Chapter 137

Private dancer

“Did we interrupt something?” Jaken asked innocently, flashing an apologizing smile at Sesshomaru. Rin and Kohaku instantly added theirs, so that the trio would look less guilty.

“O-of course not!” Mai exclaimed, stuttering slightly, the fierce blush covering her face. “Don’t be stupid!”

At the same time the inu-youkai glared at the imp in a way, that indicated, that something very important had been just interrupted. Sesshomaru’s eyes followed Mai, who insisted on finding herself some occupation in order to forget about the embarrassing situation quickly. The girl was busy attempting to fix the door and tidying the room, which looked like after a hurricane.

The whole time the dog demon’s gaze was wandering after her. It was comforting, that she was not behaving foolishly anymore, but it was not what he wanted either. She even avoided to glance his way. Sesshomaru furrowed his brows, as he was supporting the wall behind his back, and observed his wife. She still had that whore’s attire on. Actually, it was pleasing to the eyes – every time she took a step, her tempting breasts were bouncing, as though they begged to be freed from the prison of the skimpy kimono. The cut, which exposed her whole leg, also caught his attention. Sesshomaru desired to slide his hand up Mai’s thigh and…

The inu-youkai clasped his eyes shut – the view was simply too arousing to withstand it. He wanted her, he needed her… 

“I’m horribly tired. I think, I should go to bed earlier.” Mai said, sighing, while she looked at the room, she demolished. At the mention of the bed Sesshomaru’s eyes fluttered open, now a predatory gleam in them. The girl whined: “I shouldn’t have destroyed my own room.”

“It is Jaken’s room.” Sesshomaru spoke suddenly. “Yours is at the end of the corridor.”

Mai sent him a surprised look, as though she had completely forgotten, that the dog demon was standing there.

“Oh. Thanks.” She said, before yawning. “Goodnight, everyone!”

Then, Sesshomaru’s clueless prey walked away.

Mai let out an impressive yawn. She opened the door to her room and stepped inside.

“Nice.” She muttered to herself, noticing happily, that the chamber was much bigger and better furnished that the previous room. Then, a smile fell from her face, when she saw the bedding. Double futons. “Crap.”

The characteristic clicking of the bolt confirmed her suspicions – it was a trap.

“Make yourself comfortable, woman.” Sesshomaru said, approaching Mai. The girl was already clenching her fists, pissed that the demon lured her here just a moment after they made up. Didn’t he have an ounce of tact? 

“Sesshomaru, open the door.” The girl said, trying to sound confidently, so as not to show the damn predator, that he got her almost panicking again.

“Not this time, wife.” The dog demon replied, accenting the word “wife” on purpose. Then, he calmly strode across the spacious chamber and seated himself on a silk cushion, making a gesture for Mai to join him.

The girl flinched and gulped, easily figuring out, that the time, Sesshomaru gave her, was already up. Now he would want to get her spread her legs. She glanced nervously towards the door, wondering, whether she could make it in time, unbolt it and escape.

“I would not try this, if I were you.” The inu-youkai warned her, as though he was reading her mind.

Mai clenched her fists to stop them from shaking, as her hands began sweating from stress. She looked into her husband’s calm golden eyes.

“You would catch me and drag me back, wouldn’t you?” she sighed deeply. 

“Precisely.” Sesshomaru answered, nodding and repeating the gesture for her to come closer.

Mai bit her lower lip, feeling like a trapped animal. Of course she should put up a fight, like she always did, but she was simply exhausted by it. During the last days she was constantly struggling and resisting – she really was fed up by doing this. Why couldn’t Sesshomaru leave her alone?

“Woman, do not make me come for you.” The demon’s voice brought her back to reality.

Mai hesitated only for a short while, before she slowly made her way towards him. It was pointless anyway – his strength was horribly overwhelming hers, so struggling with him was rather symbolic than a real thing.

