Chapter Eight: Be With You

Her whole body hurt.

Its funny how right before you die, your whole life flashes before your eyes. Kagome could understand why memories of her mother, father, Souta and friends flashed before her eyes, but why was Sesshoumaru in the mix? She would have thought more about it, but there was a throbbing pain in her head.

The only thing she could remember was Yuki standing over her, ready to kill her and that the back of her head was wet. Then everything went black. Kagome wondered if she was in heaven, but then why would she still feel pain in her head and all over her body?

'Maybe that psycho bitch left me in school for dead?' Kagome mused.

It must have been hours she was lost in the nothingness of her mind, before she felt someone shaking her….calling her name.

(--)

Sesshoumaru had never been so scared in his life. It was a good thing he stayed at school, just in case Kagome wanted to rethink about getting a ride from him. He didn't really trust her alone after the information he heard from Livi.

After he left her, he walked to his car, got in and put the key in the ignition, turning on the radio. He didn't think Kagome was the one to be slow getting her stuff out of her locker. But he was wrong, considering the fact she took longer than the average person to get their stuff from their locker and walk out a school building.

'Something must be wrong.' Sesshoumaru thought as he took the key out of the ignition and got out. Closing the door, he lifted his head up to find Kagome's scent. His eyes slowly bled red and his claws lengthened. Not only did he find Kagome, he found Yuki and Kagome was bleeding!

'That bitch is going to pay, if Kagome is seriously injured. Hell she's going to pay either way.' His demon seethed. He rushed into the school, following Kagome's scent. Her Blood. He just hoped Kagome was okay.

When he finally reached her, she was unconscious and Yuki hovering over her, tracing the outline of her face with her claws.

"Let's see what I can do about that pretty little face of yours. Maybe if I mess it up a little Sesshoumaru won't look at you." he heard her say. "Maybe a lot so no man will."

Right when she was about to attack, Sesshoumaru leaped out from behind the wall and grabbed Yuki by the neck, slamming her into the locker.

"Sesshoumaru!" came her surprised squeal. She didn't expect him to still be here. She had overheard the wench tell him that she would rather walk home. 'Why didn't I check to see if he was still here?' she thought angrily. Her back hurt like hell and she could bet any amount of money that Sesshoumaru was probably going to do more than just slam her into a locker.

'She dare hurt what is mine? She will pay!' His demon growled, his claws already dripping with poison. He was about to attack her face, just like she was about to do to Kagome, when Kagome groaned in pain. Blood slowly dripping out of her mouth.

He looked over at her and his face softened. How did he let this happen? If anything happened to her, he would never forgive himself. Looking back at Yuki, his expression changed into anger. He would kill her right now, if they were anywhere else, but they were at school damnit.

Yuki's eyes held fear in them and he took pleasure in knowing that he was the cause it. 'I hope she shits her pants after I'm done with her.' Sesshoumaru thought gripping her arms tighter this time instead of her throat. Kagome made a choking noise, bring his attention to the matter at hand.

"The next time you think about attacking my mate again, I will kill you Yuri. Make no mistakes about it." with that warning, he raised his fist, laced with poison and punched Yuri in her jaw. Yuri howled in pain as she felt the poison burn her skin. Never in her life had she felt pain like this before. The pain was so great that she forgot to breathe!

Yuri tried to blink back tears, as she slid against the lockers holding her wounded cheek. If she was human this might actually damage her beautiful face, but luckily for her this would heal up by Sunday morning. It was not supposed to happen this way. She was supposed to go in, beat up Kagome to where it would take her a week to heal and get the hell out. She didn't care what Sesshoumaru said, she would get Kagome back even if it killed her. Taking one last look at Kagome's motionless body, Yuki left hoping Kagome wouldn't make it.

Sesshoumaru knelt in front of Kagome and winced. She was covered in blood and bruises. Her green and white stripped shirt was torn and covered in her blood. She had long gashes across her flat stomach, and scratches on her legs. From the pool of blood that was slowly growing larger by the second, he guessed that Yuri hit her with something very hard. Just seeing her this way, made him want to finish what he started with Yuki. But he had to make sure Kagome was taken care of first and then do it.

He started to panic when he didn't see her chest rise and fall like it's supposed to. Laying his head over her heart, he listened carefully for a heart beat. When he heard a faint one, he sighed in relief and lifted his head. Gently shaking her, Sesshoumaru called her name and shocked the hell out of himself when he heard his name. He sounded like a kicked puppy.

"Kagome, wake up. Please…come back to me." A few minutes later.

"Kagome."

When she didn't respond, he got really worried. For the first time in a long time, he felt tears threatening to fall. 'What is she doing to me?'

"Sesshoumaru" Kagome croaked, slightly opening her bruised eyes but closed them quickly, wincing in the process. That's all he needed to hear and he was gone, with Kagome in his arms.

He didn't care that there was a pool of Kagome's blood in the middle of the hallway……

He didn't care that his favorite shirt was covered in her blood……..

He didn't care that there was a possibility that he could get suspended for hitting a female on school grounds……….

He just didn't care.

As long as Kagome was in his arms and he could take care of her, he was okay.

(--)

Livi looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. She had to hand it to herself, she did look pretty fly. She was wearing white baggy pants, a light pink short sleeved shirt and a blue jeans jacket. Her hair was in a high ponytail and to finish off her outfit, she added small hoop earrings.

'Oh my gosh! I can't believe I'm getting nervous about going out with someone…especially Miroku! I hope I don't embarrass myself by snorting at one of his jokes. That is so not cute!' she thought as she checked her black happy bunny wrist watch. Miroku should be here soon.

