"I mean you no harm. Turn around, I beg of you." She whispered.
"There is no threat." He replied, eyeing where she stood. "Do not protect him, girl. To do so would be foolish." Her eyes shook in sadness for a moment as she raised her bow.
"Please, my Lord. Turn around."
"I cannot." He said sternly, his eyes cascading to the ground. "You fear for your hanyou?" She smiled.
"No. I don't fear for him. I don't care." She pulled back her arrow, a surge of blue energy surrounding the head. "I wish him a fair life. What he does to near his death is up to him, but besides that, I will not allow anyone to kill him." The lord watched her kneel on one knee. "As the protector of this village and forest, I beg you to return to your scouting."
"You have changed, girl. You are human no longer." He paused. "Kagome was your original name, was it not?" Her bright blue eyes hardened.
"Yes. I still remain to that name."
"The Shikon…inform me of its whereabouts."
"Gone." She replied shortly as she pulled the arrow back slowly. "It is rid of. It will never touch the Earth's soul again." He watched her evenly. "Now leave. You have no right in these woods. I protect it well."
"If you protect this village, you are under my command." Her eyes widened momentarily.
"W-What?"
"These are part of my lands. Recent land treaties to the North have let me acquire this ground." He smirked evilly. "I own you and your village." He watched her lower her bow, surprised when it lifted back up.
"I see no lie off of you, Lord Sesshomaru." She mumbled as her torn white dress blew in the wind. Her white pants were creased and torn at the knee. The cuffs of her sleeves were colored a navy blue to match her hair. The cuff that wound around her neck was the same color. "But I shall not let you pass. It is more of a wonder how you can still visibly see me." She paused. "However, that is not the problem."
"Put down your weapon. I have issues I wish to discuss with you." The energy lowered as her bow disappeared from her gloved hands. A blue pattern from her cuffs was printed on the glove fingers to the palm.
"I will talk. But not long." He pulled out of the shadows where he once had been, letting Kagome see plenty of the ice lord that she had encountered years in the past. His silver hair had grown longer, tied in a ponytail on his head so it would not drag on the ground. He wore the same traditional kimono that she had seen him in, and had Tensigua at his hip. Another unidentified sword was there.
"Sit, miko Kagome."
"I am a miko no longer." She said simply as she swiftly jumped onto a low tree branch. "I follow the Shikon's wishes."
"Shikon?" She grinned.
"The Shikon is not the jewel is seemed to be. Truly Midoriko did not form it, but the great God Shiki. He graced her with powers and had her create it. She was what I am now." She grimaced. "But the Shikon was too powerful for Midoriko to hold. It enveloped her in its making. A lifeless body was left and soon overtaken by simple demons. They too were absorbed."
"Where have you gained such knowledge?"
"I am a miko no longer. Remember such things." She observed him for a moment before giving him a smile. "You look very much like Inu, Lord Sesshomaru. He has asked me to watch over both of you." She watched his foot slide backwards and the tenseness in his shoulders. His skin gleamed lavender.
"You are shocked to know that I have spoken with your father?" She paused. "Your brother thought so too. He was surprised even to see me again."
"Lady Kagome, tell me what happened at the Shikon's destruction." This woman was all too knowing. Where had she been for so long? He had once heard that she had disappeared, but the destruction of the Shikon was beyond his knowledge. When had that happened?
"I know what you think." She said with a bored sigh. "The Shikon is still out there, just a bad fake. It doesn't even help the demon that possesses it. Shiki told me that it's just a stupid knock off he made." She smiled. "Shiki really likes his jokes."
"I see." He paused. "You asked earlier how I could see you. Explain." She sighed once more.
"Well if you aren't the smarty pants here." She waved her hand lazily. "I'm not detectable here. Unless Shiki has decided to give me back my humanity, others shouldn't have the right to see me." She paused. "Perhaps since you hold Tensigua you can see me." She grinned. "I haven't had company in many years!"
"My dimwitted brother saw you." He stated. "How is it you say no one can see you?"
"I'm still linked to him through that necklace I gave him such a long time ago! He just decides not to visit me. He just thinks I'm a hallucination that his mind is conjuring." Sesshomaru raised a careful silver eyebrow.
"You are no hallucination. I can see the spiritual energy you possess." She walked down the tree with a grin before meeting his face upside down.
