A Christmas Story: Dark Nights by The Bard

Prologue

A/N: I've decided not to make you guys wait that long since you have been so wonderful to me. I had two different christmas story ideas and who knows, maybe I will do the other christmas story on the side. I really do love reading Christmas stories here on Dokuga, so if you guys have suggestions of great stories please tell me! :) 

This totally skips them getting to know one and another and trust me, there will be plenty of flashbacks of them and build up of their relationship and marriage. I hope you all will enjoy this and prepare you guys for the holidays that are coming up. 

Sorry for any mistakes you find. Also this story was inspired by a movie I saw a while ago and I thought it would be a great idea for the couple to kind of... start over and give Kagome that second chance because in Brothers Bliss, she was really irritating. Leave me loves you guys and tell me what you think. Your comments are fuel to my muse and it helps so much to keep me going, seriously, I can not explain how much you all help me. XO

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Some people say things happen for a reason…that fate plays its part and everything will fall into the order it should be in. One door closes while another one opens and leads to other opportunities and more life experiences…that’s the optimistic way of looking at life. But Sesshomaru had never truly believed in fate, coincidence or karma. Sesshomaru was a being of order and having control, he made things happen and if he couldn’t have it, he try harder to make it happen.

But when he had met her, his mate, he started to truly believe in fate. She had fallen into his life and he had quickly become smitten. Now he had never thrown himself at her and confessed his feelings to her, but he had always tried to treat her differently than the others; less harsh, always allowed her to speak, and other big things to him. But at first she had never really noticed how differently he treated her, how he opened up a little to her, but eventually she came around.

Of course, he had to wait a while for her to come around, he of course had to confess his true feelings for her and him feel exposed. Sesshomaru is not a being of hearts and flowers and confessing how he feels or anything romantic. But for her, he had confessed how long he had loved her and it seemed to work and made her come around.

One of his favorite memories was the evening they went out on an official date and concluded that they were going to be a pair. That was one of the few times that he stopped breathing and felt butterflies in his stomach. He never felt butterflies in his stomach, but with her she seemed to have that will and power over him.

“So where are we going?” Kagome looked around outside of the car, her blue eyes were bright and the smile on her lips had never left since they left the house.

Sesshomaru turned his head so he could grin and he turned on another street then looked over at Kagome who was practically bouncing in her seat, “It’s supposed to be a surprise.” He said softly.

She turned her head and grinned at him, the same kind of grin that made him hold his breath and made him question if he was asleep and dreaming again. He couldn’t believe that she was smiling at him like that; it was still very hard to believe. He smiled faintly and turned his head so he was looking back at the road.

“Well I’m not sure if I like surprises or not.” She giggled; he knew that she was just teasing him. It seemed things between them had started to lighten up and she was giggling more and teasing him more. It gave him a lot of hope that something more was going to come out of this.

He turned onto another street and started to slow down to look for a spot to park at. He pulled into a spot on the curb where other cars were parked and he put the car in park. He looked over at Kagome and smiled a little then turned the car off, stepped out and quickly made his way to her side of the car and opened it for her.

“That’s kind of you.” Kagome said softly with a blush playing on her fare cheeks.

He reached out and allowed her to grab onto his hand and helped her stand. He then put her hand in his elbow and escorted her into the Thai restaurant.

“There is a reservation for Sesshomaru Taisho.” He spoke softly to the girl who came up to greet them.

Her eyes lit up and nodded and requested that they follow her. They followed the girl and were escorted to a private part of the restaurant.

“Your waiter will be with you soon.” The girl spoke before she left.

Sesshomaru ignored her as he helped Kagome sit down in her chair and scoot her forward then he took his own seat across from her. He watched her as she looked around grinning, her blue eyes still bright and sparkling as she took in the surrounding.

“I hope you like Thai food.” He said softly, hoping he didn’t sound nervous.

Kagome looked over at him and her grin grew larger, “I’ve never had Thai food before, so this is exciting. Thank you!” she said excitedly.

The corners of his lips lifted into a small smile then it quickly faded as the waiter approached, “Evening, My name is Mark and I will be serving you tonight. What can get you guys to drink?” he pulled out a pen and a notepad.

Sesshomaru didn’t take his eyes off of Kagome as she looked down at the menu and wiggled a little in her excitement, never before had he ever seen her like this. It was as if she did a total transformation after they had talked several times of her feelings. “Um, I suppose I would like to try the strawberry bubble tea.” She looked up at him and smiled shyly.

