Chp.27: I love you…goodbye
"This must be heaven"….said Kagome as she lay hours later in Sesshomaru's bed. They had just finished making love on their isolate planet the pair seemed to be on. Sesshomaru nuzzled his face into Kagome's neck. He felt he was in heaven too. Sesshomaru had never believed that he would truly be in euphoric bliss.
" Maybe it is." replied Sesshomaru rubbing Kagome's smooth belly. After Kagome drifted off to sleep the demon lord still lay awake staring out the window. He sensed an omen was soon to befall on himself and new mate. Sesshomaru tucked the feeling away and inhaled the jasmine that surrounded him.
If something happened to Kagome he didn't think that he could live. He swallowed a lump in his throat before finally closing his eyes.
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Inuyasha jumped up on a limb and looked over the lands for his brothers fortress. It was only a few miles away. He glared at the looming building and jumped back down again.
Kagome and Sesshomaru….he hadn't even considered the option. Inuyasha had always just assumed she would be with…that she'd be with himself. His hands tightened around the hilt of the teitsugaia. Inuyasha tried not to imagine them together. He had tried to erase the image of them kissing in his mind as well.
Where had he gone wrong? Why was horrible pain stabbing his heart every time he thought of Kagome's smile? Why was there hateful rage inside him when he thought of Sesshomaru?
Inuyasha sneered and continued on his journey…..after tonight, Sesshomaru would be dead once and for all…and Kagome would be his.
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Kagome felt Sesshomaru's body molded against her own. She reluctantly left the bed to go to the bathroom (Which unfortunately was a bucket…) and decided to just go to the balcony to vomit. After wiping her mouth Kagome used the railing for support as she felt again and tightened the not in her robe. Something red that was jumping up and down from far away caught her eye. It was coming toward here at a fast pace. Kagome shrugged and turned back to the room.
Sesshomaru lay under the covers in a graceful pose. His silky slivery hair gleamed as it lay sprawled. He licked his lips and changed his position. Pride boiled within Kagome as she realized he was all hers. Sesshomaru almost seemed too good for her she realized as she sat back down and tucked some of his hair behind his ear. His tail wagged slightly. She smiled to herself and kissed him on the cheek.
"LORD SESSHOMARU!" yelled Rin who came out of no where and jumped on top of his peaceful form. He grunted as she lightly pulled his tail. Rin then flew and hugged Kagome and sang: "Kagome and Shessy sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes LOVE! And then comes Marriage, then comes baby in the baby carriage!"
Sesshomaru was now fully awake and blushing a deep pink. Kagome laughed and hugged Rin back.
"Rin is happy! Sesshomaru's finally in love!" she yelled. Sesshomaru now had turned such a deep magenta that he gave Rin a warning look.
"I have news Rin" said Kagome suddenly. Rin smiled and asked what it was. Kagome looked over at Sesshomaru as if asking for permission to tell the impatient girl. Sesshomaru nodded.
" How would you feel about a new baby sister or brother?"
Rin's grin was so huge that Kagome feared that the girl's face might explode.
"I knew it! I knew that you were going to be my new mommy and that I'd have a little sister…or brother." She obviously didn't want a brother. Kagome thought that she'd be happy about what Rin would say but somehow Kagome was… a little doubtful.
She hadn't even imagined she'd be with a man till she was about 20…but now she was pregnant…and having a kid? Why hadn't she thought this through before?
" Are you well?" asked Sesshomaru staring at her with a odd look on his face. Kagome nodded but all that ran through her mind was that….maybe she'd gone too far. What would Mother and Grandfather think? Souta would be a uncle! Dread soon washed over her body at the thought.
After Rin had left Sesshomaru glanced over at her again as she stared after Rin.
"I can smell fear on you." Said Sesshomaru quietly. "You do not want this?"
Kagome felt guilty at the sadness in his voice.
"No. I do. It's just….I'm afraid for what's going to happen you know. My family and all…."she trailed off.
"I know. So am I."
He looked up in her eyes and Kagome saw his fear. Though it was unnoticeable at first it was there. She pulled him into her arms and held tight. Maybe she could get though this…if he was beside her the whole ride.
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Inuyasha wiped the blood from his claws on his kimono. He rolled his eyes at the guards on the ground beside him. If this was Sesshomaru's security then it would be a piece of pie getting to him. Inuyasha continued up the slope until he arrived at the huge solid steel doors of the fortress. He knocked…..
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"BOOM, BOOM,BOOM"….
