The Little Ninja

Sesshoumaru decided it was time to bring Lea back to the beginning where he first saw her. Sesshoumaru wanted to show Lea the true nature of Naraku. Naraku had made her a pretty illusion of her life, but fact was she needed to see what the bastard did to her. What he did to her people since it was his bandits that killed them.

Also the idea Lea received no pleasure from their mating bothered Sesshoumaru a lot. He had never had a complaint from a female on how he had pleased them. Still it had not been him; it had been his demon that took over. His demon was an asshole and did not care about the female. Inuyasha's was the same way and it had come forth in the mating too. It had been painful and frightening for Lea.

Lea should have felt love and devotion after the act. Instead she had gone to a monster seeking his acceptance and pleasure over her own mates. That had to be fixed somehow. Demons were not gentle in the initial mating and it was much like rape. It was an acceptance of another demon and hers for some damn reason did not come forth as it should have. The human women knew about this act so this was nothing new to them now that Kouga had taken both human girls’. Miroku had changed into his true nature surprising them all and pissing Kouga off. Miroku was damn beautiful as a hanyou with his jet black hair flowing about him as his crimson eyes glowed with Sango writhing below him in pleasure and some pain. The slayer seemed to really enjoy the rough sex of the mating act. Kagome had cried at first when Kouga took her, but then she too was feeling pleasure as she let go of herself. Lea did not let go at all or become free as she should have. Instead she fought them both the whole time during the act. It was not until she passed out cold that Inuyahsa and Sesshoumaru had come to gently stroking the sobbing woman who had nightmares for hours after the fact. It was not normal. Naraku had to have done something to her to make her like this.

After Lea bit them both that normally would have removed this memory she had of both he and Inuyasha being cruel to her. Her body was supposed to accept them. Lea was going to have her eyes opened in more ways then one and in some ways Sesshoumaru felt responsible in her misery. She was trained well by Naraku to see them as the enemy and to fear his pack. Lea came to kill Miroku and it was interesting that Naraku had not really sent her to do such a thing. Naraku wished to protect this girl. Besides her beauty and the fact she was part of the cat demon tribe what other purpose did Naraku have for this child? The woman had to have some ability or power to make Naraku go out of his way to protect her. Like always Naraku's plans failed and he was back to hiding like a coward in the darkness. Whatever the bastard had done to his mate the fucker was going to pay for it with his life. Naraku had lived way too long already.

"Lea wake up."

Sesshoumaru commanded. Lea's eyes fluttered open. There was a great pain inside of her as she moaned shivering feeling very cold. Sesshoumaru then saw it, some kind of strange miasma was pouring off of her body. Tensaiga pulsed at his side. Lying Lea on the ground he lifted his sword and searched for what it was trying to tell him. Then he saw the crystal in her hand. The jewel was an ugly dark red in color and Sesshoumaru had seen this before in his own arm. It was not the crystal of the jewel shard, it was a false crystal. In this illusion that Naraku created he made all sorts of non existent things come to life. How did she get this thing in her hand? Shoving the blade into her hand the crystal popped out and then a light flowed through Lea's body. After this he pulled out the sword as it stopped pulsing.

Lea's body was healed completely. The marks she carried before had returned. New markings adorned her body for the mark of the moon, sun, and wolf paw were clear as day on her neck. Stripes adorned her cheeks three on each side. On her forehead there was a star resembling the Princess of Cats. She was a royal in the cat demon tribe and that made Sesshoumaru smirk a bit. His blood chose well even if it was a feline he had as his female. Her body had many stripes each representing the house she belonged to. The magenta ones were of his and Inuyasha's house. The black ones were of Kouga and the deep blue were of her own tribe. She was of higher rank then any other he had known and therefore the courts would see this woman by his side as his most prized possession. Lea tried to move, but could not she felt dizzy with power. It felt like almost too much power was coursing in her veins and it had to be released. Sesshoumaru stood back knowing she would change into her true form. It had been what he waited for after their mating and now that she was free of that damn spell Lea would show him her true form.

