Alright, now you know what happens when Hoosiers get a snow day. Or at
least in my case. I write fanfics! Woohoo! I think this'll be the second
one I've started today. Bleh, I'm bored.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha. I wish I did, but that'll happen at the apocalypse! So, la-dee-da.
One note: I do own the dragoner, Zira. Disney does not own the name coz it's Swahili for 'hate' or 'anger.' Meant as a joke, because, as you will see, Zira does not hate.
Hmm... Oh right! Sess/Kag story. Rin's not in this one, though. Sorry.
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Kagome lay unconscious in the grass beside a massive crater. The crater that Naraku was, of course, responsible for. The sme scene played back again and again in her sub-conscious. The giant blast that caused her friends to disappear, and that must have taken Naraku with it, because she was still alive. The sonic blast from the explosion had knocked her back and into her unconscious state. If Naraku hadn't disappeared with the others once the blast had dissipated, he would have finished Kagome off. But, as she was still alive, there was no way Naraku had survived it.
Her mind was coming back into reality, but only faintly, most likely because somebody had moved her.
Kagome opened her eyes to an extremely blurry world, that came into minimal focus for only a short while. Her last sight before she passed out again was who she though to be Inu-Yasha, but her sub-conscious kept telling her that he wasn't there anymore. But she blacked out before recognition hit, and her final feeling was that of being lifted from the ground before everything went out entirely.
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Kagome woke up fully to find herself in a large bed under silk sheets. She blinked several times to make sure she wasn't seeing things. The room she was in seemed immaculately white, save for the golden tint of sunlight flooding in through a large window to her left. And if she though the window was big, she hadn't really noticed the rest of the room. It was huge!
"I see you've finally come round," a friendly female voice said calmly from beside her.
When Kagome saw the 'woman', though, she wished everything she was seeing WAS a dream. The creature looked remotely reptilian, with mottled brown, scaly skin; a long, thick tail; and claws and talons that could have gored something at the slightest touch. The one thing that didn't quite seem reptilian were the large, upright ears that were so thin, they were almost semi-transparent. The thing's eyes were also a surprise: they were wide and friendly, with a laughing expression to them.
"We were hoping you weren't dead. My name is Zira," the creature said, offering a talon to shake. Kagome took it stiffly, and pulled her hand back quickly. "You don't need to be afraid of me, m'lady. I'm just a humble servant. I'm not here to hurt you."
Zira smile patiently and reached for a broken jewel on the bedside table. She lifted it up so Kagome could see it. It was the Shikon no Tama, or what Kagome had found of it. "My master says this thing must have saved your life," Zira said in amazement. "You're awful lucky he found you. You were nearly dead when you got here!" She cocked her head to one side curiously. "Don't you talk?"
"Hai," Kagome said defensively.
Zira raised her talons in mock offense. "Pardon me, m'lady! I didn't mean it as an insult!"
"So, where am I?" Kagome asked, trying to sound kinder. Zira obviously didn't mean any harm to her.
"My master said that when you finally woke up, to give you two choices," Zira said brusqely. She had all together ignored Kagome's question. "Your first choice, is that you can just leave, and search for your friends, or stay here for a while. I'm afraid there's no alternative."
"Where am I, first of all?" Kagome tried again.
Zira stood up abruptly, setting the Shikon no Tama back on the table. She was definately hiding something. Walking to the door, she paused to say, "My master would like it if you stayed." She looked forlornly back at Kagome, awaiting her answer.
Kagome sat up, and snapped harshly, "I'm not answering until you tell me where I am, or who your 'master' is!"
Zira flinched under the severe tone of Kagome's voice. Her master had never yelled at her, and she didn't like it. "M'lady, I am sorry, but it is not of my free will to tell you that. If you wish, though, I can find him and ask him to come to you. It is only his right to tell you who he is and where you are."
"Fine then. If that's the way this low-life will have it, then send him here!"
Zira nodded and left quickly. A few moments later, she had returned. "Miss, my master has agreed to see you. I, uh, I must leave now. I have an errand or two to attend to, and I may not return until sunset." She left again, but Kagome heard a familiar voice in the hallway.
"Zira, take Jakkin with you, would you? If he gives you any trouble, tell him he is to come on my orders. Tell him, too, that if he has the nerve to question your honesty, Zira, that he can ask me about it."
"Yes, m'lord," Zira whispered.
Kagome heard her trot off down the hall. Her claws and big feet made her terribly noisy while walking on wood, and Kagome wondered how her master slept at night hearing that every so often. She heard the half-open door slide open then shut again, but she couldn't see who it was because of the barrier between the door and the rest of the room.
