InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ LOVE LIFE ❯ Mind Games 101 ( Chapter 4 )

LOVE LIFE

By: Youkai Yume

Yume: Yays! We're up to Chapter 4 of Love Life! {does a happy dance}

CF: Whoo! CF is happy! Cuz Sesshy and Kagome are back together!

Yume: Yup, but far from over! (evil grin) Oh. Many of you pointed out that the little display of affection Sesshomaru gave to Kagome was in a car…with windows…in a public street…lol. (even bigger evil grin)

CF: Let's just say at least Sess had tinted windows! ^^

[Disclaimer]: Inuyasha does not belong to me, though if he did, I'd probably cut off his ears (snuggles) For me that is…(evil grin)

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Chapter 4: Mind Games 101

Sesshomaru didn't know how he managed to get through the drive without ravishing Kagome. The heat was still coursing through his body from their earlier kisses and caresses, and he ached to feel her skin beneath his fingertips again.

He nearly growled when he heard Kagome giggle. She knew what kind of affect that she had on him and she was giggling. An evil grin spread across his features. She won't be laughing for long once he's through with her. `Just wait till nightfall comes,' He thought with a lustful gleam in his eye, which didn't go unnoticed by Kagome.

"What are you thinking, Sessho?" She asked him suspiciously, her sapphire eyes narrowing. Sesshomaru smiled coolly to himself.

"You will find out soon enough, love," He answered in a low and seductive voice, causing shivers to go up her spine. Kagome blushed a bit, getting a general idea of what he was referring to when she saw his golden eyes travel up her body.

After all this time, he still had this affect on her. She looked outside the window, biting her lower lip when she saw the buildings of Tokyo U. In just a couple of minutes, she would have her first taste of University life.

"Kagome, daijabou?" Sesshomaru's inquiry brought her back to reality. She smiled, and nodded, her fingers playing with the straps of her bag.

"Hai. I was just thinking, how it was sort of a miracle that I'm here with you…" She said softly, "Actually, just being here in general is a bit of a miracle," Kagome admitted. Parking his car, Sesshomaru leaned over and kissed her lips tenderly.

Pulling back, he nuzzled her neck affectionately, breathing in her scent.

"Did your mother come back here with you?" He asked, his tone suddenly serious. He felt Kagome stiffen noticeably at the mention of her mother, and he leaned back against his seat, staring intently on her. She sighed, a sad expression coming over her face.

"Mom stayed back in Kyoto with my little brother. She's with my grandpa, and she still works sometimes."

"You said she had cancer."

Kagome nodded solemnly.

"Yeah…a part of me feels as if I shouldn't be here at all. I mean…not when she's sick back there…I should be taking care of her," Kagome's face came over with a saddened look. And Sesshomaru could tell…she was consumed with guilt. "I'm such…a selfish child," She added, looking out the window once more. "But Momma loved me anyway."

Sapphire met gold as Sesshomaru forced her gaze to meet his, his hand gripping her chin and tilting her head upwards for another chaste kiss.

"It wasn't your fault," He whispered against her lips. "Don't you ever think it is, love. You've done all you can do." Slowly, Kagome nodded.

"I know," She smiled, and pulled away. But despite the smile on her face, she still felt her thoughts conflict. `Should I tell him?' She wondered. Kagome didn't want to be a burden, and when if she told him what she was planning to do in order to help her mother, she knew he would try to pull her out of it. `I'm not a child anymore.' Her mind echoed. `I can deal things on my own.'

"Kagome," Sesshomaru's voice brought her out of her thoughts and she replied with a distant `Hmm?' He kissed her chastely. "Aren't you late for class, love?"

"Oh FREAK!" Kagome started, getting out of the car immediately, and straightening out her clothes so that she looked presentable for class. Sesshomaru inwardly chuckled at her cute behavior. She so often let herself get lost in her thoughts that she tended to be forgetful.

"Arigato for the ride, Sessho-kun!" She thanked, running over to his side and pecking him on his cheek. "Gotta go! Gotta go! Gotta go!" Kagome ranted before sprinting off. But she didn't get very far before she felt a firm hand on her wrist, yanking her back and bumping into Sesshomaru's chest.

