InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Unforeseen Hero ❯ More ( Chapter 5 )

Chapter 5

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"Inuyasha?" She whispered, trying to take no notice of the sweltering heat that was starting to rise within her.

"Yes?" His voice cracked.

"Nothing." She changed her mind, after noticing him twitch his nose again then licked his lips. What's he smelling? Kagome let out a measured lungful of air as she felt the waves of desire start to mount again. After last night, my body's become more responsive to his. Inuyasha touched down to leap into the air again, which jolted her off to the side a little, his back twisted and she felt his muscles massage her groin. She bit down on her tongue to suppress a moan that rose. She swallowed hard and realigned herself in the center of his back. Kagome sighed and focused on the sight ahead trying to restrain her yearning body from doing something she may come to regret later.

Inuyasha was having difficultly concentrating on the trail he was leaping. Kagome's arousal scent was wreaking havoc on his body. He longed to dash off into the woods and satisfy them both but he had to focus on the task at hand. It's going to rain soon and if we are caught out in this, the girls could fall ill. He dampened his lips again and switched to breathing out his mouth. Kagome's desire still lingered on his brain as well as her scent at his sensitive nose. He could still feel the protruding parts of his body responding to her need. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to carry her. He heard a murmur as he touched down and his body went rigid. Oh…gods. Inuyasha's eyes rolled up into his head as he continued to hear, smell and touch her.

Unintentionally, Kagome let her hands slide from his shoulders to his chest and grasped handfuls of his red outer kimono. She had to gain some self-control for multiple reasons, so she took in a deep breath through her nose and exhaled through her mouth. Deep soothing breaths, Kagome. Her hands unclenched his clothing and returned to their station upon his shoulders.

Inuyasha sighed a sigh of relief and despair, her arousal scent was almost nonexistent now, which ended his torture but on the other hand he wondered what had turned her off.

"Kagome?" He whispered.

"Hm?" She sighed.

"You all right?"

"Yeah." She answered a little to chipper for her liking but decided it was okay when she noticed him relax.

They traveled a small distance further until they reached a very tiny village. Miroku got the humans lodging at the head master's home but the demons were refused. Inuyasha sat in a tree at the edge of the forest near by. Bastard. He growled, frightening the little fox hiding in one of his sleeves. His nerves settled a bit at remembering Kagome's reaction.

"What?! Why not?" She practically screeched.

"They're filthy demons, is why." The old man retorted.

"They certainly are not you little - " Miroku cut her off and explained it had been a very hard traveling day. The elderly man seemed to forget the out burst and left them alone.

"I'm not staying here." She growled and pushed the monk out of her way; everyone seemed to sigh in relief.

"It seems she's back to her old self." Miroku commented. Everyone else just nodded in agreement. Inuyasha went out after her and dragged her back in kicking and screaming.

"Shh." He ordered as he put her down, by then everyone else with the exception of Shippo had gone their separate ways. "Kagome please just bite your tongue and stay here. This weather will make you sick." He gave her a harsh look but couldn't quite mask the worry in his eyes.

"On one condition." She crossed her arms practically becoming a mirror image of Inuyasha when he becomes stubborn or stern.

"What?" She eyed him before relaxing and approaching cautiously him.

"You'll take care of Shippo," he blinked. That's it? He nodded and looked past her to the fox. Kagome turned around and held out her arms to the boy, who quickly went running into her embrace.

"Shippo promise me you'll stay with Inuyasha." He nodded; the priestess gave him another hug before handing him over. She gave them a concerned smile as they slipped out the door into the cold rain that had just started and didn't look to be letting up anytime soon.

"Kagome?" She turned at the sound of her name and ended up facing Sango.

"Yes?" She answered smoothly.

"Are you happy?" Kagome looked stunned.

"What do you mean, Sango?" Her friend gave her a smile.

"You had us worried there for a while. What changed?" Sango motioned the girl to follow her, the two women went into a private room and Sango lit another candle. They sat down on their futons and readied to continue their tête-à-tête.

"I'm truly sorry for everything, the way I've behaved the past couple of weeks…" She looked down at her hands.

