Desire by Ashley

Reading Rainbow

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“Mayu, I can’t do this anymore,” Kagome yelled with a pained groan. She was so completely over this nonsense. The miko's head was pounding from information overload and, one of the few things she didn't doubt knowing was that there was no pain medication available. She didn’t care anymore if it may be important for her position or her mate that she learn everything they were trying to teach her. Right now, none of the facts mattered.

She was tired and simply didn't give a shit anymore.

...Like I would need, or even want, to impress any of the other Lords anyway...

At this point, she hoped someone would say something nasty about her so that Sesshomaru, or Inuyasha, could kill them all. She was sure she wouldn't bat an eye.

She thought for a moment about how hard it would be to convince Inuyasha to do it for her.

...Yasha, I'd consider it a personal favor...

Before remembering that, not only was her wild and incorrigible friend was now one of the Lords she was supposed to be trying to impress, to make matters even worse, he was her tormentor's mate.  

...Damn the luck...

It was surprising how quickly things could change, she'd actually been looking forward to this. She was up, dressed and ready, even before Mayu, so they could get an early start. Learning who the current Lords and their families were was a breeze, and those first few hours were fairly enjoyable. Then she was presented with the next lesson and found that she had to learn thousands of years of Inu heritage, history and even, what they considered, great battles.

The miko quickly went from feeling confident, and competent, to hopeless and sitting with at least 50 different scrolls in front of her, all written in traditional Japanese, which she was expected to learn verbatim, and all just as fast, or faster than she had the current information, and people, that actually made sense to her. There was just no way.

Mayu resisted the urge to giggle at her friend and lady: The girl was just adorable when she pouted. Still, her lord had tasked the demoness with the training the West’s future lady, and she took the job seriously.

For that reason, and that reason alone, it did not matter how kissable her lady’s lips looked at the moment. It also didn't matter how many times the girl tried to use her charms to convince her to play, have a drink of sake with her or even sit down for a simple cup of tea. Today, and until the mating ceremony, or until Kagome got all the training and lessons down perfectly, Mayu had to be all business, and a gentle, but difficult, task master.

“Kagome, you can do this. I know you can, your mate is counting on you,” Mayu reminded her softly.

Kagome rolled her eyes at the mention of her mate.

That statement had worked well on her three hours before, but now, after hearing it about elevendy-jillion times in the past few hours, it just irritated her to no end. As far as she was concerned, he could shove every bit of this training up his sweet little ass.

...Sideways...

She didn’t know what the hell these demons were on, but there was no way that she could grasp all of this information in a few hours. Under the best circumstances, she would need a couple of weeks just to go through, much less to retain all of the information. But, somehow they all, including her gorgeous and suddenly mean mate, had decided that she could do it all in a crash course.

...Fuck this...

...They may as well have crushed my damn head with the crate of scrolls to get the information in...

...Wow! If I don't watch myself I'm going to sound just like Inuyasha in a few more hours...

She thought of her mate's perfectly defined behind, again, and had a better idea. Adding the sugar back to her voice, along with a sweet smile, she tried again, “Mayu, I just need a little break.”

“It is not even close to time for lunch yet, my Lady,” Mayu stated with the authority granted to her by Sesshomaru himself to keep his mate on task.

The miko turned, smiling and batting her eyes at her friend. “Oh, Mayu, stop calling me my Lady. I'm still just plain ol' Kagome.” When the demoness was unphased, she turned back towards the scrolls and tried to concentrate. When that didn't work, continued staring at them blankly while she considered how to use their friendship to put a stop to this ridiculous nonsense.

“I'm just sure it's time both of us took a break. That timer must be off or something...” The miko whined in one last attempt of adorable childishness before she lost her cool altogether.

“No Kagome, it is virtually no later than it was only a few minutes ago, when we last spoke of this. Your mate has tried to impress the importance of this training and I assured him that you would continue working on these lessons until midday, before we took a break.” Though, Kagome knew these facts already, she repeated them once again as she had at least a dozen times in the past few hours.

