chapter 18: The Witch Doctor and Marks
"where have you two been?" asked the monk as he wiggled his eyebrow suggestively as he watched sesshomaru come in the door with Kagome on his heels.
"Hn, the threat has been dealt with." spoke Sesshomaru as he continued into his and kagome's room and then closed the door after him.
"What!" asked shippo as he sat up from the bed he had claimed for the night. "When did that happen."
Kagome sighed and then began to tell about what had happened, and some how managed to leave out the part where she was using her powers. "... and then after sesshomaru threatened him to never come back he left in a flurry, so thats what happened."
"Well, that is interesting, well I guess after a good nights sleep we will be able to take off at day break and continue to where ever it is that this journey will lead us, yes?" spoke Miroku.
"Yes, I would assume so. Well its late guys im gonna go lay down." Kagome then stretched and yawned quietly to further emphasize her point. Kagome then walked to the adjourning and walked inside , closing the door behind her.
She looked to sesshomaru who was standing near the window to the left of the bed "So inu, how do you plan on spinning the night, not standing up at the window all night I would assume?"
"IF you are wondering if I am going to be sleeping in that bed then you are mistaken." she watched as he turned away, and he took a shallow breath, his back then stiffened slightly. He wasnt far away from her, the room wasnt all that big. If she took two steps forward she would be at the foot of the bed and sesshomaru was off to the left and about two or three steps away from said bed also. She figured it was the same on the otherside too, but that really did not matter. She walked around the otherside and stepped onto a soft rug next to the bed. She instantly felt dirty, and wanted a bath, it would give sesshomaru some time away from her and the heat she was currently still in, it hadnt even been a full week.
"After I bathe will you atleast lay with me?"
Sesshomaru's eyes widened considerably, for him atleast as another more sexual connotation of her words sunk in. he could feel the blood as it rushed south and the heat as it flooded his person. He slowly brought one arm and placed it in the open window and stuck his head out as he leaned against it. He took a deep breath. Her scent was every where in the room, as If she had caressed every part of it with her person and it was suffocating. He exhaled slowly, now with him now turning her innocent words into something erotic, he was unsure if he would be able to decline her offer even if he wanted to, in both ways.
"Hn."
"I am taking that as a yes then, well im off."
He hadn't even realized that he had spoken, but before he could say anything else she was out of the room. He vaguely wondered if she had used her powers on him. He shook his head and sat in the bed, his back propped up against the headboard.
"Kagome walked quickly from the room so that her inu could get the fresh air he so desperately needed. As she closed the door behind her she quickly looked to the bundle of fur that she had saved. He was laying on his back, glaring at the ceiling, it was so adorable watching him pout, the priest Miroku must have reprimanded him for something or another.
"Shippo, would you like to come with me for a bath?"
shippo looked up and opened his mouth but miroku beat him to it.
"I would gladly like to accompany you, lady Kagome, let me just..." before he was even able to finish a voice was heard coming through the door, just as deadly quiet and as clear as If the owner was standing right next to you.
"If you finish that sentence monk I will have your tung removed, and shoved up a very tiny hole."
"Well lady Kagome as I was saying I would love to join you but I have other matters to attend to." as miroku quickly stuttered and reworded his sentence he began to search through the room for something else to occupy his time with.
Kagome looked confused as she thought about what hole her inu could be talking about and when she was unable to think of one besides his nose or ear she immediately gave up and looked to shippo with a smile.
"Shippo?"
"sure I'll join you." shrugged shippo as he tried to look uninterested and hopped into kagome's arms. They then began to walk towards the door and went out they then walked until Kagome was able to feel the pool of the water and shippo smelt the distinct smell of burning wood and water.
Kagome placed shippo on the ground and then walked towards the otherside of the bath it was rather large and extravagant compared to their rooms for the night. The bath was maybe three times the size of their small room, not like she was complaining, it just was. As she walked further from the small waterfall that served as the heated water that came into the pool and was then circulated everywhere she found herself a nice warmed rock nearby, which she assumed was to keep the water further away slightly warm too. It was noticeably cooler near the rocks on the edge of the water and towards the side then it was in the middle and near the entrance. She quickly slid from her clothes and then climbed into the warm waters and was surprise at how nice it felt. She then swam further into the warm depths towards a rock that was situated further away. The floor was far beneath the water and went lower and lower the closer she came to the rocks. She decided she would swim lower and relax for awhile. She looked over at shippo just to check up on him, and once she verified that he was fine swimming in circles, then she quickly dived and went to the bottom. She found a comfortable spot between several rocks and sat at the bottom soaking in the warmth. At some point she had lost track of the time and was jutted our of her moments of quiet bliss by shippo calling her name. She looked up to see him waving his hand at her as he ducked his head into the water and then when he went up to breathe he would call her name some more and then dunk his head back into the water to start the whole process over again.