"And that's why you're no idiot. I tried to explain it to him, but he ran off and dove his head in a river." She shrugged. "So, Sesshomaru, can you stay for a while?" He eyed her.
"Minutes ago you threatened an arrow at my person." She scratched her head with a nervous laugh.
"I thought you wanted to do something to Inuyasha. If you did, I couldn't let you pass. It's Inu's wishes that he doesn't have you fighting against one another!" She tapped his nose, causing his annoyance to flare. "And Inu also told me you aren't the ice bucket everyone says you are."
"Quiet, wench, before I kill you." She pouted.
"Awh, you can't kill me! I'm the messenger of a god! Besides, I'm closer to one than you are now." He growled. "You still haven't done anything to get our approval up there. You're going to become one, don't worry."
"Me? A god?"
"Of course!" She cried as she jumped back in her branch to stretch out. She arched her back like a cat. "Each youkai is put on this Earth for a reason. It's for those youkai to prove to the gods that they are worthy. You must do something so totally untypical of you that it's counted as a good deed. You've done nothing but sit on your ass, mister."
"But you once were human." She gave a sly grin.
"I'm the only human to ever be transformed into this. Even Midoriko was never truly this powerful. The problem is that I'm just too lonely here in this stupid forest. I want to go some place. But Shiki said in that voice of his…" She gathered herself to act like the golden haired, green-eyed god she was thinking of. "Kagome, listen here, fool! You can't leave either of those brothers alone or they'll rip each other to shreds! Blah, blah, blah." She sighed. "Sometimes he falls into monologue."
"I do not desire Inuyasha at this time." He said coldly as the female watched him.
"Really?" She asked.
"Truly he is not worth my time. I only wanted some enjoyment. Fighting to the death with a sibling is amusing, but not needed anymore." She quirked her head as he gave a mischievous grin, his fang protruding over his lip. "I have a better opponent."
"You can't kill me." She stated. "Besides, can't you just do something better with your time? Like talk with me. Until I get new orders can I really do anything yet." He lunged at her with Tensigua, ripping her shoulder. She stared at him, a smile on her lips as their noses touched. "Foolish puppy."
"Hn."
"And what was that for?" She asked, entranced by golden eyes. "You just wanted to play? So you give me a play bite, eh?" He growled.
"Do not tease."
"How cute!" She cried. "I never really thought of you this way before. I always thought you were so scary looking, but I have nothing to fear from you now. Come on, let's be friends." She kissed his nose, causing him to falter. She brought her leg underneath him, spiraling him towards the ground. He landed perfectly unruffled on his feet, but his sword was still in her shoulder. He hesitated to pull it out.
"Give me my sword." He demanded as she picked it out from her skin. A blue light glowed around her arm, the white of her clothing turning into a bandage to wrap around her arm. The fabric wound itself together, creating a brand new sleeve around an undamaged arm.
"Why should I?" She asked. "You're the one that left it in my shoulder." He was about to lunge for it when she stuck out her tongue.
"Kagome!" The woods whispered, causing Kagome to stop where she stood. She sighed.
"You're ruining my fun, Shiki-dono!" She cried. "Why do you come at the worst of times?" A man appeared on the tree opposite from her, the leaves sprouting blue as flexed his arms. Golden hair covered half of his tan face while the rest fell down his back to his elbows. He wore a red outfit similar to Kagome's, but the masculinity it held was different from the feminine one she had on.
"Kagome-chan, you know I like my fun too!" She pouted.
"You have too much of it and let all us others have none! Besides, why are you gracing us a visit?" He cocked his head to the side.
"Us?" She pointed down to where Sesshomaru was standing, his eyes widened in childlike curiosity. "Oh my."
"This is Lord Sesshomaru no Taisho, the previous Lord Inu no Taisho's son. You told me to watch over the two, Shiki-dono. Have you all ready forgotten?" Shiki scratched his head with a small grin.
"Well, Kagome-chan, it is quite hard being a god with all the work we have…" She hurtled a large tree branch at his face.
"You totally forgot about me!" She screamed angrily as she threw Sesshomaru's sword. Sesshomaru caught it in the air quickly before settling in the ground.
"Explain! The two of you!" He demanded coldly. Kagome sighed.
