Any recommendations for the best slow burn fics? The classic “Tales from the House of the Moon” is one that stands out in my mind for example. There’s a lot of amazing SessKag work but a lot of it feels like it happens too fast
Thank you for the ask. Here's what we were able to find. Major thanks to those who helped me pull this list together. There are a lot of classic fics that I was not aware of.
A Simple Legacy by elle6778
Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: T
Summary: COMPLETE. Inuyasha's erratic youkai transformations forced Kagome to seek help from Sesshoumaru in more ways than one. Unsurprisingly, the taiyoukai balked at the idea...until Kagome offered him something in exchange for his help.
Beside You in Time by RosieB
Posted on: FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: After the Jewel is stolen and the wish is made, Kagome finds herself cursed with immortality. Convincing Sesshoumaru to help her, they travel the world and through some of the most cataclysmic periods of human history to defeat the powerful thieves.
Posted on: A03, Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: COMPLETE! CA sudden loss of control intertwined their fates. It dragged her through hell and he couldn't have cared less. She tried to escape her fears but the only way to do it was to face him through time and love.
Bunny Rabbit Pajamas by The Soap
Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: M
Summary: *finally completed (ish!)* Souta is drawn by magic through the well and kidnapped by Naraku. Desperate, Kagome will do anything to save her sibling. How does she manage to solicit the help of our favorite dog demon? An adventure tale about the balance of power and love, with a quirky title.
Posted on: A03, Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: Sesshoumaru's Mother decides that it is time for the West to have an heir. She hires a vixen Matchmaker to deal with the situation. As the renowned Matchmaker studies Sesshoumaru from afar she realises that no mere arrow of Amor would be enough to make the daiyoukai fall, so she decides to resort to more extreme means - or rather, it would seem, to a chain.
Crooked Teeth by Silver Standard Society
Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: K+
Summary: Through usual mishap, Kagome's been separated from the group. Through unusual circumstance, Sesshomaru has decided to return her. Unless, you know, he kills her first. A long story told in short snippets. Complete.
Dancing with the Devil by Aniella Summers
Posted on: A03, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: Her eyes bored into his, something about his body being pressed up against hers caused her brain to go blank. When his eyes poured into her, everything else seemed to melt away around them. When she could feel his heartbeat pressed against her body, his breath on her face, she couldn’t find the fear that she knew she needed for her survival. When did she start dancing with the devil?
Status: WIP
Death’s New Mistress by Quiet Whisper
Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: Using the jewel to restore the lives of those lost in the battle against Naraku, Kagome's life is taken in exchange and she is also given a task. But collecting souls isn't the only thing she is capable of, or so she soon comes to discover....
Status: Abandoned
His Milestones by Sesshomaru’s Secret Admirer
Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: Youkais and humans have milestones that mark significant turning points in their life. He, who was not affected by time, never cared nor understood what these milestones were. So when she began to appear from the well every few centuries, she became the milestones that marked along his long life. (Warning: Tragedy)
Posted on: A03, Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: Kagome finds a lone inuyokai babe and instinct compels her to take the child in as her own. But there are some things about inuyokai babies that Kagome doesn't know and is ill-equipped to deal with. Fortunately, Kagome has a knack for getting herself out of trouble.
Status: WIP
Kagome’s Trial by firevixen73
Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: T
Summary: Kagome has a problem, a very big problem. Inuyasha would kill her if he knew, hell, Sesshomaru would help. Really what could she say to them? 'Your fathers ghost is stalking me, trying to make me save Sesshomaru's life'...that's not going to go over well
Letters, Love, War by Aura
Posted on: Dokuga
Rating: T
Summary: A reply to r0o's letter challenge. Kagome and Sesshomaru stay in contact through nothing more than letters during the second world war, eventually realizing they mean more to each other than either knew. Nominated for Best Romance and Best Alternate Reality 4th Quarter 2010!
Means to an End by Aiwendil Amaurea
Posted on: FFnet, Spark
Rating: MA
Summary: [Complete] Kagome and Rin are kidnapped by Naraku in an attempt to destroy Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. When things go wrong, Kagome ends up in the demon lord's hands. She was only supposed to be a tool, but Kagome has a way of changing those near her.
Midsummers Eve by Nova Alexandria
Posted on: FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: Due to the results of Midsummers Eve Kagome finds herself unexpectedly mated to Sesshomaru...unexpected events follow, Complete.
Night Terrors by mythicamagic
Posted on: A03, Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: In a haze of bloodlust caused by his demonic heritage, Inuyasha kills his beloved friends. All except Kagome. Finding them too late, Sesshoumaru takes the traumatised miko into his group.
Status: WIP
Posted on: A03, Dokuga
Rating: MA
Summary: Every year, Kagome picks an Omikuji fortune on New Year's Eve with the same wish: May this year be the year that brings happiness like no other! But she doesn't get what she's expecting, especially once her fortune starts coming true. Her supervisor and friend passes on. People around her are acting more and more oddly. The world as she knows it gets flipped on its head. This year's fortune couldn't be worse. [[Epilogue is UP! Finally, Complete!!!]]
