Heh well here's the next chapter. Yay I'm glad you guys really like my story, I'm just happy knowing that it turned out better than the last OO;;; I noticed (if you hadn't) that the last chapter or original was very very long. Ugh so this chapter will be a critical change as well because some important elements were supposed to happen in the last so ugh...so much to do...but I'll be encouraged with some reviews hint hint

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Chapter 3: The Ballad Of Emotions

She lolled the Shikon between fatigued hands; it had been some hours since she had met with Sesshoumaru it seemed. And for that Kagome was glad. What had happened between them was way too weird for her it wasn't like Sesshoumaru to act so uncharacteristically. It was almost like he had cared for her and tried to comfort her! She would have laughed but she had seen it. With her own two eyes!

What had compelled Sesshoumaru to do such she may never know, but a girl could be curious you know? Kagome stared at her confused reflection rolling back and forth. (At least I have this) All the past events were truly startling but for some reason having the jewel nearby calmed her frantic. It soft pink glow emanated some kind of warmth that soothed her

(The jewel's complete now and I've always wondered...what would Inuyasha wish for?) The idea of the jewel being complete was in reach and out of their wills and determination showed it proudly. But there were times when Inuyasha would become human under the full moon that she would wonder: what does Inuyasha plan to do?

She remembered Kikyou's weathered words that he would become a human being before and even though he hated being so weak...he loved her enough to do it. Then at times Inuyasha would speak of how he wanted to become a full- fledged demon. She frowned looking deep into her reflection. (His full demon form is so frightening...why? Why would Inuyasha want to become that?) She knew he didn't like being weak but seeing the incidents and innocents killed wouldn't he think otherwise?

But of course (I don't care what Inuyasha becomes...I- I love him and whatever he does I'm all the way behind him!) She held the jewel close to her bosom and felt herself vow that she would return what belonged to him. "Inuyasha will always be Inuyasha whatever form he may take." She whispered.

The jewel glowed softly.



Sesshoumaru scoffed mentally (Foolish girl, to let something over take her so drastically) A battle was biting at him annoyingly making mental faces, yet being as well trained as Sesshoumaru those took no strong urge to show. Yet a memory tugged at his lips. He felt tempted, teased and drawn.

"What a fool you are Kagome." She sobbed

"She will only serve as the purpose of Lady Of The Western Lands and obligated mate"


He growled. Rin stopped after tossing a flower ring that wafted over the many on a frozen Jaken. "Sesshoumaru-sama?" Rin called innocently. His emotionless stare held to nothing above her head. He turned on his heel and left quietly. Jaken blinked "Lord Sesshoumaru?"

He was leaving to her quarters and going to teach a thing or two to her about why she was here. She had voluntarily made THIS Sesshoumaru feel pathetic, lowly, disgraceful, human feelings, and for that she would pay. What was it about this girl? She was attractive and strong enough to hold his heir but her, her herself! She was completely a nuisance.



Kagome lie on her side consumed in the bedding she sighed (This is so boring, why am I here in the first place? I better not be something that lies around collecting dust) Her head whipped up with obsidian tresses following from behind. She sighed deeply, and gazed out to the soothing serenity of the outside.

(I've never felt this blank before...I wish I could say it's boring but it's so much lonelier now...) Her grasp on the Shikon next to her heart clasped tighter. She sat unawares on the plush velvet of her bed while the monsoon current came rushing in.

Like a lightening flicker the whole world stopped before her. As though someone had stuffed cotton in her ears no sound was made, she waited in the silence, which was past due for something to come. A faint howl was heard in the distance. The world sped up again.

The shikon began to throb insanely and as soon as the rushing current over came her Kagome was forced back into the bed...and the Shikon into Kagome.



He had angrily made his way to the stairs but a chillingly frigid presence behind. He had to do something, anything! To wipe and rid of this disgusting feeling.

"AHH!!!"

He stopped and let the scream ring out like a morning bell.

(It's her)

Taking no time he leapt high over the stair way railing and quickly made haste. His clawed hand felt over the hard wood door and pushed it open forcefully. His eyes formed a small gasp.

From the bed there was a large smear of blood, watching it saw it trail down to the floor but not before leaving a gap indicating that the person fell forward. The last of the trail smeared forward to the struggling body of Kagome. Her one hand clasped over her heart and the other desperately holding out to his.

