This is inspired by 'RainDrops' from devainart by YoukaiYume.
I OWN NOTHING. Just making the manga into a story.
CHAPTER 1: Umbrella
Rain... There's something about the rain. It washes everything away...
There was a flash of light that came from the Bone Eaters Well and then a quiet 'splish'. Kagome climbed up the well, grumbling.
"It's raining... Out of all days to come back, it had to be a wet one." Kagome hefted herself over the lip of the well. "Good thing mom packed my umbrella."
Kagome closed her eyes, opening up the umbrella and putting it over her head. She scratched the side of her head with a finger. "Inuyasha will probably have a fit about me being late again."
She let her hand to fall to her side. She cracked one eye open to see where she was going. The other eye opened when she saw a figure sitting under a tree.
"Someone's there..." She walked closer. "Sesshomaru?" His eyes were closed, like he was sleeping. 'What's he doing out here by himself? Jeez, I should just mind my own business.' She turned back in the direction of Keade's village. "Just keep walking and..." She looked out of the corner of her eye. Then a cold and emotionless voice spoke. "Human." Kagome turned fully around to look at Sesshomaru.
"Your getting soaked." Kagome said, a little worried. "How very perceptive of you." Sesshomaru answered back. Kagome furrowed her eyebrows a little, turning pink. "T-That's not what I meant. I-. What I mean is, aren't you cold? You could get sick, you know!"
"Foolish girl. Demons do not fall ill." Kagome huffed at Sesshomaru's answer, mumbling to herself. "... I knew that."
"Ne, where's that toad thing that follows you around? And the girl... Rin?"
Sesshomaru took his time in answering her. "... I left them someplace safe." Kagome lifted up a hand with her pointed finger pointing and the others made a fist. "Oh, I see, you wanted some time alone, eh?"
Sesshomaru put his arm on his knee. "Your a nosy human. Don't you have to run to my half-brother?" Kagome furrowed her brows deeply. 'Hmph! how rude! I guess it runs in the family.' Kagome looked down at her wrist where her watch is.
'But... He's right. If I don't get back soon Inuyasha will come looking for me.' She looked back at Sesshomaru, who had his eyes closed.'Still, I'll feel guilty if I just...' Kagome's train of thought stopped as she gripped the umbrella tighter, coming to a decision.
She held her umbrella out to Sesshomaru, over him too. He opened his eyes when he didn't feel the rain falling on him. His eyes widened a fraction when he saw Kagome holding the umbrella out to him.
"What is it you want now?" He asked. Kagome smiled sweetly, answering. "I want you to have it." He looked at the umbrella. "... What is it?"
Kagome pointed to it. "It's an umbrella!" Sesshomaru raised a brow in question, so Kagome explained. "It keeps you dry from the rain! See?" Sesshomaru looked at the umbrella for a few seconds before answering. "I don't need protection from something as trivial as rain, and I certainly don't need it from a pathetic wench such as yourself."
One thing everyone knows about Kagome, is that she is stubborn.
"Yeah, but I'd feel a lot better if you took." Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes and furrowed his eyebrows. "I don't need your pity either."
Kagome let a small smile grace her lips. "It's not pity. And don't look at as help either. How about this? I give you the umbrella, and whether or not you use it is up to you. Plus! I'll leave you alone!" Kagome held the umbrella out to him again. Sesshomaru looked at curiously before reaching out and taking it.
Kagome's smiled widened. As she turned to leave she said. "Well, time for me to keep my end of the bargain." And rushed off. Sesshomaru watched as she left, once she was out of sight he looked at the umbrella, not sure what to do with it.
:::WITH KAGOME:::
Kagome opened the flap for Keade's hut. "I'm back everyone!" Shippo was the first to greet her. "KAGOME! YOUR BACK!" Kagome caught him in her arms as her wrapped his short arms around her neck in a hug. "Did you bring me anything?" Kagome smiled at him. She looked up when she heard Inuyasha's voice. "Feh! Finally. It took you long enough. And your dripping wet."
Kagome closed one eye and stuck her tongue out. "Hehe, I sorta forgot my umbrella at home." She lied. Inuyasha put a clothe on top of her head. "Idiot. Dry yourself off before you catch a cold. And get some rest, we leave first thing tomorrow." Kagome replied with a quick "'Kay." And started drying her face and hair. In the middle of her drying, she got a faraway look in her eyes.
:::NEXT MORNING:::
Kagome inhaled deeply. And let it all out as she spoke. "Ah, what a nice dry day!" After she said that, a raindrop landed on her head. And a few seconds later, it was pouring. Kagome let her head fall a little, in disappointment. "Spoke too soon. And I don't have anything to cover me up." Miroku looked at her, he stopped her by placing his hand on her shoulder.
"Why, Lady Kagome!" He tipped his rain hat on his head. "I'd be more than happy to give you my hat to shield you from the rain." Everyone had stopped walking by then.
"Is that all you want, monk?" Inuyasha growled. "Y-You doubt me?" Miroku chuckled nervously. "Seems pretty hard to believe." Sango stated accusingly. Kagome waved both her hands in front of her. "Guys! I'm fine, really!"
Nobody either heard her or chose to ignore her. Before Kagome could think to stop them, something caught her eye. She turned around to see her umbrella leaning against a tree. She walked over to it, when she pick it up she noticed a note by it. She turned it over. 'Thank you' it said with a crescent moon in the bottom right corner.
She smiled. She turned around to see Inuyasha grabbing the front of Miroku's shirt. "Miroku, it's alright." She said louder, everyone looked at her. "I got my own." Shippo ask curiously. "Hey, where'd she get that?" Inuyasha answered. "Who cares? Lets just go. We're burning daylight."
Kagome stopped to look behind her again. She thought she saw someone. "Kagome, you coming?" Inuyasha called to her. Whatever Kagome thought she saw, she shoved it to the back of her mind. "Hai! Coming, coming!"
And up in a tree where Kagome couldn't see, was Sesshomaru.
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TA-DA! Here's the first chapter!