"I all ready explained it to you. That's Shiki-dono-ass. He's the god I serve under. There are ten gods in all. I got stuck with the stupid one." Shiki laughed loudly, his voice booming across the forest. Kagome stood with her arms crossed, her long hair around her sides. She stuck out her tongue.
"Oh, Kagome-chan, I know you love me."
"Love you my ass!" She cried. She leapt down by Sesshomaru, rubbing her cheek against his chest. "Besides, I prefer lonely dog demons with pretty eyes. Sorry, Shiki, you're nothing compared to this." She giggled at the evident anger in her god's eyes as she rubbed her cheek against the one of the cold, unmoving dog demon lord.
"Kagome-chan!" He cried. "Why are you so cruel?"
"Because I find it fun! Just like you find it fun to play all those pranks on me." Sesshomaru pushed Kagome away promptly.
"State why you are here, Shiki-dono." He said sternly as he glared at the one who had manhandled him earlier with her cheek.
"Always to business, aren't you?" Kagome asked. "You're sure boring! How does that little girl stand you?" Shiki raised his hand in seriousness.
"No, Lord Sesshomaru is completely right. Now, once I think of it, it has to deal with you both." Kagome eyed Sesshomaru warily before staring back up at her god.
"Then spit it out and don't make a show out of it. I've served you for too long to know that you don't like to get to the point." He sighed dramatically as the two eyed him.
"All right, all right! You see, I've gotten word that there is something evil brewing somewhere here. It's nowhere close, but I need you two to fight it." Kagome raised an eyebrow.
"The thing can't see me, remember?" Shiki glared at her.
"I have more to explain." She hushed immediately and awaited his information. "You, Kagome, are now a Reikontsukai."
"Reikontsukai?" Sesshomaru asked, his eyebrow rose. Shiki growled.
"Stop interrupting!" Kagome smiled.
"Reikon is soul and tsukai is messenger. I really work for this god here, but that's what we're called." Shiki closed his eyes.
"To the name of the Earth, to the core of my being, shut her mouth." He whispered as he slowly drew his forefinger through the air. She squealed as her lips zipped. Her fingers went to her lips before she glared harshly at her master. "Now, I'll continue." Shiki waited for Sesshomaru to encourage his oncoming speech, but he remained silent. Shiki sighed. An angry Reikontsukai and an impassive youkai lord. What a match.
"Okay. Sesshomaru-sama, I have knowledge that you have met a woman by the named of Kasuyage. Is that correct?" Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes, letting his harden gaze speak for him.
Shiki frowned. "I'll take that as a yes." He paused. "Well, you have had some interest in her, yes?" Sesshomaru shook his head once.
"No. My advisors find it a priority for me to mate. She is the only female they have found at this time that fits our needs. I've spent two meals with her at most." Shiki sighed in relief.
"That's great! Well, you see, you can't mate her. That would lead destruction to your lands." Sesshomaru's eyes widened.
"She is the daughter of the South. It would be wise to conjoin our territories." Shiki scowled.
"It will only lead to destruction, boy! But I know that South woman won't leave without a fight. Problem is that she's pretty set that she is going to become your mate." Sesshomaru looked to the side when he heard Kagome's muffled scream. Shiki grinned. "Oh, darling Kagome-chan, will you?" She shook her head.
"What is it?" Sesshomaru barked, his cool façade lowering for a moment. Seeing how frantic the woman that stood next to him looked was starting to make him wonder what Shiki-dono was thinking.
"I propose that you take Kagome and mate her. Kagome-chan is a strong asset to have. I will restore her being to Earth. She won't be a stupid little human, don't you worry. She'll be perfection." Shiki looked humorously at his raving Reikontsukai.
"I will not mate her." Sesshomaru said strictly. "She once belonged to my half-breed brother. I do not pick up useless leftovers." He felt a fire burn through his left arm as he was thrown into the tree to his left. His vision blurred for a moment at the impact before he slowly stood.
"Kagome-chan! How could you do that to your to-be mate?" Shiki cried as the female soon lunged herself at her master. She phased through him once she met her target and landed on her hands to the dirt below. Shiki grinned as he snapped his fingers, her lips released from their prison.
"What in the world are you thinking, Shiki? I thought I was your right hand Reikontsukai!" She shrieked. Shiki smiled.
"Oh, Kagome-chan, you are. You get the most exciting jobs. Besides, Tsubaki has his hands full with Arianna and Byaku is busy with another job of mine. And, if you think about it, it's unacceptable for males to mate with other males." Kagome paled.
