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Castaways	By : SplendentGoddess Category: InuYasha AU/AR > Het - Male/Female Views: 8564 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: Inuyasha, and the characters therein, are the property of Rumiko Takahashi. I am in no way affiliated with Takahashi or VIZ Productions, and I do not gain financially from my fanfic in any way.

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Chapter 4 - I Dare You
Inuyasha woke with a start at the feel of his youkai blood pulsing to life in his veins, the woman at his side bolting awake beside him as she felt the same thing. His first thought was, Crap, I fell asleep, which was quickly followed by, Holy shit! as he remembered just exactly how that had come about the night before.
Kagome, meanwhile, was breathing a sigh of relief with her hand over her heart, her instincts having yanked her from her slumber like somebody dumping a bucket of ice water on her brain. For that split second in time, she knew what it was like to be a frightened animal, the feel of Inuyasha's demonic aura roaring to life right beside her having spooked her like the bang of an explosion. It was a purely instinctual reaction, and in that moment she turned his way with a different kind of fear in her eyes, desperately praying that he wasn't going to take her reaction to his youki the wrong way.
Fortunately for her he seemed entirely too preoccupied with chastising himself to be bothered by something like that, though, as he mumbled to himself at a level she was sure he didn't realize was loud enough for her to hear.
"Fucking human emotions..." she heard him whisper.
"Knock that off." she spoke up immediately, causing his eyes to widen in panic as he slowly turned his head to look her way as if comically only just then realizing that he was still sitting right beside her while apparently scolding himself about sharing her bed the night before.
"I happen to have my own 'fucking human emotions', so you better watch what you say next if you don't want a fight on your hands." she scolded, only half kidding.
For some reason, though, her mild threat actually relaxed him. Inuyasha hadn't been thinking about teasing Kagome, and while it was true he was berating himself for having given into the weakness of wanting to take her up on her offer of sharing her bedding, his main concern upon waking up beside her had been what her reaction was going to be to the whole thing. She might have acted indifferent about it the night before, but he had four centuries worth of being on the receiving end of prejudice to overcome. Not something that could be wiped away all that easily in a single sitting. Thinking back on it, he was aware of how she had bolted awake quite suddenly at the return of his youki, but he wasn't concerned about the initial return of his demonic aura subconsciously spooking the slumbering miko. Hell, that just meant that her instincts were working, and that was actually one more thing for him to be impressed about where she was concerned, truth be told. But after Kagome had gotten the few seconds necessary to remember herself and where she was and most importantly whom she was with, a part of him had worried that she would want to immediately cease and desist with their unnecessary proximity. That she had apparently overheard him cursing to himself was mildly embarrassing, but what was truly amazing was her reaction to those few, simple words. And she still hadn't moved a muscle to vacate their nest/bed...and neither had he.
"I...uh..." he started after a moment, or at least attempted to start, finding that words were failing him for some unexplainable reason.
"Good morning." Kagome said then with a smirk, getting up and making a grab for her shoes before disappearing into the trees a short ways off to take care of business. He appreciated the brief reprieve, bounding off in the other direction to handle some business of his own.
He was glad she hadn't noticed his morning excitement.
Since the both of them had slept through the night there wasn't much left of their fire, though a few embers still remained and with the help of more of Kagome's lighter fluid their blaze was roaring again in no time. Once that minor issue was taken care of Inuyasha immediately ran off to fetch breakfast, and over all the morning passed by rather slowly.
Realizing he'd forgotten to mark the tree the night before, not that he could have after the sun had gone down, he carved a third notch in the bark in that moment, not that they'd truly been on the island long enough yet to have lost track of how long they'd been there. Today was the day of his business meeting in Los Angeles, though it was scheduled for mid afternoon. Considering the time difference, and that 2pm in LA was 5am the following morning in Japan, much too early to call your temperamental boss with news that would most likely piss him off, Inuyasha imagined that the manager of his Los Angeles branch would probably wait a while before immediately phoning Tokyo. First everyone at the office would just think he was running late. Even if they had heard about the crash it would never occur to any of them that he'd been on that plane since everybody knew they owned their own private jet and Sesshoumaru had screwed him over in the airplane department very last minute. They also knew down at the LA office that he liked to party while he was in town, and somebody might even speculate that he'd had a little too much fun in Vegas and had lost track of time. Inuyasha was a laid back boss, and so if ever he ended up finding out about them poking fun at him in such a way, especially if it were true, nobody would ever suffer any repercussions for making fun of their fun-loving CEO, and they knew it. Yes, in fact he was fairly certain that the jokes would start flying when he missed the meeting, nobody initially getting worried because everybody knew he was a big boy who could take care of himself. It probably wouldn't dawn on anyone that he was actually missing until the following morning when there was still no word. Trying his cell phone would send them straight to voice mail, and so eventually his district manager would have no choice but to swallow his fears and call Sesshoumaru, who was most definitely not a fun-loving boss. Then the ball would be in his elder brother's court. How long before the daiyoukai connected the dots?
Although it ultimately wouldn't be that big of a deal to cover up his own disappearance since they could always just make up some BS about some other kind of business emergency he'd had to attend to and his phone getting broken or something, Inuyasha was admittedly starting to become concerned for things on Kagome's end. Her family they could tell the truth, but what if her friends in LA already knew she was 'missing'? What if the news media had publicly announced the members of that flight? If she'd already been announced as having been on that flight and presumed dead it would complicate matters somewhat when she reappeared. Sure, it would be a relief for the public and her friends to hear that Kagome had actually missed her flight, perhaps very last minute so that her bags had already been checked and everything, but if that were the case then where had she been for the last four days?
Cross that bridge when we come to it, I guess... he decided in that moment, knowing there was no point in speculating without having any of the facts.
As if reading his mind, Kagome suddenly spoke up in that moment with, "Tomorrow's the last day of my vacation. I'm supposed to be back at work the day after tomorrow."
Smirking at her wryly, he confessed, "I have a business meeting with my LA manager this afternoon."
"Wonderful." she snorted.
"It'll be okay."
"I guess...since both you and I 'missed our flight' and have now been missing in action for the last few days, we could always say we ran away together. A secret love affair."
If he'd been drinking anything at that moment he would've done a spit-take at her words.
"Wh-what?"
"Sure..." she stated with a shrug, trying to sound nonchalant even though she was sure he could probably hear the frantic pounding of her heart. "I mean, so long as you don't have a girlfriend or anything. We could say that last minute we changed our flight to a later one and went to Hawaii instead, it's very romantic."
Smirking, he agreed, "That would explain why the two of us are both MIA, but I don't think you realize what a media craze that would become for you."
"Oh yeah, I forgot you were richer than Bill Gates."
He laughed disbelievingly. That wasn't the sort of thing anybody just forgot about. Her next words had him shutting up, though.
"Nobody would believe you were interested in me."
Was that disappointment in her voice?
Before he could think about how it might sound, he blurted out, "Hey, now wait just a damn minute. Who said I wouldn't be interested in you?"
Thinking back on it, she knew it was true that those words had never left his lips, though it wasn't exactly as if he'd declared liking her, either.
"Well sure we flirt and whatever," she shrugged off, again trying to sound nonchalant about it, "But come on, I'm sure you have women fawning all over you. Prettier women. Smarter women. Women who wear haute couture and carry around teacup poodles in diamond studded bags."
He crinkled his nose.
"Okay, first of all, while you might not be quite as pretty as some of those other women, you also don't reek of silicon and botox, and I prefer o'naturale anytime, anyplace. And smarter? Like, OMG, are you being totally serial right now? Because honey, unless you lied about going to medical school I'd say you've got the brains department covered. And who the hell do you think buys those bitches their haute couture? Finally...do I look like I want to deal with a yappy little under evolved ankle biter?"
Kagome couldn't help laughing at his momentary 'valley girl' accent. He really was fluent in multiple languages, because when he spoke English there wasn't a single trace of a Japanese accent, and that took time and practice.
"Do you think...you might want to..."
"Make your story true and go have a love affair in Hawaii?" he finished for her, waggling his brow. "Sure."
