Hello xD
As promised, here I am faster than I thought possible, to update Mating Policies. With how horrible this week was for me personally, I just felt like writing to get my mind a bit off of real life. So here it goes the fifth installment: To madden a Demon.
Trivia: before, it was called to seduce a demon, but I think this title suits more what happens here to all of the characters, not just Sesshomaru.
Disclaimer: Takahashi owns InuYasha, I own this plot and some of the OC mentioned here.
Warnings: Smutness (cause Sesshomaru makes it impossible to write anything without some sexiness) and possibly OOCness.
Happy reading!
Mating policies
V – To madden a Demon
The sun was not even up in the sky when the guards opened the gates of the Compound, allowing the small carriage in. Waiting for their guest, both Michiko and her mate, Hideki, were side by side at the entrance of the Main House.
A sigh of relief left Michiko's lips when a servant opened the door and helped a small and frail girl disembark. Her hair was silver and her eyes golden, just like every other inu yokai in the Western Land.
In less than a second, Michiko threw her arms around the girl and embraced her with all her might. It did not go unnoticed by the guards how uneasy the guest seemed, for she did not move, did not embrace the older woman back.
On her face, a weak and forced smile.
"Welcome back, Kaoru!"
At the lack of response, her hold grew tighter till a gasp escaped the girl. With a chuckle, Hideki put his hands over Michiko's shoulders and forced her to break apart.
"There, there, darling… Let the girl breathe!" He smirked, still holding his mate closely to his chest.
With a small smile, Kaoru bowed before both of her hosts, intrigued by the silent atmosphere and odd reception. She was under the impression the Lord of the West was aware of her presence and would welcome her. It seemed she would have no such luck. Pity, for she was rather curious about him.
Michiko-sama spoke so highly of him she was led to believe he was a rather enchanting man.
"Oh… Sesshomaru-sama is…" Michiko looked at her mate, as if unsure of what to say.
He smiled at the girl and spoke instead, "He is busy right now."
"Ah…"
It was all she could muster, disappointment written all over her young face. She tried to cover it up with a smile, even if small and fake in comparison to her usual cheerful nature.
"Fear not, Kaoru-sama," Hideki said, his eyes focused on his mate's. "I am sure Sesshomaru-sama shall be pleased to join a fine Lady such as yourself in the morning."
This time, her lips tilted up in a natural, even if still small, smile.
"Come." Michiko outstretched her hand for the girl to take. "Let's get you comfortable. It must have been a tiring journey."
"It was," she agreed with a nod. "Thank you, my Lady…" She bowed respectfully. "My lord…"
The three of them stepped into the Main House, unware of a pair of golden eyes watching the interaction all along. A snort left purple lips as soft steps led to the grounds of the Hanare Room.
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"Did you hear me out, Sesshomaru?" InuKimi was losing her patience — and no one could ever say she was not patient, because she was proving herself to be plentiful — with her son.
As soon as she entered the room both newlyweds were supposed to be sharing, she noticed her son was nowhere to be seen. Rin slept alone, in a very unladylike fashion. She snorted and followed her son by his scent. He was, as expected — such a pathetic and predictable creature —, in his study.
Instead of reading agreements as usual, he was painting. She could not remember the last time he allowed himself to waste time, as he once stated, to art. He was always so serious and concentrated on business it was quite odd for one to imagine her son had an artistic bent.
He sunk the brush in a darker shade of blue as he painted the sky. The scenario almost caused her to roll her eyes. There was a gigantic dog demon and a small ningen woman embracing it.
"What do you want?" he asked in a emotionless tone, not even shifting his attention to face her.
As she stepped inside his study and seemed keen on approaching him, he growled in warning. He wanted to be alone and alone meant far away from her. He simply had no time and no head for her teasing right now.
She rolled her eyes. Such a typical greeting. Such a boring nature. A smirk covered her features as she told him about Kaoru's arrival.
Contrary to her expectations, he did not seem surprised. It was if he was, in fact, glad she arrived. As if she brought with her a normalcy he was surely not finding in his wife's arms. InuKimi narrowed her eyes. It made no sense.
Realization caught up with her quickly. She smirked. He was running from it.
Running from this predicament that made him question himself.
Running from the uncertainty that plagued his mind.
Running from the unusual that prompted his heart to beat faster.
Running from his feelings.
Tsk, such a creature of habit.
"Will that be all?"
She lost no time to make herself comfortable in a zabuton, which made him growl low in his chest, and read one of his documents that lay opened in his desk.
"I did not think you had it in you to send InuYasha as your representative in a business transaction."
Sesshomaru did not reply, concentrated on the task at hand. His long fingers, however, clenched around the brush.
