Is This Love?

Authoress: Yeah...the last part there was kinda...no, it WAS a cliffhanger...but

anyways...*munches on another pocky stick*...I've got ideas...but only so many hours in the day

that I'm allowed on the computer...my parents are restraining my creativity!!! *sobs* just 'cuz

I've been on the computer half of my time over the past year doesn't mean anything...

Inuyasha: What'd ya do, find out what the mouse does?

Authoress: *death glare* no...I've been writing a novel...damn hanyou...*whips out stacks of

paper* look...*searches through papers, finally finding a large chunk of them* this is part one,

that's part two...over here's part three...but I'm still not finished...my friends (who are almost, but

not quite, as weird as me) think I should publish it...yeah...I will one day...Whatever...back to the

story...

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha! Do you people like to torture me with that fact!!...*sniffles* I

know I'll never own my Sexy Western, Southern, or Eastern side of my pyramid...I can't even

have a corner, bottom or tip...it's not fair...Wait *thinks for a moment* that leaves Jaken...*smiles

at toad dude*

Jaken: *gulps* O.O M..master Se...Sesshomaru...*hides behind the dog demon* save this

unworthy Jaken!

Chapter Five:

Advice

Kagome climbed up the ladder and slipped into the house silently, not wanting to wake her

mother, brother, or grandfather up. "Kagome, you're home!" Sota cried as he wrapped his arms

around Kagome.

"Uh...yeah..." Kagome replied as the child detached himself from her. She glanced up and

saw her mother and grandfather were up, waiting for her.

"It's been nearly a month! What've you been doing in Feudal Japan?" Kagome's mother

asked her daughter. Kagome's never spent so much time away from home...I hope nothing

happened...

"Well...I meant to come home about a week or so ago, but a friend of mine got hurt and I

had to stay," Kagome answered.

"Inuyasha? Is he okay!?" Sota questioned, glancing up at Kagome.

"Inuyasha's fine...I was talking about his brother, Sesshomaru..."

"I thought you said he was an evil demon," Kagome's mother pointed out. I'm sure

Kagome said that this Sesshomaru wanted to kill Inuyasha.

"He's not that bad...I got to know him a little better..." Kagome replied, not wanting her

family to know that she had a crush on the Lord of the Western Lands. Sota would never leave

me alone after that...Kagome thought to herself. "I'm going up to take a shower..."

Friend...if I didn't know better, I'd say Kagome's hiding something from us...Kagome's

mother thought to herself as she watched her daughter walk into the house and up to the

bathroom.

Well...I guess I'll stay here for a few days...or at least until I can figure out what I feel for

Sesshomaru...Kagome thought to herself as she peeled off her clothes and turned on the water.

Kagome didn't knowhow the youkai lord felt towards her, except for the fact he preferred her

company to anyone else's...but that wasn't saying much, since Kagome was the only person

besides Rin not afraid of angering the youkai. He probably doesn't talk much because no one

talks to him, Kagome thought as the water beaded down her face. If I could just figure out what

humans did to him to make him hate them so much...all Inuyasha would tell me was that they

killed his mother...but...that night...when Sesshomaru returned to normal...he was covered in

wounds...if I'm right and humans did all that to him...no wonder he hates them so much.

Sesshomaru must think we're all monsters...

"Kagome! Are you almost done?" Sota asked as he pounded on the door. Kagome

sighed, finishing up her shower. "Inuyasha's waiting for you in your room...says he has

something he has to talk to you about!"

Inuyasha? I haven't even been gone a day...Kagome thought to herself as she turned off

the water and wrapped a towel around herself. She raced into her room and saw the hanyou

inspecting her newest clock. "Is there something you wanted?"

Inuyasha spun around, a guilty look on his face as he set the clock back down.

"Um...well...I wanted to talk to you about Sesshomaru..."

"What about him?" Kagome asked, curious to know why the hanyou came to the future to

see her about his brother. Did something happen to Sesshomaru...did he get hurt again?

