Chapter 49
Kagome watched Kikyo as the woman who was now family pressed her tea to her lips, but didn't take a drink. Obviously something was troubling her, but still, she looked so elegant like a fragile flower that somehow demanded respect and dignity as much as it was beautiful.
Tomorrow would be the dance at the opening of the Chinese Murashu Hotel, her first date with Sesshoumaru, not as Rin's mom, but as her husband's wife, and there would be a feudal theme. Since she was Sesshoumaru's wife, a title she never thought of until lately, she would be considered royalty, therefore forced to wear a royal kimono.
She stared at herself in the sitting room's mirror with a frown. This kimono that was mostly purple, but had rainbow sleeves caught her eye just like the few before it, and like the others before it she didn't look good in it. It was as though she was unworthy of the very cloth that probably cost more than her old apartment.
"Kikyo," she sighed letting her know it was time to try again.
Kikyo moved to untie Kagome's obi, and she couldn't help but stare at the woman in the mirror. Kikyo had only tried on two kimonos, and they both looked perfect on her. The red one gave her a sexy but yet formal aura, but of course Inuyasha would be going with her wearing some red outfit so it was out of the question. Now she wore a creamy pink one with a light blue obi and it made her look like a graceful swan; Kagome hoped to see her move again just to note how right her observation was.
Rin's aunt wasn't even wearing a royal kimono and she would still appear the richest and most beautiful of the Murashu household, while she stood there looking…well, plain. It kind of hurt her to compare herself with Kikyo over and over again because it kept making her question her whole situation.
'Am I not good enough for him?'
"I do like lending you assistance whenever I can Kagome," her voice even seemed as inviting as the outfit she adorned, "but these kinds of kimonos take a lot to put on and then take off, and I don't want to leave Inuyasha with the baby too long."
"She's such a cute girl. I know how much you like to be with both of them, but all the servants would say I look good in anything I try on and I want tomorrow night to be perfect."
"Have I said you didn't look good in anything?"
"You haven't said anything, is something bothering you?"
"Like you pointed out, she's cute. It's all just a recipe for diaster…I don't think I'll be a good mother, which is ironic…my job is deciding whose good parents and whose not, and making decisions."
"I would still like to one day give you my opinion about this marriage arrangement idea…"
Kikyo, showing the kimono didn't make her a complete gentle flower, got a hold of the back of bra when getting the final layer off and 'accidentally' used her finger to pull back and then let go.
"Ouch!" Kagome replied to the snap realizing that maybe Kikyo didn't like her decisions questioned.
"Inuyasha, even though he has his faults, I'm sure he will be a good father, but it just seems like even with us two living together and his devotion he'll never be her father, is it right to make her think his her father?"
"I don't really know. I wasn't going to tell Rin about her mother at first, but figured if I didn't do it right away she would find out she was adopted on her own and yell at me for lying to her."
"Seems wrong to just cut Onigumo out, but I'd rather not think about it…it's kind of like I'll be her only family."
"Your parents?"
"I'd rather not think of them either, they sort of disowned me when I confronted them about favoring Kaguya and allowing him to let Rin be put up for adoption."
"I can't believe I forgot, sorry."
"It's actually tradition in the Yamada family to name the first born daughter after the first sister to my husband, sounds stupid…but it's what I grew up with…and we were thinking about not submitting the name Sorcha."
"Come on Kikyo, it's a beautiful name."
"It was Onigumo's sister's name…that's not my husband, Inuyasha doesn't have a sister and it would be weird having two Kagome's under one roof. So why don't you name her?"
She almost choked. Her, name Kikyo's bastard daughter? She was in a minute of pure delight that she would finally be someone to Sesshoumaru and he put aside his fear of making public appearances with a missing limb, while being insecure of her looks, and now a responsibility was being put on her. One good thing about Kaguya was that at least she named her child before passing her on avoiding Kagome from the chore.
