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OBSESSION.

Kagome blinked her eyes lazily, the loud rain pattering against the windows. 'Just like how I feel,' she thought. Stretching, she laid across her bed like a lavish kitty, recalling last night's…. er, "adventure" with Sesshomaru.

"Oh my God…" she said to no one in particular. Her mom's voice echoed though her mind. 'Save sex for marriage, K-Chan! Why, I remember when my and your dad waited we-' at that point she had blocked out all the…. Grisly details.

"I'm so stupid!" she said angrily, banging her head on the wall before quickly regretting it. Just like how she regretted last night. 'I actually tried to seduce him!' she thought in horror.

'Apparently it worked….' The voice inside her mind sniggered.

'Shut up!'

'You know, you should have used a con-'

'SHUT UP!' she blushed. 'Besides, I was never in that position before last night.'

'Which position?' the baka voice teased in a singsong voice. 'As I recall, you and Sesshomaru were in many.'

"Na na na na na na na na! I can't hear you!" she shouted aloud, covering her ears.

"I see you like to entertain yourself."

Kagome widened her eyes as she realized she wasn't alone. "Hello, Sesshy!" she said with forced enthusiasm.

"Hello back, Kagome."

An awkward silence hung still in the air.

Kagome lowered her eyes.

Sesshomaru clasped and reclasped his hands together.

Kagome shuffled her feet.

Sesshomaru cleared his throat.

Kagome broke the silence first.

"So… I was hoping we could talk about…" the last words were a whisper. "Last night. Over breakfast, of course."

"Certainly." His face was an unrippled ocean, vast smooth, with no disturbance- as if nothing had happened yesterday!

But then again, he was Sesshomaru.

Cautiously, she reached out and grasped his hand.

He squeezed it.

She smiled.

"Inuyasha, for the millionth time, she REJECTED you!"

Inuyasha pouted. "No need to rub salt in the wound, Shippo!"

"Ah, but that's the beauty of it." He replied smugly.

Inuyasha angrily stomped away. She was his woman, dammit!

"What should I do, Miroku?"

"Take the higher road, Inuyasha. If you really love her…"

"IF it's love at all," cut in Sango.

"It is!" he said defiantly. "Kagome…" he whispered tenderly, tasting the word. "I will come. I promise!"

Sango, Miroku, and Shippo rolled their eyes.

"He's getting one of his ideas!"

"That's never good! Someone always gets hurt!"

"Should we stop him?"

"Lessons like these need to be experienced first hand…"

"Good luck, Inuyasha…"

They stared at the empty space where he stood. "Oi. He already left!"

"So…I need reassurance, Sesshomaru."

"Of what?"

"Was yesterday just a fling for you? Another conquest?"

He leaned forward, kissing her lightly. "There's my answer."

Kagome kissed him back. "And there's mine."

"I got you a gift." He said, the faintest hint of a smile pulling at his lips.

"You didn't have to-"

"But I wanted to. There's a difference." Reaching into his hakamas, he pulled out a necklace. It was shaped like a Inuyoukai, it's outline made out of pearl with ruby red eyes and diamond fangs.

"It's beautiful…"

He expertly maneuvered the necklace around her neck. "It was my mother's. It has magical qualities to it. Of what, no one knows. The wearer has to unlock it."

"I have a gift for you too. It's not as lavish and great as your mother's necklace, but it's useful." She slid the sleeve of his garment up, the armless sleeve. "It might hurt a wee bit,"

Trailing her fingers up the scar where Tetsusaiga had inflicted, a few tears slid down her cheeks, landing on his smooth stump. The days when she was positively infatuated with Inuyasha weren't so long ago. Her hero in… um, red armor.

'But,' she mentally said, cupping her hands to Sesshomaru's arm, or therefore lack of, the slightest pink glow forming, 'Sesshy really does have armor!'

