Standing at the gate, Sesshoumaru summoned both sets of guards to him the set that guarded the gate inside the wall of the domain and the set that guarded the gate on the outside of the wall. He informed them to keep an eye out for Kagome and upon her return, if he had not returned to send word of her return. Then he and the warrior left headed to the last place that the warrior had seen Kagome.
Scanning the area that the warrior led him to, he did not pick up any other scents other than that of the warrior who was his mate's guard. Heading down in the direction that he was informed that she had gone. Sesshoumaru scanned the surrounding searching for the littlest out of place detail that could have been left from Kagome. Moving carefully through the brush, he didn't see any broken limbs to indicate that she was in a hurry to get to a place away from something. Coming into an area where there was a small patch of clear uncovered area and dry dirt. He spotted a section of the ground where there were scuffmarks as if something grazed the ground telling that something was placed on the ground. Looking closely he saw a clue that something had been close to the water's edge. A chunk of dirt had broken away from the embankment and fell into the water. Looking up and across the stream, he stood up and leapt across the stream.
On the other side of the stream the western lord once again searched for any sign that could lead to someone being in the area. Scanning the area he noticed several limbs were broken on a bush close to a rather large boulder. On further and close inspection behind the boulder, there were more broken limbs as well as two half rounded indentations. Seeing enough signs that someone was hiding and in a small area, Sesshoumaru returned to the warrior.
"Did you find any signs M'lord?"
'Sign that were found speak that she crossed the stream. Come, we travel to the village close to the forest that once was known as Inuyasha's forest."
"What makes the signs say she heads to that village?"
"The village is where she is from." Sesshoumaru informed him that he would take to the shy while the warrior searched for her on the ground.
Somewhere deep within the forest Kagome was carefully making her way towards the village. While traveling she scanned ahead of her to carefully choose which way to go to where she would not be spotted, or would not leave any signs that she had gone any particular way. A rumbling stomach did not slow her one bit as she continued on.
"I will look for wild vegetables and fruit along the way. If Sesshoumaru is searching for me, I don't want to give him something like the smell of cooking meat to attract him."
At dusk the western lord and the warrior arrived at a quaint little shack. The warrior standing next to the western lord as he spoke to the two youkai warriors that serves him through living by the village. He listened as the western lord explained the reason they were there. They were informed that Kagome had her scent covered. Deciding to wait until dawn to go and speak to the elder miko, Sesshoumaru made camp by the shack.
Further out in the forest, Kagome began having problems seeing clearly as darkness began to enclose her and the woods, though she continued to slowly try to make her way through the woods. In the distance she began to see a faint orange-yellow glow. Not knowing if it was Sesshoumaru or not, she crept slowly and quietly as she could towards the glow. Peering through the bush that she stood behind, she saw a small group of people and not the western lord as she thought it could be. Her stomach began to rumble as she noticed four men, and two women. As she went to move away from her place to leave, her sword hit the bush to which the bush made a sound. Looking back she saw that the men were now standing and looking in her direction.
"Who is there? Show yourself!" One of the men spoke up. Kagome stood quietly trying to decide if she should just leave or come out into the open. Seeing that they were poor peasants and no weapons that she could see, she opt the decision to show herself.
"I'm sorry to of frightened you." She stepped through the bushes.
"Who are you?"
"I mean you no harm. May I come closer to your fire?"
"No don't let her! She could be a youkai disguised to look like a human." One of the women spoke.
"I can assure you that I am no youkai, but am pure human. I was once a miko in a village close to this very spot."
"A miko, you say! Prove this."
"The only way that I have left is showing my spirit arrow or the like, but that would attract any youkai around seeking the power to destroy it in fear for their lives. I could take care of them but I do not want to put you at a risk just to prove it. I was the miko who gathered the sacred jewel shards."
"The priestess of the jewel shards! Where are those who traveled with you if you are she?"
"They were all killed during the last fight. I almost joined them in death, but my life was saved."
