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Midsummers Eve	By : NovaAlexandria Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Kagome > Sessh?maru/Kagome Views: 15740 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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Chapter 7

Capture

　

She woke slowly, not at all surprised to find herself in Sesshomaru's embrace. It wasn't the first time she woke like this in the morning.

"Morning?" She thought shocked. "What happened to midnight?"

Her mind froze as she realized he had let her sleep, not commanding the completion of the ritual. Somehow that was heart-warming and appreciated. Usually she would pull out of his grasp with a snarl when she woke up, but this time she stayed.

There was still the morning ritual and she was sure he would want to do that one. After all the other lords would know if they didn't as the scent would be weak from last night.

Last night!

That had been astounding. It was, well, it was how it was suppose to feel, or so she had been told. He had calmed her down; made sure she was comfortable first before taking his desire from her. Somehow that was endearing.

She twisted around in his grasp to face him, not at all surprised to see he was awake.

"Good morning," she said, speaking to him for once instead of just wrenching out of his grasp as she always did.

"Good morning," he returned.

She couldn't think of anything else to say. He didn't say anything either and there was an awkward silence between them. He rolled her gently onto her back and hovered above her. She didn't avert her gaze, just lost herself into his deep, golden eyes, trying to read them.

Her gaze was broken as he moved his face forward and caught her lips in his own. She felt the heat in her body rise, ashamed at how easy he had made it happen. Still, she opened her mouth and let him in.

He didn't relax her like he had last night. Granted she was more relaxed now than she had been then. She opened her thighs to him. It was pleasant, but not like it had been last night. No, this felt more like fulfilling an obligation than any type of pleasure.

Still, she endured until he found his release into her. He rested for a few seconds before getting off of her and rolling out of the bed. She followed him, helping him into his robe before he did the same for her.

The familiarity of the ritual helped her recover somewhat as they went down to their private spring to continue the morning ritual. No words were exchanged. She helped him dress in his normal gear, having problems with the armour. She had never had to deal with it before, not to mention how damn heavy it was.

With him dressed, he turned to face her. She felt suddenly body shy, but forced herself to keep her eyes on his and her hands by her side.

"Well done," he said simply. "I believe the gate to the private gardens will be open. It is not unheard of for the new lady to take a few female friends there to talk," he said as he left.

She stared after him in shock. "Did he just give me permission to escape to the private gardens with Sango?" she wondered. "He did," she realized, her eyes widening in shock.

Joy flooded through her as she rushed to her room, throwing on the black kimono with white dogs on it. She knew it was his favourite. Sekira came in just as it came time to tie the obi.

"I hate these things," she laughed.

Sekira smiled.

"It is nice to see my lady happy."

"Sekira. Can you have tea and something to eat sent to the private gardens later. A friend and I have some catching up to do. After that, you may have the day off until I need you later."

"My lady is generous." Sekira said with a smile as she did Kagome's hair up in a quick but nice braid, putting flowers in it.

A little bit of makeup and her jewellery later she was out the door on her way to the grand hall, Sesshomaru waiting for her. She took his hand, a cheerful smile on her face as she set her head high.

He couldn't help but to add a small smile of his own. Something about her true joy reminded him of Rin, so pure and innocent. They descended to the cheering lords, the taiyoukai clapping politely as the lesser youkai cheered loudly. All of them could pick up their scents and knew they had mated.

At the end of the hall the two let go of each other�s hand and she stood across from him, her smile still strong.

"I wish my lord a good hunt," she said respectfully as she bowed to him.

"I wish my lady a pleasant day," he said with a slight nod of his head.

With that the males followed him out of the house. She wished each of them a good hunt, remembering who deserved what level of bowing. Fortunately they left in order of rank. The lords of the three primary lands receiving a full bow. The lords of the four corners a small bow, and the other lords a simple nod of the head.

After they left she turned her attention to the remaining ladies. It would be her duty to entertain them after all. At least until they decided to ignore her.

"If my ladies would like to follow me I have ordered breakfast to be served in the garden."

