasha POV~

It's been three long fucking days and I have yet to hold my mate in my arms again.

I have tried to coax her into sleeping next to me but of course she refuses, saying that she doesn't really sleep all that much. I have noticed that for the past three days she's been staying up almost all night, it worries me, the human body is not meant to run 24 hours a day.

"Kagome, will you please consider actually sleeping tonight…I'm getting worried about you" I say as I noticed the dark circles under her eyes, they seem to be more noticeable due to her pale skin.

"I'm fine InuYasha, I have gone a week without sleeping back in South America you know..I can handle a measly three days" she touches my forearm as of trying to reassure me, but that touch alone sent jolts of awareness throughout my body.

I sigh "If you worried about the nightmares…I'll cover you with my aura, and no I don't have to sleep next to you…just close to you. You don't have to worry about feeling guilty over Alex; I'll only be sitting next to you"

What I really wanted was to crawl into her sleeping bag with her, pull every inch of her clothing off and make love to her until we both pass out. I rubbed my face with my hand, my daydreams where getting a bit out of hand ever since the Inn, after having her so close and now having to keep my distance was driving me and my demon bonkers.

"InuYasha….maybe we should get back to Lady Kaede's village…the new moon is upon us in two days" I looked at Miroku and groaned…Of course, I had forgotten all about it and I don't trust Alex to know this secret about me, he would more than likely take advantage of the fact that I'm human to attack. Kagome looked at me; her face was a mix of emotions: longing, fear, guilt and trepidation. She knew I didn't like people to know about my weakness and would understand my need to go into hiding.

"Kagome, we need to get back" was all I said to her, I knew she would understand my reasoning so she smiled and nodded to me.

"I know InuYasha…..do you mind if I go with Alex? I need to talk to him anyways. I haven't spoken to him since the Inn and I need to set things right.."

I felt my demon snarl at me to take her and run, to not let that bastard touch any part of her body…but in the end I couldn't do that and it pissed me off.

She must have seen some emotion pass though my face because before I could open my mouth to say something to her she walked up to me and encircled my waist giving me a warm hug. Immediately I reached down and held on to her as I nuzzled the side of her face inhaling the sweet fragrance of her skin.

"I know this is hard for you, but I need to do this. You don't understand, I've been with him for four years InuYasha, I owe him at least that much. I've fought with him, lived in the same camp with him, he knows me as much as you do, yes I have kissed him as well I won't deny that we have thought about getting married but now….I feel like shit because I'm confused as hell" I don't like hearing about her time with him and I don't want to know about their future plans before she came back.

"What I do know is that I do have strong feelings for you…I don't think they ever really went away" it was as close to a confession as I was going to get out of her so I closed my eyes and kissed her cheek softy then let go of her reluctantly.

"I won't be far ahead" I say as I see Miroku with Shippo on his shoulder and Sango on Kirara with Kikyo "Come on guys"

It took every ounce of my strength to walk away and leave her with that dickhead, but if I pushed her she might very well get mad at me. No…I couldn't afford to be on her bad side, I worked too hard to weave the strands of trust between us, suffered too many battles with my inner demon when she would walk away or talk with that bastard to let it all go to shit now. So I forced my body to walk away from where she was so that she could talk to him….I swear if she puts me through this shit again in our next life time….I'm gonna demand to speak to the powers-that-be.

~Kagome POV~

God what a mess!

I was still pissed off at Alex for what he had said but I wonder how much of that was due out of jealously? I had to talk to him; I had to explain things to him but where to start? What did I even want to do?

As I saw the look of shock that played though his face as he saw me making my way towards him, leaving the rest of the group, I realized just unfair I've been with him. He was a stranger here, I had to remind myself that he came here as a favor to me and that no matter what this man cared for me immensely.

"What happened?" he said hesitantly "Why aren't you with your friends?...I don't mind walking by myself Kagome"

Guilt. Gods what have I done? Just how badly have I hurt that man?

"I wanted to walk with you…we need to talk this out Alex" I say walking next to him.

"I'm sorry Kagome" he says surprising me, I look at him and raise an eyebrow "For?" I want to hear what he says before I decide to start with my own apology.