Mayu did her best to hide the smirk that kept trying to sneak up and plant itself on her face. She actually enjoying the girl's persistent attempts at trying to charm her way out of the things she simply didn't want to do. She was just so cute, under any other circumstances the demoness could have just kissed her, but she reminded herself again, that today, and the foreseeable future, she had committed herself to being all business when it came to the girl and her training.

Kagome was done.

She was beyond furious.

Beyond frustrated.

Beyond even wanting to “try again”, “please her mate”, “make a good impression” or anything else that had to do with this stupid, inane and ridiculous archaic training.

DONE.

She'd had it with all this and she was ready to find her mate and tell him just how done she was.

“Fine then, Mayu. Your Lady refuses.” She looked at Mayu defiantly, waiting for her comeback, but the demoness sat quietly, just listening. “Your Lady has made up her mind. She will simply purify anyone who doesn’t like her, which makes all these lessons and all this training completely, and utterly, unnecessary.”

The demoness continued to sit quietly listening to the tirade, knowing what was coming next. She watched without flinching as Kagome spun on her heel and headed for the door, just as she expected her to do.

When the little miko reached the door, without any resistance, she turned and squared her shoulders before formally stating, “Your Lady will now go find her mate, and inform him of her decision.”

Mayu laughed outright as the girl stormed out the room and headed in Sesshomaru's direction.

This was sure to be entertaining.

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 “We have all the exits covered and I have a good idea which families to watch out for. Seems they're all just a little pissed because, apparently, when you fucked their daughters, they all figured that you were at least considering mating them, not just getting your dick wet.” Inuyasha gave his brother a side-eye glance as they stepped through his office door, waiting for some type of reaction.

“Obviously they have never spent any real time with you – or they'd know just what a fucking prick you are.” He stated, not even bothering to conceal the wicked smile that spread across his face as he sat down and watched his brother do the same.

Sesshomaru barely heard as Inuyasha fired shot after shot of acid his way. The demon lord was confident in his brother's abilities to keep Kagome safe, and make sure that nothing interrupted their ceremony, or the festivities. His mind wandered, coming back towards the present and making him question exactly what they were doing?

...The Ball...

For a few minutes, he tried to listen to Inuyasha's list of concerns, but found his mind wandering again.

...If they only had an inkling of how much I dislike beings that are not in my pack...

He nodded just to let Inuyasha know, that he knew he was still there talking, even if he didn't really know, or care, about the specifics of the conversation. Inuyasha would handle anything that came up, if not for the Western Lands, or for him, he would do it for Kagome and for her he would not fail.

...All nothing more than necessary nonsense; putting on this production for them when it should really just be for us...

Sesshomaru's mind snapped to full attention and he shifted in his seat as he sensed his mate.

...Interesting...

Kagome was vexed, and heading straight for them.

“Sesshomaru, are you fucking listening to me?” Inuyasha finally bellowed.

“No,” Sesshomaru answered quickly, keeping his voice low as he tried to remember somewhere else to be needed immediately. He wasn't afraid of his mate that was not a possibility. Trepidation had ever even crossed his mind. However, being confronted with her ire was something he had experienced before and never wished to experience again. Though he was most assuredly was not frightened of his little miko, he had to admit, there were times that she could be very frightening.

“Then why the fuck are you…” Inuyasha stopped, instantaneously both motionless and quiet, as he stared trying to decipher the unusual look on his brother's normally placid face.

“My mate is in distress and headed in this direction.” The elder lord answered in clipped words. He remained completely still, except his eyes which darted towards the door. The depths of his mate’s irritation and anger were speaking volumes through the waves of her aura as she approached. She was not simply annoyed, and furious seemed a dull description of her mood. He didn't know why but her rage seemed to be growing by the moment, and it was absolutely magnificent. He'd seen her angry at Inuyasha on many occasions, and thought it incredibly amusing. However…

...This is not amusing at all...

“Don’t tell me that you are afraid of Kagome? You fucking pussy!” Inuyasha barked with a laugh, looking at his brother in disbelief.

He'd seen the big inu lord deep in battle, un-phased by terrible odds, torn, and bloody, staring death in the face and still commanding it to his will; all with that same fucking smug look on his face. At no time had Sesshomaru's expression ever wavered from the all-powerful, self-important, un-defeatable asshole he knew him to be... But now, for the first time ever in his life, he suddenly recognized a look of dismay in his brother's eyes.

