Just Another Lemon

Kagome awoke to a soft rumbling. Her foggy mind at first supplied the notion that there was a storm brewing outside, but as she slowly blinked and became more aware of her surroundings, she was slightly chagrinned to find that the noise was actually coming from the surprisingly unconscious Inu Lord snuggled up next to her. 'Sesshomaru...snoring?' her inner voice chuckled. 'How terribly undignified!'

Not wanting to wake the slumbering demon, as it was the first time she had ever actually seen him sleep, the petite onna tried to relax her mind and slip back into unconsciousness. However, she only found herself staring at the back of her eyelids as random thoughts ran together through her mind.

'I am in a cave, in the feudal era. A dark cave, and it's the middle of the night. And here I am, laying next to the most powerful creature who I have ever met...and he is sleeping. I'm laying naked next to a very naked, and disgustingly attractive demon Lord. NAKED.'

Images of said demon in said state of undress flashed before her eyes, and she inhaled shakily at the rush of desire that washed over her. 'It's so cozy...I...I like being here, with him... She mentally winced as the full extent of her current sleeping situation hit her. 'OK, Kagome, let's be sensible,' she thought as she tried to calm herself down a bit. Here she was, sleeping with Sesshomaru, in more ways than one, without Inuyasha's knowledge, in a location she wasn't familiar with, and entertaining ridiculous thoughts of staying with Sesshomaru. 'This...this is temporary. It means nothing. He just needed a female...' the rational part of her brain provided. 'An attractive female,' butted in another part of her subconscious. 'And he told you yesterday that if you desired it so, he would go find another...'

A soft growl startled the miko, and it took her a moment to realise that it had come from her own throat. 'Baka!' she berated herself. 'Why am I jealous? I have no right! He will find another...eventually, after this is over. It's not like I can keep him! After his heat, he will leave, and then...next time he is in heat, or when he wants a mate...he will find someone more beautiful...more suitable than a stupid, clutsy, weak human! Won't he...?'

The miko's features pinched into a scowl at the thought of her taiyoukai lover dropping her off in Edo and never thinking of her again. She tried desperately to reason with herself that she could not, and did not, care for him in any way. No matter how she tried, however, her hentai mind and disobedient body protested.

Sighing in defeat, Kagome admitted to herself that this...situation, was going to be very troublesome.

Although Sesshomaru had once been a fearsome enemy, over time, his sporadic presence during times of low stress, his occasional heroism, and his calculating, but honorable actions had somehow pushed aside her fear of him. Somehow, the stoic youkai had wormed his way into her heart while she wasn't paying attention. Where once her mind's eye say a cold, calculating, angular murderer, now stood a devastatingly handsome male in flowing white silk. And now, added to that image, memories of his heated mouth on her skin, the way it felt to be joined with him, the look on his face when he was lost to pure ecstasy in the rush of an orgasm...Kagome shivered.

'How could I ever go back to the way it was, knowing all that? How can I go without that, now that I have seen him...felt him...known him as I now do?' she wondered sadly.

There had to be a way, she reasoned. A way to make him crave her more than any other female. It was possible, wasn't it? Even if she only got to keep part of him for herself... But Kagome was no ravishingly gorgeous demoness, and although it might win him over, she knew she could never subject herself or be happy becoming subservient to him as she was sure would be 'proper' behavior. She wasn't strong like him, or nearly as powerful. So what could she do?

Finally, Kagome stumbled on an idea. She was a girl from the future, after all! Surely there were things...ideas about sex and sexual pleasures that hadn't been invented, or even thought of yet in this era, right? If she could go home, maybe she could ask her friends for some suggestions...or maybe even go to that store downtown that wouldn't let you past the front door without an ID. Then she could show him things...do things to him that no other could!

The only problem was...would he let her go home? She didn't want to wait until after his heat was over, because by that time it would be too late to 'prove herself'. What if he never spoke to her again afterwards? Then she would never have the chance! She would just have to find a way to convince him to let her go, even if only for a few hours...

