The Importance of Being Kept

Kagome loved Inuyasha's bed, it was so big and soft that it literally swallowed her up. She yawned loudly and stretched. Her arm hit a warm muscular chest. Turning around quickly, she saw Inuyasha laying in bed behind her. His large body curved protectively around hers and his arm wrapped around her waist. 'How the hell did he get in here?' She wondered.' That sneak!' She thought, but she wasn't really angry. He had changed into his pajamas and was laying with the covers half on and half off his body. She moved slightly trying to get away from him before he woke up. She had made it half way off the bed when his arm flew around her waist and snatched her back against his body. 'Oh great, here we go again,' Kagome thought wondering if he would mistake her for another girl again.

"Don't worry Kagome I know it's you," Inuyasha said with a soft chuckle when she froze in his arms. He rolled her on her back and began to nuzzle her neck playfully.

"Inuyasha, I thought I locked you outside. What are you doing in here?"

"You can't lock me out of my own bedroom woman. I waited until you were asleep and came in through the window."

"The window? But we're on the fifth floor!"

"Kagome, last night I was leaping over skyscrapers with you in my arms. I think I can handle a fifth floor window," Inuyasha snickered.

She let out a cute little squeak when he found an erotic spot on her neck.

"Hmm," Inuyasha said playfully." I'm beginning to learn all your little secrets, Kagome."

She tried to push him away, but it was like trying to move a brick wall.

"I love snuggling with you. Your body feels so good at against mine. I don't think I ever want you out of my bed. From now on, you sleep with me at night."

"Will you stop that! I have to get ready for class," Kagome tried to get away from the overzealous youkai. "Just because things got out of hand last night doesn't mean you can do whatever you want with me."

Inuyasha pulled back and stared down at her. He seemed to be staring at something on neck. He gently ran his fingers over her neck and down her chest. "Oh but it does, Kagome," a slow arrogant grin appeared on his face.

She wondered what had gotten into him now and decided to ignore him. "I have to go to class, let me up you ox!"

"Ox? I'm not an ox youkai, Kagome!" Inuyasha said slightly insulted.

"I know you're not an ox youkai, Inuyasha, but you're heavy like one," Kagome said trying to hide a smile.

Inuyasha rolled off of her. "What? Have you been hanging out with Steve?" He frowned.

Kagome was in the process of climbing out of the huge bed. She stopped and looked at him curiously. "Steve?"

"Steve, the ox youkai."

"There's an ox youkai named Steve!" Kagome giggled.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and laid back in bed. "Go to class, woman." He grinned when he saw her wearing an old jersey of his. "Damn you look sexy in that."

"Yeah sure, it's three times my size," Kagome said nearly tripping in the huge shirt as she walked to the door. She stopped in the doorway and looked at him in confusion. "Wait a minute, aren't you going to walk me to class and be all macho and possessive about letting people know I'm yours?"

Inuyasha grinned as if he was keeping a secret. "Nope, not today."

Kagome looked at him in shock.

"You're going to be late, sweetie." He said and winked at her.

Kagome left confused as ever. She glanced at the clock and ran to her apartment. She was going to be soo late if she didn't hurry! Showing up late to her first week of class would not make a good impression on her professors.

"Dang it, I forgot my keys," she said when she got to her door, she started to go back to Inuyasha's apartment, but stopped when she noticed the door was slightly ajar. She pushed it open. Someone had kicked opened the door! She could see the large footprint on the front. "I bet Inuyasha did this!" she said out loud. "Ugh! That guy!" She ran to her room and threw on the first thing she saw, a cute yellow spaghetti strapped summer dress. She slid her feet in white sandals. Glancing at her hair in the mirror to make sure it didn't look too crazy, she grabbed her books and took off.

As she made her way down the hallway, she noticed a couple of people staring at her, especially the youkai that lived in the building. When she got into the elevator, a couple of youkai told her she smelled exactly like Inuyasha and smiled. She blushed. When she walked down the long steps outside, people were still staring. One guy was looking so hard, he tripped and fell. Kagome watched him roll down the steps and land at the bottom. She ran down them to help him.

