A/N: Thanks to all my readers!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha(c) or related characters. Leave credit where credit is due.

The story line is mine.

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Kagome sighed, the rain hit the window viciously. She looked out the large bay window in the lobby area, watching demons pace the grounds seemingly unaffected by the storm. Shippou raced around the halls chasing the maids, and them chasing him in return. His laughter was vibrant and bright despite the gloomy weather. Kagome smiled.

Sesshoumaru had been gone away for a few days now, Kagome need not worry about his well being in the storm, but worried that his task was dangerous, Jakken's absence was appreciated, though.

"Kagome..." Shippou approached Kagome, slightly dragging from all of his activity. "Kagome!" Shippou grew impatient and cranky with her slow response.

"Yes?" she looked at Shippou who crawled onto her lap. She ruffled his hair and he yawned.

"Do you have anymore crayons?" he asked rubbing his eyes. Kagome chuckled and carried Shippou upstairs to begin the hunt for crayons. He might be a demon, but he's still a child. He dosed off to sleep in her arms. She placed him delicately on the bed in the room Sesshoumaru prepared for him and left him to rest.

She traveled down the halls, slipping into Sesshoumaru's study. She scanned the shelfs and pulled out a bright colored book. It was light blue, and the binding was a tarnished gold, but it still had an elegant and colorful appearance. She carried it into Sesshoumaru's room and curled up under his covers to begin reading.

It was almost euphoria. She was engulfed by Sesshoumaru's scent, while reading one of the most romantic tales she had ever read. She nestled close to a pillow while turning the page, she didn't hear the door creaking.

The bed shifted slightly, but she didn't pay much attention, after all it was probably Shippou. She held back a yawn.

He slipped his arms around her slyly, she gasped and leaned into him as he dragged her close to his body. He buried his face into her hair, and smiled to himself as she tensed up. He still had an over-powering effect on the young girl. Even though he had exposed many weaknesses to her.

"Hi..." she softly said, squirming slightly. His grip on her loosened as she giggled marking her place in the book she was reading before pouncing into Sesshoumaru's arms.

"Hello..." he said in an overly cool and dark tone. His mask was on once more, but the corner of his lip slightly twitched up into a smile. That was all Kagome wanted, she nestled her head into his chest.
They laid there for what seemed like hours, before Sesshoumaru shifted slightly enough to have Kagome's head shoot up at the sudden movement.

"Mm..." Sesshoumaru said in an almost purr, griping her chin and leaning forward. Kagome shivered slightly at the sudden burst of affection. She closed her eyes waiting for his lips to touch hers, but instead he kissed her ear lobe.

"Sessh.." she was cut off by him kissing along her jawline and ending at her chin. When she opened her eyes, she saw Sesshoumaru's intense golden orbs looking back at her, she was caught in a trance in how beautiful this man... her man could be.

He smiled, knowing she couldn't see it, her partially opened almond brown eyes were caught with his, and he finally kissed her lips. Closing his eyes attempting to deepen to kiss.

Kagome felt her heart nearly jump out of her chest, and much to Sesshoumaru's pleasure, she slightly parted her lips, allowing his tongue to roam around them before catching hers with his. The passion of the kiss seemed almost overwhelming. Her hands managed to tangled themselves in his hair as she straddled him. His hands traced themselves down her back, sending vicious chills up her spine.

He pulled back and sucked on her lower lip lightly, giving her a chance to breathe. He smirked and looked at her flushed face. His hands massaged her small hips as she caught her breath. She kissed Sesshoumaru's nose and smiled.

His hands traced across her stomach, she tensed up as they trailed upwards to glide over her chest to cup her face, pulling her down, he kissed her once more.

His eyebrow twitched as he ended the kiss and released her. She looked dazed for a moment and then heard the door open once more and little set of feet run across the floor before stopping dead silent.

"Uh.. sorry Sesshoumaru..." Shippou said cautiously backing away from the bed. Wiping the sleep from his eyes

"Hn." Sesshoumaru acknowledged the kit and Kagome slyly slid off of Sesshoumaru. She smiled at the kit who jumped into her arms.

"Kagome! I found crayons!" He held up the giant box victoriously. Kagome giggled and took the box from him.

"Great, now we need, paper." Sesshoumaru exited the room and Kagome frowned slightly as she placed Shippou down. "Last one to the main study is a rotten egg!" Kagome shouted leaping from the bed as Shippou ran out of the room.

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Sesshoumaru watched as the maids piled the stack of papers neatly on the desk of his main study. He looked outside at Kagome and Shippou who ran around jumping into puddles. The rain hadn't let up, and Kagome felt bad keeping Shippou all cooped up. So they went outside to play.

Kagome held a pink umbrella over her head, which defeated it's purpose as she leaped into another puddle with Shippou. They were both laughing not noticing the sets of eyes that were watching them. She dropped the umbrella and chased Shippou across the yard, laughing loudly as Shippou hopped in five consecutive puddles.

"Eek!" Kagome screamed as she slipped and fell into a giant mud pile. Kagome grunted and wiped away the mud off her cheek, a little too soon, because soon Shippou jumped into the mud pile as well, sending mud flying everywhere.

Sesshoumaru stared down at Kagome and Shippou before looking at his attire that was currently tainted with mud. A small grunt of dissatisfaction was all Kagome needed to tell Shippou that it was time to go inside.

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Inuyasha shifted once more. He couldn't get comfortable, sleep hasn't come easy to him since Kagome was gone. And it definitely wasn't coming now that it's for sure she's never coming back.

"Damn!" Inuyasha swore aloud and punched the floor, storming out of the hut, leaving a groggy Sango and Miroku looking confused.

He raced through the forest, one thing on his mind. Eliminate Sesshoumaru, and get Kagome back.

"I'll be damned if I just let the woman I love just leave out of my life again, he can't take her, not without a fight. You're mine, Kagome." Inuyasha leaped into the air as the rain began to fall harder. He was determined.

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A/N: Oooh, short update and stuff! With a tad bit of SUSPENSE?! Gasp?!

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I was going to make this chapter longer, but I figured I'd leave a tad bit of suspense in there to keep everyone on their seat until my next update. Not to mention I just worked a 12 hour shift on only 4 hours of sleep. o Whooo! So until next time, thanks again for the reviews, and thanks for all the favourites and alerts too! I appreciate all of my readers greatly.