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Summary: Sesshomaru has lived centuries without the one thing he desires the most only to have her return with no memory of him or the life they had known. Can he accept her as he had once or will everything be lost to time once more? Will she love the beast within the man as she once had in a time lost to her? Will they learn to love or will their love vanish as though it had never been? Read and discover the untold story between Sesshomaru and Kagome and you might discover a love that can span the centuries!

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Moonlight's Embrace

Chapter 2

The memory of how she came to be in the house of Taisho haunted her. She wanted nothing more than to bury Inuyasha's latest betrayal, or what she remembered of it, where she had buried the others but her heart only permitted her to linger in the despair that he had caused her yet again.

She wanted to close her eyes and heart to him all together when his image and the memory of their kiss the week before stung her cheeks. There was so much she needed to know and yet there was so much she wanted to escape from.

She had to remind herself rather frequently that it was Sesshomaru who had completed the action that she had begun. That it was he who pulled her closer to him still and it was he that had saved her from death. Why? What was that look in his eyes, his expressions so easily displayed and further more what was happening to her? The memories that surfaced daily, at some points made sense and at others just added to her already one hundred and one questions. Would she ever fully decipher them?

She closed her eyes against the pain that was steadily building behind her eyes as she prepared for whatever image would flash behind them this time. Her head ached as it began to settle on a single memory trying harder this time to hold onto it in its intact state.

She heard her name fall from familiar and yet distant lips as he called her name. She turned only to be presented with a much younger Sesshomaru just out of or heading into his teens. His face shocked her. It wasn't as though he had aged significantly but rather that his emotion were so freely expressed. His happiness at having found her evident as he tried, however in vain, to conceal it from her. His eyes looked directly from her to the grass beneath his feet as he tried to gather his words.

"My sister mentioned that you like these so I thought I'd pick ya up some." His voice confirming that he was barely into his teens.

"Sesshomaru you," she heard her own voice and it came as a shock to her to hear that she too sounded much younger. He held out his hand to her revealing something she couldn't identify. She saw his hand but the object he held blurred against his skin. Her cheeks grew heated at whatever it had been and her embarrassment at such a token grew. "you didn't have to get me this."

"That's where you're wrong Kagome," he stated confidently sliding it into her own hand while his moved to hold hers tightly. "What kina of a mate will I make for you if I can't at least buy you something now and again?"

"But Sesshomaru?" she protested. "I never asked you too?"

"No buts Kagome, I like surprising you and I especially love your blush!" he smiled from ear to ear before pulling away from her and she was certain her cheeks were blazing red. "Well I'll see you later Father's teaching me one of our family techniques today, what if we were to meet by the same sakura tree after dinner tonight?"

"I'll be there." She heard herself whisper with the most joy she had ever felt before she turned her eyes to the very object she still couldn't identify. Her eyes opening sharply as she was forced to answer the soft knock on her door. "Come in," she called not bothering to look up but when she did she nearly fell over.

A vision danced before her of a beauty with long drawn out silver curls that danced across her back, to her beautiful kimono, and amazingly blue crystal eyes. Her breath caught as her face held the same beauty as Sesshomaru's.

"Sakurako," she gasped as the woman in her doorway smiled softly.

Sesshomaru paced restlessly with the knowledge that Kagome was here in his home with her memory as it seemed readily returning. He tried to think of ways to get them out of this increasingly dangerous situation only to realize that he couldn't pry himself away from her. Not again.

His eyes closed against the memory of her first night. Against the feel of her against him, of his lips against hers, her body pressed against his. She was like finally aged sake a drink he was all too easily addicted to. 'Damn it.' Her scent flowed freely through his house again reminding him at every possible turn that she was there.

"Sesshomaru," her voice hesitant as she approached, if anyone knew the torture of his decisions as far as she was concerned had effected him it would have been her. His twin who had been born just minutes after him, the twin whose identity remained a secret.

"How is she?"

"Brother, you cannot keep doing this to yourself. You have been lost without her, for your sake as much as for hers DO NOT shut yourself away!" she protested much to his dislike.

"That is not what I asked Sakurako." He stated his eyes hardening as he glared at her.

"Her memories are gaining and I do not have the will to suppress them. It would only cause her and yourself greater agony if I was to so."

"You would refuse me?" he snapped bitterly.

