InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Marked Woman ❯ Chapter 16: Markings [LEMON] ( Chapter 1 )

Rin had run herself ragged. She had thought she was catching up to Sesshomaru, but his tracks came to an abrupt end and Lord Sesshomaru was nowhere in sight. Where is he?? Rin's chest was heaving up and down as she gasped for air. Suddenly, Rin heard a sound in the distance. She looked up to the nearby forest as she saw debris spewing out from the dense woods. Rin's eyes widened. Sesshomaru? Without another thought she began to run towards the trees. She sprinted quickly, feeling leaves and branches slice at her face. I cannot stop until I have answers. Rin's feet were raw from the rocky ground beneath her, and her make shift kimono was falling apart. All of a sudden Rin stopped in her tracks. Her eyes were fixed on the creature several feet in front of her. Before her stood a massive, white, wolf-like dog. It was lashing out around itself shredding ancient trees with a single swipe of its vicious claws. Within an instance its eyes were fixed on Rin. She stood completely still, her breath caught within her. Rin stared into the demon's red eyes. His eyes… The dog let out a howling cry and then began to growl, bearing its teeth at Rin. Rin felt a streak of fear pass through her body. She clenched her fists, and dug her feet into the ground. I will not leave without answers. Face me.

“Am I your mate?” Rin asked loudly.

The growling creature stared at her, its teeth still visible. Rin stared back, her eyes unwilling to look away.

“Why didn't you want me?” Rin yelled.

“Why couldn't a human be enough?”

Rin felt tears well in her eyes. So much buried emotion was surfacing and running wild. She had spent so many years denying these questions; suffocating these feelings that only brought her shame and reprimand. Answer me!

“Why did I have to be a lady? Why did I have to be made into someone else; into something else?”

Tears streaked down Rin's face. Rin stepped forward and kept her eyes on the demon in front of her. I am not afraid. I have nothing left to fear. She stopped just before it, feeling its hot breath spread over her like a wave. She reached out as the demon growled and touched it's face. Her eyes looked upon the violet crescent moon upon the beast's forehead. Rin looked back into the creature's eyes.

“I would have loved you with everything I had…I did love you.”

Suddenly the great creature was gone, and Rin's palm was cupping Sesshomaru's face, her fingers touching the magenta stripes of his markings. Sesshomaru stood naked before her, but Rin could only see his eyes fixed on her. Rin's hand drew slightly away, hovering over his cheek, with her eyes still staring into Sesshomaru's. The warmth of his faced lingered on her palm. Sesshomaru's gaze was still fixed on her and unmoving. In this moment Rin felt a streak of regret. She began to feel as if she didn't want to hear the answers to her questions. Seeing Lord Sesshomaru before her like this made her feel naked as well, but not a nakedness of her body, but of her soul. What will this change? It's too late. This is too painful. Azumi, I failed you.

“I'm sorry.” Rin whispered.

Not a moment later, Rin began to turn away to run.

“You were never my burden.”

Rin froze, her back facing the Lord.

“I was yours.”

Rin squeezed her fists. These words felt abrasive to her.

“You don't have to say that. I know that you never wanted to have a human attachment of any kind. If you didn't want me, that is reason enough.”

“No, that is not it…”

Rin paused waiting for the demon Lord's answer.

“It is not that I didn't want you, it is that I never wanted a mate. I couldn't allow it.”

This is your answer, Rin. Make peace with it. Rin turned her head over her shoulder slightly.

“Well, you don't have to fight it anymore. I am not yours to want or reject; I am not your mate.”

Rin began to take a step forward, but before her foot reached the ground she felt Sesshomaru's clawed hand wrap around her arm.

“You are my mate, Rin.”

Rin closed her eyes and held back unwanted tears. I can't do this.

“Rin, you are not indebted to me anymore. You are free to do as you please.”

Rin squeezed her eyes tight, she didn't want to say what must be said.

“I cannot be your mate. You do not know me!”

Sesshomaru's grip lessened around Rin's arm. Her words cut him deeply. Even though he had tried to prepare himself for this very outcome, Rin's rejection of him felt like a deadly blow. She didn't want him; she cannot love someone who abandoned her; who had left her to the wolves for their own selfish gain.

