"You want me to do what?"

Sesshoumaru sighed deeply as he stared at the female before him. "Are you simple?" He questioned in heavy annoyance.

Sango glowered at the silver being. "Are you calling me stupid? Because if you are I will kick your ass right here right now!"

Sesshoumaru narrowed his amber eyes upon her not at all worried by the threat. "Just make the call." He growled.

"Fine!" Sango bit out and jerked her phone from her pocket. She dialed the number and glowered at her friend while the phone rang then startled slightly when a voice identical to Sesshoumaru's voice answered. "Um hello; is uh Kagome there?"

Kei chuckled. "Very smooth."

Sango glowered at him while she dealt with the man on the phone. "This is Sango."

"Okay; thanks." She pulled the phone from her ear and held it out to Sesshoumaru. "She will be on in a second."

Sesshoumaru plucked the phone from her hand in a rather snooty fashion and moved to the kitchen to have some privacy for his conversation with the girl.

Sango shook her head. "What a pompous ass."

"I agree." Kei nodded. "So what do you think he is planning now?"

Sango plopped down onto the couch next to him and shook her head. "I don't know but whatever it is it's going to piss Naraku off if he finds out and quite frankly I'd rather not have any part of it."

Kei shook his head. "I think no matter what happens we are all involved already and Naraku will kill everyone and everything within a ten mile radius of Kagome."

"I just can't believe how much he cares about her." She shook her head then plopped back against the couch. "It's just so not Naraku." She looked over at him and nodded her head. "You know what I mean."

Kei nodded his head. "What I find even more interesting than that is how far that bastard…" He nodded towards the being in the kitchen. "is willing to go to get with Kagome."

Sango shook her head. "I know; Sesshoumaru sneaking around. Maybe the world is coming to an end."

"It may very well be." Kei nodded at her. "However if Naraku finds out what is going on it won't matter one way or the other as he will kill us all."

"Yes he will." Sango agreed as she stared at Sesshoumaru when he walked back into the living room.

"So is your secret rendezvous all planned out?" Kei questioned with an arched brow.

Sesshoumaru glowered at the male. "Mind your own." He growled as he handed Sango her phone back.

"No need to get snippy about it." Kei smirked.

Sesshoumaru grunted and made for the door. "You know nothing." He stated as he opened the door.

"Yes yes; should he think we helped you we will stay silent." Kei rolled his eyes as he looked at Sango.

"Yep we won't say anything." Sango agreed. "Besides he would never think we had anything to do with you and Kagome."

Sesshoumaru stared at the two for a moment before he gave a small curt nod and left the apartment.

"He's going to get caught." Sango nodded.

"I highly doubt that. I'm more than certain he has a plan to keep Naraku busy so he can escape."

Sango shook her head. "I'm just glad we are watching from the sidelines." She looked at the male she was sitting next to. "Wouldn't want to lose my head."

"I would hate to see you lose your head as well." Kei smirked. "I really like it right where it is."

"Are you flirting with me?" Sango questioned with narrowed eyes and a mock scowl upon her lips.

Kei arched a brow and grinned at her. "Me; flirt? Never." He gave a small shake of his head.

"Liar" She attempted to give him a small punch in the arm.

Kei caught her by the wrist and leaned in towards her. "You're the one that has been doing all the flirting I'm just responding."

Sango stared at him wide eyed. "But I have a boyfriend."

Kei arched a brow. "Do you? What kind of woman calls a man that goes around fondling women on a constant basis a boyfriend? If it really mattered to either of you he would be faithful to you."

Sango just stared at him; she really couldn't argue with that logic. If Miroku did indeed love her he wouldn't be groping every woman in a twenty foot radius and she would care more that he was such a pervert. She was on the verge of making a very serious decision and from the looks of how things were going she needed to make her decision and make it quick.

xx

Kagome looked at the clock and chewed her bottom lip in nervousness. This wasn't good and she was sure she was never going to be able to sit down again once Naraku got through with her. She sighed deeply and smiled lightly over at the elder Taishou then excused herself to use the bathroom.

"Oh Kami." She groaned as she made her way up the stairs towards Naraku's bedroom. "I'm going to die I just know it."

Once inside his room she made her way to the phone, took another deep nerve calming breath, plucked the phone from the receiver, and dialed Naraku. "He's going to know." She whispered to herself. "And we are all going to diiiieeeHI!" She chirped much to happily when he suddenly answered the phone."

