InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Making Things Right ❯ Problems with Work ( Chapter 25 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
(**) a dream/vision
(~~) a note/letter
(*****) a scene/time change
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InuYasha debated whether or not to wake Kagome. She hadn’t set the alarm and she had to leave for the research facility in about an hour. He really didn’t like the idea of her going in there alone. No scratch that. He fucking hated it. He sighed and nuzzled her neck softly.

“Oi, wench, time to wake up,” he said.

Kagome stirred. She rolled over and buried her face in his chest. “What time is it?”

“You have an hour before you have to leave,” He replied. “Have I told you that I think this is a fucking terrible idea?”

She lifted her gaze to meet his. “You might have mentioned it,” she replied. “I know you don’t like it, but I promised to be careful and I meant it.”

Kagome got out of bed and got ready for the day. When she got dressed, she purposely picked out an outfit that did nothing for her figure. She wanted to be as plain as possible so as not to encourage her new employer.

She stepped out of the closet in slightly too large, mid calf length skirt and a loose-fitting beige blouse buttoned up to her neck. She looked to InuYasha to see if he approved.


InuYasha looked over the outfit she had chosen and he could tell what she was trying to do. It was the least revealing thing he had ever seen her wear. She still looked beautiful to him, but she always did no matter what she had on.

“Keh, it’ll do, wench,” he told her.

*****

Kagome forced herself to smile as she entered the research facility for her new job. Dr. Sato greeted her as she came in. She groaned inwardly as he ushered her into his office by placing his hand on her back.

InuYasha is going to be really upset when he finds out he touched me again. Hasn’t this guy ever heard of personal space?

They sat and Kagome filled out the paper work set before her. She noticed that even dressed as she was, the man’s eyes roamed her body. The way Kagome saw it, there were only a few main ways a man looked at a woman.

First was with disinterest. That would have been the way she preferred to be looked at by the doctor.

Then there was polite interest. The way a man looked when he appreciated the view, but either wouldn’t make a move, or would but with honorable intentions. She could have handled that.

The way she preferred least - the way Kouga had looked at her and the way the doctor was looking at her now - was a look that let you know that they only had one thing on their mind and that they didn’t really care if you wanted it or not.

Finally, though, was the way InuYasha looked at her. She smiled as she thought about it. Sure, when his eyes traveled the length of her body, she saw lust and desire there, but more than that she saw awe, respect, and love. She saw that he cherished her as much as he wanted her and that he belonged to her as much as he felt she belonged to him.

She wondered, if this man in front of her was conducting illegal youkai experimentation, and with unwilling participants, would it matter to him if she was unwilling for what he had in mind as well? She paled slightly at the thought. That didn’t matter at the moment, though. She had to do this, and it wasn’t like she was helpless after all. Kouga had been youkai and that was why she hadn’t been able to fight him off. This man was short and soft around the middle, and Kagome was confident she would be able to get away, if anything happened.

Still, maybe she should ask Sango to teach her a few moves just in case. Her friend would no doubt be happy to do it. That decided Kagome felt much better.

She slid the completed paperwork back across the desk and was handed a card key.

“This card activates any of the key pad locks around the building,” Dr. Sato said. He handed her a small slip of paper. “This is your access code. Unlike the card it will only unlock the doors in the areas you have clearance for.”

The doctor crossed his office and accessed the supply closet. He pulled out a pale pink lab coat. “Each position here is signified by a different color coat. Doctors, of course, wear white. Nurses wear dark blue and orderlies wear a light green. Interns either wear pale pink or blue. It helps new employees easily identify the rest of the staff until they learn their names.”

Kagome took the coat and put it on.

*****

The rest of the day went by rather quickly.

Kagome was shown around to all the areas she would be working in and introduced to the staff. She was given a basic idea of what her duties would be and spent time familiarizing herself with the experiments she would be helping collect the data for.

To her surprise, she was also given a small desk and was told that she would be given a few hours each day to work on her theory that spiritual powers could be used to heal youkai. She hadn’t really expected to be given a serious opportunity to work on what had been nothing more than a ploy in getting hired, but she decided to make the most of it.

The only thing that hadn’t gone well was that she, once again, had to fend off an invitation to lunch.

