"YOUR woman?" asked Sesshomaru skeptically
"yeah, MY woman! you should know that by now! ...hey...aren't you dog breath's brother or something?"
"yes, and he's a teacher here as well, Koga, so you really shouldn't get on his bad side. I've tried being nice, I've tried to let you down easy, but you're just as stubborn as Inuyasha, and Hojo. I'm NOT your woman, I have NO INTEREST in being your woman, Ayame loves you, I don't, we can be friends, but nothing more."
"you truly are a filthy wolf..." Sesshomaru growled
"wh-"
"he has already mated with her."
"...and you have the nerve to call me your woman when you have a mate?! what is wrong with you, Koga?!"
"get away from her, flea bag"
'oh no...PLEASE don't be-' Kagome inwardly cringed, hoping and praying it wasn't a certain inuhanyou
"can it, mutt. I can talk to her if I want to!"
"oh yeah? so you're cheating on your own mate? not to mention you got three pups at home" scoffed Inuyasha, his clawed hands stuffed in his jean pockets, a bright red hoodie covering his ears, and black sandals
"Inu...yasha?!"
"...Ka-gome?" he took a step back, shock evident on his face, "but...but Naraku..."
"so I've heard. thanks for protecting your pack, by the way" she said bitterly, "I knew you'd pick Kikyo over me, but letting me get killed to keep her in your arms? that's unforgivable"
"you are supposed to be in hell with that clay pot, little brother"
"fuck off, Sesshomaru."
"he's better than you in every way" Kagome snapped, standing between the two dogs, pushing Inuyasha back, or at least trying to.
"I got out, it was boring as fuck there"
"you left hell? what did you pay to be let out?" Sesshomaru glared at the hanyou
"I don't wanna talk about it. just stay out of my business"
"no living man can simply leave hell, you must give something of great value to be allowed out"
"I said, STAY OUT OF MY BUSINESS!"
"...oh my god..." Kagome gasped. "his eyes...they're...purple...they should be golden..."
"shut up...I don't want your fucking pity"
"oh, Inuyasha...why did you-"
"I. don't. want. to talk. about it." he growled, pushing her away,
"ow! that hurt" Kagome snapped, he needed to watch his strength more. "hmm, I wonder if it still works. sit boy" THWAP!
"GRAAHH! FUCKING HELL, KAGOME! WOULD YOU STOP FUCKING WITH ME LIKE THAT?!"
"..." Kagome just stood there, tears threatening to well up in her eyes, "YOU'RE SUCH A JERK! SIT BOY!" THWAP! she yelled, running away to hide her tears
"HEY! COME BACK HERE! I NEED YOU!"
she stopped dead in her tracks, slowly looking at him, "...wh-what?"
"I can't get this fucking thing off myself, come back here and take the damn thing off" he growled, trying to take off the rosary.
'he...he REALLY honestly doesn't care.' it was then that Inuyasha realized just how deep in the shit hole he really was when he saw the look in her walked over to him, waited for him to get to his feet, then told him, "you let me die to save Kikyo. travelling with you for all those years all I ever wanted to was for you to love me, that's it. but no, I was just your FUCKING shard detector. you probably let Naraku kill me so Kikyo could have my soul, god...you disgust me, Inuyasha." then she slapped him across the face, hard. she then turned and ran away.
"OI! YOU GET-" Inuyasha was cut off by a claw-tipped hand grabbing his throat
"if I find even so much as a snag on her uniform. you. are. DEAD. brother or not. I WILL kill you to protect her." Sesshomaru snarled viciously, threw his brother to the ground and went after Kagome. leaving the hanyou coughing and gasping for air
"tch, even I'M not as stupid as you are, mutt!"
"oh yeah...like hitting on women even though you got three pups at home ain't as bad as me"
"I wasn't hitting on her, it was just all I could think of. I haven't seen her in FIVE HUNDRED years, YOU got to travel to her time, I never could! I had to wait."
"fuck off, flea bag"
"tch, mutt"
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"stupid Inuyasha. I hate him, I hate him, I HATE him!" Kagome sobbed, curled into a ball against a tree
"there you are. are you alright, Kagome?"
"I can see why you resent him."
