Disclaimer: no I do not own Inuyasha-but yes I do own my story….
A/N: this chapter is going to show a little more of the Inu-clan, and their feeling towards the women they love.
Chapter 10
The Snow Begins To Fall…
The first snowfall of the year and Inuyasha was all alone. He could remember when Kagome would say that on the night of the first snow….you should always make a wish for love. She had done this ever since the first year he met her. His heart ached for her now….
'What kind of wish for love am I supposed to make this year. I always wished for Kagome to kiss me under the stars but it never happened…..so there's no point in asking Kami to bring her back to me.'
He hung his head low. Inuyasha had never expected himself to miss Kagome so much. He thought back to a time when his heart had been shattered by Kikyo and remembered what Kagome had done for him.
Flashback…
"Inuyasha, what's wrong….why are you so sad today?" Kagome's question had been blunt but he felt the need to answer.
"It has been such a long time since Kikyo and I parted….but yet I do not find myself longing for her. The last time she touched me…." he trailed off.
"She was just so cold…." his face had clouded and he wouldn't look Kagome in the eye.
"Well…" she didn't really know if this was a good idea or not but hey, how bad could it be?
"I'm not cold…..and…well…" he cut her off. Wrapping his strong arms around her tiny frame they embraced for some time. Alas he released her, she shivered in the cold night air.
"I know you aren't cold, Kagome." he smiled "Even your heart seems to glow…."
End Flashback….
Inuyasha sighed. Would he ever get kagome back? If so, when, how soon. He longed now for that warmth that she had brought into his heart. Slowly breaking down the icy barriers that Kikyo had literally forced him to build around his fragile heart.
"Kagome, where are you? I miss you so very much. I'm going to make that wish like you used to tell me to….I hope you can hear me…..I…I …I love you…please return to me."
With Sesshomaro and Kikyo…
Sesshomaro leaned up against a tree, thinking. The snow was falling around his face and yet nothing ever seemed to land on it. He looked up recognizing a familiar scent….
"Kikyo…"
He was so truly handsome. Such a devil though, Kikyo had experienced this first hand. To be honest he wasn't as hateful as everyone thought. He had a good heart, although, like his younger brother, he had built up so many walls to protect it.
"My Lord.."
She hated addressing him so formally….
"Yes….what is it…is Kagome okay? Is she in any danger….do I need to go out and look for her again? Well speak woman no one is stopping you…." his voiced trailed away as he noticed the look of sadness on her pale face. A single tear slid down her now even paler cheek.
"What is it? What did I say?" there was a strange urgency in his voice, ad though he was truly concerned with her well being.
"You act as though it is her that you love and not me….is that true?"
He gave an icy stare "I love no one."
She walked up to him now, gaining confidence with each step. She grasped his rough hand with her small one and placed it along the two bite marks on her neck.
"Did you not love me then?"
He didn't expect her to answer that way. True Sesshomaro loved Kikyo with all of his heart but at the same time, she had broken his heart when she returned from the dead seemingly to be with Inuyasha, that was what bothered him. "Hmph" he looked up at her, drawing a line between the two twin bite marks. He leaned down and ever so carefully placed his lips across the scars.
When at last he pulled away, he spoke with a tinge of sorrow in his voice. "If I didn't love you I never would've made you my mate….nor would I have asked you to bear my children." She couldn't meet his eyes, his touch made her long for his natural warmth even more. Then it hit her….
"Do you still love me?"
"If I didn't I would never have just kissed you, now would I?" He smirked and placed a more passionate kiss in her icy lips. She whimpered as he bit her lip with his fangs. He quickly pulled away, and lowered his head.
"Forgive me…." his words were hungry, for her that is. "No there is nothing for you to be sorry about."
"I love you, Kikyo…you know that right…?"
"Yes I know, and I love you, Lord Sesshomaro…I always have and I always will."
He smiled this time and placed his head upon hers. He continued to hold her close for the rest of the night.
With Kagome and Lord Taisho
"Are you cold, priestess?" Lord Taisho asked with a slight bit of worry in his deep voice.
Kagome shook her head. "No I'm fine…" he smiled, pleased with what he had heard form the young miko. It had just started to snow as they had reached the dark valley. Inuyasha had told her of this place once…he had said that it was one of the most beautiful placed anyone could ever wish to go.
Wish….
That word brought back many sweet memories of the time that her and Inuyasha had spent together. 'I wonder what he's doing right now….I wonder if he made that wish like I had always told him to do.' She looked over at Lord Sanoske and smiled. He was so very tired, most of the time he lead the way, being that he knew the land far better then Kagome could ever memorize in one day. 'He reminds me of Inuyasha when he sleeps, they both look so peaceful.' That was when she noticed a stray tear roll down his cheek, then others began to follow suit. 'He must be dreaming about his mate; Princess Izayoi….I sure hope that I can bring her back to life as well, I want Sanoske to be as happy as it is actually possible.'
She laid down across from the mighty demon, from the moment she closed her soft brown eyes on….Inuyasha was the only thing that she could think of.
'I miss you, Inuyasha, I wish I was there with you, after all this is the night of the first snow fall, we have always been together one this night….forgive me…..for I am only doing this because I love you…..'
