Sighing, Kagome lowered herself into the hot spring. Her muscles hurt, her feet
ached and she was so tired that all she wanted to do was pass out. Since Naraku's death, InuYasha has been pushing them non-stop to collect the remaining undiscovered, unclaimed shards and she's so tired, she can hardly stand it.
"This is heaven." she whispers quietly to herself. She isn't aware that he is watching her, and he isn't ready to make his presence known. He has been following his half brother's group for some time, making sure to mask his scent and aura so InuYasha wouldn't know he was there.
The miko that follows his brother intrigues him, although he can't quite understand her. She is strong, pure and kind, keeps his brother under control and has the most enticing scent he has ever come across. Too bad, this bewitching aroma comes from a human. No matter, he will have a taste of her anyway...just to satisfy his beast.
He makes himself known to her several days later as she is going to the well to return to her era. He has seen her disappear in it many times and is curious as to what it truly was. He smells her scent approaching and seats himself calmly on the lip of the well to wait for her.
She notices him as the well comes into view. The Killing Perfection himself. Angelically beautiful, but emotionless as he sat there waiting for her. Kagome stopped in her tracks as their eyes met. He knew she was alone. He couldn't smell any of her companions near.
He stood up and slowly walked towards her. "Hello, miko." Kagome swallowed the lump in her throat and had the urge to run. Sesshomaru saw her look and said, "Don't worry, I do not intend to kill you."
"What do you want, Sesshomaru?" she said once she had regained her voice.
"How very rude to address one such as myself in that manner. You're forgiven if you tell me where the well takes you."
"I didn't ask for your forgiveness." Kagome said bravely.
"It is a lucky thing that you have that subjugation necklace around the hanyou's neck, because if you didn't, his beast would have surely seen fit to discipline you for you lack of manners."
"What do you want?" she repeated warily, rolling her eyes at his arrogance.
"I've already told you one reason for my being here. Perhaps I shall show you the other..." Kagome became confused at his cryptic response, but didn't have time to think it through before his lips were on hers. She immediately started to struggle under the onslaught of his mouth. He had one hand on her back, pressing her body against his and the other on the back of her head, keeping her from breaking the kiss.
When he finally pulls away she is gasping for air. After her breathing slows a bit she looks into his eyes, confusion clearly written on her face. "Are you going to tell me about the well, or am I going to have to proceed with my other interest?"
Kagome's eyes widen and her mouth falls open at his question. Again, she finds herself speechless. After a second he says, "Have it your way," and pulls her closer.
Before their lips connect, she jerks away from him and demands, "What being has possessed you?" He laughed at her obvious shock. 'He laughed!' Kagome thought, dumbfounded. 'That can't be good!'
"My dear miko, I have not been possessed, but when you do not adequately satisfy my curiosity regarding my first interest, what am I to do, but to move on to my second? The well is my first interest, and you are my second."
"I'm flattered that you find me so interesting, but that information is available on a need-to-know basis and you, Sesshomaru, do not need to know! Please excuse me, but I have other things I have to be doing," she said as she walked around him and towards the well.
She was a few steps away, when faster than she could blink, he grabbed her hair, wrapped it around his large, clawed hand then pulled her back to him, growling viscously the whole time. Her hands immediately shot to the hand that was gripping her hair, trying to alleviate the sudden pain in her scalp.
"First, never walk away from this Sesshomaru when I am talking to you. The honor of this conversation is all yours, not mine. Second, address me correctly or face my wrath. Finally, this disgusting rudeness to your betters cannot continue. I will be teaching you proper manners in private from now on, do you understand?" When she didn't reply he jerked her hair roughly and raising his voice repeated, "Do you understand?"
"Yes my lord."
"Good. Now, you are not to tell InuYasha about us meeting. Where does the well lead you?" he asked, never releasing his grip on her hair.
"To my home, 500 years in the future, my lord."
"Hm..." Was his only reply, but she felt the hand in her hair loosen a little.
"When does the hanyou expect you back?"
"In three days."
"You will return in two."
"But my lord, I can't I have..." she started but a strong jerk to her head silenced her.
"I'm not asking," he growled. "If you aren't here by mid-day, two days from now, I will find that little kitsune you love so much and he will receive punishment for your disobeying me, understand?"
"Yes my lord," she said as tears started streaming down her face.
He let go of her hair and she fell to the ground covering her face as the tears started flowing freely.
"You'd better hurry. You want to take care of whatever it is you have to do quickly
since your time has been cut short," he said. Then without another word, he was gone.
Kagome racked her brain for the next two days trying to figure out her options. She could tell InuYasha but that would mean she would have to go back early, and Sesshomaru might be watching. Plus he told her he would hurt Shippo if she disobeyed him. She had to protect Shippo. It was a mother's duty.
