Bonjour! SexyBeast is reporting in with chapter 4 of LTAO!

::looks around and sees that there are no readers around::

Hey now! I wasn't gone that long! My last update for this story was only…

…3 months ago…

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But I do have good reasons, but first of all, I wanted to apologize to all you wonderful readers out there, I'm so sorry! ::begging for forgiveness::

Moving sucks, as most of you probably know, but then having dial-up sucks even more. Also, finals are coming up in school, and I, urm, kind of need to do well on those so lately, books have become my study buddies. And of course, the fact that the only thing I am 100% sure about this story is the way it's going to end doesn't help matters… ^__^;;;

I hope you enjoy the latest installment in LATO, and just to warn all of you wonderful readers, this chapter is unbetaed…

P.S. As usual, review and no flames, please!

Onward ho!

-SexyBeast

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"I never yelled."

"Yes you did."

"It wasn't a yell really…more like a-"

"…yell"

"Be quiet you"

"Make me…"

"Is that a challenge?"

"Um…no?"

"You're wish is my command"

"hey -! MmmMMMmmph"

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Kagome hearing the new voice felt a feeling of trepidation run through her. 'Oh jeez…why the hell am I worrying for? It's just her brother-in-law.' She turned around slowly…and gasped.

"You!" Kagome yelled, and Sesshoumaru stated at the same time.

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"Better?"

"Much."

"Well?"

"Well what?"

"Where my reward?"

"Reward? What reward?"

"Bastard."

"Bitch."

"At least I'm your bitch."

"Too true."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Come here and I'll show you"

"A woman's work really is never don-"

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"What are you doing here?" Kagome gasped out, after the initial shock.

"I live here" Sesshoumaru answered blandly, "what's your excuse?"

Kagome could feel her left eye starting to twitch. 'What an arrogant jerk…' she thought eyeing him. "Why you-"

Kikyou sensing trouble quickly butted in. "Do you two know each other?" She asked the now glaring couple.

"No." Sesshoumaru answered, not taking his eyes off the woman in front of him.

"Not exactly…" Kagome said, coloring rapidly.

'Well, well. Isn't this an interesting turn of events.'Kikyou thought, with a little smile. 'Maybe something can come out of this…'

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Sesshoumaru was in shock. The woman he had been lusting and dreaming about for the past 48 hours or so, was right here. In fact right in front of him, with her mouth open. 'Open it a little more and then proceed to the bedroom. I'll come as soon as I can.' He thought as she asked him something, and without thinking, he answered back. "I live here, what's your excuse?"

'Whoopsie Daises…' was the thought going through his head as Kikyou's friend started glaring at him, sparks coming out of her eyes. 'Lovely…is it like that in the bed as well…?'

Kikyou asked if they knew each other. 'Only in my dreams…and what wondrous dreams they were…' Sesshoumaru thought, as he replied negative. He was pleasantly surprised to see the woman blush as she replied negative as well. 'Hmm…I would categorize that blush under the 'I've been thinking naughty, naughty things about you and I still am' category.'

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Kagome had never felt so uncomfortable in her life. The sex god was standing in front of her, looking at her with those unreadable golden eyes. And here she was, blushing like a girl just out of high school and feeling like she was about to stutter. 'Damn it! I'm not a child! I am woman and hear me roar!'

'SQUEAK!' The voice in her head answered her before quickly running away.

'Coward' She thought uncharitably, taking a deep breath before speaking.

"I apologize for my earlier rudeness," Kagome started, "My name is Kagome Higurashi" she continued as she stuck her hand out.

"Sesshoumaru Takeda" The silver haired man replied, as he took her hand in his and brushed his lips across her knuckles. "A pleasure to meet you" Kagome felt a shiver of delight going through her body at the sound of his voice.

'Ah…shit' She thought, as she could feel her body responding. 'There goes dinner…let's skip to desserts please!'

Kagome could feel Kikyou smirking. "The others have already gone in, shall we join them?" She said, as she started walking to where the dining room was.

Kagome and Sesshoumaru quietly followed, making sure not to make any contact with each other, and at all cost, avoid eye contact 'and skin contact too!' they both thought at the same time.

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Dinner was delicious. The setting was beautiful. The room was magnificent, large enough to fit over 30 people in it comfortably. 'It's perfect, except eating is not what I want to be doing right now.' Sesshoumaru thought, irritated. 'If it must include food' he thought smirking, 'let it be with whip cream, strawberries, and chocolate sauce.' Almost unconsciously he looked at the table, trying to figure out the best place to place the food, without it getting knocked over when they were doing what bunnies do best. Yes, THAT. 'That corner looks promising…but how would her legs, oh yes, wait, there…perfect.'

Sesshoumaru couldn't believe how his body was acting, for it had never reacted like this with a woman he'd barely met. 'No…my first, no wait…second time, it did…' he thought, smiling faintly at the memory of the unknown woman, 'oh and how well she knew the art…!'

From the moment he had laid eyes on the woman called Kagome, his body had been in a state of arousal. Now that he saw her close up, able to smell her perfume and hear her voice, his little buddy was thrumming and throbbing with life. 'Gods, how pathetic,' he thought to himself as he remembered how he almost lost control at the sound of her voice, and the taste of her skin. 'Strawberries and cream…what a delicious combination.'

Sesshoumaru shifted in his seat once again, hoping against hope that no one would notice.

'Damn body…looks like it's just me and the hands tonight…'

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Kagome glanced covertly at the man across the seat from her, blushing when blue eyes suddenly met with gold. 'Oops…all right Kagome, girl, just look away…yes…just. look. away…far, far away…'

Trying as hard as she could, Kagome could not succeed. The way he sat, the way he talked with the people around him, heck, the way he ate was a turn on for the girl. 'Oh yes, mashed potatoes, wonderful. delicious. on me, now, with you licking it off, slowly' She shook her head, smiling ruefully. 'Clean out your mind Kagome!' She thought, as Kikyou turned to her and started to talk, 'Pay attention!'

Her mind wandered back to when she had first heard his voice. She could still feel the way the pit of her stomach suddenly felt as if warm liquid was rushing in. His voice was smooth, like honey, no, like chocolate, and when he had kissed her hands, she almost come, and it took all of her willpower not to take him against the wall and have her way with him. 'Flaming Flamingos! Those lips could turn even the hardest woman in to a puddle…hard…eh…him…is he hard now too? Hard as I'm feeling…? Had as I want him? Inside me? ' Kagome wondered, again glancing at Sesshoumaru from the corner of her eye.

"Kagome…Kagome…KAGOME!" Kikyou said loudly, suddenly clearing the fog that had been in her brain.

Kagome blushed. The whole dinner party was looking at her. 'Including him!' she fretted, fighting to keep the blush down and pay attention to what Kikyou was saying.

Kikyou's smile did nothing to burn Kagome's blush down. "Try and wipe the drool from your face Kagome, he might notice…"

Kagome froze and turned her full attention to Kikyou. In reply, Kikyou only winked and went back to her food.

'Aw hell, she knows…'

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…So…you like? Short?

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…Could have been better?

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…Am I trying my hardest to get this story out to you as soon as possible?

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-SexyBeast