A/N: Back by popular demand! Not really, I just felt it was unfair to leave this story unfinished when so many people liked it, so I read it again, then re-read it and re-read it some more and finally got my inspiration back.

Majority of this chapter had already been written, I only added a few lines at the end so this was an easy chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own.

The trip back to England was amusing to say the least, Sesshomaru's reaction to the modern world was even more hilarious. Once they'd stepped from the well house on Higurashi Shrine he had recoiled, his hand coming up to press against his nose. It was clear to Arianna that he wasn't fond of all the smells, though she couldn't say she blamed him as even to her inferior sense of smell she could smell the impurities in the air, it was nothing like the fresh and pure air of Sengoku Jidai. Sesshomaru jerked at every horn of a car or roar of an engine, his eyes were constantly moving from one place to the next as though he was searching for an enemy. His reaction to the TV the Higurashi family owned was downright funny, he had demanded to know how the tiny people got into the box and why they were watching them live their lives. It was safe to say that modern day Japan didn't agree with Sesshomaru.

"It won't hurt you," Arianna told him amused as he peered at the green flames of the fireplace, she had decided to floo back to her home after re-thinking the whole Sesshomaru on an airplane plan. Floo was a hell of a lot safer to everyone else, though trying to convince her cautious Daiyoukai of that was an impossible feat it seemed. "Well either way, I'm going through and if you don't want to then you can just stay here. I'm not missing my best friend's wedding just because you're too cautious for your own damn good."

"Fine, this one will use this infernal contraption of yours," he told her tightly, knowing he'd never let her leave without him beside her.

"Good," she said happily, "now you know what to say?"

"Potter Manor, Wiltshire, England," Sesshomaru responded with ease, having been told the location many times already.

"I will go first then," she smiled stepping into the fireplace, a handful of floo powder in her hand, after stating her location she disappeared in a swirl of green flames. She arrived in the floo room of the manor and only had time to jump out of the way before Sesshomaru appeared in the flames.

"This contraption is evil," he told her as soon as he stepped out of the fireplace, covered in soot and looking thoroughly disgusted.

"It's not evil, you only need to know how to use it," her hand grabbed his and she found excitement filling her at the thoughts of showing him her home, she banished the soot with her magic and pulled him out the room. "Come on, I will show you around."

Sesshomaru indulged in her excitement and allowed himself to be pulled into every room of her home, he was impressed by the size of it and the magic that surrounded it. He knew it was very old just by the aura it gave off. The library fascinated him, it was far bigger than his own and had such a wide variety of books from Merlin: A History to The Lord of the Rings, which he later found out was a fiction book created entirely by imagination. Not to mention the different languages. He smirked when she finally, with a blush highlighting her cheeks, showed him her bedroom, a room so very unlike his own bedroom back in the Western Palace. From her balcony he saw how much land she owned and was once more impressed by the open space.

He got his first glimpse of a house elf when she called for Dobby, out of thin air appeared a creature so unlike anything he'd ever seen. Big floppy ears and large round eyes, small and thin and ever so polite. She asked the creature to tell Ron and Hermione, the couple to be married he assumed, that they were here. The creature disappeared only to reappear moments later to tell them that the couple would be visiting later.

"Your home is very nice," he told her with a smile, they were sat in the library at his request and he was reading a book about magic that, the instant he touched it, translated to his language. Ari was curled up beside him reading one of those books she called fiction.

"My ancestors worked hard on it," she told him, closing her book in favour of watching him. His eyes followed each word quickly and every so often he would shift to turn the page. Her bottom lip was absently chewed on as she continued to watch him, she knew that he knew she was watching him and a small laugh bubbled from her throat. She reached out with her finger and lightly poked his side, he didn't give her a reaction so she did it again only to be ignored. A pout made its way to her face, before her eyes grew mischievous, her fingers lightly traced across his shoulder and smoothed down his armour-less chest to lightly play at the edge of his haori. She only got a small reaction, the slight narrowing of his golden eyes but he continued reading. She frowned but was determined to get a proper reaction out of him.

Deftly, she pulled apart his haori, leaning over to kiss his sculpted chest before biting it lightly. She grinned as she finally got a reaction, the slight sucking in of his breath and looking up she saw his gaze firmly fixed on her. She shuddered in pleasure at the sight of lust filling his golden orbs.

"You're playing a dangerous game," he growled to her, placing the book on the coffee table beside them. His hand coming down to run through her hair, before pulling her up to him, his lips claiming hers.

"I love danger," she told him as they pulled apart, her leg coming over him so she was straddling him, "why else would I be doing this?" She laughed before pressing her lips to his again, her tongue running across his lips eagerly. His lips parted in response and he allowed her to briefly sweep her tongue inside his mouth before he took charge, unable to help himself as he wrestled her tongue into submission and claimed the prize by exploring her mouth.

An eagerness he had not felt since the day he had claimed his first female rose within him, along with a fierce lust and desire that refused to be ignored. She pulled away from his kiss and he almost growled at the thoughts of her stopping, but quietened as she quickly pulled her shirt over her head and attached their lips once more. He almost smirked, it seemed his little mate to be was as eager as he was. Her lips quickly became kiss bruised, her bra shredded by his claws so he could massage her breasts with his hand. He trailed a path down her neck, sucking and licking drawing moans from her that had his member throbbing painfully.

