^* A/N: Chapter 3. Yeah.
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Warnings: OOC characters and slight fluff.
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Chapter 3:
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His hands trailed down her arms as their tongues fought for dominance. He released her mouth and proceeded to kiss and bite at her neck causing a moan to escape. He quickly lifted her onto the ornate desk wrapping her legs around his torso as he leaned her down on the paper laden table top, soothing his hands down her thighs.
She looked into his honey colored eyes for a second, just enjoying everything that was him.
"You're beautiful when you're flustered, miko." She smiled, bringing his face back down so she could claim his lips.
"I love you too, Sesshomaru."
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Kagome shot awake, breathing heavily and sweating slightly. She looked around the clearing where she made camp. No one was there. She rubbed her face clear of the thin line of perspiration. She was slightly shaken up by the first dream ever sense she was 'reborn'.
'Well I can't stay here much longer anyway.' She shivered as she walked away, thinking about that, that dream. 'What would possess me to dream that? I mean sure, Sesshomaru's slightly attractive, but 'I love you'? What was that about?' She shook her head and decided that it would be best if she didn't dwell on it much. 'It was just a dream. That's all, a dream.'
(-: ^^
"Inutaisho that was pure evil." One of the celestial beings walked over to the large glass window on the wall that projected an image of Kagome. Inutaisho looked over to his longtime friend with a small smile.
"Well, Hakato, they are taking too long. I'm just trying to find my son someone who will love him and maybe even knock him down a few pegs. Do you blame me?"
The red hair god shook his head. "No, I suppose not, but you don't have to be such a pervert about it." Inutaisho shrugged and they both turned their attention back to the window.
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Kagome had been traveling now for a good while; the sun was already up in fact. It was about time that she sensed a jewel shard. She concentrated harder.
'No, there are two, and they're heading my way. That aura… Oh no.' Kagome rubbed her head; she didn't want to deal with him right now.
"Kagome!" The wolf prince came to a halt, skidding slightly. The old Kagome would've smiled at how flustered he looked as he took in her appearance. He gulped. "Umm, you've… changed. Where's that mangy mutt?" Kagome glared at him.
"I no longer have anything to do with that hanyou." Kouga smiled openly.
"So, are you ready to be my woman?" Kagome could only sigh at the poor demon's love sickness.
"Kouga, you have someone who is more than willing to be your woman. Why don't you go for her?" Kouga placed his hands on her shoulders.
"Because it's not her that I want, I want you." He said looking into her eyes.
"Kouga I didn't want to have to say this, but… I do not love you, nor will I ever love you. I don't want to be your woman; I just want to be your friend, ally more so, if you will. You have Ayame; she loves you, and probably always will. She is a strong demoness, go for her." Kagome could tell that Kouga was pretty hurt, but she gave him credit for not showing it.
"Okay, I understand... I will always be there if you need me though." Kagome offered him a hesitant pat on the back.
"And one more thing Kouga, I will eventually need your jewel shards. I hope when the time comes that you will hand them over willingly." Kouga's face got solemn, but he nodded once before swiftly jogging away.
"I'm glad that went well for you." Naraku's unmistakable voice came from the trees. Kagome sighed and took a seat on a tree trunk.
"What do you want Naraku?" Kagome said tiredly. Surprisingly Naraku just took a seat next to her, causing Kagome to cast him a skeptical look.
"Can't someone just want to talk?"
"Not when that someone is you." Naraku chuckled.
"That is true I suppose."
"You know, I wonder why I haven't killed you yet… I mean you did throw me off a cliff. That requires a little revenge." Kagome closed her eyes as Naraku brushed a strand of hair away from his face.
He leaned in until he was whispering in her ear. "Like I said before, the darkness calls to you. And you, my dear, are curious as to what the dark is like." He reached out and trailed his hand down her exposed thigh. She cracked an eye open.
"What did I say about touching?" Naraku chuckled some more, pulling his hand away.
"Sorry, I can't resist something so beautiful." Kagome huffed, closing her eyes again and enjoying the feel of the warm sun beating down on her face.
"Hentai…" She mumbled as she adjusted herself in more comfortable position.
"Why, what's wrong with showing attraction and affection?" Kagome shrugged.
"When someone doesn't want your affection then you shouldn't press it on them. That makes you a pervert." Naraku smirked at the girl.
"No darling. If I grabbed a part of your body that you don't want me to, then I would be a pervert. But I haven't grabbed any part of you, have I?"
"Which brings me back to my original point, don't touch me." Naraku sighed, standing up.
"Well, I must go anyway. I shall see you soon, my dear." Then his presence vanished and Kagome let out a collective breath.
'Finally, some alone time.' Then she felt a jewel shard prick at the edge of her senses.
"Interesting…" She searched the shard, but this time it was heading straight for her, and it didn't seem to be in any kind of hurry. So she just closed her eyes and waited, once again, for the being to show themselves. Kagome felt a familiar aura flood her senses.
"Lord Sesshomaru, I see you come bearing gifts." She opened her eyes just in time to catch the jewel shard that he threw at her. She examined before looking up at him. "So, where did you get this one?"
"A demon was attacking a village on my lands." Kagome nodded. Sesshomaru furrowed his eyebrows and Kagome could've sworn that she saw his nose move the tiniest amount.
"Why is Naraku's stench on you?" Kagome frowned, standing up to face the taiyoukai.
"Why do you care?"
"How many times must I explain? We are allies, the hanyou is my enemy. You don't converse with the enemy."
"Well what I do is my business. I'm not making any deals with him, he isn't attacking me."
"If you wish to whore yourself out to every male that comes through here, then that is not my business, I suppose." Kagome's face was blank.
"Why would you ever think that I have ever had relations of any sort with Naraku? The most he ever does is annoy me."
