The Psychiatrist and the Estranged Lovers Chapter 2, an inuyasha fanfic

Chapter One: The beginning

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When she had settled his hands in her lap, the glow disappeared and Kagome flashed Shenji her first smile of the day.

"So, doctor, what do you need us to tell you?"

Shenji straightened his tie before pulling out a tape-recorder. "Well, Mrs. Tashio—" She interrupted him.

"Kagome…"
"Ah, yes, Kagome. Well, Kagome, why don't you start from the beginning?"

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"Err…well, doctor, the beginning is a bit difficult to explain. Our relationship did not begin on the, uh…best…of terms. We had been enemies for 3 years and then, uh…unfortunate…yes, unfortunate, circumstances pulled us together into an estranged alliance."

"Unfortunate circumstances, Kagome?"

Sesshomaru answered. "Hai, unfortunate…my mate was traveling with my idiot hanyou half-brother as his shard detector."

"I'm confused…shard detector, Mr. Tashio?"

"Hai…she is the protector of the Shikon no Tama: the jewel of the four souls. She is also the reincarnate of the great miko, Midoriko."

"Ah…I have heard legends of that jewel and the miko who had pieced it back together. They say she merely disappeared before the final battle. They say she looked like the miko, Kikyou, and had a smile that could warm the hearts of the most terrifying demons. I presume that that miko is you, Kagome-chan?"

"Hai, but I have changed. Sesshomaru required my services while I was traveling with the hanyou, InuYasha, and in a difficult battle with a gigantic centipede youkai, he bargained to save my life if I helped him regenerate his missing arm."

"Okay…did you agree?"

Sesshomaru scoffed. "Well obviously. You see her alive now, do you not?"

Shenji turned a deep red. "Ha…ah yes. Excuse me."

Kagome smiled and smacked Sesshomaru on the arm. "No, excuse him. He is angry that I still have power over him. He has a big ego."

Sesshomaru growled and Kagome quickly added: "An ego that has saved me many a time."

"Okay then…now, how did Mr. Tashio come about saving you, Kagome?"

"He left my traveling companions to fight the centipede youkai and he took me into the woods. He then offered over some of his blood to me from a cut on his wrist. He had said that his youkai blood had healing powers. I swallowed it, despite my better judgement. We could not have known what would've happened next…"

"Explain please, Kagome."

"Hai…" She then began telling the story of that day in vivid detail…

---500 years ago---

Kagome looked around in horror. Miroku and Sango were fighting against that bottom half of the centipede while InuYasha fought the middle and she faced off against the head. The centipede youkai had already bit her three times and she was lying in a pool of her own blood. She was dying and she couldn't do anything to stop it.

In a last desperate attempt to save her life she cried out: "HELP ME!" She then shot one last arrow at the approaching demon appendage. She missed it narrowly. She then collapsed in heap. She was soaked in blood from head to toe.

Suddenly, as if God was there himself, a white blur flew in front of her vision and attacked the centipede's head. The beast twitched and thrashed like mad before dissolving into a pile of ash. Then the blur slowed his movements so his form was visible to her human eye. It was Sesshomaru.

She coughed, bringing up blood from deep in her throat. Then she spoke; her voice was muffled and sounded more like a series of gurgles than intelligible speech. "Seslomalu…helb…" Sesshomaru…help…

"Miko you make no sense and I have no time for your games. This Sesshomaru requires your assistance and wish for you to come willingly so…I am willing to make a bargain with you. A bargain you cannot refuse."

Kagome glared at the taiyoukai through cloudy eyes. She was still defiant…even on the brink of death. "Wha di ub wan?" what do you want?

"Your life in exchange for your services and remember that it is either this," he pointed to himself, "or you die."

Kagome was shocked. He was willing to help her? "Hib…is a dweel." Hai…it's a deal She then passed into the world of darkness.

"Great…now I shall have to carry her." Sesshomaru then picked up Kagome and threw her over his shoulder. He then called upon his cloud and flew into the forest, leaving InuYasha, Miroku, and Sango to finish the centipede.

When Kagome awoke she was in cave of some sort. Bandages were all over her body and her head was pounding. What had happened?

