Sesshomaru was not interested in waiting for marriage. Sango was perched on his bed, one of his scrolls on Demon Mating unrolled in front of her. She was in one of his haori tops, but it was hardly closed.

She was so small, swallowed whole in the giant fabric that fit him just right, but at the same time she seemed to pop out of the top.

"Sesshomaru stop being horny and focus on learning how to enchant the quartz," she hadn't even looked up from her scroll.

"You know," he ran his fingertips along her collar, refusing to be brushed away, "if you want me to focus you can definitely help me with that."

"I'm waiting for our vows to be exchanged. The last thing I need is to look like a whale on my wedding day."

He wasn't hearing it though. Sango would be a vision in her wedding dress, Amaterasu's crown perched on her head, stomach round with his pup. The very idea was giving him heart palpitations.

She sighed as he pulled her by the leg, closing the gap between them without a bit of effort.

"You'd be stunning. Don't be silly," he wrapped his fingers in her hair, smirking when she began to fan herself.

"Don't project your depravity onto me."

He didn't even have the decency to look ashamed. He'd taken a taste of heaven this morning and he wasn't willing for it to be a one time thing. The only thing he could think of was her feet sliding up his back as she arched skyward, her lips swollen and red from her assault upon them. Her hands would grasp at the sheets and-

She was snapping in front of his face.

"Read about enchanting the quartz. Stop staring at me with that evil look in your eyes."

He was still smirking at her, "you cannot make me out to be the bad guy when all I want is to spend my every moment cushioned between those thighs of yours."

She was blushing now, trying in vain to focus on the text before her, "you read too much smut."

"You can't be as perfect as you are and then expect me to behave myself. It's unreasonable."

This was far more fun than reading up on ancient magic. Besides, if it wasn't romance or smut he wasn't half as interested.

She sighed, rolling her neck, "I'm not going to have sex with you tonight. You're moving too fast, okay?" She was staring up at him fingering the shimmering hairs that pooled on the bed like mercury.

"I'm very sorry, slayer." He kissed her nose, "I shouldn't pressure you. How about," he sat up, abandoning his reading entirely, "you can tell me when you're ready, but until then let me wear your thighs like earmuffs. It's a nice little compromise, if I do say so myself."

"You're persistent."

He shrugged, "I have few skills."

OoOo

InuYasha sat outside of the door absolutely green. His brother was incorrigible. As someone who blabbered on about purity and patience, he seemed to be uninterested in upholding any of those ideals.

And then Sango's cries were filling the corridor. Whatever he was doing was really working for her. Absolutely sick. He looped the silver chain that held the rose quartz on the doorknob and bolted.

She was crying his name now, neglecting the fact that the entire manor had razor sharp hearing. He quickly decided that he couldn't live like this. There was only so much of Sango's whimpering that he could take.

Kagome was resting for the moment so he took the time to check on Shippo. The little fox didn't quite understand why everything was so messed up. His group of friends had been torn apart.

Or at least he thought he'd be choked up about it. No. He was in the kitchens, acting innocent towards the servants that were stationed there and eating his weight in sweets with Rin.

"I heard Miss. Kagome wasn't feeling well." Rin was all sunshine and innocence, she offered him a treat from the tray, but he didn't really like sweet things so he passed.

"That's true, but it's not good to gossip."

She glared at him, reminiscent of his brother's cold stare, just as intimidating as the other women in his life despite the missing teeth.

"It's not gossip. Lord Sesshomaru told me not to bother her because she wasn't feeling well." She put her hands on her hips, "men are always so dumb."

He gaped at her, "you've been hanging around Sango too much."

"Can you answer my question now? Is Miss Kagome feeling any better? I picked her some flowers and I even helped Miss. Sara make her some vegetable soup."

"Not really, but I'm sure she'd love to see you anyways. She's mushy like that."

She beamed, quickly grabbing the tray and setting everything up. When she pulled it from the counter, however, she staggered under the weight of the china.

"Why don't I carry that for you, but when we get to the door I'll give it back to you? Then it will seem like you did it all on your own."

Shippo was immediately suspicious of his kindness, hopping onto InuYasha's shoulder and deciding that he would be her guardian.

If InuYasha was being honest he'd acknowledge that he was preparing himself. If Kagome wanted to keep the child, no matter its lineage or the means of its creation, he wouldn't try and stop her.

But he still felt like a dumb teenager. He didn't know the first thing about children or parenting. The extent of his experience was in the form of blunt force trauma on Shippo's cranium.

So he'd practice. He'd try and be caring and stern and mature with the children that were already here in hopes that he could be a man worth marrying for Kagome.

There was no other option.

OoOo

Sango was dehydrated. Her leg's quaking was consistent and involuntary, but Sesshomaru was insatiable. He was reading his scroll for now, smirking to himself as he did.

"Find anything about pseudo mating?"

Sleepily she shook her head no. There was nothing so far about anything of use, but it was an educational read anyways. Between attempts at satisfying Sesshomaru's super human appetite and glimpsing the parchment before her she had almost half of an idea about how mating worked in a regular setting.

"No," she hid her yawn in her arm, "figure out how to enchant the crystal?"

He nodded, "it's not as difficult as I would have expected. We both need to evenly distribute our youki. The crystal will absorb an even blend, the trouble comes from if InuYasha knows how to control his demonic energy or not."

Sango yawned again, "he doesn't."

Sesshomaru's small smile was sympathetic. He hadn't taken into consideration that she was human. Honestly, he felt for her. If she thought today was a tiring one, their wedding night might kill her.

"Then you should get some sleep while I help him get a handle on things," he took the scroll off of the bed and left it on the bedside table.

"I'll keep reading."

He pulled the blanket back, tucking her beneath it as he gave her one last kiss.

"You taste like me." She murmured sleepily, her eyes were barely open, but she saw the fire ignite in his eyes again.

"Don't say stuff like that if you haven't got the stamina to back it up."

She ducked under the blanket and he laughed again, patting her head gently. If he was being honest, she was a trouper. She'd held on and kept up for all she was worth, but the difference in ability was too big of a hurdle.

He was sure that, in time, she'd be up to the challenge, but was happy to take it slow for now.

The pendant was hanging on his door handle and he wondered idly if InuYasha had heard the way his best friend whimpered for him. Some sick part of him hoped he did.

A.N./ review please :)