A blush threatened to spill on her face, "You want me to do what?!" She screamed.
Smirking, the demon lord explained, "I want to take your innocence priestess. I wish to be your first man, your first lover. In exchange for this, I will gladly lend my services to you during the final battle against Naraku."
Kagome had to think about this. He wants her to give up her virginity, in order to defeat Naraku… How could someone be so vile? Losing her virginity would mean losing her purity as a priestess; especially if she were to lose it to a demon!
Her bright blue orbs turned their attention to the tall, muscular demon, "I'll have to talk to my group and ask them their opinions. As you know, Inuyasha has taken Kikyo as a mate and she has joined our group."
She sighed as she realized the outcome. Her "friends" haven't really been her friends ever since Kikyo joined the group. The undead priestess began taunting her ever since her arrival, even making fun of her when she wasn't around. But did anyone do anything about it? No. No-one ever defended her; Sango said that she and Miroku stayed out of it because they didn't want to listen to Inuyasha. Poor little Shippo had to listen as the pair talked bad about his adoptive mother.
Sesshomaru watched as the Miko went through a variety of feelings. First she was sad, then upset, and finally she was irritated.
"Miko. Why do their opinions matter about your body and your decision?" He asked.
Kagome was taken aback by his sudden rudeness.
"Because Sesshomaru! They have been my friends for over four years; we tell each other everything." She said.
Sesshomaru quirked a brow, "Oh? And did Inuyasha tell you that he was going to take Kikyo as a mate? Or did he simply flaunt her in front of your face and tell you to deal with it?"
Sesshomaru knew the answer to this question, for he in fact saw it for himself. His brother had given the Miko no choice and forced Kagome to accept Kikyo into the group. Then, the dead Miko began to talk about how she wanted her soul back and Sesshomaru remembered exactly what followed.
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"Kikyo's joining and that's final!" Inuyasha yelled.
Kagome huffed and sat down next to her yellow bag; Shippo joining her in her lap.
"That stupid Inuyasha! Telling me that I have no choice, but I'm the only one who can see the shards! She can't even see them anymore! Why does she need to be here?"
"Oi, wench." Inuyasha's harsh voice dragged Kagome out of her thoughts.
She glared up at the silver-haired hanyo, "What do you want now, Inuyasha?"
He looked at her, and then looked towards the fire, "Aren't you going to make us dinner?"
Kagome scoffed, "Why would I make you dinner when you have your little girlfriend right beside you? I'm sure she's capable of making you a nice dinner. Well, maybe not, since she can't taste the seasonings, because she's you know, dead."
Kikyo glared at the priestess, "I grow tired of your antics girl. I want the rest of my soul back and I will have it. You are not needed here, and you are definitely not wanted. So give me what's rightfully mine and go join the demons in hell; because that's where you belong."
Everyone stared at the undead Miko in shock, even Inuyasha seemed surprised at the priestess' harsh words.
Kagome huffed, "So, you want me to join hell do you? Well doesn't that suck for you, because once I take back the rest of my soul, it's you who will be going to hell."
Inuyasha glared at the little Miko before him, "Don't you talk to Kikyo like that!"
Kagome turned to face him and with the look of evil laced within her eyes she spat, "Who do you think you're talking to Half-Breed?! I know you're one to talk! You're going to hell too because you chose an abomination as your mate!"
Everyone was shocked at what the young raven-haired woman just said. Even the golden orbs that had been watching the entire time, widened with surprise.
Kagome grabbed her bag and began to walk away; Inuyasha got up to follow her.
She turned around and began yelling, "Don't you follow me you stupid dog! SIT, SIT, SIT! Go be with your dead whore! SIT, SIT, SIT."
Satisfied at the size of the hole the hanyo was buried in, Kagome decided to make her way towards the bone eaters well. Her family was the one thing that always seemed to cheer her up.
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Sesshomaru recalled the events as if they happened yesterday. In reality, it had been quite sometime since the hanyo took the dead priestess as his mate.
Kagome herself seemed unhappy with the situation but refused to speak out so there would be no conflict. This only seemed to agitate the young woman even more.
"Miko, they are not your friends." He spoke calmly
Kagome turned her head away from him and sighed, "I don't like Inuyasha anymore, not even as a friend, he's done so much to hurt me and he is never remorseful. As for Sango, Shippo, and Miroku, they just didn't want to get in the middle of it; which I completely understand. "
"Look at me Miko." He could smell the salt in her tears as they began to leak down her face.
He lifted a hand towards her chin, "Why do you cry?"
"What does she have that I don't have? She's dead and I'm living! How could someone stand to be around her stench!" She cried.
"Miko, I can take all of your pain away, as long as you accept my proposition." He stated
Kagome looked into his eyes and for the first time in her life, she saw an emotion she thought she would never see in the demon; he was happy. He wanted her; and Kagome knew that there was more to this than what he was saying.
"Alright, but on one condition Lord Sesshomaru." She said.
"And what's that?" A brow quirking at her sudden boldness
A blush spread upon her cheeks, "You make me your mate. I'm no harlot and I won't be treated like one. If you want my innocence that bad, you must be willing to make a sacrifice."
Sesshomaru pondered over his thoughts for a few minutes. Should he take her as his mate? What good would come of it? What about the consequences? Oh God. What would his mother say? She's a Miko for crying out loud!
His eyes turned their attention towards her very obviously naked state and met with hers.
He simply uttered one word, "Agreed"