Return to Tokyo - SequelTo 'Five Days in Tokyo'

Prologue/Chapter ONE

(A/N: Readers, new additions posted to Chapter One!!)

Inuyasha and co belong to Takahashi Rumiko, VIZ ::bows:: et al.

Inuyasha growled lowly in his throat.

"Be quiet." Sesshoumaru said roughly. "You are far too impatient."

"What?" Inuyasha glared at Sesshoumaru. "You bastard! Come on! We'll fight to the - hey! Get your hands off Kagome!"

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled.

"Huh?" He stopped short.

"OSUWARI!"

"OW!" Inuyasha was slammed to the ground, his face in the grass.

Sesshoumaru chuckled.

"Why - you.." Inuyasha raised his head.

"OsurwariosuwariosuwariOSUWARI!" Kagome chanted.

"OWOWOWOWOW!YOU BITCH!"

"I could - kill him for you." Sesshoumaru said nonchalantly.

"Ah - no..that's - okay, Sesshoumaru." Kagome smiled into his eyes, half sad that their adventure was over. She supposed things would be back to normal now - he trying to kill them to get to Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga. It was a shame it had to end.

"Kagome.." Sesshoumaru said, his voice low and sensual.

"Hm..?" She murmured as he lifted her face up to his.

"Do you remember when I said that you were mine?" Sesshoumaru's voice was hypnotic.

"SESSHOUMARU!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Osuwari.." Kagome murmured, still under Sesshoumaru's spell.

THUD! OW!!!! Sesshoumaru kissed her deeply and Kagome melted into that kiss as he slipped an arm around her waist. So engrossed in the kiss, she did not realize what he was slipping around her neck. He parted from her, and watched with satisfaction her dreamy expression. No, the hanyou mutt did not deserve her. He, on the other hand, did.

He walked away a short distance from her and stopped. "Kagome.." He said to her.

"Nani?" Her voice trembled.

"Come."

Kagome gasped as she felt her legs taking her directly to Sesshoumaru! It was then she realized that HE had slipped a cursed necklace upon her neck and that only HE could take it off!

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!" Kagome shrieked as she tried to stop herself.

"Come!" Sesshoumaru fought the urge to laugh.

"Ahhhhh!!" Kagome couldn't stop! She just kept following Sesshoumaru!

Inuyasha had recovered somewhat from all his 'sits' and looked wide eyed at Kagome following Sesshoumaru.

"You bastard!" The hanyou yelled and started to charge at Sesshoumaru but then -

"Osuwari!"

WUMP! "AAAHHH!! BITCH!"

"Sesshoumaru!" Kagome pleaded. "Not this!"

"Come!" He could feel the twitch of his lips as laughter threatened once more to spill from his lips. That she was commanding that baka hanyou to sit was a good sign.

"KAA - GO - ME!!" Inuyasha shrieked, still in his sitting position.

"SHUT UP!" Kagome yelled back. "I can't help it!!"

"Come.." Sesshoumaru smirked as he finally stopped. She walked right into his arms, her expression angry.

"Where did you get that necklace and WHY are you doing this?" Kagome asked.

Sesshoumaru chuckled as he wrapped an arm around Kagome's waist. It was time to go home and he did not feel like having the hanyou follow them.

With ease, he flew up into the air and called upon his otherworldly conveyance to take them home.

"Sesshou?" Kagome looked troubled as she saw Inuyasha growing smaller in the distance. Already the hanyou was up and yelling, waving the Tetsusaiga at them.

Finally the youkai-lord surrendered to his laughter as Kagome could only stare at him.

Happy Rin but sad Kagome, Sesshoumaru's fear of commitment leads to heartbreak on both sides!

In the Feudal Era, Lord Sesshoumaru's Castle…evening

"Kagome-nichan!! Look! I made this for you!" Rin happily gave Kagome her drawing.

"See? There's you, an' Sesshoumaru-sama and there is little Rin!" The child gushed happily.

"That's very pretty, Rin." Kagome smiled at the winsome child. "But what is that green thing under Sesshoumaru -er - sama?"

Rin grinned widely. "Jaken! He was bad, so Sesshoumaru-sama squish him! Jaken is okay though.

Kagome giggled. Rin was truly a delight - just about the only time she was happy was when she was with Sesshoumaru's ward. She looked down at the charm that Sesshoumaru had foisted upon her. After everything they had gone through in Tokyo, he had the gall to bind her to him with just one word: "come".

"I thought we were friends, Sesshoumaru!!" Kagome railed at him, once they reached the lands of the Western Lord.

Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome in his cool way and simply said, "Come, Kagome." He turned his back and Kagome followed him, her legs disobeying her.

It wasn't as if Kagome was held in a dungeon, however. Every luxury was given to her, but it angered her that Sesshoumaru would do such a thing.

And where was Inuyasha? Kagome furrowed her brow. He certainly was angry at his half-brother. Perhaps he was with his precious Kikyo.

Kuso, Kagome! she thought. Get over it already!

I need to get back home and check on mama, grandfather and Sota, but I can't do it with this stupid necklace on me! I should have known that Sesshoumaru was still a jerk!

It hurt in a way.

A tug on her clothing distracted Kagome. It was Rin.

