InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Half-Demon from Another World ❯ Sesshomaru proposes-sort of ( Chapter 11 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

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I can't believe how long it's been since the last time I've posted a chapter. I hope all of you enjoy this chapter and I will try my best to post chapters up faster. Please review.
Thanks to my Bets Brittany for helping me out with this chapter.
~Naraku's Castle~
"So the elder dog demon thinks he might be in love." Naraku watches through Kanna's mirror as Inuyasha leaves the garden. "Who would I be if I didn't use this situation to my advantage. Kagura!"
"Yes Naraku," she says as she kneels before him.
"I want you to deliver a message to Sesshomaru." He smirks as his vile mind begins this new turn of events unfold before is eyes. "Tell him he is more like his father than he realized. Now go!"
Kagura nods and quickly leaves. 'I hope those dogs kill you soon, so that I can be free,' she thinks as she flies off on her giant feather.
~Sesshomaru's Castle~`
Sesshomaru stays in the garden a little while longer contemplating what Inuyasha told him. But before he can get too deep in his thoughts he decides to go inside so he can say good night to Rin before she falls asleep. One time he forgot and she distanced herself for three days. She didn't even look at him.
Halfway down the hall from his destination his senses started to pick up singing. It was coming from Rin's room. He gently sniffs the air. 'Johanna.' When he reaches the room he finds the door to the room is open. He sees Rin sleeping with her head in Johanna's lap as she sings to her. He stands there not saying a thing wanting to hear more of the song.
She strokes Rin hair while singing softly:
She looks up to see Sesshomaru standing there, but continues singing as if he isn't:
Sesshomaru watches as she gently lays Rin down on her futon. He takes this time to collect himself so she can't see how her singing had affected him. She quietly made her way to the door and entered the hall as he shut the door behind her. "I was walking by when I heard her crying," Johanna says as she turns to him, feeling some need to explain herself. "When I asked what was wrong she said you hadn't came to tuck her in. I asked if I could do it, but she was set on you until I told her I would sing her the song my mom used to sing to me when I was little."
"I see. Meet me in my study. You have five minutes," he says then turns and walked away.
She stood there watching his retreating back. 'What's his problem? Always acting like he got a stick up his ass or something.' She thinks to herself. '"Meet me in my study." Last time I checked he wasn't my dad. Bastard, but one hot bastard.' She can't really remember where his study was located, but luckily for her a servant was nearby and led the way. Before she can even knock the door is opened by an irritated little green demon. 'I still think he's ugly.'
"Hurry up. You can't keep the master waiting," Jaken says and walks away without bothering to see if she follows. Johanna has the strongest urge to kick the little toad over and stomp him into the ground, but decides against it. She follows him into the study to find Sesshomaru standing looking out of a window behind his desk. She has been in here maybe twice, but the size of it and the number of books on the shelves never cease to amaze her. The room itself had to be 30ft. by 30ft. with floor to ceiling bookcases. From just a glance you can tell some of the books were very old. The bookcases are interrupted ever so often by large floor to ceiling windows displaying the starless night sky.
One of the things that always fascinates her is the breathtakingly beautiful fireplace in the wall directly across from the entrance, but it isn't really the fireplace that has her attention. It's whats above it that makes her breath catch in her throat. It is the mural depicting the final battle in the war of the demons which is carved out of the same stone as the fireplace. It shows Sesshomaru in his full demon form facing off against a large group of demons. Johanna can't seem to take her eyes away from it. Whoever created this masterpiece knew how to make one feel the power radiating off the great lord. You can also see the hate, fear, despair, and hope of a quick death on the demons' faces.
Sesshomaru can sense the awe coming off her in waves as she surveyed the room and smirked. It's amused him at how such simple things could amaze humans as a room full of books, but he knows that it's the mural above the fireplace that has attention. Jaken had had it made for him to express his gratitude for having the great dog demon save his life. At times it still amazes him how real it seems. Jaken's mumbling brings him back to the reason he has her there in the first place. "Jaken leave us," he says as he goes to sit Indian style behind his desk.
"But Master-." He stops when Sesshomaru gives him that ‘Do not defy me’ stare. "Yes Master." He then quickly scurries out of the room.
