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Kagome looked up at the sound of Sesshoumaru's laptop closing, returning her attention to her textbook as he remained at his desk, fussing with his papers. She was startled when he was suddenly beside her where she lay stretched out on the couch and she gazed at him questioningly.

"How much more do you have to read?" he inquired.

"Oh, I'm reading ahead. I was done a while ago." The miko squeaked in surprise as he scooped her up off the couch. She allowed her psychology book to fall to the floor, wrapping her arms around his neck as he carried her towards the bedroom. "Oh, so eager," she said with a smile. "I love it almost as much as I love door to door service," the miko joked.

"I am the reason I have been waiting all day for this," he murmured in her ear. "I have been kicking myself for hours. I was so close. So close. Save me from my self-flagellation."

Kagome giggled. "That sounds dirty."

Sesshoumaru smirked as he swung her to her feet at the end of the bed, his hands instantly finding their way to the waistband of her jeans once she was stable. The miko decided to help him along, pulling her shirt over her head as he struggled with her button and zipper. She'd successfully removed her bra as well and the taiyoukai was growing frustrated, as he still hadn't unclasped her jeans.

"Uh oh," she murmured. "Maybe that's a sign you shouldn't get into my pants, you know, since you literally can't get into my pants." He looked up at her with wide eyes and Kagome fought down the desire to laugh, holding a serious face for as long as possible. "Just let me do it," she told him, swatting his hands away. "You work on you."

Kagome glanced down and expertly undid her button, and when she looked back up, she couldn't help but giggle as Sesshoumaru had successfully stripped down to nothing in the few seconds she'd looked away.

"Gotta love that demon speed," she said with a smile. She shimmied out of her jeans, taking her panties down with them, and soon they stood fully nude in front of each other.

Sesshoumaru looked her over, admiring her beauty, when something struck him. "The bruises. They're gone."

Kagome smiled brightly. "They made you feel guilty, so I got rid of them."

"But how?"

"I am a miko. You did know that, right? Well, I know how to heal myself. I just don't do it too often unless it's necessary."

Sesshoumaru stared at her flawless shoulders for a long moment, conflicted by the disappearance of his marks. He was relieved to not be reminded that he'd injured her, but his more primitive half saw her removal of the marks as rejection. She'd rejected his claiming marks, rejected his claim to her, and it had his stomach twisting in knots.

"What's wrong?" Kagome asked in confusion, seeing the worry in his eyes.

"My beast, he believes that you rejected our claim to you by removing the marks."

"But you know that isn't true. I'm not rejecting you. You can do it again, if you want, and I can leave them. I just thought you would feel better about it if they were gone. What if you did it in a less visible area? Then you wouldn't be worried about what other people will think of them. Maybe you'd feel less guilty."

The taiyoukai was silent for a while as he and his beast communicated. His more primitive side demanded that he mark her again, begged for him to make it a courting mark, but his more civilized side wasn't ready to ask her, wasn't ready to try to explain something to her he wasn't even sure he fully understood. Finally, they reached an agreement, something that would please the both of them, and Sesshoumaru nodded.

"You okay now?" she asked. Her answer was the taiyoukai catching her waist and lifting her into the air so that she was looking down into his eyes as he gazed up at her. He kissed her softly before lowering her back to her feet and she smiled brightly at him.

"On the bed," he said with a smirk, running his hand over her rounded ass affectionately.

Kagome giggled and hopped up on the mattress, making herself comfortable in the middle of the bed. "I thought I was supposed to be leading," she said with a grin.

"Soon enough," he murmured, kneeling on the bed and crawling up towards her like the predator he was. "Me first." As he moved higher, he nudged her knees apart, kissing his way up her inner thighs. He loved how easily she spread her legs for him, as if she knew he belonged between them, and he intended to ensure that she did. He wanted her know that no man could possibly make her feel better than he did and he soaked in her moan as he dragged his fangs along her inner thigh before biting down firmly.

"Gods," she whispered. "Again."

"Mine," he murmured, allowing his beast to rise to the surface until they were on equal footing to allow his other half to be a part of the marking process. The scent of her arousal surrounded his head, clouding his mind, and he found himself unable to resist sliding his tongue between her slick folds, collecting as much of her sweetness as possible. He released a pleased, rumbling growl before turning to create a matching mark on her other thigh.

"Yours," she said softly, moaning under his attentions.

Sharing consciousness with his beast, Sesshoumaru set out to make his miko scream in pleasure, and when she let out a muffled sound, he pulled back to look up at her face. "No holding back," he told her. "I want to hear every breath, every gasp, every moan, and every cry. I want it all, Kagome." He waited until the miko nodded her understanding before returning to his task.

He allowed his beast to guide him, remembering how much she'd enjoyed her time with his primitive half, and he had her crying out in no time. She writhed under his attentions, so much so that he had to hold her hips still so that he could continue. He loved the way she breathed out his name, so choppy, as if she couldn't possibly form such a long word in her current state. The sound of her climax was something he would never forget, along with the way her back arched, pushing her breasts into the air, blocking his sight of her face. She wasn't necessarily screaming, but she was anything but quiet and he loved every second of it.

