A/N: Well since it is already done I have a treat for my loyal fans: TWO CHAPTERS! So I had a little extra time in classes recently. Here they are and thank you all for your reviews and your support of my pro-Kagura stance.
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Disclaimer: I do not know Inuyasha or any of its characters
Love's Labour Lost Chapter 12
"Oye runt! Where have you been!" Inuyasha snapped as Shippo entered the hut.
"I was out thinking. So when do we leave?"
"How do you know we were leaving?"
"Well Kagome isn't here is she?" Shippo smugly retorted.
"We leave first thing tomorrow!" Inuyasha snapped, ignoring the fact that Shippo just won the argument
"Miroku, something is going on with Shippo, don't you think?" Sango remarked
"I noticed Sango" Miroku replied, his hand beginning to wander.
"This is neither the time or the place" She retorted grabbing his wrist.
"mmm, Where am I?" Kagome mumbled, noting the soft blanket around her and snuggling into it.
"You are at my castle" Sesshomaru calmly stated as Kagome quickly jumped up from his fuzzy thing, but was immediately pulled back down by Sesshomaru. "You need to rest, no quick movements"
"How did I get here?"
"I brought you here"
"Wait! What happened to Naraku!" Kagome again jumped up remembering she was attacked before she was knocked out. Growling Sesshomaru pulled her back down again. "I destroyed the puppet and brought you here to heal"
After a long silence, Kagome was able to speak again, "Why were you at the well?" she meekly inquired.
"Keeping watch"
"Over what?"
"You" At his last comment Kagome's eyes went wide and she realized she was no longer wearing her normal school clothes and that her shoulder and neck were bandaged.
Sensing her unease, Sesshomaru decided to clarify a few things, "You cut the back of your neck and dislocated your shoulder when you hit the tree, so I took the liberty of bandaging both. Also your clothes were not appropriate to wear around Rin"
"Th-Thank you" Kagome managed out.
He worried about me. Wait did he see what happened between me and Inuyasha!
(Ok everybody it's FLASHBACK time! 1 day earlier)
"Rin, Jaken! Let us return now. Goodbye Kagome. Monk, Exterminator! Take care of her, since apparently my bastard of a brother no longer will" Sesshomaru barked glaring at Inuyasha as he finished his sentence. Sesshomaru turned and stalked away, leaving a very stunned group behind.
Once out of sight, Sesshomaru stopped and turned to Jaken.
"Take Rin back to the castle with Ah-Un."
"Yes milord, but what are you doing?"
"I have some business to attend to. Rin behave and listen to Jaken and the other servants. Do not wander away from the castle"
"Yes my lord. Don't forget to come back for us!" Rin replied with a toothy grin as she waved her lord goodbye.
With that, Sesshomaru slipped into the shadows and leapt stealthily between trees, seeking out his charge like a hunter stalking its prey.
His ears picked up the voice of his prey as he drew closer.
"YOU ARROGANT BASTARD!"
Heh, another fight. What a fool, he truly lives for punishment
"Well maybe he is my savior. At least he avenged me"
The hidden lord was slightly taken aback by that comment.
Savior? So she is thankful I revived her and killed the woman. Lost in his reverie the argument continued far below.
"I'll miss you Shippo, take care of yourself. I'll always remember you"
Where the hell does she think she's going?
As she left, he silently followed after her, at a distance so that if she saw him it wouldn't seem he was following her. As he began to draw closer to her stopped form the wind blew a familiar scent that assaulted his nose.
"Naraku" he snarled. As he turned to find its source another more horrifying scent attacked his nose -blood, and not just any blood Kagome's blood
What has that woman gotten herself into now?
He rushed with all the grace and speed that he possessed and arrived just in time to destroy the puppet and save his unconscious prey.
"Kagura! Return to that pathetic hanyou and tell him if he wants this girl he better be prepared to come himself" Sesshomaru managed to snarl out in his fit of rage. Calming slight he added one last request of the wind demon, "If you want my help to destroy Naraku, don't let Inuyasha find her" With that the Lord took off towards his castle with his prey captured in his embrace.
A/N: There you have it Chapter 12. I hope it was okay. I will start typing Chapter 13 immediately and get it up this evening as well. Enjoy!
