Chapter 1
Stalking someone was quite new to Kagome. The idea of following someone who did not know that they were being followed (Or at least she hoped so) was something that someone who had no true life would do. And here she was, stalking Sesshoumaru, one of the greatest demons she had ever fought. Hopefully he would not notice her, but then again, he was not called a powerful demon for no reason. Kagome had seen him fight in his true form, and knew he was not one to mess with. But here she was, most likely being detected by the person she absolutely had to follow. All because of Naraku.
Kagome watched as the demon lord stopped, his little servant-like thing crashing into him, while Rin and the large dragon stopped several feet from Sesshoumaru. He seemed to have said something, though Kagome could not hear, for the lord's charge, servant and dragon walked around him, and continued down the path. In that moment, Kagome realized that he would either kill her, or confront her. She really did not want him to kill her, but at that moment, she did not want to talk to him at all. But unfortunately for her, her fate was in his hands. Currently life sucked.
She was not really scared of him; he was just far too intimidating. He had this personality that said that he was god, and she was dirt. If up to her, she would show him who was boss. Unfortunately, he was about a thousand times more powerful than her, and could easily squish her like a bug, and no normal person would want that. Not to say Kagome was normal. She was far from normal, but that did not mean she wanted to die.
She would never want to be with Sesshoumaru on her own free will, but someone out there really hated her. And his name was Naraku. Stupid demon, always causing more problems than were either wanted or needed. It was a good thing that there were a lot of people, both human and otherwise, that wanted him dead. That was currently the only that she had in common with Inuyasha's older brother.
Sesshoumaru took a long time to do nothing. While his companions had left her sight, Kagome started to wonder what he was up to. Inuyasha had told her not to expect too much from his brother, though his words were indirectly. He said that Sesshoumaru might help her, but not to get too hopeful. Of course Inuyasha had been furious to begin with over the idea that she was trying to see if she could stay with Sesshoumaru for the time being. Not that she wanted to. Never. She would have tried her hardest to not be with him, but even after many ideas, Kagome had to travel with him.
To her, Sesshoumaru was like the devil. Or at least that was her first impression of him. After all, how many people would try to kill their own family, and vandalize their own father's grave? Then again, he was a demon, and it could have been perfectly normal for someone of that race to try to destroy their family. Kagome did not know, and was not going to think about it further. But Sesshoumaru had somehow forced his way into her mind.
Inwardly, Kagome cursed him and his mightiness.
"Girl," She was pulled out of her thoughts by his voice. She turned to look at him from her spot from behind the tree. He was not looking at her, but she knew he had the rest of his senses on her. She could see his ears twitch slightly as she stepped on a branch on her way over. She stopped just a couple trees behind and to the side of him. "What do you want? You have been following us for three days."
That was true. She had left her friends a week ago to find the demon Lord in front of her. She had finally seen him on the fourth day, but did not have the courage to talk to him immediately. In the end, Kagome had decided that he would have to come to her, though thinking about that right now, it was not a bright idea.
It was starting to bother her that he had some unknown power that made people fear him, with out him batting an eyelid. He had this cold persona that could kill by just feeling the aura, that same aura that the female could feel grabbing at her, trying to bring her down. If she did not know better, she would have thought that he was doing it on purpose. But he was Sesshoumaru and did not need to do that.
Again, she cursed his mightiness.
She took a step closer to him, as she spoke. "I do not mean to be a bother, Sesshoumaru, but," She paused thinking about how to say her next words. Not only that, but the demon gave her this cold look, almost stopping the blood in her very veins. She became cold at the look, and had to focus on something that was not Sesshoumaru.
"But, may I stay with you and your companions?" Saying something like that to one you would consider an enemy, you would at least expect a reaction.
Sesshoumaru gave none. He did not move. From her point, he did not even seem to have blinked. In fact he acted like he heard nothing coming from her lips.
He became a statue.
After a while he turned his head to face Kagome, his body following. She looked into his face as he looked into hers. She noticed his eyes were cold and calculating, just like his personality, but at the same time much like Inuyasha's, yet, they were richer in color, deeper, and somehow more expressive. They reflected the sun, but took their own color of rich honey. Kagome could easily say they were one of his greatest features. It was hard for her to deny, almost impossible, the fact that he was very attractive, because of those eyes alone.
But he really needed to work on his personality. His sucked like a prostitute.
"Do as you please." He continued down the path, Kagome following just several feet behind.
