Unfaithful Seduction

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Chapter 2: Old Wounds and New Beginnings


Sesshomarus face remained cold and void of emotion. He was fully dressed with the exception of the outer most layer of his obi. Sesshomaru remained silent but proceeded to draw tokijin to challenge his opponent. Kagome shakily stood on her feet behind Sesshomaru the silk garment still wrapped around her body. When she came into view she heard a loud growl come from the opposite side of the clearing.

“Get away from her you fucking bastard!” Inuyasha took a step forward pointing the tip of the tetsusaiga toward Sesshomaru.
Kagomes dark blue eyes glanced from Inuyasha to Sesshomaru. Anger began to well up inside of her as she took a step between them. She watched as Inuyasha sprinted over to her pulling her so she stood behind him as he took a protective stance over her.

“Are you alright Kagome? Did you hurt you?” He asked as he placed his hands on her shoulders.

Kagome couldn’t even bare to look at him much less find the words to describe how she felt. Inuyasha took her silence as a ‘yes he did something’. Inuyasha whirled around only to be met with nothing… Sesshomaru was gone nowhere to be seen. Inuyasha growled as he slashed the earth in front of him.

“Damn it! I’ll kill that bastard!” Inuyasha threatened.

As he turned around he was met with a glare that could kill. Kagomes eyes were sparkling with uncontained rage.

“Sesshomaru didn’t hurt me Inuyasha.” Her voice was harsh and unforgiving.

The wind whipped around her like the weather was reacting to her mood. Inuyasha took a step towards her with a puzzled look on his face.

“Well if he didn’t hurt ya, then why the hell were you with him!?” Inuyashas eyes widened in surprise as her rage only intensified.

“You said you loved me Inuyasha…” Her voice was just above a whisper as she ducked her head allowing her bangs to shade her eyes with the moonlight to her back she looked like nothing more than a silhouetted figure in the night.

Inuyasha was taken aback by her sudden statement and took another step closer to her. Kagome instantly took a step back out of his reach.

“Kagome…?” Inuyasha looked at her with an incredulous look on his face.

“I saw you… heard you Inuyasha… again…” Two single tears leaked from the corner of her eyes as she spoke.

“You betrayed me…” Kagome didn’t even move to wipe the tears away as they streamed down the soft curve of her cheeks.

A look of horror filled the hanyous eyes and he took a step back away from her. He shook his head slightly and a dark chuckle resonated from his deep chest. Inuyasha stepped forward reaching for her hand.

“Kagome I choose you!” Inuyasha yelled as he grabbed a hold of her hands.

Kagome looked from the hold Inuyasha had on her hands to his face and slowly started to shake her head.

“You can’t have both Inuyasha…” She tugged at her hands but Inuyashas grip only tightened the more she struggled.

“SIT!” Kagome yelled.

Kagome was dumbfounded when nothing happened. Her eyes widened and her eyes flew to where the rosary should have been.

“Wha… how… you…” Kagome sputtered as she tugged harder and harder to try and get out of his grip when she was suddenly crashed against him in a brutal embrace.

Inuyasha pressed his face close to hers moving his lips close to her ear. His voice was barely above a whisper.

“You are her, and she is you Kagome. You are Kikyo so there is no need to choose.”

Kagome trembled not out of pleasure but out of pure fear. Inuyasha had never been like this with her. Even in the midst of turmoil with Inuyasha her mind wandered to the tender passionate embrace she had just experienced. Immediately she found herself pinned against a nearby tree. Inuyasha pulled his head back to look into her eyes. His gaze was dangerous and dark. Kagome looked up into his eyes.

“No… they are not similar…” Kagome realized.

Unlike Sesshomarus, Inuyashas were more molten, unruly and hid something beneath their honey exterior a wicked darkness was beginning to emerge. Kagome glared at him struggling with all her might. Inuyasha silenced her as he crashed his lips against hers. She had always expected Inuyashas kiss to be tender, sweet and caring, like Sesshomarus had been. Kagome wretched her head away from him genuine fear in her eyes afraid of what he would do next.

“I am not her Inuyasha, I am alive and she is dead… Let me go Inuyasha you’re hurting me!!” Kagome yelled at him.

Inuyasha gripped her even tighter his claws digging into her shoulders causing her blood to seep into her school uniform. Kagome cried out in pain as she grabbed his arms trying to loosen his hold.

