InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Nights of Possession ❯ The Second Night - Part One ( Chapter 2 )

Nights of Possession

An Inuyasha Fanfic by SakuraWings

 

Disclaimer: Inuyasha and all of its cast belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.

 

Summary: [Inu/Kago] What's a miko to do with a hanyou possessed by a horny, casanova ghost?

Rating: [NC-17]

 

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Chapter Two: The Second Night - Part One

 

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Inuyasha was having the best dream in the world.

 

He was snuggled inside a very warm futon with a very naked Kagome snoozing peacefully under him, arms looped gently around his waist. Taking in a deep breath, he let her gentle scent wash over his senses. He sighed contently and, laying his head in the valley between her breasts, gently nuzzled one of the soft globes of flesh.

 

She stirred slightly in her sleep, moving gently underneath him, arching her back in a light stretch. She frowned at the unfamiliar wake, but her eyes remained closed. Making a soft noise, she rolled onto her side, tucking her nose into the warm blankets. Inuyasha lifted his head as she shifted, watching as she exposed her bare back to him.

 

The corner of his mouth lifted up in a slight smirk. 'Trying to hide from me, Kagome?' he thought, as he pressed his lips to the small of her back. 'We'll see about that.' Letting his tongue slip out from between his lips, he traced the arch of her spine with his tongue, reveling in the smooth texture and taste of her skin. She shivered at the sensation, and he could tell from the slight shift of her scent that she had enjoyed it.

 

It was strange. Usually Kagome was already awake and quite adventurous in his dreams. 'But,' he thought as he pressed a kiss to the side of her neck, 'This is a nice change.'

 

Pressing himself closer to her back, he wrapped his left arm around her front, cupping her right breast. The way she arched up into his hand told him that she was seconds away from waking up. He propped himself up on an elbow to watch as her eyes slid open sleepily, slowly taking in her surroundings.

 

Kagome was feeling strangely lethargic as she blinked away the sleep from her eyes. She turned her head into her pillow as she stretched slightly, taking in the smooth cotton of the sheets, the warm sun on her face, the warm hand dancing against her brea....

 

Kagome froze. 'Wait a minute....'

 

She took in one slow, deep breath.

 

Without warning, she twisted around, using the momentum to smack the man behind her with all her strength. Then, for good measure, she gave him a good hard shove away from her, as she sat up, grabbing her discarded yukata and tucking it around her body.

 

Her eyes darted around the room for a suitable weapon and finally landed on a large, delicately painted jar. Grabbing it with shaking hands, she turned and slammed it --hard-- on her victim's white, puppy-eared head.

 

Her breath caught in her throat. 'Puppy...eared?'

 

Inuyasha groaned heavily underneath bits of cracked porcelain. Maybe he didn't like this new dream-Kagome after all. She was actually pretty masochistic.... Gods...what kind of messed up dream was this anyway? He rubbed at the sore lump forming at the top of his head. 'I thought I wasn't supposed to get hurt in dreams,' he thought sourly.

 

Then it all snapped together.

 

It WASN'T a dream.

 

His amber eyes opened wide and darted up to meet Kagome's.

 

Oh, shit.

 

Kagome, who had just recalled the events of last night, and exactly WHY Inuyasha was currently half-naked in her room, had already begun to develop a unique shade of red on her cheeks. She suddenly found the wall behind him quite interesting.

 

Inuyasha blinked. "Uh..." he began, "What--"

 

He stopped abruptly as he heard two pairs of feet running down the hallway outside. He closed his eyes as he felt a headache beginning to throb in his temple. What perfect timing. Things just couldn't get any worse....

 

The door slammed open, and Miroku hadn't taken two steps before he stopped dead in his tracks. His sudden lack of movement caused Sango, who was following close behind him, to run forcefully into his back.

 

"Kagome-chan, what was that noi...." Her voice trailed off as her eyes fell upon the disheveled couple. "...oh," she finished lamely.

 

There was a deafening silence in the room. Feeling Miroku and Sango's questioning eyes upon her, Kagome clutched her yukata tighter around her and smiled nervously, "Ah...good morning."

 

As time progressed, she could feel her face growing hotter and hotter as she recalled more and more of Inuyasha's actions last night. It was sudden and it had definitely suprised her, but she couldn't deny that she had thoroughly enjoyed his attentions last night.