"Ah… I see…" She chuckled lightly, her eyes shining with mischief. "It was Rin's idea. Smart girl." There was silence for a moment, Sesshomaru said nothing. Her smirk grew wider and even mischievous as she teased, "Of course you would not come up with it, it is clear the girl is smarter than you."
"Mother!"
The brush in his hand fell to the floor, much to InuKimi's delight. She finally struck a vein. She patted the seat by her side and gestured for him to sit. When did nothing and continued to stare at his unfished work — she knew how much he hated being interrupted in what he considered to be his only leisure time —, she narrowed her eyes.
"Sit here, boy."
It took him a moment to obey her, but when he did, it was not without a very icy and emotionless stare. Satisfied he finally took his seat, she started telling him about Kaoru's arrival and how she frustrated her expectations.
Her voice was just a buzz in his head. What occupied his mind and set his senses in overdrive was Rin's soft voice inside his head.
I am not giving up on you.
The words made him remember what she said when he first joined her in their bed. When he first held her in his arms.
What would you do if I decided to court you?
As he recalled her words from both days and thought how ironic it was that even if she said them in very different occasions, both held the same meaning, his mother's voice became more and more distant, till he could not even listen to her anymore.
However, she quickly noticed she was talking alone. InuKimi rolled her eyes and snapped her fingers in front of his face.
"Did you hear me out, Sesshomaru?"
He was silent, but turned to face her openly. He blinked twice, trying to dispel Rin's image from his mind.
"Rin can speak in my mind," he told his mother, still uninterested in the Southern Princess arrival. At the present moment, it was of minor importance.
To any outsider it would seem that he valued Rin's life very little, if he was willing to let go of the arrival of a woman that could — and would, given the chance — kill his wife. To his mother, however, it was clear that he would break their rules if needed to save the girl once again.
InuKimi's mouth opened and closed at the revelation. To say she was caught off guard would be a huge understatement. That the girl would manage to do that one day was no surprise, but that she would learn it so early in their relationship was indeed something to behold.
"Good."
Sesshomaru's golden eyes locked on hers and for a moment he did not know what to say or what to think. Good? She could only be crazy. How could it be good to have a human developing such a bond with him when they were not even mated?
Rather: when they could not be mates.
"Good… Very good."
He narrowed his eyes and took a sharp intake of breath.
"What is your hidden agenda, mother?"
"Excuse me?" She snorted. "Why there has to be a hidden agenda?"
He took his time to reply this time, placing both of his hands under his chin as she offered him a small dose of sake. He tried to smell something — anything — on her, but found nothing… Nothing that could frame her. His mother was, after all, a master at faking her emotions and even fabricating different scents to lure and trick her enemies.
"It just seems out of character for you to simply love humans."
"I do not love humans!" She chuckled lightly, not at all bothered by the fact he was using almost the same words the Council used last morning with her.
"You surely are putting a lot of effort into making Rin an ideal mate."
This time she threw her head back and laughed. Laughed so loudly, she probably made a few souls that were still dormant in the Compound to jerk awake.
"Is it working?" Her teasing tone made Sesshomaru narrow his eyes and busy himself with his drink. "No need to answer, beloved son, your painting said enough for you."
He gave her no reply to that.
"It is quite obvious who are the stars of the painting."
He snorted.
"You have allowed her to embrace you in your demon form, she can already talk in your head…" She sniffed the air around him and smirked. "And it is obvious you have been engaging yourself in fleshly pleasures with her more than often…" She touched her chin, as if weighing her words. "Why don't you mark her at once?"
"I will do no such thing."
His reply came so fast and so disgusted, InuKimi had a hard time understanding his unusual reaction. He rose to his feet and headed to the shōji doors. He definitely would not put up with his mother's absurd suggestions.
He, the almighty Sesshomaru, son of InuTaisho, the greatest General of the West, mated to a lowly human? His mother had surely gone insane. That was the only explanation for such proposition.
"Tsk, Tsk… You are in denial."
If he heard her, he gave no indication as he flew from his study and left a very amused and intrigued InuKimi behind.
"Very well, beloved pup… Let's see how far this stubbornness of yours will carry you on."
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"Even before the Shinkon no Tama was shattered, the great InuTaisho-sama defeated Lord Hyōga and his son Menōmaru." Jaken took his time to look at the figure of the almighty deceased Lord of the Western Lands before continuing. "He was a very capable fighter and…" He turned to face the girl in front of him and disgust was written all over his face, along with rage too. "You wretched excuse of a girl!" He yelled in a shrilling tone that would have caused anyone to go deaf for a few minutes.
He swung his staff of two heads and hit the sleeping girl's head. Rin's eyes popped open and with a groan she held her hands up to prevent the imp from hitting her once again.
