Four Seasons: Chapter 2

#05: Inuyasha (Sesshōmaru & Kagome)
Prompt: Summer

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“We will stop here for the night.”
She sighed in relief and started making camp around the cool clearing with Rin and Shippō’s assistance. The summer’s sun was truly hot, but this was much better than in the future. With little trees, the heat, sometimes, became unbearable. Once everything was ready, she thanked both children with an affectionate pat on their heads. Both immediately ran off to play as if the heat didn’t bother them at all.

After taking her bathing supplies, she walked towards Sesshōmaru, who was waiting at the edge of the clearing. Once she reached his side, he led her to the nearby stream. He never failed to amaze her at how attentive he was as the alpha of their pack, so unlike his half-brother. At first, she had thought it would be awkward to travel with him, but he made it easy for her to adapt within his pack. Jaken, while not happy, accepted her and Shippō, lest he faced the wrath of his Lord.

It had been a few months since she joined Sesshōmaru’s pack. To be honest, she didn’t think he would take her in and even more so had taken the initiative to retrieve Shippō for her. Since that rainy day in the beginning of spring, she had stopped thinking about Inuyasha. She sorely missed Sango and Miroku, but she knew that they would be okay without her. As for Inuyasha, she was pretty sure that he must have invited Kikyō to take her place as his shard detector.

Shaking her head mentally, she chased the gloomy thoughts away. She smiled brightly as they reached the cool stream that had a perfect spot to take a dive as well. As soon as she saw Sesshōmaru take a seat on a particular big boulder, she stripped her blue yukata off. Ever since she travelled with Sesshōmaru, she had stopped wearing her modern attire. She just didn’t feel right to continue so when he had provided more than enough kimonos and refusing such generosity would be an insult to the demon lord.

As for her family in the future... the only one who was happy that she was no longer under Inuyasha’s protection was her mother. Souta was not happy, but he tried to understand her situation with Inuyasha, and her grandfather was just generally didn’t like demons. He could accept Inuyasha as he was still half human, but Sesshōmaru was a full demon, something the elderly didn’t like even more. Her mother, while not hating Inuyasha, felt her daughter would be safer under a demon’s protection. Somehow, she could understand that.

She tested the water with her feet before stepping in. The cool water felt so good that she ignored Sesshōmaru’s watchful eyes. Another thing she couldn’t get used to was his attention. She knew that he had more honour and wouldn’t do anything she disliked. As much as she wanted him to look away, she just couldn’t do it. It was strange, not to say crazy, that she wanted him to watch her. For some unexplainable reasons, she felt beautiful when he did, and it helped her self-esteem that was damaged by his half-brother through his careless words for years.

Truly, she had never regretted her decision to leave the group. Sesshōmaru had been so good to her that she couldn’t help but feel something deep for the demon lord. Her heart would beat faster than usual, not to mention the fluttering butterflies in her belly. She often forgot how to breathe when he gazed at her so heatedly with his beautiful golden eyes. Just like this moment... She felt the familiar itch to touch his face and wished to have a taste of his lips as well, if possible. Right now, she was ready to give the jewel away as long as he allowed her to have him just for one night.

“Kagome...”

The way he muttered her name sent shivers down her spine, and she had to hold back a moan from escaping. If he did this to her just by calling her name, she couldn’t imagine what he could do with those dangerous hands of his. Her breath hitched when she saw the red that slowly seeped through his eyes. Such a dangerous image he made. However, it only excited her further as she wanted to see all of him.

“Come here...”

Just for one night. Making up her mind, she stood up from the stream and complied with his request.

Yes, just for one summer night, she was willing to surrender everything to him. Everything else faded away when his lips met hers. She saw nothing but him and only him. She felt nothing but his gentle touches throughout the night.

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