The Dark Light

by vastare

Not all Darkness is evil and not all Light is good. It's up to you to decide what you will do with your power. Will you help restore the order, or will you destroy everything in your path? SessKag

7. Friends, defiance and punishment?

The Dark-Light

By Anime-Goddess-Sakura

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

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Chapter 7 Friends, defiance and punishment?

Kagome was raging. Since last night that they've gotten back, she hadn't been able to leave her room. Sesshoumaru had locked her in her room and to make things even worse he put some kind of a spell on the door, making it impossible for her to use her miko powers to escape. Pacing around her room, she growled lowly in her throat. When she got her hands on Sesshoumaru, she would skin him alive. Having enough of her pacing around, she plopped herself down on the bed. Kagome hated being cooped up. She loved her freedom. That's why she loved traveling in the feudal era. They were always traveling, sleeping outside. She didn't feel restricted.

However now she was stuck in a stupid room, thanks to that stubborn Demon Lord. "Sesshoumaru is such an ass." She said sitting up and glaring at the door. She didn't understand the man, demon or whatever he was. Unfortunately she recalled the Demon Lord's kiss. She felt as she blushed again. "Damn you Sesshoumaru!" she yelled pointing her index finger at the door. "Eep!" she yelled falling off the bed as a red beam shot out from her index finger and incinerated the door on touch. "Okay, I didn't know I could do that." She said dumbly. She grinned as she realized that she could now get out of the room. She quickly scrambled off her feet. Sticking her head out of the door, she looked both ways, making sure that the coast was clear.

"Right or left?" she pondered out loudly. Sniffing the air, she picked Sesshoumaru's scent. He was coming from the left. "Definitely right." Kagome said to herself as she quickly got out of the room and ran. She grinned as she pictured Sesshoumaru's face when he spotted the door gone. She skidded to a stop as she poked her head around the corner. She saw Jaken there. He was again holding his staff. She silently wondered if there ever was a time that he put that thing down. She knew that it wouldn't do her any good if Jaken saw her. Looking at the ceiling she got an idea.

"Jaken, Jaken!!" Rin yelled coming behind Jaken. "What do you want?" Jaken asked gruffly as he turned to look at the child. "When can Rin go visit Kagome?" she asked with a cheery smile. "When Sesshoumaru-sama says that you can." Jaken barked out. However the toad suddenly found himself knocked into the wall. "Sesshoumaru-sama!" Rin yelled, not bothered that the Demon Lord had just kicked Jaken into the wall. "Jaken, have you seen Kagome?" Sesshoumaru asked in a stern voice. "No, my Lord the wench hasn't come by here." Jaken said straightening up. Sesshoumaru nodded, before passing by him. "And Jaken, don't yell at Rin if you value your life." Sesshoumaru said before walking away.

Kagome slowly retracted her claws and jumped off from the ceiling. These do come in handy after all, she thought looking at her claws. She still wondered what that attack was that she had used. She was sure it wasn't her miko powers. Maybe some other power that she didn't know about. Come to think about it, there was a lot that she didn't know. Starting with who her parents were or what she is. The only things that she knew what that she was half demon and half angel; her father was an angel and her mother was a demon. That was about it. She was the Dark-Light. Her human mother had told her some of what that meant, but she didn't have all the answers either. Kagome sighed as she thought about all what happened in these few days. Shaking her head, she brushed those thoughts aside. Looking around, she spotted a big door. Curiosity getting the best of her, she walked towards it. Slightly pushing the door opened, she gasped as she looked at the room. It was huge, but not only that, the room was beautifully decorated. The walls were a beautiful maroon color and the curtains, contrasted heavily with it, seeing that they were white. What caught her attention was a big painting that was in the middle of the room. She tentatively walked towards it.

The picture depicted a battle. On one side she could see angels, all of them with large pristine white wings. They seemed to be illuminated by light. On the other side she could see demons, some of them in humanoid from like Sesshoumaru and others in their true form. They seemed to be surrounded by darkness. Yet in the middle it was neither dark nor light. Their stood two figures one was an angel and the other a demoness. They were looking at each other as they held one another's hand. The woman was really beautiful. She had long raven black hair that reached her calves. Silver eyes were looking at the angel in front of her. The man had short spiky electric blue hair with raven strands. He looked lovingly at the demoness with his sapphire blue eyes. Kagome didn't know why, but the painting seemed to have invoked something in her, a memory. She raised her hand to touch it, when she was startled by a voice. "Didn't I tell you to stay in your room?" Sesshoumaru asked in his usual cold voice. However he was taken back, when she turned to look at him with tears in her eyes.

"They're my father and my mother." She said motioning to the figures in the middle of the painting. "My parents." She whispered as the tears were released. Sesshoumaru looked as the silver spheres fell on the floor and made a clinging sound. Without knowing it, his feet guided towards. He slowly wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her back towards him. "It's okay." He said trying to calm down. He was again taken back, when she turned around and buried her face in his chest. "Kagome, calm down." He said as he stroked her head. "I don't know if they're alive or if they're dead." She said looking up at him. "Calm down, we'll find out." He said wiping away her tears; he was mesmerized as he watched the silvery liquid in his hand glow and turn into a silver sphere. "Thank you Sesshoumaru." Kagome said smiling. She was surprised at his actions. He seemed so gentle and kind at the moment. And it kind of unnerved her. She knew that Sesshoumaru was far from gentle, he was a killer; a predator. Yet his actions towards her right now, were making her doubt that conclusion. Finally noticing how he was holding her, she blushed a bright red.

