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Dark Side of the Moon	By : SplendentGoddess Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > InuYasha/Kagome Views: 11417 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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.

Chapter List
- 1-Dark Side of the Moon
- 1
A/N:
As stated in the summary, this story is a sequel to �Total Eclipse of the Heart� - I recommend reading that one first so that you'll have a better grasp of how this story came to be. This one-shot takes place approximately 'a few months' after where the first story left off; I'm being deliberately vague because I am not a student of astronomy and so I don't really know when the next lunar eclipse in Kagome's time would have happened after the one in Inuyasha's time. Fortunately, since we don't really know exactly how many years separate the two worlds � I doubt it's exactly 500 on the nose � there's no way you can say I'm 'wrong' because I'm sure if we tried to research it it'd work in some year or another. Maybe. Just like my disclaimer in the first one, I suggest you ignore how unlikely this scenario really is and just sit back and enjoy the ride.
Kagome certainly intends to. ;-)
~ Dark Side of the Moon ~
Wrapping Inuyasha's suikan a little tighter around herself, Kagome quickened her stride to catch back up with her hanyou boyfriend as they made their way back to Kaede's village after their last trek out in search of Naraku, Sango and Miroku, Shippou and Kirara following along only a few paces behind.
�Man, it got cold quickly. I wish I'd brought a jacket.� the miko stated, earning an amused sideways glance from Inuyasha.
�Feh, if you'd gone and done that, then I wouldn't get to drape you with my jacket.� he commented in reply, earning an amused look back from the girl.
�You're right, maybe I should just stay in my skimpy clothes all throughout winter.� she teased.
�I wouldn't complain.� Inuyasha replied with a shrug, trying and failing to look nonchalant when she noticed the humor twinkling in his eyes.
Things had been awkward for the pair, at first, especially that first morning after the lunar eclipse when as soon as they'd arrived in Kaede's hut Shippou had blurted out in his surprise that they had mated. Inuyasha had known he wouldn't be able to hide it from the kitsune's nose, but he had hoped they could make it back to Kaede's before the boy woke up from the effects of Sango's sleeping herbs. No such luck; the proverbial cat had been out of the bag, or dog, as it were, and so blushing even darker than her lover's fire-rat robes Kagome had confessed to their friends that she hadn't quite gone straight home the night before like she'd implied she would.
The others had been shocked, to say the least, not to mention a bit concerned, knowing that Inuyasha had not wanted Kagome to find him while he'd been under the effects of the blood red moon. They had suddenly been fearing the worst, but recognizing the look in their eyes, Kagome had quickly waved off their concerns, stating how it wasn't what they thought and how she'd chosen to be with Inuyasha, even though yes, he had put the moves on her because of the eclipse. Inuyasha had been thoroughly embarrassed to have to stand there listening to her tell them an edited � though in his opinion not edited enough � version of basically the whole story, but that hadn't stopped him from remaining by her side to show his support, or from chiming in where he'd needed to, assuring the others that he didn't regret what'd happened and that he and Kagome had actually worked things out and were now officially together.
They'd explained to their friends how they had spent much of the night talking before Kagome had finally drifted off into a light sleep a few hours before dawn, as he'd held the miko in his arms up in the branches of his favorite tree. They'd both finally said the 'L' word to each other, Kagome eagerly replying that she loved him too when he'd actually managed to spit it out first, figuring she deserved to actually hear the words despite his feelings for her having been obvious by that point.
As the couple had addressed their friends that first morning, they had assured everyone that they had worked out all of their previous issues and misunderstandings regarding their feelings for one another, Kikyou being a big part of it. First and foremost, Inuyasha had assured Kagome that he was not honor bound to join Kikyou in Hell, explaining how that misunderstanding had come about, and that he hadn't previously bothered to correct her belief because of his own insecurities and belief that she probably didn't want to have anything to do with him once their mission was over with, anyway. He knew that wasn't the case, now, and so he'd immediately assured her that his place was with her, always and forever, and that after he avenged Kikyou's death by slaying Naraku he wouldn't owe the undead miko anything else. He'd only ever told Kaede in passing that he'd join Kikyou in Hell if that was their fate, and yes at the time he'd meant it, but regardless, his feelings had changed now, now that he knew a life of solitude didn't await him once Naraku was slain, Kagome supposedly returning to her own world once and for all. He'd figured at the time that he might as well go to Hell with Kikyou since living on Earth without Kagome would've been a form of hell, anyway, but now that he knew that future no longer awaited him the last thing he planned on doing was leaving Kagome to go spend eternity with his former love as a form of recompense for a debt that wasn't even his to begin with. Fortunately, the undead miko no longer wanted to drag him into Hell, anyway. Now that she knew the truth she only ever spoke of her desire to drag Naraku there those days, and he would gladly help her do it.
Kagome had also assured Inuyasha that of course he was still allowed to go visit with Kikyou whenever she came around, after he'd so perfectly put his feelings for the undead miko into perspective. Inuyasha in turn had also promised to try and not overreact whenever the wolf came around anymore, since Kagome had assured him she would make sure Kouga knew who she really belonged to. Inuyasha had also vowed to tell Kikyou about their relationship the next time she came around, since it wouldn't be fair to keep it a secret from her.
After coming clean to their friends that first morning of how they'd talked everything out the night before and were now officially in a relationship, Sango and Miroku couldn't have been happier for the pair. The monk had even teased them, addressing the hanyou as he'd stated, �So that was you we heard howling last night.� Inuyasha had turned a deep shade of red, but he hadn't denied it, earning a boisterous laugh from the houshi.
With everyone offering their congratulations to the couple, Shippou had at least had the good grace to look embarrassed for the way he'd inadvertently started the whole conversation, apologizing for the way he'd just blurted it out, 'outing' them as it were, in case they'd wanted to find a way to tell the humans on their own terms. The scent of their joining had just been so shocking that it'd caught him completely off guard. He too had told them he was happy for them, then, and Kagome had, of course, forgiven the youth for blurting it out, since what was done was done. Taking her own turn to speak after a moment, even Kaede had stated that she'd known of their feelings for quite some time by that point, and how she too was happy for them both, and that they would always be welcome in her home as she held no prejudice against the notion of a hanyou and miko being together. Kaede believed it was the kami themselves who had arranged for them to end up together, and so who was she to argue with the will of the kami?
Looking back on how much had changed and yet remained the same over the last few months, Kagome smiled at the memory as she snuggled a little more deeply into Inuyasha's suikan as they walked on, really wishing she'd thought to bring warmer clothes. She'd definitely need to pack a couple pairs of pants and a sweater while she was back in her own time.
Thinking about how much further away Kaede's village was, she smirked, realizing they'd reach the Bone Eater's Well before too much longer. She couldn't wait until she was able to get her hanyou all to herself, her family having graciously agreed to go along with her plan to get out of the house for the night.
My family's so cool... she thought, her whimsical smile turning a little more naughty.
She'd had to tell her family about her and Inuyasha getting together, of course; it just wouldn't have been right to keep something like that a secret from them. She'd known her mother would be ecstatic, the older Higurashi woman having also known for quite some time just how much Kagome had loved the hanyou, as well as how much he'd seemed to love her in return.
Kagome hadn't wanted to keep their newfound level of closeness a secret from her mother either way, but even more importantly than wanting to share the news, she'd also wanted to go on birth control, to make sure she and Inuyasha were free to express themselves without the worry of an accidental pregnancy, and that, she'd needed her mother's permission for. When she'd first explained it to him his eyes had widened in alarm, her becoming 'pupped' as he'd called it not even having crossed his mind with all the other craziness going on, although he'd definitely agreed that it was not a good time to bring a child into the world, once she'd explained the medicine from her time to him and how she could take it to prevent it. Fortunately, her mother had been very understanding when they'd gone back through the well to confess what'd happened as soon as they were done explaining it all to their friends at Kaede's, and she had immediately taken Kagome to get the morning after pills, just in case, before also making her a doctor's appointment to get a regular prescription. Mrs. Higurashi had teased the couple that she'd absolutely love little puppy-eared grandchildren, one day, but not while Kagome was still in school and they were still hunting Naraku.
Definitely not wanting to take any more chances, Kagome had made Inuyasha wait it out until the pills took effect over the next couple of months before she'd allowed them to make love again. Oh, she'd kept them both entertained with other activities, but they hadn't again 'gone all the way' until she'd been certain it was safe, not that he'd really had any complaints because one, he totally and completely understood and shared her concern about accidentally having a baby before they were ready, and two, she could do some really amazing things with that talented mouth of hers.
Unbeknownst to Kagome, he was getting hard just thinking about it.
�Won't be long now.� Inuyasha declared loud enough for the group to hear, observing as the scenery got more and more familiar as they neared the village he almost dared to call home.
Casting a sideways glance at his miko girlfriend, he licked his lips, anticipating possible things to come.
Kagome needed to go back through the well, which was all right with him because he had every intention of going with her. They almost always fooled around whenever he stayed the night in her time, but honestly, even if they didn't do anything he was still looking forward to holding her in his arms all night long for the next three or four nights; however long she needed to catch up on her schoolwork.
Another thing they'd talked about and agreed upon was that Kagome still needed to go home whenever she claimed she needed to, no arguing, because her schooling was important, even if for no other reason than to not dishonor her family at that point since she did plan on living with him in the past once everything was said and done. He could live with that; the only reason he'd ever really put up a fight about it before was because he hated being away from her. He'd used their shard hunt as an excuse, but the truth was he hated it whenever she disappeared down the well because it was literally like she had disappeared, from his world, and even though he knew she'd promised to always come back, what if something happened to the magic of the well, or worse, what if something bad happened to her in her time and he wasn't there to protect her? So with Kagome giving up her schooling not being an option, she'd warmly told Inuyasha that he was of course always welcome to come back with her. She didn't really want to be away from him, either. So long as he covered his ears and behaved himself he could even walk with her to and from school if he wanted, to make sure nothing bad happened to her with him not there to protect her. She certainly had nothing to hide, like flirting with Hojo, whom she'd told Inuyasha she was not interested in, explaining that the guy was kind of like a much more harmless version of Kouga.
After observing the way Hojo interacted with Kagome, Inuyasha was inclined to agree; that man was not a threat.
Kagome's three school friends were also ecstatic to learn that her 'jealous, two-timing boyfriend' had finally made a decision, and the right one, they'd called it. Even though it didn't really matter, he was glad, for Kagome's sake, that they approved. Nobody and nothing would keep he and Kagome apart; not now that he'd finally manned up enough to admit out loud that he loved her. But he was grateful that Kagome didn't have to deal with the drama of her three friends telling her to 'dump' him.
Of course, they didn't know who, and what, he really was. The odds were greater that people from his world would disapprove of them being together, and he wanted to spare Kagome from that if at all possible. So far so good, thank the kami. Not everyone in Kaede's village had been made aware of their newfound level of closeness yet, of course, although sometimes Inuyasha got the sinking suspicion that some of the villagers had their own suspicions, but so long as the villagers respected Kaede's position as the village miko then he knew he and Kagome would remain welcome among them, even if some of them whispered behind their backs. So long as that was the worst of it, he knew they could deal with the occasional looks and whispers. Kagome had made her own position quite clear; she didn't care what anyone else thought, she loved him and she would be with him, the rest of the world be damned.
Kami, how he loved her.
Why had he ever been afraid to let her know how he felt?
It wasn't really as if Inuyasha had thought she couldn't love him; he knew she'd held no prejudice against him for being a hanyou. His main hangup had been his belief that, mild attraction to him or not, she would be returning to her own world at the end, once their mission was complete. He'd thought she might've had what the people of her time would call a 'crush' on him, but it just hadn't occurred to him how deeply her feelings for him ran. Of course, Kagome had been deliberately trying to keep her love a secret because she'd been under the impression that he loved Kikyou, and so from a place of respecting him and wanting him to be happy above all else she had chosen to sacrifice her own happiness and never reveal how she felt because she hadn't wanted to upset him with the knowledge of just how heartbroken she really was, believing he did indeed care about her as a good friend and that it would've hurt him to realize how badly he was hurting her. She hadn't wanted him to suffer with that knowledge; it wouldn't have been fair to make him feel guilty for not returning her feelings.
Kami, they'd both been such idiots.
That was all behind them now, though, and over the last few months Inuyasha had finally managed to come out of his shell, at least whenever he and Kagome were alone, which wasn't as often as either of them would like what with the necessity to stay on the hunt for Naraku and all. He was also still kind of shy, Kagome almost always having to make the first move, at least in the Sengoku jidai, although he'd let himself get into it once she got him to that point where the passion and the pleasure of the moment became the only things that mattered. It was just embarrassing for him; it didn't help that the first couple of times they'd snuck off into the woods Miroku had tried to follow to spy on them, the pervert that he was. Sango had put a stop to that quickly enough, although that didn't stop Inuyasha from being a little paranoid about doing too much out in the forest anyway, for more genuine safety reasons, especially when there was the very real danger of a random youkai attack if he lowered his guard too much.
