InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Gone With the Wind. ❯ What just happened? ( Chapter 14 )

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

Gone With the Wind
Chapter 14
 
In the middle of an uninhabited clearing, as the sun gently crested against the horizon, a young reincarnation opened her eyes five hundred years too soon.
 
A soft, sleepy smile lazily graced Keiko's features as she noted her cheek was once again pressed against a certain demon lord's thigh. She couldn't be certain, considering she was facing away from the great taiyoukai, but it felt like her hair was haphazardly splayed across his lap. `It was a dream…wasn't it?' She questioned internally as she recalled gentle fingers lightly pulling themselves the length of her hair as she slept.
 
Keiko's sleepy eyes narrowed as she confirmed her suspicions by tilting her head up ever-so-slightly. `Funny,' she remarked groggily, `I thought for sure I tied it back.'
 
“Were you...” Keiko began to question; her thoughts ceasing abruptly as her eyes locked on an odd bundle of fabric neatly folded directly in front of her. Her fingers faltered slightly as her mind wrestled with reality.
 
`Am I still dreaming?' Keiko wondered as her anxious digits finally came into contact with the smooth looking fabric. Becoming emboldened by her own curiosity, and the realization of her waking state, she lifted what she now understood to be a kimono as she rose to her knees to inspect it. The kimono in question seemed to be made of `silk?' she noted with a sigh as she couldn't find the tag to confirm her suspicions. The elegant garment was trimmed with bright yellow flowers that were splattered haphazardly along the collar and edges.
 
Keiko's overall impression of the garment was that it was tremendously girly, desperately bright, and most definitely… not her style.
 
Without really thinking about it Keiko pulled the strange outfit to her nose as she gave it a tentative sniff; the way she would a questionable floor sweater back home.
 
`It's clean,' She noted as she pulled the item away from her nose, `and my size.' She added while eyeballing the fabric in her grasp. Was she supposed to wear this now? Had one of her traveling companions procured this for her?
 
Keiko's eyes quickly scanned the area as she suddenly noted the lack of bodies; specifically a mouthy toad and a young human girl.
 
“Where's your …posse?” She casually questioned as she turned to give the taiyoukai a dim look.
 
Sesshoumaru's eyebrow rose.
 
“Where are Rin and …the toad?” Keiko amended as she made a point of forgetting Jaken's name. She was still mad at him after all.
 
“I sent them on an errand.” The taiyoukai answered blandly as he seemed to focus on the material in the young woman's hands.
 
`Wow,' Keiko quipped internally, `A noun, verb, and an adjective. Is it my birthday?'
 
“What's this?” She asked while quirking a brow at her companion's expression before raising the garment to eye-level.
 
Sesshoumaru seemed momentarily perplexed by her question. “A kimono.” He explained simply, earning himself an eye-roll from the woman beside him.
 
“No shit.” Keiko responded with a snort. “Whose?”
 
“Yours.” He answered flatly.
 
Keiko's eyes widened as she stared at the material reluctantly. While she didn't want to seem ungrateful she simply couldn't help the question that tumbled easily from her lips. “Yellow?” She questioned in disbelief.
 
“I did not select it.” The taiyoukai explained blandly as he stared off into the forest with a bored expression.
 
“Oh.” She blinked, “Who did?”
 
“Jaken.” He offered quickly as his eyes fell on her again.
 
“So this is from ….Jaken?” Keiko questioned in disbelief. Was Jaken getting her presents now? Was this like that boy in kindergarten all over again? Did he only act like a jerk around her…because he ….secretly…
 
Keiko shivered as she decided not to finish that line of thinking.
 
Sesshoumaru nodded once in the young woman's direction as he fought against the urge to clarify he had ordered the toad to procure a new kimono after she had fallen asleep. Did it really matter who the garment was from? `I am not vying for her affections.' The taiyoukai reaffirmed in a scolding tone.
 
“Awfully girly…isn't it?” Keiko commented offhandedly, not really expecting an answer, as she held the garment up to her body. `It's just so yellow!' Her inner voice grumbled. `I'm going to look like a duck.' She huffed
 
The demon lord didn't answer.
 
