My Daughter!

Chapter 8: Sessh and Inu

Kagome sat uncomfortably beside the calm and quite Sesshoumaru. How could this be! She would never, NEVER EVER even think of having Sesshoumaru! No matter how hot he could be, or how beautiful he was, or how powerful he was, or how intelligent he was, or how wise he is and how—oh my God! What was she thinking!

Would you get a grip, Kagome! No, there has to be something to prove him wrong here. But why would he be saying these things to me if he doesn't think I need to know? So many thoughts ran through her mind that she didn't even notice that it was already dawn.

Unconsciously she nibbled on her lower lip, drawing much of the taiyoukai's attention. The more she fidgeted the more he was being frustrated. She was a nuisance! How could he ever end up with this girl! She was nothing he would ever want! He thought of reasons on what could force him to mate with such a girl. Maybe—no, he'd take care of that easily. What if—no, he would attain that sooner or later. Perhaps he—no, he wasn't the type to be seduced.

So what in blue hell would make him mate with an onna! Suddenly, he saw a ray of sunshine and he looked towards the lake to see that it was already dawn. He quickly stood, schooling his features. "Girl." She didn't hear him seeing as she was still biting her lower lip. "Girl!" he said more forcefully this time.

"Huh?" she looked up at him and saw the lightening of the sky, "Oh!" she stood up and dusted her skirt. "It's morning already?" she yawned, remembering she didn't get to sleep. She was too stressed out about the whole mating with Sesshoumaru in the future thing that she didn't even think about sleep.

Seeing that her human body was in need of sleep, he considered the options. After a while of thought, her spoke icily, "You will sleep in my hut for the mean time. I will make sure to keep the boys out while you sleep."

Kagome stared at him, awe struck and totally dumbfounded. She was just about to ask if he was kidding but remembered him saying, 'When am I not serious?' He was serious. Still, she wanted to make sure she was hearing right. "Your hut? I can sleep there?"

"Must I repeat myself?" he impatiently said, turning his back to her and walking to the hut. "When you arrive, the hut will be empty."

"W-Wait!" He turned around, seeing her run to him. When she caught up with him, to his indignation, she pinched his cheek!

"Ah!" he yelped, jerking away from her and instinctively covering his reddening skin. "What. Did you. Do. That. For, wench?" he asked calmly but fiercely.

"I'm not a wench!" she declared, hands on her hips. Then she dropped them to her side and blushed, "I wanted to know if I was dreaming."

"Then why not pinch yourself?"

"Coz I knew it would hurt." Sesshoumaru gazed blankly at her. Not knowing what to think of her anymore. There was too much irritation in him to think; and that was a lot to say considering he was after all a cold, calculating ice burg of doom. At least that was what Kagome thought of him.

Without another word, Sesshoumaru turned around, his hair whipping her face deliberately, and stalked off. Satisfied when he heard her say, "Hey!" he smirked to himself. "Meet me again tonight. Same place, same time." He said.

Kagome huffed with irritation and thought of a way at getting back at him, and then she smirked. As she walked, she started singing, "Sesshoumaru's very fluffy, very fluffy, very fluffy, Sesshoumaru's very fluffy and—"

"I heard that!" Kagome froze. He was nowhere in sight but somewhere in the trees! Dang he heard her! She laughed sheepishly and scratched the back of her head, "Just singing!" she said innocently.

When Kagome got to the hut, she found that it was, like Sesshoumaru said, empty except for a single futon at the corner. Sesshoumaru sat there comfortably; sipping the tea Mila had given them earlier. Kagome grinned, when Sesshoumaru says it, he means it. "How'd you get them all out?" she asked.

Sesshoumaru let out a mischievous smirk, making Kagome blush a bit. "I complimented their appearances."

"You told them you were gay!" Kagome couldn't believe it and almost doubled over laughing!

"I never said anything of the sort. I simply complimented them." He said coolly.

Kagome rolled on the floor, clutching her stomach with tears in her eyes. "HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA! THAT'S SO SMART! I LOVE IT! HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Of course you would." He said, internally rolling his eyes. Then he stood, placing his tee cup down. He went out the door and closed the hut off, not saying a word to Kagome who stared at him the whole time. She yawned again, well, at least he was nice enough to let her rest.

She ran to the door and opened it, calling for his retreating form. Sesshoumaru turned to her and she smiled, "Thanks." He gazed at her for a while, and then turned back to his path. Kagome kept the smile on her face; he could be nice sometimes too. Just like Inu-yasha. She yawned once more and entered the hut, tucking herself into the futon and slumbering peacefully.

Everything was dark when she felt someone nudging her stomach. There was a loud noise saying, "Oi, wench! Oi wench!" she felt too groggy to wake up! No, don't make me open my eyes! Not yet! Five more minutes, please? She groaned and turned the other way, trying her best to ignore the annoyance.

There was silence after a while, thankfully. Bust then, she felt a hot breath on her face and was disturbed. She slowly opened her eyes and jumped out of bed, literally, when she saw herself face to face with a disturbed and angry looking Inu-yasha. "I-Inu-yasha! What are you doing here!"

"What are you doing here!" Inu-yasha retorted, "In case you haven't thought about it in your puny little head; this is the men's hut! And I've been looking everywhere for you! What the hell are you sleeping here for?" Inu-yasha said, crossing his arms.

Kagome looked down in embarrassment and decided to tell Inu the truth. But she should leave Seshoumaru out of this. He was kind enough and she felt like she owed him now. "Um, I just wanted to get some undisturbed rest 'coz I was out all night. Gomen."

