InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kagome! Where are you?! ❯ honeymoon part 1 ( Chapter 46 )

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Kagome where are you

Chapter 46: Honeymoon part 1



Important Author's note at the bottom of the chapter. Please read.


I do wish to thank all the readers that responded to my questions at the end of the last chapter. I
may not cover everything that was mentioned, but I will try to cover most.

Ah, yes. I do assume that the translation spell that they are using, does provide a basic
understanding, ie definition, of the words.


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Kagome and Sesshomaru are standing, close to one another, but not touching. They are standing
next to a waterfall in the lagoon of a tropical paradise. The rich lush plants surrounding the
waterfall give them at least some privacy. The scents of the flowers on the vines draped around
the lagoon spread in the soft breeze.

Sesshomaru places Kagome's bag, with all their supplies next to a tree. They stack their weapons
against the tree.



From chapter 45 . . .



She looks at Sesshomaru. She purses her lips, "Hmm, Sesshomaru?"

He raises an eyebrow in a silent question.

"When I was talking to them about our relationship . . . " She trails off. "I keep calling you my
companion." She sighs. "Is that all right? Or do you prefer something else?"

"Hmmm." Sesshomaru pauses as he thinks, "I would, of course, prefer you to call yourself my
mate, or husband, if you prefer, since that is the human name for the relationship. But," He nods
to her. "I can see why you are not using that term."

"Yes. Until we're home and . . . "

"And Inu-yasha's place in our relationship is determined."

Kagome nods.

"You don't want to use that term." Sesshomaru finishes.


"Companion just sounds wrong to me, Sesshomaru." Kagome mentions. "Do you have a
different term that you want me use?"

Sesshomaru pauses as he thinks, "Hmm. Kagome, when you first started to talk, especially, since
you were convinced that they were not dangerous, I had expected you to refer to myself, as your
friend or your fiancé."

Kagome nods. She holds up her fingers showing only a couple of millimeters from between
them. "I came that close to calling you my friend." She opens her fingers, just a fraction, "and I
came this close to calling you my fiancé."


"Why didn't you?"

She sighs, "You had already told me that you were suspicious of them, so, I did not think that
you wanted the closeness of our relationship known. Just in case they were unfriendly. And
when that gruel hit you and Gilligan." She shivers. "I knew that you were upset, so, I chose a
term that I thought wouldn't upset you."

She smiles. "I did not want to create an additional scene, not then, in case you decided that those
terms were wrong." She pauses. "Are they?"


"They are not wrong." He replies with firmness in his tone.

He pauses.

He nods. "Thank you for considering my mood." His lips twitch, "yes, I would have reacted
badly to those terms being used in front of absolute, and potentially dangerous, strangers."

His eyes narrow. "But . . . "

"But? Sesshomaru?"

"One of the things that you've mentioned about my brother . . . is his unwillingness to proclaim
his feelings for you, since he is concerned that his enemies would use you against him."

Kagome nods. "Yes. Like what Vlad tried to do to you with me." She shivers. Sesshomaru
opens his arms.

She smiles up at him as she steps into his hug. He kisses her on the forehead as he gently
squeezes her.

"Kagome?"

"Yes, Sesshomaru?"

"I will not object to your declaring my feelings for you."

She draws in a deep breath.

"So, if you wish, even to complete and potentially dangerous strangers, to call me your friend,
fiancé or other term of endearment, I will not object." He smiles. "Or, rather, I'll try not to."

She smiles at him. "In the heat of the moment, you might."

He nods.


She hugs him and places her head on his chest, feeling his warmth. "Thank you, my dear
Sesshomaru."

She pauses, and hiding her grin in his chest, she says in a very playful voice, "Even if I told them
that you're my sweetie, or honeybun, or pookey . . . "

"Woman." He growls as he hugs her tightly.

She starts to giggle into his chest.

"What, pray tell, is so funny?"

"The look on Inu-yasha's face as I call you my gigolo." She says between giggles.

He starts to chuckle.

They both look at each other and as their legs fold under them, the giggles and chuckles turn into
full throated laughter.

Sesshomaru's legs and arms place Kagome on the sand as they both lie on the ground, still
hugging each other, as they laugh together.

They roll on the sand, laughing . . . As they roll, both of them knock off their shoes.
After a couple of minutes of laughing. Kagome breaks the hug and wipes the tears out of her
eyes, "I needed that." She says in a wheeze as she finishes laughing, as she lays back on the
sand.

