Chapter 6 -

Kagome –

'Fuck! Why… Oh why did he have to be in the northern lands?' Koga's tribe resided in the northern mountains so it was not so surprising, and she had travelled in the northern lands before, but that had been before she had remembered… everything. Her family ruled the northern lands for crying out loud! She looked at Sesshoumaru shortly and then blushed

'How did I get up on his lap while sleeping? Did I do that or…' She had momentarily freaked out until she had looked into his eyes and time had seemed to just stop. He had looked at her the same way he had always looked at her as Aya. She was happy that he seemed to care for her, but it also frustrated her to no end. And not only that… she had actually lied to him…again… Yes, she had been worried for Inu-Yasha, but she had actually been thinking of Sesshoumaru, and what should she have done? Told him the truth? Fat chance… It had definitely not been the time or place to do so. But… She had felt a change in Sesshoumaru… And that just added more to her guilt of withholding the truth, especially when he looked at her like that, with caring eyes…

"What are you planning when your journey comes to an end?" she almost fell over her own legs from surprise when he spoke

'Is he… the silent Sesshoumaru actually trying to start up a conversation with me?' it was one of the changes she had first seen in him. Out of nowhere he would start up conversation, reminding her again of their times together long ago, and he did not realize it actually made it harder on her. It was easier to deal with the cold, non-talkative Sesshoumaru, because then she could focus on what were ahead, like the important final battle… She thought about his question… What to answer… She could not possibly tell him the truth yet, but she did not want to lie either… she had done plenty of that, and her insides felt like it would twist and turn if she were going to tell him another one

"I will tell you after the battle" she said a bit dismissively, hoping he would just drop the subject. He only nodded and Kagome could not help but sighing mentally. When she had only known herself as Kagome from the future, she had thought that she would have been sent back, to what she had believed to be her true home, but when she had learned the truth, she had said goodbye to her foster family and sealed the well. Wouldn't want Inu-Yasha to jump in and discover the truth, especially now when he could still be under Naraku's influence.

She smiled a bit thinking that it wouldn't be to long now before she got to see her mother and father again… She just hoped that she could keep Sesshoumaru by her side… As a friend… Or hopefully more… Though she was not sure if that was even possible… She had no idea of how he viewed her as a person… As the person Kagome… Or how he would react when he learned the truth… Would he be happy? Or deadly pissed? Would he forgive her from just disappearing and not leave any kind of message to console him? She had no idea… She had felt pride of the fact that she as Aya had known more of Sesshoumaru than any other, but she had to admit, regretfully, that she had a hard time deciphering this Sesshoumaru… Once, she knew how he would react to certain things, but now… She was almost afraid to even guess, so she wouldn't be disappointed if the reaction had been the opposite of what she had expected… Kagome sighed again… Would he forgive her?

They had travelled the whole day and night because Kagome just wanted this over with. She could not take much more any longer being alone around him, and to Kagome's great relief they found Koga easily

"Koga!" Kagome yelled and waved her hand to get his attention, since he was apparently busy ordering his pack around. Before she knew it he was in front of her with her hands in his

"Kagome! Have you finally come to be my woman?" Kagome cheeks turned a small tint of red, which others might have seen as embarrassment, but no… it was from irritation… they had already been down that road so many times… How thickheaded can a wolf youkai be? And she had thought Inu-Yasha had been bad… When she started to hear a small growl behind her, which only seemed to increase in length and volume the longer Koga held onto her hands, she could not help but look back at Sesshoumaru… He seemed… angry… he was glaring at Koga with a glare she had not even seen him give Inu-Yasha. She turned her head to look back at Koga… He was glaring back! If she did not do something, this could turn into a worse spectacle than what she was used to when Inu-Yasha and Koga fought… Kagome put up a smile and gently tried to get her hands free… for one it was uncomfortable… and two… to save the stupid wolf youkai before he was beaten to a bleeding pulp

"And here I thought that you already had your mating ceremony planned with Ayame… Or that was what she told me the last time we met…" Kagome said with a fake smile on her lips… She hated confrontations, but if he kept it going, then she would have to 'grow some balls' so to speak and sit him straight once and for all. Koga took her hands again, holding them tighter