“I guess I'll go put it on.” Keiko stated begrudgingly as she rose to her feet and warily eyed the fabric. If she was finally going to change into clean clothes, Keiko noted, she might as well take a bath while she was at it.
 
`Clean clothes and a bath.' The woman's inner mind squealed as she began to head off in the direction of the hot spring. It was lucky, she mused, that they just happened to set up camp so close to a spring when she finally had clean clothing to change into. If she had to rewash her futuristic garments one more time they would probably disintegrate, and with the little voice in the back of her mind constantly taunting `he licked you, he licked you, he licked you,' every few minutes, she was in no hurry to be naked in front of great taiyoukai.
 
`I'm probably making too much out of this.' Keiko noted despairingly as she stomped off in the direction of the hot spring. There were a million different reasons the taiyoukai could have licked her when in his true form. Hell, maybe it was just his way of suggesting she needed a bath! Maybe she tasted of bones? It's not like she understood that much about demon's anyways.
 
`I can't believe his ass isn't real.' Keiko huffed for what felt like the millionth time; sounding like a disillusioned child after finding out there was no Santa Claus.
 
Keiko's step suddenly faltered as she randomly turned to look over her shoulder only to find the demon in question directly behind her. Damn his sneaky feet. “Um….do you need something?” She questioned with a blush as she reprimanded herself for lamenting the loss of the great dog demon's ass yet again.
 
`What the hell is wrong with me?' Keiko questioned internally. Why was she blushing? She never blushed, at least, not over a man. She was acting like a silly school girl, and she hadn't even acted this way when she was a silly school girl.
 
“No.” Sesshoumaru stated simply as his glass like eyes and motionless body betrayed nothing.
 
“Okay…” Keiko muttered after a few awkward moments of silence. She didn't know why… but she got the impression he expected her to continue on…and so….she did.
 
Offering up a little shrug Keiko turned from the tall, pale figure and continued on, only to stop a few feet from the clearing of the hot spring when she spied the demon lord behind her again.
 
“Uh…I'm going to take a bath.” Keiko pointed out in confusion as she turned to fully face the Sesshoumaru again. Why was he following her? He obviously wasn't putting forth any effort to hide, so what did he want?
 
Sesshoumaru nodded once.
 
“In the hot springs.” Keiko added unnecessarily as she actually pointed at the pool of bubbling water that was now barely visible through the tree line.
 
The taiyoukai nodded again, his cold mask effectively hiding the confusion he felt, as he pondered the strange female's obvious hesitation. It was blatantly obvious where she was headed, so why was she suddenly stating the obvious? For that matter, why was she looking at him like he was the one acting strangely?
 
Keiko opened her mouth to say something and then quickly shut it again as her gaze alternated between the demon lord and the warm water. The whole situation was so strange it just seemed surreal. Confusion momentarily creased the young woman's brow as she turned to address the taiyoukai again.
 
“You aren't planning on…” She began; her words slowly slipping into silence as she reconsidered the absurdity of her statement. Why would he want to watch her bathe?
 
`He wants to lick you again.' Keiko's unhelpful mind teased, causing her to huff at herself. Did he want to bathe together? Why would he want to bathe together?
 
`He wouldn't.' She argued thoughtfully, willing her mind to steer clear of such scenarios. Maybe he expected to bathe once she was done? Yes, that seemed to make sense.
 
“Are you going to take a bath?” Keiko questioned; feeling silly for even thinking the taiyoukai had ulterior motives, `because you can go first …if you…”
 
“No.” The taiyoukai cut her off.
 
“Oh….” She faltered as she fought against the urge to blush again. “Why are you following me?” She finally questioned.
 
“Protection.” Sesshoumaru explained simply as he passed the gawking woman to inspect the hot spring clearing for intruders.
 
A multitude of emotions washed over Keiko's face as her brain slowly processed this information.
 
Understanding, as a logical reason for the taiyoukai to follow was finally presented, gave way to horror, as she realized what protection typically entailed.
 
