Chapter Fourteen – Seeking Naraku
Everything was quiet, the sun had just risen so most of the living were still asleep. Kagome wished she could be one of them, but no, she was awoken to multiple kisses trailing over her neck and onto her mating mark "Hmm five more minutes" She groaned as she tried to bat her mate away
"It would be best to leave early mate" Mate, yes she liked that.
"Why?" She turned on her back and pouted, she looked up at her youkai Prince who was currently leaning over her "I'm still tired from last night"
"Which part?" He frowned slightly
"The part I completely enjoyed" She caught a strand of his silver her and ran her fingers through it "If we can stay a little longer we can have more fun" She winked
"As tempting as that is we cannot, we must head out before Naraku gets too far, plus I do not want to be anywhere near a tea house after last night's ordeal"
"It wasn't his fault Sessh, he was drunk" Kagome sighed
"Don't make excuses for him, it was always intention to have you under him" He then lay his forehead against hers "I'll kill him"
"Please don't. Don't forget he's most probably grieving over his family and friends, wouldn't you try to get rid of the pain by drinking?"
"Sake is not advisable for inuyoukai, it comes with back side effects. That is why I only drink it special occasions"
"Yeah but you'd most probably drink it if you were grieving, it gets rid of the pain or that's what you think"
"You seem to know a lot about this" He met her gaze
"My dad died when I was thirteen, I heard that alcohol gets rid of the sting so when I came in from school one day I grabbed a bottle of vodka from the kitchen, went to my room and drunk the whole bottle. I didn't realize how dangerous it was and passed out, I then woke up in hospital two days later" She sighed "I was stupid, I know"
"I take it this 'vodka' is only from your time?"
"Well if you haven't heard of it then it must be" She shrugged "After all you are hundreds of years old"
"I'm 500 Kagome" He smirked "I mere teenager"
"Sure" She laughed
"You will live up to my age one day"
"Humans have a very short life span, you should know that"
"You won't" He brushed his thumb against her mating mark "You shall have an immortal life"
"I will?" He nodded "Cool" She grinned as she pulled him down and kissed him. He deepened the kiss and pressed himself against her, she let out a childish giggle just as Inuyasha walked in
"Inuyasha!" Sesshoumaru growled "Do not just barge in"
"Why? I knew you weren't doing anything. These walls aren't exactly thick, I heard you two at it last night"
"Back at ya" Kagome laughed
"What can I say" Inuyasha smirked "But can you guys get up so we can make a move?"
"I am trying to get her up" Sesshoumaru replied with an amused tone "We shall be out now"
"Well Sango's already started to prepare breakfast, I didn't even know there was a kitchen here" He shrugged "And it's stocked with food" Kagome laughed at how amazed he was "Oh and Kags, Kouga's up and he wants to apologize to ya"
"He remembers?" He nodded "Alright I'll be right out" Inuyasha nodded again and left. The couple then sat up and climbed out of bed. Kagome let out a big stretch and walked over to her pack "Can I have a bath before we go? I feel all sweaty"
"As long as you have company" He smirked as he pulled her back against his chest and nipped at her neck "And you won't go anywhere near that wolf without my presence"
"I guessed that" She laughed "I'm not gonna get dressed yet since we're gonna have a bath first"
"Yes but you're not going out there with just your top and my haori on"
"Well a certain Prince ripped my bottoms off last night" She then purposely bent over with him still holding her as she reached into her back and pulled out a fresh pair of bottoms, she heard Sesshoumaru groan and grip her waist tightly. She then stood back up and reached back to wrap her arm around his neck "Down boy"
"You'll pay for that tonight" He whispered into her ear causing shivers down her spine. He then released her and went into the wardrobe. He pulled out a simple white haori and slipped it on. Kagome slipped on her bottoms and gripped the haori that she was currently wearing
"You realize you're not getting this back?" She grinned when he slithered his hand around her waist and pecked her lips
