InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ It Only Takes One Look ❯ Chapter 4: What’s With the Smell ( Chapter 4 )

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It Only Takes One Look

By: Ali B.

Chapter 4: What's With the Smell?

"What the hell is taking her so long? She can't possibility take THAT long of a bath!" Inuyasha grumbled to himself. "She smells fine already, well more than fine but-" he cut himself off. "It's not like she needs to take a bath every day! I mean, sure when she takes a fifthteen minute one it's okay, but damn, three hours! Damn woman!"

He continued running and muttering about "stupid wenches" and such until he saw her walking up the path. She was smiling brightly and wearing what he now recognized as miko robes. The moonlight hit her features perfectly, making her look like a goddess. The first thing that popped into his mind wasn't what everyone would have suspected.

`Kagome, my Kagome.'

Even Kagome herself would have been shocked if she could hear what Inuyasha was thinking.

`Gods, you're so beautiful.'

He was thinking of her, not Kikyo, but then again, that didn't matter now. She was in love with Sesshomaru. Inuyasha had lost his chance, but he was the only one that didn't know it yet. This situation could only be described by one word: Irony.

`So sweet, so innocent, so wonderful.'

As her lovely sent made its way to his nose he breathed deeply and sighed.

`Such an amazing sent, but what's that?!'

However, the sigh quickly turned into a growl as he noticed another sent. A most hated sent. Inuyasha suddenly jumped down infront of her. She made a started sound, but not because she was scared, she had known that he was there watching her, but from the look in his eyes. They were filler with anger, confusion, and most of all jealousy.

"Why the fuck do you smell like HIM?!"

"What?"

"HIM! You smell like HIM!"

"Who?" She asked innocently.

"Who? Who! Who the hell do you think?! What the fuck were you doing with MY brother in the MIDDLE of the NIGHT in such CLOSE proximity's?!"

"Nothing." She replied coolly.

"Yeah, sure, nothing. Bullshit, Kagome! If you "weren't doing anything" then why is that bastard's sent all over you?!"

"He's NOT a bastard!" she gritted her teeth. "He just wanted to talk to me! God, Inuyasha, chill out!"

"And how the hell am I going to do that when you're running away with my brother?!"

"I was not running away with him, I was just talking to him! He just wanted to know some things about, um, about," she started. `Come on girl think!' "Naraku! Yeah, he wanted to know about Naraku, so I told him what I know!" she finished. `Yeah, that sounds okay, I mean pretty much everyone hates him for some reason or another. Hope I can tip off Sesshomaru before Inuyasha sees him again, I also hope that Inuyasha buys this story!'

"Oh, right, like my FULL-DEMON-LORD-BROTHER would ask you about MY greatest enemy!"

"Why wouldn't he ask me?"

"Because I know more!"

"So what?! Every time he gets within a foot of you, you start to talk trash and start fighting him! If you just let HIM talk for once maybe you would get somewhere in your "relationship" with him! Don't you think that he ever just wants to talk to you? You know, brother to brother?"

"NO! He is only after my sword! He does NOT want to talk to me! I can't even see why he wanted to talk to YOU! You are just a human!"

"You know what?! WHATEVER! I don't have time or patience to listen to your incessant whining! I am going back to camp and then to be!"

"Oh, no, you don't!" Inuyasha said grabbing her arm. "I want to know what happened between you two!"

"What are you my mom?! I don't have to tell you anything!"

"TELL ME!"

"NO!"

"NOW!"

"NO!"

"KAGOME!"

"Fine, fine! I'll tell you, just let me go!"

"That's better." He said gruffly before letting go of her arm.

"Okay, what happened was, um, Sesshomaru walked up to me when I was bathing and asked if he could speak with me."

"What?! While you were bathing! That-"

"Before you start to get any stupid ideas he wasn't looking at me okay? Now shut up and listen or I won't tell you!"

"Fine, go on."

"Anyway, I said yes, and got out to get changed, while he turned around." She added because Inuyasha looked as if he was going to start yelling again. "We talked about Naraku and Kagura mostly. He said that they had done something terrible to him and he wanted revenge, like we do." She said. `I hope that he buys into my story because I can't think of any other excuse.' "And when we finished talking he left and I started to walk back to camp. There happy?"

"Moderately, but why did it take you three hours?"

"It was a LONG talk, Inuyasha."

"Oh." He said.

"Are we done now?"

"Fine, but you're really stupid, little girl!"

"And why is that?!"

"He could have easily killed you! He probably would have if he hadn't sensed me coming!"

"You're wrong, he would never hurt me."

"Why?" He asked suspiciously.

"B-because, he needed me information from me! Hello in there! Isn't that what I have been explaining to you for the last twenty minutes?!"

If Inuyasha knew why Sesshomaru REALLY wouldn't hurt her, he would flip. Better yet, he would go on a massacre.

"Oh, right, I forgot."

`He believed me, thank god!'

"But, still,"

`Shit.' She thought. "What, Inuyasha? What could it possibly be THIS time?"

"Never mind, it doesn't matter."

"Good, now let's go back to camp. I am really tired and we need to get an early start in the morning."

He nodded.

On the way back to camp Kagome remembered what Sango had told her earlier about Inuyasha. He had gotten really upset when Miroku and Sango had suggested that she and Sesshomaru had a "thing." She SHOULD tell him that she loves another. She SHOULD. The problem was she didn't know how.

"Um, Inuyasha?" she asked hesitantly.

"What is it?"

"What was it that you wanted to talk to me about earlier this evening? You know when we were interrupted."

"Oh, I-I, um, well you see, I-I wanted to k-know if you w-were, um, how do I put this, if you-"

"Oh for goodness sake, just ask me when you feel comfortable about it! No need to rush." She said sweetly. `What's up with him? I mean this is Inuyasha the "dangerous" hanyou we're talking about! Did he really start stuttering?! Wow, he's really starting to freak me out!'