Kagome waved her hand to him and beckoned him closer. Shippo smiled and took another breathe of air before diving down into the water and slowly swimming over to her. She watched as he came closer not fearing that the child knew her secret for he had seen her in an awkward half transformed state awhile ago, so his seeing her now fully changed bothered her not. It was almost a natural thing for him to see her like this as if she was standing holding her son to her exposed breast so that he may drink, uncaring that she was exposed to him in such away for it was her son and not a grown man or stranger.
Once shippo reached her and grabbed her hand she stretched out and pulled him further through the water, she then pulled him to her chest and began to swim slowly towards the middle of the bath and then went up to breach the surface letting shippo get the necessary air that he needed to survive. Kagome then swam to the waters edge where she let shippo go. He quickly exited the water and went and got two towels Kagome also removed herself from the water and once she was completely out she lid down on the cool ground as her tail reverted back to legs. She was slightly flushed, from the heat of the water and she knew now that it was very late. When shippo came back with her towel she used it to quickly dry herself off, she then proceeded to get dressed and then lifted shippo and left the area. She was drowsy and felt slightly nauseated but she would deal with it. As they walked down the corridors shippo pointed out their room which saved Kagome from having to ask. She was not far away enough for the necklace to make much of a difference. She pushed open the door and put shippo in his bed. It hadnt been even 6 seconds before his head hit the pillow and he lay comfortably under the sheets, before he was fast asleep. She looked to the monk and saw that he was also sleeping. She then looked to the window and leaned against it. She did not want to bother Sesshomaru with her scent, which meant going to her room wasn't an option at the moment. She decided some fresh air and water was needed so she leaned out of the window and looked up at the sky. It was very dark and the stars were not visible tonight, it was overcast and the air was so thick with the scent of rain that she could almost taste it. It was very tempting idea, but she wasnt sure she could do it, if she had that kind of power, she wasnt the strongest of the mermaids and neither the biggest, yes she knew that out of all her people she would be the strongest power wise, but that was because of her birth, there were mermaids much faster then her and they knew their powers better then she did too because they had their father's to teach them. She looked back up to the sky. It would be a long shot, but she would try nonetheless. Kagome lifted her palms skyward and focused her energy, she felt the calm before her powers flooded forth. She emptied her mind and imagined that she was reaching up to the sky grabbing the clouds, she felt her energy drain as her powers spread further and further, she was so close she could feel the water accumulating, the air feeling heavier. She looked at the screen door to her left, she could feel the energy surrounding her necklace calm almost as if the turmoil inside had paused?
Sesshomaru knew the exact second she came into the room, no not because he could hear her. No it wasn't that, he scent just happened to get a lot stronger, is all, nothing he could handle, at least thats what he kept telling himself. And he surprisingly, kept it up, until she flared out her powers. The massive swell of energy hit him dead on, and he was unable to resists it's call, it's pull. Slowly as his eyes bleed red, he lost control to his more primal nature.
He was behind her in a split second. He watched her as she pushed her powers to her limits, her aura dancing sporadically around her. He walked up to her and rapped his arms around her waist, burrowing his head into her neck he held her. He felt wave after wave as her powers grew in strength. It was driving him mad with lust and want, but even then his primal side had only her safety in mind. He held her as he pushed his aura out around hers, using it to keeps hers from getting out of control.
Her skin felt clammy and she was slightly feverish, but he was unaware of why. That was until it started to rain. It began to pour heavily and as the rain came her arms dropped till they were spread out horizontally. There formed a bubble, it started out tiny and then grew in size as it collected the falling rain drops.
Kagome was beginning to tire out from the strain. When Sesshomaru had joined her, she could feel the difference from when his aura meshed around her own. It was not oppressive but more passive as if he was a guide, of some sorts. She could feel her knees giving out, but then sesshomaru's arms snacked around her waist and supported most of all her weight. He then used his other hand and grabbed a bowl that was on the counter with the rest of the dinner things that had been brought while Shippo and Kagome had been in the baths. Kagome brought the water closer and placed some into the bowl, she then broke the rest of the water up and deposited it into cups and vases around the room, leaving a small amount left which she quickly drank. After she had finished she relaxed and allowed her powers to dissipate and her aura receded along with her inu's. When she turned around she was met with eyes of the most vivid and lush red that they looked more like pools of blood.
"Im sorry." she said as she looked down.
Sesshomaru frowned as he stuck out a finger and lifted her chin. "Why?"
"I have caused you more discomfort." she frowned.
"Nonsense, I will wait for you with baited breath that way," he paused and drew closer. He dropped his head to her shoulder blade and inhaled. He visibly shuddered as his grip on her waist tightened. "That way when I finally have you, it will be all the more,... enjoyable." he replied giving her an affectionate nip and grinding his crotch against her, pulling a slight gasp and shudder from her.
