InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Beach House ❯ Tongue Tai’d ( Chapter 13 )

The Beach House
Chapter Thirteen: Tongue Tai'd
By: OhJoy

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The pilot just announced they would be arriving at LAX in fifteen minutes. It was a gorgeous day, typical Southern California weather. InuYasha was anxious. He was nervous. He royally screwed up. "What could I possibly say to her? 'Hey, Kagome. I'm scared out of my mind at how close we're getting after knowing you for just one week and going out on one date.' Yeah, she'll forgive me for blowing her off this past week."

He sighed wearily, and ran a hand through his silver hair. He stretched his long legs in the cramped space. Both hands went to his muscular thighs to pull down his jeans a bit for comfort. His feet found the black flip flops he kicked off at the beginning of the flight. "I hope Miroku isn't running late. I just want to get home and get this over with." The nagging voice in the back of his head responded, `You wouldn't even be in this position if you had just called her in the first place, baka! It's all your fault, ya know.' He just shook his head. It really was his own fault.

Sure enough, Miroku was at baggage claim and greeted his friend warmly, "Welcome home, Yash."

"Thanks, man." InuYasha grabbed his red suitcase when it came around and they headed for the parking structure. Both were quiet during the short drive home to the beach house.

InuYasha looked out the window absently. Another sigh escaped him. "How do I tell her that I had to take Kikyo to that dumb-ass awards banquet? Should I even tell her? How would she ever find out? Shit, Kikyo'd tell her! Ok, how about… 'Kagome, the reason I didn't call was because I was feeling guilty about having to take my ex-girlfriend to a stupid banquet last night all because I promised her months ago.' Yeah, that'll go over really well. Shit. Fuck. Piss."

Once in the garage, Miroku asked, "So how are you gonna handle Kagome?"

The silver haired man shrugged and replied, "I'll let her set the tone." Inwardly, he braced himself. "Kagome is gonna be such a bitch to me. I mean, shit, how can she not?"

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Kagome pushed herself further. She was in the middle of a mind-clearing run on the shoreline. "Why am I so heart broken? I mean, really! We've only gone out on one date for Kami's sake!" She shook her head. "Six days. It's been six days since he left for his so called business trip. No call, no e-mail, no nothing!" She knew he was at the annual stockholders' meeting. She also knew that he called Miroku nearly everyday.

Fear and doubt took an extended stay in Kagome's heart. The conversation she had with Ayame echoed in her head, "…'He will be with the woman he loves, no matter what you do or don't do. So you might as well relax.'.... relax indeed... time for some margaritas..." With a final push towards home, she resolved herself to accept InuYasha as he is and to enjoy all that life is... especially living on the Strand with her friends!

At home, in the shower she washed away the rest of her self-doubts and realized that it was all him. She sighed, again, only this time a smile splayed across her face on the exhale. "I love where I live and I love all my roommates... even InuYasha. I just can't get too attached to dating him... thank all 108 Kamis that I didn't have sex with him!" She quickly dressed in a pair of red and white Hawaiian print surfer shorts topped with a black tank top, feet bare, and piled her hair into a messy bun. She wandered into the kitchen and decided to make her almost famous margaritas for anyone who wanted to partake. Glad to hear the house stereo playing U2's One Tree Hill. "Something mellow to groove to, nice."

Shippou sat at the dining table working on his laptop. He wore a pair of faded jeans and a plain blue t-shirt, feet bare. Arimi was seated on his left, she was looking comfortable in a pair of black Adidas track pants with a yellow baby doll t-shirt that said "Sit Doggie Sit" with a cartoon of a hot dog sitting on a bun, her feet were bare too. She was scowling at a piece of paper.

"Foxy, this really stinks," Arimi wrinkled her nose as if it literally was exuding a foul stench.

"You're not helping!" An exasperated Shippou responded, running a hand through his shocking red locks. "Constructive criticism, please. Not insults."

Kagome laughed. The two looked up and greeted her warmly.

"Wassup, K-Girl."

"Hey."

Kagome's smile was sparkling. "You guys crack me up. I say it's time for a study break."

Arimi lost the scowl. "Whatcha got in mind?"

