Hello again my readers! Here is another chapter and I hope you guys like it. Special Thanks goes to the wonderful helpers, the amazing and orgasmic Solie, Ariana, and Chris! Once again, Chris was my distracting motivator!

Congratulations are in order people! My mother just got hitched! Yay, she's out my hair! No seriously, super happy for them! The family crisis has finally passed and I thank you all for your concern and support. I couldn't have moved on with this chapter had it not been for you. Thank you truly.

This chapter is dedicated to my baby Levi. I really had problems writing this chapter because I was always tired or busy. He sat next to me on the bed, his head tucked on my lap, as I wrote and stayed up with me. Every time I pulled up my story, he was right there supervising me! Thank you my fluffy ass puppy!

One more thing: Mature Content in this Chapter! Can't say I didn't warn you!

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~Yuuki!

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Betrayal's Greatest Romance

~ Third Year of Tama Art University ~

End Fall Semester

Chapter Nine:

Challenge Accepted

Kagome's heart pounded in her chest as she watched the crazed demoness launch herself at her. Thinking quickly, she removed her barrier and threw her body on to the other woman's. The familiar electrical current of her holy power buzzed in her veins, through her pores, and into the woman who claimed to be Rin's mother. She howled, clawing at Kagome's back trying to get away but Kagome held on tight. It was only when the taller female sliced her claws through Kagome's ribs did Kagome scream in pain and release her hold.

A howl shook the ground below both women but they dismissed it. They had bigger things to worry about and if they were honest, they thought the deadly sound was simply thunder following its brother lightening.

Both shaking, the women parted panting and keeping a close eye on each other's every movement. Kagura's front half was charred, her clothes hanging by threads and her skin following soon after but because of her demon blood, she had already began to heal. Kagome crouched down across from Kagura, holding her right side. Blood oozed from her ruined shirt and stained the carpet. Her weak human body shook as she concentrated on holding her barrier over the desk where Rin hid while trying to heal her open wounds. The woman glaring at her had yet to notice her 'daughter' was in the room, let alone the barrier that stood solid merely a yard or so away from her.

Kagura grinned as her black pupils finally made an appearance as tiny little dots. Her face tightened and a small cackle parted her dry lips. She saw her chance to get rid of this human and she would take it. With her life gone, her's would return to normal.

Kagura charged towards the quickly blacking out human. Mimicking her movements Kagome ran full speed at the youkai female. The women collide, spiraling to the floor in a tangle of black hair and limbs. The lights and power shut off, only allowing what little light the dim outside allowed through the glass and flashes of lightening in. Kagome was easily overpowered by the other woman. Her human strength was no match for the supernatural force upon her. She focused her energy on keeping Rin invisible from the woman attacking her.

Kagura sat on Kagome's chest, curling her clawed finger in her hair and banging her head against the carpet. It wasn't enough. Her rage consumed her, sent her muscles coiling into a frenzy of wide colors and emotions. She wanted more blood.

Blood she would get.

Kagura lengthened her claws further to rake them down the pretty face and chest her husband loved so dearly. She nearly did it too, but the wench fought back, raising her knee to collide with her pelvis. The ningen took her shocked state to her advantage and grabbed her hair tightly, bringing her forehead to collide with hers in a painful thud. Kagome managed to push Kagura to the side and get to her knees but Kagura wasn't as affected by her head butt as she thought. Latching onto the other woman's ankle, Kagura twisted it until she heard a satisfying crack, and then dragged her back down.

Rin cried silently under the desk. Dry heaves choked her tongue in a knot as blood started to soak the carpet and edge its way towards her. Her mother was killing her mother. She saw the woman she had never met but always known take her deadly talons and prepare for the final blow that would snatch Kagome from her life forever and Rin could bear no longer to just watch.

Tying her father's mokomoko around her waist like he would the sash of his armor, Rin launched herself through the barrier Kagome put up to protect her, Rin's small body tackled Kagura's harshly. The child's body was easily bruised by the impact alone but she knew if she didn't move quickly, Kagura would attack out of pure instinct.

Kagome saw the small yellow and orange fly through the air above her. She didn't realize what had happened until Rin and Kagura both landed on the blood soaked carpet. Moving as fast as her numbing body would allow, Kagome snatched Rin up and hid her behind her back. Rin nuzzled the back of her neck, her trembling body vibrating Kagome's whole body.

Lightning flashed across the sky, lighting the room briefly, enough to allow the mother-daughter duo to see their tormentor uncurl her body slowly to stand tall. The room was illuminated by Kagura's glowing red eyes long after the lightning's strike faded.

Lightning stabbed the ebony sky but this time, it wasn't Kagura's looming figure over her and her daughter that had Kagome shaking. Outside the windows, a giant dog like demon held her gaze. Its mouth poised to strike at any instant it chose. Slob like liquid seeped from its mouth and sizzled its way down the concrete stairs and parking lot.

Kagura saw the fear take over Kagome's body and couldn't help but laugh. "What's wrong girl," Kagura taunted, jumping at the shaking woman below her. Kagome jumped back, clutching Rin tighter to her. Rin had stopped shaking, for what reason Kagome did not know, but it gave her a little reassurance that she was unharmed.

"Stop touching my daughter you filthy human! I claim your life and seize back my daughter," Kagura spat as she took a step toward the two. A low menacing growl erupted from the creature watching the three females. Kagura's eyes flashed with recognition. Her pupils and irises returned instantly but it was too late. Once second she was there, stuck scared, and the next the creature had its teeth in her, dragging her body back through the door by the flesh of her back.

Seeing her opportunity to escape, Kagome surged her holy power through her veins. Strength returned to her exhausted body as Kagome picked up Rin but the little girl was fighting against her, like she wanted to stay.

"No, Kagome, look! Daddy is here!"

