InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Voices at Midnight ❯ Hypnotize Me... ( Chapter 11 )

~*Voices at Midnight*~

Meamiko

You wanna see a disclaimer? Go to the first chapter and leave me the hell alone!

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Chapter Eleven: Hypnotize Me…

Sango padded through the halls with Soramiru on their way to the garden. Rin and Shippou had spent all morning out there and it was time to come in and clean up. Sango was sure Sesshoumaru didn't want dirty children at his dinner table so she and Soramiru went to find them.

"I have noticed that Kagome-sama and Sango-san are good with the children. You will be excellent mothers to your pups. Have you any now?" Soramiru's musical voice lifted the silence that had formed between them. It hadn't been an awkward silence; it was the kind of silence that fell between two people when they were in perfect comfort with each other.

Sango blushed. "I haven't any and please call me Sango." Soramiru gave a small nod.

"Have you and houshi-sama married yet?" Sango jumped and stopped dead in her tracks.

"For what?" She asked nervously.

"The mating ceremony." Sango's blush deepened.

"I'm not marrying Houshi-sama." She mumbled. Soramiru tilted her head slightly, regarding the blushing woman.

"But you are obviously courting." She said half confusedly.

"To tell you the truth Soramiru-san…" Kagome's voice chimed in before Sango could answer. "Sango-chan and Miroku-sama like each other they just won't admit it." Sango glared half-heartedly at Kagome.

"Thanks Kagome." She replied but Kagome only smiled.

"Soramiru's a friend Sango you can trust her like you trust me. She won't tell Miroku-sama." Sango sighed in defeat and smiled back.

"Kagome-sama, Sesshoumaru-sama was looking for you. Did he find you?" Soramiru asked in her bell like voice.

Kagome gave a grave nod. "Naraku is coming. Sesshoumaru says we have a few days maybe more maybe less."

Sango cringed. She knew this was going to happen sooner or later. Ever since Kagome announced that she got his shards she knew…there was only one piece missing. The piece that lay in her dear brother's back. This time would be the last. Naraku couldn't take Kohaku back from her again without the power of the Shikon no kakera. He could try to control Kohaku to the best of his ability until it killed either him or her brother.

But Kagome needed that shard. She needed it to complete the jewel…to kill Naraku. In the process it would kill Kohaku. Another innocent life lost but this one was more painful. This one was blood…her little brother. He was lost. He would surely die in this battle and it's a sacrifice she would have to make…and it hurt more than anyone would ever comprehend.

"Sango-chan?" Sango averted her tear filled eyes to Kagome's face. She almost gasped when she saw that her eyes were also filled with tears. Kagome had been showing signs of strange abilities lately, one of them being the ability to hear thoughts. Had she heard Sango's thoughts?

Kagome was suddenly next to Sango with her arms wrapped around her. Sango lost control. She buried her head in Kagome's shoulder and cried, not caring if anyone would see her.

After a few minutes of hesitation Soramiru stepped forward and lightly touched Sango's head. Sango looked at the Tsubasa youkai as a wave of warmth swept over her.

"Take ease, Sango-sama. All will not end as terribly as you think. You have already decided things that should not be decided upon." Sango felt strangely comforted with her best friend's arms around her and Soramiru's chime like voice giving her hope. "Not all that you have worried so long about will come to pass. Yes, a life will be forfeit with this battle and I know not who it will be but I do not see pain as great as the loss of your brother would cause you in your future." Soramiru's hand left Sango's head and went to Kagome's face. She stayed like that for a moment then spoke again. "Nor you Kagome-sama. But as always there will be pain. Pain is there for us to learn from."

Kagome went silent but her arms hugged Sango tighter. "How do you know this?" Sango asked whispered as if she were afraid her voice wouldn't work.

"It is one of the powers of my people." She answered with a smile that matched her voice, sweet, graceful.

"You can see the future?" Kagome finally asked.

"Not even I can see the future. Think of it more along the lines of I can feel the future. There are no visions just emotions." She started walking towards the garden again and turned back to the two, smiling. "Something great will come to be in the near future, Kagome-sama. You will lead us there." With that final thought she exited the door and left the two to them selves.

Kagome and Sango finally looked at each other and after a moment the both just shrugged.

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Kagome and the two young ones were the last to the dinner table that night. Sango felt bad about leaving Kagome to take care of the children in her condition but Miroku called her for some `pressing business'. Of course Miroku ended up with a few dozen new bruises for 1: lying to Sango, 2: making Sango feel bad about leaving Kagome and 3: trying to `seduce' her. Needless to say the Houshi wouldn't be pulling anything for a few more hours.

