A/N: Sorry this is so short and took so long. I kind of wrote myself into a corner on my way to this song, and this is all I could come up with.

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Taking Over Me

Sesshoumaru stalked along the delicate scent of night-blooming jasmine, tracking his prey through the trees. His single hand clenched around the hilt of Toukijin and red bled slowly into the whites of his eyes.

He was hunting.

You don't remember me
But I remember you
I lie awake and try so hard
Not to think of you
But who can decide what they dream?
And dream I do

Somewhere hidden in the darkness ahead of him was the woman he was determined to kill.

He doubted it would stop the dreams.

I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
I have to be with you to live to breathe
You're taking over me

Ever since that first meeting in his father's tomb, he had dreamed of her. Over and over he had found himself enthralled by her defiantly flashing grey eyes, melodious voice. He had replayed times beyond number her quick understanding of his relationship with Inuyasha, and her courageous stand against his venom. Thank the gods he had failed.

Though he would never admit it even to himself, more than once since then he had gone in search of his half-brother simply so he could see her again. And some quiet, never quite subdued part of him took pains to make sure she was never truly injured.

Those encounters had been all he dared expect of her.

Have you forgotten all I know
And all we had
You saw me mourning my love for you
And touched my hand
I knew you loved me then

It had been an axiom in his life: humans don't love youkai. Even his father's second wife had looked at her mate with loathing, having been forced into their union by an ambitious father who wanted an alliance with the great youkai lord.

But now Sesshoumaru knew that it wasn't true. Humans could love youkai.

After all, Rin loved him.

I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
I have to be with you to live to breathe
You're taking over me

When he had believed Kagome was beyond his grasp he had been able to ignore his foolish dreams. But Rin loved Sesshoumaru, Kagome had given up on Inuyasha, and long repressed desires were slowly eating away at the icy bonds of the youkai lord's control.

He had to destroy her, now, before this idiotic obsession consumed him completely.

I look in the mirror and see your face
If I look deep enough
So many things inside that just like you
Are taking over

What would he see if he looked at his reflection in a mirror now, he wondered. Would he still see himself in the silvered glass? Or would he see a reflection of his father?

Was this how it had started for Inutaisho? Had he dreamed of his human female until he dared try and capture her? Had her face hovered before him even during his waking hours?

Sesshoumaru growled deep in his throat: he refused to let himself be taken over by his emotions the way his father had been.

He would learn from his father's mistake.

I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
I have to be with you to live to breathe
You're taking over me

The night's silence was broken by shouting and the sudden sounds of a melee fight. Battle trained reflexes kicked in and without pausing to think he raced forward, towards the figures he could see struggling beside the campfire that cast flickering shadows through the trunks of the trees.

Just as Sesshoumaru reached the edge of the camp, a new scent spilled into the air. A sweet coppery tang that drowned out the fading scent of jasmine that had led him to this place.

He froze as he saw the woman he had come to kill pull her hand away from her belly and stare down at it.

It was covered with blood.

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