Sesshomaru sits up, and his finger removes the moisture from the edges of his eyes, as he
whispers. "Kagome."

"Yes? Sesshomaru?"

Sesshomaru rolls on top of Kagome, his hands gripping her wrists as he spreads her arms wide,
his legs trapping hers. He stares down at her. He is smiling. The tips of his fangs are peaking
through his lips.

Kagome smiles up at him.

He bends down and kisses her nose. "That, woman, was something that I needed as well." His
eyes are full of playfulness.

"How long has it been since you've laughed like that?" Kagome whispers up at him.

His eye's change, becoming serious, as he thinks.

"Oh. I'm sorry, Sesshomaru. I should not have asked." Kagome quickly says as she feels the
mood change.

Sesshomaru nods. "It's been far too long, my dear." His eyes twinkle, regaining part of the mood
of the moment before. "And your ability to make me laugh, is just one of the reasons that I love
you."

Kagome smiles, shyly. "Thank you, my dear Sesshomaru."

A pause, then Kagome whispers, "we're alive. I didn't know if we were going to survive that last
world."

Sesshomaru nods. "Yes. You were not alone."

He pauses. "But, we are alive and we have some unfinished business between us, left over from
Uzume's dance . . . "


Kagome smiles, as she nods. Her smile shows her teeth as she runs her tongue across them.

Sesshomaru's eyes flick down her body, as he holds her down.

Kagome can feel movement at his groin as his maleness begins to expand.
Sesshomaru can see her nipples begin to tent her school uniform shirt, as she begins to react to
his mood.

His hips descend onto hers. He rubs himself against her.

She arcs her back and rubs her hips against his.

She opens her mouth, extending her tongue.

He opens his mouth, extending his long and sinuous tongue.

Their mouths meet as they grind into each others body.

Sesshomaru lets go of her wrists.

Her hands instantly wrap themselves around him. Her legs and his legs twist together.

His hands dig under the sand to encircle her.

They begin to roll in the sand, kissing each other and writhing as one.

In the heat of the moment however . . . neither one remembers that they are right next to a
lagoon . . . full of water.

They roll into the water . . .


And while the water is warm and it's not all that deep, but . . .


"Arggh!" Kagome yells in shock, breaking the kiss as they separate.


Sesshomaru snarls at the water. He instinctively slashes at it as he stands up.

"Heh." Kagome begins to giggle. "The look on your face." She says as she sits up in the water.
Her wet black hair is spread out across her shoulders.

Her wet clothes are draped on her. Her erect nipples are still visible through the shirt. Her skirt
is bunched up under her and while the water hides the details, the face that she is not wearing
any underwear is obvious.


"It broke the mood." He snarls.

Kagome's eyes focus on his groin. His erect maleness is tenting his robe. "Really?" she grins,
arcing one eyebrow, as she points.


He smiles, "Perhaps not." He purrs. He holds out his hand to hers. He helps her stand up.

Still holding her hand, he leads them back to the dry beach.

"What do we do to get back into the mood?" She purrs as they stop on the beach.

Sesshomaru reaches out, lifts her chin, and kisses her on the nose. "How about that?" he
whispers as he steps back.

She reaches out, pulls the top part of his wet clothes apart, and begins to kiss his upper chest.
"Will this do?" She whispers, as her mouth finds his left nipple. She kisses it, then begins to play
with his erect nipple with her tongue. Her arms encircle him, her hands going to his buttocks,
grabbing them and squeezing.

"Yes . . . " He hisses as he grabs her. His hand reaches down, and grabs her buttocks. He grinds
her groin against his.

Kagome stops kissing him. She takes a step back, as she breaks the hug.

Kagome smiles, "And . . . " She looks around, "And I itch, terribly." She whispers in a husky
voice. Her right hand brushes against her groin. Her clothes change from her normal school
clothes into a thin, semi-transparent one-piece swimsuit. The stubble of her pubic hair is visible.

Sesshomaru smiles, "I did promise you a shave." He says, as his eyes travel down her body.

Kagome reaches out and hugs him. "And this time, we're not going to be interrupted."

Sesshomaru pauses, his senses check the surrounding area. "Yes. We will not be interrupted."

