The life of a mute

Chapter one

Silent meetings

Kagome had just lost everything in the final battle with Naraku, he was dead. So were Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Kohaku, Inuyasha and Kikyo even the well was destroyed. But she did not shed a tear, instead she walked thought a forest calmly and locked the door on her feelings. She can't get hurt if she cares for nothing. Nor will she speak another word, she just walked forward.

Kagome heard rustling in the bushes but she didn't stop or speed up.

'I am ready to face my death; nothing holds me to this world anymore' Kagome didn't flinch as she heard snap of a twig. She saw a light up ahead and just kept walking. Soon she entered a clearing, she looked around. In the center of the clearing was a fire sitting by the fire was a small toad demon and a taiyoukai with silver hair and golden eyes that were watching her. Suddenly a small girl wearing a checkered orange and white kimono busted into the clearing. The little girl had brown eyes and black hair in a small side pony tail.

"Kagome-Chan" squealed the young girl and she ran to Kagome and attached herself to her leg. "Rin missed you" the young girl said excitedly, Kagome nodded once as her gaze returned to the taiyoukai. He watched her, returning her emotionless face, yet his eyes revealed his curiosity but hers were cold and her body no longer held emotion. Rin let go of Kagome's legs and the emotionless woman just kept walking and didn't look back.

'How odd that is the Miko that my half brother travels with yet she is cold and holds no joy'

An hour after Sesshomaru had seen the Miko he was walking around in the forest for Rin and Jaken were asleep and he was getting restless. Suddenly the scent of blood hit his nose and he stopped

'That's the miko's blood'

'Uh what do I care….but Rin likes the Miko and would be sad if she died' with that thought Sesshomaru ran to the smell of blood. He came to another clearing were their were a group of bandits they were laughing as they pushed Kagome around. Sesshomaru saw all the cuts and burses all over her body; Kagome was thrown against a tree, her mouth went wide to scream but no sound came out. Kagome hit the ground and Sesshomaru launched his attack. No man was left alive; Sesshomaru walked over to the Miko and crouched beside her.

"Are you alright?" Sesshomaru asked as he laid her on her back. Sesshomaru laid her head down gently and when he took his hand from the back of her head it was covered in blood.

'She is bleeding badly…I have to get her to a healer' Sesshomaru stood with the Miko in his arms. He summoned the youkai cloud under his feet and sped towards his castle.

After arriving and taking Kagome to his healer and a sighed her the room beside Rin's. Before returning to get his companions.

Sesshomaru arrived at the castle after sun rise with Rin, Jaken and ah-un to the news that the Miko had already awoken. Sesshomaru was relived by this and went to see her. He knocked on the door and opened it after he received no answer. The Miko was lying on the bed looking at the ceiling. Her eyes flicked from the ceiling to the taiyoukai but went back the roof. She closed her eyes and pretended to be trying to get to sleep.

"What happened to you human?" Sesshomaru asked in an emotionless tone

"…"

"Answer me human" and Kagome opened her eyes and looked at him as the lock held. Sesshomaru flexed his claws threateningly but her eyes never left his face. Sesshomaru watched as she looked back at the ceiling again. Becoming rather annoyed, he span on his heel and left the room.

It had been a week since the Miko had arrived and she was now healed. Sesshomaru summoned her to his study, she didn't knock of speak a word before she entered the study but Sesshomaru had smelt her coming. He offered her a seat and she sat.

"Tell me Miko, you could have defended yourself yet you took their wrath, why is that?" Sesshomaru asked the young woman. After a minute and she didn't reply he became annoyed. 'why does she not speak to me…is she afraid, no there is no fear coming off of her, come to think of it she hasn't spoken a word since I saw her in the clearing…she's a mute' Sesshomaru sighed and picked up a piece of paper and a quill.

"If you do not wish to speak then write what you wish to say" Sesshomaru said and handed her the quill and paper. She didn't delay in writing her answer to him, once she finished writing she stood and handed him the paper and quill and turned and walked from the room. Sesshomaru watched her go, once the door was shut he looked down at the paper and saw three words that confused him more than any other.

I've stopped trying

So what do you think?

I wrote this for Amber's Arrow I read your story and got this idea.

Hugs and kisses

Sesshomaru's Wildfire