...I wouldn't believe it if I wasn't seeing it with my own eyes...

Suddenly, Inuyasha felt the crackle of Kagome's aura. One of its sharp edges flailed out, catching him like a whip across the cheek. Missing Sesshomaru's person by only a few feet, it hit only the very edge of his quickly contracting aura as he pulled it tight around him. Reminding Inuyasha every bit of a dog tucking its tail between its legs while he continued to stare at him stinging, and wide eyed.

...Oh shit. She's really pissed...

“Asshole! What the fuck did you do?” He whisper-yelled at the indifferent Sesshomaru. Although it was too late for him, as Kagome had already identified exactly where he stood, the hanyou, too, pulled his aura in tight around him, as he began looking for a place to send or hide his older brother, and possibly himself. Afraid that they would both be either purified or killed right where they stood when the miko arrived.

“That, I do not know.” Sesshomaru answered in a hushed tone.

Inuyasha's eyes grew wide as he remembered a time, when, as a small child, he was given “lessons” that were supposed to teach him about the history of the Western Lands, his heritage and lineage, as well as how he was supposed to carry himself, in public, as a young lord. The young half-demon's lessons had ended abruptly when he had become so overwhelmed with all the stupid fucking, nonsensical information, that he'd finally jumped out a window and went over the wall.

Until following Kagome back, he'd seldom returned to the Western Palace, and never been presented in public as an adult, until his first appearance in court. He couldn't help but clinch his jaw at the memory.

“Tell me you didn't try to cram all that crap down her throat that they tried to cram down mine as a kid. Did you?” He said, never unclenching his teeth.

Sesshomaru looked at his brother, trying to remember what he was talking about. He had taken little to no interest in the child hanyou who had been forced upon the palace from time to time. He vaguely remembered some loud, temper tantrums. They were unpleasant tantrums that he hadn't bothered to investigate the nature of, so that was the extent of the memories. 

“I would suppose the answer to that might be yes, as the lessons are standard. They simply cover the history of the West and the royal family, our genealogy, and proper conduct.”

“Brother,” Inuyasha smiled, shaking his head in amazement, “You are so fucked.”

Then his voice became gravely serious. If his words didn't get his point across, his tone spoke volumes about the gravity of the situation. “You'd better beat it before she gets in here. Damn. For a smart asshole, you're just fucking stupid!”

The demon lord looked at his brother incredulously. “I happen to know that virtually every district in the entirety of these lands has at least one place known as Inuyasha's Crater.” He didn't miss his chance to flash a smile as he rubbed the facts in, “They are the holes made by my little mate when, with just a single word, she pummeled you into the dirt...”

...SIT...

The distant memory of the word, and Kagome's inflection when she said it, echoed in his mind. The look on the hanyou's face became a strange combination of being highly insulted and wanting to laugh hysterically. Instead he just shivered, “And I still carry the scars. But you? You didn't learn one fucking thing from that did you?”

It was the great lord's turn to shiver, but he squelched it completely and stood firmly tucked in and unmoving as the miko's aura flared out in great whipping spikes again. She was searching for him and did not seem to mind the collateral damage she was causing in her wake.

“We need to get the fuck out of here man...” Inuyasha snapped over his shoulder as he beat a hasty retreat towards the closest window.

“No.”

The word stopped the half demon in his tracks just before he jumped out the window.

Disbelievingly, he turned to face his brother, “You have got to be fucking kidding me. You stupid-icicle-ass-bastard, you need to run! Now!”

“This Sesshomaru does not run. I will withdraw until she is more reasonable. You will stay here.”

“Wha...” Was all that came out of the younger brother's mouth as Sesshomaru stepped past him towards the window and prepared to leap.

“You will stay.” And with that, Sesshomaru was gone.

“What in the fucking shit am I supposed to?” The stupefied half demon screamed at the blur moving swiftly over the palace wall, just as the door snapped open and the Kagome flared into the room.

Inuyasha spun around, “Uh... Hi Kagome,” he stammered attempting to look like he was simply leaning on the opening instead of about to jump out of it.