She looked curiously up at him. He stared back with impassive eyes. Tentatively, he dug his hands in his pocket, a smile gracing his lips.

"Sessho, I don't have time for games…" She mumbled, bouncing on the balls of her feet as she was determined not to be late for her first day. Sesshomaru chuckled, and took her hand, placing something like a piece of glossy paper in her palm. Then he leaned down to whisper in her ear.

"You dropped this back in the coffee shop," He said softly to her, pulling back and most satisfied with her reaction.

"You mean you were-that guy was-this morning when I-" Her eyed flashed with confusion, realization, bewilderment, then anger. "You mean YOU were the JERK?!" She shouted in disbelief. She hugged when Sesshomaru did nothing but laugh softly, his arm encircling her waist as he pulled her along into the building.

"Come, Kagome. I will walk you to your first class," He said casually, as if the subject of her meeting him in the coffee shop was no big deal at all. She sighed, but then calmed. Nothing could dampen her spirits now. "What's your first class?" He inquired.

"Um…."

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"Welcome to Psychology 101," His velvet voice greeted rather silkily to the class. "May god have mercy on your souls," He said seriously, a rather dark look crossing his smiling features that promised hidden secrets. A few of the students laughed weakly, but quickly quieted when the realized beneath their professor's rather evil smile was a hint of truth.

Sarcasm? Hmm….hard to tell. Sango narrowed her eyes in careful examination at her new professor. One look at his twisted smile and it brought shivers down her spine. `Must be that power that teachers have to intimidate students…' She thought. His wavy hair was brushed aside from his crimson eyes as he walked around his desk, examining them all.

"I commend you all on your courageousness in attending this class, but I warn you. I take no prisoners." He warned, his smirk still firmly on his face. "In this unit, we will be discussing certain behaviors and how they relate to the human mind, as well as how humans respond to certain-"

He was instantly interrupted when the door slid open with a loud bang, and a very disheveled and heavily panting girl came running in. Sango's eyes widened when she recognized the figure, and nearly squealed in delight if she hadn't muffled her cries with her hands.

"So sorry! My bad! Sorry I'm late!" She bowed quickly, not even bothering to look up at her professor's face before bursting into apology. There was a prolonged silence except for the sound of a few snickers that resounded throughout the room from a few students.

It took all of Sango's strength not to cry out "DAMN STRAIGHT! Get your ass up here!"

He raised his eyebrow slightly, looking up momentarily at the still open door to see a flash of silver flutter away from the door. Slowly, he looked down once more with amused crimson depths at the tardy student. Obviously a freshman.

"You have made it just in time, Ms…"

"Higurashi!" She finished in a rather enthusiastic voice. Then her face was flushed momentarily in embarrassment as she clasped nervous hands in front of her, allowing sapphire eyes to meet with his deep crimson. "I'm Kagome Higurashi," She said in a slightly lower voice than before.

He found it suddenly hard to breathe the moment he caught sight of her sparkling irises. His crimson eyes roamed hungrily over her fine features, his gaze tracing her fair skin, her raven hair, her flushed cheeks…He lingered almost trance-like when he came to her pink lips.

A dark smile crossed his lips.

"Um…sir?" Kagome inquired, bringing him out of his study of her.

"Kagome, is it? Lovely name…" He cooed, causing her to become very nervous at the leer in his eyes. "You may take your seat, Higurashi," He said finally.

She nodded quickly, her eyes trying to avoid his as they darted around the room looking for an acceptable seat. A grin crossed her features when she saw a familiar girl with dark brown hair and eyes wave enthusiastically at her and began pointing to the seat adjacent to hers.

"Here Kagome!" She mouthed to her silently, and she complied, almost running excitedly to seat herself next to her old friend. All the while, she could feel the professor's eyes on her back, not once leaving her. She swallowed.

Seating herself beside Sango, she pushed away her foreboding thoughts and smiled widely at her.

"Hey! Long time no see, ne?" She joked.

Kagome was answered with a fierce hug and a whispered "I'll say!"

"Kagome-chan, when did you get here? Why didn't you call? Arg! We have so much to catch up on!" Sango gushed all at once, and before Kagome could answer, the clearing of their professor's throat quieted them.

