Colours

Chapter 3

And heeeeeere's Chapter 3. I appreciate all of your lovely reviews! ^^; You all make me so happy. I feel special. You like me! You really like me! oO; I still need someone to illustrate.. _; But i'll live if I get no one. Dun worry. Just read and enjoy.

About coupling ideas from you and from my part..Should be putting this at the very end of this fic, buuut..

Saria64, I thank you for your suggestions and I will take them into consideration. However, i'm not a real fan of Sessh/Rin which is strange for me since I usually go crazy for those kind of couplings. I know that they're cute together but I just don't support it. However, there probably *will* be some Rin/Sesshoumaru..a pinch..Just to make you happy.. ^^; And I don't believe it's possible to be past mating age. I think once you reach mating age, you're able to mate no matter how old her are. Inutachi obviously mated with Inuyasha's mother maybe at or over Sesshoumaru's age sooo..But I WILL include Rin in this story. And Kouga will be there too..He *will* be his adorably annoying self, don't worry..And I don't know about Kouga/Kikyou..I might make him attracted to her because she looks like Kagome but Kikyou will kind of play the villan-y type role in the story despite the fact that the story is mainly meant to be internal conflict. We'll see how it turns out.. ^^;

Kats02980416, Miroku will most likely be in the story but I don't know about Sango. I don't do her personality very well. I'll see.. Naraku MIGHT be in the story. The story, as I said above, is mainly internal conflict, and most of the villian-y stuff will be done on Kikyou's part. But Naraku might pop up just to add some spice.

Poppy, still haven't decided..we'll see how it works out! ^^;

ANYCRAP O_O; On to the fic..Kikyou is in this one for anyone who wondered. Not a long scene but, yeah. On to the fic!

Jaken has a man-crush on Sesshoumaru XD! Oh, sorry...

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"Oi, Kagome," Inuyasha greeted, blinking, "daijoubu ka?"

Kagome looked up some, smiling half-heartedly at the two as she waved weakly, nodding some. She couldn't seem to find her voice at the moment. Gulping, she tried to force down the lump in her throat, running a hand through her hair absent-mindedly. She sighed, closing her eyes. What was she going to do..?

"You can't keep on keeping things from us, Kagome," Sesshoumaru stated, eyes glinting suspiciously, "so I highly suggest you tell us what's wrong."

Kagome opened her eyes, staring down at the ground as though there were something interesting there. She pursed her lips. Could she really tell them..? She loved them both dearly...And she did trust them. But could she tell them without something going wrong? What if they simply responded like her Lord had? Or even worse..what if they thought it cowardly of her..? She simply couldn't deal with Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru seeing her as some insecure little girl who didn't want to mate simply because she was afraid. Shaking her head, she looked back at the two, waving a hand with a light smile as if attempting to brush off their worries. And perhaps she was..

"Nothing," she responded rather sweetly, "nothing at all is wrong. I'm just fine. It's just, i'll be having to find a mate soon and..i'm just so excited that i've been so off in my own little world that it seems i'm frustrated all the time. Onegai, don't worry. I'm just fine."

Sesshoumaru's expression did not change but it was obvious that he was no convinced as he stared at her with a piercing gaze. Kagome simply stared back innocently and for a moment, it seemed that perhaps Sesshoumaru had met his match..Until Kagome winced as his eyes narrowed even more, and the young female sighed, throwing her hands up in the air. Why try and hide how she felt? If they thought of her as weak then that was them..

"Kami-sama," she exclaimed, sighing, "fine! Father says I have to find a mate and I...I'm afraid to!" She crossed her arms across her chest, turning her head, pouting rather cutely.

Inuyasha's ears twitched, "That's it? That's the problem?"

Kagome glared at him, "Hai."

"Oh, Kagome. Baka.. You have nothing to worry about."

Kagome quirked a brow, giving him a look that clearly said 'I don't?' and a smile spread across the hanyou's lips as he put an arm around his brother's shoulders (and was quickly pushed off) as he nodded, speaking again,

"Of course not! Sesshoumaru and I will make sure of it!"

