InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Secret Lovers ❯ Advice Column ( Chapter 11 )
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By: saphira404 
Oops little updating issues. Sorry!
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Drama / Comedy | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.13.2012 | Pages: 4 | Words: 7.6K | Visits: 333 | Status: Work In Progress
Oops little updating issues. Sorry!
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Drama / Comedy | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.13.2012 | Pages: 4 | Words: 7.6K | Visits: 333 | Status: Work In Progress
Part 11: Advice Column
A/N: A/N: Long time no see. I know I have not been good in my updating schedule, but rest assured, I will never give up on my story! To help you guys forgive me, there will be a smalllemon(just in time for Valentine's Day).
Thank you for the review:
LiliOfTheValley (I read every comment, and enjoy them tremendously! I’m glad I helped you see Kagura in a new light. Your kind words encourage me to keep on writing.)
Disclaimer: Sadly even though I love writing AU stories on my OTP, they don't belong to me. I tried to buy them, but all I could afford were plushies. Oh well better than nothing lol.
“Talking”
'Thoughts'
“What are you doing? You should be ashamed of yourselves! Why are you enabling these delinquents?!” The young woman spat angrily at Sesshoumaru and Kagura. Then as something occurred to her, the young woman then added. “Actually you should be ashamed of trying to buy drugs… period!”
“Well well, if it isn’t the illustrious president of our Associated Students organization? Did you lose yourself on the way to the ‘Land of the good girls’?” Hiten’s mocking remark made his Thunder Brothers, who were still spread out under the God Tree, chuckled heartily.
“Don’t try to make fun of me Hiten. After what happened to your brother, how can you still deal with drugs?” She shook her head in dismay. Her words caused the older man’s face contort in a mask of pure rage.
“Kagome, you stupid bitch. When will you get it through you thick head that I’m not selling that damn miko powder?!” His harsh words brought a grimace to her face. “What, angry? Where’s your little puppy? He isn’t here to defend you honor today?”
“Shut up Hiten! Don’t talk to Kagome like that.”
The two co-editors of Shikon Magazine who were too busy watching the two college students engage in a screaming match were caught unaware by another person joining their group. They turned to look at the newcomer, and even as Sesshoumaru’s golden eyes opened wide in shock, it was Kagura who let out a loud gasp.
“Keh! Who the hell are you, and what are you doing here?!”
Sesshoumaru Tashio stared at the man standing a few feet away from him. He saw the amber eyes which mirrored his perfectly, and even if their hair was not exactly the same hue, they both shared a silver mane. The journalist blinked, and to his disappointment the appearance of the younger version of himself did not disappear.
‘What have I done to deserve this?!’ Sesshoumaru thought to himself as anger ran through him. Ever since he had left his father’s house on the day he had turned eighteen, he had done his best to banish to the furthest recess of his mind any possible thoughts of his half brother. Kagura had been the only other person he had spoken to about his difficult family situation. Even his college roommate Jaken had never heard the full story about Sesshoumaru’s past.
Kagura Jiyuu felt her heart beat frantically. She had only seen a picture of Inuyasha once, when she and her lover had been sorting through applications from prospective interns, and she had never in her wildest dreams imagined she would see her lover’s younger brother in the flesh. From the corner of her eye she saw Sesshoumaru’s hand form a tight fist, and knew he was struggling to keep in his anger.
‘I need to do something before this whole situation blows up.’ She thought anxiously. She had no idea what exactly she should do, but she was sure she would have to act fast. To the young woman’s shock, she never had a chance to do anything to help calm down her lover. In fact without a single word escaping his pinched lips, Sesshoumaru turned around, and simply marched away.
“Hey wait!” Inuyasha shouted. He too had been shocked upon seeing the older man who resembled him so much, but not enough to keep his mouth shut. “I need to talk to you!”
His words halted Sesshoumaru’s stride. The journalist did not bother turning to look back at his half brother. “I have nothing to say to you.” With these final words, Sesshoumaru simply kept walking towards the parking lot where he had left his car.
Inuyasha looked as if he wanted to say something, but contented himself with biting his lower lips and crossing his arms over his chest.
“Was that… that was…” Kagome could only mutter. When she had first come upon Sesshoumaru, Kagura, Hiten and his Thunder Brothers, she had been too blinded by her anger to notice what exactly the two journalists looked like. Her sole purpose was to prevent Hiten from selling drugs to the two older visitors. However now that she had seen her boyfriend Inuyasha next to the older silver haired man, the resemblances between the two of them were unmistakable. The link between the two of them was clear to her; after all Kagome had known Inuyasha and his parents for years, and had gathered information over the years about the big family secret involving the mysterious and fearsome Sesshoumaru, who had turned his back on his family without ever looking back. She did not know exactly what had caused the rift between Sesshoumaru and his father and step-mother, nor did she care. The only thing she was certain of was that her beloved Inuyasha should not have to pay for it.
‘Inuyasha deserves to know how it feels to have a sibling.’ The dark haired college student thought to herself. ‘Maybe I can help.’ She was convinced intervening would be the right thing to do when she noticed the dark scowl displayed on Inuyasha’s face. What really helped her make her decision was that the scowl was coupled with a haunted look playing in his amber eyes.
“Damn it!” Kagura cursed under her breath. Kagome was not the only one who had noticed the thick tension in the air, and who had made the decision to react. “Sesshoumaru, wait.” She started walking towards the quickly disappearing form of her lover.
“Please, just wait a second.” Kagome quickly sprung into action as well, but instead of reaching for her own lover, she took a hold of Kagura’s arm. The older woman turned around to glare at her in response causing Kagome to instantly let go as if she had been burnt.
“I just…” Kagura took pity on the younger dark haired woman upon seeing moisture gathering in her large chocolate orbs, and hearing the broken voice she had spoken into.
‘I know how she feels. She just wants to help the man she loves.’ Without thinking her thoughts or action through, the female journalist plunged her hand into her purse, and retrieved one of her business cards. She placed it in Kagome’s shaking hand before speaking aloud. “Think about things, and if you want to talk, call me.”
In the blink of an eye Kagura turned to walk away. She sighed when she saw that Sesshoumaru had taken advantage of Kagome’s interruption to get further away, and would have to rush to catch up with him. Since the prospect of riding in a bus full of college students to get back to her apartment did not appeal to her, Kagura increased her pace to catch up to her lover. Of course she refused to think about the fact that she could simply just be worried for Sesshoumaru after his unusual reaction to the unexpected run-in with his long lost half brother.
“Thank you…” Kagome whispered, even if Kagura was now too far away to hear her. The other woman’s last words had worried her, but she decided not to dwell on it. She lowered her dark gaze to the card placed in the palm of her hand then after taking a large calming breath turned around to look at her boyfriend. She was shocked into silence at seeing the look of pure longing in Inuyasha’s gaze. In the blink of an eye, his vulnerable look was gone from his face, replaced by a blank expression.
“Inuyasha…” She started, but the silver haired man shook his head to stop her.
“Let’s go wench, there’s nothing for us here.” ‘At least not anymore.’ When he saw his girlfriend open her mouth to utter a protest, Inuyasha reacted. He took Kagome by the arm, and dragged her in the complete opposite direction than the one Sesshoumaru and Kagura had taken earlier.
“Once again these two had to ruin everything for me.” Hiten sighed unhappily. He had liked the idea of being the star of an article, but after seeing the reaction of the two journalists, he was now under the impression that Kagome and Inuyasha had stolen the spotlight away from him… yet again. He sat back under the God Tree next to his brothers, and picked up his can of beer. “I’ll make these assholes pay.” He took one large guzzle of his now warmed drink, and groaned discontentedly.
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“How long do you intend to run away?” Kagura shouted. She let a sigh of pure relief escape her lips when she saw that her intervention caused Sesshoumaru to pause in his fast walking.
He turned around, and gave her a murderous glare. “This Sesshoumaru is not running away.”