"Come tell us the tails." The man stepped back to allow Kagome to come closer. When she stepped closer to the fire they saw the way she was dressed.
"You are dressed as a lady, but with a sword and a bow! Why then are your guards not here protecting you?"
"I left unprotected without my guard or the lord that I am joined to, so I could feel the freedom to move around without being watched or guarded while I searched and gathered herbs."
"Your mate is one who will never stop searching for you. He is not one easy to give up." Came a male's voice off to the side. Looking she saw a large silhouette by the rough looking cart sitting by himself. A sound of feet coming close then someone touching her left arm made her jump then looked that way to see one of the women holding some food out to her. Swallowing hard, she took the food.
"Thank you." She then looked back over to where the silhouette was to see that it was not there. "Where did the guy who was sitting there by the cart by himself go?"
"There was no one there."
"You must be seeing things because there are only us six plus you, here within this camp."
"Thank you for the food, but I should really get moving."
"You may stay here and share the fire. The woods are to dark to see. Continue your search come morning."
"I must not stay here, incase my lord finds me here among you.. I will stay but just outside your camp in hiding among the bushes and trees." She bid them a good night before leaving the camp.
Where she had decided to bed down for the night, she was well covered by bushes. Not much sleep came to her as she lay there listening to the sounds of the creatures that came out at night. When dawn came she slowly came out of her hidden area then slowly made her way back to the camp she sat and talked with. Food was given to her.
"Where will you go?"
"We will search for a place to build homes."
"If you head in that direction." She pointed towards the way to Kaede's village. "You will come to a village with a elder miko by the name of lady Kaede."
"Is that the village you spoke of last night?"
"Yes."
"Journey with us." Kagome agreed to go with them. Before heading out they cleaned a spot so she could sit on the back of the cart.
In the afternoon, the smell of smoke coming from cooking fires began to fill the area. Looking around, Kagome could tell by the surroundings that they were close to the village. Not wanting to ride into the village in case Sesshoumaru was there, she quietly slipped off the cart without letting the other travelers know. Quietly leaving the path that would lead to the village, she made her way to the village by means of another way.
~ In The Village ~
The four men and two women asked people where the elder miko would be and they were lead towards the hut.. Once there the villager knocked, then was greeted by Kaede. The villager motioned towards the travelers.
"Greetings travelers. How may I help you?"
"We are seeking a place among a village or close to one to set up homes. We were told to seek the elder miko Kaede within this village."
"Who spoke of me to you?" Kaede questioned.
"We know not her name, but was told that she was the miko who gathered the sacred jewel shards. Though she wore a silk kimono and wore a sword and a bow with a quiver of arrows."
"When did ye see her?"
"She came into our camp late in the night and she set off with us come morning, but she was not with us when we drew near to the village."
"You are welcome to find a place within this village to build a home. Welcome to the village." As the travelers left Kaede felt the aura of the western lord and the other youkai. She watched as the western lord too to the sky as the warrior returned back inside the hut with Kaede.
In the forest close to the village, Kagome stood behind a tree watching the goings on in the village. She watched as the travelers walked away after talking with Kaede. She then watched as Kaede turned towards her hut as the western lord came out from the view of the hut then took to the sky. Kagome knew that he was searching for her. Waiting a bit longer to make sure Sesshoumaru would not come and land in the village so soon, she scanned from where she was and the distance of the hut to try and find a way to the hut without being seen by any of the villagers. The last thing she needed was a villager spotting her and announcing that she was there. Quickly moving out from behind the tree that she was behind, she ran to a group of bushes about a few yards away then knelt down to plan her next move.
Looking around at where she was at, she did not see anything else to hide behind until she got to the hut. She figured that if she could get to the back of the hut she could make her way to the side close to the stairs that led up to the shrine. She waited for the two men with farm tools to walk by before she stood and ran quickly and quietly as she could towards the back of the hut. Though she watched for the villagers, she did not anticipate the fact that two warriors that were under the western lord's rule had a hut close to the village and kept watch over lady Kaede. Upon her scan for any villagers that were close by, she failed to notice the two warriors in the shadows of the trees as she ran to the back of the hut. She had also failed to notice one of the warriors had quickly left his post as she made it to the side of the hut, moving towards the front. Seeing that it was clear, she went to the mat covered entrance of the hut and knocked. Kagome looked around her as she waited for Kaede to answer the knock. She did not hear the mat move.
