Sliding the door to her room open, he spotted her on her bed curled up into a ball in the center. Moving to stand next to the bed he stared down at her. "Why does the thought of mating Kei trouble you."
"It's not that." Came the broken response. "It's just the thought of me never returning home to my family, to the people that love me." A shuddering sigh passed her lips. "Here I have no one; I am merely a nuisance to you, as you have made abundantly clear; I am alone."
"You are not alone." He stated plainly.
Kagome gave a grunting laugh. "Bering around you and Kei may not necessarily be considered being alone, but being just someone who is only a tool for you to bring down your enemy is what makes me alone." She sighed as she rolled over to face him. "I need more than what you or Kei have been offering me. I'm not a pet; I am a person and a person that needs understanding, companionship, and love. None of which you or Kei are giving me." She looked up at him with tear filled eyes. "The sooner you defeat your enemy the sooner I can try to get home and if by chance I am unable to return to my home, I would prefer you find me somewhere else to live besides here." She closed her eyes and sighed sadly as she rolled away from him. "I do not want to be here with you." She finished in a whispered dismissal.
Sesshoumaru just stood there staring down at her in a state of mild shock; not that any could see it on his face, but it was there on the inside. He then narrowed his eyes at her back. "If you can not return home, you will stay here." His words were an order, an order that she would obey. Then in a swirl of silk he was gone but not before hearing her whispered response. "I would rather die."
xx
Kagome sat at the table staring hard into her bowl of rice and meats. To her right sat the neko and to her left sat the… there were no words in the world to describe him. Calling him a bastard was too nice for the likes of him. She sharply stabbed her chopsticks into her bowl, skewering a piece of meat, imagining it to be Sesshoumaru's head.
Kei watched the girl from the corner of his eye and smirked. He knew what was wrong with her and things were about to get ugly. She was a day or two away from her monthly and apparently she was one of those females that became rather moody because of it; and with the tension between the girl and Sesshoumaru over the kiss they shared, he knew who was going to have to face her wrath.
Kagome glared at the demon lord blatantly then leaned over closer to him. "Bastard." She hissed just above a whisper as she snatched up his cup of sake and downed it. She set the cup down hard upon the table, curled her lip at him as she rose to her feet, and left the room.
Sesshoumaru just continued to stare straight ahead fighting the urge to cut the girl's tongue from her head; until his general spoke up.
"Well that was rather interesting." Kei stated with a small chuckle.
Gold eyes locked with copper and narrowed, just daring the cat to make one of his jokes or snide comments.
Kei ignored the look his lord was giving him and downed his own cup of sake. When he set the cup down he looked over at Sesshoumaru. "Alright you big puppy." Kei started as he stared hard at the demon lord getting the Sesshoumaru 'die' glare in return. "Let's just face the facts here. You like the girl; the girl likes you. Yet both of you are too stubborn to face those facts."
Sesshoumaru curled his lip. "Mind your tongue neko." He growled.
Kei stared at hard at him. "Do not attempt to threaten me Sesshoumaru." He said with a growl. "Perhaps if you would pull that icicle out of your ass…." He trailed off as he dodged the green whip that came flying at him. Cocking his eyebrow at the demon lord, he smirked. "Hitting a little to close to the truth for you ice prince?"
"You overstep your bounds neko." Sesshoumaru growled as he rose to his feet.
"Very well…" He stated with a smug look on his face. "Training grounds?"
Sesshoumaru gave a curt nod and made for the door. He was beyond angry and was going to take much pleasure in teaching his general a thing or too about who was in charge.
Kei followed his lord grinning haughtily and mentally preparing his self for the up coming fight. Sesshoumaru needed to release his frustrations and he just wanted to beat some sense into the demon lord.
xx
Kagome stormed down the hall and in none to good of a mood. Her temper was flaring and she was looking for a fight; and she knew who she wanted to cross words with.
Making her way down the hall, she focused in on the most powerful aura in the palace and when she came to the door to the room holding the bastard, she wasted no time in flinging the door open and glaring inside, only to be met with two beat up bloody males. "What the hell happened?" She questioned as some of her anger dissipated.
Kei and Sesshoumaru looked at the girl both feeling a little more humble. Kei waved his hand in the air. "Just got a little carried away during our training session." He was sporting a black eye, split lip, and several nasty deep gashes across his chest, arms and legs. Sesshoumaru on the other hand had a three deep claw marks upon his left cheek and neck, a large gaping wound that started from his left shoulder, down across his chest and ended just above his right hip; and his left thigh had a large open wound that looked like a fist had been put through his leg.
Kagome walked in the room looking over both males and sighed in disgust. "Stupid boys." She hissed, not feeling a single ounce of sympathy for either of them. She suddenly narrowed her eyes at the both of them and issued out her order. "Get both your sorry asses to the hot springs." She looked from one to the other just daring them to disobey her; and when neither made a move to obey she curled her lip as her eyes blazed hotly. "NOW!"
Kei and Sesshoumaru looked at each other for a moment trying to determine if either of them had the strength or state of mind to stand against the girl and both quickly concluded that it was just better to obey than risk greater injury from an angry female that held the power to purify them both with nary but a wave of her small hand. After an all day training session, both were exhausted, injured and in no mood to battle anything, even if that thing was a female who was a day away from her monthly.