He hugs her. His hands slide down her back, and he cups her buttocks shoving her against him.

Her hands slide down his back. She cups his buttocks shoving him against her.


"Finally."


They both say at the same time . . .


They pull back their heads, looking into each other eyes.
Sesshomaru sighs, "we will need to cleanup first."

He looks at Kagome. Sand is in her hair. Her clothes are wet and sticking very closely to her
lush body, and the fact that it has been several days since she's last bathed is obvious to even a
human's nose.

Kagome sighs, "More delay."


She nods. "But, you're right."

She looks at Sesshomaru, a secret amusement dancing her eyes.

The sand in his hair is quickly falling out, as his hair cleans itself. His clothes are wet and outline
his hard body. And his body odor is stronger than she's ever smelled it. His tail is curled around
his shoulder like normal, but it is in need of some grooming.

She sighs again. "I'm going to have to go back to them and see if they have any soap. I threw out
ours on the last world."

Sesshomaru frowns. "I can still smell the soap." He states. ‘Cleanliness is important to her, I'm
sure that's why she saved it.' He thinks.

Kagome goes over to the sleeping bag, bends over it and opens it. Her barely covered backside
waves in front of Sesshomaru, as he stares at her. ‘I'm sure I threw it away.' Kagome thinks,
‘perhaps, he's just smelling the leftover scent.'

After digging through it a couple of minutes, she pulls out the jar of elven soap. "I would have
sworn I threw this away." She starts to say as she spins around, still kneeling. She stops
speaking, as she notices Sesshomaru's stare.

"Pervert." She grins as she stares up at him. She closes her legs in a snap.

Sesshomaru grins, his fangs showing. "When I first saw you wearing those clothes, I was sure
that you were a whore, and a stupid one for following my brother."

"Hrrmmph. I'm not."

He nods. "I had, earlier in our journey, thought about forcing you into more proper clothes. But,
now." He waves at her clothes, "Seeing you in anything else, just isn't as exciting."


"Not as exciting? Hmmm?" She whispers, her eyebrows arcing high on her forehead.

Kagome's clothes begin to change. They remain in the same pattern, but . . . The shirt becomes
semi-transparent. The dark areolas on her breasts are shadowy circles. Her skirt shrinks changing
for knee length to hip hugging, thus allowing his eyes to view places normally hidden.

"How's this?" Kagome asks as she stands up. "Some of the magazines back home have their
girls dressed up in this costume."

His eyes flick up and down her body. "I prefer the other version. Humans where you come from
may be perverts that want their women to show their bodies. I prefer, though, to undress you
myself, not for you to be wearing clothes that leave you undressed."

She nods. Her clothes change back to normal.

"Thank you." He says.

"Shall we start?" Kagome asks as she holds up the soap.

He nods. He smiles and reaches for the cloth tie holding his clothes together.

"Stop." Kagome says, with a smile on her lips.

He raises an eyebrow.

She steps close to him, her hands going to his clothes. "Let me." She whispers.

He holds his hands out wide. She places the jar of soap in one hand.

Kagome unties his clothes and slowly begins to remove them. Her hands go under his clothes
and they begin to slide his clothes off. She caresses his body as her hands travel across it.

His smooth muscular chest is revealed as she opens his robe. She kisses each of his nipples each
appears.


Sesshomaru's robe falls onto the sand . . . his untanned nude body glistens in the sun.


Kagome steps back, a smile on her lips as she sees his erect organ pointing at her.


Sesshomaru hands her the jar of soap. She spreads her arms wide.

HE begins to slowly undo her clothes.

As he unbuttons her shirt, his hand dips inside and caresses her chest and bosom. The feeling
on his claw tips lightly stroking her skin causes Kagome's nipple to harden and extend. He
tweaks one nipple then the other, as she moans in a low voice.

A flick of her wrist sends the unopened jar of soap into the sand some distance away.

Her hands grab his head, and hair, they begin to slowly rub his silky smooth hair.

Her shirt falls off her shoulders and slides down her back, bunching up near her skirt.

His tail curls around her, its tip softly brushing against her back. The pleasurable feeling as it
caresses between her shoulder blades causes her to arc her back, pushing out her young, firm
and nicely rounded breasts, which causes his eyes to lite up in delight.


