Not all love hurts

by Tsurara-hime

After seeing Inuyasha and Kikyou kissed, Kagome fled away in order to forget. Falling in love with his halfbrother instead. However why is Naraku destroying every moment of her life? [SK]

5. V i sacrifices should be done part 1

~fluffy li's words~

Hi guys! Sorry for the late update! I've been writing my other fic that I forgot to write this chapee, gomen ne! But I'm a lazy author you know, so please don't hate me! Look I'm being honest! And we have so many homework in school these days!

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CHAPTER 5- Sacrifices should be done

"There! That should do it! I'm sorry again Jaken!" Kagome apologized as she finished putting some bandage on the salve that she placed on the bump on his head, Jaken grumble about human wench and huffed angrily. Sesshoumaru, having his keen hearing, heard what he was mumbling about and send him a deadly glare. Jaken gulped and keep his mouth shut, Sesshoumaru again, send him a glare as if saying that he should thank her before he loses his patient.

"Thank you for your help human." Jaken thanked her unwillingly; Sesshoumaru gave him one more glare and approached him coolly.

"Jaken, you should call her by her title and her name, and that is Lady Kagome. If I hear one more wench, miko or human from you, you know what I would do." Sesshoumaru stated calmly, Jaken nodded meekly and sighed mentally, 'Thank heavens! At least he didn't do anything to hurt m- yeowch!' his thankful thoughts were shattered when he received a rather hard bonked on the opposite side of his first bruise. He was shocked when Kagome defended him, 'what is this human doing defending me from Sesshoumaru-sama? Does she not fear my lord?' he thought unbelievingly while clutching his new contusion.

"Sesshoumaru! Why did you hit him?!" she shrieked at him while prying Jaken's tiny hands away from the bruise, she examined it closely and sighed in relief, it's only a small one. "Jaken, don't move, I'm going to repeat the process I've done earlier." She told the toad youkai, Jaken just nodded thankfully. She gave Sesshoumaru a glare and huffed angrily, "I'll ask again, why did you hit him." She asked, urging herself to calm down while waiting for answers.

"He doesn't address you by your name and title, you've said earlier that you don't want being called with those nicknames." He stated coolly, he almost stepped back when he saw the look on Kagome's face, as if she's going to murder him.

"Hell I remember! But does he know my name?! You didn't even tell him my name and I didn't have a chance to introduce myself because you just butted in!" she countered back, before she can blink again, she was pinned into the wall behind her with Sesshoumaru's claws on her throat.

"You don't have the rights to raise your voice in front of me!" Sesshoumaru growled while giving her throat a painful squeeze, he froze when he heard a whimper from different persons. He didn't even realize that his eyes were turning crimson until he decided to calm down; he released her throat and noticed that there were tears in her frightened eyes. He turned around to find a scared Rin clutching Jaken's kimono in fright, she was watching the whole scene and stood there unmoving.

"Rin..." Sesshoumaru started worriedly, 'what have I done, I frightened her by letting Kagome got hurt by my claws.' he thought silently while approaching the child, Rin just stared at him with teary eyes and hid behind Jaken. Jaken tried his best to calm the child but he was responded by a frightened wail, Rin hesitantly raised her head to see what Sesshoumaru was going to do only to be frightened more when she realized that Sesshoumaru was near her.

"Rin is afraid of Sesshoumaru-sama!" she cried while hurrying to Kagome's side, "Why Sesshoumaru-sama hurt Kagome-neechan?" she asked innocently, her tears were still visible in her eyes, Sesshoumaru just stood there, not knowing what to answer to her. He was surprised when Kagome spoke after coughing a little.

"Rin-chan, don't cry, Sesshoumaru didn't hurt me, we're just playing." Kagome stated while reassuring the child to stop crying, she hugged Rin and whispered comforting words on her ear. Rin turned to look at her to see if she was not lying, Kagome just smiled at her and turned to Sesshoumaru. He was stunned at her words, considering that she doesn't have much time to answer the child.

"Sesshoumaru-sama didn't hurt Kagome-neechan, Rin is not afraid of Sesshoumaru-sama anymore! Rin is happy that Sesshoumaru didn't hurt Kagome- neechan! Can Rin join Sesshoumaru-sama and Kagome-neechan play? " She babbled while wiping the tears away and ran to hug her father, Sesshoumaru just ruffled her hair and silently thanked Kagome. Jaken was also stunned at her, 'Maybe this human is not so bad.' He thought silently, he was startled when Kagome glared at him.

"Didn't Sesshoumaru just tell you not to call me human?" she growled at him, Jaken just stared at her as if she was a ghost, "What?!" she asked irritably, placing her hands on her hips, Jaken gulped and stared at her frightened.

"Kagome, Jaken didn't say anything just now." Sesshoumaru stated confusedly, Kagome turned at him with a puzzled look on her face.

"But I just heard him, he said 'Maybe this human is not so bad', I heard it clearly." She stated while eyeing Jaken, Jaken stood and silently walk towards Kagome.

"My lady, you can read minds?" Jaken whispered unbelievingly, Kagome just stared at him, confusion visible on her face, Jaken just sighed, "My lady, those words you heard is my thoughts. May I ask how can you do that?" he added.

"Huh? What are you talking about? How can I read your thought? I'm only a ningen you know." She asked curiously.

"I don't know my lady, I don't believe ningens could read minds." He told her with a sigh, "My lady, try to read my mind now." He instructed, Kagome nodded and concentrated, Sesshoumaru just stared at the two while Rin braiding his hair on the backside. Jaken tried to think on the inner part of his mind, 'I like playing with Rin, even if I don't admit it to everyone.' He opened his eyes and stared at Kagome, she opened her eyes and shook her head. He mentally sighed; he doesn't want anyone to know he like playing with the human child.

"My lady, you can only read thoughts if it is on the outer part of the mind, but if the person put his thoughts on the inner mind, you cannot read their thoughts." He explained wisely. Kagome nodded but still have difficulties on understanding, she grab Jaken's arm and drag him to his earlier place. She lifted the toad and placed him on the stool beside her, grabbing the remaining salve, she put some of it on his newborn contusion. Sesshoumaru just stared at her as she skillfully rub the salve on the small bruise and cover it with a piece of bandage. Kagome noticed his intense stare and decided to snap him out of it.

"What are you looking at?" she asked curiously, Sesshoumaru shook his head and turn his back on her preparing to walk out of the room and proceed to his study but stopped when he heard her giggled. He turned around to find Rin and Kagome giggling uncontrollably while Jaken was coughing to suppress his laughter.

"What are you two laughing at?" he asked, Kagome just giggled more while Rin pointed at the braided hair. He turned towards the mirror in front of him and stared at himself amusedly, his hair was separated into two-braided hairstyle, the end of the braided hairs are tied with two long pieces of bandage. She used the bandages because she doesn't have any ribbons at that time; he just stared at himself quietly while the three were laughing hysterically.

"Hey Sesshoumaru, you would pass being a girl, you still stay as gorgeous." She complimented, she mentally regretted saying that when Sesshoumaru gave her a mischievous smirk, she turned her attention on the bruise and trying to pretend nothing happened. Rin and Jaken still laughed, 'I never thought I could laugh like this in my life.' Jaken thought silently. He didn't even notice the warning look Sesshoumaru gave him, Sesshoumaru calmly grab a piece of firewood and threw it directly on Jaken's new bruise, making it worse.

"Hahahah-owch!" Jaken cried while clutching his another bruise, Kagome once again glared at Sesshoumaru angrily. She pried Jaken's hand away to examine the bruise, just her luck, it gotten worse. Jaken kept on sniveling while Kagome gently blow the bruise to cool it at the same time rubbing it in circular motion, Rin just stared at her as she did that. Kagome gave him one last glare and kneel beside Rin; she whispered something to the child that she was sure the demon lord didn't hear, Rin just smiled at her and nodded. Kagome stood up and eyed him confidently.

"Do that again and I would be force to stop you by myself and Rin with emotional blackmail." She stated confidently, Sesshoumaru just stared at her, giving her an 'is-that-so?' look. Kagome nodded, he smirked and threw another firewood towards Jaken, and she caught it skillfully and threw it back at him. He was taken back at the sudden attack and barely dodged the thing, inwardly scolding himself for letting his guard down. He froze when he saw Rin and Kagome made small noises that sounded as if they were going to cry, he just stood there, unmoving. He was about to turn away but stopped when he heard giggles coming from Kagome and Rin, he turned and was shocked at the scene that played in front of him. Kagome, Rin and Jaken were practically rolling on the ground while laughing frenziedly.

"Sesshoumaru-sama is fun to play with!" Rin exclaimed while rolling towards Kagome for support, Kagome stood up with Rin in her arms and let her go, Rin ran to hug her father while Kagome stared at them hug each other for a while and silently proceed to finish putting some bandage around Jaken's head.

"Thank you Lady Kagome." Jaken thanked her while carefully standing up, a wave of dizziness claimed him because of those bruise on his head cause him to steady himself, his little hand clutched his throbbing head while the other is steadying himself.

"Jaken, maybe you should rest for a while. Come." Kagome usher him as he look up to stared at her, his eyes shone gratitude and nodded silently, Kagome was about to walk out of the room but halted when he heard Sesshoumaru called his servant. In a few seconds, Shineo appeared and bowed in respect, Sesshoumaru told her to take Jaken to his room and let him rest. Shineo nodded and took Jaken away while Sesshoumaru and Rin approached Kagome.

"Why do you care for the toad? He had treated you badly for the past few years, and this is what you give in return?" he asked calmly, she smiled and kneeled when she saw Rin running to hug her, she just smiled at him in respond.

"No need remembering the past, and besides, I don't want seeing people or youkai in pain when I can help them, except if they are my enemy or threatening my life. And besides, I'm the one who made him bump his head." She explained while getting up, Sesshoumaru just quirked an eyebrow, Kagome shook her head and approach him with Rin leaping with her hand in Kagome's.

