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What love got to do with it?
She had earned his respect, and he had earned her trust. Though neither were trying, they had come to understand one another enough to at least stop their attempts to kill one another. He became her silent defender whereas the half breed failed. She became his outspoken defender much to his dismay, never the less, he never stopped her when she sat his half brother to the dirt.
"Who side are you on anyway!" Inuyasha yelled!
"We are all on the same side, Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled,
"He is my enemy!"
"He is your brother!"
"He tried to kill you!"
"You tried to kill me to baka!"
"He isn't on our side, why are you defending him!"
"I trust him!"
"You're stupid!"
"Inuyasha!"
"Go ahead and say it!" He was used to it.
She stomped her heel the dirt and bit her lip and refused to say it. She looked away flustered and upset. The closer they got to Naraku, the worst his temper got. Of course, it was because Sesshomaru had joined them.
Now Kagome sat staring at a fire, not knowing what tomorrow would bring.
Sango cleaned her weapon only to get it dirty while Miroku prayed in silence that is hand would last long enough to stay alive.
Kagome looked up at Inuyasha, who sat in a tree, looking at the moon.
"You warm enough Kagome?" Came Kouga's rough boyish voice. Kagome sighed, he joined to which just made things even more complicated.
"The Miko is fine wolf, leave her be, and tend to your own mate."
Thank God he had finally mated, though it really didn't seem to tame him when it came to her. As the night went on and Inuyasha disappeared and Kagome tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
"I was under the impression humans need sleep, Miko."
He stood against a nearby tree.
"I can't sleep,"
"Stop thinking,"
She sat up, "Do you ever stop thinking?"
He cracked open his eyes to her, "I do not need sleep."
He saw how tired she was, but he knew it wasn't from the fighting.
"Why do you keep your hopes pinned on him?"
She looked up at the stars and shook her head "It's not that simple," She stated softly "I mean, I do love him."
He snorted, and she looked at him, "What?"
"That Miko is not love."
She rose and eyebrow, "Oh, and you would know?"
"Just because I do not seek, it does not mean I do not understand."
"Then enlighten me please,"
"You can lead a horse to water Miko, that does not mean he will drink."
She had heard that before, from her grandfather. She snorted then laughed.
"You find that amusing?"
"I find you amusing."
He gave her a flat look.
"Sesshomaru no offense but love advice from a guy who hasn't touched another soul is kinda-
"The fact that I have not should be proof enough."
She tilted her head.
He walked over to her and looked down, "I am over 700 years old, and I have not mated."
He sat down, gracefully, "It would be an easy feat to take just anyone."
That was true.
"So, you're waiting on the one?"
He looked at her "It is not as simple as you humans make it to be"
She felt slightly insulted.
"My beast will tell me."
"So, not love?"
"Love is not magic Miko, do you really it to be so?"
She blushed slightly, now feeling much like a 6-year-old watching a Disney movie.
"It is complicated yet not."
She sighed, "Tell me."
"Love is not jealous, possessive, but never jealous."
She knew he was referring to her and Inuyasha.
"Love is not easy Miko, it is a game of give and take,"
Great, she was being schooled by the cold prince of death in regards to love.
"But for demons, it is more than that. It is protectiveness, instincts, physical."
"Hey its that way for humans," She stated quickly.
"For some perhaps but you humans do not use all of your brains. Therefore you do not tap into the more animalistic side. Most human go off a spark of lust, they do not listen truly with their heart, minds, and bodies at the same time" He paused "Love does not care what others think,"
Great, he knew advance science for his time. Who knew.
"The young and forbidden who run away in the middle of the night are in love Miko, they threw caution to the wind and do not care for anyone else and are not ruled by others' thoughts, they need nothing only each other." He recalled the night his father flew away in the middle of the night to be with Inuyasha's mother. Of course, this sounded a lot like Inuyasha and Kikyo to Kagome.
She slumped "I do love him," But apparently not as much as Kikyo loved him.
"I know."
"It's not the same," She finally admitted.
"Miko,"
"Hmm?"
"What does love have to do with tomorrow, the jewel, Naraku."
"Everything."
"I do not understand."
"I feel, I feel like I belong here."
He titled his head.
"Once the jewel is complete, I'll return to my time, and I don't know if I'll ever return."
"Then that is where you are meant to be,"
She looked at him pleading "But it's not" She quickly stood, and he watched her "I know I belong here."
"You want to belong here; there is a difference."
She stopped, "I want to, and I know I do."
He stood.
"I love my friends, Shippo, this place and I just, I-
"What?"
She felt stupid telling him all this.
"I'm sorry, I know you're not talkative."
He rose an eyebrow "Continue,"
"It's stupid."
He waited.
"I just know my heart is here, somewhere."
She looked down at the first "I just thought that, maybe-
She looked at Sango and Miroku as they slept close to one another, hand in hand. Then she looked up at the soul steelers as they passed by "I guess I just thought id find it before I left," But what good would it be to fall in love only to be ripped away? She already knew how it was going to feel; she loved them all.
She touched her lips "Anyway, thank you, I understand now."
He was baffled by her mood switch.
He didn't sleep.
He watched as Inuyasha came back to camp with Kikyo.
"What does love have to do with it, Miko?"
"Everything,"
His thoughts suddenly went to his father, then back to Inuyasha, then to Naraku.
Then to her.
"Love is the cause of a great many things Miko, not all of which are good," He whispered as he left camp.