“You are MINE Kagome.” Inuyashas molten eyes tinged a crimson red.

Feeling her blood flow beneath his claws he began to lose control.
Kagome was about to scream from the pain when suddenly she was released followed by a bone shattering crash. She fell to the base of the tree watching in disbelief as Sesshomaru held Inuyasha by his throat to the ground. Kagome struggled to get to her feet when a figure appeared in the clearing.

Kikyo poised her bow and arrow pointed directly at Sesshomaru. Kagomes eyes widened in horror as she struggled to stand and gather her wits.

“Sesshomaru!!” Kagome screamed just as Kikyo released her arrow.

Sesshomaru heard the terror in the human’s voice only to feel a searing heat pierce his left shoulder. Sesshomaru howled in pain throwing Inuyasha half way across the field leaving deep gashes in his side. Kikyo drew back another arrow only to find an arrow pointing strait back at her.

“I’ll kill you for good if you even think about letting that one go!” Kagome felt an unknown power rise inside of her.

She had been lucky enough to leave her things nearby and now was at a stalemate with the dead priestess. Kikyo lowered her bow a wicked smirk crawled onto her features.

“For now… you cannot avoid this forever… “Before Kagome could even start to ask questions she disappeared taking Inuyasha with her.

Kagome glanced around the clearing eyes widening she bolted to Sesshomaru who was now sitting against one of the offending trees a purifying arrow slowly eating away at his own flesh. He tried to pull the arrow out only to have its purifying energy damage his remaining hand. Kagome knelt down beside him. Her eyes widened as he attempted to pull the arrow out again. She gasped and pulled his hand away and into her own. Tears assaulted her eyes immediately.

“Don’t touch it…” Kagome looked into his eyes and saw immense pain through his stone cold mask.

Kagome reached up to the arrow and pulled the arrow out of his flesh with a sickening sound of flesh tearing and burning. Tears flowed freely down her face. She ran to her yellow pack to retrieve her first aid kit. Before she realized it she kneeling between his legs as she was tending to his wound. Kagome had cleaned it and began to place gauze on it when he gingerly tugged her hand away. Her gaze instantly flew to his.

“It will heal better if you leave it open, I do not run the risk of infection like humans with an injury like this.” Sesshomarus voice was not condescending he was merely informing her.

Kagome glanced down to his hand and held it as if it were a new born child. It was terribly burned and lacerated from trying to remove the arrow himself. Guilt began to well inside of her tiny frame as she spoke.

“But this wound is different… will it heal the same…“ Her voice was small and weak.

She felt Sesshomaru touch her face and trail down to her shoulders. Wincing slightly she realized she had lost quite a bit of blood. Sesshomaru moved his injured hand down to her waist. Her tears began to run anew. How could he… he promised to protect me and he does this… Sesshomaru was about to speak, but as her tears flowed a soft pink hue began to envelop them. Kagome leaned her head against his chest feeling his arm wrap around her body.

“I’m sorry Sesshomaru… this should have never happened… I never should have stayed.” Her tears flowed in a steady stream and the hue grew brighter and brighter.

Sesshomaru began to feel a tingling sensation in his left shoulder. His wound began to hiss and crackle all of the sudden the pink hue turned a brilliant blue that enveloped the clearing and miles around in a split second. It was almost like when the shikon jewel was first broken. The light snapped back and what seemed like an eternity of crying Kagome felt strong arms completely envelop her brought against a strong solid chest. Kagomes blurred mind whirled and she reach up to rub her eyes, completely oblivious of anything else that happened around them, she felt a hand reach and wipe her tears from her eyes as an arm supported her. Even in the haze of her mind she realized there was something different. Arms… Kagomes eyes flew open meeting a pair of glittering amber eyes. She reached her hand out to Sesshomarus chest only to find a faint scar from where the arrow had pierced his skin. Sesshomaru lifted his hand and placed it over hers. He gently trailed his fingers up her spine coming to tangle in her dark tresses.

“How did you …” Kagome looked completely puzzled as she traced her hands across the expanse of his skin.

“I did nothing… this is all your doing and for that I am grateful…” His voice was a husky whisper.

