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I'm with You

Isn't anyone trying to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Wont you take me by the hand
take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
but I... I'm with you

Avril Lavigne

"Surprised?" a soft voice said out of nowhere. She whipped her gaze to his now open eyes.

She didn't think she had ever felt fear like she did at that moment. She felt her heart hammering in her chest. Kagome crab walked back to a corner in the cell, wanting to be as far away from her enemy as possible. Sure he was badly wounded, but she had come to learn that it was very unwise to think Sesshoumaru was ever out of the game.

She watched as he struggled to sit up. She felt a hot blush creep onto her face as she noticed how the soft early morning light danced on his wet, naked upper body. 'Oh come on Kagome!' she mentally screamed at herself, drawing her knees up and burying her face in them.

"I really think that I am in no position to cause harm." He muttered, his voice soft yet utterly emotionless. Kagome peeked up at him and felt her blush deepen when she saw him staring at her. "Why are you doing that?" he asked. Kagome debated on whether or not to actually speak or to just sit there and continue to act like she wasn't in a cell wearing nothing but a sheet and with her arch-enemy half-naked and wet and staring at her. She decided to just suck it up and speak.

"Doing what?" she asked, cautiously raising her head to peek at him. She couldn't help but notice the colour of his eyes. Inuyasha's were gold in colour, but Sesshoumaru's were truly golden. 'Must be a demon thing…' she thought.

"Huddling in the corner. I just told you I couldn't cause you harm." he said, letting his gaze wander over her, only vaguely interested in why she only wore a sheet barely big enough for a small child.

"I am not huddling!" Kagome snapped, her old stubbornness coming through. Sesshoumaru shrugged and they both let silence descend on them.

Kagome began to shiver as the breeze through the window started to turn icy. They could hear thunder rolling outside. 'Just great…that's just what I need, a thunderstorm…' Kagome thought. She was about to say it out loud when she saw her cell-buddy stand up. She sighed and looked back down at the floor, trying to control her shivering as she played with little rocks that she had piled up by her feet. It wasn't until she saw him untying his obijime and letting it fall to the ground that she started to get a little worried.

"What are you doing!" she screeched, her face reddening so much that she felt it was on fire. Sesshoumaru slid the outer part of his kimono off of his body, making sure to keep the plain white fabric under it still in place. He handed the article of clothing to her.

"You're cold." was the only response he offered. Kagome took it, unsure of what to say, all of her words flying out the window as a particularly heavy wind shrieked into the room. Sesshoumaru turned and put his obijime back in place, securing the fabric. While his back was turned Kagome dropped the thin red sheet and put the kimono on, surprised at how heavy it was. She tied the sheet around her waist to keep it in place. She felt instantly warmer with the material covering her body. She turned to see that Sesshoumaru was sitting back down, his eyes closed.

"Thank you…" she said, unsure of if heard her or not. She couldn't help but stare at him while his eyes were closed. She was surprised at just how delicate his face looked with his slender jaw and delicate nose. His eyes were the only thing that saved his face from being utterly feminine. They were cold and fierce, and Kagome faintly knew that she never wanted to see him angry. She had seen him calm and complacent, but never really angry.

Exhaustion finally hit Kagome and she curled up into a ball, finding it surprisingly comfortable in the kimono. Before she felt it was unsafe to sleep in the cell, but now, with Sesshoumaru there, she felt oddly secure. She closed her eyes and finally let her body succumb to dreams.

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"Rin! Unlatch the door, now!"

"No!"

"Rin!"

"NO! Not until Sesshoumaru gets back!" the little girl yelled. Jaken grumbled angrily and walked off and down the stairs. He entered the living room and sat down on the only chair that wasn't covered in blood. He closed his eyes and rested his head on his hands.

He had taken Rin out for her daily walk. When they walked into the palace, there was blood everywhere, and no sign of Sesshoumaru. Rin had instantly gone into hysterics and locked herself in Sesshoumaru's room. She had been in there ever since.

Jaken got up and walked back to the locked door, putting his ear up to it. He could hear her soft crying.

"Rin?" There was no answer. "Rin, I'm going to go and find Inuyasha. Surely he knows what has happened. Stay here, you know where food is. I'll be back soon…hopefully." he added. He made sure she had food in the kitchen, and then he walked back outside, determined to find Inuyasha, and determined to make him help in the search for Sesshoumaru.