Then there was coming back to camp afterwards, and the amused, knowing looks Miroku would send their way. Inuyasha had gotten better at not getting quite as embarrassed, even telling Miroku off a couple of times using the angle that the monk was just jealous because he wasn't getting any, but Kagome knew it still bothered him even if he pretended it didn't. Who would've thought that Kagome would turn out to be the more brazen of the two?
They tried to do things on her side of the well whenever they could, the couple agreeing they had more privacy that way, even though Inuyasha was then always worried about her family hearing them and so they couldn't really get as into it as either of them would like. It was just the principle of the thing, even though he knew that her family was fully aware of their relationship and had given the couple their blessing. It wasn't like Kagome disagreed, because even though she wasn't as embarrassed by Miroku's teasing as Inuyasha was, that didn't mean she was perfectly okay with the thought of screaming out her passion with her family in the house. No...no they definitely didn't get too into it in her time except for the few times they'd managed to get the house all to themselves for a few hours; occurrences which were unfortunately few and far between.
Thinking about the last time they'd really gotten down and dirty, Kagome just smirked again, definitely looking forward to tonight. A few quickies here and there certainly took the edge off, but Kagome wanted her wild, passionate hanyou lover back, and thanks to a certain astronomical event that she knew was coming up in her time, it was simply too good an opportunity to miss. She'd been completely honest with her mother, explaining the entire situation, and the elder Higurashi woman had promised Kagome that she'd come up with something to get the three of them out of the house for the entire night. Kagome was really looking forward to it. They'd never had the house all to themselves overnight before, and Kagome was sure that she could get Inuyasha into it even under normal circumstances. The eclipse was just the cherry on top.
Though I'm not sure if 'cherry' is the right word... Kagome thought, amused, as the Goshinboku came within view.
After all, she hasn't had her 'cherry' since last summer.
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Arriving in Kaede's village, everyone shuffled into the old miko's hut, after politely announcing their arrival and earning granted entry of course, and then plopping down around the firepit, everyone warmed their frozen extremities by its flame, looking forward to the prospect of a hot beverage as the elderly miko immediately put a pot of water on to boil for tea. Kagome wasn't actually in an immediate hurry to go back, mainly because she wanted to make sure her family was gone and also, she knew Inuyasha could sense it if an eclipse was on the approach and she didn't want to spoil the surprise, so when he asked her when she wanted to head back she told him more around dinner time � it was only mid-afternoon.
�I know as soon as I go back I'm going to have to start studying for my test, so I'd rather stay here and relax for a few hours first before worrying about the next thing I have to stress over.� she said.
Inuyasha gave her a funny look as he accepted his suikan back from her, silently wondering why she wouldn't want to go back to her world early
especially if she wanted to rest and relax, because then she'd have her own bed, not to mention the ability to take a nice hot bath, but on the other hand the stew Kaede had made in preparation for their arrival sure did smell delicious, and so if Kagome wanted to stay in the past for a few more hours he wasn't going to complain, as the elderly miko started dishing out bowls of said stew for everyone to enjoy.
Their other friends were none the wiser to the miko's secret plot, Kagome not having dared share her plans with Sango for fear of demonic ears overhearing. Miroku probably assumed they'd be having sex while away in her time, but they usually did, so that was a safe assumption under any circumstance. Smirking to herself, Kagome ate her stew in silence.
Lunch was a peaceful affair, and after they were done eating the Inu-tachi spent some time talking as they relaxed around the firepit, discussing the next possible direction to take in their search for Naraku. There had been no sign of the dark hanyou lately, which everyone knew probably meant he was up to something. They'd run into both Kikyou and Kouga over a month ago, and neither the undead miko nor ookami-youkai had had any new news, either, each of them having approached the Inu-tachi with the hope that they'd heard something.
Kikyou had taken the news of Inuyasha and Kagome's relationship much better than the wolf, who'd done some posturing and tried to challenge Inuyasha until it was clear Kagome wasn't going to 'osuwari' the hanyou to save Kouga's life. The wolf knew he could never hope to survive a real fight with Inuyasha, and so once the hanyou had taken off his kid gloves, so to speak, drawing Tessaiga with an unenthusiastic sigh and transforming it while stating �If you insist.� when Kouga had cried out �I challenge you for her!� the wolf had immediately backpedaled, and one glance at Kagome's raised eyebrow, as if asking the wolf �Well?� had been enough to take the wind out of his sails. Sagging, then, the wolf had admitted that he'd always known they cared for each other, that it'd been obvious to him from the start how Kagome felt for Inuyasha and vice versa, but that he'd also hoped, since he hadn't thought the hanyou would ever actually do anything about it, that Kagome would eventually get tired of waiting. Conceding defeat, then, he'd assured them he was still an ally in the fight against Naraku...whenever that fight would be, since they didn't currently know where the bastard was hiding.
When Kikyou had come around she'd merely raised an eyebrow when Kagome had accompanied Inuyasha when she'd summoned for the hanyou one night, and one look at the way the two of them had been standing next to each other had already told the undead miko all she'd needed to know before Inuyasha had even muscled up the courage to say anything out loud. Whether or not their relationship had really hurt Kikyou's feelings Kagome couldn't tell, the slightly older miko so hard to read, but after promising her preincarnation that together she and Inuyasha would avenge her, and that she had no intention of getting in between the two of them as friends, Kagome had then given Inuyasha a quick, chaste kiss before telling him she'd wait for him back at camp, leaving he and Kikyou alone to have a private discussion once it'd become clear to her that the undead miko wouldn't try anything. She'd left her miko senses open, just in case, and would've been able to feel it if Kikyou had done anything like cast another spell on him, but she hadn't, and when Inuyasha had returned a little over an hour later he'd thanked Kagome for giving them that alone time, stating how he and Kikyou had talked for a while about what could have been, both agreeing that their 'once upon a time' life together had simply never been meant to be, otherwise it would have been. Kikyou accepted that he had been meant for Kagome all along, and found some bittersweet satisfaction in at least acknowledging that Kagome was her reincarnation. So in a way it was still their two souls together, in a way it was still Kikyou and Inuyasha, but she had just had to wait until her next life; she wasn't ready yet as Kikyou and had had to be born as Kagome first.

Kagome had furrowed her brow a bit as Inuyasha had hesitantly told her what Kikyou'd said, but in the end she'd sighed and smiled, and said that maybe Kikyou was right, acknowledging that she was the undead miko's reincarnation, and so what Kikyou'd said made sense. In the end, she was just glad that Kikyou had accepted things and wouldn't be coming between them. She too was still an ally in the fight against Naraku, stating she'd still continue to come by from time to time to see if they'd heard anything, and also that she'd most definitely show up if she had any news to share with the others.
Putting thoughts of Kikyou out of her mind for the time being, although the undead miko was no longer a sore topic for her, Kagome relaxed and snuggled into Inuyasha's side a bit, as he wrapped an arm around her from his place sitting right beside her by the firepit in Kaede's hut. They continued to talk with the others, trying to think of what nearby villages they hadn't been to recently, and if they should maybe head to Mushin's temple so that they could borrow Hachimon for a time to cover greater distances. They knew Naraku wouldn't venture too far away, since he did want the last few jewel shards Kagome carried, but it stood to reason that he'd taken refuge in a location beyond where they usually searched for him, since they hadn't heard any rumors of anything unusual for quite some time now. He was probably holed up in some place he figured was too far away for the Inu-tachi to hear wind of it. They made the decision that when they headed back out in a few days they'd take Hachi out just so that they could cover more ground, more quickly, stopping back in with some of the further out trading villages and market towns they'd stopped at before on longer journeys. Market towns were the best places to hear rumors, so many people coming and going from so many different locations.
With their next course of action figured out, Kagome told the others to rest and recuperate for the next few days, since they wouldn't be heading out again until after her tests were out of the way. She didn't really have a test coming up, specifically, but she did have a pile of regular homework and makeup school assignments she needed to take care of, so she'd kill two birds with one stone during this visit home and clear what she had on her plate so there would be less work to worry about next time. Saying her goodbyes for the time being, it was a little past sunset when the miko finally announced that she'd better get back home, her mother probably about finished with dinner preparations. Inuyasha could smell her anxiety, and he got the distinct impression she was being deceitful, but in a playful way, and so he didn't say anything as he simply nodded his agreement and rose to go with her, curious about what she was hiding.
�Keh, see you guys in a few days.� Inuyasha said to their friends as he headed out with Kagome.
�Have a pleasant stay.� Miroku stated with a wink, earning an eye-roll from both Sango and Shippou, Kaede merely shaking her head.
�Oh, we will.� Kagome replied boldly, causing a splash of pink to dust her hanyou's cheeks as she giggled, making her way to the well, the silent Inuyasha right beside her, the canine man having had no comeback to Miroku's joyous laughter.
�Why do you always do that?� Inuyasha asked her once they got to the well, away from eavesdroppers.
Kagome merely shrugged, then replied with, �Because that's just his personality and I've decided I'm just not going to be embarrassed anymore; it'd only egg him on further anyway 'cause I think it amuses him the most the more flustered we get. There's a saying in my time; if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.�
Inuyasha rolled that logic around in his head for a moment. He was just so used to being made fun of in a more serious light, people, enemies, legitimately trying to tear him down. He knew Miroku was just a harmless letch with a perverted sense of humor, and he also knew the holy man was a genuine friend who was legitimately happy for them, so he knew it was definitely a different situation than the kids who'd used to make fun of his dog ears when he was a pup or the youkai he'd had to kill in order to avoid being killed who'd laughed at him and put him down for his human blood. Miroku never said anything about how he was unworthy to experience the joys of a woman, after all. Kagome was right, he only teased them because he got a kick out of their reaction, or his reaction, at least. Inuyasha knew if he could learn to be bolder about it, like Kagome had mastered, if he could declare proudly that yes, they enjoyed fucking each other's brains out whenever they got the chance, then there would be nothing for Miroku to make fun of if it was no longer a topic that embarrassed him. He tried to mask his embarrassment whenever he could, but there was definitely a difference between trying to pretend it didn't fluster him and actually not being flustered by it. He'd have to work on that.
�I see your point.� he told Kagome then, as he scooped her up and prepared to jump into the well with her in his arms.
�Let's not worry about it anymore tonight. I don't want thoughts of Miroku clouding your head.� Kagome said cryptically as he jumped.
�What do you mean?� he asked as they entered the well.
�You'll see...� she sing-songed seconds before the lights of time engulfed them.
As soon as they arrived on Kagome's side of time Inuyasha automatically jumped back out of the well, before allowing himself a moment to notice anything especially odd about her world. It was always a shock to his system, suddenly emerging on her side of time, where the air stunk and the buzz of traffic replaced the sounds of nature. He definitely noticed though, and was both surprised and confused, when he realized he was standing on a soft, foam pad. Kagome had placed a thick foam pad beside the well inside the well-house. When she'd run back home by herself for a few minutes saying she'd 'forgotten' something before they'd headed back out on the road again last time he never in a million years would've suspected she'd secretly set up something like this, the foam mattress waiting patiently for their return a few weeks later. Surely she wasn't thinking what he thought she was thinking...
Was she?
And then he realized the real reason why he suddenly felt like he was having an anxiety attack, since getting it on in the well-house was more brazen than he was used to although the idea didn't honestly disturb him. Heck, their very first time together was in the well, and thinking back on that night again reminded the hanyou of why, exactly, his heart suddenly felt like it was pounding right out of his chest. Why his sense of smell felt amplified and the blood in his veins felt hot, every nerve in his body tingling. He knew the sensation well.
�Kagome...?� he asked her slowly, suspicion creeping into his voice. �What's the mattress for?�
She feigned an innocent look and answered, �For my head start. Osuwari.�
�Gah!� he declared in his surprise, Kagome not having used the rosary since their first night together.
�I didn't want to hurt you...� she cooed seductively in his ear, as he realized getting slammed face down onto the foam pad hadn't hurt him in the slightest.
�Race ya!� Kagome cried out then, turning and bolting from the well-house at her top speed, her giggles echoing in Inuyasha's ears, along with another osuwari.

Damn, crazy bitch, but that's why I love her... he thought, smirking against the foam pad and chuckling despite himself.
Once the spell released him, he rose slowly to his feet, stalking like the predator he was rapidly becoming to the well-house door and taking a deep sniff of the area once he stepped outside. Her family was gone, their scents hours old. Glancing east, the full moon was rising higher and higher into the rapidly darkening sky, not yet shrouded by shadow, although he knew it would be starting soon enough. The thought of experiencing another blood red moon with Kagome so soon had never crossed his mind, although he'd admittedly figured it would obviously happen again at some point. But he'd never thought about one in her time; the little minx had apparently gone through a great deal of preparation.
He would reward her for her hard work.
�Here kitty, kitty, kitty...� he spoke to himself with a low chuckle as he took his time approaching the main house, and he was not looking for Buyo.
Bypassing the front door, he headed straight for Kagome's window, as he figured the miko had figured he would, since she'd had plenty of time to get into her room by then and the window was wide open, a clear invitation.
�Come out, come out, wherever you are...� he sang as he stepped inside, the miko's scent indicating she was now downstairs and at the other end of the house, either in the kitchen or the washroom beyond.
