AN: I hope the last chapter was enjoyable for you all. I am posting another chapter to move the story along a little bit as well as in apology for not posting for a long time. I only hope you all haven't given up on my story as I know I haven't. Any and all reviews are appreciated. On with the story!

The unexpected: Sesshomaru's POV:

Her lips crashed against mine in heated passion. Her body driving me to the brink of insanity. I could feel the love, passion and lust through our bond coming off of her in waves. I knew we weren't going to avoid this any longer. As it was, my control was starting to slip. I flipped around so that I was on top of her, breaking the kiss so that we both may breathe. She was already panting and little did she know, it was only going to get worse/better from here. As I began absorbing her beauty I realized that her clothing was obstructing my view. I grabbed her yukata and quite literally ripped it off of her. Now that I could see her in all her naked glory, I could resist my instincts no longer.

I slowly moved my hands down her body to her luscious breasts, massaging them gently and passing my thumbs over her already hardened peaks. I loved the way her back arched and pushed her breasts further into my hands. I leaned down and began kissing her again keeping the kisses short but heated. I slowly began making my way downward, making sure to kiss all the way down her neck towards my destination. I made my way to one of her breasts paying a lot of attention as my free hand made it's way down below her locks to the hidden pearl I desperately wanted to tease. While I was stimulating her breasts, my fingers began to massage her pearl, occasionally pinching and twirling her between my fingers. She was now moaning loudly, clearly coming close to her climax. It only pushed me to go faster, I wanted her to beg for me and so far my plan was working. I was going to make up for how our first time was.

I felt when she climaxed as she began to shake beneath me and actually began to beg me to take her. It was music to my ears. I pulled her off the bed and held her against the near-by wall. Her legs wrapped around my waist and her core hovered over my shaft. I put a little separation between us, smirking as she whimpered for the loss of contact. I quickly undid my obi and pulled my clothes off, making sure Kagome didn't fall from her position. After my clothes were successfully removed, I was back to having her hover above my shaft, begging me to take her. I started slowly entering her until I was seated fully inside her. I claimed her lips, swallowing her moans as I began to pump in and out of her.

We stayed like that for a few minutes until her wet, warm core drove me to the edge. I wasn't about to give in so easily. I pulled out of her, and began to move to our bed. Once there I bent her over the bed. She was my alpha bitch and my instincts wanted to claim her in the proper fashion. I swiftly entered her again, my hands trailing back to her voluptuous breasts, kneading them and teasing her peaks yet again. I pumped into her hard and fast, determined to make her soar over the edge with me. I let myself go once I felt her walls start to tighten around me. Her screams of pleasure like music we flew over the edge together, me spilling my seed into her until she was completely filled. We collapsed on the bed together and situated ourselves to go to sleep. We would clean up again in the morning.

Kagome's POV:

I awoke the next morning to knocking at the door. After the magical night I had shared with my mate last night, I was hesitant to go to the door. I stopped at my wardrobe to pull out a new yukata and quickly made myself presentable. The knocking on my door was persistent and I had a feeling it was not good news being delivered. I opened the door to reveal a very pale looking Sango. She was also out of breath. "You and Lord Sesshomaru need to meet with everyone else in the study. I was told to give you fifteen minutes before Lord Tiasho comes for you. This is a matter of the utmost importance." She then quickly turned and left. Sesshomaru was already at my side by the time I closed the door. He kissed me quickly and then we changed into more appropriate clothing and made our way to the study. When we got there, we saw that everyone else was already present.

"We need to get down to business right away. Naraku has made his first strike and we need to be prepared." Tiasho said as soon as the door was closed. I took my seat next to my mate in the only open seats, trying to figure out what has happened. Almost as if he was reading my mind, Sesshomaru spoke.

"Who has he attacked father?" His voice was as cold as ice and it almost made me cringe.

"My village." Sango spoke. "He destroyed my village, killing all but one. The one that is alive he has taken hostage." Her voice was quivering and her eyes were brimmed with tears. I had an idea who was taken, but I needed to reaffirm it.

"Sango, who did he take?" I spoke barely loud enough to be heard.

"Kohaku." Sango said before her emotions took over. Miroku was doing his best to comfort her, letting her bury her face into his shoulder to muffle her sobs.

I was disgusted. I felt the urge to make him pay. I would make Naraku suffer for the pain he has caused one of my closest friends. It seems Sesshomaru felt the same, as the look in his eyes reflected the feelings surging through me. I then looked around the room and spoke louder and with more confidence then anyone had ever heard before.

"It is time. We need to come up with a plan by tomorrow. We bring this battle to him. We will avenge our fallen comrades, and he will learn that the west is not to be messed with. I will see to it today that the men are only disturbed today long enough to be nourished. The women will pack their perspective men for battle and start readying the castle for the war to come. We will meet again before nightfall to see what our options are." I stated with a sense of finality. Everyone looked at me with a mixture of interest and awe, that I would speak like that to the lord and lady of the house. It was then that Sesshomaru spoke.

"She is right. We can not go into this half-cocked. We need a plan." He looked at me sending me pride through our bond. It was too early for us to tell, but my new found courage and the surge of energy flowing through me was because of the one thing I wanted to avoid. The one thing that would not only give me way more strength, but if the enemy found out, would make me more vulnerable, a distraction to everyone.

To put it simply, as we would find out soon enough…. I was pregnant…..

Bum, bum bummm… Well, wasn't that eventful? Trust me with this direction. It is going to make the story more interesting. The war has begun. I hope this was a good apology to all who have been waiting for my story to continue. I will try to start regularly uploading chapters. Again I'm so sorry for making you all wait so long. Lots of love to you all! Until next time!