Together

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Means that it's the same POV just a shift in time / place.

Chapter 10

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A Few Minutes Earlier

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= Miroku =

I wanted to, so I was slowly kissing my way across his chest. I knew that I was waking him up. This may be a good thing or a bad thing. I don't know yet, but I loved the feel of his skin under my tongue. I slid down further between his legs as I used my tongue to follow the line of his last rib on either side of his body.

He was starting to squirm under my hands. I started to work on his belly button. I licked around it. I nipped at the edges before starting to lick it out. I slid my tongue down the very short wall and pushed at the floor before coming back up on the other side.

I felt his fingers as they slid into my hair and held me close. I rimmed his belly button again before pushing my tongue into him. He started to moan as I felt his cock twitch against my chest. I licked my way further down until I was kissing around the base of his cock. As I favored the left side of his cock for a moment, I felt it slide up the right side of my face as it grew harder. I felt my own cock twitch from the feeling that went down my spine and ended there from the feel of his cock gliding along my skin.

As the mental feel of his cock sliding into my mouth appeared, I felt his hands as they pulled my head up to his face. His lips crushed mine as he pulled me down. My body caved into his. I slid my lower half over his, rubbing both our cocks between our two bodies. Pre-cum caused us to slide along each other smoother and added another sensation for us to pick up on and enjoy. With very labored breaths we pulled apart. For a moment I saw his eyes before I closed my own and continued to slide up and down between his legs.

"I'm going to fuck you," he whispered into my ear before he pulled at my earlobe with his teeth. I felt his fang as it glided it over my ear rings. I shivered just from hearing his promise. He slid from under me and around my legs to kneel behind of me. He pushed on my lower spine to push my ass up more.

"AH!" His tongue was warm and soft. Probing and gliding. I pushed back against him to show I wanted more. I wanted him to push into me. My hands dug into the earth as I felt him force himself in. He licked around just on the inside. Almost, so close. I was breathing hard as he lifted his head away from me. As I waited for him, I recalled the feel of him inside of me, but the very real lack of him being in me was adding a new need to my desire.

"Inuyasha," I begged as I closed my eyes and pushed back a little. I felt his weight on me as he pressed his chest against my back before I felt his breath move over my ear.

"Turn over. I want to see your face," he said as I felt him starting to turn me with his hands on my waist. He kissed me before he lifted my leg up unto his shoulder. I felt him start to fill me. I watched him as he came closer. I felt as he went as far as he possibly could. I had to arch my back downward to help him reach as far in as we both wanted him to be. I looked into his face and watched his eyes as they shifted through darkening shades of red. His white hair was falling in sheets on either side of both our faces. I reached up to hold his head as he pulled out of me. I shuddered then froze in place as he slammed back into me. He was taking it really slow and on the forth thrust my whole body was itching with ecstasy. I just wanted him to go faster.

"Inuyasha, please go faster," I said a bit unsteadily before I finally reached his lips and kissed him. I felt his hands tighten and he did start to move faster. He was panting and sweat fell from his face and chest unto mine. I used one hand and wiped the sweat from around his eyes before he started to hit that spot. My hands went to his sides and I arched up into him, fleeing the sensation, but wanting more of it all the same. I felt him put me back in place as he fucked me again, and again, and again, and again. I started to sink into bliss.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes," I heard myself saying as I was pulled closer to coming. I leaned all the way back and wrapped my legs around his waist. Come with me! My mind screamed at him. I just needed to feel his hot essence hitting my walls to make me come. His hand caught and pumped my cock a few times, and I came before him.

"AAAAAHHHHHHH!" That took me over the edge. As I clamped down on his cock he came in me and I felt as his fangs sank into the skin on my shoulder. This was something new, my hazy mind noted. He was sucking on my blood. I felt it being pulled from my body. I started to feel light headed. Sleep pulled me down into its warm folds.

"Now stay asleep," he said as pulled me towards him to sleep on our sides wrapped in each other's arms.

= Sesshomaru =

I flat out refuse to eat what was called breakfast today. When Rin ran out with it for me, I questioned her as to what it was. She couldn't recall what it was named. It was something new from the ningen Kagome again. I do believe that there is more to her being different than just her clothing. She seems so out of place at times.

I was again sitting on the porch in full shade as I watched Rin run around with the kitsune as they played some game. My brother had yet to show his face along with the monk. Hopefully they were taking a bath to look presentable before showing their faces to the other humans in their group.