It seemed like a dumb thing to be worried about, but she was kind of sentimental about names more than most. The name she would chose would be the name someone would have for the rest of their life, well, unless they changed it, but still it would be their name…
"You were the only one I confided with about the child," Kikyo spoke up, "I didn't go to anyone else, they all see me as the divorce judge, and how would it look if it were me who got caught up in a one-night stand? I was scared, and you were there even though we didn't know each other very well. I want you to name my daughter."
"Did you know Onigumo's sister? It was a one-night stand…so I don't think you did."
"He mentioned her at some point."
"Then it's not on a personal level, name her Sorcha, and if people don't see it as just a pretty name at least she'll have some connection to her family."
"Sorcha," she repeated again, her mouth and mind obviously not very synced today, "I do like the name, okay."
"Hey, wait, I did you a favor, I have this thing about naming, so you can name my child."
"Oh, you and Sesshoumaru are going to go back to planning that? I was assuming now that Shippou was in the equation and his adoption helped boost your husband's publicity he would be the heir."
"Wait, no, never mind!"
Kagome saw herself in the mirror blushing. Sure, she had kissed and laid next to Sesshoumaru in bed, but sex? It would be kind of strange after what happened last time with the drugs, and did she really need to have children? She had Rin and Shippou, and would they feel left out if they had kids that were 100 there's?
"Well if you ever have a daughter, I'll name her, but no boys…now how about emerald?"
"Emerald?"
Kikyo revealed another kimono that Kagome hadn't noticed before. It really didn't stand out in the pile of royal kimonos that was presented to her, kind of like her.
"Green seems like it would be your color."
Before she could add to the conversation or object Kikyo was already forcing her arms through the sleeves and doing the same with many more layers and tying several things. It was done after a while, and it didn't make Kagome look at herself displeased, but it didn't thrill her either. She just looked like her; she looked like Kagome in a kimono that held many shades of green.
"Sesshoumaru would probably like it," for some reason Kikyo's statement calmed all her fears.
As long as Sesshoumaru liked it, that's all that really mattered, didn't it? Yeah, the rest didn't matter.
"Woman this thing keeps crying!"
"Inuyasha we are both trying on clothes," Kikyo told her boyfriend as he emerged into the room, "go somewhere else and wait for me until we're done."
"I'm so tired of taking care of babies, getting ready for this stupid fancy dance, and the damn finals to top it all off that I could care less if you were both naked, which you're not."
Inuyasha stopped for a while as though he needed to think about his statement, "Unless of course you were both naked and kissing each other, then maybe I'd notice."
"Inuyasha get out!" Kagome yelled at him, "you said you would be Mr. Responsible and help Kikyo with the baby since she has to work, so get out there and do it!"
He looked at Kagome with a face that said he would scream out a bunch of obscenities and objections, but then he seemed to cower under fear at a gaze Kikyo was giving him.
"Inuyasha Kagome is Sesshoumaru's wife, who indeed has the power to rid this house of both of us despite whatever deal you previously had with your brother. If she chooses to act upon that you'll find yourself in my apartment, without much room to escape my crying child."
"Feh, whatever."
Once the arrogant half brother of the house was gone, Kagome decided on the emerald kimono since she seemed worthy enough of it and gave a pleasant good-bye to Kikyo. There were many things she had planned for the day; run to the grocery store, make a dentist appointment for Shippou, and get the wheels on her car changed. None of that happened though, she would up playing with the children all afternoon, and the kimono thing took up all her evening.
"Kagome."
She stopped in the dark hallway when she heard the voice of her husband. Of course he would be the only one awake, and watching her from his bed in his bedroom with his door wide open. Actually, she noticed in the dim light from one of the bathroom's that he would have eventually caught her. After all their rooms were contacted, and he made sure to have the connecting door wide open. So he intended on trapping her did he?
"Yes?" she answered meekly coming over and leaning in the doorway.
"It is late, are you coming to bed?"
That question! What did it mean? Did he mean what she first assumed, that she would join him in bed, or that she would return to her own room to go to bed?
"What do you mean?"
