Ch 17: The Three Couples

Kagome sighed as she lay next to her god, her amber eyes trailing gently over each and every feature of his face, thinking over how many trials and tribulations they had had to suffer to reach this point. They had bedded down for the night in a secret cave Inuyasha had found while hunting not too long ago. It was not to small, and not too large either, it would probably make a good home for about four people. The cave's entrance had about a ten foot ceiling, which sloped up into the darkness, and Kagome had guessed the cave to be about thirty feet high at its largest point. With about three feet of width at the enterance spreading out to about thirty feet at the back, which was about sixty feet down the passage, ending in a moss covered limestone boulder. The half moon was right out infront of the entrance, shiningsilver speckled light upon the two demons locked in the aftermath of the embrace of love. "It was so hard," she thought, "so very hard… but I had Inuyasha by my side the whole time… he's most likely the only reason I'm alive today…" she let her thoughts trail on, her polish-free nails running lightly over his golden sides and up over his chest, feeling his muscles quake a little under her fingertips' light pressure, feeling extremely faded rough spots… scars, especially the one on the middle of his stomach that Sesshoumaru had given him near the onset of their journey, even before they had met Sango. "Inuyasha," she whispered, as she ran a fingertip over her love's soft cheek, the hanyou's soft expression softening even more in his slumber. "How did you ever, ever get to be so cute… and go through so much?" She was simply marveling at his magnificence, loving every inch of him, from the tips of his sluggishly twitching ears, all the way down to his toes, which she knew she could make curl at will with a touch. She sighed, snuggling deeper into his embrace, the happiest woman in the world at the moment.

Her mate suddenly off a soft growl, his lips kicking up in a lopsided snarl. She leaned back a bit, her ears cocked up a bit higher, twitching in alarm, trying to find something out of the ordinary, her eyes watching his as his golden orbs slowly opened, a bit dull from sleep, but still spellbinding. His voice was a bit rougher than usual when he woke, which just had the effect of turning her on to him even more as he whispered, "Good morning, my mate…"

Her look of concern suddenly cleared to one of mock indignation, "Inuyasha! You had me scared for a minute there, you started to growl, I thought something was coming…" she whispered, leaning down and nipping playfully at his neck with her fangs, making him wince and try to hide his pleasure at the gentle teasing.

He smirked softly, tilting his head and planting his tongue at the base of her neck, then sliding it up slowly to where her earlobe would have been, then swirled his tongue there in reply, "Well… if your up for it, something will be coming in a while, if you… how do you say it again? "Catch my draft?"" The voice and tone he was using, soft and flirtatious, was driving her absolutely crazy as she began to suck at the base of his neck.

"Inuyasha," she whispered seductively as she pulled her mouth from his neck, with a sigh of relief coming from her demon lover, "It's catch my drift, ok… now shut up and bang me, my beautiful puppy…" she was purring this into cocked ear, giving it a few gentle nips and licks afterward, pressing her bare form to his from beneath the furs they were covered with. "I need you Inuyasha…" she pleaded, pressing her chest firmly to his.

Inuyasha gave a smirk at this, "hmm hmm… well, my bitch, do you want me to not hold back on you?" he purred, nipping the tip of her nose, then licking it softly and then moving to her cheek, pressing up gently to her.

At this, Kagome shook her head quickly. "No, Inuyasha… oh god don't hold out on me baby… give me all you got!" she begged, her hips pressing to his in desperation, her eyes absolutely begging him to fuck her so hard she would pass out.

At Kaede's-

Sango grunted as she slowly roused from her sleep, her eyes opening and looking vacantly around for a few seconds before refocusing, bringing the houshi and the fox kit into her vision. She smiled, feeling her right arm's pain beginning to well up in her mind, making her knit her brows in discomfort, but she forced the pain down, knowing the arm was in tatters, and if shehadn't gotten thevery precise treatment as quickly as she did, it would havemost likelybeen permanently damaged. She sighed, looking into the houshi's deep violet eyes.

Miroku's face was worried, but his eyes were smiling to the point that it looked as if he would cry for joy at any moment. "Thank Buddha your alive, Sango… thank Buddha…" He murmured as he looked down at her, giving her left hand a gentle squeeze, trying to show his sincerity and support for her through the gesture. He really wished Kagome was here, with her modern "first-aid", it could have been really helpful in helping Sango heal.

