1'Am I not supposed to love you? I know I will never be anything more in your eyes then Kikyou 's incarnation, but I do still love you, and even though I may not be Kikyou, I will do my best to be strong for you Inuyasha..' I want so badly to tell him how I feel, I can even feel my lips move to start out the syllables, but my voice is lost..
Maybe someday he'll know. Maybe someday he'll love me.. For me. "Oi! Hurry up wench!" I hear him shout at me. I'm snapped from my thoughts. I look up at him and he gives me a soft, almost loving look, before shaking his head and turning away from me. I sigh. "Inuyasha.. Please.. My name is not Wench, I do not like being called such." I tell him, he turns to look at me before 'keh'ing and walking forward. Maybe I'm just losing my mind.. Or was that a smile?
Does he enjoy teasing me? I pack up my backpack and take Shippou's hand before looking towards Inuyasha. His white hair blowing in the wind, his face serious, like he's searching for something.. Someone.
Probably Kikyou, I seen her soul collectors last night, then I heard him almost silently get up, casting a glance at me before going into the forest. He had the same soft, loving look last night as he looked upon my sleeping figure, or at least he thought I was sleeping. My eyes slowly watched him walk away into the trees. My eyes slowly shed tears for his sake.
He was probably seeing Kikyou when he gave me those looks, for when he realized he did, he quickly turned away, a scowl replacing his looks. I look down at Shippou his incredulous green eyes staring up at me, his little demon toothed smile sending happiness my way in waves. The little kit always knew how to make me feel better, without even trying in the least.
We start moving forward, Sango and Miroku behind me. The little hell cat resting on Sango's shoulder. Everything was in place as it would forever be. But, not as it should be. It should be Inuyasha and I talking around a campfire, it should be Inuyasha and I walking through the forest, hand in hand, enjoying the scenery.. It should be Inuyasha and I... together.
I shake my head, pulling the unshed tears back into my eyes. I was foolish for thinking such things because such things were not going to happen. They were only dreams. Yes, foolish dreams of a young girls heart. Never to be fulfilled or made reality. I mentally sigh. More and more of these thoughts with Inuyasha have been invading my mind more and more lately. I think he even almost caught me checking out his butt. Almost.
I don't think he did, at least I hope not. Maybe I really should stop my wandering mind before it goes too far like it always does. "Kagome, when will we stop again for the night? I wanna play!" the little kit asked me, excitedly. I smile down at him. He's such a care free little kid, nothing to worry about, nothing dragging him down.. No affections of a certain person to worry about.
"I don't know Shippou, why not ask Inuyasha? He's the one leading us you know." I say, showing off my bright smile, I always feel so care free around the little kit, he seems to emit a calming nature about him. I watch as he scampers off to ask Inuyasha. I can make out the words barely.
"Keh, you ain't getting to play tonight, we're gonna go straight through town and set up a camp at dusk, you are gonna help Kagome with the cooking and getting the firewood." I watched as shippou sulked back to me, he seemed like his spirits were broken right there from Inuyasha's words, I sigh at Inuyasha. He looks at me as though I've grown a second head and then turns back around. No doubt he saw more of Kikyou in me again.
"You want a candy bar Shippou?" I ask him, his green eyes light up once more as he shakes his head yes. I have a feeling I'm going to regret it later on tonight. We walk straight through town, only stopping to buy some supplies for the long journey ahead. I could see that we wouldn't be returning to my time anytime soon so I stocked up on fruits, hoping they don't go bad in my yellow backpack.
Just as soon as we arrived in the town, we left, the sun was already starting to set, but Inuyasha wouldn't stop, he seemed almost... Determined?..to keep going, as though something was making him go. I guess we got about 5 miles away from the town when we finally stopped. I look at Inuyasha, his face showed his emotions, he was distant, thinking of something, someone I mentally remind myself. The one he loves. My heart tears at the thought but I keep my feeling to myself.
Kikyou had stolen his heart long before I was even a meir thought so I should have no right to feel remorse, or jealousness, right? Bah, oh well. Inuyasha ran off, looking for food and Sango and Miroku started to set up camp. I took Shippou's hand and we went into the forest looking for tree limbs. I saw a faint light, almost, eerie light, it seemed to pull at me, like it was asking me to come find the source of it's mystery.
I obliged, although my mind was screaming I should turn back and run, my feet would not turn around. I came to the clearing and immediately my heart stopped, as though I died at the sight. Sesshomaru. Laying against a tree, blood splattered across his armor, holes and tears in his clothes.
I saw a little girl hoovering over him, shedding tears like she would never stop, like her tears would save him. I give a sad smile to the girl as I walk over to him. I hear a growl but ignore it. "Little girl, what happened to Sesshomaru?" I ask her. She looks at me with hopeful eyes. Shining with hope and happiness. "Rin's name is Rin! Lord Sesshomaru got into a fight with a nasty demon after Lord Jaken whacked it on the head with his staff."
