InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Grudging Loss ❯ Desire ( Chapter 13 )

Chapter 13: Desire

 

Inuyasha sighed as he pulled up in front of his father's house in the West Hills. It wasn't a mansion, but it was palatial single-story ranch house. His father had bought the land back in the 1890's and now his real estate investments in California were paying off. His family was more than comfortable. Kagome shrugged out of her helmet. He turned to see her shake her head and he grinned to see her raven-black ponytail flit from side to side.

 

Suddenly she paused to look at him. “What are you staring at?”

 

“You,” he said matter-of-factly.

 

Her eyes softened and then it happened again. He really needed to stop doing this--he just couldn't help himself. She leaned forward to take his helmet off and dropped it to the grass beside them. “Ash?” she asked as she leaned forward, putting her small hands against his chest, her lips brushed next to his. He could feel the warmth of her breath cascading against him, the flush of her blush and the softness of her lips. He pressed his thinner masculine lips against her before he couldn't help himself anymore. Soon one of his hands was around her waist and another hand was fisting into her hair. His mouth moved of its own accord, driving himself into her mouth, enveloping as much of her as he could. Suddenly there were no thoughts except of her and his need for her. His gut clenched in a sudden overpowering need. He needed more of her, he needed more than a simple kiss. His determination to not go any further with her as Ash was completely forgotten in the moment.

 

“I thought you were supposed to drop her off, not make out with her,” said a snide voice off to his left.

 

Inuyasha snarled as Kagome broke off the kiss in surprise.

 

“Koga!” yelled Inuyasha. “Where the hell do you get off?”

 

Koga smiled nonchalantly and looked at his claws for a moment. “I smelled you guys. I came to get Kagome. It's time to start our band practice and you're late.”

 

“Oh,” mouthed Kagome. “I'm sorry,” she said while she tucked a wisp of hair back behind her ear. “I had no idea we were late.”

 

“Yeah, well mutt-face has never been good with time,” drawled the wolf demon.

 

Inuyasha only growled at him as Kagome slid off the back of the bike.

 

“You're coming aren't you, Ash?” asked Kagome.

 

Koga only smirked and guffawed. “What's so funny Koga?” asked Kagome askance.

 

“Nothing,” murmured Koga through his fingers which were plastered over his face to hide his reaction. “Yeah, ASH,” said Koga slowly. “Why don't you hang out at our band practice and watch Inuyasha and Kagome sing?”

 

“Shut Up, wolf-shit!” yelled Inuyasha as he reached for his helmet, which had been lying on the grass, and put it back on.

 

“Ash! You're not leaving me here alone, are you?” asked Kagome.

 

Inuyasha kicked down the kickstand and powered up his bike. “Call me on my cell when you want me to pick you up. I'll be in the neighborhood. I have to make it to the library to study.”

 

“Yeah study!” laughed Koga. Kagome looked between the furious Ash and the laughing Koga and she knew that she was missing something. Her brows furrowed in confusion.

 

“Laugh it up fuzz breath,” yelled Ash as he sped away. Once he was out of Kagome's line of sight he quickly pulled off his ring in order to overhear their conversation. His ears twitched and pivoted. Soon he had narrowed his hearing to pick up on Kagome's voice.

 

“What did you say to get him so upset?” she asked.

 

Inuyasha quickly pulled his bike around the corner and parked it. Then he heard Koga talking and he really didn't like the huskiness in his voice. “Kagome, I'm so glad that you made it to our band practice. I've been wanting to have some time to talk to you.” The wolf paused before he added, “Alone.”

 

Inuyasha growled as he pulled off his red T-shirt and grabbed another black T-shirt from his backpack. He was putting on the new shirt when he heard Koga continue. “Ever since the tournament I've been wanting to ask you out for a date. ”

 

`Oh, no you don't wolf,' thought Inuyasha as he quickly ripped off his shoes and pulled the ponytail holder out of his hair.

 

He heard Kagome gulp. “Date?” she asked as the words eked out of her.

 

Inuyasha shoved his shoes and the old T-shirt into his backpack and left them hidden in a bush near his parked motorcycle. He was now barefoot, but he preferred it that way. He crouched on all fours and then leapt into the air.

 

“Yes, maybe you and me and one of my favorite clubs,” said Koga as his hands refused to give up their iron grip on her hands. “I know this great place that …”

 

Inuyasha had quickly leapt between them. “Knock it off. Wolf-shit,” yelled Inuyasha as he pulled Kagome away from Koga.

 

Kagome stammered in amazement as a silver-haired dog demon held her hands in his and was glaring at Koga. His white dog-ears were stiff on his head and his golden eyes were narrowed in fury.