"Dammit! You can't make me!" Shiki stood.
"Both of you are unwilling. I find it best for you both to spend some time together before your decision to mate. Once your relationship is built, I will tell you the dangers that will come." He waved. "As for now, Ciao!"
Kagome gasped when he disappeared. She watched Sesshomaru for a moment in utmost shock before she felt heat spreading throughout her limbs, tearing her soul into parts. She screamed in pain and frustration.
"He's beginning the transformation." Sesshomaru said simply as he approached the woman who clutched her head, screaming like a banshee. But he could see the raw pain through her eyes as her body trembled.
"B…Back away…" She whispered as her back arched, her arms thrown to the side. "BACK AWAY!" Her warning was never heard through his ears. A burst of blue and gold light burst from her middle and spread in all directions. He felt compressed. The air was thick and heavy, stunning his senses. But his feet moved forward at the light press of his back.
'Whose hands are they?' He wondered. 'And what is happening to Kagome?' His eyes were squeezed shut for a long time before he fell forward. The thickness in the air had disappeared, and the hands that had held him released their hold. He now lay on the lush grass, wondering exactly what happened.
He lifted his eyelids, golden hazy eyes adjusting to the light. It was dim, about nightfall. But when he leaned up, his senses were still tingling.
"You're up." His ears twitched at the voice of the woman whom had flooded his thoughts when the light had flashed. "It will take a moment to see clear. Wait."
"What happened?"
"Shiki, the bastard, went with the transformation as you said. And he transported us here. I can feel a tough shield around this place. We will not be able to escape for some time now." He raised a shaky arm to rub his eyes.
"My lands…"
"It will seem like we're in here for weeks. Shiki can change time. We might feel it weeks when outside on Earth it will be merely a day."
"This is a problem." He mumbled as he leaned up. They were located in a meadow filled with white daisies. He glanced to his side, surprised when he saw Kagome lying motionless in the flowers.
Her skin was pale and creamy. Shiki must have made sure that her skin was fit for a king. Her breasts were plump and round, ample. Her face took his breath away. Her hair tickled the sides of her cheeks, a dark navy blue that spread out around her. Her dark blue eyes were glancing over to the side as her lips were pressed together. But, the most stunning thing of all—she was unclothed.
"Your sight has returned?" She asked as he stared at her. From his silence, she frowned. "Then stop looking, bastard! I can't get up! At least give me part of your kimono unless you honestly plan on mating me now!" Sesshomaru quickly jumped to his senses and shed from his kimono top. He placed it around her.
'I was looking at her…' He thought, hardly controlling the emotions that went over him. 'And why have I felt what I have not felt in so long?'
"He's altered your emotions, fool." She whispered. "Help me lean up and get this on me. It's no use if it just lays there, right?" His eyes widened.
"Altered…?"
"This place is different from one's you've traveled. This is Shiki's world. He can do whatever he likes. He can resurface emotions you haven't felt as a child. He can't change them, but he can make them appear brand new. It's your decision to mold them."
"Emotions are for the weak." He stated as he helped her lean up. She smiled as he helped her put her hand through a sleeve.
"You are foolish. I've been following Shiki-dono for four hundred years. To you it seemed only two. He expresses every emotion he feels. To tell the truth, Shiki-dono is the strongest being I've ever known." She sighed. "You could be like that too, you know? And I have to teach you." Once he tied his obi around her, she stood up on strong legs.
"How can you stand?" Kagome scratched her head.
"I had to have something of yours. If I don't, I'll fall again. It's Shiki-dono's way of making things difficult for me." She smiled. "And you've completed almost step one. You felt embarrassed when you saw me bare." Sesshomaru's eyes widened as he looked over her body. Yes, he had been a bit embarrassed. Something about seeing her flesh had made him felt like a little boy again, seeing a woman's body for the first time.
"I was not embarrassed."
"Stop lying to yourself." She said simply as she waved it off. "I can read your emotions clearly! You were embarrassed." He growled threateningly.
"I was not!" She smirked as she opened her shirt, allowing her breasts to be seen out in the open. He turned away quickly.
"Ha, ha!" She giggled. "The all great Sesshomaru was embarrassed." She taunted with an evil snigger. "And do I detect a hint of arousal there too?" She jumped in the air, landing her feet on his shoulders. He was about to look up, but thought against it.
