Okay since I will no longer be posting on aff net I'm moving all my stuff that WAS (I deleted everything) posted over there to here which really isn't a whole lot only like two or three fics total. I will post Remember Me (the sequel to this) once I get it cleaned up some and fix some of the massive errors I found in it when I reread it from the beginning last weekend. So don't fret it'll be up soon. Thanks for reading; much love for you all. Keva

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Sesshoumaru leaned against the tree and closed his eyes; not to sleep but to meditate. His companions were sleeping nearby and his senses were on high alert as they always were. Enemies were constantly lurking around and always waiting for that one moment of inattentiveness so that they could attack. The birds were down for the night, the night bugs were scurrying around, and the slithering creature that was in the tree he was currently leaning against; maintained its disinterest in him, as it should so long as it desired to keep its life.

While his eyes were closed he began training in his mind with his powers and his beast. Going over every scenario that could come up in battle and what moves would be the best to counter act another's attack.

The slithering creature drew a little closer but still maintained its lack of concern with the demon lord... or so Sesshoumaru thought.

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Naraku grinned wickedly as his long tentacle slid across the branches of the tree above the demon lord. Using a tentacle to simulate a snake was by far his best idea; the great taiyoukai of the west would never suspect that what he thought to be a simple creature of the forest was in fact his worst enemy.

Inching the tentacle a little closer and working it until it was in perfect position; directly above the demon lord, the tip opened and out fell a yellow substance that looked like pollen. This action caused the demon sitting at the base of the tree to snap his amber eyes open.

Naraku smirked at this, retracted his tentacle before the demon could react, and slowly vanished from his position in the trees. "Soon" He whispered. "Very soon you will be mine."

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Sesshoumaru looked at the yellow dust on his haori and narrowed his eyes at the substance. There was nothing in the area that would produce the yellow powdery stuff; causing his mind and body to go on high alert.

Rising to his feet he scanned the area and found that the only thing that was missing from the area was the snake that was in the tree. He looked up into the tree and narrowed his eyes as he leapt up onto the branch that the snake was last sensed slithering around.

Finding nothing; not even a scent of the creature, his senses informed him that something was irrefutably wrong. Leaping through the trees; trying to pick up the cause of his unease, his youkai suddenly began to tingle. "Naraku" He growled.

As he worked his way north through the trees the minuscule scent he had picked up earlier continued to get stronger and stronger. When the scent was at its strongest; Sesshoumaru stopped in the center of a small clearing and instead of landing gracefully perfect he stumbled lightly. A growl erupted from his throat at such an uncharacteristic action but was quickly shrugged off as he turned and began following the scent trail of his enemy.

After walking for several minutes a sudden overwhelming scent of the dark hanyou surrounded him. "Naraku" He growled out once again.

"Lord Sesshoumaru; so nice to see you again." The deep voice of the hanyou surrounded him; sounding like it was coming from everywhere and nowhere all at the same time. Sesshoumaru tried to pinpoint the hanyou's location and found that he couldn't; which was a complete impossibility.

"Show yourself hanyou filth."

Naraku chuckled."Very well." He answered like they were long lost friends meeting once again then appeared several feet away from the irate demon.

Sesshoumaru wasted no time in attacking the hanyou with his poison whip; causing Naraku to leap nimbly out of the way.

"Now, now is that anyway to treat someone who only wishes to speak with you?" He tsked at the demon lord.

Sesshoumaru eyed the dark hanyou. "Your words are meaningless to this Sesshoumaru."

Naraku dropped his head slightly and twisted his face into one of mock hurt. "The hatred you feel for me stings deep." He raised his head and locked his blood red eyes with angry gold. "Have I done anything to you to deserve such anger and hatred?"

"Your existence on my lands is enough to want you dead." Sesshoumaru growled out and attempted to draw tokijin and found that his muscles felt sluggish and sore. However he ignored the strange tingling in his body and pointed the dark sword at the hanyou. "Die" He stated in a deep cold voice as he forced his tired body to leap at his enemy.

Naraku shot a tentacle out in front of him letting the demon lord slice through it effortlessly; causing the yellow powder substance to fill the air.

Sesshoumaru landed on one knee breathing hard in effect sucking in lungful after lungful of the yellow pollen like stuff.

The dark hanyou came up behind the demon lord and hovered over him. "What's the matter Sesshoumaru-sama? It seems you're not quite yourself today." He hissed into his pointed ear.

Sesshoumaru turned and lashed out at the evil being and landed on his hands and knees when Naraku easily side stepped the weak attack.

"Is that the best the Taiyoukai of the west can do?" Naraku started condescendingly. "I truly expected more out of you than this." He finished with a wave of his hand over the downed demon lord.

