Well will you look at that...it's another chapter ready for your enjoyment. I had an unexpected burst of inspiration so here you go.

Summary- Kagome is a librarian that gets pulled into the world of darkness. Strange things begin to happen after she meets a vampire. Will her world have a storybook ending? Or will it end in tragedy?

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Recap-

If there were more to be found on her person, they were hidden in places that wouldn't be becoming or gentlemanly to frisk for. He promptly left the room and sat himself in the night of her living room. He was going to wait till she woke up before pressing for answers to questions that plagued his mind.

Kagome woke feeling completely drained and unrested. She glanced at her clock that screamed that it was eight-thirty nine pm in bright green florescence. She jumped out of bed in such a rush she completely missed her floor and landed nimbly in her bathroom. In a rush she turned on a light and began to strip her clothes, brush her teeth, and hair all at once. 'I'm so late they're gonna kill me!' She couldn't remember for the life of her what happened after work the night before, but gave little time to pondering. She flew to her closet and ripped a fresh shirt off the hanger and tore a skirt from her chest of drawers.

Kagome almost tripped jumping into her skirt, but managed to get it buttoned and zipped without further incident. She raced out of her room in search of her cordless, but stopped short. Throughout the dim light emitted by her bathroom, Kagome saw, looking for all purposes cozy and at home, Sesshoumaru sitting on her couch. He was attired in a black dress-shirt unbuttoned, revealing a white muscle shirt beneath. His black loose-fitting pants still held their crease.

As she entered he looked up and raised a perfectly sculpted eyebrow. At this time Kagome gave thought of how she must look. Her hair was wild behind her, toothbrush firmly rooted between her teeth, skirt askew, and shirt unbuttoned showing her bra and cleavage to the entire world. Kagome's face turned a bright shade of tomato. She clutched her shirt closed, and glared at her visitor.

"Vat se ell ewe zewin ear" She bellowed around her toothbrush. Her silent spectator only replied with a smirk. Kagome's glare withered to disgust as she returned to her room. She finished brushing her teeth, and straightened her uniform. She looked dismally at her hair before deciding that it could wait. She calmly returned to her living room to find that Sesshoumaru had taken the liberty to turn on a couple lights so she could see better.

"I don't have time for this Sesshoumaru; I'm late for work" He offered her a cup of tea from which, she recognized, as her only good tea set. She accepted the offer begrudgingly.

"You don't have to go in today" He answered, while setting the carafe between them. "I called in for you." Kagome was dumbstruck. 'Why the hell would he do something like that?' She thought to herself. He must have seen her confusion and suspicion.

"You've been asleep for three days, I didn't know when you'd wake up, so I called a few days ago and told them that you were ill and needed a few days off." He clarified as if he was discussing the weather. "They seemed rather glad to be rid of you in fact. Something about you finally getting yourself someone and taking your much needed vacation time." Kagome gapped at him.

" You told them you were my boyfriend" She ranted. She could only imagine what her superiors were thinking. Kagome was sure that it was something along the lines of her finding a boyfriend and claiming to be ill so she could spend more time with him. If anything were farther from the truth! She dreaded going in to work and having to explain the truth to Jenna. Then it hit her. She saw clearly in her mind's eye, doll's eyes staring at her, dead. Jenna was dead. The room around her spun out of control. She tried to stand but found that her legs wouldn't hold her up. Then everything went black.

The next thing she knew, Sesshoumaru was sitting beside her pressing a cool rag to her brow. He looked worried and paler than usual. She tried to sit up, but he pressed her back down into the comfort of the soft leather of her couch.

"Be still" he cooed softly"You're still not well."

"What happened" She asked looking around her. She was laying on her loveseat with two pillows propping up her head. Sesshoumaru continued to dab the damp cloth over her forehead, one hand propping him up against the back. A bowl of water rested in his lap and he periodically resoaked the rag in it before wringing it dry.

"You fainted." He answered after length. "I take it you're beginning to remember what happened that night at the club." He never looked at her eyes, but Kagome could tell he was nervous. She racked her brain for any information, but all that came up was Jenna's lifeless eyes. She shook her head to dispel the image to no avail.

"I remember going to the club" She began at last. "I remember getting lost in the crowd. I recall a guy who smelled like he was using fruit paste for cologne trying to pick me up. Then he showed up again with two others. I was about to fight them, but you showed up and saved me." She gave a faint smile at this. "Then...then...Jenna's eyes." Her smile vanished, and her face became haunted. Sesshoumaru comforted her as best he could. He waited a while before pressing her again.

