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The Heart of a Demon

I thought the whole time that we walked to where ever we were going. 'I don't want to be anyone's mate! Not right now anyway. No one has the right to claim a woman as theirs unless they truly love each other!' I sighed and shook my head at the mess I had gotten myself into. Sesshoumaru looked back at me, making sure that I was still following. He stopped for a second and waited for me. My eyes wouldn't meet his.

"What's the matter Tsuto? You haven't said anything since we left," he asked me.

"I'm just thinking," I said quietly.

"It's more than that, don't lie to me," Sesshoumaru said looking down at me.

"I'm not lying," I replied calmly, trying to ignore the empty feeling in my stomach.

He stared at me for a few minutes. 'What does he expect me to do, tell him that I don't want to be his mate either?' I thought, still avoiding his golden eyes.

"Lord Sesshoumaru, we're almost at the castle!" Jaken said from ahead of us.

'Castle?' I wondered.

"Very well," Sesshoumaru replied looking straight again.

'What castle?' I wondered confused. Ahead of us there was an opening in the forest.

Rin giggled and ran with Ah-Un to the opening.

"Watch where you're going Rin!" Jaken shouted at her as Ah-Un almost ran over him.

"Sorry master Jaken," she yelled as she continued running.

I smiled at her, watching her run. Jaken ran after her finding it amusing. Sesshoumaru continued walking his steady pace as the wind blew softly. It blew my braid, moving most of my hair back. Sesshoumaru's eyes looked back at me as the wind played with my hair. 'I guess being Sesshoumaru's mate wouldn't be all bad. After all, he was the one who saved me! It's the least I could do to repay him.' I thought as we came to the opening.

"This place is beautiful" I whispered as I saw a huge field like meadow.

Almost as far as your eyes could see was the field stretching out across it all, and in the middle was a large castle. 'That must be the castle that Jaken was talking about!' Out in the field ahead of us, you could see Rin with Ah-Un and Jaken's two headed staff trailing behind her.

"This is the western plains!" Sesshoumaru said looking at his land.

The two of us walked across the field to the castle where a happy Rin and a very tired Jaken were waiting.

"I think I'm getting too old for things like that!" Jaken heaved while lying on the ground.

Rin laughed at him. Sesshoumaru ignored the imp and continued on into the castle. I had stopped to pet Ah-Un for a couple of minutes. 'Ah-Un is a cool dragon. I've never seen a two headed dragon before!'

"Come on Tsuto!" Sesshoumaru demanded with annoyance.

His tone had frightened me so I quickly ran to catch up to him.

"Sorry," I apologized.

Sesshoumaru led me up some stairs and then he stopped at a door in a very long hallway.

"I'll be in here for a while. Look around the castle if you must, just don't come in here!" he said sternly.

I nodded my head and was about to walk away when Sesshoumaru put his hand on my chin to make me look at him.

"When night comes Tsuto, you'll be sleeping in my bed chamber!" he whispered to me.

It sent a chill down my spine. Sesshoumaru let go of me and then gently kissed me on the lips. He pulled away and went into the door behind him. 'So I can look around the castle all I want as long as I don't go into that room!' I left the room and went down the hallway, looking into almost every room I passed. 'There are so many rooms in this place that it would take forever to look into every one.' I thought pushing another door open.

The room was dark which made it hard to see anything. 'Whoa, what is this room?' I wondered as I tried to look around.

"This must be Sesshoumaru's chamber," I whispered.

It was larger that all the other rooms I had been in. 'It has to be his bed chamber otherwise I don't think that it would be as big as it is!' I thought turning back to the doorway. When I was almost out of the room, I turned back to look once again. Then I thought I saw Naraku standing in the room with his pants on and no shirt.

"Ah!" I cried scared.

I fell backwards onto my butt and tried to crawl away. The image faded when I hit the wall on the other side of the hall. My heart pounded as I sighed and just sat there. 'It wasn't actually him. It was only my imagination playing tricks on me!' I got to my feet and closed the door.

"That was weird."

I heard footsteps coming from down the hall and then I saw Jaken coming towards me.

"What are you doing up here Tsuto?" he asked with an angry tone.

"Sesshoumaru said that I could look around," I replied quietly.

Jaken gave me a small glare for not saying lord Sesshoumaru.

"Well if you're going to look around, go down stairs. Rin would gladly show you where everything is," he said walking away.

I nodded my head and walked down the stairs to find Rin. 'I wonder where she could be.' I looked down another hallway but saw nothing.

"I'll never find her at this rate," I whispered with a sigh.

"Find who?" Rin asked from behind me.

I jumped slightly when she spoke, not knowing she was there. 'Where did she come from?' I thought looking at her.

"You," I replied.

Rin smiled and walked up to me.

"You were upstairs weren't you?" she asked me curiously.