Sesshoumaru knew that whatever was wrong with him had something to do with the yellow pollen he had inhaled. His inner beast was raging inside trying to break free and it was taking what strength he had in his entire body to keep it locked inside.

Naraku grinned wickedly as he watched the demon lord's eyes begin to rim red; indicating that the beast within was lashing out. In order for him to fulfill his plans he needed Sesshoumaru to change into his true form. "Oh dear Sesshoumaru; it seems as if you are having some problem with your inner beast." He taunted. "Can't you control yourself?" He questioned with a disappointed shake of his head.

Sesshoumaru dropped his head fighting against changing forms and failing miserably. He knew that Naraku wanted him to be in his true form for whatever the hanyou had planned and he could not... no would not allow it.

Said hanyou was getting tired of waiting; so reaching into his haori sleeve he withdrew a small pouch, kneeled down in front of the downed demon lord, poured a handful of the yellow pollen into his palm, and blew it into the hard breathing taiyoukai's face.

Sesshoumaru gasped and coughed as the yellow stuff entered his lungs in effect releasing control to his primal self. He could feel his jaw begin to elongate, his back arch upwards, as white light began swirling around him.

"Yes Sesshoumaru; become that which you truly are." Naraku stated in fiendish pleasure.

The demon lord threw his head back and let out an ear shattering howl as the white light completely surrounded him.

Naraku watched in awe as a ball of white light shot into the air and came back down landing with it a giant white dog. Stepping up to the beast he eyed it crucially and tilted his head slightly to the side. "You know I have never seen you in your true form." He started as he walked around the muzzle of the giant panting dog. "You are quite a sight to behold and something to be feared." He reached out and ran a finger up the center of his furry nose. "I suppose you don't use this form very often being you want people to fear the lord of the west; not his primal beast."

Sesshoumaru watched with blind fury as the hanyou touched him. He tried to move and found that his body was aching so terribly that any movement was blinding him with excruciating pain.

The dark hanyou walked around to the side of his face and stared into the blood red eye of the dog and opened his mouth to begin taunting the demon lord once again; when the sound of sizzling earth caught his ears. "Well, I would have never expected that." Naraku stated as he watched the green poison drip from the great white dog's maw. Fumes began swirling about and Naraku could feel his lungs start to burn. "This will not do." He said as he surrounded himself in miasma for protection; canceling out the green vapors toxicity.

"I suppose I had better do what I have come for." He stated as he rose into the air and placed himself next to the pulse point just behind and beneath the dog's ear. "This will hurt." He stated as a tentacle with a large needle point tip entered the flesh of the dog; causing a loud howl to sound throughout the forest. "Do not fight it." Naraku ordered as another tentacle with a hollow needle point tip entered the foreleg, drawing in the dog's life blood and sending it into the blood stream of the dark hanyou.

Sesshoumaru lay there angry and helpless. Naraku was pumping his filthy hanyou blood into his system while systematically drawing his own pure blood into his system. He could feel the bloods mingling together as they flowed through them both; but why? Why was Naraku doing this? What did the bastard have to gain from this insulting trade of his pure demon blood with his tainted half-breed blood?

After several long minutes Naraku sighed in delight as he withdrew his tentacle and brought them back into his body. "I suppose you wonder why I am doing this." He stated as he brought himself down in front of the giant moon on the dogs forehead; then began rubbing his fingers across the blue fur, marveling at how soft it was in comparison to the white surrounding it. "Soon all will be made clear." He landed on the ground in front of the massive maw of the dog and withdrew a small vile containing a black liquid. He used a tentacle to enter the dogs mouth sending it all the way to the back of his throat and dumped the contents down forcing the dog to swallow.

Sesshoumaru's vision began to blur when the liquid hit his stomach and almost immeaditely he was thrown into darkness.

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Slowly Sesshoumaru came awake, head throbbing, body aching, and stomach churning. Beyond all that he determined he was relatively fine; with the exception of where he was and the fact that he was completely unclothed. Gold eyes scoured the dark room and he found that he and the overly large bed he was lying on were the only items in the room. Where was he and how did he get there?

He took a long hard sniff and picked up that his was the only familiar scent. He placed his hands firmly on the mattress and began to push himself upright and decided rather quickly that that was a big mistake as his head began to swirl with blackness, making his stomach knot up, and want to expel it's contents. He laid himself back down and felt something small and light slide over to his shoulder.

Grabbing the small item and raising it up so that he could see it, he noted that it was a small black rock with a silver claw holding the black stone in place which was attached to a small delicate silver chain. He gave a jerk in an attempt to remove it and only to have it hold fast its position around his neck.

He released the charm from his neck not caring too much as to its purpose as his heavy eyelids began to fall closed. He was terribly tired and the only thing he wanted at the moment was to sleep and preferably never to awaken.

