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Sloppy Seconds	By : CutiePieHentai Category: InuYasha > General Views: 23931 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Shippo launched himself into Kagome�s arms as the foursome clamored out of the well. She affectionately patted the boy�s head and rubbed her nose with his. �I missed you, Shippo.�

Shippo nodded, �I missed you, too! It was boring without any of you here!�

�Didn�t you have Kirara to keep you company?�

Shippo pouted, �All she did was sleep all day! And Kaede was busy with a birth almost the whole time you were gone.�

Kagome patted his head again. �I�m sorry, Shippo. We had stuff to get done in my time. But�� She rummaged through her pack. �I brought these for you.� She held out her peace offering- a jumbo sized bag of mixed candy, a new box of crayons, and a coloring book.

�Yippee! Thanks, Kagome!� Shippo jumped down and ran ahead of the group, anxious to hurry back to Kaede�s to exploit his new presents.

�Oi, Shippo,� Inuyasha yelled, jumping after him. With a leered, he teased the kitsune. �It�s too bad you couldn�t go� Kagome got us all ice cream. It�s even better than your candy.� He crossed his arms and haughtily looked down at the kit with a she-likes-me-better look in his eyes.

Shippo turned back to them, tears in his big, green eyes. Sniffling, he looked up at Kagome, �I wanted to go. Kagome�.how come you didn�t you didn�t bring me any icie cream?�

Kagome picked the boy up and tried to console him. �Gomen, Shippo. I couldn�t. Ice cream is frozen and it would�ve melted before we got back.�

Hugging the tot close before depositing him on her shoulder, she stomped her foot and glared at Inuyasha, �You! You just had to go tease him didn�t you? We weren�t even back five minutes!�

Inuyasha leered at the miniature fox demon who stuck his tongue out at him when Kagome wasn�t looking. Inuyasha lunged at him, ready to bop him on the head, �Why, you little�� he growled.

�Will you grow up! Ugh!� Kagome closed her eyes to slits and glared at the hanyou.

�B..but he��

�Inuyasha�.� He winced at the false sweetness in her voice, steeling himself for the inevitable tug of the enchanted beads around his neck, �Osuwari!� Shippo dived back into Kagome�s arms with a smug grin of satisfaction.

�Bitch!� Inuyasha mumbled around his dirt snack.

Miroku and Sango stepped around the newly formed crater, shaking their heads. The monk whispered to the taiyiji, �Well, at least it seems everything is back to normal.�
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After visiting with Kaede and sharing lunch, the group decided that there was no time like the present to begin preparations for their final battle. The new moon was only two weeks away. It had been decided that Inuyasha and Kagome would return to her time for the moonless night. Two days later they would meet and join forces. It would take them under a day to get to Naraku�s fortress from where they were meeting. Seventeen days and counting.

The group paired off, Shippo joining Miroku and Sango, to make better time as they sought alliances.

First on Sango and Miroku�s list- a stop at the taiyiji village to locate the shinobi spies, Serina and Sezuna. First on Inuyasha and Kagome�s list- Sesshomaru.

Lacking a better idea of where to begin, Inuyasha headed west. To the castle of his childhood. To the home of his past.
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Riding on Inuyasha�s back, the pair made good progress. They spent much of the day in amicable silence, Kagome enjoying the feel of the wind in her face and Inuyasha enjoying the feel of her clutching him.

As dusk fell, Inuyasha set Kagome down in a clearing and left to hunt for dinner. He didn�t stray far, staying within range of Kagome�s scent, as he tracked and flushed a pair of pheasants. Carefully slicing them open with his claws, he cleaned and dressed the birds before he returned to the camp Kagome had erected in his absence. Over the bright fire, Kagome cooked the offered birds and made ramen, handing two cups to Inuyasha when they were ready. He grumbled a thanks and set to devouring his noodles.

