Chapter 7

Oh, god! Someone was just outside!


“Kagome, where are you?” Yikes! That was Sango’s voice. Kagome sat up and began frantically looking for her clothes.

“Sesshomaru!” Kagome shook his shoulder, whispering. “Wake up!” Sesshomaru groaned and pulled a still naked Kagome back down to his chest.

“Again? You’re insatiable.” Sesshomaru smoothed a hand down her back and between her legs while his other hand travelled north. Kagome gasped then moaned as his mouth began caressing hers. Wasn’t she supposed to be doing something? Oh yeah! She levered herself up with her hands on either side of his head. She looked down at him and tried to speak coherently, a very difficult task when she could feel his erection hot and insistent against her and his fingers… oh!

“Stop that! We need to get dressed before someone comes in and finds us!” Sesshomaru grinned up at her. His gaze slid to the side and his grin vanished.

“Too late.” Sesshomaru looked back at her but his eyes had lost their previous warmth and mirth.

“What?!” Kagome looked behind her. “Kyahh!” She scrambled to pull the haori up to cover them. Sango stood in the doorway her mouth gaping and her face scarlet.

“Sango? Did you find her? Is she in there?” Inuyasha’s voice came from behind Sango. Kagome looked at Sango with pleading eyes and shook her head no. Sango looked torn. She turned around and took a deep breath.

“No. She’s not here. Keep looking.” Kagome breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly started pulling on her clothes. She looked over and saw Sesshomaru doing the same thought not in as much of a rush as her. She passed him his sash and he passed her bra over. She put it on under her shirt. When she looked over again Sesshomaru was already dressed while she still had her socks left. Sango was still standing with her back to them. Kagome pulled her socks and shoes on and stood.

“Are you decent yet?” She asked over her shoulder. Kagome made a noise of assent. Sango turned around and fixed Kagome with a stare. “What-the-HELL?!?” She was trying to be quiet but her voice rose with each word. Kagome winced at hearing the slayer actually swear. Sango lowered her voice again. “You’re sleeping with him? Since when? What about Inuyasha?”

Sesshomaru came up behind Kagome and wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her up against him. “Kagome does not answer to anyone but herself, Taijiya.” He growled at Sango before looking down at the top of Kagome’s head with an almost softened look or at least the Sesshomaru equivalent. They both looked at him like he’d sprouted another head.

“No… It’s okay. Sango’s a friend. I should have told her about it… us long ago. I’m sorry, Sango. When we get back after this, we’ll talk. If we get back that is.” Kagome was still mentally trying to pick her jaw up off the floor.

“Back from what?” Sesshomaru said tightly and calmly, too calmly.

Kagome felt a little shiver at the frisson of menace in his tone.

“Uhh… Didn’t I… tell you?” Kagome tried to smile innocently as she scratched her head. “Eh-heh-heh!”

Sango almost rolled her eyes. “Look, I’ll tell Inuyasha someone saw you leaving towards the dry well. You head the opposite way towards the river where you can… talk.” Sango gave her a pointed look then strode off.

Kagome peeked hesitantly up at Sesshomaru as he watched the taijiya disappear from sight.

“Come.” Sesshomaru ordered and started walking. Kagome followed silently, dreading the coming confrontation. She tried to sort out what she would say to him and how she would word it and hoped like hell he wouldn’t make a big deal of it. Sesshomaru stopped suddenly and she almost ran into his back. She peered around him and noticed they were at the river. Sesshomaru turned to face her.

“Explain.”

Kagome swallowed thickly. “Um, well, you see, Naraku kidnapped our friend, Kaede, and we’re going to rescue her.” She pasted on a big smile and prayed fervently that he wouldn’t ask her to elaborate.

“Explain.” There was a definite steely edge to his voice this time. He would accept no beating around the bush.

“I’m going to pretend to be Kikyo to lure out and distract Naraku while everyone rescues Kaede. Well, not everyone… Shippou and Hachi are gonna pretend to be my, or her, soul reapers.” Kagome said this in a rush as if she had to say it fast or she’d lose her nerve.

Sesshomaru stared at her for a heartbeat, two, three… “No.”

“Wha-? No?” She felt her temper flare. “Now you see here! Just because we had sex it does not give you the right to-!“


“Kagome?!?” The last voice she wanted to hear right then rang out. “You fucked my brother?”