Love and Vengeance

Chapter #4 To Kill Or Not To Kill

Disclaimer: I really hate to repeat myself but here it goes: I DON'T OWN INUYASHA!!!!!!!!!!!

~Last Time~

Sesshomaru ran with inhuman speed and appeared right behind Kagome. Before she was able to move, he reached a hand to the back of her neck and hit her slightly, successfully causing her to faint. The demon lord caught her in his arms before she was able to touch the ground and gracefully stood up. He tenderly held her bridal style and cuddled her sleeping form in his arms before taking to the air.

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The demon lord would glance down at the sleeping beauty in his arms from time to time. She looked so vulnerable and heart melting when she slept, he couldn't help but lightly blush when she brought her face to his chest and unconsciously snuggled closer. (OMG! Sesshomaru blushing, how cute! ^-^)

If she woke up right about now, he'd be embarrassed beyond believe. His thoughts soon drifted to the matter at hand, which was Kagome. How could such a small, innocent creature have so much power and cause so much damage? And what exactly did his stupid hanyou brother do to her, to make her want death?

~Flash Back~

Kagome shut open her eyes and gave him a confuse look. "what makes you think I wish to kill you human?" she looked down at the ground and let her bangs cover her eyes before answering. "every time we cross paths you always try to kill me.why should this be any different" with that said, Kagome once again reached for his hand and placed it on her delicate throat.

"besides.I want you to.will you please end my suffering?.kill me." Sesshomaru added slight pressure to her throat, earning a weak and grateful smile from her lips. This only served to confirm that she really wanted death, but why?.

~End of Flash Back~

A sudden growl was heard from his chest at the thought of his brother being so incredibly stupid by leaving this gorgeous and extremely powerful vixen. The vibration of the growl made Kagome stir a bit and frown slightly. Sesshomaru looked down at the woman in his arms and found a single tear making its way down her perfect pale cheeks. She turned to him and buried her face in his kimono as she began to sniff a bit. "Inuyasha..why?, why did you betray me?"

She whispered in her sleep as the tears began to run more freely from her tightly shut eyes. Sesshomaru soon found himself completely angered by his stupid brother, and oddly concerned for the woman called Kagome. But why would he care? Why did he even volunteered to train her in the first place? It didn't make any sense. He kept telling himself it was all because of pride. At the moment Hatsumaru mentioned he, the lord of the western lands wasn't a match to train a woman/child such as Kagome, he knew he had to proof him wrong.

That's the only reason why he volunteered, to save his dignity.right? Of course he couldn't deny her attitude would be a huge problem. Not to mention her wild burst outs, the fact that she seemed to hate him and how she had vowed to kill him someday would be a great obstacle as well. Thinking back on her death threat, he wondered why he didn't react the way he usually did. If any other demon was to threaten him, he would surely and without remorse kill them were they stood. But her, she was different. Her behavior, instead of irritating him, had amused him somehow, it even exited him a bit, although he would never acknowledge it.

She had managed to awake new emotions in the demon lord that he thought to be inexistent in his being, yet here he was feeling them. He was so deep in thought that before he knew it, he found himself standing in front of his domain. He silently glided toward his chambers but stopped when he realized his action. Why was he heading to his room? Or more to the point. Why was he taking her to his room?

Reluctantly, the demon lord turned on his heels and headed towards the room next to his. He carefully placed Kagome in the large elegant bed and tucked her in before retreating to his own room.

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Kagome awoke the next day with a slight headache and a sore body, but other than that she was pretty much ok. She looked around and gasped at her surroundings. She was laying on a queen size bed with light blue silk sheets. The room was elegant and fit to suit a princes. It had different old fashion furniture, many paintings of land escapes, a huge mirror right in front of her and a beautiful balcony that allowed her to see the horizon. Her attention soon drifted to the quiet knock on the door, soon it was slowly pushed open and a little girl popped her small head out.

Kagome's stiffness faded away since she sensed no danger and her glare turned into a warm welcoming smile. "Hi, what's your name?" she asked politely. "my name's Rin, you're real pretty" the child complemented as she approached the slightly flustered Kagome. "thank you Rin, so are you, and my name's Kagome" she responded politely. Rin smiled as she climbed onto the bed. "you have a pretty name too, and you're real nice, yokais aren't very nice most of the time but you are" Kagome smiled at the child's comments. She was right, demons didn't tend to be very nice, but she wasn't always a demon now was she. "Sesshomaru-sama told Rin not to wake you, but Rin couldn't wait to see what you were like, are you going to stay here and be Sesshomaru-sama's mate?" she asked innocently. Kagome's eyes widened at the thought, and a wave of embarrassment washed over her. Before she could answer, a green toad Kagome recognized as Jaken walked in and instructed the child to go play.

