Authors note: I don't own Inu-Yasha.

I'll just write...I don't know what EXACTLY I have planned but I planned the begging to have some comedy. Ok, maybe one sentence. The rest is the cute couple making out. Happy? Yah I like DDR, I suck but hey I still like the music and I keep trying.

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Chapter 18: I'm not your property, yet!

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Kagome woke up and looked over at Sesshomaru who was currently drooling on his pillow. Kagome rolled her eyes. What a sleeping beauty! She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. Sesshomaru suddenly woke up. He looked up and saw Kagome leaning over him. He noticed he had been drooling and turned red. He wiped it away and smiled at Kagome. Kagome watched him wipe it away and laughed. Sesshomaru turned the tables and gently pushed Kagome onto her back and now he was leaning over her.

"How are you? Did you sleep well?"

Kagome smiled and started to play with some of his hair that had fallen from his shoulders.

"I'm great, this bed is so comfy!"

"Good..."

Sesshomaru went down and started to leave a trail of kisses up her shoulder until he found her lips. Kagome closed her eyes. Sesshomaru finished kissing her and Kagome looked his face up and down.

"So...we going down for breakfast?"

"Do you need to get your clothes?"

"No I brought today's clothes. I left them on the chair over there."

Kagome pointed to a chair at the end of the bed.

"Breakfast is in a half an hour, we have time..."

Before Kagome could protest Sesshomaru started to gently nibble her ear. Kagome laughed and Sesshomaru frowned. She totally ruined the moment. She put a finger to his lips, which Sesshomaru responded to by gently biting it. Kagome once again laughed.

"I think your hungry...your biting everything!"

Sesshomaru laughed, no wonder she was laughing, because it was funny. He went down and grabbed her head and kissed her.

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Sango, Miroku, and Inu-Yasha were already at the table. Inu-Yasha was nervously tapping his fingers on the table and holding his head up with one arm.

"What could they be doing in the morning? Where are they? They should be here by now."

"Inu-Yasha, we are all half an hour early. They are probably getting ready. Or maybe they slept in?"

Inu-Yasha gave Sango a cold stare. Even she knew Sesshomaru woke up at the same time each day without fail. He was normally half an hour early. That's why Inu-Yasha had come down early. To beat his brother to the table and to see Kagome sooner. Kagome came down in her tight jeans and a baby blue halter-top. She was giggling at something Sesshomaru had said. Sango looked over to Inu-Yasha to see how he'd react. She watched as his heart sank lower. How could Kagome do that to him? She felt like getting up and slapping her. She could at least have some decency to not do it in front of Inu-Yasha.

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Kagome sat down at the table. Unable to look Inu-Yasha in the eye. Kissing and flirting with Sesshomaru seemed so wrong now. It was like she was cheating on Inu-Yasha. She had decided to the only way to forget about Inu-Yasha was not to look at him. Stay with Sesshomaru at all times. She sensed Inu-Yasha was staring at her and she looked at him and sure enough he was staring at her neck, searching for something. Sango noticed this and nudged Inu-Yasha to stop staring. When he seemed like he didn't find what he was looking for he just started to eat. They all ate in silence, except for Inu-Yasha who was up to his usual antics of swallowing everything. As they finished Kagome reluctantly went when Sesshomaru pulled her outside. She turned back and gave Inu-Yasha a, "I'm sorry" look before she went out of the room. Inu-Yasha scoffed. Sango tried to break the uneasiness.

"So, I heard you found the book on your family history!"

"Yah..."

"Can we go to the library so I can read it?"

"Whatever..."

Inu-Yasha sounded distant, like his mind was somewhere else. Miroku, Inu-Yasha, and Sango then headed to the library.

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Kagome and Sesshomaru were in the garden. Sesshomaru had told her to sit down on a rock. She did so obediently. Sesshomaru sat beside her and took out a book. Kagome knew this book. It was his diary. She gulped. Did he find out she read it?

"Kagome, I want you to read this. It's a book where I wrote about some of my family and some things that happened a long time ago that I think you should know. I noticed that I know quite a lot about you, yet you know hardly anything about me! So please, read it."

Kagome sighed a sigh of relief. She took the book and read, again. This was what she was waiting for. She also got an eerie feeling when she noticed that Sesshomaru was staring intently at her neck. It kind of creeped her out but kept on reading.

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Sango had been reading but one thing really confused her.

