Kagome's Duty

I do not own anything remotely to do with InuYasha. This is my first story without an OC in it and I am really eager to see if I can give the characters justice. Writing is like a flower, waiting to bloom!

Chapter One: The Meaning of Pack

He stood there, looking at her. The wind whistled through his Mokomoko causing the delicate strands to dance and his hair to flair gently. Dressed in a tattered old priestess garb and her hair tousled like a rat's nest, she looked the picture of desolate as she clung to a tree trunk. The stinging scent of tears tingled at his nostrils as well as the cloying scent of monthly moon flow. She was unaware that he was by her, her holy powers dampened by her sadness. Her own little world encompassed her. Sesshoumaru decided that he didn't like the scent of tears and sadness marring her usual jasmine aroma.

"Miko," he said tonelessly, giving away his presence and slight curiosity. She whirled around suddenly, her blue eyes deep with her sorrow. Turning away from his amber gaze, she stared dispassionately at her hands.

"I'm a fool," she said softly, almost absently. "I've been under the delusion that I was meant to be be with InuYasha, that after all this trouble with Naraku ends, he and I would be together." he stood there impassively, waiting for her to continue. Kagome gave him an irritated look. "How often have you known that he would drop everything to rescue Kikyo, not caring about how the rest of us is fairing?"

Sesshoumaru stood there for a beat or two. "This Sesshoumaru does not follow."

She huffed in frustration. "He goes to her whenever she calls, leaving us to defend ourselves, even in the midst of battle." She saw his impatient glare. "I'm not saying that we can't defend ourselves, cause we can, but he is meant to be here, protecting us, letting us know if a demon is close and aiding is in our fights."

"Miko, you should be capable of handling these things yourself." She gave a cry of frustration, her small fists beating on the ground.

"He appointed himself as such, makes us choose our fighting strategies around him!" she said loudly, his ears twitching at the loud sound. "Then as soon as she beckons, he abandons us in the middle of a fight to go off with her! He could have hurt Shippo. He cares more for a walking dead woman than those in his group."

"Pack."

"Pardon?" she looked at him confused, and somewhat irritated that he interrupted her rant.

"It is not a group for Inu demons, it is pack," he replied in a bored tone.

"Whatever. All he cares about is what I can give him, what I can offer him, not that he truly gives a damn about me as a person." Tears rose once more in her eyes. Yet still he continued to stare at her, his internal debate unseen on his face. Irritated by his blankness, Kagome stood up. "Why am I even bothering? You're the Ice Prince of the West. Why should you care about a lowly Miko?" with barely a perceptive sigh, Sesshoumaru walked over to her and hauled her up by the arms.

"These reasons you have offered me have not given a sufficient reason for you to shed tears, Miko. He is a dishonorable fighter, you should have expected such."

Giving him a glare from under her bangs. "I love him and he runs off all the time with Kikyo, with no thought of anyone else, and still dangles hope that he loves me back in front of my eyes. Then he leaves in the middle of a fight, not caring whether and of his pack get hurt in the process. All he thinks about is himself. Anytime one of us try and say something, he gets angry and yells at us." she began to fall limp in his arms as the fight fell out of her. "What am I going to do? How am I going to keep Shippo safe and do my duty if our strongest fighter always runs off in the midst of a fight?" Again, Sesshoumaru looked at her, his normally piercing eyes blank with thought. Abruptly he let her fall to the ground, turning slightly away. She stared at her companion. He had been traveling with them for several days so far, he and the rest of his group and it had irritated InuYasha to no end. Kagome wondered what is true purpose was to being there. Was it because he thought they were the best bet at defeating Naraku? Or was it that he actually believed in her quest and wanted to help? No, Sesshoumaru was a selfish person by nature and never did anything that didn't benefit him in some way. Safely, she was going to go with her first choice. But it didn't stop her from wondering, was it InuYasha that was going to finally kill Naraku with her, or was it going to be Sesshoumaru?

Fed up with her internal debate, Sesshoumaru broke the silence, finally coming to his decision.

"Pack your things, get your pup, the monk and slayer. We have dawdled here too long. You have a Duty to finish."

"The one I love leaves me to go to another and you want me to just leave like it never happened?"

Miko stared wordlessly into his eyes. They showed nothing that she could identify. She couldn't be sure what to do. Should she just go with him and forget her broken heart? Did she stay and wallow in depression? Or did she leave and get over the fact that her heart was now in a million pieces. Or perhaps going with Sesshoumaru would prove to have some kind of reasoning to it.

Nodding her head slightly, she silently told him that she would go with him.

"If InuYasha truly desires to fight and join my pack as an Omega, he may do so." Sesshoumaru turned to leave.

"O-omega?" came her confused voice.

"Someone has to be there to vent my frustrations." With that he turned and walked towards the camp, not needing to say more.

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