DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA NOR THE MANGA, NOR THE ANIME

SunMoon1285: Hello fellow readers!!!! Sorry for the delay! Lot's of stuff happened... my computer got short circuited for some reason.

Sesshomaru: Yeah... it's true... such a shame

(SunMoon1285 glances at him curiously)

SunMoon1285: Weird... you usually curse at the misfortune of it all (takes out videotape) Let's see what really happened

Sesshomaru: No please! (SunMoon1285 hands him a chocolate, shutting him up as she plays the video...)

(Sesshomaru enters the room, expecting a smack on his head for being late... he searches the room desperately for SunMoon1285)

Sesshomaru: (angrily) Where the hell is that wench!?!?!

(Sesshomaru finds a post-it on the screen of her computer and reads it silently)

Dear Sessho:

I have gone on a doctor's appointment... don't bother searching for me. Don't do anything silly and the cookies from my reviewers are OFF LIMITS!!

Sayonara fluffy! SunMoon1285

(Sesshomaru slashes at the post-it accidentally dripping poison on the CPU damaging the circuits)

Sesshomaru: (looking at his oozing claws) oopss.... Well... (takes the cookies and munches them down) I'm dead anyway...

(SunMoon1285 stops video and looks angrily at Sesshomaru's direction, to find a chocolate wrapper. She takes out her trusty baseball bat in search for the soon-to-be-dead-youkai)

SunMoon1285: Please review and no flames

Chapter 5: Sessho or Sesshomaru?

Miroku went down to the lobby and watched Sessho's yellow corvette parked outside the glass sliding doors. He shook nervously causing the keys to jingle in his hold. 'Sessho is going to kill me...' he thought as he deactivated the alarm and got in speeding off, following Sango's directions, towards Kagome's apartment.

"Sango... no matter what... do not enter Kagome's room! At least until I get there" Miroku warned.

"All right..." Sango replied nervously on the other line.

Meanwhile, Sesshomaru made his way to his mate's window following her glorious scent. No matter how many centuries has it been since he last smelled it, he could never forget it. It only fueled his desire to see her again. He narrowed his eyes through the window as he floated in the air, trying to find her when he finally located her on the bed. His eyes looked longily over her svelte body hidden underneath the thin covers. He carefully, yet quickly raised the window and walked inside the room, quietly and stealthily. He felt like he was in a dream, no heaven. It felt so good just to feel her soothing presence near him. He finally stopped by the bed of his lifetime mate before he knelt down beside her.

Kagome felt something move and saw the man that assaulted her dreams in front of her. Her eyes widened in realization, as she grew speechless from his stunning beauty of his silhouette. His amber orbs seemed to have a glow of their own. His long silver hair fell around him, some of it caressing the skin of the young woman. But his face was hidden quite from the darkness.

"My angel..." she managed to whisper, her mouth slightly parted from the shock.

"Hai, my love... I finally found you..." Sesshomaru said as claimed her lips with his.

His kiss grew more urgently and maddening, demanding more contact with her. Kagome moaned as he brought her body close to his, embracing her tightly. It took all her being to gather the will to speak to the handsome stranger.

"Wait... how... do you... know... me?" Kagome managed to say in between kisses.

Sesshomaru quickly removed himself from her, scanning her over, trying to figure out what was wrong with her.

"You are her, aren't you?" Sesshomaru said as he took her scent yet again, "No other human can bear the same scent as my mate's"

"Your mate?" Kagome asked quietly, "Have we met?"

Sesshomaru felt like a dozen knives stabbed him at once in his heart. His eyes widened as he shook her gently.

"I'm your mate... Sesshomaru... You bit me by accident but then we finished loving each other..." Sesshomaru said lovingly, "Do you not remember me at all?"

Kagome remained quiet as Sesshomaru removed his collar showing her a dark mark on it.

"Do you recognize this?" Sesshomaru said.