"Baka..." she mumbled, blushing as he laughed a bit. "But I'm serious though." she somehow managed to get out, holding her breath.
He took a deep breath himself at those words, hesitant to get his hopes up. He knew it would be best to just be straightforward and eliminate any chance of a misunderstanding.
"What are you asking me, Kagome? You want to go out on a date? For real?"
"It's stupid, right?" she replied, her tone defeated. "You probably think I just want you for your money."
"Surprisingly, I really don't get that vibe from you." he admitted, his tone of voice optimistic at her statement of wanting him before taking on a definite twinge of hesitance as he added reluctantly, "Although, there is whole the other...ya know...Montague and Capulet thing."
He was caught off guard by the sudden spike of sadness that came off of her at his words.
"Oh..."
"Hey now, wait a minute..." he spoke back up then, reaching forward and hooking a clawed finger under her chin to lift her eyes up to meet his own. "I am single right now, so...if you're really serious about giving it a try, then I'd be willing to see what happens." he confessed. "Screw what society thinks."
Her heart soared at his words.
"I guess we should probably take it slow, really try to get to know each other." she stated after a moment, not wanting to scare the guy off if he found out just how drawn to him she'd actually become.
He scoffed at her words, though.
"We've been sharing our whole life stories with each other over the past three days, what else is there to know?"
"Oh I'm sure there's still all sorts of little nooks and crannies in each of our histories that we haven't shared yet."
"So what...you wanna play another round of twenty questions?" he asked then, his tone surprisingly accepting. While he didn't usually like talking about himself so much, he admittedly did like hearing about her life.
Furrowing her brow, Kagome thought about it for a moment before her eyes suddenly widened in unbridled enthusiasm, her expression unsettling enough that Inuyasha found himself unconsciously scooting back a bit.
"What?"
"We could play truth or dare!" she all but shouted, her expression giddy as she clapped her hands.
He snorted.
"Truth or dare? What are you, twelve?"
Sticking her tongue out at him, she defended, "Come on, it'll be fun! That way instead of just randomly trying to come up with stuff about ourselves to share, we only have to answer specific questions honestly, narrowing it down to what we each actually want to know."
He quirked a brow, noting an immediate and glaring flaw in her logic. "What if I choose dare?" he purred.
She blushed a bit, before stating, "Well, I'm sure I can come up with something harmless enough."
She wasn't worried about him daring her since she would just keep picking 'truth'.
"Fuck that..." he argued playfully, stating, "What fun is harmless? I'll tell ya what, Ka-go-me, I'll play this little game with you, but only if we kick it up a notch. I'm talkin' the adult rated version of truth or dare, with questions worthy of 'I have never' and dares fit for college hazing."
She gulped, recognizing the serious challenge in his gaze. Did she dare agree to his terms? Was that already her accepting and executing his first dare of the day if she did so? She did have to admit, it certainly sounded like it would cure her boredom, although it also sounded like she'd be more up for it after a couple of beers, but swallowing her pride in that moment - and hopefully nothing else random and gross in the moments to follow - Kagome knew that she wanted to set some ground rules of her own before things got too carried away.
"I'll agree on one condition. We've got to set a bar for the daring."
"Fine." he agreed easily enough. "No sex."
"Wh-what?!"
He quirked a brow.
"What? You want me to dare you for sex?"
"N-no!" she stated quickly, a little too quickly. "I mean...that's where you're capping it?"
"Come on, Kags, live a little." he stated playfully, waggling his eyebrows up and down.
"No touching each other sexually in any way." she insisted.
He thought about it for a moment, then finally smirked, agreeing "Deal." as he stuck out his hand for her to shake.
"Truth or dare?" he asked her first, getting the ball rolling without delay.
"Truth."
"Chicken..."
She narrowed her eyes a little. "Just ask your question."
Laughing, he asked, "Where's the kinkiest place you've ever had sex?"
Her face erupted into crimson fire and he couldn't hold in his laughter.
She thought she'd be safe with 'truth', did she? Ha!
"What's the matter? You're the one who wanted to get to know each other better."
"Don't think I won't get you back for this."
"Oh I'm looking forward to it, but you first."
"Fine...a bathroom stall at the AniCon."
If he hadn't already been sitting on the ground he would've fallen over at her words.
"Holy shit, really?!" he laughed. "How the hell did that happen?"
"It's my turn." she replied instead of answering him, and rolling his eyes he said, "Fine, fine."
"Truth or dare?"
"I know you want me to, so truth."
"Same question."
Thinking about it a moment, he answered honestly, "Disneyland."
"No freakin' way!" Kagome gasped out. "There are cameras everywhere. Security would be on you in like two seconds!"
"I didn't say where."
"Well one of the hotels doesn't count! Not even if you were staying inside the park at the castle because that's still a hotel room."
"You didn't elaborate so why should I?"
"Fine. Boyfriend had an anime fetish, and some demonstration of warrior chicks fighting in leather armor got him all hot so we ducked out for a quickie. You?"
"Dating a cast member at the time, naughty little thing smuggled me into her dressing room." he replied with a smirk. "Truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"How far did you go with Kouga?"
She crinkled her nose. "We only had one date."
He raised an eyebrow. "So?"
Shaking her head in exasperation, she answered, "He gave me a goodnight kiss, on the lips, but it was chaste; no tongue action."
He snorted. "Boring."
"It was our first date!"
"Boring..." he insisted, adding, "I expect more than a chaste kiss after our first date."
"Yeah I'll bet you do." she muttered under her breath, knowing he'd hear her. He chuckled.
"Truth or dare?" she asked then, shaking her head again.
"Dare..." he cooed, waggling his eyebrows.
"Ugh."
"What's the matter, can't think of anything?"
"I suppose I could dare you to act civil for the rest of the game, but that'd be a waste of breath."
He laughed, chiming in with, "Not to mention the waste of a perfectly good dare. Come on prie...uh, Kagome. Fuck, sorry."
Her eyes softened a bit as he immediately dropped his routine in the face of accidentally almost calling her 'priestess' again. Deciding to let him know she forgave him for the slip and that she wasn't mad, she grew a set of balls in that moment, giving him a dare he would appreciate.
"Okay, just for that, I dare you to take your shirt off..."
He quirked a brow at her, smirking as he reached for the edge of his t-shirt, only to stop as she chimed in with, "...uh-uh-uh, and keep it off throughout the remainder of our game."
Grinning wider, he pulled his shirt off, tossing it aside. He would have put it back on after a few seconds if she hadn't specified that last part, just for the sake of teasing her about not being specific. 'Take it off' alone didn't indicate how long you had to keep it off, after all. He was pleased that she'd thought of that.
"You've done this before." he purred seductively.
"Maybe once or twice." she replied teasingly.
"Truth or dare?"
The look she gave him in that moment promised that he'd have to work a lot harder before she gave him the opportunity to get her naked. "Truth." she voiced with a triumphant expression.
"How many sexual partners have you had?" he asked teasingly, taken aback by her upfront answer.
"Two. Hojo, high school boyfriend in Tokyo that I started dating a couple of months after the Kouga incident, and Josh, American boyfriend I met at a singles bar about a year after moving to California." she replied. "Truth or dare?"
Not in a tremendous hurry to get naked if she were going to stay dressed, he answered, "Truth."
"I'm not sure I want to ask you that same question..." she stated more to herself with a chuckle in her own voice that he echoed, letting her know the number was probably really up there, assuming he hadn't lost count. But there was one thing she did want to know. "How many serious relationships have you had?"
He sighed. "Truthfully?"
She raised an eyebrow. "That is kind of the point, yeah."
Raising his right hand to rub awkwardly at the back of his head, he reluctantly answered, "One."
She was surprised by the melancholy in his tone, as if the heartache was still fresh.
"How long ago was this?"
"It's my turn." he answered evasively. "Truth or dare?"
Kagome had absolutely no idea what she was thinking when she answered, "Dare."
"Oh ho..." he laughed, his eyes widening gleefully. She cringed.
