A/N: Hey! I hope you liked the last chapter. This is where things really do start to get interesting. I know I keep saying that, but this time I mean it. I've had a pretty bad week and I'm going to take all my anger out on the keyboard. And you know what that means! That's right! Longer chapters...although they are pretty long normally, I'm going to make this one super dooper long. I'm so proud of all the reviews for my story already. On my other story it took forever. Well that's about all I have to say.
Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, I would be happy. If Inuyasha were real, he would have most likely killed us all by now. Oh and..I do own Takiya and Haruki!
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"Tch. Whatever. Just because he has a few more bastards to fight for him doesn't mean a thing!" Inuyasha growled. "Naraku will pay for everything. Including what he did to us." Inuyasha placed his right hand on Kikyou's shoulder.
"Do not perceive to think that we will some day be back to the way that we were. Inuyasha, have you become that much of a fool to believe that I would be together with you again?" Kikyou backed away from Inuyasha.
"Kikyou..." Inuyasha reached out towards her.
"The only wish that I have is to bring you into hell with me." Kikyou said sternly.
"If that's what you want than so be it!" Inuyasha wrapped his arm around Kikyou and embraced her.
Kagome turned away from the scene and started walking towards Kaede's village.
Sesshoumaru leaped down from his tree and landed ten feet in front of Kagome. "Do you make a habit of this miko?" Sesshoumaru asked, startling Kagome.
The miko's eyes averted up to Sesshoumaru's face. He quickly sensed that they were full of sadness and hurt.
Sesshoumaru and Kagome: Feelings
Kagome stared up at the taiyoukai. Tears rolled down her cheeks. She couldn't make them stop. If was as if they had a mind of their own.
"I..." Kagome didn't know how to answer him. The only thing that was going through her mind at that time was Inuyasha.
Sesshoumaru stared at Kagome without saying a word. He could almost tell what she was thinking and her searched her face for any signs of being correct. "Kagome?..."
"Mm?" The miko looked towards the ground. Her mind told her to run. But her body wouldn't move. It was like she was glued to a spot being forced into listening to Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru placed his index finger under Kagome's chin, forcing her to look up at him. Sesshoumaru stared down into the miko's eyes sending a chill up Kagome's spine.
Kagome held her breath. What was happening between them? At that moment, any thoughts of Inuyasha that were residing in her mind had disappeared.
'She is mine.' Sesshoumaru thought before he placed his right hand on the nape of Kagome's neck, and his left hand on her waist. Sesshoumaru slightly closed his eyes before leaning over and connecting lips with Kagome.
'What's he doing!' Kagome's eyes were still wide opened and everything felt so awkward. Kagome could feel the urge to wrap her arms around Sesshoumaru, but something told her to run. Knowing that this taiyoukai was full of hate was enough to keep her away from him. But tonight...tonight he seemed to be showing her his soft side. 'Sesshoumaru...' Kagome began to close her eyes as she swiftly let her arms wrap around Sesshoumaru's neck.
A powerful wind blew just then, pushing both the miko and the taiyoukai close together. Both of their bodies were touching, making this moment even more special. Kagome's hair blew in the breeze, swirling around her face bringing out the more delicate features.
Sesshoumaru opened his eyes and moved his head away from Kagome, ending the kiss. He stared deep down into Kagome's eyes, finding no trace of the loneliness that he had seen just a few moments before.
Kagome blushed. Sesshoumaru was staring right at her! His eyes were different though...they showed no sign of hatred. Kagome stared right back into Sesshoumaru's eyes. It was like she was in a trance.
"You...are mine." Sesshoumaru said without even realizing it. He couldn't deny his urge to be with her anymore. Sesshoumaru could no longer tell himself that the feelings he had developed for this miko were Inuyasha's. Even if they were, it wouldn't have stopped him from kissing her.
"I'm...I'm what?" Kagome was broken from her former state of mind. Her eyes shot open and she now stared at Sesshoumaru as if she had seen a ghost.
...Inuyasha and Kikyou...
"I promised that I would go with you Kikyou..." Inuyasha held the priestess tighter, forcing her to squeeze his sides.
