Thirty Days to Fall in Love

by Lady Morganna

Kagome soon finds herslef revealing more and more of herself to Sesshomaru after he and Inuyasha strike a deal. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right? Thirty days together may prove to be just a little to much for the miko and youkai to handle.

2. Day Two: Fighting in the Rain

Thirty Days to Fall in Love

By: Lady Morganna

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Inuyasha characters.

Chapter 2: Day Two: Fighting in the Rain

Deep dark clouds sauntered in front of the bright morning sun and pushed his golden fingers away from the creamy complexion of a sleeping miko and allowed her a few more moments of slumber. A mere moment later and the soft patter of wetness upon her inky lashes caused the young female to cuddle further down into her bedding, seeking a dry spot. Finding the dry spot she sought, the miko settled back into her world of dreams with a soft sigh. Her peace lasted not more than a minute before the sky split open and a torrent of rain soaked through her dry haven and caused the young girl to leap up shrieking. Dazedly attempting to drag her bedding to a dry spot underneath a tree, the young miko noticed her friends were having the same problems with the rain she was having. Except she seemed to be having even more difficulty, she was stuck in her rain soaked sleeping bag. The material had become slippery from all the rain. Every time she gained her footing she would fall back to the ground. Finally Kagome escaped the grasping confines of her sleeping bag. Shouldering the slippery mass, Kagome began to make a run for the tree everyone else was heading for, realizing her poor innocent bag sat forlornly in the rain. Dashing back to the bag, Kagome lost her footing in the mud and fell face first into the goopy stuff. Kagome slammed her petite hand into the mud in a minor fit of rage. Small droplets of mud splattered onto her face. Pushing herself to her feet, Kagome grabbed her bag and sleeping bag. After a failed attempt at shouldering the dripping sleeping bag, Kagome settled for dragging the thing behind her like a limp tail. Mumbling to herself about bad weather and annoying hanyou's who didn't sniff out the rain, Kagome stomped towards the dry.

Even Inuyasha was making a mad dash for the trees in an attempt to stay dry. Kagome was the last of her comrades to find shelter from the rain beneath the tree. Shivering, dripping with rain, and covered in mud Kagome failed to notice Miroku's gaze locked onto her transparent blouse that clung to the curves of her breasts enticingly. She did notice, however, that Sesshomaru, Jaken, and Rin were surprisingly dry. Immediately smelling something rotten the little miko worked herself into frenzy very quickly.

"Rin, how come you guys are so dry?" Kagome's voice was laced with heat and Inuyasha took an instinctive step back. He had heard that voice utter sit too many times not to be afraid of it. He was getting out of the way before he was on the receiving end of her anger.

The little girl grinned up at Kagome with her gap toothed grin. "Sesshomaru-sama woke Rin up and lead Rin to the tree right before it rained. Sesshomaru-sama keeps Rin dry!" Another bright smile completed the girls' testament to her great Sesshomaru-sama's caring nature and apparent ability to sniff out rain.

Kagome bristled at the youkai lord. "You knew it was going to rain? Why couldn't you wake up the rest of us?"

Raising one slender silver brow the taiyoukai gazed at the miko for all of one second before glancing to the boughs of the tree. "It is not my duty to ensure you do not become wet, ningen." Kagome was furious with him already and his next words sent her over the edge. "Perhaps though you would consider putting on something a little less….. revealing? Rin is an impressionable child." The taiyoukai finished his statement by staring pointedly at Kagome's chest until the miko looked down at her body.

Gasping Kagome raised her arms to cover her chest. Just wonderful here she was yelling at the insufferable dog and her shirt was plastered to her chest and her bra was visible beneath the sopping material. Clumps of mud clung to her shirt in spots, just not in any of the right spots. Blushing Kagome realized her nipples had puckered up from the cold and were causing the shirt to tighten against her breasts. Glancing around the group, Kagome caught the line of Miroku's sight and shrieked.

"Sango! Miroku is being a pervert!" The monk was instantly rewarded with a large bump to his head. Once the perverted monk was taken care of, Kagome turned her temper back to the cold youkai before her.

"I wouldn't be in this revealing state if you would have told us it was going to rain. You are traveling with our group and everyone in the group looks out for each other, Sesshomaru. You need to lose your pompous attitude and work with us." Kagome's voice had become muffled toward the end of her tirade as she searched through her bag for a dry sweater to throw on over her damp clothing.

