Between Lust and Love

Chapter 2: The lonely girl

I felt as if a hole bunch of youkai had pass over me. "My head hurts..." I rubbed my hand over my head and notice it was bandaged, I slowly opened my eye and was blinded by a bright light. I moan in pain "Ugh... head-ache plus light is not a good recipe...". After my eyes where used to the light I was where I was. I was excepting a clearing, grass, bugs and cold but instead I found myself in a futon, in a room, without bugs and underneath a warm cover 'Now this is odd' I though as I sat up, my ribs hurt a little bit so I tried not to move so much, this was no dream because I could feel pain, then I looked around the room, and saw a door nearby so I crawled to it and opened it only to see a gigantic garden in front of me "Where... am I?". Ok I had to calm down and think how possibly could I have gotten all the way here. I remembered Kouga and Rin, and I remember him trying to hurt Rin, after that a terrible pain on my cheek and then... a scream, then nothing more. Now I was starting to panic 'How the hell did I get here?' But my thoughts were shut up when I heard someone coming near my room, I quickly took a near broom in the room and got up ignoring the pain, I was prepared.

"Rin wants to see how Kagome-chan is doing!!" Rin pouted angrily. A tall figure near here answered stopped in track and replied in a monotonous low voice "I will not repeat myself Rin." Rin pouted some more and whined "But I want to see her!" A small green toad with big yellow eyes and a beak came closer to the some child and scold her "Rin, how dare you question the Great Lord Sesshoumaru's order? You shall be punished for this!" but before he could get any closer to the girl the tall taiyoukai had put his feet over the toads head "And how dare you, pitiful toad make decisions in my name?" the green toad cried out in pain and stated apologizing "Please Great Lord Sesshoumaru forgive this unworthy one Jaken!" With that the tall youkai, known as Lord Sesshoumaru, let go of Jaken's head and headed to the room where his "guest" was recovering from the attack. He was thankful to her for having rescuing Rin and had taken her to his palace so she could recover from the bruises that wolf youkai Kouga had inflicted on her.

'If it hadn't being for her, Rin surely would have ended up meting the other wolves and would surely be dead by now.' He thought with anger. That night he was suddenly summoned to a meeting in his castle and so had left Rin and Jaken in the forest, Jaken had explained that Rin had run off and that he couldn't catch her. She was nowhere to be found. After the meeting he had returned to the place and then had heard in the distance Rin's cry. He had followed it and encounter a wolf youkai harassing a female human who was knocked out unconscious on the ground, he had battled the youkai and safely return with both girls to his palace. Rin had already told him how this human had help her out to find her way out of the forest and how she had fought the youkai to defend her 'Stupid human, she should know she couldn't have won...' he thought but deep inside he was thankful for the human's foolishness. He finally stood in front of the paper door connecting the hall to the room, but he sensed his "guest" was up, and willing to run off.

I clutched even more to the broom stick in my hand when I heard the soft steps fade in front of the room. My plan was to attack the intruder with the broom stick, knock it off balance and run for the nearest exit, of course I thought it would be easy before...
'She's trying to escape, obviously she doesn't know who she's going to attack.' I thought and quickly pulled my hand trough the paper door and took a grip on the weapon she was holding onto, she gasped at this and with a quick gesture I tore the wooden stick apart in my hand, then as I did this I pulled away my arm and enter the room.
I don't know how it happened but the person on the other side had destroyed my only weapon, but not only that, now I could see it or HE standing in front of me with a indifferent expression on his face, I gasped at the cold intense golden orbs that watched my every move, I was speechless but then a cold monotonous deep voice ordered "You shall not escape." I froze at the steel-cold voice and found myself slipping in my feet and falling backwards, but I got a grip on the door. 'I need to get out of here!' was the first thing that popped into my head I lean into the door wanting to run off but a strong hand clutch my neck and pulled me back inside throwing me on the futon, I growled in pain and drew my hands over my sore ribs.
She wanted to escape, I could see it in her eyes but I just couldn't let her go, no one walks out of this Sesshoumaru. After I throw her to the futon I repeated coldly "I said you shall not escape." She quickly looked at me with a defiant look in her eyes and shout "What the hell do you want?!" Not such a good idea. I was surprised at first, the nerve of this women, she should know her place, how dare she speak to me like that? "INSOLENT!" I shouted seizing her neck once again, all of her bravery fading away, now she looked petrified as it should be. I was amused by the sudden change in her expression from brave defiant to vulnerable scared 'This is how you should look at me, frighten!'
I panicked, he was now over me pressing me against the futon, his hand on my neck as if trying to suffocate me. His golden and cold eyes watching with delight the fear running through my eyes a mocking smirk on his lips. I couldn't take it anymore, I couldn't breath of fear, nor move because I was injured I could only watch as he pressed his body against me. Then with a pleading look I cried "Please... don't.... kill me...." It was all I could say. After that he got up leaving me there frightened, before he got out of the room he ordered "I shall inform the medic that you're awake, he will check on your wounds. After that you shall accompany me to lunch." He closed the door and his steps where lost for a moment. I lay down on the soft mattress trying to regain control over myself.

