Together

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Means that it's the same POV just a shift in time / place.

Chapter 36

= Miroku =

"Juro," Rin squeaked with happiness as she ran down the hall to hug her new friend.

"Hello Rin," we heard him say as we came closer. He smiled up at her before turning and bowing to Inuyasha. "My Lord," he then said.

"Juro," Inuyasha greeted him. He then raised his head and looked at us both.

"I wish to congratulate you both on becoming mates," he told us.

"Thank you," Inuyasha told him.

"Thank you Juro," I echoed.

= Jarken =

Inuyasha-sama was matting the leaching monk? Did he have to pick a ningen too like m'lord? To think that both of them will be doing such an injustice to their blood line with such unworthy ningens. I felt myself as I started to shake with rage. I couldn't say what I wanted out loud because m'lord had told me to treat his hanyou brother with respect. At least mate with a demon that would bring respect to yourself and the house that rules these lands. Is what I wanted to say to him, but I couldn't do it. I came to speak with m'lord. Being in his presence would calm my nerves.

"Where is m'lord?" I asked in a tone that wouldn't come off too disrespectful. They looked at me and Inuyasha-sama appeared displeased. "Of couse I'm filled with joy for Lord Inuyasha and his future mate," I said with a happiness I didn't feel. "But I do need to speak with m'lord," I said again.

"Sesshomaru-sama isn't here," little Rin told me. "He will be back the day after tomorrow," she continued. I looked down at the clean bamboo floor and shook my head. I raised my eyes and looked into all their faces.

"I will return then," I told them. "My lord Inuyasha," I said as I bowed before turning and leaving with Juro not too far behind of me.

= Rin =

The door closed and Master Jarken was gone with his friend Juro. I turned and looked up at Inuyasha-sama and Miroku. They were still looking at the door as if they expected it to open again.

"Rin will go to bed now," I told them to get their attention.

"Good night Rin," Inuyasha-sama said as Miroku reached out a hand and touched my hair.

"Sleep well Rin," I heard Miroku say as I ran down the hall to the stairs.

"You too," I shouted back at them before turning and going up the stairs. That boy Shippo. He left instead of waiting for me. I always waited for him. I ran down the hallways leading to our room. I wanted to tell him that Juro was here. As I turned down the last hallway I slowed down to a walk and raised a hand to cover a yawn.

I pushed open the door to our room to see Shippo already curled up in bed and asleep. I walked over to his side and looked down at him. He looked a little different. I looked over his body to see what the something was and I saw his little fox feet sticking out from under the covers. They were suppose to be covered. I pulled it lower so he wouldn't get cold and the blanket moved lower down on him. It was too short for him. How? It use to fit him. I pulled it back up and I saw his feet again. I stood there not understanding why it wouldn't fit him anymore, but I know he can't sleep like that. He'll get a cold or something.

I walked over to where Yuri kept some other blankets and pulled one out. I held it to my chest with both my arms to make sure I didn't drag it on the floor. When I was standing by his side of the bed again I opened it up and dropped it over his legs. There, he should be warm now. I told myself as I moved off towards my side.

I dropped everything where I got undressed and reached for the night clothes that Yuri had placed on the bed for me. As usual they were a little cold as I pulled them on, but by the time I crawled into bed I didn't feel them anymore and was warm again as I laid down.

When is my birthday? It was an odd question and I don't know why I asked, but I also don't know why I don't remember. It's my birthday. I should remember my own birthday. I don't know why I forgot it. I need a birthday or I won't know how old I am. How do I get a new birthday? Sesshomaru-sama. I'll ask Sesshomaru-sama for a new birthday. I'm sure Sesshomaru-sama can give me one. He's done so many things, I'm sure he can give me a birthday.

My eyes started to get heavy. I turned and looked over at Shippo. His red hair…

= Sesshomaru =

"Kagome," I said against her skin before I kissed lower on her chest. I had forgotten about the glow that we full demons always saw covering everything, but she reminds me how unique it is. When I see her body shine from within so brightly as the formula takes over every pore of her body, I am awed. I tightened my arms around her hips as I pressed my mouth to her flesh and licked her skin.

She tastes wonderful. I heard the small bottle as it hit the floor from her right hand. I ignored it as it rolled along the floor and across the room. I felt her hand on my back as it moved up under my hair. Her fingers slid between the strands and held my head to her chest.

I opened my mouth wider and sucked on her breast drawing half of it into my hungry mouth.

