Lessons Learned

Author Shortey 83

Chapter 17 A Lesson Learned

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! ^.^

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A hand gliding up and down her back was what woke Takara and she tensed, wondering who would be touching her in such a manner when memories of the night before came flooding back. A sigh left her as she leaned her head forward until it hit strong muscle.

"Are you awake?" he asked and she felt him move to hold her closer.

"Kind of" she yawned and stretched. She felt him grab her arm and pull it up to his face. "What happened here?" he asked, looking at a nasty looking scar that ran up the inner part of her arm.

Takara looked over to her arm. "When I was learning to forge, I had just started to hammer some bone together when it slipped into the coals, and when I went to hit it with the hammer, it launched a few of them at me." She grinned at his displeased expression. "What can I say? At least it only took one time for me to learn that lesson."

"How are you feeling?" he asked, leaning in closer to nuzzle her neck, licking the sorest spot on her shoulder, the place he had marked her.

She thought about that as she looked up to meet his golden, half lidded gaze. No creature had a right to look that good first thing in the morning. "Slightly used and abused" she smiled. He paused for a moment before a smirk crept onto his face.

"Only slightly?"

"I'm afraid last night is a little foggy. Perhaps you could jog my memory?"

"Perhaps." He growled a moment before he looked up and out the still open doors to where the sun was just beginning to color the mountain behind their home. The smirk remained on his face as he handed her his haori from the previous night. "Put this on" he told her as he stood and slipped on his hakama.

Wondering what he was up to, Takara did as he said, wincing a little as she sat up, her sex throbbing from the pounding it had received the night before. Before she could question any further, he had suddenly scooped her up in his arms and walked out the door.

"Hold on to me"

Takara did as he said, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Always" giving him a light peck on the cheek before he leapt off the porch and into the air.

The cool spring time air was refreshing as Sesshomaru carried her higher and higher up the mountain. "Where are we going?" she asked scanning the broad face of the stone that guarded the western side of their home.

"You will see." Was all he said as he finally began to descend onto the mountain itself.

There were a few large trees that provided shade to the place where they landed, but what Takara noticed most was the thick bed of soft moss that cushioned the ground like a carpet. Sesshomaru didn't set her down, to see if it was as soft as it looked but instead he moved silently through the little forest of giant trees that surrounded them.

"Have I told you how impatient I am?" she asked finally after a few minutes of him walking.

"There is no need. I can tell, but we are almost there."

Takara sighed and pulled a lock of his silver hair over his shoulder and used it as her entertainment, studying its silky consistency and braiding that section of it.

He stopped without a word and Takara looked to see where they were and gasped. He had taken them close to cliff face that overlooked the village from halfway up the mountain. While it was beautiful, she couldn't help but wonder why he had brought her there until he turned facing the mountain. There was a set of stairs carved into the stone that lead about twelve feet higher and in directly into the basin of a hot spring.

Sesshomaru climbed the stairs and set her down at the mouth of the basin. This must have been another branch of the spring that also fed the springs at the base of the mountain.

His large, pale hands snaked their way around her waist and untied the obi keeping the haori shut and slipped it off her shoulders, hanging it on a nearby branch. "This should help soothe your soreness." His voice rumbled in her ear before giving her a quick lick to her mating mark.

She gasped at the sudden and intense surge of pleasure that rushed through her body with that simple touch, her sex going liquid in an instant. It was an even stronger sensation than when he licked her sex. "My God" she panted "Do that again."

"This?" he asked and covered the mark with his mouth, licking and sucking on it until Takara nearly screamed with pleasure and he had to hold her up, one arm wrapped around her waist.

He lifted his head, allowing her to recover a moment before helping her into the spring. The water was hot and did wonders for her aches even as she moved to the edge of the pool, the water coming just high enough to cover the pink centers of her breasts.

Looking over the rim of the pool she got a spectacular view of the village as the sun was just rising over in the east. From this high up, she could see a few of the villagers moving about through the streets, appearing no bigger than ants from here they soaked. The tops of the trees were so green they glistened like emeralds and the dew made them sparkle like the brightest of stones.

As the sun began to climb higher and higher into a clear sky the stars and deep purple skies began to give way to lighter blues, yellows and pinks.

"Wow…" she breathed. "This is incredible. I've never seen anything so beautiful."

"Nor have I"

She glanced over her shoulder to find him sitting at the opposite side of the pool, his arms resting on the ledge and starring at her with those honey color eyes that were smoldered in lust. Even after last night, she still felt her face heating in embarrassment at the intensity with which they shone.

