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Fuyu-Sama here, with the next installation of cliché! Or rather, part three of one.

HUGE thx to all my lovely reviewers! I luv you guys! Due to the fact that replying to all my wonderful reviews (virtual treats for all!) would take up a good portion of this story, and I'm pretty sure the admin wouldn't like it very much (-considering I'm not supposed to be replying to reviews at all-) there will be no replies here.

At the end of this cliché, I'll make a list of all who reviewed and reply to y'all there, k? I'm thinking maybe with the epilogue.

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P.S. I AM SO SORRY FOR DROPPING OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH! School won't stop trying to kill me with work.

P.P.S. Lasako, I love you and the way you think. We're gonna be the best of pals! XD I'll keep your ideas in mind!

P.P.P.S. Jak and Laz, I would love to read your fic! Thx so much! Srry it took so long for me to put this up!

P.P.P.P.S. FOR ALL READERS! If I have "-.-" that sign any where it probably means a POV change. Just FYI. Now onto the fic for real!

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Cliché 1: Healing an Injured Sess Pt3

Date: Feb 21, 2007

Pairing: Sess/Kag

Summary: Kagome finds Inu with Kik (big surprise -.-) and runs away, only to come across an injured Demon Lord she feels compelled (hey I'd be compelled too XD) to help. Will love ensue? You bet your ass it will!

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Sesshoumaru was not a happy puppy.

His day had started out fine and dandy. Then that stupid youkai had the gall to attack him. HIM. Sesshoumaru Taisho! Why he never! All had always bowed and cowered before him, and he expected no less of such a pathetic youkai as the snake that had dared to assault his awesome being.

He absolutely demanded that the youkai cower before him in fear. It was only right, him being the Tai of the lands and all, as was his birth right. But nooo. The snake had to go and inject him with poison as it lay dying courtesy of Sesshoumaru's claws…

And he was trying to be nice by killing it with his claws instead of his poison! Humph! That's what you get for kindness, a nice stab in the back! No wonder he hated every living thing on Japan, minus three beings. Two of which he tolerated, and the other he kept around for stress relief and kicking practice.

Anyways, enough musings, back to Sesshoumaru.

…That was how he found himself struggling for every breath under a tree, in the middle of a confounded field. He hated fields. Especially those of the flower kind. He loathed flowers. They were all colourful and bright –shudder- it chilled him just thinking about the vile things. It was no wonder he hadn't just up and left that ward of his in one such a field and never returned.

But alas, contrary to the biased thoughts about him, he was not heartless. Honestly, if he were heartless would he have let the human girl follow him around and protect her? He thought not.

He loved his sword; weapons were his one true love.

It brought him such joy, to feel the edge of his blade slice through the skin and bones of his opponent. To hear their bodies gasp for a final breath before collapsing to the ground.

It was as he lay, contemplating the necessities of weapons, that he felt the approach of a miko into the field.

Maybe he could scare this miko away with a glare and a ferocious growl. He loved his growl almost as much as his swords. Oh how he loved to scare others with his powerful glare and growl combination. It brought him such satisfaction that he could bring humans to their knees with a look.

And it was just so damn funny to watch them pee their pants in fear of him. Maybe he'd even throw in a threat or two just for the hell of it. It wasn't his fault that they thought he would devour them where they stood.

He scoffed at the thought that they would actually think he'd eat them. What a ludicrous idea! Did the humans not know that their disgusting taste would just make him gag? Sesshoumaru was no idiot and he certainly had no wish for stomach poisoning.

Well, well, well, if it wasn't his brother's wench. How did he recognize her scent when she was on the other side of his tree (that's right, HIS tree. Problem? –cracks knuckles- Thought not) you may ask? By scent of course you nimcompoop; it's not like you haven't already read who knows how many other stories like this one.

There was absolutely no reason for him to know her scent. None at all. It's not like he purposely sniffed when ever she was around. No. Ok, well maybe that was a bit of a lie. But there was a valid reason for his sniffing of her scent! It was how…unique she smelled. Not like all the other stinky humans. That's right, this Sesshoumaru called humans stinky. Be loud and be proud was what his father always told him!

…wait…or was it?...nah, nevermind.

What on earth is that miko doing? She just fell. Clumsy oaf. Tripped on a rock she did. (Hah, call just him Yoda!…-cough-) Albeit a sweet smelling clums – OK! Not going there. Nope, nuh uh.