"Young Kagome, come in." Kaede moved back and let Kagome come in. When she did, she stopped when she saw her personal guard. They both looked at each other. "What are ye doing here child? The western lord is out looking for you at this moment."
"Well he will not pick up my scent or miko power because they are covered. So he won't know that I am here."
"Come sit and we will talk." Kagome and Kaede walked over and sat next to her guard.
"What are you doing here? I would of thought he would have had you stay at the domain until we or he returned."
"Do you know this warrior?"
"Yes, lord Sesshoumaru set him to be my personal guard. So wherever I go and whatever I do, he is to watch over me. I hide from him as I made my way to come here." She smiled over at the guard.
"Why did ye do this to this guard of yours? Why would you cover your scent and miko power to hide from the western lord?" Kagome did not see the warrior and Kaede look towards the entrance.
"Why indeed!" Kagome swallowed then looked towards the entrance to see Sesshoumaru and a warrior next to him. The warrior bowed to Sesshoumaru before leaving.
"Come in young western lord. We will find out together to the reason." Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru and gave a sheepish laugh as he walked over and sat on the other side of the warrior as she sat facing Sesshoumaru, her guard, and Kaede. "Now Kagome please tell us the reason you have done this such of thing."
"I uh, I wanted to look for particular herbs and wanted to feel like I was free while I was doing so without having someone following me and watching me. That is all."
"Why do you have your scent and miko power covered then?"
"Because I did not want to have warriors coming to find me if I got to far from the walls and watching over me as if something was going to happen to me."
"What could anyone of done if ye were hurt or attacked, or taken while your scent or miko power was covered? How would anyone of found you?"
"Forgive me Milady, but that is not the only reason why you cover them." The eyes of Sesshoumaru left looking at Kagome and looked at the warrior, as did Kaede. "Would you wish to inform them of the whole truth or would you have me do so?"
"You know of the reason?" Sesshoumaru spoke.
"I seek your forgiveness M'lord, but yes I know. She informed me of the reason about her scent and miko power being covered. She showed me why."
"No, that is alright. I will tell them, but first I will do this." She looked into her guard's eyes. "Sorry." She took a breath then let down the shield that covered her scent and miko power. She watched as Sesshoumaru's attention returned back to her. "This is the reason."
"What do you mean child?" Kaede looked from Kagome, then to the warrior, then over to Sesshoumaru. The western lord and the warrior's eyes had a slight red tent to them.
"I did not want you to know that it was my time of the month and that was why I covered my scent. I covered both so you would not find me. I wanted to hide from you until after my time of the month had ended."
"Why was the reasoning for such a choice to do this? Why keep such things from your mate?"
"Because I wanted to keep the disappointment from lord Sesshoumaru at knowing what would come from such a joining at this time of month. You and I both know Kaede about how he treated his brother because he was born a Hanyou. To lord Sesshoumaru, hanyou's should not be allowed to draw breath because they are lower than youkai. He looked down at his own father for mating with a human woman and she bore him a Hanyou son who was Inuyasha. So there is the whole truth and reason behind my actions." She stood up. "I really need to find the herbs for the cramps. So could you please tell me where they would be at Kaede?"
"Sure child." Kaede told Kagome where to look. The guard stood as well. Before she got to the entrance Sesshoumaru grabbed her arm.
"Don't worry, I won't cover them since you now know." Then she left with the guard following. Stepping out of the hut to begin to walk to the area that Kaede told her, she noticed few of the villagers stopped and looked at her.
"Is that miko Kagome?"
"Yes that is miko Kagome, but why is she wearing a kimono like that?"
"The way she is dressed is like a lady of some domain and not a miko."