Deep brown eyes watched from a dark corner as the demon lord came awake, tried to sit up, and found the necklace with the essences suppressing stone attached to it. So long as he had that necklace around his neck he would be as weak as a newborn babe and constantly on the verge of eternal slumber.

He walked forward until he was standing next to the large bed and stared down at the sleeping demon lord. Pulling the small sheet off the naked form in the bed and flinging it to the floor; he decided that now was the time to begin breaking the strong will of the mighty Sesshoumaru-sama.

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Removing his hakama he laid down next to the demon lord while rolling him over onto his side. He pulled his back up against his chest and began running his fingers lightly up and down Sesshoumaru's hard sculpted chest; stopping at his nipples to tease them into hardness with light pinches.

While tracing his chest he licked and nipped at his pulse point, along his jaw, and working his way up to his pointed ear. He sucked and licked along the rim making his way to the point where he sucked harshly upon the appendage. A barely audible moan passed the demon's lips and Naraku began whispering in his ear. "Time to wake up."

Sesshoumaru furrowed his brows in frustration against the voice that was disturbing his slumber. The voice sounded so familiar but his hazy mind couldn't put a face to it. Then there was the feeling of hands touching his body in a far too personal manner but again his mind couldn't focus on the happenings going on around him.

Naraku watched as the demon lord fought against the subduing spell for a moment and then submitting to the sleep spell as if it were a long time lover. He narrowed his eyes at the stone in what could almost be considered a death glare and placed the tip of his finger to it drawing out some of the black liquid swirling around in the small stone. He only removed enough of the poison to bring the demon lord to first waking making everything seem illusionary but at the same time real.

Slowly heavy lids opened revealing unseeing golden eyes. Sesshoumaru again tried to focus his mind and immediately gave up his quest; it was just too taxing on his overly exhausted mind.

Naraku grinned as he watched the golden eyes focus and un-focus on their surroundings then that grin turned to a slight frown as magenta covered lids began to fall closed. "No do not return to your slumber." He whispered with a nibble to the pointed tip of the demons ear.

Again silver eyebrows furrowed together trying to place a name or a face to the voice. His lips parted and an unfamiliar scratchy voice sounded; it was no doubt his own voice but never once in his life could he remember it sounding so foreign. "Remove yourself from my person." The edge of intimidation he had attempted to place in his voice failed to make itself known making him sound far to weak for his own tastes.

Naraku chuckled. "Now why would I do that? I rather prefer my current position." He stated as he simultaneously nipped at his ear and ran the backs of his fingers down his chest stopping at his navel.

Slowly Sesshoumaru grabbed the hand on his stomach and attempted to fling it from his body. "Cease this behavior or I shall kill you." He ordered sleepily; only to get another chuckle in response.

"I can't do that." Naraku stated as his fingers trailed further down his front seeking out the flesh between his legs. Once he found the limp flehs he wrapped is fingers around it and began stroking it lightly. A small smile graced the evil hanyou's lips as the limp flesh slowly began to grow hard in his hand.

Something in the back of Sesshoumaru's mind screamed at him that everything that was currently happening to him was wrong; yet somehow it seemed as if this was nothing more than a simple dream. However, the tingling sensations that were shooting through his body were far too pleasurable to fight against and this made him question whether reality really existed outside his hazy mind. If this were real then it would undeniably not be happening. Never would he allow such liberties to be taken with his body; unless he allowed such.

He didn't remember ever giving anyone permission to touch him in such a manner, leaving only one conclusion his over tired and fuzzy mind could come up with. 'This was definitely a dream'. Obviously he had forced his body to go far too long without giving it its needed physical attention; but for it to behave in such a manner told him that there was something seriously wrong with him. Upon coming to this conclusion; his mind became lost in a sudden rush of intense pleasure, forcing any attempts of rational thinking to become nothing more than a fleeting thought.

Naraku continued to stroke the demon lord until he was fully erect and thrusting his hips forward into his hand. It was still too early to bring the demon lord to full consciousness; so having his way with him while he was lost between fantasy and reality was just going to have to do. He had to first break his body and force it to accept him and then he could begin to work on his proud mind.

He removed his hand from the hardened member of the demon lord and grinned wickedly as Sesshoumaru thrust his hips a few times trying to alleviate the pressure. Finding nothing that could create the friction he so desperately needed; he wrapped his fingers around himself and slowly began pumping with long hard strokes.

Naraku watched this for a few moments with lust filled eyes; when he felt the tightening within his own groin causing his hard length to twitch in anticipation. He began pressing and rubbing up against the rounded backside of the lightly moaning taiyoukai; using his seeping essence to prepare him. He nipped and licked at the base of his taiyoukai's pointed ear, slowly working his way down his neck to his shoulder, grazing his slowly elongating fangs against his silky flesh.