"Ugh…where am I?"

Out of nowhere, scaring Kagome half to death, a deep baritone answered her. "You are safe with this Sesshomaru, Miko. I have tended to your wounds and, as you speak, my blood heals your body." He then came out of the shadows. His silver hair reflected in the sun and his armor glinted like polished silver. She was awed for a second before she replied to him.

"YOUR blood is in MY veins? How the hell did YOUR blood manage to get down MY throat? I don't remember consenting to this, Sesshomaru."

"We had a bargain. I said that I would save your life if you assisted me. You came willingly so I held up my end of the bargain. You would be dead if not for my blood. Youkai blood carries large amounts of healing nutrients. That is why we heal almost instantly. Now you carry it within you, so you shall heal in time."

Kagome was surprised and she felt her mouth gape open. She was certain she resembled a fish, but she didn't care. She was floored at how Sesshomaru, the 'icicle shoved up my ass' Western Lord, had given his blood willingly to her.

She then realized she had a debt to pay to him. Her mouth quickly closed. What did he want with her? She shuddered and looked up into his golden eyes. "What do you want with me, Sesshomaru?"

He stepped closer and replied simply: "Your blood."

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Shenji involuntarily shuddered and looked at Sesshomaru. "You saved her from dying only to kill her again?"

Sesshomaru growled and his eyes bled red. "This Sesshomaru had no intention of killing her. This Sesshomaru only needed some of her blood to heal his arm. Do NOT presume you know me."

Kagome began to rub her hands down Sesshomaru's wrists that were wrapped around her waist protectively. His grip had tightened when she had mentioned her almost death and his extended claws were digging into the tender flesh of her stomach. "Doctor, that is what I thought when I was sitting there too but it turned out to be something completely different. I learned that quickly. Sesshomaru did not want to kill me. He merely wanted me to form a blood bond with him. Please do not assume such horrid things about my husband."

Shenji paled and then turned pink in embarrassment. "I am sorry, Kagome. And I am especially sorry to you, Mr. Tashio."

Sesshomaru merely growled and pulled Kagome closer to him. Kagome flashed a look of puzzlement across her face when he did so. Why was he acting so strange lately?

"Kagome-chan, I think that is enough for today. Can we continue this tomorrow?"

Sesshomaru growled and Kagome nodded. "Of course, doctor. I am needed at home with my children anyway." She then pushed herself out of Sesshomaru's grasp and stood. The bottom of her long skirt brushed against that floor as she walked to the door, and her stilettos clicked all the way. Sesshomaru followed close behind, grabbing his suit coat off of the hanger by the door. He put it on and he almost looked dead in his all black ensemble with his pale face and silvery hair. Shenji shivered.

"Have a good day, Mr. and Mrs. Tashio." He called out.

"Demon, do remember that I do not need this therapy." Sesshomaru replied before walking out the door.

"Excuse my husband, doctor, and good day to you too!" Kagome called out as she shut the door behind her.

When he couldn't hear their footsteps anymore, Shenji collapsed in his desk chair. He was in for a hell of a mess.

Outside—

Kagome glared at her husband when the door to the doctor's office closed. "What is wrong with you, Sesshomaru? You were holding onto me like it was Naraku standing in front of us instead of the doctor!"

"I do not trust him, Kagome. He knows too much. He talked about the last battle and you being the reincarnation of Kikyou. We did not tell him that. There is more to him than what is known."

"Do you think that maybe he works for someone evil, Sesshomaru?"

"I do not know, mate, but we will continue coming to these sessions."

"Hai, but for more than one reason now, apparently…we do really need marital help, Sesshomaru."

"Why?"

"You act so differently now. Even the kids have noticed…you are scaring us." She then walked briskly down the hall and out into the parking lot before whistling for their driver.

Their limo pulled up just as Sesshomaru stepped out of the building. Kagome was already in the car by the time Sesshomaru reached it.

Once he got in he sat down next to Kagome and put a hand around her shoulders, comfortingly, before turning his gaze out the window to think. He was confused. What WAS wrong with him?

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OKAY! Chapter one is complete. Who is Shenji REALLY? And what IS wrong with Sesshomaru?