Sorry you are getting these a little late today. Life sometimes gets in the way. It took thirty-six chapters, but they are finally mated. And don't worry, Touga will apologize, but he kind of got distracted by mating. Lol. Hope Ya'll enjoy, and I look forward to reading your reviews.

Chapter 36

When Kagome finally settled, Touga gently guided her over to the large couch he kept in his office. He sat beside her, placing a hand on her thigh in comfort. They were both silent for a moment, each in their own thoughts and unsure if where it start.

They opened their mouths at the same time, closing them when they realized the other was about to speak. Touga chuckled, grabbing her hand and kissing her fingers. "I am sorry, Kagome. I am still….hurt, that you did not tell me, however, Sesshomaru has made it to where I can understand. It is not that you didn't trust me."

"I trust you, Touga. More than I have ever trusted anybody else." Kagome blinked away the tears that were once more forming. Before she could raise a hand to wipe them away, Touga brushed them off with his thumb. "I don't like fighting with you. I couldn't sleep at all, and I'm so worried that you will no longer want me. I-"

"Kagome, why on earth wouldn't I want you." Grabbing her chin, he forced her beautiful eyes to meet his. He wouldn't have her hiding away, not when she dropped a bombshell like that. He wouldn't let her think that nonsense for a moment longer.

"I… I am the Shikon Miko. That's not someone anybody would just casually be with. From the research I did, it means I have the sacred jewel somewhere inside if me. If anyone finds out about it, they will try to steal, and that means I could be a magnet for attacks." Kagome pulled her chin from his hand, looking down. "I can take care of myself, but I still don't want to put anyone through that. Plus, I kept it a secret from you."

"None of that matters. I think no different of you now than I did before this whole mess. Except I do think you are much stronger than I ever realized." He sighed, grabbing her knees, and turning her towards him. "Listen to me, Kagome. I love you. I will always love you, and nothing you do will change that. I still wish for you to be my mate, and I still want you in my future. Do you understand?" When she nodded tearfully, he relaxed and sat back some. "Tell me what you can about your powers and this jewel."

"I don't know much. What I do know I learned from the books in the storage shed Sesshomaru is renting. It said the jewel could be used for evil if someone corrupted got their hands on it. So it finds a host it considers pure and hides until they die, and then it moves on. It grants it's host great power so they can protect it. That's all I really know."

"If it is removed, will you lose your reiki?" He didn't like the thought of her becoming defenseless. He would just have to make sure she was protected at all times. He wouldn't lose his mate. He refused to lose another woman, especially when he cared for Kagome as deeply as he did.

"I'm not sure." She shrugged her shoulders, thinking on his question. "In theory it makes sense. If the jewel is what gives me my power, once it's removed it would take its power with it."

"Then I will have to keep you protected. I won't lose you, Kagome." Reaching up, he cupped her cheek, and she grabbed his hand, holding it there as her eyes closed. Leaning into his palm, she kissed it tenderly, a ghost of a caress.

"Touga." She opened her eyes, and he could see she was nervous about something. "You say you still want to mate me? Even after what you have learned?"

"Of course. Nothing will change my mind about you."

"Then do it. Mate me, right here." His eyes opened wide at her words, and she watched them swim with surprise. She knew she caught him off guard, but it was nothing to the nervousness that was churning her stomach. Would he agree?

"You are sure?" Why was his throat so tight? He has been waiting on this moment for so long, and now that it was here, he could barely breathe. She gave a shy curt nod, and the snarl that left his throat had her own eyes widening. He was on her in but a moment, mouth claiming hers in a needy and dominating kiss.

His beast was already fighting to come out, impatient to make the woman currently under him officially his. The council had approved his mating, and Kagome had given him the go-ahead. Finally, after waiting so long, Kagome was going to become his mate.

He wanted to be slow and tender with her. He wanted her to be able to look back at this night and remember it as one of her best. So, pushing back his beast, he removed himself from her mouth, grabbing the bottom of her shirt and lifting it off of her. Her bra went next, finding it's way to the floor and forgotten.

"My beautiful mate." His mouth connected to her neck, nipping at her flesh. Slowly it left a trail of fire, moving over her collar bone and to a plump and round breast. Kissing all around the nipple, he gazed up at her, finding her looking back down at him with heated eyes.

With a smirk, he suckled her, watching as her head fell back and her breath came out harshly. Hips moving against him, she silently begged for more, but he ignored her call, wanting to draw out her pleasure as much as possible. A greedy hand cupped a breast, squeezing it repeatedly, messaging the soft flesh. He moved between nipples, drawing them both into his mouth until she was a needy mess beneath him.