"Let go of me!" Kikyou broke free from Inuyasha and backed away to the tree that she was once resting in.
"Kikyou.." Inuyasha's eyes softened as he realized that Kikyou was planning on leaving him once more.
"Once I destroy Naraku, I will bring you into hell with me." Kikyou's soul collectors came and surrounded her body, lifting her into the air.
"No! You can't do it alone...Kikyou.." Inuyasha reached his hand into the air as Kikyou's figure disappeared. "KIKYOU!"
Inuyasha now averted back to his senses and fell to his knees. 'Kikyou I will always protect you with my life.'
...Kagome and Sesshoumaru...
Sesshoumaru turned his back to Kagome before walking away from her.
"Where...where are you going?" Kagome stuttered, only to get a cold shoulder from Sesshoumaru. Kagome sighed, it was time that she went back to the hut and got some sleep. 'Maybe this is all a bad dream...'
Kagome placed her hand over her mouth. Did Sesshoumaru really kiss her? Or was she imagining the whole thing? It was then that she remembered seeing Inuyasha with Kikyou. Her heart sank to the bottom of her chest.
"Why me? Maybe I just don't belong here..." Kagome frowned. It had been a long day and the last thing that she needed was to see Inuyasha with Kikyou. Or better yet, to have an episode with Sesshoumaru.
...Takiya...
"Perfect." Takiya had watched everything from the treetops in which she resided. It was her who led Kagome over to Inuyasha and Kikyou. She was the light.
"Who would have ever thought that a demon as cold hearted as Sesshoumaru, could have a warm spot for a mere mortal?" Takiya giggled. What she mostly didn't realize was that Kagome had extremely strong spiritual powers.
With a blink of the eye, Takiya vanished into thin air.
...Inuyasha...
"I better get back to the village now." Inuyasha sighed and started walking off in the direction of the village, when a scent caught his attention.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha darted off in her direction and was soon to find her walking very slowly back to Kaede's village. She looked as if she had a lot on her mind. But Inuyasha didn't stop to think about that.
"What are you doing out here so late?" Inuyasha asked startling Kagome to no end.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome said trying to catch her breath. "I could ask you the same thing..." Kagome's eyes were filled with grief.
'Did she see me and Kikyou?' Inuyasha asked himself. "I was...looking for Sesshoumaru."
Kagome kept her eyes on the path in front of her, she was almost to the village. Inuyasha noticed that she slightly smelt like Sesshoumaru.
"Did you run into Sesshoumaru?" Inuyasha asked suspiciously. Kagome let a smile play upon her lips before she looked at Inuyasha.
"No of course not! Don't be silly." Kagome waved him on nervously.
"Right..." Inuyasha carried on. What he didn't know was that the very taiyoukai that he spoke of had been following Kagome from a safe distance to make sure that she was safe from harm.
'Inuyasha...' Sesshoumaru growled to himself. Was that half-breed actually talking to his woman? His? When did the great Lord of the Western Lands proclaim that miko as his? 'She is...mine.' Sesshoumaru's mind cleared. All he could think about was what he said to the miko earlier. Yes. It felt good saying that she was his.
Kagome reached the village without saying another word to Inuyasha. She thought it was best to give him time alone, since he did just have one of those meetings with Kikyou.
"KAGOME! Kagome!" The little kitsune ran up to Kagome and pounced into her arms.
"Hey Shippou." Kagome smiled.
"When are we going to eat?" Shippou placed his hand over his stomach and listened to it growl.
"Gomen. How does Ramen sound?" Kagome asked sweetly.
Inuyasha's ears perked up at the sound of his favorite food. "Tch. Who cares if that little runt wants some...all that matters is that I do."
Kagome glared at Inuyasha from the corner of her eye. 'I'll ask Kaede if she has anymore rosary later. He is getting irritating! I wish that he could at least show some manners.' Kagome grunted to herself.
After heating the Ramen, Kagome filled up six bowls. One for Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Shippou, herself, and Sesshoumaru. 'I wonder where he is right now.' Kagome thought sadly before finishing up the last of her Ramen.
