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A Second Chance

Ni

I'm going Insane!

It was quiet in the room. Her mouth dropped wipe open and her face paled. She slouched over and stared at Seiai to see if he was kidding, then to the kamis if this was some joke. When none of them yelled out 'Gotcha' or laughed, but smiled at her, confirming that they were being serious. She looked at Seiai for one more moment before standing up right again. She took a deep breath and smiled sweetly at Seiai.

"Seiai-sama?"

"Hai Kagome-chan?" he smiled, tilting his head.

Her smiling face turned dark as she exhaled, yelling, "ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?"

Seiai jumped back, not expecting her to scream like that. The kami and megami sighed and shook their heads; they were expecting this. Daiichi already having a hand out to speak, but Kagome wasn't feeling respectful at the moment, since she just ignored the head kami to speak her mind.

"I mean…what do you expect me to be? Nuts! More than half those souls coming in were caused by that frostbite!" she yelled pointing to the doorway to show her point. "I too am a victim of his monstrosity!" tears rolled down her cheek.

Seiai and the other gods look at Kagome in sympathy. Kagome sniffled and held back the other forming tears and shook her head. She turned and headed for the door. Right when she was at the door, she felt someone pulling her arm. Kagome took a deep breath, ready to take out her anger on the god stopping her. She was pissed and she wanted to be alone at the moment. To hell with a free trip to Earth, she'd rather face the boredom of this place than teach some asshole to love when he was the cause of her death for god knows how long.

When she fully turned, she saw nothing. Blinking, she looked at the gods and they shook their heads. She then looked down when she felt that tug again and saw it was Tsuriai who had stopped her. She shut her mouth at the little boy. Tsuriai and she were closer friends than she was than the other gods, she couldn't take her anger out on him.

So, she bent down and ruffled his hair as she softened her eyes. Tsuriai looked into Kagome's smoky blue eyes with his oddly sliver white and black orbs. He opened his mouth and softly said.

"Onegai Kagome-chan…we understand your suffering, but we need you," he looked back at his family then back to her as he continued, "Many people are suffering there in Earth still….and you must already know, he's a cold hearted fiend…but you're a big-hearted friend…he needs someone to teach him to open his heart." he looked into her eyes pleadingly.

Kagome sighed as she looked down at her hands. She couldn't just let people suffer from him, when she too was a victim to his doing. She smiled as she looked up at the gods who were staring at her with hope in their eyes. She sighed as she ruffled Tsuriai's hair again and nodded slowly to them. Daiichi nodded approvingly as she stood.

"You shall leave tonight." he said sternly.

"Hai." she whispered as she turned and headed for the door.

Just when she had her foot out the door, a sweet voice called out.

"Arigato…"

Kagome turned to see it was Yogensha who had said that, as she smiled with her hands folded in front of her. She bowed to her and smiled sweetly. Kagome nodded and headed out. Seiai looked over to his little brother and grinned.

"Tsuriai you little devil." he put his arm around his brother's neck as Tsuriai smiled at where Kagome stood.

SKSKSK

-Down in Earth-

"Achoo!" sneezed a youkai.

"Wow I didn't know youkai got sick easily." a man approached the youkai, grinning.

The youkai shook his head and glared at the ningen man. The youkai sat at his desk, sitting posed up as he wrote down from his computer, side glancing at the machine once in a while. He looked into the violet eyes of his advisor and growled lowly. The man put up his hands in defense to show he meant no harm, but continued to grin.

"Don't you have work to do Houshi?" he coldly asked as he looked back down to his writing.

The man called Houshi sighed as he rubbed the back of his neck, "Oh come on, Tashio, it's all about work with you." he pushed back a chair that sat in front of his boss' desk and flopped down on it, "Lighten up, have some fun."

Tashio then looked back to his computer and then glanced at him in the corner of his eye but didn't turn. "Why are you here again? I'm sure it wasn't to tell me how to live my life." he sneered.

Shaking his head, he tossed a folder on his desk "Sadly no my dear friend, that would be during lunch time, where you refuse to eat…these are the reports you wanted, for that homeless shelter you torn down 5 months ago."

"Good, now you can go now, Houshi."

The man just sat there, with his leg over his other and his hands folded. He stared at boss with curious eyes. Feeling his eyes, Tashio turned to face him impatient and annoyed.

