Author note: Many thanks to CelestialMoon17 who betaed this chapter

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha

Chapter 16

Officially his

He was looking through some company papers when the ringing sound of his phone interrupted him. When he picked up the device, there was an angry voice on the other end.

"Your mate had the nerve to leave during the fitting." said his lovely mother. "That has never happened to me before. I was left alone in the middle of such important things. Does she not know who I am?"

Well he was pretty sure his mate had a grasp of the situation already. Her leaving during such an important task troubled him.

"I apologize mother. I called her and asked her to come home since I badly needed her presence. She seemed reluctant doing it since she was with you, and did not want to trouble you by leaving in the middle of the dress fitting. I assured her that I would talk to you about it. I apologize. It's my fault since I forgot about it. The company official's matters made me commit such a mistake." He thanked kami she was not in the same room with his person, for that she would have scented the lie within his words.

"If you needed her then I guess I can let it slip just this once. But make sure it doesn't happen again." He sighed in relief hearing his mother's words. Only kami knows what she's capable of doing when angry.

"Well then, I will leave you to your own devices. Goodbye."

The moment their conversation ended, the young inu youkai rose to his feet, pacing around the room. He was worried about his human mate.

What had happened that caused you to leave in the middle of something important like the fitting?

The second the question rang inside his head, his ears caught the sound of the entrance door closing. He followed the sound, and as soon as he entered the kitchen his golden orbs fell on the form of his lovely, but angry mate. By what he was seeing he could tell she was desperately searching for something.

He froze to his spot when her delicate hands – the same hands which caressed his nude body mere hours ago – stopped and grabbed the biggest knife which could be found in his house. He made a mental note to remove all sharp objects from within his house.

Sesshomaru only hoped his person was not the subject of her anger. He hoped she might want to take the first flight to London, and take revenge on certain someone. The silver haired inu youkai could only hope.

"Mate, put that butcher knife down. It's dangerous."

"I picked it up especially because it's dangerous."

With a single swing of her arm, Sesshomaru's worst nightmare turned to reality – his adorable mate was mad at him; angry enough to threaten the physical integrity of his body.

"This Sesshomaru has no recollection of doing something to displease his mate to such extent. Actually, this Sesshomaru remembers leaving a very pleased mate after their lovemaking. This Sesshomaru remembers you purring like a cat." He added in his defense when the sharp object was pointed towards his person.

"I indeed purred like a cat," A dark color of rouge adorned her cheeks at the memory "But now I growl like a lioness; a very angry one I might add. A lioness who wants to shred to pieces a certain part of you and feed it to the dogs." She shouted angrily.

Women were mysterious creatures. Even with all eternity to live with them or to study them, a man will never fully understand them. They were like a box filled with the unknown. It was only now that Sesshomaru was able to grasp the meaning of his father's words from mere weeks ago. It was only at this moment he can understand what his old man went through during the last seven centuries.

Sesshomaru could swear the woman was created by kami with the purpose to torment the male species, and at the same time the woman was created to be pleased by the same species. Either way, men were doomed.

"This Sesshomaru does not understand your behavior, mate."

"I met Sara."

"Oh." Her eyes sparkled with pure anger upon hearing the small sound which escaped him.

"She told me you two are very special friends who excel in a certain area of expertise." She practically spit the last words in his direction. Had she been an animal, she probably would have been frothing at the mouth by now.

"Mate, please put the knife down. I assure you there's a misunderstanding there."

"Misunderstanding? So when she mentioned you two being a match in that area she was not talking about sex?"

He was left speechless. He was not expecting this to happen, Sara opening her mouth that is. He had to come up with an answer fast because his mate's patience was growing short.

"Well, part of that statement is true–" He began, but was violently cut off.

"What the hell is wrong with your family?" his mate was shouting. "The men in your family are a bunch of cheating bastards."

"I never put you in such situation. I had been faithful to you." he added in his defense.

"You just admitted you had an affair with that woman! I understand that she's beautiful, and more stylish than me, but you shouldn't have done that. The cheating bug runs deep in your family."

"I –" Whatever he wanted to say was lost in the angry shouting of his mate.

"Your brother cheated on me with my cousin on the wedding day, and I am sorry to say it to you, but your father…he's not much better. He cheated on your mother with another woman, I like Izayoi don't get me wrong, and he has mated with that woman, and now centuries later he's cheating on his current mate with his ex-mate. He has some screws loose."

"Mate, I agree with what you say about my brother, but I can assure you my father is faithful to his wife."

"Really? So I guess my eyes were playing tricks on me that Sunday. Did your mother not kiss him, and he did not respond to her advances, with his wife as a witness?"