Kagura took a moment to regain her breath. Since Sesshoumaru had longer limbs than her, in order to catch up to his brisk walking, she had just had to literally run after him, and was in sore need of a minute to compose herself. “Really? Well the way you sprinted out of there could have fooled me.” She panted.
“I…” Sesshoumaru started, but suddenly paused. He did not see why his actions required an explanation; especially to Kagura. He once more turned away from his lover, and resumed his fast walking.
“Damn you!” Kagura spat angrily even if she started to hike after him once more. “So you’re just not going to talk to me?!”
“I fail to see what there is to talk about.” Sesshoumaru retorted. He was relieved to spy the parking structure where he had left his car earlier. He simply could not wait to drive as far away from the campus and the ‘undesirable people’ which were on it.
Kagura groaned in annoyance. She knew that voicing her wish to speak about his brother would cause Sesshoumaru to get even more closed off than he was now. ‘If that is even possible…’ She reflected thinking about how he was pushing her away. ‘What happened to the tender lover who took me out to dinner yesterday to celebrate my birthday?’ She lamented.
The young woman knew she would need to act fast, and use her wits if she did not want her lover to keep shutting her away. There was one thing she and Sesshoumaru had always had in common even back when they could barely stand each other: their love for their work.
“What about the article? You told Naraku you would have something for him to print in just a few weeks. How are you going to write a piece if you cannot even stand to be on the campus of Edo University?!” She knew she had managed to crack his self made armor when his step briefly faltered.
“You have no need to worry, I will figure something out.” As if realizing how cold he had been towards his lover ever since their encounter with Inuyasha and Kagome, Sesshoumaru’s attitude completely changed, and he quickly added. “Why don’t we go eat an early dinner?”
Kagura was astonished by the sudden change that had just come over Sesshoumaru, but the small smile at the corner of his lips, and the welcoming hand he extended towards her were enough to pacify her for now. She may have wanted to argue some more, but finally decided against it.
‘He can’t keep ignoring his brother like this… it obviously isn’t good for him… I want to help him, but I’m just not sure how… I just need to think about something. In the meantime I’ll just act as if nothing is wrong…’ She thought to herself as she took her hand, and laced her fingers with his.
“I could go for some decadent food. I have a sudden craving for cheesy pasta.” She forced a smile on her lips, acting as if she had not been screaming at him a few minutes ago. She was after all not about to ruin their small fragile truce.
“There is a small family owned Italian restaurant a few blocks away from my apartment. The pasta may not be the best, but they have an excellent wine list.” Kagura easily discerned the invitation hidden under his words. She was aware that by suggesting eating near his apartment he was silently asking her if she would be willing to spend the night at his home.
“Sounds great. Lead the way!” She wrapped his arm with hers, and hoped the smile she was faking would be enough to foul him for now.
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“How is your article coming along Sesshoumaru?” Naraku’s annoying voice grated on the nerves of the man he had just addressed. The two of them were standing in front of the vending machines in the break room of the headquarters of Shikon Magazine. At that present second the co-editor of the magazine honestly regretted that he had decided at that precise moment to leave his office to go get a snack. He had done his best to stay clear of everyone, and especially Naraku, for the best part of the day as the last thing he wanted was to have to think back on the unfortunate scene which had taken place two days ago on the campus of Edo University. To his delighted surprise even Kagura had been intuitive enough to not dare speak of the ill-fated encounter with his half brother.
‘I should have waited until Naraku had left before leaving my office.’ Sesshoumaru lamented as he leaned forward to pick up from the machine the cereal bar he had just purchased. Everyone at Shikon was aware that Naraku worked half days most of the time. Sesshoumaru therefore knew that if he had waited at least another hour, he would have been able to avoid his unbearable boss. He had hoped that the colder than usual look in his eyes would have ensured that everyone, not even Naraku, would dare ask him about the progress of his article. ‘It seems my truce is over…’
“Investigating the local drug trade can be quite complicated. Be sure to take your time.” Naraku took a sip of the soda can he had just retrieved from the vending machine. “I would hate for you to rush through your assignment in order to receive your next paycheck…”
The fact that his boss was belittling his journalistic abilities by insinuating that his salary was more important than producing quality work enraged him. Sesshoumaru however decided not to give in to his feelings. After all arguing with Naraku would force him to be in his presence for much longer than he cared for.
“You will receive my article when I am ready to hand it, not anytime before.” With these final words, Sesshoumaru stepped away from the break room, leaving his annoyed boss behind.
Even despite his confident words, when it came to his article, Sesshoumaru Tashio was sure of one thing: he had no idea what to write about.
‘I need to think of something, and fast lest I have all these idiots doubt my word and my skill.’ He thought to himself as he tore the wrapping from his cereal bar. Sesshoumaru knew that pursuing the angle of Kagome’s fight against drug on the college campus would be more interesting in a journalistic way; however, interviewing the young woman entailed having to run into his half brother again, and this was simply unacceptable to him. Just the thought of it was enough to make the silver haired journalist lose his appetite. As he passed by a trashcan, he threw away his now unwanted cereal bar.
He had been too busy thinking about his troubles with his article to pay attention to where he was going. In fact he only noticed too late that he was about to bump in none other than his lover.
Kagura Jiyuu was busy reflecting on issues of her own. Her mind had been so taken over and overridden with thoughts about the conundrum she found herself in regarding the relationship between Sesshoumaru and his brother that she too was not paying attention to her surroundings.
‘There must be something I can do.’ She thought to herself. ‘I know that Sesshoumaru is much more affected by the situation than he lets on. Seeing his brother must have been quite a shock…The cold politeness he has been showing towards me is going to slowly drive me crazy...’ While she was reflecting on her lover’s unusual behavior, she found herself bumping against a warm and very familiar chest.
“Sorry, I wasn’t paying attention.” Kagura quickly apologized as she gently rubbed her offended nose. The poor appendage had just had a collision with Sesshoumaru’s lean yet strong form. More than pain, what Kagura felt was awkward; she and her lover had not really had a chance to talk in the past two days. After leaving the campus of Edo University, they had as agreed, shared a quiet dinner. Their meal had been followed by a quick, not so fiery, session in Sesshoumaru’s bed, and at the first occasion Kagura had silently slipped out of his apartment.
‘Why did we have to meet again like this?...’ She lamented. She had a feeling Sesshoumaru had been avoiding her since she had left his apartment two days before. In fact despite the fact that they had adjoining offices, now was the only time the two of them saw each other ever since that evening. This was really not how Kagura had envisioned the next time they would talk to each other. In her plan, she would have been ready, and would have a clear battle plan about what to do next. Right now she just did not know how to approach the situation as Sesshoumaru had completely caught her unawares.
“Are you hurt?” He asked, resisting the urge to tenderly take Kagura by the shoulder to assess possible injuries. He could not after all give into his feelings while they were still standing in the main corridor of their workplace. Anyone could walk in on them and discover their little secret liaison; something neither Kagura nor Sesshoumaru wanted to see occur.
“No, I’m as good as ever. I’m pretty solid; it would take more than a little bump to bring me down.” She boasted with a smile. She could only hope that her little jest would be enough to tease Sesshoumaru out of his shell. Ever since they had seen his brother he had treated her with a form of cool and detached attentiveness that was slowly driving her crazy. She could however not fault him out loud as she too had not been behaving as usual. In fact she too had been avoiding her lover ever since their awkward love making of two days ago.
‘That time in bed just felt mechanical and passionless. I really felt as if he was purposely holding me at a distance…’ Far from being defeated, the young woman intended full well to destroy the shell Sesshoumaru seemed to have erected around him. ‘I managed to slip past his defenses once, so I know I can do it again.’
“Good to know.” He nodded to the woman standing in front of him. He made to turn around to head back to his office without another word, but at the last second changed his mind. He knew that he had been avoiding his lover. Yes, they had spent the night in bed together after coming back from Edo University, but he had purposely discouraged Kagura from talking with him then. He knew her well enough to realize that if he gave her the chance to start a conversation, she would without fail want to talk about his brother, and that was something he did not want to deal with. However as much as he tried to resist it, and despite his misgivings, he could not help but follow his true will. Before he realized it, he was opening his mouth. “Will I see you tonight?” He gently murmured, not loud enough for other people around them to hear. As much as he hated to admit it to himself, he had missed his lover in the sixty-ish hours since he had last seen her.
