Chapter 6: Crescent Tear

they continued to walk, Sesshomaru holding Kagome, AhUn holding his masters armor, fur, and Rin who was snuggled upon his back, and Jaken carrying the staff of two heads. They soon came very close to the western palace where there was a large lake and a small flowing river that somehow stopped ten feet away from the palace. It just ended and there, the land spreading out around it, it seemed like a peninsula and the land was the ocean that was all around it.

It wasn't far from the palace and it seemed like a beautiful place to put her. Atleast that is what Sesshomatu thought. She would be close by and if she ever needed help she would be near by. Then a thought struck him, what if she is unable to call for him? How would she be able to know she was in any trouble? He wouldn't. He had to think of something to give her.

Far away in an underground cave a Hanyou watched. He knew where they were going to take the mermaid, because his bug had seen them arrive at the rather large lake. He laughed a cruel and evil laugh.

"She is the one, Utako, how I have waited for you. Damn it! I was.'t able to get to you first, but that will not matter. You will not escape me. I shall have my wish!"

Naraku sat back in his chair and began to laugh maniacally. He glanced around the room. To his left was an alter and to his right in a corner was a pool with pole jutting out from the middle of it. The pool was maybe a foot deep, and filled with unmoving water. The pool also had a slight bit of acidic compounds in it. Not enough to do harm, but enough to be very uncomfortable for whom ever entered it.

"Rin, go to the palace, and get some rest. Jaken take AhUn and relieve him of my armor with the help of the nearest servant"

"Yes Lord Sesshomaru." They called in unison, before running off to do as they had been commanded.

"Kagome." Sesshomaru looked at the women he carried in his arms. She looked at him.

"Yes?" Sesshomaru then nodded before untying his sash from around her waist and placing it on his shoulders. He then moved Kagome so that he was holding her with her legs dangling.

Getting the hint Kagome nodded and straightened out her body. Sesshomaru lowered her to the water and when her toes touched he dropped her. She lifted her arms and he quickly grabbed his hoari so that it would slide off of her falling body easily. As he waited for her to surface, there was a small flash of light as Sesshomaru placed on his missing pieces of clothing. In the light he saw what to be the figure of a human women and what seemed to be a tail. Once his clothes were on he squatted next to the water. She slowly came up out of the water in front of him with a big smile on her face. It was a breathtaking sight to see her rise from the water first only her crystal blue eyes shinning up at him, then her small dainty nose. Then her full, pink lips, her slender neck and shoulders, then the top of her breasts, just stopping enough for them not to be seen. He quickly resumed looking at her smiling face.

"Is it to your liking?"

"Yes, it is, would you like to join me?"

Sesshomaru almost laughed, she was to cute, but he refrained from doing so.

"After I return, then I shall join you, but first I must retrieve something of importance." With that said he quickly stood, so as not to see her pouting face and walked away.

She knew pouting was a lost cause once he was almost out of her eye sight, she figured her energy was better spent exploring. She didn't want him to worry anymore then she knew he was. She wasn't going to tell him that the whole time that they were, well he was walking she began to feel as if her body was drying out, her vision was all ready bad enough, but when she began to see holes in her vision and black spots, she knew she might be in trouble.

Flashback

But that was not the worst of it, her vision began to black out all together and she began to feel very nauseated, her limbs got heavy and soon all she had energy left to do was to lie down and hope something cool was brought to her. Thats when he pulled out a little black pouch. It must have been the thing he had asked of from his ward, she could feel him talking even though she heard very little, her hearing was her strongest sense when out of or even in the water and even that was failing her, but thats when she felt it, Water. The cool liquid was soon in her mouth and she swallowed slowly not realizing how parched she was. Once she was strong enough she began to slowly drink from the small black pouch, holding it herself. Once it was emptied he had taken it from her handing it back to Rin. She felt much better, but her lips were still dry, she figured that all the water in her body was being used for other reasons instead of keeping her lips moist, which was a good thing. She rather chapped lips then to slowly dehydrate and die.