"Are we going to look for the rest of the shards?" she asked as she freed herself from his arms. He suddenly missed her warmth, but decided not to dwell on it. "Kagome, it's not safe for you out there." He said crossing his arms over his chest. He knew what was coming. "You can't be serious!" she yelled. "We... I have to collect the rest of the shards!" she yelled, her eyes narrowed and her face flushed. "Naraku is still out there." She said huffing. "That's why you're safer here." He said. "I will not stay here and cower." She said angrily as she looked him straight in the eyes. "Kagome." He warned. He had just about enough. Yet leave it to Kagome to ignore his warnings. "I will not stay here!" she yelled, brushing pass him. She was almost at the door, when a hand shot out and grabbed her. "Kagome, calm down." Sesshoumaru said as she struggled against his grip. Losing some of his patience, he growled at her. He was expecting for her to calm down, but instead she growled back at him. The woman was just impossible.

However suddenly warning signs went off in his head, when she smiled slyly at him; she was up to something. Sesshoumaru mentally made a note to himself; he needed to find out what kind of youkai she was for he could have sworn that she looked like her kitsune youkai a minute ago. "I will stay in the castle." She said stopping her struggle. He quirked an eyebrow at her; there had to be a catch. "Only if you beat me in a sparring match." She said triumphantly. "No." Sesshoumaru said in a cold voice. This girl didn't know, what she was asking for. He could kill her if he wasn't careful. "Why?" "Is the great Sesshoumaru, Lord of the Western Lands scared of little me?" she said tauntingly.

Kagome was mentally berating herself. She didn't know why she was baiting him or why she came with the idea of a sparring match. Sesshoumaru would beat her for sure and if she lost she was stuck in this castle, but on the other hand she had no choice. There was no other way. Sesshoumaru's only weakness was his honor. So basically if he made a promise he had to keep it. "I accept." Sesshoumaru said even though he knew that he was in for it. "Good." She said smiling, even though she had seen the evil gleam in his eyes. "Let's head to my dojo." He said with a smirk on his face. Kagome gulped as she followed him. She suddenly had the urge to bang her head on the wall. Stupid, Kagome, she mentally chastised herself.

"Inuyasha!" Shippou yelled. They have been on the road for two whole days and still they haven't stopped. Shippou could see that Sango and Miroku were tired, they were after all humans. He was just about to clobber the hanyou on the head, when he stopped in his tracks. Sniffing around, he growled lowly in his throat. "They were here." He said growling. "Who?" Miroku asked coming to stand next to Inuyasha. "Kagome and Sesshoumaru; Naraku and Kagura were also here." He said growling again. "Is Kagome okay?" Sango asked worriedly as Shippou rested on her shoulder. "I don't smell her blood, so I don't think she was hurt." Inuyasha answered gruffily. Turning around, he looked at his companions, for once he noticed how tired they looked. "We shall rest here tonight." He said.

"But Inuyasha, we need to find Kagome." Sango protested. "No, Sango tomorrow morning, we will face my brother and I want all of you to be in top shape." "We need to get Kagome back." He said as the grip on the Tetsuseiga tightened. To say the others were shocked would be an understatement. "Keh!" Inuyasha muttered jumping in a tree. Sango and Miroku excnahged quizzical looks, before shrugging their shoulders and setting up camp. They wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. Inuyasha sighed as he looked at the moon. He needed to find Kagome. He was so sorry for the way he treated her. Yet he had done all that to push her away. He didn't want her to love him for he knew that he would never love her the way that she craved. She deserved someone better. And still she brought Kikyo back, just for him.

He knew that she knew that by bringing Kikyo back, she was giving up on him. He could still recall the pained look on her face when he was Kikyo. Yet she still didn't complain. "Kagome." He whispered. She was still alive, that much he knew. And he was sure that Sesshoumaru couldn't kill her just yet. If he had really wanted to kill her, he would have done it already. He couldn't stop the growl that left his lips, when he thought on Sesshoumaru. Why the hell, did his brother want Kagome? Growling again he closed his eyes as he tried to relax. Tomorrow he would hurt his brother for ever laying a hand on Kagome.

Kagome gaped at the dojo. There was every kind of weapon that you could imagine. She walked to the wall and ran her fingers on some of the swords that adorned the walls. "Ready, Kagome?" She almost jumped out of her skin, when she felt Sesshoumaru whisper in her ear. She quickly turn around to find him standing a few feet away from her, his hand was casually resting on Toukijin. He was smirking at her. She swallowed the lump in her throat. She suddenly felt like some pray. The sun was already setting and darkness was creeping over them. His golden eyes seemed to glow brighter in the dark; a chill ran down her spine. Sesshoumaru was definitely the predator. Bracing herself she summoned her sword to her hand.

"Remember Kagome, no magic." He said softly. He smiled, before nodding her head. "That means no energy shooting thingies from Tokijin either." She said with her hands on her hips. He nodded as he positioned himself in a fighting stance. Kagome mimicked him. Without notice both of them charged at one another. Sparks flew as the blades made contact with one another. Sesshoumaru smirked and pushed Kagome back. She growled at him before charging at him again. She gasped as he disappeared in front of her. Letting her instincts take over, she blocked Sesshoumaru's blade when he appeared behind her. Using her right leg, she kicked his legs from under him. However Sesshoumaru was quick and managed to stay on his feet.

