InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Haunting ❯ My love ( Prologue )

The Haunting of Ten Years Past...?

 

Alright this is my first ever fan fiction and I think its pretty good I have a few friends that like this and I want everyone to review, review, review! If people like this chapter hopefully I can write the second chapter soon enough!

 

----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------

 

The newest follower of Lord Sesshomaru of the Western lands was a girl named Kairi she had long chocholate brown hair, with matching eyes with green swirls in them. This girl was from Lord Sesshomarus time and she acted strange at times. This girl was from a place called, modern japan.

 

Though this puzzled the Lord what was Modern Japan? The girl named Kairi stood holding a necklace around her neck.

 

The amulent was named Naobi which was the four souls when together. When the sacred jewel would become whole it would fit in the middle, perfectly.

 

The amulent would open up a time stream near the sacred jewel and she would enter it. There were two one for her called Naobi, and one for Sesshomaru called Kishina. They both allowed them to go through the times.

 

This was her luck she had been the recarnation of a famous preistess, Midoriko. She had been the miko who created the sacred jewel. In the time that ogres, dragons and other demons, merged their bodies together to wade a battle. They fought one powerful human. In these times the court nobles controlled the country at that time. Wars and famines dragged on and on and countless people perished.

 

Demons devoured the dead and the near-dead, and they were able to grow in great numbers. Many priests and warriors set out to slay them, but only one priestess known as Midoriko was able to purify demons souls and render them harmless. She was considered the most powerful human of her time. In her world humans, animals, trees, and even stones were all created through the "four souls."

 

The four souls are Aramitama, Nigimitama, Kushimitama, and Sakimitama. When ther're combined, they become the soul of one person housed inside the heart.

 

Aramitama is courage. Nigimitama is friendship. Kushimitama is wisdom. Sakimitama is love. These were the four souls.

 

When the four souls or spirits work together in harmony, it is called Naobi and the human heart is filled with goodness.

 

When somebody does a bad deed, the four souls emergize evil and the human loses his way. in other words a soul can turn "good" or "bad," and this transformation can happen withen a humans soul or a demons soul.

 

Thats why Midoriko was a formidable foe for demons because she was able to purify their souls and make them powerless.

 

All that is what Kairi had learned from a old preistess named Kaede after being pull through the Uremeshi shrine well.

 

After she left them she wandered through feudal japan and was saved by a dog demon Sesshomaru. Ever since she had stayed with the blank emotionless lord.

 

Her luck was that she fell in love with a man that would never love her back.

 

Kairi glanced over at Sesshomaru as they walked. He had been in a terrible mood the entire day. Not that it was unusual for him, but it was beginning to affect her too. She was worried that he was angry with her, but she couldn't find any reason for it and that made `her' angry. Finally she couldn't take it anymore so she broke the silence.

 

"Sesshomaru is something wrong?"

 

He ignored her and just kept walking. That was so typical of him. He was the only one that could raise her anger with absolutely no reason whatsoever. And the fact that he was able to do that only made her more irritated. Shaking her head, she decided that if he ignored her, then she would ignore him. He had no right to make her feel the way she did…It wasn't easy for Sesshomaru to be near Kairi at this time of the month. She probably didn't even think about how it affected him when she was in heat. With Sora it didn't really seem like such a big problem. Sure, he noticed it when she was in heat, but it didn't drive his senses crazy in the same way Kairis did. With Sora it was enough to keep at a distance, but with Kairi `distance' only worked to make him more frustrated.Growling under his breath he sent the object of his problems an angry glare. She didn't even seem to notice since she was busy ignoring him in return. Well, that certainly made his problem somewhat easier. As long as she didn't talk or look at him, he could try to ignore the enticing smell that came from her. To some degree.

 

As the evening approached, the travelling group began to look for somewhere to make a camp. It didn't take long before they found a clearing in the thick wood surrounding them. Sesshomaru checked the area for the smell of youkai and humans. When he was certain that they were alone and in no obvious danger he began to make his way back to the others. He was dreading it at the same time as he was anxious to be back. The alluring scent of Kairi always in mind. He didn't want to leave her alone for too long when she was in heat.

 

There were a lot of demons that would kill for the opportunity to mate with a virgin. And if the virgin was in heat, then all the better. He didn't want Kairi to be raped by horny demons only driven by instincts. In fact, he didn't want Kairi to be mated to anyone except himself. He had realised a long time ago the truth of that, and in his mind it only made her more his. Every time he'd seen Kairi with that asshole Kurogugi, the fox demon,he'd been pissed. Why couldn't the damned fox just stay away? Growling under his breath again he entered the clearing and was immediately struck by Kairi's scent.

 

Damn… He had almost forgotten about that while he was patrolling and fuming over Kurogugi. Sitting down he braced himself for an endless internal fight with his instincts and his conscience.

 

"Sesshomaru, did you see a hot spring when you were on your round?"Sesshomaru looked up at Sora. She obviously wanted to take a bath, and then Kairi would want to go with her. He wasn't really sure if he wanted that to happen. He might be tempted to follow. Heck. He `was' tempted to follow. Besides, he didn't want to let Kairi go anywhere alone in the state she was in now.

 

"No. I didn't see a hot spring."

 

It was the truth after all. He hadn't seen a hot spring, but he had seen a small lake. He wasn't going to tell her tough. That's when the annoying servent interfered…

 

"Hey! I know this place. I travelled through here some weeks before I met Lord Sesshomaru. There's no hot springs around, but there's a really beautiful lake nearby. I'd be delighted to show you the way." Sora just grunted at the hentai expression on the servents face."I'm sure you would Alstorm. But I'll be happy if you just give me the directions." She looked up as Kairi approached."Do you want to come too Kairi?" Kairi smiled and nodded. "Just wait a sec and I'll get my stuff." When she came back, she addressed Moharu.

 

"Listen up. I'd be really happy if you could stay here and make sure that Sesshomaru and Alstorm don't follow us. Would you do that for me?" When Sesshomaru growled low in his throat the boy glanced curiously at him.

 

"Sure I'll do that Kairi, but why?" Kairi just smiled and shook her head. "I'll tell you some other time." With that she walked after Sora who had gotten the directions from Alstrom earlier.Sesshomaru was in half a mood to follow them, but he knew that the little kid would jump at the opportunity to get him hit. Alstrom looked like he didn't care about any punishment the girls might give him, but when he saw the glare Sesshomaru sent him, he wisely kept still. There was one thing that Sesshomaru was grateful for tough. The lake was in the direction the wind went, so he was safe from Kairi's scent for a while.

 

Kairi walked slowly into the cool water. Shivers went up her spine as she tried to get used to it and goosebumps began to spread over her skin. She couldn't understand how Sora acted so unaffected, but believed it coulhave something to do with the fact that Sora had grown up without warm water at her call twenty-four seven. "Ahh…" As she finally managed to work up enough courage to lower her entire body the water quickly became more comfortable.

 

"I'm never going to get used to this Sora."

 

"What do you mean?" Sora looked curiously at Kairi. Kairi smiled and began to scrub her body with her scented soap. "This. It's just so… I don't know. It's so natural. You don't have warm water in pipes, there's no car noise, no pollution and no electricity." Sora looked utterly confused. "Electricity?" Kairi smiled reassuringly. "Just forget it. It's not important."

 

They continued to bathe and wash in peace as the sun went lower and lower.When they were finally done, Sora and Kairi got out of the water and began to get dressed. Sora got finished first and began to gather their belongings as Kairi put on her shirt and began to brush her wet hair.

 

"You don't have to wait Sora. I'll catch up with you in a sec." Kairi said as she tied her hair up to keep it out of her face. Sora looked like she was going to protest, but when Kairi bent down and picked up the last of her belongings, Sora turned and began to walk towards the camp.

 

She had only taken a few steps when she felt the aura of a demon and turned around just in time to see it sneak up behind Kairi."Kairi duck!" Kairi looked surprised up at Sora, but did what she was told just as the demon lunged for her. Sora was already jumping towards it and kicked it in the stomach when Kairi ducked.

 

She rolled over and got to her feet again as Kairi fell to the ground. She had to get Kairi out of here. Kairi didn't have the training she had, and when she didn't have her amulent, she was practically defenceless.

 

"Kairi run!" Kairi looked confused up at Sora. She had just begun to understand what was happening. Right behind Sora she could see a huge black youkai with eyes glowing green and dangerously. Her eyes fell to the large fangs and the sharp long claws and she barely contained a gasp. She was terrified, but she didn't want to leave Sora here alone to fight it. But on the other hand. If she left, she could get Sesshomaru and Alstrom here to help her. No. She couldn't leave Sora all alone when she was in danger. No matter what the excuse was.

 

Sora twisted around and jumped the youkai again, katana out and ready. She understood what Kairi was thinking. It was exactly what she herself would be thinking if she was in Kairi's shoes. It didn't matter though, she had to get her away. The youkai jumped out of the way from her attack and lunged for Kairi. Sora was stunned. A youkai would never ignore the greater danger in a fight. And obviously, Sora was the greater danger since she had a weapon and since she had attacked. She couldn't understand why the youkai ignored her. That's when it hit her. The youkai wanted something more than to win a fight. It wanted something badly enough to risk that it got killed. It wanted Kairi.

