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Mending A Broken Heart

Chapter Three

Sesshomaru watched the miko roll over again her sleep. Her slight whimpering also reaching his ears. This was the third night in a row that she had been plagued with nightmares that he could only assume had to do with his half brother. During the day, the miko did her best to hide her true feelings and her aching heart. But during the nights, he could smell her silent tears as she wept for her lost love. It made him wonder how long she would mourn for Inuyasha. She suddenly shot upright as her latest nightmare woke her. Kagome looked dazedly around the campsite until her eyes settled on Sesshomaru, sitting under a nearby tree.

"How soon it is til dawn?" She asked quietly.

"Another few hours. Go back to sleep, miko."

"I can't." She whispered into the darkness, but Sesshomaru heard it and the sadness lacing her voice.

"Try. We will be traveling again a long distance tomorrow. You require your rest."

"I understand that, but I still can't." She heard Sesshomaru sigh.

"Do you wish to speak on the subject?" Kagome looked at him in surpirse.

"It is about your brother."

"I am well aware of that, miko. What is exactly that is troubling you?"

"I have already gone through the grief of loosing him to Kikyo and I know that I can never change the fact that he loves her more and only sees me as her reincarnation, but no matter how hard I have tried to begin to forget him as a love interest, I can't." Kagome sighed and buried her head in her hands to hide the fresh tears that threatened to fall. "I feel like I cannot move on with my life until I get over Inuyasha." Sesshomaru waited a moment before he responded in case she had more to say.

"Miko, from what I have witnessed in my many years on this Earth, no matter who the subject of one's affections is, it takes time for a heart to heal from such a disappointment. More time than three days. My only concern is your nightmares. Are they caused your broken heart?" Kagome raised her head to look him.

"In a way, yes. This is hard to explain. I am from the future and Kikyo is my past life so we share a soul. It's mostly what keeps her alive, so to speak. She has always wanted her entire soul to herself, so she has always seek to kill me. My nightmares are about that and Inuyasha helping her."

"Why don't you end her existence and take back your soul?" Sesshomaru questioned. "Kikyo has lived her life already."

"I have thought about it a great deal, but I could never do that to Inuyasha. I seem to do just fine with my powers with only part of my soul." Kagome explained sadly.

"You mean you would become more powerful if you had your entire soul?"

"I would assume so. That's what Keade seems to think."

"You are too kind hearted, miko."

"You make it sound like it a bad thing."

"In this instance, yes. You refuse to kill your past life to retrieve your soul because it would hurt my stupid brother even after he hurt you so deeply. It makes me wonder if you really love him like you say you do." Sesshomaru commented. Kagome's eyes widened at his assumption.

"Why do you say that?"

"Because if you really loved him, you would stop at nothing to be by his side. Being killing your competition, you would retrieve your soul and Inuyasha would see you as a potential mate." Kagome shook her head at his explanation. "Am I incorrect?"

"I'm sure that it is a rarity, but yes, you are incorrect. Yes, I would recieve my soul back, but Inuyasha would not only blame me for killing his love, he would mostly likely demand for me to find a way to bring her back. He only sees me as Kikyo's reincarnation, not as myself. I cannot live my life with someone who wouldn't love me as myself and not as someone I look like. I loved him min spite of knowing all this, all in the hopes that one day he would realize that I am my own personal and worthy of his affections. But now I am know that will never happen and I have to worry if they will be coming after me for my soul."

"While you are under my protection, no harm will come to you. I promise you this."

"Thank you, Lord Sesshomaru, for your protection and for listening to me."

"Will you try and rest now?" Kagome nodded and snuggled back down into her sleeping bag. Sesshomaru watched her until her breathing became more even and deep sleep claimed her before he allowed himself to close his own eyes for some rest.

Sorry for the short chapter. Seemed like a good place to stop. There will be another chapter uploaded soon. Please review!