Author Note: Yay!!! I'm so glad my writers block has subsided for now. I'm terribly sorry, my story really isn't that great, but I hope that this chapter will be () I have ideas in store for this one:D :D I'll tell you, this chapter has been sitting in my head since the very start of this story. I really hope you guys enjoy it!

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Chapter Thirteen

I'm Only Human

Kagome had changed into a pair of jeans and a new sweatshirt. She felt a little guilty because she wouldn't have any flowers for the graves. But they would understand.

Sesshoumaru listened as she chattered about random things, her friends in her time, school, homework, whatever that was, all the while feigning boredom. It was, truthfully interesting to listen to her speak of her world, how different it was, and how things had changed over the centuries.

"… and then my teacher gave me so much homework, and I…, well I didn't do it." She finally concluded. She spared a glance at Sesshoumaru and noticed how uninterested, how bored he looked. "Sorry that I'm boring you." She said sarcastically.

Sesshoumaru said nothing, but watched as the magic well came into view.

"Huh? Why are you taking me to the well?" Kagome asked.

"I am not. It is merely on the way." He said.

"Oh… okay."

Kagome stopped when they reached the well, and Sesshoumaru stopped not even a half step after her. He turned enough to see her looking down into it, feeling the jewel around her neck.

"Kagome?" He asked.

Kagome shook her head and smiled up at him. "I'm sorry, I just blanked out for a second, I guess." She stood there, looking so sweet and innocent, so untouchable with the backdrop of snow behind her. He turned from her quickly and clenched his fangs tightly together. She was so…

"Se…Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked timidly, after he broke their stare. She was starting to get the feeling he seriously hated her. She took a step nearer to him. "What's wro-"

Sesshoumaru dug his heel into the snowy ground, whipping around and taking her by the shoulders, fangs bared. "Go home!" He shouted, and pushed her backward.

Kagome stumbled back with a gasp and felt the rim of the well against the back of her knees, knocking her feet forward and sending her down the well. The last thing she saw was his beautiful face contorted with an odd emotion before the magic in the well caught and swallowed her to her own time.

Sesshoumaru stared down the well. She was gone now. And he couldn't get her, and she wouldn't come back. After a while, maybe, he would stop thinking of her, and things would go back to normal for him. Then why… did he feel so…

Sesshoumaru dropped to his knees and stared down the well as though she would be waiting there for him, smiling up at him with that smile she always wore. He dug his claws into the woodwork of the well so hard that it nearly panged him. Splinters drove in beneath his nails and drew tiny rivers of blood. He was feeling something, he didn't know what it was, but it was worse than any pain he had ever felt.

Kagome sat at the bottom of the well, looking up as though she could still see the Feudal Era's unpolluted skies. "You jerk!!" She screamed, so hard her throat was raw from it. She got herself up to her feet and started to climb the ladder, stomping on each step before she reached the top. She was in the well house. She hoped maybe she had stayed in the Feudal Era, just so she could give him a good kick. Right where it hurt. She clenched her fists at her sides and made her way to the house.

"Stupid, pompous, self-centered, arrogant, bastard of a demon!" She growled to herself as she made her way to the door of her house. She angrily took the doorknob in her hand and jerked it.

Nothing.

Kagome tried turning it again, but still nothing happened. "Okay… my mom is gone…." She pounded on the door. "Grandpa! Sota! Is anyone home?!"

A minute passed and still no answer came. The sky thundered softly in the distance and Kagome groaned. "They better get home soon…" she put her back to the door and slid down so her knees were to her chest. At least she wouldn't be bored. She had a lot to think about.

'Great…' Kagome thought to herself as the sky began to cry its tears. "The house is locked and they're not home… and it's raining, and I have no where to go…" she said aloud. "I didn't even know it could rain in winter…" Less than a minute had passed and her clothes were plastered messily against her body from the cold rain. She held her knees to her chest and rested her forehead on them, drowsing slightly. "Where did they go anyways…?"

