AN: Whew! Slipped this in with an hour to spare. Anyway, confession: I'm excited by today's prompt because I've wanted to take a crack at this "knotting" thing for a while, but it just never seemed to fit the feel of my other stories. So like the nerd I am, I looked up canine reproduction to make sure I properly understood all the mechanics of it…and to my dismay, I realized that what's happening in all the delicious fanfics is probably not anatomically possible at all! 😭 (But who cares, because it's all sexy fiction, right?) Nevertheless, stickler for details that I am, I could not in good conscience follow this road knowing how knotting actually happens…so I made a divergent road. You still get knotting…but probably with more weird detail than you bargained for. Yes, I'm sharing with you the sordid fruits of my research. 😆😅
Prompt four: Knotting/breeding.
Chronicle Four: A Mother's Work is Never Done
In which Sesshoumaru and Rin spend their first night as husband and wife and receive some unsolicited advice.
Sesshoumaru would never tell Rin this, but when he stepped for the first time into the hut that she had busily been preparing for them for the last few days, he barely gave it a glance. He knew she had toiled for hours to clean it and set up a few pieces of furniture and décor that he had given her over the years to make it homey, but it was still just a shack and couldn't compare in any way to the palace in which he had grown up.
However, even had that not been the case, the truth was that there was nothing in that hut that could draw his eyes away from the true prize within it: his wife.
She stood in the center of their new home in her finest kimono, a swath of gleaming, purple silk embroidered with white cherry blossoms. An actual branch of cherry blossoms stuck out of her hair, which had been tamed into an intricate knot at the back of her head.
She smiled shyly at him and bowed, as if she were a highborn lady welcoming back her lord in a palace and not…this.
But she was a lady now—his lady—and he would drive that knowledge into whoever dared say otherwise.
"Welcome home, my lor—. No, my dear husband," she said, that pink blush he had come to adore over the past week staining her cheeks. The stirrings of arousal swirled in him at the thought of keeping that blush on her all night long.
He couldn't wait anymore. This had been the longest, more tortuous week of his entire life.
He approached her slowly, then reached out and cupped her face with both hands. "Surely nothing in this world is as beautiful as you, my wife." Her blush deepened, and she ducked her gaze. "How is it that you entice me now even more than you already do?"
He heard her heartbeat quicken. She reached up and wrapped her hands around his. "My lord…I have waited so long for this moment. Will you finally make me yours?"
"As if you had to ask," Sesshoumaru replied, bending down and kissing her painted lips. Their kiss began chastely, but then she took initiative and tentatively pushed her tongue against his lips, asking to enter. He allowed it, gently guiding her tongue in with his, showing her his mouth, especially the position of his fangs, so she would not hurt herself.
She moaned into him, and the sound tugged at his member. He pulled her into his embrace, crushing her to his chest, making no secret of how much he wanted her as he pressed himself against her belly.
She pulled out of their kiss then and held onto his shoulders, rubbing herself against him. "My lord…you were so good to me this week," she said, and with her words, there was a spike in the scent of her arousal, as if the memories alone made her wet. She looked back up at him as she reached down between them, sliding her fingers against the side of his erection. He sucked in a sharp breath. "I owe you some pleasure in return. What you did at the pond…I wish to do to you. Will you allow it?"
Allow it? He was more likely to beg for it. So in answer, he stepped back and spread his arms in a welcoming gesture. "Then you shall undress me, Rin, and do as you please."
She had already seen his most private parts, but still her fingers trembled as she reached for the ties of his armor. She took it off and placed the pieces gently on the ground. Then with those shaking fingers, she reached for the tie of his hakama.
She took a deep breath and steeled herself before pulling it free and loosening the knot. She let his pants drop to the ground. His member tented against the front of his kimono. She reached out and peeled off that outer layer of fabric. He helped her by shucking it off his shoulders and throwing it to the side, which left him in only his undergarment. The thin, white silk did little to hide the shape of his straining cock.
She looked at it, then pressed a hand against his chest, pushing him backwards until he was standing with his back against the wall of their home. She knelt before him, her mouth at the perfect height to take him, and then she parted the curtain of his undergarment, revealing his reddened cock to her.
