Kagome squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for the blow that oddly never came. Instead however a deep thud sounded across the clearing and a voice spoke; a deep, dark, sexy voice. One which she had no clue as to why that particular happened to be here. Was she dreaming this whole thing up? Had Inuyasha knocked her unconscious and know she was just dreaming? Or did she die? If Inuyasha killed her, he better watch out cause she was going to haunt his stupid, stubborn ass!

She waited only a moment longer to gather her thoughts before she, hesitantly, opened her eye. Looking up she met the quickly retreating gaze of her rescuer's eyes. Those golden eyes that were so much like his half-brother's and yet they were worlds apart. These eyes were a more pristine yellow than the murky gold of the pair she was more familiar with. These ones also had the pretense of being cold and emotionless, but she knew that if you looked deep enough you could see sparks of emotion strong enough to get a point across so that any other form of communication was unnecessary.

But the matter still remained, what was he doing here? Not that she wasn't grateful or anything. Without him she probably would be dead right now. But still...

"Sesshoumaru-" Oh if looks could kill, the glare he just sent her way would have had her six feet under before he even sent it.

"My Lord..." she amended, which thankfully made the glare disappear instantly. "Why are you here?"

The arched eyebrow that was shot her way made her flush and stutter.

"N-not that I-I'm not grateful, I-I just-"

"Hush miko." His soothing baritone slid across her skin, making her shiver. "This Sesshoumaru was simply in the area, saw the light show and came to investigate."

"O-oh. Well thank you."

"Hn."

Whatever else they might have said however was cut short by a deep growl from across the clearing, signalling that Inuyasha had come to after his brutal hit and was not quite happy by the aforementioned.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome whispered. It always hurt her to see him like this. Unfortunately for her, saying his name just made those lethal red eyes focus right back on her.

"I-Inuyasha... Can you here me?" She stuttered, hesitantly taking a step forward. Maybe, just maybe she could snap him out of it. She's done it a couple of times before after all. 'I also wasn't the one he was angry at either.' her mind reminded her. Ignoring that however, she started to take another step forward just two have two things happen almost simultaneously.

Inuyasha took that time to charge at her again, and Sesshoumaru reacted by gathering her up with his arm and taking to the sky.

Kagome 'eeped' and buried her head into Sesshoumaru's chest, grabbing his haori in a death grip. She once again waited for death, but once again death didn't come. She looked up at Sesshoumaru, a hint of confusion in her eyes. What was going on? This didn't make any sense. Inuyasha was attacking her, and Sesshoumaru was saving her? What had her life come to? Wasn't it supposed to be Sesshoumaru attacking her and Inuyasha saving her? Kami her head hurt. But it felt nice, being wrapped in Sesshoumaru's embrace. 'Wait. Embrace? No, no Kags. No embrace here. He's just carrying me in his arm. That's all. Nothing more, nothing less. But wait... If he's carrying me... Where's he carrying me to?'

It was then that she noticed that they where actually moving, flying through the air, not just hovering. Crap. She couldn't leave Inuyasha there, not like that. For all she knew, left alone while his beast was in control, he could go on a murdering spree!

"Sess- I mean My Lord. We have to go back!" She exclaimed, and when all she got back was an arched eyebrow, she elaborated. "We can't leave Inuyasha like that! He could go on a killing spree and hurt any number of innocent people! We have to go back to get him in control of his inneryoukai!"

"Have no fear, little miko. The hanyou is, at this moment, hunting us; not murdering the... innocents, as you put them." Sesshoumaru stated, obviously disagreeing with her term innocent, when it came to people. What was that line she had heard christians say as she walked passed them on the corners of Downtown Tokyo? All have sinned and fallen short? But still! That didn't mean they had to die! However, even though she was happy he wasn't doing as she feared, she wasn't sure if she liked the idea of him hunting them either...

"Oh... Okay, but if I may ask My Lord, where are you taking me then?" She asked, not completely noticing the hint of dread that had leaked into her voice.

He stayed silent for a moment before he answered her.

"Somewhere safe. Somewhere where you wont be in danger or in my way when this Sesshoumaru puts the mutt in his place." He replied finally, in his usual matter of fact and emotionless way. Fury burned through her at his statement though.

"I can take care of myself!"

"Of that this Sesshoumaru has no doubt little one, but can you honestly tell me that you could face off against the hanyou with no mercy. Could you kill him, if you realized that there was no bringing him back? Could you say any of what this Sesshoumaru has said and have it no be a complete and utter lie?" He said, and his words struck though her heart with no mercy. No holding back, and they left a gapping wound in the silence that fell between them as she realized that no, no she couldn't. Even though he betrayed her time and again. Even though he insulted and belittled her every single day without pause. Even through all that, she still loved him and she couldn't actually hurt him.

"You're not going to actually kill him, are you Sesshoumaru?" She asked, completely heartbroken, but she received no answer. She didn't even get a glare for not using his proper title. Nope, he was completely silent and unresponsive, and to Kagome, that said it all. He was going to finally kill Inuyasha, her first love. The man she dreamed she would spend her life with. And for the rest of the trip she watched as her life shattered. All her hopes and dreams going down the drain, and all because she killed her incarnation to protect her love who was now trying to kill her. Tears threatened to spill over, but she refused. She absolutely refused to cry in Sesshoumaru's arm, the man who was going to kill the man she loved. Honestly though, if Inuyasha couldn't turn back, if she had started an irreversible chain of events, maybe the better term would be 'put down'. 'I think even sane Inuyasha would want to be put down if he was stuck in a state where he would kill anyone and everyone.'

"Bring us down. You can fight, I wont stop you, but if it comes down to it... I want to be the one to kill him." She said, her voice dying from heartbreak. At his questioning glance she continued. "I-Inuyasha and I... We talked after his inneryoukai took over the first time. He told me if he was ever in that state again, and no matter what anyone did, if no one could bring him back, he told me to kill him. He told me to have mercy on him and just kill him."

Sesshoumaru still didn't say a word, but he started to descend. He placed her in a tree, on a low hanging branch, where she would sort of be out of danger, but if it came to it, she could jump down if she wanted to. Kagome couldn't look up into his eyes, she just couldn't. No matter what she said, she couldn't handle having him look into her eyes and see the heartbreak in there. But he placed his hand to her face and tilted her chin up so he could gaze into the windows of her soul and she into his, and what she found there startled her. His mask was still up, but his eyes didn't even try to maintain their pretense of being ice. They were so warm and emotions that she couldn't even name danced a mesmerizing dance within them. And when he spoke she jumped a little, for now his voice sounded like liquid gold.

"This Sesshoumaru has not yet killed the hanyou and he hopes that he will still not have to do so. But if the time comes this one shall call to you so that you, brave, strong, little miko, may deliver him into his final resting place." And with that he landed, and walked across the clearing to where Inuyasha was sure to appear, putting himself in between her and the place where Inuyasha would jump out into the clearing. But he, for the first time in his life, had guessed wrong. Kagome screamed when she was yanked out of the tree from behind by one very pissed off, and not quite so sane Inuyasha.

"SESSHOUMARU!"

And there you have it! Thank you everyone who has responded to, favorited, and/or followed The Girl Who Waited! I love you all! I was so happy when I saw how much everyone enjoyed the first chapter and instantly started on this one! I hope you love it! It started to get a little long here, so you'll have to wait for Sesshy's POV next chapter! Sorry bout the cliffy though. This is just where the POV's changed... Well! Until next time! Loves you all! 3