InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Come Away With Me ❯ Our First Real Kiss.. ( Chapter 12 )

~*Come Away With Me*~

Napea

Wanna see a disclaimer? Go to the first chapter and leave me the hell alone.

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Last Chapter: "He can hurt her Inuyasha. If you want the girl to live then let her go to him." Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed at the undead priestess.

"You, dead miko, have been known to hinder Kagome and to try to bring about her death. Why should we listen to you?" Kikyou returned Sesshoumaru's glare.

"What do you know youkai?" She turned to Inuyasha as Kagome started moving away again. "If you treasure your shard seer then let her go." There was a moment of silence as Inuyasha stared at Kagome's retreating form.

Nothing was said as they watched Kagome fade away from sight.

Chapter Twelve: Our First Real Kiss…

She had been walking for hours now as Sesshoumaru kept his distance from the girl as she unwillingly went toward the putrid scent of the evil hanyou. There was no way in hell he was going to let the damned hanyou take what was rightfully his.

Kagome was his.

He inwardly growled at himself for not marking her when he had the chance. If he had marked her when he decided that the wench was his then no youkai would dare fight his claim on her.

He'd deal with the fact that she was a human later.

He glided noiselessly through the forest, following closely enough to ensure the woman's safety but not to be noticed by her or the hanyou. He bit back a snort when he thought about the others back at the village. They probably didn't even notice his absence yet. Although brave and albeit strong they weren't very perceptive. They were probably too busy believing the dead miko and her obvious lies.

This Sesshoumaru would not fall for the devious plans of the wretched dead.

Nor would he let Kagome fall at the hands of Naraku. She was stronger than that, smarter. It was the reason he'd begun to respect her. She prevailed in the most difficult of situations. The why pray tell did she fall prey to this ridiculous attempt from the hanyou? It had to have been a spell uttered when she was at her weakest. Perhaps in the woods before she collapsed. She had said something about the hanyou mumbling something under his breath. Most likely an incantation.

Bah, how weak. Sesshoumaru thought. To curse her when she was unable to defend herself. It's a coward's way. Don't kick a dog when they're down…they bite back. And she would. If not her then Sesshoumaru would love to bite his head off. Once upon a time he thought indifferently towards the damned hanyou. He could care less of what it did as long as he didn't interfere with him.

But now he was interfering.

Kagome was his and he was trying to take that away. Everything primal in him was begging for release. It wanted to break lose and reap havoc on anything that got in the way of his goal.

And Naraku was in his way.

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Naraku smiled as he looked into the mirror, watching the approaching Kagome. He could see her anger in her eyes but her face betrayed nothing. The spell was working perfectly. The girl would be here soon and his blood was already boiling from the anticipation of finally getting what was rightfully his.

"Naraku-sama." The emotionless child's voice floated through the air in an unnatural way. "Naraku-sama, a taiyoukai follows the miko." Naraku gave Kanna a slight nod. She turned the mirror in her hands and the images disappeared. Then without another word or glance, she turned and left.

So Sesshoumaru was following. It didn't surprise him really. The demon lord never could take orders. Fine with him.

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Kagome stopped suddenly and leaned forward slightly as Sesshoumaru watched from afar. A second later she doubled over and gave a frightful cry of pain. Soon she was on her knees, holding her stomach still cringing in pain.

"Ses-Sesshoumaru…" Her eyes widened suddenly at the realization of her words. Why had she called out for him? Inuyasha was her protector…her friend and yet she called for Sesshoumaru. Another wave of nausea crashed over her and she was suddenly headed nose first to the ground. Kagome couldn't help but snort inwardly at the whole hilarity of the situation, as she seemed to slowly descend to her painful doom.

And yet she had no sympathy for herself. She just kept playing it over and over in her head that she deserved this for helping Sesshoumaru with his plan to steal the Tetsusaiga…for being the first to enter her mind when she was in trouble. She deserved this.

Kagome closed her eyes waiting for the fall that never came.

Strong arms wrapped around her shoulders and hefted her up onto an equally strong lap. Kagome almost dreaded opening her eyes as the strong person situated her onto his lap. She looked down at the arm around her shoulder then down to the one that shifted to her waist. She recognized them but that wasn't such a good thing. With a sudden whoosh she breathed in to scream but one of the strong hands clamped over her mouth.

