Chapter 3 –

Sesshoumaru –

He was sitting at his desk working, when he heard a knock on the door

"Enter" he growled. He was still in a bad mood. He had worked all night with his advisers, and he nearly killed them, more than once. They wanted Sesshoumaru mated or it would 'look bad' for a Taiyoukai Lord, not to have a mate and get strong pups 'This Sesshoumaru needs no mate!' He looked up annoyed to see one of his healers standing in front of his desk bowing

"Milord, I was sent to report on the condition of the miko" Sesshoumaru laid down his papers he had in his hands, and focused on the healer

"Proceed" he ordered

"She… Eh… Has completely healed Milord… Overnight… Our head healer cannot come up with an explanation to this" Sesshoumaru easily heard the healer's confusion

"She is a miko. They have healing abilities, have they not?" Sesshoumaru did not know much of miko's, but he heard of some who had the ability to heal

"Only very few priestess' have the ability to heal others, but there have never been heard of a miko who could heal herself" Sesshoumaru nodded

"Leave" he demanded. The healer bowed again, and hurried out of his study

'Interesting' he smirked. He would found out the secrets of the miko soon enough, from her willingly or by force if necessary… But, he would wait till he got to her world and get information about her before confronting her. Sesshoumaru stood and walked over, and opened the door

"Ruka!" he growled. He would let his protector take care of the miko. A moment later an owl youkai stood before him. Sesshoumaru looked at her

'She is getting old' he thought, feeling a bit sad. She had been protecting him since he was pup; she had been like a mother to him. And in Inu tradition, she would stay by his side till he found a mate

"Yes Sesshoumaru-sama?" she asked politely, which was unlike her…

"Get the miko a room, and get her some clothes" Ruka nodded, bowed and then left in a flash.


Kagome –

When she woke up she had a great surprise. Yesterday she had been badly wounded, now, she was completely healed! And more… she felt fantastic! She had never felt so fresh… But her good mood did not last long. When the healer had come in to re-bandage the wound, he found the wound completely healed, not even a scar… and that had let to her current nightmare. It had not been long till many healers came barging in, stood around her and talked about her and the wound like she weren't even there. Touching her stomach area like she was some miraculous freak! She felt like a freaking lab rat! She felt a mix of anger and fear rising deep within her

"Go away" she whispered. She knew that they heard her, but they just ignored her. Now she was angry, it was one thing to treat her like a lab rat, but another when they purposely ignored someone. Kagome felt the rage form inside her

"Leave me alone!" she screamed. Then a barrier formed around her and expanded until all of the stunned healers had been pushed out of the room. She herself was surprised, but she still felt the anger

'How dare they!?' she kept up her barrier to keep them out. She knew Sesshoumaru would come soon, and he would probably, no most definitely be pissed at her!

'I hope he wants to see the future bad enough for my sake!' She then heard tap sounds on the barrier at the door. She slowly walked over to see Sesshoumaru and a really pale healer at the door. Kagome just stood there watching them, feeling fear towards the Lord and anger towards the healer. She watched Sesshoumaru give the healer a glare and growled. The healer straightened and cleared his throat

"I am the head healer in Lord Sesshoumaru's residence, and I along with my staff humbly apologize for our treatment. We were merely stunned, but our treatment was not acceptable. We are very sorry Lady Kagome" he bowed low. Kagome could see him get even paler, if possible, and sweat running down his head

'He is scared to death!' Kagome shook her head; she did not want the man killed

"You are forgiven, but I will not tolerate it again" Kagome stood with her arms crossed and no emotion in her face, sending the healer a glare. She never acted like this, but they had ruined her happy moment and treated her like a lab rat, and she just could not take it. She saw the healer bow two times, relieved while saying

"Thank you Lady Kagome" and then he went off. Then it was Sesshoumaru and Kagome left. They starred at each other. She did not know what to say. What can you possible talk to Sesshoumaru about?

'Hej Sesshy, so how many did you kill today?' or 'How many times did you kick Jaken today?' Kagome shook her head

'Yeah, when I think of Sesshoumaru, I think of an incredible handsome, piece of man, with very few emotions, portraying none, and deadly. Most of all deadly. But he does not kill without reason, so maybe I should stop giving him one?!' Kagome bowed

"Gomen Lord Sesshoumaru, I did not realize I could this until it happened. I let the anger get the best of me. Gomen again" she hoped he would accept it and not punish her

"I accept your apology, now remove the barrier" Kagome reluctantly did what he said. With one move from her hand, the barrier fell

"I see you have healed. We leave in 2 days" Kagome nodded, though she was confused

'I would have thought we would leave tomorrow, so he wouldn't have to smell another human in his home for too long' A gray haired woman, with grey eyes appeared next to Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru only nodded to the woman, as if there were a silent agreement between them, and then he left without a word. When Kagome got a better view of her, she would have guessed the woman to be around mid 50ies, if she had been human

"My name is Ruka, I am Sesshomaru-sama's protector" What happened next, she couldn't control. Kagome bursted into laughs. Ruka just starred in confusion. When Kagome could finally talk again she straightened up

"You were serious? The Great Lord Sesshoumaru , the strongest youkai ever has a protector?" Ruka nodded unaffected

"Why? The only reason I could imagine there were a need of a protector in an Inu clan, would be from when they were pups, and until they matured, but I did not imagine he would have a need of one as an adult and as a leader of the Western Lands" Kagome proclaimed confused. Ruka smiled gently at Kagome

"In Inu tradition, the protector stays till the Inu have mated" She then motioned for them to take a walk

"But why haven't he mated? I would imagine he could get whoever he wanted. At least to ensure a powerful mate who can birth him a strong heir, and maybe ally with another Land in the process" Ruka smirked

"Inu mate for life, and he have not been able to find a woman he could spend more than a day with" Kagome giggled at that and was showed into a big room filled with blue and white colors.

