Chapter Twenty-Five

Inuyasha had indeed woken upset. But it wasn't as bad as he thought it would be. Having so much control now, he could push the anger that threatened away. But he still rolled Sesshomaru onto his belly and fucked him until he screamed.

He now sat in Riko's workroom, surrounded by the scents of the various herbs. He had left Sesshomaru passed out in bed. "I want to talk to you about something."

"Alright." Riko hadn't been surprised when Inuyasha had come and interrupted his morning fuck with one of his lovers. But as he usually did, he just wandered into the workroom and waited until he finished. This time he had been on his back with his legs in the air with one of the larger guards fucking him blind. He really enjoyed that particular lover.

"First off, I thought you preferred women?"

Riko smirked. "I prefer anyone that makes me see stars while I come. I have no gender preference."

Inuyasha shrugged. "I didn't either. Before Sesshomaru." He sat in his usual spot in front of the window. "Sesshomaru mentioned an herb that could force his heat."

Riko nodded cautiously. "Yes. There is one. But I wouldn't recommend it for your first child."

"Why not?"

"Because Sesshomaru will be in heat again in less than a year. But if he takes the herb and forces the heat, after giving birth he will immediately go into heat again."

"I see. That probably wouldn't be good. We should learn to be parents before something like that happens."

"Yes."

Inuyasha stretched his head. "I kinda promised him we would use it though."

Riko made an annoyed sound. "You shouldn't make promises like that. You need to learn all you can about something first."

Inuyasha nodded. "Yeh. I realize that."

"You're still young. There are times where you will be impulsive. Explain the situation to Sesshomaru. If he still wants the herb, than it will be your decision. But if you ask for it, I will give it to you. You are the Lord and I am your servant."

Inuyasha nodded again, then turned to look at the healer. "I want to work more on the next cage. I opened it to help me subdue the shark demon and it obeyed really well. I think I'm almost there with it."

"I already have a few tasks set up for you. I spent the last week setting up puzzles around the castle. So you will need to find them first. They are all sitting on a red cloth so you will know when you find one. You may begin when you're ready."

Inuyasha closed his eyes and opened the second cage door. The power flowed through him and was easily under control. He send tendrils of the power out through the castle in different directions. It had been strange at first to see multiple locations at the same time, but he had grown used to it after a few days. He found the first puzzle in the guest wing dining room. For this one he had to stack 15 teacups into a pyramid without breaking any. This taught patience and care. He concentrated and was able to get the task done fairly quickly. While he had been doing it, he had found another task. For that one, he had to pick up grains of rice and place them in a bowl. This taught delicate precision and more patience. While he was doing that one, he found a third. For this one he needed to search a barrel of beans for a single gem hidden inside. This taught sensation diffraction. A fourth task had him placing shapes into appropriate slots. This taught precision as well. The fifth, and final, task was to light a candle. It sounded simple, but he had to lift the match, strike it, carry it to the flame, and extinguish the match. It took patience and precision. He then had to blow out the candle. That was more difficult. It had taken him a while to learn how to blow his power like a wind. But he could do it now without too much concentration.

When Riko felt Inuyasha pulling his power back he smiled. "Very good, my Lord. Less than two hours this time. I'm going to need to bring out some more difficult tasks. You learn very quickly."

"It's getting easier to do the smaller things. The rice is pretty easy now. And the candle."

"I'm glad. How does the power level feel?"

Inuyasha searched the power. He couldn't differentiate it from the power he had already tamed and become one with. "It's settled."

Riko nodded. He could feel that. "Yes, my Lord. Congratulations. You are half way there. But it will get more difficult from here. The tasks will be harder and more detailed and the higher levels of power are more difficult to tame. You have done very well thus far, but don't expect that the last two cages of power will take such a short time to tame. I still hold with my prediction that it will take you a year to complete your training. Don't try to force it."

"I won't." Inuyasha rolled his neck. "I feel stronger already."

"You are. Stronger and faster. Your markings are darker." He smiled. "I know you tire of hearing it, but you look so much like your father."

"I'm myself. I'm striving to be a Lord to make him proud. But I'll do things my way. If my way is similar to my father's, then I'm proud I could do things like he did. But that just means that we have similar ideals. I'm not trying to be like my father."

"I understand."

