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Chapter 27: Accident

Thunder crashed, this time it was almost as if it were above them. But it was not like it mattered. They were so unaware of what was truly going on.

Rain poured down from the sky, a warm rain. They became almost stuck to each other, soaking wet. But no matter what, they would not stop. It was as if this was something they had always wanted to do, but never had the chance, until now. And it was.

(…)

"Stupid… bike…" Kagome muttered as she rolled her bike through the mud, "Why did it have to rain?" She let out a growl of frustration. Her bike was stuck in the mud. She calmed herself down.

"Thanks though, Sango," Kagome said, controlling her anger, "I would have never got it out of that tree without your help."

"No problem," Sango said with an understanding smile, "Here," she said, lifting up the bike, "How about we carry it over the mud?"

"Are you sure…?" Kagome asked, "Your clothes will get all dirty…"

"I don't mind," Sango said, "I just want to get out of this rain…"

"Ugh, you know what really worries me though?" Kagome growled.

"What?"

"How in the world did Inuyasha manage to get my bike up that tree anyway?"

Sango giggled. "He's Inuyasha… he has his ways…"

They both walked in silence, trying to imagine possible ways Inuyasha could've ridden then bike up a tree. Sango suddenly stopped.

"I… sense a demonic aura…" she said, staring at the ground.

Kagome turned her head. "You what?"

"Just beyond those trees…" Sango said, "and it's very powerful… and…" Her eyes widened. "I sense Hanako's aura as well…"

Kagome gasped. "Hanako and a powerful demon? Do you think maybe she's in trouble?"

Sango shrugged. "With the kind of power she must have… I don't think she could really be in trouble."

"Well you never know…" Kagome said, beginning to venture into the trees.

"And isn't she with Sesshomaru? It could be him…"

"Well I do want to see her anyway. I wonder if she's okay."

Sango let the bike rest on her back and followed Kagome. She stepped over deep mud puddles as she felt the rain hit her back. It was almost hard to see. The rain was falling harder and harder every minute.

Kagome stopped in front of her. She looked as if she had just seen something too strange to be true.

"What is it?" she asked, coming closer.

"…look…" Kagome said silently.

Sango turned her head to what lay in the clearing. She paused.

The rain washed flower petals off of nearby trees. They rained down, along with the rain. The wind blew, revealing a most absurd sight: Sesshomaru and Hanako sharing a passionate kiss in the rain. The wind blew both of there hair around them.

Sango stood stupidly looking at them. She never would have guessed that Hanako was Sesshomaru's mate. She never would have guessed that Sesshomaru would ever even have a mate, especially a girl who was not a demon like himself.

"What are you doing?" Kagome whispered loudly, "Get down!" She pulled Sango down by her sleeve. They both crouched behind a bush.

"What am I doing?" Sango whispered back, "What are you doing!"

"I knew it," Kagome said with a slight smile, "Sesshomaru does love Hanako. And she loves him too."

"How do you know that?"

Kagome smiled fully. "Because I know these things. And besides, what else would you assume?" She pointed at them. Sango nodded.

Their mouths caressed for one last moment, and then they parted. Both kept their eyes closed for a few moments. They both opened them at the same time.

They stared for a few moments, taking in what had just happened. Their bodies were still so close, and they held each other, soaked. Their eyes never left their gaze.

Sesshomaru touched her face lightly, somewhat stroking it with the sides of his fingers. Her skin was soft, but she was shivering from being wet. She touched his hand in a sweet response. They looked back at each other once more, and got lost in each other's gaze.

They both explored something that had always been there between them, something that intrigued them both. Something that they both enjoyed so much: each other.

And I knew it all along, Kagome thought, they must have both been living through hell when they were separated…

Thunder crashed again, crashing them into the cruel reality of what had truly just happened between them.

Sesshomaru's eyes widened. His hand fell at his side. Hanako backed away, her teeth chattering. She became terrified of him. She fell to her knees.

"I'm… I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" she wept, "I have dismembered your honor…"

Sesshomaru's mouth fell open. He touched the place where her lips had once been. He didn't know what to say. They had both just committed one of the biggest sins of sins.