A plan beginning to take shape in her mind, Kagome finally drifted back to sleep.

~0o0~

"Mmnnn" mumbled a groggy miko as she began floating back from her deep slumber. Something warm and wet was moving across her neck, eliciting a most pleasurable sensation. Something was pressing down lightly on top of her, warm and comforting. There was a movement above, and a delicious pressure against her nether regions was the final sensation that pulled her completely to consciousness.

"Sess?"

An answering rumble against the crook of her neck reverberated, sending chills down her spine. Another shifting, and Kagome realised that the taiyoukai above her was pressing himself inside her. Her eyes opened in slight surprise, only to close again when he thrust deeply into her. She reached her arms up around his back, pulling his body down closer to her own, and moaned his name softly.

'What a wonderful way to wake up!' she thought as he pulled back from her neck to capture her lips with his own. After years of waking to noisy alarm clocks, a crying kitsune, battle sounds, and annoying, kicking hanyou feet, this was by far the best way she could remember being awoken. The heat and closeness of the Inu poised above her, his arms caged around her, made her feel completely safe. His mouth on her heated flesh and lips causing a slight euphoria, and his hard length moving inside her was a sensuous sin, no doubt.

Kagome tilted her hips up to meet his wantonly, and Sesshomaru began thrusting in earnest. As his soft grunts picked up in volume, Kagome felt an overwhelming need to watch him, to burn the image of his expression at climax into her memory.

"Sess," she panted as his forceful intrusions became more needy. "Look...look at me...when you cum..." she managed between her own moans and grunts.

The taiyoukai's head snapped down to face her, a slightly shocked expression on his fine features. His fangs flashed as he gnashed his teeth together and looked directly into her chocolate eyes. Kagome thrilled at his instantaneous reaction to her order. She managed a lusty grin at him as she fought to keep her eyes open and trained on his red-tinted orbs as she reached her own climax. She forced her head to remain still, watching him as her clenching muscles triggered the Inuyoukai above her to release.

His face contorted with strain as he peaked, his jaw clenching, his perfectly sculpted eyebrows furrowing in almost a pained expression, as he, too, battled to keep his eyes open and trained on her. Suddenly, his coil snapped. Kagome watched, fascinated, as his chin jutted forward and his mouth opened in a gasp, the corners of his lips tilting up slightly. His eyes flashed completely red, and he growled low as his body jerked against hers, his hot seed rushing out in spurts to fill her.

Kagome closed her eyes and sighed heavily as his long, lean form collapsed on top of her. 'I will never regret this, never regret that moment for as long as I live...no matter what,' she promised herself.

~0o0~

"Sesshomaru?"

"Hn."

Kagome had been debating for a good part of the morning how to ask him to allow her to go home. Knowing he would immediately detect any lie she could concoct. she had finally settled on being blunt.

"I need to go home."

Sesshomaru, who was tending the small fire a few feet away with his back to her, instantly tensed. "And why should this Sesshomaru allow his bitch to leave before he is done with her?" he ground out gruffly. She wanted to jokingly answer 'because you love me?', but she didn't think he would get (or like) the joke.

"Because...I need to get something."

Turning to face her, the taiyoukai's eyes narrowed dangerously. "You want to leave this Sesshomaru?" he bit out.

"No!" she barked quickly. "I don't want to leave you. I just want...I want..."

"You want what?" his terse voice interrupted as he moved toward her and grabbed her shoulders roughly. "This Sesshomaru will not allow you to leave!"

She fell against him then, wrapping her arms about his form and tilting her head to bear her neck in a show of submission. She hadn't expected him to react quite so badly.

"I want to get something...for you," she whispered against the steel of his chest. She felt his tense muscles relax slightly at her admission.

"For me?" he asked, his voice returned to his normal, smooth tone. "This Sesshomaru requires nothing."

"Please?" she tried, placing a soft, warm kiss on the indented flesh between his collar bones. His chin came down to rest on the silky, raven hair atop her head, and he let out an almost inaudible sigh.

