~Dewa Fortress by the Sea ~ 2 days later~
"Okay I have another one" said Kagome making Rin giggle.
Sesshomaru smiled, his eyes closed as he lay down in the open field with Rin and Kagome. The sun warmed the otherwise cold earth and grass, while a gentle spring breeze drifted by. The day had been too nice to stay within the fortress so he decided to take Rin and Kagome to the field on top of the small cliff where the fortress sat overlooking the ocean. He was lying in a blanket while Rin used his stomach as a pillow on his left side; she was brushing the pelt of his tail whereas Kagome laid on the right side of his stomach throwing several riddles at him.
"No references to your era?" he asked lazily, his eyes still closed but his senses on alert as always.
"No" she said while she took a white daisy and started to pluck the petals "You have a basket containing ten apples. You have ten friends, who each desire an apple. You give each of your friends' one apple. After a few minutes each of your friends has one apple each, yet there is an apple remaining in the basket…..How?"
He laughed internally at her riddle, proud at her wit and intelligence.
Rin giggled "Kagome is determined to stump you otousan" she said the laughed when his tail tickled her.
Rin has been trying to get in the habit to call him father now as per his request…as well as Kagome.
"There has to be something he doesn't know" said Kagome then laughed when she heard his customary answer of 'hn' "So do you know the answer?"
"Each friend has an apple but one took both the apple with the basket"
Kagome grumbled "Darn….I thought that one would have done it"
"Why are trying to test my intelligence little one?" he asked opening his eyes and looked down at her raven head resting on his silk clad stomach.
"Because I am determined to find something you don't know" she said turning her head to look at him "It's scary how perfect you are sometimes"
"Shouldn't all daughters think their fathers are perfect?" he asked with a small smirk.
She laughed "I suppose so" she said then snapped her fingers "Okay try this one"
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes; one had to admire her tenaciousness at times.
"How much dirt is in a hole a foot wide, nine inches long, and three and a half feet deep?"
"That is your riddle?" he asked, baffled and fascinated. His kotori had to be the smartest girl he had ever met.
"Yes" she said "You obviously can't be beat in logical riddles, so I thought I'd try math"
He sighed "There is no dirt in the hole and that was a trick question" he then reached over the her small leather bound book and handed it to her "Why don't you start reading again, we are not finished with today's' lessons"
She looked at the book that he placed in front of her face, took it and flipped through the different sonnets until she found the one where she left off and started to read.
Those hours, that with gentle work did frame
The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell,
Will play the tyrants to the very same
And that unfair which fairly doth excel;
For never-resting time leads summer on
To hideous winter, and confounds him there;
Sap checked with frost, and lusty leaves quite gone,
Beauty o'er-snowed and bareness every where:
Then were not summer's distillation left,
A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass,
Beauty's effect with beauty were bereft,
Nor it, nor no remembrance what it was:
But flowers distilled, though they with winter meet,
Leese but their snow; their substance still sweet
Sesshomaru opened his eyes once she finished the sonnet.
"What did the poet want to capture in this sonnet?" he asked.
"It sounds like the poet is remembering his love of the seasons" said Rin with a small frown on her face "'Sap checked with frost' he's talking about the trees and how they change in winter" she said then turned to look at her lord "Is that right?"
Sesshomaru nodded "In part yes, that was very good Rin" he said to the small child then looked at Kagome "and what do you think the poet is trying to say?"
"I think he is lamenting time and how he longs for his youth again by comparing it to the flowers 'flowers distilled, though they with winter meet, Leese but their snow; their substance still sweet' he is longing to capture youth and extract it like you would perfume"
"Also very good" he said "The poet weeps the progress of the years, which will play havoc with the young man's beauty. Human life is like the seasons. Spring, summer, autumn's maturity and fruition followed by the hideous winter. Nothing is left of summer's beauty except for the remembrance of things beautiful. He wishes to distill the substance in which beauty is preserved and find a way to retain his own youth" he looked down to see both of them thinking the sonnet over.
"I see that now" said Rin then looked over to him "We won't have to distill flowers for youth though will we?" she smiled.
Sesshomaru placed a hand on her head "No my Rin. Once you reach a mature age like Kagome I too will place my seal on you and grant you my lifespan"
Kagome closed her eyes and started to hum a little tune while playing with some strands of his air. The birds where singing overhead and a nice cool breeze picked up the scent of the ocean in the back ground, a perfect day.
"When do we have go back?" asked Kagome twirling a daisy between two fingers.
"I have not decided as of yet" said his deep voice "Why do you ask kotori?"
"I like it here" she said then sat up and turned to look down at his relaxed face "You have more time to spend with us here, you seem more relaxed and I love the ocean air"
Sesshomaru looked up at her happy face and growled deep in his chest. Lifting up a hand he gently caressed her cheek. When he had figured out what his inner demon wanted for the first time he was hesitant and even a bit skeptical on how it was possible to view the young girl as a daughter but the more time spent in her company the more and more he had come to realize that even though she was considered an adult in this era, she was far too innocent. Her eyes didn't hold any shadows that come with the harsh realities of life despite her battle with Naraku. She was still a child at heart and it was that essence that started to change his view of her. Though woman on the outside she appeared, her heart, soul and spirit was as bright, optimistic and carefree as a child's. And so, in these past months, he had come to understand what it meant to have someone to protect and care for. Rin and Kagome became the daughters of his heart, they were his pups and with that acceptance he gained inner peace and understanding.
"We can stay until the next new moon if it pleases you" he said to her.
"Really? You don't need to get back right away?" she asked.
Sesshomaru nodded to her "They can managed a month with me away"
"Thank you otousan" she said then leaned down and gave him a peck on the cheek "You're the best! Come on Rin….lets go down to the water"
Sesshomaru blinked at the swiftness of her kiss and her words then felt his inner demon purr contently. She called him father for the first time since he brought her home and was surprised on how….right it felt.
He sat up and looked over at their retreating figures making their way down the hill and shook his head.
"Seki….Hoki" he called out knowing the two guards where never too far behind.
They dropped out of the trees and kneeled in front of him "Yes my lord"
"Look after them and do not let Kagome wander off too far" he said getting up and started to walk towards the fortress. He may be away from the castle but he was still lord and still had responsibilities.
He scoffed as he remembered what InuYasha shouted to him "She's not my pup my ass" he muttered under his breath rarely did he used profanity, it was beneath him but for the feeling of smug satisfaction he was radiating, he deemed it necessary.
