~*Voices at Midnight*~

Meamiko

For disclaimer see first chapter.

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Sesshoumaru carried the unconscious girl back to his mansion as the others trailed behind him at an annoyingly slow rate. Needless to say he didn't wait for them. The Miko had not released the Kitsune cub for her death grip even as she stirred as he walked, again much to his annoyance.

Sesshoumaru's servant, Soramiru, greeted them at the door. "Sesshoumaru-sama?" She eyed the unconscious miko as if she were the strangest thing she'd ever seen.

"Ready the hot springs, she needs to be cleaned. Have bandages and medicines waiting there." Without questioning him she gave a quick nod then hurried off. Sango stared after the servant. She caught a glimpse of something under her long red hair. Wings? Surely not…

"Sess-" Kagome sighed, her eyes still closed. "Sesshoumaru…" She couldn't seem to be able to open her eyes. It was as if they were sealed shut.

"Kagome, I'm going to take you to my hot spring." His heart melted when he saw a small and weak smile curve her lips.

"Hentai." She whispered jokingly. She still couldn't open her damn eyes. His lips slightly curved at her comment. 'Well if she could joke then she's fine.' He was pleased to see her death grip on the kitsune had slipped and her hands were hanging at her side.

With one quick jerk, he managed to fling the kitsune off her and glare at him. The kit started toward Kagome again but Sesshoumaru gave him a warning growl to which he stopped dead in his tracks. Finally being free of the annoying kitsune cub he made his way to the hot springs.

"Ano, Sesshoumaru-san…" The monk stepped forward with a slight smile. "Perhaps we should take care of Kagome-sama?" For this he was rewarded with a hard smack from Sango. He rubbed his new bump. "Or rather, Sango-sama should take care of her." She took a step toward the demon lord only to stop when he growled.

"Please. Kagome-chan is important to me. I wont hurt her, I swear it." The youkai lord seemed to consider this for a moment then nodded for her to follow him.

Soramiru came out of the hot spring with a nod toward Sesshoumaru. He carried the unconscious miko to the edge and motioned for the exterminator. She put her hand behind Kagome's back to hold her up.

"Call me when you have her dressed and I will take her back to her room. Soramiru." The youkai lady came over to the three. Sango finally got a good look at the woman. Long wavy, fiery red hair fell down to her calves and glowing green eyes watched her lord closely. Her skin was as fair as Kagome's and there was a purple star on her forehead. Something moved under her hair and Sango bit back a gasp. They were wings! Almost as white as the Kimono she wore, they almost blend in with the Kimono.

"Help the exterminator with the miko." Sango quirked a brow. He had called Kagome by her name just minutes before and now he was back to titles?

"Sango." She stated coolly. Sesshoumaru returned her coolness in a weak glare.

"What?" He asked, almost sounding bored.

"My name is Sango and you know 'the miko's' name." His eyes narrowed slightly, then he stood and walked out. She glared at the door for a moment. Why was he acting like that? Jeez he's a jerk.

"What is the miko's name?" A sweet tinkling voice broke Sango's glare and brought her attention to the tsubasa youkai (winged demon). She blinked once at her.

"Kagome-chan." The tsubasa youkai gave a slight nod. 'She's beautiful. I've never seen a youkai like her before.' They started peeling off the old clothes. When the rags were removed they gently pushed her into the spring, in the shallow end. The cleansed her wounds and pulled her out. A few moments passed without talking as they treated and dressed her wounds. The skin and muscles were starting to knit together already much to their surprise.

"She is unlike any human I have ever seen." Again Sango blinked at the youkai. Her voice was soft, like velvet with a slight bell tinkling. It was almost mesmerizing.

"You're unlike any youkai I have ever seen." Sango said before she could stop herself. Soramiru smiled softly.

"I am the last of my kind." She lightly touched several of the bruises on the miko's thighs. Her eyes shot up suddenly. "Was she…?" She trailed off and Sango sighed.

"We don't know what Naraku did to her. Her bruises look like she was…forced but we wont know until she wakes up. We can only pray that he didn't do anything worse than hit her around a couple times." 'Please don't let him have raped her. Kagome-chan's been through so much already. She doesn't deserve this.' Soramiru nodded solemnly.