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When Kagome awoke it was already night. She wondered how long she had been sleeping. Tiredness was still etched into her bones, making her almost too weak to stand up. She stretched as much as she could and then looked around the cell for Sesshoumaru. She found him standing by the bars, his shadow stretching long and thin in the moonlight. She saw that he had put his robe on completely. 'Well that's stupid…that wound needs fresh air to heal.'

"You're awake." he said. He didn't turn to her, but Kagome knew that somehow all his attention was on her.

"I am. I see the stuff they're trying to pass for soup is here." she said, walking over to him and lightly tapping the tray by her feet. Now it had two bowls of soup on it…well…at least something that looked like soup. Kagome stood next to him and gazed out the window, watching the fireflies light up outside. She was almost sad when he broke the silence.

"I don't know yet how to escape." his voice was cold and distant, but Kagome knew that it must have been devastating to him that he hadn't figured out a way to get out of the cell yet. She turned to him.

"Well that's alright. We'll figure something out. But while we're waiting you really need to get some air on your wound." Without really thinking she reached over to him and began to pull the robe off of his shoulders. It wasn't until she saw the broad expanse of his chest that she realized that she was undressing the enemy. Her hands froze and she felt a blush rise all over her body. "I am so sorry! I'm just tired and discombobulated." she dropped the cloth, causing it to slide down his arms. When she dared a peek at his face, she could have sworn she saw amusement dancing across his features. She never really realized how tall he was, but standing this close she had to strain her neck to look up at him. She couldn't deny that she wanted to lay her tired head against his chest and rest, but she restrained herself. But when the heavy door slammed open without warning, she jumped into his arms anyway. A guard came round the corner, and when he saw them, a huge smile played on his face. 'Who can blame him…here I am in Sesshoumaru's kimono, clutching onto him while he's practically nude…' she thought, and started to come up with a tart remark, but it was quelled by Sesshoumaru's hand on her back, slowly but gently pushing her away from him, and then behind him, as if to protect her.

"You two getting cosy?" he asked, the grin still there. Sesshoumaru stayed quiet, looking the man over. Kagome stayed behind him, not really worried, and tried to pick the pebbles out of his hair without him noticing. She felt strangely at ease with him practically guarding her, granted he probably didn't care anything for her. "Not speaking? Well that's okay. The boss wants to talk to you both." he said, spitting something dark onto the ground. Kagome gagged and he laughed, and then walked away.

"Well, now we get to see the-"

"Get into the corner." Sesshoumaru cut her off. He knew who 'the boss' was, and for some reason he couldn't explain to himself, he wanted to keep the girl from getting killed. She reminded him of Rin. Kagome felt the first icy tendrils of fear crawl into her blood, but she did what he asked and she backed into the corner.

When the figure appeared from around the corner, she could feel her skin crawl with the evil that radiated from his skin, and almost instantly she knew who it was.

"Naraku…" she said quietly. The figure finally came into full view and she could see the amused look on his face.

"How do you do, Kagome?" he asked, his voice holding back laughter. Kagome glared at him.

"Why did you kidnap me?" she demanded, walking forward, but a glance from Sesshoumaru kept her back. The glance did not go unnoticed by Naraku. The demon looked at Sesshoumaru, and then over to Kagome. He let a chuckle escape his lips.

"My, you two already get to know each other that quickly?"

"What do you want?" Sesshoumaru's voice broke Naraku out of his laughing. Kagome's had to suppress a gasp upon hearing the malice that Sesshoumaru put into his voice. 'I've never heard him so emotional. He must really not like Naraku. Heh, jump on the bandwagon…' Naraku moved closer to the bars, a hard breath away from where Sesshoumaru stood.

"I have my reasons for keeping you here. And I really don't think you're in any position to question me." he said. Before Sesshoumaru could react, Naraku had whipped his hand forward, thrusting two fingers into his stab wound. Sesshoumaru hissed and leaned forward, grabbing onto the bars. Kagome ran forward and grabbed Naraku's hand, but his other arm pushed her back onto the floor.

