Note : Thanks for all the great reviews everyone . And E.csi thank you. I didn't realize I had the wrong name of the weapon.

Last Chapter Summary - Kagome meets up with Sesshoumaru while walking through the forest. She finds him wounded and helps him out. She tells him of everything that happened with Inuyasha and Kikyo. He tells her of the flower he needs to find in order to save Rin's life. Kagome decides to go on the journey for the flower with him since she has no where else to go.

Love - Fate's Princess

Chapter 3 - An angels touch, Im sorry.

The rays of the rising sun pierced through the dark sky and brought the new day about. As the light hit Sesshoumaru, he awakened. He had slept well that night, although he couldn't seem to keep Kagome off his mind. He stretched a bit and looked around. The fire had gone out, a small cloud of smoke was left rising towards the sky. Kagome was still asleep, snuggled in her sleeping bag. All around her, the world was awaking. The birds were chirping, and teaching their young how to fly. Squirrels were hunting for acorns, bears were catching fish in the streams. Kagome, seemed immune to all of this. As the world kept turning, she stood still as if stuck in a dream. This made her all the more interesting to Sesshoumaru. As soon as she awoke though, she was life itself. He saw her fidget in her sleeping bag and open one eye. The first thing he noticed was a huge smile on her face. 'Why? Why is she always so damn happy? I thought she had her heart broken just yesterday.'

She had a certain effulgence to her. All around her, she sent out rays of happiness. Sesshoumaru watched in awe as the angel from heaven awoke and yawned. She stretched and looked over to where he was. Her bright brown eyes shining in the sunlight. Now that he saw her during the daylight, he admitted she looked all the more beautiful. "Morning." She stood up and walked over to where he was. Sesshoumaru said nothing. He sat still and watched as her rays engulfed him. She crouched next to him and started to inspect his wounds. The feel of her touch brought him back to reality.

He grabbed her hand rather tightly. "What do you think you are doing human?" She looked down to where he held her hand and blushed. At the thought of his comment however, she withdrew her hand away and glared at him. "Im trying to help! I cant help you if you're a stubborn ass! Now shut up and let me check your wounds." Both Kagome herself and Sesshoumaru where surprised by her reaction. 'I cant believe I said that. He could kill me.' They were still staring at each other. 'Hm, interesting. That's the first time anyone has ever spoken to me like that. I should kill her. I cant... I can.. im just bored.. I can... I can kill her. Cant I?' Sesshoumaru said nothing, only kept staring. She took his silence as an "okay."

She leaned over him and began to unwrap his bloody bandages. As she removed them, both her and Sesshoumaru were in shock. There was no wound, no scar, nothing. It disappeared. "What did you do to me girl?" He asked himself that question not only for his missing wound, but for the way he was feeling. 'What has she done to me?'

"I wish I knew..." She looked down at her hands, still in shock. 'Maybe these powers are a good thing.' She got up from her place next to him and walked over to her sleeping back. She picked up the sleeping bag and folded it once again. Before putting it back into her backpack, she took out an energy bar. It had been quite a while since she had anything to eat. She looked over towards Sesshoumaru. The same bored look was still on his face as he seemed to be deep in thought. "Would you like something to eat?"

He snapped out of his thoughts and looked at her. She was holding what seemed to be a weird looking stick. "No." He watched in amazement as she took off the sticks cover and a new texture arose. She took a bite of the bar and began to chew. Sesshoumaru didn't understand how she was able to eat twigs, but he decided to not question her.

"Whatever." She took another bite of the bar and set it down to put her sleeping bag into her backpack.

"So, where are we going?" Sesshoumaru stood up and began to put on his armor once again. Kagome blushed as she thought of his well built chest. She remembered the feel of his skin as she treated his wounds

"We are headed north to the Village of Chandra." Kagome picked up her backpack and began to walk over to Sesshoumaru. "How long will it take?" She had never heard of the Village of Chandra, but surely it couldn't be too far away. "3 to 5 days." Kagome didn't say anything. She only followed him as they begun their journey.

As Kagome thought of something to say, she studied his hair. It was a beautiful silver color, and silky looking. 'How does he keep it like that.' Kagome had a sudden erg to ask him, but she refrained. It might have made their situation even more awkward. "Why do you hate Inuyasha so much?" Kagome asked without thinking. The mention of his name made her shiver. 'Why did I ask that? Stupid, stupid, STUPID!' Kagome could not see his expression at this moment but she pictured it to be the same bored look as always. She had once herd someone refer to him as the prince of ice. Now she understood what they meant. 'Other than the occasional anger, he never shows a trace of emotion. And if he does, its gone in a few seconds. How irritating.'

