Hey ya'll! I got another story started! I'm hoping you guy's will like it, cause it sure is fun to write! LOL!
Disclaimer: Yhea you know, I don't own Inuyasha!
Summary: When Inuyasha dies in a battle with Naraku, what will Kagome do? Will she find a new love? And where does Sesshomaru fit in here?
One More Time
Chapter One
"Inuyasha? Inuyasha? Where is that idiot! Jeezus, if I'd known he'd be this mad at me for 'sitting' him, I wouldn't have said anything. But…he's been gone for hours!" Kagome pushed through the thick foliage of the dense forest and made her way to its heart. Sango and Miroku had stayed behind, saying that Inuyasha would come back on his own time.
Kagome went anyway because she was worried that he might run off and leave her. As she trudged through the thick woods her glossy black hair reflected the moonlight and her pale skin seemed almost to glow white as the crescent sliver shone above her. In her futuristic clothes, she seemed almost unreal.
After a good hour, Kagome felt a familiar wicked aura permeating the area before her. She broke through the trees and stumbled onto a battleground. As she had suspected, Naraku was in the middle, but he was not battling Inuyasha as she had assumed. He was combating with Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's hated half-brother.
Kagome gazed over to the far right and spotted Inuyasha lying still on the ground. The first thought that came to her mind caused her common sense to become completely useless, and she bounded out of the forest into the open trying to get to him. In her haste she stumbled on a rock and landed on the hard dirt below. A small squeak of pain escaped her lips and she covered her mouth quickly. But it was too late, Naraku had heard her, and slammed a very weary Sesshomaru into a tree, where he was rendered momentarily unconscious. Kagome opened her mouth to scream as a hideous green tentacle shot toward her. She squeezed her eyes shut.
Nothing came, but Kagome heard a quiet moan and felt something wet splatter her face. Her eyes went wide when she saw who was standing in front of her, and her mouth hung open loosely as she stared at her savior.
Inuyasha was kneeling in front of her clenching his chest with a bloodied hand, staring at the ground. Naraku's tentacle receded from Inuyasha's chest and resumed attacking Sesshomaru who was again in the waking world. Inuyasha shivered violently and fell backward, his head landing on Kagome's waist.
"I-Inu…yasha?" She stuttered, fearing the worst. His once glowing eyes drifted up to rest on Kagome's face. They had become dull, lifeless. He smiled weakly and reached up, his wobbly hand stroking her black, silky hair. Kagome covered it with her own trembling fingers and looked down on him with tears forming in her eyes.
"Kagome." His voice was hoarse and soft, barely audible to her. Yet Kagome strained to hear him with all her might. "Don't cry. You… you know I hate it when you cry." Kagome smiled meekly and hiccupped, wiping the tears away.
Sesshomaru had caused Naraku to retreat sometime ago and now watched the two wearily. His white hair was stained with blood and dirt, and his clothes were in tatters.
"Did… did I ever tell you… that …that you're pretty?" Inuyasha continued silently. Kagome's eye's watered again and she shook her head slightly. Inuyasha moved his quaking hand to her cheek to cup it in his palm, gently rubbing it with his thumb. "Well I should have sooner. Heh… because you are pretty." Kagome's cheeks turned pink and she hiccupped again, fighting the urge to cry. He was talking like he was dying! "Well I'm glad… I …got to see… your face one more time…" His hand slid off of her cheek and his eyes began to flutter. "I…love… you, Kagome…"
"D-don't talk like that… you're gonna' be fine… I'll take you back to Kaede…we'll have you better in no time…I-" Kagome was cut off by a whisper that escaped from Inuyasha's lips. "What?" She asked, on the verge of tears again.
"I love… you…" Then his breathing slowed steadily to a complete stop, and his eyelids slid closed over the lifeless orbs that once held love and happiness. The magic prayer beads around the half-demon's neck fell to the ground and turned into dust, blowing away in the breeze.
Kagome's eyes widened and she quietly called Inuyasha's name. When he didn't respond, she squeezed her eyes tightly shut and her body began to shake with silent sobs. Tears fell onto the torn red haori that he wore, and soaked into the fabric. Kagome buried her face in the cloth and gripped it tightly in her hands, sobbing uncontrollably.
Sesshomaru was still nearby watching her weep over her dead lover's body. His brother's dead body.
Kagome continued to sob, and as the minutes passed she slowly drifted into a fitful slumber. Sesshomaru debated whether he should just leave her there, or take her back to the village. Finally he remembered that this woman had been kind to Rin, even though the little girl had practically grown up around him, and was the ward of her enemy. So, out of pure thanks, Sesshomaru picked up Kagome and took her back to the village.
While in the air Kagome buried her face in Sesshomaru's kimono, shivering slightly. Why did the woman have to wear that danged outfit all the time? She was going to freeze to death with winter coming soon. He slid off the pelt that was kept on his shoulder, and placed it over her legs. Her shivering subsided and she sighed contentedly.
He reached the village a moment later and walked over to the small hut that the woman usually stayed in. An old woman was standing outside the hut, watching the couple that was walking through the village off to the side. When she spotted Sesshomaru, she immediately stood and asked him what he was doing with Kagome. "I am merely returning a favor that the wench did for me." The old woman scowled at the crude name but let him in nonetheless. Sesshomaru finally recognized the old woman to be Kaede, the younger sister of the late priestess, Kikyo.
"May I ask why you have Kagome in the first place?" The woman inquired. Sesshomaru tried to set Kagome down on the mat Kaede had set out for her, but Kagome's fists were bunched up in Sesshomaru's shirt so he instead sat down with Kagome in his lap. The demon was not much for helping others, but this time he would just have to let it slide.
"Inuyasha was killed by Naraku earlier." Sesshomaru answered.
"Ah," The old woman frowned and looked at Kagome worriedly then shook her head. Kaede walked into another room and Sesshomaru heard her breathing slow. The old woman had gone to sleep. He was alone with a young woman in his arms that he didn't know as well as he might have, had he not been so coldhearted.
The young priestess shifted in his arms so the moonlight that flooded in through a window above them lit up her face. She sighed again and ceased to dream anything that had caused her to fidget while she slept. Sesshomaru looked down to examine her face better and his breath caught for a moment.
The girl looked inhuman. Her pale skin practically glowed, and her long, black, eyelashes contrasted greatly with her complexion. Her plump red lips seemed to call out to him, begging him to take them in a long passionate kiss. He inhaled deeply through his nose catching the sweet fragrance that was her scent. She smelled of vanilla and the forest after a fresh rain; Kagome's scent was heavenly and Sesshomaru was sorry he hadn't noticed it before. A small moan escaped her lips, parting them slightly. A little breeze blew through the hut, lifting Kagome's silky hair.
Her breath was hot and sweet on his face and Sesshomaru realized he was a hair's breadth away from kissing her full ruby red lips. Kagome whispered his name, and puzzled, he pulled away. This woman reminded him of someone he knew a long time ago. He began to wonder if Kagome was that woman. But it couldn't be the same person, because Kagome was a human. His mind wandered back to Kagome's lips, and before he realized what he was doing, Sesshomaru lightly brushed his lips against her feathery mouth.
Oh please let me know how you guys like this story! I was up literally all night writing this thing, just to get it out of my head before I forgot! So please review!