Foreplay

Kagome was sitting in the bed wearing her pajamas with an annoyed look on her face as she crossed her arms. She was clearly upset about something and needed to make it clear before Sesshoumaru could relax and become distracted.

"Look we're being ridiculous," she flat out told him, "and our problems are our own making because we think we need to jump the gun. So we admitted we enjoy each other's company and that automatically means we should move right into having sex with one another? I'm pretty sure that's not healthy. We should just slow it down…"

Her eyes were locked on Sesshoumaru as he somehow found a graceful way to remove his tie before unbuttoning and removing the coat of his suit. Here she was ready to attack him for being an implied pervert, but yet she enjoyed watching him undress slowly. Just how did Sesshoumaru make his normal everyday movements look like poses for a magazine?

"We should just get to know each other a bit more," Kagome continued trying to keep her eyes on the goal and not him,"or at least lay low until those perverts stop talking about us. We're just- I'm just not ready yet."

Sesshoumaru gave a soft chuckle seeming to be in a good mood tonight, "That's not an option."

Kagome quickly furrowed her brow annoyed, "What do you mean it's not an option? I'm not ready. We should have never messed around like that in the first place. You use to say 'I retract my offer of myself to your body' well I'm doing the same. I retract myself, but I still wanna be with you."

"You don't get to make that decision," Sesshoumaru unbuttoned his shirt before turning to look at her, "when you consented to being mine our relationship changed. You don't get to tell this Sesshoumaru how and when he can look at or touch his wife."

Sesshoumaru knew exactly how to tease her. He was going right for that dark desire for hers, the want to be used and controlled by him forcing her to go to war with herself to find a balance of both independence and pleasure. He knew the girl wouldn't simply submit to his will, so he'd have to keep reminding her of what she really wanted. Sesshoumaru didn't intend to let his wife leave the bedroom unsatisfied, nervous, and angry anymore.

"We have a contract you can't make me do anything," Kagome huffed slowly backing away from him as he approached until she found herself against the headboard.

"You wished to be with me despite all my warnings," Sesshoumaru sat in the bed before placing both his hands around her hips and pulling her to him, "a new contract was forged. You are mine."

Of course, he still had to obey their actual written contract. It was such a bother. He'd been taught that in this civilized society if a woman said no to mating only to get ravaged anyway it was considered rape. Such laws would make things complicated, because no matter what she said her smell would always tell him otherwise. She wanted him. All her protests were simply her trying to put up a fight just for the sake of it. He wasn't fooled.

Kagome was going to shove him away again and give a whole new lecture on why what they were doing wasn't appropriate, but before she could make a movement Sesshoumaru bound both her wrists together behind her back with one hand before using the other to grab his button down shirt he just removed and using it to tie her arms together.

"Hey!" she snapped at him.

Sesshoumaru pulled at both sleeves of the shirt binding her wrists quite tightly all the while keeping a look of amusement upon on his face to tell her she wasn't in peril, "You continue to fight me Kagome so I must restrain you."

Was he serious? His face was trying to tell her he was just playing games, but Kagome really don't appreciate being tied up and unable to move. Was he going to force her? Did she have to yell for InuYasha to bail her out of this? She remained quiet in a position where she just had to trust her husband for now.

"I'll never hurt you," he said as though he could read her mind becoming quite annoyed that he thought to tie her up before removing that long sleeved flannel nightshirt of hers.

Slowly Sesshoumaru's claws moved up up her garment destroying each button one by one letting her milky skin reveal itself until he got to the last one. She was wearing nothing else under such a thick shirt, so it was finally time to see his wife fully.

"Stop," Kagome told him quietly as his claw danced over the last button, "I thought you weren't wasteful! You're destroying just to destroy."

"Hmm," Sesshoumaru decided to fool her expectations as in one motion his hand left her button and returned to her thigh where he yanked her stretchy pajama bottoms right off.

Kagome's blush got more intense as she felt a cool breeze from her legs being completely revealed. All she had to protect her innocence now as a last defense from Sesshoumaru's hungry gaze was her silky girl boxers that had cartoon kittens on it. His claws played with the silky material of her panties just as he'd done with the button before pulling away.

"Sesshoumaru," Kagome whispered trying to pull her wrists apart and failing.