He sighed. He had really hoped that he could avoid having this discussion about why they behaved like that. The subject, he wanted it banned from his very thoughts. He took advantage of his woman not paying attention to disarm her.

He encased her within his arms, making it impossible for her to break free no matter how much she tried to struggle free.

"You will let me talk," He silenced his angry mate when she asked to be let free "I will tell you everything and you will listen."

Considering her situation – trapped in his strong arms – she had no other choice but nod in agreement. She will take revenge when the situation will arise.

"It's true Sara and I had such a relationship, but it was just sex. Please don't cry." Sesshomaru added when tears pricked at the corners of her eyes. "You have no reason to. My relationship with her was with no strings attached. At that time none of us wanted a serious relationship. All we did was satisfy our carnal needs. She never loved me, I never loved her."

"But she said–"

"Forgot what she said. You mark my words: You are my woman. I need only you. I love only you."

"How can I be sure you're telling me the truth?"

Damn. He had hoped the events from the beginning of their mating would remain secret. That she would never know about his little one being unresponsive to another woman's touch. The scent of his human mate's tears convinced him to step on his pride, just this one time, to put her at ease.

"A youkai mate because of power or love. I discovered through the hard way we have a love bond. A bond which will last forever."

"I want to believe you but–"

"After mating with you I discovered that I desire only your touch. A woman other than you cannot make me feel something for her."

"So you're saying that–"

"Only you can arouse me."

"But your father–"

"For kami's sake mate. Why do you insist talking about my father? That subject is taboo. Don't force me to talk about it."

"I insist because he kissed another woman while his wife was inside the same room. Your family has issues."

"I will tell you about it, but mate you will take responsibility."

"Whatever."

"What you saw that day, it was a game they play. My father has a fetish. My father adores role play, particularly roles in which he's dominated."

Her eyes grew so wide they threatened to fall out of her sockets upon hearing this. She regretted asking about it. Her future father-in-law's sex life was none of her business. She imagined a man like him must have an active sex life, but she certainly did not need a vivid description of it.

"Izayoi apparently becomes very dominant after my father kisses my mother. My mother simply enriches their sex life."

"Okay, you can stop. I am sorry I asked. I had no intention of knowing how they are doing it. Consider this topic never discussed."

"Hn"

He buried his nose in her black tresses inhaling her sweet aroma. Since she had gotten pregnant her scent was sweater with each passing day, making him desire her more. He released his strong hold on her, his limbs making their way lower on her body, to sneak under her dress.

"Sesshomaru" she yelped in surprise at his sudden move.

"You were jealous. You aroused me." Was his answer as his fingers found their way into her underwear, caressing her nude flower with great expertise.

"Besides, you need to take responsibility for forcing me to talk about my father's sex life."

Her arousal flooded his senses, her small whimpers sounded like heaven was calling him. He lifted her small frame on the kitchen counter, and removed the clothing barrier between them soon after. He wasted no time to sheath himself inside her, to make her scream his name.

While he was thrusting inside her, his mouth was swallowing her moans, their tongues battling each other. His hands grabbed her body tighter, leaving claw marks on their wake. Her hands snaked around his shoulders, her legs tightened their hold around his hips, and her moans became louder, filling the room as his movements inside her became more erratic, harder.

"More" she chanted.

During their lovemaking she discovered that she liked to be dominated, to be at this man's mercy. What he was doing to her body no man in the world could ever do. He was the perfect lover.

"Do not stop." Each touch of his left her body burning with desire.

"Hn." He grunted in an approval. His hips movements intensified – if that was even possible – his lover shouting his name in pleasure as she finally came down from her high.

o.O.o

He was drawing patterns of her bare back – after their love making in the kitchen he carried his exhausted mate to their bedroom - wondering what his lovely mate was thinking. He could tell she was deep into her thoughts.

"What's bothering you?" he finally asked. The silence was killing him.

"You told me you find out through the hard way we have a love bond. What do you mean by that?"

"I don't know what you are talking about." he tensed.

"The hard way – I want you to tell me about it."

"I don't think it's necessary. You should forget about it."

"Sesshomaru Taishou, I want the truth and you'd better tell me now." She rose to her feet, a white sheet covering her nude body. "No matter what it is, I will forgive you. If I find out from a third party, like Sara, I swear there is no force in the world to stop me from cutting off your dick and feeding it to pigs."

He knew she was serious, thus in order to save what makes him a man he had no choice but to acquiesce.

"Fine, I will tell you. But don't forget your promise: you will forgive me."

