Chapter 19: Behind Closed Doors

"I have to be involved, Kagome please understand…"

But she didn't, she couldn't understand what he was telling her. This just had to be a bad dream. Looking down at Sesshomaru's scarred palm, the demoness felt sick to her stomach to see the mark of betrayal on his once flawless skin. After everything they had been through, how could he?

"Kagome…."

"No."

"What?"

"I said no."

"No what?" he asked as though he didn't know what she meant though they both knew he did.

"Just, no." she shook her head, her mind was made up. This wasn't happening, she already decided.

"Kagome, allow me to explain."

"There is no way to explain this Sesshomaru!" she snapped. "Miyako is pregnant! You're the father! You...you…" her voice shook as her emotions took over. Forcing back tears she looked away from his guilt-ridden face.

"It was a mistake, I don't even know how…."

"Go to hell Sesshomaru." she hissed out. Jumping over the castle's wall, Kagome sped off into the nearby forest, knocking into trees and kicking up dirt with her growing frustration. He had betrayed her. She couldn't handle this.

Picking up the ringing phone, Inuyasha answered it gruffly, "Yea, what is it?"

"Inuyasha-sama!"

Pulling the device away from the side of his head, the half-demon scowled. "Myoga? Is that you?"

"Yes, Inuyasha-sama, I need to speak with Sesshomaru-sama immediately, please, before Kagome-san awakens!"

"How did you even dial the phone?"

"Just get Sesshomaru-sama!"

"Keh. Fine." putting down the device, Inuyasha got the air ready in his lungs to shout, only for a hand to suddenly clamp itself around his mouth, stopping him from completing his howl. Staring at the assailant, the half demon's ears drooped when he saw a pair of similar golden orbs looking back at him with a clear look of irritation.

Enunciating each word, Sesshomaru reminded his his obnoxious brother of one of his more inarguable rules. "Do not yell in this house." letting go of his brother's face, the dog demon crossed his arms and waited for him to speak in a more appropriate tone. Looking down, Inuyasha snorted at being talked to like a child.

Letting out a little growl, the dog demon was forced to ask the immature pup. "What do you want?"

"Keh. Phone's for you." he muttered out before turning and heading to the other side of the house.

The phone conversation with Myoga was brief, but it provided a lot of insight on just how similar Kagome's mind set was when it came to her personality with or without her memory. Though he wasn't happy about the flea telling her about their past relationship, he begrudgingly agreed that it was probably for the best to tell her now rather than later. 'However I should have been the one to tell her.'

"Tell who what?"

Glancing out the corner of his eye, Sesshomaru sighed when he saw Kaede walking towards him; a number of random books held in her arms. "Still practicing clairvoyance I see."

"Yea." she replied, eyeing her uncle curiously.

The eldest child of Inuyasha and Kikyo, Kaede resembled her mother right down to the eyes which were that same dazzling chocolate brown color. Named after Kikyo's long passed sister, she had been lucky in that she was born with the same divine powers of her mother, though her recent discovery of mind reading had caused her more trouble than praise.

"What have you been doing all day Ojiisama?" Kaede asked, glancing at the clock nearby. "We didn't see you at breakfast."

"I have been resting." he said, giving her a look which told her to leave the conversation at that.

"Oh. Well, I didn't mean to read you," she said apologetically. "It just comes up whenever I let my mind wander."

"Hn. Do not concern yourself, but try to stay alert from now on."

"Okay." she said, adjusting the books in her arms.

A moment of awkward silence and then Sesshomaru pulled out his glasses. "I am going out for a while, have them call if anyone needs me." putting on the lenses, he placed the concealment spell on his body, becoming Eiichi Minamoto within a matter of seconds.

"Okay Ojiisama."

"And make sure your father has actually done some work by the time I return."

"Like Dad actually listens to a word I say." holding up the books in her hands she pointed out, "He usually just dumps it on me."

Shaking his head at the irony, Sesshomaru said, "How that idiot managed to produce at least one competent child I will never know." walking towards the door, he allowed a smirk to cross his face as he heard Kaede's laughter resounding through the house.

Sitting crossed legged on top of her bed, Kagome let out a yawn and sniffed as her senses began to clear from the sleep. Peeking up at the ceiling which contained a projection of the time, she nodded in satisfaction at seeing that it was almost noon; she loved it when she got to sleep in, something she only got to do on the weekends. Recalling her latest dream of the past, she wondered just how much of it had actually took place or if it was just another dream brought on by thinking too much before going to sleep.

She had felt so hurt at seeing that scar on Sesshomaru's palm. Looking at her own disfigurement, Kagome saw the redness and flexed it a few times when it began to itch again from the burning. What promise did she make to Sesshomaru anyway? Feeling a pinch on her cheek, she slapped at her face angrily and tilted her head confused when a flatted Myoga floated down onto her hand. "Myoga?"

The air returning to his body, the flea demon coughed embarrassed and apologized. "Kagome-san, forgive me, I couldn't resist…"

"Creepy crawler…" she muttered half-heartedly, remembering their conversation last night. "Did you crawl through a crack in the door?"