"This will be your room while you are here" Kagome looked around in awe over the beautiful décor

'Well at least I'm not sleeping in the dungeons or in the servant quarters' She did not know how Sesshoumaru's servants would have thought of that. Ruka opened a closet to reveal kimonos in every color

"It is really beautiful, thank you" Kagome bowed

"I will come to you, when it is time to eat" and with that Ruka bowed and left as quickly as she had appeared. Kagome looked around, not knowing what to do. She looked down at herself and decided she needed a change of clothes. So she opened the closet and after some deliberation, she chose a dark purple kimono, only 2 layers, brushed her hair, but chose to let it stay down. A low knock was heard on the door

"Come in" she answered and saw Ruka enter

"It is time for dinner Lady Kagome" Kagome stood and followed Ruka to the dining hall. She had been so transfixed on her surroundings that she had missed the route to her room. When she entered she saw Sesshoumaru was already in his seat at the end of the table, with Rin on his left and Jaken on his right

"Lady Kagome! Come and sit with Rin" Rin ran over and took Kagomes hand, before she even got to move, and pulled her towards the seat next to Rin. Before she sat down, she turned to Sesshoumaru and gave him a respectful bow

"Lord Sesshoumaru" she then joined Rin at the table. There was complete silence while they ate.

'I hate silence!' She didn't even know if she was allowed to talk, and she chose not to risk at, even though the silence made it all too… awkward… Kagome looked over at Rin. She was much quieter than she used to be. She shifted her gaze to Jaken. He seemed annoyed.

'Well, he doesn't like me that much, so his mood is understandable' and lastly she turned to look at Sesshoumaru. He too seemed annoyed.

'Wow, I didn't know they disliked me that much…' and it actually sadden Kagome

"May Rin be excused?" she heard Rin ask. She saw Sesshoumaru look at Rin's plate before he nodded his acceptance. Rin was out faster than she thought human possible, with Jaken right behind her. Before she herself could ask to be excused, Sesshoumaru spoke up

"Is something troubling you Miko?" Kagome frowned

"Yes, but first I would like to say I don't appreciate being called Miko, I would rather be called by my name, and why is everyone so gloomy?" Sesshoumaru rose an eyebrow

"Gloomy?" he said, trying out the unfamiliar word

"Yeah, you know… Rin is quite, and you and Jaken seems… really annoyed" Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at her

"It is none of your concern Miko" Kagome felt her eye twitch

'If he calls me that one more time!... I swear I will…'

"Fine then. How about if the Lordship has the time, that we leave today or tomorrow morning?" She wanted this over and done with

"This Sesshoumaru decides when to leave" Kagome frowned. She was getting tired of this Sesshoumaru this, and this Sesshoumaru that nonsense…

"Well, this Kagome need to know when to leave, so she knows how much time she will get with Rin…" just as she had finished the sentence, she found herself hanging from the wall with Sesshoumarus hand around her neck

"You will seize your mockery" he hissed. Kagome could see how his eyes shifted from gold to red nonstop, but she kept looking at him unimpressed

"I would if you stopped being so frustrating" she retorted. She felt his grip around her neck tightened, it was becoming very difficult to breathe. She unwillingly placed a hand on his wrist, small black dots was forming before her eyes

"I am the Lord of this house, and you will show more respect" he growled

"I will show you respect, when you show some in return!" she barely managed to get out. He threw her across the room. She couldn't help the gasp that came out when she banged into the wall hard. When she got up to her knees, she saw a very pissed of Taiyoukai. As fast as she could she raised a barrier. One stronger than usual, around her.

"That will not save you human" you could practically heard the venom in his voice. He came closer to the barrier

"It will hold long enough to get myself to and through the well if necessary" she responded, feeling her sore neck with her hand

"Remove the barrier" he ordered

"Only if you give me your word as the Lord of the Western Lands that you will not harm me during our trip to my time and during our stay my time" she didn't want to risk it without his word. Now, it was only a question on have much he wanted to see her time, and she had a feeling that he wasn't that interested, so what came next surprised her big time, even enough that the barrier almost fell from her surprise

"I Lord Sesshoumaru, Ruler of the Western Lands promise not to hurt the Miko Kagome until our journey is complete. Satisfied? Now remove the barrier" Kagome stood wide eyed, and open mouthed until she finally woke up from her 'surprise coma', and removed the barrier. In a flash Sesshoumaru stood in front of her with gaze in his hands. She looked up at him with a questioning look

"You are bleeding" he answered her unsaid question. Kagome looked down at herself, but found no wounds; she again looked up at him confused.

"Your head" he answered. She went over to the mirror on the wall, and saw a small gash on her forehead. She took the offered gaze, dipped it in water and cleaned the blood of. She had not seen how his eyes never left the wound in the mirror, but when she looked over at him, through the mirror he was already on his way out

"We will leave tomorrow morning" and with that he was gone.


Author:

Thanks for the reviews Ikutolover93 and LoveInTheBattleField , finally got the next chapter out. Will try and get the chapters out quick