"Sesshomaru I am not one of the underlings that you command!" she snapped back. "I am your sister, your twin and as such I can feel your every pain and because of this I cannot do what you ask of me. I have seen and felt what the centuries have done to age and seal your heart just as surely as I have seen and felt the joy that flows through you whenever she is present. In this I will refuse my brother if only to further serve your happiness."

Sesshomaru mentally cursed her. She had known all along that he would ask her this and thus had planned her elegant refusal. Presenting it in such a manner that he would not have the heart to ban his ears from hearing it.

"Sesshomaru do not seal your heart. Allow yourself the freedom you so rightfully deserve." Sesshomaru turned away from her, hearing her words as she moved to leave his study. "Sesshomaru, maybe, just maybe it is possible that she has been as lost and alone as you." Her words created a pang of ice in his heart as she left him there with his thoughts.

"Kagome, how is your pain? Better today?" she saw her hesitation and didn't blame her after all she was standing having a conversation with a yokai who by all accounts appeared to know her.

"Yes thank-you."

"And your memories?" she asked watching steadily as Kagome's eyes widened. "Kagome?"

"They're beginning to return but I…..why won't he see me?" she asked her voice sounding as if it would break in two.

Sakurako's heart went out to her. She was lost without him. As Sesshomaru's sister she was bound by her connection to him however as Kagome's beloved friend she too shared a connection with her. Her heart desperately wished to end their pain.

"Kagome maybe it is for the best." She watched as Kagome looked at her with tear glistened eyes. "There are secrets that surround the two of you that are meant to protect and for Sesshomaru those vows have been taken to his heart. He would never do anything to harm you."

"But he is harming me. Everyday I remember more of this place and more of him and my.." she would never get the chance to finish her line of thought for her door once again slid, more likely flew open revealing a very energetic Rin. She leapt across the room throwing herself against her.

"Kagome, can you spend the day with me today?" she asked her eyes pleading with her as she dragged out her last word. "Pleeeeaaaaaaaaassssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeee?" She begged fluttering her eyelashes dramatically.

"Sure Rin!" she was unable to deny the child something that could bring her so much joy. She watched as Rin's face began to glow slightly by her uncontained joy.

Kagome followed suit after Rin as she ran down the halls, Sakurako watching after the both of them as she lagged behind. Rin bounded across the garden falling into her favourite pile of flowers before running to be caught by Kagome's welcoming embrace.

Sakurako smiled as she watched Kagome's sorrow, if only for a moment, fade from her face before she felt him. Her smile faded as she turned her attention towards her older brother who hid in the shadows.

"How is she?"

"See for yourself." she sighed, her blue crystal locking with gold.

"She hides her sorrow." He stated feeling it crash against him.

"Almost as well as someone else I know." She felt his anger at her words and thus ignored him her focus returning to them. She watched as Rin dragged her willing victim through fields of blooms and towards her tree. She heard her tell Kagome to close her eyes as she pulled her present from its hiding spot before placing the ring of blooms around her head. The colours of which accented the natural blue within her raven stands. She watched her eyes open as they turned from hers to look towards her saviour.

"Sesshomaru!" she called as she ran towards him while his eyes moved to linger on Kagome. He watched as she moved to lock her eyes with his. The shock that spread across her face with such speed that he thought Kagome would loose consciousness.

Sakurako watched as her brother smiled openly for the first time in the presence of others and as Kagome returned smile so did she. It was truly contagious. She felt the joy and happiness spread through them and into the air touching everything in its path.

"I see Ayumu, thank-you for the use of your mirror." A deep resonating voice spoke disrupting the even flow of the water. Creating ripples in the once smooth surface. "I see my daughter has once again found herself to the house of Taisho,"

"Sir?"

"A human born into the house of yokai such a disgrace."

"Lord Katsurou?"

"Ayumu send your men into the land of the west to observe her movements."

"To watch her sir?"

"And kill her if need be. Do not fail me this time Ayumu or it shall mean your life."

"Sir!" Ayumu finished before fading from sight to carry out his lord's will.

Authors Note: I know this chapter ends in yet another cliffy and I know things are kind of confusing! I wanted to let you know this is intentional! So bare with me as the story between them continues to unfold and get more interesting! Hope you like it so far and thanks to all those who have reviewed so far for you are the reason this story keeps going! ;P

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