"How long would you require?"

It was nearly a whisper, but Kagome heard it, and what his tone implied. He would grant her leave, but preferred her to stay.

"If we go now," she said as she kissed his neck gently, "I can be back by sundown."

"Very well," he acquiesced. "Ready yourself."

Kagome smiled brightly as her lips met his warm skin again in a series of quick pecks. "Thank you!"

~0o0~

"Yuka?"

"Kagome?! How are you feeling? Have you gotten over your macular retinopathy?"

A soft smacking sound echoed into the receiver as Kagome smacked her forehead in annoyance and embarrassment. Gramp's excuses were becoming more ridiculous by the day, and on top of that, they weren't even necessary anymore! She had graduated from high school two months ago, for crying out loud!

"Yep! All better!" her falsely cheery voice rang out. "Um...can you come over?"

"Sure, Kagome! Boy, do you have good timing! I just got back from my job interview, and Eri is here...Oh! Did you want Eri to come over, too? Maybe you should call Ayumi and invite her too! Then we could all get together and hang out! I haven't seen you in a long while and--"

Kagome held the phone away from her ear as her overzealous friend continued rambling. Sometimes she wondered if the girl would ever pass out from lack of oxygen as she talked.

"Yeah, bring Eri, too," she finally answered when Yuka paused for breath. "I already called Ayumi. See you in a little while?"

"You bet!" Yuka's jubilant voice shouted through the phone.

"Okay, see you!" Kagome hung up the phone before her friend could start another harangue. The phone call to Ayumi had been much easier on her ears, though just as short. There wasn't much time to waste.

With her friends on their way over, Kagome grabbed a notepad and pen to take notes...just in case. She silently prayed that she could whittle lots of information out of her friends, make the trip to town, and then somehow manage to send everyone packing before she had to go back. Unlike Inuyasha, Sesshomaru couldn't come through the well to get her if she was running late, and she did not want to return to a pissed off taiyoukai. Luckily, she still had about seven hours left before sunset. She hoped it would be enough.

"Kagome!" Mrs. Higurashi's bell-like voice called up the stairs. "Your friends are here!"

"Thanks, mom!" she shouted back as pounding feet clattered on the stairs.

"Kagome!" three eager voices rang out as Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi rushed into her room, each vying for a chance to hug their often-missed friend.

"Hi, guys!" Kagome wheezed out as all three girls managed to get her in a 'group hug' at once. "Uh..air?"

"Sorry!" they sang in unison as they released her.

"How have you been?"

"Are you felling well?"

"How's the two-timer?"

Kagome paled slightly under the onslaught. "Um, guys? Maybe you should sit down." She motioned to the bed, and all three girls plopped down on her downy, pink comforter.

"I have something really important to tell you all..." she said meekly as she fidgeted in front of the three beaming 18 year olds. "But, it's kind of...I don't know. Could you just wait to ask questions until I'm done?" Three nodding heads signaled that her friends would try to be patient.

"Well, first of all...I'm...not seeing Inuyasha anymore..."

A collective gasp issued from her friends, and she held out a hand to forestall their questions. "I kind of...well, you see...his brother...well..." Kagome sighed heavily. "I'mkindofsleepingwithhisolderhalfbrother," she forced out in a single breath.

No amount of hand waving could stop the barrage after that statement.

"You're two-timing the two-timer?"

"With his BROTHER?"

"Is he in a gang, too?"

"You finally got laid?"

"Is he as cute as Inuyasha?"

"Does Inuyasha know?"

"It's about time you left the bad-boy...oh, wait, is the brother a bad-boy, too?"

Finally, the questions stopped, and Kagome pulled herself back together. She attempted to answer all their questions without really giving out too much information. "No, yes, no, yeah, he's way hotter, no, and, well..sort of."

The girls traded glances before all three settled appraising glares are their no-longer-virginal friend. Before they could get out any more questions, Kagome decided she had better get talking.

