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Midsummers Eve	By : NovaAlexandria Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Kagome > Sessh?maru/Kagome Views: 15742 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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Chapter 2

Morning

He stirred, waking slowly to get his bearings. The last thing he remembered was walking through Inuyasha's forest before he felt an astoundingly, powerful presence nearby. Anything that strong could one day be a threat to him.

He went to investigate, and was nearly floored as the scent of his target hit him. He felt his blood begin to stir as he raced towards the power he felt, stopping only when he finally found it.

It was the woman his brother traveled with. Her scent was overwhelming to his enhanced youkai senses, made doubly strong from the near full moon and the near Midsummer's eve. Had it only been the time and moon phase, he would easily have held off his instincts.

However, she was clearly in heat, at the peak of it no less. Her power was so strong she was glowing slightly to his enhanced senses. Had that been all he just might have been able to hold off, however two last factors all but shattered his resolve. She was untouched and unmarked.

Still he fought for control as she inched towards the well. She would have made it too had the last breaking factor not come into the picture. A lesser snakeyoukai was approaching her from behind. She couldn't sense it as its own youki was hidden beneath his. Snarling, he leaped forward. The wench panicked and fled. He broke. His vision turned red and after that he had no memory.

He slowly opened his eyes to see the woman curled up against him, held in place by his arm. Her scent had changed. She was no longer untouched, and she smelt strongly of him. Too strong to have it be just from mating with her. He brushed back her hair and found his mark. He had marked her. She was still in heat, though it would end either tonight or tomorrow. He also smelled her blood.

He sat up and studied her sleeping form, noticing the scratches on her hips from his claws and the small marks on her neck from his fangs. She stirred as she noticed his warmth disappearing.

She looked up into his golden eyes. He was surprised to see relief flash through them briefly before fear returned. She turned away from him, curling up again and he could smell her silent tears.

He was surprised she was still alive. Most human women caught by a youkai during their mating frenzies fought and were killed by the ravaging of their bodies as the male forced himself upon her. Other than a few scratches she seemed to be untouched. Very impressive.

He stood up and moved away from her, disgusted at himself for having mated with her at all, let alone marking her. He could kill her, but it was extremely disgraceful to kill your mate, even if they were only mated in the force of Midsummer Eve. Besides, she was in heat and the likelihood that she would be with child was strong. He had to make sure and it would take at least a week for him to be able to pick up on the signs.

Damn he was so tired right now. He hadn't felt this weak since he was a pup. What did they do that his youki was all but spent? Perhaps fighting his blood had not been a good idea. He found his clothes and noticed hers were nothing but shreds. Pulling his hakama on, he tossed the top to her.

"Put that on," he ordered coldly.

Numbly, she nodded her head as she pulled it on. It was far too big for her and was more like wearing a dress then anything. Still, she didn't complain and clutched it to her in an attempt to make it fit her better. He tossed her the obi and she used that to tie it tighter so it wouldn't fall off of her body.

She stood before him, eyes down cast as she waited for him to speak again. He could still smell her slight tears, but she didn't look like she was going to fight him. In fact, he was surprised she wasn't screaming at him as she was well known to do. If she had, he would have lost was little control he had managed to regain. Perhaps she understood that and that was the reason for her continued silence. If so than someone must have informed her of the protocol in responding to an event like this. Odd since he was sure his brainless brother would not be so forthcoming of such information if the hanyou was even aware of it.

She was no longer untouched and unmated. Midsummer's eve was over and her scent was covered in his, masking it a little. The moon was still full and she was in the trail end of heat, but her power had diminished.

He was sure he would be able to control himself from here on out. In fact he wasn't even tempted to mate with her at the moment. All he wanted was a bath to get the sweat, dust and mating fluids off of him, and to meditate and get his youki back up before someone noticed how weak he was at this moment.

He walked out of the cave and looked at the plateau he was standing on. He had chosen well in his youki controlled state. There was no way she could have escaped and very few youkai would have been able to find the place, let alone get up to it.

She silently followed him out to the ledge. He took a firm hold of her and jumped down. She didn't scream, didn't even seem to acknowledge that anything was around her. They reached bottom and he let her go before he started to walk forward. She obediently followed him without a word.

"Either my imbecilic, half bred brother did manage to tell her something about inuyoukai society, or she is in shock," he thought to himself, known any other human female would have been dead from foolish mistakes during mating, bawling her eyes out in hysterics, or screaming at him.