"Stay back." Sesshoumaru said quietly. Kagome was shocked at how still his voice was, even though she knew that he must be in some serious pain. She almost wanted to yell at him, to tell him to just scream and get it over with. Naraku pulled Sesshoumaru towards him, and whispered something in his ear. Kagome watched as he moved slightly away from his ear, suspecting that he was going to say more, but instead he placed his lips on Sesshoumaru's. The white-haired demon pushed against the bars and got free of him, crashing to the ground. He wiped his mouth on his bare arm. Naraku let out a grim chuckle.

"I'd watch your actions, my Lord, the girl is expendable." And with that he left the room.

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"We should be there in a little over a day." Miroku said, glancing at the sky. He looked back and saw Sango, gently holding Shippo. He could see the faint traces of worry in her face. Inuyasha was far behind her, walking alongside Kirara. There wasn't a smile in the place. 'Of course there's not, you idiot, Kagome was just kidnapped and she could be dead right now. Or worse.' he scolded himself. He was sure that Naraku could do worse things than just kill people, and he was praying vehemently that she wasn't being tortured.

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Fear had finally hit Kagome full force. She knew that in his current state, Sesshoumaru was no match for Naraku. And Naraku had said she was 'expendable'. She watched the white-haired demon. He stood against the wall, blood travelling down his body, staining his white pants. He was still shirtless, and Kagome could see how red and puckered his injury was now.

"I can smell the fear on you." he said, disgusted. He hated the smell of fear. It was always oozing off of humans. The pathetic creatures didn't know how to handle anything.

"Well excuse me for being a little freaked out. Naraku wants to kill me. I think I'm just in having a little breakdown, here, okay?" she snapped back. She wished Inuyasha was with her, or even Miroku or Sango. She needed someone's arms to hold her and save her. The cold statue that was in the cell with her certainly wasn't going to do that.

"Maybe he won't make it too painful." he said mockingly. He didn't have time to react before Kagome's small palm connected with his face with a loud 'slap'.

"How dare you!" she yelled. She saw the faint red outline of her hand show on his pale cheek. It was almost slow motion as she watched as his arm shot up and grabbed her arm, pulling her down to the ground. He pounced on top of her held her down by the arms, his sharp nails digging into her skin, close to breaking the surface. She felt the warm gush of blood that was draining onto her stomach. A stillness came over her. 'I think I'm in shock…' she thought dazedly.

"Unless you can suggest some way to get us out of here, then we're probably both going to die. Live with it. That it unless my precious brother can get here on time. Other than that poor option, we've really no choice." he whispered by her ear. It was the closest he could get to saying that he was far too injured to come up with a solution to the dilemma. Kagome's fighting spirit seemed to leave her. She felt her body go completely limp, and she stared into his golden eyes without reserve.

"Well…what about Rin? You'd leave her to die?" she asked. She saw his eyes momentarily widen, as if he hadn't really given it much thought. He released her arms and rolled off of her, an exhaustion taking him over. "We're not defeated yet." she continued, rolling over on her side to look at him. Her heart caught in her throat when she saw him bathed in the moonlight. His white hair had spilled all over the floor, some of it covering her body. His chest was covered in blood that glistened in the moonlight. She only then paid attention to how nude he was; almost completely save for the pants, which were steadily falling down. She thought about Inuyasha when he was wounded and looked practically the same, except Inuyasha was naked, Sesshoumaru was graceful enough to pull off being nude. There was a huge difference between the two. Only when she looked into his glazed eyes did she realize the severity of his wound. It was unsettling to see someone she thought was infallible sitting next to her on the brink of death.

"You need to stop the bleeding. You're going to die." she said, surprisingly calmly. She sat up and looked around for something to press against the wound to stop the heavy flow and could find nothing. Her heart began to race with the overwhelming need to keep him alive. 'I need him to help me. That's the only reason.' she told herself. She stood up and began to disrobe, all the while staring him straight in the eye, making sure he didn't suddenly die on her. She undid the red sheet and then slid the kimono off. She wrapped the sheet around her body, tucking it in tightly. She gathered up the kimono and crouched by the sweating body of Sesshoumaru. 'Damn, there's not enough pressure…' she cursed when she put the cloth against the wound.

Sighing, she flipped him gently onto his back and put the cloth on the wound. Positioning herself above him, she slowly lowered her body on top of his, using her chest to apply pressure to the cloth.

"Damnit Sesshoumaru, you better not die on me after all this." she said by his ear.

She found it oddly easy to go to sleep that night.

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By the way, an obijime is the belt that holds the obi of a kimono in place, for those who don't know.