InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Dream No More of Me, My Love ❯ Part Two ( Chapter 2 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Part 2

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"I can see why you come here when you need peace... it is a beautiful spot."

Kagome's eyes widened as she was pulled from her little fantasy by a voice that sounded exactly like the one that she'd just been hearing in her daydream. She jerked her head up to look around, and when she laid her eyes on the male that had spoken, she paled...

It was him.

The one in her dreams - he looked and sounded exactly as he did those dreams.

This isn't possible!

She almost flung herself back against the tree behind her. "W-who are y-you?" she stuttered in a high, panicky voice. "How did you get here? The shrine is closed, no one's supposed to be here!"

Mattaki wanted to smile at her reaction - she looked like she was about to have a nervous breakdown. "I am well aware of that, Kagome - that is why I chose to come today. So that we would not be interrupted."

Her eyes widened almost comically. "How do you know my name?!" she squeaked out, as her hands clutched the tree behind her.

He chuckled at that. "You told me yourself, remember? The first time we met... right here beneath the Goshinboku. You were remembering Inuyasha."

She froze, staring at him for several long moments, and then her shoulders slumped dejectedly. "Ne. I've gone crazy and now I'm seeing things," she said resignedly. Looking down at her hands, she sighed. "What a fate. I survive all those years of Naraku and the Sengoku Jidai, only to come home and lose my mind dreaming about Inuyasha's father."

At that, he threw back his head and laughed. It took a few, but once he got himself under control, which was admittedly difficult with her reproachful face staring at him, he shook his head.

"You haven't gone crazy, little miko, I promise you that. I am Mattaki, Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha's father - and your wish brought me back to life the same as it brought Kikyou back."

She blinked. What?

"Uhhh... so, I'm not imagining you standing there?"

"No, I'm afraid not," he chuckled.

Kagome considered him for a moment, head tilted suspiciously. Something occurred to her, then, as she met his eyes. Frowning, she said, "Hey... wait a minute. What do you mean I told you my name when we met here - that was a dream... wasn't it?"

At that, Mattaki sighed, and moved to sit on the small bench placed beneath the sacred tree. "Yes, and no. It was a dream world - but we were both there, and neither of us were dreams ourselves. Everything that happened there, really happened."

She paled, then flushed as she took in what he was saying. "Everything?" she squeaked.

He flashed her a rather wicked grin. "Everything, little miko."

She slid down the trunk and landed on her butt. "Oh, boy," she whispered. I think I'm in trouble. "Uhm... why?"

He knew immediately what she was asking, and his smile softened. "Because I am an impatient Inu... and I didn't want to wait for five hundred years to begin courting you. So I found a way to do so in our dreams."

Kagome almost felt feverish with the confusion of what had happened in the last few minutes, but she couldn't help her eyes being drawn to the ethereally beautiful male sitting just a few feet from her.

He was obviously relaxed, one knee higher than the other with an arm draped casually over it as the breeze played with strands of his silver hair.

She took him in from head to toe - glowing silver strands caught in a top-knot, the old-fashioned hairstyle suited him to a 'T', there was no denying that. Chunky bangs framed golden eyes that put true gold to shame, and deep blue jagged cheek stripes caressed high cheekbones. An elegant, aristocratic nose set above full but masculine lips, and a forceful, almost pointed chin completed the face of her dream male.

His clothing was obviously expensive, portraying understated elegance - it suited him well, and was a very tasteful frame for a body that a model would kill for.

Tall, just as in her dreams, powerful but not bulky, he looked as though her were in his late twenties... he was every woman's ideal male, and Kagome couldn't help the stirrings of arousal as she took him in.

Mattaki sniffed discreetly, and was most pleased with the scent that began to lightly tinge the air around them - arousal. She was most definitely attracted to him.

Wait...

"Courting?" she asked, flabbergasted.

He nodded. "Hai. That is what I said."

She shook her head, almost as if to clear it, and blinked. "Maybe we should go in the house and talk. I'm beginning to have a lot of questions."

He stood immediately and offered her a hand, pulling her up as soon as the dainty appendage was encased in his own. He squeezed it lightly before reluctantly letting it go.

"I will answer every single one to the best of my ability, Kagome," he promised.