Once satisfied that his tight cavern had been thoroughly prepared for him; he began pressing forward forcing the tight opening to stretch and allow him entrance. Just as he got his tip in; his partner halted all movement and tensed up. Naraku raised his lips to the pointed ear and whispered. "Relax." He then began sucking on the point of the appendage causing the demon lord to slowly relax. 'Dog's ears... always a weakness'. He thought with an inward evil smirk.

Sesshoumaru was thoroughly confused. The pain he felt from behind was too real to be a dream but for such an thing to be happening it could be nothing more than a dream. He would never allow someone to take such liberties with his body as was currently occurring now; he would kill the bastard painfully slow first. Yes he was definitely dreaming; but why was he having such dreams as this? Was it some inner desire he had no knowledge of? Or was it merely a deprived body causing such dreams just to obtain some sort of pleasure? He decided that upon waking he would find the nearest bitch in heat and relieve his need so that his body and mind could once again unite as one. Once again his thoughts were cut off as a tingling sensation shot from his ear, down his spine, and straight into his painful with need organ; causing him to shut out any thoughts other than the ones of pleasure.

Naraku saw that his silver lover was falling back into the world of pleasure; forcing him to find relief for his own painful need. He pushed deeper into his tight entrance and reveling in the feel of his strong muscles contract around his intrusion. It was taking every ounce of will power in his entire being to prevent himself from slamming himself to the hilt and pound his lover to death. A grunt of rejection sounded in his ears causing him to lick hard at the pulse point and to twist and tease a nipple into rock hardness with his nimble finger tips.

Another push and he was seated fully within the tight hot cavern of the great taiyoukai. He ceased all movement and let his eyes close in bliss. Never had he felt anything so euphoric in his entire existence; had he known that mating with the demon lord would feel like this he would have done it sooner... a lot sooner.

He opened his eyes when the youkai's body tensed up tightly at his intrusion and began growling in protest. Naraku didn't stay still for long; he gave a gentle roll of his hips hitting the sweet spot buried within and was pleased with the shutter that shot through the demon lord's body. He slowly pulled back and glided back in, making sure to hit that pleasure spot again, and relishing in the half groan half growl of pleasure that vibrated through the hard sculpted chest his hand was pressed against.

His pace picked up slowly with each thrust causing the taiyoukai to stroke himself in matching rhythm. Naraku placed his lips next to his pointed ear. "Release yourself to me." He ordered and picked up his pace ten fold causing the sound of slapping flesh to reverberate throughout the bedroom.

Sesshoumaru arched his head back as this strange dream induced pleasure coursed through his body. He felt that if he didn't find his release soon, he would be walking the afterlife, forever wracked with need, and never finding his euphoric bliss.

Naraku began grunting with the force of thrusting deep into the tight cavern of the panting heavily demon lord. He was so close to his own oblivion but couldn't let go until his lover did. He sank his fangs deep into the ivory, sweat covered, satin like flesh of his chosen mate and began releasing small amounts of his miasma into his blood stream. This would ensure that Sesshoumaru's lithe body would begin to conform and accept him and his blood making it possible for the demon lord to carry their child.

The child he desired would be the strongest being in existence and would dominate the land with his parent's wants and desires. 'Soon' He thought to himself. 'Soon my taiyoukai's belly will swell with our child and if possible he will become even more desirable to me.'

Skin slapped against skin loudly causing Sesshoumaru's breathing became fast and heave. Grunts of unabashed pleasure escaped his perfect pink lips with each deep stroke into his tight body. He stroked himself with demonic speed while thrusting his hips back against his unknown lover and forward into his powerful hand. He was so close to finding freedom from the pain within his groin; and with a loud growl, a tightening of every muscle in his body, he found his release. His chest collapsed and expanded as he panted from the exertion while small grunts passed his lips as his unknown lover continued to pound into him.

Naraku removed his fangs from Sesshoumaru's shoulder, licked over the puncture marks, and relished in the taste of the pure demon blood of his now mate. He grabbed Sesshoumaru's chin and twisted his head back then pressed his lips against the pale pink of the demon lord. He used his powerful tongue to force his way into his hot wet cavern and pressed, pushed, and taunted the opposing tongue into battle and dominating the war.

With a on hard, powerful, and most likely painful thrust his release exploded through his body and he wished at that moment that the hot hard body of his lover would accept him and begin the process of creating a child of their union. However; much to his disappointment, today would not be the day.

He sensuously licked the rim of his pointed ear and trailed his fingers along his sweat covered chest. He trailed his lips down his ear to the pulse point on his neck."You will be mine forever." He whispered against Sesshoumaru's neck then wrapped his arms tightly around his mate and they both fell into a well earned nights sleep.