"Kagome-nichan, don't be sad! Rin make you laugh! Here is Jaken!" Rin puffed out cheeks and let her eyes bulge out.

Kagome laughed. Rin did an excellent imitation of Jaken! "Rin! Don't do that or your face will freeze that way!!" Kagome grabbed Rin and tickled her, eliciting peals of laughter from both of them.

In the shadows, Sesshoumaru watched them both.

She is good for Rin as Rin is good for her. Perhaps it is their being ningen (human) that binds them, and Kagome has shown great bravery and determination. She is a miko, although she denies it. In truth, I need - No! She is but watashi no takaramono. (my treasured item), my curiosity, my -

"Lord Sesshoumaru! They are making too much noise! Surely you wish it stopped?" His servant, Jaken interrupted Sesshoumaru's thoughts.

"Iya".(No.) Sesshoumaru said curtly to his servant. "You have more important duties to attend to, Jaken. See to it." The youkai lord turned away from the cheerful scene, puzzled by how he felt.

"Nichan…" Rin yawned.

Kagome smiled. Rin reminded her of Sota when he was small. "Looks like someone is ready for bed."

"Nichan…Rin will go to sleep if Kagome-nichan tells her a Tokyo story." The little girl crawled into Kagome's lap.

"Ah ha…now I see." Kagome grinned.

"What? Rin doesn't see, Nichan."

"Never mind. Let's go to your room and get you to bed, Rin."

" A Tokyo story, please? Sesshoumaru-sama and Neechan! Ah-tos!!, pictures in boxes! Rin would like to see them."

"Hai. I will tell you about old Jaken on a scooter." Kagome smiled. Oh she would never forget that sight!

"Rin likes that one!" Rin replied as Kagome lifted her up. "What's a 'scooter'?"

"It's like a horse you ride, but with two wheels."

"Ohhhh…sort of like when I ride Ah and Un."

"Kind of." Kagome replied, not wanting to confuse Rin. She told the story, and soon Rin was asleep.

The child is becoming spoiled.. Sesshoumaru had resumed his observation of Rin and Kagome.

Iya…the child is happy, but Kagome is not. She has been well-treated…humans - never satisfied…

"Sesshoumaru. I need to speak to you. I know you're there." Kagome rose and walked out, carefully sliding shut Rin's door panel.

If it had been anyone else who addressed him so informally, they would have been the recipient of his poison claws.

But this was Kagome, a human woman of extraordinary gifts, the one who proved her loyalty and trust. Their sojourn into her time had proven that.

It was more than that, it was an odd feeling, was it - love? It felt almost the same as he felt for Rin, but different - much different.. Both of them, Rin and Kagome, deserved his protection. They were not his servants as Jaken was. He had feelings towards Rin, but they were as a father to a child. Kagome now, was a different thing altogether. If she was not with him, he missed her - not that he would admit it. He dreamed of her - whenever he needed to sleep. Kagome did something to him - and it wasn't just physical, either.

Feh! I will not fall to these - emotions. Sesshoumaru thought as she approached him. He presented a stoic face to the human who had dared to inspire the emotions he'd thought he'd never want.

"Speak." Sesshoumaru said coolly.

"I need to go home - to Tokyo." Kagome decided to be direct.

"Why?" Sesshoumaru raised an elegant brow, lookingat Kagome rather imperiously.

"Because I have a LIFE there! I have college exams coming up, an internship due to start soon, that and I miss my family. You have no right to keep me here!"

"No right?" Sesshoumaru replied in an even tone. "You, a human dare to order ,Sesshoumaru, Lord of the Western Lands? I have every right to keep or discard you, Ningen."

"WHAT? I don't care if you're the King of England, Sesshoumaru! Take this - this stupid necklace off and let me go back home!"

"Nothing is stopping you. Go." Sesshoumaru's tone was ice - solid ice.

"You - you don't c-care?" Kagome bit her lip.

"You were an amusement, that was all." Sesshoumaru lifted his chin. "You are fortunate that I do not favor human females - no matter how comely they are."

"You CREEP!! You BAKA!! I was beginning to - to - l -l ov - like you! I thought you were decent!! I thought you had a heart!"

"Demons have no hearts." Sesshoumaru replied.

Iye, I lie to myself and to you, Kagome. My heart is bound to you, my Kagome. An ironic twist of fate that, I, Sesshoumaru, should inherit the foolishness of my father, Inutashio.

"What about the necklace?" Kagome asked, lifting her chin proudly despite the desire to just fall to the floor and cry.

"Tis' weak, made by a human - for a human." He slipped the necklace off her neck, where it landed on the polished floor.

You're driving her away, you baka!! a voice said in his mind.

I must. I cannot…I, Sesshoumaru, cannot succumb to a human female. I know what I'm doing!!

"When do you want me to leave?" Kagome stood tall as she faced him. Hurt was plain in her eyes, but she would not cry in front of Sesshoumaru .

"When it is daylight tomorrow." Sesshoumaru replied

What is happening?!

Both Sesshounaru and Kagome felt the same. It was as if a force was ripping them apart, before they even begun. Pride kept their voices silent, as deep within, their hearts cried out in protest.

But the logical mind ruled over the heart this eve, and nothing could make the words go away.