Kagome picked at her food. She wanted to talk about what had happened over the past few days, but she also knew that she didn�t want to suffer the dog demon�s mood swings. �If I say the wrong thing, or make him feel pressured, he�ll get all defensive and we�ll would spend the rest of the trip fighting. Worse� what if actually wants to talk about it. Where would that conversation go? We�re out here alone, in the woods�nothing to stop��

Across the fire from her, Inuyasha was waging a similar battle of want versus consequences. That is, demon versus human.

�Could she really want to be with me?�started the human side.

�Sure, only a baka couldn�t smell her desire.�

�But the fires of passion eventually burn out if there�s nothing else there. Is anything else there?�

�So what if it�s only lust? I can enjoy it while it lasts.�

�Yeah, but where would that leave me later?�Alone�Bah! It�s Kagome! She�s not someone to do things like that without deeper feelings��

�But she did point out that night that she didn�t want to complete mating�.What does that mean?�

Now that he�d given her his mind, soul, body, and heart, even if she didn�t know it yet, he knew he couldn�t settle for anything less than having all of her. A part of him knew she loved him. Hell, she�d proven that many times over as she returned to him, put up with him, worried about him, and cried for him. Another side, the side that sheltered him from the world and had hidden his feelings for so long, couldn�t get over the years of rejections and hurt, past the ache to belong. He watched her stare blankly at her food, immersed in her own thoughts, when it struck him. She was inside of him; she was in his head, she knew his moods, she understood him, better than anyone had since his mother. If she did leave after everything was over, like everyone else had, he was sure that this time he would either die or go insane. He scowled at the fire and watched the flames, still undecided.

As fate would have it, neither had to decide where to begin. The fire was dying down to embers and the question of sleeping arrangements hung over both heads when two wisps of light snaked through the trees, illuminating the edge of the forest. Inuyasha had smelled Kikyo�s grave scent for nearly an hour but he had chosen to ignore it. Unless she sought him out, he was going to continue to pretend he hadn�t noticed. Now, obliviously, she called to him and he couldn�t act like he didn�t know. Sighing, Inuyasha stood and took two steps towards the forest before pausing to look back at Kagome.

She wasn�t looking at him. She couldn�t bear to watch him walk away. To her. She fixed her eyes on the dying fire and softly whispered, �You should go.�

Inuyasha�s heart plummeted at the despair in her voice. He knew he hurt her. He knew it killed a little piece of her every time he had left for Kikyo. But this time, he had to do it. If he could just make her understand. �Kagome�.Kikyo�.Naraku�� he tried.

Kagome nodded, still unable to face him. �I know.�

She turned her back then, a symbolism that did not go missed by inu-hanyou, and lay down on her sleeping bag. Inuyasha took to the trees with one last longing gaze, but he smelled the salt of her tears before the forest could close around him. His ears drooped and he could taste bile rise in his throat. �Damn it! Why couldn�t she understand?� I. Have. To. Do. This!� He wanted to smash something, unleash pain onto something to dull the heartache and guilt he felt for causing her tears.

Instead, he found Kikyo resting on a log in a clearing and rushed into her waiting arms.
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A/N: Many thinks again to my reviewers!

Some responses for you�Oh, and a point of interest. I had a boyfriend who ate ice cream like that once. Inspired me. Funny things was, he didn�t even realize what he was doing until I pointed it out to him� damn�

Angelstars: I know you just said he hadn�t and now he did�I tell ya, you read my mind! Gotta say, ever noticed how close the name Houjo looks to Kouga ??? Hmmm�.

Jimmies: I didn�t think she�d be the strong modern woman only to enjoyed being worshipped�pampered once in a while is okay, but geez!

OhJoy: Don�t worry, she�ll get hers. But she strike me as someone who be too shy about the physical act to do anything before her wedding night�that�s not to say she won�t get some fluff before then. Plus, despite his flaws, her love strike me a true romantic at heart�

Obese_a_tron5000: I need to be needed so be needy away.

Spaz913: You know what? That might be interesting later�

Essie: I sure will�
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