Confrontation

A/N: In this chapter I’m going to introduce a new threat to the group, but who’s his prey? Read and find out, remember it’s not always as simple as it seems. Please don’t forget to review.

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Edited Version

Chapter 5: Temptation

He walked in silence as she led him to their hut that sat at the end of the village. He had built it himself with his own two hands, it was one of 3 things that he could honestly say belonged to him and no one could challenge him or try to take it from him, the other two was the Fire Rat robes he wore on a daily basis, and the Tetesuiga that always hung from his waist like an extension of his body.

He had successfully made the hut into a 3 room hut, which made it the largest in the village, it had a separate bedroom for Kagome and him, a sitting room where they could receive guest, and the 3rd room was small so Kagome decided to use it as her dressing room, of course when he initially decided to build this hut it was for him alone so that he could have privacy, but he soon discovered that his need for her out weighted his need for privacy.

As he watched her lead him and listened to her humming, he realizedhow much he wanted to stake claim on the girl in front of him, but he felt he had a better chance of claiming the stars in the sky or even grasping a hold of the sun, after all her world was one on modern devices, indoor plumbing, buildings filled with food. Her home in her era was as big as 10 or 15 of the huts in this village so what if anything did he really have to offer her, and why does she always seem so content to just be with him?

These thoughts constantly seem to run through his mind over and over however he could never seem to tell her or to make her stay away, after all the jewel was now complete and Naraku had been destroyed, at first he thought she was definitely going to go home to stay, but she always came back.If she hadn’t he knew with every fiber of his being he would’ve went and dragged her back by the skin of her neck if he had to. So why couldn’t he just tell her how he felt since he knew by Inu Youkai law he was already courting her and it would probably be just a matter of time before his demon side tried to force him to claim her as his own.

“Hello, anybody home!” Kagome yelled in his face, trying to get his attention since she had been trying to talk to him for a few minutes now and he seemed to be off in his mind, thinking about Kami knows what.

“Oi wench why’d you do that?” He yelled back at her as he threw his hands up to cover his already flattened ears.

Throwing her hands to her hips she yelled, “Well if you were paying attention to me I wouldn’t have to yell at you!”

“Well I’m paying attention now, and your still yelling!” he replied as he took a step around her, trying to put some distance between them before she took it a little too far.

Lowering her voice she replied, “I was trying to ask you to catch some fish for dinner. I know after your long day, you don’t just want Ramen.”

“Fine!” he snapped, still annoyed at the fact that she yelled at him he turned to walk away headed towards the river.

“Inuyasha!” She called after him.

He didn’t respond but he did stop and looked over his shoulder with a‘what now’ look on his face.

“I’m sorry I yelled at you.” She said with a shy smile.

“Feh” was his reply as he turned around heading back towards the river with a small smile on his face. ‘Did she just apologize to me?’ he thought to himself.

Kagome knew he was probably gloating about her apology, but it did not matter she was wrong this time, she should have been a little more patient, besides there were several different ways she could’ve utilized to get his attention if only she had stopped to think for just one moment.

As soon as she walked into their home she started to light the lightly scented candles she had brought from her time, not only because it was dark but she really felt like cuddling tonight, and it seemed that as long as she set the mood for it, Inuyasha would always go along with it, unknowingly that is.

After turning on the radio that she brought back from her time, of course she could only play the CD’s that she brought back with her since they hadn’t really been invented yet, and she had to use about 8 DD batteries which lasted about a week or so depending on how often they used it, she popped in Inuyasha favorite CD ‘Rascal Flatts’ making sure not to turn it up too loud. She made her way into the portion of the hut that served as the kitchen to heat some water for Ramen and prepare the skewers for the fish that Inuyasha would be bringing back.

Once she had prepared the things she needed to cook dinner she went into the sitting area and laid down on the big plush pillows that Inuyasha had swapped some rabbits for in a nearby village.

‘Where is he?’ She questioned herself. Whenever they were away from one another she felt like a part of her was missing. The truth is he had never really proclaimed his love for her, or even said that they were a couple, but he did act as if she was his and regardless of what she said or did that wouldn’t change. Which was find with her because she was always taught that actions speak louder than words, but lately her inner voice had been playing games with her mind, making her second guess Inuyasha and his intentions, ‘What are his intentions anyway…Am I just here for right now until he meets up with Kikyo again’. “No, I’m not going to think about that, he loves me, I know he does”, she whispered to herself as she rolled over onto her side so that she had a clear view of the door way.