There were murmurs of surprise and appreciation. It had been her idea to eat outside if the weather was nice. They had been lucky as not a cloud was in the sky on this wonderful summer day. Of the three other primary lords, only two were mated, the ookami taiyoukai and the Kitsune taiyoukai.

Both of the two ladies flanked her as she led them to the nicest public garden for breakfast. Following them were the three ladies of the compass corners. Behind them came everyone else.

There were cushions everywhere for them to sit down. The two visiting ladies served themselves first, followed by herself, the ladies of the compass corners, and the rest. She found a cushion and was joined by both greater ladies. As well as Sango and one of the compass corner ladies. The rest ignored her or walked by and offered a quick good morning.

"I am impressed, Kagome-sama, that you managed to adapt to such a drastic lifestyle change so quickly. Are you of noble birth then?" Lady Akio, an eight-tailed kitsune and mate to the Eastern Lord, asked.

　

"No. I am of mid-class and trained a little as a Miko. I am afraid I must pass my training off to the patience of my Lord and the skilled maid he assigned to me. I also owe much to my friend, Sango-chan."

The ladies nodded their heads to her friend, who bowed deeply to them.

"Are you a miko too?" Lady Aleria, an eagleyoukai and mate to the lord of the South-eastern lands, asked Sango.

"No. I am afraid I am a youkai taijiya," Sango answered truthfully, knowing better than to lie to youkai who could sense such things.

That earned her a few raised eyebrows.

"Please do not be alarmed. I only exterminate lesser youkai who haven't got the brains to leave a village alone. You could say I do the Taiyoukai a favour by quashing the lesser youkai for them so they can handle more important affairs."

"Whom did you accompany?" Akio asked curiously.

"I accompanied Kouga-sama, who is also a friend of Kagome-sama. She was taken from us rather abruptly and we wished to see how she was doing. Kouga-sama agreed to let me come with him to check on her," Sango answered.

"Taking during Midsummer eve, hmm." Lady Terea, the ookamiyoukai from the north said.

"Yes," Kagome admitted, her cheerful mood fouling a bit. "Everything that could have been put against us was put against us. I do not blame Sesshomaru-sama for losing control. I was in the prime of my heat, untouched, my power at its max, and unmarked.

"He was holding his own until another youkai tried to attack me. Then he snapped. Still, he regained partial control on Midsummer's Eve and full control the next day. Sango-chan warned me all about Midsummer Eve so I was able to act appropriately. I owe her my life."

"It is rare for a human to survive a mating from Midsummer's Eve, and even rarer for a human to survive a taiyoukai out of control. You must be an astounding woman to have sent one out of control in the first place, let alone survive it." Lady Akio complimented.

"Arigato. I am just lucky Sesshomaru-sama was there. If he wasn't that snake youkai would most likely have gotten me."

"You probably would have just purified it to death," Sango remarked with a smile.

"I was too damn scared to purify anything by that point. When I saw Sesshomaru-sama on the brink of control, I was so damned scared I could barley inch away from him. I thought for sure he was going to kill me."

"Did you know Sesshomaru-sama from before then?" Terea asked, confusion in her voice. "Most humans mistake him for a human, although I guess your Miko powers would let you know he was a taiyoukai, and I can only imagine how powerful he must have been on Midsummer's Eve."

"Yes," Kagome admitted, hesitantly. "He's tried to kill me and Inuyasha in the past."

"Inuyasha? Sesshomaru-sama's half brother?" Akio asked curiously.

"I was traveling with him. He wanted me to go�some place safe since he was worried about Midsummer Eve. So worried, he ordered Miroku-sama, who is a houshi, and Kaede-bachan, who is a miko and my teacher, to seal him in a hut with Shippo-chan and Kirara."

"Why did Sesshomaru-sama try to kill you in the past?" Terea asked confused. "His brother I can see, but why you?"

"Well, first I managed to pull the Tetsusaiga out of the stone it was embedded in. After we chased him off from there, I kind of shot a few arrows at him while he was fighting Inuyasha," she admitted sheepishly.