Whipping her body around to the horror scene playing out behind her, Kagome focused in on the huge dog-like demon before her and saw the clear understanding and familiarity in its eyes. With a hard stare, an unspoken agreement to return, the dog turned its attention back to where it was needed.

Sesshoumaru spat the bitch in his mouth out on the wall. Coughing, Kagura got up slowly, the remainder of her clothes slowly sizzling off her body because of his acid saliva. He growled at her, daring her to move from the spot he put her, as he began to shift back to humanoid form. His bones cracked and broke until they reformed the image Kagome and Rin came to familiarize with. His clothing came back to his body in pieces. His dress shirt, shoes, and socks didn't come back at all. All he was left with to cover his body was the ripped up black slacks and white muscle shirt.

No one seemed to have a complaint about his lack of dress.

Grabbing the bitch he once knew as wife to her feet, Sesshoumaru clutched Kagura's shoulders tightly, his claws pricking the skin underneath her tattered clothing. He shook her violently, his senses ignoring the fact that Kagome and his daughter closed in on the scene he and his wife were having.

"Why have you come here?" Sesshoumaru shouted, his voice not his own, but many voices put together. His eyes painted red with startling small jade irises. This Sesshoumaru was not the one Kagome knew. He wreaked dominance and masculinity. His muscles froze, taunt and ready to kill at any moment. He was the beautiful rose of the Amazon with poison leaves; the peaceful lake filled with salt; the one cloud with lightening spouting from its every direction. He was the beast in man's form, yet Kagome had never seen him more beautiful.

"To see the trash you have brought around my baby girl!" Kagura spat out, her rage still simmering.

"The only trash here is you! Leave now! Do not come back!" Sesshoumaru ordered, throwing her away from his person as if her very pores spewed acid.

"Never! Not until you and Rin come back to me! I loved you! I know I wasn't ready for motherhood and I did some terrible things to Rin but you have to forgive me! Come back!" Kagura demanded, desperation clinging to her every word. Kagome almost felt bad for the woman. She had lost her family… and here she was taking it.

Pain spiked through Kagome's side as Rin's clung to her tighter. Setting the frightened girl down to let her clutch her leg, Kagome tried to be quiet. Groaning a little, she whipped her hand to her injured side and began to feel herself.

The groan was all it took to get Kagura to notice the pair again. Snarling, her muscles bunched, ready to attack but Sesshoumaru was already there. Growling loud in her ear, he pushed himself between the enraged demoness and the females of his life. Bluish pink electric hues cracked through the humid air as Kagome started to heal her side but the youkai ignored it, choosing to continue on with their loud discussion.

"Hurt her? You nearly killed Rin! And for what? To keep me to yourself? To maintain your figure! You tried every way you could think to cleanse Rin from your body before it was too late! And when you finally ran out of options, you tried to off yourself because I wouldn't let you get an abortion!" Sesshoumaru roared in her face, his body starting to creek like metal under too much pressure. His anger was getting to him, slowly freeing the beast within. He had to calm down but he couldn't.

Rin listened closely to everything her father said. So that's what happened? Her mother didn't leave when she was born; she gave up on her before her heart could beat its first rhythm. Tears sprung like a leak into her eyes. Sobbing heavily, she burrowed her chubby little face into the back of Kagome's knee.

Kagome saw and heard everything as well. She prayed that Rin didn't understand all her young ears were receiving but knew it was a false hope when a small hiccup met her ears. She signed deep in her chest and dropped to her knees. Rin was in her arms instantly, melting her face between Kagome's breasts. Kagome cooed softly, willing the fight to end quickly as she grabbed the mokomoko and wrapped herself and the child up against the cool air that now circulated through the front area.

A zap of unseen emotions collided with Sesshoumaru's shaking body. He was overwhelmed with sorrow and desperation. Looking up to see his baby girl weeping in Kagome's arms chilled his nerves like a block of ice. His eyes receded back to their honey comb color. The beast within him still raged on, clawing at its cage but no longer for Kagura's blood, but for Rin's tears to stop. They had caused this and they both needed to fix it.

Walking away from Kagura, Sesshoumaru turned his back on the demoness and slowly ascended the stairs. Kagura screamed at him to come back, spewing nonsense and profanities but he could care less. His eyes were fixed on his baby girl and no one else mattered.

"Rin," Sesshoumaru spoke, his voice rash and more of a growl than anything. His baby girl flinched away, burrowing deeper into his pelt and Kagome's body. Kagome simply held the child and rubbed her back, letting her presence be enough to comfort the girl in her arms slowly.

Sesshoumaru slid his arm beneath the pelt to try and pry his daughter from his girlfriend but the girl's hold was strong. He tried again, tugging hard but this time, his little baby girl had a very big girl reaction. Screaming and slashing her startlingly claw like hand through the air where Sesshoumaru's chest had been, Rin went hysterical.

"No! My own mother doesn't want me! I don't want her! Get her away!" Rin cried harder rubbing her nose on Kagome's shoulder. Kagome again sighed, her heart breaking at Rin's well deserved tantrum. After hearing all that she did, Kagome would probably be doing the same thing. Like most mothers, Kagome hated seeing Rin cry.

Sesshoumaru took a deep calming breath. His daughter was releasing so much pent up pain from being rejected by her mother. He didn't know what exactly to do or say. The only one his baby girl would even look at was Kagome.

"Sesshoumaru," Kagome spoke, her voice soft and slightly hoarse. "Get that woman away from here now." It wasn't a question or an order. She was demanding he take action against the one who caused his child pain, and he'd be glad to.

"Kagura," He hissed as Sesshoumaru stood and faced the demoness who had been oddly quiet while watching his daughter and mate-to-be interacting the way a mother and daughter should. "Leave. I won't tell you again."

"No." Kagura purred playfully. She was pissed beyond belief that her child would shush her own birth mother and refuse her father's touch for that ningen.

