Kryptonite

By Danyealle

(fanfiction/MF/HC/Abuse)

Chapter 28

When Kagome woke the next morning she was entwined with Sesshomaru, head resting on his chest.  Remembering the events of the night before she smiled.  Without opening her eyes, she draped one arm across his chest and just laid there.  She felt wonderful, magnificent, stupendous, fabulous and any other adjective that could be dreamed up.  In fact, she couldn’t remember feeling this good in a very long time, long before he had taken her from Inuyasha.  After several minutes she could feel his fingers start to run through her hair.  Opening her eyes, she looked up at him.

“Good morning Kagome.”  He said quietly, stroking down one of her cheeks with the backs of his fingers.  Like her, he couldn’t remember feeling this good.  But in his case it was for his entire life.  Love, he had always heard, was the most powerful thing in the world, something he had always scoffed at in the past.  He wasn’t any longer though because he was finding out that it was true.  One of the things he would freely admit was that he was a ‘power freak’.  He craved power and dominance of all kinds and in most areas of his life but all his past accomplishments, all his victories, all the land he had taken, none of it could compare to how powerful it felt to love her.  Nor did he think he would ever find anything close to it.

Smiling, she sat up, leaned forward a bit then kissed him.  “Good morning Sesshomaru.”  Then she curled back up on his chest.  Yes, she was acutely aware that neither of them had any clothes on but for once it didn’t seem to matter nor did it embarrass or bother her in any way.  Somehow it felt alright for her to be that way with him.

Pulling her up a bit, he flipped them both over onto their sides, facing each other.  Kissing her, he then held her close to his chest, head resting against hers.

Slipping her arm around him, she held onto him.  “I wish you didn’t have anything to do today.  It would be nice if we could spend the day together, alone.”

Sighing, he rubbed the back of her head.  “I would like the same thing.”  He told her quietly.  “But I don’t have as much to do as I have so I will try to finish quickly.  When I’m done we’ll have the rest of the day alone.  Is that acceptable to you?”

“Works for me.”  She said, giving him a tight squeeze.

By then thy could hear the other pack members and the children in the hallways going towards the small common room.  With a deep, regretful sigh the taiyoukai said, “Well, I suppose we should get up and join them.”

“Yeah, we better.”  She said with a sigh of her own.

After another quick kiss he let her loose then eased himself out of bed and began to round up their pajamas.

Sitting up, she slid to the edge of the bed and watched him.  Although she had known him for quite some time now she was still amazed and a bit awestruck by his physical perfection.  In his clothes he was enough to make almost any female, and probably more than a few males as well, stop and stare.  But nude he was even more so.  In her time she had seen plenty of examples of male perfection but none of them, even those who spent countless hours in gyms trying to tone themselves to perfection, could hold a candle to the mightily taiyoukai.  He was pure male perfection in every sense of the word.

After gathering their things from where they had been so casually tossed the night before, she slipped into his sleep pants then walked over to the bed and handed over her things.  But, before she could stand, his eyes were drawn to something else.  Yes, part of it was her nudity.  This was the first time he was seeing her that way in the light of day.  And she was beautiful as he had always suspected.  Soft curves and beautifully toned, she was stunning.  But that wasn’t all that caught his eye.  It was her breasts, or more to the pint the faded scares on them that caught his attention. 

Crouching down in front of her, he gently ran the tip of one finger over the light scars that marred her perfect skin.  Though old and faded, he could easily tell that they came from the claws and fangs of some kind of canine-based youkai.  The thought that rode in on it’s heels was that he could now understand why she had feared what he had done would hurt.  Because, to leave the kinds of scars he was seeing, must have been a very painful experience.  Unable to help himself, he leaned forward and softly licked the old wounds, as though he were trying to heal them. 

Unlike times in the past when he did odd things, this one she understood to an extent.  Wrapping her arms around him, she nuzzled his head with hers but said nothing. 

When he finished he nuzzled her neck and wrapped his arms around her, holding her close.  After seeing that he was now curious about the other injuries the healer had told him about but realized now was not the time to ask about them.  He was also fairly certain from her reaction to what they had done the night before and what he had just seen that her aversion to the sex act had everything to do with the half-breed and how he had treated her, not from some kind of physical problem on her end.  “I will never do anything like that to you Kagome.”  He told her softly, letting his fingers run through her hair once more. 

“I know.”  She said quietly, holding on to him.

“I don’t know what he did to you but it was for his pleasure, not yours.”  He growled.

Nodding, she said nothing.

Nuzzling his courting mark gently, he then reluctantly pulled away.  If he didn’t he knew they wouldn’t be going anywhere any time soon.  Not an option at this point.  Grabbing her pajamas, he helped her get dressed.  Then, after that was done, he pulled his shirt over his head and slipped into his robe and slippers. 