Now that she thought about it, she wondered if he knew all along how she was feeling and why, like he was tuned into her bodies needs, protecting her and fulfilling all her needs. It was very nice of him.

She began to swim further into the water exploring and looking at all the greenery, it was dark but it all seemed fine she could still see perfectly, she knew it was because her eyes would glow, like a sort of under water night vision, which helped her to see when it was dark. But this only helped under the water.

Sesshomaru was in his room he found a small Sapphire diamond shaped like a tear and another sky blue crescent moon jewel he then infused some of his yokai into it that way it was like apart of him would always be there. When he infused some of his Yokai into the jewel the crescent took on a red-ish glow that soon outlined the jewel and colored the tip of it, giving it a slight purplish and red tinge, even though the middle stayed happened to the tear though. He looked it over and was pleased. He would give it to her. He quickly walked back to the lake.

as she swam she came across a a little stream she followed staying under the water and unseen, but soon the light from above disappeared, she knew it to be because thats where the land came over it, then it tilted downwards, she was curious, should she follow it. She began to inch in its direction, but before she could get to far, she heard his voice.

"Kagome, where are you?" She couldn't be gone, he was worried, but he knew her to be a curious person and was probably exploring the lake it was rather large one.

Once he saw her emerge he internally sighed. There was no reason for him to worry, of course she was fine, she was a strong person indeed.

"Yes, I am here." she swam closer to him, watched him sit on the waters edge in the grass. She swam to the edge and placed her hands on the grass pulling herself up in front of him and crossed her arms so that they would hold her up, but before she knew it he had placed something around her neck.

She fell off and back into the water, grabbing the two pieces and looking at them. They were her favorite color, one was tear shaped and the other a crescent moon. She noticed that it was the exact one that adorned his forehead. Before she could ask, he spoke.

"It is so I can always be with you. If you are in trouble all you need to do is hold it and mine will turn black, I shall also feel some of what is happening to you." he lifted his wrist to show the identical jewels hanging from it. He then tied it around his neck.

"The tear will turn colors and I shall know that it is you who needs me as long as you wear it, I will know your emotions. Since you are always happy it shall stay blue, but if you are saddened it will turn purple. My crescent will pulsate when I come for you, it will tell you how close I am by pulsating harder and faster if I am close, and slower and weaker if I am far. It will be a constant hum if I am with you. You should be able to tell now actually."

she could. She could feel the slight thrum, but she could feel something missing as if her part wasn't strong enough.

"Lean down for me."

Sesshomaru did as she asked, it was spoken softly as she gazed up at him. Her arms then came up and grabbed the chain around his neck, there was a small blue light from her hands. When she pulled away the two stones were one. Connected, the tear seemed to be cradled by the moon, the two embracing each other. The tear seemed to glow slightly and became, if it was possible, even lighter and clearer blue but the back of the tear was shadowed in black and blue, giving it a darker appearance in the back that seemed to fade as you looked towards the middle of the jewel.

She then did the same to her jewel. Once she finished she smiled, and looked to the dai.

He was in awe. He did not know that she had that kind of power in her. She had placed some of her power into the jewel, now he would be able to use it to find her, instead of just being able to know how she was feeling. It was a much better link and now it would also be stronger. He wondered who she really was, and if all mermaids held such powers. Everyday she brought up more questions, with no answers. He would just have to watch her closely.

"Now what was that about you wanting me to join you?"

Kagome beamed up at him, as he stood and took off his clothes again leaving nothing on besides his undergarments. Kagome had looked away when he pulled down his pants and swam a little ways into the lake giving him space to jump in. he dived in and came up next to her grabbing her around the waist. She placed her arms around his neck and pulled him into a hug, he was slightly shocked, but that didn't stop him from pulling her closer. Then she pulled herself up and kissed his temple.