"Sesshomaru," she breathed wantonly as his lips attached themselves to her nipple, suckling on it as if he were a pup. His teeth sunk into the tender flesh of her breast making her cry out and arch against him, her hands threading into his soft hair to grasp at the strands to ground herself from the high of her desire. Liquid heat was pooling swiftly in her belly, her panties quickly grew moist as her lust only heightened. She pulled him away from her breast and stood before him, smiling coyly as he growled and tried to grab her and pull her back to him. Her hands ran the length of his chest before moving away to the button of her pants. She undid it, golden eyes watching her with a predatory gaze. "I want you Sesshomaru, I want to feel all of you," her hands moved from her pants to caress against the bulge in his hakama, drawing a hiss of pleasure from the Daiyoukai. "I want to have this inside of me, I want you to claim me and be one with each other." She went back to her pants and pushed them over her hips and down her legs before stepping out of them.

She returned to her seat on his lap once more, feeling bold with his reaction to her words, she grabbed his hand and moved it down her body. She moaned as she finally pressed his hand against her slick folds, the small barrier of her panties doing nothing to hide the heat and her need. Her words had turned him on to the point of no return, his fingers quickly moving her panties to that side before one digit slipped inside of her. Her walls gripped his finger and both of them moaned in response, her moans only growing as he began to move it in and out of her. He closed his eyes, imagining how tight she would feel around his aching cock, as if the agree his manhood twitched eagerly. He slipped another finger inside, this time scissoring inside of her, stretching her to prepare for his girth, while his thumb brushed lightly against her clit.

Her fingers gripped his shoulder tightly, her body aching with need for him, her hips moved into his thrusting fingers almost riding them in her eagerness. She gasped as he slipped a third finger inside of her, feeling the slight stinging pain of having her hole stretched though it was quickly replaced by pleasure as he touched something inside of her that had her seeing stars. She tightened her hold on his shoulders, her head falling back as his name fell from her lips like a prayer. A coil began to tighten inside of her, bringing her closer to an edge she wasn't sure she was prepared to fall off of. She didn't have a chance to wonder at the feeling before his sharp canines pierced the flesh of her neck, the pleasure becoming too much for her and she fell hard over the edge with a loud cry of his name.

It wasn't a mating mark, not yet at least, it was just instinct to bite her and show everyone she was his. He would give her the mating mark in his own rooms, where they could properly complete the ceremony. He pulled his fingers from her and, unable to resist, brought them to his lips he made sure to capture her gaze as his tongue swept out to taste her juices. He groaned and closed his eyes as the sweet ambrosia hit his tongue, greedily he licked his fingers like a man starved of food. When he was done he claimed her lips in a searing kiss that left her breathless but eager for more.

"Arianna Potter, you have some serious explaining to do!" the angry voice of her best friend could be heard just before the library doors slammed open, Hermione stood with a face like thunder and her hands on her hips. "Do you have any idea how long it's been since I last heard from you? Since anyone last heard from you? Teddy's care has been left to us after Andy died, because his godmother is off gallivanting around feudal Japan. My wedding is in a week and my maid of honour has yet to make an appearance," she was clearly not happy but Ari was no longer listening, "not to mention the fact that you've had everyone worried sick and… you are naked with a guy I've never met…" she seemed to only just take in the scene before her.

"Andy is dead?" she asked with disbelief.

"I thought you knew…" she looked at Ari with wide eyes, "we sent a letter with your owl to Higurashi shrine. I figured they would give it to you… Merlin, Ari I'm so sorry."

"Where's Teddy?" she asked tensely, knowing the moment between her and Sesshomaru was officially broken.

"He's downstairs with Ron," Hermione told her, backing away to the door, "I will just give you a moment to… freshen up…"

Ari sighed and moved away from Sesshomaru, picking up her clothes she cast a freshening charm on herself and redressed. Pain ripped at her chest at the thoughts of Andy's death and the fact that she was not there with her, she had left Teddy and failed as a godmother. She had failed Remus and Tonks.

"I do not understand what was said, but you are grieving," Sesshomaru said, startling her for a moment.

"A dear friend of mine died while I was away," she whispered, realising that the conversation had been in English and not in Japanese. "Her grandson is my godson, with her death Teddy's care falls to me. I wasn't here. My godson lost the only family he had left and I wasn't here."

"It is not your fault," Sesshomaru responded quickly, "you weren't to know what would happen. You had no say in the matter."

"It was my choice!" she turned on him, feeling angry at herself and taking it on the only person she could. "I chose to go to Japan, I chose to follow Kagome down that damned well. If I had stayed maybe Andy would still be alive, Teddy wouldn't have had to go through that loss at a young age. Ron and Hermione wouldn't have been forced to look after him, I would have been the perfect maid of honour and I would've been a proper godmother to Teddy. So don't you say it's not my fault when it is!"

"You don't know what would've have happened, she might've died anyway."

"I wish I hadn't gone to Japan, I wish I never went down that stupid well, I wish… I wish…"

"You wish you had never met me?" he asked quietly causing her gaze to snap to his, "You wish you had never met Rin?"

"Of course I don't wish that," she whispered tearfully, "I love you Sesshomaru. I just… I don't… I know what it's like to grow up without parents, I never wanted Teddy to experience that, he had his grandma so I thought everything would be fine. But now she is gone, I don't know what to do, Teddy is my godson. His care falls to me, but what am I supposed to do? I feel so lost."

"Bring him back with us," Sesshomaru told her earnestly.

"Are you kidding me?" she asked incredulously, "he's two years old and you want me to bring him back with us? Where Naraku is?"

"He will be sent to the Western Palace," Sesshomaru responded, his tone hard and serious, "he will be guarded and looked after until our business with Naraku is over."

A/N: More news on Andy next chapter, also some Sesshomaru/Teddy bonding time, now who is looking forward to seeing Sesshomaru interact with a two year old? I certainly am!

Well this chapter was steamy wasn't it? I figure hey, there alone for the first time in forever, there is bound to be a lot of sexual tension.

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