Blood Stained

 

 

Blood Stained

Chapter 47:

 

With each step he had taken, he had felt himself getting closer to her.  The closer he felt to her, the more his rage increased.  Once he would have her back in his grasp again, he would kill the idiots that stole her away.  His eyes were a deeper red than ever as fury boiled in his veins.

 

Suddenly, the wind began to blow and he caught a drift of her scent.  All of his senses went on alert and before he realized it, his speed increased as he rushed in her direction.  He never believed in their bond, he always thought it was too weak, but it had guided him to her.  Perhaps Sesshomaru had not messed up as bad as he had originally thought.

 

There was also the possibility that she wanted to be found.  The last few times he had been able to be with her, to touch her, she hadn’t feared him as much.  Truth be told, he was still very extremely frustrated by his current situation, but he was quite pleased to have her so close all the time.  They needed to do something about the wretched watch because he was sick and tired of being locked away all the time, but except for that, he knew she would be his.

 

If she didn’t intend to stay by his side, why was she constantly around him of her own free will?  He didn’t know everything that had happened since Sesshomaru was blocking him, but he didn’t need to be present to feel her aura.  It always came reaching out for him from within.  She needed him, all the times, every day.  How could her soul not crave him when he was the one for her?

 

When she had escaped him thru the well, his heart had been ripped from his chest and replaced by rage, but now, it was slowly coming back to him.  Her touch was so soothing, her scent was divine and her voice was like a melody.  He had done so much for her, she had betrayed him, yet no matter what kind of anger it created inside of him, he would not forget her.  He had chosen her for a reason and would not cast her aside.

 

Some sort of punishment and rules had to be installed, but he loved her. 

 

Right now, his main priority was to rescue her.  There was no doubt that once she got rid of her foolish fear, she would come running to him.  If she could tolerate Sesshomaru’s presence, she should enjoy his as well.  He loved her and being torn away from her every time was a very difficult and painful experience.  He had to convince Sesshomaru to remove the watch, because he himself couldn’t do it.

 

Suddenly, all of his thoughts were drained away when he found himself in front of what appeared to be a small house.  Her scent was coming from within it, there was no mistake about it.  He tilted his head to the side before slowly approaching it.  He wanted to feel her, hear her voice, just to know that she was alright.  Unfortunately, even when he got closer, he got none of those answers.

 

It didn’t take him very long to conclude there were at least three people with her in the house, all of them youkais.  The beast didn’t recognize any of the auras, so he could only assume they were all strangers.  From what he could feel, they were not very strong.  Stronger than most youkais, but not enough to cause him any type of problem. 

 

With one kick he caused the door to collapse on the floor.  If that didn’t attract at least one of them out, nothing would.  He safely made his way inside, glancing in every direction, just waiting for someone to attack him.  The beast grew quite impatient with every passing second, especially with no one coming to see what the noice had been.  Surely, they had to be expecting him.  Did they think they could steal his mate and he would do nothing about it? 

 

A deep growl escaped his throat as he ventured further into the house.  It was completely engulfed in darkness, but he could see perfectly well.  From the outside, it looked like a regular house, but from the inside, it was completely different.  There weren’t many rooms, the only thing he had basically encountered so far were halls. 

 

It was making it a bit challenging to find her since there were so many different paths he could take.  Her scent was all over the place, meaning he could be tricked into going down the wrong hall.  The beast took a deep breath, trying to concentrate. His time was slowly running out and he had to find her.  If he had been able to locate her all the way to this location, he could retrieve her now.

 

Once again, he trusted his body and followed the path he believed to be right.  There was still no light, only darkness, but suddenly the somber quietness was broken away by the sound of footsteps.  Immediately he ceased moving and waited for whomever to show up.  He knew for a fact that it was not his mate, so it could only be one of the people who had kidnapped her. 

 

He clenched his hand, forming a fist, his claws almost digging into his palm.  It took everything for him to not launch himself forward.  His red eyes narrowed as he finally saw someone coming in view.  He was an average size youkai, with two green stripes on his forehead.  He was wearing a regular suit with a smirk on his face, as he didn’t seem to have noticed Sesshomaru yet.