"Rin, go find Shineo to play with you." Sesshoumaru commanded but her didn't take away his eyes from the miko. Rin pouted and gave her best puppy dog eyes, begging to stay with Kagome, Sesshoumaru just sighed in defeat, 'I'm getting soft.' He gestured for Rin to come to him and she gladly complied. "You can stay with Kagome later, I have to talk to her." He told her as she hugged his leg, he ruffled her hair and smiled. Kagome smiled at the scene that played in front of her, never in her life did she thought that the demon lord can be soft to a human child.

"With Sesshoumaru-sama?" she asked hopefully, he was about to say no but stopped when he glanced at Kagome and was rewarded by a glare, as if saying 'Tell her no and you're gonna die!' he didn't care about the glare and focused on the child whom was clutching the fabric in his legs, she look up to gave him her pleading eyes. Sesshoumaru sighed again.

"Hai, with Sesshoumaru-sama." He replied in defeat, Rin giggled and released his leg and ran to find the servant, Kagome wore a smirk on her face while staring at the lord. "What?" he asked amusedly.

"Nothing, it's just that I never thought you could be so kind to her." She explained, she heard him growled, "No, it's just that you are so cold to everyone." She quickly added while backing away.

"I'm the Lord of the Western Lands, I'm hiding all my emotions in order to protect my territory." He explained coolly, "If the enemy knows that my emotions are not secured, they would take advantage of it and use it as a bait it in order for me to give up my position." He added, Kagome nodded and silently approached him.

"So, what do you want to talk about with me Sesshie?" she asked playfully, Sesshoumaru inwardly wince at the name, 'At least it's not fluffy.' He thought silently, he saw Kagome smirked at him and walked behind him.

"Would you prefer if I called you fluffy?" she requested while untying the braided hair, obviously reading his mind, Sesshoumaru was shocked when he heard her answer, "Yeah, I can read minds, Jaken told me I can only read outer thoughts, but when it is inner thoughts, I can't read them." She explained, Sesshoumaru turned with his what-are-you look, "I'm human." She added.

"As far as I know, no humans can read minds." He stated calmly.

"I don't know, I just know that I'm a human." She told him while finishing the last braid; she used her fingers to comb his hair and was surprised to feel the silkiness of it, "You have beautiful hair Sess, how do you maintained it?" she asked, obviously trying to change the subject.

"Everyday bath." He replied, Kagome just nodded.

"By the way, what do you want to talk about?" she asked happily.

"What do you want to do today?" he asked calmly.

"You seems in a good mood today Sess." she giggled.

"Yes, I'm in a good mood, unless you want to ruin it." He stated calmly, followed by a smirk.

"No, no. But promise me first." she stated, 'If I make him promise, he can't break it because of his pride.' She thought evilly.

"What is it?" he asked suspiciously.

"Promise me first!" she countered, 'Please say yes!'

"Okay I promise, what is it?" he asked. 'Hope it's nothing evil.' He thought silently.

"You promised, okay! Can you please let me visit my companions? I missed them." She pleaded; Sesshoumaru was about to say yes but stopped when he remembered Inuyasha being her companion.

"You want to visit them, Inuyasha included?" he asked calmly, he noticed Kagome tensed at the mentioned name, then suddenly, she lowered her head to hide her anger but Sesshoumaru felt the anger in her aura.

"I will not visit that bastard, not even say hi. I would only visit my other three companions." She stated while calming her anger, Sesshoumaru patted her shoulder to help her calm down. He heard a soft chuckle followed by a soft 'thanks'.

"Okay." was all he said before turning away from her, he stopped when he felt Kagome hugged him form behind.

"Can I also visit my family?" she asked with pleading eyes, Sesshoumaru turned and at the same time met her pleading eyes, he sighed, 'Why does she and Rin always do that?' he thought silently, "Because your reaction is so cute when we do that." She answered his thoughts.

"Will you stop doing that? It's irritating." he commanded, a hint of playfulness on his voice.

"I wanna do it, you can't stop me!" she replied back with a giggle.

"Want to test the theory?" he asked mischievously, Kagome was about to answer but didn't have a chance when Sesshoumaru's lips came crashing into hers into a soft, chaste kiss. Sesshoumaru quickly pulled back, smirking when he noticed the blush that Kagome gave.

"You're evil!" she yelled, 'I can't believe he did that! But I admit, it felt great!' she thought with a blush, what she didn't know is that Sesshoumaru also has the ability to read minds.

"I know I'm evil, but you liked the kiss, am I right?" he asked with a smirk, Kagome blushed harder and bowed her head to hide it.

"What are you talking about?" she asked nervously, 'I didn't say it aloud, didn't I?' she asked herself.

"You didn't." he answered her, Kagome glared at him confusedly, "I also have the ability to read minds, and I supposed you forgot." He told her, she still stared at him confusedly, as if asking 'when?' he inwardly sighed, "The time you read my past memories, in the garden." He saw her nodded and silently telling him to continue, "You heard my mother said that I also have the ability to read minds, didn't you?" he asked, Kagome suddenly remembered and nodded, hiding the blush that spread over her cheeks, Sesshoumaru just smirked and grabbed her hand in his to lead her the way to her chambers.

"Where are we going?" Kagome asked nervously, 'I should be careful from now on, fluffy is going to bombard my mind.' She thought silently, she was startled when Sesshoumaru suddenly smiled at her, but she described it as a creepy smile. "W-what are you sm-smiling at!" she stuttered warily.

"You called me fluffy, don't you remember the last time you called me fluffy and what happened to you?" he asked playfully, Kagome stiffened and nodded, Sesshoumaru smirked when he smelt the scent of fear coming from her.

"Please don't kill me! Oh great Lord Sesshoumaru!" she stated sarcastically, she giggled softly, Sesshoumaru glared at her and that stopped her from giggling, 'Darn! Now I'm in for it now!' she thought cautiously.

"You're right, you're in for it now." He answered with a smirk, he trapped her body between his and the wall, making her feel nervous.

"What are you gonna do with it?" she asked calmly, trying to add some courage in her voice but failing miserably.

"This." And with that said, he kissed her... and that's what the position they're in when Rin found them, they were pulled apart by the sudden squeal and a bit stuttering voice.

"Yay! Kagome-neechan is going to be Rin's okaasan!" Rin squealed while dancing around the stuttering Jaken, Jaken felt dizzy at the scene that played a while ago, and dizzier when his head keeps replaying the scene. He passed out on the floor twitching, his eyes where swirling because of his dizziness and his opened mouth kept opening and closing like a fish.

Kagome blushed and bowed her head in embarrassment; Rin continued her 'victory dance' dance in front of them, 'I can't believe Rin saw that! Now she will think that I'm going to be Sesshoumaru's mate! Kami help me!' she thought silently, she was startled when he felt Sesshoumaru wrapped his arm around her.

'Just go along with it, I hate to make Rin cry... and I'm sure you also don't want to make her cry.' He mentally told her, he heard her sighed mentally, and gave him a look; clearly saying 'you owe me'. He released her and she crouched down and waved for Rin to come.

"Rin, I can't be your okaasan..." Rin pouted and her eyes seems to water any second now, Kagome glanced at Sesshoumaru only to find him glaring at her, "Rin let me finish first, you can act later if you want..." she commanded, Rin sniffed and nodded, "I can't be your okaasan but while you don't have one, I can act like your okaasan if you want." She finished, she was relieved when Rin smiled and continued her victory dance. Sesshoumaru gave her a hand for her to get up, Kagome smiled and took it, and Sesshoumaru helped her stand gracefully and stared at his young ward dance. Rin hugged his leg and turned to Kagome.

"Why can't Kagome-kaasan be my real okaasan?" she asked innocently, Kagome was expecting this question so she just smiled at the antics of the child, and she was surprised that Rin had called her 'kaasan'.

"Because Sesshoumaru wouldn't want a human to be his mate, and I'm too young to be a mother." She answered, Rin nodded happily while Sesshoumaru pondered on what Kagome said. They were both startled when Rin asked another question, they didn't expect her to ask another one.

"But if Sesshoumaru ask Kagome-kaasan to be his mit- er mate! Will Kagome- kaasan agree?" she asked naively, Kagome and Sesshoumaru both tensed, they definitely didn't expect this. 'What will I do Sesshie?' she asked mentally, Sesshoumaru smirked at his new nickname and replied, 'That, is what you would answer personally.' Kagome growled at him silently and took a deep breath before answering.

"Well, uh... we'll see Rin. Maybe yes or maybe no, it depends." She answered with a fake smile, Rin nodded and bounded happily to drag the unconscious youkai. Kagome began to walk only to be held back by Sesshoumaru, that's the time she realized that her hand was still on his. "Uh, Sesshoumaru, you can release my hand now." She told him.

"What happen to Sesshie?" he asked with a smirk, Kagome blushed and slap him playfully on the arm.

"Do you prefer I call you that name?" she asked playfully, Sesshoumaru just smirked.

"Any name but fluffy." He replied and released her hand slowly, "And one more thing," he added, Kagome looked at him confusedly but urged him to continue. "No reading of minds."

She pouted, "Where's the fun with that?"

"Would you want if I read your mind?" he countered.

"But Jaken said that I can only read outer minds, if you don't want me bombarding your mind, think on your inner part!" she told him, he smirked and drag her to her room, "Where are you taking me Sesshie?" she asked.

"To your room, pack some things that you need in our travel." He replied.

"Okay here's the deal, we can read minds but if it is private, put it in the inner part. Okay?" she suggested, Sesshoumaru nodded and stopped. They reached their destination and he let go of her hand.

"Be quick, I will wait for you right here." He told her, she smiled and stuck her tongue at him and rushed to get inside her room before he does something. 'You're acting like a child.' He told her mentally, 'I know, just wait for me.' She answered.

