To Be Me

Chapter Fourteen


Tar woke the other girls up right after dawn, having been stuck in the middle; she moved the whole bed hopping out. It didn't help when she cut the radio located on the alarm clock on. It wasn't that loud but she began to sing along with it.

Kagome rolled over bringing the pillow over her face. It was way too early to get up, it wasn't even noon yet. It had taken her hours to finally fall asleep. Tar had been the first to doze off between the two. Because of the sharing condition, a light was left on in the bathroom. The light shining in the room and thoughts of a certain fire youkai had kept the miko up. "Make sure you bring her night light today, that bathroom light is way too bright."

"Ear plugs sound wonderful right about now. Hit her with the lamp will ya, tell her to take a nap." Mai rubbed the sleep from her eyes.

"Do you smell that?" Tar stopped in front of the bed and sniffed. "Smells like food, wow I smell breakfast. Come on lets head downstairs and see who's up."

"You go we are going to stay in bed awhile." Mai buried her head in the pillow.

"Fine but if Kurama and Hiei are down there just imagine all the juicy things I get to talk to them about." She ran out the door laughing.

"Shit," Both girls got up, getting dressed as fast as they could.

Taree walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. To her suprise all three men were sitting at the table talking. She took a seat next to Yusuke and smiled when he eyed her nervously. "Morning." She heard her name being called from upstairs, let them worry. "That smells good."

"Thank you, as soon as the others are down we can eat." Kurama stated.

"Oh they'll be here any second, I made sure of that." She grinned at him, as he lifted a brow. "It's called tact." True to her word, thirty seconds later both girls came running into the kitchen. "Told ya so."

"Hn." Hiei looked up and watched Kagome run her fingers through her hair. She obviously hadn't taken the time to comb it before rushing down. Yet, he found the look desirable. Made him wonder what she would look like after a long night of hot passionate.... "What?"

"I said how many pancakes do you want?" Kurama was staring at him.

"Only a few."

Everyone got what they wanted and took a seat at the table. It was obvious Kurama was used to entertaining guests. Was understandable with all the friends they seemed to have. The atmosphere was a pleasant but quiet one as the men dug in their food.

Taree kicked Kagome under the table getting her attention. She nodded towards the men who were steadily eating. "You've heard that old saying haven't you Kagome?"

"Which one?"

"That you can tell how a man is in bed by the way he eats his food. See take the difference between Kurama and Yusuke." All three men looked up. "Did you notice that Kurama prepared his food, added seasoning then he's eating it slowly. While Yusuke didn't bother he just dug in, he also eats fast."

"So you are refering to the talk we had last night." Kagome blushed as she spoke.

"I can't believe you two," Mai placed her fork down. "This isn't exactly the time for talk like that."

"She can say that. We both know why she isn't complaining." Tar felt something sharp hit her shin. "Ouch, dammit that hurt. Kick me again I'll shove that fork up your ass."

"What are you trying to say?" Yusuke demanded.

"That Kurama is the type to take time in bed and you are the type to ride the woman hard and fast. Hmm, now Hiei is kind of hard to decide. I'd say he's somewhere in between but prefers it rough." Tar felt all three men stare at her in horror. "Well, he asked."

"My sex life isn't any of your damn business." Yusuke yelled. The nerve of the girl.

"Or lack of," Kagome muttered.

Kurama tried to change the subject, "Mai after breakfast I'll go with you to the temple to collect some of your things. I'm afraid we will have to walk, since my car is out of commision."

"Okay, I'm done. So whenever you are ready. Kagome and Tar can clean up."

"Thanks Mai," Kagome glared at her, she hated dish duty. The two put their dishes in the sink and headed out the door leaving the four alone. After several more minutes Taree got up to put her plate aside and to begin cleaning up.

"Yusuke, help her with the dishes. I wish to speak to the miko alone." Hiei stood up leaving his plate on the table.

Yusuke started complaining, wanting to know why he had to help her. Couldn't Hiei wait to talk to the girl? He hated any type of house work, "Fine but she's doing the hard part. I don't see what's so damn important it couldn't wait."

"He wants a repeat performance of last night." Tar snickered. She felt two eyes burning holes in her back. She ran the water, making sure it was hot enough. "Can you bring me their plates please?"

"Fine." Yusuke watched Hiei drag the other girl away while she protested. He collected the plates and placed them on the counter. "I hate doing dishes."

"It's not that bad, imagine doing them for eleven people."

"You gotta be shitting me."

"No, those children eat too. I hate doing laundry myself, grass stains are a bitch to get out." Taree placed the dishes in the sink full of water. "So have you called your girlfriend back?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"Curious that's all. Okay, I kind of feel bad for being a smart ass but you didn't hear that from me." She began washing the glasses, placing them in the other sink for him to rinse off. "I know a relationship is hard work, it sucks when things don't work out."

"Sounds like you've been there. So you ran the guy off huh." Yusuke placed the glass under the cool water.

"No, if you really must know. I dated this guy for about a year then he left me."

"What the hell did you do to him?" He asked. He couldn't imagine being able to put up with her for a whole year without going crazy.

"That was the problem, I wouldn't DO anything to him. I wasn't ready for that at the time, not with him anyways. So he went and found someone else to take care of his needs."

"That was harsh." Him and Kieko had waited years to take that step. That hadn't been until recently. Of course as soon as they took that step, things started going downhill. Finally crossing that line, of becoming lovers had changed everything. He didn't see what the big deal was anyways, sure he enjoyed it. He wasn't sure if Keiko did, though she said she did. The girl hadn't been too far off the mark with her earlier statement. The few times he'd done anything with Keiko, it had been just that. The few times he'd tried to explore she'd been too embarrassed to let him do anything. Of course, she usually just layed there while he did all the work. The furthest her hands went were to his shoulders.

"Maybe but he was a dork. Wonder what they are doing out there? We are almost done here, I don't want to interrupt anything." Tar started washing the pots.

"We can always head upstairs and play the game."

Kagome sighed when she couldn't pry her hand out of his. What did he want? Surely Tar wasn't right! She wasn't ready for that to happen again, not that she wanted it to happen at all. "Where are we going?" He led her outside before stopping.

"How well can you control your powers?"

"You brought me out here to ask me that? Does your tongue not work in the kitchen?" She turned to go back inside. She felt him grab her arm spinning her back around.

"It works fine. I brought you outside to do this." He wrapped his arms around her waist and neck pulling her mouth down to meet his.

Kagome was too shocked to react, he was kissing her again. Her eyes closed, her lips softened under the pressure. She felt his tongue streak out to lick her bottom lip. Her mouth opened granting him access, he darted inside immediately. She felt that sensation shoot down her spine as a warm tingling began in her stomach. She returned the kiss, meeting his onslaught. Her arms went around his back, her fingertips lightly brushing over the black material. He continued to explore her moist cavern, growling when she finally submitted to him.

He pulled back from her suddenly, looking down at her swollen lips. He placed a soft kiss over them as she opened her eyes. "Now, how well can you control your energy?"

'What?' "A little bit," She stuttered.

"Then you will need training."

"Training?" She tried to get ahold of her common sense, it had taken flight and yet to return. She felt him step away from her putting a few feet of distance between them.

"Yes, did the kiss leave you incapable of thinking?"

"Screw you shorty!" Damned if it didn't. But she wasn't about to admit it to him. "Fine, so I need more training. So who's going to train me?"

"I am."


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