Sesshoumaru shot his brother a piercing glance, mentally asking him just what in seven hells he was doing. Inuyasha simply grinned at him however, going on to explain to Kagome how he and Sesshoumaru would make sure that she didn't end up with some controlling, egotistical bastard and how she would, without a doubt, find the perfect guy for her. Sesshoumaru simply stared blankly, having already known that they would of done that, had Inuyasha told Kagome or not.

"So," Inuyasha continued, almost finished, "you have nothing to worry about. You just sit back and let the men wash in while he filter them for you." He nodded all-knowingly, crossing his arms, a smug smile placed upon his features. Sesshoumaru looked at him as though he were retarded and Inuyasha, having caught this look, glared at him.

Kagome, however, was simply delighted. "Oh, Inu-chan! Sessh-chan! That's so sweet of the both of you! I should of known you both would help me!" And, with that, as happily as can be, Kagome skipped off into their home (where Yoru was still ranting about there being no fruit anywhere...still holding that bananna...).

There was a short pause..

"Brother," Sesshoumaru said slowly, "when you said.. "filter them for you" to Kagome, you really meant "make sure that not a single one of them gets to you", didn't you?"

Inuyasha smiled slyly, glancing at him, "How'd you figure me out?"

Sesshoumaru could not help but smile, the corners of his mouth twitching ever-so-slightly as they turned upwards just barely. Shaking his head, he finally looked over at his half-brother, quirking a brow.

"Sometimes..I wonder just how we could possibly be related.."

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The river was the only sound heard at the moment in the small, secluded area. The wind blowing lazily through the trees, the sun shining happily. It was a wonderful day to be outside. But that wasn't the reason that the miko was out there. Long, silky black hair that was currently in a pony tail, smooth, pale skin that clashed with her hair while at the same time fitted her so perfectly. Her slender form was covered by a simply miko outfit, narrowed eyes that shone so beautifully in the sunlight staring out over the water.

Kikyou. The village's miko.

The young miko was very strong indeed..Stronger than her mother had been at that age. And this would do her much good considering the task she had planned ahead. Her eyes narrowed more as she turned away from the water, arms held lifelessly at her sides. She frowned, staring up at the sky. Perhaps she was cursing the Gods. If you asked her, she would of told you her reason to.

The Gods had allowed her sister to be taken away from her.

Kikyou sighed some, clenching her fists. She had a new sister now.. Kaede. But that didn't mean she didn't want her first younger sister to come back. She wanted to be able to talk with her other sister, to help her through life like she was currently doing with Kaede. Kagome would always be her younger sister no matter how much she loved Kaede. Those blasted demons..The very nerve of them! To take her sister away from them simply out of spite! The miko growled, remembering the oath she had made so long ago. She *would* bring her sister back. She would undo whatever it was that the demons might of done to her. She would or she would die trying.

She and Kagome looked alike. She knew that much but that was all. However, that was all she needed. She knew where the demon who had her sister was and she knew that she and her sister looked alike. She'd be able to find her easily. Nodding some to herself, Kikyou turned again, staring down at the water as she reached down, touching the top of it, watching it ripple under neath her touch. She could see Kagome..Her sister..she could see her smiling and..

She slapped the water with a shrill cry.

Falling to her knees, the young miko fought back tears. She *would* get her sister back. Somehow.. And no youkai, no man..no hanyou would stop her. Not if she had anything to say about it.

"Onegai, Kagome-chan," she murmured to herself, staring up at the sky with a determined look in her eyes, "just hold on. I'll come for you and bring you back where you belong! I swear it!" She stood, clenching her fists, closing her eyes, "You will pay, Inutachi! I *will* get my sister back! I will!"

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Woo! Kikyou ish maaad! XD My chapters just keep gettin' shorter.. In a hurry to write this one 'coz if I didn't write it now and make it short, I probably wouldn't of been able to write it later since I has lots of stuff to do 'coz of school..Anyways.. oo; Kouga will pop up in the story probably in the next chappy. And some other people.. _; Kikyou MIGHT..So MIGHT Miroku. All depends how i'm feeling... Rin will probably show up to as one of Kagome's friends. Yeah.. ;;; So..uh huh..

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