8
8
Hoki watched from a distance Kagome as she picked up a sea shell and showed it to Rin. The ocean air played with her dark raven hair, the gown she had on was a soft cream color that gave her a youthful appearance.
"Are you still determined to court her?"
Hoki looked at his brother and sighed "I do not want to lose her" he said smiling when she lifted up her dress to her calves and walked towards the edge of the shore "She is the only female I have ever known to stir these kinds of emotions within me and I don't care if lord InuYasha is stronger. I will find a way to get stronger and defeat him"
Seki shook his head "I don't think it will be that easy. The Tetsusaiga has never been defeated and even if he were to fight without it the young prince still have the Sankon Tesso and Hijin Kesso as a weapon, not easy to dodge or overpower. He may be hanyou but he has perfected how to channel his youkai into his attacks"
Hoki growled low in his throat when he remembered the demon lord and how much power he yielded.
"Hoki! Seki! Come on you two!" called out the voice of Rin "It's lunch time!"
Hoki snapped out of his thoughts to see that Kagome was already making her way up the path towards the fortress. He quickly followed the retreating form of the woman who captured his heart and promised himself that one day….he would be worthy enough to be her mate.
8
8
8
Kagome sat up in her bed and looked around the room.
What had woken her up?
Glancing around, she got up and walked over to the window and looked out towards the forest and sighed. She was feeling that strange call again.
With an air of determination she pulled her dark blue silk robe over her thin white nightgown and silently walked towards the door of her room. Thank goodness that tonight just happened to be the one night that her alpha decided to let them sleep in their own room since he had some matters to attend to.
Peeking out of her door, she headed out into the hallway and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that everyone was asleep. Her feet didn't make a sound as she swiftly crossed the long corridor and out to the main hall and out the large doors. She breathed evenly as she ran out into the night, unafraid of what might be lurking within the shadows.
She followed the pull, the compulsion leading her to the large orchard of cherry blossom trees that where a few minutes away from the fortress. The dark pink of the blossoms in the moonlight caught her breath, it was stunning.
She looked around walking deeper into the orchard then stopped when she saw a man clad in red sitting by the base of a tree. His head was down, one leg stretched out in front while the other was bent.
She knew him.
"I know you" she said to him softly "You're the hanyou that my alpha said tried to force yourself on me…..your trying to take me away from my family"
She now wished she would have ignored the compulsion. She stepped back getting ready to run when he looked at her. Those golden eyes that resembled her beloved adoptive father's so much where looking at her with such longing and regret that it made her stop and frown.
"I would never have done anything to purposely hurt you Kagome" his voice was deep and gruff igniting a feeling recollection within her heart.
"What do you mean?" she said then felt anger rise up "My otousan is not a liar" she said hurt that anyone would even dare to taint his name. Her alpha was a good man and she would be damned if anyone tries to tell her otherwise.
She watched him as he looked at her, his face shocked by her words.
"He is not your real father Kagome" he said then sighed "and I'm not saying that he is lying to you" he got up and walked closer to her "Over two years ago you, me, our friends, along with Sesshomaru united to defeat a half demon named Naraku"
That name sent shivers down her spin though she didn't know why but she ignored it and listened to what the demon was saying.
"I was placed under a spell shortly after that by an undead priestess" he sighed and rubbed his face with one clawed hand "It made me….unstable. Yes I tried to attack you and take you forcefully as my mate but I was not myself Kagome" he looked up at her and she gasped when she saw the intensity of his emotions burning through his golden depths "You broke the spell on my mind then Sesshomaru came and took you away. I wanted to see you….apologize for what I almost did and to tell you that…I would never hurt you"
Gods he wanted to embrace her, to hold her but he didn't want to scare her off either. He drank in her beautiful face, her lovely sky blue eyes and her small petite figure. She's changed so much in his eyes, grown into a dazzling woman, alluring and exotic that it made him ache to be with her. He knew that her outer beauty was dimed in comparison to her inner beauty. Her heart, so open and honest that didn't judge or ridicule others, her compassion for every living thing, her loyalty, her love and her defiant and brave spirit. She was the light in his world and the woman he vowed to have as his life mate.
"If that's true…then Sesshomaru must not have known you were under the spell" she said making him almost snort, her trust in his brother was mind-boggling.
"I asked for a chance to prove myself so that I can come back into the pack" he said deciding it was best for now to not say anything bad about Sesshomaru, she was thoroughly brain washed.
He watched as she regarded him for a moment "Why do you look so much like him?"
InuYasha's eyes widen at her question "You mean he never told you?" he said then growled throwing his hand up in the air "Unbelievable!"
"What?" she asked bewildered by his outburst.
"I'm his younger half-brother"
Kagome felt her world turn on its axis. He was her alpha's younger brother?
"Wh….why do you not live in the castle then?" she asked almost in a whisper.
"I'm an omega" he said leaning against a tree and folded his hands into the bellowing sleeves of his red haori "I was out-casted by him years ago that's why I asked him for a way back in"
"Why?" she asked walking closer to him without realizing that she was doing it "Why where you banned in the first place?"
"I am a half demon" he said with a shrug like if that was a good enough reason for her.
"And what does that have anything to do with it?" she said blinking utterly confused. The Sesshomaru she knew and loved would not turn up his nose at bloodline. He took in both Rin and herself, treated them like treasured daughters and they were human…there had to be something else.
"I can see what you're thinking Kagome and honestly I don't really have a good enough answer for you that won't entitle smearing the perfect image you have of Sesshomaru. The honest truth is that he's always been an ass to me and I have been banned from his pack"
Kagome shook her head, she refused to believe that Sesshomaru could be that cruel and yet….there was something about the man in front of her that made her heart go out to him.
"There has to be some other reason" she said more to herself than to him "I can't believe that he would just throw you to the curb without a good reason"
"Oh he did give me a reason" he said "But I rather not talk about it. Okay so other than him being an ass, I admit that yes I did fuck up….big time but that's been over 50 years ago, cant he just get over it?" he said.
She should have been appalled by his language but for some reason…..she wasn't.
She knew him.
That much she was able to tell. His face was so rugged and handsome, his eyes a shade darker than her alpha, his hair a darker hue of silver. He was a bit shorter than Sesshomaru but he still held an air authority and power. He was achingly familiar. She walked closer to him until she had to look up at him and lifted her hand, brushing his cheek gently.
InuYasha wanted to pull her into his body and bury his face into the thick curtain of her hair until he was drunk on her scent but instead stood still while she touched his face gently.
"I know you….don't I?" she whispered softy to him "I feel…..something" she said as her hand brushed some of his bangs away from his right eye.
