Chapter 16 -
Returning to where he'd always spent his afternoons listening to the roaring and crashing of the waves, Deidara treaded water just fifty meters from shore, heaving a heavy sigh through his gills as he stared longingly at the deserted beach. He'd been in the same spot since the sun was high in the sky had been wishing all day to see even the slightest glimpse of his lover. There was what appeared to be a long-since abandoned fire pit dug into the sand filled with grey and blackened cinders, but even the little sign didn't give him much hope. There were no fresh footprints left between the licking waves and the high-tide line and now the light overhead was beginning to fade. As the sun sunk lower, the sky was slowly being painted in beautiful shades of purple and pink, the wispy clouds that trundled along glowing on their sunward sides like molten gold. Yet with determination and longing in his heart, the ningyo remained steadfast telling himself over and over that Inuyasha had promised to wait for him and that the hanyou had simply needed to return to the village to resupply and would be back any minute.
The stars picked their ways delicately across the sky as gradually the day transitioned into night and the moon overhead poured its silver light over the warm, cresting waves, illuminating the one blonde head still bobbing in the surf. Sometime in the night, the merman must have drifted off to sleep because he woke up wrapped smoothly around a boulder roughly twelve feet below the surface. The morning tide was in and the water stretched an extra ten feet inland, making Deidara smile slightly at the thought of being just a few feet closer to the hanyou. While he was underwater still, he spent a good portion of the morning on the hunt, cracking open unfortunate mollusks and ripping the heads off of fish that were too slow to escape his fingers. With a full belly, the blonde rose again to the surface, feeling a bit like he had while he was caring for Inuyasha's injured leg. It was a warming, comforting sensation, and he couldn't help but smile as he thrust his tail and powered up to the surface.
The merman scanned the beach again, but still no sign of his lover right away. He puffed out his cheeks in frustration and decided again to wait; he was determined to wait out his life for the other male, their night of desperate mating had served its chemical purpose. Now in Deidara's mind, the only thing that could please him from a mating standpoint was the hanyou, the sensation of his scent, his taste, the feeling of his skin and the strange and powerful way he kissed… The ningyo had to shake his head to chase away the lusty thoughts lest he put himself in an undesired position with his lover nowhere in sight. Feeling his heart sink a little as he gazed again across the empty beach, Deidara allowed his eyes to close again, focusing on listening to the crashing waves and enjoying the sound of true beauty.
The sound of the waves pounding against the sand was offset by a secondary splash between the rhythmic roar, causing Deidara to peek one lid open. Immediately his eye darted to a big, red blotch on the beach, and opening both saw what appeared to be Inuyasha's robes, but where was their owner? As you might have guessed, in the next instant, a pair of strong arms wrapped around his waste from behind, causing the merman to instantly go ridged, his dorsal fin arching outward and pressing against bare skin. The blonde let out a squeal of surprise before a familiar, wonderful scent flooded his nose, and he found himself nearly melting in the arms of the hanyou. He couldn't help himself; as soon as he was given a little room to move, he whirled around in Inuyasha's arms and instantly connected their lips, forcing the other man underwater while he pressed in deeper and more fervently.
The half-breed responded almost instantly, tightening his grip on the merman and returning the kiss, blowing a few bubbles from his nose while opening his mouth as forcing his tongue past Deidara's waiting lips. In the brine their maws twisted together in a kind of passionate heat while the blonde made soft, appreciative cooing noises through his gills. When Inuyasha finally gave the other male's long, golden tresses a sharp tug, the ningyo carried him up to the surface where he spat out a mouthful of sea water and took in a deep breath. As soon as the half-breed's lungs were full to their brims, he dove at Deidara again, clutching him even more tightly and pressing their mouths together, slipping his tongue out and rubbing it again across the sensory organ on the inside of the merman's lip. With a soft grown of pleasure, the ningyo smoothed his hands down the other male's flanks, finding him bear in all regions. With delight, the blonde wrapped his beautiful, sleek tail around Inuyasha's legs as if to hold their bodies all the more close until again an urgent tug from his lover signaled another need for breath.
On the surface again, the hanyou gasped for breath, his face flushing slightly while the merman held him around the torso, using his muscular tail to keep the two at the surface. Deidara smiled silently while the other male combed his clawed fingers through the ningyo's golden hair, sighing contentedly and staring into the bright, blue eyes. All at once he pulled the blonde head to his chest and held it fast, nuzzling the crown affectionately and smoothing one hand down the merman's shoulders.
"God, I missed you Deidara… I was afraid… I thought you weren't coming back." The mutt shivered slightly and adjusted his grip on the ningyo as they both began to sink until their heads were both underwater. Deidara ran his clawed fingers delicately over the hanyou's cheek, brushing away the wayward silver tresses that floated in front of his face. The blonde smiled and blinked slowly.
"I can't say that I missed you during the must un; the ningyo mind does not work that way… but as soon as the season was over I felt my heart ache in my throat for you un. In these past few days, I've missed you like the high shore misses the tide. I've missed everything about you; your voice, your scent, your taste, the way you make me feel un. I've missed it all."
In the next instant the waves were around their necks again, allowing the land-dweller to take in his air again, spending a moment to let all the things Deidara had told him soak in. There was a long pause as clearly the words took a while to seep through the half demon's dense skull, but when they did, his wild golden eyes lit up like fireworks.
"Kid, are you saying you want to… you know… what we did last time I saw you…?" His voice was low and hopeful, as if reaching out to a strange beast and hoping not to be bitten. The only response he received was a wide grin and a knowing nod from the blonde in his arms.
