Chains

By 246Nakuro

Summary: When Sesshomaru goes to the place that's calling him, he's surprised to find a human. Before he can walk away a chain wraps around his neck. Now he has to follow Kagome around until he learns to protect her on his own. What he hates is the fact he has no choice.

Chapter 1: The Call

Kagome was bustling down the hall way trying to get to class, and to avoid a certain "Ice King", as he was known though out the school. In her hurry she bumped into someone and dropped her books and paper. Sighing she went to pick them up, when another hand handed her one of her books.

"Thanks…" Kagome felt her lungs deflate as she looked up to thank the person that was helping her to pick up her books and paper, only to find… the "Ice King!" "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Kagome bowed each time she said she was sorry.

Sesshomaru handed her the last of her books, and turned and walked off, without saying a thing. Walking out to his car after dropping Inuyasha off, Sesshomaru was ran into by a young teenage girl. After helping with her books he went to his class, he sat in the room and coldly stared at the teacher.

"So who wants to tell us the answer to this equation? Sesshomaru?" Sesshomaru glared at his teacher which immediately looked away.

Kagome sighed as she entered her priestess class. Her teacher Kyede smiled at her as she sat in her chair. Everyone in her class had been able to open a portal to get their protector. Everyone that was except her. She was the laughing stock. Kyede called Kagome up and the class immediately started laughing as she tried to open the portal.

Opening a portal was not only her midterm, but she had failed this class three times because she couldn't open one. Kagome tried to cancel the noise, she always could but could never open the portal. Suddenly there was bright light as a Portal half the size of the room opened. Many demons tried to get though, but where flung back.

One moment Sesshomaru was staring at the wall, the next he was on his feet and following the sound of his name. The teacher said nothing as Sesshomaru walked out of the class. Slowly, well as slow as his demon speed would allow, he followed the sound until he reached a room.

Sesshomaru burst open the door, not bothering to look at the number on the door, and the entire class jumped. The protector's stood in front of their protectie, ready to fight. Annoyed Sesshomaru turned to leave the room when all of a sudden the portal closed and Kagome gasped.

Sesshomaru practically howled in aggravation, feeling the metal color form around his neck. Growling he turned to face Kagome and lunged at her. Everyone screamed as they crashed though the wall and into the yard of the school. All classes were stopped as every class looked out the window at the fighting demon and human.

Inuyasha started laughing when he saw the demon was Sesshomaru. "Sesshomaru'll beat her to a pulp." He sat back down to his drawing of him beating Sesshomaru, while everyone else watched.

Sesshomaru lunged at Kagome again, only this time she was ready. She was unable to cast spells with others watching her and there was no need for it, but now she was going to die if she didn't and her priestess side kicked in. Sesshomaru ran straight into a priestess barrier, he was flung a few feet back and transformed into his demon form.

Sesshomaru would not lose to this women, he refused to be brought to his knees by someone so weak. He charged again, only this time Kagome cast a barrier around her entire body, Sesshomaru ran into and tried to claw it apart. After two swings of his paw, he was thrown again.

Growling, he charged again. And again, and again, and again. Each time he was thrown away from her. Sesshomaru noticed that she was tiring, but he was too. He was panting and had to take more time to recoup before he charged again. He knew he couldn't keep this up much longer, he had to find a weak spot. She had to have one.

Charging again, he was thrown again, only this time when he landed he tried to move. His body wouldn't listen to him, he demanded one of his legs move, but it wouldn't. He had no energy, and was forced to transform back into his original form.

As his eyes felt droopy, his pride shattered, he looked at Kagome, who fell to her knees then to the ground. Sesshomaru awoke to an annoying beeping, looking over at the sound he saw Kagome in a bed with an I.V. and a heart monitor. Suddenly before Sesshomaru could move towards Kagome, Kyede came in and glared at him.

"If it had been me I would've gone all out on you." Kyede told Sesshomaru sternly. "You're lucky this girl is as selfless as she is."

"Selfless." Sesshomaru was curious but said it like he knew all along.

"She held back. Refused to use her full power so that you for sure would be safe and healthy."

With that Kyede checked her vitals then left the room, a camera in the room. Sesshomaru got out of the bed and watched the camera's angle. Growling as it was pointed right at Kagome, he walked towards Kagome. He looked her over, she was lying flat on her back, in the most vulnerable position ever, and he couldn't hurt her.

He couldn't even raise a claw against her because of the stupid camera. Growling again he went and sat on his bed, begging the annoying beeping to stop. Suddenly he heard a groan, and the covers on the bed next to shuffle. Sesshomaru could still feel the chain on his neck. He would have to attack Kagome more like a cat.

Stealthy and silent. Once he got past the camera. Kyede came in and talked with Kagome, but Sesshomaru canceled out all noise. He was planning on how to kill Kagome. That was until:

"He wasn't hurt was he?" Sesshomaru looked back towards Kagome discreetly.

Kyede looked away from Kagome then back at her. "No. You did a very good job of protecting your protector."

Kagome gave an auto able relieved sigh. "Good. I didn't want him to get hurt in that battle."

Sesshomaru's eyes widened by the slimmest of margins, then he turned to face Kagome, who jumped then looked straight into his golden eyes. When he said nothing Kagome seemed to get the message.

"Kyede?" She turned to face her. "Can Sesshomaru and I go now?"

Kyede nodded and Kagome and Sesshomaru started walking to their new dorm. As they walked Kagome opened her mouth a few times, but closed it shortly after. They continued the walk in silence and upon reaching the dorm, Kagome looked around, careful not to pull on the chain.

Carefully she walked into the bathroom an promptly slipped on a bar of soap landing hand on the hardwood floor. Sesshomaru waited for the whining he was sure he would hear, when all of a sudden laughing came from the bathroom.

Confused and bewildered, he made his way towards the bathroom and looked down at Kagome. Kagome looked up into Sesshomaru's eyes laughing.

"I'm alright honest." Kagome laughed again, then tried to get up. "All I've done is… WHOOP" Tripping on the same bar of soap as before, Kagome cart wheeled in the air before she landed flat on her back laughing again. "Just bruised my pride is all." Then she started laughing again.

The side of Sesshomaru's mouth lifted up at how klutzy this Kagome could be. The very human that could beat him into submission, was beaten into submission herself by a bar of soap. He walked into the bathroom to pick up the bar of soap, unaware Kagome was trying to get up as well. As Kagome fell she took Sesshomaru down with her, both landed in compromising positions, that if someone had entered the room, they would've thought that they were doing (Cough) Sex (Cough).

"S…s…s…s… Sorry Sesshomaru!" Kagome quickly got up and out of the bathroom.

Sesshomaru couldn't move, he was telling his body to move but his brain told him to stay put. What was it with this girl? Something about her had made him submit, not once but four times. Three for each soap fall, and one in the fight. This was some protectie he had found.