Ok here u guys go. A longer chapter. Enjoy!
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Kagome bolted up a cold sweat covered her body; breathing heavily she tried to calm herself down. The dream had been so real; it felt like she had really been there. Pulling her legs up to her chest she wrapped her arms around them and tried not to cry. The moonlight shone threw the window illuminating her body. As she sat their images of the dream flashed through her head.
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Running through the forest Kagome tried to get away from her. She didn't want to be here, she couldn't believe that she was here again. As she was running suddenly two strong wrapped themselves around her waist and pulled her into the bushes. As she struggled she realized that the arms belonged to the snake youkai. Fear ran through her as she fought with everything she had. Then the dream skipped. Now she was lying down on her back with Shito standing over her protectively, he was growling at someone. Looking over she saw it was Sesshomaru and it looked like Shito was going to attack him at any moment. Screaming she tried to get Shito to stop but it wouldn't, and before she could do anything her protector had attack the man who only wished to help her. Lunging Shito attached it's self to Sesshomaru's throat, as she watched in horror as the only friend she had ever had was purified before her eyes, the ashes that were once Sesshomaru carried off by the wind. As this was happening Kagome screamed as loud as she could, apologizing to Sesshomaru, saying that she didn't mean to, that she was so sorry. Falling to her knees in agony, she begged Shito to let him go. When the beast refused to release Sesshomaru she let out a heart-breaking scream, her tears flowed down her cheeks in streams. As she begged him to forgive her. When she was finally able to look up all that was left of Sesshomaru was his head, and all he said was I forgive you Kagome. Then before her very eyes, his head tuned to ashes and the ashes carried away by the wind.
Another flash and the dream again skipped. Now she was standing in front of someone she didn't know, tears still ran down her cheeks but she some how found the strength to stand. She tried to see who the person was but they stood in shadow hiding their feature from her. As she stood there he began to laugh at her. His laugh was cold and heartless it held no pity for her. "Ku, kuku. Kagome what did you do? You just purified the only person ever to befriend you. What kind of freak are you?" While he said these words he somehow drew closer to her, yet he still remained in shadow. Bending over he whispered in her ear. "Run Kagome, run from everything you hold dear. Run from me because, I make your worst nightmares become reality,"
Kagome ran, she ran as fast as she could, he ran from the images that still bombarded her, but most of all she ran from him.
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It had been so real, she was so scared she wanted to cry but she couldn't she wouldn't let her self-cry. Turning her head she looked up at the moon, it was a beautiful full moon tonight. She didn't know how but by looking at it, it somehow helped her to relax.
Sesshomaru opened his eyes and sat up, he could smell Kagomes' fear and unshed tears. He assumed that she had, had a nightmare it was to be expected after what she had been through. Swinging his legs over the side off the couch he stood up and began walking towards his bedroom. As he drew closer he could smell the cold sweat that drenched her body, the nightmare must have been truly terrifying for her. He could hear that her breathing was laboured and fast truly she was scared. Grabbing the door handle, he turned it and opened the door. The sight that awaited him was breath taking; Kagome was sitting u with her legs pulled up to her chest and he arms wrapped around them. Her head was turned, as she was looking out the window at the full moon that hung over head. The light from the moon hit her face, making it look pale almost like porcelain. As he took a step closer she heard his soft footsteps and turned her head, he hair whipped around resting on her shoulders perfectly as the moonlight reflected off her raven locks.
"Kagome, are you ok?" he asked. He could smell her fear becoming more and more faint, her breathing returned to normal and she seemed to have calmed down.
Smiling she looked at him in the eyes and said. "Yeah I'm fine it was just a dream,"
"You have been through a lot lately, I can smell your unshed tears. Why won't you let yourself cry?" he asked as he walked to the foot of the bed and sat down.
" Well why would I? I have done so much of that lately, I don't need to anymore, and anyways I'm tired of crying. I always cried when I got beat up, I cried because I was scared. I don't meant to say that I'm not scared anymore because I'm terrified, but I think that if I can stop crying then maybe I can change," As Kagome said those words her eyelids grew heavy and she laid back down and fell into a peaceful sleep.
"Good night Kagome," He said as he got up and walked out of the room. As he lay down on the couch he couldn't help but think about how much she had changed. She wasn't crying anymore and, she was learning to stand up for her self. She may not give herself credit for it but she had changed, she was growing stronger everyday.