In the shallows of a private and familiar cove on shoals of dark sand surrounded by volcanic bluffs that would keep out all eyes but those of the merman, his lover and the gulls overhead, the pair finally came to stop. On the shelf, Deidara could submerge in about two feet of water with sand at his back while Inuyasha crouched overhead; free to breathe the air, only dipping his head below the surface to hear his lover speak. As he did so, the merman underneath him wriggled, undulating his powerful fin and pressing his warm belly against the hanyou's abdomen.
"Inuyasha un… you showed me your way, the way that mammals mate. Now I want to show you how the ningyo do un." Again the merman arched his back and pushed his stomach forward, creating friction with his soft underbelly and the sensitive flesh between Inuyasha's legs. The blonde whined and closed his eyes, clearly finding pleasure in the rubbing of their warm skins as his face contorted with momentary bliss. He tensed for a moment, and had to force himself to lie still beneath the other, breath heaving through his gills as he tried his best to calm his racing heart. "You have to rub me un…" the merman trailed off as he looked over his shoulder, glancing to his left hand as the limb moved slowly, gracefully through the water. He bit his lip as the palm traveled lower until it eventually pressed against the soft skin of his underbelly, the milky white, smooth flesh on the bottom side of his tail, free of scales and warm to the touch.
He stroked his own hand over the soft skin, closing his eyes and whining slightly, spreading his fingers cautiously as he rubbed down the full length of the sensitive flesh. Inuyasha watched and drank in the sight, ears standing erect on the top of his head as he could even hear a quiet moan slip through his partner's lips from above the water as the palm began to climb back up. Before the hand could begin another pass down the tender underbelly, the hanyou stopped it, replacing it with his own hand and cautiously stroking down the merman's lower half, passing carefully over the vent without bothering the little slit and continuing down the full length. The ningyo clearly yelped, his face twisting with pleasure as his tail jerked up into the touch of his lover. Before Inuyasha could stop it, the ningyo's hands were both covering up the back of his palm, pressing it more firmly into his skin, grinding the heel against his reactive flesh and driving another squeal of joy from Deidara's lips.
Gradually increasing his pace, the half breed continued to stroke his lover's reactive belly firmly, careful not to draw his razor sharp claws across the vulnerable side of the merman. As the tempo stepped up, Deidara's hands found their way to fisting in the sand, grasping at the granules only for them to slip through his fingers. Finally his palms came to rest squeezing into the hanyou's thighs while Inuyasha continued to give him pleasure, rubbing against his underbelly and making the merman writhe in bliss.
As it was the ningyo did not reproduce sexually, but that is not to say they did not find pleasure in their own means of stimulation. Typically in pairs but occasionally solo or in groups, merfolk would rub against each other's soft stomachs. The skin of the underside was riddled with nerve endings which, when touched or brushed against conveyed shocking pleasure equivocal to the stimulation of mammalian sex organs. In a way it was a means for them to create passionate, eternal bonds with one another through shared bliss, much the way many land-creatures found life-mates. When a ningyo is stimulated in such a way by another, it triggers a release of oxytocin in the brain which will from then on only be triggered by the hormones of that ningyo and no other. To an effect, first mating creates an everlasting, sexual bond between the two. As it were, Inuyasha had also been Deidara's first brush with sexuality.
With the merman arching and squealing with delight underneath him, Inuyasha got an idea, after all, the only thing the blonde wanted was friction in his nether region, and it didn't matter where that friction came from. Careful to keep Deidara from realizing the switch-up until it was over; the hanyou removed his hand, quickly replacing it by adjusting his knees and lowering his hips until his crotch pressed against the hot underside of his lover. Rocking his pelvis, the mutt ground his own loins against the tender, white flesh, causing the ningyo to buck in response, pressing their bodies flush together with a lustful whine. Groaning at the new feeling, Inuyasha moved again, thrusting his manhood against his partner's vulnerable side, stimulating them both. He could feel the koi-tail's grip tighten on his thighs as the wriggling merman began to wave his tail frantically, grinding their hot skins together and throwing his head back into the dark sand.
The hanyou wiped sweat from his brow, smearing his silver bangs back as he tried to keep his balance. One hand was dug into the loos sand underneath while the other wrapped tenderly under the arch of Deidara's back, holding the blonde lovingly close while continuing to rub and press against him. The two rocked and pushed at the water, making little waves lap at the gentle, tireless shores as in shifting harmony they made love like the beach and the ocean crushing against each other passionately. Their sounds of bliss came in and out like the tides in spurts of howling pleasure and soft, gasping astonishment.
With their shared pleasure achieved, it wasn't long before in the calm waters the pair were making their own waves, thrashing and jerking as their nerves were pressed as firmly together as possible. The half demon howled in ecstasy as the heat from his mate bled upwards with every hump while below the surface, Deidara squealed shrilly with euphoria. Their spines were bent into perfect mirrors of each other as finally the blonde screamed so loud his voice made the water ripple. Grinding against the beautiful creature beneath him didn't put Inuyasha in a much better position as he let out a long, low whine, joining the merman in his orgasm. Though there was no release with the koi-tail's climax, Inuyasha groaned as his seed clouded the already churned-up waters, forcing Deidara to breathe in his essence for a moment before the juices dispersed.
As the pair came down gradually from the precipice of sexual fulfillment, Inuyasha clawed his way up to the shore, collapsing forward with his cheek in the sand and his body still partially submerged. The merman followed suit, curling up and wrapping his arms around the half demon's legs affectionately. He nuzzled the inside of his lover's knee as if in tender thanks before the pair found rest to the steady rhythm of distant waves licking at rougher shores.