A Second Chance at Love by angelic_cheetah

Chapter One

Hello This is Milana this is my first SesshomaruXKagome fanfic. I hope you like it read and review.

A Second Chance for Love

]Chapter One

Kagome sighed as she stared at the well house. It had been three years since she had last seen Inuyasha and her friends. Three years since she had held her kit, three years since she had seen Sango and Kagome. Three years since she had seen him. She had traveled with them for three years and come to see them as a family, the taija had come to be seen as a little sister, and the lecherous monk had come to be seen as her older brother. The Kitsune her son.

At first Inuyasha was a lover, but as she watched him show his love to Kikyo time and time again, she gave up on him and came to accept that she was merely a copy to him. In her heart she still loved him, but she knew she was the only one with those emotions. So she put her heart aside and accepted his choice, even though it was not her.

Nearing the end of those three glorious years, Kagome and the others found themselves upon the final battle. Three years of gathering shards and hunting Naraku down had finally come to a close.

He stood before them in all of his regal sinistry, his spawns on his sides and an army of lesser demons at his disposal. Opposing him was Inuyasha and his pack, Sesshomaru and a small band of his most elite warriors stood next to the hanyou. The brothers had eventually come to peace when Kagome had humbly asked the lord to join them a year before after taking care of his ward, who had come upon maturity at that time. On the other side of Inuyasha was Kouga and his wolf pack along with Ayame, Kagome had finally convinced Kouga that she only seen him as a friend, and the wolf had taken Ayame as his mate. The final addition to their group was Kikyo who had over come her hatred for Kagome.

The battle began with a shout from Inuyasha, Kouga, and Sesshomaru. Sango, Miroku and the other warriors began to eliminate the lesser demons as the three leaders fought their way through towards Naraku.

Part way through Kagura showed up and began to attack the three demons, hoping to destroy them before they defeated. Kouga turned to the brothers and shouted at them to advance forward. "I'll take care of this wench, to avenge my fallen brothers." The brothers nodded at him and continued onwards.

Turning towards Kagura Kouga grinned and attacked. Kagura gasped as he flew at her, she knew that Kagome had taken his shards from him, yet he didn't seem any slower. "Dance of the Dragon." She shouted as he came within range, Kouga dodged the attack and drove his claws into the hell spawns chest.

Kagura gasped as she felt his claws dig into her. She could feel Naraku's hate filled gaze digging into her back as she fell to her knees.

Naraku growled in spite as he watched Kagura fall, he then got a perfectly evil idea. He would make her suffer a fate worse then death; he would return her heart and allow her to feel her death, he had know all along that she was not loyal to him and felt that she deserved to suffer.

Kagura screamed in anguish as she felt her heart beat once again, "My heart beats once again. I have been given my freedom at a great cost, my life." Kouga looked down at Kagura as she lay dying, and felt an odd wave of compassion. The scent of Naraku was now gone from her, instead she smelt of the earth after a spring rain. He had also heard her words of pain and his hatred grew for Naraku. Here was one of his spawns, who merely wanted freedom from his evil, only to be denied before death until death was upon them.

"Ginta, Hakku, get over here. I want you to take this woman back to the cave and have the healer attend to her." Kouga smiled; instead of killing the woman he would give her a home and freedom, he would also gain a woman in his tribe. The two wolves stared in confusion before obeying the young lord. Turning to Kagura Kouga knelt beside her and said. "I will give you freedom; I have come to realize that you were forced to kill my comrades. All I ask is that you trust me." Kagura looked up at him and nodded as Ginta and Hakku helped her to her feet and took her from the battle.

Kouga then sped off in the direction of Sesshomaru and Inuyasha with a single thought in his mind. "I will avenge you Kagura and my fallen brothers."

"Dragon Strike." Sesshomaru's cold voice cut through the dense battle atmosphere. Inuyasha growled in frustration at both his and his brothers attacks bounced of Naraku's barrier. Suddenly two glowing arrows appeared from behind the brothers and pierced the barrier. Inuyasha turned to see Kagome and Kikyo standing side by side with their bows taunt. "Sesshomaru, I will back up your attacks with my arrows." Kagome said as she let another arrow fly at the arrogant spider before her. Kikyo made a similar promise to Inuyasha as she let her arrow fly.

Naraku growled as he heard this and sent an array of tentacles towards Kagome and Kikyo. Sesshomaru quickly sheathed Tokijin and withdrew Tensaiga as he sped towards Kagome. "Meidou Zangtshua," he said somberly as he cut through the tentacles speeding towards Kagome. He watched from the corner of his eye as Inuyasha cut through the tentacles heading towards Kikyo in a single cut. "Kagome, I will allow you to aid this Sesshomaru." Sesshomaru said as he stood before Kagome and withdrew Tokijin. Inuyasha looked over at Sesshomaru and nodded. "Adamant Barrage." Inuyasha shouted as he used his diamond tetsaiga attack. Kikyo let an arrow fly in behind his attack.

Sesshomaru then used Dragon strike and watched as a pure blue arrow followed in behind his attack. Kagome, Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, and Kikyo all held their breath as the attacks spun towards Naraku. Kagome let out her breath in joy as Naraku's pained screams reached her ears. Sesshomaru appeared behind Naraku and calmly spoke. "You dare threaten my ward, my brother and my lands. Now is the time to die, foul hanyou."

