InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Double Vision ❯ Chapter 16 ( Chapter 15 )

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After a long time, Kohaku gathered his resources, wiped his eyes, and entered the cave. Morning would come in a few hours. He quietly added a few chunks of wood to the fire. He didn’t want to look, but he had to. Sesshomaru was sprawled limply on his back on the fur cape, sound asleep, snoring lightly. Totally disheveled and obviously nude, Kagome lay on top of him, twisted in his hair and moko-moko. Moko-moko gave Kohaku the creeps. The way his master used moko-moko in battle reminded him too much of Naraku, with his hideous tentacles. It looked like a tail, which he could deal with, but he knew it wasn’t a tail. He had seen Sesshomaru bathing without it, and had seen Rin bundled in it on numerous occasions. Sesshomaru and Rin both stroked the thing like a pet. He didn’t like seeing it twined around his Kagome like some kind of intelligent, fluffy snake.

Sesshomaru detected Kohaku’s presence in the cave. He was not oblivious to the boy’s feelings for Kagome, but to him, the situation was not untenable or novel. As long as Kohaku continued to serve him, he would allow him to stay close to his mate. The boy’s devotion to Kagome could prove invaluable, and he would not dare to betray his master, who outranked and outclassed him in every way. He felt no shame about the intimate dishabille of him and his mate. Were he willing to live in a palace, as his father had and his mother still did, he and his mate would be bathed and dressed by numerous attendants. It was the norm in this era for even fairly prosperous families, human and demon alike, to live and sleep in one common room. It was expected that servants and children would witness the most intimate of acts, though Sesshomaru vowed to himself that when he serviced Kagome, it would be in private.

Sesshomaru relished the feeling of his mate draped on top of him. Humans, why love them? Why indeed. His father’s fetish for human women never made sense to him until he encountered Kagome, and then Rin. Now he knew firsthand. They were so soft and warm and giving, in a way a female demon could never be. Sesshomaru had never felt any physical attraction to a female demon, and only compassion for the wind witch, Kagura. The human girls made him feel very protective and possessive. But they also felt like prey. Therein lay the yin and the yang that made them so delicious. He had sent Rin away from him when she became a woman, fearing he would damage her as his brother had damaged Kagome, for his beast had fixated on Kagome from that first time he fought her, in his father’s tomb. Rin might share Kagome’s soul as Kagome shared Kikyo’s, but it was clearly unjust to treat them as though they were interchangeable, as his brother did. His brother was greedy and undisciplined to the extreme, but even he, who distained Inuyasha so much, had never considered the possibility that he would attempt to take Rin, too.

Kagome had somehow regained her strength during their activities. He did not know how or why, and it was not prudent to assume that the improvement in her condition was permanent. Her breathing was even, and less shallow than it had been. Surely a good sign. He would let her rest, and see how strong she was upon waking. He spent several hours in this manner, staring into the embers of the fire. He was young, for a Lord, yet had lived for many centuries, and possessed a deep patience and capacity for quiet contemplation. He could stare into the sky for an entire night, soaking in the beauty of the moment, thinking about little or nothing at all.

He came back to himself when he felt Kagome stir. He opened his eyes, and gazed upon his little mate as she woke up from their first night together.

Kagome thought she was laying in her bed back home at first, her surroundings felt so soft, yet firm, and fluffy and warm. She yawned, and stretched, preparing to jump up and get ready for school. Wait, hadn’t she graduated? Wasn’t she supposed to be in the feudal era? Was it all a dream? When her blue eyes opened, they were looking into slanted golden ones. Sesshomaru. He began to run his fingers though her hair, grooming and caressing her. Not knowing how to act, she smiled gently and pushed herself up on her palms, testing her limits. Sesshomaru arose and helped her to her feet, draping her in his top. She walked shakily toward the mouth of the cave. The ground was rocky and harsh against her bare feet. It was cold outside! Either winter was coming fast this year or she had been sick longer than she thought.

When she returned, she found Kohaku preparing breakfast. It appeared to be a feast of the first order, and she ate appreciatively. She loved rice and sweet things so!

Kohaku smirked. Kagome ate like a trooper. She slowed down, and stopped sooner than he had expected. He was shocked when she leaped to her feet and ran for the outdoors again. What was wrong with the girl? He looked at Sesshomaru, who looked back at him blankly. Kohaku jumped up and ran after Kagome. She was behind some bushes, puking her guts out.