Laying Amongst the Dead

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Chapter Twenty

I walked back to my castle with a strangely heavy heart. It felt like it was in my stomach. I groaned and tried to get the scene I ran into out of me head. Kagome had mesmerizing and InuYasha was too stubborn to notice. She did what she had to do to save the one that she loved.

I sighed and looked up at the blossoming sky. InuYasha just made the biggest mistake in his entire life. He may have lost Kagome forever because he was too thickheaded to reason with her motives.

"Ah, Kagome," I muttered.

She had been utterly breath taking.

oOo FlashBack oOo

I stepped away from a tree I had been standing behind and peered down at my brother and Kagome's worn out body.

So she had awakened. How did she get down here. Was it them that I saw fall from the cliff?

"I've never been more willing in my life," Kagome muttered out of nowhere.

I tilted my head and stared at her for a moment. My heart suddenly stopped and my hands flew to my ears as she suddenly screamed an agonizing cry. I groaned and tried to breath normally, but failed.

InuYasha suddenly shot up and gripped Kagome's arms as she continued screaming. My eyes widened and my hands dropped to my sides. He's a full demon!

Kagome suddenly went limp in his arms. InuYasha's fear was almost overwhelming. I watched in amazement as Kagome lifted her head slowly without opening her eyes.

My wheezed out of my body the instant I saw her eyes. They almost hypnotizing. I stared at her and wanted her more then I had ever wanted a woman.

"Kagome…you're a…" InuYasha started to say.

"Hanyou. I know. That's what I had to do to get you back," Kagome said softly and I watched as her eyes filled with tears.

"You never change, do you? You're always thinking about other people and not yourself," InuYasha mused.

"I changed for you," Kagome muttered under her breath.

There was a short pause and I could feel the electricity between the two. InuYasha was getting angry with Kagome for some reason.

"You should not have done that, Kagome," InuYasha said sharply.

I watched Kagome flinch. "I did it because I had no other chose, InuYasha," she said in a frightened tone.

"You always have a choose, Kagome," InuYasha suddenly growled.

"What's wrong with you? I chose this because I love you. I made my choose. Why can't you see that?" Kagome asked with pain and anger shining clearly in her eyes.

"Do you know what a demon can do to you? You'll never be the same after this. Damn, Kagome! It was absolutely stupid for you do this," InuYasha growled and stood up, yanking Kagome to her feet.

I growled low enough so that the two wouldn't hear. I didn't like he way this was going. I had the feeling that InuYasha was going to hurt her.

Her lip was trembling and her eyes were filled with anger and hurt. She gave me the feeling that she was going to tear InuYasha apart. I shivered unconscious and took a step back.

Kagome suddenly town her hand away from InuYasha and gave him a look that I would tremble upon. She was actually kind of scary when she was angry.

"You're a fool if you can't see the motivation I had to do what I did," Kagome yelled and spun away from my heartless brother.

oOo End of FlashBack oOo

Damned fool! I was even able to understand why she made the chose she did. He was right, though. She should never had been given the chose. If InuYasha had screwed up when he had she would still be a pure human. What had he done to upset Kagome so much? It probably had something to do with that Kikyo woman.

"Sesshomaru." someone called from somewhere to my left.

Speak of the devil.

"Kikyo. What are you doing here?" I asked in my regular monotone voice.

"Just seeing how much damage I inflicted on the two. Kagome was wrong to try to take InuYasha from me," she murmured mostly to herself.

"So you were the one that caused the two to jump off the cliff," I observed and knew from the beginning that it had something to do with her.

"InuYasha jumped off the cliff with her? But why? After I gave him myself he still goes after my reincarnation!" she fumed. Her anger showing in her voice.

"I guess you're unlucky," I smirked, "how did you some back anyway? I thought you were dead."

I turned and stared at Kikyo. Her hair was tossed into a bun and her clothes were barely wrapped around her body. I growled in disgust and looked away. If only it was Kagome. She'd please me more then this wench ever could.

"Death may have said that Kagome was only to give half her human blood, but he lied. I was brought back to give the two hell. He said I would be able to have InuYasha after I got rid of that stupid girl. He has a thing for her, I think. He looks all dreamy when he mentions anything about her," Kikyo babbled.

I looked back at Kikyo without an expression on my face. "And you're telling me this why?" I asked coldly.

I may have sounded like I wasn't interested, oh but I was. Knowing that Death went outside of a sealed promise, a deal, to get to something he wanted so desperately, was very interesting.

The only problem with this thing is that it involves Kagome's death…again. Knowing Death he only sent Kikyo up her to kill the girl and then he's probably going to drag her back unwillingly. Promise or not.

"I need your help. I know that Death said that I would be able to stay up here as long as I killed the girl, but I know he lied. I know he's planning to drag me back to hell and I won't let him. I need you to brake the bond between my InuYasha and the little tramp. I need you to take her away from here. Away from InuYasha. You don't need to worry about InuYasha. He already is under one of my spells. He thinks I'm Kagome," she said with a smile that crept up into her eyes.

"You talk too much and you're wrong. InuYasha knows who you are and he knew he was under your…spell. He's not stupid, Kikyo," I growled.

Why am I defending my brother? Kikyo's right. He is an idiot. He was born that way. He gives us demons a bad name.

I held up my hand as Kikyo opened her mouth. "I'll keep Kagome here. Take InuYasha away from here. The farther away from each other the better," I said in my usual unhurried icy tone.

She smiled. "Thank you, Sesshomaru. It'll take a while to convince him that Kagome doesn't love him, so give me time," she said and turned away from me.

"Not much time. I want InuYasha gone," I stated flatly and walked in the direction of my castle again.

"Whatever you say," Kikyo said in a light, but cold voice.

I growled and hated having anything to do with that woman, but she was giving me a chance to make Kagome mine for all eternity. It was a deal I couldn't refuse. Kagome was going to be mine whether or not InuYasha's with Kikyo.

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Well, that's chapter twenty. I hope you guys aren't too mad at me for changing the ending on the nineteenth chapter. It flowed so much better this way. Well, I hope you like it. It took me a while to come up with it. Tell me what you think of it. I hate Kikyo, don't you? She always HAS to have InuYasha dead or to herself. Hopefully this time she won't have him at all. Well, send me some of those reviews. Thanks too all those people who sent me reviews. They were VERY encouraging. I loved them and thanks for the advice you guys gave. And I'm not sure if I'm going to put a lemon in it. I haven't thought of a scene to actually put one there. But I'll give some thought to it and tell you guys. Love ya. Cookies and brownies for everyone. p