The Fires of My Heart

**Last Chapter**

The demon had little time to react when her hands came up to cup each side of his face. Kagome's eyes held unshed tears and chaos reflected in the dark pools. Her voice came only as a whisper.

"Sess.....Sesshomaru?" The tone was almost pleading and the demon felt his heart stop as the name reached him. He almost didn't have enough sense to catch her as she fell against him in a dead faint.

**On with the story**

Chapter 7
Ignorance...is anything but bliss.

The chaos of the club life had been tuned to a dull hum around the frozen Western Lord. Slumbering within the confines of his strong arms was his mate, her mind whirling with images as she lay unconscious. Kagome's garnet eyes flickered and shifted beneath the lids while she mewed in response to the visual onslaught. Sesshomaru would occasionally nuzzle the woman in his embrace, his eyes glazed in concern for his loved one.

"Kagome..." Sesshomaru nuzzled her head softly once more as he whispered against the shell of her ear. "Come back to me, Koi."

The demoness shifted in his hold once more and whimpered as she curled against him. Thick, ebony lashes fluttered against porcelain cheeks but refused to open. The demon eyed the dark hallway and gingerly stood up, easily keeping his treasure balanced in his arms. Sniffing at the air, he noticed with a twinge of annoyance that he could not pick up Kouga and Ellie's scents in the crowd. Sesshomaru gently placed Kagome on a cushion before seeking out a waitress. Relief flowed through him when a slip of a girl came into view. Snatching her notepad and pen, he wrote a short note.

"See that this gets to Mr. and Mrs. Wolf. I assume you know who they are?" The Taiyoukai growled out, his senses scanning back to the sleeping woman every so often. He grunted softly at the young lady's panicked nod and swift exit with her message.

Returning to Kagome's side, Sesshomaru quickly gathered her into his arms and slipped into the darkness of the hallway. He balanced his mate in one are while hastily opening a door in the opposite end of the hallway. The note would explain where he and Kagome had gone and their current situation. Sesshomaru would take her to the suite with him and hopefully be able to calm her upon her awakening. With his spell faded and Kagome's tittering on the brink of dissolving, Sesshomaru climbed the stairs to the roof.

The warm summer air had become damp with promise of rain and thunder crashed and shrank around them as the shadowed figures made their way across the roof. Sesshomaru couldn't help but pray that the lummox who had taken his keys had parked his bike in a covered lot. Threatening growls rose low in his throat at the thought of his beloved motorcycle being left at the mercy of nature. A gentle whimper from the goddess in his arms brought his attention back to the present situation. With one last look at the dark buildings around him, Sesshomaru began his long trek of leaping from roof to roof on the path to the hotel.

The soft patter of Sesshomaru's feet echoed in the night air as he landed on the wet concrete of the suite balcony. The moonlight gave the surrounding buildings and land in an aura of silver and the Western Lord's dripping locks seemed to glow with its own light. He loosely shook his mane before lifting his tail to open the glass door. Both demons had become thoroughly soaked on the way and Sesshomaru made it a point to make their wet clothes a thing of the past. (A.N.: Easy, kiddies.....)

Sesshomaru, with great and painful restraint on his part, swiftly changed Kagome out of her own clothes and into a worn out t-shirt of his own. After settling her into his bed and seeing to her comfort, a hot shower seemed the best idea. It was only after his break from reality with soothing hot water, did he notice Kagome's increased thrashing beneath the cotton sheets. Slipping on a pair of loose, black sweat-pants, Sesshomaru slid into the bed next to his mate and wrapped his arms around her. Kagome seemed to settle somewhat against him but her unease continued.

Willing her to relax, Sesshomaru nuzzled the damp hair of his mate affectionately. Kagome immediately began to snuggle into his waiting form, seeking out the inviting warmth. The dark bedroom hummed with the heartbeats of its occupants. Moonlight danced across the skin of the slumbering demoness and her watchful mate as the fell from a roar to a simple trickle every so often. The garnet orbs of Kagome continued to dart to and fro beneath her closed lids in a panicked rhythm.

"N-No....please....." Kagome whimpered from the cocoon of cotton and heated flesh that enclosed her. Sesshomaru's spine stiffed instantly at the pain in her voice, his hardened amber eyes rushed to lock on her trembling form.

"Kagome? Wake up, Kagome!" Sesshomaru's rich voice darkened with its whispered plea. Careful of her current state, the Taiyoukai gently drew a claw against Kagome's pale cheek as he called to her. "Wake, koi!"

