Chapter 11
Sesshomaru and Miyuki woke together and looked into each other's eyes. Sesshomaru leaned down and kissed her gently on the lips, causing her to blush.
"Now that you two are awake get up," Inuyasha's voice broke the moment and they sat bolt upright. Kagome walked over and gave them a bowl of stew each with a smile.
"The villagers are getting scared they don't like you being here," Inuyasha shook his head as they heard shouts outside of the house.
"Miyuki, would you like to return to my home?" Sesshomaru asked and she nodded before turning her gaze from her bowl to him. She quickly finished the food she was eating and took his hand. He led her out of the house and together they rose up into the air in front of the shocked villagers and flew towards Sesshomaru's home. As they flew through the air a sudden thought popped into Miyuki's head.
"Sesshomaru, you know when we first met I woke up without a drop of blood on me did you..." she looked up at Sesshomaru who grinned slyly.
"From the very start I chose you to be my mate," her eyes widened and a blush coloured her face, she jumped out of his arms and started flying away; she was stopped by Sesshomaru's hand on her wrist.
"I never saw you unclothed," he said truthfully, Miyuki turned and looked at him confused.
"Then how...?" Sesshomaru pulled her back to him and wrapped his arms around her.
"Well..."
Flashback
After destroying the demonic tree Sesshomaru walked away and was going to leave the girl there but then something stopped him and seemed called him back to her. It was almost like he knew her from somewhere even though he had never seen her before. Sesshomaru picked her up, bridal style, and carried her to a hot spring that was nearby. A couple of water sprites were dancing through the steam, their pale blue hair was intertwined with pond weeds and flowers bloomed in their locks. They scattered when he walked into the clearing; however he could hear them whispering and laughing as he gently laid the girl on the ground and started to unbutton her top. He was saved from embarrassment by the matron water sprite who decided to make her thoughts known, clearly and loudly.
"YOU PERVERT" Sesshomaru heard a scream before a foot connected with his chest, he rolled away at the contact and stood to see a sprite doing the girl's buttons back up.
"You wash the blood off of her then," a growl ripped from his throat, his eyes flashing with anger, the sprite looked livid at his tone and walked up to him with a raised fist.
"Either you wash her or I will!" He said calmly, he saw her falter and lower her hand; she thought for a moment before answering with a sly grin.
"Okay I'll bathe her, whilst I'm doing that there's a hot spring round the corner that you can bathe in," the smile on her face didn't budge an inch, he knew there was a catch but at that point he didn't care, he just wanted someone else to look after the girl.
A couple of minutes later Sesshomaru was relaxing in a pool of hot water, suddenly there was a rustle of undergrowth and he instinctively stood and grabbed Bakusaiga. A young water sprite ran into the clearing saw him standing naked in the pool, the water only reaching halfway up his thighs; she screamed and threw a pile of bloody clothes at him before legging it back to the other pool. He sat down with an annoyed huff; then looked at the clothes that were now drifting in the ripples of the pool and saw that they were the girl's. He then understood the catch. "I, the demon lord of the western lands, have to do the girl's laundry!" However degrading this was at least it was better than having to wash the girl's naked body when she smelt so mouth-watering. It took him a long time to get all of the blood out of the strange clothing, whilst being careful not to accidentally put holes in them with his claws and in the end the pool was dyed crimson. In a flash he jumped out of the pool and carefully hung the clothes up on the nearby trees so that they could dry before returning to the pool. He sighed and sat low in the water, then leant his head against one of the edge stones; he closed his eyes and was lulled into a light sleep by the gentle lapping of the water.
Sometime later Sesshomaru was woken by a scream, he lurched out of his dreams and his hand flew to his sword before seeing a water sprite looking at him with wide frightened eyes. There was a loud rustle and the matron water sprite ran into the clearing ready for combat. She blinked several times and then sighed in relief when she saw that there was no danger.
"What's wrong?" She asked the younger sprite who was now sobbing uncontrollably.
"I thought he was dead," she croaked, Sesshomaru pinched the bridge of his nose in an attempt to stay calm, "He was lying in a bloody pool, his eyes were closed and he wasn't moving."
Is that all she screamed for? Damn her, now he had a group of female sprites staring at him, although when he went to his mother's palace he had a group of women around him, he most certainly did not have them around him when he bathed.
"Apologise to her, demon!" the matron shouted at him, fury tore through Sesshomaru. A powerful growl ripped from his throat, his aura burned furiously and evaporated the surface of the water around him. In the corner of him vision he could see his reflection, the whites of his eyes had turned red and his fangs had elongated causing him to snarl.
"Apologise! I should rip you apart for your impudence!" the water sprites all took a step back, terror clouding their features.
"W...waits...are you... Lord Sesshomaru, Lord of the western lands?" the matron asked, he didn't answer. Instead he turned, stood, making the water sprites to shriek in alarm; his aura caused the water to evaporate in seconds and he dressed quickly before checking to see whether the girl's clothes were dry. They were; he grabbed them and handed them to the terrified matron; she just stood there thickly and stared at them.