He was laying down now, his shadowy figure absent from her view, making this conversation eerie, "We have to find Rin and Shippou a babysitter you approve of, catch a timely flight to Hong Kong, and I assume you will need a while to prepare for the dance…you need to go to bed."
"I could say the same about you."
"I am able to sleep on planes."
"And what makes you think I can't?"
"I can tell, come to bed."
It was true, she couldn't sleep on planes.
And there was that word again 'come', that must mean she was to sleep next to him…
"And what if I don't meet this little curfew you have given me? Will I be grounded?"
"Perhaps, are you willing to test it?"
"Maybe."
"Come here then."
She gulped before approaching him. It was kind of messed up how he was able to make her feel scared and excited all at the same time, these feelings…they were- just so unfamiliar…
"Lay down," his golden gaze could be seen looking into her soul when she approached.
"Next to you?"
"Have I not been making myself clear?"
"Yes, well,-
"Something wrong with what your husband advises Kagome?"
"No, but-
"Lay down, or I will 'ground' you. How about not being able to leave this bed for a week?"
She found herself walking around the bed and indeed laying down, but she made sure she was on the other side, separated from her husband.
"You seem nervous."
He moved forward, but luckily she was on the side where his arm was missing, so that still made enough distance for her.
"You've just never asked me to lie down before, that's all."
"Are you not my wife?"
This was what Kagome had been thinking about earlier when it came to her and Sesshoumaru's relationship; since they were truly married what goals were there to work for? There wasn't a certain time it would be proper to sleep with Sesshoumaru because they'd been together for almost a year now under the same roof with the same last name…so there was no stalling.
"I am, Sesshoumaru," she spoke, "but I don't think I'm ready. I don't even know the rules to that roleplaying thing you do."
His golden gaze met hers when he used his one arm to balance himself above her, his silver hair forming kind of a curtain around them. The way he was staring at her, and the touch of his hand pinning her shoulder down, it made her want to melt right into the sheets.
"You're not ready to sleep?" his voice seductive and silky, as though he was throwing it out there that even though he wasn't going to do it, he had the power to manipulate her at anytime anywhere.
Kagome's attitude was quite humorous. He'd already told her she wasn't one of those whores from before, but she assumed he was ready to bed her. He awaited for the day, but pressuring her, or doing anything that would cause her to frown, was out of the question.
"Sleep?" she seemed so relieved, "sounds good."
He smirked, still not retreating to his side of the bed. He would respect her wishes and not take her yet, but that didn't mean she would get out of providing him with some kind of entertainment.
"I like you there," he whispered as his body lowered on to hers and he moved his nails through her hair, but his cocky attitude didn't last long when he took in her appearance laying there like that, "you're beautiful."
Her eyes widened in surprise at his words before his lips pressed on to hers.
Her, beautiful? She didn't even look good in any of the extravagant kimonos he provided, but yet it seemed the sight of her could give him a turn around in attitude fast.
The kiss turned from a peck to something much more passionate that made Kagome's body heat up. It was time for her to just roll over and go to bed, but something built up in the pit of her stomach that just wouldn't allow that. She quickly found herself parting her lips when Sesshoumaru's tongue began to caress, begging for entrance.
Her mouth was everything he'd been expecting, warm, slick, and sweet. The taste, it was something he'd been wanting for a long time, but this was just a sample.
"Kagome," he grunted after a few seconds that seemed like an eternity of bliss.
She gave no answer, as she felt the same way. Her body pressed against his, and she noticed how well they fit together. Just like a puzzle.
"Kagome," she could hear him again, "I need you."
She nodded, even though he probably didn't see it. Her body was demanding it, she would comply to what he wanted.
"Oatmeal," was Inuyasha's reply to the meal Kikyo sat out for him after hearing Sorcha cry all night last night.
"It's corn beef hash," was her cool response, "you ever even eat oatmeal before?"
"Can't you look in the fridge for something else? I'm sure there is some steak or something else, or hell, maybe we can just order some take out."
