Pound Puppy by Danyealle-sama

Pound Puppy

Pound Puppy

By Danyealle

(MF/FanFiction/Humor)

Way back in the very rear of the cage, the huge white fluffy dog laid on its pillows. Golden eyes half-lidded, they were trained on the front of the cage, top of its tail thumping on the floor. Though it looked as though it were about to doze off, internally the beast was at war.

Growling, Sesshomaru wasn’t at all happy with the entire situation or that his beast blamed him for it.  He also had a few choice words for the bitch that brought this about.

About a week before, he had a bit of an argument with a dark priestess named Tsubaki.  Normally this wasn’t a big problem; he was powerful enough that most wouldn’t think to challenge him in any way.  In this instance that wasn’t the case.  No, at the time she had done nothing, just stormed out of his office, vowing revenge.  That was something that had happened before so he thought nothing of it.  Two days later he had encountered her as he was walking into his office.  Next thing he knew, he was stuck in a smaller version of his beast form, about the size of a very large normal dog, unable to change back.  Then, much to his horror and disgust, as he was trying to make his way to his father’s mansion to get some help, he had been picked up by the local dog catcher and thrown into the pound.  Oh, he was furious!  But there wasn’t a damn thing he could do about it either.  Best he could hope for was to find a way to get out of his wretched dog prison and somehow get to his father’s place.  Though he did agree with his beast’s assessment that he was damn lucky that he was in a no-kill shelter, the whole situation would get a whole lot worse for them if those that ran the place couldn’t figure out why he wouldn’t die when they tried putting them to sleep. 

Worse yet, in his mind anyway, was the thought that they could have been neutered.  Luckily, those that ran the place thought he was a pure breed of some kind.  Adding to the general humiliation of the whole nightmare he had to suffer through the indignity of a ‘grooming’.  He had been bathed, blow dried, clipped into some hideous style the, worst of all, bows were put in his fur on his head. He had wanted to go on a rampage and kill them all!  But no, they had muzzled him, another indignity he could have done without.  Now he was in a cage being gawked at all day by would-be owners.  Someone would pay for this!  For five days he had all but hid in the back of the cage and snarled at anyone that walked by.  All he was trying to do was figure a way to get out of this mess. 

Another downside to this nightmare, was that his beast was in charge.  That wasn’t a good thing.  Normally it was his instinctual side and used only when in danger or to fight but since that wasn’t the case right now it let some of the more base instincts have free reign.  It seemed to take particular joy in bombarding him with vivid descriptions of sexual things it thought he should do to some of the females that passed by their cage.  That most certainly wasn’t something he needed and didn’t improve his temper at this juncture of things.

After snarling loudly at a family with a large number of kids, he settled back to think.  Suddenly, there was a tickle of something against him that put him on full alert and gave him a bit of hope.  There was a miko coming their way, a very powerful one as well.  A miko with this kind of power would be able to break the spell on him!  Now they just had to get her attention.  Moving to the front of the cage, they sat there pressed against the chain link on the door, waiting.

xXx

Coming to the pound always broke Kagome’s heart.  She wanted to take all the animals home with her but knew that wasn’t possible.  But she assured herself that she was going to give one dog a much better life than it was used to.

Living at the house on the shrine grounds alone now got lonely so she decided that a dog to keep her company was just the ticket.  Because of all the room she had outside she decided on a big dog.  It could also double as a guard dog and protect things once it was trained.

Walking down the rows of cages she looked at the occupants.  They all looked so cute and like they would be a good pet, but she was waiting for a feeling to tell her that one dog was the right one.  She stopped several times to take a closer look but that connection just hadn’t been there.  But then she came to the cage of a massive white dog.  She felt that tug.

Crouching down in front of the cage, she looked at the biggest dog she had ever seen.  It had masses of snow white fur with a bit of an off-white ruff around his neck.  Most of all, she noticed the most beautiful golden eyes she had ever seen. 

“Hey big guy,” she said softy, reaching out to rub the bit of his nose that stuck out through the chain link.  After looking at so many animals she felt the connection she had been looking for.  But there was something else there as well, she just wasn’t sure what.  “You want to come home with me?”  She asked rhetorically though she grinned from ear to ear when the big animal gave a small bark and its tail began to wag as though it were answering her.

Standing up, she looked at the employee that was with her.  “I’ll take him.”

 xXx

Finally, the mighty demon lord felt a bit of hope that there was going to be a way out of this mess!  From what he was feeling from her, she most certainly was powerful enough to break the curse on the him or, if not, he would be able to find a way to get the situation across to her.