 

The beast took advantage of the youkais inatentiveness as he quickly reached out for the youkai’s throat, before wrapping his fingers tightly around it.  He shoved him against the nearest wall, keeping the sound to a minimum.  He bared his fangs at the weaker, shocked youkai, before growling.

 

“Where is she?” he demanded, his voice and tone demanding vengeance. 

 

The youkai shook his head.  How could he have been caught off guard?  How had he allowed this sorry excuse for a youkai to capture him and trap him?  He had always heard that Sesshomaru was strong, but this was different.  He felt as if Sesshomaru could break his neck if he simply squeezed a little tighter.  There was no way he could allow himself to be exterminated so easily.

 

Sesshomaru felt a new rage and desire to kill filling him and all he wanted to do was give in to it, but couldn’t.  If he killed him now, then discovered they had taken the life of his mate, then this youkai would not have suffered enough.

 

He decided to be kind and allow him to answer his question.  “Where is she?”

 

The youkai’s answer was to spit in his mouth, which sent the beast into a raging fit that he had never experienced before.  This was giving a whole new meaning to the word disrespect.  He constricted his fingers so tightly around the youkai’s neck that the sound of crushing bones echoed through the hall.  The youkai forcefully tried to free himself, when he couldn’t he slashed Sesshomaru across the chest with his claw, the poison melting his clothes. 

 

Although the attack did not injure him, it did break his flesh, causing him to back away, loosening his grip on the youkai’s neck.  The little bastard took it as an opportunity to slip through his grasp and free himself.  A proud smirk appeared on his lips when he realized he had managed to outsmart the oh so powerful youkai.

 

He would have still had respect for Sesshomaru if he had remained like before.  Sesshomaru used to despise hanyous above everything else, hating the mix of humans and youkais.  Yet, now he had turned his back to everything, including his pride and honor by getting that worthless human knocked up.  Perhaps the little bitch being killed was the best thing that could happen to Sesshomaru.

 

“Have you no pride?”  he inquired to Sesshomaru.  “She’s human, your child will be hanyou.  Do you really desire her so much?”

 

Before the youkai could realize what hit him, Sesshomaru and grabbed him by the arm, slamming him against the nearest wall.  The blow had been so powerful that the youkai fell upon the ground, completely knocked out.  Sesshomaru was standing above him, nearly panting because of how powerful his fury was.  It didn’t matter what she was, or what his son would be.  All that was important was that she was his and nobody should lay a hand on what belonged to him.

 

Satisfied that the youkai was not dead yet but at least out of his way, the beast resumed his search for his mate.  He kept heading down the hall, desperately following her scent.  It was now growing stronger and he knew he was heading in the right direction.  But his joy that he was going to be reunited with Kagome was caught short when he caught the drift of a stranger’s scent.  Someone was heading in his direction and fast. 

 

Quickly, he pressed himself against the nearest wall, almost trying to blend in with the background.  Though he was strong, he didn’t know whom he was facing, he had to be careful and not put himself at risk.  The beast waited carefully, until the sounds grew closer and closer.  As soon as he saw its eye flashing through the darkness, he launched himself at the stranger.

 

Obviously, once again he had not been seen, since the leader seemed shocked and surprised by the attack.  Sesshomaru didn’t waste time before scaring the kidnapper’s face with his claws, his powerful poison melting the skin and causing intense bleeding.  Unlike in the past, he didn’t have his swords, which limited him a bit.  Though he had other attacks, he couldn’t use anything that had a long range.  It was still unknown to him where his mate was and he did not intend to harm her in the process.

 

“Where is my mate?” 

 

The leader chuckled.  The poor pathetic Sesshomaru.  He was so blinded by his rage and all he cared about was the little human. 

 

“That whore doesn’t matter.”

 

His eyes turned an even deeper red as the desire for blood grew stronger.  Who were these people and didn’t they know who he was?  Nobody would have ever disrespected him like that in the past!  He raised his head, ready to rip the guys head off his body, when suddenly the sound of someone falling unto the ground was heard. 

 

Both males turned their heads in the direction of the sound, but only Sesshomaru recognized such a scent.  Kagome.  His first instinct was to go to her but he remembered the youkai beneath him.  The beast rapidly grabbed his head between his hands before smashing the leader’s head unto the ground, attempting to knock him out.  Quickly he released the leader and rose to his feet before rushing to his mate’s side.  At least he now knew she was alive, it was all that mattered. 