 

Without another thought she lunged at the demon again, catching it in the midsection and pushing it out of Kairi's path. "I said get out of here!" Kairi still hesitated, but Sora didn't see what happened next. The youkai landed on top of her and the air was pressed forcefully out of her lounges. As her head hit a rock on the ground, her vision blurred and went black. `Get out of here…'

 

Kairi stared in shock as Sora lost consciousness. She didn't have a lot of time to think tough as the demon advanced and began to walk slowly towards her. It didn't look like it was going to attack her, but on the other hand. What did she know about demon behaviour. She crawled backwards along the ground, ignoring the sharp shots of pain from her hands when she cut them on sharp rocks. The youkai, sniffed the air slowly. Testing it. It seemed like he smelled something he liked, because he let out a growl that Kairi would only have called content. Never moving her eyes from the demon she tried to get herself on her feet. She realised that looking it in the eye could be provoking, but she didn't care. She was too scared to care.

 

When the demon lounged at her and pushed her to the ground she was about to scream, but she couldn't do it because her breath was pushed out. Gasping for air she tried to push it away while kicking frantically with her legs. The demon didn't seem to notice her feeble attempts at escape as it bent down and sniffed the blood on her scraped hands. Again it growled, but this time deep in his throat, as if he was angry about something. Kairi didn't take time to ponder on why she didn't have any troubles understanding what the growls meant, but instead tried to push herself out of its reach.

 

She shouldn't have done that.

 

The demon brought his paw down, pressing his claws into her arm, to keep her from moving. At least that was what Kairi thought first, until he also bit down on the paw holding her, making his blood seep down and mingle with the blood pouring out of her own wounds. She gasped as a piercing pain ran through her arm. It was like the pain was inside of her. In her very blood. Seeping through every vein. Burning and freezing her at the same time.

 

She felt that her focus was slipping. Her head pounded and her eyes began to glaze over with a red haze. Her blood burned. It hurt unbelievably much. She was so lost in the pain that she didn't notice that the youkai shredded her skirt and her underwear with one sweep of his claws. Neither did she notice that he turned her over, making her lie on her stomach.The fire burned through her. Engulfing her. Devouring her…

 

Sesshomaru was about to go and look for the two girls when the wind turned and he caught an alien scent with his nose. Youkai. Without a second thought he ran off into the forest, ignoring the cries of the young boy and the startled servent. The scent came from the direction Kairi was. That much he could tell from only his nose. It set his blood on fire. Thinking about Kairi in danger. Speeding up his ears caught the cry from Sora. "Kairi run!" He was still too far away to do anything, but he strained his muscles. Willing them to move faster. Willing himself not to be too late to save her. Keeping him from moving faster. He growled in annoyance and as the next plead from Sora reached his ears. Allowing his blood to take control. His vision went red. "I said get out of here!" Sora's voice echoed in his ears.

 

In the meantime, the little boy had caught the crys of Sora and his heart skipped a beat. So that was why the angry youkai had run off. He'd never forgive himself if something happened to Kairi. She was like a mother to him. He loved her more than he could put into words. Feeling tears run down his cheeks he cried to the servent that a something was after Kairi and then he too was off into the forest. Alstrom blinked once before the information registered in his mind. Sora was in danger! He began to run and soon he had caught up with the little kid, he scooped him up in his arms without slowing down…

 

The sight that met Sesshomaru as he reached the lake made his blood burn with impossible anger. Kairi lay face down in the dirt, bloodied and wounded with the youkai hovering over her, ready to thrust and take her virginity. The growl that escaped Sesshomarus's throat, made the birds in the nearby trees take to their wings, and it felt as if the ground itself was shaking.

 

In one giant leap he was on the youkai, cutting with his claws. The sight of the blood flowing made his own sing. It was like music to his ears when the unknown youkai crashed to the ground. Wounded and bleeding from serious wounds. He hadn't wanted to kill him with only one blow. Oh no. This youkai was going to suffer. He would rue the day he tried to take HIS mate.

 

Landing softly and silently in front of Kairi, he struck a fighting pose. Ready to defend. Ready to attack. Ready to kill. The alien youkai shuddered and tried to get off of the ground. Sesshomaru growled. He was going to deal this creature so much pain it would want to die. And then… he was going to grant the wish.

 

Moving with impossible speed, Sesshomaru struck out with his claws, nicking the youkai's shoulder as it barely dodged the attack. The dance had begun.

 

As the youkai crashed to the ground with a last whimper from its throat, Sesshomaru growled disappointed. He had wanted it to last longer. The youkai hadn't suffered enough for what he had done. He wanted someone to suffer. Looking around his eyes landed on another female. This one wasn't his mate. He was about to lounge at her when something inside him stopped him. He sniffed the air and caught her scent. Managing to find it amongst the thick scent of blood and the scent of his mate in heat. She smelled familiar and his own scent was surrounding her. Not in the way it would've done if she was his mate, but in the way it would if she spent a lot of time in his company. Cursing to himself he realised that she was a part of his pack. He couldn't kill her unless she had done anything to displease him. And she had done the exact opposite. He could still remember her voice, urging his mate to get away from the danger. This pack member had tried to protect his mate.

 

Turning to his wounded mate, he decided to let the matter go. She was wounded and needed his help more than he needed to hurt someone. He bent down and the scent of her heat caught in his nose, making his head swim. She was still a virgin. He could smell it. All his instincts told him to take her right there and mark her as his, but again something within him stopped him.

 

She was shaking and sweating. Oblivious to the world around her. He had to wait until she had healed. It was frustrating him to no end, but he didn't want to hurt her more. Bending down again, he began to lick the wounds on her arm and on her hands. Content in the meantime to taste her sweet blood. Besides, his spit would help her heal quicker…

 

Alstrom stopped dead in his tracks as he reached the clearing where the lake was. What he saw made his blood run cold.Blue blood was covering the entire ground. Some of it was even on the trees. To his right he could see Sora lying unmoving on the ground and to his left he could see Sesshomaru slowly turning back to normal, still halfway in his youkai from, bending over Kairi and licking her. His fist instinct was to run over to Sora and check that she was alright, but he knew that the immediate danger lay with there lord.The dead corpse of the other youkai was no threat at all. `Man, I'm happy I've never really pissed Sesshomaru off', was the first thought that crossed his mind when he saw the mutilated youkai.

 

When Alstrom saw that the red in Sesshomarus's eyes began to reside, he was so relieved that he nearly lost his feet. It didn't take long tough before he remembered Sora and rushed over to her. The kid still hanging on to his robes.

 

With the thick smell of blood surrounding the area, Sesshomaru was half expecting to be attacked, so he was really happy that he already had the Tokijin in his hand. When he turned around tough, all thoughts of an attack were wiped from his mind. Kairi was lying half naked and bloodied on the ground in front of him. He was calmed a bit by the fact that her scent didn't signalise that she had been mated to. He would've killed himself if he had done anything like that to her without her permission.His blood began to boil with anger again when he realised what had happened. He had turned into his youkai form not the dog form but he was swtronger and pissed off in raged, but it didn't make up for the anger he was feeling towards the dead youkai lying in the grass some feet away. `Well at least it has paid for what it did to Kairi.'

 

Taking off his haori he draped it over Kairi to cover her up. He noticed that she was sweating and shaking, and she didn't react to anything he said to her. His heartbeat increased with worry. He had to get her back to Kaori. Fast. But it was one day of walking back to his own castle. Sighing he turned and saw Alstorm bending over Sora. She was beginning to regain her consciousness again and Sesshomaru felt a twinge of guilt. He couldn't remember if he was the reason that she got hurt. He was about to call over to them when a skin bag bumped into him. He looked down and saw the little kid fighting to get past him to Kairi. Grabbing Moharu's kimono he lifted the kid up to his face and growled at him. "If you dare to bother Kairi now, I promise you'll regret it." Tears running down his cheeks, Moharu gulped and nodded that he wouldn't bother Kairi. Certain that Kairi would be left alone he talked to Alstorm."Hey, servent! We have to get Kairi to Kaorie." Alstorm raised his head and looked over at Sesshomaru as he helped Sora up on her feet, cautioning her to take it easy. Sora didn't seem to hear him, as she pushed him away and ran over to Kairi. Staring down on the shaking form covered with Sesshomaru's white haori."I told her to get away." She whispered. "I told her to get away. Why didn't she listen to me?"

 

Alstorm came over too and draped his arms around Sora's shoulders, knowing that this wasn't the time to grope her. "Calm down Sora, it wasn't your fault. You did what you could. Besides, Sesshomaru is right for once. We have to get her to Kaorie." Sora only nodded numbly as she leaned into Alstorm's embrace, letting the throbbing headache engulf her and lead her back to sleep.

 

They had been walking the entire night when Sesshomaru began to see the faint lights from his castle in front of them. He was carrying Kairi in his arms, trying very hard to ignore the smell coming from her and at the same time, focusing on it. Something wasn't right with the way she smelled. When they had been back at the clearing with the lake he had noticed it too, but then he hadn't been sure about what he smelt because of the thick reek of blood. Besides, he had also reasoned that her being in heat was changing her smell. Now he wasn't so sure that that was the reason for her change in smell.