She swallowed thickly and looked up at him. "I will do my best to please you, my lord. It's just…you're so big. I don't know if I can give you the same pleasure you gave me." She ducked her head in shame.
"Rin." The sound of her name was like a hook, tugging her head back up. "Whatever you do to me, I shall enjoy immensely."
She nodded, acknowledging that he wouldn't lie to her, especially not about this, and then she leaned forward and closed her eyes, pressing a soft kiss to his head. Her lips were hot, a brand upon his flesh, and suddenly she gave him a tentative lick.
He dug his nails into the wooden wall behind him, rooting himself in place.
Then she took him in hand to steady him and rolled her tongue around the entire circumference of his head. His claws scratched across the wall, and he was positive that by the end of the night, it would look like an animal had been pawing at it, straining to escape.
She sucked his head into her mouth then like a giant noodle, slurping and massaging with her tongue. Her lips strained to cover him the further she went, her teeth scraping the delicate flesh, and he hissed.
She glanced up at him, and the vision of her with her mouth so full of his cock as she watched him broke something inside Sesshoumaru. She slid her mouth back and forth over him, imitating his thrusts from the day before and taking in a little more of him each time.
And then a familiar scent hit him, and he stiffened.
"What are you doing here?" he bit out in such a low voice, it would sound only like a moaning growl to Rin. She continued sucking at him, completely unaware.
"I came to offer my greetings to the newlywed couple, but it seems I arrived at an…inopportune time. To think my only son and heir to an empire would be rutting in a human shack like some common mongrel. I'm speechless, Sesshoumaru."
If only she actually were.
Her voice too was pitched so low that Rin would not hear it. Whatever she came to say tonight was meant for Sesshoumaru's ears only—because there was no other reason for her to be anywhere near this place if she could sense just how inopportune a time this was.
"Now I understand why you left so soon after renouncing your birthright at court," his mother continued, as if they were meeting over tea and not while he was in the middle of being pleasured by his wife. "But it pains me, son, that you would not even tell your own mother you were taking a mate. To think I had to hear such news from the grapevine!"
"Mother, leave," Sesshoumaru growled through gritted teeth.
"Oh son, don't be so testy. You're not the only one in the world to have an audience for your first time. Did you know that in lands far, far to the West, the wedding guests of nobility watch a couple's first mating to make sure the marriage is consummated?"
"Is that why you're here? To confirm Rin is my mate?" Knowing his mother, she wouldn't believe anything until she saw it for herself.
"Hmm, well, that's part of it. As for the other reason…."
Rin had stopped about three-quarters up his cock, apparently wary of going further, and he could understand that, since her mouth must have been full.
But he so desperately wanted to hit the back of her throat.
He didn't want to hurt her though. As much as it pained him, he had been restraining himself at every encounter, each touch measured so that she wouldn't be harmed by his claws, fangs, or strength.
He took deep, calming breaths to try to regain his control. Even without her taking him fully, she was warm and wet against his cock, and he would soon find release.
"Tsk, I suppose I had no cause for concern after all," his mother spoke up again, reminding Sesshoumaru that she was on the other side of the wall, listening to and scenting everything that happened. He had almost forgotten about her, so consumed was he by the feeling of Rin's mouth. "I was worried you might shame our clan in an attempt to sire a half-breed, but if you can remain so composed even while she's in heat, there's little need to worry. You'll never succeed that way."
"What do you mean?" he practically snarled. What did his composure matter? He was positive he would find release, and breeding Rin while she was in heat heightened their chances.
The thought of her being in heat renewed his attention on her unique musk, permeating the air. He drifted like an undercurrent to her strengthening arousal. Just how wet was she now? As slick as her mouth?
"You're holding back, Sesshoumaru, and treating her like a doll. Even if you were to let yourself go just a little, she would not break."
"And how…would you know?" It was becoming a struggle to speak as the pressure built in his balls.
"You have a half-breed brother, don't you? It's not impossible, of course, to conceive a child in human form, but it's much more difficult."