 

Miroku's suprised visage slowly melted into a perverted grin. Suddenly appearing at Inuyasha's side, he nudged him teasingly. "You sly dog!" he whispered, "Taking advantage of our pure miko!" After a moment of silence, he added on, "Would you like to share the details?"

 

Sango quickly smacked the back of his head, "Hentai! Don't be so insensitive about things like this!"

 

He pouted back at her, "But Sango, I'm only trying to learn more to please you better!" He was completely oblivious to the vein that throbbed angrily in Sango's forehead.

 

"Houshi-sama..." she growled in a low, threatening voice.

 

But before she could do anything, Inuyasha's voice brought them both back to the siutation at hand.

 

"Actually," he mused out loud, his brow creasing in deep thought, "I don't really remember anything...."

 

"WHAT?!" shrieked Kagome from across the room. As all three pairs of eyes turned towards her, she clapped a hand over her mouth.

 

Miroku looked at her questioningly, "Kagome-sama, you remember the events of last night?"

 

Inuyasha blinked at this revelation, laying his amber eyes on her.

 

"I-I, uh...umm...." Kagome continued to sputter helplessly as Miroku turned to the others with an affirmative nod.

 

Turning back to Kagome, Miroku leaned in closely to her. "Would you mind telling us what hap--OW!"

 

Sango loomed over Miroku dangerously, clutching Hiraikotsu, which had managed to apparate out of nowhere. "Houshi-sama! I told you--"

 

"But Sango! This time we--"

 

WHACK! WHAM!

 

This time Inuyasha had joined Sango in operation Miroku-beat-down. Sango stepped back, suprised at the hanyou's sudden angry appearance.

 

"Bastard! What did you do to me?!" Inuyasha brought Miroku to eye-level by the front of his shirt.

 

"What? I didn't--"

 

"The last thing I remember is exorcising those goddamn ghosts!" He narrowed his eyes, "You said you had a plan."

 

Miroku looked genuinely startled. He pulled himself out of the hanyou's tight grip, "It was a simple exorcism, and both of them were gone when we finished. It couldn't have anything to do with that." He looked quite confident with that last statement.

 

Kagome, who had arranged her yukata to look more decent while the three of them were fighting moved over to them. "Exactly how did you exorcise them, Miroku? Maybe you messed up on a step or something."

 

He shook his head, "That can't be. All that was needed were these ofudas." He pulled them out for emphasis. His eyes grazed over the writing and he stopped for a second, a look of shock on his face. Then it was gone as soon as it had appeared, replaced with the usual serene visage. He tucked the ofudas back into his shirt. "Very simple like I said," he said, laughing nervously.

 

Inuyasha growled, launching himself at him. "Give me that!" He reached into Miroku's shirt, groping for the hidden charms.

 

Miroku tried to pull away. "Oh no, Inuyasha. The girls are watching. What will Kagome and Sango think?" He gestured to the girls, who were both standing over him with withering glares.

 

The hanyou successfully pulled out the stolen ofudas, scattering them into the air and over the floor of the room as he pulled his hand out. Kagome snatched one out of the air and read the writing out loud. "An ofuda for...fertility and CONCEPTION?!" Kagome's voice reached a shrill point as she finished the sentence.

 

With dark clouds looming over their heads, Inuyasha and Sango stalked towards the slowly retreating Miroku. The houshi put his hands up in the air in defense. "Now, now...let's not get too hasty..." he said in a shaky voice. He jumped when his back suddenly met the wall.

 

Inuyasha fisted his hands in the front of Miroku's robes. "Tell me," he hissed, "And don't say it was just some 'simple exorcism', cause something obviously went very, VERY wrong."

 

Miroku pondered the situation deeply, scratching his temple, tilting his head to the left, and then to the right, and then finally came upon a decision as he made an 'Aha!' gesture with his hands.

 

He smiled at Inuyasha, "I must've channeled the spirit into your body."

 

WHAM! Miroku's head painfully cracked into the wooden floor.

 

"Wrong answer monk," growled the annoyed hanyou, still gripping the back of Miroku's head.

 

Hearing the houshi's groans of pain, Kagome dashed over and tugged on Inuyasha's arm, eyes silently pleading him to stop.