"Put them on the girl, now!" he growled and the whole group of water sprites scattered. He gave them ten minutes as he buckled Tenseiga and Bakusaiga to his belt and calmed himself down. By the time he walked back to the other hot spring the water sprites had dressed the girl and had disappeared; he also noticed that they had bound her head and ankle. A small smile flashed across his lips for a second before it vanished; he picked her up and flew to a clearing further away.
End of flashback
Miyuki stared at him for a moment her brow furrowed in thought; he waited watching her.
"Maybe we should go thank them," she said quietly; he stared at her in shock.
"Why?" he snorted.
"Because they saved both of us from embarrassment," she put a gentle hand on the side of his face and looked up into his eyes.
"How can I win when you look at me like that," he bent his head down and nibbled the side of her neck causing her to moan.
"Stop, not here," she breathed reluctantly.
"Let's go," Sesshomaru turned them round and flew to the south towards the hot springs. After a few minutes they could see the billows of steam that coiled off the hot springs.
"We're almost there," Sesshomaru slowly flew down to the ground so that they could walk the rest the way. He took her hand and led her towards the home of the water sprites.
When they broke through the undergrowth into the clearing with the hot springs Miyuki caught a glance of a few sprites running for cover.
"They are stupidly timid," Sesshomaru sniffed and started to take his clothes off in front of her; Miyuki blushed deep red and looked away.
"PERVERT!" an elderly water sprite ran out of the bushes and froze when she saw Sesshomaru, "you again!" She was about to run away when she heard Miyuki laughing; she stared at the giggling girl for a moment before tutting.
"Kids these days don't have an ounce of manners," the matron turned her back on Miyuki who stopped laughing instantly. Sesshomaru snarled and bared his teeth only to be stopped by a raised hand from Miyuki. She faced the matron water sprite and bowed low, her hair curtaining her face.
"Thank you," she said gently; the matron stared at her shocked and a wide smile stretched across her face.
"You're welcome, we couldn't have him seeing you unclothed," the matron cackled and grabbed Miyuki's hand. She led the hell hound away from Sesshomaru who took a step after her only to be stopped by a crowd of young water sprites.
"Where are you taking me?" Miyuki asked her after they had broken through the undergrowth causing Sesshomaru to vanish from sight.
"We can't have you bathing together! That is not right!" the matron water sprite turned to Miyuki and let go of her hand. Miyuki blushed and looked away.
"From his scent it seems as though you are destined to mate however before you are joined under the sun and moon mating is out of the question." The matron water sprite stood with her hands on her hips and stared up at Miyuki.
"Under the sun and moon? When does the sun and moon share the sky?" Miyuki asked confused; the matron sprite gave her an incredulous look before realising that Miyuki was being serious.
"Dawn and Dusk of course!" the matron sprite threw her hands in the air and Miyuki looked up into the sky to see that it was already dusk.
"Elder of the water sprites, please teach me more," Miyuki begged her.
"They have been too long," Sesshomaru jumped out of the bath, spraying water everywhere and started walking to where Miyuki had disappeared. Just before he reached the bushes Miyuki walked through and froze when she saw his almost naked body dripping in water; she blushed and looked away. Sesshomaru frowned and looked down, then remembered that he was only covered with a loin cloth. He turned and ran up to the tree where his clothes where hanging and quickly put them on; unbeknown to him Miyuki was watching his powerful body as he dressed, his muscles rippling as he pulled on his kimono.
"Where have you been?" he asked when he was finally dressed, Miyuki stifled a disappointed sigh and hugged him.
"Just talking to the Elder water sprite," she answered, Sesshomaru looked over to see the matron walking through the undergrowth frowning.
"What about?" he asked his curiosity getting the better of him; Miyuki just smiled and put a finger to his lips.
"Let's go home," she whispered in his ear and he picked her up bridal style, flew up into the sky, heading towards the west.
After a few hours of returning to the mansion Sesshomaru looked out at the sky from the balcony of his room. By his reckoning it would be dawn in about five hours, the day after was mid-summers day, a blessed day for marriages.
He left his seat on the balcony and walked to the quarters next door to his. Knocking on the door he heard a soft "come in" and entered. In front of him he saw Miyuki dressed in a thin night robe with the neck open; just narrow enough so that nothing was being shown and too wide so that one would not need much imagination to visualise what she looked like underneath. He gulped and walked up to her, her scent piercing his nose with a pure sweet smell; it took that he had to fight against the urge to mate with her then and there. He took her hand and breathed deeply, not able to remember the last time he felt so nervous.
"Miyuki will you be my wife?" he asked quietly, his eyes on her hand and away from her eyes, fearing what look would be in then.
"Sesshomaru look at me," she gently lifted his head so that he was looking in her eyes and in them he saw pure happiness, "Yes."
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