"Do you remember what happened after that" He sighed when she shook her head. "You went mad when you saw her. You began to glow and a breeze blew around you. You floated off the ground and faced the dancers. I was terrified of you I'll admit, but I don't think I would have stayed put if I knew the extent of the damage you could do. Your hand raised to face the crowd and you screamed. Fire spread everywhere. People and furniture were burning in a white blaze the likes of which I've never seen. Everyone was screaming and running for the entrance, but with so many people trying to push through, very few made it out. Then you turned to me. I though I was next to go, but instead you said you were sorry...then you stopped glowing and fell down. I picked you up and brought you here. Put you in bed, and removed your daggers. I don't think they'll be any further use to you though." He added with a chuckle. He pulled a bundle wrapped in a cloth from behind him. Sesshoumaru gently unwrapped his parcel and to Kagome's surprise, there lay the remains of her blades; melted and deformed.

A single tear glided down Kagome's cheek. Before she knew it had escaped, Sesshoumaru reached over and tenderly caught it with the soft pad of his thumb. She smiled humorlessly at him, and tried to sit up once more. He looked like he'd intervene again, but stopped himself and allowed her up.

"I guess you're wondering what happened back there then." She asked. Sesshoumaru finally met her steady gaze and nodded. Kagome gave a sigh of long suffering. "Very well." She steeled herself to declare the one thing she'd never told anyone. Her deepest darkest secret, and reason for her suffering. No one knew this secret. Not even her family. The one person that knew the details of her powers was a memory pushed to the back of her mind. All that was left to her of him was a nightmare of his dead eyes staring at her in agony. Not unlike the new pair that stared at her glazed and haunted. "I'm pyrokinetic. I can start and control fire with my mind." She said in a rush.

Almost instantly a weight she'd never noticed seemed to lift from her shoulders. She finally told someone. The weight was soon replaced with anticipation. Would he abandon her now that he knew? Would she appear so freakish in his eyes that he would scorn her, call her freak, spit at her feet? What happens now? She was tired of the roller coaster her emotions were taking. She didn't want anything to do with Sesshoumaru when they first met, but during the course of events, as often happens, she found that she had fallen in love with him. Would he abandon her now that her heart was open for him to see?

Kagome timidly looked up and met his gaze. He was silent and deep in thought. Her dread increased ten-fold. Sesshoumaru wasn't outright disgusted, shouting and carrying on, but he wasn't saying anything either. She might have been able to handle the outright loathing, but his silence was killing her inside. Kagome preferred him making a show of being sickened. At least then she would have been able to act accordingly: anger, wrath, slap him, then kick him out of her life forever.

"I see." Was all he said after an eternity. Kagome was heartbroken. She lay back down and turned her body to face away from him. Her tears were coming, and for some reason she didn't want him to see how badly he had hurt her with his silence. What did she expect? Him to be sympathetic? Help her bare the cruel hand fate had dealt her? 'You're a fool Kagome.' She told herself, 'an utter and complete fool.' Both Jenna and Onigumo's faces appeared before her mind's eye and she didn't push them back. She wept.

Kagome woke up alone the next day. She was still haphazardly dressed on the couch. The lights had been left on, and the tea was cold. She rubbed her sore eyes as she sat up. Her head was clouded and her nose was stuffed, but she paid it no mind. 'Inuyasha was right,' she thought to herself, 'Sesshoumaru is a monster.'

A few golden rays of sunlight peaked through her heavy drapes. The large piece of fabric covering the hole in her wall swayed with the breeze but all it did was remind her of the blood fabric at the club. Kagome turned her head away from the sight. She spied a piece of paper folded neatly on her glass inn-table. She reached across and opened it. Neatly printed was a note from Sesshoumaru.

I apologize for my reaction last night. It clearly wasn't the one you were looking for, and I am a fool for doing nothing. I pray you forgive me. It caught me off guard, though I know I should have expected something of the like after the club. I can not pretend to understand the anguish it must bring to wake up alone after the night you've had but the sun will be up shortly and I have some business to attend to. I will see you again tonight. In the meantime, someone will be visiting you today if I can get him to listen. I hope he will offer you more comfort than I was able to. If it's just as well, he will know nothing but what you divulge.

-S

Kagome ripped the paper into microscopic pieces. 'So he's not as sickened as I thought, but he's still a bastard!' She thought angrily. She let the pieces fall from her hands to the floor before curling up once more on her couch. Kagome tucked her legs under her chin trapping her arms close to her chest. She felt cold and more alone than ever. Her tears returned hundred fold, and once more she cried herself to sleep where only the eyes of her past waited to give what company they could.

