The Bittersweet Trilogy: Part One
By: DarkCrystalis
Disclaimer: I own no one and nothing; I hope that makes you happy.
Disclaimer #2: I do not own the song used in this story, which is entitled "Before The Dawn", by Evanescence.
Summary:
What else can I say except this: I can guarantee you that you've never read another Sesshoumaru and Kagome story like this. Why? Who in the hell (excluding me) writes about them singing a duet on the bus, then missing Kagome's stop while flirting along the way? Oh, and we can't forget the indescribably cold behaviour afterwards from the one we all love, Sesshoumaru.
If that made little to no sense to you, but has piqued your curiosity, then read on! If that made some or complete sense to you, and still piqued your curiosity, here's yet another reason for you to read on! However, if you hated it, I'm strongly tempted to call you an ass, but I won't.
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Part One
Kagome looked at her watch as she walked onto the bus. It was already past 10pm, and a young girl such as herself shouldn't be waiting for the public transit bus at such hours; it was dangerous.
She was coming home from Sango's house, after watching one of her favourite fluffy movies, "A Walk To Remember." Even after seeing it so many times, the ending still made her cry.
As she walked onto the bus, she quietly mouthed the lyrics of a song from her walkman to herself. After paying the fare, she began the trek to the back; she hated the front seats, for some odd reason.
However, she stopped and stared in awe when a young man with long silver hair sat there, seemingly engrossed in mouthing lyrics from his walkman, also. His head was bent slightly downwards, but despite that, she still managed to notice his shockingly golden brown eyes.
Purposely sitting right across from him, she stared unabashedly as he raised his head to her in silent question.
Resisting the urge to scowl in response, he quickly turned his head, and closed his eyes, concentrating on the song lyrics playing from his CD player.
Watching him closely, she realized the words he was mouthing were the ones resounding in her own ears.
Waiting for the right moment, she began to sing the lyrics aloud.
Meet me after dark again and I'll hold you
I want nothing more than to see you there
And maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away
At hearing her lulling voice and song that sounded far too familiar, his head snapped up in her direction.
They were both listening to the same song, at the exact same time! Honestly, how likely was that?
Slowly, without thinking, he joined her in the duet parts.
Kagome :
If only night can hold you where I can see you, my love
Then let me never ever wake again
Kagome and Sesshoumaru:
And maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn
Kagome :
Somehow I know that we cant wake again from this dream
It's not real, but it's ours
Kagome and Sesshoumaru:
Maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn
Maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn
Staring at her as they sang together, her voice filled his soul, making him feel warm inside.
Not being one to bask in the moment, his thoughts immediately washed away everything.
Feeling warm inside? What is this Sesshoumaru talking about? This Sesshoumaru never feels warm inside…damn human…
Pausing in his thoughts, he nearly blanched in disgust.
Did I just sing with her? Oh hell…
Snapping his head up once more when he heard light laughter, Sesshoumaru came face to face with the smiling girl, who was now looming over his sitting form.
"Did you know that you have a lovely voice?" she asked sweetly as she pushed back his silvery white bangs.
Flinching at her soft touch, he instinctively got up and moved a few seats away, uncomfortable at her closeness.
Frowning slightly, Kagome respected his decision to move, and with a slightly depressed aura, she made her way back to her seat.
As she walked, the bus sped up while running through a red light, which made Kagome fall forward without control.
However, before she felt the harsh rubber under her knees, the silver haired man that sang with her moments ago was holding her up, protecting her.
"You should watch where you're going, miko," he whispered deeply into her ear, making Kagome shiver in response.
"Th-thank you, sir," she replied breathlessly, not knowing what else to say. As far as the "miko" thing went, she had no idea, so Kagome accepted it as some sort of strange nickname.
"Sir?" he questioned, and watched with amusement when her cheeks blushed.
"We-well, I don't know your name!" Kagome defended, staring deeply at him, waiting for a response.
"Sesshoumaru Taisho," he replied, looking at her with his normal stoic face once more.
"Sesshy," Kagome replied without thinking, and then began to giggle when she was met with his incredulous stare.
"Girl, something tells me I won't want to know where you got that hideous nickname from."
"First of all, my name is Kagome, and I'd appreciate it if you called me that. Second…it's not hideous, it's cute, Sesshy," she stated, stressing his new nickname, just to piss him off.
Scowling, he picked her up into his arms bridal-style, and lay her down across the length of the red bus seats.
"Are you ticklish, Kagome?" He asked with a slight purring sound in his voice, which made her involuntarily shiver.
"N-no, n-not at all," she replied weakly, avoiding his piercing gaze.
"Oh really? Then it shouldn't bother you when I do this…and this…" Relentlessly, he poked her in her sides, alternating from one side and the other.