"Where is this 'Lord Jaken' now?" I asked her. She looked over in the bushes and I saw a cowering staff, jiggling in the bush. So that's where he went. To hide. Coward. "Alright Miss Rin-chan, I need you to help me take off Sesshomaru's armor." I said, smiling at her. She eagerly nodded her head. "BUT KAGOME!" Shippou yelled at me. I could tell he was worried.
"What if Inuyasha catches us? Won't he be mad we're helping his brother?" he asked. I looked into his eyes, full of worry and fear. "No, I don't think he'd mind. Shippou, go get me some hot water." I tell him, he nods. I look around for something to dress his wounds.
I finally sigh and rip the sleeves of my shirt. Oh well. I take them and pull them into strips. "Thank you Rin-chan" I say to her. She smiles at me. Shippou comes running back with some warm water, it must have gotten cold from his walk back. "Okay, now this might hurt." I say to him, he looks at me and growls but makes no move to stop me. "Alright.." I apply pressure to the wounds, cleaning them and dressing them. Sesshomaru looks at me as though I was an alien, foreign to this world and everything he knew. Okay, so I was foreign to this world, but he didn't know that, did he?
"Miko, where is it that you learned how to bandage wounds like this?" he asked her in a questionative tone. I looked at him a moment should I tell him? "I've just picked it up around and about." yeah that sounds like a good answer. "Really?" he asked me. "I would think that most humans would not know how to bandage wounds properly." he said to me, I sat there for a moment before coming up with another diversion from the truth
"Well, I learned it through the miko training I'm currently taking." I told him, that should fix his wagon!..errr..dragon? "You seem a little old for miko training, most mikoes have already gone through their training and are out killed demons by your age." he said to me, damn.. "Well, I just recently discovered that I'm a miko." He quirked an eyebrow, obviously telling that I've lied. "Really now? Most mikoes know from birth if they've been giving holy and spiritual powers."
"Well... uh..." and that's when I fumbled with my words, and of course, that's when his triumphant smirk came out from behind his unemotional mask. I glare at that smirk, how it mocks me. "Kagome-chan, will you got help me pick some flowers while we wait for Lord Sesshomaru's wounds to heal up?" the bubbly little girl asked me, her big brown doe eyes shimmering with hope and promise. I couldn't help but nod in agreement.
"Maybe you should ask Shippou too." I whisper to her. She gets a blush about her face and I knew then she liked the little fox demon. "I.. Okay!" she said. She jumped up and asked Shippou to play with us and he happily jumped up like Rin did and ran around picking flowers and playing tag. "Miko." I heard Sesshomaru say, I look in his direction, he seems to have healed a little, but it seems as though something was blocking his healing, something I missed...
"Miko!" he said a bit more sternly, snapping me from my thoughts. I slowly walk over to him. "What time period are you from?" he asked me, damn.. Obviously he knows. "500 years in the future.." I tell him. He looks at me a moment before nodding and resting his head against the tree, watching Rin and Shippou play through half closed lids. I smile at him but I suppose the gesture went unnoticed.
I sigh and go back to playing with the children but that fun is short lived. "KAGOME!" Inuyasha said, rushing into the clearing, holding his sword high above his head, ready to attack in the sight of danger. "Inuyasha, what do you want?" I ask him, the tone in my voice shown boredom and exhaust.
"Why the hell is Sesshomaru over there against a tree and you just playing around with the kids, HE COULD KILL YOU!" he shouted at me. I sighed and mumbled something, something that sounded a lot like "sit boy" because he ended up slamming into the ground, like a heavy rock dropped from a cliff. He gets up from eating dirt and glares at me, turning to Sesshomaru.
"Oi! What the hell are you doing around here Sesshomaru?" he questioned his half brother. I sigh, yet again. What's with all this sighing while in the presence of Inuyasha. "Inuyasha.." I say, trying ot get his attention, he looks my way, if only for a moment.
"He's not going to hurt us, he was wounded so I healed him, is that a problem?" he looked my way again, face showing of disbelief and anger. I wish he could learn how to control his emotions like Sesshomaru, then he might just look cuter...HEY OKAY! No more thinking of Sesshomaru like a hot guy, he's a murderer, a killer, cold blooded human hater.
"Yeah it's a fucking problem Kagome, why did you help him? He ain't one of us, I'm surprised he even let you touch him, he hates humans, remember? You might have gotten killed." He shouted at me, Sesshomaru choose this moment comment on the Hanyou.
"I had no intention of harming the miko, Half-breed, she merely helped this Sesshomaru with my wounds and now I shall be going on my way." he tried to push himself off the ground, nearly stumbling, if you looked ever so closely, you could see.. He quickly regained his composer and started walking into the forest, Rin and Jaken followed quickly behind, Jaken finally scurrying out of the bushes. I took Shippou's hand and we started to walk off, only turning to make sure they left.
I watched them go off into the distance, their bodies slowly becoming nothing but a mere shadow. And then I heard a scream, Rin's scream. I look back in the direction they went, Inuyasha turned as well, but then turned back and started walking back to camp. "INUYASHA!" I shout at him, he looks at me a moment before huffing and picking me up and throwing me on his back.
