Nothing Is Impossible for Love to Overcome

By: Sandreline

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Chapter 12: Pissing off Sesshomaru is NOT something to do…

He watched her approach quickly, and his beast was pleased. However, that would not stop the rage that was running through his veins.

Kagome burst through the tree line below him, and looked around. Sesshomaru leapt down, a few feet before her. Kagome's mouth opened slightly in shock at his blood red eyes and his snarls, but she stood tall, watching him and refusing to run.

Sesshomaru approached her, trying to control himself. The Miko stared into his eyes, searching for something.

"Sesshomaru?" She called out.

Her response was a snarl. He grabbed her by the arms roughly, his claws digging into her skin as blood began to rise. Kagome winced, but stood firm.

"Sesshomaru." She said. "Calm down! There is nothing going on between Kouga and me!" She told him. "He's delusional, that's all!"

Sesshomaru dug his nose into her neck, inhaling her scent deeply as he growled again.

Kagome shivered, before holding back a cry as his claws dug deeper into her arms. "Sesshomaru!" She squeaked out.

The demon pulled back, his red eyes glaring at her own blue ones. Kagome winced, and knew the only thing to do was to get him back to normal.

She stood on her tip toes and pressed her lips harshly against his, relaxing as the hold on her arms loosened and the deadly demon against her began to purr.

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Kouga and InuYasha both suddenly snapped their heads up, noses flaring. "That's Kagome's blood!" InuYasha said.

Kouga was gone in a whirlwind, following his 'woman's' scent as he left the others to catch up.

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Sesshomaru's beast was purring as he began to respond to this kiss, his claws slipping out of Kagome's skin to opt for pushing her back against a tree and smothering her small body with his own. Kagome gave a gasp as the spikes on his armor dug into her chest, but the fact that Sesshomaru had calmed down was what was more important.

He pulled back after fully tasting her mouth, both panting. Kagome looked up into his eyes, which were gold expect for the rim of red lining his pupil. She smiled slightly at him, trying to ignore the pain in her body. Her ribs had just recovered from Naraku's damn tentacles, and not they were being spiked. How wonderful…

Sesshomaru's eyes flashed, and he seemed to relax, for a moment. Kagome froze, watching him tense and his nostrils flare as a scent came to him. Before Kagome could breathe, his eyes were again glowing red as his lips curled back into a terrifying snarl. Kagome began to shake. He may have been facing her, but his eyes were off to the side, staring at the trees. Kagome could sense Kouga, with InuYasha not too far behind as they were both about to come through the tree line and find a very pissed off TaiYoukai pinning her to a tree!

Sure enough, Kouga burst through first, coming to a stand still as his eyes lay on the scene. Kagome was wincing, and her scent was rolling in terror. He could see the blood rolling down her arms.

Kouga turned his piercing blue eyes to Sesshomaru, which were coming closer and closer to black by the second. "Lord Sesshomaru!" He barked, his tail swiping the air behind him.

Sesshomaru didn't move, just kept staring at him out of the corner of his eyes as his unbelievable sharp claws again pierced the arms of the Miko to hold her tight as she let out a small cry. This caused Kouga to snarl deeply, and just in time for InuYasha to come barging in, with Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and a transformed Kilala behind him.

"Kagome!" Shippo called out.

"Kagome, hold on!" Sango called.

InuYasha looked at Kagome with worry in his eyes, before turning to his half brother with a promise of death. "Sesshomaru, you bastard! Let Kagome go!"

Sesshomaru snarled, tearing his claws down Kagome's arms, ripping her sleeves off with a trail of cuts as she was thrown to the side to land on the ground with a thud. She winced, rolling on her side to watch what was happening.

"Lord Sesshomaru! Get away from my woman!" Kouga challenged him, clenching his hands into fists as he eyed the demon lord of the lands facing his own.

"She is not yours!"

Kagome's eyes widened, just as shocked as the open mouths of Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and InuYasha as they all stared at Sesshomaru.

"What is with you damn dogs! I claimed Kagome as mine long ago! Unless you want a war with the Eastern Lands, you will give her to me!" He told the dog demon.