"I have one in that same place," Kagome said as she showed him hers, "I've had dreams of you... which you made me feel so... complete and safe... just like I am now" she admitted, "I lost my memories when I fell in the well"

"You may be her at body... but not at heart..." Sesshomaru said icily at her.

"Wait!" she cried as she reached for him. The word came so naturally, as if instinct made her cry for him. 'Am I really his mate?' she thought.

"Why? Why would you choose to forget? I DIED waiting for you... I promised" he said making Kagome feel sorry for him and anger towards herself.

"She didn't choose to forget... Lord Sesshomaru" Miroku said as he entered the room with Sango. Sesshomaru quickly put his mask of indifference at them.

"Monk..." Sesshomaru whispered calmly, "What are you doing in this dimension with the demon hunter?"

"I am not the monk you once knew, Sesshomaru... but his descendant, his reincarnation" Miroku explained, "So does my friend here... and you"

Sesshomaru for once remained quiet, trying to take it all in. But unfortunately, it was all in vain as he lost most of his physical and mental strength, due to lack of sleep from his human host. He wobbled a bit, before landing gracefully at Kagome's lap.

"Ka...go..me" he whispered at her taking her hand softly, "I... will help you... remember..."

"Quickly! Put the bracelet back on!!" Miroku said to Kagome.

"NO!" Kagome yelled at Miroku, surprising even herself from her outburst.

"But he's only a spirit! The real host in the body is Sessho!!" Sango cried to her friend, trying to make her snap out of it.

"Sesshomaru..." she said soothingly at the Taiyoukai caressing his face softly as he closed his eyes enjoying her touch, "Leave us!"

Sango and Miroku looked on for a moment before leaving the two of them alone.

"I made a bargain with your friend; I have until dawn... to be with you..." Sesshomaru said as he tried to sit up.

"Can you tell me of my past, Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked politely.

"I think that is something you need to know by yourself... even if I so much long for you to know of our love we had for one another" Sesshomaru answered the girl.

Kagome glanced at the window, as the sky prepared itself for dawn, different swirling colors of orange, purple and blue mixing together in the heavens. Strangely, a tear fell through her cheek, from having to depart from her 'mate'.

"You may not know it, miko, but your body and subconsciousness still recognize me..." he said softly as he wiped the tear away with pad of his thumb.

"Dawn is approaching," Kagome whispered as she took out the bracelet from Sesshomaru's pocket, as he remained staring at her, marveling at her beauty, "Don't worry... we'll see each other again!"

"Before I go... can I kiss you once more?" Sesshomaru asked as his eyes glowed in desire.

Kagome nodded as he slowly laid his mouth upon hers, silently enjoying the heat emanating from her soft lips. Kagome's hand trembled as she put the bracelet back on the Taiyoukai, who allowed himself to be kept away from her again, for he couldn't deny anything from his mate. Sesshomaru pulled away as a blinding light engulfed him, and Sessho appeared before her.

Sessho quickly noticed his current position with Kagome and quickly removed himself from her, hiding his blushing face from her. He felt like every time Sesshomaru tried to take over, Sessho lost more of his soul. He feared that someday... Sesshomaru would take over completely. 'What could be the cause of this?' Sessho said as he glanced at his bracelet.

"I'm sorry for my intrusion" Sessho told her as he stood from his bed, "did he... hurt you?"

"No... he was kind to me..." Kagome admitted to Sessho.

"I see..." Sessho said to himself quietly. 'I feel like a puppet under his string... a shell in which he harbors his spirit...' he thought abhorrently.

"Sango and Miroku are outside..." Kagome told him trying to change the subject.

"Miroku? How he'd get here?" he said more to himself than to Kagome.

When Sessho and Kagome left the room, they saw Sango and Miroku having a deep conversation as Miroku held one of her hands. Kagome smiled at their growing relationship, while Sessho merely scoffed.

"Sessho... you're back, my friend" Miroku said as he walked over to him.