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Naraku sat in his large chair staring blankly at nothing in particular. His mind was so preoccupied that even thoughts of the shikon no tama seemed like a vague memory of a time long since forgotten. It had been weeks since he had brought the lord of the west home and mated him. Everyday he had his way with the perfect body of the inu; yet his body still refused to release itself completely to him. Maybe keeping Sesshoumaru under a sleep spell wasn't working. It was quite possible that the mind needed to fall then the body would follow. Not to mention that by keeping Sesshoumaru in such a state was starting to take it's toll on him. He was pale, far too thin, and was loosing his healthy glow. If he kept him in this state much longer the demon lord would surely die; which brought forth a whole new set of problems.

The spell of the charm only subdued his powers so long as the sleep spell was attached. For so long he had tried to create a spell that would suppress powers as strong as the taiyoukai's and had failed in every attempt. Then he accidentally added the sleeping potion to the spell and much to his shock it had worked. After so many failures of trying to create a subduing spell he figured that adding the sleeping potion to it wouldn't be too much of an issue... well now it was an issue; a deadly serious one.

Even the transfer of his miasma into the demon's system was being rejected. Everyday the demon lord would use his own poison expel the miasma through his fingertips; bleeding it out until his poison flowed pure green again. This was forcing him to find a way to catch the poison so that he wouldn't have to replace the bed everyday because it was melted beyond repair. He had to think of someway to bring the demon lord to full waking yet keep him from using his beast to give him strength to break free and possibly even kill him.

With that last thought a wicked smile graced his lips. His beast was the key to breaking the body and mind of the demon lord. He had to tame the wild beast within; it had to be what was causing Sesshoumaru's body to reject him. The beast was protecting its master and doing a right good job of it!

He rose from his chair and headed to his room where his mate was sleeping. Along the way he stopped at a small room where he kept all his charms and potions, picked up the yellow powder that would force the beast to emerge, then continued on his way to the bedroom. Upon arrival to the dim lit room he used his tentacles to pick the sleeping lord up and leapt through the large opened window.

It would do no good to bring the beast out only to destroy his castle in the process as his room wasn't nearly large enough to accommodate something the size of the great white beast. Finding an area of his gardens that he could live with being destroyed; as most everything around his castle was lifeless anyway, he laid the unconscious demon lord down and poured the yellow powder into his palm.

He placed his lips next to the pointed ear and whispered. "Breathe deep my love." Then followed that up with a quick lick to the tip of his ear. He covered Sesshoumaru's mouth and nose with his free hand and when he felt the demon lord begin to struggle for breath he removed his hand and blew the powder into the face of the heaving deep taiyoukai.

Naraku stepped back and watched as Sesshoumaru began changing; the elongating jaw, his glowing red eyes, and his whole body shifting into his true form. However; the most amazing thing about watching the youkai change forms, was seeing his fur shoot out of his skin. It seemed almost other worldly to see someone so small; in comparasion to his true form, change into the great white beast.

He knew about the youkai's father as he had seen his remains; and knowing how massive Inu no Taishou truly was, he had to wonder how long before Sesshoumaru was the same size. In comparison to his father; Sesshoumaru was a mere puppy, it was actually awe inspiring to him to see his mate change forms as he did.

He circled the beast in contemplation trying to sort out how to break the creature and only came to one conclusion... he had to mate it; but how? Sure he had the ability to shape change but other than his spider like form he had never changed into anything bigger than his human form.

Coming around to the front of the giant dog; he watched as it stared deadly at him through heavy lids and attempt to bare its teeth at him. "I do not wish to harm you." He said as he placed his hand in front of its large black nose so that it could sniff him. "You see there is no malice here."

The dog let off a small growl and attempted to snap at him. "Now is that anyway to treat your new master?" Naraku asked as he rubbed the soft fur along the top of his muzzle. "Now how to make you accept me?" He moved to stand at the side of his face and looked into Sesshoumaru's barely visible crimson eye through the slit of his heavy eyelid. "Hmm... I wonder..." He started as he sent a tentacle up to scratch behind the beast's ear and grinned as its eyes fell closed and tilted it head to press against the scratching tentacle. "You are an inu after all; so I suppose you would react to the same pleasurable treatment as the common inu." He stated knowingly.

He moved to Sesshoumaru's side and stretched his fingers out making them look like a large rake and began scratching at his side; making sure to get deep into his fur so that he was raking against the pink flesh below. Sesshoumaru slowly rolled over onto his side and raised his leg so that the scratching could be moved to his pink belly; to which Naraku obliged.

"I suppose this is a start... ne?" Naraku said as he watched the dog's giant leg begin to kick in the air. He would have never thought in a million years that he would ever see the demon lord behave in such a manner. It was quite endearing to see him kicking his leg as he scratched at his belly.

