InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Claimed ❯ Mates, Too Late ( Chapter 2 )

Like I said before I don't own them.

Sesshoumaru didn't have to wait very long before his spies alerted him that the group was returning to the village from god knows where they go. It had only been four days since they had left, giving him just enough time to set his plan into motion. He raced to the well with a grin, and slipped into the forest hiding among the shadows, waiting.

Kagome was lost deep in thought as made her way toward the well. `I just can't believe he said that!' She couldn't get her mind off of the events that had transpired just moments before.

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They had just returned to Kaeda's hut after an unsuccessful shard hunt. The demon they had encountered was strong, but since he didn't have a jewel shard, it was nothing the group couldn't take down easily. With no more rumors to begin their hunt, there was nothing to do but sit around and wait.

Kagome got up from her position on the floor next to the wall and grabbed her bag. "Well, I'm going home" she announced to everyone. Six pairs of eyes swung over to Inuyasha expectantly.

"No you aren't. You just went home" he stated, making it clear that he expected her to accept his decision without hesitation.

"Oh yes I am" she retorted. "There's not a single shard rumor and I'm not waiting around here when I could be back home catching up on the schoolwork I've missed. You can come and get me when you hear something." With that she began to walk towards the door intent on leaving, when a blur of red flashed by her, stopping at the door, blocking it.

She couldn't believe what she saw. He was actually trying to physically restrain her from going home. "Inuyasha," she gritted out between clenched teeth "move now."

"Bitch, I said you weren't going home" he screamed in her face, causing her to take a step back in shock. `When did he get so aggressive about her going home? It was only for a couple of days' she reasoned, not realizing that as they had become closer over the past couple of days, his fear of her leaving him forever had increased dramatically and he was not going to put up with her leaving without a fight.

She sighed, hating herself for what she was about to do. She knew it made him feel weak, something he particularly despised, and tried to avoid using it but that was the only way she was going home, and by the gods she was going home. "Inuyasha," she said quietly, "Sit."

A loud thud, followed by the hanyou's muffled cursing, echoed throughout the hut. Kagome walked out of the hut, using his back as a bridge and causing quite a few more obscenities to come flying from his mouth. She was heading towards the well when he yelled after her "Bitch, how dare you disrespect me!!"

Kagome turned on her heel and demanded "And why should I respect you Inuyasha, when you obviously don't respect me?"

"Because I am your mate!!" he screamed at her before he realized what exactly he had said. Oops. It was true though, he thought of her that way even though he hadn't followed up on the actions that being mates implied. He never intended for her to know that though, at least not yet.

Kagome's jaw dropped open at his startling revelation. She felt a deep blush come over her face. `Oh my god how do I respond to that' she questioned herself. `The nerve of him to just assume that that was okay with her.' Still it was rather nice to know that he felt that strongly about her. "Inuyasha" she said, rather softly and hesitantly, "it will take a lot more than you holding my hand before you can call me your mate." She turned and left.

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She continued to walk to the well, absentmindedly chewing her lip as she replayed the events over and over in her head. She sighed with relief when she found herself at the well. Only then did she realize that there was a youkai nearby, and a powerful one at that. But it was already too late.

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Well what did you think? I know I said I was gonna wait till I finished it to post but well SB (scarredbride) refused to update her story until I updated mine. So, I'm gonna be evil back. Don't expect to hear from me again till she updates. If you want more go harass her.