Walk Away--------------------------------------------------------------04/27/06-05/02/06 11:59 PM EST

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Walk Away
by,
Luvz Fluffy-sama

It was just before the dawn. Birds could be heard singing melodiously for miles around. Taking in a deep breath of morning air Kagome exhaled loudly, deciding that it was going to be a glorious day. She looked around the camp, everyone was present, except of course for Inuyasha. He seemed to be gone every morning for the past for month. Ever since they found out that the only jewel shards left were the ones that Koga and Naraku had, Kikyo had been staying nearby them. Which meant Inuyasha stayed mostly with her. It wasn't even a secret from the others, they all knew about it.

Kagome rolled up her sleeping bag and put it up inside her backpack. She took out her bathing supplies and headed off to the river for a bath. It was a little too early to wake Sango or Shippo to see if they wanted to come along, and she knew that if she was gone awhile Sango would know where she had gone and would cook breakfast for everyone.

When she arrived at the river she prepared herself for her bath. The water was pleasantly cool to her skin. Some alone time would do her good, she could think without bother. But for the moment, she was enjoying the peace and quiet. She let the ripples of water wash away everything until she felt like she was in a bubble where it was just her and the water, nothing else. No problems, just peace. It felt awesome.

Then the birds stopped singing, and her bubble popped. She looked around trying to find out what was going on, and soon discovered that a certain demon was watching her. She wasn't frightened by the sight of him, she had long ago learned that he would do her no harm. She couldn't say for sure why that was, but she believed it had something to do with his charge, the little girl Rin. Still, why would Sesshomaru pop up out of the blue like this? She was in the middle of her bath for crying out loud! 'Wait a minute... I'm here in the river...naked! Ahh!' Kagome made a big splash of water trying to get as far down into the water as she could. She looked back to where Sesshomaru had been and he wasn't there anymore. She looked around trying to see if she could find him when she felt the water rippling.

Kagome slowly turned her head to the bank of the river behind her and there he was sitting with his feet dangling in the water. Who would have thought that the great Lord Sesshomaru would sully his feet with human bathing water!

"Hello, Sesshomaru." Kagome smiled lightly at him, trying to think up a reason of why he would be there.

Sesshomaru glanced in her direction, the looked back down into the water. He didn't seem to be acting right from Kagome's point of view. Of course, she didn't really know him all that well, so who really knew if the way he was acting was normal for him or not.

Getting tired of the quiet Kagome turned around in the water and asked, "Can I help you with something, Sesshomaru?" Still no reply. Kagome sighed and swam over to where her towel and clothes were lying, and grabbed the towel. She carefully and strategically got out of the water, keeping herself hidden with towel without getting it wet. She grabbed her clothes, and walked into the woods. A couple minutes later she walked back out dry and fully clothed.

Sesshomaru still seemed to pay her little attention as she walked to where he was sitting, or when she sat down beside him. They sat there for a good ten minutes before a single word was spoken from either of them. Finally though, when the silence was broken, Sesshomaru stated his reasoning for being there.

"You are to come back with me to my lands." Sesshomaru stated, as blunt as ever.

Kagome looked at him, shocked by his words. "Oh? Why is that, might I ask?"

"You may not. Now go get your belongs that you wish to take with you, so we can leave."

Taken aback by his words, Kagome started to get mad. "I think I have the right to know why you are suddenly telling me that I have to come with you, especially since I have no say in the matter!"

"You will know in due time, now make haste, time is running short."

Slightly wary of his words, Kagome nodded her head, and got up to walk back to the camp to get her bag.

When Kagome arrived at the camp, Sango was awake, but Shippo and Miroku were still sleeping. Kagome greeted Sango, and walked over to her bag to put her bathing supplies back inside of it so she could leave. She took out the bag that kept the ramen together, and closed her bag up, hoisting it onto her shoulder. She walked over to Sango and gave her the bag of ramen.

"Please make sure Inuyasha gets his ramen for me Sango."

"Why, are you going somewhere Kagome?" Sango looked very puzzled, Kagome hadn't mentioned anything about going home, besides it was much to far away from the well for her to walk there in a days time.

"Yes, I am. Take care Sango, I do not know when I'm going to be back. If anyone asks where I am, just tell them I'm with Sesshomaru. Let them know not to worry about me, though." With that said, Kagome walked off, heading back toward the river where Sesshomaru was waiting for her.

While walking back to the river, Kagome pondered over why she was going to go with Sesshomaru. She couldn't honestly say that she was going to be safe, going with him, but she didn't feel like he meant her any harm. Besides, she was getting kind of tired of the constant wake up by Inuyasha when he was never traveling with them anymore. She knew that he still loved Kikyo, but she just couldn't keep getting smacked in the face by reality everyday too much longer.

Sesshomaru was still sitting there at the river bank when Kagome finally got back.

"I'm ready to go, Sesshomaru."

Sesshomaru stood up and said, "Good, then we shall leave."

They arrived at Sesshomaru's home in just a few hours. Kagome had to admit, flying with him on his cloud was a lot easier on her than riding on Inuyasha's back or walking.

Kagome followed Sesshomaru around inside the castle until they came to a stop in front of two large doors. Each door was adorned with the mark of the family, a crescent moon. Sesshomaru opened one of the doors and walked inside the room, Kagome still following right behind him. Looking about the room, Kagome noticed that there was a balcony, and she couldn't help herself, she had to walk over to the glass doors to look through them so she could get a glimpse of what she might could see if she were actually standing on the other side of them.

Kagome was in awe of the breathtaking view of the land before her, she didn't even notice Sesshomaru walk up behind her and reach around her to open the glass doors. Kagome still paid no mind to Sesshomaru as she stepped out onto the balcony, walking over to it's edge.