"Agreed."

"Well–"

five minutes later

Kagome Higurashi, soon to be Taishou, grabbed the first thing her hands touched – an old Ming vase – and threw it towards her target of affection. She regretted not having that knife in her reach.

"Until the ceremony, you will sleep on the sofa. Until then you aren't allowed to even enter this room. Get out!"

Dressed like the day he was born he was chased out of his own bedroom. He was a fool to think a woman like her would ever–

"You promised me you would forgive me!"

"I did, but not without you sleeping on the sofa until the ceremony. Bad boys must be punished."

"But–"

"No but. On the sofa if you still want a mating ceremony."

"Yes ma'am."

o.O.o

The day when she would become officially his came faster than she thought. Two weeks. Only two weeks he had to suffer sleeping on the couch.

Just as she was told the day Kagome met his mother, her mother-in- law took upon herself the duty of taking care of all the preparation for the ceremony. The youkai beauty could open a business. The dark haired bride concluded after seeing the perfection the woman had accomplished.

Kagome was currently in the bride room, being dressed for the ceremony.

"It's heavy." She said when the last layer of her dress was added.

"Indeed it is. Kimonos are quite cumbersome." Sesshomaru's mother replied as she was tying the obi.

The kimono weighted more than Kagome thought, but she was not surprised since she was used to wearing light breezy yukatas. But what weighted more than the kimono was the meaning. The responsibility of becoming the mate of a man like Sesshomaru, becoming part of a prestigious family such as his, weighted more on her shoulders than some layers of clothing.

She had started to think this way thanks to his mother, who never lost a chance to tell her in exacting detail about their family history. His family being one of the oldest youkai clans weighted a lot on her mind. She felt like she was marrying the emperor.

"The kimono is quite pretty."

She had wanted to wear a red floral kimono, but his mother opposed strongly.

"Purple is the color of our clan. During the mating ceremony the woman mate must wear the color of her mate. It's an un-written rule for youkai, but nonetheless a very widely practiced and serious rule. An offense is brought to the mate and his family if she's not wearing his clan's color." The beautiful demoness explained to Kagome.

She should have told me earlier about that. I wouldn't have thrown a fit if I had known about this tradition.

"The ceremony will start in a few minutes. Inu-no will be the one to officiate the ceremony."

"You don't have some kind of priest like in the human ceremonies?"

Kagome asked, surprised to hear about it. Until today she had known almost nothing about their traditions. His mother had been too busy to fill her in with the details.

"I will bring the ceremony drinks. My ex-mate and I, being an active part of the ceremony is the blessing for the mating. We show to the whole youkai society we agree with your mating."

"Oh."

"Please don't forget that the drink is old and very strong. It is seven hundred years old. You might get dizzy." Kagome couldn't hide anymore her shocked expression. She wondered if it was safe to consume something so old. Besides, she was pregnant.

"It was done the day Sesshomaru was born. It's another tradition for youkai. The day their child is born, the parents must make preparations for the future mating. You will do the same. The drink is made out of wine in which was added my and Ino-no's blood – to make the mates stronger. Before drinking you will add a drop of your blood inside his cup, and he a drop in your cup. Drinking the liquid means you accept us and he as part of your family, just as we accept you. It's a tradition we will always follow. It will bring no harm to the child. His father's blood will make him stronger."

Though Iza-chan and Inu-no had no part of suchathing, Kagome heard his mother muttering. One day she will ask her about it, but not today.

o.O.o

seven years later

Kagome was standing at the edge of the bed, watching her mate sleeping. How many nights had she spent watching his god-like face during the repose of slumber?

Too many to count.

During their seven years of marriage/mating he had been a great husband to her. For her sake he even refused to travel for his business. He made great sacrifices for her. He put up with all her mood swings. But if she thinks upon it more…it's technically his fault that he made her not being able to live apart a single day from him.

Seven years passed since she became officially his, and she couldn't get enough of him, of his touch. To her he became a drug. But it was his fault for making her like that too. He was too handsome, too much of an expert in what he did to her.

With light touches she caressed his angelic sleeping face. How many times had he watched her sleep just as she's watching him now? How many times had he touched her just as she was doing now?

Many touches took place during their seven years of living together.

"Sesshomaru."

She whispered his name. She closed the distance between them, her rosy lips pressing lightly on his.

"Wake up!" he stirred in his sleep but refused to comply with her wish. She breathed in, fresh air feeling her lungs. "You freaking sleeping bastard, wake up!" she raised her voice.

His golden orbs met hers and she sighed in relief.

"You are angry mate." He stated the obvious.

