After dinner...

Rin grabbed Kagome's hand in her tiny ones. "Come on, okaa-san! Rin wants to show you her room!" she says excitedly.

"Okaa-san has to come with Sesshomaru-sama, Rin. And it's your bedtime anyway, you know that." Sesshomaru interrupted. Her face turned sad as she put her head down. Kagome bent over and smiled at her with sad eyes.

"Aw!... it's alright, Rin!.. we'll play tomorrow, alright!..."

She looked up at her 'okaa-san.' "You promise!..." Kagome closes her eyes and nods.

"Now go with..." she looked up at the youkai servant that had appeared behind Rin.

"Suki."

She looks back at Rin. "Go with Suki and I'll see you tomorrow, alright!..."

"Will you come tuck me in, kaa-san!..." Kagome looked up at Sesshomaru who just sighed and looked away. She closed her eyes, smiled, looked back at Rin and nodded. "Yay!" she wrapped her arms around Kagome's neck. "Bye, kaa-san!"

Kagome stood up straight and waved to the small girl. Sesshomaru came up behind her. "So, why do I have to come with you, Sesshomaru!..." he takes her hand in his and leads her a garden in the middle of the castle. He brings her to the middle of the garden and then turns to her, taking her other hand in his and bringing them up, level with her chin.

"I want to make sure that what my mother said is true." He looked at the sky and she followed to see a full moon. Her eyes widen and she feels a strange feeling pulsating thru her body. A bright light and powerful waves of energy flow out of her and towards him, forcing him back away from her a bit. Wings come out of her back, ripping the back of her shirt.

All of a sudden, she starts to float and he sees her wings. Before she was out of his reach, he grabbed her wrist. When she turned to him, her eyes were pure white. "Release me. I am an angel, and I must return to heaven." she said. She turned back but was pulled back against his firm chest and her eyes widened as his other arm snaked around her waist.

"But Kagome, you are my angel..." he says, resting his cheek on the back of her head. Her wings disappeared, she stopped glowing and her eyes turn back to normal and were sad. She relaxed in his arms and leaned onto his chest.

"Sesshomaru..." he turned her around and took her hands again. He leaned forward and she closed her eyes as he placed a light kiss on her forehead. He pulled away and smiled to himself when he saw the blush on her cheeks.

He put both of her hands in one of his and brought them to his chest and brought the other hand to her cheek and brushed against it gently, piercing thru her gaze with his golden one. Her breath caught in her throat, she closed her eyes as a chill went down her spine. She let out her breath slowly as she opened her eyes a bit to see a small smile on his face.

'Ooooh, no, Kagome... if he's having this kind of affect on you.. Just by touching you... wait! What about Inuyasha!... but.. He doesn't love me anyway... why do I even care?...' she thinks to herself, putting her head down. He makes her look up at him and starts to slowly lean closer to her. She closes her eyes and their lips are but inches apart when...

"KAGOME!" they heard and quickly separated before the wall next to them was destroyed.

"What was that!..." Kagome asked.

Sesshomaru sniffed the air. "...Inuyasha." is all he said.

She looked to him with wide eyes and then turned back to the demolished wall. The smoke cleared and an angry Inuyasha stood with Tetsusaiga drawn. "Sesshomaru! Give Kagome back!" he yelled. Sesshomaru stood in front of his to-be mate, protectively.

"Inuyasha. What cause do you have for this intrusion?"

"You kidnaped Kagome! We want her back!" he yelled.

"I'm afraid I cannot release her to you."

"What! Why not!"

"Inuyasha! Calm down!" Kagome joined in, peeking over Sesshomaru's shoulder.

"Kagome! Are you alright!... he didn't hurt you did he!..." she gave him a small smile.

"No! Of course not! Why would he!..." Inuyasha's look turned surprised.

"Why would he hurt you?..." then it turned angry. "Why do you think he'd hurt you, ya moron! he's my brother! The one that's always tryina kill us for the Tetsusaiga!" she scratched her cheek with a finger, closed her eyes, her eyebrows turned downwards in a sad expression and she got a sweat drop.

"Hehehe! Oh, yea! I forgot about that!..." she said. Inuyasha growled.

"That's it!" he jumps at them. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS!" Sesshomaru takes Kagome in his arms bridal style and easily dodges his half brothers' downward swing.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha from her spot against Sesshomaru's chest. "Inuyasha..."

"Why must you persist, Inuyasha? It is obvious that she does not want to come with you." Inuyasha quickly shakes his head.

"You're lying! you did somethin to her! You brain washed her!" Kagome got out of Sesshomaru's arms, but left a hand on his chest.

"Inuyasha! Why do you even care! You have Kikyou now, don't you! that wanna be alive w-i-t-c-h!" his eyes widened. "So why do you need me!" she crosses her arms and turns sideways. "You have your love and you have a way to find the rest of the jewel shards! What more do you need me for!"

"I-...Kagome..." 'Did she see Kikyou and I in the forest that day!...' she looked at him angrily.

"I saw you and her 2 days ago in the forest when I came back!" she said, answering his unasked question. "So I know without a doubt that you have no need of me!..."

"But... Kagome, I...I do need you!"

"Oh, yea! And for what purpose!..." he just stares at her. Her eyes narrow. "..I see!... Inuyasha, just leave!..." she said, turning her back to him. His eyes turned sad and after a few seconds, his eyes turn angry.

