InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Cinderella Stroy ❯ Another Dream ( Chapter 18 )

Kagome sighed as she stood in the garden. She threw herself onto a grassy hillock that comprised one of the islands and looked up at the blanket of stars. She could feel the day's stress drain away as she closed her eyes and inhaled the sweetness that surrounded her. After a moment she sat up and looked around.

“Sesshomaru?”

There was no response and she frowned. She doubted that she could come here on her own. Sesshomaru must have pulled her here somehow, not that she really minded. She stood and looked around. The moon-bathed beauty of the place left her feeling a little breathless.

“Sesshomaru-sama?”

She felt arms snake around her waist, pulling her back against a hard chest. “I thought I told you to call me Sesshomaru.”

She smiled as she leaned back into the embrace. “Where were you?”

“I was watching you.”

She turned in his arms. “Why did you bring me here?”

“Several reasons, but this is the most important.”

His lips descended to cover hers. At first she thought this would be as before, but his lips parted slightly and hers followed suit. She felt his tongue run over her lips before delving into her mouth. She moaned softly. She felt as though electricity was running down her spin even as warmth and a sweet tension gathered in her stomach. He released her suddenly and she rocked back, the only thing keeping her on her feet were his arms held tight around her. She looked up at him, trying to understand and seeing only confusion reflected in his gaze.

“Why do I desire you? Why can't I think around you? Why is it every time I want to just sit down and talk, we end up like this?”

She smiled and slipped out of his embrace, taking his hand she guided him down onto the grass. “You want to talk, now we are talking.”

He gave her that soft smile he saved only for her. “I wanted to tell you that Shippou is doing well. He seems happy. Rin is certainly ecstatic to have a playmate.”

“Rin?”

“A human girl under my care. I do not know what happened to her family, she will not speak of it.”

Kagome sensed the hurt behind the words and gave his hand a gentle squeeze. “How old is she?”

“Five.”

“Then perhaps she does not remember. I have very few memories from when I was five.”

He nodded slightly. “Given the condition I found her in, perhaps that is best. If not for the Tenseiga she would be dead.”

“The Tenseiga is the sword your father gave you? The sword of life?”

“Hai, and Inuyasha wields the Tetsusaiga.” He glanced down at their linked hands then back up at her. “How did you find Shippou?”

She shook her head. “It was strange. I remember meeting Hiten and Maten before, when they tested my barrier. I warned them away. I was really getting sick of killing every youkai that wasn't smart enough to back down. They were it seemed. Shippou's father was passing by and I warned him about them. I guess I wasn't persuasive enough, or maybe stubbornness just runs in his family, I couldn't tell you. The next thing I remember I heard a woman's scream. She was begging me to come save her baby. I didn't think, I just acted. I still don't know how I found Shippou in time.”

“I believe, his mother may have called to you.”

“She was miles away, Sesshomaru, I am not blessed with your senses.”

“No, I believe she called to you after she died. If her desperation to save her son was great enough, it would allow her to touch the mind of a person who would willingly protect the child. She called to you with the last of her strength. She picked you to be his Okaasan. I think she chose very well.”

Kagome blushed and mumbled something about being glad she was near. Sesshomaru released her hand and reached up to caress her cheek. Her eyes snapped up to meet his and she smiled.

“I like being like this with you. This is so much simpler than anything I've ever been before.”

He nodded. He understood what she meant. Here he was not the taiyoukai of the West, he was not a demon to be feared and respected. Here he was himself without any masks. She looked up at him, a smile touching her lips as she rolled onto her knees and crawled toward him. With a hand on either side of his hips she leaned forward, her lips brushing at his before traveling downward along his neck. He trembled slightly and felt her hand on his chest, firmly pushing him back onto the soft grass. He lay down and she moved to straddle his hips. Her lips became more aggressive as they traveled up. Her tongue swept the shell of his ear and he gasped. His hands gripped her shoulders, pushing her up.

“We can't do this.”

“This is a dream, Sesshomaru, we can do anything.”

“Yes but…it will not be the same the first time if we continue.”

She blushed and nodded slightly. She lay down on top of him, her head tucked firmly under his chin. He wrapped his arms around her and did his best not to think of his own words. His first time with her would be special for both of them. For her, she would no longer be a maiden, and for him, he would at long last have a mate.