"if I had known he would not only betray you, but cause your death, I would have killed him myself before that day. I too thought he had more loyalty than that"
"I feel so worthless!" she continued to sob
"you are NOT worthless. how many humans can change a demon lord's mind? how many humans can make the lord of the west wait 500 YEARS for the CHANCE to meet once more? you are ANYTHING, but worthless. to be quite frank, the only word that would describe you best would be perfect. but I had to lose you once to finally realize that. if anything, that makes MYSELF worthless, or at the very least incompetent" Sesshomaru sighed, sitting down next to Kagome. he pulled her into his lap, and held her close, "even Jaken learned to like you after you were killed, I had told him of everything you had done in the time that your friends had known you. he was shocked to say the least." he began to smirk softly, "he huffed before saying I should have gotten rid of Inuyasha before he could have betrayed you"
"but then you would never have realized your feelings for me"
"yes, I told him that. Rin had demanded we bury you as the lady of the west, since you were so special to all of us"
"did you?"
"of course." his voice was slightly coarse
"...are-...you going to cry?" Kagome was shocked
"I couldn't stop myself from it after the ceremony, I sat in front of your grave for nearly a full day, mourning your death, I was at a complete loss of what to do, or how to go on without you. your friends had attended the ceremony. I was so distraught I completely failed to sense the demon slayer. she reminded me you live in a different time, and that maybe if I waited through the years, I would see you in this time. she told me you were studying to get into something called highschool. hn, at the time I had no idea what a "highschool" was. after she explained it to me, I had vowed to be a part of it, so I might get the chance to see you again. I had nearly lost myself in the hope of finding you this morning."
"I wouldn't blame you, 500 years is a long time to wait to see someone." she sighed softly, snuggling into him, "you're so warm...and you still smell so good..." she mumbled, burying her nose in his chest, inhaling deeply, and shuddered delightfully
"I still have the small cloth that calmed me down that day you were killed" he pulled out a small ring of fabric
"that's from my pajamas, how did Shippo get that? heh, he must have taken them out of my backpack and cut off this piece. one thing's for sure, he always is a good boy"
"yes, he was a prized member of my court, his magic was priceless in the years he served in my castle. even going so far as to make himself look and sound like you to keep my spirits up from time to time. simply hearing your voice, despite knowing it wasn't truly yours, did wonders for me. he would recite things he had heard you tell him, stories you read to him."
"his favorite was the "giving tree"."
"yes, I remember that. I believe he liked it so much because it reminded him of your kindness"
"thank you for coming, Sesshomaru. there's nothing quite like a good cuddle with a demon lord to make you feel all snuggly warm"
"you are to be my mate, even if my current occupation forbids me to have you as my mate, my mind will not change, I REFUSE to lose you ever again. I will only accept losing you to feudal myself, no one else is allowed to take you from me."
"I love you, Sesshomaru"
"Kagome..." he whimpered, a few tears pricking his eyes, "I have yearned to hear you say those words for so very very long"
"I love you, I love you so much. I love you I love you I love you. I love you so very much, Sesshomaru."
"I adore the sound of those simple words on your tongue." moments later, he crashed his lips against hers
"nnnnnnm..." she moaned softly, Kagome grabbed fistfuls of his silvery mane, pulling him closer
"hnnnnng" Sesshomaru growled happily, gods, it felt so good to feel her skin under his claws again. he ran his claws over her belly, earning a gasp. he took that moment to shove his tongue into her mouth, tasting every inch he could reach
"aaahhngg" Kagome groaned roughly, she could feel his fangs against his lower lip. instantly her hands went from his silvery mane to gripping his skull to bring him closer, so she could savor the taste of him. a minute or so later, they pulled back just long enough for a big gasp of air before resuming their heated moment. after ten minutes or so, they broke apart. both were gasping for air, resting their forehead against the other's as they caught their breath
"you certainly had some pent up stress waiting to see me again, haven't you?" she giggled weakly
"more so than ever before in my life, 500 years can make even a demon such as myself grow impatient"
"I can tell with how fierce that kiss was, did you like what you tasted?"
"oh, very much, you tasted exquisite" he purred, gently licking her slightly bruised lips
"that tickles!" she giggled
"you should know by now that inu saliva has a healing property"
"I do know that, but it still tickles!"
"I wish I could mark you right now. but I think it would be better if my feudal self did so."
"so you could get back those 500 years you waited?"
"indeed"
"I almost can't believe you actually waited so long JUST to see me. it's just something straight out of a romance novel!" she beamed
"what can I say? you are more than worth waiting so long for." Sesshomaru smiled