The most they had done was kiss and little caresses here and there, but his kisses weren’t like anything she had ever experienced, not that she had much experience in that area anyway, but his kisses made her flesh boil, her head swim, sometimes she would feel a powerful pull in her lower abdomen that cried out to be released, although she had know idea what this meant, it always left her aching for more, which he never gave, because he would always stop when that feeling came as if he knew what he was doing to her, ‘Why is that, why does he always stop then?’ she thought to herself with a frown.

“Yo!” Inuyasha said, interrupting her thoughts as he entered the hut, carrying three freshly gutted and cleaned fish in his hand.

“Took you long enough.” She said with a smirk as she gother to her feet and followed him to the kitchen area.

“Feh, wench you almost sound like you missed me” he said sarcastically as he placed the fish in the pan she had prepared earlier with a small amount of water that would allow her to rinse them off.

“You should’ve stayed away a little longer to find out.” She said with a smirk as she pushed out her breast and brushed up against his shoulder making sure that he felt both her soft plump breast agains him, of course she did this on purpose.

As her breast rubbed up against himhis youkai shuddered.“W…Wench…” he stuttered.

“Something wrong Inuyasha.” She said in a low innocent voice as she stepped in front of him with her back facing him. She smiled to herself feeling proud for having gotten that sort of response from him.Her inner voice spoke to her, ‘Your teasing him, but you know that this is going to backfire on you…’, but she ignored it, this was too much fun, and after all she was feeling a little frisky tonight.

Inuyasha stood there looking at Kagome’s back, ‘Damn’ he thought to himself as he reached for her waist hesitating at first, but deciding that if she can tease him, then he could tease her. Stepping up behind her, he pressed himself flush against her making sure that she was close enough to feel the ripples of his muscles under his Haori, bringing his head down to her neck he kissed it tenderly then slowly raked his fangs over her collar and down to her shoulder.

“I…Inuyasha” she stuttered.

“Shhhh wench.” He whispered as he moved his kisses back up her neck to nibble on her ear lobe. She moaned as she tilted her head to the side to allow him better access, which he always appreciated, he ran his tongue along the backside of her ear and around to the front. Lifting her hair off her shoulders he started to slowly trail kisses down the middle of her neck as her head fell forward as if she had no strength to hold it up. Her scent hit him like a ton of bricks she was ready, normally it would take her a little longer, ‘Damn I’m not done…just a little longer’ he thought to himself, since he really wanted to make her pay for what she did to him. He idly moved his hands up her waist to rest under her breasts underneath her shirt as he tenderly rubbed his thumbs in slow small circles along the sides of each breast, far enough from her nipples that he could say he didn’t touch them, but close enough to make her want him to. Reluctantly he pulled away from her saying, “hurry up and finish cooking wench, I’m hungry.”He slowly took a few steps away from her, trying the regain his composure, after all it wasn’t his plan to get himself aroused but that was a lost cause because everything about this woman in front of him drove him completely mad.

She couldn’t even respond to him, her body was so weak, her mind felt dazed as if she was waking from a vivid dream, ‘how does he do that…he’s nothing but a tease!’ She screamed in her mind, wanting more than anything to share every part of her body, mind and soul with him, but he always held back, ‘why?’ She thought as she raised her head to look over her shoulder at him, she could tell by the smirk on his face that he knew that he had taken her to her limit almost.Tightened her grip on the make shift counter she triedto get a hold of emotions. Glaring at himshesaid, “I…will…get …you…back” in a low frightening voice.

As he looked at her he knew he wouldn’t be able to keep doing this, every time they get a little intimate it would always go a little further each time, ‘soon I won’t be able to stop myself’ , he thought to himself, but replied, “Feh” to her as he turned to walk back into the sitting area, noticing that she had candles lit and her radio playing, he started to make himself comfortable when he caught a whiff of something, ‘tears…and Sango……Damn Monk, what’d you do now’ he thought as he went to the door calling over his shoulder to Kagome, “Sango’s on her way, and she’s crying…so call me when your done” with that he leapt off into his forest headed for his favorite tree which was only a few yards away.