"Sesshomaru..." The demoness whispered desperately against her mate's chest, but her eyes refused to open.

*Back at the club*

(A.N.: This part of the story is a part of a "˜Citrus Duel' between me and fellow author, and good buddy, Kaisgirl112. Raw lemons abound!!! Read "Tokyo High" for her lemon. It's a tasty one...lol.)

After the disappearance of their companions to the upper balconies, Kouga and Ellie had continued to enjoy themselves on the dance floor. That is until a song of rougher persuasion had instilled a somewhat tumultuous air on the dancers around them. Rather than be smashed in rise and fall of the others, the pair had retreated to their respective booth and ordered another round of drinks.

"Do you think she'll remember us, Kouga?" Ellie asked as she stirred her Screwdriver absentmindedly. A light flush covered her pale cheeks as an effect of the vodka concoction. Her topaz eyes held specks of green that flashed beneath the twirling lights.

"I'm sure she will...eventually." Kouga assured her, fighting his own reaction to the several beers and dozen whiskey shots he had already consumed. Being a demon held the wonderful benefit of high tolerance, but everyone has a limit. His current state-of-mind left him eyeing his mate as if she were Prime rib.

Ellie shrugged helplessly, oblivious to her husband's lustful glare, and slid out of the booth with ease.

"I'll be right back, koi. I just need to freshen up." Ellie yelled over the music, her back to her grinning mate as she sauntered through the bar and into the posh bathroom.

The ladies room consisted of two rooms: the actual bathroom itself, and a powder room. The powder room held various, plush couches of the familiar blue velvet, and full-length mirrors in silver frames of astounding detail. The black marble of the counters were adorned with dark vases filled with red roses. Dark blue covered the walls, treated to give the paint an ocean-like appearance.

Only two others occupied the powder room when Ellie entered. Ignoring the others, she set about touching up her light makeup and adjusting the rebelling material of her skirt. Tugging her hair from its confines in mild annoyance, she combed out the ebony-streaked, snowy mane with her dulled, "˜human' fingertips. The snow leopard only acknowledged the closing if a door as the other females exited the dimly-lit room. But another opening of the door caught her attention. Spinning around fully, Ellie caught the shadowed silhouette of Kouga as he stepped into the room and locked the door behind him, a wild smile playing on his lips.

"What are you doing? Get out of here, Kouga!" Ellie whispered harshly, a dark blush rising to her cheeks. The hungry look in Kouga's eyes did not escape her attention this time.

Ignoring his wife's embarrassed plea, the wolf prince seemed to slink alongside the wall, clinging to the shadows. Red swam before him as he continued to circle the woman before him. Ellie swallowed hard, her heart ramming itself against her ribs. This was the side of her mate that both thrilled and frightened her. She fought the urge to jump as the coolness of the wall reached her back...he had cornered her.

"Here kitty kitty kitty...." Kouga's husky voice rose in the heavy air of the room. The demoness felt heat pool at her center at his words, her knees weakening as he closed the distance between them. "Come and play, kitty."

"Kouga, I think you've had too much to-..." Ellie's words had been quickly ended by being pressed up against the wall behind her, flashing eyes taking in her rising breast as she breathed.

A low growl rose from the wolf as his nose glided across the skin of Ellie's neck and chest. Iron-like hands gripped her thighs to part them and settle her long legs around his waist, effectively trapping her against the wall. The Southern Lady instinctively gripped her lover's shoulders to balance herself, her breath ragged and rushed. A hiss of pleasure escaped the demoness's soft lips as her mate's fangs grazed her heated skin. A shiver of delight shaking her spine at his pleased growl, but the tone changed when the wolf realized she had checked the moan in her throat.

"Don't you dare hold back!" Kouga growled against her throat. The noises she made were always music to him and he refused to let modesty get in the way. An exceptionally harsh nip to Ellie's collarbone wrenched a low moan from the lightheaded woman. "That's my girl..."

Lips crashed against each other in heated desperation, fingertips brushing against silky skin in eternal affection. Kouga groaned as Ellie's heated center rubbed against him. He bit at her lower lip as liquid fire began to pour into every nerve of his body, need tugged and raged in the back of his mind. Words were now obsolete...

Ellie's fingers tangled themselves in Kouga's loose hair, scratching his skull in silent cries all their own. Their tongues danced against each other, searching and tasting dark depths. Soft mews rose from the writhing demoness as Kouga lowered a hand to slide under the skirt of her dress, and began to stroke two digits against her damp mound.