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"Hmmm... let's see, where will I put my things..." she wondered aloud, 'Sesshie, where will I put my things?' she asked mentally, she was surprised when he answered immediately, 'There's a cloth in there, you can put your things in it.' He answered. Kagome scratched her head while glancing around, looking for the cloth that he said. 'Where? I can't find It.' she asked again, she didn't receive an answer but waited. Her answer came, but the door opened and Sesshoumaru came in. they just stood in silence, Sesshoumaru was blushing while Kagome was stuttering.

"You... You... HENTAI!!!!!" she shrieked while trying hard to cover herself up with her bare hands, Sesshoumaru automatically ran to the door and shut it, he leaned on the other side and trying to calm his ragged breaths. 'Oh Kami! Why did I have to be so quick? I could just answer it through mind link.' He thought nervously. He was surprised when Kagome began to put some curses on his mind.

'Why the hell did you come in! I didn't tell you to!' came her angry voice, he sighed 'I'm sorry for going in without warning, but it isn't my fault you asked such things wearing just your... how do you call that? I never seen such things around this world.' he explained, if he were to go in, he could see her aura flaring wildly. 'And you still have the guts to ask such things?! You're... you're a maniac!' she yelled, he just smirked, 'I'm not a maniac, don't accuse me for such things.' He defended himself.

He was surprised when the door suddenly banged open and there stood Kagome, her aura flaming in anger.

"Don't ever, EVER! Do that again!" she yelled at him, he smirked at her temper but nodded.

"Temper, temper my lady, you're making your beautiful face turn ugly." He teased her; she blushed at his comment but huffed in defeat and motioned him to follow her inside her room.

"Help me pack my things Sesshie." She commanded, still slightly angry with him.

"This Sesshoumaru does not let anyone command him." He replied coolly, Kagome urge herself to kill him but instead, she just smiled sweetly.

"Sesshie, please... I can finish sooner if you help me..." she gave her best puppy-dog eyes at him, he stared at her with a pissed look on his face, but calmed down when he saw the puppy-dog eyes, 'Damn, I'm being soft.' He thought silently.

"Hurry." Was his only answer while getting the cloth from the wooden dresser, Kagome smirked and gathered her things, helping him pack. She was surprised when Sesshoumaru lifted her extra bra, "What's this?" he asked curiously, she blushed and snatched the bra.

"None of your business!" she snapped at him, he glared at her and snatched the bra back.

"Tell me, or I will not let you visit your friends." He stated coolly, he could feel her aura burning with anger but didn't care any of it. She sighed in defeat and calmed down.

"It's a bra." She told him, he just started at her confusedly, 'Oh, I forgot, they don't have these things in here.' She thought silently, "It's a things to cover the..." she blushed deeply; Sesshoumaru realized what she means and nodded. She silently thanked the gods for not letting her say that word.

"Where did you get it?" he asked again, she was stunned at the question, she didn't expect him to ask again.

"Eh... at my world." she answered; Sesshoumaru lifted an eyebrow, signifying that he was confused, she sighed, 'Kami-sama, do I always have to explain things?' she thought lazily.

She explained for 30 minutes, about her birthday, the monster that dragged her to this world. About Inuyasha and her companions, the dead bitch Kikyou, the evil hanyou Naraku, her suitor Kouga. Those monsters she and her companions fought, she told him almost everything; he just nodded dumbly, still not believing her.

"This well you speak of, where is it?" he asked, 'is she lying to me? No... I don't detect any lies when she speaks, but can this be true?' he thought confusedly.

"Well, it is in the borders of Inuyasha's territory." She replied, he just nodded and resumed on helping her pack. Kagome stared at him in shock, 'He actually believed me?' she thought unbelievingly, Sesshoumaru turned around and smirked at her, 'I don't believe you, not unless I can see it for myself. But I still believe you, only a little. That explains your weird things.' He answered mentally; she nodded. They finished the task for 5 minutes and glanced at each other.

"You need a bath." They said simultaneously, Kagome giggled while Sesshoumaru smirked, 'I'm smiling a lot these days, maybe because of Kagome.' He thought silently. Kagome suddenly froze.

"Eh... where am I going to bathe?" she asked, hoping THEY would not bathe at a same room.

"There is 3 hot springs inside this castle, and it is all in one room." He replied, she blushed at the thought of bathing in the same room with a handsome lord, 'Stay calm Kagome, there are 3 hot springs... it's not like you're going to bathe with him... and he has his honor, he would not ruin it just because of bathing with you! So chill out!' her inner self reassured her.

"Ah... I see, well then, let's take a bath. Your hair is all tangled up because of the braid." She told him, he nodded and led the way silently. They stopped at a beautifully polished wooden door, decorated by phoenixes and inu youkais flying peacefully. Sesshoumaru opened the door leading to the hot springs, she gasped at the sight, and it looks like you're in heaven. She began to explore the springs; she glanced at the benches beside the springs and found a table with towels and bathrobes on it. There is also a cabinet, out of curiosity, she opened the cabinet and found many beautiful kimonos hanging. 'This is heaven! I never seen such beautiful kimonos and springs!' unfortunately, she was taken out of her trance when Sesshoumaru called her.

"Do you want to stand there all day?" he asked coolly, she shook her head in respond, "Good, because I'm not going to wait for you when I finish my bathing." He stated emotionlessly, he was rewarded by a glare but he didn't care any of it, "Hurry up, if you don't like the idea of having bath with me, suit yourself on the other two springs." He told her, 'If you can take it...' he added mentally, hiding the mischievous smirk that was visible on his face.

"Okay, turn back." She ordered, he was hesitating for a moment but complied, he heard the rustling of clothes followed by a splash of water. He heard a gasp and a muttered 'so hot!' he smirked inwardly, 'So she decided to go into the hot one, let's see if she can take the heat...' he thought mischievously.

"Damn, I feel like I'm inside a burning house." Kagome mumbled, she stayed for at least 3 minutes but gave up, 'It's too hot! I'm going to turn into a barbecue any second now.' She thought miserably. She decided to try the other unoccupied spring; Sesshoumaru just smirked inwardly. He heard a splash of water followed by a soft shriek.

"C-cold... why do they call this a hot spring if it is cold? Idiots." Kagome mumbled, she kept on rubbing her arms to keep the blood circulating normally, 'If I continue like this, I would have a hypothermia.' She thought silently, gritting her teeth to kept her chattering noise down. Sesshoumaru just stared at her as she shivered from coldness, 'Why don't she just join me?' he thought silently.

"Don't push yourself if you can't take the coldness." He stated calmly, Kagome just glared at him, 'so, he did know which spring is cold or hot. Why that jerk! He didn't even warn me!' she thought angrily, 'Even if I warn you, you would not listen because you're too embarrassed to obey me.' He answered her curses; she blushed but growled at him playfully, still shivering. Sesshoumaru was beginning to get worry, 'Get out of there and join me, you'll catch a cold if you stay any longer.' He told her mentally, she just blushed harder and huffed angrily, 'I don't want to.' She answered as Sesshoumaru expected, but in reality, she would love to get out of the cold water right now.

"Quit being stubborn." He told her, she didn't reply and just huffed arrogantly, she heard something or someone got out of the water and was walking with soaked feet. 'Maybe he's getting prune, finally! I can take a peaceful bath in that spring he occupied.' She thought silently, she was startled when an arm suddenly pulled her up and wrapped her in a comfy towel; she abruptly turned around and was surprised when she met a pair of amber eyes. That's when she realized that Sesshoumaru also have a towel wrapped around his lower half, she sighed in relief but suddenly got angry at the lord.

"You are really a hentai you know that? First you peep on me and now this, what's next?" she stated sarcastically, Sesshoumaru just lifted a delicate eyebrow; she shook her head and glared at him. "You can put me down now Sesshie." She told him calmly, she saw him smirked mischievously and began to feel nervous.

"As you wish, my lady..." he answered with a smirk, she shrieked when he suddenly loose his hold on her intentionally, making her fall into the spring. Her head suddenly emerge from the water and wiped the water from her eyes by her hand.

"Why the hell did you do that?! I could drown because of that!" she told him angrily.

"No need to worry my lady, I'll save you if it ever happen." He answered with a smile; Kagome was restraining herself not to slap him. She suddenly felt dizzy and placed her hand on her forehead to stop the spinning of the surroundings, Sesshoumaru got worried and soaked himself again into the water. He reached her just in time before she fell down completely into the water; he caught her swiftly by his arm with the support of his tail and she was half conscious.

"Fluffy..." she whispered, Sesshoumaru was too worried to care about the name she had called him, instead, he lifted her up with a his tail and wrapped the towel tighter around her slim body with his only hand.

"Kagome... are you alright?" he asked anxiously, Kagome closed her eyes and tried to answer, but nothing came from her lips, she instead shook her throbbing head tiredly.

"Sesshie, maybe I just need some rest... just please carry me to my..." she didn't finish her sentence before she lost her consciousness, Sesshoumaru relaxed down but still was watching if there is anything wrong with her. He carried her towards the benches and laid her down comfortably, he gathered 2 bathrobes and dressed himself, he tightened the towel that covered Kagome's body and wrapped the other robe on her.

He exited the springs with her in his arm, other servants saw this but didn't comment anything; no one inside the palace has the right to question the actions of their lord. What they were curious about is why would their lord carry a human, usually he hated humans, and if something happens to them, he didn't care. Or if he did care, he would just call a servant to do it. Shineo came to see if everything is all right and sighed in relief when she saw that her lady was only resting, she bowed in respect for the lord in front of her and followed him silently.

"If Lord Sesshoumaru don't mind this lowly servant asking, may I ask what happened to Lady Kagome?" Shineo asked quietly, what she expected in mind was his 'none of your business' answer; she wasn't expecting him to answer her and was startled when he did so.

"She felt dizzy after taking the hottest spring followed by the cold one." He answered emotionlessly, Shineo just nodded.

"Thank you for answering my question Lord Sesshoumaru, I would be getting back to my work. And if you, Lord Sesshoumaru needs anything, please call for me." She thanked him with a respectful bow and was about to turn and get back to her work when Sesshoumaru suddenly called her name.

