*Disclaimer: Have you watched Inuyasha lately? Takahashi Rumiko is proving her genius with each episode. I would be a fool to try to claim her work!*
Fukai Mori
A plan for revenge calls for the kidnapping of Rin. Nearly a year later Sesshoumaru finds her in the Deep Forest(Fukai Mori), a forest where young and impressionable minds are easily corrupted. His enemy's true plan revealed, Sesshoumaru must make a decision. Kill Rin or be killed.
Chapter 10 - Seduction
Sesshoumaru rose quickly to his feet, sidestepping when Rin lashed out at him with her dagger. She reacted quickly and turned to lash out at him again, but he caught her hand and stopped her effort. He held her hand roughly, causing her to cry out in pain. And he caught her hand inches before it hit his face. More than a little annoyed, he pulled both of her hands roughly behind her back, forcing her to drop the dagger.
Rin would have kicked him if hadn't wore the armor. "You bastard, take your hands off of me!"
Sesshoumaru kept both her hands behind her back with one hand and led her back over to the futon. Her struggles were to no avail and he shoved her roughly on to the futon. When she rose to her feet, he simply shoved her back down as though she were nothing. And when he spoke, she froze at the sound of his angry voice.
"Enough! You will stay here while I prepare for our departure. I will not put up with your disobedience any longer. I swear Rin, if you continue to annoy me, you will find yourself in a very uncomfortable situation. Do you understand?"
Rin looked down, trying to control her anger. This was not the way to go. Her emotions had become too involved in this situation and did not allow her to think clearly. Had this been any other youkai who pretended to have no interest in her, she would have used all her ways to seduce him. And then when he had fallen for her, she would have discarded of him as though he was nothing. So why hadn't she done so with Sesshoumaru?
She knew from the beginning that he would be a challenge in more ways than one. And since he seemed content to make her suffer because of her obvious attraction to him, why shouldn't she do the same to him? He would have to suffer just as she had. And perhaps in the process, she would come to learn of the mysterious past he claimed they had together.
So she rose to her feet and with her head down, she walked to Sesshoumaru. When she spoke, her voice was low and without any traces of anger. "I will not leave this place...I will not leave until I understand..." She rose on her toes and placed a small kiss upon Sesshoumaru's lips. "Until I understand why I desire you so..."
Sesshoumaru was caught off guard by Rin's action. She held on to the two spikes on his armor, holding herself up as she pressed her soft lips against his. She kissed him shyly at first and then became more daring as she changed the angle of the kiss. Her tongue slipped into his mouth and he could not help but react to it.
He bent forward slightly and tangled both his hands in her hair. Why had she worn it up in the first place, he did not know. She was so beautiful when her curly locks were left to flow freely down her back. Everything that she did that expressed her freedom made her beautiful. He wanted his Rin free from this world, free to be who she truly was. If he took her as his mate, would he free her? If he showed her that strange thing called love, would she return to him? He was determined to find out but she broke the kiss and pulled away from his grasp.
Rin turned her back to Sesshoumaru, smiling at his reaction. Perhaps the challenge would not be so difficult and so she would enjoy making him suffer with want and need. Already ideas to do such were whirling through her mind, she had only to make them a reality. But if she continued on now, they would probably end up in her bed and that she did not want.
When she spoke, she sounded breathless. "I need to be alone right now...to think..."
Sesshoumaru stared at Rin's back, putting a stop to his rush of what were those strange things called...emotions. It was best if they stopped for if they moved too fast, the pain that remembering would cause might make her reluctant to have those memories back. So he departed without words and decided to go speak to Jaken.
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"If I have to see your read tainted eyes again, I will rip the guts from the both of you and feed you to these worthless youkai."
Fear of their master enabled Jaken and Ah Un to resist the powers of the Fukai Mori. Their eyes returned to normal as did their normal personalities. Jaken immediately began to utter apologies, bowing on his knees.
"Enough. Have you learned anything of Tsubasa and Kazume?"