Not going to think about how she smells. Not going to think about how she smells like sweet cinnamon and – damn it! So much for that. Stupid brain. Honestly, it's not like she smells all that nice. He knew lots of demons who smelled better than her. Like…like………like…alright maybe he didn't but that's part of the plot anyway so he didn't really get a say.

…What the devils is the girl doing now? She just fell into the stream. What a klutz. She must have been dropped as a child. Multiple times. Sesshoumaru snickered. No, not like how all we normal people do it. Sesshoumaru did not snicker. Sesshoumaru snickered. Uh huh, yeah, I don't really know where I get most of my ideas, and yes I do know that mental asylum is around the left corner. The men in white should be arriving in just a few minutes after this chapter.

Sesshoumaru scoffed. What a compete idiot!

-.- Mr. Plot elbows Sesshoumaru -.-

What the?!?

-.- Mr. Plot gives Sessh a pretty impressive glare -.-

Oh, right.

Idiot? What was he thinking?! The girl was positively ravishing! The drowned rat hair! The brown streaked clothing! Why she was indeed a beauty through and through. None could compare to her!

…well of course Sesshoumaru overshadowed everyone born to earth. It's a matter of fact. Everyone in the fanfiction world knows that no one is as hunk-a-licious as Lord Sesshoumaru. He could break the Hot-o-meter with a glance. Well, with the exception of Dark Mousy, duh, but that's a different story for a different fandom.

Oh look, it's the miko again. Now, she was drenched from head to toe. Sesshoumaru smirked. Wet clothes did interesting things…not that he was looking at her somewhat transparent clothing hugging slim curve of her body. Nope, not at all. Deny, deny, deny, that was his motto.

Sesshoumaru cringed. The girl sure had an impressive set of lungs. But he did not appreciate the ringing in his ears from her shout, and he intended to let her know of his displeasure.

"Human, cease your yelling."

Sesshoumaru watched silently as Kagome slowly turned to look at him. She proceeded to blink owlishly at him, seemingly lost in thought. She acted as if she had not noticed him, or acknowledged his presence. Well, he would not be ignored!

Really though, her brain was on self destruct mode. If he looked closely he could see she was shaking.

He frowned. If she kept that up, she just might be stupid enough to faint on him or something.

Wait! Stop right there! That was not a funny thought! She could actually faint on him! Dear lord, what absolutely horrid luck. In his current condition he would not be able to move away. He could barely move his head as it was. He needed to do something, anything.

"Human. Do not collapse on this Sesshoumaru."

That did not seem to help matters all that much. If anything it might have made them worse. Damn, he really did have the worst luck. Well, he'd at least give talking to her one more shot. He'd give her his most fearsome growl and evil eye combination.

"Human…"

No luck. Gauging, her reaction he concluded that his efforts were wasted. One last shot then.

He willed with all his demon might, that the girl would not do what he though she would. Alas, it was in vain, for Kagome looked on the verge of panicking and very close to unconsciousness. So Sesshoumaru sighed, resigned to his fate. Closing his eyes, he prepared himself.

Three…two…one…

Whompf!

-.-

Something was tickling her face, and it was starting to irritate her because she couldn't get back to her sleep. But it was a soft something so she didn't really mind.

Kagome was so peaceful, and her pillow was so fluffy! She could vaguely hear the sounds of the pit pattering rain in the background of noise. She just wanted a few more minutes of sleep before Inuyasha would undoubtedly come and rudely wake her up.

She sooo did not want to get up. She was wet and cold and her pillow was so comfy! She didn't know when her mom bought her this pillow but she was going to hug her mom when she went back home. It was absolutely the best pillow ever. So soft, fluffy, and furry…wait a minute. Since when did she go to bed wet and cold?

Kagome slowly became aware of her surroundings and the hard ground beneath her. Okay, so she was in the feudal era. Any minute now, Inuyasha would come back from one of his little trysts he thought she didn't know about, and scream for everyone to get their lazy asses moving.

Right?

No, wait again.

Since when did she take fluffy pillows with her to the feudal era? She wouldn't risk damaging her precious fluffy pillows! So what then, was she sleeping on?

