Her pulse races and her breathing bursts out of her in small, sharp pants. Wind whips through her long, black hair, tangling her seductive curls into knots.  Darting a glance behind her, she doesn't see the man she's being chased by, but that doesn't mean he isn't there. He has...skills that allow him to disappear into the forest as though he'd never existed, and she knows he holds no qualms about using them.

Turning her head back, she speeds up as much as she can, dodging around trees and jumping over bushes in a desperate attempt to get away, to flee his beastly nature. She hears the crackling of snapped twigs and is unsure if it is her making the noise...or him. She cranes her neck around, searching futilely for a flash of white, or red - anything to hint at his location, but goes unrewarded.

That is, until she finds herself unceremoniously propelled towards the ground and a weight settles onto her back. She struggles to relieve herself of the pressure, but the only thing she accomplishes with her twisting is to come face-to-face with her captor.

"Got you," he growls, pinning her wrists to the ground.

"Go to hell!" She writhes underneath him.

"Careful. Never know how I might respond to the temptation of sweet, squirming flesh..." Leaning down close, he takes a deep breath in through his nose, wanting her scent, marking her with his.

"InuYasha! That's so vulgar!" She pretends to be disgusted, turning her face away from him, but he can hear the giigle hidden in her voice.

"But I thought that was what you liked about me, hmm? Or was I mislead, Kagome? Have you been," he pauses and chuckles slightly evilly,"misleading me?"

Laughing in response, she tugs her wrists from his loosened grasp and places her hands on either side of his face in a loving caress, pulling him down close to her. "I don't know, InuYasha, have I been?" She kisses him, slowly pushing herself into a sitting position.

He deepens the kiss, wrapping his arms around her and tangling his fingers into her already tangled hair. "Mmmm," he moans before leaning away slightly, trying to gain control of his rampant desire to strip her down and lick her untils she begs him to stop,"No, I think not...But don't try and weasel your way out of our bet with your body: I won fair and square! You have to give me one day without these damn beads!"

She chuckles. "Part of the wager was that you had to hold onto me, aaaand,"she says as she slips out from under him,"you haven't managed that yet."

Grabbing hold of her wrist, he smirks cockily. "Oh, really? Then what do you call this?" He gestures to his hold on her.

Smirking right back, she stands and fondles his ear. "Temporary." Leaning down for one last long kiss, she says,"SIT, boy!" and he's forced to release her as he hits the ground with a loud THUD.

"Damn you, Kagome!!This ain't over!" He shouts at her retreating back, teeth bared in anger.

He snarls, unable to believe he was duped by her again. He should already know that she'll never take them off, no matter what she promises. And yet, he still can't bring himself to be angry at her, loving her all the more for her demon-like cunning, She truly is his soul-mate, and even a worthless half-breed like him feels lucky she's his.

As Kagome reaches the edge of the forest, she pauses and looks over her shoulder, feeling extremely guilty about tricking InuYasha like that. He's done nothing to deserve such mistreatment, but...well, how can she be sure he would return to her? He says he loves her, but he is known for his callousness, and she's not sure she could handle him not coming back. She loves him too much. However, she knows the saying that if you love something, you have to let it go.

And so, she turns and walks slowly back to where she came from, struggling with every step to convince herself to release him. By the time she gets back to the clearing, she has finally decided.