Sesshoumaru took in Kagome's question. He thought it over and over again. 'Why do I hate Inuyasha?' He knew why, but he wasn't about to blurt it out to this worthless human. After a few minutes he finally replied. "That..." there was a long pause. He looked over his shoulder at her, his golden eyes piercing through her once again. She shivered from his look. "Is none of your business." He turned back around as if nothing had happened. Kagome felt even more stupid after his answer. 'I guess I have no right to pry into his private life.' "Im sorry." She looked down to her feet and watched them move automatically forward.

Sesshoumaru stopped but she didn't notice. Still looking at the ground, she bumped into him and fell to the ground. "Why?" he said cooly. No one had ever apologized to him the way she had. Usually apologies for him were out of fear, but not hers. To him it felt as if she thought she had offended him. Kagome blinked her eyes a few times. "What do you mean why?" She got up from the ground and dusted herself off.

"Why did you tell me you were sorry?"

Kagome smiled a sweet smile at him, "Because I don't think before I speak. I had no right to ask you such a question. It was none of my business and I am sorry for asking it. I did not mean to offend you."

Sesshoumaru looked at her, trying to take in everything she said. 'Humans are so confusing.' He turned around and kept walking. "You did not offend me."

Kagome stood in the same spot confused. 'What was with his sudden reaction?' After she realized she was being left behind, she quickly jogged up to him. "You know.. it wouldn't kill you to say 'im sorry' every now and then. You knocked me to the ground and said nothing. Where I come from that is considered very rude!" She sounded annoyed. A small grin appeared on his face, but no one saw. "I did not knock you to the ground as you put it. You were the one who bumped into me."

"Hmpf, well it was still rude!" This is not the type of conversation Kagome had in mind, but it was better than nothing. They continued to head north throughout the entire day. Kagome didn't mind all the walking, she was used to it from when she collected Jewel shards. She missed those days. She thought of Sango, Miroku, and Shippou. 'I wish I could have said something to them when I arrived. I miss them.' She spent most of the day thinking and studying her surroundings. She often thought of Sesshoumaru. She tried to come up for an explanation as to why he was the way he was. 'Face it, he just has no heart and enjoys killing.' That seemed to be the most probable explanation, but Kagome seemed to think otherwise. 'Sure, he seems to enjoy killing. But... maybe he's sad? Lonely. If I were him I would get lonely often. He looks... sad. I wish there was something I could do.'

Kagome knew he was lonely. He'd never show it, but she could tell. She didn't want him to be lonely, she wanted him to smile. The sun was beginning to set. Kagome stopped for a second to admire the colors of the sky. 'Yellows, reds, purples...' She distinguished the different colors in the sky. Sesshoumaru looked back to find Kagome staring at the sky. He smiled. The glow of the setting sun upon her, her hair blowing in the wind, her careless expression of joy. To him, she was truly an angel on earth. "Hurry up!" He said coldly. Kagome ran to catch up with him and they continued walking.

After another hour, the sun was completely gone and the moon was out. It was once again hard to see. Kagome had stumbled over quite a few tree roots by now. She watched Sesshoumaru as he walked. He looked as if he was floating on air. Such grace and poise. Sesshoumaru found Kagome having a hard time keeping up with him and he decided to stop. They were by an opening next to a small lake. "We'll rest here for tonight." Kagome instantly dropped her bag and fell to the floor. 'Thank god! I thought I was going to die.' She looked over to the lake, 'Hm.. maybe I'll be able to take a quick bath.' She looked over to Sesshoumaru. She didn't quite trust him, but for a bath, she decided to take her chances.

"Hey Sesshoumaru.." Sesshoumaru was taking his armor off. 'Why does he even wear that?'

"Hm." Replied Sesshoumaru.

"Umm... would... um.. would you mind if I go take a bath?" She was blushing a light shade of pink. Sesshoumaru sat on the ground by a tree. He didn't understand her question. "No?" Kagome laughed nervously, "Okay... great.." They stared at each other for a few minutes. "Well?" She finally said. "Shouldn't you be going?"

"Why?" Sesshoumaru was left dumbfounded. "Because! Im going to take a bath. Its not like im just going to bathe with you watching me!"