Sitting there, his mind raced as the two ningens went off to take care of the necessary paperwork.  While they waited his beast took the chance to make a few random observations.  First one was fairly innocuous, that it liked the way she smelled.  That Sesshomaru conceded, she indeed did smell good.  It reminded him of the way everything smelled after a light spring rain when he was young.  Its next observation, was it would like to run its tongue up those long legs of hers to see if it tickled.  That made the taiyoukai snort and he wouldn’t dignify it with a comment.  After that, it casually wondered what kind of panties she wore and what color she favored.  Mentally rolling his eyes, Sesshomaru growled at his other half and told it to pull its mind out of the gutter.  They had more important things to worry about than such hentai thoughts. His beast’s reactions was that he needed to lighten up a bit.  Yeah, they were in a bad situation but that didn’t mean that they couldn’t have a bit of fun with it.  Besides, they were going to be living with her for a while so they were bound to find out the answers to those questions and many more.  This was going to be quite the adventure.  Sesshomaru just gave a disgusted snort and decided to ignore it.  There were other things far more important to worry about and work on.

xXx

Once Kagome signed all the paperwork, they had named the dog Fluffy but she changed it to Lord Fluffy, she gathered his shot records, certificate for neutering and other things she then went to collect her new charge.

xXx

The first thing Kagome noticed on the drive home was that the dog was well behaved and sat still. He wasn’t all over the place like some were, nor did it seem to be afraid and flatten it’s self to the floorboard like she had seen many do in the past.  It was her thought that it probably had been someones pet at some point and may well have gone through some kind of obedience training.

While she navigated though the traffic back to the shrine she talked to him, telling him all about where he would be living, about the shrine and various other things.  Sitting in the jump seat of the SUV, it seemed to be listening to what she was saying as well as looking out the window, watching everything pass by.  Grinning, she reached over and petted his head a couple times.  “I think we’re going to get along just fine Lord Fluffy.”

 xXx

It was official. Sesshomaru hated that name, but at least appreciated that his true title was in front of it.  But he made sure he had listened to what she said about where they were going.  When she talked about the shrine he was even more heartened.  There was bound to be something there he could use to get across to her what the problem was.  More than that, there also had to be a solution she could use to fix it.  If all else failed and she couldn’t, then maybe there would be a way for him to get across to her who he was so she could contact his father.  By now he was certain it was obvious that he was missing and everyone had to guess that something was wrong.  He had been gone for a week and he wasn’t one that was known for jut up and vanishing without a word to anyone.  He had far too much of a work ethic and dedication to ignore such things.  Hopefully they were looking for him or at least trying to figure out just what had happened.  All he asked for was they leave that damnable witch that did this to him so he could deal with her.  He wanted to be the one to exact revenge on her for this.  That thought gave him a good smirk and something to focus on.

xXx

Once they reached the shrine, she took the leash and walked him around a bit so he got the general layout of the place and allowed him to take care of any business he needed to.

Sesshomaru took the opportunity to mark territory when he was acquainting himself with the layout of the place.  No, he wasn’t really worried about intruders in the area but if another youkai who knew him was one the grounds, then his smell may alert them he was around and sound a bit of an alarm.  But there was also a downside to this as well….  He wasn’t real thrilled with having to relieve himself in front of her.  No, he wasn’t in his normal form, but it was rather humiliating to have to take a squat in front of her.  Hopefully, in a couple days, she would trust him enough to allow him to go out alone to take care of things.  He was going to have to ensure that happened.

Once he appeared to be done she led him inside.  Still on the leash, she led him around the house, telling him what everything was and just generally where everything was located.  Once she finished, she went back into the kitchen to get out all the things she had bought in preparations for getting a dog.  After washing out the food bowls and auto-waterier she filled the water thing and sat it down for him.  Then she retrieved the meat she had bought.  Because of all she had heard and read about the pet food recalls, she didn’t want to buy pre-made stuff so she had gone online and come up with a good, simple recipe for homemade dog food as well as some for treats. After mixing it up, she sat it down on the floor by the water dish. 

“Here you go boy.  I bet this is a whole lot better than what they fed you in that place.”  She told him with a pat on the head.

She was right, this was a damns sight better than that ‘dog food’ he had been forced to endure at the pound.  He had been afraid that she would also feed him that drek.  It only took him seconds to wolf it all down.  After a good drink of water he felt better and clearer minded than he had in days.  Seeing she was busy with a few things here and there, he wandered off to find the bedroom once more.

