Sesshoumaru leaving and Kagome wasn't excited about it.

Memories of the male holding her last night made her smile. If Naraku was after her, she needed to go where Sesshoumaru was. However, the male wasn't completely excited about her coming with him. He had wanted her safe in the palace until he got back so that he could court her properly. Sesshoumaru would be stopping in her father's confiscated territory, there; he would confront the male about her attempted assassination and the recent attempt from her clan.

Even though she knew the male could take care of himself, who could she trust to watch her back?

"Kagome."

She turned to see him standing there in his armor and silk, he really was beautiful. Did he know that?

"I will be leaving now."

Kagome felt that familiar pain in her heart, and sighed. She had known that he would have been leaving but now that she was aware of how important he had become to her, she had trouble letting him leave.

He strode over to her, lifted her face to look at him, and smiled, "I'll be back soon."

He kissed her lips softly before leaving the room. Watching the sorrow wash over her face would do him no good. Even with the guards that he left in charge over her welfare, he felt as if something was off.

Shaking his head, he chalked it up to be unfounded fears; her father would be stupid to send someone after her. Not only would he be condemning himself to death, he would be requesting for the annihilation of the whole Higurashi line. That was if Kagome was harmed in any way.

As he left the familiar scenery of his father's palace, Sesshoumaru felt as if he should have heeded Kagome's request to accompany him.

The day had passed slowly for Kagome. Time seemed to move slowly and she felt as if he had taken her sense of security. When she lived with her father, she always lived in fear for her safety. Inu no Taishou wasn't here either having to leave to stop a dispute with a couple of his allies, and Inuyasha had finally decided to make Kikyou his mate. They had left to the more private grounds of the land to carry out their mating in peace. That left her here with men and women that she didn't know.

"Kagome-sama. I have bought you your dinner."

Kagome sighed, there would be no use in her worrying. Sesshoumaru wouldn't leave her there alone without some kind of protection. She ate her food silently never noting that today's events had made her drowsy. Pausing in between a bite she yawned and the room felt hazy. Through blurry eyes, she could see her Lady in Waiting smirking at her maliciously.

'No!'

She attempted to stand up and found herself back in her chair, the lady in waiting walked up to her and the floor began to glow with purifying powers. No matter how she tried, she just didn't have enough power to kill the spider youkai.

"No need to struggle, I'm not going to kill you, I have my orders."

The glow on the floor began to weaken, Kagome tried to crawl away but before she could get to the door, a sharp pain exploded from the back of her head. With a quiet thump, she had fell unconscious.

Miroku could smell a rat when he saw one, so when he found people leaving the palace and a heavily guarded sack, he knew something was up. Kagome-sama had said that she wouldn't be accompanying her Lord Sesshoumaru, so assuming that she was finally leaving would be right. Sango and Kirara had arrived from the Arata's, Sango looked at him curiously and knew that they wouldn't be staying for very long.

"What's wrong?"

"I believe that something is up. Those men and that woman came from the palace; I think that we should follow them. We should prepare to leave soon." Miroku turned on his heel and strode back toward Arata's hut to gather their things.

When they began to follow the band, they thought that they were run of the mill thieves that had slipped through the cracks of the Taishou palace. The sack that they had was guarded at all time and if it was moved, they took extreme care.

They fell behind the traveling band at a safe distance. The band never stopped in a town or village to rest, staying as far away from crowds as they could. A new comer holding binding cuffs joined the group after three days. When they finally opened the sack, Miroku gasped.

Kagome was looking worse for wear; the poison that they had given her had nullified her powers and made her physically weak. The newcomer placed the cuffs on her wrists and Kagome cried out in pain.

"Why did it take so long for Naraku-sama to send this?" The lady in waiting snapped.

The man bowed fearfully, "I'm sorry Kagura-sama, Naraku-sama said that there were spells to be placed on it to ensure that she won't be of any trouble.

