Far Away

By realixweatherfairy

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Sailor Moon or any of the songs used in this FanFiction

Chapter 8: A New Evil

As the couple returned to the ballroom, they noticed that their friends and family were sitting at a table, with Inu no Taisho and Izayoi standing by another table that held a four layer cake, with white icing and pink roses made of icing around the edges of the layers. Smiling in their direction as Sesshoumaru lead her to two empty seats at the table where everyone else was sitting, Kagome began thinking about their engagement.

"Oh, wow," Kagome thought as she blushed, "He actually asked me!" Everyone was looking at her weirdly, as if trying to figure out what she was blushing about as Sesshoumaru smirked. As soon as Inu no Taisho saw his son smirk, he knew what was going on, and commented, "I think my son has an announcement to make," making Sesshoumaru and Kagome glare at him.

"The lovely Kagome Higurashi has made me a very happy man," Sesshoumaru announced, making Kagome blush even more. Everyone in the room erupted into applause as Sango, Hanako, Miyako, and Kikyo gave Kagome a group hug, as Inuyasha and Miroku just sat there with shocked faces.

"But you guys are only sixteen!" Inuyasha choked out.

"It's not like we're going to mate right away, Yash," Kagome groaned and smacked her forehead as Sesshoumaru nodded. Unknown to Kagome, he had already scent marked her, a sign to any demon that she was taken. Looking out the corner of his eye, Sesshoumaru saw his father nodding approvingly.

"Alpha male approves of our mate," his beast commented while purring.

"Apparently," he added as he wrapped his arms around Kagome, pulling her to sit on his lap, holding her so that she was flush against his chest and once again laid his head on her shoulder, making her beast purr.

"It feels so good when our mate holds us like this," her beast purred.

"I have to agree," Kagome said. He may have thought she didn't know about the scent marking, but she did, and she didn't mind, it was the closest thing to do as means of making her his. She nuzzled against him, purring in his ear.

"Why can't we claim her again?" his beast demanded, purring at their mate's reaction to their touch.

"We're too young, and she's not ready," Sesshoumaru replied with a sigh, "We going to wait until after we graduate from school."

"Let's just hope that no fool ignores our claim on her," his beast stated, and he nodded in agreement. Later that night, after Sesshoumaru had taken Kagome home, she couldn't help but feel like she was being watched, with every step she took. The feeling made her uneasy. Looking around as she closed the house door, she noticed nothing unusual. Unnoticed by Kagome, there was a dark shadow hiding in the God Tree. Smirking, it whispered, "It's her," before disappearing.

As Kagome got ready for bed she noticed that something was scratching on her window, suddenly frightened, she carefully went to the window and saw that it was Sesshoumaru. Breathing a sigh of relief, she opened the window and let him in, only to be in his arms a second later, with his head nuzzling her back. As much as she was enjoying the attention, she really needed to get some sleep.

"As much as I'm enjoying the attention, Koi, I really need to get some sleep," she said as he pulled her down on her bed, and laid down next to her with his arm around her waist. Chuckling lightly, she soon fell asleep, but not before Sesshoumaru tightened his grip on her waist, pulling her closer.

The next morning when Sesshoumaru opened his eyes, he noticed that Kagome was no longer in the bed next to him. Smelling sausage, he got up and went downstairs to find Kagome in the kitchen, cooking eggs and sausage. She was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a pink tube top. She was listening to some music and swaying her hips back and forth as she cooked, occasionally singing along with the lyrics.

Silently, Sesshoumaru came up behind her, place his hands on her hips, pulled her back against his, and swayed back and forth with her to the music. The feeling of her backside against his groin aroused him to no end, making his beast demand that he claim her immediately.

Sensing his arousal, she immediately stopped moving, even though her beast demanded that they continue. Taking the hint, he let go of her as she said, "Why don't you set the table?"

"Where's your mom, Souta, and Jii-chan?" Sesshoumaru asked as he pulled out plates.

"They're in Kyoto, helping Rin and Shippo pack their things, so they can move in," Kagome replied.

"Oh, that's right, weren't Rin and Shippo's parents having custody taken away," Sesshoumaru asked.

"Yeah, apparently the courts don't think it's a good idea for them to live with their father," Kagome answered, blushing. "I can't believe it! I almost couldn't stop myself! I know I have more self control than that!" she thought.

"Not when it comes to our male, we don't," her beast griped, huskily.

"Oh, brother, my beast is a hentai!" Kagome thought.

"Hey! I can't help it if we both find them attractive!" her beast yelled at her.

Meanwhile, Sesshoumaru was in the dining room, also berating himself as he thought, "I couldn't stop myself, if we would have continued, we probably would have done it! I know I have more self control than that!"

"Not when it comes to our female," his beast retorted, huskily.

"Oh, Kami, my beast is a hentai!" he yelled in his head.

