Chapter 6-The Day of Rest

Deep sparkling amber eyes awoke at midnight to the scent of tears coming through the shoji screen separating Kagome's room from his. Unlocking it he went into her room and sat next to her.

Kagome was in a panic, she couldn't see a thing. There was no sounds, no smells, just her. All of a sudden out of nowhere she saw InuYasha. Immediately she backed up.

"InuYasha…"

"Kagome, you're pathetic, you're useless and weak and you'll never amount to having even HALF the power Kikyo has. I don't even know WHY I let you stay with me."

When InuYasha started talking she stepped back, but as he went on he kept moving towards her until he moved too swiftly for her human eyes to follow and appeared behind her wrapping his hand around her neck and sinking his claws in.

"Until Naraku is dead, you're my bitch. You'll never be able to survive without me since you can't even protect yourself. After he's dead and I've wished upon the Shikon-no-Tama, you'll become my breeding whore. Kikyo will be my mate, something you could never hope for from anyone."

"InuYasha, please, stop this."

Outside in the waking world Sesshomaru growled, he knew by that sentence alone she was dreaming again of what she had earlier that day. His eyes were fading red at the edges as he gently but firmly pulled Kagome into his lap and rumbled a growl to try and soothe her.

Kagome couldn't breathe, InuYasha kept squeezing his hand. Out of nowhere she heard a rumble but that didn't stop InuYasha. She prayed that whoever was there would stop him before he did what she knew was coming.

Inuyasha snarled at the miko and tossed her to the ground. Sitting on her he started to beat her and claw her front. Kagome cried and started thrashing about trying to get InuYasha off of her.

Sesshomaru was having a hard time; Kagome was thrashing about in her sleep making his inner youkai snarl and try to get at whatever was causing the young miko harm. His eyes flashed from gold to red as he held onto the miko and tried to stop her from causing herself any harm.

Kagome lay in the fetal position crying. She was bleeding so much, and she knew it'd be hours before the others came. She was alone and scared that either InuYasha would return or whatever was snarling would come out and attack her.

Sesshomaru sighed as the miko calmed down and just kept crying. He purred deep within his chest and tried to calm her down.

Kagome whined as the snarling turned to a purr. She hoped that whatever was there would end this cycle of pain. It was then that she heard Sesshomaru's voice.

"Kagome, wake, you need to wake up and calm down. You're fine. Nothing will hurt you."

She couldn't comprehend what he was saying, she had already been hurt.

Sesshomaru kept calling to Kagome to wake and sighed with relief when her eyes fluttered open.

"Sesshomaru-san…."

"You're safe Kagome, InuYasha isn't here."

He watched with sad eyes and let her curl further into him crying. He knew she wasn't about to release him anytime too soon and stood taking Kagome with him to lie in his bed. He set her down and covered her before lying down. He watched as she turned and looked at him with saddened eyes.

"Sesshomaru-san?"

"Yes Kagome?"

"I understand that as a human and a miko you'd have no want to, but please hold me tonight?"

Sesshomaru just moved and pulled her towards him placing her head in the crook of his neck. Kagome latched on and sighed a thank you before going back to sleep.

The next morning Kagome woke with the sun. She moaned and cuddled deeper into her warm bed before gasping and sitting straight up looking into the eyes of the Demon Lord.

"Good morning Lady Kagome, did you sleep better?"

"Better?" she asked confused.

"You were having night terrors about the half-breed. I woke you but you asked me not to leave you be so I brought you to my room.

"Kagome then looked around for the first time and blushed. Not only had she slept with Sesshomaru, but she'd slept in his bed, in his room.

She jumped out of bed and ran to her room to his chuckle.

Today would be a fun day….

Everyone watched with curious eyes as Sesshomaru and Kagome entered at the same time. Sango had already mentioned not finding Kagome in her bed when she went to wake her.

"Good morning Mama."

"Good morning Kagome-nee-san."

"Lady Kagome."

"Kag-chan"

Everyone greeted her as she sat down before bowing to the Demon Lord. All through breakfast, everyone save the children watched the two and waited to see if they could figure out anything. Much to everyone's disappointment nothing was given away. After breakfast Sesshomaru left to do only he knows what as Kagome and the others left for the gardens. It was decided that Kagome and Sango would go fetch clothes as Miroku watched the children.

They followed the same maid from the day before, Saia, down the halls and to a spider youkai's room. They were greeted with a bow as Saia left.

"Sesshomaru-sama has told me of your needs, I just need measurements. My name is Liya, I am a spider youkai."

Kagome and Sango nodded. They talked and learned about Liya as she took their measurements. Then they picked out their fabrics and took their leave.

"I like her; we should talk with her more, and not just when we need clothing." Sango said as Kagome nodded their agreement.

They walked back to the gardens and Miroku left to do as they had but with a male spider youkai.

Rin and Shippou looked at one another then engaged Kagome and Sango in a game of tag that seemed to never end until Jaken was seen. Kagome and Sango rested and laughed as Rin and Shippou chased and tortured Jaken.

Sesshomaru looked up as a knock was heard at his study door. He called for the person to enter and waited for the other to speak.

Miroku looked at the inu youkai in front of him and sighed before gathering his nerve.

"Lord Sesshomaru, Sango stated at breakfast that Kagome wasn't in her room this morning, and yet she entered with you."

Sesshomaru nodded.

"Normally I wouldn't dare interfere but as you can understand Kagome is my friend, more of a sister to tell the truth and so I must ask as to where you found her."

Sesshomaru sighed, he knew this would happen.

"Lord Miroku, Kagome has been having night terrors correct? Ones involving my younger half-brother?"

Miroku sighed and nodded his affirmative.

"She had one last night, but that was the second that day. I took her into my room and kept guard over her. I'm assuming you know what happened to cause these?"

Miroku looked stunned, that was more caring than anything else he'd seen or heard of Sesshomaru.

"InuYasha beat her… She has never told us what happened but we stumbled across her what we're guessing to be a couple hours later, she was beaten and exhausted. Thank you for caring for her in her sleep, normally Sango or I catch it and wake her before the hanyou catches on so he doesn't do so again."

Sesshomaru growled viciously, "Has he hurt anyone else?"

"He beats the kit and is bad-tempered with Lady Sango and myself but otherwise no. My lord, may I ask why you're asking?"

"Kagome as well as everyone else in the tachi were his friends. That he would beat the Kit and Kagome is extremely dishonorable for any inu youkai. Especially when it's pack, never mind the fact that she's the Shikon-no-Miko and Shippou is her son, thus holding them in even higher regard than myself."

Miroku nodded, he prayed that they never came across InuYasha, and that he never tried to find him. He knew that InuYasha was being dishonorable and also knew that Kagome had the respect of everyone in the castle.

"Lord Sesshomaru, we must keep Kagome protected at all cost, she's broken enough."

"I agree."

Nodding his head and bowing to the Demon Lord Miroku got up and left the study… Not before getting his hand smashed and howling in pain. His poor left hand; from the feel of it he'd not be using it on Sango anytime soon. Sighing he took off for the medical wing, he'd be damned if he remained hurt any longer than necessary.

Everyone looked around when hearing the howl of pain before shaking their head, it sounded like the monk from the Shikon-no-Miko's group and if they figured right she'd knocked him good this time.

Kagome looked at Sango, "Was that Miroku?"

"I think so… Wonder what happened…"

"Probably groped the wrong youkai."

Shippou and Rin looked at each other before shrugging and continuing their torture of Jaken.

They'd be damned if the hentai interfered.