"Ouch, it hurts, Jaken-sama!" she cried out, trying to keep him away, without much success, of course. She rose to her feet and took the staff of two heads from his hands in a swift movement that had him gasping in surprise.
"Give it back!" He yelled, running after her. "Give it back, you wench!"
Now wide awake, Rin smiled at him and ran away. He followed her to the private gardens of the Hanare Room, extremely annoyed at the girl's display of childishness. How could his Lord think of ever marrying such an annoyance and even bestow upon her the temporary mark?
He had surely gone out of his mind!
Even more out of her mind was Lady InuKimi herself. How could she suggest that he taught the girl on Demon History when the brainless ningen could not keep awake at the sound of his marvelous voice and amazing knowledge? For the life of his master, he was a demon of almost a thousand years! There was to be a more knowledgeable creature in all the Lands. She should be grateful to have a teacher such as himself.
Her incessant laugh made Jaken even more pissed off. He ran after her and tried to escape as she swung his precious staff of two heads over him in a very dangerous fashion.
"Give my Nintōjō back! Give it back!"
"You want it..." She threatened to shot it to the koi pond. Jaken's eyes almost popped out of his head at her insinuation. "Back?"
"How dare you, stupid girl!?"
With a laugh, Rin handed the device back to him, but not without hitting him in the same fashion as he hit her before. He cried out in both frustration and pain.
"I hate you, ungrateful wench!" He pointed a finger at her, not bothering to hide his hurt feelings. "I take my precious time preparing my classes, time that could surely be used by being at my Lord's side, and all you do is sleep and ignore my advices and everything I say. I hate you! I hate you!"
His watery eyes made Rin stop laughing and look at him totally disconcerted. She meant several things, but never to hurt him! Biting her bottom lip, she kneeled in front of the small imp and brought him into a tight hug.
"Oh, Jaken-sama… I am so sorry, I never meant to hurt your feelings. You see, I love you!" She placed a kiss on the top of his head, right above the bump she bestowed upon him a few seconds earlier. "I promise I'll never sleep through your classes anymore. I promise I'll pay attention and take notes of everything you say!" She kissed his head once again and smiled as he tried to escape from her grasp. He blushed all over and tried to clean up the place she had kissed him, even though he secretly loved her for show of both submission and respect.
"Good… Let's go back! You have a lot to learn, wretched girl!"
"Yes, Jaken-sama!"
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Truth is… She could not pay any attention to his words. He made it all so boring, she started dozing off after a few minutes. She shook her head and tried to concentrate on his lesson, to no avail.
It did not help she barely slept last night. After deciding to fight for her Lord and his reaction to her, she could not help but stay wide awake most part of the night thinking about her next actions.
Honestly, she had no idea of what to do. How could she make him change his mind? He seemed pretty adamant when he stated he would call off the marriage and she was to go back to InuYasha's village.
The mere idea of leaving him hurt her beyond measure. It was ridiculous, of course, for she knew the marriage was a temporary solution for a problem. He never intended on mating her for real… But now Rin had tasted and had seen sides of him she had no idea of, she was not sure she could simply let go of him without a fight.
I apologize in advance then… But I am not giving up on you.
For once in her life she felt proud of herself when it concerned her Lord — she was not bashful, she was far from it. She grew up without many inhibitions after all —, but she herself expected to freak out at his words.
…we should call off the marriage…
The first line caught her off guard.
…you are returning to InuYasha's village…
The second made her lose her ground.
…you can return to your chambers this night…
The third was a stab to her heart.
Always used to do and be everything her Lord wished of her, Rin was pleasantly surprised and proud of herself for standing her ground and deciding to fight for him, instead of running away and crying her heart out like the little girl everyone thought her to be.
I apologize in advance then… But I am not giving up on you.
Her words lead her another thing: how could she speak into his mind? How could she say the words out loud without even moving her lips?
InuKimi was very happy to know the news — it was clear she spoke to her son before coming to her daughter-in-law — and stated it was quite common between mates, only that most took more time to learn the trick.
She also said that perhaps it was due to the fact that they knew each other for almost a decade now and happened to have shared many moments in life that brought them closer, even closer than a marriage or a mating bond.
Contrary to expectations, InuKimi made herself clear that a mating bond could be severed — as hers was with InuTaisho —, but certain ties could not, such as mother and son and those ties among siblings.
It made sense now… Before being his wife, she was… Her heart leapt at the thought… She was his friend. She was someone he entered hell to have back — to save. It should count as something. It had to.
Rin also recalled another odd discovery of that morning. When they met in the training grounds, the Lady made herself clear: they were not to lose time fighting. She had far more pressing lessons to teach Rin. And interesting too.
