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Game

Kagome followed Tortuga back into the main room, and sat down on the floor per his instructions. Sesshoumaru joined them a moment later. Kagome raised an eyebrow in speculation. He had simply put on a haori, but did not tie it, and left it open leaving his torso open for all to see, particularly Kagome. She tried her best to avert her eyes from his well-defined muscles. Why did he have to be such a show off? Then again, Kagome was a living breathing woman, right? Any woman would have stared, right? Right. Kagome tried to convince herself.

Tortuga tugged at his beard, while eyeing them both. "Oh, I'm sure today will be very productive."

Sesshoumaru simply scowled at him.

"Alright, children. Sit seiza and face each other."

Sesshoumaru knelt in front of Kagome, and she turned to face him.

They stared at each other for a few minutes because Kagome became flustered.

"Now what?" She demanded.

Tortuga chuckled. "I want you two to close your eyes and hold each other's hands."

Kagome felt a surge of panic. As if he would even want to touch her, much less hold her hands. As far as she could tell, no one touched Sesshoumaru, not even Rin.

Sesshoumaru frowned. Her whole demeanor spoke of nervousness. She obviously had no qualms admiring his body, but she would not touch him? She confused him greatly.

"Are you unwilling to touch this Sesshoumaru?" He asked bluntly.

Kagome scoffed. "That is not the problem!" She thrust her hands out for him to take. Sesshoumaru took her hands in his rather nonchalantly. She could only stare at him in wonder. She was acutely aware of how strong his hands felt holding hers.

Kagome thought that this must be some bizarre dream.

Tortuga put a hand on her shoulder. "It's alright Lady Kagome. He won't bite unless you want him to." He winked at her.

Kagome glared over her shoulder at him. Pervert!

Sesshoumaru snarled. "Enough! Get on with it!"

"Calm down both of you. You are no fun! Now close your eyes and focus on your own energy. You must learn to share your energy with one another. You must become equals."

Their eyes slid shut. Kagome immediately felt his youki rise, and run along her body. It was an unpleasant sensation, making the hair raise on her skin. She brought forth her own reiki and let it flow over his body.

Sesshoumaru felt her reiki creep up his arms, leaving the familiar tingling sensation that he found pleasant. However, her power quickly rose to match his, giving him an adrenaline rush he was not expecting.

"Yes, find a balance. You are close." Tortuga piped in.

Kagome felt elated. That wasn't nearly as hard as she was thinking it would be. She focused on matching his power.

Sesshoumaru grit his teeth. This felt very wrong. His body ached with the need to overpower her. His instincts screamed at him to make her submit. He was her Lord, and her power would not take precedence over his.

His youki rose until it smothered hers, crashing down on her like a wave.

Kagome gasped at the painful way his youki was suddenly attacking her body. Why was he doing this? If he thinks he's better than me, he's in for a shock, she thought.

Kagome dug her nails into his hands, and brought forth reiki, pouring more into his body. She pushed her reiki until it started to drown out his youki.

Her reiki was no longer pleasant feeling, the sheer force of her energy made his skin burn hot. He snarled at her. His energy rose higher, and beat back her reiki with force. Kagome cried out in pain. The muscles in her arms convulsed. Kagome opened her eyes to see Sesshoumaru looking at her with bright red eyes. He bared his elongated fangs at her.

What was wrong with him? What happened?

"Sesshoumaru-sama, stop it." Kagome said weakly.

His eyes widened. She dares to command me? His youki crashed into her once more, making her gasp for air.

He was trying to dominate her, Kagome realized with a start. Why was he making this so difficult? This was not what was supposed to happen, but if he wanted to play that game, she would oblige him.

She gripped his forearms and sent a wave of reiki pouring into him, driving his youki back.

"Do you even know what it means to be equals?!" Kagome shouted at him.

Sesshoumaru snarled and knocked her on her back. He was quick to straddle her waist. "Submit!" He growled in her face.

"I will never submit to you, you asshole!" Kagome shouted in his face. His youki beat on her in harsh waves, choking her. Kagome grit her teeth, and called forth more reiki and pounded her fists into his chest. This time she was not holding back, or shielding him from harm. The skin on his exposed chest split under her fists, and his skin sizzled and burned where she touched him. Sesshoumaru grabbed her hands and roughly pulled them above her head, preventing her from injuring him further. He gnashed his fangs, and his face began to change shape. Kagome stared at him frightened. She had been in this position before, and knew things would get much worse from here. Kagome bucked her body and thrashed under him, trying to get away.

"THAT IS ENOUGH!" Tortuga shouted. A loud crack resounded, as he wacked Sesshoumaru clear across the back of his head with a bokken.

Kagome watched as his face returned to normal. She didn't think she would ever be so happy to see his amber eyes staring at her. Blood dripped off of his chest down onto hers. Sesshoumaru pulled himself off from on top of her. He reached over to Tortuga and grabbed the bokken, and snapped it in half with one hand. The shattered wooden sword clattered on the dojo floor.

"You are both too immature to do this correctly!" Tortuga berated them.

"What? He's the one who started it!" Kagome exclaimed, genuinely surprised.

Sesshoumaru growled at her baring his fangs.

Tortuga pointed a finger at her.

"You provoked him! Instead of calming him down, you only escalated the problem!"

Kagome stood up with her fists balled at her sides. "It is not my job to calm him down. I don't even know what provoked him!"

Sesshoumaru rose to his feet, his violent, angry youki snapping around her. "I am not one to be controlled, miko." He spit back at her.

Kagome could not take any more of his attitude. She grabbed him roughly by his open haori, "Then learn to control yourself! I am done! I will not have anyone treat me this way!" She shoved him away from her with enough of her energy that it made him stumble back a step.

Kagome shoved her way between Sesshoumaru and Tortuga and escaped out of the dojo.

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