InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Confrontation ❯ Temptation ( Chapter 5 )

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Chapter 5: Temptation

He walked in silence as she led him to their hut that sat at the end of the village. Actually it was more extravagant than any hut in any village for miles and miles, and he wouldn't have had it any other way.

He had labored over it for weeks by himself. He carefully picked the trees, of which he built the walls ceiling and floors. He methodically chose the positioning of the house and every room with in it. He later went into neighboring villages and bartered for everything he thought, would make it feel more like home, more comfortable, relaxing…more soothing. The things he couldn't get in his time, he got when he went through the well, by enlisting the help of Kagome's mom, whom readily helped with little to no questions asked. It was one of 3 things that he could honestly say belonged to him and no one could challenge him for it. The other two were the Fire Rat robes he wore on a daily basis, and the Tetsusaiga that always hung from his waist like an extension of his body.

He had successfully made what should've have been a 1 room hut into a large 3 room house. The entire right side of the house consisted of a bedroom the he and Kagome shared. He didn't know why at the time but along one of the side walls built shelves, then in closed them, he found out later from the miko that it was called a closet. In the front of the house was the kitchen complete with an indoor fire pit, across from there was the sitting room, where they received guest or rather a bothersome kit, monk, and slayer. The last room was smaller than the rest, but he didn't decorate it or even attempt to. He didn't no why he didn't at the time; he just figured he had grown weary of doing things so out of character.

Initially when he decided to build the house he had told himself that it was for him…for his peace of mind…his privacy. Unfortunately it only took one two-day trip home from Kagome, for him to figure out that his need for her out weighed his need for privacy.

He walked as if he was in a daze. The sound of her humming lulled his senses, quieted his nerves, made the world around him fade away so that there was nothing and no one but the two of them. He wanted more than anything to just lay claim to her, but he felt he had a better chance of claiming the stars in the sky or even grasping a hold of the sun, after all, her world was one of modern devices, indoor plumbing, buildings filled with food. Her home in her era was as big as 10 or 15 of the huts in this village so what did he really have to offer her? `Just a pathetic excuse of a home, and I can't even tell her that it hers.'

These thoughts constantly seemed to run through his mind no matter what he was doing or whom he was with. His thoughts always started and ended with her. Of course she didn't know this and he had never even dared to tell her.

Now that the Jewel was complete and Naraku was dead he figured that she would go home for good, or at least try to resurrect the rest of what ever life she still had left in her time, but it seemed that after their arch enemy was killed she wanted to stay by his side even more. He hadn't said anything to her, but he noticed that her trips home to her time, became fewer and fewer and shorter and shorter. If he was honest with himself he would've admitted that had she gone home to stay he would have definitely went after her and dragged her back by the skin of her neck if he had to.

So why couldn't he just tell her how he felt, since he knew that by Inu Youkai law he was already officially courting her.

“Hello, anybody home!” Kagome yelled in his face, trying to get his attention since she had been trying to talk to him for a few minutes now and he seemed to be off in a world of his own, thinking about Kami knows what.

“Oi wench why'd you do that?” He yelled back as he threw his hands up to cover his already flattened ears.

Placing her hands on her hips she snapped, “Well if you were paying attention to me, I wouldn't have to yell at you!”

“Well I'm paying attention now, and your still yelling!” he replied in an annoyed voice as he stepped around her in attempt to put some distance between them.

Lowering her voice she replied, “I was trying to ask you to catch some fish for dinner. I know after your long day, you don't just want Ramen.”

“Fine!” he snapped, still annoyed at the fact that she yelled at him.

Feeling bad for the way she just acted miko shouted, “Inuyasha!”

He didn't respond but he did stop and look over his shoulder with a `what now' expression on his face.

“I'm sorry I yelled at you.” She said with a shy smile.

“Feh” was his reply as he made his way to the river with a small smile on his face. `Did she just apologize to me?'

Kagome knew he was probably gloating about her apology, but it didn't matter, she was wrong this time. She should have been a little more patient, besides there were several different things she could've done to get his attention, if only she had stopped to think.