Kagome woke up to the sound and smell of bacon sizzling in a frying pan. Sitting up she swung her legs over the bedside and stood up. Walking out into the living room she was not surprised to find that Sesshomaru was already up, she had figured that it was him making the bacon. Walking into the kitchen she found him leaning over the stove cooking eggs and bacon in a frying pan. He was already dressed in the black school uniform they were required to ware, and he had his long, silver hair tied back in a long braid that reached just to his knees.
Without even looking up he spoke to her. "Sit down breakfast will be ready soon, and then you can shower and change."
Nodding Kagome took at the seat, looking down at the table she found that a glass of orange juice had already been poured and set out for her. Reaching over she took the glass and drank some, the juice was delicious and as she drank Sesshomaru set down a plate of bacon and eggs in front of her and told her to eat.
Once she finished eating Kagome brought her dishes to the sink, she began to run the water to wash them but Sesshomaru stopped her.
"Just go and have your shower. I'll do the dishes we need to leave for school soon," he said calmly as he took the sponge she had in her and began to wash the dishes, she could do nothing but do as he said. It would be rude of her to refuse after all he had already done for her. So she simply went into the bathroom and took a quick shower. (People usually tell you what she did in the shower. But come on people it's JUST a shower. Don't worry I won't leave anything significant out by not telling you exactly what she did in the shower.) After she had showered she realized that she had forgotten her clothes, come to think of it her uniform was ruined. And they had left her backpack at the park. Wrapping the towel tightly around herself she stepped out of the bathroom. Only to bump into something hard, she was about to fall but a pair of strong arms wrapped themselves around her waist effectively stopping her descent. When he brought her back up she realized that he had in his hands her backpack that had her other sets uniforms.
"I went to the park and picked it up," he said as he handed the backpack to her. As she blushed furiously at what had just happened.
"Thank you very much," she whispered, then she backed into the bathroom and quickly closed the door. As she got changed she realised that the bruises that should have covered her body weren't there, in fact she had no marks on her body. It was as if the events of the night before had never happened to her. She made a mental note to ask Sesshomaru about it later. When she had finally finished she walked out of the bathroom to find that the kitchen was total clean, and Sesshomaru was standing patiently by the door waiting for her so they could depart.
"Are you ready to go?" He asked as she began to walk towards the door.
"Yes lets go," as she said this she walked towards the door and opened it walking out with her head held high and a brave look on her face.
The walk to school was silent, neither talked and a comfortable silence settled between them.
As they approached the gates to the school Sesshomaru watched Kagomes reaction. All she did was lift her head up high and walk forward. Her face was full off determination and all her features told of this, she was determined to do this. She was indeed trying to change, and she so far was doing a good job to.
As soon as Kagome took a step into the school her determination began to fade, she began to wake smaller steps and her head fell as she stared down at the floor. She had only been in the school for 2 minutes and already she had gone back to her old self. Hiding in the shadows trying to be invisible and draw no attention to her self. As soon as she had stepped through the doors her pitiful defence had crumble, she was again exposed.
Noticing that Kagome had crumbled Sesshomaru did the only thing he could think of to help her. Walking beside her he reached down and with a clawed hand took hold of hers. Giving her a very rare, but beautiful smile when she looked up at him. He squeezed her hand gently, hoping that maybe if she had someone walking with her, someone showing her that they cared enough to be seen with her. That she would be able to gain the confidence she needed to become visible to everyone, and maybe build up those walls that had crumbled.
Kagome had been shocked at what Sesshomaru had just done, what he was doing. He was holding her hand. She didn't know why but as she felt his fingers enclose hers she couldn't help but feel more secure. It wasn't much to most people but to her it meant everything. Finally after a couple of minutes she was able to find enough courage to close her fingers around his. And the wall that had fallen began to build it's self up again, it was painstakingly slow but yes it was happening. As they reached the doorway of her first class Sesshomaru released her hand.
Bending down he whispered softly in her ear. "You don't walk alone anymore Kagome, I'm here I will always be here," and with those words Sesshomaru walked off to his class.
