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Sesshomaru and the Forgiving Soul	By : LadyRed7 Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Kagome > Sessh?maru/Kagome Views: 19113 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 5
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Chapter 30:

Kagome groaned as the early morning light hit her face. Rolling over to avoid the light she came in contact with a warm body. Suddenly she sat straight up with wide eyes as all the events of the previous night came crashing down on her. A chuckle brought her attention back to the warm body still lying next to her. Kagome blushed before looking down at her hands.

“Good morning,” Kagome whispered to the demon lord at her side. Sesshomaru reached out lazily and pulled her back to his side. She remained tense in his arms for a few moments before he sighed. Kagome suddenly found herself pinned under Sesshomaru looking into a set of amused golden eyes.

“Nothing has changed from yesterday and yet you are suddenly nervous in my presence.” Kagome blushed again before carefully avoiding his eyes. She nodded her head.

“Although I wouldn’t say that ‘nothing’ has changed, Maru.” Sesshomaru chucked again before kissing her. Kagome slowly relaxed into the kiss, returning it with eagerness. Slowly the kiss softened before he pulled away. He looked deeply into her eyes, his burning with passion and lust.

“Indeed.” Sesshomaru rolled to the side, bringing her with him to lie on his chest. Kagome laid her head just above his heart and listened to the steady tempo. Her eyes started to droop as she was slowly lulled back to sleep by his heart beat. Sesshomaru lay with his arms wrapped around the miko deep in thought.

Last night Kagome had formally accepted his claim to mate her. In front of the court and her friends she submitted to him by bearing her neck and allowing him to place his mark on her. Sesshomaru smiled to himself for a moment before it faded. This was only the beginning of their courtship he knew. There were steps that had to be taken between them as well as facing some other outside obstacles. Theirs had not been a normal courtship. He would normally give her gifts symbolizing his status, wealth, strength and ability to provide before the discussion of mating had come up. Because of his status and hers it had been difficult to approach her at first. She did not claim any of the four territories as her home, nor bow to any of the ruling lords. Even when he knew that she was to be his mate, he could not approach her.

When she had presented the kimono to Rin, he could have hugged her right then. Because she had submitted, even unintentionally, to his ruling he finally had his chance to approach her. His first gift was the kimono, showing that he could provide for her. When she did finally accept his first gift, the courtship had begun. His second gift was the necklace, showing her his status. The blue crescent moon was the symbol of a long and powerful clan of inu youkai. The sapphire it was crafted from was taken from the ground it’s self by one of his forefathers and passed down more generations then he could count. Before the mating could take place he still needed to provide her with proof of his strength as well as his wealth. Technically because she already accepted he was not required to go any further in the courting steps, but he wanted to make sure that she had no doubts about her choice. Even though he said he would not let her back out, there was still a chance that she could change her mind. If she wasn’t committed to the mating then the ritual would not take hold. He had three weeks before the date of their mating to complete everything.

Sesshomaru looked down at the woman lying on his chest and smiled. He ran his hand through her hair gently and smiled softly again. His face became stone when he heard a knock on the door.

“My Lord, I have clothes for Lady Kagome for her training session.” Sesshomaru looked down at Kagome still sleeping with a raised brow.

“Enter, quietly.” Mika quietly entered the room and bowed low to Sesshomaru. “Explain.” Mika whispered the story about the incident at the training grounds the day before yesterday. Once she was finished she bowed again and left. Sesshomaru nudged Kagome awake. She looked up at him and yawned.

“It is time to get up?” Sesshomaru nodded. Kagome rolled off of him and stretched before sitting up.

“You did not tell me about training the guards.” Kagome blushed deeply and looked at her hands. She sighed and nodded.

“I didn’t think about telling you with everything that’s been going on. I love archery and, to be completely honest, your men suck at it. There are some who show promise in the field, so I had General Takio pull them aside and I’m going to train them to shoot better. Is that a problem?” Sesshomaru just looked at her and shook his head.

“Sometimes I forget how different you are to the Lady’s here. Only you would train soldiers when you could have anything you wanted delivered on a whim.” Kagome blushed.

“I don’t need a lot, and I’m more than capable of getting what I need without asking someone for it. I like helping people. And even if they don’t see it now, it will be a great asset to those who are getting the training. Which reminds me,” Kagome straightened and turned to Sesshomaru with a serious look on her face, “Rin wants to learn how to shoot too. I would love to teach her but I wanted to get your okay first. I figured it wouldn’t be a problem.” He frowned deeply.

“She is too young-” Kagome cut him off and rolled her eyes.

“She is not too young. There are kids far younger than her that are learning to fight in some way or another. She’s not asking to use a sword; she just wants to shoot some arrows. No opponent, unless you don’t think she can handle a wooden circle with paint on it.” Sesshomaru growled low.

“She is my daughter-“ Kagome threw her hands in the air and shot out of bed.

“She is our daughter, and a demon. She will need training soon anyway when her demonic powers begin to manifest and archery isn’t even as dangerous as that.” Sesshomaru stood up and looked down at her. She had her hands on her hips and her powers were circling her form as her anger spiked.