Lea felt her body stretch and she growled feeling rather good. Next thing she knew she was face to face with a big white red eyed dog that looked twice her size. His head was cocked slightly and he was kind of cute. She received a big lick to the face and growled in protest. Looking at the ground she saw huge golden claws and gold fur. Rushing past the big dog that barked at her she looked into the lake that was over by the woods. The dog padded up to her and Lea saw them both. She was a giant cougar with funny markings including this big blue star on her forehead. Cougars did not have damn stars on their foreheads. Sitting back she pouted and slapped the water at her reflection then her cat like eyes saw a fish. She was damn hungry and dove into the water attacking the fish and the dog seemed to be regarding her laughing its ass off.

Sesshoumaru enjoyed this. This is how it should have been for them. Lea in her true form was beautiful and all cat. There was not a single dog like thing about her other then she was not all out attacking him. They seemed to have this strange acceptance of each other. Sesshoumaru wondered if she would know him in this form or even understand him since their language was so very different. It was funny to see her face as she pouted at her reflection. For a cat she was magnificent. A lioness meant to be the Queen of her kind and so powerful. Still she was only a child even in the cat demon society and a few years past the rutting age. She must have mated quite young and funny part was her son had been a wolf cub mixed with her blood. No wonder his blood had been attracted to this little creature. She had been bitten by a canine and the little wolf blood she had in her was still quite strong.

Lea ignored the dog laughing at her and proceeded to feast growling at the dog when it came to close moving her kill back further. He seemed familiar and yipped at her wagging his tail as he sniffed her. Lea was not too happy though when the big dog went to sniff her ass. Turing around quickly she growled at him clawing at him for being so damn nosey the big fluffy pervert.

Sesshoumaru smirked at her and grabbed her fish running off with it. Lea could not believe the nerve of this dog. Growling she chased after the dog clawing at him as he playfully ran around her with her fish in his jaws teasing her. Then he stopped and set the fish down pushing it with his nose back to her.

Lea cautiously moved forward and swiped her fish getting a lick on the nose. The big dog nuzzled her gently Lea for some dumb reason did not mind as she ate the rest of her fish with the dog laying nest to her watching her intensely. When she was done the dog licked her face clean then placed a paw on her side. The big dog kept licking everywhere else and Lea noticed it felt nice. Sesshoumaru smiled when Lea just let him do this and he was glad this time she was not fighting her instincts. When he got to her privates she was almost purring as her animal instincts took over letting the dog do as he pleased as long as it felt nice.

Then in shock Lea felt Sesshoumaru mounting her and that hard part enter that had been painful last time she felt something like this. This time it was a slow rhythm and it did not feel bad, just strange. There was no rush in this and he was not forcing her to submit. Lea's only coherent thought was this was totally against the natural order. This was a huge silvery white dog and she was a big golden cat. Still it felt ok as she clawed the ground feeling rather good with his gentle nipping and suddenly she was no longer a cat. He was no longer this big dog. Silver hair cascaded around her and she knew who this was. This was her mate who had been so rough with her threatening to break her neck if she did not bite him. It was strange because this time it felt right. Lea's body felt good and did not wish for him to stop. When Sesshoumaru finally released deep inside of Lea she felt tired, but not in a bad way. Two clawed strong arms wrapped around her as they lay on the ground both panting from the experience. It was unique. He was still deep inside of her and Lea relaxed allowing him to spoon her as he rolled them to the side gently kissing her caressing his mate with gentle loving hands.

Sesshoumaru gently kissed his mate on the neck and caressed her breast gently in his hand nuzzling her whimpering for her to turn over as he slid out of her hot wet core.

"Lea, I was not in control before. I did not intend to frighten you or hurt you. Neither did Inuyasha. It is how we mate and if you had been free of Naraku's spell over you then things would have been much different for us."

