InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ His Past, Her Present, Their Future ❯ Completion ( Chapter 36 )

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

Disclaimer: No own InuYasha. Please forgive all crappy references to Episode 7...I only have it in English (curses! I never realized how flamboyant Sesshou sounds in English, to think I used to like his voice… *shudder*), and I have little doubt to the crappiness of it’s translation. *le sigh* Winging it sounds good…or maybe I’ll just take out most of the references to soothe my troubled soul…lol.. I won’t know until I post this. I reserve all rights to change and truncate!

WARNING: LEMON! Finally, ne? I also lied about the song bit I mentioned a few chapters back. I reserve the right to do it later though. ;) I left it in the chapter (marked with XXX), but on FF.net I left it out totally.


AHH lack of interweb! No excuses. Gomennasai, minna-san. -*le sigh*- Its been ages!

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His Past, Her Present, Their Future
Chapter 36 - Completion

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“You…you…” Kagome stuttered, her head moving back and forth of its own accord. She couldn’t understand, she couldn’t comprehend. It just didn’t make sense! He had hated her for protecting InuYasha? “I didn’t do it to betray you, Sesshoumaru, I did it because…damnit, I explained all this to you this morning!” she screeched defiantly, her eyes sparking in the dark night.

“I know this.”

“Then why? Why did you try to kill me? Why did you hold such animosity?”

“Because I was a fool,” he stated, taking Kagome’s breath away. The Great and Terrible Sesshoumaru had just called himself a fool. ‘Write it down, take a picture, put it in the history books, people!’ Kagome’s thought in awe.

“Please, make me understand,” she said softly, meeting his eyes as they sped through the night. She hardly felt the wind whipping around her, lashing her hair about.

“I do not think it is possible for me to explain it in such a way that you could.”

Kagome glared harshly, “No, I suppose not. I mean, the reasons behind the man I love trying several times to kill me before I ever even knew him must just be too much for my poor ningen brain to handle,” she bit out dryly, her narrowed eyes clashing with the swirling gold ones that glowed so luminously in the night.

“Kagome, please stop that,” he sighed, his voice colored with resignation.

“Stop what?!”

“Stop making this more difficult than it must be. Being petty and childish will get us nowhere.”

Her aura snapped around her in her rage, “I am so sorry, mighty Sesshoumaru-sama.”

He shook his head and broke their staring contest, looking out at the horizon, “Yes, I believed you betrayed me…at first,” he accentuated, making whatever comebacks that were in the woman’s mind halt temporarily, “I let my anger fuel me, and kept Reason at the back of my mind. I became obsessed with power, with revenge. I wanted nothing more than to run from the pain I didn’t even know I felt.”

Kagome blanched and shook her head once more, “But Sesshou, I was not protecting your father, as much as I loved Mattaki, I was protecting InuYasha. Not because he was a half-breed, not because of the circumstances of how he came to be…I was protecting him selfishly. He was my best friend, my protector.”

“Hai, I know this now. I was even coming to terms with it while he was pinned to his tree…slowly I began remembering all you said to me that day…today for you…and understanding exactly why you would. I had met him many times over the years, always in battle but never to my fullest potential. Even in my angriest of moments I kept my promise,” his deep voice said softly, his eyes still trained away from her.

“Then please tell me why, Sesshoumaru, I need to know!”

“I began to accept it that you were not betraying me after all, though my quest for power never lessened. I spent so many years searching out the fang’s hiding place, and no manner of epiphany was going to stop that pursuit. I could never be content with my own power, even though it surpassed all others’ already, because I knew in my mind that I was still beneath the power of my father. I was only satisfied when I knew that I would one day I would surpass him. I would show him that I was the better one, that I was superior.”

“But why did you need Tessaiga for that? Like you said, even without it, there were none who could compare to you.”

“Except the dead inuyoukai whose shadow constantly loomed over me, no. But even with the understandings I was gaining towards you, I refused to have any acceptance in what my father did. It was unforgivable. And so I wished to exceed his power with my own. And so, I needed Tessaiga.”

She simply nodded, unenthusiastically putting aside that argument and asking him silently to continue.

“Then came the news that InuYasha had been unsealed, and so I went to find out what he knew of its location. I was still so blinded by the prospect of power, I honestly did not recognize you at first.”

