Chapter Three

Sesshomaru's Displeasure

He opened his eyes, he hadn't remembered falling asleep, but there were a few things he hadn't remembered doing. He sat up, he groaned in pain when his mid-section burned in pain. He registered the fact that he was clad in only his hakama, where had the rest of his clothing gone? He looked around; he was in an unfamiliar house. By the looks of it a woman lived here by herself. The sound of arguing reached his ears, it was growing closer. The voices stopped at the hall, just close enough for him to hear.

"Didn't you take into consideration that this could all be a trick?" A male's voice bellowed.

"He was wounded! He could barely walk; I'm surprised he didn't collapse on the street right then and there!" It was a woman's voice that spoke. She was quieter than the male. "And will you keep your voice down? He is asleep!" Kagome scolded him. "If he does want the Shikon then I will deal with it when the time comes, for now I just want to make sure his wounds heal." Her dryer buzzed alerting her that the clothes were dry.

"You're too trusting," Sesshomaru grumbled.

"Tell me something I don't know," she sighed. The man on the couch saw Sesshomaru enter the living room looking rather annoyed. He had long silver hair that was pulled back into a braid and calculating golden eyes. He wore a white button down shirt and black pants.

"It seems your 'guest' is awake," he said.

"I'm not surprised, not even Inuyasha can sleep with your loud mouth," she grunted. "Trust me, I know. He can sleep like a rock."

"Keep talking like that Miko and youkai will be the least of your worries," Sesshomaru growled. The man saw Kagome enter the room with folded clothes in her hands.

"All talk no action. You need me too much." Kagome stated. She walked over to the man's side.

"Are you feeling all right?" She asked him as she hovered two fingers over his stomach. He felt her energy surround him, it was calming. He remembered feeling it once before, except pain had followed last time. This time there was no pain.

"Yes," he said then looked down at the ground. Kagome frowned; his stomach wound was deeper than she had originally thought. IT would take longer to heal.

"Look at me," she commanded gently. He looked her straight in the eye, she saw that his eyes were slightly glazed over but was fully aware of what was going on around him. Kagome placed her hand on his forehead then drew back. "You have a bit of a fever, nothing serious…but I'm not going to take any chances." Kagome said. Sesshomaru looked the man over; he sensed the strong energy he had. The man was strong enough to harm Kagome even in his weakened state. Sesshomaru saw her go into the kitchen to prepare a fever reducing herbal tea. The man on the couch was rather patient, he did as told and didn't say otherwise. Kagome came back into the room a few minutes later with the tea in hand. "Drink this, it'll help the fever." Kagome smiled at him.

"Thank you," he smiled gratefully. When he took a sip of the tea he grimaced, it had a horrid taste. Sesshomaru smirked, he remembered when Kagome had come down with the flu and he had given that to her to drink. She flat out refused to after the fist sip. Her flu had gotten worse and in the end she drank the whole thing in one gulp. She felt better the next day. Kagome had never complained about the taste again. She found in worked better than fever reducers that she could buy at the store. He was rather surprised when the man drank it down anyway.

"Don't get yourself killed," Sesshomaru told Kagome as he walked to the door.

"I never do," she chuckled.

"You are certainly…"

"Too trusting, I know."

"I will see you later," Sesshomaru said then left. Kagome rolled her eyes at her boss' behavior, she had gotten used to it by now though. She turned to the man who had placed the empty tea cup on the table.

"What's your name?" She asked as she took the tea cup off of the table. He looked up at her, she didn't even know him yet she was so kind. Why was she helping him in the first place? He could have very well killed her if he had wanted too.

"Koenma," he replied.

"My name is Kagome." She smiled at him. She left the room briefly to place the tea cup in the sink then returned. His aura didn't seem threatening, but it was very powerful. It made her wonder, he wasn't a youkai yet his energy surpassed that of an S class. Unfortunately he was greatly weakened by the attack; she didn't think he would be going any where for at least a week. His stomach wound was too serious and on top of that he was getting a fever. Once he was healed she would let him go where he wanted, there would be nothing more she could do.

"Thank you for assisting me," Koenma said. Kagome handed him his clean top.

"It's no trouble. If you don't mind my asking, what happened? The wound on your stomach is quite serious; I can't imagine what could have done that." Kagome had an idea; she only wanted to confirm her suspicions. Koenma put his haori on, he thought back to when he had been injured. It was all a blur, he could hardly remember.

"I can't seem to recall what did this to me," he said truthfully. Kagome bit the bottom of her lip; she thought she had sensed something odd. She let some of her energy surround him; she closed her eyes in concentration. There it was, a memory block. They were difficult to create, but were very effective if done right. The spell was woven tightly she couldn't undo it. Only time could undo the spell, then he would remember what had happened. For now it would be nothing but a blur. Kagome recoiled her energy; someone hadn't wanted Koenma to remember who attacked him. "Why are you helping me? You don't even know me."

"Well, I couldn't have left you out there to die. I help those in need and if you are one of those who want to kill me then good luck trying. All I have to do is summon one of my weapons." She said.

"I can assure you, I don't want you dead."

"Then there is no problem, you needed help so I gave it. It's just what I do." Kagome smiled brightly.

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Tijiya: Two updates in one day! I think that may be a new record for me…possibly. I can't remember right now, but oh well not important. I'm glad that you all like this story so far! I'm having a lot of fun writing it. Thanks for all of the reviews! Same deal as the previous chapters; ten reviews and I update! I will reveal the parring shortly though I think that I made it a bit too obvious…I don't know how but I did! Oh, I forgot to put this in the previous chapters. I don't own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho!

Translations:

Youkai: demon

Negenkai: Human world

Makai: Demon world

Haori: type of Japanese top

Hakama: Japanese pants

Shikon no Tama: Jewel of Four Souls

Feudal: Past (I think)

Nigen: Human

Miko: Priestess