"Shineo, follow me to Kagome's room, I might need your assistance." He stated emotionlessly, Shineo nodded and followed him silently.

"Ughhh...." Kagome groaned out, squeezing her eyes because of the sudden pain, Sesshoumaru was startled at the groan and looked down at the woman in his arm; worry etched his handsome face.

"Don't move Kagome, I'm taking you to your room right now to let you rest." He answered anxiously; Kagome tried to shake her head in disagreement but failed when her head suddenly pounded painfully.

"No... please take me to my..." she again didn't finish her sentence because unconsciousness claimed her before she can finish it. Sesshoumaru, thinking she meant to say 'take me to my room', so he quickened his pace towards her room. On the other hand, Shineo can smell auras of worries coming from her lord and smiled inwardly, 'so, he's also worried of Lady Kagome's sudden illness.' She thought silently.

"Shineo, I expect you to take away those nonsense thoughts of yours... out of your mind." He answered her thoughts, Shineo was taken back by the command and blushed in embarrassment, 'I didn't know that my lord can read minds.' She thought nervously.

"Hai, Sesshoumaru-sama, I apologize for my thoughts." Shineo bowed in apology, Sesshoumaru just inclined his head, as if saying that she was forgiven, Shineo sighed and abruptly stopped. They finally reached Kagome's room and she hurriedly opened the door for her lord to enter.

Sesshoumaru walked silently towards Kagome's bed, he felt Kagome snuggled closer to his chest for warmth; he looked down and smiled at her calm face. He carefully placed Kagome on her bed but stopped when he realized that she was gripping his kimono, he gently lowered her and tried to release her grip from his kimono. Sesshoumaru finally succeeded on removing her hand, he was about to release her slightly hot hand but halted when he heard Kagome whimpered.

Shineo heard the soft whimper and hurriedly walked over to Sesshoumaru's side, she noticed Kagome shivering slightly, and she was sweating.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, I think there's something wrong with Lady Kagome. She's shivering and at the same time sweating." She told him in a whisper, Sesshoumaru nodded and place his right palm on Kagome's forehead. He was not surprised to feel her head a little hot, because he told her earlier not to go to the cold spring and she insist. Just because she didn't like having a bath with him doesn't meant that she has to be so stubborn.

"Shineo, go get some cold water and take care of her fever. Disrobe her and replace it with a proper sleeping kimono, I presume you know how to do the rest." He told her with an impassive voice, Shineo nodded and silently leave the room and gather the things she need. Sesshoumaru took a seat beside Kagome's unmoving form and gently brushed some fallen hairs off her beautiful face, Kagome unconsciously cuddled closer to the warmth and sighed softly.

Shineo came back after a few minutes, carrying the essential things needed to heal Kagome, Sesshoumaru reluctantly withdrew his hand off Kagome's face and decided to leave he room for Kagome's privacy.

"I'll be waiting outside, see to it that nothing happens to her." He commanded coldly, Shineo nodded and opened the door for him; they both heard a whimper coming out from Kagome's lips and carefully turned around.

"Sesshie..." Kagome whispered, she was still in daze. Sesshoumaru decided to just turn back when his servant disrobe her, he's so sure if only Kagome is conscious right now, she would have called him 'HENTAI' and slap him.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, if you would excuse Lady Kagome's privacy, please turn around." She told him awkwardly, Sesshoumaru grunted in respond and shifted. He heard some rustling of clothes and a soft 'you may turn around, my lord.' He turned around and wrapped his hand on Kagome's slightly little ones, he felt her squeeze his hand weakly, he then decided that he would be the one to take care of her, and told Shineo to go out. Shineo bowed and leave the rest of the things to her lord.

Sesshoumaru got a damp towel and placed it in Kagome's head, he felt her shivered slightly because of the coldness, he sighed and pulled the blanket higher to her shoulders. He kept replacing the cloth and checking her body temperature every minute, because of too much worry and at the same time exhausted, he eventually fell asleep. His head beside Kagome's, he then drifted to the land of dreams.

~~~~~* SESSHOUMARU AND KAGOME'S DREAM *~~~~~

Sesshoumaru's P.O.V.

I woke up and eventually found myself in some sort of a forest; I dusted myself clean and grunted at the scent of a corpses scent lingering in the area. Must be Inuyasha's dead wench.

"Sesshou..." a beautiful voice called him, her voice being carried by the soft humming of the wind. Who can this be?

I slowly followed the voice; I was stunned to find her leaning on an old tree. How can she be in my dreams? I was so confused that I didn't notice the smell of fear radiating from her. I was taken out of my thoughts and growled angrily when I suddenly smelled the half-breed's scent, mingled with the scent of a dead corpse. I snarled when I saw Inuyasha staring at her in a predatory look, she started to shiver in fear and frantically whispering my name.

"Keh! Who's gonna save you now bitch? Someone saved you last time, but not this time. No one is here to help you, poor wench." Inuyasha mocked her, what he said made her cower in fear. How dare he threaten her! I'm going to kill him! No one dares to threaten what is mine!

"Please Inuyasha, don't kill me... I want to live happily... onegai! There are some reasons for me to live for!" she begged, silent cries emitting from her slightly parted lips, Inuyasha's expression softened a little but it disappeared as if it hadn't touch his face.

"And what is your reason? Or may I ask whom?" Inuyasha smirked maliciously, she tensed and whimpered, 'Sesshoumaru, Rin, my companions, my family... all of them are important to me.' She thought silently. Why did I hear that?

"Why would you care for that bastard?" Inuyasha growled at her, she looked up and was surprised to meet two crimson orbs staring at her impatiently; she gulped and struggled to answer the question.

"I- how did you know? I didn't say it-"

"There is no such thing as thoughts in dreams." Inuyasha finished her unanswered confusion; Kagome gulped and was startled when Kikyou suddenly spoke.

"Inuyasha, quit wasting my time, why talk to that bitch when you would kill her afterwards?" Kikyou told him in an irritated voice. If I would be in Kagome's place, I would have punched her a hindered times for her not to be able to talk. I growled at them, louder this time, loud enough for the hanyou to hear.

"Grrrr... intruders, why is it that every time I decided to kill this wench, someone interrupts and disturb me?" Inuyasha huffed in annoyance; I would have killed him if only he was away from 'her'.

I quickly sped up behind his dead mate and wrapped my sharp claws around her cold neck, she stiffened while I smirk and let the poison that was begging for release flow freely from my claws, she whimpered causing Inuyasha to turn around.

"Let her go Inuyasha." I commanded, he laughed like a sinister and mimic me by wrapped his claws on her neck; I growled angrily at him, how dared he touch her!

"Keh! I'm not going to give up that easily!" he snarled in respond, I only tighten my grip on this corpse's neck, which cause her to whimper in pain. Inuyasha glared at me and also tighten his grip on her. I was worried when I heard her whimper in pain, not able to take the pressure, she eventually passed out, hanging limply with that bastard's claws still on her neck.

"Stop it Inuyasha, return her to me and I will spare your mate's life. If you don't, I'll kill this corpse." I threaten him, I was slightly taken back when he just sneered and glared at me.

"Kill her and I wouldn't hesitate to kill this wench of yours." He snapped at me, I didn't respond. I closed my eyes and focus on my energy. I hope this works, even if I knew that there is no such thing as thoughts in dreamland. Wait for me, I will save you, my Kagome.

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Kagome's P.O.V.

"Kagome..."

I was awoken by the sound of my name, I wonder who's calling me...

"Kagome..."

"Who's there?" I called out nervously, no one answered me, and it's creepy out here!

"Kagome..."

"Who is it? Answer me please! Don't scare me!" I began to cry softly, why don't it answer me?! I was startled when I felt arms envelop me in a comforting hug. "Who are you? What do you want from me?" I asked, cowering in fear, but was awfully comfortable in its arms.

"Shhh... Don't cry Kagome... it's me, the one who saved you from your nightmare last time." He answered softly, he began to rub my shoulders comfortingly to ease my fears, and I could feel him smile when I eventually began to relax.

"Now that we meet again, can you please tell me your name?" I told him in a soft voice, I was slightly embarrassed when I realize that I was crying in front of him. I was startled when he brushed his thumb across my face to wipe away the tears that escaped my eyes earlier.

"I'm afraid I can't introduce myself to you anymore." He answered in a gentle voice; I was confused but remained quiet, "You already knew me." He added and wrapped his arms on me tighter. Out of curiosity, I turned and tried to see his face, but having some difficulties because of lack of light. As if reading my mind, he shifted and leisurely walked under the moonlight with me still wrap in his arms. I gasped when I saw his hair; silver strands flew out and glimmered in the light. What I saw next made my heartbeat faster.

"Sesshoumaru!" I cried out and wrapped my arms around his neck, he smiled and ran his left hand on my hair. Wait! Left hand? "When did your left hand grow?" I bluntly asked him, he stare at me and shook his head.

"In dreamland, there is no such thing as injury. Maybe there is pain, but you can't injure anyone, except if you kill it without mercy. That's why I have my arm back, for now." He explained, I could feel the sorrow on his calm voice, he want his arm back!

"The last thing I know is Inuyasha gripping my throat too hard and I passed out, why are you here? Did you defeat him?" I asked him excitedly, he shook his head and stared at me seriously.

"Kagome, you need to get up and fight him back. I was trying to bait him by threatening to kill his mate, but he countered by killing you in return. I don't want him to kill you Kagome," he told me in a soft voice, I smiled at him. I can't believe he cared for me!

"And how am I suppose to fight him?! I don't have my bow and arrow." I told him, he shook his head and took my hands in his.

"Kagome, you don't need a weapon, all you have to do is concentrate on your miko powers and fight." He told me, I shook my head.

"I don't get it. I can only put my miko powers on weapons, I don't think I can fight without a weap-" I was cut off when he silenced me with a kiss, I tensed and stared at him unbelievingly.

"I believe you can do it, Kagome. Please, I don't want to lose you." He murmured softly, his breath caressing my lips.

"Eh- okay, I'll try." I replied hastily, I was too shock to respond normally and I can feel my cheeks burning in embarrassment.

"Don't be embarrassed Kagome. Promise me that you would never leave me." He whispered against my lips, I nodded and hugged him one last time. I surprised him giving him a peck on his lips and suddenly got the idea. My hands wandered lower and it eventually came latching itself on his fluffy tail.

"So smooth... like a cotton candy... so fluffy... hey! That's why I call you fluffy because you have this fluff thing on your shoulder! Kawaii!" I squealed and began to pet it, I giggled at the respond he gave to me, he's purring.

"Remember Kagome, you're the only one who can do this to me." Sesshoumaru told me with a smile.

"Can Rin do this too?" I gave him my puppy eyes, he sighed and nodded, and he helped me to stand up and gathered me in his arms.

"Let's go." He said in a serious tone, I nodded and could fell myself being brought back to realities.

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Sesshoumaru's P.O.V.

I opened my eyes and was relieved to see Kagome began to awaken; Inuyasha stared at me blankly while tightening his hold on Kagome. Why don't he just take his hands away from her?!

I smirked at the look Inuyasha was giving me. Because in his vision, the dream I shared with Kagome only lasted for 30 seconds. But in truth, it lasted for at least 10 minutes.

"Why the hell did you close your eyes for 30 damn seconds without doing anything?" he yelled at me, I didn't respond and only tighten grip on the corpse when I felt her trying to pried away from my claws.

"You should be smarter than that, wench." I told her calmly, she stiffened and stopped trying to get away, because she knew that there's no way she can escape my grasp.

"Don't you dare kill my mate! Or I will kill this bitch of yours!" he snapped at me, I smirked when I felt some miko powers radiating from her, for only a little time, that half breed would be defeated.

"She's no one's bitch bastard, at least not yet." I told him gravely, he was still confused that he didn't notice the sudden change on Kagome's aura. Just a little more.

'Kagome, add some more miko power of yours and defeat him. You can do it.' I whispered into her mind.

'I can't! I'm too exhausted to add more! Sesshoumaru, please help me!' she answered back; I can tell that her miko powers were strong, but she just don't know how to use it.

Inuyasha finally noticed the quietness of the area and at the same time noticed that Kagome's body was emitting some miko powers, he smirked and dug his claws on her frail neck. Kagome screamed in pain and was struggling hard to get away from him. How dare he!

"My, my, don't be so impatient my dear Kagome, I'm going to kill you after I kill this half brother of mine in front of your eyes." He whispered huskily on her ear, "But before I kill you, why don't we have some fun?" he added, I could feel my eyes starting to glow red and my fangs getting sharper, she shivered and suddenly became angry.

"Don't ever! I repeat, EVER! Threaten what is important to me!" she snapped at him and her body suddenly began to glow purplish, her miko powers began to grow.

"Stop that, you bitch!" Inuyasha snarled at her, he was about to punch her on the stomach only to be thrown away by a barrier. I smirked and threw away the corpse that was hanging on my claws; I heard a sickening thud and a crack, sounded like her bones crack because of the impact. I glanced at Inuyasha only to find him unconscious, such a weak hanyou; can't even defeat a human, such a shame in the family name.

"Sesshoumaru! I did it! I defeated him!" Kagome squealed, I was tackled from my back and she hugged me.

"Yes you did, come on, let's go back." I told her, followed by one of my rare smiles; surely, only Kagome and Rin can make me smile, after my mother died.

"Hai!" she answered enthusiastically, I nodded and usher her to close her eyes, I closed mine and felt myself began to fade from the land of dreams.