"Just make sure you're wearing that, and only that tonight" He then led them out of the bedroom and into the sitting room where they once again found everyone. They were all already dressed. Shippo and Rin were feeding the animals; Jaken was mumbling to himself; Miroku was dying from a killer hangover; Ginta and Hakkaku were talking amongst themselves; Kouga was sitting against the wall silently; Inuyasha was watching him from the corner of his eye and Sango was nowhere to be seen
"Ne Inuyasha where's Sango?" Inuyasha looked up at her and stretched
"In the kitchen, she told me to leave her be. She said I was distracting her from cooking" He shrugged "I think she's making up a fruit salad something, she said she learnt it from you"
"I gave her a cook book for her birthday three months ago didn't I" She replied as she sat on the couch with Sesshoumaru. Inuyasha was sitting on the floor by her feet and noticed Kouga was watching her "You said you'd eat this morning?" Kagome whispered to Sesshoumaru who then wrapped his arm around her shoulders
"And I shall" He replied "I shall have something from the kitchen in a moment"
"Ugh I really don't fancy any fruit first thing in the morning" Inuyasha groaned "Kagome go make me some ramen" Sesshoumaru then kicked him in the head "Hey what was that for?"
"My mate isn't you personal chef"
"Mate?" The hanyou then grinned "Copying me now are ya?"
"I doubt it" Kagome laughed as she pulled her best friend's puppy ear "I'm sure his performance was ten times better" Before he could argue back Sango entered with a big bowl of fruit and set it down on the table in front of her mate
"Well dig in, I thought it'd be easier to just throw it all in one bowl" She shrugged as she sat next to Kagome "How are you this morning?"
"Sore" She giggled into her friend's ear. Both Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru heard this and stood out of awkwardness "Where are you going?"
"To eat" Sesshoumaru replied
"Yeah I'm gonna check out what he's having" Inuyasha then headed off to the kitchen. Sesshoumaru stopped in front of Miroku
"Make sure the wolf doesn't near the women" Miroku nodded and Sesshoumaru continued after his brother. He found him going through all the stock looking for something appetising to eat "What are you doing?"
"I'm trying to find something that ya don't have to cook, I can't be bothered to light a fire"
"Then eat it raw" He replied as he went and pulled out some sliced up boar. He then cut it into tiny pieces and began to eat
"Raw?" He grimaced "How can you do that?"
"I'm a youkai, all youkai do it. I guess you never have since you lived with your mother. Just try some" He threw a piece of boar to the hanyou who gingerly sniffed it "Inuyasha it's not poison"
"I know" Just to impress his big and marvellous brother he threw the contents into his mouth and chewed "Hey it's not that bad" He then swallowed and got himself his own chunk of sliced boar, but instead of doing the mature thing of cutting it up he just bit into it and ripped parts off
"You have no manners" Sesshoumaru sighed as he finished his breakfast "I feel sorry for your mate, she has to kiss you" He then helped himself to some water and grabbed some lemon grass out of a china pot
"Why are you eating that?"
"Because I have a human mate" He replied as he chewed down the grass "Do you think she will enjoy the taste of blood when she kisses me?" His breath was now lemony fresh and blood free
"Good idea" Inuyasha then repeated his brother's actions and washed his bloody fingers off "So how come you took her as your mate so fast? You're usually patient with these kind of things"
"My youkai urges took over" He replied "She understood and didn't really mind. What of you?"
"Sango told me to so I did" He shrugged
"Just don't do it in the hot springs again" Sesshoumaru warned with a smirk "It is bad enough that I have to bathe in there now"
"I take it Kags will be joining you" He nodded and they headed back to the sitting room
Kagome just finished the last slice of water melon and sighed as she patted her full stomach "That was delicious, thanks Sango"
"No problem" She smiled "Most of the food in there was raw food so ya know"
"Well this is a mansion built for youkai" Shippo explained trying to act older than he was "Have you ever been here before Rin?"
