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Sesshomaru enters the room dragging SunMoon1285 behind him

Sesshomaru: You're better off without him you know... Look at what he has done to you...... losing a lot of reviews.......

SunMoon1285: I don' t know what went wrong with my boyfriend... I hate men

Sesshomaru: (looks smirking) I hate humans... sort off... we have something in common..... You know that I'm a demon right? And that I can kill him for you?

SunMoon1285: I'm sorry readers for not writing for a looooong time..... there's no excuse for it..... (bows head) I'll vent my anger by writing the next chapters.....

Sesshomaru: (sighing) She completely ignored me...

Chapter 9: A Strange Journey

"Inuyasha... you know that you don't have to do this... especially since I practically know the way to the well," Kagome confided to the half-demon. She was about to jump in before a strong hand grasped her arm. By this time, Sesshomaru masked his scent and watched atop of the trees at them.

"Kagome... I need to speak with you before you jump in" Inuyasha said seriously.

"Okay. What is it?" Kagome replied nervously.

"You know that the search for the shards are coming to and end right?" Inuyasha asked.

"Yeah... Where are you going with this?" Kagome asked. 'It's not like Inuyasha to be this serious... and if he's going to tell me what I think he's going to tell... I.. I can't bear to love him again!

'Quite right... where is that halfbreed going with this?' Sesshomaru thought as he moved closer from his hiding spot. His aura reeked of jealousy and protection of the one he belonged to. All he wanted to do was rip her from him and take her away.

"Kagome... I can't bear to lose you, not only to Naraku, but most of all to my brother!" Inuyasha said.

"What? There's nothing going on between Sesshomaru and I... And since when have you been worried about me?" Kagome countered.

Inuyasha paced around the clearing and suddenly took hold of Kagome and hugged her.

"I... I won't lose!" Inuyasha said as he threw Kagome into the well. Suddenly a flash of white went past knocking Inuyasha into the forest in pursuit of the girl.

"Stupid fool... what does he think he's doing? He's going to kill that girl!" Sesshomaru thought aloud. He clasped Kagome's hand and brought her into a protective embrace. A flash went across blinding them both as they were transported into the present-world.

'I feel safe... I don't know why... It feels so smooth and hard... The warmth emanating from it is making me feel secure...' Kagome thought as she opened her eyes. Her saphire eyes looked upon a face of an angel. Sesshomaru lay there unconscious as he took a blow in the head from the bottom of the well. His silver tresses fell smoothly around the bottom and his arms were still holding Kagome in a protective embrace.

"Sesshomaru?" Kagome called out as she stretched out her hand to touch his cheek, "can you hear me?"

"Of course I can..." Sesshomaru replied cooly as he opened his amber suns to the world, "Where are we? I can feel we're on the same location... yet the smell is different"

"We're in my time! In my home!!" Kagome replied happily, 'but... I don't understand three things... 1) How did Sesshomaru ended up with me 2) How did he get transported with me 3) How am I going to survive a week with him?'

Sesshomaru looked on at Kagome as she changed emotions from time to time. From happiness to confusion, from confusion to fear, and from fear to nervousness... He really did not understand her... but somehow he liked it. He quickly pushed that thought aside as he took her bridal style and jumped out of the well.

"Hey Sesshomaru!!! Next time tell me when are you going to carry me and touch me!" Kagome scolded, but deep inside she liked the feeling of his arms around her. It was comforting.

Yet her words came to deaf ears since Sesshomaru remained quiet and staring at the surroundings. He kept his back to her as he spoke.

"We are really in a different place..." Sesshomaru said.

"Yeah... follow me..." Kagome said.

"How long are we- er... is this Sesshomaru going to be here?" Sesshomaru asked in his lordly tone.

"I guess three days... it won't be too long... I just need to get to school for one day and catch up... also to get new supplies... In those days you can stay at my home..." Kagome said between pauses.

"This Sesshomaru will not be left at a 'home' like a dog... I will join you on your quest here... and that is final" Sesshomaru ordered.

"You forgot this little detail...... YOU"RE A DEMON!!! In my world there are no demons... just 'mindless and stinking humans' as you like to call it... Firstly, they will be scared off by your appearance of markings and secondly, you won't bear the presence of-" Kagome was cut off as the furious taiyoukai pushed her into the wall and cornerned her. He put a finger on her lips silencing her as he replied in a different manner than before.

"I only have three things to say to you... First, I am the Taiyoukai of the West and there is NO one who goes up against me... I will follow you to whatever place you have to go... since after all... I DO belong to you my dear. Secondly, if I can bear you, my servant and my half-breed for the moment... humans will not be much of an obstacle for me. And thirdly and finally..." He stopped for a minute and chuckled at her confused expression. 'She is really an intriguing creature.'

'He... laughed.... It's not in his nature' Kagome thought as she looked at the demon who have enveloped her in her mind and soul for the past weeks.

"...I'll tell you on the third day my dear..." he said as he patted her head in a teasing manner and walked past her.

'That bump on his head is REALLY having an efect on him' Kagome thought.

"What is happening to me? This is not how I usually feel.... Why am I letting this..... human take this effect on me?" Sesshomaru thought as he got out of the temple shrine and waited for the girl to come out. 'This is going to be a tough time... I don't know if I can protect her... from myself...."

SunMoon1285: Another chapter good and done.... Nothing adding much to pleasure... just to the plot

Sesshomaru: It's a start since your depression holiday

SunMoon1285: Yeah..... (sigh) Sorry for the eternal delay of my story and please no flames.... : (

NEXT CHAPTER: SCHOOL DAY WITH SESSHOMARU

Kagome shuddered as his full weight fell upon her from that action. The movie was entirely forgotten. Only their breathing was all they could hear. Kagome bit her lip as Sesshomaru's face came closer to hers. She was nervous and her entire body was trembling.

"I... I can't I'm all sweaty and I've been bawling from the movie and the talk..." Kagome said as she tried to control herself. But that couldn't stop the insatiable demon from claiming her lips with his.