Attempting to lighten the subject, she looked around the hot spring and noted a few different large stones in the basin. "How did you find this place?"

"I saw it from the sky as I searched for a place to build the mansion. From here, everything I see is mine." He told her, his eyes never leaving her.

She smirked at that one, trying to act as if she didn't know he was really referring to her. "So basically this overlook helps to stroke your already enormous ego?"

She saw the fire in his eyes burn even hotter at her words and his lady slaying smirk grow a little more. "What can I say? I loved to be stroked… "

Takara's blush grew, even as she made her way closer to him and straddled his lap, her knees resting on the water smoothed stone, his cock trapped between them. "In all ways?" she questioned innocently. "Well there is this way…" she said reaching up and scratching that place on the back of his head that she had discovered he liked best. His scorching amber eyes closed and she leaned forward whispering into his ear as his chest thundered in approval at her touches. "I could tell you how powerful you are, that there is no foe, human or demon, that could ever hope to stand against you." She licked the shell of his ear and lightly nipped the pointed tip.

"I'm afraid I don't know any other way to stroke you." She grinned. "Unless you mean like this." With that she reached down between them and grasped his throbbing length. The base of him was so large, her thumb couldn't touch her fingers and only just barely at the top close to the plump head. No wonder she was sore.

The thundering growls in his chest became deadly as she whispered words of praise in his ear while one hand caressed the back of his head and the other caressed his impressive cock.

As she felt his the pulsing in his cock growing stronger and stronger she removed her hands and climbed off his lap slowly backing away. His eyes were now glowing red around the brim, excitement burning in them as he stood and stalked closer to her, but she wasn't trying to run.

"Alright, I've stroked you…" she said turning and bending her upper half against one of the stones that was partially submerged in the water. "Now would my formidable mate please stroke me?"

He was on her and in her before the words had barely left her lips, his sudden invasion was fast and hard as he slammed his hips against her ass, the water not slowing him down in the least. She wasn't sure what was louder; the sound of the water splashing as he rammed into her, her screams of pleasure, or his snarls. Again his hands fit to the curve of her hips perfectly as he pulled her body back against his.

This was indeed the most delightful friction, the way his body felt as it sank into hers and retreated from it over and over again.

"Sess…" she moaned, his name broken between her cries of pleasure. "Sessho…Ahhh…." She couldn't even call his name. "More… please…. Please…!"

The things Takara's cries did to him… Yet another difference between his former mate, she was always so quiet during their mating, having Takara cry his name in pleasure and demanding even more from him… Well it caught him off guard.

For the second time he felt himself expanding within her walls… only she had yet to find her completion. To say he wasn't a bit mortified when she whimpered in disappointment would have been a lie. He couldn't believe he had lost his control so quickly, like a young pup bedding his first female. "Sesshomaru…" she whined, her sex trembling around his even larger cock. "I-I…didn't get… I was so...cl-close.."

"Forgive me, my treasure…" he panted as he wrapped one are around her waist and the other hand reached between her legs, finding her clit and gently stroking it until she reached her climax

… A mistake he wouldn't make again….

He snarled in a mix of pain and pleasure as her still tight walls gripped him even tighter. Takara had no idea as to what it did to him, her tight sex holding his cock in a death grip, as she collapsed, panting, onto the rock she was leaning on.

"Are you alright?" she finally asked, once her breaths calmed. He raised a brow in response as he gently ran a hand up and down her spine while the other held her to him. She turned her head to glance over her shoulder at him.

"I have learned my lesson. You shall receive your pleasure before I receive mine. You are much too tight."

She giggled at him. "Sorry to squeeze you so badly."

"As I said… "Lesson Learned""

With that, he placed one arm behind her thighs and kept the other in place, picking her up and walking back until he could sit on the ledge they had been on a few moments ago. Takara sighed and leaned back into the strong muscle of her mate's chest, lifting an arm up to bring his head down so that she could nuzzle his chin, a sign of submission as InuYasha had told her. She felt his chest rumble against her back, the feel of it soothing.

She sat and waited for his knot to shrink and contemplated her life and what lay before her.

"What are you thinking?" he finally asked, reaching a wet hand up to stroke her hair.

She shrugged her shoulders. "Just enjoying the quiet and pondering tomorrow…"

"I see…" was all he said as he continued to rub her upper half, massaging her. "Well you best enjoy the quiet while it lasts… I have a feeling that 10 pups will be quite noisy."

"Yeah, my house was always loud... and the only time it was ever quiet was when I was the only one there. Even at night because my dad and all of my brothers snored loud enough to wake the dead… Speaking of pups, Kagome told me something that I wanted to confirm with you."