"Yeah" he said quietly "I have been at your side since you came into this era when you were 15 years old"
"What changed?"
"The spell" he said sadly "I know you don't remember…and honestly I sometimes think it's best that you don't but if you don't remember then how will you know why I'm so sorry?" he said sighing deeply taking her hand that was on his cheek and turned his face into her palm and breathed in her scent "How can you ever know how much I have missed you? Or how fuckin much I regret what happened?"
She felt her heart leap in to her throat. She could almost feel the force of his emotions swirl around her like a warm blanket; could smell his earthly, woodsy scent so different from Sesshomaru's clean cool scent. He smelled of the forest after the rain and of sandalwood, musky and fresh, alluring and memorable.
"Your name is InuYasha…right?" she asked "I remembered that is what they called you"
"Yeah that me" he said with a chuckle then lifted his head up and inhaled the night air "I think it's best if you get back. I don't want you to get in trouble" he reluctantly let go of her hand.
Kagome blinked and looked around then up at the night sky. It was very late and if her lord found her out of bed…she shuddered to think of the consequences and yet….she didn't want to leave this demon. The longing in her heart to be with him was almost over whelming.
Seeing her hesitation to leave him he leaned down and nuzzled her cheek gently while his buried his claws in to her hair "Kagome…my sweet Kagome" he breathed against her skin "You don't know how much I wish to be with you like in the old days"
She closed her eyes and leaned into him, trusting in her instincts that were telling her that he was someone dear to her.
"I don't want to leave" she admitted "I want to know about us, about why I feel this strange connection to you and why I didn't know any of this before"
He growled deep in his chest, his demon pleased with her hesitation to leave him that she was following her instincts like an Inuyoukai would. It amazed him how much braver he was telling her how he felt knowing that she didn't hold her past memoires. He still wanted her to regain them but for now he would savor her ignorance to the past and take the warmth she offered.
"I can't stay here and you need to go back" he pulled away and looked down at her "Meet me out here again in three days. I need to leave and make sure Sesshomaru's guards don't catch my scent and purify your scent before you get within the fortress. Sesshomaru has a strong nose and he will smell me on you a mile away"
"But won't he be suspicious when his own scent is purified?" She asked then rolled her eyes "Never mind, I'll just roll around in my bed for a while, his scent should be clinging on to the sheets"
InuYasha wanted to growl at that information but let it go. Sesshomaru saw her like a pup…nothing more.
She looked into his eyes "Three days?" she asked with a small smile.
"Yeah" he said leaning forward and touched his forehead to hers "I will call for you. When you feel the compulsion to be outside….that'll be me"
"Why do I respond to it like that?" she asked a small frown on her face.
"Because your heart and soul knows that it's my youkai calling to you" he said then sighed "Go on back Kagome and I will see you again"
"Promise?" she said looking into his molten gold eyes.
He smirked at her "Keh...of course"
She blinked at his choice of words but then smiled. It sounded like him and it was a sound that she missed for some reason. With one last glance back at the half demon she ran out of the orchard and towards the fortress.
4
4
InuYasha leaped up into the trees and watched her progress, keeping his ears and nose on high alert for any youkai in the area. He couldn't risk going any closer; the cherry blossoms where masking his scent and if he crept any closer his brother would be able to sniff him out. His scent on Kagome was faint thanks to the pungent flowers. He closed his eyes and sniffed the remains of her scent on his fingers.
Gods how he had missed her.
He thought about their contact with each other and forced himself to not get too excited about it. She didn't remember anything and was acting out on pure instincts. If she had her memoires she would not have been so forward or bold with him. 'Don't get too used to it buddy' he grumbled to his demon 'first opportunity, we are going to get back her memories'. He cursed his human conscious and morals, if he had been full demon, he would have not looked a gifted house in the mouth and just take her like she was but because he knew who she was before this whole thing happened, he could not just let it go. She would want to see her mother and family and what about their friendship?
'But what about us?' whispered that mischievous voice inside of his mind 'If she stays this way then we could start a new chapter in our story, one without the heartache that Kikyo caused' reasoned that little voice. A new fresh start; a chance to get to know each other without worries or past memoires getting in the way, a chance for him to win her love and heart.
InuYasha shook his head. No….he couldn't do that, he wouldn't do that to her but damn it was tempting. He wanted her adoration, her heart and for her to look at him without any doubt or mistrust.
He sighed with a heavy heart knowing that in the end he would do the right thing for her and risk losing her forever.
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9
As soon as she reached the front doors she closed her eyes and concentrated on her miko powers and purified all scents from her body then sneaked in. She managed to make it all the way to her room where she silently closed the door then immediately went to roll around in her bed where her scent was laced with that of her alpha.
She didn't think that it was going to be enough so she got up and went rummaging through her trunk that held the items from the era she was born in and took out her body wash. She rarely used it since Sesshomaru had once said that the futuristic scent washed out all other scents on her. Instead she's been using the cleaning soaps and oils made of rose extracts that her alpha brought for her.
Gathering her towel and robe she quickly darted out of her room and into the bathroom that had a built in hot spring. Once she was fully immersed in the hot water she sighed a breath of relief, the water felt so good and it help sooth her nerves.
Why…why did she agree to meet the strange half demon again? Why did she allow for him to touch her? There was something so familiar about his scent, something that made her heart crave him, made her long to be in his arms. It scared and excited her.
He had been so handsome, there was a fire burning in those golden depths, a wild nature that he kept contained that made her feel reckless.
Why was he banned? He said that it was because of a mistake and because he was a hanyou but she couldn't believe that her beloved alpha would be that cruel. Sure she's seen him angry and had seen his power and brutality when dealing with matters of the demon courts but he had always been protective of both her and Rin…..so why would he be so mean to his own kin? It just didn't add up to her.
She thought about what he said. He had admitted to almost raping and attacking her but he also said that it was because of a curse and that the reason she couldn't remember anything was because she, her self, had lifted it for him.
Who would do such a thing to him and why? What was the purpose for placing a demon under a spell? Was it political or personal? A million questions where running through her mind and thought of voicing some of those questions to her adoptive father.
Would he answer them if she asked or would he grow suspicious? She didn't want to doubt him and maybe it was because of that fear that made her hold her questions whenever she had one. Would she rather live in ignorance for the rest of her life or push for the truth?
Taking a wash cloth she placed a dollop of the pink color body wash and scrubbed away. The bottle said that the fragrance was plumeria and she really did love the scent so if asked she was just going to say that she loved the scent and felt like using it which was not a lie so her alpha would not question her on it.
