"Kagome's Puppy Troubles"

By Xio the Dog Demoness

Xio: We're doing something a little different this chapter.

Minnie: Yeah, you see, since we got so many reviews…

Xio: We're having a party with some of my characters and the cast of InuYasha to celebrate!

Kohaku: I'm just there… I haven't done much of anything at all…

Kagome: Oh, cheer up. It's a party! -dances with InuYasha-

InuYasha: If it weren't for you, Kagome, I wouldn't have come.

Koga: Oh, it's Minnie! Oh beautiful, beloved Minnie! Come with me, my darling!

Minnie: Not if you were the last male creature on the planet…

Sesshomaru: How did you talk me into coming to this again, woman?

Xio: I told you Rin would enjoy it. And don't call me woman! You know my name, use it!

Sesshomaru: -watches Rin and Shippo playing- Well, Xio, I suppose you were right…

Xio: Now was that so hard?

Kagura: Xio, this is an excellent party. -eats some chips-

Koga: What's she doing here?

Xio: Didn't you read the story? She's not evil; she was forced to do evil things.

Kuri: Yeah. Kagura actually isn't such a bad person… I kinda like her…

Kagura: I truly appreciate that.

Kikyo: InuYasha, I want you to dance with me!

Xio: Kikyo, you weren't invited. Kagome, do you mind?

Kagome: Not at all. -Shoots Kikyo and kills her-

Xio: Thank you… she was stinking up the place… but what to do with the ashes?

Kagura: Allow me… -takes out her fan and has the wind blow Kikyo's ashes out the door-

Xio: Thank you so much Kagura.

Koga: What do you know, she isn't so bad after all…

Xio: Well, let's enjoy the party! -music plays louder as everyone dances-

Disclaimer: I'm checking the mail. Nope, Rumiko Takahashi still won't let me have them… unless I erase this word… Ohh, it's in ink… -sigh-

WARNING: More lemons ahead! I'll mark them for those who don't want to read them.

'Thoughts'

"Speech"

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"I would like to make the mark now." In reply, Kuri easily sat Rin back down, and stood up. She tossed her silvery moonlit hair back and left her neck bare to Sesshomaru's gaze. He placed his palm on her neck and it glowed blue. Once he removed his hand, a picture of Sesshomaru in his demon form remained, his courting mark.

"What is it?" she asked curiously.

"It is I, in true form." 'I will have to see him in it sometime,' Kuri decided to herself. Sesshomaru brushed his hair from his neck as Kuri placed her own palm over it, concentrating on her mark. Once to blue light faded, she removed her hand, showing her courting mark, a large winged dog. It was herself in demon form, but with the wings of an angel.

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A little while after the two had left for the spring, InuYasha woke. 'I won't be able to catch her without a plan…' he thought to himself. 'And the stakes are too high to mess this up.' He got out of his tree and went looking through the area, becoming familiar with the territory. After a little while of running west from the camp, he came upon a cliff. Looking to both sides he realized it was a perfect enclosure. 'Perfect. If I can, I'll try trapping her here.' He smiled to himself. 'I'll have my Kagome yet.' InuYasha smiled as he thought of the time ahead. 'Her instincts will tell her to finish out her heat with me too… How good can it get? Three days of her…' InuYasha gained a Miroku-esque grin at the thought.

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Kagome and Kuri returned to camp to find the camp up and bustling. Sango had already started the fire for breakfast. Kuri jumped into a tree in camp and avidly kept her eyes closed to keep her instincts under control. Kagome was just about to get the ramen out of her pack before her eyes met InuYasha's from the east side of camp. She dropped the pack, and her eyes began to flash before becoming full red. InuYasha looked at her as she stood within arms reach. "Catch me if you can, InuYasha…" said Kagome, eyes still locked on his, before she took off, heading west without even noticing that he had hidden his scent. InuYasha took off after her with a confident smirk.