"Which is?"

She thought about beating around the bush, but decided against it, after all they were married and there was no such thing as divorce in the current time period. "She told me you would be able to smell when I can conceive, is that true?"

There was a silence from him. "She told you that, did she?" he finally spoke, and Takara was getting an uneasy feeling…

"Well?" she pressed.

"I can…"

"And…?"

… Nothing but silence answered her…

She turned to glare at him over her shoulder to find him looking away. "Really Sesshomaru?" she demanded. "And you couldn't even warn me?" She saw a slight change in his usually blank face and if she didn't know any better, she would say he looked almost… sheepish… and embarrassed.

She turned back away from him, feeling kind of upset that she had… scolded him.

It was quiet for a minute before he spoke. "I did not know InuYasha's woman had told you that. I thought to surprise you when I could smell your pregnancy." She didn't speak, but she did listen to what he had to say. It wasn't often that he spoke, especially when it came to how he felt about certain situations. "I am… eager to have a pup again, since I had so little time with my last."

Takara's heart broke a little more for her mate then, her anger washed away as a few tears spilled over. No one should have to deal with a loss like Sesshomaru had.

His hands were wiping her tears away before she got the chance to. "I was not comparing the two of you, My Treasure. Do not cry. It pains me to see your tears."

"I know you weren't. I'm just upset because I didn't realize how much it meant to you." She explained, pulling herself together.

"I am not used to… expressing my desires… and thoughts to another, so the fault it mine." He leaned down to nuzzle the side of her neck. "I will make an effort to share more with you."

She smiled, knowing exactly how hard it was for him to say that. Needless to say, men of the time didn't exactly explain things to their wives, and Sesshomaru was trying to adjust to that.

Again she changed the subject, wanting a distraction from the talk of pups. "I know you said you travel a lot, but will you continue to travel as much as you used to?"

"I will be traveling much less now that I have such a luscious mate to return to. I only need to ensure that my lands remain at peace." He spoke into her neck before changing to the opposite side of her creamy pale neck.

"Sounds good to me, but what about when you're gone? Are the villagers able to defend themselves well enough in the event of an attack?" From what she had seen, they were mostly merchants and farmers, not exactly warrior material.

"I doubt it, which is why I will not be traveling far for too long before I can reach a solution." He stopped and she had begun to wonder why until grabbed each of her thighs and lifted her off of him, his now flaccid cock slipping easily from her depths. "Either way, I will not leave you defenseless."

"I'm not going to argue with you because it's kind of a touchy subject for you, but please keep in the back of your mind that I am not COMPLETELY defenseless. I'm pretty decent with bows, swords (thanks to you), and dragon magic… you know… the basics." She grinned when he shot her a dirty look and stated again "Like I said, I'm not going to argue."

He didn't say anything more as he grabbed a cloth from one of the branches then pulled Takara over to him to wash. "When did that get here?" she asked. From what she remembered, they had directly left the house without grabbing anything.

"I placed them here just before you woke."

Meaning he had planned this… Whoever said demons weren't sentimental in the least was a liar. The past hour had been extremely romantic… and hot… very hot.

After washing one another, they both dressed in what they had arrived in before Sesshomaru flew them back to the mansion to change into clean clothes and grab something for Takara to eat. No sooner did they return to the rooms did Ayako step into the room.

"My Lady, it is time for Lord Sesshomaru to attend to his duties. I shall accompany you to your rooms." She said.

The volcano was building to eruption again for Takara.

She stood up and crossed her arms over her chest, glaring at the woman. "And what duties are there to be taken care of, may I ask?"

Ayako looked a little shocked that Takara would question her. "It is not for a woman to know her husband's duties. She is to always mind her-…"

"If you dare tell me to mind my place, I will annihilate yours… Which brings me to my next point. What exactly do you do? From what I've seen, you harass the other help in the mansion, get in their way while they are trying to work, and irritate the piss out of me!" Ayako's face was shocked at Takara's words, but the volcano was about to erupt, a sight which the older woman didn't want to see.

Takara then turned to Sesshomaru, who was just staring back and forth between the two of them, not quite sure if he should jump in or not, but his face was its usual mask of concealment. "I mean, I know I'm not from… around here, but is it custom to have an "honorary pain in the ass" in the household? Please tell me if I'm missing something."

"I beg your pardon!?" Ayako demanded.

"Yeah, you should."

"Enough!" Sesshomaru finally spoke, shocking Takara a little with his volume. He looked to Takara taking a breath. "I will deal with her, go and change for the day. I wish to take you somewhere."

