She looked at his muscular body, strong and steady over her own frail figure. He was waiting for her answer. His hair was draped down his shoulders and rested on her chest. She remembered that just yesterday she had been playing with Sango in a pond. InuYasha and Miroku could be seen peering from behind a tree, until Kagome yelled, 'sit!' It had been one of the nicer days in the Warring Sates era. She remembered tripping when she got out of the pond and landing on InuYasha. She could still remember the feeling of the cloth against her skin, and the heat that came from InuYasha's body. Then she remembered all Sesshoumaru had told her, and how much he was in pain without her.
" Let me love you, Kagome." Sesshoumaru said again.
In her moment of weakness, Kagome nodded, and Sesshoumaru began to press into her. Kagome found herself enjoying the sensation of Sesshoumaru inside of her, and InuYasha slipped from her mind.
When she woke she was confused once again, to find herself in Sesshoumaru's warm embrace. Then visions of last night's events came to her mind. She quickly sat up letting the covers slip off her bare shoulders and onto her lap.
What had she been thinking? She had to get back to InuYasha!
She was about to get up when a hand grabbed her arm.
"Where are you going." Sesshoumaru asked.
Oh no! What should she say?
Sesshoumaru tightened his grip on her arm.
" Where were you going Kagome?" He asked with a hint of anger in his voice.
"Oh my lord," She said and bent over and kissed him, "You need to learn to trust me."
Before she backed away from the kiss, Sesshoumaru grabbed the back of her head and pressed her lips to his.
" Trust comes with time, Kagome, and that we have not had." He said.
Kagome didn't know what to say so she simply nodded and smiled softly. There it was again! Her conscience telling her that it was wrong to leave him alone. Why? Why did she feel so wrong about leaving the man that was supposed to be her enemy?!
" What are you thinking about love?" Sesshoumaru asked as he got off the bed and slipped into his robe. Kagome blushed to see his bare body, and quickly turned away.
"Uh …um...nothing. Why do you ask?" Wait…did he just call her love?
"You look unwell, shall I call in Miroku?" He walked over to her and brushed her hair from her forehead. She felt a tingling sensation run over her skin as his fingers lightly flowed down her cheek and down her chest.
Miroku? Why would he be here? This was so confusing!
"Yah, I think Miroku could help." She said with a fake cough.
'Let us clothe you first. Even if he is physically chained you can never chain his mind."
Well, it seemed Sesshoumaru knew Miroku well enough.
Sesshoumaru picked up a dark blue robe, rapped it around her, and walked her down a long dark hallway. The floors were black marble and so clean she could see her reflection staring blankly back at her. At the end of the hall there was an old, wooden door. Sesshoumaru opened it and then guided her inside.
The first thing Kagome noticed was the cold, damp air. Already she wanted to run back into the bed, even if it meant being once again with Sesshoumaru. But she was now in a large, dark room. There were empty cells lining the walls and in one of them sat Miroku.
He had gotten very thin, and looked as if he had not seen the sun in a good while. His hair was greasy and in desperate need of a cutting, and his beard was unshaven.
" Well, I see you aren't dead yet." Sesshoumaru said with no expression. "Look, you have a visitor."
Miroku lifted up his head. Kagome gasped at his face. His eyes were sunken in and his jaw was clearly visible. He looked like the most miserable creature she had ever seen.
"Have you come here to simply grace me with your presence, or is there something I must do?" Miroku asked, with hate flowing from each word.
"I see you have not lost your good spirits. Yes, I do need you for something. Kagome here is ill, you must help her fully recover in time for tomorrow. If you don't, Shippo dies.
Sesshoumaru took Kagome by the hand and led her to his cell. He unlocked the cell door and walked Kagome inside, and shut the door. He came back a moment later with a bag and again opened the cell, and threw the bag at Miroku.
Kagome didn't want to be left with Miroku…No, this wasn't Miroku! This all wasn't real! She didn't want to be with Sesshoumaru, but she definitly didn't want to be in the same cell with this creature. She grabbed Sesshoumaru's arms in and pressed her head to his chest.
"Don't leave me, please." She whispered.
"Kagome," He said stroking her hair. "I will not be far. I will not let anyone hurt you. You will always be safe, Kagome." He kissed her cheek and left her alone with Miroku. Miroku remained sitting on the floor loonking at Kagome, neather moved until Miroku finally spoke.
"So how does it feel Kagome?" He asked
"How does what feel?" Kagome asked in a daze.
"How does it feel to betray the people you were here to help? I do hope you are enjoying yourself with Sesshoumaru. He seems to be quite infatuated with you."
" He loves me, Miroku." What? Why did she just say that?
"Hah," He let out a soft, laugh, " Sesshoumaru is incapable of love, Kagome. Somewhere inside of you, you know that."
"Miroku, I don't know what…"
"Save your words, Kagome, Nothing you have to say can interest me anymore. It's all lies."
"But I wouldn't lie to you Miroku!" Kagome yelled.
"Really now?! Then how did I get here? Oh Miroku, come this way, Sango and I wish to show you something?!" Tears were flowing down Miroku's cheeks, " Was that not a lie? Or did Sango ask you to show me her impaled body lifeless on the ground. Did she want me to see her blood staining the grass all around her?! Tell me was that not a lie?!" Miroku was crying angry tears. He bent his head to his knees and wept aloud.
Kagome's eyes were filled with tears. Sango. No not Sango too!
"What happened Miroku?" Kagome burst out. She knelt down and hugged him.
"Get away from me. Murderer!" Miroku broke her embrace and ran to the walls of his cell.
"What happened to Sango, Miroku? Tell me what happened to Sango."
" You Killed Her!"
Kagome sat on the cold, rock surface totally stunned. The tears flowed from her eyes effortlessly. Miroku looked at her with anger, and for a moment his eyes softened.
"Kagome, You act as if you know nothing of hat you have done." He said calmly.
"Miroku, Please, It wasn't me; it couldn't have been. I wouldn't have killed Sango or InuYasha. Please you must believe me." Kagome pleaded.
"I would like too, but you were the one that led me to Sesshoumaru; you were the one that locked me in here. How am I supposed to trust you?"
"I woke up in Sesshoumaru's arms. The last thing I remember before that was the day we were at the pond. You and InuYasha were looking, remember? We made camp, and I…that's all I remember."
"I don't believe you Kagome."
"You have to Miroku!"
"I don't, and I won't. Now I will avenge them with the little strength I have left. You will be sucked into my wind tunnel!"
"NO!"
Die Kagome!"
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