He surprised her by charging immediately at her. She was thrown back by the force of his attack. She landed crouched a few feet away from him. She growled, when she noticed the smirk on his face. "You have to earn your way out of here." He said as she positioned himself in another stance. "I will." She said growling. Sesshoumaru was the one to be surprised as she pushed him back. Yet it was futile. With a little strength, he managed to push her back. The swords made metallic sounds as the blades slid against one another. Kagome growled as she noticed this. He overpowered her in strength. He was smart by telling her not to use any magic. Yet there were other ways to win a battle. She smirked as she stood up. Sesshoumaru might be a jerk, arrogant ice-cube, but he was male.

Let's see what he would think of a new outfit. Sesshoumaru stood back as her body glowed. "I thought, we agreed on no magic." He said a stern voice. "I'm just a little hot." She said in a husky voice. He narrowed his eyes at her. The vixen was up to something. When her body stopped glowing, his jaw would have dropped if he was anyone else. There she stood really scantily clad in his opinion. She wore a tight black pair of pants that were extremely low-rise. The top on the other hand made him actually groan. It was a sleeveless v-neck top that came just below her breasts, leaving the rest of her stomach bare. The top showed a little cleavage, teasing him and letting him crave for more. She untied her hair and let it cascade freely against her back. "Are you ready to continue our sparring?" Kagome asked with a smirk on her face. Got you, she mentally chanted. Sesshoumaru composed himself and stood in another fighting stance. He didn't understand why this vixen had such effects on him. Sesshoumaru was no virgin. He had had his share of females, but he had never craved a woman as much as he craved her. And no woman had aroused him with a mere show of some skin.

"Let's continue wench." He bit out. The vixen knew what she was doing. She was clever, very clever. She licked her lips seductively, before putting herself in a fighting stance. Sesshoumaru had to fight back a groan that was trying to leave his lips when he saw her lick her lips. He wanted to do that. He shook his head as he tried to concentrate. She bent just a little so that Sesshoumaru got a better view of her chest. She couldn't help, but smirk when she saw Sesshoumaru's eyes lid up. Males, she thought. Without warning she charged at the Demon Lord. She instantly noticed that he was preoccupied. His movements were much slower then before and not definitely not as calculated as before. Their swords clashed against one another again and this time she managed to push Sesshoumaru back.

Continuing with her plan she pushed his sword back and managed to slowly rub her chest against his. Sesshoumaru swallowed hard as she felt her rub against him. What was she doing? She smiled at him before disappearing in front of him. He was ready for an attack, even though that his mind was somewhere else. However it never came. Instead there was a husky whisper in his ear. "You should not leave your guard down." She whispered, pressing her blade against his throat. "Seems like I win." She said now releasing him and smiling brightly. Sesshoumaru turned to look at her. He was actually glaring at her. Noticing his glare, she grinned at him. "Don't look at me like that." She said with her arms crossed over her chest. "Everything is fair in love and war." She said with her nose stuck in the air.

She suddenly found herself pressed against the wall, with Sesshoumaru's tall form looming over her. She looked up with frightened blue eyes to look into his golden ones. Right now they seemed almost like molten lava, they were that bright. "You're quite right wench; everything is fair in love and war." Kagome was about to give him a piece of her mind for calling her a wench, but she had no chance for she found his lips crushed against hers. Her eyes were wide as saucers as his lips punished her. Her first reaction was to push him away, but for some reason her body refused. She slowly relaxed and closed her eyes. His lips felt so warm against hers. She fisted her hands in his shirt as she held him to her. Both of their swords had been forgotten as they lay on the floor. He was dominating her, she knew and she both hated and loved it at the same time. Gently licking her lips, he asked for permission. She tentatively opened her mouth and allowed him to explore her. She knew that she had to stop, but she couldn't comply. Slowly he broke the kiss. She opened daze eyes to look at him. He was smirking. She was instantly snapped back to reality. Her hand rose to slap him, but he easily caught it.

He guided her wrist to his lips and gently gave it a kiss, never breaking eye contact with her. She felt as she blushed bright red. "Everything is fair in love and war, right?" he asked smirking, she glared at heatedly him. He was taunting him making her growl at him. "A word of advice, never trick this Sesshoumaru." He said as he released her wrist. "Sesshoumaru!" she hissed as he turned his back on her and proceeded to walk away. He stopped in his tracks as he heard her call her name. "How dare you?!" she was fuming. He smirked; he could feel the anger radiating from her. "Think of that kiss as punishment for tricking me and disobeying me by leaving your room." He said in an amused voice. She clenched and unclenched her fists at her side as she tried to control her anger. To say that she was seeing red was an understatement. She was about to open her mouth, when he cut her off. "Not all punishments have to be unpleasant, Kagome." He said in a husky voice as he turned around to regard her with his same cold expression.

He smirked as he watched her perplexed expression. She looked so cute like that, with her cheeks a bright red and her lips swollen from his kiss. Yes, his kiss. He growled as he noticed where his thoughts were heading. Kagome inwardly was having a battle with her emotions, she wanted to be angry at him, but at the same time she wanted to be sad. The kiss didn't mean anything for him. She settled on anger though. Anger was easier to handle then sadness. She bit her lips in anger as she tried to come with a good insult for the Demon Lord. She was just sick and tired of being used. She was snapped out of her reverie by Sesshoumaru's silky voice. "Wench, go pack your things." "Stop calling me wench, Fluffy!" she yelled having had just about enough. He ignored her and continued. "We're leaving so that you can collect those blasted shards." He said sternly. Kagome of course was shocked; she stood there without being able to mutter a word. "Wench, are you going to stand there looking like an idiot?" Kagome decided to ignore this. She stuck up her nose in the air as she walked by him, without even giving him a second glance.

