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Of Butterfly Wings
Chapter Fifty-Seven: Battle Armor
Kagome sighed at the feeling of hot rocks on her back.
She'd never had a massage or a spa day before, so she never could've imagine just how relaxing it could be.
Her eyes drifted closed as she heard her friends shifting on their tables beside her.
"So, you ready for the wedding night?" She heard Sango laugh.
Kagome felt her face flush, "I'm not sure if I'm ready for anything." She tried to bury her face in her arms in a meager attempt at blocking the world from her view.
"It's not like those two haven't done it before." Kagura added with a short laugh, "With the way you guys hang all over each other, I'm surprised you're able to feel flustered at all."
Kagome wished she could melt into the table a disappear.
"We haven't yet…" Her voice sounded quiet even to her own ears.
Kagura shifted on her table, "Hold on you two haven't gone all the way yet? What gives?!"
The incredulity of her friend's tone was enough to make her regret saying anything at all.
"It's not like we had any privacy." She quickly defended herself. "Part of Seesshoumaru's condition was not to engage in, well, that."
She couldn't even bring herself to say it.
Sango piped up that time, "You weren't able to get any privacy at his house?"
She sounded genuinely confused and Kagome could only feel more flustered as their conversation dove deeper into her apparent lack of sex life.
"Touya currently shares a room with his middle brother Natsuo. Plus there was only one time we were able to have privacy. We just didn't go too far since we didn't know when anyone would return home." Kagome explained.
It wasn't one hundred percent accurate but it was truthful enough.
"That's it, we're getting you the Kama Sutra after this." Kagura sounded indignant, "And some lingerie. You don't have anything special for this, do you?"
"What's a Kama Sutra?" Kagome questioned curiously.
She'd never heard of it before.
"Oh my god!" Kagura's voice turned shrill, "Sango this is a code red emergency!"
Kanna kept silent while her sister and their friend swiftly finished with their spa treatments. Kagome found herself being pulled from from the spa center and dragged down to a familiar shopping district.
"First things first," Kagura pointed towards the lingerie shop. "You need your battle armor. Girls are the deciders when it comes to sex but you've got to know what gets your man going."
Kagome flushed.
Battle armor?
She was making this sound more like a fight rather than sex.
Sango and Kagura both dragged her into the lingerie store. Kanna tailed behind them silently, the girls eyes darting around to the different undergarments with a light blush on her cheeks.
"Dress." Kagura opened her palm in a demand for her phone.
Kagome swiftly opened her camera roll and pulled up an image of her wedding gown Sesshoumaru had taken for her during her final fitting.
Sango gave a low whistle of approval, "That's a wonderful dress!"
"Only thing that sucks is that you can't wear a bra with it." Kagura scoured the racks for something that would work, "So you'll be going in at half prepared. We can still get you a matching set though since it's always good to have at least two or three pairs of fun garments."
She plucked a black leather corset from the rack and held it up to her with a scrutinizing look.
"What do you think?" Kagura shot Sango a quick look.
Their other friend cupped her chin thoughtfully, "I'd say you're on the right track but if it's the bondage route you're looking for then he'd be the M. Kagome doesn't have the dominatrix vibes."
She felt herself growing more flustered.
M? Bondage? Dominatrix?
She had no idea what any of those words even meant in a sexual context!
Kagura gave a short hum, "I dunno. He's wound up pretty tight around her finger but you've got a point." Her friend put the corset away, pushing her towards a stack of lacy lingerie. "I'd say Kagome here is more of a temptress while he's a simp. So we should go for something more delicate."
Kagome pressed her palms over her eyes when Kagura picked up a pair of panties that were little more than a few strings. It clearly would not cover anything of importance and seemed utterly uncomfortable to wear.
"Nah, that can come later." Kagura set it back where it belonged. "A thong is the way to go here. Gives him something nice to look at while keeping just enough covered."
Sango then held up a pair of delicate lace panties that were a soft sky blue in color.
