Tears of Doubt

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Oh and I know I'm making Shippo a bit of a brat but kids usually push people to the limits to see what they can get away with. So on with the chapter.^_^

******************************Chapter 11

"It had better not harm her," said Sesshomaru as he gave him a threatining look.

Arashi shook his head back and forth as he said, "It will hurt some depending on her power level, but if you don't want to hold her, I will." He then grinned as Sesshomaru looked as if he'd love to rip his head off.

"You will not touch her." With that said Sesshomaru went to get Kagome and found her asleep. His lips twitched into something that resembled a smile. 'She must have worn herself out with all that jumping. I'll let her sleep a hour.' He thought amusingly.

"Sesshomaru," she mumbled in her sleep.

She was dreaming about being attack by dark, shadow creatures and she couldn't find Sesshomaru anywhere.

He smelled her fear so he leaned in closer. Suddenly he was smacked by Kagome, who in her dream had just hit one of the shadows. Growling he stood up straight and walked back where Arashi and Jaken sat. Arashi took one look at the side of his face and burst out laughing.
Shippo came in the room wondering what all the noise was about. Looking at Sesshomaru he noticed the red handprint and said, "Just say you didn't do it, that always works for me."

Arashi stopped laughing when he noticed that Kagome wasn't there. "Why didn't you bring her?" he asked confused.

Sesshomaru quietly mumbled, "Damn woman's asleep."

Arashi smirked at him, "so what exactly did you two do to wear her out so fast?" he couldn't resist asking. He had known Sesshomaru a long time so he wasn't too afraid that he might kill him. 'But then again,' he thought, ' he seems really protective of the girl.'

Sesshomaru didn't answer the question dismissing it as not necessary.

Kagome awoke with a start. She jumped up panicking and walked quietly in the room. She just had to see Sesshomaru to make sure he was okay. In the dream, the shadow creatures had killed Sesshomaru. He had ran in front of the dark energy ball that was aimed at her. When he had his skin was ripped off his body, needless to say, it was a horrible dream.

Seeing Sesshomaru she sighed with relief. The dream had seemed so real. She walked up to him and noticed the mark on his face. Pointing to it she asked, "What happened?"

He glared at her a bit before saying," Arashi will awaken your full power. Are you prepared?"

Kagome blinked rapidly for a few moments, then in confusion asked him, "What are you talking about? We never said anything about awakening my power." She frowned and said, "I thought all my power was already awake."

They all looked at her like she was an idiot. "Okay," she raised up her hand in defense, "so my powers aren't completly awake, but won't it take a while to awaken them though?"

Arashi cut in, "It's real easy to awaken powers, the only thing is it just might hurt a bit. You up for it girly?" He slowly inched closer to her until he heard Sesshomaru growl. Sighing and shaking his head he said, "Sesshomaru, I'm starting to think that you don't trust me anymore."

"Not with Kagome I don't."

Kagome looked at Sesshomaru with admiration, "You really care about me don't you?"

Sesshomaru frowned and crossed his arms over his chest and said nothing. His rule is: when asked a question you don't have an answer for or that you don't want to answer, remain silent. (A/N: As if that will really make the question go away. He's a bit delusional isn't he? LOL)

Kagome sighed, realizing that this was another question he wasn't going to answer.

"Stop doing that." Sesshomaru commanded, wanting her to stop sighing all the time. It was making him really ......"hyper".

Kagome looked at him confused, "Stop doing What?"

"..................."

Kagome threw her hands in the air. "Whatever," she said. Then she turned to Arashi, "Okay first things first. What's your name?"

Arashi bowed and took her hand in his, "My name is Arashi, and I'm your humble servant. If you want your back rubbed at anytime just let me know. Day or night."

"Um, I'm Kagome," she said removing her hand from his. "How exactly are we supposed to awaken my full power?" she asked almost afraid to know. Her panic doubled as she saw him smile a smile that was too similar to Miroku's for comfort.

