Lessons Learned
Author: Shortey 83
Chapter 24 - Disappointment
Disclaimer: I do NOT own InuYasha or Skyrim!
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Takara wasn't sure what woke her; the weight preventing her from moving or the rumbling of thunder from outside, but either way she forced her heavy eyelids open. Looking down she was surprised to find that Sesshomaru was still lying where he was the night before when she fell asleep. She tried her best to remain still, but the sight of Sesshomaru actually asleep was fascinating, a sight she couldn't look away from. His face was just as handsome as ever, perhaps even more so with such a peaceful expression.
She had never seen him so relaxed and it brought a gentle smile to her face. Carefully, in order to avoid waking him, Takara softly placed a hand on the back of his head, stroking him lovingly, the strands of his silky, silver hair offering no resistance to her hand. He twitched subtly at her touch and she made note of the stripes on the side of his face that she could see. They were no longer jagged, but smooth clean lines instead. It was probably safe to assume that Sesshomaru, not his demon side, would be present when he woke.
She felt his hands pull her body tighter to his and he took a deep breath, a moment later she saw those gorgeous amber eyes open. He took a moment, it seemed to Takara, to gather his thoughts and evaluate his situation because it seemed that he was as surprised as she had been to find that he had fallen asleep. "Good morning," she told him, still stroking his head until he finally looked up to her. "Sleep well?"
A small smirk crept onto his face at her inquiry and he pulled a hand out from under her body and moved it to massage one of her breasts. "I did. I believe I would like to sleep as such every night."
Takara felt her sex tighten at the contact, wincing from the ache that lingered there. "I've no complaints."
He raised a brow at that. "None?" The hand on her breast traveled down to her rest on her abdomen below her navel. "You still seem sore."
She shrugged her shoulders a bit. "I am, but my only 'complaint' per se, wasn't how long you were able to go for but the strength you used. Your demon side isn't quite as careful with me."
Sesshomaru sat up then, sitting on his knees between her thighs, and spread one of her legs further to the side so he could get a better look at her abused sex. A low growl escaped him, apparently upset with what he saw. "You should've stopped me sooner, Takara. You still have bruises."
"Well," she began hesitantly, wanting to be honest with him without upsetting him.
"Are you trying to tell me what I want to hear again?" he growled at her pause.
"No," she answered, "But I think it may upset you and I'm hesitant to say what I need to." She looked to him then, locking eyes with him before he could respond. "Promise me you won't be...upset with me?"
He took a breath, but he finally nodded in agreement as he released it.
"I wanted to, but I wasn't sure how. I don't know how to properly communicate with you when you're transformed like that, and everything I did was just guess work." She watched as a strange emotion briefly flashed across his face- guilt perhaps? "Do you think that we can work on my lack of understanding with your demon side, so it doesn't happen again?"
Sesshomaru's face hardened ever so slightly at her question, apparently unhappy with her suggestion. "You won't have to worry about that, Takara. I will not allow it to have access to you again."
Takara sat up then, wincing as she crowded herself onto his lap. "No Sesshomaru. That isn't the answer."
A true growl escaped him at her challenge, but she didn't back down.
"You told me that bonding with your demon is something Kimiko wouldn't do with you and it led to her being killed. Didn't you?"
He still looked unhappy, but he nodded in agreement with her statement.
"Then let's figure out how I can better communicate with it because I promised you
I would do everything I could to keep myself safe." She locked her eyes with his. "Sesshomaru, I'm not afraid of you or your demon side, but I don't know how to communicate with it and that worries me because I don't want to send it the wrong signals. I don't want to do something wrong so that it ends up hating me."
He was silent for a moment, but it seemed that he finally relented. "Very well. We will address the issue in time, but for now you need to recover."
Takara couldn't agree more. It would give her body some time to recover but also, she could feel how sticky her thighs were. "Sounds like a plan to me. I think right now I am in desperate need of a bath. I probably smell bad right now."
"You smell strongly of me."
A thought occurred to Takara. "Will I still smell like you after a bath?"
He seemed pretty confused at her question but nodded in the affirmative.
"Good. Now to set my plan in motion." She chuckled to herself as she stood, dressed in her discarded sleeping yukata and headed to the hot springs for a bath. Before she could make it to her destination, Sesshomaru had caught up with her, wrapped an arm around her waist and lifted her into the air.