“What did you say?” She tried to ask him but he was already out the door. She ran to door, looking left and right but didn’t see him anywhere, all she heard before he left was ‘call me when your done’, ‘damn, where did you run off to now’ she thought to herself as she caught sight of a dark figure walking up the pathway headed in her direction. She squinted a little and yelled, “Sango is that you?” but there wasn’t any response, so she went back inside to tend to the dinner that was cooking.

“Kagome are you here?” Sango said a few minutes later as she poked her head in the door, her eyes swollen and cheeks streaked from all the tears she had cried.

Turning to face her Kagome noticed this and immediately stopped what she was doing and ran to her friend, “Sango…what’s wrong?” she asked as she embraced her.

Sango didn’t speak, but she did break down crying even more tears as she hugged Kagome back.

“Oh, sweetie what happened…Shhhhh” she said as she patted her back as if she was trying to comfort a child. While still hugging her she started walking her over to the sitting area.

“Mi..Mi..Miroku” she managed to say between sobs as she was pulled down to sit next a now sitting Kagome.

“Okay now calm down and tell me what happened.” Kagome said sounding like a mother, as she lifted Sango’s chin and proceeded to wipe away the tears that just wouldn’t seem to stop.

As Sango started to calm down a little she said, “your cooking…we can talk about this later…I’m sorry I disturbed you…where’s Inuyasha?” This all came out sounding like total nonsense.

“Don’t think about it, your here now so we’ll talk now, besides Inuyasha just ran off somewhere.” She said as she thought briefly of where he could be. “Anyway the only thing that’s cooking is the fish, so hush and tell me what happened.” Kagome said as she glanced towards the door looking for her Hanyou.

After pulling her self together a little more Sango told her everything that had happened between her and Miroku, including her holding a knife the his throat and seeing him shed tears on her behalf, as she finished her story, she sighed and asked, “what should I do? I want to forgive him and believe that he will change, but I can’t keep hoping for some kind of miracle that isn’t going to come.”

“Oh, Sango…you know I can’t tell you what to do, because my situation isn’t really that much better than yours, so I want you to tell me what you want.” Kagome said as she absently brushed back Sango’s hair with her hand.

“I want to believe him, but I’m afraid to…I almost wish that I had married the prince that time, do you remember when he sent his men to look for me because he needed help to defeat a bear youkai…I should have married him, instead of worrying about Miroku.” Sango said as she wiped her nose with the back of her hand, looking even more like a little child.

“Sango you know that’s not where your heart is, so don’t say such things. Regardless of what you’re saying you know that your heart belongs to and has always belonged to Miroku, the same way that I know that Inuyasha owns mine.” She said with a soft smile.

“But am I suppose to just forgive him?” Sango questioned.

“Of, course not, you make him suffer. If he really meant what he said then he’s going to be doing everything with in his power to get you to forgive him and if he doesn’t then you know the truth, but Sango you do need to give him another chance, we’ve all been friends too long to just throw our hands up and walk away from one another.” Kagome said as she reached for her friends hand and squeezed a little.

“So you saying that I should just, sit back and see what he does?” Sango questioned as she looked up at her friend.

“Something like that, but remember you don’t make it easy for him, anything worth having is worth fighting for, so girl you make him fight….and stop that crying, he doesn’t need to see those, make him think that your fine and you couldn’t be happier.” Kagome said as she placed her hands on her hips and started to rotate her neck in a circle.

Sango giggled, she had always found it so funny when Kagome acted like that, but she knew that she spoke the truth, she would have to be strong and stand her ground with the Monk…if he wanted to be with her he would have to prove it and only then would she decide if he was worthy of her forgiveness.

“Thank you Kagome, you’re such a good friend” she said as she leaned in to hug her dearest friend.

Kagome hugged her back saying, “What are friends for…now it’s my turn I have something to tell….” But she was interrupted by a voice that came to her on the wind.

“Mi-K-OOO….” It said in a whisper.

As she heard this she pulled away from Sango, looking at her with wide eyes she said, “Tell me you heard that.”

“Yeah I did…what was it?” Sango said as she stood up walking towards the door.

