Lessons Learned

Author: Shortey 83

Chapter: 42 – Preparations for a Show

Disclaimer: I do NOT own InuYasha or Skyrim!

Story Start:

The following morning after Kuromaru was fed and she and Rin were dressed, Takara grabbed one of her swords and fastened it to her hip. "What?" she inquired at Sesshomaru's raised brow. "I wasn't expecting you to kill them, and I don't think it would be as efficient to use my bow." He seemed to be satisfied with her explanation and didn't question further as she picked up her son and carried him back to the front gates.

Part of her was nervous at seeing what the villager's reactions would be since most of them hadn't seen him before. Of course, she knew there had to be rumors spreading from the servants in the house having seen him, but she just hoped they wouldn't be too disturbed. He had been bundled up by herself and Ayako, preventing him from being seen during the last incident, so she knew his appearance might come as quite a shock.

With Rin and Kaos already waiting for them at the storage shed, Takara took her time strolling down the street secretly gaging the reactions of those she passed. There were several shocked looks as she went, but the vast majority of their interactions were indifferent besides the bows offered as she and Sesshomaru passed by. Relief washed over her as she smiled back to them and continued on until they reached the grain storage.

Sesshomaru took Kuromaru from her and called Rin away to make sure she didn't get hurt while Takara tried to see how large the infestation was. "Laas Yah Nir" she spoke the Shout and watched as the inside of the storage shed lit up in a few spots. More than I would like, but not as bad as it could be. She thought, opening the door. Stepping inside with Kaos, she closed the door, able to see the glowing hints of life without light.

"Get the rats," she whispered to Kaos, and she immediately watched his glowing form move closer to a few glowing rat forms. She watched as he pounced, scattering a few rats and sending them scrambling, a few of them towards her. "Tiid Klo Ul" she whispered the Shout to slow time and quickly dispatched the rats that ran in her direction while Kaos dispatched those close to him at what would've been an incredible speed had time been flowing normally.

It took another time to repeat the shout to detect the life of the rats and another of slowing time for the remainder of the adult rats to be killed. With the adults killed, she opened the door letting her dog triumphantly carry out his most recent victim. She requested a few of the men to go in and remove the corpses of the rats and directed them to where the rats' nests were hidden and killed the baby rats to prevent the problem from recurring.

She then asked that each bale of rice be inspected to see which they had been feeding on. "We'll see what can be done about replacing them, but make sure the remaining bales are clean or else people will get sick."

"Your dog is well trained, My Lady." One of the villagers complimented her.

She glanced at Sesshomaru, met his eyes for a heartbeat, before smiling at the man. "Thank you, but he's still a work in progress." She pressed her lips into a firm line as she fought a laugh at Sesshomaru's barely audible growl.

"Would you be willing to part with him? He could be a great help in preventing a further problem."

"Well, I don't know. Rin is also really attached to him, and I couldn't just replace him." Another low growl had her smile growing, but that didn't stop her from continuing. "However, if you go to any of the neighboring villages and find me a few pups, I can show you how to train them to help you. Just make sure they're parents are agile, and I'll see what I can do."

The men thanked her profusely and gave her a low bow as she wiped the little bit of blood from her sword and tucked it back in her belt. Smirk still plastered to her face, she took her son from Sesshomaru's arms as Rin and Kaos ran back into the town. She hadn't taken but a few steps after them when she felt Sesshomaru's hand connect with her backside. "What was that for?!" she laughed, stepping to the side out of his reach.

"Well trained?" He questioned, not breaking his stride as they continued on.

Out the corner of her eye, she watched the villagers standing with their jaws dropped as she danced out of his reach again. "I was talking about Kaos!" She laughed, swatting his hand away.

"You do not lie very well."

She gasped in feigned shock. "How rude." Without warning, she held out Kuromaru to his father, and in his surprise, Sesshomaru took him from her.

"What are you-" He began, but before he could get his question out Takara Shouted.

"Tiid Klo Ul!" Once more time slowed and Takara took off at a run through the village, squealing with laughter as he chased her. Was it unfair that she'd handed off their son to him to slow him down? Yes. Yes, it was. But did she feel bad for doing it?