'If I did, I'd just see her…' She jumped in front of him with a grin.
"Your face is red. Step one completed!" She giggled.
"Step one?" She nodded.
"I have many steps to teach you. Shiki decided that embarrassment would be the first one. He enjoys watching others suffer." She sighed. "We should probably build a fire or something. Go collect wood." Sesshomaru growled dangerously.
"You have no right over me." She fingered the edges of his kimono that was on her.
"I can make you embarrassed all day, buddy." He smirked.
"What if I grow out of that embarrassment?" She raised an eyebrow as she opened her shirt again. He turned around sharply.
"I'll get the wood." He stated. "Just keep the clothing I have given you on." She sighed.
"Fine, fine."
"It makes me think that you want me to see you undressed." He watched in amusement as she covered her face with her hands, a rosy blush covering her cheeks.
"Go!" She yelled. "Get outta here and get that wood before I kick your little doggy ass!" He smirked.
"Your threats have no backing to them." She glared at him.
"Your emotions are all ready out in the open now, puppy boy, but I can make you even more vulnerable than you are now." She grinned when he froze. "Now off you go, puppy boy. Come back with some decent firewood and we'll keep warm tonight." She watched him stiffly go into the forest, grumbling. She couldn't help but smile.
"Step one completed." She mumbled as she put her hands on her hips. "I just wonder how long step two will take." She smiled. "I can probably get him mad tomorrow. And maybe he can be happy too?" She frowned. "Now I'm just getting ahead of myself. Besides, tomorrow I'll make puppy boy angry. He won't talk to me for days." She sighed. "Shiki, I hate your guts."
"How can you say that, Kagome?" She raised an eyebrow as she glanced down in the flowers. A small cat sat, its golden fur smooth as its green eyes shined with mischief. "I'm the one who—"
"You're the one who stuck me in this world with that ass!" She cried as she picked up the cat roughly.
"Kagome!" He whined childishly. "You pulled my tail!" She grinned as she gave his tail another tug.
"I should just cut it off!" She cried. He waved his paw at her.
"You can't kill a cat, now, can you?" She dropped him swiftly.
"Knowing its you, I probably could. And don't look up my shirt, pervert!" She kicked the cat away, snuggling in the kimono shirt he had given her. It was like a short dress on her.
"Kagsy!" He whined. "Why do you have to be so violent?" She turned away, crossing her arms.
"Because, Shiki-dono, if I'm not violent then you'll do whatever you want. We can't let that happen." The cat licked its paw.
"It looks like you've completed step one, Embarrassment." She nodded.
"You have thirteen lessons to teach. One: Embarrassment. Two: Anger. Three: Confusion. Four: Surprise. Five: Sadness. Six: Terror. Seven: Shame. Eight: Hope. Nine: Worry. Ten: Relaxation. Eleven: Happiness. Twelve: Desire or wanting. And thirteen: Love." Shiki paused. "I have made him vulnerable to his emotions, that is all. He is not stupid. He will catch on what you are doing."
"I've all ready told him." She said simply with a shrug. She gasped when he swiped her with his paw.
"Fool!" He cried. "He'll be less accepting to considering his feelings! You have to be very slow with him. It will take you thirteen days." She grinned.
"I can make him embarrassed all night?" She asked. The cat nodded.
"Until he gets used to the feeling. Once he's experienced it enough, which is determined by you, will he go on to the next lesson." She nodded.
"Is there any way you can get me any clothes? You said I still have my energy, but I feel weak now." Shiki tapped his paws on the dirt three times.
"Your clothes will be ready in the morning. But you have to keep together, the both of you. If you have nothing of his, you will not be able to move on your own. You have to depend on him, and he must depend on you." The cat began to disappear. "And, Kagome, there is food around here for you to find. He's found it all ready." Shiki smirked. "And it might be getting a little chilly tonight." She lunged for the cat, ready to strangle it, but she missed. It was all ready gone.
"Here." She was surprised when wood dropped by her arms. She leaned up and looked up at him. He placed something down beside her. "Start the fire and eat. Your energy is drained. If what you say is true, we may be here for a while." She watched him for a moment, surprised by his kindness.
"Thank you, Sesshomaru." He said nothing as he turned around.
