Chapter 3

Sesshomaru woke up that morning and immediately did everything he possibly could with both of his arms. Though he would not admit it, he was very thankful and excited about receiving his arm. He went out to the garden and began to watch his young ward, Rin, playing in the field and picking random flowers to put in his hair.

"OH MY GOSH!" Rin said finally noticing his arm, "How did you get your arm back Lord Sesshomaru?"

"Remember that girl I told you about, Rin?"

"Uh'huh! The Lady you told me to stay away from until you said otherwise?"

"Yes, she gave it back to me."

"Why?" Rin asked.

"I don't know, Rin… She just did it."

"Me likes the lady already."

"Well Rin, You must stay away from her, okay?"

"Okay… me no understand why, but me do as me is told."

"I, Rin…"

"What?" Rin said looking up at him confused.

"You don't always say me when referring to yourself. Sometimes you will have to say I."

"Well I want to go play with Amani!"

"That's better. Go on and play." Sesshomaru said as she ran off to Amani and Sesshomaru walked inside.

Sesshomaru made his way over to Kagome's room and stopped. He stood by the door and stared at his arm and moving it around. He still felt very strange with it, but liked the fact that he had it back.

Sesshomaru entered Kagome's room and walked over to her bed. She was still asleep. He laid his hand on her shoulder and shook her roughly, though he didn't think it was rough.

"AH!" Kagome yelled as she sat up quickly and looked up at him, "WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT!"

"Do what?" he asked her.

"Why did you shake me like that? It hurt you know!" she yelled as she held her right arm.

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at her. Yesterday she was hardly talking and now she was raising her voice at him. This girl was way to confusing. Kagome closed her eyes as a few tears left them, waiting for the pain in her arm to subside. Once it had, she looked up at Sesshomaru shocked.

"When the hell did you get your arm back?" she asked him, "Come to think of it, why am I here?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Why am I here with you?" She said as she began to panic, "Where is Inuyasha?!"

"What the…" Sesshomaru stared at her actually showing some confusion on his face.

"What did you do? Kidnap me?" she said jumping off the bed and ignoring the pain in her body, "Inuyasha isn't going to give you the Tetsusaiga for me, you know!"

"AKIRA!!" Sesshomaru called out for his consultant.

After a moment or two, the man that interrogated Kagome the night before ran through the door. Kagome stared at him as if he was crazy. After catching his breath, Akira walked over to Sesshomaru and bowed.

"Yes, milord?" he said.

"What is wrong with her?!" he asked demanding an answer.

"What do you mean, milord?"

"She acts as if she remembers nothing! She woke up and didn't even know why she was here and acts as if Inuyasha will be coming for her!"

"What are you talking about? He will come!" Kagome said.

"Milady…" Akira walked up to her slowly, "Do you not remember anything that happened last night?"

"What are you talking about?" she asked.

"You can't remember the fight with Inuyasha? Or the fact that you came here with Sesshomaru willingly?"

"What are you talking about!? I would never…" Kagome held her head and looked up at them She really remembered nothing. She backed up and sat down on the bed with her arms crossed.

"What do we do about this?" Sesshomaru asked.

"I don't know… The only thing I can think of is that, the shock of what happened last night was too much for her… So her mind blocked it out completely."

"Blocked what out?" Kagome asked.

"Kagome, last night you fought a very long battle with Kikyou… Almost to the death." Akira explained. After about ten minutes of Akira explaining everything that Sesshomaru had told him and Sesshomaru feeling in the blanks, Kagome was very confused.

"I don't understand… Inuyasha would never do that, would he?" Kagome asked as tears flew down her cheeks, "No! He wouldn't! I don't believe you!"

"Lady Kagome…" Akira said, but was interrupted.

"NO! TAKE ME BACK TO INUYASHA!" she demanded.

"If you take her back milord, she might remember what went on…"

"I will take her…"

Sesshomaru went back to his roughness and grabbed Kagome by the shoulder. She fought some as she was dragged off. Once they were out side, AhUn landed in front of them. Sesshomaru sat her down on AhUn's back and they quickly took off. Kagome glared at Sesshomaru, wondering why he was being so cooperative.

Inuyasha and the rest began on their journey toward the Western Lands. They had been walking for a couple hours and were already getting tired. They stopped walking in the middle of a large valley and began to rest. Miroku. Sango, and Shippo kept their distance from Inuyasha and the pottery project as much as possible.

"Do you think Kagome is okay?" Sango asked.

"She will be fine…" Miroku reassured Sango.

"But even after last night?"

"She will be okay Sango. I know it."

Suddenly, the group heard a loud growl coming from Inuyasha. They looked over to him and saw him stand up and pull Tetsusaiga from its sheath.

"What is it Inuyasha?" Kikyou asked.

"Sesshomaru…" he hissed.

Sango, Miroku, and Shippo just got excited. The looked around and saw AhUn land on a large cliff. Sesshomaru landed beside them and Kagome jumped off of the two-headed dragon.

"There they are Kagome…" Sesshomaru said as Kagome looked down and gasped.

"Why is Kikyou there?" she asked.

"I wasn't lying to you." He said.

"So Inuyasha really did bring her and the fight really happened?" she asked.

"How do you think you got those wounds?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Wow, I must really be pathetic then…" She said looking at Kikyou, "She doesn't have a scratch on her."

