Mononoke Ch~26

Suddenly everything had gone dark and Mononoke felt a pair of lips kiss her mating mark and began to feel calmness as the dead bodies around her faded away and only complete darkness surrounded her. Mononoke's eyes sprang open to see Sesshomaru's worried face looking down at her. Giving him an exhausted smile, she looked around and saw she was safe, lying under the same roof she had stayed with Kaede during her pregnancy. But when she looked into Sesshomaru's face again, she pulled away in fear at the thought it could be Naraku again.

Her body felt so weak, but fought it and kept pulling away till she hit the wall and traumatized by the memory of when Naraku first took Sesshomaru's form, the memory forced Mononoke to sit there paralyzed. For it was not the first time she had awakened to Naraku in such form and forced her the same way again and again.

"Mononoke…" Sesshomaru whispered slowly approached her, she quickly closed her eyes in fear as he came closer, and he kneed down in front of her and brought his face near hers almost touching and made a purring sound. Which made her give a out fearful gasp, but when she drew in a breath she smelled it her Sesshomaru, even the monster inside her purred in return and Mononoke's tear filled eyes opened and she knew her Sesshomaru's scent; it was the smell of cinnamon and earth, with soft hint of rain.

Her Sesshomaru, her monster growled gently, then her lips reached his neck and her nose breathed in his scent deeply, out of nowhere the monster in her drew its fangs and bit into the unblemished skin. Sesshomaru was surprised but stayed motionless, and then he purred in return as her monster removed it fangs from the wound it had made and licked the wound tasting the cinnamon, and rain. "Mate…" growled her monster in the dog demon language she didn't understand, but Sesshomaru did, and licked her mark in return making her calm down.

Her monster had left going back inside her and then Mononoke buried her face into his chest and cried out apologies. She cried out and pleaded forgiveness for things he couldn't even believe she could have done, he knew well that Naraku had forced her to do. As she cried all Sesshomaru could do was tell her the truth; that it wasn't her fault, and she could not have done those cruel things, on her own, that only Naraku had forced her do them.

Sesshomaru looked back at their pups, Rin and Xiang, whom watched with worried faces, and he gave them a gentle smile, then looked down at Mononoke. "Our pups are here." He whispered into her ear which made her look behind him she smiled at them with tears still in her eyes she motioned them to come to her, Rin and the twins had come to her, but Xiang just sat there till she motioned him to come too. It made silent tears leave his eyes as she hugged him close with all the rest of her family.

"Don't worry mom, everything will be fine." Whispered Xiang as he squeezed her tight in his arms as Sesshomaru wrapped his arms around all of them protectively.

After awhile Sesshomaru return Mononoke to lay on the mat and Xiang took the kids out to play. Sesshomaru laid beside Mononoke, for she wouldn't let him go, even he promised not to leave she wouldn't let go of his hand. Hesitantly Mononoke cuddled her face into his chest, wondering if he would disappear like a dream, and he would turn back into Naraku to harm her. Looking up into his face Mononoke gently stroked the stripes on his cheek, then trailed her fingers to his ear, which caused him to purr. She gave him a gentle smile as she traced his cheekbone till she reached his lips, which gave her a smile in return.

"How long had I've been gone?" whispered Mononoke fearfully as she saw his face turn back into it stone façade.

"I would say nearly half a year, we had to fallow trail after trail of destroyed villages, massacred demons, and the miko Kagome's sense to find the Shikon No Tama, with Xiang's scouting. There was a time that we thought you would never be found alive, till Xiang had informed me that Naraku was using you as an assassin; killing where ever he desired. There were many coming to the castle calling you the 'Black Death'. There were many that said you were death given beauty." Whispered Sesshomaru brushing his clawed fingers through her hair, then gently kissed her nose.

"There was many stories, I've been told about you. Which to be truthful gave me pride to say you are my mate, though I should have been proud of you from the start." Whispered Sesshomaru with a smirk as she pouted at him, which made him kiss her.

"Though I would have wished I had protected you more appropriately and you would not have suffered, these indignities you've suffered." He whispered furious at himself, which she gently caressed his face to have him stop clenching his jaw.