InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lemon-Scented Bath Salts of Fate & Time ❯ Fate's Plan Pays Off - Part 2 ( Chapter 6 )

Lemon-scented Bath Salts of Fate & Time.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi. I make no profit off this story other than the ability to sleep at night because it’s not longer pinging around in my skull.




Chapter 6 – Fate’s plan pays off – part 2

She was dreaming. She knew that she was dreaming.

Because Inuyasha only said "I love you" to her in her dreams.

But something was dripping onto her cheek. She opened her eyes just a touch.

"Don't leave me. I love you. Please. Please." She heard the words, and her fluttering eyes saw Inuyasha's mouth moving in time with them. And a drop of water fell onto her cheek. It fell from his eye. He was crying. She was in his arms and he was crying.

Okay, she must still be dreaming.

"Inu- yasha?"

His eyes sought hers. Her eyes were open. She was looking at him. "Kagome!" And then, she was looking at his beautiful hair, as he pulled her into an almost bone-crunching hug. "Thank god. Thank god. Kagome," he breathed into her neck.

Holding her close, he breathed in her scent. She was alive. She was alright. He just wanted to hold onto this. She was so fragile. He knew it before, but seeing her like that had made it seem so much more. He could lose her at any time. "Kagome," he sighed in relief.

As he breathed in all things Kagome, she felt the cool air of his inhalation skating across where her shoulder and neck met - where he'd buried his face. Why was he holding her? She tried to take stock of her situation. She was in his arms. She was naked! Oh, my god. He was naked, too - she could feel his skin. As she realized it, she felt herself heat up.

'What the heck? Why are we both...

'Oh! Right. I'm DREAMING. Wow. This feels really real.' Part of her worried about that for half a second. But then she remembered. 'Definitely a dream. There's no WAY Inuyasha would say he loved me - let alone cry! Why the hell'd I think THAT up?'

Deciding to enjoy it, she wrapped her arms around his torso and snuggled in to his neck. "Mmm. Inuyasha," she murmured, and then began kissing and nipping at his neck.

Her scent overwhelmed him, and his relief had him too startled to notice that the youkai in him began humming awake. She was initiating mating! No, of course she wasn't initiating mating, his human side countered. 'What the hell is she doing?' the hanyou thought anxiously. 'She... must not be coherent! She did hit her head hard enough to knock her out.'

He grabbed her shoulders and pushed her a few inches away from him. "Kagome, are you alright?"

Shocked, she stared into his red-rimmed eyes. Okay, this had never happened before. Usually when she dreamed, everything went quickly toward kissing and hugging - and occasionally nakedness. And usually, she didn't know she was dreaming. And he was always brave and strong - he never EVER cried. "Inuyasha, have you been crying?" Her hand went up to his face, and her thumb brushed over his cheek where his tears had left a trail.

She was gazing up at him with such concern. But she wasn't behaving normally. Normal Kagome would not sit on his lap naked. Normal Kagome would be "sitting" him until she got some clothes on. And he was going to ignore her question as staunchly as he was going to ignore that he'd unconsciously leaned into her hand when she placed it on his face. Because of course he hadn't been crying! He shook his head to clear it and focus on what was important.

"Kagome, do you know where you are?"

Her smile was sultry. Sultry! "I'm in the bath with you." Her hand traced a pattern on his chest, trying to get the dream back on track.

Her scent changed slightly. Breathing her in, his groin stirred and he moaned. She was aroused. Okay, something was definitely not right.

Speaking very slowly, as if to a small, retarded child, "Do you remember at all what happened?"

Her hand traced up the side of his neck to his ear, where she began rubbing it. He let loose a rumble almost like a purr, and she knew he liked the attention she was giving him.

But her mind went back. What was he talking about? 'Do I remember...' She remembered jumping through the well and him following. The hose. Inuyasha with the rag. Her shower. Stepping into the bath - and that was all.

That was all! Her hand froze, and then she pulled back from him abruptly. The movement caused the dull pain in the back of her head - which she hadn't really been paying attention to - to flare. Her hand - that had just been seducing his ear began gingerly probing the back of her head. There was a knot there.