Inuyasha watched as Sesshomaru cut through Naraku with Meidou Zangtshua, sending the foul spider to his final resting place.

Kagome finally glanced around the battle field, she was happy to see Miroku staring at his right palm with a joyous look on his face. Beside him stood Sango cradling her brother in her arms. They had been able to extract the jewel without killing him only to have him die in the final battle.

She watched as Shippou hopped over to her and Kirara rubbed up against Sango. Sesshomaru gave the slightest hint of a smile as Rin ran up to him and hugged his leg. Noticing the absence of Jaken Sesshomaru turned to Rin and raised an eyebrow. "Rin, where is Jaken?" He asked as she snuggled into his leg. "Master Jaken and Kohaku were killed trying to protect Rin and Shippou. In the end Ahn Uhn used his fire breath to kill the demons that were attacking us. Sesshomaru looked up to see a pair of Inu Youkais approaching him. "My Lord, we are the only remaining warriors. What are your orders?"

Nodding his head he turned to Inuyasha. "Brother, you have more then proven the purity of your blood today. You are welcome on my lands as an heir to the western lands." As he said this he took his thumb and placed it against his brother's brow. His warriors gasped as the mark of the western lands appeared upon Inuyasha's forehead.

Inuyasha was shocked to say the least, not only had his brother accepted him, but he had placed him as a lord among his courts. Turning towards Kikyo, he smiled and pulled her into a tight embrace.

Sesshomaru watched in curiosity as the young Miko from the future watched his brother's embrace, only to turn away with a sad look in her eyes.

After Kagome had spoken to Miroku and mourned with Sango she turned to everyone else. "Today is truly a great day, the Shikon no Tama is whole once again, and Naraku is dead for good. I would like all of you to return in three days time, at that time I will make my wish upon the Shikon no Tama." Receiving a nod from all those surrounding her Kagome smiled and walked over to Sesshomaru.

"Sesshomaru I would like to thank you. Thank you for saving my life, for allowing me to help Rin, for being my friend even though I am human." She said as she hugged Sesshomaru and bowed low to him before heading over to speak to the wolf prince who was talking to Ayame.

Sesshomaru stared in shock for a couple of moments before replacing his stoic expression on his face. The futuristic Miko had always been an enigma to him, ever since she pulled his father's fang from its place in the grave those three years ago. He had come to respect the girl, no woman. She was one of the few humans who refused to fear, she was also one of few woman who had been able to silence his brother, let alone tolerate him. Another thing about her that confused him was her endless compassion, he knew that she loved his brother yet she showed barely any remorse when the couple showed affections for each other. Sesshomaru was also beginning to feel something more as he watched Kagome take care of the children and got to know her more. He would never say it out loud but he was beginning to fall for the Miko.

He watched as she spoke to the wolf who ruled the east and smiled, yes she was beautiful and his brother was stupid to let the beautiful living woman go for an undead clay shell.

Turning to his remaining warriors and Rin he spoke. "We will return to the Western Castle and inform them of our victory. Then we will return here to hear Lady Kagome's announcement." The warriors nodded to him and prepared to take their fallen comrades back home. Sesshomaru walked up to Jaken and picked up the small imps body. The imp may have been annoying but he cared for Rin and was undoubtedly loyal. Unfortunately the tensaiga only seemed to work three times on a being and Jaken had already been revived three times. Sesshomaru then walked up to Ahn Uhn and stroked the two-headed dragon before placing the tiny corpse on its back. Turning around Sesshomaru seen that his warriors were ready to head back. He nodded his head called for Rin, who ran up to him and clung on as he summoned his cloud.

Kagome watched as Sesshomaru flew off. In the past year she had come to accept her feelings for the Demon Lord but she knew that they would never be, so she watched from a far. She was overjoyed when he had saved her, and was happy to see a rare genuine smile cross his face when he seen that Rin was safe.

She was also happy to hear that Kouga spared Kagura's life. She only wished that both of the sisters had survived, perhaps if Kanna had lived she would not have been so... creepy. Kagome thought as she watched Kouga and what remained of his pack. Everyone has lost someone they loved because of Naraku, Sango had lost her entire family, Miroku had lost his father and grandfather, Inuyasha had lost Kikyo who still remained undead. Kouga had lost his brother tribe, and Sesshomaru had lost Jaken, and other warriors. Kagome looked at the complete jewel in her hand and sighed. "So much pain, for such a small jewel." She said quietly to herself as she contemplated her wish.

Suddenly she knew her wish, a wish so pure so selfless, so right. She turned to her comrades and grinned, yes that wish would be perfect. She thought as she walked towards the group that was preparing to leave. She watched as Sango and Miroku hopped onto Kirara and then laughed as Miroku groped Sango only to receive the standard slap. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and turned to Shippou. "Hey runt, can Kikyo and I hitch a ride?" Shippou nodded and turned into his big pink form. Kagome then hopped onto her adopted son, and smiled at Inuyasha and Kikyo. "Let's go home; Kaede will want to know of our victory. We also need to rest." She said as she caught Inuyasha yawning.

Kagome smiled as she thought of her wish that would bring joy to her friends.

Okay, Okay, Okay. I know I'm mean to leave you wondering but. That's what cliffies are for. I hope you liked my first KagomeXSesshomaru Fanfic, I have also posted it on A single Spark as angelic_cheetah. So it's not plagerism. Please read and review. Flames are welcome seeing as this is my first fanfic.