Last Night by SunsetMiko

Cliff

For Riku Ryuu's Random Prompts on the Dokuga forums.

Cliff - 293

"Now, we're going to try this one more time. What is it you desire?"

Sesshoumaru's eyes scanned their audience, deciding that he would not allow the hanyou's words to haunt her. If she wanted to hear it in front of her friends and companions, he wouldn't hesitate to give that to her.

Kagome froze as his eyes locked on hers and his hand came up to gently caress her cheek.

"You, silly miko. This Sesshoumaru desires you." He watched as her eyes widened to an impossible size and chuckled. "Surely you suspected, as I did say I was fighting Inuyasha for the right to claim you."

"It just..." she muttered, mostly to herself. "It can't be real."

The taiyoukai smirked at her overwhelmed daze. "I assure you, this is most definitely real, and has been for quite some time. It is also entirely your fault."

He noticed that that snapped her right out of her trance, just as he'd intended.

"And how the hell is it my fault?" she hissed, her fire rising for the third time in less than fifteen minutes.

"You are simply irresistible. Your scent and beauty draw me. Your sense of honor and loyalty hold me. Your ability to care for anyone, human, demon, or hanyou, astounds me. Your voice washes over me like a wave of silk over my senses, no matter your mood. Your very soul calls to me, as if it is the missing half of my own. I have stood at the edge of this precipice for so long, longing, waiting, hoping for some sign that it was safe to jump and last night you were so kind as to give that to me."

Kagome's eyes widened again. "Just what the hell happened last night?!?"