Hey every one, If ya don't like beating Sessions or what not, this is not the chapter to read okay. Sesshomaru is not going to become a wife beater or what not. Every thing will be explained in time okay. Don't hate me. The next chapter after this wasn't suppose to go up tonight BUT I figured I might have a few angry people for doing what I did so I put up the next chapter any ways. Lots of Loves and Review please.

Times Change

Sesshomaru spent the next few days as close to Kagome's mother as possible, without it seeming like there was something more than just a mother/son relationship. 'These days all it takes is just a glance and the rumors and assumptions go flying. No one remembers the rage of a widowed youkai. Then again, no one even remembers the great Taiyoukai.' Sesshomaru thought to himself.

"Kuso, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT LITTLE PART! Oh when they get back I'm going to kick their asses!" a scruff and very masculine voice proclaimed.

"Calm down Koga, you know for a fact that they were needed back there. We needed them. And you can not be mad and start going after Ashanti, after all I disobeyed my grandfather and went after you. Like mother like daughter I guess. When one is worried about their mate, they would do almost anything irrational." came a feminine voice. But Sesshomaru Identified it as Ayame.

"What ever." mumbled a very distressed voice. 'Inuyasha' Sesshomaru thought.

"What are we going to do Miroku, I want my babies back." 'Sango'

"I know my love. We need not worry for we know that every thing will be all right."

"No we don't, remember we were not there when they left for the well to go back home. We don't know if they made it back. We don't even know if they survived."

Upon hearing this proclaimed, Sesshomaru let out a mighty roar. It shook the whole house, and then some. It could be heard throughout Japan. He was very sad, and very pissed. He wanted his mate back. Sesshomaru's eyes began to bleed red again just as the others came bursting through the library door to see what had happened. They all stood shocked and gasped when Sesshomaru turned those deadly eyes onto them. It had been five hundred years since he turned eyes like that onto them. It had been just before they agreed to an alliance. Sesshomaru let out a threat, growling out his pain. Then took off out the window that resided there in the library.

"Kuso! He's headed for the city!" Inuyasha cursed.

"Let's go!" Sango chimed as she ran to grab her demon slaying weapon.

Every one followed closely behind as they prepared for what might be the fight of their lives. This would be worse than Naraku, for this was some one they could not, or would not kill. Not just because Kagome would not be pleased, but because he was a friend, a brother, and even a father.

"Momma, we need you." Rin cried as she ran after her father, Shippou close behind.

"Do not worry Rin, every thing will be fine I promise." Kanna said. Sango had called her, and since she didn't live to far away she simply used her demon speed to get there. They had a town to save, so who cares if any one saw her.

"Thank you Kanna, that means a lot." Shippou praised. He knew that she had been trying to get close to Rin for some time now. Kanna had been friends of every one else, but Rin was still hesitant. She never showed it though, nor acted like it.

"Yes thank you Kanna, you're a true friend if you are here right now and not hiding under your bed." -snickers- Rin said. She looked over and Kanna and gave her a true smile.

Sesshomaru ran through the city at top speed. No one saw him, he was a mere blur. He did not kill any one, no need to. No he was headed one place and one place only. The well. Once he reached the well he stared down into it, and waited. Something inside of him, told him she would come. And when she did, she would be in for a big surprise. And a big punishment for leaving his side in the first place. 'Mine!' His blood screamed.
Kagome had been joking with the others all afternoon. The villagers had finally loosened up and went back to work. But that did not stop them from ease dropping and laughing at the chaos that had been presented to their village. Rei talked with Sesshomaru. It was a peaceful after noon. And it felt great to just relax.

"Mmmmmmoomma, wwe nnnneeeeedddd you!"

Kagome's head shot up. She had heard the cry of her daughter. 'But will the well let me return? My children, my mate, they need me.'

Sesshomaru growled at hearing her thoughts. "You're children, and your mate are right here little miko, less there is something you wish to make known to me!" He growled even more.

"My luv, in my time, in our time. Something has happened. Rin has called to me. I must go."

"Rin?" Sesshomaru questioned.

"Yes my lord. Rin." With that Kagome stood and took off towards the well. Sesshomaru didn't even have time to register what she had just said before he realized she was gone, again. But he knew that she would return. For some reason though, fear crept up into him, like something bad was going to happen to his mate. He stood and went after her.

Kagome stood at the edge of the well and waited. She knew that there was some one on the other side, what she didn't know, was who it was. She used her powers to check the well. She knew it would let her through. . . .but would it let her back? That was the most important thing. Kagome found that it would let her back for the time being. She was relieved. Suddenly a small alarm went off in her head alerting her that someone was approaching and very near. She turned around just in time to see Sesshomaru emerge from the tree line of the dense forest.

"Do you intend to leave me every time?"