Sesshomaru's hands slowly, gently, glide down her stomach. He sticks one finger in her
bellybutton. "tsk, tsk." He whispers, as he pulls out his finger, showing a few brown spots on it.
"Dirty, indeed."

Kagome reaches down with her right hand, (the other remains entangled in his hair), and her
finger finds his bellybutton.

He twitches, trying to avoid her finger. He takes a step back.

Kagome smiles, lustily, "I'd forgotten. You're ticklish there." Her other hand untangles itself
from his head. She holds out both her hands, her fingers spread as she flexes them.

"I see." He hisses. His amusement is twinkling in his eyes. "You wish to play?"

Kagome's eyes flick to his, she whispers, "we've been through life and death, together,
Sesshomaru, surely we're entitled to some fun."


Sesshomaru reaches out, grabs her and hugs her. "Of course, my dear and lovely Kagome." He
kisses the top of her head. "And to the victor?"

"Victor?" she asks.

Sesshomaru's hands go to her skirt. He quickly and effortlessly removes it, leaving her nude.
"What prize shall go to the victor of this tickle fight?" His fingers brush against the stubble of
her pubic hair, causing her to squirm and take a step back.

"Is everything a fight?" Kagome asks, her hands dropping to cover her groin. She is now
standing nude, her tanned arms and legs in contrast to her untanned body, on the white sands
next to the lagoon.

Sesshomaru, also nude, says, "of course, life is a struggle against death." Sesshomaru replies,
"but, in this case, some minor prize is needed."

He pauses, "Ah, I know, when I win, I can determine the term I wish you to use when you
introduce me."

"And when I win?" Kagome says with a smile, "I can choose."

He nods, but says. "I never lose."

"There's always a first time." Kagome smiles. Then she digs her toes into the stand and kicks,
showering him with sand.

She jumps Sesshomaru. Her hair streams backs, her breasts jiggle as she jumps. The shapely
muscles in her legs bunch themselves.


He smiles. ‘beautiful…' is his thought as he watches her jump. He grabs her in the air and takes
her to the ground.

They roll in the sand. His hands go for her groin. Her hands go for his bellybutton. As they
roll, they look at each other eyes. They smile and laugh, like young children as they roll.

After a couple of rolls, though, Sesshomaru grabs both her hands, flips her over on her back and
presses her into the sand, trapping her under him.

She spits out a bit of sand, and then stares into his eyes. "What about a tie?" she giggles. "If you
let go, I'll get your bellybutton." She wiggles her fingers.

A smiling Sesshomaru, still holding her down, raises his body off hers. "I never lose." His tail
slides between their bodies.

His tail begins to move against her. The silky smooth hair feels indescribably delicious as it
moves across her pubic area. "You beast. You're cheating." She hisses as she squirms, trying to
keep the friction of his tail against her rapidly growing female pearl.

His fangs shine as Sesshomaru replies, "I've never claimed to be human. And there are no rules
in war or love. So how can this be cheating?"

Kagome hips begin to instinctively move, keeping in contact with Sesshomaru's tail as it
moves.

They can both feel the hair on his tail begin to stick together as Kagome's body reacts to the
stimulation. Even Kagome can smell the scent of her musk, as her body finds his tail very
pleasurable.

"Do you want to me to remove it?" He whispers huskily as his head descends, remaining just
above her head, as she stretches her neck up trying to kiss him.

"You do that." She growls, "And I'll rip it off."


He runs his tongue across his fangs. "And I if I replace it with something better?"

His hips descend as his tail shifts away from her. She mews in disappointment. Then she takes a
deep breath as she feels his maleness rub across the engorged female pearl at the top of her lower
female lips.


"Sesshomaru." She hisses in pleasure.


His hips move up and down, dragging the full length of his maleness across her pearl. She arcs
her hips keeping him pressed against her pearl.


"I win." Sesshomaru's oozes lust as he lowers his head to awaiting lips.


"Yes." Kagome mumbles as her lips finds his and they kiss, open mouthed as he body descends
onto hers. He releases her hands.

In a flash her hands are gripping his buttocks. Her fingernails dig into his flesh as she pulls him
toward her.

One of his hands slides to her breasts. The other is holding him off her. His hips keep moving,
and his maleness rubs her into even greater excitement.

His fingertips caress her nipple, then, he tweaks them with the tips of his claws.

Their mouths are still crushed together and in them, another battle is beginning as their tongues
slip and ooze around each other. Both are moaning, wordlessly as they writhe in pleasure on the
sand.

