"You belong to me." Sesshoumaru watched as her eyes lit up, then cloud at his words. She did not want to be a possession. His next words though, dispelled that notion. "I have chosen you. I will pledge my life to you and no other. But in return, I expect the same of you. If you agree to this, then you are my mate."
"I...I don't know what to say." Kagome was mesmerized by the look in Sesshoumaru's eyes at her words. For a moment, she could have sworn they flashed with vulnerability and sad acceptance. It was as though it had been a tentative hope that she would agree. "No no no. I want to be with you. There's just things you have to know about me first." With those words, Kagome once again told Sesshoumaru her story. This time, she left nothing untold. She told the youkai that she was from the future and that she traveled to his time through the Bone Eater's Well.
" I'm not sure if I would be able to stay in this time once the Shikon no Tama is completed. It would not be fair to commit myself to you only to leave you later. And..."
"Just one word. Yes or no."
"Yes, but..."
"That is enough. I will wait for you. Even if it is hundreds of years, or thousands of years, I will wait for you. I will wait until your time if that is what will happen, and I will find you. You belong to me, and now, I belong to you."
Kagome felt Sesshoumaru gently gather her in his arms, too shocked by his words to hug him back. He would wait for her. She had felt his confidence in the words and from what she knew of Sesshoumaru, he never made promises he couldn't keep.
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Inuyasha felt a sudden chill, as though something that would change his life had just occurred.
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