"I'm sorry for offending you and InuYasha. I'm sorry for calling what you feel for him bestiality….. That was over the line"

I nod in agreement "You are right…It was over the line since by definition bestiality is having sex with animals, InuYasha is not an animal despite his dog ears and we never had sex. He is a demon dog, very different to actually dogs named Fido, but besides that, he is also human. He was born to a human mother Alex, she raised him until she died, he lived in a house when he was little despite you thinking that he was probably raised in the trees and on top of everything…his mother was a princess"

I saw him stop and gawk at my words.

"Yup, that's right. His mother was a human princess while his father was Lord of the Western lands….Alex, InuYasha is royalty"

"Well fuck me" he muttered then groaned "Arrogant, confident, and an outstanding fighter…well shit now it makes sense"

I laugh at his description of InuYasha "Yeah but he doesn't claim that side of himself. His older brother is the current Lord of the Western Land right now and he never wanted the lands he mother left him…doesn't mean he won't one day decide to claim them..but for now he has no interest"

"He has a big brother? Oh great..this just get better and better"

I snicker "Half but yeah….and you're extremely lucky that they don't like each other very much"

"Alright Kagome….I can see why your telling me this and yes it does paint him in a different light now but that doesn't explain why I caught my girlfriend making out with another man….human or not"

I grimace at the reminder that I wasn't necessary free to kiss whom I wanted, I was already spoken for by Alex.

"Your right, and I am extremely sorry for what happened and how you found us" I say feeling the guilt choking me as I remembered Alex's face of shock and hurt when he walked in to the room.

"Why Kagome! Damnit..I deserve something more than just an 'I'm sorry' from you and you know it"

I felt tears stinging my eyes at how wounded he sounded, he was trying to make sense of something that not even I had any clue about.

"I wish I could give you a better explanation for what happened….truthfully I don't even know" I sighed as I remember feeling consumed by my desire to kiss and touch InuYasha "No…" I whisper as I pictured InuYasha's face as he looked at me while he was kissing me, I still felt that longing even now "I'm sorry Alex…I have no excuse other than…I have never let go of my feelings for him"

I looked up at Alex's face as he swallowed and flinched at my words.

"I'm sorry Alex…more that I can ever tell you, but I can't explain it. It's like I'm a recovering crack addict, I got one hit after years of being sober and I'm addicted again. My soul cries out for him…I can't explain the feeling I get when he is not near me, like a piece of me is missing"

"Then let's leave" he says grabbing my hand, I look up at him frowning …what is he thinking? I can't leave.

"If being near him is causing you to crave to him then let's leave, let's go back to the unit…to our family, back to South America" I open my mouth to say something but the words are stuck in my throat as I look at his eyes, frantic the fear that I may not choice him in the end.

I feel like such a bitch for wanting to keep both of them for the sake of not hurting either one of them.

"Alex…we cant..you know I still have to kill Naraku" I say trying to reason with him.

"Why? They were doing just fine without you, we haven't even run into him yet….maybe someone else killed him off already and you guys are on a wild goose hunt. Let's go home Kagome…please? For me?"

I glare at him "You're not playing fair Alex; you know I won't leave until I make sure that Naraku is dead…but if you want to go back …then you can"

"I'm not leaving my girlfriend here with a horny half demon!" he says "If you stay then I stay….and for now on you stay next to me"

I balk at him but he continues "No Kagome…I think I have been tolerant enough with you and that half demon. You are my girlfriend, the woman I hope to make my wife and I will not be made a fool of, I always gave you whatever you wanted because I love you, given into your ever whim, indulged you like a child but this is one thing I will not budge on. You will sleep next to me from this moment on, you will not leave to be alone with InuYasha, and he is not allowed to carry you any longer. You have never seen me pissed off Kagome so don't push my patience, you promised yourself to me…remember that"

I gasp at him…what the hell? Alex has never talked to me like this before; he had never acted like a chauvinist prick before.

"Whoa there buddy. If you think that I'm gonna just stand here and take this shit from you…you have got to out of your fucking mind" I say pointing a finger at his chest.

"So let me get this straight" he says crossing his arms to his chest "I find out that my girlfriend made out with another man, confesses to me that she desires someone else and instead of feeling remorse for her actions and allow me to define the boundaries on our relationship…she get huffy over something that I have every right to be pissed off about? What is wrong with that picture? Are you even making an effort to stay with me? Or does our four years together mean shit to you? Because honestly that is what you are telling me"

I feel a migraine coming on..shit. When he said it like that I guess I do sound like an unforgivable bitch.