"This Sesshomaru is only responsible for his pack; Inuyasha is responsible for his pack. Do not fault this Sesshomaru if the hanyou is unable to scent the rain. Place your blame where it belongs, ningen." Pulling her head out of the bag, Kagome responded the only way she could to the taiyoukai's coldness. She stuck her pink tongue out at him in a very childish manner that did not escape the notice of the youkai.

Put your tongue were it belongs, ningen. Or this Seshsomaru will find a use for it." Sending the girl a smoldering look, Sesshomaru turned his back on the baffled girl. It seemed the only way to close her mouth was to stun her with his words. Inuyasha stomped up next to his brother.

"Watch what you say to Kagome. Just because we're working together doesn't mean you get to do whatever you want. Just stay away from my pack, jackass." Turning back to his group, Inuyasha watched as the two females bent their heads together in a hushed talk.

"Kagome maybe you shouldn't push him anymore. I don't like what he implied with that last remark." Sango was worried for her friend's safety if she continued to push the inu youkai. If she didn't keep her friend in line, Kagomes tongue would probably be Jaken's dinner.

"I am not going to let him push me around, Sango. He needs to understand if we travel together we work together." Walking past her friend, Kagome walked to the side of her hanyou friend.

"Inuyasha, do you think we should get started? It's not raining as hard anymore." Glancing down at the young girl beside him, Inuyasha nodded his head and stepped out into the soft patter of rain drops. The group formed a long line behind the hanyou and trudged into the gloomy day. Kagome tuned her face to the rain and let the mud wash away. She worked her fingers through the tangles in her hair and smiled when she didn't feel anymore girt lodged in her scalp.

The rest of the morning passed without incident. Everyone in the group was to busy avoiding stepping puddles to speak to each other. Kagome glanced up a few times to the young girl riding on the massive two headed dragon only to find her wrapped up in some sort of material that kept her dry. Rin seemed to take traveling with Sesshomaru and riding a massive two headed dragon in stride, as if she had been born to be the youkai lord. Sighing, Kagome continued her sliding walk through the slippery mud. Shippou was pressed as close to her body as he could get from the content snores coming from beneath her sweater, she surmised the kit was warm and happy. Well at least some people in the group could be happy; between Shippou and Rin the groups' happiness quota was definitely filled. The rain was still falling steadily and soaked through all of their clothes. Even Sesshomaru was wet the last time Kagome had glanced back at the youkai. Walking quickly, the young miko attempted to catch up to her hanyou friend. It was time to stop for lunch. She felt miserable and needed to get out of the rain even for an hour.

"Inuyasha, do you think we could find somewhere dry to stop and have something warm to eat for lunch? Everyone is so cold and wet." Looking over his shoulder, Inuyasha took in his dripping pack and for once gave in to a request to stop without a fight. They all looked pathetic. He even felt sorry for them and besides he was tired of wiping water droplets out of his eyes. Mirokus robes were stuck to his legs, Sango's ponytail was wrapped around her neck and Kirara looked like the proverbial drowned cat. Kagome smiled her thanks to Inuyasha and returned to her place in line. Inuyasha began to sniff out a place the rain had not been able to touch. His search lasted about fifteen minutes. He was amazed he had found something so quickly.

Finding what he desired in the form of a small dark cave, Inuyasha led his followers into the opening. Miroku and Inuyasha went back out into the rain to try to find some dry kindling and logs. Sesshomaru and his group merely went to the other side of the cave and settled down against the wall quietly. Kagome and Sango stood at the entrance to the cave and wrung their ebony locks out and began conversing with each other.

"Do you think they will find anything dry, Sango?" Kagome's hope were soon dashed by Sango's matter-of-fact response.

"I doubt it. It has been raining all day. We'll probably not get anything hot to eat, but we will at least get a rest." Kagome's fears were realized as the two dripping males reentered the cave without any wood.

"Sorry, Kagome-sama there isn't any dry wood out there. Even the stuff under the boughs of the trees is saturated." Miroku looked apologetically at the young miko and slumped attains the wall of the cave. Inuyasha soon followed his example and sat down next to the monk. Sighing Kagome thought about the dwindling supplies in her bag.

