A Geisha's Love

A/N: Thank you InuYoukaiLiz for beta'ing! And thank you all for your reviews! I'm glad you are enjoying the story!



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I yawned and sat up in the bed as I looked around. I slowly began to stretch and had stopped in mid-stretch when I felt a slight chill. I looked down and remembered that I was undressed. A light blush crept on my cheeks as I brought the sheets up to cover my chest.



"I was enjoying the view." The smooth voice purred sexily. I blushed and looked down at the gorgeous body beside me. "Remove it." Sesshoumaru gently ordered, his arm coming around to take its place around my waist. I could not help but giggle as he pulled me closer to him. I held on tightly to the sheet making sure it covered my breasts.



"No! Stop it!" I said, giggling. I playfully slapped away the hand that was slowly removing the sheet around me. Sesshoumaru growled against my neck pressing himself against me.



"This Sesshoumaru orders you to please me." he growled, his long tongue tickling my neck. I groaned as I tried to push him away.



"I can't. I have to go and get ready." Sesshoumaru ignored me as he suddenly had me flat on my back with him in between my legs. When I felt what felt like hard steel against my swollen lower lips, I glared up at his lust-filled eyes.



"Sesshoumaru--"



"You're not going anywhere until I have my fill of you." he whispered, his lips touching mine at the same time he pulled his hips back and thrust himself back home.

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I began brushing my hair, watching as the once straightened ends of my hair began to slightly curl back. I could only sigh as I pulled it back into the pink and gold clip Izayoi had given me. I smiled as I put it in and hoped nothing happened to it. She had told me that her grandmother had given her that hair clip and I did not want to take it, but she did not give me any other choice. I looked behind me in the mirror and rolled my eyes when I saw Sesshoumaru staring at me.



"What are you looking at?" I asked, removing my hand from my hair. When it did not collapse, I wondered what kind of hair clip that thing was. Not many could hold my hair. I then realized that Sesshoumaru had not answered me. "Well?"



He grunted as he looked away. "This Sesshoumaru was not staring." I rolled my eyes once more.



"I thought lords like you never lied." I muttered, getting up from the vanity mirror. I turned around to be face to face with a sneering demon lord.



"Should you not be gone by now?" he asked icily, his silver hair softly caressing his shoulders. I brought my hand up and began twisting it as I stared into his amber eyes.



"What did your father mean by, 'You have decided on what you wanted'?" I asked. When he did not reply, I sighed. "Fine.." I let loose of his hair as I went around him to the door. He did not stop me. I opened the door and swallowed as I turned around to look at him. He was already dressing and for some reason, it hurt me. Was it because it felt like he was dismissing me?



"You may leave." I blinked and I suddenly felt like yelling at him. Instead, I did not say anything as I left the room.



Going down the stairs of the palace, I was surprised to see Izayoi and Toga waiting for me at the bottom. She smiled pleasantly with Toga's arm wrapped possessively around her waist. I returned her smile as I bowed my head at both of them.



"Good Morning.."



"Good Morning." They replied in unison. It seemed like Izayoi's smile broadened when she saw my hair.



"Oh, Kagome! You look beautiful!" she praised, hugging me. I blushed.



"Thank you.." Toga chuckled as Izayoi let me breathe.



"Are you two ladies ready to leave?" Toga asked. I nodded, suddenly excited. "Yes!" He smiled and called for one of the guards.



"Taro will be your guard today." Toga explained as the man came and bowed. "He will make sure no harm comes to the both of you. Isn't that right Taro?"



"Yes, My Lord." he said, his head bowed. Toga nodded. "Good." he said, kissing both of our cheeks. I smiled and blushed when he did so. This time, I felt comfortable with him doing it. I began to wonder if father's did this with their daughters?



"Now, off with you two. You both have fun."

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Sesshoumaru ran his claws through his silky mane before leaving his room to visit his father. He was not surprised to see him downstairs waiting for him. From what he could tell, Kagome and Izayoi --he would not call her mother-- had just left.

Toga turned to his son and looked him straight in the eye as he said,



"This is not right, son. You should not do this. Nozomi is a worthy bitch, but Kagome--"



"I will hear nothing else about it, father."



"So you will continue to sleep with Kagome even though you have chosen Nozomi?"



"I should be back later tonight. If something should happen to Kagome while I am away. I will kill that guard." Sesshoumaru threatened before leaving.



Toga sighed as he watched his son leave the palace. Of course, he could have easily told his son to stay, but he wanted his son to learn from his own mistakes. Yes, if Kagome had not come to their household and if Sesshoumaru had not slept with her, he would have allowed his son to go for Nozomi without any arguments, but it's different now. He just hoped Kagome did not get hurt from his son's decision.

