The Herald of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 10: Protecting Me

Being a full blooded demon came with many privileges. Heightened sense of smell, hearing, touch, taste. However, Sesshoumaru soon found he had something that he had never experienced before. He could feel Kagome’s pain. Throughout the day he had felt her emotions range from horror, shock, sorrow to immense pain. Leaving no time to ponder the connection from her, he began to spur onward. He only barely registered Inuyasha’s curse as he left him behind.

Inuyasha watched as Sesshoumaru seemed to fly ahead and was taken aback by his brother’s intensity. “God damn it Sesshoumaru, wait for me! What the hell does he think he’s doing?” Gritting his teeth he hurtled after the fast retreating figure. In his haste he failed to see Miroku, Sango and Shippo on the transformed Kirara, and Au-Un carrying Rin and Jaken close behind.

Villagers in a nearby field rose up from their work when from the forest came a rustling. They could see the tops of the trees seem to sway with agitation and they looked to each other nervously.

“Look papa did you see that,” a young boy asked, pulling on the sleeve of his father.

No one responded as they had all seen a figure racing through the forest, a white blur, his armor and swords gleaming in the patches of sunlight through the trees. Trees which seemed to bow and bend as not to block the way to his destination. As quickly as the disturbance appeared, it was gone, and the forest settled back into its quiet interlude. A collective breath released from the startled humans, and an old man spoke quietly as the others stood still with reverence for the regal apparition.

“God or Demon, I pray you find that which you are seeking so fervently for.”

Sesshoumaru blew by the humans below, and by the breath of the wind he heard the old man’s prayer and strangely it made him smile. Just at that moment he caught Kagome’s scent. It mingled with blood and tears, and he could smell the vile atrocity that abducted her. In a fury his eyes began to change into their violent blood red color and his face and body began to contort. Growing larger and spouting silver fur he changed, feeling that Kagome was near.

Naraku was admiring Kagome’s heaving chest. He ran a finger along the creamy crevice of her breasts and began to gently tug at the peaks of her hardening nipples.

“Are you getting excited for me, Kagome?” He growled as he felt her spasm against his hand as he trailed a lazy finger down her stomach.

“Don’t touch me,” she said weakly and gasped as he took his foot and kicked her legs apart.

“All of this belongs to me so I’ll touch what I like,” he said huskily. He took a finger and ran it along the crotch of her panties. He smiled with satisfaction at the wetness he found there and laughed maliciously. “You want this don’t you?”

Kagome screamed as his hand found its way into her panties and began to stroke and rub at her clit. She screamed at the violation and at the responsiveness of her own body. She could feel and hear the wetness of her arousal, and helpless tears coursed down her cheeks.

“Please don’t do this,” she begged brokenly.

Naraku stopped his petting and brought his hand to his nose. He inhaled her scent and felt himself growing even harder. He was intoxicated by her sweetness as he licked her essence off his fingers and threw her back to the ground. He smirked as he watched her land, and could see the wetness on her thighs and the fear and revulsion on her face. Her innocence turned on a switch in him that made his rationality fly away.

“I had hoped to try to make you understand and come to me willingly, but I can see that you will need a little hands on persuasion.” His eyes grew cloudy as he knelt down between her legs pulling her hips to him and spreading her thighs wide. A rush of her scent bathed his nostrils and he pulled aside the thin piece of cotton blocking the way to his prize.

Forgetting all past threats, Kagome let her power flow out of her and direct itself on Naraku. But she quickly realized that something was wrong. Her miko powers which had been potent against him, was now dull. The only harm she was bringing him was a slight smoking, and this seemed to arouse him even more. She began to scream when he bit down on her breast, drawing blood from her again.

“You are so sweet. When I claim you I will make you bleed every night, just to taste you.” He groaned at her gasp of fear and then turned his sight upon her slick folds. Taking a finger ran it along each ridge and dip and when he came to her entrance, he slowly pushed in. He growled loudly when he came in contact with her maiden head.

“Just think, I get to claim your innocence twice.”