"I wanted to know what kind of...relationship...you two have..." Inuyasha cringed,

expecting Kagome to say the 'S' word. Not again...she's gonna get mad...and I'm going to do

face plants on the floor...

"We're friends, Inuyasha...is that the reason you came to see me?" Kagome asked

curiously. He wanted to know about me and Sesshomaru...is he worried about me or

Sesshomaru?

"Partly...the other part doesn't matter..."

"What do you mean?"

"If you were something else besides friends...then I'd tell you...but it's not that

important..." Inuyasha replied, relieved that his brother and human friend weren't lovers. Well,

then Myoga's theory is impossible.

*Flashback*

"Lord Inuyasha...do you remember what I taught you about youki transfers?" Myoga

asked, glancing up from his master's shoulder.

"No, not really..."

"Well...in order for a youki transfer, both demons have to merge souls..."

"That's not possible with Kagome and Sesshomaru...they would never merge souls..."

Inuyasha replied. When two souls merge...they are two halves of one body...they cannot live for

long without the other, so most die after the other is killed...and they become more like one

another...Inuyasha thought to himself.

"I don't think they'd merge souls...but there is always a possibility that they could have

done it without telling anyone..." Myoga pointed out.

"I'll go ask Kagome..."

"But...don't tell her anything about this if you find out that they aren't merged souls..."

Myoga replied. Naraku might find out that they can use one another's powers...and he'd use it to

his advantage...Myoga thought to himself as he watched the hanyou race off towards the well that

would bring him to Kagome's time.

*End Flashback*



"Inuyasha, I don't like it when you keep something from me..." Kagome stated, glaring at

the hanyou. What is so damned important that no one will tell me about it?!

"I'm not allowed to tell you," Inuyasha replied. So, Kagome and Sesshomaru aren't soul

merged...so how did they use one another's powers? They would know if they merged

souls...and I'm sure Kagome would tell me if they did something like that...wouldn't she? She

and Sesshomaru don't seem to be any more than friends...and in order to merge souls...the two

have to be lovers...or at least that's what Myoga told me...

"Inuyasha," Kagome said threateningly. "I know all of you are keeping something from

me and I want to know what it is...right now!"

She...she doesn't remember using Sesshomaru's youki...what she doesn't know can't hurt

her... Inuyasha thought to himself. "I can't."

"You're really starting to bug me, Inuyasha. If it's about me, I deserve to know!"

Kagome exclaimed. What could it possibly be that they're all trying to keep from me?

"Well...Myoga's going to kill me for telling you this...but we all thought that you and

Sesshomaru might...might have merged souls..." Inuyasha admitted. That flea's going to suck all

of my blood now...

"Merged souls? What does that mean?"

"Y..you...don't know what it is to merge souls?" Inuyasha asked, dumbfounded. As a

miko, she should know...he thought to himself. Kagome shook her head, so he explained, "when

two youkai merge souls...they...can use each other's youki. But in order for demons to be able to

use one another's energy, they have to trust one another completely and their energies have to be

perfectly equal...most demons don't merge souls because...if one dies, the other will die soon

after..."

"And what does this have to do with me? I'm not a demon..."

"Well, we thought that you and Sesshomaru merged souls...because...because the other

night...you used one another's powers...I mean...well...you used Sesshomaru's youki to save

Rin...and he used your miko powers to...stop Kagura and Kanna," Inuyasha replied.

"I...I didn't use Sesshomaru's youki...did I?" Kagome asked, glancing over at the hanyou.

Sesshomaru...trust me completely...and our powers aren't equal...he's much more powerful than

me...and...I didn't use his youki...Kagome thought to herself.

"Well...you moved faster than humanly possible...and when you fainted, demonic marks

were still on you face...but they faded after a while..." Inuyasha answered. "We...we've all been

trying to figure out how you and Sesshomaru did that...but it is impossible...your energies should

have destroyed one another..."