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When I saw Hana for the first time in months, I couldn't help but hug her. My smile brightened when she returned my hug.



"I've missed you so much, Hana!"



"So have I." she whispered, her head on my shoulder. When we finally pulled away, I noticed that she was crying. My face contorted into a frown as I wiped away a tear.



"What is the matter, Hana?" Hana sniffed as she wiped away the other tear that had fallen.



"I did not think that you would ever come back to visit. I thought you would forget about me." Though she sounded so sad, I could not help but smile.



"Hana. I could never forget about you. You're my best friend." Hana smiled and hugged me again. It was then that I noticed she had allowed her hair to grow. I wondered what had happened. Miss Kishito always made her wear her hair short.



"Your hair is different," Hana blushed as she played with the ends.



"Miss Kishito made me. When you left, she thought she would try to--" My face lightened up immediately, then.



"You're a geisha now!" Hana nodded, the pink on her face becoming darker. I laughed as I poked her.



"Why are you embarrassed? You should be excited! You've wanted to become a geisha since..." Hana nodded.



"Yes. I have. I'm quite glad that I am." I hugged her again before remembering that Izayoi was with me too. I turned my head to see her still standing there watching us both with a look of absolute happiness on her face.



"Oh! I have forgotten!" I took Hana's hand and walked to Izayoi. "This is Lady Izayoi. Lord Toga's mate." Hana's face whitened and I did not realize what she was doing until I looked down. Izayoi blushed as she shook her head.



"Oh, no! You do not have to bow. It is all right." Izayoi said, helping Hana back up.. Hana was embarrassed as she tried to hide her face with her hands.



"Forgive me, Izayoi. I had forgotten that you were standing there." I whispered. Izayoi smiled.



"It is all right. I was just admiring you and Hana's friendship. It is nice to see that." Hana and I both smiled and when I saw Taro I had suddenly wondered where he'd been all this time. Izayoi looked to Hana and smiled.



"Is there any place you would like to go to eat?" Izayoi asked in her soft voice. Hana looked to me and I smiled.



"She is asking you, Hana." Hana stood there and thought before answering.



"The Lotus. I have never been there and they have been open some time now." Izayoi nodded her head.



"Is this all right with you, Kagome?" I nodded my head as I smiled.



"All right, then. The Lotus it is."

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Nozomi smiled seductively at the male in front of her as she welcomed him inside her home.



"Why are you here, Sesshoumaru? My father will be away for a few days, so you will have to come back." Sesshoumaru looked over the demoness walking towards him, noticing how nice her hips looked, but couldn't help but compare them to Kagome's. He shook the thought away.



"You know I am not here to see your father." Nozomi turned her head to him and smiled.



"Oh? Then why are you here, Lord Sesshoumaru?" Sesshoumaru took account on the number of servants in the room and when seeing none, he growled before pushing her into the wall near them.



"I am here to lay claim on what belongs to this Sesshoumaru."



Nozomi growled back, baring her teeth challengingly at him. "Nothing here belongs to you, Prince." Nozomi's smile turned into a smirk. "Your father has yet to die which still makes you a prince." Nozomi paused to tease a long nail down his neck. "A very hot Prince." she purred into his ear.



Sesshoumaru growled, his hands removing the obi around her kimono. Nozomi quickly caught his hands and brought them up to her chest..



"Not here. My room." she whispered sexily against his lips. Sesshoumaru smirked as he tied the obi back around her messily and allowed her to show him to her room.

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"...and then we went to eat at The Lotus! Afterwards, we went to a shop to look at kimonos! Oh, there were so many kimonos! There was one I loved so much and Hana had she had looked through the shop many times before..." I stopped to take a breath and Toga laughed as he kissed his mate on the cheek.



"My, my! You two did have fun today! I'm quite glad to hear that." he said lovingly patting my head. I smiled as I thought of the other things we did. I just had so many things to tell him. Izayoi and I had not been back long before I quickly went to find Toga to tell him about our trip. I noticed that it was beginning to get dark and I wanted to tell Sesshoumaru.



"I cannot wait to tell Sesshoumaru!" I said excitedly. Toga cleared his throat as he glanced at the door.



"Sesshoumaru is out right now. He said he would be back later so maybe you could tell him then." I smiled as I nodded.



"Okay. I was hoping that I could tell him now though." I mumbled and Toga smiled though disappointed at his son.



"How about you go get a bath and we'll go and watch the fireflies." My face immediately lit up as I nodded.



"It will not take me long!" I said before leaving the library.

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Izayoi waited until Kagome left the room before turning to look at her mate.



"What has Sesshoumaru done?" Izayoi asked softly. Toga sighed as he patted his mate's leg.



"He had gone to see Nozomi today." Izayoi looked at her mate, her eyebrows furrowed in suspision.