Sesshoumaru didn't answer her as he picked up her pajama bottoms and rolled them up creating another makeshift binding to tie both beautiful ankles together. Kagome was now before him stomach and legs exposed completely tied up unable to move. Most importantly unable to touch him again. It was the perfect solution to his problem.

"You are mine," Sesshoumaru repeated as he left her like that laying down on his bed and relaxing, "if that is how I prefer you that is how you will stay."

"I'll call for InuYasha," Kagome warned giving Sesshoumaru a dangerous look.

Sesshoumaru just smirked as she showed how easily he could manipulate her body with his strength as he reached over for her and picked her up by her hips to place her in his lap. The moment she was in such a position she began to struggle against her bindings to force her body to fall from him, but he kept both hands on her sides to stop her escape. Her writhing against him was only increasing his arousal as she'd be able to begin to feel himself stiffen underneath his pants.

"I do not care," Sesshoumaru spoke calmly lifting a hand to rub Kagome's back, "were you embarrassed my pet? The way InuYasha and Miroku spoke about you? Did you believe you'd be free from my attentions tonight out of embarrassment? Demons are not so private with their actions as humans are. You leaving this bedroom unsatisfied day after day smears my honor as your master and it must be corrected."

Kagome could feel his arousal underneath her and quickly squirmed to create some distance while at the same her scent revealed body's desire to feel more of him. She could feel a low growl in Sesshoumaru's chest as he simply pushed her back to him using his light hold on her back.

"Stop being scared," he growled at her, "I understand your fears Kagome. You want to be used by your master but you let your fears get in the way."

"Sesshoumaru please," Kagome closed her eyes as a shiver went down her spine every time she felt 'him' during her small struggles.

Sesshoumaru's gaze softened as he decided to 'calm down' as she had suggested several times. He didn't want her touching him, but at the same time could show he had no ill intentions towards her and her body. He shifted her position, simply enjoying how helpless she was, laying her out on the bed before him.

"Better?" he asked the tips of his fingers traveled down her thighs and legs as he examined his prize.

Kagome looked quite calm as he simply touched her, but on the inside she was on fire. She was losing the battle for sanity when it came to him. Being tied up and forced into whatever position he wanted was definitely not okay, especially when he forced her to feel himself, but yet she liked it. Those desires of her had bubbled to the service again letting her mind go wild with all the things he could easily do to her when she was like this.

Sesshoumaru would let her do battle with her own lust as he simply returned to laying down while wrapping his arms around her. Was this what the humans called 'cuddling'? He recalled her asking him to do something like this earlier so he would grant her wish.

"I simply wish to hold you," he told her resting his head on her neck, "you are not ready for me yet. I will not allow us to indulge our desires until you know the rules."

"Rules?" Kagome asked quiet feeling really frustrated right now even though it was nice to be simply held by him, "Sesshoumaru?"

"Hmm?"

"What Miroku said," Kagome continued keeping her voice down, "is that all you want? To dominate me? You like BDSM?"

Sesshoumaru was confused. He had felt like he'd seen those letters in his various internet searches before, but had never actually done any research into what it meant.

"BDSM?"

"I think it means like master and slave, whips, chains, leashes, and collars. That whole thing. That's what you're into right? Nothing else?"

Sesshoumaru thought about it. Was that the impression he gave her when he revealed the photo of her wearing the collar around her neck? He liked seeing her like that, but that photo was more about revenge than his own sexual desires. It seemed he was going to have a difficult time explaining what he wanted.

"I am your master," Sesshoumaru told her as his lips began to trail from her shoulder to her neck, "but you are no slave. My toy, my pet, my wife, anything you want to be but never a slave. I'd never lower myself to wanting someone that helpless."

He thought that was a good way of telling her he wanted to use her, to dominate her, but at the same time he never wanted her to stop fighting him. That was where all the excitement came from after all.

"Is me being a good housewife your pleasure at the moment?" Kagome recalled the way he stared her down when she did normal tasks that day and kept demanding she clean up any messes he could find.

"One of many," he mused before taking a moment to drag his tongue across her neck's most sensitive areas forcing her to remain tense, "I do not know how to explain to you what it is I desire. All I know is I enjoy a fight before an inevitable submission, but never to be dominated myself do you understand?"