Ano toki kimi mo kodoku o kanjite itano

(Were you also feeling loneliness then?)

"Go home!" He shouted, and pushed her backward.

Chiisana jibun o omotte kyou mo nemurenai

(Thinking how insignificant I am to you, I can't sleep again tonight)

Kagome clenched her eyes shut tighter. "Why did he have to be so mean? He's just a jerk…" she thought, and then her mind supplied, 'A very cute jerk that has done a lot for you since InuYasha died.'

Semete yume no naka de aetara

(If I could at least see you in my dreams)

Nante dare mo kanete wa kurenai

(But no one grants a wish like that)

"Yeah, but he's still a jerk!" She yelled to no one. 'People have to think I'm crazy. I'm just sitting out here in the rain yelling at myself like a maniac.' She stared at a dead leaf on the ground and watched it get pelted with rain. "But I want to see him again…" she said quietly to herself. "A lot…"

Kimi ni tsutaeru sube sae shirazuni

(Without even knowing they way to tell you)

Kyou mo tomatteiru

(It's another day that I'm no closer to you)

The clouds seemed as though they knew how she was feeling, and poured down harder, sensing her despair. Kagome groaned and dug her fingers into the dirt next to her. One particularly large drop 'thunked' on her head. "Great, sky. Just great. What did I do to you?!" She yelled upward, and then sighed. "Probably something…" she grunted as she got to her feet and attempted to open the door again, but knew it was futile. She turned and looked ahead of her and saw a tall figure clad in white, and she blinked her eyes. 'A trick of the rain…?'

Sesshoumaru stood across the way, standing in the rain, beautiful silver hair stuck to his face and soggy silk haori, crisp golden eyes seeking her out like a beam. Kagome's breath hitched in her throat at the sight. She was so happy to see him, but it scared her, too. The previous desire to kick him had fled. She swallowed thickly and felt her heart race behind her ribs. Her knees suddenly went weak and she had to lean back against the house to stay standing.

Sesshoumaru stared at her from across the way, her rain-drenched body beckoning to him. She looked so beautiful, so untouchable in the rain. For a long time he thought he would not be able to move, but only stare at her.

Kagome noticed his feet begin to carry him towards her, but he did not seem to go anywhere, as though time were drawing out her last moments and allowing her to reflect. 'Is he going to kill me?'

He stopped a mere inch in front of her, fixed his gaze on hers, his expressionless face marred with lines of an emotion she had never seen him express, but could not define it. Her heart was beating so fast she thought it would burst free of its cage in her chest. She swallowed again and looked up at him, teeth clenched.

Sesshoumaru's hands smoothed their way up her arms to rest on her shoulders, gripping her slick shirt and arms tightly. "Insignificant little human," he said, his voice so low and so soft, almost seductive. He bent his face to hers so that his lips were a hairs breadth away. "Come home…" and he pressed his lips to her soft lips and kissed her in the rain.

The demon lord pulled away to see the miko's blushing face. He closed his eyes and softly nudged her nose with his, swallowing thickly. "Kagome," he said quietly, almost inaudible. "What was my brother to you?" The question came out strained. It had sat in Sesshoumaru's throat for a long time and he was only now able to ask. When she didn't answer right away, his eyes fluttered open to see her staring from his lips to his eyes.

Her cheeks hit another notch of red and she took a deep breath and reached a trembling hand up to touch the side of his rain-dappled cheek with feather light fingertips. "A…" she began, searching for the right words. She had not known he would ever ask her a question like that. She swallowed again as his hands slid up from her shoulders to cup the sides of her face. "A lot," she whispered.

Sesshoumaru felt something inside him drop like lead, as he looked desperately at the young woman he was holding, hoping it wasn't true. His gaze dropped dejectedly from hers when…

"But," slowly she threaded her fingers through his moist satin hair, sending odd shivers down his spine that made his eyes flicker closed for a moment. "I think… you might mean more…" before she could even will herself to say the words they came out naturally, dripping off her tongue smoothly.