Accidentally, while Miroku walked towards him, Sessho's keys fell on the floor. Sessho glanced at the keys, then at his nervous friend. Miroku laughed nervously as he scratched his head.

"Sessho! I know this MAY look like your keys... but they aren't..." Miroku lied as he quickly delved for the keys, but was beaten by Sessho.

"You better not have scratched it... if you wish to see the next day" Sesshomaru warned at his trembling friend, as he made his way out. Sessho slammed the door shut, leaving them without words.

"He must be mad, about something" Miroku said as he sat down beside Sango, "There goes my ride back..."

"What do you mean? He always acts like that from what I've seen..." Sango replied.

"He's right... I mean, I think he may feel like he's being used... in some way by my- uh... the Taiyoukai" Kagome muttered.

"But I must admit, Kagome... you were quite forceful and protective of the Taiyoukai..." Miroku declared.

"I know... I don't know what came over me... I'm sorry" Kagome apologized.

The conversation was quickly interrupted when Rin came out of her room, followed by a sillouette.

"Rin?" Kagome called at the girl.

Rin jumped in surprise. She pushed the figure back to the room and quickly slammed it shut.

"Oh... you're awake a-a-t this t-t-time?" Rin asked, "A-a-all of you?"

"Who was that behind you?" Sango asked brazenly.

"Uh... That was a friend of mine... we were studying all night, but it got so late that I offered him to stay" Rin admitted.

"I think it went farther than that..." Miroku snickered before being poked by Sango.

"Is that Shippo?" Kagome asked curiously. By the flushed look on Rin's face, they took it as a yes.

"Well... we better leave the two lovers alone" Miroku teased before introducing himself, "I'm Miroku... Sango will bear my future children"

At that comment Sango slapped Miroku away. Miroku only smiled at her reaction.

"Pervert!" Sango cried angrily.

"Well well... It seems that Rin's not the only one who has met someone..." Rin teased, "And it's for sure that you guys have gone way farther than Shippo and I did"

"So you did do something!!!" they all cried in unison at Rin.

"Um... Rin, can you let me out of here?" Shippo called from the other side of the door, making Rin blush even more.

"Ask him for yourself," Rin said as she opened the door revealing the red-haired boy, "He's Inu Kazuma's friend... oh that reminds me... I saw Inu at practice yesterday."

Kagome remained quiet at his familiar appearance.

"Kagome..." a little fox demon cried as she jumped to her.

"Shippo... I'm back! I brought you some chocolates!" Kagome said to the cute demon as she showed him a bar of chocolotate.

"Thanks a lot Kagome!" he cried as he took her chocolate, eating it gratefully.

"Who's Inu?" Miroku told Sango, awakening Kagome from her daze.

"That's the other guy Kagome met" Sango admitted.

"Boy Kagome you sure get around!" Miroku teased before being slapped by three angry girls.

"Um... this is awkward" Shippo said quietly as he made his way to Kagome, "You must be the girl Inu's after."

"Uh..." Kagome mumbled as she blushed from that comment.

"Well... Rin and I have to go and take the test we were studying for..." Shippo said as he collected his bookbag, "Let's go Rin"

"See ya guys" Rin cried as she left with Shippo.

Miroku, Sango, and Kagome were left to themselves again. Kagome still held a little pinkish hue on her cheeks from Shippo's comment. There was an awkward silence between them.

"Strange..." Miroku finally said.

"What?" Sango and Kagome asked at the same time.

Miroku opened the book and showed them a picture of three people: a monk, a female demon hunter, and a little girl. He turned the book towards the girls and showed the picture. The little girl had long dark hair and cute brown eyes. She smiled a cute toothy grin that could melt even the heart coldest person on Earth.

"That looks like Rin!!! Is she our daughter?" Sango cried before blushing furiously, of the way it came out.

Miroku looked at her before laughing to himself.

"She was the Taiyoukai's adopted ward. Before he died... he gave her to them and asked them to raise her as a daughter. She then became a mate of –" Miroku was cut off by Kagome.

