Nothing Is Impossible for Love to Overcome

By: Sandreline

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Chapter 6: A Heartfelt Conversation

The goddess continued. "You must not let your past encounters get in the way. I plan on having a talk with that demon. He's stubborn, I agree. He wants you, though he does not know why… but I plan on fixing that."

Kagome again paled.

"Don't look so frightened, dear. He can't do anything to me, I'm Immortal after all. I'm a goddess."

(And I thought Sesshomaru was egotistical.) Kagome thought.

"That's not polite." Aphrodite said. "I can read minds."

Kagome covered her face with her bangs. "Why Sesshomaru? Why not some human in my time? Or a hanyou or youkai that wouldn't try to kill me and my friends?"

"Because someone like that wouldn't be able to tame you." She said. "You are a feisty one, and your soul mate is the only one that will be able to soothe you. You are a wildfire, Kagome. Your chosen one must be the water to douse your flame, while still being the brush that feeds it. Sesshomaru is perfect."

Kagome blushed. "There's no way." She said.

"Ah, but there is. You have already started to develop feelings for him." She repeated. "His kissing has you thinking…"

Kagome shook her head. "No. I won't. Besides, he's InuYasha's brother, and he hates humans!"

The goddess shook her head. "Time will tell. But I shall tell you this once more: Nothing is Impossible for Love to Overcome. I should know." She said. "Now, off with you!" She said, before disappearing.

Kagome shook her head. "There's no way… no way." She stood, denial in every inch of her soul as she walked back to her friends.

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It had been two days since Kagome had seen the Greek goddess, and three since seeing Sesshomaru.

Kagome sighed, shielding her eyes from the sun as she looked up at a fluffy, marshmallow like cloud as it soared overhead. (I wonder what he's doing.) She thought. (Gah, forget it, Kagome! No more thinking!) She added, following her friends.

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"Jaken-sama, Jaken-sama, why are you so green?" Rin sang cheerfully as she skipped behind her Lord Sesshomaru.

"Enough, Rin!" The Toad Retainer shouted, waving his staff in the air.

Rin just gave a giggle, smiling as innocently as ever. "Rin could sing something else for you, Master Jaken!" She replied. "Oh, Rin knows! This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends! Some people started singing it, not knowing what is was, and Rin will keep on singing it, forever just because! This is the song that…"

Jaken cried. Au-un sneezed.

Sesshomaru stopped walking, a breeze swaying his hair. Rin noticed just in time to avoid smashing into his body, and everything became quiet.

A blonde, voluptuous woman stood in the road. She was wearing strange clothing, and she had a coy smile on her face. "Why, hello there, Lord Sesshomaru. It's about time we meet." She said, her voice rolling like waves on the shore.

"Jaken." Sesshomaru's voice spat.

"Yes, milord!" Jaken answered, knowing what his master wanted. "Rin, come!" He said, shoving the child into the forest.

Sesshomaru looked at the woman blocking his path. "Who are you?" He spoke, his voice laced with impatience.

The woman laughed. "Ah, Sesshomaru, that's no way to speak to a Goddess." She walked over to him, smiling. "Since you don't know who I am, I shall tell you. I am the Greek Goddess of Love and Beauty, Aphrodite. I am the daughter of Zeus, the God of Thunder and Lightning, and I am here because you need me." She told him.

"I require no one." He said.

The Goddess shook her head. "So you say. And don't think about killing me- you can't." She told him. Sesshomaru had a feeling that she was right – she had a wave of the divine in her scent. But he would not let that stop him.

"What is your business here?" He asked her.

She smiled, her eyes lowering in amusement. "The Miko, Kagome." She said. She watched as his aura pulsed out in anger. She laughed. "Stay calm, TaiYoukai. I am not to hurt the girl, quit the contrary. I am here to help her find her true love. I am here to help you realize that you do actually need someone in your life, Mr. Stick-up-his-ass youkai. Love is essential to life, and whether you like it or not love does not make you weaker, but it can make you stronger."

Sesshomaru snorted, wrinkling his nose as he barred his fangs. "And why should I listen to the likes of you?" He asked.

Aphrodite blanched. "Are you serious?" She sighed. "I'm the Goddess of Love!"

Sesshomaru just gave her a passive look.

"Look, Sesshomaru. I'm here to tell you that if you don't listen to me and try to understand the simple words that I'm saying , than you are more stupid than I gave you credit for! You are not as emotionless as you think. Look at your ward. That darling girl is just the tickle of the flames from the fire. She views you as her hero, and the only father figure she has. You may present yourself as cold and heartless but you look after that child as if she was your own."