Kagome gasped. She had not expected this from him, then again it had been two hundred years since he last saw her, and after only spending four days with him, is leaving his side again. "My lord, please understand. Our time is not as dangerous as this time, so something very serious must have happened to call for such drastic measures as to our daughter to unknowingly call for her mother in their greatest time of need. It Must Be Done!"

Sesshomaru approached her and nipped her neck, drawing a trickle of blood before licking it up. "Your blood to mine, my little angel."

"Hu?"

"You will understand soon enough."

"Sesshomaru?"

"Be careful my little one. I sense great danger on the other side, and it is very apparent that this danger is waiting for you."

"Sesshomaru. . . ."

"Shhh. Go now, before I am forced to keep you here with me."

Kagome gave him a slight peck on the lips before she turned and jumped into the well, readying herself for what was to come.

His eyes grew darker by the minute, he had been crouched down by the well for a good half hour waiting for his little miko to arrive. His little vixen. He would punish her well, and make sure that she would not leave him again. Especially to go in search of another mate. He knew his mate was not dead for they were bonded. So it must mean that she was not being faithful to him right? His blood screamed yes, but his mind and heart screamed no. He had lost the battle to his blood. His blood had taken over. All he could do was hope and pray that his beast would not ravish her to much. Oh Kami how he loved her, and now he was going to punish her for something she has not even done. Why? Because his blood saw it as a threat, that she would leave them for another. Why else would she disappear for three days time, maybe four, lost count, without a call or any thing. She had to be in search of someone stronger, more dominate. But what she will soon learn, was that he was the strongest, and if it was more dominate that she needed. She was about to get it, full force.

He looked on into the well and suddenly felt a jolt of power, signifying that his mate was coming to him as he had anticipated. The purple light that came from the well confused him though. 'Didn't it use to be blue?' His blood asked. He did not bother to respond.

Rin felt her mother coming back to this time, and skidded to a complete halt where she stood. The rest of the group had quickly caught up with Kanna, Shippou, and herself. So now they stood before her wondering why she had stopped. It was Shippou who spoke.

"Mother? Oh no, she's back." He cried.

"MOTHER! NO!" Rin and the rest now knew where Sesshomaru was. They had spent the good part of the time since Sesshomaru had left which was about an hour ago, Looking for him. He was at the well the whole time. Waiting for her. Not good. They all turned in the direction of the Higurashi shrine and took off again.

Moments later they were at the well and the stood there in awe as the purple light emitted from it, it was to late. If any of them tried to stop it now, Sesshomaru would take it as a challenge for his mate, or to take the place of his mate, and would kill them. He could not recognize them any more. All they could do was hide their scent and aura, and jump in the God Tree, and hope for the best. Inuyasha put up a sound barrier around the shrine just in case. Kirara and Shippou worked together to put up an illusion barrier, so no one would call the cops should they assume that there was a raper or murder on the grounds beating up a poor defenseless woman. They watched as Kagome leaped out of the well and automatically landed in a defensive position. Swords out and at the ready. Thus the horrific show began.
Kagome emerged from the well and quickly, before the enemy had the chance, jumped out of the well and landed in a defensive position to protect herself, her swords drawn and at the ready. But nothing came. Then she sensed it. It was her mate, he had been the one at the well waiting for her. But why? Why was he not with their daughter, protecting her?

"My lord, why are you not with our daughter and protecting her? I heard her cry for help on the other side of the well."

Sesshomaru had been looking down into the well still, bangs concealing his red eyes. He slowly lifted his head to the sound of his mates voice. It sounded like. . . .an angels voice. He had heard her question, but would not respond for he knew the reason his daughter had called for his mate. She was afraid that he would go on a rampage, pure blood lust, and start slaughtering every body. Sesshomaru gave a dark laugh that promised nothing good was to come.
Kagome saw his head slowly began to lift, her eyes widened when she noticed that they were not his magnificent golden color, but the color of drying blood. A very dark red indeed. Just how upset was he that she had returned to his time? Or was it something else she had done? To her surprise though, seeing him like that caused her scent to spike. She suddenly felt like raping him. 'But then again, you can't really rape the willing now can you?' Kagome spoke in her mind. That was, until she heard his laughter. Both fear and arousal were now freely coursing through her body. And he caught all of it.

Kagome gasped again and tried to talk. But he had beat her to it, before her mind could even form words.

"Bitch. Come here now." He commanded.

Kagome's anger flared. Never before had he talked to her in such a way, and she wasn't about to let him start. "No." she said simply. Knowing it was all it took to set him off. To her surprise though, instead of yelling at her, he closed his eyes and concentrated.. Kagome could feel the power building within him, and she began to fear. Would he really harm her? Has he truly become an abusive husband? What had she done so wrong to cause such a reaction from him? Just as she began to back away, his eyes snapped open and were pure white. While a white light shot from his mouth. She didn't see it coming, and she didn't have time to move. It hit her full force.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." She fell to the floor panting. "Sesshomaru. . . .why? I thought . . . ." She felt weak. She felt as if there was nothing left in her. That blast had hurt like hell and the pain was not receding any time soon, or so it felt like it.