“Don't piss me off, Yasha. Where is Sesshomaru?” The little miko growled out her words in a voice that the half-demon had never heard before – not even in her most frustrated moments with him.

Trying to look casual and innocent he calmed his voice before answering. “Oh, Sess? How would I know?” He lied.

His mind buzzed as he reconsidered his decision to jump... Thanked the Kami that no one could hear his thoughts...

Was grateful that he wasn't still wearing the beads of subjugation...

Wondered, briefly, if he could outrun another whip of her aura or if she would just purify him on the spot if she were to smack him with it again... 

Another, thankfully less sharp, flare of her aura, and the sound of her words brought him back into the current situation.

“Seriously? Do not play games Inuyasha. I know he was here. I am not dumb. You just yelled at him.” Her tone made his ears twitch and his voice catch in his throat.

Then something about her struck him, besides her aura.

...She's not just pissed. Something's wrong. Really wrong...

“...Uh...Kagome?” He questioned softly, suddenly, genuinely feeling worse for her than himself.

At the sound of the compassion in his voice, the little miko took a deep breath and let it out slowly, letting her shoulders slump. Her anger obviously fading along with her murderous resolve. Her next words came out as a demand wrapped, unskillfully, in a whine, “Please, Inuyasha, don't give me any crap. Just tell me where Sess is...”

The half-demon knew her far too well. This was not her outraged, indignant, or pissed beyond pissed voice.

...Assholes have ran her ragged. What was that stupid son of a bitch thinking doing this to her...

“Hey Kagome...” Keeping his voice light and choosing his words carefully, he waited for the lines of her face to soften just a little before he continued. “Maybe while you're waiting for the son of a bitch to get back so you can kill him, you could, maybe, tell me what the hell he did?” He knew, but he was sure it would do her some good to tell him herself.

The girl stepped back towards the door and suddenly dropped to the floor, burying her face in her knees. Her response would have been soft, even if it hadn't been muffled, “Forget it, Yasha. It's not worth it...”

“If it's got you this fucked up it's worth it!” He slid down to sit beside her, bumping her shoulder in a familiar, brotherly way.

Her head popped up, suddenly, as her anger flared, “Do you know what kind of information they want me to learn? And all at once?”

Then, just as quickly, her wrath melted to tired tears, and spilled out with her words. “Mayu keeps pushing and pushing this idiotic shit down my throat...  I was a good student...  Am a good student... I can learn spells and herbs and I did well in school when I was there... Hell, I even passed, even though I wasn't there... But this is crazy! What they want me to learn is just too much... do you know who your 12th great-grandfather was, Inuyasha? Do you? Because I do!” Her voice choked off in a small sob, but she continued anyway, “And, I know, that you know, that I know that none, and I mean not one damn bit of this, is going to matter in a couple hundred years! So why bother to learn all of it if it isn't going to be important anyway?”

Inuyasha took a moment to think before he answered.

...Don't fuck it up...Don't fuck it up...Don't fuck it up...

...I can't fuck it up now, when she needs me...

“Ok, how do I answer this?” He leaned his head back against the door, deciding that honesty was the best thing he could give her in that moment. It was just that, in this case, like so many others, the truth wasn't flattering for him.

Finally, he took a deep breath and hoped that little fact would make it mean even more to her.  “To be completely honest? No and no. I really don't know what they want you to learn and I don't know who my 12th or any other great-grandfather was, because I felt exactly like you do now. But, being a dumb kid, I ran off and didn't learn anything. And as for your last question...”

...Don't fuck it up...

...Not this time...

...Just-once-more-in-your-miserable-life, don't fuck it up...

Kagome's eye peeked out the side of her knee fort wondering what he was going to say next.

...Shit she's looking...

...Okay, dumbass...Better make it good...

He dropped his head down to lay on his own knees, really remembering how small, pathetic and overwhelmed he had felt as he'd sat in this very position, but miles away, in the rain and against a tree, after the last lesson he'd had here in the palace. The long forgotten memory surprised him, but his feelings towards it surprised him even more. Instead of enraging him, as it had every time he'd caught even a glimpse of himself as that child in the past; suddenly it empowered him and gave him confidence, so he knew what to tell his friend.