"If you were me, you would be too. We need to talk."

"I am listening mate. Whatever bothers you, please tell me." After their first year together he stopped trying to understand her. He quickly became aware that it was utterly impossible to do so.

"We cannot continue this way anymore. Seriously, we need to stop."

"Stop what, mate?"

"Having more kids. I refuse to ever get pregnant again. I am tired Sesshomaru."

"Mate–"

"I am tired of looking at myself in the mirror and seeing a whale. My feet hurt, they are swollen and I don't even see them anymore. I really want to see my feet again."

"Mate, you are very attractive swollen with my pup. I cannot get enough of it."

"Sesshomaru, we really cannot have any more. If I l get pregnant one more time, I will go crazy. I do not want to go crazy Sesshomaru. You do not want me to go crazy."

"I never wished to have so many either, but apparently we are very good at having them."

Kagome thought she was going to lose her mind. She was indeed very serious in not having any more children, but he was making jokes about it. She wanted to strangle the life out of him. Apparently he excelled in making her crazy too. She wished he would give up this habit of his.

Because that approach didn't work, she decided to change tactics.

"Do not misunderstand Sesshomaru Taisho. I do love our children more than my own life. I will die for them. I do not regret having them. The moment I found out they were growing inside me I started loving them. They are my little treasures. They are priceless."

"I never doubted your love for them."

"It's just that sometimes I want to spend my time with you without being interrupted. Can you imagine us having morning sex without Hiroshi bursting inside our bedroom? How many times did you have to stop in the middle of it when you picked up the sound of his feet coming to our room? How many times has Hana's crying stopped us? When was the last time when we had time for ourselves?"

Thinking back, he realized she was right. During the last six years they had no single day to themselves. Since Hiroshi, their oldest son, was born they were never alone. Even when his parents offered to babysit, to give them some free time, they had to refuse. Hiroshi was too small to be apart even a single day from his mother. When he became old enough to be apart from her a day, they couldn't go. She was already swollen with another pup.

The story repeated until this very day.

"Can you imagine us going to the hot spring for two days, no kids around, no one to interrupt us? I will be yours to do whatever you want." A hot seductive vixen she was. How could he resist such temptation?

"Deal." He pressed his lips to hers. Shyly, she responded to his touch. She retreated soon afterwards. Obviously, she was not in the mood.

"Relax, Cassanova. Whatever you had in mind, remove it. My water just broke."

He sighed. Their trip to the hot spring had to be postponed for at least twelve months. There was no way she will leave the twins alone when they needed her the most. Currently, his lovely mate was pregnant with children five and six, making this her fifth pregnancy.

His father was the happiest grandpa alive when news about of a new pregnancy reached him. No matter what his toddlers did, like destroying things inside his father's house, the grandfather never got mad. He never stopped spoiling them, and let them do whatever they wanted.

As for his mother, all Sesshomaru could say was that she had allied with his father in spoiling them. She had never left Japan since the first pregnancy. She was now doing the job of an overbearing grandmother. She adored her new job.

Inuyasha was planning on returning to Japan in six months' time. During his exile he was able to let go of his bitterness, and he even apologized to the one he made suffer. His wife? She divorced him about two years ago. His refusal to mate her made her realize he does not want her to be his life partner for eternity. After the divorce procedures she took half of his assets, and she's now happily married to another man. A child is on the way. Inuyasha was currently involved in another relationship, a half youkai like him. Sesshomaru and Kagome would get a chance to meet the woman when Inuyasha finally came back.

Sesshomaru returned his attention back to his waiting mate.

"I will pack your things. Can you walk or do you want me to carry you?"

"My feet hurt, they're swollen, and I cannot even see them. I am big as a whale. Of course you will carry me."

"Your wish is my command."

Fin

Thank you for reading my story, add it to your favs, or reviewed it. Most of the time I liked to read your thoughts about it - most of the time because particularily once there was a rude review (didn't reach the light tough). I am open to critics as long as they are constructive, and formulated nicely. I very well know what my flaws are - I don't need one to point them rudely to me.

To answer some of your question:

1. what happened to the rapist - I think he was caught shortly after Kagome moved in with Sesshomaru. She was too busy to seduce him and not see the good news
2. was the rapist the reason why she moved in with him? - the rapist is the reason why she moved out of her house. she however moved in with him in order to punish him for mating her without her permission; and that she wanted to gave Sango and Miroku some space (they cannot keep their hands away from each other)
3. will there be another Sessh x Kagome story? - most likely yes, but I have no idea when it will happen; currently I am busy with another stories; but it has a title, and the idea formed already in my mind.