Sesshomaru observed with pleasure, as his spouse made her way towards him and seated herself on a cushion by his side. Thankfully she was silent this time and even came to him without any coercive measures. That was a nice change from her usual attitude. However, he could not notice, that she seemed to be dismayed. The demon glanced at her discreetly, not wanting to distress her more by the intrusive gaze. His wife had her hair down, for she removed all the decorative golden hairpins she had before. Her skin seemed to be more smooth than ever – especially her exposed thigh was a sight to behold. Sesshomaru’s lips twisted in a slight smile, when he saw her modestly trying to cover as much of the skin, she could, thankfully with little effort. Her pink lips parted slightly, as she let out a sigh. Then, their eyes met and the demon saw, that fighting spirit remained in his troublesome female, for she narrowed her eyes, glaring at him.

Without saying a word, the inu-youkai shoved some heavy item into Mai’s hands. The girl looked down at it and discovered, that it was a bottle of sake. She gazed at her husband questioningly.

“Pour me sake, woman.” Sesshomaru explained, taking a cup from the low table and weighing it in 

his hand, while looking at Mai with expectation. The girl furrowed her brows, distrust all over her face.

“You want me to pour you a drink?” she made sure, suspecting, that he intended it to be a prelude to doing some really perverted stuff to her. After all, it was what was usually done at medieval brothels. The mischievous smirk, that just appeared on Sesshomaru’s face, was confirming her fear.

“Considering, that you are wearing such an outfit already…” He said in a cheeky tone, smirking, as he insolently glanced at her breasts.

Mai’s face instantly flushed and the girl covered her cleavage with her hand, fighting with the urge to smash a bottle on her husband’s head.

“I’m not your whore!” she protested fiercely, now regaining her fiery spirit. “Try to touch me and I’ll castrate you!”

However, Sesshomaru’s cheeky smile didn’t disappear from his face. The demon drank his sake with one gulp, as though it was an anesthetic, that would make putting up with Mai less painful. He sent Mai a meaningful look and the girl refilled his cup, not stopping to glare defiantly at him. The dog demon thought, dismayed, that his human wife was a tough opponent. He took a sip of sake.

“I do not understand, why are you not willing to accept me as your husband.” Sesshomaru said to Mai out of sudden.

She stared at him, surprised by what he said. Didn’t he know? She sighed again.

“We were married against my… against our wills.” Mai explained to him patiently, feeling, that it was hardly anything, that required explaining. Damn, he should understand it – Sesshomaru was in the exact the same situation as she was!

However, the demon didn’t share her point of view.

“It is an arranged marriage. Perhaps unexpected.” He admitted. “What is wrong with that?”

Mai blinked, completely confused. Was he dumb or what? She didn’t even pay attention to what she was doing, as she poured Sesshomaru more sake.

“Everything is wrong with that.” She muttered. “People shouldn’t get married like that!”

Sesshomaru arched his brow, not understanding his wife. It was clear, that she was defiant from nature, but what she was just saying, was not making any sense. She seemed to negate the simplest things.

“It is ordinary.” He stated. Mai rolled her eyes.

“How is this ordinary?” she asked, getting more and more confused.

Sesshomaru cleared his throat and reached out with his cup. Mai sighed and poured him more. Maybe if he got drunk, he would go to sleep quickly afterwards… she hoped.

“There, where you come from, marriages are not arranged by the parents?” he replied with a question.

Mai shook her head.

“No.” she answered, as it became clear, why Sesshomaru was behaving the way he did. She nearly forgot, that he was not only a demon, but also a man from the feudal era. To him it must have been normal. Damn that culture differences! Speaking of the culture differences, maybe it was a right moment to make some things clear for the medieval man, so that her marital life would be easier. “It works differently there, where I come from. People marry out of love and they aren’t forced to do that. And parents have nothing to say. Basically a man is asking a woman, he was dating for a while, for her hand and marriage by giving her and engagement ring and asking her to marry, while kneeling before her. She says yes and they plan the ceremony.”

The dog demon arched his brow, expressing a mild interest.

“Are you trying to say, that a woman has the final say in the matter of marriage?” he asked, frowning with discontent.

Mai furrowed her brows.

