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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 3

Kouga-Kun

"Where is she? She should have been back today," Shippo asked worried as they all sat around Keade's house.

"Keh. Probably had a test again. She said something about finals coming up," Inuyasha answered.

"You're not worried Inuyasha?" Miroku asked calmly. "It is rare for Kagome-sama to be late."

"I'm going to the well to wait for her," Shippo announced as he bolted forward.

"Oi, Shippo wait," Inuyasha shouted as he chased after the kitsune.

They raced to the well good-naturedly. After all, Kagome probably did just have a test and that was why she was late. They made it to the clearing, Miroku and Sango winning the race with Shippo on Sango's shoulder.

Inuyasha and Kirara grinded to a halt the moment they entered the clearing, the nekoyoukai's fur rising as she hissed.

"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" Sango asked when she noticed they had stopped, her hand going to her weapon out of habit.

A look of horror was on Inuyasha's face as he sniffed around the clearing.

"It can't be," he whispered as he sniffed around. "Kagome!" he shouted as he bolted off.

"Kirara," Sango called as the cat transformed and raced after Inuyasha, the three remaining companions on her back.

"Inuyasha, what is it?" Shippo asked, fear in his voice as Kirara flew next to him.

"I smell Kagome, and Sesshomaru," he shouted in rage. "The scent is at least four or five days old. She never made it to the well!"

"Inuyasha, calm down. Sesshomaru is a Taiyoukai. I am sure he kept control of himself and is just holding Kagome-sama in exchange for Tetsusaiga," Miroku tried to calm the hanyou down.

"Keh. That's not his style. His scent was too strong. Kagome was too much of a tempting target. That night even Sesshomaru would have had a hard time trying to resist her. She was powerful, in heat, unmarked and untouched. Damn it, I should have escorted her home before sealing myself up. Damn it, why didn't any of you escort her to the well?" he shouted angrily.

Nobody answered. Looking back they should have accompanied her. But if Sesshomaru had wanted her then there would have been nothing they could have done to stop him had he pushed the issue, short of dying of course.

They followed the trail for the entire day before coming to the cave as the sun was setting. They looked around as Inuyasha ran to the pile of furs, clearly having been disturbed recently. Fresh ashes, still slightly warm, in the fire pit spoke of recent use.

"Damn it!" Inuyasha shouted in frustration. "Their scent is all over these. I can smell her blood. The bastard hurt her," he snapped in rage.

"Inuyasha, did he�." Sango couldn't bring herself finish the sentance.

Inuyasha merely nodded his head, his eyes burning with a heat they could all feel. He could smell it all over the place. Snarling, he got a fire started and burned the hides. The scent of burning fur permeated the air.

"Inuyasha, is she still alive?" Shippo asked once he recovered from crying.

"Yeah. I think so," he started following their scent again.

At a few points Sesshomaru's ran off from Kagome's, but it always came back. He was shocked when the trail led him back to the well. Praying his brother had left her at home he jumped through the well. He came back an hour later, his bangs hiding his eyes and his body trembling.

"Inuyasha?" Miroku called hesitantly.

"The bastard�..The bastard�he�" Inuyasha snarled. "The bastard marked her," he shouted to the others gasp.

"He what? Why? How?" Miroku demanded.

"Her mother wasn't very specific. They showed up yesterday afternoon and told her they were mated and that Kagome would only come home to visit," he answered with a snarl, hitting the ground with his fist. "I'm going to kill him. How dare he?" he shouted.

"Kagome-sama is still alive. She must have been able to pacify him. Astonishing. Not many women would survive the ravaging of a taiyoukai out of control," Miroku mused.

"Kagome," Shippo cried. "I want to see Kagome."

"Shippo-chan, easy. Inuyasha, what kind of condition did her mother say she was in? Was she injured at all?" Sango asked.

"No. Her mother said she looked fine and her brother said she was wearing a very expensive kimono. There was no violence, even when the old man tried to throw wards at Sesshomaru. They packed some of her stuff and left," he answered in a growl.

"Houshi-sama. If Inuyasha is acting this bad, how do you think Kouga is going to act when he finds out?" Sango asked quietly.

"I predict he will try to get Kagome-sama back by any means necessary," Miroku answered.

"Let's go," Inuyasha commanded as he stood up and started marching west.

"We are going to rescue Kagome?" Shippo asked hopefully.

"Keh. I'm just not going to let any wimpy ookami kill my brother when I have first dibs on him," Inuyasha answered smartly.