"What now?"

Smiling, he sat up straight and had his arm leaned on the desk as he leaned forward "Since you asked-"

"I'm starting to regret asking, get to the point Miroku."

Miroku scoffed as he took a hand and ran it over his black hair, "Impatient are we? Well, I just wanted to know, what you're gonna do with that building you torn down…it was used to give shelter to homeless children, you know."

Tashio stared at him for a second before going back to his computer screen, "It's none of your concern."

Miroku pouted as he sat back in his chair, "Oh come on, old' champ! I'm your advisor for god sakes!"

"Soon to be ex-adviser if you don't get out of my sight." he hissed.

Miroku sighed as he stood up, pushing back the chair. "I was just wondering."

"Have you heard the saying…curiosity killed the cat?" Tashio said icy.

Miroku shook his head slowly in a nod, though he didn't want to know what he might by that. But by the look on his boss' face, he was about to find out.

"You see Miroku…what I want you to know, I'll let you know…but… if I DON'T, then I suggest you keep your nose out of my business or…" he chuckled as he folded his hands and sat back in his chair to look at his advisor. "You can get yourself killed for going in people's business…" He allowed a bit of his dokkasu from his claws to flow to emphasize his point, "Got it?"

Miroku nodded his head in defeat with a sigh, "Crystal."

Tashio smirked, "Excellent…now get out."

Miroku rolled his eyes as he turned and walked across the office to the door. Just as he was about to leave he turned and tilted his head at him.

"Houshi…" he said dangerously.

"I'm going! I'm going! …. I just wanna know….do youkai sneeze, or get colds?"

Tashio quirked an eyebrow at the ningen, "Iie."

"But you sneezed-"

"Ningen, do you have trouble with your hearing? I said No."

Miroku shrugged as he turned forward, "Then someone must have been talking about you."

With that said, Miroku closed the door behind him. Tashio sighed in annoyance as he resumed his work. He looked up at the door and narrowed his eyes at where his adviser stood.

"Talking about this Sesshomaru? …Bull shit." he muttered as he looked down at the report Miroku had delivered to him.

SKSKSK

Kagome had said her farewells to her friends and in return good lucks on her mission. With a heavy heart than expected, she returned back to the council room, to see the gods already there and sitting, waiting for her.

"Ah, Kagome," Daiichi stood and walked over to her, "Ready to go back to Earth?"

Kagome heavily sighed and forced a smile as she nodded a 'yes'. Daiichi could see the sadness deep inside her eyes. She was getting her wish, just not how she planned it to be. He didn't want it to be like this either, but he was in a desperate need. With a nod, he turned to his family. Each one stood and walked over to her, giving her a proper farewell. First were the girls.

"Kagome dear…please know…we deeply appreciate you doing this for us," Yogensha smiled as she hugged Kagome tightly, she sniffed as she released her. "I feel like I'm loosing my favorite daughter." she chuckled.

"Hey!" the girls snapped. Kagome giggled as she nodded.

The twins, Shinko and Shuko both hugged Kagome saying sayonara in unison and then next was Kibo with a handshake instead of a hug. Eiko gave Kagome and tight hug and moved aside for the boys.

She shook hands with Niku, Meiyo, and Awareni, all 3 feeling they were too manly for sappy hugs like that. Kagome rolled her eyes and gave Seiai a quick hug and a dangerous look, as saying 'I don't trust you'. Seiai made a pout as he faked an innocent look, to convince her he wasn't up to anything. Kagome scowled at him and turned to Tsuriai with a smile.

"Be good, ne?" she bent down and hugged her kami kid.

"Hai" he grinned as he released her.

Kagome sighed and smiled as she turned to face Daiichi.

"Soo…Sayonara? …for now?" she smiled.

Daiichi nodded as he smiled. Kagome narrowed her eyes on him and shook her head as she ran forward and hugged the head god. Daiichi was startled with the unexpected hug and chuckled. He hugged back and patted her back in return. Parting with the head god, Kagome sighed and nodded.

"Ok a few things before you go Kagome…." Seiai started, making Kagome groan. "Let see…what were they again?"

