Mild amusement flickered across Sesshoumaru's features as he watched Kagome and Jaken waddle off down the hall. Shaking his head some he walked to the only desk that was within the study and sat down. Lifting up some papers, and staring at them blankly. He had almost been surprised when Jaken called her, Lady Kagome. A slight smile and he just shook his head some.

"Tea," he called through the shoji screen where a servant had been kneeling waiting for orders.

The cheetah demoness came back moments later with his tea, setting it down on the table beside him, she bowed the left. To attend to her other duties now that her Lord had been served.

Picking up his tea, he took a sip and leaned back in his chair in a very unlordly position and let him memories was over his mind. Remembering a time when both he and Kagome were small and they did everything together.

He was being forced to go to a Ball. His beloved mother was making him, and he could never say no to her. The Southern Lord was holding the ball to celebrate the one year birthday of his 'son'.

His mother had said it would be good for him, he could make 'friends' and have a good strong ally. Reluctantly he dressed in an exquisite kimono. The formal kimono much like the normal one he wore every day.

"Come on Sesshou!" Came the silk smooth voice of his mother on the other side of the door.

"Coming Mother! I'm coming," He called back, moments later opening the door and stepping out. The young prince looked about six or seven in human years. His hair reached his mid back, and his markings were dim and light having not yet darkened with age.

Bright golden eyes were kind and so-

"Sesshoumaru-sama!" Broken from his memories, Sesshoumaru opened his eyes just as a little girl with a messy ponytail on the side of her head ran in. Followed of course by a noisy Jaken.

"Yes Rin?" Came the normal emotionless reply.

"Rin wants to see pretty Onee-san! But Toad-face won't let her!" The little girl whined.

Sesshoumaru looked into the girls big brown eyes and wanted to sigh. She was nothing like Kagome, she was to submissive and only held Kagome's love for flowers and Ah-Un.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, I told the little human brat that the Lady was sleeping, but she wont listen to me!" Jaken yelped panting.

"Go and check on Kagome, and take Rin with you."

Jaken nodded, and then stepped out with the happy bouncing girl behind him. Sesshoumaru leaned back into his chair again, and started to work.

Elsewhere in the Castle

Thrashing in her sleep, Kagome dreamed.

She was in a black space, being held by that demon from before, Toshi. She was looking up into his face, confused and unsure. He was oddly fimilair to her. She heard the voices, but couldn't connect them to the faces.

"War is coming to our lands, Daughter, the West is fighting with the North against us."

"But why, Daddy? I thought Sesshoumaru and Inutaisho were out friends," that was her voice, she noticed faintly.

Blackness now surrounded her. She was just a child floating in the air. She looked different from her faintest memories of herself. She was wearing a dark blue kimono, silver fish sewn into it. Her eyes a bright blue, mixed with a bit of green and silver. Two stripes, both a very light blue under each eye. A pink orb on her forehead between locks of her hair.

'An orb?' She thought confused. Looking critically at her young self, hearing laughter, she turned away from the echoing world of black. When she turned the scene that met her was an innocent one. Suddenly she was standing in a grassy field, watching two children play.

A boy, with silver hair was running from her, laughing, and a girl who looked about three chasing him.

"Come on Kago! I bet you can't catch me!" The young Sesshoumaru called.

"Yes I can!" She called back to him, laughing.

A woman with purely white hair, watched them and a distance away a man, Inutaisho also watched. With him a beautiful woman, with raven hair holding a silver haired baby, the puppy ears twitching on his head giving Kagome a good idea who the woman was. And who the baby was also.

Sesshoumaru's mother laughed, and joined in their game. But even the children could see the pain seeing her love with another woman in her visage.

Before she could pay any more attention to the scene, a sudden weight on her stomach stirred her into the world of the living. Slowly her blue eyes opened, almost expecting to meet the golden eyes of a child Sesshoumaru. Instead they met chocolate brown eyes, the eyes of a little girl, of Rin.

