InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Claiming ❯ A Question asked ( Chapter 2 )

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A/N: -Clapping hands together- now we're getting started!!

Chapter 2 - A Question asked.

Inuyasha gave a start as he felt Kagome place a light kiss upon his lips. Thanking the gods above for this last chance, he tucked her more firmly into his body and returned the kiss with one of his own. He was determined not to let this opportunity pass him by.

I've put this off long enough, he berated himself. I put my feelings on hold because of what I thought I owed Kikyo. But now I realize that was only an excuse. I wasn't ready to accept the need I have for this girl, this unwavering desire to claim her as my own. But that will change. Tonight is the night I will make her mine.

Growling with this acceptance, he deepened the kiss, allowing his tongue to push against her soft entrance, demanding access to the sweetness within.

Kagome felt a new sensation sizzle through her body as she opened her lips to Inuyasha. As their tongues met for the first time, she shivered long and deep, an answering tremor echoing deep within her loins. She released his forelocks, but only to allow her arms to dip down under the heavy mane of silver hair that fell down his back. She ran her fingers through his hair, raking her nails gently across the sensitive portion of his neck. But as the onslaught continued, she began responding ardently to every caress, giving back as good as she got. The heat flowing through her body to pool in her lower torso was a feeling that she had felt only on occasion whenever she had caught Inuyasha looking at her during the long nights. But not to this degree. Never this hot.

Sensing that he was beginning to lose the edge of control, Inuyasha slowly pulled back from the kiss. He could feel Kagome try to follow him back, not wanting to release him quite yet. With an outward sigh, he lifted his crown, pushing Kagome's head underneath his chin and kissing the silky mass that covered it. He could smell the change of arousal that had occurred within her body. At first, it had had a light, airy scent to it, but during the kiss, it had deepened to a darker, heavier musk that purposely called out to the male before her.

"Before we go any further, there is something that I must ask you," he whispered into her hair.

"Nani?" came her muffled reply. She would agree to anything if only he would continue the assault on her senses. At this point, her body was slowly torturing her with a craving that only he could assuage.

Tilting her head back so he could look into her passion-filled eyes, he softly spoke the words that she had been dreaming of for oh, so long.

"Kagome, since the moment I saw you, my heart has been racing. My soul reached out for yours the instant you pulled the arrow out my body that had pinned me to that tree. You have given me a reason to trust again, to allow others into my life. You accepted me for who I am when I could not even accept myself. Because of you, I now have a reason to live...a reason to love…"

"Inuyasha?" Kagome breathed quietly, daring against all hope that her hearing wasn't failing her. "Are you saying…?"

"Let me finish, baka!" Kamis, he was never going to get through this if she kept looking at him like that. Quickly so as to not lose his nerve, he blurted out, "Kagome, I love you, will always love you. And I want you for my own. As my mate." This last part came out as a husky whisper. Please let her say yes, he pleaded with the higher authorities. I don't know what I'd do if she denied me, denied us….

Kagome felt her heart tighten as his words poured over her soul, a cooling balm to soothe the doubts and fears that she had had earlier. She closed her eyes so that she could allow the power that his words had conjured flow through her body, giving her a strength that she had not known existed.

Opening her eyes, she slid her hands back to the front of his chest, reaching up to again clench his hair within her fists. Tugging his face down to within mere inches of her own, she showed him the new power within, the aura of which was causing her eyes to dilate and glow with an amber light. Licking her lips, she curved her mouth into a smile so sensual that it caused his breath to hitch.

"Baka," she responded much in the same way he had a moment ago, "do you really think I would say no?"

"But K-K-Ka-Kagome, I don't think you completely understand what the mating ritual fully entails…," he managed to stammer out.

"Tell me, Inuyasha," she said against the lips that she had begun craving more and more of, "then show me…"

A/N: I know this is a shorter chapter, but if I had combined it with the next, it would have been just way too long. Plus, I realize I've been promising you all action, and I swear it's coming. Just think of this as a little story foreplay… And again, big kudos to those of you who have reviewed my story. It seems like there's some of you out there following my story chapter to chapter. This is such a HUGE relief that you all actually like my work. You love me, you really love me.., Now on with the show… and keep those reviews coming!!!