InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Distant Love ❯ Lullaby for a pup... ( Chapter 4 )

Hello to everyone that's there! I just couldn't resist putting up this chapter too, but I'm not getting all the reviews that I want. *pouts* I want a lot more of course, but. . . *sigh~~* I guess I just have to bear with it.

Oh, yeah. And I might put a lemon in this thing. Just a little warning to the people who don't really like to read lemons. . . that and I'm going to take down my other fic if I don't get rid of this stupid writers block soon.

Anyway, on to better things. . .

I really hope that you people [I won't say guys!] like this chapter and even though this one is out early, I'd still like to apologise that I'm taking so long for really short chapters. And also for me being unpredictable when updating. It's only like that 'cause when I don't have anything to do. . . I write. Just like that.

And since you're all probably going to kill me now 'cause of this long author's note, I think I should get to the story. . . ~_~()+???=T_T

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In the field of flowers. . .

Rin was happily picking flowers while Jaken watched her.

"Jaken!" Rin yelled, waving to the toad youkai.

"What?!" he snapped. He didn't like Rin all that much. Mostly because they had to cancel one mission once when she had gotten sick. Shesshoumaru didn't want to leave her so he sent Jaken alone, just to spy on his whelp of a half-brother, even if a chance to kill Inuyasha was sacrificed. Jaken had never forgiven her for that since he had gotten pretty beat up by Inuyasha when he was discovered.

"Come help me pick flowers for Shesshoumaru-sama. Hurry! Before he gets back! I want to have a lot waiting for him," Rin called to Jaken.

Jaken frowned and turned away.

"I don't want to," he told her. The thought that she wouldn't get to give her daddy flowers when he got back just because that stupid toad wouldn't help her made her stop crying.

Not loud crying, like some kids would do, but just tears rolling down her cheeks and a couple of sniffles once in a while.

"Go ahead and cry, see if I care!" Jaken yelled at her. A lot of sense he has. . . yelling at his master's adopted daughter and refusing to help her.

The bushes behind him rustled and a green blur passed him. It stopped when it reached Rin and carried her into IT's arms.

'IT' was Kagome with a sleeping Shippo on her back. She had heard Rin's crying and her maternal instincts had taken over.

Kagome carried Rin and rocked her gently so she would stop crying. Kagome noticed that Rin didn't smell like normal mortals did. That's probably why Shesshoumaru could stand her being around and had even adopted her.

She smelled more like flowers actually. The scent brought back a memory of Kagome's mom teaching her how to garden. They used to have a pretty little garden before. She remembered a flower that her mom showed her once and it smelled just like Rin did.

'What was the name of that thing again? The Da. . . Daga de nutche? No, but something close. Duero de sosshite? Nope! That's not it. I think it was. . . ah! Dama de noche.' That was it, Rin smelled a lot like the dama de noche flower.

Meanwhile. . .

"Oh, I'm soo dead! Shesshoumaru-sama told me to watch her at all times and here is this female hanyou doing. . . doing who knows WHAT to her!" Jaken exclaimed, the fear of his fearless leader taking control.

"You have no idea how right you are," a soft voice from behind him said.

"Eeep!" exclaimed Jaken and he turned around. But he had spun so fast that he fell backwards. He looked up and started crawling away when he saw the owner of the voice. Shesshoumaru.

"I told you to watch her and you couldn't even keep a measly little hanyou away from her."

Shessho stepped out from the shadows and walked towards Kagome.

Rin.

Who is this carrying me?

I know that I was picking flowers and asked daddy's ugly toad, Jaken, to help me. He wouldn't and I started to cry because I really, really, REALLY wanted to give daddy some flowers.

A lot actually. ^_^

Now there was this pretty lady rocking me in her arms. I felt really safe and secure.

Shesshoumaru-sama was always telling me to fight and struggle to free myself if anything happened or if anyone captured me.

I felt so safe that I snuggled closer to her, keeping my eyes open, instead of fighting her.

I noticed that she had the most beautiful purple eyes. Papa would probably call it amethyst. He called a stone that before and it looked just like her eyes. When I was crying a while ago and she picked me up, it was her eyes that made me stop crying. But her rocking helped too.

I heard her whisper to me.

"hush little girl, don't you dare cry, the stars'll come out to bid you goodbye.

The sun will come out, tomorrow. I'm hoping my song will ease your sorrow.

Hush now and smile for me, Let your sorrow be. . ."

She sang so prettily. It was so soothing and it made me close my eyes.

But before I could fully close them, I saw Shesshoumaru-sama stand beside the lady holding me.

His eyes looked warm and loving.

I smiled and fell asleep, thinking how great it would be if the lady would be my mother and marry daddy.

Shesshoumaru.

I took Rin from Kagome's arms as soon as she was asleep. I was happy that Kagome had comforted my pup when I couldn't and was secretly glad that she had met Rin.

But. . . I wanted to know why Rin was crying so I put her down in the shade of a nearby tree. It had taken us a long time to get here because Kagome didn't know how to run that fast. She could, but she still couldn't control it.

I was seriously considering taking her under my paw and teaching her.

It was dusk already and when I looked to her, I saw that she had also put her pup down. He was now right beside my Rin.

