Chapter 4

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Previously:

Around 3 o'clock in the morning Sesshomaru was woken up by Kagome's screaming.

Now:

Sesshomaru jolted awake at the sound of Kagome's blood curdling scream. She was thrashing around in the bed, but she was still asleep. 'must be a nightmare' Sesshomaru grabbed both of her wrists to keep her still, but her legs where still flying, almost hitting him in the crotch. 'damn, that was close.' Sesshomaru got on top of her and pinned her legs down with his and wrapped his tail around her waist. "Kagome, wake up" She couldn't hear him in her fearful dream. "Kagome, Please wake up. It's just a dream." She still wouldn't wake up and she let out another scream that had his ears ringin. "Kagome, wake up." Sesshomaru jerked his head around when he heard the door flew open and saw his father standing in the doorway. "What's going on-" he stopped when he saw the position Sesshomaru was in and Kagome thrashing beneath him. That made him furious. How dare his son try and force her before she was ready!

"SESSHOMARU! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!"

"Father, help me. She's -"

"I WILL DO NO SUCH THING! GET OFF OF HER NOW! I CAN'T BEILEVE THAT YOU WOULD DO SUCH A THING TO HER! YOU ARE A SHAME-"

"Father! She's having a nightmare and wont wake up! Help me, I don't know if it is a magic induced dream or not, but she won't wake up!" Toga could hear the fear and panic in his sons voice. He hurried over to the bed and saw that she was indeed asleep. "I can tap into her mind and awaken her." Sesshomaru nodded. That was what he wanted him to do in the first place! Toga closed his eyes and concentrated. When he entered Kagome's mind he saw what she was dreaming. 'no wonder the girl was screaming' he walked over to where Kagome was to try and coax her awake. "Kagome, you need to wake up. It isn't real, it's just a dream." Kagome looked up at him with fear stricken eyes. "Toga! Help me! I need to get out of here before-"

"My dear, just wake up. It is nothing but a dream."

"This can't be a dream, it's too real!"

"Kagome, if it was not a dream, if you were in any real danger, do you really think that I would just stand here and do nothing? That Sesshomaru would not be here and we would not be protecting you?" That made sense to her. Toga treated her like a daughter, even though he knew her for a half a day, so he wouldn't just stand around. "Kagome, please wake up!"

"who was that?"

"That was Sesshomaru, he is frightened for you."

"Kagome, I need you to wake up now, I promise nothing will hurt you if you would wake up."

The voice was getting louder 'he really cares for me.'

"Alright. I'll wake up." Toga nodded and faded from her mind and returned to consciousness.

Kagome's eyes shot open and she immediately grabbed onto Sesshomaru and started sobbing. Sesshomaru wrapped his arms and tail around her and tried to clam her. "your safe Kagome, I promise. Calm down, nothing is going to hurt you while I'm here." Sesshomaru continued with his calm words and eventually her sobs stopped. Kagome looked at Sesshomaru and Toga and saw that they were concerned for her.

"Kagome, do you want to tell us what you were dreaming that was so horrible?" Toga knew what it was, but was sure his son was wondering what it was.

"all I remember was a dark room with a huge bed. A man came into the room and started to beat me continuously, after a while he tied me to the bed and he…he…" Kagome's sobs started again. Toga couldn't blame her, in her dream she had many lacerations on her body and was bleeding continuously.

"do you remember what he looked like?" Kagome shook her head. "no" Kagome took a deep breath to calm herself, she was becoming embarrassed that they saw her like that. Toga walked into the bathroom and came out with a cup with some kind of liquid in it. "drink this, it will make sure that you have no dreams while you sleep. Not even magic ones." Kagome nodded and drank the medicine. It tasted horrible, but she drank it all and handed the cup back to Toga who threw it away. "well, I'm going back to sleep. Good-night you two." He walked out the door and shut it behind him. Sesshomaru watched as Kagome laid back down with her back to him. He sighed and laid down on his back. As he was slowly drifting off he could smell the fear coming off of Kagome. Rolling over on his side, he put his arm and around her waist and pulled her closer to his chest, draping his tail over her. He smiled a little when she cuddled into his chest even more and soon he could no longer smell her fear. 'maybe that dream was a blessing in disguise?' "Good-night Sesshomaru." "Good-night Kagome." Sesshomaru fell asleep quickly, but not before Kagome. He made sure of that. The rest of the night was peaceful.

The next morning Kagome was awoken by someone jumping on the bed.

