InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Feverish ❯ Feverish ( Chapter 1 )

A/N: Hello! Scarlet here, doing some reposting on my old fics. Enjoy!

 

 

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FEVERISH

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“Arigatou, Kaede baa-chan. You have been so patient with us for the past few days,” Kagome said hoarsely, a tired smile grazing her lips. She held in her hands a cup of hot tea, as did Miroku, Sango and a sneezing Inuyasha.

All four of them had been deathly sick for nearly the past week, and Kaede had diligently looked after them. The disease was sudden and it had infected the entire group, all except Shippou, after they fought that strange youkai.

The youkai carried two shards of the shikon no tama with it. It was a very strange youkai - Inuyasha himself did not know what kind of youkai it was, but one thing was sure. It smelled strongly of disease.

The youkai was a pure, almost translucent white, and it attacked as strangely as it looked. Everybody thought it weird that it only shot a strange smelling substance as a form of attack. It never once shot out an arm, nor tried to kick them in the least. All of the members of the group, except little Shippou, had gotten a sprinkling of the disgusting liquid. The slime wasn't even poisonous. They defeated it with no sweat.

At first they just brushed it off as another weakly youkai with its pathetic attacks. They bathed the filmy substance off, made it back to the village and went to sleep that night, after Miroku got another bashing from Sango for stroking her behind as usual.

But the problem started the day after the attack, and when the four teeners had started moaning out their discomfort and suddenly losing consciousness, Shippou had run to the elderly Kaede in alarm. He told her of what happened, and from her examinations and his story, she concluded that the youkai had showered them all with a very potent virus of some sort, causing the disease.

It had alarmed Kaede very much. It would have been no shock if the three humans had caught the disease. But to think that an ageless hanyou such as Inuyasha got the same disease, was very surprising indeed.

The four had been in a terrible state. They could not move and their body temperatures were so high, she practically burned herself when she touched them. Kaede had asked some villagers to help her move them to her hut, so she could tend to them all at the same time and with better care.

The group had only started gaining consciousness the afternoon before, and Kagome, Miroku and Sango weren't well enough to take on a mid level youkai. Inuyasha, being a hanyou, was the fastest healer, though even he still felt rather weak. Kaede had taken the liberty of telling them exactly what happened.

“It was nothing, Kagome-chan. Though I must say, the four of you had me worried.” Kaede said with a smile. “I'm glad that you are all feeling better.” She added. Inuyasha just snorted.

“Keh. You shouldn't have worried baba. At least, about me. I'm not weak like those three.” He said with a smirk. He was, until now, the only one in the group who was well enough to talk in his normal voice, but each attempt caused him to cough up a storm right after. This was no exception.

“Shut up Inuyasha!” Shippou said in defense of the humans. “You were just as sick as they were! And to think that you're a hanyou...”

“Urusai!” he shot back. “In case you don't remember, I was the one who got splattered on the most! I have a right to get sick, you know. Kagome here just got sprinkled and she was hallucinating the next day!”

“You know, Inuyasha, if we all weren't so sick, I'd say the s-word right now,” Kagome said as threateningly as a sick person could. Her voice was still weak and tired but the thought of getting subdued again shut the ill-tempered demon up well.

“Keh,” he said, turning away from Kagome and staring glumly at his abandoned cup of tea.

“Kaede-sama, may I ask you what herb you put in the medicine you have been giving us? I believe it worked rather well,” Miroku said in an effort to break the silence.

Kaede looked at him with a smile. “That, houshi, is a secret.”

Sango wrinkled her nose as she recalled the nasty tasting medicine. “That medicine works well, but it tastes horribly! If I didn't know better, I wouldn't ever drink the stuff again.”

Kagome, Miroku and Inuyasha all looked at her in horror, and Sango had to bite her tongue. `Baka!' she thought as Kaede grinned and said, “That reminds me... Shippou! Go get the vial. It is on the large shelf in the eating area.”

