Cupid's Blunder!

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Chapter 12
Face the Music

"What The FUCK!" an enraged Inuyasha screamed at the couple that was now engaged in a intimate embrace.


Sesshomaru had sensed him coming but did not care enough to remove himself from his mate 'the hanyou would find out either way. It will make it more believable if he bore witness to it with his own eyes.' he thought while getting a sardonic glee from the idea of his 'little brother' walking in on such a intimate moment between him and 'his miko'. sure it was mean not to warn the miko but 'oh well' he thought as he turned to his brother and there approaching group.

"hello Brother" Sesshomaru's baritone voice sounded through the clearing as Inuyasha and the rest of the group stare on in shock.


Inuyasha was soon out of his shock when he seen his brother wrap his arm around Kagome and she did not reject it, this enraged him "get the hell away from Kagome, you Bastard!" Inuyasha screeched while waving the Tessaiga in the air like a plaything.


There was nothing Sesshomaru hated more when he sees his brother waving their fathers memento sword around like a caveman would his bat. He stomped down his irritation at his brothers display, since this is not the time for such endeavors. He was pulled from his thoughts as his mate placed a hand on his arm to calm him then she moved to stand beside him.


When Inuyasha barged in on their 'moment' she as a little irritated that they were interrupted in such a nice moment, but fear quickly won out. She was not afraid for her mate, no. she was afraid for Inuyasha and how he would take the news. She knew he would see it as a betrayal but she could not help it, the damage was done. Now her place was no longer at his side, she belonged with her mate. She knew this but it did not make it hurt any less. She was startled out of her thoughts as she heard Inuyasha yell. She felt Sesshomaru's anger but she knew not how, placing a hand on his arm to calm him she stepped from her place behind him to beside him. She would not let him face Inuyasha alone because she was to cowardly to do it herself. 'now is time to face the music, Kagome.' she thought as she took a breath to speak.
The silence in the clearing was unmanageable, Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo were starting to fidget lightly in suspense. They new what it looked like but none of them wanted to believe it. Only person who knew for sure what happened between them was Sango, but both Inuyasha and Miroku had their suspicions. Kagome's Voice startled each of them out of their own thoughts.


"Inuyasha, I am sorry but I have to go with Sesshomaru" 'there I said it' she thought immediately after she spoke the sentence that caused to flinch in response to her best friends words.


"WHAT?! What do you mean you have to go with him!" he asked pointing a clawed finger at Sesshomaru.


Kagome took a calming and steadying breath to speak "Sesshomaru and (short few second pause) and I we (another short pause) well you see (another pause) Sesshomaruandiarematedsomyplaceiswithhimbyhisside" she said the last part in one breath panting out the ending.


Sesshomaru if he was not annoyed at the situation would have found her antics amusing but alas he was not, he wanted to get out of that damnable hanyou's company. He could not stand to smell him any longer.


Inuyasha could not believe he heard what he thought he did, but to be sure "What did you say? I could not understand you gibberish" he said low in a defeated tone, he hoped he was wrong about what he heard.


Kagome sighed she new she was not going to get away with it that easily taking a deep breath she continued at normal speaking pace "I said. Sesshomaru and I are, well we are mated. My place is now by his side. I am sorry Inuyasha" she whispered her apologies knowing it will not make a difference now. She could see the pain and betrayal in his eyes as he looks at her disbelievingly.


Inuyasha could not believe it, no he would not believe it 'she wouldn't' was the thought was going through his mind at the moment. However the image of the embrace he just witnessed told him otherwise 'she did. But why?' he thought before he decided he would ask, there has to be more then he knew to the situation. "Why?" he asked his voice broken with emotion, he hated the sound of his own voice right now. He did not like to sound so weak in front of his hated brother but he could not help it. He Loved Her, Dammit! Yes he did love another as well, but of all the youkai she could have picked she picked his brother.


"We did not mean it to happen, it started on the day we all went through that spell. What I did not tell you was that every time we were near the same feeling arose and I was unable to help myself. I am so sorry I" she closed her eyes and exhaled feeling utterly emotionally drained, she felt a strong hand on her lower back and a warm wave of comfort flowed through her. She smiled up at her mate in a silent thanks for his support "Inuyasha, what happened, happened and we could do nothing to change it. Sesshomaru did not want to mark me, but his youkai did. I will not keep explaining to you what happened, the only thing that matters now is I am his mate. That will never change" she said standing her ground using the comfort her mate is sending her, she could feel pride flowing off her mate though she still did not know how this was possible. 'I was never able to tell his feelings before' she thought before shaking her head to clear her thoughts.


"what the hell do you mean 'I will not keep explaining to you what happened'? you better well start explaining this shit to me." she shouted in outrage. 'how dare she think to betray me then not offer me an explanation!' he thought fuming those in the clearing could see Inuyasha's aura crackling with anger.


