Unexpectedly Imperfection by Nicole

Reckoning

Kagome sighed as she leaned back on her forearms, long legs dipping down into the steaming water of the hot spring and spread wide, the dark head of her demon lover nestled between her thighs. A small moan made its way past her lips and she threw her head back as she enjoyed the sensations of his raspy tongue sliding along her sex. One clawed hand made long, languid passes across her inner left thigh, the other disappearing down beneath the water to stroke his engorged length.

“Oh, kami, yess.” she hissed through clenched teeth. She was so close. Kagome made a keening sound and snapped upright suddenly, her thighs clamping around the dark head at her dripping core.

“Please, please, please! Yes!” Kagome thrust both hands into the silky black locks and pulled roughly whilst simultaneously grinding her hips against his face. The dark haired male began growling as his hand moved quicker beneath the water, his tongue now thrusting desperately in and out of her tight cavern, his other hand abandoning her thigh so his thumb could circle roughly over her clit. She cried out in euphoric bliss as her orgasm washed over her, her toes curling as she relished the blissful aftershocks of a great orgasm, before slowly sagging back against the bank of the hotspring, humming contentedly to herself.

A small hiss escaped her lips when a nose pressed against her clit and she felt the small breeze his deep inhale induced against her overly sensitive flesh. “Too much!” she moaned, nudging him away with her foot. She felt the demon smile against her sex before placing a gentle kiss against her, Kagome’s hips wiggling from the intense sensation, before he pulled away to gaze at her longingly.

“So… you think you’re ready to take this to the next step?” She could hear the hope in his voice but couldn’t stop herself from glowering. Her brows dropped low and her lips turned down into a pout. Seriously? He couldn’t even give her five minutes to enjoy the glow? Kagome sighed in irritation as she sat up and leveled him with a flat stare, shaking her legs in the process to let him know without words that she did not want his hands stroking her legs any longer.

“Kouga. We’ve talked about this. This is just supposed to be fun, ya’ know? A little bit of stress relief, for the both of us.” Kagome avoided his gaze as she scooted closer on her bottom to the edge of the spring so that she could dip her hand in the warm water and start cleaning off her lady bits. He had certainly taken the wind from her sails and she was more than happy to head out as quickly as possible.

“Well, yeah, I know that. But… I love you, Kagome. Why can’t you see that?” His own brows had come down and his tone was laced with the frustration he was feeling. He didn’t understand what she wanted. He had been playing this game with her for over three months now and he was still no closer to figuring her out than he was before it had begun.

She huffed in frustration herself, her knees snapping closed and her arms crossing over her chest. “I do see that, Kouga. But I’ve told you, it’s not like that for me. You said you can handle this, obviously it was a mistake on my part to believe you.” She stood up abruptly and stomped over to her yellow backpack, roughly pulling her towel out of the bag and scrubbing it against her damp legs. The nerve of this guy! Suddenly he was at her side, his warm calloused hand at her elbow holding her in place.

“Kagome, all I’m askin’ for is a chance. Please!”

She whirled around on him, yanking her elbow from his hold in the process. “I. Said. No!” Her glare was withering as she stared into his eyes, daring him to say anything else on the matter. He slowly took a step back before leveling her with a glare of his own.

“So that’s it, then, huh? Just want me to eat your pussy before you run home to dog breath?” The resounding crack from her palm meeting his cheek was nearly instant and startled birds from their nests and small animals from their burrows. Kagome’s cheeks flamed red in indignation as she reached back into her bag for her underwear and skirt, quickly redressing her lower half before sitting on the ground to yank on her stockings and loafers.

No sooner had she slipped on her last shoe than she was yanked up by her arms, Kouga giving her a rough shake. “Why?! Why don’t you want to be with me?! We have fun, don’t we? You’re attracted to me, we’re friends. Just tell me why!” Her eyes were wide with shock from him handling her so roughly. He was never like this with her. She looked at him a long moment before her eyes softened and guilt crept in. She shouldn’t have let this happen. She knew how he felt for her, and she knew that she didn’t feel the same way. It was only fun for her and a way to vent some sexual frustration while she was in the feudal era.