Stretching out her senses that she had obviously been working to tone, Kagome gulped as she recognized a familiar aura. Right next to her. The one she was on apparently. This was not looking good. Maybe if she kept real quiet he wouldn't notice her. But she was practically on top of him! How could he not notice? Sesshoumaru was not stupid.

…or was he? She stifled a giggle before it could make itself apparent to the dog demon. She could not give him any more reason to want to kill her. He already had so many though. Great, she was screwed. Dead either way. Things did not bode well at all for our favourite miko to torture.

"Wench…"

And it just got ten times worse.

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How could it get worse than this? Here he was, that great Sesshoumaru, sitting injured in a flower field with an unconscious miko half strewn across his lap. He did not like being treated as the miko's personal pillow. He did not appreciate that at all. If he ever met fate, he'd be sure to give it a good beating via his fluff of doom! Er, I mean, his tail-thing-a-ma-bob.

Huh? What do you mean that's not in the script? Oh alright…his ass kicking demon powers. You people are so boring…

Just his luck, when things could not seem to get any worse, it had to start raining. It always started raining when people thought that it couldn't get any worse. The rain had come upon them quite suddenly and for no real apparent reason. Wonderful. At least it looked like that miko was recovering from her faint.

"Wench…" Sesshoumaru growled.

Kagome gave the annoyed demon a weary glance from her spot.

"What, dog man?"

Sesshoumaru's eyes, if possible, narrowed even further. Now he was pissed.

Kagome just shrugged. She was dead meat anyway; why not go out with a bang? Besides, she'd been itching for the chance to finally tell off Your-Royal-Jerkness-Sesshoumaru.

"Remove yourself from my person."

"No."

Sesshoumaru just continued to glare at her. It wasn't like he could really do anything else, and Kagome could tell from his injuries.

"No sireee. I'm actually pretty comfortable right where I am. I think I'll wait out this rain right here."

Sesshoumaru was beyond pissed.

"WENCH-" Sesshoumaru started again, only to be slightly dumbstruck when he was interrupted by a very angry miko. HOLD ON! HIM! The great Sesshoumaru was interrupted! Now, that simply would not do.

"THAT'S IT! I HAVE HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH YOU DOG MEN!" Kagome thundered. "I have had it with you retards not having enough brain cells to even remember my name! I MEAN REALLY! It's not like it's an especially hard name to remember! Three fricking syllables people! My name is Kagome! Not wench, human, babe, toots, Mary-Sue, Sailor Moon, or even cuddly bear! It's nothing of the like! Though I wouldn't mind that last one all that much if it was used by someone I liked. But I digress. Back to my point that I make all too often. My NAME is KA-GO-ME! Must I engrave it on your neck for you?!" Yes dear readers, that was a Loveless reference.

Well…that was certainly………unexpected.

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To say Kagome was scared shitless would be an understatement.

She had just insulted the one most powerful youkai in the vicinity and possibly all of Japan.

Wow, who knew she must've hit her head as a child? It was the only explanation for her momentary lapse of sanity.

Oh sanity, what a fleeting figment of the imagination you are.

If only you would stay for five bloody minutes, so Kagome could retain some form of a proper life.

Alas it was not to be so, and the elusive sanity would forever be far beyond her reach.

How cruel fate was.

Jackass.

Life sure sucked.

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She'd….insulted him!

Why he'd never—

BAM!

Ouch…stupid plot…getting in the way of his human hating ways…fine then…BE THAT WAY!

-Mental Cough- Fangirl translation:

How brave she is!

She is unlike any human he'd have ever encountered!

In hindsight, she really is a unique human…miko…whatever the heck it was. Like for instance that time he tried to kill her, and she survived by a fluke of luck! And then there are all those times she has stopped his awesome powers with her measly arrows!

She must really be a strong female! I finally admire her!

…okay, plot satisfied? This Sesshoumaru does not think he could stomach this clichéd patheticness any more than he can stomach humans.

…

Oh yeah. He forgot something.

Ahem, and now I finally and genuinely admire and respect her!...-mutter-…not -cough-

…now?

-.- plot gives thumbs up -.-

…good. One less nuisance.

STILL! A human miko had insulted him. HIM. Sesshoumaru Taisho! Why he never!...hmm…wait a minute…

Why was he getting this sense of déja vu?...

…right! He remembered. It was the whole reason he was in this god forsaken field in the first place.

No, wait another minute…

Oh yeah. Crap.