"I am afraid we have not, Sesshoumaru-sama. Ah Un and I have searched all of the Fukai Mori and have not discovered their whereabouts."
"Search again. I have no doubt that your efforts dwindled the moment you fell victim to the Fukai Mori. My patience is thin, if you fail me again, I will kill both of you."
"H-hai Sesshoumaru-sama."
"Lord Sesshoumaru. Sorry to interrupt you but Lady Rin requests that you join her for dinner."
Sesshoumaru spared the servant a glance, somewhat amused that these youkai were so loyal to a human. "That is fine. Jaken, go now."
Sesshoumaru turned and followed the servant. A youkai who would follow a human. He himself needed to reevaluate how he felt about humans. They were such weak creatures, always suffering from simple diseases or doing some other thing that demonstrated their weak state of mind. And here he was, trying to rescue one he had raised for twelve years. And it would seem, he was developing his father and his half-brother's taste for human mates.
He would not be foolish and deny his attraction for Rin nor deny the fact that he had considered taking her as his mate. From the first day they met, he had known that Rin was clearly the exception to everything he tought of humans. When she found him, she had tried to nurture him back to health instead of running in fear as any human would have done. Her loyalty and faith in him was stronger than even Jaken's. She smelled of the earth, possessed a smile brighter than the sun, and he thought her beauty was rare for a human.
And when he stepped into the dining room, he knew there was none as beautiful as she.
Rin wore two under kimonos, one blue and one white. The third and outermost kimono was pink. Her sleeves were long, seemingly like the rest of her kimonos. There were blue flowers on the ends of her sleeves and skirt. Her hair was up in her usual high ponytail atop her head but she wore part of it down as well. Had her lovely big brown eyes not been tainted with red, he would have found them the most beautiful feature about her.
He took his seat and they sat without speaking words. She ate what was served and for some reason to please her, he ate it as well. Every now and then he caught her staring at him. She would look away quickly and the scent of her desire would spike the air. Then it faded away as she calmed herself. Her appearance and scent were enticing, so much so that his blood began to travel down his body. What was she thinking?, he wondered.
He would find out soon.
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Rin had suggested he take a hot bath since he seemed distracted and stressed. Sesshoumaru found it hard to disagree, for she was the cause for such feelings. He was distracted by the scent of her desire, distracted by the effort it took to calm his own. And he was stressed by the threat he knew his enemies possessed, stressed because he was unable to take Rin immediately away. So a hot bath to sooth his nerves would do him justice.
Sesshoumaru stepped through the doors of the bathhouse, inhaled the steam that filled the room. In the center of the room there was a large bath shaped like a circle and built with rocks and wood. He walked slowly up the stairs and stopped at the top when he sensed Rin behind him. She placed her hands on his shoulders, slowly pulling the kimono from his body. She held it in place as he slipped out of it and stepped into the water.
She stripped and followed after him.
Sesshoumaru's senses went alert and his body stiffened when Rin placed her hands upon his back. "Rin. What are you doing?"
She ran her hands up and down his back. Such smooth skin... "I have noticed that you seem very tense and stressed lately." She paused for a moment, keeping her hands still. "I cannot help but feel I am the cause. I would like to make up for it, if it is alright with, by giving you a massage."
He should not have allowed her to touch him but despite his mental protests, his hands moved his hair and tail from covering his back.
Rin moved her hands down and carefully began kneading his lower back. Her hands were strong and competent. The combination of her hands and the hot water eased the muscles Sesshoumaru had not known were sore. His entire body began to relax and all his senses focused on her presence. Her scent filled his nose, her hair brushed against him, her hands felt like feathers upon his back. And then she closed the distance between them and he felt her breast again his back. She put her lips close to his ear and her breath and quiet voice made it difficult for him to stop the blood from rushing to his loins.
"How are you feeling, Lord Sesshoumaru?" Rin slid her hands slowly around his waist and rubbed them over his stomach. When his muscles quivered from her touch, she didn't need him to answer the question.