“I am not the Rin you left behind, Sesshomaru. That Rin no longer exists.”

Suddenly Sesshomaru's hand gripped tighter. He pulled on her arm turning her around. Rin's body turned to face the Lord but Rin cast her gaze away from the demon.

“Sesshomaru, just let me go”, Rin whispered.

“Look at me!” Sesshomaru yelled, the dog demon within him still close to the surface.

Rin's eyes widened at the sound of his raised voice, her eyes shot to his.

“You may hate me. You may despise me. You may even forget about me. You are free to do so, and I will endure it. But you cannot believe that I do not want you. You may take me or leave me, Rin. Regardless, I am yours.”

Rin looked at him in confusion.

“Take you? Leave you? Why do you even want me, Sesshomaru? What Rin do you even know?”

Sesshomaru stepped towards her, his bare body's presence drawing closer to Rin.

“Stop!”

Rin felt her heart clench. Sesshomaru halted, his amber eyes fixed on hers.

“I cannot give you what you want. You cannot even see me…you haven't seen the person I've become.”

Sesshomaru remained unmoved, his face unchanging. Rin brought a hand to the demon Lord's mokomoko, which rested around her shoulders. Rin clutched it and then she lowered it from herself. Sesshomaru's body tensed thinking Rin was returning his regalia, rejecting even this small part of him. Rin dropped it to the ground. What is…she doing?

“See me, Lord Sesshomaru.”

Rin reached at the tied piece of fabric wrapped around her body and began to undo the knot that held it in place. Rin, he needs to see what you've become…then he will understand that you are not the Rin he left behind; the Rin he wants.

“I am not a human...”

Rin's eyes looked to her hands as they began unravel the tattered cloth around her body.

“I am not a lady…”

Sesshomaru's eyes widened with Rin's words and movements.

Rin's hands released the clenched fabric, and the cloth pooled around her feet. Her eyes looked back to Sesshomaru.

“I am Rin. I am nothing more, and nothing less. See me as I am.”

Sesshomaru's wide eyes stared at Rin in her entirety. He had seen her bare before that night in the forest, but the Rin before him was completely different. She stood in front of him, unashamedly herself and Sesshomaru felt magnetically drawn to her; he felt connected to her very spirit; he felt her strength exuding from her human soul. The demon Lord's eyes washed over her body, taking in every curve and line. Sesshomaru saw the black stripes across bouts of her figure. His eyes fixated on them.

“They are my markings. They are my reminder that I am my own; from my own clan.”

Sesshomaru reached his hand out towards her. Rin drew back, and Sesshomaru froze his movement. Rin looked at him carefully.

“May I, Rin?”

Rin's eyes widened. Sesshomaru's voice was so soft and steady. Rin hadn't been prepared for this. She didn't think he'd reach for her. She thought her markings would repulse him or confuse him. Rin looked to the ground in thought. He wants to touch me? Rin looked back up to Sesshomaru, this time her eyes traced up his uncovered body. He stood there unflinching as she looked at all of him. His white hair was flowing around his exposed body like a current of light. Rin felt her heart flicker within her. Rin! Focus. Breathe. Rin's eyes finally reached Sesshomaru's and his gaze suddenly made her breath tight within her chest. The way he is looking at me. Without another thought Rin nodded her head. Sesshomaru's clawed hand reached forward, bringing his fingers to the black tattoos around her torso. He traced the length of one from the side of her ribcage to the corner of her hip. Rin felt like lightning was passing through her body. Rin instinctually reached out, bringing her hand back to his cheek, her palm once again against his magenta stripes. Sesshomaru's eyes glowed as he gazed at Rin fervently.

“Rin. I want only you…. as you are…nothing more and nothing less. This Rin is my mate...”

Rin felt her heart stop within her. Those words were sharper than any blade. Sesshomaru's gaze felt like it pierced through her and found her very spirit. Her body felt drawn to him, and the warmth he radiated. Without thinking, Rin leaned herself into Sesshomaru, her body pressing against his. The demon Lord's body firmed as she made contact with him. Rin could smell his scent; feel his warm touch. Sesshomaru wrapped his arms around her waist drawing her into him.

“My equal.”