"Wake up! It's breakfast time. Your gonna be late if you don't get up now!" Kagome looked up at the person that had the nerve to wake her up before she was ready.

"Rin? What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to wake you up! Sesshomaru said to wake you up by any means possible, so I am." Rin had a huge smile on her face. 'She's definitely a morning person.' "alright Rin, I'm awake."

"Ok. Breakfast in half hour!" Rin jumped off the bed and ran out the door. 'she's so cute, crazy, but cute' Kagome got out of bed and stumbled to her closet. She had half an hour so she was going to take a shower first. She looked around her closet but found nothing to wear. 'should I dress like I have been for them? Or should I dress like myself?' Deciding that the latter was the best choice, Kagome grabbed a black shirt that said "My cuteness balances out my evilness" in white, a pair of black Tripp pants with white stitching and handcuff chains that crossed in the back, and black Vans. She carried the clothes and, making sure the door was locked, got dressed. 'man, this is a lot better than those dressy clothes.' Kagome walked into the bathroom and found her red hair extensions (they clip in your hair but looks real…look them up on hot .) and put them in. She also put on her studded wrist band, her leather band with a ring that connected the two with a chain, and her cross necklace. Kagome stood in front of the mirror to give herself a look over. All in all, she looked good. 'like I usually do. They need to get used to me like this, so, the sooner I go out there the better.' Kagome walked out of the room and made her way to the dining room. When she got there no one else was at the table so she just grabbed an apple and went into the living room. Inuyasha was sitting on the couch watching T.V. on their 64 in. flat screen when she walked in. When he saw her he was shocked. " I guess your not the goodie too shoes that I thought you were. Oh well, that means we have something in common." Inuyasha stood up so Kagome could get a good look at him. He was wearing a pair of black Tripp pants with red stitching and straps that crossed in the back.

"cool, I was afraid that everyone would think I'm a freak, but I was tired of trying to be someone I'm not, so I figured that I would just be myself."

"That's cool, there's nothin' wrong with bein gothic." Now he was talking nonsense.

"I'm not gothic, I just like to dress this way. Its more comfortable than jeans or slacks."

"oh, ok. that's cool. Everyone deserves to be their own person. You can wear what you want, it's your choice no one else's." neither had noticed that Sesshomaru was just around the corner. He was masking his aura and scent so Inuyasha would not know he was there. He just wanted to listen to what the two were saying.

"umm…yea. I guess so."

"So anyway. What do you think of us so far? We aren't that bad really. Well, I'm not. Fluffy on the other hand has some serious problems."

"Fluffy? Why do you call him that?"

"well when he trans-never mind." Inuyasha felt his brothers aura flare and knew that he shouldn't mention that, it wasn't his place to tell her. Kagome felt his aura as well.

"Sesshomaru? Why are you spying on us?"

"Well, I was sent to get you and over heard you talking. Father is waiting in the back for us, we are going to Tokyo with him so lets get goin." Kagome nodded and said bye to Inuyasha. When they went out the back doors Kagome saw a helipad with a brilliant silver helicopter that had the Taisho family emblem on the side.

Toga saw them and smiled. "It's about time, I thought I was going to have to come and get you. Now, lets go. My meeting is in 45 minutes and I don't want to be late." Toga helped Kagome into the helicopter after Sesshomaru was in. After he himself was inside they took off for Tokyo.

"um…Toga?" Toga looked over to Kagome

"yes my dear, what is it?"

"I was wondering if I could see my friends while we are in Tokyo?" Toga understood. She wanted to see people she was familiar with. He nodded. "of course, when we get to my office I will let you borrow the car to see them."

"Thank you!" Kagome missed her friends, and wanted to tell Ayame and Kikyo about her fiancé, if Sango hadn't already told them that is. The rest of the ride was in silence. When they arrived in Tokyo they landed on top of a high office building. Toga got out first and helped Kagome down. When Sesshomaru was out of the Helicopter Toga led them down a large elevator and into a large office area with two large wooden doors that led to the meeting room. "Well you two, you can either go to see Kagome's friends, or stay with me in the meeting and afterwards we can pick up her friends and go do something. Which is it?" that was a difficult choice. Kagome really wanted to see her friends, but if she waited then she would probably be able to go to the mall with them. "we can wait. I didn't call to let them know I would be coming over anyway, and I don't want to show up unannounced." Toga understood. It would be rude to just show up unexpectedly, with a stranger none the less. "Alright then, lets get into the room. He will come looking for me if we don't." Kagome nodded and followed Toga and Sesshomaru into the meeting room. It was a large room with a long table in the middle and a window in the middle of the wall. 'could've guessed that' Standing at the window was a man with long wavy black hair and crimson eyes, The man walked over to greet them

"Glad you could join me. I was beginning to wonder if you had forgotten." Kagome shuddered, his voice gave her the chills.