Entering stealth mode, he stalked silently across the tatami floor, even though he knew Kagome could sense his demonic aura. In fact, knowing that, he deliberately flared his aura in that moment, stretching it to its max, so that it'd be harder for her to pinpoint his precise location. A sudden flare of her miko aura was his reply, and he chuckled again. Entering the washroom at the end of the house, he smirked, revealing a fang, as he stood casually in the doorway, shaking his head at her in amusement.
�So just how long have you had this planned?� he asked her, as she stood naked in the back of the room, by the shower, her clothing in a discarded pile by the washing machine just beyond the doorway where he was standing.
�I didn't think to check for lunar eclipses in my time for about a month after we got together, but when it finally dawned on me I looked it up right away and was overjoyed when I found out about tonight. I waited a while to talk to Mama about it 'cause I'd wanted her to get more used to the idea of our relationship first, but I'd actually been planning tonight ever since I first learned about it.� she answered honestly, before turning the water on and adjusting the temperature to something that wouldn't be too hot for her hanyou lover.
�Come on, come get cleaned up with me. I don't know about you, but I'd rather get clean before getting dirty.�
Crinkling his nose, Inuyasha was inclined to agree, since even he was fairly dirty from the road. This wouldn't be the first time they'd showered together, although this would definitely be the first time he wasn't nervous in the back of his mind about whether or not her family might come back home and catch them. He was pretty sure her family was good and gone for the entire night, but even if they did suddenly come back home he wouldn't care in his current frame of mind.
Disrobing without hesitation, Inuyasha left his own clothing along with Tessaiga in a pile on top of Kagome's clothes before entering the washroom the rest of the way to meet her against the back wall where the showerhead was mounted. His eyes were still yellow, but they smoldered with a passion that sent shivers down Kagome's spine despite the warm water as she soaped herself up, before then offering the soapy loofah to her companion, turning around so that he could get her back. Inuyasha gladly took the loofah from her hand, washing her back slowly and with purpose before observing with interest as she rinsed herself off in the water. He then soaped himself up the best he could before handing her the loofah back, allowing her to wash his back as well. He was getting hard, but neither of them acknowledged it just yet as Kagome then reached for the shampoo and started working it into his hair. Reaching for the showerhead next, which was the mobile kind attached to a hose, she carefully rinsed the shampoo out of her boyfriend's hair before then washing the suds from the rest of his body, making sure not to get any water in his ears. Replacing the showerhead, she worked the conditioner into his hair, next, playing with his ears for the few minutes it took the conditioner to work before then rinsing that out as well, Inuyasha's entire body tingling from the actions of her talented fingers as he stood with his eyes closed, smiling gently in bliss.
Kagome really knew how to rub his ears the right way.
Putting the showerhead back once more, Kagome then turned back around again, gesturing to the shampoo bottle, and she shivered in delight at the feel of her companion's strong claws slowly and carefully working the product into her own hair, the two of them remaining silent the entire time.
Outside, the once full moon was now taking on the appearance of a waning gibbous, and had they been watching it, they would've seen how the shadow was slowly creeping its way across the moon's service.
Back inside the washroom, Inuyasha felt exhilarated as he rinsed the shampoo out of Kagome's hair, putting the showerhead back on the wall before leaning forward and, pulling her wet hair out of the way, leaning down to lick the left side of her throat from behind. She tilted her head to the right in compliance, shivering at the contact. He smirked, and gave her delicate skin a very light love bite, leaving faint red marks. Pulling back, Inuyasha admired the view of his handiwork before next reaching for and applying the conditioner into his mate's hair. He didn't mind her using the modern term 'boyfriend and girlfriend' since as far as her family was concerned they weren't married yet, although as far as their friends in the Feudal era were concerned, they were just as good as married. As far as he was concerned, she was his mate. It didn't matter that inu-youkai didn't automatically mate for life; she was still his mate for right now, even if he could theoretically dump her and pick a different mate at some point down the road. He never would.
Allowing his lubricated hands to wander after he was through with her hair, the hanyou reached around his mate's body to cup both breasts from behind, laving them with his conditioner-coated palms as he pulled her gently against him, his erection pressing noticeably against her rear. Kagome tilted her head back again, moaning softly in the back of her throat as she closed her eyes in bliss, jumping and hissing in surprise when he suddenly pinched both nipples at the same time. He chuckled.

�You've been a very bad girl, Kagome...� Inuyasha said in faux reprimand, his 'serial killer' voice suddenly resurrected, and pulling away enough to turn around, the miko stared in the well-lit room into his smoldering, red-rimmed irises, anxiety and anticipation making her stomach do flip-flops.
Snarling suddenly, Inuyasha grabbed her shoulders and spun her back around again, reaching across her chest with his left hand to firmly cup her right breast while his right hand dove down into her daintily trimmed raven curls, immediately seeking the jewel he knew lied hidden between her nether-lips. Unprepared for the sudden and instant stimulation, Kagome gasped and squirmed against the onslaught, struggling to break free, but it was no use. She'd wanted to play with fire, and now she was going to get burned.
She couldn't wait.
Finding her clitoris with his middle finger Inuyasha pressed firmly and started to rub, and Kagome would've fallen on the slippery tile floor if it weren't for how he was holding her up. Letting the water run, he held her firmly in place and brought her to her first orgasm in short order, a cry wrenching itself from her throat when he continued to hold her perfectly still, not even permitting her body to spasm the way it wanted to.
Feeling her juices coat his finger, he pulled away from her then, barking out a harsh command for her to hurry up and rinse the conditioner from her hair. Shakily, she complied, opening her eyes after a moment to note the way he was watching her, slowly sucking on his finger. His eyes were a kaleidoscope of fiery reds and golds, and they pierced her to her very soul.
�Do you fear me yet, Kagome?� he asked, chuckling. �You're such a wicked little witch, aren't you? Deliberately casting this spell on me. Whatever were you thinking?�
She gulped.
�I...I was thinking that it'd be fun.�
He smiled in a decidedly evil way that revealed his fangs.
�I think you're right.�
Rushing forward, he grabbed her and hoisted her up before she even had time to realize what was happening, and then, her back was against the cold tile wall, a shock to her body in and of itself, her legs brought up and over Inuyasha's shoulders for support as he held her thighs open in a tight grip that was just barely painful, his face in her pussy as he hungrily devoured her like the demon he was.
�Oh fuck!� Kagome cried out, too far gone to feel embarrassed over her choice of language as he laughed while swirling his tongue around her swollen clit, the vibration of which made her see stars, or maybe that was just from the way she kept accidentally banging the back of her head against the tile. He wasn't moving her body at all, but that was the problem, her demonic lover holding her hips perfectly still in a way that caused the natural jerks and writhing she'd normally do to travel up her spine, as she shook her head frantically from side to side, at a complete loss for what to do with her hands until she settled for fisting his hair.
Deliberately not trying to be quiet, Inuyasha made a series of slurping and sucking noises that pushed Kagome that much closer to the edge, her second climax rushing up on her in short order. Thrusting his tongue as deeply within her weeping pussy as he could reach, he greedily lapped up her delicious juices, and then closing his lips around her clit he sucked her, hard, growling in an almost subsonic tone that had the miko gasping, her eyes popping open as her mouth fell open in a silent scream.
Without giving her any time to come back down from her latest high, he immediately brought her body down, sliding her down along the wet tile wall and slamming her onto his waiting dick. The initial thrust was mildly painful, but that didn't stop Kagome from wrapping her legs around his waist, locking her arms behind his neck, and shifting his hands to clasp each ass cheek Inuyasha backed away from the wall and immediately started hammering up into her at piston speed. Kagome's pain was instantly a thing of the past as tremendous pleasure chased that fleeting feeling out the nearest window, and she could do nothing more than hold on for the ride as he twisted his hips with every thrust, grinding against her just right with every single stroke. That plus the way he was ramming his massive cock up inside of her was too much to handle after all the pleasure he'd already just given her. Kagome crumpled forward and bit his shoulder as she came a third time, hard, and even though her human teeth were nowhere near sharp enough to break his skin the hint of pain was exciting for the hanyou, not to mention the way her internal muscles contracted around him as she road out her latest orgasm. He roared his release, the sound far beyond what a human could possibly do and sounding much more like the guttural growl of a wolf mixed with the roar of a tiger.
It echoed like thunder within the confines of the mostly tile washroom.
Finally putting Kagome back down on her feet, or at least trying to, Inuyasha caught the miko when she almost fell, and allowing her to sit down he went down with her as she collapsed onto the floor, squatting beside her.
�Heh...not such a tough bitch now, are ya?� he smirked, his normal personality still fully enshrouded by the effects of the lunar eclipse.
That was something Kagome had been curious about, since last time, they hadn't really had any time for a 'morning after' type of moment between herself and his eclipsed self, because the eclipse had been over by the time they were done having sex. She wondered briefly how she was going to deal with him for the next hour or so, although she had a pretty good idea what he had in mind, the way his still rock hard erection was hanging heavily between his legs from the way he was squatting beside her impossible to miss. Somehow managing to tear her gaze away from his threatening cock to peer up into his eyes from her place sitting on her ass on the shower floor, her legs stretched out in front of her and feeling like jelly, Kagome cleared her throat and tried to speak. Tried being the operative word, as she suddenly found it very hard to remember how to talk. Good gods, it'd only been a few minutes and he'd already fucked nearly all of her brains out. How the hell was she supposed to survive the rest of the eclipse?
Not that she was complaining. If he accidentally fucked her to death she was pretty sure he could get Sesshoumaru to revive her, the daiyoukai also aware of their relationship by that point and having shown the least interest of anyone. He wasn't openly against it, and that was all that mattered when it came to begging him to resurrect her after Inuyasha fucked her into an early grave.
�Kami...Inuyasha...� she finally managed to start, panting heavily and trying to catch her breath.
�Aww, I'm flattered, but I'm a hanyou, Kagome, not a kami.� he interrupted, grinning smugly.
She laughed despite herself. Psychotic, sociopath Inuyasha was fun, she had to admit, but she was definitely glad he only showed himself during eclipses and no other time. She didn't think she could handle more frequent visits.
Shaking her head, she tried again.
�You know I love you, and yes I did put the curse of the blood red moon on you on purpose, but I really need to rest for a few minutes before we go at it again. Please?�
Inuyasha's rutilant gaze softened, ever so slightly. He did love Kagome, after all, and he did not want to cause her any actual harm.
�Can't have my bitch passing out on me.� he said then, brushing her bangs away from her eyes and kissing her forehead. �Rest, Mate. I'll go raid the kitchen.�
He did feel other kinds of lust besides just the desire to mate, after all, and so eating was definitely something that would sate another of his desires while Kagome caught her breath. Turning off the water, he shook himself dry, earning a shocked gasp and giggles from the miko as she tried to shield her face from the flying water, to no avail. Leaving Kagome where she sat, then, Inuyasha offered her a playful smirk before walking out into the kitchen butt naked and still with a raging hard-on. Kagome was very glad her family would be gone for the entire night.
Fortunately for the hungry hanyou, Kagome had known, mostly because Inuyasha had finally confessed it to her one night alone, just how he actually felt during an eclipse, and so she knew that all of his demonic instincts were at their highest during the celestial phenomenon, his sex drive only one of the many things that had been amplified. She'd explained that part to her mother as well, when speaking with her about her plans for tonight; they were both very lucky that Kagome's mother was so understanding.
�Fuck, I love you Kagome, and your mother, too...� Inuyasha said to himself in pure joy as he opened the refrigerator to spy the uncooked carcass of a small pig.
It was store bought, bled and gutted, and he made quick work of it, dragging it over to the sink and tearing right in. Ripping the sow apart piece by piece, he devoured every last bit of meat in ten minutes flat, dropping the bones into the sink for Kagome to clean up later. Vaguely remembering something in the back of his mind about humans and uncooked pork, he took a moment to thoroughly lick his hands clean, the demonic properties of his saliva taking care of any lingering bug that could have possibly made Kagome sick. His breath might still smell and taste like uncooked swine, but kissing him wouldn't be a problem.
Swaggering back into the washroom once he was through, figuring he'd been more than generous in the amount of time he'd given Kagome to recuperate, since he'd actually taken his time to enjoy the pig and he could have devoured the entire thing in less than five minutes, Inuyasha smirked when he saw her sitting right where he'd left her, noting how she didn't notice his arrival at first. She was a little preoccupied.

Kagome hadn't thought Inuyasha would be gone for as long as he was, and despite herself she'd gotten horny again in his absence. Not caring if he'd come back in while she was busy and catch her or if she'd finish all by herself but just needing to cum again either way, she'd started pleasuring herself on the bathroom floor.
Inuyasha got Kagome's attention when he clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth in mock reprimand, and startled, she jerked her head back and popped her eyes wide open to stare in surprise at the erection that was staring her right in the face as he stood smugly over her, his feet on either side of her thighs.
�By all means, continue.� he stated, adding, �But it would be rude of me to not give you something to eat after I've had my fill. Don't you agree?�
With that said, he fisted her hair with his right hand, rocking his hips back and forth with obvious intent, and Kagome didn't protest, opening her mouth to receive him while her right hand resumed what it'd been doing down below. Thrusting forward then, he fucked her mouth with vigor, relishing in all the little choking and gagging sounds she made as she struggled to keep up with his eagerness, her throat constricting around him in a sinfully delightful manner.
