Roses and Thorns

Disclaimer: Went to the shopping mall, saw them, had to have them, bought them, kept them for about a week, then returned them. ~Sigh~ No, I don’t own Inuyasha.


A/N: For those of you who have noticed, the story has gotten completely away from the whole Beauty and the Beast aspect. It kind of was and wasn’t my intentions. The B&B died away when you saw Sesshoumaru’s final face change a few chapters ago. That was pretty much it, now I’m just running with it since I know you guys love it so much. I think.


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Aisuru – sweetheart, beloved
Daijouka – are you okay?
Doushita – what’s wrong?
Damare – be quiet/shut up
Iya – no
Ite – ouch
Nani Yatten no – what are you doing?
Okari Nasai – welcome home
Neko – cat
Arigatou – thank you (informal)
Arigatou Gozaimasu – thank you very much
Gomen Nasai – I’m sorry
Areh – eh? Uhh.
Oi - hey!


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You whom I could not save
Listen to me.
- Czeslow Milosz, “Dedication”

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“Since you have yet to learn how to use your wings, I think it best we try them out.”

“Oh? How do you we suppose we do that?”

“This Sesshoumaru will take you up to the skies on my cloud, then we will see what you can do.”

“You’re kidding. I can’t go up there!”

“Why?” He walked around her, as if he were stalking his prey.

“Be-because I’m afraid of heights! There’s no way you’re getting me to fly on my own.”

He smirked.

“Alright. How about we go for a picnic then? The provisions have already been provided and packed, all you have to do is say the word and we will be on our way.”

“Where will we go? Its almost evening, and I have to read to Rin and Shippou tonight. I promised them.”

“It has already been taken care of, your friends are taking care of the children tonight. As I said, everything has been arranged.”

Kagome paced the room twisting and untwisting her fingers trying to decide on what to do. She did feel a certain pull for the outdoors more than she use to. Not only that, but the thought of being alone with him again was tearing her emotions in different directions. She’d had enough of the internal battle. She stopped pacing. What the heck.

“Okay, let’s go then.” She smiled happily.

Sesshoumaru whistled for Ah-Un, and the two headed dragon came flying in quickly, answering its master’s call.

“Wait a minute; I thought we weren’t going to be flying.” She took a step back.

“This Sesshoumaru assures you faerie, this dragon is very safe. If it weren’t, I wouldn’t let Rin and Jaken ride him as often as I do.”

She gave him a shaky hand, “If you say so inuyoukai.”

“Hn.” He helped her up onto the saddle of Ah-Un before getting on himself and taking the reins. She snuggled herself into him as best she could with her wings in the way so she wouldn’t fall off. As she did so, Sesshoumaru had to stifle a groan since she did rub a very sensitive spot.

“So where are we off to?”

“Someplace secret. Somewhere I have not shown anyone in many, many years.”

“Oh, okay then.” Kagome blushed a cute shade of pink. She thought herself lucky and fortunate that he was taking her to a place that no one else has ever seen. She tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear and felt the tip of it starting to make itself evident. Things were changing. She was changing ever still. Too many things have become different for her taste. She reminisced through her memories of the past. How she first met each of her friends, and the first time she really realized that she had feelings for Inuyasha. Yes, things certainly were different. She was brought out of her reverie when they suddenly stopped midair.

“What’s going on Sesshoumaru?”

“We go down from here, but Ah-Un can not make it in.”

He picked her up bridal style off of the dragon and stood her on his cloud alongside him. She gripped him around the waist tightly, and he slowly pried her off of him, holding her at arms length.

“Do not be afraid. I will be here for you.” He calmly stated.

“Sesshoumaru, what, I…” Not noticing that the cloud had now shrunk considerably in size.

“Everything will be alright.” With that, he promptly dropped her.

Kagome screamed in horror in what he had just done, she was now crashing down towards the ground at an alarming speed. Her heart was racing; she was running out of breath fast, the world was out of control. When she lost all hope that he would come speeding down to rescue her at the last second, she gave a last haunting scream, and covered her face before she hit the ground.

But she didn’t hit the ground.

Instead, her wings had finally come to life right at the last moment, fluttering slowly like her not so calm heartbeat. She was curled up in the fetal position, her hands covering her face, and tears making their way down her cheeks. She was merely eight or so feet from the ground, but it was close enough. Sesshoumaru was on the ground waiting for her, like he had been there the whole time. He stepped closer and held his hands out for her. As much as she wanted to hate him right then, she needed a little comforting, she was after all, about to die. Or so she thought. Sesshoumaru set her on her feet and let her cry until she wiped her tears away.

“You Son of A Bitch! How could you do that to me?! I could have died!”

“You didn’t.”

“I don’t care! That was stupid, reckless, and coldhearted. I should have known you couldn’t change. Go figure you would go and do something like this! At least Inuyasha wouldn’t have put me at risk like that.”

The mere mentioning of the name brought his blood to boiling, and red to his eyes. Before he could put his temper in check, he had a hand around her throat.

“Do not ever compare me to that mutt ever again!” He managed through clenched teeth.

She struggled to pull away.

“Sesshou-maru, I c-can’t breathe.” She felt her vision darkening.