Kagome flinched at his tone and his words, she just did not know what to say to make it better. There was no way to explain this to lessen the blow it will serve to her friend. "Inuyasha I said I was sorry. What did you expect me to wait around for you until you were ready to make a commitment to me and only me?" she asked watching the hanyou's face carefully, he eyes widened in surprise of what she saw. Then surprise gave away to anger, righteous anger "You did didn't you? You thought I would follow you around like a lovesick puppy. I can not believe you!" she said momentarily forgetting her betrayal as anger swiped over her, she could not believe the nerve of him! 'I doesn't matter anymore' she thought before she calmed down enough to speak again and tell him such "It does not matter anymore Inuyasha. I am no longer waiting for you to come around and I have been an idiot thus far for waiting as long as I had. I am sorry that he is your brother, but he makes me happy when we are together. You will have to learn to deal if you still want to be friends" she told him silently hoping he would choose to be her friend still, she really did love him if only as a brother.


Inuyasha's ears flattened to his head as she spoke, he was not listening though. All he heard was his own thoughts on the matter 'they would not be mates if Sesshomaru was dead' and he would be all to happy to kill him. He would never announce to the world that he wanted Kagome, nor would he announce this to her but he did. With that thought in mind he charged them, he was not to worried about Kagome he knew his brother would take her out of harms way, if she did not take herself that is.


The rest of the group watched with mixed feelings, Sango knew yes but she had no idea it was this serous. She did not know what to think of this new change. But she did not one thing, she loved Kagome as a sister and if she was happy then Sango would be happy for her.


Miroku knew something had happened between their miko and the Lord of the west he just had no idea that he had marked her as a mate. He knew that InuYoukai mated for life, and a true bond made out of love will extend her life to that of her mates if she finishes the bond. Miroku was very laid back so he really did not care either way, he had no opinion. He knew Sesshomaru would take good care of her, and protect her. He was lord of the west after all.


Shippo was scared, he was worried Kagome would leave him forever. He loved her like a mother, she acted as such. He did not want to lose another mother, and because of this he busted into tears. "No Kagome please don't leave us. I don't want to lose you too, please Kagome stay." he cried hoping to talk her into not leaving him. He loved Sango and Miroku he even held feelings for Inuyasha, but Kagome was his light in the dark. He could not bear to be left behind.


The group was a little taken back by the kits outburst. Kagome's eyes misted, she had forgotten how Shippo would handle this! How could she have forgotten something so important. Her kit lost his whole family, and now he thinks he is loosing her. Tears began to flow down her cheeks, 'what am I going to do about Shippo? I am the one in the group who takes care of him' she thought worriedly.


As if sensing her troubled thoughts Sesshomaru bend down to speak into her ear. His hot breath fanned her neck "if it is you wish the kit may join us, Rin would like the playmate." he whispered as he felt her joy and thankfulness through the link they shared due to being mated.


Kagome closed her eyes in relief, she could take him with her! Leaning into her mate to silently thank him until she can do it later she spoke "Shippo if you want you may come with us" she told him waiting for his reaction which was immediate.


Shippo ran from his perch upon Kerira into Kagome's open arms. "T-Thank you Sess- Sesshomaru-sama" Shippo cried happily from Kagome's arms. He knew if he was going to be allowed to stay he would have to behave and respect Sesshomaru. Which was fine with him after all Sesshomaru did not strike him as the type to be rude like Inuyasha. Which was the reason they never got along really well. He saw Sesshomaru nod his head in welcome before he looked to his mate.


"We leave now" he told her softly as she nodded in agreement.


"Ok" was her whispering reply to her mate. She turned to her friends once again "This is not a goodbye, it is a see you later. I do have a duty to the Shikon to complete after all." she said before stepping forward to hug her soul sister goodbye.


Sango heard her but was not happy with that goodbye so she warily ran to her sister "Oh Kagome I am going to miss you so much" she said while hugging her goodbye.


"I will miss you too! Give Miroku a hug for me, I do not want to risk his hands. He may lose it" she said looking over her shoulder to her mate hoping she would get the point.


She did. "Ya I will Kagome. Take care I will miss you. don't forget to come see us sometime. I still love you even though this is a big surprise." she added in a low whisper.


With their goodbyes settled she turned to follow her mate, before they could walk into the tree line an angry yell sounded from behind her.


"IYAAAA" screamed Inuyasha charging straight for them with Tessaiga out and ready to do rip his brother to shreds.

0ooo0

It was just not her day! Have you ever had a day that you just wished you never woke up? Well today was that day for Kagome. It started off bad and Kagome knew it would end the same.

First she wakes up in the greatest pain she had ever felt in her life, gets snatched out of the well by an out-of-control youkai and then later to feel passion with a youkai she should hate with her entire being… Except she couldn't hate him, not even a little. She most certainly did not hate the calm and comforting feeling of his strong arms holding her close to a perfectly sculpted hard chest. Just like she did not detest the feeling of being wanted when his body refused to release her after their passion was spent. In those moments she felt treasured, only to find out how utterly wrong she was.