10 minutes later there was a knock at the door and Livi hopped off her bed and was down the stairs before Miroku had the chance to ring again. Panting slightly, she looked at herself in the mirror next to the door on the left side. Giving herself a thumbs up, she opened the door.

"Damn." she whispered in a low voice, looking at him up and down.

"You look beautiful tonight Livi, as always." he complimented, taking in her form. He was wearing a gray shirt with the words 'toasty' written in black bold letters and baggy dark blue jeans, with a silver chain connecting to the front belt loop and to the back. His long black hair was in it's usual style.

"Shall we go?" Miroku asked, offering his hand to her. Livi smiled and accepted his hand, closing and locking the door behind her.

'Tonight is gonna be fun!' Livi thought to herself as she and Miroku walked to his car, hand in hand.

(--)

Inuyasha laid on his back on his bed For the past 2 weeks, this is all he did. Usually he would be over his girlfriend's house and they would do somethings, that left the both of them pleased. He grinned at the thought.

'Ah good times.' he thoughts, with a grin still on his face. He quickly sat up, when he heard the front door open and slam shut. Sniffing the air, Inuyasha confirmed that it was just Sesshoumaru and Kagome….and she was bleeding.

"What the hell?" he whispered to himself, getting out of bed and opened his door only to find Sesshoumaru rushing to his room with a bloody Kagome in his arms. This would be the first time since he was little, he had seen his brother cry…..

"What the fuck happened to her Sesshoumaru?" he demanded. Sure Kagome and himself might have gotten off on the wrong foot, but he didn't like it when innocent girls got hurt. By the looks of it, she probably lost a lot of blood.

Sesshoumaru looked at Inuyasha as he was about to enter his bedroom. His face was slightly wet and his eyes, no longer red, were a light pink color.

"She got attacked by Yuri at school. I'm going to heal her now" he said and entered his bedroom and closed the door.

Outside Inuyasha could hear the door lock and dashed back into his bedroom and grabbed his cell phone. Dialing a familiar number, Inuyasha waited for them to answer.

"Hello"

"You need to get to my house asap. Kagome got attacked at school and lost a lot of blood." Inuyasha rushed, hoping the person on the other end wouldn't blow up, hurting his ears in the process. Sadly he didn't get his wish.

"WHAT THE HELL!? Is she okay? Did you just find out? What are you going to do with her? Why didn't you guys take her to a fucking hospital?? HELLO!!" the person on the other end screamed. Taking the phone away from his ear and rubbing them gently, he put the phone back to his ear. Over on the other end, he could hear things breaking and doors slamming shut.

"I'll explain it in due time, Sango. In the mean time, drive safely and call the others. I'm sure Kagome would want to see them when she gets better." Inuyasha said, trying to calm her down. But on the inside he was nervous, scared and worried for this girl, all at the same time. He heard Sango take a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"Okay I will. Thanks Inuyasha." she replied and then hung up the phone. Inuyasha closed his phone and went downstairs to wait for Sango and the others.

'Everything is going to be okay.' he thought, going downstairs and into the living room.

In Sesshoumaru's room

Sesshoumaru closed and locked his door. She was slowly slipping away from him and if he didn't act fast, she would be gone forever. Gently laying her down on his bed, he removed all of her clothing except for her bra and panties. Any other time he would have gotten hard at the sight of a beauty such as Kagome being only in her bra and panties, but this wasn't the case.

Starting at her legs, Sesshoumaru placed his mouth over her scratches, licking away all the dry blood, making it faster for them to heal. Moving to her stomach, he closed his eyes savoring the taste of her blood against his tongue. As he was finishing up on her stomach, Kagome's eyes fluttered open and she groaned.

Whatever was licking her stomach felt really good. There was a warm feeling setting in at the pit of her stomach. Something she had never felt before. Slowly lifting her head up to see what it was, golden eyes met blue and a blush crept over Kagome's face and she laid her head back down. She covered her face with her hands, trying to hid her embarrassment. The blush intensified when she heard Sesshoumaru laugh, tickling her bare stomach.

Bare stomach? What the………

Her eyes popped open she moved her hands from her face and lifted her head up once again.

"Sesshoumaru….why am I half naked, on your bed with you on top of me, licking me?" she asked in a whisper, her eyes half open.

Sesshoumaru smiled and whispered across her heated skin. "Because my dear, my saliva will help you heal faster. It's a demon thing."

"Oh." That demon thing was turning her on.

(--)

Everything was perfect. Miroku took her to the movies and then they went to the skating ring. She didn't know that Miroku couldn't skate! It was funny as hell seeing him bust his ass trying to skate backwards! She should have brought her camera.

Now they were sitting down at the table in front of the skating ring, eating.

"Miroku, I had a wonderful time." Livi said, drinking some of her soda. Miroku looked up from his hot dog and grinned.

"I'm glad you are having a good time, but um…there's something I need to ask you." he said, all of sudden looking nervous.

"Yeah sure. What is it?" she asked sitting up straight. If he was asking her what she thought he was going to ask her, she just might burst into giggles.

"Well, you know I like you and I was wondering if you would--"

Ring Ring

"Damnit! I swear if it's my mother asking where the remote is…."Livi silently cursed, getting the ringing phone out of her pants pocket. Miroku chuckled, taking another bite of his hot dog. What he had to ask her could wait.

"Oh…it's Sango. I wonder what she wants?" Livi whispered. Opening her phone she said, "What's up Sango."

"Get over to Inuyasha's asap!! Kagome was attacked!" Sango said, making a right into Inuyasha's neighborhood.

"What? Oh no! We'll be there." Livi replied getting up. Miroku took one last bite out of his hot dog, got up and threw it away.

"We who?" Sango asked curiously.

"Miroku and I"

"Oh." damnit.