Please go easy on me... she silently begged, not sure she could handle jumping right into the nastier stuff, even though she was sure their game would wind up down that road at some point or another. She was caught off guard when he handed her one of the sticks waiting its turn to become firewood.
"Channel your miko powers into this like a weapon."
She was confused. "Why?"
He merely shrugged. "I wanna feel how strong you are."
Shrugging herself, Kagome secretly sighed in relief that he had taken pity on her, figuring he'd picked something harmless on purpose just because he could tell how nervous she'd been getting. Closing her eyes and concentrating, it didn't take long at all for the thin section of branch in her hands to start glowing a bright pink. Inuyasha could feel the energy tickle the hairs on his arms, the feel of her aura against his own buzzing loudly in his mind like the hum of a bug zapper. But he didn't fear her. He was impressed by her strength. It was as if she had inherited the power of every preceding generation of her family that had supposedly had none, as if their bodies had planned on donating their energy into the next generation all along, and so their powers had been locked away in stasis to be passed on to Kagome without any of it getting used up by them beforehand.
"Now try aiming the stick at that tree and projecting your energy." he instructed. She looked his way, frowning.
"That wasn't part of the original dare. You can't add new instructions as you go."
"Humor me for a second, then we'll get back to the game. I want to see if you can do it."
"Of course I can." she snorted. "I told you, I never studied with actual weapons, so I can't fight, but I know how to use my powers." That being said, she waved the stick in her hand, much like a magic wand, throwing her best interpretation of a British accent on top of her Japanese one as she jokingly chanted, "Purifious Demonstratous!" as a ball of pink energy flew out of the end of the stick and slammed into the trunk of the tree he'd pointed at.
Laughing so hard he had to hold his stomach, Inuyasha reached up with one hand and waved in Kagome's direction placatingly, stating, "Okay okay, you win..." between his guffaws.
"Truth or dare?" Kagome asked then, smirking triumphantly.
"Truth." he answered, for fear of retaliation of the dare variety.
"Who is this mystery woman that tamed the beast? If we're going to give 'us' a try then I deserve to know."
Sighing, he conceded that she was right. It wouldn't be fair to keep such a thing from her if they were going to try giving a genuine relationship between the two of them a chance.
"Her name was Kikyou, and she was a 'normie in the know' I guess is what your kind would call her." he began, ignoring the way Kagome raised a brow at his reference to 'her kind'. "It's been almost a century now since she passed on," he added, "So it's not like I'm still all heartbroken over it or whatever. She was just the only human girl to date who had stuck by me after finding out what I was, and after a hundred years that gets a little depressing, ya know? I've dated a couple of youkai women, but they were only after me for status, likewise the other human girls I've been with. In both the human and youkai worlds I'm rich and powerful, and that's enough for some of the youkai to overlook my hanyou status, not that I would give any of them the time of day, like they were really doing me any favors by being 'willing' to be with me 'despite' my mixed blood. My human girlfriends over the years on the other hand...turned out while most of them never knew what I was, they were all just after me for my money, too, except for Kikyou. Oh, I was already rich and powerful back then, but so was she, in her own right. She'd come from a fairly wealthy family, so I had confidence going in that it wasn't about the money, so then my worry became that she would freak when she found out I was half youkai. We have to be very careful when revealing ourselves like that, and Sesshoumaru hadn't even wanted me to do it, but it's kind of not very honorable to actually marry the girl without letting her know what I am, so when I was ready to pop the question I dropped the bomb, too. Miraculously, she stuck by me, and for several decades we were really happy, but of course, being human and without any youki of her own there was no way I could tie us together permanently as soul-mates, if you remember from your studies that mated youkai can sometimes merge their souls together if their auras are compatible...?"
Kagome nodded, letting him know she had in fact learned that bit of information during her studies.
"So there's really no grand heartbreaking tale of failed lovers or anything like that, we were married for almost eighty years. She just...grew old and died. Such is life." he finished.
Kagome felt tears stinging the back of her eyes.
"Did you guys have any children?"
He looked at her funny at that, his melancholy demeanor instantly replaced by the smug comedian she'd gotten used to over the last few days.
"I told you I can't stand the little bastards, remember?" he replied with a quirk of his lips. She chuckled a bit despite herself.
"You're not sterile are you?" she asked then, "Being a hybrid, I mean?"
"That's a rather personal question for the first date, don't you think?"
"Oh?" she shot back. "And since when is this the first date?"
"Since I said so."
"That's just so you can try to go further once we go on our real date, because then you can pretend it's the second date."
"Oh? So you admit to going further on the second date, then?"
She smirked. "Depends on what you mean by 'going further'. A longer drive, perhaps?"
Chuckling a bit, he said, "Whose turn is it, anyway? You keep on breaking the rules by asking me additional questions."
"Says the man who asked me to purify a defenseless tree."
"Truth or dare?" he asked her then, amusement sparkling in his eyes.
"Dare." she challenged, refusing to back down at the knowing look he gave her.
"Remove your shirt and keep it off throughout the rest of the game."
It was only a matter of time... she told herself, taking a shaky breath before reaching her fingers up and slowly - very slowly - undoing the buttons on her blouse. He hadn't said anything about her bra, so that sucker stayed right where it was as she tossed her blouse aside.
"Truth or dare?"
"Dare." he stated confidently.
Is he daring me to dare him to get naked? she wondered at the look in his eyes, but she wouldn't give him the satisfaction of being so predictable. He'd be getting naked soon enough; there was no hurry. She wanted to catch him off guard with something first.
"Dares fit for college hazing, huh?" she muttered more to herself though obviously loud enough for him to hear her. She wanted him to sweat a little at what she could possibly be planning. "Unfortunately I don't have any Clamato, so I dare you to drink water from the pond with one of my tampons."
"Is that all?" he asked as if disappointed, getting up and heading over to their boulder/table and taking said item from her collection of laid out possessions. "Pfff, I've been going to Rocky Horror shows in Hollywood since the early '90s, so you'll have to get more creative than that if you want shock value." he stated as he opened the wrapper, pulled out the device and proceeded to dunk it in their drinking water until it was at full capacity. Pulling it out, he held it up overhead by the string and brought it down to his mouth in a grandiose manner, like a Grecian nobleman being fed grapes. Kagome cursed under her breath as he sucked it dry, wracking her brain for something better to get him with next time.
"Truth or dare?" he asked after tossing the tampon aside.
She'd suddenly lost her nerve. "Truth."
Laughing at her mildly panicked expression, he decided to go easy on her, asking, "How long ago did you and Josh break up and why?"
She visibly relaxed. "A little over a year ago, and it was a fairly mutual breakup because outside of sex we really didn't have all that much in common."
"Outgrew parading around for him in sailor fuku, huh?" he teased.
Smirking, she replied with, "Actually, his favorite was yukata that were a little too small, wrapped loosely to show off a lot of boob."
Gesturing to the ample amount of cleavage spilling out of the top of her bra, he said, "Man had good taste."
"So did your wife." Kagome answered softly, offering him a gentle smile when his eyes softened a bit as well, as he gave her a brief nod of appreciation for her words. "Truth or dare?" she asked him then.
"Truth."
"Have you ever been with a miko before?"
He was openly surprised by that question.
"No...actually I haven't. I guess probably because no miko's ever wanted to be with me before. That's just how the world works."
"Well the world is full of a bunch of idiots." Kagome replied, snorting. "I mean, sure I get it, our peoples, they were enemies once upon the time. But that was forever ago. It might be cliché, but can't we all just get along?"
He shook his head. "It might have been over a dozen generations for the humans, and the 'normies' have all but convinced themselves that youkai never even existed in the first place, out of sight out of mind, but there are quite a few other youkai besides myself and my brother who remember what it was like to live through the revolution. For most of them, opinions aren't so easily changed, when we actually remember your people being our enemies. Just because they had agreed to peace didn't mean they'd thought of your kind as our friends all of a sudden. A closer analogy would be that you guys are our parole officers. We have to answer to you and we always feel like we're under surveillance; there ain't no love there."
"What about your own opinions, personally?"