Sesshomaru growled.

"Don't start with me, puppy." She went on, waving her finger as if he had gone potty on the new carpet. "You think you don't have feelings for the Miko, but you damn straight know you do! You need Kagome, and you know it. However, there is the problem if you do not realize it soon enough!"

Now, Sesshomaru listened to her, although his eyes were starting to glow red.

"Only with Kagome's help will you be able to stop the evil that you have been tracking."

"Naraku." His cold voice rang out.

"Now he listens!" She cried, throwing her hands up in the air. "Yes, Naraku! Gees, I feel like I'm talking to Narcissus!" She spat, thinking of the handsome debonair who wouldn't stop looking at himself in the mirror back on Mount Olympus. "Anyway, all I'm saying is that you have to lighten up."

Sesshomaru made a move to turn around. "I've heard enough." He said.

"Sesshomaru."

The tone in the Goddess's voice made him stop, but he did not look at her.

"You refuse to love because your Father fell for a human, forgetting your mother and dying to save the woman and her son; your half-brother InuYasha." She said. "If your Father had not been previously injured from Ryuukotsei, than he would still be alive today. But you seem to harbor hatred for him because you feel he had forgotten your mother. You are wrong. He still loved her, Sesshomaru, but he also found a second love in the human Izaiyo. You, however, are much stronger than he is. You will not fall so easily and if you found love, you would not fall at all." She said.

Sesshomaru repeated her last statement in his mind. (Invincible?) He thought.

"But you must learn to love. Nothing is Impossible for Love to Overcome."

With that, Sesshomaru watched from the corner of his maroon–lined eyes as she vanished into thin air.

"Hnn." He said.

Rin and Jaken popped their heads out from the trees and bushes. "Sesshomaru-sama!" Rin cried, running up to her lord. "Who was that pretty lady?" She asked.

"Rin, do no bother Lord Sesshomaru with your constant babbling!" Jaken said.

"But if Rin doesn't ask, than how will Rin know?" She asked the toad.

"Who cares?" Jaken answered.

"Rin, Jaken, bring Ah-Un. It's time to go." Sesshomaru told them. He began to walk off, knowing full well that they would follow. He needed to ponder the words of the Greek Goddess.

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The group had walked to a fork in the road, and stopped.

"What do we do now?" Sango asked, petting Kilala on the head.

"Feh, how should I know?" InuYasha barked.

"I could always see which way my staff points…" Miroku added.

"It will only take us to the nearest Geisha house…" Shippo mumbled with Sango nodding in shame.

"Hey, Kagome! Sense any Shards?" InuYasha asked.

Kagome closed her eyes, sending out her aura. About a quarter of a mile down the road, five very familiar auras reached hers. "Nope, but if we wait here a few minutes, we'll get a surprise!" Kagome said happily, opening her eyes again.

"What is it, Kagome?" Sango asked, her own eyes looking at her best friend in curiosity.

"Friends." She answered. "Bet you can't guess who!" She added.

A few minutes later, five figures came running up. "InuYasha! Kagome!" They cried.

Everyone looked down the road on the left, smiling brightly. "Hey guys!" Shippo called out, jumping off Kagome's shoulder to run and meet them.

InuYasha folded his arms, tucking them in the sleeves of his Fire Rat Haori. "Well, if it isn't the runts." He said.

The oldest one came up to him. "It's good to see you again, InuYasha!" She cried out happily.

InuYasha smiled. "You've done a good job with them, Asagi."

Sango and Miroku talked with the half-demons that they hadn't seen since the fight on Haori Island.

(A/N) If you haven't seen InuYasha: Movie 4, then you might be a little confused.)

Ai was holding Asagi's hand, and she leapt at the hanyou. "InuYasha!" She cried. He caught her, hugging her slightly before setting her down. "Hey there. What are all of you doing here?" He asked.

"We thought that we would come and visit Kaede." Shion said. InuYasha could tell that despite the fact he had grown a bit taller, he was still incredibly shy.

"Well, I'm very glad to see that you are all doing great." Kagome said. Ai went to her next, hugging the older woman. "Kagome!" She said.

"Hi everyone. Hey Moegi! Hey Dai and Roku! You two haven't been creating mischief, have you?" She asked.

"Who, us?" Dai said, crossing his arms over his chest.

"We never!" Roku added with his hands on his hips.

"That's not what I remember." Miroku told them.