“Hai, Kaede baa-chan!” Shippou answered enthusiastically. He ran off, without even waiting for Kaede's last instructions.

“I got it Kaede!” he said proudly as he emerged and the four sick travelers groaned in protest. Kaede took the vial from him and asked. “Are you sure you got the correct vial?”

`There were no other vials there,' he thought. `Oh well,' he nodded.

“Good, Shippou,” Kaede said, then asked, “Now, who wants to go first?”

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The four friends sat in a circle, silently sipping their tea. They all felt remarkably better after that last dose of medicine. Shippou lay asleep on Kagome's lap.

They all stayed silent until Kaede came in and said that dinner was ready. That woke Shippou. They ate in uneasy silence, the travelers still wondering how they got better so quickly.

“Was anybody listening to me?” Kaede said suddenly.

Surprised eyes turned to her. Kaede just sighed. “I said I will not be staying here tonight. I have to go assist in an exorcism in a nearby village. The next house will be vacant as well since the owners will go to the exorcism. They are relatives of the mononoke's victims. The owners just asked if I would have anybody watch their home, and I said Miroku, Kirara and Sango may be able to handle it. Kagome and Inuyasha can stay here.”

Sango eyed the lecherous priest warily before nodding. `Oh well. He won't try anything with Kirara around,' she thought.

“What about me?” Shippou asked.

“You are coming with me. We need a youkai in the exorcism, and though Inuyasha is stronger, I believe he still needs some rest.”

“Keh.” (guess who)

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Kagome barely noticed the time go by. Before she knew it, the moon was high in the dark sky and Sango and Miroku had to go off to the house where they were to stay for the night. She and Inuyasha had the hut to themselves.

She felt terribly exhausted for some reason, and couldn't keep the feeling of a certain moist heat come over her body. She didn't know what was going on, and decided to shrug it off and just go off to dreamland. She spread out her sleeping bag and instantly fell asleep.

A certain hanyou who lay a few feet away from her knew what was going on though. And with this knowledge, HE couldn't shrug it off.

`Fuck! Is she in heat?! Shit! She isn't due for another week!' he thought wildly as he caught the unmistakable enticing scent of Kagome's heat in the air. he watched her unfold another one of those weird things from her time, then belatedly noticed that a certain part of his anatomy stood out more than usual.

`Chikuso! I'm dead!' he thought as he decided to do everything he could to fall asleep.

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Kagome jerked awake, her body drenched in a fine layer of sweat. Her body felt so hot, almost as if her fever had come back and, more to the point, worsened. She felt as if she was ablaze. Her uniform blouse clung tightly to her torso as she looked around. A single beam of moonlight from the hut's one window shone upon the prone, sleeping form of Inuyasha.

She hurriedly wiped the sweat off her face with her blouse sleeve while staring at her hanyou companion. She could remember the dream she had quite clearly, and it bothered her to no end.

She could almost feel his hot breath against her cheek as he whispered random words to her. His calloused hands, as they crawled stealthily about her exposed skin. She could feel his arousal pressed against her inner thighs, his golden eyes staring into her brown orbs as his hair fell over them, shrouding them in a curtain of silver.

“Shimatta,” she swore softly, not knowing what to do. She had always wondered what it would be like to be claimed by Inuyasha - she did have it bad for him - but never had she had any fantasy as vivid as this one. Her old dreams were all just champagne and roses. But now...
he she shook her head as a blush crept over her cheeks. `I should take a bath,' she thought, wiping at the sweat on her arms before standing up. She picked up a towel and a tiny washcloth, intending to wash all the sweat off of her, and relieve the unbearable heat. She snuck a peak at Inuyasha to see if he was still asleep, then snuck out and headed for the nearest stream.

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Inuyasha opened his eyes as soon as Kagome left and stared off after her through the flimsy woven door. Try as he might, he had not gotten a moment's sleep since he sensed the change in her scent.

