"I was reluctant to believe that what the plant youkai said was true. I had assumed you were taken hostage by them, and used for their own sexual relief...until he told me that he saved you from an attempted rape...that made me believe him. Really, do you attract trouble in every dimension?"

Kagome glared at Sesshomaru as she sat on the couch in the 'living room' of the base. She swore he was scolding her for almost being raped. A tick found its way to her forehead as he continued.

"Going to the market...at night...in a strange world...alone...honestly, do you have no sense of self preservation, woman?" the taiyoukai seemed to be slightly flustered as one of his clawed hands ran through the mokomoko on his shoulder.

"I can assure you, I am fully capable of caring for myself," she mumbled, her upper lip lifting in a snarl as he scoffed.

"So capable. So capable that a diluted tree demon had to save you? Where was your sword, Shikyomaru? I know it was not with you for a long time. I could not sense you until it was. So tell me, where was my claw?" the demon demanded, motioning to the sword at her hip.

"Shikyomaru was...lost...Madara only recently found it..." Kagome said quietly, lowering her eyes quickly when he snarled fiercely.

"You lost Shikyomaru? How in the bloody hells could you lose that, Kagome! You know what that sword means to us!"

Kagome sighed as she stood up, and set the sword on the table between them, meeting his eyes sadly. She reached a hand out slowly to briefly touch one of his stripes, before pulling back.

"I release you from your bindings, Sesshomaru," she whispered, making the male's angry eyes widen in shock.

"What do you think you're doing wench! I have showed no such interest in any thing of that sort!" Kagome gasped when she found herself rather firmly pinned along the couch, a flustered demon above her.

"It has been a long time, Sesshomaru. I did not know that you were transported here. I thought that you were left behind in that world, with no way of getting back. I acted as an unbound woman. Like I was no longer being courted by you. As such...I've bound myself to these men. I love you, but I love them as well. Being without any of you will hurt me...but I have practice being without you. You're a proud man, Sesshomaru. You wouldn't want to sha-"

Tears slid down her face as Sesshomaru pressed a fierce kiss to her lips, firmly silencing her. Her hands made their way into his long, silky hair as his arms forced her body closer to his. His tongue mapped out her mouth skillfully before he pulled back slightly.

"You've always presumed too much, Kagome. First, you assumed that I would never be interested in a human like you. Then it was that even if I could be interested in a human, that it certainly wouldn't be you. You've underestimated yourself from the start, and in turn, me. I want you. For you, this is a choice between myself, and these men. This is a choice that you do not have to make. I have certainly had enough time being alone. I've considered what you said since I came to you as you slept. In a way, you've moved on from me. If the only way for me to have you again, is for me to be one of your lovers, then so be it. I don't wish for you to release me. I wish for you to keep me," Sesshomaru said quietly, his breath brushing over her lips as he talked, making her shiver.

"This...but you're...you never would have..."

"I talked to him. He is convinced of our feelings for you. He knows that we treat you very well, and that we are...in a sense...family."

Kagome looked up as Madara came from the shadows, nodding to the demon that still pinned her down. She gave him a confused look, and he sighed.

"He has been here for roughly a month and a half, as it took you a week to get to Konoha, and a week back. So Pein, Itachi, Zetsu and I have all gotten to know him a bit. He'd like to see how we all interact with you. But he has already decided to stay. He's just trying to decide if he wants to join our little...puppy piles, or have you to himself some of the time," the Uchiha said, glancing away with a slight frown at the last part.

She wasn't prone to fainting. At least, she never was before she came to this dimension. But what Madara had just suggested...Sesshomaru joining in the 'puppy piles'...she simply couldn't help it.

A/N: Shikyomaru- 'perfect death', roughly translated. I thought it fit, since it came from the 'killing perfection'. In case any were confused, Shikyomaru, Kagome's sword, was fashioned from one of Sesshomaru's claws. (probably a dew claw, since they're the smallest. :D)

I'd like to thank Jacobs Renesmee(sp) for being my Beta when my boyfriend was simply too lazy. :P Without her, Kagome would have 'feigned' instead of 'fainted'. Lol