“I never thought of it this way, but… yes. Actually yes.” She replied.

Sesshomaru snorted.

“What a nonsense.” He muttered. “A man, who has to beg a woman on his knees and bribe her with trinkets is not worthy calling himself a man.”

Mai made a face-palm. They were having a civil conversation for once and he just had to spoil it.

“It’s not nonsense. It’s romantic.” She said with a heavy sigh. Sesshomaru shrugged his shoulders.

“This Sesshomaru has no need for such things.” He said in a prideful manner, nearly beaming with his warrior-dignity.

Mai rolled her eyes and just poured him more sake, thinking, that her hope to make her wretched husband learn about the customs from her own time was simply stupid. The guy was as medieval as possible.

“You’re hopeless.” She muttered, reaching for the bottle. “You want more?”

The dog demon nodded and watched Mai refill his cup. His wife came from a strange place with strange customs. To think, that it was a world, where men had to grovel before the females… Unthinkable! However, it was not a wonder, why his wife was the way she was. 

“I will not accept those foolish customs.” He said, making it clear to Mai.

The girl rolled her eyes again.

“I wasn’t really expecting you to do it. Just… be nicer to me. Listen, to what I have to say. Such things.” She said quietly. 

Sesshomaru glanced at her, but he didn’t answer right away. He drank the rest of the sake, before speaking.

“I am already too tolerant for your insolent behavior. Hardly any man could stand you, so be pleased, that you have a husband at all. It is you, who should be more aware of your duties and treat me with respect.” The dog demon kept ruining Mai’s evening.

The girl scowled, weighing the empty bottle in her hand, as though it was a weapon.

“Don’t you lecture me!” she snapped at him. “I’m being extremely nice to you! I was even pouring you this damn sake instead shoving this bottle in your ass!”

The demon blinked at his wife, who was militantly waving with the bottle. Her eyes had wild and fierce gleam in them, which contrasted with her small stature in the mostly amusing way. Then, he burst out laughing.

Mai blinked and lowered the bottle, confused by Sesshomaru’s strange reaction. Actually, she never saw him laughing hard, not even once, for the demon was always dead-serious and rather stuck-up.

“What’s so funny?” she mumbled.

Sesshomaru stopped laughing, but the glint of amusement didn’t leave his golden eyes.

“You.” He said. Mai furrowed her brows.

“I’m not!” she protested, feeling hurt, that Sesshomaru was making fun of her, no matter how strange it was for him to do such thing.

“You are.” The inu-youkai said firmly, reaching for the bottle, she was holding. When he discovered, that it was empty, he frowned. Then, he looked at Mai, the disturbing smirk appearing on his lips. 

“Come closer.”

The girl stiffened at his words. Because of unexpectedly long conversation she completely forgot Sesshomaru’s true intentions. Damn, he put her off guard again – she even began to having a good time with him. Mai opened her mouth to voice her protest, but the dog demon used his unnatural speed and pulled her onto his lap before she knew it. The girl yelped, surprised and looked up at his face with fear in her eyes. It turned out, that it was justified, for Sesshomaru was staring at her boobies, not even trying to hide that.

“No.” she stated firmly. “Sesshomaru, I don’t want to fight. Just let me go and…”

“Be silent, Mai.” The demon shushed her, completely ignoring her attempt to reason with him. Mai jumped, when he put his hand on her bare knee.

“Stop!” she breathed out and grabbed the demon’s wrist, but he paid no attention to her protests. Instead he slid his hand up her thigh, slightly grazing the delicate flesh with his claws, what made the girl react in an unexpected way. Her face went redder and she bent in half, before barely coughing out: “Stop it!”

Sesshomaru moved his hand up more, the claws sliding over the bare leg. Then, he stopped, as Mai began giggling uncontrollably. He arched his eyebrow, confused, and waited for her to calm down.

“Woman?” he asked. 

The girl finally straightened her back, the muscles on her face still twitching.

“I’m ticklish.” She mumbled.

“Oh. I see.” Sesshomaru replied and for a longer while they stayed in a weird position – looking at each other, with Mai sitting on his lap and the inu-youkai holding his hand on her bare thigh.

