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The atmosphere outside was the total opposite of the council room and inside; light and airy, windy and cool, as oppose to drab and dark, temperate and stuffy.
Kagome took a long whiff of the clean air with her nose in the air, savoring its freshness before letting it all out and doing it over again, while the quiet Daiyoukai beside her watched her affectionately and smiled. "Let us have a seat," he began, and pointed to the stone benches in the garden under the banyan trees.
She sat, and then carefully smoothed the wrinkles out of her clothes by running her hands over it, followed by Sesshomaru, only leaving a few inches of space between them.
The sound of laughter took her by surprise. Shifting toward the direction of the sound, Kagome watched as children climbed and picked plums from a tree some meters away from her and as one fell and rolled to her feet. Bending, she picked it up, when she looked up she saw four pairs of eyes watching, and she tossed it to them with a smile. Sesshomaru realized then that Kagome must be hungry because when he'd went to get her it was quite early in the morning, and the meeting had been long and she had not eaten.
He stood, and she looked up at him and asked, "Is everything alright?"
He responded with an "Hn, wait here I will be back shortly."
She nodded to him as he left and continued to watch the children while they ate and played. It wasn't long before he returned with a plate with sliced fruits and meat and handed it to her and sat.
"Thank you," she said, and took the plate.
She ate in silence and he waited until she was done. She really appreciated the kind gesture because she was famished. "Sesshomaru," she said, "we can talk now, i'm finished eating."
Turning in her direction by some centimeters to his right so that he could see her face while they talked, he looked at her and she smiled shyly.
He nodded and begun to speak softly. "I am pleased that you came, and I believe that it would be in all our interest if you accepted the position offered." She took a deep breath, not entirely sure which way her mind should go, although she was grateful for his gratitude and the proposal.
"I want to accept," she said sincerely, "because it will give me a chance to have firsthand knowledge of all that happens, but my life is in Edo, and to take you up on this offer would mean that I would have to leave everything behind."
He nodded in understanding and waited awhile before he responded, quietly contemplating his next statement, then he spoke. "Change is not the easiest to make, but it is necessary for us to move on and grow."
His words made a great deal of sense, and of late her life was becoming mundane and repetitious because of her seemingly immortal status. And if she was going to help him to save his race then it was imperative that she made an effort, to guarantee that all goes well, and the only way to do that was from a position of power.
Although politics had never appealed to her before because of all the corruption and greed, in this case it was the logical choice, the only one that made perfect sense. For if she was to be a part of the policy making, then she had to accept the role of chief advisor.
"I accept," she said so softly that he was unsure that he had heard her correctly.
"What did you say?" He asked her not quite believing what he had heard.
"I said that I accept your offer," just as softly as she had said it before.
Looking at her intently he asked her. "Are you sure about this?"
"Yes I am," she responded immediately and without hesitation.
"Alright," he said "I will announce your appointment in the meetings tomorrow," she could tell that he was happy by the relaxed look on his face and brow. There wasn't a frown any longer, and he sat back on the bench with his shoulders slightly arched, less rigid from relief.
She too felt peaceful, and in that instance she knew that helping him was the right thing to do. They sat in silence for a long time afterwards. The evening breeze picked up and blew a litle stronger, and his mind were on other things; like his rapidly developing feelings for the priestess, and how he could make a relationship work between them now that she knew of his concubines.
He knew that it would be difficult and many would oppose such a union. If the feelings he had now had matured when he was a nomad roaming the west lands, had no empire, no children and heir, and least of all concubines, then things would be much easier for them.
He felt her fingers as they streamed through his hair and was surprised by her boldness, but he did not say anything or even react for that matter, and for a few moments he let her, while wondering at the same time what she was up to? And then he turned quite suddenly in her direction and caught her off guard, she blushed brightly and stuttered with her fingers still tunneling through his mass of moonbean tresses.
"I am sorry…But I couldn't resist, It was too tempting…I had to know what your hair felt like."
He grunted, "Hmmph, now that you know are you satisfied?" And there was a hint of playfulness in his tone, and mirth in his eyes and Kagome was shocked, then she smiled broadly and replied. "It feels so soft and silky, I love the texture of it."
He smiled a little. Maybe there was hope for them after all, he thought. And still she played with his hair, and still he let her.
It was a lazy afternoon and she felt so relaxed and calm so much so that soon she felt sleepy, and her fingers still entwined in the Daiyoukai's hair stroked it slowly. She was up at the crack of dawn and did not get her full quota of sleep and her body was telling her that it needed rest. Her head tilted forward as sleep took a hold of her though she tried desperately to shake it off.
Sesshomaru watched her trying to fight off what her body was demanding. Without any form of notice he pulled her roughly to him and let her lean on his shoulder, she gasped out loudly in surprise at is unexpected behavior, although it was welcomed. She sighed and snuggled closer to him while he held her in his embrace as she fell asleep.
All the while they were being watched by lady Harumi from the top floor of the council building through an open window. The sight was most vexing, and a cause for concern, because not only was her son lord of these lands and deserved a mate fitting of the title, the attention and care she witnessed Sesshomaru lavishing on the human was unacceptable. These sort of affections were only given to a mate; and the priestess would definitely not do.
Hmmph, she snorted, little priestess you will never be happy with my son, I will make sure of it. She took one last look and closed the window before leaving.