 

Kairi had been shaking and sweating through the entire night and in the meantime her scent had changed slowly, but nonetheless surely. He wasn't sure about what the change in smell meant, and he couldn't catch up on exactly what the difference was. Alstorm had been carrying and supporting Sora through the night. Never complaining about the added burden, and now he was carrying a sleeping Sora again, careful not to move her too much as they walked. Sesshomaru stopped dead in his tracks. Sesshomaru was completely lost in his own thoughts.

 

Kaorie check Kairi out as they arrived at the castle and gave a resureing smile. "Shes fine Sesshomaru." she said as Kairi moved in her sleep opening her eyes as Seshomaru, Sora, Kaorie, Alstorm, and Miharu walked out of the room.

 

Kairi looked up at the ceiling and sighed, " Since when did Sesshomaru care!" She remmbered her dream before and how Sesshomaru had helped her.

 

 

-Flashback three years ago-

 

In her dream it was raining, and it was cold outside. And worse than that modern japan was being attacked. Yelling and fighting was all that ensued outside. It was utter chaos.

 

Kairis younger sister Saniko stood inside beside Kairis mother. "Mother," she whined, clutching the fabric of her mother's long blue dress. "Mother, what's going to happen?" she asked. She was scared terriably. Sanikos father had went out a while ago to fight the people who were attacking their town… she went to the window to look outside. Her eyes widened in disbelief, gulping down the urge to scream and cry all at the same time.

 

She turned quickly from the window and ran back to her mother, and held on to her dress again…her father… when she had looked out the window, a man was holding a gun to his head then shot it off in a instant. "Mother!" she screamed, when somebody started to bang their door. Her mother looked at her, with her sweet, loving brown eyes. "Hide, Saniko!" She whispered fiercely at her. "Run!" She said when she threw herself at the door, as if to use her self as a human barricade. She stood dead still, petrified, when someone used there foot to open the door. The wood door cracked and my mother crumpled in front of it. "Please Saniko, run!" The man who killed her father looked at her mother. He looked at her mother as if they were the only two in the forest, the fawn and doe. The gun pointed at her sister shooting.....then at her mother...

 

"MOTHER!" she yelled at the top of her lungs, sitting straight up in her bed. The fifteen year old girl, Kairi, quickly scanned her surrounding and remembered where she was. The pretty surroundings gave it away. She was at Sesshomaru's castle. She climbed out of her bed, she was afraid she was going to have a nightmare again. She peered out of her room into the candlelit hall. At the end of it was Sesshomaru's room. As quietly as she could, though she wasn't really quiet at all because she was still sobbing and sniffling because of her dream, she walked down the hall, to his room.

 

She opened his door, and went to the side of the bed he was on. " S-sesshomaru…?" she sniffled, trying not to stutter… she looked at Lord Sesshomaru, he looked like an angel…sleeping like he was. He looked really peaceful. If Master Jaken hadn't told her so, she would never believe that he was a demon.

 

Sesshomaru's golden eyes gleamed in the dark and peered at her, a questioning look in them. " I had a b-bad d-dream…" she stuttered."I s-saw my s-sister and my mother die…And I couldn't sleep…" she cried, covering her eyes with her hands to try to make it stop. She wanted everything to stop even her memories and dreams.

 

"Shh, it's alright." He said as he brought her up in his arms she was skinny for her age. "I'll stay awake until you fall asleep, alright Kairi?"

 

"What if I have a bad dream again?" she asked.

 

"Then I'll protect you and make sure it doesn't get you, Kairi." came his simple reply as he softly began to nuzzle into the crook of her neck. This was strange for her, yet what were these feelings she had about her lord!?!

 

Yes she had lived with him a few years and ever since she had been so called "became a woman" she had these feelings.

 

Gently she felt him cup her cheek turning her gaze to look upward to him as she gave a blush with a soft, and most, gentle smile. This was strange she was flushed for him to see her face, slowly her eyes looked up to catch this site, and to feel something strange.

 

Leaning down his cold lips pressed to her soft warm ones, giving her a wild, almost brusing kiss. That brute he had took her first kiss, and she felt strange as if she had the life sucked out of her body.

 

Yet she couldn't disagree she actually, injoyed the kiss. Passionate, yet lustful, soft yet almost brusing. It was everything she had ever wanted it to be, but to make her nightmare timeing worse was that she was on her time of the month, her period.

 

Her eyes widened and looked at him his eyes were closed as she slowly coo-ed into his mouth then kissed him back softly. Her eyes began to close till they were small slits to barely see the man kissing her gently

 

His hands were on her hips she pulled away and placed her forehead in the crook of his neck. "W-why did you kiss me? Is it because i am a female and you want me to be your bitch? Because it is my time to bleed while you can lust over my body?" Quietly she said as she looked up at him giveing a cocky smile.

 

 

-That was the end of her flashback, begining the next day after her kiss with Sesshomaru-

 

 

Kairis eyes opened her head was burried into the soft pillow with the silk sheets covering her slim body up to the rim of her chin. Her fist gripped a little in her hand under her chin. There was sunlit drapes hanging over the windows, and she looked at a clock it was at least six' am slowly she smiled as she looked around the room Sesshomaru layed beside her he didn't even look like a demon he looked human but if Master Jaken said he was a demon, then he probably was.

Her fingers ran over her lips her eyes looked at him as she gave a blush as she placed her hand across his chest feeling it move up and down where he was breathing. Closeing her eyes she smiled.

 

"Sessho-" she was cut off pain filled her chest as she closed her eyes in her chest and out her back was his glowing green hand he had tryed to kill her. A tear streamed a mark down her face as she began to step back it healed from where she was a preistess and she used her necklace.

 

Sesshomarus eyes glowed a faint red and his strips on his cheeks were jaged, and strange he looked dangerous. "Why, did i even trust you last night..." she said turning.

 

Narrowing he looked at her then his eyes got wide as he looked at her. "Kairi what in the hell are you doing? Do not ever touch me when i'm asleep!" he asked worry in his eyes that were faintly turning back to amber.

 

"Warn me next time!" she said turning and running out of the room.

 

 

-That was the end of her flashback-

 

 

Kairi looked at the ground and walked outside of her room glareing at the ground as she walked. 'I'll go to the library." she thought as she began towalk toward a large maroon door.

Walking inside the room she began to walk toward the romantic section grabbing a book and sat down putting a piece of hair behind her ear and beginning to read. This was her normal daily route.

 

 

-A few hours later-

 

 

Quietly she walked through her room past her bed and few dressers and walked into her attached closet. On the silk was her clothes her normal dark midnight blue ruffled skirt, long sleeve white shirt, with a light blue vest.

 

That was her old school uniform she had gotten it when she went to her time last. Kairi never really attended school she was always in feudal japan running around and fighting demons. This was so diffrent to her she felt like her heart was breaking when she thought of Sesshomaru.

 

Her fingers reached into the shower between the curtain and the wall and turned on the water. Her fingers reached down clinging onto her painties and skirt pulling them down then she pulled her shirt over her head. Gently she took off her bra stepping into the shower into the warm water.

 

Her fingers ran through her hair as she ran the shampoo through it. Soon she rung out the bubbles in her long hair. Faintly she put in conditioner as the water was off she washed her body and shaved her legs. also she shaved her lower body makeing sure it was smooth.

 

Her fingers ran over her breasts as she gave a faint moan. Her feet stepped forward as she got the conditioner out of her hair. She grabbed a towel drying off and getting out she walked out in her bra, painties, and her skirt.

 

She quietly stood infront of her dresser bringing the brush up to her hair brushing it softly as she gave a faintly soft smile. Her thoughts were clouded with thought of Sesshomaru.

 

Sesshomaru was standing behind her door smirking no less as he quickly snuck in and crept up behind her. Kairi still hadn't noticed a thing.

 

This youkai-lord was a genuine predator. He hadn't made a sound, his new position behind her only made known when she had felt the contact. She allowed the clawed hand to remove the brush from her grasp

 

She gave him free access to the back of her head by turning without being told or prompted. She briefly wondered if he would know how to do this considering she had never seen him care for his own hair. However, it quickly became clear that her concerns were unfounded, and her eyes closed in contentment

 

The comb sent shivers down her spine now that it was under the control of the object of her most wanton fantasies. There was something erotic about having someone else stimulating your scalp. Her body swayed in time with the motions of the brush and she couldn't stop a gasp from coming when his free hand grazed her back with his claws while securing another section of her hair

 

Sesshomaru had saw this human do the act hundreds of times. Kairi's grooming habits were overly meticulous in his opinion. The girl's obsession with being clean, playing in the water in nothing more than a `bathing suit', and scrubbing down at the smallest sign of dirt.More than once he had been irritated by her incessant need to clean most of the time.

 

Had she not been standing, it was quite possible that Sesshomaru's brushing could have put her to sleep. She was languid and pliable and she was fairly certain she'd give up no less than the Amulent-of-Midoriko itself to stay in this lazy state. Her follicles tingled and it sent a ripple effect over her entire being. Her lips parted to take in breath. How long had she been holding it?

 

All too soon, Sesshomaru was done with her hair, the brush clattering onto the dresser from which it came.