The others sighed in exasperation. Only Inuyasha would say such a stupid thing at a time like this. And he wonders why Kagome is always mad at him.

　

　

Kagome was grateful the rest of the trip was made by foot. She wasn't sure her stomach could handle traveling at such speeds again. By now Inuyasha must have learned what had happened and was most likely looking for her. It was a confrontation she felt even less secure about then the one she had faced with her family.

Right now she was more worried about fulfilling her quest for the jewel shards. She wasn't sure if Sesshomaru would let her continue looking for them seeing as how he had no interest in them at all. He did, however, have an interest in hunting down Naraku and she knew he let Rin travel with him so there would be no surprise if she was able to go as well.

And if he didn't care about the Shikon no tama then there would be no problems with her taking it from Naraku once the despicable hanyou was dead. She severally doubted that Sesshomaru would not command her to hand it over to him. That was at least one worry off of her chest.

She stopped suddenly as she picked up the presence of two jewel shards moving towards her at high speeds.

"Oh no," she thought desperately as she recognized the youki coming towards her at very high speed. "Please, Kouga-kun, not now," she pleaded silently.

　

　

Sesshomaru stopped moving shortly after Kagome had. His eyes displayed his displeasure at her sudden lack of movement before he whipped his head the other way, picking up Kouga's scent and figuring correctly Kagome had sensed the oncoming youki. He instantly forgave her for stopping and his displeasure, at least towards her, turned to satisfaction. If this ookamiyoukai was a threat he would prefer to know where she was so he would be better able to defend her.

The ookami prince appeared before Kagome in an instant flash of wind and dirt.

"Oi, Kagome," Kouga greeted cheerfully.

Kouga�s look of cheer didn�t last long until it was replaced by a look of anger as he noticed the obvious changes in her scent.

"Hi, Kouga-kun," she greeted with a noticeable forced warmth the fool seemed oblivious too.

So, she knew him. That was a little surprising. Then again, wasn't this the same ookami who had those two buffoon's following him around and had a quarrel with his useless brother?

"Your scent changed. Did dog face touch you?" Kouga demanded. "I am going to kill him for touching my woman," Kouga shouted angrily.

"Do not shout at my Mate," Sesshomaru ordered sternly from behind him.

For the first time Kouga seemed to notice Sesshomaru presence.

"What?" Kouga seemed confused by this point.

　

　

Kagome sighed inward. This was not going to be an easy situation to deal with. Unfortunately, Kouga's confusion didn't last long until it turned to anger again, and unlike Inuyasha, Sesshomaru would have no qualms, and easily had the capability, to dispose of the annoyance.

"How dare you touch my woman?" Kouga shouted, moving away from her and taking a few steps towards Sesshomaru.

"I am not your woman," Kagome grumbled, knowing he wouldn't hear her as always.

"She was unmarked," Sesshomaru said coldly, turning to face Kouga completely now.

"That's because I was going to kill dog face first. Speaking of him, I'm going to kill him after I kill you for failing to protect her," Kouga cried as he bolted forward.

"Kouga-kun, wait!" Kagome shouted, trying to grab him before he could do anything stupid.

Jewel shards or not, Sesshomaru was far more powerful then Kouga, and while she found Kouga's constant insistences that she was his woman annoying, he was still a good friend who had helped them a lot in the past and had saved her life a few times.

"Kouga-kun!" she shouted again.

Kouga launched himself at Sesshomaru, fist leading the way. Sesshomaru only looked bored before moving aside at the last second. A wall of dust was tossed up as Kouga's fist hit the ground, leaving a small crater.

"Bastard," Kouga shouted, jumping at Sesshomaru again.

Kagome could only watch in horror, knowing Sesshomaru would not be amused by Kouga for long.

"Stop it," She demanded.

Kouga didn't listen. She looked around for anything to use to stop the two fighting youkai. Nothing. Now more than ever she wished she had her bow. She was going to have to ask Sesshomaru if she could get one later.

She covered her face with an arm as dust was flung past her as Kouga missed his target yet again. Sesshomaru finally seemed to grow bored of the ookamiyoukai's continued attempts to lay harm to him as he finally lashed back at Kouga, his fist connecting with Kouga's face and sending the ookami flying to crash into a tree behind Kagome before falling to the ground.

"Bastard," Kouga snarled as he got to his feet, swaying slightly but clearly ready to continue the fight.