Sesshoumaru seemed disturbed that he even needed to say that. For Kagome it was easy to understand his meaning. There was no super dark fetish he required to have all the time he simply just wanted to always be a 'top', and she could handle that for now as her body wasn't really wanting anything else other than to be used by him. Sesshoumaru on the other hand hoped he'd never have to say anything like that again to get his point across. Never again did he want to entertain the thought of a woman forcing him to do anything in a bed.

"Okay I get it," Kagome said struggling against her restraints again, "but it's not like I was trying to dishonor you or whatever your problem is. I just want to touch you Sesshoumaru. I know that sounds cheesy but I don't think what I want is that big of a problem."

"Stop talking," Sesshoumaru ordered her as he moved his claws through her hair, "if you wish to understand what it means to be with me then you'll have to undergo some more training. I simply need to force that body of yours to overcome your defiant mind. It is calling out for me to claim it but you continue to tell me to stop. It's alright. It's your instincts telling you the dangers of submitting to such a powerful mate. I know how to ease your fears."

"I don't think it's instincts," Kagome muttered to herself, "more like common sense."

Sesshoumaru wanted to bite her, to taste her, but didn't want to scare her away again. Despite her constant struggle against his makeshift bindings she was willing to hear him out. He wasn't going to ruin this again.

"You can't follow your master's command to be silent?"

"You said it yourself I'm no slave."

"You will learn nothing then," Sesshoumaru went back to playing with her hair, "as I said you are not ready for me yet. I will not allow your first time to be as InuYasha said. Awkward and terrible was it? No such an experience will not be allowed in a bedroom of mine."

The more she heard about her 'first time' the more Kagome simply thought about it as a bandaid. They would just have to get it over with and then she could travel down the road of figuring out her likes and dislikes even if that meant being subjected to only Sesshoumaru's desires. He was the one with experience, so she'd simply have to put her trust in him.

"When will I be ready?" she asked sounding anxious.

Sesshoumaru wanted to take her now. His inner beast couldn't help it as he witnessed her in his grasp totally helpless asking such a question.

He would simply have to control himself as he wouldn't allow his wife's first time to be some sort of inconvenience they'd have to overcome. That wasn't what he wanted for her. If he truly wanted to claim this girl's heart, body, and soul every pleasure they shared together needed to be satisfactory.

"Don't sound so impatient my pet," Sesshoumaru went back to laying against her, "this is simply another form of training you'll have to take on. We can either stop here for the night; you resting against my body all tied up for me getting to know your place, or I can give you a visual demonstration of what I'd like to do to you."

Her mind wandered to many things he could consider a 'visual demonstration'. Her imagination ranged from him showing her his whole body in a lewd manner to the fear that he'd be with another woman in front of her. That was just a fear, however, she couldn't honestly see Sesshoumaru going to another woman for such pleasures when he was going through such lengths to secure her.

"Visual?" she finally asked knowing he was waiting for her to continue the conversation.

Sesshoumaru sat up and turned her body around so she could look at him as he pulled something very familiar out of his pocket. It was a potion bottle much like the one she drank many nights ago. He wanted to put her to sleep?

Kagome began to struggle again beginning to feel his shirt loosen on her wrists, but Sesshoumaru was quick to tighten it back up.

"How amusing," Sesshoumaru smiled to himself as he pulled her back, "before you were more than willing to drink this potion of mine, but now that you want me you cower in fear. What do you think this is Kagome? I am going to force it down your throat and simply take you while you are unconscious?"

"No," Kagome said knowing he wouldn't hurt her like that, "I just don't want to wake up to any horrible pictures or you yelling at me again."

Sesshoumaru almost forgot about the fallout that came from the last potion, "That is in the past. I do not want an unconscious lover. If you decide to take it again I will do nothing more than hold you."

"That's it? What would you gain from that? I fail to see how me getting a good night's rest dead to the world benefits you."

"Benefits me? You refuse to listen to me it seems. You are not my slave Kagome everything I want from you will be mutual whether you accept it or not. This potion is not the same way you took before. Last one insured your rest would be dreamless while this will do the opposite. You will only think of me in your dreams."

"How is that possible?" she didn't believe him.