"Well," he said taking her hand again, " I want you to sit down and get comfortable." He guided her over to a futon. "Sit here," he said and Kagome sat down. Arashi then turned to Sesshomaru and said, "Now you sit beside her."

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed but he sat beside her anyway.

Arashi smirked and said, "Now mate."

"WHAT?!" Kagome exclaimed and turned to face Sesshomaru expecting him to say something to Arashi. Sesshomaru's eyes had taken a curious look to them. Then they went completly emotionless when he noticed Kagome looking at him.

Arashi laughed and said, "Hey, Sesshomaru, I don't think she likes you very much."

Sesshomaru glared at him and said, "You've got one thing right, you don't think."

Arashi held his hand to his heart, "He spoke. It's a miracle. Hurry Kagome mate with him quickly."

Shippo had a confused look on his face. He turned to Kagome and asked, "Why don't you want to mate with Sesshomaru. If you do then we can all take baths together like my mommy and daddy used to do." He smiled and said, "don't worry I'll take a quick bath so that you and Sesshomaru can play by yourself."

Kagome's face was beet red by then. Arashi was rolling on the ground laughing. Jaken was looking confused, wondering if he had missed something while daydreaming about pickled strawberries. Sesshomaru was fighting a losing battle with a smirk and Shippo was looking innocently between Sesshomaru and Kagome.

"So," Kagome said trying to stop blushing, "what's the real way to awaken my power?" She calmly waited for Arashi to stop laughing and explain the other way. Though in the back of her mind, she really wouldn't mind being with Sesshomaru.

"Okay, Okay, the real way is first you drink this." Arashi said, calming down a little and holding out a black bottle.

"What is it?" Kagome questioned, looking a bit skeptical. "So I just drink this and my powers awaken, right?"

Arashi shook his head, "No, though that would make it a hell of a lot easier," He said thoughtfully then his face lost all of its laughter as he explained. "This takes away the barrier holding your soul in your body, which is a little dangerous, but you'll be fine. From what Jaken explained from your encounters with the preistess Kikyo, you've had your soul taken from you and gotten it back just fine."

Kagome nodded, "Yes, but does the barrier go back up?"

Arashi shook his head, "Not by itself, when you tap into that power source inside of you, then you repair it, but it is made with your own spiritual power so that your full power can be released at will."

At Kagome's still confused look, Arashi continued, "The barrier is like a charmed door that only opens for that one soul. If the barrier is gone for even a little while, another stronger soul can claim your body and there's no way you can get your body back."
"Your soul will wander the world unless you find another souless body without a barrier. Don't worry though that sort of thing rarely happens."

Kagome looked slightly horrified at this news, "Okay so what is the whole point of losing the barrier?"

Arashi continued, "So that there are no restraints when you search for your power and of course like I explained earlier so you'll have your own power constructed barrier." He glanced at Kagome's pale face and said, "anymore questions?"

Kagome slowly turned to look at him and asked, "Have you ever actually helped someone awaken their power before?"

Without hesitation Arashi replied, "No," then noticing Kagome's skin turn paler, he said, "But I learned from the best how to do this so..... no worries."

Kagome looked at Arashi and said, "Okay let's do this." and then said aloud to herself, "Hakuna Matata."

************************************* Oww my brain hurts. PLEASE REVIEW ^_^ For those of you who haven't seen the movie "The Lion King" Hakuna Matata means no worries. I hope this chapter was long enough. I tried but my brain stops working after a while.

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Read this story if you want to spend a looooong time reading. It's Sess/Kag and It's a three part story all complete with a mini complementing story on the side. This is the first story I read by this authoress and I totally love this story.

Quote of the day:

"Betty: I'll kill him, kill him dead.........like with a rock or something."

Another great quote from Kung pow: fists of fury. A highly recommended movie by the way. Ja Ne. By the way, just so you know Betty is a man and if you don't listen he'll cut off your big toe. LOL.