Lea looked up at Sesshoumaru swallowing hard. She was not sure what to believe. Sesshoumaru was so damn handsome, but wasn't he the same guy with that pretty girl? What the hell was he doing with her?

"I thought you had a female Sir. I also don't know what you are talking about with Lord Naraku's spell. That crystal you removed I received from my love Bankotsu. He was a good man and I trusted him with my life. If it truly kept me from seeing lies then it was a good thing. I would have let him do anything he needed to, but I would not betray my Lord. Now I feel like I have done so."

Sesshoumaru allowed Lea to sit up, but refused to move far away from her. He wanted to hear her side of things and it was interesting since they were indeed sitting on the graveyard of her people. She really did not know this place. It was like Kohaku. Lea's memory had been completely erased. All she knew was gone.

"Bankotsu, Kagura, Kanna, my son, sifu Kohaku, and Lord Naraku are all I know. They were my family for years. I lived in a village full of humans. There were humans who waved to me and treated me kindly. Even if it was an illusion it was home for me. Lord Naraku was kind to me and treated me with care. He wanted me, but I was to be with Lord Bankotsu. We were going to confront Lord Naraku, but we both knew that if our Lord insisted I was to be married to him I would have no other choice. It is my lot in life as a lowly female human with no family or inheritance to offer. I don't know what I am now. I don't understand anything you have done or why.'
"The only reason I came here was to dispatch the monk and prove myself to my Lord. Then maybe he would have allowed me to love the man I wanted to be with. Bankotsu I know is dead, why he showed me this I do not know. That hurt more then any pain I have born and to know I truly loved him a walking spirit that loved me was better then not knowing love at all.'
"When Lord Naraku brought me to that cave where he said I would be safe with him I was cleaned and he was gentle with me. Lord Naraku has always been this way to me treating me much like a child, yet also like a man as he kisses me often as of late. Lord Naraku wished for me to be his so I did as I thought was right. He forgave me for my betrayal and before he was going to let me go into death he was going to love me as I had wanted although in my mind I dreamed he was Bankotsu. Your little brother Inuyasha reminded me of my beautiful Bankotsu in human form. Since I knew Bankotsu was dead......."

Sesshoumaru finished her sentence shaking his head almost laughing at the circumstances.

"You wished to replace his memory with my little brother thinking he was human. He fell in love with you and if it were not for Naraku would have gone willingly. I would have let him too. I would not have known what you really are and none of this would have happened except Miroku might be dead. Either way I would have to stop you when it came to this act so maybe I am wrong to assume I would not have marked you. In the end I think no matter what this would have ended up the same.'
"Lea you cannot use illusions as a way to live, but you know no other way to live. Naraku is truly a cruel bastard. You see him as your savior, but in doing what he has done to you he has damned you to a life of assuming the rest of the world is your enemy. You have been seeing things as one would in a gilded beautiful cage that has no real doors, but it does have blinders that keep you from knowing that there are good people outside of those walls you build around yourself."

Lea nodded understanding what Sesshoumaru was saying. Still there was more to what she wanted to tell him. He was her mate and deserved to know what she had planned to do.

"You are my mate Lord Sesshoumaru. You, Lord Kouga, and Lord Inuyasha now are my rulers so I must do as you tell me. I must believe what you tell me and hope it is true. I did not wish to come back to you and wanted death.'
"I did not intend to shame you. My Lord I was not ever going to go back to Lord Naraku and I do not know why he saved me from the three of you when I heard you coming for me. I was prepared for what I must do and I was going to take my life in shame. I failed him and in my eyes I am still a flawed failure who should not live for my actions. It is the ways of the warrior to end ones life rather then allow one self to be captured by the enemy. I should end my life it is the right thing to do. Would you not do the same if you failed in your mission?"

Sesshoumaru growled knowing he would possibly do the same depending on the circumstances, but this was no where near the same and she had no right to do such a thing. Many women were forced to mate their enemy and lived full happy lives. Lea needed to be reminded she is not a warrior in the sense he is. She is a woman taught by a child the way men are taught. It was all wrong. Lea took this growl of anger completely wrong assuming it had to do with her moment with Lord Naraku.

