Authors Notes: I GOT 312 REVEIWS! I love you guys so much. You've made me happy enough that I've been doing mega work on this story and my other one, just so there isn't too much wait, ya know? SO I have decided the day the epilogue of this story is posted(and there will be one), Imma post the prologue of my newest story. Now, onto the story. Some lemony content, nothing too graphic, and some light humor.

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Bad Day

Chapter 26- Are We Still Confused At All?

(Ill love you forever if you know what song that's from)

Kagome sighed, the time had come for her to go back through the well. She took one last look at Sesshoumaru, who kissed her passionately again. He gripped her hand tightly one last time and she dropped into the well, waving goodbye.

When she arrived at the bottom, she looked up and saw the blue skies above her. Suddenly a shadow loomed over the well and Kagome saw Kentetsu's face, as well as Shippou's and Onryou's. She climbed up and was helped out by Onryou. She was still somewhat mad with the one of the future, who had merely joked about the entire incident he had caused, which included a very embarrassed Shippou walking in on the couple as they had been making love in the future.

"Welcome back mama!" Shippou exclaimed. Kagome smiled down at her son as she set her bag on the giant leaf and then picked him up and hugged him.

She thought about his children and the slight crush her brother had developed on the little half kitsune Sango. It was weird, but okay she supposed.

"You smell of Sesshoumaru, how is that possible?" Onryou asked suddenly. Kagome blushed deeply and then sighed.

"Mama knows the one in the future, and one time she kissed him on the cheek!" Shippou stated.

"He's not to hear of it," Kagome added, her meaning clear.

"It's good to see you again child. And you look wonderful and happy I might add," Kentetsu added.

"Thank you. Now, I guess it's time to go," She said sadly. Kentetsu nodded knowingly, and Onryou still looked somewhat stunned. After all, it wasn't up until today that he had truly believed the girl traveled through time.

The conversation was easy as they flew to Sesshoumaru's castle. Up until Kagome asked about Inu Yasha.

"How is he?" She asked quietly.

"Sesshoumaru has let him have free roam of the castle. There's a barrier to keep him inside, but for now he merely stays in his rooms mostly, sometimes he goes out to the gardens and has tea with Kaede. He is still very morose about what he did when he let his beat take over," Kentetsu told her.

"I see. Has he calmed down any?" She asked him.

"He is talking with people, except Sesshoumaru. Inu Yasha was a bit shell shocked to find that he was given some respect in the castle, but most of the youkai remember how his birth came about, and like Sesshoumaru, they resent him and his mother still. Everyone will always think Hasu was the reason for Akari's death, and they all loved Akari very much. No one will ever forget what happened, so long as the people there are alive," Kentetsu said sadly.

Kagome nodded, wanting to explain her strange dream, that Akari had let herself die, and that she watched over Sesshoumaru now, but Kagome thought Kentetsu might laugh at her and call her insane. Hell, she thought she was more than a little cracked sometimes!

The conversation stopped and everyone fell silent as they flew the rest of the way to the castle. Kagome wondered if Inu Yasha would talk to her, knowing what she and Sesshoumaru had done. Knowing that she had done it with the same man, but in two different times!

When they arrived, a servant told them that Sango and Miroku were in the garden with Kaede and Sesshoumaru. Kagome wondered if Inu Yasha would ever be included in the talks and almost smacked herself. Sesshoumaru would never trust Inu Yasha now!

When they arrived in the garden, they walked into the small teahouse and sat after bowing formally. Kagome sat next to Sango, and no one failed to notice it was the furthest seat away from Sesshoumaru.

"When do we head out next?" Kagome asked simply.

"After fighting against both of your friends in the dojo, I have come to the conclusion that both are very able bodied and have a good mind for tactics. I have been speaking with Kentetsu and what Kouga said is true. Inu Yasha did have three shards at one point, and the wolf demon has two. There are four others scattered about Japan, and after questioning some people while you were gone, I found that two are here on the mainland. One is in the general area of Morioka, which is near here. The other is reported to be in Hirosaki, which is also close. Unfortunately, the other two have been taken to the islands of Nansei and Naha.

"Since I am fast, I decided you and I would go to the islands while your friends go to the nearer shards. Then when we are done we come back here, and ten we go after the undead miko's and Kouga's, agreed?" Sesshoumaru asked.