Aside from the fact that she smelled so tempting, he could also feel a sharp heat in his body. The heat was not from the heat of the night, nor from the remains of his fever: it was nothing like that. The heat was incredible, as if he were burning in a pyre.

When Kagome started moaning out in her sleep, her aroused scent became more potent and he had to fight the strong urge to go to her and take her as she laid there sleeping.

He had watched her as she writhed almost helplessly in her sleeping bag, and couldn't help but wonder how it would feel to have her writhing in the same way as he lay over her beautiful, lithe form. When she arched her back and opened her mouth in a silent scream, he smelled another scent that could only mean danger.

He smelled his own arousal.

He hated to admit the truth, even to himself, but her arousal affected him much more than any other woman's ever did. He had always wanted her so badly. Whenever she went into heat, he had to fight the urge to throw her against the nearest hard surface and have his way with her.

On these occasions, the only relief he could find was in his fantasies. He would often watch her as she bathed, her scent drifting into his eager nostrils, then close his eyes as he imagined how her naked body would feel against his heated skin.

He had even resorted to pleasuring himself whenever her scent got too strong. It felt so lowly, but it was all he could do to not grab her and take her by force right where she stood, in front of people or not.

And this time, it was even worse. The heat pulsed through his veins the way fire would spread through a field of dry grass. He could feel himself harden at the very thought of her name. And it was for reasons more than plain lust.

He listened intently as her footsteps started to fade away. He didn't know where she was going, but he was not about to let her run around with that scent on her. She was practically asking for trouble, the stupid wench!

When he was sure that she was out of hearing range, he stood and sped off in the direction she went off to.

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Kagome swore softly as she tripped on an upraised tree root. If there was one thing she did not like about this time period, it was the fact that indoor plumbing was non-existent. She had to hike all the way to the river just to get a skinny dip. It irritated her even more right now, when she felt so hot, she was near collapsing.

She sighed in relief as the river came into a view. She still felt strange. Her body felt so strung-up and heat was practically escaping her skin in wisps of steam.

`What is wrong with me? Is my fever coming on again?' she thought. She paused a moment and noticed that from where she stood, the huge Goshinboku tree was clearly visible. The Goshinboku, where she and Inuyasha first met.

`Inuyasha...' she thought. Thinking of his name alone made her body heat rise inexorably. She felt a sudden wetness on her crotch area and her vision seemed to blur as heat seared her being once again. She closed her eyes as she seemed to go dizzy with the feelings rushing through her, right when her mind decided to conjure up images of the man in question.

Different scenes rushed through her mind. Memories of Inuyasha's smirk, images of Inuyasha as he stood with Tetsusaiga drawn before him, visions of his naked chest as she gently took care of his wounds, and from there her imagination took over. She imagined him dripping with sweat, his muscled chest heaving, panting uncontrollably as he settled himself over her...

She opened her eyes and shook her head in an effort to clear it. `Why am I thinking of him in this way? I know I love him, but... this is just wrong!' she berated herself angrily. What caused this sudden torrent of feelings was a mystery, but she was determined to fight it.

She started to strip as she reached the riverbank. Her blouse, skirt, socks and shoes were soon gathered around her bare ankles as she stood naked in the light of the moonlight.

She walked to the edge of the river slowly, momentarily forgetting that she was in a world full of youkai and evil spirits. She felt as if she was in her own private world where she could have anything she wished for.

Kagome stopped walking when she was about waist deep in the water. She picked up her washcloth, dipped it in the water and started scrubbing the moisture from her form.

The water was cool and soothing. She felt considerably calmer as her body adapted to the coldness of the water. The cloth glided over her slick skin easily and she let her fingers skim about her arms and chest.

“It's so hot...”

She dipped the cloth in the water again and rubbed her body with it, the coolness sending shocking sensations to her heated skin. The heat refused to leave her.

Before she knew it, she had dropped the washcloth back on the bank as she began to caress her limbs with her hands. She unconsciously let her fingers run through her wet hair, then lowered them down to her chest, just above the swell of her breasts. Her hands seemed to have a mind of their own and she felt them going lower.