"You are angry with me for going back to him, but I do not know you Sir. I do not know my life anymore and now I must live it again. I am afraid. This time you were very gentle and it was very nice. Still I am so far below you in status and I do not understand why you would ally yourself with one who is an enemy of your pack. You should not allow me to shame one as fine as you."

Lea went to move and Sesshoumaru trapped her under him touching her face gently.

"Lea, do you know where we are? We are on top of the graves of your people. Your true home and the demons who had at one time were like you. Your markings are that of a Princess of Cats. Do you know the significance of this fact? No you probably do not since Naraku warped your mind. Do you see the moon on my forehead and the markings on my cheeks? Do you see the lines above my eyes? Do you see the gold that is like metal of these orbs and the silver metal of my hair?"

Lea nodded trying to understand what he was getting at as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. Then Sesshoumaru lifted her arm showing her the colors of stripes on them.

"These two black stripes are of Kouga. Kouga is Prince of the Wolf Demons of the North. These two magenta stripes are of my family from both me and Inuyasha. I am King of all Demons as I was the sole heir to the throne. My Father Inu No Tashio was King and he was killed years ago so I took his place. Do you really think I would just take a lowly nobody as my mate? Do I look like the kind of man who would do this? You have value beyond your own eyes and today I made love to you. I did not fuck you, I did not attack you. I wanted to show you what you deserved to feel. Naraku would only have done this to hurt me or to use you. That is the kind of creature he is.'
"My brother is Prince of the Eastern Lands. The three blue stripes on your arm here are of your family. You have been mated by three royal males who are well known in these lands. We are not just anyone and you are special Lea. So far I have yet to find a man in my pack who does not desire you. We were practically ready to tear each other's throats out over you. Insult me again on choosing you as my mate and I might lose control again with you. You are beautiful and desirable. Not worthless and you will not take your damn life."

Sesshoumaru growled out as he looked into Lea's eyes that were listening, but there was still doubt with some fear. Sesshoumaru had to get a hold of himself. He could not frighten her or he would be no better then Naraku. Fear was not the way to get what he wanted and it would not gain her trust. Gently Sesshoumaru pointed to the three stripes then kissed her arm and caressed her beautiful face hoping she would understand.

"Two stripes mean we are high in status. It is a sign of our rank and place in society. Canine demons cannot have more then two. Felines can have only one more then two stripes, but it is rare. This, my beautiful little mate is so rare. If I had known what a treasure you were before I assumed you were dead I would never have left you here. I would have tried to save your child, but tensaiga my healing sword was not responding to me well. It tried to heal people, but until I became attached to a human child my sword was to me a worthless piece of junk. Now I know it is quite powerful and my shunning it was a shame on me. I admit to my shame, but I am not out trying to kill myself over it. One failure does not mean you are shamed. How many times did he let you out of the village to test your skills? This was your first and you were sent into a pack of beings beyond your comprehension. If Naraku had not sent the hell bugs and Miroku did not fall head over heels acting stupid over you then he would have opened that cursed hand of his sucking you into oblivion. You were walking into your death and Naraku was too cowardly to chase you to stop you himself. He sent his illusions instead and his puppets. Naraku never dirties his own hands."

Sesshoumaru touches Lea's face gently. Sesshoumaru could not help running his fingers over those three stripes caressing them softly with his thumb. It is strange as Lea feels her body respond to his touching them. Sesshoumaru smirks. He is the same way and soon she will learn this. He loved his markings touched since they were also erogenous zones. A soft caress in the right spot would make him moan with such desire he may forget himself in the moment. It was a wonderful thing and a curse some days. It was rare when anyone touched them, but now that he had a mate Lea would touch him and Sesshoumaru wanted this very much. Kissing her lips softly Sesshoumaru ran his fingers over her golden hair as he spoke.