Finally having enough of those for the moment, he began to move down, leaving a wet trail from his open-mouthed kisses. Her skin pebbled as the cooler air hit her heated skin. Curling his fingers into the shorts she had changed into, he slipped them down, revealing her womanhood. It called to him, much like everything else about her did.

The moment her legs where free, he threw them over his shoulders and gazed at the lips he would be kissing in mere moments. Two fingers spread her open, and before his mouth could descend on her, her hands gripped in his hair, pulling tightly in anticipation.

The gasped groan that left her as he suckled her clit had his ears twitching in pleasure. He lapped at her, sucked her clit, and even let a nip in on occasion. She rose up that crest multiple times, but before she leaped for the pleasure she sought, he pulled back, causing her orgasm to ebb away.

It wasn't until she let out a needy whimper that he finally let her orgasm. She cried out, her back arching and he kept it going for as long as he could. When she finally relaxed beneath him, he didn't stop. He continued his assault, bringing her to orgasm after orgasm. It wasn't until she begged for a break that he pulled away, his mouth wet with her arousal.

"Do you still wish to continue?" He didn't try to hide the smirk at the way she laid beneath him boneless, while he climbed back up her body.

"Don't get so arrogant, Touga. You haven't worn me out yet." She was smiling, one that lit up her eyes as she grabbed his shirt and pulled him down to her. She kissed him, forcing her tongue into his mouth and groaning at the taste of herself.

Her hands moved to his shirt, not bothering to unbutton it. She ripped it apart in her need, the buttons flying every which way. Sensing her impatience, and not able to fight it any longer, Touga pushing his pants down frantically, freeing his painful erection as it thudded against Kagome's thigh.

She moaned at the sight of it, and he nearly lost himself at the sound. Calming himself, he forced his beast back once more, looking up to the woman he was in love with. "Kagome, to mate, my beast must be present. You know he will not hurt you."

"I know. It doesn't matter, just take me." Her hips we're rubbing against him, trying to draw him to her center. Growling, he obliged, letting his inner demon come forth. Eyes bleeding red, he watched her pleasure herself against him before he finally had enough. "You will be mine."

With a quick maneuver of his hips, he angled himself just right and plunged into her depths. She threw her head back, grabbing his shoulders as he filled her to the hilt. It didn't matter how many times they came together, she always squeezed him impossibly tight.

The pace he set wasn't brutal, but it wasn't gentle either. She met him for every thrust, his hands roaming over his back, nails digging into his skin. His mouth was all over her, her mouth, neck, breast, anywhere he could reach.

It was almost as if her body knew this was a special night for them. It seemed more sensitive than normal, and already her body was rising up to that cliff that she had already jumped off many times this night.

When she cried out again, his hips stilled, eyes closing to keep her quivering walls from forcing him over the edge. He wasn't ready for this to end, not after it seemed to have just started. Adjusting his knees, he pulled her up and into his lap.

She was panting, but she didn't miss a beat, rolling her hips on his as soon as she was stable. This time it was his head that went back, his hands squeezing her hips as tight as he dared to go without hurting her. She had never slept with anyone before him, but she was a quick study. He taught her how he liked to be pleasured and she now used anything that she had learned against him.

"Touga." Hands on his shoulder, she leaned forward, her breath hot on his neck. The snarl he released when she bit down on him, had her clench around him in arousal. She loved the sounds he made and tried to see what all she could force out of him.

Slowing her hips, she watched him. His eyes opened, red and blue. They were gorgeous, looking at her as if asking why she was slowing. The mischievous smirk she gave him was all he needed. She was teasing him, trying to make him beg for it.

She pushed on his shoulders, making him fall to his back and stretch out his legs beneath her. "Do you want this? For the rest of our lives?" Slowly she lowered herself on him, then rose back up. She almost let him fall out of her, but just before that happened she was once more taking him into her body. The pace was slow, and he wanted more.

"Kagome." It was a warning, one she didn't heed. Leaning forward, her mouth moved along his chest, kissing all over him as he had done her. It surprised him how this slow pace seemed to feel like more. His cock was jerking in anticipation, his spine tingling in the orgasm that threatened to overcome him. He didn't know if the pace allowed him to feel more, or if it was the thought of a dominate Kagome, but suddenly he knew his end was coming.

Grabbing her hips, he slammed into her, making sure to hit that one spot deep inside of her with every thrust. He didn't have time to waste, no longer able to fight the end that was overcoming him. Just before he spilled inside of her, she clamped down around him, her aura surging into his and calling his out.

He roared, his seed filling her womb, his fangs tearing into the flesh of his neck. They marked each other, claimed each other as their mate. All would know by seeing his fangs on the crook of her neck that she belonged to him. When they looked at him, they would feel apart of her aura permanently fused with his. They were mated, and nothing could change that.