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Chapter 38 Mind Made Up
Simone lay patiently beneath him as time ticked away watching his face as the shadows danced off his porcelain skin. His eyes scanned her own and she couldn't help but feel naked under the pressure of his gaze. The fire still blazed fiercely and flickered along with the beats that thumped behind her chest cavity.
She put everything on the line and she strongly wished she could retreat and cower away. He now had the knowledge to break her if he wanted to. She swallowed a lump in her throat as she continued to hold her gaze with Sesshoumaru as he held her down thinking of his options.
Sesshoumaru looked down at her truly going over every possible consequence for his actions as well as the pros and cons. He looked down at her as she met him face to face with resolve truly giving him the choice of what would come of them.
Her hair still sprawled out around her form with her wide brown eyes looking up at him waiting for his command. He had time to think about it and now time for thinking had run its course. As her Commanding Officer it was time for him to take action and let his Captain know the course of action. One more time he closed his eyes and consulted with his beast.
Simone watched him as he said nothing but continued to hold her down and close his eyes. Her anxiety level kicked up a notch at the silence that was Sesshoumaru. Suddenly his eyes opened and he looked down at her with a growing smirk on his lips.
"I also assume you know much about this Sesshoumaru than you let on. You also know of the situation you shall be in Simone." He said, copying her previous words that she said to him.
She nodded a little weary of the smirk on his lips as he leaned down towards her. His face hovered over hers as he stared at her intently. "I guess you will have to do." He said as he looked down at her glare.
"Is that your way of asking to court me because you need to seriously work on your approach!" She retaliated as she tried to wiggle out of his hold. "Even when asking something like that, you're such a dic-"
His lips cut her rant off as she closed her eyes from the force of his lips moving on top of hers. She relaxed her arms in his hold as his trailed down them to her torso and up again as he notified her arms their freedom to move. Her arms came up and circled around his neck drawing him into her as their lips connected passionately.
Nostalgia….nostalgia overwhelmed him as he was once again reminded on how fiery the woman was below him. Her cherry scent spiked filling his nostrils of her delicious scent that she hid to his displeasure. But that would be the first thing to change. His hands took her body to the deepest reaches of his mind, showing her that he was very much so a man of action and of little words. It seemed as if she did everything with a burning passion for victory. Her lips were soft yet demanding as they continued to dance with his.
Through his make shift yakuta on her body she could feel his muscles shifting and rubbing across her torso which brought a moan to escape her mouth. Her legs shifted allowing him to lounge comfortably between them on her body as his left hand ran down one of them and up her thighs causing her breath to hitch in her throat. Pulling away he began to trail kisses across her cheek and down her throat towards her collar bone. His nose rested in the crest of her neckline on the left remembering the spot where his mark resided the last time he marked her. He kissed the area and suckled on her skin being sure to leave a mark.
Her senses were on fire as she burned with pure desire like the fire burning next to them in its pit. Her hands glided down his back pushing him into her as she grinded her lithe body up against his own in want. Her eyes rolled when she felt his growing desire against her thinly covered pelvis awakening a throbbing ache deep within her for his touch and his touch alone.
His eyes closed and a groan escaped his mouth at the contact with his growing arousal. He suckled a little too hard on her skin at the sensation she was causing. Surely he was very much so experienced but her responses to his motions was inspiring and made him want to throw caution into the wind. He trailed kisses up her jaw line towards her ear pulling the soft lobe between his canines gently.
His breathing ragged, at last he drew back to whisper in her ear. "Allow me to court you officially the Inu way and bear my mark." He said thickly.
She opened her eyes and smiled brilliantly as she nodded and pulled him down forcefully on her to kiss him. Meeting her desire he responded with the knowledge that the woman beneath him would be a challenge possibly more formidable than his adversaries in battle especially if she ever decided to use this method of winning anything with him. He trailed to the left side of her neck where the poor patch of skin began to bruise from his earlier ministrations. He kissed the area again and blew on it releasing another pleasurable sound from the onna's esophagus.
Smirking his eyes turned red and his fangs grazed lightly over the area warning her of what was to come. He kissed the area one last time before allowing his canines to sink into her flesh. Her eyes widened at the pleasurable sensation of the courtship mark again on her skin. Suddenly she could feel the desire double as new sensations entered her body.
Sesshoumaru suckled on the mark tasting the sweet delicacy that was her blood. Soothing the area with his saliva to heal properly he pulled back and watched as once again the mark appeared in the same exact spot as before. Already he could feel her desires and wants which raged freely beckoning him to continue to lay claim to what was rightfully now his.
He pulled her body closer to his own trying to destroying all sources of space as his lips met hers forcefully. They kissed fiercely with her own hands combing through his hair and rubbing his scalp releasing small pleasurable growls from the demon above her. It became overwhelmingly hot with the two holding onto each other. Suddenly they both pulled away at the aura coming towards his room. Simone tilted her head up looking at his closed shoji door as her eyes widened at the figure approaching.
