Full Summary: It started off with a single spark. The attraction was intense; neither of them could've fought it even if they'd wanted to. It left them broken, lost without the other, if they couldn't participate in the act that brought them to brink of sweet, sweet paradise and loving sacrifice.

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or any of the characters. I only this plotline and a good portion of tea and sugar, that keep me going.


Spark

Prologue


"She looks like me," Sesshomaru said as he walked side by side with Kagome.

Kagome gazed ahead at the little girl skipping just in front of them, their daughter. She had long silver hair billowing behind her, and was humming a Christmas carol she'd learnt in school. She was dressed in a long checkered skirt and a large jacket, with a beanie and gloves to match. Her big red gumboots squeaked every time they met with the ground.

"She does," Kagome agreed. "It's a shame she's never met you, though."

Sesshomaru suddenly stopped walking, causing Kagome too as well. "It was the price I willingly paid. I do not regret it. Neither should you."

Kagome sighed as she looked at him. "I know… but I can't help it, Sesshomaru. A place without you by my side is like a barren desert. Yume, as much as I love her, reminds me so much of you. It pains me to look at her and remember what we…"

"Hush," Sesshomaru said. Bringing his arm around Kagome, he wrapped it around her waist. "To dwell on the past means you can not progress into the future. Yume will need her mother. I on the other hand, can wait for you on the other side."

Kagome placed a hand over her mouth to muffle a sob. She buried her head into Sesshomaru's chest, taking in his scent of sweet, spring grass and trees. "Do you promise you'll definitely wait?" she asked desperately.

Sesshomaru's eyes softened. He lowered his head and brushed his mouth against her ear. "Of course," he whispered into it. "I have never broken a promise."

Kagome lifted her head. Her lips upturned in a watery smile as two, twin tears trickled down her cheeks. "Okay. I guess this is goodbye till then… I love you."

Sesshomaru spared her a small smile as he let go of her. "I know and I, you," he replied.

"Mummy, Mummy! What're you doing?" Yume questioned as she ran up to her mother. "Who were you talking to?"

Kagome looked down at her daughter with surprise. She snapped her head back to where Sesshomaru had been.

He was gone.

Kagome sighed, and wiped her eyes with the back of her gloved-hand. She then turned back to her five year old daughter, and smiled.

"Paradise," she replied. "I was talking to my paradise."


TO BE CONTINUED…