Sesshomaru drew Toukijin and Kagome felt the first stirrings of true panic. Kouga ran past her and she watched in horror as Sesshomaru brought Toukijin forward, the flat of the blade facing Kouga.

The youki force from the blade flung Kouga back as she had watched it do to Inuyasha in the past. Kouga snared and peeled himself from the ground before launching himself at Sesshomaru again.

"Doesn't he get the hint Sesshomaru could kill him anytime he wants?" she wondered in blind panic.

Kouga was tossed aside again, flying past her to crash into a different tree. This one broke and fell on top of him, pinning the injured and exhausted ookamiyoukai to the ground on his back.

Sesshomaru walked towards him, Toukijin still drawn. Kagome realized at the last second that this time the blade would strike true, ending Kouga's life.

"No," she shouted as she ran towards them, throwing herself in front of Kouga with arms held out to block him. "Please don't kill him. He just thought he was protecting me," she begged desperately.

"Move," he commanded coldly.

"No. I won�t let you kill one of my friends. It's your fault I am in this situation in the first place," she shouted angrily.

　

　

Kagome started to glow a faint pink as her miko powers reacted to her anger. The shock had finally worn off and now anger and desperation was clearly starting to replace her earlier fear. Sesshomaru had no problem figuring out whom that anger was levelled at. It was technically his fault they were mated, although he would never admit to making a mistake.

During the last Midsummer Eve with a full moon he had never lost control. Not even when he had picked up the scent of the powerful female youkai that were in heat. If anything, he had been bored out of his mind doing paper work while his father was out gallivanting around the country side with every woman he came across, be they youkai or human.

Come to think of it, wasn't it just shortly after that night that Inuyasha's mother had come into his life? He had never considered that possibility before. He had been too hurt to care or notice what day it had been. He made a mental note to come back to this topic while pushing it aside to pay attention to what was going on before him.

"Don't defend me from him Kagome. I'll kill him and take you as mine," Kouga snarled, tossing the tree off of him and standing up beside her.

Kagome turned around and slapped Kouga, taking both youkai by surprise.

"I am not, nor was I ever, your woman Kouga." she shouted, her slap burning the ookami from her purifying powers as her anger spiked.

Sesshomaru allowed Toukijin to fall to his side, the ookamiyoukai no longer a threat to him or her.

"Sesshomaru could kill you in an instant. He is far more powerful than Inuyasha and you should be thankful he didn't kill you in the first swing of Toukijin," she shouted angrily. "Kouga-kun," she said more softly, "I am glad you are worried about me, but what is done is done and nothing can change it."

"I could kill him. That would set you free," Kouga offered.

"No, you couldn't kill him. I don't want anyone to die for me. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if someone died for me. Besides, Ayame-chan is still waiting for you and you promised her. Kouga-kun, could you do me a favour?"

"Anything."

Kagome walked to her bag before returning with a small piece of paper that she handed to Kouga.

"Give this to Inuyasha for me."

She handed him the item. It was a picture of her and Inuyasha, sleeping back to back during one of their rare moments of intimacy. She wasn't even aware the picture had been taken until after she had developed the film, although she was sure she knew who had taken the picture.

"Miroku always did have a good eye for things like this," she thought in sad amusement. "Please give this to him and," she choked, "and tell him not to come after me. Please do this for me?" she begged.

"Anything for you Kagome," Kouga promised, taking her hands in his own before giving her a hug, resulting in a warning glare and slight growl from Sesshomaru.

"Thank you, Kouga-kun."

"Oi. If you hurt her, I'll kill you," Kouga threatened as he disappeared to the East, leaving the two of them alone to watch his dust trail linger off in the distance.

She turned to thank Sesshomaru for sparing Kouga's life and was shocked when the next thing she knew she was pinned to a tree, his face scant inches from hers.

"Never interfere with my fights again," he snarled. "This Sesshomaru does not hide behind his mate, less so a human woman," he snapped.

　

　

The scent of her fear was overwhelming and very intoxicating. Her power was still spiked from Midsummer's Eve and the last traces of her heat was still lingering. She also smelt like Kouga, something his youkai blood refused to allow.

His eyes started to flash red as his anger started to take over. Kagome huddled in fear, keeping her gaze down and held very still, obviously hoping he regained control before anything happened.

"Damn," he cursed as he stepped back a few steps.