After hopping up onto the bed, he curled up.  While his beast took a bit of a siesta, he tried to think about what his next move should be.  Everything was now in place for getting him a way of this nightmare.  All he now had to do was find the trigger to knock the first domino over and start the reaction.

 xXx

A couple hours later, while Kagome was doing a bit of general cleaning and tidying up, Sesshomaru woke up.  As per usual, the first thing he and his other half needed when their feet hit the floor, was take care of some business.  Wandering out of the bedroom, he followed his nose to where the little miko was dusting some old bric-a-brac on some shelves.  After getting her attention, he trotted to the front door and sat there, waiting.

Following him, Kagome opened the door, letting him go outside without the leash.  The yard was fenced in so she was sure he couldn’t go anywhere, but she also wanted to see how he would act with no leash on.  As she suspected, he did what he needed then came back, not even attempting or looking to find a way out of the yard the way most dogs would.  Nor did there seem to be the normal curiosity about things dogs in general seemed to have.  Strange....

When he was finished he came back to where she was and sat down beside her.  Looking down at the dog, she smiled.   Reaching out, she petted him a bit.  “What do you think Fluffy-sama?  Think you’ll like it here?”  When he gave a short bark that seemed to say yes to her she giggled.

But, sitting next to the huge animal she couldn’t help but feel there was something strange about this animal.  No, she couldn’t place what it was, nor did she think it was something malevolent, but she just wasn’t sure what it was.  But it was there.  Something, some kind of aura, seemed to tickle against her skin and felt odd.  She just couldn’t put her finger on what it was.

xXx

Once they had gone back inside and the little miko had gone back to her housework Sesshomaru’s beast decided to do a bit of nosing around.  After making sure the miko wasn’t paying attention to them, he made a beeline for her bedroom and began to snoop around in things it could get to.  When it found nothing all that interesting out in the open, it pawed at the drawers, attempting to get them open.  Because of the kinds of drawers she had it was able to roll them out with minimal effort, so it began to snoop through her things.  Sesshomaru, of course, was horrified by this.  Growling and snarling, he ordered his other half to cease and desist but, as he expected, he was ignored.  The other side of himself was having far too much fun being fully in charge like it was to let his orders brother it. 

Pawing through the bottom drawer, which was full of books and magazines, both came to the conclusion that she liked romance novels and magazines that featured good looking men that were muscular and well defined.  The rest of the dresser drawers yielded nothing of interest other than the answer to the beasts question about undies-it found out she wore thongs and seemed to favor the color pink.  Once done with the dresser, they moved over to her nightstand.  That yielded a bit more useful information.  Yes, it had more of the romance novels in it but it also had a vibrator as well.  Though horrified by what his other half was doing, Sesshomaru liked the faintest smell that came off the thing, and found it quite pleasurable and tantalizing.

Deciding it wanted a better smell of that, his beast headed towards her bathroom.

xXx

Kagome was just finishing up with the living room when she heard a whump from upstairs.  Wondering what the dog had gotten into, she went to investigate.  So far he had been really good, but that didn’t mean he would stay that way.

When she reached her bedroom she heard some rustling around in the bathroom.  Stepping in there and turning on the light, she put her hand over her mouth and giggled, eyes twinkling.  The sound had come from him knocking over her hamper.  Now there was a big, white fluffy dog sitting in her bathroom with one of her thongs on its head.  His ears and eyes were sticking out through the leg holes and the crotch was hooked over his nose, mouth hanging open, panting.  Unable to help herself, she giggled some more.  “What are you doing?  Stay out of my dirty clothes!”  She scolded between giggles.  Taking her panties off his head, she then put her hamper back upright and stuffed her clothes back in it.

When that was done, she sat down on the floor and petted him a bit.  “You’re a good boy.”  She told him then leaned forward and kissed him on the snout where the fur and skin of his nose met.

xXx

Sesshomaru was both horrified and embarrassed at having been caught in that position but he had to admit the smell had been tantalizing.  But that kiss had sent tingling sparks through out his body. 

