A/N: I really apologise for the anglo names – I have rectified this somewhat by changing the new characters' names in this chapter onwards and will do so in the previous chapters once I have completed the story. I initially wrote the entire story on another platform and had all the names originally in their Anglicised forms and did not change them here– well, because I just wanted to get the story out.
To help you along with the story, here is a rough outline of Sesshoumaru's family tree (I couldn't draw a proper diagram, so this will suffice. If you want the actual diagram, just PM me!:
Ichiro (great-grandfather)
Akihiko (m) Kazue (grandparents)
Inu no Taisho (m) Elisa (m) Izayoi (parents) AND Inu no Jiro (uncle)
Sesshoumaru AND Inuyasha (half brother)
Isamu (great-granduncle)
Junichi (granduncle) AND Etsuko (grandaunt)
Masahiko (m) Aika (uncle and aunt)
Chiyoko (cousin)
Oh yes, and there are some serious lemons in here so please skip the end if you're not comfortable. As always, if it's too much, please tell me.
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The Daiyoukai candidate was already at the castle when they arrived, sitting quietly at the dining table with a book in hand. Her white hair was tied back in a severe tight ponytail and her brows knit with concentration.
"Chiyoko." Sesshoumaru's voice boomed across the empty hallway. "I wasn't expecting you here."
She slammed the book down almost guiltily at being caught but stood up slowly; her eyes studying Rin with intrigued eyes.
"Me neither to be honest. But it seems you my dear have caused quite a fright amongst us Inuyoukais," said Chiyoko, bending at the knees slightly to look at Rin eye to eye. "I am Lady Chiyoko, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Rin bowed slightly.
"Chiyoko is my cousin," said Sesshoumaru. "She is the Keeper of Records for our clans."
"It's like a grand library. I'll take you there sometime." Chiyoko winked at Rin.
"What are you doing here Chiyoko? Did mother send you?"
Chiyoko shot him a look of pure disgust. "That cow? Please! My mother sent me." Turning to Rin, she smiled. "Our great-grandfathers were brothers."
Rin nodded. She should have paid more attention to Jaken when he was retelling her Inu no Taisho's family history. It had been so long and interspersed with his singing that she had probably fallen asleep with her eyes awake.
"Fine, do what you wish." Sesshoumaru turned his back and headed towards the stairways. "I will see you both at dinner."
Alone with the Daiyoukai, Rin expected the show of kindness to fall away, revealing a monster ready to chew her up. But instead, Chiyoko simply went back to her seat and picked up her book.
Never had she seen a Youkai book before so Rin inched closer, studying the leather binding and hand written pages.
"Would you like to read it?" Chiyoko asked suddenly, looking up into her eyes. "I've already read it a few times. I have others in my trunk."
"Healing plants?" That was the title on the cover. What a strange book to be reading!
"Oh! I'm very impressed little human. There are so few humans that I know who can read our language. I for one, am fluent in all the Youkai dialects." It wasn't arrogance in her voice; just factual.
"You must be very well read then."
Chiyoko smiled and pushed the book across the table towards Rin. "I suppose I'll see you at dinner then. It seems like an important occasion if we are both summoned for it."
The Daiyoukai gave a small nod before walking out of the dining room, leaving Rin alone with the book and a thousand thoughts in her head.
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Meanwhile, in the land of the North, Elisa was entertaining the most unusual guest – a Daiyoukai she had not seen for more than a century. Aika was a quirk, preferring to spend her time in dusty chambers with her daughter than actually living in the world above.
"I have sent my daughter to the Western Castle."
"Whatever for!" laughed Elisa. Sesshoumaru was not going to consider that plain bookworm to be his bride. He had at least some taste in women – just the wrong type. Rin, for all her faults, was enchantingly beautiful. Elisa would have been disgusted if her son had not inherited her good taste.
"Because I care for these lands. Masahiko would not do it justice should the throne fall into his hands."
Elisa let out a groan. Masahiko? That half-boiled Youkai? He could barely lift a sword, much less rule over anything. Sometimes Elisa wondered how he even got his manhood up.
"And yet you send your daughter to claim these lands on his behalf?" What a pathetic ploy. "Sesshoumaru will not fall for it."
"We do not wish for anything Elisa. I have heard of your previous failures with the candidates and I know for certain Chiyoko will not return in pieces."
"You dare assume?" roared Elisa. "My son has no qualms threatening my life. What makes you so sure that he wouldn't claim hers?"
Aika smiled. "Perhaps you don't know your son as well as you think."
"You bitch!" Elisa launched at her; one claw around Aika's throat while the other yanked her hair backwards. She was pleased when she saw fear in the Daiyoukai's eyes.
Releasing her, Elisa composed herself, throwing a furtive glance to make sure she hadn't killed Aika by accident.