"Naraku. No, I may be old but my memory is sharp as ever. I was discussing with Sesshomaru and Kagome what they wanted to do." Toga gestured to the two behind him. Naraku walked up to Sesshomaru and shook his hand. "Sesshomaru, it's been a while. I'm glad to see you are in good health." he then turned to Kagome. When he saw her he froze. She was a beautiful young woman. Toga looked at Naraku, then to Kagome.

"Naraku, I would like you to meet Kagome. She is Sesshomaru's betrothed." Naraku took Kagome's hand and brought it to his lips and kissed the back of it. "it is a pleasure to meet you, Kagome." Kagome nodded and took back her hand. " nice to meet you Mr. Naraku." Naraku waved his hand in front of him

"Please, just Naraku, you are too beautiful to be formal with me." that made Kagome uncomfortable. This total stranger was calling her beautiful, and she had a feeling he didn't mean it as a regular comment.

"umm…ok." Sesshomaru could feel her unease.

"Kagome, you need to call your friends and let them know to meet us at the mall." Kagome nodded her head. "Alright…is there some where I can talk to them?" Sesshomaru took her hand

"Follow me, we can go into father's office." Sesshomaru turned and looked to everyone else in the room.

"If you all will excuse us, she needs to make a phone call."

"Of course, when you are finished let me know so I can tell the parking attendant that you will be going down there." Sesshomaru nodded and took Kagome to his fathers office to call her friends.

"Thanks for that. He gives me the chills, I don't like him." Sesshomaru understand.

"I know, I could feel your unease. I don't want you alone with him."

"You don't have to worry about that, I don't plan to." Kagome took out her cell and dialed Sango's number

"Sango speaking."

"Sango hey!"

"Kagome?! Oh my god, how have you been?"

"I'm alright, what about you? Our last conversation was cut short."

"yea I know, I've been good. Hanging out at the mall with Ayame and Kikyo

"Cool, I was calling to see if you wanted to meet up? I'm in Tokyo for the day, so wadda ya say?" Sango was ecstatic!

"Of course! We'll meet you at the mall."

"alright. See ya'll there." Kagome hung up the phone and turned to Sesshomaru.

"they're gonna meet us at the mall. So when ever we are ready, we can leave." Sesshomaru nodded. "we need to tell father so he can tell the parking attendant." Kagome frowned, but nodded her head and followed Sesshomaru back into the meeting room. When they where in the room Sesshomaru could once again sense the unease in Kagome's aura. "Father, we're gonna head over to the mall." Toga nodded

"alright, I'll let the attendant know." Sesshomaru took Kagome's hand and led her out of the room and down to the garage. When they got there Sesshomaru walked up to a man and, after a while, the guy handed him a set of keys. Sesshomaru walked back over to Kagome with keys in hand.

"lets go get our ride." he had a smirk on his face. He hoped Kagome would approve of his mode of transportation.

Sesshomaru led Kagome past all the cars, trucks, and limos, and to the section of the garage that held all of his bikes. He walked over to the Kawasaki's and picked out his 'baby' as he called it. It was a sleek black with a Silver crescent moon on either side of the gas tank and chrome finishing.

"Wow…is this what we are riding?"

Sesshomaru nodded and got on the bike. "This is one of my favorite bikes in the garage." he said as he handed Kagome a slick black helmet with a black shield.

"umm…I've never ridden a bike before." Sesshomaru chuckled. He was gonna make sure her first ride was one she would remember.

"that's alright. Just hold on to me and don't lean until I do." Kagome climbed on behind him. "ok." Sesshomaru started up the bike and pulled out of the garage. When he pulled out onto the main road he took it slow…for a while. Just as Kagome was getting comfortable Sesshomaru pulled onto a straight road and punched it. He took off down the road and pulled the front end up off the ground and into a wheelie. Kagome screamed, the guy was nuts!

"Slow Down!!" Sesshomaru laughed

"Why would I want to do that?"

"Your Crazy!" Sesshomaru laughed and sped up even more, earning himself more screams to come from Kagome and a slap in the head.