~~~~~* END OF SESSHOUMARU AND KAGOME'S DREAM *~~~~~

Kagome's eyes fluttered open, she blinked and narrowed her eyes to focus on the things that surrounded her, she caught a glimpse of silver and turned to her side. She was surprised to see Sesshoumaru sleeping softly; he was muttering her name that caused her to blush. 'Is he dreaming of me?' she wondered while running her hand on his silky hair, he shifted to her touch and that made her cheeks burn.

"Kawaii." She complimented his tail, she brushed her fingers and began to pet it, it twitched repeatedly and wrapped itself around her waist, she redden and turn to its owner to see if he's awake. "He look so calm, he's perfect..." she stopped in mid sentence when she remembered his missing arm, she lowered her hand and it ended right on Sesshoumaru's left sleeves. She wasn't surprised to feel nothing on her grasps, she heard him growl and backed her hand away. 'I wish I could bring his arm back, he looks so happy when he had his arm back in my dreams.' Kagome thought silently as she again brush her fingers along the empty sleeve. She was surprised when suddenly; a blast of energy ran through her arm, she stared in shock as her arm began to glow pinkish and Sesshoumaru's once missing arm was regenerated by a new one, red stripes began to show along his wrist. She was in her shaken state when Sesshoumaru woke up because of the tingling sensation he felt while in his sleep. He stared at her with worry in his eyes and hurriedly ran his hand to he head to see if she was still in her feverish state. That's when he realized that he has his arm bake.

"Kagome, what's wrong with- what the?!" he didn't finish his sentence when he suddenly realize that he was touching her head with his left hand, 'Since when did I have my arm back?' he thought, still in his surprised state.

"S-Sesshoumaru!" Kagome cried and wrapped her arms around him.

"W-what happen to my arm?" Sesshoumaru stuttered, 'Quit stuttering!' he told himself mentally.

"Why? Don't you want your arm back?" she asked in a worried tone, she was slightly disappointed.

"No, it's just that... it would have taken a century to grow back. What did you do?" Sesshoumaru asked curiously, Kagome beamed and gave him her sexy smile.

"Oh nothing! I don't even know how I did it..." her voice returned to its normal type, "I don't even know..."

"What do you mean you don't know?" Sesshoumaru asked worriedly, she shifted so that she wouldn't see his face, and one more reason: to hide the blush that crept towards her face.

"Eh... I was dreaming of you, you save me from Inuyasha." She told him, he glared at her playfully.

"Your hiding something, tell me." Sesshoumaru smirked when she tensed and turned back to face him, only to feel that she was falling. 'Kayak! I didn't know I was on the edge of my bed! Damn! I'm going to have a very big bump in front of Sesshoumaru. How embarrassing!" she thought frantically, 'Need some help?'

Sesshoumaru intentionally let her fall a little lower enough to bump her head and suddenly wrap his arms around her; Kagome had closed her eyes waiting for the blow to come, she waited for a few seconds before opening her eyes.

"Why don't I feel any pain?" Kagome wondered aloud, this cause the lord to chuckle.

"Did you honestly think that I would let you fall like that?" he asked amusedly, she gave him a glare and struggle to stand up, Sesshoumaru toss her on the bed and smirk when she squeak in surprise.

"So... what are you doing here now?" she asked, trying to change the subject.

"You're avoiding the subject. Tell me what happen in your dream." He stated seriously, she gulped at his tone and sighed in defeat.

"Okay, here it goes!" she paused and took a deep breath, "Inuyasha tried to kill me, I told him that I want to live happily, that there are reasons for me to live for. That includes you, Rin, my companions, my family. He asked me why I cared for you; I didn't answer it because I asked something else. The dead bitch, Kikyou, told him that he's wasting her time for talking to me. Then you came into the scene, you threaten on killing his mate if he didn't return me to you. You gripped the corpse's neck and in exchange, he gripped mine, I passed out. That's all." She finished with a sigh, 'She's definitely trying to avoid the scenes that would made her embarrass herself.' Sesshoumaru thought silently and again, gave her a glare. "What?!" she asked unnervingly.

"You're missing some things." He told her, 'Well that was definitely my dream too.' He thought silently.

"What are you talking about?" she asked innocently, trying to suppress the thought of him knowing her dream, 'Did he dreamed it too?' she thought silently.

"You definitely missed the important details. You passed out, I entered your unconscious mind, you tried finding me but I'm hiding, you started to cry. Pathetic." He commented, she glared at him and at the same time wondering why he knew the details, "You told me to introduce myself, but I didn't because you already knew me, you saw my face and hugged me." He stopped to witness the blush that crept towards her face, "I told you to get up and fight the half breed, and you insist that you can't use your miko powers to fight, but you can purify weapons, such as your bow and arrows. You kept babbling nonsense until I interrupted you by kissing you." They both blushed at this, but Sesshoumaru remained in his calm face, while Kagome's face was burning in embarrassment, "You called my tail fluffy, compared it what you called me, 'fluffy'. And complimented it with your kawaii speech." He snorted as Kagome giggled wildly, "then we returned to the original scene, Inuyasha threaten on killing me, and it certainly caused you to your sudden anger. You warned him to never threaten what is important to you; you used your miko powers to defeat him. After that, we woke up. Is that all or did I forgot something?" he told her, she just gaped at him in shock, she opened her mouth but nothing came out, she closed it and eyed him suspiciously.

"How did you know?" she asked nervously, she sounded suspicious and slightly pissed.

"Simple, I dreamt the same too." Sesshoumaru answered her question, he heard her sighed and throw her arms up in defeat.

"I was afraid you would say that!" she huffed, he chuckled and was about to get up and leave when he felt something tugging at his sleeve, or someone... "Where are we?" she asked in a sleepy voice, followed by a tired yawn.

"Stupid..." Sesshoumaru muttered under his breath. She swatted his new arm playfully and glared at him, "You're inside your room." He stated calmly.

"I'M WHERE?!" she shrieked at him, he had wrapped his tail around his sensitive ears just in time before her shriek, he was relieved when instead of a shriek, a muffled 'I'M WHERE?' reached his ears.

"Quit your screeching Kagome." He told her in an irritated voice while slowly lowering his tail, she calmed down but still glared at him.

"Why did you not bring me to my companions?!" she again shrieked at him, but not so loud like the first one that was enough to break his eardrums, his ears twitched at her sudden shriek.