“Sesshomaru will care.” He looked into the deep blue of her one visible eye, hoping she could see the truth in his words. “And your children will care...” The hanyou added very, very softly, while a tiny smile tugged at the edges of his lips.

Kagome hid her face in her knees again, “Inuyasha!”

 The half-demon panicked.

...Oh shit...I thought I was doing a good job...

...What the fuck do I do now? I'm sorta committed here...

The air around the little miko pulsed, relaxed and pulsed again, before she let out an almost imperceptible sigh and he knew instantly that he really was on the right track. He slid away from her side to sit in front of her where she'd have to actually lift up her head to see him.

His voice became light and teasing as he continued, “Yeah, you say that now, but someday, you're going to spend hours telling all those little brats you two are going to have all about how incredibly strong and brave their 18 times grandsire was and how their 12 times grandsire saved the beautiful Inu Lata, then built this palace with his own hands to please her...”

“You did listen, you ass!” Came Kagome's accusatory response as she lifted her head and glared at him, still tired, and again furious.

“No, I did not! I swear I didn't!” He raised his hands in front of him defensively, before quickly adding, “Mayu told me when we were walking around the palace because I didn't know who the ugly fucking people in the paintings were. Did you know that most of the hideous shit hanging on the walls around here is actually important pieces of our family line?”

Kagome had never heard the words before, and certainly never thought she'd hear them come out of Inuyasha's mouth, in that context.

...Our family line...

The hanyou watched as the lines of her face softened again, and knew that he'd made a difference, even if she was still a little pissed.

“I get it Yasha, but I'm not going to go back and kill myself trying to memorize all that...”

The half-demon put his hands up again, “Hey, I don't blame you a bit, I'm just saying...”

Before he could complete the sentence, he felt more than heard his brother land back in the window behind him, then watched the miko's eyes as they locked on her mate and narrowed. It seemed the break in her anger had just been enough to let her recharge and come back with renewed rage as her aura quickly crackled back to dangerous levels again.

 ...Dumbass couldn't give me just a couple more minutes...

Inuyasha scrambled to stand. Never taking his eyes off of her, he watched as she leveled his brother with a look that made him almost visibly tremble as he decided that he'd done his part.

...Asshole shows up now, when I almost defused the damn bomb, just to relight her fucking fuse...

Now, he had to get out of the room, as he had a sneaking suspicion that it was no longer a safe environment. The exact words he'd used, what seemed like a lifetime ago, when he had tried to warn his brother about her temper came to mind.

...Don't piss off the miko, she will flat fuck you up...

Obviously there was too much ice in his thick ass skull and the information didn't sink in. He'd seen this kind of anger before, and it had always ended up pointed at him, even when it shouldn't have been, and here he was, caught in the middle of another situation and looking desperately for a way out.

...Oh, fuck me...

...You pissed her off, you deal with it big brother...

...Just let me out of the line of fire so you can reap what you've sewn...

Sesshomaru seemed to be having a completely different reaction to the situation as he stood blocking the window with his mass. But while his brother seemed to be fascinated by his mate’s irritate jawline, all Inuyasha saw was that she was obstructing an exit via the door.

...Son-of-a-bitch...

...One of you has to move...

Backing towards the far wall, the hanyou considered whether to make a jump for the window and take his brother out with him or just let the idiot take his lumps, while he blew out the wall to make his escape. Neither seemed to be a good idea at the moment, he was afraid that one wrong move would get him either flattened or purified.

...And of course Mayu is going to kick my ass if I go through the wall and damage any of the precious family crap on the other side...

Sesshomaru continued to stare at her quietly. Her cheeks were red and puffy, making her look soft and wanton. He stiffened slightly as he watched her breasts heaving as she took in angry breaths. He was positive that he was not experiencing in the reaction that she had anticipated. She might have frightened his brother with her show of power, but in this moment, all it did to him was create a deep need for her. He briefly considered mounting her right there, in front of his brother, though he was almost sure it would cause the boy to have a stroke as his nervousness was palpable in the room.

Inuyasha felt, and took notice of his brother's mood, too. Sesshomaru's arousal was quickly filling the space and it made him want to puke.

...Aw, dammit...