"Shippou, I want you to go back to camp and get the first aid kit and then come back to us." I tell him, he scurries off. Inuyasha starts running towards the scream, and all I can think of is Sesshomaru and Rin.
We come upon Sesshomaru laying down face first in the dirt, he had an arrow coming from his back, like someone shot him as he left. "Lady Kagome, Lord Sesshomaru got hit with an arrow, I seen the woman that shot him, I thought it was you Lady Kagome, please help Lord Sesshomaru! Please!"
The little girl said to me, tears running down her face as she pulled on my shirt. I couldn't help but feel sorry for the little girl. I nodded and slowly walked toward Sesshomaru, he was out, cold. I look at the arrow, it was uniquely made, like only one person could have made it.. Kikyou.
Shippou came running towards me with the first aid kit in hand, coming towards us as fast as his little feet could carry him. "Here you go Kagome" he says to me, handing the Kit to me. I nod at him and proceed in pulling out the arrow in Sesshomaru's back. I pulled on it and it quickly dissolved in my hand, yet another reason to assume the dead miko for the crime such as this.
I look at the wound, the tip of the arrow was obviosuly laced with some kind of herb, it was poison... "Miko, that woman laced the tip of that arrow with Demon Spider." I gasp.. Who would have been able to get hold of those herbs for that kind of potion? "Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted. "It won't be long, a few weeks at the most, before it starts to slow his system down, if he was a demon, he would have already been immobile."
Sesshomaru struggled to get up, finally standing, with the help of a tree. "I will go find someone who knows something about an antidote." he said, walking deeper into the forest. Inuyasha stood up and grabbed him "You're not going anywhere. Kaede would know where to find the antidote, so you're coming back to town with us"
Sesshomaru, too exhausted to disagree just nodded his head and let Inuyasha lead him back to camp. I really did feel sorry for him, letting his half-brother, his enemy see him in his weakened time really must have struck a blow to his ego.
We walked back to camp, I noticed as soon as the villagers saw Sesshomaru, they receded back into their huts, only looking out their windows as they watched the demon lord being carried into the hut of the old priestess.
"Kaede, KAEDE! You old bat! Get in here we need help!" Inuyasha shouted into the hut. "Stop barking inuyasha, ye make more fuss then a new born babe." Kaede said, walking in from one of the back rooms. "What do ye wish of me, Inuyasha?" She asked him, sitting down among the fire.
"What's an antidote for Demon's Spider?" He asked her. I look towards Kaede, her face hardened and looked serious. "How do ye know of such a poison?" she asked, looking Inuyasha in the eye. "Sesshomaru was shot with an arrow, that poison on the tip, We want to know of an antidote."
"Why are we helping Sesshomaru again?" Sango spoke up as she soaked in the information. "Remember when Sesshomaru helped us kill Naraku? Remember when he didn't have to? I think we owe it to him, because he helped us, so we will help him" I said to them, they looked at me like I was insane.
"Alright then.. So, tell us where to find the antidote." Inuyasha said, staring at Kaede. "It's is a hard and long journey, it grows only on one mountain, high in the clouds, next to a waterfall, Heaven's Fall, I believe that's what they call it. The mountains, Tsunami Mountains, are in the northernmost mountain range.
Kail's Tear is the name of the antidote, but I warn ye, A demon, Kianzo, protects the secrets of the antidote, not many know of this, if ye are prepared for the journey, I encourage ye to be careful and come back safely." Kaede said. We all nodded our head.
"We'll leave in the morning." Inuyasha announced. We placed Sesshomaru on a mat and I got up to cook. "Shippou and Rin, would you like to help me cook?" I ask them, smiling. They nod eagerly and get up to help me.
We finish cooking and pass out the Ramon to everyone. Inuyasha ended up having 2 bowls, and then asking for more. "Alright, let's get some rest and we'll head out in the morning. Kagome, tonight I want you to go home and get supplies, I'll come with you, you won't stay, leave a note for your mom saying you've been home, I'm sorry Kagome, but if you wish to come you can't stay the night." he said to me. I nodded numbly. He seems so much more in control, so much more.. In charge.
I suppose Sesshomaru noticed this too because I saw amusement in his eyes, like he wanted his brother to see his power and his commands go unquestioned. "Get your bag and cmon." he said to me. I nodded again and grabbed the bag, heading out the door behind him. "Lady Kagome!!" I heard the little girl yell. "Yes rin?" I turn around and ask her.
She looks at me with hopeful eyes. "Can I come to your time with you?" she asks me. I look towards Inuyasha, he gave me a glare, as in saying no. "Well, I don't know if the well will let you... maybe we should bring Jaken so that way if you can't come through, he'll help you back up."
Just so you know, this is after Naraku is defeated, 2 years to be exact. Thanks for reading and review! I should have the next chapter up some time this week! Ta!