Sesshoumaru watched Kagome sleep in his bed. It was an hour before sunrise and she had finally said the 4 words he wanted to hear.
She felt her resolve completely diminish. She was gripping the sheet in front of her and she had long felt her knees grow tired and sore. A light sheen of sweat covered her entire body, which also caused strands of hair stick to her face.
"You," she breathed out. "I belong to you," she complied between breathy moans.
Oddly enough, Sesshoumaru was more annoyed then pleased. He had thought she would give in hours before. She was more stubborn than he originally gave her credit for. Or perhaps she was simply stupid. He had fucked her ruthlessly making her scream and cry for hours. He fucked her until her voice was hoarse and he was pretty certain that her lungs had to be burning. He had pulled her hair, roughly pierced his claws into her skin, and repeatedly bit the flesh by her clavicle to keep her awake and alert.
He acknowledged her appearance once more – arrogance apparent on his face – before leaving the bed to take a shower.
As Sesshoumaru rinsed the evidence of recent sex and Kagome's sweat from his body he thought of the number of times she had refused to comply with his wishes.
Kagome threw daggers at Sesshoumaru with her best death glare as he continuously thrust into her from atop. Her skin was flushed and clammy – and her breathing was ragged and shallow.
Sesshoumaru met her glare with a questioning brow. He then smirked arrogantly at her and her stubbornness. He pulled out all the way until the tip and slammed himself to the hilt deep inside her which caused something between a scream and gasp to come from her throat.
"Accept it little miko," Sesshoumaru said callously. "This," he pulled out to the tip again. "Is what you are now good for." He thrust into her and tears sprang into Kagome's eyes. She turned her head to the side and closed her eyes ignoring him. He pulled her to face him by her hair and notice the fire still burning in her eyes. "And. I. Fucking. Own. You." He said with each word her pounded into her harder than before.
Sesshoumaru was pulled from his reminiscing when he heard something for his bedroom. He smirked and then left the shower and wrapped a towel around himself.
"Leaving without saying goodbye," he said as he walked out of the bathroom.
Kagome unsteadily stood with a hand on the bed wrapped in a bed sheet. He walked over, in front of her. "Go back to bed, you're still tired."
"As if you care," she said hoarsely avoiding his eye contact. She attempted to push past him, but her legs were not having it. She started to fall but Sesshoumaru caught her by her arm and roughly pulled her up and put her on the bed.
Kagome jerked her arm out of Sesshoumaru's grasp and reluctantly lay back down. Not because he said to though… but because she was too tired to put up a fight. She drifted off, her last conscious thought being the memory of red seeping into the whites of Sesshoumaru's eyes hours before. She wondered if she had even really seen it, since it disappeared as quickly as it had appeared.
Sesshoumaru left Kagome to sleep. He went to the office and looked over a new business proposal. It was about a possible merger with Naraku Onigumo. He looked it over and then discarded it deciding it didn't benefit him in any way.
Sesshoumaru caught a whiff of something utterly disgusting and vile. He picked up his phone and buzzed his secretary.
"Have my lawyers ready and on call," he said into the phone before hanging up. He then sat at his desk and waited for the disgrace to arrive.
Sesshoumaru's office door flew open and hit the wall, breaking it from the top hinge.
"What a surprise," he said bored.
"You sick, disgusting bastard!"
"It's nice to see you as well Inuyasha," Sesshoumaru said passively while leaning into his hand.
Sesshoumaru looked at him and remembered his window.
Inuyasha started to storm over towards Sesshoumaru. "Heard from Miroku what you was doin' with Kagome. And I'll kill you."
"How endearing. You flew all the way from England for an empty threat on behalf of a girl who isn't your mate," he said incredulously.
"You're a sick, twisted, good for nothing bastard," Inuyasha said.
Sesshoumaru stood and looked down at a shorter Inuyasha. He then turned from Inuyasha and looked out his window. He noted the number of people walking the streets. He also noted where they were and estimated where they would be.
"Oi, I'm talking to you," Inuyasha yelled.
Sesshoumaru ignored him and went to desk to call his secretary again.
"Have a new window put in my office. And bill it to Inuyasha's account," he said into the phone and then hung up.
"I ain't buying you a new window you dumb -,"
Sesshoumaru effortlessly grabbed Inuyasha by the arm and threw him out of the window.
As he listened to Inuyasha scream like a bitch he mentally checked off 'throw Inuyasha out window'.
Bystanders were looking at a motionless Inuyasha lying face down on the concrete. Some were taking pictures, other were calling the police, all of them were in shock at what happened. There was a twitch in Inuyasha's ears and fingers.
