Don't Get Close
Bound
As she walked onto the school grounds, Kagome immediately started looking for her friends. At first, she couldn't see anybody, but finally she managed to pick out Sango's face somewhere ahead of her.
Moving forward, she was nearly to her friends when her way was suddenly blocked. A large demon stood in front of her, silently staring. After attempting to dodge around him to no avail, she sighed and asked him, politely, to move. Instead of doing so, he started speaking.
"Why does a human such as you possess an item with such a demonic aura? Humans should not have such objects." Although the words were uttered in a voice that didn't express any obvious aggression, Kagome still shuddered slightly.
Before she could respond, the demon suddenly reached out as though to grab the necklace. However, as with Kouga, there was a flash of red light, and the demon was thrown backwards. Snarling loudly, and being watched by a now silent crowd, he stalked back to Kagome and grinned.
"Well, if I can't take the necklace off of you, I'll simply kill you and take your entire body." With these words, the demon leapt forward, claws slashing. Kagome dodged sideways at the last moment, and merely got a gash in her arm.
As she got to her feet, Kagome heard Sango and Inuyasha both yelling at the crowd to let them through. However, before they could, the demon attacked again. Kagome dodged to the side once again, this time causing the demon to miss her entirely, but also falling to the ground.
When the demon saw this, he chuckled and went to attack for the final time. Kagome heard thsi and started getting to her feet. However, as she did this, she felt something brush past her, and she was suddenly standing behind a large, loudly growling, silver haired figure.
The demon who had been attacking Kagome stopped suddenly, surprised at the sudden arrival of Sesshomaru. Before he could even do anything, the demon had his throat ripped out by Sesshomaru's claws. As everybody looked on, Sesshomaru turned from his enemy's carcass and moved towards Kagome.
When she saw his face, her eyes widened. His eyes glowed crimson. As she watched, the slowly faded back to the regular golden colour. As soon as his eyes became normal again, he started speaking.
"Are you okay?" Kagome nodded mutely, still shocked at the sudden arrival of Sesshomaru, and the quick, ruthless death of her attacker.
At her assurance that she was fine, Sesshomaru turned to the rest of the crowd. He spoke in his normal icy tone, but everybody felt his rage.
"I assumed that giving her the necklace would be enough to discourage people from attacking her. Apparently, I was mistaken. There shall be no more such mistakes." With this said, he turned to Kagome.
Reaching out, he grasped her arm and pulled it towards him. Holding it out before him, exposing the wrist, he quietly whispered, "This will hurt." With that, he leaned forward and sank his fangs into her wrist.
Kagome, slightly confused by his words, immediately screamed as crippling pain seemed to radiate from her wrist, throughout her entire body. As soon as Sesshomaru withdrew his fangs and stepped back, the pain disappeared, leaving nothing but a dull ache on her wrist. Kagome stared at her wrist for a moment, before realizing that Sesshomaru was talking to the crowd again, all of whom were staring at Sesshomaru like he was insane.
"She has now been bonded to me. Any who touch her without her consent will die." With that said, he turned and walked off, closely followed by Kagome. The crowd parted for them, drawing back as though they were afraid.
Kagome followed him in silence until they were far enough away from the students to not be overheard. Then, she started speaking.
"What did you do?" Sesshomaru turned and regarded her silently for a moment before answering.
"I have bonded you to me. I will be able to feel your pain, your fear, your anger and such. Through this bond, I can protect you more efficiently than through the necklace." He stopped speaking and Kagome assumed that it was her cue to ask anymore questions.
"Why was everybody looking at you like were you insane?" Although he didn't show it, Sesshomaru really didn't want to answer that question. However, he couldn't lie to her.
"That type of bond has almost never been given to a human. It is normally only exchanged by demons and is lifelong." Kagome was surprised by this. She wasn't sure that she wanted that.
"You mean that it will last for as long as I live?" When he shook his head, Kagome nearly sighed in relief. As much as she wanted to be friends with the demon, she wasn't really sure if she wanted to be bound to him for life. However, her relief vanished with his next words.
