Laying Amongst the Dead

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Chapter Nine

Sesshomaru knelt there and studied Kagome where she laid. She looked so innocent and kind. No wonder his half-brother wanted to keep her as far away from danger as he could. Sesshomaru just couldn't understand why they were heading towards the bone eaters well.

"He...he was trying to protect me," Kagome suddenly mumbled.

"Why?" Sesshomaru asked with a spark of interest.

"He didn't want me to get hurt or taken from hi,. He wanted to make me his mate," she murmured and opened her eyes.

His mate? The bastard! How many times had he made love with Kagome and not have the nerve to make her his mate then? Why did he wait?

"Why would he be afraid the someone would steal his human? You no doubt ably made love with him plenty of times before," Sesshomaru growled in jealousy and anger.

Kagome fixed Sesshomaru with a wounded, but deadly glare. "I've never made love with InuYasha. How dare you accuse me of such a thing," Kagome said hotly.

"You reek with the stench of my half-brother in places where he should not have been," Sesshomaru snapped.

Kagome's expression darkened. "You're accusing me of losing my virginity with a half-demon?" she asked, challengingly.

The way Kagome empathized half-demon made Sesshomaru's heart suddenly race. Maybe she hadn't slept with him, but he could still smell InuYasha's scent all over her.

Mangy mutt, Sesshomaru thought guardedly.

"What? You want a full demon instead?" he growled.

"I'd rather die then make love with a filthy full demon like you," she snarled and leaned up, inches from Sesshomaru's face.

"I wasn't offering such a thing to a wench like you," Sesshomaru snapped.

"You don't want make love with woman like me? Instead you go after ten year olds!" Kagome growled in a low, threatening voice

Sesshomaru's hand came across Kagome's cheek. She gasped and leaned towards Sesshomaru again. She clenched her jaw and stared directly into his eyes.

"No wonder no one loves you." she whispered forcefully.

Damn demon. No wonder I fell for InuYasha. Sesshomaru had the looks, but hell would freeze over before he ever let himself soften up to love somebody. Sesshomaru would never measure up to InuYasha.

"Silence hag," he shouted and smacked her again, "I will not be spoken to in such a manner."

Kagome spit out blood and started at the bloody mess on the floor. "How are you so sure that Rin loves you? How do you not know that she's only putting on an act to please you so you don't kill her? You'd being willing to kill anyone else so why not her? How could you possibly think that such pure innocence could love pure evil?" Kagome asked in a hushed voice. She looked up at Sesshomaru and tried not to cry in anger.

"You are stepping over your boundary lines, woman. I would hold your tongue," he said with an emotionless expression.

"I will not hold my tongue. It is a god damn free country, so you have no right to keep me here," she yelled inches from his face.

What am I saying? He had every right to keep me here. Oh god! I should have kept my mouth shut.

"Who says that I'm keeping you here? I only brought you here because InuYasha is dead and I promised Rin to keep you safe," he growled in a defeated tone.

"Well, you're not doing your job very well. I'm probably going to die from blood lose," she snarled as she tried to push away from the brilliant smell of him.

Sesshomaru suddenly sniffed the air and looked down, spotting the rather large puddle of blood beside her. He grabbed Kagome's arms and leaned into her.

"Why didn't you tell me that you were bleeding this bad? Are you wanting to meet death so quickly?" Sesshomaru snapped in her face.

"Of course I don't want to die. Just because InuYasha is…is gone doesn't mean that I have to die along with him. I still have that damn demon to kill that killed my InuYasha," Kagome said rather calmly.

Doubt and dread suddenly flickered in Sesshomaru eyes before they returned to their blank state. Kagome had the feeling that he wasn't telling her something? He probably knew who the demon was and didn't care to mention it.

"You know who the demon is, don't you?" she asked, staring into his beautiful cold eyes.

"No. I don't," he said with a flicker in his eye.

"Liar," Kagome said darkly.

Sesshomaru's hand came across her cheek and his claws left two deep cuts in their wake. Kagome's cheek was stinking unbelievably. She flew back and hit the floor again. She rolled over and wrapped her arms around her waist.

"InuYasha," she whispered desperately.

"What did you say?" Sesshomaru growled as he pulled Kagome up and made her face him.

"I said InuYasha," she whispered again and felt the hot tears burn behind her eyes.

"You really did love he half-breed," he almost whispered as if he was in a daze.

Kagome looked at him in wonder. "Yes. I did. He was sweet unlike some creatures and easy to love. Sure we fought, but…couple don't," she said and met his gaze head on, " I would have given my life for him and I have…countless times."

"But why?" he asked with a blank expression.

"I loved him," Kagome said softly.

"So you were willingly sacrificing yourself when you attacked m…the demon after InuYasha had fallen?" he asked with a neutral expression.

"Yes…I don't want to talk about it anymore," Kagome mumbled and pulled her chin away from Sesshomaru's hand.

"Typical," Sesshomaru snarled and stood up

"What?" she retorted and stood up as well.

"You and your human emotions," he said flatly, "no wonder your race is dying."

"Shut up!" Kagome yelled while clenching her fists.

"Silence," he growled suddenly and waved his hand, "your wolf is calling for his mate."

"Koga!" Kagome gasped and went to run towards the door where she had seen Rin run through when Sesshomaru grabbed her arm.

"I was surprised to find that you were unmarked and unclaimed. My half-brother loved you and so does this wolf that is climbing the stairs at this very moment, but he will not find you," Sesshomaru said with a wicked smile.

"What are you going to do?" Kagome asked and tried to pull away from him.

"Make you mine," he said flatly and yanked Kagome towards him and throw her over his shoulder.

"InuYasha!" she screamed at the top of her lungs as Sesshomaru began to walk towards his bed chambers.

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OH! I'm sorry I had to leave a cliffy. I guess I wanted to keep you guessing. Well, hopefully I didn't leave you hanging all that much. What and see what happens in the next chappy. Tell me what you think of it. Please! Love ya! And sorry it so long to get it up. I guess I wasn't in the mood for the story. Please help me by sending me reviews.