As soon as she walked into their home she started lighting the lightly scented candles she had brought from her time, not only because it was dark but she really felt like cuddling tonight, and it seemed that as long as she set the mood for it, Inuyasha was more than happy to oblige.

After turning on the radio that she brought back from her time, she popped in the only CD that Inuyasha would listen to with out complaint, `Rascal Flatts'. Of course she could only play the CD's that she brought back with her, since neither radios nor electricity had been invented yet. This also meant that she had to use about 8 DD batteries, which lasted about a week, or so depending on how often they used it.

After making quick work of preparing the water for the Ramen and the skewers for the fish she went into the sitting area and laid down on the big plush pillows that Inuyasha had exchanged for some rabbits in a nearby village.

`Where is he?'

Whenever they were away from one another she felt like a part of her was missing. The truth is he had never really proclaimed his love for her, or even said that they were a couple, but he did act as if she was his and regardless of what she said or did that wouldn't change. That was fine with her because she was always taught that actions spoke volumes. But lately her inner voice had been playing games with her mind, making her second guess his intentions, `what are his intentions anyway? Am I just here until he meets up with Kikyo again?' “No, I'm not going to think about that, he loves me, I know he does”, she whispered as she rolled over onto her side so that she had a clear view of the door way.

The most they had done was exchange gentle caresses and sometimes-passionate kisses, but his kisses weren't like anything she had ever experienced, not that she had much experience in that area anyway. His caresses were so tender and gentle it made her flesh boil, and her head swim. When he would kiss her, she would feel a powerful pull in her lower abdomen that cried out to be released; although she had no idea what that meant, it always left her aching for more, which he never gave. He would always stop when that feeling came as if he knew what he was doing to her, `Why is that, why does he always stop then?' she thought with a frown.

“Oi” Inuyasha said, interrupting her thoughts as he entered the hut, carrying three freshly gutted and cleaned fish in his hand.

“Took you long enough.” She replied with a smirk as she got to her feet and followed him to the kitchen area.

“Feh, wench you almost sound like you missed me.” he said sarcastically as he placed the fish in the pan she had prepared earlier with a small amount of water that would allow her to rinse them off.

“You should've stayed away a little longer to find out.” She replied in a sarcastic tone all her own as she pushed passed him making sure that her breasts brushed softly against his shoulder.

As her breast rubbed up against him, his youkai shuddered. “W…Wench” he stuttered.

“Something wrong, Inuyasha.” She said in a low innocent voice as she stepped around and in front of him. She smiled to herself feeling proud for having gotten that sort of response. Her inner voice spoke, `Your teasing him, but you know that this is going to backfire on you', she ignored it, this was too much fun, and after all she was feeling a little frisky tonight.

He stood there staring at the Miko's back, `Damn' he thought as he hesitantly reached for her waist. Figuring that if she could tease him, then he could surely return the favour he stepped up behind her and pulled her flush against his chest. He made sure that she was so close that she could feel every ripple of his muscles under his Haori.

He could hear her heart beat increase and he smirked as he lowered his head down to her neck and kissed it softly then slowly raked his fangs down the soft skin to her shoulder.

“I…Inuyasha”

“Hush” He whispered as he moved up to her ear and slowly sucked then nibbled on her earlobe.

She moaned and tilted her head to the side to give him better access, which he of course appreciated. He ran his tongue along the backside of her ear and around to the front. “Do you still feel like playing?” He asked in a low husky voice as he lifted her hair off her shoulders and began slowly trailing kisses down the middle of her neck.

Her only response was a moan as her head fell forward.

Her scent spiked hitting him like a ton of bricks, she was ready, `Damn I'm not done…just a little longer' he thought. He idly moved his hands under her shirt and up her waist to her breasts so that he was gently palming them. He gently rubbed his thumbs in slow small circles along the sides of each one, far enough from her nipples that he could say he didn't touch them, but close enough to make her want him to.

Closing his eyes he etched the memory of the feel of her in his mind then reluctantly pulled away from her saying, “hurry up and finish cooking wench, I'm hungry.” He slowly took a few steps away from her while trying to regain his composure with her knowing just how bad he really wanted to continue, after all it wasn't his plan to get himself aroused but that was a lost cause because everything about this woman drove him completely mad.