“Sure. My place at eight.” Kagura coupled her words with a wink then walked away swaying her backside generously. She hoped that her sexual play would be enough to distract him from her goal for the night: talking about his estranged brother.
“I will be looking forward to it.” Sesshoumaru Tashio whispered under his breath. As if she had heard him, which she possibly could have not because of the distance which now separated them, Kagura turned around to give her lover a small secretive smile. Sesshoumaru pressed his lips in a thin line in response; he would not give her a stupid goofy, love struck smile in return. He forced himself to turn around, and walked away.
He may have missed the peeved look on Kagura’s face due to his lack of reaction, but someone did not.
‘As I thought… there is definitely something going on between these two... I need to get to the bottom of things.’ The lone figure who had spied the entire interaction between the two secret lovers thought to himself. ‘It seems there are indeed some secrets that need to be uncovered.’
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“Thank you for dinner, it was lovely.” Sesshoumaru commented as he placed he last dirty plate in Kagura’s dishwasher. He had had dinner at his lover’s home on several occasions, and knew that Kagura was a decent enough host, but for some reason he had the feeling that she was trying to impress him. ‘After all it is not every day that she serves me lobster…’ He reflected to himself, his suspicious and inquisitive nature aroused. Something told him that there was some sort of ulterior motive hidden behind her sudden wish to treat him to such an expensive dinner. He had seen the containers the food had come in, and had spied the name of the expensive seafood restaurant she had picked the meals from. He could easily recall Kagura mentioning that fancy eatery a few weeks ago after she had tried it for one of her food critic articles. Naraku had thrown a real fit when he had been presented with the exorbitant bill, and had threatened to put an end to his daughter’s pet project. The only thing that had held him back was how popular Kagura’s segment had become on Shikon Magazine’s website.
‘Then again lobster dinner or not, whatever Kagura’s plan is, the situation must not be that grave if she is still against the idea of tidying up.’ Kagura in fact might have served a seafood feast to him, but he was the one who had cleaned up her kitchen, and cleared up the dishes.
“You’re welcome. Thanks for helping with the clean up.” She picked up her half full wine glass, and headed towards the living room. She personally had barely been able to taste the food she had eaten earlier in the evening. On the other hand she had generously refilled her wine glass on several occasions. For the past few hours she had thought about the best way to start a conversation about the topic she had been dying to broach since the previous day.
‘Since when am I so careful with my words?’ After rolling her shoulder and straightening her back, the young woman sat down on her favorite armchair. Shortly after Sesshoumaru joined her, and she opened her mouth to finally let go of what she had been holding in for the past two days.
“Sesshoumaru, I know you probably don’t want to hear that, but you need to do something about the situation.”
“Would you care to enlighten me as to what you are referring to?” He feigned innocence. He was willing to bet anything he owned that she was about to mention Inuyasha’s name. ‘So talking about this unfortunate event is the reason behind the lobster dinner… It seems she really is determined when it comes to this topic.’
“Oh please, do not take me for an idiot. You know full well that I am talking about your brother.” Kagura took a long swallow of her liquid courage.
“Half brother.” He corrected his lover out of habit.
“Don’t play on specificities with me right now!” She was angered by his blatant refusal to address the issue seriously. “We’re talking about your family here; it’s important.”
“Oh? And it is true you truly are the expert when it comes to family. I in fact envy your relationship with your father.” Sesshoumaru snorted with pure derision. He knew he had just dealt Kagura a painful low blow, but the words had been out before he could have stopped himself.
To her credit, Kagura did not let his hurtful remark get to her. “I will be the first to admit that I do not have the best relationship with my father, but at least I can have a conversation with Naraku without running away!”
“This Sesshoumaru is not a coward.” He hissed angrily. The only outward show of his true feelings was seen in the tight fist his hand was clenched into.
“No, I know you are not.” She agreed. “But you are behaving like one.” She took to her feet, and sat down next to her lover on the couch. Before he had a chance to protest, she took his clenched fist in her hands, and brought the limb to her lips. “I know that things are hard for you. I am not asking you to reconcile with your father… all I want is for you to give your half brother a chance.”
Sesshoumaru tried, and failed to ignore the way her gentle kiss upon his hand had touched him. He was even more affected by how her true concern for him shone in her voice.
“I am also worried about your article. We both know that interviewing that Associated Student president is the best angle to give to your piece, and seeing her will certainly involve Inuyasha… Don’t jeopardize the career you’ve worked so hard on because of something that has occurred more than two decades ago…”
“Do you think I do not know what needs to be done? I am working on my article, and have no need of everyone asking me about it!” Even if he knew Kagura’s words were coming from a good place, he was still annoyed by her concern.
“I am not trying to tell you how to do your work… I just…” She, who had always been free with her words, could not find a way to express herself. ‘Can’t he see that I only want what’s best for him?!’
When it came to Sesshoumaru, he was done with talking. Suffering Naraku’s jests this afternoon had been bad enough, and having his lover add on top of his negative feelings, was making him feel much worse. He in fact did not want to hear Kagura utter one more word about his half brother or his article. One sure way he knew to make her drop the much unwanted conversation was sex. After all from their first night together at the hotel while on location at the festival, he had realized she was unable to resist his advances, and he now had every intention of using any means necessary to keep her as far away from the topic of his brother as possible.
‘It did work that night…’ He added to himself, thinking about how a few hours after their run in with Inuyasha he had managed to prevent Kagura from asking any questions by sleeping with her. It had not been the proudest moment of his life, nor their most soul shaking love making, but it had been pleasurable enough for the both of them, and had managed to quiet down any questions his lover might have had.
He removed his hand from her grasp, and in one move draped his arm around her shoulders. In a lighting quick action, he had her safely in his grasp, at his complete mercy, and lowered his face towards her. When Kagura opened her mouth to protest, he took the opportunity to place a kiss to her lips.
‘I must resist…’ The young woman thought to herself even if she could not make herself push Sesshoumaru away. She was not dumb. She knew that he was using a kiss to distract her. ‘And he’s doing a damn good job at it.’ She moaned when he slipped his tongue in her mouth to deepen their kiss. To her surprise she was pleased to see that the awkwardness which they had experienced two days ago in bed had no place in their embrace today.
‘I was afraid we wouldn’t be able to feel the same kind of heat we used to have.’ She thought as her mind drifted back to how unmoving their lovemaking of two days ago had been. ‘It felt just as it used to when I was with Kouga. It was pleasurable, but not body shaking as things usually are with Sesshoumaru…’ She moaned appreciatively when he released her hair from her usual tight constrictive bun. ‘It seems we are back on as usual, and that my fears were unwarranted.’
Before she realized it, the young woman was completely taken over by their passion, and her carefully crafted plea in favor of Sesshoumaru extending a hand towards his estranged brother took a backseat. The only thing she could think about right now was being with the man she cared so much about.
Sesshoumaru felt it the moment Kagura let go. He was relieved to see that the young woman would not push him away as he had feared earlier. Since he was not willing to allow her to slip through his fingers, just as she had done two days before after their love making, he wasted no time moving things along. In the space of a heartbeat, Kagura found herself lying on her back on her couch with Sesshoumaru nestled between her legs. She dutifully opened her mouth when he lowered his lips over hers, and they exchanged a long languorous kiss. She helped him along when he unbuttoned her shirt by raising her arms to enable him to slip off her garment. She did not protest either when he rid her of her skirt, and she found herself in just her underwear. Once he was done undressing her, he wasted no time taking care of his now grossly superfluous clothing. Kagura watched with ravenous eyes Sesshoumaru discarding both his shirt and undershirt. As soon as she saw his naked chest, she ran her hands over the broad expense of smooth pale skin. He may be enjoying her light touch, but he wanted, and needed more. Sesshoumaru gently pushed himself away from his lover, to unbuckle his slacks. As he worked his pants and underwear down his legs, he employed to get his partner to the same fevered state he found himself in, and he knew just the way to do it.
