InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Gone to the Dogs ❯ Chapter 6

A/N: There is a slight hint of lime in this so for those of you who are uncomfortable with such... you have been warned!

Chapter Six

Kagome knocked on the door and waited patiently for Sesshoumaru to answer as Rin bounced on the balls of her feet at her side.

It had been three months since the first introductions between Kagome, Rin and the pup who Rin had named Sora. And keeping to their word they had appeared every day to eat with Sesshoumaru and the pup.

Kagome had become more relaxed around Sora due to prolonged contact and repetitive meetings. They treated each other with detached wariness and it suited them both fine.

Rin, on the other hand, doted on the pup and in return the pup loved the child and could hardly bear to let her go when it was time for them to leave.

Sesshoumaru was pleased with the progress Kagome was making. She was still uncomfortable being in the same room as the puppy if it was free to move and not being held, but she could deal with being in the same room if Rin was carrying it. And whenever the pup fell asleep Sesshoumaru purposely put the pup on Kagome's lap and she dealt with it. Sort of.

She had asked Sesshoumaru about her other experiences with dogs; where they had jumped her for no apparent reason. He had calmly explained that they were merely reacting to her stress and probably not intending on harming her.

The door was yanked out of their way to reveal a harassed looking Sesshoumaru carrying a duffle bag.

“I'm sorry Kagome” he sighed “my father just called, apparently Totosai an old investor in the shelter and an old friend of the family has decided that he wants his countryside manor fixed up”

“Um… okay” she smiled slightly at his harassed expression.

“The river over flowed it's banks last week and the entire ground floor got flooded so he's asked me to clear the ground floor of everything.”

“What about the dogs?” Rin asked.

“My brother is looking after them, it was his excuse to stay here and not help” Sesshoumaru shrugged.

“Then we'll help you!” Rin enthused bouncing up and down excitedly.

“Huh?” Kagome asked raising an eyebrow at her hyperactive child.

“You said we should always help someone in need” Rin insisted.

Kids, the only beings on the planet that can turn your own words against you whilst still being innocent. Kagome sighed.

“Why not?” she shrugged “we'll help”

Rin grinned impishly at her side and Kagome had to wonder that maybe the kid had an agenda of her own.

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The house had probably once been a sight to behold; to be honest it was still a sight to behold if you observed it from a distance and held out a hand to cover the bottom floor.

It was a western styled manor, obviously modern in design with a small innocent looking river running parallel to it. The grounds were huge, if slightly water logged, and when one looked around in any direction there was nothing to see but trees, sky and more trees.

“Feels like the setting of a horror movie” Kagome noted

“Hn” Sesshoumaru once again fought the urge to roll his eyes at this woman.

Rin only had eyes for the water “Can I go swimming?”

Kagome laughed “You're the one who volunteered us to help, so you should probably start helping”

Rin pouted.

“Cute, but I'm still not buying it” Kagome was equipped with a mothers wisdom and Rin grinned as she realised she wasn't going to get away with it. She wasn't a naughty child, not at all, just not very grounded; she easily forgot promises of labour if something pretty offered itself up to her.

The day was exhausting. Admittedly Sesshoumaru did more work than Kagome did but she was sidetracked constantly by Rin. Whenever the child found something pretty she would take it, run to find her mother, wave it in Kagome's face and then twitter about it for half an hour before running off to find more trinkets.

Even if the two females were more of a hindrance than a help, they were, none the less, company. And that had been something he craved in his life, and yet he had always denied himself that comfort.

Inu's are very social creatures, preferring to surround themselves with pack and as such years of solitude had taken their toll on Sesshoumaru. He was lonely.

The dogs had been an alternative for company. They at least did not resent him, did not want him only for his power as a Taiyokai, they at least were loyal.

But, as he watched Kagome and Rin, the part of him that had been long denied the right of company made its presence known.

Many sparkly things later they declared enough was enough and that they had finished. It had already been decided that the three of them would spend the night in the vacant manner and as such Sesshoumaru was on cooking duty.

Rin, he could hear, was in the bath and he knew that Kagome had taken advantage of the multiple bathrooms and was in the shower.

He tried not to let that distract him. He really did.