"It does mean something Alex, but you do not understand that I'm confused at the moment and need time to sort out my feelings for both of you"

"That still doesn't mean I'm just going to permit him to be all over you like a dog in heat"

I felt like I was being pulled in two different directions, I wanted to scream and kick the snot out of both of them for putting me into this mess.

"Alex…fine. For now I will ask that you both keep our distances until I can sort out my feelings. That is the only promise I am making you"

"Not good enough" he says then he bends down and kisses me.

I don't feel the surge of heat that I felt with InuYasha and I am almost relived. I try to kiss him back, to reassure him but I guess my lips weren't that convincing because he breaks the kiss and looks into my eyes. He doesn't say anything but I see the disappointment in their green depths.

"Come on…let's keep moving" he mutters as we start a light jog to try and catch up the rest of the group.

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We find the rest of the group making camp already; InuYasha is starting the fire when I move past him to sit by Sango and Kikyo.

"Kagome?" says Kikyo looking at me; she always knows when something is bothering me so I lean my body so that my head on her shoulder "You want to talk about it?"

"Maybe later" I mutter as I close my eyes, I feel so tired and stressed. My head is pounding from the swirl of emotions that are clashing against me that I just want to run into the forest and lose myself for a while.

"You have nothing to feel guilty of you know" she says softy so that only I could hear her. I laugh softy at her words "Only you would know exactly what I'm thinking huh?" I say to her "No..I can think of one other person who not doubt has noticed just how tired and worn down you are feeling"

I look over to where InuYasha is sitting with Miroku and Shippo; he looks at me, his golden gaze trapping me to him. I wanted to run into the shelter of his arms, to fall asleep in his embrace as he drove all the bad dreams away, but I was stronger than this. I made this mess now I had to clear the fog out of my mind and deal with it.

"I know this is a hard choice for you….but you have to realize that Alex will never fulfill that longing in your soul, only InuYasha can do that. I have seen the love for him in your eyes. Stop fighting it so much" I don't say anything to her because I know she is right.

I decided to sleep tonight, I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore, and the emotional trauma was beating on my head anyways. I lay out my sleeping bag next to a large tree and remove my weapons; I crawl into my bag when I feel someone right next to me. I look over to see Alex had his bag right next to mine. I had hoped that he wouldn't go through on his threat but I was wrong.

"What the hell do you think you are doing" I choice to ignore the snarl coming from InuYasha as he addressed Alex.

"What does it look like? I'm sleeping next to my woman. Kagome is with me, has been for the past four years and will continue doing so"

God I want to smack both of them. I should have known InuYasha wouldn't just let things go and ..really what did I expect? So it should not have surprised me when I felt my body being lifted up and thrown into the air by InuYasha's arms.

"What the hell!" I yelled as I saw the blur of green trees pass me by at a frightening speed "Where are you taking me?!"

I lay still I in his arms as I we finally slow down to come to a cave that I knew is near Kaede's village. He doesn't stop at the mouth of the cave; he keeps going deep in to the belly of the mountain until I feel air getting warmer.

He finally stops and puts me down, I get out of the sleeping bag to glare at him then gasp as I look where we are.

There was several hot spring pools that filled the space, the larger one had water falling on to the pool from rocks on the wall filing the area with the sounds of flowing water, the walls of the cave seem to glisten with moister of some unknown mineral.

I look to see an area off to the side of one of the pools to see several animal pelts on the floor in a niche along with several water canteens, a small crate and some robes, it looked someone lived here.

"Where are we?" I say turning to look at his face but he had moved directly besides me making me rung into him. He held me steady in his arms before leaning down to whisper in my ear "This is where I come when you're not here…this is my home Kagome"

I'm startled by this fact "It is?"

"Did you honestly think I lived in a tree? I may be at home in the forest but I choice this cave years ago as my home. When I first stumbled into his cave was when I was a child after my mother died, I didn't want to stay in the estate that was now under my name so I ran. I have survived for as long as I did because most demons can't find me here, it's too underground and the natural minerals from the pools and ground are deadly to some…so this is where I made my home"

"It's beautiful" I whisper as I move to step close to one of the pools "Why didn't you ever mention this before?"

