Chapter 6

"Kagome sure has been gone a while." Inuyasha complained. It was very dark and about 11:00p.m. in Kagome's time. The girls and Inuyasha were in Kagome's room waiting for her to come back.

"Well what do you expect Inuyasha? After you said something that mean to her I would do the same." Sango said rolling out a futon on the floor.

"I would have just shot an arrow at you probably. But of course you wouldn't say such things to me. You never have." Kikyo said rolling another futon next to Kagome's bed.

"Hmmm. Yeah I know all that but," Inuyasha paused. Souta came in the room.

"She's still not back yet? Where do you think she went?" Souta said concerned.

"Maybe she went back through the well." Sango said.

"No. She would have been back a while ago, and she would have taken her stuff with her." Inuyasha thought of some more possibilities. He knew her all too well.

"Maybe she's using my clothes from a while ago. She really could be over there Inuyasha." Kikyo said. "I can't feel her anywhere nearby."

"And I can't smell her." Inuyasha looked really worried.

"So you think something bad happened to her?" Souta said.

"Don't worry. Just go to bed. She'll probably be back in the morning." Sango was trying not to make Kagome's little brother worry.

"Okay. I hope she is alright." Souta closed the door and went to his room.

"Do you think she got delayed or lost track of time?" Sango said once he left.

"No." Kikyo and Inuyasha said together. Although it was true that that happened a lot to Kagome, this felt totally different. It really seemed like something bad had happened to her. Kikyo was starting to worry too. Sango looked at them both.

"How about we just go search for her?" Sango suggested.

"I think we should. Sango you stay here incase she comes back." Inuyasha pulled three walkie-talkies out of his pockets. He gave two to Sango. "Call us if you find her. We'll go through the well to see if we can find her. You look on this side. Take Hojo with you if you must and give the other walkie-talkie to the kid. He'll stay here and if she gets back he'll call us okay?" Inuyasha was taking charge.

"Wait a second. Why can't I go with you?" Sango asked, trying not to show emotion.

"We'll cover more ground if we all split up." He pulled out another walkie-talkie and handed it to Kikyo. "We're all splitting up. Kikyo and I will check the village first and then we'll go our separate ways." Inuyasha looked away from Sango. "We've got to find her. I will, even if it's the last thing I do." Inuyasha sounded determined. He lifted Kikyo onto his back and flew out the window to the well house.

"Sure, that's right, first priority is finding Kagome. This is no time to be acting like this. We've got to find her." She was choking back the tears in her eyes. He was really determined to find her. He really did love her. Of course her love would be one-sided. That was her last thought before she walked out Kagome's room and into Souta's to tell him what was going on.

"Uhnnn..." My head hurts. I wonder why. It's really dark. Where am I? Kagome looked around but could find no source of light. She suddenly noticed that her arms and legs were bound together with rope. It was really tight around her legs too. She kept wiggling to find that she was stuck. She couldn't break free.

"So have you finally woken up?" An icy voice behind her said startling her. She almost jumped out of her skin.

"Who are you? Where am I? What am I doing here?" Kagome started spiting out questions uncontrollably.

"Many questions to answer. I didn't think Inuyasha's wench could talk to fast and so much."

"Sesshomaru?" Kagome guessed.

"You guess right. You are in my castle in the east lands. For many fields by, this is all my territory. It is a very huge piece that I am proud to say I took by force." Kagome winced.

"So I wasn't dreaming. You and Naraku brought me here didn't you?"

"Naraku? That's right, you do know Naraku don't you? Yes we both saw you at the same time and all he wanted was the Shikon jewel shards you were supposed to have but he didn't find them so he left you there."

"So why am I here?" Kagome asked confused.

"You are here because I brought you here." Sesshomaru said flat out.

"You what?" Kagome asked. She obviously didn't here him right.

"I brought you here." Sesshomaru said again. He got up and walked over to where she was originally facing. He pulled back a curtain and revealed the moonlight. The moonlight cast upon his face perfectly, making him seem more human than demon.

"What are you going to do with me? Why did you bring me here?" Kagome was really confused now.

