InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Is This Right? ❯ Hot Springs Part 2 ( Chapter 10 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha & Co. I do own Riomi, Sayaiko, Jiki and other soon to appear characters. (^_^)

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A.N. This is the rest of the last chapter. I told you it would be here. Just so you know this chapter contains sexual tension. Muhahahahaha! So please review and flame if you need to. Ok then on with the chappy! Enjoy!

~*~Warning this fic is not intended for children. You have been warned. ~*~

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Chapter 10: Hot Springs Part 2

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"That hanyou brother of mines is getting close. He's bringing an old acquaintance of mine that I'm sure your familiar with." Sesshoumaru stated impassively.

"Who might this acquaintance be?" Kagome asked feeling resentment build up inside from the mention of Inuyasha.

"Does the name Riomi bring anything to mind?" he said emphasizing her name.

Kagome froze and went cold.

Flashes of Inuyasha and Riomi engaged in their lustful moment went through her precarious mind and went through her heart like jagged edged daggers causing small puddles of unforced tears o shed.

"H-how do you know her?" she stuttered letting her tears fall freely and blend with the steamy water.

Sesshoumaru averted his eyes away from the crying miko and blankly answered, "A foolish half-breed like my worthless half brother. I gave her many warnings to disperse from my lands in the past, for reasons of my own, I even attempted to kill her, but she ceased to listen.

"She was eager to become part of the royal family due to my fathers misguidance to the hanyou. She desired to flaunt the royal crescent mark, so I granted her with a crescent scar on her right cheek that will cease to heal. I banished her from my lands and promised if she were to return I will not spare her life. I find it quite fatuous of her to return." he ended with a small hint of amusement in his voice.

"Why would she want to have the crescent mark?" Kagome asked finding the new information interesting.

"Reasons that would not concern you miko." he said retracting his eyesight back to Kagome when he sensed her tears had desisted.

She huffed and mumbled under her breath, "No fun."

Sesshoumaru's sensitive ears caught the comment but he disregarded it.

"Tell me of Rin's conditions as of this moment." Sesshoumaru said curtly.

Kagome was disconcerted by the abrupt change of subject, but willfully answered, "Rin-chan is getting better but she id still too ill to leave bed."

"How are you unaffected by her illness?" he asked slightly skeptical of her miko capabilities.

"I am able to protect myself from her germs, which might not be so easy for you due to your sensitive nose." she informed while swimming comfortable back and forth around the spring.

`The miko tends to underestimate my abilities.' he told himself watching her move about the water, still not revealing her bare body.

"Did you come in here to just ask me those two things or is there something more you want to discuss?" she queried stopping a few feet away from him.

"I do not need your discretion to ask any questions." he stated bitterly.

"Humph fine, then" she said rising with her arms across her chest, "there's something I need to know."

Sesshoumaru snickered at her half-hearted attempt at boldness. "What do you wish to know?" he questioned flatly.

She edged closer to him slowly, "Why………Why did………" the words were dancing around her head but she couldn't get them to dance out onto her lips.

Sesshoumaru was giving her an intense glare sensing her emotions of confusion, curiosity, embarrassment, desire and denial. He looked at her searching for more but getting nothing, he was unsure of what she was asking but he showed none of this confusion on his stone face.

Then she let it roll off of her tongue, "Why did you kiss me………the other day?"

They both fell sill and an awkward silence filled the room. Kagome was first to break the stillness but remained silent.

She moved even closer to him keenly observing his eyes for the slightest hint of emotion or response but was awarded with a blank expression.

Sesshoumaru didn't want to admit his growing fondness for the miko. He knew he should give her an explanation for his actions that occurred in his study. `I owe no explanations to this ningen." he convinced himself keeping his eyes on her as she drew closer.

Kagome was desperate for a reaction so by sheer impulse she dropped her arms to her sides revealing her pale flawless upper body for Sesshoumaru's amber eye's to behold.

Sesshoumaru gave a crucial grin and sneered, "What is it your trying to accomplish with this absurd action?"

"To see if you were even still alive. I asked you a question and you just stare at me like a piece of glass." she sniggered furiously.

"You are a very unusual being, Kagome." he said standing upright in the hot spring leaving very little to the imagination.

Kagome's cheeks blushed a deep rose red but she resisted from turning her head away.

"Second time. I just might be getting through to him." she whispered lightly.

Sesshoumaru didn't understand her remark nor did he care to, but hesitantly questioned, "Whom are you speaking to?"

"Oh nobody!" she answered squeamishly, waving her hand around trying to brush off the fact that Sesshoumaru was now stepping closer to her.

Sesshoumaru stopped inches away from her letting stem billow around them. He once again leaned in close to her ear and softly discoursed, "You desire me to touch you as I did in my study, yet you become tense when I move close to you." he inhaled steadily taking in her scent.

Kagome's emotions were so jumbled and unsequenced that she was confusing herself. `What he says is true. One moment I want to throw myself at him and the next I can't even make myself look at him. I don't know what I want." she conversed to herself.

"Me wanting is different from actually getting." she responded with sleek simplicity not imparting her thoughts.

"You admit you want but what justifies you were ever going to `get'." he retorted contrarily.

She chuckled when she felt his hand rest on her hip and she dauntlessly replied, "I would think it would imply due to your hand that has found a place on my hip."

Sesshoumaru smirked at her reaction to his swift movement. He affectionately nipped at her neck, which put her in even more confused yet dazed state.

"Tell me what you want Kagome." he breezed into her ear sensing her grown confusion.

His request put her in temporary bliss but she quickly snapped out of it when her conscience told her she just wasn't ready.

"I-I………I want to go bed." she stuttered quickly backing away, "I'm starting to prune." she giggled feverishly.

Sesshoumaru was baffled, he had never treated a ningen with such interest nor had a ningen treated him so timidly withdrawn. `Seconds ago she wanted me to touch her, now she wants to runaway when I desire the same. This miko is more complicated than imagined………Interesting.' he pondered watching Kagome back further away.

"You may go and rest then." he decided.

Kagome was half expecting him to react violently but she was thankful for his calm response.

She nodded her head in thanks, climbed out of the spring, quickly wrapped the large drying cloth around herself and hastily ran to the archway.

Before she lifted the curtain to exit she turned her head around and said, "Oyasumi nasai, Sesshoumaru-sama."

"This is not the end." was his last reply when she disappeared behind the curtain.

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A.N. Muhahahahaha! I know you guys are probably pissed off due to no real lemon just a tad bit citrus, but what do you expect from some one as evil as me. (^_^) There's a whole background on Riomi. If you wish to know more plz email me at Riomi_Sess@msn.com Well plz stay tuned for next chappy til then plz flame or review! Cya!

~*~Riomi Yubanaga~*~

Translations

Miko- feudal era priestess

Ningen- human

Oyasumi nasai- good night