Scoffing, muttering about useless brothers, Shinko turned to Kagome "You won't have a body for going down to Earth, sorry…there's only one way and you know what that is." She sadly smiled. Kagome just nodded and waited for her to finish. "Umm…No one but Sesshomaru can see you…you and he can communicate with one another, uhh…you can't have any physical contact, if you need us….will you give us a call" she winked "And…"

"And…keep your hands, feet in the ride at all times, thank you for riding in Seiai's trip down to Earth, enjoy your trip" Seiai cut off his sister.

Shinko scowled at her otouto and smacked him in the back of the head. Seiai whimpered as the kami and megami got together and combined their powers. A mystical glow formed around Kagome as they muttered a chant. Kagome closed her eyes as a warm feeling engulfed her. Slowly her soul figure began to dissipate from the room. The gods waved goodbye to Kagome as she finally disappeared from their sight.

"Now, let the games begin!" Seiai grinned.

The other gods rolled their eyes and gave Seiai a smack to his head.

"Ittai! That hurts." he whined to his brothers and sisters as they went their separate ways.

SKSKSK

Kagome felt a bit sick in the ride down to Earth. The pressure of heading down from Tengoku felt like you were on a bungee ride just after eating lunch, going up, then down, along with your lunch. The nausea went to up Kagome's stomach, that she could taste the fowl substance.

After what seemed like an eternity, Kagome's feet rested on solid ground. Slowly peeling her eyes open, she gasped of where she stood. Blinking to make sure she was seeing right, where she stood was a living room the size of 2 football fields. Marbled white floors, glass sculptures, artistic paintings, expensive rugs and couches, she was looking at the future, or so she thought.

"Wow…sugoi." she whispered.

She walked around lightly touching the objects, as if it would break in a mere touch. She nodded her head as she stood, with her eyes roamed the room, memorizing everything from their size, color, look.

"For a frostbite…he has good taste." she quirked her eyes on the paintings of himself. "And awfully fond of himself…the prick." She muttered.

Sighing, she located the exit and stepped out the open door. Only to make her eyes budge out of her sockets and her mouth drop to the floor. Standing at the mouth of the room she entered from, she faced an endless corridor that could go for miles from where she stood. She mentally groaned and cursed at the gods for not just sending her to where the youkai was located at, but instead to go on a youkai hunt in the maze.

Taking a deep breath, she muttered "This…could take awhile…"

Shrugging her shoulders, Kagome started off into the depths of the hall, observing the rooms and items she came across. In hopes, one of them contained the youkai she was looking for.

SKSKSK

Sesshomaru relaxed his body at last as he entered his driveway. He managed to go through the day, without Miroku popping in and out to bug him from his work, which he successfully got finished. Stepping out of his sliver Mercedes Benz, he locked it and took his keys out of his pocket. Unlocking the door to his estate and putting up his code for lock up, he stretched inside his home. He looked around his house, something was…. different. At least something felt different…His eyes roamed for anything suspicious and sniffed out for any intruders. His home being the way he left it and only his scent and the servants who worked here lingered, everything was normal. He pinched the bridge of his nose as he shook the feeling off.

"The fool's right…I work too much…"

He headed to his room, up his marbled staircase. He walked down the hallway to his room, where none of his servants were to enter, but him. He opened his cherry wood door and shut it behind him. The eerie feeling never left him and it was getting on his nerves. If he were a normal person, he'd look around and be ludicrous as to assume there was some spirit haunting him. But, he was Sesshomaru Tashio, head and president of his company and a youkai at that. He would drop dead to assume there was a spirit haunting him or the fact he was going insane. He growled low and tossed off his Armani jacket to his king size bed and headed across his bed to his bathroom. What he needed was a hot shower; work was really getting him stressed out.

Stripping down his clothes, he stepped into his shower and had the beating hot droplets, wash away his stress. After 20 minutes, he got out and placed on his silk pants. He dried his hair and left his chest bare. He flopped into his bed, which was unlike him, but right now he didn't care. He wanted rest and the eerie feeling to go away. So he plopped his head in his pillow and tried to seek sleep. First he dreamt nothing, and that nothing turned into a world that indicated he was in a dream and that he was now asleep.