"Get out of my home. And don't bother to come for the crowning ceremony. I will not save you a seat."
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Rin sighed as she traced a careful finger over the faces in the photograph before her. She had meant to return it to Sesshoumaru but part of her wanted to hold on to it just a bit longer. Here was proof that a Daiyoukai had loved a human so much that he had given up his comforts to live with her. Rin wanted that too.
As she tucked the photo gently between the layers of her clothes, Rin wondered if Sesshoumaru kept any photos of the past here in the castle. Or perhaps… in the grand library that Chiyoko mentioned earlier might.
Walking down towards the dining hall, Rin wondered if she would grow to like this particular Daiyoukai. It seemed that she had come out of her own free will and was here almost as a favour to Sesshoumaru rather than a lust for power.
Therefore, it was not surprising to find Chiyoko already at the table, seated next to her usual seat. From the looks of it, she was in deep conversation with Nahia.
"Oh my Lady, I am so sorry! I didn't mean to sit here!" cried Nahia, getting up and dusting the chair for her.
"No, that is fine. At least my chair is warmed up now," replied Rin, smiling as the Youkai babbled on about the dishes she had made for her tonight. She only stopped when she heard heavy footsteps of her master coming down the stairs.
"I got cornered into a conversation because I was reading this," said Chiyoko, lifting up a book to show Rin. The book was about edible mushrooms and where to find them.
"I think she could possible die of happiness if you lent that to her to read," said Rin, laughing as she took her seat.
Once dinner commenced, the dining hall was a chaos of voices; the Youkais happy to be joining in for meals once more –Lady Elisa had disapproved of their congregation and banned them from the eating at the table. Almost every one of them had a story or question for Rin, demanding her attention for this and that.
Jaken in particular was trying his best to explain the Arceneaux family tree to her again but between tearing off meat from a chicken leg and downing a mug of beer, he wasn't doing a very good job.
"Why don't I help you Jaken? I think you should swallow before you choke," said Chiyoko, forcing the Youkai into his seat. Only when he was calm and eating slowly did she continue. "So my great-grandfather Isamu and his brother Ichiro fought to gain control of these lands; after long drawn wars between them and the other Youkai Lords. Unfortunately the brothers died in battle and their sons fought for the throne."
"Yes but Lord Akihiko was the stronger of the two and naturally he deserved it!" Jaken interrupted, waving a chicken leg at them.
Chiyoko rolled her eyes at him, making a disapproving sound with her tongue. "My grandfather, being the younger one had not much of a choice. It was the rule of primogeniture."
"Is he still alive?" asked Rin.
Chiyoko nodded, smiling as she spoke. "Very much alive. But Akihiko on the other hand was killed by Lord Ulrich of the East."
She was about to continue when Nahia crept up from behind them, insisting on spooning more dessert onto their plates.
"Well… apparently Ulrich –that wolf demon, has a love for Inuyoukai women," whispered Nahia, stealing a glance at Lord Sesshoumaru. "He kept a harem of Inu women and one of them caught Lord Akihiko's eye!"
"Come on Nahia, surely you're lying!" gasped Chiyoko, although Rin could see the twinkle of mischief in her eyes.
"Oh yes… so he kidnapped the beautiful maiden and brought her here where of course the Lady Kazue then gave birth to twins – the first ever in Inuyoukai history!"
Her burst of excitement caught the attention of the Daiyoukai at the head of the table.
"Stop regaling them with those gossips Nahia. I do not wish to have them repeated unnecessarily." Silver eyes stared at her in warning, sending Nahia running off to her seat.
"And well, the rest is history." Chiyoko tested a spoonful of her dessert; her eyes widening suddenly as she turned to Rin. "What… is… this!"
Taking a spoonful herself, Rin yelped happily. "It's chocolate pudding!"
Chiyoko stood up and reached forward for the entire plate. "It's delicious! You humans have such wicked taste!"
Rin had to stop herself from looking at Sesshoumaru for she knew the thoughts running in his head as he stared at the chocolate Chiyoko was currently gobbling up. Even though he was not touching her, she could feel his gaze penetrating her through the thin material of her kimono.
"Stop it," she hissed, chancing a look at him.
Unrepentant, he simply reached across and took her hand in his – an action that was not missed by those present at the table. Though their chatter continued, Rin could feel their eyes looking at her, their smiles turning her pink with embarrassment.
Pulling her hand away abruptly, she turned her attention to her own plate of pudding instead.
"You needn't be embarrassed Rin," whispered Chiyoko. "Everybody in this castle can scent him on you even before he did that."
Rin wished she could bury herself in a hole. She had completely forgotten about that! Her changed scent was how Drake knew about her being marked. But now that everyone knew...
