InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Telling ❯ Official? ( Chapter 26 )

He couldn't believe what he had heard. There was no way that Sesshomaru had claimed Kagome; no way that she would have allowed it. She was so sweet and kind and Sesshomaru was such a...... bastard. Besides, she loved him; he was her best friend. They had traveled together for years, and not so secretly pined for each other. And he had finally told her that he loved her, had actually come out and said those exact words. So there had to be some mistake.

Inuyasha rushed through the trees with a wild abandon, headed towards his forest and her well. He felt his brothers presence before he actually scented him, but even the obvious warning emanating from the taiyouaki's aura couldn't stop him. Rushing forward, he skidded to a halt at the sight that met him in the clearing.

There by the well, where he had spent countless days waiting for her, lay Kagome, asleep. She was fully nude and bathed in moonlight, and though she was a breathtaking sight, it was the fact that she lay in the arms of Sesshomaru that knocked the air from Inuyasha's lungs. The hanyou was briefly thankful that at least the taiyoukai was clad in his hakamas.

The taiyoukai lifted his head and turned to face the hanyou, fangs bared, although it was hard to discern whether he was snarling or smiling. Two pairs of golden eyes locked, and for a very long moment, no one moved or said anything.

Still staring directly into Inuyasha's eyes, Sesshomaru reached one hand over Kagome's body and lightly stroked the outer curve of her breast. The girl shivered slightly in her sleep and voiced a soft moan. Sesshomaru bent his head down to her neck and lightly traced his rough tongue along the claiming mark there. Her entire body stiffened, and in her sleep, she called her lover's name. Pulling her closer to his body, Sesshomaru blocked the hanyou's view of her nude form. Returning his attentions to Inuyasha, he blandly asked, “Do you have any doubt as to whom this woman now belongs to?”

Inuyasha had watched as his brother teased him, touching Kagome and making her call out his name, and was overcome with emotions. He was furious that this had come to pass, that Kagome had let Sesshomaru mark her, that Sesshomaru had taken something that was not his to take, and mostly at himself for not realizing that he had lost her. Through all the years, he had counted on her to wait for him, and he was a baka.

“I'll win her back. She loves me, she always has.”

Sesshomaru was once again stunned by his brother's lack of understanding and obvious denseness. “Half-breed, she is mine now. I have claimed her.” This was getting tedious, and he had better things to do, like bedding his miko again.

“But did she submit to you? Did she claim you as her own?”

Sesshomaru growled at the hanyou's haughty tone of voice. How was it that a boy who had practically raised himself knew so much about youkai mating rituals?

“She didn't did she?” Inuyasha was almost smiling now. If he was right, Kagome could still be his; he still had a chance to win her back and do the right thing.

“Insolent half-breed, she will submit to this Sesshomaru. She will beg to be mine, and I will make it so. You entertain foolish notions of claiming her yourself, when it is I who has bedded her.”

The victorious smile that Inuyasha had been flashing in his brother's direction slid from his face at the last comment. It was true, Sesshomaru had been the one to bed her, but Inuyasha decided that he could forgive her that, that he could in all honesty forgive her anything. After all, she had spent years forgiving him of his sins of chasing after Kikyou.

“It doesn't matter. She loves me. You'll never understand what we've got.”

Sesshomaru looked down at his little vixen thoughtfully. What Inuyasha said was true, she did still have love in her heart for the half-breed, and most likely always would. But what the boy failed to understand was that the love for him had changed. Perhaps she did not yet love himself, which was acceptable, as he was not completely certain of his love for her yet either, but there was no chance of the hanyou winning back her affections. Sesshomaru was confident that whatever force it was that had drawn him to the miko, and she to him, would hold firm through the test of time. Looking back up to Inuyasha, he pulled the little woman tightly to his chest and spoke softly, so as not to wake her.

“You are wrong hanyou. This Sesshomaru will have her as his mate and pupped before the month is out. Now leave this place.”

Inuyasha was about to tell Sesshomaru that there was no way in all the hells that he was leaving Kagome with him when the monk and the taijiya, both breathless from the speed at which they had chased after their friend, burst into the clearing. Both stared openly at the tender way in which the taiyoukai held the little miko to his body.

“Monk, slayer, take the hanyou and leave us.”

Both humans jumped into action at he cold command that Sesshomaru had issued. There was no need for him to tell them what would happen if his instructions were not followed, as his cold tone of voice spoke volumes on it's own. Each grabbing one of Inuyasha's arms, they attempted to pull him away from the forest and back into Edo.

“I'm not fucking leaving her with him! There's no way I'm going anywhere unless Kagome's coming with me!” Inuyasha yelled as he pulled free of their holds. Attempting to rush to the miko in the taiyoukai's arms, he was suddenly stopped by the most unpleasant of words.

“Inuyasha, osuwari.”

*SMACK*

Both taijiya and taiyoukai turned wide eyes to the monk who had effectively uttered the subjugation spell.

Shrugging his shoulders, Miroku told them sheepishly, “Anyone with holy powers who understands and is familiar with the spell can tap into it's power.”

Sesshomaru grinned outright, and both the monk and the taijiya, while shocked at the unusual expression on his face, were forced to admit that it was a thing of beauty.

“What the fuck?” mumbled the hanyou hole.

Standing and cradling the miko in his arms, Sesshomaru wrapped his kimono about her body. She opened her blue eyes briefly and gave him a sleepy smile, which he returned, before falling back asleep.

“We will take our leave now. Advise the half-breed to keep his distance.” And with that said, Sesshomaru strode swiftly from the clearing and disappeared into the trees.

Sango and Miroku walked to the edge of the new crater in the Earth to survey the damage. Looking down at Inuyasha's prone figure, Miroku asked “Are you injured Inuyasha?”

“You are such a dick, monk. When I get out of this hole, you are dead.” the hanyou growled.

With a roll of his large lavender eyes, Miroku said, “Osuwari.”

Inuyasha invented many new and colorful terms throughout the night.