-Dream-

Sesshomaru was once again in his room, except it was pitched black. If he were a mortal ningen, he wouldn't be able to see where anything, but with his keen senses; he had the eyesight of a cat's in the night. He looked around and heard a voice behind him. He snarled and turned around only to see air and his room. The voice came again, but this time to the side of him. Sesshomaru growled louder and turned to his side in aggravation; he was getting tired of this. The voice was, mocking him…laughing at him.

Narrowing his eyes as it bleed red, he snarled, "Show yourself fool!"

The laughter continued as Sesshomaru looked around himself for the person. He stood alone and the laughter never ceased. Sesshomaru's eyes searched carefully, his fangs lengthen in search of flesh, his nose sniffing constantly for a scent, and his ears waiting for sudden movement. Yet, he neither found nor sniffed out the person's scent. Nor did he hear their movements; he just heard a melodious laughter around him, a female in fact.

Just when his beast had enough, a mirror formed in front of him, to show that his beast was taking over. He stood up straight and stared at the glass reflection, until a woman formed before his eyes, destroying his reflection. His eyes widened of how beautiful she looked. An onna around her early 20s; she had long wavy raven haired, pale smooth skin so beautiful for a ningen. Her smile brightened the dark room and her eyes staring back at him in amusement. K-…No! I will not think of that wench! Snapping out of his staring, which he just noticed he was doing; he snarled at her.

"What are you doing here ningen?"

The girl's smile turned into a confused look. Sesshomaru stood upwards and narrowed his eyes on her, that look reminded him of someone. He thought hard as he stared at her face, until relation came to him. It was that little girl at the shelter 5 months ago. He looked at her and shook his head. The little girl was a mere child, not over 8 years old 5 months ago and here stood a full grown onna. Looking harder, he confirmed it wasn't her, but an older version, by the look in her smoky blue eyes. The child had chestnut eyes, yet they look identical. Could they be related?

"I'll ask one more time ningen," he growled warningly "What is your purpose here to invade this Sesshomaru's privacy?"

The raven head onna giggled as she shook her head and disappeared from his sight once more. Soft words rang out to him as her voice faded away.

"Wake up Sessho"

-End of Dream-

Sesshomaru snapped awake and growled as he searched the room for the onna. He sniffed once more and looked around left to right and then right to left to make sure. When he found nothing around his room, he closed his eyes and tried to lie down again, his face facing his ceiling. He then heard an 'Ahem' from above him. His eyes opened and found himself, staring at smoky blue eyes. His eyes widened for a second and blinked to make sure he was seeing right.

"Finally! You know how long it took me to find you!" the girl pouted. "Don't answer, I'll tell you…2 hours!" she scowled.

Sesshomaru sat up right in his bed and looked at the girl as she hovered above his bed. He rubbed his eyes and tried to sniff if she was real. He smelt nothing but air and he saw the same girl rambling on as if it was common to be talking while floating in thin air.

"I mean really… this big damn house all for one guy? Pfft… you're nuts!" she continued.

Sesshomaru lifted a hand and swiped at her body a few times. He saw his hand going through it, like it was a nothing. He looked at his hand again and then the onna as he went to poke her face to see it go through again.

"Then I tried to wake you up for 20 minutes now and-"the girl stopped mid-sentence and made an angry face at him. "Stop that! That's annoying!"

Sesshomaru quirked an eyebrow at her as she rolled her eyes and continued her rant.

"Anyway Sesshomaru, since we're gonna be acquainted for a while I should tell my name…my name is-"

"I don't care."

Kagome stared at his bored face for a while. She cleared her throat and sighed as she tried again.

"My name is-"

"Are you deaf?" Sesshomaru spat as he threw his covers off himself. "I said I don't care, are you sane onna?"

Kagome huffed and crossed her arms as she muttered, "Nope…just dead. I should be asking you the same question."

Kagome followed Sesshomaru with her eyes as he walked out of his room. She sighed heavily and made a mental note. Note to self: Guy has absolutely no manners and is REALLY rude.

Her feet found the ground again and went walking after him. She followed him to the kitchen where she nodded again in approval of how nice it was decorated.

"Nice kitchen"

"Why are you still here?" he muttered.

Kagome shrugged as she watched him brew himself a new pot of coffee. She found the counter and hopped on as she sat on it, humming a tune as she waited.