Sesshoumaru sighed as he watched her walk out of the door. The wench was more trouble then he thought. She could so easily get under his skin. He was exhausted. Maybe he would take a rest, before they took off in search of those blasted shards. He was just about to walk out of the door, when he picked up a scent. He growled lowly in his throat as he recognized the owner of the scent. Inuyasha was here. Things had just gotten 'better'. With that last thought, he disappeared out of the door.

"Inuyasha, slow down!" Shippou yelled as they tried to keep up with the hanyou. "Oomph." Shippou cried out as he collided with Inuyasha's back. "We're here." He said as he stopped suddenly in his tracks. "I don't see anything, Inuyasha." Shippou whined. The only thing he could see was an open filed filled with grass. "Are you sure of this, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha ignored him and muttered something his breath that not even Shippou could hear with his sensitive youkai hearing. All of the sudden a big castle appeared in front of them. Big metal doors stood imposing in front of them. Inuyasha didn't even stand to look around. He pushed open the metal doors as he walked in. He was here on a mission. He was going to retrieve Kagome.

Sango, Miroku and Shippou looked in awe at the beautiful gardens. "Sesshoumaru!" Inuyasha hollered angrily as he looked around. He needed to find Kagome. He wouldn't forgive himself if Sesshoumaru did anything to her. "Sesshoumaru!" "As loud as always." A smooth voice said. Inuyasha looked up and saw his older brother leaning against a tree a few feet in front of them. "It's Sesshoumaru!" Shippou yelled as he hid behind Sango and Miroku. Sango positioned her boomerang and was ready to release it of necessary. "Sesshoumaru, give me back Kagome!" Inuyasha growled. Sesshoumaru looked lazily at his younger brother. "No." the Demon Lord said emotionlessly. "She's not yours!" Inuyasha yelled. "And neither is she yours." Sesshoumaru answered coolly. Inuyasha stayed silent at this. His half brother was right about that. "What is it little brother, does the truth hurt?" Sesshoumaru asked tauntingly. Inuyasha growled even louder as his grip tightened on his sword. He wanted to just go over there and slice Sesshoumaru's head off. Yet he knew he had to control his anger for Kagome's sake.

"Sesshoumaru, why are you keeping her?" Inuyasha asked holding his anger at bay. "I have my reasons, brother." Sesshoumaru said pushing himself off the tree. "And besides little brother, she's free game." Inuyasha's eyes widened at this. "Sesshoumaru what the fuck are you talking about?!" "You hate humans." Sesshoumaru actually chuckled at this. "It never ceases to amaze me how stupid a hanyou can really be." That was the last straw. Inuyasha unsheathed the Tetseiga and charged at his brother. Sesshoumaru met the hanyou's sword with his. "As reckless as always I see." Sesshoumaru said sarcastically as he pushed Inuyasha away. Inuyasha snarled as he tried to push his brother back, but of course Sesshoumaru was stronger. Without breaking a sweat, he seemed to disappear and appear in Inuyasha's face. The hanyou had no time to react as he was knocked into one of the trees.

"It seems that the girl isn't the only thing I will take away from you, dear brother." Sesshoumaru said as his gaze landed on the Tetseiga. Inuyasha growled and jumped towards his brother. However he was easily stopped by Sesshoumaru's hand on his stomach. Using his other hand, Sesshoumaru shot the energy of Toukijin at Inuyasha. The hanyou cried out as he was knocked into a tree. "Inuyasha!" Sango yelled looking at her friend. She had to do something. Sesshoumaru's ears twitched as he heard something coming towards him. Without turning around, he caught the large boomerang with one hand. With a flick of his wrist he threw it back at the demon exterminator.

Sango looked horrified as her own weapon came hurling back at her. "Look out!" Miroku yelled, pushing her out of the way. Miroku landed on Sango as he protected her with his body, while the large boomerang flew by them, impaling itself a few feet away from them in the sand. Miroku raised his face to look at Sango. "Are you okay?" he asked looking straight into her eyes. Sango nodded. Her cheeks were a bright red as she tried not to think of how close they were. However she soon felt Miroku's hands going lower then necessary. "Hentai!" she yelled slapping him. Miroku quickly got off the fuming female. Sango stood up dusting herself as she watched the fight and as she tried to ignore the lecherous monk behind her. By the looks of it Inuyasha wasn't going to last long.

"Sango dear, where's Shippou?" Miroku asked rubbing his red cheek. Sango was about to hit him for calling her dear when she realized that Shippou was nowhere in side. "Oh no." "Shippou!" Sango yelled. Miroku and she quickly began looking around for the little fox, but he was nowhere in sight. "He's nowhere in sight." Miroku said. Sango nodded as a worried expression crossed her face. One thought was in her head, Kagome would kill them if anything happened to her little pup.

