Disclaimer: I no own, you no sue. First fanfic so please be nice.

Sorry, I didn't explain some things. Kagome is a full demon in this story. This is also set back in the Feudal era. The others will be in this later but the focus is on Kagome and Sesshoumaru.

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

:Inuyoukai language:

Chapter Two

Instincts

Sesshoumaru carried his new mate up to their room and set her down on the large bed. Her breathing was shallow and her neck was red from the new mark. Sesshoumaru wiped her forehead of perspiration as her body fought off his poison. Kagome's eyes were clenched shut as pain laced through her body. Sesshoumaru watched in slight concern as Kagome moaned in pain. He remembered his father telling him that this would happen, but seeing it was completely different. He was her mate! He should be able to ease her sufferings and protect her from this. However, because his line of inuyoukai was a poison wielding line, she would need this tolerance to such poisons when she was pregnant with their pups. If she wasn't immune to his poison the pups could kill her in birth or destroy her womb in the birthing process, as their own poison is present when in the womb.

He looked around the room that he had had prepared for them. A large bed was positioned in the center with a black cover and silver sheets and pillows, red curtains hung from the bedposts. A lit fireplace was off to the right side warming the room and the way it flickered off the red and gold painted walls gave it a homey, powerful feel. A large closet was off to the left as was a door that led to a spacious bath. There was another door which connected to a smaller room.'But we will not be using that for a while.' Sesshoumaru smirked. That room was, of course, a nursery.

His attention returned to his mate as she whimpered again. He nuzzled her neck in reassurance. :I am here mate: He assured her, knowing his presence would help calm her.

:Hurts: She cried back. She was in too much pain to talk to him normally. She could only communicate in the way of her kind at the moment.

Sesshoumaru only growled soothingly and rubbed her back. He wiped her brow again and kissed her forehead. He remembered the first time he laid eyes on her.

As an inuyoukai, he would know his mate by scent. She wouldn't know him, but males were dominant. She had no need to know her mate by scent. Only inuyoukai and ookami youkai had this trait. The inuyoukai courting process is a very strange one. As inuyoukai, pack hierarchy was needed to be established early on. As the dominant male, he would have to show his bitch that he could protect her, and provide for her, while proving that he could tame her. Not all females were as strong willed and stubborn as his, but none of them wanted to be dominated. Though that's not completely true. Like with real dogs, the more well trained they are, the happier they are. You will never get a female to admit it, but her instincts understand. Some of the ways males proved their dominance over the females were to stand close to them when they conversed with other males, a male would hold his hand on the back of his intended's neck, growl in warning when other males showed interest, and try to take over the role of disciplinarian when she acted out. This last trait caused some problems with the female's father or guardian. Even if they were inuyoukai, and they understood that the male was their child's mate, they still wouldn't like the new male taking over their role as guardian.

The other disturbing thing was the short amount of time the courting took. When a male finds his female he has only a short period of time to get her used to the idea of being his mate before his instincts demand her submission, which is the last step in the courting process. Her submission included her receiving his mark, this aura imprint, and his scent. If a female refuses for too long he takes away her right to willingly submit and forces her. To some this would be rape, but to the inuyoukai, it was an unwise choice of the female. She knew this was her mate as he would have told her, but she resisted her instincts that told her to trust him. So it was more her repressing her instincts, than him unleashing his, and that isn't done.

Sesshoumaru's attention was back on his mate as she grabbed his hoari sleeve.

:You are doing well mate. The worst is almost over: He growled as she shifted into his lap.

:Distract me: She pleaded as her muscles clenched in pain. Her eyes were glazed over in tears, and her lips quivered as the pain made her sightly sick to her stomach.

"What would you have me do?" He asked as he adjusted his grip on her to make her more comfortable.

:Tell me about when we first met: She pleaded as she nuzzled his thigh, his scent soothing some of her frayed nerves. It also helped chase away the sick feeling.

Sesshoumaru considered her request then nodded in assent.

