Incense And Mirth, Taming The Wild Hanyou Heart

A/N: I would like to thank everyone for your reviews and e-mails. I have read each and every one of them. It is because of you, dear, kind readers that, after much deliberation, I have decided to make this one-shot into a longer story. This story is dedicated to all of you. I won't name anyone, you all know exactly who you are. I would like to say a special 'Thank You' to DOGGIEEARLOVER for her help with my question. And now, on with the show...er...chapter. LOL

Warning:

Small lemon farther down in this chapter. Nothing to get excited about, only just enough to whet your appetite. I'm already working on it for a future posting.


HANYOU HANGOVER


Kagome had a grin plastered on her face as she made her way down the stairs. She replayed
the last couple of hours in her mind as she headed for the kitchen.

"Kagome...what's so funny?" her mother asked while putting away the dishes.

Kagome couldn't help but laugh as she explained what had transpired in her bedroom earlier, wisely leaving out the part between the two of them on her bed.

"Oh, my!" Mrs. Higurashi giggled as she imagined Inuyasha's rear end swaying in time to music.

"Are you sure that he's going to be alright? If the incense hit him as hard as you say it did, I don't think it's a good idea to leave him alone for too long. But, then again, maybe it would be better for him to just sleep it off."

"Don't worry, Mamma. I'll keep an eye on him. He's probably going to be out for another hour or so. Inuyasha shouldn't be as bad as Jii-chan when he's had too much of his 'Sake'
though."

Kagome shuddered as she remembered how bad-tempered her gramps really was when he had a
hangover. Everyone made a point to clearly stay out of his way.

Mamma frowned. She knew exactly what Kagome meant. Her grandfather was a handful when drunk, but he could be controlled. With a hangover, however, he was downright intolerable.

Thankfully he spent most of his time in bed nursing his head-aches. Mamma was glad that he only indulged during the holidays.

"Even so, dear. I would prefer it if Inuyasha stayed the night. That way, if anything did
happen, you'd be there for him. Just leave your bedroom door open for tonight. We wouldn't want your grandfather getting any wrong ideas, now would we?"

Kagome wrinkled her nose and grimaced in reply; "No Mamma, we don't."

"Oh, by the way, Kagome, do we still have any aspirin left, or should I go and buy some,
just in case?"

"No, Mamma, you don't have to buy any. We still have plenty left. Don't you remember? You took advantage of that sale the pharmaceuticals' had just before my last trip through the well."

"Oh, that's right. It had slipped my mind. Just make sure that Inuyasha takes as much as he needs to when he wakes up. You should leave a bottle of water beside him, too. I remember the doctor telling Jii-chan that he should drink plenty of it to help make the head-aches go away. Something about dehydration."

"Thanks Mamma. I will." Kagome replied, picking up the said bottle of water from the fridge. 'I'm thirsty, too.' she thought. She grabbed a can of fruit juice before heading for the bathroom.

'Now, where's that aspirin?' she wondered while she rummaged through the wall cabinet.

"Ah-Hah! Found it!" she excaimed triumphantly.

"I wonder if Inuyasha's awake, yet?" she asked herself as she went back up to her room.

"Nope, I guess not."

Kagome could hear Inuyasha snoring through the closed bedroom door. She quietly crept in and placed the aspirin and water on her desk, making sure that they were easily within reach. She turned and headed for her closet.

'I think I'll change into my nightgown now, while he's still asleep. It'll save me from arguing with him later on about bathroom privileges. Not only that, he may need my help and I want to be ready for him, just in case.' Kagome thought to herself as she left her bedroom.

She came back a few minutes later. Looking around her she spied his haiyori on the floor.

"How did that get there? Wasn't he still wearing that before I left? He must have shrugged it off in his sleep." Kagome softly wondered while picking it up and hanging it in her closet. She turned back towards her bed and looked at the sleeping hanyou.

Inuyasha was a sight to behold. He was completely sprawled out on her bed. His hair was tussled all over, half-covering his face. His bangs hid his eyes. His mouth...partly open and slightly drooling. Kagome could just barely see the tips of his fangs. She reached over and carefully brushed his hair away from his face. Then she swept away his bangs.
Gods, how she loved this man! But until their quest for the jewel shards was over and Naraku defeated, she didn't dare show him.

