It may seem to you that I'm acting confused when you're close to me.

She could not avoid them forever, besides Inuyasha would be getting married a few days. The blond demoness was catching butterflies and showing the kids when Kagome went to stand next to him.

"She seems nice."

"You have been hiding."

"I haven't been hiding."

He looked down at her, "You are upset."

"I'm not upset."

"Yet, you are not happy."

She looked up at him, but they were interrupted "You must be Lady Kagome," The blond demoness bowed "Lord Inuyasha spoke a great deal of you."

"Just. Kagome, please."

"Kagome then" She smiled,

"Lady kiki" Rin called with the twins are her side "Come see what we caught,"

"Pardon?" She picked up her green Kimono and went back to the children.

"Opposites attract?"

"What nonsense do you speak, Miko?"

"She's nothing like Mika."

"Indeed, not."

"So, did she just fall into your lap?"

Forgetting the previous conversation, he replied, "Some, things like that."

"Hm," Kagome turned from him, and he watched he walk away.

Dinner was a funny affair. Kiki seemed to love children. For now, all seemed well in the West. Well, as well as it can get when one brother doesn't want title and land, and the other does but isn't willing to marry just anyone for it. Kagome excused her self from the shenanigans of dinner, suddenly feeling very tired.
Sesshomaru watched her go and soon followed.

"Are you ill" He caught up to her,

"Hmm, no, just tired."

"Have you not been sleeping."

"I think I am turning into an insomniac."

He didn't know what that meant.

"Miko,"

"What?" She reached her door. He grabbed her and turned her "Are you angry with my person?"

Actually, she was.

"Would you care if I was?"

"What have I done to receive such treatment from you?"

She looked away from him. Not like she could tell him she had been spying when him and Mika got into it. "Nothing."

Sesshomaru leaned in; She quickly put her arms up "What are you doing?"

"I can not smell with your barrier up, did you forget you have it up?"

Kagome didnt move but dropped her barrier around her.

"Better?"

He tried to lean more, but she was stopping him, "Woman, you are trying my options."

"Why are you trying to smell me, should you be smelling her?"

He pulled back slightly "You are jealous of her?"

"I'm not jealous, you jerk!"She snapped,

His brows drew together.

"What now?"

"You scent has changed,"

Just then Kiki stepped out into the hall, Sesshomaru looked at her.

"Goodnight, Sesshoamru," Kagome backed herself into the room and shut the door on his face.

The next day was no better for her. Sesshomaru stayed close, and it was confusing the hell out of her. Inuyasha was busy planning the last details with Kikyo. Sango was busy with her twins and returned husband, and the kids were having fun with Kiki.

"Dont you have something important to do," Kagome asked, looking for a book, him standing behind her.

"Indeed, Miko."

She turned, "Are you being perverted again?"

"The book you want is one shelf higher, Miko."

Kagome turned and reached up, while her other hand pulled her skirt down, "Do you have to stand right here."

"I'm an enjoying the view, though I do not see why you are obstruction it; I have seen all of you."

"I'm not sure your new girlfriend would like you talking like that" She climbed down the latter.

He grabbed her wrist, "Kagome."

"Are you going to mate this one."

"Why are you angry with me."

Kagome calmed down, "Sorry."

She moved away, and he let her go, "I forgot for a second."

"Forgot what, Miko?"

She stopped at the door and looked back at him. "I'm just the one your merely fucking."

His eyes widen ever so slightly as she walked out the door.

She fucking heard him.

He went after her and followed her into her room.

"Get out Sesshomaru," She said in a bored tone. She actually didnt want to fight with him, she was tired.

"You have only let me touch you once."

"So,"

"It was not my intention to insult your person."

She looked at him while placing the book down, "And what is your intentions?"

He walked closer to her, "I thought about our coupling while away, tell me, Miko, did you not think of it?"

She backed up, and he drew closer, he backed her to a wall and placed his hands on her hips to hold her "Your tightness around me, your moans."

She was blushing now,

"You are aroused."

How did he know that?

"I wanted nothing more than to return and cover your body with my own as I was covered in blood, sweat, and mud."

She lifted her chin at his manly statement.

"Yet, I come home to find you cold, and I find myself confused by you and your body language."

She bit her lips,

"Your body is calling to me, the scent of your core, tell me Miko, is your female human brain fighting what your body wants?"

He leaned down to kiss her when she heard laughter. Kiki.

She stopped him, "Stop."

"Would you rather me go to her."

"Do you want to go to her?" She asked with hurt in her voice.

"I am here with you, am I not."

"But if I denied you, you would go to her?"

"You are what's keeping me from doing so."

"Wait, I'm confused, so are you coming to be because of her, or coming to me because you dont want to be tricked by her?" Now that she thought about it, Kiki didnt seem like a lier or a planner.

"Wait, you imprinted her scent."

"You was driving me mad I feared- He stopped,

"You feared what?"

Then it was like a flashback, in her mind. He had imprinted scent on her to override Mika so that he would not do anything stupid.

"You, you tried to override my scent mark with her, why, because you though Id trick you?"

"No, Miko."

"The what Sesshomaru"

"I was afraid I would sink my teeth into you."

She pushed him hard, her power biting at him. "So, you're using her and me!"

"Kagome" He snipped,

"No, I dont know what kinda girl you think I am!"

"Enough Kagome"

"No! Mika was right."

"I said enough" Her scent was killing him and he didnt know why. His eyes were bleeding red.

"I told you I was not looking for love, Miko, and I am not using her, she is aware of the terms!"

"Well, I am, so if you not, then go to her and finish this!"

He pinned her to the wall, "Be careful what you say, Miko, least your heart gets broken."

"You are such a jerk" She was crying now "Why did you have to touch me."

He nuzzled her face with his nose. "Because I desired to."

But Mika was right; it could never be more than that could it?

"Kiki is aware of us?"

"No, just the mating terms."

She sniffed "What terms"

"My beast was not displeased with her; her father offered her I did not think to deny it, the small chance that I may reclaim my title before Inuyasha marriage."

"You, you think you could mate with her?"

"I was unsure, that is why she is here."

"You scent marked her because you feared marking me and because you like her?" Her tears here drying up.

"She reminded me of you."

"Did she taste like me to" He missed the slight venom in her words. What he said was the wrong thing to say to her. After what she went through with Kikyo and Inuyasha.

"No, you are salty, she is citrusy."

She slapped him, "Get out."

He moved his face slowly back to look at her "Woman."

"Get out Sesshomaru"

He growled,

"I won't be the one you just merely fuck" She spit the words out, "I am not Kikyo; I am not a whore, and I am nothing like her!" She yelled.

"I offered you pleasure Miko, nothing more."

"Yeah, well, she offering you everything; you should take it."

He closed his eyes for a moment before opening them "Hn," He turned and left, and she slid down her wall and cried.