WHAT?” She finally questioned as she closed her mouth and ran after him. It was bad enough Jaken provided protection while she bathed, but there was no way she was going to take her clothes off in front of Sesshoumaru!
 
“I don't need protection!” Keiko laughed nervously as she waved a dismissive hand in the towering youkai's direction. “I bathe alone all the time.” She added randomly.
 
“This is not your time …human.” Sesshoumaru pointed out angrily as he completed his survey of the area and locked his eyes with hers. He recalled her little speech on the benefits of indoor plumbing, but he was still less then impressed.
 
“But…” She attempted to argue.
 
“Bathe quickly.” The taiyoukai ordered as he cut her off again and fixed her with a stern look. It was foolish, he concluded, to leave a fragile human female to fend for herself over something as intangible as modesty. He hoped humans of the future would have shed the unnecessary virtue over the years. Apparently his hope had been misplaced.
 
“I changed my mind.” Keiko stated apologetically; earning a glare from the great taiyoukai.
 
Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed as he took note of the woman's conflicting behavior. In the short time he had known her he had discerned she was a fastidious creature. Not once in all their time together did she refrain from bathing. Why was she declining now when it was so inconsistent with her very nature?
 
“Bathe.” He ordered tersely as he narrowed his eyes again.
 
“Don't need to.” Keiko argued casually as she attempted to throw her new-found Kimono on over her eroded attire.
 
“Woman…” The taiyoukai growled in warning as he clutched the fabric at her shoulder to stop the kimono from closing. “Why do you seek to anger this Sesshoumaru?” He questioned through clenched teeth as he took a step forward. Honestly, was this really necessary? He knew she had disrobed in front of Jaken numerous times, he had even heard her jest about such things.
 
“I'm….not,” Keiko blushed hotly as she folded her arms awkwardly against the fabric of the half open kimono and looked away, “I just changed my mind.” She lied.
 
Sesshoumaru's nostrils flared as he easily detected the scent of her deception. He leaned down to relay as much when a familiar heady aroma suddenly caught his attention. The taiyoukai fought the urge to growl, this time for a completely different reason, as he lowered his face into the crook of the young woman's exposed neck. He hovered there, his lips mere inches from the delicate shell of her ear, as he closed his eyes and lost himself in her intoxicating presence.
 
“Bathe.” He ordered softly, using far less force then he originally intended.
 
Keiko's neck strained as she continued to stare off into the distance. Why was she so nervous?
 
Keiko willed her head to turn and face the great taiyoukai but it refused to move. `It's not like he's flirting.' She silently argued as she remained completely oblivious to the inner workings of her companion's mind. `He's going to think you're weird if you just say something.' Her inner mind pointed out as she noted the taiyoukai had pulled back to stare at her.
 
An odd feeling washed over Sesshoumaru as he watched a strange mix of emotions torment the young woman's strained features. How long would she avoid his gaze? What would happen if she met it? A clawed finger rose to hook the young woman's chin as he sought an answer to the second question.
 
Keiko flinched as she felt a single finger hook under her chin causing her to pull back reflexively. She stared at the taiyoukai in confusion as he lowered his hand and stared at her thoughtfully. “I didn't….w…huh?” She fumbled.
 
Sesshoumaru cut through her rambling with a somewhat apologetic nod as he turned from her to take a few lumbering steps in the opposite direction. His back was still facing her as the taiyoukai sunk into a sitting position with his head tilted at a proud angle.
 
“Bathe.” He ordered evenly over his shoulder without any further explanation.
 
“O-okay.” Keiko agreed softly as she decided the small measure of privacy his back allowed was enough. After that little interaction, she noted sarcastically, she desperately wanted a bath.
 
`It's a shame Jaken did get me underwear too.' She huffed, and then winced as she realized what it usually meant to receive such an intimate gift.
 
“Oh for Kami sake.” Keiko groaned as she removed her last bit of clothing, her underwear, only to discover a somewhat noticeable splotch of blood. “Just perfect.” She grumbled.
 
