Sesshoumaru had planned on alerting the priestess of his departure and nothing more. Finding her by the water he was surprised to smell traces of salt in the air. Had she been crying? Inhaling deeply, the demon lord scented no injuries on her person. Under the layer of tears, he could pick up her natural aroma of water lilies and a forest after a rainstorm. It had a calming effect almost causing the demon to admit a deep rumble.
"Why do you weep priestess?"
He had not expected the simple question to cause the priestess to throw her chalice into the river. After she let out a heavy breath he watched as the small priestess moved to face him while on her knees.
That feeling was back but stronger now, the one he had felt hours before when Kagome's flushed face stared up at him from the forest floor. The beast Sesshoumaru kept buried deep within himself was trying to claw its way to the surface. It took in the sight of the woman kneeling before him and a predatory gleam flickered across deep amber eyes. When she turned her head to watch the water, Kagome unknowingly presented the side of her slender neck to his gaze. The action was innocent, but his instincts took it as a sign of her submission he had been yearning for in the woods. His beast was nearing the edge of his conscious state and wished to reward his little female. Sesshoumaru began to stalk closer as she stood and answered his question and asked one of her own.
"Yes. This One has already said his farewells to Rin and collected the list of needed reserves you scribed." The demons body blocked out the fading light and covered her in his dark aura. "We require one last thing before departing."
"Oh okay. What is it you need?"
The little vixen was taunting him, could she not see what her actions were doing? Baring her neck to him a second time was enough for Sesshoumaru to allow his primitive side to take a step outside its cage. Logically he knew that the priestess was ignorant of the gestures meaning, so the demon lord had to think outside the box to satisfy his beasts need to touch her. Leaving now without showing his Alpha Bitch how she had pleased him would result in the beasts relentless howling for days.
The dog demon moved closer until his face loomed above hers. "I wish to revel in your scent one last time."
Yes, that should suffice and sooth his panting beast. One good wiff and then the demon lord will be on his way to Lord Haruto's Eastern Fortress.
Kagome stared up at him and was trying to process what he had just said. Revel in her scent? What the hell did that mean?
If taking one last sniff meant the dog would be on his way, then by all means sniff away. It had been a tiring day and to be honest, the priestess was over Sesshoumaru's strange behavior towards her. Secretly she wished he had asked for the wine.
Narrowing her eyes up at the demon lord and not quite sure what she was getting into, Kagome said, "Alight, fine."
He was going off to war for God's sake, to turn this one request down would have been heartless.
A ferial smirk spread across Sesshoumaru's face causing Kagome to take a step back. A large, clawed hand shot forward and grabbed the back of her head, pulling the priestess into his heavily armored chest. Her own slender hands became trapped between them with no way of escaping. Kagome began to take short quick breaths as panic set in.
The beast could sense his female's distress and needed to comfort her. He tightened his grip in her onyx tresses pulling the priestess head back further and stooped down to nuzzle the soft skin on her neck.
As soon as his nose and lips made contact, Sesshoumaru let out a deep groan. His beast was in Heaven. He pressed himself further into the nape of her neck while pushing away the collar of her robes with his nose. His hand began to softly massage the base of the priestess's skull to calm the unease her aura that was still emitting. Parted lips brushed all the way to her exposed shoulder before his rough tongue followed the path up to where he previously nuzzled. She tasted exquisite. The holy power hovering just above the surface was spicy, coating his taste buds in ginger and lemongrass. The demon needed more.
Deadly fangs came out to play and nipped Kagome's soft earlobe. The action caused a new scent to erupt from the priestess, one he had never scented from her before. The tart sweetness of it reminded Sesshoumaru of blood oranges making him salivate with hunger.
Arousal.