As his hips move the tip of his maleness brushes against the entrance to her wet lower lips. It
does not enter, but her fluids dampen his maleness.

Her legs wrap themselves around his legs.

Sesshomaru's hips move, faster and faster


Kagome breaks the kiss to moan, "Sesshomaru!"


She shudders as she orgasms as his maleness runs itself across her pearl.


He releases his control as spurting jets of musk across her stomach. He collapses onto her,
rubbing his body against hers.

They both stop moving. Sesshomaru is laying on top of Kagome. Her hands slowly move up his
back, her fingernails drawing thin red mark, which heal instantly, up his back.

Sesshomaru lifts himself off Kagome. He looks into her eyes. He smiles, "Now, we can clean
ourselves, without the tension."

She looks at him in the eyes, her eyes narrow. "You planned that, didn't you?"

"Of course. We both needed some release." He replies, smiling. His smile grows, his fangs
peaking through his lips, "Now we can concentrate on cleaning ourselves."

He pauses. "And, since the edge of our desire is blunted, later." He slides down her body and
kiss her breast.

She grips his head holding it against her breast. "Later, we can go slower and make things more
romantic and pleasing."

He shifts, kisses her other breast. "Yes." He hisses.


She squirms as his licks her breast. "Sesshomaru . . . " she hisses. "If you don't stop that." Her
fingers dig into his hair, griping the glossy and sleek hair. "I'm not letting go."

He pauses. ‘We do need to clean up.' he thinks. He sighs and after one last kiss on the tip of her
erect nipple, he says, "very well. I'm stopping. Let's clean up."

He rolls off her and stands up. Kagome extends an arm and he pulls her to her feet.

"Sesshomaru?"

"Yes, my dear?"

"What should I call you?"

He pauses. "A friend is fine. Fiancé, though, implies that our relationship is known of and
approved by our families, so you might decide not to use it."

"In the future, in my time, we use the term's boyfriend and girlfriend for . . . " She pauses as she
thinks of a definition. "A relationship of two potential mates, but they haven't really talked about
marriage yet."

"Acceptable." He says, "I've also thought about intended."

"No." Kagome interrupts. "That makes everything seem fated and destined, and I, at least, want
to keep the illusion that my future is mine to shape."

He nods, accepting her interruption. "And while I enjoy being called your beloved or lover that, I
think should be keep between us, and not in public."

"Yes, Lover." Kagome smiles. "LLOOVVEERR." She whispers drawing out the word, testing it.
She nods. ‘Yes. Finally.' She thinks.


She giggles, ‘Love slave.' She thinks. She looks at him, ‘nope, I don't think I'll mention that
one, at least not yet.'

Sesshomaru's eyebrow rises in a silent question.

Kagome stops giggling and quickly says, "I was thinking about terms like comrade, buddy and
escort, but none of them really fit."

He nods. ‘There is something missing in that list. Unless there is something in her past, none of
those terms should have gotten a giggle.' He thinks.

Kagome walks over and picks up the jar of soap. Sesshomaru's eyes, follow her naked form as
his maleness twitches.

Kagome turns around, her eyebrow twitches as she looks at his groin. She smiles. "I also thought
of paramour."

He nods. "Nice." He pauses. His eyes flick down her body, before settling on her face. "But,
Lady Miko Higurashi Kagome."

Kagome stiffens at that phrase.

Their eyes lock

Sesshomaru continues, "Would you be my consort?"

Kagome draws in a deep breath.
She bows, deeply to Sesshomaru. While facing the ground she replies, "It would give me great
pleasure to be known as your consort, Sesshomaru, lord of the Western Lands."

As she straightens up, Sesshomaru arms encircle her body in a hug. "Thank you, Kagome." He
whispers in her ear.

"I love you." She whispers into his. She begins to rain kisses on his check as her mouth moves
toward his.


"I love you." He whispers as his mouth begins to kiss her face as his mouth moves toward hers.

They kiss . . .


His arms hug her body tighter, his hands sliding down her body, finally settling on her buttocks.
His hands massage them. He lifts her off the ground, so he doesn't have to bend over to
continue the kiss.

Her arms hug him tighter, her hands sliding up his body. Her fingers are finding his hair
irresistible.