Rin felt her cheeks grow warm and rosy at the remembrance of her words. She never thought the Lady would instruct her what to do with her son in private chambers.
According to her, there was no need to fights if she won the most important battle and ended up mated even before Kaoru could attempt to take her life.
She just had to… She gulped, press his right buttons and voilà. But for it to happen, she would have to get with him in an intimate moment and while Rin had no complaints about how heavenly it felt to have him between her thighs, she did not think it possible to have it in her to initiate such a bold thing.
Oh, dear Kami.
InuKimi said she was lovely when she blushed, but it was obvious she loved teasing the girl and making her feel uncomfortable, as she said her son was most likely to leave for the onsen at certain time of the day.
Biting her bottom lip, not really sure about following him or not, Rin decided that she at least had to give it a try.
Sorry, Jaken-sama… But it has to be done. Noticing how engrossed he seemed talking about his Lord and how skilled he was about just anything, she slowly made to leave the room and the imp alone, not without feeling guilty, after all he said himself he poured his heart into his lessons and she was either sleeping or think about everything else. I promise next time I will be here.
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The entire Compound was beautiful, there was no denying to that. But she could not say she was pleased to be at all times in the company of someone.
Kaoru smiled with some mischievousness when she thought about leaving Michiko-sama by herself and decided to explore a bit. Thankfully, no guard told her to come back or got on her way. In fact, everyone seemed aware of her presence and left her as soon they happened to cross paths.
A sigh left her lips as she thought about how difficult it would be for her to become the Lady of the West if everyone simply avoided her. Not that she wanted to be pampered at all times — she simply hated not to have her own moments of privacy and she thought that her mate-to-be shared of her convictions as he did not show up to greet her that morning.
She was disappointed at first, but he must have been very busy. She watched her whole life how her own father seemed to have almost zero time for her mother. Being a Lord was no easy task, she knew. She only hoped that Lord Sesshomaru found at least a little time to be with her.
A small smile covered her lips. If he did not find time in his incredibly busy schedule, she would force him to. Her father once said that she got all she wanted with her magical and sweet words and coaxing smile. Her father, for one, never said no to his beloved princess.
Yes, she was sure her life with him would be quite different from the one her father and mother shared.
Feeling confident, she giggled as she passed by Hideki-sama without him noticing and escaped to the calming sound of an onsen nearby.
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Sesshomaru stretched his back and dived deep in the warm water. When he emerged, he was sure he felt a different presence in the surroundings.
He narrowed his eyes and sniffed the ambient, but found no trace of a foreign invasion of his privacy and space. Whoever was there, either masked her or his aura quite well — he would not go as far as to say masked the scent because it a natural space full of different and exotic smells, it was not past him to simply miss someone's smell, mainly if he did not know the person — or simply left. He was rather inclined to think about the last option.
Running his clawed hands through his impossibly long hair, he thought about his interaction with his mother earlier that dawn and what she said.
The Southern Princess arrived.
He did not find it in him to meet her just yet. He was full of those women from the Demon Court, he knew them as the back of his hand and he was simply not in the mood to deal with someone with a plastic smile on her face and the desire of dominating his Lands and his very person.
On the other hand, he either dealt with Kaoru or he dealt with Rin. At the present time, he was sure he had more self-control within himself to face the Southern Princess.
Well, at least she would not defy you, he thought sarcastically.
When did Rin learn how to fight back and hold her ground against him? Defy him in the open and do her own bid as she so wished?
Pathetic.
He was truly pathetic for letting her and actually hope for her to stick to her words once he was a coward to fight for both of them.
I love you.
Till now he did not know whose lips those words escaped. At first, he was sure it came from her — for he would never say such thing to just anyone, he cared for no one except he himself and his always increasing power —, but now he was not so sure.
While it could not come from him, he could not say the same for the demon inside. The fool beast would wag the tail if it just meant to have her attention. If he was a lesser man, he would have rolled his eyes at how much of a lap dog he resembled whenever in her company.
With his mind full, he came to the onsen to have a relaxing time, but he found himself unable to just forget everything even if for a brief moment.
He closed his eyes and leaned against a rock, willing his mind to go blank. It was short-lived though, for a couple of light steps on the stoned ground and an intoxicating scent made him growl low in his chest and look at his wife coming into clear view.
The demon inside of him grew aware of her presence. Excited. Happier. When did he become such a nauseating lap dog? When did Rin dominate him so thoroughly he felt so many feelings coursing through his veins at the mere sight of her?
She did not say a word, she did not greet him, she did not bow in respect as she usually did. She stood still, looking at him in the eye as her delicate fingers came in contact with the tie keeping the nagajuban in place.
