Please Don't Love Me

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Chapter Five
The Silent Stalker

It had been two days since that strange event with Sesshomaru, and things would have gotten back to normal if not for one thing… she could sense him following them. 'He seems to be keeping his distance and Inuyasha has yet to realize we are being trailed. This is not a good thing, for obvious reasons. One being that we are being followed and Inuyasha doesn't even know it yet! Yes it is a good thing NOW that he doesn't know, but what if it isn't Sesshomaru trailing us. What if it's Naraku? We would all already be dead that's what!'

They had found nothing on the potion the youkai sorceress used; this was troubling especially now that he was following her. One could never feel at ease with such a dangerous opponent following them, particularly one hell bent on being near you. Kagome was not so naive as to think the youkai lord wanted to cuddle, she may be a virgin but that did not mean she was clueless to what others did when they were in love. That was what frightened her most that he would show up one day and try to 'take her' as a male whom loved a woman would. She was not ready for that at all!


Kagome was stuck and did not know what to do, she knew what she should do but she could not. She knew she should inform Inuyasha of his brother's actions, but she knew if she did he would race off to fight Sesshomaru. She knew Inuyasha cared for her and he would run off to fight him in a blind rage of jealousy, and most likely get himself killed in the process.

Kagome knew what she had to do; she had to tell him herself to stop following them.
Sesshomaru had been pursuing the miko and her group, never getting too close. He knew the miko could sense him, but not the hanyou. He was satisfied to know that she had not told any of them that he was there.

As the days passed and he followed her his feelings were being to become stronger and more incessant. He knew if he did not get her alone soon he would end up waltzing right into her camp, picking her up then running off as fast as he could. The disgrace of such a thought did not even phase him in the least, he needed her, he craved her like a man dying of thirst craves water and he could do nothing to stop it. If he did not see her this day he would be forced to take her even though he hoped it would not come to that.

Sesshomaru had an excessive amount of time to think as he followed after the woman he had grown to love so completely. He realized that his life was meaningless without her there to share it with him and the fact that she was human meant nothing to him. To him she was so much more then human, she was perfect. She was everything he had ever hoped of having for himself, and he felt his youkai counterpart growl in agreement. He knew she may not believe him if he told her of his feelings mainly because she knew of his distain for her kind because she was on the receiving end of his ire a few times. But that was before he learned what an enchanting woman she was. If all humans were like her he knew he would not hate them so, but they were not, Kagome was one of a kind.

He was within his obsessing mind when he sensed the kijo who put him in this situation. Growling to himself he followed the scent, to confront the wench and find out how to stop the spell. When he reached the kijo she was waiting for him, "How do I take off this spell?" he asked as he watched her turn to him with a sadistic smile on her face.


"You cannot; there is only one way to reverse the effects of the potion." she smirked, "And that would be to join with the ningen. If you do not you will grow weak then you will die." Katsumi stated while running a clawed hand down her kimono to smooth out the wrinkles, then she just disappeared before his eyes.

Katsumi knew she could and should not stay behind after telling him because he would kill her for sure. So she left as soon as she told him, she also decided to tell the miko the news. Katsumi wanted to know if the miko would give up her innocence to the Tai-youkai. She was very much enjoying the show and she was satisfied that her potion brought the great Lord Sesshomaru to his knees.


Sesshomaru stood unblinkingly at the spot the kijo had just disappeared from, thinking of ways to kill her later. 'So I will die if I do not mate the miko?' he asked himself the idea seemed absurd that he would be reduced to such a state. He would not accept it, he would prove that he was in no way weak. He could stay away from the miko and her luscious curves and delicious scent with no problem, he did not need to rut with an absolutely gorgeous female 'If I do not want to.' he thought as a little voice told him that he did want to rut with her.

With that in mind he was determined to stay away from the miko.

0ooo0

Kagome could sense that Sesshomaru no longer was following them and felt a great amount of relief. 'The spell must have worn off.' she thought fleetingly while looking up to the sky from her sleeping bag. Sesshomaru had stopped following them almost a week ago and she was a little anxious because she wanted to know if the spell was broken or not.

It came to her as no big surprise that after a week of not following them she sensed him again. Only this time she was not alone, Inuyasha and the rest of the group sensed him too… except he was too far away for them to determine who it was exactly.

As the hours turned into days the group began to become a bit antsy, they knew they were being followed. Whoever it was following they had not made their move yet, and it infuriated Inuyasha to no end. He pushed them longer, harder than he had before hoping that whoever it was would loose interest and leave.


Whoever it was did not.


Kagome could not tell them who it was because she knew it was not his fault this had happened, it was hers. She also could not tell Inuyasha because she feared how he would react to the news; she feared that it might cause another life threatening fight between the brothers.


When the group set camp that night Kagome had decided to take a bath and of course she could not go alone so Sango went with her.


Once Sango was finished Kagome told her she would be at camp in a moment, once Sango left the area was when Kagome sensed the Kijo. Turning her head to the right she caught sight of the damned witch. "What do you want?" Kagome asked face reddened with anger as she spoke.


"I came here to inform you of the potion and its effects to Lord Sesshomaru. You need to know because of the nature of this particular potion Lord Sesshomaru has been growing weaker and will continue to do so, as long as he is forced to stay away from you. If the potion is not allowed to run it's course as it was intended, he will die by the end of the week." she stated before she was interrupted by the miko.


"What do you mean by 'run it's course?" she asked afraid of the answer, but needing to hear it all the same.


The Kijo chuckled darkly as an amused smile lifted her lips "it means Miko that if you do not rut with him by the end of the week Sesshomaru will die. Rutting with him is the only way to annul the effects and consequences of the potion. I however gave no thought to the consequences because I did not intend on having him wait long to take me. Once the potion has run its course the effects will wear off leaving Lord Sesshomaru as his normal self, while saving his life in the process."


If looks could kill Katsumi would be dead, Kagome glaring daggers at the baka witch. She could not believe this shit! What is she going to do? Is she going to allow him to die because of her mistake? Is she going to give herself to her best friend's enemy, his half brother? Her mind was swimming she did not know what to do.

So she did the only thing she could, when she returned to the camp she sat by herself and began to contemplate her options.

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