Chapter 11

Let's Play Tag...

Sesshoumaru stared in shock after his little mate, who at this moment was running down the hall away from him. He then slowly touched his neck where she had bitten him. She had bitten him, and then ran. His grin was feral and positively predatory. Let the hunt begin. The little human didn't know what she had started, but Sesshoumaru would be happy to show her. With that thought he threw back his head and gave a short piercing howl. The hunt was on.

Rin was running quickly through the house; her hair flew behind her snapping slightly with the wind. She heard the howl and knew meant that Sesshomaru was coming after her and pushed herself even faster than before. As she ran she felt something that she hadn't felt, hadn't been allowed to feel in a long time. She felt joy. The joy of the chase, of dodging obstacles and outsmarting the hunter behind her. She felt the joy of her feet pounding the ground and her hair flying behind her in the wind. She felt the joy in knowing that this was a game for both her and Sesshomaru and secure in the knowledge that with all his power and cunning, he would never hurt her. With this joy she felt herself change, her eyes were glowing, her teeth sharpened, her nails hardened, two long fluffy black ears popped from the top of her head and two long elegant fluffy tails from her backside. She reached up and pulled the band from her hair and a thick black ruff circling her neck like a muffler scarf. Usually this would bother her but for now she was willing to completely let go for the fun she was having.

The door was so close she gave a yip of triumph as she charged her way towards it. Then she felt it, not heard but felt, Sesshomaru's growl behind her and made a sudden decision. Rin skidded to a stop only to make a sharp right towards some stairs shen noticed before. Rin smirked and gave a taunting swish of her tails as she watch Sesshomaru sail over her head and land precisely where she would have been if she had continued her straight run. He too had partially transformed and now looked more dog than human. Rin snicked as she looked down from the stairs to find him tilting his head in confusion. His gaze then snapped to her's with a smirk of his own. Rin stuck her tongue out and kept running. She was halfway down whatever hall she was in when she looked back to locate Sesshomaru. She saw nothing behind her and giggled gleefully only to run into something in front of her. Rin nearly fell only to be caught by two strong arms and pulled up to stare into glowing red eyes.

Sesshomaru smirked as his future mate gaped like a goldfish in his arms.

"But, but I- but you-"

"Come Rrrrin, you must know that a demon such as I has more than one way to catch my runaway mate. Even one so intelligent and deliciously cunning as yourself."

As he spoke his hands began to wander, one glazing the skin of her arm up towards the nape of her neck and one sinking down her back. Rin seemed dazed, not reacting until he gently grasped her tail raising it for inspection as he gently stroked the fur.

"You've been keeping secrets haven't you Rrrrin."

Rin shuddered and gasped as her stroked it unable to answer his purred question as he whispered in her ear holding her head still with his other hand.

"I wonder what other secrets I can, persuade you to tell me."

Rin whimpered quietly as Sesshomaru continue to explore his prize with one gentle yet insistent hand. He stroked over both black tails and finding the beginning of a third which nearly caused Rin to moan in his ear. He rumbled with pleasure a some findings, Rin was sensitive everywhere especially her back where he found the beginning of wings, and huffed in amusement at others, The soft black ears on her head were twitchy and drooped the more out of it she was and she accidentally bit him when he touched bare skin or feathers. He teased, fondled and stroked his mate to his heart's content teasing her ears with whispered praises and nipping her neck whenever she nipped him. This served two purposes, to get to know his new mate's body and to calm himself so that he didn't just rip her clothes of and rutt her until she couldn't stand for the rest of the week. As tempting as that was, and oh it was tempting even moreso now that he knew she wasn't a fragile human, Sesshomaru could smell that his innocent mate wasn't ready. Even his demon knew that they couldn't break her trust that way or they'd lose her forever and anything was preferable to that.

Finally Rin's legs gave out and Sesshomaru caught her.

"Is something wrong mmmmmate?"