Once then both took care of the usual morning needs, he held out his arm to her.  When she slipped hers through his, he leaned down and gave her a soft kiss then opened the door and escorted her down to the common room.

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When they walked into the common room everyone was already gathered and talking amongst themselves.  Even the two kids were there.  Shippo was sitting with Sango and Miroku.  Rin was sitting on Kagura’s lap with her arms wrapped around her neck. 

Once Kagome gave both kids a hug and kiss and Sesshomaru gave Rin his usual affectionate pat on the head, both of them seated themselves.

“About time the two of you rolled your lazy busts out of bed!  We’re all starving!”  Kouga grumped with a grin

Sesshomaru just snorted and smirked.  Kagome stuck her tongue out at the ookami but giggled.

While the servants brought in the breakfast and were pouring the tea, Kagome looked at Rin.  “I see you and Kagura have made friends.”

The sunny child laughed.  “Yup!  Lady Kagura has never had a hug before so Rin is giving her lots of them to make up for it!”  She giggled, giving the wind witch a squeeze for emphasis.

“Good idea Rin.”  Kagome grinned, winking at the kazi.  Though she saw the wind witch wink back she could also see a twinkle in her red eyes that told her the wind demoness was loving every minute of what the child was doing.

While they were eating Kouga shot Sesshomaru a mock death glare.  “Are we going to finally be released from this gilded prison today?  Or are we going to be forced to stay here another day?  There are several onna’s around that are probably missing me by now and I don’t want them to think I’ve abandoned them!”

Smirking, Sesshomaru didn’t take offense to any of it.  “You will once more let free to roam today, rest assured about that.  Though there will be more guards on duty than usual and at least one will stock close by you.  But, at least until some time in he afternoon, everyone will be required to stay inside.”  It wasn’t that it was any more dangerous outside than it was inside, it wasn’t.  It had to do with the executions that were scheduled.  He didn’t want the pups or Kagome to be exposed to that.

Grinning from ear to ear, the ookami rubbed his hands together.  “Good!”

After everyone had eaten and the kids had been taken for their morning lessons, Sesshomaru and Kagome excused themselves and left.

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As the couple walked out the door all eyes were on them.  There was silence for several minutes until Miroku asked, very quietly, “Is it just me or des something seem different about those two this morning?”

“It’s not just you.”  Kouga said, taking a drink of his tea.

“I noticed it too.”  Kagura added.

“So did I.  There’s something different, that’s for sure, but I get the feeling it’s something good.”  Sango added.

“I agree.”  Kagura nodded.  “It’s also something very powerful.”

“Yeah, it is.”  Miroku agreed.

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Once they were back in his chambers and the door was shut, the taiyoukai scooped her up into his arms and kissed her passionately.

Wrapping herself around him, Kagome held on tight, mouth locked with his, fingers entwined in his long, silver locks.

Feeling himself becoming aroused, he knew it was time to stop.  Now wasn’t the time for it.  Later on they would have all the time they wanted for that but now he had things that had to be attended to.  Reluctantly, he broke off the kiss and gently nuzzled his courtship mark through her clothes.  Sitting down on the end of the bed, he held her close, eyes shut.  “As much as I would like to continue on I can’t.  I have things that must be attended to this morning.”  He told her with a reluctant sigh. 

“I don’t want you to go.”  She told him, holing into him, head resting on his shoulder, eyes shut.

“I don’t want to go either.”  He admitted.  “But the quicker I go the quicker I can get done.”  Pulling away from her a bit, he looked down at her.  “I would like it if you brought me lunch again.”

Smiling, she looked at him.  “Oh I think that can be arranged.”

After giving her another soft kiss, he had her slide off his lap then got up to gather his clothes and begin dressing.  As she had done the day before, she slid off the bed and helped him dress, talking quietly to him as she did.

When he was dressed and ready to go, he gave her a kiss goodbye then let himself out of the room and headed down to his study.

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Once Sesshomaru was gone, Kagome flopped on the bed on her back, arms stretched out straight from her shoulders, eyes shut, a soft smile on her face.  She felt SO good!  Admitting to him she loved him then to learn that he felt the same way plus that she could trust him and that he would never, ever hurt her made her feel like she was on cloud nine and walking on air.  She felt so happy that she was sure she looked like one of those giddy schoolgirls in the middle of their first crush.