When Kagome stepped into the room she saw that were people staring at her. She was late coming to class and because of that everyone had seen what Sesshomaru had done. Blushing a deep red she rushed to a seat in the back corner away from all the eyes that watched her. Taking out her books she hid behind them hoping that they would just stop. The teacher cleared his throat and began the lesson, and everyone's eyes returned their attention to the most important thing in the classroom, the clock
Soon the class was over and she was back in the halls. She tried to remember that she wasn't alone, and to keep up he defence but it didn't work. She felt like she could feel everyone watching her, whenever someone laughed she thought they were laughing at her she couldn't take it. Just 20 steps down the hallway she again crumbled, she was angry with herself. She tried to stay strong but she couldn't do it, it was just too much for her to handle. Walking down the hallway Kagome again began to become invisible, she was pushed around, shoved to one side and nobody cared. Suddenly a hand reached out and seized hers in a strong yet gently grip looking she saw Sesshomaru again walking beside her, holding her hand. Silently reminding her that she no longer walked alone. Closing her hand once again around his, they walked down the hall. This time people moved out of the way, they did not just push past her, they moved to one side or the other. It wasn't like people made a pathway for them, it was just that they now seemed to care enough not to run into her. To Kagome though, it was just the same as if they really had cleared the hallway for her. The walls that protected her fragile spirit (not Shito, like her happiness and such) built themselves up even higher. This continued all day, whenever she was just about to break Sesshomaru always seemed show up showing her that he really would always be there. By the end of the day Kagome was almost able to walk threw the halls without breaking down, but nobody could get over what she had been through in just one day. She was still very fragile and dependent on Sesshomaru, but slowly she was growing stronger, slowly she was learning how to stand alone and stay standing.
((A/N: I was sooo tempted to end it here it seemed like such a good ending. But alas I promised u my reader's longer chapters so, I will give u longer chapters.))
After school had ended and Kagome was putting her books in her locker closing the lock she thought about how much she was looking forward to training with Sesshomaru. Just as she turned around and began to walk away Kikyo stepped in front of her. She wasn't alone either she had a group of girls with her, and she seemed angry.
"What are you doing freak?" Kikyo snarled. He 'clones' formed a semi circle around them effectively blocking off any forms of escape for Kagome. "What makes you think that you can walk around holding hands with Sesshomaru? Don't you remember Kagome? YOU'RE A FREAK! I really think you have to be reminded of that fact."
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Sesshomaru paced as he waited for Kagome, looking again at his watch he began to grow worried. She should have been out there 10 minutes ago. Fearing that she might be in trouble he ran into the school.
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Kagome just stood where she was, she didn't know what to do. She wasn't a freak and she knew it, so she wasn't about to apologise for something that she wasn't. But she didn't have enough strength to say it all she could do was stay silent. Preying that they would just go away.
'Didn't you here me freak. Aren't you going to say sorry, you know you're a freak and your not going to say sorry?" Demanded Kikyo. When Kagome still stayed silent she became enraged and went to punch her, but the punch never connected.
Kagomes' eyes opened widely at the sight before her. Kikyo had tried to punch her but the punch hadn't reached its target. Sesshomaru had appeared out of thin air and grabbed Kikyos arm in mid swing.
"Don't you ever try to hurt her again," As Sesshomaru said this he flipped Kikyo around and painfully pinned her arm against her own back. "She has done nothing to you," After a couple of seconds Kikyo began to whimper in pain so he released her. Walking over to kagome he grabbed her hand and calmly walked though the group of girls, Kagome was shocked to see that they all moved to one side clearing a path for her.
As Kikyo watched them go she grew more and more angry. "One day she will pay, I will make her suffer I'll make her BEG for her death!" vowed Kikyo as she turned and began walking her clones follow behind her in a wave of short skirts and very low shirts. (To show tons of cleavage)
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As they walked out of the school Sesshomaru began to understand what Kagome had been going through. She had done nothing yet she was punished, he wondered how long she had been dealing with this, and why had she not told her parents? How could she live every single day in fear? It disgusted him kagome was sweet and she had life within her, but it was never seem. She had hidden everything in fear of angering Kikyo; somehow he was going to help her.
"Sesshomaru where are we going?" asked Kagome as the walked out of the school.
"You'll see when we get there, but it will take us a long time to get there at this pace," He replied.