Kagome took in a ragged breath as the word 'Kikyou' came to mind. That 'GHOST' would always come between them, haunting them, never leaving them alone. She shook herself, forcing the images away from her thoughts. She tenderly looked down at Inuyasha. As if he had no cares in the world whatsoever, her hanyou slept like a baby. With tears trailing down her cheeks, Kagome slowly left the room.

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It was getting dark outside when a loud groan came from the upstairs bedroom. Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes then quickly shut them again. Nausea hit him like a tidal wave.

'Where the hell am I?' was the first thought that crossed his mind.

'How the hell do I get the room to stop spinning?' was his next one.

He turned on to his side timidly, wondering what had happened. The last time that he had
even remotely felt like this was when Yakurou Dokusen-Sama had dunked him in one of those damned urns full of 'Sake', and even then he hadn't felt this badly. He decided to
try and turn over on to his back.

"Ugh! I made it.....ooh,boy....I think I'm gonna be sick!" he moaned.

"Now I know how Miroku feels when Sango bashes him on his head with her Hiraikotsu.
I swear I'll never make fun of him again." Inuyasha muttered to himself.

"I better not try and push my luck by moving too fast." he groaned out.

Slowly, Inuyasha opened one eye, then the other.
'I'm in Kagome's room.' he thought. Then it hit him....like a ton of bricks. His whole afternoon flashed before his minds' eye like clips from a movie. The homework, his farts, Kagome banishing him to the tree, the enticing incense aroma, the music, his DANCING(?).
He had acted like a first class jack-ass!!

"Oh Kami! What have I done? How the hell can I look at Kagome again? I was nothing short of a foolish...stupid....BAKA! What will she think of me? I gotta get outta here before she 'sits' me until 'doomsday'. Not that I don't deserve it, though. Oh, God!"
he practically wailed.

Inuyasha shot up on the bed only to quickly lay back down again. The room was spinning even faster than before. Bile rushed up into his throat and gagged him. He swallowed, only to be hit with another wave of nausea. But that was nothing compared to the vice-like grip holding on to his head. He screwed his eyes shut tightly, wishing for the pain to go away. Wishful thinking. If anything, it only made it worse. He felt as if his skull was trying to shrink his brain down to a couple of smaller sizes. Lights started
flashing before his closed eyelids. He needed to get a grip on himself, but how?

Slowly, Inuyasha tried to relax. He breathed deeply, forcing his muscles to obey him.
He unclenched Kagome's bedspread. He hadn't even realised that his fists were tightly holding onto it. The pain started to slightly ebb away and he breathed a sigh of relief. His head still hurt, and he was still dizzy, but it didn't feel as bad as it had earlier.

'If only I could get up. Then I'd get the hell outta here before Kagome gets back. I don't want to face her like this. Damn it! I don't even want her to SEE me like this! She deserves better than what I dish out at her.' Inuyasha growled to himself.

His thoughts turned to times gone by. Each time he'd been wounded, she was there for him.
How many times had she stayed by his side making sure his bleeding had stopped, or when she had changed his dressings, or....'Oh No! No! No! No! Not now Kagome! Please don't come to me! Please go away!' he silently, desperately, begged, wishing himself anywhere else but here.

Kagome quietly opened her bedroom door. She could have sworn that she'd heard Inuyasha moan. She peeked in and saw him lying on his back with his arm flung over his eyes. His
rapid breathing told her in no uncertain terms that he wasn't sleeping anymore.

"Inuyasha? Inuyasha, I know that you're awake. Answer me....please?" Kagome whispered.

He replied with a deep groan.

"Inuyasha, I know that you must have a splitting head-ache. Did you take any of the aspirin that I left for you? You should. It'll help you get back to sleep." Kagome
softly said as she sat alongside of him.

"Aspirin? What aspirin? I didn't see any aspirin anywhere." Inuyasha mummbled.

