Chapter 2: Betrayal
Sesshoumaru woke up to her stirring next to him. She turned over with a groan and he could have sworn she said his name somewhere in it. He watched her sit up and, to his amusement, stretch like a dog. She walked over to the window and opened the blinds. She squinted against the bright light before turning around to face him. She stopped dead when she saw him in the bed. Her eyes went wide as saucers and immediately looked down at herself. He saw the relief in her eyes as she remembered what happened last night. She warmed him with a smile and a good morning.
"Good morning." He replied in return. "Have a good night sleep?"
"Yes, thank you." She said cheerfully before turning to the balcony doors. As she was opening them he asked her something that made the handle slip out of her hand.
"What did he do to you to hurt you?"
"Um…. Do we really need to talk about this right now?"
"I think I have the right to know. Inuyasha won't tell me anything. I haven't got anything out of that half breed for 500 years."
"Ok, he broke my heart."
"How about a little more detail."
She sighed. "OK. Where to start…."
"How about you start at the beginning?"
She glared at him before moving to the couch. "You better get comfortable. This might take a while." She said in monotone.
He got out of bed and plopped onto the couch next to her, making her move back a little, which in turn made him scoot closer to her. When she was backed up into the arm of the couch and Sesshoumaru turned to look at her, she started.
*** I'm writing this like a flashback, but she's telling the story to Sesshoumaru. ***
"Inuyasha, where are we going?" Kagome whispered in his ear.
"You'll see. We need to talk in private."
"Oh. Talk about what?" She asked nervously.
"I'll get to that when we stop."
"Oh."
He ran a little faster when the well came into view.
As Kagome slid off his back, she commented; "I could have walked you know."
"I know. It was just faster if I took you here. No offense, but your slow."
"Well aren't you the sweetheart?!" She said sarcastically.
"Don't get mad at me now, I still need to talk to you about something important."
"Oh, talk about what?" She said, getting curious.
"I know we just beat Naraku and got the jewel shards, but I've been waiting for the right time to tell you."
"Waiting for the right time to tell me what?" 'Is this it? Is he going to say what I think he's going to say? Is this the time?!' She thought joyously as she attempted to remain calm and not start a pre-victory dance.
"Kagome, I love you. And I'm sorry that I haven't returned your feeling before."
"Do you think I've waited all this time for an apology?" She whispered as she slowly leaned forward towards Inuyasha's face. His came towards hers with half lidded eyes.
Their lips met and their arms wrapped around each other, deepening the kiss.
As Inuyasha kissed her, he slowly reached up and stroked her hair and went to her neck. After he broke off the kiss he kept his arms around her neck and looked down at her with sad eyes.
"What's wrong Inuyasha?"
"Kagome, I'm sorry for what I'm about to do." He said.
"I don't understand Inuyasha. Sorry about what?"
"For what I'm about to do."
"What are you about to do?!"
He looked away from her face and gripped the chain a little harder as his other hand grabbed her wrist. "I'm sorry."
"For what, Inuy-?" She started; but before she could finish, he took the jewel and made a wish.
"I wish to become full demon." He said clearly.
Right after he said it, he put the jewel in her hand and gave her the most passionate kiss he possibly could and shoved her down the well.
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"And when I woke up, I was on the floor of the well and I was full demon." She finished.
Sesshoumaru thought over what she told him while looking at her with pity in his golden eyes.
He turned too looked out the window and said softly; "Do you like being a demon?"
She looked at him in surprise before saying, "Yeah. I didn't at first but now that I'm not the only one left I think I do. The only time I don't like it is once a month or to break it down even further, once a week per month."
He turned to look at her once more and said, "Why once a week?"
"Because all these demons come to my house with these longing looks in their eyes. I'm telling you, if a strong demon like you came, then they would have broken my grandfathers' wards. One time one of them got through and grabbed me and if I didn't transform I bet you anything he was going to rape me! You should have seen the look in his eyes!"