"Why does she a youkai warrior following after her?" The villagers watched as she walked towards the woods.
"Kagome! Is that you?" Kagome stopped and saw a person running towards her.
"Kozue. How are you?"
"I am well. You are not dressed as a miko, but rather..." He went to touch her.
"Touch not lady Kagome."
"No that is alright. He and I are friends."
"A lady! So the village that you went to, the lord took you as his." A hint of sadness was in his voice.
"Lady Kagome is no mate to any low human lord in some village." The warrior spoke yet again.
"If not a lord of a village then wh..." Kozue looked from Kagome to the warrior. "You became the lady of this warrior! You're a youkai's lady?"
"Lady Kagome is not my mate, but is the mate of the one I serve under. I am but her guard."
"Who might I ask?"
"You have seen him many times within the village. As he is in Kaede's hut now."
"The one in white!" Kozue spoke.
"Lord Sesshoumaru." Kagome answered.
"That's the reason you always left with him."
"No, that is not the reason Kozue. It only happened after lord Sesshoumaru saved me and brought me back here before I had him take me to see Kouga."
"Hope you have a good life. I have to return to my work." Kozue turned to leave.
"Wait Kozue! Please don't be upset. We could remain friends. I would very much like that." But Kagome received no answer as Kozue continued to walk away. Tears filled her eyes as she turned and walked towards the woods to look for the herbs.
Back at the hut Kaede and Sesshoumaru continued to sit. She poured some powder into the boiling water to make tea. Rising to her feet, Kaede retrieved cups then came back.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, would you permit this old woman to speak openly?" She received a nod just before his head quickly looked towards the door. "I will not cover what young Kagome had done by hiding her scent from you. All that this old woman will say is put yourself in her mind. Though you have done greatly on change, the old Sesshoumaru remains burned in her memory. The memory, she spoke of, your battles and words to the once Inuyasha. Do you still hold such thoughts about hanyou's as ye did when young Kagome first met ye during one of your fights with Inuyasha? Unless there is a way to prevent hanyou's from being born from the union between youkai and human, that is what will come to your union with her. Although she is a strong miko who has not awakened fully to all that she is as a miko and you are a powerful youkai lord."
"This Sesshoumaru hides not from the way he was."
"If ye have changed from the thinking, then you have to work hard to show her that part of you have changed, so the memory of such time would lessen." While Kaede was speaking the western lord looked towards the entrance then stood to his feet. "What is wrong?"
"The scent of her has changed." He left from the hut. When he exited the hut, those around watched as he scanned the area around him. He began following Kagome's scent. As he did so, he picked up the smell of salt. Questioning within his mind why he smelt the salt of her tears.
Arriving at his destination, Sesshoumaru saw the guard in one place and Kagome was in another. From where he stood the smell of salt from her tears reached him. The guard walked over to the western lord.
"Explain why my mate has the scent of salt from tears are coming from her person? Has some kind of harm come upon her?"
"Words were spoken between your mate and a human male friend. The male questioned your mate, if a human lord took her as a mate from the village she was to be a miko in, but I informed the male that she was no low human lord's mate. He was to question her more then stopped then looked from her to me, and asked if she was my mate. He spoke such words, as 'You're a youkai's lady!' I made clear by saying that she is the mate to the one I serve under. She told him that her mate has been seen in the village many times and that he meaning, you M'lord was in the elder miko's hut. The human went on to say more to her." The guard continued to inform Sesshoumaru to what was said and what had happened in the end. "I have tried to speak to her of this, though I only got silence."
"Return to the elder miko's hut, I will speak to my mate."
"Yes M'lord." Bowing he left the western lord with his mate. Sesshoumaru stood there watching her.
"I can feel you their M'lord. Did I take to long to gather my herbs, to which you had to come out here to make sure that I was still here?"
"The scent of your tears reached me within the elder miko's hut. The reason for your tears were, just told to this Sesshoumaru."
