The Princess of the Southern Lands
Chapter 6: Foreplay
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Chapter 6:
Rose was sweating profusely as she and Sesshomaru went at it
again. They had already done this for
hours and she was beginning to tire. She
didn’t know how much more of him she could take.
Sesshomaru twirled his practice sword and tried hard to land
a blow on Rose, but was unsuccessful.
They had been sparring for a long time.
The other noble’s children had already left.
anymore. She had bested many of them and
they refused to suffer more humiliation at the hands of a Half-Breed.
Sesshomaru dodged the sword of his opponent.
it to his advantage. He wasn’t about to
let after she had beaten him at hand to hand.
She was smaller and faster and therefore was able to dodge his movements
better. He never liked the hand to hand
combat anyway. It seemed very barbaric
to him and would only be used if all other options were used up.
Rose made a lunge for Sesshomaru and missed horribly.
had to keep wiping it away. She growled
lowly realizing that Sesshomaru didn’t seem the least bit tired.
Pure-Blooded stamina. He doesn’t get
tired as quickly.” She thought as
she dodged another blow directed at her ribs.
If she was hit it was going to hurt for at two days.
sparring together.
Finally in a blurring move Sesshomaru relieved Rose of her
weapon. He looked around to find that
they were the only ones left in the Sparring Room.
Rose.” He said in his smooth baritone
voice.
Rose shivered as he fixed her with an intense gaze.
“On your knees Rose.” Sesshomaru commanded.
eyebrow at his command.
“Is that right oh Great Sesshomaru?”
and had him pinned to the floor below her before he even knew what happened.
“You shouldn’t be so cocky.
It’s not good for you have to eat you words.”
“I still got what I commanded.
in a different position.” Sesshomaru
said as he made it clear of what position they were both in.
Rose gazed at their position and her face blazed red.
Prince of the Western Lands.” She said
hooding her gaze with her long red eye lashes.
Sesshomaru growled and flipped her over onto her back,
pinning her as she had him. Rose yelped
and struggled to get him off her.
“What’s to stop me from trying, Rose?”
“Oh well if that’s how you want play.”
Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru’s eyes widened as
he had not been expecting that from the trapped Hanyou.
able to free herself from him and ran to the door.
doing.
“Do you really think you can escape that easily?”
Something in Rose’s blood set fire as she saw the gorgeous
male come after her. She grinned and
laughed. Then she took off at full speed
out of the Sparring Room toward the large garden of the Castle.
Sesshomaru took off right after her.
have her turn sharply and him to have to turn around to catch up with her
again. He noticed that she had found
many routes to take to get to the gardens.
He was going to have to ask her later how she found all these
routes. He never found much time to
explore and wondered how she did. They
spent much of their day together so there was not much that he did that she
wasn’t required to do as well.
Sesshomaru arrived at the gardens and found no sight of
Rose. He stalked through the gardens and
heard giggling. He turned to see Rose’s
vixen lady-in-waiting, Marianne, stifling her laughter.
“I think she rounded that corner, sire.”
of the garden.
“Thank you.”
Sesshomaru said as he took off in the direction Marianne had pointed.
He rounded the corner and stopped.
had found his present to her. He walked
up behind her and placed his hands around her waist, holding her close.
your namesake.” He whispered hotly into
her ear.
Rose had jumped when she felt his arms encircle her, but
quickly relaxed into his body. “They’re
beautiful, Maru.” She cried.
Before them both laid mountains of roses.
roses. There were green roses with
yellow trim, red roses with white trim, and many more.
world for every kind of rose and brought them here to be placed in the garden.
“I had hoped you’d like them.
meditate.” He whispered.
“Thank you.” Rose
turned around in his embrace and kissed him tenderly.
all the roses that filled half of the garden.
“Now I thought you were trying to get away from me.”
his eyes.
Rose smiled and hit him playfully on the shoulder.
Sesshomaru chased her through the whole castle it
seemed. Through many of the wings,
halls, and through the library and the natural hot springs the castle had been
built around. Finally he chased her into
her room where she had gotten to before him and locked her door.
He used his poison to melt the lock and then proceeded into
the main room. From here he went to the
room that she slept in. He found,
strangely, that this door was unlocked.
Sesshomaru walked inside.