His working arm tightened on where it laid on her waist, his face flinching as the magic worked. And a minute later, the pain was gone, with an added appendage attached to his body. Both arms grabbed her and twirled her about in the air as she laughed. They both grew so dizzy they fell, tickling eachother and rolling around in the grass.

Inuyasha watched the scene sadly. "Perhaps… she really is happy. Perhaps I should give up on her." He wasn't sure because his nose was smelling his tears, but he was certain he smelled another presence among them. Not a presence of a full grown demon, but… a baby half-demon. One that hasn't quite developed "Oh, Inuyasha." He said to himself. "You silly dog. Your nose really isn't working! As if Kagome would be pregnant or anything. Absurb."

If only he knew he was actually right.

So. Another chappie done. My fingers are totally cramping. --;;

Obsession: Please don't kill me!

Me: I won't, if I get more reviews!

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As promised, the IM short story.

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AngelcaKe:Need4speed:Lecherslaya:InuHanyouRules:wickeDlyEvil:PervMonk:UnrestingSoUl

2:00 A.M.

Need4speed: Wat up Kags?

Pervmonk: Nothing much

Need4speed: I wasn't asking u

wickeDlyEvil: yea... i could have told u that

UnrestingSoUl: Shut up, Onigumo. I'm going 2 purify ur a-s-s

wickeDlyEvil: ...FOR THE LAST FREAKIN' TIME MY NAME IS NARAKU NOT ONIGUMO!

InuHanyouRules: ya ya watever your both uglee both ways

Pervmonk: Sayyyyyyyyyy Sango why don't you and me get together sometime?

Lecherslaya: action sango beats the hell out of Miroku action does that say enuff 4 ya?

AngelcaKe: er, everyone calllllmmmmmmm doowwwnnnnn

UnrestingSoUl: whines I can'tttttt not until I purify Onigummmmmmoooooo!

Need4speed: So wat about that date, Kagome?

Need4speed: Kagome?

Need4speed: Kags?

AngelcaKe: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Lecherslaya: I think she fell asleep?

AngelcaKe: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

InuHanyouRules: yup she's sleeping... and yo, Koga! Back off Kagome! She's MY girlfriend!

UnrestingSoUl: Inu baby you belong to MeEEE!

Need4speed: she's MY woman!

InuHanyouRules: GRRRRRRR lets fight one on one rite now, wolf face!

Need4speed: You're on! The school, now!

InuHanyouRules is away- Hey guys I'm fighting Koga... Of course I'll win

Need4speed is away- Fighting mutt face: Kagome if you're reading this be assured I'll win

Taiyoukailord: You humans bore me.

wickeDlyEvil: How long have you been there?

Taiyoukailord: since the beginning of this conversation

Lecherslaya: How dare you go invisible and spy on us

Taiyoukailord: spy on what? this is a dull chat not worthy of me never the less spying

PervMonk: wow you are arrogant

Need4speed:...

InuHanyouRuled: I WON! TAKE THAT MANGY WOLF!

Need4speed signs off

UnrestingSoUl: he blocked us.

AngelcaKe: not me

Taiyoukailord: So you WERE awake. I knew it

AngelcaKe: Yea it's a great way to pretend you're not there and still know what's going on. Other than being invisible of course

Taiyoukailord: I think you are the only one who is worthy of my attention

wickeDlyEvil: who r u anywayz

InuHanyouRules: my half brother

Lecherslaya: whatt!

PervMonk: WHAT!

AngelcaKe: what?

Need4speed: What?

UnrestingSoUl: HA! You're back

wickedDlyEvil: who's coming to my partay this saturday?

AngelcaKe: mayB

Need4speed: I will to escort you my lovely Kagome

Lecherslaya:I'm not if that perv's coming

InuHanyouRules:Party? Heck yes!

PervMonk: don't worry Sango i'll be there :)

UnrestingSoUl: expect me to purify you this Saturday

Taiyoukailord: Such parties thrown by ignorant simpletons are just not my style

wickeDlyEvil: aw, shut up already