As if on cue, Sesshoumaru appeared from the darkness of the forest. "Sesshoumaru?" Kagome stood up and took a few steps towards him. Inuyasha looked up and automatically took a defensive stance in front of Kagome.
"What do you want?" Inuyasha growled.
Sesshoumaru walked towards the nearest tree and sat down. "Calm yourself Inuyasha. Do not be persistent. You shall never defeat this Sesshoumaru."
"Huh?" Inuyasha stood up straight and gawked at Sesshoumaru, who know had his eyes closed.
Kagome smiled to herself before approaching Sesshoumaru and kneeling down beside him. Sesshoumaru opened up his eyes and looked directly at Kagome.
"Would you like some Ramen?" Kagome smiled and held the bowl up to Sesshoumaru.
"I have no need for human food." Was all Sesshoumaru said before reverting back to his former position with his eyes closed. Kagome's shoulders slouched over.
"But--" Kagome started but was soon cut off by Sesshoumaru.
"Silence yourself." Sesshoumaru barked.
"Doesn't anyone in this era have manners?" Kagome grunted to herself before stomping off.
"Hey Kagome I'll take those--" Inuyasha pointed out. Kagome stopped dead in front of him.
"I'm going home!" Kagome huffed before throwing the bowl on top of Inuyasha's head. Miroku stayed clear of the angry miko's path.
"Kagome. Please don't leave." Shippou pleaded. Kagome smiled at the kitsune.
"Don't worry. I'll be back soon. I just need some time away from Inuyasha." Kagome patted Shippou on the head before walking off towards the well.
Sesshoumaru observed Kagome as she stormed off into the darkness of the forest. 'Where is she going?' Sesshoumaru stood up and followed closely behind her.
Kagome placed her knee on the lip of the well and was about to jump in, when she heard a voice from behind her.
"Where do you think you are going?" Sesshoumaru asked in a cold tone.
"Home." Kagome answered before turning around to stare at the taiyoukai.
"You are not permitted to leave." Sesshoumaru stated.
"Permitted? You've got to be kidding me." Kagome said to herself, forgetting about Sesshoumaru's good hearing.
"Silence." Sesshoumaru barked.
It was then that Kagome remembered the rosary around Sesshoumaru's neck. "Sit boy."
The youkai lord plummeted into the ground and Kagome took that opportunity to jump down the well.
Kagome was surrounded by a familiar blue light that always took her back and forth from feudal Japan., and within an instant she was home. The miko climbed out of the well and walked towards the house. It must have been around ten o'clock, because all of the lights in her house were off.
Kagome slid open her front door and stepped in silently. She made her way up to her room and plopped on her bed.
"I hope Sesshoumaru doesn't follow me..." Kagome said before sleep took over.
...Sesshoumaru...
"Impudent wench." Sesshoumaru got up off the ground and walked towards the well. 'That miko will not get away that easily.'
Sesshoumaru looked into the well and was getting ready to jump, when all of a sudden he got a sharp pain in his head.
"This is becoming a problem." Sesshoumaru put two of his fingers on his forehead, as if it would make the sharp stinging sensation go away. Little did he know, Inuyasha was experiencing the exact same thing at that moment.
...Sesshoumaru's Flashback...
Inuyasha walked through the fields of flowers and sighed as a soft wind blew through his hair. He couldn't have been more than 10 years old.
"Mother...I wish I could see you again." Inuyasha looked up into the sky and let the sun bring out the delicate features of his eyes. The amber in them shimmered while the gold outline melted into his pupils.
An object caught Inuyasha's attention from the corner of his eye. He quickly averted his attention to a castle.
"I wonder who that belongs to." Inuyasha thought before walking towards it. It didn't take the hanyou long before he was at the front door. Without even knocking, Inuyasha proceeded inside and made his way down the corridor.
Large framed pictures decorated the walls. One was there that looked exactly like his mother.
"Izayoi?" Inuyasha stared up at the painting. The woman featured in it was beautiful. She had raven black hair, brown eyes, and a sweet smile. She wore a silky pink kimono with a white obi tied around it.
