Chapter 5

+ One Week earlier+

"You are not leaving." Sesshomaru said as he watched her pack, she was determined not to get everyone in trouble or killed by her ex-boyfriend, so Kagome decided that she had had enough of a break.

She hesitated in her answer, thinking about how they had left Sango and Kikyo the day before at the hospital as soon as Kagura had left. She hoped they would understand.

"I'm tired, I want to go... Ho-...To his house. It was wrong for me to live off you guys for so long. I'm going to finish the work at your company, like I said, but I'm leaving after that. I-I can't let- " Kagome stopped and gasped when he grabbed her hand and pulled her up to him, which made her blush ten shades darker and look to the floor. He was acting out of character, but at this point, he didn't care, he wondered how this woman could make him think that, but it was true.

He gazed into her eyes, which were now brimming with tears. She looked at him with sadness and fear, "Why?! You know I can-" He stopped when she tried to push him away and shook her head furiously.

"No one's going to get hurt anymore because of me!" She looked at him with fury, but the tears kept streaming down her face and she impatiently wiped them away. "I know what you were going to say! You were going to try to kill him right?!"

He nodded, confused but sure about that fact, and she yelled again before he could answer, "Well, you can't! Doing-"

"I will kill him if I wish to-"

"That's not it! No one's going to be killed because of me! NO ONE!! I don't care that all this is happening, no one can die because of me! I-I'm... not worth it..." She fell into his chest, her arm still his hand, and cried, her breathing becoming erratic and uneven as the sobs continued.

"Kagome...chan..." Sesshomaru said in a low voice, letting her limp hand fall to her side.

Sighing, he picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. She yelled, tears still in her eyes, "Sesshomaru! Put me down!"

Watching the floor move without her assistance, she was surprised when he deposited her on his bed. Suddenly, she remembered something.

"Sesshomaru, you... you called me by my name..."

He looked at her, smirking inwardly at the complete irrelevance of the subject and the fact that he hadn't even noticed it, "Kagome is your name, is it not? Or do you prefer another?"

"No.. It's just...Never mind..." She sniffled and noticed that her arm was healed. She would have to thank Sesshomaru later about using his money to get the best doctor in town.

He nodded, walking to his bathroom and handed her a couple of tissue while he got some ointment from the cupboard.

Applying the ointment to her bruises that she had acquired from the accident, he smirked as she looked at him with confusion and noticed that she was still mad at him for throwing her on the bed.

"This is going to feel cold and sting." He said, obviously warning her, but she reacted as if she hadn't heard him,

"Ouch! What is that? It hurts!"

Rolling his eyes at her, he finished applying the ointment to her arm. He put the medicine away and was about to speak when she exclaimed, "It's gone... the bruises, how did you do that? Thanks..."

He nodded again, and Kagome realized that he was still staring at her, his golden orbs reflecting his confused emotions, and she look at the floor once again, unsure of what to do.

Tears came again, as she thought of the fact that she would probably never see him again after the week had passed, and she leaned forward, sobs overtaking her. She didn't want this! She wanted it to stay as it was, without any drama, just her working quietly in front of Sesshomaru's office, and coming home to her friends. She felt a hand on her shoulder and took it into her own, turning towards his chest and crying into it.

Minutes passed by and Sesshomaru thought of nothing except how to make the stubborn girl realize that she needed to stay, for whose sake, he wasn't sure. He frowned at the confusion the foolish woman was making for him. He knew he could kill her former boyfriend, but that would upset her even more, not that he cared in the least amount, but he didn't want to make the situation worse.

He even thought that he might force her to stay, but he discarded that as too ridiculous. He had his reputation to hold, and forcing a woman to stay against her own wishes was ungentlemanly. (A/N: Yeah! He's getting closer!!)

When her cries quieted to dry sobs and her breathing became semi-even, he pulled her away from his chest and raised an eyebrow, "Now, there will be no mention of this subject until after my father leaves, you may make your final decision then... And I will stand by what ever you wish to do."

