Chapter Five

His slumber was disturbed as he woke up to find his arms empty of his intended. Her scent lingered around the area, but she was nowhere to be seen.

A growled escaped Sesshomaru, as he got up to go find his mate-to-be. Someone better had not touched her or else they were going to be doomed for life. A slow torturous death was called for if anything happened to her.

He walked along the path trying to track down her scent and where he ended up was at the hot springs. Looking around, he found Kagome's clothes lying around the floor aimlessly. Her yellow 'bag' was scrambled on the floor, while different looking objects seemed to have been thrown out of it. His ears picked up a sound and as he got closer, he heard someone humming to an unknown tune.

Peeking through the bushes, he found that it was no other than his lovely Kagome. Her back was toward him, and at the moment, it seemed as though she was rubbing her hair with an alluring scent of lavender. Taking a few steps back, he was going to leave her to her business, but accidentally stepped on a twig and broke it in half.

Crack. The little twig caught the attention of his little miko, and apparently at the moment Sesshomaru was not being very careful of his surroundings as his attention was on the broken twig. Never seeing it coming, Sesshomaru was met with a small piece of rock that was thrown to his head causing a bump to form.

Now Sesshomaru was pissed. No one dared throw a rock at him. Here he was trying to see if his Kagome was safe and in return he gets a rock thrown at him. He was going to confront the miko about this incident. No one dares disrespects him.

Turning his attention back to the situation at hand, Sesshomaru could hear the splashing of water and the name callings meant for the hentai of a monk. Appearing behind Kagome in seconds, Sesshomaru reached over to her and wrapped his arms around her even though Kagome was apparently trying to put on her clothes.

A small "eep" came out of Kagome's mouth as she was suddenly stopped from performing the task of putting on clothes to cover herself. Looking behind her, Kagome was met with Sesshomaru dazzling golden orbs. Relaxing a bit, Kagome leaned into Sesshomaru even though she was lacking in clothing at the moment.

"You will refrain from calling this Sesshomaru a pervert," Sesshomaru growled out.

"If you are not a pervert, then what should I call you right now," Kagome laughed out. For some reason she didn't mind the thought of Sesshomaru seeing her naked even though she had on a bra and underwear.

"And you will refrain from making fun of this Sesshomaru," he replied back.

"Alright then," Kagome said and turned around to hung Sesshomaru.

Today seemed different to Kagome. She woke up feeling funny and even when she was sleeping she felt weird too. In her mind, all she could think about was Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru. What was wrong with her? In the past when she was still in love with Inuyasha, Kagome didn't think about him that much, but now that Sesshomaru was here it was as if he was on her mind 24/7.

"What's on your mind love?" Sesshomaru asked as the silence was getting to him.

"Nothing," Kagome answered, "Just thinking about us."

Inuyasha sat on the ground mumbling to himself about his despicable brother as he was chained up with ropes and bound to it by Miroku's spells. Inuyasha was going crazy from it all. How did it happen? His brother got everything, even the love of his life. Inuyasha was blind to have ever noticed that Sesshomaru joined forces with him to steal Kagome away from him. He was trying to torture him. Inuyasha knew his brother's plans and he wasn't blind from them either.

Now he was tied up as Miroku and Sango didn't want a fight to evolve from Inuyasha's jealous state. He wasn't jealous, Inuyasha told himself. He was just being protective of the group as he told them that Sesshomaru was using Kagome to steal the jewel shards and use them for his own evil purposes.

"Let me go," Inuyasha yelled to no one in particular.

Miroku, Sango, Shippou, and Kirara sat there not paying any attention to the insane hanyou.

Nothing major happened for the rest of the day. No Naraku. No new jewel shards to be detected, and nothing out of the ordinary, except for the fact that Kagome was clinging onto Sesshomaru the entire time.

"Is there something wrong love?" Sesshomaru asked Kagome, but she wasn't paying any attention to him. She seemed more preoccupied with his arm as she was tracing little random circles with her finger.

"May we rest now?" Kagome asked while snuggling closer to Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru just nodded his head as the group followed him to a clearing.

Something was off about Kagome. Sesshomaru couldn't put his finger on it, but was it him or was she acting differently? She seemed practically normal earlier when she was taking a bath at the hot springs, but now she seemed clingy.

It was way into the afternoon and it didn't seem like the perfect time to rest when they were exploring the area for only about two hours now, but Sesshomaru had to find out what was wrong with Kagome.

Tugging on Sesshomaru's arm, Kagome dragged him to another part of the forest where they were far away from the others.

"Why are you acting like this?" Sesshomaru questioned.

"What do you mean?" Kagome replied confused, "I just want to spend some time with you."

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at her as he tried to study her. This wasn't his Kagome. This wasn't how he wanted her to love him. Not like some sick love puppy who followed him around all day, but someone who was strong and loved him for who he was.

Kagome was getting irritated as Sesshomaru kept staring at her with those piercing eyes. She couldn't take it anymore. She wanted him to do something. Anything but stare at her silently so she did whatever came to her mind and that was kiss him.

She put all of her effort into that kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck and dragged him onto the floor where he was now laying on top of her.

Sesshomaru rested his hand on Kagome's hip as he was soon hypnotized. He wanted to go farther as he slid his hand up her shirt and cupped her right breast. Giving it a little squeeze, Sesshomaru heard Kagome give a soft moan.

When they broke away from the kiss, Kagome stared up at Sesshomaru lovingly. She cupped his cheek and said the thing that had been plaguing her mind since this morning.

"I love you."

Author's Note: I know I should continue on with the story, but with school I probably won't ever get a chance to update. Also rating may go up. Not sure yet. So tell me what you think so far and I'll try to update soon.