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What Doesn't Kill You (alternate)	By : dragonfire2687 Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female Views: 8664 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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A/N: Thank you to everyone who has reviewed so far. I appreciate the time you take to give me your opinion. I will try to get a new chapter up every few days for those that are anxiously waiting for more. Thank you.
WARNING: Very disturbing in places and implies rape, very graphic.

Chapter 5
“I want to see my momma. Where is my momma?” Shippo yelled at Jaken who was trying to keep him under control.
“Lord Sesshomaru specifically said that she is not to be disturbed and that you have to wait. Her powers are flaring and she could purify you, you insolent little welp,” Jaken screeched.
“My momma would never hurt me. Can you take me to see Sesshomaru?” Shippo asked.
Jaken thought it over for a minute. If he took the kit to disturb Sesshomaru he may kill Jaken, but at the same time he may understand and get the kit to behave. Finally Jaken decided to take his chances and led the kit to his lords room. He lightly knocked on the door praying to the kami’s that he would live. Sesshomaru came to the door and opened it, he looked down at Jaken and the kit and narrowed his eyes.
“Jaken I told you no one is to come here.”
“A thousand apologies my lord, but the kit is causing much trouble. He wants to see the miko and he won’t listen to me.”
Sesshomaru turned to the kit, “You cannot see her right now. Go back to your room and you can see her in the morning.”
“Forgive my insolence, but honestly I don’t trust you. You have tried to kill my mother in the past, I just want to see her and make sure she is ok,” Shippo said calmly never taking his eyes from the Demon lords.
Sesshomaru was shocked that this child actually stood up to him and spoke to him in such a manner. He was about to respond to the kit when he saw the kit’s attention turn to something else. He could feel a presence surround the kit and his eyes got a far off look. Sesshomaru could hear a whisper of a voice, he could barely make out what it was saying. It sounded like Kagome and he could tell that she was talking to the kit.
The kit nodded and walked into the room before Sesshomaru could stop him. He watched as the kit walked to the bed and crawled up next to the sleeping miko. He leaned down and hugged her telling her goodnight.
“I promise momma,” he said and then walked back to where Sesshomaru was standing.
Sesshomaru was taken aback when the kit held out his hand to him. He took the kits hand and the kit shook it before stepping out the door. The kit seemed like an adult at that moment. He showed respect and he even showed his trust in the Demon lord’s ability. He gave his approval of Sesshomaru protecting his mother in that one small gesture.
“Hold on a minute kit,” Sesshomaru called getting over his shock.
“My name is Shippo, my lord,” the kit said walking back over to him.
Sesshomaru kneeled down so that he was face to face with the kit, “What did she tell you?”
“She made me promise to stay in my room tonight no matter what I heard. She also assured me that you would not hurt her. I had to make the decision on whether to trust you or not. Since I am the only male left of the original pack I approve of you taking over as her protector,” Shippo said in a serious tone making him seem wise beyond his years.
Sesshomaru nodded to him that he understood and was not offended by his earlier action. Before he stood though the kit wrapped his arms around his neck. Jaken was completely shocked by all of this. Not only did his lord not punish the kit for his disrespect, but now he let the kit hug him. His jaw almost dropped to the ground when Sesshomaru’s arms slowly rose to hug the kit back.
After a minute Sesshomaru released the kit, he did not understand why he hugged the kit back. He slowly rose and looked at Jaken who still stood there mouth agape.
“Jaken, quit gaping and take Shippo back to his room.”
Jaken shook his head and focused on Sesshomaru, “Ay my lord.”
“Shippo, Jaken is in charge of you and Rin for the night. If you need anything let him know.”
“Yes sir,” Shippo said following the toad down the hall.
When he got back to his room he sat on the bed and started to draw pictures with the crayons and paper Kagome had given him. He could barely focus though, he was worried about his mother. His head snapped up when he heard the door open. He looked to see Rin walk in followed by a servant with two trays. The servant walked over to the table in the room and set the trays down then left without a word.
“Hi, will you come eat with Rin?” she asked sitting at the table.
Shippo nodded and walked over to join her.
“Your Shippo right?”
“Yeah, and your Rin?” he asked, he had only met her a few times before.
“Yeah, are you going to stay here with Rin and Sesshomaru sama?”
“I think so.”
“Yay Rin has a new friend to play with,” she said giving him a huge grin.
Shippo smiled back at her, “It would be nice to have someone to play with. When we’re done eating do you want to color with me?”
“Yeah.”