And suddenly without any hint other than a glint in the eye, he was back, holding her closely, kissing her in the way she had dreamed of for so long. She whimpered against him, almost weakly, her hand left his soaked hair, and she twined her arms around his neck.

As they both stood in the rain together, Kagome realized that if her Mother came home and found her with him, she might get a bit angry. Or confused. Something. Kagome broke away from him, looking up with heavy lidded eyes.

"We, uh, should… be getting…" she felt the door behind her with her hand, still facing the demon. When her hand came across the doorknob, she turned and pushed into the door. It didn't open. "Oh, right, it's locked…" she said a little dazed.

Sesshoumaru examined the odd door for a second and it's lock, and carefully pressed his claw into the keyhole. After a moment of listening closely, he heard it 'click' and the door opened.

"Wow, you have a few hidden talents. Who knew you could unlock doors, too?" She said, impressed, as she stepped into the house and kicking her shoes off.

Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow, slightly intrigued. "What other talent is it that I have you did not know of?"

"Oh, well…" 'Well, I had no idea you were such a good kisser… but I can keep that to myself.' She thought, her cheeks staining red once again. "Just take off your shoes and follow me upstairs." She said, continuing through the house.

Last time he had come to her time, he had thought of himself to highly to be respectful and remove his foot attire, but now he listened obediently, slipping shoes off and following her. As he came to the stairs he noticed her family had replaced that box he had destroyed some time back. He thought to break the new one, too, but decided against it. He had no motive, anyways. He set his eyes forward and made quick work of the stairs.

Kagome rung her hair out, completely ignoring the fact that she let out a decent amount of water splash to her floor in doing so. Then she thought of the amount of water Sesshoumaru's hair had to be retaining. He stood in her doorway, watching her maneuver around her room, still wearing her soaked clothing. Though he could say that he didn't mind how it was plastered to her body, showing off all of the right places.

Kagome retrieved a towel and tossed it to Sesshoumaru. "Dry yourself off." She instructed. The youkai ignored her command and let the cloth slide out of his claws as he stepped forward to her. Kagome was in the process of getting something out of her closet when she felt a hand on her back, pushing her forward. Kagome, after nearly tripping over her own feet, looked back with a confused look just in time to see him shut the door.

"Hey, what are you doing? Now I can't see…" She groaned.

"Too bad for you," he said. "I can see perfectly in the dark."

"Well, that's just great-" she almost shrieked when she felt him kiss her. Not that she minded, it just startled her. She moaned softly and pressed forward. "You know," she murmured, pulling away only enough to whisper in his ear. "If my mother comes home and finds us in here, I could get in trouble."

Sesshoumaru let out a short, curt laugh. "Are you under the impression that I care?" Then he was kissing her neck, bathing her rain scented skin with his tongue, dragging dangerous fangs along her collarbone. He had waited so long to taste her, so long, and she was great, better than he had imagined. The way she moved beneath him, the way she whispered his name, it was all perfect. It just fit into place.

"Nnng… Sesshoumaru?" She said softly. The only answer she got was odd growl. "I think we should stop…"

He stopped then but his mouth was still so close to her skin. "Why?" He whispered hoarsely, his hands still roaming her body.

"I don't…" she began, a little nervous. Although she was a little embarrassed to admit it, she had never really had a boyfriend. She had been asked out, and kissed, but she had never had a relationship. "I just don't want to go any farther… yet…"

Sesshoumaru raised his aim and gave her a quick kiss on the lips, not speaking, but just understanding.

Kagome smiled and slid her arms around him and hugged him. "Thank you so much, Sesshoumaru…"

"Kagome…" someone called from downstairs.

The hairs on Kagome's neck stood on end for a half second before she pulled her self off the Taiyoukai. "My Mother's home!" She nearly tripped trying to find the doorknob. "Stay in here, just for a minute."

Kagome rushed out of the closet and downstairs. "Hi, Mama," she said with a smile.