"I'm here with you aren't I?" he pointed out. "I could've just left your ass to die on that plane, but there was no way I would've been able to live with myself if I'd done that. Something in me made me save you, and I don't regret that. I don't know why, but I'm drawn to you." he admitted, earning a warm smile from the miko.
"Look," he continued then, "Basically it's like this, youkai were running rampant and destroying humans until some humans evolved with spiritual powers to combat the youkai, then you've got your basic few centuries of stalemates in power with occasional deaths on both sides until the spiritual humans said enough is enough and bartered with the remaining youkai for peace. I'm sure your sensei's books explained how most species of youkai who agreed to the treaty without a fight were relatively harmless to mankind begin with, how some even liked humans, and that we were all pretty much forced into hiding for our own safety because human prejudice as a whole was such that even non-spiritual humans were trying to hunt and kill any youkai near their homes for fear of what might happen should they let the youkai live. And as you've pointed out yourself, you are human. Miko and houshi aren't a separate race, not really. Even though I know I'm guilty of viewing you that way myself, the truth is you guys are just gifted humans, the 'chosen ones' that the fates bred to combat my kind. You were quite literally born to be our enemies."
She shook her head, not in denial but just in general displeasure of the situation. "It might be blasphemous, but I think the spiritualists and the youkai should come together as one people separated from the normal humans. Sure, we have our differences, but we have a lot in common, too. We both have to live in fear of being found out about, we're both magic and defy the natural laws of science as we know them; I think we're more alike than either side would care to admit." she said.
"True," he agreed, admitting, "Honestly, I feel the same way, but your people are just like humans where it counts the most, in that despite having magical abilities, you are still human. It's my kind that're the aliens, the 'non-humans', the secret beasts and monsters that you guys have to keep an eye on to make sure we don't disturb the peace. It's a fucked up truth, but I guess it's being half human myself that allows me to admit it. I can kind of see the world from both sides of the fence, I suppose, having grown up with a human mother. Even though I associate myself with the inu-youkai clan and consider myself youkai instead of human, I can at least understand why your people did what they did. If the cease-fire hadn't been reached so soon after Oyaji's death I probably would've taken up arms myself."
He sighed.
"And of course, Sesshoumaru is still convinced that no spiritualist could have ever taken him out, and that he'd chosen to comply solely because he was evolving along with the business world we were already a part of, but I do think that if he'd sung a different tune and tried to stay his old-fashioned war-mongering self that the spiritualists would have gotten together and taken him out. He might be one of the most powerful youkai besides our father to have ever lived, but he's still a youkai, which means that enough reiki can and would harm him, if it were strong enough."
Smirking, he added, "And I think you might just be powerful enough to do it."
Her eyes widened at that, a very comical 'Me...?' expression on her face as her mouth opened and closed a few times like a fish. "You...you think I'm powerful enough to stand up to a daiyoukai?" she whispered in shock, never having thought she was that powerful.
"Oh, without any kind of combat training Sesshoumaru would probably drop you in under a second, not that I want to pit you two against each other anyways, but just sayin', yeah, spiritually speaking, you've got enough reiki to at least injure the bastard, and me too. I do agree with your viewpoint as far as our two peoples being alike in a way, though, because I do gotta admit, instead of it weirding me out that you can fry me I'm actually finding myself more drawn to you because of it. It's like...you're human, but yet at the same time you're not just a normal human, and that does actually give us something in common compared to the other 'normal' humans of the world who have no idea what the fuck is going on. I've definitely never dated a miko before, but I must admit I'm looking forward to it. You intrigue me."
"I'll take that as a compliment."
"It was meant as one."
"Whose turn is it?" she asked then with a twinkle in her eyes.
"I believe that would be me. Truth or dare?" he asked, unable to mask his elation when she chose 'dare'.
Uh-oh... she gulped at his expression.
"Bra off...for the remainder of the game.
Damn...
Complying, Kagome reluctantly reached behind herself and unclasped her bra. She had most certainly learned her lesson; she needed to keep her head in the game and not get distracted by conversation. Just because he could turn serious and compliment her spiritual abilities didn't mean he was suddenly no longer a perverted bastard.
"Oh well..." she said aloud with a shrug as she tossed her bra aside, hoping to appear nonchalant about it. "Not anything you haven't already seen, just a less obstructed view." she stated conversationally. "Truth or dare?"
"Dare." She smiled, a kind of 'cat that ate the canary' grin that had Inuyasha chuckling rather than feeling nervous. Kagome figured it was only a matter of time before he attacked her skirt and panties, anyway, so even though her next dare would almost definitely speed things along in her own undressing, she figured she might as well let him know she wasn't a child and she wasn't afraid.
"Your turn, jeans off and they stay off."
This time the thought of getting naked in front of Kagome didn't bother him at all, since he knew she was physically attracted to him. Even more than that, she was apparently interested in him enough as a person to actually want to date him, even despite the whole youkai/miko thing. If she was willing to make such a bold step then so was he, as far as putting their differences aside to give a relationship a try. In that moment, though, all he had to put aside were his jeans, which he did in that moment after stripping them off slowly and sensually, smirking at the way Kagome openly ogled him the entire time. Sitting back down, he decided to kick things up a notch by regaining his cross-legged position instead of some other posture that could have preserved some of his modesty. Let her stare at his family jewels for as long as she wanted. If anything, the feel of her eyes upon him was turning him on, and he honestly wouldn't mind giving her that kind of a show, either.
"So, the cold of the ocean really had affected you." she commented, her voice deceptively contemplative although he could tell she was squee-ing on the inside as the young woman that she was.
He smirked. "I'll take that as a compliment."
She met his eyes. "It was meant as one."
Shaking his head, he chuckled a bit to himself before asking, "Truth or dare?"
"I'm not going to make it that easy." she teased. "Truth."
"Hmmm..." he murmured in thought, trying to think of something good. "You've been single for over a year..." he stated matter-of-factly, that part having been previously established. She narrowed her eyes, just knowing he was going to ask her something sexual and embarrassing.
"Do you have any sex toys-"
She opened her mouth...
"-And if so, what kind?" he finished, smirking triumphantly as she shut her mouth with an audible click of her teeth.
"Fuck you." she muttered under her breath.
"Nope, can't dare me for sex, remember?" he teased, laughing outright as she glared at him.
"Yes, and a vibrator, all right?"
"Whoo-hoo!" he chimed while waving a hand in the air.
"Shut up...Truth or dare?"
"Well that's contradictive. How can I answer you if I have to shut up?"
"You just talked, didn't you? So obviously you aren't going to obey my command of shutting up, so truth or dare already?"
"Testy, are we? Miss your dildo? Oh! Was it in your luggage?"
"No!" she shrieked, her face flaming as he laughed. "Like I would bring it with me through the airport, are you mad?"
"I wonder how many of those go through the scanners on a daily basis..." he murmured more to himself. "If I worked for TSA I'd have a betting pool going on a daily basis for how many were counted."
"Sounds like something you'd do." she agreed sardonically.
Laughing quietly, he finally answered her with, "Truth."
"Have you ever used a sex toy?"
"Quite a few, over the years." he admitted easily enough. "One of my girlfriends a few years back especially liked butt plugs for some reason."
Shaking her head, Kagome said, "I meant on yourself."
She thought he was going to 'tsk' her for not specifying. Instead, he caught her off guard by admitting, "They were used on me." while waggling his eyebrows. "You can't embarrass me when it comes to sex, Kagome." he told her bluntly.
"I happen to remember you getting embarrassed quite a few times over the last few days."
"Yeah, well...even if that's true, you can't embarrass me any more. I've gotten over it."
"We'll see about that." she cooed, before rolling her eyes as she admitted, "Though I guess first it's your turn to embarrass me some more."
Smirking in triumph, he asked her knowingly, "Truth or dare?"
"May as well get this over with. Dare."
"I agree, may as well get it over with. Skirt and panties, bye bye."