Rin looked up into his eyes. His equal? Rin had spent so much of her life trying to be different things to different masters, but an `equal' was never one of them. Rin felt overcome by Sesshomaru's embrace of both her body and soul. You see me as your equal, Sesshomaru? And even though Rin was overwhelmed by this declaration, she simultaneously felt like she was being seen for the first time, as she was. She felt so steady in his arms. She felt so at peace in the midst of her tumultuous history. Rin had never been allowed to just let go. And as she found herself in the embrace of this demon Lord, she felt safe enough to do so. As Rin looked into Lord Sesshomaru's unwavering eyes, she suddenly realized who she was to Sesshomaru. I am…

“Your mate.”

Sesshomaru's eyes locked with Rin's, his eyes were looking so deeply into hers; Rin's statement had gripped Sesshomaru's mind and body.

“Yes, Rin. You are.”

Just hearing Rin say she was his mate made Sesshomaru's heart burn for this human. Rin brought her other hand to hold Sesshomaru's face. Her eyes looked back to the markings along his face and then traced down his neck and then continued down his arms. She looked at the magenta-red stripes that covered his arms, the arms that were wrapped around her body. Then Rin looked back up to him. Sesshomaru's gaze hadn't left her at all as she had carefully inspected his demon markings.

“Are my markings to your liking?”

Sesshomaru grinned at Rin and Rin felt shivers pass through her. His playful gaze was something she hadn't seen before, and the sight of it made her feel something she didn't even know existed within her. Sesshomaru felt the chill pass through her and he clenched her tighter to his body.

“Are you cold, Rin?”

Rin dropped her hands from his face and wove her arms underneath his, drawing her forehead to his chest and resting it there. It felt strange to cling to someone else. She had spent so much time training to be strong, to only need herself. But Rin didn't want him to let go of him. Suddenly Rin's thoughts were interrupted; she could only hear the sound of the Lord's heartbeat against her cheek. Sesshomaru's eyes looked down on the woman before him, holding him tightly.

“Rin, let's get you to a fire. Your body is exposed and you are cold.”

Rin squeezed his body tighter.

“No.”

Sesshomaru's eyes slightly widened and then a grin reemerged across his face. Rin brought her face away from his chest and she looked up to him. That grin.

“Rin, you are shiveri—”

Suddenly, Rin's lips halted Sesshomaru's words. The demon Lord's eyes widened and then flushed with red for a moment, his markings beginning to glow. His eyes focused on Rin as she pressed her soft lips against his, her eyes tightly shut. Sesshomaru could feel a heat within him rising, something he had never experienced. Rin's touch ignited a fire within him that felt all consuming. When Rin finally relented and drew her face away, Sesshomaru felt enslaved to the human before him. Rin looked at the Lord before her, she felt emboldened and yet exposed. You kissed him. You're holding onto him and his naked body, Rin! What is going on?! Suddenly Sesshomaru began to press into Rin pushing her backwards. Rin's back hit against a tree and she felt Sesshomaru pin her to it, his strong presence pressing into her. Rin's mind uncontrollably flashed back to the last time she had felt this sensation; her mind saw Hara.

“No!”

Sesshomaru instantly withdrew his pressure on her. His amber eyes fixed on Rin.

“I'm sorry”, Sesshomaru said with a look of shock in his eyes.

Sesshomaru began to withdraw his body, but Rin clenched his arm with her hand.

“No, don't…just not like this.”

Rin's eyes looked away from Sesshomaru. She felt the residual slime of her past covering her. She felt like every part of her being had been permanently tainted by that monster. I'll never escape that man. Sesshomaru's eyes carefully observed Rin's grief stricken face.

“I am yours, Rin…I am powerless to you.”

Rin's widened eyes looked up to the demon Lord before her. His eyes were so genuine and steady. She knew he was a powerful and feared demon Lord, yet she felt no fear facing him. I want you. Rin leaned into Sesshomaru and kissed him once more. When Rin drew away for a breath she held onto Sesshomaru's body and turned him around, bringing Sesshomaru's back to the tree. I want you…on my own terms. Rin put her hands on his chest and pushed him, pinning Sesshomaru against the tree. I am not weak. Sesshomaru's eyes widened in surprise. Rin leaned in and brought her mouth to the Lord's ear.