"Oh, poor baby. Try not to move. I'll get it for you." she said as she reached over towards her desk.

Inuyasha could feel the heat from her body as Kagome sat back down on the mattress. She was even closer than before. A small moan escaped his lips.

'Come on, Inu. Now is definitely not the time to get horny.' he thought to himself. He was glad that Kagome had mistaken his moan for one of pain. He'd die of embarrassment if
she ever found out about what was going on in his head.

'Damn! Since when did I start thinking like Miroku? I've been hanging around him too much
lately. If I'm not careful, MY hands are are gonna start wanderin' around next.'

"Inuyasha? Try seating yourself up. It'll be easier for you to swallow these pills."
Kagome prodded him gently.

"Kagome, please, just....leave me alone. Okay? I don't deserve this. Any of this. Not after the way I acted earlier. All I need is some time to myself. Once I'm a bit better,
I can go back home through the well. You don't have to bother yourself anymore." Inuyasha whispered, not budging an inch.

"What?" Kagome hissed.

"What are you talking about? It's not your fault for what went on earlier, Inuyasha. It was the incense talking. Come on, you know better than that. Here, take these pills. They'll help. Please, Inuyasha, prop yourself up. If anything, it's my fault. I should have put that stupid stick out the minute you started acting wierd."

This time, Inuyasha did sit up, whimpering as his head-ache came back full throttle.

"Your fault!! What the HELL are you talking about, wench? Since when has this become your fault? I'm the one that started picking on you with my farts!"

"You should have seen the look on your face. Not for nothing that once I got started I couldn't quit. It's just so fucking easy to tease you."

"And neither one of us knew how that incense was gonna affect me. Hell, it's the first time that's ever happened and you know it! I've smelt that stuff before and it's never gone to my head like that."

"Granted, I was never in such closed quarters with that damned stuff. Usually outside or in a large shrine, but whatever the reason, at least now I'll know to stay as far away as possible the next time someone lights up some of that SHIT again!" Inuyasha growled out angily while squinting at the girl sitting in front of him.


Kagome sighed. She placed a hand on his forehead to check for any signs of a fever. Inuyasha flinched as she touched him and Kagome pulled her hand away as if it had been burned. Tears welled up in her eyes and she quickly blinked them away.

Turning her head she whispered: "I'm sorry that you feel this way, and even though you're half right, you're still half wrong. I AM partly to blame. We could have gone outside. Instead, I made you wait on my bed."

"Without even realising it, I make you become impatient with me. Every time I come back home for school or because I have to study, it always ends up the same way. I wind up late getting back, then we argue, then I say 's'...."


Inuyasha had heard enough. He wasn't about to put up with her ramblings any longer. Not while he was feeling like this.
When Kagome had touched him, it took all he had in him not to reach out and grab her. He had even dug his claws into his hands making himself flinch from the pain.
Unfortunately, he was pretty damned sure that Kagome had misunderstood. It was time to make things right. Before she could say that damned 's' word.

Kagome gasped. In the blink of an eye she found herself sprawled out on her bed underneath Inuyasha. Her arms were pinned above her head in one clawed hand. The other was holding the water bottle that she had tried offering to him earlier. She had absolutely no clue as to where the aspirin container had gone to.

Inuyasha reached over the edge of the bed and let go of the bottle. It thudded onto the floor. He looked down at Kagome. HIS Kagome.

He could smell the spike in her arousal. He felt her nipples harden underneath him, her breasts getting firmer. He groaned as she licked her lips. He wanted to taste them so badly. Inuyasha just couldn't stand anymore. With half-closed lids he bent down to kiss her.

Kagome stared up at him, not believing what had happened. A feeling of 'Déja Vue' swept over her. She felt herself getting wet and her body started to tingle all over. Her breasts seemed fuller and her nipples hardened into nubs. Her breath came in short pants. She licked her lips and Inuyasha groaned as his mouth came towards hers.
She locked onto his hooded gaze and shuddered. Her eyes shut as their lips met.

Inuyasha couldn't believe the feelings that were washing over him. He'd wanted to do this
for so long now.