Rising to her feet, she unzipped her skirt, stepping out of it gracefully enough as it pooled around her feet. Then sitting back down on the grass, she reached for her shoes first. He hadn't said anything about them, but she saw no point in leaving them on, and would actually feel even weirder being naked but with shoes on, like an actress in a porno or something. Tossing her Mary Janes aside, she then hooked her thumbs into the edges of her panties and gave a little tug, lifting her hips to pass the curve of her ass, then down they went along her legs until they cleared her feet and joined the rest of their clothing in the combined pile they'd created since the beginning of this stupid game. Had this really been her idea? Well...yes and no, but she'd allowed him to warp her plans so ultimately, she knew she was to blame.
Trying to kneel in a way that left the majority of her modesty intact, that posture didn't prevent Inuyasha from having glimpsed all he'd wanted to while she had still been in the process of removing her underwear.
"Wow, you weren't kidding about needing a razor." he joked, laughing as her face turned beat red. It had been clear where she had previously trimmed her pubic hair, short stubble filling in the edges around a thicker patch in the center.
"Whatever."
"Hey, come on now, don't be like that. You could probably sketch me from memory like one of those art class students by now."
She blushed a little more at his words, knowing he was right. She'd definitely been busted staring at his penis. She just couldn't help it! It was right there! And the smug bastard said she couldn't embarrass him anymore. Thems were fightin' words. She would not back down from the challenge.
"Truth or dare?" she stated with an authoritative tone; her expression bespoke of no nonsense.
He gulped playfully, secretly excited by the fire in her eyes.
"Dare." The word was a challenge in its own right. He was daring her to have a good dare for him.
Kagome remembered that he had agreed, very specifically, that they were not allowed to dare each other to touch each other, a condition she had insisted on, just envisioning him making her kiss him or...other things. He had smirked before agreeing to her terms, probably thinking he'd get her back at her own game, agreeing so easily to her over specified condition, but she would beat him to the finish line when it came to taking advantage of her momentary oversight.
"I dare you to..." she began slowly, deliberately allowing her eyes to travel the length of his body yet again. He was semi-aroused, which was a good thing. He would need to get it up for her purposes.
"Masturbate..." she said at last, his eyes widening a little. "To completion..." she added, causing his eyes to widen even further. "Right now."
"Holy shit..." he muttered aloud. "I should've known not to challenge you." His tone was amused, though, a twinkle in his eye.
"What's it gonna be?" she asked. "You backing out of the dare?"
"Hell no...I just hope you brace yourself, 'cause I'm not finished with you yet." he promised, before reaching for himself with his right hand.
This is a little too much... he silently admitted as he worked himself hard, refusing to allow himself to feel embarrassed. It wasn't as if he'd never jerked off in front of a chick before, but he hadn't honestly thought that Kagome would've allowed their game to go so far. She did realize that she could throw in the towel at any time, didn't she? He had already told himself though, to never engage her in a game of chicken, and that's exactly what he'd ended up doing in a way, if he'd been thinking that she would call it quits to their game before he did. Still, he'd show her...quite literally he would show her because apparently, she liked to watch after all, and while he hadn't seen it coming he supposed she would be seeing him coming in only a few short minutes because he would not back down from the challenge.
Closing his eyes and lying down, he spread his legs a little, deciding to give his audience the best view possible. Instead of ignoring her and trying to focus on something else, he actually focused on the fact that Kagome was watching him. She was getting aroused, he could smell it, and that thought, that scent, egged him on even further. He imagined it was her hand touching him in such a way. He pretended they'd never been playing a stupid dare game, but that they had just lost themselves naturally to their passion for one another. How could he ever have contemplated not dating the girl simply because she had spiritual powers? He had thought that she wouldn't be interested, but it turned out Kagome actually thought the same way he did; it made them more alike than different. She knew...she knew what he was. That thought alone was enough to draw him to her, since he didn't have to fear what developing deeper feelings for her would mean with regard to his 'secret'. He didn't have to worry about gathering his courage, telling her he had something important to tell her, praying she wouldn't scream and run out on him. He didn't have to worry about having his heart broken yet again because the woman he'd thought he could possibly make his second wife freaked out while calling him a freak and told him to stay the fuck away from her.
Even though he had promised Kikyou that he would allow himself to be happy again with another woman, that he wouldn't stay single and miserable for the rest of his life for her sake, finding true love a second time had proven damn near impossible, and he'd pretty much given up about fifty years ago, bouncing from casual girlfriend to casual girlfriend with no thought of commitment. Granted, he was getting tired of dating gold diggers only after him for his money, but at least with the women who were more upfront about it he didn't have to worry about their intentions because their intentions were obvious. He didn't have to wonder if they could possibly be 'the one' because he knew they weren't. He didn't have to contemplate what their reactions might be to learning he was a hanyou because he had absolutely no intention of telling them. True, he hadn't dated anyone in a little over three months now, having just about finally gotten fed up enough that he was contemplating staying single for a while longer to give the whole thing a rest, but he hadn't thought it'd be possible to find a girl as real as Kagome. Maybe the reason he'd gotten tired of the bimbos was because, subconsciously, he had sensed Kagome's pending arrival in his life? If he had been dating one of his floozies at the time it would've ruined everything. As it was, while Kagome seemed to know that he lived a fairly playboy lifestyle, that knowledge also didn't seem to bother her, or at least not significantly enough for her to find him repulsive because of it. He was sure it also helped that being half youkai meant that he was incapable of contracting or spreading STDs.
But he didn't get the feeling that Kagome was the type of woman to just sleep with a guy she found attractive with no emotional involvement, and in fact the only two people she'd ever been with had both been her boyfriend at the time. If she wanted to give 'them' a try, as she'd said, then clearly it meant that she wanted to see if they could become boyfriend and girlfriend; she didn't just want him as a casual fling. Surprisingly, or perhaps not, that was perfectly all right with him. In fact, he was glad she wanted a serious relationship. He was undeniably attracted to Kagome. He'd thought she was a looker from the first moment he'd met her, only being turned off because of her being a miko. It was obvious to the both of them that he wanted her sexually, if his impromptu erection from holding her in his lap the other morning was any indication, not to mention his hard-on from that morning upon waking up beside her, not that she knew about that one. But since physical desirability wasn't an issue on either of their parts, might as well try to see if something genuine existed on an emotional level, too. He knew he liked more than just her body; he liked her spunk, her fire, her sense of humor and...generally speaking as he thought about their time spent together so far, he liked her, plain and simple. Spiritual powers be damned; he liked her and he wanted to be with her, in more ways than one.
Feeling himself harden and lengthen fully in his hands, he smirked at the increased spike of Kagome's arousal, the light moan that left her lips. Was she touching herself while watching him touch himself? Slowing his movements for only a moment, he was able to catch the faint sound of friction not his own. Hot damn! He wanted to open his eyes and catch her in the act but he knew that would ruin the moment so instead he merely breathed deeply, savoring her perfume as a low groan left his own lips while his hips rose slowly, the waves of pleasure washing through him starting to grow in intensity. He knew how he liked it, so this wouldn't take too much longer. Then he'd get her back, he'd get her back good.
He was so surprised by the sensation of a hand stilling his own that he nearly shot his load right then and there as his eyes flew open.
"Ka-Kagome??"
Meeting his confused gaze with her own equally confused one, the miko had no words for him at first, barely recollecting the fact that she'd moved at all. She had been watching him, a sorceress ensnared by her own creation. Watching Inuyasha writhe in pleasure, pleasure brought on by his own hands but at her command, she had never felt so wicked, or so wanton. Feeling an almost uncontrollable urge to touch herself grow within her core with each subtle rise of his hips, instead of torturing herself she had quickly decided to give in, figuring that even if he caught her it would have only evened the playing field. But as she'd touched herself, sticking her fingers deep inside her opening, she had wished for the object filling her to be something very different than her own fingers...and not her old vibrator at home, either. Inuyasha put her vibrator to shame. She didn't have a tape measure on her, but he had to be pushing twelve inches. Bringing her lubricated fingers to her throbbing clit, Kagome had begun stroking herself, wishing she could experience what it would feel like to mount the delectable morsel laid out before her. Then suddenly it'd hit her. Who said she couldn't?
