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He waited in the quiet room until he heard the door open. She had finally awakened which he was grateful for. He stood on the other side of the room next to a window that was almost as tall as the wall itself.
He held her almost curious gaze as she entered the room. She seemed to be better rested than before, but light gray rings were still visible under her eyes.
"Good morning, Lord Sesshomaru," her tone was respectful and polite as he watched her make her way to him.
"Good morning." He looked at her again once she was closer and couldn't help but notice the gray rings were darker than they seemed to be before. "How did you sleep?"
She hesitated before answering him, "Just fine."
"You should know better than to lie to me, Miko," he kept his voice low and calm as he pointed this out.
"I found the right answer trivial. Besides I figured that kind of stuff wouldn't really matter to you."
"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't want to know the answer." He met her gaze with expectancy.
She sighed and, with an exasperated expression, she spoke the answer he was looking for, "I had troubles sleeping."
"I know," he replied. "What troubles are you referring to?"
"Nightmares," she said simply.
Nightmares? Is that all? He looked at the gray rings again trying to confirm what was impossible to deny. "They must have been quite horrible to keep you from sleep."
She paused before replying. "Quite horrible," She agreed.
"There is food on the table over there if you are hungry." He gestured to the table in the center of the large room. "We can discuss business after that."
"Or you could sit with me and tell me your plans while I eat," she offered as she walked to the table and sat down.
He nodded in reply having already used his voice more in one day with her than he had in months. He decided that it was for a good cause and thought nothing more of it.
"I plan to use these to lure him to the battle location." He set three jewel shards in front of her on the table.
She picked up the jewel shards in her hand, purifying and combining them. He was about to continue when a noise from outside interrupted him.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha's voice rang through the court yard as he closed in on his targets. "Sesshomaru, you bastard! Get out here!"
"Looks like he's come for me..." Her voice trembled a little at the end at she rose from her chair.
"You don't have to go with him." She looked away from me and turned to leave. Before she even made it to the door he was in front of her determined to see to Inuyasha.
He was outside in seconds and with one swift punch Inuyasha was knocked back ten feet from where he'd previously been standing. He deserved much more than that and Sesshomaru was just getting started.
"Where's Kagome!" he shouted after shaking off the hit.
"None of your business half breed," anger laced his voice.
"You bastard!" Inuyasha drew tetsusaiga and charged for his attack.
Very unwise move on this Sesshomaru who was in a particularly foul mood at the sight of the hanyou. He met Inuyasha's attack with tokijin and sent tetsusaiga flying in the opposite direction.
"Stop! Sesshomaru please don't kill him!" Kagome's voice sounded from behind him.
He brought his sword down which had been poised to end Inuyasha's life. She would save him? After all that she would stop him from ending Inuyasha's life? He growled and appeared before Kagome, stabbing his sword into the dirt and grabbing her wrist in a strong yet careful grasp. "Miko... Do you wish for him to hurt you again?"
She just stared at him for a moment before her free hand reached up to rest on the side of his face gently while her eyes begged him to understand. He released her and, just as fast as he had appeared before her, vanished.
It took me a second to realize what had happened. He'd disappeared before my eyes. I silently thanked him for not killing Inuyasha and walked over to the now confused hanyou.
"Why have you come Inuyasha?" I asked making a point to look him in the eyes showing off some of the cuts that were still healing.
"Kagome it wasn't me that hurt you! Kikyo-"
"Enough about Kikyo! If she's so great you should have stayed with her," I said harshly.
"Never." He looked up at me from where he was sitting on the ground. "I will never go to her again."
"You're lying."
"No I'm serious!" He got that look in his eyes like he was swearing to protect me from Naraku all over again.
"I believe you," my voice was quiet but I know he heard me. "But that doesn't mean I forgive you."
"Why'd you even come here of all places?" His eyes narrowed, "We should leave this place."
"I can't. I'm helping Sesshomaru," I smiled a little when Inuyasha went off his rocker.
"What? How could you help a jerk like him?" He was more than outraged at me for this.
"Call it a temporary alliance to get rid of a common enemy." I kept my calm tone and turned to head back into the castle. "Choose now Inuyasha. Me or her. Because if you want to help me you're going to have to put up with your brother for a while."
"Fine but he better not get in my way..." he mumbled and got up to follow me into the castle.
"You better not get in his way because next time I wont stop him." He glared at me silently deciding it was best not to push his luck.
All the while a glowing pair of golden eyes watched them from the shadows. Very unenthusiastic about having Inuyasha in his castle. This temporary alliance was going to take its toll on his sanity...
To be Continued...
Thank you for reading this far! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Things are going to start heating up with Sessho and Kago really soon so get ready! Please review!
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