 

Amber eyes met deep blue and he pulled away with a light bark, "Keh!"

 

Kagome then turned to the barely conscious Miroku. "We can't do anything about it now. Let's just unchannel the spirit and leave this village."

 

Miroku sat up and coughed lightly into his hand, "Noway."

 

Everyone froze at the sound, "What?!"

 

He fiddled with his fingers, "I've never really had a need to UN-channel a spirit so...."

 

Inuyasha let out an exasperated sigh, "You've got to be kidding me!"

 

"If we can't exorcise the ghost, then what can we do?" asked Sango. "We can't just leave the village with Inuyasha in this condition."

 

"Yes, Sango, you're right. It would be best to stay in this mansion until we figure out a proper way to rid ourselves of the spirit." He sat up and then turned a leering eye to Kagome, "Plus, I don't think Kagome-chan will be able to hold out very long against an...overly attentive Inuyasha."

 

Seconds later, he was back on the floor again with an overly irate hanyou standing over him.

 

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Hours later, Kagome found herself outside in the mansion's extensive courtyard, crouched by the small pond. Holding her head in her hands, she stared blankly into the water. So Inuyasha didn't remember anything about last night...not the way he...or how he... she slumped miserably as her cheeks began burning again. She had told everyone that she didn't remember a thing about last night, but the truth was she couldn't even get it off her mind.

 

As a matter of fact, she was pretty sure that if he returned to her room tonight, she probably wouldn't even turn him away.

 

"Oh gods, I'm turning into a...a...nymphomaniac or something!" she moaned aloud.

 

"What's a nymphie...nympher...manic?"

 

Kagome jumped at the voice, at first afraid it might have belonged to Inuyasha, but then realizing it was undeniably female. Spying a young woman at the edge of the courtyard, she smiled at her.

 

"Oh, it's nothing," Kagome laughed with a wave of her hand, "I was just rambling."

 

The young woman said nothing, instead staring at the strangely dressed miko. Kagome visibly tensed under her watch. She was wearing a simple kimono, indicating that she was most likely a servant living at the mansion. Like everyone else at the mansion, the skin on her face was a pale pasty color with dark bruises underneath her eyes.

 

"Are you here to get rid of the ghosts?" the young woman finally asked. Kagome perked up immediately.

 

"Yes, do you happen to know anything about their pasts?" she said quickly, standing up. "About how they lived? How they died?"

 

The young woman clasped her hands together, her eyes focused on the ground beneath her feet. "They were lovers. Married, actually," she began. "The woman, she was named Yumiko. And her husband, the lord of this mansion, Hiroshi, loved her just as much, if not more."

 

"But one day, a handsome merchant came into town. He was flitatious with the women, and visited Yumiko often, although she never returned any of his attentions. That didn't stop Hiroshi from becoming jealous, however. He began to suspect that she was having an affair. She denied it of course, but his eyes were so green that he couldn't see the truth."

 

"One day, after a particularly nasty fight, she had decided to take a bath in the hot springs in the woods behind this mansion. Hiroshi, insane with rage, followed her and drowned her. After he came to his senses and realized what he had done, he drowned himself as well, clutching his wife's dead body."

 

"What a sad story...." Kagome's hands fisted over her heart, "How long ago did this happen?"

 

"Two years," said the woman in a small voice. "Yumiko was my older sister." With a sad, distant look in her eyes, she walked down the hallway, leaving Kagome alone in the courtyard.

 

For a few moments, Kagome stood completely still, pondering the new information. From what was told to her, the most likely reason why the two ghosts still haunted their former home was because of the distrust that had grown between the two lost souls.

 

Obviously, Hiroshi still harbored the malicious feelings that had plagued him before his death, the feelings that blinded him to his wife's loving gestures. Kagome chewed on a nail, deep in thought, 'If I could somehow get through to him to make him realize that she had been faithful to him all along....'

 

But right now, Hiroshi was taking residence inside her hanyou friend, and she wasn't even sure if she could even communicate with him. The thought of Inuyasha brought a bright red flush to her face. Gods, she wasn't even sure she could even stand looking at Inuyasha, with the thoughts of last night lingering in her head. She pressed her cool hands to her cheeks.