"Rin…" he whispered, not sure she heard him from the distance. For a brief second, he thought that maybe — just maybe, after all it seemed unlike she would undress herself in such a fashion were the circumstances a bit different — she did not know he was there. "Rin."
She did not say anything, but did not halt her movements either. When the white fabric came apart, exposing her entire form to him, he could not keep his eyes trained on hers. They slowly — such traitorous small things — travelled down her delectable curves in a very lustful way.
He stopped when he reached the apex between her toned thighs and closed his golden eyes for a moment, preventing them from getting red — the color of lust, the color of when he was about to lose his control. He could not help but recall how soft her black curls felt against his face just yesterday when he tasted her.
Sweet… Sesshomaru never thought before a human could taste so sweet. All he wanted was to bury his nose in that same place and probe her with his tongue till all she could do was scream his name in a haze of lust and utter pleasure.
There was no need to look down at himself to know her little display of sinful flesh, coupled with his unholy imagination and want, were enough to have him hard and aching for her. He willed himself to stay exactly where he was and wait for her next move.
Sesshomaru would not tell this anybody, but his heart was beating erratically against his ribcages as he thought about what she was to do next. He had always been quite active when courting a woman — and he simply never relinquished his power and dominance — but it was so very different with Rin.
Everything was new when it concerned her.
From his place, he could hear her own heart beating madly, the blood pumping faster in her veins. It just proved him that she was highly affected unlike her face led him to believe.
He forced himself — and mainly his demon that could simply not let such a tempting offer stay untasted for so long — once again to stay still.
When she entered the warm water, a displeased growl formed in the back of his throat as her glorious naked form was hidden from his eyes. She disappeared under the water and in a few seconds she reappeared right in front of him, a small smile covering her lips.
"Good afternoon, Sesshomaru-sama."
He gave her no response as he, completely glued to a huge rock, stood still. Her smile grew wider as she rose to her feet and invaded his personal space. Her fresh breath teased his face slowly and her already hardened nipples touched his forearm in their closeness.
"What are you doing here, Rin?" he whispered, narrowing his eyes.
She blinked. And then bit her bottom lip. Sesshomaru forgot how to breath. Her delicious breasts broke contact with his skin as she gave him her back and looked at him over her shoulder.
"I thought I could use a bath," she responded rather innocently.
I thought we could bath together.
Sesshomaru's eyes became even more narrowed as she spoke inside his mind. He left his place and decided that for his own sanity, he should leave her.
It was the fifth day of the full moon and as the last day grew closer so did his will to mark her permanently. With her teasing him in such a fashion, he was not sure he would be able to control himself much longer.
However, when he moved past her, she removed the kanzashi from her raven hair and let the long, silken strands fall over her nude back. The movement had him mesmerized and paralyzed for a moment. Her next move had him growling low in his chest: she gathered all the strands in a hand and moved it away from her shoulder. His temporary mark caught his attention immediately.
"Rin." His low tone was no more than a warning.
She was playing a dangerous game, one she had no chances of winning. A game that could ruin them both if they played the wrong pawn.
"Sesshomaru," she replied, dropping the honorific. It sent a shiver up his spine. The way she licked her lips as she said his name made his arousal twitch and his need for her to increase tenfold.
"You should leave," he whispered, not sure if he believed his words or if he ever said them. Or why he would say them in the first place.
No.
The reply inside his mind had him pursing his lips into a thin line.
"Stop speaking inside my mind."
No.
She looked at him in the eye when he growled her name. He wanted her to submit, and he would have her submitting to his wishes — it is, leaving him alone and stop teasing him —, but he could not say he was not surprised when she defied him — needless to say she knew how dangerous it was to defy a dog in the open — and bared her neck to him.
He growled.
The daiyokai was not sure she knew what she was doing, but baring her neck to him was the most powerful form of submission she could have ever shown.
In less than a second, he approached her, accepting the invitation. His lips falling upon her flesh and lavishing her sensible skin with kisses and small bites that had her sighing.
Hands on his hair, she pulled his silver strands a bit forcefully, coercing him to look at her. Half lidded chocolate orbs fell into his mouth and he lost no time to snatch her lips into a powerful kiss. Her tongue brushed against his and both moaned when one of her hands — the one that was not busy angling his head to deepen the kiss — unintentionally touched his hardness.
He let go of her lips and attacked her neck, hitting a spot that had her moaning his name — the same ridiculous abbreviation she called him in his erotic dreams — and digging her nails into his shoulders. The smell of her arousal spiked and he could say it got him not only hard beyond belief, but drunk as well.
Raising his face to look at her in the eye, the golden color almost dominated by red, he said in an even deeper voice. A warning actually.
"You should leave."