Posted on: A03, Dokuga
Rating: T
Summary: Released from the ancient seal that saved his life, Sesshoumaru wakes up to the end of his kind and a future that leaves him lost and out of place. Yet under the guidance of the Higurashi family, he soon realizes that even though he may be the last youkai, that doesn't mean he's alone.
Posted on: A03, Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: COMPLETE! Winter is coming, and Kagome is prepared. A thoughtless wish binds Kagome to Sesshoumaru.
Paper Cranes by midori Haru
Posted on: FFnet
Rating: M
Summary: Meeting, attraction, courting, commitment. For most of the world relationships form in the normal fashion from start to culmination. Naturally normal isn't enough for Sesshoumaru. And he wonders why he runs into problems trying to build a relationship from the wrong end.
Posted on: A03, Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: Five hundred years later, an obligation brought him to her when the end was near. He could watch her die, or he could vow to look after her until death do them apart.
Status: Abandoned
Posted on: A03
Rating: MA
Summary: Sesshomaru develops a most urgent desire for progeny. Except...well, not just anyone will do for the mother of said progeny. But his list of requirements for his offsprings’ mother is most intensive, and, as it turns out, there is only one woman who meets his very exacting requirements: Kagome. Only… she doesn’t know that. Yet.
Status: WIP
Posted on: A03, Dokuga
Rating: MA
Summary: A collection of shorts about Kagome and Sesshomaru navigating the shared responsibilities of caring for Rin. *Slow burn romance*
Something Happened to the Miko by Harle
Posted on: A03, Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: Something is wrong with the miko, she’s behaving oddly and isolating herself and Sesshoumaru is going to find out what.
Status: WIP
Tears of the Fallen by ShadowsWeaver1
Posted on: FFnet, Spark
Rating: T
Summary: Kagome is saved by Sesshomaru. Unfortunately for the young miko, Sesshomaru’s version of chivalry includes having her impaled by Tenseiga and thrown down a mystic well. But that is only the first of our miko’s problems. SessKag
Temporal Sequence by Chaos-and-Serenity
Posted on: FFnet, Spark
Rating: M
Summary: [COMPLETE] Memories are snippets in time. If evaluated piece by piece they can reveal the foundation of a personality. But these snapshots of things past are meaningless unless properly sequenced. It’s really all about the timing…
The Broken Miko by RosieB
Posted on: FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: New summary: After a tragic battle and a wish with unexpected consequences, Kagome finds the infamous taiyoukai. He has the power to help her, but will he? KagomeXSess COMPLETE WITH EPILOGUE!
The Wind and the Mountain by Mearasama
Posted on: FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: A mysterious crown is used by Naraku to exploit Kagome's spiritual powers. The only way to free her is with the help of a very reluctant daiyoukai who rejects the emotions that she stirs within him. Will end with a SessKag pairing. MirSan and maybe InuKi
Thunderstorms and Sakura Blossoms by Lady Silq Ice
Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: The final battle leaves little behind, how are two souls to recover from such loss? WARNING Character deaths and lemons. Complete.
Transgressions by wonderbug
Posted on: A03, Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: With her friends' lives hanging in the balance, Kagome agrees to Sesshoumaru's demands and sets about righting a wrong she committed on the day they first met. But her crimes against the demon lord run far deeper than she knows, and his dark obsession is only the beginning
Status: WIP
Unsung Silence by Draconic Ban-Sidhe
Posted on: FFnet
Rating: T
Summary: A year after the Shikon was restored, she's stuck at home. Kagome wants nothing but to return to the past... until the past comes looking for her, in a most unexpected way. Can Sesshoumaru and Kagome help each other out.... or not? SxK
Windows on the West by Kanna37
Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: Interrelated one-shots and shorts revolving around Sesshoumaru, Lord of the West - and the developing relationship with a certain miko he takes under his wing. 3rd B. Canon Dokuga 3rd Quarter 2010 & 3rd B. Canon Dokuga 1st Quarter 2011 & 1st B. Kagome Port. and 2nd B. Sesshoumaru Port. 1st quarter 2012 Dokuga. Now Complete.
When Comes the Rain by Drosselmeyer
Posted on: A03, Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: A miko and a demon lord share a common interest when it rains, and in the quiet and peace of these stolen moments, something neither of them could have predicted begins to grow...
Status: WIP
Yellow Brick Road by emmaren
Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet
Rating: MA
Summary: Divergence (534). The jewel was thought to be destroyed on Naraku's death, Kagome new better. Now she is trying to make up for past transgression. Sesshoumaru is her new protector at Inuyasha's behest. Come, follow the insane road. *Complete* *Editing*