Check and Checkmate

Carine's head was throbbing painfully, as she was lead roughly through the halls she once considered to be her territory. She had been spotted when she turned a corner on one of the hotel floors, and soon had more guards on her tail than she had bullets. The chase ended when the oversized brute who had her now had tackled her, American football-style, and they both slid into a wall. Her ankle threatened to give way when he released her with a harsh shove, but before she could fall she was quickly grabbed up and forced into one of the slot machine chairs, and her arms were tied behind her. The usually cheerful and alluring blinking of lights now looked eerie and menacing when they were the sole illumination in the cavernous hall.

"Well, well, working late Carine?"

"What do you want Naruku?"

He stepped out of the shadows and brought his face disturbing close to hers. "Oh, I'm sure a clever girl like you can guess...your assets, your territory, you....you see my dear, it's come to my attention that the strain of being head of the family has cut into your beauty sleep, and well, we just can't have that can we?" He trailed a finger over her cheek, as she turned her head sharply away from him.

"What's the matter, Kikyo not do it for you anymore?" she growled intasttaste.

He leaned in, one hand gripping the seat of her chair, the other settled on her breast and squeezed it uncomfortably, while he mummered calmly in her ear, " As a matter of fact, no, she doesn't. There's no victory in fucking a whore, but humbling you should be quiet entertaining. You'll beg for it rather than be thrown out in the streets..UGH!"

"I'll take the streets!" Carine snapped as she kicked him right in the balls.

"RESTRAIN HER! Tie her legs! NO, NOT TOGETHER, YOU DIMWIT, TO THE CHAIR!!!" Naruku yelled from the floor his face an interesting shade of burgandy.

Carine managed to catch a few of his men with her flailing legs before two of them caught them and fastned them to the chair. Unfortunatley one of the two was now bleeding rather profusely from where she kicked him in the nose, and was more than happy to retaliate by breaking her leg with a wet snap. Carine goaned and doubled over in pain, almost blacking out between the stabbing pain in her leg and and the throbbing from whatever had been done to her head when she collided with that wall. The sticky feeling on her scalp made her fear that wasn't exactly a minor injury. But she was soon distracted from that when Naruku hobbled up to her again, pulling her face up by her hair.

He unzipped his pants with his free hand and thrust her face in his crotch. "I am not a forgiving man, so I suggest you take this oppurtunity when I give it to you and kiss it and make it better!" he hissed through his teeth. Carine stuggled to fhersherself, choking on the hot smell of him, and supprised and disgusted by his half-erect and rapidly swelling penis.

Suddenly there was an explosion of noise, and she was freed, she gulped in cold fresh air, realizing only too late that she was off balance and falling. Her chair hit the floor hard and bounced, not once but twice, and when it crashed to the ground again, she cold not longer hold her head up and it it the floor, and her world faded to black....

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Sesshoumaru paced irratably, running his fingers though his long hair, his silky tail, down for once, swished along behind him. She was still unconcious, Kaede had said she would be for a while, even though the old healer had used all her tricks to mend the damage caused by Naruku and his men. That bastard! Sesshou had left him to his men in his rush to find Carine, and he had escaped. He would have killed him on sight if he had know how he would find her. Unconcious and tied to an upturned chair, blood trickling out of her hair, one leg bent and swollen in an odd angle, and his scent all over her face. That bothered him more than anything, the knowledge that he had touched her, even if she had fought him. He needed her to wake, he needed to smother his scent with his own, to bind her to him.

His mind flashed back to his brother and Kagome, who had been waiting when he returned with Carine in his arms. He had walked past them without a glance to deliver Carine to Kaede, but when she had kicked him out of the room, Kagome had run at him demanding to see her cousin, to know what happened. And that was when he had noticed. The bite and Inu's scent all over her, she didn't seem to know what that meant, she fought Inu when he tried to pull her away, protested when he led her to his room for the night. But she had gone, and Sesshou had no doubt that she would make a very good mate for his brother, eventually. He however could not afford a parrallel situation. As tempting as it was to mark Carine as she slept, it would not do. She would fight him seeing it as an attempt to control her, and they were not in a position where that was safe. No, she needed to accept him, and quickly

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"I don't see why I can't stay in one of the guest rooms. It's not like the place doesn't have enough"

"You're staying with me Kagome."

" I still don't see why."

"After what happened tonight..."

"That was a mental health fuck. That doesn't mean we're a couple, and certainly doens't mean your brother has to think that."

Inu stood up and grabbed her by the shoulders, forcing her to look at him. "We most certainly are a couple, and my brother knew it the moment he saw you because you're wearing evidence of that on your neck. Or do you expect me to believe you really don't know what that means."