In the past, he'd always been a wimp whenever she'd pleasured him that way, lying on his back and trying hard not to thrust, letting her handle him at her own pace, but in that moment all he cared about was the magnificent sensation of his cock ramming in and out of her hot, wet mouth. Whether or not she was comfortable wasn't his top concern. A couple of times she honestly choked, and he pulled back then, letting her catch her breath, but once he was certain she wasn't going to die on him he resumed his heavy thrusting, his tight grip on her hair causing tears to spring to her eyes, although that was more just a natural reaction and truth be told Kagome was actually enjoying his rough treatment of her.
Although it wasn't exactly like she could osuwari him at the moment even if she had wanted him to stop.
�Fuckin' yeah...you've got such a hot fucking little mouth, don't cha Bitch?� Inuyasha praised as he slammed his hips forward, forcing her to deep-throat him with every thrust, his balls slapping Kagome on the chin. Her teeth scraped against him a few times but the sensation was pleasurable for the crazed hanyou, Kagome's weak, human teeth unable to cause him any actual harm, even down there.
Trying her best to just relax her throat muscles and let him have his way with her, the miko concentrated mostly on what her own hand was doing, as she brought herself closer and closer to orgasm. Feeling it sneak up on her, she didn't slow down her fingers as she rubbed at her clit almost frantically, and feeling herself tumble over the edge she couldn't help crying out with a muffled, gurgled moan that excited her hanyou lover even more as he hastened his pace to join her in oblivion.
Inuyasha had never forced Kagome to drink his seed before, always warning her when he was about to cum and letting her pull back to finish him off with her hand, but not this time, as he started slamming into her mouth so quickly he cradled the back of her head with his left hand to keep her from getting hurt as he basically shoved her head against the wall. Kagome tried to look up at him, but couldn't see his face from that angle, unable to tilt her head at all, and so staring at his stomach for a second she then closed her eyes and just endured it, and in an instant it happened as he howled in triumph, stilling his hips as jet after jet of white hot passion shot down her throat, causing her to gag. Trying to shove him away, she pushed against both of his hips, knowing she could never hope to budge him if he didn't want to move though he thankfully obeyed her command, backing away from her then, and she collapsed onto her side, hacking and coughing.
Inuyasha merely smirked down at her from his place standing above her, unconcerned because he knew she would be all right.
�Oh don't be so dramatic.� he chastised playfully. �It's not like I can breathe when I'm buried face down in your cunt.�
The memory his words provoked rushed through Kagome with a delightful shiver, and she turned her head to look up at him then, challenge in her chocolate brown pools.
�But you can hold your breath a lot longer than I can.� she protested, and he laughed, squatting down beside her again, his glistening, purple dick still rock hard, and pulsating.
�True, true.� he acknowledged, reaching forward with his left hand to brush her hair out of her face. �If it'll make you feel better, I'll let you get me back once the blood red moon is gone and I'm a pansy again, but until then...�
He let his words hang in unspoken promises of what was yet to come. Standing up, Inuyasha turned the water back on, removing the showerhead from its hook and carrying it down with him as he squatted beside Kagome once more.
�I'm afraid you've gotten yourself quite dirty again, Wench, so now it's my job to clean you up.�
Gesturing to her slick passage that was dripping with a combination of their juices, he held the showerhead beside her for a moment and offered, �Need a drink first?�
Nodding frantically, Kagome cupped a few handfuls of water and swallowed them down, desperate to be rid of the nasty, sticky sensation in her throat. She supposed the flavor wasn't that bad � or maybe that was just because he'd released behind her tongue � but either way, if she was going to do that for him again at any point in the future she'd definitely need a bottle of water as a chaser.
Watching as she drank down some handfuls of water with a twisted, self-satisfied grin that revealed his fangs, Inuyasha waited until she was done and then positioned himself stretched out beside her, before reaching for her and pulling her against him in a sort of spooning position except they were stretched out flat rather than semi-curled. Dragging her body partially on top of his own, he wrapped his legs around hers from behind, hooking her inner thighs with his feet and proceeding to pull her legs wide open. Maneuvering both of her arms to be pinned behind her back, next, he easily held both wrists in a tight grip with his right hand, so that he had her stretched partially on the tile floor, partially over his own body, completely immobile, hands behind her back with legs spread wide open by his own legs and her dripping womanhood completely exposed.
She barely had time to wonder what on Earth he was doing, the hanyou having completed the entire maneuver in only a few brief seconds, and then the next thing she knew the showerhead was in his left hand, the stream of water aimed directly at her pussy from only a few inches away. Jerking at the unexpected sensation, Kagome could barely move, forced to endure it as he lazily moved the showerhead around in little circles, teasing her. Dipping it lower, he shot the stream of water deep into her passage, thoroughly cleaning her out, a sensation that was more odd for the miko more than anything else, and then tilting the angle only the minutest degree, the water jets were suddenly beating down directly on her overly sensitized clit, and she gasped, renewing her struggles though they were in vain. Over and over he did this, the hanyou having secretly been curious about the possible sexual properties of the mobile showerhead ever since the first time Kagome had talked him into taking a shower with her, although he'd been far too shy to mention anything about it at that time. With his throbbing erection currently pressed snugly between their bodies, every little jump and wiggle Kagome made sent delicious tingles up his spine, and a few times Inuyasha even moved the water jet lower, deliberately hitting his own balls and taint, finding the sensation delightfully ticklish. Bringing it back up to her clit, then, he moved the showerhead in even closer, and he felt it as Kagome's entire body locked up tight, an earsplitting scream ripping from her throat as the sensation on her delicate nerve endings turned into white hot burning pain, though the good kind.
�Ahhhhhhhhhoooosuuuuuuwaarriiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!� Kagome managed to scream.
�Argh!� Inuyasha cried out in surprise as his head was suddenly slammed back against the tile floor, the strength ripped from him as his grip on her weakened so that she could escape his clutches.
�Fucking bastard...� Kagome panted, sitting up on her legs beside him. �You like it rough, huh?� she asked, her voice challenging, eyes narrowed, as she reached for his dick with her right hand and grasped it firmly, sending a mild jolt of her miko powers into him.
Inuyasha howled as he came instantly, as she'd suspected he would, his body unable to arch because of the force of the subduing spell still holding him down.
Kagome released his penis, then, reaching for the hanging showerhead to rinse her hand off, and she raised an eyebrow at her hanyou lover, smirking in her own amusement, as he started laughing. Their game had only just begun.
�My dear, dear Kagome...I'll give you another head start...� he offered, the look in his golden crimson eyes crazy and yet affectionate at the same time.
Kagome's own eyes widened in understanding at his not so subtle warning, and she scrambled to her feet, shutting the water back off before racing for the door, trying her best to be careful enough to not slip on the wet tile. Another �Osuwari!� echoed in the damp room as she fled, grabbing a bathing yukata along the way to stave off the cold air in the rest of the house, and Inuyasha laid there quietly until the spell wore off, plotting out what he planned on doing to her next. They were far from finished.
Outside, if Kagome would have bothered to look, she would've seen how the lunar eclipse was just now reaching its totality. It was going to be a long night.

Slowly rising to his feet once the pull of the rosary released him, Inuyasha shook himself dry again and then left the washroom, the cold night air not affecting him any more now than it had when he'd exited a few minutes prior to raid the refrigerator. Ignoring the prospect of more food in that moment, Inuyasha's desire to eat was sated for the time being. But he had a mate somewhere in the house, a perfectly fuckable mate, and he wanted to fuck her over and over, and over, again. Taking a deep breath through his nose, he wasn't really surprised to find that Kagome's fleeing scent led directly to her bedroom.
�Ready or not, here you cum...� he grumbled under his breath as he made his way to her bedroom, unsurprised to find the door to her room wide open, along with the white cotton yukata she wore, the miko lying on her bed in a seductive pose, the sides of her yukata splayed open to reveal everything she had to offer yet with her legs closed and crossed at the ankle, her hips tilted sideways just enough to preserve some semblance of modesty.
She was a beautiful sight, although truthfully he would've liked it just as much of she'd been on her hands and knees, ass in the air and legs spread wide. He'd get her into that position soon enough.
�Have I told you lately that I love you?� Kagome asked rhetorically as he stepped into her room, noting the fire in his eyes as he scanned her body up and down.
Inuyasha barked out a wicked laugh.
�Oh fuck, I love you so fucking much, I could just eat you up.� he replied, waggling his eyebrows while licking his lips.
Kagome squirmed in her seat at the thought.
�I'm really, really too sensitive for any more of that for at least a few minutes.� she stated honestly, and he shrugged nonchalantly.
�Fine by me. You say the word and I'll gladly fuck you with my mouth again, but in the meantime I want to fuck you with my cock again, anyway.� Smirking, he added, �I want to give you a reason to need another shower.�
Kagome shuddered at his words.
Coiling his muscles, Kagome's eyes widened as she saw him prepare to pounce, and then he launched himself on top of her, her eyes widening in panic, although before she could shriek out the subduing command he had his right hand slapped down over her mouth.
�Idiot, that'd hurt you with me on top of you. I don't want to cause you any real pain.� he cooed, and her eyes immediately softened, her tensed muscles relaxing.
Inuyasha then proceeded to kiss her senseless, both of his hands cupping the sides of her face, as he wiggled his hips and worked his legs in between her own much more gently than she'd been anticipating, his seemingly never ending erection pressed snugly against her womanhood. Rocking his hips back and forth more casually than she'd been expecting, Kagome was surprised when Inuyasha broke away from the kiss in little gasps for breath, murmuring, �Help me...� against her lips before diving back in for more, giving his hips another little rock for emphasis. Immediately catching on to what he wanted, Kagome opened her legs wider, and snaking her right hand down in between their bodies, she grasped his penis when he raised his hips up enough to grant her room to work, and then lowering himself more slowly, he allowed Kagome the moment she needed to align himself at her entrance. Feeling the head of his shaft come into contact with her searing heat, he slowly, carefully pushed forward, assessing the situation because hurting Kagome was honestly not something he wanted to do.
Nor was it something he did, which became obvious as she moaned in pleasure when his body became one with hers. The miko was truly not regretting her decision to arrange for her and Inuyasha's alone time. They couldn't couple as often as they'd like while out on the hunt for Naraku, so better to get it on as many times as possible when they could to make up for it. She didn't care if she wouldn't be able to walk tomorrow; under the circumstances she seriously doubted he'd bitch about having to carry her. She smirked at the thought, giving her hips a little bounce to encourage her lover's movements. Kagome might need more time to recuperate between bouts than he did, but she was quickly getting raring to go again as she felt him almost cautiously start to thrust within her. Lying on her soft bed rather than being pressed up against the hard tile of the bathroom certainly made a difference, too. He didn't have to be quite so careful with her. She could take it.

�You can go faster.� she assured him then, and that was all the encouragement he needed to suddenly start slamming himself into her as fast as he dared.
Rearing back, he grabbed her hips as he raised himself up onto his knees, angling her partially upside down as he hammered his hips back and forth. His claws poked into her hips as he held her in place, although not hard enough to break the skin, and the light, prickling pain was an almost erotic accompaniment to the absolute mind-numbing pleasure rocketing through her body with every single thrust. Knowing she didn't have to be quiet, Kagome cried out her enjoyment as he pounded her oversexed body into oblivion.
Inuyasha's eyes sparkled wickedly as he met the miko's gaze, their color a rich, deep amber from the flecks of crimson still swimming within his otherwise golden yellow irises, and as he stared down into her own chocolate pools Kagome couldn't help but to shudder at the truly demonic way he was looking at her. If Kagome didn't know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he would never, could never harm her, from the expression on his face alone she would've assumed that he planned on murdering her once he'd had his fill of her otherwise.
She didn't fear him.
Slamming into her over and over again, it didn't take long for Inuyasha to reach completion, and he grunted loudly as he shivered, his body locking as he held himself perfectly still, shoving himself as deeply within his mate as he could go as he emptied himself inside of her, his muscles straining, sweat rolling down his temples. He held himself wound so tight that Kagome feared he might snap, and then finally he sagged, releasing her hips to allow her body to lie flat as he slumped against her, her arms coming up to wind around his back and blanket him with her sleeves as he lied stretched out on top of her, panting heavily, her fingers dancing in delicate patterns across his sweaty skin.
She could feel it as his phallus continued to pulse and twitch within her; he was still hard, and Kagome had already realized it was because of the eclipse since his erections usually always went away, at least for a few minutes, whenever they'd made love in the past. If they were still frisky and fooled around for a moment after he'd climaxed he could get hard again pretty damn quickly, but tonight he was never losing his erection to begin with, for even a moment, and she couldn't help but wonder if it was actually more frustrating for him than exciting, being unable to reach true satisfaction. A hypothesis that seemed even more likely as he started humping against her again from his position lying prone across her belly, little grunts and moans escaping his lips from where he'd buried his face in the crook of her neck.