"Hey," she protested as he flew higher up the mountain. "I have a diabolical plan to execute."
"I thought you needed a bath."
"Oh, I do, but I also need to torture InuYasha."
"Then you may do so after our bath."
" 'Our bath'?" she questioned, figuring out he was taking her to the hot spring up the mountain. "Well what was wrong with the hot springs down there?"
"I prefer this one."
"Well what if I preferred that one?"
"That is unfortunate for you."
She shot him a half-hearted glare over her shoulder as he landed. "I can't get down there on my own, so now I have to wait for you."
"That is the general idea, yes." He finally looked down at her, his lady slaying smirk plastered to his face as he gently set her down and headed over to the hot springs.
"That's playing dirty, Sesshomaru." Takara protested with a laugh as she followed him. "Stingy demon."
"Provocative woman" he replied as he watched her drop her sleeping yukata and climb into the hot springs.
Once in the warm waters, Takara was reluctant to do anything, even wash. The waters helped to soothe her sore muscles and aches but eventually she came around and washed herself, paying special attention to her lower half to scrub herself clean of the evidence of their night of sexual abandon. Tired or not though, she was feeling a bit more playful than usual and her poor husband was the only one around to entertain her.
As he moved to get out of the hot spring, she made her move, flinging herself forward to grab him around the waist and hauled him back in the water.
"What do you think you're doing?" he questioned with a growl as she pulled herself up his back, wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist.
"Well, I was wondering-" she began, but he cut her off.
"And you have to wonder from my back?"
She giggled from the hint of irritation in his voice. "No, I don't have to, but it is more fun." She laughed again as he growled at her. "As I was saying, before you so rudely interrupted, I was wondering if, after I execute my grand, diabolical master plan, and see our guests off if we can leave the village for a bit."
"And go where?"
She smiled and leaned her head against his before placing a kiss on his cheek. "I love how you don't concern yourself with my plan, but instead focus on the leaving the village part of my request."
"That is because I assume you will be torturing InuYasha with my scent in one form or another."
"Damn, you're good."
"But I don't know where you intend to go if we leave the village."
"Not too far, or to another human village." She clarified.
"For what purpose?"
She hesitated for a moment, hugging him tighter to her as she wondered if she should just say what it was she wanted.
Sesshomaru turned his head to look at her for a moment, but he didn't say anything as he waited for her explanation.
"I don't want to tell you."
"Why not?"
She gave him her best, pitiful look she could muster, given their current circumstances. "Because I don't want you to tell me no."
"Then perhaps I should just tell you 'no' anyways and save you the trouble of asking."
"Promise you won't say no?" she asked him sweetly.
"I won't make a promise that I will not keep." he growled. "Now tell me, why do you want to leave the village?"
"I'm just feeling a bit cooped up. It's been a while since we've been anywhere and..." she paused, biting her lip in hesitation but she continued before he could growl at her. "...and I really want to visit Yolheimin to see if I can forge myself a dagger for when we go hunting."
He let out a breath but was silent as he considered her request. Takara took her chance to persuade him, rubbing her head against his before kissing his cheek again. "Please, please, please?" She begged. "Sahloknir is the one who flirts with me, not Yolheimin. He's more like an uncle to me."
"Very well," Sesshomaru finally relented. "We shall go and see your friend."
"Thank you, Sesshomaru" she nearly shouted, hugging him more tightly and rubbing her head against his.
"I gave you my word that you were free to come and go as you please." He told her while leaning into her nuzzling. "Now will you release me?"
"What if I don't want to?"
"Are you ready to mate with me again?"
"Point taken." she acknowledged, releasing him as her sex began to ache almost on command, perhaps not as painfully as before her bath, but enough to give her pause for thought. She finished washing her hair before she followed him out of the hot spring, putting her yukata back on once she had dried off enough. With an arm wrapped around her waist, he leapt from the ledge and Takara leaned against him to try and ignore the uncomfortable sensation of falling despite knowing they would gently touch down on the ground.
"Dress and we will leave" he told her even though he didn't release her right away.
She looked at him only dressed in his hakama and his fur thrown over his shoulder. "You're the one who should dress. I don't think I have a big enough stick to beat all the women around here away."