"Ladies…" He said in his mocking voice. "There will be time for talk after the lesson. But for now…" His crimson eyes glittered with something that Kagome couldn't read as he locked eyes with hers across the room, not breaking away even when he spoke.

"I will be your instructor for this Psychology class. You may call me Professor Naraku," He introduced himself, more to Kagome than the rest of the class. And she couldn't help but let a small shiver go up her spine.

"Creepy, isn't he?" Sango whispered barely above a whisper, and all she could do was nod in agreement as Naraku turned to the board, a deep feeling of foreboding lurked in the pit of her stomach.

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Kagome sighed as she wrote down the last of her notes, feeling relief when her fingers dropped the pen in completion. Everyone was beginning to pack up and get ready to leave, and Kagome followed suit.

"Okay, now you have to spill!" Sango chirped beside her, and the girl laughed at her friend's still same exuberant attitude.

"It's a long story," Kagome started, putting her notebook in her bag. "But I'll tell you, it's been one hell of a first day!" She smiled, slinging her bag over her shoulder.

"Really?" She inquired, her brown orbs sparkling in curiosity. "Do tell! Did you meet the others? Miroku?"

"No," Kagome shook her head, giggling. "I heard you two are still together, ne?" She asked, nudging the now blushing Sango.

"Oh hushies! This is about YOU!" She laughed.

"Hai. Hai. Well, to start things off, I met a total jerk in a café this morning," She said with a mischievous twinkle in her eye, "And then I found out that I'm going to be rooming with…guess who?" When there was no answer, only anticipated silence, Kagome spoke. "Inuyasha!"

"No way! Can't be that small of a world!" Sango exclaimed as they prepared to walk out the door and passing their professor. "What about Sessho-"

"Excuse me," Sango was interrupted when the silky voice of Naraku-sensei cut into their conversation, his crimson eyes probing their forms under his darkened gaze. "May I have a private word with Ms. Higurashi?" He asked, and Kagome stiffened noticeably.

"Um…Sure…" She answered nervously, motioning for Sango to leave without her. The girl gave her a slightly sympathetic look, and nodded, exiting the class hastily.

That left only Naraku-sensei and Kagome by themselves…She began to fidget uneasily, her eyes gazing around the room. Strange, how she never noticed how large and empty…and totally suffocating it was even without her classmates when it was just her and her dark professor. Who, at the moment, was making her even more uncomfortable with the awkward silence.

Sapphire eyes darted away from his when she realized that he was staring at her very much like he had earlier…dark and hungry…

"I gather you have just arrived here, on campus?" He started, making her jump slightly when she realized he had moved in back of her.

"Y-Yes, I just got here today," She answered nervously.

"Really?" Naraku cooed, standing so close to her back that she could feel the heat from his body. "I just want you to know that I don't like tardy students…" He whispered, his voice low and seductive that caused Kagome to shift where she stood.

"G-Gomen for that, Naraku-sensei…I'll be prompt next time," She promised quickly-anything to get out of this awkward situation.

"Good," Naraku smirked, "I made a special exception for you…this time…" Her fingers tightened in front of her.

`If I didn't know any better, I'd say Naraku-sensei was flirting with me!' She thought with a sudden shudder. This didn't go unnoticed by the older man, and a lustful smirk crossed his lips.

Without warning, she felt his fingers brush against her neck as her ebony hair was pushed aside, causing her to gasp slightly and edge a little farther away from him.

"What're you…!"

"You really should look after yourself, Higurashi," He said, his voice dark as he scanned a red mark on her neck, and without thinking, he let cold fingertips touch it.

Kagome pulled back quickly, turning to face him and backing away several feet from him, her fingers brushing the area that her professor was looking at with a deep blush. She blushed even harder when she realized it must be one of the "love bites" that Sesshomaru left on her neck from their little meeting in his car.

Naraku chuckled at her embarrassed behavior.

"Such fair skin like yours, shouldn't be marred with such blemishes," He cooed.

A low growl from behind startled him, and Naraku turned around to see Sesshomaru standing there. Though his face was as unreadable as ever, a smoldering fire of jealousy and anger flickered across his golden orbs.