"That's okay guys. We still have some of the jerky Keade-sama gave us. So, we can eat some of that and maybe find some dry wood by tonight." Kagome smiled reassuringly at her group and began to hand out dried pieces of jerky. Turning towards the small group on the other side of the cave, Kagome smiled at Rin and offered her a piece of the meat. Looking up at the cool expression of her guardian, Rin received a nod so small only she and Jaken were sure the youkai had even responded to the silent question. Kagome watched as the young girl walked towards her and took the meat from her fingers.

"Thank you Kagome-sama. Rin was very hungry." The innocent chocolate eyes of the child warmed Kagome slightly and made her think. How could this child remain so innocent in the presence of the cold western lord? How could she stay sweet and loving, when she received no show of love from the youaki? To Kagome, the youkai lord and Rin were a perfect perplexing puzzle wrapped up with a bow that she just had to solve. And here the downfall of Kagome began. Too much interest in a known "bad boy" usually lead a girl down the wrong path.

"You're welcome Rin. After you eat would you like to sit with Shippou and me? I'm going to read him a story." The chocolate eyes lit up at the chance to hear a story. Turing her head to look once more at her guardian, Rin received another affirmative nod.

"Rin would like that very much!" Giggling the little girl took a second offered piece of meat from Kagome and skipped to the side of Sesshomaru where Jaken sat shivering.

"Jaken-sama, Rin has brought you lunch." Jaken merely took the tough meat from the girl's fingers and ate quietly. Rin flashed a brilliant smile at Sesshomaru and waited for him to speak. It seemed as if she was so in tune with the inu, she knew when he was preparing to speak.

"You will miss your story Rin." A simple sentence said without emotion and still the young one's eyes shone as if he had just handed her the moon.

"Hai Sesshomaru-sama!" Turning back to Kagome and Shippou, Rin took up her place under Kagome's left arm and cuddled against her side. Kagome flipped the beautiful pages of her book of fairy tales until she came to the story of Sleeping Beauty.

The children held the bright fairytale book on Kagome's lap and turned the page when requested to do so. Lying against her warmth both children had become warm and content and soon fell into a deep slumber before the brave prince ever got to kiss his Sleeping Beauty. Looking down at the shining heads cuddled against her, Kagome sighed and began to slip off into dreamland. Immediately after closing her eyes Kagome began to snore lightly. Sesshomaru's eyes never left the face of his young ward as she raptly listened to the miko's words and sighed over the pretty princess in the story. When she fell into a deep sleep, Sesshomaru averted his eyes from his ward to the face of the miko.

He often wondered why so many youkai seemed to follow the girl and considered her an ally or potential mate. Now was his chance to study her without her being aware of it. It was so much easier to study the bothersome creature when she could not use her waspish tongue on him. He began his appraisal at the top of her gleaming head and found nothing remarkable in her normal ebony hair. He ran his golden gaze over her face and found she still had a childlike innocence to her round soft face; yet again there was nothing remarkable about her features. His eyes slipped lower, over young pert breasts, across the expanse of flat stomach, and over an indecent kimono that barely covered her legs. There was defiantly nothing about this female's body that would draw the notice of so many youkai, and yet she had many followers. Sesshomaru decided the little miko must have something more to her to make not only Naraku want her but also the wolf prince, Kouga. This matter defiantly deserved a small amount of study on his part. What else was he going to do all day? Listen to his half breed brother mouth off or watch the monk get maimed by the slayer for his wondering hands, most certainly not. The miko's light snoring grew in intensity and became louder. Lovely, she sounded liked a great roar of thunder in the small cave. Turning his golden gaze from the miko, Sesshomaru could not help wondering what was so special about the woman.

Not more than an hour later, Inuyasha roused his group. "Come on you guys, it stopped raining. We can still get somewhere today." Kagome stood unwrapping two clinging children from her and hefted her bag onto her back.

"Come on Shippou. Let's play I Spy." The little kitsune seemed to think this a wonderful idea and grabbed Rin's hand in his small paw and lead her away in his excitement.

"Come on Rin, you can play to!" Giggling the girl looked back over her shoulder to Sesshomaru only to receive a small nod as permission. The two children soon slid to a stop in the slimy muddy path next to Kagome. Glancing down at them, Kagome began her game.