"What are you doing?" Naraku growled.

"Just calling to check up on you and make sure you are okay." She nodded like he was standing right before her. "I mean you did just get home from the hospital today and I'm just worried about you is all." She smiled in spite of the situation when he snorted his accustomed to snort. "Come on is it so bad that I care about you?"

"No; but it is bad if this call is because you are up to something."

"Come on." She rolled her eyes. "If I was up to no good why would I call you? That's like calling the police before you commit a bank robbery."

"No one ever said you were smart."

"Hey!" Kagome pointed a sharp finger at the wall acting like he was standing right in front of her. "Are you calling me stupid?"

"If the shoe fits."

"Oooh I hate you!" She growled into the phone.

"Be that as it may you will now tell me why you are calling me. And know this girl if you say because you are checking up on me I am going to know you are lying."

"I'm not lying." She nodded her head vigorously. "I really am calling to check on you. Besides why would I lie about this? It doesn't make sense."

Naraku grunted more than certain that this phone call had something to do with Sesshoumaru but he just couldn't figure out what. He knew for a fact that Sesshoumaru was at home as he had gone over there twice in the last two hours and sure enough Sesshoumaru was at home and in his pajama pants. Maybe he was being too paranoid. Sesshoumaru wouldn't try to go see Kagome while she was at Toga's. 'Father would kill them both.' Perhaps he should just leave it up to Toga and take the night off.

A wicked grin pulled on his lips as he really thought about it. Yes that is exactly what he would do put grandpa in charge. "Let me speak to father."

"What? Why?"

"If I didn't think you were up to no good a moment ago I certainly do now."

"I didn't mean it that way." She defended. "I mean you just ask to talk to Toga-sama after you accuse me of being up to no good."

"And your defense of my wanting to talk to father is a clear indication that you are up to something."

"You know what…" She huffed only to be interrupted.

"No I don't nor do I want to. What I do know is that there is a little girl on the right path for a spanking if she doesn't stop arguing with me and do as she has been told."

"I'm not arguing with…" Again he cut her off.

"You are."

"If I am arguing with you then that means you are arguing with me." She nodded and grinned like she had just won some great victory only to be shot down when he pulled rank on her.

"As your parent I have every right to silence anything and everything you say and I do have the power to put your little butt across my knee. Now no more of your nonsense and put father on the phone unless you want to spend the next two weeks memorizing every single inch of your room."

Kagome sighed deeply. "Why don't you love me?" She pouted.

"Do not pull that crap on me girl."

"I'm not." Her lip began to quiver as she was on the verge of tears. "It's just that you are always so angry with me no matter what I do."

Naraku sighed deeply. "I am not always angry with you and if you expect me to gush all over you and tell you that I love you every single minute of everyday you are going to be one disappointed little girl."

"Aww… you said you loved me!" She beamed.

"Knock it off and put father on the phone. I am not going to tell you again." He growled growing quite tired of all this nonsense.

"Okay okay okay. Love you too."

He suddenly jerked the phone from his ear when her voice screamed on the other end. "Kagome Akira you will not yell through the house like a heathen child!" He growled.

"I wasn't screaming through the house." She defended. "I was getting Toga-sama like you told me to." She nodded and smiled at him calling her by his last name.

"Not by screaming like a banshee and do not say you didn't. I heard you perfectly clear meaning you lie to me even when I have caught you red handed."

"That's not…"

"Iie; I will hear no more out of you. Do you understand me?"

"Yes" She nodded her head then looked over at Toga when he walked into the room.

"Good; now put your jijii on the phone." Yes if he was going to suffer he was going make father suffer as well as he knew without a doubt Toga was going to rub his face in this mess with the girl.

Kagome grinned. "Can I really call him that?" She brightened at the thought of having another grandfather.

"Of course and you can call mother grandma if you would like." He smirked and would have laughed when she squealed.

Kagome looked up at Toga who was staring at her with brows drawn deeply. "Okay love you and here he is." She held the phone out to Toga. "Here jijii!"

Toga jerked back like he had just been hit in the chest. "What?"

"It's Naraku." She nodded.

He shook his head to clear it, took the phone from her, and watched her leave the room before he put the receiver to his ear. "Jijii?" He growled.

"That is what you are are you not?"

He did not like that at all he was much too young to be a grandfather. "What do you want?" He bit out knowing full well that the boy was laughing at him.

