Chapter 23: Mates
A/n: Obligatory disclaimer that I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters.
Things had gone well at the castle over the last few weeks. Kagome had recovered from bringing back Sesshomaru's arm and occasionally Inuyasha would annoy Sesshomaru but nothing major had happened.
Kagome was sitting in the courtyard watching Rin play. She smiled as Inuyasha sat next to her. She loved having him and everyone here, together. She was pleased with the way her life was going in the feudal era.
"Hey uh, Kagome?"
"Yes Inuyasha?" She said happily.
"I uh, just wanted to let ya know Kikyo and I are planning to mate."
"That's great!" Kagome said excitedly.
"Yeah, we're just waitin' for a hut to be finished near the village. We'll move there soon to be closer to Kaede so Kikyo and her can spend the time they missed together." Kagome smiled and nodded in understanding but deep down she was sad he was leaving.
"I'll be sure to stop by on my way to and from the well and drop off ninja food." She smiled and laughed. Inuyasha pulled her into a hug. They sat the rest of the afternoon there with her head resting on his shoulder.
After dinner they continued what had become somewhat of a routine to them. Kagome collected Rin and Shippo and made her way to Sesshomaru's private bath. She remembered the first time she and Sesshomaru had bathed together.
It was after Kikyo had restored some of her energy. She woke up in Sesshomaru's bed alone. She was going to go to her room to grab a book to study but she went through the wrong connecting door. She walked in to a foggy room, she recognized it as an indoor hot spring.
'This is just what I need.' She thought starting to disrobe.
"Kagome." Sesshomaru said stopping her, hands on her shirt. "Join me." Kagome didn't know what to do. Half of her was super self-conscious, half of her wanted to badly to join.
Sesshomaru stood and sauntered up to her. He didn't wait for her to say anything, just started undressing her. He picked her up and walked to the middle of the small spring. He bent down and placed her in front of him before grabbing the sea sponge. Gently he started to wash and massage her back and shoulders.
"Mmm, that feels great." She relaxed. His hand moved to her front and continued cleaning. She couldn't help the moan that escaped her when he reached her breasts. He needed and pinched her nipples. Her head lulled back at the pleasurable feeling.
He moved down her stomach and slid his hand between her legs. 'Oh Kamis.' She thought. 'This is too much.' She slumped back against him. He could smell how much she was enjoying it and spent more time than necessary down there before spinning her around and handing her the sponge.
Kagome was momentarily stunned and stared at the sponge. She quickly came too, moving his hair over his shoulder to scrub his back. She tugged his shoulder to turn him around. She made her way slowly down his chest admiring each muscle as she went.
Abruptly he stood, his manhood hanging just in front of her face. Hesitantly she soaped up her hands and reached up. Almost immediately he harder in her hand. After a few more strokes he dunked back under the water and then pulled her up with him.
"Everyone will be away shortly, we should go." He said.
Kagome blushed slightly at the memory. After Sesshomaru and Kagome washed Rin and Shippo, they dried off and went to the kids room. They had gotten in the habit of sleeping with the kids on bath nights. Kagome wished they could do it every night but she assumed Sesshomaru didn't want that.
On the nights they didn't all sleep together Kagome would take her big book of short stories and read one to them. Tonight though Sesshomaru laid out a few bedrolls while Kagome dressed Rin and Shippo. The kids scampered into the middle of the bedrolls, Sesshomaru laid beside Rin, ad Kagome laid beside Shippo, finally Sesshomaru wrapped mokomoko around all of them.
Sesshomaru sat at his desk trying to concentrate on the scrolls before him. Kagome had come in shortly after he had, grabbed a scroll and sat down against the wall. He could tell something was bothering her; her scent was overwhelmingly sad and she wouldn't sit still.
"Woman, stop fidgeting." Sesshomaru said. He assumed she would be fine momentarily. With Rin he just had to tell her to stop and before long she'd be happy again. That didn't seem to be working though as her sadness increased.
"What is bothering you?" Sesshomaru asked looking over to her. Kagome hesitated. "Well?" He prompted.
"I haven't seen my family in a month or so, I miss them." She said quietly. That was something he could fix easy enough.
"Well go visit them tomorrow." He said simply. He could sense her switch from sadness to disbelieving to happiness. How exhausting. That woman can switch moods faster than I can run. Kagome crawled over and forced her way under his arm and hugged him. He wrapped an arm around her and used his other hand to pick the scroll he had been reading back up.
Kagome was happy tucked under Sesshomaru's arm but she wanted to go tell the others. She shimmied out and found everyone in the courtyard lounging in the sun.
"Hey guys." She called.
"Hey Kagome!" Sango said. Kagome sat down beside Sango. "What's got you so happy today?"
"Sesshomaru said we could go back to my time tomorrow, we're going to leave first thing in the morning."
"That's great. Miroku and I wanted to go check out my old village. It's not too far from here so we'll leave at the same time." Sango said.
"Yeah, us too. Me and Kikyo are gonna go check on the hut at Kaede's." Inuyasha added.
"What about us?" Shippo asked.
"You and Rin are going to stay here with Jaken and Ah-Un and the other servants. I can't take you through the well with me, I'm sorry Shippo." Shippo nodded sadly. She stayed and played and talked with everyone until it got dark.