"Kagome," Rin spoke, her voice thick with tears. Everyone went still. Silent; waiting to hear what the child would say.

"Yes buttercup?" Kagome asked gently, brushing the girl's messy mop hair away from her clammy forehead as she her dark yellow eyes met baby blues.

"Can you be my mommy cause that woman doesn't want me and I want a mommy I want that mommy to be you." Her words were rushed and full of emotion but all three adults heard them very clearly.

"Yes baby, I'd be happy to. And Shippo will be your brother." Kagome grinning and kissed each of Rin's cheeks, making the girl grin slightly through her blurry eyes.

That was all Kagura could take. She couldn't believe what she was witnessing, let alone that her husband was allowing this to happen! Pure, blinding, immeasurable rage filled her body. She shook her body melting away to her true form slowly. Before her transformation could be complete, Sesshoumaru was there. He held her tightly from behind, his hand clamped down on her mother to keep her quiet as he dragged her trembling body back outside as to not disturb the moment his daughter and soon to be mate were having.

"I'll ask you one more time. Why are you here?" He threw her body to the unforgiving pavement, and didn't bother to look at her.

"I can't believe how much you have fallen. I wanted to give you another chance, a chance to make all this painless. But you'll know soon enough husband." Kagura spat, her eyes colored nothing but red. "You'll see."

She disappeared with the next gust of wind, her body dissolving into nothing but dust.

Sesshoumaru's mind whirled with dizzying questions but he couldn't think of that right now. Flipping his cell phone out, he began to call any and everyone he knew for damage control and construction to come immediately. He and his ex-wife had caused some small damage but it still needed to be fixed. Now.

He walked through the glassless windows of the entry way looking for his daughter and woman. It took him a moment to follow his ears to find them. Rin clung to Kagome's leg as she dialed a code into a thick cellar door located at the back of the playground. He could faintly hear murmurs below his feet, coming from the people locked away in the cellar but from the looks of it, the door refused to open.

His nerves ground on his temples. He was ready to go home and settle down with his daughter and his soon to be son and mate. He wanted today to end. He didn't want this to happen but it did and the longer he stayed in this war zone the more his temper stayed unstable.

"Move," was all the warning Kagome got before Sesshoumaru's foot collided with the thick steel door she had tried to open. The metal clashed and dented in, bringing it off the creaking hinges. Picking up the door with ease, Sesshomaru threw it down and called down for all the kids and staff that it was safe and to come up.

Instantly, kids started crying and running up the stairs to the light of day. Chaos began a slow spill as police and parents began to arrive. Kagome had her hands full with all the commotion but Rin refused to let go of her leg and Shippo nervously stayed hidden behind her knees. Sesshoumaru refused to look at her but helped traffic parents to kids and direct workers to what needed to be done. The staff was the first to be interviewed by the police about the damage but ultimately, it was Kagome and Sesshoumaru who were questioned the longest. The police chief himself came to see what had happened and promised that none of what would happen would leak to the press. As far as anyone knew, a gang fight broke out in front of the day care and got out of hand before the police could reach the kids in time to prevent the building from damage.

Medics looked over everyone, children first, and Kagome was the only one who lost her clothes. Stupid interns got carried away with the scissors when they saw her side caked in drying blood. Having her clothes shredded from her body in front of everyone and their mother, literally, sent Kagome in a fit of anger which ended in a poor interns nose broken and missing a shirt which Kagome now wore.

Sitting in the car now with her side bandage and both her children sleeping soundly in the back seat, Kagome felt the day's events wash over her body. Everything hurt but she was too tired to care. Questions started to pop into her mind and Kagome couldn't help but look at the driver.

Sesshoumaru still hadn't said anything to her nor had he really looked at her. Well that was about to change.

"So are you going to ignore me or start explaining?" Kagome asked, not in the mood for being nice.

"What are you talking about Kagome?" Sesshoumaru sighed, knowing exactly what she meant and what she wanted to talk about.

"Oh, I don't know. Maybe the crazy bitch who claimed to be Rin's mother who destroyed the front part of my daycare. Or how about the big furry puppy you transformed into. Or how about the whole story behind Rin's mother and you and why she calls you her husband?" Kagome ran out of breath.

He didn't answer immediately but when he did, he put a small smile on her face. "I do notturn into a puppy." He started simply.

"Sesshoumaru," Kagome half laughed and half groaned.

"Ok, seriously. Kagome before I answer all your questions, I must ask you something." Kagome nodded for him to continue, sitting up slightly. "Are you truly serious about being with me. Unless something drastic happens or I betray you the way that pup did, you have no doubt in your mind you would mate me?"

It took her a moment to figure out how to answer but Kagome decided to go simple. "Sesshoumaru, I do not love you. But I'm learning to. I wouldn't claim your daughter as my own if I wasn't serious about our relationship."

Sesshoumaru smiled, leaning over to slip his fingers through the baby fine hair on the nape of her neck and pull her close to capture her lips. He kissed her gently at first but ended his chaste little taste with a nip to her bottom lip. "Good thing we have a long ride home."

"Kagome, I need you to be understanding about what I'm about to tell you. It may be hard to believe but … At the time, it was what was necessary." Kagome nodded and braced herself for the thing that would make her fear Sesshoumaru.

"I met her my freshman year of college. Kagura was my sweet heart. I loved her to death; I would have given her any and everything. I think I did actually." He laughed humorlessly as he thought of all the money she'd blown before they were even married. "But what you have to understand is even though I loved her, I didn't…. love her. Not like how I love you. I feel it in the pit of my stomach, my love for you. But with Kagura, it was an emotion I developed by being around her so much. I know it sounds wrong but looking back at it, that's all I can really say about how stupid I had been.

"Don't get me wrong, Kagura was a wonderful woman. She just liked the finer things in life. She loved to write poetry. She was actually very talented but, coming from a wealthy family like she did, her parents refused her to settle with that kind of career. I think that's where her tainting started." Sesshoumaru took a breath and Kagome saw the reels of memory playing across his pupils as he drove. He didn't continue for a few minutes.