"It will last as long as I live." Kagome's heart nearly stopped at this. She was silent for a moment before responding.
"What do you mean?" Sesshomaru didn't say anything for a moment. Then, when he did speak, Kagome wished that he hadn't.
"You now share my lifespan. Since I will not die of old age, you are now virtually immortal. You will not get old. Also, you will notice that you will get stronger, faster, and you may develop improved senses. Unfortunately, a demon with as much power as I has never been bonded to a human. I do not know if this will have an effect on you." Kagome simply stared at him in shock.
It wasn't everyday that you got viciously attacked, then ended up bonded to a powerful demon and given near immortality.
With all that being said, Sesshomaru seemed content to remain silent. Kagome just stood there, letting all this new information sink in. Although she was slightly pissed off that Sesshomaru had done this without her permission, she was also curious about what exactly would happen to her.
As she was thinking, Sesshomaru noticed the conflicting emotions that were crossing her face. In an attempt to alleviate some of her apprehension and fear, he spoke.
"Although I do wish that I had spoke of this to you earlier, I do not regret my actions. You are the first being who has attempted to be my friend. As a human, you would have aged and died, but now you will live on. It may sound selfish, but this makes me feel happy, knowing that you will always be here." After saying this, Sesshomaru turned and left, giving Kagome some alone time to think about everything.
As Kagome stood there, in the parking lot, contemplating all that had occured, she suddenly became aware that someone was approaching her. Looking up, she was greeted by the sight of Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha slowly coming towards her, looking slightyl apprehensive.
When Kagome smiled at them, they all visibly relaxed and came to stand in front of her. For a moment, no one spoke. The uncomfortable silence stretched on until Sango finally decided to speak up.
"What exactly happened back there, Kagome? What did Sesshomaru do?" Kagome was silent for a moment. Looking at her friends, she saw the curious looks in their eyes and decided to answer them.
"What did you guys see?" Inuyasha was the one who answered this one.
"We heard you fighting with that big demon, and we tried to get to you. Sesshomaru got there first, as we were still fighting through the crowd. Then, we heard you scream, but by the time we got through, you had already left. Nobody would tell us what happened." Kagome nodded, then stuck out her wrist, exposing the fang marks to Inuyasha. His eyes widened and he stepped back.
Sango noticed his reaction and took a look at the mark. "What is that?" Kagome did not feel like explaining, so she waited silently and eventually, Inuyasha spoke up.
"It is a time of bond normally only given to other demons. It links the two together. Through it, they can share strength,and they feel each others emotions. Also, the weaker of the the two will be given a lifespan equal to that of the stronger. That means that Kagome is now immortal, because Sesshomaru will not age." Sango and Miroku both gasped at this. However, Inuyasha wasn't done yet.
"This particular bond has only been given to a human like three times, and all three were bonded to rather weak demons. In this case, bonded to a demon like my asshole of a brother, there's no way of telling what could happen to you. I'd be willing to bet a lot of money that you're going to start changing in a very short time." Kagome looked at him, silently wondering if maybe the hanyou was overreacting slightly. At that moment, Sango spoke up.
"That stupid bastard. I'll kick his ass. What the hell gives himthe right to go around biting people, bonding them to himself." However, her tirade was interrupted by Kagome.
"It's okay, Sango. I understand why he did it. Just think about it. Here he is, this powerful, scary demon lord. Most demons would be too afraid to get close to him. That leaves humans, but they will age and die and he will remain young. He was afraid of getting close to something, and then losing it. This way, he sees a way to make a friend who doesn't fear him, and yet will not die and leave him alone. In his mind, this was the only option." Sango nodded at this, but she still looked pissed.
However, further conversation was halted by the sound of the bell ringing. The four friends reluctantly turned and made their way into the school and off to first period. As she made her way to her computer class, Kagome was dreading the looks she would get from her classmates. However, this turned out to be a pointless fear.