Not in the least.

She'd just made it into the mansion's gates when time started to resume at a normal pace, so she repeated the Shout and continued around the house, rushing past a confused Tōga still laughing.

A glance over her shoulder saw Sesshomaru hand their son off to his grandfather and she quickly moved to put as much space between them as possible. Feet don't fail me now!

Takara went to circle the house and nearly ran straight into Sesshomaru's arms, barely dancing out of his reach with a delightedly surprised shriek and darted around him. She faked running around the house only to circle back and ran around the outside of the wall of the mansion to get a chance to Shout once more and ran back, into the grounds to hide from him, making sure to put herself downwind of him.

She peeked over the bush she was crouched behind and watched as he lifted his head to look for her scent before running off away from her current location while his father rounded the corner with Kuromaru in his arms. She made eye contact with him before she placed a finger over her lips, a silent plea for him to be quiet.

Of course, she should've known better as a wide, devilish grin split his face. "Sesshomaru!" he called, and her mouth dropped in disbelief. She ducked as she caught a glimpse of Sesshomaru coming around the corner. That mean bastard! She cursed the older demon. When I get my hands on him…

"She just ran back into the village." He told Sesshomaru.

I might be nice to him… she quickly changed her tune, peeking over the bush to see Sesshomaru race back around the mansion. She whispered her Shout to slow time once more and crept out of her hiding spot and ran over to him. "Can you keep an eye on Kuromaru and Rin?" She asked him. He nodded and she hurried into her old rooms, grabbing her rolled up futon and a few towels.

She rushed back outside and Shouted to slow time a final time before she asked Tōga to carry her up the cliff where Sesshomaru's favorite hot spring was located. He nodded, and quickly carried her up to the cliff, set her down and quickly descended once more.

Using what little time she had left, Takara hurried through the small grove of trees that led to the hot spring, unrolling the mat and set the towels aside, before stripping herself and entering the hot spring. The water felt so good in the cool spring air she sighed, slowly walking to the edge of the spring and peered over, observing the view into the mansion garden. She smiled as she watched Sesshomaru searching the grounds below and could only imagine his frustration at not being able to find her. Of course, she couldn't help but smile at her moment of inspired genius despite knowing she was going to be punished. Even if he wasn't sure she was ready for penetration, she had no doubt he would be up for warming her backside with his hand and the thought had her nether regions clenching in anticipation.

Best to get this over with before Kuromaru needs to be fed again.

She took a few deep breaths to calm herself enough to press her fingers to her mouth and blew out a loud, sharp whistle. She watched as he came to a halt and looked around until his head tilted up in her direction. "Care to join me, handsome?" She called down to him. "It's awfully lonely up here." It was a little nerve racking how quickly he disappeared from her sight before she glimpsed a white blur shooting up the cliff face.

She turned to the little thicket, a cheerful smile still in place as he emerged from the tree line. He glanced over to eye the sleeping mat and towels before his molten honey eyes turned back to her. "In a hurry?" She asked, her voice more breathless than she wanted it to be. So much for playing hard to get.

He tilted his head to the side as he watched her, and she worried he wouldn't join her, but a heartbeat later he tossed his fur down on the sleeping mat and started to undress. She watched with bated breath as he removed each piece of clothing. Firm, pale flesh was revealed slowly as she fought the urge to yell at him to 'hurry up'!

Can't appear too eager, she scolded herself. Although the puddle of drool may tip him off.

Finally, she watched as his hakama fell to the ground and revealed his throbbing erection. Her sex tightened in anticipation as he entered the hot spring, slowly sinking into the water as he took a seat opposite the overlook. "Come here, Ta-" He didn't even get her name out before she was nearly in his lap. A sly smirk as she clambered up, trapping the pulsating shaft of lead between them.

"Someone is eager," he remarked as he slid his hand between her thighs, her body's natural lubrication, thicker than water aiding the slide of his fingers.

"That's for sure," She agreed, wrapping her hand around his cock, and pumping it a few times before he snatched her hand away.