“Sesshomaru…” the girl was the first to break the silence. “Can you take your hand off my leg?”

The dog demon glanced at his palm on the woman’s thigh and instantly felt a desire to explore more of her, especially, when she was dressed in such a provocative manner. He slid his hand a little higher, causing his human wife to flush fiercely, so that the scarlet blush was reaching to the tops of her round breasts. Now that was an arousing sight.

“Tonight you are all mine.” He stated firmly.

Mai paled, hearing the horrifying sentence. She shook her head violently, not wanting to be like a lamb going to the slaughter.

“No, not yet! I’m not ready!” she exclaimed, but Sesshomaru wasn’t impressed by her defiance. 

The girl tried to get up from his lap, but he was successfully immobilizing her leg, his fingers slowly crawling up higher and higher, dangerously nearing her private parts.

“Relax, you will be ready in a moment.” The dog demon told her in a hushed tone, the lust in his eyes.

Mai felt a shiver go down her spine. She was in the clutches of the horny demon and he wouldn’t let her go this time, she was sure of it. She tried to struggle, was protesting, but nothing made the dog demon change his mind. If it went on like this, she would be raped tonight.

“Please!” she coughed out a plea, now ready for every mean to stop Sesshomaru from doing, what he was planning. “Sesshomaru, I beg you, don’t do this! Let’s talk!”

The demon stilled after hearing Mai’s desperate pleas. Reluctantly he removed his palm from her leg. He wanted to continue caressing her and then carry her to the bedding, but the panic in her voice stopped him. Sesshomaru was ready to deal with her furious, irritated, but not so scared of him. However, he had enough waiting and he really wished to consummated their marriage at last.

Mai glanced at her husband cautiously, when he stopped throwing himself at her. She wanted to dart off and escape as quickly as possible, but she remained sitting on his lap.

“Thank you.” She said quietly, averting her eyes. “I appreciate this.”

Sesshomaru nodded, at a loss, what he should do with the upset female. Fortunately she was the first to talk.

“I… I wish we could wait a little longer with…IT.” Mai mumbled, her face red. The dog demon furrowed his brows, not pleased, that she kept postponing this moment.

“I am against waiting.” Sesshomaru voiced his opinion harshly. “We should consummate the marriage tonight.”

“I don’t want you to touch me tonight!” the girl protested, making her equally stubborn husband frown with discontent.

“That is unfortunate, for I have every intention of having you satisfy me at last.” The dog demon raised his voice, as he was running out of patience. It was a miracle, that he managed to put up with his wife’s insufferable attitude for so long.

However, the terrified look on Mai’s face made Sesshomaru soften. It seemed, that he would not be able to bed her tonight after all.

“Tch!” he snorted, unsatisfied with the turn of events. He did not want to violate the woman, but he wished to have some pleasure as well. Then, he came up with his proposal. “Perhaps a compromise would be in order.”

Mai narrowed her eyes at him. 

“Compromise?” she repeated. “What compromise?”

Mai gazed at the dog demon suspiciously, as she was nearly sure, that the word “compromise” wasn’t even in Sesshomaru’s vocabulary. Her suspicion grew, when he smirked.

“I will not touch you tonight.” He said, causing Mai’s eyes to brighten with hope for the salvation. “However, there is a price.”

“What price?” the girl asked slowly, afraid, what he could demand. Well, not that it could be worse than making her spread her legs, couldn’t it?

The inu-youkai graced her with a malicious smirk, as lust gleamed in his golden eyes, making him look even more demonic as usual.

“Dance for me.” He said.

Mai blinked at the odd demand. Then, she narrowed her eyes at her perverted husband. So he wanted her to dance? It would be a miracle of her boobs wouldn’t pop out off that skimpy kimono. Ugh! What a lecher! He thought, that he found himself a private dancer?! The girl clenched her fists, glaring daggers at that smug bastard. But, it was an offer, she couldn’t refuse. She would be an idiot of she said no.

