Hi! I am sooo sorry! it took a while for me to write this chapter! (four days) and besides that... it's really short! Please enjoy the fic! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Too Much Chapter five, Afterward "You should have let me kill him!" Sesshou-Maru screamed angrily. Kagome didn't look at him, she just jumped up into a high tree. She sighed and leaned against the tree trunk. Sesshou- Maru glared at her and jumped after. "Look at me while I'm talking to you!" He said right in her face, she didn't move a muscle. "We could have killed him there, he was a wreck!!" Sesshou-Maru screamed. Kagome just gazed up at the sky. "He said... he loved me..." Kagome said quietly. Sesshou-Maru stared at her for a long time. Don't tell me... she really cares about him... Sesshou-Maru felt pain form in his chest. "Of course he loves you! What did you think all this time?? That he hated you?" Sesshou-Maru was very angry. Kagome stared at Sesshou-Maru for a long time, and then she jumped down from the tree. She didn't say anything and then she started running as fast as she could through the forest. She wanted to get away from Sesshou-Maru, to get away from those voices in her head. They were screaming in her head now, ever since she had heard Inu-yasha say those words. Kagome's Mind "" One voice asked. "They're not my friends!" Kagome snarled. "" The voice continued. "" The voice continued. "So what if I am? Is it anything wrong with wanting pleasure?" Kagome asked the voice. "" The voice asked. Kagome just growled "I. Don't. Love. Anybody." She said coldly. "" The voice said "" The voice continued. "We? Just who are we?" Kagome asked. "" The voice then said and disappeared. Kagome then collapsed to the ground, what was this voice trying to tell her!?! She didn't understand. She lowered her head, she didn't cry... she was an emotionless demon... so she didn't cry. Then she felt two strong arms wrap around here, pulling her tight. She leaned into his chest and closed her eyes. She wouldn't cry... she'd never cry again... ever... Sesshou-Maru was unhappy... very unhappy. His Kagome was miserable, and he didn't know what he'd do. He would try to comfort her but that was never enough... never enough for anyone. He growled silently. This was all his brothers fault, if he had killed him then she wouldn't be in such pain... Sesshou-Maru smelled her hair, it smelled nice... just like the rest of her did. He pulled her tighter. He would heal her pain... if it so took a thousand years... "Sesshou-Maru..." She said into his chest. "Yes?" He answered. "D-do you really love me...?" Kagome asked, while fingering his clothes. He pulled her even tighter and whispered in her ear "With my whole heart, soul and body... and I will forever" He said and kissed her lightly on the forehead. She smiled and a tear slid out of one of her closed eyes. Sesshou-Maru saw the tear and caught it with his finger. "A tear..." He said and held it as if it was an important treasure. "Why...?" He asked and titled her head up to his. She gazed at him for a long while before answering "I... I don't know..." She said. He kissed the tear away and then brought that hand to stroke her cheek. "I don't want you to cry" He said "I don't want you to be unhappy" Kagome smiled and relaxed in his embrace... then after a time, she fell asleep. When he was sure that she was fully asleep, he made a vow to kill his brother before this years end. Inu-Yasha was lying motionless on a bed made of halm... he hadn't wanted to speak to anyone. Shortly after Sesshou-Maru and Kagome left he had passed out, from what...? nobody knew... All they knew was that Inu-Yasha was miserable... and that nothing would be able to snap him out from his misery... except Kagome, and Kagome couldn't do anything... because something had happened to her. They had to help her first and then Inu-Yasha... but they needed Inu-Yasha's help to help her. The situation was hopeless... there was nothing to do, except to wait and see if things got better. And has anyone ever heard of anything getting better by just waiting? It's like waiting would make your painting done, or your homework, or your bread... waiting just never helped. But now... it was the only thing they could do... they had to wait... Inu-Yasha groaned and the three turned to look at him, they were all very concerned about him... "We've got to help him..." Sango said. Miroku nodded "But how...?" He asked her. She looked down at the ground, almost as if finding the answers there "I don't know... but I hope I will soon..." she said. Miroku didn't say anything, instead he turned his face towards Inu-Yasha again. "He needs help... and that's why we need Kagome" Miroku said "But Kagome also needs help... and that's why we need Inu-Yasha... it's a hopeless situation..." Miroku hung his head in defeat. Sango felt sorry too... sorry for not being able to help... sorry not for being able to see this coming... tears began to form in her eyes, she couldn't hold it back anymore. She began crying softly... almost quiet enough not to hear. Miroku heard it though, and wrapped his arms around her. He rocked her gently as she cried out in his chest... Sango needed this now... needed comfort. He too, needed comfort... even though he would never admit it. "There, there Sango... cry it all out... everybody needs to cry now and then..." He said gently and stroked her head. He held her like that for an hour or two before breaking the embrace. "We'll solve this... somehow..." He said and gazed into her eyes. She nodded silently. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Okay! Done! Done! This chapter was really short... especially if you compare it to chapter 2.... that one was 18 kb and this one... ain't even half of that (^.^;) Oh well... I hope you enjoyed it anyway! And please write me a line! Tell me your thoughts: hannafrid@hotmail.com Hanna Fridén http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/blake/193/fanfiction/inufic.html