Giving the Miko a Second Chance

Chapter: Chapter 9 Slowing About and Heating Up…

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‘Aggggh! Why does that insufferable Inu insist on getting me into his bed. Is their not some other youkai or human female far more tempting than I? Is there not someone else that can satisfy his carnal needs?!’

Kaede grumbled inside her mind as they continue their journey to the old sword smith abode. The duo had been traveling for days looking for the seemly elusive elderly youkai. At least that is what the formally elderly miko first thought. Quickly she figured that from what Inuyasha told her about Sesshoumaru’s abilities, the daiyoukai should have been able to sniff out the craftsman with no problem. After discovering Totosai’s trail Sesshoumaru should have been able to use his speed to get them to said sword smith at a much faster rate. Since that is the case, they should have come upon the Totosai days ago. Instead they are still wondering in the forest…alone. Hence, why Kaede begun to believe that Totosai was not that difficult to find, it was the daiyoukai who decided to take the long route.

The ‘little miko’ did not feel any more physical or emotional changes since that fateful day in the forest, the day she died and was reborn. She did not seem to be getting any younger, which was good news. However, that doesn’t mean that it won’t happen in the future. Than again now that she thinks about it, if the Inu was not in too much of a rush to get to Totosai than she must not currently be in danger of reverting back to her years of infancy and beyond to the point of death. Meaning that the very genes that made her who she was would unravel. Kaede shuddered when she thought about it; it certainly was not a pretty picture.

But the ‘little miko’ did not believe that the Inu would delay getting to Totosai if she was in danger of coming apart at the seams. After all, if he were to let that happen, reviving her was a complete waste of his time. In her eyes he did not seem like the type to do anything without reason. Knowing that the daiyoukai was confident in the fact that she was not getting younger presently lifted a huge weight of her shoulders. However, the perverted Inu replaced that weight with activities that she found both frustrating, irksome and dare she think… arousing.

The things that Inu would say and do to her made Miroku look like the purest and holiest of monks; now that saying something about the daiyoukai behavior! What makes matters worst, it says something about her character, since her body responded to said behavior. The formally elderly miko ignored the fact that her responses says that she is a human woman with needs, her body is starving for affection and it merely responding to the buffet of male walking right beside her. Every time the Inu decided to flirt, grab and touch, she felt that newer sensation of her stomach tighten, the novel feeling of fire shooting though her body, and up her spine and the excitement accompanied by anger that made her pulse jump, her teeth clench, her brow sweat, her knees buckle and her heart flutter. At the same time, her mind would fight tooth and nail against these feelings, causing her to yell, fuss and debate the Inu. While her physical body was enjoying his flirtatious attentions, the mental portion of Kaede screamed NO, THIS IS WRONG, STOP FEELING DESIRE FOR HIM, AGAINST BELIEFS, DESEST!!! So far the mental shouts did not detour her stubborn body from responding to the seductive daiyoukai. Instead her body ‘shouted’ back NO LORD SESSHOUMARU, DON’T YE DARE STOP!!!

Subconsciously, part of the reason why she yelled and clenched her teeth when she was not shouting was to cover up the moans that wanted to escape her pouting lips. Concurrently she balled her fist up, not just to threaten to him, but to keep her hands from playing the grope game with his person. There were so many parts of him to grab she would not know where to start, even if her mind was just as wiling as her body.

Kaede found herself wishing that some random youkai would attack them so she could purify them to hell. Anything to distract her from the daiyoukai advances and to take out her frustrations upon. She knew it was her youth talking, but she wanted to fry a lower youkai and pretend it was the pompous silver and blue haired pervert she was traveling with. Alas it seems that all of the lower youkai they came across so far was not stupid enough to cross claws with the daiyoukai walking next to her. They, the lower youkai, avoided the duo as if their lives depended on it…which it did.

It wasn’t just his advances that bugged her, it was his unpredictability. From what she heard in the past, he saw humans as insects and loathed his brother for being a ‘taint’ to their blood line due to the humanity that ran through the younger hanyou veins. During a time when he still looked down upon humans as worms under his boots, he took a human ward under his protection. Even when he treated his brother like scum and attacked the younger siblings pack in the past, Kagome told her of how Sesshoumaru saved their lives on more than one occasion. Kaede had to give credit were credit was due; although he had a nastier attitude in the past, he still looked out for his brother in a twisted sort of way. Twisted as in the daiyoukai claimed that the only reason he saved Inuyasha was so he could kill him himself. From what she was told, both brothers had plenty of chances to finish each other off, but they chose not to. She had to wonder if that whole ‘Inuyasha life belongs to this Sesshoumaru’ line was just an excuse the daiyoukai used to look out for Inuyasha? She also wondered if Inuyasha really hated his brother in the past or did he just hate the way Sesshoumaru treated him? After all Kaede was also told that Inuyasha risked his life to save Sesshoumaru when that Magatsuhi character attacked the daiyoukai years ago. Those were questions she was sure would never get answered…

Now however, the two stubborn Inu’s are civil towards each other. So much so that even though they are not buddies, they trust each other with their pack members lives. Sesshoumaru demonstrated that when he decided to leave Rin in Inuyasha’s village with the rest of the younger hanyou pack.

‘There bark is worst they their bite when it came to the feud they had with each other…’ Kaede idly thought.