“I’ll just stick with water.” He spoke softly as he kept his eyes on Kagome.

“Okay, were you guys wanting to start off with appetizers or do you need some time to think about what you want?”

Sesshomaru titled his head and stared at Kagome as she blushed a little more and chewed on her lower lip, “Sesshomaru I suppose you can order for us? I’m not sure what to get and I’m sure you know what is good.”

Sesshomaru nodded and ordered his favorite meal and made sure that it wasn’t spicy, he knew that Kagome couldn’t handle spicy food that well or she would get sick. The waiter took their order and once more they were alone and able to talk. Well he wouldn’t talk much, but he knew that she would fill in the silence with some sort of conversation. But he noticed that she wasn’t talking much and was nervously looking around.

“What changed your mood?” he pointed out softly.

She looked at him with a blush and pushed back some of her raven hair behind her ear, “I’ve just now noticed that um… this is a date isn’t it?”

Sesshomaru sat up straighter and lifted his head a little higher, “Should it be?” God, he just wanted to tell her that yes it was a date, but some of his pride got in the way.

She leaned forward and still had a smile and her cheeks were getting redder by the second, “It seems to be. What does that make us now?”

Sesshomaru’s nostrils flared as she leaned forward and the top of her nice shirt opened more to expose the top of her breasts. It didn’t help that he could hear her heart flutter and the smell of her nervousness was on top of his tongue. “What do you want us to be?” he asked softly.

She was too quiet and the silence was killing him. He was holding his breath and his stomach was churching and butterflies were in his stomach. God he hated this feeling. As soon as a smile lifted her soft lips, he felt like he could let go of his breath.

“I was hoping that maybe we could be you know…. Official?” she mumbled nervously, her blue eyes averted and she pushed back a lock of her hair.

Everything within in him relaxed and he felt himself smiling, not just a gentle smile that he does, but an ear splitting smile. He knew that took her off guard because she had leaned back and gasped as she stared at him shocked.

It was so uncharacteristic of him to smile like that, but he just felt overjoyed. He had waited a long time to finally have her for himself and he knew at that moment, he would never let her go and be sure that she would forever be his.

Mine.

Sesshomaru leaned forward in his chair and rolled his silver wedding band around his finger and blinked a couple of times to clear his thoughts. He had been told to wait outside in the waiting room for him to see his wife. He wished at that moment that he could go back in time and fix everything that had happened. The shock had passed and he was at the point of ‘what ifs’ and wondered if fate or destiny would have been cruel and made the accident happen in another way or a different date if he had protected her during the accident. A long time ago he would have scoffed and said that there is no such thing as fate or destiny, but after he finally met his mate… it was all he believed, because of her.

He leaned back in his chair and ran his hands through his long silver hair and stared up at the ceiling. Of course he hadn’t been injured in the accident and the impact had been quick and unexpected, he couldn’t protect her. Kagome had been propelled out of her seat and through the windshield and halfway onto the hood of the car. The horror of seeing his mate laying there lifeless on the hood of the car… he will never ever un-see that.

He snarled and stood up quickly to think of something different than the image of Kagome’s lifeless form on the hood of the car. He paced back and forth and glared over at the nurses who were behind their counter and talking and laughing. How dare they act happy in front of him when he was miserable and felt like he was going to die?

He glared over at the doctor who came out of a room and approached him slowly. The doctor let out a little sigh and ran his hand through his hair and looked at Sesshomaru’s face as he started to speak, “Mr. Taisho, your wife is in critical condition. We had to put her in an induced coma to allow her swollen brain to heal. She had fractured some ribs but our main concern right now is her brain. “He explained slowly.

Sesshomaru’s nostrils flared from the news. He glared at the doctor and looked past him to the room where his wife was lying asleep and was in critical condition. He just wanted to be with her. “I can go in there.” It was supposed to be a question but it came out more of a demand.

The doctor nodded and stepped to the side, “You can, perhaps talking to her while she is asleep will help her brain keep activated and come out okay.” The doctor softly spoke then walked away with his head down.

Sesshomaru strode to the room and stopped dead in his tracks as he saw his wife and mate laying there with breathing tubes in her mouth that was forcing her to take in each breath and let it go. She had cuts and bruises all over her face and her body was covered by a white sheet.