The moist heat in her body was back at full blast. Her fingers tweaked her own nipples, which hardened at the cold, sudden contact. Her hands went lower to caress her flat stomach, then even lower, and she soon found them caressing her womanhood. It was a foreign feeling... she had never done it before and she found it intriguing.

She touched herself, delight filling her as the pleasure that she gave herself seemed to climb. She threw her head back as unbidden images of Inuyasha spun crazily in her mind, and she found herself dreaming that the hand on her mound belonged to him.

In her mind's eye, she saw him stroking her gently, mindful of his claws, his eyes full of lust and need. His other hand roamed her body and started to knead her breasts. He lowered his head and started to plant wet kisses on her neck and shoulders.

She groaned softly.

“Inuyasha...”

As soon as the name escaped her lips, the sound of rustling leaves jerked her back to reality. A guilty blush covered her cheeks as she thought of what she had been doing and fear raced through her veins. Her arms instinctively covered her chest as she called out
“H
“Hello? Is anyone here?!” she squeaked. `Maybe I just imagined it?' she asked herself. Then, a horrible thought entered her mind. `Inuyasha... was it him? O gods, did he see me? Did he hear me?' her mind screamed as she began to gather her things. She hurriedly put her clothes back on and ran back to Kaede's hut as fast as her legs could carry her.

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Inuyasha stealthily followed her to the creek. He was jumping from tree to tree, trying to make as little noise as possible, and boy was he succeeding! Not a single leaf rustled as he leaped on the thick tree branches of the age old trees in his forest.

He halted as he realized that Kagome was now right in front of the creek. The creek actually sounded appealing to him right then. The heat still pulsed through his body like wildfire. He felt like he was burning up!

She stood unmoving for a moment, staring off into the distance. He followed her line of sight and realized that the girl was staring at the large Goshinboku which was clearly visible among the tops of the other trees in the forest.

`That's where Kagome and I first met. That's also where...'

His train of thought was cut off as he smelled Kagome's arousal in the air once again. It was much stronger than it was back in Kaede's hut. Inuyasha's eyes rolled back in his head as the scent got almost too much to bear. He felt himself harden again, the blood in his veins raging within his body.

That scent, was the scent that he always imagined Kagome having whenever he had his fantasies of her. Only, now that it was reality, the scent was much more enticing. He had always envisioned her soft and yielding form, her wonderful scent filling his nostrils, pushing against his hard body as she orgasmic.

The scent abruptly weakened, as if she had caught herself and tried to suppress it, but it was still there. Then she stood by the water's edge and began to take off her clothes.

His mouth dried up as he watched her slowly disrobe, feeling for all the world like she was undressing so sensually just for his own satisfaction. His mouth watered as she slowly let her `uniform' fall to the ground, revealing her large round breasts, her long slender thighs and everything that she was bare and free for him to stare at. Time seemed to stop as he took in her perfect, rosy white skin and the curves that he had almost memorized from all the other times that he had ever spied on her.

She walked to the water just as slowly, moving as if the goddess of grace had become one with her. He leapt up into the tree with the thickest cover of leaves to conceal himself as he spied on the miko-in-training as she innocently bathed.

She picked up a small rug that she had with her and began to rub her arms, legs and chest. She began to rub lower on her abdomen, and his watchful eyes focused on the nest of delicate curls that hid her essence from him.

He sat still, straddling the branch as she let the cloth roam over her arms, then her chest, right above the swell of her breasts. He then noticed a certain, gnawing pain at his groin that was undoubtedly caused by the bathing miko that stood but a few feet from him.

He absently noticed that he was now rocking back and forth against the branch, desperately trying to relieve the pain in his manhood. He closed his eyes as he rocked against the branch, picturing Kagome's trembling, sweaty body beneath his, crying out in his ear as he pushed into her over and over, harder as their passions screamed at them to do so...