Without anyone noticing Shippou had snuck into the mansion. Using his sensitive nose, he picked up his surrogate mother's scent. He quickly ran through the halls; all the time following his nose. His heart began beating harder as he neared her. He couldn't wait to see his mother. However fate had a weird sense of humor. He didn't look where he was going and suddenly bumped into someone. Looking up he was met with the scary voice of Jaken. "What do we have here?" "It seems like we have a rat." Jaken said smiling evilly. Shippou gulped as he slowly backed away. However every step backwards he took, Jaken took one forward. Shippou turned around to run as Jaken used his staff to release fire on him. The little fox tried to avoid all of the flames. Yet he wasn't fast enough and ended up getting burned on his left arm. He let out a painful howl. He quickly backed away from the crazy toad. Unfortunately he found his way blocked and his back pressed against the wall. "Now I got you." Jaken said evilly. Panic encircled Shippou's heart and he did the only thing that came to him that moment. "MAMA!!!!" he yelled at the top of his lungs.

Kagome had just come out of the bath, when she heard his surrogate pup's cry. Without thinking it, she rushed out of the door. Her eyes instantly bled red. Whoever was hurting her pup would pay dearly.

Jaken was just about to release another attack on Shippou, when he was grabbed by his throat. He found himself staring into bright blue eyes that were slowly bleeding red. The toad youkai visibly paled as he watched the raging female in front of him. She snarled at him as her claws duck deeper in his flesh. Kagome was fuming. Looking at her pup, she saw the burn on his left arm and it didn't take a genius to realize who had done that. Her maternal instincts kicked in and she tightened her hold on the toad's neck. Jaken chocked as he began having difficulty to breathe. Kagome was brought back from her rage by her son's voice. "Mama!" she threw Jaken behind her as she caught Shippou that threw himself at her. "Shippou! Kagome yelled. She hugged her pup tightly. Tears streamed down her face. She couldn't believe that he was here. Shippou was wailing as he buried his tiny face in her chest. She gently took Shippou's chin in her hand and raised his face to look at her. She smiled warmly at him while she wiped away his tears. "I've missed you so much." She said smiling. It was then that the little fox pup noticed the new appearance of his mother.

"Wow, Mama you look beautiful." He said in wonder. Kagome giggled as she blushed a bit. "I've changed a lot." She said smiling. Shippou nodded his little head as he took in her large black wings. He suddenly gasped as he remembered the fight outside. "Mama, Inuyasha is fighting Sesshoumaru and he's getting his ass kicked!" Shippou yelled. "Shippou, watch your language." Kagome said sternly. Shippou guiltily looked at his feet. She sighed; well she should have expected such language seeing how much time Shippou had spent with Inuyasha. It was a well-known fact that Inuyasha's vocabulary wasn't what you would consider apt for children. Then it hit her Inuyasha was fighting Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru wouldn't hesitate to kill him. "I must stop them." She said.

"Sesshoumaru-sama will kill that filthy hybrid." Jaken said puffing up his chest. It was then that they remembered that he was still there. Stupid toad, Kagome thought. Besides she still had to repay him for hurting Shippou. She quickly cornered Jaken into a corner. "Shippou, dear would you please cover your eyes for a moment." She said sweetly from over her shoulder. The little fox demon nodded and covered his eyes. Kagome smiled wickedly before pinning Jaken to the spot with her eyes. "You will never lay a hand on my pup again!" she hissed. With that she let out all of her frustrations on the little toad demon.

Shippou's ears twitched as he heard the muffled cries of Jaken. He was curious of what was happening, but he wasn't about to risk opening his eyes. "You can open your eyes now, sweetie." Kagome said in a happy voice. Shippou sweat dropped when he saw poor Jaken. The toad sported now more then enough bruises and bumps. "So what do you say, we go stop a fight, pup?" Kagome asked opening her arms so that Shippou could jump in. "Yeah!" Shippou yelled as he quickly jumped into her arms only to perch himself on her shoulder. "Mama, what will you do with that ugly toad?" Shippou asked. Kagome smirked as she picked Jaken up by his collar. "We will deliver him to his arrogant master." Kagome said smirking. Without a second glance she dashed through towards where the guys were fighting.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" Inuyasha cried out as he was slammed into a tree by Sesshoumaru. He hated to admit it, but Sesshoumaru was beating the hell out of him. He wiped the blood of his lips. He wobbly stood up, but had to move quickly as Sesshoumaru graced his left cheek with his claws. He growled as he swung his sword at his older brother. As always Sesshoumaru easily dodged it. Yet Sesshoumaru never missed, he punched Inuyasha in the gut and then used his fluffy tail to throw him behind him. Inuyasha skidded to a stop a few feet way from him in the sand. "Now little brother, you will die!" Sesshoumaru yelled breaking out in a sprint. However all of a sudden he caught a delicious scent in the air. He growled; he knew who it was. He suddenly skidded to the right as a green thing went sailing by him. The green thing was knocked into a tree and lay there still. On close inspection, he could see that it was Jaken; a beaten and badly bruised Jaken.

He mentally sighed as he turned around. He wasn't surprised to see Kagome standing there. She had her arms on her hips and her lips pursed. The bane of my existence, Sesshoumaru thought. "Darn, I missed." Kagome said sarcastically with a certain gleam in her eyes. She glared at him, before her gaze settled on someone behind him. He instantly saw the change in her face features. Her bright blue eyes dulled and the cheerfulness of her face seemed to vanish as well. "Kagome." He heard his half-brother whisper behind him. He bit back the growl that wanted to come out. How dare he address her with such familiarity?