"You have no idea why they came that one week per month?" He said in surprise. He was never going to tell her but he knew exactly why. She was in heat.
"No, why do you?" She said suspiciously.
"Yes, I do, and I don't think you're ready to know yet." He said firmly.
"Ok. I understand I guess." There was a pause before she said, "Can we get something to eat? I'm starving."
He glanced at her. "You haven't eaten anything since you got here?"
She giggled and said, "No, what kind of service do you run in this joint?"
"Well, I thought a good one." He said with a ghost of a smile on his lips.
She giggled once more before getting on Sesshoumaru's lap and saying, "Can we get some then? PWALEASE Sesshoumaru cans us?" She begged putting her hands together and begged, acting like a two-year old.
He laughed, which caught her off guard and said, "Sure, let me change my clothes first."
He scooped her up and almost laughed again when he heard her eep softly in surprise. He walked over to the door and put her down next to it saying, "Your room is the door right across the hall. The servants should have fixed the door that Inuyasha broke down. Demetra should be in there to help you with your bath and a change of clothes. I hope you don't mind wearing Kimonos, because that's the attire in my household. I feel that it keeps with the old ways."
"No, I don't have any problems wearing kimonos. So…, I'll see you in a bit?" She inquired.
"Yes, I'll see you in a bit."
"OK." She said and started to walk out the door before pausing long enough to say, "Sesshoumaru, thank you. Thank you for everything." and leaving to her room. She softly shut the door and leaned against it. She closed her eyes and sighed.
"Well, that's love for you." A voice said in front of her.
She jumped a foot in the air and said; "Who are you?!"
She laughed before saying, "Demetra, my name is Demetra, Lady Kagome."
"You scared the living daylights out of me!" She said accusingly.
"My apologies, Lady Kagome," She said with a low, respective bow. "I didn't mean to frighten you."
"Uuuuuuuuum…. it's ok. It happens. I do it to my little brother all the time. Or I used to at least." She said, sadly.
"Please Lady Kagome, don't be sad. I know you will like it here. Lord Sesshoumaru is a lovely gentleman; just don't tell him that I said that." She added quietly with a glance at the door behind Kagome.
She giggled before saying, "Of course I won't tell him. It would go to his head."
Both Demons giggled at the thought of something going to Sesshoumaru's head.
After they sobered, Demetra said; "Lady Kagome, will you please come with me to get you ready for breakfast?"
"Of course Demetra, but before I do, there is one thing you must do that will make this friendship work out perfectly."
"Yes Lady Kagome what is it?"
"You have to stop calling me 'Lady'. I hate formalities."
"Yes Kagome, as you wish."
"Thank you. Now, about that bath…., is it an actual bath or a shower?"
"A bath of course Miss."
"Good, I hate showers."
He listened to her door shut and sighed. He couldn't figure her out. At first she was terrified of him, now she acted like she would trust him with her life. He didn't think he would ever understand women; especially this particular women. He was brought out of his thoughts by a soft knock behind him. He turned and opened the door. He scowled at the person there. "What do you want? Want to make someone else cry?" He snarled.
"No. I wanted to apologize for whatever I did to Kagome." Inuyasha said in a small voice.
Sesshoumaru stood to the side of the door, which indicated to Inuyasha to come in. He walked in and heard the door snap closed behind him. As Sesshoumaru passed him he heard him say, "She told me what you did that day." He saw Inuyasha flinch, and when he didn't answer, he continued "One thing I can't figure out is why you would do that to someone you love." And when he still wouldn't answer, he said; "You are not aloud to see her. I'll tell her you apologized and we will finish this discussion later. Now I need to get dressed. I will see you when I send a servant for you. Leave." Inuyasha, surprisingly, said nothing and quietly left.
Sesshoumaru sighed in frustration. His brothers' annoyance was really getting to him. He decided to forget about the half-breed at the moment and get ready to have breakfast with Kagome.
They came out of their rooms at about the same time. They both were wearing midnight blue kimonos with silver obi's. Her hair was up in a bun with her bangs hanging down by her face. She started to blush under his scrutiny. She turned around in a circle and said; "Do you like it?"