"Where are Inuyasha and Miroku? Their breakfast is going to be cold," I heard Kagome say as she stepped from the hut and looked in the direction that their camp had been. Cold? I thought it came cold.

"Oh, Sesshomaru-sama," she said upon seeing me. "Good morning."

"Good morning," I replied. She came closer and knelt down next to me.

"You haven't seen Inuyasha or Miroku today have you?" she asked me.

"No," I answered.

"So when will you be leaving today?" she asked after a few moments.

"After lunch," I replied.

She stayed there, and looked out with me. She was wearing a longer skirt today. I think that the shirt was the same as the one she wore yesterday. I rather liked it. I can see that the back of the shirt had the word "weave" written there.

After awhile I noticed that she was looking at me.

"Yes?" I asked after a number of different reasons presented themselves for consideration and were eventually dismissed.

"It's nothing," she said as she turned her head away. Two minutes later she was looking me again.

"What are you looking at Kagome?" I asked her. Only after I said it did I realize that I said her name. I saw the color creep up her face before she bent her head.

"I'm sorry Sesshomaru-sama, it's really nothing," she said as she fiddled with something that was suddenly in her hands. "Please excuse me," she said as she got up and went down the steps. She took the path that lead to the hot springs. Maybe she wouldn't go that far if my brother is really there with his lover. I looked over in the direction a squeal came from. There were a number of things sticking up from Rin's hair as she was ticking the little kitsune who started to repeat the word "sumanasou" over and over again.

I looked up at the sky and saw that we had a long way to go before it was noon. It was starting to look like I may have to send her for another bath before we left for home. I guess it's possible to wait until we got home unless she spilled something on herself.

= Inuyasha =

"We shouldn't have been away so long," Miroku said again as we walked back to the hut.

"It wasn't like we did it on purpose," I told him. "We fell asleep."

"At least you don't have a practice session with Sesshomaru today. I wouldn't want to stand there to hear you tell him that," Miroku continued.

"Well, it's not like I would have told him that if I did have to meet him," I told Miroku.

"I..." I turned my head and pulled my hand from his.

"What is it?" Miroku asked as he went into a defensive stand as he looked around us.

"I heard something," I told him as I started to walk over to our left. "This way," I said as I started to walk past a row of bushes.

I stood still when I found her sitting in a small clearing. What was she doing here and why was she alone? Was she alone? I waved my hand behind my back to keep Miroku away.

"Kagome?" I asked as I got closer.

"Oh, Inuyasha," she said as she looked up at me. "Where have you been?" she asked as she stood up.

"I was taking a bath," I told her.

"For so long?" she questioned.

"I can take a bath for as long as I like," I told her. "Besides, what are you doing out here by yourself?" I asked her to get the conversation off of me. I looked around the clearing to see if I could find any other signs to say that she wasn't really alone.

"I was just thinking about a few things," she said.

"Things like what?" I asked hoping to keep her thinking about something else, other than where I've been for most of the morning.

"I..." She stopped and looked at me. "You do not have to know, and where is Miroku?" she asked as she placed her hands on her hips.

"I don't know," I lied. "He left camp before me." That was actually true. "Maybe the monk is off meditating," I said to get her to end her questioning.

"Let's go," she said as she walked past me. "But you will have no one to blame but yourself if there is no breakfast left when you get there."

I just walked behind of her as we exited the trees. I saw Rin and Shippo running around with parts of plants sticking out of their hair. Sango sat next the hut in a grassy spot sharpening her hiraikotsu, and Sessuhomaru was looking at me as he sat on the porch.

I followed Kagome into the hut and nodded to Sesshomaru as I passed him. He nodded back before he speared a moment to look at Kagome and then turning his attention back to following Rin. I ducked my head into the hut and looked up to see Miroku eating. I smiled at him before Kagome stepped in between the two of us.

"And where have you been?" she asked him. He finished chewing what was in his mouth and swallowed before he answered her.

"I was meditating," he said before he took another spoonful into his mouth.

"See, I told you that that must have been what he was doing," I chimed in. "What I would like to know is what just happened?" I asked her as I sat down next to Miroku.

"What happened?" he asked as I took his bowl from him and got my own spoon. "Something happened?" he asked again as he looked at me.

"Sesshomaru gave her an odd look when we passed him outside," I said before quickly placing two spoons full in my mouth and chewed as I watched Miroku watching her. When I heard her shifting under his gaze I looked in her direction.

"Nothing happened. I thought of a dumb question and I couldn't ask him," she said.

"What kind of dumb question?" I asked her before I put another spoon full into my mouth. I was really hungry.