Kagome put a finger to her lips, gesturing for me to keep quiet, probably so I wouldn't wake them, and walked away.

Needless to say, I forgot all about questioning Jaken when I saw the inviting shake of her hips.

She walked and I followed until we reached the river close by, but I still kept one alert ear towards the pups. OUR pups.

How did that thought get in there? But. . . even how weird it would be to have her as my mate, the thought that we should have our own pups just somehow. . . I dunno. . . it just seemed right.

Anyway, Kagome stopped when she reached the river and turned around to look at me. Her hair swayed slightly in the wind and her eyes sparkled.

She looked beautiful! Unearthly, but. . . sad.

"I'm sorry for not believing you," she whispered.

"Forget it. . ." I told her and took a step forward.

"I guess Inu never really loved me huh?" she asked.

"I'm afraid not," I said quietly while taking another step. "What will you do now?"

Kagome turned away from me.

She removed her shoes and socks before carefully sitting down on the ground and dipping her feet into the cool water. I thought that she wasn't going to answer me when she turned her head to face me.

She looked into my eyes and I felt like I was drowning in purple velvet. That was before I noticed that her eyes were wet with tears.

I growled softly and swore that I would do my darnedest to make her smile.

"I-I don't know what to do! I-All of m-my plans are g-gone. I just don't know what to do!" she sobbed and my previously ice-cold heart melted. I kneeled on the ground and scooped her up into my arms.

Yes, wet feet and all.

Yuck!

Did I mention that I hate, absolutely HATE, water? Yeah, I take a bath and such but I make sure to dry myself really well. ESPECIALLY my hair. I mean, come on. Nothing, but NOTHING, smells worse than a wet dog!

I picked her up and stood up. Walking to a tree, I was amused at how she snuggled closer to my chest. I sat down with her in my lap and she buried her face into the crook of my neck. She was so close that I could smell her hair!

'Kami-sama! This is torture. PURE TORTURE!' I thought. I would have lost my control if I had been anyone else.

Then, I smelled it.

The most deadly scent I had ever smelled. This wonderful female hanyou sitting in my lap, her face in my neck. . . was in heat.

But I was distracted by her hair and really didn't want to push her away now. Not now that she's suffered oh so much!

I decided to pray.

PLEASE Kami-sama! No more!

Normal.

Kagome buried her face in Shesshou's neck and inhaled deeply.

'He smells so good!' she thought.

Shesshoumaru was thinking along those lines too, but his thoughts went more like, 'Gee! Her hair smells terrific!'

Uh oh. He needed to find a way out, and fast before he was caught.

So, he did the only thing he could think of. . . he opened his big fat mouth.

"Uh, Kagome. Since you don't really have anything to do, you and your pup are welcome to stay at my castle," he said. Kagome pulled back instantly.

Kagome Higurashi. . . the great talker. . .the genius when it came to sweet

talk. . . could only come up with one word. . .

"Huh?" she said. Oh great!

If Fluffy knew how to smile he would have done so at that moment. She looked so totally clue-less!

"I said, you and your pup are welcome at my castle."

Kagome blinked. Shesshoumaru was offering to let her stay at his house.

Why?

Did Kami die or something?

Maybe hell froze over?

I-wow. You're actually asking me to live at your house? And Shippo can come too?!"

"That's what I said." And he did the scariest thing he could ever do. . . he smiled. Shesshoumaru actually SMILED!

Kagome's eyes widened and she looked like she was going to faint.

Needless to say, Kagome was freaked out. But she had a good reason to be! Anyone who saw Shesshoumaru's smile would freak out too. It was really scary!

Shesshou saw her expression and frowned.

What was she so scared of?

*but you have to admit, she looks beautiful like that* said the voice inside his head.

'Where did THAT come from?!' he thought.

*look at those lips! Don't you just want to kiss them? Run your tongue over them? Bit them?!*

'NO! I don't!'

*SUUURRE* >.>

Shesshou looked at Kagome's slightly parted pink lips. H brought hi forehead up against hers and looked into her violet eyes.

Slowly, carefully, he pressed his lips to hers, tasting them.

He closed his eyes and savoured the sensation. He felt himself hardening under her and his eyes snapped open. He pulled away from the kiss before he was tempted enough to take her. He didn't want to get trapped.

Well, it really didn't matter anyway.

He was already on the brink of his control.

He looked into Kagome's eyes and saw some surprise and laughter. She looked right back at him and he was taken in.

That was when Shesshoumaru knew. No matter what happens from now on, he would never EVER let her leave him. He couldn't bear it. He had decided. Kagome would be his mate, and that was that.

He was hooked. Hook, line and sinker. All of it.

But he knew that she wasn't ready to move on yet. It was too soon. They would just have to see on their journey to his castle.

Kagome seemed to have left all the thinking to him because she was snuggled into his chest. He gave her one last sweet kiss and stood up. He headed back to where their pups were sleeping.

Shesshoumaru put her gently down and cradled her against him on the ground. Slowly, Kagome fell asleep, her head on his shoulder and hi arm wrapped around her. Her fluffy tail served as a blanket to the two pups as Shessh fell asleep, still keeping watch.

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