When she awoke, the incandescence glow of a lantern burned brightly on a table in the far corner of the room met her eyes, and she wondered for a moment where she was, because the last lucid thought she had was when it was daytime and she was outdoors in a garden resting on Sesshomaru.
She panicked and called out for him. "Sesshomaru, Sesshomaru, Where are you?" While fearful eyes looked around the room frantically. She heard the rushing of feet along the corridor and sat up on her knees in bed waiting. The door swung inside forcefully slammed into wall, and she exhaled deeply not even realizing that she held a breath at the sight of him.
On entering he saw that she was fine, just a little shaken because she did not know where she was and he wasn't there when she woke up. He was relieved when he saw that she was unharmed, and she smiled warily at him. "Sesshomaru, I am sorry I didn't mean to shout so loudly, I didn't know where I was and you weren't around." She blurted out and sat back on her heels in bed.
"It's alright Kagome I understand," he told her trying to put her mind at ease.
"Where are we?" She asked curiously.
"We are still in the council building, it is equipped with amenities so that we can stay here as long as the meetings or any other functions lasts," he informed her.
"That's great," she beamed excitably." So this isn't your home?"
He didn't answer her immediately, looking at her in the glow of the lantern with her hair all tousled, her clothes rumpled and her wide blue eyes staring so intensely at him, hanging on to every word that he spoke. She looked so innocent and beautiful and he wanted her so badly, lust and desire held him captive. He yearned to touch and lick her body up and down that he had to turn away before he pounced on her and made a fool out of himself.
She wondered at the sudden change in him because he turned away from her so abruptly and never answered her question. With concern for him she stood up and approached him while his back was to her and rests her hand on his shoulder.
His arm twitched and she felt as he stiffened and she pulled her hand away alarmed, and quietly she asked him. "Sesshomaru are you alright?"
Slowly he turned around and faced her, and the look upon his face and the desire burning so bright in his eyes startled her that involuntarily she took a step back from the smoldering flames that were his eyes. Physical heat from his body transferred to hers unnaturally, and it overwhelms her. She tripped into the sheets and was falling helplessly, he grasped for her hand and caught her, bringing his lips to hers, and with total abandon she let his kiss take her away.
His kiss was like little shockwaves of delight as his mouth covered hers slow and sensual, rippled all the way to her fingertips, to her toes, to secret places in her center. She moaned in his mouth and he swallowed her responses which only fueled his desire even more. He touched her and he touched her everywhere, but he wanted more, he wanted to feel the softness of her skin as it came alive under his caress. He ripped her clothes away, blinded by desire, she gasped. He gazed at her in longing asking her with his eyes for consent. She shut her eyes tight, bit her lips and then gave her answer. "Love me…please!"
Stepping away from her briefly he stripped himself and became as naked as she was, and she looked upon his form and smiled. He was breathtaking, toned, smooth, flawless, and his long and thick manhood stood proud and erect. There was no gentleness when their lips met for a second time, lips parted as their tongue met in a hot greedy kiss. His hands roamed over her back and pressed into her rounded hips and she only strained closer to him. She was prepared to trust him to show her intimacy. She was prepared to risk it all, even self destruction as long as he was with her.
Never knowing the touch or feel of intimacy, wanting, yearning for so long, and the male on top of her she desired with uninhibited passion. Her fingers trembled slightly as she dug into his arms, and they were strength there, brutal and caring rolled up into one.
His mouth crushed hers sucking and stroking her lips and tongue. She was hot like a furnace beneath him as his tongue darted in and out of her mouth. She massaged and stroked his back, whispering his name over and over, she was wet and leaking her desires, and he could smell it and was pleased. He wanted her as much as she wanted him, even if all they felt at the moment was an intense passion, the rest would come later, they had all the time in the world, he hoped.
While his lips plundered hers his hand founded her mounds and massaged them until her nipples were hard like little stones, and she cried out. "Oh, Oh Sessh, I can't take it," he smiled against her chest as his fingers brushed against her clitoris and she quivered and moaned. He continued to stroke her expertly running his fingers up and down the length of her womanhood, while sucking and nibbling on her breasts
She screamed out her passions after awhile as he stroked her pearl cleverly until she came gasping and trembling. His manhood strained and dripped sexual fluids on the sheets, wanting to be buried deep inside into her virginal passage.
She was begging, "I need you." He needed her as well. His manhood now aligned with her center, just one push and he would join them together in the eternal dance of lovers and making her his woman, grasping his member he ran it along her nether lips, wetting and coating the fleshy broad head of his penis for easier penetration.
Then angry fists knocked at the door startled them both, Kagome sat up hastily and he removed himself from above her.
"Sesshomaru sama," the loud and annoying voice of a woman outside the door shouted, "I know that you are in there with that human whore, get her out of there now!"
Kagome pulled the sheet up to her chin feeling a little scared, while Sesshomaru redressed and opened the door.
"How dare you dishonor us with a human," the voice of a female demoness shouted accusingly. She tried to push her way pass Sesshomaru to enter the room, but that wasn't going to happen. He held the woman who was one of his concubines and shoved her away then closed the door behind him.
He shook his head in anger and frustration because he knew his mother was the instigator behind this foolishness. Kagome waited patiently for his return, and erected a barrier at the door for her safety, and only dissolved it when she felt his approach.
The moment was lost however, and the passion had died, and he held her in his arms and they both slept after they had talked about the mishap and some issues that needed to be addressed in the meeting tomorrow.