"AH!" I heard as she gasped out loud. I licked at her skin and nipple before pulling it free of my lips.

I looked at her bent neck for a moment longer than what was wise in my current state of arousal. I was almost in pain with the desire to clam her as I watched her swallow. One hand moved before the other and I held the back of her head as we were pulled towards each other.

If she tried to support herself, she utterly failed. I felt all her weight as she leaned then laid on my body. I laid backwards slowly, not breaking our kiss, to lay her over me. I started to kiss down her neck again when I wanted to change our positions. I braced her body to mine and quickly reversed our places in this tangle of limbs.

Her legs were about my waist, but they slid down to my thighs as I knelt between her own. I disrobed with her eyes on me, watching each move I made. I could feel every stroke of her eyelashes each time she blinked. I leaned over her body with my hair touching her as I lifted each leg to free myself of my hakama and briefs.

I then knelt down again and finished removing what was left of Kagome's clothing. When her top was completely bare and the bottom half of her garments were bunched mid-thigh I removed her legs, that were once again around me, and raised them up into the air and watched as the last of her was reviled to my eyes.

I held her legs up after I had tossed aside what she was wearing and looked at the back of her calves. I followed the changing color of her skin as my eyes traveled down to the back of her knees, pass the wide softer flesh of thighs until her body curved into her back that laid on the mat that covered the floor.

I opened her legs with both hands and spread them to either side of my body. I pushed gently on the inside of her thighs as I licked the salt and her scent from her skin. I felt a tremor as it moved inside of her body and along her skin. I licked and kissed my way upwards. Her form arched and twisted under my mouth, hands and body as I got closer to her lips again.

"Kagome," I moaned before I claimed her lips, pressed our hips together and felt her legs pulling on mine again.

"Sesshomaru," she answered in a voice that conveyed her desire as I pressed my member firmly against her moist opening. Her hot hands slid into my hair and held my head to her breast that my lips had found on their own. My hands held her hips to the floor and I pressed harder into her. I felt her moisture as it covered the length of me and it confirmed that she was ready to be entered.

I pulled back and slid into her in one smooth stroke. Her rocking paused as she held on and squeezed me as I filled her completely. I couldn't stay still for long and started to move in and out of her warm insides. Kagome's hands moved to my shoulders. Her new stronger nails dug into my skin as I started to move faster. Her smell sweetened the air around us as it mixed with the dizzying spice of my own hot blood. I didn't want to hurt her, but I couldn't slow down.

The sound of our flesh as they continued to slap into each other was a drum that gave me a beat to keep to as I drew both of us to obliteration. The red tint that took over my vision fifteen minutes ago darkened to a deeper red that succeeded in blocking everything from my sight but the glowing woman beneath me whose moans were getting louder. Her hands were now digging into the floor as she arched up, pressing into my body as her's started to tremble.

My breathing doubled in speed, my moans turned into growls and I opened my mouth wider as I felt my canine teeth lengthened. I barely saw her as I looked at her face one last time before focusing in on her right shoulder.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH..." Kagome screamed past my ear as one of her hands now held on to me again and dug in harder as I orgasmed into her body and held on to her shoulder with my mouth.

= Kagome =

"Ha, ha, ha, ha..." no words could come out of me. I don't think I could scream again if I wanted to. I thought before turning my head to look at Sesshomaru. He was licking my shoulder with his eyes closed. I shifted slightly and realized that he had already pulled out of me and was just laying in between my legs.

I made myself lift one of my tried and very heavy hands to touch his face. BLOOD!

"What's wrong?"I heard him ask me. I just continued to look at my fingers that were covered in blood. What did I do? I asked myself. I couldn't think of anything. We were making love, what could I have done? "Kagome?" he said a bit louder.

"Blood," I said quietly as I continued to look at my hand. There was a smudge of it on his cheek, but I couldn't touch him again.

"It's ok," he said as I watched him cover my hand with one of his. "It's mine and I'm ok," Sesshomaru said. I looked away from both our hands to his face.

"I hurt you?" I asked him as the idea of that being possible sounded impossible at the same time.

"Just a little," he confessed as he pulled my hand towards his face and blocked my view of what I couldn't help but feel. He's licking the blood from my fingers. He sucked each one clean before I saw my fingers as they peaked out from behind his own one by one. I pulled my hand free and reached towards his face again. I wiped the blood away with the back of my hand before holding his face still as I pulled myself closer to kiss him.

