Kagome only wanted to take along seeds of those beautiful flowers. Having forgotten them at the sengokujidai, she returns back to fetch them. How to entwine a special flower pattern of ancient times, a big white injured something and hilarious scenes? Read on to find out and please leave comments on how well I am doing!
Kagome-Sesshoumaru, rating just to be safe.
I am still looking for a beta!!
onna – woman
Sengokujidai –age of the warring states
taijiya – demon exterminator
„You know, I will be here for you in exactly two week, so don't dare to be late again, wench!" Inuyasha growled as he watched Kagome climbing up the rim of the bone-eaters-well. "And I would suggest you don't always come to sneak around when I am doing my homework! SIT boy!" came the answer from Kagome who could barely control her anger, but managed to hold her smiling facade in place.
'I never know what's going on in her brain by only judging her outside expression' Inuyasha mused, while making intimate contact with the green grass, not being able to move any limb. He had just been watching her happy smiling face when he was sat to the grounds out of the blue. He hated being sat so much!
"What have I done to deserve that, stupid onna!?" he spat at her after the spell had finally worn off. When he managed to stand up again, he could only watch Kagome jumping into the well. A faint violet light confirmed that she had left the Sengokujidai.
"Just do what you want, I'm not interested anyway!" Inuyasha glanced at the weird well for another time before he headed back to the village. He would just wait there for her return, more or less patiently. He didn't look forward to those two long weeks, as the perverted monk, little Shippo, the taijiya and her loyal cat demon Kirara had gone to visit Sango's destroyed village while they had time. Perhaps it would be the best to invest some time into training Tetsusaiga's new techniques.
In the meantime Kagome arrived in her own time, it was nearly three month ago since she had visited her family and she longed to spend some relaxing days with them. Inuyasha could sometimes be a real prick without even noticing it. Was it so difficult to be a little nicer to her? Without her he would never be able to find all the shards. Well, without her the shikon no tama would have never been broken apart. On the other hand he would still be plucked on the tree bound by Kikyo's arrow. She should have let him be were he was in the first place. 'But then I would have never met Sango, Miroku and Shippo and all those weirdos like Sesshoumaru, Kouga and Myoga!' she reminded herself.
She climbed up the ladder her grandfather had constructed so she would be able to get out of the well on her own. When she opened the heavy wooden door that lead out of the well house she noticed that it was already getting dark outside and some stars were sparkling at the dark blue sky. As it was in the middle of spring, the night air wasn't that chilly anymore and Kagome took a swift stroll around the familiar buildings to see if everything was the same as ever. Goshinboku's leaves were juicy and green and her mother had planted some flowers next to the ancient tree, which would blossom soon.
Suddenly she remembered the seeds from the moonstarflowers that she wanted to bring along. Here in present Japan those pristine red flowers were extinct. 'I bet mom would be eager to see them blooming in our garden! Now would be just the right time to implant them. I should go back and fetch them, yep, that's what I gonna do!'
Having made up her mind, Kagome ran back to the well, still her heavy yellow backpack on her shoulders. Her friends would be surprised to see her back so soon, she thought when she let go of the ladder. The familiar violet light engulfed her right after she had touched the bottom of the well, leading the way to the warring ages.
It was so silent, she noticed, too silent. Her family's shrine was also quiet, as it was situated on a hill of the outskirts of the city, but this atmosphere on the other side of the well was silent in a creepy way today. She took a quick look at the admirable medieval sky as there were much more stars visible than in her time.
Usually she could hear all sorts of noise coming from the forest surrounding the well. Something was off… Under normal circumstances she would have thrown her bag out of the well so it would be easier for her to climb out. But as it seemed that there was something out of place it wouldn't be a good idea to do that.
Having attached that extra weight she had to be very careful not to break the rather delicate vines and bump back on the ground. She reached for the strongest looking root and slowly began mounting up the wall. When she finally reached the last few inches that separated her from the outside world she again listened for any hint of danger.
Nothing... ah, what was that, a faint whimpering noise? She rose her head so that her eyes were even with the rim of the well to be able to get a glimpse of the place she thought she had heard something. But again, nothing. Kagome narrowed her eyes and concentrated all her senses at those trees which were slightly bowing with the wind that had just started to come up. Was there something white lurking out behind that bush?
'What I am to do now? Should I just jump back to present or should I investigate what ever that is out there? Or should I simply rush to Kaede's village and tell Inuyasha? What if that thing is a demon and catches me before I get there? But if it is whimpering, it could be injured... That wouldn't present any danger, now would it?' With that last thought Kagome regained her courage and crawled over the rim of the well. As silent as possible she moved closer to the place where she thought she had spotted that white thing. Again that whimpering! She accelerated her speed and stumbled over a log. When she had gained her composure she nearly stumbled again.
There was a large white furry animal lying between the trees. It was terribly wounded, blood pouring out of its heavily injured fangs, neck and belly. Then she noticed a little girl clad in an orange-white checked yukata kneeling before the huge mouth, gently patting it. "Sesshoumaru-sama, should I go to the village and find the miko Kagome, I am sure she can help you!" the little girl whimpered, tears rolling down her cheeks. 'Those are Sesshoumaru and Rin!' Kagome now recognised the situation she was in.
At that moment the white dog yelped and tried to turn its head in her direction. "Did you hear something, Sesshoumaru-sama?" Rin finally understood and slowly shifted her gaze from the injured demon to Kagome. Some colour returned to Rin's white suffering face and she jumped up. "Lady Kagome! Please help Sesshoumaru-sama! I will do anything if you help him!" Again tears swelled up in Rin's eyes.
"Uhm, let me have a look at his wounds and I do what I can. If you could fetch me some fresh water from the brook just north of here, I will prepare everything needed." She couldn't say no to that pleading girl, she had to try the impossible. Her mother always told her to be calm when confronted with an emergency and now she wanted to follow that advice, even if he was her sworn enemy.
"Hai, I will be back in a few minutes. Thank you so much, Lady Kagome!" with that she ran off with the iron bucket Kagome had handed her from her heavy bag. Another faint yelp came from Sesshoumaru after Rin had disappeared. Kagome looked wearily at his abused body. 'Why is he still in his dog form? What has happened to him? Perhaps I'll get some answers later. I really hope I can help him... he has once saved my butt even if it was unintentional.'
"You know, I really try to help you, so don't bite me!" Kagome glanced at his head when she realized that his eyes were closed. "His condition seems to be worse than I thought. I have to do something, quick!" Kagome muttered. She took the log she had fallen over before and found some more thinner branches, laying them on a pile, adding some dried moss. Then she took out her lighter in order to start a fire. 'Please, don't go out!' she prayed when Rin arrived with the now filled container. "Thank you Rin, now we need some stones, as big as you can carry!" "I am already on my way!" the little girl answered, scooting off. Together they managed to prop them around the dancing fire in order to put the water over the radiating heat.
Then Kagome opened a small grey package and poured the contents into the now boiling water, stirring the liquid a few times with a wooden spoon. "Sesshoumaru-sama, how are you? Please wake up!" Rin pleaded.
"That was all for now, little Rin. Try to get some sleep in my sleeping bag and when you wake up, your lord will be as healthy and strong as ever, I promise!" Kagome tried to calm the worrying girl. "Thank you so much! I believe in you!" with that Rin crawled into the bag provided by the miko. After some minutes Kagome heard the exhausted girl finally breathing out evenly and calmly.
Then Kagome turned to the demonlord to feel his heartbeat by touching the uninjured side of his neck. She finally let out a breath when she found his faint but steady pulse. "I do what I can to heal your injuries but you have to stay conscious in order for me to do that."