His eyes narrowed in warning. "Don't, Takara. My control isn't the best at the moment." She shivered as a low growl rumbled from him. "Perhaps it wouldn't be such a bad thing for you to learn how to slowly arouse me as opposed to provoking me into a mating frenzy."

"I am a firm believer in the expression 'If it's not broke, don't fix it', so I really don't see the issue here."

His growl and the insistent throbbing of his shaft trapped between them didn't appear as entertained.

"I wouldn't even know how to start slowly, don't know if I can. I just look at you and go from relaxed to hot and bothered almost instantaneously; almost like spontaneous combustion."

Another growl, this time a bit more appreciative in tone rumbled from him.

"For now, how about letting me take the edge off," her voice dripped with sensual honey, as her eyes averted from his for a moment, looking back up to him through her lashes. "Please?"

He snarled as his head fell back, his cock twitching between them. "That isn't helping."

Taking the initiative, she slid off his lap, biting back the groan that threatened to escape as her sex drug across the firm flesh of his thigh and asked him to sit on the edge of the spring. He heaved a deep breath but did as she asked while she knelt where he had been previously sitting.

She wasted no time, gripping his cock with one hand before swallowing as much as she could. Over the past few weeks, Takara felt she had improved her oral performance greatly, able to take him deeper and for longer periods of time between breaths. Each time she used her mouth on him, she felt like she was better able to read and gauge his responses, figuring out what he liked best to bring him to a swift climax.

In her explorations, she found that he really liked when she used both hands to surround his cock, pumping them in time with each suck to the portion of his cock she could fit in her mouth.

His hand tangled in her hair as he watched her, pulling her head back slightly to get a better view of her as she serviced him. It was then a bolt of inspiration struck her.

She gently reached up and pressed on the firm washboard of his abdomen until he leaned back onto one of his hands. Once he was where she wanted him, Takara rose to her knees, released his cock completely with her mouth and hands. She kept him pushed back as he tried to raise and he remained where she wanted him, leaning back on one of his arms to watch her at a different angle.

Gently, she grabbed a breast in each hand, raising until she was able to surround his cock with the soft, fleshy globes. His snarl told her she was going in the right direction, and how tightly his grip on her hair became as she took him back into her mouth assured her.

She looked up at him through her eyelashes, his head fell back and an open mouth growl tearing from him. The taste of his spicy sweetness began to flood her mouth in his unspoken praise before his hips started to shallowly thrust to meet her eager manipulation.

Even when he tightened his grip on her hair even further, threatening to rip the strands from her head, she didn't let up. Her eyes watered from the stinging pain, but as the volume of his growls increased, she decided to swallow him as deeply as she could until she felt the pulse of his cock between her breasts and backed off. It only took one more suck, indenting her cheeks before his seed, hot and spicy sweet spilled into her mouth with a groan that seemed to tear from deep in his gut.

Pleased with herself, Takara sat back, ass resting on her heels and a satisfied smile on her face as she waited for him to recover. Finally, those amber eyes met hers and she felt her heart thump against her ribs at the lust in his eyes. "I think I'm getting better at this," she proudly announced.

"I think you're trying to figure out how to suck my soul out through my cock."

Her grin broadened from proud to delighted. "High praise, indeed." Slowly, her hands slid up the outside of his thighs and back down to his knees a few times before she slid back into the pool of warm water and made her way to the stairs. The water splashing told he followed suit and she headed over to the sleeping mat. She stopped with her legs spread slightly apart, bending over to grab the towels.

Sesshomaru didn't miss the invitation, his hand coming down to strike the meaty flesh of her ass to her delight. Takara bit her lip to bite back the moan that threatened to tear from her and passed him a towel. She watched as he forced himself to look away while she did the same. As fast as she could, she dried off most of the water from her lower half and laid herself down on the sleeping mat.

Eager but slightly calmer once he released, Sesshomaru came down over top of her, kissing a trail down from her throat, stopping to suckle gently on each of her breasts before descending further down. His mouth paid homage as it traveled over her stomach, flat as it had been before birth but covered with stretch marks, taking his time to kiss and lick each one.