"AH!" I shouted in surprise as pain shot out from my shoulder. My eyes were closed tightly as I waited for the pain to go away and I kept them closed when I felt Sesshomaru as he moved me to lie back down again.

"I'm sorry Kagome," I heard him say before I felt his tongue on the back of my hand and then on my shoulder once more. I felt something of a healing tingle as it moved through my aching shoulder after each pass of his tongue. My eyes relaxed and I slowly lifted the arm that was closest to him and laid it on what I hoped was his shoulder. I feel so tired.

"Ses...sho...ma...ru...

= Inuyasha =

Who is knocking? I turned my head and shifted slightly to feel Miroku as he pulled me back into contact with his body. I lazily sniffed the air while I kept my eyes closed. It didn't smell like Katsu. It's Amaya.

"Enter," I said a moment before I thought of making sure we were covered. I sat up and saw that we were covered just as she opened the door. I looked at her as my eyes started to feel heavy again.

"Breakfast will be ready soon," she said after she bowed. As relieved as I was that it wasn't looking at the head of the guards this morning, it raised the question as to why he wasn't here.

"Amaya, ..." I paused for a moment to think of what I wanted to ask.

"Yes Inuyasha-sama?" she asked me.

"Is my brother back?" I asked her. That had to be why Katsu didn't wake me up over an hour ago for his report.

"Yes, Inuyasha-sama. He arrived with Kagome-sama early this morning," she said.

"Ok," I said as I laid down again and closed my eyes hoping that I would be able to wake up and get to breakfast on time. I heard the door close and my eyes snapped back open. She said Kagome-sama. She has never said Kagome-sama.

"Miroku, wake up," I said as I turned and shook him.

"Mmm..." he moaned as he now turned away.

"Miroku," I said again. He turned and opened one eye to look at me.

"Is it time for breakfast?" he asked.

"Yes it's time for breakfast," I told him. I was about to tell him that Sesshomaru was back when he pulled the blanket off of me.

"Hey. What are you doing?" I asked him as he kissed my belly button.

"I'm getting up," he said in a low voice as he hovered over my cock.

"We didn't have time... for..." I said before I fell into the heat of his mouth.

= Miroku =

We walked out of our room as I finished tying my robes into place.

"So you really think that he marked her?" I asked Inuyasha as we walked down the hall.

"You'll see when we get downstairs," he told me as he placed his hands into the large sleeves of his purple kimono.

"SESSOMARU-SAMA! SESSHOMARU-SAMA!" It was Rin screaming. I felt Inuyasha next to me as we both ran down the hallway and turned to go down another one that would take us to where we heard the screams coming. Before we arrived at the child's door there was a blur of light and at that moment Sesshomaru stood before us stepping into Rin and Shippo's room.

"What is going on?" I heard from behind of us just as we reached the room. I turned and saw Sango in the lead with Kouga by her side and Kagome not too far behind. I turned and looked into the room without giving her an answer. I didn't know.

First I saw Inuyasha's back, then Sesshomaru's. To their far right was Rin who was looking at a red haired child that was half a foot taller than her looking into a mirror. His clothes didn't fit him very well. His hamaka reminded of me of the 'shorts' that I saw Kagome wear every once in a while. His legs seemed in portion with is body, but they weren't human. Fox's feet?

"Shippo?" I asked as I walked into the room. I kept on walking until I could see his reflection in the mirror in front of him. It was Shippo. Older looking, but it was him.

"You aren't playing some kind of trick on us are you runt?" Inuyasha asked him without looking like he believed it himself.

"No it's true. Shippo is bigger. It started last night," Rin said as she continued to look at him with wide eyes. Sesshomaru stepped closer and looked him over.

"Is it normal for your kind to grow in spurts?" he asked him.

"I don't think so," Shippo answered Sesshomaru.

"What about your family? Didn't you say that you had an older sister? Did she grow up in spurts?" Sango asked from my left.

"I do have an older sister, but I didn't see her growing up. We have different fathers so she only spent like three years with us before she left with my mom fours years before I lost my dad. I don't even know where she is now," he answered.

Silence hung in the room while everyone continued to look at Shippo including Shippo himself. I saw someone as they moved past me and I realized that it was Kagome. She walked over to him and knelt down to look into his face as she turned him to look at her. She got a closer look of him and the other changes that had taken place.

She raised a hand and ruffled his hair before holding both his hands with hers.

"How do you feel Shippo?" she asked him. He paused for a moment as he thought about the answer. He then smiled before giving his reply.