"K-Kouga!" Ellie gasped against Kouga's grinning lips and probing tongue. The muffled boom of music remained a constant as the pair kissed and murmured terms of endearment to each other.

The touch of cool air against her nether-lips forced Ellie to arch her back; her husband had dropped part of his guise to hastily slice her panties with a claw. A thin coat of sweat glistened against her skin as she pressed herself against Kouga's hard chest. Topaz eyes widened in joyous surprise as the Southern Lord quickly slipped the same two fingers into her dripping passage, pumping a murderously slow rhythm. A purring growl rose in Ellie's throat as she grasped the back of her lover's neck, leaving red welts in her wake.

Muscles rippled and stretched beneath the silk of Kouga's shirt as he crushed his body against hers. The pumping increased as Kouga's teeth grasped the top of Ellie's dress, pulling it down to bare her subtlety bouncing breasts to his hungry gaze. A shrill cry broke the rhythm tic of pants and moans as the Southern Lord roughly bit into a pert nipple, lapping at the escaping beads of blood. Kouga smirked into the pink flesh as the walls of Ellie's passage began to quiver around his skilled fingers.

"Oh Kami! Please...please....more!" Ellie growled out through clenched teeth, her markings and ears fading in and out. A dark chuckle rose from the panting wolf demon as he began to rub the pad of his thumb against the demoness's pulsing nub. A final series of hard pumps and Ellie was sent into oblivion, crashing stars and spots of white exploding behind her eyes.

"AHHH! KOOOUGA!!!" Her high-pitched roar rang along the walls as Kouga smugly brought the fingers to his lips, his tongue darting out to taste her.

"Good kitty..." The wolf demon whispered against the flesh of her neck as the leopard demoness gasped wildly for breath.

Disregarding his mate's lack of breath, Kouga swiftly undid his pants and sheathed himself within Ellie's folds. A loud grunt tore from his lips as the woman writhed against him. The wolf grasped his mate's creamy thighs with new resolve as her soft mews of pleasure transformed into full fledged screams, his gentle pace becoming a frantic thrust. Sweat left salty trails down his sun-kissed flesh as he pounded into Ellie's welcoming body.

A wonderful shudder took hold of Ellie's spine as Kouga continued to nip at her neck, teasing her mating mark. The loving pull of his cock against her walls was beginning to tighten the spring that lay deep within her center once more. The demoness whimpered as pleasure bordered on pain. The sporadic tightening of the wet cavern around him signaled Kouga of Ellie's rapidly approaching release. With a wicked smile he quickly pulled out set the woman down.

"Huh? Why the hell did you st-...!" Ellie seethed, her body screaming with unfulfilled need. Before she could finish her rant, Kouga threw her against the cool marble of the counter. Her stomach hugging the edge as her form was set to bend over.

"Let's try something new....how about it, kitty-cat?" The lust-bound Kouga taunted as his satin lips grazed the shell of his lover's ear.

Ellie hastily grabbed the edge of the counter with one hand while placing the other on a mirror in front of her. A needy moan tumbled from her lips as Kouga teased her opening with his tip. Flashing a victorious grin, the wolf ensnared a handful of Ellie's hair, pulling her head up and forcing her back to arch.

"My kitty..." Kouga growled roughly before ramming himself into her waiting cavern, the smile remaining on his lips as he glanced at their joined figures in the mirror.

Ecstasy danced across Ellie's flushed face as Kouga continued to glide in and out of her with delicious friction. Her legs slick with her own juices as his continuous plunging smashed her against the counter, his hand in her hair keeping her in check as he rode her.

"Look, Ellitari! I want you to see me when you cum!" Kouga bellowed out, his member pulsing on the threshold of release.

"Uh...I....Kami...." Was Ellie could even manage to mumble as she gazed into the mirror before her, sunflower eyes widening as the red eyes of Kouga greeted her.

The sight became too much for her as the sound of their slapping bodies rose to her ears. With one last groan, Ellie threw back her head and screamed to the world to tell of her pleasure and delight, her walls tightening almost painfully around her mate's plunging member. The thrusting of her mate continued a short while longer until he too roared out into night, his warmth coating her trembling caverns completely.

The couple remained hunched over the counter for what seemed to be an eternity. Finally able to regain full use of his legs, Kouga slowly pulled free from his beyond satisfied mate, leaving soft kisses down her back. Ellie whimpered at the loss of warmth but quickly began to recover from her lustful haze. Turning on shaky legs, she grabbed a few tissues from a nearby box and set about the task of cleaning up to the best of her ability. Kouga did the same before smugly tucking himself back into his pants.