"Are you okay? Let me help you up," she said.

"Hell no!" The guy screamed. "I can't get near you, but thanks." He got up and limped off.

"What was that all about?" Kagome thought suddenly feeling like something was very off.

She noticed people staring as she walked to class. Everyone seemed to turn their heads in her direction. She lowered her head and ran to the building feeling ultra self conscious. Had something changed about her? It was her first time being in such a heated situation with a youkai, what did Inuyasha do to her? Even in class people kept stealing glances at her. Some smiled encouragingly, she wondered why? Others, mostly girls, frown and turned up their noses at her. When class was over Kagome hurried to the nearest restroom to see what was so strange about herself. She looked in the mirror.

"Oh my god, oh my god!" She gasped and covered her mouth. She looked at herself closely. There were huge red and purple bruises on her neck and chest along with indentations of teeth marks that spelled out the initials of Inuyasha's name. I.T. Inuyasha Taisho. She was going to kill him!

Kagome burst out of the building, her hands in fists. Shippou was waiting for her outside. She would have thought it was rather cute how he was beginning to make a habit of waiting for her, but right now she was seeing the entire world in red.

"Hi Kagome!" Shippou said walking beside her and staring up at her neck. "Whoa, Inuyasha marked you good!"

Kagome stopped. "He what?"

"He marked you, it's his way of letting every youkai and human know you're his. You don't even have to wear his bracelet and people will still know you belong to him."

"Why would he do this to me, Shippou?" Kagome whined almost in tears. She sat down on the edge of a water fountain.

"What's wrong, Kagome don't you want to be Inuyasha's girlfriend?" Shippou sat beside her.

She blinked. "His girlfriend?"

"He didn't tell you? You're officially his girlfriend now. No youkai marks a girl like this unless he's really serious about her. I can't believe he didn't explain!" Shippou frowned.

"No he didn't explain because he knew he was going to catch hell once I discovered what he did. Guess he didn't feel like getting beat up this morning."

Shippou laughed. "It's okay, Kagome. Inuyasha really likes you. He never marked Kikyo, I don't think he really cared if people thought she was his girlfriend or not, but I think he really cares for you. I know he cares for you, this is his first time ever doing this to any girl he's been with."

"Okay, I'm beginning to feel better, keep talking, maybe I won't kill him, just hurt him really bad," Kagome sniffed. "So this is what youkai do when they have a girlfriend?"

"Well they all have their own style, but yeah it comes naturally to them to mark her and believe me, the hickies may fade with time, but those engraved initials aren't going anywhere anytime soon. It could be months or a year before they fade. Everyone is going to know you're a youkai's woman even if they don't know what the initals stand for, knowing you belong to a youkai is enough to keep all the guys away. Sorry Kagome, I hoped he didn't trick you into this, cause you're stuck with Inuyasha for a very long time."

Kagome suddenly remembered the last statement Inuyasha had told her when he was going over the rules of a kept woman.

"You think wearing my colors are bad? Try wearing a permanent symbol on your neck that will never come off. You think being "kept" is bad, try being my girlfriend, Kagome. Your life would literally be mine."

"I think I preferred to be "kept"..." Kagome said feeling a little frightened...

Shippou shook his head. "You're not just a "kept" human anymore, you're something much more important to him, now. You know what would be cool?" Shippou said.

"No," Kagome said sighing.

"If you were his life mate!"

"What's that?"

"It's like his soul mate. You two would be joined together in spirit forever and you can never part from each other, it's like marriage but deeper! Every youkai has a life mate, I wonder if you're his."

"Okay, this is getting way too intense for me," Kagome said.

"Well if you were his life mate and you actually, you know...did it...a symbol will appear on your forehead that can never ever come off even in death," Shippou touched her forehead. "It's like wearing a wedding ring on your head where everyone can see. Cheating would be impossible!" Shippou laughed.

Kagome swallowed.

"Oh and you would change, all humans change once they become the life mate of a youkai, you take on their qualities, hey maybe you'll be strong or have his ears!"