"Oh, ok then do you think that we should run, or can we take a bus to get there?"
"There's only one way to get there," He smiled slightly as he told her this, making Kagome feel both happy and uneasy. What could be causing Sesshomaru to smile?
"There is? How?" She was afraid to ask but at the same time she was intensely curious so she asked anyways. In response Sesshomaru picked her up (bridle style) and began running. The speed at which Sesshomaru was running made Kagomes eyes water. Building and trees flashed by them as he ran past him. The whole event left Kagome breathless and excited, but before it even started it had ended.
As Sesshomaru set her down Kagome took in her surroundings. They were far from the city lights and sounds now. Where they were she didn't know but she could no longer see Tokyo even if she tried. They stood in a large clearing full of wild flowers and woods surrounded them on 3 sides. On one side there was a cliff with a steep drop, the sight was beautiful as a small breeze made the flowers sway back and forth.
"Where are we?" Kagome asked as she began to slowly spin around on the spot, trying to take everything in all at once.
"Were at my training site, nobody knows about this place except for me and now…you," As Sesshomaru talked her walked over behind some of the trees and came out a few seconds later holding a outfit in his hands. "Go change into these, you can't do anything in that outfit,"
Nodding kagome took the clothes and walked behind some off the trees and began to change. Once she had changed she looked down at herself, she had on red baggy pants, a white baggy shirt that had long baggy selves, and she had a white ribbon in her hair to keep it out of her face. She realised that she was in the garb of a miko.
Coming out from behind the tree Kagome saw that Sesshomaru also had changed he now wore Black baggy pants and a tight black muscle shirt. His hair was finally freed from its tight braid and cascaded over his shoulders framing his body perfectly. His body was not ripped as one would think for his immense strength, instead he had a flat stomach he was not skinny but not that buff to her it was perfect. (Just like most anime guys I don't really like the ones that are like Mr. America.)
Nodding in approval Sesshomaru spoke. "That's much better," Walking into the centre of the clearing, telling her to follow him. Once they were in the centre he had her sit down. "You have a lot of power and so we must teach you how to control it. Since I myself am not a miko I cannot teach you the way a miko would." Putting his hand into the pocket of his pants he pulled out a small vile. In it were about 20 small pink pills; taking one out he gave it to Kagome.
"What is this for?"
"It's a pill designed to dull your senses. Sight, hearing, touch, taste, all of your senses will dull to the point where you can no longer feel them. All that will remain will be your miko powers, you need to be able to sense them before you can use them in anyway. They are nothing if you can't understand how they feel." Sesshomaru explained.
"Ok if you say so," With those words Kagome swallowed the pill, almost immediately everything grew dark. She couldn't hear anything, no longer was she able o smell the wild flowers that surrounded her, she couldn't feel the grass beneath her. She was in a place of total darkness, only nothing ness existed. After what felt like a couple of minutes Kagome sensed something within her body, it was warm and calming. It was just beneath her skin always moving swirling in a mass of immense power. Then just as fast as she had fallen into the nothingness she awoke from it. When she opened her eyes she was surprised to see that the sky was full of stars, already night had fallen. Sitting up Kagome looked for Sesshomaru, and found him a little ways away training with a deadly looking sword.
"Sesshomaru," She called to him as she stood on wobbly legs.
Putting the sword in its sheath he walked over to her. "So your awake, were you able to sense your powers?"
"Yes I was, but how long was I like that for? It felt like only 5 minutes," Looking up at the sky she saw that the moon was again full and bright.
"When you lose all of you senses you have no way to tell the time. It has been 4 hours since you descended into the darkness. Now you have done enough for today we must return home now. Go and change back into your other clothes now," as he said this Sesshomaru walked behind the trees to change his own garments.
Once they had both changed Sesshomaru picked her up and they set off towards the city. When they reached the steps to the shrine house where Kagome lived, she was already asleep in his arms. Shaking her gently in his arms he woke her up and watched as she groggily climbed the many steps to her home. As he watched her go he felt a pang of loneliness hit his heart. It shocked him he had no idea why he felt that way but yet no matter how he tried to brush it away it stayed. Confused he ran back to his house and collapsed onto his bed. He didn't know why he felt this way all he knew was that he did. And right now he was too tired to think about it he would deal with them in the morning.
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