His eyes became that amber gold again, then he released her. He placed the mask on his face, although it was becoming harder to do so with her around.

She gave him an evil look. “How dare you do that to me.”

He couldn’t help it any longer, the look she was giving him, her wings beating a vibrant red, he busted out laughing from the seams.

“What’s so damned funny?” She stood with her hands on her hips, wings still beating furiously, yet lessening in color.

When he could catch his breath again, he took a deep breath and stepped closer to her. She of course, stepped backwards. Each step was like a dance, him forward and her back, until her back hit a tree.

“Ow! Nani yatten no?”

He leaned in closer to her and took a good whiff of her scent. She cringed a little, this was really getting weird. His mouth was close to her ear, and he just couldn’t help himself. His stuck out his tongue and glided around the edge of her newly pointed ear. She shuddered, it sent chills down her spine, yet it felt so good.

Without thinking she reached up and caressed his ear. Catching him off guard for once, he actually moaned in front of her. She had heard it before down the hall at night, but this was different. This was more sensual. She liked what she was beginning to feel.

“I thought we were going to have a picnic.” She said breathily.

“We are, I’m just going over dessert right now.” He stood up straight quickly. Had he just said that out loud? From the red that was rising to her cheeks, it seems as though he had.

‘This Sesshoumaru has got to get in control. My emotions are beginning to run amuck.’

“Um, Sesshoumaru?”

“Hai?”

“Its…its alright you know. To say what you’re thinking. Especially if its an emotion. Its okay to do those things. It’s a part of being human.”

“Hn. This Sesshoumaru is not human.”

“I know, but you have human emotions. Everyone does. Its okay to feel them.”

“Hmm, I will consider this. In the meantime, we will eat. I did bring our provisions.”

The least bit of mention of food made her stomach grumble. She was always hungry in the Feudal Era. Not a lot of food around like there was back home. Back home, she wondered about her little brother Souta, and her mother and grandfather. She missed them terribly. But, they weren’t her blood family. She was a faerie, well for the most part. She just wanted to see them one more time, to see how they were doing. Just thinking about them…

“What’s on your mind?”

“Huh?”

“You have a sad look upon your face. What’s wrong?”

“Oh, I was just thinking about my family.”

“Your parents?”

“Yeah, well no. My human family in the other world. Its just that I haven’t seen them in so long, especially since I’ve been your captive in the palace. I wish I could see their faces once again.” She looked down at the ground as if it had become suddenly interesting. A tear had begun to form in her eye, and he could smell the salt.

He reached for her chin and lifted her head up.

“Nakanaide kudasai. Everything will be fine. I promise.”

“Truly?”

“Hai. Now come here.” He stood with his arms open to receive her, and she walked into them.

“Kagome, you have done many things to this Sesshoumaru, and this most recent thing I don’t know how to contain. These feelings, these human emotions as you say they are, are very strange to me. It is very confusing.” He pressed her to him, sliding his arms around the wings. She was warm and delicious.

“I’ll help you through them Sesshoumaru. Besides, I grew up human remember?”

They stood there like that for a few moments before her stomach rumbled again.

“Aw, why does this have to happen every time?” She whined.

He chuckled quietly and reached for a ripe golden apple. Then he brought out his claws and sliced the apple cleanly into pieces.

Kagome picked up a piece and made to feed it to Sesshoumaru. He turned his head immediately.

“No, this Sesshoumaru doesn’t eat human food.”

“Oh, that’s right. I forgot. Sorry.” She placed the apple slice into her mouth and juice ran down from her lips unnoticed. It made his inner demon growl. He couldn’t resist. He leaned in and licked the juice that had made its way down her chin. His tongue was warm and wet, and so inviting.

Kagome lost herself to her senses. He looked so sexy, and his lips were so wonderful. As he licked his way up to her lips, she made her move. Her lips placed themselves over his and his eyes widened a bit. Completely off guard this time. She closed her eyes, continuing the kiss, and was surprised when he slipped his tongue in to tango with hers. He tasted of apple juice, and she almost grinned at that.

He placed a hand on her cheek, caressing her. They sat on the ground without breaking contact.

She pulled away first.

“Sesshoumaru, I need to catch my breath. I can’t do that forever ya know.”

He smiled, a true and genuine smile.

She looked in his eyes, and they almost seemed to glitter, but not with tears, they glittered with the knowledge that he loved her.

She grinned like a little school girl. This was a side of him she was beginning to like. Suddenly the breeze picked up, and she could barely smell something. It was foul, like the stench of death.

“Do you smell that?”

Sesshoumaru turned his nose to the wind.

“No. I smell nothing.”

“Oh, well it must be my imagination then.”

He lifted another slice to her mouth and fed it to her watching her delectable lips move with the motion of eating.


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Unbeknownst to the happy couple down below, a wind demon had watched the previous events from afar and was heading back to her master to report to him. She knew to stay clear of Lord Sesshoumaru’s nose, yet Kagome caught a whiff of her scent. She had held her breath at that moment thinking she would be found out. Alas, Kagome who had never scented her before, thought it to be nothing. She was fortunate this time, but would not be so again.


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