~Chapter 4~
Sitting bolt up and growling, Inuyasha drew Tetsaiga.
"What is it now?" Came Shippo's groggy voice, with sleep still coating it.
"I can sense them … and something's wrong."
Helping Sango into a sitting position, Miroku frowned. "What do you mean that something's wrong? Do you sense…."
"Cram it monk!" He yelled, giving chase. "Hurry the hell up!"
All nodding, they quickly packed up camp and followed the irate hanyou.
Rolling over and being greeted with silk, her eyes shot open. Finding herself covered by a mere piece of her former and now shredded clothes, Kagome sighed. Moving her legs in attempt to readjust herself, she gave a whimper.
"Be calm and reframe from moving, miko."
Looking up at the now half nude Sesshoumaru, she lowered her gaze.
Staring down at her, he mentally cursed. Quickly moving to her and kneeling, he tilted her chin up. "Do not look away from this Sesshoumaru, miko. For now that we are mates, we are complete equals. And as the lady of these lands, it is your duty to hold confidence and never falter. Does this Sesshoumaru make himself clear?"
"…Yes…"
"Good…" Effortlessly lifting her into his arms, he stood and headed towards the river in the distance. Placing her on the rock and shedding his hakamas, he found her blushing as her gaze once more fell to the ground at her feet. "What is it now, miko?"
"I um…why are you undressing?" Came her small meek voice.
Sighing and moving to her, he removed the cloth from her form. Being instantly rewarded with red flushed skin from her embarrassment, he shook his head. "This Sesshoumaru shall aid his mate in bathing, for he is the one responsible for making her injured and in such a state." He rather coldly replied, lifting her and entering the water. Leaning upon the rock at his back, he settled her within his lap.
Jumping, Kagome's mind was working a mile a minute. But the number one thing chanted within her head, was:
"Sesshoumaru naked…I'm on his lap…and I'm one hundred percent positive, that's not a flashlight."
Okay, maybe she was acting a bit the prude given the fact that they had sex the previous night, but give her a break. For Christ sake, she was only a damn virgin ten or so hours ago. She still had to adjust… Hell, she had to with his large and overwhelming cock stroking her newly acquainted insides. Not to mention the way he held her slender hips and rammed faster and harder with each…
"Think more upon that which races within your mind and this Sesshoumaru shall take you once more from behind, miko." Came his now husky voice, as his youkai flowed freely around them. To add to his warning, he thrusted his now erect member along her back. "And you will never heal miko."
Eyes wide, she nodded and instantly allowed her thoughts to be taken into mindless space.
Pleased by her silence, he continued to wash his blushing mate.
Leaping over the fallen tree, he gave pause.
"Did you find something Inuyasha?" Miroku voiced, as they leapt free of Kilala.
"She was here…but her scent…I…it's different." He mouthed, placing his nose to the ground. "She was hurt…her blood is all over the place and so is that damn bastard's."
Spotting something in the distance, Shippo moved towards the bush at his left. Poking his head through, he fell flat on his ass.
"In...Inu...yash... a… You…ya…need…t...to see…thi…this." He stuttered out, visibly shaking.
Rolling his eyes, he marched over. "What now you damn runt?" Pushing the bush to the side, his insides froze at the sight before them.
On the bank of the river, stood Sesshoumaru in his traditional royal clothes, as to his side stood a true goddess of beauty. Matching him, yet baring a kimono top the color of crimson as her arms were revealed, two slits graced her sides and only embellished her tan yet shapely legs. Kimono decorated in crescent moons dancing the hime of it, it brought out her hour glass figure. Tied together by a silver obi with maroon cherry blossoms, she seemed to glow. Hair pinned up and decorated with chop sticks, as two strands framed her face, she was beauty itself.
But the moment she turned around, all their mouth's dropped.
"Kagome-chan?" Sango called, once she recovered and closed her temporarily insect trap.
Hunching her shoulders and giving a low nod, she smiled. "Hey Sango-chan."
Slowly walking over and pausing a few feet from her, she narrowed her eyes. "Did he hurt you?"
Sesshoumaru merely raised an eyebrow and took a step back, to settle himself upon the rock they recently vacated.
"No." Looking to him, she sighed. "Sesshoumaru didn't hurt me."
"Then why was there blood in the clearing past them damn bushes, wench?" Inuyasha growled moving towards her. Just as he was a foot before her, he found a stinging pain race up his back.
"Do not near the miko, half-breed."