"Sesshoumaru is attempting to meet up with Kagome while at your house. You will make sure that that doesn't happen."

"Are you certain? I can not see Sesshoumaru sneaking around."

Naraku snorted. "They are up to something I am sure of it."

Toga shook his head. "And what do you want me to do? Lock her away until you come and pick her up tomorrow?"

"No" He bit out. "you will make sure she behaves herself and if Sesshoumaru shows up you will send him home."

Toga rolled his eyes. "Very well." He just couldn't believe how obsessive Naraku was being when it came to Kagome nor did he want to argue with the boy.

"Good; I will speak to you tomorrow then." With that he hung up the phone.

Toga pinched the bridge of his nose as he hung the phone up. "What the hell is wrong with people today?" He growled to himself. Was just hanging up a phone without a word of goodbye becoming a fad or something? More importantly where did his heathen sons learn such a lack of manners?

With another shake of his head and a deep sigh he left the bedroom. He really didn't think Sesshoumaru was going to come over or sneak around for that matter and was certain that Naraku was being paranoid and extremely overprotective of Kagome. And if he wasn't careful he was going to smother the girl to death which would not end good for either of them.

xx

Sesshoumaru smirked to himself as he made his way across the parking lot to Kei's car. He cast a glance towards Naraku's apartment before he slipped into the car, started the engine, and left heading for his father's house.

xx

Kagome sat on the couch next to Izayoi and kept cutting her eyes over to the clock. Sesshoumaru was due to arrive in the next twenty minutes or so or so he had said when she talked to him and he told her to call Naraku to keep him busy. Why she needed to keep Naraku busy was beyond her and Sesshoumaru didn't give any reason for it.

Now here she was waiting and quickly losing her patience and nerve. The plan was supposed to be simple but the more she thought about it the less simple it was becoming. There was no way Toga and Izayoi were going to go to bed at nine since neither of them have made a move like they were tired or ready for bed and here it was eight thirty already. Also she didn't really think they were they going to accept that she wanted to go out to the garden at this hour to look at the stars before she went to bed.

"Are you okay dear?"

Kagome startled then looked over at the woman and smiled. "Oh yea I'm fine." She nodded.

Toga looked over at the girl and shook his head. "What time is he supposed to be here?"

That caused Kagome to go stiff as her eyes widened hugely. "What?" She gasped.

Toga chuckled. "You give yourself away." He nodded.

"Yes Kagome dear." Izayoi nodded. "This is why Naraku always knows when you are up to something."

Kagome slumped. "I'm not so good at this."

"No you are not." Toga agreed. "Now since we know that Sesshoumaru is coming what is the plan?"

Kagome looked between the two before she sighed and shook her head. "He's supposed to meet me at nine in the garden. He should be on his way right now."

"Then what?" Toga questioned.

"Nothing" Kagome shook her head. "We were just going to sit and talk for awhile I guess."

"You don't plan on going anywhere with him; do you?" Toga questioned threateningly.

Kagome shook her head. "Oh no no. Sesshoumaru and I have had some problems that were mostly… wait no that were completely his fault. We were in the process of working them out when we got the call about Naraku and his car wreck."

"So he's coming over so you can work them out?" Izayoi questioned.

Kagome nodded. "Every time Sesshoumaru and I are around each other Naraku runs interference cause he thinks I'm going to do something like sleep with Sesshoumaru." She shook her head. "But I'm not going to do that. After what happened I'm not ready for that kind of relationship. Besides I want to kill your son."

Toga arched a brow at her. "And why do you wish to bring death upon his head?"

Deep blues narrowed. "Because Sesshoumaru read my diary. I mean can you believe he searched my room?"

Izayoi giggled. "Goodness; what has gotten into that boy?"

Toga shook his head. "I gave up on trying to understand those two. Kami only knows what goes through their thick heads."

Kagome looked over at Toga. "So are you going to call Naraku and tell him that Sesshoumaru is coming over?"

Toga chuckled and shook his head. "No; there's no harm in talking. So long as you don't leave and don't do anything that you shouldn't I don't see any harm in it."

Izayoi nodded her head. "I agree. Your secret will be safe with us. Naraku would never think that we allow it so he would never question us about it anyway."

"Oh thank you!" Kagome beamed at the two of them. "I will be good; I promise." She nodded.

"We know you will be dear." Izayoi smiled back at her.