A few moments later he halted his ministrations and walked around to the maw of the beast. "Are you hungry?" He asked not really expecting an answer; but the dog grunted at him and he took that as a yes. "Very well; I shall see what I can find for you. Do not move from this spot." He ordered knowing full well that Sesshoumaru didn't have the strength to do more than the simplest of movements; which mostly consisted of breathing and blinking.

It wasn't long until Naraku returned with two large buck's hanging from his tentacles. He placed them in front of the sleeping dog's nose and as soon as the scent of blood entered its nostrils the dog slowly opened his eyes to see what that mouth watering scent was. Seeing the dead animals lying in front of him; he turned his head to the side and picked up the one closest to his mouth and began gnawing feverishly on it.

Naraku was slightly put off at the sight of the beast eating the deer; with the sound of bones crunching and cracking, the blood dripping from his canines, and the leg hanging out the side of its mouth. It was almost too much for him to handle. Granted he had seen and done some terrible things during his existence but nothing had ever made his stomach turn as did the sight before him.

It didn't take long for Sesshoumaru to wolf down the first deer; using his large tongue to lick his chops clean, before he picked up the second and began working that one over only this time he decided to savor it. He rolled it around in his mouth; letting the blood coat his tongue and seep out of the sides of his mouth. He reveled in the the feel of the bones shifting and breaking between his teeth as the flesh tore open spilling more of the salty blood of the animal. Deep crimsion colored drool fell to the ground splashing in the dirt; but he ignored that in favor of relishing in the flavor and feel of the creature in his mouth.

If the hanyou was disgusted when Sesshoumaru ate the first deer; watching him eat the second was almost enough to make him want to remove his breakfast from his stomach. As he watched the second deer within the mouth of the dog; he could have sworn that the demon lord was playing with the dead thing, and this thought was confirmed as the gnarled, chewed up thing, landed at his feet when Sesshoumaru attempted to toss it in the air. However since he didn't have strength to create the momentum necessary to throw it he merely ended up spitting it to the ground.

Naraku couldn't take it any more when he watched the dogs tongue slip out between its teeth and begin to lick at the gnarled up animal. A few things in life had ever caused his stomach to churn and force him to seek an herbal remedy to ease his discord; and even then what he saw was almost tolerable, but the sight of the demon lord paying with a bloody, broken, chewed up creature, was by far too much for him to handle. He removed himself from the general area to wait for the dog to finish its dinner and to contemplate on how to mate or break or get the beast to accept him in some manner other than hatred.

xx

Naraku walked into his room and collapsed onto the bed next to the worn out demon lord. It had been possibly the most strenuous three days of his life. He held the subduing charm up in front of his face and flung it against the wall; shattering it into pieces. He had conquered the beast; granted it took three straight days nonstop, but he had finally broke him. The subduing charm was mainly a source to keep the beast at bay and keep Sesshoumaru from tapping into its strength, breaking free, and possibly killing him. Now he only needed to keep the demon lord tied down until he accepted his new position in life.

He sat up and looked over his shoulder at the sleeping being next to him; with his hands tied behind him and ankles bound together. Yes when Sesshoumaru finally awoke he was going to be angry beyond all reasonable thought but eventually his fury would give way to exhaustion. Then and only then would he be able to begin to break the demon lord's mind; or so he hoped it would work out that way, and if not then it really didn't matter. Sesshoumaru belonged to him now and there was no hope of ever breaking free.

He turned and laid down pulling the sleeping demon up against him placing him demon so that he was lying across him with his head on his shoulder. Naraku wrapped his arm around Sesshoumaru's back and began running his fingers through the long silver hair of his mate while occasionally lightly dragging his nails against his scalp. He delighted in the contented purring sound rumbling through his lover's chest.

"You know..." He started out loud. "The more I think about our future the more distant my desire for the shikon no tama becomes." He ran his nails lightly down the center of Sesshoumaru's back and felt his muscles tighten and relax under his fingers. "Maybe you are a greater treasure than that pink stone; a treasure that will make all my desires become a reality." He grinned to himself and continued. "Then when we seal our union with a child; nothing in these lands or any lands will be able to stop my rule..." Smirking at nothing in particular he looked down at the top of the silver head on his chest. "No, not my rule... our rule." He finished with a nuzzle to the top Sesshoumaru's head and another drag of his nails down his back. He had to sleep; for once morning light came a new battle would begin and he would need all the strength he could manage to deal with the first waking of the demon lord and the realization that he was now the mate to his most hated of enemies.

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Sesshoumaru slowly opened his eyes and attempted to focus on his surroundings and found that his mind was so hazy that his vision wouldn't focus properly. He felt as if he had been a sleep several moon cycles; his body ached all over and his hands and feet were... bound? This realization cleared his mind instantaneously and his gold eyes became sharp and clear. Glancing around the room he noticed that nothing was familiar to him nor could he pick up any distinguishable scent other than his own.