How is it possible? Sesshomaru and I used one another's powers...I didn't even know I

was...we haven't merged souls... "How do demons merge souls?"

"They have to be lovers...and...both have to go through a whole ceremony...I'm not sure

what exactly they do..." Inuyasha replied.

Well..then Sesshomaru and I haven't merged souls...we're definitely not lovers...and I

don't remember having any ceremonies lately...Kagome thought to herself, smiling. I don't know

why...but I know that there is something about Sesshomaru...

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"Mom...what does being in love feel like?" Kagome asked as she and her mother sat down

outside. I have to return to the Feudal Era soon...and, strangely enough, I can't wait to return...

"It's different for everyone, Kagome...why do you ask?"

"I...I think I seriously might be in love..." Kagome admitted.

"Inuyasha?"

"No...he and Koga love each other..." Kagome replied. "I...I think I might be in love with

Sesshomaru...but I don't know why. I mean, we hardly know each other...he hates humans...I

still think of him as a cold, emotionless killer...but..."

"You feel different when you're around him?"

"Hai...I don't know how to describe it...it's like my whole body freezes...my heart

pounds...and the more I get to know him, the more I like him," Kagome answered. It could just

be a crush, Kagome said inwardly.

"I think you should talk to him. Does he feel the same towards you?"

"I don't know...he's not exactly the 'open' type..." Kagome replied. Could Sesshomaru

feel the same towards me? I don't think he does...but he is very good at hiding things about

himself...

"Well, you should still talk to him, make him answer you..." Kagome's mother suggested.

"And what if he doesn't feel the same about me?" Kagome asked, looking up at her

mother. He probably doesn't...he hates humans...how could he fall in love with me?

"Then life will remain the same, but if the feelings between you two are mutual, I give you

my blessing," Kagome's mother replied, smiling.

"Thanks, Mom," Kagome said as she hugged her mother, trying to think of how she

would bring up such a topic the next time she saw Sesshomaru.



Authoress: *sniffles* don't those family moments just get ya? *reaches for the Kleenex, falling

out of chair and landing on head* X.X

Inuyasha: is she dead?

Miroku: *pokes her with staff, then pocky stick* Hai...

Koga: O.O;;;; W...what's that?! *points at small child walking into the room*

Child in periwinkle blue and pink, brown hair and eyes: Hello, I'm Koenma...you must be the ones

who killed her...*glares at Inuyasha*

Inuyasha: O.O No...not me!!! She fell out of the chair on her own!

Koenma: *brings Authoress back to life*

Authoress: Hi! What are you doing here, Koenma? *glomps the child* I thought you said the

next time I'd see you would be when I...died...*panics* OH GODS!!! I'M DEAD!!!!!

Inuyasha: O.o; I really don't know her...

Koenma: No, you're not. I brought you back...they've made a deal that you die for the next fifty

years...the last time was hell...

Authoress: your dad still can't be mad about me destroying half of the Rekai...Really...all I did

was open a portal here and there...

Koenma: you let ALL of the souls from hell escape into the Spirit World! We still haven't found

most of them! Oh...my father and their leader had to make a deal...dunno why he and my father

AGREED on forcing you to live for another half century...I would think the leader of hell would

want you to wreak havoc...

Deep Voice: why can't you stay in the Rekai?

Inuyasha, Koga, Miroku: SESSHOMARU!?!?!?!?!?

Koenma: well, hello to you too, Satan...

Authoress: yes...Satan and Sesshomaru are one and the same...and Koenma is God...(the Ouija

board told us so) Anyway...bit off topic here...next chapter there is sure to be some

fluffiness...*worships Sesshomaru for a moment*...and not just my Fluffy...*grabs Sesshomaru

and begins petting his tail*

Koenma: *whimpers* what about me? *changes into teenage form*

Authoress: *drools and glomps the bishonen deity* Now that I'm happy...I'll write the next part...