Looking above her head, Takara spotted his fur and reached up to pull it close until she could use it to pillow her upper half while she watched him. His brow raised, but he never stopped his explorations as he traveled lower over her mound of dark curls where she waited for him, wet and ready.

"My Treasure," he groaned, his face buried in her lap as he inhaled deeply. "You are so wet for me." Her legs trembled at his praise, her feet digging into his upper back as he went straight for the little nub of pleasure that he had avoided for weeks.

"Finally," she moaned, her head falling back while her hand tangled in his silver hair.

A familiar deep chuckle came from near the hot spring, startling her so much she nearly leapt off the sleeping mat. Her head whipped over to find Tōga sitting on the stairs of the hot spring holding Kuromaru and watching them. A strong suck to her sex had her eyes crossed and her falling back into the pillowy soft fur before she could react further.

"W-What are you doing h- Ah!" She tried, but the sudden invasion of Sesshomaru's fingers stole her ability to speak. His fingers twisted inside her, searching for that bundle of nerves inside her sleeve as the landscape had changed after she gave birth, but it didn't take him long to find it. A thumb on her clit and his two fingers inside her on that bundle of nerves stole her breath away, forcing her to arch into him.

"Just here to watch," Tōga chuckled, amused by her inability to speak. "Or have you forgotten you will be participating in a public breeding?"

"No, I – Ah!" She tried to speak. "I didn't!"

"Good. Just think of me as preparing you for your audience" He adjusted himself where he sat and watched him in silence. She tried to muffle her responses, biting her lower lip to keep from crying out, but apparently that wasn't right.

"Don't try to control your reactions," he encouraged her. "Demons aren't usually so vocal in mating. They will enjoy your responsiveness."

She didn't have a choice in the matter when Sesshomaru started to growl, licking her clit while his fingers rubbed the magical spot inside her. A whimper caught her attention and she remembered he had her son with him and turned her head to see his little blue eyes watching them intently.

Tōga must've figured out what she was thinking. "Don't concern yourself with him. He doesn't understand this beyond his sire making his mother feel good," he stroked his grandson's back. "Besides, how do you think he will learn how to mate?"

She opened her mouth to protest, but Sesshomaru increased the volume of his growls, completely stealing away her ability to speak.

"Whether it is intentional or not, all pups watch their parents to learn how it is done." His head tilted to the side as he watched them. "He would benefit from watching the pair of you."

Climax stole away her response as she came, her back arching as a scream of pleasure was ripped from her lungs, the following tremors leaving her limp and trembling. Her world shifted as she was flipped to her stomach and lifted to her knees, face buried in his fur.

She trembled as the hot crown of her mate's cock slid up and down her slit, coating himself in her body's slick honey. It had been too long since she felt his hard, throbbing length inside her and anticipation made her forget her audience as she tried to push back on him. The smack to her ass startled her but made her sex clench in response.

"Do not rush, My Treasure," Sesshomaru growled. "I won't have you hurt in your eagerness." He pressed forward slowly, the broad head of his sex forcing the slick muscles of her passage apart in torturously slow increments. She tried to push back, but Sesshomaru held her hips in a tight, bruising grip to prevent her taking him any deeper than he desired. Instead, he withdrew, and she whimpered in protest. "Then hold still." He growled.

She nodded as he pressed forward again, entering her at a leisurely pace until she felt his hips meet her ass, his cock filling her deliciously full. She moaned as he retreated, his shaft rubbing the nerves of her sleeve with delectable friction before he reentered her at the same slow pace.

Her body demanded she push back to ride the rod of steel driving into her; but she didn't. She held still, fighting her basest desires but not without great effort or external protest. He continued his uncompromising rhythm, exquisite ecstasy turned into torment. She didn't have a choice but to suffer gloriously under his strong, steady thrusts.

Her moans transformed into sobs as her body began to riot, demanding the pleasure it clamored for. Every nerve ending came to life, but climax remained too far away to grasp. All she could do was hold still and take the slow, tortuous fuck her gave her.

"Please, Sesshomaru" Desperation choked her, sex aching and guts twisting.