Kagome can feel his maleness begin to grow and enlarge between them. She opens her legs,
allowing it space to grow.


Sesshomaru feels her wetness against his maleness . . .


Sesshomaru, still holding Kagome, breaks the kiss. "We really need to clean up."

Kagome smiles, "Only so we can get dirty again."

Sesshomaru kisses her nose. "Of course, that is what Demon dog grooming is for."

Kagome reaches down between them. "And this?"

"For both of our pleasure." He purrs.

She shivers. "Yes . . . "

He walks into the lagoon, holding Kagome tight against him.

"Are you going to let me go?" she asks.
"Do you want to be let go?"

"No . . . "

Sesshomaru walks under the waterfall. Once in it, he does put her down. "We do need to
separate so we can clean each other." He explains.

Kagome smiles, "Yes. We will clean the other."

He nods.

Under the waterfall, they find where the girls have had the professor build some shelves for
holding bathing supplies and even some of the castaway's soaps. Kagome places the elven soap
on the shelf.

She opens it and spreads a little on her hands. "You first." She whispers.

He nods.

They both step through the waterfall again. "Front or back?" she asks.

"Back, first, please" He replies. He flicks his head, swinging his hair around, revealing his
muscular back.

Kagome begins to lather the soap on his back. ‘Gods . . . his muscle tone.' She thinks. ‘I can
feel each and ever muscle under his skin.'


After a couple of minutes, she steps close and begins to rub her breasts against his back,
spreading the lather that way.

"That's not a very efficient way to clean." He whispers.

"Do you want me to stop?" She huskily whispers back.

"No." He growls.

She giggles. "I love the feel of your body against mine. Even that first night on the ice world, I
loved it."

"Yes, I know. I could smell your desire. Your restraint and the willpower to resist the allure of
my body were one of the first things I really noticed about you." He mentions in a low husky
tone. "And . . . even on that first night, my love, I loved the feel of your body against mine."

She hugs him. "I love you, you know."
"I know." He replies smugly. She squeezes him. "And I love you."

"Good." She releases him from the hug. She bends down and begins to clean his legs.

She steps back saying, "turn around, my love."

Sesshomaru turns around, he is smiling, and his maleness is fully erect and pointing to her.

"My, my, my." Kagome whispers huskily. "That tickle fight didn't help, I see."

"It did, my dear. Otherwise, you'd be spread out on the sand and I'd be in you, right now." He
growls back.

Kagome smiles. Her fingertip taps the tip of his maleness. Her smile grows as she watches it
bounce and twitch. "Men love watching women's breast bounce." She explains in a lusty
whisper.

"I am not a plaything." He growls.

Kagome stares into his eyes. "Do you want me to stop?"

"If you don't . . . you're not going to get your shave." Sesshomaru replies in a lusty whisper.

Kagome moans. "Cheater." She sighs. "I'll get some more soap and do your front, then."

She quickly returns splashing in and out of the waterfall.

She smiles and begins to rub his upper chest lathering the soap. Once her hands are covered in
lather she begins her hands to his face. She pauses.

He nods.

She begins to clean his face. Her hands quickly remove the sand. "There."

He ducks his head under the waterfall, rinsing his face.

As soon as he brings his head out from under the waterfall, Kagome kisses his checks. Her
tongue brushes his skin, tasting him.

"All clean." She whispers as stops kissing him.

"There is the rest of my body." He replies.

"I know." Her hands begin to rub his upper chest, lathering it.

"Sesshomaru?" she asks as she scrubs him.

"Hmm?"

"The stripes on your face and the crescent moon on your forehead. Are they tattoos or
birthmarks?"


"The stripes are what you would consider birthmarks." Sesshomaru replies. "The crescent moon
is my Mon, or my personal symbol. It is a tattoo. I had it placed there, so, that when I die,
everyone will know that this is my head."

Kagome draws in a deep breath. "You don't mean that do you?"

"Kagome, I have mentioned that every Lord of the Western Lands before myself, has died on the
battlefield. So, it behooves me to make sure that my remains are identifiable."

Kagome balls her fists. "I don't like this conversation." She whispers.

Sesshomaru wraps her in his arms. "Don't worry, Lady Miko Higurashi Kagome, this
Sesshomaru has every intention of dying of old age in my own bed, with you by my side."

He kisses her head. "Before I fell in love with you, I did intend to die on the battlefield."