A noise from inside one of the bedroom's broke Inuyasha from his trance and he made his way towards it. The room that the noise came from had a bookshelf with tons of books. And a desk with three drawers. Inuyasha approached the desk with caution before finding that one of the drawers was opened.
At the top of the opened drawer, a box sat with gold trim. Inuyasha picked up the box and sat it on top of the desk.
"What's this?" Inuyasha curiously asked himself before opening up the box to reveal a hairpin with a sakura blossom imprint on it and a key. Inuyasha sat the hairpin aside and picked up the key. It had strange engravings on it. The largest being a dragon with a broken wing, and the smallest a single petal from a sakura blossom.
Inuyasha attempted opening up the other two drawers, but both were locked. One drawer had a keyhole in it, so Inuyasha placed the key that he had found inside the keyhole but the drawer still would not open.
"Piece of junk." Inuyasha placed the key in his haori without thinking and left the box and hairpin sitting on the desk.
"I wonder what else is in this place." Inuyasha started walking down the hall in the opposite direction from which he came.
...End Flashback...
Sesshoumaru opened up his eyes and growled. "So it was you whom entered my castle that day..."
...Inuyasha's Flashback...
Sesshoumaru approached the room in which his mother and father resided. He quietly opened up the door to reveal an empty room.
"Mother? Father?" Sesshoumaru was very young. Sesshoumaru, thinking that they were probably outside, waltzed through the corridor and out the front door. There, he spotted his mother sitting in an open field of flowers.
"Mother!" Sesshoumaru ran to his mother and sat down beside her. "What are you doing out here so early?"
Sesshoumaru's mother smiled and kissed her son on his forehead. "I'm enjoying the morning my son." In her fingers, she twirled around a hair pin with a sakura blossom imprinted on it.
"Where's Father?" Sesshoumaru asked innocently. Once again, his mother gave him one of her breath taking smiles.
"He has business that he must attend to in the east." She said sweetly.
"I see." Sesshoumaru hated the fact that his Father was never around. He knew that someday he would defeat him. And that he would be the strongest youkai in all the lands.
"Do not worry Sesshoumaru." She looked down at the young youkai that sat before her and ran her hand through his hair.
"What do you mean by 'do not worry'?" Sesshoumaru lowered his eyebrows.
"Your time will come to rule over these lands. You will be a fit ruler. A kind ruler." She answered as if she had read his mind.
"Yes. I will do a more descent job than Father does." Sesshoumaru stated as his pounded his fist on his hand.
"That you will." She chuckled before picking Sesshoumaru up under his arms.
"Put me down!" Sesshoumaru said playfully. His mother set him on the ground and giggled.
"You are becoming very strong." Her laughing soon faded away.
"Yes I know this Mother." Sesshoumaru took the hairpin that was in-between his mother's fingers and placed it in her hair.
Sesshoumaru wrapped his arms around her neck and embraced her.
"I love you my son." She said before pulling him closer to her. "Remember that."
...End Flashback...
Inuyasha stood up from the spot that he had fallen down at. "Damn it."
Sango and Miroku had been sitting by his side since he fell. "Inuyasha! Are you alright?" Miroku and Sango asked in unison.
"I don't know." Inuyasha suddenly remembered an angry Kagome storming away. 'I made her angry...and why was she being nice to Sesshoumaru?' Inuyasha couldn't take it anymore. He needed his body back.
"Out of my way!" Inuyasha shoved through Sango and Miroku and headed towards the sacred well.
Continued in Chapter 9...
A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I had a major writer's block. Gah...I hate those. Well please review cause I want you to.
Review Response Time!...
Karen12- Yeah I was having trouble with that guy's name. So I just went with the best way I knew how to spell it. Lol. Inuyasha didn't bury any bodies because he didn't care for humans back then as much as he does when he's with Kagome. Heh heh. Yeah I know about the Kikyou thing….I was thinking something else when I typed that. HAHA! Hankie? Yeah…it does. But not many people would think of it. Sesshoumaru is giving in to the feelings mwuahahahaha. Thanks Karen!
Thanks also to: Gr8 Black Raven, Inuyasha's Girl and Kikyou hater, kagomefan595, krissy, and Yessika