Even he knew this was out of character for his normal stoic attitude, but for once in his life, he decided to loosen up.
Hearing her giggling ringing in his ears, he resisted the strong urge to smile in response.
Gasping for breath under him, he immediately stopped when he saw the crimson blush rise to her cheeks.
Kami, he'd never seen a more beautiful woman in his entire life.
Leaning down to kiss her supple lips unconsciously, he stopped midway when a shadow loomed over them.
"Hey, lovebirds, didn't you hear me when I said this was the last stop? Ya'll need to get off the bus now," the driver announced, clearly annoyed, and being a little too close for comfort.
"Are you serious? Aw crap…" Kagome groaned, covering her face with her hands, not knowing what to do. She'd obviously missed her stop, and now there was no way of getting home.
Exiting the bus as if nothing had happened, Sesshoumaru began to walk out of the station, and into the cool night air.
"Sesshy!" Kagome called, chasing after his slowly retreating form.
"I-I missed my stop," she muttered, not being able to look at him directly.
"And since when is that my problem?" He spat coldly, ignoring the gaze of hurt which she sent him.
"It IS your fault! If you hadn't have tickled me, and then nearly kissed me, I might not have missed it! Or, at least I wouldn't be THIS far from home! I could've gotten off, and then walked the rest of the way back!" Kagome spat back, not caring for his rude attitude, and feeling the sudden urge to defend herself.
"I'd never kiss you, you're a pathetic human; far below my standards," he answered, and continued walking.
By now, Kagome was thoroughly confused. What was wrong with her being a human? Was she supposed to be something else?
"Of course I'm a human! Aren't you!" She asked, not knowing what else to say in response.
"No," he stated simply, and then suddenly vanished off into the night.
Kagome turned around in circles, trying to find where he had run off to.
"Sesshoumaru, stop this right now! Get back here!" She called out hopelessly into the night, waiting for him to come out of hiding.
Unfortunately for her, he wasn't hiding; Sesshoumaru had left, using his demonic powers.
Dropping to her knees in sadness, Kagome tilted her head up to the sky, seeing the stars blinking back wearily at her.
What am I going to do now? How will I get home?
Refusing to cry at what the bastard had done to her, she got up and trudged home.
Suddenly feeling overpowered, she looked down at her hands which seemed to be glowing a light pink. Nearly screaming in fright of herself, she watched intently as the colour slowly faded as her determination grew, replacing the hatred.
It was going to be a long walk home, but she would do it, just to prove to the asshole that she didn't need his help in the first place.
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Far off in the distance, Sesshoumaru tuned into his demonic hearing and senses, feeling sadness and anger overwhelm her powerful aura.
He could feel the miko power bubbling from inside her soul, being released for the first time in a tiny dose.
Kagome had so much more power, and she wasn't even aware of it…
…He couldn't get involved with her; she could very well purify him one day, if her skills were honed.
Aside from that, his feelings were something he kept tightly locked away, where no one could find them.
He would not regret leaving the miko on her own; hecouldn't let it get to him…
Crouching onto his knees, he sighed for the first time in a long time, and closed his eyes.
Kagome, this is for the best, just trust this Sesshoumaru; you don't want to get mixed up with the likes of me…
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Tip-toeing into her home at just before twelve am, Kagome did her best to get into her room unnoticed. Obviously, by this time, everyone else was already sleeping, so she didn't have to worry too much about getting caught.
Not even bothering to change, Kagome crawled into bed, under the covers. Pulling off her jeans and while under the sheet, she then took off her bra from underneath her shirt, so she could lay down comfortably.
Laying in her t-shirt and underwear, she snuggled under the blanket, and her thoughts immediately jumped to Sesshy. No, it wasn't Sesshy; it was Sesshoumaru.
Why should I call him such a cute name when I hate his guts?
What did he mean by "No," when I asked if he was a human?
Unwillingly, her mind relived when he was tickling her, and almost kissed her.
God, what was I thinking, letting a complete stranger touch me and tickle me like that? Oh my god, he nearly KISSED me! What's wrong with me!
Groaning, Kagome helplessly threw the blanket over her head, and buried her face into her pillow which shrouded her vision in complete darkness.
However, as soon as darkness clouded her, a strong image of his entrancing golden eyes gave her pleasurable chills up and down her spine.
Even when he ISN'T here, he's going to bug me…this is getting ridiculous.
Closing her eyes with an imprint of his face on her mind, she fell into a dreamful sleep.
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Sesshoumaru stood stoically, gazing outside of his bedroom window at the moon. The rays of the huge star lit up his lengthy and dead-straight hair, making it shimmer and sparkle in the darkness.
Far off in the distance, his piercing golden eyes which held no emotion critically stared at a mother bird with its young in a nest.