He woke from his little fantasy as he smelled the scent of her arousal again. He opened his eyes and looked down to find her leaning against the bank, her fingers slowly caressing her mound, her eyes closed as she continued to touch herself.

He watched her pleasure herself in awe, staring at her pleasure-filled face in wonder. The heat in his body was almost unbearable as he watched her. He was so hard now that it was excruciating.

`She is so beautiful...' he thought, but once again, his thoughts were cut off when he heard her whispered plea. A whisper, yet clearly heard through his sensitive hanyou ears.

“Inuyasha...”

He was so shocked, his legs' grip on the branch he straddled slipped a notch, causing Kagome to stir and look slightly in his direction. She covered her chest and called out, her face pale and terrified. She got up from the pond and started to dress up.

Inuyasha left his perch on the tree and ran back to the hut as soon as he saw Kagome leave the creek. He was positive that she was gonna head back, and he wanted to be there when she got home.




Kagome was in a panic. She could swear that she heard something back in the pond. She desperately wished that it was her imagination, and if the gods were not kind enough to grant her that, she just wished that it was anyone but Inuyasha.

She could blurrily remember calling out his name as she touched herself. She was sure that, had he been there, he would definitely have heard her.

She ran back to the hut and let out a long sigh of relief when she found the hanyou still asleep, laying on his side and facing away from her.

`So it wasn't him! Thank Kami!' she thought, sinking back on the floor as her relieved knees buckled and fell beneath her. Her relief, however, was short-lived.

Horror filled her being as she saw the small leaves that clung to the outdoor night-dew wettened strands of his silver hair. `No... he- he didn't!' Her mind silently pleaded as she approached the hanyou's sleeping form.

“Inuyasha?” she called hesitantly, cautiously, her heart leaping into her throat when she noticed that his small triangular ears were perked up and alert - his ears were usually laid back in his head when he slept.

“Are you- kyaah!” she screamed, startled, when Inuyasha suddenly got up and grabbed her by the waist, swiftly and effectively trapping her down on the floor beneath him as he twisted and reversed their positions.

“Inuyasha! Nani o? What are you doing?” She demanded as she fought to get Inuyasha off her, but his strength allowed him to keep her pinned to the ground. His head was down, his long shaggy bangs covering his face as he straddled her.

Inuyasha lowered his head to her neck and took a long, deep breath of her scent. He let out a low, audible growl of satisfaction as he took in the tangy aroma of her shock which was mixed with her musky arousal.

“I feel so hot Kagome... I- I'm burning up!” Inuyasha said softly, his head and face still tucked between her neck and right shoulder. “You feel it too, don't you? This incredible heat... Do you know what it is?”

She was about to answer him, but the feel of his lips on her throat shocked her into silence. His tongue snaked out of his mouth and tentatively licked her skin, causing shivers of delight to crawl over her body.

“You smell so wonderful... and you taste so good too...” she heard him say from his spot on her neck.

“Inuyasha...” Kagome tried to say, but a finger on her lips silenced her protest.

“I know what you wanna know. It was me back in the stream...” He said with a humorless chuckle as he finally raised his head to look at her face.

Kagome gasped at the look in his eyes. Needy, lustful hunger filled his compelling golden eyes as he stared into her eyes, as if daring her to be mad. But Kagome was in no condition to think. All that she could think of was the fact that the object of her earlier fantasy was here, looming over her, pressing something hot and hard against her abdomen. Her brain was clouded with... with... `Desire?'

“You feel the heat too, don't you?” He asked again as the beginnings of a smirk appeared on his lips. “It's need, Kagome. Lust.” His expression turned serious as he stared even more deeply into her eyes. “I want you, Kagome... so badly...”

Kagome arched her back as she felt a clawed hand sneak its way under her blouse to cup her right breast through her bra. She closed her eyes when she felt his lips on her throat, sucking on the rapid pulse that beat wildly under her skin.

“It's getting painful Kagome. It's searing my skin. Help me.” He said against her neck, his breaths coming out in hot wisps of air on her heated skin.