Sesshomaru sighed softly as he pulled away and straightened up taking his Kagome with him. He pulled her up bridal style and carried her off to their room. It would be a long night with little rest, but he would manage, there were close to the witch now and it would only bit a little bit longer before they made it there. A week or less. Then she wouldn't have to worry about changing or dying of thirst, hopefully. The witch better be able to help her, or else she wouldn't be "helping" any one else ever again.
Kagome awoke to find her bed empty, she sat up and sighed.
"What troubles you Utako?"
Kagome spun around only two people who walked the land knew her by that name.
"Inu, I was, I thought you had left." she lowered her head.
"No, I did not leave, I figured you would be saddened if I left." he took a deep breath and groaned. " I just could not take laying so close to you all night and had to remove myself."
"Oh, I hope I did not bother you to much."
he then gave her a look that clearly meant that its not possible for you to bother this Sesshomaru. Kagome then smiled and laid back down for a moment more.
Sesshomaru merely closed his eyes and went over the events of last night through his mind. It was impossible to get any sleep. The way she moved and moaned through out the night drove him insane. Once she had fallen asleep, Sesshomaru thought that he would be able to get some rest as well, but it was not to be. Everything was just peachy for the first two hours. He was putting up a good fight with ignoring her scent and its effects and he thought he would get some rest... a minute later proved him dead wrong. Not only did she roll over on to him, but she began to moan softly and hum. He stiffened and remained still and unmoving. She then pulled her body up against his and he was hard with in seconds as a groan left his throat. It didn't help the fact that she would whisper the nickname she gave him as she would pull him closer and snuggle into his side, grinding her crotch into his hip. Damn it he had to move, no male would be able to take that onslaught so when her grip loosened, he mad his escape.
Thinking of it made him hard, hearing her softly whisper his name and breathing on his neck. Some who didn't know him would think him unaffected by her. However, if you looked closely you would see the stiffness in his frame and the barely hidden arousal. He took a deep breath to clear his mind and calm his raging blood. When he was finally relaxed he stood and looked to Kagome.
" Utako time to get up."
She sat up and looked at him and then left the bed and stood. Sesshomaru had to instantly turn away. She wasnt wearing pants. How he had not notice her taking them off he will never know. When he glanced back she had bent over to pick the discarded pants up, bearing her round backside for his view. One second he was standing and staring and the next he was pressed up against her and pulling her against him.
"ugh, inu what... ohhh." she blushed he was poking her again, she could feel him pressed against her bottom. "D,d,did I do something, um, wrong?"
a soft growl, a nip on her ear followed by a lick and then grinding was her only answer. She shivered in his grasp and tried to turn her head to see his face. But his head had at that moment gone to her neck where he decided to caress and lick as one hand came up her thigh and the other held and fondled one of her breasts. Kagome was breathless and rolled her hips back. She received not only a groan, but a little hump and grind as well.
"Mine." she heard growled into her ear as his hot breath wafted out. She shivered again and replied with a soft yes. That also got her a lick and nip on her jawbone, before she heard another sigh and Sesshomaru released her and turned away.
"You need to get dress so that we can leave."
"Yeah of course." said Kagome as she picked up the pants and began to pull them on. When she was done they walked to the front to find Shippo and Miroku already outside the door on the porch.
"Shall we be moving on now?"asked Miroku.
"Yes."replied Sesshomaru and Kagome beamed them both with a big smile. Kagome then walked infront of Sesshomaru and he lifted her into his arms and began to walk. They had left the village and were moving on a steady pace. Sesshomaru did not walk to quickly as to loose the kit and human but fast enough so that they were making good progress.
They had been walking well into the afternoon and hadn't stopped for a break yet. Miroku and the kit had began to lag behind and Kagome was tiring from walking in the grass. Sesshomaru stopped and glanced forward towards the mountain they were walking towards. It was a couple's day journey ahead. He then looked to Kagome who still had atleast a month and three or two weeks left on her heat. There was something a little further ahead a shack or something and there was the smell of food coming from it, so Sesshomaru decided that they would rest there. "Come, just a little further now." he said as he began to walk away, missing the collective nod from the group, but not the small amount of weight that grew on the end of his sleeve. He almost smiled, the girl was cute with her child like antics, it amazed him at how pure she was. They continued onward and from the back Shippo spoke up.
"Look, there up ahead is a hut!" he then lept from Miroku 's shoulder and ran up ahead towards the shack and sat on one of the seats. It looked as if it was a small room with the roof extended to hang over the counter and chairs, one of which Shippo sat on. The rest caught up rather quickly since the small shack like building wasn't far away and Miroku was going to sit down when a demon came out from the door on the side grumbling and complaining about something or another.