Like he would complain.
"Have sex with me." she whispered then, her tone nearly beseeching.
His eyes widened in disbelief, his neglected erection throbbing almost painfully as his hand stilled in shock. Part of him wanted to grant her request, a very large, stiff, throbbing part of him. The rest of him couldn't find a legitimate reason to argue against it.
"We agreed not to dare each other for sex, remember?" he couldn't help teasing, refusing to give away how desperate he actually was as he smirked up at her from his place on his back, his hand still wrapped firmly around his cock.
Kagome could see right through him, though, knowing that his smart-ass teasing hadn't been a no.
"Fuck the game...and fuck me. I want to feel you stretch my insides." Kagome said then, her eyes sparkling with a fire he hadn't seen before.
"Damn, woman. You kiss your mother with that mouth?"
"I do all sorts of things with this mouth." she stated suggestively before suddenly lowering herself over him and engulfing the top half of his cock in her mouth.
"Holy shit!" he cried out, digging the claws of his left hand into the ground beside him as he continued to hold his erection upright for her with his right, gripping the base so that she had an unobstructed reach of as much of him as she could take, lubricating him.
It was over after only a few short thrusts. He didn't blow his load, the little bitch pulled away.
"Kagome..." he groaned, his head falling back with a soft thud as he stared up into the canopy of leaves overhead unseeingly.
"That's my name..." she purred as she crawled on top of him. "Although for you, I've decided I don't mind you calling me priestess, after all. You're not Kouga. He was just a boy, but you are clearly all man."
At those words she began lowering herself on top of him, figuring he would offer up a protest at some point in time if he actually didn't want to have sex with her. Instead, his eyes were fixated on her pussy, taking in the sight of her body engulfing his cock as he bit back a moan at the feel of his shaft being enveloped in her soft, wet heat. Kagome was so petite; he was honestly surprised that the whole thing fit.
"You okay?" he asked gruffly as she lowered herself fully on top of him, unable to discern if the look on her face was one of pain or of ecstasy.
"More than okay." she assured him, the crease on her forehead smoothing out as her wince morphed into a huge shit-eating grin. "Show me what it's like to be one of your girlfriends."
"Well, since you asked so nicely..."
Suddenly Kagome was the one on her back, Inuyasha's inhuman eyes peering down at her hungrily, his silvery locks falling down all around him and shielding them from the outside world like a curtain.
"You've got to earn the right to be on top." he purred, retracting his hips slowly before thrusting back in at a quicker pace, forcing a gasp of pleasure from the woman below him.
Inuyasha wasted no time getting down to business; the miko had given herself her own foreplay so she was already primed and ready for action. Immediately retracting his hips and pushing back in again, he set a steady pace, a rhythm that was almost leisurely for him but at the same time probably faster than either of her previous two boyfriends had been able to move, at least for an extended period of time. Rearing back on his knees, he reached down and gripped Kagome at the waist, tilting her hips up into the air as he pistoned forward. He still stood by his belief that Kagome wasn't the type to have sex without there being emotions involved, so as far as he was concerned, this act meant that she was officially his girlfriend now, and that was all right with him. He wasn't a complete emotionless bastard himself; there was no way he could ditch her after getting rescued after sharing something like this. He would figure out how to make it work. Fuck, he'd just move to LA for a while, problem solved. He could use the vacation away from the asshole, anyway, and that way he could also play a more active role at his branch of the company without having to torture himself always flying back and forth. In reality he probably should have already moved to Los Angeles a few years ago, with as often as he made the trip, though granted, if he'd done that then he never would've met Kagome...and she would've died.
Speaking of Kagome, the miko was seeing stars, her hands fisting the grass at her sides. Feeling him lift her rump into the air, she tried to help him gain better leverage by moving her legs to hook over his shoulders. Growling in approval of the maneuver, her lover immediately rewarded her with a harder thrust, and she almost bit her tongue on accident from the unexpected amount of pleasure that jolted through her entire body as a result. He was hitting something buried deep inside that nobody had ever touched before, not even herself with her vibrator, and she pinched her eyes closed as a building coil of pressure started making itself known from deep within her very core.
Never...I've never cum from penetration before... she thought vaguely as the coil wound even tighter, threatening to snap.
"I...nu...Inuya...sha...a..." she panted nearly inaudibly, in time with his thrusts.
"Yeah, that's it. Say my name, bitch." Pulling almost all of the way out he slammed home like the bang of a judge's gavel.
The coil snapped.
"Inuyasha!!!" Kagome cried out at the top of her lungs, light exploding behind her closed eyelids.
"Hot damn! Yeah, that's it, cum for me priestess." he said as he continued pounding into her, changing his angle slightly to bring on his own release, the feel of her muscles gripping him so tightly ensuring that he wouldn't last much longer. "Oh fuck..." he groaned as he felt his balls start to tighten. "Kagome!!!" he called out as all at once it hit him, his seed spilling forth and jetting deep inside Kagome's hot and waiting body.
It was too bad he really was sterile in his hanyou form; if ever there was a woman he wouldn't mind having a child with, he knew it would be her. Of course, he could father a human child during the new moon, or a hanyou child if he transformed into his full-youkai self...he wondered which Kagome would prefer. That thought, as odd and unexpected as it was, washed over him with a feeling of warmth before remorse was soon to follow, as he pinched his eyes shut and lowered Kagome's rear to the ground, lowering himself to drape across her body as he held her close, keeping himself buried deep inside. He didn't want to pull away from her yet; he didn't want their oneness to end. The sudden realization that he could actually find himself seriously falling for the woman below him brought him both joy and heartache, because as inappropriate as it might seem were he to try to explain it to the girl, he was suddenly reminded of his late wife, Kikyou. He had loved her dearly, and she had been with him for such a short period of time, in youkai's terms. He would have bonded with her as his soul-mate if he could have, but humans did not have the ability to merge their souls with youkai. The spell took magic on both sides, it wasn't something the youkai partner could just do to their human mate. At least, with modern technology, if Kagome wanted a human child that would be something he could give her. Kikyou had been unwilling to bear a hanyou child, and at that time he had seen her logic, in not wanting to do that to a child considering how hard he knew from first hand experience it was to grow up a hanyou. Of course it had stung, but he'd loved Kikyou enough to not want to put her through the stigma his own mother had had to face. He would've gladly given her a human child, but that was long before artificial insemination techniques were available, and her fertile time had simply not matched up with his human cycle.
At least now that wouldn't be an issue, because they could just get a doctor to help Kagome turkey-baster his human seed at the appropriate time of the month. Although, something told him the woman lying below him would actually be willing to bear a hanyou child. Wouldn't that just be something? That would certainly bring their two races together...a miko birthing a hanyou. He chuckled softly a bit at the random thought, holding the woman below him even tighter, smiling against her shoulder as he felt her hug him in return. He knew he was getting way ahead of himself, of course, but he just couldn't help the feelings that were bubbling up inside of him. It shouldn't have been anything special...it was just sex...but yet somehow...it had changed everything.
He was so lost in his own thoughts that he didn't notice the slow, subtle buildup of power in the aura of the girl below him, as Kagome began running her hands along his back in a soothing fashion. It was almost as if he could feel her emotions for him, even as he barely came to grips with his own.
"I think...I think I love you."
The words left his lips without permission, wrenching a gasp from the girl below him.
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Kagome had never felt so much pleasure in her entire life. Having sex with Inuyasha one time was like every time she'd ever had sex with Hojo and Josh combined, plus her more adventurous solo acts with her vibrator. If she were to try to fill two boxes side by side with how much pleasure she'd ever experienced, perhaps the box labeled everything else would come up over the halfway mark drawn on the side, but that one single encounter with Inuyasha would've had the other box instantly overflowing, bursting at the seams and spilling its contents of pleasure all over the floor.