"But" Toga stared at her. "and as much as I hate this being secretive stuff you can not let Sesshoumaru know that we know he is here. We will not have him thinking he can do as he pleases with you under our watch. Do you understand?"

Kagome nodded her head vigorously. "Yes; I won't say a word. Promise."

"Good" Toga nodded back then glanced over at the clock. "Well dear we better get to bed he will be here shortly and we wouldn't want to disappoint him."

"Okay" Izayoi agreed then looked at Kagome. "When you are done make sure you lock up and don't stay out too late."

"I will." She agreed.

"Good" Toga nodded as he rose to his feet. "Have fun but be good."

Kagome jumped to her feet, moved to stand in front of him, and hugged him tightly. "Thank you!"

"You are welcome." Toga grinned as he hugged her back.

Kagome released him then hugged Izayoi as well. "You are the best sofubo ever!"

"Sofubo?" Izayoi questioned.

"Naraku said that I could call you guys my grandparents." Kagome nodded. "But if you don't want me…"

"No no it's fine." Izayoi grinned. "I don't mind." She glanced over at Toga and smirked. "Well you better get out to the garden dear; wouldn't want you to be late."

"Oh right. Thank you both so much." Kagome chirped before she took off towards the back door.

Toga shook his head. "This is going to come back and bite us all in the ass."

Izayoi grabbed her husband by the hand and began leading him towards the stairs. "Yes I'm sure it will but as the grandparents we are exempt since we are the highest authority."

"I highly doubt that." Toga snorted. "We may be the parents but that doesn't mean they listen to us anymore."

"I know." Izayoi nodded. "But that also means they don't live here anymore either and we can make them leave if we don't want to hear their lip."

"You are a cruel woman." Toga chuckled as he followed her into their bedroom.

xx

Kagome made her way to the meeting spot at the back of the garden and sat down on the stone bench. She just couldn't believe that Toga and Izayoi were letting her do this and were going to help her keep it a secret from Naraku. "Well at least they trust me." She nodded.

"Who does?"

Kagome popped up when Sesshoumaru suddenly appeared behind her. "No one… I mean your parents." She nodded. "I was thinking that Naraku would never let me come outside at night like this but your parents had no problem with it."

Sesshoumaru stared down at her. "Hn" He grunted then sat down on the bench.

Kagome sat down next to him not entirely sure of what to do or say for that matter. "So…" She started not liking this weird awkwardness between them then suddenly glowered to herself. "Do you make it a habit of going through people's rooms and reading their diaries?" She looked up at him and glared deadly.

Sesshoumaru looked down at her and smirked. "You shouldn't have left it where anyone could find it."

Kagome narrowed her eyes upon him ever further. "I didn't leave it out where anyone could find it!" She pointed a finger in his face. "I had it well hidden which means you had to search hard for it!"

Sesshoumaru grunted. "It was right there in front of my face."

"Oooh liar! I can't believe you even went into my room in the first place then even had the balls to search it!"

Sesshoumaru smirked at her. "You have no one to blame but yourself for writing down your secrets for anyone to find and read."

She glowered deadly at him. "I hate you."

"I highly doubt that." He arched a brow at her as he leaned down until they were nose to nose. "You desire me."

Her eyes narrowed to tiny little slits. "Only in your dreams." She snorted. "It's you." She nodded curtly.

A silver brow arched highly at that.

"Yes you." She nodded and smirked. "Izayoi told me you were in love and that was why you were acting like such an ass to me."

"She was lying." He nodded curtly.

"I highly doubt that." Kagome snorted. "Lets just see how much she was lying." She then grabbed him by the face and slammed her lips to his.

Amberish eyes widened in shock slightly. He just couldn't believe that she was acting so forward with him like this and only to prove a point. Well he wasn't one to ignore an opportunity when one presented itself and one that was very advantageous to what he wanted anyway.

xx

"There tell me again who doesn't love who?" Kagome questioned smartly after she pulled back from him.

Sesshoumaru stared at her with a smirk. "What man wouldn't want a girl to kiss them like that? It is you who wants me and nothing more."

Kagome snorted as she crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm absolutely amazed that you are able to keep your ginormous ego in that small head of yours." She cast a glare at him from the corner of her eye. "Save your stories for someone that will believe you because it isn't me."

"Very well." He nodded curtly and rose to his feet.

"What are you doing?" She looked up at him with head slightly cocked to the side.

"I am returning home."

