-yeah...yeah yeah yeah....you've all been patient with me, thanks for not picking up the kerosine and pitchforks....and for *not* duct-taping me to my chair and forcing me to type...I hope you like the chapter later-

Lost Within

Chapter 21: The Day Gone, What is Left is to Follow

"Sesshoumaru-" Kagome spoke, addressing the floor in which said Demon Lord was still getting off of, "This bond-thingy has stretched a bit, so we can have our own qaurters, meaning- *I* can sleep in peace without having you paw at me at all hours of the night..." Kagome trailed off, wondering why-in-the-hell she'd suddenly become so ballsy . . . oh well . . .

"I'm going to go take a bath, *alone* and *uninterupted*" Kagome growled warningly at the shell-shocked Lord-of-the-Western-Lands . . ., "Seeya in a few-"

And with that, Kagome turned on her heel and walked back into Sesshoumaru's room and into the adjoining bathroom; Sesshoumaru swiftly entered his room, still in relative shock; Kagome was a youkai alright, in more ways than one . . .

. . . he began to wonder if he should've just left the damned world to be destroyed, it was bad enough to deal with a human Kagome, he wasn't so sure he could deal with a full-blooded youkai one . . .

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Sesshoumaru growled, he was wearing a clear and worn-out path in his fine-silken rugs from all this pacing- and it was all HER fault! SHE wasn't speaking to him! SHE wouldn't come within three feet of him - and SHE was avoiding him!- Sesshoumaru! Lord of the fucking Western Lands!

With a distraught howl of rage, Sesshoumaru plucked his solid oak dresser off of the floor and hurled it across the room; breaking into a thousand splinters as it collided with the wall.

Another cry of rage as he picked up the vanity mirror, throwing it across the room, delighting in the sounds of breaking glass...Sesshoumaru was totally oblivious to the dozens of miniscule cuts and gashes along his arm, a particularly ugly cut marring his cheek.

"WHY DO YOU TORMENT ME SO?!?!" Sesshoumaru roared at the room, knocking various vases, papers, books, and important documents off of stray tables that had yet to be broken.

"Do you derive pleasure from my pain as I have done from my enemies?!"

Silken curtains screamed as bloodied claws ripped them to shredded bits and pieces...

"DO YOU ENJOY IT!?"

The sound of glass breaking...only a brief comfort to his ears...

"DO YOU???" Sesshoumaru howled one last time, dropping to his knees in exhaustion; gasping for air.

He leaned forward, resting on his one arm; it gave out, he fell to the floor in a broken heap...the pain he'd been oblivious to had taken its toll... Sesshoumaru rolled onto his back, sprawled out on the floor, vaguely registering the broken fragments of glass and wood digging into his back.

A scent of fresh rain and jasmine filled his nose...what...was SHE doing here now...come to poke fun at the Almighty Demon Lord eh? Go ahead...have your fun bitch...I don't care anymore...

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Kagome had heard the noises while in the bath, a strong sense of distress and pain had stabbed her heart; she didn't know where it was coming from, but she knew it was in the next room...leaving the refreshing soak from the hot springs; Kagome had quickly dressed in a plain white kimono with the vanilla-colored obi still untied as she rushed to Sesshoumaru's chambers...and what a sight her bright sapphire blue-green eyes had seen...

Silently she stepped between each shard of glass and chunk of wood until she was standing beside Sesshoumaru...

"What's happened here Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked softly, taking in his sweat-covered body...

"Why-" Sesshoumaru breathed deeply, stilling his breath before turning tired, hateful golden eyes on her own, "-Why do you make me feel this way?"

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~*'Why do you make me feel this way?'*~

"What's wrong Kagome-chan?" Rin questioned a few hours later.

"Huh? Oh- I'm sorry Rin I was just thinking of something..." Someone...

"Well when Rin thinks of something that makes her all sad- I draw lots of pictures and give them flowers!" Rin beamed happily.

"That's such a GIRLY thing to do!" Shippou scoffed, puffing out his chest, "All you do if you get sad is go beat someone up! Like that stupid dog-boy Inuyasha did when-"

Inuyasha...? I haven't thought about him in so long...how can I think of him now when I've done so many things? So many horrible things...I almost hate to admit it...but I miss you yelling at me Inuyasha...it's a sad truth...but it doesn't make it any less true... Kagome thought dismally, no tears pressing against her eyes for the first time in a long time...she was almost grateful for that...almost.

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I don't know how much longer I can avoid him...it's already been three days since...since it happened....Kagome thought to herself, staring at the many drawings she'd made over that time...all of Sesshoumaru...

What did I make you feel Sesshoumaru? Why can't you just come out and say it? Do you hate me for what you had to do? For what happened that day I ran away from Inuyasha and Kikyo...?

But Sesshoumaru had not been the only thing in her thoughts over the past three days...she had seen her...new self...she had become a youkai...pointed ears and fangs...along with the customary package of heightened awareness, sensitivity, sense of smell, taste, and hearing...a nice deal...but still...it had taken some getting used too...hell- it still is taking some getting used too! She'd just clawed up another kimono! That was the third time today!

But still, she needed to see Inuyasha and the others soon, she hadn't seen her mother in a long time either, and Sota, and Grandpa too...'I wonder whatever happened to Hojo'? Kagome thought absently, a small laugh trickling from her lips at the thought....

-I figured I might as well post this then write more up later- r/r people-