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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 5

"S-seeshomaru," she smiled warmly liking his sudden appearance. The slight laughter in the lyrical quality of her voice brought out a joy in him that spread throughout his being. A joy he yearned to feel again as he moved to embrace her, his arms wrapping warmly around her, holding her to him as he twirled them on the spot, the warm sweet summer air mixing about them as he did so.

"Kagome," he breathed content to hold her as he did, the forest blurring around them, her laughter ringing in his ears as he lost his footing turning it into a laugh edged scream. Her laughter continued as they tumbled down the small hill ending in a thick blush as he fell on top of her. Stunned by their closeness her already thick blush intensified as it quickly spread across her cheeks realizing their predicament.

In this moment the urge to place his lips to hers was an urge he couldn't suppress. They touched so softly he thought she had been a dream. A dream, a vision he wouldn't change for anything. His joy in this memory was short lived as his vision returned to the present instead of the blissful fog of dream. A dream, in which he wanted so desperately to return to.

"Poison?" he breathed trying however in vain to keep his emotions in check, which he was rapidly failing at.

"His poison spreads through skin contact. He must have sent a potent dose through the silk without her knowledge when he moved to break her rib." She stepped towards Sesshomaru who growled at her, his body radiating with the possessive quality of a mate. A quality that hadn't been dulled with the centuries in which it hadn't been in use. "I will have to see for myself if I am to synthesize an antidote." She was relieved when he allowed her, her words taking on meaning as she knelt there beside her mistress's form. Long feminine fingers lightly ran over her, touching what he allowed of her chest before coming to the conclusion she had dreaded.

"Sesshomaru, your lands do not hold the cure for the poison that now courses through her." He looked at her then reluctant to accept her words as any from of truth.

"If she must go back then I will go with her." His words stunned her. How had Kagome brought so much of the lord she knew out of the shell in which he slumbered? Was she even aware of the effect she had him?

"There is a valley where the lands meet. There is a herb that grows there that can cure the poison that spreads through her now. However such a journey would take us dangerously close to Katsurou's territory," she heard him growl at this before she saw the anger in his eyes. "And should Ayumu attack I'm afraid our chances are dim to say the least."

"This poison?" he asked, his reluctance lacing his voice.

"The poison will spread through her system weakening her chances, they will diminish slowly day and night, the agony of it will cause her to cry out from sheer torture before she has not the will to voice her pain, slowly and steadily it will claim her life, leaving little left." she saw the look that glossed across his eyes and she wished she hadn't seen the torture that this was putting him through.

"Than we have no choice." He voiced his fear aloud. Sesshomaru made certain that there was no more unnecessary debate on the subject as he easily lifted her tearing through the trees as he did so. He knew she would follow behind him. She was after all Kagome's most faithful servant. This woman had devoted her entire life to the almost unconscious woman in his arms.

Kagome was just barely able to register the fact that her body was safely tucked within his arms. She felt her lung movement become restricted as the poison continued to spread throughout her system. Her eyes closed then, unable to remain open, the last thing she saw was his concerned eyes as they turned full force on her.

"I'm sorry," her voice sounding detached as if independent from her body to her own ears as she welcomed the back drop of unconsciousness.

The anger that coursed through him renewed as he thought about the yokai who had attacked his grounds, abducting her, beating her as he had and than poisoning her. His anger was then mixed uncomfortably with his concern for the woman in his arms. He found himself praying, a habit brought back to life by her state, as he prayed for her life, for their life.

Hana had been frozen momentarily in the clearing, watching as the one her lady had promised herself too acted on impulse. She was left to wonder momentarily if he would ever be able to return to who he had been without her. Sighing she knew that was a hell in which he could never return, and a hell she would never allow him to return too. Not if she or her beloved lady had anything to say about it.

She moved to follow him through the blurring trees towards the cure, hoping and praying that they would arrive before it proved to be too late. She prayed deeply that Lady Honaka would never know the loss of her daughter; she prayed that Sesshomaru would never know the loss of a mate, just as surely as she prayed that her lands would once again find peace. The very peace that so eluded them.

"Kami, grant me this," she breathed into the darkness that brushed past her with each step. 'For them.' her mind concluded where her voice could not.

Though unconscious Kagome's mind still wreaked its havoc, invoking memories that were better left hidden and unseen. Her mind travelled back to a day and time that were unknown to her but the feelings that coursed through her were all too real.

Her mind took her to the hidden well, her vision blinded with tears as she cried into him. His arms around her holding her close, flush against him in such a manner that she fell into his body trembling as he breathed in her scent. She could feel her body quiver even with his support. 'Why?' her mind echoed. 'Why does it have to be this way?'

