InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sneaking a Peek ❯ Thoughts Move Faster Than Feet ( Chapter 9 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
Written for iy-fanfiction at Livejournal
Word Count: 849Prompt: relievedGenre: drama, romance, humorRating: PG-13Warnings: slightly suggestiveSummary: While running away from Sesshoumaru, Kagome questions her sanity.


Kagome was freaking out as she ran. What in the world was she thinking, running from the taiyoukai, let alone challenging him to catch her?! Was she insane? There was absolutely no way she could outrun him. She didn't have a chance in the world of masking her scent, finding a hiding place, and remaining completely silent. She was sure that her racing heart would give her location away in an instant.

In all honesty, she was surprised he hadn't caught her before she'd taken two steps, but that only told her that Sesshoumaru had decided to play along. So he was willingly chasing her through the forest, a predator pursuing his prey. No, not her best idea.

While she ran, her mind was moving just as quickly. He'd known all along about her quest to see him naked. He knew that she had purposely ruined his clothing to do so. He knew she was attracted to him. Yet, he didn't seem upset. He wasn't angry that a human desired him. He wasn't offended by her obviously brainless pursuit. Hell, he'd even allowed it to happen! He had to have known ahead of time that she'd tampered with that outfit, but he still put it on and just stood there as she used her power to make it fall to pieces around him. He even waited as she ogled him!

She had no idea what all of that meant, but just knowing that he probably wasn't going to kill her once he captured her was a relief. Still, the fact that he thought she would allow him to spank her as punishment for what she'd done riled her feminine sensibilities. Sure, the idea excited a naughty part of her mind that was screaming for her to lay herself across his lap and take what he had to give her. Yes, she wanted him, badly, but she had no intention of doing something so... intimate with him. Not if they weren't in a real relationship, and she didn't really think that was going to happen!

She was a good girl. Admittedly, she was sneaky, conniving, and relatively obsessed, but still a good girl. She was a virgin, had never even really been kissed. There was no way in hell that she would be spanked before she was kissed by a man!

Her legs ached, her lungs burned, and she could very acutely feel every single scratch and cut she'd suffered from the branches and bushes she'd run through. Kagome began to slow, no longer able to keep up her fast pace, and she extended her senses in the hopes of getting an idea of where her pursuer was, if he was closing in on her, but she felt nothing.

Suddenly, a thought occurred to her. What if he wasn't chasing her after all? What if she'd just run headlong into the woods with no attention paid to direction or landmarks and he wasn't behind her? How would she find her way back to the well? Could she even manage to walk back that far after all the exertion she'd just done? Her heart sped up as she panicked. What if something else found her? A demon could decide to make a meal of her. A bandit could kidnap her. She shuddered at the thought of what could happen if a bandit got a hold of her.

Deciding that the evil you know is better than the evil you don't, Kagome stopped running and stood hunched over, trying to catch her breath. She frantically scanned the area for the familiar feeling of his youki but again found nothing.

"Sesshoumaru?" she said weakly. "Are you out there?" When she received no response, she stood and tried to take in her surroundings, hoping to see something familiar. She sighed heavily when she recognized nothing. "Sesshoumaru?" she called out again, this time a little louder.

Arms slipped around her waist and Kagome let out an earsplitting scream, struggling in vain to free herself. She kicked and squirmed, screaming all the while, and after what seemed like an eternity, she was released. The miko fell to the ground and quickly turned to see who or what had grabbed her.

"Was it your intention to deafen this Sesshoumaru?" he asked while taking in the sight of her splayed on the ground. She had no idea just what she was showing him from that angle and he wasn't going to draw her attention to it. She'd gotten a free show, after all. Why shouldn't he?

Kagome's shoulders sagged with relief. "You could have said something!" she snapped at him. "How was I supposed to know it was you?"

"Was there another male you wished to have chase you?" he asked with a smirk. "If you are awaiting another suitor, then I will leave you to it."

When he turned to walk away, Kagome called out to stop him, scrambling to her feet. "Wait! You can't leave me. I have no idea where I am." She sighed heavily as he stopped and turned towards he again. "Wait... suitor?"