Sango smiled for the first time in, she didn't know yet but days, a while before giving a dry chuckle, her voice seeming to be lined thinly with pain, but still the same old Sango's voice, "ha… you think a bunch of weak demons like them could kill me? Well think again, monk, and don't even think about letting you hand anywhere near me… well… for now" She ended with a low purr in her voice and a slow wink.

Yuki was in the corner, laying out on her tatami mat as she slept, out cold to what was going on at the moment, but would most likely be glad that Miroku's wife had come to. Miroku had seen Yuki slipping out of her top and skirt before she had slipped under her set of covers, which meant she was only in her undergarments in the warm hut, sleeping soundly.

He sighed happily, leaning down and kissing the top of his love's forehead, then to her lips as he kissed her feather lightly. Sango sluggishly returned the kiss, seeming a bit uncoordinated as he felt her left hand running gently down his back from on top of his robes. He smiled, shrugging his shoulders so his left shoulder was exposed to her eyes, which she slowly made her way to as she kissed down his neck, then began to gently suck on his shoulder, making him shudder as he slid down next to her, whispering "do you need more… more rest, dear?"

She gave a sluggish nod in response, her eyes looking pleadingly up at him as he gently held him with one hand, whispering gently. "Hold me, Miroku… I don't want to be alone right now… just hold me…" he nuzzled into his neck, taking in his interesting scent. It was an interesting scent, sweat, something that smelled like incense to her, and the soft smell that the sutras he used seemed to hold, combining to make a deep, musty, almost divine smell. She shrugged it aside as she nuzzled into him deeper, secure in his embrace as she felt him wrap his arms around her, making her sigh in contentment and let her self slip into unconsciousness.

Miroku smiled gently as he felt her drift off, felt her breathing and heartbeat slowing a bit and deepening as she entered dreamland. He wondered what she was dreaming about right now, what she was seeing. Was it him? Was it Kagome for a casual walk? He couldn't know, but he hoped it was him, making him feel… happy. He didn't feel like he had just gotten a free lollipop, oh no, he felt like he had won the lottery, even though he didn't know what that was, but no matter, all he knew was he had never ever been this happy. He looked down onto her smiling, sleeping face, and whispered down to her, "I love you, Sango…" He smiled wider, nuzzling down into her neck and drifting off with her into the world of dreams.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Inuyasha's Forest-

Cali sighed in annoyance as he looked around the woods, sniffing madly, trying to pick up her scent. "All right, Naja! It's been two days! That's quite enough hide and go seek!" he cried out, cocking his ear to hear the familiar kooky giggle his mate gave off whenever he said something entertaining. He suddenly heard it, only a few feet to his left, making him dive as quick as lightning at the noise, slamming into her soft body. "Gotcha!" he hollered as she cried out, falling onto the ground below him with a soft "thud!" He smiled down at her, his mate of 75 years looking up into his eyes. "Hey love…" he whispered as he purred down at her, licking at her cheek.

Naja giggled softly as she enjoyed the carress, "mmm… good evening, sweetheart…" she purred in reply, licking his cheek in return and then licked softly at his neck. She smirked as she did this, knowing it drove Cali absolutely wild.

Cali shivered softly, then looked down at his mate. "love… we have to go see how Inuyasha is doing, his mate's heat has ceased." He whispered in a choppy voice, but looked stern, discouraging her advances, they needed to talk to Inuyasha, and it was going to be a very serious conversation. A direct message from Sesshoumaru had stated that Sesshoumaru had become a declared homosexual, leaving no heir to the throne of the western lands from Sesshoumaru, and leaving the continuation of the rule of the Western Lands directly in Inuyasha's unskilled hands. He knew for a fact that Inuyasha was an extremely distrusting person, and his personality had the way of being repulsive to all but the very persistent to get to his good side. This was not exactly the most suitable kind of person to sire the next leader of the West. That was where he came in, he had his chance to once again get into the upper circles of the land, get a chance to get to where he thrived most, politics. All he really had to do was groom Inuyasha's son so that he would be fairly politically savy, he needed to know about so many things, some of which even he had not mastered. Inuyasha would take care of the physical training, but Cali's job was the mental training of the new heir.

When Cali had let the cogs rest for a few seconds, he found that his mate was already fast asleep beneath him, purring in her sleep. He sighed as he reached down and cupped her cheek, giving it a gentle kiss. "My mate…" he thought, "all mine…" He pressed close to her and rolled to his side, pulling his mate to him and drifting off quickly against her. They would go tomorrow to see Inuyasha and speak, tomorrow…