To all my dear readers, your reviews are so kind, every single one. This chapter isn't that great, I had it saved on my computer and decided to go ahead and post it. It isn't even finished, but I wanted to give yall something to read while I'm away with my family. The other half to this chapter will be combined with chapter six. The slow chapters are over though, after this one the story really takes off. Thank you all for understanding and I luv u all!

Chapter 5

"Damnit Kagome, why did I even come here tonight!" Inuyasha whined out Kagome's open window to the thick fog.

He turned and captured the little clock from the nightstand .

"It's already...You've been gone for...for...ALL DAMN NIGHT!" He growled as he threw the innocent clock to the floor in frustration and began stomping it angrily, sending springs and other tiny pieces flying.

It was around 3:45 am, but Inuyasha didn't know that because he couldn't tell time...so he killed the clock.

There is a sound of someone coming down the hallway...

A shock runs down his back and he can feel the SIT at the sight of the massacred clock, and quickly picks up the pile into his hands in hope of hiding it.

He panics as he runs in circles, losing his nerve with a frightened look on his face.

The steps come closer and the floor squeaks in front of the door...

Inuyasha looks around frantically...

The door slowly starts to creak open...

In an act of desperation, Inuyasha throws himself out the open window...

"Myo" came the distorted meow of a very fat Buyo as he tromps into the room to find no one there.

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The streets seemed dead in the silent chill of the space between night and morning. The space where time seemed to stop itself in an attempt to hang onto the night.

Sesshoumaru strode steady as the fog fell around him and curled in his wake. In his arms he carried a tightly bundled Kagome against his own warmth.

The night had been a very interesting one indeed. Full of strange feelings and awkward moments.

:Three and a half hours earlier:

Kagome was sent on a roller coaster ride in a sake cup. Up down up down -loop around-up down.

After the strangely tender moment in the parlor, Kagome went limp and her mouth hung open, letting a drunken snore creep its way up to Sesshoumaru's pointed ears.

He hated snoring. There used to be a time when he might have killed someone for snoring in his presence, but he no longer knew that Sesshoumaru and would never be him again...and he realized that the moment he let his arms hold her.

After about twenty minutes of just sitting there with a human girl in his lap, Sesshoumaru really felt the need for a cigarette...and he also felt the need to smack Jakan a bit.

Demon sake was dangerous for humans, and Kagome would probably still be drunk all through the next morning.

Thank goodness she didn't drink a full cup.

Carefully Sesshoumaru lifted her from his lap and placed her on her side.

Listening closely, he checked her heart rate and breathing...

She seemed to be doing fine, so he left her there to sleep for a moment while he went to find the little whelp.

Sesshoumaru found Jakan in his room in front of a blaring TV. Jakan watched too much television these days.

"JAKAN" Sesshoumaru snapped , startling the little youkai from his trance.

"Mi-lord! You are just in time! She's finally going to kill Bill!" Jakan proclaimed as he pointed to the TV excitedly.

"Jakan do you wish to kill my guest!" Sesshoumaru demanded.

" What!" Jakan scrunched his face. "Why would you ask me that mi-lord?"

"The sake Jakan! What were you thinking!" Sesshoumaru scolded angrily.

"I don't understa---" Jakan started but stopped at the gut wrenching sound that now filled the house.

Sesshoumaru was back in the parlor so fast that Jakan never saw him leave.

There Sesshoumaru saw Kagome curled over, holding her heaving stomach and fighting for air.

Her stomach had emptied itself on the floor , and from the looks of it, was still purging itself even though there seemed to be nothing left to purge.

She was pale white and dangerously close to dehydration. If he didn't get some fluid back in her quick, her kidneys would give out and she could die.

Sesshoumaru quickly grabbed Kagome, who made terrible noises and cries, and rushed to the bathroom where he sat her next to the toilet and began running cold water in the tub.

Jakan came in looking startled.

"Bring me a water bottle NOW!" Sesshoumaru ordered.

Kagome heaved and whimpered and cried dry tears as she fought to hold her head up.

This was the hard part, when she would be miserable and sick...once she is through this she should just be a giddy drunk...or so he hopes.

He picked her up by her arms and sat her on the toilet where he pulled off her shirt with one hand, and steadied her with the other.

Then, wrapping his arm around her back, he pulled her up to remove her jeans, which turned out to be quite a challenge.

Jakan returned with the water and set it on the sink trying not to snicker at the sight of

Sesshoumaru vs bluejeans.

"Make yourself of use!" Sesshoumaru sneered as he wobbled with the limp girl.

Jakan pulled at kagome's jeans, and then at her socks. "These too mi-lord?" Jakan pointed at the blue panties that kagome was wearing.

"Go tend to the parlor!" Sesshoumaru snapped and Jakan hurried out.

Giving her proper dignity, Sesshoumaru lowered her into the cool water, undies and all.

Kagome looked around and held his arm, but she was vacant and probably had no clue what was going on.

Sesshoumaru wiped her face and forced her to drink the bottled water. This went on for about an hour.