"Come here bitch."

Kagome gasped as tears began to flow down her face. How could this have happened? What had she done so wrong to deserve this? "No." she whispered while tears flowed freely down her face now. She felt hurt, and betrayed. And when she felt better, she would make him pay for this.

Sesshomaru was deeply disturbed by the tears, his blood would not yield though, for that would be a sign of weakness in the demoness's eyes. She needed dominancy, that was why she had left in the first place, wasn't it? He walked over to the other side of the well and picked her up by her hair, and dragged her out of the well house. He ignored her plea's to let her go, and that he was hurting her. No his blood would not yield even the tiniest of bit. For he would show her just who the alpha was. Maybe in the animal world the females ruled the pack, but in his world, he ruled the pack, and his bitch will learn to bow down to his feet. He looked down, he had dragged her half way across the yard, and were now in a patch of grass near the god tree. He let her hair go and stared down at the lovely view that was presented to him.

Kagome whined and whimpered, yet he did not yield like he normally did. What happened to her love? What happened to her knight in shining armor? What happened to Sesshomaru? She felt him let her hair go because her head hit the ground. She was still to weak and in to much pain to move, other wise she would have pulled away from him a long time ago.

"Come here." she heard him command. She was weak, and didn't want to move. But she knew that if she did not listen, he would punish her more. But her anger and defiance had never been her best qualities, this being a prime example of why it was not a good quality.

"No." she whispered.

Sesshomaru's anger flared. His blood boiled and his mind reared. How dare this bitch defy me!' his blood screamed. 'She is not Inu.' Sesshomaru responded in hopes to save her. 'But she is still youkai, which means she knows the ways of dominancy.' his blood argued back. 'Iie, she was not always a demon, remember? She was human once. That is why your spell affected her so greatly. Look at her, our mate, what have we done to her. She sits there withering in pain that YOU have caused her.' Sesshomaru's body stood there unmoved as he conflicted and battled with his blood. But yet again, he was losing to his more animalistic instincts. 'She is mine, and I will make damn sure that she knows it!' His blood roared. 'No don't please, she will hate us. She was not raised in the ways of the youkai, she doesn't even understand why we are punishing her. She doesn't know what is going on. Listen to her thoughts. Please don't she will hate me. She will hate us. She will reject us!' Sesshomaru cried desperately. But his blood just laughed darkly. 'We are bonded you baka. We are bonded by the mating mark, and our blood. She simply needs to be reminded of that.' 'No don't please.' but it was to late.
Kagome watched and listened to his thoughts, she now had some light as to what was going on through his mind, and why he was acting the way he was. He thought she was being unfaithful, at least his blood did. His beast. But he knew better, yet he could not control it any longer. She had been gone to long with no word. Now he would exert his dormancy over her. She sighed mentally. There was going to be a lot of pain yes, but she knew there would be pleasure as well in the then. So she prepared herself mentally and physically.
Sesshomaru picked her up by her hair again and backhanded her across the face. She now sported a huge bruise on her left cheek. And her lip had been busted open. He watched as she fell to the ground, he had let her hair go when he stuck her. Kagome tried to get up but found that she could not move. It was to painful. Sesshomaru came over and straddled her. He pulled his fist back as he held her down with his other hand and struck her jaw. He did not use enough force to break it, but she would most defiantly feel that in a few seconds when her brain recovers from hitting the ground so hard. He then proceeded to use her stomach as a punching bag for a good thirty seconds. Kagome whined, and cried. She begged for him to stop. This aroused him greatly to hear his mate beg for him. He loved it, her blood, the scent was intoxicating. He got up and kicked her across the yard where she landed on the front porch steps of her mothers house. 'Somebody help me please, this hurts. Oh kami this hurts. What did I do so wrong to deserve this? Am I paying for Kikyo's mistakes?' thoughts like that kept running through her head. She tried to get up but couldn't. So she settled for trying to crawl. She managed to crawl to the door, but she couldn't reach it. A shadow had been cast over her. She turned around with fear in her eyes and hurt on her face. Blood smears her features and she was covered in dirt.

It aroused Sesshomaru even more to see his mate try to escape him, he took his time approaching her, to see what she could do. To his surprise she had managed to crawl up the steps and to the door, but that was as far as he was willing to let her go. She looked back at him. Fear, hurt, betrayal. All evident on her face. 'Why would she look upon me as if I have betrayed her?'

'Because you baka, we promise to never harm her. I promised to always love her. It was said in our wedding vows in a church before God. Yet here we stand beating her to a bloody pulp!' 'Mine!'