"So," that oh-so familiar voice started, "that damned jewel saved your life again. You've been lucky since you've come here, Kagome. Judging by that crater I saw, that blast was enough to create a magic cataclysm."
'What does he mean `magic cataclysm`? And how does he know my name?' Kagome thought fearfully.
She decided to brave a few words. "W-who are you?"
"Kagome, I'm surprised that you don't recognize me. I'm hurt," the voice said in mock pain. "If you haven't figured it out by now, then you must have hit your head harder than I thought. What happened to Inu-yasha and your other weakling friends?"
Before Kagome could answer, the door slid open once more, and a very digruntled, annoying voice shouted, "Lord Sessho-maru, why would you make me go with that wretched dragoner, Zira!? Are you mad!?"
'Sessho-maru!? Oh God, no. Anybody but him! I have to get out of here without having to pass him!' Kagome thought frantically.
"I'm not mad, Jakkin, I just want you out of the way for a few hours," Sessho-maru answered calmly.
"But, Lord Sessho-maru! Couldn't you kill the girl with me here? I promise I won't get in the way!"
Sessho-maru growled impatiently. "I don't intend on killing her, you idiot! Now get out of my sight before I kill you!"
"But- "
SLAM! The door slammed shut in Jakkin's face. "Impudent little-" Sessho- maru continued to call Jakkin as many mean, spiteful names that he could dream up. When his anger had finally subsided, he turned from the door and walked evenly into the room. Anger management was only Sessho-maru's strong point when he really wanted it to be.
He stared intently at Kagome, who was still on the bed but about ready to bolt for the window if she needed to. She was shaking with fear by now, because she realized there was no way she would be able to make it halfway across a room that size before Sessho-maru could react.
"I honestly don't intend on killing you, you know? And I doubt you'd make it two meters from that bed anyways. You've broken both your ankles. The only reason you don't feel it is because I had Zira use a spell that numbs it entirely. But the minute you put too much pressure on it, the spell breaks and you'll feel all the built-up pain. An unrealiable spell, yes, but if you do not move too much it will keep the pain away until the injury is healed properly. At least as far as Zira has told me. I'm no sorceror or healer, so I would have no idea," Sessho-maru said, almost like he was enjoying the look on Kagome's face; an expression somewhere between fear and anger.
Sessho-maru continued to move closer as he was saying all this, and had made it to the side of the bed where Zira had been only moments before by the time he had finished explaining his limited knowledge on this 'spell' Zira had used. He sat down on the bed as he picked up the Shikon jewel and examined it as closely as his :currently: short attention span would allow.
"This little thing is quite amazing. It has the power to both destroy and protect, depending on its owner. There aren't many things in this world that are capable of such a power," Sessho-maru said absentmindedly, almost as if talking to himself, as he set the jewel back on the table. He turned as best he could to face Kagome, who was shrunk back on the opposite corner of the bed. "You're going to fall off, you do realize that, don't you? Listen, I already told you: I'm not going to hurt you."
"How do I know you're not lying?" Kagome challenged, sounding braver than she felt.
"Because Inu-yasha isn't around anymore for me to get any joy out of it. He's no longer with you, which means I wouldn't be able to savor that look of loss when I kill you." He smiled, which was even scarier. "He's not here for you anymore, Kagome. If I had any idea where he was, you know I would already have gone after him. I don't know what happened to make him just disappear like that. There was nothing left except that crater near the area where I found you."
Kagome knew Sessho-maru was telling the truth, but it didn't make her feel any better. 'Inu-yasha... gone? But, how?' Her vision blurred as her eyes filled with tears. Inu-yasha gone? She didn't know how she could live with that. That was the one thing that broke her, the one thing she couldn't stand to hear: ''He's not here for you anymore..." She closed her eyes as the tears finally came. 'He's gone...'
Kagome had no idea what was going on, but one minute, she was huddled on the end of the bed crying, next minute, someone was holding her. She wanted to think that it had all been a nightmare, and she would wake up to find herself in Inu-yasha's arms. But she knew that couldn't be true, because Inu-yasha didn't wear that all-too familiar armor. It didn't make sense, though. Why should Sessho-maru care about her? All he ever wanted was Inu- yasha's damn sword!
The thought of crying herself to sleep in Sessho-maru's arms wasn't what Kagome had ever had in mind, but that didn't mean she could stop it from happening. And she had never expected to hear him say a certain five words that she could never remember Inu-yasha saying, either.
"I'll never leave you, Kagome."
And with those five final words, Kagome fell asleep yet again.
