Chapter 7

- Previously -

"I'm not going to head out while you're still wounded."
"Yet you will eventually head out." He growled.
"Hai, I will."
"Wakaru…"
"I know," she kissed him, "I know."

Kagome was motioned by the taiyoukai to lie down against him and so she did obediently. Gently, she lied down and lightly looked at his face. Her hand lightly touched the markings on his cheek and he looked at her sharply so she stopped as she pulled her hand away almost in fright.

Giving a moments paused, she slowly placed her hand back on the markings, and this time he reacted by placing his cheek against her hand. Kagome smiled lightly and traced them with two fingers, then looked at his crescent. Bringing her hand to his crescent, she traced the outer lining out it, and she softly kissed it.

Sesshomaru shifted his head around and made her look at him. Kagome looked at him and kissed his lips lightly. They kissed a second time and he stopped the both of them and she looked at him curiously.

"You had said that we should not kiss." Sesshomaru stated.
Kagome growled at him, "I hate you," she then smiled and kissed him. (Playful hating… I think…)
"Is that supposed to hurt this one's feelings?" He raised an eyebrow and kissed her.
"No," she kissed him, "but maybe it should."
"Bad onna," he growled tauntingly and kissed her.

- Now -

A week passed and Sesshomaru was completely healed. He was walking and talking about as if nothing had happened to him. Kagome was at the springs though; cleaning herself plus her clothes so that she wouldn't smell like them and to get the blood off. She sighed lightly for not wanting to do this, and then heard someone walking over, but she knew who it was already.

"Don't come any closer Sesshomaru." Kagome stated.
He listened and stopped, "are you taking your leave today?"
"I'm leaving to go home and restock on supplies," she looked at him, "and then I'm going back to Inuyasha."
"Shall we escort you?"
"Iie, I'll be fine."
"…" He watched her dry her miko outfit above the hot spring steam.

"Why don't you go already? I'll be fine on my own." Kagome sighed.
"Iie, this one will wait till you are finished. You are vulnerable right now." He stated gruffly.
"Oh, what a protective little puppy you are!" She teased playfully.
"…" He growled.
"Come here." Her voice was demanded.

The taiyoukai listened and knelt down into the snow beside the hot spring, "nani-yo."
She wrapped her arms around his neck and nipped his bottom lips then said in a threatening tone, "Don't follow me to the village."
"This one shall listen to your demand."
"Good," the miko then rewarded him with a kiss.

His tongue slid inside her mouth and explored her as if he hadn't before. He enjoyed the kisses that they would share with one another since she stopped rejecting them after a while. She nipped his tongue so he would know to stop and look at her.

"Nani," he looked at her.
"Are you happy to be back in your normal kimono outfit?" She asked curiously, her arms still around his neck.
"Very." Sesshomaru kissed her lips.
"Heel boy, I don't want to put a rosary necklace on you too." Kagome teasingly threatened.
"What is its purpose?"
"Simple," she played with his hair behind his head; "it lets me subdue your soul to nullify your powers."
"Aren't you cruel…?" He growled.

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Inuyasha wasn't the same anymore now, and neither was Shippo. They stayed in the hut and never left it since they had started to get weird feelings. It would only be cured once they saw their Kagome back safe and sound with a smile on her face, then they would be satisfied enough to come out.

Miroku and Sango were amused at their frailty at first, but now they were worried about them. They weren't eating, they weren't sleeping, and they weren't even talking. Shippo and Inuyasha shared a corner away from them, and if they would come close, Inuyasha would snarl at them dangerously to make sure they would stay at bay.

The same thing kept running through Inuyasha's mind, 'Kagome… where are you… are you okay…?'

The two ningens weren't allowed to tell them about Kagome being with Sesshomaru and it seemed like a good idea. However, Miroku could sense Kagome now, and she's been out a lot longer than expected. Perhaps she was coming back now?

"Sango," Miroku whispered and walked outside.
"Hai…" she followed as did Kirara.

