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Winter Wind	By : inuyoukai8 Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Kagome > Sessh?maru/Kagome Views: 39773 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 11
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Kagome woke sometime later to the silken slide of heated water against her flesh. Slowly, she opened her eyes to find Sesshoumaru staring down at her. The familiar ceiling of the bathing chamber came into focus.
“You seemed restless.” Sesshoumaru told her as he sank to sit on the low stone shelf, submerging them up their shoulders. Kagome flushed, she might now be his mate, but she was not used to be naked with him. Sesshoumaru watched the color steal over her cheeks and bit back a chuckle.
His lady was still quite innocent to the ways of the flesh. He lifted a clawed hand to cup her cheek and draw her lips to his own. Unlike the furious, needful kisses that they had shared previously, this one was slow, lazy, and meant only to show his ever growing affections for her.
Kagome moaned softly at the expert caress of his tongue against hers, her slender arms twining about his pale neck. Sesshoumaru broke the kiss and brushed his nose along her brow. “Do not tempt me Kagome.” He murmured, “I do not wish to hurt you. I would like your body to heal first.”
Kagome bit her lip and wriggled off his lap, shyly turning her back as she began to bathe. She was tender, her muscles stiff and slightly sore. She glanced back to where Sesshoumaru reclined in the water, looking perfect and regal as always. She turned herself back around and dipped beneath the hot water.
‘I am bound to him now….. will he let me use the well and return home like Inuyasha does? I wonder if he brought me in here because sweaty human stinks? Was it ok?’ Kagome’s mind looped madly through an unending spiral of questions and concerns.
She knew him, but did she know him well enough? What would happen now? Inuyasha was going to be furious, Koga too. Had she made a terrible mistake? She loved him, yes, but would that be enough? Inuyasha sprang to mind again, this time in the loneliness of his childhood. What did her future now hold?
Sesshoumaru watched her surface, saw the flash of emotion across her features and sighed. It seemed that his lady’s thoughts were in turmoil. He did not fault her for it. Her life had just changed forever. “Kagome.” He said quietly, “Your fears echo in this place. Share them with me so I may lay them to rest.”
Kagome slicked her wet hair back. There were some things that she wasn’t ready to share with him just yet. “I can’t share all of them” she said honestly, “I’m not even sure what some of them are. So much has happened recently that I haven’t really processed it all.”
Sesshoumaru inclined his head, silently urging her to continue.
Kagome sat on the shelf opposite him, and started at the silver tendrils of his long hair dancing in the water. “But there are some things I would like to talk about now.” She took a deep breath, and then hurried on. “You aren’t going to change your mind are you?”
Sesshoumaru blinked, his golden eyes like molten honey in the steamy space. He should by all accounts be highly offended by this question. Still, she was human, and humans were flightly with affections. He recalled his father and sighed, it might be fair to lump demons in there too.
“I will not.” He said simply. “I am not the kind to make decisions lightly. I have considered this for some time. I have made my choice and will not go back on it.”
Kagome supposed that was comforting enough, “But what if you decide that a human woman is not enough…. to keep… you happy.”
He lifted a brow, “My happiness is not contingent upon anyone but myself. If you look for your happiness in others you will be vastly disappointed. I am happy as I am, you by my side is merely an additional factor of happiness.”
Kagome pondered his words. This was also true, it might chafe a tad that he hadn’t blurted out her praises, but then Sesshoumaru really wasn’t like that was he? “Will you let me go home from time to time?”
He blinked, “You mean vanish through the well?”
She started, “How’d you..”
“Inuyasha would haunt that well for days on end, it was not difficult to catch your scent in the darkness of it. I do not understand how or why the well works.”
“It’s a door” She whispered, “Between this time and my own. Mom, grandpa and Sota are back there. I haven’t seen them since I came here. They are probably really worried about me.”
Sesshoumaru considered his response for a moment, “You will want to tell them that you have bound yourself to me?”
She nodded.
“Then we shall leave once the messengers have left the fortress with the announcement of our mating. It will take at last a month to prepare for the binding ceremony.”
“Binding ceremony? Is that like a wedding?”
“In a way. It is not a requirement. However, demons of my stature are expected to formally present mates and bestow privilege upon them.”
Kagome’s brow furrowed in question, “Privilege?”
He nodded, actively washing his hair now, “Yes, it makes the transfer of my titles and lands known far and wide Any slight or insult to you, is a declaration of war on myself. It also makes all heirs of the named mate legitimate.”
“Heirs?” Kagome squeaked, flushing red again.
Sesshoumaru half smirked behind the cloud of his hair, “Indeed. I have no doubt there will be many. The ceremony will also bind our lifelines together.”
“What does that mean exactly?”
“You will live as long as I do, provided that your body is not damaged too greatly.”
Kagome blinked, “Oh wow.” So she could still die, but if she wasn’t hurt too badly, she could live for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. Cool. No, she corrected. Weird, she could potentially meet her mom or grandpa as youngsters.
“Doesn’t that throw off important things?”
“Such as?”
“I don’t know… my birth for example?”
He chuckled, “No. You have already been born in your time. You won’t be born a second time. Your soul is already present in the world. Therefore, it need not be born again.”
Kagome nodded, trying to reconcile herself with the information he had just given her. It made her head hurt, so she shelved it for the time being. “Thank you.”
He arched his brow in question.
“For letting me see my family.” She added.
“They have become mine as well.”
She smiled shyly, “Right. What if you can’t get through the well? I would go alone, you know?”
“Inuyasha manages. I should think that I would have no troubles breaching the boundary.”
“But..I think it has something to do with the jewel.”
“Then we shall carry a shard as a precaution.”
“I dunno…”
“Kagome, we won’t know until we try to cross. Put this worry from your mind for now.”