A family, was the thought that came to mind.
Scowling slightly at the image in his head, he ignored it all together, deciding to focus on something else.
However, try as he might, the only thing he could think of was the raven haired girl with light brown eyes, which held nothing but trust, love, and occasional stubbornness.
The miko, his instincts told him, but the more rational side of his mind corrected him; her name is Kagome.
Scoffing at the idea of calling a pathetic human being by its name, he turned around and walked over to his king sized bed, hating the way it felt under his form.
He easily topped six-feet five-inches in stature, which made him stick out even more.
In fact, at his huge stature, his frame was lean, but well toned, and strong, all being an extreme understatement. He had no problem lifting two hundred pounds on his back or in his arms, if the situation ever arose. Inu, or "dog" demons tended to have monstorous amounts of strength; it was passed down in their lineage, and blood.
Sighing for the first time in a long time, Sesshoumaru decided that he wasn't tired enough to sleep, and there was something keeping him from falling into blissful unconsciousness…
…That stupid Kagome girl!
His inner demon whined, wanting to see her again, and feel her body next to his. This was very strange, because normally he had to have an inner battle with himself to be in close contact with any female, whether she be demon or otherwise.
Nearly grumbling at the incompleteness he felt, Sesshoumaru immediately stopped moving and frowned.
Why do I feel so bad for treating her like that? It's not anything out of the ordinary.
For once in his life, he felt guilty for being harsh on her. Hell if he knew why, but this was what would prevent him from sleeping, which was quite ludicrous, really.
Growling in impatience, he leapt out of the window flawlessly, and landed on his two feet solidly.
Glancing around quickly for humans and then seeing none, he snapped his fingers, making a white cloud appear before him. Gracefully jumping onto it, he rode it as it soared through the night skies, looking like an angel.
Honing in on his demon sense of smell, he pinpointed her scent's exact location, and headed straight for it.
After only a few minutes, he found himself sitting on his cloud outside her bedroom's window, staring at her sleeping form.
At least she could fall asleep…
However, he watched intently as her body began to move back and fourth, mumbling incoherent sentences during her dream.
Trying to understand what she was saying, he unconsciously leant closer, trying to comprehend her slurred words.
However, when she shot up in bed sweating profusely naught a minute later, his jaw nearly dropped in shock at the scent that hit his nose.
Although it was faint, no one would argue; Kagome was definitely aroused…
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Whispering into her ear, he seductively said her name over and over as he nibbled on her lobe. Kagome cried out in ecstasy; she'd never felt these feelings so strongly before.
Unknowingly arching her body into his, she moaned again when she felt his arousal against her uplifted hips.
Unashamed golden eyes stared into hers, as she was brought against him through their clothed bodies.
As quickly as her nimble fingers allowed, she undid the dratted buttons in his shirt, not caring when some of them fell off in the process. In the mean time, he licked her neck and throat, placing butterfly kisses all around the exposed area.
Losing her patience, Kagome ripped the rest of his shirt away, which required quite a lot of force, but that was beside the point.
Blushing as his chiseled naked chest was revealed to her, she timidly traced her fingers across the expanse of his broad shoulders, and slowly downwards.
When she reached his lower abs, he had to resist the strong urge to cry out in pleasure. It felt so good, so incredibly good…
Thoroughly annoyed at her state of dress, he pulled her t-shirt over her head, making sure her arms were thrust above her head first.
Yanking it off, he stared unabashedly at her cleavage, and then annoyingly at the bra which covered some of her assets.
Leaning down, he roughly, but still sexually, gave small love bites over the exposed flesh of her breasts. He growled in response when she mewled, not knowing what to do further, and needing his guidance.
Long silver hair covered her chest and face as he leaned down, thrusting his tongue into the warm cavern that was her mouth. Playing something like a tongue war, they went back and fourth, only pulling away when their air supply running low.
Fumbling with the button on her pants, he undid it with one hand as the other supported his body above hers. Easily undoing the zipper, he then slowly, almost torturously, dragged them off of her body.
She cried out his name into the darkness of her room, uncaring of how her voice sounded so unlike her normal self.
Grinning in triumph once she was in nothing but her undergarments, he licked his lips as he continued where he last left off.
However, when his mouth trailed to the waistband of her underwear, Kagome's breathing grew extremely ragged, and breathy.
The scent of her arousal hit his nose, but it was more sweet and delectable than he'd expected.
"Ahhh, you can't keep doing this to meeee," Kagome cried out, unable to take this anymore.