“Is there a problem?” Sesshoumaru questioned flatly without turning.
 
Keiko `eeped' loudly as she realized the demon lord was still within ease dropping distance. “No.” She answered back quickly as she expediently divested herself of her panties and jumped into the warm, welcoming water. “Everything's fine.” She reassured.
 
“Hn.” The taiyoukai mumbled inarticulately as he narrowed his eyes. He knew she was lying of course, but the woman lied so damn much it probably wasn't worth investigating…
 
 
 
 
Approximately thirty minutes later the taiyoukai would realize the folly of his earlier inattention.
 
 
 
 
Woman.” Sesshoumaru snarled toward the trees, for the second time, as he remained in his backward position next to the bubbling hot springs. She'd had more then enough time to bathe, the demon lord fumed, and he was under the distinct impression she was…stalling for some reason?
 
“I'm not ready yet.” Keiko whimpered as she flailed her arms to noisily churn up the water. She nibbled her lip nervously as she frantically sought some sort of answer to her predicament. She knew, when she spotted the tell-tell signs of blood in her undergarments, that she was going to have to improvise….something….if she didn't want to walk around with embarrassing blood stains all over her clothing. Scavenging for supplies in the forest had been the original plan, but with the demon lord only a few feet away, she would have to put her clothes on first, which of course was the problem in the first place.
 
Sesshoumaru, finally reaching the end of his patience, rose to his feet and turned on the young woman's position as he decided her window of modesty had long since expired.
 
“Ah!” Keiko squealed as she sank into the water to her shoulders. “I'm not ready!” She reiterated.
 
“Did I not instruct you bathe quickly?” The taiyoukai questioned rhetorically as he stepped toward the disobedient woman; halting a few inches from water pool's edge.
 
“But…” Keiko attempted to reason, “I'm still dirty.” She explained as her irises locked on the now dry fabric of her blood stained panties. She hadn't been able to get all of the blood out, not that she expected to, and now, to her utter mortification, they were practically on display for the entire world to see. Fortunately the taiyoukai didn't seem to notice, but that was no reason not to panic.
 
“Five more minutes!” Keiko pleaded pathetically.
 
No.” Sesshoumaru snarled as he glared at the woman with disdain. She had all ready pushed him beyond the scope of his patience. Was she purposefully aggravating him? Did she think it amusing to stoke the fire of his anger? If she didn't comply soon, he noted darkly, he would just have to educate her on the dangers of evoking his wrath.
 
Perhaps he would pull her kicking and screaming from the water before depositing her to the ground roughly…
 
`Yes,' Sesshoumaru's infuriated mind cooed as the image took on an almost violently seductive air. He could practically feel the heat radiating off her damp skin. He could practically hear her screaming, at first to stop, and then…..only his name.
 
Sesshoumaru grunted as he suppressed the urge to groan. Daydreaming, he noted, was a dangerous pastime.
 
Keiko's eyes flicked from the rock her clothes were drying on, to the demon lord standing a few inches from the hot spring, and back. Why was he just standing there? He almost seemed …distracted.
 
Sesshoumaru's gaze hardened as he caught the partially submerged woman's odd eye movement. She was nervous about something. Anxious ….about …
 
Sesshoumaru eyes fell to the rock on his right and he immediately discerned the cause for the young woman's apprehension. Without a second thought he extended his arm to grip the small piece of fabric as he pulled it up to his face to give it a tentative sniff.
 
A loud splash from the center of the heated pool of water suddenly caught the demon lord's attention as Keiko completely submerged herself under the water.
 
`She is…embarrassed?' Sesshoumaru scoffed to himself as he eyed the small pool with a sense of amusement. His nose easily confirmed his suspicions as to the source of the blood as it communicated the faint, somewhat washed out, odor of menstruation. `What could have happened to human females in five hundred years to make them so squeamish regarding the natural cycles of their body?' He found himself wondering.
 
A slight smirk curled against the great taiyoukai's lip as a full minute elapsed and the young woman from the future still did not resurface. Was she so mortified by her own body's functions that she was now committing Seppuku? Every creature was affected by the moon in some way, did she think herself immune?
 