"Taller," was his simple answer.

"Hahahah," Kagome laughed while the rest of us looked on with a slightly changed attitude. Rin happily giggled as she dismissed the fears that she had from earlier. "I think his visit to Masami-sama can wait until after breakfast," Kagome said as she turned to look up at Sesshomaru.

"As you wish," he answered before turning and leaving the room. As I stepped aside and out of Sesshomaru's way I heard Kagome talking.

"Come on your two. Let's go get something to eat." I turned and saw her with a smile on her face as she stood and held out her hands for Rin and Shippo to take. She then walked pass each of us with the children. As she left through the door, I felt the others as they came closer to me.

"Something seems different about Kagome," Sango said.

"I told you," Inuyasha said from my other side.

"What are you talking about?" Sango asked.

"Sesshomaru-sama marked her," Kouga said from Sango's other side.

"Did you see the mark?" I asked anyone.

"I didn't see it, but she does smell like him," Kouga answered.

"I don't need to hear that," Inuyasha said in a slightly disgusted tone before he moved away from the group and towards the door. "We should get going," he said as he stepped outside. "We shouldn't keep them waiting."

We then moved to follow Inuyasha with me being in the lead. It wouldn't help for us to be late with the news that we had to tell them.

= Sango =

Kouga held my hand was we walked out the room behind Miroku and I grasped it in return. There is so much new information for me to come to terms with, I thought as I watched Miroku catch up with Inuyasha and walked by his side.

I didn't quite see those two as a couple, but it explained a lot about how they have been acting for months. But, I still saw two friends walking side by side as I watched them as they turned the corner ahead of us. I won't be the one to deny them happiness if they have found that with each other. Just like I won't stop Kagome if she is happy with Sesshomaru-sama. Sesshomaru-sama of all demons. A demon is a surprise in itself. I thought that she would have fallen for a human. I hoped it would be one in her own time. She always tried to change things to how she did them back in her own time. All of her ideas weren't bad, just odd and inconvenient at times.

"What do you think about Kagome being mated with Sesshomaru-sama?" I asked Kouga before we started down the stairs. He took his time answering the question. We reached the ground floor before I heard him starting to give me an answer.

"He seems to be good for her," he said. "I tried to control her for a short time, but I think Sesshomaru-sama seem to have succeeded."

He was right. She did seem to be more … focused and for all we knew, Sesshomaru-sama told Kagome to take the necklace off of Inuyasha. If he was the one behind her actions, then I look forward to not having to live through bickering fights between those two as we continue to gather the jewel shards.

"Ready to see how Kagome takes the news?" Kouga asked me as we came to a stop outside of the dinning room. I breathed in and held it as I hoped that she had changed enough to understand before I let out the breath I was holding.

"Yes. As ready as I'll ever be," I told him before reaching out and holding his arm to keep him still as I reached up to kiss him. He watched me as I reached out for the door and pulled it open.

= Kagome =

As we sat there I watched Inuyasha and Miroku as they made it into the dinning room before Kouga and Sango. I smiled at them before a thought wandered through my mind. They seemed to have behaved themselves. I had to stop myself from turning to look at Sesshomaru.

What do you mean by 'behave'? I asked him as I reached out and patted Rin's head.

I think that you will find out soon enough, he answered.

What am I going to find out? I asked him without meaning too.

You will have to wait. I made a promise, was the last thing he said before he raised a shield to his mind and the rest of his thoughts. I'm sure that he continued to hear everything that moved through my mind, but I wouldn't be able to access most of his thoughts until we're mated. I almost crossed my arms at the unfairness of it all, but I was distracted when I heard Sango and Kouga walk into the room.

When everyone was seated I was once again remembered how much I had been looking forward to breakfast before a screaming Rin had gotten our attention. I watched as each bowl was placed before me. I lived in the smell and steam of the Miso soup until I was able to start eating.

I dug in and enjoyed each bite. Sesshomaru wanted to be back in time to spear Inuyasha the task of receiving the morning report or so I read from his mind when he woke me up. That caused me to ask him my first question without meaning to. I can read your mind? He then explained, with real words, why we now knew what each other was thinking.

"It's because we marked each other," he said as he cupped my face. You are beautiful. I heard him say in my mind again. "It's not as strong as it would normally be, but it will get stronger in time and even more so once we are mated," he told me with a gentle look on his face. Let's get ready to leave. You will have a splendid breakfast when we arrive.

