OK round 2!
PROMPT: Glow
WORD COUNT:3090
PARTNER: Madison
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The sun had set hours ago and darkness cloaked the small clearing that the group had decided to pass the night in. The only light that shone besides the slight sliver of moon was the flickering light of the campfire. Inuyasha had his back up against a thick tree trunk and his eyes were gazing warily at Kagome’s sleeping form. For the last week he had noticed an unusual occurrence after the sun set and Kagome slept. She had begun to glow.
He was used to the pinkish glow of her aura when she summoned it and this was far different. Her skin seemed to shine and grow brighter. Her hair shimmered with blackish blue strangely bright in the black of night. The glow was growing stronger too. Inuyasha felt himself more and more drawn to her. He shook his head to clear it of the strange thoughts that had been circulating in his head. He didn’t think of Kagome that way. She was more like a friend or sister to him than a potential mate.
“She glows brighter every night,” said a calm voice beside him.
Inuyasha tilted his head to the side. Sesshomaru stood beside the tree his head and gaze fixed on the sleeping miko. Inuyasha didn’t know what it was but something in the way his brother stood had the hairs on the back of his neck rising in awareness.
“How long have you been spying on us?” Inuyasha demanded.
Sesshomaru didn’t answer his younger half brother, he didn’t even take his eyes from the sleeping form of the miko. Sesshomaru’s entire aura screamed possessive which irritated Inuyasha. He had absolutely no right whatsoever to be possessive of Kagome in any way. She was off limits.
“Kagome is none of your business,” growled Inuyasha his hand going to the hilt of the Tetseiga. “Back off.”
“As always you are remarkably uncontrolled little brother.” Sesshomaru said dismissively. It looked to Inuyasha like his brother was undressing Kagome with his eyes.
Inuyasha started to pull his sword from its sheath; a low growl issuing from his throat. A dark jealousy over Kagome surfaced inside of him and he was ready to fight his brother over her. If anyone was going to have the innocent miko it was going to be him. He had saved her life multiple times and was most likely going to have to save it again. She was his.
Sesshomaru finally removed his gaze from Kagome to meet his brothers head on. His eyes were the same colour as Inuyasha only they were cold as ice where Inuyasha’s were warmer. “You cannot control yourself. What makes you think you stand a chance against me? Even if I wanted the miko.”
“I know you want her! I can see how you are looking at her.”
Sesshomaru’s eyes flickered back briefly. “She is an oddity.”
Inuyasha finally drew his sword, the thin blade transforming into a large fang blade that he pointed at his brother. Sesshomaru was not in the least impressed at Inuyasha’s show of bravado. He drew his Tokijin lazily, not even bothering to actually raise the blade to face his brother. Inuyasha attacked first his aim was for his brother’s infuriating head. Sesshomaru barely moved and blocked the attack easily, Tokijin parrying the blow. Over and over Inuyasha attacked and Sesshomaru parried. He wasn’t actually trying all that hard and knew that he could unarm his brother easily. Metal clashed with metal loudly at the campsite mixed with the yells of Inuyasha. Neither noticed how much noise they were making.
“Hiraikotsu!” A massive boomerang broke the brothers apart before circling back to the tall brunette.
“What was that for?” demanded Inuyasha lowering his weapon from his brother and facing the demon slayer. “I was about to kill the bastard!”
“Only in dreams, little brother,” sneered Sesshomaru; goading Inuyasha into attacking him again. This time Sesshomaru actually disarmed him, Tetseiga flew high before imbedding in the trunk of the tree Inuyasha had been leaning against earlier.
Inuyasha bared his fangs at Sesshomaru and was about to attack him with his claws when a soft noise stopped him. Kagome was awake.
“SIT!” she yelled loudly seeing Inuyasha through her sleep clouded eyes.
Immediately Inuyasha fell to the ground, pulled by the enchanted necklace around his neck. “KAGOME!”
“At least you truly do know your place Inuyasha. Kneeling at my feet,” taunted Sesshomaru before he turned and left.
It was like a weight had lifted from him. Inuyasha could feel the difference. That insane jealousy and possessiveness he had been feeling towards Kagome was gone. Replaced with the feelings of friendship and anger he normally felt. Kagome was a good friend to him, no mistake, but did she have to drop him to the ground in front of him?
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“I cannot believe that you started a fight with Sesshomaru. If you didn’t notice from the last few times you have fought with him, he can kick your ass,” commented Kagome as she wiped at a cut on Inuyasha’s wrist. It would be healed by nightfall but in the meantime she wanted to stop the bleeding enough that he didn’t stain her clothes as they travelled today.
“I can beat him! Besides if Sango hadn’t interrupted last night I would have won.” Inuyasha grumbled.
“Not from what I saw. It looked like he was just toying with you,” piped up Sango as she readjusted the strap holding her hiraikotsu on her back.
Inuyasha opened his mouth to reply only to have Kagome cut him off. “What were the two of you fighting over anyway?”