Inuyasha stood. "I'm going to go get some work done." Inuyasha made his way to the office. The new power level had already settled nicely. He hardly even noticed the difference. But he did notice that his eyesight was better. And his sense of smell was stronger. Sitting in the office, he could smell that Sesshomaru was still asleep down the hall. Sorting through the petitions, he could smell all the people that had handled the scrolls. The one he was currently reading had been written by a man who had handled chickens. It was interesting. Not completely pleasant, some of the scents were unpleasant, but sorting through all of the different scents gave him something fun to do while he sorted through all of the petition scrolls.

Sesshomaru rolled over with a groan. He was pleasantly sore all over. Inuyasha's scent was strong on him and on the blankets. He rolled in the scent, wanting as much of it on him as he could get. But he wanted more. He rolled out of bed and went in search of his mate. He found him in the office, writing something on a scroll.

Inuyasha looked up when he felt Sesshomaru enter the room and frowned. "Why are you nude?"

Sesshomaru crossed the room and crawled into Inuyasha's lap, rubbing against him and pressing his face to his neck. "I want to smell like you."

Inuyasha chuckled. "Alright." He found it difficult to write with Sesshomaru rubbing himself on him. He had pulled open his robe and was rubbing their bare bodies together. "Are you almost done? I'm trying to work here."

"I want you all over me." Sesshomaru turned so his back was against Inuyasha's chest. He rubbed against him before settling. He sighed. "That's better. I can only smell you."

"Is this a normal behavior?"

"I don't know. I just woke up and wanted you all over me."

"Okay." Inuyasha set aside the minor petition he had just written onto the decision scroll.

"Can I nap here?"

"Didn't you just wake up?"

"Yes, but I want a nap now."

"We need to talk about something."

"What?"

"That herb. I talked to Riko about it. He told me that when a demon takes it, it does force a heat. But after the child is born, a second heat starts almost immediately. I know I promised you we would do it. But I want you to really think about it now. Would you be able to handle having two children so close together?" He watched the side of Sesshomaru's face as he spoke. When he didn't respond, he turned his face to him with a hand on his chin. "I'll leave the decision up to you."

"I don't know. Can I think about it for a little while?"

"Of course. You don't need to decide today." Inuyasha turned back to the petitions.

"Inuyasha."

"Yes?"

"Your power increased."

"Yes. Another cage is opened."

Sesshomaru turned sideways so he could press his face to Inuyasha's neck. "I want to ask you something but I'm afraid you will be angry if I do."

"Are you going to ask me to fuck you? I can feel your arousal."

Sesshomaru curled up, trying to be small. "Yes."

"Put your back to me again." Sesshomaru did as he was told and Inuyasha lifted his hips and thrust up into him. His mate cried out and his head fell back onto his shoulder.

"Thank you." Sesshomaru moaned loudly as Inuyasha thrust up into him hard and fast. He came suddenly, shouting as it tore through him. Inuyasha fucked him until he had come three times. Then he buried himself inside of him and had his own release. Sesshomaru whimpered as he felt something happen that hadn't happened before.

Inuyasha sighed. "You're welcome." He tried to lift Sesshomaru off of him and hissed as his cock tried to go with his mate. "What the fuck?"

Sesshomaru pressed his hips down tight. "You're tied in me."

"What? Why? How?"

"The increase in your power. Dominant canine daiyokai males tie inside of their mates when they have sex. It will go away in a couple minutes."

Inuyasha growled, annoyed. "Why didn't you tell me this would happen?"

"I didn't think it would happen so soon. It only happens to canine daiyokai. You aren't a daiyokai yet." Sesshomaru shifted a bit. The tie was uncomfortable.

"Is it hurting you?"

"No. Not really. It's just really uncomfortable. It's this huge swelling right behind my hole."

"So why do we tie in our mates? It would make sense if it were during the heat. But every time we have sex this is going to happen?"

"Yes. I was actually happy that it didn't happen with you. It's really uncomfortable."

Inuyasha growled and put a hand around Sesshomaru's throat. He pulled him back against him so he could press lips to his ear. "You've felt it before?"

Sesshomaru swallowed. "The lover's father found for me before I had my first heat. They were all Inu daiyokai. Father hoped one of them would be strong enough to mate me. But none of them were. Obviously."

"I see." Inuyasha felt himself deflate and he tossed Sesshomaru away from him. "Go take a bath. Then go back to our room and stay there."

Sesshomaru hung his head. He hated it when Inuyasha sent him away. But he did as he was told. He didn't want to do anything to make Inuyasha feel that he wasn't a good mate. So he submitted completely. Like a good bitch did.