"I've got some work I need to do before the party tonight, and I'm already running late. Just eat your food Inuyasha."
She sat down next to him in the dining room, but he didn't seem to be too satisfied with her reply. His fingers traveled to her stomach and began to rub, before working themselves up to the top and playing with the button on her blouse.
"No," he muttered, "you can stay here."
His tongue began to lick at her ear lobe, "we can lay in bed, order food, and then we can have desert…the good kind that no one had to cook."
"Inuyasha."
"Hell, we can even skip Sesshoumaru's fancy little party, and maybe check into one of those nice hotels with the silk sheets and-
"Inuyasha?"
"Yes love?"
"Your seductive talk and pick up lines are horrible."
Another early morning fight between Inuyasha and Kikyo, well, it wasn't really a fight, because Inuyasha was the only one yelling while his girlfriend quietly gave comeback after comeback. Then it began a conversation about how horrible their sex life was, and good thing Kikyo had common sense to keep him quiet because Kagome was too drained to go and cover her children's ears.
She frowned when she rolled over and patted the other side of the bed to find no Sesshoumaru. He'd left her, no wait, she remembered now. He had to go early to monitor the system setup on the computers in the new hotel, he told her hours ago in the early morning after getting up and giving her a kiss on the forehead. She'd just been too dazed to think much about it.
After hearing more of Inuyasha's ravings Kagome discovered herself far away from the slumbering world and forced herself out of bed. She would soon have to catch a flight to China, and then have to get ready for the ball, and then she would meet up with him.
First thing she planned to do would be to turn on the air conditioner. She felt so hot, and the cotton blanket she'd been laying on seemed as though it'd been collecting sweat trapping her in a humid prison. Her naked body stretched after positioning herself on the edge of the bed before wrapping a different blanket around her and heading towards her room. She was always like that, even if no one was around to see her.
"Kagome," her name being spoken proved that she was wrong and someone was watching her.
Inuyasha had just entered her room from the other way, obviously pissed about the end result of him and Kikyo's fight.
"Inuyasha get out!" she screamed, "you can't just come in here whenever you want!"
"I came in here to get your curling iron for Miss. Bitch to borrow," he looked the other way with a blush on his face, "I'm sorry that- wait a fucking second!"
She blushed herself as she turned away from him.
"You just came out of Sesshoumaru's room…looking like that. You two-
"Shut up!" she hissed lunging cross the room, still with her blanket wrapped around her tightly before clamping her hand over his mouth, "I do have children residing in this house."
"But-
It was true, she and Sesshoumaru, well, finally had each other last night, but still she kept her brother-in-law quiet. She wasn't ashamed of it or anything, actually it still left her flush. Sesshoumaru had been so gentle, but yet skilled at the same time with her untouched body, and she just couldn't get it out of her head. She just hoped she didn't disappoint him in any way.
"Did Sesshoumaru make sure to breast fuck you?" obviously she was doing a bad job and the bastard's mouth was free, "I know that's a favorite of his when a woman with your sized tits hangs around."
After elbowing him in the head she sighed, "I guess all the polite talk you exchange with Kikyo on a daily basis has you keeping all these wonderful words in."
"Damn right, so was it good?"
"What do you mean?" she really didn't want to answer any of this.
"Well I mean from his point of view, I guess you wouldn't be able to tell me."
He was elbowed again, "I would expect this from Sango's husband, but not from you Inuyasha. Damn hentai."
"Me the hentai? I turn my back on you two for a second and already-
Kikyo then walked in the room so Inuyasha quickly shut up. The woman obviously picked up on what transpired between Kagome and Sesshoumaru the night before, but didn't feel the same need Inuyasha had to elaborate on it too much. Luckily she dragged the bastard away before she went to work.
Once the mayhem was over with and the children were handed over to the babysitter, with whom they would stay until the China trip was over, Kagome returned to Sesshoumaru's room now wearing a tank top and jeans. The servants had already changed the bed spread, so there was no evidence that last night had been the night Sesshoumaru turned Kagome into a woman.