Kagome hands flew to the top of her head. Shippou laughed. Kagome knew he meant well, but Shippou had no idea he was scaring the hell out of her. "Did Inuyasha send you pick me up?" She asked trying to change the subject.

"Nope, I wanted to see you," Shippou said blushing slightly.

"Aww, you're too cute," Kagome said finally beginning to smile.

"Can we go bowling again? I had a lot of fun the other day."

"Sure, we can, but I need to talk to Inuyasha. He's got a lot of explaining to do today."

"Is he in trouble?" Shippou wanted to know.

"Oh yes, you have no idea how much trouble he's in." Kagome said her eyes narrowing .

Sango woke up to the most wonderful feeling in the pit of her stomach. Something warm and wet was touching her very core giving her the most erotic feeling. She moaned softly, her hands moving over breasts and down her body trying to find the source of her pleasure.

"Gods, you're beautiful," she heard a masculine voice piercing through her sexual haze. "I can't seem to get enough of you," it said.

Her eyes popped open suddenly realizing where she was. She looked down quickly to find Miroku spread out casually beneath her, his head between her thighs, lazily lapping up the drops of moisture that was beginning to form from her arousal.

"Miroku!" Sango shouted and moved to get away from him. She accidently kicked him in the face with her foot as she scrambled to draw up her legs. "Don't you ever stop?"

"Damn! That hurt Sango!" Miroku said rubbing his face." Is that any way to treat a man that gave you multiple orgasms last night?"

"You're not a man, you're an incubus, you made that totally clear last night. You are not about to wear me out again. I'm so sore, I can barely move!"

Miroku crawled towards her in all his naked splendor, his dark eyes staring deeply into hers. He reminded her of a cougar stalking its prey. Sango backed against the wall and pulled the covers over her. He was so totally hot with his long black hair falling wildly around his shoulders and his muscular body glistening in the light. Even now her body was responding to him against her will. "Stop it!" She screamed and scrambled out of bed, the covers wrapped securely around her. She wanted him so badly she began to tremble. "Stop whatever you're doing to me!"

Miroku tilted his head and sat on the edge of the bed. "I'm not doing anything to you, Sango."

She remembered what he told her last night..."Everything about me, the way I look, the way I move, my voice lures in my prey."

"I think I better go," her voice trembled wondering how he could sit there so casually in front of her so naked and confident.

Miroku raised an eyebrow. Things had definitely changed between the two of them, he felt it also. He still wanted her, very badly, but he had a feeling he was making her very uncomfortable with his intensity. 'Tone it down, man. You don't want to scare away the woman you love', he thought to himself.

He stood up noticing how she quickly backed away when he did. "Let me make you a bath," he said. "I'm sorry if I got carried away last night."

"A bath sounds nice," Sango said hesitantly.

"Sango, I promise I'll behave. Relax." Miroku smiled at her and went into the bathroom.

Sango sat down on the edge of the bed when she heard the water running. She began to twist her long hair up in a knot to keep it from getting wet. There was so many thoughts running through her head right now she could barely keep up with them.

Miroku returned and pulled the covers off her before she could stop him. She blushed deeply when he picked up her naked body and took her to the bathtub. He chuckled and kissed her cheek. "Why are you blushing , my dear. You act as if I haven't touched and tasted every part of your gorgeous body."

"Stop talking like that!" Sango said as he lowered her into the large tub. It was filled with bubbles and smelled of roses. The warm water felt good on her sore muscles. Miroku got in behind her and pulled her back against him.

They quietly enjoyed each other's company for a long while. Miroku washed Sango with a loofa taking his time to circle her breasts teasingly with it before rubbing it down her stomach. He placed soft kisses on her shoulder and nibbled on her earlobe.

"Miroku, has anything changed between us?" Sango wanted to know.

"I feel closer to you than I ever have before," Miroku said. "Do you know you're the first girl I've kissed in a very long time? I never kiss the others, I don't care about them the way I do you."

Sango smiled. "But nothing's changed has it, when we part you'll still have to feed and you won't feed on me."

" It's going to be hard for me to be with other women after experiencing what it's like to be with you. I only crave you," Miroku admitted.

"Then take me," Sango said.