Inuyasha shut his mouth tight. How was he supposed to tell her that they had been fighting over her? She would take that as a sign that he was interested in her. He didn’t want to lie to her though which she made harder by looking at him with those wide expectant eyes. He looked away from her; he still didn’t know why they had actually fought. It made no sense to him; he did not want Kagome so why should he care if his brother looked at her. He focused his eyes on Sango to further discourage Kagome from asking why he had been fighting with his brother.
“You are such a guy!” Kagome stood up and walked away from the campsite with a huff.
Inuyasha would have missed it if he had not been looking at her. It was brief but Sango had been gazing longingly at Kagome’s backside as she had walked away. That made no sense. Sango wasn’t one of those women. Though she didn’t admit openly that she was attracted to Miroku he knew it was true. He had even caught the pair a time or two in the trees by hot springs acting on that attraction.
Sango blushed red and turned away quickly. Which just reaffirmed Inuyasha’s belief that he had been wrong, after all what possible reason could Sango having for looking at Kagome like that?
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“Inuyasha is such a stupid....stupid....” Kagome stopped for a moment to think of what it was that was derogatory enough to be put into the same category as him. Oh who was she kidding there wasn’t anything.
Kagome stopped to lean against the trunk of a tree. She closed her eyes and began to count backwards from ten. Inuyasha had been acting so strangely for the last few days and at odd moments Kagome swore that he had been about to lean down and kiss her but that was just crazy. Miroku too was acting strange he had been even more of his perverted self taking every chance to grope not just Sango’s derriere but hers. And the comments he was making to her suggested that he was once more trying to get into her panties. How ridiculous!
She yawned. Though Kagome had been sleeping at every opportunity she was still exhausted. There was only one reason for it; it was the dreams that came to her every night. Dreams of a sensual nature that when she woke she could still feel the reactions inside her body. And every single dream revolved around one male: Sesshomaru.
He was a breathtaking example of the male gender. His hair was ankle length and the colour of silver. His eyes were yellow, gold one moment, citrine the next. His pale face was graced with magenta stripes on his cheeks and a blue crescent upon his forehead. Everything below the neck was in Kagome’s mind simple perfection. Even his arm with the missing hand. She knew from Inuyasha that Sesshomaru could easily regenerate his missing limb but for some reason had chosen not to.
As if thinking of a person could conjure them Kagome opened her eyes to see the very same demon lord that starred in her naughty dreams standing mere feet away. He was looking at her with that impassive face that never let her know what he was thinking and Kagome felt the flutterings of intense emotion begin in her stomach and begin to spiral out until her heart was pounding hard in her chest.
“Hi,” said Kagome softly for lack of anything better to say to the demon lord.
She was not surprised in the least when he did not greet her back. He was just not that type of male. The strong and silent type suited him infinitely more.
They stared at each other, their eyes meeting and refusing the leave. Kagome could feel a rising in the tension with each second. Her body was yearning for him to come and touch. Her stomach was rolling with anticipation, her body tingling from head to toe. Kagome didn’t know who had moved first only that they both had closed the gap between them and Kagome was now pressing her body flush against him as his lips descended to capture hers in an intense kiss.
The passion exploded inside of her, creating a mindless need. She wrapped her arms around his neck as they kissed. Her hands tangled in the soft thickness of his beautiful hair. She moved her lips against his opening for him, inviting him in. He took full advantage of her invitation, his tongue slipping inside to taste and memorize. Kagome could feel it as her knees began to buckle, she pulled away ever so slightly and his good arm wrapped itself around her back and held to him. He was not ready to let her go. He still had more kissing to do. Kagome was more than willing to oblige.
He walked her backwards, never taking the time to stop kissing her until her back was to the trunk of a tree. His hand moved to cup her chin and slide down her neck softly, touching as much skin as he could. His touch felt like fire adding to the passion and need Kagome was feeling. She moved a hand to touch his own face just as lightly only to have Sesshomaru jerk his head away of her. He looked as though someone had slapped him.
“What is it?” asked Kagome breathless from their kisses.
Sesshomaru was shocked to see that she was glowing again. Her skin was shimmering. Was this glow a result of desire the miko was feeling ? He did not know but he felt himself pulled to her. Her lips were swollen from his kiss making them fuller and even more of a temptation to him. How could he resist her?
Sesshomaru moved her hand to his shoulder before he kissed her again. “Madness. You invade my thoughts and distract me from my goals. What else could I be suffering from but madness?” He answered, then pressed his lips to hers again kissing any response from her away. It was a long time before he stopped and forced himself to back away from the much too tempting miko.
“Don’t stop,” whimpered Kagome, still standing against the tree. She had been enjoying his kisses too much.
Sesshomaru looked at the miko, thanks to him she looked dishevelled and completely beddable. Her black hair was mussed and curling slightly around her. Her eyes were misted with desire for him. And the shirt of her strange scandalously short outfit had been opened revealing the small undergarments she wore beneath. Her skin was still glowing strongly. She was a tempting woman. One who wanted and accepted his kisses.