Her mind wandered as she spread the white lather around her neck. The image of InuYasha and the way he nuzzled her face and buried his claws in her hair made her shiver. Her alpha had nuzzled her plenty of times but it felt paternal and fatherly whereas with InuYasha, it had felt intimate and sensual, it made her feel weak in the knees.
What kind of relationship did they have before her memory was taken? He had told her they were friends but even she was able to read the longing in his amber eyes. He held feelings for her, that much she was able to tell so why were they torn apart?
Kagome stayed in the hot water for a while thinking about her meeting with the silver hair hanyou before she decided that she's has soaked enough. Drying off she then pulled her robe around herself and stepped out of the bathing room only the squeak in surprise.
Her alpha stood against the stone wall across from the bathing room, his arms crossed and a look of annoyance on his face.
"Why are you out of bed and taking a bath in the middle of the night?" he asked looking down at her.
"I….couldn't sleep" not a lie, she really couldn't.
She noticed when he sniffed in her direction then grimaced.
"Why did you use those infuriating washes?" he scowled then reached to pull her into his arms "You know how I feel about those cleaners from your era. Why wash away my scent from your skin kotori"
She breathed in his clean scent and wrapped her arms around him. She didn't like lying to him, she loved him and didn't want to betray him…it would hurt him and she rather die than to ever see him hurt or disappointed in her.
"I like the way it smells" she said softy "The scent is familiar and it makes me wish I could remember my other home"
He pulled away from her and looked down at her blue eyes.
"This is your home Kagome" he said softy "I am sorry that you way to your era is closed off….but you will meet see your family again in five hundred years. Until then I am your family. Do you understand my little one?"
She nodded to him "Hai I understand" she said then yawned. After the rise of emotions, her bath and the million swirling questions made she tired and fatigued.
"Come" he said and escorted her to her bedroom "Sleep Kagome…the night is still young"
He was about to pull away when she grabbed his hand and pulled it to her face.
"…..you would never hate me for being human….would you?" she asked in a whisper, needing to know the answer.
Instead of answering her right away he carried her to her bed and laid her down then followed her on to the soft mattress. Once she was snuggled safety in his arms he warped his tail around her small body.
"Why do you ask such foolish things kotori?" he said, his low deep voice comforted her fears and insecurities "You are pack, the daughter of my heart and I will never judge you or Rin for your human blood. Why the sudden uncertainty?"
She shook her head, feeling suddenly foolish "I guess I'm just tired, I'm sorry for doubting alpha, I feel stupid now" she held him tight and inhaled his scent. She felt his claws on her scalp while he growled low in his throat, the sound sending vibrations lulling her to sleep.
"Not stupid, just human but that won't be for long" he said.
"What do you mean?" she said sleepily with a little frown.
"Have you not noticed? When I placed my seal on you, I also fed you with some of my youkai, the longer you are exposed to it, the more demon characteristics you take on"
"Like what?" she asked baffled then yawned, couldn't this conversation wait until she was more awake?
"Like needing company contently" he said "The need to sleep in a group, this is something Inu's are comfortable with not humans. Humans get uncomfortable when sleeping in a group and then there is the nuzzling, you use it as a means to let me know that you are sorry or are in need of attention. That too is another Inu quality"
"S'not so bad" she murmured her eyes already closed "Can you explain it when I'm awake otousan?"
Sesshomaru chuckled noticing that she was already asleep "Sleep well Kagome"
Her face was serene while she held on to his tail like a stuffed animal. Oh well, he needed to rub his scent on her again. Why did she use those blasted cleaners for? He would have tossed them out but he also knew that Kagome associated her real home to scents and even though she could not remember it, the scents of those cleaners calmed her aura.
He could not help but wonder why she had asked him that particular question. Did she remember more things in her dreams? Is that why she couldn't sleep?
He sighed and closed his eyes trying hard to rid himself of that annoying nagging feeling…like he was going to lose her.
No.
He was being paranoid, there wasn't a being alive who could over write the seal he had on her. He looked down at her glossy black curls and purred low in his throat. Ever since her memories were erased it was almost like whatever restraints she had on herself melted away. Kagome was more who she was meant to be rather than what she thought she should be and thanks to his guidance she was taking in demon customs with more ease than before.
One would think it was strange for him to see her as his own pup but he was well into his years and still did not have a mate nor did he care for one but pups…..that was something he did want. He had yearned for a family and it was Rin that first opened his eyes to that knowledge many years ago. When he had fist saved her, he had allowed her to follow him out of pity then it became clear that he missed having a pack. Slowly that feel of pack revealed the true desire of his demon and it was then that he started to see Rin as his own pup but he also felt compelled to do the right thing for her and have her learn how to be among humans.
It was in that village that he met Kagome again.
Rin had been by her side as the young girl cried, her aura laced with pain and rejection. He could remember feeling pity for the young woman as she cried over his idiot half-brother. He had sat down next to her and from there on his demon claimed her as his own.
Now he had her and Rin to fill the gap his life was lacking and he would do anything to keep his family intact. The only thing that was left unresolved was InuYasha.
He knew that the hanyou was incapable to real harm and that he was extremely loyal once he pledge his fidelity. He was strong for being a half-breed had the power of a full demon and he wielded Tetsusaiga. That only will give the western lands the advantage against any enemy but was he ready to give his brother a chance to prove himself and what of Kagome? If he allowed the hanyou into the castle grounds no doubt a romance between his claimed daughter and his brother will blossom.
He was not ready to see his little one mated and pupped….not yet at least. InuYasha was too old and Kagome had yet to live her life, he would not permit a union.
Turning on his side he closed his eyes and fell asleep, leaving his questions and thoughts for another day.
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~The third day~
Kagome looked over the ocean from the small cliff next to the fortress and thought about her upcoming meeting with InuYasha. She felt at a loss. She did not want to lie to her alpha, it pained her to even think about how he would feel if she got caught but at the same time…..she wanted to see InuYasha again.
"What ails you my princess?"
She looked up to see Hoki leaning on a tree.
She smiled at him and patted the grass next to her and watched the tall handsome Inu make her way towards her.
"Why do you ask?" she said setting her note pad and pen down.
"You have been very quiet these past two days. Not once did you try and escape our watch" he said taking her note pad and flipped through the pages and frowned at the strange lettering.
"You make me sound like an uncontrollable child" she chided then saw him frown and turn her note pad around as if trying to make sense of the strange squiggles in it.
