Sesshomaru walked in his home. The huge mansion that stood upon a hill and overlooked his vast lands and everything else that he possessed. The girl was showing some resistance toward him but when she saw the inside of his house she paused for only a second and looked around in awe.

Then as quickly as she had stopped she began fidgeting again. Sesshomaru lifted her up by her wrist.

"Will you stop you're incisive movements?" he asked. Kagome looked at him and scowled.

"Let me go." She said. Sesshomaru dropped her again. Kagome picked herself up and began walking towards the door. But Sesshy picked her up from the back of her shirt like a dog would do to a wayward pup.

"You are pushing it ningen." said he before he snapped his fingers and an old man appeared, his limp long tail lagging behind him.

"Take her to a room and make sure she cleanses herself from that horrible hanyou stench, then bring her to me." He ordered and the old man nodded. He grabbed Kagome's wrist and began pulling her with a strength that an old man should not have.

'Duh,' Kagome thought. 'He's youkai too.'

He brought her to a room and led her inside into what seemed to be an indoor hot spring. There he closed the door and waited. Kagome stared at him.

"Bathe yourself." The old man said in a soft and kind voice.

"No thank you. I think I'll just slip out the door." Kagome said politely but the man would not move.

"It is my lord's wish that you bathe yourself. Are you capable of doing this by yourself?" the man asked. Kagome nodded. "Then please do so." The man said. Yet Kagome still refused. At this the old man walked up to her and began trying to take off her shirt.

"WHAT are you DOING?" Kagome asked angrily. The old man sighed.

"You are not following my lord's order and I must make sure that you do. Please stay still." He said a bit more firmly. Kagome wriggled away from him. The old man scowled and his tail wrapped around Kagome's waist and held on tightly.

"My lord shall not be disobeyed." The old man said.

Sesshomaru looked out from the balcony once again. He then heard a scream and

The girl yelling "GET ME AWAY FROM THE DAMN TUB!" Sesshomaru put his head in his hands.

Of all girls why did he have to be drawn to such a loud and rude one?

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They sat across each other in Sesshomaru's study. Kagome was now wearing a simple white kimono and her hair was dripping wet. Ever since she came out from the bathing room he hadn't said a word.

Sesshomaru was getting bored. "You're name is Kagome, I believe." He said. Kagome gave a small and firm nod.

"You shall say 'yes Lord Sesshomaru' when I am waiting for you're reply. Do you understand?" he asked coldly. Kagome stood up and walked out the door. Sesshomaru heard her walking down the hall and towards the main door. Then it began.

"You are not permitted to leave." One of his servants said.

"I am now. You're lord just gave me permission." He heard her lie. Then he heard a small shuffling sound.

"Hey! Put me down!" he heard her yell. He heard footsteps coming towards his study and the door opened. It looked comical to see an old man carrying a young woman over his shoulder. She uselessly pounded against his back but he calmly sat her in her seat again and left the room.

"This is the third time. Are you finished?" Sesshomaru asked calmly. Though he felt his patience begging to slip.

Kagome then got on her knees and out her hands together in a prayer position.

"Please. I beg of you. Let me go. I swear to kami I will NEVER come ten feet within you're lands." She said. Tears brimmed her eyes as she thought of her daughter.

Sesshomaru stared at her. He had stopped listening when he noticed the beautiful scent emitting from her. How could he have missed it before? He shivered again. The sensation climbing up his spine and rattling his skull. He was beginning to like it. Though his placid face never showed such emotions. Then it struck him. If he let the girl go she vowed to never come close to him again. Sesshomaru would not allow that to happen. The girl would stay here. For his own pleasure at least...

He snapped his fingers and his old servant came in.

"Ojai please put Miss.Kagome in a room. She is not to leave. Make sure that she is given all that she desires." He said coolly.

"My only desire is to be set free!" she yelled.

"Everything but that." Sesshomaru said and watched as the girl was pulled away. Strangely she did not object or cause a scene. She only stared back at Sesshomaru with a look that could melt ice. But it wasn't one that could have any affect on him. Not one what so ever.

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Kagome pulled her bed sheets into a tight knot.

"This should be secure." She said. For the past three hours she had been tying bed sheets together in hopes of making a rope. Her guard, Ojai had asked why she had requested so many.

"I just get so cold." was her reply. She sent her guard to wait outside the door. He obeyed. Truthfully she didn't have nearly enough for the fourteen feet height that her balcony stood upon, but the rope had become so long that she only had to endure a two-foot fall. She tied one end to the banister and threw the rest over. Then giving a steady pull to test its strength she smiled as it held. Kagome threw one leg over.

"Psssst. Momma!" she suddenly heard. Kagome stopped. Looking around she only saw trees and felt the wind blow.

"Over here!" she heard again. Kagome turned to the side and saw a figure in the shadow.

"ANOMIE!" she yelled as her daughter leaped into her arms. Tears of joy and relief were falling down both their cheeks. Then Kagome got a good look at her daughter and gasped.

The poor girl was all blotchy and itchy. Kagome felt her forehead.

"No fever. What happened?" she asked concerned. Anomie shrugged.

"I just ran into the bushes like you said." She replied. The truth dawned on Kagome.

"Poison Ivy." She said sighing. She supposed she would be the same way in a few hours.

"I'll go and get my bag. Stay and relax." She said. She was about to climb over but then the door suddenly erupted open. In fear, Kagome placed the rope in Anomie's hand and pushed her over the balcony, knowing that the girl would be all right. She then walked back into the room to face Sesshomaru.

"Whom were you talking to?" he asked. Kagome looked around innocently.

"No one." She lied. Sesshomaru could smell it off her. He stepped closer. A low growl rising in his throat.

"I will ask again. Lie to me and face the consequences. Whom were you talking to?" he asked. Kagome looked around nervously. Sesshomaru inhaled. He smelled Kagome's scent, Inuyasha's scent, and the scent of the forest. He reached for the girl's neck.

"It was my brother!" he yelled in outrage. Little did he know that Anomie had both her parent's scents. Sesshomaru felt his blood boiling. The girl was his now and his alone. For his half brother to interfere was certain death. His grip began to tighten on the fragile neck.

So close to snapping her neck, he was. So pleasing to the ears was her desperate gasps for air. Her body struggling and her hands trying to pull off his own from her neck. So close to death.

His heartbeat increased rapidly. His body shaking. Sesshomaru felt something in his eyes. Water beginning to flow. He could smell the salt. He dropped the girl to feel his face with his only hand. Then looked down and pondered at the wet substance on his fingertips. So cautious and nervous at the feelings that were overtaking his body. He turned and left. Ashamed at himself for what he had done to her. Ashamed at what he had done to himself.

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Ok that's done. YAY! Im sooo sorry I haven't updated! Life is just in the way. Inuyasha will make an entrance so don't worry about it. Want a snippet for next chapter?

Snippet: Sesshomaru stared at the child on his bed. " Who are you?" he asked calmly. Though he knew the answer he was hoping that he was wrong. The girl looked at him and smiled.

"My name's Anomie."

Muahahahaah! What will Sesshy do to her? What will happen to Kagome? Will I ever find my slippers? FIND OUT NEXT CHAPPIE!