She, on the other hand, was acting as was expected of her. Silent and obedient. Clearly she knew what the mark meant. Still, it could just be shock. He wanted to make sure. After all, if she got furious her Miko powers could activate and right now she was strong enough to cause him some serious harm. In fact with his youki so low she was more than strong enough to potentially kill him!

"Kagome," he called, recalling the name his brother had constantly shouted during their fights.

"Yes?" she asked, her voice strained.

"You understand what has occurred," he asked, stopping to turn and look at her.

She had stopped moving as well, her eyes still down cast as she nodded her head, indicating she understood.

"Good. Come."

He led her to the nearest hot spring, disrobed and climbed into the hot water. The steam and water helped to further mask her scent and for the first time in three days he felt almost normal again. Now if only his youki would return to full power. He turned back to look at her and noticed she was hovering at the edge of the pool, eyes averted.

"Come in," he ordered.

She turned her side to him as she took off her borrowed clothes and climbed in, trying to cover herself with her arms. She stayed near the edge of the spring and sat down until she was up to her neck in water.

He walked towards her, the scent of her fear and sorrow growing the closer he got to her.

"You know what it means to be mated to an inuyoukai?" he questioned.

"A little," she admitted, still not looking at him.

"Tell me what you know."

She took a shuddering breath and answered, her voice cracked with strain. "Sango-chan said that inuyoukai mate for life. That they mark their mates by biting them on the neck. Females are subservient to males. I am yours until one of us dies or you permit me to mark you," she answered, choking on the last part.

He would never let a mere human mark him and admit she was his equal. No, she was his until she died. She had little hope he would conveniently die for her.

Since her eyes were down cast she couldn't see his silent nod of approval. He was impressed the youkai taijiya knew that much, but then again you had to know your foes if you were going to hunt them.

"Clean yourself," he ordered as he walked away from her, back across the spring.

Once across to the other side he turned back to watch her as she turned her back to him and started to clean herself. He was slightly amused at her modesty. After all there wasn't a part of her body he had not seen or touched. Granted he had no memory of it save for the feeling of satisfaction his blood was telling him he had taken from her.

He settled down and finished cleaning himself off, as usual having a hard time with his hair. He silently cursed this weakness. He stopped trying and turned back to Kagome, who was just wringing water out of her hair. Yes, that would do.

While he would be more than happy to kill her, he would never dishonour himself by killing his own mate, whether he wanted to mate with her or not. Either way he was stuck with her until she died. Might as well get some use out of her. Besides, it was a mate�s job to care for his needs and washing his hair was just one of the many things she would do.

"Kagome."

She stiffened at her name being called, but turned to face him anyway, looking anywhere but directly at him. Her eyes betrayed that she had been crying again.

"Come here."

She hesitated but did walk towards him, eyes still averted. He turned his back to her and ordered her to wash his hair. For several seconds nothing happened, and then he felt her hands hesitantly start to wash his hair. He sat down so she would have easier access as she rubbed his silky strands together.

She grew less hesitant as the seconds ticked by and he noticed her scent of fear and sorrow started to dissipate a bit. She was calming down. He relaxed a bit, letting her 'grooming' relax him as well as he thought about what he was going to do with her now.

Jaken would most likely make a loud protest, though he knew the annoying youkai would never question or go against him. Rin would be delighted, no problems there. The problem was going to be Inuyasha when he found out. Knowing his brother he would attack first and ask questions later.

Kagome might become a problem if she realized he couldn�t kill her, but he doubted it would be an issue. He supposed he was going to have to visit her family to let them know of her new status. That would be the tradition first step and it would be wise to get the meeting out of the way before his stupid brother started hounding them.

"Where do you live?" he asked.

He felt her stiffen behind him.

"Why?" she asked, a hint of fear in her voice.

"Do not question me. Answer."

"I um�.I live on the other side of the well in Inuyasha's forest," she answered hesitantly.

He would have called her for lying if her scent hadn't told him she was telling the truth. Her hands disappeared from his hair and he turned around to face her. She was trembling slightly and was looking down to her fiddling hands.

"Explain."

"I come from the future, 500 years in the future. I get back and forth through time jumping through the well. I was heading back to my time when�.." she didn't finish.

"When I found you." he finished.

She nodded her head.

"Stay here. Do not wander off," he ordered as he got out of the water and quickly dressed before leaving in a flash of light.

Traveling through time indeed. That had to be one of the most bizarre storied he had ever heard of. If it didn't explain her strange behaviour, clothes and other apparel he would have called her for lying. Time traveling wasn't completely out there with some of the things he had seen over his life. It just may be the truth.