Taking the note pad from him she held it up right side up "It's a music sheet, I'm was trying to write down a tune that's been going through my mind lately"
Hoki shook his head at her "You're the only woman I have ever met to be so educated and refined lady Kagome"
"Oh I wouldn't take that far Hoki" she said with a laugh "Where are your brother and Rin?" She said looking around trying to find the young girl.
"Down by the shore, Rin loves to collect sea shells, it seems to be her new past time" said Hoki leaning back on his elbows.
"There is something so calming about the sea" she said then reached in to her basket that held some snacks and handed him an apple before reaching for her small leather bound book that her alpha had given her. It was filled with different poems and sonnets and she loved to sit and read and try to understand the emotions that the poet was going through.
"Would you like for me to read you one?" she said to Hoki who shook his head.
"No thank you my lady, I unfortunately, don't have the understanding for such things" he said then looked at her "Does that disappoint you?"
"No, I think my alpha is the only other person with an understanding for poetry" she said looking at the leather book.
"It's not surprising; only certain noble lords would understand the value of the arts. The fact that you my lady can even read is a fleet on its own"
Kagome didn't say anything but she couldn't understand why it was like that here. She loved to read, enjoyed to lose herself in the lines of poetry. It was a shame that Hoki didn't care for it….. She then wondered if InuYasha would enjoy poetry.
2
2
Once night fell she couldn't help feel a bit nervous. She have never willing snuck out to meet someone and it was making her jumpy. She felt so torn between her loyalty to her adoptive father and the longing within her heart to see the gorgeous hanyou.
She sat in bed with her legs drawn up, her chin resting on her knees wondering if she should just ignore the call when she felt it. She was in a dark blue night gown that was long and flowed like water down her small frame. She choose it because of the dark color, she felt it hid the lines of her body better than a white gown would.
The sound of her door opening pulled her out of her thoughts of sneaking out to meet InuYasha.
"Why are still awake kotori?" said her alpha moving into her room and sat on her bed "It's late. You have been quiet these past three days my little one, do you feel well?"
Now she felt guilty for worrying him. She didn't think he would notice that her mind had been on his younger brother.
"I'm fine" she murmured as she moved so that she could hug him "I don't want to worry you"
"It is in the nature of an Inu to worry about his pups" he said patting her arm gently making her smile.
"I love you" she whispered "I couldn't have asked for a better guardian and adoptive father than you"
Sesshomaru savored those words, feeling the ice around his heart melt even more for his petite human daughter.
"Thank you my kotori" he said as he kissed the top of her head "Now go to sleep, I will be back in the morning"
"Where are you going?" she asked, not believing her good fortune.
"I was called to the castle; there is a lord who wishes to meet with me regarding some bandits to the south of our lands, nothing to concern our self with. Behave yourself and I will see both you and Rin at breakfast tomorrow"
She nodded to him then burrowed into the mattress and closed her eyes. She figured the pull and compulsion would wake her up anyways.
5
5
InuYasha waited until it was close to midnight when he flared out his youkai, calling out to his lifemate. He sought out her aura and sent out a calling that only she could feel.
Come to me Kagome….come to your mate…come….
He sat by the same tree she had seen him in and waited to see if she could come. He knew that since Sesshomaru was a pack animal, she would not be able to come if she was sleeping next to him. The thought of Kagome and Sesshomaru in the same bed still creep him out but he also knew that if he achieved to gain Kagome's heart and make her his mate, when they had pups, they too will sleep with them.
He closed his eyes and envisioned a child with silver hair and blue eyes running up to him calling him 'papa' and growled low. Gods how he wanted that.
The sounds of footsteps caught his attention and the looked to see Kagome come out of the shadows, her dark blue nightgown was long and complemented her pale skin perfectly. She was a vision.
He smiled at her and stood up "Kagome" he breathed her name then hold out his hand and waited to see if she would take it. She smiled and placed her small hand in his.
"How have you been?" she asked him, her voice laced with concern. He was truly touched and relived that she had not changed much since she lost her memoires, she still fussed over him.
"Been alright" he said then walked over to the blanket he had brought for her to sit on "Did you find it hard to get out?"
She shook her head "My otousan left for the castle, he said that he won't be back until the morning"
InuYasha nodded at his good luck "Then there won't be any hurry for you to get back then?" he said lifting his hand to caress her cheek.
"No" she breathed softy, her heart fluttering in her chest "What kind relationship did we use to have?"
InuYasha chuckled "The best kind" he said then looked at her "We stuck together not matter what, thick as thieves and fought just has hard. You were the one who taught me to laugh, to trust and to embrace my human emotions" he reached into the pants of his hakama and pulled out the golden locket she had given him long ago.
The pictures within it where different thanks to her. She said that he should have at least one picture of the whole gang and one of both of them not growling at each other. So on one side was a photo of the crew before Naraku was defeated and in the other side was a picture of him standing, Kagome was on a boulder and she was hugging his shoulders. He of course was grimacing in embarrassment but she was laughing while looking at him.
He gave her the locket and watched her open it and gasped.
"You gave that to me years ago. I don't wear it that often because I don't want to lose it but this is very dear to me" he said looking at her face as she looked at the photos inside of it.
She looked up at him, her eyes misting with tears. The photo of both of them must have been long ago because she looked so much younger.
"How old was I here?"
"I'm guessing still 15, close to 16" he said scooting closer to her "Do you believe me now? I would never had hurt you on purpose Kagome"
She looked into his amber eyes and nodded "I believe you InuYasha, but I can't understand why Sesshomaru would keep me from my friends...from you"
InuYasha sighed "I'm not gonna pretend to know what the jackass is thinking so I'll let you ask him that"
She giggled earning her a "What?" from him.
"Why does your potty mouth sound so….you?" she said then shook her head "I was just thinking on how I should feel insulted or at least appalled but I don't….it's weird"
He shrugged
"So who are the rest of the people in this photo?" she asked him leaning in closer to him with the locket. For a long time they spoke of their friends, he told her about some of their adventures as well.
"I remember this one time a huge pig like demon was taking beautiful girls from villages as his brides and we stopped to help bring all the women back"
"How did we do that?" she asked him in awe. He was a great story teller and she couldn't believe some of the battles they use to have.
"You used yourself as bait" he said winning him a gasp from her "The thing was that the stupid swine had a magical crown that he would place on the women's heads and make them want to leave with him"
"Oh my gosh…don't tell me I fell victim to the magic too?"
