Protection

A/N: I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to update and I thank everyone for the great reviews. I hope you all enjoy this chapter.

Kagome groaned and placed a hand on her head it felt like she had been ran over by truck a very large truck. Looking out the window she noticed it was still dark outside and remembered she still had to put her blood in Sesshoumaru's spell to make the barrier around the land stronger. Silently she turned over and looked at Sesshoumaru's face he seemed so peaceful when he was sleeping and then she noticed a small pink teardrop in the center of Sesshoumaru's cresent moon.

"Hmm...I'm sure that wasn't there before we fell asleep" Kagome whispered softly as she traced the cresent moon.

"What wasn't there before?" Sesshoumaru asked startling Kagome.

Kagome smiled and watched Sesshoumaru from under her bangs. "You have a small pink teardrop in your cresent moon i was thinking maybe it appeared because of the ceremony we preformed." Kagome replied.

"Hn...then i guess it's fair because you have a blue teardrop on your forehead and one blue stripe under each eye." Sesshoumaru replied.

Kagome gasped and jumped up looking in the mirror, "It doesn't look bad right? Is it going to bother you with a mate looking like me?" Kagome asked worriedly.

Sesshoumaru chuckled and stood up wrapping his arms around Kagome. "I think you look beautiful any way you look." Kagome sighed and smiled looking at Sesshoumaru in the mirror.

"Thank you that's sweet, and we still need to add my blood to your barrier." Sesshoumaru nooded and let go of Kagome walking over to what looked like a stand beside the bed but instead of pulling out a drawer he opened the top like you would a shoe box.

He looked back expecting Kagome to be by his side but she was still looking in the mirror, he smirked and shook his head walking back over to her.

"I said you looked beautiful already." He said while taking her hand and pulling her away from her own reflection.

Kagome blushed looking down at her feet. "Sorry i'm just not used to having marks on my own face."

"You better get used to it because when you change your form from one creature to another your features will change also." Sesshoumaru replied.

"Yes I know it's just a little different for me I guess, anyway what all do i need to do to add my protection with yours?" Kagome asked while looking down into the box. It was just a necklace, granted it was a beautifully made necklace but still it looked so simple.

Sesshoumaru picked up the necklace and dangled it infront of Kagome so she could get a closer look.

"My father created this necklace for my mother and they decided then that a good way to protect the land was to form a barrier so that anyone with ill intent couldn't enter but just in case someone wanted to sneak in and deactivate the barrier, they made it so the object looked normal and non expensive so that nobody would want to take it and also it gives the barrier a base form so to speak so that even when i'm not in these lands it's still up and protecting my lands and the people in it."

Kagome nodded in understanding she knew how it worked because she had done the same thing when she felt they needed protection from Inuyasha's anger.

"Ok so I know with mine in order for someone to be able to add or take anything away i would have to deactivate it first and then activate it again with that person is that what we do with yours or is yours different?" Kagome asked still looking at the necklace.

Sesshoumaru simply shook his head negatively, "All you have to do is form your reiki in your hand and then prick your finger and then drop a couple drops of blood on the stone of the necklace and it will reinforce the spell thats already in place."

Kagome nodded and did as she was told and watched as the stone turned bright pink and then turned back to the regular blue.

Sesshoumaru nodded and closed the lid as a pulse went through the air twice and then it stopped just as quickly as it started.

Kagome smiled and wrapped her arms around Sesshoumaru's stomach nuzzling the underside of his chin.

Sesshoumaru growled lowly and kissed Kagome's head and picked her up and carried her to the bed placing her in the middle and slowly climbing up the bed kissing her deeply before laying beside her on the bed.

"When are we going to ask the children about their changing?" Sesshoumaru asked Kagome quietly.

"I thought we would wait until after our mating so that i can speak with the elders and find out how to do everything correctly the first time." Sesshoumaru nodded and then smirked to himself.

Turning over he slowly kissed his way up to Kagomes ear. "how about mating now."

Kagome moaned "Mmmmmmmmmm that sounds like a good idea."

until next time...