"Yes, you two were so bad that Shippo even hit you both." Sango added.

"They are getting better." Moegi told them, smiling gently.

"Barely." Asagi added.

"Hey!" The twins shouted together.

"Well, now that we are here, who not stop for lunch?" Kagome asked them.

Kilala meowed as the other's chorused their agreement.

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"See! I told you Kagome has good food!" Ai cheered as they all finished.

"Whatever." Dai and Roku muttered.

Kagome glared at them, and they snapped into attention. They had forgotten how scary she could be…

"How have you been fairing on food and supplies?" Sango asked the children.

"Very well! We are starting to learn about our attacks, like InuYasha's. We hunt our own food." Asagi told them happily.

"That's very impressive." Miroku told them.

"Feh, I was out on my own when I was Ai's age." InuYasha mumbled.

"Yes, but you weren't imprisoned by the Four War Gods." Kagome told him. "Not that they were gods, just egotistical demons."

"Yes, like some one else we know." Miroku added.

Everyone laughed, and InuYasha growled at Miroku, who completely brushed it aside.

"Speaking of egotistical demons…" InuYasha went on. "I though I smelt my brother. We must be closer to the Western Lands than I thought…" He said.

Kagome paled.

"Who is your brother, InuYasha?" Shion asked.

"Lord Sesshomaru of the Western Lands!" A voice piped up, before InuYasha smacked his neck.

"Myoga." The group said as a dot floated to the ground. Kagome sighed in relief.

"Master InuYasha! Oh, hello! We have company. Are these the half-demons that you saved from Haori Island?" Myoga said. "It's very nice to meet you all!" He added.

"What are you doing here?" InuYasha asked the flea.

"Just thought that I would check up on you, Master InuYasha." The flea replied.

"Hiding behind him is more like it…" Sango and Miroku and Shippo muttered.

"Wow! Does that make you a Lord too, InuYasha?" Ai asked.

"No! Stinking Sesshomaru took over after our Father died. I could care less about that half-brother of mine." He barked.

"So you are a Lord!" Moegi shouted, her pigtails shifting behind her.

"He is the younger son, but a Lord non the less." Myoga told them.

"Enough!" InuYasha growled.

Everyone laughed.

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"You guys be careful!" Kagome called out, waving to the children later that day.

"We will!" Asagi called out.

"We'll say 'hi' to Kaede-baaba for you!" Moegi cried out.

"Have a nice trip!" Dai shouted.

"See you next fall!" Roku added.

"You two…" Shion sighed.

"Bye!" Ai waved, before the two groups parted their ways.

"That was a nice treat, don't you think?" Kagome asked.

"It was good seeing them again." Miroku added.

"I think Shion might still be a little afraid of Kilala…" Shippo said, laughing as he glanced over his shoulder at Ai one more time.

"I'm glad that they are well." Sango smiled, looking at Kagome before the group went on.

"So, where to?" Shippo asked.

"West." InuYasha told them.

Kagome gulped, stopping herself from face faulting in the dirt. "Ri…right!" She muttered, following his lead.

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"Alright, Shippo! Time to judge!" Kagome said, holding up her crayon drawing. Shippo had a little took much energy for reading tonight, so Kagome instead decided on a contest. Kagome decided to draw Ah-Un, the dragon youkai that she had ridden several days ago. In fact, she even drew the field the she had met Sesshomaru in.

"That's pretty, Kagome." Sango said.

"Thanks. I took a few art classes in school." She said. "Alright, Shippo. Your turn!" She said.

Shippo blushed, holding up his drawing of Ai with a flowing in her hand.

"Aww, that's so cute!" Kagome said. "Look's like Shippo wins tonight…" She said, smiling.

"Yay!" The fox pup cried.

Sango laughed. "Kagome, isn't it usually time for you to take a bath?" She asked.

Kagome looked up at the sky, and then at the watch on her wrist. "Oh, it is!" She said. (I guess I'm not seeing Sesshomaru again tonight… WAIT!) She thought. (I didn't just think that, did I?)

"Ok, I guess I'll be back." Kagome said. Instead of taking out her things, Kagome just decided to take her back pack and save the energy of re-arranging everything. She picked up her quiver of arrows and bow, and stood. "Ok, be back soon." She said.

"Don't go too far, Kagome." He said.

"Yeah, yeah. Relax, I'm a filly trained Miko now, remember? If anything happens, I'll scream." She said, before walking beyond the trees, and out of sight.

InuYasha eyes her back, his eyes lowered.