She couldn't even respond to him, her body was too weak, and her mind was befuddled,`how does he do that…he's nothing but a tease!' She screamed in her mind. All she wanted was to share every part of her body, mind and soul with him, but he always held back, `why?' Looking over her shoulder at him, she could tell by the smirk on his face that he knew he had taken her to her limit. Tightening her grip on the make shift counter she tried to get a hold of her emotions. Turning around she glared at him as she said, “you'll pay for that.”

He looked at her knowing that he wouldn't be able to keep doing this. Every time they kissed or touched it would always go a little further, `soon I won't be able to stop myself', he thought, but “Feh,” was his reply to her, as he walked back into the sitting area.

Glancing around the room he noticed the lit candles and the music playing and he chuckled to him self as he started to take a seat, but thought different of it when he caught a whiff of something, `tears…and Sango…Damn monk.' Stepping towards the door he called over his shoulder, “Sango's on her way, and she's crying…so call me when your done!” with that he leapt off into his forest headed for his favorite tree.

“What did you say?” She tried to ask him but he was already gone. She ran to the door, looked left and right but didn't see him anywhere. All she heard before he left was `call me when your done', `damn, where did you run off to now' she thought as she caught sight of a dark figure approaching. She squinted a little then yelled, “Sango, is that you?” but there wasn't any response, so she went back inside to tend to the dinner that was cooking.

“Kagome are you here?” The taijiya said a few minutes later as she stepped into the house, her eyes were swollen and cheeks were streaked from all the tears that she had cried.

Turning to face her Kagome noticed this and immediately stopped what she was doing and ran to her friend, “what's wrong?” she asked as she embraced her.

She didn't speak, but she did break down crying as she hugged her back.

“Oh, sweetie what happened…Shhhhh” she said as she patted her back as if she was trying to comfort a child. While still hugging her she started walking her over to the sitting area.

“Mi...Mi...Miroku” she managed to say between sobs as they sat down.

“Okay now calm down and tell me what happened.” Kagome said sounding like a mother. Lifting Sango's chin she proceeded to wipe away the tears that wouldn't seem to stop.

“You're cooking. We can talk about this later, I'm sorry I disturbed you. Where's Inuyasha?” She said as she started to calm down a little.

“Don't think about it, your already here so we'll talk now, besides Inuyasha just ran off somewhere.” She replied as she wandered briefly where he could be. “Anyway the only thing that's cooking is the fish, so hush and tell me what happened.” Kagome said as she glanced towards the door.

After pulling herself together Sango told her everything that had transpired between her and Miroku, including holding a knife to his throat and seeing him shed tears on her behalf. As she finished her story, she sighed and asked, “what should I do? I want to forgive him and believe that he will change, but I can't keep hoping for some kind of miracle that isn't going to come.”

“Oh, Sango…you know I can't tell you what to do, because my situation isn't really that much better than yours, so I want you to tell me what you want.” Kagome said as she absently brushed back her friend's hair with her hand.

“I want to believe him, but I'm afraid to…I almost wish that I had married the prince that time, do you remember, when he sent his men to look for me because he needed help to defeat a bear youkai…I should have married him, instead of worrying about Miroku.” The Slayer replied with a wipe of her nose with the back of her hand.

“You know that's not where your heart is, so don't say such things. Anyway you know that your heart has always and will always belong to our lecherous friend, the same way that I know that Inuyasha owns mine.” She said with a soft smile.

“But am I suppose to just forgive him?”

“Of course not, you make him suffer. If he really meant what he said then he's going to be doing everything with in his power to get you to forgive him and if he doesn't then you know the truth. But Sango you do need to give him another chance, we've all been friends too long to just throw our hands up and walk away from one another.” The Miko said as she reached for her friends' hand and squeezed a little.

“So you're saying that I should just, sit back and see what he does?”

“Something like that, but remember you don't make it easy for him, anything worth having is worth fighting for, so girl you make him fight…and stop that crying, he doesn't need to see those, make him think that your fine and you couldn't be happier.” Kagome said as she placed her hands on her hips and started to rotate her neck in a circle.

