Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, although Lord Soshi is mine. I think I'll get someone to draw him for me since I suck at it.

A/N: Just because I'm posting doesn't mean I'm not still on hiatus. As I said in the first chapter, I'm revising so I have to post all the chapters I revise.

Lonely Hearts Revised
Chance Encounter

Kagome had cooled down some since the last time she'd seen Soshi. He just ticked her off to no end and she knew he did things to make her mad purposely. But she just couldn't help it, she came from a time where women defended themselves if need be and she wasn't going to change just because of some stupid arrogant dragon taiyoukai. Although if she did it would ensure she had better safety.

"Kagome, are you sure you're okay? I can smell that damn Soshi all over you." Kagome looked up swiftly, blushing. Had he really been that close to her? Well even if he hadn't, the wind was blowing and he was like a foot taller than her, maybe more. Nodding, Kagome packed up what was left of their camp.

"I'm fine Inuyasha, don't worry about me. Now, let's get going." Kagome picked up her backpack, put her arms through the straps and set off, her friends behind her, Inuyasha on her left.

They had been walking for a about thirty minutes and were a good distance out of the forest. No signs of Naraku had come about, but a few demons had attacked them, one of them having a jewel shard.

"The shard is in his right arm Inuyasha!" Kagome ran to the side and the demon threw a ball of youki at her. Tumbling over, Kagome landed on her butt, due to a medium sized rock in her path.

"Kagome stay there!" Sango yelled. She threw her boomerang at the youkai, effectively getting rid of its left leg. Inuyasha dodged blow after blow until he got the demon right where he wanted it. He couldn't just use the Wind Scar, the area was too small and it would wipe out everything. So he settled for cutting off the demons right arm, pulled out the jewel shard. Miroku pulled the beads away from his hand and sucked the demon up once everyone was behind him. Closing his hand, Miroku turned around, re-wrapping the beads around his wrist.

"Well, that's one more jewel shard to add to our collection." Inuyasha nodded happily and handed the shard to Kagome. The moment she touch it, the shard turned pink and all evil was dispelled from it.

"Great job guys! Oden for everyone!" Everyone except for Inuyasha cheered. That stuff was too hot for him and Kagome knew that. Oh well, he would just refuse to eat it, he was sure she'd make him some ramen instead of feeding him that crap.

"Let's get moving, we only have a few hours of light left, it's best we get as much ground covered as we can." Miroku nodded, Sango and Kagome glared. They were tired and wanted to bathe. But no, stupid dog had to make them keep walking.

A few hours and lots of complains later, Kagome found herself sighing as she stepped into a beautiful hot spring. It was absolutely relaxing to just be able to sit in the warm, soothing water. Sango had decided not to go with her, so she was alone on this one. But Kagome didn't have any complaints there. At least she wouldn't have to worry about Miroku spying on her this time. Well that is, with Sango there she didn't need to. Closing her eyes, Kagome sat back on a natural rock ledge, letting her body relax in the serenity of the pool. Her thoughts drifted back to Lord Soshi. He was so unmannerly, yet totally handsome and alluring. His hair was nearly as long as Sesshomaru's, but a deep red-brown color, a few dark purple streaks here and there. And his eyes, they were a light purple with a simmering rainbow of colors in them. You'd think he was a bat demon with the way his eyes were, they reminded Kagome of Shiori the bat half demon.

But his voice was a different story entirely. So deep and rich. Kagome felt that she could just drown in the sickly sweet depths of his voice for hours on end. Soshi had the most flawless skin she'd ever seen, a pale complexion against the darkness of his hair made for a wonderful contrast. Sighing, Kagome opened her eyes. She dove under water to get her hair wet. Re-surfacing seconds later, Kagome lathered some shampoo into her hair. Once she was sure her hair was clean, Kagome went under again to rinse it out. Running her fingers through her hair over and over under water, Kagome's thoughts once again went to the topic of the dragon taiyoukai. If his looks weren't enough, his outfit had an entirely different summary. He wore a simple black kimono, but what made it stand out was the detail on it. On the left sleeve there was an intricate woven design of a dragon circling around a tree, flames engulfing everything it touched. And over that, he had silver armor. The armor had a chest plate, four other plates covering the fronts, sides and backs of his leg and spikes. The spikes came out of the armor around his shoulders. That part of the armor went around his shoulders, but veered upward and then came back down to meet the lower part of his armor in the back. (Think Naraku's armor. Like just that part, everything else is original). Kagome resurfaced just now realizing that she needed air. Gasping as she reached the surface, Kagome was met face to face with none other than the object of her thoughts. He was kneeling in front of her, though not in the hot spring.