"A few times?" Sango said with a raised eyebrow.

"I haven't shot an arrow at him in over two years," she protested. "He hasn't been after the Tetsusaiga since we learned it sealed Inuyasha's youkai blood. He even went so far as to knock Inuyasha out of his second to last transformation and told us to get the sword to him.

"Come to think of it, they rarely fight anymore. I mean, they still trade blows, but it is almost like they have no will to kill each other. Kind of like it would be a waste of their time. Of course, almost all of the fights are started by Inuyasha mouthing off."

"Sounds like something my son would do." Terea chuckled.

"Who's your son?" Sango asked curiously.

"I think you already know him." Terea answered with a wave of her hand.

"You mean Kouga-kun?" Kagome clued in, shock on her face. "I thought you reminded me of someone. Yeah. Kouga-kun and Inuyasha certainly have a lot in common. They are both hot headed, egotistical, men who hate Sesshomaru-sama because they� ah," she faltered.

"Have a crush on Kagome-sama and constantly use to fight over her with Kouga-sama declaring that Kagome-sama was his woman." Sango finished calmly.

Kagome blushed.

"So you are the Miko who can detect the Shikon no tama than?" Akio asked.

"Yes. Inuyasha, Sang-chan, Miroku-sama, Kirara, Shippo-chan, and I were searching for the shards and were hunting down Naraku before Midsummer Eve."

"Why were you looking for the shards?" Aleria asked curiously.

"I kind of shattered the jewel four years ago," Kagome answered, slightly embarrassed.

She went on to talk about how she met Inuyasha, leaving out the bit about coming from the future. She left out some of the discriminating info about Sesshomaru, such as it being Inuyasha who had cut his arm off, as well.

The three ladies listen with interest as she and Sango took turns telling the story up to where Kagome had become mated to Sesshomaru. By then it was already deep into the afternoon.

Kagome excused herself and Sango, saying they had somewhere to be. The three ladies bid her good afternoon and promised to speak later. Kagome could tell they were worried over this Naraku character, especially Lady Terea.

Kagome led Sango to the private garden, the gate unlocked as promised. They made themselves comfortable on the grass next to a pond and sat in silence for several minutes before speaking.

"You looked happy this morning," Sango commented.

"Sesshomaru told me the gate here would be open and that it wasn't uncommon for the new lady to disappear with her old friends for a while," she answered.

　

　

"Oh. That would explain it," Sango thought, looking at her friend and wondering where to start.

"I am worried he won�t let me continue the quest to find the Shikon no tama shards," Kagome admitted, gloom coming into her voice. "I am the only one who can purify the shards. Now that I am carrying his child I have a strong feeling he won�t let me out of this house."

She turned to look at Sango. Her arms folded around her knees with her head resting on them, fighting back tears.

"I can't live like that, locked up like a bird in a cage. I can't live a life where all I am is a bed warmer and baby producer. That's worse than being a shard detector."

"I don't think you need to worry about being a bed warmer or baby producer," Sango said with a cheerful smile, trying to cheer her friend up again. "If that was all he expected of you he wouldn't have left you alone for that whole week. As for continuing the quest, I know you'll find a way to convince him. As for us�..we'll make do."

"I want to see everyone again. I want a chance to say good bye properly," Kagome felt tears welling up in her eyes again. "I want to make sure Shippo-chan will be taken care of and that�" She suddenly stopped, then bolted to her feet. "Come out here," she shouted to the trees.

Sango was on her feet in an instant, her hand going for Hiraikotsu, which was not with her of course. Her other hand was by her belt where her katana normally was. She adjusted quickly, changing her stance so one hand was under her kimono, on the hilt of her hidden katana and the other out to her side, a dagger already in it.

Kagome merely stood with her purifying powers cackling around her, anger clear on her face.

"So this is where you have been hiding." Chuckled a familiar voice that sent chills down both women�s spines.

　

　

The hunt was going good so far. Already many troublesome lesser youkai had been disposed of and several game animals had been brought down and sent back for the banquette.