By this time Johanna has already taken a seat in front of his desk and goes back to wondering what she is doing here. 'I guess the only way to find out is to ask.' "Why am -"
"The miko brought that for you," he says before she can finish her question and points to her right where the bag is sitting three feet away. Thinking that is it she begins to get up, but the next words out of his mouth made her stop. "Why were you crying earlier when me and my brother were fighting?"
He watches as her violet eyes widen slightly. She can't believe what he is asking her. She hasn't even told Kagome about this. 'I guess it'll be easier to tell him since I really don't give a damn what he thinks of me...I think.' She takes a deep breath to calm her nerves while he waits patiently for her to begin.
She looks out the window. "I used to have an older brother." Sesshomaru is about to ask what she meant by used to, but doesn't knowing she might not want continue if he interrupts. "He was from my dad's first marriage. His mom just up and left one day without a word when he was two. His dad married our mom two years later and a year later I was born. He never felt like he belonged, and I never knew why. We always did stuff together since we were close. We always argued, but that’s plain old sibling rivalry. It wasn't until I was fifteen that I realized just how much he was damaged by the leaving of his mom. He had come home from college to visit for a few days.
One night Mom and Dad went out and left Caden in charge. He wouldn't let me go out with my friends so I went to my room and sneaked out of the house. He went to check on me while I was gone and got mad. When I got back we started arguing and before I could stop myself I told him that he couldn't tell me what to do since he wasn't my real brother."
She bowed her head until her bangs covered her eyes and balled her hands into fists in her lap. Sesshomaru sits silently waiting for her continue. "I regretted it the moment it left my mouth, but it was nothing compared to the way the look on his face made me feel. My heart broke over and over. I tried to apologize, but he just shook his head and went upstairs to his room. I sat down on the floor and started crying. My parents came home soon after and I told them everything that had happened. They went and knocked on his door, when he didn't answer they thought it was best to leave him a lone for the night and he'll be better in the morning. Well morning came and he didn't answer his door. My dad got worried and busted down the door to find my brother had hung himself from the ceiling."
Sesshomaru can smell the salt from the tears rolling down her cheeks. "For weeks I blamed myself until I had the courage to go into his room. I sat down on the edge of his bed and hugged one of his pillows to me. I didn't think I would be able to cry anymore but I did. After a while I noticed something red sticking from under his nightstand, it was a journal addressed to me. I must have stared at it for hours before I opened it up and started reading it. Apparently his mother had started calling him while he was at college. Blaming him for ruining her life and causing her to drink and do drugs. He never told any of us about this because he didn't want any of us to worry, but I guess he couldn't handle it all by himself." Johanna sniffs and wipes her tears away with the sleeves of her kimono taking deep breaths. She actually felt better talking about it to someone who wasn’t so close to it. She looked up to see him staring at her.
Sesshomaru heart stops at the vision before him. The moonlight shining through the window highlights the golden steaks in her hair and illuminates the purples in her eyes. He wants to do nothing more than go to her and make her moan his name.
'You know you want her.' his youkai butts in.
'No I don't.'
'Denial does not befit you my Lord.'
'Shut up and leave me alone.'
While he is having this conversation within himself he doesn't notice Johanna easing closer to the desk looking worried. The closer she got the more she remembered about the last time they kissed and how she wanted to do it again.
'I can't do that since I am your Youkai and am not afraid to follow my instincts.'
'I am not afraid of anything.'
'By the look of things, I won't have to do much.'
'What?' Sesshomaru is beginning to get confused by his inner demon.
'See for yourself,' the inner demon says and snickers.
Sesshomaru snaps out of it in time to see Johanna's face a few inches away from his. The scent of vanilla invading his senses causing him to take a deep whiff. Before he can do something stupid he asks, "Just what the hell do you think you're doing?" That causes her to jump back and blush profusely. "I-I was j-just making sure you were okay because you were staring at me with a strange look on your face. I kept calling your name, but you didn't answer me."
He took a couple of deep breaths to calm his racing hormones. He decides to get to the last reason he asked her to his study so he can get away from her quickly. "The main reason I asked you here concerns Rin."
She sits up straighter at the mention of the little girl she has come to care for deeply. "Has something happened to her?"
He is quite pleased with her worry for the girl. 'I have made the right decision.' "Nothing has happened to her. This concerns her future and your part in it. Soon she will begin to change and will need a female's guidance to help her through these changes." She just sits there waiting for him to continue. "That's why in two weeks time, at the end of mating season, we will mate."