Takara may not have agreed with all of the customs for the current time, but she wasn't going to disrespect her husband by arguing with him. "Alright" she frowned, "I don't need to put on a nice kimono, do I?"

He shook his head and she exited the room, still fuming.

"She needs a tight rein, My lord." She heard the woman say once she turned the corner. "She cannot continue to think she can order you around."

"Rok Los Ahmul do Volumbrii, Mey! Rek Fen Dreh Ol Rek Hinde!" Takara shouted, the entire valley shaking at her words, Ayako and the other household help screaming at her words, effectively conveying to them that she was not to be messed with.

She stomped into her room, putting on her well-worn jeans and T shirt, her wet hair up into a pony tail, and her tennis shoes on. Out of habit, she put on her quiver and bow before heading to the main entrance where Sesshomaru was waiting for her. He raised a brow at her for a moment before exiting the palace.

"What was that look for?" she questioned as she followed him down the stairs.

"You have your bow." He answered. "Do you think me incapable of defending you?"

She knew he was teasing, but still…

"I don't, it's just that, old habits die hard."

Jaken had Ah-Un saddled and ready at the main gate, but as Takara approached the creature she had a bad feeling settle in the pit of her stomach. "Is Jaken coming with us?" She asked Sesshomaru.

He gave her a questioning look, but didn't answer.

"It's just with that woman being the way she is, I'm afraid that she might try and hurt Kaos. If that happens…" She let her voice trail off without finishing that statement. Her dog was her best friend and if anyone hurt them, she would tear them apart with her voice.

It surprised Takara when Jaken spoke up. "I will ensure he is kept safe, My Lady." He said with a bow as he walked back into the manor to find her dog.

"Wow… I didn't expect that at all…" she mumbled as she climbed onto Ah-Un's back.

"You are my wife and my mate. He will do as you command if he wishes to remain under my protection." Sesshomaru told her as he climbed onto the back of the dragon behind her. Before she could protest, he took the reins from her and ordered the dragon into the sky.

As Ah-Un reached Sesshomaru's preferred flight altitude, Takara leaned back against him, nuzzling her head against the fluffy down of his fur. "Oh fluffy, how I have missed thee…"

As usual, Sesshomaru growled at her for addressing his fur instead of him.

"Well I did, and just so you know, tonight I will snuggle with it, and I will be naked while doing so because as your wife, you are required to let me do so."

The growl in his chest thundered even louder. "Is that a fact?"

Takara had a feeling that her newly wed promiscuousness was going to hang around for a while, especially when Sesshomaru reacted the way he did. Had she needed to 'play hard to get' things wouldn't have been so easy. She may have been bashful, but when Sesshomaru decided to seduce her there was no way she would be able to put up that ruse… at least not yet.

For now, she was a human teenager with raging hormones for at least…

She paused at that thought. "Ack!"

"What?" Sesshomaru questioned; his growling coming to an abrupt halt.

"Sesshomaru, I'm seventeen!"

She could practically feel his mind working to process where she was attempting to take their conversation. "I am well over-"

"Don't finish that." She interrupted him.

"What is the problem with your age?"

"Remember what Sahloknir said when I killed that dragon?" she asked, looking back to him over her shoulder. "I wouldn't start aging for fifty or so years."

"I'm glad because now I get more time with you." He told her and she sighed. While it was sweet of him to think so, he just wasn't following her.

"Sesshomaru, I am going to be a seventeen year old human girl with out of control hormones for the next fifty or so years!"

She watched as her words sank in and to her surprise he smirked at her. "Then it shouldn't be too difficult to keep you out of trouble. All I have to do is keep you in bed."

Her face went blank for a second before going to a more of a mix of irritated and annoyed as she attempted to put on an 'I don't really care' attitude like he normally did. "Is that so?"

He reached around her, placing his hand on her lower abdomen and pulled her lower half tighter to his to where she could feel his hardening length against her ass. "It is, now you should try and rest for a while until we reach our destination."

"And where is that?"

"You shall see when we get there, now rest, my treasure." He told her, releasing her bottom half, to lean her back against him.

Even though she could have argued with him for hours on end, she didn't want to risk upsetting him so she did as he said and snuggled into his fur again and closed her eyes with a sigh.

"Just one more thing…" she said and she took his silence as her queue to continue. "Why do you call me that?"

"My treasure?" he asked and she nodded. "If not for the reason that you are, that is what your name means, is it not?"

She smiled at that. "It is yet another way to stoke your massive ego isn't it, calling me yours?"

He didn't say anything for a moment after that, a long pause between them. "I told you I enjoy being stroked."