It couldn't be that hard, could it? Humans bred like rabbits. Demons, admittedly, less so, but he was sure that had less to do with anatomy and more with personal preference.
"Not to mention, there's the old demon wives' tale that a child conceived in demon form is much stronger than one in human form. You can be certain your father and I conceived you in our true forms. We would risk nothing less for our heir."
Wonderful. Now he would never be able to erase the image of his father mounting his mother from his mind.
She continued, either unaware or simply uncaring of his inner turmoil. "So I am positive that, while he could not do the same to Izayoi, he must have allowed some manner of his demonic energy to manifest. For all that he is a half-breed, Inuyasha is powerful."
"Make your point already and leave us," Sesshoumaru hissed.
"You do understand your demon form is better…equipped…to ensure a successful breeding, yes? Your father swore to me he had this talk with you when you hit puberty. Or was that not the case?"
His father had indeed had this talk with him. He had also been well aware of the superstition that children born from matings in demon form were stronger. But that information was of no use to him with Rin. Had his demon form been smaller, he might have considered engaging with her in what humans would no doubt call bestiality, but the simple fact of the matter was that he was physically too large. His cock alone was probably as long as Rin was tall.
There had never been a question as to what form he would breed her in, and over their past few encounters this week, he had discovered there would be nothing wrong with using his human one. His equipment all performed as it should. Certainly, it differed from how his father explained such an act would occur in his demon dog form, but from what he could tell, all was well within human parameters.
Rin reached out and squeezed his balls just then, and he gritted his teeth as spikes of pleasure shot across his stomach. He needed to pull out soon, or he would spill into her mouth. And as much as he wanted to do so, he had other plans for his seed tonight. The scent of her heat permeated the air, driving a primal urge in his chest. He was set on impregnating her that night, so he needed to inject every last drop of life into her womb.
"Mother, please leave." He had to pull out, had to put himself in Rin as soon as possible. But he would not do so with his mother there. This was already humiliating enough for him. But Rin did not deserve to have her own cries of pleasure heard by an unwanted guest.
His mother laughed. "Please? When was the last time you used that word? As a child? You were so much easier to handle then. Much more obedient. …Although I suppose you've given your obedience to a new master now. She has quite the leash on you, doesn't she?" Suppressed laughter coated her words as Rin sucked at that very leash. "You know you could have spared yourself this embarrassment had you simply told me the day of your mating. I would have made sure to visit you well beforehand."
He didn't believe that for a second. She was enjoying this far too much.
His mother sighed. "While it would be better for our clan not to be stained with more half-human progeny, if you are that determined to make a grandmother out of me, you should at least make sure my grandchild is powerful. Find the compromise between your forms, Sesshoumaru. Gain the benefits of your demon half while still appearing human."
"Benefits?" he grunted.
"A successful coupling. That is what you want, isn't it?" He didn't answer. He didn't need to. She continued. "I can tell you from experience that a male…produces more in his demon form than his human form."
Again, not something he had ever needed to know about his parents.
But it was true that more seed would make it easier to breed his mate that night.
And now that he thought about it, there was that other aspect of his demon self.
As if his mother was following his train of thought, she added, "As for the knot, well, human bodies are simply not equipped the way dogs' are. Your mate doesn't have the muscles to trap you, but it might still help."
He wondered how his knot would make Rin feel. Would the extra girth be pleasurable or painful for her? This was her first time, after all.
Unbidden, his mother's words rang in his head: You're holding her back, treating her like a doll.
Could Rin handle a little extra force?
She still hadn't swallowed his whole cock, and his base was cold compared to the rest.
"Rin," he said, and she glanced up. "Brace yourself." A crease of confusion appeared between her brows.
Then he ripped the branch of blossoms out of Rin's hair, grabbed the knot behind her head, and nudged her forward. She made a noise of surprise and glanced up at him.
"All of it, Rin. You can do it."
Her eyes watered, but whatever she saw in his expression must have made her more determined, because she pushed forward, taking him all the way in her mouth.
Sesshoumaru groaned, feeling his tip hit the back of her throat. He moved her head, reminding her to pump, and she following along until she was finally moving without his assistance. Every time his cock hit the soft back of her throat, he bucked, his balls drawing up tighter and tighter.
