Sway From The Rain; Fall To The Storm

A/N: Kinda short, but I am going to the crawfish festival in about an hour. And I didn't update last night, so I figured I would go ahead and give ya'll something. Really long chapter next time! It's the fair! Should be fun!A/N: In honour of Inuyasha, I am writing this while eating Chicken Ramen.

"You love top Ramen, Need top Ramen."

10 pts. to whoever knows the name of that song.

I'm a moose~ Lol. I understand now. (Nice examples by the way, and I'll work on that. =3)  Btw, glad you liked those two lines. They were some of my favorites too.

This in regard to another one of my top reviewers;

I know there are alot of  typos, when I write these chapters, I start around 2 a.m. and finish (I have A.D.D.) around 7 a.m. because I am busy all day. I run off about 3 hours asleep because as soon as I finish the chapter, (and don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I just wanted to clarify) I post and go to bed, then wake up at 10.

Also, I use notepad because AFF only takes text document so I downloaded a beta program.

I know there are no excuses for little mistakes, therfore I fixed them all (even changed some wording in sentences here and there, so future readers won't be like error, error, error. =P )

Oh! Before I forget! (Haha, my A/N's are just getting longer and longer. =P)

I am glad that ya'll didn't flame the lemon at the end of Chappie 7. First time writing a scene like that wasn't sure how it was going to go over. But it got good reviews, so I thank you.

P.S.S. Every ten Chapters, I'll do the shout-out list to my reviewers. Any questions, like if you are confused about something, I'll answer in an update.

So, without further adieu!

THE NEXT UPDATE!

(Unannounced EDIT: This chappie gave me a scare. I repeated it twice, lol. I thought I was gonna have to redo it. D= )

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Chapter 7~ Staking A Claim

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Kagome drew in a shaky breath. “Are we really back to this?” She asked. Her eyes, still darkened with lust, locked with his and he stood up straight, pulling her into his arms.

“No one else is allowed ta touch ya.” Inuyasha declared, always knowing the wrong thing to say.  At first the embrace was whole fully accepted, but after his statement, Kagome tensed.

“What did you say?” Nearly falling on her butt due to to the confines of her shorts around her ankles, she pulled from the arms that encircled her. “I don't remember when I agreed to being yours, Inuyasha!” The miko said defiantly, making sure to keep her voice low as to not disturb the kistune in the other room that was undoubtedly asleep.

Bringing the finger that was coated in her juices to his lips, he slowly slid his tongue up the length, grinning wickedly when Kagome began focusing on his obscene gesture. She watched with widened eyes, unable to tear her gaze away from the erotic sight.

“Your sayin' ya'd go ta someone else after waitin' for me for seven years?” He asked, watching her snap out of the trance, her mouth opening and closing while she turned into a steamed vegetable.

Wrong again.

“Who said I was waiting for you?” She shot back after tripping over a few in audible words.

“Yer a virgin at twenty somethin' years old, wench! Ya had ta have been waitin' fer somethin'!” He argued, pissed that she was denying the truth.

Strike three.

Kagome bent over and hastily yanked up her shorts, holding them up with one hand while she stormed past him, out of the kitchen to hide in the bathroom. He growled and stalked after her.

“Kagome!”

“Leave me alone!”

He caught up with her just in time to get a door slammed in his face. What the hell? She goes from sexy vixen to psycho bitch because she didn't like hearing the truth! Growling, Inuyasha jiggled the handle until she yelled something that sounded a lot like, 'Fuck off.'

“'Gome, come out of tha bathroom before I break the friggin' door!”

“Why would I do that, you insensitive jerk!” She yelled back. The sound of water running in the background caught his attention and he wondered if she was getting in the shower. Maybe kicking in the door wouldn't be such a bad idea, especially if he caught a glimpse of her wet, fully nude . . .

Inuyasha shook his head of another dirty image and sighed, escaping to the kitchen to keep from carrying out his plan of destroying the wooden barrier that was keeping her away from him. He had a mess to finish cleaning up. He only hoped that afterward they could talk civilly. That is, if he remembered to put his foot in his mouth before making 'insensitive' assumptions and hasty declarations.

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Listening to the sudden silence that signaled the hanyou's retreat, Kagome's weak knees finally gave and she plopped herself down on the toilet lid, hanging her head in her hands. Why did things always end with with this? But before that, why did he always put boundaries on himself when it came to her?

Inuyasha, at the first sign of things getting serious, always got scared and backed off, just like he did in the kitchen. He had no problem blabbing about his sex life with Kikyou -that conniving witch- to Miroku and the other guys at school, but when it came to her, no sex. Nothing at all other than maybe a kiss here or there. To top it off, whenever she would confront him, his answer would be, “Keh.”

It was frustrating. Oh, so frustrating.

She yanked off the tank top and dropped it on the ground, sighing as she stepped up to the mirror. Her cheeks were still ablaze with a rosy, red blush, the stickiness. Luckily, was mostly gone except for a little bit here and there thanks to Inuyasha's cleaning services, and there was a love bite on her left breast, just above her nipple.

Sexy.

Not.

But, the miko did feel somewhat prideful that he placed a mark on her, whether it was intentional or not.

Suddenly, There was a loud crash in the kitchen, followed by a loud, “Fuckin' piece of shit!”

Kagome giggled and hurriedly took a damp cloth to her skin before cracking the door and peeking out. If he saw her run half nude across the hall, she was sure that she would be going to bed tonight with even more unsatisfied desires.

Her current frustration was enough.