Regardless, he would find out if she was lying soon enough. So help her she had better not be. Lying to him was a big slash on her honour and would disrespect him. He was not in the mood to deal with a lying, human, miko.

　

　

Kagome briefly thought of running, but wisely thought against it. He would just track her down anyway. She climbed out of the water and got 'dressed' again. She found a log and sat down to wait, curling her legs up and resting her head on her arms, which were crossed over her knees.

The heat from the hot spring had alleviated some of the pain from her violated areas, but she was still sore from his ravaging. He had taken her rather brutally that first time and the pain from it still lingered. Her body had not been ready for it and had resisted, resulting in some damage.

He returned after half an hour, fully dresses in a new set of clothes and dropped a kimono before her. She looked from it to him in surprise, realizing that what he had handed her had to be worth a fortune.

"Thank you," she thanked softly as she walked off behind a few bushes to change.

She came back a few minutes later, the clothes she had borrowed draped over one arm. The black with silver flowers kimono looked good on her. He was impressed. She handed him back his shirt and obi, or tried to. He just turned his back on her and started walking.

"Jerk," she thought.

After a few seconds she followed him, a little off balance wearing the strange sandals he had provided for her. She quickly got use to them though as they walked for hours. They stopped at sunset and her heart fluttered in panic. The last two times the sun had set she had been in his 'bed.'

"We will stop here for the night."

She fidgeted nervously as she waited for him to say anymore. When she didn't move he turned to look at her. The scent of her fear spiked even higher.

"Go to sleep."

Her fear ebbed as she found a comfortable spot to lie down, using his discarded shirt as a makeshift bed and his folded obi as a makeshift pillow. She curled up inside of the kimono and was soon asleep.

　

　

He could tell she was hungry, tired and afraid, yet not once had she complained about her situation. Her resilience was impressive, for a human. He left the moment she was asleep. He found Jaken and Ah-Un, Rin currently asleep.

"Jaken," he called.

"Sesshomaru-sama," Jaken cried happily.

"Take Rin and Ah-Un back to my estate. I will join you shortly. Have the room next to mine prepared."

"The lady of the Western Land's room?" Jaken asked confused. Then shouted louder. "You finally found a mate!" Jaken's scream of joy woke Rin, who looked at them confused.

"Return to the estate," he ordered again as he turned and left.

"Hai, Sesshomaru-sama," Jaken said joyfully as he grabbed Ah-Un's reins and led the dragon west.

That out of the way, he took off in another direction. He was back by her side within a few hours. Wisely no youkai had tried to touch her. Then again the only creatures dumb enough to cross him tended to be two, very stupid Hanyous. One was his brother, whose quarrel was with him and would not harm anyone traveling with him. The other was Naraku, who would have no qualms harming Kagome. In fact, the hanyou seems to be targeting her for something anyhow.

He placed the items he had retrieved next to her and spent the rest of the night thinking about what he was going to say to her parents. Humans were funny when it came to mating. They always seemed to expect love to come into the picture, or alliance mirages, which were far more common.

Then again she was his and he needed to say nothing to her parents. He found her and claimed her fair and square. Still, she would need to pack a few personal items as she would be living the rest of her relatively short life with him.

　

　

Her heartbeat started to pick up around morning as she began to awaken. He watched her stir and stretch as she woke up. Her eyes lit up moment they fell onto the food he had brought her.

"Thank you," she whispered as she devoured the food he had provided for her.

When she finished he started walking. She hesitated a moment before getting up and following him, quickly folding and draping her 'bed' over her arm as she fell into step behind him.

"Where are we going?" she finally asked after an hour of walking in silence.

"To talk to your parents," he answered.

She stopped, mouth hanging open as she stared at him. He walked several more steps forward before stopping.

"My parents. You can't. Mother wouldn't understand. You won�t be able to see them anyway. Only Inuyasha and I have ever been able to get through the well. Shippo and Souta tried, but they couldn't," she babbled.

"Are you suggesting I cannot do what Inuyasha can?" he asked, a hint of anger in his voice.

She felt a tentacle of fear crawl up her spine. Instantly she went from offensive to defensive. Her head bowed and shoulders slumped, defeat in her voice.

"No, my lord, I am not suggesting you cannot do what Inuyasha can. It's just; the well has never let anyone else through," she answered, her voice respectful and her head bowed again.

"If I cannot get through, then we will not visit your parents."

"What?" she shouted, then winched when she realized what she had done. "Sorry. I did not mean to yell. If I do not see my mother she will worry that I am dead or something. Please."