 

Strong arms snaked around midriff, pulling her back against a hard chest. She sighed yet again with satisfaction at the feel of him surrounding her. She hadn't really hoped for this change. Under normal circumstances, Sesshomaru was not one for physical contact. And yet here he was going out of his way to create opportunities to touch her. She dismissed the possibility that this was a lasting change, attributing his shift in habit as remnants of earlier closeness.

 

Hot breath blew over her ear as a hand came up from her torso to run along her shoulder blade. Masculine fingers started to push aside the relatively loose and skinny silken strap that held her bra in place. The small scrap of silky material slid down her arm, stopping where the fabric of the top started. Clawed fingers danced across her flesh before a kiss took their place.

 

Reflexively, Kairi stretched her neck to the side, exposing her collar to the youkai behind her. She felt rooting tension at the initial move of the strap, but was just as quickly relieved when her top remained in its proper place. Such a soft growl that it was practically a purr rumbled in his chest, conveying his approval of the alteration in her position. His tongue teased her as he placed scorching kisses up to her jaw-line before stopping to nip at her ear.

 

His hand hadn't stopped its own appeasing gestures. He massaged the muscles of that shoulder and continued feathery strokes over the skin. A single claw drew across her neck and down to where the strap now rest. It was a test of sorts; he could have sworn he heard the tiniest of moans when his claws had inadvertently grazed her during his attention to her hair. Not disappointed, Kairi arched toward the claw, encouraging the contact, the same sound as before again gracing his ears. He wanted to hear her, he realized. He wanted to hear her cry out and moan and scream for him.

 

His hands then switched positions, the one on her torso remaining in the same basic place, but now crossing her chest to grip her shoulder. The arm which had been toying with her skin now pulled her back against him having snaked around her lower abdomen once more. “So now… How do we do pleasure on you?” he questioned without reservation and with an unmistakable amusement laced in his otherwise husky voice.

 

“W-What? Me?” Kairi repeated his question in her head as her body stiffened in response. He wanted to…

 

“Yes, you. Who the fuck else would I be talking to?” he replied, loosening his hold on her ever so slightly.

 

Kairi's head spun. He was really asking to do this? She didn't know how she felt about it. Well, she loved him! He could have been uglier than Jaken and she still would have found him sexy. `Well, okay, maybe not Jaken…' she corrected herself.

 

Then again, he didn't know that she loved him. Well, he might, but she had never said it in so many words. She thought it was painfully obvious to anyone who cared to look. But had he cared to? It wasn't the same thing. She was looking for such assurances over the past months without fail and all she found were conflicting reports and mixed signals.

 

He sensed her unease and panicked, thinking he asked too much. It was one thing to maybe give him pleasure, but to be touched by him was different. Kairi surely didn't want a tainted youkai to know her body that way…

 

Feeling him tense under assumed rejection, the girl turned to face him in his arms so that she might make eye contact. However, once pivoted, she found she couldn't meet his gaze and ask her question. A solitary finger ran itself down the expanse of one side of his chest in contemplation as her other hand came to rest over his heart. “You'd actually want to?” Kairi asked him quietly.

 

A noise of confusion caught in his throat. “Eh? Why wouldn't I?”

 

He cocked an eyebrow at her skeptically as she actively avoided his gaze. The gentle blush on her cheeks did not go unnoted, and he wanted to `Feh' at her expense for being so shy after such events.

 

She chewed her lip nervously, trying to find the words. “Um… It's just that… Remmber one time you told me you didn't…like… me… my body and that I - or it… didn't interest you like that.”

 

His lips crushed hers in a searing kiss, effectively cutting off anymore of that nonsense. He let his tongue indulge in wrestling hers for a minute before finally pulling back. This time, he voiced his thoughts aloud.

 

“Feh! Baka.”

 

“M-My doubts have left but....what...about...Ri-” her voice was cut off.

 

His claws finger was resting over her lips to keep her quiet. “Wench! For crying out loud. Of course I'm attracted to you!”

 

If she could have brought herself to meet his gaze, she would have seen his eyes narrowed in his trademark fashion. He had a way to look so annoyed and yet so comforting at the same time. But she couldn't meet said gaze. Her cheeks turned deep crimson at the stark bluntness. “Oh… You really are attracted to me..."

 

“Silly woman.” He mocked her notion. Honestly, she could be so stubborn. “Feh…” he mumbled to himself in contempt.

 

The doorknob made a small click, someone was at the door, this drew his attention away from her momentarily. It curently wasn't locked. Unceremoniously, he broke contact with her and went to rectify the issue. Grabbing the doorknob he locked it. Satisfied that it would be fine for the time being, he returned to Kairi who had rotated to watch his movements.

 

He noted with satisfaction that she hadn't replaced the strap he had moved from her shoulder back into place. The small change in her appearance shouldn't have meant much, but somehow it did. That she had chosen to stay the way he left her… How was it that everything this woman did managed to play his heartstrings? Inwardly, he berated himself for admitting that he had heartstrings. Even if it was only an inner monologue…

 

Both hands rose to her face pulling her gently upwards to facilitate his purpose. He brushed his lips softly over hers, mimicking their first kiss which had happened such a short time and yet so long ago. Her fingers came to rest against his chest, her head tilting from side to side as her eyes flitted closed. Sesshomaru's were drawn into tiny slits, unable to keep them open but not wanting to miss the look of rapture on her features.

 

The kisses remained light but the heat between them grew heavy. After a few moments of teasing her lips, the youkai led her by the hands back to the bed that Kairi normally occupied. His body settled into a sitting position with his legs in front of him and knees slightly bent. He directed her legs to stand on either side and once done he pulled her into his lap.

 

It was unclear to Kairi whether or not he understood the full significance of her thighs straddling his hips, but she didn't have much of an opportunity to ponder it. Once again, arms surrounded her and hands splayed over her back. This time there was no over-shirt to keep her arms from his fiery touch and his fingers took full advantage of the extra exposed skin. Lips descended on hers and she thrust her tongue into his mouth hungrily. She couldn't imagine him minding a more aggressive exploitation and his favorable growl proved her to be correct.

 

Boldly, his hands moved to her sides, starting to curve around to the front of her. At first she expected him to go directly to fondling her breasts and her nipples extended at the plain thought. But he avoided them in favor of dropping to massage one of her thighs, while the other stayed by her neck. Long passionate kisses tapered off to sweet meetings of their lips. Sesshomaru pulled her close as his mouth began to work down the side of her neck.

 

Her palms cradled the back of his head to her body.Her hands moved down to massage his scalp and she whimpered for him to let him know that the attention he was giving her ear was a very welcome thing.

 

Too soon for her but at long last for him, the back of his hand brushed against her belly. He had maneuvered beneath the bottom of her shirt, and she felt herself tense at the unexpected direct contact. His other hand joined the first and together they pulled the bottom of the shirt up and eventually over her head.

 

His eyes remained locked on the fabric until it was removed from her body. He looked down at the now topless human, only to see her hair still blocking his view. He made to move the impeding locks, but Kairi leaned forward before he had the chance and rest herself against him.

 

It wasn't that he didn't thoroughly enjoy the feeling of her newly bared flesh pressed against his. Nor did he mind the way her arms came to move over his back and through his hair. And her head tucked against his shoulder in the crook of his neck gave him access to the sublime aroma of whatever that stuff was that she used when washing her hair clean.

 

But damn it, he wanted to look at her!

 

He was at an impasse when it clicked inside his mind exactly what was occurring. It wasn't often that he found himself able to read between the lines, as it were, but in this case the revelation was more than appreciated. He snickered in spite of himself. “Oi. You're hiding aren't you?” he accused, far too entertained by this for his own good.

 

The girl against him coughed and blanched as her arms stiffened. He knew that he had caught the devious little wench in his embrace. She had thrust herself against him for no other reason than to keep him from seeing her chest. After a moment she replied. “… Maybe…” a tiny voice confirmed begrudgingly.

 

As much as he wanted to examine her body, he couldn't help but drag this out. She was so shy for someone who knew so much about these exploits. “What's wrong? Are they deformed?” amusement running thick in the question.

 

Kairi bristled. “What!? Deformed? No they're not deformed!” she proclaimed incredulous.

 

“Do you think that I'll ruin them by playing too much?” he snickered.

 

She faltered. “Well I do now!” she replied sarcastically. He chuckled aloud.

 

“Are they just ugly, then?”

 

A scowl came to her. “How should I know? I can't judge whether or not they're attractive!”

 

“Then let me see. I'll tell you…” he offered happily, stroking her back and relishing the feel of her skin against his. He may not be getting exactly what he wanted when he wanted it, but this was an alternative he'd choose any day.

 

“Okay.” She replied matter-of-factly.

 

He waited for her to pull back. After a long moment he spoke again. “Are you planning to move so that I can?” questioned drolly.

 

“Of course, Sesshomaru.” Came her answer as though she was stating the obvious.

 

Another pause. She still wasn't going anywhere.

 

Stubborn girl.