 

Unfortunately, the scent of blood quickly reached his nose, his eyes widened a bit.  It was her blood, she was harmed. 

 

That alone made him rush his steps even more, until he finally saw her.  He could distinguish her form on the ground.  From what he could see, she was barely moving.  He kneeled to the ground next to her, rapidly cutting the bindings from her hand, his heart aching.  Once he was close to her, he realized he could hear her heart beating fast.  Gently he moved his arms around her, before softly scooping her up in his arms.  One of his arms was around her neck, while the other was around her waist.  He shook her gently, just a little so that her face was turned in his direction.

 

He carefully observed as she opened her eyes a little.  At first, he felt her body stiffen a bit, as if she were afraid, but slowly the feeling dissipated.  Could it be that she had recognized him?  He brought her body a bit closer to his, holding on as if she was going to die if he didn’t.  She seemed so fragile and breakable in his arms that the pain in his chest only grew.  It was almost difficult to breathe.

 

“Sesshomaru,” she whispered her voice barely audible. 

 

Pleased with the way she was calling out for him, he lowered his face to hers. 

 

She parted her lips, her breathing harsh.  Kagome could barely see who it was in front of her, but she knew it was him.  Her vision was too blurry, she felt so dizzy, but she could recognize his presence.  She had never thought he would have been able to find her, but he had.  The fact that she was no longer alone was such a relief. Sesshomaru wouldn’t harm her and she trusted him. 

 

She wanted to scream at him to be careful, that in his human appearance, it would be dangerous since there were three youkais, but she couldn’t find the strength.  It was also that more blood leaked down her leg and the panic came back to her.  Kiyoshi.  Kagome opened her eyes wider as she felt a new type of fear form in her heart.

“Kiyoshi,” she said breathless.

 

Sesshomaru watched her face carefully, trying to understand what she was trying to tell him.  He then followed her eyes to her lower body, where he could see all the blood.  Surprisingly keeping his calm, he released her waist and gently lifted her shirt, exposing her belly.  Then, he preceded to gently tug her pants down, revealing the blood covering the crotch of her pants. 

 

Kagome couldn’t help but wince in pain as she tried to move a bit.  Tears came to her eyes as she whimpered.  She didn’t care for the suffering she was going through, all that mattered was her son.  With a weak and shaky hand, she reached out for his shirt.  She clung to it desperately.

 

“I can’t,” she paused and caught her breath, “lose him.”  By then, tears were rolling down her cheeks and she was unable to stop them.

 

Sesshomaru pulled his hand away from her legs and moved it up to cup her cheek. He was going to tell his mate everything would be fine, that she would not lose their pup, when the too familiar pain went through his body.  All he could do was glance down at his watch, cursing Sesshomaru.  It was too soon, there were still to many threats close by! 

 

If their mate was hurt like this, would Sesshomaru let him back?  When it came to being with her, Sesshomaru barely allowed him around.  The pain becoming too much, he had to release her.  He tried to lay her on the ground as carefully as possible, but the task was harder than expected.  He was doing his best to be silent, in an attempt to not frighten her, but one groan did escape him.

 

He heard her say something, but he couldn’t make it out as he was slowly began being dragged back in.  His rage was more intense than ever before, as Sesshomaru was taking away his chance at protecting their mate.  Seconds passed, slowly the changes happened.  Once Sesshomaru was the one back in control, it took a few seconds before he could even look up.

 

A rush of emotions was going through him, especially once he could finally glance up and he saw her.  Looking at her through his own eyes made his heart hurt even more.  There was only one thought going through his mind.  He had to get her out of there.  He wasn’t even sure if a hospital could help, although he did know the youkai doctor.  But he had to get her back to the hotel fast and not only that but there were still the youkais that had kidnapped her. 

 

He was one who had often sought revenge, he had always reestablished his honor, but this situation was different.  If he did take the time to harm them, if he did get rid of them, he was putting her and the pup in danger.  It was bad to have them running around, but it was worst to let her and Kiyoshi die.  For once, it would have to wait.

