Chapter 7

Kagome waited for the blow to strike her. For some reason or another, she did not mind dying. It might have been the fact that she felt that no matter what, her life was going to be miserable, or just some unknown hormone talking, but it did not matter to her. Life did not matter.

When there was no pain, Kagome looked up, thinking she was dead. She figured that she was not when she noticed the snake's looming form right before her, and blood splattered across her face. 'That's odd.' She seemed to be thinking that a lot lately. In between her and the creature was a figure in white, with the same blood on him.

Looking to the snake, Kagome noticed that it was missing its left arm. The man must have sliced it off. She sat down and watched as the white figure, back always to her, slashed at the demon.

Piece by piece, the snake's body fell to the ground. Sometimes the fallen parts would worm their way to her direction, and Kagome would shoot the blobs with her arrows.

After about a minuet the snake was dead, the 'Hero' walked over to the corpse, grabbing something out of the chest.

As the person turned around, hope grew into Kagome's chest. She felt happy for the first time seeing this face. It was Shinpi. It was Sesshoumaru. No matter his name, he had saved her, and that was much more than she could ever ask for.

"Sesshoumaru," She said his name, as if he was not really there.

He moved over to her and placed out his hand. Kagome noticed that there were the shards that the deceased demon had. Nervously, she put her hand on him, going to remove the jewel pieces. Not really expecting it, Sesshoumaru closed his hand over hers, and helped her up. He let go, but still had his hand in the air. Kagome slowly slid the shards out, and held them in her hand.

Kagome looked up into his face examining it for the first time. His lidded eyes held the sad molten that were his irises. His lips were tight, as if he was upset, and he seemed to be slumping a bit. She gasped in shock as she realized she could read all these things he was feeling.

Dropping his hand to the side, the demon lord turned to leave. Kagome brought her hands to her chest, placing them into the little jar they belonged in, and started to bite her lips. She did not know what to do. She wanted him to stay and talk, but could not figure a way to get him to do so.

He was about a hundred meters when she called to him. "Wait, Sesshoumaru!" He did as she said, but did not turn around. Quickly she ran to him, putting her self in front of his person.

"Are you here to mock me?" he said tonelessly, his eyes flashed in anger.

"What are you talking about?" It took a few seconds to realize what he was talking about. She hurt him when she had run, and never knew. All she thought about was her troubles, not knowing that he was upset as well "Oh," was all that could come out.

He began to walk past her, but she grabbed his hand before he could go far. When he turned to look at her, their eyes met for a second, and Kagome could not help but bring her head down in shame. "Forgive me," She mumbled, as she dropped her hand. "I did not mean to seem like I was afraid of the fact that it was you, and not someone else. I saw Inuyasha, and that scared me more than anything. I did not want it to seem like I was betraying him." Her voice was cracking, as tears streamed down her face, making it slightly red.

"Do you love that filthy half-breed so much, that even if you can't be with him, you would still let him control your life?" anger reached Sesshoumaru's voice as he spoke.

She looked up at him, her eyes dancing with the flame of passion. "Have you no compassion that even if you are not in love with someone, that you still feel love for them? I don't want him to feel like I am replacing the love I had for him, to the love that I have for his brother." Her aura increased with each word, but when she realized what she had said in the last part, it died down considerably, and a blush stained her face.

Deciding to look up at Sesshoumaru, she saw his meaningful gaze, blushed harder, and brought her head down again. Kagome felt a clawed hand grab her chin, and bring her face up.

His eyes held amusement when she looked into them. "You love me?" he asked gently. She nodded slightly, but realized that it was hard with his hand on her chin.

"Yes." She said it softly, as if not so sure her self. She tried to move her head to look back at the ground, but Sesshoumaru refused to let go. "Why did you not answer me?" She asked, trying to bring his attention on something besides her.

"I thought you were toying with me, and did not want to be part of that kind of game." His hand tightened slightly, but did not hurt Kagome.

"But I tried to talk to you every day. Do you think I was playing some kind of game, if I persisted on getting a response from you?" She was slightly angered by his words, but did not take to much offence.

"Sometimes a child will play such a game."

"Are you calling me a child?"

"Yes" Sesshoumaru dipped down his face, bringing it closer to hers. Reacting to the moment, Kagome brought hers closer as well.

"What are you doing?" a screech came across from the clearing. Sesshoumaru still held Kagome's head, but moved so they could both see who was talking. Inuyasha marched over to the couple, anger flashing dangerously in his eyes. "Get your hands off of her!" he yelled again.

Sesshoumaru seemed to considerate for a second, and relayed his answer. "No," he swooped his head down, and brought his and Kagome's lips together. He slowly massaged hers with his, ignoring the growls coming from his brother.

Kagome was in heaven. Never had anyone kissed her like this. To speak the truth, the only other she had kissed was Inuyasha, but he was not even sane at the time. She startled when she felt Sesshoumaru's tongue lick her lip. Complying with his unasked question, she opened her mouth to let him in. At first he licked all around her mouth, but then their tongues clashed, and fought for dominance. Sesshoumaru won.

When they parted, Kagome was brought back to reality with Inuyasha's growls. "Kagome, how could you?" he barked out.

"How could I? How could you? Where have you been all this time. You were constantly insulting me, and then you started to disappear. I was worried about you, but I could not wait for you to grow up." The girl sighed. Again, another day full of problems.

Inuyasha's ears flattened against his head. "I hope you have a nice life with my brother." He ran off into the woods, fast for some one who spoke so slowly.

"Inuyasha," Kagome moved to go after him, but Sesshoumaru grabbed her wrist, stopping her. "Let me go. I have to go after him."

Her lips were crashed upon again, as she thrashed against the demon. He let go after a few seconds. "No. You should leave him."

"I can't. He is my friend, and I can't leave him disheartened." She tried to go after the half-demon, but found her wrist was still covered by Sesshoumaru's hand. She tried to pull away from him with no luck.

"Puberty" the demon lord said.

"What?" that was the most random word she had heard from Sesshoumaru.

"You heard me. Puberty. He is going thru puberty." His face was strait, and Kagome could not help but giggle.

"How do you know?" She asked once she had calmed.

His face contorted with amusement. "I have my sources."

As the true affects of his words hit her, Kagome burst out in laughter. Inuyasha was going thru puberty. That was why he was human. That was why he was grouchy. That was why he never stayed around anyone for too long. He was going thru puberty.

Kagome doubled over with laughter. She never meant to laugh at Inuyasha, but the situation was just too hilarious.

She was actually surprised Sango and Shippou did not come at any of their outbursts. It had been about twenty minuets since she had last seen them, and figured that they would be looking for her by know.

Kagome suddenly found her head between two spikes, her body pressed up against Sesshoumaru's, his arms wrapped around her waist, his head on hers. "You should do that more often." The demon said in her ears.

"What?" questions seemed to be the only thing Kagome was saying today.

"Laugh" was all he said as her hugged her closer.

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As the sun started to set, a new love began to rise, never meant to fade with time. The book that lovers used had never seen such powerful love as that of Sesshoumaru and Kagome. And even though he had not realized it, the demon Lord had fallen in love with his natural enemy, a young girl, that deep down was a priestess who did not even know her true power.

It is said that when such a forbidden love is created, it is more powerful than time itself. There never was a tale of more woe, than Juliet and her Romeo, except this time, they live on, instead of an unwanted death.

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