Kagome stood at attention in the dark bitter night. The leaves off to her left, rustled, her hand gripped around her sword, as Sessomaru stepped out, and she crouched even more at attention. Something was wrong though, the Lord was not walking with his usual calmed, steady pace. Crimson flows of blood trickled from his side, as his dead eyes looked to her.
"Human wrench ru-" he collapsed before finishing his sentence. Rin came bursting out of the leaves in a full flood of tears, she threw herself onto the dying Lord.
"Lord Sessomaru! Please be okay, wake up! Wake up!" she screamed shaking him lightly. Rin looked to a stunned Kagome. "Help him please, please help him," the pleas of the little girl made Kagome's heart sink. She allowed her sword to click back into it sheath, and knelt by the injured Lord. She quickly, without thinking removed his shirt and furs, then did all she could to bandage the wound.
"I need you to get me something. Do you know what Amaranth and Bracken look like?"She asked quickly. Rin thought for a moment.
"Uh-huh," she nodded.
"Gather me as much of it as you can find. Then bring it back here with some water. I need to start a fire." Rin nodded determined, and ran off with small tears still flowing. Kagome stood and got together twigs and sticks to start a fire so she could boil the herbs and clean his clothing.
Using a flint and steel by the time Rin returned she had a roaring fire going. The little girl stopped at the edge of the clearing.
"Hurry now," Kagome encouraged her. She put the herbs on to boil, all the while adding to the fire to keep it hot. "Cover him with a blanket from my pack, we don't want him getting cold. You should take one out as well, get some rest. This is going to be a while." Quickly she did as was told and huddled up to the base of a tree near Sessomaru, not sleeping but sitting and weeping silently. Kagome turned back to tending the fire after seeing the little Rin settled in.
'What am I doing! This is Inuyasha's brother, his sworn enemy… If he ever found out-" There was a cracking of twigs, the dog demon stepped out… His eyes went instantly to his bleeding brother, Rin stood quickly and ran to hide behind Sessomaru, Kagome stood.
"How- how could you?" Inuyasha instantly filled with anger.
"It's not what you-"
"I came here to apologize, and I find you helping, him." The half demon went to lunge at his wounded brother and Rin, but not before Kagome had drawn her sword and stepped between them.
"Kagome- what are you doing!"
Rin began to sob in fear, "Please Lord Inuyasha, do not hurt Lord Sessomaru. Please do not hurt me, do not hurt us."
Kagome's heart sunk even deeper, Inuyasha moved forward. "Do you really want to cross blades with me Inuyasha?"
"Is that some sort of a threat?"
"It's really sad and pathetic when a small child pleads for her life. What does that tell you?"
Inuyasha laughed quietly, "That I am respected-"
"Only because you are feared!" Kagome yelled. "Now do you wish to fight me, because if you do, let's go. I will not keep this poor child in fear of the likes of you."
The dog-demon was in surprise. He had never seen Kagome so adamant to fight, even if they had been quarrelling for some time now. All the same, he wasn't about to hurt her, his ethics over took his pride for once in his life.
"Help my brother then if you will. But when he is healed know that he will not be grateful."
"I do not care."
Inuyasha's temper flared, "AND DON'T COME BACK TO ME NEITHER!" he stormed off, in complete fury. Kagome wasn't worried about it at the moment. She turned to the cowering Rin.
"Go back to bed. I'll watch him." The small Rin curled up in a ball closer to the fire, with the blanket pulled tight around her, Kagome gave her the backpack to use as a pillow and she fell asleep shortly after, tears drying on her face.
Kagome sighed, she was use to long night. Her and Inuyasha would stand guard sometime all night, talking and remembering older times. She brought Sessomaru's furs over and began to clean them, so she'd stay busy until the herbs were done.
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