By that point his beast was already lobbying that they keep her once they got out of this mess, a suggestion Sesshomaru promptly ignored.  But even he had to admit that there was something different about this ningen onna.  There was something in her aura that was soothing and made him feel good.  Though he wasn’t sure what that was.

 xXx

Later that night, just before she planned to lay down and reading for a bit, Kagome crawled into he shower.  Eyes shut as she washed herself off, she hummed her current favorite song as her mind wandered over various things.  So lost in thought she didn’t notice the shower curtain ripple a bit and a large, dark shadow pass along it then a muzzle stick in.  When he didn’t get a reprimand of any kind Sesshomaru’s beast hopped into the shower with her and sat at her feet, tail wagging, tongue lolled out the side of its mouth.  Its eyes raked up and down her naked, wet flesh, growling in appreciation.  Even Sesshomaru had to admit she looked very good. 

Drawn back to the present by something brushing across her feet, Kagome opened her eyes then looked down.  She giggled a bit at the big dog whose mass of hair was now soaked and hanging everywhere.  “Want washed off do you? I think I can handle that.  I imagine you don’t like the smell of that nasty place on you, do you?”  She asked as she grabbed her shampoo and knelt down in front of him.  Pouring a generous amount of the light smelling liquid in her palm, she rubbed her hands together then began to work it into the mass of white fur.  While she scrubbed him she talked quietly about all kinds of things, but nothing important. 

Sitting there, the beast growled contentedly.  Even Sesshomaru had to admit her soft, gentle touch felt good.  Plus the shampoo she used smelled wonderful.  Usually stuff such as that smelled too strongly for his sensitive nose but this had a light, pleasing scent that reminded him somewhat of a soft spring rain.

When she finished scrubbing him, she rinsed both of them off with the hand-held sprayer.  After shutting the water off, she opened the curtain.  After telling him to stay she quickly dried off then slipped into her old terry-cloth robe.  Grabbing a couple towels, she sat down and began to dry him off.  When she got all the excess water off and he shook himself a couple times she led him over to the vanity.  Grabbing an old brush and the blow dryer, she began to dry him off and brush him out.  Unlike most dogs, it didn’t seem to bother him.

Okay, both Sesshomaru and his beast were loving this!  Yes, the blow dryer was a bit loud on his sensitive ears, but the warm air and brushing felt wonderful.  No longer was he covered in the smell of the pound and he felt cleaner and better than he had since this whole nightmare had begun.  Plus, her soft, gentle touch was soothing and comforting in some kind of way.  Quite frankly, both him and his beast felt great. 

Once Kagome was done she hung up all the wet towels then put everything away.  After calling him, she then went into the bedroom to put her pajamas on.  After grabbing the book she had been reading she then slid into bed. Looking at Fluffy, she patted the bed beside her.  “Come on, you can sleep up here with me as long as you don’t hog the bed.”  She said with a giggle.

Needing no more encouragement, his beast was up on the bed and curled up next to her.  When she began to pet him softly, his beast shut his eyes and made some soft, contented growling sounds.  Even Sesshomaru admitted that this felt good.  After all the stuff that had happened since being cursed, this was the first time that he truly felt he could relax.  Yes, he would freely admit he was exhausted so as soothing and relaxing as the petting was he found himself finally starting to doze off.

A couple hours later both Kagome and the big white dog were out cold.  It was sprawled on its side, curled up a bit.  Kagome was curled up behind him with her head resting on his side, arm draped over him.

xXx

 

…One Week Later….

Pacing around in her library, Sesshomaru desperately tried to read the titles of the books lining the shelves through his beast’s eyes.  With all the books on different things a miko could ever need, there had to be something on the topic he needed.  No, there was no way he could reverse the curse, even in his normal form he didn’t have that kind of power, but he was needing to find a way to get the situation across to her and let her know what the problem was.  The situation was now progressing, in his eyes, to desperate!

When she had started going back to work he had to find a way to keep himself busy while she was gone, just prowling around the house made him stir crazy.  So, eventually, he had managed to figure out how to turn the TV on and switch channels on the remote.  No, that wasn’t his favorite past time in the whole world, but it beat the alternative that’s for sure.  Normally, he just laid there and watched the news all day until just before she came home.  Then he would shut the TV off.  It was the news today that had set off this frenzy. 

As he had suspected, his father had figured out something was wrong.  They had found his wallet, clothes and cell phone, something he was never without outside the office.  Now they had the police out looking for him and were offering a reward for information.  Knowing Toga the way he did, he would turn Japan upside down over this until he got answers.  So he was trying to find a way to get what the problem was across to Kagome.  She would be able to help and the nightmare would end before his father did something drastic.