Sesshomaru suddenly stiffened when he caught a scent on the wind he knew and loathed. Naraku. The disgusting hanyou was nearby. In fact the scent was coming from�

He snarled, turning back towards his mansion even as the scent of smoke and blood reached his nose. Several others picked it up at once and everyone raced back. He sifted through the smells, trying to find the scents of those he cared about. Rin, Kagome. He couldn't find their scents on the winds.

The four greater lords were in the lead, the four compass corner lords right behind them. Only a few of the lesser lords kept up, Kouga among them. He could see the smoke rising from his mansion long before he caught sight of the mansion itself.

He cleared the walls easily, and looked down upon the scene before him with growing rage. How dare Naraku attack his home and threaten his guest! How dare the disgusting hanyou interrupt a mating ceremony!

Kagura was nearby, controlling the dead and sending the corpses after his guest. Many other lesser youkai also swarmed the place, cackling like rabid dogs and attacking anything that moved.

Youkai ladies, however, do not die all that easy, especially those mated to lords. In fact, although many were wounded, none were near death. He charged past them, slaying anything of Naraku's that got in his path.

He finally found Kagome's and Rin's scents. He went for the child first, knowing Kagome could defend herself more easily than Rin could and knowing the taijiya was with her, and likely armed. Sango made a better defender than Jaken.

He didn't make it to Rin. He grounded to a halt as what appeared to be a young girl with white hair and dead eyes approached him, a mirror in her hand. He knew who she was, and how dangerous her mirror is.

He growled low at her. "Move aside and I may let you live."

"Your ward�s soul is in this mirror," she said in that dead, soft voice of hers. "If you wish it back, you must come to Mt. Sentera unarmed and alone."

With that Kanna walked past him. After all, she was the only one who could control the mirror. Snarling, he traveled the rest of the way to Rin, the child was lying on the ground with a dead look in her eyes. Jaken, also lifeless, lay not too far from her.

He quickly moved them off of the floor and onto a futon before thinking about Kagome again. If Naraku knew they were mated and that she bore his unborn child�

He ran back to where he had found her scent, fear rising when he smelt the blood of the taijiya, his mates blood, and no scent of Naraku. He came across the taijiya, unconscious against one of the private garden's walls. Kagome and Naraku were nowhere to be found.

　

　

Naraku laughed at them as Sango moved in front of her, determined to defend her with her life if need be.

"What are you doing here Naraku?" Kagome demanded coldly and calmly.

"Why, I was merely paying Sesshomaru-sama a visit, although I must say I am surprised to see you here as well, and with child I see," Naraku chuckled.

The baboon clad hanyou's youki was powerful, but not overly so. This was not the real Naraku and Kagome transferred that knowledge to Sango, silently wishing Kirara was here and hearing the battle roars of said nekoyoukai off in the far distance.

"I still have the power to turn you to dust," she said firmly, moving slowly to move the jewel shards from her neck to her hand, ready to throw them at a moment's notice. She could not let Naraku get them.

"I am done playing. Hand over your Jewel shards or die," he threatened.

"If I handed them over, you'd still kill me," Kagome responded, calmly.

"True," he admitted with a chuckle as he transformed and launched his attacks at them.

Sango intercepted most of them, but not all. Kagome stepped aside and merely touched the tentacle, watching in satisfaction as it turned to dust.

Naraku just laughed as he launched more attacks, most intercepted by Sango's Katana and Knife. Kagome continued to back up; having no weapon other than her purify powers in her hands to fight back with.

Fear started to plague her. There would be no daring rescue from Inuyasha this time.

"Sango-chan," she shouted as Naraku's attack threw her friend across the garden to crash into the wall.

She knelt by Sango's side, checking to make sure she was still alive. Her friend still breathed. Quickly, she placed the jewel shards in Sango's hand before picking up the Katana and fusing her Miko powers with it like she did her arrows.

"Naraku," she shouted as she charged forward in a fit of rage, slashing wildly at him.

He laughed harder, sending her into a deeper rage as she went after him. He led her in, closer and closer until it was too late. By the time she saw the trap there was no way out.

