Chapter 21: A Perfect Time Together.
Serena and Sesshomaru were just having a tickling contest. She discovered his was very ticklish on his stomach and attacked him there. Sesshomaru took his shirt off earlier, saying it was starting to itch. Sesshomaru was trying his hardest to not burst out laughing but failed once she discovered his weak spot. She was sitting on him with her knees pinning down his hands.
"Please! S…S….Stop! I….I can't take anymore!" Sesshomaru cried while still laughing his head off. He was beginning to feel like he couldn't breathe. But Serena finally stopped tickling him once she saw his face turned a shade of blue.
He lay there beneath her panting and trying to regain his breath. He looked at her and noticed how slender her body was. She had taken off the kimonos to show off the tank top she had underneath. She also had on black pants and her hair up in a ponytail.
"By the gods, you're beautiful." He said as he looked at her.
Serena giggled and leaned down to kiss him. "And you are very handsome with out a shirt on, my dearest Sesshomaru."
He smiled and managed to free his hands from being pinned down. On hand ran under her shirt, feeling her soft, smooth skin. His other hand ran through her soft hair as he kissed him. Her touch and her scent was driving him insane.
After a few hours of kissing, Serena started feeling weak. "Oh no. Please tell me tonight isn't what I think it is." She said as she started feeling dizzy as well.
"You mean the night of the full moon?" Sesshomaru looked at her concerned. He then noticed that a few strands of her silver hair falling out.
"Yeah." She then got up off of him and stumbled over to the window. "Crap. It is the night of the full moon." She said as she saw the glowing moon in the sky. She then fell to her knees as her hair completely faded to black and her eyes turned green once more. "Great. This is just great."
Sesshomaru rolled over onto his stomach and crawled over to her. He sat down behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "Don't worry. I won't let anything hurt you. You are mine to protect."
Serena smiled and leaned into his embrace. He smiled and started kissing her from the top of her head down to her neck. He nuzzled her neck like he did earlier that morning, gently running his fangs over her skin. Serena shivered again at the feel of his fangs on her neck.
"Sesshomaru. You promised you wouldn't mark me until I said I was ready." She said as she played with a lock of his silver hair that draped over his shoulder.
"I wasn't planning on marking you. Especially on a night like this when you don't have you're powers. Marking you on a night like this would almost kill you from blood loss." He said as he kissed her cheek bone. "I am keeping my promise. I will not mark you until you feel ready for it."
Serena relaxed and smiled. "Thank you Sesshomaru."
He smiled back and kissed her on the lips with all the love he had for her.
"I love you my Serena." He whispered into her human ear.
"I love you too, my dearest Sesshomaru." She said as she kissed him and then fell asleep in his arms.
Sesshomaru smiled down on his love and scooped her up into his arms. He then went over to the bed and moved the covers off with his foot. He then laid down on the bed with Serena next to him. As he pulled them covers over them, Serena snuggled close to him. He gave her a soft kiss on the head before falling asleep himself.
Serena was running from something. She was panting hard as she ran for her life from whatever it was that was chasing her.
"You can't hide from me Serena!" Came a voice from behind her.
"I know that voice!" She said as she kept running.
"I will have your powers and the Inu no Toma!" Said Naraku as he kept chasing her.
Serena kept running until she tripped over something and fell. "Sesshomaru! Where are you?!" She screamed as lay on the ground in fear.
"You're little puppy dog cannot save you. He is beyond saving you." Naraku pulled out a crystal ball. Inside was a tiny from of Sesshomaru trapped. He was pounding on the glass wall, trying his hardest to get out and save the one he loved. It looked like he was also yelling but what it was couldn't be heard.
Naraku tossed the ball toward her so she could see herself. She caught it and held it close to her. She could barely feel his pounding on the glass as she held the ball in her hands.
"Now parish!" Naraku said as his tentacles rushed toward her.
Serena screamed as the tentacles wrapped around her body and….
Serena woke up panting and shaking in fear. That was the worst nightmare she ever had.
"Serena? Are you alright?" Asked a familiar voice from above her..
Serena looked up and saw she was sleeping on Sesshomaru's bare chest. She also noticed that the sun was up and she was a demon again. She then burst into tears and cried on him. "Oh Sesshomaru. I just had a terrifying nightmare. You were trapped inside some crystal ball and Naraku was after me and I never felt so helpless in all my life."
"It's okay Serena. It was only a dream. There is no possible way that I'd be trapped inside anything that will prevent me from protecting the one I love most." He said as he held her close to him. He comforted her until she finally stopped crying.
Serena stopped crying a few minutes later. She then looked at him and kissed him on the lips. "You're right. Besides Naraku can't even get through the well."
Sesshomaru nodded. "But we better head back soon. Rin has a tendency to worry about me when I'm gone for to long."
Serena giggled and agreed. "I was planning on going back as soon as Kagome was done with her test."
Then, suddenly, flash filled the room and then came what sounded like someone giggling. "Okay Mom. I got the picture!"
"SOUTA!!! YOU LITTLE TWERP!" Serena yelled as she jumped out of bed and went after her little brother.
Souta ran for his life with the camera. He tossed it to his mother and she caught it. "Oh come on Serena. I wanted a picture of my baby girl and her boyfriend." Mrs. Higurashi said as she looked at the picture on the digital screen.
"I'm not a baby anymore mom." She said as Sesshomaru came up behind her with his kimono robe on.
"But you're always my baby girl sweetheart. No matter how old you get you are always my little girl." Mrs. Higurashi said as she smiled at her daughter and the demon lord behind her.