"Hey! Your gonna make me crash if you do that."

"Well, quit scaring me you baka!" After about ten minutes they arrived at the mall. Kagome called Sango and was told to meet her and Ayame in the food court. When they made it to the meeting spot Kagome immediately spotted her friends and rushed to their side, leaving Sesshomaru behind in the dust…but he understood.

"Kagome!"

"Ayame! Sango! I've missed you so much, how have ya'll been?" Kagome noticed that someone was missing "where's Kikyo?

"Oh, she is probably hanging out with her new friend Kagura"

"oh…well, how have ya'll been?!"

"we've been great, been hangin out all day. It's not the same without you though, I can't believe your dad would do that to you! I bet the guy your engaged to is a stuck up pain in the ass!" Ayame always did have a way with words, and about that time Sesshomaru walked up and stood beside Kagome. Sango looked at the demon by her friends side.

"Um… can we help you demon? Cause if not then please go away, we don't want to start anything." Sango could sense that this was a very powerful demon, and being a demon slayer, she would have to fight if he attacked. Kagome looked at Sesshomaru and then back at her friends a few times until it clicked.

"Sango…Ayame, this is Sesshomaru, my betrothed. Sesshomaru this is Sango and Ayame." Sango looked at the demon in front of her and put her hands on her hips. "So. You're the reason that our best friend was sent away? Thanks a lot jack ass." all the while Sango was berating Sesshomaru, her head was jerking around on her shoulders in an "Oh I know you didn't!" manner. Sesshomaru cocked an eyebrow at the young woman in front of him. She had a lot of spunk, he knew that much. "your welcome" Kagome was getting really bored, really fast so she thought of Something that would get the fun started. "Lets go to Hot Topic!" Sango and Ayame both snapped out of it and the three of them raced to the store. Leaving Sesshomaru behind once again. 'why the rush? The store isn't goin anywhere.' Sesshomaru followed the dust trails to the store. When he got there, the girls were all lined up at the counter talking to the man behind it.

"Hey Miroku!"

"Kagome! I thought you moved?"

"I did, but they brought me down for the day to hang out with those two" Kagome nodded toward Sango and Ayame. Miroku put his hand on his heart and faked hurt "but not me, oh how could you?! I thought you loved me! We were going to get Married!" Kagome laughed "I do love you Miroku! More than you will ever know. However we cannot get married, my fate has been sealed by my father. Forgive me my love" Kagome was throwing her arms around, making a dramatic scene. The girls and Miroku busted out laughing "Kagome your such a dork"

"hey, ya'll hang out with me so what does that say about you?" everyone laughed again. Sesshomaru was watching the whole scene play out 'is this the way she normally acts?'

"Just like old times right Sango?"

"yep. Hey! Look at this!" Kagome walked over to see what it was "do you think I should get it?" Kagome nodded "oh yea, I can see you in that, so sexy!" Sango laughed "I know. Hey! Maybe you could get one! You know, for your man!" Sesshomaru saw the blush that appeared on Kagome's face. 'I guess they don't know I'm here…this should be interesting' Sesshomaru walked into the darkest part of the store and watched the girls. "Shut up Sango!" Kagome popped her friend in the back of the head "Are you crazy? He probably doesn't even think I'm attractive at all. The only reason we are together is because was arranged after all." That stung Sesshomaru a little. "Oh come on Kagome. He totally likes you, I could see it in his eyes." Sango put the black silk and lace underwear and bra on the counter "Sango my dear, you will look exquisite in this. I can't wait to see you in it"

"Shut it houshi, you will never see me in them" Sango spun around and continued shopping. "yea right, you don't know what you are talking about." Kagome picked up a pair of pants and held them up to ask what Ayame thought "well? How do they look?" Ayame looked at the pants "see if they have them with green instead of blue" she found a pair with green and showed her "much better" Kagome nodded and put her pants on the counter, along with a pair of shoes and a necklace. After they all paid for their stuff and said good-bye to Miroku they left the store, without realizing that Sesshomaru was behind them.

"I wonder where he went." Ayame looked at Kagome when she spoke

"Who?"

"Sesshomaru" Ayame raised an eyebrow

"He's right behind you" all three girls jumped in the air, dropping all of their bags in the process.