"Another thing you have to realize is that, I married Kagura. I didn't mate her. Had I done so, I wouldn't be sitting here with you right now. That's part of the reason she always calls me husband dear. It's meant as a mocking smack to the face. And I feel the sting every time. In a way I did dishonor her because in the youkai world, having a child without being mated is the same as not being married and having a child."

(A/N: Most of you may or may not know but when I say 'mating', I mean as in a youkai married but stronger. I do NOT mean the act of sex in a relationship. The term mating is strictly meant as the youkai way of marriage , or bonding, but a lot stronger with no ways to annul or get rid of said bond. Thank you and sorry for the confusion.)

"So then why didn't you mate her? If you knew it would dishonor her so much, why did you get her pregnant?" Kagome knew how youkai men worked. They could control, to a certain extent, the potency of their sperm.

"Because I wanted a child." He answered simply, shaking his head. "I was selfish but I thought I was running out of time. I didn't know what to think or do. All I knew is that I had a wonderful woman before me and that if this was the only chance I got at a family, I would take it.

"Kagura agreed to but she thought I was joking. It wasn't until, excuse my language, countless ruts and eight trips to the gynecologist that she finally realized I had been serious. She was pregnant." Sesshoumaru remember that day perfectly but he refused to slip back into that day. He had a story to tell.

"Kagura panicked. Not at first, but slowly, her mind started to unravel. For some reason she thought that after she had the baby, I wouldn't want her anymore and that wasn't true! But Kagura thought so. It started with the drinking. Now, to a youkai, drinking while pregnant isn't as big of a deal as it is for humans because our blood can filter out what our body doesn't need at that point in time more effectively than yours. Don't get me wrong its bad but still, that's why takes a long time to get a youkai drunk.

"But anyway, it started with the drinking, and then the shopping got out of control. I would get calls at the office or while training the troops that my credit cards, not one but all of them, had been pushed over their limit. And not by a few cent but by thousands of dollars. But, I started locking up all the booze at home and made sure that every place within 50 kilometers refused to sell my wife alcohol. As for the money, I simply paid off the bill and cancelled the card. She had to ask for cold hard cash from me whenever she felt the urge.

"Again, all this I could handle. And this was only during the first month of her pregnancy. I didn't get it at the time but this was her way of getting rid of my baby girl who was slowly growing inside of her. Next came the drugs. I didn't find out about them until I came home to her arm still tied off. She was a very sneaky and clever bitch about that whole situation, I'll admit that." Sesshoumaru laughed darkly, gripping the stirring wheel tightly between his fingers.

"She would go to her drug dealer's house, shoot up or whatever the hell she did and then go shopping through several different stores that's why when she came home, she smelled like a department store instead of the shit she was doing.

"After I caught her though, I started locking her in the house or at my father's or something even bring her to work with me. She would have random fits of anger and hysteric tantrums. She even tried to attack Inuyasha and my father. If I remember, that attack happened two summers before you and Inuyasha started dating. But then again, my old mind could be playing tricks on me." Laughing, Sesshoumaru turned to see if Kagome was still listening. She was but she was staring out the window, letting everything he said absorb into her mind.

"Uh anyway," Sesshoumaru stuttered, getting back to his point. "The night that I finally threw the towel in, I had to work late. I had Kagura locked at home with Izayoi there to keep her company and make sure she didn't leave. Well, I guess Kagura drugged Izayoi's afternoon tea because I came home to her passed out on the floor, her cup shattered on the floor." Sesshoumaru begged the Kami's to allow him to say all this, all his perfect memory recalled, to this woman he loved without breaking down, but tears already started a shallow pool in the corner of his eyes. He pulled over to the side of the road and parked the car. Kagome turned to face him and her soft cerulean eyes let him know it was ok to continue; to show his vulnerability.

"I found Kagura in the bathroom, naked as the day she was born. Any man would have loved to see their wife standing naked in front of the mirror, looking at her barely protruding stomach. But no, she wasn't admiring her changing body, no. No, she was pinching herself." Kagome was instantly confused, almost laughable.

"It sounds stupid but for a demoness with limitless strength to pinch the fragile pup that grows within her until her water breaks and the baby flows out, it's very serious. It's not uncommon among the youkai society but I never thought Kagura would do something like that, let alone while I watched. I was so scared. I didn't know if she had already killed my pup or if Rin still lived but all I remember is that rage consumed me. Are you sure you want to know this part of me?" Sesshoumaru asked tears building in his eyes. He refused to look at Kagome but he saw her nod. He flinched slightly as she suddenly sat against him and messaged his scalp.

"To stop her and to save my pup, I ripped her belly open." Sesshoumaru took a deep breath, trying to block the images of blood and screaming from his mind. "I fought against Kagura as she again went into a hysterical rage and dug my claws into her flesh. I ripped her open until I was able to see inside her womb. I saw the pup, Rin, lying on her belly and knew what I had to do. Rin was no bigger than my pinky finger but I detached her from her mother's uterine wall. The only reason she survived out of her mother's womb is because I basically treated her like a kangaroo."

"Wait what?" Kagome became confused, knowing well how different kangaroo babes were birthed.

"I attached her to mokomoko and fed her my demonic energy to keep her heart going. From there it was all a blur. I called up Kagura's doctor and she agreed to be Rin's surrogate….womb. It was very risky and while in the operating room, we didn't know if Rin would be able to go from my energy to the doctor's womb. For a full 23 seconds, Rin was dead. But, my little solider, she started her heart again and from there on, she developed as a normal human infant."

"So that's why Rin was born human. She was incubated in a human female's womb but because she fed from your energy directly, she still retained a few demonic qualities." Kagome never realized how much Rin's pregnancy had been complicated. All by this bitch. She almost wanted to get out of the car and track the bitch down, but all in due time.