But unfortunately his imagination was starved and wanting and soon he found himself drifting into a fantasy. He could imagine her in the shower, her ebony hair dark and soaked clinging to her skin and teasing the tips of her nipples, hardening them for him. He imagined making them harder and tighter. He imagined her losing her self-possession that wavy hair tangled as it fell across his chest and mixed with his own, the flat stomach bucking against him as those long slim legs wrapped around his waist…

Shaking his head he decided that perhaps remaining task orientated would be more conductive to the dinner. He was suddenly wryly glad that his trousers had a roomy cut.

He heard the water turn off and silent willed his erection away, however it was stubborn and he nearly panicked as she entered the kitchen.

“Sesshoumaru” she spoke carefully

“Nani?”

“Do you think...” she trailed off and sighed “just before my husband died I saw a black dog in the middle of the road opposite my house”

His eyes widened. This was bad... yet another reason she was going to hate him.

“Even more so than my phobia I guess I came to associate them with death, like the dog was an omen.” She ran a hand threw her hair “stupid right?”

“No” he smiled softly, still with his back to her, hoping the sombre conversation was going to kill his erection some time soon.

She chuckled softly and tried to cast around for a change of subject.

“Rin is refusing to come out of the bath” she grinned as she sat on the chair and blithely wondered why Sesshoumaru hadn't turned around to greet her even though they'd been conversing for some time. “not that you can blame her though, that bath is around the size of an Olympic swimming pool”

Sesshoumaru, thinking he had a hold of himself and any stray body parts, turned to face Kagome and then reconsidered his movement.

She was wearing an old dress shirt she had likely unearthed from one of the upstairs wardrobes. But that was it. She wasn't wearing anything else. So he was free to peruse the silky expanse of her long lean legs.

That was bad.

“Where'd you get the shirt?” he asked

“Wardrobe upstairs she shrugged “I thought there'd maybe be a nightdress or something but this is just as good”

Good. Maybe, but the fact that it was only just skirting her ass cheeks was bad for his blood pressure. The fact that she seemed completely oblivious wasn't doing him any favours either.

Kagome had been studying the painting across the room from her when suddenly she found herself sat on the kitchen table with a suddenly very aroused demon standing between her thighs.

Stunned she sat perfectly still as he began to inhale along the length of her neck like he had just been trapped underwater. The feeling of him breathing in made her squirm slightly and as his lips gently touched the hollow of her throat she decided to just enjoy this, whatever this was. His lips traced the path of her throat to her jaw line and up to her ear. His teeth drew the lobe into his mouth and his suckled and nibbled on it, forcing a moan from his captive.

His finger tips gently traced the curve of her bottom lip before his teeth caught the pouty appendage and suckled and nibbled it thoroughly. She moaned again, more breathlessly and somewhere in her increasingly foggy mind she was grateful he had sat her down, otherwise she probably would've fallen over by then.

He took advantage of her moan to plunder her mouth of its secrets and she was nearly overwhelmed in his passion. It had been so long since she had been kissed like that. She tilted her head back slightly as her tongue joined his in the most ancient dance.

This time the kiss was anything but chaste. His mouth on hers was insistent, crushing. A second later his arms caged her in, one hand moulding to the curve of her hip and the other going up to knot in her hair.

She was pressed up against his chest, her soft breasts against his hard pecs as he overwhelmed her. There was a wash of heat in her lower belly and she bit back the urge to whimper her need to this man who was dominating her.

Her nipples hardened unbearably, the feel of the shirt brushing over them not quite enough pressure for her as she squirmed. Her pussy tightened and she moaned as he pressed his jean covered cock against her moist heat.

“Momma!” a hyperactive voice cut into the room and before Kagome could even identify the voice as her daughter Sesshoumaru was over the other side of the room.

He stood at the sink, his arms locked as he gripped onto the counter and his head bowed as he glared into the sink.

Kagome almost fell off the table; she felt ridiculously abandoned and had to pull herself together to keep the sting of abandonment down.

She jumped off the table as Rin, naked as the day she was born, skidded into the kitchen and giggled.

“Rin?” Kagome was bemused and even Sesshoumaru turned round to grin slightly at the sudsy eight year old who obviously had no modesty.

“I couldn't find any towels” the child shrugged, unconcerned and Kagome laughed, Sesshoumaru joined in soon after.

A/N: I don't own Inuyasha. Thanks so much for your reviews, hope you enjoyed!