Sesshomaru touched the place where his disgraceful brothers claws had damaged her flawless skin only to find perfectly healed flesh. Kagome watched as he slowly peeled away her blood soaked shirt expecting to see her own wounds fresh and new. Kagomes head was spinning mind whirling around unsure what to make of the entire situation. All she could remember was felling a deep sadness mingled with the intense pain both physical and mental. Then there was nothing… it was almost like she woke up from a dream where all past happenings were just fantasy. Her own clothing was her mental wakeup call not to mention the compromising position she found herself in with the dangerous youkai lord. Not only was she completely healed, but so was he. Sesshomaru was even more healed than just the wound from Kikyos arrow. The injury she had indirectly caused years ago when she had helped Inuyasha wield their father’s fang resulting in the loss of his left arm was but a mere memory. He sat there holding her in his arms the embrace tender and heated at the same moment. The glazed look that took a hold over Kagome began to cause a hint of confusion to Sesshomaru.

“Are you hurt Kagome?” His voice was dark and rich with emotion which was not typical of the youkai lord.

The look began to fade and her sapphire eyes began to sparkle as a genuine smile graced her lips; the thought of her betrayer all but forgotten in the moment. Her arms instantly wrapped around his neck as she squealed in happiness. She slowly pulled back and gazed into his honey eyes.

“Thank you… I don’t know what would have…” She whispered only to be cut short as Sesshomaru pressed his finger to her lips to silence her.

“I am afraid I should not have let it escalate as far as it had.” His finger traveled over the expanse of her cheek cradling her face in his hand.

Kagome placed her hand over his with a soft sigh closing her eyes momentarily.

“I don’t understand… how Kikyo is still here… and now he...” Her voice changing from relieved to worry to seething anger.

As she glanced up into the intense gaze of the youkai lord she was slightly taken a back.

“They will be back.” His answer was merely a statement of a fact that they knew would eventually happen especially after the previous events.

Kagome nodded softly as she was beginning to feel a full blown headache begin to throb in her temple.

“Tell me Kagome what happened.”

Hearing her name whispered from his lips sent intense shivers down her spine. This was only the second time she had heard him say her name. It was both unfamiliar and exhilarating. She gazed up at him and with a heavy sigh she rearranged herself to sit beside him. Sesshomaru was not thrilled about the loss of contact but it would be necessary to be able to focus his mind on her words rather than her enticing figure. He was not alone in feeling the loss of contact. Kagome placed her hands on his thigh to keep some sort of contact. Sesshomaru delicately placed a hand atop of her own. With a heavy sigh she began to remember and explain how she had been betrayed.


In another part of the forest Inuyasha was cursing over the extent of his own wounds. Even being half demon the gashes in his side could be considered severe. He looked distantly over at the dead woman across the clearing from him.

“You missed…” His voice was a salty hiss as he applied pressure to his wounds.

“It was not my fault SHE interfered.” Kikyo spat as she walked over to Inuyasha.

“His body cannot heal from the wound unless he is healed by the same power that injured him. My reincarnation is not experienced and will be unable to do anything.” Her voice slightly trembled unsure whether or not she believed her own words or not.

“This is all your fault Inuyasha… if you had brought her to me that night we would be in this predicament.” Her voice was angry and frustrated as she crossed her arms over her chest.

Inuyasha flattened his ears against his head and winced slightly from her voice. With a heavy sigh she knelt before him gently touching his shoulder.

“I’m sorry Inuyasha but you know this is for the best… for us.” Her features turned soft reminding him of the woman he had fallen head over heels for all those years ago.

Us he liked the sound of that… then he wouldn’t have to choose because they are one in the same once their soul was combined it would be both the Kagome and the Kikyo he loved. A dark smirk was hidden beneath the gentle smile Kikyo harbored. Yes Inuyasha would give ‘his’ Kagome to her and then she would finally have the strength to live and walk among the living again as well as have Inuyasha all to herself. She wouldn’t tell him the truth… if she had he would never have agreed to their arrangement. The truth was once a soul was ripped from its living host of the reincarnate that portion of soul which made her who she was would suffer in agony and be thrown into the place between living and death. One could not live while the other thrives. She couldn’t afford to just kill her out right for she need her portion of the soul to merge with her body to enable her to live. All she would have to do is destroy the remaining body to avoid her soul ever transferring back to its original host. Everything would work out just fine but now they had only one more obstacle. Sesshomaru, if he survived he would cause more trouble than he was worth and would have to be properly disposed of. A cruel smile of triumph to come formed behind her wicked brown eyes as she tended to the wounded hanyou.

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