When they got her dressed Soramiru picked her up with ease and motioned for Sango to get the door. Sango bounded over to the door to open it but it went flying open before she got there. A rather perturbed looking Sesshoumaru was standing on the other side.

"Well?" That one word held more in it's meaning. It said 'What took you so damn long?' combined with the look on his face.

"Kagome-sama is healing quicker than to be expected. Too quickly for a human, Sesshoumaru-sama." She kept her eyes lowered. "No doubt you can see the strange power in her aura?" Sango frowned and looked from one youkai to the other hoping to get an explanation.

Sesshoumaru gave a curt nod and gestured for Kagome. Soramiru passed the miko from her arms to Sesshoumaru's as if she were a precious child.

"Show…Sango-san to the rest of her group and ready rooms for them." Sango almost smiled at the way Sesshoumaru said her name as if it were the most detestable thing in the world to do. With another curt nod he headed down the hall as Sango frowned at his retreating form.

"Sango-sama?" Again the velvet voice brought Sango's attention away from frowning. She smiled at the youkai.

"Please just Sango." The youkai bowed her head in acknowledgement then motioned for her to follow.

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He laid the girl gently onto his bed where they had both been just a few hours ago. The aura of lust was gone now and there was more of a tense aura hanging in the air. He climbed on to the futon with her and sat next to her, bringing her head on to his lap. He absently stroked her hair as he stared at her still form.

"I lied, Kagome." He started quietly, knowing she wouldn't hear him. "You do mean something to me, more than just to be here for Rin. You're here for me now. I don't know when this changed. When you became more than a toy, maybe you never really were." He leaned down and lightly kissed her cheek. A light but scary growl built in his chest and spilled dangerously from his lips.

His hand wound possessively in Kagome's hair and his free hand was clenched in a tight fist. His eyes tinted red as blood started to drip from his clenched hand.

"I will kill that bastard hanyou." Kagome whimpered and her hand clutched his haori. Sesshoumaru calmed when she nuzzled closer to his stomach. She felt his anger. Somehow she had tapped into his feelings and felt how angry he was and now she was trying to calm him down. Her arms wrapped possessively and more so, calmingly, around his waist as her warm scent flooded his senses. Soon Sesshoumaru let himself slip into sleep, hoping he'd see her in his dreams.

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TBC…

Chapter Seven: Sesshoumaru unwittingly stumbles into Kagome's dream. What will happen when they're in each other's minds?

Translations:

Tsubasa- wings or winged.

Soramiru- sora means sky and miru means watch or watcher.

The rest you should know right? If not then email me. Meamiko@yahoo.com and as always comments and such are welcome ^_^

Thanks to reviewers

Media Miner reviewers:

Ericedwyn: Thank you so much for reviewing my story ^_^ I'm so glad that you've been updating your story! It's getting so good keep it up!

For those who haven't read the story it's called A Demon Should Act Like A Demon by Ericedwyn and it's a really good Sess/Kag story! It's on Fanfic and Mediaminer. Go check it out! It comes highly recommended!

DeathAngleRn: Thank you for your honesty it's much appreciated and I understand where you're coming from and I know cuz I'm an English major O.o I know pathetic right? Well I have a lot of work to do to get better! ^_^ thank you again!

Rangna01: Thanks for being my first reviewer! ^_^ I had a friend whos last name was Rangna ^_^ I know "Who cares?" but hope you enjoy!

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Eep I'll say thanks to other mediaminer reviewers next chapter I'm running out of room ^_^

Fanfic:

Me..: Thank you for reviewing ^_^ I find yours interesting and I would see Sess as a playboy type in modern times too! But not an obvious one.

St.DogBert: All will be explained soon I promise! And you were right on the nose when you asked if Sess's playing was "raw sexual" well that's gonna change. Oh and her scent is different because she's a miko. She has powers that other humans don't have so of course she doesn't smell human plus she comes from another time so all that magic combines to make her smell non-human. Plus Sess was just trying to justify his attraction. ^_^ Does that explain it?

Eep again I thank everyone who reviewed! Lemme know If you want me to email you when I update.

Ja!

Meamiko