I saw him shrug "This is my sanctuary but I figured it was time you knew about it too"

I frown as I look up at him, what did he mean but it was time?

I watch him as he goes to where the furs are at and takes off his hoari of the fire rat and place it on the crate then takes Tetsusaiga off and do the same.

"Why are we here?" I feel a tingle of anticipation as I realized that we were alone, no one knew where we were at and I doubt anyone could ever find us unless InuYasha wanted them to; even I didn't know how to get out of this underground chamber and from what I saw this cave was a labyrinth.

I should feel afraid but I'm not, automatically my body is humming, calling out to him. I swallow as he stalks me until he is so close to me and yet not touching me.

"I don't think…" I say breathlessly "we should be here…we should be back…."

He traces my jaw line with one claw making my breath hitch as a current of electricity rushing into my body. He leans down and scraps my neck with his fangs making me moan out loud, I clutch on to his strong shoulders as my knees threaten to give out under me.

"And I think you should stop thinking" he whispers in to my ears sending chills down my spine then gently sucks on my earlobe making my eyes go wide as I gasp "This is going to happen my little love...don't deny it…you want this too"

I feel myself drowning in his scent as I feel my clothes too constricting, gods yes I wanted him…every part of him.

I have never felt this yearning for any other man than him, and even though I didn't want to hurt Alex…..it was too late to turn back now.

InuYasha claimed my mouth in a kiss that sizzled every nerve in my body. I was suddenly frantic to get closer to him, to feel skin to skin to feel his heavy body draped over me as I surrendered myself to the passion I knew he could give me. I tugged at his clothes as I felt him pushing me backwards with is body until I felt myself being lowered. I trembled as I felt the softness of the animal pelts beneath me and his hard body above me.

"Give yourself to me Kagome" he whispered his rough voice a dark caress on my skin "Tonight, come to me as my true mate and be with me the way I hunger for you" I couldn't deny him, even if I wanted to.

~InuYasha POV~

There was no going back for her.

I had enough, my demon won the battle and I was going to have her tonight…even if it was by force. But when I saw the desire in her cobalt eyes I knew that she wanted this too, she was my mate, and her body was calling to me like a siren.

I pulled off my white kimono top hissing when I felt her soft hands automatically caressing my skin, then I felt her soft lips as she trailed little kisses from cheek to my neck until she reached my collar bone. She was eager to taste my skin; I could feel it and it made me so hard its borderline pain. I tore at her clothes not caring if I ripped them to shreds, I needed to feel her skin by the time I was done with her I was going to lick every inch of her curvy little body. I wanted her in a primitive, violent and possessive way that was driving me to the brink of madness.

When I finally had her naked under me did I take my time to look my fill…she was perfect in every way.

I had to claim her….now.

She was so wet and ready that I could smell her arousal thick in the air between us. I reached for the ties to my pants and yanked them off quickly needing to feel her with a desperation that boarded insanity.

He wanted to lose himself in her heat and scent. I hissed as skin touched skin, she was so curvy and small that I wondered for a moment if I would fit before I remembered that she was my mate, she was designed for me. I moved down her body kissing and licking every curve and crevasse of her body making her grab handfuls of my hair as she panted and withered under my touch.

"Ooo…" she breathed as I rubbed on her very core in slow strokes making her even wetter, her hips bucked as she spread her creamy thighs even more for me. She was magnificent, and she was mine. I tasted and licked her, needing her to come for me; I needed her body to be relaxed and boneless to make this easier for her. She was untouched by another man; I knew this from the moment I had taken her to our camp on her first day back. I was able to smell her innocence and had breathed a sigh of relief; she saved this gift for her mate.

"Inu…"she breathed before she shattered "InuYasha!" her heard was thrown back by the sheer intensity of her release. I crawled up her body like a hungry predator before I kissed her lips deeply; I caught her hips firmly and surged into her tight moist heat breaking her virgin barrier marking her mine forever. She gave a small yelp of pain as she clung on to my shoulders as I stilled myself forcing my body to not move to give her time to adjust to the intrusion. I growled deep in my chest as licked the base of her neck making her squirm. I knew she was ready when she tried to move her hips almost grinding against mine I growled and started to thrust deeply in long hard strokes, gods she was incredible.

