Bunny here, and look, it's Tuesday! I told you I would update on Tuesday!

...Did I say every Tuesday? I probably said probably every Tuesday...probably.

Probably.

Anyways, this is where things start to get bizarre, so buckle up your seat belts because this is going to be one hell of a ride!
I'm tired, so standard disclaimers apply without me having to actually apply them through writing them out. There, I cheated.

Enjoy, if you can
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Behind Enemy Lines

A Bunny creation

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This isn't real, this isn't real, this isn't real…

But no matter how many times Kagome chanted these words in her head she knew that they were very much untrue. Eyes screwed shut, she forced down the rising scream of panic building in her throat as she felt what she could later only describe as ropes binding around her very soul. She felt like a fish being reeled in out of water and she thrashed around wildly in a desperate attempt to just get them off—

Everything went still, the forest humming its silence in her ears. With a startled breath, Kagome opened her eyes and found herself staring straight into Sesshomaru's. She instantly froze, too terrified to do anything but stare back into his slightly widened eyes. She couldn't identify the emotion swirling in their dark depths and she dimly realized that he was clutching at his chest with one clawed hand, panting ever so slightly. As he slowly reached his other hand out towards her, she felt chills surge through her entire body and desperately wondered is he could see her.

"Kagome!"

The moment was lost as Miroku, of all people, came tumbling into the clearing, sweating profusely and panting heavily. Kagome distantly noticed that his face was startlingly pale. He must still be affected by the miasma in the demon's blood. She recalled Miroku sucking in the lower half of the demon body when Inuyasha had sliced it in half—if he hadn't, Shippo would have been squashed by the demon's legs, which were aimlessly running rampant. As she went through the events of the battle in her head, she gazed hopelessly at the forest behind Miroku, wondering in Inuyasha was not too far behind.

"Sesshomaru, what have you done to her…"

Kagome brought her attention back to Miroku, shocked at the threatening tone of his voice. She noticed with surprise that he had even dropped the respectful honorific as well. The clearing filled with a very dangerous silence and Kagome realized that Miroku was glaring at her…or through her, to be more exact. Turning around numbly, she found herself once again face to chest with Sesshomaru who, upon looking up, was also glaring right through her, the staring contest continued until Miroku took and impatient step forward.

"Move away from her or so help me—"

"You will do what? Sesshomaru interrupted in a tone dangerously low. For the life of her, Kagome couldn't understand why he was so completely tense. It almost looks like…like he's fighting something…

Unbeknownst to both her and Miroku, Sesshomaru was desperately fighting to gain control over his wildly thrashing youki. He had no idea as to what was causing his youki to react so violently but, glancing slightly towards the unmoving body against the tree behind him, he knew it had something to do with the girl. Returning his icy glare back to the monk he exhaled quietly.
"I have done nothing to her." And with that being said, he vanished from the clearing all together.

Kagome was being dragged along with him.

Her futile screams at Miroku to help her went unheard as she desperately tried to fight the force that was painfully pulling her away from her body. The last thing she saw was Miroku rushing over to her crumpled form and Inuyasha bursting into the clearing.

As soon as Inuyasha made it into the clearing he almost lost it. Part of him was screaming danger as Sesshomaru's scent hung heavily in the air, and part of him was screaming kill him when he realized that his brother's scent also drenched Kagome's skin. And then all of him screamed Kagome. When Miroku glanced at him with wide eyes, Inuyasha realized that he had probably screamed her name out loud. "What happened to her?" he snapped gruffly as he knelt down on the other side of the unmoving form.

"I don't know; I ran out of the woods and spotted Sesshomaru standing in front of her, staring at…" Inuyasha glanced up when Miroku trailed off slowly. He took in the confusion flashing through Miroku's eyes, but he didn't need to ask him what it was. "I'm afraid I'm not quite sure what he was staring at," Miroku continued, "but he said he did nothing to Kagome."

"Bullshit," Inuyasha growled, returning his focus to Kagome, "His scent's all over her!"

Mirkou looked down upon Kagome's serene face and concentrated his senses. "That may be true, however…" Scrunching up his brow, he tried to pinpoint what his senses were picking up.

"What? What the hell is it?" Inuyasha yelled impatiently.

It was at that moment that Miroku was able to understand what he was sensing. With a look of uncontrollable dread creeping onto his face, Miroku looked up at Inuyasha.

"I can't sense her spirit."

When Kagome finally felt her soul stop being pulled she collapsed. Well, she crumpled into a floating heap. She gasped for air, trying to catch her breath before realizing she didn't have to. Looking around the dense forest wildly she spotted Sesshomaru not too far from her. And he was looking right at her.

Or at least, she first thought he was. She froze for a second before noticing the slightly glazed look in his eyes. It looked like he was trying to see something. Kagome felt a small surge through her fingers and all the way down to her toes. She stood up slowly and glided closer to him. Staring up into his eyes, she hesitantly asked, "Can you…feel me?" She held her breath when she saw his eyes widen a fraction—and then suddenly he glared at her. Not at her, through her. Again. Kagome put her face in her hands and sobbed.

"Really, Sesshomaru, get a hold of yourself. It is undignified for a taiyoukai of your standards to be imagining things."

Kagome froze instantly, her face still in her hands. Is he…is he talking to himself?

"Father, if you could see me now, I am sure you would be disgraced. A taiyoukai who is paranoid that the very air he breathes may be following him. Oh how the mighty have fallen."

Kagome's head snapped up in an instant. He's…he's mocking himself. He's mocking himself? She watched him sigh heavily and as she processed everything from this moment she began sobbing once more. Loudly.

"I'm dead! I'm dead! I can't believe I died and didn't even realize it…I don't want to rot in hell with this weird alternate version of Sesshomaru! Why?"

She continued to sob until she heard someone take a sharp and quick breath. Through her non-existent tears she realized that Sesshomaru was tense and staring through her with this wide eyed comical look of disbelief. Oh, wait…

He was actually staring at her this time.

…Ohmigod-ohmigod-ohmigod-ohmigod-ohmigod

But what she really said, was, "…Oh, hi."

Shoot, you guys have no idea what's going on yet!

...Ciao :)

P.s, don't bother pointing out grammar/spelling errors, as I see that they exist, but am far too lazy to change them. Thanks.