"Now, now Kagome. We wouldn't want to draw unsuspecting human's attention now would we? They might get caught in the crossfire." Naraku's hand on her mouth lightened slightly. "Now are you going to scream if I remove my hand?" He drawled as if he were speaking to a child. Kagome could barely hear over her own panting breaths and the blood rushing through her head. Non-the-less she shook her head `no' and his hand slipped down to rest on the crook of her neck.

"Wha-" She tried to say between panting and it was proving more difficult than she originally thought.

"Perhaps you should leave the talking to me." Kagome finally found the courage to frown and was disappointed at the reaction she got from the evil hanyou. The asshole had the audacity to smirk. "There she is." He said softly as if he were happy to see something in her.

"What?" Kagome bit out angrily.

"It is not important. What is important is that I have you here now. There are a few things I must discuss with you my dear miko." Kagome frown deepened.

"I am not your miko." She said through clenched teeth but Naraku looked past her as if he didn't notice it.

"Kagome, there is something I'd like you to do for me." He smirked at the face she made.

"Alright has the whole world gone mad? You're asking me, your mortal enemy, for a favor? And you expect me to do it?" She gave him the "Are you Insane?!" look but he didn't falter.

"You will do it." She glared at him but he kept going. "It's a simple task really. All I ask is that you steal the Tetsusaiga and give it to Inuyasha's brother like you originally planned."

"I-you…what?"

"Face it Kagome…you were destined to betray Inuyasha." She couldn't believe it. Everyone was against her. Her breaths were getting shorter, angrier as her face turned a light shade of red.

"And what is in it for you?" She bit out through clenched teeth.

Naraku's hand flew up toward her face and she winced, expecting a blow. Instead his fingertips lightly traced along her jaw. She tried to move away from his hand but it only followed her.

"You my dear miko. Once you steal the Tetsusaiga from Inuyasha and give it to his brother, seemingly joining forces with Sesshoumaru…possibly seeming that you are in love with the Lord, Inuyasha will go mad and hopefully kill Sesshoumaru. Then you," His hand cupped her chin and turned her to face him. When her eyes met his she wanted to cringe but she stayed firm. "You…will kill Inuyasha as revenge for your beloved mate Sesshoumaru."

Ah, there it was again…that "Are you insane?!" look.

"Ok I see A LOT of problems with this idea. One: there's no way in hell I'm going to steal the Tetsusaiga from Inuyasha, which, by the way, I've already covered this particular conversation with Sesshoumaru. Two: Sesshoumaru is not my mate and he would never mate me.

"Three: I don't think Inuyasha is capable of killing Sesshoumaru. Now don't get me wrong it's not because he's weak, it's because Sesshoumaru is his brother and they don't hate each other as much as they think they do." She paused and glared. "Are you with me so far? Fourthly: I would NEVER in my right mind EVER help you with such a crazed plan…hell I wouldn't help you at all!"

"But that's the thing my dear Kagome…you wont be in your right mind as you so eloquently put it. You will continue to be in my control. Once you finish we can send Kikyou back to the afterlife and use the Shikon no Tama-"

"If I use the Shikon no Tama, my dear hanyou, it will be to send you to hell!" She started squirming, trying to get away but his arms clamped tighter around her. He muttered a single word and she went slack in his arms. He looked up in the general vicinity Sesshoumaru was lurking in and smirked.

"I suppose you have figured out why you cannot move and hopefully you understand that I had to do it, my Lord Sesshoumaru. The conversation was between dear Kagome and I and I couldn't have you interrupting." His eyes gazed past the obviously miffed youkai lord. "Kanna."

The little girl emerged from the shadows and turned her mirror. Naraku waited as the youkai lord stood straight up and jumped down from the tree branch. He turned his heated gaze upon the hanyou then to the unconscious girl in his arms. The sight along made him want to rip her from his lap and take her to the nearest lake, washing until that putrid smell was off of his woman.

"What are you planning hanyou?" Sesshoumaru asked, as he hadn't been able to hear the conversation between Kagome and him. All he got from the interaction between the two was visual. Apparently the `spirit' Kanna had made it so he couldn't move, speak or hear. He shifted his gaze to the white girl and narrowed his eyes at her. How had something so small done such a thing to the great Sesshoumaru?