*****

When five o’clock rolled around, Kagome used her phone to call for a car. A cab showed up, and she noticed that the driver worked for Sesshomaru. Kagome sighed as she slumped down in the back seat. She wasn’t looking forward to InuYasha yelling at her. Maybe he wouldn’t be there and she could change before he saw her. She leaned toward the front seat. The driver was inu youkai.

“Um… Could I make a strange request of you?” she asked.

“I am bound to your orders, Lady Tashio,” he replied.

“Uh… okay.” Kagome replied. “Could you tell me what I smell like? I mean, scents that don’t belong to me.”

The driver looked at her in the rearview mirror to see if she was serious.

“Other than your own scent, there is, of course, the scent of the younger Lord Tashio, and some trace scents of several other people - but I assume you are really asking how well I can smell the unfamiliar male, mid forties, laced heavily with arousal? The answer is very well.”

Kagome groaned. “Thank you,” she said. “At least I’ll be ready this time when InuYasha starts in on me.”

*****

Kagome went inside. InuYasha was pacing in the living room in front of Miroku and Sango. He stopped and looked at her as soon as she came in. As she stepped closer, she saw the moment he smelled Dr. Sato on her, and she threw up her hands.

“Wait…” she said hurriedly. “Before you get mad, I know what you are smelling, and it isn’t as bad as it seems. He did put his hand on my back, but most of what you are smelling is because the lab coat I have to wear over my clothes was given to me by him.”

Kagome felt her body give an involuntary shudder as he stalked toward her. She felt his youki flare and expand, filling the room. It wrapped around her, capturing her. His eyes were glowing menacingly and his fangs were bared. In that moment he looked as feral as she had ever seen him and it excited her. She shivered as he walked around her, circling her like his prey, as he sniffed her to discern the truth of her words. Her hands trembled as he stood before her looking into her eyes.


InuYasha knew she was telling the truth. He was furious that another man had his hands on Kagome, especially since this man had other intentions. A few long seconds passed and another scent reached his nose. It was heavy and sweet and he knew it all too well. Kagome was aroused by his behavior, and it was making it very difficult for him to stay mad. He grabbed her arm and dragged her to their room before her scent made him do something stupid like jump on her with Sango and Miroku watching.

With his body, he pressed Kagome against the wall.

“Why did you let him touch you?” he questioned. His voice was low and dark.

She shivered as his hot breath brushed over her mark, and she stifled a moan.

“I didn’t,” she said softly. “It just happened. It isn’t a big deal.”

InuYasha felt his youkai blood raging, trying to fight its way to the surface. He leaned down and his lips crashed roughly over Kagome’s. He demanded her submission. Neither InuYasha of Kagome showed any awareness as he shredded her shirt with his claws and flung it to the floor, or noticed as her skirt joined it.

Inside his head, InuYasha was having a conversation with himself, that his youkai blood, which had momentarily seized control of his body, was trying desperately to ignore.

What are you doing?

Mine... my mate.

You can’t do this. You’ll hurt her.

Mate wants me... Smells good...

Let her go.

SHUT UP... Mate...

InuYasha lifted Kagome from the floor and growled softly as her legs wrapped around his waist. He carried her to the bed. It was InuYasha’s turn to shudder when her hands slipped under his shirt and brushed across his bare chest. He ground against her and she moaned loudly.

Just as a claw was about to cut away her bra, a loud ringing filled their ears. InuYasha threw his arm out, and the phone went flying across the room and ended up broken and embedded in the wall.

The door to their room flew open, and Miroku and Sango came in.

“What was-” Sango started. “Oh my...

InuYasha jumped off Kagome, growling fiercely, his eyes flashing.


Kagome came back to her senses and noticed Miroku was staring at her. When she realized she was only wearing a bra and panties, she grabbed the blanket from the bed and wrapped it around her. She got up and stepped in front of InuYasha. Seeing his lack of control, she began to rub his ear, and he leaned into her hand.

“Everything’s all right,” Kagome said softly. “It was just the phone you heard. I’ll calm him down. Just go.”

Sango and Miroku nodded and stepped out of the room shutting the door behind them.

Kagome stopped rubbing InuYasha’s ear, and he opened his eyes.

“Kagome-” he started.

“I’m going to take a shower,” she interrupted, and headed for the bathroom still wrapped in the blanket from their bed. She turned back just before closing the door. “Please don’t be upset. You didn’t do anything wrong. You didn’t hurt me, or do anything I didn’t want you to.”