Then there was what they had done last night…  Unable to help it, she felt her face flush hot and knew she was blushing.  She couldn’t help it, her modest side was a tad bit embarrassed about what they had done and her reaction but mostly she had loved it and how it felt.  For so long she had assumed that the reason she didn’t like the act and the fact it hurt had been her ‘fault’ and Inuyasha had made sure that he had repeatedly told her that.  He had also been vocal about his displeasure with her lack of response and appreciation for what he did.  But now she knew it could be laid fully on him.  Sesshomaru had done similar things that Inuyasha had and it didn’t hurt nor did she bleed.  With Inuyasha she had clearly felt his claws and fangs but she hadn’t with Sesshomaru.  In other words, Inuyasha either didn’t have a clue as to what he was doing or, and this was the one she tended to believe, that he like inflicting pain on her and got off on it.  Somehow that seemed to fit his violent nature and personality better. 

Once more she played a rerun of the encounter with Sesshomaru through her head.  This time, instead of being embarrassed about it, she once more felt that swirling, throbbing heat start between her legs.  Though it felt good it also startled her a bit.  Really, this was the first time since her first sexual encounter with Inuyasha, other than involuntary ones caused by dreams, she had been aroused by something sexual.  That actually almost brought tears to her eyes.  She wanted to jump up, run around the room screaming that she really was normal.  That despite all that the hanyou had told her over and over she had the same reactions as most other women, that if done right it didn’t hurt.  Feeling her eyes burn a bit, she grinned bigger.  It felt so good!

Once more her mind took another of her skips and focused on another subject:  trusting Sesshomaru.  The grin that was already on her face grew a bit bigger.  It felt so good to know that she could trust him so completely and that he would never hurt her.  That made things so much easier.  No longer did she have to second guess his motives or wonder when the ‘honeymoon’ period would wear off.  No longer did she have to be on guard and vigilant all the time with him.  She could trust him!

Rolling over, she curled up and rested her head on his pillow then pulled the covers over her, smelling his musky masculine scent surround her and sighed contentedly as her eyes slid shut.  ‘I love you Sesshomaru’ she thought as she drifted off into a doze.

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Sitting in her chambers, Sango and Kagura were trying to decide what to do first.  Already the men had dressed and left the family wing.  Kouga had said there were onnas that were missing his presence and attention because the crisis had forced him to stay away from them so he had feathers to unruffled and to sooth them, a statement that made both the women grin and roll their eyes at the same time.

Glancing at the kazi, the slayer had to admit that she really was beginning to like Kagura and her instincts were telling her that she could be trusted.  Though she would wait a while before she fully laid her trust in her but there was at least a start at it.  It was also going to be nice to have another female around for company.  Yes, all the males in the pack were her friends but that wasn’t the same as having a close female friend to talk to.  There were some things in this world that only another woman would truly understand.  Yes, Kagome was, is and always would be the best friend she had but that didn’t mean she didn’t have room in her life for another friend.  There was always room for more of those.

Pulling out of her thoughts, she saw the wind witch looking at her, grinning.  Grinning back, the slayers eyes twinkled a bit.  “Are you thinking what I think you are?”  She asked with a bit of a giggle in her voice.

“That we should grab Kagome for some more girl talk?” Kagura asked, grin growing.

“Yup!  And that’s a darn good idea!  Let’s go!”  She said, scrambling off the bed to grab her bathing supplies.

Within minutes, they were down the hall, banging on the miko’s door. When the tousled-haired, still groggy priestess opened it both females announced it was bath time at the exact same moment.  Giggling, Kagome sent her maid to fetch her bath stuff while she joined her two friends in the hot springs.

Once they settled into the bubbling water, Kagome asked, “The guys already off mingling?”

“Yeah, they left the family wing right after breakfast.  Kouga seemed rather eager to go visit the ladies.”  Kagura chuckled.

“Two in particular I bet.”  Sango giggled.

“Two?!?”  Kagome asked, eyes wide.  Then she grinned from ear to ear.  “OK, spill it… who are they?”

“Kuni and Anikia.  He’s a bit fixated on them.”  Sango said with a giggle.

“Oh!  I’m going to have to find out how serious this is!”  Kagome squealed.

“Then you are going to have to tell us!”  Kagura insisted.

“I will, don’t worry,” Kagome assured them.

After exchanging a glance with the wind witch, Sango grinned bigger then launched in.  “We all noticed something seemed different about you and Sesshomaru this morning.  Did something happen last night that you have to tell us about?”  She asked, a big grin on her face.

Blushing a bit, Kagome grinned shyly.  “Yeah, something did.”  She said quietly.

“Well… Spill it!”  Kagura insisted.  “We need to know these things!”

“Alright…”  The miko said then launched in about what had happened the night before glossing over the part about sex.

When she was done both other women were grinning like Cheshire cats.

“This is wonderful!”  Sango squealed loudly.

“You are so lucky!”  Kagura told her with a sigh.

“You don’t know how good it feels to know he loves me and that he won’t ever hurt me.  Knowing I can trust him is about the best feeling in the world.”  Kagome admitted.  Then she added, voice barely perceptible, “Also to know that I’m normal and the problems I had were because of Inuyasha, not because something was wrong with me.”  When she finished she was a bit misty eyed.