Sesshoumaru's smirk grew into a lopsided grin as he toyed with the idea of waiting for her to drown and then simply reviving her with tensaiga. He would have to fight hard to keep from chuckling, he theorized, and her indignant sputtering would only add to the hilarity of the moment. Still, he supposed while removing his bulky metal armor, it would be a waste of power. There was really no reason to use tensaiga if he could, just as easily, stop her from killing herself in the first place.
 
The corner of Sesshoumaru's lip twitched again as he slowly waded through the water, fully clothed, in the young woman's direction. She was not going to be pleased.
 
“Put……me ……down!” Keiko gasped as she was suddenly pulled from the water and pressed against the taiyoukai's firm chest.
 
“Has this Sesshoumaru not previously warned you regarding disobedience?” He questioned flatly as he attempted to conceal the unbridled enjoyment he received from her squeals of protest.
 
“I wasn't,” Keiko struggled, “I was going to get out.” She grunted as she pushed against his chest.
 
“Today?” He quipped sarcastically as he lumbered back to shore with the struggling naked woman pressed against him.
 
“Maybe.” Keiko mumbled as she whimpered into his chest. She knew any amount of struggling was futile and suddenly felt silly for even trying.
 
“Can you just set me down so I can get dressed?” She questioned a little louder.
 
“You are in heat.” Sesshoumaru pointed out helpfully.
 
Keiko whimpered in embarrassment. While she had never heard of anyone referring to the human menstrual cycle as `going into heat' she could recall a few times a neighbor's dog had, which made it embarrassingly clear what the demon lord was referring to.
 
“I know….I'm sorry,” She apologized, “I was hoping to …find something…I could use…so you wouldn't know…” She explained.
 
Sesshoumaru scoffed. “This Sesshoumaru would have known.”
 
“How?” She questioned while staring up at him in disbelief.
 
His nostrils flared minutely and she grimaced.
 
“Oh Kami,” Keiko groaned, “You can smell that?” She hid her face in her hands and buried them both against his chest as she felt her face metaphorically burst into flames.
 
“You find such things embarrassing?” Sesshoumaru questioned thoughtfully as he sank to his knees and lowered her onto her back.
 
“I find such things disgusting.” Keiko explained as her hands continued to cover her face.
 
“You are human…” He pointed out in a distracted tone. His eyes drifting over the young woman's body as the scent of her blood ignited a fire within him.
 
“It's not like I asked to be.” She huffed as she noted she was laying flat on her back but refused to even chance a peek until the burning sensation in her face lessoned. After all, the damage was done, how could things possibly get more embrassing?
 
“Hn.” The taiyoukai responded noncommittally as he closed his eyes and lost himself in the scent of Keiko's wet skin and heated blood. How could a creature smell so …tempting and remain innocent? It was practically impossible.
 
“S-Sesshoumaru?” Keiko faltered as she noted the silence that lingered between them. The awkward quiet caused an uneasy feeling to build in the pit of her stomach.
 
Keiko suddenly gasped, her hands quickly falling to her sides and her eyes popping open, as she felt a warm probing …something lightly stroke the outer lips of her womanhood. A clawed hand firmly, but gently, eased her thigh aside to provide it's owner better access causing Keiko to squeak. It didn't take long for her to realize that the …something she originally felt was the taiyoukai's tongue.
 
“What are you ….doing?” Keiko hissed exasperatedly as the demon lord's tongue boldly delved between her nether lips in an unashamed exploration of her body. In all honestly she knew what he was doing, and that he seemed to be doing it quite well, but that didn't stop her from questioning his actions.
 
“You can't.” She argued as she placed her unrestrained leg on his shoulder and buried her hands in his hair in an attempted to push him away. She was bleeding after all, had he lost his fragile puppy mind?
 
Sesshoumaru grunted, his reddish gaze shifting to Keiko's face momentarily as he seemed to be weigh her words, before he moved closer to deliver a more aggressive lick against the small bundle of nerves nestled at the top of her opening.
 