�Are you okay?� she asked him then, the concern in her voice unmistakeable. �You can rest for a few minutes if you need to.�
He backed away from her a bit, then, raising himself up on his arms like doing a pushup, his hands against the bed on either side of her shoulders, his cock still buried deep between her thighs. The look on his face was amused, his red-rimmed eyes laughing as they pierced her coffee orbs.
�Sweet, na�ve Kagome...� He rocked his hips a little, building his tempo back up. �I could never, ever get tired of fucking you.� He pulled back and gave her one good hard slam, which caused the miko to arch her back beneath him as she gasped, her head tilting back, her eyes closing in bliss. �I did rest.� he stated then, teasingly asking, �Did you lose count? 'Cause I just gave you ten whole seconds. I'm ready again, whether you are or not.�
With that said, he started pounding into her again, although he remained lying on top of her that time, holding himself up a little bit with his arms, allowing her to lie flat on her back below him. Kagome's fingers, which had still been dancing across his back, dug in as he started making her see stars, her nails leaving little red scratches that healed almost as quickly as she caused them. Finding her mouth again, he kissed her passionately, his tongue battling hers for dominance, and Kagome moved her hands up to his head, fisting his hair, giving as good as she got. Shifting himself slightly, he adjusted his arms so that he was holding his upper body weight on his elbows, reaching for and cupping the sides of her face again as he continued to kiss her senseless, and Kagome wrapped her legs up and around his butt, the change in angle helping him to hit that special something buried deep inside of her that caused her body to spasm in pleasure with every single thrust.
Kagome started screaming into their kiss as her latest orgasm rushed up on her out of nowhere. Unaware of shifting her hands' positions as she clenched and unclenched his hair, she squeezed, hard, as the crescendo of her climax got more and more intense until her entire body locked, her nerve endings exploding like mini fireworks behind her closed eyelids. Accidentally yanking on one of her lover's ears in her rapture, Inuyasha yelped like a beaten puppy and unintentionally nicked her bottom lip on a fang. The taste of Kagome's blood hit his tongue a fraction of a second later, before he'd even had a chance to pull away, and suddenly ignoring the pain in his ear, which was quickly subsiding anyway since Kagome had immediately released him at his yelp, the hanyou began almost frantically licking and sucking on her cut lip, wanting more of that delicious elixir. His hips began rocketing back and forth at inhuman speeds, a pace that could genuinely harm his mortal lover, although it didn't last long enough to become an issue as he almost immediately exploded, the most powerful orgasm he'd experienced all night, and he arched his back, ripping his mouth away from Kagome's as he tilted his head back to bay at the ceiling like a wolf howling at the moon.
Not an inaccurate analogy... Kagome thought hazily, suppressing a giggle at the thought of what his reaction would be to knowing she'd just mentally compared him to a wolf. Dogs were the ancestors of wolves, after all, regardless of whether or not Inuyasha would ever admit to it. He was definitely embracing his wild side at the moment, though; the taste of her own blood was impossible for the miko to miss, her lip stinging. Still, Kagome felt bad, and wasn't angry with him, knowing it was an accident and that she was the one who'd hurt him first.
�Inuya-� she started, wanting to apologize for accidentally yanking on his ear, but she got cut off as his mouth immediately reclaimed her own, kissing and licking, and nipping as well, worrying the small wound until it released even more blood.
He wasn't even really kissing her any more; suddenly, Kagome felt it was more like how a really brazen dog might try to lick the deliciousness out of your mouth if you'd just eaten something your dog had wanted you to share with it, and while she didn't really think of Inuyasha as a true dog � and she would never in a million years let a real dog stick its tongue in her mouth � she was beginning to find his fascination with her blood disconcerting.
�H-hey...� she managed to get out in between licks, trying to shove at his shoulders to no avail before then grabbing and yanking back on the rosary, which earned a growl from the man above her.
Starting to feel apprehensive, Kagome didn't want to use her miko powers against him, afraid of accidentally hurting him, although she quickly decided a controlled jolt like she'd done earlier just to get his attention wouldn't hurt. Concentrating, she pushed on his shoulders again and sent just enough power into him so that it felt only a tad bit more intense than a shock of static electricity, not truly painful in the slightest.
Which meant he completely ignored it as he continued to suck on her bottom lip, scraping the wound once more with a top fang to again aggravate it further and get another taste of that delicious nectar, her crimson ambrosia. She flinched at the sting.
Sucking her entire bottom lip into his mouth, Kagome realized she was free to speak again, although uttering the subduing command probably wouldn't be a good idea, she knew, with his teeth rubbing against her lip like that. The last thing she wanted to do was accidentally cause him to rip her lip off. No, that would not be good.
�Stahhh...� she grunted then, trying to say stop but unable to make the P sound; he still ignored her.
She sucked in a sharp breath, and then yelled �NO!� as loud as she could.
That worked, as he instantly released her and backed completely away, even going so far as to separate their nether regions. He looked spooked, and as his eyes focused in on her swollen and bloody lip it was as if it'd finally just now dawned on him that he had drawn Kagome's blood, he had hurt her, he had caused genuine physical injury, and her heart melted at the way his ears lowered to his head, his golden eyes still rimmed with red but now looking remorseful rather than triumphant.
Kagome remembered then, it wasn't like he was totally lost to a regular transformation; this was the same mindset he'd been in before when he'd disappeared into the woods, wanting to stay away from her, wanting to protect her from himself. This 'blood red moon' Inuyasha, he was the one who'd managed to think of her own safety above his desires when he'd first detected her scent in the forest, when he'd feared for her life should a lower youkai have shown up, racing onto the scene with the initial thought process of wanting to protect her, until the undeniable lack of danger had allowed him to fall back into his earlier desires, his want and need to claim her taking precedence only because there had been no threats in the area. But despite his rather forceful behavior back then, he still hadn't hurt her, not really, and as their eyes locked in that moment Kagome could easily see the battle being waged within him. He felt terrible for hurting her, and yet, on the other hand, he still wanted even more of her blood.
He was a true demon on this night; that was what he'd told her before, of how an eclipse affected him. She'd only seen a sneak preview of this side of him their first night together. She wasn't really disturbed by what she saw, though. She'd sworn to him months ago that she loved him for him, as a hanyou, not wanting him to turn fully youkai or fully human when they completed the jewel, and loving him for him included loving this version of him, too...and she did. Of that she had no doubt.
She offered him a smile, then, or at least as much of one that she could manage with how puffy and swollen her bottom lip had become, much more so than how swollen her lips had already been from kissing alone. It throbbed and stung, but she knew he'd lost himself to the taste of blood and hadn't meant to harm her, so she wouldn't hold it against him. He never would've lost control like that if she hadn't caused him to accidentally nick her in the first place.
�I'm sorry I yanked on your ear; I didn't mean to.� she told him then, her speech only slightly impaired, and his ears perked back up at her words, the look in his eyes turning more wicked again as he realized his mate wasn't going to yell at him.
Taking a deep breath, Inuyasha was relieved to note that she neither smelled afraid of him nor angry.
And why should she? he thought smugly, puffing his chest in pride. He'd just spent the last half hour or so giving her the best lays of her entire life, doing things with her he'd never had the balls to do before now, and she'd loved every minute of it. So what if her lip was a little swollen? He smirked; her lips down below were a little swollen, too, in a good way.
With the look in his eyes warming up even more, his lids grew heavy as he leaned down, intent on another kiss � another taste � but she stopped him, hand over her mouth, and he pulled back again, the look in his eyes growing angry now. How dare she deny him?
Kagome narrowed her own eyes at his new expression, refusing to back down.
�Inuyasha, stop. You're going to do serious damage, and you'll regret it once the eclipse fades, trust me.� she stated with conviction, her tone no nonsense. �No more kissing allowed.� Her words meant business.
�Fine.� he barked out, obviously displeased though she was relieved he wasn't going to fight with her over it. �If I can't kiss you then I don't even want to look at you, Bitch, so it's time to roll over.�
It was Kagome who smirked at that one, knowing it was actually his favorite position, a part of her having been wondering when they were going to get to it, anyway.
Inuyasha gave her a knowing look at her smirk, grinning wickedly as his miko obediently turned over and, after shedding the opened yukata she'd still been wearing, lifted herself up onto hands and knees, getting into 'the position' without any further instructions needed on his part as she lowered the front of her body down onto her elbows, arching her back, raising her ass up into the air as high as it'd go while spreading her legs wide. Kagome might be a bitch at times, but she was his bitch, and now, he would make her his bitch. Who needed kissing, anyway?
�Good bitch...� he praised as he got into position behind her, affectionately palming her rear before giving her right cheek a nice hard swat, but at human strength, causing no more than a teasing sting that had Kagome hissing in delight.
Grabbing both hips, then, he mounted her in one solid thrust, and Kagome gasped at the sensation of suddenly being so full, the man behind her able to reach places within her at that angle that he never could otherwise, no matter how hard they tried. She knew it was his favorite position, for obvious, canine reasons, but if Kagome were to be truly honest with herself, this was her favorite position, too.
Inuyasha didn't give her a chance to adjust to his intrusion, knowing his bitch was nice and open and ready to receive him from all of their previous activities. Gripping her hips tightly, he pounded into her rather relentlessly, taking out his frustration on her of being denied her delicious blood. Didn't she understand? He didn't want to eat her, not literally; he just wanted a taste, because she tasted sooooo good. He'd never hurt her; not deliberately, at least. But the cut had already been there, and so then what was the harm in enjoying it? Besides, his saliva would ensure that the wound didn't become infected.
Although, thinking about it logically for a moment, he supposed Kagome did have a point when it came to the lip sucking. He didn't want to hurt her; he just wanted her blood. Was that too much to ask? Getting even more frustrated, and angry with himself for his weakness, Inuyasha started thrusting in and out of her even harder, punishing her, punishing himself, taking out his aggression on her as if the whole thing was her fault, which in a way it really was, since she was the one who'd yanked his ear in the first place. That had fucking hurt, damn it. He slammed into her extra hard, causing the miko to cry out, in pain or pleasure he didn't know and didn't care. He knew she could take it. He would make her want to take it.
Fisting her bedding, Kagome could do nothing more than hold on for the ride. It almost hurt, almost, but not quite, and that balance between pleasure and pain was right where the miko wanted it to be. It'd been far too long since the last time he'd had her at his mercy like this, since the last time he'd let himself go, and it'd only been a quickie back then, while Souta had been visiting a friend and her mother and grandfather had run out to the store. A spur of the moment opportunity, she'd proceeded to suck Inuyasha hard, stripping and turning and begging him to mount her, and he'd complied, and loved every minute of it, but he'd had to be quick and they both knew it, 'cause her family could've come back home at any minute. A fear that had been in the back of his mind the entire time, she knew, but not this time. Not now in that moment as he continued to pound into her over and over and over, barking out harsh commands in the sadistic 'serial killer' voice Kagome had come to love so much. He was not worried about her family walking in on them, and neither was Kagome, since she knew they wouldn't.
�Scream my name, Bitch!� he shouted, not even caring if the neighbors heard them, or if random visitors to the shrine heard them, or hell, even if the shrine kami himself felt scandalized by their display. �Beg me to fuck you even harder!�
�Ahhhhh! Inuyasha!� she cried out obediently, far too gone to give a rat's ass about her language as she shamelessly implored, �Please, fuck me harder!�
�Your wish is my command.� he teased darkly, barking out an insane sounding laugh as he did just that.
He had to be going as fast as a jackhammer; Kagome was too afraid of accidentally wrenching her neck or back against the force of his thrusts if she tried to twist herself enough to look over her shoulder to see, but she was fairly positive that if she could see his hips in that moment they would've actually appeared as a blur of flesh. Fortunately she was good and turned on by the thought, which meant she was good and wet and not in any danger of chafing. In fact it felt so good she was fairly certain her insides were about to explode. She didn't climax from penetration alone very often; it usually took some measure of clitoral stimulation even if it came exclusively from how his pelvic bone just happened to rub against her during his thrusting, but in that moment she felt a whole new and yet familiar type of orgasm creep up on her at lightning speed. It was the type of 'creeping' a predator would do until it got ready to pounce, slow and silent for only a moment before a sudden rush of energy that meant certain death for its prey, and in this case, she was the prey. The g-spot was not a myth, merely a misconception; an internal continuation of the clitoris, and he was pummeling hers mercilessly.
�Ohhh f-fuck...oh fuck!� she cried, screaming �Aaaaaaeeeeeeeemmmmmmmm!� as she reached for and clamped down onto her pillow.
�Yeah, that's it, scream. You know you love it.� Inuyasha said smugly as he continued to pound into her, showing her no mercy.