 

Suddenly Inuyasha's senses were enraptured with only one scent, Kagome's. His head reeled. He had forgotten how much her loved her scent or how he reacted to it. He breathed deeply and couldn't help but to draw himself even closer to her mesmerizing scent. She did something to him and when he caught her scent, his baser instincts took over. It just seemed to be getting worse every time he was around her in his real form.

 

“Inuyasha?” she croaked as she looked at the dog demon beside her. “Why are you here? And Koga?” she asked puzzled as she looked back and forth between the two of them.

 

“Uh?” said Inuyasha as he noticed that he had both of her hands in his. He tried to stop breathing in her scent as he looked away and quickly dropped his hands to his sides. Then he glared at Koga who was sputtering in laughter again. “Cut it out you smelly wolf,” yelled Inuyasha.

 

“Will someone please explain to me what is going on?” asked Kagome as she looked again at Koga's snickers and Inuyasha's malevolent glare.

 

Inuyasha stopped glaring to look at her in surprise. “Keh,” was all he said as he stepped back for a moment to look at her again. Her eyes held only confusion and he could only look at her with some strange mixture of befuddlement and desire.

 

He took another deep breath, which was supposed to center him, but unfortunately had the opposite effect of bringing more of Kagome's scent into his senses. He felt unbalanced as he peered at her. `Better get this over with,' he thought. `She was so angry with me when we were talking at the Pier*.' * Chapter 5.

 

“Kagome, I…that is…,” stammered Inuyasha.

 

Kagome's long dark lashes blinked to show swirling umber brown eyes.

 

“I,” repeated Inuyasha, “I need to apologize for the last time I saw you.”

 

Kagome was clearly caught off guard.

 

“Apologize?” she asked as her lips pursed together.

 

Inuyasha tried not to stare at her lips as he continued. “Yes, after you revived me. I was really confused. In the heat of the moment I took my anger out on you.” He looked into her eyes so that she could see his honestly. “I hate losing, you know. Could we?”

 

“Could we what?” mouthed Kagome in abject surprise.

 

“Could we start over?” asked Inuyasha.

 

He didn't know exactly what to expect from this girl who seemed so unpredictable, but he was pleasantly surprised to see a warm brilliant smile beam across her face.

 

“Yes,” said Kagome. “We can start over.” She seemed to be trying to put out her hand to shake his, but Inuyasha could only grab her hand, then her waist in order to fling her over his back before he set out to leap into the backyard.

 

“Great! Now we can start band practice,” Inuyasha said as if nothing important has taken place. “Come on wench.” He ran quickly and then leaped. With two quick bounds he was in a large backyard. The immense green lawn looked more like a golf course than a backyard. Mature trees were scattered among the trim green grass that cast dappled shade over most of the area. He then dropped her off next to an outdoor wooden gazebo that was setup with band equipment. Ginta and Hakkaku were already tuning their instruments and doing a sound check. Kagome eased away from Inuyasha and looked at him in confusion.

 

His golden eyes stared briefly at her brown eyes until Koga sauntered back to the band. “So Kagome,” said Koga as he put his arms around her waist and the small of her back. Inuyasha started to growl as Kagome looked back at Inuyasha with a startled look. “I think you should stand right here.” Koga had placed her at the very front microphone that had a stand with a manila folder. Inuyasha was quickly beside the two and picked up the manila folder.

 

“I can show her,” said Inuyasha with determination.

 

“I think I can do that just as well and without all of the yelling,” said Koga with a smirk.

 

“Why you!” said Inuyasha as his voice raised.

 

Kagome sighed and walked past the two arguing demons to settle herself next to a synthesizer that was over on the side. “I want to play this,” she stated. “Please hand me the music sheets,” she said while reaching out with her hand and not looking up at the two guys who were arguing. Inuyasha flashed his fangs at Koga before handing the folder to Kagome. “Thank you,” she said as she looked at the keyboard. “What is the first song we're playing?” she asked as she put her forefinger to her head as if she was developing a headache.

 

“Everything is in order,” said Ginta who was trying to break the sudden tension that had enveloped the area. “We're starting with Steppenwolf's `Born to Be Wild', then we will be singing…,” Ginta started to flip through the papers that were in front of him. “'Desire' by U2, `Animal' by Def Leppard, `Broken' by Seether, `Bring Me to Life' by Evanescence , `Feels Like Tonight' by Daughtry, `Heaven Beside You' by Alice in Chains and you can't end a band practice without…”

 

Hakkaku joined in, “Stairway to Heaven! OK guys,” he said with enthusiasm as he picked up his drumsticks and started thumping on his drums. Soon the beat to `Born to Be Wild' echoed across the backyard. Ginta soon picked up his bass guitar and started to play. Koga shrugged on his guitar and started to follow along. Inuyasha only glared at Koga before he started to play his Fender guitar and was lost in the music. Kagome started to rock her hips in time with the beats before she started to play on the synthesizer. Soon both Kagome and Inuyasha started to sing together. As before her soprano voice and his deep baritone voice blended together smoothly and effortlessly. Kagome seemed somewhat surprised as they started to sing together and continued to peer at Inuyasha with a questioning look on her face.