"Your three stripes mean you are above me in status although my reign as King outweighs your status in life. You would be Queen of your cat demons at this point. The current Queen of Cats if she knew you lived would have to step down and you would take her place. I doubt they believe you live and now that we are not at war they will see that I have taken you as mine. In this the current Queen may remain in her position since you will rule at my side.'
"The cats mourned you blaming my family for your death. We had been at war with them before the time you arrived since my Father fought with them. Then things became worse when your people were slaughtered. All because I killed the bandits here on these grounds years ago when my brother took my arm they assumed I also killed the cat demons here. There was a war going on here in these fields and I only killed the humans who attacked me. Still Naraku was good at tricking others to believe that others did the dirty deeds he was responsible for. Your Lord Naraku hated my brother and my family. We took something from him that he desired so he sent bandits to start a war with our family and the cat demons. That was only the beginning.'
"At the time Lord Naraku fought with my Father, Naraku was not his name. He has changed shape, name, and face many times. My pack has suffered in different ways at this creature's hands. Naraku is capable of many despicable things, but what he has done to you is the worst thing I have known. You think he is wonderful, but to me he has made you a powerful demon Princess believe you were nothing more then a human woman. You were treated below him and he made you feel that you were no more then dirt under his boots. I in that act alone wish to tear off every one of his limbs.'
"You have so much power Lea, but only you can see it. Only you can tap into your powers and see your worth. You have been tricked so badly. You do not trust the world and I am afraid that in this lovely head you have been dead in another way. You have died and have been reborn to a world of dreams. Dreams seem so precious and wonderful. Life can be this way too and it is up to you to take what you have now turning your dream into something more.'
"You have been a servant to a man who should be groveling at your feet. I do not want you to be my servant or to bow down to me. I have enough people doing this. I need your heart and your love. I need your trust. So we shall get to know one another and I will give you all you desire if you will open up to me. Tell me what you fear, what you desire, and what you dream. I will do the same. We will build trust again. I have also lost a lot of my own and so we will learn to live a new life together."

Lea touched Sesshoumaru's markings gently out of curiosity. His face was so very beautiful for a man. He was handsome and very masculine. There was no doubt there, but unlike Inuyasha who was a big eyed adorable thing this man was elegant. He had the face of a man that a true artist must have drawn because she had never seen anything this perfect in her life. Then she saw the scar on his left arm. He must have had his arm healed after it was severed.

"Your arm is better. That is good. I don't know how else to regard you except with Sir. I was taught this way so as my mate you will have to undo what has been done by reminding me of your name. I do not recall so I must apologize. Still even if I believe all you tell me my Lord I must know why would Naraku wish to save me if he is truly all evil. Is this person really the same as the one I knew since you say this being changes form and this may not be his true self?"

Sesshoumaru smiled kissing his mate's soft fingers as this question was logical and a very good question. At least she was trying to accept him and that was good. He felt some tension ease from his shoulders and then lay his chin on the ground next to her draping his leg over her body pulling Lea against his chest as she lies against him and his long tail flows over them both. Lea takes his tail and hair messing in it like a playful kitten. It amuses Sesshoumaru as he watches Lea's true nature start to show, but women always seemed obsessed with his hair as well as his fur. Still no one entertained him like this creature did. She was so much child in such a womanly body that had to be molded perfect for his eyes. He had not ever seen anything like her.

Lea watches as insects do not dare to come near them and seem to go out of their way to avoid them. It is curious since ants were trying to take food to their colony and she could see them so vividly having this strange urge to try to catch them or whack them. Everything that moved was so distracting.

Sesshoumaru watched her for a moment then once her eyes once again regarded his he answered his question. It was hard to destroy a person's dreams and then rebuild a life from scratch. Sesshoumaru had his life destroyed once and he got past it. Lea could do this and he would guide her through it all showing her the things he learned from his own mistakes. Lea was so innocent and some of that pure soul had been shattered beyond repair. It was so damn sad. No demon deserved to be hidden from their true nature and no one even human should be treated like Lea had been.