Kagura let out a groan of pure pleasure from the bottom of her throat. Her keen reaction embarrassed her. She bit her lip next to keep in the loud moan she almost let out when Sesshoumaru kissed his way up her neck just the way she liked it. Despite her relative experience with matters of the flesh, it was only with Sesshoumaru that she realized how sensitive the skin of her neck was as he never failed to kiss that tender part of her anatomy to arouse her. The little action, as expected, had the desired reaction, and that caused Sesshoumaru to decide to move things along as quickly as possible. Grinning against the skin of her throat, the young man decided to rid her of the last thing standing in his way; his lover’s lacy pair of underwear. He however did not bother removing her bra entirely, pushing it to the side to reveal one of her breasts was good enough for him as it granted him all the access he needed. As if to prove that theory, he lowered his mouth to gently nibble on one of her sensitive nipples.
“Sesshoumaru… I need you.” Kagura’s breathy plea snapped what little control he might have had. In the span of the next few seconds, he buried himself in her as deeply as possible. His entry inside her might have been made clumsy due to their awkward position of lying together on her couch, but it was as pleasurable as possible for the two of them.
“Sorry…” Sesshoumaru started apologizing for his rough handling of her. He after all had not taken the time to ensure that Kagura was fully ready to receive him.
“Shut up and kiss me.” She answered, and placed her arm around his neck to bring his face closer to hers. As he did as bid, and placed a searing kiss to her lips, Kagura arched her back to enable him to move even deeper inside of her.
“Sesshoumaru.” She moaned appreciatively when he lowered his kiss to her chest, and clamped his mouth hard against the tip of her breast. Her breathless encouragement was all the enticement he needed, and soon enough he was thrusting harder inside of her. She eagerly accompanied him by rocking her hips back and forth furiously.
The young man took a hold of his lover’s left leg, and raised it high before resting it on his shoulder. His gesture opened her even further to his ministrations, to her great delight. The dark haired woman was the first shocked to see how all too soon her pleasure was quickly escalating. As soon as he felt her tremble under him, Sesshoumaru knew that Kagura was coming apart, and that he would be able to give free reign to his pleasure soon as well.
The young woman could tell she was very close, so close she could almost feel herself climax. She just needed a little more to get over the edge. As sensitive as they might be, Sesshoumaru toying with her breast with his lips would not be enough to set her off. She also knew exactly what she needed to get there, and lowered her hand to where she and Sesshoumaru were joined. Her fingers had barely skinned against her intimate folds that her entire body quivered.
Sesshoumaru uttered a silent sigh of gratitude when Kagura cried out under him. Now that she had reached bliss, he was able to give free reign to his own pleasure. As soon as he released himself inside of her, Sesshoumaru felt himself sapped of all strength, and brought down her leg from his hold before carefully lowering himself over her body. He was slightly ashamed at the rapidity of the whole thing, and knew this was definitely not one of his best performances, but when he lowered his golden gaze, and saw the contented look on Kagura’s misty face, he was slightly relieved. As a slight means of apology, he finally used some of the little strength he still had to get rid of her pink bra to reveal her two firm globes to his adoring gaze, and lowered his mouth to press a little peck to the valley between her two breasts. She let out a little pleased chuckle at the tender gesture he had just displayed, and all his doubts were wiped away for good.
Kagura was indeed very pleased. She panted against the skin of his damp neck and tenderly ran her hands over the bare skin of his back. She was shocked to see how quickly their encounter had finished. However what they had not had in length, they had made up with intensity. Despite how often the two of them engaged in very pleasurable bed sport, Kagura was sure they had not felt that much intensity ever since their first night together at the hotel.
‘Hum actually the last time we got that carried away might have been when we did it against the wall that night he was waiting for me…’ A little smirk found itself on her lips when she remembered how vulnerable Sesshoumaru had looked that evening he had been driven by his jealousy to wait for her to come home from her dinner with her friends.
“I must be too heavy.” Sesshoumaru commented as he reluctantly separated their bodies before sitting up on the couch. He then reached for the box of tissues Kagura always left on her coffee table, and quickly and efficiently cleaned off of the two of them any trace of their previous encounter.
“Thank you…” Kagura could not find anything else to say. Before they had been swept away by passion, the two of them had been in the grips of an argument, and now that they had regained their senses, she was not too sure what to say. To her relief she did not have to try to break the silence once again as the well known ringtone of her cell phone resonated in the room. She sprung to her feet, and went to retrieve it from her purse, completely heedless to her nudity; after all Sesshoumaru had seen her unclothed so many times before.
A frown marred her features when the young woman saw the unknown ID displayed on her screen. She nonetheless answered the call. She would have taken any phone call, except one from her father, in order to escape from having to face off with Sesshoumaru once again.
“Yes?”
“Hi… is this Miss Jiyuu?” A female asked tentatively.
“Depends on who’s asking…” Kagura felt Sesshoumaru’s questioning gaze on her back, and turned around to address him a shrug.
“My name is Kagome Higurashi… we met a few days ago at Edo University. This may seem awkward, I know, but I just want to… I think we should talk. I’m not too sure what you relationship is with…him, but I love Inuyasha, and I was just hoping you would like to help me help them reconcile.”
When Kagura took her time to digest this information, and think about things, Kagome panicked. She had been sure that she would be able to make Kagura work with her. “I just… I think it would be good for the both of them… Besides if you help me have them reconcile, I’ll help you with your article.”
“You know about the article?” Kagura was surprised to hear.
“Well the only reason two journalists would visit our campus would be to write an article…and there’s also the fact that Hiten has been telling anyone who cares to listen to him that two journalists from Shikon Magazine approached him about a piece on the Miko Powder…” The female college student placed the last of her cards on the table.
“I take it you will tell me all I need to know about that if I help you out with the situation between the two of them.” The Shikon Magazine co-editor placed together the pieces of the puzzle Kagome had just dropped on her lap. A little triumphant smirk found itself on her lips. She knew that she had just been handed a perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, and she had every intention of taking advantage of it. “What are you doing for lunch tomorrow?”
“Nothing, I am free. I know this great place not too far from campus. We could meet up there around noon.” Kagome suggested. She knew that Inuyasha had a class from noon to one thirty in the afternoon, and that would be the best opportunity to meet up with Kagura. She after all was very much aware that her boyfriend would be against the idea of her working towards the two brothers reconciling, or contributing to an investigation about the Miko Powder.
“Sounds like a plan. I will call you tomorrow to iron out the details.” With these final words, Kagura terminated the call, and placed her cell phone back in her purse.
“Is something amiss?” Sesshoumaru asked. He had used the blanket Kagura placed as a decoration on her couch to cover his lap. Other than that he was still as naked as she was.
“No… it’s just worked related.” The lie rolled off her tongue easily as it contained an ounce of truth. She did intend to have Kagome help Sesshoumaru on his exposé about the ravages the Miko Powder was creating on the local college community.
“Kagura I…” Sesshoumaru did not know how to approach the situation. He was faced with a dilemma: on the one hand he cared about his lover a lot, but on the other hand did not want to listen to her berating him for not extending a hand towards his brother, or not going back to the Edo campus to work on his article.
“Let’s not argue again; especially not after what we just shared.” She said forcing her voice to sound as even as possible. Now that she was working on a plan to help out her lover, whether Sesshoumaru liked it or not, she did not see any reason to outright argue with him... ‘At least for now…’
She walked back towards the couch, and sat down next to him as soon as he made her a little space. He placed the blanket around both of their shoulders to cover their nudity and warm them over.
“We should probably go to bed.” Sesshoumaru glanced towards the wall clock which displayed how late the hour had turned.