"It's alright Kagome. Were you having an internal battle?" The priestess looked up at the slayer. "I went through the same thing remember. This journey has been a hard one, all of us loosing some one important to us.

"Or might." Kagome added softly.

"Was that the reason for the coldness?" She looked up at Sango.

"Not completely. I had thought I didn't belong here and that my only purpose for visiting was to complete the jewel… then leave with it." She dropped her gaze and nibbled on her thumbnail.

"And Now?" Persisted the demon exterminator.

"Now? Now I'm not sure. I want to stay here I suppose."

"But?" Kagome looked at her female friend.

"But I'm not sure I should, I don't belong here." Sango smiled.

"You belong any place where you have people who love you unconditionally, like here and in the future. Remember you don't have to really choose, both worlds are open to you."

"So long as I have the jewel." Kagome cut in.

"No." She looked up in surprise to see Miroku sneaking into their room. "I'm not sure it's the jewel that let's you crossover." He whispered.

"Then what does?" Sango replied.

"I've been speaking with Kaede lately and the two of us think it may have something to do with your priestess powers and a combination with your feelings that let you crossover."

"What?" Both women gasped.

"Look at Inuyasha, he can crossover with out a jewel shard, remember the story of when Yura attacked, both of you crossed over with out any fragments then too."

"Gosh Kagome he actually has a point." She turned to the monk. "Now get out of here before you get caught and we get thrown out." She gave him a sly smile for a moment before her face turned deadly serious.

"Come on, Kagome let's get some sleep."

"Alright." Outside a little distance away Inuyasha sat, listening to the whole dialogue. He had given part of the exchange little thought, instead he was focusing on was the part before the Monk's appearance. Kagome didn't feel she belonged? He sighed, that was exactly why Kikyo and he had fallen in love. Course he wasn't so sure it could be called love anymore. Being around these people, especially Kagome, were giving him new feelings, feelings he had never had before. He worried Kagome would choose Koga over him that he'd loose one of them in a battle or something.

Then there was Kagome herself, the girl made every part of his body feel alive, made currents of what only could be described as lighting bolts flow through him in a good way, a very good way. She made him feel calm, at peace, whatever you wanted to call it. He supposed it was like everything you saw on a warm spring day, birds chirping, flowers blossoming and the sun just shining with all its might. A raindrop fell directly in his eye, he blinked, course today was nothing like that. The sun fell and so did the temperature. What was worst was he lost his demon side.

"Inuyasha?" Came a small voice from inside his sleeve.

"I know runt. Blast the New Moon." He gritted through his teeth.

"This is bad. That old geezer still won't let you in will he?" The fox peered out and Inuyasha growled. The boy was right but Inuyasha could have snuck inside then out again the next morning but Koga would squeal on him, he just knew it. Kagome looked out the window, she couldn't sleep but it wasn't a problem for her roommate and somewhere during the evening Kirara had snuck in.

Kagome smiled and turned her attention back to the window. Why hadn't Inuyasha done the same thing? Her mind began to wander but it abruptly stopped when she noticed the moon missing. The night of the New Moon.

"Inuyasha." She left the window and quietly packed up her things, left a note for Sango and silenced Kirara. "Don't worry, I'm going to him, he needs me." She smiled at the fire cat and left when it purred in response. Kagome opened an umbrella and headed for the tree she could see Inuyasha occupying. "Inuyasha?" She half whispered, she knew she had to be a bit louder then normal but she really didn't want to awaken Koga.

"Kagome are you insane!" Came a sharp hiss from above, shortly after the comment she saw him slowly start to come down. He's soaked clean through. He dropped down next to her and gave her a quick scowl. "What the hell - " She cut him off with a hand over his mouth.