She smiled while wiping her tears, "I-I'm sorry, sure. I wish I-I wasn't such a crybaby, and I cried on your haori... I'm so-"

"We will discuss this conversation at a better time. Right now, we will go meet Sango-san and Inuyasha's wench downstairs, they have arrived." Sesshomaru watched Kagome as she wiped the last of her tears and cleared her throat. She got up and went to the bathroom saying she would 'freshin' up' while he went and greeted the company downstairs.

As he arrived downstairs, after ridding himself of his previous haori, Inuyasha looked at him perplexed, having smelled the salty tears from outside. He was about to open his big mouth and ask what was wrong, but Sesshomaru eyed him with a deathly glare and asked to speak with him.

"What, Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha asked impatiently and quite rudely.

"I will disregard your lack for respect for my title this time, since this is not the place or time. Since I can tell that your blatant disregard for one's feelings are evident to most everyone, I will ask you to not mention Kagome and her frame of mind at this time to anyone in this house, especially Kagome-san." He said to him as they walked along a hallway to the last door, Inuyasha's room.

He opened the door and walked inside into what to anyone would be the most chaotic and disorganized room in spite of the fact that it was inhabited by the messiest of them all.

Light shone through a partially covered window that was sporting a very embarrassing silk bra. A streak of pink and black flashed across the room and a dirty clothes basket top closed lightly, the undergarment disappearing with the swift movement. Across from the window sat a lofty crimson chair in which seemed to be the only unoccupied area to sit on, the floor covered with magazines and clothes and the bed covered with ruby red sheets that the Tai-Youkai knew wasn't sanitary enough to sit on.

Swiveling in the seat with as much dignity one could muster in a revolving chair, Sesshomaru turned towards the desk that the chair had previously been turned towards and frowned at the dismal state of the oak wood escritoire. He eyed the laptop that was sitting haphazardly on the top and could tell from the white ends of papers that stuck out of the drawers that they were just as disorganized as the rest of the room.

To the right sat a stereo on a small library bookcase filled with DVDs that were turned backwards, so that no could read the names. Comprehending, Sesshomaru nodded and looked further on, past the door on his right, to the second door. Light could be seen through the crack of the door, and with his perceptive eyes, so were more interesting pieces of clothing littering the floor of the closed room. It seemed tiled, unlike the carpeted floor of the occupied room, and so he assumed it was his half brother's bathroom.

Random assortments of books, bags of clothing, CDs, cases for what seemed to be filled with work papers, littered the rest of the right corner. Beside that came the bed again, where he found Inuyasha stationed at as he looked at the room with displeasure. A large closet filling the rest of the left side of the room. Ceiling lifted, the windows had a door-like presence in the room, making their shadows plays tricks in the light.

"Hm... Seems that you have," Sesshomaru paused and glanced around the roomed with an air of superiority and aloofness, "... 'redecorated' this place since the last time I visited," Inuyasha grunted at this comment, but Sesshomaru continued as if there was no interruption looking dead at the half breed, "There will be no mention of this to anyone else of the house. I have been using my contacts to find out more information on the miko's husband, he has caused enough strife in this house than I would like to have here, and a distressed woman who cannot take care of her own problems cannot be something I can just sit by and ignore in my own house."

"Well why the hell are you telling me this? And what's the real reason you're helping Kagome-san? You've never helped anyone be-"

"I already explained why I am helping her. She is a nuisance and I am tired of this. It is interrupting my work, so you will assist me in finding him and killing him-"

"Ha! So you need help!? So the Great Tai-Yoikaican't do it himself!" Inuyasha laughed at this, then laughed louder when he saw the glare from his half-brother.

Suddenly, the foolish Hanyou found himself pinned to the wall, his feet a foot off the bedspread and his brother's own feet gracefully on his sheets. He gasped for air and gazed into the blood-red eyes of the pissed off Tai-Yoikai, and began to regret his chosen words, for he did wish to help and was angry that his brother had not mentioned the notion of getting the human before.