"Apparently I don't, because I didn't think it was something you did to every throw-away floozy you took a tumble with!"

" I don't. And I have no intention of throwing you away. And you are not a floozy. What you are, is mine. And.." he put a warning up to her lips when she attempted a shocked protest, "it is very late, we are both understandably exhausted, and this is a discussion for the morning." With that he gestured towards the bed.

" I am not fucking you again."

" At the moment, all I am interested in is sleep. That can wait until morning."

Kagome glared at him. But she changed into the t-shirt he had handed her and climbed into bed, albeit grudgingly. Inu crawled in after her with a broad grin, not at all disuaded by her turned back, but assumed spoon position, wrapping his arms over her stomach and snuggling his nose in the crook of her shoulder. "This doens't mean you've won you know."

"Oh, yes it does...."

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"Wow. Never pictured us doing this in bed, huh Sango?"

"You're telling me. I'm on the pill for a reason."

Miroku patted Rin's sleeping head, she was snuggled firmly in between the two of them, who had somehow been delagated the task of keeping her in bed. As uncomfortable as it was sitting with their backs up against the headboard, they were quite efficiantly trapped, Rin had a small hand wound tightly around the edge of each of their shirts, and had woken up screaming during the last three escape attempts.

"I don't know, she is kinda cute..."

"Get a dog, Miro."

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Carine drifted back to conciousness slowly. She keep her eyes shut as long as possible, trying to decide what her situation was and whether is was wise to reveal that she was actually awake. The first thing she noticed was that she was no longer in pain, and she was not bound. Perhaps she was in friendly hands, or Naruku wanted something. She was lying on her back in a bed, a vulnerbale position, but shifting it could give away her conciousness. The sheets were far too fine to be a hospital's, but the bed was not hers, and since those where the only two places where Miroku would take her....

She shifted her injured leg ever so slightly. It didn't hurt, and she could feel the sheets against her skin, so no cast, which meant she hadn't been to a hospital. So youkai healing then.... Naruku could do it, but maybe, just maybe....Sesshoumaru? It took a few minutes for it to sink in that if she could feel the sheets against the skin on her legs then she was not longer wearing pants. That worrysome bit of information, and the fact that someone was approaching the bed, made her pop up with a start.

It was dark, and she couldn't see anything but the shadowy figure that that caught her by the shoulders and swiftly moved onto the bed, pinning her good leg with in between his own.

"Shhhh, shhhhh."

"Sesshou?" her voice souded alittle too hopeful to her own ears.

"Yes. You're safe now."

"In a manner of speaking." her eyes adjusted and she could see him now, and fully appriciate the position she was in. The concern in his eyes was entirely too possesive, as were the hands that were now sliding down to her hips. She glanced at them purposely, but he did not move them.

"In every manner. I swear to you I had no idea Naruku was planning something this direct."

"Then how did you know?"

"Miroku called me. It seems that several of your people disappeared right before the alert came in from the casino."

"Oh, no, Kagome, I have to..."

"No you don't". He pulled her towards him by the hips until she was straddling his knee. " She's here."

"I should talk to her.."

"I assure you, she's quite busy."

"What exactly does that mean?"

"It seems my brother has managed to get his mark on her. They have alot to....discuss."

Carine just looked at him. "Oh, wow...."

"So, you see," Sesshoumaru continued smoothly, "there is no reason why you should not stay right here and decide how to thank me for coming to your rescue."

"I don't suppose I could pay my debt with the jewel ring? Or perhaps the Shrine?" she asked, dryly.

"Oh, no, I'm afraid that since the Hiragushi family is now here under my roof, and not leaving, I control all that already. And don't look shocked, I know you suspected that already. Just be greatful I rescued everything from Naruku, and have no intention of hiring someone elsedo ydo your job. Now, about that thank you..." he leaned in so that his warm breathe danced over her neck, sending a shiver down her spine. Carine gave a quick intake of breathe, trying not to show how that affected her.

"You're as bad as Naruku......"

"No, I followed the rules in accquiring your family property, you know that. My interests are far more noble, I would never hurt you or your family, and....where as Naruku only dreams of getting you in his bed with you pants off, I have succeed."

"While I was unconcious.."

"I don't exactly see you fighting me." Sesshou rocked back on his heels, bringing her up on her knees, and pulling her again by the hips so that she slid up his leg and was pressed against him. Their eyes met in the almost dark, the tension between them growing as their faces hovered, mere inches from each other. " I told you I would win in the end, but it would have been easier if you would have said yes."

" I had to take the chance."

"Well, at least losing won't be so painful.." he grinned devilishly, his claws digging slightly into her hips.