"No," His answer as steady as his unwavering tempo.

She wasn't above begging, her need for climax clawing at her. "Please!" she tried once more, tears of need building up in her eyes.

"No,"

His denial made the tears spill from her eyes, as the most blissful agony drove her mad with the need to climax.

"Please, Sesshomaru. I can't take it. It's too much."

"You will take it. Now, suffer for me." There was no compromise in his tone.

Takara tried again to shove back onto him again, bucking against him trying for relief of any kind whether that be on or off his cock, she didn't care. But didn't he need to come as bad as she did? She would take any relief, but Sesshomaru held her still, his grip bruising on her hips, that steady and uncompromising rhythm continuing as if she wasn't struggling.

He didn't budge. She remained trapped, desperate for something more, something that would alleviate the desire and desperation churning in her guts. Takara wailed, her head shaking from side to side, cushioned by his deliciously soft fur.

"Please, please, please, Sesshomaru, please," She begged, her voice pitiful before it faded into sobs.

"No," His answer still simple and uncompromising as he continued to fuck her.

Resigned to her fate, Takara sobbed, knowing that Sesshomaru wouldn't stop. He would continue to drive into her at his maddening, steady pace for as long as he demanded that of her, and she could do nothing about it. Realizing her helplessness, Takara finally surrendered to her mate knowing her climax, her carnal elation would only be given at his discretion.

No sooner had her body sagged in defeat, a surge of pure and unbridled ecstasy rushed through her before she could comprehend what was happening. Her sex clenched around the driving rod inside her, the body behind her pulled her hips tight to them as liquid heat coated her insides, burning them with desire. He roared his climax sending her over the edge once more at the knowledge she had given her mate his release, her beautiful tormentor brought to peak because of hers.

His cock pulled out of her rhythmically clenching channel and Takara collapsed trembling to the sleeping mat as she tried to understand what just happened.

"Very good, my son" Tōga praised. "That is a well fucked mate."

Takara tried to make sense of what was being said, but it seemed her brain had turned to mush just like her body. She felt hands on her, rolling her onto her back, dazed eyes drifted over to lock onto topaz eyes, a devilish smile making them glow. His hand stroked the side of her face and she smiled back to him. "Are you back, My Treasure?"

Somehow, she willed her arm to raise as she jabbed a finger into his perfect chest. "You…" she narrowed her eyes at him. "You have been holding out on me."

Both males laughed as she laid there for a moment to try and regain function of her body. Once she was able to sit up, Takara crowded her way into Sesshomaru's lap, her head resting against his chest listening as his heartbeat slowed to its normal rhythm.

"Is she ready for another?" Tōga asked.

"She doesn't think she'll ever be ready for another one of those" Takara grumbled into Sesshomaru's chest.

She felt Sesshomaru chuckle from where she sat, but he didn't deny the statement. Instead, he turned her around to sit with her back to his chest and turned his body around to face his father.

"She's ready," Takara's body froze at the acknowledgement, and she tried to escape his grasp, but she was already caught.

"Relax, My Treasure" Sesshomaru chuckled, "I will not withhold climax from you this time."

She hesitated, "You promise?"

"I do,"

She sighed, and stopped struggling, "Alright, what do you want me to do?"

Sesshomaru hesitated before he grabbed the obi from his hakama and quickly tied her wrists together, pulling her hands behind his head where she couldn't pull them back down, thrusting her breasts forward. Takara flushed as Sesshomaru sat cross legged and spread her legs, hooking them over his own, her sex on blatant display to his father.

Overwhelmed with being so exposed, Takara felt tears welling up in her eyes as her face went burgundy in embarrassment.

Tōga's gaze shifted into one of sympathy. "Awww, Little One. What's wrong?"

Takara couldn't hold his gaze, lowering it to his lap where her son slept soundly, his little pink tongue sticking out of his mouth after a yawn. "This is embarrassing," she mumbled. "You can see everything."

"I can," He acknowledged. "You mate wishes me to see everything. Do you know why?"

Takara shook her head as a few tears fell down her cheeks.