It was about time she lost her innocence, she was 20, and not getting any younger, but they weren't married, her mother would not be proud.
Wait a minute! Yeah they were married, for almost a year now! How did she keep forgetting? Because this relationship couldn't go any further, last night was as far as it would ever go…
What did Sesshoumaru think about this? She knew he had stuff to do, but still it felt like he left a bit too quickly without exchanging any pleasantries.
That was how her husband operated though, and he was the one she loved. It felt as though he'd always been the one she was meant to be with, and that her relationship with Inuyasha and few boys from her high school days was nothing but a distant memory.
"I love Sesshoumaru," she whispered.
Kagome.
Not one moment went by that morning without him thinking about her. Her petal soft lips, silky skin, music that was her soft moans during last night's 'activities'.
A while ago when he was obsessing over her he didn't think it was possible to feel any more for her, that was until now. After having her he felt connected, and wouldn't be able to stand losing her. She was his, and that's how it would stay.
"Mr. Murashu," one of the program workers addressed him, "we have the software uploaded and are ready to receive guest."
That was usually great news. It meant profit could begin, but this time it missed his ears. If only he could hear her voice.
"Mr. Murashu?"
"I will be taking a short leave," he informed heading towards the doors, "continue booting up that software."
"But I already-
Still he paid no attention as he walked down the streets of Hong Kong. He could have been walking on the ocean surface right now and not have noticed. All he thought about and all he wanted was her.
He snapped out of it when he found himself walking on a certain corner. If only he hadn't gone this way all those nights ago…
This had been where he discovered Mei Lin and pure chaos ensued. What he would give to turn back time and never see that bitch while taking Kagome for himself before hurting her so badly.
He was about to turn away from the cursed place, taking in only a few sights and sounds, but then stopped. Something had caught his interest.
…Kagome was going to be pissed again, he planned on definitely being late to the ceremony.
(End of Chapter 49)
Warning: Chapter 50 will be the last one and I don't plan on writing an author's note, because it's already too hard to take in the fact that this will be over. And since this is the last author's note…it will be a long one.
What the hell happened here? This chapter was suppose to be the ceremony and then chapter 50 was suppose to be a look into the future…but obviously that didn't happen…I honestly don't know what's going on. What did Sesshoumaru see that's going to make him late? …I don't know, but I'm sure I'll have it figured out on the last chapter. See, that's how I write these things…
I don't mean to advertise myself again but, wait, no, never mind I'm not advertising, because I have a gift for all of you. It should be obvious by now that I like making Inuyasha anime music videos, and I just made a Kagome Sesshoumaru tribute, and it's for your guy's eyes only, so if any random anime fan dares to look upon the videos greatness make sure to cut them! But yeah, I'm not trying to get comments or better numbers, I just made the video for all of you for putting up with my crap, and you will all watch it. And I don't want to hear none of that 'Oh I got dial up, I'll never be able to watch it' Well you got some attitude! JK. My youtube account once again is TamashaToko. Recognize!
In a tad bit more of fanfiction news Teen Blues was going to be updated, but the writer who took over for me on that chapter had comp troubles, so don't ask me when it will be dealt with it's out of my control unless we poison her food and only give her the antidote if she updates.
Hmm…hey, how loyal are you all to my fanfics? I think you should all be my assassins for free.
Oh, and don't ask about My Mermaid.
That's almost it, hey, and don't, and I mean don't, ask for a sequel of this. Next chapter were done, end of story.
Like I said this is my last author's note, so I guess this is where we say our good-byes, well hopefully not, because most of you are reading my other stories.
Oh, and to make sure you read them I am going back to my assassin plan, you see, why wait for volunteers when I can just draft? My army will consist of Cookie Tirone, drageonfire, Angel of Agony, Dark Inu Fan, and whoever in the hell else I see worthy, but I will be the jedi!
Okay, my nerd fell out, thanks for reading, and remember to few the next chapter even though I don't plan on talking to any of you as well as this one.