A simple conversation turned into a heated argument that hurt her feelings immensely. After all the years of rejection she endured thanks to the carelessness of Inuyasha there was not much more her fragile heart could take. Again she could not help but think that today was just not her day!

Of course it got worse; she and her new mate just making up after their first tiff only to be disturbed by one pissed off hanyou! It was then that she knew things could not get any worse, the look of betrayal in his eyes the pain in his voice told her all she needed to know, she had just hurt her best friend immensely. A little voice in the back of her mind told her not to care, that he did it all the time to her in the form of Kikyo. But she knew, she knew it was not the same. 'Yes she did try to kill me and him for that matter but he was in love with her.' All Kagome wanted to do was cry and feel sorry for herself, or maybe bitch and moan about how the day just plain sucked!

Kagome knew that she had jinxed herself, the moment the thought entered her head she knew she was doomed 'Why did I have to think that things could not get any suckier? Because clearly they could and was just going to get worse.' she thought closing her eyes to calm her fried nerves.

Kagome Heard an angry scream then saw a blur of red jump over her head towards her mate, "Inuyasha, NO!" she screamed, she knew Sesshomaru would not let his attack go unnoticed this time.

Inuyasha could not believe this! He was in a state of total and utter shock, his brother just called Kagome his mate. He knew that when the spell was cast upon them all, his brother had deflowered her. He could smell it in her scent, that it no longer held the innocence. The sweet smell of her innocence was erased and replaced with a spicy scent that could only mean one thing, that she was a woman now. He did not bring it up because he thought she would be ashamed of herself and he did not wish to make her feel worse.

By judging the sight he just walked in on, he was wrong. Their intimate embrace spoke nothing of shame but of contentment and passion. They looked every bit the lovers they were and that hurt him more then he thought possible. He knew that he could not be with Kagome, not the way she deserved because of his attachment to Kikyo. That however did nothing to curb the pain and betrayal he felt at that moment. 'What a fucked up day!' he thought while looking at scene before him.

People rightly called jealously a disease because once it caught it spread like wildfire until it consumed your entire being. He vaguely wondered if this is what Kagome felt like every time he would go to Kikyo but he quickly pushed the thought aside. He did not care at the moment how she felt; she had betrayed him in the worst possible way. She slept with and mated his brother and the fault could not be pinned on some magic spell. The blame was theirs and theirs alone. He wondered if his brother did this on purpose to piss him off, he had never hated his brother more than he did at that moment.

His hate and anger swirled around him like a mighty tornado and all of that energy was directed at one being, Sesshomaru. Inuyasha leaped over Kagome as he charged towards his hated brother. He heard Kagome's screams but did not heed them; he knew what he was doing. He knew that by attacking Sesshomaru his challenge would be answered. Sesshomaru's pride would not allow him to just turn a cheek, and he was counting on this. 'I will kill the bastard and solve the problem.' he thought in a rage. He did not care that this all happened because of a spell, not that he believed the excuse they had given for their repeat offenses. 'if the spell was still active then I would still be in love with Kagura. And I am not!' he thought as he came within striking distance of his hated half brother.

Sesshomaru knew that Inuyasha was an idiot so his actions did not surprise him, he expected it, he was however glad that he did not need to worry about protecting his mate. It was clear Inuyasha wanted to kill him to free Kagome from their mating. Sesshomaru knew the hanyou loved his mate and would fight to keep her. She no longer belonged to Inuyasha, she never actually did. The virginity he took on their first coupling had proved that fact, he knew that Inuyasha had no real claim to the girl. That however did nothing to stop the feeling of resentment he felt for the hanyou. Inuyasha had everything he desired for himself, first it was the sword of their great and terrible father, now it was the love of his chosen female. He knew that Kagome loved the ignorant pup; even though they had mated it did not in any way mean that her feelings for the hanyou had changed. He knew this and hated his brother all the more for it!

He knew that fighting the whelp would hurt his mate, but Inuyasha made his bed now he must sleep in it. He however could not help but wonder where her loyalties will lie now, will she stick by her mate? Or will she protect the hanyou? He figured it was the latter and his anger kept piling. He could not understand it; he knew that she did not want to be his mate. So siding with his brother was something he should expect from her, but it was the thought of his mate siding with another male that enraged him.

It was no longer about Kagome and Inuyasha as individual beings. It was about his chosen female siding with another male, a rival male that sent his inu in a rage. He could feel his beast pulling at his mental chains to kill the rival male and he almost gave into his blood lust in the desire for the same. He did not however, he was Sesshomaru Lord of the Western Lands and he did not lose control of himself in a fit of rage as other lowly youkai did.

That however did not mean he was going to hold back. The toying with Inuyasha will stop now! This is no longer about a simple sword, this was about pride, honor and dignity and he would not allow Inuyasha the liberty of thinking he was his equal any longer.

'If it is a fight you want Inuyasha, then it is fight you will receive.' he thought while dodging the crazy swing, he turned to engage his brother in what he assumed would be a fight to the death.