The tightening of her channel as her internal muscles fluttered around him, squeezing him even tighter than normal, had him reaching his own peak again in short order, but he didn't even stop for a second that time as his orgasm rushed through him. Roaring loudly, snarling and snapping his jaws while tightening his grip on her hips, he kept right on going, continuing to pound into her at the same speed, his claws leaving red marks where he gripped her, not quite breaking the skin, but just barely. Taking both himself and Kagome through their peaks, he continued until the almost mind-shattering pleasure finally started to subside, until a type of numbness replaced what had once felt like fire; until he could breathe again. Tears had sprung to Kagome's eyes, the scent wafting up to his nose, but he didn't care. He knew she wasn't crying because she was distressed. He knew she knew that if she really wanted him to stop, he would, if she honestly asked him to. He knew she didn't want him to stop. The little minx had to have known what she was doing, setting this up, arranging for their solitude on this night. He could already feel the effects of the eclipse very slowly start to wan from him; it would be over before too much longer and he definitely wanted to keep enjoying it while he could. There was nothing else to eat; he'd been denied any more tastes of her blood and there was nothing to kill, so fucking was the only desire he could truly sate and he wanted to sate it, damn it.
Another orgasm rushed through him, and that time he faltered in his momentum though for only a moment before quickly picking up the pace again, his seed sloshing back out of Kagome with every thrust because he'd filled her up with so much there was no longer any room to hold it. The miko at that point was resolved to ride it out, like a perverted game of chicken. She was in a good position; she was physically comfortable and his hammering, while finally becoming less intense now that the friction was creating a numbness of sorts, was still quite pleasurable and more importantly, not painful. Kagome was quite determined to stay there exactly as she was until he eventually stopped on his own. She knew he couldn't go on forever, and so if he was currently that into it then who was she to deny him? How often did he truly get to enjoy himself during a lunar eclipse?
That thought made her feel guilty for denying him her blood, of all the foolish thoughts to pop into her head at random, although she stood her ground when it came to aggravating her bitten lip. She didn't want it to get so out of hand that her lip still looked swollen and abused come tomorrow morning when her family got back home, after all. Still, though, even though it'd caught her off guard, his desire for her blood in that moment had been impossible to miss, impossible to deny, and she wanted him to know that she accepted all of him, no matter what.
A teeny-tiny part of her prayed she wasn't making a huge mistake.
�Bite me...� she purred suddenly, lifting her face from the pillow enough to speak. �I trust you not to hurt me.�
And by 'hurt' she meant seriously injure, since she was fairly certain that it would hurt.
Inuyasha slowed his thrusting by only the minutest amount, though she noticed the difference.
�Wench?� he voiced, the unasked question clear. Had he heard her right?
�I mean it.� she assured him. �Keep it shallow; I trust you, but you obviously wanted my blood and I won't deny you.�
The red that had been very slowly fading from around his eyes bled back in with a vengeance at her words, his youki flaring in a way that tingled against Kagome's miko aura. Throwing himself across her back, he stuck his tongue out first, licking her, relishing in the simpler taste of her salty, sweaty skin. Carefully, nimbly, he bit into her back just below her right shoulder blade, more scraping her with his fangs than actually biting down, as he pinched and tore at her skin just enough to make the shallowest of cuts that wouldn't scar. With the very tip of his fangs he cut into her no deeper than a shaving razor could do, and as little beads of blood rose to the surface he bathed her with his tongue, relishing in the taste. Slowly, carefully, in contrast to the rapid thrusting of his hips, he worshiped her back with his fangs and tongue, until she looked like she'd been scratched up by Buyo, and to Kagome that was about what it felt like, too, minus the lingering sting of a cat scratch because, thanks to his healing saliva, he soothed each wound before moving on to the next, as he moved slowly across her back from right to left. To an outside observer it'd be impossible to tell what he was doing. Humping her frantically like the dog he was, Inuyasha was crouched over Kagome, his arms wrapped around her stomach now, and it looked like it was just pressing his face against her back the same way she was pressing her face against her pillow, the curtain of his silvery hair concealing what he was really doing.
Getting bolder, Kagome concentrated on flexing and clenching her internal muscles, making his penetration even more pleasurable, for the both of them. She could feel his hot breath on her wet skin, his warm tongue soothing the sting of his fangs as he cherished her mortal body, so careful not to seriously injure her, and to know that her demonic lover was enjoying the taste of her blood made Kagome feel even more love for him in her heart than she previously had, to know that she could give him this, that he could be himself with her and she would not deny him, and that despite his carnal desires as a youkai he was being so careful with her, showing her his appreciation with his tender ministrations. She would show him her appreciation in return.
Tightly squeezing her inner muscles over and over in a steady rhythm, unable to match his tempo as he was simply moving too fast for her although she was doing a pretty good job of keeping the pace of every third stroke, that plus her delicious blood was too much added stimulation for the hanyou and he quickly lost it again, his legs shaking as he suddenly brought his hips to a complete stop, pressing himself as deeply within her body as he could go while he smashed his face against her back, careful not to hurt her too badly with his fangs as he screamed in the back of his throat in a way that almost sounded painful to the miko. If she hadn't known better, to only hear him make such a sound she would've expected to see him run through by an enemy's blade, or perhaps Sesshoumaru's poisonous claws. His entire body started trembling, then, and with a pitiful whimper he finally, slowly, leaned back and withdrew himself from her sheath, before then allowing his body to flop bonelessly onto the bed beside her on her left. Kagome turned herself over in short order, leaning on her right side to face her boyfriend, back to the wall. Inuyasha was facing her direction as well as he rested on his left side, although his eyes were pinched tightly closed at the moment, his entire body glistening with sweat as he took deep, ragged breaths. A quick scan of his entire body up and down revealed he'd finally lost his perpetual hard-on; his penis wasn't quite flaccid yet but it was definitely getting there, no longer fully erect.
She was not surprised, when he finally opened his eyes, to see their golden yellow clarity as his gaze locked with hers. She offered him a tender smile.
Or at least as much of one as she could with her bottom lip still swollen like she'd been stung by a bee.
�Fuck, Kagome...� he panted after a moment. �That was...I don't even know what to say...�
Reaching over, he ghosted his right index finger over her lip, not quite touching, as his ears flattened to his head.
�Damn it, I'm sorry 'bout that, I-�
�I forgive you.� she interrupted, her eyes sparkling with amusement. �It definitely caught me by surprise, though. Who knew you'd find my blood so delicious?� she teased, surprised when her words caused a light flush of embarrassment to stain his cheeks as he turned away, rolling over onto his back to stare up at the ceiling.
�I did.� he confessed with an awkward clearing of his throat. �I've always known. It's just, under normal circumstances, I'd never give in to the desire like that.�
She sat up at that, facing him, her eyes wide with surprise.
�Wait a minute. You mean you've always liked the taste of my blood?�
He cringed at her shocked tone of voice, the scant few times he'd daintily licked a pricked finger of hers or some other such minor injury before bandaging it for her immediately coming to mind, although he couldn't ignore the obvious lack of fear in her scent as she clearly recalled the same incidents. She seemed genuinely surprised, but nothing more.
�Well, yeah. I mean, I am half inu-youkai; of course I like the taste of blood. But I'm not an animal, Kagome.� he stated in clarification, hoping to shift the topic away from her blood, specifically. �Like that raw pig in the kitchen? That was awesome, but I ain't gonna start demandin' all my food raw from now on. I'm half human, too, so you don't gotta worry 'bout me gettin' the taste for blood now that I've had it or something like that, like it woke somethin' up in me or whatever.�
He shook his head, shifting his gaze to lock eyes with her once more.
�I used to eat my catches raw all the time, before, not 'cause I don't know how to make a fire but usually I just didn't bother. Not like I really needed one, and fire gives your position away when you're tryin' to hide in the middle of the night.�
She nodded at that, deciding it made perfect sense. Humans just weren't designed to eat certain things raw. Fish was usually okay, so long as you knew it was clean, as well as beef, but poultry or pork would make you sick for sure. But since his metabolism was different, which she knew it was, hence why she'd gifted him with that pig to begin with, then it just didn't make any sense to be disgusted by the knowledge that he'd used to regularly eat his catches raw like that, or fearful of him for that reason. It was practicality and necessity, plain and simple.
�You know it doesn't bother me, right?� she asked him then, wanting to be sure. �I was surprised when you went after my lip like that, but not afraid, well, except I was afraid you'd really make my lip all swollen.� she said with a giggle, her speech only slightly impaired by said swollen lip. �But my back?� she added then, �I asked you to do that, so I hope you aren't regretting it. I didn't mind; I wanted you to enjoy yourself.�
His ears, which had popped back up during his explanation, went flat against his head again at her reminder of what he'd done to her back. Still, he couldn't help the delightful shudder that ran through him at the all too recent memory, the taste of her blood still fresh on his tongue, the smell of it still in his nose. It took him a minute to realize she was probably still bleeding a little.
�Can...can I see?� he asked her hesitantly, sitting up and turning to face her.
Nodding and smiling, Kagome scooted herself around until she was facing the wall, her back facing Inuyasha, who was sitting on the outside edge of her bed.
He winced at the sight of her beautiful skin all scratched up, although he could at least admit to himself that he'd done a good job of keeping the cuts very shallow, as she'd asked him to, because it was obvious to him that they'd be completely healed within a few days, no sign they'd ever been there to begin with. A couple of them were still bleeding, though, and he hesitated as to what to do about it in that moment.
�You're...uh, you're still bleeding a little.� he told her then. �You want me to go get your medical kit?�
She chuckled at that, twisting to look at him over her shoulder.
�Seriously? Inuyasha, if it wasn't just a 'blood red moon' thing and you still like the taste of my blood then go ahead and lick it. I know your saliva probably works better than my medicine, anyway, so just think of it that way, that you're doing what's best for the scratches.�
A huge part of him actually felt relieved at her words, and not about to turn down her request he leaned forward, then, relishing in her taste as her blood hit his tongue for the third time that night. Reaching up to cup her shoulders, his grip was tender, gentle, as he slowly and sensually licked the last few of her scratches clean, until they stopped bleeding. He didn't dare scrape her with his fangs again to make any new ones, although the desire was still there, buried deep in the back of his psyche. It was a temptation he could normally ignore, when there wasn't a lunar eclipse in progress throwing his inhibitions out the nearest window. Still, even under the haze of a blood red moon he didn't honestly think he would've willfully bitten her all on his own, out of nowhere. The original bite on her lip had been an accident, and then once the taste of her blood had already been in his mouth, that was when he'd lost it and had proceeded to aggravate the wound. Even so, he distinctly remembered his belief that he'd been denied any more of her blood, a request he was going to comply with, when she'd insisted on no more kissing and he'd then told her to turn over, so he never in a million years would've went after her back like that had she not told him to. Truly, he had nothing to feel remorseful over, he realized then.
Hugging her from behind, wrapping his arms around her just below her breasts, he leaned over her right shoulder and pressed his lips against the side of her neck in a tender kiss, before murmuring a quiet, �What the fuck did I do to deserve you?�
She leaned back against him, tilting her head to the left to grant him better access while reaching for and grabbing his hands to place them a tad higher, over her breasts. She smirked as she felt more than heard his chuckle at her action.
�Maybe the kami just decided you'd suffered long enough, after everything you had to go through growing up, and so now I'm your reward.� she replied in a teasing tone, though they both knew that to a point she was being serious.
�I think you're right.� he agreed, nuzzling her neck. �I also think you're going to have to wash your bedding.� he added with a chuckle, causing Kagome to laugh as well, the miko having been fully aware of the 'wet spot' she was creating where she sat up on top of her blanket.
�Don't blame me, that's mostly your mess.� she teased, and laughing, he turned her around to face him.
�Believe me, I know.� he replied once they were face to face, tapping his nose for emphasis. �I don't think I've got anything left.� he joked, and she quirked a brow, glancing down to note his now completely flaccid penis.
�Oh, I'm sure I can stir him back to life.�
He smirked at that.
�Oh, I'm sure you can, too. I just meant that there ain't nothin' left to come out of him if you do.�
�Guess we really have made quite the mess, haven't we?� she stated conversationally, her eyes playful as she inquired, �Whatever will you do about it?�
He barked out a laugh at that.
�You ready for me? My offer still stands, after what I did to you in the shower.�
He got a far off look in his eyes as he remembered, and she playfully punched his arm.
�Baka.� she teased, although the thought of forcing him to 'make it up to her' was definitely appealing.
Thinking about it for a moment, a proverbial light bulb suddenly went on above the miko's head, an expression that didn't go unnoticed by the hanyou.
�What?� he asked, amused.
�When you cleaned my back just now, so it wasn't like a 'yeah okay whatever, do what's gotta be done' kind of thing for you, right? I mean, you actually like the taste of my blood, right?�
�Kagome, don't.� he stated with conviction, believing he knew where she was going with this. �Yes, okay? Yes, I love the taste of your blood, even more so than normal blood because it's yours...� he admitted, �...and so okay, maybe in the future, if you accidentally get hurt, then hell yeah, if you'll let me, I'll gladly lick your wounds clean, but I will not bite or scratch you anymore just to sate that desire. I appreciate that you let me tonight, but it was a special occasion; the blood red moon made me not care since the wounds were superficial. I...I just don't think I could enjoy myself as fully as I did tonight, any other time. Not knowing that I was the one who'd caused your injury to begin with, superficial or not. How could I?�
Her heart melted at his words, and she knew he was being completely honest with her. She knew how he felt about her getting injured even the tiniest bit. She'd never for even a second been afraid that he might've developed a taste for her blood to the point of not minding scratching her here and there in order to get a sample of it, and that wasn't what she'd been about to offer him, either.