He felt every inch of her upper body as she pulled herself up against him, placing a small chaste kiss against his temples. He took a deep breathe, and closed his eyes. They were tinting he could feel it. Her mouth moved from his temple to his ear. He felt her breath soft against his sensitive ear. He heard as she whispered...

"Your it..."

then she was gone. From his embrace, leaving his arms aching wanting to hold her, she moved quickly away. Once he opened his eyes he saw her on the other side and then he was swimming after her. So thats how she wanted to play, well it took two rumble and he could play dirty too.

She left his arms as quickly as the words left her mouth. She knew she was playing with him, but it made no difference, it was just to much fun. She knew that she was playing with him, even though she didn't expect to see the slightly red eyes and the dangerous gleam. Her eyes widened and then she was moving, swimming as fast as she could to keep out of his clutches. He never moved that fast before and she almost got cornered several times before worming her way out. Thank god the dry foot people moved slower under water. She was in her element and seriously having trouble staying away from him. It was as if she was swimming through shallow waters with lots of sand pulling her down every time she tried to move, but he would eventually have to stop chasing her and go for a breath of air which gave her plenty of time to get some space in between them.

He was growing frustrated, oh when he caught her she would pay. She knew what that little stunt did to him, even if she didn't know the magnitude of which she effected him. He smiled a dangerous smile, which would have caused any one who had seen it to instantly shit and piss their pants, where they stood, shacking in fear. He knew how to solve that. His smile grew bigger. He would just have to show her what it is that she did to his body. She played with his mind too, but that would have to wait for another day, it would be too much for her to handle. He patiently waited at the surface, he had mapped out almost every spot in the lake and he knew everything she would do to escape him. She was curious if he simply waited long enough she would come to him all by her self, and then she would be his. He saw her off to his left, she was circling around him, hoping to sneak up on him and see what it was taking him so long. He remained still, if he moved in her direction she would leave. He was all out grinning now. Now! He flipped backwards and propelled himself through the water. She was caught off guard and tried to go left but he knew her tricks and he threw out his hand so that she would move to the right and closer to him, even if she couldn't tell yet. She moved right and he could see the realization dawn on her face, right in front of her was a wall of rocks, and she was caught. He quickly grabbed her wrist and pulled her to the surface. She was caught and she knew it.

She was pouting, he tricked her. He knew she was curious and placed his back five feet from the wall. She came up next to the wall and when she was close enough he pushed off the wall, flipping backwards cutting her off from the left that way she had no choice but to go to the wall or into him. He cheated.

She was about to say something when she looked him in the face and saw red and gold swirling. He pushed her up against the wall and covered her with his body. They were in the shallows now, where he could stand. He was breathing hard, she could tell, from the way his chest pressed into her. Then she felt his mouth on her neck and her back straightened against the wall, she closed her eyes. What was he doing? He kissed up her neck and she moved to give him more space, baring the left side of her neck to him. He growled softly and the rumbles went right through her. She moved her hands onto his chest and he licked the shell of her ear.

"Do you know what you do to me?"

Kagome was speachless, she shook her head, mermen where not like this, atleast not to her.

She felt him move and was curious when she felt something weird poke her stomach, it was hard, and she was confused.

He sighed and pulled away, turning from her in the process. He ran his arms through his hair, and took a breath.

"I will tell you another day what that meant but for now it is late."

"Oh-h... ok, will I see you tomorrow?"

he looked over his shoulder, and nodded.

His eyes were back to normal, but she was confused, what poked her? Did all dry foot people have that... thing? What was it used for? She wanted to know, but she felt embarrassed and didn't want to ask, for some reason she felt it would be something he would tell her, but she would wait for him to bring it up. She would be embarrassed to ask and show how ignorant she was of the dry foot people.

well please review lol I hope you like this chapter, it was fun to write and I completely enjoyed it. Lol.

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