Chapter 3: Take Me Away

When Sesshomaru found the wounded Miko, Kagome, it was already well past dark. Inuyasha had a hard time finding where her scent picked up again around the area that she had created her barrier, and scolded everyone for not volunteering to go out and find her sooner.

I cannot find a way to describe it.
It's there inside; all I do is hide.

"WE SHOULD'VE LEFT SOONER! NOW THAT BASTARD, SESSHOMARU, HAS GONE AND KIDNAPPED KAGOME!" Inuyasha barked loudly, making everyone glare. But inside, Sango felt responsible. She was the one who told him no. Who told him to wait...She mentally scolded herself, and felt a wave of dread wash over her as she demanded that next time, she listen to her woman's intuition.

Inuyasha stuck his nose in the air and sniffed. "SHE'S INJURED!" He snarled with his face screwed up in hatred. "I swear, Sesshomaru, if you laid one clawed hand on her..." he mumbled out loud.

"Inuyasha, come here." Miroku said seriously, kneeling in front of a pile of ashes. "What is it?" he asked bitterly, walking over. "Demon ashes. It looks like it was purified." He said.

"But...Kagome didn't have her arrows." Sango stated, joining them. "It looks like she doesn't need them." Inuyasha replied gruffly, sniffing again, only finding a hint of their scents, as a few hours had passed. "THAT BASTARD!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Inuyasha calm down. We'll find her. But we can't do anything tonight. We need to head back into camp and rest, and then wake up when the sun does. We will find her." Sango stated firmly, a look of fire in her eyes Inuyasha had seen many times before. And it was only when Naraku was around...

I wish that it would just go away.
What would you do, you do, if you knew.
What would you do?

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When Kagome woke she was oblivious as to where she was. "Inuyasha? Sango? Miroku?" she called, looking around at her surroundings. It was a rather large room with Japanese writing on the walls and fancy wooden floors.

She was lying down on a soft, fluffy futon, with gold satin sheets. Although she would have liked to of gotten comfortable under the many blankets and sheets, fear overcame that desire, when she still couldn't figure out where she was.

Untangling herself of all bed linens, she slowly got up. That's when she realized what she was wearing. Looking down at her clothes, she gasped. She was wearing a green kimono, with pink flowers coming off of embroidered vines that hugged every curve of her body beautifully.

"Don't get used to it." A sharp, deep and cold voice called from the doorway. Her head shot up to see who was there. She let out a small gasp, and slowly backed away from him, but tripped over the futon and landed on her butt.

"Pathetic human..." Sesshomaru sneered, hatred and disgust taking over his features. "What do you want?" She snapped, overpowering her fear. "Inuyasha will come, and he will kick your ass!" Kagome shouted, standing up.

Sesshomaru, Lord of the Western Lands, was not one to be talked to in such a manner. Quicker then she could blink, he had her pinned against the wall by her throat, her toes barely touching the ground.

The impact made her see stars, and blurred her vision, due to the loss of oxygen. She clawed desperately at his hand, trying to get air. "You will not talk to me like you are above me. Do I make myself clear?" He said, a look that could kill on his face, yet he spoke calmly.

All the pain I thought I knew,
All my thoughts lead back to you.
Back to what was never said,
Back and forth inside my head.

He smirked, when her fear spiked again. "Fluffy?" A cheerful voice came from the doorway. If it were not for her rising fear and loss of oxygen, she would have been on the floor laughing, but Kagome barely even heard Rin speak his pet name.

Sesshomaru quickly let go of Kagome, and turned to Rin, blocking Kagome from view. "What is it Rin?" he asked, his tone perked up some at the small child's voice. "Will you come outside and play with me?" she asked. "Jaken, err...he went on a little ride!" Rin said happily.

A small smile crept upon Sesshomarus lips, knowing full well what Rin meant in sayinf 'he went on a little ride', as he forgot about Kagome for a moment. "I'm sorry Rin, but I will not be able to play today. I have some important matters to attend to." Rin's smile faded and it made Sesshomaru break. Why, he did not know, but it did.

"Ok!" She said, becoming her usual self again. "See you later, Lord Sessomaru!" she said, grinning. She then returned to the gardens to play.

When Sesshomaru was sure she was not within ear shot, he turned back to the Miko that was now standing up, and was no longer gasping for air. "What do you want?" Kagome repeated, not a single tone in her voice. Sesshomaru noticed she didn't shed a single tear in fear, either.

His usual cold expression returned to his features, as he responded, "Do you wish for me to kill you now? I will have no problem in doing so. What I do want is for you to keep your loud mouth shut, so I can lure my dear half brother to my castle. Only then am I looking forward into stealing Tetsusaiga, and killing both you and

Inuyasha." He smirked.