Rin had to refocus her gaze as she glared at Sesshomaru. She was out of breath and could barely think straight. Her body was jelly and her words took longer than she wanted to come out yet there he was calm as you please with a large smirk on his usually stoic face. His eyes were a relaxed golden color, and his hands were still wandering!

Rin wanted him to be as much of a mess as she was. She wanted him gasping and desperate. She didn't know what she was desperate for, and her mush brain couldn't think of why she couldn't get it. So with a look of determination she took her hands and reached for his shoulders. Sesshomaru was curious and held still as she grasped him and used her gripped to pull herself up to his ear and gave it a sensual lick from top to bottom using her tongue to bring the lob into her mouth so she could bite it and then suck on it while soothing the bite with her tongue. She moved to his other ear while Sesshomaru was still frozen in shock and as she gave it the same treatment she dragged her claws down his back smiling around the lobe she had caught between her teeth as she heard it rip and felt certain she had left red marks on his back.

Sesshomaru was frozen in disbelief as his young mate once again surprised him. He felt lust shoot through his body making him hot, hard, and heavy. His mind almost froze as he tried to get his arousal under control. Telling himself that she didn't know what she was doing, that she was too young too fragile to do what he wanted to do with her. Too inexperienced and pure to rip off her clothes and slam her against the wall as he took her like he was in heat. Too pure to- he heard his shirt rip felt her claws on his back and her mouth on his ear. It was too much at once too good to pass up too many delicious sensations to think straight. Sesshomaru heard his demon howl and his control snapped.

Rin wasn't sure what happened, one minute Sesshomaru was a statue the next he was a flurry of actions. One hand yanking her head back causing her to leave a small wound on his ear. This heightened his arousal as he slammed his mouth to hers. He growled at the taste of his blood on her lips as he opened her mouth and thrust his tongue inside. With his other hand he reached down and brought one leg and then the other around his waist as he roughly pressed her back into the wall using his momoko to cushion the blow. He nearly moaned as he noticed that her tail had caused her skirt to slip down giving him easy access to her delectable behind. Sesshomaru lifted his mouth from hers letting her breath watch her flushed face as he thrust his hand into her panties. He drank in her surprised gasp as her grabbed her behind. His hand busied themselves stroking and caressing it, tilting her body up with his grip before lifting her skirt with help from his momoko. He tipped her head up so that he could watch as he squeezed her, watch her gasp for breath as she gripped his shoulders through her mouth open passion, watch her skin flushed as she moaned. He watched and caressed till it looked like she could think again, and then he thrust his hips into hers, swallowing her scream with his mouth as he moaned.

His tongue penetrated her mouth once again, following the rhythm of his hips as his hands moved to lift her shirt so he could squeeze her breasts, caressing and rolling the nimples. Sesshomaru trapped Rin against the wall as he continued his ministrations making sure she couldn't think. When he lifted his mouth to let her breath, only pants and moans escaped. For some time he just listened to her moan and scream as he moved his mouth to her neck, pushing down the soft ruff so he could reach the skin, licking it slowly before nipping it with elongated teeth and sucking on the wound left behind. He left dark marks whenever he could reach. Sometimes he rose her body to lick and tease her nipples marking her breasts as well. Rin was nearly insane with pleasure. Sesshomaru wouldn't let her beg knowing that it would break the fragile control that was allowing him not to penetrate her so he could spill inside of her tightness. Finally, it was to much.

"Sesshomaru-"

He nipped her lips as he held her jaw and thrust harder as she gasped. He watched her face as she finally orgasmed, stiffening in his arms, screaming out his name, clutching his shoulders. She arched her eyes nearly rolling back into her head as she keened. Wave after wave of pleasure washed over her weakening her limbs and causing her to go limp in pleasure before she fainted.