"My sleeping bag is waterproof." She pushed him more around the tree and stopped then looked around. "We can spread it out over that branch." She moved his head with the hand clamped over his mouth to show him a low sitting branch. "We can use rocks to secure it to the ground. I've also got two thermal blankets, and some straw mats. She smiled at his bemused face. "They're very warm, very…and we can use the mats to cover the wet ground." She answered his silent question apparently well, he growled but didn't verbally complain. Why bother? He handed her Shippo in trade for the sleeping bad, he hadn't a problem unzipping it after watching her do it so much. After a while, they had their shelter set up and were inside enjoying the dryness. Shippo was out like a light while the other two sat in uncomfortable silence for a moment. Kagome broke it by turning to her bag; she pulled out a pair of green jog pants and slipped them on under her skirt. She pulled at the waste to bring the damp clothing down over her now covered legs. Inuyasha sat watching, he know what to make of her, she had come up with all this so quickly and it was strange to be the one being looked after, it almost made him feel inadequate or something. "Inuyasha?"

"Yeah?" He answered lazily; his body language was set in a dreamy state and she tried hard not to laugh. Reality didn't become real until he felt warm hands on his chest.

"What?" He grabbed for them and looked her in the eyes.

"You need to get out of those before you freeze and since you were off in lalaland I thought I'd…" Her little explanation fell short of its finish line and she blushed. Inuyasha grinned which only seemed to deepen her blush.

"You'd what? Undress me?" His grin quickly turned evil and she knew exactly what he was after. She tried her hardest not too but the blush deepened anyway.

"I hate you." She growled lowly, Inuyasha's face only lightened with more amusement. He leaned forward and grazed her lips with his own but retreated shortly after. She blinked and looked him in the eyes, he came back the kiss lasted a little longer then the first but they still parted rather quickly. He judged her reaction and had a strong urge to keep going, he was surprised when she was the one to initiate the next meeting. Again though it was a moderate kiss, which left him greatly unsatisfied. It led him to his next action, leaning forward and seizing her mouth in a very passionate kiss. She was shocked at first but quickly gave into temptation; she placed her hands on the side of his head and pushed back against his lips while lifting herself from her sitting position in front of him. His legs unfolded from their Indian style arrangement and he brought her closer by wrapping his arms around her waste. The air was forced out from between them and her mouth took lead as it came to be on top. They pulled apart a moment later panting heavily, Kagome dipped her head beside his and he could feel her breath cascade down his partly exposed chest. He pulled her back and they stared into each other's lust filled eyes. They had started to dive into another hormone-crazed kiss when the stirring of a young fox made them freeze. Both turned to look at him and sighed in relief when he didn't awaken. "Mmm…that was to close." Kagome pressed her lips together as she backed away.

"What do you mean? Getting caught or…" He didn't have the courage to finish and luckily he didn't have to, she uncomfortably knew what he meant. They looked at each other for a long moment before she turned away. She knelt before the second blanket and she began to unfold it. After a moment she turned back to him, their eyes met and she became even more nervous.

"Inuyasha…" He crawled to her but she countered by crawling to Shippo. Inuyasha sighed and pulled the coverlet around his shoulders. Kagome snuggled into the blanket with Shippo and fell right to sleep. Morning came and Inuyasha felt hot, he opened his eyes and realized he was still surrounded by Kagome's special blanket. As soon as he shrugged it off, he felt his temperature drop to normal. Ah, the ups to being a half demon. His eyes wondered around and stopped when they reached the other two creatures that were sharing the shelter with him. They looked adorable snuggled up together he smiled unconsciously while staring at them.

Inuyasha's keen sense of hearing noticed someone outside the little dwelling. He went to twitch his nose but it was to late and more morning rays were let in as Koga's head appeared. A moment passed before his blinking eyes absorbed the situation and he growled in warning, Inuyasha glared back. The growling and maybe even the tension aroused Kagome from her slumber. "What's going on Inuyasha?" She yawned but her eyes went wide as a blur went zooming past her. "Inuyasha?" When he didn't respond she looked to where there seemed to be some sort of fight going on. Through the flaps of her sleeping bag she could just make out the two males as they rolled around on the ground trying to pin the other down for a finishing attack. "Inuyasha." She stood up and hit her head on the branch above making her fall on her butt. Kagome managed to crawl out but remained sitting not to far away from the two males who were after her heart. They continued to wrestle around trying to kill each other and didn't even notice the scent of her blood. Her hand went to inspect it and concluded she was all right just a little bump. The blood was coming from a scratch near the bruise. She finally looked back at the creatures radiating testosterone. "What the hell are you two doing?" She yelled.