She could certainly feel the lingering traces of their combined pleasure spilling out of her body in that moment, not that she had any intention of complaining. Once she felt strong enough to move, she might ask him to take her back to that other pond so she could bathe again, but that was only after she felt stable enough to stand without her legs collapsing out from under her. She had sighed in relief when, after lowering her rear to the ground, he'd merely settled himself against her, showing no immediate sign of wanting to pull away. He was much too warm, and the feel of his arms wrapped around her much too inviting. In that moment, Kagome found her mind wandering, wondering where things between them would go from there. They'd certainly blown her whole 'dating' formula out of the water, but for some reason, she wasn't worried. She was sure just about any shrink you asked would say that they were only attracted to each other because of some kind of syndrome or another, something that had to do with them being the only two survivors of such a horrific tragedy, not to mention their prolonged isolation afterwards. She was merely infatuated with him as her savior...or some other such bullshit. Kagome didn't need a shrink to tell her what was in her own heart and she knew that her feelings for Inuyasha were genuine. If you asked her, she wouldn't be able to tell you when her feelings for Inuyasha had developed, but she definitely didn't feel any weird awkwardness that she was sure she would've felt after sleeping with the guy had she truly only given into her hormones. She wasn't drunk, and she wasn't loose...she and Inuyasha were meant to be together.
That thought brought an unexpected pang to her heart. She was only human, after all. He was right...despite trying to argue that her kind were just like youkai in some ways, in the end they really were nothing more than gifted humans. She was still mortal. She would still grow old and die at a human rate. Even if she and Inuyasha ended up falling madly in love with each other and he whisked her away to be his princess like some kind of fairytale come true, it would only be her 'happily ever after' if he had to watch her grow old and die just like his first wife. She knew he wasn't the only one who'd ever had to face losing a loved one, though, and even as she contemplated whether or not it would be better for him in the long run to just be with his own kind she remembered how he'd said that the only youkai women 'willing' to be with him were the ones greedy enough for the power being his mate would give them that they were able to overlook his half-breed status if it meant increasing their own power. That wasn't the kind of relationship he needed. Besides, he was half human, himself...and that thought brought a smile to her lips. Not that she had a problem with pureblooded youkai, but it would be foolish to deny that the fact that he was half human gave them an extra level of closeness. It made the two of them very similar in one particular way, in that she was human, except she wasn't, and he was human, except he wasn't; they were both part normal human and part something else. Her smile grew.
Feeling him tighten his arms around her as a soft chuckle escaped his lips, she hugged him back for all she was worth, unconcerned with whatever had made him laugh because laughter meant that he was happy. He deserved to be happy. She would give anything...everything...of herself, of the world, if it just meant seeing him happy.
I wish I could stay with him forever... she thought, unaware of the slow build up of power within her center at those words, so distracted as she was by the feel of his muscular back as she rubbed her hands against him. Then he spoke.
"I think...I think I love you."
She gasped, the unexpected words causing her heart to soar, as an immediate and nearly overwhelming feeling of love for him began growing in the center of her chest. Despite the seriousness of the moment, though, she couldn't help teasing him as her love-drunk mind playfully reminded her of lyrics to one of Josh's favorite songs.
"So what are you so afraid of?" she asked him gently, and he chuckled against her at her words.
Pulling back only slightly so that he could meet her smiling eyes with his own softened amber gaze, he brushed a stray lock of hair from her face before murmuring, "I suppose I could say I'm afraid that I'm unsure of a love there is no cure for..." he teased back, letting her know he knew the song, "But the truth is...I'm not afraid at all."
At those words, he did something he couldn't believe he hadn't done yet, as he lowered his mouth to hers and took her lips in a gentle yet passionate kiss. It was far from chaste, as he traced the edge of her lips with his tongue until she granted him access, as they began exploring the feel and taste of one another. He felt her examine his fangs with her tongue and he rumbled approvingly deep in his chest when not even the faintest hint of fear or even hesitation popped up in her scent as a result of such a vivid reminder that the man still lying on and within her was not human.
Pulling back from the kiss after a moment, Inuyasha reached up with both hands and held the sides of Kagome's face, locking his gaze with hers. Unthinkingly, he murmured the first words that he felt in his heart, not fighting the pulse of youki he felt growing within him as it felt as if his very being was trying to wrap Kagome up in himself in order to keep her safe and secure for all time.
"I truly do love you. Even though we haven't known each other for very long, we know so much about each other. I've never been so open with my past before, but I never felt hesitant to tell you anything and I'll continue to tell you anything you want to know about me, down to the smallest detail. I don't ever want to let you go."
"I love you too..." Kagome answered, tears gathering in her eyes as the desire to be with him became so powerful it almost felt like her very soul was reaching out to him, trying to wrap around him and pull him in within herself to keep him with her for all time. "It's so crazy how it happened, but I do believe in fate. This is why I felt such a strong urge to move to LA...the kami were guiding me, directing me onto the path that would lead me to you. You were my destiny all along. I've known you for less than a week and I can't even fathom my life without you in it. I don't want to imagine my life without you; I want to stay with you forever."
At her words, Inuyasha felt the beginning sting of tears pricking the back of his eyes, knowing that 'forever' would be over much too soon. Even so, he would not ruin the present by living in dread of the future. "I want you with me forever, too." he murmured honestly, startled when the next pulse of youki that vibrated from deep within his heart was so much stronger than the first.
Kagome gasped, feeling the same thing. She didn't understand why his youki was flaring all of a sudden, but as she felt her miko aura naturally rise in defense she immediately closed her eyes and started concentrating, focusing on how much she loved the man above her and how much she wanted to be with him. She didn't know why her reiki was continuing to pulse in time with his youki, but so far it didn't feel like her powers were trying to harm him, so that was a good thing. She'd never lost control like that before, but then again, she'd never had sex with a youkai before. She supposed it was possible some subconscious part of her mind was protesting, but that part of her mind could go fuck itself. There hadn't been anything in her teachings that had said a miko couldn't be with a youkai.
As Inuyasha felt Kagome's miko aura rise he felt his youki grow even stronger, and he feared his inner beast might subconsciously decide that Kagome was a threat, so since he could tell she was already doing her best to control her own powers so that they wouldn't flare he immediately closed his eyes and did the same, focusing on how much he loved Kagome, thinking about how desperately he wanted her. He knew his youki had originally flared because of that desire, though the strength of it had caught him off guard, and realizing that her miko aura had automatically reacted to his increase in youki immediately had him cursing mildly to himself in fear that their auras might suddenly zap each other. He didn't want to get fried while being in such intimate contact with her body; that would not be pleasant. So he immediately envisioned Kagome in his mind's eye, focusing on nothing but how much he loved her, how she was not a threat to him, and how he wouldn't resist the feel of her aura no matter how strong it got, refusing to allow his youkai side to do anything to harm her against his will.
As Kagome continued to concentrate on the same thing, she sought out the feel of his youki, inviting it within herself so that her aura would know his was not a threat, almost like letting a frightened dog smell your hand...she mentally groaned at the bad analogy. But since he was a dog, maybe his aura needed to get acquainted with hers? She focused then on not only inviting his youki in, but also very carefully, gently, nudging her reiki up against him, not in a harmful way, but in a warm, loving way. There was no reason why the two forces should automatically oppose each other.
Inuyasha felt Kagome's aura reach out for his own and he welcomed the sensation, wanting his youkai side to recognize her, allowing his youki to brush up against her reiki when he could tell her power was posing no immediate threat. He had always thought that youki and reiki were natural opposites, but maybe it really was true that opposites attracted. Kagome liked to think of things from a scientific level, and if their energies were polarized in anyway, well then just like magnets wouldn't it be true that opposite sides of the force really would be drawn towards each other? As he continued to feel his youki approach the edge of her aura without any hostile intentions he realized that must be true. It was almost like their souls were having sex. That thought had him chuckling a bit despite himself.
Realization of what was really happening came to him almost too late, but when he suddenly gasped, his eyes going wide, he stared down at the woman below him in wonder as her eyes opened to meet his gaze at the sound of his gasp.
"Inuyasha...?"
"Kagome..." he started seriously. "Do you truly want to be with me forever?"
"More than anything."
"Then focus on that, and only that. Don't worry about your reiki hurting me, if your aura was going to zap me by itself it would've done so already, so put that worry out of your mind. Focus only on the thought of never wanting to leave my side."