Miroku gasped "Hachi?"
"AHH MIROKU-SAMA... What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same Hachi..."
"Who's your friend Miroku?"
Miroku turns around to see the others watching him and the tanuki jūjin. Kagome walked closer to them coming from behind Sesshomaru so that she could see.
"This is my loyal friend Hachi, he is a tanuki jūjin youkai, and is very skilled in changing forms. Ahh the moments we would have." reminisced Miroku.
"There were not all that nice Miroku-sama and usually included you threatening me with the wind tunnel."
there was a collective gasp from the group as Shippo exclaimed "Miroku!"
Miroku put his hands up as if to hold them back and spoke. "Let me explain Hachi here is like my partner in crime and when we were short on money and traveling we would find one of the richest homes in a nearby village and Hachi would act as a yōkai and I would pretend to drive him off. Then I would collect from the yōkai's "victims." the only times I would "threaten" him as you put it is when he doesn't comply at first. However, you cant really call it threatening more like persuading him tosee my point is all."
"You are not as you seem monk." interjected Sesshomaru.
"Hear me out when Hachi is in need I do return the favor, speaking of favors you still owe me one Hachi." said Miroku as he turned back to the tanuki juujin that was trying to run away. When Miroku noticed this he then quickly bopped him in the head and pulled him over grumbling "Why you little weasel."
ahhh, Miroku-sama, what is it that I owe you?"
"I saved your life you little coward when you were backed up in a corner by that demon and you ran away the first chance you got, thats why you owe me." said Miroku as he glared at Hachi.
"Oh yes that, I had forgotten about that..."
"Of course you had." said Miroku as he cut off Hachi. Then Miroku smiled and turned to Sesshomaru as he held tightly the collar of his most "loyal" friend.
"Sesshomaru-sama, how far away is our destination?"
"on the mountain about 5 more days walking at this pace."
"Hmm, you can fly, yes?"
"Of course, but I cannot carry all of you and leaving you would make Kagome worry."
"Yes well Hachi here has just volunteered to carry me and Shippo so that we can reach our destination faster."
Sesshomaru raised one of his brows into his hair line as he heard hachi say "HEY!" and then a thud before a soft"I'll do it."
Sesshomaru simply nodded his head before continuing on. "rest for now I will bring some food." he then looked towards Kagome to see that she had wondered off and was now playing in the grass with Shippo. He then took his leave to hunt.
Sesshomaru returned shortly holding several rabbits that he had killed and skinned. He found Kagome laying on her side napping with Shippo and he could tell that the monk and hachi were inside the hut. He walked inside and passed Miroku the skinned rabbits. He then placed them on a cloth near what seemed to be a pit for a fire. Hachi had already gathered the fire wood and placed it in the pit and Sesshomaru left so that they could tend to the food and he could watch over his little mermaid and kit as they napped under the summer sun. it would be getting cooler soon and Kagome would need something to cover her feet and keep her warm, that is if he could even get her to wear shoes. Maybe she would wear some slippers if he got her some. He found a nice tree to sit under as he watched the two sleep and thought about buying slippers for a girl who spent most of her life, and every chance she got, in the water. Miroku soon returned with the food cooked and placed the cooked food onto the counter. He signaled Sesshomaru and then went back inside to hut to clean up a bit. Sesshomaru stood and walked over to the kit he bent down and nudged him awake. When Shippo woke and rubbed the sleep from his eyes Sesshomaru pulled him from Kagome 's arms and stood him up. He rubbed his head before sending him off to eat and then looked at Kagome. He got closer and whispered in her ear "Wake Utako." he then watched as her eyes fluttered open and he grabbed her arm and pulled her to her feet as well and slowly walked her towards where the others had gathered. Kagome seemed to wake up when the smell of the cooked rabbit wafted over to her. She took a seat quickly and watched as Sesshomaru took a nice sized portion of the rabbit and handed it to her. She then began to eat with the rest of her friends as Sesshomaru merely sat back and watched.
"Inu, are you not hungry?" asked Kagome as she offered her some of her rabbit.
He took the piece she offered and placed it in her mouth before speaking. "I have already eaten. Now chew and eat it all." Kagome nodded her head and began to chew as she pouted slightly. He was going to make her fat with all this food. She wasn't able to finish off all the food, but before Sesshomaru could do anything Kagome had began to feed a still hungry Shippo her leftovers.
Sesshomaru frowned inwardly but he didn't move to stop her, if she didn't want to eat and would rather feed her kit then so be it, he had another important matter to handle, besides she would be hungry later and he would make sure she eats enough then.