Rin waved goodbye and left the room, thus leaving the annoying green toad at the mercy of a slightly angered Kagome. "why have I been brought here?" she asked firmly. It was weird how one minute she could act polite and sweet in the presence of the child, yet so cold and fierce as soon as she left. "wench, how dare you talk to me in such manner, and besides, the reason of why you've been brought here is because my master.." before he was able to finish, Kagome had lifted him from his collar and was glaring wholes in his face. From the moment that he had called her wench, memories of Inuyasha and his betrayal had flashed through her head, making her extremely angry.

"what did you called me?" she questioned slowly, venom already forming in her sherry lips.

"you know what, it doesn't matter, I'm out" why that she carelessly dropped him in the hard floor and in a blink of an eye she had jumped out the balcony and was heading towards the gates she knew she would find. Kagome hid in the shadows of the trees and glanced back to see if she was being followed. Before she knew it, a gust of wind passed by her and she found herself pinned to the nearest tree. She opened her eyes to find a slightly irritated demon lord hovering over her. "so, you plan to escape" he stated calmly. "no duh!" she responded sarcastically as she struggled against his strong grip. Sesshomaru sighed in a bored manner and spoke once again. "when will you ever learn, you are powerless against me so you might as well stop fighting, you are only succeeding on tiring yourself a lot faster" "why did you bring me here Sesshomaru, and where's Hatsumaru?" she spat furiously.

Her eyes were beginning to glow red with the rage she was trying to suppress. "I brought you here at his own request, it appears Hatsumaru was struggling with your training and put you under my care" he lied. By this point their face were only inches away. "are you really willing to train me? It will only make my task easier, I mean.it'd be like training me to kill you" Sesshomaru smirked at this and moved closer. "is that so?" Sesshomaru held both her hands above her head and moved his other free hand to her shoulder. Kagome followed his gaze and blushed when she felt his hand move her clothe to reveal her naked and unmarked shoulder.

"interesting, I see my dear brother hasn't mark you yet, well. all the better for me" he said as he moved so that he could breath in her wonderful scent. Kagome gulped as she felt his fangs brush slightly against the tender skin of her neck and shoulder. "Sesshomaru.don't." she whispered with a teary voice. The demon lord tenderly nuzzled her soft neck and loosened his grip on her, letting his arms fall to her shoulders.

'what's happening?, why is he doing this? And why do I feel like this, I mean a want him to stop but at the same time I don't' Sesshomaru move to look into her eyes and immediately felt lost in them.

Kagome too locked her gazed with him and found herself unable to look away. 'do something Kagome, push him, kick him, ANYTHING!' she mentally yelled at herself but found her muscles weren't responding.

'or.kiss him' this thought brought an evil smirked to her face that actually gave Sesshomaru the creeps. Quickly seeing her intention and sensing the poison forming in her inviting lips, Sesshomaru's grip loosened completely and let her go. "smart choice" she said before disappearing, but instead of heading towards the exist, she went strait to his dojo. Silently accepting him as her trainer. Finding the situation interesting, Sesshomaru calmly walked on Kagome's direction

The demon lord lowered his aura as he was nearing his destination. Concealing himself in a corner, he picked inside only to find a very beautiful demon ness checking all the different weapons. She seemed to be having a bit of trouble on selecting, but finally she settled on two medium size daggers. The handles seemed to be Egyptian style and each had a red jewel embedded in them. (you know, like the ones from the mummy returns.um kinda) Kagome began to test them as she spun them in between her slender fingers. Then threw them in the air and continued to spin them skillfully, completely unaware of anything around her.

Satisfied with the practice, she tried something different, something her mother was suppose to teach her if she hadn't passed away. It all came out of instincts, but she still wished her mother had lived to see her now. Pushing that thought out of her mind, Kagome concentrated on her little experiment. She slowly brought the left dagger to her lips and slightly licked its tip. Her actions making a certain someone a bit jumpy. (if you know what I mean ^-^) As soon as she was done with whatever she was doing, Kagome raised the dagger above her head and watched with a sense of pride as the air turned black and melted a board that laid before her. Kagome closed her eyes and did the same to her right dagger. She brought both of them above her head and began to spin. Soon she was surrounded by a sort of miasma.

Smirking to herself, she lifted one of her daggers and slightly tapped a near by pole with its sharp tip. To her satisfaction, it soon began to tremble and reduced itself to dust. "see that mom, you're not the only one" she whispered silently to herself.

'Kagome why do you hate me, and why do I feel like this, normally it wouldn't make a difference what others thought of me but you.some how your opinion matters' Sesshomaru thought as he moved to enter the room.

Deciding he'd seen enough, Sesshomaru stepped out his hiding place and soundlessly approached Kagome. Her senses soon perked up and she was now well aware of his unwelcome presence.

Kagome pretended not to notice him and continued her administrations, she suddenly froze in place when she felt his hot breath hit her bare shoulder. Out of pure reflex, Kagome took the chance and elbowed right in the stomach. "seriously what sort of trainer are you?, the least you could have done was dodge that!" she commented in a bored voice while turning around to meet his piercing gaze.