"You're scent suggests otherwise." And he was gone.
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Inutashio literally smacked his head on the table by the window. There where snickers heard amongst the beings.
"How did I raise my son to be so stupid?" He whined slightly. Midoriko patted his shoulder.
"It's okay, I hope." She said as she watched Kagome stare at the spot where Sesshomaru was from her place against the tree. Kagome didn't look particularly angry, and that was good, she supposed. Midoriko shook her head as Inutaisho mumbled on about how stupid his son is.
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Kagome sighed as she thrummed her fingers on her crossed arm. She was so confused and she had to admit, slightly hurt.
Her eyebrows furrowed and her fingers halted in their ministrations. Hurt? Why would she care what Sesshomaru thought? When did her feelings even start to come back?
'This is unacceptable. He's just an ally; let him think what he wants.' Kagome used her foot to push off the tree and headed out of the forest, clearing her mind and she felt her emotion fade away with most of her thoughts of Sesshomaru.
(-: ^^
Kagome walked into village, searching for the jewel shard that beckoned her there. She could hear screams, women screams. Almost all of the town was on fire or destroyed. 'Bandits.'
She followed the destruction to where the group of men had gathered, all of them laughing and drinking Sake. Who she guessed was the leader stopped drinking and raised an eyebrow over his bowl. Kagome continued to the frightened group of captured women.
"What's this? A girl so willingly coming right to us?" Kagome's icy stare went from the cowering women to the disgusting bandits.
She couldn't help but remember when Inuyasha had gotten trapped in the moth bandits cocoon when she first met him. "Why is it always the same with bandits? They come ransack some poor town, take the riches, and the women. There are no surprises." She said in a low voice, trying to push out the memory of the disgusting hanyou, she wouldn't have it
"Take her." One of the men made a grab for Kagome, but quickly found himself missing a hand. The man fell to the ground screaming and she continued.
"You've caught me on a bad day, it would be best for everyone if you just took your spoils and left. Now." The leader huffed and stood, picking up his weapon as he walked towards Kagome. He smiled as he circled her.
"You're not human." He said simply, slowly getting closer to her. "At least… Not fully human." Kagome followed him with her eyes, watching the dark violet flairs of energy reveal themselves around his figure.
"And neither are you…" The demon stopped in front of her.
"You have jewel shards, if you leave them I might spare your life." Kagome huffed at the minor demons 'demand', within a second she was behind him, her sword pressed to his neck.
"What makes you think that you're the one making the terms here?" She said into his ear. She let her energy seep into her sword, surrounding it with its usual fire. The demon disintegrated, leaving a pile of ash that Kagome stepped over, twirling her sword. She turned to the group of shocked bandits.
"What did I say?" She paused, staring at them as they didn't move an inch. "You have 3… 2…" She spoke as she counted the seconds on her fingers. The bandits scrambled to run away from her, it was quite comical to her really. With a slightly lightened aura she headed back to where the women were huddled.
"It's safe, and I don't think they will be coming back anytime soon." They slowly got up, thanked her, and pulled themselves together. The woman all went to find their husbands, if they were alive.
Kagome watched with fascination as the couples where 'reunited'. 'What a foolish emotion love is. It only ever ends in death and/or hatred.' Kagome thought as her eyes trained on a little girl who approached her sitting place.
"Umm, Lady Kagome? Will you stay here with us? To make sure they won't come back." Kagome nodded.
"I'll stay the night, if that's what you want." The little girl let out a toothless smile and an image flashed through Kagome's mind. "You know, you remind me a lot of another little girl I know." The girl's eyes got wide.
"Really? That's cool." Kagome's mouth twitched slightly as she laid her hand on the girls head.
"You need to go find your parents."
"Oh, okay!" Then the little girl ran off, leaving Kagome to her thoughts once more.
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"Lady Kagome! There is a demon at the edge of town." The little girl barely finished before Kagome was walking past her out of the hut. The miko already knew who it was, and she wasn't too pleased about it.
"Stay back, he's not the most friendly." Kagome went up to entrance of the village, to where he standing. There were murmurs as she past people, most of them wishing her luck. Kagome crossed her arms when she was in front of him.
"Sesshomaru, why are you here?"
"It was brought to my attention that I was false in some of my statements earlier." Sesshomaru said with his face ever straight. Kagome shifted the weight on her feet.
"You don't say?" The sarcasm came out without her consent, but she didn't mind, it seemed appropriate. His eyes narrowed at her.
"This Sesshomaru is one to admit when he is wrong, mainly because he is hardly ever incorrect. If you don't believe him, than that is your own matter. We are allies, and allies don't upset other allies. It would lower their fighting ability if their mind was plagued with such thoughts." Kagome nodded.
"Yes, you did leave me confused for a while. How about this, I'll forgive you if you give me your reasoning behind your assumptions." Her fingers tapped a tune on her arm once more.
Sesshomaru glared at her. He was never one to repeat himself. 'Remember what father said, her alliance is valuable to us.' "As I told you before, it was your scent. It was of a female in heat…" Kagome's cheeks tinged a light red color as she put the clues together.
"Oh. That makes a little more sense, but why did you even act the way you did?"
"Honestly?" Kagome nodded and Sesshomaru denied himself the answer his beast threw at him for his own. "We are allies."
Kagome was incredulous as Sesshomaru walked out of the village. "That's not an acceptable answer Sesshomaru. You best tell me." She called out, jogging after him.
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"There you go Sesshomaru…" Inutashio said with a large smile. Hakato came up next to him.
"Yea, but you had to tell him that he was wrong. It doesn't really count."
"It counts enough for me." Hakato walked away from the great taiyoukai.
"How he was The Great Dog General of the West I will never know."
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