Its officially been more than a year since I've last updated. My procrastination of telling myself that I would at least look at the story has been lengthened to an year... BUT I'M BACK BUWAHAHHA.

I'd like to express my thanks to viewers who actually read this abandoned (but not anymore *wink*) story but thank you so much! I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY THANKS WITH THIS STORY AND HERE WE GOOOOO-

Two Peas in a Pod

Chapter 4

"The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, side-stepping responsibility, and pushing their luck..."

Pain-stricken and shocked golden eyes were the last thing she saw as she staggered down to the blood soaked dirt.

She could vaguely hear Sesshomaru snarl and she could feel her life pouring out of her single wound. An arrow stuck halfway down her shoulder.

'Stupid Sesshy.' Kagome sighed. 'You're only supposed to express emotions to me.'

She couldn't help but feel wronged. What did she deserve to have this hate? She gave up her first love for her so she could finally have the life she was taken away from.

'Kikyo, you cold-hearted bitch. I swear I will get revenge. Fucking hell, I hate arrows. God bless all the demons I killed with these same arrows the past few-'

"Kagome! Oh shit. Fuck. This is all my fault. I let her go when she begged me." A familiar husky voice was sobbing. "She told me she would go to hell soon. Why the hell did I trust her- Kagome! Please don't die!" More sobs escaped his chapped lips as Kagome slowly opened her eyes.

"Inuyasha... I'm fine. I can't die this easily." Kagome exhaled a shaky breath. "If she shot a little more to the right, I could've died for sure. Thank god for my fabulous dodging skills." She gave a grin as she nonchalantly pulled the arrow out with a sickening sound as her body healed her wound.

He gave a slow and uneasy grin back as he helped her up.

Kagome looked for her white-haired mate. He was towering above Kikyo's fallen, crumbling body as his sword was drawn with blood trailing down its blade. The stolen souls from Kikyo's body exploded out like fireworks and was shooting up into the skies to their rightful owners. Including Kagome.

But there was one more orb she missed that came out from the clay body.

Kagome felt a tingle in her chest as she approached the white orb. Fascinated but wary, she raised her eyes to Sesshomaru. He smiled gently and murmured, "Take back what was rightly yours, miko."

She smiled up at her mate and reached for the white orb. She held it in her hands and gently pushed it towards her chest.

This feeling of being whole once again was something she couldn't completely handle as she gasped a sharp intake. She leaned slightly on Sesshomaru as the warmth of her complete emotions and soul filled up her body once again. Kagome couldn't help grinning and laughing as she felt the adrenaline rush through her. She reached up and tugged on her mate's nape to bring his lips down to hers. He hesitated in shock but before he could respond, she pulled away, giggling. He growled playfully and reached for her waist and rested his arms around it. Sighing in content, their lips continued their journey towards each other until she heard a growl.

She looked behind her to see a black orb forcing its way into Inuyasha's chest. "Inu... yasha?" Then her eyes widened as she murmured in shock, "No... No! It couldn't be! How is Kikyo's soul-?!"

"Kagome! Ka..gome! Run!" Inuyasha shouted as he fell to his knees. The pair that was watching clearly saw how he was fighting himself as his eyes flickering back and forth to red and brown. "Kikyo.. Kikyo! She wants revenge!" He gasped in pain as the black orb fully entered his body.

The shocked pair and the victim knew it was too late.

Inuyasha looked up and whispered with pain lacing his words, "Kill me if you have to.. I can't live with the fact I-"

He gave a scream filled with pain that made Kagome's eyes fill with tears. The couple frantically pulled themselves away and reached for their weapons, fearing for the worst to come.

Then all went silent, and only the muffled sobs and jingles on the monk's staff from the forest could be heard.

Inuyasha slowly lifted his head up. His eyes completely red as he gave a smirk that wasn't like him at all. "You think you could get away from me?" The soul who took his body flexed his claws as his smirk grew wider. "I'm going to enjoy this."

He knew it wouldn't end well when chills were sent through the worried and usually stoic taiyoukai.

Kagome woke up in cold sweat.

"Fuck.." She muttered. "That stupid dream again."

It wasn't nice when you get impaled by an arrow for a week straight in your dreams.

She slowly disentangled her legs from the white sheet wrapped around her legs. She growled in frustration. These sheets were mummified against her sleek and tanned legs. Not to mention they were slick with sweat.

After a good solid 5 minutes, she finally had them removed from her person as she made her way to the bathroom.