Slowly, so as not to startle him, she brought her hand back up to his cheek and placed her palm against his heated flesh, cradling his face gently. She stroked her thumb along his cheek bone and tears gathered in her eyes. “I’m sorry, Kouga,” she whispered brokenly, “I should have never let this happen. I do care for you. Just not in the way that you need me to. I can’t be with you, because it wouldn’t be fair to you.” She placed her forehead against his and let out a small sob before covering his lips with hers in a chaste kiss. This was goodbye, and they both knew it. After today, their little games could continue no longer.

Kagome backed away from him slowly, her arm extending out the further she got before her fingertips brushed down his face and her arm fell back to her side. With one last lingering look Kagome turned on her heel and scooped up her pack, shouldering it in one fluid movement, and headed back towards her camp.

Kouga whined low in his throat as he watched her go, his heart aching in his chest. He had been so close to having his woman, still tasted her essence on his lips. He didn’t, couldn’t understand why she wouldn’t just give them a chance. He thought back to that fateful day three months ago, when he had come upon her at a hot spring. Her brow had been creased in frustration and she had been furiously working her clit as she gritted out, “Come on, come on, please! I just need to get off!” He had approached her like one would a wounded animal and at first she had been mortified, then immediately after royally pissed off at the intrusion. But somehow he had managed to convince her that he could help her attain orgasm, no strings attached, just for a little relief. At first she had said no. Hell no! No way was she going to do that with him. Once he had clarified that it didn’t need to be sex for her to receive pleasure she had paused in her rant and considered his words.

Her arousal had been palpable as had her desperation. He had watched her as she agonized over the decision before turning those trusting blue eyes on him, wringing her hands in shy acceptance. It had been the greatest day of his life. True to his word, he had never pushed sex on her. The first time he had only used his hands, the next his tongue. The time after that she had pleasured him with her mouth and he had never experienced something so sinfully delicious in all of his many years. He couldn’t get enough and he got greedy and pushed it. He couldn’t have just left well enough alone, and now it was over.

Forlornly Kouga turned away from the spot she had disappeared from and walked over to his clothes, quickly getting dressed and slicking his hair back up into his standard high ponytail. Once he was fully dressed he took one last look around, relishing in the memories they had shared, before running off in the opposite direction Kagome had gone, his trademark tornado encircling him as he went.

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Sesshomaru sighed to himself internally. The woman had come back, reeking of wolf, and now her and Inuyasha were once again squabbling like immature children. It was blindingly obvious to him and any other demon just where the miko had been, who she had been with, and what she had been doing. However, he could not understand the hanyou’s irrational reaction to the woman, for it was also equally obvious that the hanyou had no intention of taking the miko as his life mate, or even for that matter as his bed partner.

He watched silently from the corner of his eye from where he was propped against a tree, his left knee drawn up with his left arm hanging leisurely over said appendage. Often he wondered why he bothered to ally himself with such imbeciles. Tiring of their never ending charade the daiyoukai closed his eyes and tipped his head back, looking to everyone else like the uninterested and bored demon that he was. Humans were exhausting with all their squabbles. It was a wonder to him that they managed to survive at all.

Without warning he was broken from his musings when the fiery woman suddenly toppled over into his lap, squeaking and flailing her arms as she went down, resulting in a lopsided heap on his person. He narrowed his eyes dangerously at the young fool who dared to touch him. Kagome stared back, mouth wide in shock and body unmoving. Suddenly her face turned bright red as she realized just how precariously placed her hands were. Things like this could only happen to her. Quickly she snatched her hand up from its place at his groin and then promptly fell forward, her lips brushing his as she went with gravity. Immediately her hand was on his chest as she pushed away, scrambling backwards as she tried to maneuver herself off of the stoic demon’s lap.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry! Please don’t kill me, I didn’t see you there! It was an accident! If I had known you were there, of course I would have nev-”