"That is were you are wrong! Kagome is mine!" Sesshomaru snarled as his markings became jagged and his face became long with the beginning of his transformation.

"Fucking Sesshomaru!" Kouga said charging blindly towards him.

InuYasha was just too dumbfounded, a transformed Tetsusaiga's tip touching the dirt as he watched. "Are you freaking kidding me?" He asked himself, not believing that he had been forgotten, and completely ignored!

"Miroku! We have to get to Kagome!" Sango said, looking for a way to get close without being killed by the Lord standing before her. "Kilala, guard Shippo!"

Sesshomaru snarled, slashing at the wolf. "She accepted my courting gift! She is mine!" He snarled. "If you want her, you have to kill me!"

Kagome's heart stopped. Forget the fact that the most handsome being on Earth was fighting for her, but it was Sesshomaru! Did he just openly admit in public, in front of his half-brother and her friends that she was his?

She sat up, leaning against the tree. The fighting kimono that Kaede and her friends had given her was covered in her blood, not to mention the fact that it now no longer had sleeves.

With Sesshomaru occupied with Kouga, Sango and Miroku were able to make it to their hurt friend. "Kagome!" Miroku said, looking down at her. "Are you ok?"

Sango knelt down next to her, holding the Hiraikotsu over her shoulder if she needed it. "We have to wrap your wounds." She said.

"No, it's fine. I can heal them. I'm more worried about those two…" She said.

"First, let's get you to safety…" Miroku said. Sango stood up, taking Kagome with her as they walked back to Shippo and Kilala.

"Kuso…" Kagome cursed under her breath. She turned to watch the fight, her eyes full of worry. Kouga didn't stand a chance against Sesshomaru, and he seemed to know that despite still trying.

InuYasha ran to Kagome. "Kagome, are you ok? What did my bastard brother do to you?" He asked.

"Nothing! I'm fine! InuYasha, we have to stop them!" She said.

"Why?" He asked.

"Because Kouga doesn't stand a chance!" She told him.

InuYasha, who couldn't stand the smell of her blood, snorted as he looked away to the battle. "Then my brother would be doing me a favor, and we can have two more Jewel Shards in our possession."

Kagome's eyes blazed with familiar fire, and InuYasha took several steps back.

"Kagome, don't you dare-"

"Osuwari!"

BAM

Kagome turned to Miroku and Sango. "I have to stop them." She said.

Shippo bound over, bringing Kagome's discarded bow and arrows. "Momma!" He said.

Kagome smiled. "Shippo, thank you!" She said. Slinging the quiver over her shoulder, she raised her arms painfully, notching one of her arrows in the bow. She took her stance, pulling the string back to the corner of her eyes to take aim. She had to wait for the opportune moment…

Kouga leapt away, narrowing missing the deadly demon's claws slicing through his heart. Sweat covered his forehead, but he knew to stop would only means his death. Sesshomaru was being ruthless, and Kouga knew that this wasn't the normal, stoic and aristocratic Sesshomaru. No, this was Sesshomaru's beast in a blood rage. Why would Sesshomaru's beast want Kagome for his own? Not for the Jewel Shards, no. So what was it? Either way, this was not good.

Kouga leapt back, and Sesshomaru stood as he watched him for his next move.

(Now!) Kagome thought, pulling the bow string back to her ear as she let it fly.

The glowing arrow flew between the two demons, and both turned to look her way. Sesshomaru was furious. (How dare she? Is she defending him?)

Sesshomaru howled, feeling rejected. She claimed to not want the wolf, yet she defends him!

He glared at her, into Kagome's stubborn eyes, and wanted to charge her – to kill her for her betrayal.

"Kouga, get out of here now!" She screamed only to wince as her chest hurt. "He'll kill you!"

Kouga looked at the demon lord, who was still glaring at Kagome, before turning back to the Miko. He took a step back, before another, and was gone.

InuYasha brought his sword up, facing his brother. "Sesshomaru, if you don't get out of here I'm going to kill you." He said.

Sesshomaru shifted to his brother, an unknown pain in his chest rising. He looked at Kagome again, unable to name the gaze in her eyes before he flashed, and was gone.