"Sesshomaru! What have you done to her! I know there's no way in hell that Kagome would ever choose to stay with you on her own free will!" he attacks Sesshomaru again, who easily moves out of the way of Inuyasha's slow attack, punching him into the ground. He held down his shoulder with one hand and was about to strike him with his poison clawed other hand, when Kagome spoke.

"Sesshomaru! Don't hurt him!" Kagome said, worriedly. He looked at her and scoffed and stood off of his brother, the poison in his claws disappearing. He looked at his brother, a look of indifference on his beautiful face.

"Leave here, Inuyasha." With that, he turned and walked away. Inuyasha growled but then stood and sheathed the Tetsusaiga.

"Fine! But don't expect me to come back for you!" he said, as Sesshomaru reached Kagome and she placed her hands on his chest.

"I don't! You don't have to worry about that!..." Kagome shot back, her forehead resting on Sesshomaru's chest. Both brothers looked at her. "You've hurt me one too many times, Inuyasha!... I can't take it anymore!..."

"Fine! Witch! If I never see you again, it'll be all too soon!" he said before jumping off.

Kagome put her face in her hands and fell to her knees sobbing. After telling a few servants to rebuild the wall, Sesshomaru knelt down next to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Kagome-..." she cut him off by throwing her arms around his neck and sobbing onto his chest.

"Sesshomaru!..." she cried. He wrapped his arms around her waist.

"You offered me comfort when I needed it most... now I will offer you all the comfort I can..." her eyes widened a bit, but then closed again as he picked her up bridal style.

He brought her to her room and laid her down in her bed once again. But when he pulled away, she pulled on his sleeve. He turned to her to see her sad eyes looking at him. "...Stay with me...?" he sighs and sits on the bed next to her, leaning against the wall and she immediately throws her arms around his waist, resting her cheek on his left side ( AN: since he's in his castle, he takes his armor off.)

He puts his left hand on her back and rubs up and down her back gently. "...I'm--... I'm sorry!..." she said quietly, her voice muffled.

"About what?"

"All of this!... All of this with Inuyasha, with-... not believing you at first!... the circumstances in which we met, and-..." he cut her off.

"Kagome, stop rambling and go to sleep." she looks up at him with sad eyes as he moves so that he is laying down next to her, props his head up on his left elbow and put his other hand on her cheek. "Nothing that has happened between us up to this point is your fault... even if it were, it matters not. You are my future mate and that is all that needs to be thought of."

She moves closer to him and puts her head on his chest and wrapped her arms around him as he hugs her. She smiles a bit against his chest. "At first, I was a little nervous about that! With you being the way you are!..." he pulled her away and looked down at her.

"What do you mean the way I am?" she laughed a bit and looked up at him, smiling.

"Ok! Let me rephrase that! With you being the way I thought you were!" her eyes narrowed and her smile widened. "But being with you these past couple of days, I've seen a whole new side of you!... a side that I think you choose not to show people most of the time!... your gentle side!..." she puts her head on his chest again and closed her eyes. "I'm glad that you feel comfortable enough around me to show that side to me!..."

His eyes were a bit wide. "...but, I-..." 'Have I really been acting that differently towards her?...' he thinks of all the things he's done for and with her since he found her in the forest. He put his head down. '... I guess I have been rather kind to her... is that a sign of weakness?...' he instinctively pulls her closer and she blushes a bit, finally realizing the position she had put them both in. "When do you wish to marry?..." she shrugs.

"Whenever you think is best!" he was surprised at her sudden change in attitude.

Flashback

"'You think it's best?' why is it that every guy I meet seems to know what's best for me! and I don't!"

End Flashback

He remembered how angry she became when he said what was best for her. He rubbed the top of her head. "As soon as possible would be good. With the danger of Naraku pending, I think it best that I have an heir inherit my lands once I am gone."

"Are you saying that you can be defeated by Naraku!..." she asked innocently, her body tensing. He lets out a small laugh.

"Highly unlikely. But in the event that some tragedy shall remove me from this world, then someone will have to be here to claim the rights to my thrown." she looked at him wide eyed. He raised an eyebrow at her. "What?"

"...you laughed..." he gave a small smile at this.

"Of course. Did you think I was a heartless b#$&?" he asked, teasingly. She smiled at him.

"Oh, no! Not you! Oh, great and powerful Taiyoukai of the Western Lands!" he chuckles and rubs his hand on the top of her head, messing up her hair. "Hey!"

"You are a treasure, Kagome. You truly are." her eyes widened as he hugged her close to him again. "Now sleep. Tomorrow we will train." she looked up at him.

"Train for what!..."

"You have to get stronger. I can sense that you are strong, but you need to harness you power." she smiled and closed her eyes.

"Esha! Yoru!... Koibito-san..."

"Oyasuminasai." were the last words she heard, before she drifted off to sleep.

Jap Translations:

-sama - symbolizing lordship

Okaa-san - formal way of saying mother

Esha - alright

Yoru - 'night

Koibito-san - lover

Oyasuminasai - goodnight

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

yea, i know it's kinda a short chapter, but stuff happens in the next part that i didn't wanna put here, so i'm gonna put it in the next chapter. i'm gonna try to put up 2 chapters at a time and hopefully that will make everyone happy. just to let you know, i'm really bad with stories... i have the tendency not to finish them, so if it's been like.. months since i've added to it, then just review and give me some ideas, cuz it probably means that i didn't know where to go with what i have so far.