"Nope, Prince Sesshoumaru doesn't tend to take me to villages much because he knows I don't like them. Not after what I saw before...the wolves"
"Nothing like that will ever happen to you again" Kagome reassured "I won't let allow it"
"Thank you" Rin beamed. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha then re-entered, Inuyasha let out a house shaking belch causing Sesshoumaru to backhand him
"I've got to kiss that" Sango huffed playfully
"I'm lucky" Kagome grinned "Mine has got manners" She then stood and walked over to Sesshoumaru "Ready for a bath?" He nodded and she ran off to the bedroom to slip into her bathing suit. Inuyasha slumped down next to Sango and wrapped his arm around her shoulders
"It's weird to think that Kagome is our sister and my brother is your brother now"
"Why is it weird?" Sango laughed "I think it's nice and besides Kagome and I have always looked to ourselves as sisters"
"Yeah but you're Sesshoumaru's sister as well now"
"And?"
"Inuyasha you've forgotten to mention to your mate that she is now also a Princess" Sesshoumaru stated and smirked when he saw Sango's jaw drop
"Oh my god I am too" She gapped "Prince Sesshoumaru do I have to do any like duties?"
"Only to stand beside your family" He replied "But if Kagome and I died with no heir you and Inuyasha would take over. Then I would pass all the responsibilities over to you"
"Why Sango?" Inuyasha asked
"Because if I passed it over to you the kingdom would be dead" He smirked "You're not exactly the most patient and organized are you"
"Fair enough" He shrugged. Kagome then emerged from the bedroom in just her bikini and holding two towels in her hands
"Ready?" Inuyasha gapped at Kagome causing Sango to backhand him
"Don't gawk at your sister" She laughed. Sesshoumaru then walked over to his mate and wrapped his arm around her hoping to shield her from Kouga's gaze
"Inuyasha make sure we're not disturbed. If anyone knocks I'll leave it to you...Sango" And with that the couple left to the hot springs. When they entered the garden Kagome threw the towels onto the bench and dived into the spring
"Oh my god you actually said Sango's name" She giggled. Sesshoumaru stripped down to his underwear and joined her, he didn't really care about wrapping a towel around himself. He then swam near her and leaned back against the spring
"She is now my sister is she not" He splashed some water from his face "And Kagome?" She turned to look at him "Please do not wear that thing around the males, I do not want anyone to see what is mine"
"Yours?" She giggled as she swam over and straddled his waist "How am I yours?" He brushed her hair from her shoulder and fingered her mating mark
"Just promise me you won't. Inuyoukai are very possessive of their mates"
"I promise" She then ran her hands over his chest "By the way did I tell you how sexy you are when you're jealous?"
"I don't get jealous" He snorted
"Possessive, jealous, call it what you want" She lay her head on his shoulder and began to leave love bites on his neck. The young Prince sighed softly and relaxed. She knew how to bring his defences down alright. He move his head to give her more access to his neck as he ran his hands up her back. When she finished torturing his neck she reached out behind him and grasped one of the bottles of bathing liquid, she then poured some on her hands and began to rub them over his chest "I could get used to this" She winked
"So could I" He then leaned forward and captured her lips. She moaned loudly as she pressed herself against him resulting in some of the bathing liquid sticking to her body. Sesshoumaru then pulled away and smirked to find her stomach covered in suds. This time he took the bottle and poured the contents directly onto her neck and watched as it travelled down the valley between her breasts, Kagome then began to rub it all in causing him to groan just from the very sight "You shall definitely receive a punishment tonight"
"For what?" She stopped her ministrations
"For making me want you so badly" He then wrapped his arms around her waist and slowly pulled her down further into the water with him to rinse them off. Kagome wrapped her legs around his waist and nipped at his earlobe as he did so, growling he ground himself against her erupting a moan from her
"Sessh..." She tangled her fingers in his silver hair and playfully bit his lip
"I suggest we get out now" He said as she released his lip "Otherwise I'll end up taking you right here"
"What's wrong with that?"