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Kagome's head turned to see the deer step on the twig, directly across from InuYasha's position. He wasn't going to get another chance in this place and he knew it. He leapt and grabbed the unaware Kagome around her waist and clutched her to his chest. "I win," he growled huskily in her ear, and smirked at the shiver it caused. Kagome's eyes slowly began to turn back to her normal honeyed hue as her instincts released their tightened hold. "I promised to tell Kuri when the challenge was over so she could make hers," said Kagome quietly. "After that… I'm all yours…" Kagome let off a howl, telling Kuri of InuYasha's victory in inuyoukai language, before she and InuYasha went somewhere private.

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A long howl was heard from the direction Kagome had ran. Kuri, InuYasha won. You're up! Kagome howled out to Kuri. Kuri looked up with a large smile. She gracefully leapt from the tree and stood before Sesshomaru. Looking him in the eye with a blood red gaze she grinned. "If you want me, come get me…" She raced eastward. Sesshomaru smirked, causing Jaken to begin praying, and sped after her.

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Both gave a tired smile as the mating marks and courting marks both glowed and became permanent. Kagome snuggled into InuYasha's side before giving into her exhaustion and falling asleep, her mate following soon after.

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Kuri ran with her scent masked, leaping over boulders and fallen trees. She could hear Sesshomaru gaining, so with a scary grin she sped up, running towards the smell of running water. A few minutes led Kuri to a large river. Sesshomaru watched with wide eyes as she dived in and swam with the current. He followed from the side until it became apparent he'd have to follow to win. 'And this Sesshomaru always wins.' He dove in and began to catch up. Seeing that her water chase wasn't working, Kuri leapt out of the water and ran to the right. She used all her speed to get far enough ahead he couldn't see her, then jumped from tree to tree heading eastward again.

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She sprang out from the trees to find a clearing with a lake and a large, dark cave entrance. Kuri sniffed around for Sesshomaru. 'Wild pears, strawberries… fish from the lake… herbs… a deer… rabbits… but no Sesshomaru?' She gasped in surprise as something suddenly wrapped around her waist and pulled her up, knocking the breath out of her. "I always get what I want, dear Kuri…"

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Kuri snuggled into Sesshomaru's tail. She yawned, tired from the lack of food, chase, and 'exercise' after. "Sesshy," she began tiredly, "would you mind if I adopted Rin?" Sesshomaru looked at his new mate and smiled.

"I was planning on doing the same thing soon. I would be quite pleased if you adopted her."

"I love you, mate," mumbled Kuri, before falling asleep in Sesshomaru's arms.

"I love you too."

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Chapter Fourteen: The Second Day

Kagome awoke to see it was early morning. She yawned with a dog-like curl of her tongue and tried to get up, to find her mate's arms trapping her to his side. She listened for a moment to hear him snore softly and fought off her giggles. She turned to face him, planning how to wake him, but stopped as she saw two maroon stripes, one on each cheek. She sniffed quietly. 'He has no human scent anymore… It's completely gone! There's no way he went berserk in his sleep though… He would have killed something…' As if he felt the intense scrutiny Kagome was giving his face, he woke up and presented Kagome with his normal golden-hued eyes. She just stared more. "What? Is there something on my face?" he questioned with a growl. He didn't like the look she gave him.

"Yes, InuYasha, there is. The stripes that always appear when you go full demon have appeared on your face."

"WHAT?!?" InuYasha ran outside to the stream and looked into the water. Suddenly he stuck his head into the stream and scrubbed at his cheeks. He came back up. The stripes were still there. "WHY DO I HAVE STRIPES???"

"How should I know? But just so you know, you smell like a full demon now. Oh, look, you have the same maroon stripes on your wrists, thighs, and ankles too," she said, hiding a grin.

"How do you know?"

"I was checking your butt out again. Maybe later I'll pull a Miroku." 'Oh yeah, that one got him,' she thought, seeing his red-faced reflection. 'Maybe I'll do one more thing…' "It's too bad you don't have a tail… I'd just love to have a good excuse to stare at your rear some more…" She couldn't help smirking as his blush traveled further south. "InuYasha, I didn't know you could get so red…" 'This is so much fun!'

"You realize your not wearing any clothes either, don't you?"

"Oh yeah, but my heat instincts keep my modesty from bothering me… so I can bother you all I want!"

"Be serious for a moment, would you? I have the smell and look of a full demon! What's going on!?!" said InuYasha wildly.

