Disclaimer: No, I do not own Inuyasha, or rather, I do not own Sesshoumaru… Whom I would much rather own anyways… Sigh But unfortunately, I do not. I must congratulate Rumiko Takahashi for getting him first. Glare

Chapter two

"Kagome, it is not proper for me to be with someone already being courted." Sesshoumaru states, stoically.

"But Sessh---" She starts, but gets stopped by one of his slender fingers against her lips. How she longed for his own lips to be there again, but they were not, and she knew Sesshoumaru had a point… "Wait! I'm not being courted by anyone!" She snaps, looking ferociously up and the youkai.

"Ah, but that is where you are wrong miko. You are." He spoke so coldly towards her now…

Why? Was it her? Did she repulse him?

"Sesshoumaru, I am not. I have no knowledge of someone courting me, therefore, I am not." She says, turning around with a 'Humph.'

"So, you believe that we, as youkai, or rather, hanyou, have to tell you before we start courting you?" He asks, raising a perfectly sculpted eyebrow.

"Mhm. It would only be fair, and I didn't know Inuyasha had courted me, or even thought about it. I thought he just wanted to be my mate."

"Life is not fair. You are already courted." He says icily, getting up, and taking a few steps away from her, looking onto the horizon. Such a beautiful sunrise. I wish Kagome was not already being courted by my lowly half-brother. It is a shame, if I do say so myself.

"Sesshoumaru?" She asks, the smell of salt water swirling in her aura.

Oh no, she is going to cry! I hate it when females do this; it makes me feel almost guilty! What are you saying Sesshoumaru?! You are Taiyoukai of the West! No woman can alter your feelings!

Why had he always yelled at himself for things? Couldn't he be happy once? Just once?

"Hai…Miko…"

"Would you stop calling me that? Please! I have a name! I would very much like it if you told Inuyasha when he comes, that I do not wish to be courted by him, and that he should have asked me first! And…"

"And what… Ka-Go-Me…" Oh, how hard it was to stutter out her name when he wanted to keep if formal, but he had done it… For her…

"Never mind. Please, just let Inuyasha know that." She said, standing up, and turning to walk off in the direction opposite the group was coming.

"Miko, if you would like me to tell that half-breed such things, we must at least make it out like you would rather another." He says, grinning, as she halted in her steps.

"Why?" She asks simply…

"He will come after you if we do not."

"And where would you expect I stay?!" She asks, shouting across the field.

"With me." He says simply, moving swiftly to her side.

Sesshoumaru grabbed her hips, moving himself closer to the miko. He could smell her scent oh so well, and it had enticed him, it always had, but it was even stronger now. He could hardly resist, and he would not this time! She opened her mouth, wide in shock. He's so close! He took the chance to dip her backwards in his arm, and he captured her lips when she least expected it.

It was then that Inuyasha, and friends of course, walked into that very field. Inuyasha stopped, while Miroku hit his back, and landed on the ground with a thud. There was a gasp among all besides the two that were a mere thirty feet away from them.

Sesshoumaru brought the two of them back up to the real world, where they were caught in their acts.

"Kagome!!! What the hell are you doing?!" Inuyasha yelled, and quite loudly at that.

Sesshoumaru took her around the waist, and thought of just flying off with the girl in his arm, but then realized he had already fled once for her, he would not do it again. That was cowardly, and he, Taiyoukai of the West, would be seen as no such thing! He threw her into his chest, guarding her protectively.

"Hey! Bastard! Let her go!" Inuyasha yells, thinking that yelling just might solve everything… Just this once…

"Inuyasha, the maiden…" He was cut off by Inuyasha.

"Kagome…" He corrected his elder brother.

"Hai, she does not wish to be courted by you any longer. She also wanted me to let such a lowly hanyou know, that she wishes permission be asked the next time she is courted." Sesshoumaru says, and quite regally.

"Quit lying, ya bastard!" Inuyasha snaps, bearing his fangs toward the lord.

"Inuyasha…" Kagome says, crossing her arms, and looking away from him. "Osuwari."

As Inuyasha face plants into the solid ground, realizing that his brother, may in fact, just be telling the truth. That's impossible! Why would Kagome not love me?! His thoughts twirled around in his mind.

The miko turned toward her 'captive,' and requested something most surprising. "Will you take me somewhere else Sesshoumaru? I tire of this commotion." She was sounding very bored, and like she just wanted to be alone with him.