`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
:yawn: Blah blah blah blah... noooo! I'm still bored! Aww man! Guess I get to work on the next chapter, then, huh? Hehe.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha. I wish I did, but that'll happen at the apocalypse! So, la-dee-da.
One note: I do own the dragoner, Zira. Disney does not own the name coz it's Swahili for 'hate' or 'anger.' Meant as a joke, because, as you will see, Zira does not hate.
Hmm... Oh right! Sess/Kag story. Rin's not in this one, though. Sorry.
`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
Kagome lay unconscious in the grass beside a massive crater. The crater that Naraku was, of course, responsible for. The sme scene played back again and again in her sub-conscious. The giant blast that caused her friends to disappear, and that must have taken Naraku with it, because she was still alive. The sonic blast from the explosion had knocked her back and into her unconscious state. If Naraku hadn't disappeared with the others once the blast had dissipated, he would have finished Kagome off. But, as she was still alive, there was no way Naraku had survived it.
Her mind was coming back into reality, but only faintly, most likely because somebody had moved her.
Kagome opened her eyes to an extremely blurry world, that came into minimal focus for only a short while. Her last sight before she passed out again was who she though to be Inu-Yasha, but her sub-conscious kept telling her that he wasn't there anymore. But she blacked out before recognition hit, and her final feeling was that of being lifted from the ground before everything went out entirely.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagome woke up fully to find herself in a large bed under silk sheets. She blinked several times to make sure she wasn't seeing things. The room she was in seemed immaculately white, save for the golden tint of sunlight flooding in through a large window to her left. And if she though the window was big, she hadn't really noticed the rest of the room. It was huge!
"I see you've finally come round," a friendly female voice said calmly from beside her.
When Kagome saw the 'woman', though, she wished everything she was seeing WAS a dream. The creature looked remotely reptilian, with mottled brown, scaly skin; a long, thick tail; and claws and talons that could have gored something at the slightest touch. The one thing that didn't quite seem reptilian were the large, upright ears that were so thin, they were almost semi-transparent. The thing's eyes were also a surprise: they were wide and friendly, with a laughing expression to them.
"We were hoping you weren't dead. My name is Zira," the creature said, offering a talon to shake. Kagome took it stiffly, and pulled her hand back quickly. "You don't need to be afraid of me, m'lady. I'm just a humble servant. I'm not here to hurt you."
Zira smile patiently and reached for a broken jewel on the bedside table. She lifted it up so Kagome could see it. It was the Shikon no Tama, or what Kagome had found of it. "My master says this thing must have saved your life," Zira said in amazement. "You're awful lucky he found you. You were nearly dead when you got here!" She cocked her head to one side curiously. "Don't you talk?"
"Hai," Kagome said defensively.
Zira raised her talons in mock offense. "Pardon me, m'lady! I didn't mean it as an insult!"
"So, where am I?" Kagome asked, trying to sound kinder. Zira obviously didn't mean any harm to her.
"My master said that when you finally woke up, to give you two choices," Zira said brusqely. She had all together ignored Kagome's question. "Your first choice, is that you can just leave, and search for your friends, or stay here for a while. I'm afraid there's no alternative."
"Where am I, first of all?" Kagome tried again.
Zira stood up abruptly, setting the Shikon no Tama back on the table. She was definately hiding something. Walking to the door, she paused to say, "My master would like it if you stayed." She looked forlornly back at Kagome, awaiting her answer.
Kagome sat up, and snapped harshly, "I'm not answering until you tell me where I am, or who your 'master' is!"
Zira flinched under the severe tone of Kagome's voice. Her master had never yelled at her, and she didn't like it. "M'lady, I am sorry, but it is not of my free will to tell you that. If you wish, though, I can find him and ask him to come to you. It is only his right to tell you who he is and where you are."
"Fine then. If that's the way this low-life will have it, then send him here!"
Zira nodded and left quickly. A few moments later, she had returned. "Miss, my master has agreed to see you. I, uh, I must leave now. I have an errand or two to attend to, and I may not return until sunset." She left again, but Kagome heard a familiar voice in the hallway.
"Zira, take Jakkin with you, would you? If he gives you any trouble, tell him he is to come on my orders. Tell him, too, that if he has the nerve to question your honesty, Zira, that he can ask me about it."
"Yes, m'lord," Zira whispered.
Kagome heard her trot off down the hall. Her claws and big feet made her terribly noisy while walking on wood, and Kagome wondered how her master slept at night hearing that every so often. She heard the half-open door slide open then shut again, but she couldn't see who it was because of the barrier between the door and the rest of the room.