He was not going to win this fight and he knew it. His blood demanded that Kouga's scent be removed and replaced with his own. The lingering of Midsummer's Eve still held a bit of power.

"Never touch an adult male again," he snarled. "Now my blood demands I remove the scent from you."

"I'll take a bath," she offered with a submissive whisper.

"It won't work," he growled, his eyes flashing red again

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He was losing control quickly. He needed to do something before he lost it completely.

"Disrobe," he ordered.

"What?" she squeaked.

"Do not argue unless you wish me to lose control and do it for you," he snarled.

She whimpered at the rage in his voice. Her hands trembled as she allowed the kimono she was wearing to slip to the ground. She hadn't changed since putting it on so she wasn't wearing any underclothes yet.

"Lay down, on your back," he snarled as he approached her again.

Whimpering, she complied, squeezing her eyes shut in fear. She heard the rustle of cloth and it wasn't long until she felt his naked body next to hers. It was worse this time because this time she knew he was somewhat under control.

His mouth found her neck and began to explore savagely as he struggled to alleviate his boiling blood. His hand absently stroked one of her breast and the contact seemed to push back some of the wall of red he was seeing.

Her skin felt like silk and he was surprised at that. His mouth worked its way up her neck, across her jaw, and to her mouth.

"Open your mouth," he whispered aggressively.

She complied without resistance.

He thrust his tongue in, surprise at her taste. For a human she tasted rather good. Her mouth was clean and her teeth perfectly formed, something difficult to find among humans. Her body was rigid at first, but his gentle ministrations were slowly starting to relax her as she realized he had no intentions of going any further than necessary. The more she relaxed, the more control he regained.

Finally, he broke away from her, his blood back under control. She opened her eyes to look up at him in surprise. He leaned back in and whispered in her ear.

"If you wish to stay out of my bed human, never let another male touch you. The more you have of their scent on you, the stronger my blood will demand I remove it. Understand?"

"Hai," she whimpered.

"Good. Be thankful this Sesshomaru has as much control as I do or you would be beneath me again."

"I didn't know," she apologized softly.

　

　

Sesshomaru stood up and quickly dressed. Kagome pulled her kimono back on before following him in shocked silence as she realized how close she had been to being forced to mate with him again. She should have known better. Sango had mentioned it. Damn it, she wasn't thinking.

Night fell and they stopped for the evening. She started a small fire with the lighter she had packed, one of five, and dragged out some more of the food her mother had sent with her.

"How long until we get to your home?" she asked hesitantly of the silent figure leaning quietly against the tree across from her.

"We will get to our home in two more days," he answered, stressing the our.

She turned her attention back to the fire, watching it burn as she ate the food her mother had provided. The dancing flames helped a little to calm her riled up nerves. Living with him was going to be like living with a time bomb, never known when and what would set him off. Some things she already knew about. She mentally checked them off as a silent reminder.

"Let�s see. Open disobedience was a big one Sango warned me about. Best not to mention Inuyasha or the Tetsusaiga. Don't let other men touch me, learned that one the hard way. Come to think of it better not mention Kouga-kun either. Be respectful, another one Sango warned me about. Damn, I really broke all those rules earlier. No wonder he nearly lost it," she thought as she finished her supper. "Is there a stream nearby?" she asked.

He looked at her.

"I want to clean up," she answered the silent question, holding up her bath kit.

"Over there," he pointed off to the side.

"Thanks."

She stood up, bowed to him, and went in the direction he had pointed. Sure enough there was a small pond she used to wash up. She brushed her teeth and face first before leaning over the bank to wash her hair. She returned shortly, sitting across from him once more.

　

　

He tried to ignore her, but he could still pick up lingering traces of Kouga's scent over the scent of her cleaner. True it wasn't enough to give him much of a fight, but it was enough to make him twitchy. He was going to have to fix that. It also wouldn't do to have a mate who was as shy as she was. After all there were many ceremonies she would have to participate in when the other lords or important guest came.

Once again he thought back to Inuyasha's mother. He had known his father was interested in humans, but he had never figured Inutashio would mate with one. He thought back to when Inuyasha's mother had appeared in his life and realized it had been shortly after the last Midsummer's Eve with a full moon.

He was starting to get a new light on things. If Inutashio had mated her in the throes of Midsummer Eve of course the inutaiyoukai would bring her home and treat her as a proper mate, just as he was doing now with Kagome. Perhaps there was more to that story then he, in his youth and feelings of betrayal, had noticed.