She nodded. Sesshoumaru had reached out a hand to her and she accepted it, allowing him to draw her closer. When she was seated between his thighs, he gently massaged cleanser through her hair. “That reminds me” she murmured as she closed her eyes, “I want to stock up on some supplies when we are there. Shampoo and conditioner for one.”

Kagome felt refreshed after her bath, most of her stiffness had been banished by the hot water. Now, Enoa hurried to dress her.

She had asked if Kagome was hurt. If Kagome understood what had happened. Did Kagome need anything?
“No. Yes. Not really. Calm down Enoa.”
The demoness chuckled at her own flustered behavior. “I’m sorry, I am just very happy.”
Kagome smiled and nodded, “Me too. Thanks. Uh, Enoa, I notice that these kimonos are different.”
Sesshoumaru walked in as Enoa was gathering the high neck of the silk undergown against Kagome’s throat. This was the only difference, but it was noticeable. “It is because from this day forward, you will only bare your throat to me. Others may not see it.”
Kagome blinked. “Wha….?”
Enoa smiled at her, “This is a vulnerable area. One that is only to be seen or touched by one’s mate. Baring your throat to him is a sign of submission and affection.”
Kagome nodded, ‘demon culture is so complex.’
Sesshoumaru waited until Enoa had neatly tied the obi in place and then surveyed his mate. Enoa had twisted her long, dark tresses into a loose, yet elegant knot atop her head. Wrapped in ever darkening shades of green silk, Kagome looked the very image of the polished lady she was expected to be.
Sesshoumaru stepped closer and slipped a shining chain around her slender neck. A large opal shimmered from between her breasts. She could see the intricate carvings atop it. “This looks like your seal” she said, looking up at him.
He stepped back, “So it is, now it is yours as well.”
She closed her fingers over the brilliant stone, “Thank you. Erm, Sesshoumaru, I’d like to check on Inuyasha and Koga.”
He led her to the door, “Of course. I have sent for the messengers, we shall leave in half an hour’s time.”
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