 

Sesshomaru was aware that with his human speed, he wouldn’t get her to safety fast enough, meaning he would need to release the beast for a third time.  Unfortunately, he wasn’t sure if the beast would listen and do what was right.  Sesshomaru had been able to get through to him a few times, technically in his twisted way, the beast didn’t want harm to come to Kagome. 

 

It was a risk he had to take. 

 

He sighed deeply before pressing the button on his watch, waiting for it to happen. 

 

Kagome was only half conscious.  The poison that had entered her body because of the attack from the leader was slowly weakening her.  Her fall and the blood loss were not helping her current state either.  She was fighting as hard as she could to remain awake, but she was losing the fight more and more with every passing second. 

 

She was trying to reach out to Sesshomaru, but she couldn’t seem to find him.  Although it was currently very difficult for her to move and raise her hands. 

 

She had heard a groan, which was almost a scream, come from near her and she hoped it was him.  She could already barely open her eyes, the darkness wasn’t helping her see any better.  Kagome was trying to rely on her senses, but she was still human meaning they weren’t very sharp.

 

Suddenly, she felt him wrap his arms around her, this time, instead of remaining on the ground, he picked her up and lifted her.  All she could do was wrap her arms around his neck very loosely, while he tightened his hold around her.  Unknown to her as she rested her head on his chest, he was having a mental argument.

 

You have to get her out.

 

They are still here.  They will harm her again.

 

If she is not taken care of, both her and the pup will die.

 

Trying to resonate with the beast could be compared to talking to a child.  All he seemed to rely on was his instincts and he never thought things through. 

 

But they cannot get away.  They harmed her.  They harmed the pup.  They will not stop.

 

You can seek revenge later.  You need to take care of her first.  Do you want her to die?

 

The beast tilted his head to the side; later? 

 

You will allow me to kill them later if I take care of mate now?

 

Sesshomaru knew this would most likely be something he would regret, especially since the beast could be so out of control during certain situations, but if he didn’t agree with him, then he might not get Kagome out of danger fast enough.  He could indeed make the promise and not keep it, but it didn’t sit so well with him. 

 

Yes. 

 

The beast bent down his head, buried his face in her hair, before inhaling her scent.  It was taking every ounce of control for him to not go after the bastards that had taken her away from him, but he chose to believe Sesshomaru.  He could not often be trusted but, he had to agree with him that their mate had to be saved.  This whole time, she had not stopped losing blood. 

 

He made sure she was carefully tucked in his arms before he began to walk outside of the house.  All of his senses were on high alert to make sure nobody was coming after them.  He was also left to wonder if it was safe to use his speed while she was in such a condition.  He pondered upon the issue for a few seconds before deciding that it was no safer to leaving her bleeding.

 

He made sure she was carefully tucked in his arms, that no wind would be blasted in her face before he used all of his speed to reach where he had previously been as fast as possible.  He didn’t know the exact path, but he knew Sesshomaru did.  For once, he would have to rely on him to bring their mate to safety. 

 

-B-

 

His whole body was shaking because of how fast he had gone.  The beast had wanted to make sure his time wouldn’t run out while he was trying to get her to safety.  He could see the hotel coming in sight and from the memories he was allowed to see form Sesshomaru’s mind he knew this was the place.  He didn’t know what he was supposed to do next, but by that time, Sesshomaru would be back in control.

 

He could already feel his time running out, that only caused him to hold onto her tighter.  Kagome had closed her eyes somewhere along the way and she had yet to re open them.  He wasn’t very worried though since he could still feel her heartbeat, so he only assumed that all of the previous events had tired her out.  Nonetheless, he made sure he didn’t lag taking to long.

 

A few minutes later, he reached the side of the hotel.  He was thinking about going inside, since with his speed, people would barely see him go in.  As he was going to take a step forward, he felt his whole body stop.  Though it wasn’t caused by the watch, it was Sesshomaru himself that was stopping him from going inside.

 

You said mate had to go inside.

 

You cannot go inside like this, you will reveal your identity.

 

Human speed is nothing compared to youkai speed.  They will not catch me.

 

There are certain devices that will catch you.  You have to wait until your time is over.

 

This is about mate.  She needs to go inside.

 

And she will.  But she cannot go now.  It will only delay everything if people stop you.  We cannot attract unwanted attention.