"Are you crazy? I love you too much to hurt you that way, do you know how much effort it took me to hold back last night when all I wanted was to bury myself deep inside of you and make you completely mine."

Sango froze, her heart pounding. Did he even realized what he said? She turned around in the tub to face him, straddling his hips. "Miroku!"

He stared at her in surprise. "Oh no..." he said.

She smiled. "Say it again."

"Sango, I ..."

"Don't you dare tell me you didn't mean to say it," she frowned at him harshly.

"Sango," he moaned miserably.

She stared deeply into his eyes. "Why are you so afraid to tell me how you feel, Miroku? What are you afraid is going to happen?"

"It's easier for me to keep control of myself," Miroku admitted getting lost in her beautiful brown eyes. "I didn't want to tell you how I truly felt because I felt our future together is hopeless."

Sango began to place light teasing kisses on the corners of his mouth. Her soft full lips was so close to his but just out of reach. He tried to kiss her, she pulled away.

"Tell me you love me," she whispered and began to tease him again. She ran her tongue lightly over his bottom lip and sucked it teasingly into her mouth.

Miroku growled and tried to pull her into a passionate kiss. She pulled away before he could. "Nope, tell me you love me," she demanded again.

"Sango you're driving me crazy," Miroku said.

She could feel him hardening between her thighs. She smiled. "Mmm, I can tell." Her hands slid down his chest as her lips began to nibble on his ear the same way he'd done her. "Tell me you love me."

Miroku gritted his teeth when he felt her hand wrap around him and began to stroke him gently. "Baby, you have to stop, you're playing a dangerous game."

Sango giggled. "Tonight's game is called Sango seduces the incubus. How far will he let her go before he tells her he loves her again?" She was beginning to get turned on herself from this new erotic foreplay. She could feel his muscles tensing as she continued to stroke him up and down. He throbbed in her hand and grew so big she could barely wrap her fingers around him.

Miroku groaned as she began to place hot wet kisses down his jaw, making her way slowly to his mouth. He gripped the side of the tub tightly leaving dents on the surface. He could not believe he was being seduced. No human had ever managed to turn him on so strongly like Sango. He wanted to kiss her so badly, but she kept pulling away from him and if she kept stroking him so expertly, he was bound to lose control and all hell would break lose. "I love you!" He finally gave in hoping she would stop torturing him so much. "I love you, Sango. I've always had since the moment I laid eyes on you, I knew you had to be mine."

"Oh Miroku, that's all I needed to hear," Sango said grabbing the side of his face to kiss him. She leaned forward and lost her balance. Her hips came crashing down on top of him. It took her awhile to realize what happened, to realize why she felt like something was stretching her insides so forcefully. She suddenly stopped breathing. The huge organ inside of her throbbed, stretching her even further. If she had been a virgin, she probably would have died from the pain, instead she felt as if she had been stretched to the max.

She stared into Miroku's shocked face which had suddenly turned pale. "I'm sorry... it was an accident!"

"Get up, GET UP!," he whispered harshly, urgently. He had never been felt anything like her. Her walls were like hot silk that fit around him like a glove. He knew if he let go of the tub, he would not be able to stop what had so innocently started.

Sango scrambled to get off him, she had managed to raise up halfway, before her knees slipped in the slippery tub and sent her plunging back on him again, this time it sunk even deeper causing them both to moan out loud.

Miroku lost control.

He grabbed her hips locking her tightly in place and began to thrust into her. Water splashed over the tub onto the floor creating a small waterfall. Miroku stood up, slamming her back against the cold tile wall and began to pound into her.

Sango nearly screamed from the overwhelming sensations coursing through her body with each hard, deep stroke. She bit down hard on his shoulder to keep from crying out loud. She was somewhere between feeling like she would be ripped apart if he got any bigger and feeling like she would die of intense pleasure if he didn't stop. She knew he wouldn't, he was too far gone to stop. She was scared, yet she trusted him. He loved her, surely he wouldn't let anything bad happen to her. She wrapped her arms around his waist and held on tightly letting him take her into the unknown.