...Only thing worse than a pissed miko might be watching her getting fucked to death by that bastard...

...Somebody needs to move and let me the hell out of here...

Kagome also felt the tension rolling off of Inuyasha, and pissed as she was, took pity on him, by stepping away from her place in front of the door to give him passage out of the room. Inuyasha had after all, in his own unique way, helped her and her anger wasn't aimed at him.

Sesshomaru was a different story.

The hanyou gratefully took the break that was offered to him. Though, seeing as how all of this was Sesshomaru's fault, as he passed, he couldn't help but take a parting shot at the bastard; feeling that he deserved whatever Kagome gave him for putting her the torture of those damn lessons.

“Hey, icicle ass, you break it, you fucking replace it.”  Then, just before the door clicked shut, he added, “And if you fuck her in here, I get a new office.”

Sesshomaru and Kagome both seemed to ignore him, and his exit, as they stared at each other in silence even after the door closed and his footsteps faded. Even though, what he's said to her mate was not lost on Kagome. No matter what notions Inuyasha, and his gutter brain, came up with, that was not going to be what happened next.

Kagome was smart, capable and willing to learn, but shoving a few thousand years of knowledge on the West’s history and Sesshomaru’s lineage down her throat in one day was too much. She didn’t care if they thought that she was unacceptable. She didn't care what any of the nobles or other families thought. Hell, at this point they all could die, and it wouldn't matter one bit to her.

The way her mate stood staring at her did nothing to improve her mood. Not having a demon's nose, she mistook his attitude as one of haughty disapproval and, if possible, it pissed her off even more. But, if she hadn't gotten the gist of his stare at first, after rolling Inuyasha's comment around in her head for a few minutes, she caught on. Raising her ire even more. If he thought to bend her to his will with sex, he was gravely mistaken.

...Just try to bend me over is more like it...

...No way...

...Stick a fork in me...

...I'm done...

...He has to know better...

“You were looking for me Miko?” He asked innocently, without looking like he had ever even known the meaning of innocent.

...Yeah, raise that eyebrow just a little...

...Trying to look tempting...

...It's not going to work, buddy boy...

“I refuse to do anymore training.” Kagome stated calmly with her hands on her hips, just waiting to flare out her aura and knock him senseless if he wasn't careful.

“Is that so?” Sesshomaru asked, as he began slowly moving towards her.

...Don't do it Sess...

...Don't think you're just going to come over here and I'm going to melt like some drippy little schoolgirl...

...I will zap you like you've never been zapped…

“That's what I said isn't it?” Kagome didn’t care what he had to say about the matter, she was tired and completely fed up with the work load they had given her, much less the expectations of her memorizing everything at lightning speed. She was not going to do it, and it didn't matter what he did to try to force her. It was over, and they could decimate all the lands fighting over it, if he saw fit. She was not going to cave on this matter.

“Hn.” He was listening, but his thoughts weren't on forcing her to learn the family history. He had known that Mayu would take her job seriously, but also felt a basic knowledge would suffice. The people of the lands, other families, the lords, the court and anyone else with an interest, would learn to respect and love her as she was, and would live with what she already knew – or not live at all.

If it were possible, he seemed to become even physically larger, as he thought about it and a swell of pride filled him. His little mate was smart, educated and impressive in every way. He was just as positive of her prowess in battle as her capabilities in diplomacy if either ever became a necessary part of her role as Lady Of the West. He had no doubt that she would slip into her new title, and it's accompanying responsibilities, effortlessly.

...Hn? Hn...

...I thought he'd have a little more to say than that…

Kagome saw, as well as felt, the swell of his presence while he stood, seemingly just staring at her silently. She didn't know what he was up to, but she did know she would not be coerced and pressed into any more history lessons, no matter how charming, or sweet, or damn sexy he was trying to be.

...He's so incredibly sexy when he does that though, damn him...

...Nope. Its not going to work...

...I am not falling for it...

She wasn't about to let him suck her into submitting. Just thinking about it made her head want to burst and kicked her anger up another notch, “Do not Hn' me Sesshomaru! This is final. There are not going to be discussions, and no compromises! I refuse!”  She watched him suspiciously as he simply nodded in acknowledgment, feeling very much like she was fighting with herself more than him. “And if anyone has a problem with it, or me, I swear, Sesshomaru, I will purify them.” She let her voice trail off as her outrage seemed to be more and more futile by the second.

