Lessons Learned

Chapter 13

Author Shortey 83

Disclaimer: I do NOT own InuYasha or Skyrim! I only borrow ideas because trying to drill them out of my head with power tools doesn't work! ^.^

Story Start:

Takara wasn't sure which woke her up, the sliding of the screen door or the heavy weight that covered her legs, but either way her nap was over. "Excuse me, my lady" came a female voice from the other side of the door. "I have brought your evening meal." Takara's stomach growled in response as she climbed off of her bed and headed into the main room.

The woman was young, perhaps only a few years older than herself dressed in a plain kimono. She was pretty with a round face and soft brown eyes. "Hello, my lady. I apologize for waking you but I thought you might be hungry." She greeted Takara with a smile.

"Hello and thank you for this. May I ask your name?" Takara asked as she knelt down to the table ensuring her yukata wouldn't fall open as she sat.

The girl nodded and poured her a cup of tea. "My name is Ai and Lord Sesshomaru has instructed me to look after you during your stay. How was your trip?" Takara eyed the girl as she sipped her tea, a slightly uneasy feeling settling in the pit of her stomach. Trying to dismiss it, she told the girl of her flight over and asked her about the place.

It seemed that Sesshomaru had this entire place built during her stay with Yolheimin. The fact that he had it done within about four months wasn't nearly as impressive to her as the fact that he had built it specifically for Rin and herself to stay in during the winter months. It really put things into perspective about just how serious he was or seemed to be and that worried her.

While it was true that she felt things for Sesshomaru without a doubt, Takara worried about what exactly he wanted from her. She was in a completely different time and things worked much differently. She was pretty sure that the building of an entire village for another person to whom some attraction had been shown would most definitely fall in the "courting" gifts category not like a bunch of flowers or such that fell into the "interested" gifts category. She was used to the interested gifts from the men in the village, but what Sesshomaru had done for her was on a new level. To be honest, it made her feel a little guilty.

If he had asked her to marry him tonight, Takara felt that she would have to say "yes" simply out of obligation for such an outrageous gift.

Marriage… She thought. What if marriage was truly his ultimate goal? He doesn't want to marry you" she told herself Stop worrying over nothing. Her thoughts weren't exactly reassuring her since she hadn't managed to convince herself. What if he doesn't even mean this as a gift? He did build it for Rin too after all. Who knows? Maybe he got tired of traveling in the snow and decided to kill two birds with one stone?

"My Lady?" the girl questioned while holding the tea pot, snapping Takara out of her thoughts. Ai refilled her cup and got up and moved to the screen door as the soft pad of feet approached. "She isn't appropriate, My Lord." Ai told who Takara guessed to be Sesshomaru. "It's fine, Ai. I'm not putting on a kimono just to take it off when he leaves." She told the servant woman who reluctantly nodded and moved so that Sesshomaru could enter before she exited the room for them to speak.

Takara didn't speak at first. She was wondering how she would ask him about building an entire village for Rin and herself, but in all honesty, she wanted him to tell her what he expected in return. She sipped her tea and did her best to avoid his gaze as he watched her.

"What troubles you?" he finally asked as she poured him a cup of sake. She glanced at him briefly as their hands touched while passing him his drink, but she remained silent for a moment. Not surprisingly Sesshomaru didn't press the issue. He simply continued to watch her.

"I understand you have had this place built recently?" she finally spoke.

She had no idea why she expected him to beat around the bush on this subject. After all, he never did.

"I had it built when I learned that you could no longer stay with the priestess."

All formal manners aside, Takara sighed, folded her arms on the table and dropped her head onto them. This can't be happening… she told herself. "You seem upset?" he spoke, sounding perplexed.

Takara looked up at him and fought the urge to smile. He looked adorable when he was confused. "Alright, Sesshomaru." She finally spoke "It seems the two of us are having some communication issues. I need you to tell me if you built this place specifically for me and why. I want to ensure we are on the same page because my head is spinning right now."