She scowled, “Why thank you, koi.”

“No offense is meant. You were several years younger, in strange clothing, and it had been several centuries. Not to mention my attention was almost purely on InuYasha, giving you hardly a passing glance.”

“Oh, you mean when you first arrived with the Un-Mother. I don’t care if it was Jaken’s idea, that was pretty low.”

“Hn,” he said, a small smile curling his lips, “Regardless, it was not until we were within my father’s tomb that I started to pay attention to you. Your scent had been pulling at memories, and I ignored them until I finally took the time to look your way. It was shocking when I realized it. The darker part of me, the one who still believed your betrayal, seethed that you would be there defying me with him. My rational mind was fading quickly…and then you stood against me.”

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“Sesshoumaru couldn’t get it, so you try, InuYasha! Hit him where it hurts, in his pride!” Kagome screamed from her perch.

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“My pride was hit, but not as intended. My rationality and any shreds of my heart that remained fled then, leaving only my disdain and hatred behind. You were no longer Kagome, you were another piece of ningen filth, just like all the others I had struck down.“

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“Neither I nor you were able to retrieve the Tessaiga, but this girl was has easily gotten past the barrier. You want me to ignore this?” Sesshoumaru said slowly, his eyes finally leaving the face of the girl in front of him to glance over his shoulder at his brother.

“She’s just a human girl, I don’t know how she did it! Kagome, just give the sword to Sesshoumaru!” InuYasha screeched, his body tensed.

Kagome huffed and shook her head indignantly, “No way! He couldn’t pull it out, so that means its not his! I won’t give it to him!”

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“During that battle, for the first time, I did not care if he died. I forgot my promise, I forgot myself. My soul demanded retribution, my heart was ignored. My hate is all I let guide me. And so, I started by killing you.”

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“As you can see, this Sesshoumaru has no such weakness towards humans,” he sneered, poison secreting in clouds from his hand and enveloping both Kagome and the treasured sword.

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“Obviously that didn’t work…do you really think it was the barrier that saved me? Or perhaps it was your father?” she pondered, looking down at her sneakered feet.

“I do not know, but my intent was to kill. I remember little else from that day…though I do remember the severance of my arm,” he said in a tight voice, “Such a foolish mistake. With my bestial nature in control instead of my hatred, it heard you and turned to look. It recognized your voice and scent, and made to leap towards you to investigate…that is the only reason the blow InuYasha dealt only severed my arm instead of going through my chest.”

Kagome‘s breath hitched, “Do you…hate me still?” she asked fearfully, her grip unconsciously tightening where she was latched around his waist.

“Don’t be stupid,” he nearly whispered, “I would not have helped you as I did if I hated you.”

She looked up to his profile, “When did you finally stop hating me?”

“Not until you stayed with me, but even that is only a product of being drawn from the cage I enclosed myself in. It was actually Rin’s presence, her ability to make me feel again that brought me to any kind of sanity.”

Kagome let out the breath she didn’t know she was holding and leaned her head against his pelt, her eyes burning with tears, “Yakkata,” she breathed.

Sesshoumaru stiffened noticeably, “You…are taking all this well…” he ventured.

“I can’t profess to understanding, but I do forgive you. It is in the past now, ne? Besides, I think back to all the times you saved me…six I can think of right off the top of my head. Who knows what you did when I didn‘t know it was you…I think you‘ve more than made up for it all.”

She felt his sigh and his arm tightened around her, her heartbeat and breathing finally slowing to a normal unstressed state, “Where are we going?”

“My sanctuary…I wish for you to see how it has flourished.

“Aa,” she whispered, “How much longer?”

“An hour or more, rest if you wish.”

“Arigato, koibito,” she whispered again before drifting off to sleep.

Sesshoumaru closed his eyes to the darkness and pulled in a deep breath, his heart pounding. He had expected much worse from the temperamental onna, and was thankful she had not exploded. Kami knew he couldn’t go another five centuries without a taste of his mate. He wasn’t sure his sanity could take it.

Hate was honestly not the word to describe how he had ever felt for her…he had merely been blinded by hatred towards everything else. Betrayed, yes…furious, defiantly…but not hatred. He hated many things, but she was never one of them. They say there is a very fine line between affection and hatred, but though he had walked that line, he never crossed it.