 

His first instinct was to simply rip her out of his lap and slam her pliant body into the pillows so that he could explore until his greedy eyes were satisfied. However, something told him that his new Plan A would not go over terribly well. He would probably end up pissing her off, and he really didn't want to be sat at the moment. In addition, she might not let him examine her upper body at all if he wasn't mindful of her

`feelings'. He exhaled dejectedly, presuming that his banter most likely wasn't helping the situation. For whatever reason, she was nervous and he would have to make her feel at ease before he'd get his way.

 

Claws and fingertips made circles on this human's back. Her skin was so soft and smooth. Overhearing discussions between Kaori and Kairi, he knew that the soaps she brought from her era were at least partly responsible. Her recalled his earlier discovery and combed his claws through her hair in an attempt to put her back in that lazy, flexible state.

 

Arms tightened around her body once more and he petted her head, nuzzling the side of her face with his cheek. He growled almost inaudibly for her, initiating a steady vibration in his chest that he hoped would help soothe her tension. Moving his hand from her back to grasp one of hers, he restarted pleasuring the pads of her fingers with his lips and tongue. Perhaps if he couldn't get her to completely relax, he could excite her enough to desire stimulation above protecting her secrets.

 

His plan must have worked because no sooner had he attended to a third finger that she moved her hand away from the enticing lips to bring his face to hers.

 

The couple began to kiss, both of them fully aware that Kairi had moved away from him enough so that if they broke apart, he could see her if he wished. And wish he did. Not wanting to come across too gruff for fear of further hesitation, he continued the kisses for a short while before finally drawing back and using his arms to support the weight of her torso so that she could comfortably lean back for him.

 

He knew he was staring but he couldn't find it in himself to care or stop. Hair and proximity no longer obstructed his view and he was finally free to scrutinize her upper body. Perhaps months of insults had done her a truer disservice than he realized for her to feel the need to hide the way she had been. In reality, he didn't think it was possible to look much better than she did. A lower part of his anatomy obviously agreed and he felt a reflexive twitch at the visual stimulation. The curved flesh was virtually flawless and boasted a color modestly lighter than the rest of her perfectly toned skin. They appeared to be a size that would just about fit in his hand and he found his palms aching to test their weight.

 

His mouth ran dry and he swallowed uncomfortably, the bulge in his pants beginning to strain against the material. Nipples sat somewhat inclined in the center of the smooth orbs that shivered under his intense inspection. They were a medium shade of brown in the center and became lighter as they joined with the rest of her skin. He had always expected them to be pink like his own and wondered to himself whether or not all females were this color, and males like his. He spied the buds as they became taut, prompting his mouth to respond by no longer being dry but practically salivating at the concept of sampling their flavor.

 

He came out of his stupor due to unexpected motion. Sesshomaru growled as the girl moved to cover herself. His own hands freed themselves from supporting her since she was now sitting up on her own and pushed the arms away before she could re-conceal her chest. He looked up to her face to see an extreme blush and he once again wondered why in hell she was so timid. He meant to be soothing but in classic manner, he found his voice harsher than intended. “Oi! Quit with the hiding, wench.” He commanded as her arms were once again at her sides.

 

The blush intensified - an achievement that a moment ago he would have thought unfeasible. She shut her eyes as her nose crinkled in agitation. “Well it's weird having them just looked at! I have no idea what you're thinking!”

 

“What is it with you and always needing to know what I'm thinking? Besides, I've never been allowed to see any before, and if you think I'm going to rush... Well, I don't know what. I just ain't gonna rush!”

 

Kairi didn't quite know how to respond.

 

“After all the work I did getting you to this point I intend to enjoy it. Now just shut up and let me work at my own pace.”

 

Now that Kairi did know how to respond to. Had she been a youkai like the man in front of her she would no doubt have released a menacing growl or three.

 

She had been watching him contemplate her body for minutes on end and she was nervous beyond all hell that he didn't like what he saw. His unreadable expression did nothing to sooth her misgivings and the fact that he sat there in uncharacteristic stoicism only added to her discomfort. She couldn't help the fact that she was self conscious. She just wasn't accustomed to letting men study her breasts on demand. And the fact that it was Inuyasha who was judging her made the butterflies in her stomach flutter all the more. Not that she really wanted anyone else to be doing it, either. But if he disapproved, she was quite certain that she'd never get over it - at least not until she was able to afford a plastic surgeon.

 

Although she was angry at his comment, and horribly embarrassed, she did also find herself a bit amused. The thought that he considered being able to see her topless as a prize or privilege was something she hadn't been expecting. The way he spoke of being `allowed' made her feel like she was granting him something he'd wanted for a long time; like a child finally getting that piece of candy they have been drooling over.

 

Before she found the words to tell him that she wasn't going to just shut up and let him have his way with her, he effectively cut her off. “I thought they would be pink. But this is a better color. Are all women like you?” he questioned quietly. She was caught off guard by the softness of his inquiry. It was a rare moment indeed that Sesshomaru exuded innocence. He was, after all, this era's equivalent to a bad boy. Had he been born in her time, he'd probably have five tattoos, a dozen piercings, and a motorcycle. She would never have guessed that the fierce warrior that battled countless youkai would bother to mull over something so particular.

 

She shook her head, “No. Everyone's different.” She answered equally soft. Surprised or not, she was happy that he approved of her, at least in part. His eyes reflected interest and appreciation, even if his eyebrows were narrowed.

 

One of his fangs protruded over his bottom lip. He was lost in considering the rise and fall of her chest in time with her breathing, and the way it made her breasts quiver almost imperceptibly. As such he didn't expect to feel her hand touch one of his, and was even more shocked when she moved his palm to cup one of the curves he had been studying. She held him there, forcing his fingers to contract and causing them both to in and exhale respectively. Her dilated, pleasure-filled eyes met his and one of her hands moved to his face. “You are allowed to do more than look, Sesshomaru.”

 

He already knew this, but the way she said it sounded infinitely sexy. She was giving him permission - hell, she was asking and encouraging him. She had physically moved his hand to the current position, and he couldn't help but squeeze again. Both her body and expression responded to the simple gesture. Her breath caught, her muscles tensed, and her chest arced to further encourage him. Her half-open gaze shut completely and lips parted to accommodate her gasp. It was thrilling to know he was solely responsible for the look of bliss that she wore and he wanted to do it again.

 

As though afraid she would shatter, Sesshomaru laid Kairi back against a pile of pillows. He took a second to drink in the sight of her unclothed body and expressive eyes, open and trusting. He stretched out beside her, supported on his elbow, laying on his side so that he might continue his explorations. His free hand reached out for her and he noticed with pride that this time she did not tremble. Masculine fingers came to rest in the center of her chest. Even this had a ripple effect through Kairi and she closed her eyes as a contented sigh escaped her lungs. He journeyed to the previously untouched breast and familiarized himself with it, taking the opportunity to mold and knead the soft tissue.

 

The nipple on the mound rose to meet his curious touch. It quickly hardened into a stiff pebble and he smiled at the sounds she was emitting for him. He moved to cup the breast from the side so that he could pinch the desperate little bud between his finger tips and was rewarded by her entire form arching to meet him.

 

Strangled gasps for air assailed his ears. She was so responsive! He felt massively powerful and entirely dominant that he could bring this girl to such heights.

Recalling the events of his second release, he leaned over her body and used the same hand to bring the breast he had been teasing to his lips. Kairi's eyes had opened with the movement of the youkai beside her and he locked his gaze with hers as his mouth descended on the aching nipple.

 

Their eye contact did not last long. The minute his lips tugged at the sensitive flesh her head was thrown back. “Sesshomaru…”

 

The sound of her calling his name in ecstasy did nothing to quell his growing ego, nor his growing stiffness. He had always wanted to make the girl call to him; to have her beg him to pleasure her. This was better than he imagined and more than he ever truly expected to get. His fantasies were being realized and he pondered for a moment whether or not she was fully aware of this fact.

 

His now free hand came up to the un-suckled peak and he ran a flat palm over the expanse. By the end of this night, he wanted her body good and memorized so that he might recall it later in private when physical contact would be unachievable for one reason or another. Her arms wrapped themselves around his shoulders and a delicate hand came to cradle the back of his head. Her fingers entwined in his hair, warranting her a growl for her trouble.

 

The growl created a vibrating sensation against the nipple which was sweetly encased by Sesshomaru's mouth. Her eyes snapped open and she managed to study the sight of the half youkai latched onto her breast. She couldn't remember a stronger wave of passion ever sweeping through her being - the sight before her the most erotic she had ever seen! Feeling her watching him, his eyes re-met hers and he grinned wryly against her, pulling back somewhat before flicking his tongue out of his mouth to tease her breast.

 

The devil. He was giving her as best an eyeful as he could and she knew it. He set to work, but not before taking note that his suckling had caused the first nipple to change ever so slightly in color. Now added to the enticing brown, there were traces of deep pink.

 

Having been enclosed in his hot mouth, the bared pebble turned ever more inflexible now that it was re-exposed to the chill of the room. His index and thumb came over the soft swell and descended on the tightness, pinching and pulling, his ears delighting as Kagome's moans increased.

 

Now that he was practically on top of her, he began to take notice of the way her legs involuntarily opened every so often, in rhythm with his treatment. Perhaps it was time to explore the lower half of the human beneath him.