"Kagome," her mother said, approaching her. "How'd you get the door open? I noticed you had left your keys here…"

"Oh, that…"

"And you're soaked!" She exclaimed. "What happened?"

"Oh… well on the way home, I got caught in the rain…"

Her mother frowned slightly. "Well you get back upstairs and get cleaned up and get to sleep. I don't want you catching a cold."

"Yes, Mom." Kagome said, and ran back up the stairs. When she opened her door, she found Sesshoumaru sitting on her bed, looking through her nightstand drawer.

"Ahem." She cleared her throat loudly. Sesshoumaru barely spared her a glance before picking up a small pink book with a tiny lock. "Hey, that's my diary, put it down!"

For one of the first times, Sesshoumaru smiled. "Why? Is it important to you?"

"I just… write stuff in there. I don't need you reading what I'm thinking all the time." She came forward and snatched the book from him. "Okay?"

Sesshoumaru didn't answer her, but took a fistful of her sweatshirt and pulled her down to kiss him. After a moment Kagome finally pulled away to stand up straight. "I've been meaning to ask you… how did you get through the well without the jewel?"

That was a good question. And Sesshoumaru didn't really know the answer. Alls he remembered was sitting by the well, and pondering if he should go back for her, and the well just let him through. "I do not know."

Kagome pulled the wet sweatshirt over her head to reveal a far less-wet tank top. "Just sit here and be a good boy while I go change." She said as she made her way to the door, and when her hand was on the doorknob, she shot him a glare. "And don't touch anything." About ten minutes later, she returned, wearing a pair of black shorts and a blue tank top, drying her hair with a towel. Sesshoumaru was sitting obediently on her bed, not messing around with anything, just like he was told.

"What are you wearing?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at her choice in revealing clothing.

"What? It's my pajamas." She said.

He nodded and began to slide off his haori.

Kagome swallowed and blushed a little bit. "W-what are you doing?"

"Well, I cannot sleep in all of my soaked clothing, can I?" He slid his arms free and a small slip of paper fell to the floor.

Kagome knelt down and picked it up. "What's this?" She turned the paper and saw that it was picture of her wearing a dress. "You took this from me!" She stood back up and waved it in his face, her other hand locked on her hip.

Sesshoumaru watched the image in her hand fly in front of his face. He had actually forgotten that he had it. "Well…" he began, but stopped, not sure how to phrase his words.

Kagome watched his face and began laughing, holding her stomach.

"Why are you laughing?" He asked.

"Be…because!! I've never seen you looked confused before!!! It's hilarious!" She fell backward onto the bed, still laughing.

"If you must know why I took it from you, it was because I thought you were very pretty."

Kagome abruptly stopped laughing. He had her there. He smiled as she completely forgot the fact that he had taken the photo and looked at him.

"You… did?"

"I do."

Kagome blushed further still and rolled on her side to face away from him. 'This is so weird… this all happened so fast…' she touched a finger to her lips and the memory of him kissing her so softly outside in the rain came to mind and she felt her heart speed up. And now realizing that he was in her room with her, and without his shirt, no less, didn't help. It was a great time to get nervous.

"Let's get to bed." She said quickly, hoping to sleep off the nervousness. She got up and switched off the light. She pulled back the covers and slid into the bed and rolled on her side. "Are we going back tomorrow?" She asked quietly.

He mumbled a yes and he rolled on his side and trapped her in his arms, pulling her against his chest. For a long time, she stayed up, listening to the sound of his breathing as he burrowed his nose in her hair, before finally falling asleep.

Author Note: Hehe, I had a lot of fun with this chapter! I know I didn't do that well (and my chapters are still short, DAMN!!! And I didn't really edit it), but I still hope you liked it. I actually completely forgot about him taking the photo of her for a while, and just remembered (I do things like that a lot). But yeah, the lyrics I put in (they're in bold) are from a song called "That Day It Begins" By Minawo (the translated lyrics are in parentheses)I liked the lyrics, and I had never put any in a story before, so I thought I'd try it out. All that stuff aside, please, please, and please review. Love you all!!