"Shippo... a fox demon" she said quietly.

"Did you remember?" Miroku asked the girl before him.

"A little bit... but on the other hand... it was a given," Kagome said before staring at some invisible spot in front of her.

"Hey! Are you okay? You have been dazing off rather frequently" asked Sango worriedly.

"No, it's just that strange things started to happen. I began to remember things that I didn't know. I'm sorry" replied Kagome shyly

"Don't worry! Hey, I have an idea" Miroku said as he fumbled with some of the papers he brought with him when he brought out a stack of cards, "Why don't we ask the cards for your future?"

"Will it work?" Sango asked Miroku.

"All right! Let's go!!" cried Kagome in excitement. Finally she could see at least some clues about her destiny.

"All right", said Miroku while shuffling the cards, "Join hands and close your eyes!"

Miroku smirked as the girls followed his bidding. Before he could even move a muscle Sango smacked him on his cheek.

"Don't even think about it" she warned.

'She's good' Miroku thought at his failed attempt to grope the ladies, "You may open your eyes" he ordered.

"Kagome, take out 5 cards and place them in the shape of the star. Then I will be able to tell you about your fate" explained Miroku.

Kagome did as she was told and one by one, Miroku flipped over the cards and analyzed them carefully.

"You will have to make a deadly choice. You have to choose between love and destiny. You will suffer but yet, you know that it was meant to happen, again." Miroku chanted.

Kagome and Sango remained frozen on the floor. They haven't seen that side of Miroku before. After a few seconds Miroku blinked and became his usual cheerful pervert self.

"Don't worry Kagome, chances of this happening is slim to none, right?" Miroku assured her.

"Sure" Kagome replied as she pondered at that last word: again.

Kagome arrived at the university and was instantly entranced by a melodic sound that came from the music room.

"What is that sound? It is so familiar!" said Kagome as she went into the music room. Inside there was Sessho playing the piano effortlessly. Strangely enough, he didn't notice her presence. His eyes were closed as he played the soft tune, laying gently his fingertips over the keys. When he finished, he opened his eyes in surprise as he was awarded by Kagome's applause.

"Her scent...Kagome" Sesshomaru thought.

Sessho quickly made sure his bracelet was on, preventing Sesshomaru from coming out. He glanced at her as she neared him.

"That was beautiful!" Kagome said, "That song sounds so romantic doesn't it? But even if I don't remember some things, I know that song. Somehow it is special to me."

"I don't remember much about the origin of the song... I remembered the tune since before I can remember. When I took piano lessons, I decided to play it out" Sessho replied.

"That song is the one she gave to me that day... so that if one day we were lost... we'd find each other again" the voice said within him.

Sessho narrowed his eyes as he focused himself, trying to ignore the voice.

"I'm sorry, I'm interrupting you." Kagome whispered when she saw Sessho deep in thought.

"No, actually, your presence is soothing." Sessho blurted out.

Kagome felt her cheeks grow hot and warm, 'Am I blushing?' she thought.

"Teach her... maybe that will recover some memories" Sesshomaru offered.

"Come here, I am going to teach you how to play this song" Sessho offered as he extended his hand.

"Okay!" Kagome said as she accepted his strong hand. He led her to the seat of the piano as he stood behind her.

"Okay, first of all, you press your fingers here," he tapped his index finger on the keys, "And then, you play them according to the note."

"Ok." Kagome said to herself out loud. She hit the first note correctly followed by a whole lot of discordant notes. "I'm so sorry! I'm awful!"

"Let me out... I will teach her..." Sesshomaru called within, "I won't let her see me"

"You don't know how to play piano, youkai" Sessho thought in annoyance.

"But you do...at least now you'll be of some use to me..." Sesshomaru said intently.

He thought to himself for a moment before doing what he did.

"Close your eyes..." Sessho ordered her.