Instantly coming to a cold stop and looking at him, Inuyasha frowned. "And why the hell not? Last time I checked you didn't give a flying fuck about any human. So what makes the wench any damn diff…"
"Because, I'm his mate." Kagome lowly replied, moving to stand beside Sesshoumaru.
Clearing his throat, Miroku raised an eyebrow. "I'm sorry, but I think that I must've misheard. I thought that you said…"
"She and this Sesshoumaru is mated, monk. Your ears did not mishear." Sesshoumaru growled, turning to the new comer in the clearing. "Have you done as I have requested and sent for the other lords?"
Bowing, the young lady nodded. "Yes, Lord Sesshoumaru. All the other lords have been sent for and are on their way. Notice has arrived that they shall all arrive at the Palace of the Moon, come four mornings from now."
Motioning to Kagome, he sighed. "Have the palace ready and notified that there now resides a lady of the west. All the rooms shall be cleaned doubled over and have the cook ready to speak with his lord, come this Sesshoumaru's arrival. The royal summoning shall commence to introduce all to the new lady. Understood?"
"Yes, my lord." Lifting her head, she stood. "Is there anything else that you wish?"
Turning to his right, he studied Kagome's suddenly ridged form. "Deliver Totosai to the palace and send for the seamstress that dresses this Sesshoumaru."
"Deliver? But won't he be…"
"Tie the fool up if you must, but do not strike him, Kasha." He demanded, cutting her off.
"Yes mi'lord…Is there anything else you need?"
Moving to Kagome and tilting her chin to reveal his mating mark, he growled. "Gather the western high priestess and this Sesshoumaru's general from the patrol along the borders." Lowering his head, he sensually licked her red, swollen, and bleeding flesh. Earning a whimper, he pulled away. Narrowing his eyes on a frowning Kasha, he growled. "Why are you still in your lord's presence, when you were clearly given orders?"
"I…I just…Why do you wish for the assistance of my brother? I have the same training and abilities of our clan."
"Are you questioning your lord?"
"NO!...I mean…no, I'm just curious and wondering…I would never question your lordship…never…not after you took myself and my brother in when our parents were killed in battle. And the training, I…"
"Your curiosity is clearly noted." He voiced, sufficiently silencing her. "Yet the way you went about speaking it was wrong….Ki is needed for this Sesshoumaru's mate is a miko and has experience in such and wishes not for any mistakes that can injure either parties."
Smiling, she took off in the distance.
"Ka…Kagome, why would you mate him? What of your promise to me?" Inuyasha's broken voice sounded.
"I…"
"The answer that you seek should not be sought by this Sesshoumaru's mate, but that of your dead one." Summoning his whips of light, the two trees to their left graced the ground. "You dare return and taunt this Sesshoumaru, bitch?"He growled slowly becoming overcome by his youkai blood now coursing that of his blood.
Stepping from the now fallen trees, Kikyou notched her bow and took aim on him. "Why must you be so befallen and gloom, oh precious lord of the west?" Came her mocking voice. "You have done what I merely stated the night previous, to ensure that you live and am able to see over the western lands? You scorn me, when it was I that told you of how to fight the poison that raced through that of your veins?"
"If this Sesshoumaru's memory is correct, you are the one that had put it within this Sesshoumaru as he fought yet another of Naraku's damn offspring?" Taking a step, he found Inuyasha in his path. "Move."
"No…you will not harm my mate." He replied unsheathing Tetsaiga.
Body going stock still, her eyes narrowed. "When, Inuyasha?"
Chancing a look towards Kagome, he frowned. "When what, wench?"
"When did you mate that piece of rotten filth?"
"I…Kags this is not the time to …"
"The night of the past full moon." Kikyou replied, lowering her bow and moving towards her. Coming to a pause a mere two feet away, she smiled. "This is the past, so linger no more upon all this nonsense."
Giving a nod, she turned her back to her. "Fine… I'm done lingering on all of this…and that includes you Inuyasha…Now SIT boy."
THUMP!
"Sesshoumaru, kill her."
Raising an eyebrow at his now retreating mate, he nodded.
As a scream was heard, she didn't even flinch.
For the old Kagome was dead and the one in her place, was a hardened and scorned woman who just found her true future.
I want to say thanks for all the people that read and don't forget to me what you truly think. Thanks again. Hope I didn't make Kagome too hard towards Inuyasha. but in my defense she has every reason to be.