"He wishes me to see the mark he placed on you, claiming you as his mate, the only female he found worthy of sharing his life and his seed." In response to his statement, Sesshomaru's hand drifted over her mating mark, making her body breakout in gooseflesh as tiny waves of pleasure pulsed through her.

"He wishes me to see your belly, marked by the birth of a pup born from his seed planted in your womb." Sesshomaru's other hand drifted to caress her stretchmark striped belly.

"He also wishes me to see your breasts, full and engorged to feed his pup, the offspring of your union; your trust given to him in willing surrender." His hands cupped the fullness of her breasts, massaging them lightly to coax a bit of milk from them.

"Finally, he wishes me to see your sex, a fertile womb where only he is allowed to plant his seed which now drips from you after receiving pleasure that made you abandon your senses." Sesshomaru's hand dropped to her lap, two of his fingers further separating the lips of her sex, putting her on full display.

"He wishes me to see this, so that I may also admire the beauty that belongs only to him. To prove that he has earned the trust and loyalty of the incredible female that submits to his desires and in return, owns all that he is and all that he will be." The tears that slipped from her eyes then were ones of joy. She hadn't realized that in claiming her in public, Sesshomaru was also announcing his commitment to her, showing the demon world how proud he was to have her as his mate, despite her being human.

"In short, he wishes to show the world the love and trust that you share." Tōga finished, watching Sesshomaru's hands work their magic on her sex.

But he had promised not to withhold climax, and he followed up on that promise, directing his attention on her clit and stroking her quickly to pleasure. She achieved it, arching her body away from him as she tried to keep her hips in contact with his hand and the pleasure he brought.

Until he didn't stop rubbing her overly sensitive clit, dumping her over the edge into climax once more.

It was then she realized that he hadn't promised not to over deliver pleasure either and she realized now that it could be just as bad.

His hot breath brushed across her ear. "Close your legs and you will pay for it with two more orgasms." It was equally as threatening as withholding pleasure if not worse.

"I'll try," she sobbed, willing her legs to stop trembling, but they didn't head her plea.

He needed no more encouragement, and he went to work, stroking her sensitive nub until she peaked once more, her legs trembling to shut against the onslaught, but she willed herself to accept all he desired to give her. "Very good, My Treasure." He gave her a slight reprieve, stroking the less sensitive parts of her sex.

"Thank you," she cried as his fingers dipped into the honey that poured from her, thrusting her hips to his hands. His excited snarl rumbled in her ear as his fingers returned to her clit and stroked her to the verge of another climax before he stopped and returned to stroking her outer sex.

"You promised," she sobbed pitifully, desperate for climax while simultaneously dreading its arrival.

"I did, My Treasure"

His fingers brought her to the brink once more before, disappearing just before detonation. She opened her eyes to protest, but watched his hand cut through the air until the flat of his palm slapped against her clit tipping her into rapture once more. She hadn't quite come down from the high when the heel of his hand began to grind into her pleasure bud, tipping her right back into ecstasy.

Those climaxes destroyed her. They shredded her insides, wringing them out like a washcloth until all moisture had been wrung from it.

She wasn't sure how long she was in that freefall, but a high-pitched sound echoed deep into her mind, calling to a primal part of her beckoning her to answer. She searched her brain to remember what that sound meant and why it was so vital to her. The answer came to her being like it was only a dream before its meaning became clear. Kuromaru… Her mind whispered, bringing her back to her body as she fought to open her eyes.

She opened them to find Tōga knelt in front of her with a pleased smirk plastered to his handsome face, her son wriggling in his arms, struggling to get to her. "There she is," his rich voice beckoned. "Welcome back, Little One. How do you feel?"

Still at a loss for words, she just sighed, willing to make her arms work to grab her pup.

She didn't even bother to look up as his silky timbre chuckled his amusement. "Spectacular, Sesshomaru. That is a well pleased female. I believe she will perform brilliantly when you are ready for your breeding."

He said something else, but Takara couldn't focus on what he was saying as she looked down into her son's blue eyes as he waited to nurse. She lifted him to her, leaning back into Sesshomaru as her eyes drifted shut, basking in the warmth of his being.