"You didn't tell me to." He answered coldly, glaring back at her.

"I did to!"

"Did not."

"Did to!"

"Did not."

"Did to!"

"Did to."

"I said DID NOT!"

"You said it." Sesshoumaru finished with a triumph chuckle, Kagome fumed in anger but still manage not to pounce on him, wondering where the fearful Lord learned such humorous thing.

"Why did you bring me here? I recall the time I told you to 'please just carry me to my friends', I still remember that I told you 2 times." She countered coldly; Sesshoumaru gave her an are-you-sure look and shook his head.

"That's where you are wrong, you did tell me, but you don't finish your sentence before you say the word 'friends' of yours. You blacked out before you could finish your speech." Sesshoumaru countered back with a growl, "I supposed you would say 'please carry me to my room', that is because you felt dizzy." He finished confidently.

Sesshoumaru smirked when he heard her stutter her response, but didn't quite hear any of it. So he demanded for repetition of it.

"I said I'm sorry for accusing you of those things." She whispered, blushing in embarrassment. Sesshoumaru chuckled and placed both gentle but firm hands on her shoulders and pushed her down gently on the mattress.

"Sleep. You need more rest, Kagome." He explained to her when e saw her confused look.

"No! I want to see my friends, Sesshie! Onegai! I missed them!" she pleaded with her puppy-dog eyes, Sesshoumaru tried to avoid her pleading eyes as far as possible. She tugged his sleeve, which caught his attention and looked down, unfortunately, but fortunately for Kagome, he caught those pleading eyes. He tried to restrain himself from agreeing with her but almost failed. So he decided to the even.

"We'll go early in the morning, that's for a few hours from now. End of conversation." He told her in a deadpan voice, she was about to defy him but argue against it. 'Better tomorrow than never.' She thought silently, but remained her pouting face, just incase he decided to change his mind.

"But..." she was about to complain when Sesshoumaru stopped her by giving her a look, which usually means 'end of the subject' to him. He caught her pouting face and it caused his features to soften. 'Got ya!' Kagome thought with a victorious smirk.

"That pout will not change my decision, Kagome. And it's final." He told her in a hushed voice, Kagome let out a defeated sigh and slumped down to her bed.

"Fine, tomorrow then. Yatsoku? (promise)" Kagome asked him, still slightly disappointed.

"Hai, yatsoku." He answered her and got up, he felt it again, the tugging of his sleeve, he sighed and faced her in an annoyed impression mask his face. "What now?" he asked infuriately.

"Please stay, at least until I drift to dreamland. Please..." she pleaded sleepily, her hand unconsciously clutching his sleeve.

He sighed and tried to pry her hand away from his now slightly wrinkled sleeve, but the moment his hands kept trying to pry her hand almost painfully, she whimpered. Sesshoumaru stopped his movements when he heard her whimper and glance in her direction only to find her hand trembling.

"Kagome..." he whispered, he was responded by a frightened whimper.

"Don't leave me... please... fluffy... please don't leave me..." she whimpered, her hand still trembling against his. Sesshoumaru flinch when he heard her nickname for him, but was slightly worried now, 'What's happening to her? She was all happy a moment ago, now she is trembling in fear. Is it because of another nightmare?' he wondered worriedly. Nothing else he can do, he leaned down and whispered reassuring words to her. He'd done it for a few tries, but to no effect. He tried what is in his mind.

He silenced her with a kiss.

He wasn't surprise to find it effectively silenced her, what was bothering him was his constantly kissing with her, if any youkai found out about this, they will surely use her as a bait for him to give up his lordship.

He pulled back only to realize that she had unconsciously gripped his hand, but didn't do anything about it. He sighed and plopped down tiredly on his seat.

"Guess I'm going to stay here all night." He announced aloud, sighing again, he slumped forward and pillowed his head with his arm. He soon drifted to sleep, but his conscious instincts remained alert incase of troubles.

~~~~~ 3 HOURS LATER ~~~~~

The western lord woke up, yawning silently; he noticed that it is almost dawn. He stretched his stiff arm, hearing a sleepy groan; he looked down and noticed Kagome sleeping with her head leaning on his palm.

"So that's why my arm went so stiff." He mused aloud he heard a soft knock outside the door and hesitantly removed his hand, but it wouldn't budge. He successfully detached his hand, but grunted when he felt his own tail wrap itself around the sleeping miko.

"Looks like your own tail has it's own mind, Sesshoumaru-sama." A voice cross the threshold, it's owner hiding in the shadows of the curtains that were placed on the door. But even when it's owner hides, Sesshoumaru still has his good hearing and sensitive nose. He growled when he recognized the voice, followed by the scent.

"Suzaru, come out now." Sesshoumaru commanded in a chilly voice, Suzaru chuckled and stepped out of the shadows, revealing himself. He was a hawk- youkai and has dark green waist-length hair, beautiful piercing green eyes, and a shape of a green diamond with a Red Crescent moon at the center of it. He had his feathery dark green wings, he was charming, and a great ruler of his lands, you'll see his calm appearances, but don't take advantage of it. You don't know what will happen to you if you angered him. That's why no one had ever dares to defy him, for they don't know his wrath, yet.

"As keen as before, Sesshoumaru-sama. So tell me, who is this enticing woman?" he asked in a perverted voice, Sesshoumaru growled at him.

"Don't you have anything to do? Aside from flirting with each of the beautiful woman in the vicinity that caught your attention?" Sesshoumaru told him in a bored tone, Suzaru grinned at him and walk closer to see the beautiful sleeping miko more clearly. He heard a growl emitting from Sesshoumaru but didn't pay any attention to it.

"I have many things to do." He answered amiably, still staring at Kagome, and its quickly getting the western lord's nerve.

"Like what?" Sesshoumaru asked irritably, now staring at Suzaru in a predatory look. Suzaru noticed his intense glare and smile inwardly, 'So, Sesshoumaru finally had laid his eyes on a woman.' Suzaru thought amusedly.

"Like... rule my lands, and that is the Northern Lands. Take care of my mate.... And..." he kept the rest blank, he was surprised when Sesshoumaru grinned at him.

"And flirt with the woman you have your interest." Sesshoumaru finished his pal's unfinished sentence; Suzaru smirked and walk towards his childhood friend, now his buddy on ruling his own land.

"You really knew me too well, Sesshoumaru." Suzaru place his arm around Sesshoumaru's shoulder, Sesshoumaru sighed and shrug the hand off.

"And speaking of flirting, aren't you afraid that I might tell your mate that you're flirting again? And most importantly, with what is mine?" Sesshoumaru reminded him, Suzaru gulped and patted his buddy's arm.

"You don't honestly want to tell my mate, would you?" Suzaru told him in a nervous tone, he still remembered the last time it happened, about a year ago...

~~~~~* FLASHBACK *~~~~~

It all happened when he attended a ball with his mate, the Southern Lord had held the elegant ball and invited all lords and decent youkais. He spotted a group of charming female youkais and hurriedly approached them, momentarily forgot his mate, whom is standing in the middle of the dance floor. He was sure that she was out of sight and quickly approached the females, he flirted with all of them, he didn't even noticed his mate standing behind him and giving his back a promising glare. He was still babbling how beautiful they were when he suddenly noticed the females were out of sight; he sighed disappointedly and turned around, only to find a fuming female youkai in front of him. That's when he realized that he was face-to-face with his mate.

"Eh... hehehe... what's wrong beloved?" he asked innocently, his mate Sakumi, glared at him angrily, he gulped and tried to pretend to change the subject. "What a beautiful ball Wiseiji decide to held, and with the help of his mate, they both make a great rulers of the Southern Lands." He complimented sincerely, Sakumi's angry face soften a little but remembered what her mate have done and proceed to beat the shit out of him.

"Yeah they make a great rulers of their lands, *bonk* and we don't because of your pervert attitude! *bonk* and you're ruining my great time with Wakami! *bonk* don't you have your manners?! *bonk* you have me as your mate and you still flirt with other women! *bonk* shame on you Suzaru! *bonk* if I ever see you flirting with other women again, I'll rip you into shreds! *bonk*" she shrieked at him and with each bonk to emphasize her angriness. Suzaru was whimpering his ouches as she hit him on the head; he sighed and gently rubbed his swollen head. He followed her and noticed the attention that the guests were giving them. He smiled at them and followed his mate, but not before he saw Sesshoumaru grinned at him and raised his hand with a cup of red wine in it. As if saying 'Good luck to you', then he drank it and disappeared. 'Probably refilling his cup.' Suzaru thought silently.

They were outside the palace when he heard Wiseiji's voice and Wakami's. All he heard were whispers because of the distance he was in and the guests, but he managed to hear some conversations.

"Where did Suzaru and Sakumi go?" Wakami asked aloud, Wiseiji sniffed the air and noticed that they're friends were gone.

"They're gone, they left a minute ago." Wiseiji answered his mate; Wakami nodded but was still clueless why they left in such a hurry.

"Why did hey left? They haven't even eaten yet." Wakami asked curiously, she was surprised when she felt another youkai approaching her in a slow pace, she turn around only to find the Eastern Lord and his mate standing behind her.

"Wiseiji was again, flirting with the girls, Wakami just beat the shit out of him." Takumaru answered Wakami's question, Tashimi giggled and approached Wakami, she held out a hand and grab Wakami.

"Let's go get some drink." Tashimi told her, Wakami glanced at her mate and saw him nodded in approval, and then they bounced away.

"How many times did she hit him?" Wiseiji asked curiously.

"About... 7 times." Takumaru answered in a humorous tone, chuckling when he remembered the face of Suzaru while getting hit a few times.

"Ouch, that must have hurt a lot." Wiseiji answered in a piteous tone, 'I wondered what will happen to him? Hope he can still think normally.' He thought worriedly.

