Human Compensation

Kagome sighed blissfully in her sleep. The heavy pressure that covered her entire body pressed her deep into the soft mattress creating a cocoon of warmth. Subconsciously, her hands ran over the smooth, broad, back enjoying the hot skin against her palms and the flexing muscles under her touch. A deep moan by her ear startled her to awareness. She opened her eyes. At first she thought she was looking at the sun, until she realized they were Inuyasha’s golden eyes staring into hers. A smirk graced his disturbingly handsome face.

“Inuyasha!” She yelled in his face in outrage.

“Phew, Kagome, you need a breath mint,” Inuyasha teased.

“Get off me!” She shouted, pushing against his large frame.

“Hey you weren’t complaining a minute ago,” Inuyasha said.

To her consternation, he began to nibble on her neck. She gasped, her hand grabbing a hand full of his thick, white, hair to pull him back as he began to work his way up to her chin. She swallowed when she felt a suspicious, yet familiar tingle go through her body.

“Inuyasha, stop that,” she whispered.

“Why?” He whispered against her, his hot breathe making her shiver. “You’re mine, Kagome. Get use to it.”

His possessiveness was really getting out of hand. She was not going to let this hanyou seduce her no matter how good he was at it.

Inuyasha stiffened in pain and groan when he felt her knee come up. He fell landing face down beside her.

Kagome quickly sat up and slammed her pillow on the back of his head.

“When I get up, bitch you’re going to regret you ever did that!” Inuyasha said angrily, his voice muffled in the mattress.

“Great,” Kagome said, dryly. “Is that another threat on my life? You’re just like your brother. And how did you get into my room? I remembered locking you out.” She glanced at the door. It was still locked. “Well answer me?”

Inuyasha turned to her and growled. Kagome knew that growl too well. She backed away from him as he stalked towards her. Too frightened to pay attention as she crawled backwards, she ended up falling off the side of the bed onto the floor. “Ahh!” She screamed when Inuyasha made a leap for her. Luckily, her fear gave her body the adrenaline she needed to avoid him.

“Inuyasha, you don’t really want to attack me. I’m your Kagome remember?” She said, trying to placate his anger. She supposed she couldn’t blame him for being angry at her. She’d kneed him in the groin, which had been very hard at the time. She backed away, glancing at the bathroom the door. If she could make it before he got close enough... He seemed to read her mind and was standing in front of the door blocking her way before she could even turn around. She would have marveled at his amazing speed, if she hadn’t been so frightened. He was on her before she could react, pushing her body back against the bed until she fell down with him on top of her. Her back slid down against the edge of the bed while the rest of her body knelt on the floor. Inuyasha pushed her back until her upper body was resting on top of the bed. Bent over in a very uncomfortable position, she looked into his golden eyes that now had the slightest hint of red. ‘Was his primitive side emerging?’ She thought, frightened. She’d seen those eyes turn completely red when he was fighting Koga. Had she made him that angry?

Inuyasha could smell her stark fear and it nearly burnt his nose. He hadn’t meant to frighten her, but she’d brought out a small part of his primitive nature when she’d sensually ran her hands down his back, and then kicked him. His anger mixed with his sexual frustration had slightly made him loose control. He pushed her dark hair from her neck..

Kagome let out a small whimper when she felt his hot tongue on her skin. He hadn’t let up his hold on her, but she didn’t care. The sensations ripping through her body caused her to forget her fear and her discomfort. She felt his teeth gently press into her sensitive skin. He was marking her again. His tongue seemed to find every erogenous zone on her neck. All she could do was curl her fingers around his hair and enjoy the way he was making her feel.

Inuyasha felt her body relax against his. The scent of her fear disappeared and was replace with a much a sweeter one. He growled in pleasure, loving the taste of her skin and smell of her arousal. “Mine,” he whispered hotly against her skin as he marked her. “You’re mine Kagome, you’ll always be mine. I’ll never let you go.”

Kagome’s heart pounded at his passionate vows. She’d taken it lightly before, but now she realized he was dead serious. He was marking her again and this time he was fully awake and knew what he was doing. His human side had told her he loved her. Was this his youkai method of telling her the same thing? There was so much she didn’t know, so much she still had to learn.

Someone knocked on the door. “Kagome? Are you up, yet? It’s me Rin.”

She tried to push Inuyasha off her. He pushed her hands away and held them down on the bed.

“Inuyasha,” she said not recognizing her own voice because it was so thick with desire. “Rin is at the door. Please, let me go,”

He ignored her.

Kagome whimpered between pleasure and frustration at being caught this way with him. Inuyasha hands slowly let go of hers to lightly run over her breasts. The only thing separating his hands from actually touching her bare breasts was her thin silk pajama top. She gasped feeling her nipples harden under his fingers.

