Chapter 10: The full story

A/n: Obligatory disclaimer that I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters. I'm just playin' with them. Also, this chapter mentions unwanted sexual advancements.

Sesshomaru watched as Kagome struggled to get out of his grasp. Don't let mate go. She's not our mate. Sesshomaru growled. He felt her discomfort spike and he quickly returned to rumbling to sooth her. It wasn't much longer before her breathing evened out.

"It sounds like you're purring." She said in a lull.

"Humming." He half growled. Kagome giggled at Sesshomaru's dislike for doing something 'girly' like purring. "So what happened?"

"Can't we just let it go?" Kagome sighed. Sesshomaru felt his beast stir in anger at the idea someone hurt his mate but she wouldn't tell him. She needed to find a way to relate it to her training so she'd tell him.

"Kagome, I need to know so we can tailor your training. You won't be very useful in a fight if you run like that again." He heard her sigh again and knew he won.

"Fine. After we sensed the shard and I ran after it I lost sight of everyone but it was so close I had to get it. Naraku blocked my path. I knew it'd be a hard fight on my own but there had to be a reason you guys weren't catching up to me. I was doing pretty well until I noticed Rin and Shippo. I tried to keep Naraku's attention on me until I saw Kilala getting close. I put up a temporary barrier around him blinding him. I hurried the kids onto Kilala and told her to head back to you guys. I knew there were more of you there to protect them should something happen to me." She paused when she heard him growl.

"Continue." He said curtly.

"Okay…" She said hesitantly. "My barrier came down as Kilala was flying away. I wasn't completely focused, worrying about if everyone was okay or not." Another pause. "Naraku took the chance to pin me against a tree…" He could tell this was the part that would be hard for her, the part that caused her to use her power the way she had when they were sparring.

"While he had me pinned to the tree he touched my face and played with my hair. He flicked his tongue out at me. The way he was looking at me…" She shuddered, his beast stirred. "Anyway, I used the tree to brace myself then gave him a dose of purifying power. It made him release me, but it also made him mad. One of his creepy tentacle arms grabbed me around the waist and threw me. It must have been where I got the cut on my stomach from. I also landed pretty hard on my ankle. I tried to get up but when I put pressure on it I just fell right back down to the ground. Before I knew it, he… he crawled on top of me." Sesshomaru's beast was roaring.

"He said he should.. have some fun with me before he killed me. Then he…grinded his hips into me." Sesshomaru was more ready than ever to kill Naraku.

"Please stop growling." She said in a quiet voice. He hadn't realized he had started but forced himself to quiet down anyway. "I gathered as much as I could and placed my hands on his chest to purify him. Turns out it wasn't actually him. Just one of his puppets. I threw the creepy wooden doll thing off me and crawled into the spot you found me. I used a barrier and well, you know the rest."

"We will take tomorrow off." He said shortly lifting them both up. Kagome nodded and followed him back to the village. His beast was raging at the fact that that had happened while he was so close. He needed to clear his head.

The night was a struggle for him. Part of him wanted to run and hunt and kill while the other part of him didn't want her to leave his sight. Inuyasha had left to follow the dead priestess part way through the night so Sesshomaru stayed put. When Inuyasha returned just before sawn Sesshomaru rose to leave.

"Oi, where after you goin'?" Inuyasha asked rudely.

"To hunt." Sesshomaru said before taking off. He didn't know what to make of his beast calling her mate and his head was still reeling from what she'd told him earlier.

Kagome woke a few hours later. Inuyasha told her Sesshomaru had went to hunt. She didn't find anything weird about it until later that night when he still hadn't returned. Her and Sango chatted idly while Sango worked on Hiraikotsu.

"Hey Sango, do you think Sesshomaru is avoiding me?"

"Why would you think that?"

"I don't know, since we talked yesterday I haven't seen him."

"What did you guys talk about?" Sango inquired.

"Uh, nothing important, never mind." Kagome said quickly, not ready to think about what happened again.

"Okay… I guess wait until tomorrow. If he's still avoiding you, you try taking to him."

"Okay, thanks Sango. Good night." She said before snuggling in with the 2 kids.