Kagome's legs were tired. The demon in front of her traveled far and long in the time she had been his stalker. She decided that both Rin and Jaken were lucky because of that dragon. She saw that they would ride it for hours at a time. If only she had her bike. Every thing was so much better in her time. They had cars. And air conditioning. And telephones. But most importantly showers. Good ol' showers.
Kagome was surprised that Sesshoumaru had allowed her to stay. He never seemed to be the person to allow an almost complete stranger to join his group (she never did wonder where Jaken and Rin came from), but who was she to judge? He was a mystery, and now, because she was going to travel with him, she would solve that mystery. The thought was enjoyable for at least a second.
She would figure out who Sesshoumaru was!
Or maybe not. Oh, well. The thought was fun while it lasted.
But she could try to figure out where they were going to go, if only to pass the time. So far she had seen a good deal of Japan, and it would be fun to see where Sesshoumaru was taking them. Yes! A new game. Where is Sesshoumaru going? At that Kagome decided that she was going to make children's games when she got home. If she made it home.
She planted her feet into the ground as Sesshoumaru stopped.
It did not take long for the two of them to reach the area where Sesshoumaru's companions had set up camp. The large dragon was lying down, eating the grass in front of him, or whatever gender the creature was. Both Jaken and Rin seemed to be having trouble with the fire they wanted to start. All three bodies turned to look at them, as they entered the encampment.
"Kagome?" the young girl called from her spot by the pile of wood. She had to admit, the child was cute. Some kind of innocence radiated from her, almost blasting her with its power. Just like Sesshoumaru's ice power. Maybe he rubbed off on her. Hopefully not physically. That would be wrong on so many levels.
"Hey," she replied. "I'm gonna stay with you for a while." Kagome gave a tiny smile, her tongue sticking out between her teeth. It was a goofy expression she had had picked up with hanging out with Shippou too much. The little fox did it whenever he met a girl that he had a crush on. Kagome of course just did to be friendly to Rin.
As soon as she finished her sentence, Jaken started to gape. "Mi…Milord, is this true? Is this woman staying with us?" The small creature gave Kagome a look of disgust as he questioned his lord. If she had known that he would be so rude, Kagome might have not decided to travel with Sesshoumaru, even at the cost of her friends, but it was too late now. She was going to stay as long as she needed. Which might just be a long time. Stupid Naraku.
Jaken on the other hand was horrified beyond belief. He would be stuck with this woman. One who had tried the kill him when he was only doing his master's bidding. He knew that she would try to bash his head whenever no one was looking. It was something that was coded into her blood, creating him pain.
It was times like this that Jaken wanted to retire soon.
Sesshoumaru brushed pass Kagome and Jaken, sitting under a tree, not far away. "Jaken, silence," he commanded. His voice was strong, demanding to be listened to. Kagome had no clue as to why she thought that, but it was true; though she most likely would not follow his orders unless there was a real need be. But it did shut the imp up. Which was nice, if only for a little while.
Kagome did not like the little creature at all. He looked gross, and sounded gross, and smelled gross. Everything about him screamed gross. She might as well just call him Gross.
Hm…maybe…
Jaken went back to his place by the wood, picking up the two rocks that he was using to try and start the fire. Kagome went over, and sat down next to Rin. Placing her bag off her back, the older girl started going through it. The bag was trusty, never once being lost, and withstanding even the worst people, or demons.
One time it fell into a lake, and while nothing was destroyed, it somehow managed to gather some fish. Shippou was happy, until Inuyasha came by and ate both of theirs. It ended up in a big fight that was entertaining none-the-less.
"What's in there?" As soon as the word left Rin's mouth, Jaken stumbled over to the two females. Kagome could smell that nasty part of him called body odor, and it reeked. She noticed that there were no flies about, and that gave her the impression that they all had died, hiding in the imps brown clothing. She had to wonder if his clothes had started out white…
"Hey," Kagome sighed as the little imp pushed her out of the way, and started rummaging through her stuff. "Get out of there you nasty thing!" Rin watched on in silence, as the only other female started to kick her master repeatedly in the stomach, trying to get him away from her stuff.
Jaken found odd things hiding in the bag, all of which he had never seen before. It was odd for him to not know what something was, mostly because he had traveled all over the world and had seen most things.
The girl must be a witch, was the only logical thing that popped into his head. It explained so much.
"Milord, this human carries sorcery!" he yelled to Sesshoumaru. The silver demon merely opened his eyes, looked to Jaken, and then to Kagome. When their eyes met for a second time that day, she began to shudder. Though they seemed to be blank, she could tell he was thinking about something, but what, she could only guess.