"I will not be laughed at by a mangy Hanyou for trying to assist someone at a faster rate." He released Inuyasha and got off the bed, "I have other matters to attend to. You will help and you will not complain or mention this to the others, especially Kagome-san."

With that, Sesshomaru headed out the door, leaving an angry Inuyasha to ponder on the thought of what he was 'really' working on other than Kagome's work, though the half-breed quickly dismissed the thoughts, it wasn't like him to ponder on things he didn't care to know. Walking swiftly, he caught up to his brother and passed him, as they had reached the lounge room and had joined the others.

The talk immediately changed between the two, though the others noticed the stiffness and glares they were shooting at each other, well, that Inuyasha was shooting at the stoic Sesshomaru, but quickly dismissed any thoughts about it when Kagome entered the room, it was almost standard for the brothers to have rows between themselves.

The day passed by quickly after that, Sesshomaru receiving a mysterious box in the mail, and after seeing that it had come from a previous 'secretary' had briskly walked to his floor and had remained locked up there for the rest of the evening.

Kagome also rushed to her room, trying to finish up her days worth of work that she had not done for Sesshomaru. Leaving the others quickly with that excuse, after also noticing that Sango was about to ask about her tear-red eyes.

Shrugging it off, Sango and Miroku went downstairs and prepared the cooks for the next day meals, since they had had to cancel all reservations that day due to Miroku being too worried to work and Sango in the hospital till after 2 p.m. They were glad to be by themselves after everything settled, all the reservations had had to be reorganized, with some reservation times clashing with others reservation times, but all was done by 7.

Cheerfully, they watched Kikyo march out of the house, exclaiming, "I don't give a fuck why you need to help her, but she doesn't come before US!" And Inuyasha pleading after her with commentary and yelling from her in-between pauses, "Look, she's not better than you, just more important at this time-...I mean-...Yes! You're more important-...But I still have to help-...No, I can't just stop helping her-...Oh just get over her! Are you seriously jealous?!-... No I didn't mean that!-...Well then forget you!" And he stomps back upstairs, to the amused couple, who knew that though he had said that, he was going to call her by the end of the day and plead with her to come back, and she would, because she always fell for his act.

A floor above, they heard Kagome scream, and they rushed up there, only to find that she was just surprised that all the water had gone cold because Sesshomaru had used up all the water. Deciding to watch, the couple laughed when the Tai-Yoikai just shrugged and smiled, saying that she should pay for her own hot water. Steaming, Kagome stomped back to the shower and took a cold shower, swearing she would make him pay.

Done with the drama, the couple decided to watch another movie and quiet settled in the house.

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Kissing under the fading sunlight, hands moved under the covers of the couch, and both opened their eyes. Understanding each other in a moment's silence, they quickly walked to their room and the shut of the door was heard in the silent house.

The door belonged to none other than Miroku and Sango, and nothing was heard from them as they settled in for the night. Kagome came down at around 10, hoping to watch some TV by herself, only to find the couch occupied by a very relaxed and sleeping Tai-Yoikai.

She decided it better to sit beside him and watch the TV, deciding, stubbornly, that that was the place she had came down to sit and she didn't care if it awakened the annoying demon. He had already made her day when he decided to take all of the hot water, but his smirk afterwards made her want revenge.

Plunking herself down hard on the cozy rose-colored sofa, she ignored the sleeping companion completely, not noticing that he had indeed woken up and was glaring at her.

One eye squinting while the other closed, Sesshomaru glared at the woman beside him, who had so impolitely sat down beside him. The couch being too small for both of them and some respectable space, they ended up too close for his comfort, and her attitude was making the situation worse, for he really didn't care that she was sitting beside him. Thinking that perhaps the others were occupying the other couches and seats, he looked around and opened both eyes, noticing that she was sitting beside him for no reason.