He could see the waterfall sparkling in the distance, and unconsciously picked up the pace. The night was getting darker, and he decided to just allow his charge to sleep. She needed it after all, the day had been taxing for her. And so once he reached the small, blooming clearing he settled her on the ground and quietly removed his armor and swords. Nothing could get through the barrier, anyway. Quickly stripping from his layers, he took the plain under haori and laid it across her small sleeping form before walking to the ponds edge to sit on a outcropped boulder and gaze reminiscently at the silvery moon.

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Kagome awoke slowly, her vision foggy. It was still night, but hazy dreams had filled her and finally forced her to stir. Sharp pains attacked her side and she groaned lethargically before rolling away, the rocks that had formerly been biting into her skin disengaging her without much effort. Her eyes still unfocused, Kagome attempted to find her consort.

As her heart rate increased, her vision became clear quickly. Whereas the clearing the past had been plesent and relaxing, it was downright breathtaking now. The pond which caught the water from the small waterfall had expanded quite a bit, the rocks along half its circumference smoothed. She could not tell whether either of those differences were from time alone of is Sesshoumaru had helped nature along, but that didn’t matter.

All across the outcrop and snaking their way up the rocky, sheer cliff face were some kind of moonflower, and at this point of the night all of them were opened majestically, seeming luminous in the glow of the moon. And in all of the glory of the beautiful scene stood a veritable god. Her god.

Sesshoumaru’s back was to her as he stood waist deep in the water, his silver-white hair glistening with droplets. He seemed captivated by the water itself, his clawed hand outstretched to let the falls’ water run over his hand and down his arm, but he didn’t move. He just kept his eyes trained down on the path the water formed as it wound its way across his skin.

Finally realizing the need to breathe, Kagome inhaled rather loudly and caught the object of her admiration’s attention, a small smile quirked on his lips, “Do you like what you see?”

Down turned eyes and a fierce blush were his response, and he chuckled in his mind, “I meant the clearing. It has changed since you were here last, has it not?”

She nodded slowly, “Its beautiful. I hope you are able to preserve it through time; there are so few beautiful spaces like this in my time.”

“This barrier will last so long as I do, there is nothing to worry about there.”

Kagome smiled faintly, before becoming acutely aware that the source of the other end of her conversation was still very much naked, bringing on another blush.

“You have seen me this way before, why do you turn so many different shades of crimson now?” he said casually, but she could see the twinkle in his eyes even from where she was.

She huffed, “You…you!” she said intelligently, glaring before spinning on her rump to turn back.

“So articulate, my Kagome,” he purred teasingly, swiping a towel from a boulder and wrapping it around his hips, approaching his betrothed. He crouched behind her and twirled a strand of her hair on his finger. He was rewarded with an acceleration of her heart at merely his proximity. Sesshoumaru grinned inwardly.

“Well, so?” she stuttered. Damn if she couldn’t find a way to speak right at the moment. She turned her head slightly and looked into his beautiful champagne gaze, darkened with the feelings she could see there.

Her breath hitched and she was captivated, lost in his eyes. She didn’t notice herself moving forward, her body swiveling to his, until she caught his lips with her own and had already tangled her fingers in the wet, flowing river that was his hair.

XXX

Instantly her skin felt too hot, her body too confining. Hunger pent over years caused the Taiyoukai to simply pull his claws through her clothes, leaving her in nothing but her undergarments. She pressed into him, seeking to cool the flames that engulfed her against his water-cooled skin, but every place her skin touched his new flames sparked.

They moved across one another as if fevered, mouths and fingers exploring everywhere they could find. Kagome sought out every plane and crevice of his back, shoulders, chest and stomach while her tongue traced his jaw line and she nipped at his throbbing pulse. Sesshoumaru sought to taste every exposed bit of skin her could find, suckling and grazing fangs against tender flesh. Impatient claws divested her of the last scraps of cloth keeping her from his eyes.

Somehow Kagome ended up on her back, a ferocious and hungry youkai above her, seeking to devour her without breaking skin. She moaned and pressed up into him, her eyes closed. She didn’t need to see, she only needed to relish every tingle and burn his strokes caused. Fingers traced a pointed ear, a mouth suckled firm breasts. Blunt nails dug into skin as lips trailed lower, still darting back and forth to be sure to have tasted every inch in between.