Rin shook her head, she was not leaving even if he forced her to and she knew he would not. She knew that as soon as he closed his eyes and breathed through his nose as she ran her fingers slowly over him.
A blush crept to her cheeks as she thought about what she was doing to him, but she did not stop. Instead, she grew firm in her resolution and kissed him lightly in the lips; her grip on him grew firm, yet careful as she slid through his entire length. Soon she coaxed him to open up his mouth to her and let her caress his tongue with hers.
It did not take long for her lips to leave his and trail down his strong jaw and neck, lavishing his skin with kisses and licks and love bites — that same thing he did to her just moments ago.
His breath became labored as her lips descended to his chest and her tongue flickered his nipples in the same fashion he did to her in last afternoon in his study. Without his consent, his hips jerk forward in her hand, seeking more of her slow strokes, seeking more of… everything.
"Rin…" he pressed his lids forcefully together as she bit his nipple teasingly.
He never thought before such a place in him could bring such pleasure. He was a capable lover, of that he had no doubt, but whenever he was with a woman, he took his time to have them withering under him, screaming his name in pleasure, not the other way around. He never let them control him this much. Any other woman who ever tried to exert such control over him would be dead by now.
It only showed how much of an exception Rin was in his life.
"Sshhh…" She blew air on his nipples, watching as they became even harder under her ministrations. With a small smile of victory, she continued to trail down his body with her kisses and small licks and bites. His powerful arms, his sculpted abs and his hipbone. All the while she lowered till she was facing his masculinity.
She had never seen that much of him before. Had never gone to such lengths with him before and therefore could not deny how nervous she was. But above everything she was eager. Eager to please him and have him in the same state he had her just the other day.
"Rin."
She bit her bottom lip, a bit unsure. She looked up and met his golden eyes — speckles of red still tainted them, but the lust filling their natural color was just too much for her.
"Let me pleasure you," she whispered, placing a kiss above his aching shaft. Her tongue slithering to wet both her lips and himself. He shuddered. "Let me pleasure you, Sesshomaru-sama."
When instead of saying anything, he growled low in his chest and closed his lids, one hand touching the back of her head, coaxing her to take more of him inside her waiting mouth, she could not help but think inside his mind.
Let me do this to you and show you a pleasure you have never felt before.
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"You are quite fond of her, are you not?" InuKimi asked, not really bothered to announce herself.
Michiko turned around to face her sister-in-law and held her head high, even if she was mortified that someone could read right through her. She stood still, caressing one of the demon crows that awaited to fly with her message.
A new one… If things did not play out according to her wishes, Sesshomaru and those loyal to him would have their heads severed. That was the extent of her power. InuKimi knew that. So why did she bother playing a game she was bound to lose?
"It all make sense now."
"What makes sense, InuKimi?" she asked in an annoyed voice, not bothering to cover her irritation.
Up to now, her nephew did not show to up to meet the Southern Princess and as far as anyone knew both him and his human pet disappeared since the beginning of the afternoon and only Kami knew where both went. Or what they were doing.
"I am tired of your games. Of your I-know-it-all smirks."
It only caused InuKimi to smirk in such a fashion. Her golden irises focused on the smaller figure that looked a lot like her late husband. Twins, both InuTaisho and Michiko, separated only by a few minutes, with her being the second born.
At his time, laws were pretty harsh and no female within the Western Lands could have been born before a male. If nature allowed such a disgraceful thing — females were, after all, so much weaker and smaller and insignificant to those in the power — to happen, it was only expected for the mother to give the children away. Killing it was also common and more acceptable than giving the child to a stranger.
They were both raised in this ruthless world in which girls were always treated as disposable as if their solely purpose was to breed healthy males. InuTaisho did not agree with those laws, but having fathered both strong and powerful sons, he did not have in him much of time to change such an old and traditional rule.
And Sesshomaru was probably not even aware of such laws. At least, he was never worried about it — he never found himself fathering a firstborn that was a girl up to now.
Michiko grew up to be second in everything, even Politics, a field in which she was far more skilled than her brother and her own mate — a mate she took unwilling, because as a female she was also incapable of choosing for her own. In other words, she grew up to be bitter.
Unhappy.
And InuKimi feared almost nothing in her live, except for unhappy people. They were the most dangerous out there, for they had nothing to lose.
Michiko narrowed her eyes, disliking every bit of the inspection her sister-in-law imposed upon herself. When the next words escaped her purple lips, she paled and her heart seemed to have forgotten how to beat.
"She is your daughter, is she not?"
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Sesshomaru could not help but smirk as Rin entire frame trembled beneath his feather-like touches. She had brought him to completion once, and since them, he had made her climax thrice.