“Fine! But I’m not doing any striptease!” she said loudly and crawled off Sesshomaru’s lap, standing up. 

“What is striptease?” the inu-youkai asked with curiosity in his voice. 

Mai refrained herself from making a face-palm, as hearing such word coming out of Sesshomaru’s mouth was… well, worth a face-palm.

“Nothing.” She muttered, not wanting to unnecessarily give him more ideas, he could use against her.

Mai tried to make her whorish clothes cover a little more, but of course it was useless. Damn, having to dance for Sesshomaru, in a bedroom… that really made her feel like some stripper.

Bear it, Mai. It’s for the sake of your virginity and the divorce, the girl told herself in an attempt to gain more courage. She closed her eyes and imagined some music, so that she would be able to catch a rhythm. Unfortunately, she was only able to hear the voice of Tina Turner, singing “Private Dancer”. What an irony!

She stretched her limbs, feeling, that she lost some of her flexibility, but hopefully she would do just fine. She began swaying her hips, not opening her eyes – she was afraid, that she would lose the rhythm if only she met Sesshomaru’s gaze. She made a twist, gracefully moving her leg. Once she got into the pace of the dance, she opened her eyes and glanced shyly at her one-man audience.

The demon was carefully tracing her every move with his wary eyes. When Mai was dancing, she seemed like an entirely different person – her shyness and modesty seemed to vanish in a blink of an eye, leaving a bold, confident woman before his eyes. She was moving with an enchanting grace, tempting him with the seductive sways of her hips, but at the same time creating the atmosphere of superior inviolable purity. He saw her dancing one, but this time it was different – this dance was exclusively for him. Sesshomaru did not recognize the exotic steps of the dance, for his wife must have learnt it in another world. It was delicate like a mist, as though Mai was not human, but a tennyo. When the woman was fluently whirling around, their eyes met and Sesshomaru saw in them the usual fire and a challenge.

Mai smiled to herself, noticing how enticed by her dance the dog demon was. While dancing, she felt more courageous and she had the every intention of executing a little revenge on him. He promised not to touch her, so it should be all right… The girl changed her dance into more aggressive, remembering all the best moves from “Dirty Dancing”, “Striptease” with Demi Moore and few others. She swayed her hips seductively and heard the sound of breaking the porcelain, as Sesshomaru unknowingly crushed the empty cup in his hand. Mai smirked to herself and carried on.

The inu-youkai held his breath, observing his wife in amazement and shock. That was, what he neither expected nor even imagined, when he was telling her to dance for him. Mai was dancing, as though she had been possessed by some indecent spirit. Earlier her moves were like a wind, but now they became the moves of a panther. 

Sesshomaru’s eyes were devouring her, taking in the suggestively moving hips, her bare legs, the breasts, that were bouncing in the rhythm of music, only Mai heard. When their eyes met again, he sank his claws in the wooden floor – the woman smirked at him, clearly mocking him and teasing. Damn her! He promised her not to lay his hands on her tonight and she was using the promise against him! Sesshomaru clenched his teeth, not being able to tear his gaze from Mai, who was purposely seducing him and showing him at the same time, what he couldn’t have. The dog demon barely refrained himself from growling with the frustration, as the girl was writhing and whirling in the temping dance of hers. The inu-youkai regretted, that he made such a foolish promise, for he desired her to writhe like that under him in bed. Right now. After Mai’s another sway with her hips, he clenched his eyes shut, not being able to bear the sight anymore and control his lust at the same time. He heard his wife’s feet tapping against the floor, what meant, that she was still dancing. If he opened his eyes now, the torture would continue.

“Enough.” He said abruptly.

Mai made a last whirl and stilled, catching her breath and refraining herself from grinning widely. It seemed, that this time the victory was hers – what a nice change.

“Go to Rin’s room.” Sesshomaru ordered, opening his eyes. However, he avoided the eye-contact.

Mai blinked, almost shouting “hooray” out loud. To think, that she had the demon chase her out of his bedroom… the victory was crushing! She only hoped, that it wouldn’t backfire on her later. She directed her steps towards the door and unbolted it, not wanting to wait till Sesshomaru changed his mind.