He felt like the worst mate there was, he couldn’t protect her from something so human and so simple. Slowly, he made his way to the left side of her next to the bed and sat down in the chair and grabbed onto her cold hand. There was some of her own blood dried up on her hand and wrist that was crusty to the touch. He brought it up to his lips and kissed each knuckle then began to lick away the dry blood.

Something wet fell from his cheeks and he looked up from her face and saw that his vision was cloudy. This was the first time he had ever cried in who knows how long. He gently placed her limp hand down and he rubbed his cheeks to get rid of the evidence of his moment of weakness. He looked back down at his mate and brushed back some of her dark locks so he could see her face better.

He wanted to snarl and howl at the evidence of his carelessness. How could he have not protected her? He felt like he wasn’t a great mate at all for allowing her to be in such a state.

Slowly, he leaned down and brushed his lips against her ear and kissed her at that spot gently, “I’m sorry. Please come back to me.” He whispered and waited for some kind of sign that she would wake up and be okay. But nothing happened.

Two hours earlier

Giggles escaped Kagome as she watched her husband’s facial expressions as they walked out of the movie theatre. “I take it you don’t like chic flicks huh?” she giggled and rubbed his arm softly.

He looked down at her with his eyebrows raised then looked back straight ahead, “I cannot fathom to understand why the female race finds movies such as that appealing.” He grumbled.

Kagome giggled and wrapped her arm around his as they walked through the virgin snow to their car. She knew that he would do anything for her, and if that meant watching a chic flick with her just so he could be with her and make her happy, he would.

“Thank you for taking me anyways, it was greatly appreciated.” She looked up at his face and grinned.

She saw a sparkle in his eyes as she said that and knew that she had somehow stroked his pride and made him feel a little better and that going with her was worth it. He walked with her to her the passenger side of the vehicle and unlocked the door then helped her into the car.

She rubbed her hands together then buckled her seatbelt and waited for her husband to join her in the freezing cold car. He slid in and turned on the car and turned on the heater.

“Let’s listen to some music.” Kagome leaned forward and turned on his radio and flipped through the stations as he started to drive slowly through the snow.

She stopped on one station as a familiar song came through and it made her grin and looked up at Sesshomaru as she started to feel nostalgia.

We are young, heartache to heartache we stand, no promises no demands, love is a battlefield

Sesshomaru’s eyebrows raised and he turned his head slightly towards her then looked back at the road, but a tiny smile played on his lips. She laughed and started to sing along with the song.

“I think that will always be our song.” She laughed out as she stopped singing along with it. They both knew she wasn’t the best singer, but he loved her anyways.

He stopped at a stop sign and looked over at her and raised his eyebrows, “Love is a battlefield should be our song? I don’t think that’s a wise choice.” He said with a straight voice, but she could hear amusement behind it all.

She laughed and leaned back against her chair and tried to think of a song about them. “Hm, well what do you think would be a perfect song then?” she looked back at him and saw that his fake façade was starting to break and a small smile formed on his lips.

He looked at her sideways and she knew he knew something. She unbuckled her seatbelt and scooted in closer to him and gave him her best puppy eyes hoping that he would tell her what he had in mind. He let out a defeated sigh and looked into her blue eyes. “Do not laugh when I say this… but a long time ago, it was I want you to want me.” He mumbled.

She blushed and saw that he was about to blush, but her husband never blushes. She grinned and threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. “I want you to want me. I need you to need me. I’d love you to love me. I’m beggin you to beg me.” She said softly between kisses and ran her hands through his air.

He growled lowly and pulled her in closer and kissed her fiercely. Their tongues danced and he easily dominated her tongue and she submitted to him. It always sent chills through him that she was willing at times like these to submit to him and allow him to be the alpha.

“I love you.” She whispered in the middle of the kiss, that once again sent chills through his body.

“Like wise.” He whispered and continued to kiss her.

Everything happened in slow motion at that point. A large truck had come up behind their car stopped at the stop sign, the person pressed down on their breaks but slid through the snow and smashed into the backside of the car that made it propel forward and smash into a tree. Kagome had been thrown out of Sesshomaru’s arms and flew head first out of the windshield and landed on the hood of the car.

Sesshomaru who had been banged up a little saw his mate and wife lying there on the hood of the car. He snarled and got out of the car and ran around to pick her up but someone had come up behind him and told him not to touch her, that he could further harm her. Everything became a blur after that.