"Rin wanted me to bring you with us. She didn't want to leave you hurt and unarmed in the middle of the forest like that so she insisted we take you along with us." Sesshomaru looked out the window. "But as you can see, it is night time now so she requested that you stay the night and go back to that half breed brother of mine in the morning."

"That was nice of her. Thanks. Please tell her I said that okay?" He looked at her when her happy face went sour.

"Is there something wrong? I would be happy to let you go tonight if you wish." Sesshomaru said.

"No, it's not that. I'm just sort of getting tired."

"You've been asleep for 6 hours and you're still tired? Fine do as you wish. I'll leave you alone now." Sesshomaru turned and opened a door Kagome swore wasn't there a second ago. The light outside the door lit up the whole room. It was a huge room with a beautiful stuff in it.

"Wait!" Kagome yelled.

"What? Can't you walk on your own?"

"I can but I can't untie these ropes by myself!"

Sesshomaru went around to her back to untie the ropes. "Would you stop squirming? You're worse than Rin."

"I'm sorry! I just need to move- Whoooaaaa!!!!" Kagome started falling over and Sesshomaru tried to catch her but failed and fell over her. When they both opened their eyes, Sesshomaru was centimeters from her face. He was looking straight into her eyes unable to move or look away. The only thing he could do was say, "Pathetic... human..." Without either of their knowing it, they got closer and closer until the point it seemed like they were going to kiss. At that moment Rin popped out of nowhere.

She said, "Sessy-sama, can you read a book to Rin? Rin can't fall asleep." The two looked over at the girl in the hallway and quickly backed away from each other. Luckily the little girl was to busy rubbing her eyes to notice them together.

"You are free from the ropes now, if you look in that door over there, there are plenty of clothes for you to wear." He walked to the door, took Rin's hand, and closed the door behind them.

Kagome's heart was surprisingly beating fast. What the heck am I doing? she thought to herself. I've got a boyfriend, sort of. And it's his brother! She beat herself up and then got up to look for a light switch. She turned on the lights and looked in the closet. There were many clothes just like he said. She found a nightgown that was too fancy for her but it seemed to be the only one she thought was a gown that was in there. It was a shear white lacy gown that had a v-neck down to the top of her stomach. The gown went all the way down to the floor but had slits all the way up to the middle of her thigh. She looked great in it and it seemed to fit her perfectly. She was admiring herself in the mirror when there was a knock at the door.

"Yes?" She said startled. It had been about 1 hour since Rin and Sesshomaru left her room.

"The lord would like to see you." A servant said.

"I'll be out in a second." She was hoping he wouldn't mind. After all he did say that she could use the clothes in there.

Kagome finally arrived at Sesshomaru's room after walking what seemed like a mile or two. The servant showed her the way but left as soon as they got there. Kagome didn't see Sesshomaru anywhere.

"Sesshomaru?" She started looking around the huge room that was obviously bigger than her house. Her room was as big as one of the house floor levels. She didn't move too far away from the door, for fear of getting lost in the room. The room had a stairwell and she went up the stairs. "Sesshomaru? Where are you?" It got darker as she went up farther. Every once in a while she had to stop to let her eyes adjust to the light. She didn't see him anywhere. She finally reached the top of the steps and found Sesshomaru on his bed looking down at Rin. He looked up to see her in front of the stairs. He stood up and motioned to go back downstairs. They did so and downstairs he started talking to her.

"I didn't answer you because Rin is a very light sleeper, if I had said something she would have woken up."

"Oh. I'm sorry."

"Its okay." He looked at her and finally noticed what she was wearing. He looked away after studying her a little more.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Should I have not worn this gown? I can go put it back-"

"No, its okay. I don't mind. You just look a lot like her..."

"A lot like who?" Kagome asked and then knew she shouldn't have. She turned around embarrassed. "I'm so sorry. I guess I shouldn't even be asking you, huh?" She was fidgeting with her thumbs because she had nothing else to do. "So uh- what did you-" Kagome was cut off short when she felt something holding her, embracing her. She knew it was Sesshomaru but she just didn't think it was him.

"You look exactly like her, but you act nothing like her. I don't care if you are or aren't her, I'm never letting you go this time." He said. He held onto her tightly.

"I look like who?" She said stumbling on the words.

"My sister Kikyo."

TO BE CONTINUED