She shut the door.

Kagome got in the shower. She couldn’t help but feel completely frustrated. Damn the phone. If it hadn’t rung then we would have…

She shook her head. No, it was better that the phone had interrupted. He hadn’t been entirely himself and as much as she didn’t mind that sometimes, she didn’t want that to be the way it happened the first time. She laughed softly.

It was strange, she knew, to be thinking of it as the first time, since she and InuYasha had been together in two lifetimes, but for him, it would be the first time. She turned down the temperature of the shower.

Why does he have to be so attractive, so masculine... this is not helping things, Kagome. You are getting to be as bad as Miroku...

She groaned.

*****

If things could get any worse, Kagome didn’t know how.

Since that day in their room nearly a week ago, InuYasha had hardly spoken to her. In fact, the only time he came near her was when he lay down to go to bed.

On top of it all, Kagome had yet to have a chance to get Dr. Sato’s access code and the good doctor seemed to be as thick as Kouga and Hojou when it came to pursuing her despite her dismissal. At least she had been able to keep him from touching her. In fact, the only good thing that had come of it was that it had given her a chance to learn some moves from Sango without InuYasha finding out.


InuYasha sat in one of the garden trees as the sun set. He knew he was driving Kagome crazy by staying so far away from her, but the truth was that he was afraid he would hurt her. Though he had been strangely aware when his youkai blood had taken control, it still scared him. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to be close to her. It was just hard when he wanted to be with her so badly, but didn’t know what would happen if he allowed himself to give in to his desires. Mate or not, he couldn’t trust his youkai with her, and he refused to risk Kagome’s safety. Until he was sure he wouldn’t hurt her, he would keep his distance.

He caught Kagome’s scent on the breeze and knew she was coming to talk to him. She had already let him brood much longer than usual and he knew it had only been a matter of time. Even though he was expecting her, she surprised him yet again.


Kagome didn’t say anything as she approached, and when she was directly under him, she sat down. Leaning against the trunk of the tree, she closed her eyes. She had decided to try a different approach with InuYasha by making herself available if he wanted to talk, and if not, at least she would be with him.


After several minutes InuYasha’s curiosity got the better of him.

“Uh, Kagome... What are you doing?” he asked.

She sighed softly. “I just wanted to be near you for a little while, if that’s all right.”

He didn’t really know how to respond to such a simple, yet telling statement.

“Keh. Do what you want, wench.”

The sky grew dark and Kagome remained sitting just beneath his branch. He wondered why she hadn’t pressed him to tell her what was wrong.

Maybe I should tell her anyway so she doesn’t think it was anything she did. If she understood why I am staying away then maybe she wouldn’t look so sad.

InuYasha jumped down. Kagome didn’t start, but she did open her eyes.

“Can we talk?” he asked.

“If you want,” she replied.

He sat in front of her. “About the other day,” He started. “It’s not anything you did, you know. It was me. That’s why I’ve been staying away from you.”


Kagome studied his face for a moment and considered his words. Finally she understood. He was worried about losing control and hurting her, not about what they almost did.

“You won’t hurt me,” she said softly. “Your youkai came out the first time we were together. He was the one who marked me, but even if that wasn’t the case, I know that you wouldn’t hurt me because youkai, hanyou, or human, you are always my InuYasha. The one who protects me and cares for me and the one I love.” She stood up. “I’m going to go make dinner. I hope you’ll join me.”


It never occurred to him that such a thing could be true, but it had to be since he knew Kagome wouldn’t lie to him. He cursed himself a fool for not talking to her sooner. He could have been spending time with her these last few days instead of sitting alone in a tree.

*****

When Kagome saw InuYasha come in, she smiled brightly at him and not for the first time he marveled at how easy it was to make her happy. She didn’t need him to speak beautifully and flatter her like Miroku, and didn’t expect him to give her gifts. She simply wanted to be near him without him pushing her away.


He knew that he would never understand why she wanted to be with him. He knew he was rude and not really all that pleasant to be around most of the time, but Kagome accepted that as a part of he was and was happy with him. He decided he really would have to make more of and effort to see her happy. After all, she didn’t ask for much.