"He had once told me that he just wanted to be friends, as I told him the same thing. I told him that I was not looking to get close to anyone. Friends are to stand with you." She looked up when she felt his hand touch her shoulder. Taking the hand that was held out to her, she stood up. He drew her to him in a warm embrace.
"Come we go to the elder miko's hut then journey back to the domain."
"Could we wait until evening to leave?"
"Worry not about the talk and looks of those in the village." He led her back to the village and to Kaede's hut.
"I was told what happened between you and Kozue. I will speak with young Kozue. Did you have any luck finding the herbs you needed?" Kaede asked.
"No Kaede. I was not able to locate them. Talking with Kozue will not matter. He despises that I am a mate to a youkai lord."
"He thinks and speaks with hurt in his heart. This will be spoken about with Kozue among other matters." Kaede came over to Kagome with something in hand. "Here are herbs for thee cramps." When she placed the bundle in her bag, she noticed Sesshoumaru stand along with the guard.
"It is not evening yet." Kagome voiced.
"You need to leave with them. You will be able to come to see this old woman again." Kaede followed the three outside her hut.
"Are we going to make this a long or short journey?"
"Journey will be done by walking."
"So it will be a slow journey." Kagome and the guard stopped as Sesshoumaru walked over to the warriors who were to watch over Kaede. When he was done speaking, Sesshoumaru headed out with Kagome following him, and the guard followed behind her.
In the long golden light of the dying day the journey came to an end when Sesshoumaru announced that camp would be made and that they would continue come dawn. Setting out, Kagome looked for wood then brought it back to camp. Arranging the wood then starting the fire, Kagome sat by the fire before standing up then making her way to leave camp. The guard made ready to follow her.
"Unless you wish to see me relieve myself and get a stronger scent of my time of the month, then you might wish to remain here."
"Forgive me Milady, but you have used needing to relieve yourself before, to sneak off to go to that village. Forgive my unbelief of you needing to do so. You leave camp, then I will follow."
"Then we will wait until lord Sesshoumaru comes back and let him deal with your disbelief. Just hope I can hold out until then." She sat back down to await her mate to come back to camp. Ten minutes later she was rocking side-to-side trying to ignore the fact her bladder was hurting from not being able to go privately to relieve herself.
As the minutes continued with no sign of Sesshoumaru, her bladder started hurting more and more. Deciding that she has suffered long enough from not being able to go relieve herself, she stood to her feet. "I don"t care if you believe me or not. I am going." She turned to leave but walked into a solid wall. Stepping back to see what she walked into. "Good you are back. You can take care of Mr. Unbelief over there! Since he would not let me go relieve myself without him trying to follow me!" She used one hand and pushed her mate out of the way. "Out of the way! I can't hold it any longer!" she ran out of the camp. Getting a short distance and not able to go any further, she pulled up her inner and outer kimono, then squatted and began to pee not caring if she was up wind or down wind from the camp. Looking down she saw that her panties had red spots on them. Heading back to camp, she did not look happy at the guard. "I almost did not make it because of you."
Some time later in the night Kagome woke up with strong cramps. Slowly she looked around to see the eyes of Sesshoumaru and the guard was closed. They looked to be asleep but she knew they were far from it. Knowing it to be a risk, she covered her scent then quietly got to her feet and quietly left camp. Once out of camp a ways she let her scent come back where it could be smelt. Slowly walking back and forth, she rubbed gently where she felt the strongest pains in her sides and abdomen.
"You leave camp with scent covered! Where you planning to return to the village?"
"No. I was not planning to return to the village. I woke up with strong cramps and decided to walk for a bit." She turned to look at Sesshoumaru. She could tell that he was thinking about something as she walked over to him. "Are you still upset that I tricked the guard as he was watching over me?"
"You have no sense of self-preservation when it comes to this time of month." He spoke.
"I've managed to keep myself in one piece over the years."
"Pure luck, most likely."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence. Over the many years I was able to protect myself by going home then I learned to protect myself by covering my scent during these days of the month, but someone does not wish me to cover my scent." She raised her hand up to rub his ear then trailed down his jaw, his neck, and down to his chest.