"Margaritas!" Kagome whooped and her roommates quickly disregarded their editing task to create the well-deserved break. She wanted to hold onto her lightened mood. "InuYasha will eventually come home and I'll deal with him then." She looked for, found a heavy-duty blender in a lower cabinet, and began gathering the necessary ingredients for her almost famous margaritas.

Arms akimbo, Kagome had the blender on full speed; she threw in ice cubes and giggled. Arimi was busy smashing avocados for guacamole and Shippou was in the pantry hunting for chips. No one heard the front door open and close or that Miroku and InuYasha entered the kitchen. Kagome noticed movement out of the corner of her eye and assumed it was Shippou returning with the chips.

Kagome smiled brightly, "Ready for a `Kagome So Kicks Ass Margarita'?" She looked up and locked eyes with InuYasha. It took every once of her being to not have the smile turn to a scowl.

"Sure," InuYasha answered in a neutral tone. "Wow, she's friendly. I thought for sure she'd be pissed."

"How about you, `Roku?" Kagome asked, her eyes quickly moved to capture his. Miroku simply nodded, stunned at her friendly demeanor. "Oh my, Kagome... you are far more forgiving than even I ever imagined."

"Hey, I found blue corn and white stone ground --" Shippou interrupted himself when he saw InuYasha and immediately looked at Kagome. She was smiling pleasantly, not at all freaking out as he assumed she would have reacted. "Oh, hey, welcome home." He acknowledged InuYasha. After all, if Kagome wasn't freaking out, why should he?

A stunned Arimi mentally shook herself, took Shippou's lead and chimed in with, "How was your flight?"

InuYasha entered the conversation with a silent sigh of relief. He answered his roommates' innocuous questions without giving any details, all the while kept an eye on Kagome. He noticed that Kagome was pretty much ignoring him and busied herself with completing her task of making margaritas. "Maybe I just caught her off guard and she's too nice to bite my head off in front of everyone."

Miroku walked over to a cabinet, pulled out several margarita glasses, and lined them up next to Kagome. In a hushed tone, he said, "Kagome, you are quite friendly to InuYasha. I must say that I am impressed at the purity of your heart."

She looked up into his violet eyes with a small smile on her lips. She responded in the same hushed tone, "Thanks. I can't really blame him, can I? I'm not his girlfriend. He can do whatever he wants. I'm his roommate first and I want to make sure I do my part in creating a warm, welcoming, and loving home."

Miroku raised an eyebrow at this, "Surely, you're not going to step over this?" He was almost disappointed, but made sure his expression remained neutral. InuYasha was out of line and Miroku was looking forward to watching the pair argue.

Kagome chuckled, "Oh, please! Me? Step over anything? No way! We'll just a have conversation privately and move on." She noted his fallen expression when she emphasized the word `privately.' She knew him all too well, such a spectator!

Sango entered the kitchen with an aura radiating happiness and… love? She made a beeline to her boyfriend and hugged him from behind, briefly resting her cheek on his shoulder blade, "Hey, baby." She caught Kagome's gaze and smiled at her in greeting.

Sango loved how Miroku leaned into her before he turned around in her embrace to pull her into his arms and a passionate kiss. Without any hesitation or invitation, she opened her mouth to welcome his warm tongue. He smirked at her early submission, quickly taking the lead and exploring the sweet taste of her. His hand went to the back of her neck to twist in her hair. His other hand fell to the soft swell of her bottom, pulling her closer to him.

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The limo InuYasha called was on time. The girls were running late, as usual. All except for Kagome, the quick change artist. InuYasha's eyes wandered over her as she absently fiddled with her hair waiting for the rest of their roommates. She wore black leather pants that hugged her hips and rode low, spike-heeled boots and a red suede fitted shirt with pearl button snaps. He licked his lips at the idea, "I could easily pull that shirt open with one hand."

InuYasha was dressed in a pair of dark blue jeans, a black silk shirt tucked in with the top three buttons left open for anyone to feast on the sight of his throat and hint of muscular chest, on his feet were black biker boots. His hair was pulled back into a single loose braid.