He cocked his head to the side and observed her for a few moments, still seeming a bit confused as he watched her. "I am a demon, so I do not fully understand the ways of humans, but is this not the proper way to court you?" Takara could only gape at him. Did he not realize what he was saying? He was casually telling her that he intended to marry her just like he was telling her it would rain tomorrow and there was no difference between the two. He continued to sip his sake while she sat in silence but as he finished his drink and she still hadn't spoke, he finally did.

"Are you displeased with the thought of marriage to me?" he sounded a bit angry, and an angry Sesshomaru was not something she wanted to deal with, just the thought of him pissed made her shiver.

She took a deep breath and thought how best to explain the situation to him and decided to be as blunt as he was. "Displeased isn't the word I would use," she began. "Shocked is more appropriate." He seemed to calm at her words and nodded for her to continue. "As you know, I'm not from this world. Things like this work much differently so forgive me if I've offended you in some way."

"How are things different?" he asked as she poured him another cup of sake.

Takara shrugged "Well for one, I'm seventeen." Perhaps she should have paid more attention in history class.

"I thought it odd that you had not yet married." Sesshomaru told her as he leaned back into the wall, his golden eyes fixed on her. "Women are typically married when they are a few years younger." This was becoming an odd conversation. "Well where I come from I still have quite a few years ahead of me before I even consider marriage." The way he cocked a brow, she could tell he found that strange but he didn't speak so she continued. "Another thing, in my time, people typically get to know one another, before the whole marriage ordeal even pops up in conversation."

"You are the one who asked me to voice my intentions." He pointed out with a smirk. "I'm an idiot, thank you for the reminder" she answered him and continued. "Not to mention all this…" she motioned to the house around her. "Where I come from people don't build entire villages just to court a girl. Don't you think that all this might be a little too much?" The way he continued to stare at her with those molten honey eyes made heat begin to creep into her cheeks. "There is no such thing as too much when it comes to something I want."

Finally she had to submit her gaze to his as her flush covered her entire face. "As far as "getting to know one another", that is why I invited you to stay with me. Perhaps by spring I can have you convinced." Takara nearly choked on her tea.

"Spring?! You're being a little ambitious aren't you?" Her heart couldn't take much more of this surprise. "The sooner you are mine, the sooner I may take you to my bed." Her scarlet flush spread down her neck at that little comment, but at the same time left her a little confused. "There is another difference. Where I come from, men are typically spend their entire relationship trying to get in their woman's pants." At his confused look Takara added "Trying to get them into bed. Making sure that sex is good between them first."

"That does not concern me. I will be able to please you." He sounded very sure of himself and continued "I will wait until you agree before I bed you." Takara was still avoiding his gaze "You seem to believe it's just a matter of time before I agree. Are you so certain that I will or that you really do want me?"

He was silent for a moment before he spoke and instructed her to come closer to him. Not too sure about what he was up to, Takara slowly moved to kneel beside him. Faster than she could see him move, he had pulled her onto his lap, her thighs on either side of his waist, his hands gripping her waist. His grip on her hips tightened slightly before he pulled her harder into him and she could feel something hot and hard pressing against her sacred area. She gasped as he ground his hips to hers a few times, "Can you feel how badly I want you?" he growled lowly to her before he pressed his confined length against her core again before he leaned forward to attack the flushed and exposed skin of her neck.

A soft moan escaped her lips as he continued to torment her throat and chin before moving to her mouth. She felt the fabric of her yukata slide down slightly just before Sesshomaru's assault on the hollow of her collar bone began, and yet he never made a move to open her yukata or progress any further.

Takara was panting hard by the time he finally pulled away and a dull ache pulsed between her thighs. She gasped as he suddenly stood, setting her on her feet on unsteady legs, ensuring her softer body pressed tightly against his solid, muscled frame. He reached up to bury his claws in her hair, sliding his fingers through the dark strands, before he leaned down to press a final kiss on her lips. "I shall see you tomorrow and we shall spend the day however you wish." With that he left her standing in the middle of the room, clutching the front of her yukata and panting in the wake of his attention.