Kagome wanted to protest being separated from her friends, but then she thought about it.

Time with Sesshoumaru…

Alone.

"Alright," She told him, nodding her agreement. The others looked at the two and saw the apathetic mask of Sesshoumaru and Kagome's seeming sadness and frustration.

And all silently agreed that it might be best if Sesshoumaru and Kagome did have time alone together. Even if it meant for a few weeks, which was possible despite Sesshoumaru's speed.

"We leave at dawn tomorrow," he told them, then stood and left them. Kagome sighed, her eyes following him as he went into the gardens his mother had turned into her niche from life.

"Kagome, we talked to Inu Yasha, he wants to see you," Miroku said in a quiet tone. Kagome nodded, knowing there would be a battle ahead of her.

She stood and left the group. Not once did she look back, knowing concerned and pitying glances would be all that met her gaze. And she didn't want that. She knew she and Sesshoumaru would be together. And if not, she would always have the memories of their love.

Inu Yasha turned and looked at Kagome as she entered and slid the door shut behind her. His eyes softened for a moment, then turned back to their normal cold state.

"You smell like him," Inu Yasha accused.

"I cannot help who I love," She answered simply. Inu Yasha sighed.

"He'll only hurt you Kagome."

"No. You saw me with the future one. Sesshoumaru has…Changed. I can't speak for the one you know, but I know the Sesshoumaru I the future loves me," Kagome told him in a soft voice.

"How? What changes him so much?" Inu Yasha shouted.

"I wish I knew. I'd do it so much sooner if I knew. That way maybe the Sesshoumaru of this time would love me too," Kagome sniffled. A solitary tear slipped from her eye.

"Kagome, I don't want to see you hurting," Inu Yasha said, his eyes softening again.

"Inu Yasha, you have no right to say that. I loved you for so long, and you only threw that back at me, I saw you and Kikyo. I will always care for you, as a friend. But my heart belongs to Sesshoumaru now," Kagome told him. Inu Yasha sighed.

"I've been thinking about all of this these past few days. About what you said about my father, and how he treated Sesshoumaru. Maybe you're right. I don't know. I know my father died defending my mother, and that he always treated me well. I never saw much of Sesshoumaru. The most vivid memory I have of him is when I was little and he tried to kill my father," Inu Yasha told her.

"Because his mother had just died of a broken heart," Kagome whispered. She didn't add the thought that maybe she would too.

"It makes a twisted sort of truth. I guess I had never heard the full truth. I guess I understand a little bit more now. It's just hard to when Sesshoumaru and I are totally different," He told her.

Kagome looked at the hanyou, stunned. He was totally out of character! He had never opened up this much before! Especially not to her!

"Kentetsu gave me a talking to," Inu Yasha admitted, looking a little sullen. Kagome giggled at his tone. It sounded more like the Inu Yasha she knew.

Suddenly she sobered and looked the hanyou in the eyes. She felt so much stronger than the last time she had tried to.

"Inu Yasha, I will never stop loving Sesshoumaru. I know you don't like it, but I love him. You'll have to accept that. I trust him. I want you and I to stay friends, but to do that you'll have to accept those facts," Kagome told him as she walked towards the door.

"Just give me some time to get used to it," He told her. Kagome nodded her head and left the room, thanking Kami she had made that much progress with him.

And she suddenly dreaded the next day when before she had anticipated it.

What would happen with the apathetic youkai she loved?

Kagome rubbed her sore and aching muscles. She and Sesshoumaru had started at dawn, and it hadn't helped she had had so little sleep the night before. Not to mention the pace he set had been worse than the one from their travels last time. They must have covered over a hundred miles!

Groaning she opened her bag and pulled out some potato chips while Sesshoumaru sniffed the air. When she opened the bag he looked at her, startled.

"What are those?" He asked, sniffing the air with interest.

"Potato chips," She answered as she wolfed them down. They hadn't taken a break all day! Not even for food or water! He crouched across from her and pulled some sticks and leaves together, then got a flint from somewhere in his clothing and struck the pieces together. Kagome was about to mention she wasn't cold when a wind breezed by and chilled her straight to her bones. She scooted closer to the growing fire and hugged herself tightly.

