At What Price

SUMMARY: He heard her. “Get what you need because you are going to be staying with me for a while.” His statement suggested that she not argue with his edict. It was final.

Author's Note: Sorry of any grammatical errors. I am being lazy again and haven’t had time to proof read. Anyways, enjoy the chapter, and like I have said before, “I don't own so you can't sue.” OH! REVIEW!

CHAPTER 21: WHAT IS MINE
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He scooped her lifeless body up in one hand while picking up the bags in another that were now crushed beneath Kagome’s weight. Sesshoumaru, with great speed, returned to Kagome’s apartment, cursing humans silently for all there weakness and inabilities to defend themselves. He dropped the bags on the floor when he entered Kagome’s apartment. Sesshoumaru continued to walk into the apartment looking for her bedroom, and when he found it, he set her down on the bed carefully then began to assess her injuries.

Kagome moaned a little when she felt hands prodding her body. ‘Damn,’ she thought, ‘my head hurts.’ A felt warm breath murmured against her ear in a syncopated rhythm.

“Do not think that I will let you escape out of our business deal so easily Kagome. You still have to hold up your end of the deal. Or, did you think trying to get yourself kill would release you from our contract?”

It was chilling how that statement shattered her unconscious daze and brought her back to the world of the living. Her blue-silver eyes opened, blinking furiously, trying to get her vision clear. Kagome felt her blood temperature rise at his words. “Ass.” She mumbled as she struggled to sit up from the bed she was now lying on.

He smiled, knowing his words made her mad, but when she called him that vulgar name, well now, that was unbecoming. He snarled at her and then shoved her back on the bed, pinning her down with one hands.

“It is unwise to talk to your fiancée that way.” Sesshoumaru issued the statement in warning.

However, it was one Kagome didn’t take. She closed her eyes tightly. “Listen hear Sesshoumaru!” The pounding in her head becoming more pronounced. “Do you honestly think that I would put myself in danger to…” Kagome stopped telling Sesshoumaru off only to blink silver-blue eyes when she felt something cold wipe against her face. It was like a sharp pain hit her right between the eyes. The bed lurched at one side forcing Kagome’s body to move in that direction.

“Ouch! That hurts.” She hissed between her clenched teeth as she moved her head violently to the side.

“Lay still wench, so I can clean your wound.” said Sesshoumaru, in a sharp tone.

The sound of a cell phone ring ceased any further arguments between the two. Sesshoumaru got off the bed and set the washcloth down on the side table so that he could answer the phone.

“Hell-” Sesshoumaru didn’t get out the last vowel sound before a cheerful exuberant voice cut him off. His ear was ringing from her exuberant greeting.

“Sesshoumaru-sama! Rin misses you, so Rin took Jaken’s cell phone to talk to you! He said I could so...”

“Rin, where is Jaken?” his voice was slightly amused when he cut off his adopted daughter.

Kagome watched him as he talked on the cell phone. It was like his entire person went under a dramatic change, at just one phone call. ‘Wonder who he is talking to?’ Kagome thought. ‘He seemed relaxed and somewhat different then his normal stoic self.’

“When is Sesshoumaru coming home?” Rin’s voice sounded a little sad.

“I will be home soon Rin, however; you need to answer my question. Where is Jaken?”

“Jaken is swimming with the fishies in the garden!” The child followed up this bite of information up with laughter.

Sesshoumaru shook his head. His thoughts wonder at what antics Rin had to pull off in order for Jaken to be in lake. “Rin, help Jaken out of the water and tell him that we have a guest coming this evening.”

Kagome caught that last part, and she was certain that she was to be that guest. She watched Sesshoumaru converse a little more on the phone, with his back to her. Kagome edge over to the side of her bed and poised herself in a sitting position. Her breath was labored slightly as her headache was becoming blinding.

’I need a Tylenol, or an Aspirin something to take this pain away,’ Kagome groaned inwardly. She pushed of the bed so that it would give her some momentum, so that way she could move to the bathroom. Kagome squinted her eyes so she could make out the door that leads into the bathroom.

Upon entering the bathroom, Kagome saw her appearance in the mirror and cringed. Her eyes grew large as saucers as she realized she had a somewhat large cut just above her raven hair line. The abused skin was swollen and bruised. “That’s going to leave a scar.” She mumbled.

Sesshoumaru watched her leave the bed out of the corner of his eye and saw her enter, what he thought was, the bathroom. He hung up the phone and put it back into his pocket. Then Sesshoumaru followed Kagome’s path into the bathroom. He found her with her face buried into her hands as she leaned over the sink.

Kagome’s was so deep in though; she was reliving the scene in her mind. The shadows seemed to be chasing close to her heals, as if mocking her, taunting her, and even threatening her. It was sheer terror that Kagome had felt for the first time in her short life. A shiver ran up her spine as she thought about all the possibilities that could have happened if Sesshoumaru didn’t come when he did. Kagome tensed, as she remember what seemed to be a silent threat spoken so loud she thought that the world could have heard it. ‘I will have her. Sooner or later.’

Fear was radiating off Kagome in wave, and Sesshoumaru could smell it. He saw her tiny frame shudder and before he knew what he was doing he started to massage Kagome’s back with a clawed hand. Sesshoumaru noticed how Kagome physically relaxed under his touch.

Kagome turned her head slightly to look at Sesshoumaru. He was touching her, almost like he was trying to assuage all her fears. It was the first sign of comforting in their relationship that he had ever given her. ‘Maybe he isn't so bad after all,’ she mused. Kagome’s eyes soften until she heard him speak.

“Who dare attack you?” Sesshoumaru’s voice was filled with a deadly calm that was menacing.

“I don’t know.”

She wasn’t lying. He would have sensed it. But whoever attacked Kagome was going to pay. Pay with death. A slow and painful death. They dare touch what was now his! That bastard's scent still lingered around her, making him tense with rage. Sesshoumaru needed to leave for a moment to get control of himself. That scent seemed so familiar that it nagged at him. With that, he turned and walked out the bathroom reemerging into the bedroom. Sesshoumaru opened her closet door to get some of Kagome’s clothes for her. But, when he saw her wardrobe he grimaced. It was highly…. lacking. He made his mind up that he would take her shopping, so that way Kagome would have adequate attire.

When Kagome came out of the bathroom, looking a little worse for wear, she spotted Sesshoumaru in her closet. ‘What is he doing?’

He heard her muffled movements. “Get what you need, because you are going to be staying with me for a while.” His tone suggested that she not argue with his edict. In other words, it’s final.

Kagome didn’t argue with him. Instead, she submitted to his command, this time.
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