As she walked into her room, she found her dog right where she had left him, lying belly up across the bed, oblivious to what had just occurred. "Some friend you are," she told him as she climbed into the bed. "You didn't even bother to rescue me from that wicked demon." She laughed as his tail wagged back and forth between his hind legs and she drummed on his big barrel chest. "You just knew I secretly didn't want to be rescued."

Anyone who would've said that Sesshomaru did anything half-assed would have been a liar. True he wasn't sentimental by any means, but his tenacity more than made up for that flaw. She wanted to explore the village, he took her- She wanted something, he bought it for her – She wanted to brush his mane of silky hair, he let her; more importantly though, when she wanted to be alone for a while, he left her alone until she sought him out.

However, Takara was determined to push him to his limits. After being at his mansion a few weeks, the weather had taken a turn for the worse and it was cold and rainy so Takara had been forced to stay inside. For someone who loved to be outside, this wasn't a good thing. She was going stir crazy and needed entertainment.

Unfortunately for Sesshomaru, the entertainment was going to be at his expense.

She found him in his room cleaning his swords, and in Takara's eyes looking incredibly handsome without his armor on, his fur lying behind him, and his haori on loosely. He raised a brow at her entry but said nothing as she entered and closed the door behind her. "It's raining still…" she told him as she sighed, making her boredom evident. Sesshomaru still said nothing as he continued to tend to his weapons. He remained silent as she walked behind him and gathered his fur in her arms before she sat down and leaned against his back.

She saw him turn his head to look over his shoulder out of the corner of her eye before he returned to what he had been doing. Takara also continued to do what she was doing.

Within a matter of minutes, she had managed to completely tangle herself in his fur.

"What do you think you're doing?" he finally asked as he turned a bit more to see just how tangled she was.

"It's so fluffy!" she exclaimed before cuddling her face into it again. "So, so fluffy!" She gave him a wide smile as she fell over on her side and he simply raised a brow. "Can't I just marry the fluffy?" she asked rubbing her cheek on it.

"No" he answered, his voice irritated as he once again returned to cleaning his sword, sheathing it before moving on to the other.

Takara sighed in disappointment. "Can I at least take it back to my rooms? I want to cuddle with it some more."

"Then you may continue to do so here."

"Naked?"

That got his attention as he whipped his head around to her, his eyes beginning to glow with a hint of lust. "Don't tempt me." He warned her with a growl in his voice and Takara shivered at the sound. "Please don't threaten me" she said as she smiled sweetly at him. "I hear your… Sword… is very powerful."

His growls thundered even louder in his chest as smoldering lust filled his amber eyes, the whites beginning to glow red around the brim. Takara saw his muscles tighten and felt that he was about to pounce her but before he could sheath the sword he had been cleaning, she shouted.

"TIID KLO UL!"

What should have escaped her was how quick he turned to face her, but instead he seemed to move at normal speed thanks to her Shout. It gave her time to jump up while he was confused, untangle herself from his fur and gather it up in her arms before she bolted out of his room laughing as he moved to chase her. It was like everyone they passed was moving in slow motion.

The Shout she had used was one to slow time, and while the rest of the world moved at a snail's pace, Sesshomaru's natural speed seemed to allow him to keep up with her. She weaved in and out of rooms and changed direction every chance she got finally causing him to slide past her as she suddenly turned and ran the way they had just come from and into her room slamming the door behind her. She winced when she heard a crash and quickly moved to the outside of the mansion, running along the outer porch laughing as she heard Sesshomaru's irritated growl. She didn't see him so she dropped his fur and ran back into the house, away from his growls.

She could hear him run the direction opposite that she had went and crept out of her hiding spot and ran yet another direction. She kept as quite as she could and listened as he backtracked his position. This time she made her way back to her rooms once more and collapsed on her futon panting from her run as time resumed its normal pace.