"Hey, no fair! You find them just as tempting as I do!" he beast growled, all four of them sighed at the same time.

"Is it really so hard to control myself around him?" Kagome thought, "I know that I find him attractive, and I love him, but am I that attracted to him that I almost can't stop myself?"

Meanwhile, outside in the branches of the God Tree, the shadow from the night before was fuming. She was his! No one else's! No other male had the right to touch her, especially that way! He was going to make this male pay from encroaching on his territory. He then got up and walked away, while thinking of all the pleasurable things that he could do to his female once he got a hold of her.

Sitting in Kagome's room a while later, Sesshoumaru and Kagome were sitting on the couch, nuzzling each other. They just couldn't leave each other alone. Kagome was sitting on Sesshoumaru's lap, laying her head against his shoulder as he nuzzled the exposed part of her neck as she laid small butterfly kisses along his jaw line. Even though they had agreed to not fully mate until they graduated, it didn't mean that they weren't tempted to, especially Sesshoumaru. It seemed that everything Kagome did, every move on her part, or how she felt against his body, made him want to straddle her and mate her. She was just too tempting.

"Mine," he growled as he started laying kisses to the hollow of her throat.

"Yours," she agreed, causing him to pull her closer, until they heard the front door open downstairs. Pulling away from him, Kagome went downstairs and saw that her mom, little brother, and jii-chan had returned with Rin and Shippo, and a moving van.

Turning to her mother, Kagome said, "Welcome home, Mom. I trust your trip was peaceful."

"Actually, to an extent, it was," her mother replied, "It seemed that my brother did not want to abide by the court ruling, and didn't allow us inside, until the police arrived and forced him to comply with the court order." Rin and Shippo's dad was Mrs. Higurashi's older brother. Rin was his natural child, while Shippo was like Kagome, adopted. Rin was human; Shippo was a young fox demon.

"Well, at least it all worked out in the end," Kagome said with a sad smile. When they had heard what Kenji, Mrs. Higurashi's brother, had been doing to his children, Mrs. Higurashi filed for custody of the two and won. Before she could say anything else, Kagome was tackled by a medium sized ball of red fur and small girl with black hair.

"Kagome-chan!" the two yelled their excitement plain in their voices.

"Well, well, it seems you two have grown like a corn stalk," Kagome laughed as she bent down and picked them up in her arms as she continued, "How are you, Rin, Shippo?"

"Better than ever, Kagome-neechan," Rin cried.

"We're alright," Shippo said, looking over her shoulder, noticing for the first time, the powerful dog demon that was walking toward them and started shaking. Shippo and Rin had never met Sesshoumaru before. Noticing that Shippo was afraid of Sesshoumaru, Kagome said, "Shippo-chan, Rin-chan, this is Sesshoumaru Taisho, heir to the Western Lands, and my best friend."

"And future mate," Sesshoumaru added apprehensively, making her blush.

"Yes, and future mate. Sesshoumaru, this is Shippo-chan and Rin-chan," Kagome said as she introduced them. Sesshoumaru immediately recognized Rin as the girl he had seen in Tokyo Square the day Zoisite attacked Kagome; the girl that looked up to Sailor Moon, unknowingly looking up to her cousin. The little girl looked at him with wide brown eyes, before saying, "You're a dog demon like Kagome-neechan, aren't you, Sesshoumaru-sama?" to which he nodded. Letting the children go, Kagome told them that they're room was in the attic and all their stuff had been taken up, as they ran up the stairs.

"You just had to say that before I could tell my mother, didn't you?" Kagome scolded after the children disappeared up the stairs.

"Sorry, I thought that you had told your mother already," he replied as she shook her head, and said, "I'm kinda nervous with bringing the subject up."

Understanding what she meant, he said, "You're afraid that she won't approve?" as she nodded in response, before he leaning down by her ear and nibbled on it, sending a shiver up her spine. Sensing her arousal, he pulled away, before he could be tempted to go farther, and said, "Don't worry; I'm sure she'll be happy."

He was right; later that night, when Kagome told her mother of the engagement, she was indeed happy. Of course, as a mother, she had some concerns, they were still in school, but when informed of their plan to wait until after graduation, her fears where abated. She told them that she approved the match, and wished them happiness, calming Kagome's fears. What Sesshoumaru said next surprised even Kagome.

"Mrs. Higurashi, I know that you are not an inu youkai, and probably wouldn't understand this very well, but when an inu youkai takes on a mate-to-be, that inu youkai's beast demands constant contact with their intended, being separated for more than a matter of minutes can send their beasts into bloodlust until they are reunited."

"I know this, Sesshoumaru-kun, Inu no Taisho-sama told me this when he first brought Kagome here," she replied, "He told me that she was an inu youkai like him and that her demonic aura and self were sealed until she had great need of them, and told me everything I would need to know so that I might be prepared at that time. You're more than welcome to stay here; just don't do anything rash, if you catch my drift. After all, we do have small children living here now."