 

He kissed his way to the middle of her chest before coming up to take her lips in his. The girl responded desperately, her hands still tangled in his silver mane. He concluded that he could certainly get used to this kind of contact and further resolved that they should partake in such activities far more often.

 

His mouth moved around her face and down to suckle her neck. Knowing that the girl in his arms responded to spoken declarations, he picked a thought and voiced it. “You're so soft, Kairi.” He whispered against her ear, proud to feel a corresponding shiver run through her. They met again for kisses, taking the time to let their tongues wrestle one another. He was pleased when her hands moved down to his lower back before returning. Even when she was receiving pleasure, she seemed to want to give back to him.

 

“You know,” he started between meetings of their lips, “You don't. Have any. Thing. To be. Shy. Over.” She giggled into the kiss

 

“Well, in my time it's far more common to see people wearing next-to-nothing, if not nothing at all. So even if you're a virgin, you have all these images of what you and your partner should look like. And some of those images are hard to live up to.” She explained carefully. She didn't really feel the need to educate Sesshomaru on the fashion industry and its `Barbie-girl' perception of women, but how could a girl not be

elf-conscious in her era?

 

“Well, I'm not from your time. And I don't see anything wrong with what you have. I told you I'd tell you if you were ugly. And you're not. So quit with the shy stuff and knock off the whole `comparing yourself' thing while you're at it.” After a moment of incredulous thought, he posed a question, “What would these people have you change, anyway?”

 

Kairi blushed at the compliments, but also at the idea of telling him that she believed her breasts were too small. She didn't get the chance to respond however because Sesshomaru claimed her mouth once more. “Forget it. I don't want to know what they'd change. Fucking people making you feel ugly…”

 

She laughed outright. “Oh sure! When they do it, it's wrong, but so long as you ignore me, and when you do talk to me for a change thats all I hear.”

 

The man over her growled. “Oi! I can't go around telling people that they're attractive. I'm lord of the western lands. I have a look to uphold!” His voice softened in thought. “Besides, you never took me seriously did you?”

 

The fact that he almost sounded concerned made her heart flip. She was angsty and swooning all at once and she couldn't decide whether to scream at him for lying, or kiss him senseless for being sweet (for once). In the end, she chose middle ground. “How should I know what goes on in that head of yours? For all I know, you could have the hots for Kaori.”

 

“Kaori!? Now there's a cock stopper!” Sesshomaru declared.

 

“How is it that you claim to know nothing about sex and yet you know all the crude terms in the world?” she huffed at the vulgarity that issued endlessly from his vocal chords.

 

He shrugged. “I guess because because I've heard them before, but since I'm youkai they don't often invite me in to watch them have sex.”

 

"Hmm. Point taken."She mused before bringing his face down to hers. She might not have the power to erase all of the pain in his life, but she would certainly try.

 

This time their kisses were tender, Sesshomaru attempting to use his mouth (in a way other than words) to tell her that he was sorry for making her feel unattractive. Whether or not the message was exactly conveyed he wasn't sure, but the feel of her now moistened and substantially tightened breasts pressed against his heated chest was enough to make him forget his good intentions.

 

She whined in protest when his body moved off of her, exposing her to the cold. A grin graced his features as her nipples became rigid at the sudden temperature shift. Sesshomaru had rolled back to her side and now slid a hand down to caress her inner thigh through her pants. Her knee was bent and she now resembled the position he had been in for her exploration.

 

Although she was once again nervous about taking the next step, she decided she'd rather get the initial exposure over with. Before he could even react, Kairi raised her hips upwards and hooked her fingers in the top of her skirt and underwear, tugging them completely off her body in a matter of seconds.

 

She discarded the material to the side of her that Sesshomaru did not currently occupy and she spread her legs and re-raised the knee of the limb he had been feeling.

 

He was certainly shocked by the action, but by no means ungrateful. Kairi now lay completely naked and open to his perusal. A dark tuft of hair still left her center a mystery to him from his position, but the fact that she wasn't hiding this time encouraged him.

 

Despite his overwhelming compulsion to inspect her, he made the choice to stay where he was, laid out beside her. There was just something to be said for having the length of her body lying close to his and knowing that he could place his hands wherever he damn well pleased without consequence. He scooted closer to her body before returning his hand to her thigh. He stroked her knee and back down her thigh again, wondering how her entire form felt so velvety to the touch. It was little wonder to him now why Alstorm's hands were constantly wandering to sample the flesh of females. If they were anything like Kairi, it was like caressing silk. Only silk didn't moan and gasp your name when you handled it.

 

Sesshomaru moved the arm supporting his weight under Kairi's neck to cradle her, bringing her ever closer. He locked his legs around the one he had been stroking, pulling her a bit wider for him in an attempt to gain better access. Finally, his fingers danced over the flesh of her inner thigh and moved to the apex between her legs. When he cupped it, he caused a body-wide spasm to course through her. He glanced at her face and drank in the sight of complete ecstasy that she plainly wore on her features. He began to rub over the surface and soon found that he could part the flesh on top to reveal a moist center. The leg not encased between his fell to the side and moved to further open her core and encourage his exploration. He ran his fingers the length of the newly exposed channel, and was pleasantly surprised when his name once again came from her mouth. However it was no longer a clear version of his name - it was broken and passion-overwhelmed.

 

Her hand came to grip the arm behind her head as she keened and her hips bucked up toward his hand. He pressed against her with more force and found a place that he could sink into. Thinking her could hurt her if he pushed too far he stopped his movement and returned to simply running along the delicate flesh.

 

When he brushed against a small nub between the folds, she went wild, abandoning any hope of dignity, willing to do anything to make him continue. Her leg broke free from his and she swung it over his entirely, spreading herself open further to his gentle prodding. He was surprised by the abrupt movement but as soon as the shock tapered off he grinned all the more. The woman was desperate for his touch!

 

His finger tips took their sweet time exploring her, thoroughly enjoying the new sensations presented to him. She was impossibly soft down there despite the fact that the hair was a courser version of what lay on her head. The flesh was thin and delicate and he pondered his claws for a moment. He could easily hurt her if he wasn't careful. He looked to her face once more before realizing with no small amount of awe that she didn't seem to be thinking the same thing. She was lost in the feel of his touch and the revelation of just how deep her trust in him ran hit him full force. He had taken her prior nervousness to be about him; he didn't comprehend that her fear was of herself and whether or not her body was good enough to please him. But the fact that she had opened such a fragile part of her body to such a dangerous part of his spoke more forcefully to him than any words ever could.

 

She was saturated in both moisture at her core and the scent of arousal. The liquid didn't feel the same as the substance he expelled when he reached his own climax. He decided to perhaps ask her about it later. At the moment, she was in no condition to explain much of anything besides `how to make really arousing sounds'. He smirked at his power and at her surrender to his ministrations.

 

Now he felt the need to bring her to the edge of sanity, but was unsure how to do so. He had been putting pressure on the small hood of flesh that seemed to send her reeling, but he must have been missing the exact spot because she wasn't responding as powerfully as before.

 

“Show me how, Kairi.” He beseeched her in a whisper against her ear. Without responding, the hand that had become embedded in the sheets beside her came down across her body and directed him back to the place he had pulled away from. She pushed on his fingers to indicate that he should press down, and he did, still a bit concerned that if he pressed too hard he would somehow hurt her. But as her hand moved to his wrist and held him steady he found that the further he pressed, the less `in pain' she seemed. He had been watching her face so intently that he didn't realize until he looked down that two of his fingers were now inside of her.

 

Experimentally, he drew his hand back and thrust forward again. Her hips responded to this by rising to meet him and he assumed that she was enjoying the feeling. Suddenly, it clicked that this was where he would be if they were to mate. His resurfaced erection throbbed a reply at the imagined sensation of being encased in such a hot, tight, wet place. He always assumed it would be at about the same place on her body as his own, but earlier activities had cast doubt upon his knowledge. But he never really imagined what that place would be like - he hadn't known where to begin his imagination.

 

With these epiphanies, he found he could no longer able to deny his need to study her with his eyes. He carefully extracted his arm from behind her, but kept his fingers buried deep within the place she had shown him. Upon arriving between her thighs, he pressed a searing kiss to the inside of her knee before lowering himself further to truly look at where his hand lie.

 

The skin was a darkened pink and he felt himself become hopelessly rigid at witnessing his fingers being concealed inside her. He took in the scent of her arousal, ever stronger the closer he was to the source, and found his mind simply intoxicated. His fingers moved in and out of the opening to her center. It was then that she spoke to him again. “S-Sesshy… Please…” she begged him.

 

“Please what, Kairi?” he questioned, stilling his movements.

 

The cease brought a groan and a pathetic whimper of loss to come from her throat, but it did allow her to form words. “Press up… Inside.”

 

Fingers still buried inside, he pressed the pads of the digits upwards, and she nodded to him to let him know he was right. “And for the love of Kami, don't stop.” She demanded all at once. It was the most hurried sentence he had ever heard her utter. It came out in a single breath, like she had to summon all her strength just to form the words. He grinned; she probably had.

 

“I wasn't planning to stop anytime soon, Kairi.” He replied in a deep, throaty voice. She hummed intensely in reply, letting him know that she heard and also approved of such a pledge. He moved in and out now, as well as up and down when inside the tight walls. She cried out his name a third time and it drew his attention up her body.