"I take it you like the view?"

Sesshomaru's voice made Kagome jump, and she spun on her heel to face him, clutching at her heart and taking deep breaths. After regaining her composure, she spoke. "Yes, the view is spectacular."

"Good, because you are going to be staying in this room while you are here."

Kagome glanced about the room, she had been in such a trance that she hadn't even paid mind to the room. It was very large, it had two armoires, a large canopy bed, a mirror, a work desk, and many other things. So she was to stay in this room? It was fine with her, but it actually looked as though someone already stayed in it.

"Come, we have somewhere to be." With that, Sesshomaru turned on his hill and started for the door, Kagome following suit. They walked down many different hallways until they reached a set of stairs, waiting at the top of them was none other than Jaken who looked quite panic stricken.

"Lord Sesshomaru I have urgent news! The Lords have all arrived early, what shall we do?"

Sesshomaru keeping a calm face as always replied, "We shall do nothing, the problem has been solved." Sesshomaru stepped to the side so Kagome was not hidden by his form from Jaken. Upon seeing Kagome, Jaken almost busted a lung from the shock of seeing her there. Surely she couldn't be the one who was going to help his master? Even the thought of that being so was preposterous.

"Jaken, move aside, Kagome I shall go and greet our guests." That done it. He said they would go greet their guests, it had to mean that Kagome was indeed the one who was going to help his master. Jaken sighed, and moved out of their way, shaking his head to try and get rid of his befuddlement.

Kagome was a bit curious as to what was going on, why was she meeting these Lords? Most importantly though, why did Sesshomaru call them their guests? Certainly the Lords couldn't have been expecting to see her?

Sesshomaru watching the many different emotions fluttering across Kagome's face. He wished he could have had time to explain everything to her before the meeting of the Lords, but she seemed like a smart human, so maybe she would get the picture and go along with everything, otherwise everything would be in ruins.

They reached Sesshomaru's study in a matter of seconds it seemed. Inside the Lords from the lands were all seated and talking amongst themselves. When they walked into the room, all of the Lords stopped their chatter and turned to face them. Kagome felt the pressure and the scrutiny of their eyes when they landed on her. She was sure that they were wondering what a human was doing with a great demon Lord such as Sesshomaru.

"Lords, I would like for you all to meet Kagome." Sesshomaru turned to Kagome, and took her hand, then walked over to the two empty chairs there by the other Lords, and sat down, Kagome done the same.

All at the same time, the Lords greeted Kagome cheerfully. It was obvious then to Kagome that the only thing that these Lords and Sesshomaru had in common was their Lordship. Kagome smiled brightly at each and every one of the Lords, she didn't know any of their names, but she guessed that she didn't have to.

"It's good to know that you have finally chosen, Lord Sesshomaru. Even if she is human, she seems suitable enough. She has immense power radiating from within her, which is a good sign."

"I'm just glad that we don't have to find someone now. That takes a load off of our shoulders."

"Yes, well I am glad that you all are satisfied, but we have just returned back from a long trip and would like to rest. All of our business can be postponed until tomorrow, can it not?"

"I do not see anything wrong with that, although I would prefer to continue our business this afternoon, if you do not mind, Sesshomaru."

"Fine, but until this afternoon, do not disturb us." Sesshomaru got up from his seat, pulling Kagome up with him since he never released her hand, and headed out the door. Sesshomaru continued walking until they reached the room that they were in earlier, sealing the room of all sounds, so that none could escape for the other occupants of the castle to hear.

Kagome was surprised by his actions, and just stood in place, not moving. Even if she had wanted to, she couldn't anyway, Sesshomaru had still yet to release her hand.

"Kagome, I need to explain something to you, but after I do, you must know that there will be no turning back. Do you understand?"

Kagome looked at Sesshomaru warily, trying to figure out what he meant by no turning back. Something inside of her told her not to worry about it, and to listen to what he had to say. Something good was going to come out of it.

"I understand." Sesshomaru nodded his head, and proceeded to tell her what was going on.

"Two months ago I was informed that the alliance between all of the Lords was on a thin line, and that I was the cause of it. Everyone was fretting over what would happen to the western lands if something were to happen to me. If I did not do something soon, if was feared that someone would try to take control over the western lands, thus causing all the Lords to fall. So to solve the problem, I must have an heir. Out of all the demon females and human females, I chose you to. You are the best one for it, I've watched you and I know that is true."

Kagome stayed quiet for a long time, letting all of that sink in. He had picked her? Out of all the females, he picked her? Surely he was mistaken, she couldn't have been the best pick out of them all. Besides she wasn't old enough to be a mother, she was only seventeen! Sure in this age that wasn't to young, but in her's it was! What would her mother think of it? Her brother? Her grandpa? Little Shippo? Miroku, Sango? ...Inuyasha?

"Okay, but it doesn't mean that we're going to have to be mates, right? You just need a heir, nothing more?" Kagome didn't understand why, but it just seemed right to say that she would. Something inside told her to, and so she did.

Sesshomaru didn't seem to have any emotions at all after her reply. Something about how she said that made him upset. It was like she didn't care one way or another.

"A heir is all I need, a mate is not required. Although I think that the child will need a mother."

"Why yes of course it will need a mother, I didn't say that I would abandon it did I? I would never do such a thing! I know what it is like to grow up missing a parent, it isn't a very good feeling."

"Then we've agreed? You give me a heir, raise it along with me and that is all?"

"Yes, it is agreed."

It was then that Kagome decided. Her mind was made up, and no one was going to change it. She was going to walk away from Inuyasha. For good.

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