They walked a distance from the hut and went to the stream. Miroku took a second thought and told himself that they were still a little too close to the hut with the hanyou and youkai inside. He grabbed her hand and they went over the bridge that allowed them to cross the little stream to talk.

"I think… Kagome-sama is coming back…" Miroku stated.
"Hontou? That's great!"
"Shh…" Miroku panicked and looked at the hut.
Sango looked at the hut then at Miroku, "…?"

"I was think that you can go hop on Kirara and go look for her, Kagome's aura is coming directly in that direction." He whispered as he pointed.
"Naze? Do you think she's hurt?"
"Iie, but it'd be good to pick her up and take it from there."
"Alright, I'll be back later," she looked at Kirara, "come on, let's go."

Kirara transformed into her huge neko youkai form quickly and waited for Sango to hop on. Sango hopped on quickly and they flew off in the direction the houshi pointed to. Miroku sighed and hoped he did the right thing.

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Kagome was gathering her stuff after removing the sutras from the walls so they wouldn't be forgotten. Rin and Jaken were quietly sleeping against the cave walls, and Sesshomaru kept following her. It was a little annoying and when she finished packing up and putting it outside; she turned around and looked at him with a rather annoyed look on her face.

"Nanda-yo!" Kagome glared in frustration.
"Nothing…" Sesshomaru replied simply in a stoic expression.
"I hate you," she tugged his robe to lower his upper body down. (Again, playful…)
"This one knows that." He smirked coldly.
"Good." Her lips went to his.

The taiyoukai placed his hand on her lower back to pull her into him. Kagome stopped kissing and pulled away. He released her obediently and looked at her annoyed as to wonder why she being difficult.

"I can't have us touching each other like that; I'll have your scent all over my clothes." Kagome stated as she looked at him.
"Yet our skin can touch?" He asked gruffly.
"Hai, because I'll just take a bath again…"

He placed his clawed under her hair at her nape and nipped at ear to tease the miko as she liked. Kagome squealed lightly as he tickled her ear and pulled away as he chuckled tauntingly. His attention went behind her and began growling dangerously as he placed his hand on the hilt of Tokijin so Kagome turned around.

Kirara was coming down to land with Sango on her back. When the neko youkai landed, Sango jumped off and ran to Kagome. The poor miko was so confused and looked at Sesshomaru who released the hilt off the sword and motioned her to look forward. Right when she turned her face around to see that she was being tackled in a bone crushing hug.

"Oh Kami I've missed you so much Kagome-chan!" Sango said happily.
"S-Sango-chan… I've missed you too, demo, what are you doing here?" Kagome said confusedly.
"Miroku felt your aura for a long amount of time so he thought you were ready to come back so I came to get you!"
"I…" She didn't know what to say and looked at Sesshomaru to see him leaving, "m-matte!"
"…" Sesshomaru halted but didn't turn around to look at her.

Kagome removed herself from Sango really quick and went to him. She walked in front of him to see him look away from her. Her hand went to his cheek and he looked at her slowly and she saw an emotion in his eyes that she hadn't seen in him before.

…Hurt…

His faced moved away from her touch and walked passed her and continued to the cave. Kagome looked stunned and whipped around to look at him to find him still walking off. Tears began to form and her hands turned into fists and couldn't control her anger.

"FINE I HATE YOU TOO!" Kagome yelled at him in a serious yet depressed tone. (Now that was serious.)

Sesshomaru turned around to look at her immediately, just to her running over to her backpack and to her taijiya friend. He took three steps forth to her, but that was all as the two females climbed on the neko youkai's back and flew off. Looking at his hand, he had again made her upset, and this time there was nothing he could do.

'She's gone…' Sesshomaru told himself and walked slowly into the cave.

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"Kagome-chan, daijobu…?" Sango asked softly.
"Hai," she replied, "it's good to see you again."
"You too, you have no idea what's been going on."
"How are Inuyasha and Shippo?"
"They're a mess; they've been sulking for a week now." The taijiya stated.
"Can you take me to the well?"
"Sure, demo, naze…?"
Kagome sighed, "I want to take my stuff home."
"Okay."