"These!" She pushed them into her awaiting hands.
Kagome held onto them, uncertain of what to do next.
The girls then piled on several more selections, each one just as risqué as the last. Honestly she had no idea what to even do at this point. So she simply followed their lead as they checked out and then dragged her to yet another store.
"Now the real battle begins." Kagura smirked.
Kagome felt herself flushing even more, taking stock of the blacked out windows and discreet appearance of the building. She'd passed by it many times on her way to school. So she knew what it was. She just never imagined walking inside it herself.
Sango and Kagura grabbed her arms as they pulled her inside.
Kagome knew very little about the sort of 'toys' people used during sex, but she didn't need to know what the false candy-colored penises were meant to do.
"You think they'll need one?" Kagura gestured towards one of the toys with a playful grin. "With all those burns on his body, he might not have functioning parts."
Kagome turned her head away, "They function perfectly fine."
She'd felt him through their clothing more times than she could count. There was absolutely no issue in his ability to 'perform'.
"They can save those kinds of toys for later." Sango gave a placating wave of her hand, "A first night is going to be pretty rough as it is."
Rough?
"Wait, so have you two..?" Kagome's question fell away as she glanced between her two friends.
Sango gave a sheepish shrug of her shoulders, "It just kind of happened. The first time is pretty rough but it gets easier."
Kagura then gestured towards herself, "You really think I'm the type to hold back in a relationship? You've got a lot to learn, kitten."
How was it she'd never known any of these things until now?
"It's still surprising you're so green though. I guess your fiancé must've felt concerned about getting undressed with that wrecked body of his." Kagura then shrugged, "Well not that it matters. He's going to go for the full commitment anyways."
It was true that she couldn't recall a time in which Touya had taken his shirt off in front of her. He'd always been particularly sensitive about his appearance so she'd never pushed him. If he was concerned about her being revolted by his injuries then she supposed that she would just have to show him just how attractive he really was on their wedding night.
"Here it is!" Kagura plucked a book from one of the shelves. "This is your homework. Read up and use it to your advantage. If your lingerie is your battle armor then this book will be your victory plan."
Kagome flipped through the pages, her face turning a deep shade of red as she did.
Was it even possible to bend like that? She cocked her head to the side curiously.
"And the last things we need." They stopped before one final shelf. This one stocked full of condoms and lubricant. "Trying to go down for the first time might be jarring. Might as well get a few flavored ones." Kagura grabbed a stack from a bucket listed with a sign labeled 'special price!' above it.
"Hm should we go with the thins or her pleasure? Fuck it, let's do both." Kagura threw the boxes at her haphazardly, "Oh and some lube. You might have trouble if you're too wound up or nervous. Going in dry would be a real bitch."
Kagome tucked her head down as they made their way to the checkout. The clerk said nothing to them as they made their final purchases. She was grateful for the silence. She wasn't sure she could handle any more embarrassment.
The group made their way back to the main street. She found Jaken already waiting for them with his vehicle, his foot tapping impatiently as they were currently thirty minutes behind schedule.
"This is my stop." Kagome waved to her friends. "Thanks you guys, for all of your help."
Even if it was embarrassing.
The fact that they thought about her this much was comforting in its own right.
"Remember, study up! You'll want him to be the one at your mercy!" Kagura threw her a confident smirk, "Use what you've got to turn him into putty!"
Kagome laughed, "Will do! Later guys! See you at graduation!"
There were just two days left.
Tomorrow they would graduate and the day after would be their wedding.
Kagome climbed into Jaken's car as she peered down at the book her friends had bought her.
"How was the outing?" Jaken asked curiously, his eyes zeroing in on the lingerie bag in her hands.
Kagome swiftly tucked it on the floor behind her seat.
"It was productive."
She kicked it a little further out of the imp's view when his eyes narrowed at it suspiciously.
It was like Kagura said, she had some studying to do.