"I was at a meeting with my father and your grandfather discussing trade routes between our two lands. We decided to take a break and walk the grounds garden when I caught your scent." He paused to inhale her scent from her neck as he placed a light kiss by his mark. He was pleased that it was loosing it's angry red color. "I followed it and saw you sparing with your instructor, Shiro, as he lectured you on your short attention span." His lips quirked in a grin. "You were so distracted by the flowers and the birds that you had yet to finish one kata. It was the first day of spring and you wanted to enjoy it. I watched you as you ran around Shiro and laughed at his disgruntled face. He, in turn, knocked you off of your feet. I became so enraged that he would try to hurt you that I attacked him and threw him into the trees." He paused as Kagome sighed and rubbed her cheek on his leg again. "I lifted you into my arms and tried to check you for any injuries when you slapped me and called me a pervert then proceeded to yell at me for hurting your friend."He snorted remembering her screech and lecture. "That was when my father and your grandfather found us and understood what had happened. From that point on I have been trying to get you to submit to me, make you understand that you belong to me, with me." He looked down into her eyes. "And now I have you." He leaned forward and captured her lips in his. He grinned when she gasped and he slipped his tongue into her warm mouth, dominating her and stealing the very breath from her lungs. He regrettably pulled away when she winced as another spasm raced through her body. "You are almost done my mate. I shall give you this night to rest. Come tomorrow, you will be mine. Mind," He said as he pressed her on her back into the mattress. "soul," he caressed her aura with his, "and body." He finished as he gave her one last searing kiss that left her mind reeling. Wrapping his arms around her small frame he pulled her close and held her as her body continued to fight off his poison.

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Lord Taisho and Lord Asano sat in the study late into the night. Each were lost in their own thoughts and each of their thoughts were on their pups. Though a bit too old to still be considered pups, they were the alpha's of their packs, and pups, their children would always be.

"I still think she was too young yet. We shouldn't have arranged that meeting last year." Lord Asano growled as he thought about his granddaughter in the arms of Sesshoumaru. He had been named Kagome's guardian when his son and her mother, were killed by assassins when she was ten. Since then he raised her as best he could without female influence, which was probably why she was such a strong willed, stubborn girl. She was not raised to submit and allow her instincts as a female to rule her. Her mother would have taught her that her duty and life fulfillment was to find a mate and have pups. He, on the other hand, raised her to be strong. She was to be his heir since the death of his son. He could not allow for a weak woman to rule.

"I think you are blinded by your prejudices my friend."Lord Taisho laughed. "They are perfect for each other. My son may be cold hearted and aloof, but he can't be that way around her. She demands his attentions whether he wants to give them or not." He sighed as he thought about his other son, Inuyasha.

"You are drifting away from me Touga." Lord Asano grumbled as his friends eyes took a far off look.

"I was just thinking about Inuyasha and how I can get him set up with his mate. I'm not as young as I used to be. I want to be able to play with grandchildren before it's too late." He frowned as he thought of the life his second son had ahead of him. As a hanyou he would encounter many prejudices against him. Even Sesshoumaru took a while to accept his brother. Many thought that as a hanyou his powers would be limited. This is not the case with Inuyasha. Touga Taisho's blood was strong and the only hindrance that the human blood caused was one night out of a month he was full human. His ears on top of his head were only there to appeal to his 'cuteness' as his mate, Izayoi, put it. You apparently can't get mad at a boy with puppy ears, if you're a girl that is.

"I think you should focus on your eldest right now. This is his mating night. You could get a grandchild out of this union." Lord Asano may have accepted the fact that he could no longer protect his granddaughter, but the thought of the 'vile' things that Sesshoumaru would do to her made him even more upset. He took another sip of sake and thanked the gods that he only had one grandchild.

"My friend, they will not be together this night. Sesshoumaru introduced his toxins into her bloodstream with his mark. She will be battling the poison and too tired for any 'extra' activities." He sighed as he remembered his mating night with his first mate. It almost killed him to not be able to touch her. Even though his beast understood that she needed rest to recover, that knowledge didn't make it easier on him when he finally had his mate in his arms and lying in his bed. Needless to say, the next day he made sure he was paid in full. Lord Taisho's eyes took a wicked gleam as he remembered that morning.

Lord Asano made a disgusted face and took another sip from his sake plate.

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AN: Thank you to all you reviewers! As this was my first story I was so scared about what you would think. Thank you for all the uplifting words. So for that, I updated earlier than expected. I am putting off the mating part until next chapter.