“Let’s stay like this a little while longer.” Kagura responded even as she snuggled closer to his side. He humored her, and even placed his arm around her shoulder to get her closer to him right before rearranging the blanket around them; he was not about to let her catch a cold.
‘You may not want to talk about it right now, but I will help you, even if you hate me for it.’ Kagura vowed to herself as she pressed a kiss to the hollow of his throat.
To be continued…
A/N: Kagura and Kagome joining forces… if I was Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha I would run away lol. The next chapter will be named Op-ed.
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A/N: A/N: Long time no see. I know I have not been good in my updating schedule, but rest assured, I will never give up on my story! To help you guys forgive me, there will be a smalllemon(just in time for Valentine's Day).
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“Talking”
'Thoughts'
“What are you doing? You should be ashamed of yourselves! Why are you enabling these delinquents?!” The young woman spat angrily at Sesshoumaru and Kagura. Then as something occurred to her, the young woman then added. “Actually you should be ashamed of trying to buy drugs… period!”
“Well well, if it isn’t the illustrious president of our Associated Students organization? Did you lose yourself on the way to the ‘Land of the good girls’?” Hiten’s mocking remark made his Thunder Brothers, who were still spread out under the God Tree, chuckled heartily.
“Don’t try to make fun of me Hiten. After what happened to your brother, how can you still deal with drugs?” She shook her head in dismay. Her words caused the older man’s face contort in a mask of pure rage.
“Kagome, you stupid bitch. When will you get it through you thick head that I’m not selling that damn miko powder?!” His harsh words brought a grimace to her face. “What, angry? Where’s your little puppy? He isn’t here to defend you honor today?”
“Shut up Hiten! Don’t talk to Kagome like that.”
The two co-editors of Shikon Magazine who were too busy watching the two college students engage in a screaming match were caught unaware by another person joining their group. They turned to look at the newcomer, and even as Sesshoumaru’s golden eyes opened wide in shock, it was Kagura who let out a loud gasp.
“Keh! Who the hell are you, and what are you doing here?!”
Sesshoumaru Tashio stared at the man standing a few feet away from him. He saw the amber eyes which mirrored his perfectly, and even if their hair was not exactly the same hue, they both shared a silver mane. The journalist blinked, and to his disappointment the appearance of the younger version of himself did not disappear.
‘What have I done to deserve this?!’ Sesshoumaru thought to himself as anger ran through him. Ever since he had left his father’s house on the day he had turned eighteen, he had done his best to banish to the furthest recess of his mind any possible thoughts of his half brother. Kagura had been the only other person he had spoken to about his difficult family situation. Even his college roommate Jaken had never heard the full story about Sesshoumaru’s past.
Kagura Jiyuu felt her heart beat frantically. She had only seen a picture of Inuyasha once, when she and her lover had been sorting through applications from prospective interns, and she had never in her wildest dreams imagined she would see her lover’s younger brother in the flesh. From the corner of her eye she saw Sesshoumaru’s hand form a tight fist, and knew he was struggling to keep in his anger.
‘I need to do something before this whole situation blows up.’ She thought anxiously. She had no idea what exactly she should do, but she was sure she would have to act fast. To the young woman’s shock, she never had a chance to do anything to help calm down her lover. In fact without a single word escaping his pinched lips, Sesshoumaru turned around, and simply marched away.
“Hey wait!” Inuyasha shouted. He too had been shocked upon seeing the older man who resembled him so much, but not enough to keep his mouth shut. “I need to talk to you!”
His words halted Sesshoumaru’s stride. The journalist did not bother turning to look back at his half brother. “I have nothing to say to you.” With these final words, Sesshoumaru simply kept walking towards the parking lot where he had left his car.
Inuyasha looked as if he wanted to say something, but contented himself with biting his lower lips and crossing his arms over his chest.
“Was that… that was…” Kagome could only mutter. When she had first come upon Sesshoumaru, Kagura, Hiten and his Thunder Brothers, she had been too blinded by her anger to notice what exactly the two journalists looked like. Her sole purpose was to prevent Hiten from selling drugs to the two older visitors. However now that she had seen her boyfriend Inuyasha next to the older silver haired man, the resemblances between the two of them were unmistakable. The link between the two of them was clear to her; after all Kagome had known Inuyasha and his parents for years, and had gathered information over the years about the big family secret involving the mysterious and fearsome Sesshoumaru, who had turned his back on his family without ever looking back. She did not know exactly what had caused the rift between Sesshoumaru and his father and step-mother, nor did she care. The only thing she was certain of was that her beloved Inuyasha should not have to pay for it.
‘Inuyasha deserves to know how it feels to have a sibling.’ The dark haired college student thought to herself. ‘Maybe I can help.’ She was convinced intervening would be the right thing to do when she noticed the dark scowl displayed on Inuyasha’s face. What really helped her make her decision was that the scowl was coupled with a haunted look playing in his amber eyes.
“Damn it!” Kagura cursed under her breath. Kagome was not the only one who had noticed the thick tension in the air, and who had made the decision to react. “Sesshoumaru, wait.” She started walking towards the quickly disappearing form of her lover.
“Please, just wait a second.” Kagome quickly sprung into action as well, but instead of reaching for her own lover, she took a hold of Kagura’s arm. The older woman turned around to glare at her in response causing Kagome to instantly let go as if she had been burnt.
“I just…” Kagura took pity on the younger dark haired woman upon seeing moisture gathering in her large chocolate orbs, and hearing the broken voice she had spoken into.
‘I know how she feels. She just wants to help the man she loves.’ Without thinking her thoughts or action through, the female journalist plunged her hand into her purse, and retrieved one of her business cards. She placed it in Kagome’s shaking hand before speaking aloud. “Think about things, and if you want to talk, call me.”
In the blink of an eye Kagura turned to walk away. She sighed when she saw that Sesshoumaru had taken advantage of Kagome’s interruption to get further away, and would have to rush to catch up with him. Since the prospect of riding in a bus full of college students to get back to her apartment did not appeal to her, Kagura increased her pace to catch up to her lover. Of course she refused to think about the fact that she could simply just be worried for Sesshoumaru after his unusual reaction to the unexpected run-in with his long lost half brother.
“Thank you…” Kagome whispered, even if Kagura was now too far away to hear her. The other woman’s last words had worried her, but she decided not to dwell on it. She lowered her dark gaze to the card placed in the palm of her hand then after taking a large calming breath turned around to look at her boyfriend. She was shocked into silence at seeing the look of pure longing in Inuyasha’s gaze. In the blink of an eye, his vulnerable look was gone from his face, replaced by a blank expression.
“Inuyasha…” She started, but the silver haired man shook his head to stop her.
“Let’s go wench, there’s nothing for us here.” ‘At least not anymore.’ When he saw his girlfriend open her mouth to utter a protest, Inuyasha reacted. He took Kagome by the arm, and dragged her in the complete opposite direction than the one Sesshoumaru and Kagura had taken earlier.
“Once again these two had to ruin everything for me.” Hiten sighed unhappily. He had liked the idea of being the star of an article, but after seeing the reaction of the two journalists, he was now under the impression that Kagome and Inuyasha had stolen the spotlight away from him… yet again. He sat back under the God Tree next to his brothers, and picked up his can of beer. “I’ll make these assholes pay.” He took one large guzzle of his now warmed drink, and groaned discontentedly.
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“How long do you intend to run away?” Kagura shouted. She let a sigh of pure relief escape her lips when she saw that her intervention caused Sesshoumaru to pause in his fast walking.
He turned around, and gave her a murderous glare. “This Sesshoumaru is not running away.”
Kagura took a moment to regain her breath. Since Sesshoumaru had longer limbs than her, in order to catch up to his brisk walking, she had just had to literally run after him, and was in sore need of a minute to compose herself. “Really? Well the way you sprinted out of there could have fooled me.” She panted.
“I…” Sesshoumaru started, but suddenly paused. He did not see why his actions required an explanation; especially to Kagura. He once more turned away from his lover, and resumed his fast walking.
“Damn you!” Kagura spat angrily even if she started to hike after him once more. “So you’re just not going to talk to me?!”