I spy with my little eye something purple." Both children began to look excitedly for the purple the miko had found, dissolving into giggles when they realized it was the monk's robes. And so the two groups continued on with their journey into the woods, the only communication between the groups coming from two boisterous children and one effervescent miko.

Several hours later, the I Spy game was still in full force with no end in sight. The Inu Tachi had become used to the length of this particular game and had learned to not pay attention to it. Even Inuyasha blocked the words of the game out of his head. However, for Sesshomaru, the game seemed to stretch on for an eternity and it was becoming quite bothersome. He wanted it to end as quickly as possible. It was once again the miko's turn and she had the children truly stumped with her last clue.

"Kagome there's nothing blue in this forest." Shippou liked to solve a good riddle but this one was quite annoying and did not seem to exist anywhere in their surroundings.

"I promise you Shippou there is something blue in this forest. Sometimes though we don't see what is right below our noses or rather what is right above it." The two children looked at the miko with confused looks and begged her to tell them her secret. The scenery offered nothing blue, only the deep dark greens of summer hung with a light grey mist from the rain. The sky was not even blue today, but more a shade of dull grey. They had passed no blue flowers recently.

Sighing the two children began their search again when a cool voice broke into their game. "It is my crescent." That was all he said even as he passed the miko and two stunned children on the path. His white clothes contrasted with the grays that surrounded them and made him seem to shine like the moon in the night sky. He was a beacon to all who followed him and a bright light to all who would oppose him. Rin and Shippou looked up at Kagome giggling.

"Was it Sesshomaru-samas crescent Kagome?" Rin, like Shippou, seemed to enjoy a good riddle and wanted to know if her lord had been correct.

"Yes Rin. It was Sesshomaru's crescent. Kagome smiled down at the two children and realized how far they had fallen behind the others. "Come on guys we need to catch up to the others." The children turned and began to walk after the regal youkai before them.

Time passed quickly for the next few hours as the miko and children played. However when the children grew tired and climbed upon Ah-Un's back to nap, Kagome became grouchy and tired herself.

Sighing Kagome took up the position at the rear of the group. The little miko let out another sigh as a fat raindrop landed on her nose. Great it was raining again. Sighing, Kagome hurried up to Sango's side.

"Hey, do you think this rain will stop before nightfall?" Sango glanced at Kagome. The weather was even affecting the normally chipper miko.

"Yes the clouds are already thinning out. I think this will just be a light sprinkle." Smiling Kagome and Sango picked up their pace looking forward to blue skies and sunshine.

Thirty minutes later the whole group was soaked. The little sprinkle had become a giant deluge. Walking had become more difficult in the slippery mud. Even walking in the grass could lead to the disaster. The blades were so wet and saturated; the group had difficulty keeping their footing.

Catching herself as she slipped in the mud, Kagome looked to the Taiyoukai walking in front of her. Well almost everyone was having problems walking on the slick ground. Sessshomaru still walked as confidently as ever. He never misplace his foot or slid in the mud. Granted his once pristine robes were slightly marred with mud on the hems, but other than that Sesshomaru was perfect.

A shining perfect being striding through the mud and muck with perfect strides. His perfect hair swaying from side to side with each perfect step he took. His aura reeked of perfection in this imperfect world. Wasn't she the lucky one? She got to walk behind the God of Perfection and watch every maddening perfect thing he did. Looking down at herself, Kagome saw nothing that was perfect. Her shoes were caked with mud. Her once white socks were dripping with green slime covered mud. Even her legs had clumps of mud sticking to them. Her hair was plastered to her neck and face. Even her poor abused school uniform was dripping with mud. She really could deal with all the mud, she really could. She could even deal with the sway of perfect Sesshomaru's perfect hair as he walked as if he were not affected by the weather. Oh yes she could deal with all that.

Taking a deep calm breathe, Kagome ran her and down the front of her top dislodging an excessively thick piece of mud from the hem. Brushing her hand over her top a second time Kagome scrunched up her face as she skimmed her had on the bare flesh of her belly. Looking down, Kagome found a massive tear in her shirt. Groaning and lifting her head from her examination of her shirt, the first thing Kagome saw was Mr. Perfection. He was still there in all of his perfect glory. That was the final straw, the final insult to her poor bruised ego. In that instant Kagome lost all rational thought. All the tiny mechanisms in her brain that said she should definitely not do anything hasty were turned off.