Lea's son was dead and Naraku did not even give her the courtesy of allowing Lea to mourn him. He created an illusion of a child that had been hers. What part of his damn body did he use to make that abomination or did he just make it a ghost to wander about not setting the child's soul free? Was the boy like Kagura or was his heart ever even beating? What other things came out of that devil and what did they really look like? Had this perfect sweet little thing been kissing one of those evil worms from his body in the guise of the dead mercenary before he shoved that cursed jewel into her hand? Was that jewel always there and did she just feel the pain of it as another trick to make her think it was all for her benefit? Naraku was such a tricky bastard. Naraku was not stupid, but he was a coward. Every damn thought of the horrors that had been images of a happy home for Lea just made Sesshoumaru hate Naraku even more. Naraku really did not know his own limits and his evil was beyond despicable.

"My only idea on why Naraku would want to save you is for his own selfish gain. He did not want you to go to your death and my only guess is that if you were to mate with him then your status would make him equal to my own in his mind. In reality it would lower your status, but that is not how Naraku thinks of things. He is arrogant and believes that his status puts him in a level all his own. It is all in his mind and for a little while I allowed it. Naraku was an interesting foe and when I was tricked by him I became an ally. The honest truth was we were not ever allies, but I like you did not know him. I found his offer enticing and I was angry at my little brother for taking my arm. I was angry at him for being pinned to a tree by a human when I needed him most since we had the cat demons warring with us. I lost many troops and it was his fault for not helping when he should have been there. Instead he was playing with a human priestess who promised to make him human with the jewel of four souls."

Lea was confused then shrugged. It did not matter now since Naraku left her to the mercy of this creature. She was now with her mate and her blood told her she had to do whatever Sesshoumaru told her to do. She as his mate was no longer allowed to fight him or deny him anything. Sesshoumaru had won and if Naraku wanted her then he should have stayed to fight for her. Obviously she was not worth his staying around and killing her was just easier for him. Lea did not blame him; she just did not care anymore. Lea would just accept her fate since it was the right thing to do even if it still fucking hurt a bit that Naraku had not loved her and that all that had loved her were just illusions. Naraku admitted to it and supposedly this was her home. This is where her people were buried. It smelled familiar, but so did so many other things she thought were real.

"Naraku has almost that entire thing. He received it from a priestess by the name of Kikyo. He was going to put half of it into me to fight all of you as my mates to avenge what you did to me and so I could die in shame with some honor left in me."

Lea stated flatly shrugging. Sesshoumaru growled and fury filled his body. Did Naraku have no shame at all? This was the final straw. It was the one thing that went beyond low in his mind. Naraku going out of his way to use the jewel to turn a mate, even one that was an enemy at one point, against their own mates was as low as one could get. Lord Sesshoumaru's fists clenched in fury and he closed his eyes trying hard to keep calm. How dare that fucker use Lea like that!

Sesshoumaru felt Lea gently running her fingers over his hair and touching his forehead gently outlining the moon that graced his brow and she slid up to kiss it. That moment Sesshoumaru felt his heart skip a beat. Was this love? Was that stupid butterfly feeling that his Father went on and on about annoying the hell out of him love? Father said he felt this for Izayoi and his Mother. He loved both women.

Father strayed between both of his mates. Sesshoumaru did not want that kind of life. He wanted only one true mate and was content in that. He was already very old in demon standards to be without a female. Looking down at Lea his brow furrowed. Sesshoumaru wanted to protect this little woman and keep her from the ugly world. He could not just lock her in a gilded cage. Sesshoumaru would not want to damage such beauty and hide her away. Sesshoumaru wanted Lea to be like Rin. Lea should always be happy and playing in the sun smiling with their children.