He nodded laughing about now since he had rescued her "Yup, you were taken away but we rescued you and the rest of the girls and took them back to their families"
Kagome laughed a little "We had some pretty crazy adventures it sounds like….why wasn't Sesshomaru ever there?"
She looked at him as he rubbed the back of his neck "Well…..he would show up every once in a while but we always fought"
"You two take sibling rivalry to a whole new level don't you?" she said shaking her head with exasperation.
"Yeah I guess" he moved his hand to pull a thick strand of hair behind her ear "You seem so different Kagome. You seem so…at ease, relaxed and confidant. I don't understand, it's like the person I'm looking at right now is the real you, like you been holding yourself back all these years"
She shrugged "Maybe I was. I don't remember my past insecurities, my past doubts or my past heartaches. I woke up next to my now adoptive father and I only know what he has told me, shown or and taught me"
InuYasha started to wonder if leaving her as she was the right thing to do after all.
She took out a small brown leather book.
"Sesshomaru took all of my favorite poems and sonnets from the many books I had in my truck and had them copied and bound to this book. Would you like me to read you my favorite?"
InuYasha blinked, not able to believe that those words came out of her mouth.
"Sure, the last time I heard a sonnet was when my mother was alive" he said softy remembering the feminine voice of his mother read to him when he was just a pup.
Kagome nodded and found the crease in the pages that marked her favorite poem.
"Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if I had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice"
InuYasha scoffed and looked at her "I think the poet was speaking of my life" he said "I have lived long enough to experience both fire and ice. You are my fire, my desire and I would gladly die for you and yet I had died by the hands of ice many years ago"
Kagome felt her heart skip a beat "I am your fire?"
InuYasha sighed and took her hand "I much favor to die by your fire than by the bitter hatred of ice any day Kagome"
Kagome swallowed then looked for another to read to him.
"My love is as a fever longing still,
For that which longer nurseth the disease;
Feeding on what which doth preserve the ill,
The uncertain sickly appetite to please.
My reason, the physician to my love,
Angry that his prescriptions are not kept,
Hath left me, and I desperate now approve.
Desire is death, which physic did except.
Past cure I am, now Reason is past care,
And frantic-mad with evermore unrest;
My thoughts and my discourse as madmen's are,
At random from the truth vainly expressed;
For I have sworn three fair, and thought thee bright,
Who art as black as hell, as dark as night"
She watched him as he closed his eyes, his breathing harsh.
"Where do you find these? It's uncanny how appropriate this poem is to how I felt when I realized what I had done, to how I have been feeling since I lost sight of you and Sesshomaru took you away"
"Do you want me to stop?" she asked placing a hand on his cheek "I'm sorry"
He shook his head and turned his face into her hand "Don't ever say you're sorry to me, I don't fucking deserve it"
"I still am and I will leave the poems for some other time"
InuYasha didn't want her to stop. Had she been the old Kagome, she never would have thought to read him literature from her time and it had always hurt him how she had just assumed that either he couldn't read or was too stupid to understand it.
This Kagome did not doubt him and it was incredibly liberating. Giving her hand one last nuzzle he sighed as she took her hand back.
"How good are you at riddles?" she asked him suddenly making him crock an eyebrow at her.
"Riddles?" he honestly never knew she knew of any or if she liked them "I haven't been asked one in such a long time"
"Okay then let's see you solve this: A boat lies at anchor with a rope ladder hanging over the side. The rungs in the rope ladder are nine inches apart. The tide rises at a rate of six inches per hour and then falls at the same rate. If one rung of the ladder is just touching the water when the tide begins to rise, how many rungs will be covered after eight hours?"
InuYasha ran through a swift series of calculations, and then laughed softly. He was put through a similar sequences of problems designed to reveal how the smart he was when he was just a pup by his mother's spiteful hold advisors. They had drilled him with these kinds of questions saying that it was already bad enough that she gave birth to a hanyou and they would be damned if he turned out illiterate to boot. Turns out, he had affinity for numbers.
"None, the rope ladder rises with the boat upon the water" he said with a smirk.
Fuck! It was getting harder and harder to convince himself that she would be better off with her memories back in place but this was something he had not foreseen.
"Good! I was sure you would be just as smart as Sesshomaru since you're his brother" she said shining him a bright smile.
InuYasha groaned. The past Kagome thought he was some sort of barbarian; she never would have given him such a hard riddle and actually believe him capable to solving the damn thing. He remembered seeing her 'math' homework once years ago and had scoffed at how easy it was and thought it was stupid for her to study so damn much. He had told her that and her response had hurt him dearly. She had told him that 'what did he know' that he wouldn't understand it anyways. He would have offered to help her but grew bitter and instead let her suffer through it alone.
Of course he still loved her, despite her thinking he was an incapable buffoon but in the back of his mind her lack of faith in him always wounded him.
Now here she was, with no past misgivings about him to taint the way she saw him. She was seeing his true self and did not judge him.
"Okay Mr. Smarty pants this one; what goes round the house and in the house but never touches the house?"
He laughed a throaty deep laugh that stunned her and made her weak. By the kamis…it was the most delicious sound she had ever heard.
"The sun"
He stood up and held out his hand "Come on…..you need to get back before someone starts noticing you're gone"
She eyed his hand, feeling her heart drop "I don't want to leave yet"
"Kagome you still need to sleep, I don't want you to be tired tomorrow" he said pulling her up and wrapped his arms around her "I don't want you to leave either but we'll see each other again"
"I don't know when" she said "I was lucky Sesshomaru left today, most of the time we all sleep together, he will notice if I leave the bed"
"I know he's a light sleeper like me" he said leaning down and nuzzle her neck inhaling her sweet scent "Try and leave in a week from now. I will call out to you, if you can't come then just ignore it, I will know what it means" he then had an idea "Which window is yours?"
"The fourth one from the east side of the fortress….why?" she said shivering from the attention he was giving her neck.
"Try and leave it open as much as possible"
"You can't sneak in! He will smell you"
He shook his head "Don't worry…I won't just trust me. Now go"
She nodded and turned to leave but then stopped turned back to him, pulled him down by his kimono and planted soft kiss on his lips.
"Goodnight" she breathed then turned and ran into the woods, leaving him still stunned by that swift kiss.
She ran until she reached the front gates of the fortress and purified her scent then proceeded to tip toe her way to her room. Once there she took off her clothes grabbed her cleaners and took a quick bath. She dunks her blue night gown into the water as well then rung it to get all the water out. Sneaking into her room she hung the night gown in the back of her closet then noticed the kimono her alpha wore yesterday was left in her room. Picking it up she wrapped it around her body, relived that it still had his scent clinging to it. Climbing into bed she yawned and waited for sleep to claim her. She touched her lips and smiled softy. She was in danger of losing her heart to that demon, she knew it.