He lashed at her from all angles and she cried out in pain as one of his tentacles speared her through her shoulder, sending her to the ground and pinning her there. Another tentacle came at her and she closed her eyes, expecting the final blow to come and take her life.

Pain flared in her head as it hit, followed by blessed darkness. Before Naraku could do more, Akio, Terea and Aleria came running in, blood tripping off their caws, or talons in Aleria's case, and eyes red with rage. Snarling, he grabbed Kagome and fled. The three youkai females tried to follow him.

He sent many lesser youkai after them, effectively baring the path and distracting them long enough for him to get away. He erected a barrier around himself to cover his scent and continued on, an unconscious Kagome in his arms as he thought of all the ways he could use this to his advantage.

　

　

The lords helped their respective mates; those unmated finishing off the last of the invaders. Kagura and Kanna had long since disappeared from the battle, fleeing the moment they had what they wanted.

Sesshomaru walked up to Sango, noticing something flashing in her hand. It was the Shikon no tama shards that Kagome wore. Naraku hadn't been able to take them! Sango awoke slowly as he stood over her.

"Kagome-chan." The taijiya shouted as she bolted awake, slashing out with her knife, still red and black with blood.

He easily side stepped the swing and watched as the human regained her composure.

"He took her, didn't he?" Sango asked as she stood up unsteadily, her voice deep with rage and the shards clutched in her hand.

"Kanna ordered me to go to Mt. Sentera, alone and weapon less," he said simply.

"A trap and an obvious one. What will you do?" She asked.

"The hanyou will not be permitted to think he can touch anything of mine and continue to live," he answered simply.

"You are going after her? That is what Naraku wants. Let me come with you. Better yet, let me get Inuyasha and the others. We can come separately. Naraku would never suspect that you would let Inuyasha know where Kagome-chan was, let alone that you would pass any information on to him.

"Give me Tensaiga and Toukijin and I'll carry them for you until we catch up. Naraku would never see it coming and we will have the element of surprise. That and Inuyasha can be a good diversion, diverting Naraku's, minions attention for an easier, quicker kill."

Sango did have a point. Naraku would never figure he and Inuyasha would fight together, let alone that they would pass information on to each other. He knew his brother would come once he learned Kagome was involved. His brother was pathetically predictable. Not to mention Tetsusaiga's ability to break down barriers might become useful as Naraku was rather fond of them.

"Do you think you can withstand Toukijin?" He asked simply.

"For Kagome-chan, I could withstand anything," she snarled, her eyes flashing dangerously.

By this point, Kouga had joined them, covered in the blood of his victims and a scowl on his face.

"I'm coming too. I got a bone to pick with both Naraku and Kagura. Besides, dogface couldn't track a trail of ants to their nest no matter how obvious it was," he snorted.

Sango nodded her head, not in the mood to argue at the moment. Her mind was set on finding and hurting Naraku for all the things he had done in the past, both to her and her friends.

He decided. He handed both blades to Sango.

"I expect those back human. If you lose them, I will make you death a lasting one."

She bowed respectfully. "I will not lose them, nor let Inuyasha touch them," she vowed. "Kouga-kun, let's get going. We have to find Inuyasha and the others and convince Inuyasha to actually work with Sesshomaru for once."

"Heh. Knowing dogface he'll put up one hell of a fight. Should be amusing."

Sango ran after Kouga, Tensaiga strapped to her hip and Toukijin strapped to her back. Kirara met them outside of the mansion, covered in the blood from her kills. Sesshomaru watched them run off before making his way back to his guest.

Most were furious, but none more so then Ladies Akio, Terea, and Aleria, all of whom were covered in the blood of their victims and growling dangerously, a sure sign their quarry had gotten away.

He simply told his gathered guest that he had a hanyou to hunt down and kill for daring to intrude in the ceremony and take his mate. He informed them that they may leave or stay until tomorrow morning, based on their own desires, seeing as how some were wounded and might need a few hours to recover.

