Mending a broken heart

The next morning when Sesshomaru woke up, he smiled at the woman in his arms. "God she is so beautiful." He nuzzled her neck to wake her up. She stretched and rolled over to face him.

"Good morning." She said smiling at him.

He kissed her gently. "Good morning mate. How are you feeling?"

"A little sore but I'm happy."

"I'm sorry for the pain but it pleases me that my mate is happy. Come love, we must get out of bed. We have things to do. We'll need to have our celebration sooner since we've already mated. I must introduce you as my mate and lady of the western lands."

"When would we have this ceremony?"

"We will wait until your transformation is complete."

"Huh? What transformation?" She asked confused.

"Within the next few days you'll become a full fledged demon like myself."

"Cool!" She exclaimed.

"Now come on. We will bathe and then go have breakfast. Rin should already be there."

"You mean that sweet little girl who travels with you all the time?"

"Yes." He said before lifting her bridal style.

"Eep! Sesshomaru! What are you doing?"

He chuckled. "Taking you to bathe. As your mate it is my pleasure and duty to take care of your every need." He said as he took her to his private hot spring that was joined to his room. When he got there he stopped at the edge. He looked at her with a wicked smile. Kagome didn't like the way he was smiling at her.

"What are you up to?" She asked suspiciously.

"This." Before she knew it, she was tossed into the water.

She sputtered when she came up for air. "Sesshomaru! You jerk! I'll get you for that!"

He raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? And just how do you expect to do that?"

She smiled. "Why don't you come in and find out?"

"As you wish." He said shrugging. Kagome was sprayed with water as he dove into the water. When he came up for air right in front of her he smirked.

"Liking our bath so far mate?" He said smirking.

"Why you!" Catching him off guard, she dunked his head under the water. She laughed when he came back up sputtering.

"Ha! Now we're even." She said sticking her tongue out at him.

"Put your tongue away mate or I will put it to use."

She wrapped her arms around his neck. "Oh really?"

He placed his hands on her hips. "Yes really. This Sesshomaru can think of several things you can do with it."

"Like what?" She asked as he pulled her closer.

"Well, you could kiss me and let me taste your sweet mouth as I tangle your tongue with mine. You could lick the water from my body like I'd love to do to yours. Or," He paused to lean forward to whisper in her ear. "You could pleasure me with it like I did you last night."

She gasped. "Sess!"

He chuckled. "Now hold still so I may bathe you." He took a bottle off of a shelf that was next to the spring. She took the bottle from his hands and smelled it.

"Mmm...smells like honeysuckle."

"As do you my sweet. I love your scent. It drives me wild." He whispered in her ear as he wrapped his arms around her from behind.

"Oh stop it silly! Now turn around so I can wash your hair."

"As you wish my love." He leaned his head back and allowed her fingers to massage his scalp. He relaxed under her tender touch.

"You know I'm jealous of you." She said.

"Oh? Why?"

"Rinse." She said and waited for him to come back up for air as he dunked under the water to rinse his hair.

"Now explain to this Sesshomaru what you are jealous of." He asked as she began to bathe the rest of him.

"Your hair. You have the most beautiful hair that any woman would love to have. It's so shiny and silky and it's the purest white color, almost like snow."

He chuckled. "I do believe that is the first time I've ever heard of someone being jealous of my hair."

She blushed. "You are the most beautiful, gorgeous man I've ever met."

He smiled. "Well I am perfection am I not? The most perfect being to ever walk this world. No one could compare to this Sesshomaru." He teased.

"You are so vain, you know that?" She said splashing him.

He smiled at her. "Of coarse. I also have the most perfect, beautiful mate that most men would die for. Your hair, your eyes, your smile, your body, your sweet kind loving nature. True perfection indeed." He tucked her wet hair behind her ears.

He looked deep into her eyes. "I love you my sweet Kagome." Before she could respond he leaned in and gave her a sweet gentle kiss.

"Now allow this Sesshomaru to bathe you mate."

"Ok." She said. She sighed as his strong hands gently massaged her scalp.

"Mmm. This feels nice. A girl could get used to this." She said closing her eyes.

He chuckled. "That is what this Sesshomaru is here for, to take care of my mates every need and desire." He noticed that she had relaxed completly in his arms and was now as limp as a dish rag. When he looked down to see why, he chuckled.

"She's fallen asleep. Last night must have tired her out more than I thought." He smiled as he finished bathing her while she slept. She didn't stir until she felt herself lifted from the water.

"I can't believe I fell asleep!" She said when he placed her on her feet.

"Don't worry love. I enjoyed our bath. Now come here, I have something for you." She watched as he walked over to a chair and grabbed a kimono. When he held it out to help her into it, she gasped.

"Sesshomaru, it's beautiful!" The silk kimono caressed her skin and hugged her curves beautifully. It was dark blue with a white crescent moon with a white dog howling on the back of it. She flung herself into his arms, not even caring that he was still wet.

"Thank you so much!"

"I'm glad you like it mate." He said kissing her forehead. "Now let's go get breakfast."

"Ok." She said. After she helped him into his kimono, he took her hand and led her to the dining room. The two were so wrapped up in each other, that they didn't even notice their guest when they got there.

"Well you've wasted no time I see. You just couldn't wait to mate her. Just like your father. He couldn't wait until the ceremony either." Someone said.

Kagome and Sesshomaru looked over and saw a beautiful demoness sitting at the table smiling at them smugly.

"Hello mother. It's been a while."