Thunk. Sesshomaru blinked at the impact. Then he internally winced at the sliding mud in his hair. Before he could turn around to confront his attacker, another resounding thunk was heard and felt. By this time the entire group had turned wide and unbelieving eyes on Kagome. The little wildcat stood directly behind Sesshomaru with a handful of mud gripped lightly in her hand. Jaken fell over at the audacity of the girl. Inuyasha stood rooted to the spot. Sesshomaru turned to face the girl and got a face full of mud for his trouble.

"Damn perfect…. stupid no mud clothes…perfect youkai…" She was babbling jumping from sentence to sentence and confusing everyone. Sesshomaru had yet to move, had yet to wipe the mud from his face.

Another ball of mud splattered against Sesshomaru's no longer pristine chest.

"Stupid youkai and their stupid perfection. Stupid, stupid…" She was still babbling. Thinking he would get the girl out of the blast range, Inuyasha tried to move around Sesshomaru. The taiyoukai beat him to the girl and wrapped his clawed hand around the slim mortal neck of the girl.

"Why… how can you be so perfect in all of this?" The girl was glassy eyed with anger. Sesshomaru shook her until she looked at him with fear.

"Oh goodness. That was so not a good idea. He He, just kidding?" A slender silver brow was raised.

"Ummm sorry?" The grip tightened.

"Ummm, I'll fix this?" The grip tightened and the brow raised.

"I'll….I'll wash the mud from your clothes." Smiling at the taiyoukai she tried to remove his hand.

"And?" The first time the youkai spoke and it was one word full of threats.

"And?" Confusion was etched on Kagome's face. Sliding golden eyes to his once silvery hair, Sesshomaru drew the miko's eyes to his mud caked hair.

"Your hair?" She was definitely not liking where this was leading her.

"Excellent miko, you will wash my clothing and hair." Smirking Sesshomaru dropped the girl into a thick mud puddle.

"No way in hell, Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha had finally found his voice.

"The other option is for me to kill the girl Inuyasha. I will leave the choice in your hands. The girl can clean my clothing and hair or she may die. I am sure you will make the correct choice."

"Fine, but I'm coming with you." Crossing his hands over his chest, Inuyasha tried to make himself look larger. However, finding a way around Sesshomaru was impossible.

"You wish to see the miko bathing?"

"Hell no!" Kagome's face flushed bright red with anger. He could at least show a little interest!

"Then it is I, Sesshomaru, you wish to see unclothed?" Inuyasha's jaw dropped open before he could form a reply.

"Hell no! You sick bastard."

"Then why do you wish to come to my bath? If not to see me or the miko unclothed?" A smirk was lifting the corners of the inu's mouth.

"I don't want you trying anything!" The hanyou's cheeks flushed bright red.

"Why would I do anything to a human woman?" The question was followed by a slender silver brow raising.

"Kagome isn't going to wash your damn hair. Wash it yourself pretty boy."

"Then I will kill the girl." Long slender deadly claws began to drip wisteria smelling acid and moving towards the very mortal neck of the miko.

"NO! I'll do it. Alone I don't want to die, Inuyasha. Don't make me say it."

"Damn it Kagome. Don't you ever think of the consequences before you do something?" Inuyasha was baffled by the woman's willingness to cooperate with the lord of ice.

"Yeah Inuyasha you're one to talk about thinking. Can we just stop for the night?"

Inuyasha hung his head and nodded mutely. The group walked another mile before coming to an area that was acceptable to everyone. Kagome began preparation for the evening meal when a cool voice drew her attention.

"Miko, your other duties will wait. Come tend me." Mewing slightly in her throat, Kagome stood and gathered her bag.

"Kagome if you need anything just call." Sango smiled reassuringly at the younger girl.

"I will Sango." Turning the young miko walked after the tall form of the western lord. Kagome walked as quietly as she could behind Sesshomaru. She really wanted to get this done quickly and return to the safety of her group.

She drew a deep breath when Sesshomaru brought them to a stop before a mist covered hot spring. The spring was surrounded by a small outcropping of rocks on one side and the forest on the other three sides. This place was heaven! Sango would enjoy this spot. Turning smiling eyes towards Sesshomaru, Kagome eeped and covered her eyes.

"What are you doing?" She couldn't believe it one minute he was completely clothed and the next he was standing before her completely naked!