In a way, he could not be prouder of himself for being inside her legs and pleasuring her in such a fashion. He was never too prone to go down — to kneel — before a woman before, but he felt completely willing to do that for Rin.
He had held one of her legs up and placed it over his shoulder as he ravished her, exploring all of her weaknesses and soft spots. There was something so very addictive about her taste, about her natural nectar and something even more alluring about her scent and her tiny moans as she came on his face.
It seemed crazy, but he was starting to like it when she called him Maru and, in the future, he hoped to hear more of that.
He roamed his hands over her warm breasts and flickered her nipples, earning another very husky and deep moan from her. She was just so sensible after her third climax he was seriously considering the possibility of giving her a break. However, he knew that if he stopped right now, she would get mad at him — they had been in that torturous game for too long for him to know how angry she became whenever he denied her the sweet pleasure of an orgasm.
Now, out of the water, with her standing against a rock and with him between her legs, Rin held onto his hair — she could bet his head hurt by now — and tried to force him to increase his rhythm.
It only served to make him stop at once.
She groaned at the loss, but squealed when he quickly lowered her to the ground and covered her body with his, wrapping one leg around his narrow hip. Her vision went black at the sudden movement, but she recovered fast. She had no time to say anything, or to think anything, for he dominated her mouth in a hungry kiss.
His clawed fingers slithered over her arms slowly, arousing goosebumps on her entire skin, and placed them over her head, caging it with one hand. Soon, the same claws touched her breasts, encircling the nipples in a delicate manner that had her shivering under him.
Not one to stay too far behind, Rin grasped onto his hardness — not forcefully, but firmly and yet gently — and rubbed herself with it. He growled inside her mouth, letting go of her lips to look at her in the eye.
Make me yours.
"No." His stopped his caresses at once, trying to break apart. She did not allow though, both legs wrapping around his hips and arching her back into his touch.
With her hand, she directed himself to her awaiting core, sliding him in to the point it was still comfortable for a virgin like herself. Even so, a grimace took over her features as she breathed through her nose.
Make me yours.
She repeated, willing herself to adjust to his girth and length. It was no easy task, but she knew — she had heard of, actually — that the worst was yet to come. Nevertheless, she wanted this more than anything in her life.
"You do not want this… not here," he spoke, his eyes full of lust and also something that resembled regret. He removed a black strand from her face and wrapped it around his finger. His next words were whispered, "not with me."
He lowered his head to her neck, nuzzling his mark affectionately. It seemed to calm her make her relax her muscles around him. He stood completely still, not moving an inch, afraid of hurting her.
Sesshomaru knew that it was all his fault. He found himself in a situation he could simply not go back now. He wanted her — wanted her so very much — that if he broke apart, she would not be the only one severely hurt.
And he meant hurt in a physical way. It was already clear she would end up emotionally hurt in the end of that. After all, he could not give what she wanted.
Up to now, he thought that he did not want it — did not want to mate her — because she was below him; because she was a lowly human. However, as he held her in his arms, as her breath mixed with him and he held himself not to hurt her, he realized that it was not Rin that was unworthy of him.
He was the one unworthy of her.
The world he knew was crumbling right before his eyes and there was nothing Sesshomaru could do to change it.
He was not even sure he wanted it to go back as before.
But… He knew he had to.
For her own good. For the sake of his promise. For the sake of his piece of mind. What kind of man would he be if he could not live up to fulfill his promises?
With his sharp senses, he heard her heart beating erratically, in a show of both love and trust. It was all over her. In the way her scent called to him, in the way her doe eyes shone. She loved him so very much she was giving him her most treasured possession: her heart in a plate for him to crush.
Sesshomaru knew that a ruthless demon such as himself would never be able to cherish her innocent heart as she deserved.
For a moment, he felt disgusted with himself.
Felt wrath towards her, towards her foolish and trusting nature. How could she love him when all he could give her was pain? When all he had ever done to her was put her life in danger?
How could she love him when he was a being incapable of love? How could she look at him with those trusting eyes? How could she trust him to love her back when he did not trust himself?
"I trust you," she whispered against his ear. "I trust you, Sesshomaru-sama."
He shuddered in her arms.
Rin could feel his control slipping, could feel his icy walls shattering around him. It made her smile. It was all she needed to have him to herself forever.
Or as long as forever could last.
I do not trust myself, he replied in her mind, still nuzzling his mark. He lapped at her skin and without his consent, his hand travelled back to her mounds and teased her, till she moaned a very long Maru against his ear.
Truth be told, he was more than afraid of hurting her. He had been with demonesses before, but never with a virgin. And with his sex drive, he was more than afraid of hurting her for good. Ningen women were not made after all to take demons such as himself.
A daiyokai at that.
And once again, the idea of causing Rin more pain than was necessary was more than he could handle.