8
8
InuYasha sat under the cherry blossoms the following day thinking about Kagome and how different she was now. He had loved even before the change but now he felt like he was falling harder for the new Kagome.
He still had the remains of her scent on his red haori from last night and it soothed his demon unlike anything else could. He wanted to see her again just to bask in her presence, to hear her soft melodic voice or to feel the warmth of her arms around him.
What would he do if Sesshomaru didn't accept him back in the pack? He couldn't take her from the castle….she belonged there now but then what about her family? He had repaired the well and wondered if it still worked. He tried to jump in but it wouldn't work for him but he wondered if it was because he didn't have the beads anymore. Kaede had them so getting them back wouldn't be a problem but what would happen if it still didn't work? Sesshomaru will kill him. But what if it did? Then she would be back in her own time, with her real family and she would be safe. He would stay with her if he had to, knew it was safer on the other side but would he be able to live there permanently? He would if it meant being with her.
Gods he head hurt. Torn between doing the right thing and what he wanted was making his head pound.
He stayed in the orchard for the majority of the morning but by noon the need to feed made him finally move out of the area. He promised himself to be back in three days and hope Kagome would be able to sneak out again. Gods he wanted to see her just one more time before he had to leave to seek out his pack but the risk….
Deciding to keep close to the water he made his way towards the shoreline and to the large rocks and boulders. He didn't know if Kagome would be here but he figured it was worth a shot. He found a small cave close to some rocks and the water making the cave smell of sea water, seaweed and marine life. It would be perfect location to meet her at; the salt water hid his scent very well.
He kept his ears trained on any noises or movements until he finally felt her aura and heard her laughter. He sent her a quick compulsion to guide her towards him and hope she was able to get a way.
3
3
Kagome and Rin where collecting sea shells by the shore after a quick lunch. Hoki and Seki kept watch over them while sitting on some large logs. It must be a bore to be appointed their babysitters she thought but she knew that her alpha would not allow them out without some sort of guard.
She watched as Rin move further away from them, collecting sea shells.
"Seki…Rin's drifting off" she said going to sit on a log and watched as Seki groaned and got up to walk with Rin.
She then felt it. Sitting up straighter and tilted her head then looked in back of her, it was coming from where the larger boulders where at. InuYasha was close by, he was somewhere in that direction. She watched as Seki and Rin walked further away then turned to Hoki who was polishing his sword.
"Hey Hoki, do you mind going to the kitchens and getting some water? We've been outside almost all day and I'm getting thirsty"
"Right away my lady" he said then leaped up in a blink of an eye.
Eyeing Seki she quickly gathered the silk of her lavender gown and started to walk where she felt InuYasha's aura.
Her gown today was a mixture of different purples raging from light to dark in layers of silk and lace. Her hair was gathered up in an array of braids and curls with some spirals framing her face and neck. She didn't wear a tiara today; instead she had a long golden chain wrapped around her hair with little diamonds.
Taking a glace back she saw that Seki and Rin couldn't be seen anymore. She masked her aura and followed InuYasha's pull. She saw the cave and smiled, he was smart. His scent wouldn't be caught here and it would mask any scent he would leave on her.
As soon as she walked in she saw him leaning against the cave wall.
"InuYasha" she breathed giving him a smile as she all but ran to him.
Smirking he met her half ways and pulled her into his arms and buried his face in her neck. The love he felt for her filled him up until he felt like he was drowning in it. The held on to each other for a while, neither one wanting to let go of the other.
"What are you doing here?" she said after he finally let her go but kept a hand on her waist "This is dangerous…we could get caught" she said looking up at his ruggedly handsome face feeling her heart flutter uncontrollably.
"I know but I have to get back to our friends and let them know that your fine and that I have talked to you" he said moving his hands up to cup her neck and jaw line "I won't be back until later on this week and then who knows when I can see you again" he said leaning his forehead to hers.
The thought of not seeing him for a full week or longer made her heart clench painfully.
"I'll miss you" she breathed earning her a devilish smile from him that made her stomach do flip flops.
"Me too" he said not believing the mushy crap coming out of his mouth but couldn't fight the urge to say them either. This Kagome was so different from the one he had always known that he felt guilty that he was able to open up his feelings to her more now than before. But could anyone really blame him? Kagome had never been one to tell him how she felt either and now here she was opening telling him that she was going to miss him and didn't want him to leave.
"I don't know how much time we have until they start looking for me" she breathed "Promise me we'll talk more about our past when you come back?"
He nodded then leaned forward ever so slowly and did something he had never had the courage to do before. He pressed his lips onto her soft rose color ones and kissed her.
She couldn't breathe for a moment before she gave in and closed her eyes and kissed him back tenderly. Warmth spread throughout her body while the taste of his mouth sent a jolt of awareness through her. They broke apart and looked into each other's eyes, both of them lost in the intensity of their feelings and emotions.
"Be careful InuYasha" she said her eyes misting at the thought of saying goodbye.
"Always am" he said letting go of her reluctantly "I'll be back as soon as I can and I swear I will find a way to see each other okay?"
She nodded then made her way out of the cave. She stopped and looked back once more to give him a sad smile then made her way back to her group.
She stood by the boulders for a while letting the salty air cleanse her scent. She even took a hand full of sand and rubbed it against her skin before brushing it off. She shook out her dress a bit then made her way towards where Seki and Hoki where looking around, no doubt for her.
"There you are!" said Seki with a sigh of relief "Where did you go? You're covered in sand and smell like seaweed" he said bunching up his nose.
Kagome breathed out inwardly thanking the gods that she was not caught InuYasha's scent on her then smiled at him.
"I took a little walk, don't worry" she said "I wasn't going outside of the area" she taking the canteen from Hoki and drank some water.
"Please don't leave our sight princess" said Hoki "The half demon who tried to take you is still out there"
Kagome felt anger well up in her "How can we even know that he's going to do that anyways? What if everyone is wrong about him?" she said noticing he way Rin was looking at her.
"Are you okay Kagome?" asked Rin "You seem awfully passionate about this all of the sudden"
Kagome bit the side of her mouth for her stupidity. Shaking her head she sighed "Maybe the sun's gotten to me" she said "I'm sorry…I don't know what I'm talking about, I feel a bit faint. I'm heading back inside and take a bath"
She could see Rin's relief and knew that she knew something about InuYasha and was not telling her. Was her alpha keeping things as well? She still refused to think badly about him. Maybe he knew about InuYasha's obvious feelings for her and didn't approve?
