The Importance of Being Kept

Inuyasha carried Kagome up the steps of the dormitory. Kagome glanced at the students watching them curiously.

"People are watching us," she whispered.

Inuyasha smiled. "So, let them watch, everyone knows you're my girl."

"They're probably staring at the huge bandage on my head. I must look like a freak."

"Kagome, there's nothing to be self conscious about. Stop worrying. Who cares what people think, I'm just glad you're alive. You could have really gotten hurt."

"Did you really kill Naraku?" Kagome asked remembering the terrible vision of Naraku's body split in half.

"I don't know, he's a full-blooded youkai and a powerful one, he could still be alive."

"Still alive? That's crazy," Kagome said.

"It doesn't matter to me if he's alive or dead, if he comes after you again, I will make sure to kill him. I would have stayed around to finish the job, but I was too worried about you. Ugh, it's taking me forever to walk up these stairs. Close your eyes, Kagome. I'm going to speed things up a little and I don't want you getting dizzy and passing out on me."

Kagome closed her eyes and laid her head on his shoulder. She felt a strong gust of wind and then nothing.

"You can open them now."

She opened her eyes surprised to find them in Inuyasha's living room. "I usually leave my window open," Inuyasha said carrying her to the couch. He sat her down gently. "Are you hungry? I'll order Chinese. You should eat before you take your medicine."

"Inuyasha, I don't have to stay here. I'm sure I'll be okay in my own apartment," Kagome told him as she watched him walk to the telephone.

"Are you crazy? I'm not leaving you alone. Sango is staying with Miroku and Rin is usually with Sesshoumaru. You can barely move around on your own, Kagome."

Kagome tried to stand up to prove him wrong. Pain flashed through her body, a wave of dizziness hit her and she fell back on the couch.

"Quit being stubborn, Kagome," Inuyasha glared at her while he made his call.

Kagome sighed and listened to him order almost everything off the menu.

"I can't eat all of that," Kagome said after he hung up.

"If you did, I'd think you were a youkai too," Inuyasha laughed. "Most of it is for me, silly." He walked around and sat beside her.

"So how is this going to work?" Kagome wanted to know.

"You'll stay here for the next two days until you feel better," Inuyasha said.

"So I'm here Sunday and Monday?" Kagome asked.

"Yes or if you're still not feeling well then longer. Maybe you should stay the whole week."

"No way, I couldn't stay that long, we'd get on each other nerves," Kagome smiled.

"Are you sure?" Inuyasha moved closer to her. "I wouldn't mind if you stayed here permanently."

"Inuyasha," Kagome said staring into his beautiful golden eyes. He was leaning towards her to kiss her. She blushed remembering what happened the last time she was here. "I'm really thirsty!" She said a little too quickly.

He stopped and looked at her curiously, then sighed and leaned back. "What's wrong with me? You just got here and already I'm all over you. I'm sorry, Kagome. I guess I can't seem to control myself when I'm around you."

"Well you better learn because, we're not going to do anything close to what we did the last time I was here," Kagome said hoping he'd take her seriously.

Inuyasha stood up and looked at her. A slow knowing smile spread across his face.

"Don't look at me like that," Kagome told him blushing even more.

"Don't worry, I won't ravish you anytime soon, you're hurt right now, but I do plan on showing a lot of affection and you won't be able to do anything about it."

Kagome watched him go to the refrigerator. She knew she was weak when it came to Inuyasha, whenever he touched her, he made her feel things she'd never experienced before. How could she deny him something that she wanted just as much.

"Kagome, what do you want to drink?"

"Just water, please."

The phone rung. Kagome watched Inuyasha pick it up as he poured her a glass of water.

"Nope, you'll have to wait until next weekend," Inuyasha said. "Yeah, I know, but I have more important things to do. Yeah, tell the others too that didn't get the message. Thanks, Josh."

There was a knock at the door. Inuyasha hung up the phone and sighed. He gave Kagome her water and answered the door. A group of people stood outside in the hallway holding beer and snacks.

"Let's get this party started!" A guy yelled.

"Sorry guys, the game is off this weekend. I was hoping you got my messages, guess not."

"Why? We do this every year!" Someone complained.

"I have to take care of my girl. She got hurt today."

