Dandelions in the Wind

Chrysolite Heart

Chapter 10

Kagome's eyes filled with tears before she knew it. Inuyasha…is dead? Why? How? She suddenly remembered the words Naraku had spoken before he had parted. She put two and two together. Naraku did this? She could feel tears streaming down her face but she didn't care. She looked at Sesshomaru who still seemed to be in shock.

"Sesshomaru…"she whispered his name. Sesshomaru seemed to snap out of his trance and glanced at Kagome. He took one look at her tear stained face and then pulled her into a quick and tight embrace. He turned her head away from the grave stone and into his shoulder.

"Hush Kagome," he soothed her.

"Naraku did this, Naraku did this!" she cried. Sesshomaru swallowed.

"Don't worry, we won't let him get away this," Sesshomaru reassured her and his eyes swept back over the name carved onto the grave stone.

"We won't?" Kagome asked tearfully. Sesshomaru shook his head desperately.

"We won't, I promise," Sesshomaru repeated. Kagome continued to cry. Suddenly there was a rustle from nearby. Sesshomaru quickly lifted Kagome to her feet; she looked at him in surprise. She hadn't heard the rustle because her sense of hearing wasn't as good as Sesshomaru's.

"What is it?" she asked.

"Shhhhh, someone is nearby," Sesshomaru whispered. Kagome's eyes widened in surprise, the two quickly escaped from the burial site and towards the van where Jaken remained waiting for them.

"Oh, you're back!" Jaken said in surprise as Sesshomaru and Kagome jumped into the van.

"Drive, now!" Sesshomaru ordered in a rush. Jaken blinked for only a second before following the command. Kagome and Sesshomaru buckled up as Jaken took off. Kagome looked back and noticed 2 men running out from the gate she and Sesshomaru had just left. They looked around in a rush but Kagome didn't bother looking anymore and twisted herself back around in her seat so that she faced the front. Sesshomaru gave her a side-way glance. It was obvious he was still worried about her. Kagome's eyes were red by this point from crying and the tears still dripped down her face. With a sigh Kagome leaned back into the seat and fell asleep. Jaken hit a bump along the way and Kagome's head fell onto Sesshomaru's shoulder but Sesshomaru didn't mind. He let Kagome sleep and looked out the window as she slept. Looks like we won't be doing anymore investigating today…he thought to himself, glancing back at the sleeping girl on his shoulder. His eyes softened at the sight of her. Quietly, he slipped his arm around her and held her tighter to him. As they continued to drive Sesshomaru felt a strange wave of responsibility wash over him. It was as if he was responsible for protecting Kagome for Inuyasha and killing Naraku to avenge Inuyasha's death for Kagome. He sighed, a headache beginning to come on. He eventually drifted off to sleep as well as Jaken drove them back to their motel.

That evening, Sesshomaru and Kagome had a quiet dinner with little discussion. They ate in silence before Kagome piped up with a question. She was looking better now, her eyes were less swollen and she had gotten a bit of sleep. She hadn't realized she had been sleeping on Sesshomaru's shoulder because before they had arrived at the motel Sesshomaru had woken up and pushed Kagome back into her previous position before waking her up when they got back.

"So, Koga is going to arrive tomorrow?" Kagome asked quizzically. Sesshomaru nodded with a forkful of food in his mouth. Sesshomaru quickly swallowed on his food before speaking.

"He's going to become an employee of Naraku's so he can keep a closer guard on him for us," Sesshomaru explained.

"What makes you so sure Naraku will accept Koga?" Kagome asked.

"Well for starters Koga is a great fighter, he knows how to follow orders and follows them well and he's got a certain cocky attitude I'm sure Naraku will like," Sesshomaru listed off the reasons. Kagome nodded at every one.

"Sounds good then, so will I get to meet him?" Kagome continued. Sesshomaru looked up at her.

"Of course you will…unless you don't want to," Sesshomaru added.

"Oh no, that's not what I meant. I thought you might just have him start working right off the bat and I wanted to meet him first, if you know what I mean," Kagome replied hastily.

"I understand," Sesshomaru responded. "He should be here by tomorrow morning, we'll have the chance to meet him and then he'll be off by noon,"

"Noon? Why so soon?" (A/N hey it rhymes! Noon…soon, I'm a poet and I didn't even know it. LOL) Kagome questioned.

"Well for all we know, Naraku might have people on our trail as well," Sesshomaru began to explain. "So we don't want to be with Koga too long or they'll find out about our relationship and then Koga won't be able to get in,"

"Oh, I see now," Kagome muttered, suddenly feeling extremely stupid. I should've known that…

"Yes, well anyway, finish up," Sesshomaru told her briskly. Kagome nodded and picked up her fork. "And don't worry, we're not going to let Naraku get away with this," he added. Kagome felt her vision go blurry as memories of Inuyasha's grave came flooding back into her mind.

"I know," she responded. "But now that we've heard Naraku's words with our own ears, why can't we just report him?"

"Kagome, if we went to court Naraku could just claim that we're making this up and we would have no evidence to support us," Sesshomaru replied.

"We could show them Inuyasha's grave," Kagome suggested. Sesshomaru sighed.

"That's good, but still not quite enough. He could say that we just made this grave and carved Inuyasha's name into it," Sesshomaru told her. Kagome sighed in impatience.

"This is so annoying," she complained.

"I know, if we had brought along a voice recorder and recorded what he had said then we would have enough evidence," Sesshomaru said.

"That was pretty stupid of us," Kagome blurted out. Sesshomaru simply nodded in agreement.

"Yes, but we'll win the end. You just need to be patient Kagome, I'm going to make sure that once we catch that bastard Naraku there'll be no way for him to escape the truth," Sesshomaru told her confidently. Kagome's shoulders slumped.

"Alright," Kagome replied reluctantly. Sesshomaru gave her a wane smile before returning to his food.

The rest of dinner was eaten in silence. Sesshomaru and Kagome walked back to their rooms and said good-night before each heading into their separate rooms.

Kagome changed into her pajamas and flopped down onto the bed. She laid herself under the covers but couldn't sleep. She lay there thinking. Inuyasha, I'm so sorry! Maybe if I had come sooner then it wouldn't have been like this…Kagome thought. And these feelings I'm having for Sesshomaru, what are they? Could they be love? But how can I possibly love anyone after what's happened to you? She continued to think. No, I can't love anyone ever again, it wouldn't be fair…Kagome told herself although she knew deep down that Inuyasha would have disagreed. Inuyasha had always wanted what was best for her; she could still recall his loving golden eyes looking down into her chocolate brown ones. Inuyasha… she thought the name over and over again until she fell asleep.

A/N

Ok, so Koga should be in by the next chapter. Now Kag has decided that she can't possibly ever love anyone again! What's Sess gonna do? Find out soon! Review plz! (It makes me more urgent to update for you guys!)