"Why the hell would you be out all night?" Inu-yasha asked with a curious brow raised.

"Uhm, nothing! I just wanted to…see the sight at night. It's so much better at night!" she smiled her fake smile, the brightest of her smiles.

"Well you should have told me where you were going first, you baka!" Inu-yasha said.

"Why should I!" Kagome said indignantly, "You're not my nanny! And I'm definitely not some kid who needs to tell you everything!" she declared.

"Baka!" he yelled then blushed, averting his eyes and shying away. "If you had told me, then," he muttered, "I could have been there to make sure you were safe." Kagome blushed and smiled, aw how sweet! It was moments like these that Kagome was reminded of how wonderful Inu-yasha really was. He was so immature and yet…he really cares.

"Sit!" wham! "That's for repeatedly calling me a baka and a wench!" she was so evil, hehehehehehe…. When Inu got up he was just about to curse when he felt something soft peck on his cheek. He started blushing madly when he realized Kagome'd just kissed him. "And that's for caring so much. Bye, Inu-yasha!" and with that, Kagome ran out and off, leaving a bewildered, blushing and wildly smiling hanyou sitting there in dreamland.

Kagome looked into the sky and found that it was already noon. She wanted to check up on the others so she went to the women's hut. Shippou and Haruko were there, but Sango wasn't. She asked them where Sango went and Shippou answered, "She went to the hot springs when Shinta said there were a few near the village. She wanted you there too, Kagome-chan, but she couldn't find you. By the way, where have you been?"

"Oh, uhm, just…around." She smiled dismissively and sat beside Haruko. She felt uncomfortable now that she heard what she heard from Sesshoumaru. What if Sesshoumaru was actually right? Does that mean she would sacrifice her old life, the one in the present, to live with him in the past? Could they actually love each other the way Haruko described it?

Haruko smiled at her. And she smiled back. Silence… silence… silence…

"Kagome-chan, Haruko-chan was just telling me some stories about the future! You wanna hear?" Shippou asked energetically.

Kagome smiled brightly at the young one and said, "Hai, I'd love to hear it!"

"What would you like to hear?" Haruko asked idly, as if bored with almost everything. But her smile never faded.

"Okay, what about…hm…do your father and I fight a lot?" she asked, thinking back on this morning.

"Rarely. But when you do, I can't sleep at night." She admitted with a shrug.

"Aw, I'm so sorry, Haruko-chan! In the future I'll try not to make your father angry—"

"Oh no, it's not that." Haruko said, shaking her head. Kagome raised a brow in question.

"It's not?"

"No, it's—" she turned to Shippou who was listening intently, and covered the cub's ears. She whispered low, "It's the part where you guys apologize and start…well…doing what you do."

Kagome blushed furiously, the image coming to her head. She didn't even think about that when Sesshoumaru told her they 'could' actually be future mates! Oh, she was too innocent for her own good! Shaking her head as if shaking off the thought, she smiled. "Tell me about something else, please. Something rated PG hopefully."

Haruko smiled and chuckled, covering her mouth again like earlier. "Well, what would you like to hear?"

"Um…" Kagome thought of it, "what about…Inu-yasha?" she asked. She wanted to hear something about Inu-yasha of the future. She hadn't heard anything about Inu-yasha at all!

"Oh…" Haruko's face fell and she looked down, Kagome was concerned, "I can't tell you about him."

"Why not?"

"Because…he doesn't have a future."

"What? I don't understand."

Haruko sighed, "After you complete the shard and defeat Naraku, Inu-yasha's going to wish to become a youkai. When his wish is granted, he'll lose control of himself and kill any living thing in sight. Including Miroku…" Kagome gasped, " and Sango…" tears welled in her eyes and Shippou couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Miroku was trying to protect Sango because she was badly hurt but Inu-yasha was too strong. He went for you as well, you were protecting Shippou. Before he could kill you both, Father had already slashed him. He had no choice. There was no other way of stopping him."

Kagome and Shippou were rendered speechless; tears were streaming down Shippou's face at the thought of Inu-yasha killing their friends! Kagome had to cover her mouth for she felt her jaw trembling and the tears threatening to fall. Inu-yasha…Inu-yasha was going to die because of his ambition.

Haruko seemed numb to all the pain and sorrow that surrounded her and she continued, "You hated father because of that, so you tried to slash him with the remnants of the tetsusaiga. But you couldn't. You understood that it was for the best. The Shikon vanished and was never found again."

Kagome shook her head, "I-I have to tell Inu-ya—"

"No!" Haruko exclaimed, grabbing her mother's arm before she could stand. "I've already altered the course of time more than enough to change many things, I won't let you change anything else!"

"I won't let Inu-yasha die!" Kagome exclaimed.

"If you don't let this happen, you will alter the future! I won't be alive! Father won't ever be able to feel love and continue to go to war against the wolves! Do you understand how valuable you are to him! To me! To Rin and Shipppou! To everyone!"

Kagome stared at her daughter for a long while, tears streaming down her face, "I can't…let Inu-yasha die…" she whispered weakly.

"If you don't let him die, everyone in the wolf clan will! I will! I need you to live!" Kagome felt so torn; Inu-yasha's life for so many others. She didn't know what to do! "You can't tell him what's going to happen." Kagome looked down at Haruko, her stern indifferent expression hurting her even more. It was as if she didn't care at all. And yet in her eyes, she saw the fear.

Kagome swallowed hard, "I won't tell him." She said, "But I will stop him from making that wish!" she ran out to Inu-yasha, leaving Haruko to cradle poor crying Shippou in her arms, calming him and soothing his emotions. So that was where she got her stubborn determination.

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