I picked up the plate with the eggs and added some rice to it as I remembered clinging to Sesshomaru as we flew over the trees to get here. I held him close and he held me closer with his tail and his arms as well. Occasionally I felt his fingers as they moved through my hair and along my neck and I got bits of what was going through his mind, but I didn't try to probe and just enjoyed the feeling of his arms around me and warmth that radiated from him keeping me warm.

= Kouga =

I looked over the two couples that would be doing most of the speaking while giving Shippo a glance or two. This was going to be an eventful morning. I'm glad that I decided to stay. I grinned openly before I drank the last of the tea from my cup before refilling it and turning my attention to what was left of my meal. I wasn't going to have anything left in front of me to distract me in anyway from anything that was going to be said and in doing so have a full stomach to enjoy the forth coming entertainment.

I felt a small twinge for guilt for thinking that what was going to occur in front of me as something entertaining, but I knew that Mutt Face would do or say something that would make the whole thing entertaining in one way or another.

When I had eaten that last bit of food on my plate, I looked over at my mate-to-be who hadn't finished her meal and seemed to be having a hard time eating anymore than she already had. Besides looking down at her bowl she sent several glances in Kagome's direction. I looked at Kagome too but she seemed fine each time.

I reached under the table and patted Sango's leg, hoping that would clam her a bit. She looked up at me and smiled a bit before trying to eat some more. I left my hand on her thigh and she made no signals to have me remove it. Now we waited.

= Sesshomaru =

I looked around the table. Everyone appeared to have finished eating. Even the kitsune had finally stopped after he had almost two of everything. When the meal was being placed before us, he had received double portions. While Kagome and I were waiting for the others, Rin informed us of the kitsune's large apatite the night before.

As I saw Sango place her cup down and didn't reach for her chopsticks that she had placed on one of her bowls I reached out for the bell to summon the servants. I looked over the table, it's occupants and the organized clearing of the table that moved along silently.

Something felt a bit off from everyone and it wasn't from the change we all saw in the kitsune. I can only suspect that it has something to do with my brother and his monk lover. I knew that some humans had this taboo attitude towards members of the same sex bedding each other, but I never understood it. How would Kagome take this? It was something I hadn't considered as having anything to do with us being together, but what if it was something that would cause her to think differently of me?

Why would I think differently of you? I looked at her with a truly blank mind.

= Kagome =

"Ahm, Kagome, there is something we have to tell you," I heard Inuyasha say. Say? What was Sesshomaru saying? What did Inuyasha say? I turned to face Inuyasha so I could understand at least one of them. He just sat there looking back at me.

"Well?" I asked him after a while. It wasn't like him to not come out and tell me something. Unless that something could hurt me. I started to look around the table. Sango looked worried. Kouga just seemed to be waiting for something. Sesshomaru looked slightly worried but I didn't know if that had to do with what he was saying just before Inuyasha started to speak or if it had to do with what he was about to say. Rin and Shippo was just showing as much interest as kids could show without looking excited.

"It can't be that bad," I said as I looked at Inuyasha again.

"Well I don't think so, but I'm not sure how you are going to take it," he said. "You remember when I told you that I was in love with someone else?" he then asked me. I nodded. "Well they have returned my feelings and we would like to get mated now that Naroku is dead."

"Ok," I said as all eyes now turned towards me. "That's wonderful. Did you think I would be upset?" I asked the room more than Inuyasha. "I'm happy for you," I said with a real smile. "When do I get to to meet her?" I asked him, curious to find out if I knew her already.

"It's not a girl and you already know him. The person I'm in love with is Miroku," he ended. My brain was short circuiting. I felt it. Every time I thought of something to say I couldn't think beyond the second word. Finally something come out of my mouth.

"Miroku," I stated. I didn't ask. I turned to look at him. Again the questions quick fried and died before they became much of anything.

"Yes Kagome," he said. I hadn't meant for him to answer me, but then one thought came through.

"You are in love with Inuyasha?" I asked him. He better be in love with Inuyasha with all that he was going through with telling me and in front of Kouga no less.

"Yes I am," he told me. They didn't look at each other but continued to look at me.

No Kagome, this isn't a joke. I heard Sesshomaru say inside my head.

"Ok," I said out loud. There has to be more to this. "Is that the only thing you had to tell me?" I asked as friendly as possible.

"We are going to be mated," Miroku said.

"Soon," Inuyasha then added.

"How soon?" I asked them. Now they looked at each other.

"Next month," Inuyasha answered.