What's A Dragon to Do?

Chapter 15

Miroku woke up the next morning with a major headache and wished that Kagome were there with some of those things she called pills. They worked quickly to get rid of headaches. He tried to move his arm to cover his eyes but for some reason it wouldn't budge. He turned his head and his violet eyes met with blue. He quickly sat up and looked at the women in his bed. She was pretty and apparently a wolf demoness. He moved his head to look around the room and grimaced at the pain in his neck. Miroku raised his hand to his neck and felt the scabs on his neck. He looked back down to the demoness and saw the doubt on her face.

"What happened last night?"

Masumi couldn't believe that he couldn't remember what they had done. It was one of the most beautiful things she had ever experienced and her mate couldn't remember it. She felt the tears fall down her face and no matter what she tried she couldn't get them to stop.

Miroku hadn't meant to make her cry. All he wanted to do was find out what happened. He drew her into his arms and caressed her back.

"Please don't cry my Lady. I just would really like to know what happened." Masumi pushed herself away from Miroku and glared at him.

"Don't tell me that you don't remember asking me to bear your child and our mating."

Miroku couldn't remember anything past the last cup of sake that he and Kouga had drank. He looked at the irate demoness in front of him. Ok how am I supposed to tell her that I don't remember?

"Y-y-y-you really don't remember what happened last night do you?" She could see the shock on his face and took pity on him. "I walked you to your room last night and you continued to fondle me and when we got to your room I went to leave and you got on your knees and asked me to bear your children. Well I thought about it and agreed then we mated. Now we are mated for life." Masumi watched the monks face get whiter as she continued with her story. What if he really didn't want to be mated to her? For once she decided to do something impulsive and look what happened. She was mated to a monk who obviously didn't want to be mated to her.

Miroku rubbed his neck again then it dawned on him why his neck hurt so badly. He was truly mated to the demoness. She had marked him. He started thinking about everything he knew of wolf customs. He was mated for life. That he knew for certain. Leave it to him to get drunk and mated. What was he going to do about Sango? He loved her but his honor wouldn't allow him to leave the demoness now.

"I am sorry that I can't remember what happened last night. I know that I am now your mate and I will stand by you." He made it sound like he was doing her a favor. How dare he. Masumi stood up and retrieved her clothes and got dressed and when she was ready she turned to glare at the monk.

"Don't do me any favors. I may have marked you and am now tied to you but I refuse to let you pity me." She stormed out of the room making sure she slammed the door behind her.

Miroku cringed at the sound of the door slamming and decided he had better talk with Kouga. He got dressed and set out to find the Northern Lord.

He found him sitting at the breakfast table with Ayame at his side. When he walked in he received glares from both of them. So they knew what happened. Miroku bowed to both of them before sitting down.

"Kouga I would like to talk to you privately as soon as you're able." Kouga glared at the monk then nodded.

"After the meal we will go to my library." He had an idea of what the monk wanted. But he would wait till the meeting to say anything.

The meal seemed to take forever to finish and Miroku was not really all that hungry so he just drank some tea. When Kouga arose he stood and followed him out of the room. It didn't take long to get to the study and he took a seat across from Kouga.

Kouga glared at the monk. After what Masumi told him and Ayame this morning he was not going to go easy on the monk.

"What did you wish to discuss?" Miroku knew that Kouga was angry with him and he deserved it.

"Kouga I am sure that you know that Masumi and I mated last night." He waited for Koga to nod before he continued. "I know nothing about wolf customs and I wanted to ask you to tell me what I need to know about having a wolf as a mate."

Well Kouga wasn't expecting that but he managed to hide his surprise. He had expected the monk to ask how he could get out of the mating not how to deal with a wolf demoness as a mate.

"Well the first thing is to be the alpha of the pair. Don't let her tell you what to do. The second never show any signs of weakness to her. As her mate you are expected to supply all her needs. Wolf demonesses are strong but they rely on us men to protect them. Don't get me wrong they can fight and are good at it. They will protect their mates with their lives if need be and when they protect their pups they are even stronger."

Miroku stayed well into the day in Kouga's study learning how to deal with a wolf demoness and when Koga finished answering all his questions he bowed to him.

"Thank you Kouga for all your help. I must return to the west now. I will be taking Masumi with me. I will return in a month to meet her parents." He bowed again and left to find his mate. He found her in his room sitting on the bed looking out the window.

"Masumi, I know that we barely know each other but we are mated and I am not backing out of it. I have to return to Lord Sesshoumaru's castle and we will be departing in the hour. If you have anything you want to bring along you had better get it now."

Masumi returned to Miroku's room. Ayame had told her to wait for him instead of returning to work. She had spent the day just waiting for him to return. How long did it take for him to ask Kouga how to get out of their mating? Late into the day he finally entered the room. She was shocked when he told her they were leaving for the Western Lands. He was taking her with him.

"Are you taking me with you because you pity me?" Miroku looked down into the sad eyes of the demoness and smiled at her.

"I do not pity you Masumi. It was because of my words that we are now mated and I will honor them. It might take a little while for me to get use to the idea but you are now my mate and will be by my side."

Masumi stood up and bowed to him before she turned to leave the room.

Miroku couldn't let her leave with that look on her face and after she bowed to him and turned to leave he grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms and lowered his mouth to hers. He ran his lips against her and when she refused to open her mouth he lightly bit her bottom lip. Causing her to open her mouth. He thrust his tongue into her mouth and wrapped his arms around her and pulled her tighter to his chest. His tongue battled hers and it didn't take long for him to win their little battle. When he finally broke the kiss they were both breathing heavily.

"Wow is that how it was last night?"

Masumi smiled up at him and laughed."No it was better."

Better than that. Oh how he wished he could remember. Well there was always tonight. Maybe they could do it all over again. And this time he would not forget it. He turned her loose and watched her leave the room. At least she was happier now. He had to find Kirara and tell her what had happened. He found her lying under a tree in a garden outside of the palace.

"Kirara we are going to be leaving shortly to return to Lord Sesshoumaru's palace." He bowed his head before he continued. "Would you mind carrying another passenger?" He heard her little mew. "Her name is Masumi and it seems we are now mated." He heard Kirara growl at that and knew that the neko was angry at him and he knew she had every right to be. "I know what your thinking but this happened and I have to honor it. I will explain everything to Sango when we return." He heard another mew instead of a growl. "I will go get Masumi then we can leave."

Kirara glared at the monk as he disappeared into the palace. I shouldn't have left the monk alone last night. Then none of this would have happened. What was Sango going to do when she found out? I am so glad that I am not the monk. Sango is going to kill him when she found out about his new mate.

She watched the palace and soon Miroku exited the palace with a demoness behind him and Kouga and Ayame stood on the top steps as the monk and the demoness came toward her. So this is his new mate. As they approached her Kirara grew into her bigger firm and turned her head to look at the demoness.

Miroku guided Masumi to Kirara and almost laughed at her when Kirara changed into her big form. He watched as she looked to him and then back to Kirara.

"Don't worry she won't harm you." I hope. He picked her up and put her on Kirara's back and jumped up behind her. He turned to wave to Kouga and Ayame then motioned for Kirara to take off. On the way to the Western Palace he had a lot of time to think of what he was going to tell Sango. And no matter how it went in his mind it always ended up the same, him on the ground with a knot on his head and a fuming Sango standing over him with her hiraikotsu ready to strike him again. He knew without a doubt that he would soon have a headache so big that no amount of Kagome's pills would help.