After everyone had finished Miroku "Persuaded" Hachi into transforming and he and Shippo got onto his back. While Kagome wrapped her arms around her inu's neck and said inu held her around the waist as his cloud formed at his feet and he flew off into the evening. They could cut down the travel time to two full days if they traveled at the pace that Sesshomaru had set. Shippo had fallen asleep on hachi's back for all of the ride basically, sitting in Miroku 's lap. Kagome had almost forgotten her fear of heights as she owed and awed and pointed at all the different things she could see from the different vantage point. She mostly went about such quietly as to try and not disturb him, at least thats what he deduced as he watched her, listened to her small gasps and giggles, then to suddenly grow quiet and try for a peek at him to see if her small outbursts had disturbed him. It had not surprisingly, he cold only assume that he was unaffected because of the time he had spent with little Rin, an interesting thing, because if it was anyone else he probably would have dropped them and let them fend for themselves. By night fall they continued on and only stopped shortly for a small rest. Shippo had decided that since he had napped all day that he would transform into a large bird and carry Miroku and Hachi to give them a small break. They had gotten a pretty good distance before Shippo got tired and they had to stop shortly for Hachi to wake up from his nap and trade places with Shippo. After a couple hours flying they were so close to the mountain that they decided that if they slept now it wouldn't be a problem. So they landed about half a mile away from the mountain and where looking for an area to camp down for the night. Sesshomaru located a small cool lake for Kagome in the vicinity and he decided to camp nearby. About two minutes away from the lake in a clearing Miroku started a fire and picked a nice spot nearby to lay down, Hachi had already fallen asleep on the ground nearby and was lightly snoring... Maybe, a bit closer to sawing logs actually. Miroku was trying to restrain from punching him in the head and waking him up so that He and Shippo could actually get some rest. Sesshomaru excused Kagome and his self from the camp and went in the direction of the lake. Miroku and Shippo merely shrugged and laid down, it had been a long night and they didn't know what tomorrow would hold.
Sesshomaru walked with Kagome the two minutes it would take to get to the lake that way if he needed to he could be at one camp and get to the other in a matter of seconds.
"I have picked this spot for you to relax in."
Kagome had been following behind him looking everywhere but where they were going so when Sesshomaru spoke Kagome looked up to see a nice sized lake in front of them. She smiled and walked up to a nice tree that had a branch that came down and over like a floating bench almost and she began to pull apart her clothes. She laid them on the branch and jumped into the water relishing in the feel of the water. The lake was quite deep and pretty interesting in shape for what she could tell. It had many nicks and crannies. From her spot under the water she saw that her inu was looking over the edge and she decided to go over to him. She breached the water in front of him when he had knelt down and used her arms to push herself up and peck him on the nose. He was quite startled but only raised an eyebrow.
Kagome then fell back into the water, but instead of completely retreating she folded her arms on the grass in front of the now sitting inu.
"Thank you inu."she beamed up at him.
"hnn, we shall be leaving the others here why we continue on up the mountain. The witch is there and she will help us with our little problem."
"Yes, yes I know, but afterwards what shall we do?"
"I would like to meet your family."
"My family?... why?"
Sesshomaru looked at her and she stared back at him. She didn't seem worried, but he knew from legends that his annoying friend had drilled into him that mermaids could be very deceitful. Even though Kagome seemed to be very open and talkative by nature, he could tell that there were things she was not telling him. Things he needed to know in order to protect her. He thought back to the first time he met her. She could have died then, and all because the water was to warm for her, yet she didn't trust him enough to tell him, even though they had been talking for a little while then. She didn't trust him enough to leave the water. He knew that she was mostly winging it at the moment since she had never left the water before, at least thats what she told him, so he didn't expect her to know much, but her father and mother were sure to know something and most likely were very worried for her at the moment.
"I am pretty sure they are worried sick about you. And I would like to ask them for permission to mate you."
"Oh, but what about the others?"
"They will be taken back to the palace where they will have help tracking down Naraku while we are on our little side trip." Sesshomaru raised one elegant eyebrow, she was trying to find away around this, he might as well end it. "we will be going, there is no other way."
"I see that. Fine I guess we will have to make the trip then."
"Yes the only thing now is how am I supposed to get there." pondered Sesshomaru out loud.
"Yes, I assume a mermaids kiss will be enough to solve that problem." said Kagome.
"What does a kiss have to do with anything?"
"You don't know... I guess you will just have to wait and see then." Kagome was trying to hold the laugh at bay by the end of the sentence and Sesshomaru was obviously displeased if the frown was anything to go off of. But Kagome decided that she was tired and was going to sleep so she told her inu good night and was about to go down to the bottom of the lake bed and find a comfy place to rest when he called her.
" Kagome."
"Yes?"
"I will be coming for you in the morning but until I come to get you stay hidden, ok?"
"I will, I 'll be at the bottom somewhere, call me and drop a rock down here or something, the disturbance should wake me."
"Hn, good night."