Kagome stared at him for a minute. "It seems obvious enough to me. You've become a full demon."

"Yes but how? And why am I sane? I should be going into a blood frenzy…"

"I don't know… But isn't it what you've wanted?"

"I guess…"

"Maybe Sesshomaru would know…" suggested Kagome lightly.

"Feh."

"It doesn't really matter how Inu… What matters is that it happened… and perhaps you'd like to do something with your new speed and strength?"

InuYasha became aroused. "Like what?" he asked lustily.

"Like hunt some breakfast! I'll get the fire ready and gather some food around here." She grinned as he growled and took off into the forest, muttering about sexy bitches using him. She set about fixing the fire up and gathered some berries and such. After he returned with a couple rabbits they ate and cleared it away. "I needed to regain my energy… I might need it later…" Kagome winked seductively at him.

"How do I know this isn't some trick to make me do more work?" InuYasha asked skeptically. Kagome just laughed and headed to the stream.

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Kuri awoke and fought back a moan at the soreness between her legs. Determined to prove Sesshomaru wrong, she stood up, only slightly stiffly, and sniffed the air. 'Hot water! There must be a hot spring in this cave. Excellent!' She followed the scent of the spring, fighting to keep from limping. Sesshomaru, who was awake the whole time, stifled a smirk watching her. For a second he looked curious as to where she was heading, but the scent of hot water reached his nose and he let the smirk show. 'Looks like she is stiff after all.' As if she had been reading his mind Kuri called to him, "I can still walk Sesshy!" She disappeared into the tunnel leading to the hot spring.

Sesshomaru grinned with a sudden thought. "Well then, we'll just have to fix that, won't we?" He got up and walked after her.

Kuri exited the tunnel to find another large room in the cave. In it was a nice, clean, inviting hot spring. It was about the size of a swimming pool, and Kuri grinned as she slipped in. 'I may not have any soap but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy the water… Not to mention it's loosening my muscles…' she thought. She ducked under for a brief moment, rubbing out her hair, ears, and tail. She came back up dripping but very satisfied, finding out just how sensitive her ears were in this new form. 'They're almost as sensitive as the base of my tail.' She sat on an underwater ledge in the hot spring, the water up to her waist. Her hair hung limply off her head and her tail floated freely beside her. Kuri's ears swiveled back hearing Sesshomaru approaching from the tunnel. She grinned as she got an idea. 'What will he do?' she thought, just before putting her plan into action.

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"I can't believe I'm stuck babysitting a little fox brat, a neko, and four humans!" cried Jaken in a huff.

-WHACK- -SLAM- -CRACK- -SWAP- -WHRRR-

Sango slammed him with Hiraikotsu, Miroku with his staff, Kohaku with the flat of his weapon, and Kirara swiped at him with her claws in her battle form. Shippo finished off by using his illusory top, grinning evilly at the toad's cries of pain.

Jaken was silent for a little while, but it just wasn't meant to be. "Why couldn't Lord Sesshomaru just ignore that stupid dog! Just because she was in heat and challenged him? If I were him I would have killed her for her insolence ages ago!"

-WHAM- -THWACK- -BAM- -THUD- "FOX FIRE!" -SLAP-

Again Jaken found himself hit with Sango's large boomerang, Miroku's staff, and Kohaku's sickle chain weapon thingy, and then stomped by Kirara. Shippo used his Fox Fire to scorch the loud-mouth toad. But this time, Rin walked right up to Jaken and slapped him. "Don't talk bad about Mommy Kuri!" she cried out angrily, standing in front of the toad with her hands on her hips. She then kicked him in his ankle and stormed off beside Shippo. (A/N: Go Rin!) Everyone stared at her for a moment, but then all but Jaken burst out laughing as the toad hopped on one foot, cradling the kicked ankle.

Shippo began digging in the bag Kagome left before the challenge. "Shippo, what are you doing?" asked Miroku interestedly.

"I'm looking for Mommy's picture box thing. You know, that makes instant portraits. I want a picture of this!" Jaken continued his hopping dance of pain, then did a turn that easily showed the small red handprint on his cheek. Shippo snapped several pictures.

