Is This Love?

Authoress: Ahahahahah!!!! Left ya at a cliffhanger last time! What happened to Inuyasha and

Sesshomaru...what about Kagome? But...I must continue with the story...yeah...gotta...I'm

trying reeeeeally hard to finish this sometime soon...it isn't working out well...

Sesshomaru: -_-;;

Inuyasha: ^-_-;^

Authoress: *points* Dog Ears!!!

Kagome:^-^

Disclaimer: I own nada...zip...nothing...I have not a penny to my name...none of them... *bawls* I

wanna own Sesshy...he's soooooo SEXY!!!! And Koga and Miroku....they're just as SEXY as

Sesshy...just in other areas...but I want them!!!...but *sniffles* I can't have them...

Oh well...my pictures and fanfics'll have to do for now...

Chapter Three:

New Injuries

Kagome opened her eyes slowly, wincing in pain. Her arms and legs burned and ached as

she recalled what happened before she passed out.



*Flashback*

"KAGOME!!!!" Inuyasha cried as he landed next to the miko, checking to make sure she

wasn't going to die.

Inuyasha...but...didn't...you...Kagome wondered, blinking her eyes to remove the blood.

She glanced in front of her and saw that she was wrong in her assumption. She thought the

golden eyes belonged to Inuyasha...but Sesshomaru was laying in a puddle of his own blood.

Kagome could not feel a great deal of energy coming from the demon lord. It wasn't fading...it

was just so faint, she could hardly sense it. Why...why did Sesshomaru protect me? Kagome

asked herself as she stared at the youkai. His body was covered in gashes, bruises, there were

broken bones sticking out of his skin, but the worst wound was one that Kagome could feel

coming from inside his body. She could tell it wasn't a physical wound...but a mental one.

Kagome felt her consciousness begin to slip as she continued to stare at Sesshomaru,

wondering why he saved her life.

*End Flashback*

"Hey, you're awake," Sango whispered as she knelt down next to Kagome. She lost so

much blood...but she's still alive...and fine...Sango thought to herself as she helped the miko sit

up. Kagome glanced around and saw that she was in a large room that was very unfamiliar.

"Where...where are we?" Kagome asked, looking at her friend.

"Sesshomaru's castle. After you passed out, that weird toad thing came by and Rin

forced him to bring us here. We couldn't stay at the wolf den..."

"Why?"

"All...all the wolves and wolf demons were killed...Koga's still in a state of

shock...Inuyasha's trying to snap him out of it...but Miroku, Shippou, and Kohaku left this

morning to go bury the bodies..." Sango replied quietly.

"And Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked curiously.

"Come with me," Sango answered, helping Kagome out of the soft bed. She led Kagome

out of the room and down the large hallway. She stopped at a wooded door and when she

opened it, Kagome could sense something very weak coming from inside. She walked in, wincing

in pain every time she put her weight on one her legs. She saw a large bed in the center of the

room. She walked closer and saw it was occupied. Kagome wondered momentarily why she

didn't smell the blood that had already soaked through the sheets and blankets on the bed.

"Why haven't you put bandages on any of his wounds?" Kagome asked as she stared at

Sesshomaru's face, which was covered in drying blood. She glanced back at Sango and noticed

the demon exterminator hadn't entered the room.

"He won't let us...he won't let anyone come near him...not even Rin or Jaken..." Sango

replied quietly. It was hell to get him here...between Inuyasha and Koga...they tied him up...then

they had to carry him all the way here...thrashing around, clawing at them...and he was

unconscious...Sango thought to herself.

Kagome glanced back down at Sesshomaru, sensing a great deal of pain coming from

him. She moved a little closer to the bed, close enough that she could sit down next to the demon

lord. Sesshomaru started freaking out when we came into his room...and Kagome's sitting next

to him...Sango thought to herself, wondering why the Lord of the Western Lands was tolerating

Kagome being near him.

Kagome gently touched the side of Sesshomaru's face and saw that the wounds had

begun to heal. She glanced up and saw that on a table near the bed were bandages, so she

grabbed a few and pulled down the blankets so that she could wrap his wounds. Kagome gasped

when she saw the state of his upper body. His clothes and armor were still on, but both, even

down to his tail, were drenched in blood. Kagome gently untied his Tensuiga (Authoress: Did I

spell it right?!) and placed it on the table. She then untied his armor and wondered why he wore

such heavy things as she rolled them onto the floor, unable to lift them. She removed his shirt,

being careful not to snag the shredded material on the bones that were sticking out of his body.

Kagome finally removed the sash and pants, blushing slightly as she glanced up at Sango. "Could

you get me some water to wash him...and something to use as splints..."

"Hai." Sango left the doorway. Kagome looked back at Sesshomaru. Sango said you

wouldn't let anyone near you...so why me? Kagome asked herself, brushing away a few strands

of Sesshomaru's hair from his face.

"What do you want?" Sesshomaru asked quietly, opening one eye to look at Kagome.

She fell off the bed in surprise and when she looked up, she saw that the demon lord was staring

at her.

"Um...I... I...thought you were sleeping..." Kagome replied, unable to stop staring at the

naked demon. She blushed furiously as she forced herself to stare at his eyes and no other part of

him. "Are...are you alright?"

