I give you the next installment. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Since I love the number 13, I decided to give you all a longer chapter. It is exactly 2000 words without the A/N.

Enjoy...

Chapter Thirteen: Decisions

Kagome was now up and Sesshomaru was finally in the room sitting down in a chair on the opposite side of the room. Sesshomaru had finally explained what he was planning to do with Kagome and she was not taking it well.

In fact, she was not talking to him at all.

Sesshomaru had told her when she had awaken, that he would stay with her until the week was up so that they would not be in the same situation again. He plainely stated that she would be living with him and she would just have to take off from work for the remainder of the week if not more.

Kagome didn't like that at all.

They argued and argued, but that got them nowhere. She told him about how she couldn't just abandon her work and that she had more jobs than just the one's he had seen her at. She catered to people, was a bartender, a designer, and tons more.

Sesshomaru in turn told her that her jobs didn't matter in the least because she didn't own a business like he did.

Kagome was about to respond to what he said, but refused. She just sat there and turned her head away from him, not looking at him and pretending that he didn't exist. It was hard for her to do, because even though she was furious with him, she couldn't deny his magnetic presence. The way he was sitting there was drawing her eyes to his form and she hated herself for wanting to look.

For wanting to touch.

It should have been the last thing she wanted to do, but it wasn't.

What made her even madder was the fact that she didn't know whether it was her that was attracted to him or if it was the curse that was making her act the way she was.

It was no better for Sesshomaru.

His mind was all over the place, but the place it wondered to the most was the encounter they had before his father had decided to bust into the room unannounced. He knew that he should not be thinking like he was, but he couldn't help it.

The feel of her body underneath his was the best thing that he had ever experienced. It made him wonder about all of the other things that could be happening, but was currently NOT happening.

His mind kept going over the fact that he had her in his arms not one, not two, but three times. It was not even the end of the third day since he had met her. It was only just Thursday night and he had met her on that Monday night at the bar. If he was struggling this much he did not want to imagine what it would be like at the end of the week. All he had to do was keep his hands to himself and to keep her off of him too and everything should work out well.

He already knew that it would be easier said that done.

Murdering his father at the moment did not seem to bad. He had heard about the fight between his father and his mother from his step mother and he didn't think it did his father any justice at all. With the way she described it, it was not nearly enough. Sesshomaru would have liked to see his father beaten into a bloody pulp.

That might have satisfied him.

Sesshomaru's attention was directed to Kagome's once again as she sighed.

He had been sneaking peaks of her. Not on purpose, but his eyes seemed to have a mind of their own. Kagome's scent seemed to have spiked and she looked at Sesshomaru like she had discovered a new treat.

A shiver went down Sesshomaru's spine, but his facial expression did not change.

"You know what This Sesshomaru?" She was mocking him. "I'm going to make your life a living hell and at the same time, I'm going to do whatever the hell I want. I just thought of something. If your curse wants us to be together and gives us pain when were apart, that mean you have to go where I go. NOT the other way around."

He just looked at her.

"You will follow me around like a lost puppy and..." Her voice trailed off and a look of sheer panic crossed Kagome's face and she started to look frantically around for something.

Apparently she was looking for the phone because she found it on the bedside table behind a phone book. She punched in the numbers like she was trying to stab it to death.

Kagome was cursing herself for a fool and Sesshomaru's curiosity was piqued.

She knew that he wanted to know what was going on, but she could care less. She knew that he would be listening to her conversation so she decided to have a little fun, even though she was panicking at leaving her Hero all alone. He still had to be hurt and she would just die if he was missing her. Of course she had gotten in the wreck only yesterday, but that didn't matter.

Already she could see his cute little face surrounded by that downy fur.

She missed him already.

After the fourth ring, Kagome almost gave up on Shippo picking up the phone, but she let it ring a couple more times. She was in luck.

"Hello?" The voice of Shippo in his most used girl form picked up the phone.

"Shippo, It's me, Kagome."