Then she squeezed his balls again, and he exploded. Her eyes widened as he filled her mouth, and he watched her throat work to swallow all his seed. A glistening pearl of it seeped out of her mouth.
Part of him was so aroused by the sight.
Part of him was so disappointed in himself. Precious seed, gone to waste.
But she had done it. If she could handle that, perhaps she could indeed handle more.
She pulled him out of her mouth, taking heaving breaths. "My…my lord?"
He didn't dare speak to her with his mother within earshot, so he bent down and kissed her to show his satisfaction. He thrust his tongue into her mouth, filling it with himself once more, tasting the saltiness of his ejaculation.
"Well, I think I've heard enough," his mother announced. "I suppose congratulations are in order, Sesshoumaru. If nothing else, you are experiencing a new facet of life tonight." And as quickly as she had come, her presence vanished from his senses.
Finally.
Sesshoumaru pawed at Rin's still immaculate clothing, unfurling her kimono from her shoulders like blooming flower petals, revealing her bare breasts to him. He latched onto them, sucking at her, trying to grow her arousal as quickly as possible.
It must have worked, because she tore at her obi, ripping it off, and letting her kimono fall open, baring the rest of her sweet body to him.
"Rin, do you trust me?" he asked.
She looked baffled that he would even ask such a question. "Unquestionably, my lord."
"Then get back on your hands and knees, as you were yesterday."
She shuddered in what he surmised was anticipation, given the way she bit her lip as she grinned. Then she turned around and bent over, showing him her rounded backside.
It was a good thing she had just sucked him dry, otherwise his limp cock might have jerked to attention. But it was best, for the moment, that he was no longer hard. If this was going to work, he had to start that way.
He knelt behind her and grasped her hips. He finally allowed the demon energy he had been suppressing all night to bubble to the surface—just enough to where he felt his fangs elongate with his talons. But he knew there were other minute changes occurring throughout his body. His eyes would have gone red. And as for his cock….
He reached down and grasped himself, still flaccid, but now he could feel the thin bone straightening his penis, a part of his dog self now in his mostly human form.
He swiped a couple fingers along Rin's seam, and she gasped. His fingers came away glistening.
"Already so wet," he murmured. "Do you remember what I said yesterday about breeding you, Rin?"
She spoke in that same breathless whisper as the last time they had spoken about it. "Yes."
"Do you truly want a pup?"
"Yes," she answered in a louder voice.
He smirked. "Then I hope you've prepared yourself. But as it's your time, I should give you a taste of what's to come."
He placed his two fingers back at her entrance and slipped them inside with ease. Her rubbed at her walls, and she started panting.
"I'm not going to make you come yet, Rin. Today, you will come with me inside you. Do you understand?"
"Y-Yes, my lord."
"Do not call me that. Call me by name."
She looked back at him finally, and jerked in surprise, no doubt shocked to see his red eyes. But then her body relaxed. "I will, Sesshoumaru."
The intimacy of his name sent a shiver of pleasure down his stomach and to his cock, and he knew it was time. He lined himself up with her entrance. It would have been so much easier to enter her stiff as a human, and he would do that one day as well, but tonight was for breeding. Days of slowly teasing her with his hardness would come later, after she had conceived.
He tried pushing himself inside her, and Rin pushed back toward him, her sex quivering as he tried to get himself inside her. He humped her, managing to get himself a little further inside, but when Rin clenched around him, she squeezed him back out.
She turned her head, worry reflected in her eyes. "Sesshoumaru…have I not…aroused you?"
His grip on her hip tightened, his claws pricking her skin. "You have done nothing wrong, Rin. Trust me."
The repeated command seemed enough for her, and she turned back around, spreading herself wider for him. He tried again, inserting his tip and humping her, trying to get himself all the way in. He understood now why his father had said mounting was an endeavor.
Rin panted with little gasps beneath him, and her noises hardened his member more and more, making it easier to push himself in.
Suddenly, he thrust himself right to the hilt, and just as he scented blood, she cried out and clenched her hands.