Sesshoumaru didn't falter has his hand slowly roamed down her side looking down at her tussled hair and revealing attire. His shirt on her body had shifted revealing the valley between her breast with the shadows dancing across her tan skin that glowed with the sensation of their activities and the fire that burned. He suddenly could smell her scent slowly disappearing and quickly he leaned down and kissed the skin between her mounds shocking her as she gripped him to stop him.
"He's coming! Shhhh" She said as she once again tilted her head upwards to look at the door debating on if she should hide or not. Footsteps got louder as they came closer to the room. "Have you told him of your request to mark me?" she whispered in question panting and trying to catch her breath. Her Lord was sure to give her the boot if he saw her right now so wantonly lying with his son between her legs without even a notice of courtship.
Growling he gripped her chin so she would look at him. He quickly captured her lips in his own and whispered against them. "You will not hide for I am courting you and can do as I wish." With that he simply claimed her lips again leading by example of what he demanded of her.
Suddenly the footsteps stopped at the door and Sesshoumaru pulled away to looking down at his body flushed, out of breath female as she tried to calm herself. They listened carefully as the figure stepped to the door simply standing there unmoving. After a few painstaking moments, the figure turned and walked away. Simone released a breath she didn't know she was holding until once again the soft touches of Sesshoumaru's lips touched her skin.
She laughed a little bit before covering her mouth as the situation she could have been caught in. Pulling back Sesshoumaru lifted his own up from her looking down at her questionably feeling her humor through the mark just that fast. She looked up at him with a smile. "You're going to be in a lot of trouble" She said as she reached up and played with a strand of his hair.
With a deadly smirk he normally saved for his enemies he looked down at her as she made eye contact with him. "I won't be going down alone Captain."
Smiling she leaned up to peck him one good time before pulling away and adjusting herself. She gently nudged him off of her so she could sit up. "I think I should get back to the medical room." She muttered a little disappointingly; not willing to go back. Her eyes looked at the cold food again feeling a little bad for her wastefulness. Before she could say anymore she was lifted by two strong arms as if she was a short stack of papers.
"Hm." Was all he said before taking her over to his bed. He refused to have her go back to that awfully smelling place that he found her in. And taking her back to her room where she was kidnapped was definitely out of the question. So he simply sat her down on his bed as she looked at him with saucer eyes. However, she could feel through the mark his strong will to protect her now and she knew it could not be helped. She simply got comfortable and pulled up the covers as she waited to see what he would do. He went out into the hallway and came back as a servant came and took the items away. She turned slightly pink knowing full well the servants quarters will be up with gossip that will surely reach the full house by noon tomorrow. Once the maid left he sealed his door shut and walked towards the fire. He tended to it a little bit making sure it stayed confined before standing to his full height to look at her. He came towards the bed and got in being sure to reach out and pull her to his side.
His arms now circled her body as he held her to him committing the moment to memory. They lay there in silence being comfortable with the choices that were made but also subconsciously sharing contentment between each other. Simone smiled at the turn of events and wondered what he had planned. She smiled at him before whispering softly. "Who knew a threat with a knife to your throat would get us here. Strange."
Smirking he bent down and kissed her forehead. "Yes your method of courtship is little human." He countered watching her smile back at his dig.
After a few moments sleep embraced her as her eyes became heavy and her breathing began to even out. He could feel the light cool air fanning his skin as she exhaled and slipped into the sub consciousness of her dreams. Smirking at his work and the burst of male pride he quickly leaned over to his left to keep the sword he kept near his bed out of her reach. He resettled next to her and simply thought about the future now that his mind was made up.
Inutaishio was in his study writing feverously on a few documents that early morning before the sun had fully risen in the sky. Gentle pinks and golden lights hit through his window providing beautiful lighting with a soothing atmosphere to a day he could feel going to be very hard. As he began reading a piece of parchment, the smell of his son hit his nose. Smirking at his discovery of his son's intended actions the previous night, he waited patiently for his arrival being sure to keep an emotionless facade. He looked up in time to see his son stroll inside unceremoniously into his study without so much as a knock. He watched as his son stood patiently in front of him that early morning.
"I'm surprised you came down so early especially after last night's commotion. What do I owe the honor to son?" He asked as he set his brush down and looked up at his son who stood like a statue preparing for battle.
"This Sesshoumaru has important news father and seeks council." He stated.
Raising his eyebrows in confusion Inutaishio sat back straighter giving his full attention to his son who rarely requests his opinion on anything except for Western affairs. "Is everything ok? Where is Simone?" He questioned worried for his daughter like figure.
Sighing Sesshoumaru sat down in front of his father knowing that this would be a long conversation that he wished didn't have to happen. He was a man of action and talking was never his forte'. The more Simone became mingled in his life, the more he found words to escape his lips to his utter dissatisfaction. "She is asleep father." He stated unemotionally reflecting the frozen façade his father had. "I simply came to announce to you my intended and to seek answers."
Inutaishio's eyes widened in shock for a minute at the announcement of his son's intentions. Silence overcame them before a slow smirk appeared on the DaiYoukai's face. "Is that so. Are you prepared for the trails of courtship? It is one thing to court it is another for an intended especially due to your circumstances. Also, you know what this will mean for your status in this house."