"It certainly had, you could have seen his face! He was practically begging for mercy!" Takumaru snickered, he stared at his mate with Wakami walk silently towards them, and he smiled inwardly. 'Good thing I'm not like Suzaru, I don't think I can still live when my mate hit me that much.'

"I'm glad I'm not like Suzaru." Wiseiji told him in a smirk.

"Me too." Takumaru told him with a chuckle, and then they approached their mates.

~~~~~* END OF FLASHBACK *~~~~~

Suzaru shivered at the remembrance, he wouldn't want to repeat the incident again.

"I would, unless you back away from what is mine." Sesshoumaru threatened him, Suzaru nodded and backed away. They both heard a sleepy yawn, followed by a groan. They glanced at Kagome, only to find her awoken, glaring at them.

"What's with the noise, Sesshie?" Kagome asked Sesshoumaru with a sleepy yawn, they stared at her in a humorous way. She looks so funny with her hair all tangled up, and is obviously not aware of her surroundings.

"So she's the one who caught your attention, not bad for a human." Suzaru compliment while staring at Kagome, Sesshoumaru caught his look and decided to change the subject.

"Kagome, go and clean yourself, comb your hair and change in your kimono, Shineo will help you to it." Sesshoumaru told her with a soft voice, Suzaru stared at him skeptically, 'Just when did my pal been this soft to someone especially with a human? Is this the Sesshoumaru I know?' Suzaru thought confusedly.

Kagome tried narrowing her eyes in the dark, but having a lot of difficulties because of her still sleepy eyes. She got the figure of Sesshoumaru, just because his silver hair was shining. On the other hand, she caught a figure standing behind Sesshoumaru; she caught a pair of blue eyes glowing in the dark. Then his wings came into the view, that's when she recognized the shape.

"What's a bird doing here, Sesshie? I've never seen that kind of bird, it's bigger." Kagome wondered with a confused look, if she can only see in the dark, she would have seen the look on Suzaru's face. He look so offended, Sesshoumaru chuckled and help Kagome stand up.

"He's not a bird, Kagome. Come, let's wipe away the sleep from your eyes." Sesshoumaru ushered her, she nodded ad stood up.

"No, no, I'll just tell Shineo to help me. You can stay with whom you're with now, bye." She told him while standing on her own, Sesshoumaru smiled at her and resumed on talking to Suzaru.

~~~~~* ON THE HALLWAY *~~~~~

"Shineo!" Kagome called, her voice echoing on the hallway, "Shineo!" she called again, she was surprised when suddenly; a figure arrived beside her.

"Hai, Kagome-sama?" Shineo replied with a bow, Kagome was calming her ragged breaths while leaning on the wall for support.

"Shineo! You scared me!" Kagome whispered, still in ragged breathing.

"Gomen nasai, Kagome-sama." Shineo apologized sincerely; Kagome waved her hands in reassurance.

"No, no, don't take it seriously, Shineo! I'm only joking!" Kagome reassured her, "And one more thing Shineo, don't call me Kagome-sama. Just call me Kagome." Kagome added with a smile.

"But it's not proper Kagome-sama, You're my lady, I'm suppose to follow your orders as your servant." Shineo explained, slightly smiling at the attitude Kagome was giving her.

"Speaking of following of orders... hmmm... I order you to call me Kagome. Now it's my order, and you should obey it." Kagome told her with a smirk, Shineo nodded and smiled, 'She will certainly make a great Lady of the Western Land.' Shineo thought happily.

"What do you mean by me making a great Lady of the Western Lands?" Kagome asked curiously, Shineo stared at her in shock, 'Does she had the same ability like Sesshoumaru-sama?' Shineo thought confusedly.

"Oh nothing, it's just that... you're would make a great Lady of the Western Lands, it seems like you're destined to be one." Shineo squealed and drag her away from the door, away from Sesshoumaru's keen ears.

"What do you mean?" Kagome asked curiously.

"Do you know that your room is the room where the future Lady of the Western Lands should be?" Shineo asked inquisitively, Kagome stared at her in shock and shook her head.

"Are you kidding me?!" Kagome asked unbelievably, Shineo shook her head.

"No, I'm not kidding, Kagome. Now, why did you summon me?" Shineo asked pleasantly, Kagome suddenly remembered and exclaimed

"Oh! I totally forgot! Come, help me clean myself and fix my hair, and can you bring me a nice kimono?" Kagome babbled and drag her to the opposite side of her room. Shineo stared at her skeptically.

"Eh... where are we going, Kagome?" Shineo asked, still staring at her.

"We're going to the hot spring area, I would like to have a nice hot bath!" Kagome explained with a heavenly sigh.

"Kagome, the hot spring is located on the west part of the palace, it was just a minute walk from your room." Shineo told her with a smile, Kagome halted almost immediately, causing her to almost fell down. Shineo gasp and was about to pull her up when a blur came pass her and caught Kagome.

"What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you to clean yourself up?" Sesshoumaru asked slightly annoyed, Kagome smiled apprehensively and stood up with the help of Sesshoumaru's arms. Shineo was stuttering while Suzaru chuckled from behind.

"Eh- hehehe... I was just going with Shineo, forgot the direction." Kagome explained awkwardly, she glanced at Shineo for help, but saw that her head was bowed down in respect for the two lords.

"Hurry, or else we won't visit your companions." Sesshoumaru told her unemotionally, Kagome stuck her tongue at him and grab Shineo's arm.

"Hai, hai! Wakata wakata! Ja!" Kagome hurriedly shouted back as she drag Shineo away, Suzaru glance amusedly at Sesshoumaru and chuckled.

"You allow her to disrespect you?" he asked wittily, Sesshoumaru glared at him and resumed on following the two woman.

"She's not disrespecting me, I find it interesting that a mere human like her can do something like that. She doesn't fear me unless I threaten to kill her." Sesshoumaru told his comrade calmly, he heard his friend chuckled in respond and pat his arm.

"Yeah, you're right. An interesting human indeed, I've never seen a human who can humor a lord. She's really a one of a kind." Suzaru told Sesshoumaru with a smile, Sesshoumaru nodded and usher his comrade to sit beside him, just outside the indoor springs.

~~~~~ AFTER A FEW MINUTES INSIDE THE INDOOR SPRINGS ~~~~~

"Shineo, can you pick something for me?" Kagome called while drying her hair with a fluffy towel provided for her, Shineo nodded and walk silently towards a closer located on the left side of the room. She hurriedly chose a kimono that would seems to fit her mistress, it was simple, but still gorgeous in a way. Kagome approached her with a towel wrapped around her hair, her body covered with a cotton robe.

"I think this will fit perfectly to you, it's simple, not much decorations. You seems to be a simple lady, and I can see that you're not used to wear those heavy clothing." Shineo showed her the dress with a smile; it was truly simple, with a few sparkles on it, a blue crescent moon on the center of it, a sky blue obi included in it, it was sleeveless and gorgeous in sight.

"I like it! Like it like it like it!" Kagome squealed in delight, she reached out both of her hands to receive the dress from Shineo; Shineo gladly gave it to her and was amused to see her whirling with the dress.

"Well, you like it, now I'll help you to it." Shineo approached her and turned her backwards, Kagome blushed at the treatment.

"Eh... Shineo, may I ask a question?" Kagome inquired while raising her both hands upward when Shineo told her to, Shineo nodded and slipped Kagome's slender arms, she arranged her clothing while waiting for Kagome's question. But it came into a bunch of mumbles, and Shineo barely heard it.

"Yes Kagome?" Shineo asked while tying the obi, Kagome just laughed nervously.

"Why is it that this kimono has a blue crescent moon on it? It's like Sesshoumaru's mark." Kagome asked curiously, pointing at the drawing.

"Oh! I totally forgot! The drawing means that you are the mate of Sesshoumaru-sama!" Shineo exclaimed happily, Kagome choke her next breath and was coughing uncontrollably. Shineo became worried and approached Kagome and rubbed her back gently, Kagome came back to normal and stood up.

"What does this drawing means again?" Kagome asked irritably, Shineo smiled awkwardly and grab a comb and brushed her still slightly damp hair.

"It means that you are the mate of Sesshoumaru-sama, if not, you're the future mate or chosen mate of Sesshoumaru-sama." Shineo explained to her, Kagome was slightly angry but manage to calm down.

"I'm not the mate of Sesshoumaru, nor his future or chosen mate. Why would he choose a human like me?" Kagome stated in a slightly hurt tone, Shineo placed a reassuring hand and sighed.

"Would you like to change your clothes then. But the other kimonos also have the Western's royalty mark." Shineo told her, she was slightly disappointed that Kagome always think that Sesshoumaru would not want to mate with a human.

"No, It's okay Shineo, I like it, it doesn't matter if it is 'Sesshoumaru's future mate's dress', at least it's mine for now." Kagome told her with a smile, "Let's go before Sesshoumaru leave me behind." She added and captured Shineo's hand in hers, they walk silently and Shineo was about to open the door when Kagome suddenly stopped her movements.

"What is it Kagome?" Shineo asked curiously.

"I'm going to tell you a secret." Kagome whispered; Shineo gave her a blank look.

"You have a secret? Can you tell me?!" Shineo asked excitedly, Kagome nodded and drag her away from the door.

"Of course! That's why I was planning to tell you." Kagome slapped her on the arm playfully.

"Okay, okay, what is it?" Shineo whispered excitedly.

"Do you know what I use to call Sesshoumaru?" Kagome inquired, Shineo shook her head in reply, "I call him fluffy." They both laughed aloud, Shineo giggled and told her to continue.

"You call him fluffy? He didn't say anything about it?" Shineo asked curiously, Kagome shook her head and tried to say something while suppressing the laughing from her mouth.

"He did say something, and he threatened to kill me if I ever call him fluffy again." Kagome answered, followed by a bunch of giggles.

"What did you do?" Shineo asked in wonder.

"I didn't do anything, I was scared to death that he might kill me!" Kagome replied with a shudder, "Hey Shineo, why don't I call him fluffy instead of Sesshoumaru when I'm talking to you? He can't hear it anyways." Kagome told her with a squeal, Shineo shook her head.

"Did you forget already? Sesshoumaru-sama has his keen hearing. He can hear you even if you're 10 meters away from him." Shineo reminded her, Kagome face faulted but smiled at her.

"Don't worry about it!" Kagome reassured her.

"If you say so, but I will still call him Sesshoumaru-sama." Shineo reminded her, Kagome smiled happily and dragged her towards the door.

"Then it's a deal!" she announced cheerfully, she placed her cotton robe on Shineo's arm and halted, "Oh! I forgot my sleeping robe! Be right back!" she dashed towards the springs to find her robe.

"Guess I'm going to wait for her outside." Shineo sighed and opened the door.

