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Rise Of The Shikon Miko	By : golden_eyes_hypnotize Category: InuYasha AU/AR > Het - Male/Female Views: 2628 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or the characters herein. I make no money by this writing. This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to real people is all in your head.

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Chapter 39

Life went on at the shiro while the couple slept. Inuyasha and Shiori hid in their room like rabbits, Kaede meditated and watched TV mysteries, Toga managed his business and lands and Izayoi checked up on Sesshoumaru and Kagome while making sure everyone met up for meals. Izayoi was anxious as the days passed but Toga urged her not to worry, the two had been apart for a long time and he knew from seeing couples separated from travel and war that this recuperation of body and soul was normal and wasn’t likely to last much longer.

Inuyasha saw it as a free for all to raid his brother’s kitchen, enjoy his mate and play in the onsen-filled caves—also while enjoying his mate. Jaken was sick of his bossiness and disrespect and planned to tell his Lord all about it as soon as he emerged from his chambers. He didn’t have long to wait.

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Morning light filtered in through the golden sheers on the windows and dust motes floated in the rays. A pale as moonlight, aquiline nose twitched as his mind made the transition from sleep to waking. Eyes still closed, he took in his surroundings, noting his location and that his chosen rested sprawled across his body. As if summoned by his thoughts, her fingers moved, grasping at the silver fur on his broad chest as her head nuzzled his shoulder. Her leg tested itself next, rubbing his thigh from knee to groin and back again before she embraced a full-body stretch. He opened his eyes to watch her open hers, enjoying her sleep-addled comfort with his body as she propped her head on his chest and looked up at him.

“Morning,” she said with smiling eyes.

“Good morning, miko.”

Her brow furrowed in consternation. “I’m not sure you’re allowed to call me that for the time being. I think your privileges have been suspended pending further investigation.”

He raised a dark eyebrow.

“S’true,” she said, blinking sleepily. “Arrogant liars do not get to act like everything is back to normal just because they finally decide to talk about their feelings, make yummy food, and invite tired girls into their beds.”

His brow climbed higher. ‘As my chosen would say, ouch.’ He was at a loss. How was he supposed to act?

“I’m hungry.”

Now that he knew how to handle.

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Jaken hadn’t been his Lord’s only retainer for centuries for nothing. Having anticipated his Lord and Lady’s hunger upon waking, he had been preparing extra food for them all week that could all be reheated in minutes. No sooner had he heard the shower in Lord Sesshoumaru’s room had he set the ovens to heating and brought out his dishes.

Kagome was doing the walk of shame back to the opposite side of the shiro. Her hair was an unholy mess that definitely made it look like she’d been doing more than sleeping and her clothes were crumpled and wrinkled. It was tempting to get cleaned in Sesshoumaru’s bathroom, but none of her stuff was there and there wasn’t a door. And it was just too…intimate…yet. She made her way down the long hallway, praying she wouldn’t run in to anyone, and finally slipped in the door to the suite she shared with her friends.

Friends that were on top of each other on the couch. Thank the Kami they still had their clothes on. Kagome made a beeline to her bathroom on tiptoe, hoping they wouldn’t notice her, but just as her hand was on the door Inuyasha called, “Hey, wench. Nice fuck-me hair.”

Her face soured and lips puckered in an angry pout as she turned toward him. “Yeah, you try sleeping for days and see what your hair looks like.”

“We missed you. So you moving back in?” His voice was a little too hopeful.

“Eager to get me out so you can keep enjoying your second honeymoon, pervert?” Shaking her head when he wiggled his eyebrows at her, she continued, “I think I’ll go back to the room in the family wing I went to first. We agreed to go to bed together since we’re both sleeping so poorly without each other but moving back in right away like nothing happened is a little too much for me.”

“I think that’s a good idea. Don’t rush it, hon. He’s inu so he’s probably going to be all over you for attention and reassurance, but giving yourself time to forgive him, and more important, to get over it, are more important than rushing back into his arms, no matter how good it feels,” Shiori said from Inuyasha’s lap.

Kagome’s eyes turned somber. “Yeah…” She suddenly wanted to change the subject. “Well, I have…how many days were we out again?...lots of days of grime to scrub off. And my mouth feels like a primeval swamp. It’s teeming with squishy life, I swear. Jaken is making us a feast for brunch. You should come if you haven’t eaten yet.” She tossed the last over her shoulder as she walked into the bathroom.

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The three of them walked into the dining room, pupils dilated and mouths watering just from all the delicious aromas. Inuyasha and Shiori had had a small breakfast earlier but Inuyasha was always hungry and never passed up free food. Jaken, sporting a suspicious bump on his head, was bringing in yet another serving plate, Sesshoumaru sat at the head of the table, and to his left sat his father and his mate with Kaede sitting beside Izayoi. When he saw them enter, Sesshoumaru stood and moved to pull out Kagome’s chair at his right. She smiled a shy smile and sat before he pushed her chair in.

She was all eyes looking at everything laid out. In fact, she was so busy looking, she didn’t realize Sesshoumaru had made her a plate until he set it down in front of her. “Oh!” she said in surprise. “You really didn’t have to do that. I would’ve—thank you.” She blushed.

Sesshoumaru only nodded and found his seat again, digging in to a Cornish game hen on his plate.