But at that precise moment, Kagome broke. She lost all the will to live, in finally realizing Inuyasha might not come for her if he realized Sesshomaru's plan. Kagome knew Inuyasha was not entirely stupid, and would figure it out. 'Inuyasha would probably want his precious sword instead of me anyway. I know he could never love me, especially since Kikyou's passing...' she thought.

She then looked him in the eye with an expressionless face. Sesshomaru was taken aback by this, but didn't let it show on his face. Continuing to stare him in the eye, she didn't even notice the bruise that was creeping on her neck. "Fine." She said softly, for only he could have heard her with demon senses. He just stood there. And not giving him another word, or the pleasure of a proper departure, she walked slowly to the bathing room that joined the bedroom, and shut the door.

I can't handle this confusion.

I'm unable; come and take me away

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A mysterious figure watched the side of Sesshomaru's castle from the darkened shadows of a large tree. Her green, cat-like eyes narrowed in the darkness, making the once glowing round orbs, turn to little slits. "He will know." She muttered to herself, as she was careful not to tread over the Western Lands that were only a few inches away from the trunk of the tree.

Reaching to rest a hand on the hilt of her sword, she silently turned away from the view of the castle and jumped from the tree with a cat's grace and agility. Naraku would pay for what he did, she would be sure of it. And she knew Sesshomaru knew the answer that could lead her to Naraku's fortress...

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Sesshomaru was furious with Kagome. 'Nobody, let alone a human, was to walk away from Sesshomaru, Lord of the Western Lands, and get away with it.' He snarled to himself, as he reached the bathing room door in two strides.

Banging on the door, he called out, "Come out this instant! I will not stand to let a human walk away from-"but he didn't get to finish.

She opened the door, and glared a look that could kill at Sesshomaru. "You, of all people, will NOT tell me what I can and cannot do." She hissed, tired of everyone commanding and watching her every move.

Within the past few hours, another look of shock took over his cold, heartless expression. 'This human...She dares to speak to me this way? Does she wish for her own demise? For if I didn't have a reason to keep her alive, then both her and I know she would be ridden of this world by now.' He thought to himself, thinking up a response.

Only one thing came to him at that moment, as he knew not what else to say. She had both walked away and talked back to him within minutes. It shocked, even him. "You shall remain in this room until I say otherwise." He said coldly, looking her dead in the eye.

She opened her mouth in shock, but regained her composure as he turned and left the room. Just when the door shut, she rushed over and slammed her fists on the door. "YOU WILL NOT KEEP ME LOCKED IN HERE, DAMNIT!" She yelled, knowing very well he could hear her, but he didn't come back.

I feel like I am all alone.
All by myself I need to get around this.

Giving up after a few minutes, she hung her head and retreated to the futon. Sighing, she sat down in the midst of bed sheets and comforters and pulled her knees to her chest.

It was only then did she remember everything...The pain, sorrow and the heartbreak that tormented her very soul, and then everything in between all of that.

She remembered Kikyou. Kikyou was dead...She remembered how Kikyou had died. Kagura...She remembered the look on Inuyasha's saddened face. The look of hatred and a look of determination along with the first tears she had ever witnessed Inuyasha to shed. Tears...She closed her eyes when she felt her own tears threatening to fall.

Wiping them away, she remembered wandering away from the village and into the forest, crying. She remembered the thoughts that were swimming through her head, and then the demon. She gasped and opened the kimono. Looking at her stomach, her eyes widened. There was nothing.

She looked at her arm, where the demon had bitten and sucked her blood, again nothing. She had to think a moment before analyzing what had happened. Sesshomaru had saved her. He had healed her injuries with Tensaiga.

She thought it was impossible for him to help anyone, let alone a human, but then there was Rin that was so sweet and innocent. He had saved her too. All these thoughts led her back to Inuyasha and the realization that he might not come for her. After all who could blame him?

She couldn't. She knew she couldn't. Inuyasha had lost Kikyou for the second time, and his heart was way beyond repair. She knew he would never love her. It was then that she knew she had begun to hold a grudge towards Inuyasha, not for loving Kikyou, but his incapability to love her.

My words are cold; I don't want them to hurt you.
If I show you, I don't think you'd understand.
Cause no one understands.

And he wouldn't understand how she felt. He would say she was crazy, and paranoid for thinking such a thing, but she knew, deep down, she wasn't. She was to feel some sort of feelings for Inuyasha, forever; after all, he was her first love. But at that moment she knew something else as well. She knew she no longer held the same passion, the same desire, nor the same breathtaking and heart melting feelings she had felt before.

She no longer loved Inuyasha...

I'm going nowhere (on and on and)
I'm getting nowhere (on and on and on)
Take me away
I'm going nowhere (on and off and off and on, and off and on)

Take me away
Take me away
Take me away
Take me away