She was surprised by the seriousness of his gaze, of the almost desperate twinge to his words, but she didn't argue. "Okay."
Keeping her eyes open, she stared deeply into his own, focusing only on how much she wanted to stay with him always, even as her aura continued to grow in power. She let her reiki flare without worry, trusting that he had been right when he'd said it wouldn't hurt him. She felt his youki continue to grow in strength, too, and subconsciously she welcomed the sensation with open arms. Even when red started bleeding into the edges of his eyes, she didn't fear him; even when his youki grew so strong that the birds that had gotten used to him all suddenly took off out of the trees over head, she didn't flinch or even blink.
"Forever." he grumbled low, his voice different but yet somehow still the same. For some reason, she had the feeling that she needed to repeat his words, so she did.
"Forever."
"One soul."
"One soul."
The whites of his eyes turned blood red, his golden irises flickering in and out as his pupils expanded and contracted, growing so large that his irises were overpowered, an eerie glow of power from within his pupils making the dark spots shine a bright turquoise color as they morphed in shape, becoming cat-eye in appearance, truly demonic. She could hear his youki roaring in her head, his human side almost completely obscured, until finally his aura seemed to settle down, golden irises with round, turquoise pupils gazing down at her from within a sea of crimson. Purple stripes appearing on his cheeks that had been jagged at first smoothed out, becoming straight lines. She was fascinated by the changes, but she didn't fear him, continuing to focus solely on her desire to remain with him forever. She knew what he was doing, the dance he was leading her in; her heart felt like it was going to explode from how much love and happiness she was feeling.
"Our bond will last for all eternity."
"Our bond will last for all eternity."
At those words, Kagome gasped, a sudden overwhelming jolt of power coursing through her veins. The sensation was painless; in fact, she welcomed it. She hadn't known at first, hadn't been as quick as him to make the connection, but as soon as she had figured out what was going on, what he was trying to do, she had poured herself into their bond with every fiber of her being, praying it could be done. She saw, blinking up at him in wonder, as a bright pink energy danced across the surface of her skin, enveloping him, wrapping him in a blanket of her power. At that same moment, a deep turquoise light began seeping forth from his own skin, mixing and merging with her pink light as the turquoise spread itself outward and engulfed her body. Suddenly, she was no longer staring into his multi-colored gaze because his eyes were closed, his face lowering as he again pressed his lips fully against her own, and she returned the kiss eagerly, letting her own eyes slide closed as she relished in the feel of their auras merging, of his power seeping into her body even as her own power was absorbed into his. His semi-flaccid penis hardened again within her in that moment, the sensation of becoming one enough to arouse them both, though he held still, simply cherishing the joy of being connected. Kagome had no idea how long they stayed like that, kissing, their auras dancing back and forth as they remained intimately locked together in the missionary position, but eventually, when he finally pulled back for air, the light show was over, as Kagome blinked up into a pair of honey yellow eyes gazing down at her with more pure and unadulterated happiness than she had ever thought she would be blessed with witnessing. To know that she was actually the reason for his elation was nearly too much for her to bear.
"I don't believe it..." he muttered quietly after a moment, his voice also back to normal.
"Was that...what I think it was?" she asked him hesitantly.
As if finally realizing their position, he smirked down at her, pulling out of her slightly before pushing back in. The sensation nearly had her cumming again right then and there, caught off guard as she was by how much more intense the pleasure suddenly felt. It was as if she had felt his pleasure from the movement as well as her own.
"That answer your question?" he asked, chuckling slightly. He didn't think he would be capable of frowning for quite some time.
"What...was...that...?" she panted, shocked when as she dug her nails into his back slightly it was almost as if she could feel that, too. She could tell there was nothing truly scratching her own back, but it was as if she could feel the sensation in her mind.
"That..." he answered her, pulling back quickly before snapping his hips forward once more, delighting in the way she shouted out her pleasured shock as her head tilted back and her eyes pinched shut. "...Was you and me breaking just about every rule in the book. They're going to have to rewrite history thanks to us."
Smirking, Kagome removed one hand from how it was wrapped around his back and brought it to her own breast, pinching her nipple. His body jerked involuntarily as he hissed.
"We're bonded." she stated, it wasn't a question.
"You wanted me forever, now you've got me." he replied. "There's going to be hell to pay in the youkai world, and the human media will have a field day coming up with BS scandals for how and why you managed to nab one of the richest men on the planet."
She waved off his concerns, reminding him they had more important things to think about at the moment as she raised her hips up in a little thrust that had both of their eyes rolling back in their heads.
"There was already going to be a media stir, anyways, once they found out we were dating. Now we'll just change our story to eloping in Hawaii. I can handle the media, and I can handle the youkai. Let 'em say whatever they will, you and I are bonded and there's nothing anybody can do about it."
"Not even us..." he stated with no trace of hesitance or regret in his voice. "That kind of stunt is permanent and irreversible." Shaking his head, he laughed a little. "I can't believe our powers were combatable!" Pulling back, he gave another thrust, then another and another, and soon there were no more words spoken between them aside from broken gasps of each other's names.
He could feel it within him, her aura, her power. He had reiki resonating within his own being, and it was living in harmony with his youki. The human woman below him, she had a demonic aura now, he could sense it as surely as she could feel it within herself. Her reiki was still there, undisturbed by the pulse of youki flowing through her. They had merged their very souls together, something not even all youkai could successfully do. The two powers had to be combatable, the desire to become one had to be legitimate, and both auras had to be of equal enough strength that one wouldn't override the other, otherwise it would become a possession instead of a merger. They were possessing each other, in a way, though he didn't mind being Kagome's possession.
Feeling his release building up inside himself much faster this time around...
Gee, I wonder why... he snickered.
...Inuyasha didn't hesitate to grab Kagome by the waist before suddenly turning them both over, rolling back over onto his back so that she was suddenly sitting above him, blinking down at him in surprise.
"You've earned it." he told her with a fangy grin, bouncing his hips up playfully.
Smirking, Kagome immediately repositioned her legs, her feet flat on the ground so that she had more control as she quickly started rising and lowering herself over him. He kept his hands at her sides, helping to guide her movements, but she didn't need his help to know which way to grind against him when she could feel every wave of pleasure that washed over his body as she stroked him with her insides. It took less than two minutes to bring them both to their second completion; this time it was the feel of his orgasm rushing through him that triggered her own, and as she felt him release his seed deep inside, Kagome unknowingly mirrored his earlier thoughts by thinking back on his transformation and wondering if he could father his own hanyou child when in full-youkai form. If her lifespan had truly been increased to match his own, then there was no way she wanted to have a human child. She was even less human now than she used to be, and even if it labeled her a traitor or deserter among the spiritualists, nothing would make her happier than a little baby boy with his father's cute puppy ears.
He laughed, causing her to raise an eyebrow as she gazed down at him questioningly.
"Nobody's ever thought my ears were 'cute' before." he told her, causing her to smile before her eyes suddenly widened in shock.
He...he can read my thoughts?
Only when you're open to it... he told her in his mind, smirking as her eyes widened even further. We each have the ability to keep the other out, like closing a door, but the door is always open at first whenever a new bond is formed.
Oh wow... she thought in wonder, trying out trying to close him out of her mind just to see if she could do it. She could feel him knocking, for lack of a better term, at the closed door that she had to deliberately open again in order for their thoughts to flow once more. Then he did the same thing, and she could feel it, like him shutting her out, though when she knocked he opened the door back up again. In a way it was weird that it came so naturally, but then again it really wasn't, since she knew how to use her own natural powers and now this new ability simply was one of her natural powers. She was glad she was only telepathic with her mate, though; she didn't think she'd be able to handle reading minds generally speaking.
"Come on, we better get cleaned up." he said at last. Since he wasn't sure exactly where they were in the Pacific he couldn't be certain of the current time in California, but it was only a matter of when, not if, his brother would be coming for them, once Sesshoumaru got word of his disappearance. It would be best to face the music fully clothed.
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