 

His eyes nearly popped from their sockets. Kairi was displayed completely exposed and released to him, losing herself to ecstasy and calling to none other than him. Legs spread and skin flushed with erect nipples and her head tossing from side to side. Her expression was raw and her knuckles had turned almost white from gripping the pillows next to her face. He felt himself release a bit of fluid at the mere sight and took a silent vow that he would never let anyone else see this. He wouldn't let anyone have this part of her. In that moment, he grew even more fiercely possessive of this human and would gladly kill any and all that stood in the way of his new pledge.

 

`Mine!' a primal facet of him growled as he moved his thumb up to the nub of flesh that had caused her to thrust against his hand before. He found it and she grabbed the pillows by her face. He couldn't help but feel a sense of abundant pride that he was the one to make her react this way.

 

His motions continued, and the words she attempted to speak were lost to the cries of pleasure that refused to stay within her. Her entire form thrust and arced in time with his hand. Finally, she screamed his name, or something that was supposed to be his name and her toes curled as the rest of her locked in tension. He could feel her inner walls constrict around the two fingers he had inside of her and noticed that she also released fluid when she came. It coated his hand even more than it had already been, and he felt compelled to sample the flavor.

 

Withdrawing, he brought one finger to his lips and tasted. The flavor was tart and salty, but sweet and musky all at once. Could something taste musky? Well, obviously it could because this did. It wasn't a bad flavor necessarily, but it wasn't exactly delicious. He decided he could get used to it seeing as how it was an erotic flavor if nothing else. He took a moment to consider the flesh usually hidden from him. With his hand out of the way, his view was completely without obstruction. He found himself surprised that she hadn't immediately gone back to hiding herself after his withdrawal, but then he reasoned she was too far gone from reason to be embarrassed. Still the fact that she trusted him enough to let herself be that lost in a haze in his presence managed to warm his heart. As the flavor on his tongue subsided, his mind drifted to what he had done two years ago...when he first kissed her. He glanced up to his charge and found the answers he was looking for; she obviously enjoyed what he had done…

 

Kairi had beads of perspiration on her skin that reflected the moonlight as he crawled back to her. He wiped his hand on the sheets before pushing her now wet bangs off of her forehead. His lips placed a kiss there before he lay beside her once more, moving so that he was half atop her, a leg thrust between hers and an arm around her waist. His face rested on the pillows next to her and he waited for her to find breath. If nothing else, he had done his job of pleasuring her successfully, even if it hadn't been completely without mistakes.

 

The hand over her waist began to journey across her skin in a calming manner. It stroked between and over her breasts, down to her legs and across the junction between. It ran up her sides and finally to her neck before pressing his palm to the side of her face and simply rubbing her cheek back and forth.

 

Finally she opened her eyes and turned her gaze to his. She smiled lazily which in turn made him grin. She panted a few more times. “Wow.” She stated breathily. This caused his smirk to grow. She didn't care. “That was new.”

 

His head tilted in confusion and his brow raised. “New?” he parroted back.

 

She sighed and nodded. “Yea. New. I've never had an orgasm before.”

 

This seemed to shock him. “Never!?” he demanded, incredulous. “How do you deal with… frustration?”

 

Kairi shrugged, about to tell him that she simply lived with it, but then got a wicked idea. “Cold baths.”

 

The youkai gaped. That was why she washed so damned often!?!

 

At his startled expression she laughed. “I'm kidding, Sesshomaru. For the most part anyway… Sometimes a cold bath helps, but usually I just live with it.”

 

He scowled at her teasing. “But doesn't it… hurt?”

 

Kairi looked to contemplate him a few seconds before understanding hit her. “Oh. It doesn't feel the same for girls. It aches, sure, but it's not extremely painful if we don't release. At least not most of the time.”

 

He grunted in understanding. He glanced down her body and nodded the direction of his eyes. “So, that's where I'd have been if we'd mated.” He stated more than asked. Kairi nodded an assent regardless of his apparent surety. “So, when are you always that wet?” He didn't bother to hide his grin. "Looks like I really excited you." He mused concietedly

 

Kairi glanced over at the youkai with a glare. There would be no living with his ego from now on. Deciding to counter rather than respond, she reached her hand out to grip him through his haori. “I'm not the only one.” She reminded him dryly.

 

His eyes flew closed and he groaned and growled. “Wench. No fair.”

 

“Hmm. It seems like someone enjoyed himself a bit too much.” She teased as she continued to taunt him with her fingers. He had become rock-hard again and now they both knew it.

 

His breathing was erratic, but he still managed to hold onto cognizance. He growled. “I blame you. Screaming my name like that…”

 

Kairi laughed. “I never said it was a problem, Sesshomaru.” She whispered, carefully punctuating his name allowing her voice to lower an octave as well.

 

His hips thrust against her teasing hand. “Okay, you asked for it.” He groaned back.

 

He practically tore his haori off and moved lighting quick to settle between her legs. Kairi found herself panicking beneath him even as his lips descended on hers.

 

Some foreplay was one thing, but was she really ready for sex? Sesshomaru didn't love her, or even if he did he was more in love with someone else. This had been to prove to him that she didn't find him disgusting. But if she rejected him now, all of that would be shot to hell and back. She wanted and loved him more than anything and would give herself to him in a second if she was sure he returned at least part of her affection for him. But she didn't know how he felt. Was this just lust or something real? It was real for her, but she couldn't be sure for him.

 

She tried not to let him see her hesitation. She had to think fast, so she kept him kissing her as long as she could. He would have to move slightly to position himself correctly, so as long as she kept him from moving, her virginity was safe. Not that she really considered herself a true virgin anymore…

 

Her eyes opened and she watched the man over her. His eyes were closed in bliss with a surreal look of peace that she had never seen on his features before. She knew in that moment that she had succeeded in her efforts to quash the furies for at least this night for him. If she pushed him away, it might break him and she'd sooner die than risk that.

 

She could live with the loss of her innocence, but she would never forgive herself for hurting him so deeply. The repercussions of her choice may one day haunt her… But in this time and in this place he was her world. He was all that mattered. And in years to come she'd know that she had spent one perfect night with the man she loved more than life itself. She would be complete for this short time and take comfort knowing that she helped heal his wounds with her body and soul. That she was able to finally help and give true, lasting comfort to her protector - her lord.

 

A solitary tear rolled down her cheek as she allowed him to move. One of his hands came to fondle her breasts between them, and she moaned for the one she loved. “Sesshomaru…”

 

A few more kisses and she felt him get into place. The feel of his length between her folds but not at her opening was bliss enough as it was and she cried out for him again, knowing now that he loved to hear her scream his name. “Sesshomaru…”

 

“I-I love you Sesshomaru!”

 

This paused what Sesshomaru was doing he looked down at her and gave a appealing grin as he looked at the girl under him he didn't know really, how to say the words 'I love you' it had been something he hadn't ever said before.

 

"Kairi are you sure.....your ready for this cause I sure as hell am?!?!" Sesshomaru blurted out as he looked into her beutiful forest green eyes. She could tell he wanted this....more than ever.....deep down inside she also disired this. She nodded her head in response to his question.

 

He smiled then as he lowered himself then more onto her but as he did so he brought his lips to hers in a passionate kiss.

 

Kairi cryed out in a silent scream as Sesshopmarus dick became fully in her. She noticed as he made sure not to move atop of her. He was waiting for her to make the first move. The pain between her legs soon subsided into erotic plesure as she relaxed into his body and felt his warmth. Steadily she began to push upward with her hips to let him know she was ready.

 

Sesshomaru shived as she did this simple action. Slowly he began to push into her tight body, his arms above her head. His pace was slow and steady....even though he soon grew bored if it....he needed more.

 

"Sesshomaru...." Kairi panted out with uneven breath. "I need more....faster....." She didnt have time to finish her sentence before Sesshomaru manouvered one quick thrust upward into her body causing Kairi to moan loudly.

 

Deeper and faster he went as Kairi's moans filled the air soon followed by his own. The pace grew unbearibly fast as Sesshomaru pumped into her with all his strength. The bed shook as he quickened his speed. He was going to cum soon but he wanted her to cum first. Her body tightined around his length as he tryed to pull outward. It brought him pure delight as she wimpered at the lose of him.The way her muscules tighting on him and pumped him was nothing compared to the common handjob or blowjob..no it was much different.

 

Kairi could feel herself slippin in controll. All she wanted to do was get him deeper into her wet folds. Every time he would burry deeper than before hitting her nub of pleasure. She was in pure bliss as he continued to pump into her though she knew she was on the edge and could last for another minute.

 

Sesshomaru lunged into her once last time as he came with her rite behind him, screaming eachothers name. Sesshomaru strength gave way and he fell sideways off Kairi to lay beside her. Both panting and out of breath sigh with content.

 

"Kairi...." Sesshomaru sighed as he rolled sideways and hugged her tiny body.

 

Looking back at him her chocolate brown eyes were looking at him and closeing a few seconds then opening again. That signified that she was tired from there night pleasure. " I love you....Sesshomaru..."

 

"Sesshomaru can I ask you a question?" Her eyes glanced at him every few moments to make sure he was awake.