And it struck her. This wasn't a dream! She let out an "Eep!" and tried to cover herself with her arms. But still being mostly on his lap, it wasn't very effective.

Now THIS was more Kagome. She was okay. Really okay. One hand reached out for a towel, and threw it on top of her torso so she'd feel less insecure.

He was so relieved, he began to laugh.

Clutching the towel to her, she began to question him angrily. "What's so funny? And why are you in here, anyway? Why does my head hurt? What happened?"

He muttered, "Thank god. She's really okay," ignoring her questions and continuing to chuckle in relief.

"Stop laughing at me!" She glared at him. "What the heck is going on?"

"Stupid girl," he replied, still chuckling, "You hit your head." His hand brushed the knot lightly and she hissed through her teeth at the contact. That sobered him up. He remembered that she could have died, and his fear gripped him. Angrily he said, "I don't want you using this room any more."

"What the hell are you talking about? This is my bathroom. Of course I'm going to use it."

"No. It's too dangerous. It's not built right. You can bathe at the hot springs. With Sango."

"Right! So you and Miroku can come and spy on us? Didn't you get enough of an eyeful tonight?" she yelled at him, and then blushed. She still hadn't vacated his lap.

"What does Miroku have to do with anything?" he yelled back at her. "You're not using this room again, and that's that!" The thought of her alone in this room without him there had him completely panicked.

"You don't own me! You can't tell me what to do!" she hollered, and he recoiled as if slapped.

Of course he didn't. It was just she was sitting on his lap. And she'd almost died. And then she'd been nipping him on the neck. And he'd forgotten. How had he forgotten that she would never ever be his?

He lifted her off his lap and set her down gently in the tub. She tried to keep her gaze averted from his skin, but failed. He pulled his yukata tight around him and stood, muttering, "Just be more careful, okay?" He sounded defeated.

Her mind flashed to the sound she'd first heard when she came to. His voice. Saying...

He began to step out of the tub and she blurted, "Inuyasha, don't leave!" Her voice sounded frightened. He stopped where he stood but didn't turn look at her.

"Did... Did you really tell me... I thought I was dreaming. I dreamed you said..." She saw his shoulders tense, and said, "Tell me the truth, Inuyasha."

"I... I don't know what you're yammerin' about." His voice sounded flat with the lie, even to him. And while he was speaking, his mind was trying to piece together the implications of what she was asking. She thought she was dreaming? That was why she had snuggled with him and nipped his neck? She thought she was dreaming. Wait. Wait a minute.


She could tell he wasn't being honest. She HAD heard him say it. And if she wasn't dreaming... She wasn't dreaming! She'd hit her head, and he found her unconscious. Her mind replayed him mumbling while laughing, "Thank god, she's really okay." He was worried about her. He HAD been crying. Hope began to make her heart clench. He had thought she...


She'd thought it was a dream and she had done what would initiate mating. He was pretty sure she knew that nipping the neck was the first step, and even if she hadn't, she'd been flirting with him. Touching his chest. Looking at him like that. Did that mean in her dreams she did that often? He remembered how sometimes her scent while she was sleeping would spike and drive him even more crazy than normal. Did that mean...


She began to question him again. "Did you think...? You said..." He'd been holding her and crying. He'd begged her not to leave him. He'd said he loved her. She gasped. "Inuyasha, did you mean it when you said you loved me?"

"I..." He didn't know what to say. Did she dream of mating with him? It was impossible, wasn't it? He was a filthy hanyou. If he told her the truth, she'd laugh at him, and then they wouldn't be friends anymore. He could put up with never having her, but to lose her completely...

He just stood there looking miserable. But was he miserable because he said it and didn't mean it, or because... And she remembered Sango telling them both to leave for the clean up, and she knew. That wasn't it.

She stood up quickly to confront him, and the shifting gravities affected her head. She began to lose her balance. Her hands reached out to try to find some support, and she dropped her towel in the process.

He sensed her falling and quickly swooped down to steady her, his hands on her waist. He was peering anxiously in her eyes to see if she was okay or going to pass out. She might be Kagome again, but she'd been hurt.