"Jaken, leave her." He closed his eyes again, and looked as if he were asleep. His servant gaped again at his master. Then he gave Kagome a cold look, before sitting down in his place. She just stuck her tongue out at him in return.
Going through her bag, the girl grabbed a box of matches. She pulled out a match, and scraped in against the side of the box. Jaken stared, eyes wide open, while Rin look very interested at what she was doing. Throwing the burning stick into the pile of wood, the whole thing slowly erupted in flames.
It was funny. When Kagome had first showed her friends in this time the trick with the match, their reactions were the same as Rin's, eyes going wide and gasps leaving their lips.
If schooling in her time failed, then she could always become a magician in this time. Maybe she would become famous.
She would be a part of this world, while still remaining part of her own though her objects from home.
"Kagome," She was pulled out her thoughts by the younger girl. "Why are you here?" She took a good look at her.
Rin had grown several inches since the incident with Takemaru. Her hair was hanging down, instead of part of it pulled back. She had seemed to have taken this mature look that stated, 'Though I am a child, I am quite wise', and Kagome believed it. She was still cute, and if Kagome was in to the whole cannibalism thing, she would have eaten her up at that second. It was a good thing she was not; otherwise Rin would be dead a long time ago, eaten by some other person.
The teen thought about the words, not finding a way to say them, without giving away too much. She would be mortified if Sesshoumaru ever found out why she was truly there. The only way Kagome would tell him is if he asked, and they were far away from both Rin and Jaken. Even so, it would take a lot of courage to do so. "I have to be here." It was an answer, though very vague.
"Oh," Rin sighed and picked her self up. She really wanted to know why the older girl was there. Even though Kagome was great, she did not seem to fit with everybody in this group.
A large growl came from Rin's stomach.
It suddenly became quiet, even with the crackling of the fire.
She decided that now would be a good time to look for some food
"Here," Before Rin could pull away from the fire, Kagome handed her a piece of jerky. The young girl gave a skeptic look, but took the meat anyways. After nibbling a bit, Rin decided she liked it and gave Kagome a large smile, before stuffing an entire piece in her mouth. "Slow down," the older girl laughed. "You'll get sick." Offering some to Jaken, the little creature snatched it from her hands and ate it. She just guessed that they never got meat.
Looking over to Sesshoumaru, Kagome noticed that the demon was looking at them with a small amount of curiosity. When he noticed that she was staring, he closed his eyes. Grabbing the bag with the food, the teen walked over to the mysterious man. "Would you like some, Sesshoumaru?"
He did not even look at her before he spoke. "No, thank you." He seemed to have dismissed her, as he turned his head, as if he was looking in that direction, but Kagome knew better. He was not going to take anything from a human. At least he had some manners. She did see that his nose was moving slightly, as if smelling the meat, and deducted that he was taking in its scent. That thought almost made her laugh. Almost being the key word.
Giving Rin a large smile as she sat back down, the teen shrugged her shoulders at Sesshoumaru's behavior. The girl smiled right back.
Already Kagome could tell that she would be a good friend to her.
Gods she missed her own friends. This time at night would be the noisiest. Everyone would be setting up, with the exception of one person, who would be preparing food. After getting dinner, they would chat about this and that, trying to take their minds off the harsh realities of the world. They would continue on like this, until they became tired, then they would fall asleep.
The older female grabbed some jerky for her self, and ate it slowly, trying to give her something to do. It was a rare occasion for her to eat the dried meat, but Sango had made it as a good bye gift for the time being, and every bite was well worth it. It was defiantly much better than the dried demons that she had accidentally brought home.
It was getting dark, and Kagome noticed that Rin was starting to nod off. Grabbing a blanket out of her bag, she wrapped it around the girl, before getting one for herself.
She was tired, and just ready to fall asleep. She really needed it. Sesshoumaru had walked through the night, the previous night, and if she was going to get any sleep she needed to get it now before Sesshoumaru would go on the move again.
Laying down, Kagome tried her hardest to sleep, but it would not come to her. She was hot, slightly embarrassed because this would be the first night that she would spend with Sesshoumaru. It did not help that the air was warm, and her clothes were starting to stick to her body, making various parts itchy.
As the minutes slowly passed, Kagome watched as Jaken had finally fell asleep, a snot bubble occasionally popping out of his nostril in the most disgusting manner. Even though the dragon was a bit away from her, she could easily hear it snore, preventing herself from doing the same.
But even through this all, there was one thing that bothered her the most, making her sleep restless and uncomfortable.
The golden eyes that watched her.