"Lea, what Naraku wanted to do was for selfish purposes and trying to turn you against your own mates is beyond reprehensible. It is lower then anyone could go. Even if you did not love me and hated me you had the right to choose that fate for yourself. No one should force, use powers, or make you do something like this through manipulation. Naraku is good at manipulating people to do what he wants them to. I think even he is not always aware he is manipulating someone since he does it so very much it is like second nature to him. That is the only reason he did all he has done for you and his love for you was no different. Men including me do many evil cruel things for gain and for very selfish reasons. Do not think for one minute I was not completely selfish in my want of you. I am a demon and I accept what I am. Still I am not one to destroy the lives of innocents and I have no need to manipulate you. If you hate me then I accept it. I will do all I can to change your mind since the last thing any mate wants is for his or her mate to hate them. My Father and Mother hated each other for a while. It took many years, but they found as time went by they came to love each other. In that love they lived many happy good years. Do not just listen to your blood; listen to your mind, and your heart. You cannot make a good decision unless you use all things that help you to know what is true. I will do all I can to help you earn my trust. I have not been a good man. I have touched females of many kinds for my own pleasure. I have lived a very long life and I am far from being a virgin boy. I have done things that I don't know why I chose to do them. It is all a learning experience my mistakes and my success in this life. You can only learn from your life by living it Lea and seeing things for yourself. I do hope that you find the idea of home is in being with me since they say home is where the heart is. I want to have your love and be the one to hold your heart. In turn I shall do the same for you. There is nothing you will experience that I will not be experiencing with you.'
"We have Kohaku and his memory is not as far gone as you think it may be. You may ask him anything since he lived with you and Sango can tell you what your Lord Naraku did to almost destroy them both completely. I am not the bastard Naraku is."

Lea nodded. Leaning her head into his chest tears came. It was so hard to see Naraku as a bastard when he was all she knew and this was destroying her world. The image she had of the beautiful ruby eyed man who always smiled with such love in those eyes when she came to him. Sesshoumaru caressed Lea's hair understanding these thoughts that ran through her mind.

"I know you wish to see Naraku as wonderful Lea and I am going to let you for a time. I will allow you to see what you will since the only way to really convince you to see the truth is to experience it. First I am taking you to the cat demons after you talk to Kohaku. Also recall what he did to you. Would someone who loved you really help you die or would they try to prevent it? Wouldn't the person who truly loved you try to find those of us who hurt you and avenge you themselves? Wouldn't someone who really loved you want to protect you and love you? I want to do this and personally I do not want to share you with anyone in all honesty. My brother is a brat and I gave him you to get him to shut the hell up. I also did so for you thinking it would make you happy. I would do what you need, but it is obvious giving him liberties with you only crushed your heart. It was a mistake. I don't tend to let mistakes repeat themselves. So if you wish for him to stay with us then you will tell me. No one is going to hurt you or touch you again. I won't even let you do that to yourself. That is what mates do. I will not ever touch you like that first time again. We will make it special every time and you will not have a need to fear me again. I will make sure Inuyasha if he is to ever touch you again will do the same. I do not ever want to see these tears from such eyes again. You are safe now Lea. I will do everything in my power to keep you safe even if it means my own life. I have not proclaimed that to anyone, but you are my mate. You will have my children and you are my life now. I did not want this, but I do not regret it. I only regret that I did not do this a long time ago because even injured I thought you to be beautiful and worthy of me."

Lea held Sesshoumaru close. He said so many beautiful things, but he did not make her bow nor did he do anything other then hold her close touching her gently as one would do when they really did care. No one, not Naraku, not the Father of her son who died many years ago in some distant memory she could not recall, not even Bankotsu made her feel this wonderful safe feeling. In Sesshoumaru's strong arms Lea felt completely safe and she found herself holding him tightly wanting this intimate moment to last forever. Lea expected to be beaten or abused like before for running away. This punishment had been hard because realizing that your life is all lies is the worst nightmare to wake up from, but as long as Sesshoumaru would show her the truth she would always stay loyal to him.