Ellie growled in annoyance as she pulled the dress back into its respectable place, smoothing out the skirt and top in their own turn. Once again running her fingers through her hair, she cast a dark look to the grinning wolf demon on the couch across from her. Kouga merely shrugged and continued to grin at the glare. In a breath he was up and had her in his arms once more, laughter now dancing in the cobalt depths of his eyes.

"You know you liked it..." He teased as he placed tender kisses on her bruised lips. His only response was a dark blush and a hard punch in the shoulder.

"Pervert..." The Southern Lady growled as Kouga unlocked the door and led her back out into the darkness of the club. She refused to let him see the satisfied smile that graced her lips.

(Challenge lemon done...back to story. Hope you liked it, nee-chan...)

*Within Kagome's dreams*
Kagome wandered down a dark hallway, black blanketing everything in sight. A soft footstep behind her sent her spinning, eyes searching through the darkness. A gentle laugh caught her attention and she turned again. Squinting slightly, her focus cleared on the form of a small child standing before her.

The boy's hair was short and dark; black was her best guess in the light that was offered. A startled gasp escaped her parted lips as the smiling child lifted his eyes to hers. Pools of amber and gold peered back at her, gentle and kind in nature. A Red Crescent moon adorned his pale forehead, and magenta stripes curved about his cheeks. A short, fluffy black tail swished patiently behind him as if he were counting to himself.

"˜He's a demon!' Kagome screamed to herself. "˜Why does he look so familiar? And where am I?' She cast another curious glance about her, trying to piece things together frantically. The boy before her laughed lightly again, his eyes holding a flicker of affection behind them.

His smile only widened as he offered her his small hand. Feeling to be in a trance, Kagome reached out and gently grasped the boy's hand in her own. She looked down to lock eyes with the demon-child and found she could not look away. The urge to jump almost took her as his soft voice rang out.

"Come with me. There are things I need to tell you." He turned to leave but spun around once more when Kagome didn't budge.

"Who are you? Why am I here?" Kagome whispered, panic beginning to race through her blood.

"Powers are aligning against you and the others once more." The boy's eyes seemed to cloud with tears as he continued. "You must be ready when he comes for you. Otherwise you will not win and all will be lost. For your friends and loved ones you must be prepared, Mother..."

A silence crept between them as Kagome forced her whirling mind to calm. Tears rose in her eyes as the child's pleading tone echoed through her soul. His eyes never left hers as kneeled before him.

"What did you call me?" Her voice was barely a whisper in the dark that surrounded them. Garnet eyes widened as the boy slowly reached out and settled an ivory-clawed hand against her stomach.

"I need you, Mother." The boy whispered as he let her hand go to rest it on her tear-stained cheek, his other hand remained on her stomach. "I need you to be strong for me if I am to survive to see the world."

"But how?! I..." Words failed her; reason was a thing of the past. "How is it possible that I'm pregnant?" A sob tightened in her throat upon seeing the boy nod slowly.

"It is time you were given back what was taken from you. Then you will understand..." The boy stood, grabbing her hand to bid her follow. Kagome weakly gathered herself to stand, the world spinning around her.

Giving her hand a gentle squeeze, the boy led the shaking demoness off into the darkness in search of light.

TBC

For the record, this chapter was a BITCH to complete...serious muse issues on my part. Sorry it took so long, but it happens. Hopefully the next chapters will come easier. Review please!! With the headaches I'm receiving from this story, I'm not sure the pain is worth the lack of feedback...*grumbles* But I do appreciate the reviews I do receive. Till next time.... Cheers! "“G.S.

Special thanks to:

All of my great reviewers at Single Spark!!! You know I love you guys!!!!

Kaisgirl "“ Who loves you, baby? What's a little lemony goodness between friends? LoL.

JeSsI "“ Great review! I loved it!

Addicted - *blushes heavily* Thank you!!!!!

Black-Lion "“ You want more? You got it!

Arryelle "“ She will keep her memory...but she needs a little help with it!

Amanda "“ I'm glad it's gettin good for you...I try!!

Tygerlily - *sigh* I'm sorry....I didn't mean for it to be that bad of a cliffy. Forgive me??? *puppy eyes* As an apology I will have Kagome give Jaken a beat down in your honor.

TricksterGoddess "“ Sorry it took me so long, but she's finally starting to put it together.

Deatara "“ It makes me happy to know that you are enjoying this story as much as the last. *grin*

Kytari "“ I'm glad the last chappie wasn't rushed! And I again apologize for the cliffy....*wicked grin*