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Chapter twenty...

"Hold on…you don't understand." Inuyasha murmured huskily, almost hesitantly.

"Don't understand what Inuyasha? Because from where I am standing I understand everything perfectly."

Kagome's bottom lip had somehow puckered out beyond the top one. Her eyes were wide and sad, haunting. Habitually she tucked stray strands of hair behind her ear as she stared up at her conflicted husband. To her, his answer should be short and simple, but from the looks of it that wasn't the case.

"I just want you to be safe. That's it. What is wrong with that?" For his own safety Inuyasha made his vision focus elsewhere. The last thing he needed was the temptation Kagome was laying in front of him. Did she even know that her puppy-dog face was making the thoughts in his head take another interesting course?

"Safe? There's a laugh! When you say safe do you mean the same kind of safety that you give me? You know, the one where I get kidnapped and forced into marriage. Is that the safe you are talking about? Well then, I don't want it! I don't want any of it! Go to hell Inuyasha!" Ripping her arm from his now weak grasp, Kagome stomped inside and straight to her room. There she loudly slammed the door.

"Smooth move exlax." Sesshomaru chuckled from the sliding glass door. "Come on in. There is nothing more out here that should concern you." The older brother declared, waiting still for Inuyasha.

"Yeah, except for I think out here I still have a chance to find my dignity." Stated Inuyasha with a depressed sigh.

"Why would that be out here?" He asked in confusion.

"Oh didn't you see? Out here is where my wife tore off my balls and then pounded them under her feet. I guess you missed that. It was quite nauseating. I figure I have a chance of regrouping them if I start immediately!"

"Poor kid. But I do believe that things could be worse." Miroku said, nearly too seriously. Now behind Sesshomaru was his cousin, and two young women who stared curiously.

"Really? Would you mind sharing your suppressed wisdom with me before I tear off your dignity too!" Inuyasha shouted while practically ripping out his hair.

"Well, you could have gotten here just a tad bit later. Who knows what Naraku could accomplish with extra seconds to spare." For once in the man's life he made a point without sounding like a complete idiot. Oh, but how quickly it all ended. "Or even worse, Kagome could have, like, divorced you or something awful like that."

"You idiot!" Sango screeched as she heard him end his life with his stupid words. "If she could just divorce him she would have!"

"You two are not helping!" Yelled an exasperated Rin, who seemingly was feeling slightly better.

"Thank you young lady, I concur." Sesshomaru graciously agreed. Trying in vain to smile nicely at the girl to whom was muttering something, about not being 'that young', under her breath. "Well, it is late, and I think that everyone needs a good night sleep."

"Yeah, but there is nothing good about this night." Inuyasha pushed past his brother and aggressively shoved Miroku aside. Afraid of what would happen to them, both Rin and Sango willingly scooted out of the way.

"I do believe that means we are all off to bed." Miroku chimed gleefully. Anticipating a nice fluffy pillow and mattress.

"As do I. Miroku you get the couch, and I think there are some throw pillows in the hall closet." Sesshomaru snickered at Miroku's hopeless expression. Just to add salt the wound he mocked his cousin's positive attitude and offered to show the two girls to their room.

"We aren't sleeping with Kagome?" Sango inquired, attempting to hint.

"I don't think that is a good idea. Knowing my brother as I do. And oh do I know him well. I have a feeling he will be visiting his wife tonight." Sesshomaru laughed at the new look that replaced Rin's frightened one. "No, not for those reasons. I think he will want to apologize, to a degree at least, and try to get her to forgive him. Hopefully she will for my brother is quite the persistent one."

The girls nodded, understanding finally what he meant. They chatted happily for a few more minutes until Sango decided the time had come to go to sleep. The trio climbed the stairs and were surprised to see Inuyasha disappearing behind Kagome's door. "I told you so." Sesshomaru added as he watched his new friends walk into their room. "Good night."

"Who's there." Kagome harshly whispered when she heard someone enter into her space. The reply never came and that only scared her more. Two solutions came to her mind. One was to call for help, but the other was to catch the guy on her own. The later decision won and with a determined smile on her face Kagome slid from her high bed. Now standing she did a quick-glance in all directions, but saw nothing. Her fear heightened and she clasped her hand over the dresser lamp that was near her. "Answer me."

Footsteps behind her made her swiftly jump around only to search the darkness. Empty, her room was empty. No, it wasn't. Again she heard a noise but it was too close for comfort. Completely scared out of her wits, Kagome opened her mouth to share a glass-shattering scream with the world. The cry should have come, but unfortunately there was a tight grasp over her mouth. She kicked and wrestled with the culprit but was unsuccessful to say the least.

"You never learn." The voice said to her, sounding agitated. Kagome knew that voice all too well. It was the same voice she heard the night before in her dreams. It was her husband's voice. She relaxed instantly.

"Had it been anybody but you I would have kicked their ass." She tried to sound convincing but it fell to deaf ears. It was then she knew she had made one huge mistake. A mistake that could have cost her a life. Her own life. "Alright I get already. I can't take care of myself, okay? You happy now? I am totally helpless."

"No." He answered simply. They were sitting on the bed now. The hand that had been on her mouth now hung loosely around her frontal shoulders and the other looped her small waist. She fit easily on his lap and somehow was comfortable. "You are anything but helpless."

His words made a single tear fall from his wife's eye. He of course did not see this, but he could tell that the truth in his words and touched her. And for once he was at peace with his mouth. "Are you okay?" He questioned caringly.

"No! I haven't been okay since I was about eight." Her words spilled the truth of her heart, and she wanted more than anything to take them back. "I will never be okay." She admitted.

"Yes, yes you will. I promise." Certainty laced his pledge, and it was the certainty that broke Kagome. She cried uncontrollably in his arms throughout the night. Letting her past, her present, and her future come out in sobs. It wasn't until she fell asleep that the room was calm, and even then pain wrestled in the newlyweds inner hearts.

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