Grinning up at Kagome, his fangs easily poked out from his mouth, but surprisingly, they didn't scare her
"Alright, I'll stop playing with you now," he agreed, and then began to take off his own pants as she watched in fascination…
When he was fully naked, Kagome couldn't bring herself to look at his form; perhaps she was embarrassed, but she knew that wouldn't last for long…
Grabbing onto the top of her underwear, he whispered what sexual things he would do into her ear, as he worked his way of removing them with ease.
Staring at her face all the while without looking down, he kept his body positioned above hers, ignoring the look of nervousness.
"This won't hurt a bit," he answered her worrying thoughts, without her even voicing them.
Preparing for the smashing of her virginal barrier, she closed her eyes, readying for the pain.
However, that pain never came…
…because she woke up.
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Gasping for air as the sweat streaked down her pale face, Kagome ran her hands through her hair, thoroughly disturbed from her dream.
It was him…it was Sesshoumaru…b-but why?
Licking her dry lips, and walking to the bathroom for a glass of water to quench her parched mouth, Kagome regained control over her raging emotions. Heated wetness was pooled in-between her legs, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.
During this time, she didn't notice Sesshoumaru's shimmering form in her bedroom window, staring at her closely.
Biting her lip in contemplation, she sat down on the soft bed, making sure to keep her eyes wide open, hoping that the cold water would help out.
Recalling the dream she'd just had, Kagome came to a decision.
As much as she didn't want to admit it, despite the fact that she didn't know Sesshoumaru, she liked him.
Maybe this was one of those weird cases of love-at-first-sight? If it wasn't, she had no idea what else it could be.
Hell, Kagome had liked guys before upon their first meeting in other situations, but those feelings weren't even close to being this strong…
…However, for some reason, this didn't really surprise her; Sesshoumaru wasn't like anyone else she'd ever met.
He was mysterious, cold and aloof; she felt like he knew what he wanted, and would take it without second glance.
All the guys that had liked her in the past were the complete opposite; complete "doormats", to be precise. If she wanted to, she could have stepped all over them, and gotten whatever she'd wanted. Luckily for them, Kagome wasn't that type of girl, otherwise they would've gotten a good dosage of using-and-abusing.
Sighing heavily, she wondered if she could fall asleep, and have a normal dream. The last thing Kagome wanted was to continue where the last dream left off; it wouldn't lead to anything good, she knew for sure.
Hating herself for saying this, she mumbled under her breath,
"At least his body was to die for…but it was just a dream; no one could really be that perfect."
It was a good thing Kagome didn't know how wrong her words really were; otherwise she'd end up having many, many more sleepless nights.
Sesshoumaru's ears picked up this statement, making him smirk arrogantly in response. So, she'd been dreaming about him, had she? This meant that he had to be the one that made her aroused, which was rather interesting, in his opinion.
Watching her lay back down onto the sweaty sheets, he nearly smiled as Kagome gave into her physical exhaustion, and passed out into a restless sleep once more.
The poor girl had been so out-of-it that she didn't even notice him, or look in his direction.
Approaching her softly slumbering form, he raked his fingers through her bangs, pushing them back from her forehead.
His inner demon, or youkai, was purring happily in response. Perhaps it would remain happy if he did this for a moment or two more, so he could finally go back home and rest.
Watching in amusement as she latched onto his index finger, and unconsciously, she brought it to her lips, lightly nibbling on it, which sent shivers flaming through his body.
What in kami's name is going on?
Pulling back at being completely appalled, Sesshoumaru scowled when his youkai protested once more.
Mentally telling it to shut up, he lightly kissed her forehead, before departing from her room.
Mounting his jyaki cloud once more, he looked back one last time upon her sleeping form, and was very nearly horrified when her eyes fluttered open, although they were still hazy from sleep.
Leaving a split second later, he shrugged off the concern, knowing that he'd never see the girl again, and that it didn't matter.
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Staring at her window in sleepy confusion, Kagome swore that she'd seen someone that looked like Sesshoumaru standing there a second ago…
…but it must have been her imagination, because the person wasn't there now.
After all, since when did people fly on clouds, or have long silver hair, and blue markings on their face and…
Stopping thinking all together, Kagome rubbed her head which was hurting from the bombardment of thoughts.
Closing her eyes for the last time that night, she slept, and didn't dream.
This time, much to her delight and disappointment, the dream didn't continue, nor did she even dream of him…
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Author's Note:
This was Part One of the Three Part "Bittersweet" series. Think of it as three, separate story one-shots, which together make one full story.
I can't tell you when the next part will be out, but not for a long while; so please don't ask.
Hopefully, this story will be like nothing else you've ever read, and you'll enjoy it.
However, if you are against non-traditional pairings (for example, Sesshoumaru and Kagome), then please don't read this story, or if you do, don't flame it because of the alternate pairing; flame it for another reason, lol.
Thank you for your reading and reviewing!
Sincerely,
-DarkCrystalis