Chapter 2 The Encounter

Kagome picked the flowers from the garden outside and placed them in a darkly colored vase with swirling veins on its base. She walked in side abruptly running into Sesshomaru; causing her to drop the vase and making it shatter. He grunted. "Useless human," he looked down with a cold stare. "Can't you do anything right?" Kagome stood up as soon as she grabbed all the mess off the floor.

"I'm sorry Milord," The neck of her dress was slipping down her shoulder. Sesshomaru couldn't feel but aroused by the girl he grunted and walked off. Kagome continued her work as she walked into Inuyasha's room. She made his bed and made sure everything was clean. She sat on his bed for one moment; lying her head into the pillow, smelling Inuyasha's scent. She smiled; it had been three days since Inuyasha went off to help the rest of the Lords fight the war against the evil Naraku. He said he was going to be back, but she still waits for his arrival.

There was a sudden noise down at the entrance gates. Kagome ran out onto the balcony and saw the Inuyasha was on his knees, with his hand on his side. She ran as fast as she could down to him, but Sesshomaru beat her to it. She stood on the side, watching with no words coming from her mouth. Sesshomaru grunted and told Kagome to tend his wounds as soon as he got him up into his room.

Kagome bowed and left to get some water, towels, and bandages. She pulled the covers off his bed to an extent. Sesshomaru brought him in and laid him on the bed. Kagome bowed as he left the room. Kagome gently made him sit up as she removed his top kimono and second sleeve shirt. He had a large gash in his side and a hole in his chest from what seemed that like an arrow wound. She dipped a wash cloth in the water and rang it out. She gently washed his wound and washed the blood and mud from his skin. She gasped when he grabbed her wrist tightly.

"You don't have to," He insisted.

"My Lord Sesshomaru told me too, milord." She started back at his wounds again, but was roughly pushed away. "Milord, if I do not tend this wounds you will die."

Inuyasha gave her an 'I dare you to' look. Kagome didn't take it as any threat. She started back at his wounds. "You stupid girl, can't you take no for an answer?" He said as he sat up then sat back down due to the pain in the side wound.

She didn't say anything as she still worked busily at his wounds. Inuyasha breathed deeply in pain and exhaustion of his long journey. When Kagome finished she left the room and made her way to her bed outside on the balcony. She walked to the edge and put her elbows on the railing. She sighed as she looked at the forest below.

Inuyasha woke up in the morning with a slight pain in his side. He sat up and saw the bandages on his chest all the way down to his waist. He got out of bed, he saw Kagome passed out on the balcony. He rushed outside, as he picked her up and placed her in his bed. He felt her forehead, she had a hot fever. He saw the water at the side of the bed and rang out the rag, placing it softly on the girl's forehead. Kagome's eyes slowly opened; she jumped when she saw where she was. Inuyasha laid her back down, placing the rag back on her forehead. "I'm so sorry," she apologized.

"What were you doing stupid?" he said in a rough but sincere voice.

"I was looking at the forest and I guess I fell asleep on the ledge." She laughed, but Inuyasha didn't find it amusing. She noticed that he was looking at her, she blushed and turned away. "Are your wound healing alright?" She questioned, trying to stop the awkward silence that had filled the room.

She turned back to his form, looking at his chest. She noticed that blood started to seep through his bandages. "We must change these." She insisted.

"No, you need lie down and rest, you're sick." He said as he grabbed her hands.

"Not sick enough to change bandages." She said as she sat up and started to undo his bandages. She stood up and told him to sit down on the bed while she got new bandages. She walked down the hall, to run into Sesshomaru, how had noticed that she wasn't wearing a whole heck of a lot. Kagome bowed when she past him, but Sesshomaru turned back around, pinning Kagome against the wall. Kagome was breathing heavily, as she felt Sesshomaru's breath on her neck. "You will be mine, watch." His teeth ran down the base of her neck. "I will mark you when my brother isn't looking, and then you will have no choice." He walked away quietly; Kagome stood with shallow breath. She took the bandages out of the closet and walked back into Inuyasha room.

Inuyasha went into full alert when he smelt his brother all over Kagome. He snarled in disgust. She walked over to him and grabbing the wash cloth from the pillow and dipping it in the bowl of water at the side of the bed. She cleaned his wounds carefully. "I need you to stand up so I can make sure the bandages are straight and tight." Inuyasha nodded as he stood up. Kagome blushed as her fingers ran along Inuyasha bear chest. Inuyasha felt a weird sensation in his chest when he felt Kagome touch him, the way that she was.

She finished and bowed, but then she felt really dizzy as she fell backward; Inuyasha caught her and told her to lie down. "I'm sorry; I don't mean to burden you." Inuyasha could fell his blood boil when his brother's sent was all over Kagome's small frail body. Sesshomaru is known to be lustful and quiet mindless at times, but almost marking a human slave, made Inuyasha furious. He had to do something about this, but he couldn't mark Kagome, that would be wrong, but he couldn't help but to feel jealous.

Inuyasha laid Kagome down gently in his bed, but Kagome wouldn't let him go. "No don't go..." She mumbled in her sleep. Not sure of what to make of it, Inuyasha held her in his arms tightly as he felt his heart race.