Now that his personality seemed to have improved, only a little as far as the ‘little miko’ was concerned, he has taken an interest in her of all people. Little did she know that the daiyoukai was always interested in any sentient female, human and youkai alike. However, he merely used them for his enjoyment, like an Inu would use a tempting chew toy until it tired of it and tossed it aside. As far is Kaede was concerned, if he was really attracted to her she was just that, a “toy” to amuse himself with until he tired of her. If she knew of all the pondering under that flowing river of silver and blue tresses, all the thoughts of the positive traits she possessed he respected and was attempting to ignore so he would only think of her as another “toy”, she would change her tune…

As Kaede walked in silence by the daiyoukai side for who knows how long; she continued to ponder:

‘This attraction of his would not have occurred had I not regain my youth…than again, he did decide to revive me. Which means that he had some use for me, my age mattered not. Did he do it so I could continue to care for Rin? No, that doesn’t make any sense considering that the child has plenty of people willing to care for her.’ Kaede thought as she kept a keen eye on the Inu to make sure he wasn’t pulling any mischievous and suggestive moves at the moment.

Never in a million years would have the formally elderly miko though that the daiyoukai had the ‘mischievous’ trait engraved in his personality. However, traveling with the Inu made her think twice about her original assumptions when it came to Sesshoumaru. Again that unpredictability grated on her nerves, yet a small part of her found it…intriguing…

After more pondering she concluded that he felt honored bond to bring her back from death because she died protecting what he considers to be his.

‘Funny that a being who feels that he is above all others still felt obligated to save an ‘insect’ such as myself; regardless of his honor being at stake. Hmmm…perhaps he no longer sees us as such. Well, perhaps he sees a few of us in a positive light…’ Kaede thought not knowing for sure if the daiyoukai just favored a few humans or if he learned to accept them in general.

“What seems to be the trouble, little miko?” The source of all of Kaede’s problems at the moment spoke, startling said ‘little miko’ from her thoughts. Which in turn caused her to jump and whip her head to the left to look up at the tall daiyoukai.


After looking at the Inu impassive expression for a moment and feeling aggravated by his nonchalant attitude she decided to be blunt and ask a question of her own while answering his at the same time:

“Why is it taking so long for us to reach Totosai? Do ye not as a daiyoukai have the ability to get us to his home more quickly?” Kaede said questioning his abilities. She knew she got a rise out of him in the form of lust and a greeting from the active big Inu between his legs. She would rather for the moment at least get a rise out of him in another fashion. Anger, smugness, whatever type of emotion that would district him from her flesh…and her from his…

Besides she did not worry about him turning those acidic claws nor his deadly sword Bakusaiga on her. As stated earlier, it would be a waste of his earlier efforts to revive her.

Sesshoumaru turned towards her with an arched eyebrow then he said in a flat tone.

“Trying to bring forth this Sesshoumaru’s wrath is not very wise little miko.” Sesshoumaru said as a frown crested the beautiful brow of the formally elderly miko.

Wanting so badly to slap that eyebrow that seemed to have a mind of its own off his face, she took a deep breath to compose herself and said through clenched teeth.

“I know that ye would not intentionally endanger my life so carelessly by taking the time to enjoy the scenery of the forest. You know that I have not regressed any farther in my age. Therefore, you are taking your time to reach the sword smith. However, the fact that I am not dying at the moment doesn’t explain why you are still slowing about?”

Ignoring the “slowing about” comment for now, Sesshoumaru continued to give her that infuriating blank expression as he said dryly.

“You presume much little miko, yet you cannot see answers that are right in front of your eyes.” What she said earlier for the most part was correct, yet was she was too naïve to understand why he wanted to take his time to enjoy the “scenery”? Even after he outright showed her that the only scenery he was interested in was her beneath him, naked, panting, withering and moaning his name. The way he saw it, his little miko was doing nothing, but denying her yearning to be touch and his desire to show her every technique he knows in the “bedroom department”. In essence, he believed she was denying the inevitable because he was Sesshoumaru and Sesshoumaru would find a way to get what he wants. And give Kaede what she truly wants, but continues to deny…her body’s desire fulfilled.

“What is ye going on about Lord Sesshoumaru.” Kaede snapped. As inexperience as Kaede was when it came to males, a small part of him knew were this conversation was going. That same small part of her also knew why the daiyoukai was “slowing about”. However she experience that nagging distracting and yet comforting emotion called denial. Said emotion worked to block out what she knew to be true.

Being a creature that preferred action instead of words he went beyond grazing her ass with his claws, tasting her ears with his tongue, whisper sweet perverted nothings in said ears and over all harassing her.

Although she voice her protest loudly and was tempted to swung her bow at his head, her body told him that she craved more of him every time he made those little seducing gestures.

Sesshoumaru the one who looked down on humans for centuries, yet never had a problem sleeping with human females desired the little miko not only for her looks and her smell, but for her motherly ways, innocence, bravery, loyalty and respect. Of course he will ignore the last five reasons mentioned and tell himself over and over again those were NOT the reasons he wished to have her. Be that as it may, he would not use Kaede and drop her on a whim like his past sexual conquests. The daiyoukai and the little miko were somehow bonded through Tensaiga and through Rin. Indeed this one he will keep for a while.

Kaede’s breath was taken away when the daiyoukai descended upon her with another of those scorching hot full blown kisses. This will shut her up and feed her ravenous craving for physical contact with him more. Oh, they would get to Totosai eventually. However, by the time they do, he wanted the adopted mother of his human pup, the woman who stayed angry with him yet respected him, and the woman who died to save what was his to be addicted to him and only him.

He began to feed that addiction more when he grabbed the back of her head with his left hand, grabbed her voluptuous left ass cheek with his right hand and halted his questing tongue, lips and teeth only to place his mouth upon her collar and begun sucking, nipping and licking her neck, heating Kaede up like a desired fueled inferno…

A/N: Alright hope you all liked the chapter! Reviews as always are adored and appreciated!