He suddenly focused his attention on the door when he heard footsteps coming down the hall towards the room and when the door slid open his eyes narrowed dangerously and a growl that could only be described as deadly escaped his lips. "Naraku" He growled out.

"Ahh... You have finally awakened." He said as he walked towards the bed.

"Release me." Sesshoumaru ordered and thoroughly expected the hanyou bastard to comply.

Naraku came up to the bed and sat on the edge. "I can not do that; not until you realize and accept your new position in this life."

Sesshoumaru glared hard at the dark hanyou. "My position in this life is to destroy yours."

Naraku reached out and ran the backs of his fingers across his magenta stripes only to have Sesshoumaru jerk his head away from the touch. "Yes you want me dead but it seems as if I need to explain a few things first." He rose and walked around to the end of the bed and could feel deep golden eyes boring into him. "You see, you have been in my possession for almost a full moon cycle now and during that time many things have come about." He ran his fingers through his long black wavy hair and looked pointedly at the demon lying on the bed. The demon lord was under a thin white sheet which was only covering his lower half clothed his navy blue hakama; this caused him to feel that tingling of ownership deep within his gut.

"I suppose I should start from the beginning." He paused to let Sesshoumaru voice his protests and when all he got was the Sesshoumaru 'die' glare he continued. "You see my intentions at first; as you know, was to always absorb you and take your power and strength as my own. However, upon finding that that was an impossibility I devised another way to obtain you." He walked back around to the side of the bed and sat down. Inwardly he took a deep breath knowing what was going to happen once he told his demon lover what he now was. "I have taken you as my mate."

Sesshoumaru upon hearing that began pulling against his bonds wanting to kill the bastard for speaking such lies. "I will kill you." He said as he bared his fangs at the hanyou. "Release me."

"I have told you I can't do that until you accept your position." He picked up a few strands of his silver hair and rubbed it between his fingers. "We have mated doubt it not. Although, I suspect you may not have believed it to have happened. Your mind possibly convinced you that what you were experiencing was nothing more than a far too real dream."

Sesshoumaru had vague memories of what the hanyou filth was speaking of but just couldn't believe it. It was just another one of Naraku's lies in order to poison the mind and attempt to gain more power. Which he was going to fail in doing; being he was going to kill the bastard and take much pleasure in doing so.

"You doubt my words. No?" Not getting an answer he released the silver hair from his fingers and ran the tip of his finger across the mating mark. "You see; you carry my mark." He pointed out as he ran his finger across it again. "Have you not wondered why you can't distinguish my scent from you own? Or more importantly why your beast is so contented within you?"

If Sesshoumaru were one to show emotions on his face shock would be evident to all eyes upon him. Until the hanyou said it he didn't even realize those things were true. Then there was that strange tingling feeling that shot down his spine when Naraku ran his fingers across his shoulder. Yet he wouldn't accept such a thing to be true. "Only a coward would use magic to create such lies." He growled out as he gave a tug at the bonds binding his wrists.

Naraku smirked at him. "Yes I will admit that there was some magic at play here but it was only to keep you subdued. I wouldn't want you to cause any harm to yourself or to me for that matter." He grabbed the angry demon by the shoulders and sat him up against the headboard of the bed.

Sesshoumaru struggled against the male who dared to touch him and handle him so commonly. "So why release me from the spell now? It is certain that I will kill you."

"As I have said several things have occurred since I captured you. Some I have already explained to you..." He sighed deeply. "Others I will explain when the time is right."

Gold eyes glared hard at the filthy kumo. "You seek my powers but can not absorb me; so how do you plan on obtaining that which I will never willingly give you." He stated with poison dripping from his deep voice.

Naraku smiled and placed his hand on the flat belly of the demon lord who in turn attempted to burn the hand from his flesh with a hard stare. "That is why you are here and alive. I have told you that I have taken you as my mate and as such you will soon carry my heir within your belly."

Sesshoumaru's eyes widened ever so slightly. "Impossible." He growled out.

"No not impossible." Naraku said with a slight shake of his head. "You see; I have already crossed one barrier towards making you a true mate. It won't belong until your mind and body follow. Once your body accepts me fully as the dominate male you will then be able to carry our child."

"My body will never accept you. I will not allow it." Sesshoumaru stated with a curl of his lip; baring a single fang.

"You say that now but in due time it will. It will crave my touch..." He said as he traced his fingers lightly from his navel up to the mark on his shoulder. "Your body will drive you mad wanting only that which I can give it."