Inuyasha and Kagome came running into the kitchen a second later. "What's all the yelling about?" Inuyasha said as he looked at everyone.
"Oh nothing. Mom is just being mom." Serena said as she sat down at the table. Sesshomaru sat down next to her and noticed her grandfather was there next to him.
Kagome giggled and sat down at the table as well. Inuyasha just sat by the wall. Souta sat next to Kagome and Serena just glared at him. Even as a demon her glares still sent chills down his spine. Sesshomaru laughed softly at her.
Mom laughed at them all and started making breakfast. Grandpa managed to control himself and not throw any charms at the demon lord.
"Grandpa! Will you stop looking at Sesshomaru like that!" Serena said when she noticed him being a little to quiet.
"Like what Serena?"
"Like you're still going to try and banish him or something. We all know those spells and charms of yours don't work." She said as she ate her pancakes.
"They do too work young lady! He's a demon! A full blooded demon and…"
"That doesn't give you right to banish the one I love!"
"You love this demon?!"
"YES!"
Sesshomaru just looked at the both of them as they talked. He was happy for the fact that she was defending him. Everyone else stayed quiet and listened to the argument.
"How can you find it possible to love a demon?" Gramps asked he looked at her shocked.
"I just do! I don't need a reason for why I love him! He protects me and tells me that he loves me! He's really sweet and kind when he wants to be."
"Feh. Yeah right. He's never been nice to me." Inuyasha said as he ate his ramen for breakfast.
"That's because you are my little half brother." Sesshomaru said as he looked at him.
Everyone started having arguments. Mom sighed as she looked at them all. "It's nice to have everyone at the table."
Kagome and Souta nodded. They found it funny that Gramps was practically losing the argument with Serena. The demon brothers were just having their regular fight with words like they always did.
Eventually everyone calmed down, and the arguing stop.
"Fine. I'll leave this Lord Sesshomaru alone for your sake Serena." Gramps said as they all finish their breakfast. "But mark my words Serena if he does anything to hurt you, I'll use my strongest spell t banish him beyond the well forever."
"That won't happen sir. I happen to love Serena very much and would never do anything to hurt her." Sesshomaru said as he helped with the dishes.
Gramps just looked at him and then walked away. Kagome ran off to school and Mom left with Souta so she could drive him to school. Leaving Sesshomaru and Serena alone in the house. Inuyasha just went up to Kagome's room to sleep.
"So what do you want to do today?" Serena asked as they finished the dishes.
"Stay with you." He said as he wrapped his arms around her. Serena giggled as he nibbled at her neck again.
"That tickles." She said as she felt his fangs on her skin again.
Sesshomaru laughed softly and nibbled at her neck more. He love the way she would shiver when his fangs brushed against her neck.
"So…ummm….about this whole mating thing. What else happens besides the marking?" She asked after a long moment of silence and nibbling.
"We mark each other as a way of say that we love each other for all eternity. If I mark you, your blood will be linked to me and the same will happen to you. The mark not only says that you are taken; it also lets the other mate know how the other mate feels. And there's something else as well." He said as he stopped nibbling at her neck.
"What is it?" She asked as she pulled away a bit to look at him.
"We must…ummm….what do your kind call it? Have sex?" He looked at her to see how she would react. "Demons call it mating but it's the same thing either way."
Serena was just stunned at what he said. She then smiled and kissed him. "I wouldn't mind mating with you dearest. But do we mate right after we mark each other?"
Sesshomaru shook his head. "No. Your mark needs to heal and you need to regain your strength from the blood loss. We mate about a week after we mark each other."
Serena nodded and hugged him. She then heard the faint sound of Inuyasha snoring upstairs. She then thought of something evil o do to him. She whispered her plan to Sesshomaru and picked up the camera Mom left on the counter.
They both snuck upstairs to Kagome's room and saw the sleeping hanyou curled up on the bed. His sword was leaning against the bed as he slept.
"Hehe. Kagome's gonna love this. Be ready to close the door after I take the picture okay?" She said as she focused the camera on Inuyasha.
Sesshomaru nodded and held onto the doorknob. Serena took the picture of Inuyasha sleeping on Kagome's bed and the bright flash woke him up, just like she thought it would.
"What the? HEY!" Inuyasha ran for the door but Sesshomaru closed the door before he could get to them. They heard a loud thump against the door and then a thud as he fell backwards. Both Serena and Sesshomaru started laughing hard at the hanyou behind the door. "I'll get you guys for this!"
Serena and Sesshomaru just laughed more at him. They then quickly went up to her room to print out the picture for Kagome.
The rest of the day was pretty quiet. Serena showed Sesshomaru around town again and they had lunch at the mall. Serena was shopping for some cloths for Sesshomaru to wear when he was in her era. She had to literally drag him away from the Victoria Secret store so he would stop drooling over the sexy women's clothing they had. "I think you've been around Miruko to much. He's starting to make you a pervert."
"I, Sesshomaru, am not a pervert!" He whined as they went into another store.
"They way were you drooling over the sexy apparel?" She said as she eyed him evilly.
"I was just imagining how you would look in those cloths." He said low enough the only she would hear him.
Serena turned bright right at what he said. She couldn't believe he just said something like that.
The two had lunch, shopped for a few more hours and then went home. It was a good thing they were demons because the bags of clothing and shoes they brought were heavy. They dropped the bags off in her room, took off all the tags and stickers and then hung up the cloths in her closet. Sesshomaru's kimono was in the back of the closet and he got it out. They would be going back to the feudal era tomorrow once Kagome got home from school.
