.:. New Beginning .:.

Why did he feel warm…wait he could feel again? Maybe he was coming back from that hell. But that still doesn't explain why he felt so warm, he still couldn't move his body but he could faintly hear something and it was getting clearer, if he wasn't mistaken it was Kagome and her mother, but they were obviously trying to be quiet and it was failing which meant his demon hearing was coming back…he hoped.

"Kagome sweetie how long are you going to stay here, won't your friends be worrying about you, it has been a week now, he isn't going to come back, I'm sorry"

"Mom I won't give up on him, I don't expect you to understand but I love him mom, he might be a demon, he's probably hundreds of years older than me, and…and I don't even know if he'll ever return my feelings but well I will not give up on him!"

"Ok, we'll keep going, but please try and eat something and get some sleep. Putting your own health at risk isn't going to help and I'm worried you'll end up like him soon you can barely stay awake anymore and you look so pale, he wouldn't recognise you even if he did wake up"

"Thank you mom, don't worry I'll be careful please could you get me some more water, I think I need to put another compress on his forehead the other one is dry now and he still has a temperature"

"Ok dear, just be careful you know what happened last time you tried to touch him, I wish you would let me cut his claws I don't want you to get hurt again"

'He had hurt her, how when, where? He needed to apologise to her…wait apologise what was going on, had that time in that place really made him like this?'

"Mom it was only a little scratch and he doesn't won't need to know about it, he couldn't help it anyway it was my fault for forgetting that demons still have reflexes when they are vulnerable"

"Just please be careful there must have been something on his claws because I can still see the scar on your throat, it may of faded more now but it's still visible"

'I must of hurt her with my poison claw without realising it, I need to get to her I need to appoligise! But what do I say? Kagome…Kagome…KAGOME!'

"KAGOME!"

"Mom now look he's talking in his sleep again, please go and get the water he needs to rest or he'll never fight whatever it is that's got him" she waited until her mom had left before she bent over his pail frame, tears glistening in the corners of her eyes "Sesshomaru if you can hear me please, please come back, please don't leave me, oh man stupid tears where's that tissue there all over your face again I'm sorry I'm being silly"

"Don't…say…that"

"Great now I'm hearing things I could of sworn he spoke" as I look at Sesshomaru, I can see I slight bit of colour has come back into his cheeks whether it's because of the fever or because he's getting better I can't tell, but his face, his beautiful face looks so angelic when he's sleeping, still as pale as snow but still as handsome. My tears and his sweat are mixed and give him an even more angelic glow; I just wish he would get better as my eyes travel down his my gaze land on his lips, which regardless of being starved of water still look as soft as ever. Almost kissable.

"No bad Kagome do not kiss ill and feverish dog demons who are lying helplessly on your front sofa"

Before she knew it she was leaning over him, her hair falling either side of her face and his framing them in a curtain of darkness, before she knew what she was doing she was kissing him. Gently she caressed his lips with hers, she didn't expect him to respond she just wanted to push as much love, emotion and energy into him that she could in hopes that she might be able to revive him, she knew it wouldn't work but it was worth a try. She broke the kiss as she heard her mother coming back with the bowl of water, and gratefully took it and dismissed her mother so she could take care of him, as she rung out the towel and placed it on his forehead she could see yet more colour had returned to his face.

"I bet the Inu-gang are worried about me, I hope they won't be too angry, and I bet Jaken had a heart attack by now especially looking after Ri…oh my god RIN! She'll be worried sick about him, I need to go back! Mom, I need to go back to the feudal era I forgot to tell Sesshomaru's daughter where he was she'll be worried sick!"

"HE has a DAUGHTER! Kagome you can't be serious?" her mother said in disbelief as she walked into the room to find her daughter looking everywhere for her bag.

"Not a biological daughter mom, you remember when I say Shippou is like my adoptive son, well Rin is his adoptive daughter, she's a little human girl he saved years ago"

"But hunny I thought he hated humans, that's what you have always told me" that's right I forgot I bet he'd hate me even more if he knows we've looked after him so much, he'll smell of humans now.

"He does mom, but I don't care, you can't choose who you give you heart to can you" just as I got up from Sesshomaru's chair I felt something on my arm and it wouldn't let go, thinking I'd caught myself on one of his claws again, I turned around to find a pair of golden orbs looking at me…wait golden orbs he awake!

"Sesshomaru? Is that you?"

"Last time I checked I was this Sesshomaru"

"Your awake, you're awake!"

"I should hope so, as it seems I have been asleep for a week by the sounds of it, and yes I did hear your conversation with your mother, why have you affected you health to look after this Sesshomaru?"

"She has never left your side for one minute ever since you became ill, she even slept next to you, she hasn't eaten or anything in almost a week, I'm glad to see you're finally awake" said Kagome's mother as she entered the room again.

Next thing I know I'm being hugged to death by a very excited Kagome and that horrible smell of salt is back again, now why was she crying?

"I'm so happy!"

"Er…Kagome do you mind removing yourself from this Sesshomaru, I can't breathe"

"Oh right sorry, how are you feeling? I know it doesn't take long for your strength to come back, but you really need to return to your time, Rin will be doing her nut by now"

"I will be back to full strength by the time of the next sun, and then I shall return to my wards, as my lands are probably in ruin as I have not been minding the borders for a few days, and I can't rely on Jaken for much these days…I really should kill him"

"Yeap he's back to normal, mom would you be able to stay here while I go back to the feudal era for a while?"

"Sure darling but please be careful"

"Ok, see you soon" and with that she was gone.