Kagome's eyes widened and she gasped loudly no longer able to breathe. Sesshomaru looked at her, his eyes narrowed as he saw them go from the blue they once were to all brown. She was a void again. All the memories of the night before flew through Kagome's mind as fast as light itself.

Kagome couldn't take everything being thrown at her at once and fell forward. Quickly, Sesshomaru jumped for her and grabbed her arm.

"KAGOME!" Sango yelled as she watched her friend almost fall off a cliff.

"Oh thank god…" Miroku said letting out a held breath once Kagome was caught.

"Stupid bitch, why couldn't he have just let her fall." Kikyou said crossing her arms.

Suddenly a burst of what looked like lightening came forward, passing Kikyou up by maybe a foot. Kikyou fell back onto her ass and looked up to see what the hell happened.

"YOU'RE MINE BITCH!" Kagome yelled.

"What the hell?" Inuyasha stared at Kagome in shock.

"How did she do that?" Miroku asked.

Kagome stood on the top of the cliff with Sesshomaru's Tokijin in hand. How did she send anything from that blade? It was shocking that she could hold it before, but to be able to send such a wave of power out was out of everyone's comprehension.

"I told you…" Sango said as everyone looked to her, "She isn't the Kagome we knew anymore."

"But she is still Kagome!" Shippo said, "She will come back!"

"Her soul is as black as that demon sword, Shippo…" Sango said staring at her friend, "Now, I don't even know if it's possible to bring her back."

"LEAVE THESE LANDS!" Kagome yelled to Kikyou, "THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING YOU BITCH!"

"What are you going to do if we don't?" Kikyou said as she stood up and looked at Kagome with her arms crossed.

"Do you really want to find out?" Kagome said as an evil smirk slid across her lips and she raised the Tokijin once more.

Sesshomaru watched curiously as Kagome's hand began to turn black. Inuyasha grabbed Kikyou and pulled her away.

"We have to go!" He said, "I have seen what that sword can do and Sesshomaru will not let me interfere! I wouldn't be able to protect you Kikyou."

"Fine…" Kikyou said as she and Inuyasha ran off.

"Thank you…" Inuyasha said relieved.

"KAGOME! NO MATTER WHAT YOUR LIFE WILL BE MINE!" Kikyou yelled as they all left.

"BRING IT ON BITCH!!! BRING IT ON!!!" Kagome yelled at the top of her lungs.

Sango, Miroku and Shippo followed Inuyasha and Kikyou, though they didn't want to. They just didn't want to see Kagome the way she was now. It scared them all.

Once they were all out of sight Kagome fell to her knees and dropped the sword to the floor. She held her hand and stared at it. The skin had burnt from the resistance the sword showed. She didn't want to show any weakness, so she held on the best she could hold on.

"You're a brave girl." Sesshomaru said as he picked her up and set her down on AhUn's back.

"Thank you for not hurting me Sesshomaru…" She said as tears flew down her cheeks.

"What would I have hurt you for?"

"I just took your sword from its sheath without permission. I know I should not have done it."

"If I decide to punish you, it will be later."

Kagome nodded at this and they took to the sky. When he looked at her, Sesshomaru saw the same empty void that he had seen the day before. For a moment there, her eyes were filled with color, but now they were back to nothing.

After about ten minutes of very fast flying, Sesshomaru and Kagome arrived at a large cave. She looked around at everything, her face still emotionless, as she wondered why they weren't at the castle.

"We will stay here for a few days." Sesshomaru said as they landed at the entrance.

Kagome didn't say anything. Sesshomaru walked over to AhUn and lifted her up off of the two-headed dragon. He carried her inside the large cave and continued to walk deeper and deeper into the darkness.

"Where are we going…" Kagome said faintly with an emotionless voice.

"Somewhere to make you yourself again…" he said as he thought, 'Hopefully…'

They continued walking deeper into the darkness of the cave as Kagome just laid in his arms, not caring about anything anymore. At the end of the cave a light began shining through onto Kagome's face. She closed her eyes as the light increased and they entered a large area.

Once she felt her eyes were adjusted, she opened them and was shocked at what she saw. Inside this mountain was a large waterfall and a small lake where it fell in. The grass was perfectly green and flowers grew everywhere.

"I took Rin here when she first became my ward." Sesshomaru said, "She hadn't spoken since her real parents had died and I brought her here. After a few days, she was happy again."

"Why try to make people happy, Sesshomaru?"

"I only do this because I owe you, so don't take it any other way."

"What are you talking about?" she asked as he laid her down.

"You gave me my arm back…" he said as he turned away from her and walked over to a large tree.

Kagome sat up and looked over to him. She stared expressionlessly at him as he sat down under the tree and began to rest. She looked out on to the lake and closed her eyes as a soft breeze made its way through the mountain and across her face.

She sat there for hours, not saying anything or really even thinking anything. She looked over to Sesshomaru and noticed he was asleep. The breeze cooled and Kagome began to shiver. She, reluctantly, crawled over to Sesshomaru, too lazy to stand up, and laid by his side.

Sesshomaru felt this and did wake up, but for some reason did not push her away. The words from his consultant Akira, 'Treat her with kindness' kept going through his mind, so he allowed her to.

Kagome sat there for a moment looking up at the demon lord and then laid her head on his shoulder. She closed her eyes and yawned as she began falling to sleep on Sesshomaru's shoulder.

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