She decided a cold shower would do the trick for the day.

Kagome lazily took off her clothes as her hazy eyes that was still influenced by her sleep, glanced at the bathroom mirror in front of her. As she turned, you could see pale white marks against her pale back.

Stepping into the bath stall, she pulled the handle to cold.

The young miko who was slowly regaining her memories stared at herself through the mirror. Her brush slowly running through her midnight black hair.

'It's already been 7 years since I've been here.' That thought made her shiver from enduring the snake's leeching stares and Kabuto's abusive actions and words.

But she gained one thing from being here. Power.

She was powerful enough that she could beat that snake's ass and get the hell out of here.

'Not my fault he let me clean his library. I could steal a book and he wouldn't even notice.' Kagome thought cheerfully. Because of this chore, she has learned many forbidden jutsus. But hey, at least she could defend herself.

Kagome set the brush down and sighed. 'I haven't seen the sun in ages. Pretty sure he could afford a window in my room but he has trust issues. I don't blame him for that.'

After her several attempts of trying to escape, he took it upon himself to discipline and punish her. She never tried to escape ever again.

Kagome could still feel the pain from the spikes on the whip slashing against her back. She stayed there for at least 3 days in the dungeon, her priestess powers working on auto-pilot to heal her wounds while she was unconscious.

And that was the day Orochimaru found out she was a priestess. And now, he would most likely never let her go because of his experiments. That was the first time she actually cursed her powers for acting up but at least she didn't die from blood loss.

But it's been done. And that was 5 years ago.

She stood up. "Okay, Kagome. Enough moping for the day." Her stomach grumbled. "Breakfast time with people obsessed with power!" She cheered to herself sarcastically as she made her way to the door and almost had a heart attack when she saw Kabuto leaning across the wall near her door.

"Dude. What the fuck." She said deadpanned. What a way to start out the day.

He chuckled. "Noticed you talking to yourself so I decided to walk you to breakfast." Kabuto smirked as he had succeeded in scaring her.

"Wow. What a gentleman." Kagome said indifferently. You might think that they could've gotten closer because of being stuck with each other over the years but other than beating up each other in the training room or him talking shit to Kagome about stealing Lord Orochimaru's attention, they hated each other. "So what's up? You would usually be avoiding me like the plague and following Orochimaru around like a lost puppy. What gives?" She murmured.

He ignored the insult. "I just want to be a nice companion to you. Is that too much to ask for?" He gave an innocent smile but his soul said otherwise.

She gave a glance towards his chest and said, "Fuck off. I'm saying that nicely before I kick your ass today in the training room."

His soul is purple, almost black. It's disgusting and nauseous to look at. How evil can he be to have his soul tainted so much like that?

He bristled at her insult. "I will have you kno-"

After looking at his soul, she didn't feel hungry. "I lost my appetite. Talking with you makes me throw up. See ya."

Kagome flashed out of sight to the training room right when he released his angry cries. She sighed.

So much for breakfast.

Kagome took off her jacket and revealed her modern outfit under it.

She wore a tank top that showed her developing cleavage slightly with black shorts that ended right below her butt. Feeling self-conscious from prying eyes, she tugged one end of the shorts down on her leg that was slightly coated with sweat.

She stared down at the beaten up straw dummy in front of her and imagined it was Orochimaru. Her eyebrow twitched in annoyance and gave a punch that made straws come flying out from the head. Followed by a kick towards the head that made it fly off.

Kagome groaned. This was the 6th one she obliterated.

"And he says that he made the dummys strong enough that I couldn't break them. Bullshit." Kagome muttered under her breath.

She deemed the straws and deformed dummys useless with a glance of her blue eyes and with a flick of her hand she quickly did a jutsu that reversed time. This would usually tire out an average ninja with a large amount of chakra but with her miko powers combined and with her added chakra, this made an almost limitless amount of chakra. And adding to the fact that it regenerates soon after it is used. Well, that was what Orochimaru said. She didn't look back from the now untouched figures and made her way over to the boxing bag. Kagome stared at it and decided she would do Kabuto for today. She rolled her shoulders and wiped off the sweat from her brow. Getting into a stance that only a certain demon slayer could teach, she proceeded to beat the stuffing out of the poor bag.

Kagome could only imagine all the pain that she could inflict to that white-haired brat. She snickered as she thought, 'Just wait until I get the hell out of this place. I'm gonna make them regret kidnapping me and trapping me in this hellhole.' Then she paused. 'Technically, I agreed to this but when I wanted to leave they wouldn't let me. So..' Kagome nodded to herself. 'I have been kidnapped.'