"I said it was a dumb question. So I'm not about to tell you," she said.

= Miroku =

"It's so dusty that I can barely see what's going on," Kagome said as we sat on this side of the field under the shade.

We were back at the same field that Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were practicing on the day before. Due to the wind scar that he used, the earth was no longer covered in grass and small shrubs. The lack of rain for the past week also helped in turning the immediate area into a waste land of swirling dust.

I saw a flash of red as Inuyasha jumped up into the air. The glint of a sword made its way through the dust to pull my eyes downward. I heard nothing to make me think that it made any kind of contact.

Despite our earlier talk about him not having a practice session with his brother, Sesshomaru, seeing that Inuyasha was doing nothing of great importance, told him to follow him and bring his sword. Everyone, who turned out to be just Rin, Shippo and myself, heard Inuyasha question Sesshomaru with a loud "Why".

"You appear to have time for another sparing match," Sesshomaru answered before he turned away and walked on believing that Inuyasha would follow him and he did after a moment of looking at his back.

The rest of the group managed to arrive here before either had attacked the other.

Once again we all looked up as we saw Sesshomaru hover in the air before he went back down into the growing dust cloud to continue his lesson with Inuyasha.

Kagome, Sango and I started to place bets as to how much damage Inuyasha could inflict on Sesshomaru. We all knew and believed that Sesshomaru would come out on top, but we held out hope for our friend in not letting Sesshomaru finish this lesson without him leaving some kind of mark on him.

I'm sure pride and growing love caused me to place the highest expectation on him. I said that he would actually leave a scratch on his face, or drawing blood of some kind. Sango said Inuyasha hadn't gotten that good yet, but conceded to the fact that he might be able to cut his clothes. Kagome just said that if he was lucky he would able to trip him.

We all watched a bit more intently as we each looked for something to prove that we won the bet. We each swore that we saw what we wanted to see and had to wait until they had finished to really know what happened.

Out of swirling dust they walked. It felt like no great deal of time had passed, but I knew it was longer than I believed. Inuyasha looked like he was really in a battle. His hair was a mess, and he had a few scratches covering his face. He walked with a slight limp, but I wasn't worried. Across his face was a big smile. I then looked at Sesshomaru. He was dusting off his side that showed that was indeed tripped. He had a few ruffled pieces of clouting and on his left check was a quickly healing cut. I let a small grin play on features. He did it. He was able to draw blood from his perfect nii-chan.

"Sesshomaru-sama, did you win?" Rin asked him as she ran up to him all smiles.

"Of course," he told her.

"Yeah, but I got a few good moves in there," Inuyasha said smiling at him. "You guys should have seen it when I knocked him down."

Sesshomaru looked at him then. I expected him to say something, just not what he did say.

"I taught you well," he said as he almost smiled. "But you still have a lot to learn. You will have a month to practice until we meet again," he said before he turned and headed back to the hut with Rin and Shippo running in front of him and Jaken walking behind of him.

"Good going Inuyasha," Kagome said as she hugged him. A little too long for my liking, but he didn't seem to notice. He was enjoying his little victory. I looked down the path to see how far they had gotten to see Sesshomaru turn and continue to walk away from us. He was probably impatient for us to follow.

"Kagome, what can we have today to celebrate Inuyasha's win?" I asked as I turned back to the group.

"Win? He didn't win," she remarked. "But he did do very well," she added. "Let's have instant noodles to celebrate everything," she suggested. "For Inuyasha's fighting improvement and to mark Sesshomaru and Rin's last meal with us," she said as she looped her arm with his and then turned with us as we started walking down the path towards the hut.

= Sesshomaru =

The 'instant' noodles weren't bad. They smelled interesting enough to try, and I found myself not being disappointed by their taste. The kitsune talked during the first half of the meal of how this was my brother's favorite food and that Kagome brought them for him. Where did she bring them from? Was a question that I wanted to ask him, but at the same time I didn't want to show that much interest. True to the kitsune's words, he was the first to finish his share and was asking for more. Show a little restraint. I told him in my head. Act like you have some pride. I looked at Kagome as she gave it to him anyway, smiling as she did.

"Sesshomaru-sama," Rin said as she came closer.

"Yes, Rin," I answered her.

"May I have a nap with you before we leave?" she asked as she rubbed her eyes. I nodded my head and she curled up on my lap and was soon fast asleep. I looked up at Jaken who had gotten use to the sight over the past year.

"Locate Ah-Un and start packing," I told him.