She could acknowledge that they both had feelings for each other and it was going to make being apart from him harder but there was nothing she could about it for now.
3
3
It's only been a day and already she missed him.
During breakfast she had been quiet and picked at her food making her alpha worry about her. He had sent her to rest in her room until she felt better; she got up and for once didn't argue with him as she went back to her room.
She was lying in her bed resting with the windows in her room wide open allowing a spring breeze to enter the room. She knew it was ridiculous to miss someone she only seen three times but she couldn't explain the ache in her heart.
She yawned and sat up in bed and stretched a bit when a white dove flew into her window making her title her head in confusion.
Getting close to the bird she smiled when she noticed the bird had a cherry blossom and a note attached to its leg. It was a messenger dove. Gently picking up the small animal she took possession of its light load and set it back on her table. She was lucky that her alpha insisted on the kitchens sending her up a small bowl of rice. Taking a bunch of it she placed it on the table for the bird and unfolded the note.
The handwriting was bold and masculine in nature making her smile. His writing matched his personality, confidant and gallant. The note was short but it warmed her heart.
Found our friends, they are happy you are safe…..I miss you….I'll see you soon...promise
She smiled then raced to tear off a piece of paper from her notebook and wrote a quick note to him.
I'm happy you're safe and I miss you terribly as well. Please come back and find me soon
Forever yours,
Kagome
Carefully gathering the dove she attached the note to its leg and went to the window where she whispered to it "Find InuYasha" then let it fly out of her window.
Looking back at the small flower on a thin branch she plucked it then when to her trunk and dug out a large text book and inserted the flower in the pages before closing it, preserving it. She took his note and inserted it into a large book as well, concealing his scent then closed her trunk.
That note had made her day and lifted her sprits.
Leaving her room she found Rin and her adoptive father in the library. Rin was painting on the floor while her alpha read a scroll; no doubt it was from some lord.
Sesshomaru looked up from the letter he was reading when she saw his kotori walk in. He had been worried about her; she's been very quiet when everyone was use to her bubbly personality.
"Should you be out of bed?" he said then noted that she had her usual spark in her eyes again.
She went to sit by him and nodded.
"Yeah…I feel better" she said "I lay down and rested for a bit and now feel a bit more upbeat"
"Are you not going outside today?" he asked when he noticed that her hair was not done but was still loose from this morning and her dress was one of her more simpler white and lace ones.
"No…..I want to spends some time inside for once" she said "yesterday I think I was outside in the sun for too long"
"Yeah you were" said Rin looking at her "You started to act funny"
Kagome shrugged "Sun exposure can do that and the sun exposure from the sea is worse"
Sesshomaru was relieved that it was only that, he would hate it if she fell ill. Setting his scroll down he called for his attendants to bring them tea and an array of fruits, meats, and sweet buns for them content to have a day of leisure with both of them.
Kagome played the piano and sang for her alpha enjoying his company and tried not to dwell too much on the fact that she was going against his will and seeing InuYasha behind his back.
Sesshomaru's thoughts where on his younger brother and his request to rejoin the pack. Would InuYasha be able to control that temper of his and tame that wild nature of his? There was a meeting with the lords coming up in the next week, he could take InuYasha and observe if he could be trusted to keep his mouth shut and act as a dependable beta then. If he passed the test then he would consider first seeing how he did training with his generals, then he would have to spend some time with the whelp and then educate him in how to behave his station.
Tiresome but doable if he took the time to actually to take him under his care.
Then his mind wondered to Kagome. If he started to stay in the moon castle what would he do if a romance between the two of them should arise? He could always make it a condition to his return. He would be allowed in the pack as long as he kept his hands away from his daughter until he decided to present her as ready to take on a mate to the courts. Then it would be up to him to pick out a suitable mate.
Would he give his brother to opportunity to fight for the right to court her? He scoffed at himself and decided to come to that decision when the time came.
"Kotori" he started "Do you remember the half demon who tried to take you from me?"
Kagome's hands stilled on the keys of the piano, her heart skipped a beat but told herself not to worry.
"I do" she said then turned in her seat to look at him "Why?"
"I did not tell you initially, thought it was irrelevant but I think you should know that he is my younger half-brother"
She frowned at him. Why would he tell her this now?
"But…if he's your brother…why does he not live here? And why would he attack me to begin with?" she asked just because those where the questions that where already burning within her.
"He was banned for his foolishness and weakness. He got pinned to a tree for fifty years after losing his heart to a spiteful miko" he said shocking Kagome. Whatever she was expecting, that was not it.
"Okay…so that explains why your upset….but how am I involved in this?"
"It is a complicated story but needless to say that the same miko placed spell on him and caused him to attack you. The spell is broken and his requested to rejoin the pack once more"
Kagome couldn't help the feel of sadness enter her heart, but then dismissed it. It was obvious that whoever this other woman was didn't hold his heart anymore. It was pointless to feel jealousy when InuYasha's actions have shown her that he had feelings for her. Besides, she figured that InuYasha was much older than she was; it was illogical to assume that he has not had past romances.
"Will you permit him back into the pack?" she asked, hoping that her alpha would say yes.
"Will you feel comfortable with him here?" he asked her looking for any signs of fear.
Kagome turned on the piano bench to face him and smiled "If you had any doubts that he would be a threat then you would not consider on bringing him back otousan…..why would you ask such a silly question?"
Sesshomaru growled low in his throat, pleased with her unwavering faith in him and the speed in which she was adjusting and responding to the Inuyoukai customs.
"I am pleased" he said then stood up "Though part of his restriction on his return is going to be to reframe from being in such close contact with you for the time being"
Kagome knew why he was doing that, but still felt it was unfair. Her alpha must know how InuYasha feels about her and that is why he was doing that. She knew he was only doing it because he thought she was too young but…
"I understand" she said with a light smile on her face "When will he be here?"
"He first needs to pass an assessment of sorts to see if he will be a dependable beta, only then will I consider training him"
Kagome didn't really know what role a beta did, but she was pretty sure it was sort of like being a right hand man. The prospect of InuYasha living in the same place than her made her feel happy, nervous and a bit giddy. He would be pack and even though her alpha put a restriction on him…that didn't mean that they wouldn't find ways to meet….she was sure of it.
Turning on the piano bench she couldn't fight the small smile that graced her lips. Her hands skimmed across he keys, the image of her rogue hanyou in her mind.
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