Kagome subconsciously grabbed the completed jewel that now hung from her neck on gold link chain her mother purchased for her a few months ago as she felt the hairs on her arms begin to stand on end and felt chills run down her spine, she couldn’t move from where she was sitting, she felt like something was holding her down, no matter how she tried her legs wouldn’t budge, ‘damn am I just afraid or has another hex been placed on me’ , with this thought she closed her eyes and focused her powers inwardly searching her soul for any sign of demonic energy, finding none she figured it had to be her doing.

“Miko…come to me” the voice whispered again this time more demanding.

Hearing this Kagome’s eyes flew open, “Inu-Yashaaaaa!” she screamed as she gripped the pillow she was now sitting on, but that didn’t stop her legs from moving on there own. She stood up with out wanting to and began to walk in the direction of the door.

Sango turned from the door seeing that Kagome was moving towards her she said, “Kagome , where are you going?” As she grabbed onto the girls shoulders and tried to keep her from moving while screaming for Inuyasha as well.

Kagome in return held on the her, since she still had free use of her arms the only thing that was seeming to be controlled was her legs, ‘what’s going on?’ she asked herself, as she clutched on to Sango while her legs continued to try to walk out the door with out her.

“What’s wrong?” Inuyasha yelled as he appeared in the door, surveying the scene going on.

Almost immediately Kagome collapsed to the floor not expecting to be released from the mysterious hold that was over her, “Inuyasha.” She cried as she released her hold on Sango and reached for Inuyasha, who with out a second thought bent down and picked her up bridle style and carried her back to the sitting area. “What happened?” Inuyasha asked as he checked over Kagome for any sign of an injury, but he didn’t find any, however he did smell fear oozing off of her. Kagome still didn’t respond, but clutched on to Inuyasha as if she would die if he let her go.

“Sango what’s going on?” Inuyasha asked not looking away from Kagome.

“Inuyasha, did you hear anything a little while ago?” Sango asked him as she stood still looking out the door for a sign of anything that could possibly explain what just happened.

“No, I didn’t hear anything, but it would be nice if you told me what the hell just happened to Kagome!” Inuyasha half yelled as he pulled Kagome closer to him.

“She…We…heard a voice calling to her…it said ‘Miko, come to me.’ Then she started walking towards the door and I stopped her, but then you arrived and she collapsed. Sango stuttered out visibly upset, by what just happened. ‘Why could I hear him, and Inuyasha couldn’t she questioned herself as she came to sit next to Inuyasha and Kagome.

“Inuyasha…what’s going on?” Miroku yelled as he ran into the hut, having heard Kagome’s scream for Inuyasha, knowing that she only screamed like that when she was in trouble.

Inuyasha looked up at the Monk who was now sweating profusely from his run from the meadow, and explained what Sango had just told him. “So only the women heard this?” The Monk questioned as he moved a little closer to the group.

“Yeah, I guess so, but what ever it was it had partial control of Kagome’s body.” Inuyasha said as he tightened his grip on the girl in his lap.

Miroku turned to face Sango noticing that she was upset as well he bowed to her and asked, “Lady Sango did you recognize the voice?” In a very gentle manner and with a soft smile.

Not really paying attention she answered, “No…I didn’t…but it was a man’s voice” then she wrapped her arms around herself and started to rock back and forth.

‘So only the ladies heard this, but if they both were able to hear him then Inuyasha and I should have been able to hear him as well, but we didn’t’, looking over at Inuyasha now rubbing Kagome’s back, and seeing how shaken Sango was his thoughts continued, ‘If the voice asked for Kagome to come to him, then why does Sango seem so shaken as if he was calling to her as well’, “Inuyasha you said when you walked in Kagome just collapsed?” Miroku asked the Hanyou who was obviously reoccupied with the woman in his arms. She seemed to finally be coming out of whatever daze she had been in.

“Yeah” Inuyasha responded with out looking up at the Monk.

“I see” he responded as he sat down next to Sango, still too afraid to touch her but he wanted to be close enough to her that she could feel that if she needed him he was there.

Looking up at Inuyasha, Kagome said weakly, “Who was that? Why couldn’t I control my legs? And why was he calling me?”

Inuyasha looked down at her, forgetting for a moment that they had company he kissed her forehead and said, “I don’t know, but we’ll find out, I promise you…we’ll find out.”

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