He was looking in her eyes. And she knew it was now or never. If she didn't tell him now, she might never be able to. "I love you, Inuyasha." Her arms wrapped around his neck, and she pressed her lips against his.

He was too shocked to react immediately. Her scent was making his youkai rage. 'She's ours! She wants us! CLAIM HER!' 'Don't! You'll hurt her!' He struggled to keep control. And by the time he pushed his demon down and his brain kicked in, she had pulled back.

Looking away from him, she began to ramble. "It's okay. I... hit my head. I'm probably remembering it wrong. God, I'm so stupid. Way to go, Kagome. Of course he doesn't love you. He loves Kikyo." She felt her own tears start to build in her eyes. "I... I'll just-"

"You... love me?" She wouldn't look at him. The sound of tears hitting the water they were standing in was the only sound in the room. And then.

He pulled her to him and his lips crushed against hers. Her eyes flew open and she saw his closed, his expression was so intense that she sighed into him. Her own eyes closed as she kissed him back.

His hands ran down her back, and she moaned. As her lips parted, his tongue darted in to taste her. Her knees gave out, but he was holding her up, holding her to him as if he would never, ever let her go.

They parted for breath, and he breathed her name. "Kagome." She smelled good. She smelled good and right and his. The demon inside was beating at him. Trying to get out. 'Take her or I'll take her for us!' It was taking everything he had to not just lift her those few inches height difference. Only his complete love for her, and the knowledge that she'd just been injured was giving him the strength to hold on.

She buried her face in his neck, and her hands grasped onto his back tightly. 'He kissed me. He loves me he kissed me!' Holding him so tight, she felt him - his need. He was huge with need. For her! Blushing, she murmured, "Do you... Inuyasha..."

His voice was very tight as he spoke, "Tell me. Need to know. What you want."

His voice was so strained that she pulled back and looked up at him. Stripes were on his face, and she could see his eyes straining from amber to red and back again. The stripes faded and came back up. His expression was anguished, like he was warring within himself, and she hadn't a clue why. But he needed something. She was sure of it.

"What is it, Inuyasha? What's going on?" She leaned up and held his face in both her hands. "What can I do to help?"

His eyes flashed red, and he growled, "MINE!" and bit he neck. He drew a little blood, but she instinctively knew it was passion, not violence that was driving him. And then he pulled back abruptly.

Stripes disappeared and red faded to Amber as he yelled at himself, "NO! No one hurts Kagome! We can't have her!" He didn't realize he was actually speaking out loud. Kagome watched the exchange, too taken aback to do anything.

In the time it took to blink, the markings of the demon were back. "Want her. She's ours!" His claws began squeezing her breast, and she felt a firebolt shoot from the tips of his fingers through her abdomen and explode into white heat between her legs.

And then the stripes were gone again and he shook his head violently, "She's NOT ours! She would never want us!" He didn't remove his hand from her breast, just held it in her hand.

And red again, "Smell! She wants us. She is our MATE! TAKE HER! Do not disappoint our bitch!" His claw trailed down her stomach and she shivered in response.

He was just about to reach her curls when he changed back and pulled his hand away. "She doesn't love us like that. We can't hurt her. She doesn't-"

"Yes. She does." She'd heard enough. He loved her. He loved her. He wanted her. He wanted her enough to have to fight his own demon because he wanted to keep her safe. He'd never done anything like that for Kikyo. He wouldn't have. She knew it. "I love you, Inuyasha, and if you want me, I AM yours."

He stood frozen in place, but his features continued in their war.

"I love hanyou Inuyasha, and youkai Inuyasha, and human Inuyasha."

The features stopped shifting somewhere between demon and hanyou, and he still didn't move. So she took his hand and set it back where he'd left off. "I know that you would never hurt me. Never." Taking his other hand, she placed it on her breast and leaned in toward him. "But I want you so badly, it hurts inside. So please..."