...He's trying to pull something...

...If he thinks he's going to 'Yes dear' me and I'll just go right back to work he better think again...

His mate's training was about the furthest thing from the demon lord's mind. Her stance and heaving breasts were taking up a huge portion of his concentration, though why she continued to speak when words were not needed did make the short list of things that bounced through the back of his consciousness as he stood quietly just taking in the sight of her.

Her tendency to do that was something that often left him perplexed, but at the same time, her willingness to communicate openly with him was just one of the many, many reasons that he had decided to mate her. He had always made decisions confidently in every aspect of his life. However, just like her tendency to continue talking when words were unnecessary, his miko also seemed to have made it her mission to continually prove that his decision to mate her was very possibly the best decision he ever had, or would, make.

His demon smiled, as the tiny woman dared to stand right in front of him, thoroughly enraged and completely willing to challenge what she thought were his wishes. Challenging his will was an ill fated decision that none had ever survived, before his Miko. But he knew that, because of this, he could have no other at his side.

The sight of her so deliciously delicate, and yet brazenly defiant, made his cock stir and become thick with desire.

His focus on her remained as his mind bounced again. This time to how, in the beginning, it had been an odd thing for him to want any female so much, but how, during their relatively short time together, somehow, the feeling had turned comforting. More than that, the feeling had become a driving force. It pressed him into action, not only to ensure her happiness and safety, but also to fulfill a nameless need that he could almost swear he felt grow, during every moment he spent with her.

Driven by his need to touch her, he finally closed the gap between them, sliding his hands around her waist and watching her eyelids drifted shut as he pulled her in close.

...He is not going to distract me and convince me to give up...

...Its just so nice to be back in his arms...

...This isn't over, and he's not changing my mind. No matter what he says...

Sesshomau’s hands tightened around her firmly, gently guiding her body to mold against his. His fingers tangled in her hair as he pulled her head back to kiss the juncture of her neck, and inhaled her ire as it spiked deliciously. He pressed her tighter against himself as he felt her knees go weak, fully knowing, and enjoying, the fact that he was making it as hard as he possibly could for her, as she struggled between quenching her own desire, and fighting against his seduction.

...No...No...No...

...I hope he doesn't think this is going to work because it's not...

...He is not going to get away with...

...Oh...

He had no doubt that she would attempt to revisit the issue later. For him, there was only one pressing issue at hand, laying claim to his miko.

...Oh no...

...If he thinks hes just going to do that and I'll...

...Oh...

He knew the battle within her raged on as he felt her stiffen under his touch, and momentarily, almost thought she was considering pulling away from his advances. He was pleased when instead she melted herself to him even more, and tried to speak again, “Sess, I’m ser…”

...

Kagome’s protest was cut short as his lips crushed onto hers. Quickly taking control of the kiss, and her sanity, his big hands slid down to cup her ass, easily finding purchase and lifting her off her feet. Thoughtlessly, moving on instinct alone, her arms when around his neck as she conceded and let him carry her to the desk without objecting. Not that her protests would have much mattered, and both of them knew it.

...No fair...

...Playing dirty pool isn't going to work this time, Sess...

...Oh...

His sweet kisses could make her forget anything… Everything...

Still, even with his skill to manipulate her body, she was not going to give in and go back to her lessons. She would let him have his way, with her body and she would enjoy it. However, she was not going to change her mind about the training. She decided that they would accept her the way she was or… She tried to form coherent thoughts, as she decided she would stick any detractors all in a little, teeny, tiny room with her mate.

...I can play dirty too...

...I'll make sure he's good and worked up first, then I'll shove him off and them all in...

...And I'll...

...I'll make sure the room is so small they'll feel his hot breath...

...And how big his hard body...

...And his hands…

...The pure heat of his skin and...

...He'll...

...I'll...

...Oh...

Under his deft hands, her clothes quickly fell away as he laid her out on the desk as a feast; a stark naked lunch banquet, perfect to satisfy his driving hunger.