Sesshomaru froze minutely as he put on his clothes. No one ever knocks on his front door. It's just known. If Sesshomaru wants to see someone then he usually goes to the person and requests it of them. He narrowed his eyes and told Kagome to wait. The youkai had a feeling who was at the door. He didn't want to believe it though. It was too early for a fight.
"Master Sesshomaru! Master Sesshomaru! Your brother is at the front door. He got past our guards!" Yelled Jaken frantically running toward him. Sesshomaru had no doubt in his mind that Inuyasha couldn't have killed those guards. He mostly put them there for ignorant humans….
"Jaken listen to me. Take Rin and Kagome upstairs and hid them tell no one to leave the fortress without my consent….go. Now."
Jaken grudgingly ran toward Rin's room first. Sesshomaru unsheathed his sword and quickly ran to the nearest window. Sure enough Inuyasha was looking up at the building trying to see any movement.
"SESSHOMARU! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE! FIGHT ME!" roared his brother. Sesshomaru smirked at his audacity. Would he have to kill his brother today?
Inuyasha turned his head as he saw the movement. He braced himself. Sesshomaru opened the front doors. They glared at one another. Sesshomaru merely walked across the entrance and sat on a nearby rock and looked at Inuyasha.
"Don't act like I'm not a threat, you bastard."
"Inuyasha, if you intended to be a 'threat' you would have been as soon as I walked out those doors." Said a nonchalant Sesshomaru.
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes.
" I don't know why Kagome would ever pick a scumbag like you." Said Inuyasha quietly.
" I have much more to offer her then you could ever have"
"Oh yeah? A ugly goblin and a stab in the back?"
"No. A calm and protective life. Unlike yours…"
"To hell with you Sesshomaru!"
Inuyasha rushed him. Sesshomaru quickly jumped grew his poisonous claws and took a swipe at Inuyasha.
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Kagome nervously looked down at the sound of swords clanking noisily. She bit her nails in frustration. She didn't want Inuyasha to get hurt but she also wished Sesshomaru was safe. Ignoring the screams of Rin and Jaken she dashed from the tower and ran down the stairs. Maybe…Maybe she could do something.
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Inuyasha heaved wearily and glared at his brother who wasn't even winded.
"Someone getting tired?" asked Sesshomaru in a sarcastic concerned voice.
Inuyasha wiped the blood trickling on his mouth and started again. The fight became more vigorous. Sesshomaru had clearly wanted to win as each lunge he took seemed to stronger and faster then the last. Inuyasha gave all he could. He needed to win this. He needed Kagome…
"STOP!"
Both brothers stopped mid stroke and turned toward the door. Kagome stood with a determined look in her face. She walked toward them.
"Kagome…what are you?---"
"Inuyasha! Just take it and walk out with some dignity. I don't love you anymore! I don't. Just leave! People are going to get hurt because of your jealousy." Said Kagome.
"Your taking his side? After all that we've been through? After all the times I saved you?"
"Well. You should've saved me that one time instead of Kikyo. This," she grabbed Sesshomaru's hand. "Is the result. And you know what? I'm pregnant"
Inuyasha had a stoic look on his face. Sesshomaru couldn't help but smirking. Inuyasha had his teitsaiga….and he had his woman.
Inuyasha shook his head. This…That couldn't be. She was lying…No...NO!
"NO!"
Inuyasha took a final lunge at Sesshomaru and stabbed him with the teitsugaia. Inuyasha looked down at himself and saw that Sesshomaru had returned the favor. Both brothers had each of his sword in the other. It took a while to register what had happened until Seshsomaru stumbled. Inuyasha fell too.
"SESSHOMARU! INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed in agony. This all had to be a dream. Please, a dream!
Sesshomaru turned to Kagome and stared at her.
"I love you Kagome…" said Sesshomaru before closing his eyes. Inuyasha had already died before he could say a last word. Kagome did not know how long she lay crying. But it seemed to be a long time. A ran drop landed on her head. Kagome knew what she would do.
Kagome took out a little dagger under the folds of Sesshomaru's clothes and cut across her wrists. She then took up Sesshomaru's hand and hugged him before she started feeling fainter. The blood flowed steadily down her arm.
" I….I love…I love you…too…Goodb---….." Her heart stops and the ran still pours down on the three lovers.
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Death Is sometimes an expression of our love. The despair of three lovers when there can only be two. The tragedy of romance. That's why those three words "I love you" should be kept sacred.
I love you…goodbye…
(Did you like it? That was the end of my first fan fic "Silver is more his color" . I'm going to write another story about an ulternate ending to this. One where Inuyasha lives. Oh. It involves Rin. Look for "Under my wing" from Que-min next. And thanks for reading this all the way through!)