To make matters worse, when she noticed he was awake, he thought perhaps that she thought that his feet were taking up too much space on the cramped couch, so she moved them for him, depositing them on the floor and moving hers up where his had previously been. All the while, he glared at her, but she seemed completely ignorant of his efforts, even sighing from comfort when she settled in.

"Kagome-san." He said through clenched teeth, his eyes closed for concentration so as not to call her what he really wanted to.

"Yes?" She asked innocently, as if she had just noticed he was there and had not invaded his space, moved his legs from there original spot, and woken him up.

He didn't say anything more, annoyed that if he just picked her up and deposited her on another couch, he would make her mood a bit more ridiculously angry. She then shrugged, smiling all the while, and went back to watching her show, as if he was just saying her name for no reason.

He closed his eyes and decided to give her one last chance, three strikes and she was out.(A/N: The first being him glaring at her.)

He repeated her name, "Kagome." And when she didn't answer him, he decided he'd had it. Smirking as an idea popped into his devious head, he got up and Kagome stretched even farther, thinking that her prey had given up and that she had gotten her revenge. She was far from right.

Smiling now, he stood in front of her, and she looked up at him, frowning at first from the lack of vision of the TV, then widening her eyes, she knew he didn't smile for nothing. Deciding that it was better to move, she quickly tried to get up and dodge the incoming hand from the pissed but smiling Sesshomaru.

Laughing despite himself, he quickly moved to compensate the dodge and picked the struggling girl up, who, he knew, was not going to give in without a fight. He grabbed her by the waist and hoisted her above his shoulder, her breath coming out in a rush. He chuckled as he headed towards the stairs, her breath coming back as she yelled for him to put her down.

"Sesshomaru! Stop it! I'm not some doll to pick up, put me dow-" She stopped when she realized that he was not heading towards the other couch as she thought, but instead the stairs, to their shared floor. "Sesshomaru, no. No! PUT ME DOWN! I am NOT going up those stairs with you carrying me! You going to drop me!-"

He stopped, still smiling, "Do you really think that I would drop you?"

"Well... ok No.. but you!-"

"Then shut-up." He said as he continued to walk towards the stairs. Thinking to make her pay even more, he decided that it was better to run up to his destination, maybe that would make her shut up.

And it did. Noticing the increase of speed, she was about to shout when he reached the first step and sprinted up the stairs, making her instincts set in and she tightened her grip on his waist and held on, her eyes tightly closed and her mouth firmly shut. Trying to think of nothing but holding on, she didn't even notice when he stopped.

He chuckled again, and was about to take her off of his shoulder when he noticed that she was still clinging on, as if him holding her didn't assure her safety. Unwrapping her arms from around his stomach he placed her on the bed that was now in front of her. Laughing at the confusion written on her face, he headed towards the bathroom, locking the door leading out to the hallway.

Kagome opened her eyes and realized she was in a large silver-and-lilac master bedroom, the walls painted silver with one wall, behind the bed, that was a light lilac. She glanced at the laughing demon in front of her and watched as he locked the door, and suddenly realized that this was his room. She was about to ask him about the puzzling action when he disappeared through another door, a large bathroom.

Mesmerized, she decided to look around the room, and noticed that she was sitting on an elegant mahogany bed, with tower-like posts along the edge. The coverlet was silk, stripped with a lighter silver and plum purple. Multiple cushions and pillows of similar colors adorned the bed, slightly covering the high headpiece of a simplistic and plain design.

Her hands grazed over the pattern of the silky fabric as her eyes wandered to the large, semi-circular rug covered in fur. The pattern was strange, so she got off the bed to look at it further and gasped, realizing that it was a picture of a waning moon, with huge, gash-like marks fading into the snow-white sphere. The edges looked worn and old, as if the gashes not only had worn out the bright jewel, but had time also. Mesmerized, Kagome reached out to touch the breathtaking picture, and gasped again, when she felt that the gashes were not real, and the fur flawlessly cool and soft.