�Inuyasha, that's sooo sweet, and I totally agree. While I guess I can honestly say I wouldn't mind it if you occasionally scratched me a little to get a taste of blood I can see how allowing that could become a bad thing. Either you'd feel horribly guilty all the time, or worse, what if you actually stopped feeling bad about it? Like scratching me was no big deal? Just how far would we be willing to go? No, we won't go down that road, though yes, if I do just happen to get hurt and you're helping me bandage it up later, then you can definitely steal some tastes at those times instead of us just cleaning it all away with my antiseptic wipes. After all, like I said, I'm sure your saliva is better, anyway.�
He nodded to that, acknowledging it was true. Now he wished he would've told her about that part of himself when they'd first gotten together. He just hadn't wanted to freak her out. She knew his saliva was healing; he'd told her that part when he'd dared lick a pricked finger for the first time, but if he'd admitted to liking the taste of her blood he was now sure that she would've let him 'treat' her larger injuries the same way. He might've been able to enjoy the taste of her blood for the last few months now; she'd had a couple of nasty scratches a time or two from recent youkai battles. Ah well, he wouldn't waste time pondering what could have been, and he most definitely would not 'let' Kagome get injured in the future just so that he could taste her blood, either. The smell of it was both enticing and horrifying, because while the carnal part of him loved the smell and taste of her blood he absolutely hated the knowledge that she'd been injured. It was all he could do in that moment to not totally hate himself for what he'd done to her lip and back, but he knew that Kagome wasn't angry with him and so he'd let it go for that reason, a once in a lifetime slip-up that he'd never permit to happen again.
Unless she asks me to during the next blood red moon and I don't care at that time... he thought, realizing he probably, no, definitely would at that time, although thankfully there shouldn't be another 'eclipse' as she called it for quite some time now, so it wasn't anything he had to immediately worry about.
Kagome's thoughts had wandered into a similar direction, already deciding that during the next eclipse, which was over a year away, she'd surprise him if she could with another opportunity like tonight. There really wasn't much point in planning too many details for something so far away in the future, though, and so she put those thoughts into the back of her mind for the time being. In the meantime, there was something else she could offer him, if he didn't get totally grossed out by the idea.
�What...what about my...er...womanly blood?� she asked him hesitantly then, her eyes frantically searching his own to gauge his reaction.
He stared at her, eyes wide, mouth agape, before blurting out, �You can't be serious!� Before she could fear she'd pushed him over his threshold, though, he also added, �I always figured you'd osuwari me straight to hell if I even hinted about it!�
�Wait, so does that mean...?�
He flashed her a wholly demonic smirk at her question, waggling his eyebrows. �Two of my absolute favorite flavors rolled into one?� His look got a fraction more serious. �You're sure you wouldn't mind? That it wouldn't be too weird for you?�
She shrugged, though she couldn't stop her cheeks from tinting pink.
�I offered, didn't I?�
�Yeah, but...� Shaking his head in bafflement, he met her gaze with a serious expression. �You're not just trying to please me, right? I mean, I don't wanna do nothin' that'd totally freak you out.�
She blushed a little darker, but admitted, �Oh, I'm sure I wouldn't have any complaints.�
He barked out another laugh at that one, and then licking his lips, he gave her a very heated expression and murmured a seductive, �Speaking of...�
She smirked, and instructed Inuyasha to lie down on his back in the middle of the bed; he immediately complied. Getting herself into position, Kagome knelt above his face, her inner thighs glistening, and looking up at her he licked his lips again in anticipation.
She gazed down at him, and demurely whispered, �Osuwari.�
His eyes widened in surprise as the kotodama activated, pinning him on his back where he lied so that he couldn't move. He hadn't been expecting that! Although, by the wickedly amused expression on Kagome's face, it hadn't been a spur of the moment decision on her part. The little minx.
Kagome grinned in triumph as she got Inuyasha right where she wanted him.
Now this evens the playing field a little bit... she thought, especially after the way he'd used his demonic strength against her before.
It wasn't as much fun if he just 'let' her dominate him; she wanted to legitimately force him, the way he'd forced her, not that she was actually doing anything he didn't want her to do, if the heated way he was staring up at her was any indication, his eyes full of passion, not anger. The only muscles the subduing spell didn't immobilize were his mouth's, something she knew from the numerous times he'd cussed her out in the past for her use of the rosary. He didn't utter a single complaint in that moment, though, remaining silent as she lowered herself within range, hovering barely above his lips, and like a good boy he compliantly started cleaning her of the mess he'd made.
Kagome moaned as she rocked against his face, her hands on the wall behind his head for balance as she held herself up with her knees on either side of his head. The occasional �osuwari� continued to leave her lips along with gasps and broken murmurs of his name, and her hanyou lover continued to offer no complaints as he silently and obediently submitted to her. In complete control in that position, with Inuyasha unable to stop her, unable to move her or himself, she kept her orgasm at bay, allowing her oversexed body to build the passion back up more slowly. Several times she lifted herself up and away, or shifted the angle, just enough to prevent an approaching climax; she wanted this to last. And honestly, Inuyasha didn't mind it one bit, although the desire to grab her hips and pull her down and thrust his tongue deeply within her was getting stronger and stronger, not to mention the desire to reach between her folds with a finger to help her along with the added stimulation, so that he could then grab her and move her back and shove her down onto his newly resurrected erection as soon as she came. He begrudgingly had to admit � at least silently to himself � that her continual activation of the rosary was a good thing, for her purposes at least, otherwise, he couldn't honestly promise her that he'd obediently lie there without losing it and taking over control. Since she was continually keeping the subduing spell active, though, there was really nothing much he could do except enjoy it, and so enjoy it he did as he continued to lap at her, rolling his tongue around her aching clit while mentally fantasizing about what it would be like to do this for her during that time of the month. They would really, really have to make sure that Miroku never found out; he would bet even Kagome would find that teasing a bit too much to just shrug off, but he was definitely looking forward to trying it nonetheless.
In that moment, though, all that mattered to Inuyasha was the writhing miko crouched above his face. He gave it his all, pleasuring her in that moment, not about to do something stupid like cease his stimulation in rebellion of her use of the rosary. He lived for all the gasps and moans she was making as he licked and sucked, to know that she was so freely taking her own pleasure, demanding it, using him to get what she wanted now that he'd had his fun. Her uneven breaths were music to his ears, the taste of their combined juices flowing out of her a sweet delicacy he savored. It stirred something primal from deep within him, to know that she was his. The taste of male essence would ordinarily be something he'd want to avoid, but the taste of himself mixed with her was confirmation of his triumph, his conquest. The taste, the scent, it became one, it became them, their taste and scent, as opposed to hers or his alone, and as far as he was concerned it was a scent he'd never get tired of. It was the one, single smell on the planet he'd discovered that he actually loved more than Kagome's own, unique fragrance. He knew she'd want to bathe again when everything was said and done, and he'd teased her about needing another bath for that reason, but honestly, if he had his way then Kagome would never bathe ever again. Or if she ever actually needed to for other reasons, like say, she got covered in youkai guts, then he would definitely be accompanying her so that they could have a repeat of tonight's earlier activities in the shower, to make sure he reclaimed her immediately. If he had his way, then not a single day would go by where she smelled freshly washed, ridded of his musk, his mark. He'd never said anything about it before because he'd previously been under the impression that to voice such a desire would anger the girl, believing that she probably wouldn't understand the animalistic desire and merely think him perverted, or worse, that she would understand that the desire came from his primal half but that the knowledge would also disturb her even worse than just thinking him a letch. But now, after their all too recent conversation regarding his 'appreciation' for her blood, he wasn't so sure; maybe his little miko would surprise him yet again by proving just how understanding she actually was where scent-marking was concerned. He'd bring it up later, though, after his mouth was no longer too preoccupied to form words.
Unaware of the direction her lover's thoughts had taken, Kagome continued to moan and gasp as she road his face; it was getting harder and harder to avoid falling over the edge. Inuyasha knew exactly what he was doing, a combination of his canine instinct and the few instructions she'd given him back during their first time experimenting with this activity. He actually hadn't needed very many instructions back then; he'd admitted to her that it was something he'd been wanting to do for so very long, to taste her, to make her scream his name in rapture. Letting his nose and instincts be his guide, he'd savored her like the delicacy she was, and Kagome had loved every minute of it. Just like she was loving every minute of what he was doing to her in that moment.
�Ooohhh k-kamiiii...� she moaned, her body jerking, muscles tensing.
Her legs were shaking; Inuyasha reached up to steady her thighs.
�Oooosuwari...� she rasped, earning a disgruntled mumble from the hanyou as his arms were forced back down onto the bed again. She giggled, and then proceeded to gasp and throw her head back as he started growling deep in the back of his throat while rapidly flicking his tongue against her swollen clit, the added stimulation quickly proving to be too much for her.
Kagome shrieked in a high-pitched wail as she came hard and fast, forcing herself to endure it as she remained propped up over Inuyasha's face for as long as she could manage, leaning against the wall behind him as he jubilantly continued to assault her sensitive nerves, sending shoots of electricity up into her overworked body. So long as she remained crouched above him he had no intention of stopping what he was doing, including his growling, which he increased in intensity ever so slightly, causing the miko above him to cry out a second time before finally flinging herself away from him.
He moved to try and get up then, or at least reach for her where she lied beside him, but another shaky �Osuwari� continued to keep him pinned.
What the hell? he thought, confused, although he didn't verbally complain.
�Kagome?� he questioned instead, unable to see the way the miko was smirking to herself as she caught her breath since he couldn't even turn his head to lock gazes with the girl.
Soon enough though Kagome rose herself back up on her knees again, kneeling beside him on his left side, beside the wall, and looking down to meet his eyes she smiled demurely and murmured, �I'm not finished with you yet.�
He gulped playfully, his eyes widening in anticipation as she threw her left leg over his body, mounting him once more, only much lower that time. He felt her hand wrap around his throbbing erection, and he managed to give his hips a little bounce in anticipation.
�Osuwari.� she reprimanded, and he cursed quietly in a grumble she couldn't quite understand, although she got the gist of it and giggled again.
He was forced to lie perfectly still, staring up at the ceiling, as he felt Kagome's fabulous, inviting heat slowly, very slowly, engulf his aching member.
Fucking hell, she's going to fucking kill me... he realized in abject horror, as she raised herself back up at a ridiculously agonizing pace. Even as a human he didn't like it that slow! He liked it hard and fast and rough and she knew that, damn it. She liked it hard and fast and rough, too, and he just knew that this snail's pace was getting her off only on the twisted joy of knowing it was torture for him. Fabulous, blissful torture, but torture all the same.
Kagome's grin was not unlike the cat who ate the canary as she observed in rapt amusement the contradictive expressions of both elation and dismay that swam across Inuyasha's visage as she continued to move herself up and down over his cock at a pace slow enough that she doubted he'd be able to reach completion for a very long time, if at all. She continually whispered the subduing command, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that if she slipped up and allowed him freedom of movement for even a fraction of a second she'd be on her back, and it would once again be her taking his punishment. That wouldn't do at all. He'd had his fun, his twisted, demonic joy, the beast in him getting his delight in pummeling her body relentlessly, and now it was her turn. Her twisted, sadistic joy came from forcing him to endure this slow, sensual torture in direct contrast to what she knew the animal in him wanted most. Her body was fully sated now, in no real need of yet another orgasm, and so continuing to massage his sensitive length with her inner muscles up and down, up and down, she kept her tempo slow and steady, squeezing and flexing her inner muscles to grip him even tighter on the decent before releasing again as she rose back up. Over and over she did this, until he started whimpering on her down strokes.
�Kagome, please...fuck, I can't take it any more. You gotta move faster.� he begged, still unable to even tilt his head down to look at her, to gain even that added stimulation, the visual of watching her pussy engulf his shaft.
�Uh-uh-uh...osuwari...� she replied, remaining sitting on his thighs for a moment, his cock buried fully within her, as she wiggled her hips around in small circles. He hissed.
Beginning to raise herself back up before coming back down again, just as slowly as before, he whimpered again but didn't offer any other complaints for the time being as she got back to what she'd been doing.
Inuyasha was in hell, although honestly he'd take that kind of hell over fire and pain any day. It felt good, damn good, just not quite good enough... Slowly though, very slowly, he could feel it building back up within him, that nagging little tingling. He had no idea how long Kagome kept him pinned on his back like that. A half hour? An hour? It was beginning to become apparent to the hanyou, though, that his little miko knew exactly what she was doing, as he finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. Of course, feeling the first hints of his pending climax crawl towards him slower than molasses in winter only made the hanyou that much more impatient. He wanted to cum, damn it!
�Kagome please...� he whined.
�Osuwari...� she answered, teasingly adding, �You know you love it.�
Shifting her position, Kagome moved her legs into a squatting position, feet planted firmly on the bed on either side of his hips, and then she leaned backward onto her outstretched hands behind her, using the new angle to rock herself back and forth over his cock with even more control. Studying his face to gauge his reaction she could tell when he was getting close, but decided in that moment to show a bit of mercy and not cease her movements to prolong his torture even more. Instead, in her new and more comfortable position, she continued to rock back and forth, pulling back almost all of the way so that barely the tip remained inside until enveloping him once more, over and over in a steady rhythm as she watched, entranced, as his facial features and ab muscles both grew more and more taught, as if he were winding up and too much more he would snap.