“Inuyasha, I... what are you trying to...?”

“I want you. Tell me you want me.” He ordered softly.

She gasped as the hand on her breast began to gently knead. Her nipples began to harden. Her mind was in chaos, but a sole, coherent thought floated amongst the others.

“Yes...” she was cut off as she moaned in pleasure when his other hand reached down to cup her mound through her panties. His lips left that special spot on her neck as he heard her moan at the new contact. He leaned in so close that their lips seemed less than a breath apart from the other's.

“I want you too…” she said softly as she felt herself dampen at the desire that was now crawling in her skin.

That being said, Inuyasha's lips crashed down eagerly onto hers with such hunger, she nearly fainted from the sensations. He felt a powerful rush of emotions as he kissed her, his body heat rising inexorably. He was in control, and knew it.

Kagome's eyes drifted closed as Inuyasha closed the gap between their mouths. She started to kiss him back, but her innocence made her attempt seem so awkward. He was such a skilled kisser, she felt rather ashamed of her inexperience.

She pulled her arms out of his crushing grip to wrap them around his neck. She was mildly surprised when she felt her bra slip open. Her shirt was still covering her torso though, and Inuyasha seemed to be taking care of that.

She felt him pull his hand from under her blouse to hold her face as he kissed her more deeply. She gasped as the hand on her mound pressed even more insistently, and he took that opportunity to slip his tongue into her slightly parted mouth.

His tongue explored every part of her mouth. She felt him rub his tongue against her inner cheeks before tapping her own with his. He coaxed her into trying the same thing, and she shyly slid her tongue out to play with his, waging an experimental battle.

The hand on her mound was pressing her tightly, rubbing her through the flimsy cloth of her underwear. She groaned into his mouth as he rubbed her more insistently. She could feel his hard-on against her inner thighs, pushing against her as his hips ground down on hers.

She felt claws lightly trail to her collarbone before they went to the first button of her blouse. Inuyasha sucked her tongue lightly before pulling away, trailing his lips sensually over her throat.

Not to be outdone, Kagome slid her nimble fingers under the collar of his Yukata and pulled, groaning as the strange heat in her body increased. She exposed his bronze muscled chest to her roving hungry eyes as she felt the last button on her blouse unclasp. She pushed his robes off him obviously liking what she saw.

Inuyasha pulled away slightly to pull her shirt and bra simultaneously over her head. He grinned mischievously up at her, his golden eyes twinkling, before stooping and kissing her between her breasts.

Kagome's eyes flew wide open when she felt him kiss higher, reaching for the rosy peak. He took one into his mouth while one of his hands kneaded the other, as if trying to imitate what his mouth was doing to her. She arched her back and moaned loudly in pleasure, her fingers gripping his shoulders for balance.

The feel of her breasts on his tongue was almost too much for him to handle. They were soft and smooth as silk and, as he suckled, the wonderful sensation of her nipples beading against his tongue nearly drove him to the edge. The incredible heat in his body was still building, and he could feel himself harden to the point that it almost hurt. He switched to pleasure her other breast as he let both his hands hold her sides.

Her mind was numb with passion and the heat in her body, particularly in her center, could set them on fire. She loosened her grip on his shoulders and began to touch him. His arms, his chest and abs, his back... His body was rock hard and toned from all their travelling, yet his skin was smooth and unscarred. Feeling daring, she let her hands go lower to untie the ties that held his hakama as his lips left her breasts to nip at the spot where her neck and shoulders met.

Her hands were driving him crazy! She scanned his body with feather light touches that left pounding echoes in their wake. Inuyasha felt his pants loosen, and decided to make things fair. Fair for him, at least. He unclasped her skirt with disturbing skill and threw it aside, leaving her in only that tiny piece of cloth that hid her womanhood. Not a problem - he simply sliced them off and tossed it to join the rest of her discarded clothing.