"Ohh, you mean the cutie at the party last night?" A guy with dark hair tried to peep around Inuyasha to get a look at Kagome. "We didn't get a chance to meet her."

Inuyasha frowned. "You can meet her another time, she needs to rest right now."

"Oh all right, guess we'll have to watch the game in the student union. See ya, Inuyasha, hope your sweetie feels better."

Inuyasha closed the door and turned to Kagome.

"What was that all about?" Kagome asked.

"Just a few of my friends from the team. They usually come over to watch football season with me on Saturday evenings, if I'm not busy."

"I feel bad," Kagome said. "I'm taking you away from your life..."

"What? Nonsense, you are my life, Kagome. Don't you know that by now?" He looked at her seriously.

Kagome began to drink her water. She didn't know if she'd survive living with Inuyasha for the next few days. He'd probably seduce the pants right off her by the time she'd gotten better. She had no clue how true her musing were.

There was another knock at the door. Inuyasha opened it. A pretty girl with long blonde hair jumped on him. She threw her arms around his shoulder and wrapped her long legs around his waist. Inuyasha stumbled back in surprise, but held himself up.

"Inuyasha, I've missed you so much. Let's spend the night together," she began plant kisses on face and run her fingers through his hair.

Kagome could feel her anger building inside her. The longer she watched this girl the angrier she became. What the hell was going on?

"Britney, I have a girlfriend now," Inuyasha was trying to pull her off him without hurting her but she was stuck to him like a leech. "Did you hear me? I have a girlfriend now and she's sitting right there," he pointed to Kagome who was fuming.

Britney looked at Kagome and stopped. "What's this?"

"I'm his girlfriend," Kagome said and showed her Inuyasha's initials on her neck. "Would you kindly get your hands and body off my man," Kagome said as if she was trying to control herself from yelling.

Britney looked at Inuyasha with a hurtful expression. "Inuyasha, I never thought you'd take a girlfriend after Kikyo. Does this mean, we can't have fun anymore?"

Inuyasha growled and pushed her out the room. "What did I ever see in dumb blondes," he mumbled.

He froze when he felt the angry tension coming off Kagome and slowly looked at her. She was sitting with her arms cross glaring at him.

"Kagome, she didn't know. I didn't know she was going to do that..."

"Inuyasha, just how many random girls do you have coming to your room?"

"None since I met you," Inuyasha said truthfully.

"Are you sure? Because Britney just left. How do I know you're not still seeing those girls since you've met me?"

"Kagome, you have to believe me. I haven't been with anyone since I've met you even when you were "kept" .

"So what, they just come knocking on your door and throwing themselves at you and you turn them away?"

"Yes, some still don't know we're together," Inuyasha said.

"You know, I've heard a lot of rumors about Miroku, but I'm beginning to think you're just as bad!"

Inuyasha looked down. "I'll admit that I was a big player on campus with the girls, but that all changed when I met you Kagome. I don't care about those girls. You're the only woman I want in my life. Do you know that before I made you my girlfriend, my friends still expected me to check out other women and flirt with them and I couldn't. I wasn't interested. None of them did a thing for me. They started making fun of me for it, but I didn't care. Now they know why I don't care, they know it's because of you."

Kagome lost some of her anger. "I don't like seeing another girl all over you," she admitted.

"I know, it won't happen again, believe me. I wouldn't do anything to jeopardize our relationship."

"Then could you please wipe that lipstick off your face?" Kagome asked still mildly annoyed. She never thought she was the jealous type, but after seeing another girl do something she couldn't do at the moment pissed her off.

Inuyasha sighed. "I'm sorry, Kagome." He went to the bathroom to wash his face. This was not working well. He never thought his lifestyle from the past would began to interfere with his relationship with Kagome. She probably thought he was the biggest jerk alive right now. Perhaps bringing her to his place had been a mistake. If women kept knocking on his door and doing things like Britney, Kagome would probably leave him. He may have marked her, but she could still break up with him. He could still lose her.

He could lose her...

There were so many ways he could lose her. He could lose her if he didn't make people aware that he had changed his casual lifestyle and was not the same Inuyasha they knew. He could lose her by some crazed spiteful female attacking her insecurities like the cheerleaders at the party and Kikyo. He could lose her simply because she was human and couldn't defend herself against a youkai if they decided to attack her, like the spider youkai and Naraku.