They ate together and after sat on the sofa and watched TV. When they finally went to bed, InuYasha held her close and kissed her until she was dizzy. She was completely happy as she fell asleep held in his arms, listening to the low rumbling coming from his chest.

*****

The next morning Kagome arrived at her job with a genuine smile. She had a good feeling that this was going to be the week she would be able to get the information they needed and never have to come back.

As soon as she stepped inside, Dr. Sato rushed over to her. He seemed preoccupied as he led her to his office, so she chanced to watch him over his shoulder as he entered his code.

Seven, one, two, five, seven. I got it. Seven, one, two, five, seven.

She wondered, as she chanted the numbers in her head to memorize them, what the doctor wanted her for. She soon found out.

“We have a serious problem,” he said as his door closed. “There is a youkai here who will die by the end of the day if we can’t find someway to help him. Since he will die anyway, he has agreed to let you test your theory on him. We need you to help him as soon as possible.”

Oh no, what can I do...? I can’t let anyone find out how weak I get after using my powers, but I can’t let him die either... I need some of that tea and someone I can trust to help me...

“I will have to call someone to bring me what I will need,” Kagome said.

“Very well,” he replied.

Kagome called her house and found that luck was on her side. Sango answered. Even more unbelievable was that Sesshomaru had asked Miroku and InuYasha to meet with him. She told Sango what she needed and went outside to wait for her.

*****

Sango arrived half an hour later.

“Just go along with whatever I say,” Kagome whispered, and Sango nodded.

They were led to one of the testing rooms and Kagome saw a youkai about her age tied to a table. He had a seal over his mouth. She turned to Dr. Sato.

“Why is he restrained like that?” she asked.

“I assure it was for his and our protection. He has become delusional and was attacking everyone as well as trying to injure himself,” the doctor lied.

Kagome nodded though she didn’t entirely accept his explanation. She noticed that his youki was being repressed also since she could barely feel it.

“I need everyone but Sango to leave,” she said. “I need to be able to focus solely on the patient. Her aura is familiar enough that it will not be a distraction.”

The doctor looked at her a moment trying to see if she was being truthful. Finally, he left.

She turned to Sango. “You know what to do right? They can’t find out what happens when I use my powers.”

“Don’t worry,” Sango replied.

“If you can hear me, I am only trying to help. I don’t know if they have been telling the truth, but please, trust me,” Kagome whispered.

The youkai glared at her, and she could see the hate in his eyes.

Kagome pulled aside her collar. “My mate is Tashio InuYasha, and Lord Sesshomaru is having this place investigated. So don’t give up.” She noticed that his eyes softened a bit and something new appeared in them... Hope.

Kagome looked at Sango. “I don’t think he’s here willingly. I have to hurry and get proof for Sesshomaru.”

Sango nodded.

“I’m sorry, this will hurt.”

Kagome put out her hands and sought to heal the youkai before her. She could feel his youki lashing out at her and was thankful that it was subdued. His youki felt so strange like it wasn’t completely a part of him. He was dying because it was fighting to break free from his body. She finally managed to connect his youki to his physical being and slumped to the floor.

Sango supported her as she helped her drink the tea. After a moment Kagome was back on her feet merely looking a little tired.

“You have to ask Sesshomaru what could make a demon’s youki seek to leave its physical body,” she said. “Ask him what could make something that is so naturally a part of him try and disconnect.”

“I will,” Sango replied. “Is there anything else?”

Kagome shook her head.

They let the doctors back in.

“I did it,” Kagome said. “His youki is weakened, though, and he will need several days to recover fully. Should I remove the seals?”

“Oh, no... ” Dr. Sato replied, looking very excited. “You’ve done enough. Someone else will see to it.” He examined the youkai and spoke quietly to a man beside him. Kagome knew he had spiritual powers.

“Amazing, simply amazing,” Kagome heard him mutter as she walked out.

*****

When the cab dropped her off, she was summoned directly to Sesshomaru to report in her own words what she had discovered. She also told him that she now had the code and as soon as she could she would find out what they were hiding.


InuYasha wasn’t pleased to learn what she had done, but had to admit that she kept her promise to be careful by calling Sango, and everything had worked out all right. It helped that she was able to tell him that she wouldn’t have to work there much longer and that she was only waiting until she could be sure that she wouldn’t be caught.