"I'm so sorry Chiyoko…" Rin angled her head closer to the dog demoness. "It means nothing. If you still wish to marry him, I will not stand in your way."
If she was surprised, Chiyoko made no show of it. Instead she patted Rins's thigh gently and resumed eating.
/
"Why did you do that?" Rin didn't bother turning at the soft padding of feet coming from her window. His scent alone was enough announcement; her ability to sense him intensifying ever since returning back to the castle.
"I do as I please." Such arrogance! Had he no regard for his guest's feelings?
"I do not care what Chiyoko feels."
"But I do," she pleaded. "She's been very kind to me."
His reply was to press a kiss on her exposed shoulder. Not tonight. This time he was not going to seduce her into winning an argument.
"Stop it."
"I can't. And I know you don't want me to." Another kiss at the base of her neck. With a gentle sweep, her thin yukata fell from her shoulders to pool at her waist.
"Sesshoumaru, you stop this right now…"
"I will…in a while" He simply moved his lips to her front instead, his lips moving down her collarbone to the top of her breasts. "I have been thinking about that chocolate thing…"
That was playing unfair. It was as if she could immediately see the images of what he intended to do with the dessert…
Tongue dipping in her wet folds; chocolate all over his erection...
Just the thought of it had her insides twisting with need.
"I can smell your arousal Rin. I know if I pull this robe off, I could easily slip inside of you."
A quick tug at the obi around her waist and her yukata fell to the floor; her naked body exposed to him. Pushing off his own silk wrap, he stood inches from her, his manhood hungry and hard for attention.
"I wanted to lick you… but I think you're wet enough." He pulled her up, wrapping her legs around his waist; her hands holding onto his shoulders for support. And without warning, he lowered her onto him; sliding effortlessly all the way to the hilt. Rin bit into his shoulder to stop her screams but then he gave a deep upward thrust; all efforts to be quiet were gone. She screamed his name as he plunged once more into her, bouncing her up and down his hardness.
Rin felt him moving and the next thing she knew, her back was against a wall and Sesshoumaru was thrusting inside of her like a wild animal; both her legs no longer around his waist but propped up on his shoulders. He felt much bigger in this position and her womanhood clenched involuntarily, releasing copious amounts of wetness to accommodate his girth.
Just when she thought she was about to faint from the intensity of their passions, he pulled out completely. But instead of letting her down, he brought her hips all the way up to his shoulders, pressing her body against the wall; giving his lips full access to her dripping wetness.
Sesshoumaru was relentless in his licks; tongue lapping at the wetness and sucking on her plump lips. Rin struggled against his hold; her womanhood too sensitive to be pleasured with his mouth.
But Sesshoumaru kept his hold on her, dipping his tongue in the centre of her wetness moving in and out until she was a hot wet mess raining over his face.
Licking his lips, he finally released her; dropping her shivering legs to the ground.
"Get on all fours on the bed," he growled.
"No more…" she whimpered but at the gentle touch of his hardness at her bottom, she gave in; crawling onto bed on her hands and knees as ordered. She barely had time to get to the middle of the bed when he reached down for her; hands cupping her breasts from behind; his erection nestled just at the entrance of her body.
"Tell me what you want." A low growl, almost nonhuman as he pushed just the tip inside her.
"You… inside… now."
She must have said the right thing for the next thing she knew, he was deep inside her; the thickness stretching her with pleasurable pain. In this position, she could feel herself clenching hard around his shaft; her body still trying to adjust to his size.
She felt him leaning over her, pressing her body flat against the mattress; at the mercy of the Daiyoukai on top of her. When his hands moved to grip her wrists behind her waist, Rin barely had time to protest for he had brought his mouth to the side of her neck –the familiar prick of his fangs on her skin.
Then it happened –she could hear his every breath, feel every heartbeat and indulge in the same pleasures rocking her body as they were doing to his. Every sensation was doubled – his and hers and the intensity of it was pushing her close to her limit.
"Sesshoumaru…" she whimpered, rubbing her bottom closer to the source of her pleasure. His only reply was a deep growl as he bit harder; his hips thrusting faster as her own body convulsed around his erection in anticipation.
Giving a final thrust, he shouted her name as he hit his release; hot spurts deep inside of her. Rin felt her body wrecked with the dual pleasure coursing through her body and his; her own screams muffled against the pillow as he emptied all of himself inside of her.
And after that – there was only darkness.
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AN: I confess, I wrote these last two chapters while at work and I promise you, it was not easy trying to keep a straight face while typing a love scene in front of my boss! But I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Finally, the characters have given in to each other and still it's not enough…
So what do you think? Will Sesshoumaru listen to Rin and marry Chiyoko to keep his lands? Reviews are always welcome!