Kagome tried to pull his pants down, but her unfamiliarity with his clothes stopped her from doing so. From somewhere in the back of her mind, she vaguely wondered how HE got her clothes off of her that easily.

He sensed her conflict and decided to pull his pants down himself. She didn't know how to take them off. Probably because SHE didn't peek when he bathed.

Now they both lay naked in the hut, the dim moonlight shining down on them as Inuyasha dipped his head and started to kiss her low on her stomach, perilously close to where her heat had built so tensely. She could feel his hot breath on her mound as he pressed open mouthed kisses to her abdomen.

She moaned low in her throat, then gasped as she felt his fingers stroke her inner thighs. Very slowly, they made their way down to her knees then, with the same agonizingly slow pace, back up to her thighs, stopping right before reaching her junction. She tangled her fingers in his long silver hair and cried out his name, desperately begging for completion.

His body went rigid with pleasure when he heard her cry out his name. To him, it was reassurance that it was HE who was doing this to her. He was making her cry out and moan in pleasure, and he felt uplifted somehow. Bringing her pleasure brought even more back to him.

Her scent was now deliciously strong. He breathed in deeply as he kissed her right above that place between her legs, where the scent of her heated arousal was stronger and more evident than ever.

He wanted more, and wanted to give her more. He rose up and slowly parted her legs and began to explore her with his fingers.

She gasped loudly and clung to his arms, her inefficient human fingers digging into his skin as she cried out again, a carnal plea for release. She moaned as he gently rubbed her, pushing his fingers into her wet opening, gently pumping her. Her hips rocked, matching the movement of his digits.

He started to kiss the inside of her thighs, gradually approaching her center. Kagome sucked in a ragged, shocked breath when he cupped her derriere and set his mouth on her.

Her pleas and cries of pleasure nearly made him lose his stern control, but his stubborn nature refused to yield. Her hands were desperately raking at the skin on his back as he sucked her gently.

Kagome's body felt so tightly strung. Her mind was in complete bedlam as his lips sucked her core. His teeth grazed her lightly, and red light exploded from her vision when his tongue entered her. His hands continued to roam her body, as if trying to memorize every curve. She desperately tried to hold on as his tongue pumped her the way his fingers did moments ago. His teeth lightly nibbled at that little nub of her pleasure, and she cried out as she reached her first release.

Inuyasha grinned against her flesh as she shattered. He greedily lapped up every drop of her release as she shuddered violently against him. His groin was all too hard by the minute and he wanted nothing more than to be in her. His heat was turning more than feverish, and he had to gain HIS completion, and I mean soon.

He rose up and looked at her as she slowly stopped convulsing. Her skin was flushed an almost dark red, with eyes closed and she was breathing heavily. She opened her eyes to look at him and she smiled wearily.

Her smile sent his heart somersaulting in his chest. He smiled back as he leaned down and kissed her deeply, his tongue probing her mouth in an eager display of his need for her.

He had wanted her for so long, and now realized why. She was special to him. He...

His train of thought was cut off when he felt a hand firmly cup his arousal. He gasped as the simple touch invoked unspeakable pleasures in him. He looked down to see Kagome slowly rubbing his length. He was pretty hard by now, and he grabbed her hand from his member before he got TOO pleasured.

He stared into her muzzy brown eyes before kissing her lips lightly. He then caressed her cheeks as he asked, “Are you ready?”

She nodded eagerly, and he rose over her and positioned himself to enter her. She was so wet and ready for him. He brushed back her raven bangs to stare into her eyes as he slowly pushed into her.

Her eyes popped wide open then clenched shut and tiny tears ran from her closed eyes as he entered her. He leaned down and kissed the tears off her face, mumbling apologies and words of encouragement into her ear, staying completely still as he waited for her to adjust to his intrusion.

He kissed her cheeks, her nose, her clenched eyes, anywhere but her lips, as she struggled to adjust to his girth. He kissed the heated pulse that beat against her throat and nibbled the space between her neck and shoulder as he felt her move her hips, indicating that she was ready.