Kagome jumped to her feet, stood in front of him, and craned her head back so she could stare at him. "But you just got here."

"Hai" He stared down at her like she was an insect while smirking on the inside. "It is clear that you do not desire my presence here."

"That's not true." She nodded her face beginning to show the first signs of hurt. "Why do you dislike me so much?"

Sesshoumaru stared down into her big blue eyes and knew he was losing this battle with here terribly. "I do not dislike you. We just had this conversation yesterday."

She shook her head. "Sesshoumaru…" She sighed exasperatedly. "What do you want from me? I am tired of all these silly games and all the hurt." She sat back down on the bench and stared at her feet. "It seems all anyone wants to do to me anymore is hurt me. Why?" She looked up at him.

Sesshoumaru sat down next to her and sighed deeply. "I do not know what I want from you and my intentions to hurt you were for my own insecurities." He just couldn't believe he was telling her this. There had to be something wrong with him. "Nor do I know how to right what I have done to you."

Kagome stared at him in shock as she couldn't believe that Sesshoumaru was being so open with her it just wasn't right and it was more disturbing than anything he had done to her up to this point. "Alright" She nodded. "I know how you can make it up to me." She smirked a Naraku-esc smirk at him.

A silver brow arched highly as he was expecting something along the lines of another kiss or massage. Only what she said next sent a very unwelcome shudder down his spine and dredged up long forgotten nightmares from his childhood.

"I've always wanted to ride a camel and you are going to take me." She nodded and tried to keep from laughing at the face he was making.

He was going to kill his parents and take much pleasure in doing so. "You will bite your tongue." He growled.

"Aww… come on Sesshoumaru." She teased. "It's just an animal that is harmless. I'd think you would be more afraid of your father than a camel." She nodded.

He pressed his lips together firmly as he stared down at her.

"Okay okay." She chuckled. "No camels. Here's how you can really make it up to me…" She nodded. "I want you there with me when we go to court."

He smirked at her and gave a curt nod.

"Good" Kagome beamed up at him, grabbed his hands in hers, and pulled him down so that he was squatting in front of her. "I will need all the moral support I can get cause something about all of this with my parents isn't sitting right with me and I'm scared that they are going to win."

"They are not going to win." He nodded curtly. "Their past behavior will be their destruction plus father never loses."

"Yea but still they are my blood and that trumps even the best of intentions." She nodded.

"Hai but that is only when a child is too young to speak for itself." He slipped his arms around her waist, stood up, lifting her up with him, turned, and sat back down so she was in his lap straddling his waist. "You are nearly an adult. You can make your own decisions and speak for yourself. It is a matter of saying how they have treated you and the life you have lived because of it."

Kagome cuddled into his chest feeling secure in the power that seemed to explode from his body. "I guess but I'm still nervous. I mean there is no guarantee that Toga-sama will win."

"True; there are no guarantees in life but you must fight for what you want and if you want to stay with koneko then you will have to fight hard for it." He nodded.

"I do want to stay with him more than anything else." She sighed deeply of his scent and closed her eyes. "I know he loves me even though sometimes I think he's being mean just to be mean."

"He does." Sesshoumaru snorted. "I have know him nearly my whole life and the more protective he is of something the more he cares about it." He looked down at her cuddled against him and set his chin on her head. "He is more protective of you than anything he has ever had in his life. Even now he is most likely at home worrying about what you are doing."

Kagome snorted against his chest. "He's going to give himself a heart attack if he doesn't settle down. Besides he's injured he should be resting not worrying about what I am doing."

"Yes misbehaving." Sesshoumaru smirked.

Kagome groaned against his chest. "Don't remind me. I just know that tomorrow when he comes to get me he's going to throw questions at me that I can't answer properly because he says it's in my nature to be bad."

"Your flaw is you talk too much." He nodded against her head. "When he asks a question just say yes or no and do not elaborate on it or get defensive. That is why you give yourself away."

Kagome pulled back and stared up at him. "Really?"

"Hai" He nodded.

"I'll have to try that." She nodded back. "Though no matter the trouble I get in he never enforces his punishments. Hell I'm supposed to be grounded right now and as many times as he has grounded me thus far I should be locked in my room until school starts again." She grinned up at him darkly. "He's just a big ol' softie."

"Iie" Sesshoumaru snorted. "If you are locked in your room it gives you time to plot and plan and that is a risk he isn't willing to take."

"Am I so shady?" She rolled her eyes.