"No, I supposed it won't." She slid her arms around his neck, pulling herself up and against him from the hips to the chest. "Now how ever shall, I thank you?" She kissed him lightly on the cheek, then the forehead, the other cheek, the nose, until finally he grabbed her by the back of the head and caught her lips in his. His tongue thrust deep in her mouth, exploring it's dark recesses, her tongue danced around his, then she pulled him in deeper to suck on it in a very suggestive way. Meanwhile, his hand left her hip and began to travel upwards, under her shirt until he reached her bra. A quick flick of his claws and the obstacle was no more, and he grabbed her breast and squeezed lightly, then flicked her already hard nipple, sending shivers of pleasure through her chest. Carine goaned, as he began trailing kisses along her jaw and then her neck, nipping and licking farther and farther down until her shirt was off and his mouth met his hand.

When he took her peak in his mouth she buried her face in his hair to keep from crying out, her fingers moving like spiders over his chest to find his own nipples, his shirt having been open when he first came to her. She pinched him after a particulary hard suckle and he clasp his free hand to her ass, and they tumbled over, her on top of him. He tried to hook her other leg over his, but she wriggled away, and inbetween his legs. She planted kisses on his chest and slowly slid down until she reached his rather straining pants. His belt had already been removed so she slid open his pants and pushed down his boxers.

His quite engorged little demon sprang up to meet her, and she lapped up the bead of pre-cum that rested on top before taking him into her mouth. She sucked hard, twirling her tongue over his head and around his shaft, taking him in as far as she could, while her fingers danced around his base. Sesshou gritted his teeth and forced his ardor to cool. As skilled as her ministrations were, he wanted to see her writhing beneath him when he came. This was almost too much, he needed to distract her.

Carine was busy teasing the underside of his cock with her tonguen shn she noticed his tale wriggling under her arms. At first it stroked her breasts, and she leaned into it, rubbing her breasts against its silky surface in rythm with her suckling of his dick. Then it moved lower, stroking her stomach and over her thighs. She squirmed against it still, but kept up her pace. Then it slipped inside her underwear, and she slowed. Back and forth the tip tickled lightly against her mound, comming oh so close to her clit, but not quite. Her attention was firmly on the tail now, but she still kept her mouth on his cock. She squirmed and wiggled and her underwear fell down around her knees, leaving the tail free to reach her most sensitive parts. As it passed between her legs she shuddered in delight, unconciously tilting her pelvis forward so that it brushed against the mouth of her pussy. Sesshou noticed however, and thrust his tail right home. With a gasp and a cry she released her hold on his penis and buried her face in between his legs, her ass high in the air and her legs spread, but he withdrew his tail and merely brushed it around her rim, not giving her what she wanted no matter how she pressed against it. Well, two could play that game. With a devilish smirk she wrapped her lips around one of his balls, sucked it into her mouth and rolled it around on her tongue.

Carine had never seen anyone move so fast in her life. In the next second she was on her back, with her knees to her shoulders. She fully expected him to take her there and now, so she practically jumped out of her skin when she felt his mouth on her clit. He sucked and twirled it between his teeth until she thought she would burst, and then he moved lower, to lap at her cunt. In and out, in and out, soft strokes brought her so close...

"I-I though I was thanking you..."

"You are. So scream for me."

He plunged his tongue in as deep as it would go, lapping at all her walls, wiggling and squirming, not stopping even as her insides tightned against him... She tossed her head back against the pillows and arched her back as the tremors over took her. The cry that she gave was not at all insincere.

He rose up in between her legs and kissed her. she clasped him to her in a shakey embrace. His hands roamed over her body as she wrapped her legs around his waist and pulled herslef up against him. Sesshou needed to further hint, one smooth movement and he was inside her, filling her completely. Carine, arched her back and pushed herself harder against him, he was so big it almost hurt, but she didn't care, every nerve in her body was already on end, all that mattered was the sensation of his skin against hers. It started out smooth and slow, but Sesshou couldn't hold that pace for long. He had waited too long for this, the desire to posess her completely was too overwhelming. He slammed into her over and over, clutching her tightly against him, her nails digging into his back. He could feel her tensing up around his length, and pumped harder, watching her eyes widen and her mouth open in harsh pants as the orgasm over took her. He buried his face him her neck thrusting as few final times as he reached the peak and shot his seed into her. It took all his will power to grit his teeth and not mark her forever his.


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A/N. Well, was _that_ enought lemon for ya? More to come I promise. And again, sorry for the delay. Life, ya know, it's distracting.
Next time: Final chapter (I think) Carine finds out exactly where she stands with Sesshou, Inu and Kagome come to a truce, and everyone lives happily ever after. Once they deal with Naruku of course. ^_~