Oh, yeah, they'd already kissed once, but it had never been like this. That had happened because of a stupid mirror and a spell that had to be broken. This time, it was different. Not because he had to be saved from a spell. He wasn't turning into his demon half. No, this time it was for real.

Inuyasha's free hand roamed downwards over Kagome's body. He shifted slightly so that he could reach for one of her breasts, caressing it through her blouse, teasing her nipple.

He continued further down, slowly exploring her, until he found the hem of her night-gown. He made his way underneath and slowly caressed her womanhood over her panties. He felt her dampness under his fingers and could smell her musky perfume. His breath caught in his throat.

Kagome moaned and her body involuntarily arched, shuddering against him. Inuyasha decided to let go of her arms hoping that she wouldn't push him away. Instead, Kagome
wound them around his neck, pulling him closer towards her. He felt her fingers touch his ears and he groaned at the sensations that travelled along his spine.

Inuyasha ground his hips into hers and Kagome felt his hardened member against the inside of her thigh. She whimpered as she felt his tongue lick her lips, begging her to open them. She gave in to his silent plea and slowly they tasted each other, tongue caressing tongue, their mouths becoming one.

Inuyasha shuddered against his beloved Kagome. If he didn't stop this now, he knew he wouldn't be able to later. This was definitely not how he had imagined them making love
together for the first time. Actually, he hadn't really given it much thought, but he had hoped for a more romantic setting.

Slowly, Inuyasha broke their kiss, letting Kagome come up for air. He nestled his forehead upon hers, keeping his eyes closed.

"UNHHH!" he moaned. He still felt like someone had clubbed him.

"Kagome, I'm sorry. I..I..shouldn't have done that." He managed to gasp out.

"I took...advantage of...the situation. Unh, can you..forgive me?" He groaned out, his body still shivering from the emotional upheaval.

"Don't you dare apologize, Inuyasha! I wanted this just as much as you did." Kagome quietly shot back, her mind and body still reeling from the aftershocks of his ministrations.

Kagome wasn't sorry for what they'd been doing a few minutes ago, and there was no way she was gonna let him be either. She turned and nuzzled into the crook of his neck, her breath tickling him.

"Are you feeling any better, Inuyasha?" she slyly asked.

"Yes and No." he replied.

"Is it because of your hangover?" Kagome couldn't help asking sweetly.

"You know the answer to that, wench!" Inuyasha growled back. Kagome pushed him away, giggling.

"Lie still. Mamma said that you could sleep with me in my room tonight. Something about keeping an eye on you because of incense over-indulgement. She didn't want you spending the night alone. And what Mamma wants, Mamma gets. So, here! Take your medecine."

While admonishing Inuyasha, Kagome had retrieved both water bottle and aspirin container.

"Are you sure your Mom said that?" he asked warily while finally taking his aspirin.

"You wanna risk Mom's wrath by asking her?" Kagome quickly replied.

"No, no, not really... And besides, I'm still not feeling very well. My head hurts and I'm still slightly dizzy. Only now I'm not sure if the dizziness is from my hangover or... because of what you do to me." Inuyasha quietly answered back, making Kagome blush.

"There's just one thing, though." she mumbled

"What's that, Kagome?" he whispered, watching her through half-closed eyes.

"We have to sleep with the door open on account of my grandfather." she replied.

"That's okay, Kagome. As long as I get to hold you in my arms tonight, there's no way
you'll be seeing me complain. It's a gift that I don't deserve in itself."

"Inuyasha, don't get me started!" Kagome warned him while opening her bedroom door.

He chuckled and grabbed her, pulling her towards him and holding her close underneath the blankets.

"Good-night Kagome." Inuyasha whispered kissing her nose.

"G'night, Inuyasha." she sighed, snuggling against him.


A few hours later, Mrs. Higurashi smiled as she passed her daughter's bedroom. Inuyasha's face was buried in Kagome's hair. His arms wound tightly over her waist on top of the blankets. Kagome was facing the wall, her arms holding Inuyasha's. Both had the most beautiful smiles on their faces that Mamma had ever seen.


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