"Rin! Get off Lady Kagome! She's sleeping!" Jaken yelled waving around his staff in panic.

Kagome sat up slowly, causing Jaken to yell more, lifting Rin from her stomach and setting her in her lap instead.

"Onee-san is awake! Rin was so worried Onee-san wasn't going to wake up!" The overly happy child bouncing in Kagome's lap.

"Rin... Rin calm down... I just woke up, I'm not ready for the hyper kid yet," she said with a warm smile given to the little girl. Her voice soft.

"Go with Jaken to the garden, Rin."

That smooth sexy voice caused Kagome to shiver. Turning her gaze from the beaming child's face to Sesshoumaru's. Rin jumping up from Kagome's lap to run toward Sesshoumaru yelling 'Sesshoumaru-sama', before she ran out of the room to find Jaken. Her footsteps soon lost to Kagome's ears mere moments later. She watched with a tightening throat as Sesshoumaru closed the door to her room, then locked it with a click.

Blue met gold in a bright clash as Sesshoumaru looked at her. His eyes were surprisingly soft, which caused some of Kagome's tension to lift. She felt a little more softly toward him, seeing the gentleness in his eyes. A gentleness she had only seen in her dreams.

"Kagome..." his voice had a pleading note to it, and his expression for once was unguarded and vulnerable.

He was pleading with her. The Taiyoukai of the West was pleading with her! But for what, she had no idea. She looked confused, and he was lost. His only friend back after sixty oddly long years, and she didn't even remember him!

Cursing himself, he suddenly remembered why. He was furious inside, that he forgot about it. Forgot about the spell, the one he himself had cast.

"Would you like to tell me why I am here, Sesshoumaru?" She spoke softly again, watching him. Knowing he could hear her, and ripping him from his thoughts.

His features and eyes became once more hard and cold. His voice that controlled monotone, "This, Sesshoumaru, does not have to explain himself to you wench."

"Wench... wench?! We're gone over this! I'm Kagome! KAH-GOH-MEH! Get it right Fluffy Boy!"

Wincing at the high pitch of her voice he growled. His eyes turned pink in rage, before he caught another glance at her face. He immedently relaxed out of his anger. She looked so adorable with the flush of pink on her cheeks, her hands fisted and her eyes narrowed some. Like an angry little kid, he mused. She was to cute to anger him at all, though in all rights he should have been infuriated.

"Stay in this room, until you are sent for... Kah-Goh-Meh."

Walking out, Sesshoumaru locked the door behind him, so he knew that she wouldn't leave him. Sighing, and laying back down on the bed, she snuggled under the covers. Before the world turned black, she could have sworn she heard the soft whimper of a puppy, in pain.

Her head hit the pillow, her eyes closed, and darkness consumed her.

So cold, she was so very cold looking out into the pure blackness that was slowly starting to consume her through her dreams.


Hey guys! I'm so glad you all like my fanfic and are reveiwing! It means alot. Anyways, here are a list of Japanese terms and things I'll probably use in future chapters, kay?

Taiyoukai - Great Demon Lord

Youkai - Demon

Hanyou - Half Breed

Miko - Preistess

Koi - Love

Onegai - Please

Ja matte - See you later

Onee-san - Older Sister

Neko - Cat

Inu - Dog

Kuso - Damn

Baka - Stupid/ idiot/ ass

Thats about all I can think of that I'll be using. I might end up using more, and if I do, I'll put them up in the other chapters! Thanks much!

Oh! And here are the standings so far!

Inu/Kag - 4

Sess/Kag - 23

Wow, lotsa people want Sess/ Kag. Anyways, thats the end of the voting it'll be SesshoumaruXKagome!! Yay!

Thanks for all the votes, and my reveiwers are great! I love you all so much for reveiwing for me. And if I make a mistake, or spell something wrong, tell me kay? Flames are not enjoyed, but if thats what you got, send 'em anyway. I'll try to update daily okay? Ja Matte!

Uial