With sweat running down his temples, her cursed continual use of that blasted command keeping him locked in place, Inuyasha pinched his eyes closed and just felt. Trying and failing to keep his breathing steady, he started whimpering in time with her strokes.
Almost...almost...
His eyes snapped back open.
�O-oh f-fuck-k-k... K-kagom-meee... I-I...ugn...ah...ah! Ah! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!�
Another �osuwari� left her lips although Inuyasha couldn't even hear it over the sound of his own screaming, not that it mattered, the rosary glowing before renewing his subjugation one last time as the miko continued to rock against him at the same pace she'd been using for the last hour. She could feel his hot release shoot up inside of her, and was silently amazed that it'd turned out he'd still had something left to give, after all, but it worked to her advantage as it made her that much wetter, that much more slippery for her insanely sensitized hanyou, who was still screaming like an enemy was clawing his guts out.
�Ah! Ah! S-stop! Stop it!� he begged, almost sobbing, and she ignored him. He certainly hadn't had a problem riding out his own orgasms earlier that night, and forcing her to endure that same kind of torture had also been a favorite pastime of his eclipsed self.
�Payback's a bitch...and so am I.� she said, laughing outright as he howled.
She didn't cease her rocking until she felt him start to soften within her, until she lost her ability to slide against his stiffness because he lost his stiffness. Separating from him then, he whimpered as her body pulled away, and then crawling up the length of his body, she snuggled against his side, kissing his cheek.

He chuckled.
�Let's not make a habit out of that, Woman, I damn near lost my mind, but...damn...� Inuyasha said in compliment as he tested his ability to move, flexing his fingers slowly before struggling against the last fading remnants of the rosary's spell to roll himself over slightly onto his left and wrap his right arm around her.
With his freedom of movement finally restored Inuyasha was still perfectly content to lie motionless with Kagome in his arms. He needed a rest after that one, and he hadn't moved a muscle the entire time!
�Damn, I didn't think it was possible, but you actually wore me out. I'm actually tired.� he admitted with another chuckle.
�I'm flattered.� Kagome answered with a giggle of her own. �And I'm hungry.� she added, her stomach growling. After all, he might have raided the fridge earlier and devoured an entire small pig all by himself, but she hadn't eaten so much as a cup of ramen since lunch at Kaede's.
�Sorry...� he apologized lazily, not really feeling too responsible as he pointed out, �But you're the one who had us arrive in your time at 'dinner time', lying to the others like the secret little hentai you are, getting us over here just in time for me to turn wild on you. If you'd wanted to eat first then you should've had us come here sooner.�
She shook her head. �Would've ruined the surprise. I didn't want you to know there was an eclipse until it was almost happening.� she stated, adding, �Besides, doing all that on a full stomach wouldn't have been a good thing.�
He laughed at that.
�I suppose not.� he agreed, asking, �Want me to heat you up that bowl of oden I saw?� He'd seen the bowl that Mrs. Higurashi had left for Kagome in the fridge alongside his pig.
�I can get it, but thanks though.� she replied, sitting up with a stretch. She'd gotten a little too comfortable lying down for those few brief minutes.
�I know how to use the microwave now, I could do it for you.� he offered again, and she flashed him a warm smile.
�I know you do, and thank you, but you don't know how to use the washing machine and I need to put our laundry in, so that means I have to get up, anyway.�
�Well then you do that, and I'll heat your dinner for you while you're washing our clothes.�
Not about to turn down his offer a third time, knowing he was just trying to show that he could 'provide' for her and that it was an inu-youkai thing, Kagome merely sent him another smile, and then together they left her bedroom, although while Inuyasha was as naked as the day he was born Kagome threw her yukata back on in an attempt to ward off the chill, since it was rather cold in the house. She hadn't been bothered by the temperature before for obvious reasons, her hanyou having kept her plenty warm over the last couple of hours.
Instead of blushing at the all too recent memory, she smirked, a look Inuyasha missed as he headed out into the kitchen before her, grabbing the bowl of oden from the fridge and placing it in the microwave while Kagome went on into the washroom and put her clothes, along with Inuyasha's fundoshi and kosode, into the washing machine. Just because his fire-rat suikan and hakama were self-cleaning didn't mean his underclothes were; they were normal linen and she knew he appreciated the rare opportunity to get them washed properly. Modern day detergents definitely beat scrubbing against a rock in a stream.
With that done, Kagome came back into the kitchen with his fire-rat garments and Tessaiga bundled in her arms, which she sat down on the table at the sight of the steaming bowl of oden that awaited her. Now she was very grateful she'd given in and let Inuyasha heat it for her; it was sweet that he always tried to show that he could provide for her, knowing it was ingrained in his personality. Honestly, she had no complaints.
Thank you, Mama! she thought as she pulled up a chair, digging into her oden right away.
Inuyasha watched her eat with an amused grin. Although the foodstuffs were different, she was attacking her dish with almost as much gusto as he'd used with his pig carcass. Speaking of...
�The, uh...bones, are in the sink.� he told her hesitantly, unsure of what her reaction would be to that news, although she merely waved off his concern with her free hand, not giving the matter a second thought as she finished her meal.
Once she was done, she took her bowl to the sink and washed both it and her chopsticks, before then grabbing a freezer bag and putting all of the pig bones inside of it, locking it tight to keep odors away before then tossing the bones into the trash. She then took a brief moment to wash out the sink, running hot water and scrubbing it down with some dish soap. Inuyasha observed her work in mild awe, truly amazed that this woman could so casually deal with even these little everyday reminders of his demonic heritage. Maybe a long term relationship with her wouldn't be as hard to manage as he'd once feared. She'd certainly proven to him by that point, tonight's events in the forefront of his mind, that she had no problem with the fact that he was half inu-youkai.
Once her belly was full and the kitchen clean, it was time to take their laundry out of the washer and hang it to dry. That done, she stood in the laundry part of the wash room and gestured toward the shower behind her, as she looked Inuyasha's way, the hanyou still watching her from the kitchen.
�I definitely think I need another shower, you're right.� Kagome commented with a chuckle as she remembered his previous teasing, wrinkling her nose a little at the thought of how sticky she felt in certain places. �Want to join me?� she invited.
�...Sure.� he agreed with only a brief hesitation, deciding in that moment that he'd talk to Kagome about the whole scent marking thing some other time. Why ruin a perfect evening? But unfortunately Kagome hadn't missed the flash of something that had passed through his eyes at her question.
�What is it?� she asked him then, her tone of voice concerned.
He quickly decided to play dumb. �What is what?�
Fortunately, Kagome was far too sated and in too good of a mood to get upset at his usual evasion, and instead just decided to call him out on it in a somewhat nonchalant manner, to show him he had nothing to worry about. It wasn't that hard to guess what he was thinking, after all, or so she thought at least.
She offered him a warm smile.
�When I mentioned the shower you had this weird look in your eyes for a second.� she started, observing as his eyes got that same look yet again at her words. �You don't have to join me if you don't want to, you know. It's not like I'd feel rejected or anything. I just figured you'd want to get cleaned up too, so I was just offering. I'm sure the both of us have got to smell pretty funky to your nose. But it's no big deal. Nothing to worry about. If you don't want to get in the shower again just say so.�
She didn't want him feeling like he had to walk on eggshells around her, agreeing to whatever she wanted him to do with her or else she'd feel rejected in some way. She'd given up those kinds of insecurities long ago.
Sighing in a relieved manner at her reassurances, Inuyasha decided to come clean � no pun intended � and just tell Kagome what he'd actually been thinking about when she'd caught his hesitation.
�That ain't it,� he started, �I just...actually, I'd prefer it if you didn't even wash up. At least tonight.�
Kagome furrowed her brow in confusion for a brief moment, but after their recent discussion about some other things about him because of his inu-youkai half, it didn't take the miko too long to catch up.
�Ah...so we smell a good kind of funky to your nose.� Her tone of voice was amused.
He cracked a huge grin that showed off his fangs at her words, amazed, yet again, at just how damn understanding his miko had turned out to be.
�Kami, I fucking love you. Do you know that?� he stated, wrapping his arms around her and nuzzling his nose in the crook of her neck when she exited the wash room to join him back out in the kitchen.
�I know it'd be asking too much if I wanted you to give up bathing entirely,� he stated with a chuckle, and Kagome laughed too, since that prospect was ridiculous indeed, �but do you think you could let me keep you scent-marked as my mate, at least most of the time?�
Kagome had to admit, the idea of knowing that the youkai they came upon could smell whenever they'd been together was a little embarrassing, but on the other hand, if it was like a scent version of a wedding ring, sort of, then she could understand why Inuyasha wanted her scent to advertise the fact that they were together. On the rare occasions when they did go off for a quickie in the past it was usually near a body of water and Kagome would always wash herself up a bit afterwards; now she was worried that he'd thought that she'd been the one rejecting him.
Oh what a tangled web we weave...
�I hope you know I don't want to bathe because I want to get rid of your scent...� she said then, searching his eyes, and he thankfully offered her a reassuring nod.
�Keh, with as often as you obsessed about bathing before we started rutting? Yeah, I know you're just a clean freak. I wasn't taking it personal, it's just...disappointing when the scent of our joining is gone.�
It was Kagome's turn to crack a smile at the 'puppy dog eyes' her boyfriend started giving her in that moment, his ears drooping. He threw in a whimper for good measure. Chuckling, she rolled her eyes.
�All right, all right, I'll sleep in my funk tonight, just for you.� she said in a jokingly self-sacrificing tone of voice, as the two of them made their way back up to her bedroom.
�Have I told you how much I love you?� Inuyasha said again, earning a giggle from his miko girlfriend, which had him grinning like an idiot. An idiot in love.
�You might have to start telling me more often,� Kagome joked, �especially if I'm going to start skipping a few baths for your sake.�
Entering her bedroom, Kagome stripped out of her yukata before crawling into bed, and Inuyasha, who'd been naked the entire time, quickly joined her under the covers, pulling her into a tender embrace.
�And even when I do want to bathe, maybe I can help you stay scent-marked. It's still got to say something to the rest of the world if you smell like me.� Kagome stated wisely.
�Absolutely, as far as other youkai are concerned.� Inuyasha agreed. �My scent alone will tell 'em you're mine. And it's not like it really matters, officially I mean, since there ain't no way nobody'd try to claim otherwise or take you from me, and if they did, I'd shove Tessaiga up their ass for their troubles. I'm just selfish. I like smelling me in you.�
�Well at least you're being honest about it. Always remember that you can tell me anything when it comes to your inu-youkai half. I might not automatically realize something, since humans don't think the same way youkai do, but I am understanding of the fact that you're half youkai, so don't ever be afraid to talk to me about it.� Thinking about it, Kagome added, �Heck, we almost didn't even get together because you'd been trying to keep secrets regarding your youkai blood. Imagine if you'd successfully chased me away that night? We still wouldn't realize how deeply we love each other; we might not even have gotten together at all.�
�True, but if I had told you about the effects of the blood red moon back then you would've just invited me to spend the night in your time, and I would've gone, having wished I could've avoided it back then. We still wouldn't have gotten together.�
Smirking, Inuyasha leaned over and planted his lips on Kagome's in a warn, tender kiss.
�It took me tryin' to keep my secrets, and you not accepting it and digging and being pushy, to make sure everything happened how it needed to. I ain't sayin' I plan on still keepin' secrets, 'cause I agree, we should talk, and I will try to, but sometimes...keh...sometimes it's hard to say the shit I feel, you know? So if you catch me keepin' secrets again, do that pushy thing you do where you keep diggin' till you find out the truth.� Grinning playfully, he added, �Our relationship might depend on it.�
He offered her a crooked smile at his words, and Kagome grinned more sincerely in return, giving his hand a gentle squeeze.
�Deal.�
Waggling her eyebrows at him playfully, although they both knew they were done with those kinds of activities for the night, Kagome giggled before rolling herself over, allowing Inuyasha to pull her into a spooning embrace, both of them lying on their lefts with Kagome facing the wall. Her bare bottom was pressed up against his flaccid member, but 'Little Inuyasha' didn't stir, the hanyou content at that point to simply hold his lover in his arms and breathe in the combined scents of their joining.
�Goodnight.� he purred, brushing her hair out of the way before kissing the side of her neck.
�Yes, yes it is.� she answered, reaching for his right hand where it rested on her belly and bringing it up to her lips to gently kiss his palm.
Feeling a genuine sense of contentment, something he hadn't felt in a long time, Inuyasha eventually drifted off into a peaceful sleep with the woman he loved, his future wife, sleeping soundly in his arms. Nobody could say what the future would bring when it came to finding the rest of the jewel shards, or finally hunting down and killing Naraku once and for all, but the one thing he did know for certain was that no matter what, he and Kagome would make it through it, together.
~ Fin ~
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