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Sesshomaru exited the tunnel to see Kuri sitting on the underwater edge of the hot spring. He started to walk nearer, but paused as he heard Kuri moan. He smelled the honey scent of her arousal. Her back still to him, she smirked to herself. Her hands left her tail to travel up to her breasts as she began fondling them. Sesshomaru began hardening hearing her purring whimpers and gasps when her hands slid back down her sides. She rubbed herself, taking delight in her exploration and in the musky arousal scent flooding from her mate. She smiled to herself as her hands trailed up and back down to stop at her opening. She inserted a finger and began to stroke herself. 'She's teasing me,' he realized, seeing her ears completely focused on him. She used her other hand to resume rubbing her breasts, one at a time. 'I don't know if I can keep this up without pouncing him myself,' thought Kuri a little worriedly. 'This may end up backfiring on me…' She rubbed her pearl as she felt the tension growing in her womb. Kuri smirked with a new idea. She pushed her finger into her passage and began pumping into herself. "Sessho…" she gasped out. He groaned at hearing his name called out in her self-induced passion and his eyes rimmed red. 'That one definitely got him,' Kuri thought as she added a second finger. Her hands suddenly left her mound as his tail wrapped around her waist and she was pulled out of the water to the side of the spring. She gave a fanged smirk to see his reddening eyes and obviously out of control expression and allowed herself to be guided to her hands and knees as he took his place behind her, her arousal as well as his growing from the position. He smirked to see that she wanted this as much as he did. Kuri gasped and gave a purring growl as Sesshomaru's member pumped into her tight sheath. She rocked back to meet his thrusts, whimpering and mewling out her pleasure. He grunted as she leaned to brace her front on her arms, and she moaned low as he was drawn deeper with her movement. "Harder… mmm Sesshy…" she purred out in ecstasy. Her muscles began to clench on him and she begged him to go faster. She felt wild at this pace and bucked madly to him, hearing his own feral growls at their lovemaking. He lapped and licked at her back, suckling and trailing kisses. He left little nips and licked to soothe them. As he nipped at her spine she growled and clamped her muscles around him, delighting in his groan. She felt her orgasm approaching rapidly and was determined to bring him with her. Her tail wrapped around his waist and twitched with every thrust. Kuri growled and mewled out to his movements, clenching tightly to him every time he pulled out, only to whimper and moan when he pumped back in. She felt her walls tremble violently as her orgasm came with a loud howling cry of "SESSHOMARU!" Her juices flowing over him and the tightening of her muscles brought him over the edge and he came with her, growling out Kuri's name. His eyes lost their red glow as he drew out of her and pulled her back into his arms. "Oh, Sesshy…" she mumbled happily. He merely gave a contented growl in reply.

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"I'm bored…" sighed Shippo sadly. It was midday and the sun had gotten hotter and brighter. Rin even looked saddened.

"Want to throw rocks at Jaken?" asked Rin.

"We did that just a few minutes ago."

"Chase him with sticks?"

"We did that the day before yesterday…"

Sango pet Kirara while watching the kids discuss tortures for Jaken. Miroku inched stealthily closer. His hand was inches away… A little closer and… -SLAP- "Always worth the pain…" mumbled Miroku with a dazed grin.

"It's soo hot…" complained Rin and Shippo together.

"Isn't there a lake around here, Sango?" asked Miroku suddenly.

"You know, I think there is," replied Sango. She called Kirara to her and got her to transform. She put Kagome's bag on her and they headed southward to the lake they had seen on their way to the camp; Jaken following knowing if anything happened to Rin he'd be killed, slowly.

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"We can swim in our clothes. It's a warm enough day that they should dry soon," remarked Sango. Everyone but Jaken agreed and jumped into the water. Jaken just stayed near the water to watch after Rin. 'Ever since Lord Sesshomaru saved that girl I've been her babysitter…' he grumbled mentally.

"Hey Shippo," whispered Rin.

"What?"

"Jaken looks sad. Do you think we should cheer him up?" With that question Rin got an evil grin that Shippo easily copied.

"Sure. What should we do?"

"We could get him to swim. Froggies like water!" Shippo nodded with that evil grin still on his face and the two sneakily swam nearer to Jaken. Jaken, lost in thought, didn't notice their approach.