They froze and gawked at her, Kagome knew it was a bit of a dumb question, she should have asked what had set them off not what they were doing. However, it didn't much matter, when she yelled and swore nothing else in the statement mattered to them.

"This mutt - " Koga began.

"He's not a mutt, he didn't do anything wrong and I swear if you two don't separate I'll scream Koga and Inuyasha are secret lovers at the top of my lungs. Sango and Miroku aren't that far away." She huffed and at the same moment, Shippo crawled out to join them. The males tried to disentangle but it proved harder then they thought, after a minute of growling and swearing they separated. Koga walked over to Kagome while Inuyasha remained on the ground.

"Kagome - "

"Koga could you do me a tremendous favor?" She looked up at him batting her eye lashes and smiled sweetly. Gonna have to do a little flirting to get what I want. He smiled back and nodded his head. "Can you fetch some good fire wood for me?" His smile brightened and he glanced at Inuyasha, Kagome flashed the hybrid a certain look.

"Kagome - " He responded.

"I don't want to hear it Inuyasha, I'm very upset with you." He gave a hurt look, then became angry and 'hmphed' while looking away and crossing his arms in a little tantrum. Koga laughed and turned his full attention on his potential mate.

"Don't worry I won't disappoint you." He smiled sweetly again before using the jewels to disappear, after making sure the wolf was a good distances away Inuyasha finally approached the young priestess. Kagome glanced at Shippo to see the youngster had fallen back to sleep. Inuyasha helped her to her feet and she in turned smiled dreamily at him.

"Kagome?"

"Hm?"

"Are you alright?" His head tilted to the side and he began to inspect the river of brood coming down the side of her face.

"Oh I'm fine." She answered snapping out of her daydream. "Nicely done by the way, you were very believable." She complimented on his earlier performance.

"I would have thought you were serious except you gave me a beautiful smile right before…" He blushed and looked away suddenly finding the forest edge more interesting. Kagome actually started to panic thinking he was sensing something but she wasn't and he continued to blushed which made her smile. She stepped forward, putting her hands on his smooth, bare chest. Inuyasha's head snapped around to face her; she had his undivided attention now. He stared at her hands and she became a little embarrassed but mentally took a deep breath and slid them up to his face bringing it to hers. At first she just grazed his lips before applying a little more pressure and letting them linger against his skin but she let it only last a breath or two before retracting out of his personal space.

Inuyasha licked his lips and pursued hers, connecting with a little more force then she had used. Kagome was a tad surprised by his forwardness and felt her body begin to betray her mind. At the last minute she pulled back by pressing her hands against his chest for help, his skin was warmer, much warmer then it had been just a moment ago. Her eyes met his and she almost collapsed right there, he had such lust swarming around in those pure golden irises that her knees went weak and she unconsciously leaned against him wanting more. Her head tipped back calling out to him to kiss her again, wanting the touch and feel of his skin against hers once more, she shut off her mind deciding to give into the passion. More Inuyasha, I just want…more.

Inuyasha's blood was racing in his veins, his head dipped inching closer to hers, and he just wanted to taste a little more of her. Just a little more… Kagome's hand grazed his left peck and his body went rigid, his mouth dove down to hers. She almost wanted to pull back, it was a crushing kiss not at all romantic like the first and maybe the second…but this wasn't bad either. Maybe that was why she stayed and kissed him back, after a heartbeat, she felt the urge to open her mouth. Inuyasha's tongue slithered its way in gently coaxing hers to come out and play, it didn't take much, Kagome was slightly more experienced then he thought.

"Aw, look at you two." Shippo cooed. They separated immediately and blushed a deep crimson. "I don't think Koga will be to happy but he's not really important anyway, is he?" Kagome blinked blankly at his comment. He was right, Koga would be heart broken and she knew what that was like. Every time she saw Inuyasha and Kikyo together, she first felt like throwing up then she just wanted to die. And what about Kikyo?