"Night night inu." called Kagome as he face broke into a yawn that she tried to hide behind her hands. She then turned and went down into the water. Once she was submerged she glanced around and found a sandy spot near the middle so she swam towards it. She pulled the sand together so that there was a nice lump like area where she could rest her head on, much like a sandy pillow and then she made a dip in the sand for the rest of her body to curl into (think of a dog bed and you have a basic understanding). She laid down and closed her eyes. One minute, three, five and ten whole minutes passed and she had not managed to get to sleep even though she was so tired. It would be the first time in a very long time for her to go to bed without her inu beside her. She felt the necklace on her collar bone warm up. It spread from the necklace and throughout her whole body, wrapping her in warmth it was as if her inu himself had come down and was now holding her in his arms. She then snuggled deeper into the sand and fell soundly asleep.
Sesshomaru hadn't left the spot he had been sitting in even after Kagome had disappeared within the murky waters. He continued to sit there not finding it in him to move away from the spot. He didn't know how long he sat there staring at the spot where her head had moved below the surface of the water and then out of his sight, but it had been at least ten minutes now. He was pretty sure he would have kept sitting there, unmoving and simply stared at the spot. The only reason he came out of his little trance was because of the feeling of anxiousness that came from the small jewel around his neck. Was Kagome having trouble getting to sleep without him? He absentmindedly rubbed the jewel and let his aura merge with it, sending a feeling of calm and warmth through their shared link. After a couple of seconds he could feel that she had relaxed enough to fall asleep and he got up and moved over to sit under a nearby tree. Maybe he would be able to do the same.
Sesshomaru was awake before the sun had risen and he got up to make preparations for the day. First off, he need to hunt. He quickly located a deer trail and a small doe and whom had wondered a little ways away from the others. He slowly walked into the area, not making a sound. Using his whip he ended the deers life. It hit the ground before any of the others knew what had happened. One of the other deers tried to come near but the smell of blood scared it away and when Sesshomaru walked into the clearing, the rest scattered. He brought back his kill to the clearing where Miroku and Shippo were staying and dropped it near the dying fire. Miroku came out from behind the bushes with his arms full of fire wood.
"Sesshomaru-sama, your back." Miroku quickly looked around and when he didn't see Kagome he asked "Where is Kagome-chan?"
Sesshomaru looked at him and paused, was he really going to answer this ningen. He internally frowned at his thoughts. Who was this human to question him, a great and fearsome daiyoukai, a ruthless killer, perfect in every aspect. Hint his name, the killing perfection.
"You and the kit will be staying here. I shall return later depending on how long this takes, I don't expect to be here longer then a day, but by chance if we are this should be enough food to hold you and the kit off for awhile. Are you able to put up barriers?"
"Yes?"
"Then do so, one where me and Kagome can walk through." with that said Sesshomaru left to get Kagome.
Hachi and Shippo chose that exact moment to come through the bushes carrying lots of fire wood and edible wild berries.
"Where is Sesshomaru going Miroku?" asked Shippo.
" I don't know Shippo-kun, but we will be staying here so get comfy, I wouldn't wonder to far out of the barrier I am about to erect around the camp, we don't know what types of demons are in this forest." Miroku then sat down and began to meditate. A soft pink barrier formed around the small camping space. Everyone was quite for a while and all had roughly the same thought. At least Miroku and Shippo did. " I hope Kagome and Sesshomaru do what they need to and get back safely." Hachi however, was thinking more on the lines of " I hope I don't run into any scary demons, I knew I shouldn't have drunken all that water..."
The morning came rather quickly for the group and they set out preparing meat for the day and finding something to occupy their time. Miroku meditated and Shippo practiced his tricks with Hachi, or at least when Hachi wasn't sleeping.
Sesshomaru couldn't move far from where Kagome was and had spent the night in a tree overlooking the lake in which Kagome was nestled at the bottom of the lake. He watched over the spot that he remembered her disappearing into for who knew how long and when he awoke he hadn't realized he had dreamed of watching the same spot on the lake. When he was fully awake it was the strangest feeling of deja vu, as he stood, eyes on the same spot on the lake that they had been on all night long. He smiled as a thought came to his mind.
He began to undress and took a deep breath as he stood at the waters edge unashamed. He dove into the water as he swam downward his smile grew.
"why not give her a wake up present, or more like take mine." thought Sesshomaru as he spotted a blackish blue mass surrounding a small lithe looking blue mass, that was obviously distinguishable as Kagome's body.
Kagome could feel the slight disturbance of the water, but ignored it and when she finally lifted her head to see what was there her had been grabbed and she was being yanked from her cozy position. She was going to struggle, that was until she saw the face of the being that was pulling her steadily to the surface. Once they breached the surface, Kagome greeted her inu but was cut off by the dangerous growl. She looked into his eyes and saw that he was watching someone behind them. Kagome turned around and felt her inu's arms tighten around her. Kagome held him for his reassurance and wrapped hr tail around his waist and hopefully out of the sight of their unexpected guest.