"Using my essence," Sesshoumaru simply said not wishing to get into his skills as a chemist, "I simply want to show you without touching you what I wish to do to you. Your innocence in body will remain but your mind will be sullied. In a dream you'll be free to do whatever it is you want with no consequences as you explore the possibilities between us."

That was his plan in a nutshell. He'd let Kagome play around in a fantasy world where she would hopefully get an education on her body's desires. Eventually when their intentions towards each other were no longer hindered she could come to him fully ready and understanding.

Was this plan pretty elaborate when all he wanted to do was bed his daughter's mother? Yes, but he would take a crack at being the unselfish one for once. He would not under any circumstances allow Kagome to have a bad experience with him and prove InuYasha right. He didn't like the idea of this bedroom becoming a place of bad memories when he took in her scent every night.

"You want me to drink again?" Kagome was still confused on whether or not she had a choice in it.

"That is up to you," Sesshoumaru wasn't going to force it on her, "either accept being tied up while I 'cuddle' you or sleep comfortably with your dreams. I will not touch you while you sleep. There is no other option for you my pet."

"No third option?" Kagome pouted, "what if you untied me and cuddled me while I dream?"

Sesshoumaru saw that her decision was made up so he slowly removed the fabric he'd used on her and threw it on to the ground. His button down shirt was most likely ruined now as no form of ironing was going to get the creases out, but he had no intention of throwing it away. The creases would hold good memories for him. Those pajamas of hers, on the other hand, was another story.

Before she could even enjoy the reclaimed freedom of her limbs Sesshomaru used the claw on his pinky to swiftly destroy the last button on her top allowing her breasts to finally show themselves to him. He only got to take pleasure in the size and light pink color of her nipples for a moment before she quickly wrapped the shirt around herself again.

"What was that for!?" her face turned red.

"I didn't allow a third option," Sesshoumaru smirked, "so you needed to be punished for your insolence."

"Yeah yeah whatever," Kagome narrowed her eyes grabbing the potion out of his hand, "you promise I'm going to wake up all calm and relaxed just like before? You're not going to yell at me and call me a terrible mother?"

"You have my word," he leaned his head against the headboard purposely looking bored with her, "I will stay with you the entire time."

"You mean it?" she asked quietly, "I won't wake up alone?"

He shook his head. No he'd be there for her in the morning. This time he would be free to be with her every moment of her sleep able to take in as much of her scent and beauty as he could. She'd given him permission to hold her, so that's what he intended to do.

"Fine," she couldn't believe she was doing this again as she held the bottle to her lips, "good night I guess?"

"Pleasant dreams," his tone was almost that of a warning as the bitter liquid traveled down her throat and the world around her began to disappear.

Kagome taking the potion willingly wasn't as exciting as it had been the first time, but he wouldn't let that ruin his evening. He pressed his lips to hers before her eyes could shut getting in one last taste of her before she became off limits.

Once his wife's body began relaxed and shut off to the world he needed to make sure she was comfortable. Her flannel pajama top couldn't cover her breasts without her pulling the fabric together so he discarded it all together. He, however, wouldn't have her accusing him of using this as an excuse to stare at her breasts all night. He took his button down shirt shaking it out a couple of times to return it to its original form before buttoning it over her exposed body. He liked how she looked in his shirt. It covered her past her panties, but at the same time was quite tight around those ample breasts of hers.

All he could do for the rest of the night now was simply watch and admire his wife's beauty while daring to guess what she was dreaming about. The curiosity distracted from his beast's dissatisfaction of not simply taking his wife when she was vulnerable and willing. He would survive as he didn't need to become a slave to his own lust, but his imagination began to run wild as his gaze continued to linger on her breast and hips that he tenderly ran his fingers across. A primal urge was building inside of him that he was trying to fight.

"I want to see you swollen," Sesshoumaru's voice was low as he traced a finger over her stomach, "heavy and tired as you carry my pups."

That was a fantasy he'd simply keep to himself for now. Perhaps Kagome was right and they needed to slow down for a bit, but if she could dream so could he.

(End Chapter)

AN: No one get mad at me for length the chapters that were 20+ pages weren't supposed to be the norm. Anyway yeah Kagome and Sesshoumaru are just weird. They can never do anything like a normal couple. There always has to be an excuse, a justification, or some kind of an elaborate game to show their feelings and wants for each other. Not really healthy but at least they aren't hurting anybody right now.