Chapter 13

Sesshomaru and Kagome came upon a village after hours of continuous, fast paced, tiresome walking and decided to stop before Kagome died of exhaustion. Sesshomaru looked back at her and smiled. Her hair looked wild and out of place, her eyes were half closed, and she could barely stand.

"You look… fantastic." He said seriously, but obviously joking around.

"Oh, ha, ha, ha! Very funny."

"I know." He said turning away with his nose in the air.

"What the? You were making fun of me, really?"

"Maybe."

"Sesshomaru!"

"Yes?" he looked back to her.

"Why are you confusing me?"

"Exhaustion really messes with the human mind, Kagome. It entertains me."

"What does that mean?"

"It means that you are tired."

"Yes, but that other part."

"Nothing?"

"Wait what?"

Sesshomaru couldn't help but chuckle at her behavior. She was so tired her mind couldn't comprehend anything he threw at her; whether it was obvious or not. Kagome let out a low growl and let her head drop.

"I can't take this anymore…" she said, "You can either carry me or leave me here to die…"

"Is that a trick question?"

"It was a question?"

"That was."

"What was?"

"That."

"What?"

"That. You said 'It was a question?' in question form, so I said that what you had just said was a question."

"STOP IT!!" Kagome whined as she grabbed her head and fell forward to the floor.

'This is going to be one entertaining night.' He thought to himself as he quickly caught her and prevented her from falling.

'Oh, so now you are picking on her?'

'Weren't you supposed to leave for good?'

'Yes, but that was just priceless and I wanted some company.'

'Please go away.'

'Did you just fucking say please? Oh my god. I am not talking to you anymore. You have gone nuts.'

'Well if going nuts makes you leave, I think I will go ask Totosai for advice on the subject.'

'Oh ha, ha, ha, very funny Sesshomaru. Very funny.'

'Bye now.'

'BYE!'

Sesshomaru sighed and lifted Kagome into his arm. He walked over to the village and looked around only to see frightened faces.

"A DEMON!" someone yelled causing everyone to panic.

"I am not going to hurt anyone!" he said, but the screaming was too loud.

"What's going on?" Kagome said opening her eyes and looking around.

"HE'S GOT THE GIRL! SOMEONE SAVE HER!" a woman yelled pointing at Kagome.

Sesshomaru sighed and set Kagome down. Kagome looked up at him and then back at the villagers.

"Are you all scared of him?" Kagome asked.

"He's a demon! Demon's harass us all the time!" a man said picking up a garden tool for his defense.

"Come girl! Keep away from him!" another woman said motioning for Kagome to go to her.

"Look… All of you are wasting your time with that panicking and shit. Has he attacked you?" Kagome said putting her hands on her hips.

"He's a demon! They're all the same!"

"I can't blame you for being afraid of him actually… He is the most powerful demon in the land…" Kagome said as Sesshomaru just stood there.

"See! You admit he had a lot of power!"

"Just because someone has a lot of power doesn't mean they are going to attack." She said walking over to Sesshomaru and standing by his side, "He may be all powerful and shit, but he is honorable."

"What does that have to do with anything?"

"Honor has to do with everything when it comes to high society demons." Kagome explained, "Just because he doesn't like humans and is very powerful doesn't mean his is going to dishonor his own name by hurting innocent people. Now stop acting stupid and go back to what you were doing."

"How can we trust him?"

"I don't know? Learn to? Try it out? Leave him alone? Get to know him? These are all good answers that any good person will consider before jumping to conclusions…"

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow and looked at Kagome with a faint smile. She looked back at him and saw that he was smiling at her so she playfully stuck out her tongue. Sesshomaru shook his head.

'She is lucky I love her.' He thought as he poked her nose.

"Lord Sesshomaru…" Someone said through the crowd.

"Who has spoken my name?" he called out as a elderly woman walked through the people.

"I have." She said.

"And who the hell are you?"

"I doubt you will remember, but when you were just a child, I took care of you."

"What the fuck?" he said, "You lying woman, I am but five hundred year of age. No human can live that long."