"I never realized just how fast you were." She panted as he stalked into her room, his fur in its normal place at his shoulder. "I give up…"

His growl echoed in her room as his red tinted gaze fixed on her. He took several deep breaths and she guessed it wasn't because he was out of breath. "It is not wise to surrender to me after a chase while flat on you back." He finally managed to ground out through clenched teeth, his voice echoing with his growls.

She smiled and gave him a nod and he turned to exit her rooms. "So since you're a dog demon, after a chase I should surrender on all fours?" She asked as she turned to lay with her head at the end of the bed on her stomach, and he froze mid stride.

Again he took several deep breaths before he glanced at her again. "When I finally get you into my bed, you will regret acting so promiscuous." With that he quickly exited her chambers and Takara breathed a sigh of relief. Sesshomaru must have some serious self-control… she thought or does he?

Sesshomaru had to force himself to return to his rooms, and it wasn't easy to do when all he could think about was returning to Takara's room, ripping her kimono off and showing her what teasing a demon male would result in. He wanted her badly. The fact that his cock was so hard, it made even the slight brush of his hakama torture as he stalked back to his rooms and he wanted to turn around so badly. It had only been last night since he pleasured himself last, but now he needed to do so again.

The following day the weather had cleared and while it was still cold outside, at least the sun shone brightly and Takara had to get out of the house. She dressed in a plain kimono and hurried to Sesshomaru's chambers. He was sitting on the porch outside of his room while the screen remained open simply starring out at the large waterfall behind the mansion and didn't even turn to acknowledge her. "It stopped raining" she announced as she sat down beside him. He gave her only the slightest nod and that was all. She hoped he wasn't mad about yesterday and leaned into him, resting her head on his shoulder and sighed.

"I'm still bored" she told him

"You still may not have my fur"

"Stingy demon"

"Provocative woman"

Takara laughed and stood going to fetch a comb to drag through his silky hair. He made no moved as she settled in behind him and slowly pulled the comb through his silver tresses despite it being free of even the slightest tangle. She just loved to touch his hair, hell she loved to touch him and despite her best efforts not to fall for the haughty dog demon before her, she was. The last few nights she had laid awake in bed, imagining what would happen if he suddenly came to her bed, or if she had gone to his. She had considered the latter last night after their chase, but chickened out- too fearful of being rejected.

As the spun silk of his hair glided over the comb and fell on her hand she decided that the comb was no longer needed. She moved to kneel behind him before gathering up his hair and pulling them down his back. As her blunt nails scrapped against his scalp, she heard the slightest rumble deep in his chest and moved to rake her nails across it again. This time he leaned his head back into her touch as his rumbling growl continued, almost like a purr.

Moving just a bit closer, her soft chest finally pressed against his back and she could feel the vibrations against her breasts and gasped slightly at the sensation it caused. In the next instant she was in his lap, her back to his chest. He didn't speak but his growls softened as his clawed hands came up to encase each of her breasts, kneading them softly. Takara felt him lean down, his hot breath fanning her neck as his growls quieted even more.

"Don't" she managed to get out and Sesshomaru stilled before he slowly released her breasts. Quickly she grabbed his much larger hands and replaced them where they had been on her chest and clarified. "I meant "Don't stop growling"" she explained as he began to massage the soft mounds of her flesh. "I really, really like it when you growl at me." Her response was a vicious growl that made her shiver in his arms; his sharp fangs teasing the bare flesh of her throat.

However, as soon as he had started, Sesshomaru stopped. His hands moved down to her waist and pulled her back until she was sitting flat against his hard body and she sighed again. Part of her was relieved that he had stopped, but a larger part of her regretted that he had.

"Believe it or not" she began as she leaned into the fur of his shoulder "I actually came here to see if you would do me a favor."

"I believe you. I was the one who acted irrationally."

Takara smiled at his response. He was always so proper. "I was just wondering if you could teach me to use a sword a little bit better." He was quiet for a moment before he spoke again. "I will, if only to keep you from causing me so much frustration."