 

Soon they had made it through all of the songs at least one time. “OK. Folks. I think we're shaky on `Desire'. Let's go through that one again,” said Ginta as he tightened a few strings on his bass guitar before he nodded to Hakkaku to start up the drum beats.

 

Inuyasha strummed quickly against his guitar before breathlessly murmuring “Yeah” and then the rest of the band joined in. Guitar chords and a smooth synthesizer blended in with the snappy drum beats.

 

Inuyasha breathed in deeply before he started to sing again. Kagome's enticing scent cut across all of the canine scents that were around him. He breathed in again, only concentrating on her scent and he sang with a huskiness to his voice. Kagome's voice blended with his during the chorus as they both sang, “Desire…”

 

She's a candle burning in my room
Yeah I'm like the needle, needle and spoon…
And the fever when I'm beside her
(Desire… desire...)

 

He looked over at Kagome. Her long tan legs were so smooth and shapely, her breasts bounced invitingly as she swayed and sung, her face was flush and small beads of sweat glimmered upon her skin. Her scent beckoned him as her body rocked with the music and she seemed to be oblivious to anyone around her. Only the music seemed to be calling to her, to him…

 

And the fever...getting higher
(Desire… desire... burning… burning…)

 

Their voices intermeshed as they sang, “Desire...burning…” He couldn't help but to think of the dream he had had of her last night and how much he wanted her. Images of her body under his roaming hands, the way he imagined it felt to be inside of her and her persistent intoxicating scent that burned him…

 

Burning, burning…

 

Without any real understanding of why his body was moving, Inuyasha quickly found himself behind Kagome. He had a lovely view of her backside, her floating wavy black hair, the sway of her hips and how round her butt cheeks were in her tiny shorts. In a hypnotic fashion he couldn't help but to watch her body rocking before him. Soon his guitar had dropped to his side, still attached to his body by the guitar strap. He moved his body right behind her. His hands traveled up her sides, starting from below her shorts to travel up to the soft cups of her breasts. He sang the next lyrics over her shoulder and into her mike.

 

I'm evil when I'm beside her…
(Desire… desire... desire... desire...)

 

She gasped and turned around to face him. She stopped playing and a deep red blush crept into her face. The rest of the band slowly stopped playing. Only Hakkaku seemed to not notice what was going on as he kept playing a few more beats on his drum set before he noticed no one else was playing.

 

“Wha…what do you think you're doing!” asked Kagome as she breathed heavily.

 

“Why, you like it?” asked Inuyasha with a lustful glint in his eyes. He breathed in her scent again and found a spicy musky scent that enraptured him. He could tell that she was starting to become aroused—either that or incredibly angry. At the moment he really didn't care which emotion was causing her scent to spike so beautifully.

 

“You!” she simmered in anger as he found her finger pointing directly at his chest. He couldn't help but to notice that her anger flushed her entire face and upper body. She was breathing heavily and her chest heaved as she spoke. Inuyasha was quite sure that he should be wary, but she just looked so hot when she was angry. “Where do you get off thinking you can pull that on me?”

 

It took him a few seconds to process the last thing she had said since he was focusing on her red lips. `But you were OK with that last time,' he thought. Then he realized that last time he was `Ash'. Now he was `Inuyasha' and she certainly wasn't used to him touching her. He tried to regain his composure as his bandmates started snickering. He could tell they were trying not to laugh at his expense.

 

Ginta wore a smirk on his face as he came to Inuyasha's defense. “Sorry Kagome. It's standard procedure to have male and female band members grope on stage.”

 

“Wha…what?” asked Kagome helplessly. “Grope onstage? With Inuyasha?” she asked as she continued to point her finger at him. “Oh no, I don't think so…”

 

Ginta put up his hands in a gesture of apology. “Sorry Kagome. It won't happen again.” His grin suddenly turned serious as he glared up at Inuyasha as if challenging him to disagree. “Inuyasha won't do it again, right?”

 

Inuyasha pursed his lips in annoyance before he answered, “Keh”.