"When we get there, I guess you have to wait at the well for me; if you go to the hut without me and Inuyasha is there, he'll come looking for me." Kagome stated.
"Don't worry, Inuyasha and Shippo will be in the hut until you return."
"How are you so sure?"
"Their like walking zombies now," she replied.

"I'm sorry I was gone for so long." Kagome apologized
"It's alright, you were healing Sesshomaru though, ne?"
"Hai, he… um… never mind…" She couldn't tell her.
"We're almost at the well." Sango stated calmly.
"Wow, I can barely see it; it's covered in so much snow."

The miko sighed and looked to the side and nearly jumped when she thought she saw Sesshomaru under a tree. But it was an illusion, because he was gone after she had blinked her eyes. She hugged Sango's back tightly and seemed glum and the taijiya didn't say anything about it.

'Why did you reject me, and my touch…?' Kagome asked herself worriedly.

When they reached the ground at the well, Kagome said that she was going to place her stuff in the other era in her room, then come right back. Sango nodded and Kirara transformed and jumped into Kagome's arms looking so innocent. Kagome smiled and petted her, and then gave her over to Sango.

"I'll be back quickly Sango-chan." Kagome hopped in the well.
Sango looked inside to find her gone, "I prefer that you come back when you feel better."
"This one prefers now." Someone growled while coming forth.
"S-Sesshomaru-sama!" She was scared now; she didn't have a weapon.
"…" He looked at her dangerously.

--

Kagome climbed up the stairs and walked into the house to find no one there. She sighed and wrote a note on a piece of paper, telling them that she came home but no one was there and that she left her stuff at home and they needed to be washed. After placing it on the refrigerator with a magnet on it, she decided to go in her room and change quickly.

She chose white FLD pants and a red shirt, but not knowing if it would be cold or not, she decided to bring along a white zip on sweater. Grabbing a white duffle bag as she walked to the kitchen, she placed some things in to take to the other era. Looking for anything else she needed and went to the bathroom, curious to see if there were any medical supplies under the sink.

Her eyes widened when she saw a light blue box fall out of the cabinet and stared at it. On the box, it said something that made her lightly tremble at it. Kagome picked up the box and stood up nervously.

"Pregnancy test…" The miko spoke out.

Remember what she did with Sesshomaru and for how long, she swallowed a large lump in her throat. She couldn't be pregnant right? I mean, because she didn't get any symptoms like morning sickness, so she shouldn't be. Still, to be sure about it, she closed the bathroom door while locking it, and took the test.

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"What are you doing here!" Sango charged at him with a punch.
"Do you really think you can touch this one?" Sesshomaru asked annoyed.
"Get away from the well! You don't have any business here!"
"Business is what this one has; the miko is who needs to be told."
"I don't know what's going on, but she's not going to talk to you!"
"…" The taiyoukai snarled at her statement.

Sesshomaru didn't start anything, just minded his own business, and then the taijiya attacks him. Not wanting to upset the miko though, he didn't touch her and dodged all her moves. It was annoying though that she wouldn't stop, but at least her neko youkai didn't join in or else he would be more annoyed.

Touching the hilt of his Tokijin to prove that he was getting irritated, Sango didn't care about it. She went to attack him while he kept avoiding; trying pissing her off. A blue orb came from the well, and they didn't notice that Kagome came from the well.

The miko looked at them with slight fear in her eyes and hopped out of the well with her duffle bag on her shoulder. Watching Sango and Sesshomaru fighting made her terrified as to what would happen. She saw Sesshomaru not attacking, but his patience was being worn thin.

"Yamete-yo!" Kagome yelled at them, nearly about to cry.

Sango stopped and looked at Kagome as did Sesshomaru to see her walking toward them. Sesshomaru sensed that she was mad yet furious, so he took his step away from Sango if that would relax her some. Kagome went to Sango and stared at Sesshomaru with the same hurt eyes he had given her before he had walked away from her earlier.