"One must take off one's clothes to bath miko. Unless you were planning on washing my clothes while I wore them, they had to come off." Kagome wasn't sure how they were going to accomplish their goal but she never thought she would see Sesshomaru in all of his glory.

"Okay. So, how do you want to do this?" Sesshomaru raised his brows as the girl still stood hiding behind her hands. Slipping into the warm water and letting it lap at his chest in a languid manner, Sesshomaru purposefully splashed water her legs.

"You can begin by undressing and tending to this Sesshomaru." Kagome forgot her need to hide her eyes and slammed her hands to her hips.

"All right listen up. I will fix this because I messed it up, but you really need to let up on the attitude. I'm going to change." Sesshomaru stared after the girl as she wondered off behind the rock outcropping to change. He could only imagine what she was going to change into. What did a human female need to change into when they were going to bathe?

Oh boy! Kagome couldn't believe it. She had just seen the most beautiful male in any time frame as naked as the day he was born. He was incredible. Wide shoulders well muscled arms, flat stomach with defined abs and lean hips that just begged your eyes to follow their line downward. She blushed at the memory of just where that line of lean hips had lead her. Gah! He was perfect even in his most secret areas. The maroon stripes on his hips only made her want to trace them. Whoa! A sudden image of the two of them wrapped together, sweat slicked skin grazing against each other, and her legs wrapped around those sexy maroon stripes on his hips. She was definitely going to need to see a doctor when she got home. She had to be sick to be thinking about Sesshomaru like this! Shaking her head and going over a few rules in her head, Kagome left her safe haven and walked towards the spring with her eyes downcast.

As the girl came back around the rocks, Sesshomaru raised his brows at her choice of clothes. The small slip of clinging fabric did nothing to hide her form from his eyes. This was most defiantly the most interesting outfit the girl had ever worn. It hugged every curve and lifted her breasts to a high position causing them to bounce enticingly before his very eyes. He definitely could get used to this attire, to bad she was nothing but a human.

Kagome stopped at the waters' edge and twisted her hands together. "Ok so umm where should I start?"

Sesshomaru could smell her anxiety rolling off of her in waves. "You may begin by washing the mud from this Sesshomaru's hair."

Nodding Kagome picked up a strange bright colored bottle and entered the water slowly. As she approached the standing youkai, she realized they were going to have a small problem. "Could you bend down? You're too tall." Sesshomaru merely waded to an outcropping of rock and motioned for the girl to follow him.

"You will sit here ningen. I will wet my hair and then you will clean it." Sesshomaru watched as the mortal girl sat as he had told her and then he dipped silently into water. Kagome gasped as Sesshomaru broke the surface of the water. He looked like a model from some trashy magazine, the male version of the playboy bunny centerfold. He was enough to make her mouth go dry and then water. His bangs were flattened against his pale face, small droplets of water in it glistening as the last rays of the setting sun caught in the impromptu prisms. She turned to mush as she watched him walk confidently to her. She would blame that mushy feeling for anything and everything that happened that night for many years to come. She quivered when a warm, pale, clawed hand rested against her upper thigh. Looking down at his hand with wide caramel eyes, Kagome mutely allowed the deceptively fragile looking hand to slowly push her thighs apart. A distressed noise left the miko's throat as the Killing Perfection settled his body between her thighs. She defiantly got a power rush and ego boost from cradling the deadliest being in all of Japan between her thighs. Holding such a creature in this way made her feel powerful; she was going to enjoy the feeling while it lasted. It wasn't everyday she got to feel this powerful.

Sesshomaru looked over one pale shoulder at the miko with a raised brow. "Miko are you able to wash this Sesshomaru's hair or not?" Kagome forced her eyes to his before nodding her head slowly. This was definitely the most erotic position she had ever been in and it was with the polar wasteland known as Sesshomaru. This was just typical of her life. Sighing deeply to herself, Kagome poured a generous amount of shampoo into her hand and began to work the shampoo into the softest hair she had ever felt. Kami help her it was as smooth as silk and as a light as spun moonlight. Running her fingers from the roots to the tips, Kagome did not encounter a single tangle. How long did he spend brushing his hair to make it this soft?