“Kagome, are you still asleep?” Rin asked.

Kagome moaned out loud when Inuyasha rubbed over her aroused nipples with his thumbs and bit a little harder on her neck.

“Are you okay in there?” Rin asked, hearing the moan. The door knob turned.

Kagome was now in a panic. Rin couldn’t get in because it was locked right? Wrong... She heard a key rattle the lock. The door flew open. She jerked away from Inuyasha in embarrassment causing his sharp fangs to cut into her skin. She winced in pain. Inuyasha growled angrily at the taste of her blood and snarled threateningly at Rin, his eyes blood red . Rin gasped in shock and fear and ran away.

Kagome tried to move away from Inuyasha but he held her still lapping up the small drops of blood that trickled from the small cut. Kagome would have been grossed out had it been a human, but she was beginning to understand Inuyasha’s canine nature. She gently pulled him away from her to look into his blood red eyes. Amazed, that she wasn’t afraid of him anymore.

“It’s okay, Inuyasha. I know it was an accident. I’m fine,” she said. She watched the red in them disappear until she was staring back into his beautiful golden eyes.

“Kagome,” he said softly as if in awe. “Why aren’t you afraid of me?”

She smiled, “I don’t know... I was at first when you jumped on me, but even then I knew you wouldn’t hurt me, not intentionally, even I don’t understand it.”

“It’s because you’re meant to be my mate,” Inuyasha said, running his fingers through her black, silky hair. “Deep down you know I’ll never hurt you. I’d kill myself first.”

They stared into each others eyes for a long time. For a moment, Kagome wondered if it was possible that soul mates didn’t have to be of the same species?

“I need to go take a shower,” she said at last.

Inuyasha let her move away from him still watching her with those golden eyes. “So do I,” he said, following her to the bathroom door.

She slammed the door in his face. “It was worth a try,” he said to himself.

Kagome stood in the shower letting the warm water run over her body. How could she let him touch her that way? She’d always been able to fight off guys when they started to get carried away, but she hadn’t with Inuyasha. She didn’t have control over her body when it came to him. No control at all. Even now, she was getting aroused just thinking about the way his hands had felt on her breasts. What if Rin hadn’t interrupted them? Would he have went further? Would she have been able to stop him? She already knew the answer. No.

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Kagome didn’t see Rin until lunch time where she apologized for intruding on her and Inuyasha, with a scarlet face. Sesshoumaru had gone to work with Inuyasha, leaving the two girls to roam the mansion alone. With nothing to do, Kagome pretended she was on an extended vacation. The girls went for a swim in the Olympic size swimming pool, watched a few movies in the mini theater, harassed Jaken for the fun of it, and explored the mansion by playing in the dimensional hallway. Kagome got separated from Rin for an hour before she they finally found each other by crashing into each other head on. They fell to the floor, looked at each other, and laughed. Sesshoumaru found them that way when he walked into the door. Raising his eyebrows inquisitively, he lifted a laughing Rin in his arms and kissed her right in front of Kagome. She stood up and walked away.

Inuyasha stood outside in a pair of worn out jeans holding a huge axe in his hand. He’d went to work after he left Kagome’s room, thinking he could forget about this morning by throwing himself in his work, but every time he passed her desk, her scent would make him hard. His desire for her hadn’t cooled down. Usually, he took what he wanted from women, but this was Kagome, there was no way he was going to make her do something she wasn’t ready for. He drove the axe down on the wood splitting it perfectly in half, hoping the exertion would stop him from going after Kagome and ravishing her. It was working. He’d almost forgotten about this morning when her scent drifted across his nose. He sighed so much for that. She was somewhere nearby, but he pretended he didn’t notice.

Kagome hid behind a tree as she watched Inuyasha. She’d heard the sound outside after she’d left Rin with Sesshoumaru. Following it, she found herself in the backyard watching Inuyasha chop wood. Once again he was shirtless. Kagome watched, captivated by the way his muscles bunched and stretched in his back with each movement he made. She’d ran her hands over the same broad, muscular, back this morning and for some reason she wanted to do it again. ‘I can’t believe a hunk like that was draped all over me this morning,’ she thought. She had never taken the time to really look at Inuyasha in the past, mostly because of her busy work schedule. She’d seen him plenty of times like this, but she’d been bandaging him up when she had. Now, everything was different. She realized Inuyasha was definitely a man. A powerful, strong, gorgeous man who wanted her. ‘Okay so he’s not all human, but he’s definitely good-looking,’ she thought as her eyes went over his body settling on his round, muscular, buttocks when he leaned over to pick up more wood. She thought about the way he’d touched her with his mouth and hands. ‘Oh great I’m getting turned on again just thinking about it.’