After a stressful two days, exhausting all efforts to think of an alternate solution, she trudged to the well. It was eleven. She didn't want to take any chances so she arrived early. She climbed out of the well, but no one was there.
She slumped down by the side of the well praying that she wasn't too late and that he hadn't already punished Shippo, thinking she wasn't coming. As tears rolled down her cheeks at the thought of her poor baby, she was unaware of his approach as he appeared next to her.
"So you came. I was just about to seek out the kitsune." She stood up but didn't look him in the eyes. "Are you not going to greet me, girl?"
"What do you want me to say? I am so pleased to see you again? I'm being forced to be here, remember." Suddenly, she received a stinging slap to her right cheek that sent her to the ground. She blinked as she held a hand to the abused skin for a few seconds.
"Disappointing, miko. It has been a scarce two days and you have already forgotten how to address me."
"I didn't forget." He grabbed her arm and jerked her into a standing position. "Then perhaps I should punish you for disobeying me, hm?" he said, prompting a response.
She closed her eyes as she fought the tears and strained as she said, "No my lord, that won't be necessary." "Good."
He chanted something quickly and she felt a shock run through her as he touched her forehead. "What did you just do to me?" He shot her a glare. "...my lord?"
"I placed a spell hiding your scent so the hanyou can't smell you." He started to walk away. She stood there for briefly before he turned to her and coldly said, "Follow."
Kagome wasn't exactly sure had long they had been walking, but she guessed at least a hour. "Where are we going, my lord?" Sesshomaru didn't bother to look back as he said, "You ask too many questions ningen."
Kagome just huffed and continued following him. She didn't recognize any of the landscape so she was almost sure that the group had never traveled to these parts before. After another hour of so, they came to a stream. They followed it for a little ways till she heard a water fall. It was amazing. The water fall flowed into a shallow pond before it flowed into the stream they had been following.
Without warning Sesshomaru picked Kagome up bridal style and formed his cloud beneath his feet. He managed to maneuver behind the water fall without getting either one of them wet. Once behind the water fall, he set her down in a large alcove behind the fall. It had a giant fur pallet set out and a serving tray with a large metal cover.
He sat down on the pallet, removing Tokijin and Tenseiga and setting them to the side, and motioned for her to sit as well. "Here, we will have privacy as we attend to our lessons." She looked out past the falls and could see the remote wilderness surrounding them.
As if reading her thoughts he said, "We can see out, but no one can see in, and there is no way to get here but the way we came, or through the water. This is too far into my lands for any of your friends to venture, so don't worry about them finding us."
His beast almost purred as a hint of fear was added to her already enticing scent. Wanting to smell more he said, "the falls are loud, so you can scream all you want, but no one will hear you." He smirked as she visibly gulped and the scent of her fear permeated the small space.
"Lay down." he commanded. She shook her head frantically as tears came once again.
"Are you disobeying me?" She stopped shaking her head, but the tears didn't stop. He shoved her down across the fur and attacked her neck placing light kisses here and there.
"Why are you doing this?" she cried. "To teach you manners," he said seductively. "Raping me isn't going to teach me manners," she cried. "Ah, by my dear miko. I won't be forcing you to do anything. By the time I'm through with my torture, you'll be begging me to finish what I started."
"No.No.No.NO! STOP IT!" she yelled. He raised himself up and for a second Kagome hoped he was going to stop till she felt him rip her shirt off. "Every time you scream, an article of clothing will come off. You don't want to know what will happen if you still scream when I have nothing left to remove."
Without waiting for a response, he continued his mission of kissing her neck. "This isn't a lesson on manners." He ignored her. "HEY!" she yelled when he ignored her. She heard two rips. On was her skirt and the other was her bra. He tossed the torn garments to the side. "One of those was for yelling and the other was for not addressing me properly."
He caressed her breast and tweaked the right nipple, watching it harden. After paying them the attention he felt the perfect mounds deserved he looked up to her and said, "You do what I tell you to without complaint and address me properly. Those are the manners I will be teaching you."
"You bastard" Kagome said breathlessly as a tweak to her nipple sent a shiver through her. She heard another rip. He raised up and looked at her completely nude body. It was gorgeous. Almost perfect...the only thing it lacked was his scent mingling with hers.
He was anxious to tease her with his cock, but he knew that treat was for another day. Tonight he would torture her with his mouth and hands. As he removed her socks and shoes he looked at her and spoke. "What did I say about no more clothes?" he asked. "You said that I didn't want to find out, my lord." "Very good. Remember that. You have nothing left."