"You know you are the only one for me my beautiful fairy" he said with a half-smile, half-smirk on his lips, and he sent a glare behind her while kissing her hand. Okay… Now she was actually blushing! But only because she was bad at taking compliments… Even before she got to tell him off and explain the real reason for their visit, she felt herself being pulled back and silver hair moved into her line of sight, blocking out Koga. Kagome paled

'Oh oh' Sesshoumaru was growling franticly now and Koga growled back in response… Kagome ran in front of them with her hands up, telling them with her body language that they should stop

"Stop this you two. There is no reason to…" She looked from Koga and then at Sesshoumaru… Which stopped her line of speech… He had red eyes… His beast had surfaced! Okay, now Kagome felt panic rise inside of her… along with confusion… he was being a bit… possessive? The Great Lord Sesshoumaru was being possessive of her… Inu-Yasha's former wench, shard-detector and weak human miko… But because of the sudden state of shock she did not get to react when Koga pushed her behind him

'Fuck' was the only thing she got to think, and then they started the fight. Koga with a grin on his lips, started to run fast in circles around Sesshoumaru, and it was difficult to see Koga with his incredible speed, but Sesshoumaru created his poison whip and in a swing of his wrist over his head, he sent it flying gliding close to the ground, catching the legs of the running wolf. Sesshoumaru pulled in his poison whip, making Koga fly in the air toward Sesshoumaru. When Koga came into reaching distance of Sesshoumaru, he backhanded Koga. Kagome had to duck when Koga had been sent flying her way from the blow, and she had to sidestep when a flash of white ran after the flying wolf. She saw how Koga was bleeding heavy from the blow and from the poison whip that had been wrapped around his legs, before he had been sent flying

Kagome was hopping up and down, looking to the sides, hoping to see anything, or come up with anything that could stop this ridiculous fight! Oh, where could she find an enchanted bead necklace when you needed one? Of course, she would have to put it on Koga… She could not see herself go unpunished if she ever tried to pull that trick on Sesshoumaru…

'Come on… Think of something… What would make those two shift their attention enough to stop the fight… hmm…' But should she even intervene? Or would it just backfire? Decisions, decisions…

Koga finally got up, but he could not run that fast anymore due to his injury. Kagome knew she would have to stop the fight now if Koga were to survive this… almost one-sided fight (Since Koga had a really hard time to fight against Sesshoumaru's strength) Kagome tried to concentrate on finding a solution when she thought of something

'Ah… that might just do since they are so wrapped up in each other that they wouldn't even have noticed' she watched as Sesshoumaru threw one punch after another at Koga, and Koga got a kick in at Sesshoumaru from time to time. She went a bit closer and then with all her might and with her best acting skill she screamed in despair

"Naraku!" THAT got their attention and they stopped fighting, freezing to the spot, looking around for the enemy, and it had been just enough time for her to knock out Koga hard… Very hard, on the neck to make him unconscious, having to put just a little of her youkai powers in the blow. She had not needed that much since he was already very much beaten up, but she had used such a low use of it that it would go unnoticed by the two

"I am so, so sorry… But we do not have the time for this…" she whispered into Koga's ear. She turned to look at Sesshoumaru who finally seemed to be back to his normal self

'Thank god… I would have hated it, if I had to deal with his beast to' she sighed in relief and took out the shards from Koga's injured legs. She whistled at Koga's pack, who then came and picked him up. She bowed and apologized

"I am sorry, but please let Koga know that I took my shards back" they thankfully just nodded in response and carried the unconscious Koga away. Kagome walked up to Sesshoumaru, hoping he was not to mad at her for butting in. He said nothing. He did not even look at her, and so they began the journey back to Edo in complete silence.