She stiffens in his grasp.

He continues, "but, now, the thought of leaving you . . . " His voice trails off.

In a very serious tone he states, "As long as you live, I will live. That, I, Sesshomaru, Lord of the
Western lands, promises his consort."

Kagome can feel his power rise and engulf both of them as his power reacts and seals that
promise.

"Sesshomaru!" She cries. "Don't!"

"My life is my own." He replies.

Kagome begins to cry into his chest. "I didn't want." She tries to say through her tears.

"Everything will be fine, Lady Miko Higurashi Kagome, consort of Sesshomaru." He pets her
hair, trying to calm her . . .


"I didn't want your life to be dependant on mine . . . " She whispers. "I didn't want your life to
be in my hands."

"I would have thought that you'd love that promise?" Sesshomaru asks in genuine puzzlement.
"Your hands are the safest place I know."

Kagome cries, tears dripping down her checks as Sesshomaru hugs her.




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Sigh . . . I know that readers were expecting a full lemon in this chapter. Sorry. But, I will
promise that before they leave this world, there will be a full lemon.


Author's note: Posting schedule:

I will be returning to my normal schedule until probably apr 29th. Then, I'll be taking another
break from this story. ( During the break at the end of apr, I'll do A Shard in Kyoto ch 14
(Kagome's day as an assistant torturer) and Motherhood part 3: Will Kagome breast feed
Shippo?)





authors' note:

Ghost writing


Hmmm . . . how to do this . . .

Given my basic plot device, (The cube bouncing Kagome and Sesshomaru around to various
worlds), there are an infinite number of stories that could be written.

But . . .
I am not going to write an infinite number of stories . . .

And, many reviewers have asked for Kagome and Sesshomaru to visit various worlds, like Harry
Potter, various Anime worlds. (DBZ, etc). I had one reviewer send me a very detailed
plot/outline using Stargate SG-1.

Sigh. I am not going to write stories using these worlds. Why? I'm not either familiar enough
(Stargate) to do it properly, or the worlds just don't interest me enough (harry potter or DBZ),
sorry.

So, there are stories out there that people would like to read, but I'm not going to write...

So, what I'm thinking about is a way, for other writers to write worlds based on my plot device.


Basically, what I'm thinking is doing something that would allow readers to write stories that I
would perhaps insert into my story, or post separately, but mention the link in my story.

My basic idea is, using the fact that the cube allows Kagome and Sesshomaru to travel between
space and TIME: I would skip over a period of time and . . .

They would arrive on a world and Kagome says, "well that was interesting . . . "

And other stories, written by other writers, would take place during that time period in which
they had that ‘interesting' adventure or adventures.

Let's see if someone wants to ‘ghost' write some stories . . .

Please note: how much control would I have over the stories?

I don't want Kagome's and Sesshomaru's relationship to be changed. (You may change it in the
story, but at the end of the story, it's got to be the same as it was in the beginning of the story.)

And I do know what worlds that I will be sending them to. And I don't want duplicate worlds, so
I might say, don't do some worlds.

Other than that? Shrug. I would like to preread the stories and I might have suggestions, but,
shrug. A lot of it will depend on the story, etc. I'll probably be making it up as I go.


So, what I would like are some additional opinions on this, or if someone has a different idea,
please mention it.


Also, I meant to mention this last chapter, but, somehow this was cut from the upload . . . shrug.
I do wish to thank all the readers of this story. When I started this, I really did not intend this
story to be this long. I had thought that once I got away from the standard anime crossover
pattern that interest would fade . . . and then I would write a shortcut, have kag/Sess return
home, as lovers, and begin writing the storyline dealing with Inu-yasha & the group's reaction
to her new relationship . . .

Things change . . . 180,000+ words later and I'm still going strong. Shakes head.

I do wish to thank the readers of Adult Fanfiction.net: This story looks like it is the most popular
(by # of hits) in the Inu-yasha section. And in the top 5 (by # of reviews). Thank you.

I do wish to thank the readers of Mediaminner.org. This story is in the top 25 in hits and in the
top 15 in reviews in the Inu-yasha section. Thank you

I do wish to thank the reader of Fanfiction.net. This story is in the top 40 or so in the number of
reviews. (And in terms of number of words . . . this is in the top 15 . . . ) Thank you.




thank you for reading
jeff shelton