"Yeah, sure, thanks."

"Wow." She remarked offhandedly.

"What do you mean "wow"?"

"I mean WOW! You actually agreed with me! Usually I would have to use the "s" word a couple of times before you agree to what I want or say!" She laughed when his expression turned irritated.

"What the fuck is so damn funny, bitch?! I can be agreeable just like everyone else when I want to be!"

She just kept laughing.

"What you don't think that I can?!"

Finally she was able to choke out, "Why do you always get so angry?"

"Some women drive men to become angry!"

"Whatever!" She smirked. `Five points for Kagome zero for Inuyasha. Recently I have been winning all of our arguments. Wonder why? Oh, well, I'll take anything I can get out of his cocky ass! But, really, what's up with the shyness?! It's kind of starting to freak me out!'

When they arrived back at camp Kagome rolled out her sleeping bag, Sango winked at her, as did Miroku, Shippo and Kirara looked confused, and Inuyasha jumped into a nearby tree. Everyone soon feel asleep. Everyone except for Inuyasha, that is, he was restless and upset.

`Why did Sesshomaru willingly talk to Kagome? He is supposed to hate humans, all humans. I know that she is kind, loving, beautiful, and-never mind that now. Even though she has all that and more, he is still Sesshomaru. It doesn't make any sense. There is no real reason to talk to her, unless-no way! He, he couldn't have feelings for her, could he? No, no way I doubt it! I mean seriously, the "King of Ice!" Ha! That's laughable!' he chuckled to himself lightly, but then stopped to really think about the "problem."

`But still, the way he looked at her, how he withdrew from out battle on her request, and then when he defended her from my taunting. I don't even want to think about that "look" he gave her when we both said that she wasn't my mate. That "You're-really-not-mates-with-the-half-breed-that-means-we-can-hook-up-now look. Just like Kouga, damn them both!' this time he growled. How he hated them both. Not just because of him, but because it seemed as though they wanted the same thing that Inuyasha did, Kagome.

`Has Sesshomaru really fallen for Kagome? And if he has, what will he do? Will he take her? NO! I won't let him take what's mine! (Still debatable) This is terrible. But what if even worse-she feels the same way about him. No, no way in hell! Kagome loves me, right? She belongs to me, doesn't she? She's meant to be with me! Isn't she? (Really still debatable)'

Inuyasha was so deep in thought that he never noticed the bear demon sneaking into their camp sight. Suddenly Kirara growled, awakening everyone. Kagome screamed. The bear demon was hovering all but ten yards away from he prone figure. Inuyasha immediately jumped infront of her. The rest of the group soon came to his said, fully dressed and armed, even Kagome.

"Why the hell didn't you warn us that a demon was here?" Sango hissed.

"I-I didn't know." He responded honestly.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.

"You didn't know?" Miroku questioned confused.

"No, okay!"

"Inuyasha." Kagome said, temper running out.

"You idiot! Why weren't you paying attention?!"

"Shut up!"

"Inuyasha!"

"What, woman?! What?!"

"The demon has ten jewel shards, just thought you should know! God, Inuyasha don't take out your screw ups on me!"

"I'm sorry. Thanks, Kagome!"

"It's fine but what should we do?" Kagome asked.

"YOU won't do anything, I'll handle it! Just stay back and try not to get hurt!" Inuyasha yelled, he got his attitude back in full force.

"Why?! I can take care of myself!" She shouted, but it didn't matter. Inuyasha was already slashing at the beast with Tetsusaiga.

Miroku and Sango joined the battle while Kagome and Shippo watched from the sidelined. The bear demon knocked Miroku and Sango to the ground. They were out cold.

"Oh, no! Sango, Miroku! Shippo, hurry to them! I've got to help Inuyasha!"

"Yes, mommy!"

Next the demon threw Inuyasha, sword and all, into a tree. The tree broke in half and Inuyasha also fell to the ground unconscious.

"Inuyasha!"

While all of this was going on Sesshomaru was walking slowly away from their location. He didn't want to give up Kagome's sent or aura.

"And to think, she loves me and she's all mine."

He stopped suddenly with a look of panic. Something had changed in her sent. He smelled fear.

"Oh shit, she's in danger!" Sesshomaru muttered to himself before quickly taking off in the opposite direction he was heading. `I have to hurry! If anything were t happen-no I won't think of that now.'

When he got there he saw Miroku, Sango, and Inuyasha all unconscious. Next he saw Shippo, who was currently running to help Miroku and Sango. Lastly he saw Kagome. She was about to shoot an arrow when she was knocked off her feet.

Sesshomaru dashed out just as the demon was about to reach for her. With a flick of the wrist Sesshomaru had killed the beast.

`NO! I don't want to die! Not when I am finally happy! Oh, Sesshomaru.' Kagome thought frantically waiting for the blow. But it never came.

Kagome opened her eyes slowly and gasped when she looked up. She quickly jumped to her feet and ran to Sesshomaru. He grabbed her before she could even touch him and hugged her tightly. His hug was only being rivaled by hers, which, for a human, was very strong.

"I was so scared!" she sobbed into him.

"I know, I know. It's okay; I'm here with you now. Please don't cry, please! You know I hate it when YOU cry."

She stopped crying and looked up at his face. One of his rare smiles was in place, just for her. This made her smile too. His heart melted.

`What a smile.'

"Thank you for saving me, Sesshy."

"Anything for you."

They both smiled wider and hugged each other tighter.

Sesshomaru and Kagome stayed like that for a while until the heard, "What the fuck are you doing with her, Sesshomaru?!"

Apparently Inuyasha was awake, and apparently he was pissed.