“I fail to see what there is to talk about.” Sesshoumaru retorted. He was relieved to spy the parking structure where he had left his car earlier. He simply could not wait to drive as far away from the campus and the ‘undesirable people’ which were on it.
Kagura groaned in annoyance. She knew that voicing her wish to speak about his brother would cause Sesshoumaru to get even more closed off than he was now. ‘If that is even possible…’ She reflected thinking about how he was pushing her away. ‘What happened to the tender lover who took me out to dinner yesterday to celebrate my birthday?’ She lamented.
The young woman knew she would need to act fast, and use her wits if she did not want her lover to keep shutting her away. There was one thing she and Sesshoumaru had always had in common even back when they could barely stand each other: their love for their work.
“What about the article? You told Naraku you would have something for him to print in just a few weeks. How are you going to write a piece if you cannot even stand to be on the campus of Edo University?!” She knew she had managed to crack his self made armor when his step briefly faltered.
“You have no need to worry, I will figure something out.” As if realizing how cold he had been towards his lover ever since their encounter with Inuyasha and Kagome, Sesshoumaru’s attitude completely changed, and he quickly added. “Why don’t we go eat an early dinner?”
Kagura was astonished by the sudden change that had just come over Sesshoumaru, but the small smile at the corner of his lips, and the welcoming hand he extended towards her were enough to pacify her for now. She may have wanted to argue some more, but finally decided against it.
‘He can’t keep ignoring his brother like this… it obviously isn’t good for him… I want to help him, but I’m just not sure how… I just need to think about something. In the meantime I’ll just act as if nothing is wrong…’ She thought to herself as she took her hand, and laced her fingers with his.
“I could go for some decadent food. I have a sudden craving for cheesy pasta.” She forced a smile on her lips, acting as if she had not been screaming at him a few minutes ago. She was after all not about to ruin their small fragile truce.
“There is a small family owned Italian restaurant a few blocks away from my apartment. The pasta may not be the best, but they have an excellent wine list.” Kagura easily discerned the invitation hidden under his words. She was aware that by suggesting eating near his apartment he was silently asking her if she would be willing to spend the night at his home.
“Sounds great. Lead the way!” She wrapped his arm with hers, and hoped the smile she was faking would be enough to foul him for now.
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“How is your article coming along Sesshoumaru?” Naraku’s annoying voice grated on the nerves of the man he had just addressed. The two of them were standing in front of the vending machines in the break room of the headquarters of Shikon Magazine. At that present second the co-editor of the magazine honestly regretted that he had decided at that precise moment to leave his office to go get a snack. He had done his best to stay clear of everyone, and especially Naraku, for the best part of the day as the last thing he wanted was to have to think back on the unfortunate scene which had taken place two days ago on the campus of Edo University. To his delighted surprise even Kagura had been intuitive enough to not dare speak of the ill-fated encounter with his half brother.
‘I should have waited until Naraku had left before leaving my office.’ Sesshoumaru lamented as he leaned forward to pick up from the machine the cereal bar he had just purchased. Everyone at Shikon was aware that Naraku worked half days most of the time. Sesshoumaru therefore knew that if he had waited at least another hour, he would have been able to avoid his unbearable boss. He had hoped that the colder than usual look in his eyes would have ensured that everyone, not even Naraku, would dare ask him about the progress of his article. ‘It seems my truce is over…’
“Investigating the local drug trade can be quite complicated. Be sure to take your time.” Naraku took a sip of the soda can he had just retrieved from the vending machine. “I would hate for you to rush through your assignment in order to receive your next paycheck…”
The fact that his boss was belittling his journalistic abilities by insinuating that his salary was more important than producing quality work enraged him. Sesshoumaru however decided not to give in to his feelings. After all arguing with Naraku would force him to be in his presence for much longer than he cared for.
“You will receive my article when I am ready to hand it, not anytime before.” With these final words, Sesshoumaru stepped away from the break room, leaving his annoyed boss behind.
Even despite his confident words, when it came to his article, Sesshoumaru Tashio was sure of one thing: he had no idea what to write about.
‘I need to think of something, and fast lest I have all these idiots doubt my word and my skill.’ He thought to himself as he tore the wrapping from his cereal bar. Sesshoumaru knew that pursuing the angle of Kagome’s fight against drug on the college campus would be more interesting in a journalistic way; however, interviewing the young woman entailed having to run into his half brother again, and this was simply unacceptable to him. Just the thought of it was enough to make the silver haired journalist lose his appetite. As he passed by a trashcan, he threw away his now unwanted cereal bar.
He had been too busy thinking about his troubles with his article to pay attention to where he was going. In fact he only noticed too late that he was about to bump in none other than his lover.
Kagura Jiyuu was busy reflecting on issues of her own. Her mind had been so taken over and overridden with thoughts about the conundrum she found herself in regarding the relationship between Sesshoumaru and his brother that she too was not paying attention to her surroundings.
‘There must be something I can do.’ She thought to herself. ‘I know that Sesshoumaru is much more affected by the situation than he lets on. Seeing his brother must have been quite a shock…The cold politeness he has been showing towards me is going to slowly drive me crazy...’ While she was reflecting on her lover’s unusual behavior, she found herself bumping against a warm and very familiar chest.
“Sorry, I wasn’t paying attention.” Kagura quickly apologized as she gently rubbed her offended nose. The poor appendage had just had a collision with Sesshoumaru’s lean yet strong form. More than pain, what Kagura felt was awkward; she and her lover had not really had a chance to talk in the past two days. After leaving the campus of Edo University, they had as agreed, shared a quiet dinner. Their meal had been followed by a quick, not so fiery, session in Sesshoumaru’s bed, and at the first occasion Kagura had silently slipped out of his apartment.
‘Why did we have to meet again like this?...’ She lamented. She had a feeling Sesshoumaru had been avoiding her since she had left his apartment two days before. In fact despite the fact that they had adjoining offices, now was the only time the two of them saw each other ever since that evening. This was really not how Kagura had envisioned the next time they would talk to each other. In her plan, she would have been ready, and would have a clear battle plan about what to do next. Right now she just did not know how to approach the situation as Sesshoumaru had completely caught her unawares.
“Are you hurt?” He asked, resisting the urge to tenderly take Kagura by the shoulder to assess possible injuries. He could not after all give into his feelings while they were still standing in the main corridor of their workplace. Anyone could walk in on them and discover their little secret liaison; something neither Kagura nor Sesshoumaru wanted to see occur.
“No, I’m as good as ever. I’m pretty solid; it would take more than a little bump to bring me down.” She boasted with a smile. She could only hope that her little jest would be enough to tease Sesshoumaru out of his shell. Ever since they had seen his brother he had treated her with a form of cool and detached attentiveness that was slowly driving her crazy. She could however not fault him out loud as she too had not been behaving as usual. In fact she too had been avoiding her lover ever since their awkward love making of two days ago.
‘That time in bed just felt mechanical and passionless. I really felt as if he was purposely holding me at a distance…’ Far from being defeated, the young woman intended full well to destroy the shell Sesshoumaru seemed to have erected around him. ‘I managed to slip past his defenses once, so I know I can do it again.’
“Good to know.” He nodded to the woman standing in front of him. He made to turn around to head back to his office without another word, but at the last second changed his mind. He knew that he had been avoiding his lover. Yes, they had spent the night in bed together after coming back from Edo University, but he had purposely discouraged Kagura from talking with him then. He knew her well enough to realize that if he gave her the chance to start a conversation, she would without fail want to talk about his brother, and that was something he did not want to deal with. However as much as he tried to resist it, and despite his misgivings, he could not help but follow his true will. Before he realized it, he was opening his mouth. “Will I see you tonight?” He gently murmured, not loud enough for other people around them to hear. As much as he hated to admit it to himself, he had missed his lover in the sixty-ish hours since he had last seen her.
“Sure. My place at eight.” Kagura coupled her words with a wink then walked away swaying her backside generously. She hoped that her sexual play would be enough to distract him from her goal for the night: talking about his estranged brother.