I nodded my head.

"Why? Haven't you?" I asked her.

"Nope, lord Sesshoumaru doesn't want me up there. Neither does master Jaken!" Rin explained.

'I don't know about Sesshoumaru not wanting me upstairs, but it sure looked like Jaken didn't!' I thought as we started walking together.

"Do you think you could show me around Rin?"

She nodded her head with a grin on her face. We went down the hallway and turned a corner. There were only a couple of doors.

"Right here is master Jaken's room and down at the end is my room!" Rin said pointing.

"What's that room across from yours?" I asked her.

She thought for a minute.

"That, I think is the other room that I'm not allowed to go in."

'This place is so complicated. Rin's not allowed upstairs and I am and then there's that room where only Sesshoumaru is allowed in.'

"I'm going back outside to play with Ah-Un," Rin said as she went pass the stairs to the door.

"Okay then," I whispered following her.

When I got outside I saw Rin running around with the two headed dragon. With a small smile I sat down in the sun and lay on my back. 'The sun is so warm, even with the gentle breeze. It's funny how it feels like the first time that I've ever been in its ray!'

I didn't know how late it was and I didn't really care all that much. Rin had tired herself out and fell asleep on Ah-Un's back. 'The sun is almost down. I really don't want to go back inside the castle. But Sesshoumaru will probably come out and get me if I stay out here all night.' I thought as I stared at the sky. 'What is wrong with me? I'm only fourteen and I've had two demons after me already. Why did I say that I would rather be Sesshoumaru's mate? I probably could have said neither if I wasn't being so stupid.' I lifted my head off the ground a little bit and then dropped it back on the ground, not caring on how much it hurt. I heard the castle doors open and looked over at Rin who was still sleeping on Ah-Un. Sesshoumaru walked out and looked down at me. 'Sesshoumaru!' I thought sitting up almost instantly.

"There you are Tsuto, I thought that you got lost in the castle," he said walking over and sitting down next to me.

"No, I've just been out here with Rin," I replied with a quiet voice.

"It's safe here at the castle. Not even Naraku knows about it." Sesshoumaru said trying to make me feel comfortable.

'Yeah, but it's not Naraku that's worrying me right now.' I thought not wanting to be used again. Everyone always said that things happen for a reason, I didn't believe that. 'Maybe I'm just being paranoid. Maybe Sesshoumaru doesn't think the same was as Naraku does.' Sesshoumaru put his arm around me and pulled me closer to his side.

"Night is almost with us Tsuto," he said gently.

The moon started to show itself in the sky, along with a clutter of stars. Sesshoumaru stood up and went over to Rin.

"Wake up Rin. Sleep in your chamber," he told the young girl.

She opened her eyes and got off of Ah-Un's back to go to bed. 'She looks so tired!' I smiled at her as she walked by me. Sesshoumaru came back to me and grabbed my wrist. I stood up and followed him. 'Can't I just sleep in one of those smaller chambers?' I wondered as my heart started to beat faster. Sesshoumaru dragged me up the stairs and to the room where I thought I'd seen Naraku. When we entered the room Sesshoumaru shut the door. I stood where I was, not really sure of what he wanted me to do. 'Why hasn't he told me to do anything? It's not like I know what he's thinking.' Sesshoumaru took off his shirt along with his metal armor and his big fluffy thing. Then he dropped his two swords on top of his clothes. 'I guess this is it!' I thought frightened. A small smile appeared on Sesshoumaru's face. He grabbed my arm and pulled me to the other side of the room. Laying me down, he took of my shirt and threw it onto the pile. Sesshoumaru then slid off his boot like shoes and lay on top of me.

"Nothing bad will happen unless you allow it to, Tsuto. I will not force you into something that hurts you," he whispered in my ear.

'If I don't want Sesshoumaru to enter me, then he won't do it?' I thought nodding my head to what Sesshoumaru had just said. I could feel his long silver hair on my flesh as he moved his face to meet mine. Sesshoumaru pressed his lips against mine and I kissed him back. He put his hand up near my ribs. 'Why is everything different with Sesshoumaru? Why doesn't this bother me with him?' I wondered as I felt his tongue wanting an entrance into my mouth.

I didn't open my mouth for Sesshoumaru. It was obvious that he wanted what I didn't. He continued to gently kiss me for a few more minutes then Sesshoumaru started to slowly move down to my neck. 'Everything is different this time. I've never felt like this before.' I thought as Sesshoumaru kissed at my neck. I could feel his claws sort of digging into my side. Again Sesshoumaru moved lower on my body. I couldn't see where he was moving, but every kiss made kiss trail. I felt the desire to push Sesshoumaru off me when he kissed the side of my breast. My heart pounded and I knew that he could hear it.

"No, please," I whispered, not wanting him to kiss me there any longer.