As soon as she entered the class, everybody saw who it was and quickly looked away. Kagome was surprised, but when she looked at the back of the class and saw the look on Sesshomaru's face, she quickly realized that he must have told them to mind their own business.
Looking at him with a grateful expression, she quickly took a seat and the class started. In what seemed like no time, the bell had rung again, and Kagome was making her way towards math, with Sesshomaru right behind her.
Upon entering this class, Kagome was greeted the same as her last class. People took one look and that was it. No prolonged staring or weird expressions. Kagome figured that everybody was afraid of what Sesshomaru would do if they treated her weird.
After getting through math, Kagome and Sango made their way to the cafeteria, where they met up with Inuyasha, Miroku, and Rin. They chatted about their morning for a bit, ignoring the loud noises that were a usual occurence in the cafeteria. However, when the cafeteria fell uncharacteristically quiet, they all looked up, just in time to see Sesshomaru enter the room.
Standing up, Kagome waved him over to the table they were all sitting at. Slowly, he walked over and silently pulled up a chair and sat down. As the cafeteria resumed it's normal volume, all of Kagome's friends looked at Sesshomaru uncomfortably. Finally, Miroku broke the silence.
"So, Sesshomaru, what class do you have next?" Sesshomaru didn't respond and eventually, Miroku looked away, thinking that he wasn't going to get an answer.
"I have gym next." Miroku looked at him and nodded. Then, he thought for a moment and spoke again.
"But the only gym next period is tenth grade gym. Aren't you in the twelfth grade?" He was greeted with a nod.
"I neglected to take gym at my previous school. I found it to be a waste of my time. However, you need one gym credit to graduate, and the only one with an opening was tenth grade gym." This was met by a groan from Inuyasha. Everyone looked at him and he glared back.
"Why did you have to be in my class, you bastard?" Sesshomaru smirked slightly at this.
"It wasn't by choice, half breed. I have no more desire to be near you than you have to be near me." Sensing the anger building in Inuyasha, Kagome decided to intervene before he did something stupid and Sesshomaru kicked his ass.
"Me and Sango are in that class to, Sess." At this, Inuyasha's eyes widened and he gasped. Kagome turned to him with an annoyed expression on his face, wondering what his problem was now.
"I've never seen anyone call him by anything but his full name and not get injured in some way. Excluding myself." Kagome shrugged at this and was about to answer, but she was interrupted by Sesshomaru.
"I have given her permission to call me that. My name is rather long." The simple explanation was greeted by silence. After a few minutes, Sesshomaru rose to his feet and turned to Kagome.
"I will see you in gym." Without even a goodbye to anyone else, he turned and left. As soon as he was gone, Inuyasha spoke up.
"What an asshole." At his words, Kagome felt anger suddenly flare up within her.
"Shut up, Inuyasha. You're an asshole." At her sudden shout, all of her friends looked at her in shock. Shaking her head slightly, Kagome glared at Inuyasha, waiting for him to say something. Instead, he merely shook his own head and ignored her.
After it was silent for a few moments, Inuyasha suddenly grinned and laughed. "At least next period will be entertaining." When he was greeted by questioning looks, he elaborated.
"Kouga's in gym. As soon as he notices the mark on you, he's gonna be pissed. He's gonna see it as someone trying to take 'his woman' away from him. And we all know how stupid he is. He'll probably try to attack Sesshomaru."
Kagome's eyes widened at this. She hadn't even thought about that. It was one thing for Sesshomaru to throw Hojo through a window, but Kouga was actually a friend, and she was sure that Sesshomaru wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone who attacked him.
As she was thinking about this, the bell suddenly rang. As she, Sango, and Inuyasha made their way to gym, Kagome silently worried about what Sesshomaru would do to Kouga. She really didn't want him to kill Kouga.
However, if Kagome had known what would occur in the next hour, she wouldn't have worried so much about what Sesshomaru would do to Kouga. Instead, she would've been worried about what she was about to do to Kouga.
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