He turned to look at her. She was on the ground bowing before him.

"Please, if you cannot get through, at least let me go through to tell my family what is going on and to say good bye. I promise I will return. I know you will live for another 500 years so there is no point in me running when you can just as easily find me in my own time. I can't run from you and I know that."

She was crying again. He could smell her tears, fear and sorrow.

"Stand up," he ordered calmly.

She got up, but kept her head bowed. He started walking again, and she followed obediently. They came to the clearing soon enough and stopped before the well. He grabbed her around the waist and jumped in, still a little sceptical about the whole thing.

　

　

Blue energy swirled around them and they landed gently on the other side. Kagome looked up to see the roof over their heads a spit second before Sesshomaru leaped out. He let her go the moment his feet touched the ground.

She wiped the tears from her eyes and quickly straightened herself up. She took several deep breaths and then turned to face him.

"Sesshomaru-sama�..please let me do the talking. My mother isn't going to understand. Also," she hesitated, "please don't kill my grandfather if he starts throwing wards at you. He just wants to protect me and they don't work anyhow. Please?" she begged, looking at him for once.

"I will not kill a member of your family," he stated.

"Thank you," she bowed. "Um. A lot has changed in the last 500 years. If anything beeps, buzzes, flashes, or makes strange noises, please don't destroy it. I swear it's all just harmless technology."

With that she turned around, opened the door and walked up to the door of what he assumed was her house. She took another steadying breath before walking in.

"Mom, I'm home," she called in a strained voice.

"Kagome," her mother greeted, coming out of the kitchen to meet her. "Who is that?" she asked confused.

"Youkai be�.."

"No!" Kagome shouted as she intercepted her grandfather and his wards. "Trust me, you don't want to get him mad," she said.

"I will protect my�."

"I don't need protection Grandpa."

"He sis. Who's that? He reminds me a little of Inuyasha." Souta asked as he joined them.

"Now that Souta mentions it, he does look like Inuyasha. Speaking of Inuyasha, where is he?" her mother asked.

Kagome sighed as a barrage of questions came flying at her.

"Please. Mom, can you make some tea. This is going to take some explaining."

Her mother looked at her in concern.

"Sure. Souta, father, can you two run to the store to get some tea bags while I get a kettle boiled."

"But mom," Souta whined.

The whining was stopped as both boys were shoved out the door with some cash. The moment they were gone, Kagome's mother turned to look at them.

"Perhaps we should sit down," she suggested.

Kagome nodded her head as she followed her mother to the living room where they sat down around a table. Sesshomaru and her mother sat across from each other as she sat to Sesshomaru's right.

"Please, Kagome, tell me what is going on," her mother begged. "And who is this man?"

"Mom, this is Sesshomaru-sama, Inuyasha's older half brother. Unlike Inuyasha, Sesshomaru is a full youkai and the Lord of the Western Lands."

That part was easy, but the next part was the hard part. She choked as she tried to find a way to break the news to her mother.

"Mom. On Midsummer Eve youkai choose their mates. Sesshomaru chose me so we are mated now. In accordance to Inuyoukai mating rights, I belong to him now."

Not quite the truth, but close enough. She didn't need to know that it had practically been rape. Her mother wouldn't understand such a thing and she didn't want her mother to worry.

"I see. Mating is like marriage?"

"Yes, only there is no ceremony and the males mark the female as his."

She showed her mother her mating mark, which had healed quickly. Her mother was staring at her stunned.

"This is a good thing because no other Youkai well try to harm me now. And if they do, Sesshomaru-sama will defend me. In a way, I am safer now than I was before."

There, that ought to put some positive light on the situation. Her mother continued to look at her a little stunned.

"So, you are mated. What did this ceremony involve?"

At this, Kagome choked. There was no way she could tell her mother she was raped three times a night for two nights in a row. She was thankful he had come back to his senses before the last night.

"Mates take each other to bed and the male marks the female in the throes of passion." Sesshomaru answered stoically.

"Thank you," she thought to him silently.

Simple and to the point. It let her mother know she was no longer a virgin without the horror of letting her know how she had lost it.

"Kagome, how long did you think about this? What about school?"

She choked again, skipping the first question to answer the second. "Mom, I don't think being Sesshomaru-sama's mate requires me to have a grade twelve education. Besides, I'll bring my books with me and study them. Except history. It's kind of redundant to study something your living," she chuckled, trying to lighten the mood.

"Will we see you again?"

Kagome hesitated.

　

　

"Yes," Sesshomaru answered for her.