Sesshoumaru stopped for a second and looked up at me.

"No lower," I whispered.

He moved up on me a little higher and started kissing me again. 'Why am I letting this happen? Do I have feelings for Sesshoumaru?' I asked myself. I couldn't understand why I was letting Sesshoumaru kiss me. He stopped again and matched his hips with mine. Sesshoumaru let go of my side so he could sit on top of me. He untied his sash and tried to take off my pants. 'What is he doing?' I wondered as I felt his hand pull down on my pants. 'Should I let him? Should I let Sesshoumaru have what he wants?' Sesshoumaru smiled slightly when I didn't respond to his actions. He then let his pants slide down his legs.

"Nothing bad will happen unless you allow it to, Tsuto. I will not force you into something that hurts you." I remembered what Sesshoumaru had said before he had done anything. 'I'm not ready yet! I can't let him do this!'

"I'm glad that you feel the same way," he whispered.

Before I could do anything to stop Sesshoumaru, it was too late. He was already inside of me. He had spread my legs open with his feet and put his hand on the floor near my head. I tried to shake my head as a plead for him not to do anything.

"Sesshoumaru, I… I can't," I said in a low voice.

Sesshoumaru sat back up and pulled up his pants, tying his sash back around his waist. I pulled my pants back up as well. At first I was afraid of what Sesshoumaru might do to me, but all he did was lay on top of me again.

"It's alright. You tried," he whispered to me as he slid his arm under my back.

'He's not mad at me? Not angry with me for denying him?' I wondered as Sesshoumaru rolled onto his back and me on top of him. I calmed down after a few minutes had passed. Sesshoumaru's arm was still on my back, holding me protectively against him.

"Why do you want me as a mate?" I asked him.

Sesshoumaru looked surprised.

"Because you were hurt, scarred because of Naraku," he said back.

'Is that the only reason?'

"And when I first saw you at the castle I smelt something special about you."

'There's nothing special about me. I'm just a normal girl with a hurt soul.' I thought resting my head on his chest. I put my hands on Sesshoumaru's sides.

"How am I any different from other girls? I've never done anything to be noticed," I wondered.

"It's your heart. Pure, innocent, and unable to be tainted. That's why you're different from other women, because you are what's good in the world," Sesshoumaru said holding me a little tighter.

'I'm pure? I just can't picture myself that way, after all the things Naraku had done to me.' I closed my eyes and tried to go to sleep. I felt the warmth of Sesshoumaru's chest against my body. His hand gently rubbed my back to make me feel safe. 'I don't understand why I'm the only one who can have Naraku's child. He's the core of evil and if I'm pure then that wouldn't work out on his part.' I winced at the thought. 'Just stop thinking about Naraku! He's not here anymore, Sesshoumaru is!' I smiled slightly as I started to grow tired.

"I…" Sesshoumaru trailed off, thinking of the right words.

I opened my eyes and looked at him. 'What is he trying to say?' I wondered tiredly.

"Tsuto, I love you," he whispered to me.

Those words had shocked me. 'He loves me?' I started to blush slightly. 'That's the first time since I was five that someone told me that they actually loved me!' I tried to wrap my arms around Sesshoumaru. For some reason I could feel tears coming and I couldn't stop them. I started to shake and I closed my eyes to try to force my tears away.

"I…I love you too," I replied as calmly as I could.

Tears fell down my cheeks and onto Sesshoumaru's chest. 'I'm being so stupid! Why am I crying over something like this?' I was starting to wish that Sesshoumaru had two arms so he could wrap both of them around me.

"Stop crying," he said.

His words somehow calmed me down again. 'I just haven't cried in a while. That must be why I am now.' I felt stupid for crying like that.

"I'm sorry," I said wiping the tears off my face.

When I had calmed down completely, I had fallen asleep on Sesshoumaru. He still rubbed my back gently to assure me that I was safe.

"The feeling I have in my heart, is that love?" Sesshoumaru asked himself, finding it hard to believe that he, the great lord of the western plains, had fallen for a mortal girl.

I had moved my arms up onto his shoulders before I had fallen asleep. Sesshoumaru stopped rubbing my back and just let his hand sit above where my pants hit my back. As I slept a few images of Sesshoumaru appeared in my mind. 'Do I actually love him? Or was I just caught up in the moment that I just said I did?' I wondered not really caring at that moment. Then the image of Sesshoumaru on top of me popped into my mind. 'Does Sesshoumaru really want me? Do I really want that feeling with him at night?' I thought before the image faded away.