He could go slow — even if it at some point it would only hurt him —, he could control himself… But… But he did not want to even get to this point. He simply did not want to see the end of this.
One thing was to pleasure her in the same fashion of before. One thing was to have her pleasuring him with her mouth… But it was totally different to be inside of her.
His body and mind wanted very different things.
It changes nothing. Humans are still unworthy of my mark.
Rin's eyes opened and she stared at him for a long moment, her heart hurt and her eyes brimming with unshed tears. He was doing his best to cause her emotional pain, she knew that. And just like last night, she almost fell for it.
A human will never be worthy of this Sesshomaru.
He spoke in her mind in an angered growl. He never said Rin was unworthy of his mark, he merely said a human. And he himself once said she was not just any human. He was just trying to confuse her. He was trying to drive her apart, because he did not know what to do with his own feelings. Such a coward.
As he nuzzled her again, she did not think twice before bringing his face to hers and snatch his lips in a powerful kiss. Her legs around his hips pressed him down, breaking his icy stance and burying him — against his better judgment and will — deeply inside of her.
Sesshomaru stilled.
Nails bit into his flesh, tearing it apart and drawing blood.
Tears cascaded down her lovely face.
And a scream of pain was absorbed by his mouth.
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"H-How did…" She took a sharp intake of breath. "How d-did…"
"How did I know?" InuKimi asked for her, approaching in silent steps, till they were shoulder to shoulder. Looking outside the huge windows. "Simple… I watched you welcoming her earlier today."
There was silence for a moment.
Michiko shook her head. InuKimi was bluffing and she fell for it like the extreme fool she was.
"It meant nothing."
Because surely, she could not take this whole story from the fact that she hugged the girl when she arrived. Any close person with a heart — and she failed to remember that she did not seem to have one — would do the same in her place.
"It really meant nothing," she agreed, not looking at Michiko. She did not need her eyes to know the other woman was beyond pale. "But you forget that it was not the only thing that denounced you."
Both stood in silence for a moment. InuKimi grabbed the small crow and got the message attached to his feet placing it inside Michiko's mouth and making her swallow it whole.
Golden eyes narrowed as InuKimi forced her jaw closed and kept it that way. Even if Michiko tried to fight back, she would find herself unable to do anything, for her sister-in-law was sadly strong enough to keep her exactly where she was.
"Sometimes we speak so much we choke on our words."
InuKimi got closer and closer, till her breath caressed the other woman's ear.
"You do well to remember to choose your words carefully in the near future, dear sister-in-law."
It was clear Lady I-know-it-all was already aware of the content of her message and how it could lead both the Southern and Western Lands into a War if Sesshomaru just took the wrong mate.
Michiko's eyes popped open in her head as a sharp howl echoed in the fast approaching night. She tried to scratch InuKimi's hands and get free, to no avail.
Everyone in the Compound freaked out. The Elders and the guards got in a defensive posture. Hideki came looking to his mate. Kaoru, the recently arrived guest, fell to the ground crying — and only Kami could know why.
Michiko passed out under InuKimi's forceful hold.
A mischievous and overall satisfied smirk took over purple lips.
The Lord of the West had just mated.
A/N – Well…?
I thought that for this chapter I should maybe go for something different. It would simply not end the way it did, but you know… it happened and I decided to see where it leads me. I hope you liked it.
As I said before, it is a short fic and there are only two chapters left, so I haven't much time left to develop peripheral characters as much as I would like. If I decided to do it and to take my time with the main characters, Rin, InuKimi and Sesshomaru it would turn into a longfic and this is not what I want. You wouldn't not want it to be a long fic either, trust me I'm a very slow author and sometimes it irritates and frustrates me a lot.
So, that's the reason this chapter seems a bit rushed. There'll be inevitable plot holes, soI'm counting on you to fill in with your imagination ;) I know it seems like an excuse not to write everything down, but I think that some things are better off left unsaid in a short fic, otherwise it would get too boring and we'd lose sight of what makes a shortfic well, a shortfic xD
To those who reviewed last chapter and left very kind words — I cannot tell how amazed I am at the support this short story continues to get and how much love you give me with your reviews and favorites and follows —, my biggest thank you. You guys (Taraah36, WildHeart44, Wolflover235, azraelknight, ILoveSxS, Jcat007, Guest, lady of the west, Guest, kagomeLove2, inlovewithademon, Guest, inu demon, BellaMori, Delirium0629, Guest, yourfan) are amazing.
I am delighted to know you like InuKimi the way she is, it makes me feel confident about writing her. I only hope you enjoy this chapter as well and feel prompted to tell me what you think.
Take care and hope to see you next week (let's see!),
Velvetins.