"S-Sesshoumaru...ugh" She collapsed a bit forward but didn't let herself stumble all the way, her reaching hand lie out in front of her and the elbow of her grasping hand propped up shuddered trying to keep her strength. The youkai darted forward grasping the hand that reached for him and scooped up her body cradling her softly.

"Kagome try to stay alive as long as you can." Her heaves were extremely heavy but she gazed up at him through pained squinting eyes and nodded. "Yeah...I'll stay alive." She barely breathed out her last words and looked away. Sesshoumaru stared intently at her not intensely but softly, Her heaving slowed a bit and her breaths and pants became drastically calmer. Sesshoumaru was amazed.

(She calms herself by mere words...) He held her close and stood. Sesshoumaru walked calmly over to the bed and placed her down. When Kagome's restful body sunk into the mattress her hand slid away from her bosom and Sesshoumaru saw quite well what was so distressful. Her hand been shielding his eyes from the hole now where her heart was.

When he neared it much to his surprise it glowed a pink color. A delicate eyebrow rose questioningly. (What is this?) Looming over he saw it once again glow like a pulse, and there was a full Shikon No Tama embedded in her chest.

"Looks bad huh?" He pulled back slightly and looked to her emotionlessly. "A wound like this would have killed you." Kagome smiled a bit. "Probably...but it's the jewel so part of it's power is healing me while it's trying to become one with me well it at least feels like that. Usually something like this would happen with a burning ritual but seems like it couldn't wait." He smirked (The girl is strong how admirable)

"Well, it's not as bad it looks...I can already feel myself getting better." Kagome tried sitting up but fell back again with Sesshoumaru's hand against her shoulder. "Aw, I guess I'm not as better as I feel." She pouted a bit. "Do not waste your strength you will only-"

He looked again with more awareness. Kagome sighed breaths, her chest heaving normally (She is asleep). Sesshoumaru looked at the whole in her chest and remarkably the hole was nearly gone. Something was strange about her, not really Kagome herself but the things that were happening to her.

(There had been no wish made upon the jewel and there fore shouldn't have been thrust into her chest like that. And the strange over coming power of her miko energies being released.) He watched as her chest and body sighed tiredly and peacefully. (It seems danger favor's you my dear Kagome)

Her eyes closed lightly making her seem more dead than alive.



Her feet came in contact with the black inky water and the black current threatened to drown her in. She shivered at its touch and embraced her kimono close. Her sapphire eyes frowned and glistened with tears, she searched seeming aimlessly but she looked for only one person.

"Sesshoumaru!"

She called in despair. Her lord was somewhere near but where she did not know, she couldn't remember where he was last and felt her heart jump in panic. "Sesshoumaru!" She called again. She desperately needed to be near him now, and if she couldn't find him now she would run and run to nothing thinking blindly that she would end the search and find him.

The current charged forward again and left an icy sheet on her. Kagome held herself and shielded what she could with her bell arm sleeves. Stilling them for a moment before from the thought of another frigid touch. When she lowered them she gasped.

In amidst the chaos tides stood Sesshoumaru stoically and calmly. Her heart racing in fear. "Sesshoumaru!!!" When his once empty eyes met hers they filled with warmth and graced a smile. She stopped breathing at a moment when he showed her genuine loving warmth. He's not mad at me?

But then her breath hitched in her throat when he turned his back on her and began walking away further in to oblivion. Her heart retched. "NO!!!"

Grabbing on to the railing of the stone path she lowered herself in to the water. "Sesshoumaru don't go!" Soon as her lower half was flooded the raging tides already began to twist her body round like a doll. Yet Kagome grit her teeth and tightened her grip on the railing

Her silk slippers now sponges against the mushy floor were barely making contact. The girl's face hardened with determination and sadistic will. "Sesshoumaru!" She could barely see now that the water was up past her bosom. The continuing raging tides pummeled themselves into her face making the vision of Sesshoumaru go up and down seeming smaller and smaller. Farther and farther.

"Sesshouma-"But her last words were cut off as the tide pushed her feet on the slick floor and tangled her body with it. Her air supply and holding time were cut into halves she did not have much time to find him. Kagome flipped forward and started to force her muscles to swim forward. Although weak and fatigued from emotional stress she struggled long and hard.

She hiccupped in the water; already she was nearing her end. In a desperate attempt to make it to the top she swam weakly. The light was far and the beast was pushing her down. Kagome's muscles gave out and she gasped out her last breath. Her hands reached out for the light while she sunk away to the bottom and not to the top like she a dead body should have.

Her arms waited for an embrace that never came and what she forgot was that Sesshoumaru wasn't coming...