"Your mine koibito….mine" I laid my forehead on hers and continued to plunge deep into her body until she was panting and moaning my name over and over again sending my demon in to a frenzy at hearing the sweet noises of pleasure she was making.

"Yes…all yours…" she whispered as she returned her lips to mine. I moved faster my hips grinding deep into her body sending lighting coursing through my veins as she tried to milk me of my seed, her silken sheath surrounded me until I was struggling to hold on…to make sure she found her release first.

"Oh gods…InuYasha" she moaned as she reached up to kiss me deeply making my head swim "I love you" she whispered as she broke the kiss then cry out her release to the heavens. I felt my demon rise, my eyes bleeding red as I sank my fangs deep into her throat marking her forever mine. I felt our souls merge and become one, only then did I allow myself to thrust deep and fast until I growled out my own release sending my seed deep into her welcoming womb. There would be no going back now, she was mine and I did not share. I lay still as I poured every last drop of my essence into her body willing for it form within her body, but knew I would have to come in her a few more times before that would happen. Being part demon, sex didn't drain us like humans it just invigorated us, so I kissed her until I felt my body grow hard again within her body.

I saw her eyes grow wide while I smirked "Half demon love…remember that" I say before I start moving again making her eyes roll in the back of her head. It wasn't long before she was climaxing again in my arms while I followed her in perfect sync my member pulsing sending my seed deep in her body again. I lay to my side and dragged her to me pulling my white kimono to cover her nude body.

"I love you Kagome" I say into her hair "You're my life now…my wife"

I feel her lips on my chest as she looks up at me "I love you InuYasha…I have never stopped loving you and it was confusing me because I was so determined to forget you"

I hold her to me then get up and pick her up bridal style and go to the large pool and sink her in with me.

"It's so hot" she says but then relaxes in my arms "This water has minerals from the soil and it will help ease your virgin soreness"

She lays in my arms content as she strokes my arm up and down as if trying to mesmerize the texture of my skin.

"I'm sorry for taking you away like some barbarian koibito" I say as I kiss the top of her head, I hear her chuckle "You are a barbarian" she moves so that she can put her legs around my waist making my breathe leave my body "but it's a part of you that I love"

I caress the side of her face with my fingers making her close her eyes, she takes my hand and holds it to her face as she leans in to my touch.

"Are you happy Kagome? I have part of your soul as you have part of mine now. You have to break things off with Alex, you know that right?" I feel her sigh then nodded sadly

"I feel so guilty at the thought of hurting him, but from the moment you told me I was your mate, somehow I always known it would come to this" she looked into my eyes, I saw so much love in those blue depths that I could spend eternity with her like this "From the moment I fell thought that rabbit hole and met you….I knew my life would never be the same"

I pull her out of the water and dry her off and carry her to the bed. She fell asleep from the moment her head hit the soft down pillow, her body covered by the by a light blue kimono I had in the crate. I had bought them when I realized that Kagome was my mate. Something that never occurred to my friends was that I had a small fortune to my name; my mother had made sure the hide it from the stuffy old men who hated that I was half demon. I had the deed to many lands hidden in this cave but never thought of claiming them, but now that I had a mate I fully intended to claim those lands right after Naraku was dead and gone. Once that was out of my way I was going to fill that large estate in the mountains with our pups, as many as Kagome wanted. Before I fell asleep next to my mate I took Tetsusaiga and placed it into a hollow next the entrance of the cave and drew out a barrier…just in case. Once that was done did I go to my bed and pull Kagome into my body, I took on of her small hands and intertwined our fingers together.

I would kill anyone if they tried to take her from me; she was my reason for living after all.

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This chapter was inspired by the following songs:

Artificial Nocturne by Metric

Anyone's ghost by The National

If only for a night by Florence & the machines

Just a little note: No the potion that Naraku gave Alex is not a love potions and it is not poison…I will let you guys to ponder on that one…mwhahahaha and yes Alex will unknowing succeed in his plan. No Alex is not evil…his character was never meant to be evil…just misunderstood. He will get eventually get his head out of his ass.