"Am I at home?..." Kagome mumbled as she was lifted from the water.

"No, you are at my home..." Sesshoumaru told her, wrapping her in a towel.

"I want to go home...and you can bathe me there..." Kagome said, clearly still out of her mind.

"I did not bathe you...I do not bathe people." Sesshoumaru assured her.

"Where is your home?" Sesshoumaru questioned as he wadded her clothes up that smelled of pungent sake.

"Goshinbuku..." Kagome whispered against the cold tile of the floor where she lay.

"Before I take you home, you must eat some rice, to soak up some of that alcohol." Sesshoumaru told her as he lifted her from the floor and into his arms.

So here he was, carrying a sleeping Kagome to a place he barely remembered.

She was bundled warmly in her coat and a heavy blanket. Her clothes were left behind for Jakan to wash.

'Its around here...somewhere..." Sesshoumaru thought to himself as he stopped to look around in the blinding fog.

He walked a little further and stopped in front of the stone steps of a shrine.

"Kagome..." He jostled her a little "Kagome wake up."

"Hnnnarr" Came the weird noise from Kagome.

"Your home is the Higurashi shrine?" He asked.

"I'mmm Higurashi..." She answered .

Sesshoumaru began to climb the steps, not sure as to how he would get her into her house, but knowing he had to find a way. Sake only keeps you so warm, and this winter weather even made Sesshoumaru feel some of its chill.

"Kagome, how are you feeling? Can you get into your house?"

"I feel...prolly...yeah?" Kagome pulled her hand out and rubbed her eye.

"When we reach the top, you will try to stand ." He told her.

"Did you save me Sesshoumaru?" She asked with a yawn, still very fuzzy headed.

Sesshoumaru stopped and looked down at her. He let the words echo in his head. Did you save me Sesshoumaru...Did you save me...save me Sesshoumaru...save me...

Sesshoumaru felt something he rarely ever felt...Deja vu.

Just then an old air filled his nose and made his claws tingle...they never did that anymore...

His blood warmed and he felt a forgotten power surge through his body. This smell was so familiar yet so lost...he wanted to keep this smell and never let go...what was it?

Then he realized...

It was Inuyasha...

His brother who he had not seen in hundreds of years...who he hated...who he...missed.

And there in the fog stood the figure of the hanyou...and then...crouched?

Sesshoumaru stood still as a statue and squinted...'what is he doing?'

It looked as if he was digging...like a dog. Was he burying a bone?

The dirt stopped flying and the hanyou seemed to pause and sniff the air.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha called quietly.

Kagome shifted a little in Sesshoumaru's arms.

"Inu...yasha?" Kagome whispered.

Sesshoumaru looked down and quickly clasped a hand over her mouth.

Inuyasha stood in the distance and began to walk closer to them.

"Kagome...is that you?"

Kagome began to giggle beneath Sesshoumaru's hand.

An alien smell hit Inuyasha's nose. It wasn't really a youkai smell, but it made his blood flare.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha almost yelled this time as he flicked the tang of Tetsuseiga with his claw.

"I will see you again Kagome..."Sesshoumaru told her as he helped her to her feet.

Inuyasha began to run across the shrine courtyard, ever closer.

"Be safe until we meet again." He said as he brushed a claw through her hair. "Stay away from sake."

Kagome giggled and wobbled a bit, but Sesshoumaru knew he could safely leave her to Inuyasha, and he vanished.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!" Inuyasha cried as he approached the figure in the fog at a quick speed.

"Im Kagome" She giggled giddily. "Who the hell are you Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha lowered his face to hers and sniffed.

She smelled terrible, and very intoxicated. Inuyasha calmed himself, satisfied that it was Kagome .

"What happened to you? And where the hell have you been, its almost dawn!" He began to rant. "You are drunk too!"

"I was out getting drunk with Sesshoumaru and Jakan..." Kagome chuckled.

"Very funny Kagome! I was worried about you!" Inuyasha went on. " And where are your shoes, don't you know how cold it is out here!"

"Im hot...stupid blanket..." Kagome fumbled as she tugged her way out of the blanket and coat, letting them both drop to her feet.

"KAGOME! WHERE ARE YOUR DAMN CLOTHES?" Inuyasha cried in disbelief at the sight or her blue undies.

"Ooooh burrrr...now I'm cold..." She began to whine.

"Of course you're cold! Your basically naked in the dead of winter!" He went on...

Kagome took a shaky step into him, and snuggled to him, trying to steal his warmth.

"Inuyasha I'm sorry you were worried...keep me warm..." she slurred and her teeth chattered.

He wrapped his arms around her, covering her with his sleeves.

"Kagome...come on lets get insi..."

"-----BLEHK!----"

Inuyasha was cut off by a gross noise and a warm sensation all over his shoulder.

"Nasty rice...I'm sorry...Inuyasha..." Kagome managed a little muffled as she wiped her mouth on his chest.

Inuyasha's eye began to twitch like crazy.

"L-Lets go..." He managed through clenched teeth...