"Thinking about me were you? I can't blame you though. But I do say, you look very good right now." His smirk sent shivers down her spine as did the breeze. And that was when Kagome noticed she was naked, her top half in his view. Squealing she lowered herself into the water quickly. Soshi chuckled.

"What are you doing here?" Kagome hissed, her blush deepening when she noticed the situation.

"I couldn't stop sneezing, so I figured either someone was discussing me or thinking of me. And I followed your groups' trail, and then you here." Kagome blushed even more. "So am I right? Were you thinking of me, my little miko?" Looking down, Kagome nodded slightly, then realized what he had called her. Throwing her head up, to meet his heated gaze, Kagome glared.

"Your what? Little miko? First, I am not yo-." She was cut off mid sentence when Soshi brushed his lips against hers. Kagome's eyes widened substantially. Soshi felt her tense, knowing she hadn't expected him to kiss her. But he had been longing for it since their encounter in the woods the other day. The second he met her, Soshi could tell she would be different, that she was special in her own right. She was something unique and he wanted her as his own. After all, he had not met one woman who would stand up for herself and disrespect him. That was something that would make her a good leader. Pulling away, Soshi smirked down at the shocked human in the water.

"Well, that was fun. Come, I will keep watch while you change into your clothes. Though, I can't say I want you to be wearing such revealing clothes. So here," Soshi pulled out a beautiful kimono from a bag he had with him. Strange that Kagome never noticed it before. Setting it down before her, Soshi turned around and walked a few feet away to let her dress with room. Kagome jumped out of the hot spring, well she didn't jump per say, just got out quickly. And ever though his back was turned to her, Kagome grabbed the kimono he so kindly offered and walked behind a rock that was just big enough to block from her neck down. The kimono was beautiful, having a deep purple fabric. It was a battle kimono, so it was short, but not short like her skirt. It was probably down to just above her knees. The fabric had a stitched pattern that created an image of the very rare, flower dragon. It had a the same powers as a normal dragon, breathing fire and stuff like that, but something that made it special, it was a dark pink color and was gentle around flowers. Its scales gave off the impression of flowers being embedded on the dragon itself. The stitching was silver, only when it came to the dragon, it turned reddish-pink. And the obi was a deep forest green with wavy lines one each end and the middle of the obi. Kagome came out from behind the rock, and Soshi turned around. A smile broke out on his face at her appearance.

"Now, let us go. We have a long journey ahead of us." Kagome blinked, an expression of confusion on her face.

"What are you talking about?" Soshi smiled at Kagome.

"I am taking you back to my palace. Isn't it obvious?" She should've been flattered that he would even want her there, yet her face said she was angry.

"Okay Lord Soshi," she said his name sarcastically. "I don't who you are, but you can't just take me away from my life so that you can have me at your palace. I'm not an object to be taken whenever you want!" Kagome stomped her foot. She turned on her heel and started to walk away, just to have Soshi reappear in front of her.

"On the contrary Kagome, I want you there because I value your fire. Not because I see you as an object. I wish to court you. You would be a wonderful addition to the Northern Forest Palace. Because you see-." Kagome stopped him mid sentence when her hand connected with his left cheek. His eyes wide, Soshi slowly moved a hand up to touch where she had slapped him. Kagome had slapped him. She dared to slap the taiyoukai of the Northern forest! A very deadly mistake on her part. But he wouldn't kill her. He valued her individuality too much.

"Look, I understand where you're coming from. But if you really want to court me properly, then be kind. You can't just whisk me away on a whim. I don't care if you can justify it. I can't leave my friends." Soshi hadn't listened to a word she'd said. He was too busy thinking up how he could convince her to go with him. His eyes lit up, there was a brilliant idea. Soshi slipped his arm around Kagome's waist, hearing her gasp pleased him. He pulled her closer to him and moved so his mouth was next to her ear.

"Oh but Kagome, I'm sure I could take of you better than they could." He licked her earlobe. "Because you see, I have strength beyond your wildest dreams."Then he bite her earlobe lightly, his mouth moving down ever so slightly to the skin just below her ear. "I can give you everything you've ever wanted. And I promise I could make it worth your while." Kissing that part of her neck, Soshi traveled down some more to her pulse point, there he began licking and kissing her. Kagome was in a haze, she had no idea what to do. Here was this totally gorgeous male demon pretty much telling her to come back to his palace with him and she didn't know what to do. He had found a weakness she hadn't known she possessed. Yet, he was using it against her as if he was an expert at this sort of thing.

"Please Soshi." Kagome tried to finish her sentence but he kissed her before she could say anything. Then, before she knew it, she was in the air flying away from the hot spring and her friends.

Okay, well I hope you didn't mind the fluff that Soshi had there. Anyway, here is the completely and 100% revised version of the old chapter two. Hope you enjoyed! Ja~ne!