The lord had accumulated his cloud around his feet, and advised Kagome hold on closely to him. He then flew off into the newly rising sun. After a while, they had landed far away, deep into the western territory. Kagome had been deep in sleep once they had done so.

"Where are we?" Kagome asks, as her eyes flutter open, almost immediately after they landed.

"You are quick to wake." Sesshoumaru replies, not answering her questions. After all, what kind of youkai would answer the question of a ningen? "Yeah, sure… But I asked you a question… Where… Are… We?!" She was now almost yelling in his ear, but she wanted to know! A girl doesn't just randomly show up somewhere, and expect to just not be told where she is! Especially, when she hasn't had many good run-ins with the person that took her there.

"I heard you woman!" He snaps, raising his voice for the first time in many, many years… Now why would I go and do a thing like that? I have not raised my voice in a long time, why does this woman stir my emotions so? He had pondered this for a while now, and finally, he would find the reason as to why this was so.

He had set the young girl down gently, still holding her close, just to breathe in her scent a little more. How intoxicating it was! He lusted for it, and it would be his, he swore this to himself. He would answer her, but not until he had settled in his home.

Jaken came screaming around the corner, running from a very anxious, young girl. "Sesshoumaru-sama! Sesshoumaru-sama!" She yelled, and ran, and yelled some more. Running toward her surrogate father when he had returned from a journey was, indeed, one of her most favorite things to do. Her small clothing was hard to run in, but she would do it, so long as her Sesshoumaru would return to her.

The little girl halted as soon as she rounded the corner that Jaken had just disappeared behind. The girl… Inuyasha's girl… Why is she here? My Sesshoumaru-sama better not be keeping that dirty girl! She was with Inuyasha. Wait! What am I saying? I'm not mean like that! Rin shook her head, as she walked slowly over to her youkai. She was about to make Kagome know damn well that Sesshoumaru spent all his attention on her! She was his little girl, and it would stay that way, until she had decided to let him go.

"Sesshoumaru-sama!" She squealed, running to him, and hugging his leg. "Rin." "Hai?" "I would like you to introduce yourself." He said, taking her hand, and forcing her in front of Kagome. The little girl scrunched up her nose, not wanting to have anything to do with this girl. But Sesshoumaru wanted her to be polite, and she was never one to be rude, so she would do as her 'father' asked.

Kagome bent down, making a makeshift chair out of her legs, and extended a hand to Rin, along with a heart warming smile. "I'm Kagome. You must be Rin?" She asks ever so sweetly. It almost made Rin cringe, knowing that Sesshoumaru would become close to this girl.

"Rin…?" The girl absolutely would not reply, she was quite angry that Sesshoumaru had replaced her. She would definitely not have this happen to her. She was supposed to be the only girl in his life, let alone human girl.

Unacceptable.

"Rin! You will not ignore our guest!" Sesshoumaru was beginning to be short-tempered with Rin. She still would not respond. "Rin, go to your chambers, and tell Maya that you are not behaving! I want you to either apologize to Kagome by dinner, or you will be eating it by yourself!" Sesshoumaru was absolutely livid at this point. How dare she act this way!

Rin bowed her head, turned, and walked away slowly. Until she reached the other side of the corner, that is. That's when she decided she was going to con Maya into ridding the home of Kagome. This was the first thing she had ever done to disobey Sesshoumaru, so it wouldn't be too bad… Would it? So, she ran off to her room, where she knew her beloved Maya would be.

"Sesshoumaru, who is Maya?" Kagome asks, quite puzzled. "Rin's servant." Sesshoumaru replies, taking the girls hand, and walking her towards the entrance.

As they stepped up into the castle, Kagome gasped, and the sighed at the beauty, of what she now figured to be his home. "Sesshoumaru…?" "Hai." His answers were simple, and short, but how did they excite her. "Where will I be sleeping?" She asks innocently. "Ah, I shall show you now." He says, almost seductively.

After what had seemed like a long walk, up a mass amount of stairs, Kagome, and her companion, finally reached a large door. "Wow." She whispers, her mind swirling with questions as Sesshoumaru opened the door for the girl.

The door opened to a large room, the floors a solid oak. The large bed, the only one in this time, so it seemed, was placed by two glass doors, leading to a balcony that over-looked the gardens that flourished with beautiful flowers. There was a curtain that had led to another, smaller room. She walked over, and pulled the thick curtain back. "Oh kami!" She gasped, and immediately ripped the curtain shut. "Sesshoumaru! You have a bath?!" She was so happy to finally be able to bathe, whenever she felt the need, in this time.