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Kagome smiled as she looked at the steaming water rising into the night sky. "Perfect!" She thought, jubilant. "This is just what I need." She set her back pack down near the water, on a rock where she could reach it if needed. She was about to un-do her fighting costume, when her soul pulsed.

(At least it was before I got naked…) She thought, looking around. (He feels close, but I'm not sure…)

A moment later and Sesshomaru emerged from the trees in all his glory. It made Kagome wonder how much time it took him in the bathroom each morning for him to look so perfect. The moonlight made his hair seem even more silver, and Kagome had the urge to touch it. But what was he doing here, and with InuYasha so close?

Sesshomaru watched her, one of the three buttons around her neck undone, and her hand still raised to undo the second. Her eyes were wide in curiosity. How could she show her emotions so easily?

"Sesshomaru…" She whispered. She was snapped out of her reverie. "What are you doing here?" She asked, trying to keep her voice low so that InuYasha and the others wouldn't hear.

"I thought I told you that I do as I please." He told her, his velvety voice cutting through the distance.

Her face scrunched in a frown, and Sesshomaru began to approach her. When he came to the water's edge, he moved so quickly that Kagome took a step back when he was suddenly in front of her.

She hadn't noticed that Sesshomaru was holding a silk package in his hands, which he was now holding out to her. Kagome looked at the bundle, her eyes wide in surprise, before locking eyes with the Ice Prince.

"What's this?" She whispered.

"For you." He replied.

Kagome looked down at the bundle again, her mouth now parted slightly in an 'O' shape. Slowly, she raised her own hands to meet his, resting them on the package. Before she lifted it from his deadly hands, she met his gaze again.

"Why?"

Sesshomaru's eyes lowered in a glare, but Kagome did not miss the glint of playfulness that they hid. "I told you I do as I please. This Sesshomaru does not like to repeat himself."

Kagome burst out laughing, trying to stay quiet. "Did you just refer to yourself in the third person?" She cracked out, eyes shining as she still had her hands just centimeters from Sesshomaru's.

"So I did." He answered. "Take it now, Miko." He told her.

Kagome did as he said, and for once she did not argue. She brought the silk package to her chest, smiling gently up at him. "Thank you." She said.

"Hnn." He told her. He turned to walk away, but was stopped.

"Wait, Sesshomaru!" She said, holding one hand out to him before bringing it back to hold the bundle.

He didn't reply, just looked over his shoulder at her.

"Don't you want to stay till I open it?" She asked, her heart skipping a beat.

"I must return to my ward." He told her. "And you must finish before my half-brother comes looking for you. Already he is anxious to retrieve you."

Kagome nodded slowly, her eyes locked with his. "Thank you." She said.

Then once again, he was gone.

Kagome sat on the rock next to her bag, her bath forgotten for the moment. She set the bundle in her lap, staring at it in wonder.

(I'm having a thought here.) She told herself mentally. (This could either be a bomb, or Sesshomaru is mentally sick and actually gave me a present.) She pursed her lips together as she took a deep breath. Slowly, she pulled on the ribbon holding the silk wrapping closed. It gave way, and Kagome slowly unveiled her gift.

Inside was the most beautiful blue kimono Kagome had ever seen, not to mention the most expensive. Her heart skipped a beat as she carefully brought it from its contents and held it up, admiring the silk. The dark blue kimono had light red cherry blossoms flowing along it, as if being blown by the breeze. It was accompanied by a purple obi to tie around her waist, and Kagome let go of the breath she didn't know she was holding. This was no peasant's kimono, but one made for a Princess!

She hugged it to her chest, smiling. "It's beautiful. Thank you, Sesshomaru." She whispered into the wind, before getting ready for her bath.

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A satisfied smile graced the lips of the TaiYoukai. He had observed the Miko from the trees, watching as a line of red brushed across her cheeks and nose. She hadn't seen the back of the kimono, which had the patch of the House of the Western Lands. When she wore that, everyone would know that she belonged to him.

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Aphrodite watched from a cloud above them, giggling like a school girl. "I knew it! I've done it again! WOO HOO!"

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Ok, so what do you all think? Like the twist? Yes? No?

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Crap, now I'm rhyming.

Well, I'm happy to say that I am feeling tons better, thank you to all that were worried!

I had to go see a doctor, spent all day Friday at a hospital. Turns out I was sick for 2 ½ weeks because I had some kind of pneumonia/bronchitis twist thing. But I'm on 5 medications and now I'm almost back to full health! Thank you for worrying about me! That was totally sweet!

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