Kagome hardly had time to react or to even register what was going on before she felt a heavy pressure against her. His aura was heavy, but his chest against her back was warm. Kouga jumped back, bumping into Inuyasha, who caught him and then shoved him away. "K, Idiot, you knew this was going to happen." Inuyasha huffed, not at all surprised.

Kagome froze "Kouga."

That was, of course, the wrong thing to say. She felt Sesshomaru's fang graze her neck as his arm snaked around her waist. She lowered one hand slowly to touch his arm. "Sesshomaru?"

"He can't hear you." Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"What, why not?"

Sango moved slowly to get closer while Naoko showed up, changing from wolf form to human form. "His beast has taken over." She said swiftly, crossing her arms.

"I, I don't understand." Sesshomaru wasn't moving, his fangs hovering over her neck.

"He has come to claim what is his," Naoko told her.

Kagome looked down, and Kikyo, who stood behind Inuyasha, who knew those words would have the wrong effect.

"I don't want this."

Naoko unfolded her arms in shock.

"What!?" Kouga asked, also confused.

Kagome looked up with tears in her eyes. "I never wanted to be claimed, and he never wanted me like this."

"Kagome," Naoko whispered,

Kagome let her tears fall. "He ran away to get away, don't you understand? He doesn't love me; he left."

Naoko looked at Sesshomaru and then back to Kagome.

"What did you have to do, say, to get him like this?" Kagome tried to pull away, but Sesshomaru was not letting her go. Kagome looked down again. "I don't want one part of him if I can't have both- She paused, and Naoko opened her mouth.

Inuyasha and Kouga looked at Naoko. "What's what that face?" Inuyasha asked,

"She just admitted she loves him," Naoko spoke with clarity

"He doesn't care about the life we lost; he left me, he just left me,"

"But he came back," Sango spoke,

"To give chase like I am pray or property that he doesn't want to lose to the enemy?" Kagome said a bit loud, "He never asked because he never wanted to!"

Her tears were flowing; how much more could her confused heart take? "I don't want his obligation." She sucked in "I want his heart or nothing at all." She admitted.

Kagome lifted her hands to cover her face. "Naoko, change him back; he doesn't want this, please." She whispered. He didn't want her or their baby; he proved that.

"Foolish human."

Kagome's hands dropped at the sounds of his dark, demonic voice. "To think I am so weak as to lose myself to my beast." He growled against her neck.

"Speak ill of me if you wish, Miko, but do not think to know how I felt," To emphasize what he was saying, he bunched up her dress in his fist, which was resting against her belly button. "I did not run; I mourned," He whispered in her ear.

He pulled her back to mold against him. "Trust me, wench, had I lost myself to my beast, you would have been marked, naked, and impregnated already."

She gasped, and a blush graced her face as goosebumps rose on her skin. His chest purred. "I can smell you, Miko; perhaps since you wish to have all of me, I should let myself have my way with you."

His fangs grazed her neck again. "All I need is an answer, Miko, and you will be mine."

"An, answers?" She asked, forgetting the people standing in front of her.

He closed his eyes and put his mouth at her ear again. "Shall I give you another?"

"Another?" She repeated. Sesshomaru pressed his hand firmly down against her belly, which made her jump in surprise. But she calmed her beating heart and slowly turned in his arms and looked up at him. His red eyes would scare many, but not her. He gave her no chance to think or speak. He grabbed her jaw and crushed his lips to hers, and moved to mold them together. The women smiled while the guys stuck their noses up at the sight.

Sesshomaru broke the kiss slowly and hardly moved them away from hers when he spoke: "My beast may have laid claim to you, Miko, but I am asking, and I am here."

"Because of Naoko?"

He smirked, "I would not have allowed you to mate him; I came of my own accord, she simply pushed me to my breaking point sooner."

She eyed his lips,

"Kagome," He said again. "My patient is thin enough as it is." He pushed his hip into her so that she would get the idea.

She held onto his arms and closed her eyes, and kissed him again.

"Am I to assume that is a yes, Miko."

She could only nod slowly.

His eyes got darker, his marks went jagged, and she didn't know what hit her when he sank his fangs into her neck.

Then he flew away with her.

Since she wanted all of him, he was going to give her all of him.

His beast made him warmer, his muscles harder, his manhood bigger, his markings darker. She was utterly helpless and, in all honesty, hungry for him.

"Give me a safe word Kagome." His red eyes gleamed.

"Gold," She said, half scared, half excited but full of understanding.

He smiled, and his deadly fangs didn't scare her; in fact, it made her moan, and he wasn't even touching her yet.