He smirked then as he released her waist and began to walk back to his rooms. True to form, Sango and Kagome's timing was impeccable as they rounded the corner. Takara wasn't sure whether it was pride or jealousy that reared its' head first when their jaws nearly hit the floor, but both were definitely present as she narrowed her eyes at them. Sesshomaru paid them no mind as he returned to his rooms, but Takara had to clear her throat to get their attention.
"You two catching flies or something?" She asked them, narrowing her eyes at them. The both of them instantly snapped their mouths shut, their faces flushed with embarrassment from being caught gawking.
"Well," Kagome began, her hands fidgeting nervously, "Let's just say, I think Sango and I get it now."
"You can say that again." Sango agreed.
"You're both going to really get it if you keep starring." Takara growled at them, a fist balled up in a show of mock aggression. Out of the corner of her eye she watched Sesshomaru pause and glance back in her direction. "He's mine. All mine! Mwahahahaha!"
"Uh," Kagome began, but paused as she pointed in Sesshomaru's direction.
Takara feigned innocence as she turned her head to see Sesshomaru starring at her with his usual blank stare, but this time one brow was raised in question. She was silent as she starred back at him for a moment and she intentionally made it an awkward silence for her friends at least for a minute. She finally broke eye contact with him before glancing back to Sango and Kagome. "What? I didn't hear any objections."
"Takara," Kagome began with a laugh. "You can be so strange. I almost feel bad for Sesshomaru."
"I'm not strange. I'm interesting."
"A rock collection is interesting, Takara. You're just strange."
"Says the person who thinks a rock collection is interesting, but who am I to judge?"
Before anything else could be said, InuYasha rounded a corner, looking for Kagome. "So, what's the hold up, Kagome?" He asked, crossing his arms across his chest. "We leaving or not?"
"I guess," Kagome answered, looking back longingly towards the hot spring bath house.
"Unless you want to stay one more afternoon and keep an eye on things while Sesshomaru takes me to visit Yolheimin..." Takara offered.
"For what?" InuYasha demanded.
Takara sauntered over to the group, putting her plan into motion. She went to move onto the porch but instead, turned at the last minute and wrapped herself around InuYasha like she had Sesshomaru earlier in the hot spring, arms around his neck and legs around his waist.
"What the hell?!" InuYasha shouted, trying to pull her off. "Takara, get off! You reek!"
"Lies!" she protested from his back. "I just took a bath. I smell delightful."
"No, you smell like Sesshomaru."
"Then I must smell good."
"Not even close. You stink to high heaven!"
Takara laughed but refused to let go. Oddly enough it was Sesshomaru that came to InuYasha's rescue. "Takara, did you change your mind about going to see your friend?"
Takara looked up to see that Sesshomaru was already dressed and ready to travel. "No fair!" she protested. "You got ready too quickly. I haven't even had a chance to share all of the dirty details with him."
InuYasha went still then. "You wouldn't dare..."
"Is that a challenge?"
"Release him, Takara." Sesshomaru finally stepped in. "Otherwise, we'll be staying here."
With a final tug to his ears, Takara dropped from InuYasha's back and headed back to her room. "Fine. I'll get dressed. Won't be as quickly as you though, so you two try to get along while I do."
"Hn.." was Sesshomaru's only response as Takara hurried off to her rooms to find some clothes to travel in.
Before she could finish tying her obi on the kimono she had decided to wear, a roar echoed across the valley, and this time there were only a few startled screams from the mansion, one of which was Ayako. Takara hurried to finish dressing and headed out to the gardens where she saw a few of the household helpers leaving from in a hurry. Not sensing any threat, she casually made her way along the porch, surprised to find Yolheimin curled up in the middle of the garden with Rin and a few of the other children climbing over him.
"Ah, there you are Vulombrii." The dragon greeted her in a cheerful voice. "I thought about checking on you when I heard your Shouts a few days ago, but thought you were only training." His face twisted into one of regret then. "However, they tell me you were attacked. I am sorry I did not come to your aid."
"Don't worry about it, Yolheimin," she told the bright red dragon, walking up to him and hugging his snout. "I managed," at Sesshomaru's growl she quickly added "but it is not an experience I would like to repeat."