Gazing down into her eyes, he saw hunger that matched his own. The struggle became harder, and his eyes shifted a hair toward red. "You. WANT to be my mate?" He had to make it clear. This wasn't just a one time thing. This was for life! She'd be with him forever. She couldn't possibly want that! And if he got a taste of her, he wouldn't be able to stop from marking her as his own. The fact that he had to battle his demon side proved it.

His voice had sounded incredulous. And hopeful.

"I want you always, Inuyasha. I love you."

A growl bubbled up from within, and he attacked her neck again. One hand massaged her breast, and the other lifted her up so that he could carry her to a good place in the furo.

She felt the water rise over her body, and rejoiced in the heat that matched her own. His mouth worked down from her neck to her breast and she moaned. "Oh, god, Inuyasha!" A hand parted her legs, and she flushed at being so exposed until his fingers began playing her. Clawtips traced lightly over each fold and she shuddered. Then one tip flicked across a certain spot, and she gasped. He looked at her face and saw sheer ecstasy on it.

He growled in satisfaction and began alternating light touches and flicks in that location to see her reactions.

Her hand reached up to his ear and began to stroke it gently, using her fingernails to scritch the skin beneath the fur. His growls changed pitch, and she knew he was enjoying it. She was determined to give him as much pleasure as he was giving her.

The fleshy part of his thumb was stroking downward on her button, and the tip of his claw grazed it lightly on the upstroke. That left his other fingers free to explore. They found her opening and she moaned, her ministrations on his ear slowing. Carefully, he inserted one finger while maintaining the rhythm with his thumb.

"Oh!" she gasped, and her eyes were shut in delight. His finger joined the timing of his thumb, and her hand dropped away from his ear entirely. Her arms were flung wide from her body, fingers splayed, and he smiled. In and out, up and down, not missing a beat until he felt her walls clamp down and something wetter than the water they were in coated his finger.

The look on her face - he would never forget. It was the best thing he'd ever seen. He wanted to see it again.

A second finger joined the first inside her, and she screamed, "Oh, my GOD!" and burst into another orgasm. Pumping her furiously now, he slowly added a third finger, stretching her as he did. Her hips were thrusting toward his hand now, and the look of wild abandon on her face was his - only his. He bent down toward her, sucking her nipple into his mouth, and she shrieked his name as she came yet again.

She was ready. God, she was wet. She was panting, and the smell of her pleasure was driving him crazy. He removed his fingers and she whimpered at the loss. That did it. The demon burst forth, and he captured Kagome's lips in a crushing kiss as he knelt between her knees.

She spread as wide as she could for him, and opened her eyes to look into his burning red ones. She knew he was full demon now, yet she just smiled and said, "Please, Inuyasha, I need you!" Her hips lifted, seeking his. His growl was one of pure satisfaction. He readied his tip between her lips and he slowly eased into her.

God, she was tight. He knew he had to be careful or he'd hurt her so he forced the demon back. She saw his eyes fade down to the gold she knew so well. As he reached her barrier, he looked her in the eyes and said, "Are you sure you want ME?"

Oh, how she loved him. She reached with both hands and grabbed his ass. Then thrusting up with her hips, she pulled him into her quickly. She didn't even register the pain. A single tear escaping down one cheek was the only sign she gave of discomfort. But a growl of pleasure rumbled from her lips in one word, "Yeesssssssssss!"

She was his. She was his. She wanted him. His lips latched onto hers, as he pulled out and then thrust into he again. Each time he slid back in was punctuated with a gasp or a moan that burst from her mouth into his. Their tongues traced each other, and she felt the tips of his teeth, sharp but careful not to hurt her.

He let go of her mouth as their pace increased. She fell over a cliff into an explosion of light unlike anything she'd ever felt. This made all his previous efforts truly just seem like... well, foreplay. THIS was why so many people were so fascinated with sex. She thought this between shrieks of pleasure.

Her sounds were pleasing to his demon. She was so tight, so perfect. She was his bitch, his mate. She would be his mate always. The demon had no need to burst forth any more. But he did continue to give suggestions, and unthinkingly, the hanyou began to give them voice.

"I love hearing your pleasure. Scream louder for me." She didn't even consciously register the request. She was inches away from another crest. But her volume increased regardless.

