~Melodic Memory

~Melodic Memory

Chapter 26


He caught her quickly. She was fast and she was mischievous, but she was no match for him. He was taller, quicker, and knew the gardens by memory far better then she did. And her sweet melodic laughter gave her away at every turn. He scooped her into his arms when she dashed to run the other way. He had hopped over the very fountain that still bubbled tempting memories of her sinful actions upon his body. He then rushed to his old bedroom with nothing but ravaging her body on his mind.

He gently laid her upon his large bed, the bed creaked when he pressed his knees against it. He smirked when her eyes shot open. She was still catching her breath from the earlier jaunt in the garden. He laughed as she feebly attempted to move. She quickly propped herself up on her elbows. Her ebony tresses danced along her shoulders in a playful manner that demanded touch. Absently he crawled over and did so. She gave him a sweet questioning look.

“What are you laughing at me for?” She asked, face flushed with a thin sheen of sweat, her sapphire eyes sparkled in the low light of the bedroom.

She looked quite edible in that moment, of course to Sesshoumaru she looked edible just about any time, he was always picking moments to catch her in an edible pose. He came quickly to the conclusion that she was just about edible any damn time. The funny thing is, Kagome was thinking the same thing. Her eyes ran over his strong and prominent facial features. His eyes looked hungry and possessive, and before Kagome could really think on the matter any further he was consuming her.

Clothes were discarded in a matter of seconds. Lips came crashing in unison. Hearts beating rapidly. Heavy moans echoed through the dimly lit room. The bed creaked and cracked under the continuous pressure being applied. And right before Kagome was about to climax the bed shook violently to the floor.

Kagome was so shocked by their predicament she laughed aloud. Sesshoumaru shook his head and continued to drive into her. She continued giggling until it was quickly replaced by soft mewing sounds of pleasure. Kagome's breath hitched in her throat.

“Oh Sesshoumaru, yes!” She moaned.

Sesshoumaru soon followed after and fell against her. Kagome held his head between her breasts and stroked his long silver hair. She began to giggle again.

“Well I don't supposed you will have an explanation for this one for your family now will you?” She laughed.

“I will, I will tell them you did it, while riding me.”

Kagome laughed again until she got tired and calmed to continue her ministrations upon his hair. All was quiet and serene. It was nightfall now and the sky was lighted by the moonlight and stars. Kagome looked outside the window as she felt the slow breathing of Sesshoumaru against her.

“Sesshoumaru?” She asked not looking away from the windows view.

“Hmm?”

“I'm having so much fun with you.” She smiled.

Sesshoumaru looked up and caught her delicate smile. He pulled her chin down to see her eyes.

“I'm glad, I have never had so much fun with...anyone.”

Kagome looked at him seriously.

“Really?”

“Really.

Kagome was being honest. She had never felt so comfortable and carefree with anyone. She was saddened to think if this were ever to end between them, but as quickly as the thought came she shoved it away to be thought of at another time. She remembered to think that way was a sure way to kill what fun you would have. Sesshoumaru rose from his comfortable spot on Kagome's chest, there bodies no longer one and Kagome moaned as he pulled out from within her, the feeling of him lost, she really did like him inside her, he smirked as he kissed her wet lips and pulled her up off the broken bed. After they got dressed Sesshoumaru grabbed his keys off his desk.

“Come on, I know this great Sushi bar in the city, its a small place I think you'll like.”

And he did know a great sushi bar. It was small and quiet. Perfect for two lovers only interested in each other. It had dawned on Kagome that it was indeed a place she really did like. She was amazed at the fact that after only two weeks Sesshoumaru already had many ideas of her favorite things. It meant he listened, and that was more then anyone else she had ever dated had done. She would consider herself lucky if the place chosen for a particular evening was even to her slight enjoyment. But with Sesshoumaru everywhere and everything they did together seemed all too wonderful. She couldn't be happier if she tried. She felt so special with him, as if life was flying by and she, merely along for the ride.

After dinner they arrived back at the house and Sesshoumaru proceeded to remove the broken frame from the bed, Kagome helped after some slight coaxing, she felt so useless. Standing there watching him move broken panels of wood from the floor. Not that the view wasn't enticing but she never liked feeling useless. After the bed was securely on the floor they laid in bed talking about sweet nothings and laughing at ridiculous humor. Kagome fell asleep wrapped in the warmth of Sesshoumaru's arms.