"Why are you here?" Kagome asked sternly. "I told you not to follow me!"
"…" Sesshomaru was silent as her looked at her.
"Well why are you here!" She began to cry.
"…" He glanced at the taijiya, wanting her to be separated from the miko.
"…" Sango reluctantly backed away to the well that was twenty feet away.
"…" Kagome watched Sango leave her side, and the she looked at Sesshomaru.

He stepped closer and placed his hand on her chin, "this one didn't mean to have upset you when you were leaving."
"Uso," she closed her eyes tightly to not look at him.
Sesshomaru licked her tears away and went to her ear, "this one did not wish to say 'goodbye' to you." He removed his lips from her ear to look at her.
"Why did you reject me then-!" She was cut off.

Sesshomaru placed her in a deep kiss that came out of nowhere as he held her nape to kiss back. Sango glared at the taiyoukai's attack on Kagome and was about to charge at him till her mind was blown away. Kagome wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back just as deep. The taijiya couldn't believe her eyes when she saw the two kissing one another, like they wanted it badly.

"This one hates you as you hate this one." Sesshomaru whispered in a raspy voice to her as he stopped.
"You need to leave; things have to go back as they were." She whispered softly to him.
"Make our time stand still then." He kissed her lips softly.
"Iie," she paused, "now go to Rin-chan and Jaken, you don't want them to worry."
"This one will worry about the miko."

"I'll be fine," she removed her arms from his neck as he did with his hand leaving her nape, "onegai, you have to let me go, I told you it can't work; a taiyoukai and miko. You and I just can't be. I'm with Inuyasha."

"Can this one not see you again?" He growled.
Kagome touched his cheek, "only time will tell."
Sesshomaru leaned into her hand and nipped at her, "fine."
"Now go, I'll be fine with my friends."

He brought her hand around his neck and kissed her, "farewell, miko…"

"Hai Sesshomaru," she kissed him and released him while taking a step back.

The taiyoukai looked at her then walked away quietly into the snowy forest to find Rin and Jaken so they could travel. Kagome wanted him to come back, but she couldn't do that; everything was back in place. Turning around to Sango, she found the taijiya staring at her confusedly, and now there was going to be some problems.

"You and Sesshomaru…?" Sango asked confusedly.
"I-iie, it's not what you think, there's nothing between us." Kagome stated nervously.
"You were kissing him right now!"

"Shh, I know, but, it doesn't matter, okay? Onegai, don't tell Inuyasha." She frowned sadly at her.
"I won't tell them, but it's really going to stab you in the back…"
"I know," she hugged her, "arigato Sango-chan."
"Hai, well, let's go now; their probably longing to see you." Sango grabbed her hand and they walked off with Kirara following.

"Okay…" Kagome replied a little nervously.
"Nani, you sound afraid to come to the hut." She stopped and looked at her.

"Well… I mean… there's been a lot the happened, and um…"

"It's not like you 'did it' with Sesshomaru, ne? Now let's go." Sango tugged on her and Kagome stood still.
"…" Kagome looked at her.
"…you didn't…"

Sango released her hand and looked at her as Kagome didn't look at her; making sure to keep her attention away. The taijiya couldn't believe her best friend; her sister even! What the heck what wrong with her! Why did she do something like that! Calming her mind down, Sango hugged Kagome, trying to be okay with what she did, and Kagome hugged back tightly and lightly cried.

"It just happened…" Kagome said in a depressed tone.
"It's alright; let's just go to the hut Kagome-chan." Sango said softly to try and comfort her.
"Okay…"

The two onnas and the neko youkai walked towards the stairs to lead them to the hut where the others awaited for Kagome's return. Sesshomaru growled at the taijiya for dare questioning what the miko had done with him. Surely it was none of that annoying onna's business to know what the two of them did. It made him wonder why he had placed his lips upon the miko while the taijiya was there but a few feet away from them.

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Neko: Cat
Houshi: Monk
Matte: Wait
Taijiya: Demon exterminator