All is fair in love and war... by Sesshomaru_is_sexy

Captured

Six months ago Naraku had gotten his hands on the Shikon-no-tamma. With it he unleashed a living hell on earth. The war was tearing everything apart...Kikyo was dead and so was Kagome...or so they thought.

Inuyasha was crumbling...he wouldn't eat, couldn't sleep, and hadn't said a word in 2 months. Miroku and Sango even brought Kouga in to try and fire him up, but it was a miserable failure... "Worthless pup!" Koga had yelled into his ears. He called him everything he could think up...nothing had helped...

What was really sad was that he mourned Kagome's loss and Kagome wasn't even dead...she had been captured and was being held against her will...let us go back to that faithful night when it all happened....

Three months before

Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, and Kiarara were all fighting for their lives. The battle had raged for three days...many soldiers had simply collapsed from exhaustion...they had been attacked with Youkai gas that made them weak and helpless. Inuyasha had collapsed and his half-brother Seshomaru did as well. Then they simply slayed the humans...Miroku and Sango had managed to escape with Kohaku...Naraku had released him after he took the shards from him to finish the jewel.

Kagome had collapsed from exhaustion...Naraku had personally kidnapped her. When she awoke to be found lying on the cold floor and in a dark damp cell. Then she heard footsteps...she shut her eyes pretending to be asleep so they might not hurt her. Before she new it the cell door had opened and another figure with a strong demonic aura had been thrown down next to her.... The figure groaned...he was wearing a strange thick collar that held his head straight up bending it backward, had large heavy shackles around his wrists, and was bleeding terribly...

"Sesshomaru?" she asked rolling him onto his back. "Yes, Miko it is I." he said strenuously, obviously in pain. He was soaked and sticky with his own blood. But there was a distinct dark red circle near his abdomen...She reached down to pull away his blood-drenched silk kimono. "What are you doing?" he asked trying to push away her hand "Tending your wounds." She said pulling away the cloth. He could only groan in protest.

There were massive wounds...he was obviously blasted with miasma and had been slashed deeply at least four times with a sword. "This will hurt." She said taking a needle from her pack...she drew a clear thread and ripped it through his skin until the gapping wounds were closed. He did not complain, he only winced at clawed at the hard floor. "There." She said tying off the last stitch. She had many things in her pack...even a blanket and a towel. She fashioned the towel into a pillow and covered him with the pale blue blanket. It was very cold in the cell and she didn't want him to go into shock...

Several hours later the guards came to the cell to fed them for the day..."Raw meat for the youkia and bread and water for the miko." He said tossing down the cold ironclad tray..."How am I supposed to feed myself?" Sesshomaru asked jangling his shackles. "Not my problem, if you ask nicely maybe the girl will feed you." He said laughing to himself.

All he could do was growl at the guard. Kagome wasn't sure what to do. "Should I feed him or will he get mad and snap at me?" she asked tossing the thoughts around in her head...He saw her discomfort. "I'll help you eat, if it's okay with you." She said sliding a bit closer. He sighed..."fine." He said trying to sit upwards. Using her pocket- knife she cut the meat into pieces.

Neither of them slept well that night...they originally tried to sleep at opposite ends of the cell but it was to cold and damp. "S-s-s-s-shesshomaru, may I sleep next to you for warmth?" she asked her teeth chattering. He could see her shaking form even in the pitch-black darkness. "I guess so." He said releasing part of the blanket she had given him for Kagome...

The next morning they awoke strangely warm. He didn't notice the women clinging to him. At first he was alarmed then the memories from the dreadful battle and the night before flooded back into his mind...then he realized his shackles were gone...

He sat up realizing his collar he wore was still there. "Oh well." He said trying to rub his neck...Kagome awoke to the sound of a clattering try. "Breakfast." She said sitting up. Though she was terrified she hid it relatively well. They ate and went their own ways sitting in separate corners. She cries silently hoping not to attract Sesshomaru's attention. But he could smell her tears...he knew how she felt. A young human trapped and locked away in a youkai prison...He got up and sat down next to her. Kagome looked up surprised to see him next to her.

Kagome's shocked looks explained it all, but he could no longer smell her tears, only her comfort from sitting next to him. Then she did something that surprised him. She snuggled up to his chest and buried her head into it, hearing his thundering heart beat...