Sesshomaru smirked to himself. The girl was distracted by his physical appearance. Perfect. Inuyasha's bitch was not very loyal to the hanyou. She was sitting here with him, lusting over him. Her scent did not lie to him; she was definitely aroused by him.

"How long do you intend on rubbing this Sesshomaru's hair, female?"Kagome was startled out of her silent musings by the deeply seductive voice of an overconfident male. All of her daydreaming was cut short and she once again remembered who he was.

"I was just making sure it was perfect. I wouldn't want to have to do it again because it wasn't up to your high standards, Sesshomaru. If it is to your liking you can rinse it off now." Kagome gasped as Sesshomaru purposefully ran his claws along the inside of her thigh as he slipped out of the hollow created by her legs. How dare he assume that just because she was here he could touch her any way he wanted to!

When Sesshomaru emerged from the water, he found one very pissed of miko standing before him with her hands on her hips. Raising his trademark slender silver brow, Sesshomaru pushed his soaking silver bangs out of his face.

"How dare you touch me in such an inappropriate manner! You have no right to touch me, Sesshomaru." The female was glowing with self righteous anger.

"No right? Did you not give me permission to touch you female when you became aroused by this Sesshomaru?" There it was again that overly confident voice.

"Aroused? I don't know what you are talking about Sesshomaru. I am not aroused by you. If you touch me again I will scream for Inuyasha." In the blink of an eye, Kagome found her back against the rocks and her legs wrapped around Sesshomaru's waist.

"When this Sesshomaru touches you again female you will be screaming but it will not be the name of the half breed you scream." Kagome quivered as a cool nose brushed against the pulse below her delicate ear. Warm air cascaded against the sensitive skin of her neck and caused goose bumps to rise on her skin.

"You will scream this Sesshomaru's name more than once." A warm moist tongue ran the length of her jaw. "You will beg this Sesshomaru to end your sweet misery and you will beg this Sesshomaru to touch you." A warm hand slipped beneath her suit and rubbed one long deadly claw inside the folds of her moist cavern, eliciting a low gasp from the petite woman.

"Yes female you will scream but it will be this Sesshomaru you scream for. You will learn to forget the half breed in time. You will learn to yearn for only this Sesshomaru's touch in time." Kagome released a breathless sigh and melted further into the inu's arms. She would have gifted him with anything in that moment. He could have asked for anything up until he startled her and brought her back to reality.

Kagome's eyes widened and fear laced her scent when she felt Sesshomaru's engorged member pressing against the vee in her legs. Scrambling to get away from the aroused lord, Kagome began mumbling to herself.

"I should get your clothes clean and head back to camp." Quickly reaching the other side of the bank, Kagome made short work of washing the mud from his white clothes as he watched with a cool golden gaze. After hanging his clothes from a tree branch to dry, Kagome hurried into her own clothes. She left the spring without a backward glance to the youkai exiting the spring.

Sesshomaru smirked as the innocent little miko ran from him. Yes, his plan would be carried out just as he wanted. The little miko did not even realize she had caught the attention of a deadly predator. She would not know until it was too late. She would walk into his trap like a timid little deer. She would then spend eternity screaming his name and only his name.

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Kagome entered camp to find a bowl of warm ramen waiting for her. Smiling at Sango in silent thanks, Kagome took the bowl and ate in silence. Kagome spent the rest of her night quietly playing with Shippou and Rin and then studying after the children fell asleep.

When Sesshomaru reentered the small clearing Inuyasha noticed Kagome's unease. Great the asshole had scared her. Inuyasha watched from his branch as Sesshomaru watched Kagome from hooded eyes.

She could feel him staring at her. It was almost as if his hands were running along her body. She couldn't concentrate on anything! She had just redone the same math problem four times. Slamming her book shut and throwing it in the general direction of her bag, Kagome stomped to her sleeping bag. She growled a goodnight to her comrades and slipped inside the damp material. She was not going to have a very restful night. As soon as her eyes slipped closed she saw images of long silver hair, cold golden eyes, and a deep self assured voice.

Authors note

Okay there is chapter two. It's the longest chapter I have ever written. This one couldn't end until bedtime and a lot happened before bedtime! Okay I don't normally do this but my first chapter had nearly 300 hits and only 9 reviews. I am a human and we humans love to have our egos stroked or we like to know if what we did was bad. So, please review! Give this poor author a break!

Eternally yours,

Lady Morganna