Shippo felt a little bit of happiness return to him. Now he had someone to play with and he knew that his mom would be safe.
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Sesshomaru continued to sit by the bed thinking about what had transpired with the kit. He had felt almost proud when the kit had approved of him to be Kagome’s protector. The kit had acted like a man and Sesshomaru could only explain his feelings as that of a proud father. There was another knock at the door and he opened it to find a servant with a tray for him. He took the tray and set it aside.
“Catra, inform all other servants that they are to stay away from my chambers tonight, no matter what they hear,” he said to her.
She nodded and left to do his bidding. He closed the door and erected a barrier around his room to keep all of his servants away. It wouldn’t block sound, but it would keep people out. He didn’t know exactly what to expect, but he knew he had to keep everyone clear just in case. He sat down by the fireplace to eat, never taking his attention from the miko sleeping in his bed. He continued to listen to her heart rate and smell her scent looking for any sign that it had started.
Her presence calmed him and at the same time he felt a strong urge to protect her. He knew he would be fighting with himself later, his urge to protect her would try to push him to wake her. He would not want to see her in pain, but he also knew she had to do it in order to heal and unlock the rest of her powers. His beast growled in anger at the thought of her in pain. As the sun set he resumed his spot at her bedside waiting for this to start. He took her hand and hoped it wouldn’t last too long.
After about an hour her heart rate increased and she started to thrash around. The smell of her fear was almost suffocating him. She started to cry out and he could hear the pain and fear in her voice as she begged Inuyasha to stop. He tightened his grip on her hand as she continued to fight her memories. Her head snapped to the side and he could see the bruise on her cheek darken like she had been slapped. Then he noticed the bruises on her upper arms darken and could see the slight indentation from hands.
She brought her hand up like she was trying to push somebody off her. Her head snapped to the side again and she was quiet for a moment. Sesshomaru watched feeling completely helpless, his anger rising with every second. He noticed some of the claw marks reopen as invisible claws ran over her. He could smell fresh blood and reigned in his beast as it tried to free itself to stop this.
She whimpered and started to cry and plead again. Sesshomaru felt sick to his stomach knowing this was just the beginning. She thrashed even harder trying to free herself from Inuyasha. Sesshomaru watched in horror as her legs seemed to be pried apart and her wrists came together and were pinned above her head. She kept begging and tears ran down her cheek then it was suddenly cut off by a loud shriek of pain.
Sesshomaru covered his ears as the scream raised in pitch. He could feel all of the pain and anguish in that scream and he knew that everyone in the palace could hear it as well.
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Everyone in the palace were frozen by that scream. There was so much pain, they could all feel it spread through their hearts. They knew that they couldn’t go to their lords chambers. Everyone in the palace began to cry at the feeling of anguish running through them from that scream.
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In his room Shippo and Rin hugged each other and cried as they listened. Shippo knew what was happening, he knew that it was necessary, but he still felt anger at what had happened. He just held Rin and tried to comfort her as he cried for his mother.
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Sesshomaru could smell her virginal blood and could figure what was happening now. She was starting to glow and he could feel power building up. He took her hand again watching as her nightmare continued. The punctures on her hips opened and began to bleed, it looked like claws where embedded in them. She continued to scream and cry, her body jerking like someone was viciously thrusting into her. Her hand tightened around his as she cried out in pain.
Sesshomaru felt a tear roll down his cheek at the pitiful display. His beast was furious, fighting to get out and help her. Then with another ear piercing scream light surrounded her. Her scream echoed throughout the palace. Sesshomaru could hear her voice telling him to let go, but he refused. He feared that if he released her hand he may lose her and he didn’t want to take the chance. The light was so bright it was blinding and her body raised off the bed.
He continued to hold on. Finally the light disappeared and Kagome started to fall back to the bed. Sesshomaru caught her and gently lay her down. As he looked her over he was left breathless. She now wore a pure white kimono, a tiara that accented the mark on her forehead and there was a small gold chain around her neck with a single small sapphire on it. All of the bruises and other injuries were gone and he could feel an immense power coming from her.
He sat next to her on the bed. Her breathing evened out and her heart rate slowed. After a few minutes her eyelashes fluttered and she slowly opened her eyes. She looked around the room a look of confusion crossing her face. Then her blue eyes settled on him and the confusion vanished. She gave him a weak smile.
“Why didn’t you let go?” she whispered, her voice hoarse from screaming.
“I couldn’t. I didn’t want to risk losing you,” he replied softly.