“Goodnight, Sesshomaru!” she called to her husband, before vanishing behind the door.

The demon didn’t answer her, but Mai heard an irritated hiss coming out of his room. She let out the relieved breath and skipped to Rin’s room. She had a lot of luck tonight, but was a little worried, what she would do later to avoid Sesshomaru’s advances. The girl silently slipped into the chamber and laid down by Rin’s side, covering the child, as she kicked off her bedcovers.

Mai sighed, thinking of her problem. She had to fend Sesshomaru off for a while, but didn’t have a faintest idea how and doubted, if she would be able to figure it on her own. She needed more help, help of someone who had some experience in dealing with insufferable inu-youkai.

The next morning

Sesshomaru and his group departed at dawn. Just a while before the sun rose Mai made an unpleasant discovery. Namely, Jaken cancelled all the orders, she made in the various shops, what meant, that she was left out with practically hardly anything to wear. The whorish kimono was one of question, what left only the outfit, Sesshomaru’s mother gave her. It was rather uncomfortable and it was difficult to walk in it, but it was better than nothing. However, she got her beloved emerald hairpin back – it turned out, that Jaken had found it laying somewhere in the dark back alley.

When the group left the demonic city behind their backs, Mai turned her attention to her “dear” husband, who was pouting in his own distinctive way. Apparently she managed to ruin his night. Not that she felt particularly guilty about it – it served him right. Everything was fine till he began groping her. The girl even enjoyed talking with him, it was fun to see the relaxed side of Sesshomaru from time to time. Mai frowned, thinking, that he was becoming an insufferable horny bastard, when he was too relaxed. As a result of her prank, her husband was sending her meaningful looks every now and then.

Mai took a deep calming breath, gathering her courage, and rushed to Sesshomaru, who was leading their group as he always did. She looked at him and cleared her throat, but he didn’t glance at her. Typical.

“Sesshomaru, I have a request.” The girl announced. No reaction. She sighed. “I want to visit Kagome, so could you give me a lift?”

The demon looked at her briefly, before averting his gaze. 

“No.” he said shortly. Mai took another calming breath, set on not giving up.

“Please, it’s important! I have to see her!” the girl insisted. The inu-youkai’s face was expressionless.

“What reason do you have?” he asked. 

Mai felt relief, that he was continuing the conversation, instead of ignoring her – there was hope! Now she had to think of a good reason for visiting Kagome. She couldn’t possibly tell him, that she wanted to ask her friend how to keep an inu-youkai in line.

“It’s just some human thing. You don’t want to know exactly, trust me.” She said. Mai was sure, that he’d fall for it, if she mentioned human issues. After the embarrassing period situation he didn’t show any interest in anything labeled as “human only.”

As expected, Sesshomaru nodded, acknowledging her words. He was still angry at his little wife for treating him like she did yesterday, but she seemed to be insistent. The demon was slightly curious about the reason, why the female wanted to visit Inuyasha’s miko. He had an idea, though. One of the human miko’s duty was to help by the childbirth, so the woman probably wanted to know about some things involving mysterious human physiognomy. He decided, that it would be better not to deny her the opportunity to do so. Maybe it was the lack of those information, that was the reason of her fierce resistance during the wedding night and yesterday. Sesshomaru harbored a hope, that after the visit by the miko, everything would go as smoothly as it should.

“How long do you need?” he asked. Mai stared at him, not believing that he changed his mind so quickly.

“Two days?” she suggested, feeling that she was pushing her luck. To her surprise, Sesshomaru nodded.

“Two days it is.” He voiced his agreement.

A moment later Mai was already soaring into the sky on the back of a huge dog demon.



Author Note:

I just took a look on the blog and guess what I saw? Yep, a lot of marvelous comments for you. It feels simply right to post the chapter. I hope you enjoyed another episode of Mai's and Sesshomaru's misfortunes. What do you think - will Mai manage to escape the guy before he gets her? So far he didn't have much luck... 
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