Sango giggled, she had always found it so funny when Kagome acted like that, but she knew that she spoke the truth, she would have to be strong and stand her ground with the monk. If he wanted to be with her he would have to prove it and only then would she decide if he was worthy of her forgiveness.

“Thank you Kagome, you're such a good friend.” The relieved slayer whispered as she leaned in to hug her dearest friend.

Kagome returned it saying, “What are friends for, now it's my turn I have something to tell…” But she was interrupted by a voice that danced within her mind and all around her.

“Mi-K-OOO…” It said in a whispered.

As she heard this she pulled away from Sango, looking at her with wide eyes she said, “Tell me you heard that.”

“Yeah I did, I think.” Sango said as she stood up walking towards the door.

Kagome subconsciously grabbed the completed jewel that now hung from her neck on a gold link chain her mother purchased for her a few months ago. Feeling the hairs on her arms begin to stand on end and chills run down her spine she prayed that this was some kind of joke.

Honestly it wasn't a laughing matter, she couldn't move from where she was sitting, it felt almost like someone or something was holding her down. Immediately she closed her eyes and focused her powers inwardly searching her soul for any sign of demonic energy, finding none she figured she must have been loosing her mind.

“Miko…come to me!” the voice whispered again this time more demanding.

Hearing this Kagome's eyes flew open, “Inu-Yasha!” she screamed as she gripped the pillow she was now sitting on, but that didn't stop her legs from moving on their own. She stood up with out wanting to and began to walk in the direction of the door.

Sango turned from the door in time to see Kagome moving towards her. “Where are you going?” She asked as she grabbed onto the girls shoulders and tried to keep her from moving while screaming for Inuyasha as well.

Kagome in return held on to her, since she still had free use of her arms. The only thing that was not within her control was her legs, `what's going on?' She thought, as she held on tight to Sango while her legs continued to try to carry her body out the door.

“What's wrong?” Inuyasha shouted as he appeared in the doorway.

Almost immediately Kagome collapsed to the floor. “Inuyasha.” She cried as she released her hold on Sango and reached for him, who with out a second thought bent down and picked her up bridle style.

Carrying her back to the sitting area he asked, “What happened?” as he checked her over for any sign of an injury, but he didn't find any, however he did smell fear oozing off of her. She didn't respond instead she clutched on to him as if she would die if he let her go.

“Sango what's going on?” Inuyasha asked with out taking his eyes off of the girl in question.

“Inuyasha, did you hear anything a little while ago?” Sango questioned as she stood still looking out the door for a sign of anything that could possibly explain what just happened.

“No, I didn't hear anything, but it would be nice if you told me what the hell just happened to Kagome!” Inuyasha half yelled as he pulled her closer to him.

“She…we…heard a voice calling to her.” Then she started walking towards the door and I stopped her, but then you arrived and she collapsed.” Sango stuttered. `Why could I hear it, and Inuyasha couldn't?' she wondered, as she sat next to them.

“Inuyasha…what's going on?” Miroku yelled as he ran into the house.

The hanyou looked up at the monk who was now sweating profusely from his quick run, and explained what Sango had just told him. “So only the women heard this?” He questioned while making his way over to where the others where now sitting.

“Yeah, I guess so, but what ever it was it had partial control of Kagome's body.” Inuyasha added as he tightened his grip on the girl in his lap.

Miroku turned to the taijiya and immediately noticed that she was upset as well, he bowed to her and asked in a soothing voice, “Lady Sango did you recognize the voice?”

Not really paying attention she answered, “No…I didn't…but it was a man's voice.” Sighing, she wrapped her arms around herself and started to rock back and forth.

“Inuyasha you said when you walked in Kagome just collapsed?” Miroku inquired from the preoccupied hanyou. The monk was trying to gather as much information as he could, since he was the only one not around when this all took place.

“Yeah”

“I see” he responded as he took a seat next to Sango. He was still too afraid to touch her but he wanted to be close enough to her that she would know that if she needed him he was there.

Looking up at Inuyasha, Kagome said weakly, “Who was that? Why couldn't I control my legs? And why was he calling me?”

Forgetting for a moment that they had company the hanyou kissed her forehead and said, “I don't know, but we'll find out, I promise you…we'll find out.”

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