He froze. "Rin?"
It took her a couple seconds to answer. "I'll be fine. Go on."
Now that he was hard, he took the pace slowly, letting her adjust to him. Soon, her silence broke into little mewls, which quickly turned into outright moans the faster he went. Soon, he was driving himself as far into her sex as he could go, savoring the tight heat wrapped around the entirety of his manhood.
The friction of her walls against his member sent lightning down his spine, and finally he felt his knot starting to grow. He heard when Rin felt it too.
"Ah-ah-ah—S-Sesshoumaru, a-are you getting…b-bigger?" she gasped. He rolled his hips, trying to pleasure the base of her sex with that knot, and she cried out. He did it again and again until she screamed his name.
"Sesshoumaru!"
The made his heart spasm, and he slammed himself flush against her backside. "Rin, clench yourself around me."
She did as he asked, and the resulting pressure on his bulbous cock released a wave of seed into her waiting womb.
"Don't let go, Rin," he said, for once in his life out of breath. He shuddered as he sent long spurts of seed into her—far more than he had passed through her mouth.
Yes, this had been the right way to breed her. He was in such ecstasy, he was almost tempted to find his mother later and thank her.
But that would only serve to be the crowning point of his humiliation, so it was out of the question.
He finished releasing into her. He wasn't sure what would happen if Rin unclenched from him—if he would still slide out, or if he was big enough to prevent any leakage alone.
"Rin, stay tight, but come lean back on me." He raised his hand from her hips to just under her breasts as he helped pull her back until she was sitting on his lap, still connected to him.
She squirmed in his hold, the movement sending a tingling sensation up his cock. "You're still so hard inside me, Sesshoumaru. Are you sure you're done?"
"I am, but this way, I can better ensure your breeding. Are you uncomfortable?"
She shook her head shyly. "I love feeling you inside me like this. I wish you would never leave."
He nipped her ear, pleased by that response. "You need only ask when you feel empty, my love, and want to be filled."
Then, keeping her flush against him, he carefully laid them down on the floor.
After a few seconds of simply holding her in his arms, just as she clutched his member in her womb, he added, "I know that was not what you expected, Rin."
She giggled. "Not at all. But the unexpectedness of it made it more exciting. I, um…actually liked feeling you soft against me. It was a pleasant feeling as you pressed yourself against and into me. And I can't even describe what it felt like to have you harden within me. The change in texture was…." She drifted off with a sigh.
His chest rumbled, and he murmured into her ear, "You liked that, did you?"
"Yes. Will it always be like that?"
"Not always. This was a better way to breed you, Rin, but there will be other days when I allow myself to harden before entering you."
They lay there for several minutes in a post-coital haze, and Sesshoumaru allowed himself to ignore everything around him but the feel of Rin. Very soon, she was no longer able to keep clenching him, but he was pleased to note that his knot did not slip out of her so easily. They waited until he had lessened before he pulled out of her.
Rin turned in his arms and wrapped her around his neck with a sigh. "I can't believe it. It took all week, but I'm finally your mate. And this time, there was no one to interrupt. No prudish Kaede, no noisy Jaken, no angry Inuyasha—"
His mother's cackle suddenly filled the air.
"Oh, Sesshoumaru, tell me that isn't true!"
Rin jumped, eyes flying open in alarm, and even Sesshoumaru flinched.
He swore she had gone. He hadn't even sensed her come back. Was he that addled from sex?
Rin sat up and looked around the hut, but of course his mother wasn't there. Her voice, however, came from just outside their window. Rin had only met his mother once, but he could tell from her face she remembered her distinctive voice.
She looked at Sesshoumaru in horror. "Sesshoumaru, don't tell me— Was your mother here the entire time?"
Sesshoumaru gave her a pitying look, and Rin groaned, letting her head fall into her hands.
His mother was one conniving bitch. Literally.
AN: When Zero asked him, Sesshoumaru only said he hadn't SEEN his mother in years—he never said he hadn't HEARD her. 😆 Anyway, are you guys satisfied now? I mean, Towa and Setsuna had to be conceived EVENTUALLY.