Note: Okay here's the second chapter I promised. Since it's my birthday and all do you think I could get 10 reviews for each chapter? I mean you guys gave me like 23 with chapter 16. so I'm not asking alot...but it'd be nice to get some....then I can rub it in the child of my mom's best friend. He's always being rude and calling my stories dumb. Maybe lots of reviews will shut him up, eh? lol, okay enjoy. By the chapter title I bet you can guess something is finally going to be put out into the open.
Chapter eighteen- Confessions
Sesshoumaru couldn't remember the last time he actually felt truly happy. The kiss had been on impulse and he hadn't even been thinking when he did it, but now that his mind was working again he had to wonder. Why did he kiss her?
Sesshoumaru could only come to one conclusion. He had feelings towards the human. Never before had he fallen for a female…youkai or human, but Kagome seemed to stand out above them all.
Sesshoumaru looked at the door and smirked. Now that he had an idea what was wrong with him, he was going to have to somehow get Kagome to return those feelings to him.
By the afternoon, Sesshoumaru felt much like his strength was restored. Slightly bored from spending his whole morning in bed he went out to the gardens to see Rin and Shippo playing with Kagome.
Kagome tried to run away from Rin, who was currently it, not knowing that the taiyoukai was watching. She looked behind her to see Rin was catching up fast and she started to giggle "you can't catch me Rin"
Rin giggled "I can try Kagome-chan"
Shippo quickly ran up beside Kagome and looked back to see Rin "come on Rin, I know you can run faster than that" suddenly he felt himself hit the ground.
Rin started laughing as she ran up to Shippo and touched his arm "you're it, that's what you get for not paying attention and running into a tree"
Shippo gave a mock glare "oh yeah, we'll see about that" he turned to look at Kagome who was now laughing "but first I'm going to get Kagome"
Kagome quickly held up her hands in a lame attempt to protect herself "actually if you guys don't mind I think I'm going to take a brake. I'm getting kind of tired"
Rin and Shippo both nodded "okay" they said together before Shippo touched Rin's arm "you're it!"
Rin gasped "that's not fair Shippo! I wasn't ready!"
Shippo laughed "too bad, try and get me"
"You can count on that" shouted Rin as she ran after the kitsune
Kagome giggled to herself as she walked over to a bench and sat down with a great sigh. Boy had her life changed since she fell in the well and even more so after 2 years of constant traveling between the worlds. Now it seemed her life had changed even more when she had chosen to run from Inuyasha and ran into Sesshoumaru. Literally. If Rin hadn't been sick and if Sesshoumaru hadn't allowed her to treat the child then Kagome would never have seen another side of the western lord.
Kagome looked up at the clouds in the sky. The western lord, the taiyoukai…Sesshoumaru. He seemed very different from when she had first met him 2 years ago. Before he would kill her without thinking, but now, now he had protected her from Inuyasha's attack with the tetsusaiga. Not to mention Sesshoumaru had even gone so far as to kiss her. Kagome sighed 'why did he do that?' she wondered. She was so deep in thought she didn't noticed there had been someone standing beside her.
"Something troubling you, Kagome"
Kagome jumped at the voice and turned to see Sesshoumaru. She breathed a sigh of relief 'speak of the devil and he shall appear' she thought and looked back up 'or in this case the taiyoukai'. She then remembered he had said something "oh, uum, it's nothing really"
Sesshoumaru glanced down at her "I believe it is bigger than you say it is for I've been standing here for 10 minutes without your acknowledgement"
Kagome blinked "10 minutes?" he nodded "oh, oops, sorry"
"Apparently your mind is occupied on other things" he stated
"I guess so" she answered as she started to fall back into thought, but was quickly pulled back as Sesshoumaru sat down next to her.
Both were silent and watched the kids play for awhile. Rin had come up and given Sesshoumaru a quick hug, saying she was glad he was better and then she left to play with Shippo again. Kagome had drifted back into thought and trying to answer her most annoying question, but wasn't coming up with any reasonable answers. Why did Sesshoumaru kiss her?
Sesshoumaru glanced at Kagome and saw her staring at nothing "Kagome"
Kagome blinked for a minute, coming out of her thoughts, she didn't look at the demon lord, but did acknowledge him "yes?"