"DAMNIT SESSHOMARU! don't do that to us!" Sesshomaru smirked

"why? It was hilarious, and you should have seen your face, priceless" Kagome smacked Sesshomaru on his arm "was that supposed to hurt?" Kagome growled and picked up her bags. "I'm gonna head over to Spencer's, I'll meet up with you later." Sesshomaru was reluctant to let her go alone, but him and everyone else nodded and Kagome made her way across the mall to the store. Sesshomaru was watching her walk away when his cell rang.

"Taisho"

"Sesshomaru? The meeting ended about 10 minutes ago, I'll be at the office waiting for you to get back"

"ok father, good-bye"

"bye" Sesshomaru hung up the phone. Across the mall, Kagome was looking at shirts in Spencer's when a voice came from behind her.

"Kagome?" Kagome had chills going down her spine as she turned around

"Naraku? What are you doing here?"

"I was just browsing around, I used to shop here when I was married." there was a hint in his voice that Kagome didn't catch. Naraku picked up a maid outfit with a whip and tickle, and turned it over in his hand. He cocked an eyebrow and looked at her " I didn't think you were into this kind of stuff" Kagome blushed "I'm not. I shop for jewelry, shirts, belts, and wallets here."

"I see" Naraku looked around "Where is Sesshomaru? I thought he came with you"

"Oh, I left him and my friends at the other side of the mall" Naraku's eyes lit up

"I see" Naraku heard her stomach growl and he smirked "would you like to get something to eat? I'll pay"

"Oh no, I can't let you do that" Naraku waved it off

"come on, my treat. We can eat here in the mall at one of the restaurants if you like" Kagome wasn't comfortable with the thought of being alone with him for too much longer.

"I really can't, I have too meet up with my friends in a few minutes" Naraku was getting frustrated, why didn't she want to come with him?

"Well, invite them as well. I would like to meet your friends" Kagome knew that he wasn't going to give up so she gave in "alright, I'll come with you. Where are we eating?" Naraku smiled

"It's one of my favorite restaurants. A friend of mine is the owner." Naraku led Kagome a little ways to the restaurant. Once they were inside Naraku cast a concealment charm on the place so that they wouldn't be disturbed by her friends, or anyone that would get the wrong idea of them eating together, then led her to a table in the back. As soon as they sat down a young man with purple hair walked up to them.

"Naraku, what can I do for you?"

"Hakudoshi, bring me two of my usual" Hakudoshi nodded and went to make the meals. Naraku turned to Kagome "Hakudoshi is the best chef in the mall."

"Really? I had no idea" Naraku nodded

Kagome shifted in her seat, she really was uncomfortable being this close to him with no one else there. "so, what do you think of Sesshomaru?" Kagome looked up at him at the question

"He's alright. I haven't had enough time to really judge him though."

"I see" Kagome started to fiddle with her hair out of boredom. Naraku noticed this and decided to make small talk

"So, I hear that you had no knowledge of your engagement until the day that you were leaving. Is that true?" Kagome nodded

"My father didn't tell me anything for a while. And when he did I was leaving that day. I didn't even have time to say good-bye to my friends"

"I see. So you didn't know what kind of people they were or anything. That must have been hard on you" Kagome sighed "Yea, but they have been good to me so I'm not worried about my future anymore. When I arrived I thought that they were gonna be the high class type that had strict rules. Man was I wrong." Kagome was beginning to loosen up a little. He didn't seem as bad as he looked. In fact, he was really easy to talk to ''well, they say to never judge a book by its cover. Maybe it's the same with him?' Kagome was brought out of her thoughts when Hakudoshi brought out their food.

"Thank you, it looks very good." Hakudoshi nodded and left.

The meal was eaten in silence. When they were finished Naraku paid Hakudoshi and took Kagome back to Spencer's. "Well, I will leave now. You might need to check in with your friends, they might think something happened to you"

"Yea, your right" Naraku took Kagome's hand and shook it.

"Thank you for your company Kagome. We should do it again sometime." Kagome smiled and nodded

'yea, he's not that bad. He just comes off that way, maybe for intimidation in the business world.' Kagome turned and walked back in the direction of Hot Topic. She was almost there when her phone rang.

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Well, there you go. the 4th chapter. Thanks for all the great reviews! I'll get my next chapter up as soon as i can. I'm gonna start tryin to get a new chapter up once a week. maybe more. I dont know. Well anyway. Thanks abunch and if anyone has any ideas they are greatly welcome, because i have kinda hit a dead end on my next chapter, i cant figure out how to get it goin the way i want so maybe ya'll can give me some ideas. Thanks Again

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