Scandalous

Lady Nefertiti

Summary: Kagome's wounded and pained heart needs a dose of the demon called Sesshomaru...Who's more than willing to help her...

A/N: There's going to be flashbacks from past to present in the beginning. Hopefully it won't be too confusing. I did italicize them ;)

Chapter 2: Everlasting

-Back to the present time-

Kagome chuckled at the memory, not actually believing that had actually happened...'Ah Sesshomaru do you know how much I love you? ' Kagome mused inwardly. She twirled a strand of her raven hair staring at the moon silently.

Then there was Inuyasha, the way he had reacted when he saw err.. her and Sesshomaru together in the morning. They were just lying together! It wasn't like he had thought. 'That wasn't supposed to happen!'

-Flashback-

His gold eyes widened considerably and he had to rub them again to make sure he wasn't dreaming or had some sort of head injury because Kagome had sat him too much. There they lay, Kagome and his hated-half brother together and Inuyasha didn't know what to think. Kagome was all curled up and comfortably snuggled in Sesshomaru's tail, but that wasn't the worst part of it, it was the fact that she was completely naked.

Maybe he should've left and pretended he never saw it but his brother had probably caught his scent by now...damn. So was this how Kagome felt when she saw him and Kikyo together? No! surely not! Inuyasha had his reasons for doing 'that' with Kikyo and she wasn't the enemy! It wasn't as if he was sleeping with the enemy.

-End Flashback-

'Violent Inuyasha...why did he have to resort to violence?' Why did he not admit defeat? Sesshomaru had ordered Inuyasha to stay away from her or he'd kill him for sure. When her mate had seen Inuyasha almost do what he was going to do in the past...he'd finally decided that Kagome needed to be taken away from something, rather someone so dangerous.

-Flashback-

"I'm really sorry, don't hurt me please! I really didn't mean it!" Kagome had whispered staring into his gold eyes. She was sitting on the ground and had covered her eyes with her hands in fear and when he was about to strike her someone had thrown him backward in anger...

-End Flashback-

She shook her head in sorrow. She'd been sitting on her knees, begging him to not hit her...she'd never been struck before...

Yes, and so here it was...she stood in the middle, hoping for peace, but that wasn't at all possible now. She sighed and shifted her feet so the other wouldn't fall asleep. Yes her mate would worry about her for being so far away, alone, in the cold, at night and in the dark... 'etc' 'etc' she thought vaguely. She could just hear his voice, 'Kagome you will not go out in the dark alone, unescorted.'

Sheesh, he could be such a mother hen sometimes. 'But he just cares...right...' She rolled her eyes and didn't think there was any harm in standing here watching, waiting and wondering.

Watching if she saw anyone...

Waiting to see if she'd be caught...

Wondering whether things would get better...

What could've been had Sesshomaru not made the first move. "Finally" she whispered aloud. Did she feel disgusting or felt as if she were a traitor? No...but she just fell in love….With Sesshomaru. Odd, yes it was...but stranger things happened.

'Like me falling 500 years into the past' she thought wryly.

Her friends were coming to see her tomorrow and she already knew that Inuyasha wouldn't come again. She shifted once again because her kimono was bothering her a great deal. Sure she looked smashing in a deep blue silk kimono, with crushed velvet sky blue sakura blossoms with pearls sewn in certain areas, but she still felt uncomfortable and tugged at her lavender obi again.

She made sure not to 'tug' too hard otherwise the obi would fall apart, 'And that would be very bad.' But when she had asked her mate what she did to deserve something like this...something so beautiful, he'd said, 'You deserve it because you're my mate and oh because I love you, that's why.'

'Did he really say those three letter words?' She knew he wouldn't lie to her; it seemed that he had turned over a 'new leaf' so to speak...and was loyal to her...only her and her forever.

The wind had started to tug at her hair and it released some of her bangs that now blew freely in the wind. She supposed she should head home now... 'home.' She thought vaguely. She still went to go see her Grandfather, mother and brother Sota, but this was her home now where she lived now...the Feudal era. She remembered when she broke the news to her family about her and Sesshomaru...

Her grandfather had fainted from shock...

Mother looked completely normal surprisingly...

And Sota? Being a teenager asked if they'd 'done' it yet...

Yes Kagome's face still flamed red when Sota asked about that...luckily Sesshomaru wasn't around in this era to hear Sota...How Scandalous would that have sounded ! huh?

The trees rustled and it seemed as though someone were walking towards her, suddenly a little demon jumped into her arms. "MAMA...MAMA! WHERE DID YOU GO? WHY ARE YOU HERE? ARE YOU LOST? HEY! I FOUND YOU!

"DA-DA! I FOUND MAMA!"

She smiled hugging him and ruffling his silver hair. "Yes, little Hiroki, you found me alright."

"BUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE ALL ALONE MAMA?" Hiroki asked her looking up at her with innocent eyes.

A deep voice from behind made Kagome turn around and he said "Yes this Sesshomaru could ask you the same question dear...why are you here? We've been looking for you for quite a while now..."

"HEY! THIS HIROKI WAS MORE WORRIED ABOUT HER DA-DA!" Hiroki glared at him...a Sesshomaru-type glare.

'Indeed.' Sesshomaru thought, briefly wondering if Hiroki got his boldness and loud-mouth from Kagome.

"I just thought I'd go for a walk Sesshomaru...You know for some alone time.." Kagome said and then she flushed at his heated look.

"Some alone time huh?" He smirked. And then she started to turn red...