Sango and Kagome gasped in unison.

That's right… Sango remembered, Hanako is Sesshomaru's slave! They… they can't be together… but then what was that all about? Was what just happened some temporary thing?

"Please don't sell me, Lord Sesshomaru! I will never do anything so terrible again! I swear!" She buried her head in her knees. Lightening flashed again, making the bleak scene around them bright, but only for a moment. "Please, forgive me once more…"

She could see it now. He would be disgusted with her and throw her into one of those bargain bins with all the rest of those slutty slaves which she regrettably and unwillingly used to be. Him and that Chika would laugh at her as she was beaten for being such a disgrace. Or another terrible option: He would turn her in to some village where she would be hung on the gallows in all of her sorrow. She cringed, waiting for which choice he would choose.

Sesshomaru stared down at her, the woman whom he had just shared his first kiss with. He would never sell her, and for her to even think that he would hurt him deeply. His eyes narrowed, to hide what he was truly feeling at the moment.

"Silence," he boomed, "No one is going to be sold." He himself began shivering as well, not because of the cold. He was scared of how he felt now. It was all so new, so strange. He could so easily face the things around him, but never what was there inside of him. And what he felt for Hanako was so strong, it was terrifying. "I hold nothing against you."

Hanako lifted her head from her knees. She looked up at him fearfully. She was scared of him as well. She was scared of how free and easy he made her feel. She was scared of how terribly kind he was to her. She was scared of how much she had fallen in love with him.

"You… you don't?"

Thunder rumbled and then crashed around them. "No I do not," he said again. It would have been stupid to. After he had worked so hard to get her to come back to him. After he had not at all hated what had just transpired between them.

She stared back at him for a few more moments. She was completely stunned at the fact that she had hated him for so long.

He looked at her, his amber eyes flashing as the lightening beamed. "Are you going to get off the ground by yourself, or do I have to help you?" He outstretched his hand to her. She gaped at it for a few brief moments, and then grasped it reluctantly. He pulled her upward. She was covered in mud, the tips of her hair brown.

He looked down at his own clothes. He was soaked as well. But his armor kept some of him dry at least, but Hanako was soaked to the bone; her white frock had become completely transparent. Only the mud covered her.

"But…I don't understand," she spoke loudly over the rain, "why do you not wish to be rid of me? I have ruined you!"

"Come," he said, "We will just act as if nothing happened." He looked back at her with a teasing expression. "We can add it to our collection of 'Little Secrets'… as you call them."

Her eyes widened. Did he not take this seriously? She had broken so many laws… he had too. But the blame would be placed upon her because she was of the lower class. The worst that could happen to him was that he would lose all respect, which was terrible, but she would see much darker days.

Could it be that he actually cared about her…?

She followed him.

Sesshomaru looked down at the ground. What scared him most was that it was not her fault, it was his. He had made that move on her. He had been the cause. And he had felt nothing out of it but pure delight.

Sango and Kagome watched them depart together.

"What?" Kagome said, "They… they aren't boyfriend and girlfriend!" She frowned. "But that would have been so perfect…"

"No," Sango said, suddenly becoming serious, "They can never be boyfriend and girlfriend. Its not legal. A slave and her lord being together is about as strange as a teacher and his underage student being together. They would both be persecuted. Well, not Sesshomaru, but Hanako's life is on the line." She lowered her head. "We can never tell what we just saw, do you understand, Kagome?"

"Yeah… but love is love, isn't it?" Kagome sighed, "It shouldn't matter…"

"It does matter. Their classes are much too different."

"It doesn't seem so strange to me…"

Sango decided to change the subject. "Can we get going now… this bike is starting to kill my back… and I'm cold…"

"Oh yeah sure! I'm sorry, Sango!" Kagome exclaimed. Sango thanked her and turned around to leave, Kagome following.

That's so weird… Kagome thought to herself, remembering the two holding each other in the pouring rain. She remembered how she had always known Sesshomaru: Inuyasha's cold-hearted elder brother who hated all humans. It was so weird to have seen him so passionate about someone… like he really loved her… She sighed. It's not fair… it's not fair that Hanako can never be with him… it must really hurt…

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