 

He growled, but stopped trying to resist.  Sometimes he struggled against Sesshomaru, but it was always harder when it came to his mate.  Her wellbeing was important to him, but sometimes it was hard to trust the two of them together.  After all, it was together that they had betrayed him in the past.  What if something like that happened again?

 

The beast softly shook his head.  He could not allow himself to be distracted at the moment.  If he let bad thoughts get to him, his anger would rise and he would probably lose control.  Every time he thought about his feelings of fury, it made him think about breaking the necks of the youkais who stole his mate. 

 

Fortunately, he wasn’t given the chance to dwell on the matter for too long.  Soon enough the familiar feeling took over and he felt himself leaving,  It was strange because for the very first time, he didn’t fight it.  Usually when it happened, he was struggling against it, wanting it not to occur.  But this time, he seemed rather for it.  He knew that he wasn’t knowledgeable enough to help her, but that Sesshomaru was.

 

If it was for her, if it was for her sake, then he was willing to be taken away without a fight. 

 

He cared for her, he always had.  He loved her more than she knew, but he never received her affection in return.  Only he ever got to see the happy side of her and it was killing him inside.  The only thing he seemed to be able to do was wait until she opened her heart to him as well.

 

The beast took care of her, loved her and cherish her.  Sometimes, she sent him in a rage that could never be tamed, but despite his actions, he would never harm her.  All he wanted was her.  If Sesshomaru hadn’t kept him at bay, or made a deal with him, they would have merged a long time ago, she would have always been all his then.

 

A feeling of longing filled his heart, he slowly disappeared.  The dark locks came back and his eyes turned their usual shiny green.  Suddenly, Kagome felt a lot heavier in his arms, but he didn’t let that faze him.  He knew people would ask many questions as soon as he would walk in, so he had to be ready.  No he hadn’t done anything wrong, but he didn’t want to have a situation where the authorities would be involved. 

 

It was his problem to deal with.

 

With Kagome carefully tucked in his arms, he made his way inside.  He had failed to notice that her blood had dripped all the way down his arms, making it much more obvious to people that she was harmed.  He had only taken three steps inside when a man had rushed to his side?

 

“Is there a problem Sir?” he inquired in English.

 

Sesshomaru reached out, with difficulty, from his pocket and took out Dr. Izumi’s card.  He then handed it to the man. 

 

“Call our doctor.  Tell him it’s an emergency.”

 

The man quickly nodded before rushing to the phone.  Sesshomaru knew they wouldn’t give him much of a problem because they knew him and his stature, he wasn’t likely to be a criminal. 

 

Now the only problem they had was how long it would take Dr. Izumi to get to them.  After all he had his own emergencies at the hospital too.  He had seemed very interested in their situation, so it might make him rush to their side faster.  For now, the best Sesshomaru could do was lay her in a bed and move her as little of possible,  trying to keep her stress down.

 

The more she would be panicked, the more the bleeding would increase.  He was no doctor, but he still had years of knowledge.  Sesshomaru made the decision to take the elevator to get to their room faster and to avoid moving her as much.  Unfortunately for him, there were people in it already.  He still got in, but in his current state, their stares were annoying him.

 

He couldn’t have been more relieved than when the elevator dinged, announcing their floor.  He rushed out and moved as fast as he could, his arms getting extremely tired.  It wasn’t that she was really heavy, but he had to keep his arms extremely steady, he didn’t have much strength in this condition.  Once he reached the door, it was quite a struggle to get the key card and open the door, but he managed to do it under two minutes.

 

Sesshomaru carefully laid her down on her bed, the full pressure of the events hitting him.  His beast had mostly been the one in control, he hadn’t been given a chance to panic.  He was usually a collected person, but this was terrifying.  One mistake, one second longer and there she was, fighting for both her life and their son’s life. 

 

It didn’t help the amount of guilt he carried on his shoulders.

 

As he stared at her body, he finally noticed the scratch she had on her arm.  His eyes narrowed a bit in confusion as he gently picked up her arm to inspect it further.  Since he himself had poisonous claws, he immediately recognized the injury.  Had she been fighting poison this whole time?  It would certainly explain why she was barely conscious. 