Sesshomaru's mouth settled on her breasts, rolling her nipple and savoring the way it hardened under the heat of his tongue. He sucked hard causing her to cry out in surprise, as he pressed her thighs open, using a clawed finger to carefully, and excruciatingly slowly, trace around her entrance. Her hips bucked up off the desk as his soft fingertips found her pearl and flicked perfect pressure across it. She called out his name, in a breathless moan as he slipped a finger inside of her. He was pleased to find that she was more than ready for him. Releasing her nipple with a soft pop, he groaned low, as she fisted his hair, using it to pull his lean, muscular frame up over her and capturing his lips in a deep kiss.

It was too much. He wanted to be inside her badly, but not before he taught her, again, that he could, indeed, bend her to his will at any time and make her beg for his attentions. He pulled away from her kiss and slid his body down hers, leaving her gasping and grasping to bring him back to her.

“You said we needed to discuss your lessons?” He growled, teasingly at her, as he kissed the soft curve of her belly, heading lower and holding her hips in place with strong hands.

“Yes… No… Yes... I... Oh... Sess...” The girl's breathy words spilled out the same random order as her thoughts.

His hot breath fell across her mound and he let go of her hips with one hand allowing him to stroke her hairless nether lips with a feather touch, “What ails you, My Miko?”

He opened her gently, marveling at how the delicate pink folds grew puffy under his touch, his mouth almost watering, wanting to taste her, “What was it you wanted to speak to me about?” He ended his question with a flick of his tongue across her clit before plunging it into her core, holding her wildly bucking hips in place, and plying her carefully as her moans turned to desperate pants.

“Talk to me my sweet, what has you so upset?” His low breathy voice carried a hint of amusement. He paused for a moment so she could answer him. He was sure of what she was going to say, sure that the dreaded lessons were the furthest thing from her mind as desire for him became the only thing that mattered, but he wanted to hear her say it.

“You. Sesshomaru, I need you...” She breathed. “Inside me... Please, Sess...”

A low groan escaped him as his member jerked uncomfortably, in a flash he was, again, hovering above her, letting the weight of his manhood rest against her, “I believe I can assist you with that, My Miko,” He whispered, before he caught her soft lips in another kiss, swallowing her moan as his heavy manhood slid towards her pleading entrance.

As much as he wanted to continue playing with her, he could wait no longer, everything about her called to him.  She was a dangerous drug and he was hopelessly addicted. No matter how many times he attempted to satiate his craving for her, his need only seemed to grow and he was beginning to believe that he would simply never be able get enough of her.

He obliged her request quickly, claiming her with a single slow thrust, sheathing himself deep inside her. Her slick core welcomed him, easing his way; encouraging and pulling him forward into her depths.

The big demon lord hissed as he pushed into her willing flesh, sinking into her all the way to the hilt. Filling her completely, and feeling her heat constricted around him, grasping at his engorged cock. Simultaneously, he felt as if his entire being was both being held together and in danger of exploding from the pressure of her pulsating walls. 

Another of the curiosities, that simply were his little miko, was not lost on him as their bodies rocked deliberately in unison: Slowly at first and then building speed with increasingly, greedy intensity. No matter how many times he entered her, or how many different ways, angles or positions he took her in, her body continued to receive him with the same excruciatingly delicious tightness as the first time he touched her.

With finality, he decided that no matter what, they would accept her, lessons or none, just the way she was or they would die.

Mindless bliss ruled after that as, together, they rode out their passion until they were both sated.

In Inuyasha’s office.

On Inuyasha's desk.

*~*

Inuyasha strode down the hall towards Mayu.

He had known exactly what was going to happen as soon he left as soon as he felt the arousal rolling off his brother, but in the moments he stood trapped between them, he was afraid Sesshomaru wasn't going to wait for him to leave – and that he was going to be forced to witness to the whole thing.

He pushed the scene out of his mind and quickened his pace, as his destination came into sight. Without knocking or announcing himself, he walked straight into the room where Mayu sat working behind neatly organized piles of household and court paperwork.  Her expression was one of sheer surprise as he flopped down next to her, rolling over on his back and covering his face with his arms.

“I need a new office.”