"Inuyasha is watching" Blushing Kagome unwrapped her legs from his waist and moved from his hold
"I'll kill him" She huffed as she folded her arms under her bust "He just waits" She then climbed out of the spring and wrapped a towel around her. Sesshoumaru followed suit, wrapped a towel around himself and picket up his discarded clothes. They then returned to the comfort of their room where they picked out their clothes for today's journey. Sesshoumaru picked his usual attire and slipped it on not really bothered about the fact that Kagome could see him. The little miko though averted her eyes and pulled out a pair of skinny jeans, a bright blue halter neck and her dark blue jacket along with the necessities such as underwear, bra, socks etc., she then moved behind the screen and slipped into her outfit. When she emerged she slid on her trainers and packed her clothes away, she then quickly brushed her hair and zipped up her pack
"When we can we should travel to Totosai's" Sesshoumaru suggested, breaking the silence "You lost your weapons during the...incident"
"Alright but I can go without them for a while, I've been practising and can channel my powers through my hands. Hopefully I'll be able to use them when killing an enemy from a long distance"
"Just don't push yourself" He strapped his weapons to his waist and caught his mate's hand "I shall protect you for now, that way you can gradually work on your skills without over exceeding yourself"
"Thanks" The couple then for the last time returned to the sitting room, everyone was ready to go and were awaiting them by the exit
"About time" Inuyasha huffed
"Well sorry if I wanted to bathe" Kagome huffed back with challenging eyes
"Bathe? I know exactly what you wanted to do and it wasn't to bathe"
"Sit boy" As usual Inuyasha crashed to the floor
"Can you teach me how to do that?" Sango laughed
"I'll ask Kaede for you" Kagome replied with a wink. They then pulled Inuyasha out of his hundredth crater and headed to leave the village. As they walked along the pathway that led to the exit people stopped what they were doing and bowed, the little girl Sakura then came out of nowhere and latched herself onto Kagome
"Thank you so much for everything Lady Kagome, I'll never forget what you did for me" Kagome kneeled in front of the child and kissed her forehead
"And I'll never forget about such a grown up young lady like you" She smiled "Don't ever let anyway push you over"
"I won't, I'll be strong just like you" She then stepped back into Nami's embrace and bowed. Kagome stood and entwined her fingers with Sesshoumaru's, she waved to the young child and headed to the exit. They found Kenji the headman by the exit who bowed lowly to them
"Thank you for bestowing us with you visit Prince Sesshoumaru" He smiled "Please don't hesitate to visit again my Lord"
"Just make sure the next time I do visit that everything is in good order. I better not see another child neglected like that again"
"Of course my Lord" Sesshoumaru nodded and left the village with his companions following. They got so far when Rin spoke up
"Prince Sesshoumaru where are Miroku and the wolves?" The gang turned to find that they were missing some of their party
"Now where could have they run off to?" Kagome sighed
"Feh I wouldn't usually care but Miroku's with 'em" Inuyasha snorted
"KEEP MOVING" They looked back to the village to find Miroku, Kouga, Ginta and Hakkaku running as fast as they could and straight past them. They ran straight into the nearest forest just as a group or human, hanyou and youkai women ran out of the village with massive scowls on their faces
"Is there a problem?" Sesshoumaru raised a silken brow
"Yes there is your highness" A youkai woman bravely stepped forward and bowed "Those idiots you travel with have slept with all of our daughters, we expect a marriage to be done"
"You're not gonna get one" Inuyasha replied "Those lot are the shiftiest males you'll ever meet, you'd be better off marrying your girls off to the people in your village"
"You seem like a sincere hanyou, won't you marry one of our daughters?" A hanyou stepped forward and bowed "Please, my daughter is very beautiful"
"What?...Uh sorry but I'm mated..." Inuyasha blushed but winced when he felt Sango's green monster appear behind him "And...and...I'm madly in love..." The women sighed and nodded
"Then if you see those men again could you tell them to return to fulfil their commitment?"