"Inuyasha." She whispered. It was that moment that Kagome felt like running. She didn't want to see Inuyasha. Not now, she couldn't let him see her in her true form. What would he think of her? She unconsciously spread her wings wide; it was a nervous habit of hers. Only then did Inuyasha take in her appearance. Her pitch-black wings gleamed in the sunlight as did her long dark hair. Her skin was much paler now and her eyes...oh god her eyes, they were a breathtaking bright blue color. She was dressed in what looked like a demon exterminator suit, but without the armor. She was really beautiful. "Kagome, what happened to you?" he asked, trying the fight the blush that covered his cheeks. He knew that Kagome was beautiful as a human, but now she was gorgeous. Kagome was about to say something, when she was cut off by The Demon Lord. "Kagome, go back inside." Kagome's eyes instantly narrowed at him. "What?!" she yelled. "I will not go inside so that you can kill my friends!" she yelled, with her hands on her hips. Sesshoumaru growled as Inuyasha was completely forgotten. The wench was disobeying him and to make it worse it was in front of his brother.

"Wench, this Sesshoumaru will not repeat himself." He bit out. Kagome let out an unladylike snort, while crossing her arms over her chest. "This Sesshoumaru will kiss my ass." She said imitating Sesshoumaru's slightly lower voice. "Does she have a death wish?" Miroku asked. Sango shrugged her shoulders dumbly. Kagome gasped as Sesshoumaru appeared in front of her. She was to quickly jump away from him, but his hand quickly shot out and grabbed her wrist. "You will not disobey this Sesshoumaru!" he said snarling. Kagome was taken back, when she saw his eyes bleeding red. She knew that she was in deep shit. However her pride wouldn't let her back down. "Sesshoumaru, release me." She ordered. He glared straight at her, hoping to intimidate her. Kagome growled at him as she tried to free her hand. She could feel his claws digging in her flesh, but she refused to back down.

With the corner of her eye, she saw Inuyasha coming towards them with the Tetseiga poised to strike. "Sit!" she yelled, the hanyou plummeted to the ground. She could the curses that followed, but right now she didn't care. She had to deal with a stubborn inuyoukai. "Let me go!" she yelled her anger reaching the limit. She was no ones and she would be damned if Sesshoumaru thought that he could control her. "Wench!" he growled. Seshoumaru couldn't believe how easily this girl could make his iron control snap. He was the ice prince for goodness sake. He wasn't one to show any kind of emotions and here she was breaking that control of his. Both of them glared at one another, neither of them backing down.

Both of them were snapped out of their glaring contest by a small voice behind them. "Sesshoumaru-sama." Rin asked walking towards them Sesshoumaru instantly released Kagome's wrist as he turned to look at the little girl. "Rin, what are you doing outside?" he asked in his usual cold voice. "Rin couldn't find Jaken, so Rin decided to find Sesshoumaru-sama." Rin said with a toothy grin. Rin's attention was soon diverted to the different people behind Kagome. Kagome on the other hand was rubbing her bruised wrist while glaring a hole in Sesshoumaru's head. "Who are those people?" Rin asked curiously, pointing at Sango and the others. Kagome's head snap up as she heard Rin's question. A plan was quickly forming in her head. "Those are my friends, Rin." She said smiling. "Friends?" Rin asked walking by Sesshoumaru to stand in front of Kagome. "Yes, they're my friends, Rin." Kagome answered. Sesshoumaru is going down, Kagome thought. She could clearly see the curiosity in the little child's eyes. And this of course could be used to her advantage.

"Are they going to stay with us?" Rin asked innocently as she watched the little fox demon behind them. She really hoped that they would stay. She could already imagine all the games she would play with the little fox. Thank you Rin, Kagome voiced mentally. "No, they're not staying Rin." Kagome said in a sad voice. She crossed her arms over her chest and pouted. "Why?" Rin asked now getting a similar expression on her face. Kagome shot Sesshoumaru a wicked grin, before looking sadly at Rin. "Sesshoumaru-sama doesn't want them to stay and I'm afraid if they don't stay, I will not stay either." She said with bug puppy eyes. She knew that she was bad, but with Sesshoumaru you had to be very tricky. As she had predicted Rin turned her big puppy eyes on the Demon Lord. "Sesshoumaru-sama can they please stay?" "Rin doesn't want Kagome to leave." She said tears forming around her big brown eyes. Kagome now really felt bad, but she wasn't lying. If her friends left, she was leaving with them as well or so she thought.

"Rin." Sesshoumaru said, but the child didn't listen. "Please." She begged hugging his leg. Sesshoumaru mentally sighed. He knew there was no way that he was going to get out of this. "Very well, Rin, they can stay Rin." Rin squealed as she hugged him tighter. "Just keep them away from me." He said dejectedly. Inuyasha who had seen the interaction could have died. He never expected his brother to treat a child with such care, especially a human child. Kagome was grinning like an idiot as she gave Miroku, Sango and Shippou two thumbs up. Sesshoumaru could see that the wench was enjoying this. Her head snapped up when Sesshoumaru called out her name. She turned large bright blue eyes to look at the Demon Lord. "Meet me in my chambers later; we have some things to discuss." He said shooting her a glare that promised punishment later. Kagome nodded dumbly. What was she supposed to say?

