Chapter 12: Human

Will it hurt me when I tell you that I love you?

-Outside the castle-

Kouga's eyebrow twitched. This wasn't over....yet as he sped towards his home.

Lady Nefertiti: as always, I don't own own Inuyasha and expect ooc-ness. enjoy reading chapter 12.

Mina kept silent as she walked ahead of her unexpected guests. She wasn't too suprised about Kagome-sama arrival either. The palace/She'd been told beforehand. Even though he had his pick of demonesses, beautiful to well mannered he had chosen a miko, granted she was human but she was of his status...powerful and gifted in the art of magic. His tolerance and patience for putting up with her words were amazing and their witty banter was charming. So Sesshomaru-sama's intended mate used to travel with Lord Inuyasha before to hunt for the Shikon-no-tama?

She was sure that Sesshomaru-sama had no interest in the jewel, in his case it was just a 'worthless shiny trinket' but if his mate, Kagome-sama had to do something then Mina was sure that he'd support and grant her wish for sure. She'd known Sesshomaru since he was a pup....practically his second mother the way she watched over him, knew his mother and the tragedy that had befallen their family. But what she wasn't sure was that was Sesshomaru making amends by mating a human girl or did he really love Kagome? This, she wasn't too sure of. But even she knew better when to speak and when to keep her silence.

"How come I can't share a room with My Sango?" Miroku asked Mina with a wounded look. She looked at him and gave him a blank and incredulous expression. Was he joking? What kind of Houshi was this? or maybe he never passed his classes?

-Inuyasha-

He made his way over to his old room, opened the door and looked inside. Still the same. Reddish and goldish tones, the bed made, paintings still hanging on the walls of his mother, Sesshomaru had left it just the same and hadn't renovated it, bulldozed it down to suit his needs, even a faint scent of Inuyasha was ? Perhaps there was more to his brother and his values.

And here he was trying to piss his big brother off and argue that he couldn't be leader of the pack. He, Inuyasha was wounded and that had been his own fault. He was hurt but now that he thought about he was hurt in more ways than one. It was his heart that felt pain. He felt shame in his heart and he walked into his old room.

-Sesshomaru and Kagome- (his room)

"Why won't you beat me?" he asked her with a wounded look like he was in pain.

"You're asking for it? Well you know what? I just might then. Lemme guess, no one dared lay a hand on your perfect person because either they were too scared or just were too smart to keep a wide berth from you." Kagome said sarcastically.

"You dare use that sort of language with this Sesshomaru?" he said firmly, a smirk on his face.

"Yeah I do." Kagome said. Why'd the guy have to be so confusing and make her so riled up that she'd actually want to beat him......ha....so that was his game. Hmm...so the puppy wanted to play? "Sesshomaru, I never did take you for the begging type." She started and poked his chest. Two could play at this game.

'So Kagome was trying to taunt and play hard to get?' hmmm....Sesshomaru thought and an evil thought formed in his head. He straightened his clothes and moved away from Kagome. "This Sesshomaru is leaving to get his report from my general. You can stay here or go and find your friend Sango to take a walk in the gardens." and he turned to walk out the door. If he was certain.....

1....

2...

"Sesshomaru wait!" Kagome said in hurried voice.

Bingo.

He turned around. "Yes?"

How dare Sesshomaru think he could have the upper hand at this? "After Inuyasha has been properly healed then I'll be on my home forever." Kagome grinned at his not-so-blank expression.

Yes. Two could play at this game. But what were they playing at? Did they care about each other? They both looked at each other for a while and without words they both thought the same thing silently...

Will it hurt me when I tell you that I love you?

"Did you need something Kagome?" Sesshomaru asked her.

'You.' Kagome said inwardly.

'Pull yourself together and tell him you love him girl!!!' her conscious said to her.

'You master Sesshomaru are a baka demon lord.' his beast said to him rolling his eyes.

'..............'

"I...." Kagome started staring at the ground and fidgeted with her fingers. "Does it bother you that I am a human? does it hurt to know that you could lo...know someone that is a human girl?" She looked at him then and waited for an answer.

'She was going to say love wasn't she?' Sesshomaru's conscious said to the beast.

'Yup' Sesshomaru's beast said sadly.

"Yes Kagome it bothers me that....." Sesshomaru started.

-Kouga- (on his way home)

'The pair had better not been doing anything dirty!' he thought. He knew that Kagome wasn't that type of person to play like that, his woman was smart but augh! the audactiy of that demon lord to snatch Kagome from him like she belonged to him!

'Just because the guy has a large castle, money and power doesn't mean that he can have anyone let alone anything he wants! 'Well okay anyone but not my Kagome!' he thought. And anyway, why did she have to act all lovey-dovey over him? or maybe she was acting? but why?

-Sango and Miroku-

"Becasue I'm not your mate let alone married to you yet!" Sango said to him like he was an idiot. Just the thought of that makes my skin crawl with anger to pummel you to shreds....." Mina nodded her head at Sango. So this was a girl with a good head on her shoulders and threatened to attack and kill this male had he tried anything let alone say anything else.

Too bad she wasn't a demoness......

Lady Nefertiti: chapter 12. Gosh I left Sesshy and Kags like that! It's like a soap opera but until next chapter!

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