Pounding into her furiously, he felt her crest again and he gave voice to the demon again, "Are you my bitch, Kagome?"

Her head was flung back in pleasure. She was a sheet floating on the wind. He was the wind. He was everything. "YESSSSSS!" she shrieked as loudly as she could, coming again so quickly, she didn't know how it was possible. Every nerve was dedicated to pleasure. Every nerve was his.

"Tell me, Kagome," he growled.

Conscious thought was completely gone, yet somehow she screamed out the words he wanted, "I! AM! YOUR! BITCH! INU! YAAHSHHAAAAA!" She crested again. As she was coming down, she panted, "I'm yours. I'm yours. I'm yours."

It was too much. Hearing her submit to him as his mate - his mate! - he thrust harder, faster, and then bit into the juncture of her shoulder and neck as he came deep within her.

She felt the connection like current. She completed the circuit, biting into his as well, biting hard enough to break his skin. He was her mate. Forever, the current said. She came again around him, as he continued to come inside her. She felt each pulse of his cock in her, each jet that released in her, and briefly she wondered where she was in her cycle. But the picture of cute little Inu-babies just made her smile. If she'd had any doubts before about loving him, that alone would have set them to rest.

The smile had made her teeth release their hold on his skin. Without thinking, she began to lick at the blood that welled up, cleaning it.

When she released his mark, thought became more lucid. Then she began caring for the mark, and he felt the connection to her - like a hand stroking his back.

His teeth let go of their own hold on her, and he cleaned her wound with his tongue. She shivered at the feeling. It was like he was breathing on her nipples and clit at the same time. Holy crap!

He pulled back to look at her, uncertain of her reaction - had she really wanted this? Would she really be okay with it? Wouldn't she have regrets?

Briefly, her mind recalled all that she'd screamed during sex. It was like being seen through a haze, but she knew it had all really happened.

Smiling at him, she said, "Let's get something straight right now, okay?" He looked like he was terrified, so she quickly continued, "When we're alone like this, you can call me your bitch all you want. But if you ever call me your bitch in front of Sango or Miroku - or anyone else! - I swear I will sit you so hard!"

"Kagome, I-" he stuttered.

And she smiled gently, lightly stroking her mark. "I'd really prefer you called me your mate with them. Okay?"

She was happy. She was his mate, and she was happy! He didn't know what else to say. "I love you, Kagome."

"Good, 'cuz now I think you're pretty much stuck with me!" He had never EVER seen her this happy. EVER.

Being with him made her happy!

He picked her up and pulled her into his lap, holding her close to him. She sighed into his shoulder, content. Until she felt a tapping on her head. Tapping that then spread into dampness. He was crying.

She tried to pull away, but he had her head tucked under his chin and was not letting her go. She whispered, "Inuyasha, what's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong."

She counted to five. "Then why are you crying?"

She waited for his response. And waited. "Inuyasha?"

"Idiot! I'm just happy, okay?"

"Oh." She felt like she had the goofiest grin on her face in the history of the world. "Me too." So happy.

"Um. Inuyasha?"

"What?!" He sounded exasperated and content at the same time.

Her stomach growled as she said, "You want to go get some ramen?"

X

Several hours later, clean clothes on their backs, a pack full of ramen, and some pepto bismol for the kitsune, they walked back toward the well house.

"Inuyasha?"

"Yes, bitch?" She tried to glare at him, but was too happy to make it effective.

"Do you want to... drop everything off with Kaede and then come back and spend the night here?"

Puzzled, "What for?"

"Well..." She blushed. "My family's not coming home tonight and... I thought you might want to call me your bitch some more." She pointedly didn't look at him. Just opened the door to the well house and walked inside. "Since you did promise that you wouldn't call me that there."

Blustering to cover his own blush, "Eh, you LIKE being my bitch."

"You think so? Well how 'bout this?" She stood on the lip of the well and looked him in the eyes, smirking. "We come back here tonight, and you can take your bitch doggy-style." With that, she jumped into the well, not waiting for a response.

Smiling, he leaped into the well after her.

- FIN -