His hands began to ball into fists around the edge of the sink as he stared at himself in the mirror. His golden eyes began stared back at him, angry, serious, dark. He would not lose her to anything or anyone. The need to mate with her was greater than ever. Once he made her his, nothing could separate them not even death. But Kagome wasn't ready to be his mate, she wasn't ready.

In the hospital, he realized what he needed to do. Bringing her to his apartment to take care of her was one reason why he wanted her to stay for the next few days, but there was also another, a hidden motive that Kagome would either hate him for or love him. Maybe he wasn't any better than Koga, at least he had been upfront with Kagome, Inuyasha hadn't. Youkai always did what they thought best for their mate even if they didn't like it. Yeah, he understood Kagome's need for independence, but he also knew he risked her life the longer he waited to make her completely his. Still, he needed to offer her a choice. People always had choices. He didn't want Kagome to hate him for what he would do, especially if she wasn't ready for him.

Kagome watched Inuyasha come back in the room. His face freshly washed. His expression was a little too serious for her. He sat beside her and hauled her small body into his lap. He stared into her eyes for a moment, then leaned over and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.

"Inuyasha, is something wrong? I'm not that angry over Britney anymore."

Inuyasha gave her a soft smile. "No, it's not that, well maybe. Kagome, do you feel you're in danger here?"

Kagome looked at him thoughtfully. "I don't know, I never thought about it. Isn't that crazy? After all the things that's happened to me, I should be scared out of my mind or at least paranoid, but I'm not."

"Why aren't you afraid to be here? Any other human would have wanted to leave, by now," Inuyasha stared deeply into her eyes as if trying to read her mind.

"I think it's because of you. You have wanted to protect me since the first day we met and you've saved me more than once. I feel safe with you, Inuyasha."

"Kagome, I can't always be around to keep you safe and I worry about that. Your trust in my is very humbling, but I can't watch you every second of the day, even you said so in the hospital."

"So what are you getting at, Inuyasha?" Kagome wanted to know looking at him suspiciously.

"I'm giving you two choices that I want you to think about over the next few days while you're here," Inuyasha ran his fingers through her hair feeling the silkiness of it.

"What choices are those?" Kagome stared into his eyes having a dreadful feeling.

"The only way for me to keep you safe would be if I mated with you, but you told me you weren't ready for that. You have the choice to leave and transfer to another university, a human university that don't have a lot of youkai, I'd go with you of course or you can stay here and become my mate."

Kagome frowned. "Inuyasha I wouldn't want to leave, I really do like being here and I've already made a lot of wonderful friends. Even if I did leave, I wouldn't want you to come with me. This place is your life, everyone knows you."

"If you stayed, I would have to make you my mate in the next few days and you told me you were not ready to go that far. I don't want to push you to do something you're not ready for. Making you my mate is a huge step, it's binding our souls together for eternity, but I will not sit around and wait for something else to happen to you. I've managed to keep you safe the first two times, but even those were a close call. I would never be able to forgive myself if you ended up getting killed her, Kagome. I wouldn't know how I would survive without you."

"Inuyasha," Kagome whispered. "How did we manage to fall in love so quickly, so deeply?"

"You're my mate, Kagome. It only happen when a youkai has found his mate..."

"Inuyasha, I don't know, this is a hard decision for me. I do love you, I don't think I've ever loved anyone as much as I love you, but then again, I've never been truly in love before and I've never been with anyone sexually. When I first got here, I thought I would live the "college life" to its extreme. I planned on dating a lot. I wanted that experience to grow and learn to be a mature woman."

"I see," Inuyasha eyes darkened with anger. " You wanted to come here and date a variety of guys, maybe fuck a lot of guys so you'd be experienced to know the difference between bad, good and wonderful? You wanted the normal human experience of growing up in the world. The heartache, the pain, the sexual partners..."

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled hurt by his angry words. She tried to push him away. He made her feel cheap saying those things.

He grabbed her arms, so she couldn't get away. He held her gently, but sternly and made her look into his eyes. His face was only inches from hers. "It's not going to happen, Kagome. I won't give you that human experience. Fate brought you here to be with me. You are mine, my woman, my mate, my heart and soul and if you ever think I'm going to allow you to go out with another guy and let him touch you, you'll see another side of me that isn't human at all. Remember I'm half human so I understand your needs which is why I'm trying so hard not to hurt you by taking what I think is rightfully mine, but I'm also half youkai. A youkai that has already claimed you as his mate. You would get a lot of people killed by trying to explore "the college life."