His voice changed Immediately and he threw so many questions so fast that Kagome barely caught the words of some of them.

"Shippo, Shippo, Shippo, calm down, I'm doing alright. I Wanted to call and see how you were going and to check up on Hero. I should be out of here early tomorrow morning and then I'll be back to you and Hero."

She could here Shippo sniffling through the phone and Kagome wanted to comfort him.

"Don't cry Shippo. You know I depend on you when I have no one else and Your one of my dearest friends. Okay?"

"Sure." Kagome could hear the forced cheeriness in his voice, but she didn't question it. "Now Tell me, How is Hero?"

Shippo's voices changed from sad to excited.

"He's talking up a storm. When I first saw him, he barely moved, but I know he misses you. He'll be happy to know that your coming home. I'll make sure that I tell you. Oh, He ate most of his food today also."

"That's wonderful. I have to go now. I have company, but you stay and eat whatever you want. I'll see you soon."

"Bye Kagome."

"Bye."

She hung up the phone feeling much better, but that all changed when Sesshomaru's father walked in the room. Sesshomaru let out a growl that sounded fierce.

His father didn't even seem to notice with the smile on his face.

Inutaisho was feeling on top of the world. His mind was made up and he would stick to it. If He did get his pup to actually fall for the girl and then mate her, then he would be off the hook, so to speak, and then this would all seem like a past dream.

Of course he didn't think it would be easy, but he was in for a battle.

Sesshomaru and Kagome would be together if it killed him.

He was sure that it would kill him in the end if it was up to his wife and mate. Izayoi had decided that if Sesshomaru was suffering, then he would suffer also. She couldn't physically fight him, so she took the one thing that really mattered.

No sex.

When she uttered those words out of her perfect mouth, Inutaisho thought that he would die of disbelief. How could his mate do such a thing to him? Never before has she ever had to hold herself away from him since the birth of their son Inuyasha.

If things continued on the path that it was on still, then he would surely not make at past the first few days.

Of course he should be thinking of his eldest pup Sesshomaru and the girl that he would now be attached to. It really didn't matter what they did because the curse would force them to be together. Even if it didn't, he had a little suspicion that they would have been attracted to one another without it.

Of all of the things to happen, that one would help him to get the two stubborn children together.

"Now kids, I have a plan that involves the both of you." He announced when he stepped in the room. "You two will become a couple and mate one another and you will make my life easier while falling in love with each other."

They looked at him like he had lost all of his marbles. it didn't matter though. It would happen in the end.

"Your nuts. Get the hell out of my room old man!" Kagome was the first to speak up. Sesshomaru just nodded his head in agreement.

"You would me dear child. I'm young for my years. If you wish to call me anything, I would be honored if you called me father. It would be my dream come true."

"Your crazy if you think that those words would come past my lips."

Kagome talking about her lips and that got Sesshomaru thinking about them. The images were put into his head unbidden and he hated it. He was already fighting against the arousal that wanted to make itself known. He didn't need anything else helping it out.

"You will come to see differently in the near future. Now. I have got it to where you are being released tonight. You'll be out of here in a hour tops."

"How did you manage something like that?"

"My dear, I have been around for a long time now and I know a lot of people. The doctor over you is a demon acquaintance of mine. I want to see this relationship moving forward as soon as possible. Now if you would excuse me, I have a mate to talk to."

With that, Inutaisho walked out of the room, leaving the two alone. Kagome spoke up first again.

"I'm going to my home, you can follow if you want."

Sesshomaru looked at Kagome and nodded his head. She was wonder why he wasn't talking to her, but then she remembered that she was suppose to not talk to him. That plan went down the drain.

She still was mad at him, but she knew that it was not his fault. He did'n't start this anyway.

"Hey, Sesshomaru." He still didn't look at her, but she knew he was listening. "I'm sorry for kissing you at the bar that night. I don't blame all of this on you, but it hard to accept. I just wanted you to know."

"Apology accepted. We will find some way to get out of this curse. Hopefully soon."

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