There was no doubt his father had loved the human woman, and the appalling hanyou that had been the result of their mating. Would he learn love for this human? What would he do if she was with child? The child would be a hanyou.

The thoughts disturbed him as he studied her. She was beautiful for a human, and her scent was pleasant. She was astoundingly clean, mostly obedient thus far, and currently respectful. She was shy, confused and scared for the moment, but that was to be expected.

She pulled out her sleeping bag from her suitcase and curled up in it, leaving it unzipped as it was a very warm night. After several minutes her breathing evened out, indicating she had slipped into slumber.

She looked so much like and older Rin that it was almost slightly alarming. He felt a sudden rush of protectiveness towards her before he was able to brush most of it behind his emotional barriers.

She started to whimper in her sleep an hour or so later, clearly plagued by some terrible dream. He didn't have to think hard on what that dream was. He hit it on the head when he figured she was dreaming about the things he had done to her during his youkai blood control.

He walked over to her and lay down next to her, pulling her to his chest. She twisted in his arm and grabbed the front of his shirt, crying softly as she whimpered for him to stop.

He pulled her against him tighter and she calmed down, her breathing evening out again. He found it slightly amusing she would take comfort in the arm of the creature causing her the nightmares she was suffering from.

That was another thing he was going to have to fix. A mate should be respectful, but not fearful, of her mate. He was going to have to alleviate her fear of him. Yes, he would tell her he couldn't kill her. If she got too disrespectful of him with that knowledge he could always punish her. That was not forbidden or too deeply frowned upon.

She would need to be able to be touched by him without fear. To be able to touch him without fear. She would need to get over her body shyness, and quickly. No doubt Jaken had already alerted the other lords to his taking of a mate and they would be expecting an invitation to congratulate him soon.

And if she was with his child she would have to parade for the lords again when she gave birth. The first part he could play off as her nervousness for being in a new home, but the second time would be inexcusable. He would not have her disrespecting the other lords, intentionally or not.

His mind worked all night as he thought of the things he would have to tell her and teach her. Perhaps he should fly her to the castle instead of walking and give her time to become accustom to being with him. She would share his bed when they got there anyhow. They didn't have to do anything, just sleep together.

Damn, that was another thing he had forgotten. The three day ceremony expected them to consummate there mating and the lords would know if he did not mate with her. Their sense of smell would inform them. Regardless of anyone's desires they were going to have to mate twice more.

Perhaps it was best to get her settled into her new life quickly so she would be prepared for what would be expected of her, not to mention she would need time to learn the layout of the house and the duties expected of her.

Fortunately he recalled she was educated and apparently already knew how to read, write, and do math. That alone threw her above almost every other female human in all of Japan. Hell, it threw her ahead of almost every other female youkai as well!

"A pity she wasn't youkai. I would have the jealousy of the other lords. Still, a miko is impressive enough, especially one as powerful as she is. That alone will let the other lords overlook the fact she is human."

The sun rose and the woman in his arm stirred, her breathing speeding up as she awakened. She blinked blurry eyes at him, surprise written on her face and laced in her scent, followed quickly by embarrassment and then fear.

He let her go and stood up.

"Get ready to go. We will be at our estate come noon."

"I thought you said we still have two more days of travel," she was clearly confused as she rolled up and packed away her sleeping bag.

"I changed my mind," he answered in such a way that it was clear that questions were not welcomed nor was his decision to be challenged.

Her bag repacked and freshened up from a nearby stream, she hesitantly climbed onto his back as they took off at full speed. She clutched onto him in fear for a while, but soon calmed down and started to enjoy the feeling of the wind whipping past her.

He slowed down a little when he realized she was frightened and having a hard time breathing traveling at such high speeds. Now she was starting to relax and he noticed her scent change from fear to excitement. She was enjoying herself.

Good. She was calming down and become more relaxed in his presence. She even broke enough to giggle and laughed a little when his hair tickled her nose. She gasped in appreciation at the landscape when he took one leap high enough to give her a good view of the land she would be ruling over with him.

"Is that the estate?" she asked in a breathless awe when he leaped high a second time, his estate coming into sight.

"That is your new home," he confirmed.

　

　

Huge thank you for those of you that took the time to review. Midsummer�s Eve is 17 chapter�s long, so it will take a total of 17 weeks to post the whole thing as each chapter is edited and posted. I would say more but I got to do 6 updates today and am really busy. See you all next chapter.
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