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"Because-" She began, pausing immediately in her words when she felt those golden pools settle on her form making her feel as though her heart was going to stop beating.

For some reason she found that she could not speak a single word to him when she found that stare set on her. She opened her mouth to speak then turned her head away as she went to rise up onto her feet. Kagome tensed as a hand shot out and grabbed her wrist to prevent her from rising up all the way. She felt her muscles grow weak as another hand slid up to curve around her waist so that she was pulled down. She fluttered her lashes then lidded her pools over when she felt her body being pressed against his toned chest. Claws tightened in the kimono across her back as he slid his arms around her tight. The room just seemed to spin as lightning roared outside the building.

"Mizuki," He whispered against her ear.

Kagome felt her heart drop down and tears fill her eyes before she pulled back from his hold.

"I am… not Mizuki." She whispered before she turned her head to take off running out of the room.

Why did she ever stay there? All she had been doing was toying with the demon lord, and she quickly realized then that it was just how Inuyasha had done her. This only blossomed the tears from her eyes and made them spill down her pale cheeks as she pushed aside the door and ran down the steps. The rain smacked her in the face with each step as she ran away from the castle as fast as she could go. She stumbled, tripping over her own feet to lose her shoes in the tall grass right as lightning went flying overhead. She whimpered in her throat as she pushed up to continue running away from there. It was too much, too fast, too soon. All this time she had been hoping that it had been her that he loved, but in that she was again proven wrong when he spoke the name of this woman instead of her. She had no idea where she was going and what she would do there. She just wanted to get away from there… Strong arms grabbed her and pressed her against a cloth-covered chest as she stumbled and nearly lost her footing. Kagome trembled fiercely as she raised her head up slowly only to see the pale flesh of a neck. It was at this point that she felt the weight of his head atop hers.

"Sesshoumaru," she whispered softly, closing her eyes as those tears continued to stream again.

"Don't leave." He muttered into her hair.

The demon lord hoisted her up off of her feet without a single word to her again as he would carry her back towards the castle. Kagome did not fight him anymore. She was much too tired to do so, and yet that was only half the reason that she didn't. The demon lord carried her inside, strolling down the long corridor to her quarters. She whimpered lightly as he nudged the door aside with his foot. Golden lanterns fell on her form again as he trembled, suppressing small whines when he lowered her down onto the futon. She raised her head up then gasps within her throat as he crouched before her. Claws slid between the knots of her attire to remove it from her flesh, leaving her within the soft white yukata that went with the outfit. He pushed the blankets aside to push her down against the soft comforts of the padding. Once he had her tucked into the bed he would begin to raise up until she pulled one of his stunts and grabbed his hand.

"Don't go… Stay with me." She whispered.

He wrapped his fingers around hers then lowered down onto his knees by her bed as if waiting for her to do something. She did not even wait until he was down on his knees to move over onto the other side of the futon. Kagome slid her hand up to pull the blankets down for him to climb within its warmth and comfort with her. Sesshoumaru seemed uncertain about the entire situation but he lowered down to the futon with her. He turned so that his back was facing her even though she was pulling the blanket up on him. He was comfortable to a degree. He didn't have his armor on him so it didn't matter to him whether he slept here or in his own quarters. Of course what he hadn't been intending on what the fact that she had yet to let go of his hand. So now his arm was draped over his side so that their fingers were laced. He shut his eyes slowly to induce sleep upon himself just so he could sleep through her dozes and then rise when she was asleep. Kagome slid over to be right up behind him, squeezing his hand gently as she nosed her face against his back. He tensed then shifted his eyes back to look at her before scooting just a tad to roll over onto his back. One of his arms slid around her to draw her in closer to his body. Kagome rested her head against his chest in the place of his armor. She could feel the rapid beat of his heart against her ear and gave a weakened smile because of it. This only proved that he was a living creature to her, and he felt things like pain and happiness. Pools rolled to a complete close as the two began to drift away into a silent dreamland that makes promises of tomorrow on children's ears.

Meanwhile in a land much too far away from the western lands to be of much notice to the demon lord there was to be a dark conversation.

"Why do you think he'll come if we nab the girl?"

"Because he is fond of her. Do you not realize who either is?"

"Who are they?"

"You idiot! The Lord of the West and the Lady of the Moon. Have you not been reading the books for the past fifty years?"

"I don't remember even being alive according to last year."

"Idiot."

Jaken peeked through the door in silence to look upon the two on the futon. He felt his eyes give an involuntary twitch before he departed from the room. Rin was pressed right up against his backside the entire time he was looking in the room.

"What is the matter with Lord Sesshoumaru?" She whispered.

Jaken merely looked at her and stepped away without a single word of discussion on the matter. It would not be right. There had to be a mistake. His lord loving a human girl? It wasn't possible.

b Hey guys.. sorry it took me so long to update. Life has been really hitting me. /b