With that he turned and walked away to his castle with Rin happily skipping behind him. Kagome sighed as she finally let her guard down. Okay that was a close one, she thought. She had no time to ponder as she heard Sango call out her name. She almost fell backwards when the demon exterminator threw herself at her. "Kagome!" she yelled hugging her tightly that she almost couldn't breathe. "Sango, I need to breathe." Kagome said as she literally felt the air leave her lungs. Sango smiled weakly when she released her. "Sorry." She said sheepishly. "It's great to see you again, Lady Kagome." Miroku said walking towards her. She normally wouldn't let him get close to her, but for some reason, she didn't see anything bad in him giving her a hug. However she soon regretted it when his hands wandered lower then necessary. "Hentai!" she yelled slapping him.

Sango couldn't help, but laugh. She had missed Kagome a lot. Kikyo was nice, but she wasn't Kagome. "Kagome." Kagome whirled around to see Inuyasha there. "Inuyasha." She whispered while smiling weakly. The hanyou slowly walked towards her until he was standing face to face with her. Kagome averted her gaze. She couldn't look him in the eye. "What happened to you?" he asked looking at her, even though he wasn't sure why she didn't look him in the eye. "A lot has happened." Kagome said sighing as she looked at the sky. "Things have gotten more complicated." She whispered. Sango and Miroku gave her a puzzled look, but decided not to push it. "We should head inside, it's going to rain." She said looking at the sky. "No way, you're going back there!" Inuyasha yelled grabbing her wrist. Kagome's eyes quickly met his as he let her go. He didn't know why, but when he touched her he saw so much pain in her eyes. "Let's head inside and will tell you everything." She said making her way towards the castle. Shippou quickly scurried behind her. "Well I guess we will be spending the night here" Miroku said looking at the sky; he was surprised when he saw the first drops of rain hit his face. He lowered his face to look at the retreating figure of Kagome. He silently wondered how much she had changed. And what for new power she acquired.

Kagome sighed as she walked to Sesshoumaru's room. She had told her friends all that had happened to her in such a short time. To say that they were surprised would have been an understatement. Miroku of course decided to ask her again to bare his child, seeing that he considered her to be a goddess now. Kagome sweat dropped. The monk soon found himself knocked out after Sango had showed him some manners by using her big boomerang on him. Shippou of course was ecstatic. His mama was half demon, meaning that she would be able to officially adopt him. Her friends insisted though that she that she should leave. Sesshoumaru wasn't to be trusted. Still she refused to leave him. Why? She didn't know. Yes, they spent most of the time arguing. And he was an arrogant bastard. Yet she didn't want to leave him.

She sighed as she leaned against the wall. Why didn't she want to leave him? She sighed as she thought about her next problem. "Inuyasha." She whispered. He was here. She thought that when seeing him again that she would be able to bear it, that it wouldn't hurt that much anymore. However seeing him again only intensified the pain in her heart. The way he had grabbed her wrist this afternoon, had been almost like old times. The Old times that weren't going to come back. She had avoided him since this afternoon. She knew she was a coward, but she just couldn't face him right now. She was afraid of what she might say or do if they were left alone. She growled as she clenched her hands. She wasn't supposed to feel like this anymore. Inuyasha had Kikyo. They were happy. And that was that. As long as Inuyasha was happy, she would be happy. Right? She shook her head as she continued walking towards Sesshoumaru's chambers. Things were much easier said then done.

She had to admit that she was slightly scared of what Sesshoumaru would do to her. She had defied him in front of everyone. And truth be told Sesshoumaru wasn't one to be disgraced like that. She was sure that there would be retribution. She was so deep in thought that she didn't even notice that she was standing in front of Sesshoumaru's room. She was brought back to reality when the door was thrown open and she was jerked inside. "Ouch!" she cried out when she landed on her butt. She looked up to glare at Sesshoumaru. Only then did she notice the red in his eyes. 'Shit!' Sesshoumaru was looming over her. The look on his face was sending warning signs in her head. "Sesshoumaru." She said smiling weakly. For once she wasn't thinking of angering him any further. He was angry enough. "Quiet!" he snarled. Kagome shut her mouth instantly. 'Since when do I obey him like a dog?' she almost snickered at the thought. However looking at his face, she decided not to try her luck.

"How dare you defy me?" he asked in a clipped voice. For once she was lost for words. She blinked owlishly at him as she tried not to get up and run out of the door. Be brave Kagome, she kept repeating in her head like a mantra. He growled at her when she didn't answer. You're death meat Kagome, she mentally told herself. She smiled sheepishly as she slowly tried crawling away from him. However with every step that she took backwards, he took on forward. He smirked as he watched her large blue eyes watching him wearily. "Afraid wench?" he asked his fangs visible to her eyes. However one thing Sesshoumaru was about to learn is that you should never tell Kagome that she was afraid of someone or something. "I'm not afraid!" she yelled standing up with her hands planted firmly on her hips. Amusement flashed in his eyes, he liked that she wasn't backing down so easily. However she would soon learn that no one was able to stand up to him.

"You should be afraid of this Sesshoumaru." He said taking a step towards her. She refused to take a step back. And that made him proud. Yes, she was worthy of his protection. He wasn't going to risk his life for a weakling. He was now standing very close to her. "Kagome, you do know that there will be punishment for your defiance don't you?" he asked looking straight into her eyes, his lips were only inches away from hers. She could feel his hot breath on her face and it sent a delicious shiver down her back. She bit the inside of her cheek as she recalled the kiss that they had shared just a few hours ago. Sesshoumaru was even more amused when he saw the blush on her cheeks. Running a hand absentmindedly through her hair, she looked calmly at the Demon Lord.