When morning had come I could still feel the warmth of Sesshoumaru's chest against me. I slowly opened my eyes and looked up slightly. For the first time I had actually seen him sleeping. 'So yesterday wasn't a dream. Sesshoumaru really had said that he loved me and I the same for him.' I smiled slightly feeling as safe as possible. I closed my eyes again and noticed that Sesshoumaru's hand wasn't on my back anymore. It had moved through the night to the skin of my hip. 'I'm starting to think that Sesshoumaru is as perverted as that monk Miroku!' I thought, not wanting to move incase I would wake him up. Suddenly, Sesshoumaru opened his golden eyes.

"Tsuto, hide in the pile of clothes!" he demanded.

I opened my eyes confused and got off of him, doing as I was told.

"Lord Sesshoumaru!" Jaken called coming closer to the chamber door.

The door opened and a little light filled the room. I had grabbed Sesshoumaru's shirt and thrown it over my head just seconds before.

"Yes Jaken?" Sesshoumaru asked with annoyance.

"Um, I'm sorry to disturb you my lord but I was wondering what was going to happen today," the imp wondered.

'I was kind of wondering that too!' I thought as I glanced at Sesshoumaru.

"We're staying here until tomorrow! Tsuto and Rin need to rest before we head out again," he replied with a small growl.

Jaken was silent for a moment.

"Lord Sesshoumaru, speaking of Tsuto. She's disappeared! I can't find her anywhere in the castle!" Jaken cried afraid that Sesshoumaru would get angry with him.

"Don't worry about it Jaken. I'm sure that she'll turn up somewhere around here," Sesshoumaru said calmly.

Jaken left the room and closed the door behind him. 'Jaken was freaking out because he couldn't find me anywhere in the castle? That must mean that he was afraid that Sesshoumaru would blame him for it.' I thought as I scrounged through Sesshoumaru's clothes to find my shirt. 'Where could it be?' I wondered lifting his shirt off my head.

"You alright Tsuto?" Sesshoumaru asked me with some concern.

I nodded my head as I found my shirt. I slipped it on over my head.

"I didn't hurt you last night, did I?" he wondered as he walked over to me to get his hoari.

"I'm fine," I whispered handing Sesshoumaru his metal armor.

'Why is he worrying about me? Sesshoumaru didn't do anything wrong. It was my fault that anything happened because I didn't try to stop him!' I smiled warmly at him, letting him know that everything was alright. Sesshoumaru picked up his two swords and put them back in his sash.

"I just don't want to see you hurt because of something that I had done," he said looking into my violet eyes.

"Everything's fine," I replied.

Sesshoumaru turned away from me and walked to the door.

"Come on Tsuto, I'm sure Rin would like to know that you're safe," he said opening the door.

'I would rather like to get out of this room anyway. It's too dark in here for my liking,' I thought as I followed behind Sesshoumaru. We walked down the stairs to where Jaken was running back and forth through the hallway, trying to find me. 'What is he doing?' I wondered confused.

"Lord Sesshoumaru will have my head if I don't find Tsuto around the castle!" he cried with fear.

Rin laughed as Sesshoumaru came down the stairs with me right behind him.

"Tsuto's right here Jaken! She was still sleeping in the bed chamber next to mine when I checked on her!" Sesshoumaru said, covering up where I had actually slept that night.

Jaken turned red with embarrassment as Rin continued to laugh at him.

Naraku stared out his window as he sat next to it.

"She's gone! Tsuto has vanished for the moment," he said talking to himself.

He had sent Sheira after me again along with a small group of his sanyosho so he could see what was going on when he called Kanna. Naraku had even sent Kagura out to search for me as a desperate measure.

"I need her back here. I need Tsuto to be in the castle so I can keep my desire at bay long enough to kill Inuyasha," he growled.

Naraku thought hard about his plan of action. Trying to think of a way to lure me out of hiding he clenched his fist with hatred and anger. After a few moments passed a smirk appeared on Naraku's face.

"When Sheira has her trail, I'll go back to her village and use her sister as bait," he laughed slightly, finding his plan amusing.

A sound was heard outside of Naraku's chamber.

"Kanna," Naraku called.

The girl came in the door with almost no expression.

"My sister, Kagura, has found Inuyasha," she said with her calm quiet voice.

Naraku's smirk grew as he pulled out a hair.

"So Kagura found him instead of Tsuto. No matter! I can get rid of him before continuing my search for Tsuto!" Naraku said with another laugh.

End of Chapter 6

Hello: ) : ) I know that this chapter wasn't as long as the last one but I thought that ending this chapter with Naraku would give it some edge! Lol! Anyway I hope you all enjoyed that chapter and I know that there wasn't a warning about Sesshoumaru and Tsuto, but nothing really happened that you all needed to be worried about. Sorry if it bothered you! cries for you Lol! Please R&R and wait for the next chapter. Oh and for yet another question like review, the reason for Tsuto not getting pregnant over a three year period of time will be explained soon! I don't know quite when yet but I'm thinking that it should be soon!