"It's Sesshomaru-sama." She scowled as her palm glowed blue. She aimed for his feet for a moment before deciding that he'd get pissed for her disrespecting him after he went out of his way to get her food.
'We'll save that trick for tomorrow.' She thought evilly as she prepared the fire.
"You are thinking of malicious intent to this person." He said softly as the fire roared with life. She blinked in confusion.
"Huh?"
"You are able to feel my emotions and I am able to feel yours. It's simple. And, as of now, you are planning to do something to me tomorrow." He smirked. "I doubt that you'll get even close to my person." She looked down.
'Dammit…this is going to be harder than I thought…'
"At least your arrogance is still in tact, Sesshomaru."
"Sesshomaru-sama." He corrected as he sat down besides the fire. "Now eat and sleep. We will discuss things more in the morning." She frowned.
"You sleep too. Nothing out here is dangerous. Shiki-dono said there is nothing harmful. But it will get cold tonight." She drew a circle with her finger around them both and the fire. "This barrier should protect us from the cold. But I'm not sure it will hold. Shiki-dono is a sneaky bastard." He lay down in the flowers, stretching his tired limbs. The trip there had taken its toll on both youkai and Reikontsukai.
She ate quietly before giving a small yawn. She gave him one final glance before curling up in a small ball. She had slept that way since she was young. It would never change.
'Good night, Sesshomaru…' She thought. 'Have pleasant dreams. They'll be your last for a good while.' She smiled evilly before falling off to sleep.
The next morning, he was feeling sluggish. It was a surprisingly peaceful sleep, due to the presence of Kagome's barrier. The female's scent did help him sleep too, he had to admit, but he was annoyed by it. He did not want to mate her, nor would he. This Shiki-dono was asking too much of them both.
"Good morning!" She cried, jumping on his stomach. His eyes shot open as the air left his lungs. "Get up, Sessho-kun! Up, up, up!" She jumped on him roughly three times before she was thrown off of him.
"What are you thinking, wench?" He growled, annoyed. She pouted innocently.
"Nothing, Sessho-kun! I just wanted you to get up." She released the barrier around them with a large smile on her face. He watched her in suspicion as she jumped in her spot with much energy.
'She's up to something…' He thought, surprised when she stopped. She squealed loudly, causing his eyes to widen, before she charged. He was frozen as she approached at a great speed. She jumped, forced her feet into his chest and jumped backwards. He fell to the ground stunned.
"Wench…" He growled, his annoyance turning to anger. "Are you trying to get yourself killed?" She teetered on the balls of her feet.
"Well…I dunno. Maybe. Besides, Sessy-kun, you haven't seen the worst part of all." She giggled. "Now come catch me if you can!"
'This female's moods are…' He paused as he looked at his feet, surprised to feel his hair moving against his hands and clothing. It was shorter…and pitch black.
"I just thought you needed a bit of a haircut." She gave a toothy grin. "And a color change. Now you are a pitiful human." His eyes widened in shock and confusion as he looked at his nails. Dull.
"I took your swords too. Destroyed them really." She smiled. "Like my changes, Sess-kun? We are going to be together forever…and I'll make your life a living hell." He felt anger boiling inside as he narrowed his eyes at the female who stood a ways away from him with a smug smile on her lips. "You'll never be youkai again. I should let your brother kill you now."
"WOMAN!" He screamed fiercely as his eyes bled red. She watched in amusement as his face elongated and white fluffy hair grew. He howled before swiping a large paw at her.
"Achk!" She cried with wide eyes as she jumped in the air. Her breathing became ragged. 'Damn, I forgot his vulnerability. That means his anger would be more tempting to him. He'd give into it completely without thinking it out.' She ducked a swipe of his paw. 'And I'm slower in this body than I was as my original Reikontsukai. He'll kill me.'
His growl was loud, splitting her eardrums. He pounced on her; a gleam in his eye that said this would be one of her last stands.
"Sesshomaru!" She cried. "Think clearly! Where's the calm you were displaying earlier, huh?" She squealed as she jumped in the air, his nail grazing her arm. Blood dripped to the dirt as she landed.
'What am I going to do?' She wondered as she eyed her opponent warily. 'I can't release any energy here besides the necessities of survival. Shiki won't change the rules. I'll have to calm him down my own way.' She clung onto the fur of his ear as his jaw dove down to grab her in his teeth. She squealed as his head flung backwards and forwards before she had to let go, tossing her high in the air.