That seemed to work as Sesshomaru's growls quieted.
"I see," the dragon responded as one of the children slid down his tail to the ground only to run back up to him again. "Regardless, I thought it would be practical of me to provide you with a more easily hidden weapon for your protection. "
Takara paused in surprise, unable to say anything as the dragon extended his claw to her, opening it to find a beautifully carved dagger sheathed in it. "Wow," she said as her shock passed. "I guess it's true what they say. Great minds really do think alike." She motioned to Sesshomaru. "We were just about to come and visit you for the same reason."
"Ah, well I am glad to have saved you a trip. Not that I don't enjoy your visits, of course."
Disappointment briefly flashed across her mind before she remembered that Sesshomaru could sense the emotion, so she quickly worked to bury it and focused on her joy with receiving the gift. "Me too, Yolheimin. Thank you so much for this."
"You're welcome, Vulombrii. However, I was speaking to Sahloknir in the past few weeks and he brought up a very valid point."
The mention of Sahloknir had Takara worried as Sesshomaru moved closer to her. She could see how he had tensed ever so slightly at the mention of the other dragon. "What point it that?" She was almost afraid to ask.
"That every time you need to build or repair your weapon, you would have to leave your home and travel to mine. While this may be of no consequence to a dragon, like myself, it may be inconvenient to you."
"Yeah," Takara hated to admit it, but he had a point. "You're right about that. The travel part, not the visiting you part." She quickly amended.
Yolheimin turned his gaze to Sesshomaru then, "If you would allow me, I could build her a forge right here, so she would have no need to risk travel should the need arise."
Takara plastered a forced smile to her face, not wanting her friend to realize that he was helping to keep her in the village more often.
There was no hesitation on Sesshomaru's part. "That would be fine. Jaken," Sesshomaru called to the little demon who rushed over.
"Yes, Lord Sesshomaru?"
"You will assist the dragon in finding a suitable spot near the main house to build the forge." Sesshomaru then turned back to Yolheimin, "Your assistance in this is appreciated."
The dragon nodded and shifted to his human form, much to the disappointment of the children and followed Jaken on a trip around the main house to find a good spot to build.
"Well," InuYasha said, standing up to stretch. "I guess you don't need us around anymore?"
Despite her best efforts, Takara was unable to completely cover the feeling of disappointment she was experiencing. It had been so long since she had left the village that she was beginning to feel restless. She did make an effort to hide it though. "I guess not, but thanks for coming, InuYasha, I really appreciate it."
In a rare show of genuine kindness, InuYasha reached out and ruffled Takara's hair like a kid and with a mumbled "Anytime" walked off. Kagome and Sango both smiled at the half demon's unusually gentle behavior, hugged Takara and also excused themselves, promising to visit her soon.
Takara stood on the porch of the main house and watched them go, along with the servants who had been sent to one of the local villages to pick up kimonos and writing supplies for Rin. Even Rin had excused herself from the main house to go into the village to make friends with the local children, leaving Takara alone in the house with Sesshomaru and the remaining servants.
"Takara," Sesshomaru called her as he walked away, a silent instruction to follow. She obeyed and followed him along the porch until they reached his rooms. Ayako had met them on their way and Sesshomaru had given her the instruction that they were not to be disturbed. Once he had shut them in his rooms, Sesshomaru wasted no time in removing his armor and then her kimono.
"Lay down," he instructed her and again, Takara obeyed without a word of protest. She wasn't feeling frisky, but if he was, she had no plans to deny him. She watched as he kneeled down between her legs, spreading them to make room to accommodate his bulk, and placed her legs over his shoulders. She tried to focus on anything but the feeling of his mouth in such a delicious place, attempting to resist the wonderful sensations of his wicked tongue on her delicate flesh, but it wasn't long before a soft moan escaped her.
She winced slightly as her womb tightened in anticipation, the pain from the previous night now only a dull ache. Sesshomaru paused his ministrations and looked up to her. She wondered why he had stopped for a moment before two of his fingers slid into her, curling until they rubbed the bundle of nerves at the front of her sheath, sitting there and not moving. Takara trembled in anticipation, waiting for the slightest movement from his hand only to feel his fingers lift away from the spot she needed him to touch. "Sesshomaru..." she begged, attempting to move her hips to make his fingers find that spot again.