Deciding it was safe, she torpedoed across the small strip of carpet and landed safely in the little room next to her dryer. The miko yanked it open and dug through the clothes until she found her favorite green pajama shirt and a pair of black shorts. Ditching the khakis, she threw on said clothes and took a deep breath, readying herself to face him again.

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A string a curses fell from Inuyasha's lips when the troublesome blender's cord caught the mop handle and fell on his toe.

“Muther-”

“Inuyasha! I'll save you! Mommy it wasn't his fault!”

There was scuttling along the outside of the counter and the kistune appeared around the corner, freezing in an overly-heroic battle stance. The hanyou frowned.

“Whad'ya think yer doin', runt?”

The kistune's eyes roamed over the newly clean kitchen, not seeing his mom anywhere in sight. “Where's Kagome?” He sniffed the air and then, in a ball of orange fluff flew at the abused half demon. Inuyasha, snatched him out of the air.

“Th' hell?” He growled.

Shippou sniffed again and then started to cry. “You ate her!”

“What?” The hanyou, completely perplexed, thumped the kitsune's forehead. Shippou just cried harder, saying in broken sobs, “I can smell her all over your breath!”

“Shippou-chan! Inuyasha!” Kagome rushed over and took Shippou out if his grasp, letting him cry into her shirt. “I'm right here.” She soothed, looking at the exasperated hanyou with a 'what the hell' look. Inuyasha shrugged and held his hands up, liking how even a little demon like Shippou could pick her scent up on him.

“Time to go back to bed, Shippou-chan.”

The kitsune looked up at Kagome and furrowed his brows. “You smell like him too.” He stated. Pink tinted the young woman's cheeks and Inuyasha grinned like a villain, going back to finishing the floor.

“We got into a fight.” Kagome said slowly while carrying Shippou back into her room and depositing him on the bed. He looked up at her, his emerald orbs scanning her face.

“You won?”

“Sure did. Now look,” She handed him the remote and pulled the blankets up to his chin. “I'll be back in a bit. I'm going to go knock Inuyasha a good one for picking you up like that. And,” Kagome back pedaled to her door. “The festival is tomorrow night. I promised.”

“What festival?”

Whirling around, Kagome came face to face with the sneaky hanyou that had creeped up behind her. “Jeez, 'Yash.” She groaned, allowing him to pulled her out of the doorway.

“Night, pipsqueak.” Inuyasha called before pulling the door shut with a 'click.' He rounded on Kagome who took a step back when she saw the predator grin on his face.

“I-I'm still mad at you.” She stuck her nose up in the air and walked away stiffly. Not noticing the flash of silver behind her.

“I cleaned, we're even.” He mumbled, his arms suddenly coming up around her waist. She sucked in a breath and he chuckled, his fingertips ghosting over her neck when he brushed a few straw strands out of the way of his lips.

Kagome felt her skin tingle pleasantly where his lips met her pulse and a shiver shot up her spine. “Inuyasha. You never . . .” She gasped when he bit her neck rather harshly.

“What?” He mumbled, his lips closing over the spot to suckle it gently.

“Finish w-what you start.” She moaned.

Inuyasha couldn't believe what he just heard her say. He stopped his ministrations and spun her around in his arms. “Are ya sayin' ya want to . . .”

Kagome lit up like a christmas tree. “N-Not now. I mean once we figure out what we want . . .” She dropped her gaze and poked the tips of her index fingers together. “If you want to . . .”

Inuyasha ran a hand over his mouth.

This girl was going to be the death of him. One minute she is screaming and yelling, the next she is being submissive and cute, asking him to . . .

He groaned.

“Dammit, wench!”

Kagome looked up at him from under her lashes. “Does that mean no?”

Inuyasha tilted her face up. “It means that if we do, that you will belong to me. Whether ya like it or not.” He growled, his eyes searching hers for any doubt. When he saw none, he kissed her lips chastely and then stepped around her.

“I'm gonna shower. Go get some rest.”

Kagome watched him walk away, the went over to her balcony door. She didn't even have it half way open before she heard a familiar male voice.

“Kagome!” She stepped out into a warm breeze and saw her neighbor just coming out of his apartment.

“Hi, Kouga-kun.” She smiled, walking back inside and around to the front door before pulling it open. He was already there.

“You're present's inside, Ginta said . . . That . . .” When he began taking steps towards her, Kagome began backpedaling until he was standing in her doorway. The wolf-demon sniffed and the his eyes locked on the side of her neck. Unconsciously, her hand flew to the spot and he growled.

“Why do I smell that mutt all over you? And why is there a mark on your neck?” Kouga asked, looking over her head into the apartment for the half-breed.

“It's not . . . “ Kagome suddenly wished she could lie to him like she did Shippou and he would be naive enough to believe but she knew she couldn't. Defeated, the miko looked up at him, the blush slowly returning. “There was an accident in the kitchen and-”

“His lips just happened to fall on your neck?” Kouga asked, drumming his fingers on the doorway in aggravation.

“Um, no?” Kagome tried, not knowing how to word what she was about to say, so she just went with, “One thing lead to another.”

“He marked you?!” Kouga grabbed her wrist before the could cover the hickey again and examined it closely, relieved when there were no fang marks. He released his grip and turned to leave. “If he doesn't keep his hands off, I'll break them.” He growled, leaving her standing in the same spot, her fingers finding the spot and running over it.

That was definitely on purpose.

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A/N: Kinda short, but I am going to the crawfish festival in about an hour. And I didn't update last night, so I figured I would go ahead and give ya'll something. Really long chapter next time! It's the fair! Should be fun!