"Inu-Yasha? What is this thing that they keep talk about the male "marking" his mate. This book has so called marking dates and who marked whom here. And if it's a long story I'm willing to listen. I have nothing better to do."

Inu-Yasha sighed it was a long story. He remembered how his dad had told him and Sesshomaru about marking when they had that "Man to Man" talk.

"Marking is where a male demon bites the back of his mate's neck causing a mark to appear on the female's neck a couple hours later. The mark signifies she is already taken. The mark also gives off a small scent of the person who marked her. The mark is normally a stripe like the ones on Sesshomaru's face. Cat demons and Dog demons are notorious for doing this. Normally a mark is obtained when the couple is mating where the male instinctively bites her possessively. But sometimes there are occasions where the male will bite the female if she is in heat and her neck is close enough. If the male feels he or his mate are being threatened he may bite the female out of possessiveness. Or, though it's rare a female may ask the male to mark her as a sign of fidelity, love, and sacrifice. Because let me tell you, it sure is a sacrifice. Imagine a full grown male demon sinking his razor sharp teeth into your neck..."

"Wow, it's like marking your territory! Marking your property...but how exactly does he bite her and stuff?"

"Well, normally if the male isn't mating he will go behind her and bite her somewhere on the middle of the back of her neck. There is something in the male's saliva that causes the mark to appear. After he bites the female the male will instinctively clean the wound by drinking the blood. There is also something in the male's saliva that helps stop the wound from bleeding too much. It is also considered highly dishonorable if the male leaves his chosen mate. So if the mark was made without any mating involved the mark will disappear if the two do not stay by one another for the first month. But if the mark is given through mating the mark is permanent. But if the male should die before the female the mark will disappear. The male can only mark one female, though if her mark fades for not being with her mate the male will once again produce the saliva."

"Kind of reminds me when cat's mate...yah know when the male gets on the female and bites her so he wont fall off?"

Sango and Miroku were laughing. Sango was right, that's what cats did.

"Are you comparing a great race of demons to some feral horny cats?"

Miroku noticed an edge in Inu-Yasha's voice and thought about it for a bit. He noticed that he was directing it at Sango and knew he shouldn't be doing that.

"Don't get mad Inu-Yasha. It was just a joke. We know your upset about Kagome but you don't have to take it out on.... Hey... wait a minuet... NO WONDER YOU WERE STARING AT KAGOME'S NECK THIS MORNING!"

Inu-Yasha blushed it was true. He wanted to know if anything went on between Kagome and Sesshomaru last night. So he was trying to find the mark on Kagome's neck. He was really happy when he didn't find one.

"That's none of your business."

Sango and Miroku smiled at one another. They decided not to push it any further so Sango kept reading her book and Miroku his. Inu-Yasha was meanwhile deep in thought.

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In the meantime Kagome had finished reading the diary, once again a tear rolled down her cheek. She couldn't help it, it was so sad. She noticed that Sesshomaru was still staring at her neck.

"Is there something on my neck or something?"

Sesshomaru blushed a bit and then told Kagome exactly what Inu-Yasha had told his friends about marking. He finally finished off.

"And so if I bite you, please don't be mad. You are in heat and you are very attractive so it's hard for me."

Kagome turned red. He knew if she was in HEAT!? That was too much information. There was a place where she had to draw the line between good things from having heightened senses and bad things.

"I understand, but please, try not to. I don't think a mark would look great with the wedding dress. And people would think things if I suddenly got marked."

A smile played on Sesshomaru's face. She was worried how the mark would look with her wedding dress? Adorable! But she was right. The fact that they were sleeping together lately and a mark would certainly lead people to a wrong conclusion. Sesshomaru leaned over and kissed Kagome. At first she was tense, still worrying about him marking her but soon enough she calmed down and kissed him back. Sometimes he would start to kiss her neck but she quickly caught his mouth and brought him back up. She was totally serious about not wanting to be marked. What would Inu-Yasha think? Somehow she knew he knew she was sleeping in Sesshomaru's bed last night. She guessed that's why he was so upset. Thank god Sesshomaru didn't find out. Kagome got up and told him she was going to the bathroom, which was true enough. Sesshomaru suddenly felt a dark presence nearby, one he knew. He turned around.

"Why are you here Naraku?"

Sure enough I was Naraku just as he had suspected.

"Kagome is such a pretty lady isn't she? But what use would she be to you if she were marked?"

"Don't you dare touch her! Why do you want to hurt her?"

