Warning: smut. There's nothing said in this chapter that affects the story, so if you don't want to read the smut, you can skip to Ch. 56.


I dive for her folds, like a starving man, smirking against her as she yelps in surprise before moaning loudly. My mouth latches onto her bud as I slip a single finger inside her slowly, not retracting my claws yet. Upon reaching where her barrier should be, I am surprised to find there isn't one. Furrowing my brow, I continue with my plan and allow a single drop of my poison to fall from my claw before retracting them all together.

I rock the digit in her, rubbing against her walls to loosen her before slipping a second finger in, earning a groan as she rocks her hips against me. Nipping her bud, I prepare her further, slipping a third digit in. Her legs begin to tremble as I glide my fingers in and out of her, my tongue dancing across her nub. It takes mere moments after for her release to crash over her, as I rip my fingers from her and with youkai speed, thrust my cock inside her, stopping when I am half way in to wait for her to come down, giving her time to adjust before I hilt myself.

She lays gasping before me, her legs wrapping around my hips as her hands clutch the bedding near her head. Her hips rock against me, causing me to slip in further and groan at the vice like grip she has on me. Taking her movement as a sign that she is ready, I draw back until only my tip remains before plunging forward again. I repeat this until I am hilt deep, panting from the exertion of holding off my own release.

"Kami, you are so tight, koi." I groan, holding myself still as she mewls, her hands tracing up my hip stripes, giggling quietly as I jerk against her. "Little minx." I rumble before pulling back and slamming into her.

She gasps before surprising me. "Again." My brow arches, as a devious grin stretches my lips.

"Anything for you." I tell her as I pull back and slam into her again. I start a steady pace of harsh thrusts, feeling my cock hitting her womb with every plunge and I know I will not last for much longer. My hand snakes down and finds her nub, flicking a finger over it and smirking as her back snaps, bending sharply. Her nails dig harshly into my back, dragging down from my shoulders, and I am sure I will have marks when we finish.

"Come for me, koi." I murmur, pressing a kiss to her lips as I continue to slam into her and twirl her bud. Precisely half a dozen thrusts later, and she shatters around me, forcing my own release from my body with the force of the grip her inner walls have on my cock. A harsh groan is ripped from me as I all but collapse over her when I finish filling her.

We lie there panting, holding one another, pressing soft kisses to each other's exposed skin for several minutes. Finally, I roll us over, draping her across my chest, and capturing her lips, pouring everything I am feeling into it.

"I'm pretty sure," Kagome murmurs, still panting softly, "that you've just ruined me for anyone else."

"Good. For no other shall ever have you, koi." I answer, smiling at her warm chuckle. "I am curious, however. You had no barrier."

"Hm? Barri- oh! Well, yeah. The hymen's just a thin bit of tissue, and given how many times I got thrown around and beat on during the shard hunt, I'm not surprised that's not there anymore." She runs a hand through her hair, before crossing her arms across my chest and resting her chin in them.

"Explain." I say, still not understanding. And, she does. I listen to her explain the anatomy of the female body and why the 'hymen' behaves as it does. Upon the end of her explanation, I gather her up closer and nuzzle against her temple.

"On the one hand, I'm sorry you were confused, especially with how limited knowledge regarding reproduction is in this era. On the other, I can't say I'm upset, cuz it didn't hurt." Her eyes sparkle with her amusement and contentment.

"Hn. It is unlikely you would have felt much pain regardless. I released a drop of poison to numb you slightly, and entering you during the height of your release, by the time you were calm enough to be aware, the pain would have mostly subsided."

She stares at me for a moment before pressing a sweet kiss to my lips. "That's really considerate of you. Not that I'm all that surprised, but thank you." She kisses me again before sighing and laying her head back down on my chest. "I love you."

"And I you, little bird."