His vision clouded with lust. He had to stop this or... Sesshoumaru lost his train of thought when he felt Rin's tongue move slowly over his ear. He growled deep in his chest, trying to fight the urge to mate as well as scare Rin away. But the sound sent a shiver across her skin and her desire spiked the air once again. Her hands began to move more freely over his chest and she placed small kisses upon his back.
Sesshoumaru could take no more.
He turned around quickly and stared at her with hungry eyes. Her hair clung to her chest and covered her breast and her eyes were wide with surprise. She backed up as he moved forward, somewhat frightened and aroused by the dangerous look in his eyes. When her back was against the wall of the bath, Sesshoumaru placed his hands on either side of her and crushed his mouth against hers.
Rin kept her hands at her side as she gave herself to the kiss. She knew that if touched her or if she touched him, they would mate. She had only meant to tease. But it was so hard to tease such a beautiful creature as Sesshoumaru. It was worse because she desired him, desired him as a mate. Never before had there been any creature alive that she ever wanted as much as she did Sesshoumaru. The want was deeply seeded in her soul and when they were together like this, her soul rejoiced. Why was that?
Her head began to hurt but she fought against the pain, hoping that something of her unknown past would come to mind. But Sesshoumaru sensed her change and he pulled away from her. He gripped the sides of the bath until his knuckles turned white. And he kept them there, still not daring to touch her. He didn't even want to look at her! Her lips were bruised from his kiss and her eyes were so clouded with lust that he could barely see the red in them. He would take her unless she left right away.
He calmed himself enough to speak in his usual uncaring voice, but a trace of lust could still be heard. "Rin...you need to leave.."
Rin could not help but smile. "Why? You say you do not wish to make me your mate, but that look in your eye would prove otherwise."
"I do not want to make you my mate."
Anger flashed in Rin's eyes, destroying the desire that had been there before, and her smile faded a quickly. "How dare you pretend as though you don't want me! What is not to want?"
Sesshoumaru only stared at Rin for a moment and then he began to chuckle. It felt so good that it turned into a laugh, shocking both he and Rin. "You think I did not know of your games? You want me to want you as my mate. It bothers you that I don't." He pressed himself against her, forcing her to feel his erection. "You play dangerous games Rin and if you are not carefully you will get more than what you bargained for. Now leave."
Rin rushed off quickly, her angry eyes once again tainted with desire. Sesshoumaru slid into the water and sat, his eyes closed. Kami, how he wanted that woman.
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Sesshoumaru avoided Rin the entire following day. He sensed that it made her angry and it pleased him to make her suffer as she had made him. But this Sesshoumaru was above playing games. So he would put an end to them tonight. If he truly understood Rin's tactics, he knew she would not give up on such a challenge. And his assumptions were correct for when he retired to his room, he found her sitting on his futon.
She rose quickly to her feet and offered words of apology for being in his quarters without permission. Apologized as if she hadn't meant to be there. She moved forward to leave the room, bowing once or twice. She wore nothing more than a thin under kimono and an open robe that was supposed to cover the kimono. He stared at her, more than a little amused by the confused look on her face when he didn't move from the path of the door.
Rin was about to speak when Sesshoumaru began to remove his armor as he walked towards her. Her mouth opened to speak again but no words came as she moved backwards. By the time they reached the futon, Sesshoumaru wore nothing more than his pants. He placed his hands on her shoulders and roughly pulled the robe off her. She protested and tried to take the robe back but he pushed her onto the futon. When she tried to get up, he was already hovering over her. She could do nothing but stare, shock clearly apparently on her face.
"S-sesshoumaru...what are you doing?" Even when he began to remove her sleeping kimono she could not move. She was paralyzed with shock, paralyzed be the hungry look in his eyes. Perhaps she had gone to far...
"You will become my mate. It is after all what we both want, correct?"
And without giving her a chance to respond, Sesshoumaru pressed his lips to Rin's.
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Hope you like, hope you like. Please review and let me know what you think! Oh and sorry about the cliffhanger.
Naoko! Suggestions noted! Now that its too late to change it to PG-13. I'll try to add the deepness stuff next chapter. I promise!
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