Your voice of Reason.
"Kikyou..." Inuyasha started.
"Inuyasha..." She replied.
"I love you." He said.
"I can't love you. Go with Kagome, she is your future."
"I don't believe that." He said.
"You should." She replied.
"Kikyou, I'm going to use the completed jewel to bring you back to life. So... So you can be my wife." He said, pulling her closer to him.
"You would really do that for me?" She asked.
"I would do anything for you."
"No matter... I must go, Inuyasha. I must die, and you must go with Kagome." She said, her soul collecters prying her from his grasp, and carrying her away.
Inuyasha stared up at the woman who stole his heart. For the second time.
Kagome ran, she had seen enough. The man she loved choosing another. Strangely enough, she felt no hatred towards Kikyou, nor Inuyasha himself. \They were meant to be together... I'm just intruding. I just wish Inuyasha could tell me already that he loved Kikyou not me... It would make this so much easier.\ She brushed away her tears with her sleeve, and slumped down against a tree.
He had seen the young priestess running through the forest, crying. His foolish brother's doing, no doubt. \Disgraceful mutt. He plays with their hearts because he cannot choose between them.\ He wondered what the connection was betweem him and that woman. \A result of my presence so near a miko's? Or a spell?\ She intrigued him. Whenever she was around, he felt something. Something he could never explain. He would have taken much comfort from knowing that no one who had ever experienced this feeling could not explain it. If only he knew.
\Maybe I should just kill her, to get rid of this damned feeling. Or... would that make it worse?\ He thought. He felt confused, something that, previously, only Rin could make him feel. Rin was currently in his castle, Jakken tending to her broken leg. Kagome was sitting in front of the tree he was in the branches.
"Sesshoumaru, why are you here? Shouldn't you be in the Western Lands?" She asked, feeling his freezing aura. His aura was not like any other yokai's. It made her cold. He jumped down from the tree, landing right in front of her.
"Naraku is near." He replied.
"Oh." She said, wiping her eyes and shivering.
"What has that idiot hanyou done now?" He asked.
"Nothing." She replied defiantly.
"You are a terrible liar."
"I know." Tears ran down her face once more. Tears he wanted to stop.
"Why do you stay with him when he makes you cry?" He longed to comfort her, though he knew no soothing words.
"Because... I made a promise." She sobbed.
"To gather all the jewels for Inuyasha." He thought out loud. This was a side to her he had never seen. The sad side. The side that longed to be free. The side that she was showing right now.
She nodded, wiping her eyes. He couldn't stand it anymore, and bent down, wiping her eyes with the sleeve of his kimono. She needed comforting, and he alone could give it to her.
"At least-" She sniffed. "We only need 1 more jewel shard. But... Naraku has it." She finished sadly. They had taken Naraku's last jewel shard a month ago, but Naraku had taken Kohaku's. It had broken Sango's heart, and Miroku helped her out of her depression. Sango was okay, but now had an even more vicious hatred of Naraku.
He put his arm around her, something he would have never dared to do until now, but now it feeled right. \Am I meant to be a companion for this priestess?\ He asked himself.
"Sesshoumaru... Can you promise me something?" She asked, leaning into his one-armed hug. \He's so nice to me... Much nicer than Inuyasha.\
"Anything." He replied.
"Whenever I'm sad... Will you be there for me?" Inuyasha was never there for her when she was sad, but maybe... Just maybe, Sesshoumaru would.
"Yes, I will." He said.
The next day she woke up to find she was in Kaede's hut, and Inuyasha glaring at her.
"What?" She asked, sitting up.
"When I came back you were sleeping." He growled.
"I do that every night." She yawned.
"You smelled like Sesshoumaru!" He yelled.
"We talked, is that illegal?" \How did I get home last night?\
"Then why is his smell so strong on you?!" He was getting angrier by the second.
"He caught me as I tripped." She lied easily. It was much easier lying to a dim-witted hanyou than a smart taiyokai.
"That better be all it was." He walked back into the forest, and she heard him drinking.
\Did he carry me home? Or was it... Was it all a dream? No. It couldn't be if I smell so much like Sesshoumaru. Maybe I fell asleep in his arms? That's probably it.\
Inuyasha walked back into the camp they had made. "You're taking a bath tonight, right?" He asked.
"Of course."
"Good. I don't want you to smell like Sesshoumaru forever." \He seems to have calmed down.\ She thought.
A week passed by, and every morning, Kagome would find Sesshoumaru in the woods, and vent to him. Sesshoumaru listened, with increasing fondness for the young girl, and increasing hatred for his hanyou brother. Inuyasha was growing with hatred for his yokai brother as well. Every morning, Kagome would come back to camp, smelling like Sesshoumaru. It pissed him off, to put things simply.
