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Weeks had passed since the night she had been bathing with Sesshoumaru in the spring and yet she found herself unable to get it off of her mind. Kagome was seated within the grasses of the garden out back with her hands set in her lap. She was supposed to be out here watching Rin this afternoon but he wanted nothing more than to be back in the safety of his arms. It was rather odd to her to be feeling this way since not a few days earlier had she been wishing Inuyasha would come to rescue her. Now she wasn't even sure she wanted to go home after what had happened. Rin squealed as she ran across the ground, diving after a butterfly in an attempt to make it her new pet. The elder maiden gave a soft laugh at her childishness before she would grab Rin up in her arms to begin tickling her. The little one began to squeal and kick her feet in the air at the tickling rampage she was receiving. Rin stopped struggling as soon as Kagome finished tickling her, and both dark haired females locked eyes for a calm stare to pass between them. But only Rin looked up and away from Kagome to something else.

"Rin is going to play in the flowers." It was then that the little girl jumped to her feet and skipped away to go find some flowers to play with.

Kagome rose her head then gasp softly when she realized who was standing over her.

"Sesshoumaru," she whispered.

The demon lord had nothing to say in response to her speaking his name. She was just sitting there and didn't need anything so it wasn't like he had to respond. Kagome pushed her body up to step towards him a bit more, closing the contact between them, as she would take his hand with her own. Sesshoumaru shot her a look that was in obvious confusion as she flashed a smile and began to lead him away to where Rin was. Any other time the demon lord wouldn't have allowed her to lead him away but he let her today. The demon lord looked down at Kagome when they managed to stop, the wind catching his hair to brush it across to her body and then his own. Everything seemed a blur to him now as he closed his eyes, looking away from her without a single word about the lock of their hands. She gave his hand a light squeeze and flashed him a delighted smile, watching with interest the expression he happened to have on his face. He slowly pulled his hand away from hers to turn and begin walking back towards the castle.

"Sesshoumaru wait!" Kagome exclaimed as she turned herself to reach out to him.

The dog stopped to stand firm in his place having not decided to look back at her because of how she was probably looking. She came forward to move around him so that she could look at him. He closed his eyes very slowly for a tiny amount of comfort since she was making him feel somewhat uncomfortable. His chest was getting all tight and it was making it harder for him to breathe. She must have cast a spell on him. That's the only thing he could think of. She gave a smile then swayed from side to side as he opened his eyes to look at her.

"I don't have time for games. What is it?" He inquired while looking down his nose at her.

She began to giggle fiercely as she walked around him to return to the place in the grass where she had been sitting beforehand. Sesshoumaru snorted in his passing to the castle with every single intention of sticking it out there for the rest of the day. Kagome raised her head as she felt something pass overhead, the shadows of a vessel sending chills right down to the bone. She was about to rise up onto her feet when she felt a hand grab the back of her kimono and pull her into the air. Her first thought was that she was being kidnapped so she immediately proceeded to struggle in the hold, throwing her arms out to strike whomever had their hand on her.

"Let go!" She screamed, slapping someone across the face when she swiped back with her hand.

"It's me, Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted as he drew his head back to keep from getting smacked again.

Male grasp the back of her kimono firmly in his hand while the other hand was holding on to the fur of Kirara's back. Kagome took in a few deep breaths as the castle was beginning to shrink away from sight. It was then that she did something she never thought that she was going to do in all her days.

"Sit boy!!!" She screamed, squealing sharply as the hanyou and her went flying down towards the ground.

Luckily for Kagome's sake he landed underneath her so he cushioned her fall onto the ground. Of course, immediately once the ability was fit for him to do again Inuyasha stood up and began to cart her away with her draped over his shoulder. Once again she did something else she never thought she would do.

"Sesshoumaru!!!!!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, which caused the hanyou to drop her.

Instantly as if on command the demon lord came into complete view for the both of them. Kagome pushed herself up off of the ground, stumbled, and then ran towards him to throw her arms around him despite his armor. She rested her head against the plate that went across his chest, breathing hard against the metal covering on him. The demon lord did not even look down at her for the moment, staring ahead at the half-demon that stood before him. Kagome whimpered out rather audibly as she held her hands against his backside. He would slowly pull her away from him to step up towards Inuyasha with his golden opticals darkening. Inuyasha would draw his blade from its sheath to perch himself firmly before him.

"What have you done to Kagome?" He growled, narrowing his eyes as he pinned his ears down.

"I have done nothing to this woman, little brother. It is not my fault she has no desire to return home to you." He retorted.

Inuyasha began to growl before he would adjust his position with the Tetsusaiga.

"That's not true! You kidnapped her." He grunted before looking as Kagome stepped up to stand beside Sesshoumaru.

"I don't want to go back, Inuyasha." She whispered softly, staring firmly at the hanyou as if she was unsure of what he might do.

Half dog felt his hands lower the Tetsusaiga down so that the tip of it was touching the ground beneath them all. He was trembling some before he began to growl to himself.

"Whatever." He muttered, sheathing the blade to turn around and take off running.

"He'll be coming back." Sesshoumaru muttered before he turned to look at Kagome.

She looked up at him then flashed a smile at him out of plain happiness that he had come to help her when she had called for him.

"Thank you." She whispered, blushing like mad when she realized the close proximity of their faces.

Sesshoumaru brushed his hand against her cheek to get her hair back away from her face. He tilted her head up to stream his fingers across her cheekbone, brushing his lips against hers in a gentle kiss. Kagome blushed like crazy in the middle of the kiss before she slid one of her hands up against his cheek kissing him in return. He tangled his fingers in her hair on the back of her head, pulling her up closer to him by the pressure he put on her lower back. She would break it slowly to look into his flaming coals before he released her to step back away from her. Kagome would watch him with certain intensity the entire time he turned away from her.

"Sesshoumaru," She whispered.

He didn't turn to look back at her at the speaking of his name, and instead began to walk away from her. Kagome watched him then licked her lips before following after him. She only had one place to go. She stepped up the garden steps as the sky emit a delicate rumbling sound. She looked up at it from her position at the top of the stairs, gasping when raindrops began to fall down on her. She looked down as the little one, Rin, came running into the castle. Kagome brushed her hair back away from her face before entering into the domain where Rin and Sesshoumaru had gone. Her first intention had been to make sure that Rin was all dry since she had gotten wet but that quickly changed when she saw him. Sesshoumaru was wandering down the hallway to his library so that he might work… or something of the sort. She stepped down the long corridor and then pushed the library door to enter into the room with him. The canine did not look up at her as they were the only ones in the room and he knew her scent as it was. Neither spoke to the other as she came walking across the room in approach of him, taking his hands from the paintbrush and ink flask. Kagome slid them both away from them and came down onto the hardwood floor on her knees. He raised his head to look at her with those tired eyes closing his eyes every few minutes. It amazed her then that he didn't even question what she was doing.

Kagome brushed his bangs away from his face to kiss the crescent moon on his forehead. He felt himself tense up as memories shot back into him. I love you, Sesshoumaru. Don't let the past- He shook his head roughly then began to blink multiple times in an attempt to focus his vision out. Kagome stroked her hand across his cheek as she mouthed soft things out to him. She tugged on the armor lightly then peeled it away from his body to set it aside, touching the heated flesh of his chest where the armor had been on him. He grunted softly then closed his eyes beneath her touch. He snapped his eyes back open of course when she brushed her fingertips along the design of his face.

"Why?" He questioned.