"I will but it won't happen" Inuyasha stated rather blunt "Sorry girls"
"Well thank you anyway" The women then headed back to the village with their heads drooped
"Trust Miroku" Sango sighed as she tightened her grip on Inuyasha's hand "And the nerve of those women trying to get you to mate with their daughters. Can't they smell the mating bond?"
"They were most probably desperate" The hanyou shrugged "And don't worry Sango, I'm not going anywhere" He pecked her lips as they entered the forest where their idiots had run off to earlier
"Good thing you didn't marry Miroku" Kagome mused "You'd have so many step children"
"Tell me about it" Sango laughed
"You better not have any children hanging around" Kagome glared at her mate half-heartedly
"I assure I do not" He smirked "Though if I did what could you possibly do?"
"I'd purify your ass"
"I think we've discussed how your pathetic excuse of spiritual powers do not work on me"
"Oh yeah" She then zapped his arm causing him to jumped slightly "You were saying?"
"Wench" He then lifted her and threw her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes
"Sesshoumaru put me down!" Sango, Inuyasha and the children laughed at the miko whilst Jaken just scowled at her, why didn't his Lord lop her head off for attacking him? "If you don't put me down the you can forget about..." But before she could finish Sesshoumaru dropped her to the floor and carried on walking "Awe that's it" She then lifted her hand and shot some of her powers in his direction, he obviously dodged it and appeared straight in front of her causing her to let out a shriek "How did you...?" He then playfully shoved her onto her back with his foot and held Tenseiga – just in case he hurt her – to her throat
"Will you submit miko?"
"To you?" She grinned "Never" He then lowered his blade to the rim of her jacket
"Do you favour this clothing? Because I'll rip it from your person if you do not behave"
"Is that a threat or a promise" She winked "And yes this is my favourite jacket"
"Then be a good little miko or else" He then sheathed his sword and held his hand out to her, she took it and he pulled her to her feet
"You're a bully" She pouted as she kept hold of his hand
"Let us continue" He said to his brother acting as if his play time with his miko hadn't happened
"Uh sure" Inuyasha then followed his brother further into the forest where they eventually came upon the breathless monk and wolves "I've got a message for ya" They looked at him panting "Those women said ya gotta return to the village and marry their daughters"
"WHAT?!" All four of then gapped "NO WAY"
"Shocker there" Sango laughed
"Well get off your backsides and come on, we have to continue our search for Naraku" Kagome ushered "By the way Miroku, how many possible children do you have?" The monk just shrugged causing Kagome to roll her eyes. They were about to continue on when Kouga stepped out in front of Kagome
"Kagome I just want to apologize for last night, I didn't mean to hurt you at all. It was sake, I'd never advance on you like that in this state. Please forgive me" His eyes were pleading
"Kouga I know you would never do something like that to me willingly, I understand that you were drunk and I forgive you" She smiled "Just cut back on the drink, okay?"
"You've got it" He smiled
"And let's get one thing clear wolf, the only reason Sesshoumaru and I haven't killed ya is because the girls stopped us" Inuyasha growled
"If you try anything like that again though I will kill you" Sesshoumaru warned "Whether Kagome wants me to or not"
"Understood" Kouga sighed "It won't happen again" Sesshoumaru nodded and wrapped his arm around Kagome's waist
"Then follow" The young Prince then led the group across the Eastern Lands to find any clues on Naraku...
About an hour or so later they came across a human village, Kouga said they were terrified of youkai that was mostly his fault since he used to feast there. Kagome understood and told the non-human party to wait in the trees whilst she, Sango and Miroku – Rin wanted to stay with Shippo – went to the village.