Sango and Miroku walked down the stairs, hand in hand. She wore a black miniskirt topped with a V-neck black sleeveless shirt and black high-heeled slides, bringing her nearly eye-to-eye with her boyfriend. Her hair hung loosely behind her. Miroku wore black dress slacks, black loafers and a deep purple silk shirt that had his violet eyes sparkling, or was that because of his girlfriend?

The rest of their roommates made their way down the stairs. Eri opted for a blue floral sundress with beige four-inch heels. Arimi arrived with tight red jeans and a red camisole top, edges lined with black lace. She chose three-inch black slides. Ayame was dazzling in a simple lavender A-line dress with spaghetti straps and a low neckline exposing the soft curves of her cleavage. She too wore three-inch black slides. Shippou wore his faded blue jeans from earlier and changed his shirt to a white suede button down shirt, finishing his casual look with black Doc Martens. They all loaded into the limo, no one said anything when Kagome sat as far away from InuYasha as she could.

The limo pulled up to the curve. They joined their friends. Koga was with Bankostu and Ginta waiting in line. Houjo stood with Hiten, Momiji and Botan.

"You guys are in line?" Kagome was increasingly annoyed; she definitely hated waiting in line. "Like it's not bad enough that he blew me off for six days. And we still haven't had a chance to talk... now I'm forced to wait in line to get into a club?!"

"Yeah, Koga tried talking to the door guy-" Houjo began.

"The guy's not budging," Koga interrupted, he too was annoyed; but anyone who knew Koga knew he could barely stand the goody-two shoes Houjo.

Kagome rolled her eyes and pulled out her lip gloss to quickly reapply. "I'll go talk to him." She did a quick head count, "How many we got… 2, 4, 6… 15? Right." She tore open her shirt to reveal a shimmery red halter top that left nothing to the imagination. Every guy's eyes within a twenty-foot radius bulged out at the sight of her. She bent at the waist and fluffed her hair. She gave her friends a brilliant smile. She handed her shirt to Houjo whose mouth nearly hit the ground and sashayed to the unflinching door guy.

She was shocked, to say the least, when her eyes landed on the man in question. She saw an absolutely beautiful man. He was casually seated on a stool as he looked over the crowd. He wore black dress pants with black dress shoes, topped with a black pin striped button up shirt on that was tucked snugly into his pants. Her eyes appreciatively took note that the top few buttons were left undone and his chest muscles were shown through the small gap between the two sides of the shirt. His hair was short spiky black sans hair products, without the look of "crunchy hair." However, it was his eyes that mesmerized her, they were the most intense color of green that she had ever seen, almost putting Ayame's eyes to shame. "I could definitely get lost for a day while looking into them." He had his eyebrow, lip, and both ears pierced. "Sexy hip rebel." His cheekbones were high and his jaw very finely shaped.

A smile warmed his face when their eyes met. "My name is Tai, and you are definitely the most beautiful woman that I have ever laid eyes on." Tai lifted her hand to his lips and gently kissed the top of her hand.

Kagome smiled at Tai. "Thank you, you can call me Kagome." "This is gonna be easier than I thought." She flipped her hair slightly and smiled up to his handsome face. "Tai…"

He released her hand and murmured, "Hmm…?"

"I'm here with a large group of friends. I really don't feel like waiting in line…" She allowed her sentence to dangle as an invitation for him to complete it.

"Sure thing, Kagome. How many is in your group?"

"Fifteen."

His eyebrow quirked and a smirk spread across on his gorgeous face, "I'll let you all in -- under one condition."

"Name your price," challenge flashed in her eyes.

"You save me a dance and have a drink with me." Their eyes locked. She smiled and simply nodded. He watched her hips sway in a lustful gaze.

Kagome rejoined her friends with a triumphant smile. "Ok, let's roll. We're in." She reveled in the murmured appreciative thanks from her friends. "Arimi, Eri, will you guys walk in with me?" The girls nodded, taking their place on either side of Kagome.

Koga smirked, "Amazing what some skin and a pretty face can do." He had his arm around Ayame and pulled her a little closer to him. His hand gently stroked her exposed shoulder. She leaned into his warmth and smiled at Kagome's obvious charm.