Kagome's eyes flickered open and her pupils widened. She sat up sharply and soon regretted it when she reached to her aching heart. But much to her surprise she felt it again and was replaced with silk. Looking down she saw herself now adorned in a finely made silk kimono. Her body jumped a bit. "Oh! What the? I wasn't wearing this last..."

"Hmm" but Kagome did not respond to the silk but the dream she had. It wasn't like her to dream of Sesshoumaru and she hardly thought of him! (How weird can I be? And they say dreams are really your fantasies) She gaped owlishly at herself before she bent blushed down "What am I saying? Bad Kagome! Best not to get your mind in the gutter."

(I really hope he's not keeping me here, I'm starting to act weird) She sighed

Then Kagome thought for a second retracing the steps of her memories. She recalled a deep painful hole in her...

Kagome closed her eyes tightly and slipped a hand into her top. What she half expected to be a disgusting bloody hole was actually soft new skin in its place. "Oh?" She pulled out her hand and looked at it awing. There was no blood and by the way it felt nothing was left after. "Wow would you look at that."

She smiled happily and laughed a bit but stopped. Her head turned and adverted to look around the room. "Where's Sesshoumaru?" Seeing him nowhere she hopped off the bed and found surprisingly a set of silk slippers as well. They were amazingly light and hardly noticeable on her feet. Just curious she went to the mirror and she gasped happily.

Someone had changed Kagome into a white and green silk kimono. The green came in the form of soft lime green peonies, and around her waist was silver obi tightly hugging against her. Her bell arm sleeves blew freely at her green-cuffed wrists. Her slippers were as well a soft green as well as the choker on her small neck.

She pulled back a bit and blinked. "Oh wow, they really out done myself." She said looking at herself pressing down the sleeping wrinkles. When she finished she nodded to herself and darted out the door...just to run into someone.

"Oof!" Kagome stumbled back and heard and audible clatter and crash. She winced someone was either very mad, or annoyed. "Oh I'm so sorry! Please forgive me." The servant rushed to the ground immediately and quickly made hasty work. "Oh it is no trouble Lady Kagome you don't need to apologize." (Phew) She thanked the gods that the servants or whomever resided in Sesshoumaru's castle weren't as hot tempered as the youkai lord.

"Oh oh please forgive lady Kagome! I was so clumsy and klutzy and-" Kagome drew back in surprise and made a strange embarrassed look. She waved her hands around reassuringly and smiled awkwardly. "Hey hey it's okay! You don't have to keep apologizing! And there's no need to call me 'Lady' Kagome, Kagome is just fine."

The servant stopped the clatter and looked up at the smiling girl ridiculously. Was she for real? Her face looked like. The servant's gaping eyes bothered Kagome to no end and she almost shouted out "What? Is there something wrong?" She looked behind her and forward but saw nothing.

The middle-aged woman darted up and grasped Kagome's hands tightly, and this once again startled her. She bowed her head over and over again happily. "Oh thank the gods! You are very kind Lady Kagome! I could never ask more for such gentle hearted mistress such as you!" Kagome blinked at her oddly "uhh" but then it hit her, the lady was serving for SESSHOUMARU and it could only point out a few things.

She glared suddenly "Are you telling me that Sesshoumaru treats you badly?" her voice tinged in dull irritation and anger. She looked up a little surprised. "Oh no my lady! It is just the other lords are unhappy with their mates and look at Sesshoumaru with jealous envy that he has so much power over them with out one. They have been pressuring him since that he must find one or he will not rise to power."

Kagome thought slowly for a moment allowing the conversation slowly seep into her. She cocked her head and looked down a bit. "You said he needs a mate...to rise to power?" The servant nodded quickly maintaining firm attention on her. Kagome's mouth pulled to the side a bit (A mate? To rise to power...that can only mean...that-) She gasped.

"Oh oh what is it my lady?" Her gasp and shock stricken face rushed past the servant to a now visible Sesshoumaru. (Sesshoumaru is making me his mate!) She couldn't believe it! He had just scooped her dead body out of nowhere and is claiming her his. Her nerves fumed, (How dare he? He thinks he can just, and then, and after that UGH!) "My lady?" called out the weak servant. She shook her head instantly letting the glare blow away; she smiled to the servant and spoke. "Thank you for your kindness, may I please now your name?" The old woman was confused and taken back but her outspoken kindness. "My name is Tachi my lady but why do you thank me? I have done nothing." She shook her head. "Well I'm just glad I met you, it's nice to meet a kind stranger every now and then."