He eventually got up and dusted himself off. He then looked up to Sesshoumaru's office and threw an angry fist up. "Who the hell do ya think you are? I swear I'll kill you for this and for Kagome you evil bastard!"
A brick with a note taped to it flew out of Sesshoumaru's window and onto Inuyasha's head, causing a very large bump.
"What the fucking hell?!"
Inuyasha tore off the piece of paper and read it.
"Little brother,
To answer your first question, I will kindly tell you who I think I am since you have obviously forgotten. I think I am Sesshoumaru – your superior, alpha, older brother, and bane of you existence for I will one day kill you.
Bane – cause of harm, ruin, or death.
And in regards to your declaration of you killing me… I reply with…
Ha!
Forever your superior,
S
Sesshoumaru looked down at his annoying half-brother with smug satisfaction. He watched Inuyasha rip up the note and dramatically stomp on it as a mother rushed her young child passed him.
He glanced up at the clock and decided to go and see if Kagome was still asleep.
Kagome groggily woke up. Still half asleep she turned her head and saw Sesshoumaru standing by the window. She looked at him, 'so regal; so proud,' she thought to herself. Perhaps it was her not completely conscious state but as she watched him and took in his ethereal appearance she thought that the angels in heaven had to be jealous. 'How perfect,' she thought.
He turned and looked straight into her eyes. She didn't blink nor flinch, instead she looked as if she was searching for something. He smiled lightly and for a small, insignificant, fleeting moment one thought came to her mind.
'Maybe,' she thought to herself.
"You're awake," Sesshoumaru asked.
Kagome blinked once and stared at Sesshoumaru – still not fully awake. She thought back to what happened and what brought her here. She continued to stare blankly. As far as Kagome was concerned she had to choose between two options. She could smile sweetly and play nice. Or she could scowl. Smile… or Scowl? Scowl… or smile? The words – the choices - were being repeated over and over in her head like a mantra until she eventually decided.
She scowled.
"I came home for break to see if you were well; instead I see an unpleasant scowl," Sesshoumaru stated. "So let me guess. You want an apology?"
Kagome remained lying down; unmoving. "No, apologies don't fix anything; they only make it easier for the guilty to sleep at night."
Kagome slowly sat up and held the blanket to her chest. She looked around for her clothes and saw them on the table by the door. Removing the blanket she got up and walked over to put her clothes on. Sesshoumaru watched her put her clothes on with her back to him.
"I want to be a good person," Kagome said.
Sesshoumaru waited for Kagome to continue but she didn't. "Aren't you?" he questioned in spite of his better judgment.
"No, I used to be. Now I'm not so sure," Kagome said with her back still facing him. "I used to have the common sense to know not to hurt someone when they hurt you. I used to believe in forgiveness."
"And now?"
"And now," Kagome said thoughtfully. "Now I'm not too sure." Kagome turned and sat down on the table. "You know what I realized Sesshoumaru."
Sesshoumaru crossed his arms and leaned on the wall. "What's that?"
"I don't think I hate you for threatening the well-being of my family. Or for the horrible sex,"
Kagome said looking at her swinging legs.
Sesshoumaru raised a brow. "I doubt you found it horrible."
Kagome shrugged. "I have nothing to compare it to, it could very well be horrible," she dismissed. "Anywho, I hate you for your time. Your infinite never ending time."
Sesshoumaru walked over to his bed and lay in the middle of it with his hands behind his head. "Sounds like jealousy to me."
"You have countless tomorrows to make up for your millions of yesterdays. You can afford to wait; you can afford to make mistakes because for you, there will always be a tomorrow. You probably have so much time that you can swim in it, bathe in it even. Hell, you could afford to let it slide like sand through your fingers. But for me, all I have is right now. And right now, I figured out how to pay you back."
"Is that so," Sesshoumaru questioned, staring at his ceiling.
"Yep," she hopped off his table. "You'll see; you'll fall from your pedestal soon enough."
"The strong never fall," he said confidently.
"It must really suck Sesshoumaru. I get it though. Your beast wants me – a weak human. And you detest me because of it. You don't want me but your inner demon does. How confusing that must be for you. Anywho, you think about that for a while. I'm going home. Goodbye Sesshoumaru."
Kagome left his bedroom and his house. She waved down a cab and stepped inside.
"Where you headed to miss," the middle aged cab driver asked.
"The train station please," Kagome answered. She then pulled out her phone and dialed a number.
"Hey," she said. "I'll explain later but I need you to do something for me... My bank information is in a shoe box under my bed… Can you take out all my savings, put it under your name and let me have it?... Thanks and mail it to your cousins house; that's where I'm headed. I'll call and explain everything when I get there. Don't tell anyone… Oh and uh, I think I'm pregnant."