Kagome laughed, "Aren't you glad you know me?"

Koga led the way to the velvet rope, followed closely by the rest of the group. Tai saw Kagome's group approach and allowed his eyes to roam freely, taking in every luscious curve. They exchanged smiles. He reached out and clasped her wrist. She looked down at his hand and cast a questioning look at him. Tai drawled, "Don't forget you owe me a dance, sweetheart."

InuYasha had kept his distance from Kagome thinking it would be best to slowly coax her into a conversation. But his instincts got the better of him as he watched the scene before him. He quickly closed the distance between them, a snarled retort flew out his mouth, "Let her go." He stood behind her and grabbed her shoulders, nearly dragged her inside the club.

Once inside, they stood off to a corner and she tore into him, "What the HELL?!" Kagome fumed as she spun around to face him, her eyes bore into his.

"That guy was out of line, sliming on you like that," InuYasha weakly defended himself. He knew the words sounded lame, but he wasn't about to let a guy, any guy, hit on her. She stared at him for a good minute before she shook her head.

Her eyes ablaze with fire, "And you're out of line thinking that it's any of your business!" Her words hit like a slap on the face, he visibly shrank back slightly.

"Look, I know I've been a jerk-"

"Damned straight. Where do you get off?!"

"Kagome, there's a lot we need to talk about-"

"Bullshit," she interrupted and she sure as hell wasn't backing down now. "There's nothing to talk about. We went out on one date. One. That's it. We're roommates and friends first. We're not on a date now, so get over your possessiveness. You're not my boyfriend!"

"Look, Kagome, I get that you're mad. I know, I deserve it." His temper flared, his voice grew louder with anger. "What the hell do you want me to say? Sorry? Fuck, I'm sorry already!" He reached up to rub the back of his neck as if to relieve some stress. He searched her eyes, and in a softer voice he asked, "Can you forgive me?"

She shrugged and rolled her eyes, she wasn't about to let him off the hook just yet. She muttered, "I dunno. Not yet."

This was going nowhere fast. Kagome walked away searching for her friends. She approached her friends at a large corner table surround by several suede-upholstered seats that easily sat two each. A server was handing Miroku several cocktails one at a time and he in turn passed them around the table. Hiten handed her a glass, "Here ya go, Doll, it's a Skyy Berry Collins."

She gratefully accepted the glass and took a long sip. She felt a presence behind her, thinking it could only be InuYasha. Without so much as a backwards glance, she barked, "Not now."

"Don't feel like dancing just yet, sweetheart?" came from a deep masculine voice.

Kagome spun around to see the sexy door guy, Tai. "Oh my! He is hot!" She cringed as she searched for words, "Oh! Tai! I thought you were someone else…"

He smiled and his whole face lit up, "Ah, your boyfriend, hmm?" He could feel the angry glares he was getting from her friends. But shrugged it off, she was definitely worth it.

She smiled ruefully, "Mmm… something like that." She took a long sip of her cocktail and let her eyes wander over his body. "Nice…"

Tai took her glass and placed it on the table behind her. He took her hand and led her to the dance floor without any protest. He pulled her against his body in a tight embrace. He slowly rocked their bodies to the seductive beat. His hands worked their way down to the back pockets of her pants and he slid his hands in and kept up his grind. Kagome was breathless. He felt so good against her, she wrapped her arms around his neck and looked into those intoxicating green eyes.

"Mmm…" she breathed. Words escaped her, she was just feeling. His eyes glimmered with mischief and he lowered his head to capture her lips. He was slow, gentle, tender, softly exploring her lips. He sucked on her bottom lip until she opened her mouth to his. His warm tongue slid in and he sighed silently at the taste of her. Their tongues caressed and danced, all the while their bodies moved to the beat of the music.

From a bar in the opposite direction of their friends, InuYasha took a sip from his Jack and Coke, silently seething as he watched Kagome and the door guy play tonsil hockey. "I practically pushed her into his arms. It's gonna be a fucking long night."

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Thanks to Aitu (MM.org) for sharing Tai! You can read more about him in her story `life' and `death' here: http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_st.php/59884