"So," that oh-so familiar voice started, "that damned jewel saved your life again. You've been lucky since you've come here, Kagome. Judging by that crater I saw, that blast was enough to create a magic cataclysm."
'What does he mean `magic cataclysm`? And how does he know my name?' Kagome thought fearfully.
She decided to brave a few words. "W-who are you?"
"Kagome, I'm surprised that you don't recognize me. I'm hurt," the voice said in mock pain. "If you haven't figured it out by now, then you must have hit your head harder than I thought. What happened to Inu-yasha and your other weakling friends?"
Before Kagome could answer, the door slid open once more, and a very digruntled, annoying voice shouted, "Lord Sessho-maru, why would you make me go with that wretched dragoner, Zira!? Are you mad!?"
'Sessho-maru!? Oh God, no. Anybody but him! I have to get out of here without having to pass him!' Kagome thought frantically.
"I'm not mad, Jakkin, I just want you out of the way for a few hours," Sessho-maru answered calmly.
"But, Lord Sessho-maru! Couldn't you kill the girl with me here? I promise I won't get in the way!"
Sessho-maru growled impatiently. "I don't intend on killing her, you idiot! Now get out of my sight before I kill you!"
"But- "
SLAM! The door slammed shut in Jakkin's face. "Impudent little-" Sessho- maru continued to call Jakkin as many mean, spiteful names that he could dream up. When his anger had finally subsided, he turned from the door and walked evenly into the room. Anger management was only Sessho-maru's strong point when he really wanted it to be.
He stared intently at Kagome, who was still on the bed but about ready to bolt for the window if she needed to. She was shaking with fear by now, because she realized there was no way she would be able to make it halfway across a room that size before Sessho-maru could react.
"I honestly don't intend on killing you, you know? And I doubt you'd make it two meters from that bed anyways. You've broken both your ankles. The only reason you don't feel it is because I had Zira use a spell that numbs it entirely. But the minute you put too much pressure on it, the spell breaks and you'll feel all the built-up pain. An unrealiable spell, yes, but if you do not move too much it will keep the pain away until the injury is healed properly. At least as far as Zira has told me. I'm no sorceror or healer, so I would have no idea," Sessho-maru said, almost like he was enjoying the look on Kagome's face; an expression somewhere between fear and anger.
Sessho-maru continued to move closer as he was saying all this, and had made it to the side of the bed where Zira had been only moments before by the time he had finished explaining his limited knowledge on this 'spell' Zira had used. He sat down on the bed as he picked up the Shikon jewel and examined it as closely as his :currently: short attention span would allow.
"This little thing is quite amazing. It has the power to both destroy and protect, depending on its owner. There aren't many things in this world that are capable of such a power," Sessho-maru said absentmindedly, almost as if talking to himself, as he set the jewel back on the table. He turned as best he could to face Kagome, who was shrunk back on the opposite corner of the bed. "You're going to fall off, you do realize that, don't you? Listen, I already told you: I'm not going to hurt you."
"How do I know you're not lying?" Kagome challenged, sounding braver than she felt.
"Because Inu-yasha isn't around anymore for me to get any joy out of it. He's no longer with you, which means I wouldn't be able to savor that look of loss when I kill you." He smiled, which was even scarier. "He's not here for you anymore, Kagome. If I had any idea where he was, you know I would already have gone after him. I don't know what happened to make him just disappear like that. There was nothing left except that crater near the area where I found you."
Kagome knew Sessho-maru was telling the truth, but it didn't make her feel any better. 'Inu-yasha... gone? But, how?' Her vision blurred as her eyes filled with tears. Inu-yasha gone? She didn't know how she could live with that. That was the one thing that broke her, the one thing she couldn't stand to hear: ''He's not here for you anymore..." She closed her eyes as the tears finally came. 'He's gone...'
Kagome had no idea what was going on, but one minute, she was huddled on the end of the bed crying, next minute, someone was holding her. She wanted to think that it had all been a nightmare, and she would wake up to find herself in Inu-yasha's arms. But she knew that couldn't be true, because Inu-yasha didn't wear that all-too familiar armor. It didn't make sense, though. Why should Sessho-maru care about her? All he ever wanted was Inu- yasha's damn sword!
The thought of crying herself to sleep in Sessho-maru's arms wasn't what Kagome had ever had in mind, but that didn't mean she could stop it from happening. And she had never expected to hear him say a certain five words that she could never remember Inu-yasha saying, either.
"I'll never leave you, Kagome."
And with those five final words, Kagome fell asleep yet again.
`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
:yawn: Blah blah blah blah... noooo! I'm still bored! Aww man! Guess I get to work on the next chapter, then, huh? Hehe.