Kagome tensed. He was angry. She could see the stark possessiveness in his eyes and knew he meant what he said. "Inuyasha, I want you to be my first..." she whispered.

"You damn right I'll be your first, your first and last, Kagome..." Inuyasha kissed her , softly, tenderly. He ran his tongue over her lips feeling their plumpness and sweetness. "Everything on you belongs to me and only me. Your soft pouty lips drives me crazy." He began to place hot kisses down her jaw to her neck. Kagome shivered in his arms, helpless to fight him. Once again he was turning her entire body into jelly. She gasped when his lips kissed the bruises on her neck from their previous make out session. His tongue traced his initials. Kagome moaned softly. "I've marked you, I've made you my girlfriend, Kagome." His breath was hot against her skin. "Do you remember what I told you I'd do to you if I made you my girlfriend?"

Kagome remembered, how could she forget? He'd promised he'd make hot, passionate love to her, that he would dominate her, her life would be his. "Inuyasha," she moaned when his hands moved down her body. His hands began to deliberately stroke her breasts through the material of her dress. Kagome's bra suddenly felt tight against her skin. Her nipples hardened and swelled against his thumbs.

Inuyasha moved her until she was straddling his thighs. She could feel how much he wanted her. He wrapped his arms around her and buried his face into her chest. She felt a slight tug and heard a loud rip. She looked down just in time to see his sharp fangs ripping the front of her dress and bra into pieces. "Inuyasha!" She shouted but it was too late. Her hands grabbed his white hair, her body tensed as she felt his hot tongue run across her naked breasts for the first time.

Inuyasha's head was buried in her clothes as kisses her right left breasts and stroked over the nipple with his tongue causing Kagome to gasp and hold her breath. He pulled down the top of her dress the rip pieces split open, exposing her to his eyes. Kagome closed her eyes feeling very self conscious. A high blush spread across her upper body.

"Kagome, look at me," Inuyasha said.

She opened her eyes to find him staring up at her. His golden eyes had turned to molten gold, dark with desire.

"You're perfect, so beautiful," he whispered. One arm still wrapped around her back, supporting her while the other moved over her right breasts, exploring, squeezing lightly. "All mine..." he whispered.

Kagome swallowed. He was getting carried away again. She opened her mouth to stop him, but instead let out a little shriek when he began to suck on her left breast. His right handed kneaded and molded the right one. He suddenly wrapped both arms around her back and brought her tightly against his mouth. Kagome let out a loud breath of air. She was so turned on she didn't know what to do. He sucked her nipple into his mouth and brushed over it with his tongue causing a deep intimate pull in her lower region. Every gentle suck on her breast, every playful bite, every time he ran his tongue across her nipple, made her grow wetter and wetter. 'Oh gods, not again,' she thought.

Inuyasha could smell her scent filling the room. He could drown in it. He knew she should stop, she was too hurt to go further and yet, he wanted to bring her pleasure. He could feel himself straining, pounding against the crotch of his jeans. The need to mate with her was strong. All he had to do was rip away the thin underwear under her dress and unzip his pants. He sighed heavily against her. No, not like this, she still wasn't ready, she was hurt.

He bit down lightly on her plump breasts loving the way she felt in his mouth. Her breasts were big enough to fill his hands, they were ripe and sweet, like two melons. He knew she would be this way, perfect, beyond beautiful and she was his. He wanted to touch her, to see for himself that she hadn't been with anyone. He knew she was still a virgin her scent smelled fresh, untouched and still he wanted to know, he needed assurance. Perhaps he was being over possessive, but when it came to Kagome everything he did was extreme.

He heard her gasp and move to grab his hand when he slipped his fingers into her panties. Kagome hadn't plan to go so far with him, he was a sneaky one to catch her off guard, but hadn't he always caught her off guard. It was amazing to her how she was weak she was around him. Any other guy who would have taken such liberties would have been laying on the ground holding his crotch, but not Inuyasha. When it came to him, all she could do was lose herself in the intense feelings he was forcing on her. She felt him exploring her most intimate part, a deep shudder went through her body.

