InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Decisions ❯ Chapter 25

 

Kagome bounded out of bed, her hand immediately flying to her neck. It was on fire from where Kurama had bitten it. Why had he done it? What did it mean? Kagome did the only thing that she could think of to do. She ran to the library. Sesshomaru's books were sure to have some answers as to why these things were happening to her.

 

Kagome ran into Sesshomaru in the hall on her way to the library. Unfortunately, she was so distraught and off balance, she let her guard down and allowed her smell to escape, causing Sesshomaru to stop in his tracks for a moment in shock and let out a low growl. He turned around and stormed after Kagome, eyes flashing red. “Why do you smell of sex and an adult male kitsune? There are none on my guard and I would know if one other than Hakurama had been on my lands. Tell me!”

 

Kagome couldn't believe that she had been so careless. Her only excuse was that she felt safe to let her guard down here. But that didn't get her out of the mess that she currently found herself in. “I just had a dream Sesshomaru. I suspect the kitsune that you smell is the residual essence of Kurama, the guy that my mom got to tutor me. I've been having very…intense dreams about him, ever since I first met him. I can't control them, and, until recently, I couldn't even control myself in them. Oh Sesshomaru, I don't know what's happening to me!” She flung herself into his arms. “When I woke up this morning, I felt very strange. As the day went on, it got worse. It was like all my inhibitions went away and I had almost no control over my own body! I even tried to seduce Kurama! I don't know the first thing about seduction and I would never try to do that! I rushed back here to get away from him until I could figure this thing out, but then I had another dream when I have never had one in this era. And something else happened in it and it seems to have spilled over into reality. He bit my neck and now I feel an intense throbbing where he bit me. I don't know what is going on!”

 

Sesshomaru got a cold look in his eyes. “He bit you? Let me see.”

 

Kagome froze at the look in his eyes. What was he thinking? She slowly moved her hair and Sesshomaru leaned forward to inspect her neck.

 

He let out a menacing growl and swung around.

 

Kagome ran after him, really scared now. “Sesshomaru, where are you going? Come back!”

 

He never paused. “I am going to find this fox that dared to claim you without gaining my permission first. Then, I am going to kill him.”

 

Why did I have to be right! Kagome screamed in her head. They were now in the training yard.

 

“Sesshomaru, you are not going to kill Kurama! Listen to me!” Kagome flung out her hand and wrapped a confining barrier around Sesshomaru, halting his progression away from the palace. Sesshomaru stopped and started growling again. “Listen, I don't know what the deal is with this biting thing, but it isn't Kurama's fault! It was a dream. I was dreaming when it happened so it couldn't have anything to do with him! As I said before, I have been having dreams about him ever since we first met. I have no idea why, but they will not stop. But they have never occurred here before. Things have been strange all day. If you had been listening before, then you would have known all this.”

 

Sesshomaru immediately stopped his growling and instead looked contemplative. “Dreaming you say? Ever since you first met? Is this boy a hanyou?”

 

“I don't know exactly what he is. I know that he is a kitsune, but he feels human at the same time.”

 

“Then he is a hanyou.”

 

Kagome shook her head. “No. He feels like a full youkai and like a full human. I thought that he might be like me, but the youki in his soul is much more strong and dominant than mine.”

 

Sesshomaru nodded. “That makes sense. You have a very large soul and miko abilities to keep the youki in your soul in line. They are more like silent partners allowing you to use their powers in exchange for peace and life. And power. Nothing is more important to youkai then power and you have more than all of them together. They do not exist anymore. They are you now. Especially now that you have youkai blood in your veins.”

 

Kagome ignored what he was saying about her for the moment. It wasn't relevant to Kurama's problem. “But sometimes I get the feeling that his two souls are fighting for dominance. And other times they seem perfectly in accord with each other. They seem to be trying to mix together but something seems to be stopping them from doing so; instead they seem to be trying to repel and subdue each other. Plus, I don't sense any holy energy coming from him, just youki and that other strange energy that I told you about. I don't think that he can take much more of this. Either they stop fighting each other or one triumphs over the other. My youkai souls and I had an agreement. I don't know if Kurama's did. Forcing one side to submit to the other may not be such a good idea.”

 

“I agree. I will look into this and into the dream matter. Now, what were the other things that were troubling you?”

 

Kagome's eyes narrowed. “You really weren't listening before were you?”

 

“No.”

 

Kagome rolled her eyes and continued. “I have been acting strange all day. It has been like all of my inhibitions have gone. And my skin has been so sensitive and I feel as if I can't sit still. I don't know what's wrong with me. This has never happened before.”

 

Sesshomaru was silent for a moment. He cautiously sniffed the air and examined her eyes more closely. There was still a slight red glow to them. If he hadn't been looking for it then he wouldn't have even noticed it. “I should have anticipated this. When you absorbed mine and Inuyasha's blood, in addition to being able to control your youkai abilities, you also took on more youkai traits. You see, at certain times a female youkai has a day when she is more susceptible to…” Damn this was hard. Thank Kami he wasn't going to have to explain sex to Rin. If he was having this much trouble with such a simple thing as telling Kagome she was in heat, then he would hate to see how he would have handled that. Maybe he should just spit it out and get it over with. Surely Kagome would get the point. “Kagome, you are in heat.”

 

“…”

 

“WHAT?!!!”

 

“It is when-”

 

“I know what it means you idiot! What I want to know is how I got that way and how to stop it!”

 

Sesshomaru decided to let her comment pass. “It is a part of your biology now. You cannot stop it until you take a mate. Even then you will have some times when you are hypersensitive, but it will be more manageable. It cannot be helped.”

 

Kagome generally made it a policy not to complain about things that she couldn't change, but for her this was worst than when she got her period! It was like her brain was shut off. The only way to manage this thing was to lock herself up during these times. And she resolved to do just that. “How long does it last?”

 

Sesshomaru blinked, surprised that she was taking it this well. Considering her earlier reaction, he had expected more of an explosion. “The most intense part only lasts a day. But the day before and the day after you will experience a greater sensitivity. The rub of certain fabrics may bother you but that can be solved by wearing something smooth, like silk or satin. Nothing rough. You should be able to function almost normally during these times, now that you are aware of what is going on. And it's only once every few months, although the exact interval depends on the individual.”

 

Kagome sighed. “Well, I guess I have no other choice then do I? I'll just have to deal with it.” Kagome paused, remembering why she had left her room in the first place. “Sesshomaru, why did you react so strongly to the bite on my neck? Does it mean anything? How could a bite that I got in my dreams show up in real life?”

 

Sesshomaru didn't want to upset her before he was absolutely sure what was going on. “I will know more once I start looking into the matter of your dreams. I think that I have some idea as to what is going on, but it has been so long since I have heard of anything like this that I want to be sure.”

 

“Are you going to see if you can find out anything about what is going on with Kurama's aura?”

 

“I will try. Get some rest or whatever it is you do when you sleep.” Sesshomaru turned and strode in the direction of his library. He would get to the bottom of this. If he was right about the dreams and the mark, then maybe the fox had no idea of what he was doing. Sesshomaru might not have to kill him for doing what he had. But as to what this Kurama was and what was going on with his souls, he had no idea. He had never been really interested in souls and their workings. He might be able to avoid his paper work for an entire week, if this turned into the project that he thought that it would. Plus there were his and Kagome's training sessions. He might even be able to stretch it to a month if he was lucky.

 

Or he could make Inuyasha do it. On second thought, no. He wanted to have at least some allies left. Maybe he should talk to Lord Hakurama. He might know something about this. After all, this `Kurama' of Kagome's was a fox.

 

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