When Kagome and the children came running in, well the children came running and Kagome was running after them trying to get them to stop, everyone stood for Kagome. She blushed and took the seat Sesshoumaru offered her. It didn't get past Sango that they were seated right next to each other and she definitely didn't miss the looks they exchanged every now and then.

What was more adorable if not slightly disturbing was the way Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome when he thought no one was looking. If it had been anyone else it would just have been adorable but it was Sesshoumaru for Kami's sake! Sango shook her head trying to get ride of the thought. If it was what Kagome-chan wanted then she would be there for her. Sango would back her a hundred percent.

…And if he did anything to her, Sango would kill him.

Sango smiled suddenly and shook her head. She knew she was over reacting. She could tell just by the way Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome that he'd never hurt her. Sango caught movement next to Kagome and caught a glimpse of the two lovers hands interlocking before they slid them under the table. Kagome didn't blush…surprisingly enough so Sango blushed for her…bad idea.

"Why Sango…you're blushing. Were you thinking of me?" The hentai Houshi leaned forward as her eyebrow twitched. Before she could think she'd nailed the Houshi to the floor with just her fist.

Acting as if nothing happened, she sat back down and calmly finished her meal. The children started giggling and Kagome shook her head at them.

"Don't play at the table! Go outside and torture Jaken or something." Kagome said in a half-hearted chide. The children immediately brightened.

"HAI Okaa-san!!" With a blur of movement they were gone with Kagome's shouts about staying clean falling upon deaf ears. Kagome sighed.

"I'm gonna have to give them another bath tonight." She said wistfully.

"Take a break Kagome-chan. I'll take them this time." Sango offered. Kagome smiled brightly and thanked her. "Goodnight." Sango called as she walked out to watch the kids.

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Kagome plopped down on her stomach in front of the fire and Sesshoumaru sat at his table reading something Kagome dubbed `boring'. Kagome loved the way he smiled at her when she said that to him. It was a mix of surprise and amusement and all together sexy.

As she lay on the rug in front of the fire she thought about everything that happened. They'd come so far. She finally had ninety-nine percent of the jewel complete and Naraku would surely be easier to defeat now…right?

Kagome sighed at the thought. `I've stolen some of his powers and his shards. Won't that make him weaker? His powers…it's disturbing really, knowing that I have a piece of him in me. Will that make me evil? Are his powers in me still evil or could I purify them? Ok how about, once he's defeated will I still have the powers?' Kagome grunted in frustration and rolled onto her back. `Stupid Naraku. Stupid powers. Naraku couldn't stay human noooo he had to let youkai's eat him so he could be that icky hanyou thingie. Jerk.'

`She's absolutely gorgeous and she's mine.'

Kagome snapped out of her thoughts when they were interrupted by the stray thought she didn't think was her own. She looked over at Sesshoumaru who was looking at her intently. She felt a smile creep up her face until she was grinning at the taiyoukai who was now averting his attention as if he hadn't been staring.

"You can't fool me Sesshoumaru. I heard what you thought." She said in a singsong voice. Sesshoumaru turned his blank face toward her but his eyes gave him away.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, my mate." He replied in that emotionless voice while his eyes danced with amusement. Kagome gasped softly and stared at the youkai. He had called her his mate and it had taken her breath away. Tears slowly formed in Kagome's eyes and she got up and started walking towards her mate.

When she reached him she leaned down and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, burying her face in his hair. "Sesshoumaru..." She whispered against his neck as happy tears streamed down her face.

"Why are you crying Kagome?" He asked worriedly. She pulled back and smiled down at him.

"Because I love you." Sesshoumaru's eyes widened slightly. If he could cry at that moment he would have. He wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his head in her stomach.

"And I you Koishii." They stayed like that for what seemed like hours. Both basking in the feeling of love and feeling safe in each other's arms. Everything was forgotten in that moment, Naraku, the Shikon no Tama…the future. It didn't matter. All that mattered was them.

Naraku could wait…

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TBC…

JMJ It's about damn time I updated ne? I got like three reviews with people asking me to update ^_^ Sorry. BTW This chapter was important to the development of the story plus I wanted to put that waff in the end ^.^ Ok there was more I wanted to say but I've forgotten what it was O.o; see ya!

Meamiko *Napea*