Bruises and Bitemarks by SecretiveMidnight Writer

Temptation

The last golden rays of sunlight flickered to their temporary sleep, as the sky became covered with a blanket of stars. The raven haired priestess made her way through the forest by herself, amber orbs observed her every move from their spot in the canopy of trees, watching her like prey.

She moved carefully, unable to shake the feeling that she was being watched. The dark suspension filled the air, her heart picking up a rapid pace as she heard a swift movement going through the bushes.

The priestess cursed under her breath. The words "stupid forest" and "getting lost" slipped often through her lips. She froze as she saw a flash of white going through the trees at her right. "Inu...Inuyasha?" She called nervously, her blue eyes full of hope.

"Not quite." A smooth male spoke behind her, causing her to swerve around in alarm with her bow & arrow raised and ready. 

The tip of her arrow slowly lowered, but her icy blue orbs kept their suspicious glare. The pale being in front of her seemed to glow, his hair like silk strands derived from moonlight itself, and his armor and height towering over her like a stubborn wall claiming dominance. "Can I help you?" Kagome inquired with a skeptical raise of her brow as she looked up at him.

He blinked slowly, letting his head drop down to lean on her shoulder, causing Kagome to stiffen. "Sesshomaru, is something wrong?" 

His heavy breathing left a tingling feeling on her bare neck. The demon Lord said nothing before collapsing on the ground, his right hand holding his side as it soaked his haori with blood. 

"Oh my god!!" Kagome dropped down at her knees immediately and removed his hand to take a better look at the injury. "How did this happen?" She almost whispered. 

The Inu demon growled in pain as a response. Kagome, now eighteen and a better trained priestess, quickly hovered her hand over the wound and began the healing process, being extra careful not to alarm his demonic wavelengths with her pure reiki.

'Great, first I get lost and separated from the group, and now I got one of the Inu brothers bleeding out on the forest floor in front of me.' Kagome groaned inwardly, but of course, she was glad she was there to help the ghostly pale demon in front of her.

She took the whole night to heal the extremely deep wound at the side of the male she took into her care. Kagome wondered how the demon even got such a wound, though saved her questions for later as she fell into a deep slumber against the tree, with the Inu's head resting on her lap.

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"We've been searching for hours Inuyasha."

"I know, but I can't help but feel something is off."

"We get it, we're worried too, but maybe we should wait until the sun rises, that last fight with that demon has drained the rest of us."

"Ugh, fine."

"Thank you, Inuyasha. Don't worry, we'll find Lady Kagome first thing tomorrow morning."

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Sesshomaru's golden eyes snapped open in alarm, sunlight filtering into his vision. He turned his head to look up, only to find the resting face of the miko above him.

He observed how her thick, dark eyelashes fluttered every now and then, moving in rythem to whatever it was she was dreaming about. His golden eyed gaze trailed along the rest of her face, enjoying the view of her perfectly structured face, how her dark hair framed it and curled into it like ink on paper, and at long last, his eyes landed on her plump pink lips. He could practically feel their softness without even touching them himself, though he deeply craved to do so. He bit his own lip harshly, inevitably making himself bleed due to his sharp canines. 

Sesshomaru normally lay dormant at this time of year, after all, getting his heat cycle was not an event he wished to partake in. It was a time where demons gave into their animalistic instinct and took on a mate, to the point they might even rape someone for it. Sesshomaru, of course, would never do such a thing. At the moment, what he really wanted was to kiss the full lips of the sleeping beauty above him.

He briefly wondered what had come over him to desire such a foolish notion. Kissing was such a stupid action. He was not the type to crave such an idiotic thing, especially from a human priestess no less. He hardly even knew her. 

'You could always get to know her.' His beast empty mindedly said.

"Don't be a fool, you're just in heat." Sesshomaru brushed it off. He flickered his gaze back to the priestess above him, watching her shift so that her neck was openly exposed to him.

His beast growled in approval at the sight. "Stop it. She merely shifted in her sleep by mistake." Sesshomaru told it.

Sesshomaru sat up, looking down at his, side, searching for the wound he had gotten last night from hitting himself with his acidic whip to prevent his beast from coming out and claiming a helpless woman. Holding a heat in for so long could do a lot to a demon. Thankfully, Sesshomaru had a lot more control. Or so he thought.

'One little bite wouldn't hurt.' His beast taunted teasingly. Sesshomaru shook his head when he realized his eyes had become red after staring at Kagome's neck for so long. He stood up and stepped away from her.

He wanted nothing more than to take off and search for the asshole that awoke him from the deep sleep that was supposed to keep him from acting out during his heat cycle. However, his beast wanted to stay. 'There is a beautiful woman right in front of us and you choose to hunt down a human instead for interrupting your nap? Come on, you've been holding your heat off long enough, Sesshomaru.' His beast growled.

Sesshomaru glanced warily at the resting form of Kagome. His golden orbs gazed longingly at her neck, before he shook his head. He was Sesshomaru, Lord of the West, he was not going to bite Kagome and mark her as his.

At least not for now, and not without permission.

He had more control over himself. At least that's what he told himself until he snapped.

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Author's Note: I hope you guys like it so far! This is just an introduction so I apologize if it was boring, I promise things will become much more interesting later on. ;)