"ahh, relax lord Sesshomaru, it is me, Emika, the one you were looking for."
"I see." Sesshomaru grimaced.
"I knew you were looking for me and since you were close by I decided to come pick you up, and don't worry little mermaid, I know who you are to and your secret is safe with me."
Kagome was surprised to hear that this women knew who she was, and she couldn't help herself from asking "Who are you?"
sh simply smiled and began to walk away as she casually told them "The one who will help you with your little problem and the bigger one yet to come."
both Sesshomaru and Kagome had no clue what that last part could possibly mean, but the first part they did, and Sesshomaru only confirmed her suspicions when he whispered "The Witch Doctor." he then lept from the water with Kagome in tow and stood just as he was when he was born, unabashed and proud as he held the equally naked onna in his arms. He placed her down and pushed her gently in the direction of her clothes as he went off to go get dressed. When they were finished, Sesshomaru lead Kagome into a clearing in the direction of the mountains that the witch had sat in as she waited for the two to leave the water.
An interesting two they made. A mermaid, mythical in nature, but no less real. But not any old mermaid, this one was hiding something and she was sure that the dai that was following her around had no clue to exactly what it was that she was hiding. She watched them closely as she lead them to her home in the mountains being very cautious not to in any way set off the dai, he seemed to be on edge when it came to the girl named Kagome and she didn't want to be on the opposite end of his wrath, she knew that it would not end favorably for her, but that was the case when you worked with these types of people. Once they reached her small home she lead them inside and then took a seat in a chair and offered them the other two seats in front of her. The room was rather large but was so crowded with things that it gave the look of being rather small. There were many scrolls and books laying around some dusty and large and others even larger and smaller cast all around the room.
Sesshomaru took a seat and pointed to the one next to his but the response he got from Kagome wasn't the one he was expecting. She merely pouted and instead of sitting in the chair she plopped down into his lap. Kagome smiled up at her inu and said she "I rather be closer." but everyone understood the part that wasn't said " I don't completely trust you."
"yes little mermaid that is also the key to how you will be able to walk among us normally too." spoke Emika as she looked to the girl with an understanding and a knowing look in her eyes.
"what are you talking about witch?" asked Sesshomaru.
"Well, that closeness of soul, to do what you have sought me out to do all you simply have to do is mark her in two spots, while your powers are meshed for it to work properly."
Kagome looked up at her inu to see him watching her, deep in thought. When he looked away an almost inaudible whisper was heard; the only reason Kagome heard at all was because of her great hearing and the fact that she was sitting so close to him.
"I cant do that."
"that is understandable pup," Kagome's head looked up towards the witch who was leaning back in her chair with her hands crossed over her belly. "but know that if you do not that side trip you want will not happen, your kind is not aloud to go where she can, only the connection between souls can grant you that access. Plus without your strength she will not be able to stay away from her home for to much longer, she will simply fade away into nothingness."
" I can protect my mate, nothing will harm her." growled Sesshomaru in a dangerously calm voice.
"That is not up for your choosing pup if you do not heed my warnings and do as I say. Now follow me, if you will." then the witch stood and walked further into her home and through a door. Sesshomaru stood holding a speechless Kagome in his arms bridal style as he followed the witch doctor further into her home. He came into the room and saw furs on the ground, deep inside he wanted to do what the witch doctor had asked of him, he knew that it would bring him great pleasure to do just that, but he wasn't sure of his control. In order to mark Kagome he would have to give some reign to his beast and that was not a good idea especially since he wouldn't be able to take her. But he was not a fool, he remembered how he almost lost her in the beginning, the girl was stubborn, she would try not to burden him if something was truly wrong with her and he would always have to be on guard because of her fragile state. Always making sure she didn't tire herself out and that she had a water source nearby. He would just need to exercise a great deal of control and then hope and pray to the Kamis that it would be good enough.
He watched as the witch doctor left the room and he knelt down on the furs, placing Kagome down in front of him. He then locked eyes with her and in those large cerulean blue eyes he saw curiosity and love. He then untied her top and pushed it off her shoulders, and laid her down. This was the easy part.
"So inu how does this work?" asked a nervous Kagome.
Sesshomaru leaned over her on his elbows after removing his armor and top, he didn't want to risk taking off her or his pants, even though it would make a weak barrier it was something to slow him down. He then nuzzled her neck as he replied drinking in her scent. He hadn't even noticed his voice had dropped several octaves from her scent alone.
"I am going to mark you, successfully tying you to myself." Kagome shivered.