"She hurt me, and a way I can get my revenge is.... marking her, I just thought of it when I was spying on you two. She will never get another man!"

"You're going to try and rape her? You wouldn't dare! I won't let you..."

"You can't stop me Sesshomaru. It's either that or she dies. Your choice. But if you want to keep her you better not let her go."

Naraku then did his evil laugh thing. Sesshomaru growled and lunged for him but he got away and left. Kagome would be ok, for now. Kagome finally came back and smiled at Sesshomaru.

"What did I miss?"

Sesshomaru gulped, he didn't want to worry her. Even if it meant lying to her for the first time.

"Nothing."

He thought of marking her but he knew it would mean reminding her about Naraku and she really was scared of getting marked. It wasn't worth it. He'd have to admit to lying to her. So he decided to just watch over her more. Even though he considered it was going to be hard considering she was heat and he was planning to try and stay away from her. Ah, he knew what to do.

"Kagome?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you want to get married even earlier? Sometime next week? I mean you've already picked out everything."

Kagome was speechless. Change the date? They'd have to make new invitations but Sesshomaru seemed like he really wanted to speed it up. It was a Tuesday today and it would be quite close.

"But what about your bachelor."

"I don't need it. Let's just get married."

"O, ok."

"And since it's unlucky to be with the bride a lot before the wedding...I'll get Inu-Yasha to baby-sit you!"

Sesshomaru saw Kagome's confused look. It was the only way he'd be able to mark her faster. And plus. She would be Inu-Yasha's problem now.

"I'm a grown woman yah know, I don't need to be baby-sat."

"No but to protect you."

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Kagome smiled, this was getting good. She'd be with Inu-Yasha as and order. Great! She grabbed Sesshomaru's hand and headed off to the library and went into the library.

"We've changed the date of the wedding, it's going to be on Friday next week!"

"Inu-Yasha could you please protect Kagome? I have things to do. And plus it's unlucky to hang around with the bride a week before the wedding."

"Why should I?"

"Because I said so."

Inu-Yasha looked at Kagome she was frowning because Inu-Yasha was arguing. Inu-Yasha had sensed her excitement when Sesshomaru mentioned Inu-Yasha having to baby-sit. He guessed she really did like him after all...but not in the same way he liked her he guessed. Inu-Yasha nodded and took Kagome outside to "baby-sit" her. He smelt her scent. She was in heat. No wonder Sesshomaru didn't want to be around her, he wouldn't want to de-flower her before their wedding. That was fine with Inu-Yasha. As they were walking Inu-Yasha looked down at her neck. He wondered what would happen if he'd marked her. What would Kagome think? Better yet, how would Sesshomaru react? How would everyone react? Sure he'd have Kagome but she wouldn't trust him anymore. Probably wouldn't even look him in the eye. He wouldn't do it anyways. He didn't have the guts. He looked at her lips. He still remembered when hers were against his. How could he forget that? Did it seriously mean anything to her anymore? She stopped and leaned against a tree.

"So, what are we going to do Mr. Hero?"

Inu-Yasha smiled she still remembered. Then it hit him. WAS SHE FLIRITNG WITH HIM? She obviously was. Was she coming on to him? No, it couldn't be. She just announced she was getting married even sooner. She definetly loved Sesshomaru. But did she also like Inu-Yasha?

"I don't know. I'm suppose to watch you I guess, do whatever you want."

Kagome smiled. Whatever she wanted hunh? Though she was sure she couldn't do ANYTHING. She went over to him.

"Well, I want to do whatever you want to."

Inu-Yasha wanted to kiss Kagome but he was sure that's not what she wanted to do.

"I want you to sit quietly until the end of the day."

Unlike he imagined Kagome did what she was told and sat quietly for the rest of the day. And so the days passed and that's what they'd do. They'd sit and watch each other. Kagome would sleep in her room though. Finally the wedding day was coming up, and what a day it would be.

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Authors note: Oh, my, god! The fiction is almost over –tear- I'm scheduling to finish it off within chapter 20 to 25. I love this fiction so much and I love my reviewers just as much! I'm thinking of writing a sequel but it's a maybe. Words: 2, 699

Next chapter: Chapter 19 Wedding bell's and bloodshed

Kagome chose Sesshomaru, and now they are getting married. At least that's what they think. Little do they know everything will get in their way. Suddenly everyone wants Kagome. Next time, on When Worlds Collide