Several hours later Sesshoumaru stirred to noises across the hall. It alerted him and puzzled him. He wondered how anyone could be in the house.

“Has Inuyasha come home?” He wondered.

He removed Kagome from his being and moved across the room. Kagome rubbed her eyes and whispered to Sesshoumaru.

“Sess? Whats the matter?”

“Nothing, just stay here.” He warned her sternly.

Kagome's eyes widened and she froze. She heard rustling in the other room. Sesshomaru left the room and directed himself towards where the noise was coming from. It was Inuyasha's room and he was most certain that was who was home. He must not have seen Sesshoumaru's car parked in the garage. He stealthily opened the door. He chuckled inside imagining his failure in New York , and the possibility of running out of money due to partying too extensively, thus why he was home now. He smirked as he opened the door slowly and quietly. But his smirk fell into a sad frown of sorts as someone he would have never guessed to be in the room, was. His eyes widened in surprise, hurt, anger. All the emotions he kept so neatly closed revealed in the eye contact with the one person he would have never thought would keep something from him.

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Inuyasha was enjoying his time with the beautiful Catori. Ever since that afternoon in the laundry mat he had asked her to lunch and to coffee several times. He had asked her previously at a coffee shop they were enjoying if she would like to come to the club that he was re-organizing and see the new changes. She agreed. He was more then happy to show her his new endeavor. He had become quite taken with New York this time around. He was having fun re-building the staff at the club and things were running quite smoothly. The club would be opening in another week and Kagura was pleased to say the least. She had always known Inuyasha had it in him to be responsible and get things done. And she voiced that opinion to him on many phone conversations to which Inuyasha shushed her immediately. Too much praise for Inuyasha was something he couldn't take, it made him blush and he hated that.

The evening came quickly and Catori had asked if he would meet her at her apartment downstairs. When he arrived the door opened to the most pleasurable sight, Catori was dressed in nice black slacks and small black business jacket with a cream blouse underneath. Her hair was swept up into a loose bun held by beautiful black chopsticks. Her eyes looked wide in surprise. She quickly slammed the door in his face with a gasp. Inuyasha looked dumbfounded. But before he could think on it more the door quickly opened again.

“I am so sorry, but I am not ready yet if you could just wait here I can throw something on and we can go. I'm really sorry.”! She pleaded with him in hurried murmurs.

“Would it be alright if I waited inside?” He smirked.

She questioned that smirk then she sighed and opened the door wider, moving her arm in a welcoming gesture. She quickly ran in the other direction and into the adjoining bedroom and shut the door.

Inuyasha looked around at the spacious apartment. It was interesting. She seemed to be an artist of sorts. There were many beautiful paintings of women hanging from the walls, in all sorts of periods. Women in costumes, women in scenery, women in castles, homes, by the ocean. They were rather good too. The rest of the house was white walled with cozy looking brown suede couches here and there. Her kitchen was very modern with giant silver pots and pans hanging from the low ceiling. Inuyasha was so busy taking her place in that he didn't notice her standing beside him.

“See something you like?” She asked with a smile.

He looked over at her. She had replaced her business attire with a beautiful top that cascaded down around her to her hips like a short summer dress and a cute pair of denim jeans with wooden looking clogs upon her feet. She looked cute and her brown hair was freely hanging with simple curls here and there. It was the quickest adorable look he had ever seen a woman pull off. He now knew he saw something he liked.

“As a matter of fact I do.” He smirked.

Catori blushed and slapped him on the arm. “Thats not what I meant.”

“Oh you mean the artwork?” He asked but quickly answered for her, “Yes I do, these paintings are wonderful, did you do them?”

“Yes.” She smiled. “You actually caught me just returning from an Art gallery where they offered to do a show for my stuff, I'm really excited at the prospect!” She beamed with excitement. He could tell this was her calling and what she loved to do.

“Do you have a studio?”

She frowned, “No, not yet, but hopefully someday I can afford one.” She smiled at the end.