Sesshoumaru stood up and began to walk into the forest. "Believe me girl. There is nothing to look at." 'Yes there is... there is plenty to look at. I want to look at you. I want to touch you. I want to hold you.' Sesshoumaru was soon giving in to his lustful thoughts.

Kagome didn't take his last comment too seriously. She was quite annoyed with him however. 'What a jerk!' She walked over next to the lake, along with her backpack. She pulled out her soap, shampoo and a towel and laid them on the bag. She quickly undressed and jumped into the lake. 'Oh.. this feels so good.' She washed herself everywhere taking off all the dirt from the previous day. As she put the shampoo in her hair, she thought of Sesshoumaru. 'What if he's watching me right now? He has good eyes right? ..nah... he wouldn't do that. Would he?' Dismissing the thought, she dove into the water once again and rinsed her hair. She laid back on a rock and relaxed a bit. 'I wonder how everything is going at home. I...I.. Want Sesshoumaru to be here with me right now...' Kagome blushed. 'What am I thinking... I don't care about him. I...I don't..'

She got out of the lake and dried herself off with the towel. She pulled out a sleeping gown from her backpack. 'Thank god I brought this along. That uniform is so uncomfortable to sleep in.' Making sure no one was around, she let the towel drop and she quickly slipped into the gown.

Sesshoumaru felt he had given her enough time and decided to walk back. When he arrived, he stopped dead in his tracks. A few yards away from him was Kagome, her back facing him. She had just finished pulling her gown up to her lower back when he got there. 'She has a lovely back...' Sesshoumaru watched her every move attentively. She pulled the straps of the gown over her shoulder, and most of her back was now covered by it. Sesshoumaru gulped. It was a light white color, a bit transparent in the parts where it was wet from her hair. His heart began to beat a little faster. The gown hugged her body in all the right places.

Kagome walked over to the lake and packed up her things. She quickly turned around when she heard someone behind her. Sesshoumaru walked out of the woods and took his place by a tree once again. Kagome gasped, "How long have you been there?"

"Don't worry. I just got here." Kagome couldn't tell wether he was telling the truth or not, but decided to let it go. She pulled out her sleeping bag and set it a few feet away from Sesshoumaru. She took out a brush from her backpack and sat on her sleeping bag. Sesshoumaru watched her fondly as she brushed her hair. The light from the moon made it seem as if she was glowing. As a soft wind passed by, Sesshoumaru caught a sniff of her scent. It smelt even better than before. Her smell was truly intoxicating to him. Kagome saw him staring at her from the corner of her eye, but said nothing. Sesshoumaru thought of jumping on her, ripping her clothes off and making her his at this very moment, but resisted. 'It wouldn't be right to do such a thing with a filthy human. ... and... I.. I wouldn't want to hurt her.' He shook his head and looked up at the moon.

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Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku and Shippou searched for Kagome all day, but there was still no trace of her. They all had an expression of worry on their face. All, except Inuyasha. He really had no expression on his face at all. There was no hint of worry, sadness, or happiness.

Deep down, Inuyasha was very worried about her, but he knew Kagome could take care of herself when she needed to. 'Besides, she'll come back. She always comes back.'

"Inuyasha? Im really worried about her. She could be in danger, or worse." Sango stared at him and waited for an answer.

Inuyasha looked away from her and up to the sky. "She's fine." Sango's face became red with anger. "How can you be so damn calm? Kagome could be dead!"

'She's not.' Inuyasha didn't reply. He kept looking up towards the sky at the setting sun.

Miroku walked over to Sango and put a hand on her shoulder. She looked back at him and he shook his head as if telling her to calm down. "Maybe she went back to her time?" Miroku looked towards Inuyasha for any sign of emotion.

'She didn't. I would have felt it.' He turned around and commenced to walk into the forest. "Maybe."

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Kagome had a hard time sleeping that night. Her mixed feelings kept her from sleeping. She was thinking of Inuyasha. Just the thought of his name made her sink a little lower in her own pool of sorrow. She looked over to her side and noticed Sesshoumaru asleep. The soft moonlight on his skin made him seem supernatural. He looked like such an innocent little child. Kagome had to admit, she had developed some feeling for Sesshoumaru. 'Not love, no not love. I cant love him... can I?' She thought of how Sesshoumaru was so cold towards others. He'd close the door in their face and never let anyone get near him. He had no feelings. 'What about Rin?' Kagome thought about how Sesshoumaru saved Rin's life, and was now on a quest to save it once again. 'He really does have feelings... I..I... I could love him.'