"Oh" Kagome then began to stroke his arms up and down. When she came back up she moved over to his chest and began to trace the contours of his muscles. She felt his breath wafting over her neck and shoulder. It was warm and left tingles going throughout her body. Sesshomaru let his beast rise to the surface as his youkai followed suit.
The feeling of Sesshomaru 's youkai wafting over Kagome was exhilarating and unknowingly to her, her powers rose up to meet his.
Her scent spiked. Her powers flared around him. All control he might have had, was just shot to hell with the rest of his sane mind. The cravings he held came back full force. He had to taste her, just a small sample. He kissed a trail down to her collar bone and then to the valley between her breasts. He knew what he had to do, her blood called to him, pulled at his soul. His breathing was erratic, his eyes blood shot with blue pupils and his markings jagged. He was hard, so hard it hurt. It had been instantaneous. His loss of control, he had barely started. His powers rose more and he could hear the moan that came from her lips. Sweet music for his ears. He felt the way she pressed herself against him, her arousal growing every second, more heightened then it had ever been, her powers rising to match his own. He looked up to see her face and was met with the most lust clouded eyes he had ever seen. He shuddered and glanced down, but when he looked up again he was met with a tentative kiss on the side of his chin. He grunted and tried to find the strength to push her down and finish what he had started, but his arms wouldn't move. She kissed her way along his jaw bone and down his neck, her hand gliding down his abdomen, feeling how the muscles quivered under her exploring hand. Lower and lower it went till her fingers barely, just barely ghosted over the tip of his member through his pants. He couldn't hold back the groan that escaped his lips,he found the strength to push his little temptress onto her back, again. He then pinned her with a look that was supposed to mean "stay", but more likely looked like "I am going to devour you" from the way she shuddered. As he moved between her legs spreading them as he went, he pressed up against her, feeling the warmth of her heat through their clothes. He then began to kiss his way down her chest to her left breast. His tung flicked her nipple. Her back arched pressing more of her mound into his mouth as he began to suckle. His powers rising up around him more as hers followed suit. They then began to mingle and mix as his eyes bleed red completely, he was loosing control. He was loosing the uphill battle.
Devour her, she will be all the more sweeter if we take her now. She is giving her self to you. Take her. NOW!
"inu, I love you." whispered Kagome, her voice breaking through the fog of his lust crazed mind. He watched as her head rolled back and to the side in pleasure baring it for her inu to see. A small speck of gold grew in the middle of Sesshomaru's eye pushing back the red.
"You do not control me beast."
he would not loose control to the monster with him. The more she called his name the more empowered he became and as their powers mixed and mingled he swore he would explode. The feeling was the most erotic thing he could imagine. Her hands thread through his hair and held tightly, but it felt as if her hands were running down his chest, nails dragging across his heated skin and then down lower over the muscles of his abdomen and then to his more private area. And when it felt as if that imaginary hand that held his raging need, squeezed him, his fangs elongated and pressed against the spot he would lay his mark. Her leg slid up his hip as she arched into him and their powers surged. Before she knew what happened his fangs slid quickly into her flesh and stilled, his poisons and toxins mixing with her blood. Their energies came down slowly from their high easing back into their bodies but also tying them together and taking parts of the other with them. As Sesshomaru's eyes returned to normal and his fangs shortened he released the hold he held on the onna below him. He then licked the mark he had made until it glowed softly and formed a blue crescent moon on the side of her left breast. Another then glowed on the same spot of the opposite breast. Kagome's eyes opened wide as her back arched upwards before she came back down and relaxed. She stared at her inu with curious sapphire eyes.
"Is that all inu?" she asked "it wasn't all that bad."
"Hn." he would not mention how his demon would have devoured her if he had lost all control. He had held just enough to stay his beast, he had made a promise and he planned on keeping it no matter how his beast wanted to throw her down on her hands and knees and pound into her, or himself for that matter.
Then there was a knock at the door and a voice filtered through.
"Well I am assuming that you two are done, you may show yourselves out." called the witch.
The impudent hag, Sesshomaru was not one to be rushed and he would take his time as he left. Besides no weaker demon could do what he just did and expect his woman to live. They would have been either crushed by the force of their powers coming down all around them and the bonding process or if they lost control of their beast and literally fucked her to death. He was proud, and it was just what he needed. Another reason to inflate his giant ego. Kagome's giggle brought him back out from his narcissistic thoughts and back to reality. He looked over to see her sitting up fully dressed and watching him. He gave her a ghost of a smile and stood. They would have to go back to their companions it would be noon soon and they had another stop to make, his castle and then her home.
Well guys I hope you like the chapter, it took me a day and forever to write I know but atleasts it out and the next will be coming up soon since I have a whole week long break :). so look out for my update and please review and tell me what you think, they truly do help me out off my tuff parts with these chapters and push me along in my writing so review, review, review! lol, till next time,
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