Sesshoumaru nodded, swiping his right hand down his face slowly in an attempt to outright cry. He was a fucking demon lord. Demon lords do not cry in front of their females.

But she wasn't his female, Kagome was his mate. It was her job to comfort him as it was his to protect her.

And she knew it.

Sliding further over into the seat so that her legs were hanging over his knees, Kagome cupped Sesshoumaru's jaw with shaking hands. Her expression was deprived of all judgment and critics. All Sesshoumaru saw was the love she hadn't confessed to having for him dancing in her glowing baby blue irises.

Slowly, Kagome brought his face down to her breast and held him gently there as his silent tears stained her shirt. She rested her cheek on the top of his head and gently rocked the youkai lord as he let out the years of repressed remorse. He had almost lost his baby girl and never once showed how much that scared him.

It was when she felt the oh so sad youkai nipping at her neck did she decide to lighten the mood. "So, you're a fluffy white puppy."

Groaning, Sesshoumaru bit her neck a little harder before sitting back up to glare at the beauty in his life. He slid her back into her seat and buckled her up, all with a pout on his lips.

"I am not a puppy." He growled again, starting back out on the long country road to his home.

Kagome couldn't help but burst into laughter at his child like response. "Aw, is the all mighty Youkai Lord of the West getting mad?" She laughed more, holding on to her sides.

"No, this lord is not mad in the least." Sesshoumaru murmured something under his breath that Kagome didn't catch but it was still funny watching him go into a fit. "What you saw today is the form I was truly born into."

"So wait, you're an inu-youkai and I understand that but your true form is not what I'm looking at now?" Kagome tried to reason with what she was hearing.

"Yes, my true form is that of my beast which resides inside of me."

"Your beast?"

"My beast, every youkai's beast, is the basic, raw, and most primitive instinct that rules above all. If you are strong enough, though, you will be able to learn to control or cage your beast and mold your body into a humanoid form. Most lesser youkai, however, cannot do this and they look like a blend between their beast and their humanoid form."

"So wait, you want, by instinct, to act like how the beast tells you but because you're strong willed and powerful, you're able to lock it up and do when you want." Kagome tried to wrap her mind around it all but it wasn't clicking right away.

"Think of it like this, when you're hungry, you instincts tell you to go get food. But if your mother said wait until dinner, you wait don't you?"

"Yes."

"That's what's happening. You body is telling you one thing, your mind telling what you should do. In the end, your mind wins and your hunger waits." Sesshoumaru smirked at brilliant analogy. Kagome however, had a more perverted thought at mind.

"So… you're really an inu-youkai?"

"Yes." Sesshoumaru looked at her confused. She never took this long to get something so simple.

"Your true form is a giant inu." Sesshoumaru nodded slowly, not getting where this was going.

"So if we have sex, would it be beastiality because you're technically a dog?" Sesshoumaru swerved slightly, trying to process what the woman in his car had just asked him while driving in a straight line. Kagome laughed so hard, he thought her lungs would give out. Was this woman insane?

~!~

Kagome watched with a small smile as Sesshoumaru pulled into the drive way of his extravagant country home. No one could spy on him here. He was all alone to enjoy the quality of the family he desperately wanted but lost. In a way, it was better with just him and Rin. Miroku had stayed during his fight with Sango but with the couple now on the mend, he made his way back into his home (even if he was sleeping on the couch).

Opening up the door, Kagome got out and reached into the back seat. Shippo, still asleep, found his way into her arms and she scooped him close to her warm chest before pulling Rin onto her other hip. Sesshoumaru was there before the girl could really get settled again and took her into his arm with a smile.

Sesshoumaru leaned down and kissed her. Slow and sweet, their lips fused together through the cold air. Kagome intended to keep it just like that but with a hungry nip at her bottom lip; Sesshoumaru got her to open up to him. He licked the seam of her lips slowly with the tip of his tongue before diving his fingers through her hair at the nape of Kagome's neck and pulling her mouth to his. He needed to stop; their kids had a front row seat of their hunger play, even if they were asleep.

"I really wanted to thank you for today. For accepting my daughter as ours. You really have no idea much that means to me." Sesshoumaru whispered against her lips. He inhaled deeply with his diaphragm, taking in her citrine and rain scent. Clean, and pure with a hint of spice, like a lemon.

He closed the car door with a little too much force. The blood in his veins rushed through his body, all parts of his body, and it really wasn't helping that Rin's foot was pushing on something that should only be squeezed.

"Come," Sesshoumaru beckoned Kagome, his voice rough and husky. "Let's get these two inside."

Kagome tried to protest but his large hand closed around her fingers and just about dragged her arm from her body into the warmth of his dark house. As soon as the door closed behind her, the fire roared to life. A shiver slinked up Kagome's spine but it wasn't because she wasn't cold.

"Sesshoumaru I –"

"Hand over Shippo and I'll go tuck these two in. You can go to my…. Our room, and find something to change into for the night." Sesshoumaru grinned. The thought of her in one of his shirts, his scent hanging on her like a heavy trench coat, sent him into a giddy frenzy like he was a middle age up again. (A/N: Middle age up is the same as teenage youkai if you think about it.)

He stepped up to Kagome's side, expecting for her to slip the pup into his waiting arms. Instead, Kagome held her son tighter and glared at the tell youkai lord, a slight pout set into her full lips. He sighed, 'Was anything ever easy with Kagome?'

'You know that answer to that but isn't one reason we choose her long ago?' His beast cackled at him from the depths of his cage. Sesshoumaru mentally cursed the over-grown childish inu.

"Sesshoumaru, it's been a long day and I think it would be best for Shippo and I to return to our home. We will see you again tomorrow for Shippo's training." Kagome explained to him, her chin tilted up stubbornly. She was using that tone with him. The tone she used on irate parents or misbehaving children. He sighed again.