Inuyasha was getting incredibly agitated as his mate was gone from him for what he believed was too long...even if it had only gone a half hour. He had tried to go get her a few times but was pulled back by his brother, he explained he could scent them from where he was and could sense no troubles. Inuyasha relaxed some on this news but not completely "Hey wolf, after we defeat Naraku what are ya gonna do? You have no pack to run now so you can't actually be a leader any more"
"I'll just go to the mountains where Ayame and her grandfather, the grand elder reside. I'll be welcome there...though I'll most probably have to marry Ayame" He muttered the last few words
"Well ya might as well marry her, it's not like you're gonna get Kagome now" Inuyasha shrugged "And at least Ayame will be faithful. I don't know why you hate her so much, she is a pretty little thing"
"She's so obsessed with me"
"Like you are with Kagome?" Shippo innocently asked not really seeing the harm
"Like I was" He replied, he really didn't want to tick Sesshoumaru off further
"Feh I don't know how you can still claim you love her" Inuyasha shrugged "You only had her with you for a day or two"
"How did he manage to have her?" Sesshoumaru asked from under the tree he was sitting at
"Kouga kidnapped her because she could sense the sacred jewel shards, I don't really know what happened then but when I came to save her he told me to leave her alone because she was his woman. You'd be better off asking Kagome the story"
"Kagome wouldn't talk to Inuyasha after he saved her though" Shippo stated acting all big "He accused her of falling in love with her and got really mean so Kagome went home and avoided him for a while" He then received a thump on the head by Inuyasha "OW, wait until I tell Kagome" He sniffled
"Shut it brat" He huffed
"Inuyasha don't hit the children" Sesshoumaru frowned "Unless you wish for Kagome to subdue into the ground"
"Just be lucky she doesn't have you wearing one of these"
"I'm not her pet" He smirked
"Hey!" He growled "At least I'm not some cold hearted bastard"
"How dare you speak to Prince Sesshoumaru so rudely" Jaken snapped but everyone just ignored him
"Do not curse in front of the children, you've already poisoned the kit with such language. I will not have you do the same to Rin"
"Kids don't act on everything they hear" The hanyou snorted "I doubt your brat will start swearing her head off, not with you as her master anyway"
"And what of your kitsune?"
"One word, Kagome" Just as he said this his mate, Miroku and Kagome returned from the village "Well?"
"Nothing" Kagome sighed as she collapsed into Sesshoumaru's lap "The only this we got there were a few gropes from perverted men" Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha let out an angry growl "Drop it"
"You too Yash" Sango warned "We don't need any more bloodshed"
"This search is futile" Miroku groaned "Naraku will come to us eventually to get his revenge"
"The monk's right" Sesshoumaru sighed "Naraku is most probably making a wish on the Shikon no Tama as we speak, there is no point to searching for him with no leads"
"Then what do ya suggest we do?" Inuyasha huffed
"I suggest we return to the palace, that is the most likely place he'll attack. It is the home of the royal family and the very place that rules over Japan. He wants power and with our deaths he will most definitely get it"
"Sesshoumaru, your mother is at the palace now. What if he's already attacked?"
"He doesn't know she even exists, he won't attack the palace unless we are there" He replied "Come we should return"
"And what about the stinking wolf?" Inuyasha asked as his brother and sister-in-law stood
"He might as well stay with us for now, when the battle with Naraku eventually comes we will need all the allies we can get" He then lifted Kagome into his arms and took to the sky
"Wait, if we fly Naraku will detect us" Inuyasha called as he jumped onto Kirara with Sango
"Exactly" Sesshoumaru called back. Rin, Miroku and Jaken clambered onto AhUn whereas Shippo transformed and carried Kouga, Ginta and Hakkaku.
"Ne Sango" Inuyasha nudged his mate "Now that we're returning to the palace how about you and I do some baby making?" He then reached down and groped her
"Honestly Inuyasha" She backhanded him "You're just as bad as Miroku"
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