InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ I Choose You ❯ The Fire Within Him ( Chapter 4 )

Have you ever felt like you’re on fire? Inu-Yasha seems to feel it. I dunno myself…I hate hot temperatures. I always feel like it’s just a little too warm for me. [stupid high body temperature]   Chapter Four: The Fire Within Him  

A form flickered through the eerie shadows of twilight, flitting through the forest towards the clearing that held the well. Inu-Yasha burst from the trees and leapt to the edge of the well. He grinned almost wickedly, his fangs flashing in the waning light. With a grunt of impatience, he flung himself over the side of the well into the dark depths.

Inu-Yasha landed softly, and leapt from the well into the darkness of the shrine, immediately picking Kagome’s smell from the air. He wiped a trickle of drool from the corner of his mouth absently. He was so close he could taste her. That thought really made him drool. What little rationality left to him somehow convinced him to compose himself, and to stop slavering over thoughts of the taste of her soft flesh.

Inu-Yasha crept up the stairs and slunk into the open night. Night was newly fallen, and traces of light could still be seen on the western horizon. But most important was the light within the house. Several lights seemed to be on, but Inu-Yasha’s nose told him that Kagome was alone in the house. He grinned maniacally and ran lightly to the house. He quietly entered through Kagome’s open window and found her not in her room, but he had known that already. Her scent was drifting from the lower level of the house.

Inu-Yasha crept out into the dark hallway and made his way downstairs at an agonizingly slow pace. Kagome’s scent was growing stronger and stronger, and it took all of his effort not to rush to her. He came to a lighted room, but Kagome was not there. It was the dining room. Inu-Yasha paused for a moment and took out the fruit from within his robe. He set it on the table and stared at it. It seemed to glow and beat with his own heart, which quickened until it was thundering in his breast. Inu-Yasha growled quietly and slipped back into the dark hallway. The next room was lit up as well. As he approached, Kagome’s scent came wafting to his nose. She was in that room, he was so close! Inu-Yasha stopped just outside the reach of the light from that room, staring inside.

His eyes focused immediately on the girl in the room, going about preparing some sort of food. The food was cooking and smelled very good, but Inu-Yasha ignored it, breathing deeply Kagome’s scent. She was so alluring, so terribly desirable. His hands shook, and he sighed roughly. Kagome stopped suddenly, obviously hearing, and turned to look right at him. It was dark, but his eyes were glowing a brilliant golden, and her own eyes widened in surprise. She seemed confused, and she stumbled to find her voice.

“Inu-Yasha? Is that you?” He nodded and gave a grunt of affirmation. “What are you doing here? I’m not going back tonight, if that’s what you want. I plan on sleeping in my own bed, tonight.”

Inu-Yasha was distracted briefly by the though of Kagome’s bed, but he valiantly fought to keep control of his thoughts. He tried to make himself calm enough to speak, but he did not think that he could. Kagome was watching him curiously, and she started to walk over to him. Inu-Yasha held his breath in anticipation. She was almost within his reach.

“Are you all right, Inu-Yasha? You’re acting weird.” Inu-Yasha only stared at her with those disturbingly intense golden eyes. Kagome stopped a few feet away from him, just inside the doorway. She put her hand to something on the wall, and Inu-Yasha heard a click. Suddenly the hallway was filled with light, and Inu-Yasha flinched in surprise. Kagome, however, was even more surprised. Her mouth opened wide in shock and fear as she saw his half-transformed state.

Inu-Yasha rushed forward and grabbed her before she could do anything else, however. His body was screaming at him. It couldn’t wait anymore. He pulled her roughly to him and held her, staring into her wide, beautiful eyes. He held her tightly to him and pushed himself against her. He heard her gasp. Her heart beat wildly against his chest, matching his own furious pulse. He bent to brush his lips against hers, but Kagome jerked away from him, trying to pull away from his aching body. Inu-Yasha growled in irritation, and Kagome glared at him.

“Inu-Yasha let me go!” He ignored her and pushed against her even tighter. Kagome blushed bright red, and her scent was both angry and embarrassed, confusing him. “Inu-Yasha…Sit!”

Kagome pulled free as Inu-Yasha was flung to the floor. He landed heavily and growled in fury. How dare she! His body screamed at him to take her, but he was unable to, pinned down by her damned spell. Kagome stepped away from him watching him suspiciously. “Don’t try to get up, Inu-Yasha, or I’ll sit you again. I don’t know what’s gotten into you, but I won’t let you up until you calm down.” Kagome blushed again. “You really need to calm down.”

Inu-Yasha tried to keep his agitation to himself, without much success. But since he couldn’t get up, he forced himself to think as rationally as he could. He couldn’t let her keep sitting him over and over. Why had she blushed when she said he should calm down? She hadn’t even really blushed when he had held her, except when he had pushed against her…Oh…Damn his instincts! His body had betrayed him.

“What is wrong with you? You’re half-transformed, Inu-Yasha, but you’re not going all mad like you usually do…except for what just happened, and that isn’t what you normally do when you transform or else Sango would have beaten you senseless.”

Inu-Yasha stared up at her and calmed himself enough to speak. He tried to keep his voice as level as he could, but it was still full of heat. “Kagome…I just can’t…I can’t help it anymore…I…I want you.” Kagome froze in shock. She was in his arms again before she could blink. “Kagome…I want you…more than anything else…in the world.” He whispered raspily in her ear. She was unmoving in his arms, but her heart was beating excitedly.

“Inu-Yasha…” Her voice was just a whisper, but it drove Inu-Yasha mad. He had to have her. He couldn’t wait any longer. He loved her. Inu-Yasha’s mind tripped over itself, stunned. Inu-Yasha couldn’t do anything, too shocked by this revelation to think of anything else. He loved Kagome. He loved Kagome. He loved Kagome.

As he held her close to him, feeling the warmth of her body, hearing her panting breath in his ear, he his body began to cool. The fire in his veins weakened until it was just a river of flame, no longer a raging chaos of fire and heat, or at least not as much so. If anything, the fire in his body now was even stronger, just not as wild as it had been. He loved Kagome. He had what he most desired right there in his arms. He didn’t need anything else. Inu-Yasha didn’t need any more from her.

“Kagome…stay with me…always.” He whispered in her ear and hugged her tighter to him. Too quietly for her to ever hear, he whispered again. “Kagome, I love you.”

End of Chapter Four

My theory of writing IY-Kagome romance is that Inu-Yasha is supposed to realize he loves Kagome, but even then he’s not allowed to say it for her to hear…til the end.

-Chevalier Mal Fet