When the coffee finished brewing, Sesshomaru didn't wait for the coffee to cool down. He took the whole pot and drank it down. Kagome's eyes widened in awe as he drank it as if it were water, the temperature of the coffee didn't bother him one bit. Tapping the counter with her finger, she watched as Sesshomaru placed down the pot and look at her.

"Chikusho…you're still here." he growled.

"I guess so," Kagome rolled her eyes and smiled, "Expecting me to go somewhere Sessho?" she smirked.

"Anywhere but here, clearly I'm loosing my mind" he turned and opened the refrigerator.

Kagome assumed he would be getting a snack or something to eat. The last thing she expected was Sesshomaru banging the door on his head with it. She winced at each bang that came to his head. She looked at the time and timed how long it would take him to realize she wasn't going anywhere. One minute passed and still no end of the banging.

Finally getting enough, Kagome hopped off the counter and fazed through the refrigerator. She turned to face Sesshomaru's head that was inside. She cleared her throat to get his attention. Opening his eyes he met the girl's face once more.

"I'm not going anywhere Tashio. If this is your way of getting rid of illusions, then…." She chuckled "Then…maybe you really do need help"

She fazed out of the refrigerator and back into the kitchen. Sesshomaru took his head out of the refrigerator and closed the door to it. He held his head and felt the incoming migraine.

"You're right…." He sighed making Kagome smile in triumph. "I'll have someone else do it for me"

Kagome's smile turned into a frown as he pivoted out of the room. The youkai was too egoistic to admit she was real and not some illusion. Kagome's smile twitched as her eyes gleamed in mischief. If that's how he wanted to play, then she should sit back and enjoy this while she can.

SKSKSK

Sesshomaru hired 'special' kinds of people to take care of this problem. He had an exorcist, Chinese people, and even a therapist try to get the spirit away. First he tried using the priest to 'kill' the spirit…

"The power of Christ…compels you!" he shouted to random places as he threw holy water at them.

Kagome leaned on a wall that was close to Sesshomaru and far from any of the places the exorcist was indicating with his water.

"I think I'm getting close sir!" he shouted.

Kagome snickered as she nudged Sesshomaru in the ribs, "The only thing he's getting close to, is slipping on that water by the looks of it."

Indeed Kagome was right. The priest threw the water all over the room that he slipped on the wet spots and fell to the floor. Sesshomaru growled at the man and threw him out of his home when he saw Kagome laughing and still there.

Then…he had the Chinese people try to take out the bad chi with some incense, that they claim, gave the room good chi. But it only succeed in making the room smell harmful to Sesshomaru's keen nose and boring to Kagome as she yawned. Sesshomaru kicked them out and had to air his estate from the disgusting smell. Sesshomaru had to open his windows to get the smell out before he passed out.

Finally, Sesshomaru confronted a therapist to Kagome's interest. He lay on a couch while a man sat in a chair close by with a notebook in his hands.

"What seems to be the problem sir?" he said in a fake concern voice.

Sesshomaru growled at Kagome who stood by the therapist watching as he doodled in his notebook instead of taking notes. She leaned her right arm on the chair the man was sitting on and her left arm on her left hip as she watched him draw anime women.

"There's a woman…"

"Ahh…female issues…you have been seeing a woman and can't get her out of your mind," he smiled "How lovely…how long have you been seeing her?"

"Since I came back from work today," Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes on Kagome as she shook her head.

"This afternoon?" he raised an eyebrow, "As in love at first sight?" Kagome started to snicker.

Sesshomaru now directed his eyes at the therapist and growled, "Hell no, the woman is a menace. Anything I do to get her away, she's still there."

The therapist shook his head, "Ahh…you think she's a pain, but you love her that you can't get her out your mind." he sighed dreamily.

Now Sesshomaru was angry. Kagome was now in tears of laughing when she heard that and the fact; the baka was digging his own grave. She stopped leaning and was now holding her stomach as tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Nice Sessho, I love you too!" she cackled, "Oi, when you kill the guy…be sure to leave his hands, he makes a good artist." She snickered as she pointed to his notebook, "Particularly women."