 

"Yes Kairi.......?" His brow rose as he looked at her.

 

"Am I now your mate?" she began to ask as she felt a clawed finger rest on her lips.

"Not until I mark you." he whispered gently as he began to move toward the crook of her neck.

 

"Mark me? Will it hurt and how will you do it...I...mean...uh..." Her cheeks were flushed she looked at him as she gave a faint smile.

 

"It means if another demon tries to touch you it will show your my mate and mine only." He said as he kissed hier neck where he was going to leave his mark. "Is that alright?" He asked.

 

Her lips tried to form words as she looked at him. "Why do you want to be my mate....?" she asked.

 

"Because your mine now....Kairi..." He said with that he kissed her neck again.

 

Sesshomaru delicatly peirced her skin with his fangs pulling out this would leave a fang like scar on her neck, his tounge lapping at the blood comeing from the wound. With this Kairi half wimpered and half moaned at this erotic feeling as he licked her. A couple of minutes passed as he looked at Kairis face.

 

He began to cradle her in his arms as he layed her down after bringing down the sheets, as soon as she layed down her eyes began to flutter then slowly began to close. "I'll always love you.." she mumbled beyond understanding. As soon as she fell asleep he layed down falling into a blistful slumber.

 

-Next day-

 

Kairi woke up to the sound of beating on the door to her room. Quietly she snuggled up to Sesshomaru. "Sesshomaru....tell Jaken to stop beating on the door..." she mumbled as she layed her head down on the soft pillows.

 

Sesshomaru mumbled something that Kairi couldn't make out. Kairi took the sheet and wraped it around her body walking to the door opening it slowly. She had brushed her hair and she stood there almost naked infront of the imp besides the sheet.

 

"Yes master Jaken." Her eyes were opened as she looked down at the imp.

 

A large sweatdrop took the place of Jaken his eyes twiched as he looked at Kairi. He made his way into the room as he gave a sigh. "Where is M'lord....?" He asked looking at the bed as he twiched running out of the room. "Sorry M'lord!" he yelled as he ran.

 

Sesshomaru sat up covering with a sheet his eyes crimson he had scared Jaken...terriably.

 

Kairi stood up and walked toward the youkai males closet and got into it. Opening the doors she found a older kimono she could fit and put it on standing infront of him. "Now i need to go home today i'll be home later tonight." she said standing and walking toward the door. "Love you" she said and walked out and downstairs.

 

-That night-

 

Kairi stood in her bathroom stareing at the ground. "I'm....pregnat...." she mumbled closeing her eyes and getting dressed in her kimono running downstairs with her backpack she walked.

 

Kairi sighed as she reached the well house; she leaned over the side and peered down into the darkness. “I guess it wouldn't help if I was a little late…” she breathed in the musky air that had taken over the little well house. `Everyday I struggle to get through life in that era…it's like a living breathing madhouse.' She smiled and rested her chin in her hands, studying the wells darkness. `But yet I love it there…it seems more of a home to me that what the present has ever been…it feels like I belong there…'

 

Looking at the ground she used her amulent and created a time portal in the well. With that thought in mind Kagome grabbed her backpack and dropped into the portal, she closed her eyes as the blue aura engulfed her and sucked her through time. `I guess it's safe to say that…I'm going home…' she thought as a small giggle escaped her lips. `Kairi, you're delusional! Your just there to collect the jewel shards! Sure you've made some friends along the way…but you don't belong to this time!'

 

The aura disappeared and Kairi was now standing at the bottom of the well in the feudal era, she climbed up the side of the well on the vines she had always used as her own person ladder. It was night, and the full moon was bright and lit up the sky, beautiful stars shone brightly in the matted heavens around the moon. `The moon guides them to shine their light.' Kairi thought as she started to make her way to Sesshomaru's castle.

 

`I wonder if they are waiting for me…' Kairi thought. `I know Sora-chan, Alstorm, and Miharu-kun have no trouble waiting for me to come back, but I know Sesshomaru must be steamed by now…sure I'm making great time but that youkai can be so…so…ignorant!' the young miko frowned and curled her hair behind her ears. “He's just going to have to put up with it then! Humph! It doesn't kill him to wait a little!” she finished her thoughts out loud, but right after she heard Sesshomaru's voice through the trees

 

"But she means nothing to me! I promise you that…”

 

Kairi got a chill, what was he talking about? And who was he talking to?! She had to find out, so silently she made her way through the trees. `I wonder what he's doing out here? And who doesn't mean anything to him?' a knot tired itself in Kairis stomach; she was a little scared of what she would find out. `I have a bad feeling…'

 

That bad feeling soon turned into a cruel reality as Sesshomaru and Rin came into Kairi's sighting. She stopped, turned and hid behind the closest tree she could find. Her heart thumbed in her chest heavily, she was kind of surprised the hanyou never picked up its sound. She now knew whom he was talking about…actually she was surprised she hadn't started crying yet.

 

The sensation of wanting to run off into oblivion tugged at Kairi's heart strings and shakey legs, but she couldn't run…she wanted to hear more…she wanted to find out what was really going on inside Sesshomaru's thick skull…

 

“Rin I promise you…every time I look at her…every time I speak with her…I wish that I was with you…don't you understand that?” Sesshomaru pressed on with the conversation he was having with this human girl.

 

“You are fooling yourself Inuyasha.” Kikyo said. “You have no right to come and seek me out just to fill my head with such nonsense! I have to desire to be with you…I have no desire to even look at you. All I wish to do is see you die…then turn my back from the western lands again!”

 

“You know you don't mean that.” Sesshomaru argued. “Rin I know you still have feelings for me in there somewhere. And I'll do anything to get them out into the open like they were ten years ago!” he grabbed her hands. “Please…I can't go on without you…I need you, Rin.”

 

Kairi left the scene and continued her way to the village, unwanted tears started to roll down her face. That was it then…she had completely fooled herself into thinking that last night actually ment something. But it only made matters worse…she was better off going home and getting an education. Not gallivanting around the feudal era chasing a dream that he made her belive for one night it might have actually came true. So she had made up her mind, she'd visit the other in the castle then she would pack her things and leave the feudal era...forever.

 

-Unfortunately for Kairi's hasty retreat, she never heard the rest of Rin's and Sesshomaru's conversation…-

 

“You are lying to yourself, Sesshomaru. You know it as much as what I do.” Rin took her hand away from Sesshomaru's. “Just think to yourself who you'd rather be without? How far in life will you get without Kairi? And then think about how far you'd get without me, and then tell me…who do you really need?”

 

Sesshomaru took in Rin's words with a heavy heart, but the realization soon came to him. Kairi was everything to him…she had always been. His fascination with Rin was just an old habit trying to wear away. The hanyou blinked and looked at Rin. “Your right…” he started to back away. “I can't believe I've been such a blind fool.”

 

“You see more clearly now?” Rin asked. “Good.” Her fists tightened sharply. “But no matter what Sesshomaru, I'll be back for you. You will die at my hands…” then she turned and ran off she was....gone.

 

Sesshomaru directed his vision to the moon. “Kairi should be here by now…she's probably in the castle…” he started to run through the trees. `I have to tell her I ment everything I said last night was true....I have to tell her the truth."

 

The salty smell of tears drifted to his nose as he entered the castle halls, Mitaru was waiting for him outside of Kairi's room, where crying could be heard from within. It was Kairi…

 

“Mitaru, whats wrong is she hurt?” he started his way into the room, but Mitaru a neko servent stopped him. “What do you think your doing neko!?!” Sesshomaru snapped his eyes threatining to go crimson.

 

“She's leaving us, Sesshomaru.” Mitaru said in a flat tone of voice. “You've really done it this time.”

 

“Wait, what do you mean she's leaving us?” Sesshomaru growled out, grabbing Mitaru's shoulders.

 

“He means I'm leaving and not coming back.” Kairi said as she stepped out of the room with Kaorie and Miho walking out behind her. Kaorie looked really peeved, and the look she gave Sesshomaru was enough to kill.

 

Kairi picked her bag up and putting it over her shoulders. “I'm sorry guys…this is just too much for me…” she gave Kaorie and Miho a hug, bringing the two women to tears. She then gave Mitaru a kiss on the cheek followed by a hug…and a tolerant second for when he rubbed her backside.

 

Kairi then turned her teary eyes towards Sesshomaru, as she stepped forward kissing his cheek slowly. “Goodbye, Sesshomaru." She sniffed and ran past him as fast as her legs would carry her.

 

“Kairi wait!” Sesshomaru yelled. “Kairi it not what it seemed! Kairi!” his bottom lip trembled as he watched her disappear into the forest. `…she's gone…' tears formed in his eyes, and he held them back not showing them infront of the others, as he ran forward a couple steps and screamed: “FINE! GO HOME! NO ONE WANTS YOU HERE ANYWAY!”

 

Kairi stopped at the sacred tree hearing Sesshomaru's cry. Her hand reached up gently running over her bottom lip she couldn't help but remmber the feel of his cold lips pressing against her, warm ones. “I'm well aware of that!” she screamed. Stopping at the well she let out a low sob as she dropped down into the darkness of the well with no intention of trying to get back to the feudal era.