'I have to think this through. He's a dog now.' She moved her direction in the air, curling herself into a stance where she would be able to land. If she could get on his head, her plan might work!
She concentrated hard, aware she would make her target. She could calm him down.
'Oh no!' She thought as her eyes widened. He looked up, giving her a toothy smirk. She wouldn't make it! He had caught her scent!
'Damn.' She thought. 'Dammit!' His kimono billowed out from her legs. Her eyes widened when he lifted his paw in the air. 'I can't dodge! He'll make the cut!'
She screamed when the claw hit her, feeling the ripping sensation up her leg. She landed on the ground, his kimono off of her. She was bare.
'I…can't…move…' She winced at the pain in her leg. The blood oozed out of its wound. She smirked. 'I haven't been cut in a long time. I've gotten lazy.'
She inched open her eyes to see the dog standing over her. His smile was evident. She did the only thing she could do—she started to sing.
Her voice was beautiful and strong. She sang no words, going from pitch to pitch, soothing the beast in front of her. She smiled as he lay down next to her, folding his paws to place his jaw. His red eyes became golden as he stared at her while she sang. The two remained that way for a while, but soon she had to stop. Her bleeding had come to the point where she could barely keep consciousness.
"I hope you do not do this in battle." She heard him whisper. She was surprised when she saw his long silver hair and golden eyes. His clothes were gone. "This will be painful." She watched his lips approach her leg. He kissed her skin before running his tongue up the oozing wound he had given her. There was a sizzling sound and her scream as he ran his tongue along her cut, savoring her blood. He did carefully, aware that she was in pain. "You are foolish, girl. A female never angers a male youkai. You are lucky you were gifted with such a voice." Once he was finished, he leaned up. One look over her body and he blushed.
'She lost the kimono…'
"Give her these clothes." He looked to his side to see a golden cat. "And you put these on as well. Oh, Kagome-chan, that was quite stupid of you! You knew what you were risking." Shiki scolded, stunning Sesshomaru. Kagome smiled weakly.
"I know. But that ass wouldn't experience any anger. I had to make him lose it and attack me." Shiki nodded before turning his glance to Sesshomaru.
"Dress yourself and then dress her. Your kimono was torn in your transformation. Kagome, be less foolish or this will never work." She nodded.
"Yes, Shiki-dono." She whispered. "I understand." Sesshomaru eyed where the cat had been before getting dressed. She lay there, unmoving with her eyes closed. The pain in her leg was evident. Sesshomaru stared at the clothing before looking at her face.
"You've never dressed a woman, have you?" She asked with a smile. "You've slept with plenty of them, but they always had the ability to put them on their own." She smirked. "Just dress me and get over with it. This body makes me weary." Sesshomaru quickly took the clothing and started on her front. He placed a wrap around her arm. He placed the clothing over her head, working her arms into the sleeves carefully. It was the outfit she was wearing before.
It was form fitting. He could see her pleasant figure through the clothing as he placed on her pants. She sighed.
"I need something of yours, or you're going to have to carry me back or hold me in some way." She looked at him. "Give me your hair."
"How much will be enough?"
"A decent amount." She replied. "Your hair is hard to break without a sword, right?" He nodded.
"Yes." She smiled.
"I really didn't cut your hair. It was all an illusion." Sesshomaru remained impassive as he took the knife from the packet that Shiki had given them.
"I will give you as much as I will allow." He pulled his hair over his shoulder, a wave falling past his feet. He split the hair cleanly, taking off a foot of hair. He looked at the strands he had cut. "I was in need of shortening it." He placed it in her hand. "Do not lose it. I will cut no more."
"Thank you." She leaned up, taking the hair in her fingers. "You've past step two. Congratulations." He said nothing as he stood up to observe his clothing. Unlike Kagome's, the cuffs of his outfit were red and masculine. It was like Shiki's, but it held a special grace of masculinity that he also had not seen in the god's. It flaunted himself elegantly and he slightly wondered where such a garment was made.
"You are wearing the outfit of the Reikontsukai. That is what Byaku and Tsubaki must wear, but in purple." She weaved the strands in a braid before tying it tightly around her neck. "You are growing on Shiki-dono. I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to take you in as a fellow Reikontsukai." She sighed. "What we need, another stupid male."