Kagome followed behind them cursing them both to the deepest level of hell and back several times. She knew she was PMSing and didn't care. She was moody, bloated, having the first signs of cramps, and her body ached madly and the two males walking silently in front of her was the cause of all her misery… Well, she knew they weren't but it made her feel somewhat better to think they were.
Once they made it to the hot springs she glared at them. "Strip!" She ordered in a manner that dared them to dispute her.
Kei and Sesshoumaru just stared blankly at the girl; and Sesshoumaru was the first to stand against the girl. "Leave wench."
Kei shook his head as he undid his sash, letting it fall to the floor. "You've got bigger balls than I do." He stated as he dropped his tore up haori to the floor with a hiss as the silk slid across the gash on his back.
Kagome stepped up to the male that dared disobey her. "Are you challenging me?" She questioned with a growl.
Sesshoumaru was tempted to back away from the irate female, but held his ground. He narrowed his eyes at her. "Do not disobey me." He ordered; however his voice didn't sound as threatening as he desired it too.
Kagome ground her teeth together. "That is it." She said through gritted teeth as she placed her hands on his chest. Before he could make a move to stop her, pink energy erupted from her hands, turning his haori to dust. "Shall I continue or will you do as you have been told?" She questioned daringly.
"Perhaps you should just do as she has requested." Kei stated as he slipped into the hot spring; gritting his teeth together as the hot water rolled over his wounded body.
Gold eyes continued to stare into the deep hard blue of the girl and from what he saw in those eyes, he decided to just concede this one time with the girl. He was tired, sore and not in the mood for another battle; even if it was just a battle of wills with the girl.
Kagome should have been in awe with the two gorgeous, naked males sitting in the hot spring; but at the moment she was not. She was actually, to her surprise, rather annoyed with the both of them. "Stupid boys." She hissed as she made her way over to the hot spring.
Looking from one male to the other, she determined that Kei would be the easiest to heal, since most of his injuries weren't as deep; yet he had a lot of them. Kneeling down behind him she placed her hands on his shoulders "Shut it." She snapped before he could even open his mouth to speak a single word.
Sesshoumaru watched as she closed her eyes and let a light pink light surround them both. He noted with a strange sense of awe that Kei's injuries began to heal. She wasn't able to heal him completely, but enough so that by morning his demon blood would take care of the rest.
"There." She said as she rose to her feet.
Kei opened his eyes and looked down at his chest. "Well." He said with wonder in his voice as his fingers trailed over a mostly healed wound. "Guess I won't have the day off tomorrow."
Kagome ignored him as she moved to kneel behind the demon lord. It was going to take more effort to heal him. His wounds were deep but not as excessive as Kei's. Placing her hands on his shoulders, being careful of his left shoulder, she closed her eyes and began the process of healing him as well.
Sesshoumaru let his eyes fall closed as the warm sensation of her pink power covered his body. How she knew how to do this, he had no idea; he just knew that it felt good. He could feel his injuries slowly closing and the stinging sensation as the pink power entered the gash on his chest. The warmth increased to an almost burning sensation then it was gone. He looked down at the cut across his chest and noted that he too would be completely healed by morning.
Kagome rose to her feet and glared at the both of them. "Jackasses." She bit out before she turned on her heel and left the hot spring.
Kei couldn't help himself; he tossed his head and laughed. "Guess she told us." He stated with a snort.
Sesshoumaru glared at his general. "The girl will be punished for her behavior." He growled. He did not like her treating him like he was a child.
"Oh come on." Kei said as he got himself under control. "She is about to have her monthly and if you cross her you could find yourself a pile of ash at her feet." He relaxed against the wall of the spring.
Sesshoumaru gave an uncharacteristic snort. "The bitch needs to know her place."
Kei grinned hugely. "Bitch?" He asked with a cocked eyebrow. "I thought so."
Sesshoumaru curled his lip at the neko; bitch was not the word he intended on using.
"Perhaps there's hope for you two yet." Kei stated as he ran his fingers gently over the mostly healed wound on his chest.
Gold eyes narrowed to little deadly slits. "You will cease trying to place the girl at my side. She is ningen and I will not have it." His lips suddenly pulled into a wicked smirk. "Should the girl be unable to find a way home, I have decided that you will mate her." The reaction he got from the cat was not the reaction he wanted.
Kei smiled hugely at his lord. "Hmm… taking the girl to mate. Sure; she's feisty, beautiful, innocent, and I bet once you break past her barriers…" He used the word barriers to imply what barrier he would be breaking through. "She'd be quite the little vixen." He ran his claws over his chin, an action he had done since he was young, indicating he was thinking. "I wonder if that pale flesh of hers is as silky as it looks." A facetious smirk made itself known. "Guess I will soon find out as she's crying out my name in the throws of passion."
A loud growl erupted from Sesshoumaru's chest as the edges of his eyes began to show hints of pink. "I will not allow it." He growled as he pulled his self out of the spring. "If you lay one single claw on the girl, you will find your head removed from your body." With that he swept out of room, not caring he was completely naked as he made for his chambers; while ignoring the bellowing laugh that echoed through the cavern containing the neko.