Sesshomaru panted as he looked down at his exhausted mate lying limply in his arms. His markings were jagged, his eyes were red, and his mouth was dry. His mate was delightful. The timing of her faint was convenient as he wasn't sure if he would have stopped otherwise. Even now he found himself lightly licking her neck as he calmed. He loved the dark marks he'd left and adored the mixing of his scent with hers. The only thing that could have made him happier was his scent inside of her. His hands stroked her hair and back as his lips found each and every mark he'd made, darkening the ones that didn't satisfy him and lightly kissing the ones that did. She shifted, flinched, and moaned as he did but she didn't wake. Finally, he was calm. His eyes reverted to their polished golden hue, his marks smoothed and flowed, and his momoko settled back to it's usual silken form. He lifted Rin in his arms and carried her down the hall.

When Rin awoke she felt rested and relaxed . She didn't open her eyes as she tried to think of what had happened. The memories lazily floated back to her and she remembered what she had done, what he had done. Rin flushed from her ears down. Now she was determined not to open her eyes as she snuggled down into the soft bed warm bedding. Rin thought of the last time she had awoken after he'd helped her and then determinedly didn't think of anything at all. Not the way his hands had caressed her, not the way his tongue had felt on her neck and breasts, not the way his thrusts-

"Rrrin, I suggest you calm yourself if you do not want a repeat of earlier. Though I would not mind continuing, you are not ready. A pity."

Rin still refused to open her eyes as she clung to her pillow. A pillow that wrapped itself around her and pressed her to a warm chest. A warm, bare chest. Finally, Rin's eyes flew open and she gaped in shock at what they revealed. A smooth white torso, free of scars and rippling with muscles. Rin glazed her hands reverently over the perfection in front of her. Sesshomaru chuckled in amusement at the sight.

"I'm glad to know that I please you mate."

Rin yanked her hands back as if she had been burned and turned a slightly guilty gaze to meet molten eyes that were brightened with amusement. She continued to struggle to get away from his momoko.

"W-w-why?"

Sesshomaru took pity on her and answered her amusingly stated question.

"Someone shredded my shirt earlier, and I couldn't walk around with a ruined shirt."

He smirked, placing one sharp claw to her lips to forestall any further questions.

"Now, Rrrin I believe you have some explaining to do yourself." Sesshomaru gently played with her ruff, only now realizing it was intermixed with feathers. It was as delightfully soft as his momoko, and Sesshomaru adored soft things. Rin stuttered some more but was only met with an elegant raised eyebrow. Rin sighed.

"I come from a family of demon mutts. We have everything in our family, Birds, dogs, wolves, foxes, mice, you name it and it's probably there. It is considered an honor to be mixed. The more mixed the more the prestige. But even they have limits on how mixed you can be my family was outcast when I was born because I have so many. Usually it takes time for our nature to show but when I was born I already showed the characteristics of a rabbit and a cat I believe." Sesshomaru amused himself with the thoughts of a baby ball of Rin fluff as she continued.

"At first they thought it was a sign of my power to be born dual natured, but from there it only got worse. First I grew another tail, my claws stopped being completely retractable, and some of my fur was laced with feathers. The last we checked I was some mixture of panther, raven, rabbit, dog, wolf, and fox." Sesshomaru looked stunned at the list, and she gave him a grim look, "And that was when I was four. They chased us out, said I was unstable or something, made up some lies about me hurting one of the children in a blind rage. We left, but that wasn't enough for some, they didn't want to chance us coming back so they followed, they ambushed us, and killed my mother. My father and I got away, he never was much of a warrior, we changed our names, erased our scents, started a business, and have been hiding in plain sight ever since. But they haven't stopped hunting us. That's why we need the wolves, if we're part of their pack then they will protect us, and they are much stronger than the ones chasing us, even if they are cruel."

"Why do they still hunt you?"

Rin looked into Sesshomaru's eyes and knew he was trustworthy. Still it was difficult to reveal so much after so long. She looked down and studied the bedcovers, which she suddenly noticed were a sensual red with gold stitching. She trusted him, she really did, but the words still had to be forced out of her throat in a low, reluctant voice.

"Because I am Sakura Rinn Hapa. Heir to the Hāfu clan."

So I've finally got some inspiration again and while I won't ever be abandoning this story I will be starting a new one to keep me engaged in this fandom when writing there may even be two new stories so be on the look out.