"Lord Raiden's daughter?" When her mate nodded Izayoi's mouth dropped. "But what about Kagome?" Toga sighed as he stood up.



"He claims he has it under control, but I know only the worst will come out of this." Izayoi stood up and placed her small hands on her mate's cheeks as she stared him in the eyes.



"You have to stop him. I cannot allow him to hurt Kagome." Toga kissed his mate's lips as he moved her hands from his cheeks to place them on his chest.



"I know, my love, but he has to learn from this. I will intervene when the time is right. Other than that, I will not stop him from making his choice." Izayoi narrowed her eyes at her mate.



"What about Kagome?"



"I will take care of that, my dear. Do not worry yourself."

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I yawned as I walked myself back up the stairs to my room. Watching fireflies with Toga and Izayoi was quite interesting. I had only watched them with Hana; that was a long time ago. As I opened the door to the room, I was surprised to see Sesshoumaru come out of the onsen. I opened my mouth to greet him but he seemed dismissive as he dried off and got into bed. My eyebrows furrowed as I dressed into my sleeping yukata. As soon as I got into bed and looked at him, he turned his back to me and blew out the candle. This annoyed me.



"I want to talk to you." I said, poking his back. A growl was all I got in return.



"Go to sleep, Kagome." he said coldly.



"Don't you wish to know about my day?" I asked.



"No." My stare turned into a glare as I took hold of his silky mane and pulled on it. Sesshoumaru suddenly turned around and grabbed my wrist keeping firm hold on it.



"Go. To. Sleep." Though he spoke, my mind was not on his words. My attention was on the light mark on his neck. It looked familiar in a way.



"What kind of bath were you taking?" I asked as I reached over to wipe it away. It did not disappear. I was confused as I went to wipe again. Sesshoumaru's hand stopped me.



"Don't."



"But I've seen it before..." I trailed off, staring at it. I did not pay any attention to Sesshoumaru's stare as I tried my best to remember. The memory immediately took me to the geisha house. To Hasuma. To her clients. Suddenly, the memory hit me full force.



"Oh..." I whispered, removing my hand from his. For a second, Sesshoumaru seemed reluctant to let go, but he when he did, I found myself on the other side of the large bed, my back turned to him. It was cold when I touched Sesshoumaru...But it felt even colder now.

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Since that night, I hadn't been around Sesshoumaru. He would try to talk to me and I would find something to do that would excuse me from his presence. All I wanted to do was spend time with him but I couldn't. Not since that night. This was only day three and it was getting harder to think of excuses. I was now saying that I had an appointment with Izayoi. I know that he knew that I was lying, but he never called me on it. He would just leave like he did the day me and Izayoi went to town and not return until later that night. Now, sitting with Izayoi in the large foyer, I couldn't help but ask.



"Who is she?" Izayoi seemed surprised by my question for she sat there for a moment before asking, "Who?" I was pretty sure Izayoi knew who I were talking about, but I could only guess that she did not wish to talk about it. Normally, I would leave it alone, but I needed to know.



"Who is the woman Sesshoumaru is seeing?" Izayoi looked at me sadly as she took my hand in hers and patted it.



"She is a demoness named Nozomi. She is the daughter of Lord Raiden of the Southern Lands."



"Is she beautiful?" I asked. Izayoi seemed uncomfortable answering and I looked at her expectingly.



"She is."



"More than I?" Izayoi shook her head.



"She is beautiful, but never more than you, Kagome. You're one of a kind, my dear." she said meaningfully as she leaned over to kiss my forehead. "One of a kind."

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"Toga." Toga jumped when he heard the annoyed voice of his mate.



Normally someone annoyed would not bother him, but because it was Izayoi, he had reason to become concerned.



"What is it?" he asked, putting down his map. Izayoi placed her hands on the desk as she glared at her husband.



"I cannot take it anymore, Toga. He is hurting her more than we both think." Toga could only take it that 'he' was Sesshoumaru and 'her' was Kagome.



"I know that she is strong, but she can only be so strong. She's not used to this. Being heartbroken. We have to do something," Toga sighed and leaned back in his chair as he played with his beard.



"Sit and calm down, my love." Izayoi nodded, coming around to sit down on her mate's lap. Toga kissed her cheek as he ran his claws through her hair.



"I believe I have an idea." Izayoi said softly as she stared at Toga. Toga rose his eyebrow.



"And that would be?"



"I think it would be a good idea for Kagome to meet other men." Toga closed his eyes, allowing the scent of his mate to sooth him.



"Sesshoumaru would not like this." Izayoi shrugged. "I don't think I care. He's all ready made his decision right? I think it would be good for Kagome to find and meet other men." Toga eyes opened as he smiled at his mate.



"Maybe that is a good idea, my dear. And I know exactly who to talk to."