“Please,” she begged him.
Sesshomaru forced himself not to step closer to the miko. She had an uncanny ability to make him mad, one kiss and he had been pushing her up against a tree, two and he was stripping her of her clothes, three and he was sure that he would be taking her willing body against that tree trunk. It wouldn’t be enough and he knew it.
Kagome watched sadly as Sesshomaru slipped away into the trees without so much as another word.
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“What’s keeping her? We were supposed to have left already! We have more shards to find.” Inuyasha was pacing the clearing waiting for Kagome to return from her snit. He was still completely in the dark about why he had been feeling so strangely around Kagome.
“Calm down Inuyasha, Kagome needs time to cool off that impressive temper of hers. You are lucky she didn’t sit you this morning,” commented Miroku. He was sitting cross legged on the ground waiting with Inuyasha for Kagome to return. Sango had taken Kirara and Shippo with her earlier to the next town to get food for the group when they finally caught up. Miroku would have happily accompanied her but felt that Inuyasha could use some company while waiting for Kagome.
“That’s another thing! Why does she always do that? I am not some pet of hers!”
Miroku shrugged. He had his suspicions about why Kagome was always sitting their friend but none he was willing to bring out into the open.
There was a rustling in the trees to the left of the clearing that told the men that Kagome had returned. The moment they saw her both men were speechless. Her skin was glowing brightly from head to toe, her hair was mussed and she looked a little dazed. Both of them felt the stirrings of desire just looking at the girl.
Oblivious to the change in her friends Kagome walked silently to her large yellow backpack and hefted it onto her back. She began to walk in the direction of the village they knew was close by. She stopped before she left the clearing and looked over her shoulder at them. “Are you coming or not?”
That was when she noticed the look on their faces. Her eyes widened in shock. They had the exact same look that Sesshomaru had had. Overwhelming and consuming desire. Both of the men were advancing towards her their hands outstretched.
“AHH!” Kagome screamed and bolted down the road.
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Sesshomaru heard the high pitched scream clearly. He had not been able to bring himself to leave the miko as he had planned. He had stayed close enough that he could still smell her tempting scent. Her scream was something completely unexpected. He rushed towards the sound without a thought to how the miko may react. What he found was nothing he could have ever thought possible.
The miko was on a branch high in a tree holding on for dear life. His idiot of a brother and the lecherous monk were fighting below. From what he heard from them, they were fighting over Kagome. That did not sit well with Sesshomaru. She was his miko. No other males had any reason to even glance in her direction.
Miroku threw a sutra at Inuyasha, dodging the swing of the Tetseiga. Inuyasha batted the paper away and attempted to scratch Miroku with his claws. The pair had only one goal: prove to Kagome that she belonged to the winner. Miroku swung his staff to block Inuyasha’s aim and twirled it to twist Inuyasha’s arm. Their eyes met and as one they threw their weapons to the ground and charged each other with their fists and claws.
In the tree Kagome watched in horror as her friends fought over her. It was totally insane. The moment she had realized that they were coming at her she had fled for the trees, dropping her backpack and flying up to the nearest branch . They chased her to the bottom of the tree before the pair had turned on each other and began to fight.
Kagome saw the moment Sesshomaru had arrived. He was scowling at his brother and Miroku; ignoring the spectacle he skirted the edge of the fight and leapt onto the branch beside Kagome.
“Hi,” said Kagome with a blush not knowing what else to say to him.
“You are in quite a fix miko.”
Kagome nodded. She wanted nothing more than to disappear. But she wasn’t even sure she could get down from the tree. Even worse with Inuyasha and Miroku acting like idiots down there she wasn’t sure she even wanted to get down.
“I will help.” Sesshomaru said suddenly.
Kagome’s eyes widened. “You will?”
“Yes. Of course there is something I want from you.”
“Anything!”
Sesshomaru came the closest Kagome had ever seen to smiling. “I want...” He leaned in and whispered his wish into her ear. Immediately Kagome blushed. Her body grew warm at his words. She remembered earlier when he had pushed her against the tree and given her the kiss of her life.
Unable to speak she nodded and smiled at him. Sesshomaru didn’t give her another moment to think before he scooped her into his one good arm and summoned his cloud to fly them away.
Down below the friends stopped. There was no reason for them to be fighting so why were they? They backed away feeling the strange desire for Kagome disappearing quickly.
“What the hell was that all about? You felt it too right Miroku?” asked Inuyasha sheathing Tetseiga. He cursed her. There was no reason he should be feeling like this about Kagome. It had to be that damn glow! It was the last thing he remembered before his thinking had clouded and he had become obsessed with her.
The monk nodded. “I did. Why did it leave so suddenly?”
The two looked up at the tree where Kagome had fled from them. She was gone!
“Oh great! Now she let herself get kidnapped!” yelled Inuyasha irritably.
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DONE!