Finally, after about an hour of searching and pulling countless books down, he found one on curses and how to break them.  Once he pulled it down, he pushed through the pages with his nose until he found what he was looking for.

xXx

By the time Kagome got home a bit after five she was exhausted.  Not only had it been a long day at work, but traffic on the drive home had been murder.  When she walked in the front door Fluffy was sitting there with one her grandfather’s old books, open, in his mouth.  Sighing, she asked, rhetorically, “Just what have you been up to?”  Then she reached out to take it from him.  Any other time he would let her retrieve the object but this time he whined and backed away.  Dropping the newspaper and her purse on the floor, she stepped closer to him.  “C’mon, give it here.  It’s old and I don’t want it torn up.”  She told him in a firm voice.


Again, he backed ay from her with another whine.  When the newspaper hit the ground it landed with the front page up.  From where he was he could clearly see his picture, in full color, dead center in the middle of the page.  Maneuvering around her, he went over to the paper and sat down.  Putting his paw by the picture, he began to paw lightly at it, looking at her, whining a bit.  She had to get it!  It was urgent that she understand what was going on!

Sighing again, she once more tried to pry the book out of his mouth but he wouldn’t let it loose.  Instead he whined louder and pawed at the paper more.  This was not like him at all.  Normally, he was very obedient.  Looking at the paper she saw the same fact that had been plastered all over the news all day, Sesshomaru Tashio.  When she saw the book was open to a page on how to curse youkai into its bestial form something in her registered and clicked.  As she well knew Sesshomaru was a powerful inuyoukai and her dog had some very weird vibes it gave off.  Could it be…?

Kneeling down in front of him, she petted his head and looked into those golden eyes of his.  “Are you Sesshomaru?”  She asked quietly.

Dropping the book, he barked loudly.  She was finally getting it!

Rubbing his head, she picked up the book and quickly read through the pages.  When she was done, she put both hands on him and concentrated. It was then that she could feel his youkai aura, though diminished by the curse.  Though she had never been formally trained to use her miko powers she had worked with them enough to do something as simple as break a curse such as this.  Feeling it ebb and swirl around, she then surrounded it with her own pink aura before overpowering it.  When she felt it break and his body begin to change, she opened her eyes and backed away.  In seconds, where her dog had been, was a nude male youkai.  Blushing at his undressed state, she turned her head away.  “Um… let me go find you a robe or something.  I’m sure you need to call your father so go ahead and use the phone.” 

“Thank you Kagome.”  He said to her retreating back.  Slowly, he stretched, feeling great to work his muscles again, then quickly headed to the phone.  After snatching it off the hook, he dialed his father. 

She returned in a couple minutes with an old pair of sweats that had been her brothers.  Yes, they would be way too small but it was better than the nothing he had on.

xXx

A half an hour later Toga Tashio was standing in her kitchen, pressing the reward money on her.  “Take it, I insist!  You earned it.  You rescued him then took good care of him until he could find a way to get across what was wrong.”

“I can’t…”  Kagome said with a shake of her head.

“Yes you can.  I insist!”  Sesshomaru said as he came back into the kitchen looking like the businessman he was.  “You are a very kind woman Kagome.  You took very good care of me and made a bad situation very bearable.  For that, I thank you.”  He told her quietly, stepping close to her looking down into her eyes.

“I was glad to help.  But you made it easy.  You were a very well behaved dog.”  She said, giggling.

Taking her had, Sesshomaru kissed it.  “Indeed.”  He said with a smirk.  “We will talk again soon, Kagome.”  After giving her hand a squeeze he left with his father.

xX

 

…Two Weeks Later….

Rocking in his huge leather office chair, Sesshomaru had his back to his desk and was just starting out the window across the city skyline.  Yes, his work was all caught up like it always was but he wasn’t pushing things like he usually did.

Things were a lot different now for him than before he was cursed.  No, unlike what would happen to humans, he was able to set all that unpleasantness aside and not let it affect him.  Tsubaki had been dealt with, so that was the end of that.  What was ‘bothering’ him was Kagome.  Somehow he couldn’t forget her or even put her out of his mind for very long.  Her smell and how it felt when she touched him was something he kept remembering and wanted to feel again.  Though this time he wanted it to be in this form, not that of his beast.  He personally wanted to feel it against his skin.

The first night he was home, laying in his own bed, waiting for sleep to come he had found himself living turning over and trying top put an arm around her.  Yes, very quickly he had remembered that she wasn’t there but somehow it didn’t feel right that she wasn’t.  In the end the only way he could fall asleep was curled up around a pillow like he had done with her in her bed. But, as he found out as the days went by, that wasn’t the only thing he missed.