His servants were already tending the wounded and cleaning up the mess as he walked out of the front gates and marched calmly towards the meeting place. It would take time for Inuyasha to get there, time for Sango to even get to his brother.

He didn't need help to defeat Naraku, but he did need a distraction to get Kagome to safety and to take care of Kagura, Kanna, and whatever other obstacles Naraku decided to throw at him. That, and Tetsusaiga will be able to crash whatever barriers Naraku tries to put up.

　

She woke slowly, hearing the clinking of chains as she moved. Her head hurt and she tried to raise a hand to rub her aching temple. She blinked her eyes open, looking around the room she was in.

It looked like a normal room, for this era anyway, with a futon, barred window, and a solid wooden door she wouldn't be breaking down anytime soon. Her wrists were chained together and another chain was attached to the collar on her neck. The wound in her shoulder had also been tended to and didn't hurt.

She sat up, silently cursing the bastard a million deaths, all of them preferably painful and long. She heard footsteps approaching and quickly got to her feet, head raised high. She would met him on even ground, regardless of the fact she was chained.

"That bastard. If Sango-chan is dead I will purify his ass back to the dawn of time, so help me kami I'll kill him with my own hands," she growled to herself.

Her rage amplified, but her Miko powers did not. Shocked, she noticed she couldn't even sense any youkai auras. She couldn't even sense the jewel shards. Her powers were sealed.

She felt the first stirrings of panic, but quickly quashed it. She was the Lady of the Western Lands, granted involuntarily, but so help her she would act her position and not bow down to some upstart who wasn't even a lord. Besides, she knew Sesshomaru would come for her.

It was a serious blow to his pride for her to be kidnapped by some hanyou who had once been human. He would not let this slide. Kagome smiled as Naraku walked into her room, not wearing his baboon pelt for a change. He would rue the day he infuriated Sesshomaru.

"Awake I see," he said as he walked up to her, stopping just out of her reach.

"Didn't take a genius to figure that out," she quipped at him. "If you let me go now, Sesshomaru-sama might kill you quickly instead of making your pain last," she ordered coldly.

"Sesshomaru-sama? And here I thought you would be screaming for Inuyasha. Have you ditched one brother for the other?"

She silently fumed about that one.

"Then again, Sesshomaru-sama is much stronger than Inuyasha and thus, would be able to protect you better, or so one would think. Inuyasha has never let you fall into my hands. How do you know Sesshomaru-sama didn't ask me to remove you from his life? This way he would still keep his honor."

"But not his pride," Kagome snapped back. "To lose a mate, even a human mate, to a pathetic hanyou like you would be a serious blow to his pride, and that he won�t accept. Face it Naraku, you're a walking corpse."

"Sesshomaru-sama is a powerful foe. One could say too powerful. Well, thanks to you he now has a weakness, or I should say thanks to you and that human girl of his. With her soul trapped in Kanna's mirror, and you with your unborn child, he will have no choice but to dance to the tune I have played for him."

"It won't work Naraku. Last time you tried to use Rin against him it back fired, remember?"

"On the contrary. He responded just as I had expected he would. He is almost easier to manipulate then Inuyasha. For Sesshomaru, it is all about pride and honour. For Inuyasha, it is all about his emotions. Pride and honour are far easier to predict then emotions. He will come. You, my dear, will help me subdue him by weakening him enough for me to deal with."

"What?" She asked confused. "I will never help you Naraku," she snarled in rage.

"I beg to differ."

He was so fast she didn't even see him move. The next thing she knew she was pinned to the wall, one of his hands holding her neck while the other held a bottle. Her hands clasped his wrist trying to tear it away from her neck as she gasped for air.

He smirked as he forced the contents of the bottle down her throat. She tried to gage it back up, but he slapped her, leaving a red mark. It tasked awful. Her stomach started to burn and she cried out.

He stepped back as she thrashed about on the ground, fighting whatever it was he had forced down her throat. Her body trembled and her mind felt like it was swimming.

"Do not fight girl. You cannot defeat this Naraku." Came his voice in her mind as she felt herself slip to darkness.
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