 

He traced the wound with his finger, trying to think if it would be deadly.  It was then that he remembered that she was a Miko.  Shouldn’t her body be purifying this youkai poison?  Or perhaps it was indeed deadly and it was her powers that kept her alive.  Sesshomaru sighed heavily before putting down her arm.  He ran his fingers through his thick mane of hair, annoyed.

 

If she died, if she didn’t make it through this…

 

He wouldn’t forgive himself.

 

Even if he had to give up his own life, both her and their son would live. 

 

Sesshomaru rushed to the washroom and grabbed a cloth which he wet.  Then he headed in her direction again, before sitting down on the edge of the bed.  Still paying no notice to all the blood on his arm, he began to clean her legs of the blood.  He didn’t want to undress her or do anything that would break her barrier of privacy, so he just cleaned the general area. 

 

Then, he gently lifted her shirt, exposing her belly.  Sesshomaru put his hand on her stomach, trying to connect with his son.  He wasn’t sure what caused the bleeding, but the only thing he could hope for was that she wasn’t going through a miscarriage.  His son was strong, he knew that.  Hadn’t he developed too fast for him to lose his life?  No, the worst that could happen was a premature birth. 

 

She wasn’t going to lose Kiyoshi.

 

He wasn’t going to lose him.

 

And where in the world was Dr. Izumi?

 

Suddenly, he felt something touch his hand, he had been so caught up in his own thoughts, that he nearly jumped.  Right away, he glanced in Kagome's direction, only to see that her eyes were half opened.  He moved over a bit so he was closer to her, in case she would try to speak.  He bent down just a bit, their faces much closer together than before.

 

“Sesshomaru?” she asked a bit confused.

 

She glanced around a bit, not moving her head too much, as she tried to understand where she was.  Hadn’t she been kidnapped?  She looked up to glance at him again, and she tried to focus on his eyes.  Had his eyes always been green?  Wait.  Of course they were, at least ever since she had known him in this era.  A bit dizzy, mostly because of all the work her body was doing, she raised her hand. 

 

Sesshomaru didn’t move, almost as if he was afraid to scare her.  He held his breath when he felt her hand make contact with his face.  She gently cupped his cheek and offered him a dazzling smile, although he could clearly tell that she was not all there.  He offered her what appeared to be a smile before lifting his hand and covering hers with his. 

 

He went to remove it, but somehow he ended up holding her hand.  Nonetheless, he brought them down onto the bed and he didn’t let go, or rather she didn’t… he wasn’t sure anymore.  Sometimes she was blinking for longer than necessary, but he was just glad she had regained some sort of consciousness. 

 

“I don’t want to lose him,” she said her eyes teary.

 

With much difficulty, she dragged one of her hands to her stomach.  “I- it’s – my-m y fault,” she said with great difficulty.  “I f- fell.”  Since she was shedding so many tears, it was becoming harder to talk. 

 

“If I had- hadn’t – r- r un away…” 

 

He could see the breakdown coming and he felt like he was hopeless to stop it.  What were the right words to say? 

 

“Do not blame yourself.  You were trying to escape.”  She looked away, obviously finding no comfort in his words. 

 

Sesshomaru released her hand and closed most of the distance between them.  Their faces were so close together that their noses were touching. 

 

“You were trying to save the both of you.  You cannot blame yourself for trying to do the right thing.  Things could have ended up much worse, you do not know what they would have done to you.”

 

Recalling how disrespectful and goal oriented the men had been, he could only guessed how the situation would have turned out and none of the scenarios were positive. 

 

“Kiyoshi will be fine.”

 

Finally, he obtained a reaction out of her.  Kagome slowly nodded, before turning her head to look at him.  Her eyes were all red and puffy as guilt was eating her up.  Once again, she had hurt her son, even while trying to protect him.  Sometimes, she felt like a failure as a mother and she hadn’t even begun being one yet.

 

She was panting because of how difficult it was to breath, when suddenly, she felt his hand in her hair.  Kagome stopped breathing altogether and their eyes met. 

 

Sesshomaru wasn’t sure why he was caressing her hair, but it was the only thing that came up in his mind when he thought about soothing her.  Kagome was often being too harsh on herself. She had higher standards for herself than she did for everyone else.  She was always doing everything for everyone first and he knew that her attempt to escape was to protect Kiyoshi.

 

“You will be a great mother, you already are.”