“I will be looking forward to it.” Sesshoumaru Tashio whispered under his breath. As if she had heard him, which she possibly could have not because of the distance which now separated them, Kagura turned around to give her lover a small secretive smile. Sesshoumaru pressed his lips in a thin line in response; he would not give her a stupid goofy, love struck smile in return. He forced himself to turn around, and walked away.
He may have missed the peeved look on Kagura’s face due to his lack of reaction, but someone did not.
‘As I thought… there is definitely something going on between these two... I need to get to the bottom of things.’ The lone figure who had spied the entire interaction between the two secret lovers thought to himself. ‘It seems there are indeed some secrets that need to be uncovered.’
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“Thank you for dinner, it was lovely.” Sesshoumaru commented as he placed he last dirty plate in Kagura’s dishwasher. He had had dinner at his lover’s home on several occasions, and knew that Kagura was a decent enough host, but for some reason he had the feeling that she was trying to impress him. ‘After all it is not every day that she serves me lobster…’ He reflected to himself, his suspicious and inquisitive nature aroused. Something told him that there was some sort of ulterior motive hidden behind her sudden wish to treat him to such an expensive dinner. He had seen the containers the food had come in, and had spied the name of the expensive seafood restaurant she had picked the meals from. He could easily recall Kagura mentioning that fancy eatery a few weeks ago after she had tried it for one of her food critic articles. Naraku had thrown a real fit when he had been presented with the exorbitant bill, and had threatened to put an end to his daughter’s pet project. The only thing that had held him back was how popular Kagura’s segment had become on Shikon Magazine’s website.
‘Then again lobster dinner or not, whatever Kagura’s plan is, the situation must not be that grave if she is still against the idea of tidying up.’ Kagura in fact might have served a seafood feast to him, but he was the one who had cleaned up her kitchen, and cleared up the dishes.
“You’re welcome. Thanks for helping with the clean up.” She picked up her half full wine glass, and headed towards the living room. She personally had barely been able to taste the food she had eaten earlier in the evening. On the other hand she had generously refilled her wine glass on several occasions. For the past few hours she had thought about the best way to start a conversation about the topic she had been dying to broach since the previous day.
‘Since when am I so careful with my words?’ After rolling her shoulder and straightening her back, the young woman sat down on her favorite armchair. Shortly after Sesshoumaru joined her, and she opened her mouth to finally let go of what she had been holding in for the past two days.
“Sesshoumaru, I know you probably don’t want to hear that, but you need to do something about the situation.”
“Would you care to enlighten me as to what you are referring to?” He feigned innocence. He was willing to bet anything he owned that she was about to mention Inuyasha’s name. ‘So talking about this unfortunate event is the reason behind the lobster dinner… It seems she really is determined when it comes to this topic.’
“Oh please, do not take me for an idiot. You know full well that I am talking about your brother.” Kagura took a long swallow of her liquid courage.
“Half brother.” He corrected his lover out of habit.
“Don’t play on specificities with me right now!” She was angered by his blatant refusal to address the issue seriously. “We’re talking about your family here; it’s important.”
“Oh? And it is true you truly are the expert when it comes to family. I in fact envy your relationship with your father.” Sesshoumaru snorted with pure derision. He knew he had just dealt Kagura a painful low blow, but the words had been out before he could have stopped himself.
To her credit, Kagura did not let his hurtful remark get to her. “I will be the first to admit that I do not have the best relationship with my father, but at least I can have a conversation with Naraku without running away!”
“This Sesshoumaru is not a coward.” He hissed angrily. The only outward show of his true feelings was seen in the tight fist his hand was clenched into.
“No, I know you are not.” She agreed. “But you are behaving like one.” She took to her feet, and sat down next to her lover on the couch. Before he had a chance to protest, she took his clenched fist in her hands, and brought the limb to her lips. “I know that things are hard for you. I am not asking you to reconcile with your father… all I want is for you to give your half brother a chance.”
Sesshoumaru tried, and failed to ignore the way her gentle kiss upon his hand had touched him. He was even more affected by how her true concern for him shone in her voice.
“I am also worried about your article. We both know that interviewing that Associated Student president is the best angle to give to your piece, and seeing her will certainly involve Inuyasha… Don’t jeopardize the career you’ve worked so hard on because of something that has occurred more than two decades ago…”
“Do you think I do not know what needs to be done? I am working on my article, and have no need of everyone asking me about it!” Even if he knew Kagura’s words were coming from a good place, he was still annoyed by her concern.
“I am not trying to tell you how to do your work… I just…” She, who had always been free with her words, could not find a way to express herself. ‘Can’t he see that I only want what’s best for him?!’
When it came to Sesshoumaru, he was done with talking. Suffering Naraku’s jests this afternoon had been bad enough, and having his lover add on top of his negative feelings, was making him feel much worse. He in fact did not want to hear Kagura utter one more word about his half brother or his article. One sure way he knew to make her drop the much unwanted conversation was sex. After all from their first night together at the hotel while on location at the festival, he had realized she was unable to resist his advances, and he now had every intention of using any means necessary to keep her as far away from the topic of his brother as possible.
‘It did work that night…’ He added to himself, thinking about how a few hours after their run in with Inuyasha he had managed to prevent Kagura from asking any questions by sleeping with her. It had not been the proudest moment of his life, nor their most soul shaking love making, but it had been pleasurable enough for the both of them, and had managed to quiet down any questions his lover might have had.
He removed his hand from her grasp, and in one move draped his arm around her shoulders. In a lighting quick action, he had her safely in his grasp, at his complete mercy, and lowered his face towards her. When Kagura opened her mouth to protest, he took the opportunity to place a kiss to her lips.
‘I must resist…’ The young woman thought to herself even if she could not make herself push Sesshoumaru away. She was not dumb. She knew that he was using a kiss to distract her. ‘And he’s doing a damn good job at it.’ She moaned when he slipped his tongue in her mouth to deepen their kiss. To her surprise she was pleased to see that the awkwardness which they had experienced two days ago in bed had no place in their embrace today.
‘I was afraid we wouldn’t be able to feel the same kind of heat we used to have.’ She thought as her mind drifted back to how unmoving their lovemaking of two days ago had been. ‘It felt just as it used to when I was with Kouga. It was pleasurable, but not body shaking as things usually are with Sesshoumaru…’ She moaned appreciatively when he released her hair from her usual tight constrictive bun. ‘It seems we are back on as usual, and that my fears were unwarranted.’
Before she realized it, the young woman was completely taken over by their passion, and her carefully crafted plea in favor of Sesshoumaru extending a hand towards his estranged brother took a backseat. The only thing she could think about right now was being with the man she cared so much about.
Sesshoumaru felt it the moment Kagura let go. He was relieved to see that the young woman would not push him away as he had feared earlier. Since he was not willing to allow her to slip through his fingers, just as she had done two days before after their love making, he wasted no time moving things along. In the space of a heartbeat, Kagura found herself lying on her back on her couch with Sesshoumaru nestled between her legs. She dutifully opened her mouth when he lowered his lips over hers, and they exchanged a long languorous kiss. She helped him along when he unbuttoned her shirt by raising her arms to enable him to slip off her garment. She did not protest either when he rid her of her skirt, and she found herself in just her underwear. Once he was done undressing her, he wasted no time taking care of his now grossly superfluous clothing. Kagura watched with ravenous eyes Sesshoumaru discarding both his shirt and undershirt. As soon as she saw his naked chest, she ran her hands over the broad expense of smooth pale skin. He may be enjoying her light touch, but he wanted, and needed more. Sesshoumaru gently pushed himself away from his lover, to unbuckle his slacks. As he worked his pants and underwear down his legs, he employed to get his partner to the same fevered state he found himself in, and he knew just the way to do it.