It takes a few seconds for it all to sink into her brain. It isn't the fact that he told her they are going to be mates, but the way he said it like it was simple as deciding to switch shampoos. Does he not realize how life altering something like this is? A body can’t just up and change without some time to adjust! And who does he think he is just to order me to mate him!? Taking a few deep breaths to calm her thoughts, she pauses before asking, "So you just took it upon yourself to decide that I was going to mate you? I love Rin just as much as anyone, but that doesn't mean I have to mate you to take care of her I would gladly do it. All you had to do was ask."
"This Sesshomaru doesn't ask; I command. I don't want to have to worry if your blood has been spilled over my castle while I've gone away. When we mate everyone will know you are mine and won't dare lift a finger to you in any harmful way."
Johanna stares at him in disbelief. 'Something is definitely wrong with this man, demon, whatever.' This is her life he is talking about. "Can I have some time to think about this? I mean this is a life altering decision."
Sesshomaru stares at her like she has grown a second head. No one has ever opposed what he commands unless they wanted to die. What he says goes: simple as that. He thinks for a moment then decides to let her have her way for a little while because in the end she won't be able to resist when she goes into heat. "I will allow you one week to come to a decision. I will have your answer the night before the mating season begins. You are dismissed."
Johanna is so shocked she just nods her head and leaves the room quietly. Luckily (again) for her a servant is outside the study waiting to escort her to her room. After she arrived, it didn't take long for her to change and climb under the sheets on the futon. The last thought to pass through her mind before sleep claimed her was, 'What the hell just happened?'
*Johanna's Dream*
Moans and growls can be heard coming from her bedchamber. Skin on skin was all she could think. Both covered in a thin layer of sweat about to reach that point of exquisite ecstasy. She saw white hair fall upon her chest. Beautiful golden eyes stared down at her. Sesshomaru! He is holding her hands above her head, fingers intertwined. With one final thrust he sinks his fangs in the skin between her neck and shoulder. She hisses at the pain and does the same to him.
*End of Dream*
Johanna awakens with a jolt and is covered in a thin layer of sweat. "What the hell is going on here?" she whispers to herself as she tries to calm her erratic beating heart. The dream keeps replaying in her head not letting her sleep for the rest of night. When it came time to get up she is slightly, shall we say, cranky from the lack of sleep.
She quickly dresses in a tank top and sweatpants for the morning practice. 'I better hurry before comes after me. I glad Kagome thought to buy me some more sport bras. I couldn't breathe in that stuff they had me in,' she thinks on the way to the dojo. She arrives to find everyone sitting along a wall. But Sesshomaru was standing in the middle of the room.
"Good morning Johanna. I see you are wearing some of the things I bought," Kagome says from her spot by Inuyasha. "I hope you like them. I went by what you had in your bag and tried to buy exactly the same thing."
"Yes Kagome. Thanks. They are very comfortable and better to train in, too." She gives the miko a quick hug. "What are you guys doing here?"
It was Miroku who was the first to speak up. "We were just curious as to what kind of training you do."
"Well I guess I better get started. Talk to you guys later," she says after hearing an impatient growl coming from Sesshomaru. Walking over to the weapons wall she picks up a katana. It is Sesshomaru's idea to gradually move towards a sword. Even though she prefers her daggers, Johanna is beginning to like the feel of the katana in her hand. Better for hand-to-hand combat than her daggers.
She moves into the middle of the room and they bow to each other. Johanna attacks first and as usual he neatly dodges it, but if she stays calm she can slightly sense his next move. She quickly turns around and they meet each other head on. The sounds of blade against blade and their heartbeats are the only sounds coming from the room. It's a good while before he is able to knock the katana out of her hand. This causes her to stumble and Sesshomaru takes this opportunity to kick her in the stomach knocking her across the room into a wall.
She hits the wall hard then falls to the floor on her hands and knees. Johanna stays like this for a good minute before Kagome decides that she needs help, but before she can get up Inuyasha stops her. "What are you doing Inuyasha? She needs help."
He sniffs the air. "She's changed again."