Kagome looked at him for a moment before closing her eyes. Sessho half-heartedly removed his bracelet, allowing the demon to take over. But strangely enough, Sesshomaru remained in Sessho's human form, not overtaking him completely, being rather like his mind and conscience.

He took Kagome's hand and placed her hand over the keys and then putting his hand over hers.

"All right..." Sesshomaru said, holding his desire to take her as much as he could, "you play like this."

He guided Kagome's fingers over the keys deftly, and he hummed along the rhythm of the song, enjoying this moment. Having to bear each other meant nothing in comparison to the happiness and warmth that Kagome gave them at that moment. Her soft skin and her smell, like sakura blossoms.

"Someone taught me a song that went along this rhythm" Sesshomaru said as he shifted Kagome's hand over the keys tenderly. Kagome felt drowsy as another memory flashed through her mind.

I will make a song for him. A song that will make him remember me and to acknowledge his feelings for me. I love him so much... I hope that he loves me as well. This rhythm and this song, it will be a sign of my undying love...

Sesshomaru stiffened yet bit his lip in to keep himself at bay, as he felt her head leaning back against his shoulder. He couldn't take this anymore, he was about to take over completely when Kagome spoke to him.

"I'm sorry." Kagome said quickly breaking out of her trance.

"No need to apologize" he explained, "Did... you remember something?"

"Oh my God!!! I forgot that I'm supposed to meet with Inu for a tutoring lesson on science" Kagome said frantically as she looked to her watch.

"What!" Sesshomaru said slightly amazed. 'Surely... this Inu, couldn't be... Inuyasha...' he thought, 'I need to find this on my own...'

Sesshomaru relinquished the hold he had on Sessho, but not before saying something else.

"Can I come along?" Sessho blurted out before he could stop himself after he put on the bracelet. 'Listen... demon... I will NOT go to see that fool again!!!' Sessho said mentally to the spirit.

Kagome looked at him with a puzzled look on her face.

"For once we share something in common, human... but this is something I need to know... or I could just take over you again..." Sesshomaru warned.

"I have a strong background of sciences" Sessho said calmly yet as if he were forced to say it.

"Great! The more the merrier right? And you'll finally be able to get along with Inu! I know we'll get something good out of this" Kagome said to a wincing Sessho.

"I hope so" said Sessho in a bored tone, "You owe me, demon!!!!" he thought angrily as he followed Kagome out of the music room.

SunMoon1285: (puts baseball bat away) yay! Another chapter good and done

(Sesshomaru limps next to her with bruises all over him)

Sesshomaru: You are one interesting wench... your moods fluctuate very much

SunMoon1285: Writing lets me let off some steam... AND YOU ATE MY COOKIES!!!!

Sesshomaru: Sheesh... those cookies go straight to your butt

SunMoon1285: (smirking) Well... At least I don't have flabby abs... (pokes at Sessho's belly Pillsbury-style)

Sesshomaru: So we're both quite out of shape... but I am simply hot!!!

SunMoon1285: I'm going to the gym now... Well readers please review and no flames... previews are right below... Bye!

Sesshomaru: Please don't go.... (runs after SunMoon1285)

Preview Chapter 6:

"You feel like you're disappearing aren't you, Sessho? I'm going to let you in for a little secret. Every time you remove the bracelet... a part of you vanishes, while the spirit within you gains more control within you. When he controls you completely, which is after the third removal... you will go to sleep... becoming what he once was... and Sesshomaru's powers will be mine," Nara warned the youth before him.

"I warned you about this bracelet... that it was not what it seems... you're a fool for not listening... now RELEASE ME!!"

"You knew about me?" Sessho asked.

"You are not JUST my reincarnation... but unlike the others... YOU ARE ME... I will overtake you completely... release me and you'll be free" the voice answered.

"Never... never again" Sessho spat out, realizing that it would me he would disappear forever.

"Fool... you're merely a shell, a carcass... who does not have a destiny. Your only role is to bring the Taiyoukai back to this time" Nara added, "You thought you we alive, didn't you?