Purity

Disclaimer: Oh woe is me, woe is me, I'll never own it. Not unless I can somehow convince her to leave it to me when she passes on. Hmm… -plots-

A/N- I got FOUR reviews. FOUR. I am SAD. I thought I was making a rather good story so far. But you four reviewers have made me super duper happy. Thank you!

Last Time:

"Saved me? From what?"

"InuYasha." She jumped at the sound of Sesshomaru's voice but he said nothing else to her. "Come Rin, it is your bedtime."

"Yes Lord Sesshomaru." She said, but she quickly checked Kagome's bandage before she left. Kagome sat up, slowly this time and looked towards the door. Sesshomaru still stood there, and Kagome jumped at seeing him. She thought he'd left with Rin.

Everything was slowly coming back to her and she blinked back the tears. She reached into her bra and took out the complete Shikon no Tama. A sob escaped her lips but she said nothing as she stared at it. "I wish InuYasha was happy." And the jewel disappeared. She looked down. It was unselfish of her to ask for someone else's happiness. Sango and Miroku had gotten married as soon as the wind tunnel had disappeared from his hand. As far as she knew they had left and began to rebuild her village. Sango had been the one to remove the Shikon shard from Kohaku, and Miroku had helped her bury him, saying a prayer and keeping his hands in check the whole time.

Sesshomaru was still staring at her. She was gazing at the wall with such a sober expression. "Thank you." She finally said. He looked at her. "For saving me. I know you didn't have to but I am grateful none the less. I owe you." When he said nothing she huffed. "Whatever." When she turned around to look at the door and make a very rude comment, she was shocked. He was no longer there. "Sesshomaru obviously doesn't take well to gratitude." She grumbled before she lay down again and fell into a deep slumber, though nightmares plagued her.

This Time:

Chapter One

Breathe

Sesshomaru was aware someone was in his room, as soon as he heard a soft click. "What is it Rin?" He heard her shuffle closer and sit beside him, while he sat up slowly.

"Lady Kagome is screaming."

"I heard her."

"Lord Sesshomaru, please go wake her up. I know about the nightmares. I don't want her to feel that way." Rin whispered. She started to shake and tears formed behind her eyes. "It is not a good place to be when you wake up and don't know where you are."

He had no idea why he was even agreeing to it, but he stood up. "Go back to sleep Rin."

"Yes Lord Sesshomaru."

Kagome shook, having entangled herself in her covers. She felt like she was suffocating.

InuYasha stood across from her, a smile on his face. She ran towards him, and hugged him. Something was off, but she didn't know what it was. All she knew was she was happy, with him holding her. His eyes were soft amber as he looked down at her. "Where is your sword InuYasha?" She asked, finally realizing he no longer had it. "Where are the prayer beads?"

His content smile slowly transformed into an evil one. The maliciousness in his grin caught her off guard, but she soon found herself flying away from him.

THWACK.

She shook her head, trying to right herself as she crashed into the ground. She was dizzy, probably from where her skull had smacked off the ground. "InuYasha?" She asked, looking at him. His eyes were bleeding red now, his fangs growing, while the strips that were never on his cheeks grew long and jagged. "What's going on?" She whispered.

"Run Kagome."

And she did.

She didn't understand how it had happened. How had the sword broken? Oh yes, she recalled the battle with Naraku having broken it. InuYasha had seemed fine all those weeks afterwards. Maybe the beads had done their job. But they had broken too, two days before he had transformed. He had seemed fine.

She whimpered as Sesshomaru walked in, and he paused. What could she be dreaming of that could cause her this pain? Oh yes, InuYasha had attacked her and almost killed her. He pinched the bridge of his nose in between two fingers, and a soft breath escaped him. Some would say it was a sigh, but he would never admit to something so degrading as sighing in exasperation. He walked to Kagome, and placed a hand on her arm, trying to shake her awake.

InuYasha was upon her now, and he was pinning her to the ground. "Give me the jewel Kagome. Give it to me, so I can have Kikyo back, and not some cheap imitation. You'll never compare to her. Miroku and Sango won't save you now. Just give it to me. You promised."

"No! InuYasha, you'll be ruled by the jewel! It could hurt you!"

"Kagome…" He growled out, and she twisted, trying to get away from him. "GIVE IT TO ME!" He growled into her ear. She sobbed brokenly, and flailed underneath him. She would escape. She had to. "We'll do this the hard way then." And he ripped her shirt away from her. "Ah there it is…"

And he grabbed the jewel from the inside of her bra, laughing all the while. The jewel darkened to pitch black, before InuYasha smiled down at her, and began to choke her.

"Woman, wake up!" Sesshomaru shouted, as he ripped the blankets from her. She screeched out, and fell from the bed to land on the floor. Her tears fell freely now that she was awake and she began to shake uncontrollably. She was confused. Where was she? Sesshomaru stood, glaring down at her.

All she saw was his hair and she screamed, curling into a ball. "No!" She shouted, releasing a ball of pure light from her palms. Sesshomaru moved quickly, and the reiki hit the wall, causing a hole to form and smoke. Another breath of air escaped Sesshomaru's barely open lips.

"Kagome." He stated. She looked up, her eyes wide with fright.

'I'm dead.' She thought, before she laughed out loud. There was no humor in the situation. She was living, LIVING, in Sesshomaru's home. He had saved her from InuYasha. InuYasha had almost killed her. The jewel was gone for good now. The wish she had made was completely unselfish. If InuYasha was happy, then he would be. She didn't need to be in his life for his happiness. Sesshomaru stared down at her, as her laughter slowly subsided into sobs.

"You have lost your mind."

"No, I'm just… suffering from post-traumatic stress."

"What is that?"

"Oh… when someone goes through a very life altering experience, some people suffer. Some women, after birth suffer from something similar, where they want nothing to do with their baby."

"Hn. You woke Rin from sleep with your screaming. Please refrain from doing so any longer."

"I'm sorry."

He paused when he turned, and looked back at her. She was apologizing? A human, apologizing? This was strange. Most only begged for their lives, and feared him. She didn't. She had no fear held in her eyes, or in her smell. "Do not let it happen again."

"Yes, Sesshomaru."

"Lord Sesshomaru."

She did a double take. "Excuse me?"

"You will address me as Lord Sesshomaru from now on. I am your superior in every way and you will treat me as such from now on."

"Well, Mr. Arrogant, I will address you however I wish. I'm not some meager human woman. I have rights!"

He chuckled, and Kagome had a bad feeling as she stood. He turned towards her, facing her fully as he pinned her with an icy stare. His eyes fell lower for a second then returned to her face. "Fix your dress. Unless it is normal for human woman to walk around with their breasts hanging out?" Her face went ten shades of red.

"YOU JERK!" She screamed as he walked from her room. He had agreed to let her stay for Rin's sake, but now it seemed there would be entertainment in the Western Castle once more. If anyone was around they would have died, seeing their lord smile.

Little did he know, Kagome's smile outshone his.

Well? How was it? Good, bad? I'm not sure. I know it's not long but STILL. I like this chapter, and I figured this would be a good note to leave the chapter off on.

Jaime