"Why are you always with Sesshoumaru, damn it?!" He yelled at her at her the next morning.
"Because he's not a jerk!" She yelled back.
"And what would make you think I was a jerk?!" Despite him being a bit dim-witted, he knew that that insult was directed at him.
"Well, let's see. You mess with my heart for god-knows how long, you choose Kikyou and you don't even tell me. Oh, and how could I forget? You get me so angry everytime I even talk to you!" She yelled at him, her hair ominously starting to float. Her body glowed with a sort of pinkish hue.
"You could have said so!" He yelled at her.
"I just did!" She yelled, rocks started to lift, shaking uncontrollably.
"What's wrong with me loving Kikyou and not you? Are you jealous?!" He taunted.
"It's perfectly fine, but you could at least tell me!" She yelled even harder. The rocks floating besides her hurled themselves at Inuyasha, barely missing him as he jumped up.
"What the hell was that for?!" He yelled as he reached the ground.
"Leave me alone." She said, walking away. \If I stay here, I'll purify him...\ She walked until she reached a valley. Tumbling down the steep slope, her limp body landed right next to the water's edge.
She was unconscious, a storm of her own spiritual powers roaring around her. Tears were streaming from her closed eyes, falling onto the shaking ground besides her.
He felt her powers surge, and he headed towards her. "Inuyasha." He said the hanyou's name with disgust and anger. \He's hurting Kagome... He must die.\ He smelt his brother coming before hearing Inuyasha's footsteps fell into line with his own.
"What did you do to her?" Sesshoumaru demanded.
"Nothing!" He yelled, still running.
"I shall deal with you afterwards." He said.
They arriving at the small valley Kagome had come to. "Kagome?" Inuyasha called out, looking at the body lying by the river.
She had woken up, and was staring at them. Her usually blue eyes were now pink, just as Inuyasha's eyes would turn red when the Tessaiga was out of his reach. "Stay away!" She warned. \I don't want to hurt anyone!\ Inuyasha took a step into the storm, and his hair turned black, his golden eyes turning brown.
"Damn!" He yelled. \She needs me...\ He thought. He, being human for the time being, could try to go into the storm, but would get thrown back.
Sesshoumaru started walking towards her, wincing as he entered the edge of the storm. He knew very well that there was a good chance of him being purified, but walked on. Kagome could die in this, and what good would be a life without Kagome? \I have been caught in the same hold that she has over Inuyasha. Is this why Inuyasha cannot choose a woman? The love he held for Kikyou, and the hold Kagome has over him. I understand now.\ He thought. \But... What does this hold consist of?\
"Kagome." He said, finally reaching her.
"Please, Sesshoumaru, go! I don't want to hurt anyone!" She pleaded, the storm rising.
He said nothing, but reached out to her, pulling her close to him in a one-armed hug. He felt his soul being ripped from him, but he did not care. All he cared about was that his last few moments were going to be with Kagome. Then he blacked out.
He woke up a few minutes later, and propped himself up with one elbow, his other arm still holding Kagome who appeared to be unconscious on his chest. Wait... Other arm? \I have two arms? Did she make me a new one?\
Her eyes fluttered and then opened. "Sesshoumaru?" She asked sleepily.
"Yes." He responded.
"I think my powers made you a new arm, instead of killing you... Why did you help me? I could have purified you like I did Inuyasha!" She said, glancing at an unconscious black-haired Inuyasha. \I don't remember him blacking out...\
"Because... I made a promise." He replied simply, moving his face closer to hers. \She has caught me in her spell... Now what shall I do?\
Nara : Sorry if it sucked, I'm not good at making fights between Inuyasha and Kagome, anyway, I'm going to make the second chapter soon. Don't Deidara and Sasori look cute together, though?
Sesshoumaru : Ooooh!! I have two arms!! O.M.G! You are so right, Nara! Deidara and Sasori look so cute together!
Kagome : I thought you were supposed to be Mr.Freezing-cold-soul?
Sesshoumaru : That hurt a little inside... (Starts crying, Kagome kicks him, he starts crying again.)
Nara : Sesshoumaru! Stop being a wimp!!
Sesshoumaru : B-But... That was a sensitive spot!
Nara : Screw you.
Sesshoumaru : Waaaah!!! (Has an emotional breakdown.)
Nara : That's all... Suck it up, Sesshoumaru!!
I am there, but you don't see me.
I give you advice, but you don't see me.
And I will drop by to see you again.
For I am Your voice of Reason.