“I thought you didn’t like me.”
“Lie, I have always admired and respected you. I only left you alone because I figured that Inuyasha was going to claim you.”
He saw her shudder at the mention of the half-breed and wanted to kick himself.
“Are you hungry?” he asked changing the subject.
“Yes, famished,” she replied, “May I ask where my pup is?”
He paused for a moment at hearing her call her child a pup, but quickly recovered.
“He is in a room next Rin’s. He should have been put to bed about half an hour ago.”
“You mean he actually fell asleep without me singing to him or reading him a story? That’s impressive.”
“He knew you needed to rest and was more than happy to cooperate after he saw you. I stayed with you and had Jaken take care of them tonight.”
“Do you usually put Rin to bed?” Kagome asked shocked.
“Well, Jaken gets her ready and in bed. I just go in to tuck her in and tell her goodnight. Now why don’t we get you food?”
Kagome started to get up, but Sesshomaru was at her side in a flash. He situated the pillows against the headboard and pushed her back down so she was sitting up in the bed.
“I will take care of it and have your food sent. You need to rest and be careful not to strain yourself too much yet,” he said after helping her get comfortable.
Kagome blushed. Sesshomaru was being so thoughtful and considerate. If she didn’t know any better she would say that he actually cared about her. Sesshomaru smiled and went to the door. When he opened the door he was surprised, what seemed like every servant in the palace was in the hallway. They all looked worried and he could tell that all of them had been crying. So they had heard her scream and felt the pain and anguish as well.
“Forgive us, milord, I know you told us to stay away, but we had to see if she was ok. Her scream reached us all and we could feel her pain.”
Sesshomaru was shocked, usually his servants could care less about humans and yet here they all stood. He could tell that they were sincere in their worry for her.
“She is fine now. Her energy is renewed and all of her injuries are healed,” he saw the relief in their eyes, “she needs food though, so bring a tray up for her right away.”
All of the servants bowed and went back to their duties. Sesshomaru stood there for a minute, how was it this girl could draw people to her so easily? He shook his head and went down the hall to check on the children. When he opened Rin’s door he noticed that her bed was empty. He decided to check on the kit then find Jaken to find out where his ward was. When he opened the door to the kit’s room he was surprised to see Rin, Shippo and the neko all cuddled up asleep on his bed.
Jaken was asleep in a chair nearby. Sesshomaru looked at the children sound asleep, he could smell the tears from them and could only guess that they had been together when they heard Kagome. He felt warmth spread through his chest. Shippo had comforted his ward even though he was worried too. Anyone that didn’t know them would think that they were siblings. Shippo had Rin cuddled into his chest in a protective and reassuring gesture. Sesshomaru quietly closed the door and went back to his room.
Kagome was sitting in the bed with a worried look on her face, “I disrupted your whole palace didn’t I?”
“Not too bad. They were just worried about you. Everything is fine,” he said sitting on the edge of the bed and pulling her into his arms.
“I am sorry to cause trouble,” she said looking down.
He put his finger under her chin and raised her face to look at him.
“You have not caused any trouble. What happened was necessary for you to heal.”
Kagome was confused by all of this. Sesshomaru’s actions were completely different from what she expected. He was comforting her when she expected him to be mad. It was like everything she thought she knew about him from previous actions was just an act. Sesshomaru could sense her confusion and understood. He was confused by some of his actions as well. He held her until her heard a knock on the door.
He got up and got her food tray from the servant. After he closed the door he went back to the bed and set the tray up for her. She ate in silence as he worked on some of the paperwork on his desk. When she was done he sent for a servant to collect the tray and another to help her get ready for bed. He stepped out of the room and waited for the servant to come out. After about twenty minutes the servant came out and bowed to him. He walked back into his chambers to find Kagome in bed.
“Where is my room?” she asked blushing slightly.
“You will sleep in here for tonight,” he replied walking back to his desk.
“Where will you sleep?” she asked feeling guilty about stealing his bed.
“I do not require sleep. I will work on my paperwork. You need your rest and I will watch over you.”
“That’s really not necessary.”
“I don’t have another room ready yet. Besides you will probably have nightmares and I will be here to wake you before you wake up the servants or children,” he said walking over to the bed.
Kagome smiled and leaned up to kiss him on the cheek, “Thank you, for everything.”
With that she lay down and drifted off to sleep. Sesshomaru reached up and touched his cheek in shock. What was it about this girl that drew him in? He sat down in the chair next to the bed watching her sleep, a million questions running through his head.
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