"Kaa-chan!" Kagome yelled, blushing, while Sesshoumaru smirked. After that, Sesshoumaru and Kagome decided to head back to Taisho Mansion, to get his things, as they were walking out to the car, Luna jumped into the car, saying that she needed to talk to Kagome.

"What is it, Luna?" Kagome asked, keeping her face calm and her eyes on the road.

"I sensed that more members of the Negaverse have arrived on Earth again, Kagome-chan," Luna said urgently, making Kagome's eyes flash into the rear view mirror to look at her, as she continued, "Sailor Moon will be needed again!"

"Are you sure, Luna?" Kagome asked, as she nodded. Sighing frustratedly, she banged her hand on the steering wheel, saying, "Damn! Can't they just give up?" Then looking in the rearview mirror, she saw a car pulling up behind her out of no where, and she said, "Hello, where did you come from?"

"Huh?" Sesshoumaru asked, turning to look at her.

"We have company," Kagome answered, keeping her eyes locked on to the rearview mirror.

"What do you mean?" Luna asked.

"We're being followed," Kagome clarified, turning down Sesshoumaru's street. Sesshoumaru looked into his side mirror and noticed that black car behind them with a weird license plate. It had the letters and numbers of a regular license plate, but there was a weird symbol, a snake circling the sun, underneath them.

"Kagome, can you recognize the symbol on the license plate?" Sesshoumaru asked, and she looked at the rearview mirror at the symbol, making her eyes go wide.

"Shit! That's the symbol for Kalmar Industries!" she said.

"Kalmar Industries? What could they want with us?" Sesshoumaru asked his own eyes wide. Kalmar Industries was a petrochemical company, and was one of TaishoCorp's, Sesshoumaru's father's company, biggest competitors.

"More like what they want with me, Sesshoumaru-kun, don't you remember who owns Kalmar Industries?" she replied.

"No, who?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"Think second grade, boy with black hair, and small braids at the bottom of his neck," Kagome urged. Realizing who she was talking about, Sesshoumaru growled, "Bankotsu Hamagashi."

"Who's Bankotsu Hamagashi?" Luna asked.

"He's a guy that supposedly had the hots for me back when we were in second grade," Kagome said, "He was cruel, commanding, ordered me around, demanded all of my time, and that I give up my friends."

"I think that was the first time that I ever experienced pure rage," Sesshoumaru commented.

"I also think that Yash had to hold you back from killing him too, if I remember correctly," Kagome said, pulling into Sesshoumaru's driveway. As they were getting out, the black car pulled in front of the drive way, making Sesshoumaru growl, as Bankotsu got out of the car with a smirk in Kagome's direction, who only glared at him.

Walking towards her, he said, "Hey, baby, how are you?"

"First off, I'm not your baby, second, the next time you tail me like that, I will personally make sure that you don't have children," Kagome growled, "and third, stay the fuck away from me!"

"Aw, come on now, baby, don't be like that," he said, as he grabbed her arm, making Sesshoumaru growl, turning Bankotsu's attention to him, "ah, Sesshoumaru Taisho, it's been awhile."

"Not long enough," Sesshoumaru growled, "You will unhand my mate, euro trash, before I make you."

"Your mate? I don't see her anywhere, only my woman," Bankotsu said as Kagome growled and scratched his arm with her claws to get him to let go.

"I am not your woman, dumb ass," Kagome growled, her eyes red as her beast fighting to come to the surface.

"Let me out of here! I will kill that damn idiot! The nerve of that whelp! To place a claim on us, when we are as good as mated!" her beast was yelling.

"I know, it makes me mad too, but we can't kill him," Kagome told her, "Maim him maybe, but not kill, we'd get in major trouble."

"Then we'd better stop our mate, before he does!" her beast cried, as Kagome noticed that Sesshoumaru was about to throttle Bankotsu.

Sesshoumaru was on his last nerve. His eyes were also red, as his beast was fighting to come to the surface as well.

"The nerve of the whelp! To try and lay claim to our mate! Ugh! Let me out of here! I will kill that bastard!" his beast was yelling. However, Sesshoumaru was in total agreement. He was about to crush Bankotsu's neck when he felt a hand on his shoulder. Letting go of Bankotsu, he turned and looked into the scared eyes of his mate as she said, "He's not worth the time and effort, Sesshoumaru-kun. He's not worth it," and his eyes returned to their normal golden coloring. Looking down at Bankotsu, he snarled, "Try to lay claim to my mate again, and she won't be able to stop me next time," as he picked Kagome up and threw her over his shoulder, carrying her into the mansion.

After carrying her to his room, Sesshoumaru laid Kagome on his bed and laid down next to her, turning on his side and wrapping his arms around her, pulling her close, as he said, "I'm taking a nap," as he heard her giggle before snuggling her head against his chest and fell asleep.