InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Evanescence Story ❯ Give Unto Me ( Chapter 4 )

Kagome retired to her room after Sesshoumaru and Naraku had their final meeting for the day. She knew that in two days time Sesshoumaru would walk out of the palace and straight out of her life. For the life of her she could not understand why she felt compelled to admit her secret to him before he left her forever.

She walked to her garden hoping beyond hope that he would be their, since he was free to do as he so pleased. It took all of her will power to control her excitement upon seeing him sitting on the bench by her roses.

“Lord Sesshoumaru, it has a nice ring to it!” she smiled whole heartedly at him.

He rose swiftly upon hearing her heavenly voice speak his name so sweetly. “My Lady!” he bowed.

“You should take this with you when you leave, I fear what would happen if Naraku were to get another miko to come in here and use her powers to read what you so dearly wrote.” she smiled sadly at the thought of losing her one piece of proof that someone did care for her.

He was surprised that she had in fact realized that it came from him and reluctantly took it only to accidently destroy it with the acid in his claws.

She watched in fascination as the paper quickly started to disintegrate behind his poisonous claws, she did not see the acid quickly approaching her own hand until it was too late.

Sesshoumaru tried his best to get the paper out of her hand after he realized that his acid would not only destroy the paper but as well as her precious hand that held it so dearly.

They both stood their in shock as they witnessed his acid be absorbed into her hand with no damage. Kagome could feel it running through her veins and couldn’t help but feel comforted by it.

“Why did your poison do that?” she innocently asked. She knew nothing of demons or of their powers much less the abilities those powers have with destined mates.

“Only my mate is supposed to be able to do that.” he muttered silently but she heard none the less.

She couldn’t have been more happy, she knew she was not supposed to be in this hell forever; however she had to stay.

Sesshoumaru noticed her sudden sadness and mistook it for what he had spoken. “Do not worry Empress, you are mated and there is nothing I could do without risking my clan.”

Kagome slowly looked up to his cold, unfeeling eyes and ghosted her hands over his cheek and spoke in a silent whisper, “I would never ask you to risk all of their lives and peace for us. I can only hope that when I am reborn that my reincarnation can find you before this viscous cycle can occur again.”

“But you are mated, you will only die if Naraku dies as well.”

“We are not fully mated for I purified that part a long time ago. I only bare his mark for the fear of the safety of my family.”

Sesshoumaru couldn’t have been happier, though there was still the chance of his plan not going as planned but he was ever the hopeful one.

“You need not to fear for their safety, I have already sent scouts to them and have placed them safely within my territory. No one will be able to do anything to them without causing a war with me personally.”

Kagome wished that she was able to do what she wanted, which was to hug and kiss Sesshoumaru senseless. A faint pink blush rose to her checks causing Sesshoumaru to smirk.

She noticed that he was pulling something out of the folds of his robes and waited on baited breath for it to finally become revealed.

He handed her a piece of tree bark with an inscription on it. She read it as he got up and walked back to the palace for the evening meal.

Upon the bark was inscribed, ‘Fear not the flame of my love’s candle, let it be the sun in your world of darkness.’