Sesshoumaru shrugged his shoulder hard throwing the hand; that was touching him in a far too familiar way, from his person. He had to ignore the tingle he felt when the hanyou touched that particular spot and continued to deny that he held the mating mark even though he could clearly feel it on his shoulder. "I shall kill you before such an occurrence can happen."

Naraku smirked evilly at him. "My dear inu it has already happened. I have felt every inch of you and touched you in places that you would never allow any to touch. I have had your body under me writhing with pleasure while your beautiful lips begged me to give you your much desired release."

"Lies!" The demon lord bit out with a growl. He yanked and tugged at the bonds on his wrists; he wanted... no needed to kill the bastard for speaking such fallacies.

"If lies were all I was speaking then tell me how would I know about this?" He reached his hand out; placing his finger tips, just to the side of Sesshoumaru's left pectoral muscle under his arm and began pressings and rubbing.

This time Sesshoumaru's eyes did show their shock. Pleasurable sensations shot through his body and it was all he could do to not give into them. No one knew of that spot... NO ONE. Yet here this bastard was touching him and knew exactly how and where to touch to cause his body to scream for more. He could feel his manhood starting to rise and only by sheer force of will did he keep it down.

"You see that spot there turns you into a begging, pleading, desperate for more, wanting bitch." He grinned evilly as he ran his fingers over the spot again. "Even now you are fighting what your body is screaming for."

Sesshoumaru began to struggle in earnest wanting to break free so bad he couldn't focus on anything other than sinking his claws into the hanyou filths chest and reveling in the feeling his blood dripping from his claws. None of what he was saying could possibly be true; but if it were lies then how would he know about the spot and why did he have vague memories of such occurrences? No, it had to be some drug induced hallucination in order to make him believe that what he was saying was true.

"This is a lot to understand. So we will discuss the rest at a later time; you must first come to terms with who and what you presently are." He looked deep into the golden eyes that were blazing with hatred. "Now, I will give you your choice. We can ether retire to the bath house; since it has been sometime since either of us has had a good cleaning, we can remove ourselves to the kitchens and see what there is to eat. Or..." He trailed off as he began massaging the demon lord's over sensitive erogenous zone. "We can spend the day in bed."

"You will release me." Sesshoumaru answered with finality trying to ignore the pleasurable sensations shooting through his body.

"I can not do that." Naraku whispered as he focused on torturing the demon lord's pleasure spot.

Sesshoumaru jerked away from the touch and growled menacingly at his offender. He had to break free but his bonds were far too strong; so strong in fact that he was certain that they held some magical quality to them.

Naraku was growing tired of the demon lord's anger and failure to accept what he knew to be true. He really didn't expect Sesshoumaru to fall into place instantly but he was anxious for him to submit and did not want to wait for it. Yet he also knew that if he forced the demon lord into anything it would make it that much harder for him to trust him and behave as a proper bitch should. Well he knew the mind would be the hardest to conquer but with his beast out of the way his body would fall like a stone to water. He again placed his fingers on 'the sweet spot' as he liked to think of it and began thoroughly molesting it.

Sesshoumaru tried to move away and soon found a hand strategically placed against his chest to hold him in place. The growl that erupted from his lips at being put in such a position was so feral sounding that Naraku halted all movement and stared at him in amazement. This gave Sesshoumaru the second he needed to wiggle away from the far too; taking too many familiar liberties with his body, hands of his captor.

Making it to the edge of the bed he flung his bound legs over the edge and began to rise. This forced a question to his rage filled mind. 'Now what?' He couldn't exactly walk away but... his thoughts trailed off as a realization hit him. He could just use his jaki to fly away and seek out his hanyou brother's wench to assist him. She was by far the only being he trusted when it came to certain aspects of his life; for she knew how to keep her mouth shut when questioned about what she knew. Not to mention she was a good care taker for his young ward when business called him away for extended periods of time.

He brushed away the thoughts of the shikon miko and commanded his beast to release its powers so that he could use them. A ball of light began to appear at his feet and he slowly rose from the floor. It was at that point he heard the dark being behind him speak a single word. "Satsu" His beast instatnly retracted its powers; making him fall to the floor and land painfully hard on his knees. He looked over his shoulder glaring hard at the hanyou. "What magic is this." He demanded with a deadly edge to his voice.

"As I have said you now belong to me." He stated nonchalantly as he stretched out on the bed; leaning his back against the headborad. "Not only you..." He smirked. "But your beast as well."

"Impossible." Sesshoumaru growled. "My beast submits to no one but its true master."

Naraku smiled wickedly at him. "Let us see shall we?" He questioned with an arched eyebrow. "Attempt to use your beast to break free and attack me." He pushed a few stray hairs over his shoulder and continued. "If you manage to break free using your beast I will let you go. If not..." He looked over at the demon sitting on his knees and grinned devilishly at him. "If not; I shall have my way with you."