Holding his stomach, Sesshomaru simply smirked and grabbed a near by sword. "I suppose I could have, but I chose not to" with that said, he moved with inhuman speed and went right to Kagome's left side.

(Ok here's my first attempt to write a fight scene, hopefully I won't stink so bad! Anyway back to the story ^-^)

Kagome's cat instincts kicked in and she dropped to the ground. Getting her new found weapons ready, Kagome pushed herself up and in one quick motion, shattered Sesshomaru's armor to pieces. Sesshomaru was a little taken aback for her strategy, he certainly wasn't expecting her to be so smart.

She knew she could have never made real damage if he was wearing his armor and so shattered it. Before he could anticipate her next move, Kagome began to slash at him with all her might, giving him barely enough time to put up his sword. After about five missed swings, Kagome thrust both her daggers towards his chest but was stopped by his sword. Unfortunately for her, the handles of her daggers had gotten stuck in his blade and she was unable to pull them free.

Sesshomaru smirked and spun his sword, causing for both her daggers to fly away. Finding herself unarmed, Kagome backed away by doing a backwards cartwheel and kicking him on his chest. Kagome kept turning until she reached a wall and much like a cat would, she jumped on it. On the wall was some spears that served as decoration but at the moment she was seeking the nearest weapon and yanked it from the wall. Pushing herself from the wall, Kagome did a half flip in the air before landing on the ground on her left knee and right foot.

Although he would never admit it, Sesshomaru was quite impressed by her tactics, and to think this was her first real combat. He was actually putting effort into the fight but he found himself getting destructed by her. Every time she would lead her breasts would bounce slightly, every time she went for the kill, her eyes would momentarily change to a fiery red and her teeth would clench, her aura changed to that of a warrior's and her scent would become stronger, making the demon lord want to just throw her on the ground and have his way with her.

Quickly swiping that last thought from his mind, Sesshomaru prepared for Kagome's in coming attack. Kagome's cat and inu blood were in complete control by this point, all she knew was that she needed to succeed and exterminate her opponent. She attacked a swung her spear as hard as she could and kept leaping away every time Sesshomaru tried to strike her in return. Her inu blood was telling her to go into physical combat but her cat blood was telling her not to let the one before her touch her.

Kagome moved incredibly fast and amazingly graceful, she truly looked like a goddess with that look of determination in her face. Sesshomaru raced his sword above his head in a last attempt to strike but stopped immediately when he realized their position. He had made the foolish mistake of leaving his chest unguarded by racing his arms above his head and Kagome had taken full advantage of the situation. She was on one need and one foot and her spear was pointing right straight to his throat.

(I could just end it right here but I'm not that mean)

Kagome finally let out the breath she didn't know was holding and her red eyes once again became a deep sapphire color. She was still panting heavily and her shoulders were stiff. 'now what?.do I kill him?' she questioned herself as she debated on the situation. Kagome moved the tip of her spear to slightly brush the skin on his throat. 'I.I can't.but why?, this is what I want right?, I'm suppose to take revenge on him and Inuyasha, so.why can't I do this?' with that final thought, Kagome stood up and threw her spear on the ground with such force that it broke in half.

"I win" she said with a stern voice as she calmly walked to the exist and towards the hot springs for a much needed bath.

The demon lord simply stood there. It was only suppose to be a game, a harmless spar, but to her it was serious. While she was battling the demon lord, she was also battling her inner feelings. Sesshomaru had seen the determination in her eyes fade away and turn into uncertainty. She was actually debating on killing him, not that she would have succeed, but the fact that she even though about it hurt him deeply. It would obviously take a lot more to get through to her and make her understand that he could be trusted. 'why does this seem to hurt me? Or more to point, how is it possible for a heartless creature such as myself to feel this sort of pain?'

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Kagome settled in the springs and let the warm water relax her sore muscles. Deep inside she was aware that he had let her win and this made her a bit enrage. 'But I guess he was just being.nice?' Kagome sighted heavily and cleared her mind completely, it wouldn't do for her to work her mind too much, it would only tire her further. Sighing once again, Kagome close her eyes and fell into a light sleep.

Wow! That took long, anyway, should I have them meet in the hot springs? Tell me if you want that. Also I think the rating might go up. A friend of mine suggested that I add in a lemon in the future and I guess I could if I get enough reviews telling me to. It would be my first but if people want me to then I'll give it a try.can't be that hard right?

Sesshpomaru: score!!!!

Me: now hold on, It's only a thought, I don't know yet if I'll actually do it.

Sesshomaru: ok so.what would make you want to do it?

Me: *thinking* um..REVIEWS!!!!!!!!!

Well that's all for now, later! ^-^

Ps: I forgot to add that in about 1 or 2 chapters, there'll be major Inuyasha/Kikio bashing, so be patient. Oh and don't worry, Kagome will come to her senses soon enough. She's already starting to tolerate fluffy, so love is just around the corner! ^-^!!!!!!