Kagome fell to her knees, shaking slightly from fear. She knew what he was thinking, that she didn't want him. But that wasn't true! She did, she just couldn't see Kouga killed because of it! She may not be able to stand him, but he has the Pack, and Ayame to care for!

InuYasha and the others turned to her. "Kagome!" They all said at the same time.

Kagome wrapped her arms around herself, trying to stop the shivering. She suddenly felt cold. Her aura wrapped fiercely around her, before it was gone. Shippo stood in front of his mom, worried. "Are you hungry, momma?" He asked, gently touching her knee with a small paw.

"I just want to go…" She said, standing up.

"Kagome-"

"I don't want to talk about it, InuYasha." She said.

"Too bad! What the hell is going on with you and my brother? Why did he attack you, and claim you?" He snapped.

"InuYasha, this isn't the best time or the right place to discuss this…"Miroku advised.

The hanyou moved to argue, but stopped. He grumbled under his breath, before sheathing the Tetsusaiga and turning around, walking away. Sango and Miroku and Shippo walked with Kagome back to camp, none of them saying anything.

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"Damn them!" Aphrodite screamed in bloody murder. "Uncle Hades have them and deal with their infuriating ways! I was so close, so close!" She screamed, hands in her hair as wailed like a banshee.

"That's it! I'm calling in for re-enforcements! My son has nothing to do at this time of year…" She scowled, sitting cross legged on a cloud as she crossed her arms over her chest.

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Kagome had somewhat returned to normal, the group deciding not to travel the rest of the day. InuYasha sat up in a tree brooding, but towards unset, Kagome barely saw him slip off and she knew that he was going to Kikyo. Sango and Miroku and Shippo didn't notice, but Kilala came and sat in her lap, purring comfortingly. Kagome had changed into the kimono given to her by Sesshomaru, since her costume was covered in blood and would need at least one more wash to get it near clean, although the sleeves were far too damaged…

Kagome pet the fire cat, tilting her head back against the tree as she stared up at the sky. What did she do in a past life to deserve just a fate?

Oh, yeah… she was Kikyo in a past life. That's an excuse in itself, she guessed. Did she now have to not only tell InuYasha, but the Gods and Fate that she was not Kikyo, but Kagome?

Shippo came walking up to her slowly, timidly holding a thick book in his paw as he stood before the Miko. "Oka-san?" He asked.

Kagome looked at him. "Hai, Shippo?"

Shippo held up the book with a lady knight holding a sword above her head and a bucking horse behind her. "Can we read some more?" He asked.

She smiled. Reading did always make her feel better…

"Bring it here." She said, patting the ground beside her.

Shippo obeyed happily, and Kilala meowed, also interested in hearing more. She liked the cat in the story with the sarcastic humor.

"Right, so where were we? Tamora Pierce's Lioness Rampant…

Yes, Faithful said when Buri returned to her bed. She is very much like you at that age."Surely I didn't think I could beat an army single-handed!" You still do. "The trouble with arguing with a cat is that cats don't hesitate to say anything about you, no matter how crazy it is," she complained. "You can't win an argument that way!" Nor should you try. With that, Faithful trotted off for a walk in the forest." Kagome read.

Kilala meowed in agreement, causing Shippo and Kagome to laugh.

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Everyone had fallen asleep, but Kagome was still wide awake. She felt… empty. She felt like there was somewhere else that she had to be. InuYasha still had yet to come back yet.

She sighed, sitting up in her sleeping back and quietly slipping out. She grabbed her bow and arrows, and tip-toed out of camp silently.

The Moon was on her back, illuminating the Seal for the birds and night life to see. Kagome walked on, watching the fireflies as they traveled from flower to flower as she enjoyed the tranquility that the scene gave off.

Or, she tried to. She felt so guilty, so empty…

Kagome fell to her knees, her hands covering her face as she cried out, her voice echoing through the forest. "Sesshomaru!"

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Ha! Bet none of you saw that one coming!

Anyway, I'm so glad that you are all enjoying the story! Thank you so much, everyone! This will be lively again next chapter, I promise! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

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Till next time!
Sandreline