"Sesshomaru!" Kagome sighed with relief, never more happy to see him. The silver-haired young man averted glaring gaze from Naraku to her.

"Kagome, we're leaving," He said firmly and she nodded, running by his side quickly. Instantly, Sesshomaru encircled a protective arm around her waist and pulled her with him to the doorway, sending Naraku a look of warning; as if telling him silently who Kagome belonged to.

He ran his fingers through inky black hair, his crimson eyes burning with equal jealousy and anger as he watched the couple walk out of his sight.

He had let his prey gotten away, that mesmerizing creature… `Kagome Higurashi,' he thought the name over in his head. She was the most intriguing he had ever seen by far, and he was filled with a sudden desire…he wanted her.

A twisted smile curved his pale lips. He knew it was wong…a teacher and student relationship, but…Naraku chuckled to himself. He had done worse. But then his smirk was replaced with a frown.

`Little Kagome has a watchdog…' He mused, thinking back to the ivory boy. How his golden eyes flashed with momentary fury when he looked at him…he knew of his intentions. `A lover, perhaps…' Naraku went to fix the papers on his desk.

"Sesshomaru Taiyoukai," He mused, one of the top students here at Tokyo University, and heir to take over Silver Western Company. Yes, he knew the young man well. And was perhaps closer than Sesshomaru himself knew…he had his connections, his smile widening when he remembered a certain business arrangement that his brother, Onigumo mentioned…

`My, my…young Sesshomaru is supposed to be engaged does he not?' Naraku sat back against his chair, a plan already concocting in his brain. He would bide his time a little longer…and when the time was right…

"I'll show you the truth, Higurashi…" He smiled. "Welcome to Mind Games, 101."

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"Sesshomaru! Slow down!" Kagome pleaded as he drove at least 20 miles over the speed limit. "Sessho, it's a public street, remember?! Why are you so quiet all of a sudden?!" With the coming of a red light, Sesshomaru slammed on the brakes, causing Kagome to jerk forward suddenly.

Huffing, she turned to him with curious eyes. But he did not look at her, golden eyes shadowed by silver bangs.

"Was Naraku trying to hit on you?" He asked, his voice stern. Kagome stiffened, biting her lower lip.

"I…I honestly don't know…" She said truthfully. Sesshomaru looked up at her, and angry spark in his eyes.

"How can you not notice? The way that he was looking at you…" He growled, remembering the older man standing over his beloved as he cooed in her ear, brushed her locks and touched her neck…the thought made his blood boil. It sickened him. Not to mention it was morally wrong in every way…

`You should've suspected that from Naraku,' He thought bitterly.

"You don't have to worry, I'll try to keep my distance." She promised. "You looked really scary back there…" Kagome mumbled.

They continued their drive until Sesshomaru parked in front of an elaborate apartment building. Parking his car, he immediately stepped outside and opened Kagome's car door. She looked up at him curiously, wondering why he brought her here instead of back to her dormitory when he pulled her out of her seat and right into his embrace.

Her cry of surprise was muffled when he brought his lips to seal hers in a hungry kiss. Kagome gasped, and Sesshomaru wasted no time in slipping his tongue into her mouth, mating with her tongue. She moaned, her arms coming up to wrap around his neck.

Breaking away and panting for air, he looked lazily into her eye with passion-filled depths.

"No one will touch what is mine…" He whispered to her huskily, and she nodded, her lips slightly swollen from his fevered kiss.

"Yours…" Kagome ushered, which caused to arouse him with the simple word. Kissing her passionately and pulling her taut against his hard body, he pressed her against his car. Then hastily, he licked a trail to her ear and whispered,

"Kagome. Inside. Apartment. Now." And blushing, she nodded as he practically dragged her up the stairs and into the building.

[END CHAPTER]

Yume: Okay! That's Chapter four! NEXT CHAPTER! WARNING! LEMON!

CF: (giggles madly) lemon good.

Yume: (nods) What's Naraku planning, and what's his connection with Sesshomaru-HE IS ONE TWISTED monkey! Yes, I said monkey…^^0 Stick around!

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