"Hai. Do you honestly think that I, Sesshoumaru, would go without bathing? I would smell simply horrible, like your other companion, Inuyasha." He says arrogantly, walking behind her as she took in the pent-house looking bedroom. It was equipped with everything! Even room service! She was the happiest girl ever at this point in time.

"Wait. This looks like it would be the master bedroom of the castle." She says, her mind, once again, tumbling questions all over the place. "It is." He replies simply, grabbing her around the waist, and leading her to the bed. "But Sesshoumaru, where will you sleep?" She asks.

Oh how he had loved her innocence. He had never met another woman who was so oblivious to things that weren't innocent. She was truly a miko. The question was, how would he tell her the things he wanted to? That would wait until a later time.

They had reached the bed, and he had lifted her onto it, and climbed up himself, laying down instantly. "Kagome, come lay down. You must be exhausted." "Hai, I am. But you never answered my question." "Ah, I will be staying in these chambers as well."

That is what had set Kagome off. Her cheeks were flaring with red, as she tried to hide the fact that she had never slept in the same bed as a male. "Kagome, do not be embarrassed. If you wish, I can give you another room." He says calmly.

"No!" She was quick to respond, as she lay down next to him, her head resting on his chest. He was sure comfortable, she could get used to this. This was when she realized that she had probably smelled horrible, and wanted to take a bath. "Sesshoumaru. Would you mind if I took a bath?" "No one bathes in there unless I am with them!" He says, enticingly. "Oh, but Sesshoumaru…"

"Do not worry, I shall try not to look." He says, while escorting her to the bathing room, and removing her clothing, article by article. She was highly self-conscious, and she was scared he would hate her because of the way she looked without clothing. "You looking wonderful Kagome, no need to be ashamed." He states, while undressing himself, and climbing on in.

Kagome had followed, being very weary of his actions. She knew that he wanted her, and yes, she had wanted him too. Then again, Kagome was never quick to let a guy into her pants… Or rather… Skirt… And it would be long until she trusted someone enough to let them.

She had gotten a bad vibe from him, and immediately got out, and ran to get a towel. She wrapped herself in it, and left the bathing room. She dressed in her normal, futuristic clothes, and sat on the bed, wondering what she was doing. All of a sudden, Sesshoumaru comes into my life, tells me he likes me, and I'm willing to jump in a tub with him?! Where have your senses gone Kagome?! I can't believe I've acted like this. That was when Sesshoumaru walked up next to her.

"Is something on your mind Kagome?" He asked such a simple, question, and she knew that he already figured that answer out. "Hai." "What is it?" "Nothing Sesshoumaru." She had gotten up off her bed, and walked over towards the door. "It is I?" He knew the answer to this as well. "Sesshoumaru, I think I'll be needing my own quarters while I am here." She was very blunt about her thoughts, and he loved it. She didn't beat around the bush, no matter what the situation. Well, maybe there were a couple, but not too many.

"I shall arrange that for you. Do not fail to ask a request of me, you are my guest." He was so regal with the way he had talked to her, and she liked it, but hated it at the same time. She wasn't related to any of his business, she was Kagome, she was just plain old Kagome.

"Good. I have a request to talk to you about when we are done with dinner than." She said, as she went to push open the heavy door, at the same time, learning that it was entirely too heavy for her. I'll request something be done about that as well… Well… That is, if I ever stay in here with Sesshoumaru… Which is highly unlikely, maybe I should just leave that alone for now. Kami, how her mind would spin with such thoughts at all moments of the day. This was what bothered her about herself, it began to be very annoying.

"Kagome, I know you are not expecting to wear that to dinner." Sesshoumaru said, watching her movements. Sure, the woman's legs are… More than wonderful, but… It was indecent. If at any moment, a wind had caught her lower clothing, it would clearly blow up, or maybe a hentai would look under the table, and in between her legs. Highly not lady like. Then again, haven't I see than before? That would make himself, the same hentai that he had just blamed other men of being.

Oh how he hated being compared to other men, but who could help their instincts?

"Hai, Sesshoumaru, I am. Find something wrong with it, do you?" She asks, smiling deviously at the taiyoukai. "Yes, woman, I do. It is highly inappropriate for my home." "Live with it. You won't be seeing me in this for long. Maybe even sooner than you think."

"Ah, I see we have some things to sort out while we are preparing for you to sleep." Sesshoumaru says coldly, opening the door to let Kagome descend to the dinning room to go have dinner. "Indeed." Was all she said, as she ran down the stairs, trying not to trip over her own feet, as she was sure that would