"And just how do you think you will be getting home? It's past midnight. You're car is still at the daycare. No taxi will come out here at this time or night, let alone at all. So, how are you leaving?" He asked smugly, standing at his full height to intimidate her.

It didn't work.

She took his keys from out his hands and jiggled them beside her ear as if to test if they were real. "Well your car works just fine and its right out the door. If I hurry, it'll still be warm enough that I will not have to wait for long."

He snatched the keys back from her grip before she could finish her sentence. They were tucked in his back pocket before she even said anything about the car's lingering warmth. He smirked, "With what keys?"

Kagome looked into her hands, the keys gone without her notice. She glared at the silver haired youkai before her but he was done listening to her argue. She was sleeping here whether she wanted to or not. Taking the pup from her arms gently, despite her protest, he walked back into Rin's room and closed the door.

Sesshoumaru locked it right before the knocked jiggled, Kagome angrily whispering for him to open the door from the other side. He snorted, pulling out the pull out draw-like bed that connected with Rin's bed with his foot. He changed both pups into shorts and big T-shirts before tucking them in. He turned on the glowing turtle in the corner that showed the stars before unlocking the door and leaving.

Kagome was waiting for him, very eagerly. He managed to close the door 3/8th of a second before she pounced, knocking him against the wall next to the door. He grinned as her squishy curves met his hard, very hard, muscles. She kneed him right in the center of his chest causing the wind of escape his lungs with a burning rush.

Picking her up with one hand, just to show how much her struggles were futile, he tossed her over his shoulder, enjoying her ass pressed against his cheek. "Kagome my sweet," he laughed slightly, running his claws lightly down her ass and thighs before giving the rump a good, hard slap. "I didn't realize you liked to be so rough. Well, I do say you've come to the right place."

Kicking the door open and closed, Sesshoumaru tossed his mate to be on the bed and stripped his shirt. Kagome got up, yelling something or other but he ignored her, pushing her right back on the bed. This continued three more times before Sesshoumaru finally got tired and threw her to the middle of the bed.

"Don't get up" He growled at her, daring her to move from the spot he put her.

She rose her eyebrows at him with a mischievous grin. Challenge Accepted.

Standing up on the bed, she leaped on him. Sesshoumaru lost his footing, tumbling back to the plush carpet. Kagome went to stand and make a run for the door but Sesshoumaru liked her straddling his chest a little too much. His large hands locked around his thighs and stayed that way as he eased his way up to his feet again.

Kagome's fight was slowly draining out of her when she felt sharp teeth glide over the column of her throat. Her back arched as she pushed her breast into the youkai lord's face through the rough cloth of the used shirt.

That's all Sesshoumaru could take.

Throwing Kagome roughly on the bed for the last time, he held on to her shirt and grinned as it ripped away from her body during her descent to the bed. Throwing the scrap behind him, he crawled through her parted thighs and kissed up her rounded belly till he was up close and personal with the lacy bra he'd seen through her shirt long ago.

"Sesshoumaru," Kagome whispered. Her voice shook as she felt his hot breath through the fabric of her bra. Despite her best attempt to calm down, the tips of her breast began to harden and demanded attention. Sesshoumaru gave her a toothy, fang-y, grin.

"Yes Kagome? Is something wrong?" He asked sarcastically as he leaned the majority of his weight between her legs, making sure she stayed put. Leaning to the side to rest his head in his hand, he continued to grin. Using his other hand, Sesshoumaru walked his fingers from the side of her waist to the valley between his breasts.

His honey orbs remained locked with her baby blues his razor sharp nails sliced slowly through the ribbon of fabric that held the bra together in the front. The useless bra fell open and let her soft breast succumb to gravity, falling heavily down until they leaned slightly to the side.

Finally releasing her eyes, Sesshoumaru took in the side of her naked torso. His mouth watered as his eyes landed on the dusty peaks of her breasts. Unable to stop, he dove right in and took one into his mouth. He sucked and nipped at the teasing little tip like a starved pup while his handed made sure its twin wasn't left out of the fun.

Kagome moaned loudly, the juncture between her parted thighs growing wet with arousal. She had to keep a clear head. She gripped his shoulder, digging her blunt nails into the lightly tanned skin. Kagome tried to push Sesshomaru away but he was having none of it.

Releasing her nipple briefly, he stole her mouth, biting and licking at her lips with no mercy. When he did give her time to breathe, the air swiftly left her lungs in a husky moan as he attacked her other nipple with a fence nip. Kagome couldn't stop her hands from tunneling themselves into his hair and pulling his head closer.

Sesshoumaru lavished himself on Kagome's breasts, his thirst for more growing more and more. Suddenly his nose was assaulted by her scent. Instead of the clean lavender like smell that was usually the more prominent fragrance; her citrine came out like a blast of lemonade.

He loved lemonade.

Grinding his hips into hers, she moaned louder. He felt the damp stop in her jeans even through the thick material of their bottoms. It only turned him on more. Trusting hard between her legs, Kagome moaned his name and a deep satisfying growl trembled though his chest against her stomach. Cupping her round behind, he gave it a firm squeeze before slapping it roughly. Kagome half moaned, half cried in reaction.

Sesshoumaru almost purred when he felt Kagome rotate her hips into his painful erection. He bit the curve of her tit just to show how much he enjoyed her interaction, but this was just suppose to be taste, literally.

Kissing and nipping his way up her neck, he took hold on her ear lobe and gave the sensitive little flesh a good chew. Kagome's hips bucked underneath him. Sesshoumaru took hold of her hips and smashed them into his, making sure her core ground against his aching dick.

"I know you feel that," He growled low against her ear, his hand slapping her ass. She yelped and tried to jerk away but he slapped the jean covered flesh harder. He smelled her musk thicken and couldn't help the male pride spread his lips. "Next time you think about disobeying me, you think of this. Your behind will be a beautiful rosy red each time."

