InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Forbidden Desire ❯ Under the Goshenboku ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3 - Under the Goshenboku

 

He smothered her lips with his, a carnal growl rumbling from his throat. She arched her back in pleasure, taking her lips away to moan. Her hands held onto his back, her nails raking up and down his sides.

 

Her head fell to side and she looked towards the far wall. There in a dimly lit corner, sat Inuyasha, staring blankly into the wood. She looked at him in confusion, and then turned to see who it was on top of her.

 

Her eyes widened in horror, “Sess- Sesshoumaru?!”

 

The man looked at her and grinned in return. He grabbed the back of her neck and sunk his teeth into the flesh of her collarbone, fire flooded through her body.

 

Kagome sat up in bed in a cold sweat. She was breathing heavily, a hand on her shoulder where she had felt the pain. She cleared her mind, and then looked down besides her to see Inuyasha sleeping peacefully.

 

“That dream again…” she whispered to herself. She had been having similar dreams all week. If she had stayed asleep any longer, she probably would have gotten to see Sesshoumaru slaughter Inuyasha once again…

 

She got up as quietly as possible, wrapped herself in her kimono, and walked into the night. She didn't know where she was going, she just had to get out, make sure she didn't return to the same dream when she went back to sleep.

 

Kagome found herself walking towards the Goshenboku, for some reason, she found comfort in the tree. Perhaps because it resembled something familiar, something from home. She always felt close to her family, to her roots, you could say.

 

She was so lost in thought, that she didn't hear the rustling behind her, or the heavy panting. By the time she sensed it, it was too late.

 

A loud screech sounded behind her, she spun around to face the creature, but it was already on top of her. A large boar demon loomed over her, its fangs bared. She tried to scream for help, scream for Inuyasha. But she couldn't make a sound.

 

`I'm dead.'

 

She closed her eyes and prayed. Suddenly, the weight was lifted off of her and she heard a horrible, horrible noise. The painful cry of agony. She jumped to her feet and frantically looked around for what had caused the noise.

 

She found the youkai on the ground, motionless, and covered in its own blood. But what horrified her the most, was the man standing over the animal.

Kagome backed away slowly, shaking her head `no'. “W-why are you here?” she asked him.

 

Sesshoumaru retracted his poison whip, still glaring at the dead youkai. “I just saved your life, you should spare me your foolish questions girl.”

 

Kagome was frozen in fear as soon as he turned his solid piercing gaze upon her. She wanted to run, but at the same time, she wanted to stay right where she was. While he intimidated her, that same feeling attracted her to him.

 

The look he gave her, challenged her in every way. But above all, it challenged her to stay. So she did. She stopped her bodies shaking, and calmed herself.

 

The miko stood her ground, and matched this powerful demons gaze. Sesshoumaru laughed on the inside at her stance, this was something that he always liked in her. He had watched her stand up to the hanyou Naraku, and she never showed her fear. Though he could smell the sweet scent of terror all over her, she refused to let her enemy know it.

 

He advanced towards her, and saw her flinch, trying to resist the urge to back away. Soon enough, he was standing almost against her. He towered over her a good fourteen inches; she was now staring at his chest. She was rendered as a mute again; she felt the ball in her throat tighten.

 

Sesshoumaru ran a clawed hand through her hair, and watched as her eyes got wider, and her body stiffened. “Why do you fear me so, woman,” he asked her in a quiet but firm voice, no emotion to detect.

 

Her eyes darted up to his, and then back to his chest. She couldn't stand to look at those eyes. They resembled Inuyasha's, but Sesshoumaru's were different, they made her body limp.

 

He grabbed her chin and made her look back up at him, holding her gaze for a moment, before coming in closer, to the point that she could feel his breath.

 

`No, no, no this isn't happening,' Kagome thought to herself hysterically. She watched him close his eyes, then brush his lips against hers, before claiming them with a powerful kiss.

 

Her eyes widened at the action, her body completely rigid. `I do not fear for my life…I fear that this is…' she returned the kiss, and closed her eyes.

 

`…Exactly what I want.'

 

Something inside of the Demon Lord burned hot; he pushed her up against a tree and made love to her mouth. Kagome returned with just as much fire, and freed her rigid arms to hold onto his biceps.

Instinctively she brought her knee up between his legs slowly and heard him growl in approval. Just then he pulled away, holding her at arms distance. She opened her eyes in confusion, and looked up to him questioningly.

 

She could still see the fire and hunger in his eyes, his lips tightened in a thin line as he tried to regain his posture.

 

Kagome didn't dare say a word; she still wasn't sure what had just happened. She knew better, she had to choose her words carefully with him, or not speak at all.

 

He stepped back away from her and turned to leave. Kagome let a quiet whimper escape from her mouth, and he stopped, but did not turn to look at her.

 

“I will not take you, as long as you are bound to my brother.” He knew that she was undoubtedly thinking of their last encounter, as was he, and how he wanted to repeat it right now.

 

“But last time…” Kagome forced out.

 

“Last time, you did not have that horrid scar on your shoulder.”

 

Kagome was taken aback, as her hand returned to her shoulder. She gripped the mark there…Inuyasha's mark, his claim on her. It could not be broken unless he willed it too.

 

When she came out of her daze and raised her head, he was gone. She slumped against the tree, and slid to the ground.

 

She brought her knees to her chest, and hid her head in her arms. She felt so ashamed that she wanted nothing more than to leave with the brother of her mate. But it pained her even more to know that, as long as Inuyasha loved her, she would be forever held in his cage.

 

The tears fell once again, her throat burning as she tried to hold back the sobs. She begged for sleep, for anything that would rid her of these thoughts if only for a moment. Sleep did come eventually, she spent the remainder of the night sleeping against the tree that started it all, and would ultimately end it all.

 

Suteki: I know its really short, sorry but I do have more coming. Thanks again for the reviews on chapter 2 =)

 

For those that don't know, Goshenboku = The God Tree, the one Inuyasha was pinned to by Kikyou.

 

Chapter 4 coming soon!