"You're so wet for me, Kagome," Inuyasha whispered. "So soft and warm and silky.."

She blushed wanting to tell him to stop talking about her out loud, but somehow she'd lost her voice. She felt his finger brush over the most sensitive part of her and let out a loud moan. "Inuyasha," she said in protest as he continued to rub the swollen nub. If he didn't stop she was going to cum.

"You said you wanted the college experience. I'll be the only one that gives it to you," Inuyasha said, his voice thick with desire.

"I didn't mean it this way," Kagome managed to say.

"Maybe not completely this way, but it was part of it, right? You want to become a real woman right? Well, I'll be the only male to make you one."

"Inuyasha, please..." Kagome begged. She didn't know how much of this she could take. He stopped rubbing her. She was both relieved and disappointed. Suddenly she felt his finger entering her. "Inuyasha!" She tried to move away. Inuyasha wrapped his arm around her hips holding her to him as his finger plunged deeper.

He looked up into her eyes. "Am I hurting you?"

"No," she whispered.

"You're so fucking tight, I can barely get my finger inside of you." He pulled out and pushed back into her sinking deeper.

Kagome moaned out loud. "Inuyasha, you have to stop..."

"Why?" He asked. He felt it then, the little piece of flesh that kept her a virgin. It stopped him from entering her further. "Has anyone ever touched you like this?" He asked hoarsely. He wanted to rip her panties off and bury himself deep inside her.

Kagome's breath was becoming shallow. She was breathing in fast, soft pants. She could feel his thick finger inside of her, stroking her over and over, hitting something that felt like a barrier and pulling away from it only to enter her again.

"Answer me," he whispered harshly.

"No," Kagome gulped loudly.

"Good," Inuyasha said. "Only I can touch you this way. No one will know your body except me, Kagome."

He began to thrust into her gently, at the same pace. Her juices began to pour over his fingers. He added a second finger, stretching her. "You're so small," there was concern in his voice as he said that.

Kagome stared down at his hand inside of her panties, moving in and out. She was soaking wet down there and still Inuyasha continued his ministrations. His free hand moved up her back and grabbed the back of her head. "Look at me," he whispered. "I want to see your eyes when you cum."

He began to stroke faster, his thumb stroked her swollen little nub. Kagome closed her eyes as the pressure built inside of her.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha demanded.

She opened her eyes, it was hard trying to stare into his beautiful golden eyes, when she came. She let out a long moan and panted and gasped. Her hands dug into his shoulders.

Inuyasha felt her tighten around his fingers. Hot cum gushed out onto his hand as her body spasm out of control. He watched her beautiful brown eyes turn the color of dark chocolate as she came. Her lips were swollen and parted, her face covered in a light sheen of sweat. "You're so beautiful," he whispered in amazement. "Watching you cum for me is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen..."

Kagome watched him pull his hand out and stare at the wetness on it. He began to lick it off. She bit her lip as she watched his tongue run over his fingers and then put the fingers in his mouth sucking on them. She turned away blushing.

"You're mine, there's nothing to be ashamed about, Kagome. You're mine to touch, to taste, to love and I have to say your taste is very addicting, sweet, fresh."

She collapsed against him too weak to hold herself up. "Okay, you've made your point. You can dominate me and I would be helpless to fight you. Is that what you wanted?" She asked breathing harshly against him.

The door bell rung. They both froze neither saying anything to each other. Someone banged on the door. "Chinese order, your food is here!" Someone said from outside the door.

"Shit.." Inuyasha got up staring down at his erection. It quickly deflated at the interruption. He looked at Kagome who raised an eyebrow, a spark of humor lit up her eyes. Why did the delivery guy have to get here so quickly? He watched Kagome go into the bathroom to clean up. He glared at the door.

Kagome came back out to the smell of food. Her stomach growled hungrily, but it was nothing compared to the hungry look in Inuyasha's eyes as he watched her. They didn't say anything else to each other about what happened. They ate and stared at each other across the table. She blushed a few times from the intensity in Inuyasha's eyes.

Inuyasha still wanted her, badly, but he was more concerned about her eating and taking her medicine at the time the doctor requested. He made sure she was full and made sure she took the medicine the doctor had given her. He knew they would knock her out within minutes of taking them so he picked her up and took her to his bed. He held her and watch her fall asleep in his arms. There was always, tomorrow.