7
HOT AND STEAMY THAT'S HOW SHE LIKES THEM
In the late evening, the moon shone on the clearing, and she basked in the light.
Her eyes beamed a deep blue while her long, black hair fell in waves over her shoulders, contrasting her slightly tanned skin perfectly; she practically glowed.
She was certainly beautiful.
Sesshomaru sighed, defeated.
"Hey."
As he stood in the moonlight, the demon lord looked like a god.
His long, silver hair flowed down his back, while his tall, muscular body leaned against the tree.
He looked so gorgeous, it made her feel uncomfortable.
She coughed slightly, suddenly feeling shy.
"I know it's late and all, but I just don't want to sleep like this."
She gestured over her body.
"The last few days… I didn't really have a chance to bathe as regularly as I wanted to. I want and I need a bath."
She looked at him and got even shyer saying,
"I mean, if I can't stand my own smell, you must have had it even harder, with your sensitive nose and all."
When he thought about her scent, he shrugged.
It wasn't bad. It was just… irritating.
She didn't smell awful, she just didn't smell like herself anymore.
More like the dirt on the road and the people she had met.
It wasn't the scent it was the fact, that her own smell was overshadowed, that irritated him.
Her natural scent was quite nice, peony rose, star anise and vanilla.
She smelled sensual, for a human female. Her scent had this distinctive spicy sweetness; it wasn't overbearing, quite balanced actually.
Of course, he had only ever met her on the battlefield or in situations of stress, angst, and death, and most of the time she was covered in her own or someone else's blood, so he had no idea how sensual she smelled when she was clean, relaxed and happy.
Seeing as his day had already been challenging enough, he wouldn't really do it for her but for himself.
If she would rid her scent of the unpleasantness that irritated him, it would relax him immensely.
Realizing she waited for an answer while he debated her scent, he opened his amber eyes, which looked like molten gold and shone so very warmly over her.
He nodded. "I'm taking you to the nearest hot spring. While bathing, you can tell me, if the old Miko knows what match would be… the most favorable for me."
She was pleasantly surprised by his responsiveness and somewhat thankful.
Yes, of course they had a deal, but today had been a shitty day for them both, and to be honest, even he, the great Sesshomaru, looked exhausted and tired.
"Thank you. I really need this."
He stood up and nodded. "It's part of our agreement."
As they came towards the hot springs, he leaned against the stones surrounding the spring, his back towards the water, eyes on the forest.
She bit back the words that wanted to be voiced.
No, she would not tell this high and mighty demon lord that he could not peek as she bathed.
It felt like she was degrading him.
Up until now, he had been… not as bad as he could have been.
Besides, she doubted that he would peek at her, him being honorable and all. If he did, though, he would feel her Reiki.
Feeling her holy powers rise, he growled, but changed tactics quickly, as he realized she was an unclaimed female with an unknown man.
He caved and said, "Miko, I will not move unless you are being attacked. You do not need to feel so anxious."
She raised an eyebrow and smiled; nevertheless, she kept her eye on him while she gathered her bathing utensils out of her backpack, got out of her clothes and in the hot spring.
She groaned deeply as the hot water slowly took the tension out of her muscles.
All the dirt was slowly being washed away from her body.
She could feel how her muscles started to loosen up and relax. Hot and steamy, that's how she liked her springs. She felt truly relaxed for the first time in weeks.
"Hmmm… this is heaven," she sighed and just let herself soak for a little while.
After a few minutes, she began to get her Inuyasha-proofed-soaps and her shampoo and to scrub the dirt away from her body.
She let herself take all the time she needed.
Sesshomaru didn't seem to mind, so she scrubbed her skin until it felt raw and washed her hair until it she felt clean again.
The little clearing surrounding the spring slowly filled with the most intriguing scents Sesshomaru had ever smelled.
They were all faint but nice.
Sesshomaru started to feel relaxed and closed his eyes, dwelling on the luscious scents and how they caressed his senses.
He had to agree. This was heaven.
She had decided to start talking, rinsing her hair for the last time. "Sesshomaru."
"Hnn." Eyes still closed, feeling amazing, he almost purred.
"Kaede told me that we would find fertile, young and powerful Miko in the temples situated in the north, south, east and west," she said in a calm voice.
It wasn't exactly a lie, right? He shouldn't be able to find any deceit in that statement.
"We should start in the North. It's nearest to our location." She stated.
He groaned. Just thinking about leaving this little clearing that smelled so incredible felt… wrong.
Kagome sighed. "Thank you for waiting. I'm finished."
He looked at her and was greeted by quite the sight.
She wore blue but sturdy looking fabric wrapped tightly around her long curvy legs, and on top, she wore a white T-shirt, that was made of a particularly weird fabric, seeing as it was partly see-through and showing a white camisole underneath it.
All in all, even though it covered more than the other outfit, it seemed just as indecent.
Mainly because it showed off her curves, leaving nothing to the imagination.
He stood up and walked towards the hot spring, standing at the edge and touched the foam with his hands.
He looked a little baffled as he brought it to his face and sniffed.
These soaps were fantastic. They boosted the natural scent of the user and carried it.
She smiled at the weird picture Sesshomaru made and searched in her bag for her soaps.
Holding them out to him, she asked warmly, "Do you want to use them?"