"Yes My Lord," he said before he bowed and went off to find the beast.

I looked down at Rin and moved some of her wayward strands back to where they were suppose to be. I reached down and picked up the cup of tea that I was drinking, before she interrupted me and looked over at the rest of the group. The monk looked like he was meditating, but he could be sleeping for all I cared, while Inuyasha went back to eating his begged for meal when I met his eyes. The demon slayer lowered her eyes promptly when I met them with my own, but Kagome didn't. She didn't lower her eyes or look away. She was looking at me and continued looking at me as I looked back at her. She had a soft smile on her face, and then her eyes sparked.

"I'll go pack the sleeping bags and such for you," she said as she started to get up.

"I'll help you Kagome," the demon slayer said as she stood quickly with her.

I don't know how long I was doing it, but I realized as I felt the strands moving under my fingers that I was stoking Rin's hair as she slept.

"I never thought that I would see the day that a cold bastard like you would show so much care for a human, never mind another being," Inuyasha said with no one around to hear him but me.

"I'm not a bastard, you are. Or have you already forgotten?" I asked with a level gaze. "But what actions you considered to be cold, as you put it, were nothing more than what was needed to be done." I did not want to start that old fight and continued to move the conversation away from our parentage. "Rin is my ward by her own choosing. I am honor bound to take care of her and protect her. Nothing in me has changed. Perhaps you never saw what was there all the time." I let my words sink in as I took another sip of my tea. It was starting to lose its warmth.

Inuyasha got up and left me with the meditating monk. I looked back down at my hand that was still making it way over Rin's hair.

"He may still make you proud enough to one day call him uncle," I told the sleeping child quietly.

I lifted my mokomoko from over my shoulder and laid it over Rin as I sat further back unto the tree. I sensed Kagome coming, but she seemed to have stopped behind the tree for some reason. Soon she moved again and I saw her appear with the bag that she had presented to Rin seemly full of the other treats and gifts she gave her that day, and my own gift of the sleeping bag. I assumed that she packed my wa-gashi in Rin's bag also.

"I packed everything for you," she said as she sat down next to me and placed the things at my side.

"Thank you," I told her. I seem to be telling her that a lot lately.

She smiled and looked over at Rin. Her head did a slight twisting movement as she continued to look at her. I looked over at Rin and saw nothing different. I curled my mokomoko around her a bit tighter feeling that I couldn't sense that there was something wrong with her.

"You can move it? It's part of you?" Kagome asked as she looked from Rin and my mokomoko back to me.

"Yes," I answered. Of course I can move it. It was part of me like a leg or an arm.

"I always thought that it was just decorative," she confessed as her gaze found its way back to it and the sleeping child.

"It's a "gift" from my father. It proves that I'm the first born and heir to everything that was his," I wasn't sure why I told her. I guess it was because no one had ever shown any interest in it before unless it was aiding me in ending their life.

She was looking at me again with the same faint smile from before. She was starting to remind me of Rin when she did that. A dark haired ningen female that needed my protection. For a moment I saw her running beside Rin in the vast garden at my home. I shook the image from my mind. She wouldn't seek my protection and why would I want her to? She was rather odd for a human and that alone could cause more problems than her skill with a bow and arrow would be worth.

I finished my tea before it turned completely cold on me and waited for the right time to wake Rin with Kagome sitting by my side.

= Kagome =

Jaken stood next to Sesshomaru as Rin was saying good bye to us. She had on the cute little back pack that I had gotten for her. Sesshomaru was holding his sleeping bag, but I'm sure that he would soon attach it to that beast of his, and not carry it all the way to his home.

I waved at them both as I wished them a safe journey. I stopped and stood as I watched them leave. The afternoon sun gave them long shadows off to their left. The wind blew his hair up and around his shoulders and then it fell back neatly in place along the length of his back as if there hadn't been a breeze at all.

He then turned and looked at us. What was he looking at? Jaken stopped and looked back also, but he didn't seem to find anything interesting and stood still looking at Sesshomaru, while he continued to look our way.

"Sango, what is Sesshomaru-sama looking at?" I asked as I turned to face her and saw that she wasn't there. I looked to my other side to see that I was the only one still standing there. I did a quick one eighty to see the curtain for the hut fall back into place. I turned back to face the way I was before to see the top of Sesshomaru's head as it dipped below the height of the hill.

= NOTES =

Sumanasou – sorry; apologetic; remorseful (there are a lot of different ways to say sorry in Japanese, I hope I picked the right one.)

Nii-chan – familiar form of 'older brother'.