Was she going to poison him too? She better not. Then again, if that would mean he wouldn't have to be in this field any longer…hehe, bring on the poison! (/bring it on?)

He might just have to take drastic measures to insure his sanity. Or whatever was left of it at this point.

He really needed to get out of this field. And hire a therapist while he was at it.

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Kagome peeked from where she was cowering, to see that Sesshoumaru had yet to make a move and kill her. Well, that was always a good sign.

Maybe she could make a quick getaway what he was otherwise occupied. Okay, so how should this be done? Slinking? No, he'd notice. She'd have to crawl her way. Kagome sighed, there went another uniform. At least she had her head still attached to her head. Getting down on all fours, Kagome started crawling.

She was halfway to the safety of the forest when a thought struck her. So fast she almost got whiplash.

Why was she the one running…no, crawling away? He was the one who insulted her first. He's the one who laughed at her! She had every damn right to be angry with him! And she'd damn well show him so too!

Mind made up, Kagome shot up from her crouched position and swung around to face the demon lord again. She was going to march right up to that arrogant demon and slap him silly! That was what she was going to do! She took a deep breath and started walking.

She could do this.

No she couldn't!

She could DO this!

No, no she couldn't!

Damn it girl! Get your act together!

No wait! Just turn around and run like a mad woman! DO IT! DO IT NOW!

Act…together…..

You can run anytime now…..we're not getting any younger, and if you make another step we won't have to worry about aging because we'll be DEAD. Does the word ring a bell?

Come on! Just think like the little train that could…despite the fact it was crushed to miniscule scraps to make cooking pots for Home Outfitters the next day.

By the time she reached the demon lord she was hyperventilating and couldn't see two inches in front of her. So of course she completely missed the protruding root, and caught her foot on it. Which sent her flying into Sesshoumaru. Again.

Brilliant.

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She actually did smell very nice. He wouldn't mind having her around if only so he could have her smell around him at all times. Hmm…Chains? No. he didn't think she'd react kindly to chains.

And she really wasn't that bad looking. For a human that is. Nice hair is a must, and she had really nice hair and eyes. The most unusual color of eyes he'd ever seen. They were a deep ocean blue. The kind of mesmerising blue that you could get lost in pretty quickly. He really liked her eyes. Her chest didn't sag either, like so many females. How come she got to be so pretty? Why she was almost as pretty as he was! She'd compliment him nicely if she were by his side. You know, the whole contrast thing.

He vaguely registered that the miko was making her way back to him, and that she looked determined about something. She probably thought he didn't notice her trying to sneak off. Sesshoumaru noticed everything. He was not stupid.

And then it hit him. No it really did; in the form of a young human miko with impossibly blue eyes, who had just tripped into him –AGAIN- and was currently depleting him of much needed air.

He was in love.

With a feisty miko no less.

Who was STILL ON HIM AND THUS NOT ALLOWING HIM TO GET ANY AIR. He would need to do something about this.

Meh, technicalities. Everything else was technicalities when you were in love.

Which brings us back to our previous point.

Sesshoumaru was in love.

No, really, he was.

No, not like that time he confessed to the demon princess next door at the tender age of eight years old, which resulted in the birth of Angsty Mondays for the rest of his somewhat natural life.

Love…

Hot damn.

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AN: Okay, okay, so I lied. This isn't the last chappie. I'm pretty sure the next will be though. Again I was sorely temped to end it much earlier than I did (I kind of jump around while writing this), but I felt bad it took so long for me to update, so I thought you guys might as well wait a few more days and I could give you an even longer chapter! XD

Sorry to my faithful reviewers for the long wait! I was in Quebec a few weekends ago on a school trip. And then I hit the slopes with my family and friends. Damn it was cold! Half the time I didn't know if I had a nose, fingers or toes anymore. Dog sledding and snow tubing was fun though! XD And then Homework –shudder- drowned me. But I have persevered! I am alive!! YAHOO! XP

So anyhoo, here's your update! And I made it extra long to make up for my tardiness! Review please!

The next, and hopefully last, part will be up asap! And I have an epilogue on mind! Do you guys want the epilogue separate, or attached to the end of the last chappie? I'm thinking separate….provided I get permission…hmmm…

I'm thinking of putting up review responses and thx along with the epilogue. So sit tight folks! The, hopefully, last chappie is coming your way soon! On is Miko-Sama, signing out!