"Why?"

"Why what?" Kagome asked, discovering that Sesshomaru's and Inuyasha's eyes were

very similar in color, but Sesshomaru's held a coldness that the hanyou's didn't.

"Why did you risk your life to protect Rin?" Sesshomaru asked, sitting up slowly.

"Why did you save me?"

"You saved my life...I was repaying you."

Repaying? When did I save his life? Oh...when he was hurt by that dragon... Kagome

thought to herself. "Are you okay?"

Sesshomaru didn't answer, but he slowly got out of his bed. Kagome wondered how he

didn't grimace in pain as he stood straight up. Kagome, who was still on the floor, was getting a

fabulous view, so she turned her head so she could stare at something else besides her friend's

older...nude...brother. Kagome saw him beginning to collapse out of the corner of her eye, so she

turned and caught him before he hit the floor. Stupid...just as hardheaded as Inuyasha...you're

hurt and you think you're perfectly fine...Kagome thought to herself as she stared at

Sesshomaru, who was, once again, unconscious. Kagome wondered how she could get him

back in his bed, since she still had to tend to his wounds. She, after much yelling at the injured

youkai to wake up, and letting him lean on her, got him into the bed and he, now fully awake,

watched her walk around the room.

"Kagome..." Sango said quietly as she appeared in the doorway, a pitcher of water and

splints in her arms. Kagome thanked her as she took the things and arranged them on the table

near the youkai. She swore she heard Sesshomaru mumble something about humans and their

medicine, but when she turned to look at the inu-youkai, he was giving Sango a death glare.

Sango left, saying she would go check on Koga. Kagome, relieved that the tension was gone,

began soaking a cloth in the warm water. She gently washed Sesshomaru's face, trying not to

reopen his wounds. She then began working her way down his body, discovering that he was

getting uncomfortable with her washing his lower body. Kagome chuckled as she finished

washing him, only reopening a few small wounds, and decided to set his bones first. She didn't

give Sesshomaru any warning when she forced the bones in his right leg back in place. He didn't

protest, but she could see that as she set the other leg and his arm, his body tensed. Kagome then

set the ribs that were broken and wrapped hi s wounds. Almost all of them had begun to heal, all

except for the ones that were undoubtedly created by Kagura. Those ones, two diagonally across

his chest and one across his abdomen, were deeper than any other wound and still bled, but not as

badly as Kagome thought they would.

"Are you feeling any better?" Kagome asked as she glanced down at Sesshomaru after

she finished washing her hands. I would have healed him...but I'm too weak...Kagome thought to

herself. Sesshomaru wouldn't answer her, but she noticed he lowered his head a bit. "Thank

you for saving me...and for not killing Inuyasha..."

"I'll kill him..." Sesshomaru promised her.

"What...what happened to you that made you hate Inuyasha so much? You worshiped

him before..." Kagome commented, knowing it was none of her business.

"Humans are despicable creatures...and deserve to die..."

"Well...you don't seem to mind Rin or me," Kagome pointed out and getting a growl from

Sesshomaru. She couldn't help but laugh at his pitiful state. She knew he wanted her to give

him a reason to why she was laughing. "You're so strange. You hate humans and half

demons...but I'm the only person you'll let near you...and you saved both my and Rin's lives..."

"Exceptions can be made," Sesshomaru mumbled so quietly, Kagome almost didn't hear

him. She smiled at his answer and decided that from that point on, she would prove to him

humans and hanyous weren't that bad.

Authoress: Fwanananana!!! Oh another cliffhanger for you people!!! Don't you want to know

what happens with Sesshomaru: Lord of all Sexiness...West side of the Sexiness pyramid...of

course...Koga's got East, Miroku South...and (as if you couldn't guess)...Jaken's got

North...yeah...don't try to deny that little green toad man doesn't turn ya on!!! (Sarcasm...if you

were beginning to worry)

Jaken: *blushes*

Sesshomaru: *sighs*

Inuyasha: WHAT ABOUT ME!!!!! *sobs* I'm Sexy!!!

Miroku: No, you're...you...

Koga: And I love him because of that! *sticks out tongue at monk as he holds hanyou

possessively* Mine...and no one else's...not even for the pyramid! *pets hanyou's head* you're

sexy, don't worry...

Inuyasha: *purrs*

Authoress: ^____^ so cute...Well...anyway...Naraku's on the underneath of the pyramid...and

Myoga's at the tip...still gotta find a place for Kohaku, Shippou, and Sota...*converses with self*

we could put them on the corners...but we need to find somebody else...* TOTOSAI!!!! (dunno if

I spelled it correctly...but the dude who made Sesshomaru *worships in corner of room for

moment* and Inuyasha's swords...O.O;;...oh...that didn't sound right...) Yeah, wrinkly AND

pointy ears...how much better can ya get...he's even balding! Well...back on to the main

topic...the next few parts...they'll be getting baaaaaaddd...well...not really, Sesshomaru and Koga

are in them...so they're not that bad...but the next few parts will be mainly why this story was

rated R...and of course the Yaoi thing in chappy two...but that's only the beginnin'...