Instead, his fingers slipped out of her completely, a whimper of disappointment escaping her as well. "Are you upset?" He asked, seeming to be genuinely curious.
"Why did you stop?" She asked, feeling her legs begin to tremble.
He didn't answer her, instead, she felt his hand strike the side of her ass. "I asked you a question, Takara. Are you upset?"
"Frustrated," she answered before he could strike her again.
"I see."
He said nothing else, but slid his fingers back into her slick passage, this time rubbing that sensitive bundle of nerves until she was about to climax only to stop just as she reached the edge and allowed her to calm before bringing her to the brink again. He did this several times, denying her complete fulfillment.
A few tears fell from her eyes, but Takara wasn't even sure of their origin. Her body was a like a livewire, every nerve highly sensitized to every touch, desperate for that final push into the wave of ecstasy. Still, her womb ached from the previous night's abandon and every time it would tense in expectation, the slight pain intertwined with the delightful sensations Sesshomaru gave her.
"Please, Sesshomaru. Please, please, please..." She begged him shamelessly, her back arching off the futon. "I'm so close."
Instead, he removed her legs from his shoulders and Takara nearly cried then, thinking he was going to leave her aching and empty. Instead he untied the obi of his haori first and then the tie of his hakama, allowing his impressive cock free. He then sat up, extending his hand to her. She didn't hesitate, reaching out to grab his strong hand and allowing him to pull her up. Takara no longer cared about following his orders. No sooner than she was upright, she immediately straddled his lap. With one hand tangled in the hair at the base of his scalp while the other lined his cock up with her wet, aching entrance Takara impaled herself on his thick flesh, allowing her climax to finally wash over her. It had only taken his entry to bring her to peak, one that was long overdue, but it felt like she had been denied for so long.
As she came down from the high of her climax, she noticed a metallic taste in her mouth only to open her eyes and find that she had sunk her blunt human teeth into Sesshomaru's shoulder sometime during her throws of passion. Surprise pulled her back enough to look into Sesshomaru's eyes, but she found no anger or upset there, only passion- a fierce lust that shone in his amber eyes.
Encouraged by his response, Takara adjusted her legs so that she took most of her weight on her knees before she forcefully shoved Sesshomaru's upper half down on the futon so that he was flat on his back. She leaned forward, resting her hands on his strong chest, lifting off of him until only the thick head of his cock remained inside her.
One hand slid higher until her fingers were able to trace the bleeding bite mark she had left. Her other hand felt a deep rumble growing in his chest at her challenge, but she stated her claim with a single word.
"Mine..." she growled as best she could.
Then she rode him hard, slamming down on his wonderfully thick flesh over and over again until his clawed hands grabbed her waist, his eyes closed from pleasure and his hips rose to meet hers. The wet sounds of their flesh meeting, their pants, her moans and Sesshomaru's occasional growl/ groan of pleasure echoed throughout the room.
Like the master of her body that he was, Sesshomaru tilted Takara's hips ever so slightly, adjusting his angle of penetration to the exact spot she needed to send her hurtling towards another climax. His thrusts increased in tempo, no longer matching with hers, so Takara simply sat still, allowing him to finish the job while she allowed her climax to crash over her like a wave, feeling Sesshomaru's warm seed fill her as she crested. Exhausted, Takara slumped forward, taking deep heaving breaths to slow her racing heart. Even Sesshomaru's chest was rising more rapidly than normal as he also panted from his exertion.
"Wow..." Takara sighed, bringing her hand up to caress the already healing bite mark on his shoulder. "We should definitely do that again sometime."
She felt his quick exhale of a laugh as his hands came up, sliding down her back until he cupped her ass in his hands. "Whatever you desire, My Treasure."
Takara thought back to her earlier trip being canceled then. "So long as it doesn't involve me leaving the village." She sighed, resting her head on his chest.
One of his hands released her bottom then, moving up until he was able to tilt her chin up so that she faced him. "I gave you my word that I would not clip your wings, Takara. As your trip to see your friend was delayed, I have thought of another place to take you."
Her interest peaked, Takara starred at him hopefully. "Where did you have in mind?"
"You shall see tomorrow."