Chapter 9

"Well here we are." Kagome said as she sat at the edge of the bed in the suit that she had reserved earlier in the day. Sesshomaru walked over to the bed and sat next to her; he took her hand in his and squeezed it slightly.

"Kagome, I know how much this means to you." He sighed. "The time I've spent with you has been the best in my life and the times that are to come in the future will be even better, but I know that you wanted to wait till our wedding night. Don't do something you aren't ready for." Kagome leaned her head against his shoulder.

"I really love you." He lifted their joined hands and placed a small kiss on top of hers.

"I know you do." He laid back and left his legs dangling over the edge of the bed. Kagome followed suit but rested her head on his muscular chest.

"I just thought this would be something you'd really want." He wrapped his arms around her shoulders, pulling her closer to his body.

"Kagome, I want you more than anything, but I refuse to take away the meaning of it." She smiled; he could be so poetic sometimes.

"Thank you." Since Kagome had paid for the room for the day they decided to take the time and relax.

Dream

Sesshomaru and Kagome were walking hand in hand down the sidewalk under the darkness cover of night. Kagome rested her head against Sesshomaru's right arm and sighed.

"Something wrong, Kagome?" She shook her head against his arm.

"No, just thinking."

"About?" They continued to walk.

"Us. You. The day we first met in the past. The last time I saw you before I came back here when you told me that I was very beautiful for a dirty human." Sesshomaru chuckled at that.

Flash

Kagome was sitting on a hill, allowing the wind to blow her hair wild. She was alone and only a ten minute walk away from Kaede's village. Kagome looked over her shoulder when she felt a demon present.

"Lord Sesshomaru, how are you?" She was brave to speak to him. "We haven't seen you around since Naraku was defeated."

He walked closer to her and looked off into the distance just as she was. "I have been busy."

"Oh." She smiled up at him and he saw the glisten of unshed tears in her eyes.

"You should be happy, human. You now have the ability to live a quiet life with my filthy half brother." She looked back at the distant horizon.

"I should be happy, but your 'filthy half brother' has chosen to go with his dead ex-girlfriend to hell. They take their trip in about twenty minutes or so. I already said my good-byes." He felt a slight pain in his heart. He knew it was pity and slightly despised himself for feeling it.

"You shouldn't let the dead corpse bother you." He turned to leave. "You know, for a dirty human, you are very beautiful." With that he left.

Flash

"I love you, Kagome."

Flash

"Will you marry me?"

Flash

"I don't ever want to be without you."

Flash

Kagome sat up in bed. She glanced around and noticed that she was alone.

"Sesshomaru?" She got up and walked into the bathroom, empty. She walked out to the balcony, empty. Kagome felt a pull of panic on her heart. "Where are you, Sesshomaru?" She felt her head spin and everything got blurry and she collapsed.

Flash

Kagome sat up in her bed. "Wow, that was the weirdest dream ever." She laughed at herself. "Me, marry Sesshomaru, that doesn't make any sense at all….it would never happen." She got up and picked out her clothes for the day.

After Kagome got out of the shower, she dressed and blow dried her hair. As she was putting on her make-up she thought out loud. "Where do I want to go today?" She laid down the tiny eye brush and picked up her lipstick to apply a light tint to her lips. "How about I just do some window shopping?" She smiled at her reflection. "Good idea."

Later

As Kagome walked down the street she looked up and saw a sight she never thought she'd see. "This is totally déjà vu." Kagome said allowed, hoping that the people around her didn't think she was crazy.

He was beautiful. More so then she thought. 'I never thought I would think that he could in any way be attractive….but….wow…' She thought. He was wearing a t-shirt and a pair of jeans with some tennis shoes. His white hair was pulled back into a pony tail and his golden eyes hidden behind a pair of dark sunglasses. Kagome ran up to his side not knowing what to expect. What do you say to someone who tried to kill you in the past?

"Sesshomaru?" He looked at her and pulled his sunglasses down so he could get a better look at her face.

"No one has called me that in 300 hundred years. You do look familiar. You are that woman who used to travel with my half brother. Are you not?" She nodded and he continued to look her over.

"What are you doing walking around with humans, Lord Sesshomaru?" she made sure to emphasize the Lord in the title. He gave her a small grin.

"I have been living with humans all my life, but I have to act as one, especially since I am one of the only youkai left." She looked at him in awe. He gave a slight chuckle and continued to look into the window he had been before she interrupted him. "It is nothing new to me, human girl."

"Now don't start. I simply asked why you would walk with the humans."

"I have live over 500 years and over time humans took over the land that the youkai roamed on, killing them at every given chance. I had to keep myself concealed as not to die. I made it." She looked around and realized that people were staring at her, then she looked closer and realized they were students she used to go to school with. She had missed her high school entrance exams and thus couldn't go to college either. Kagome grabbed Sesshomaru's hand and pulled him into a nearby café. She sat at a booth and motioned for him to sit as well.

"So tell me, how have you been?"……

THE END (A/N: This is finally the end of Dreams…I thought this was an interesting way to take the story and it turned out as though the story was a whole dream…I hope you enjoyed it….)