"Aye…" she said, "You are correct, but I was granted a gift by your father."

"Bullshit!" Sesshomaru hissed, startling the villagers.

"Please son, calm yourself." The woman said nervously, as she backed away from him.

"Sesshomaru…" Kagome looked up at him confused, "Why are you so angry?"

Sesshomaru calmed himself down as he looked at Kagome's fearful eyes. He glared at the woman before him, claiming to be his old caretaker. He turned away and walked off in a huff.

'What has gotten into him?' she asked herself as Sesshomaru made his way out of the village and over to a large tree about fifty yards away.

"I'm sorry about that. I have never seen him act like that before…" Kagome said.

"Are you sure about that? I am pretty sure you have seen him behave in such a manner." The woman said walking up beside Kagome, "You know, when you have fought him by Inuyasha's side."

Kagome's eyes widened as she saw the woman transform right in front of her. Before she had a chance to react, Naraku stood there and covered her mouth with one hand as his other grabbed her by the waist and pulled her close to him.

"I have you now." He whispered into her ear.

The villagers suddenly began to scream and panic once more. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes and looked over to see them running about like maniacs. Suddenly, he could smell Naraku's scent and darted toward Kagome as fast as he could.

"SESSHOMARU!!" he heard her yell out for him as a sudden burst of Naraku's aura flew threw the village wrecking homes, destroying buildings, and even pushing the humans of the villagers out of the way.

"She's mine Sesshomaru!" Naraku said as he floated into the air.

"NARAKU!" he yelled jumping toward him as he pulled his sword from his side.

Naraku smirked; a burst of miasma flew toward Sesshomaru forcing him back to the ground. Kagome struggled as much as she could, but was unable to break free of Naraku's grasp.

"SESSHOMARU!" she yelled reaching out for him.

Sesshomaru quickly jumped up, but they vanished. He landed on the floor staring at the exact spot where Naraku and his love disappeared.

"NO!" He yelled out with all his might, causing it to echo over miles of land.

Sesshomaru dropped his sword and fell to his knees. He knew what Naraku was going to do to her and couldn't bare the thought of losing her. He let out an ominous growl and banged his fist on the ground.

Inuyasha stopped walking. He looked back toward the Western Lands and narrowed his eyes. Sango, Miroku, and Kikyou looked at him confused and looked in the same direction.

"Brother…" Inuyasha said running of in that direction.

"What's gotten into him?" Miroku asked.

"He just said brother…" Sango told them.

"KAGOME!" the three of them yelled as Kirara jumped off of Sango's shoulder and transformed into her larger self. Sango and Miroku jumped on her back as Kikyou ran forward.

Inuyasha stopped running, quickly picked Kikyou up, and began running off again. Kirara caught up to Inuyasha and Sango looked to him

"What is it Inuyasha?" Miroku asked.

"My brother! Something is wrong!" he said as Kikyou tightened her grip on his shoulders when he went faster

"Your brother? Since when do you call him your brother?" Kikyou asked.

"I don't know…" Inuyasha said as they came to a small village and stopped.

"Oh my…" Miroku said as Kirara landed and they looked at the village.

"He's gone mad!" a man of the village said as the villagers all ran in their direction.

"What is going on?" Sango asked them.

"Who has gone mad?" Kikyou added.

"The demon! The girl called him Sesshomaru." A man said as the villagers stopped and stared at their village being torn apart by an enraged demon.

Inuyasha ran forward and over to his brother as he saw him waving his sword wildly and punching down tree's and houses that had been left alone by Naraku's aura burst.

"Sesshomaru!" he yelled out.

Sesshomaru didn't answer. He continued to destroy everything in his way. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes and glared at him as he walked up behind his brother and smacked him in the back of the head.

"HE TOOK HER!" Sesshomaru yelled, as he looked to his brother, "That bastard He took her!"

"Kagome? Who took her?" Sango said as the others caught up.

"Naraku…" he hissed as his eyes flashed a bright red.

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