He kissed her long and hard one last time grinding himself into her core a few more times before slowing to a stop and whispering into her ear again. "That was your pleasure." He grinned as he flipped off of the shaking body and headed to the bathroom. "And this is your punishment."

"What?" Kagome sat up slowly, her breath still coming in heavy pants. Sesshoumaru couldn't help but watch in pure fascination as her breast rose and fell with a slight bounce. Kami, he loved her thick curves.

"Take off the remainder of your clothing. Find something to of mine to sleep in and get under the covers. It's time for sleep," He smiled sickeningly sweet as he turned and went into the bathroom. "No touching yourself either." He warned before he shut the door. A few moments later, the shower turned on.

Kagome huffed, her body humming with need. "Jerk," she murmured, but her burning ass reminded her of the firm hand he had. Ok, maybe she shouldn't have fought back with such might. But she really did want to go home. But on the other hand, she wouldn't mind repeating what just didn't happen again. As long as this time they finished.

Figuring her ass had gotten enough punishment, Kagome got up and stripped. It wasn't long before she had one of his undershirts covering her from shoulder to mid thigh. She didn't truly understand how tall and broad Sesshoumaru was til then. It took her a minute to mentally deliberate but in the end, her panties stayed on. She figured one of two things would come of this decision. A: Sesshoumaru saw them as a sign of her wanting to go no further tonight or B: He took it as a challenge and ripped them right off. She doubted option B considering said panties were nothing but cotton with a duck in the middle saying 'Beware, I bite!'

Sighing, Kagome watched the steam slowly leak out from the bathroom from under the door as she slid under the covers. The cool satin sheets cooled her skin but did nothing to simmer the burn in her belly. There were no signs of Sesshoumaru coming out any time soon and helping her with her… need.

'Why can't you just… let lose. Let the animal in you be set free?' Kagome questioned the door. The Sesshoumaru she saw every day was the kind, sweet hearted, male youkai. But the beast in him was his true nature. To go against that was unhealthy for him. One of two things would have to happen: Either Sesshoumaru set a healthy balance for his instincts and himself to coexist or his beast would break free and never give him control of his body again.

Either way, Kagome was on her own sexual.

'And do not touch yourself,' Sesshoumaru had warned her. Well, if she finished quick enough, he wouldn't know the difference, right?

Kagome grinned as she curled up on one side of the bed; the part farthest from the bathroom door. She lay on her side, hidden away in the shadows, and worked her hand up the oversized T-shirt of Sesshoumaru's. Covering her mouth and face with the soft fabric and inhaling deeply only brought back the sensations of just a few moments ago.

Her breast ached, nipples taught and reaching up for a helping hand. Her core grew hot and steamy, waiting for its plug. She groaned and let her mind create the fantasy she had been having that night Sesshoumaru asked her to be his.

Sesshoumaru stood under the water's unforgiving spray. Searing heat needled his back and pooled to scorch his feet, but still his erection demanded it be shown the proper respect. But no way would Sesshoumaru do what it begged him to. Kagome wasn't ready for that, yet. He pushed her tonight as far as his body would allow without losing control, even though he knew that's exactly what she wanted from him.

She was falling in love with his affectionate side but as soon as he lost his control, she would run. Flee his sight and never return.

Sesshoumaru took a deep breath, meaning to calm himself and prepare to sleep beside his beauty. Instead, his nostrils caught the mucky lemony scent of his little pucca. (A/N: XD Get it? He calls her Pucca cause she's all cute but can kick ass…and…..*evil glares from readers*….. Ok I'll shut up.)

'So, she wanted to disobey. To play instead of sleep,' Sesshoumaru thought with a grin that stretched much wider across his face than normal. He took another deep breath, letting the spicy aroma fill his lungs.

'She wants to play with us.' His beast hissed in his ear. Rationality tried to reason with him in a low whisper but as the whites of his eyes began to streak red, the game was set.

Kagome curled into a tight ball as her fingers circled around her clit. Only by biting her lip was she able to suppress the urge to let her voice free. True, she wasn't a virgin anymore but the one and only time she had done anything sexual was with Inuyasha on that night. Her fingers were clumsy and unsure. But she had to be doing something right!

The door of the bathroom suddenly opened with a bang and light flooded the cold room. Kagome stilled, trying to play possum. Maybe if she was extremely still and postponed her fun for a few minutes, Sesshoumaru would go to sleep and she could finish.

But it seemed that the man just had to take his time. He truly believed her sleep, she guessed, as he started to hum. Draws opened and closed, time ticked by, and the light of the bathroom was eventually turned off. The sheets were lifted slightly before the mattress dipped. Kagome felt Sesshoumaru's body near her's, but not touch.

More minutes ticked by and Sesshoumaru laid prone with his back to her, unmoving besides the slight dip of his even breathing. Kagome took the moment to continue her pleasure. Both hands stuck between her legs, busy with their task, Kagome was unable to fight against the two set of clawed hands that pushed her shirt up and over the tops of her breasts. Hot breath tickled her ear. Sharp teeth nipped at her throat.

"Kagome," A familiar but unusual voice sang to her. It sent chills of pleasure down her spine. She knew it was Sesshoumaru but something was off. His voice sounded like many and rough. His moves were jerky and almost too eager. "What do you think you are doing?"

"Uh…," The claws squeezed her breast, his thumb and forefinger pinching her nipples. Kagome let out a squeak, her hips backing slightly to make her bottom brush his erection.

Sesshoumaru hissed. "If you want to disobey, do it right." Letting one breast go, her grabbed her wrists and yanked them up and over their heads until he had them intertwined in his hair. "Keep these here," he ordered, giving one arm a light nip, "Or else."