She left her side quickly trying not to stomp up in front of Sesshoumaru. Her anger was fuming at the moment, he had just claimed her his without even telling her. Without a care of what she may think, a plaything for the dogs she could go on with this new information angering her.

"Sesshoumaru we need to talk!" She nearly growled out in front of his face. But he didn't even blink or make a signal that he was aware of her presence. She squinted her eyes with a clutched fist and glared at him. "Sesshoumaru-sama" "Yes My dear Kagome?" he called out silkily.

"We need to talk." She glared. He stared at her for a moment then turned on his heel with his hands placed in his sleeves. Sesshoumaru opened the door to what seemed to be his study, it was large and luxurious for such a place. She looked around grateful of it's huge interior (Good time to give him a piece of my mind!)

She closed the door behind and placed a grip on her hip and pointed up a finger. Within in a breath she was about to speak. "I can tell by your scent you are angry." She stopped and caught her breath, but she quickly gripped her fist again shaking with anger. "Of course I'm angry! You brought me here to make me your mate without any concern of what I may think? What am I? Your consolation prize?!"

Sesshoumaru stared at her either bored or just terribly uninterested. Her glare was heating up by the moment yet it held no difference "You will use proper language when speaking and another when you said "without any concern of what you may think" Yet I find on the contrary, I after all did not want a dead mate like my foul half breed brother."

Kagome was pissed, he was egging her on and she knew then he would enjoy her fury. (How dare he! Talking about Inuyasha that way!) She threw her hand back in anger. "Don't talk about Inuyasha that way! And another thing how do you expect me to be your mate if you know I might just not comply with that!?" He charged her and corned her to the wall. She struggled a bit but remembered the first time they had met and he had released her by relaxing.

She went limp against the wall minding his body crushing hers a little too close than she would have liked. "Would you stop that already?" he watched her intently tracing her form with his eyes. Slowly he met hers and started in seductive soft tones. "Submission." Her eyes gaped widely (Wha? What did he say?) His face dove to her neck brushing his soft lips against her. She came to a stand still allowing shivers to ripple down her spin.

A clawed hand came up and gripped her shoulder. His brushing became chaste kisses on her neck as he pulled down some of her uniform down. (Whoa whoa whoa!!!) her mind yelled. Kagome put both hands on his finely chiseled chest and pushed him away. Her heart was still thumping loudly.

"Who gave you the permission to touch me Sesshoumaru?" she snapped pulling up the loose cloth on her shoulders. He glared at her this time showing some emotion. "I touch whatever is mine." He said reaching out to her. Although Kagome stepped back and stomped a foot into a defensive stance, her aura was burning brightly. Sesshoumaru pulled back his hand and saw how she glared at him heatedly.

He smirked. "Well done."

She lost her stance immediately "huh?" Sesshoumaru raised an elegant brow at her before letting it rest into his normal cold expression. "You are a strong and well independent woman yet your guard seems to fail rather quickly." She nearly fell over (He actually complimented me then shot me down!)

"Look none of that matters right now, what I want to know is-"Though Sesshoumaru stopped her and with a look dead in the eyes. Kagome hushed. "Higurashi Kagome." He started. She froze (Not again with the surprises, so he knew my name when we met and now he knows my full name? Okay Stalker, Stalker!)

"Every aspect I have spoken of has an importance do not expect this Sesshoumaru to ever ramble." Kagome knew he was right, he was quick short and right to the heart of the matter. Yet who would've guessed it? The miko stared right back into his gold capturing orbs, which seemed to penetrate her every single time. Sesshoumaru the lord of the western lands would suddenly decide to décor his throne with a human girl!

And her heart raced. (And that human girl is me) she nearly eeped out.

"You are now the future heir to the throne, you are my mate and most importantly-"Her heart stopped abruptly "You are, The Lady of The Western Lands."

Kagome swore she saw a flicker of sadistic amusement in Sesshoumaru's eyes and it creeped her out to no end.

(This...isn't good)



Sorry if this Chappie is short and ugh don't worry I won't have Kagome be all comatose anymore. Yup she will alive and kicking, because I know it's not healthy to be lying around like an old fart. .;; I will have the next chapter up with a lot more to it! Wheeeeheeeeee okay I'm done. Sorry I won't respond to reviews until I find out if is ok. Because I heard a rumor that Youkai no Yume was kicked off because of it, but I intend to ask her that myself

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