 

The kind words coming out of his mind were only making her eyes more watery.  Her heart was being constricted, she wasn’t sure if it was because of the pain, the tiredness, him, or the fear.  She swallowed before inhaling deeply.  Her body was shaking a bit, while Sesshomaru took his hand away.

 

“Dr. Izumi is on his way.”  Technically, he didn’t know that for sure, but it was better than saying he didn’t know when he was coming.

 

The situation was a bit awkward because Sesshomaru had never been great with words, but he knew it was impossible for him to leave her alone, so he stayed.  The few next minutes passed in complete silence.  Sesshomaru remained by her side, sitting on the edge of the bed, while she kept crying in silence, falling in and out of consciousness.  The whole time, Sesshomaru’s eyes had been locked on the door, waiting for the doctor to show up.

 

He was about ready to blow up the whole hotel.

 

He felt Kagome’s hand creep up on his and he gently tore his eyes away from the door.  Sesshomaru glanced at her, waiting to know if something was wrong, or if there was anything he could do for her.  There was the tiniest blush on her cheeks and he knew she had something embarrassing, according to her standards, to ask. 

 

Kagome wasn’t sure why she had such a request to make and frankly at the moment with the dizziness, she didn’t want to know. 

 

“C-Could yy- you hold my –hh-hand unt-until he get-s here?”

 

He couldn’t really hide the surprise he got from her request, but he quickly recovered.  It didn’t bother him and rarely had such a demand been made by her, he could do nothing but comply.  Sesshomaru slowly nodded before reaching out for her hand.  He grabbed it gently and squeezed just a bit.  He heard the gentle sigh of relief that came from her and a small smile appeared on his lips.

 

Sesshomaru knew she would be fine.  Already she seemed a bit better and since she was carrying Kiyoshi in her womb, she would know if something was wrong.  This was probably just a big scare and there was nothing to fear about.  Although it was better to be safe than sorry, but still, he finally felt himself relaxing a bit. 

 

Deep inside though, he couldn’t wait for things to calm down.  Once he would know she was officially safe, he would go after those bastards.  He knew their scents and their auras now, there was no way they would escape him now.  Once he let his beast out, hell would be unleashed upon those bastards. 

 

He suddenly felt her hand squeeze his extremely roughly, his heartbeat sped up a bit. 

“Kagome?” he asked, tilting his head to look at her.

 

Her eyes were nearly rolled in the back of her head as she bit down hard on her bottom lip. 

 

“It HURTS,” she nearly screamed, before exhaling heavily. 

 

If she thought she was feeling bad earlier, it was nothing compared to what was happening right now.  It was as if her whole body was on fire, a sharp pain was destroying her from the inside.  During her last panic time, she had been completely alone, but now he was there.  All she could do, in fear that he would leave, was to hold on to his hand.

 

“Do-Don’t go,” she said her voice almost desperate.

 

He frowned his eyebrows together.  Leave her? 

 

“I do not plan on going anywhere,” he said his voice firm. 

 

Another wave of pain hit her and once again, she found herself squeezing his hand.  Nearly unable to stand the pain, Kagome attempted to stand up, or at least sit up, but she quickly realized it was impossible for her to so.  Tears were rolling down her cheeks as blood started to drip down her bottom lip.

 

Noticing what she was trying to do, Sesshomaru decided to help.  He could only hope that she would not mind what he was doing.  He released her hand and he felt a bit of resistance, which made him feel bad.  But, he would be holding her hand again soon enough.  Sesshomaru grabbed her shoulders, moved her away from the bed.  Then, he moved behind her and placed her in between his legs.  Sesshomaru proceeded to lay her head on his chest.

 

The whole time, he didn’t feel her stiffen, he wondered if it was because she was comfortable around him, or too dizzy and in pain to realize what was going on.  He brushed her bangs away, his hand pressed on her forehead, allowing him to notice how hot it was.  Could it be a reaction to fighting off the poison? 

 

A small scream escaped her mouth, immediately he reached out and grabbed her hand.  Afterwards, he wrapped an arm around her waist and kept her close to him. 

 

“Sesshomaru?” she asked her voice weak. 

 

“Yes?”

 

“Thank you.”

 

And his heart constricted.

 

-B-