Slowly and carefully, he moved inside her tight wetness as she rocked with his movements. He tried to keep thrusting slowly, but his passion climbed so highly that his restrain just vanished.

He plunged into her, deeper and harder with every frantic thrust as she moaned and whispered his name repeatedly into his sensitive ears. Sweat rolled from their exerted bodies as they hastened to completion.

He lifted one finger and pushed against the gem of her desire as Kagome leaned up and kissed lip lips wildly. He rubbed her clit again and she pulled away from the kiss.

Kagome cried out, a cry that was a hoarse, broken version of his name as she reached her climax. Her body convulsed from her release, and Inuyasha drove into her a final time as he reached his own peak.

He cried out her name into the silence of the night as his seed spilled into her welcoming body. Shuddering from pleasure, their bodies still one, he collapsed on top of her, resting his head on her chest as a whisper escaped his lips.

“I love you.”

Kagome was exhausted and her mind was still lost, but what he said jerked her back into reality.

“Nani? What did you say?” she asked, still breathless from their tryst.

Inuyasha looked at her, his eyes already bright and focused. He lifted one hand to caress her still flushed cheeks, then, staring into her eyes, stated clearly. “Aishiteru, Kagome. I love you. I have for a long time.”

Kagome was struck dumb. “I... you... but, Kikyo?”

He silenced her confused questions with a finger on her lips. “I stopped loving and seeing Kikyo in you a long time ago. It's you whom I want.”

Kagome looked unsure, and he didn't blame her. He had broken her heart so many times in the past after all. He smiled at her and spilled his heart for the first time.

“I want to wake up to your smile and lovely voice every morning. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, and fall asleep with you in my arms. Only you make me feel complete. I love you so much...” he said before leaning over and kissing her lips once again.

Kagome smiled as happy tears formed in her eyes. Inuyasha brushed them away.

“What's wrong Kagome? Please don't cry, I hate it when you cry! Was it me? I'm so sorry...” he said softly, but Kagome shook her head.

“Don't be. I'm crying because... aishiteru mo, Inuyasha. I wished for nothing else but for you to feel the same for the longest time.” Kagome said in a tearful voice.

Inuyasha clutched her to him and turned them over, their bodies still joined, so that she lay on top of him. He was heavier than her after all.

“I'm here now...” he said.

“Demo, Inuyasha, what would become of us?”

He thought of that. They were from two different worlds after all.

“I don't know. But we WILL make this work. I swear it.”

“Hai. Oyasumi, Inu-chan.” Kagome said with a euphoric smile as she lay down on his chest, feeling satiated and whole.

“Oyasumi, Kago-ko.” He said to her sleeping form. He started to wonder why they both felt such intense need at the same time, but he was so sleepy, he decided to ponder it by morning.

Just before he drifted off though, he thought he smelled someone else's heat...

`Hmm. Looks like Sango's in heat as well. That's strange. Hers just finished three days ago. I can smell Miroku's too. Weird.” he thought with a yawn as he fell asleep.

-----/---@

Kaede was concerned. Something was amiss... she could feel it. And the nagging doubt that it had something to do with the four adventurers. And their sickness.

“Shippou, are you positively sure that you gave me the correct medicine vial this morning?” she asked as Shippou sat across from her. They had just finished the exorcism, which had gone late into the night.

“I think so,” Shippou answered. “I mean there were only two vials in there.”

Kaede stiffened at this. “And which one did you take?”

“The one on the lower shelf. It was easier to reach”

Kaede nearly fainted at his words. “The lower vial? I TOLD you to take the one on the higher shelf!”

“No you didn't! And what's the deal?” Shippou asked with a grunt.

The old miko stooped down conspiratorially and whispered to him. “Yes I did. And it's a problem because the vial that you gave did not contain their medicine! It contained a child-bearing draught. It increases the libido of the person who takes it. Because of your little mistake, we had given them an eroticity fluid!”

“Oh... is that bad?”

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