There was also one on her large platter. Indeed, there seemed to be a whole lot on her plate: a game hen, baked in rosemary, thyme and brown sugar substitute that had a delightful citrus perfusion to it that made her think it had been brined, a miniature salmon soufflé in a little white, ceramic baking cup, marbleized tea quail eggs, loin of lamb with horseradish cream, and a broiled tarragon and ginger lobster tail. Jaken brought over two small bowls, one with marinated mushrooms, the other with grilled squash, peppers, onions, and eggplant, and placed them at her setting. Yes, she was hungry, but…wow.

Inuyasha, sitting next to her, laughed at her expression and reached over to rip a leg off her hen. She just shook her head at him, but Sesshoumaru growled a menacing warning growl at his brother that was loud enough for him to get the message but below his chosen’s level of hearing. Inuyasha cheekily saluted his brother with the leg before enthusiastically biting in to it. Shiori chided him on his other side and placed a hen just for him on his plate. Kagome was giving Sesshoumaru a frown but he didn’t quite understand why. There was no way she could have heard him. Across the table, Toga’s eyes lit up and a corner of his lips quirked.

Conversation was sparse but there were plenty of shared looks and smiles as everyone sampled the wonderful fare Jaken had provided. One by one, they pushed their plates away and sat back in their chairs, stuffed.

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There were only two months left before the confrontation with Naraku and Kaede knew she needed to start the final, and most difficult, stage of Kagome’s training. All along, she had been teaching her to meditate and Kagome was finally able to see auras as well as sense them. She could see her own soul and the curse binding it. Now, however, she needed to follow the tether of the curse back to its source, to the mind of her twisted father.

By invading his mind as he had done to her for her entire life, she could see his thoughts, discover his plans, and eventually, lower the barrier her soul had placed on itself since she had been in Sesshoumaru’s presence and allow Naraku to see her as she broke the curse.

Kaede held Kagome’s hands as they sat in the clearing facing each other and they began their work.

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When Kagome wandered into the dojo that afternoon, they instantly knew something was wrong. She had missed lunch and Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha both wanted to go find her, but Kaede warned them she needed time to herself. She told them about the newest development in her training and reminded them that anyone would be shaken after seeing in to the mind of a fiend such as Naraku and she was intimately connected to this one in more ways than one.

Her head was downcast and she walked slowly to the center of the room to meet Sesshoumaru. He could smell her tears, and was about to say something to her when she bowed. So, she just wanted the physical release of a good match. He could give that to her. He returned her bow and assumed a defensive stance.

She looked into his eyes and said, “You need to fight me. It’s not sparring if I don’t have anything to defend against.”

His eyes went wide and he quickly shook his head in the negative. He couldn’t attack her, she was human and fragile. It was his duty to protect her from harm.

“Do as she says, Sesshoumaru,” Toga said.

His uncertain eyes flew to his sire, who held his gaze and nodded. ‘An order…’

He turned his head back to Kagome just in time to intercept her kick to his side. He did as he was told and gave as good as he got, though he felt the pain of every blow that connected with her body. Blessedly, his chosen was swift in her frenzied fighting and she managed to dodge or block the majority of his hits. Now that he was no longer strictly on the defensive, he mostly kept her running the whole match. She did land a few impressive blows, but he kept her too occupied to do the kind of damage she had the last two practices.

The match had gone on for hours; what he couldn’t understand was how she was still fighting. He knew he had hurt her and he knew she did not take pain well, so she should at least be slowing down, but she continued as though she was perfectly fine.

It was getting to him. It was one thing to truly spar with her, it was another to cover his chosen in bruises from head to toe. On her next attack, he swept her legs out from under her and pounced, pinning her to the wooden floor. He held her hands immobile in his own at either side of her head. She was breathing heavily from the exertion. It was over.

Her legs sprung up to his hips and she caught him with his guard down, flipping him on his back and reversing their positions. She smirked down at him. “I wi—,”

He summoned his superior strength and flipped her back underneath him. He growled, eyes swirling with crimson and ground out, “Submit.”

Not forgetting their positions, she squirmed under his body, undulating her core against him. His physical response was instantaneous. She smiled a wicked smile up at him as she pressed her body to his rigidly hard one. She tightened her legs around his hips before sensually sliding her right leg up and down his. “Now why would I wanna do that?”

He growled louder. Pulling her hands up above her head and holding them with one of his, he managed to untangle her legs and straddled her, sitting on her legs and securing her in his hold. “Submit!” he gnarled down at her, his voice rough and rumbling.

She hefted an exaggerated sigh and tilted her head, baring her neck. Her eyes, however, were far from submissive. He would take what he could get. He lowered his head and nuzzled her neck in acceptance, breathing in the pure scents of her exertion and arousal.

He stood, offering her his hand to get up, which she took and hopped to her feet.

Toga walked over to the couple and asked, “Kagome, dear, how do you feel?”

She sighed and turned to him. “I’m ok. I really needed the distraction, but now I’m just hungry.”

“Would you mind rolling up your sleeve and showing me your right arm?”

Her eyebrows drew together in confusion, but she did as he asked, taking the strip of cloth used for that purpose and tying up her right sleeve.

Inuyasha gasped and Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes.

She looked at them, then her arm, which was perfectly fine except for the barest blush of a fading bruise on her forearm, then looked back at them. “What?”

Sesshoumaru grabbed her left arm and threw up the sleeve, revealing pristine skin. He turned suspicious eyes on his sire.

Inuyasha spoke up first, “Kags, you’ve been defending demon blows all afternoon. You should be covered in bruises at the very least. I mean, I know he wasn’t hitting you full force ‘cause he would never do that, but there should be damage.” His brows drew together and he turned to his father. “Hey. Why don’t you seem surprised at this?”

“Because it’s been happening for awhile now. Kagome is changing.”

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