Dismissing the thought, she carefully stood up from her sleeping bag. She kept her eyes on Sesshoumaru for any sign of movement. She didn't want to wake him. She carefully made her way over to the lake. 'Maybe a walk will help me clear my mind.' She walked by the shore of the lake. The rays of the moon made the water glitter a soft white color. Without noticing, she had wandered away from the camp site. She didn't think too much of it though. As she kept trying to sort out her feelings, she heard the sound of a twig snapping behind her.

She quickly turned around. "Sesshoumaru? Is that you?" She squinted trying to look for any sign of a figure. When she finally found one, she gasped and took a few steps back. What she saw, was not Sesshoumaru. It looked like a werewolf in some ways, but not completely. She noticed it had large fangs coming out from its mouth. Drool dripping from them. It had large pointed fingernails, dripping with blood. Kagome's body began to shake. She tried to scream, but no voice came out. The demon took a few steps closer to her. She saw him more clearly in the moonlight. His body wasn't as harry as a werewolves. He had long black hair that reached down to his hips. His eyes were a red color. On his right cheek he had three red stripes.

He growled at her. Kagome did the first thing she thought of. She picked up a large rock and threw it at him. The demon growled even louder and knocked her down to the ground with one quick thrust of his arm. Kagome was still in shock.

Sesshoumaru awoke to loud growling noises. He looked over to his side and noticed Kagome was gone. 'Shit!' He quickly got up and ran in the direction of her scent. 'Hold on kagome.'

As the demon was about to strike, Kagome closed her eyes. After a few seconds of nothing happening, she opened her eyes. In front of her stood Sesshoumaru. His sword was jabbed in the middle of the demons stomach. Sesshoumaru withdrew the sword and the demon stumbled back in pain. '... he... he saved me.' Kagome's eyes were glittering with emotion. Sesshoumaru fell to the ground on one knee soon after he pulled out the sword. With his free hand, he held on to his side. 'Damn!' Kagome looked in the direction of his hand. Blood. 'Oh no! He's bleeding.' A tear escaped her eye. 'Its all my fault.'

At the scent of salt, Sesshoumaru reacted. "Don't cry." Her eyes only began to water more. He turned his head around to face her and smiled. He hated tears. Kagome looked past him to the demon. The demon got up and began to charge at Sesshoumaru. Kagome gasped. Sesshoumaru turned his head to watch the demon coming his way. 'Shit... I cant move.' Before Sesshoumaru attempted to do something, he saw Kagome run in front of him. 'Is she crazy? What is she doing?'

Kagome began to glow a soft white color. In a quick flash, a wave of light was released from her body blinding both the demon and Sesshoumaru for a few seconds. The demon stumbled backwards and fell to the ground. When Sesshoumaru finally got his vision back, he gasped at what he saw. Now in front of him was Kagome with angel wings coming out from her back. They were the purest color of white he had ever seen. Their glow was truly enchanting. "Kagome..." he whispered. His eyes began to glitter.

The demon was now up once again, and ready to charge. Sesshoumaru watched as Kagome lifted one hand in front of herself. She turned her head quickly to glance at him. He saw a tear escape her eye and fly off with the wind. She turned back to face the demon. A bright beam of energy came from her hand. It was a soft white-pink color. The demon shielded his eyes from the beam as it came in contact with him. The demon growled in pain. In a few seconds he was reduced to nothing but ash. Sesshoumaru was still in shock. 'Where did this power come from? Why does she have wings? I thought she was human?'

The beam disappeared and Kagome turned around to face Sesshoumaru. Both their eyes glittered as they locked. She smiled a sad smile. "Im... Im.. sorry." Sesshoumaru blinked. 'She said it again. Why? She has nothing to be sorry about.' In another wave of bright light Kagome's Wings disappeared. Sesshoumaru caught her as she fell to the ground unconscious. He looked down towards his wound. It was gone. He looked back at the Unconscious Kagome in his arms. Her expression was a troubled one.

Sesshoumaru leaned in and kissed her forehead gently. "Don't be sorry Kagome." He picked her up in both his arms and started to walk back to the camp site. "You did well." He smiled down at the now peaceful expression on her face.

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Soooo what do you think? 'grin' I really like this chapter :)