Inuyasha smiled. He noted in the corner an area for painting. She was really good and he really liked some of her women dressed in period costume, it looked Gothic in nature and they held beautiful faces on them. He wondered who the models were. Ideas swarmed in his head, he had already been thinking of a more interesting look for the club, a darker more romanticized version of the club, he thought her artwork in the club would look great, but he wasn't sure if she would take it the wrong way.

“Well Catori, are you ready?”

She smiled and nodded.


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Sesshoumaru's eyes were glued to the scene before him. He was in shock. And before he could make another move he felt a soft hand upon his shoulder and a gentle whisper of his name.

“Sesshoumaru.” It was Kagome.

Kagome looked over at the two standing beside Inuyasha's desk in the exact position Sesshoumaru and herself had been in earlier.

Rin's eyes pooled with tears. She looked ready to break. The silence was deafening and Kagome couldn't take another moment of it. She decided to first start with Sesshoumaru,

“Sess? Will you please make some tea downstairs....please.” She said low and softly to him, a silent pleading in her voice.

Sesshoumaru never once looked at her, he merely stared at Rin with deep intensity. After Kagome's words seemed to sink in his posture changed and his eyes softened slightly.

His lips opened, “I have always trusted you Rin. It troubles me deeply that you could not do the same to this Sesshoumaru.”

He quickly walked away and down the stairs. Rin suddenly burst into tears.

“Oh my Kami what have I done!! I'm such a fool!” She cried. The man standing beside her was attempting to comfort her.

Kagome walked closer and kneeled beside the sobbing Rin.

“Rin?”

She looked up at Kagome. Her eyes red her face puffed and weary.

“Rin, come on, lets talk ok.” Kagome smiled honestly and held out her hand.

Rin sniffled a little and took her hand. The man helped her to her feet.

Kagome looked at the man beside Rin. “Rin is this a friend of yours?”

“Yes...he...he's my boyfriend. We...”

“Okay, (Kagome looked to the boyfriend) Do you have your vehicle here?”

He nodded.

“Okay, how about you go home for the night and I will take care of Rin?”

He paused and looked questioningly at Rin. She nodded and took his hand.

“Yes it's ok. Please, I will be alright.” Rin explained to him.

He kissed her softly on the cheek and walked down the stairs and when they heard the door shut Rin burst into more tears.

“What have I done Kagome?! Sesshoumaru hates me now, I lied to him, I never meant to, I never meant to lie!!” She cried.

Kagome pulled her into a gentle embrace and began to stroke her hair.

“Rin, nobody means to lie, sometimes we get so caught up with things that we are doing that we figure a few white lies will be ok, or that what people don't know won't hurt them, but the problem with that is, is that if and when they do find out, and most times they do, it hurts them even more then if we would have just been honest in the first place.”

Rin sniffled again and moved away slightly from Kagomes embrace. “But...but Sesshoumaru is so angry with me, I'm sure he'll disown me now.” Her eyes welling up with tears again.

“Sesshoumaru is not going to disown you, he's not that type of person. And although I know forgiveness is not given easily from him, I know you will still remain a member of the family.” Kagome smiled reassuringly at her.

Suddenly Kagome heard footsteps coming up the stairs. Sesshoumaru had indeed made tea! Kagome was more then amazed. He had brought a large pot of steaming tea and he held three small tea cups in his other hand. He looked over at the two huddling women. He couldn't help the pull at his heart of noticing how beautiful and wonderful they looked. Ideas were sparking in his head, ideas he never had before. Mother, daughter. It did something to him, he couldn't quite explain it, and he wasn't sure he wanted to.

He slowly settled across from the two women and began setting a place for the tea pot and the cups. He poured each of them a cup and moved them across the floor with ease in their directions. The girls looked on in awe of his actions. They watched as he casually took a sip from his own cup. He seemed to be very interested in the taste of the tea, his eyes closed, hand grasping the cup. Then he stopped and looked into the tea cup, analyzing its loose leaf contents.

“Rin.” Her name echoed in the silent darkness, only a desk lamp on for simple lighting.

Rin's attention was entirely focused on Sesshoumaru.

“I am not going to disown you. I do not think that you are entirely to blame for this. For you must have been notified by the actual owner of these, I believe Inuyasha had a hand in this.”

Kagome's eyes widened. She had completely forgotten that! That meant Inuyasha would have shown her this.