Her thoughts were interrupted when blood was trailing down her blood. Kagome stared in confusion and turned her hand over to see her knuckles. The cut where Kabuto hurt her during one of their spars opened while she was venting off her anger.

Kagome sighed in frustration and just let the blood flow freely down her hand to the floor. 'Have fun cleaning that, Orochimaru.'

"Kagome?"

'Ah fuck. So much for a peaceful morning.' She grumbled.

"Lord Orochimaru." Kagome murmured quietly.

She kept her gaze to the ground, but she could still see Orochimaru staring at her.

"You are hurt." He stated nonchalantly.

Kagome nodded. "But it is healed."

Before she could even blink, Orochimaru stood before her in his towering form and forcefully pulled her arm up to his face.

The young miko flinched in surprise and tried to take back her arm when his tongue slicked out and licked up the blood that was trailing down her arm.

In disgust and horror, she forced down a shocked squeal as she couldn't help but watch his tongue slither down her arm. 'God kill me please.'

He looked down at her with eyes laced with blood lust and arrogance. His eyes were leering down at her as if saying, "You will never escape from my grasp."

His possessiveness that shone in his eyes and actions made her flinch in disgust and shock.

Finally forcing out a stutter, she said, "Oro-Orochimaru-sama.." She swore to herself from her lack of control as she hastily pulled her arm away.

Still feeling his eyes on her, the harassed miko took a few steps back and scowled at the smirking pale man. "I will retire to my rooms for the morning." She gave a final glare before flashing out of sight.

"Oh Kagome, Kagome... Like the trapped bird you are, you will never escape my grasp from the cage I have made for you..." Orochimaru smirked with lust for power and malice.

"Now let the games begin..."

The young miko locked the door with shaking hands and immediately made her way into the bathroom. Yanking down a scrubber that was hanging in the bath stall, she rubbed it on her arm fiercely in the sink.

'Why can't everyone just leave me alone?' She sobbed as tears were gliding down her cheek.

She barely noticed the red welts on her arm as she was mourning in self-pity for her past-self that she wanted to go back to. A rare image of a gentle smiling amber-eyed demon was looking down at her with a passionate gaze.

'I miss him.. I miss him so much..' Her memories felt so real that she couldn't help but imagine the demon as a real person. She could almost feel him next to her, smoothly talking to her in that baritone tone of his that he used to reprimand her.

The broken miko's eyes were glazed as her eyes rose to look at the space next to her. She gasped and her heart quickened. "Sess.. Sesshomaru?"

He sat regally on the edge of the bath tub as he looked at her in disdain. He still had the spiked armor that she remembered in her dreams and memories. His regal aura and cold, calculating gaze while softening when looking at his mate was exactly how she remembered it. "Sesshomaru?! How-?!"

"Miko, cease your insolence and your self-abuse."

The shocked miko blinked in surprise and looked down at her arm where he was looking upon. She gasped in horror at the damage she had done to herself. The red welts were starting to split open from the force and roughness from the scrubber. She could also see flaming, thin nail marks that trailed along with the welts. The pain suddenly rushed in and in habit, she let her powers take over as her arm glowed in the light pink.

She whipped her head as she realized, "Sessho.. maru?"

He was completely gone.

Kagome frantically looked around for the white-haired demon as she yanked open the door.

"Sesshomaru?! Please... Please answer me..." She couldn't feel or see him in her small room as she collapsed on the floor.

She was broken and her hopes were lifted in futile that she wasn't alone. After all, Sesshomaru was the only anchor to living so she could go back to the feudal era. She sobbed loudly and let herself be taken out of her shell for the first time in 5 years.

The only thing in the room that could be heard was the water that was still running in her sink as the girl's eyes were hazy as she stared at the ground. She pushed herself against her bed frame as she hugged her legs to her chest. Her hair was in disheveled in a messy manner but she once again had the ability to look unbearably stunning.

Then finally, Kagome let herself be lifted into reality once again as she regained the hard and stone look in her eyes.

She had enough of this. If this was what the kami's were wishing for when she was forced down the well, then they all be damned. She wanted to go back to the era she belonged to. The mate that she cherished and the pups that they would have created together. She clenched her fists in anger as she unknowingly awakened the demon inside her.

"Today... Today will be the day I escape from this damned hell."

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