When he came home at night the mansion that he had resided in for so long seemed cold and empty.  Nothing seemed to make it bearable.  When he showered he would remember her voice and how she would talk to him as she scrubbed his fur.  Though he hadn’t been able to hold a conversation with her at the time he missed those ‘talks’.  Hell, he just plain missed her, he finally admitted after a week.  For the first time in his life he missed someone.  The admission was a big hurdle but there was another, what to do about it…

It took a week of internal debate to get to the point he was at now, a very long week of internal debates and even arguments with his beast.  Oh yes, his beast made it clear what it wanted, but he himself was undecided.

As sunset fell and the city lights slowly winked on the mighty demon lord pulled himself out of his thoughts.  With a determined look on his face, he spun around and grabbed the phone.  After a couple quick phone calls he was out the door with a bit of a spring in his step.

xXx

Curled up on the soft under her favorite blanket, Kagome tried to find something to watch, but it was a losing battle.  Nothing decent was on.  Alright, she would admit she missed Fluffy.  It had been nice to have something to come home to.  Yeah, she had thought about getting another dog, but she wasn’t ready for that just yet she didn’t think.

About 9:00PM, just as she was considering going up to soak in the tub for a while, the doorbell rang.  Muting the TV, a confused look on her face, Kagome got off the sofa.  Slipping her robe on, she made her way to the door.  When she opened it she found herself looking at Sesshomaru and a very large black chow.  After looking at the dog she looked up at him, a puzzled look on her face.

“May we come in?”  He asked quietly.  Already, at the sight of her and once more having her scent fill his nose, he could feel his heartbeat quickening and hear his beast growl contentedly.

“Sure.” she said with a nod, stepping back to make room for him to enter.

Once inside, he made his way towards the living room.  Once there he let the dog off the leash and turned to her.  “This is Raiden.  I bought him for you as a replacement.  He’s fully trained and will listen to you.”

Unable to help herself, Kagome giggled, eyes twinkling.  “Yeah, but will I walk in the bathroom and find him with my thong on his head?”

“Doubtful.”  Sesshomaru said, smirking.  Though he gave an internal groan at that memory, he had to admit that he and his beast felt good hearing that giggle once more.

“Then he will never be a replacement.”  She said firmly but grinned.  “But he will do just fine as himself I’m sure.  Thank you.”  She said.  Kneeling down, she called the dog over and began to pet him.  Gesturing for Sesshomaru to sit down, she then asked, “Is this the only reason you came over?”  Somewhere in her she hoped it wasn’t.

Sitting on the edge of the sofa, hands clasped between his knees, he looked at her.  This was going to be among the hardest things he had ever done but he wasn’t going to back away from it either.  “No, it isn’t.  I came because if found myself missing you.  Though you had no idea that I wasn’t a common dog, you treated me better and cared for me more than most humans would another human.  I’ve never found anything like that in my long life.”

“That’s just who I am.”  She told him with a smile.

“I know that now.  I also know I’ve never met anyone like you before.”  He admitted.  “Nor have I ever felt as good, despite the circumstances, as I did with you.”

“Thank you.”  She said softly.

Standing, he walked over and held out his hand to her.  When she took it and he helped her to her feel he pulled her into a hug and held her to his chest.  Nuzzling his face into her hair he felt as though he were complete as her wonderful scent filled his nose once again.  “I would like it if you would allow us to attempt to get to know each other in another way Kagome.”

Slipping her arms around his waist, she leaned against him and shut her eyes as her mind raced over what he had asked.  Then she thought about what she was feeling.  Alright, she had to admit this did feel ‘right’ for lack of a better world.  It also felt as though there were a connection of some kind.  Yes, he was a demon, something there was still a lot of prejudice against even in this day and age, but he could have easily torn her apart or killed her when she brought him home, but he didn’t.  In fact he was very gentle with her, less temperamental than most real dogs.  She felt safe with him, both then and now.  Somehow she knew he wouldn’t hurt her.

Waiting for her answer was the most nerve wracking thing he had ever done.  But he didn’t feel any rejection coming from her.  Then she said something so quietly that he couldn’t hear it.  “What was that Kagome?”  He asked gently.

Clearing her throat, shaking a bit from nerves, she said, a bit louder, “I think I would like that.”

Putting a finger under her chin, he tilted her head back and kissed her gently.

 

 

 

 

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