Kagura huffed, "All this trouble for an ordinary girl. Why not just kill her and her father and take over?"

"Because no one from the lesser branches of the lesser branches of the clan is eligible unless they take a main branch as his wife. She is the only heir."

Kagura grunted and handed another male a pouch, "Give her this, at least keep her nourished and drugged until Naraku gets her." she paused for a moment, "Also, capture those two humans that have been following us for the last days.

The fight that Sango had put up was admirable, however, knowing that if didn't' get to Kagome, the woman would be lost forever. Kagura held Kagome at knifepoint and smirked when Sango and Miroku had stopped fighting.

"Good. Tie them up and bring them along too. You two will replace these men that you've killed."

Weeks had passed and Sango and Miroku had killed in order to keep Kagome safe. She was in a continuous coma, only waking when the poison had worn off, that was the only time that they would feed her.

"Kagura-sama, we're nearing Lord Sesshoumaru's camp, they have stopped in the nearby town."

Sango perked, "Kirara." she whispered gaining the attention of her pet that had always been close.

The nekomata hopped in front of Sango, "Go find Lord Sesshoumaru, Kagome-sama needs him."

Sango took a few strands of Kagome's hair that she had cut and tied it on the collar that Kirara wore, "Go!" she whispered urgently.

Kirara raced though the forest finally happening in the town that her master had ordered her and found this "Lord Sesshoumaru" that her master was asking for. She pawed at his boots and he looked down at her.

Instantly recognizing her he spied the hair tied to the collar and sniffed it.

"Where is she?" his temper was in check but not by much.

Kirara ran out of the room and into the forest with Sesshoumaru not too far behind.

When they reached the place, the group was preparing to go and before anyone could get a word in otherwise, he had gone in demolishing anything that was moving.

Miroku grabbed Kagome from the cart and dragged her body off to the side out of the way.

Kagura dodged and sent blades of wind flying toward Sesshoumaru who blocked it with his arm.

"How did you find us?" she hissed.

He said nothing as he killed another conspirator and stepped towards her.

She knew that she was dead if she were to continue to fight back, so thinking of running as the best option, Kagura did just that. A sudden gust blew, stirring up dust and debris and Kagura flew off on a feather.

Sesshoumaru calmed and looked to see the two humans from the town and Kagome, who happened to be out.

"She has been drugged; it will take another few days for her to awaken. I do not know what kind of poison they have used.

Kagome felt herself in a dreamless state. Normally this would be no problem. She would have known something was up from the moment the plan had been conceived.

When had she become so dependent on Sesshoumaru to take care of her? Had she really allowed her heart to grow weak around him?

She had been so preoccupied with making herself someone that the male could be proud of showing off that she had forgotten herself. When had she become so afraid to fight for her freedom?

She loved him, that she wouldn't deny, but she would not hold back in fear of being ridiculed.

'I have never cared for the affairs of the court. I won't start now. I'll have to deal with this on my own.'

She could feel the purification of the poison from her body. Someone must have taken off the cuffs. Good.

The purifying energy started from the tips of her toes as slow cool burn and stopped to the roots of her hair.

When she opened her eyes, she could see the worrying eyes of her male. When did he arrive?

"Kagome-sama, you're alive!"

She heard Sango but there was something else on her mind.

"Where are we?"

"Saifuyu town." Came the reply from the monk and Kagome nodded.

She stood up unsteadily and Sesshoumaru moved to help her, her ragged Kimono fluttered about her. She held her hand out to stop him.

"Kagome?"

She smiled serenely at Sesshoumaru and he couldn't help but notice the hunger in her eyes. She held the eyes of a predator, and the hunger in her eyes was for blood.

Without a word, she left the room and before anyone could stop her, she had disappeared.

A/n: Alright now adding to the story, some development, there might not be as much fluffy scenes as I would want but this is crucial to the story, its going to develop the relationship a bit. Bear with me. Thanks!