Truth or Dare, with a Twist

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A/N- Hey, been a LONG time, sorry for the wait. Been way too busy with life, growing up and all that. It's probably been like three or four years since I updated this story. For a few of my reviewers, I STILL don't know if I'm going to make this an Inu/Kag or a Sess/Kag, because frankly, I prefer Sess/Kag. You know, the whole forbidden demon lord loving a human even though it's politically wrong in the time they're in… Yeah, makes me happy. I love forbidden romance. Most of you don't understand why. Inu/Kag gets SO boring. Seriously. It's like… majorly boring to me. The only thing good about it is that it's a love triangle for Kikyo/Kagome/InuYasha. And that's cool, except I don't really think InuYasha will ever TRULY be with Kagome, because he only really wants Kikyo. Yeah, well. There's my opinion. Sesshomaru is way prettier too. =) Onward to the story though. Again, I really am sorry for the wait.

Last Time:

"It is in return for giving Rin that necklace."

"It…" She hesitated. "It was for you."

"I have no need for it."

"I have no need for this." She wiggled the finger the ring was on and then tried to pull it off. It wouldn't budge. "Take this off." She said, her tone angry and confused.

"You will need it." He stated, and he walked to her, gently running his fingers across her cheek. He turned, and left.

Kagome was confused.

This Time:

Chapter Nine

Mistakes Make Us

The confusion was clear in her eyes. She would never say so though. Pride wouldn't let her. "What the hell?" She asked aloud. Shippo looked at her.

"Mama?"

"Nothing Shippo; don't worry. Just… nothing."

Sesshomaru was acting weird around her. She didn't know if she liked that. 'To think, this all started out with Truth or Dare…' She thought to herself, sighing as she looked out the window. The garden was very lovely. It was in full bloom. Roses, lilies, daffodil's… any kind of flower was blooming, some Kagome had never seen before. "I'm going to go walk in the garden's Shippo. Um… then I'm going to bathe. I'll be back soon."

"Okay!" He chirped happily, coloring on some paper Kagome had given him. She left the room and walked down the hall. She was lost after twenty minutes of mindless walking.

"Um…"

"Are you lost?"

Kagome jumped. "Oh, my God, don't sneak up on me like that!" She turned around, only to come face to chest with Sesshomaru. "Oh, it's just you. How do I get outside? I want to go to the garden." A raised eyebrow was all she got, before he walked past her. She sighed and walked after him, as he led her down hallways and outside. Soon they were in the garden, and she was gushing over the flowers there. "Oh wow." She whispered out, before she took off running through the flowers. The paths were made of stone, the benches were made of the same stone. Ivy grew up the side of the castle, and flowers bloomed from the ivy. Kagome lost her breath when she turned around and looked at Sesshomaru, who was watching her with a very soft expression. The sun was shining on half of his face, making his eyes sparkle.

"Is there something interesting about my face, Kagome?"

She blushed and looked away. "No, sorry. Just another face." She looked at the ring. "What's this for anyway? What does it do?"

"It calls me. It is a mating gift."

"A what?" She squeaked, blushing furiously. "I… you. Take it off." She held out her hand.

"It is the only way I can protect you."

"I don't need protection Sesshomaru! I can take care of myself."

"Yes, you've proven that you can. You take care of yourself so well in fact, that you died and your kit slayed the beast, leaving me to bring you back."

She blushed, but it wasn't from being embarrassed. She was angry. "Listen here bub!" She shouted, storming up to him and getting in his face. "I take care of myself just fine! I don't want to be mated to you!"

"Would you prefer InuYasha?"

She stepped back, looking down to the ground. That had hurt. 'Wow. Sesshomaru hurting me. Well that's not surprising considering he wants to kill me.' Anger soon overcame the hurt, and she reached up and grabbed his hair. "Oh, it's soft." She didn't realize she had spoken aloud, but she gave his head a yank and pulled him to her height. "Look, one time I died. Oh well. No I don't want to mate InuYasha. And no, I don't want to mate you." She paused when something flashed through his eyes, but was replaced by the stoic mask he wore. "I want to have a choice damn it!"

Sesshomaru grabbed her hand and pulled it from his hair before he gripped it in his own. "You are so fragile. I can crush you with just a touch, Kagome. Other demons will not hesitate to do so. I, unlike them, do not want to cause you harm."

"What?"