He captured her wandering hand with his, linking their fingers and brought her knuckles to his lips- his incredibly soft, sensuously full lips. When he did he caught the scent of her season. Drawing her closer to him, he lowered his head bringing his lips to cover hers.
His tongue began to probe the seam of her lips; she heard his command to open for him. She felt his satisfaction at her surrender. The erection pressed against her abdomen like a steel rod growing harder, thicker.
For all his hardness-his body, his eyes, his mind, his lips, felt like moist silk on her skin as he trailed downs her neck. The feel of his lips nibbling at her neck sent her spinning on a journey she wasn't ready to take. A sheer and blissful, path to oblivious pleasure. She had to close her eyes to ground herself in reality. Stepping away from him, she kept her back to him.
"I know my scent is what is causing you to want to mate, but we can't. You can't afford to deal with the outcome of the joining. So please let me cover my scent so the cause of your wanting will not be smelt."
***LEMON AHEAD***
On a groan that sounded like it had been torn from the bottom of his soul, he grabbed her hips and dragged her down to the ground and onto his lap. She could feel him long, hard, and throbbing with life. He knew that he should talk with her.
He drew her head back by her hair. Their mouths met, fused, a union of mutual need. His hand found her breast, and she pushed against his palm, her nipples already painfully achy. The physical sensations swamped her, left her raw and wanting more while fighting herself, she realized she was naked when she felt a cool wind gust meet her skin.
With the last shreds of rational thinking in her mind, she realized the strength of his aura was beginning to change as he suckled on her, inciting sudden pains of pleasure so intense she nearly cried out. When he moved his head lower, he left a wet trail that chilled her, made her nipples tighten even further. He dived to her navel and below, and then slid back up her body, lathing and nipping every inch of the way.
Realizing what was happening she began to rise up to move away when he pushed her back on the ground. Looking up at the western lord, she saw that his eyes were red, his stripes on his cheeks were brighter, and his nose had more of a point to it. She felt that something was changed about him.
Though Sesshoumaru was in human form there was a strong enough evidence that the beast that was his dog features, were awakened and not far from coming out into view. The knowledge, that with every second it drew closer, as he nipped roughly at her throat, her lips, her cheeks.
Kneeling between her legs and slowly lowered his weight to her. The head of his shaft probed her entrance, rubbing the sensitive folds until she felt as swollen as he was. He laid his palm on the damp skin above her heart and slid it down between her breasts, over her navel, leaving a trail of fire in his wake. He opened her folds with his thumb and middle finger while the knuckle of his index finger pressed on the center of her desire. She gasped and surged up against his hand.
His pulse screamed through his veins. Mating fever consumed him. His instincts, a beast in every way, the urge to mate drove him savagely. Pushed him to the point of madness.
He cared about her, not as an object to provide sexual relief, or to bear a child, but as a life companion. A companion in all senses of the word, physical and emotional.
Just enough sense, he guided his erection to her hot, slick folds, he held himself back to give her time to adjust for she was still tight around him. He pushed an inch deeper. She gulped down a needy breath. He pulled back until her moist heat encased just the tip of him, then he gave himself over to what he craved.
She grounded her hips against him and moaned, but it seemed to be a sound of frustration rather than pain, so he pulled back, pushed forward again. Her inner walls glided over the sensitive head of his shaft, gripped the shaft in exquisite torment. When she locked her legs behind him and pulled him deeper, it was his turn to moan.
They danced together in an easy rhythm at first, dipping, tucking, gliding and swaying, and then the tempo increased. Sesshoumaru's hips heaved with the force of his powerful body. Kagome gasped, opening herself and tilting her hips to take him all the way inside, then clenching tightly, trying to hold on to him when he retreated for another thrust.
The pace quickened again. Kagome's erratic attempts at breathing kept time with the slapping of their bodies, and moans of pleasure. She tried to think, to remind her that this was wrong, but found herself mindless. There was only heat and craving and the sensation of Sesshoumaru's shaft plunging impossibly deep inside her. Caressing parts of her, she never thought to expose to a man. Though this was no human man, but a youkai man.