“I am not as fragile as you think.”

Sesshomaru's eyes flashed red again, and his markings burned even brighter. Sesshomaru's arms wrapped around Rin's hips and he forcefully pulled her against him. Rin could feel every part of his body pressing against hers. The demon Lord brought a hand to the small of her back and then traced it down the curve of her bottom. Sesshomaru's touch felt like an entrancing spell over Rin's body. Rin instinctually leaned in and slid her tongue up the length of his neck, ending at his jaw line. She felt this carnal energy drawing her toward him, driving her every move. Sesshomaru's red eyes widened, his clawed hand clenched her ass.

“I want you, Sesshomaru.” Rin whispered in the demon Lord's ear.

With those words, Sesshomaru released his hold of Rin's body and dropped to his knees, bringing his hands to her hips. Sesshomaru's open mouth leaned forward and pressed into her. Rin felt his warm, wet mouth latch onto her. She took a sharp inhale and suddenly chills violently passed through Rin's body and everything tightened within her. Sesshomaru's tongue began to caress her with flickering movements and Rin gasped. She reflexively pushed his head away and the Lord's eyes shot up to hers, and he growled. Rin's face was painted with shock and her eyes were wide. Rin watched as Sesshomaru licked the remaining moisture around his lips and then grinned at the human he kneeled before. Rin felt fire at the sight of his reaction. I've never…felt like this. Rin could feel the tingling pressure surging between her legs. Sesshomaru brought his hands to her knees and pulled them apart, opening Rin's legs. Then Sesshomaru brought a single hand to her mound and glided it down, bringing his fingertips to her wet lips. Rin gasped, her chest slightly lifted. Sesshomaru pressed a finger in carefully, his eyes watched as Rin's chest convulsed with restrained pleasure. Sesshomaru pressed in further, feeling Rin's body resist him. Suddenly the demon Lord felt Rin's hands clenching at his shoulders. Instantly Sesshomaru brought his open mouth back to her, stroking her with his tongue as he felt her body constrict around his thrusting finger.

“Sesshomaru” Rin moaned.

The sound of Rin's voice saying his name made Sesshomaru's body labored with desire. Lord Sesshomaru had never felt such intense yearning for anything; it felt like a ravenous hunger within him. I want her. All of sudden Rin pushed the demon Lord away from her halting her own moaning. The back of Sesshomaru's head rested against the tree behind him; he looked into Rin's eyes feeling satisfaction from her body's response to him. Sesshomaru's eyes never strayed from the eyes of his mate who was towering over him. Only you can bring me to my knees.

“Sit down.”

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed on Rin. What?

“I said, sit down.”

Sesshomaru's eyebrows knitted together as he hesitantly sat down, his back against the tree, and his knees bent with the soles of his feet to the ground. Did I not please her? What does she want? I will give it to her.

“Rin, we can stop...”

Rin smirked at the demon Lord. He looked so unusually vulnerable cornered against the tree, completely exposed.

“You've touched me, Sesshomaru. Now…I touch you.”

Sesshomaru's eyes widened once more as Rin walked forward, stepping over him and straddling his body. Standing tall over him, Sesshomaru watched as Rin lowered herself down to her knees. Rin could feel Sesshomaru's hardened presence pressing against her inner thigh. She leaned in and licked his neck once more, and Sesshomaru's hands clutched around her hips. Every time Rin touched him he felt on the brink of losing control. Rin could tell that Sesshomaru was powerless to her advances, and this excited her. Rin traced her tongue up Sesshomaru's neck, all the way to his ear, and stopped there. Rin was preying of the demon Lord's weakness; she fully intended on making Sesshomaru desperate for her.

“Give me your mark, demon.”

Sesshomaru's black pupils detracted and without a single thought he reached a hand down, and brought his hard member to her readied body; the rigid flesh traced down Rin's wet slit and stopped at her tight entrance.

“I am yours, Sesshomaru.”