She looked at him in surprise before offering him a bright smile, the first one he had ever seen on her. It only added to her already acceptable features. He had never seen her smile before. Usually her face held fear, sorrow, or worry when he met her. Considering the circumstances their meetings tended to involve, that was truly no surprise.

"Well in that case, congratulations dear. I am sure you will want to run upstairs and pack a few items to bring back with you."

"Thanks mom. I will do that," she ran up the stairs after glancing at him for permission. He granted it with a slight nod of his head.

The moment she was gone her mother turned a frown on him. This human was far wiser than she looked.

"What really happened? Why is my daughter with you and not Inuyasha?" she asked in a surprisingly calm voice.

He explained it to her. All of how a youkai losses control of themselves on Mid-summer's eve, although he left out the part of her unwilling rape, making it sound like Kagome had been willing. After all, he was not lying when he said she hadn't fought him. As to Inuyasha's whereabouts. That he truly did not know.

Her mother responded with the typical, you better not have mated her for her power or make her unhappy or I'll make you pay speech. He listened to it with half an ear. After all she was no threat to him, although he did find it rather amusing.

After the 'mother death threat speech,' she suggested he head up stairs to help her pack. This he did do. After all he wanted to talk to her alone before they left. He made it to the top of the stairs as the two males returned. He followed her scent to her room and found her solemnly packing books, well done portraits that looked very real, sanitary supplies, and other items into a giant suitcase.

"I guess I shouldn't bother packing much in the way of clothes, should I?" she asked solemnly. "I doubt any of this is acceptable by your standards."

"You are correct in that."

She nodded, just throwing in socks, underclothes, and her pyjamas. She did throw in a few pieces of clothing just so she could be reminded of home once in a while.

"What are these books?" he asked.

"My school lessons. I was going to graduate this year," she answered.

"You are educated?"

"All children are educated in my time. It is required we go to school," she answered.

"What are these made from?" he asked, referring to the pictures.

"Oh, those are photos. You take a picture of something with a camera and bring the camera in and you get these photos back. If you truly let me come back I can take a few pictures with my camera and have them developed to show you," she offered.

"You may bring this item."

　

　

Kagome nodded her head as she added one of many of her cameras to her bag. She ran to the bathroom and returned with her hairbrush, several bottles of shampoo and conditioner, her toothbrush, two tubes of toothpaste, and two bottles of body soap.

"I don't know how long this is going to last, but it should be good for a couple of months," she thought as she added it to her bag.

Alright. Undergarments, clothes, bathroom supplies plus monthly stuff. Camera, photo albums and several pictures. A few other personal items she wrapped up in the few pieces of clothes she was bringing.

She packed her bag full of anything she thought she could not live without. Just as she finished, her mother called them down for tea. She dragged the heavy suitcase to the door before Sesshomaru effortlessly picked it up.

"Thank you," she said as she led him back down stairs. "When are we leaving?"

"Right after you have your tea and say goodbye."

"Alright. Thank you�.. for letting me see my family again. It means a lot to me," she whispered as she fought back another wave of tears.

She joined her family and quickly filled in the two males in on who he was and the fact that they were now 'married.' Tea went by quickly and by evening they were back in the feudal era traveling west; Kagome wearing a pair of her own running shoes and Sesshomaru carrying her bag.

The moment they came through the other side, he leaped into the air. They never touched the ground as he flew forward. She clutched onto his back the same way she rode with Inuyasha, only this was far faster and she had to be conscious of his armour.

It was midnight by the time they stopped and he set her down. She was trembling a little, but recovered quickly as she sat down and pulled out a bit of the food her mother had forced on her.

"Inuyasha," she thought as she looked up at the stars through the tree canopy. "I bet he'll think I deserted him. He's going to be furious when he finds out what happened," she thought sadly.

　

And here be chapter 2. Please recall this was originally written and posted in 2004. I would not be surprised to discover several of today�s ficts may have actually been inspired by this one. It is seven years old.

Thank you so much for those of you that took the time to review. I honestly got a bigger response than I was anticipating.

Ah yes, sit verses the official Osuwari. One reason to keep Osuwari is because of the language barrier. I didn�t want Inuyasha hitting the ground every time Kagome says words like SITuation. I don�t recall to well, but I don�t think it is used too often that you will find it annoying.

There was originally a lot more Japanese in this, but it got annoying so I switched it out. Words like Hai, Ile, Gomen, etc use to be in heavy use, but they got annoying and now I only use them if I feel the English word doesn�t fit properly.
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