 

Kagome gulped and looked up at Inuyasha. “I think I'm done with band practice for the day. I think I need to call Ash to pick me up.” She reached behind her to pull a cell phone from her shorts pocket. Inuyasha's eyes widened as he glanced at his cell phone that was still in his jean pocket. `Not now!' he thought in a panic. His heart started to beat quickly as he raced off after her and caught her at the backyard gate. Kagome was about to press send when he flipped her cell phone down to stop her from calling.

 

Kagome only looked at him in confusion before her eyes alighted on her cell phone that they were both holding. Inuyasha quickly pulled his hand back. “Um Kagome,” asked Inuyasha. “Sorry. You're not mad at me or anything are you?” asked Inuyasha sincerely.

 

Kagome pursed her lips again, squared her shoulders and looked up at him. “That was completely uncalled for.”

 

Inuyasha tried not to grin. Her anger just made her look sexy. He put both of her hands in his and pulled them closer to his chest. He could see her chest rising and could hear the rapid exhale of air from her lungs.

 

“I couldn't help it,” he said truthfully as he smiled at her with one of his charming smiles that usually had the girls swooning. His white teeth were gleaming and his fangs peeked over his lips. “Kagome?”

 

“Yes, Inuyasha?” asked Kagome as she gulped again. Inuyasha quickly put up his arm above her shoulder. She was caught between him and the backyard gate.

 

“I was wondering if you would like to go out sometime? Maybe we could go to a concert or a club?”

 

“What?” she asked in surprise. Then she seemed to steel her features, which Inuyasha had a bad feeling about. She ducked under his arm and moved away from him. Then cocked her head to the side as she glared at him. “You feel me up and you must know that I am dating your cousin and you have the audacity to ask me out?”

 

“But, but…,” he stammered in surprise as he watched Kagome pull up the gate latch.

 

“Ugh! Miroku was right! You're so full of yourself! Excuse me while I go to wait for your cousin,” said Kagome as she stormed past him striding toward the front of the house.

 

Inuyasha just stood there for a moment, his mouth agape.

 

Ginta and Hakkaku's eyes bulged in disbelief. Koga doubled over laughing. “Smooth move,” guffawed Koga as he saw Kagome run off.

 

“Shut up,” barked Inuyasha under his breath. Somehow he had the sinking feeling that his plans for a date with Kagome weren't going to happen as smoothly as he had hoped.

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Next Chapter: Damn Picnic. (Yes, that's the title right now). I have two versions of it so far--one with a lime and one without a lime. Now I think I'm going to do a third rewrite with some more angst. I don't know which one will be posted. I'll have my betas help me decide.

 

Author's Notes:

#1: I listened to U2 `Desire' while I wrote this chapter. You might want to listen to it on uTube or download it on iTunes while you read it.

#2: My poor laptop is un-repairable. Sob sob! I made the sad trip to the computer office today to see its guts strewn across the counter like `Humpty Dumpty'. I need to get a new laptop now. <Sigh>

#3: Everyone send a big thank you to Theleb K'aarna. He's one of my betas. This chapter went through an extensive rewrite. Originally poor Inuyasha was going to get slapped by Kagome during this chapter. (Try to guess where.) But Theleb K'aarna said that Inuyasha can't be so dense that he wouldn't try to patch things up with Kagome. (Personally I think that actually he is that dense...but I digress…) Theleb K'aarna asked that Inuyasha apologize and make up with Kagome, so that was added in there—and low and behold—Inuyasha didn't get slapped this time around. So instead of some major angst on Inuyasha's part, there's only some minor angst. Everyone happy?

#4: Everyone is wondering when Kagome will find out Inuyasha's secret. It will happen eventually, but Inuyasha is going to try to get her to like `Inuyasha' first. So he's still biding his time.

 

Big thanks to Theleb K'aarna and Blackdeathmessenger for being my betas for this chapter.

 

Review Responses:

Blackdeathmessenger: Glad that you think Inuyasha's not out of character. I was a little worried that I might have made him too smart (God forbid) or too dumb (the other really bad extreme). Oh well, hopefully I've kept him in character, let me know if I don't… Yeah and he should tell her he's `Ash' right now shouldn't he? But like I said, he's a little dense sometimes and doesn't always make the best decisions…

Sofiakalaughable: OK what does `WOT' stand for? I hadn't seen that one before… Fess up… :-)

Diamond369: I'm glad Chapter 11 worked. I guess I was evil when I planned out that chapter…Hummm…Kagome will find out about Ash's real identity in a dramatic way…I can't tell you when or where or why though… Hee hee…

TiffanyM: You'll see another flashback in the next chapter…So I hope you enjoy that one as well.