"The thing is, you know...I'm...kind of new at this, and I have some questions. Also, I need your help with some...purchase ideas." Three heads tilted to the side, waiting for whatever amazing sentence would spill forth next. "I want to do things...that maybe he hasn't done before? He's..um...kind of, experienced, and I'm, well, not. Do you have any ideas? Suggestions?"

Ayumi was the first to speak. "Did you try fellatio?" Eri and Yuka both groaned. Leave it to Ayumi to use clinical terms. Kagome just cast them all a questioning glance.

"Fellatio..." Yuka sounded out as if she was reading the term from a dictionary. "Or, as most people call it, a blow job." Her dry tone won her a narrowed glance from Ayumi.

"Um....not exactly," Kagome managed. Her face was ten shades of red, while the other girls all sat stoically. This was harder than she thought! How embarrassing!

"What do you mean, 'not exactly'?" Eri wanted to know.

"Well...uh, I kind of did? I mean...I put my mouth on it...but I don't think it was, um...fellatio."

Eri shrugged. "Well, next time, give him the works. Do you know how to give a blow job?"

Kagome's blush deepened.

"We're going to have to teach her everything," Yuka deadpanned. "Ladies, our work is cut out for us!"

Somehow, the miko managed not to faint away in embarrassment.

~0o0~

"Bye, guys! Thanks for all your help!" Kagome waved at her friends as they descended the shrine's many steps, and then turned to carry her armload of bags into the house. The girls had managed to drag her not only to the 'hentai shop', but also to a lingerie store. As grateful as she was for their help, she was sure there were many items in her overstuffed bags that would never get used.

"Hey, mom, I'm going to be leaving soon!" Kagome called out as she dashed up the stairs to her room. She couldn't let her mom see the bags she had come home with.

"Okay, dear," her mother's voice shot back. "I've got some things here for you when you come down!"

Closing her door, Kagome made quick work of unpacking and re-packing her ugly yellow bag. She made sure to put the 'toys' on the bottom, then the lingerie (minus one outfit), then pack as much necessary items back in as she could on top. "There!" she smiled happily as the last item went in. "Now..."

She set the bag down and quickly showered and changed into the only lingerie she hadn't stowed in her bag. It was a deep red, lacy teddy. It was also one of the more modest of the outfits she had picked up, but it was her favorite. All of the new clothes seemed to have 'easy access' points, which Kagome thought was a plus since Sesshomaru seemed to shred anything that took too long to remove.

Putting on a fresh set of regular clothes over her new teddy, Kagome picked up her bag and headed down the stairs to see her mom before leaving.

"Sis!" Souta shouted just as she hit the bottom of the stairs. "Are you going back?"

"Yep!" she replied with a bright smile.

"Can you tell Inuyasha I said 'hi!'?"

Kagome's smile faded, and Souta gave her a questioning look. Before she could make an excuse for her sudden attitude change, Souta flashed her a knowing smile and winked. 'Huh?' she thought at him. He leaned in and whispered to her so their mother wouldn't hear.

"I didn't mean to eavesdrop..."

Kagome's hue went from pale to white before changing again to a deep red. "Souta!" she hissed. Souta smiled and waved her off.

"Your secret's safe with me," he intoned. "And I won't say anything to Inuyasha...if he shows up."

Kagome's head fell slightly, and she whispered a small "thanks" before turning to face her mother in the kitchen. "What do you have, mom?"

"Oh! Dear me. I got you some of that pocky your little kit likes, and here," she said as she handed Kagome a brown paper bag. "This is for Inuyasha. There's some Ramen in there...and a few more medical supplies in case you've run out. Do you need anything else, honey?"

"No..I don't think so," the younger woman said as she stared at the brown bag, wondering what she was going to do with the 'extra' stuff while she left with Sesshomaru. "Thanks."

"Now have fun!" her mother smiled brightly. "And be careful!"

"Yes, mom," Kagome smiled lightly as she hugged her mother. "I'll see you soon!" With that, she headed out the door, stopping only to step into her loafers, and took off to meet her taiyoukai. The sun was just starting to set when she leapt through the well.