Keiko's entire body trembled with pleasure as she closed her eyes and tried to force the image of the taiyoukai languidly rolling his tongue over her center while he stared up at her out of her mind.
 
`It's no use.' Keiko whimpered. That image, she accepted, was going to be the star in many dreams to come.
 
“Sesshoumaru…” She half moaned, half whimpered as she attempted to talk some sense into the great taiyoukai. “We can't,” she panted, “I don't,” he licked again, “Oh Kami.” She groaned as her head lulled back against the ground. How was she supposed to talk him out of doing anything when all she could focus on was the sensation of his delicate taste buds curiously exploring her body?
 
“Sesshoumaru…” Keiko moaned as she tried to pull her hips away from his mouth, only to be held down by the clawed hand that gently kneaded the flesh of her thigh. How far was he going to go with this? How had things even progressed this far? She was a virgin after all, she couldn't just have sex with some strange demon five hundred years in the past……could she?
“Oh Kami…” Keiko groaned as she noted her hands had stopped pushing him away and were now pulling him closer to her center. The ache in her abdomen was just too overwhelming. She needed release. She needed him to give it to her.
 
“Sesshoumaru.” Keiko moaned out blissfully as she felt the warm length of the youkai's elongated tongue enter her body. “Yes.” She cooed as she curled her toes in anticipation of her climax.
 
A low rumble, sounding like a cross between a growl and a purr, quietly resonated in Keiko's ears as she, for a brief moment, wondered if she was somehow making the sound.
 
“Sesshoumaru?” She questioned breathlessly as the demon lord's grip on her thigh tightened and his pace hastened; the growl growing louder.
 
“Oh….Kami!” Keiko screamed as she squirmed against the earth and arched her back while every muscle in her body began to tense. “Yes!” She exclaimed blissfully as her fingers buried themselves into the soft ground beneath her.
 
Keiko's entire body trembled and quaked as her orgasm hit her suddenly; muffling the world around her. She wasn't allowed even a split second to recover before the talented tongue was removed.
 
Sesshoumaru seemed to be growling at something in the distance as he protectively covered her body with his own.
 
“Wha…” Keiko questioned softly as she blinked lazy eyes at the demon above her before turning them in the direction he was snarling.
 
There stood Jaken, trembling as he continued to stare in disbelief, holding the reigns of a large two headed beast, as Rin (thankfully) slumbered in the monster's saddle.
 
“L-L-Lord?” Jaken questioned brokenly as he blinked in disbelief.
 
Sesshoumaru growled, his eyes flashing red, as he lowered his body to cover the woman beneath him.
 
“We have …brought ….the supplies….” The toad faltered as the renewed warning growl caused him to quake with fear again. “This Jaken…did not….intend to….” He groveled.
 
As Keiko buried her face in the taiyoukai's neck to hide her embarrassment the growling suddenly ceased.
 
“Take Ah-Un into the clearing and feed him.” Sesshoumaru ordered as he stared blankly at the ground beneath him.
 
“Y-Yes m'lord.” Jaken all but saluted as he quickly waddled into the forest and away from the disturbing scene.
 
Several minutes of silence lingered between the horizontal couple before Sesshoumaru finally broke the silence. “Jaken will bring you what you require.” He offered auspiciously before pulling his body from hers and walking away without a second glance.
 
Keiko's eyebrow threatened to twitch as she watched the demon lord stand at the edge of the clearing with his back to her. `What the hell just happened?' Her mind practically screamed as she slipped quietly back into the water. For that matter, what was Jaken bringing her?
 
Moments later Keiko's second question would be answered as Jaken waddled into the clearing carrying a decent sized wicker basket overflowing with soaps and feminine necessities.
 
“Filthy human.” The toad muttered angrily as he dropped the basket to the ground before taking up his usual post by the hot spring as the taiyoukai disappeared from sight.
 
`What just happened?' Keiko wondered again as she finished bathing to dress in the oddly bright kimono that she was certain made her look like some sort of freaky high school mascot.