“I can only imagine.”  Kagura said with a sympathetic nod.

“But you have that now.  That can only make things easier and much better for you from this point forward.  Whatever may come.  Now you can start to put Inuyasha and all he put you through behind you and have a bright future in front of you!”  Sango counseled.

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Sitting there, listening to reports from his guards and army officers, Sesshomaru wasn’t paying attention to them even though he looked like he was and nodded in all the right places.  Instead his mind was on the beautiful little priestess he had left in his chambers.  Never had he been one to shirk his duty or not attend to what was required of him but today, when she brought him his lunch, he didn’t care what was left to attend to, he would be done for the day.  Only the direst of emergencies would be an excuse for disturbing him. 

As he appeared to be listing to the reports being given to him his mind replayed the night before over and over in minute detail, fighting to keep the smirk off his face that kept threatening to appear.  Not only did Kagome love him but he loved her.  For the first time in his life he was in love and it felt wonderful.  No, wonderful wasn’t the right word for it but he didn’t think there was a word in the Japanese language to describe how good it felt.

Sitting there, he could still feel how powerful the moment was when he was able to define just what it was he felt for her.  He was fairly certain that he would remember that particular moment for the rest of his life.  And she felt the same thing for him!  That made it all the better, if that was at all possible.  His beast jumped in with a purr-like growl of ‘ours’ at that moment, its tail wagging contentedly.  That was an assessment he whole-heartedly agreed with.  She was theirs to love and protect.

After that, his mind skipped to the bit of sexual play they had.  Once more he had to force himself to keep from smirking.  So responsive and passionate was his thought on the matter.  And here she was the being that had told him she didn’t like the act.

At that thought his mood turned downwards a fraction. The image that floated to mind at that was the faded scars that covered the smooth, silky skin of her breasts.  The sight of them made him want to growl and once more had his beast lobbying for the whelp’s death via its version of a death by 1,000 cuts.  He, himself, silently vowed to mar the boy with a scar for each one he had inflicted on the little priestess.  But along with that came a question that he wasn’t all that sure he wanted answered; if her breasts were marred that way then just how badly scarred was she between the legs?  Remembering what his healer had told him, he was trepidatious about seeing it for himself.  He also vowed that the whelp would pay dearly for each of those as well.

The next thing that came to mind was he was still going to have to take things slowly with her.  Yes, she now knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that he would never hurt her but that didn’t mean she probably wouldn’t fear, to some degree, the act that had caused her pain in the past.  He would have to be gentle and pay close attention to her reactions. But he was bound and determined to prove to her just how enjoyable and pleasurable the act could be.

When his meeting ended he leaned back in his chair and just stared at the mountain of papers on his desk but made no move to work on any of them.  Instead he allowed himself the indulgence of thinking about Kagome and making plans for various things in the future.

He was finally drawn out of that by a soft knock on his door.  Hearing the soft giggle and picking up the smell of flowers, he smirked, knowing who it was.  “Come Rin!”  He called out and waited.

The door opened and the small girl slid in clutching the vase full of flowers she brought him every morning.  Smiling as she always did, she made her way to his desk and put them in the space that was always cleared off for them.  Then, as usual, she came around and sat on one of his knees then busied herself playing with the glass paperweight she had always found fascinating.

Smirking, he watched her and gave her the usual affectionate pat on her head.  “How are you fairing this morning Rin?”

Flashing him one of her bright smiles, she said.  “Rin is good!”

“Very good.”  He said, rubbing her on the head affectionately.  “I take it you and Shippo are getting along well?”

“Yes!  Rin likes having Shippo around.  Rin isn’t so lonely now.”  She told him, looking at him over her shoulder.

“This is good.”  He nodded.  He had known for some time she needed a companion but hadn’t been able to find one he was pleased with.  He was satisfied to know her and the kit were getting along well and thought that they were well suited for each other.

As usual she was only going to stay for a few minutes before her nanny took her for her morning lessons.  When he heard the firm rap on the door he knew it was her signal that her time was up.

Giving a sigh, she started to slide down off his leg when he stopped her.  Looking at him over her shoulder she asked, “Yes Lord Sesshomaru?”

“There is something I wish for you to do before you go.”  He told her quietly.

“What’s that?”  She inquired.

“I would like a hug.”  He told her softly.

With a big grin and a happy laugh she spun around and threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly.

Slipping an arm around her, he hugged her and rubbed her back with the other hand.  Shutting his eyes, he enjoyed the feeling of the child’s arms around him.

Quickly though, he ended it.  After he gave her his usual pat on the head he then sent her off with his usual admonition to pay attention to her tutor.

With her usual happy laugh and sunny smile, she waved to him then slipped out the door.