Soon, she had her fingers wrapped in his hair, tugging at him, pushing at his head, until he had no idea if she wanted him to stop or continue on. All he did know was his hair was going to be in knots, and it would be worth it.

Finally, she gasped out for him to stop and he slowed, flicking his tongue over her clit just to see her body twitch in response, before finally pulling back. He nipped playfully at her inner thigh before admiring the developing bruises he'd left behind. No one would see them but him, but the fact that she wanted them, that she allowed him to mark her once more was enough for him and his beast. Soon enough, he would talk to her about courting, but until then, she was suitably marked, at least until they began to fade.

"If you'd gone on much longer," Kagome said while panting for breath, "I'd be too tired to continue. That tongue of yours almost kept you from having sex again, though I liked this way a lot better than earlier when you just talked your way out of it."

Sesshoumaru smirked at her, crawling up her body to kiss her passionately. "This tongue of mine is always happy to please," he murmured in her ear.

"And it does. It so does. Just... Just give me a minute."

He nodded and stretched out beside her, lying on his side to watch her breasts heave as she fought to regain control of her breathing. She looked so beautiful, flushed pink and slightly sweaty, her hair wild and her eyes half-closed, as if it took too much effort to keep them open fully.

He loved that he'd affected her so much, that he'd brought her such pleasure, and soon it would be his turn. Finally, he would lose his long held virginity. Finally, he would know what it would be like to be inside her, to experience the slick heat, the way her inner muscles fluttered as she approached orgasm until they clamped down tight. Finally, they would truly be together and he prayed it went well. It had to, because Kagome was it for him.

The stress, his worries and fears, that he'd let her down, disappoint her somehow, that he'd screw something up, still haunted him but he fought against them, casting them out of his mind. If he did nothing but worry, he was guaranteed to fail. No, he needed his focus to be on her and only her. This was his first time, after all, and he wanted to enjoy every single second of it.

"Condoms," Kagome said, rolling to her side to look at the taiyoukai beside her. "Do you know where they are? My purse-full is in my dorm room for some stupid reason."

"I emptied my pockets into my bedside table," he told her. He was surprised when she sat up and climbed over him to open the drawer. He'd expected to just grab one, but she turned on the lamp and was sorting through as if she was in search of something specific. "What are you doing?"

"Ah!" the miko exclaimed, pulling out three identical packages. She set two on the tabletop and handed him the third. "Nothing fancy for your first time. Super thin, so you get the most feeling possible."

"You think we will need three?" he asked in confusion.

"Try to put it on," she instructed.

Sesshoumaru looked over the packet in his hand for a moment before putting it to his mouth, though he pulled it away as Kagome was instantly scolding him.

"You don't ever open the packet with your teeth. You can ruin the condom. Could poke a fang right through it and then it's worthless. That, and you're going to get a mouth full of the lube that's on the thing and I doubt it's pleasant."

He felt like a fool. He was a sophomore in college, nineteen years old, quickly approaching twenty, and he didn't know how to do something that high school freshman could do. Hell, middle school students could probably do it! It was ridiculous, and in that moment he wished that he'd practiced while she wasn't home. He looked so inept, it was a wonder she still wanted to have sex with him at all.

Careful of his claws, the taiyoukai tore open the package and looked at the contents as if it was from another planet. It had been far too long since his sexual education class and his memory was failing him. He hadn't been paying much attention in the first place, since he was certain he would be alone forever, so his recollection was spotty at best. He pulled the shiny ring out slowly, making sure that only the pads of his fingers touched it, so as to not pierce it with the razor sharp tips.

Having claws made this much more complicated than it would be otherwise. He decided that right away. Sesshoumaru looked at the condom from one side and then the other, unsure which way it went on, and finally he looked to Kagome for help.

"I had a feeling you wouldn't know how to do this," she said with a smile.

"I'm sorry," he whispered, embarrassed at his inexperience.

"Don't be sorry. Here." The miko took the thing from his hands, the smile never leaving her face, as she encouraged him to lay flat on his back. He groaned in pleasure as she wrapped one hand around the base of his cock, while the other set the condom atop the tip like a tiny hat. He watched, both intrigued and determined to learn, as she pinched the tip of the condom and rolled it down over his length. Even that felt amazing, and he gazed at her with loving eyes.

Not all women would be so patient, so forgiving. He knew he was blessed in more ways than one to be with Kagome, and he was discovering new ways every single day. She could have laughed at him, told him he was pathetic, because truly, he was. He knew that. A man his age should know how to work a condom and yet she only smiled and helped. How could she be so patient with him? How did this not bother her?

She could see the questions in his eyes and her smile widened. "I think it's sweet, how little you know about sex. It makes this all the more fun, introducing things bit by bit. Now, I think you're ready. What about you?"

"So ready," he agreed. When she reached to click off the lamp, he stopped her. The light outside was fading fast, filling the room with shadows, and he didn't want to miss a second of this. "Can you leave it on?"

"A visual learner? Sure thing, big guy. Whatever you want."