"Uh...Yes." he responded sweat dropping. "I was worried about you Kagome-san, you didn't wake up this morning and I thought…."

"You thought….what?"

"Well...I don't know what I thought." he admitted sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand.

"Ah. As you can see I'm fine." she said, offering a smile. "Now then, I was going to get some breakfast er...brunch. Do you eat things other than blood or…"

"Yes of course!"

"Great, then we can talk over food." standing up from the bed, Kagome aimed for the kitchen, placing Myoga on her shoulder so that she could use both hands.

Sitting at her kitchen table over a rather large cup of coffee, Kagome and Myoga picked up their conversation where they had left off at last night. The fleas cup being a silver thimble she had found, he politely took small sips through his proboscis.

"So...Myoga I've been having these dreams...about you." Kagome began.

"Oh?!" The flea demon blushed hard. Stuttering he responded, "I'm flattered really, but I don't think that would work out too well!"

"What! No!" looking at him embarrassed, Kagome corrected his train of thought, "I had a dream about you concerning Sesshomaru! And me...before I...time traveled." that last part still didn't feel right.

"Oh...I see..." Myoga sighed. "Your remembering...and it seems that is your first memory."

"Wait...so the whole thing with the well...and the book...that actually happened just like I saw it?"

"Yes." Myoga confirmed. "I don't know how much you recall, but I did indeed bear witness to your escape through time. I was unable to sway your decision." taking a sip of his coffee, the flea demon lowered his head in contemplation.

"Myoga...Can I ask what promise I made to Sesshomaru that I broke?"

"Simple. You promised you wouldn't leave his side. No matter how bad things between you became."

"And I'm guessing he took advantage of that promise?"

"No, not at all Kagome-san! He made a promise as well."

"He promised not to touch his mate..."

"I...yes...how did you know that?"

"Because I dreamt about that too."

"Yes. But Sesshomaru-sama is not disgraceful in the slightest, he understood why you left him and intended to release you had he found you in time."

"What? Like I'm honestly supposed to believe that."

"It is the truth, he wished for you to remain, yet he accepted the fact that he had ruined your faith in him. If not for the master's orders to have you captured and returned to the castle for punishment, Sesshomaru-sama may have very well taken you away himself."

"The master?"

"Inu no Taisho. Sesshomaru-sama and Inuyasha-sama's father."

"Taisho? Who...ughh..." Shaking suddenly in her seat, Kagome held her head in pain as another memory began to appear in her mind.

Her red heels clicking smartly against the floor, Kagura walked to her bosses office, the red dress she had worn to the gala nearly falling off her body as she made her way to the large double doors. Without evening bothering to knock, the wind witch silently entered the room, shutting the door behind her and immediately going to the bar where she made herself a stiff shot of scotch. She had only taken her first sip when a pair of tentacles wrapped themselves around her ankles, soon twisting up her legs, stopping to stroke at her core. Not bothering to move while they made their way inside her underwear, Kagura purred happily when it flicked at her clit, soon making her soaked with its wonderful attentions. Feeling one begin to try to enter her womb, she finally addressed the person who was controlling the wondrous flesh. "Naraku, I've barely even entered the room."

Red eyes glowed in the darkness of the room, and a deep voice responded darkly."The fact that you would enter my privacy the way the you did without so much as acknowledging me, I'm sure this is what you wanted from the start."

Gasping at the tentacle that suddenly stroked at her behind, a fresh shot of her arousal was released when she recalled the last encounter with the man.

Chuckling he continued his distant assault, adding yet another fleshy arm to wrap itself around her breasts. Her red dress fell to the floor, leaving her only in her four-inch heels. Seeing how needy she seemed at the moment, Naraku commented, "Sesshomaru must have rejected you again, huh?"

"Yes, that damned dog seems to only care about his little time hopping bitch." She growled out, gritting her teeth when a tentacle entered her dripping flesh. Bracing herself against the bar, Kagura purred when Naraku himself came forward and spread her ass with his hands, his clothed erection rubbing against her second hole. "He has no interest in any but her Naraku, perhaps you should just do what you did last time?"

"He will not be so susceptible to my magic a second time," he whispered in her ear,moving to unbutton his pants. "And considering it resulted in his mate's untimely death, I wouldn't dream of doing the same to you."

"What about Kagome? Another one of your minions...oh..." She was caught off guard by the phallus that began to push itself into her ass. "Another one...was killed...isn't all of this just a waste of time?"

"No my dear." He thrusted once and buried the rest of his twitching erection into her rear. "Sesshomaru and his family will all be dealt with in due time, and as for Kagome...the only reason she has survived this long is because I need her alive. Alive...and unaware."

"What...uh...do you mean?" She grunted out.

Smiling from behind her, Naraku assured the wind witch. "Oh, you will see very soon, I promise."

A/N: Wow. I didn't think I could get that dirty. Anyway, next chapter is a past chapter. And just a heads up, Kagura and Naraku are fuck buddies along with partners. They both have their own goals in life and are just working together to reach it. Please review! -Theores