She raked her nails down his back. Arched beneath him, hungry for him, urging him on. His body quivered at her touch.
Time seemed to slow as Sesshoumaru withdrew from her. Seconds felt like eons as Sesshoumaru turned her, placing her on her hands and knees, then moved behind her in slow motion. She felt his need, tenfold, the intensity of hers, and sensed his control, hanging by a tattered thread. She barely had time to acknowledge that something was wrong, before she felt him slam into her.
"Oh Sesshoumaru!" she cried.
He wrapped a arm around her abdomen then placing a hand between them, lubricated his fingers with her moisture, and circled her clit. She tossed her head back. He circled, circled the point above where their bodies slipped and crashed together, until he felt a vibration rumble through her, felt her muscles quiver, and then he pressed his middle finger against her and held it.
"Oh. Oh, Sesshoumaru!" At hearing her call his name all sound and all rational thinking was gone. His animal nature took control. The mating drive ran hot and furious in his blood, closing off all vision except for the goal his instincts called for.
She felt his hunger, and beneath it the violent nature of his instinct. Her blood began to run into her core, like fluid swirling down along funnel. She stiffened, helpless to control the gathering
power of orgasm. Her muscles clamped down on him, contracted like a vise, released and clamped tightly again. Wave after wave shuddered through her. He was holding her until the last ripples faded, and then grabbed her hips, pulling her closer. Her eyes watered as his claws dug into her flesh while holding her close. His hips jerked two times, three, five, as he pushed himself in as far as he could go while she rested the back of her head against his shoulder, as he still let himself go.
She was shocked as a sharper pain broke through her as fangs clamped down on the juncture of her neck and shoulder. The feeling of warmth both deep within her, still filling her, and warmth of her blood as it slid down her back and chest.
A guttural roar came from him as he released her shoulder and tilted his head back gazing into the heavens, as his body continued to pour himself into her, not daring to think of her reaction when her thoughts returned to her. Then he let his body lean over her back, before he drew himself out of her, drawing some of his seed and her juices out of her as it landed on the ground, while some slid down her thighs and some remaining on him. The sound of the roar traveled through the air.
"Kagome?" he did not get an answer. Turning her towards him, he saw the state of her body. She was bleeding on both hips, her legs had claw marks and a lot of blood was oozing from the juncture of her neck and shoulder.
"Have you tried having her take in you blood?"
His blood heals him quick and he wanted to heal the cuts his claws and fangs left behind.
"Kagome, you are to do as I ask." Raising a claw, he cut deep into the flesh of the juncture of his neck and shoulder. Kagome watched as blood poured out. "Place your mouth over this wound and draw in and swallow the blood that comes from this Sesshoumaru." She did not move. "Make quick to do so before wound heals." He brought her to him. She looked into his eyes before slowly doing what he had informed her to do. She felt as if she was going to be sick as she swallowed the warm blood. The blood had a high iron taste with an acidic under tone. When the wound healed he stepped back then looked down at her. Seeing his blood around her mouth and on her chin, he leaned forward and licked it clean.
"Why Sesshoumaru? Why would you join with me when you know very well the outcome? I wanted to save you from disappointment. On my times of the month, you should search for a willing youkai female to bare you your heirs. I am sure there are many out there that would love to have you bed them."
"Though this Sesshoumaru could take others to be concubines to mate with, this Sesshoumaru wishes not to share his futon with anyone but his mate. Nor does he wish to mate with one who is not his mate."
"What about heirs? No full..." he placed a finger over her mouth.
"Heirs come from this one's mate or none will come to the western domain. Enough talk of such matters."
"But hanyou's! You dislike and despise them."
"My distaste for them was because the outcome of who my father chose and my father's choice. I cared not for his choice of mate. Such distaste does not hold this one's feelings as when you first met this Sesshoumaru." He turned to face the direction of camp. "Come we return to camp."