Sesshoumaru knew the journey ahead would be a uphill battle among demon society. He also knew that he could possibly take the lead as Lord of the Western Lands allowing his father to step down and pursue his own interests. "As you know father, I enjoy a battle and look forward to this one."
Inutaishio smiled truly at the son that he never in a million years would've smelled coupling with a human and choosing to mate one none the less. But Simone was a breed of her own and life seemed to make an exception to her. "Congratulations boy! I do give my approval on the match."
Sesshoumaru nodded and felt oddly at ease that early morning especially with the knowledge of his Father's backing. He would need it when the demon council came to visit. "Thank you father." He said as he thought carefully on the next questions he would ask. "In order to prepare I am in need of your council."
"Hmm" His father said as he stood and went to his book shelf. He searched a short moment before pulling out two withered books that were massively thick. He sat them heavily down on his desk before taking his seat giving his son his full attention. He put his palm over it as one glowed with a silver cresent moon and unlocked itself. "As you know these two books are very important. You will need to share this with Simone upon your mating because she will be added into our history." He said as the book opened itself up to a page with a list of every Inu clans member on the family tree. The book was bewitched to record the data of his heritage and also update itself of the family members added as well as their history. Inutaishio looked down at the connection to his son and already a line was drawn to an empty space which was of great news. He would be mating soon. He flipped open to the other book as he flicked through the worn leather book full of pages of royal demon rituals and customs. "Now what do you seek from this Inutaishio?" He asked prepared to help his son anyway he could.
There was a pause as Sesshoumaru thought about all he had to ask. "Are there any special requirements considering her humanity?"
Inutaishio flipped through the customs book looking carefully for anything about that. "No, I see nothing regarding mating a human except that there will be a thorough investigation of her background. The only concern is if you two were to conceive pups, a full demon will only be accepted to be heir for the throne."
Sesshoumaru nodded understanding that one. He would find a way around this matter or sense luck favored the little onna, maybe she would carry. He decided to push that back for far in the future.
"So she must go through the 3 trials of any other demoness?" He asked to confirm the information.
Inutaishio looked through the papers vigorously. "Yes, I believe so. There is nothing much here I guess simply because it has never been done. So you will be writing the history books on this issue. Of course the council will be here just because it's a new moment in demon history. Surely there have been demons that mated with humans but none of royal lineage. I guess we should begin the preparations for their arrival along with every other demon member of Japanese royal society. Im sure the demonesses will give her quite a rough time."
Disgust rose up in Sesshoumaru's throat at the mention of another female and possibly laying a claw on his intended. However he thought on the power of Simone. He was more than positive she would be fearless and deadly if need be. A small smirk appeared on his lips as he thought about seeing her engaged in battle. She truly looked free when she was in the throes of battle and withering beneath him. That bought him to his next question.
"The courtship mark I lay on her has been…hyper active. Is there any meaning to this?"
Inutaishio looked up for minute as he thought on this. "Explain."
Sesshouamru sighed not really wanting to dwell into it but knowing he had to, to get answers. "When the mark had disappeared we were still able to communicate somehow. That is how I found her with Kai. In the process we have exchanged memories. Even after the mark I could still sense her especially if she was upset."
Inutaishio's eyes widened at this information. He knew exactly what his son spoke of sense he was experiencing the same thing. He was highly pleased at the information however. "My son, Inu's mate for life which you are aware of." He looked as his son continued to hold the stoic look but continued on none the less.
"Relax, this is nothing to be concerned over. You should actually thank the kamis that you are so fortunate. This is good luck."
He narrowed his eyes at his father listening to him as he danced around the answer to his question. Inutaishio simply smirked at the death glare of his son. "I'm going to simply let you figure it out. You will be amazed when you reach the answer. Self-discovery is such a beautiful thing." He said as he stood and walked over to his son giving him a letter.
"But put your worries aside and live in the present. These are happy times for now. But, from this letter I received, it may soon fade away." Inutaishio walked over to his desk and closed the books.
Sesshoumaru opened the letter and read its contents. Soon afterward a low growl came from his throat as he tossed it back on his father's desk. "They have such audacity to approach us after what's happened."
Inutaishio nodded as he stopped to look at the rising son. "Yes, the Lords of the North wish to come and meet with us to forge a bond I presume. We must play our parts with precision and take this matter as delicately as possible. I know they are up to something but what I am not sure. Either way, we must prepare. I need Simone to see me in my office so we can discuss protective spells and her gift that I owe her. "
Sesshoumaru was not pleased at the announcement of the visitation of the Northern Lords. For their lack of dignity and care of their lands, Simone could have died. Not to mention they held that bastard Kai in their castle. He was sure they were up to something.
Suddenly he felt his father grip his shoulders. "Come my son. Come spar me this early morn. Surely a good beating in the morning will start your day off well."
Sesshoumaru smirked as he walked along with his father as they went toward their private dojo to relieve morning stress and do a little father son bonding while drawing blood from the other at the same time.
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