Edo –

It had taken Sango and Miroku 2 days to return from their destination. When they had arrived they had been quiet and had gone directly into the hut to sleep. They would be going after Naraku the next day and Kagome had already confirmed with her shard search that he was close

"Lord Sesshoumaru, I would like to talk to you for a moment" Kagome said nervously. Sesshoumaru only nodded in response, but you could see the curiosity when his eyebrow rose ever so elegantly. He followed her to the Goshinboku, where she sat down next to it and gestured for him to do the same, which he did

"You know that I have a secret… A secret which I cannot tell you… yet… "She started and turned to look at Sesshoumaru. Again, he just nodded

"I cannot tell you yet as you know… But we are going to fight against Naraku tomorrow, and when… If we win, then I can" she continued nervous. She was so nervous that she was actually trembling! She took a deep breath to try and calm her nerves, but also to try and find the right words, without revealing too much

"I want you to know that I am sorry, and I did not want this to happen. It is all that I can say on the matter for now… But you will understand… after…" she did not have to say the last part, he already knew. She mustered up some courage and cupped his face with her tiny hands and looked him deep in his beautiful golden eyes, which seemed to warm up day by day

"And I want to give you something in gratitude of what you have done for me… If you will allow it…" she asked. She was getting more nervous by the seconds, and she could feel how her cheeks became warmer and warmer. He too, looked her deep in her eyes

"You may" it had almost come out as a whisper. There had been no coldness in his voice

'I can't believe I am doing this' but before she would change her mind and chicken out, she manned up, stood on her toes and gave him a light and gentle kiss on his lips. She felt him stiffen, but it disappeared quickly, to only feel him embrace her tight and return the kiss hungrily. She had not expected it, but she was happy that he had. When his hands started to travel up and down her body she could not help the moan that escaped her mouth. He took advantage of it and slid his tongue inside of her mouth, tasting every corner and deepened the kiss. Kagome felt like she was in heaven! The silky touch of his lips to the warmth from his body made her body do strange things. It was like she had butterflies that were having a party with fireworks in her stomach. She did not want it to end, but they had to pull away from each other to get some much needed air. Kagome's face turned to four shades of red and quickly said goodnight before running back to Kaede's hut to sleep. She was too embarrassed to look back at him. If she had, then she would have seen the self satisfied smile on her inu's lips.

Author's note:

Another chapter out! Had to work a little extra on this chapter with the Koga/Sesshoumaru bit to not disappoint you ; )…

And I would like to apologize to all of my readers who find it difficult to read my stories because of my grammar… or lack thereof… I am from Denmark and it is the first time I am writing this much on English, and I know since I chose to write it on English that I should pay more attention to the grammar… sorry… I thought I did, but I know it is not enough… I will get to it when I have a friend who is sharper at English grammar than me…

But I would also like to point out that we all write differently in our story telling, so if you expect to read the same writing style (like describing every single detail like smell, color, sounds and feelings) then it can become a bother to the reader because of too much information, which can make it totally boring to read in the end, but that is just my personal opinion… I like variety in the way people write their stories, you cannot expect people to write in the same style, if everyone did that, then there wouldn't be failures, some good ones and those who are really great, because there would only be the same kind of books with the same style in all of them… how boring if you ask me… So do not tell me to copy of some other writers way to tell a story, please!

Critic is good, I am not bitching about it… though the critic I just got from 'Kagome's path' kind of made me a bit sad… This is practice to when I start writing on my real book on the Danish language. I recognize that there are people out there who will not enjoy my stories, and that is fair enough, everyone is entitled to their personal taste and opinions, but if you don't like my style, then don't read it… simple as that…

To those of you who do not have a problem with my style and storytelling/ subject, thank you so much for reading my stories : ) Your positive feedback makes me want to write more and work harder for you guys…

Hope you enjoyed and please review… Even if it is critic… That is how one grows and might become better… Again I am sorry about my poor grammar errors… The spelling I can definitely work on and I will when I get the time… So please be patient…

Love

CayaC

(P.S. to you who have read Kagome's path and criticized it If I had made Kagome an elemental youkai from the beginning, then that would just have fucked my poems up, and those were hard to make and where important in the story! I love writing fantasy, but when it comes to poems… Argh! And if I had removed the entire elemental youkai bit, then it would just have fucked up the entire story… And… I disagree when you say Sesshoumaru and Inu-no-Tashio is basically the same in the story, there are similarities… but come on… They are father and son… There are bound to be some similarities... The apple does not fall far from the tree… Ever heard of that? I get you did not like it… Fair enough… Then stop reading it… No one is forcing you… But thanks anyway… It gave me something to think about)