-SPLASH-

Shippo and Rin had knocked him into the water and were taking turns holding him under. Rin popped some of the bubbles that floated to the surface as below Jaken screeched his anger. His Staff of Skulls floated uselessly nearby until Rin grabbed it and got out of the water. "Let's play Bop Jaken With His Staff!" Shippo nodded and the two let Jaken get out of the water.

Jaken sputtered as he got out, "How dare you two attack me like that!" -THWACK THUD WHAP THUNK- "AHHH! OUCH ACK! STOP THAT YOU LITTLE BRATS!" Rin merely kept chasing him with the staff, hitting him whenever she got close.

"Okay Shippo, your turn," she said with a grin. She handed over the staff and let Shippo hit him, before getting an idea. She ran over to Miroku who was relaxing in the shallower water. A nice red handprint was easily seen on his cheek, and a fuming demon slayer swam a little ways away. "Miroku, may Rin borrow your staff?" asked Rin politely.

"Why do you wish to borrow my staff?" asked Miroku, ignoring Shippo's attacks on Jaken pointedly.

"Rin wants to play games with Shippo and Jaken, but has to have a staff to join in…" she said with an innocent grin. Miroku smiled.

"My staff is over by the tree on top of my purple robe. Bring it back when you're done." Rin smiled and ran over to get the staff.

"Thanks Miroku! Hey Shippo, Rin can play more!" She ran over and the two resumed hitting the toad with both staffs. Kirara mewed with a kitty grin watching the two, and Sango stopped fuming to laugh at the sight.

"Come down Jaken, we just wanna play some more!" said Shippo. He was staring into the tree Jaken had somehow managed to climb into.

"I don't like that game!" squawked the toad. He watched as the two tried swinging the staffs high enough to reach him, but just falling short.

Shippo suddenly grinned with a good idea. He bent down to whisper in Rin's ear. "Rin, doesn't the old man on this staff spit fire?"

"Yes, the old man does… Oooh do it do it!" she said with a grin. Shippo aimed the old man at Jaken and pushed some of his youki into it. It responded by pouring out a large pillar of flame that knocked the now burnt toad out of the tree. The two smiled and began whacking him with their staffs again, somehow always hitting his most burnt areas.

"Look at them… So young and innocent…" said Miroku with an evil grin. Sango, surprisingly, shared his grin and nodded. Neither of them liked the aggravating toad, and thus felt no pity for his plight. Besides, if the kids were torturing him, the two weren't bugging them. Sango lost her grin as she felt a familiar hand caress her bottom. -SLAP- Miroku had a matching handprint on his other cheek.

"Lecher! Just because I agreed to be your wife doesn't mean you can touch me all the time!" she hissed quietly. She got out of the water and sat under a tree. 'I wouldn't mind him touching me, if he did it in private or in less personal areas. Is it really so hard to stay at my shoulder, or my waist?' She pointedly ignored him as he came to sit beside her and turned away when he began to explain how it wasn't his fault.

"But Sango, there was a piece of seaweed on your bottom and I had to remove it…" He shut up when he heard her growling. 'Okay… Let's not push our luck here… I'll just stop while I'm still alive…' They both ignored the thuds and cries of the children's 'game'.

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Kagome had almost slipped into the stream when InuYasha wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into his arms. "Where do you think you're going?" he asked huskily in her ear. It twitched in response as she shivered slightly.

"Well, I was thinking of a bath really. Want to join me?" she asked. Before he could reply she escaped from his arms and jumped into the stream. She laughed at his pouty expression. "After my bath, my impatient puppy," she said with a grin. He sulked at the side of the stream as she scrubbed at herself. After ridding herself of the grime from yesterday's activities the best she could without her soaps, Kagome splashed InuYasha. He scowled at her, but she merely laughed. "I'm an inuyoukai now Inu-chan. I can smell your amusement." In response InuYasha kicked some water at her, so Kagome brought her tail into it. She slapped it down into the water to create a large wave, then shook it out at InuYasha. He was soaked in minutes. They played in the water a little while longer, then she climbed out to dry. Smirking at InuYasha, she lounged on a smooth rock near the stream and sprawled out in the midday sun, but InuYasha was having none of it.