 

"Who were you talking to?"

 

Kagome flipped around, finding herself face to face with the very hanyou she was thinking of avoiding, "I-Inuyasha?"

 

Inuyasha took in her flushed appearance and the suprised look in her eyes. He narrowed his eyes. "I heard your voice. You were talking to someone."

 

Kagome placed a hand over her heart, as if to slow it down, "Don't sneak up on me like that! I was talking to a servant girl that worked here. It turns out she's the younger sister of one of the ghosts."

 

Inuyasha blinked and shook his head, as if to clear his mind. "Did you find out anything?" he asked after a moment.

 

She nodded eagerly. "The female is named Yumiko and the male is named Hiroshi. They were in love and married, but he killed her out of--hey, are you okay?!" She touched Inuyasha's arm in concern. He was doubled over and clutching his head as if he had a massive headache.

 

He brushed off her arm roughly, moving away from her. "I-I'm fine, j-just...." His voice broke off in a low whimper as Kagome looked on with concern. Suddenly his head jerked up and he stared at her with a dangerous look in his eyes. "You goddamn bitch!"

 

Kagome started in surprise, "E-excuse me?!"

 

He began to move towards her, muscles tensed in anger at something she couldn't understand or comprehend. "You were with HIM again weren't you?!"

 

Shocked at his sudden change in emotions, the words tumbled out of Kagome's mouth without any thought, "I-I don't know what you're talking about--"

 

"DON'T LIE TO ME!" he bellowed loudly, sending birds scattering out of trees all around them. "You were talking to him again," he continued in a low voice.

 

Comprehension suddenly dawned on Kagome. "H-Hiroshi? Hiroshi, is that you?! Listen to me, Yumiko didn't cheat on you, she LOVED you--"

 

"More lies!" he hissed. He reached out to grab her arm, but she yanked it out of his reach at the last second. Turning her back on him, she fled the courtyard quickly, running down one of the narrow corridors. She knew for a fact that Inuyasha wouldn't hurt her, but Hiroshi had killed his own wife in a jealous temper and she didn't want to stay around to witness it.

"SANGO! MIROKU!!" she called out desperately.

 

She should have known that she wouldn't have gotten very far. Inuyasha was hanyou, and consequently much faster than she was. In a matter of seconds, she was tackled to the ground by his heavy weight. She struggled in fear as he straddled her waist and pinned each of her wrists down to the wooden floor. In the distance, she could hear the rushed footsteps of her friends, but they were still far away, too distant to help her. She closed her eyes and turned her head to the side, waiting for the fatal blow....

 

...except it never came.

 

Tentatively opening one eye, she blinked in suprise at what she saw.

 

Hiroshi -or rather, Inuyasha- was staring blindly with wide amber eyes. Tears slowly began to gather and drip down his face. The sight alone made Kagome's jaw drop.

 

"I-I didn't do it..." he gasped, so quietly that she almost didn't hear him. He began to rock back and forth slowly, as if to calm himself. He chanted it again and again, to no one in particular, "I didn't do it, I didn't do it...."

 

"Kagome!"

 

The pair on the floor looked up suddenly as Miroku and Sango made their appearance. Sango was the first to open her mouth. "Inuyasha, what--"

 

She was cut off as the hanyou's eyes rolled back. Then he collapsed bonelessly into Kagome's arms.

 

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A/N:

 

A very special thanks to WJ (my new beta who did a wonderful job on this fic), to Numisma (who kind of pointed out that yes, I really DID need a beta) and also to everyone who left such kind reviews! I'm sorry there was that whole huge gap in between November and December, where this fic was kinda just left hanging in the air, but it was the end of the semester, and it was a HARD semester....yeah.

 

So no lemon/lime in this particular chapter, but we have some nice “the morning after” interaction between Inuyasha and Kagome! There will be some citrus in the next chapter, I promise. :)

Hm. Just noticed that my chapters seem to always end with Inuyasha on top of Kagome somehow...

 

I mentioned in the last chapter that this fic will probably be three chapters wrong...well I just realized that I ended this chapter mid-day on the second day, so next chapter will pick up from there...meaning there were be four, not three chapters (most likely - no promises).

 

Hope you all had a great Holiday season! Here's to a great year in 2006!