A quirk in his lips had Kagome blushing and pulling her hand out of his. Or trying to. She blushed harder when he lifted it and pressed her palm to his cheek and held it there. However, when he lifted her hand he had pulled her closer and she was standing on her tiptoes and pressed against him. She quickly jerked away from him and walked over to some random flowers, before leaning down and cupping one in her hand. She was trying to get the heat in her body under control. She was sure she was looking like a tomato right now. 'Oh man, this is embarrassing. What the hell is wrong with Sesshomaru?'

"That's a crescent lily." She heard beside her ear. She jumped again, having been too lost in her thoughts to hear him approach. Or was he just that silent? "It blooms in the moonlight. It is quite exquisite to see all of them bloomed. They glow."

"Really?" She whispered, moving closer to the flowers to put more space between them.

"Truth or dare, Kagome."

"Truth."

"What are you thinking?"

"Um… what's wrong with you?"

"Are you questioning my intellect?"

"No. No! Not at all. You just seem to be acting different than normal."

"I do not see how."

"You're not trying to kill everyone lately. Well mostly InuYasha."

"You see me as a tyrant?"

"Well… yeah."

"I am not. I can justify my actions."

"How?"

Sesshomaru grabbed Kagome's forearms and turned her to face him. "I do not despise humans. I simply think the lot of them stink. You do not, and Rin's smell is tolerable. InuYasha is not worthy of you. He is an imbecile, and cannot even fully handle the Tetsusaiga. He unleashes a quarter of its true power, simply because he is a hanyou. I do not hate InuYasha."

"What?"

"I do not. If I wanted him dead, I would have killed him before he was born. I would have killed Izayoi." He stared deep into her eyes, and she looked at her arms.

"You would have killed a pregnant woman and an unborn child?"

"If I had known the stain it would have made on my family, yes."

"That's cruel."

"It is life." He paused. "However, I let them live. Father loved the woman, and despite how I acted when he went to her… I could not help but feel slightly envious. For a powerful youkai like my father to fall in love so freely, with not one, but two women in one lifetime baffled me. In fact, the willpower it takes to mate a human, the control… that was enough to stop my murderous rampage. And for a human to birth a hanyou child, when it is much larger than a human baby is incredible. I was envious of InuYasha. He had father's attention from the day he found Izayoi pregnant. My mother would have been ashamed of him for leaving his oldest son to grow up alone, with no one to help him except the many servants and teachers at his disposal."

Kagome tried to stand but Sesshomaru grabbed her arms tighter and leaned his face forward. "Believe it or not, I have a heart Kagome. It is… was buried in ice until Rin became my ward. She started thawing it. Now it seems to be complete again, beating properly. I did not know how beautiful a heartbeat could sound until I revived you."

"Sessho-"

"Get your hands off her!" InuYasha growled as he jumped over the wall. "WIND SCAR!"

Within seconds Sesshomaru had Kagome wrapped possessively in his arms and airborne. "InuYasha! SIT!" A very loud thud was heard as InuYasha ate dirt, and they landed. Sesshomaru still held Kagome against him, even after her feet touched the ground. She was becoming rather uncomfortable in his embrace.

InuYasha stood. "What the hell was that for! I come to save you from him and you just SIT me!"

"InuYasha…"

"And why the hell are you touching her like you own her! She is mine!" He stopped talking, and his shoulders fell slack when he looked at her hand. "Kagome… is that?" He looked up and into her eyes. "You are mated to Sesshomaru?"

"WHAT!" She shouted out. "No! I am not!" She said. "He said he gave it to me for protection. We already talked about the whole mating gift thing. I am not mating him."

"Nor is she mating you, 'little' brother."

InuYasha growled. "She belongs to me."

"She is not yours."

"SIT!" She shouted, as she jerked out of Sesshomaru's arms. "I belong to neither of you! I'm not some piece of property. InuYasha, what about Kikyo? Well?" When she got no reply, she looked at Sesshomaru. "And you didn't even ask! You just assumed I needed protection. Well I need nothing! I don't need either of you!" She shouted, her Miko powers flaring wildly about her. "I am nobody's doll!" She screeched. Sesshomaru walked through the powers, though they were burning his skin, and grabbed her hand. He flipped her wrist over and bit it roughly. She screamed, before she dropped into his arms.

"Truth or dare Kagome."

"Dare…?"

"I dare you to kiss me."

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Sorry, I leave off here. Not very long, I know. Sorry again. I'm tired. It's almost three am. I'll try to fix it tomorrow or something, but leave a review. I've got some devious ideas for the next chapter…