Kagura let out a groan of pure pleasure from the bottom of her throat. Her keen reaction embarrassed her. She bit her lip next to keep in the loud moan she almost let out when Sesshoumaru kissed his way up her neck just the way she liked it. Despite her relative experience with matters of the flesh, it was only with Sesshoumaru that she realized how sensitive the skin of her neck was as he never failed to kiss that tender part of her anatomy to arouse her. The little action, as expected, had the desired reaction, and that caused Sesshoumaru to decide to move things along as quickly as possible. Grinning against the skin of her throat, the young man decided to rid her of the last thing standing in his way; his lover’s lacy pair of underwear. He however did not bother removing her bra entirely, pushing it to the side to reveal one of her breasts was good enough for him as it granted him all the access he needed. As if to prove that theory, he lowered his mouth to gently nibble on one of her sensitive nipples.
“Sesshoumaru… I need you.” Kagura’s breathy plea snapped what little control he might have had. In the span of the next few seconds, he buried himself in her as deeply as possible. His entry inside her might have been made clumsy due to their awkward position of lying together on her couch, but it was as pleasurable as possible for the two of them.
“Sorry…” Sesshoumaru started apologizing for his rough handling of her. He after all had not taken the time to ensure that Kagura was fully ready to receive him.
“Shut up and kiss me.” She answered, and placed her arm around his neck to bring his face closer to hers. As he did as bid, and placed a searing kiss to her lips, Kagura arched her back to enable him to move even deeper inside of her.
“Sesshoumaru.” She moaned appreciatively when he lowered his kiss to her chest, and clamped his mouth hard against the tip of her breast. Her breathless encouragement was all the enticement he needed, and soon enough he was thrusting harder inside of her. She eagerly accompanied him by rocking her hips back and forth furiously.
The young man took a hold of his lover’s left leg, and raised it high before resting it on his shoulder. His gesture opened her even further to his ministrations, to her great delight. The dark haired woman was the first shocked to see how all too soon her pleasure was quickly escalating. As soon as he felt her tremble under him, Sesshoumaru knew that Kagura was coming apart, and that he would be able to give free reign to his pleasure soon as well.
The young woman could tell she was very close, so close she could almost feel herself climax. She just needed a little more to get over the edge. As sensitive as they might be, Sesshoumaru toying with her breast with his lips would not be enough to set her off. She also knew exactly what she needed to get there, and lowered her hand to where she and Sesshoumaru were joined. Her fingers had barely skinned against her intimate folds that her entire body quivered.
Sesshoumaru uttered a silent sigh of gratitude when Kagura cried out under him. Now that she had reached bliss, he was able to give free reign to his own pleasure. As soon as he released himself inside of her, Sesshoumaru felt himself sapped of all strength, and brought down her leg from his hold before carefully lowering himself over her body. He was slightly ashamed at the rapidity of the whole thing, and knew this was definitely not one of his best performances, but when he lowered his golden gaze, and saw the contented look on Kagura’s misty face, he was slightly relieved. As a slight means of apology, he finally used some of the little strength he still had to get rid of her pink bra to reveal her two firm globes to his adoring gaze, and lowered his mouth to press a little peck to the valley between her two breasts. She let out a little pleased chuckle at the tender gesture he had just displayed, and all his doubts were wiped away for good.
Kagura was indeed very pleased. She panted against the skin of his damp neck and tenderly ran her hands over the bare skin of his back. She was shocked to see how quickly their encounter had finished. However what they had not had in length, they had made up with intensity. Despite how often the two of them engaged in very pleasurable bed sport, Kagura was sure they had not felt that much intensity ever since their first night together at the hotel.
‘Hum actually the last time we got that carried away might have been when we did it against the wall that night he was waiting for me…’ A little smirk found itself on her lips when she remembered how vulnerable Sesshoumaru had looked that evening he had been driven by his jealousy to wait for her to come home from her dinner with her friends.
“I must be too heavy.” Sesshoumaru commented as he reluctantly separated their bodies before sitting up on the couch. He then reached for the box of tissues Kagura always left on her coffee table, and quickly and efficiently cleaned off of the two of them any trace of their previous encounter.
“Thank you…” Kagura could not find anything else to say. Before they had been swept away by passion, the two of them had been in the grips of an argument, and now that they had regained their senses, she was not too sure what to say. To her relief she did not have to try to break the silence once again as the well known ringtone of her cell phone resonated in the room. She sprung to her feet, and went to retrieve it from her purse, completely heedless to her nudity; after all Sesshoumaru had seen her unclothed so many times before.
A frown marred her features when the young woman saw the unknown ID displayed on her screen. She nonetheless answered the call. She would have taken any phone call, except one from her father, in order to escape from having to face off with Sesshoumaru once again.
“Yes?”
“Hi… is this Miss Jiyuu?” A female asked tentatively.
“Depends on who’s asking…” Kagura felt Sesshoumaru’s questioning gaze on her back, and turned around to address him a shrug.
“My name is Kagome Higurashi… we met a few days ago at Edo University. This may seem awkward, I know, but I just want to… I think we should talk. I’m not too sure what you relationship is with…him, but I love Inuyasha, and I was just hoping you would like to help me help them reconcile.”
When Kagura took her time to digest this information, and think about things, Kagome panicked. She had been sure that she would be able to make Kagura work with her. “I just… I think it would be good for the both of them… Besides if you help me have them reconcile, I’ll help you with your article.”
“You know about the article?” Kagura was surprised to hear.
“Well the only reason two journalists would visit our campus would be to write an article…and there’s also the fact that Hiten has been telling anyone who cares to listen to him that two journalists from Shikon Magazine approached him about a piece on the Miko Powder…” The female college student placed the last of her cards on the table.
“I take it you will tell me all I need to know about that if I help you out with the situation between the two of them.” The Shikon Magazine co-editor placed together the pieces of the puzzle Kagome had just dropped on her lap. A little triumphant smirk found itself on her lips. She knew that she had just been handed a perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, and she had every intention of taking advantage of it. “What are you doing for lunch tomorrow?”
“Nothing, I am free. I know this great place not too far from campus. We could meet up there around noon.” Kagome suggested. She knew that Inuyasha had a class from noon to one thirty in the afternoon, and that would be the best opportunity to meet up with Kagura. She after all was very much aware that her boyfriend would be against the idea of her working towards the two brothers reconciling, or contributing to an investigation about the Miko Powder.
“Sounds like a plan. I will call you tomorrow to iron out the details.” With these final words, Kagura terminated the call, and placed her cell phone back in her purse.
“Is something amiss?” Sesshoumaru asked. He had used the blanket Kagura placed as a decoration on her couch to cover his lap. Other than that he was still as naked as she was.
“No… it’s just worked related.” The lie rolled off her tongue easily as it contained an ounce of truth. She did intend to have Kagome help Sesshoumaru on his exposé about the ravages the Miko Powder was creating on the local college community.
“Kagura I…” Sesshoumaru did not know how to approach the situation. He was faced with a dilemma: on the one hand he cared about his lover a lot, but on the other hand did not want to listen to her berating him for not extending a hand towards his brother, or not going back to the Edo campus to work on his article.
“Let’s not argue again; especially not after what we just shared.” She said forcing her voice to sound as even as possible. Now that she was working on a plan to help out her lover, whether Sesshoumaru liked it or not, she did not see any reason to outright argue with him... ‘At least for now…’
She walked back towards the couch, and sat down next to him as soon as he made her a little space. He placed the blanket around both of their shoulders to cover their nudity and warm them over.
“We should probably go to bed.” Sesshoumaru glanced towards the wall clock which displayed how late the hour had turned.
“Let’s stay like this a little while longer.” Kagura responded even as she snuggled closer to his side. He humored her, and even placed his arm around her shoulder to get her closer to him right before rearranging the blanket around them; he was not about to let her catch a cold.
‘You may not want to talk about it right now, but I will help you, even if you hate me for it.’ Kagura vowed to herself as she pressed a kiss to the hollow of his throat.
To be continued…
A/N: Kagura and Kagome joining forces… if I was Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha I would run away lol. The next chapter will be named Op-ed.
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