She heard her name fall from his lips as he pressed them against her ear. "Kagome, I'm sorry." He whispered as he let her go, the hands that had held her forcing her backwards. She tried to grip onto him but found herself unable to, her body moving in slow motion as she fell deep into the well's hidden depths. Her vision blurred as her eyes locked onto his face. She saw his pain and sorrow and the tears that threatened. The tears he was unwilling to let fall.

"Farewell, my Kagome." He called after her. The very words that now echoed through her mind.

'Sesshomaru…………why?............why?' she cried out into the darkened well helpless to stop what was happening. She felt loss, as pure as the first snow fall radiate throughout her until there was nothing. Until she had forgotten the very reasons for the tears that she shed, the tears that fell down her cheeks. "Why?" she called out hitting the bottom. "Why?"

"S-sesshomaru." She breathed disrupting his even pace momentarily. 'Kagome' his mind echoed, 'stay strong…….for me.'

Ayumu landed on the edge of the forest, a devilish smirk playing across his lips. The thought of Hana was strangely amusing. He scowled slightly, less than pleased he had been unable to keep his prey but certain things were working out to his advantage. From Hana's emergence, he realised, it could easily be assumed that Lady Honaka knew of her daughters arrival, and than there was Sesshomaru. Yes Sesshomaru and the way he had looked at her all too knowingly. Yes this was proving to be very interesting indeed. Turning on his heals he followed suit. This was working out far better than what he had planned.

"Sango are you alright?" Miroku pried when there was nothing but silence between them. She knew something that she wasn't saying and it was eating at her. His mind reeled at the possibilities of what it might be but than they quickly turned to thoughts about her. She hadn't eaten much in the week or so since Kagome had been taken, and much less on their journey. Surely she wouldn't last long at this rate.

"Huh?" she answered completely oblivious to the fact she had just zoned out. Her eyes turned on the very man who had proposed to her weeks before. His concern was clearly visible within his all too communicative violet eyes. "It's nothing Miroku, honestly." She tried but could tell he wasn't giving in. "It's just this whole thing between Kagome and Sesshomaru nothing serious."

"Right, and in what century will I be buying that?" he said his voice holding the very sarcasm that radiated in his body language.

"Stop it please!" she pleaded an action that was foreign to her. She never begged except when she desperately needed it and this was one such time. She watched him blink several times, stunned beyond belief, before relenting. "Thank-you." She breathed in total relief as she returned to her thoughts.

'Inuyasha why? Why must you keep Kagome at a distance? Everyone knows that you care for her, but I wonder just how deep such attachments go. Especially when you can run after Kikyo as much as you do, at every beck and call.' The thought of Kagome in any type of pain made her swear vengeance on the hanyo's head. 'If anything happens to her Inuyasha it won't just be Sesshomaru you will have to worry about.' Her thoughts were put to a sudden halt when she sensed something. Looking around at her comrades from the corner of her eye it was clear that even Inuyasha hadn't sensed it, at least not yet. Without waiting for them to catch on she took of into the woods by her right, disappearing behind the dark foliage.

"Kagome!" she called into the blackness that surrounded her, her voice sounding desperate and detached.

"Sango?" Miroku questioned concerned before following suit. 'Damn that girl can run fast.' Was his only thought as he perused her.

Inuyasha remained stunned by the humans who had just bolted so suddenly, wondering what was up with them. His ears twitched when he heard Sango's voice call for her, the very person they were seeking.

"Inuyasha," Shippo piqued from atop his head. "Maybe we should follow them."

"I'm not an idiot ya know." Was his only response before taking to the trees leaving Shippo to his thought of 'you could've fooled me.'

"Damn." Ayumu cursed. The taijia had sensed him and the others were following behind her. He quickened his pace, realising his error, in the hopes of escaping them.

"KIRARA!" Sango hollered unwilling to let him slip away. She summoned the two-tailed to transform into her battle form. Understanding her mistress's will the cat did as she was told. Shifting beneath her, allowing for her weight to settle upon her shoulders, taking off at demon speeds.

Miroku stopped suddenly, tilting his head towards the sky watching them as they disappeared from his all too human senses. 'Sango be safe.' He prayed. 'Kami be safe.'

Authour's Note: Okay here we go the latest chapter in this continuing and rapidly evolving story between our beloved Lord Sesshomaru and our dear trusting Kagome! I would like to thank all of you who have reviewed Moonlight's Embrace and all of you who have added this story to story alert, favourite story, and favourite authours because it honestly is because of all of you that this story keeps going, evolving and changing into what it is today. So I truely thank you, you keep this writer under preasure! lol

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