Did I mention how much I love cliff hangers? *laughs maniacally* On with the story!
Chapter 6
Sesshomaru was traveling with his vassals along a path in the Eastern forest when he heard it. "HELP!" Stopping suddenly, he narrowed his eyes in the direction that the cry had come from. 'That was the miko!' he realized as he widened his eyes. He sniffed the air and smelled blood, her blood. "Jaken, stay and watch over Rin. Make camp. Know that if you fail, I will end you." He didn't stay around long enough to hear Jakens sobs as he raced away in the direction that the cry had come from.
Glancing up at the bear demon coming near her again, Kagome winced in pain as she stood up. She held onto the tree behind her for support and noticed that her vision was becoming blurry. Laughing, the bear demon stopped his advancement. "Well, what do we have here? No more fighting? It seems you are too injured to continue fighting. Just hand over your jewel shards and I will end you quickly!" he said as he started running towards her. Kagome's eyes widened and she put her arms in front of her face hoping it would do some good. A few seconds went by and nothing happened. Opening her eyes, she looked in front of her and noticed that a tall figure in white stood blocking her vision. If she hadn't lost so much blood, she might have recognized that the white clothes belonged to none other than Sesshomaru and that he had just saved her life. Breathing heavy, Kagome's legs gave way and she fell to the ground on her knees. "Miko, do you have a death wish? If that is the case, now would be prudent to let me know so that I may let this vermin continue his assault on you." Sesshomaru stated while glowering at the bear demon in front of him. At hearing his voice Kagome started and her eyes shot up to her rescuer. "S-S-Seshomaru?" she squeaked. "Hn" he answered before moving his left hand in front of his face and cracking his knuckles. "I have been looking for a good kill, but it seems you are too weak to satiate my desire. Die." he stated coolly before decapitating the bear demons head from its body. Kagome watched in fascination as he killed the demon in one swipe of his hand. 'Too bad Inuyasha had to cut off his other arm. I wonder if there's anything I could do to replace it, since he did save my life and everything.' she mused while still staring at him. She went to stand again and grabbed onto the side of the tree for support. "T-thank you, Lord Sesshomaru. For saving my life. You are forever in my debt." Sesshomaru turned to face her and raised an eyebrow. 'She wishes to repay me?' He looked at her and noticed she was barely wearing anything. Before lust could creep its way into his mind, he noticed that she was greatly injured. Kagome noticed him staring at her body and blushed a deep scarlet before averting her eyes. When she looked back up he was staring at her side. Looking down she noticed that there were three big gashes on her left side from where the bear demon had swiped at her. She also noticed that she was losing blood, and fast. Groaning she started to move towards her backpack. "You are injured. You should not be moving." Sesshomaru stated stepping in front of her. Kagome rolled her eyes. "Yeah, well I need to bandage it up before I bleed to death. Unless you want to revive me with Tenseiga if that happens? Yeah I thought not." she said noticing his narrowed eyes. "Sit. I will bring you your pack." Sighing Kagome sat down carefully and watched as the demon lord walked to her red back pack and pick it up. 'Thank you momma for getting me a new bag. The other one was so old it was almost embarrassing.' she thought as Sesshomaru stopped in front of her and sat down. She gasped lightly when he sat down in front of her. "Umm w-won't you get your pants dirty if you sit on the ground like t-that?" she said worriedly. "This Sesshomaru does not get dirty." he stated simply as he reached into her bag and took out the bandages that she had. He started to unroll them when she interrupted him. "Wait! I need to clean this off first before I bandage myself. I should have a clear bottle in there with alcohol and a rag." she said while reaching for her bag. "This Sesshomaru will clean and bandage your wounds, Miko. You are too injured to do it yourself." he said while moving the bag out of her grasp. Kagome's heart began to hammer in her chest. She looked down and noticed that she was only in her underwear. 'Oh good kami, how did I get myself into this?! Not only am I half naked, but he's about to touch me...er...clean my wounds himself! Okay, I need to calm down or he's going to think I have mental issues, well, more so than I already do.' she thought as she sweat dropped. Calming her erratic beating heart, Kagome crossed her legs and sat up as straight as she could so that the demon lord could clean her wounds. 'Why is she so nervous? It's rolling off of her in waves. Does she fear me? I just saved her life, that would be foolish.' Sesshomaru thought as he pulled out the clear bottle that she had mentioned and began pouring some of its contents onto a white rag. Glancing back at her he noticed that her face was lowered and that she was looking at her lap. He took that time to study her features. The first time he had met her in his fathers tomb, had been four years ago. She had been but a girl then. A skinny loud mouthed girl. But now? The girl sitting in front of him was no longer a girl, but a woman. A beautiful curvaceous woman. She had filled out quite nicely. Her hips, from what he could see, were nicely curved. "Great for bearing pups!" his beast practically purred in lust. Growling mentally, Sesshomaru kept studying her. He noticed that her stomach was toned but not too much. She wasn't too skinny either. She had a little bit of meat on her, and that he liked. He hated stick skinny women. His eyes traveled farther up and landed on her breasts. They were round and firm, and if he was honest with himself, were quite big. He noticed that a good portion of them stuck out over the top of a contraption she wore over them. Growling he idly wondered why she would wear such a thing, but then thanked any kami that she was, lest he become aroused and take her as a mate then and there. "So, you do want her as a mate! Well so do I. She is MINE and I will have no one else." growled his beast. Sesshomaru widened his eyes at his beats proclamation. 'Goshinki was right after all. Damn. I'm really in trouble now.' he thought while his beast purred happily at it's new claim.