Miroku couldn't get enough of her. He wanted to bury himself deep into her and never leave. Out of all the women he'd slept with, it had never been this good, he had never felt so out of control, so lost in another woman's body like he did with Sango. Her body began to glow brightly as he began to greedily suck her life's energy. He moaned out loud, lost in the sensations of her energy filling his body basking in it's warm glow. 'So good, too good,' his thoughts were broken as he continued to pound inside her.

Sango could feel herself tensing around him as each powerful thrust brought her higher and higher to the point of no return. "Oh gods, Miroku," she moaned. She had never felt anything like it. She felt as if some huge force was building higher and higher waiting to explode inside of her. It terrified her and excited her at the same time. "Miroku!" She cried out his name when she couldn't hold on any longer. The world exploded around her sending her into complete oblivion.

Miroku felt her tense. He growled loudly when he felt her walls clenched him tightly and spasm wildly around his throbbing member. He continued to sink into her riding out her orgasm until hers became his. He yelled his release as he shot into her again and again his hot semen drenching her insides and making her his forever. A large blast of light exploded between the both of them before gradually fading away.

Miroku held her, trembles still running through his body from the aftershock of the most intense orgasm he'd ever had in his life. His brain slowly began to work again. He stared at the limp girl in his arms. She was completely unconscious. The healthy glow of her skin was beginning to fade fast.

"No, no, no, NO!" He yelled nearly drowning in terror. He panicked, he couldn't breathe. Sango was fading quickly before his eyes, her life slipping away. He ran to the bed and threw her down on top of it. "Sango, baby, open your eyes! Please, please don't this to me!" He begged. He shook her hard. Her head rolled limply on her shoulders, her skin began to turn grey and wither up like a dried prune. He'd taken too much. He'd lost control and taken too much! He placed his hands on the side of her head and tried to give her back her energy. It wasn't working. Why wasn't it working? Was he too late, was she...dying right in front of his eyes? He stared down at her helplessly experiencing the nightmare he had tried so hard not to make a reality. He had finally made love to the human he loved more than anything in the world and she had suffered the price. Death. Tears fells from his eyes as he pulled her into his arms. She was barely breathing now, her heart beat was slowing.

"No! Why don't you just kill me now so I don't have to watch the woman I love die in my arms from my own selfish greed!" He yelled at the god that created him, that had made him into a incubus and for some twisted reason let him fall in love with a human woman.

Suddenly he realized what he had to do. His natural instincts took over as would any youkai that had mated with a human that was its life mate. Miroku extracted a long sharp claw and cut open the skin on his shoulder. He lifted Sango up and placed her mouth against the open wound letting his blood flow down her throat.

Sango choked on the warm thick salty liquid that wouldn't stop going down her throat. She was forced to swallow it. She had been having the most unusual out of body experience where she floated above Miroku watching everything he did to try to revive her and the next thing she knew she was back in her body drinking his blood. She could feel herself becoming stronger with each large swallow until she was back to herself again. She pulled away from gaping cut and watch it heal in front of her eyes.

"Sango..." Miroku stared down at her noticing something beneath her hair. He brushed back her bangs.

His symbol sparkled brightly on her forehead.

Rin had a hangover the size of a jackhammer pounding in her skull. She groaned in pain and misery and tried to hide from the sun rays shining through the window.

She heard a deep masculine chuckle behind her. "So you're awake," the voice said.

She opened her eyes and slowly turned around. "Sesshoumaru?" Sitting up quickly, she groaned and held her head in her hand regretting her impulsiveness, but she had to know what she was. She looked around. This was his room. This was his bed. She was naked! He was laying beside her also...naked!

She watched Sesshoumaru stand up in all his naked splendor looking like a tall greek god in the sunlight. Her eyes ran over his body taking in the muscled chest, the ripped abs, the strong thighs and his very huge semi aroused member. The only thing on his body that scared her. Sesshoumaru turned around to close the windows giving her a very nice view of buttocks.

He turned to her to see if she was feeling better. She pulled the covers around her body and bit her nails nervously. "Sesshoumaru...what did we do last night?"