A pounding at the door woke Kagome with a start. A voice in the back of her head reminded her that Sesshoumaru said he'd send someone to look after her. Whoever it was at the door would have to let himself in. She was in no mood to entertain one of Sesshoumaru's friends, human or not. She returned to her fetal position on the couch and tried to ignore the fist pounding away at her door.

After some minutes, the visitor left and all was quiet again. She sighed to herself as the silence engulfed her once more. She almost wished the pounding would return if only to ward of the stillness that had settled. Kagome tried to recapture the blissful darkness that had been stolen from her, but just as she closed her eyes, there was a click at her door.

Kagome's eyes shot open. When she thought about the visitor letting himself in, she wasn't serious. She eyed the remains of her daggers mournfully. They were piled on the floor next to her makeshift bed, but they would be no use to her. There wasn't a sharp edge left to them. Not even a point to stab someone with.

"You gonna get up, or am I gonna have to drag you off that couch." A gruff but familiar voice bellowed. Kagome almost started crying again. It was Inuyasha. She sat up carefully and eyed him. He was still standing in her doorway, Kouga standing behind him. She groaned inwardly.

"You look like crap." Inuyasha stated bluntly. "Have you eaten yet? When WAS the last time you ate" Without waiting for a reply, he disappeared into the kitchen and began rooting around her fridge. Kagome didn't have the heart to tell him that she wasn't hungry, or the energy to be angry with him for helping himself to her kitchen. Kouga shut the door behind him, and quickly rushed to her side.

"Kagome my love, you look half dead! Oh what has that bastard done to you" He felt her hands, then her head, and tisked to himself. "Your burning up, but your hands are like ice." He turned away from her and yelled to the kitchen. "Yo, Boss! I need a blanked and a cool rag if you can find one"

"Gotcha" Inuyasha answered and his bustling increased tenfold before Kagome could utter a word otherwise. Finally giving up, she told Inuyasha where he could find the rags, pots, pans, and a blanket. She found herself bundled up with a cool rag on her forehead and a thermometer balanced beneath her tongue. Inuyasha and Kouga were fussing over her like a couple of mother hens which Kagome found endearing.

Kouga was ticking the seconds away out loud since there wasn't a clock in her living room, and he didn't own a watch. When the time was up he plucked the digital thermometer out of her mind and tisked out loud. "I think she's got a fever Boss. What's the healthy temperature for a human"

"How the hell should I know idiot, I thought you knew" Came the reply amidst the resounding curses and minor crashes.

"Ninety-eight degrees" Kagome croaked. Her voice scratched for some reason, though she felt fine just a few minutes ago...well as fine as she could feel given the circumstances. Kouga just shook his head.

"Then I guess a hundred and four is bad then" He said more to himself than anyone. Kagome groaned out loud. This was all she needed, to be sick. She couldn't remember the last time she had been ill, and it had to happen right at the worse possible time.

"There's a bottle of Tylenol in my medicine cabinet. It should help lower my fever." Kagome stated. Kouga was off in a flash and returned with the bottle of pills fighting with the childproof lid. With a great tug the lid came off and half the bottle's contents spilled across the floor followed closely by Kouga's curses. The lid never did fit properly after that, but Kagome didn't have the heart to complain. She downed the two pills with some cool water and thanked Kouga for his kindness.

"It's not a problem love." He declared as he helped Kagome settle back into the covers and pillows. What once were only her two leather cushions that came with her furniture soon became five that looked suspiciously like the ones from her bed. Kouga kneeled beside her watching her until Inuyasha emerged from the kitchen carrying two large steaming bowls of chicken soup, and a larger one of steaming broth for her. She was made to sit up again as she sipped her soup.

"So what are you guys doing here" Kagome asked when she had finished her broth. Both Kouga and Inuyasha looked up from their soup and then at each other.

"Well it's one of the queerest things, you know." Said Inuyasha"But that bastard Sesshoumaru showed up at our safe house just before dawn and told one of the young ones to send me a message that you needed help. Something about you needing looking after, that he couldn't do it himself since the sun was coming up. He didn't say you were half-dead." Inuyasha finished amid more curses that sounded something similar to "stupid bastard and fucking prick."

Kagome hid her smile at this. Trust Inuyasha and Kouga to know how to lift her spirits even minutely.

Falls over dead Xx Three chapter in a day! And each one was at least looks at page display at bottom of screen 8 PAGES LONG! That's counts on fingers Twenty-four pages in a day! Shakes head...why can't I do this at any other time? Well I hope all my toil has been appreciated. I would have done more, but it seems that my fingers have forgotten how to type, and the going was slower than usual. Well I won't bore you with my dallying. Here are the review responses:

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