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InuYasha grinned at her and strode smugly to her side, and took hold of her tail to stroke it, remembering it to be one of Kagome's pleasure spots. He was pleased as she responded with a mix of a purr, growl, and whimper. "Your tail is sensitive…" he said in a cocky voice. She stood stroking her tail up his front as she did so and rubbed it up and down his sides, curling it around his waist, before slipping it away teasingly. She grinned as his musky arousal scent began to emanate from him. "So's your stomach," she replied with a taunting grin. He dragged her up to him and began licking his claiming mark and Kagome's scent filled with the honey of her growing excitement. She whined slightly when he released her neck, but it was cut off when his lips crashed against hers. She parted her lips as he slid his tongue over them, and it darted inside. Kagome's hands traveled up to InuYasha's ears while his traveled to the base of her tail. As he began scratching she melted into him with a moan, her tongue battling more fervently than before. InuYasha broke the kiss to begin suckling his claiming mark, only to groan as Kagome did the same to him. Kagome lightly nipped him and licked to soothe the sting, while InuYasha dragged his fang across it. Kagome shivered as InuYasha's hands began fondling her breasts and arched into him, wordlessly begging for more. InuYasha readily made his way down to them and took one into his mouth, Kagome mewling at the feeling. "Inu, please don't stop," she begged breathlessly. He lightly nibbled the one in his mouth, lapping at it to soothe it. Kagome whimpered as he left her breast, only to moan as he latched onto the other, giving it the same treatment as the first. Kagome's mind became fuzzy from the pleasure enveloping her as InuYasha traveled down her flat stomach trailing kisses downward to the apex of her thighs. He placed a kiss on her already wet slit, her scent almost dizzying, and slid his tongue skillfully across her bud. Kagome gasped and pushed herself against him, wanting more so much it was almost painful. Heat spread from the junction of her thighs through her body, making her skin flush and burn with desire. "Inu-InuYasha… I need you!" she gasped. InuYasha smirked. "Be patient, Kagome, I want to have some fun first." He turned back to her pearl and took it between his thumb and forefinger as he deftly flicked his tongue in and out of her. Kagome shivered and squirmed restlessly but InuYasha kept her pinned beneath him. Kagome cried out his name as InuYasha brought on her first orgasm, and InuYasha swallowed her juices greedily, his eyes never breaking contact with hers. InuYasha hardened further as he felt Kagome's tail lightly stroking his manhood. "If I don't get what I want InuYasha, I'll have to take it from you," said Kagome with a sexy grin. She flipped him over and straddled him, her opening just barely touching his throbbing arousal. She bent down to his ear. "Are you excited for me, my puppy?" she whispered. InuYasha only nodded dumbly. Kagome grinned again and licked across his courting mark, spreading fire across his skin with her tongue, before sitting back up and lowering slowly onto him. She began pushing herself on and off him in a tortuously slow rhythm and InuYasha groaned. She moved faster as she felt the tension of her second orgasm coming, InuYasha thrusting up to meet her movements. She moaned as she climaxed a second time and InuYasha flipped her onto her back, still thrusting as her juices flowed. He pumped into her faster as her juices coated her walls and slickened her already wet opening. "Inu!" she gasped. He held his own climax back as her muscles began clamping harder, her walls trembling around his shaft. She screamed his name in pleasure as her third orgasm hit her. InuYasha howled out as he climaxed into her.

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Kuri was currently lounging on a rock near the lake. Her tail flicked back and forth for a moment, before she decided to take a swim in the lake. She dived in and swam underwater for awhile. She grinned when she found an underwater cavern and eagerly entered it to explore. Coming up Kuri discovered there was open air in the cave. She saw shiny blue and green crystals covering the walls, and a tunnel in the back. She walked further inside.