“NO! It's not Inuyasha fault, please let me explain!!” She cried out. Sesshoumaru glared at her. She quieted down immediately.

“I have heard enough from you, I would like to know what Inuyasha's explanation is then I will retrieve your own.” He said sternly.

Rin burst into more tears. “Sesshoumaru I am so sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you, it's just...if you let me explain maybe you would understand better.!”

Sesshoumaru knew he was being unreasonable, but he was hurt, he wouldn't show it, but he was. His adoptive daughter, the only other woman he had shared his weak emotions to, and she had betrayed him. Did she not trust this Sesshoumaru? He thought.

Before he could think on the issue more he was suddenly embraced by a hystercial Rin. It instantly reminded him of the first time she had done this, it was on the day of her adoption, she was so excited, and no matter how cold Sesshoumaru seemed she wasn't afraid of him. Even now, when he was upset with her she embraced him.

“Please Pops, please don't get mad at Inuyasha, I'm so sorry, it was stupid really, He had seen me doing it with friends and he told me I was going to get in trouble, and he told me that if you were to find out that you would be really mad. He had me promise that I wouldn't do it a lot because he said he knew he couldn't keep people from doing things they weren't supposed to and so he didn't want me doing the bad ones, so he told me if I really wanted some to come here and get them from here, because they didn't have anything they shouldn't in them, and I know they're harmful anyways, and I know I've probably abused that privilege already but....”

“Shhh.” Rin stopped the moment she heard that whisper and she felt Sesshoumaru's arms around her. Her eyes widened and her eyes pooled with more tears.

“Alright Rin...I do believe what troubles me most is the fact that I drove out here late one night to pick you up due to a flat tire, I wondered why you were near the compound and you had created a delicate little farce regarding your reasons, I do not want this to become a habit with you, you have caused me to have a lack of trust in you now, and that trust must be built back up Rin. Do you understand?”

Rin nodded profusely and looked up with watery eyes to her adoptive father. He looked down at her and smiled softly. And slowly Kagome watched him place a gentle kiss upon her forehead and Rin held against him tighter. The image was heartwarming and Kagome could feel her own eyes begin to pool with water. Rin quickly pulled away and smiled down at him from her now standing position. She looked over to Kagome.

“Thank you Kagome.”

Kagome smiled back and Rin quickly walked to the door,

“And where do you think your going?” Sesshoumaru asked her.

“I'm going home, and you can call me when I get there.” She smiled and walked down the stairs.

As the door shut and Rin's car started Sesshoumaru sighed. Kagome scooted over to him and laid her head against his chest. He began absently stroking Kagomes hair.

“Did I do right? To let her go?” He asked out of the blue.

“Sesshoumaru, she is older, but she is still young. And you did well as her father figure.”

“When she was younger I felt that way, but now that she's older I feel like her older brother instead.” He said jokingly.

“Perhaps this is just a test for when you really do have your own children Sess?” Kagome said nonchalantly. Not really taking in what she said could mean to him.

But he did think about it, and the thought of her and himself having children someday together was not an unpleasant idea. He shook his head slightly. He really needed to stop thinking like that.

An hour later after Kagome and Sesshoumaru had went back to sleep, Kagome heard an alarm go off. She woke up only to find Sesshoumaru pressing on his cell phone.

“Sess, What are you doing?”

“Calling Rin, she should have arrived home by now.” He answered casually as he placed the phone to his ear.

Kagome shook her head and fell back asleep.

“If she is to gain my trust then she will be home.” He added as Kagome fell back into slumber.


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OMG It's actually finished, I tell you it's taken me forever to finish this chapter and I can't say that I'm very happy with it, but it had to be written. And just to warn you, from now on the story will be moving along much quicker, months will fly by instead of days, but the first two weeks were very important. I really wanted you to feel the characters and the development of Kagome and Sesshoumaru's relationship.

Also I'm sorry it took me so long but life has been so incredibly crazy the last few months, tiring, exhausting, all those things that make you never want to do anything. So here it is, I can't promise anything soon, its basically when I have time. Thank you everyone for the wonderful reviews and emails asking for an update, I really am sorry it took so long ><

Next chapter I will be placing everyone's names and answering reviewers questions. Thanks so much ^^V

~Sintar