Deciding to sit on it, her fingers weaved their way in and out of the warm fur distractedly as she glanced around the rest of the grand room. To the left, curving along the corner, lay a large couch, a velvety throw covering its expanses. The throw had another moon on it, this time full, with three lilac-colored stripes covering the edges of the daunting image. The couch itself was filled with light gold and silver stripes, ending in a blend of silver and gold on the bottom.

A pace beside it stood a door that seemed to lead to the closet, there was no other door beside the bathroom, so Kagome assumed that was it. Turning a corner, the bathroom door stood slightly ajar beside it, and she could hear the gentle swish of water coming out of the faucet, the light glancing off the polished, dark wooden floors.

Across from the bed stood a crackling hearth, giving the room warmth and a unique glow. The brick was black and matched the color of the two large speakers on either side of the fireplace. On top, hovering as if on thin air, stood a large flat screen TV, taking up the rest of the space above the black bricks. More to the right, stood a small hallway that held two pictures of crudely drawn people in front of a large two or three story house. The black door to the hallway in front of her room was at the end of this miniature hallway.

Outside and to the right wall of the hall were two large bookshelves filled with books of all shape and size. The books reached almost to the top of the tall ceiling, but they were quite taller than any regular ceiling, a small and dusty ladder standing quietly between them. A well-built and spacious desk sat beside them, with a large leather chair parked in its depths. Finally, after an exciting scout, Kagome saw the full room and continued to lay on the comfy floor.

"I see that you like my room." Said a quiet voice, having gotten out and seen Kagome's wide-eyed discovery of his room. He chuckled as she looked at him with contempt. It faded, "I haven't laughed like that in a while," he added absentmindedly as he too looked around and settled his eyes on her long legs.

She just stared and continued to be silent. Sighing, she got up and was about to leave when she was grabbed by Sesshomaru. "Let go!" She shouted at him as he calmly held and tightened his grip on her arm, his claws slightly digging into her skin.

"You annoy me, you pay." He said with a smirk. Still holding her arm, he moved towards the bed and sat.

"What?" She said after a couple of silent minutes, he seemed to be thinking about something and she knew it wouldn't be good.

"Since you decided to interrupt my nap and invade my space downstairs, I'm going to do the same thing." He looked at her with a mysterious glint and smirk.

"So? Oh no, the all-powerful Tai-Yoikai, Sesshomaru-sama, is going to break my poor defenseless heart by sitting in my spot on the couch, boo-hoo." Kagome threw up her empty hand up for emphasis and rolled her eyes.

He smirked even more, "No, that's way to simple. No, I'm going to mess with you're sleep too. By making you sleep with me."

Suddenly, silence overtook the room. Kagome looked at him loathingly, trying to discern if he was telling the truth. As it dawned over her, her frown faded, turning towards fright, and she tried, again in vain, to jerk away from his grasp, only to have him tighten again and smirk even more deviously.

"You're going to WHAT?!" She half-shouted in a panicked voice, her voice heading toward a higher pitch with each syllable.

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Okay, so this ends this part, and this is only part 1! I'm sooooo sorry for the delay, but I wanted these chapters perfect, both out at the same time, and reviewed. But my computer crashed and was out for weeks, the internet company actually having to come and fix out router and replace a faulty wire. [[My dad had tried to fix it and Really messed it up...]]

Hope you like this as much as I do, and please review and tell me any mistakes, since I don't have the other chapters on copy, and so I had to write from memory.

As a clearer-upper (I know that isn't a word) Kagome's arm becomes healed by extremely great doctors and the fact that it was only sprained slightly helped the healing process, or something like that... And if I haven't said it before, Sesshomaru has two arms... Its just really easier to write that... unless I said he only has one... well, review...

Hope you like the next chapter:

A dream week- Part 2