The winds only grew worse. Kagome assumed they were near the ocean and that's why it had gotten so much colder. As she shivered, she cursed herself for forgetting to pack a sweater.

Suddenly a warmth dropped across her shoulders and she looked up, startled.

"You can't get sick. Use that as a blanket," he told her. Kagome wanted to thank him, then thought over his words. He sounded so...Pompous!

"I would rather die," She told him, shrugging the coat off.

"Put it on woman," He told her, growling.

"How can you be so cold to me? Damn it I told you I loved you and I meant it. I don't know if what happened was one sided but I'd like at least some acknowledgement from you!" She shouted at him. Sesshoumaru snarled and before Kagome knew it, she was pinned to the ground beneath his hard body, rocks digging painfully into her back.

She didn't want this. Not like this.

"What do you want Kagome? I won't let you control me," He said, confusing her. "I won't become my mother," He snarled.

"What do you mean?" Kagome asked, confused.

"You lay with me one night, and the next day you save my brother, you still care for him! I will not be toyed with," He practically barked.

Suddenly it became clear to Kagome. His actions after she had been in the room with Inu Yasha, what he must have seen. He must have misunderstood.

"Sesshoumaru, I love you, not Inu Yasha. I will never hurt you," She stated as she reached a hand up to trace the stripes on his face as she had done with his future self.

The youkai let out a noise akin to a groan as he crushed his lips against hers, his hands moving down her body, ripping her clothing savagely as he plunged his tongue into her mouth.

Their bodies moved together with a fierce urgency, both needing the comfort it could give them. When they shouted their release, Kagome felt his weight fall on top of her body and she smiled.

So he hadn't said anything about her words. She knew he cared. He had to.

"I love you Sesshoumaru," She whispered into his ear. His answer was to merely tighten his arm around her.

They continued to the islands, their days a gauntlet of lesser youkai and sore muscles. Their nights were spent making love over and over until they fell asleep, exhausted. Every night she told him she loved him, an every night he only held her closer to his body.

On their fourth day, Kagome sighed as they finally made it to the shore. Sesshoumaru had summoned a sort of cloud, and she lounged on it gratefully. It wasn't just the traveling that was making her muscles sore.

Sesshoumaru stood next to her as she lay on the cloud, and she felt lonely, as ridiculous as she told herself that was.

But as time passed and they crossed over the deep waters, her anxiety grew. She was okay with heights, but there was an ocean beneath her. And she knew it would be freezing.

Soon they landed and Kagome gratefully hopped off of the clued and almost kissed the ground in thankfulness.

Suddenly she felt the shard, a slight tugging within her.

"This way," She told him. Sesshoumaru nodded and followed her as she quickly walked towards the shard.

What she found almost made her smile, but then something caught her attention.

It had been too easy. She should have known better.

A large beast of some sort snarled at Kagome and Sesshoumaru.

Kagome examined it as she backed away. It looked very similar to a sort of cheetah. Would it be as fast as one?

When she saw a shard glittering in it's forehead, she had her answer.

Suddenly the creature pounced and Kagome screamed as Sesshoumaru pushed her behind him, and then drew Toukijin. She watched at the cheetah demon charged at impossible speeds, and Sesshoumaru went forward.

"Wait!" She screamed. Sesshoumaru ended up turning, and the demon charged right past him, then turned towards them once again

"What is it you infernal miko?" He snarled as he parried another of the beasts attacks.

"It's a mother protecting her cubs!" She shouted just as the youkai charged him again. Sesshoumaru growled, understanding what she was asking.

"I cannot spare her if she is trying to kill me!" He snarled as he moved once again.

Kagome saw it coming, but she hated it none the less.

Blood spurted everywhere, and she walked through the gore to get the shikon shard that lay in a pool of blood.

Sesshoumaru watched as Kagome grabbed it and held it for a moment. The shard stayed a beautiful pink. She looked more and more depressed by the minute.

"She was protecting her cubs. That's all the she wanted to do. The shard isn't tainted with greed," She told him, then held out her hand, offering him the shard.

Sesshoumaru had tangled with shards once before, and had no desire to do so again. He shook his head and Kagome put the shard in her little bag.