"We should scout the area to see exactly what we have. That is unless this flower fields are all we can set foot on." Kagome looked at her surroundings.
"Rin-chan loved flowers, didn't she?" He faltered his step. "Whatever happened to her?"
"She is usually at my home with teachers. She travels with me no longer…this time I allowed her however." Kagome smiled.
"I see."
"She still wonders about you from time to time. You're known as the flower lady to her. The one who would always pick flowers with her." A breeze blew his hair backwards. "She needs to begin lessons to becoming a woman. I will have her married by age sixteen."
"That is not a wise choice." Kagome said wisely. "She is merely ten right now. Give her till age nineteen. She will find someone by then. A man named Kohaku will come in search for her." Sesshomaru turned away.
"Let's explore this place. There is no use discussing matters that are of no importance." Kagome frowned.
"You are so full of yourself, I swear." He gave her a look before continuing without any words. She sighed.
'I am not gonna mate this ass, that's for sure.' She growled as he walked ahead of her, the outfit given to him by Shiki blowing in the soft breeze. 'Though he does have a rather nice walk.'
She shrugged at her observation before starting after him. Today was the day where she could make him as annoyed as possible, and she couldn't feel any better. So, taking that logic, she ran quickly behind him and jumped on his back.
"Feeling frisky, Kagome?" He asked with a smirk before she rightfully gave him a large bonk on the head.
"You are such an ass, you know?" She began to scratch his ears. "Since you're a dog and everything, do you like your ears scratched? Or would you like them rubbed?"
"Stop spouting nonsense." He mumbled as he promptly dropped her to the grounded. She sighed.
"You're so boring, Sess-kun."
"Sesshomaru-sama."
"I should just call you Ice Pants, the way you act. Want to answer me puppy boy? Like your ears scratched?"
"Would you like your throat removed?" She whistled.
"Owwie…looks like I've been silenced by the big bad wolf." She smirked. "Or the big bad doggy?" She frowned when he looked away from her, agitation on his features. "I have to say you have a lot of stamina in you. Inuyasha would be down my throat this instant."
"Do you miss the hanyou?" He asked. She shook her head with a smile.
"Not at all. Besides, I have different friends now. I do miss Sango and Miroku sometimes. I see them occasionally…but they can't see me." She smiled. "But once we're out of this when we supposedly decide together that we'll become mates, you're taking me to my friends. Then—"
"Whom stated that we would become mates?" She sighed.
"I'm not as excepting to this either. I mean, hey, who'd want to birth your children?" His eyes narrowed.
"Many, in fact."
"Probably. With that handsome face of yours, who wouldn't want to?" She laughed prettily. "Besides me, of course. You might have looks, but your personality stinks."
"Your personality doesn't bring joy either." He replied shortly. She smiled.
"At least you're talking to me. That's a good thing, huh?" He clamped his mouth shut as they entered some trees. Her smile grew into a grin. "Oh, you aren't talking to me now, is that it? My, my, little puppy boy, I never knew how childish you could act!"
"Silence."
"Why should I?" She asked as he gave her a dangerous glare. He smirked.
"I hear running water." She squealed loudly in happiness as she darted past him. He followed slowly until they reached a beautiful hot spring. Water fell from a small waterfall, surrounded by flowers. She began to shed from her clothes.
"Bath time!" She jumped into the water, causing Sesshomaru to stare at her. The sight was absolutely…mouthwatering. She swam in the water, bare to the world, and she did it without any second thought with him seeing her. "Join me, Sess-kun. You smell dirty too." He scowled as he took off his shirt.
"I do not." She smiled as she turned around to let him have his privacy. Once she heard a soft wade in the water, she turned around. She grinned, seeing that he had loosened up a bit.
"You have no fun." She said as she swam around him. "No fun at all."
"There is no need to have any of your fun." She sighed.
"Fun is letting loose once in a while. Like saying right now you'd have fun with me in a water fight." He snorted, leaving her with no answer.
"I give up on you anyways. I don't see what Shiki-dono sees in you." He nodded in response.
"I don't either."
I didn't originally plan to put this on fanfiction...it kind of happened. A friend of mine would like to read this, I guess...well, you don't have to review about this. I wouldn't. It's not that great. Kagome/Sesshomaru: don't review saying this pairing is shit. Because I don't care.