After a while I heard some quick footsteps come closer to the room I sensed it wasn't that guy, the door flew open and a familiar face smiled down at me "Kagome-chan!!" it was little Rin, she came running over me and sat next to me, I rapidly asked "Rin, where are we? That man took you too? Did he hurt you?". She looked at me with a puzzled expression "Man? Oh you mean Sesshoumaru-sama? Oh don't worry he came and rescued us from the wolf! We are in his palace right now!" she said cleverly and proudly. I was in a awe 'He rescued... us? THAT FREAKING COLD BLOODED YOUKAI SAVED A LITTLE GIRL AND A WOMAN??' She must've notice my surprise for she quickly added "Sesshoumaru-sama is Rin's protector, that night Rin got lost and couldn't find her way back to Sesshoumaru-sama..." she lower her face reminding herself of the tragic moment, and then lighten up again "But Kagome-chan came and helped Rin go back to Sesshoumaru-sama!"

Was it possible she was telling the truth, but I was cut off short as a youkai in human form with long ears and purple cat eyes came into the room "You must be the patient please Rin-sama wait outside while I treat on her wounds." Rin looked disappointed but did as she was told and left smiling cheerfully and saying "Don't worry Kagome-chan, I will see you at lunch time!" and she hopped on the hallway, I sighted and looked at the "medic" it surely seemed like a cat youkai. After Rin left it introduce itself "I'm Shinobu, medic of Lord Sesshoumaru, I seem to have shock you Kagome-sama." I instantly knew it wasn't a he, but a she by the tone on her voice. Shinobu quickly came closer to me and started her examinations on my bandages, she frown a moment "You have tried to move I can see that... but I suggest you don't do any sudden movements for a while Kagome-sama, you were badly injured when you first came here and Lord Sesshoumaru asked me to be sure you recover as soon as possible." 'Did he really say that?' I asked myself. It was hard to believe that a cold blooded youkai such as Sesshoumaru would worry about her well-being. Shinobu turned to me and said "Do you by any way know Sesshoumaru-sama?" I immediatly denied this "Oh, well it seems he knows you saved Rin-sama and now wants to thank you for your display of bravery. I humphed at this "What a way to thank me!!" I said out loud, a questioning look came over Shinobu's face "Excuse me?" I reacted at this and shook my head "Oh nothing nothing really!" 'What an odd person that "Lord" Sesshoumaru is...'

I sat on my desk for a while, the past event had surely made my blood boil 'What an insolent human that is, she should know better her place!' I frown at the though of that disgusting human demanding him what he had wanted. Somewhat that had made him lost his control and he had quickly attacked her, but he knew he wouldn't hurt her, he just wanted to make sure she knew who she was referring to. I smirked once again at the thought of her eyes full of fear when I held her in my possession, the fire in her eyes had disappear in a matter of time and she was quickly pleading for him to let her go. "Patetic, weak human..." I whisper to myself. Although he wanted to kill her for that insolent reply he knew he was on her debt, she had saved Rin from the youkai leader and he honor didn't let him hurt her as he would've wanted to, and also there was the fact that Rin had become attached to this woman. She had even asked him if they could keep her. 'Rin wishes to have company other than Jaken I can understand she has grown to like this woman.' I stood up from my chair and went outside, Rin was playing with the fish on the pond, she noticed me and ran to me, she pulled on the edge of my garment and asked "Sesshoumaru-sama please can she stay?" I saw her with no emotion 'Why does she want that woman around for? She can have anything she desires and still she not happy.' It was interesting how this girl didn't stop amazing me every day, I asked "Why do you want her?". She looked embarrassed and lower her head a bit and said in a tiny voice "I like her, she's nice, and Rin wants a friend...". I thought for a while and then nodded "She shall then stay." I turned around and left listening at the happy shouts and the "Thank you Sesshoumaru-sama!" Rin was making out of happiness.

'She shall stay. But I will judge how long for.'

A/N: I made this one I little longer for you to enjoy it. I'll say this now: Sesshoumaru will be an ass for a long long time in this story so I beg you to be patient.

Hope you liked it!