~~~~~ OUTSIDE ~~~~~

"What's taking them so long?" Sesshoumaru asked impatiently, Suzaru glanced at his pal and got an idea.

"Maybe something bad had happened inside." Suzaru wondered aloud, his voice sounding worried, but deep inside he was trying to suppress the pervert reaction that he can't control himself. Sesshoumaru glanced suspiciously at his comrade and caught the gleam of mischievousness. 'Pervert.' Sesshoumaru thought irritably.

"Don't even think about it Suzaru, or I would be forced tell your mate about this." Sesshoumaru threatened him with a wicked grin in his eyes. Suzaru tensed and nodded quickly.

"Fine, I will not touch your woman. Just don't tell my mate." Suzaru backed away from the door and seated himself beside Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru was about to correct his comrade about Kagome being his woman but stopped when he smelt the scent of sakura blossom and slightly fruity scent. One name crossed his mind, 'Kagome'.

The door opened and Shineo came out, she bowed in respect for the two respectable lords in front of her and waited for her lord to say something.

"Where is Kagome?" Sesshoumaru asked calmly, Shineo looked up and met her lord's cold eyes.

"She will come in a minute, my lord." Shineo answered respectfully, Sesshoumaru sighed and muttered something that the two youkais can't even hear. He smelt Kagome approaching and turned to face the opened door.

"Shineo, is fluffy there- wah?" she came into halt when she saw Sesshoumaru standing there with a man she didn't know, she glanced at Shineo only to find out she's giving her a horrified look.

"Didn't I warn you of calling me that disgusting name?" Sesshoumaru asked annoyingly, his eyebrow twitching.

"Eh- I was referring to... was referring to... my cotton robe! Yes, my fluffy cotton robe! Shineo has it... right Shineo?" she asked nervously, she was obviously stuttering her respond. Shineo stared at her in shock but nodded.

"H-hai! I have it!" Shineo answered quickly, Sesshoumaru gave Kagome a suspicious look; Kagome smiled nervously and decided to change the subject.

"Who's with you?" Kagome asked, she hoped that Sesshoumaru would change the subject, 'At least not to embarrass himself in front of someone.' She thought silently. Sesshoumaru gave her a look and sighed.

"This is Suzaru, Lord of the Northern lands." Sesshoumaru introduced coldly, Kagome smiled at Suzaru and made a mental thought, 'He looks at me like a pervert would.' She thought; she was surprised when Sesshoumaru spoke mentally with her. 'He is a pervert.' He replied, 'He can be a pervert, but he sure looks handsome.' Kagome complimented the Northern Lord, this cause Sesshoumaru to growl at her mentally, Kagome smiled and giggled telepathically. 'But not as handsome as you are.' Kagome mentally kicked herself when she glanced at Sesshoumaru only to find him giving her a smirk, 'Damn you Kagome! Why don't you think before you say something?! Now he's thinking something like I like him!' Kagome mentally lectured herself.

"Nice to meet you." Kagome said respectfully, Suzaru chuckled and held out a hand and grasped her slender one's softly, he slowly hauled her hand and kissed it. Sesshoumaru emitted a growl and glared daggers at Suzaru; Suzaru didn't care any of it and stared at the girl in front of him.

"May I ask your name, pretty one?" Suzaru asked with a perverted grin, Kagome flinched and tried to pry his hand, but it wouldn't budge.

"Eh... hehehe... I'm Kagome, can you... uh... can you remove your hand, please?" Kagome told in a slightly pissed voice, Suzaru grasped her hands tighter in respond but didn't remove it. Kagome noticed a mark on Suzaru's neck and got an idea, 'I'm going to thank Kaede for this.' She thought maliciously.

She opened Suzaru's collar a bit to fully reveal the mark, she pressed two fingers on it and recite a spell. Suzaru was surprised when she opened his kimono a bit and Sesshoumaru was really pissed, Shineo jaw dropped and wondered why she did that. Kagome felt the aura emitting from the mark and called to it, the aura surrounded her, that's the time when the three of the audience noticed the change.

~~~~~(^.^)~~~~~

'Sakumi-san...' Kagome called, trying to find her.

'Hai?' came the answer, she can't see the face because of the darkness but decided to just speak with her.

'I'm Kagome; I currently reside in Sesshoumaru's castle. I would like to speak with you about something.' Kagome replied.

'Nice to meet you Kagome, as you already know, I'm Sakumi. What do you want to talk about?' Sakumi inquired.

'Your mate is currently in Sesshoumaru's fortress, am I right?' Kagome asked with a smile.

'Yes he is, what of him?'

'He is currently flirting with me...'

'Why that bastard... damn him to hell... I wish he would die now-'

'Eh... Sakumi-san, you can continue your curses when you arrive... can you go to Sesshoumaru's castle right now? Because I would like to witness him beg for his life.'

'Hai, I would arrive there in a moment.'

'Okay, see you.' With that, the sort of dreamland vanished like bubbles.

~~~~~(^.^)~~~~~

Kagome opened her eyes and noticed three pairs of eyes staring at her dumbly.

"Suzaru-kun, I warned you. Don't blame me if anything happens to you..." Kagome whispered in a scary tone, Suzaru shivered at the tone and wondered what she meant, still holding her hand. Suddenly a gust of wind surrounded them and revealed an angry female youkai.

"Suzaru!" Sakumi yelled his name angrily, all three youkais winced at the intensity of the voice, their ears hurts like hell but didn't show it especially because of the temper Sakumi has right now.

"Hai beloved?" Suzaru replied cautiously, Sakumi pinched her mate's arm and dragged him by his ears around their audience. Kagome began to pity the lord because of his piteous whimpers and begging, so she decided to interfere.

"Ne Sakumi-san, can you release him now? He looks so ignominious." Kagome whispered, Sakumi stared at her unbelievably, that's when she realized Suzaru was practically begging for his life. Sakumi's stern face softens a little and she sighed, she eventually released her mate's red ear.

"You're not going to get away with this issue Suzaru, but as Kagome-sama wish, I will forgive you this time. But don't let me catch you again, you don't know what I would do." Sakumi threaten her mate with a deathly glare, Suzaru nodded and slowly approached his mate.

"Relax koi, no one would match your position in my heart." Suzaru stated with a wink, Sakumi huffed stubbornly and nuzzled Suzaru's face.

"Never do it again 'Zaru, I hate it when you do that." Sakumi said with a hopeful look in her eyes, Suzaru smirked and kissed Sakumi's cheek lovingly.

"Of course koi, whatever you say, I would obey you." Suzaru reassured her, Sesshoumaru was getting bored of the scene that was still playing romantically in front of them and decided to interrupt their loving session. He coughed loudly for them to notice, he was startled when Kagome began to giggle softly.

"Sorry to interrupt, Suzaru, Sakumi. But I have one question to ask you, Sakumi. How did you and Kagome act like you two had known before?" Sesshoumaru questioned because of his own curiosity, Sakumi gave him a blank look and stared at Kagome.

"Kagome-sama summoned me." Sakumi explained enthusiastically, both males gave them a blank look.

"How- ...when- where?" Suzaru stuttered implausibly, Sakumi shook her head.

"I don't know, she just summoned me." Sakumi glanced at Kagome's direction and gave her a look, "Care to explain Kagome-sama?" Sakumi requested.

"Hai! I learned it from a miko, she's older than me." Kagome clarified with a smile, Sakumi nodded and smiled back, Suzaru just stared at her.

"So that's why you touched my mark. I thought you would do something like-" he was lowering his voice when he said those things but Kagome noticed the pervert grin that he kept visible on his face, in a blur, her fist came contact with his head, hard.

"Don't ever think about it, Suzaru-kun." Kagome said with a glare, Suzaru was so shocked that he unconsciously nods his head. 'What have I done? I hit a lord? I'm dead for sure!' Kagome's mind panicked, Sesshoumaru too, was surprised when she suddenly hit his comrade, 'She really has guts to do that.' He thought amusedly. Sakumi was laughing her head out while Shineo giggled.

"Ow..." Suzaru whimpered, "You sure did choose a good one, Sesshoumaru." He commented.

Sesshoumaru didn't say anything about that, he noticed that Kagome was gaping at her hand, 'She's regretting it.'

"I'm so sorry Suzaru-kun! I didn't mean it... I-" she was interrupted before she can finish her sentence.

"No, no, it's okay Kagome-sama. And I'm impressed, you hit hard like my mate." He laughed, "Woman these days..." he whispered disappointedly, Sesshoumaru snorted and huffed arrogantly.

"Come on Kagome, we have someone to visit. Unless you want to cancel it to- " his sentence was cut off by Kagome's voice.

"Oh! I forgot!" she said aloud, she then, quickly dragged Sesshoumaru by his hand and ran, but not disappearing before she can called back a 'goodbye' to the remaining people.

"Shineo, where are they going?" Sakumi asked curiously, Shineo stared at the two respected elders and smiled.

"To visit Kagome-sama's companions." Shineo clarified, the two gave exchange looks and remained silent, they would just ask further explanations from Sesshoumaru.

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I'm sorry but I gotta cut this chapter short, it's too big to upload, and at the same time I have problems in ff.net thyat I can't upload my fics in a 'normal' way.

Gomen!

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