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Kagome sat back, and stared ahead of herself, considering everything Mattaki had just told her. It was a lot to take in... and yet, conversely, it wasn't. She'd already had an inkling of his feelings, and her own, from her so-called dreams.

It was just that that's all they had been, to her. Dreams. So it was a bit difficult to jump from there, into the fact that they were reality - and an impatient Inu's way of courting her.

Not that she was going to complain, either. With a sideways glance at the handsome male to her left, she smiled a little.

He wanted her. He had wanted her for five hundred years. That was something that told her he wasn't going to get tired of her and wander off with some other woman - if he'd held her in his heart for five centuries, it wasn't likely that she was going to be leaving it anytime soon.

Talk about faithfulness... her smile widened a little more as she thought about it.

Was this whole thing really an issue? She knew what this being had made her feel, even if it had been in a dream world, and it certainly hadn't changed for the fact that he was actually sitting with her, as real as she herself was.

She wanted him, and everything he was offering - and after everything she'd been through, she was not willing to pass this chance by.

It was time to take something for herself...

"So... if I accept you, what happens?" she asked quietly.

He turned to look at her, then, watching silently as a slight flush tinted her cheeks. After a moment, he said, "I want it all, Kagome, I will settle for nothing less. And by all, I mean you, as my mate - as my other half, for eternity. I will never take another... and neither will you." He held her gaze, a serious expression in his eyes. "I have already waited five hundred years for you - and I will wait as long as I must."

Kagome completely melted at his declaration. She'd longed for someone to love her just this way for so long - she certainly wasn't willing to settle for anything less - but she also was a fair being. After all, she could have taken Hojo - he had wanted her the same way for years himself - but she couldn't return his feelings.

Mattaki was different - she could return his. She had already started to do so, and she knew that her feelings weren't going to go away, so she saw no point in dragging things along, and waiting.

She was ready now.

With a soft, glowing look at the inhumanly gorgeous male still holding her gaze, she nodded in acquiescence, and spoke, sealing both their fates.

"I understand what you want... and I want it to. I'd be lying if I said I didn't."

He searched her eyes for several long moments, and then a truly happy smile spread across his face, and lit his eyes. "You know this means that I will take you home with me and bind us this night, do you not?"

She blushed, and looked down, but nodded, a small smile dimpling her cheeks. "Hai... I know." Then her breath hitched, and she swallowed heavily, suddenly nervous. "Just... be gentle? I am still a virgin, you know," she whispered, a bit embarrassed to be saying such things aloud.

He chuckled as he stood and pulled her into his arms, almost more excited than he could stand to finally, truly be touching her. "I am well aware of that, my miko - your innocent scent is very arousing."

He lowered his head and nuzzled into her neck, inhaling deeply, then said, huskily, "However... I will very much enjoy taking that innocent scent, and changing it - twining it with my own. Your sweetness, combined with my own innate scent will be absolutely divine, of that I have no doubt."

Oh... that's... he's talking about... her thoughts trailed off into random impressions when he finally lowered his head and took her lips as his own.

Mmmmm... her mind and body hummed delightedly at the feel of the male holding her so tightly in his arms - he fit to her like they were two parts of the same creation, and that fact only confirmed for her that this was where she was supposed to be.

It only lasted a few seconds before he raised his head, smiling contentedly down at her. "Come, koi, perhaps we should sit down and keep a respectable distance between us for the moment - I hear someone approaching the house."

Kagome's eyes widened, and she flushed, embarrassed. "Oh, kami! My family... I forgot that my grandpa is just out in the shrine... and that's probably mom coming back from her shopping." She turned and sat down on the couch, smoothing her miko outfit nervously as she watched him sit next to her.

He cocked a brow at her and grinned. "I must say, seeing you in traditional miko clothing is comforting - while I would enjoy you in today's clothing, I think I would probably be jealous of all the other males seeing you that way. At least this way, you are covered."

She rolled her eyes, but her nerves grabbed her again as she heard her mother step into the house.

"How do I explain this to her?" she whispered, suddenly unsure.

He shook his head, amused. "You don't. You let me do it - and you stop worrying. You are of age to take a mate without permission, so there is nothing stopping us, though I doubt your mother will try. She wants you to be happy."

Yes... that's true. Mama would never deny me anything that my heart really wanted...

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A/N: Special recognition and thanks to Moonprincess1989 for the first review on this story!