InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Falling in Love With Darkness ❯ Part 3 ( Chapter 3 )

Falling In Love With Darkness; Chapter 3

Hey again! Srry it took so long to update again. But then, it always does with me… lol. So, on with the show I guess.

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"What?" Kagome yelled, "Again? Already? Why?"

"Because," Leila replied, "I- I just can't stay here."

"Why?" Kagome asked.

"Just- because…" Leila said, "I'm going to wander around… you know, soak up some of the scenery."

"And I am going with her," Sesshomaru said.

"What?" Leila growled.

"Well, even if you are a hanyou, you cannot completely wield your powers without some training… and therefore you will need a protector." Sesshomaru explained in his "King-of-the-Castle" tone.

"That is the dumbest excuse I've ever heard," Kagome sighed, "But hey- if it works…" She shrugged.

"Excuse?"Sesshomaru said, narrowing his eyes.

"Whatever…" Leila interjected. "Well, mister Tough Man, I leave- yesterday."

"You're leaving already?" Kagome exclaimed, hugging her friend. "Come and see us when you get sick of the scenery. You know where to find us."

"Yeah. I will." Leila replied. "Goodbye you guys! See ya Dog Boy!"

"No room to talk Foxy!" Inu Yasha yelled back.

When Sesshomaru and Leila were nearly a mile away from the castle, he grabbed her arm, spinning her around to face him.

"What?" she said.

"You really are beautiful," he said softly.

"Excuse-" she was cut off when Sesshomaru placed his mouth on hers. He kissed her deeply and passionately. When he let her go she backed up into a tree for support. She grabbed onto the sturdy trunk that kept her from falling to her knees.

"What the hell was that for?" she breathed.

"Why did you really want to know what Ai Keppan was?" he asked.

"I'm not answering that," she said, standing up straighter.

"I think you are," Sesshomaru said in a deadly voice, stepping closer.

"Well, I don't really care what you think," Leila said.

"You should," Sesshomaru said, taking another step closer, "It would keep you out of worlds of trouble."

He stepped even closer, so that their bodies touched, and ran is hands up and down her sides. He rested one on her hip, and the other continued the slow motion on her side. He lowered his mouth to hers for a quick kiss, before pressing his lips to her throat, directly over her pulse. He scraped his fangs over the sensitive area.

"Stop… please," she breathed.

"Then answer my question," he murmured.

"I can't- talk while you're doing that," she said.

"Very well," he ceased scraping his fangs over her pulse and brought his head up to gaze at her.

"I asked you… because- because…" she blushed a deep crimson.

"Would it help if I turned around?" he asked in an all too caring way that made her insides melt.

She could only nod, and he turned his back to her.

"I asked you what Ai Keppan was," she started, "Because…because I- I- um… Oh Lord! Because I- l-l-l-l- um…. Do I have to say it?" she exclaimed.

"Say what? I have no idea what it is you're trying to say," Sesshomaru grumbled. "So just spit it out already."

Leila gasped. Hasn't anyone ever told him… not even his mother? Her eyes shimmered with tears. He must have been very lonely…

Sesshomaru smelled tears and was about to turn around and ask what was wrong when he felt Leila's arms wrap around his waist and her warm body press against his back. She rested her cheek on his back and inhaled deeply.

"I love you," she whispered.

He let a barely audible gasp escape his lips and his eyes widened, then softened. He placed his hands on hers at his waist and unclasped them. He turned around her and pulled her into a tight embrace. A small smile curved his lips ever so slightly, and he kissed the top of her head.

"Is that the answer to my question, or just some random thing you decided to throw into the conversation?" he asked, grinning.

"A little of both. I asked you because I thought maybe- but then I started thinking and I figured there was no way you would do it… I mean you're a powerful demon lord and I'm- I'm just a stupid little girl…. And I'm rambling." Leila chuckled nervously.

"I don't think I got much of that, but from what I did get, you wanted to know if I would perform Ai Keppan with you?" Sesshomaru asked. Leila nodded, blushing. "But- you barely even knew me. How could you have been so sure of your feelings for me? How can you now?"

"I don't know. I just am…" Leila thought of a way to explain it, "Back on that mountain, when you kissed me and laid next to me, I think I knew then. You were one of the few people who didn't think of me as "unsafe". You always treated me just like you would anybody else."

"Oh, but I didn't," he said, smugly, "I treated you much better."

Leila laughed.

"But really, you still don't know me very well." Sesshomaru said, concern showing in his eyes.

"What is there to know?" she asked sitting down. "Come on, let's talk. Get to know each other a bit."

"I'm cruel, and sadistic, and violent," Sesshomaru started, "I've killed so many humans and demons that I was afraid at one point that the smell would be permanent. I have been staging fights with my brother since I found out that he was alive in which I mortally wounded him in order to train him. And I've even stooped so low as to go after Kagome to get him to fight. That about covers it."

"Really?"Leila grinned, "Well, I'm stubborn, rude, violent, and I have absolutely no confidence around strangers. And I have murdered at least 60 innocent people in cold blood."

"But I'm sure that you killed them in your demon form when you couldn't control yourself." Sesshomaru said.

"Most of them, yeah, but a few I just… killed. I don't know. I guess some of my demon instincts could have seeped through into my human mind… I don't know." Leila said, looking down at the ground.

"I'm sure that's what happened. You aren't the type of person to kill innocent people while in a right state of mind." Sesshomaru soothed.

"How is it that in the short amount of time that we've known each other, I feel like I know everything about you?" Leila asked, confusion in her eyes.

"I'm not really sure, but it may have something to do with the fact that I've told you more about me than any other living human or demon. You know more about me than even my own brother." Sesshomaru said.

"Ditto," Leila said.

"Do you… love me?" Leila asked.

Sesshomaru gazed at her, his amber eyes shining with an intensity that made her shudder. "What do you think?"

"When did you know?" she asked, looking at the ground.

"The day I heard you singing and saw you in my room. You were so defiant, yet so beautiful…" Sesshomaru stopped short before he, too, blushed.

"Anyways, we've got a lot of ground to cover, so we should probably get going." Leila said, standing up.

Sesshomaru stood up beside her and they began they're journey through the mountains.

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