“Why does she want to learn?” Kagome took a deep breath and calmed her anger.

“She saw me shooting the other day. She seemed really excited to learn.” Sesshomaru handed her the clothes Mika delivered earlier in silence. Kagome sighed and began to pull on her clothes. Once she was dressed she turned away from the still silent demon and pulled her hair up into a high tail. Once she was dressed she left the room. Before she shut the door behind her she heard his words.

“Very well, miko. Train our daughter.” Kagome smiled and skipped down the hall to Rin’s room. She opened the door with a flourish and started the maid trying to wake Rin.

“I’ve got it. Thank you.” The maid bowed and then left. She went to the bed and grabbed the clovers before ripping them off Rin. Rin shot out of bed with a yelp. She wrapped her arms around herself to fight the early morning chill.

“Momma! Why did you do that?” Kagome smiled down at her daughter and grinned.

“You needed to get up to start your first day of training.” Rin pouted while rubbing her arms then her whole face lit up.

“Papa said Rin could train with a bow?” Kagome smiled and went to her closet.

“Yep, but training is very early in the morning, so no more sleeping in.” Kagome flipped through her clothes while Rin squealed from her bed. The more Kagome looked she began frowning. “You don’t have anything in here that isn’t a kimono.”

“Rin knows. I’m not allowed to have anything else.” Kagome just shook her head.

“Kimono’s aren’t good for training. I’ll talk to the seamstress about proper training clothes this afternoon.” Kagome pulled down a plain blue kimono and handed it to Rin.

“Wear this for today and come down to the field, okay?” Rin nodded. Kagome left the room and Rin’s maid slipped back in. She stopped at her room to pick up her bow and quiver before heading down to the training field. Once she saw the amount of people waiting for her she paused. General Takio stepped up to her and bowed.

“When word got around that the Shikon Miko was going to be training some of the soldiers, everyone wanted to see if it was true.” Kagome glanced over everyone and nodded.

“Very well, have anyone not included in the training move outside of the archery fields.” Kagome moved passed him but stopped after a few steps. “General.”

“Yes, milady?”

“Let my daughter into the field once she arrives, she begins her training today as well.” A low murmur fell over the assembled demons as she continued into the fields. The twelve demons she honed in on the other day were standing together in two neat rows. Kagome looked them over carefully. They each were different heights, but they each carried the same bow. She frowned and motioned the General to her side.

“They each have the same bow. Why aren’t they made to fit the height of the person shooting them?” He looked over the bows and then Kagome held up hers. Unlike the short bows the soldiers carried, she had a long bow. For her five and a half foot frame, the bow looked too big but Takio knew that she could shoot it like a pro.

“I will get the weapon smith here to speak with you about crafting new bows.” Kagome nodded and smiled.

“Thank you, Takio.”

“Let me through! Momma!” Kagome jerked her head around and saw some of the soldiers keeping her daughter from the field. Kagome handed her bow to Takio before headed right for the demons. The one in the back snickered as she came for them and elbowed his friend. Once Kagome made her way to them she swung. Her fist connected with a hand but it was quickly pulled back as her powers burned him. Her second punch was met without resistance, so she caught him right in the nose, followed by a quick knee to the groin. The demon dropped and Kagome stepped up to the second one. She blocked a punch, pushed aside a jab and a kick before the demon disappeared. Kagome growled and turned to find Sesshomaru holding the guard in the air.

“I was handling it just fine, Sesshomaru. No one is going to respect me if you interfere all the time.” Sesshomaru looked down at her and quirked an eye brow.

“Really?”

“Yeah, really. If they think that you’re going to protect me all the time, they fear getting their asses kicked by you. If you let me handle it myself, they will either learn to respect me or be afraid I’ll purify their butts straight to hell.” Sesshomaru looked at the guard in his hand and then around at the other soldiers.

“Very well, Kagome. You may handle this one on your own.” He then released the demon and then backed away. Kagome flashed him a smile.

“Thank you, Sesshomaru.” Kagome waited for the demon to regain his feet before she went on the offensive. The demon blocked the punch to his face, but completely missed the knee to the groin that took out his friend. When he dropped to his knees in pain, Kagome grabbed the back of his head and brought her other knee up to get him in the nose. When Kagome released him, he fell dazed to the ground. Kagome flashed another smile to Sesshomaru before calling Rin over.

“Were these two the only ones giving you problems?” Rin nodded, wide-eyed at her mother. “Good. Go stand over with the General for now okay?” Rin nodded again before running over to her assigned place. Kagome narrowed her eyes and looked around her.

“Does anyone else have a problem taking orders from me?” A low murmur spread through everyone. Demons were shaking their heads and sticking up their hands in an ‘I mean no harm’ gesture. No one wanted to cross her. Kagome’s glare turned into a breathtaking smile that she turned on Sesshomaru. “See, I’m good.” Sesshomaru nodded.

“Very well, I shall leave you to your training then,” Sesshomaru leaned down to her ear, “I will see you at lunch, miko.” Kagome blushed and nodded.

“Hai!” Sesshomaru walked back to the shiro and Kagome turned back to her training. “Okay, how about we try this again?”
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