A/N: Omg! Two chapters in five hours! Soooo deserve a cookie! :D

Chapter 13: Expect the Unexpected

Sesshomaru's POV (Sorta)

It took all his strength to not go after her as she ran past him. It wasn't the fact that she had knocked his cup of blood out of his hand, or the fact that it was the only amount of blood he would have for the next three days or so.

No, it was the fact that she had cut her hand and it was bleeding. When he had smelt it, his senses sang and craved a taste of the delicious smell.

His hunger did not help the situation either as she had continued to just stand there and look at the bloodied mess on the floor. He could smell the confusion and fear coming from her, and the only thing that probably kept him from pouncing on her and actually draining her dry was because of her fear. For some reason it made his chest ache when she felt that way.

As the front door closed and Kagome's terrified form disappeared, so did most of her scent, to his relief. Because of all blood on the floor, it had helped mask the little on Kagome's hand since she had removed herself, and the fresh wound, from the house.

Trying to regain his control, Sesshomaru began to walk toward the front door to go after his little Pet. Even though he did tell her to run, she didn't really need to go that far. No need for her to get eaten by a rapid animal or something.

Opening the door, Sesshomaru took a large inhale of the smell of fresh rain and nature. It helped settle his senses even more.

After a moment he caught a whiff of his little miko toward the left side of the house, and he grinned. It was faint due to the rain, but being the daiyoukai he was it was easier for him to pick it up than most demons.

Running toward that side of the house, not wanting to lose her scent due to the heavy down pour, Sesshomaru jumped over the wood railing and landed on the wet ground with a thud.

He stood up as the rain started to pelt his body, and sniffed the air. He couldn't get a clear scent; only very miniscule hints of her were in the air only at this spot to it seemed, but as the seconds ticked on, he started to only smell the scent of rain.

Deciding it was not wise to just stand there with the thought of his Pet running around in the freezing rain, Sesshomaru thought it best to go look near the beach for her, but as he took a step forward he caught a noise coming from the patio. Or, under the patio it seemed.

Confused, he looked beside him at the porch only to see the siding of it broken. It was a small hole, but just maybe big enough for Kagome to crawl through.

Not seeing the harm in checking, Sesshomaru bent down toward the ground and look through the small hole. What he saw shocked him. Indeed, Kagome had crawled into the hole and was pressed against the cement foundation of the the house in a ball.

Her face was buried in her arm and her body trembled as Sesshomaru stared wide-eyed at the girl.

"Kagome." He had said it as gently as he could, but was not prepared for the girl's blood curdling scream.

Covering his ears to try and stop the loud ringing in them, Sesshomaru glared at the now sobbing girl. "Miko, Hush before this one goes deaf!" he hissed. He didn't mean to be so rude, but dman did his ears hurt!

Watching as her head turned to face him, he saw her gasp as she softly whispered his name, and begin to crawl out of the hole. As her head and shoulder passed the broken pieces of wood, Sesshomaru reached forward and grabbed her from under her arms, pulled her the rest of the way out, and into his waiting lap.

Kagome stared up at him with her blue orbs still shining with tears as she sniffed softly. Sesshomaru held her with both his arms tightly around her waist, but his Pet didn't really seem to notice as her lips started to tremble even more before loud sobs began to break past them.

She caught him off guard as she buried her face deep in his shirt and cried while nuzzling her head under his chin. "I thought- I thought that... I was.." Kagome nuzzled her face into the crook of his neck as she inhaled deeply. "I'm just glad it was you." She whispered at last.

Sesshomaru frowned. He was at a loss. Instinct said comfort her and enjoy this; but his mind said push her away because this was too intimate.

Sighing, Sesshomaru decided to go with a different route altogether. "We need to have a talk." he said, pulling her away slightly to look at her face. It was smeared with dirt and mud, but for some weird reason he thought it made her look cute. He narrowed his eyes at that thought. He needed to get out of this rain.

"And you need a bath... again." Sesshomaru finished looking the girl up and down. He expected her to be angry about the comment, but was surprised when she just laughed and buried her face back into his neck.

Correction, they both needed to get out of the rain. It was making them crazy.

Picking her up, Sesshomaru thought it best just to carry the girl back into the house since she was practically glued to him anyway.

Looking down at his miko as he walked, Sesshomaru wondered if he should punish her for breaking his favorite mug and taking away his lunch for the next couple days, but as she look up at him and smiled when she noticed him looking at her, he decided against it.

'Just this once, I'll let her slide.' Sesshomaru thought, walking into the house and shutting the door behind him.

A/N: Uhhh, guess a little fluff doesn't hurt anybody. Eppp! I'm almost at 50 reviews. :0 So awesome. I'm hoping by the time this stories over I'll be at, or close, to 100. If so then that means that I did good with this story. :) And that you guys might get a sequel. ;) Love you alllll! Make sure to press the NEW pretty button with your name on it!