Before the therapist knew, he was out the door and on the ground of his lawn outside. Sesshomaru's patience wore thin as Kagome followed him into his study, after throwing the poor excuse for a therapist and slamming the door shut. He sat at his desk as Kagome continued to laugh as she sat down at the seat in front of the desk. His hands rubbed his temples as her laughing died down to a giggles into a chuckle. When she calmed down she sighed happily and smiled at him.

"So, any more visitors, I should know? …Perhaps get some friends of yours that can sit in a circle and try to resurrect the dead?" she teased.

Sesshomaru sighed, "Why are you here?"

"Because this isn't the kitchen."

Sesshomaru growled, "You know what I mean, wench."

Kagome crossed her legs as she scoffed at him "Now you want to talk?"

"Answer the question ningen."

Kagome put a finger to her chin as she tilted it up to the ceiling as she contemplated in what to do. "Hmm…let see, what should I do…tell you my motives of being here, when all you did was constantly act rude to everything I say and do?"

Sesshomaru growled lowly as she smiled. "Or…give you a taste of your own medicine and be rude back…leaving you to find out yourself and living the rest of your life in misery as I follow you around," she grinned. "REALLY tempting with the second option."

Sesshomaru's patience snapped as he stood from his seat and slammed his hands down on his cherry wood desk. "I've had it about here with you…you…" he snarled at her.

Kagome made an innocent face as if saying she didn't do anything wrong.

"You tell me what you want with me or I'll…"

"You'll what," Kagome narrowed her eyes on him. "Kill me?" she scoffed. "I'm already dead Sesshomaru, nothing you can do being dead thanks…and I personally, thank you for that." she bit back.

Sesshomaru was taken back from that last comment. I killed her? She turned away from him and went no further from that point. He sighed as he sat back down in his chair. It was silent in the room, not one spoken. Sesshomaru's hands were folded and were resting by his lips as he stared at the girl spirit. All he could think and wonder was, how he killed her and why did he do it. He couldn't recall any memories of killing someone as innocent as her. She looked smart, independent, and beautiful for a ningen, so why kill her?

Kagome deeply sighed as a smile came back to her face. She turned to face him once more and tilted her head as she asked.

"Soo…what do you do here for fun?"

Sesshomaru looked up at her like she was crazy. They were just angry and at each other's throats 5 minutes ago and now she's happy and smiling, as if it never happened. When he didn't respond, Kagome huffed at him as she stood.

"Don't tell me you work so much you don't have time for fun!" she exclaimed.

Sesshomaru raised a sliver eyebrow at her. "What is it with you people in forcing me to have 'fun'" Sesshomaru said bored.

Kagome's jaw dropped. "You…have to be forced…to have…fun? Damn, you're boring!" she threw her hands in the air in aggravation. "This is gonna be harder than I thought." she muttered.

"Harder than what you thought?" Sesshomaru said curious.

"Nothing, nothing." she waved her hand at him as she thought to herself.

Sesshomaru growled of having to be dismissed, he never got dismissed like that from a youkai, a ningen, and certainly not some spirit, and he wasn't gonna start now.

"What we need to get you is a hobby…something that isn't work." she said out loud.

Sesshomaru shook his head as he stood from his chair and headed for the door. Kagome then noticed the silence and looked to his chair to see it empty. She quickly turned around to see the door close. She ran from where she stood and fazed through the door as she tailed him.

"Oi, chotto matte!" she said as she stood behind him. "Where are you going?"

"To bed, you're giving me a headache." he said it short and simple.

Kagome huffed as she looked out the window to see it was dark. "Fine, but tomorrow…you're gonna have fun," she grinned. "I'll make sure of it…"

Sesshomaru turned to tell her off on how he was going to live his life, only to find he was now alone and outside his bedroom. Sesshomaru rubbed his temples and groaned. Somehow he had a feeling, tomorrow he was going to be doing something he was going to regret his youkai life. He opened his door and shut it behind him. He washed up and headed for bed. He drifted off to sleep dreading what was to come tomorrow.

Translations

Kami-god

Megami-goddess

Ningen-human

Onna-woman

Youkai-demon

Otouto-little brother

Hai-yes

Iie-no

Onegai-please

Chotto matte-wait a moment/hold on

Oi-hey

Chikusho-damn it

Sugoi-awesome

Arigato-thank you

Sayonara-goodbye

Ittai-ow