"OH NO! MAMA? ARE YOU OKAY?!" Hiroki looked at her with concern. "DA-DA IS MAMA SICK? SHOULD SHE SEE A DOC-TOR?" His blue eyes started to get darker with more worry...

"Oh she's fine, Hiroki..." Sesshomaru said picking up Hiroki from Kagome's arms. "I promise to take 'GOOD' care of her okay?" And then Kagome turned redder, even if she could do more and put her hands to her cheeks.

Hiroki didn't look convinced, but then he said, "Okay...DA-DA...Lets go home now?" he looked up at Sesshomaru who nodded. He rolled his eyes at his son when he said, "YAY! GO FASTER LITTLE DOGGIE!"

Kagome sighed with happiness... 'Yes let's go home...' as the three walked back to the palace.

-The Next day-

-Inuyasha's forest- (with Inuyasha in a tree)

It was still early in the morning, golden eyes stared into the sky, birds chirped happily ready to start the new day... but he hadn't slept all night. Birds were just too damn happy in the mornings...

It had been what almost a year now that she'd left...but it had been his fault...it had been his rage, it had been his hurtful feelings that had drove her away...and yet she was still willing to forgive him. She'd even gone as far as to send him a letter saying that she'd love for him to come and visit the palace and also tell him she had a son and that he was an uncle!

'An uncle huh?' he mused inwardly. 'no doubt to an overly obnoxious runt.' He wondered what he looked like and wondered if Kagome had told him that he even had an uncle...

So why had he rejected her all those times? It was an answer even he couldn't come up with. He leaned over on his branch and stared over to the village he lived in and sighed inwardly.

The only other people that went to go and visit Kagome were Shippo, Sango and Miroku. He smirked inwardly. 'That brat never could stay away from his surrogate mother for too long...'

But it was and had always been Inuyasha who was determined to stay behind...

Now why of all days was he going through a 'guilt trip' and wanting to let 'bygones be bygones?' He was broken out of his thoughts with a female voice that smiled up at him despite the situation.

-With Sango-

She walked to the tree where she knew he'd be lying on... 'his tree.'

' Poor Inuyasha.' She knew what he was thinking. How he was able to stay away and pretend 'not to care' about Kagome was beyond her. 'Stubborn dog he is...'

"Inuyasha breakfast is ready...are you hungry?" She asked him cheerily. Inuyasha glared down at her before leaning back again. How dare she break him out of his thoughts!

"Keh." Inuyasha said. "No Sango I am not hungry at the moment." She smiled sadly before spinning on her heel and walking back to the village where no doubt Shippo and Miroku were waiting to be fed...'At least some of us are hungry..'

'Boys will always be boys...' She mused. Now if only she could stop Miroku from groping her...that would be a miracle...hitting him with her boomerang was getting old...

Inuyasha watched her retreat, shoulders a bit slumped and he sighed softly. He hadn't meant to be so disrespectful to her, She always did...She always tried her best...

Now the only question was...the only problem was that would Kagome forgive him? He'd never be able to face her again.

-Kaede's hut-

Miroku watched her walk in alone again. He wasn't surprised, no not in the least. It was expected. She looked up at him and smiled suddenly causing his heart to speed up, how much he cared for her...he just didn't see Shippo roll his eyes...

He wanted to see Kagome soon again, hell who wouldn't miss their mother's? and he loved seeing Rin and Hiroki too...his mother Kagome seemed so happy there with Sesshomaru... the light that shone in her eyes...it was the same when his real mother had looked at father.

Love was just such a special thing...

But why hadn't Kagome taken Shippo with her? She had claimed him as her son...

Suddenly Miroku got up and decided that enough was enough, Inuyasha was being a child...a child that needed reprimanding. He walked out of the hut and over to the tree that the red-clad hanyou was laying in. He was ignoring Miroku but knowing full well that the Houshi was looking at him.

"Inuyasha." Miroku said in a firm voice.

Inuyasha ignored him. But Miroku wasn't going to back down. "Inuyasha you will cease your childish behavior at once. It is true that Kagome mated your brother, a blow to your pride? Perhaps it was...But she has a future and a life too...She's finally doing what she wants to...If you do not come with us then I will make you...You will forgive that girl..."

Inuyasha jumped down from his tree and huffed angrily. "Feh. Houshi, you talk too much...What makes you think you can drag me there?" He crossed his arms and glared at his friend.

"I will destroy the last memory you have of Kagome." He pointed at Inuyasha's subjugation necklace. "Then you will have nothing left." Miroku said calmly.

Inuyasha gaped at him in shock. He jumped down from the tree and was about to walk away, but something made him stop, Miroku's last words:

"You don't have to forgive her...just go see her otherwise you will break her heart again...Would you let the only person that understood and accepted you die from pain? " With that Miroku walked away from him.

Inuyasha sighed looking at the Houshi's retreating back. He was right. 'Damn monk giving me the guilt trip!' he growled inwardly. Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha and little Shippo all walked into the western lands and guards bowed as they walked through the western gates... of his brother's palace.

He saw his half-brother walking along with Kagome towards them. She was holding a child in her arms. Inuyasha's eyes softened somewhat...

"MAMA? DADA? Who's that? And why does he look kind of like DADA?" Hiroki asked them, and then started shooting a hundred questions a minute not bothering to care if they were left unanswered.

"Inuyasha." Kagome said blue eyes lighting up with happiness...

"Kagome." Inuyasha said.

And both knew that all was forgiven...

Forgiveness...

Forgiveness...

Even if...even if...

You don't love me anymore...

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