Sesshomaru, meanwhile, was polishing his sword Tokijinn as Kuri relaxed outside. Finishing with the sword, he walked to the opening of the cave and watched his mate swim. He became worried as she didn't surface for air. 'She's been down too long for any demon to go without air. What's going on?' He dived in after a moment's debate over the situation, and began to search the lake. Just as he was beginning to give up hope of finding his new mate, he noticed the cavern Kuri had entered minutes before, and swam in. As she had done before, he surfaced, then sniffed inside, easily catching Kuri's distinctive scent. Ignoring the crystals, Sesshomaru chased after his wayward mate. Rushing down a tunnel, taking a right after coming to a fork in the path, he discovered the inuyoukai staring enraptured at a wall of flashing crystal, glinting multicolored in the sunlight. Looking up for a second one could see a beam of natural light coming in to shine on this wall from a small hole in the ceiling of the room, but Sesshomaru wasn't looking up at the ceiling, he was looking at Kuri with an angry glare.

"Kuri, why didn't you come up for air? Something could have happened to you and I wouldn't have known where you were," Sesshomaru growled.

Startled, she turned back to him. "Oh, Sesshomaru, I didn't hear you. I was just swimming and this cave peaked my interest. I wanted to explore it. Sorry if I worried you," she replied sincerely.

"You should have come back up to tell me where you were heading before you went in," he said. He gave his mate a scolding look as she turned her head.

"I wasn't thinking about the fact that I have more people than myself worrying about my safety now. It's something to get used to." Sesshomaru merely looked at her, but he silently relented to that fact. She smiled at him then walked back to the water at the cavern's entrance, hearing his light, even footsteps following her. Suddenly feeling mischievous, (A/N: When isn't she?) she turned back to Sesshomaru and rubbed his rear. "You're it… catch me for a prize…" she said with a sexy grin. She jumped into the water leaving Sesshomaru staring in shock for a moment, before he gained her grin and chased after her.

Xio: No more than two lemons in a chapter. Sorry. I thought this was a good place to end things though.

Minnie: Xio's taking down all her old stories for changes and won't be putting them back up until she finishes this one.

Xio: I'm just going to do them one at a time from now on because otherwise I forget them and don't update for a while.

Minnie: Incidentally, we only have a few more chapters to go.

Xio: Chapters will most likely begin shortening.

Minnie: So anyways, there's maybe seven chapters left to go, give or take a couple.

Xio: Then we'll begin posting a different story. I currently have three started, and as soon as I get halfway with any one of them, I'll start to post it after finishing this one. That way I don't have to worry too much with making you guys wait for chapters like I did this one.

Minnie: Hopefully it's been worth it.

Xio: Now that the serious stuff's over, let's get to Reviewer Corner! HANYOU-GODDESS-OF-THE-RED (Xio: I was actually planning on doing all that! Minnie: She has seen the Sacred Plot! She must be sacrificed! Xio: Umm, ignore her, she gets a little excited…), iLvsimplepln2 (thanks for the reviews. I really don't like Kikyo [Can you tell? -grin-] glad you like my story!), Serenity's Angel In Heaven (Already working on it! -hentai grin-), Yo Man, nIKKI (enjoy), Kiki (I'm all over it! [Totally random question: How many times has InuYasha said that statement in the dubs?]), Bishie Chaser (there will be about three more lemons, besides what's in the chapter, but I hope the warnings help! Thanks for the compliments!), Kameko Neko (thanks), Crumpled Peice Of Paper (THREATS! Yayyy! I'm hurrying though), The Soultaker (I reviewed with some suggestions, hope you got them.), Kirara Luver (thanks, I'll email if I need them!), Candace, skitsofrantic hentai girl (I'm so glad you liked it, knowing that people like Kuri is especially refreshing!), AniMegurl (hope you didn't get in trouble, and I'm glad you like my story!), dragonmaster01 (Thanks for being a constant reviewer! If you want to add them, that's cool. I can't wait to see it!), Demonica Angelicus, Kagome M.K, Eternal Sailor Darkness (yeah, I really can't think of a good InuYasha yaoi pairing, though Inu/Koga is probably the best bet out of all of them), Blurred Love (thanks, that's really reassuring! I figured the only way Inu had a chance catching a full-blooded demon would be to have a strategy, so he had to think some!), Goddess-Hope, and Dragon Man 180 (Jaken bashing is fun and easy! I do it every chapter it sounds right. Jaken's just comic relief anyways.). Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed! I hope you enjoy this chapter, and I apologize for the long wait. Thanks for reading!