"I can see you are not focusing on watching the children again, so what is troubling you?" he asked.
Kagome thought for a moment. Should she ask him or just keep it to herself? She wasn't sure. Her mind started to trail into a new line of thought if she should tell or not.
"Kagome" Sesshoumaru said a little harsh.
Kagome jerked her head from her thoughts "sorry, just thinking"
He gave a nod "that was apparent, care to explain what you are thinking about"
Kagome turned her head and looked at him he actually cares to know she concluded. Sesshoumaru maybe cold and didn't really show his emotion, but if you really paid attention to his words; they were filled with consideration. She mentally shook her head from the thought "I-I was just thinking about earlier"
"Be more specific" He ordered, though he had an idea "many things have happened before now"
Kagome felt her cheeks get red. Oh boy! She was going to have to tell him flat out "uum, it was this morning when, when you… kissed me"
Sesshoumaru folded his arms and gave a nod "why do you think of that, Kagome?"
She shrugged "well, I, uum, I was just wondering why you did that"
Sesshoumaru couldn't help, but let a smirk cross his lips "why do you care to know?"
Kagome shrugged again "I've gotten to know you and I've learned that you don't do anything without a reason, so why?"
Sesshoumaru watched Rin and Shippo run around for a few minutes before giving his answer "when we first met 2 years ago I hated humans, you were no exception, even if I had just met you. After that I only desired to kill Inuyasha and get the tetsusaiga from him, but I slowly started to notice you were not like other humans. You showed bravery towards me when I wanted to kill. That is why I let you care for Rin"
Kagome listened intently to every word he said, finding it a little hard to believe he was telling her how he thought of everything. She watched the children as Sesshoumaru continued
"I was curious about you. You are very different from other humans and I wanted to rid myself of the curiosity. I figured that if I let you care for Rin, she would be well, I would learn how you function, and possibly get tetsusaiga from Inuyasha"
"I see" she answered "I was just a method to getting tetsusaiga and at the same time curing you of your curiosity of me?"
"Yes" he replied "but things have a way of changing. I had stopped thinking about tetsusaiga since I acquired you; I spent a majority of my time trying to figure out why and how you are different from humans of this time. Your future explained very little for me and even right now I am curious as to why you are so different from other humans"
Kagome gave a nod "okay, but that doesn't explain why you kissed me"
Sesshoumaru smirked as he turned his head to look at her and she looked at him "I have realized I may never understand you completely and it is my curiosity that has led me to start having feelings towards you"
Kagome blinked in shock "say that again"
Sesshoumaru lowered his eyes "I shall only repeat myself once more"
Kagome gulped, thinking he was angry with her. She then noticed that though he looked angry, he didn't seem like himself. She almost raised her hand to smack herself physically, but didn't. But she was surprised 'he's joking with me! He's only pretending to be angry' she noticed.
"I have started to have feelings towards you" he answered.
Kagome gave a slight nod "okay, uum, what kind of feelings?" she had to be wrong; she couldn't be thinking he had feelings for her…romantically.
Sesshoumaru's face with emotionless as ever, not even a smirk on his face as he bent over and brushed his lips against hers in a very light kiss. He then pulled away and his ember eyes stared into her brown ones "what feelings associate with a kiss?"
Kagome's cheeks went red with blush and she could only think of one answer "good ones?"
Sesshoumaru smirked and gave a nod "indeed"
Kagome then remembered Inuyasha kissing Kikyo and her face went serious "I'm not sure if I can return your feelings" she frowned and looked away "I-I know I feel something for you, but I just don't want to be hurt again"
Sesshoumaru gave a nod. He knew she was speaking of his brother being with the dead woman. Sesshoumaru brought a clawed hand underneath her chin and tilted her head to look at him "then allow me to show you, you will not be hurt again"
Kagome stared at him "you mean like a trial, to see if everything works out?" Sesshoumaru gave a nod "okay, I think I can handle that"
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OOOooo! They finally got together and it only took 18 chapters. YAY! Please review. Too tell truth I was never expecting this many reviews to begin with. So thanks to all who reviewed.
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