Kagome then walked over to the three youkai cubs and looked them over.

They were mewling gently.

Tears began pouring from her eyes. She suddenly hated the shikon jewel and everything to do with it!

Kagome turned and saw Sesshoumaru. He seemed to be in a sort of meditative pose. Suddenly an image appeared before him.

Kentetsu.

"Old man, send one of your leaves here. There are three youkai cubs with no mother," Sesshoumaru growled, then closed the image. Kagome sighed.

He had killed a mother protecting her young. But he was trying to save the young.

"We will have to stay here for several days to wait for the leaf to come and to care for them. Since you seem so attached, you can do it," He growled. Kagome suddenly pounced and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you," She whispered, kissing him on the cheek gently. Before he could ask any questions, she went over to the cubs and picked them up gently. All of them were very small, but if he figured right they would be okay with eating food instead of having to have milk.

After a few minutes she walked over to Sesshoumaru and sat next to him and showed him the cubs, who seemed like nothing more than little fluff balls.

"What should I name them?" She asked as she handed one to him.

He was at a loss. He had a baby in his hands, and he had never experienced such before. He watched Kagome hold two, and she did it with such ease, he wondered if she had ever had children.

What would it be like to have children with her?

He shook the question from his mind, and suddenly felt a lock of his long hair being tugged from his scalp.

He looked down through narrowed eyes at the cub who was happily chewing on the beautiful white locks.

"Aww," Kagome giggled as she watched the spectacle. Sesshoumaru was trying to tug his hair away from the youkai's mouth and was only succeeding on getting the cub tangled in it as it wrapped it's claws around even more of the beautiful locks.

Sesshoumaru of course, didn't realize that this had happened. So Kagome kept her mouth shut as she continued to watch, letting the cubs play in her lap.

Suddenly Sesshoumaru let out a yelp and realized just what had happened because he wanted his hair back.

"Kagome, I require your assistance," He said.

"Say it that way and I'll let the other two have a field day with your hair as well," She told him.

"Please help," He said through gritted teeth.

Kagome sighed and put the first two cubs down, then began to help Sesshoumaru get the cub untangled from his hair. She made short work of it, cooing and speaking softly the entire time to the purring kitten. Soon he was out and she giggled softly.

"Aww, isn't that mean old man's hair beautiful?" She asked as she set the kitten on the ground with it's brothers. "They're adorable aren't they?

She had to laugh when she saw the demon lord's pained expression.

"What?" She asked. Sesshoumaru turned his back to her and Kagome began to laugh uncontrollably as she watched the same kitten crawl up Sesshoumaru's back while batting at his hair.

"Guess he likes you," She finally choked out, wiping away tears of mirth. She the gently removed the cub and handed it to Sesshoumaru, who made sure all of his hair was behind his back. The demon awkwardly took the small youkai and held it I his lap as Kagome picked up the other two. Kagome laughed.

"They like this, see?" Kagome said as she rubbed behind both kittens' ears, then under their chins. Sesshoumaru had no trouble hearing the loud purring coming from both cats.

Sesshoumaru did the same thing and was rewarded with the kitten purring as well. Soon there was a loud chorus of purring, and Sesshoumaru looked to the sky.

"Let's find another place to make camp," He told the miko. Kagome nodded and picked up to two kittens. One climbed up her arm and onto her shoulder, then made a perch there, batting at her swaying hair. The other chose t stay in her arms. Sesshoumaru sighed as the kitten on his shoulder began to chew his hair once more.

Suddenly a thought occurred to him. He and Kagome couldn't make love while the cubs were around. In fact she'd forbid it. He didn't want to admit it, but he had gotten used to the passion they had shared each night of their travels, even looked forward to it.

It was going to be a long few days before Kentetsu arrived to take the cubs.

Authors End Notes: Okay, so Kagome knows Sesshoumaru's fear, Sess ain't gonna get any for awhile, and I'm all hyped up on energy drinks. My god what a bad combonation.

However, I can tell you guys something. Were are six chapters away from being done! I have planned it, yes you see+cackles madly+

But don't be sad, because the other story I've been working on so far is the entity of awesome, and original as far as I know. So you see guys, I just don't stop. I love all of you. And speaking of loving you guys, here's my thanks.

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