Clawed fingers caressed gently between silken folds, driving Kagome into madness. It was like electricity coursing through her with every delicate brush against her, and though she had never felt such a way she embraced the tightening in her stomach with open arms. Her fingers tangled dangerously in silver strands as a tongue ran languidly across her already damp juncture, an almost-scream escaping her lips.

Sesshoumaru smirked and ran splayed fingers slowly up her succulent curves, pecking his lips here and there as he followed them up to her waiting mouth. They kissed demandingly, each trying to pour their very essence into the other. Wordless communication of need, of desire, or adoration.

Panting, the two separated and eyes met, consent silently given as Sesshoumaru gave in and thrust deeply into her, a yelp escaping her lips. Years of rough travel had weakened the resistance, but it was there nonetheless. Closed eyes and deep lung-fulls of air, trying to calm the pain that tore through her. Moments passed and the ache abated, and with a pained smile Sesshoumaru began to move. Slow strokes took away the last remnants of pain and her back arched, seeking something more.

Two beings merged, entwined, souls and bodies dancing seductively in the moonlight. Kagome’s heels braced on his lower, back, pressing him deeper yet within her. Moans of pure bliss both low and high were unending, as both entities hunted completion in one another. As the finale bore down, one last tender kiss was shared before the build came up on them. Claws and nails sought purchase, clinging for fear of a halt to the ecstasy they now found.

A groan escaped Sesshoumaru’s lips unchecked as the peak of pleasure was attained, and he quickly ensnared his mate’s neck in his teeth. The result was a blinding climax for both, the bond of such an ancient rite pushing them to ethereal heights. Kagome’s vision was white with her pleasure, her mind numb and body ablaze. Empyreal elation was theirs, a joining fated and divine. As the waves of gratification passed, both collapsed to their sides from exhaustion, staring into one another’s eyes as they panted.

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“Is is always like that?” Kagome crooned dreamily, her eyes heavy and her smile almost delirious.

“Hn, no…” Sesshoumaru breathed, still unable to catch his breath, “I think it must be a byproduct of marking, because I have never felt that way.”

“How do you know it wasn’t just me?” Kagome replied with a grin, pushing him over onto his back. She curled against him, her heart pounding in time with his.

“Hilarious, koiishi,” he said humorously, burying his nose in her slightly damp raven locks.

“So, if you re-mark me every time, do we get that again and again?”

“I don’t really know,” he said with a frown, “I never thought to inquire.”

“Well, we can find out together, ne koi?”

“Hai,” he said softly, smiling into her hair and letting his eyes drift closed.

“Can I see the kids tomorrow?” she asked sleepily, tossing a leg over his bare ones.

“Hai.”

“Can you say anything other than hai?”

“Hai.”

“That’s good,” she whispered, grinning as she succumbed to the call of sleep.



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A/N: *sigh* I had writers block again, but this time it stemmed from my inability to write that lemon. I was in a more rough and tumble mood, but I wanted it to be sweet. Not to mention this is a totally different style of sexiness I was going for…I didn’t want raunchy, you can find that anywhere, I wanted beautiful. I ALWAYS write raunchy, damnit. Sorry for the long wait, guys.

Yes, I did a ‘nothing went wrong’ lemon, even though I snicker every time I read them. We can’t have Sesshoumaru looking like anything but suave and who cares that Kagome would likely not feel much pleasure her first time? Damnit, I want mutual pleasure, and so it shall be. Sorry for the stereotypical-ness, but that is just how I operate. I also used the youkai-biting-‘marking’ Fanon piece, because I think its hot. What of it? XD It is an ancient, revered (hah) thing in Fanon culture, one of the first and most widely known ones! ^_^ Comes from DBZ fics of old, if my memory serves.


Random note: I was looking at my stats on MM.org…and I wonder how many people from outside of SS (on which I always change my story summary to reflect my chapters) really ever noticed that I almost ALWAYS double updated. Because my ‘view’s for my second chapters were always about twice that of the firsts…so there must be a bunch of readers on MM and likely FF who only read about half this story. @_@ Wells…too late now… XXD

That’s enough from me for now. Ja ne, my loves!!!