"I'm afraid that is also between Kagome and me." That was it. Sesshoumaru had had enough. Within a blink of an eye the taiyoukai snatched the miko from Naraku and cut the hanyou's head off. The remains of the kugutsu evaporated.

Sesshoumaru turned to the little white girl to find her staring at him. With one slight turn of her mirror a bright light enveloped her, momentarily blinding the taiyoukai and sending a cool wave of energy coursing through his body. When he opened his eyes the girl was gone but she had left him a gift.

He shifted the miko in his arms, tossing one more glance over the vicinity then started off.

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Kagome stirred, coming back to consciousness and snuggled closer to the warmth at her side. Wherever she was she like it and she most definitely didn't want to leave.

But alas that wasn't meant to be.

Kagome screamed when she was suddenly tossed into a very cold body of water, all of her senses snapping to attention. When she came up for air her eyes searched frantically for the culprit and she almost growled when Sesshoumaru came into her line of sight.

"You ASS!" She screamed just as loud as before. "What in the seven hells is your problem?!"

"You smell woman. Clean yourself." Kagome blinked at the youkai in something akin to shock but it was gone quicker than it came and replaced with anger.

"You ignorant, ungrateful, spoiled, infuriating ASS!" That said she crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him. "If you don't want me to smell then you better come in here and force me to `clean myself', cuz now I'm going to keep this smell just to PISS YOU OFF!" Her voice progressed from a normal level to a semi-scream. With a final snort, she turned her back to him and started toward the opposite side of the river he'd so kindly dumped her in. She just wanted to be away from him.

She made it about half way across when Sesshoumaru's strong arms wrapped around her waist. Kagome struggled against him but when his arms proved unyielding she sighed in defeat, slumping against him as heavy rain suddenly started pouring down on them. Sesshoumaru watched the raindrops causing ripples on the water around them as he held the girl.

"Why me?" She said quietly as she shifted in his arms until her face was buried in his chest as tears silently streamed down her face unnoticed. Sesshoumaru in turn buried his face in her wet hair, his arms tightening around her. It was unusual for him to say the least. He was holding a crying girl but the only indication that the girl was crying was the red in her eyes from crying. She made no noise, no movements and the rain camouflaged the tear drops. If he hadn't looked into those weary, heart-breaking eyes he would have never known that a single tear was shed.

A moment later she pulled away and looked up at him, blinking every so often when a stray raindrop landed near her eye. Sesshoumaru brought his hand to her face and pushed away some of the wet strands of hair plastering to her face from the rain that didn't seem to want to let up. Kagome's eyes widened at the sight of his hand…his left hand…the one Inuyasha cut off.

"How-" She asked her eyes darting to his.

"The white spirit." Sesshoumaru answered, he sounded…dazed.

"Kanna?" Kagome asked and he merely nodded. Kagome opened her mouth to ask more questions but immediately closed it when Sesshoumaru slowly leaned forward.

"Kagome…" There it was again…the way he said her name. Lovingly…and terribly frightening. Kagome's heart raced as the distance closed between them and Sesshoumaru's oh so soft lips brushed tenderly against hers. His arm sank below the water and pulled her waist against his, his free hand tangled in her hair. His lips were soft against hers. Not demanding or cruel, but sweet and kind. Kagome's heart melted when she realized he was waiting for her to respond, not pushing her. She wrapped her arms around his neck kissed him back just as softly…just as lovingly.

It's too late…She thought as she felt her soul soar with each soft, tender touch Sesshoumaru gave her. I've already fallen in love with him. I'm sorry…Inuyasha.

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TBC…

Okies, finally some Kagome/Sesshoumaru interaction. Please don't kill me ^.^ I was waiting for the right moment in the story. You really shouldn't push these things so I didn't. Now later you'll find out why Kanna gave Sesshoumaru his arm back. I'm planning on weaving a story in with the whole Kanna thing that's why she keeps popping up in this story.

I had one reviewer a few chapters back say "Are you sure this is a Sess/Kag story? Cuz right now it seems like they hate each other." Erm yeah I didn't want them to fall in love too quickly -_-; I felt bad when I read that review but I wanted it to seem realistic…well as realistic as you can get in the world of Inuyasha. So here ya go! I've proven that this is a Sess/Kag story! I've finally put them together and I plan on keeping them that way.

Ok enough babbling.

Ja!

Napea *Meamiko*