Inuyasha noticed the change in her scent and smiled. So, Kagome was checking him out. Well, there was nothing wrong with that,’ he thought arrogantly. ‘Might as well make it worth her time.’ Inuyasha pretended he was stretching, making sure Kagome saw every muscles in his arms and back. He stretched his arms over his head and rolled his shoulders. Her aroused scent heightened sharply. He held back a chuckle. He turned around facing her and began to flex his arms. Kagome watched the huge muscles bunch up. They looked as hard as rocks. She was so busy drooling at them she hadn’t noticed he’d turned around.

“Like what you see, Kagome?” He teased.

She gasped and looked into his face. Extremely embarrassed about getting caught, she ran away. She could hear Inuyasha’s loud laughter trailing behind her. ‘He saw me,’ Kagome thought, horrified. ‘He knew what I was doing! I’m so embarrassed.’

Later that evening everyone sat at the dinner table with Sesshoumaru at the head. Kagome would glance at Inuyasha who’d smirk at her and then back at her plate. She’d managed to avoid him until now. Sesshoumaru watched the couple with slight amusement. Bored, he decided to heighten the tension between them.

“You really should learn to control yourself when you mark your woman, little brother,” he said, looking at the small cut on Kagome’s neck.

Inuyasha frowned at him. “If a certain woman hadn’t interfered, I would have never hurt, Kagome.”

Rin looked down at her plate. A blush appearing on her cheeks.

“It didn’t hurt, really,” Kagome said, trying to stop them before they started arguing.

“If you wasn’t such an amateur you wouldn’t have been distracted,” Sesshoumaru said.

“I was the one who moved,” Kagome said.

They ignored her. “Why haven’t you mated with her? It’s clear to me you slept in her bed last night. I could smell her on you this morning.” Sesshoumaru wanted to know.

“I told you that’s none of your business,” Inuyasha growled at him.

“Could it be that you’re afraid that she doesn’t love you” Sesshoumaru asked going in for the kill.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha. His face had turned a light tint of red.

“If that’s the case, then there is no reason to deny yourself the pleasure of being with her. She’ll come around eventually and accept you as her mate.”

Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru, her mouth open. ‘Was he suggesting that Inuyasha just sleep with her until she accept him as her mate?’

Inuyasha stood up growling at his half brother who regarded him with a bored expression. “I don’t seduce women against their will you bastard, not like you did Rin!” He picked up a glass and threw it at him as he left the room. It crashed against the wall beside Sesshoumaru’s head.

Rin frowned at him. “Why must you taunt him so much?” She asked as Sesshoumaru stared down at the pieces of glasses in his food.

Kagome excused herself and followed Inuyasha to the living room. She peeked in and watched him relax on the couch with his hands behind his head and feet propped on the table. He picked up the remote control and turned on the television.

“If you got something to say, then say it,” he said without turning around to look at her.

Sitting beside him, she stared at his profile. “Inuyasha, I’m curious. Why haven’t you...” she stopped when he snapped his head around to look at her.

“Do you want me to?”

“No, I mean...I don’t understand. You act as if you want me, but you never...”

“I’m not like him,” Inuyasha said. “Sesshoumaru is a pure youkai. He’s much more primitive and he's ruled by his instincts and urges. If he has the need to kill, he’ll kill. If he has the need to sleep with someone, he’ll do it, regardless of how anyone feels or think. But I’m half human, Kagome and I won’t take you until you’re sure about how you feel about me. I can have sex with you as much as I like but it would mean nothing to me. I don’t want to just sleep with you. When I take your virginity, I’ll be making you my mate. Our first time together will be during the mating ritual. Right now, I don’t believe you’re ready to give yourself to me in that way.”

Kagome pondered over his beautiful words. It was as romantic as Inuyasha could get. It was the human way of telling the woman he loved that he wanted to wait until they were married. Call her old fashion but it was the same reason she’d been saving herself. ‘I think I’m falling in love with him,’ she thought. ‘Or maybe I was already in love with him.’ She turned to him. He was watching her closely, studying her response.

“Inuyasha...I... I think I’m....”

“Breaking news from YukalelNN.” The emergency beep from the television rung in her ears. A pretty newscaster with a microphone in her hand stood in front of what seemed to be a huge skyscraper on fire. “The building that housed over a hundred employees from Sesshoumaru Lending Incorporation has been bombed. I repeat...Sesshoumaru Lending Incorporation has been bombed. There is no confirmation on the number of fatalities or survivors as yet, but several bodies and body parts have landed on the cars and streets below.”

“Oh my god!” Kagome whispered hoarsely as Inuyasha stood up growling viciously. ‘Sango,’ she thought. ‘ Miroku... were they okay?’