“That is quite enough, miko.” Kagome froze from her spot on her bottom, feet kicked out in front of her, palms flat on the ground behind her in a crab-walk type fashion, timidly looking back at Sesshomaru’s steely gaze. She held her breath as she waited for him to continue before gulping loudly when he stood. The entire camp was quiet as they waited to see what would happen. Not only had Kagome fallen on the impassive lord, but she had also groped AND kissed him. Meanwhile, Kagome was rattling off a list in her head of all the things she never got to do in her young life. ‘I never got to have sex, or go sailing, or leave the country…’ Her luck couldn’t have been worse. She closed her eyes and turned her head away, hoping that for once she would get lucky and he would grant her with a quick and painless death for her insult.

When nothing happened after several minutes Kagome peeked out from under her lashes, only daring to crack open one eye. When she didn’t catch sight of lord grumpy pants she quickly opened the other and sat up, looking around owlishly for the man- demon, she internally corrected herself- she had accosted. With no sight of him at camp she turned to Sango. “Where’d he go?” Shrugging her slim shoulders the demon slayer stirred the pot of rice she had cooking over the campfire. 

“Not sure. He was here, and then he wasn’t. He seemed pretty upset. You really need to start watching where you’re going, Kagome.” the older woman gave her a stern look before settling back on her bottom by the fire.

“I for one would have to agree, lady Kagome. One of these days you are going to get yourself into a situation that you can’t get out of.” Miroku shook his head at her but a small lecherous smile played at his lips, his brows wagging suggestively. A loud thunk could be heard before the monk tipped over in pain, hands gripping his throbbing head. 

“Pervert!” Sango yelled, her brow twitching in irritation as she held hiraikotsu up in the air in a threatening manner. Cheeks pinking prettily the young miko hurried away from her spot on the ground and across the camp from the handsy monk. She had had enough attention for one day, thank you very much.

“Please, my dearest Sango! It was nothing like that!” the monk pleaded with the slayer whilst on his knees.

“Can it, monk!”

Kagome sighed to herself. She knew she was clumsy, but sometimes Inuyasha just made her so mad she forgot to think about things like her surroundings. Sullenly Kagome toed at the ground in front of her, belatedly realizing that Inuyasha had also taken off at some point during that ordeal. No wonder he hadn’t said anything when Sesshomaru was about to lop her head off for her crimes. Her brows drew together and a small frown marred her otherwise smooth features as she contemplated how quickly her afternoon had gone from amazing to a shit show. 

All she had wanted was a good orgasm, maybe a nice conversation, and then a nice relaxing bath to wash away the scents. In her haste to get away from Kouga she had forgotten how sensitive Inuyasha’s nose was. He had been getting suspicious but so far had believed Kagome when she had said that she just ran into the wolf and they had only chatted. Her shoulders drooped as it dawned on her that she probably ruined her relationship with Kouga as well as the one with Inuyasha. Hell, she didn’t know what she had with Sesshomaru, but whatever it was, it was definitely ruined, too. Her throat constricted as the emotions seemed to swallow her whole. Kagome drew up her knees and wrapped her arms around her legs, resting her head against them as she did.

After debating for about an hour Kagome decided to go ahead and head home. Who knew when Inuyasha would be done pouting and come back so that they could continue shard hunting. Not that she cared much at the moment anyhow. Right now he could stuff it for how he spoke to her! Nodding to herself in agreement Kagome stood abruptly and timidly approached her friend.

“Hey, Sango… would you mind letting me borrow Kirara? I’d like to go home for a few days, if that’s alright.” The taijiya looked at her with kind, understanding eyes before nodding her head once in affirmation.

“Of course, Kagome. Whatever you need.” She got up swiftly and gave the younger woman a firm hug before holding her at arms length. “Take a few days. I’ll let Inuyasha know you went to get some more supplies.” the young miko nodded her head quickly, a watery smile lighting up her features, before heading over to gather up her backpack. She made sure to leave a few packs of ramen with Sango for when Inuyasha came back.

“See ya in a few days!” she called over her shoulder as she hopped onto Kirara’s back and quickly disappeared in the direction of the well.