At that moment Johanna lifts her head up. Her eyes are blood red and red jagged purple slash marks have appeared on her neck. A low growl emits from within her throat causing the hairs on everyone's necks to stand. She lunges towards Sesshomaru, but instead of moving to knock her unconscious like last time he decides to see just how strong she is in this form. He notices her speed has increased and that she is only attacking him. They continue to play a game of tag for about another five minutes before Sesshomaru gets bored and does the next best thing to knocking her out.
He kisses her smack dab on the lips and uses the rest of his body to pin her down. She struggles at first, but starts returning the kiss whole-heartedly, moaning into his mouth. Not being able to help himself he lightly trails his left hand down her side gently squeezing her hip making her gasp. He is broken out of his trance by a cough coming from across the room. Fighting against his youkai that is howling for release, he breaks the kiss and quickly moves away from Johanna leaving her laying on the floor.
It takes a few moments for her to gain her senses after being kissed senseless by the demon lord. She is still trying to figure out how she went from being slammed into a wall to being kissed by Sesshomaru on the floor when Kagome kneels next to her. "How do you feel?" Kagome asks her.
She thinks about it for a moment. "A little strange, but mostly confused. What exactly happened?" She is able to sit up with Kagome's help. She looks around the room to see Sesshomaru standing all the way across the room leaning against the wall looking everywhere, but at her.
Inuyasha stands next to Kagome. " You changed again when Sesshomaru knocked you in to the wall. After that you guys fought for a while before he pinned you to the floor and kissed you." Inuyasha's mind sill couldn't wrap around the fact that his elder brother had the hots for the other half-demon.
After hearing this Johanna decides this is the best time if any to have a talk with Sesshomaru. "Hey you guys can you excuse us I need to talk to Sesshomaru alone.”
She looks at Kagome and Sango hoping at least they will see the pleading look in her eyes and see how important this is to her. Taking the hit the exterminator and miko began to usher everyone out of the room. "There's nothing to see here. Get a move on. Give them some privacy." Despite the grumbling and the reluctance to leave, it didn't take long for the two to clear the room.
Johanna stands up to confront Sesshomaru, but before she can even say a word he starts to walk out of the room. "Where do you think you're going? I need to talk to you."
He stops, but doesn't look at her. "We are going to the gardens unless you want prying ears listening to the whole conversation." What he doesn't say is that he can't take being in the enclosed space alone with her while his youkai is screaming for him to take her.
"Point taken." She follows him through the castle and out into the gardens. No matter how many times she sees it the sight always amazes her. All of the brilliant colors and smells that seem to compliment each other. Most of them she had never even seen before. Even though he doesn't show it, he is quite pleased with the look of amazement on her face.
They kept going until they reached a grove of trees that kept them hidden from any eyes, but within hearing distance just in case. He abruptly stops causing her to run into his back. Sesshomaru doesn't apologize or move. Johanna opts for leaning against a nearby tree. "What is so important that you wish to speak with this Sesshomaru alone?"
"Well..." she begins while nervously thrumming her fingers on her thighs. "I want to talk about last night. Why do I have to mate you and in two weeks? That seems a little soon for me. I mean we just met. Why is it so important that we mate? Can't you find another demon to mate with?"
She doesn't realize that he has been staring at her the entire time she is talking, and slowly making his way towards her until he is a foot away. She looked up and her eyes widened at the close proximity of the demon lord." You want to know why it is so important that we mate in two weeks? Fine. This Sesshomaru will show you."
"Show mmophh" Johanna is cut off by Sesshomaru's lips attacking hers in a passionate kiss stealing her breath away. He takes this chance to further muddle her brain by placing one of his legs in between hers and rubbing his thigh against her crotch. She gasps letting him slip his tongue in to her mouth. It isn’t long before their tongues are dueling and she is grinding herself into him. She breaks the kiss to moan and he nibbles on her neck. "You feel this," he whispers against her neck.
"The fire in your veins. The very urge to be with someone in the most basic need." He cups one of her breasts with his hand. "This is how you will feel for seven days. Seven days of pure hell. My youkai has accepted you as it's mate and will not accept another." He is about to assault the hanyou more when a putrid scent hits his nostrils causing him to freeze. He sniffs the air recognizing the scent.
"Kagura."
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Thank you all for reading my story. I know it's been a long time since the last time I posted and I apologize for the wait. I would like to thank those who have reviewed and hope many of you will also review.I would like toi know what you want to happen next. Thanks again for reading. -mihoshi