With those words, Sesshomaru thrusted his hips up while his hands pulled Rin's body closer to him. Rin's head dropped back as she felt all of Sesshomaru's stiff flesh push into her. Rin's body tensed and her lips let out a shaky moan as she adjusted to his size. Sesshomaru halted all movement as he clenched his clawed hands around her hips. He had never felt anything like Rin. Everything about her brought him to his knees. With all his strength and power, he still felt defenseless to her. Sesshomaru desperately tried to maintain some control. Not yet. Sesshomaru clenched his teeth, trying to take a breath, he felt like a novice. Rin brought her open mouth to his and began to reach her tongue into Sesshomaru's mouth. Rin's hips began to slowly move. She lifted herself up to tip of the Lord's hardened member, and then she tilted her hips downwards, taking all of him back in. Rin pulled herself up to its head once more. Sesshomaru's hands desperately shifted from Rin's hips to the backs of her thighs, his claws clenched tightly.

“W-wait.” Sesshomaru raggedly uttered.

Rin looked at Sesshomaru's face and smiled. She felt even more aroused by how overcome with desire Lord Sesshomaru was. You are mine.

“Sesshomaru…”

Rin kissed him once more, slowly and passionately. Rin began to sit back down, allowing Sesshomaru to reenter her again. Sesshomaru moaned loudly. As Rin began to lift herself up again, Sesshomaru's hands pulled at her thighs and ass, spreading her open. I want to take her. Sesshomaru closed his eyes, trying to focus. He couldn't maintain himself while looking at this woman on top of him. Sesshomaru's hands held Rin strongly.

“Rin, were you serious?” Sesshomaru uttered with concern.

Rin paused her playful movement, looking to Sesshomaru in confusion. Why does he sound so worried? Sesshomaru opened his eyes looking to Rin. The demon Lord's eyes were flashing back and forth from golden amber to blood red. Sesshomaru tried to focus on her eyes.

“Do you want me to mark you…as mine?”

Rin felt a streak a lightning crackle through her body, bringing chills atop her skin. His words felt like they tapped into a primal instinct within Rin, and everything in her felt in sync with him. Rin leaned her chest in against Lord Sesshomaru's, allowing her aroused breasts to trace along the bare skin of his chest.

“As long as I get to mark you, Lord Sesshomaru.”

Rin's words sent sparks riveting through Sesshomaru's body. With his clawed hands spreading her thighs apart, Sesshomaru pressed himself back into Rin and began to move with force. Rin shuddered in ecstasy at the demon Lord's thrusting. Sesshomaru's movement gained speed and then without notice it stopped. Before Rin knew it she was on all fours and Sesshomaru was kneeling behind her, pressing deeply into her. Sesshomaru leaned over Rin, bringing a hand to her breast and holding onto her and he continued to push into her. Rin began to feel everything within her clench, she felt like her body was tensing into a heated knot. Then suddenly she felt a tingling fire burn through her as the knotted sensation unraveled within. Rin let out a moan and her body gently shook.

“Sesshomaru” Rin shuddered softly in ravishment.

Lord Sesshomaru's eyes burned red and he pressed his hips into her body. He could feel her body relenting into his, in pleasure. Sesshomaru's claws held Rin tightly as a rush of sensation passed through the demon Lord's body. Sesshomaru felt the overwhelming animalistic urge within him. She is mine. He wanted to mark her, to claim this unrivaled woman as his mate. Suddenly the demon Lord brought his mouth to the nape of Rin's neck and sunk his fangs into her. Then the dog demon abruptly halted his thrusting and let out a choked exhale. Rin moaned as she felt his presence fill her; she couldn't even feel the Lord's bite. Sesshomaru withdrew his fangs and kissed her neck tenderly. A moment later Sesshomaru shifted and suddenly he was on his back and Rin was lying on top of him. He looked into her eyes fiercely.

“Nothing will ever take you from me again.”

Rin looked at him. She had never felt for anyone what she felt for him now. She felt disarmed but fortified. She felt vulnerable, but powerful. She felt completely seen, yet uncompromised. For the first time in her whole life, Rin could see the strength in giving up her strength to another. You see me as I am, not as you want me to be, and I see you.

“I am yours, and you are mine”, Rin whispered.

Sesshomaru wrapped his arms around her drawing her even closer to him. Rin rested her forehead on the Lord's. Sesshomaru closed his eyes and took a deep breath in, letting her scent envelop him.

“You are mine, Rin. You are mine.”