"Bring it on, Fluffy." She said. "I'm not afraid of any punishment." She said with a smirk on his face. Mentally though she was having a battle with herself. I think I've just lost my mind, Kagome mentally berated herself. Sesshoumaru really wasn't expecting that. However he couldn't help but growl, when he remembered that stupid nickname. "Wench!" he bit out. Kagome was about to yell at him for calling her a wench, but decided the best way was to ignore him. She turned her back to him and she pretended to look around. Sesshoumaru was fuming. "Wench!" Kagome clicked her tongue. "My name isn't wench; it's KA-GO-ME."

She almost fell backwards when he appeared in front of her. She would have fallen if it wasn't for his arm that snaked around her waist and pulled her against him. "You're only making it worse for yourself, KA-GO-ME." He said silkily. She narrowed her eyes at him as she pouted her lips. Of course instead of looking threateningly, she looked funny and dare he say cute. He felt as his anger slowly receded. 'Damn that wench, she could increase and decrease his anger without even knowing it.' However suddenly he smirked when an idea for her punishment struck him. "Tell me Kagome, do you mean to tell me that whatever punishment I decide to lay on you, you would do it without complaining?" He asked silkily. She blinked questioningly at him. A moment ago she was sure that he was going to shred her to pieces and right now he was up to something. The hair at the back of her neck stood up. Okay correction, I'm screwed, Kagome mentally told herself.

"I'm waiting for an answer?" he asked noting all of her face expressions. She seemed to snap out of her reverie, only to glare at him again. She pushed herself away from him. He didn't complain, even though he was missing having her in his arms. "I will accept any kind of punishment that you decide to bestow on me...except if this punishment enquires me to mate with you." She said turning her back on him. She wasn't going to look him in the eye after that bold statement. However she quickly turned to look at him when she heard a rumbling behind her. She looked with wide eyes at the Demon Lord that was chuckling; yes the ice prince was chuckling. She turned her back on him when their eyes locked. Let me him chuckle how much he want, she thought crossing her arms over her chest. He dared to laugh at her? She was being death serious.

She was taken back when she felt his hot breath on her ear and neck. "That wouldn't be a punishment, that would be a reward." He whispered huskily in her ear. He smirked when he felt her shiver. He had purposely lowered his voice, knowing very well what kind of effect it would have on her. She growled as she turned around and glared at him. The guy knew that he was sexy and he was using that to his advantage. 'Arrogant bastard.' "You're so full of yourself aren't you?" Sesshoumaru smirked. She could have sworn that his eyes glowed in the darkness. "I'm only telling the truth." "Females always desire to share my bed." "And you would only be so lucky to be bedded by this Sesshoumaru." He said enjoying himself as he watched the anger in her eyes. The arrogant testosterone overdosed twerp, she thought clenching her fist. Kagome let out an unladylike snort. "Le me guess...all these females are big breasts, brainless twits whose favorite word is Sesshoumaru-sama." She said sarcastically.

Kagome was mentally doing a dance when she watched his left eye twitch. 'Direct hit to the ego.' "Sorry Fluffy, I'm not one of those females and the moment I become one I would probably kill myself." Kagome said smiling innocently at him. "Wench." He said in his frosty voice. Kagome sighed; they were back to wench-calling. She knew she shouldn't bait him, but apparently common sense had left her. "Yes, Fluffy?" she asked in a sugar coated voice. To say Sesshoumaru was seeing red would be an understatement. The conceited little wench, he thought grinding his teeth. She was even worse then Inuyasha. She would just not yield to him. No matter she would learn her place soon. "Come, I'm going to take a bath." He said walking to the door. "And why should I accompany you?" "Afraid of drowning, Sesshoumaru-sama?" she asked sarcastically. "No, you're going to bathe me that will be your punishment." He said. 1, 2, 3, that's how long it took her to realize what he had just said. "What?!" she yelled, she was blushing a bright red as she stuttered. She couldn't believe him. "I'll be waiting in the hotsprings." He said casually before walking out of the door. 'Sesshoumaru 1, Kagome 0.'

The goddess of heavens sat on her throne as a figure kneeled in front of her. The figure was a young female. She had long straight electric blue hair with silver highlights that came just below her butt. She was wearing a pair of white tight pants and golden boots. The top was a simple white turtle-neck shirt with long sleeves that flared out and covered her arms. A golden armor protected her upper body. Fingerless golden gloves adorned her hands. Long elegant white wings came out of her back and a blue teardrop gem adorned her forehead. "So you know what you have to do Suki?" The goddess of the heavens asked as the young angel lifted her face to look at her. She had gorgeous violet eyes that were big and were adorned by big black lashes. "Yes, I do." Suki answered. "Suki, remember that thanks to Kagome, your father left your mother." The angel fisted her hands as she recalled her mother. The picture of a beautiful silver-haired and violet-eyed female angel flashed through her mind. She unconsciously bit her lower-lip. Mother, she thought. The goddess of heavens observed the young angel. "I know my lady." Suki said bowing her head. "So what will you do?" The goddess of heavens asked, knowing very well what the angel would say. "I will kill Kagome, the Dark-Light." The angel said standing up. "Good." The goddess said. The angel bowed her head, before she spread her long white wings and flew away. The goddess of heavens smirked as she watched the angel fly away. Suki would kill the sinful child and once again the pride of the heavens would be restored.

TBC......

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