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Years passed for Sesshoumaru and the rest of his pack. They killed Naraku after chasing him down and as they traveled Lea learned the true nature of her Lord Naraku. It had been a really harsh reality that hit her, but it was worth it to know the true nature of the beast he really was. The truth set Lea free and she fell completely in love with her mate. Sesshoumaru not understanding that feeling until he held their pup realized that he too had been in love all these years. Inuyasha pouted for a few years since he was not able to have Lea without Sesshoumaru’s permission and that ended when Inuyasha fell in love with Lea’s cousin of the cat tribes.

Kouga took over the Northern Caves with Kagome visiting her Mother getting lessons in etiquette and proper manners since his foul mouth was not acceptable by anyone at her home. Lea enjoyed the modern age and spent time with the pack beginning to understand the strange people who should have been enemies, but became family.

Rin and Kohaku married later with Shippo turning them both into fox demons. Shippo could not live without Rin or Kohaku. The small demon did not age as quickly so in his childish nature he marked the two only to be teased for years by Inuyasha that someday he was going to have to deal with that mess. Being marked by each other was no problem, but being mated was another story.

Inuyasha still shared nights with his brother and Lea. Still he always would end up going home to his own mate since that was the way of demons. Inuyasha did not ever unmate from Lea and Sesshoumaru. He was their life mate and Sesshoumaru found hating his little brother was not near as fun as taking advantage of his body. The demon Lord found he loved Inuyasha after time passed by and Lea accepted their relationship. Lea grew up fast finding that loving two Inu men who were willing to share not only her, but each other made life bliss for them all. Happy mates were indeed a good thing.

Things changed a lot for Kouga, Sango, Kagome, Inuyasha, and Miroku who had to share themselves with each other. They had a very long life to live so variety was understandable, but Sesshoumaru was always pleased he did not get himself into the same mess as Kouga. Kouga who had been the only other one to bite Lea came by to take advantage of the Alpha’s on occasion, but that was only after he had lessons from Ms. Higurashi on how to behave himself. Miroku was not happy about this arrangement, but found out that he could not take on any more mates no matter how much he enjoyed being a letch pervert. Miroku eventually stopped groping the rest of the world and became a very happy Father of twin boys. After becoming a Father Miroku’s whole attitude on life changed and it ended up being all the other males in his family who made sure his son’s kept up the family tradition of being perverts since Miroku would not ever get the chance to live that down. Miroku was too famous a pervert to not have his children take after him and it was a running joke among the family for years that the cursed wind tunnel that was no longer there may return some day if the boys could not keep their hands to themselves.

Eventually Kouga talked his way into mating Kagome’s beautiful Mother and that is another story for another time since the unmating of all his mates was a big mess the demons really did not want to recall. Souta loved it though since how many kids get to have a wolf demon as a Father in the modern world? Souta was also bitten by Shippo who was whacked by Inuyasha for being so crazy trying to adopt every damn human into their pack. Souta did not know much about mating, but after much slapping from Kagome with a lot of laughing from the guys Inuyasha explained everything. Kagome being unmated was mated by Inuyasha who unmated Lea’s cousin so what goes around comes around and eventually straitens things out as they should be. They had triplets and are expecting a set of twins. Inuyasha and Kagome drive Sesshoumaru insane with their lack of control.

Lea throughout all of this realized her heart had found home in the arms of a demon Lord, but not the one she had planned on. It was much better then any plan and someday she would have to thank Naraku if he ever made it to heaven for his stupid games since if it was not for his deception she would not have ever found her heart. Naraku was a trickster and he had taught her what happens to those who decieve people for their own selfish gain. They die alone and unhappy.

Watching Sesshoumaru with their second child Lea did not think she could love anyone more. This man was truly a dream come true and as for being a ninja she let the family take over the business since she was now too busy in the arms of her protector since he finally admitted to the rest of the pack his Father was right. Sesshoumaru had someone to protect and it was not just one person. It was his whole family now that his heart was also finally home.

THE END.

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