He smirked at that. "No; but according to him you don't know right from wrong."

"That's not true." She growled.

"Oh?" He arched a brow at her. "If you were so smart you wouldn't be disobeying him by being here with me."

"It was your idea." She nodded. "I'm guilty by association."

"He won't see it that way." He grunted.

Kagome slumped against him in defeat. "I will never win against him. I will always just be baby Kagome in his eyes."

Sesshoumaru had to agree with that which posed a serious problem for him. How was he supposed to build anything with Kagome with Naraku constantly breathing down her neck? Maybe Naraku needed a distraction such as a female of his own… but who? Not to mention whatever woman Naraku ended up with needed to accept Kagome. He was certain that if it came down to Naraku choosing between Kagome and another woman Kagome would always win.

This was something he was going to have to seriously think on and get Kagome some freedom.

xx

"I don't know about this." Sango whispered. "I mean I know Miroku isn't exactly faith…"

"Oh?" Kei questioned cutting her off. "And where is he right now?"

Sango stared at him and shrugged her shoulder. "I don't know. He never tells me what he's doing."

"Have you ever bothered to ask?"

She shook her head. "No; I've always just trusted him."

At that Kei chuckled and shook his head. "Let me get this straight. You are dating a man that has an affinity for flirting…" He nodded seriously when she stared with brows drawn and shook her head. "Doubt it not what he does is flirting no matter which way you look at it and you are supposed to trust him? Tell me Sango…" He started as he leaned in closer on her. "what kind of future do you think you two would have with him constantly making passes at other women? How far apart is it from fondling them to sleeping with them?"

Sango just stared at him and shook her head. "Why are you telling me this?"

He smirked at her. "Why aren't you bothered by such thoughts?"

She really didn't have an answer for that other than maybe she didn't love Miroku as much as she thought she did. "Sooo am I to take it your are telling me this becaaaaasuse?" She gasped nervously when he leaned in closer to her.

"Why do you think I am telling you this?" He purred as he trailed his fingers up the side of her thigh to her hip.

"I… I… don't know." She whispered when he placed himself so their lips were barely a breath apart.

"Hmm… I think you do." He smirked then leaned in and gave a small lick to her bottom lip.

"Oh" She gasped giving him the opportunity to press their lips together and bury his powerful tongue into her mouth. Her eyes went wide in shock before they slowly fell closed.

Kei placed his free hand on the back of her head and tilted her to the side so he could get closer and caress every single inch of her hot mouth.

xx

Naraku stared at the ceiling in his room and narrowed his eyes. It was too quiet and as much as he wanted a nice quiet night he wasn't all that thrilled with it now that he had it. No Kagome running around the house screaming her head off, or arguing with him, or crawling into his bed, and most of all she wasn't here worrying over him and his injuries.

It wasn't possible and he just couldn't believe it but he missed her. Kami what was wrong with him? She was just a mouthy little girl that he was responsible for and that was it… No he wasn't he had placed himself in the position of her father and he became attached. He wanted to hate himself for it but couldn't.

As much as she was mouthy and had a tendency for misbehaving she was quirky in the cute annoying sort of way. Not to mention she was a complete innocent that had been wronged at every turn in her life just like him before he met Toga.

Maybe that's why he felt such a strong need to save and protect her. She was a gutter child just like himself and he was given a second chance to become something better and he wanted to pass that chance on to someone else.

That had to be it but that definitely did not explain why he was missing her. Was this how a parent felt when they loved their child and it was gone? It couldn't be; could it? Did Izayoi and Toga feel this 'something is missing' feeling when he or Sesshoumaru or even the snot nosed little brat Inuyasha was gone?

Maybe he should talk to them about this parenthood thing… well Izayoi anyway. Father would just mock him and piss him off. Then again what did either of them know of raising a girl? He needed help as much as he didn't want to admit it but he did.

He sighed deeply as he sat up on the edge of the bed. He had lost his mind he was sure of it and it was probably no more than he deserved for being such a softie. Then again how could he not be? When those big blue eyes would stare up at him so full of innocence he couldn't stop himself from withering and bending to her every will.

Yes he definitely needed help and in the morning he would go talk to Izayoi and find out why he was missing her. There had to be a reason for it or at least he hoped so.

With a sigh he laid back down and tried to go to sleep but his eyes would not fall closed. The damn silence was pressing in on him and he did not like it one bit. It was going to be a long long night.