He just nodded and held out his hand for her to take. She took his out stretched hand, turned and said thank you to Demetra, and looked up at him with a smile, signaling to him that she was ready to go get breakfast.
They started walking down the giant corridors. Kagome looking around her in awe at the beautiful walkways. The walls showed the Inu-clans history, most of it wars.
As Kagome looked around some more, she realized that Sesshoumaru had said something to her and was now squeezing her had to get her attention. She turned to look at him and said; "I'm sorry, repeat that again? I was lost in the history on the walls."
He smiled and repeated, "I said that Inuyasha asked me to give you a message."
She looked at him with anger and hurt in her eyes at hearing Inuyasha's name, before saying, "You can go and tell Inuyasha that whatever he has to say that he can shove it because I don't care what he has to say."
"I think you should let me tell you what he said. You might change your mind." He said wisely.
She snorted and said, "I doubt it, but please tell me, I might get a laugh out of it."
He smirked and told her what Inuyasha said. After he finished he saw her shoulders shaking. He put his hand on her shoulder and got slightly frightened when he smelled her tears.
"Kagome, are you alright?" He asked in concern.
Her shaking came even harder and he said, "Kagome?"
All the sudden she burst out laughing and doubled over, holding her sides. Through the tears and laughing she said, "That's the biggest load of crap I ever heard!! He's never been truly sorry for anything in his life!! What a liar! And you believed it?! My gosh he must have sounded convincing!!!!" She said doubling over again.
"What do you mean?" He said suspiciously coming to a halt.
She stopped next to him and waited until her breathing calmed before saying, "He manipulates people. How do you think I ended up like this?" She said holding up her hands, showing her demon markings.
"I thought you liked being a demon." He said accusingly.
"Oh, don't get me wrong, I do like being a demon. I can understand demons better now that I am one."
"Is that your only reason?" He asked pressing her for details.
"No." She said stepping closer to him and taking his hand. "Not the only reason. Come on, I'm starving." She said as she started pulling his arm trying to get him to go down the hallway with no success.
"What's the other reason?" He said yanking his hand back making her fly into his chest.
"I would rather not say at the moment." She said quietly.
"Why not?"
"Cause I want to see if something turns out first. Then I will tell you."
"Promise you won't pull an Inuyasha on me?"
She chuckled at the 'Inuyasha' comment and replied with: "Yes, I promise. Now, can we please go and get lunch?" she begged pulling his arm again.
He sighed "Yes, lets go."
"YAAAAAAAy!!" she squealed.
He smirked at her childishness. After they continued walking, he asked, "Why do you trust me?"
She paused in her skipping and replied, "I don't know. I guess its that I don't sense anything threatening from you. And I think that you would have done something by now, if you were going to do anything at all." She said simply.
"Oh." He said in surprise at her truthfulness. Then, changing the subject, he said, "Did you know that Shippo rules over the Northern lands?"
She paused in her walking again before saying, "Really?"
"Of course, This Sesshoumaru doesn't lie."
She smiled and said, "No, I didn't think you did….. How is he?"
"I don't know. Inuyasha talks to him. Not to me for obvious reasons. You know, trying to kill you countless times and all."
"Mmmm." Was all she said as she followed Sesshoumaru down the spiral staircase.
"Your mansion is gorgeous. No offense, but it looks like something you would live in. Being the Lord of the Western lands and all."
"This was my fathers' house. When he died he gave it to me."
"It's very nice. Hey, do you think that Shippo can come over? I miss him a lot."
"I can try but he still acts childish and since he rules the Northern lands, he's really busy. But I'm sure he would make an exception for you. I heard he took your…leaving… quite hard."
"It would be nice to see another familiar face." She paused and then said, "Or at least a familiar face that I want to see."
He chuckled at that and led her down another hallway that dead-ended at some French- style doors. Two demons bowed and opened the doors that led out to a balcony where she could see most of the property.