"You don't remember?" Sesshoumaru smirked. He knew he shouldn't tease her right now, but she deserved some type of punishment after being so bad.

"NO!" Rin tried to remember through her headache. She remember saying something to him, giving him choices to make, feeling sick and then nothing! 'Oh gods, what did I say? What did I do?' She thought in a panic.

"You were a very bad girl last night, Rin," Sesshoumaru continued to tease her.

Rin's face lit up like fire. She gasped and stared at him with big eyes. "Oh no...did I? Did I ravish you?"

"Ravish me?" Sesshoumaru burst out laughing. He had never laughed so loudly in his life.

Rin stared at him, this was so unlike Sesshoumaru. What had she done to him?

"No, Rin you did not "ravish" me as if you could do such a thing. Perhaps, I ravished you."

She let out a loud gasp and pulled the covers over her tightly. This wasn't how she wanted her first time with Sesshoumaru to be. "I don't remember a thing!" She said.

Sesshoumaru decided to put an end to the game he was enjoying so much when she looked like she was about to cry. "Rin, I did not "ravish" you. "

She looked at him in relief. "Good, because that would have been bad on both our sides. You taking advantage of a drunk girl passed out and me not feeling a thing!"

Sesshoumaru chuckled again and got in bed beside her. He grabbed her, paying no attention to the way she was trying to keep the covers around her, and pulled her naked on top of him. "This is how you slept with me last night," he said.

"Oh goodness," Rin said. "Why? Why am I naked and why did I sleep with you so...intimately."

"When I pulled you back into the apartment, you got sick, threw up on my shoe and all over your clothes, then passed out."

Rin hid her face in his shoulder completely embarrassed. "I'm sorry!"

"I took you to the bath and gave us both a good cleaning," Sesshoumaru said.

Rin skin felt like it was on fire. She could only imagine Sesshoumaru washing her naked body seeing everything about her for the first time. "That's so embarrassing," she whispered.

"There's nothing embarrassing about it, Rin. You are the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. It took a very strong will on my part to not "ravish" you while you were unconscious."

Rin blushed wondering if she was going to spontaneously combust any second. "And that's how I ended up like this with you? You could have put some type of clothing on me and yourself."

"I always sleep in the nude, Rin, but you are right, I could have covered you. I chose not to."

'Arrogant youkai,' Rin thought.

"How are you feeling, Rin?" He asked running his long fingers through her hair.

"Horrible," she murmured.

"This Sesshoumaru can take the pain away. I did not get a chance to heal your bruises the other night."

"Please, do! I never had a hangover. You have always stopped me before I drank too much."

Sesshoumaru ran his hands down her small body. Rin began to feel warm inside as the bright light from his hands covered her body. A few seconds later the light faded and she felt refreshed. The headache was gone and her body felt revitalized. She sat up straddling Sesshoumaru and giving him a very sexy view of her breasts from below.

"Whoa! I feel like I can run a full marathon!" She grinned and looked down in those golden eyes that were slowly turning into hot liquid gold. She felt him swelling beneath her, growing bigger, harder... She quickly moved to get off him, but Sesshoumaru caught her and her small body beneath his. She stared up at the man that resembled a fallen angel. His long silver hair fell around her shoulders like a curtain. He was so beautiful to look at.

"Rin, you gave me two choices last night, do you remember?"

She swallowed, now that she was feeling better, she did remember. "I guess I was a little outspoken," she said.

"You made a valid point even if you were intoxicated." Sesshoumaru said staring down at her so intensely she shyly averted her eyes to stare at his chest.

"Look at me," he demanded.

She slowly looked up at him.

"You will not be "kept" anymore..."

Rin's heart felt like it would break. She could feel the sudden tears stinging her eyes. "I understand..." she said trying hard not to cry in front of him.

Sesshoumaru could smell her tears. "Do you?" He asked softly.

"Yes! Please just let me go. I won't bother you anymore."

Sesshoumaru didn't move. He stared at her for a moment before he opened his mouth exposing two very sharp fangs. Rin stiffened..."What...what are you doing? ...Sesshoumaru!" She screamed in pain as Sesshoumaru sunk his fangs deeply into her neck.