Kagome closed her eyes and felt her body set fire as his fingers traveled down her stomach, stopping only to trace the hem of her panties, and slipped between her thighs. He didn't touch, not yet. Pulling the top leg up, he slipped his knee between her legs and hooked her knee onto his.

"Do understand what I've just done pucca?" He asked, nibbling a little on her earlobe. Kagome shook her leg, trying to keep her breath even. "Well you see pucca, with your knee connected the way it is, I can do this," Sesshoumaru began to bring their knees up; effectively spreading her legs wide open. "And no you have no freedom to move or hide from me." He growled, biting her cheek a little. "Now if I want this pussy I can have it. But don't worry, that's for another time."

Kagome opened her mouth to protest but Sesshoumaru turned the words into a moan as his sharp talons plunged into through her panties. They didn't stop and speed up. Each thrust of his fingers was rough and agonizingly slow.

Her moans grew louder, body slowly tightening as the coil in her stomach wound tighter. Sesshoumaru watched in excitement as her body responded so beautifully to his ministrations.

"Are you wanting to cum pucca?" Sesshoumaru asked, already knowing the answer. Kagome nodded her head quickly, his hips grinding into his fingers as they spread inside her core and mixed her insides. She wanted to scream, her breath coming in short pants. She teetered on that very edge but he kept her from taking that last step off the cliff.

"What do you say pucca?" Sesshoumaru asked, his other hand pinching and rolling her abused dusty nipple until it was as pink as he knew her pussy was. When Kagome remained silent, Sesshoumaru removed his fingers from inside her and grinned at her squeaking protest. He repeated his question.

"Please?" Kagome finally answered a little confused. Sesshoumaru kissed her cheek and watched very closely as he rammed his fingers through her underwear and deep inside the dripping depth. His thumb easily found the hidden pleasure button between her lower lips and in less than a minute her body shook uncontrollably.

Kagome moaned loud enough that he had to shove his fingers in her mouth to keep it from waking up the pups. Her body clenched and squeezed his fingers inside of him as a sticky mess dripped out on his hand. She whimpered, almost cried when her high finally landed her toes back on earth.

"You looked so beautiful," Sesshoumaru whispered as he turned her head and kissed her lovingly on the mouth. It was simple and sweet. Kagome turned over in time to see the red back into the corners of his eyes. She didn't comment on it; just wrapped herself around his body.

Sesshoumaru watched his little mate curl up, sleep coming to her soon. He couldn't help but lick his fingers clean with a satisfying slurp. She was his alright. Sesshoumaru wouldn't let her go, even if his wildness scared her shitless. She wouldn't be set free.

Sleep hauled them both into dream land in a tangle of limbs and hair.

~!~

'Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was lookin' kinda dumb with her finger and her thumb in the shape of an L on her forehead'

Kagome woke up with a smile as the music filtered in from somewhere else. Her head bobbed and the head resting on her arm bobbed with her.

"Well the years start coming, and they don't stop coming. Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running. Didn't make sense not to live for fun, your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb." Kagome sang along as she began to dance a little. The body beside her, way too small to be Sesshoumaru, laughed and sang along. Finally opening her eyes, Kagome gazed over at Rin curled up to her. The little girl's eyes were still closed but she was murmuring the lyrics as well.

Kagome grinned and sat up slowly. Looking around, she spotting a pair of jogging pants falling out of the dirty clothes hamper. Before Rin could open her eyes, Kagome ran and tugged them on.

"Mommy," Rin's sleepy voice yawned as she patted the bed beside her in search for the raven haired woman. Kagome was there in a moment, picking the girl up into her arms and leaving the master bedroom. She couldn't help but nuzzle the pup's hair and kiss her forehead; thankful to whoever it was upstairs that granted her such a beautiful and healthy daughter.

Kagome followed the music until they were standing in the kitchen door way. She watched her two favorite men dance around the kitchen like they were expert cooks. She ignored the burning toast and eggs.

"Hey now, you're an all star get your game on, go play. Hey now, you're a rock star get the show on, get paid and all that glitters is gold. Only shooting stars break the mold" Shippo sang as he stood on top of a step ladder and took plates down. Sesshoumaru watched him carefully as the pancakes in his care slowly burned.

"It's a cool place and they say it gets colder. You're bundled up now wait till you get older. But the meteor men beg to differ, judging by the hole in the satellite picture," Rin sang out, jumping from Kagome's arms and on her daddy's back.

"The ice we skate is getting pretty thin. The water's getting warm so you might as well swim. My world's on fire, how about your's? That's the way I like it and I'll never get bored." Kagome kissed Sesshoumaru's cheek and hip bumped him out the way as she took over cooking the pancakes.

'Hey now, you're an all star get your game on, go play. Hey now, you're a rock star get the show on, get paid. All that glitters is gold, only shooting stars break the mold'

Shippo ran over to hug her good morning and only then did she realize how big her baby was getting. The little fur ball pup was gone. The boy who came up to her waist with unruly bright orange hair and slimming face was a young youkai, almost a teenager.

The small make-shift family sung along on with smiles as plates were packed with edible food, "Somebody once asked could I spare some change for gas, I need to get myself away from this place. I said, 'Yep, what a concept I could use a little fuel myself, and we could all use a little change.'"

Sesshoumaru ruffled his son's hair and Kagome helped Rin get her plate and drink to the table. The family sat, swaying to the music and talking amongst themselves in the first real family breakfast.

'Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart, but your head gets dumb

So much to do, so much to see
So what's wrong with taking The Backstreet?
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow

Hey now, you're an all star get your game on, go play
Hey now, you're a rock star get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold'


Ok people, so, we've seen our first smut session! How did you like it? Give me your comments or criticisms, they are greatly appreciated! Next chapter will be out in VERY SOON! I'm already working on it!

Another thing, we've seen our first look at family life for the couple! What do you think? Peaceful and sweet right? But I can't keep it like that! It's boring! What trouble will brew up next time!

Until then,

Yuuki!