Suddenly before he could go any further, a loud howl and a roar brought him to his feet. In terror he turned to see towering across the distance a huge silver dog demon. Naraku seethed with rage, he had let himself become impatient and let his guard down. He looked down at the partially clothed Kagome and hissed his displeasure. He could still smell her arousal and he ached to be inside her.

“You got lucky my dear,” he growled as his barrier enclosed him and he began to lift into the air. “Don’t think that this is over, you will be mine and even your so called protectors won’t be able to stop me.”

In Sesshoumaru’s transformed state he saw Naraku begin to rise from the ground and dove over to him. In two leaps he was across the distance but before he could close his jaws over the hanyou, he was bombarded by hundreds of demons.

Kagome covered herself with her arms and watched as Sesshoumaru bit and slashed at the demons while their master disappeared, but not before giving her a lustful longing look. She turned her attention back to the falling corpses when a severed demon head landed too close to her. Then after a few moments she saw a shadow loom over her and she breathed a sigh of relief. However, when she looked up, she saw Sesshoumaru in his regular form glaring down at her.

Growling he yanked her to her feet and began to inspect her body. She began to protest at his manhandling but he shushed her with a finger to her lips. Gingerly he studied the thin slightly bloody line that was beginning to form on her side. Inside his being his beast whined at the pain that its mate had been in and Sesshoumaru dropped to his knees and began to lick at her wound. Kagome gasped at his gentle tongue and her legs began to tremble.

“S-Sesshoumaru what are you doing,” she asked softly, not wanting the sensual flickers of his tongue to stop.

“I must do this so that you will heal faster,” he replied. He could smell her arousal grow stronger and almost overwhelm his senses.

Suddenly she backed away from him. “I can’t do this,” she said mournfully.

“Do what?”

“This, its making me feel things that I shouldn’t feel, Naraku did things that made me feel this way, Oh God I feel so dirty.” Kagome wrapped her arms tighter around her body and closed her eyes, trying to will away the images of what happened to her.

Sesshoumaru stared at her and he felt her sadness and shame wash over him. He knew that Kagome’s body had reacted to whatever Naraku had done to her but he could still smell her innocence. Still, he also knew that what her body had done was a betrayal to her and she was confused. Slowly he approached her and wrapped his pelt around her. He saw a rush of tears escape her closed eyes and gently he pulled her into his embrace. He felt her struggle but after a moment she grasped him around his waist and held on for dear life, a torrent of sobs rocking her body.

“Kagome I did not get a chance to tell you about what truly happened to you that night when Kikyo assaulted you.” He watched as Kagome turned tear filled eyes up to him and looked for an explanation. “You see you are not what you appear to be and, you are at the stage where you sense that your mate is near.”

“What do you mean, that I am not as I appear?” She asked.

“This is not for me to reveal to you yet, but I can promise you this, while I protect you, no harm will ever come to you again.”

Kagome smiled up at the handsome demon that held her in his arms and she felt something inside her soul stir. “I already have a protector,” she said softly.

Sesshoumaru scoffed. “I understand your loyalty lies with Inuyasha but, I know that we share something. I feel it, I have always felt it.” He leaned down closer to her face, his soft breath on her lips and placed a hand on her cheek. “Do you deny that you don’t feel this same connection?”

Kagome was mesmerized by the close proximity of him and the closeness of his soft lips to hers. Then as if by magic she felt herself pulled into his kiss. Instantly she felt as if time had stopped, then flew forward and backward all at once, and she could feel herself being pulled this way and that. It was as if throughout the entirety of their kiss the world was going by, the past, the present, and the future. Even the universe with its millions of stars and planets seemed to swirl around them and then it all came flying back just as instantaneous. She looked up at Sesshoumaru in a daze and raised a hand to his cheek. Before she could realize what she was doing, she found herself caressing the magenta stripes of his face.

“Sesshoumaru,” she whispered in awe.

He knew what she had felt, and he reached out to grasp her hand. “I will always protect you,” he said softly.