I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA OR SESSHOMARU EVEN IF HE IS A SEXY MOFO...
A/N:: Okay so here is the second chapter, if your not hooked by the ending... well read chapter 3, it gets a lot more interesting ^.^ Just saying! and come on have I let you down in the past? well go on read my story...
"Are we going to Kagomes Village today?" Rin Asked as Sesshomaru packed her things
"Yes, you have had your two break now it is time to go back to School"
"Is that the only reason?" Rin giggled
"What are you talking about Rin?" Sesshomaru whistled for Ah-Un
"You want to see Kagome-sama" Rin was now 15 She knew all about adult relationships, Last year Rin Became a women in which Kagome was there to help and explained the birds and the bees to Rin
"I have to see Kagome so you can go to school, nothing more" Sesshomaru helped Rin on Ah-un
"Sesshomaru-sama I'm not stupid, I see the way you look at her, you like her" Rin lifted in to the air as Seshomaru summoned his cloud "You can't lie to me, You seem happy around her and the whole time we have been home you have been mopping around, you are like the dead when she isn't around"
"You know nothing child"
"I know more than you think, I'm not that 8 year old, blind of the world only seeing the good" Rin looked away from a moment before looking back at Sesshomaru "Kagome-sama will not be single for long, She is a beautiful demon now Sesshomaru-sama, If you do not let your feeling be known someone else will"
"Enough Rin" Sesshomaru turned into his orb and speed off towards the village, to let Kagome know Rin was coming and he wouldn't be staying this time, but as he touched down in front of her hut a familiar stench filled his nose 'Yukio' Sesshomaru growled in his mind as he walked inside, As he slid the door open he was greeting By Shippo
"Good morning Sesshomaru-sama" Shippo was sitting next to the fire eating some fresh soup
"Hn, Where is the Miko?"
"Kagome left early this morning with Yukio-sama"
"What?" Sesshomaru hissed
"Yeah? They go out every day?" Shippo raised his eye brow
"Where to?"
"On walks, they went hunting one time, They brought a lot of food back, it fed the whole village"
"What have they done?" Sesshomaru whispered
"Umm nothing? They mostly talked, last night I heard them talking till daybreak that's when they left, they should be back soon thought" Shippo sipped on his soup
"Then I shall wait" Sesshomaru stomped over and sat down leaning against the wall with his eyes closed... He didn't have to wait long though after only an hour Kagome and Yukio walked in laughing, Kagome noticed Sesshomaru right away
"Oh Sesshomaru-sama Have you been waiting long?" Kagome bowed
'What is she doing? She hasn't used my title in so long and never has she bowed to me' Sesshomaru was quite from a moment before answering "Not long"
"Oh that's good, Where is Rin?" Kagome should have been attacked with a hug by now, every time Rin saw Kagome since becoming friends the first thing she would do is hug Kagome.
"On her way" Sesshomaru still had his eyes closed
"Oh... Did you want to talk to me then?"
"If you don't mind" Sesshomaru cracked his right eye to see Yukio and Shippo playing Rock, Paper, Scissors -A game Kagome taught them- Which angered Sesshomaru
"Of course not" Kagome smiled and looked back at Yukio "I will return"
"Well Actually I have to go, but before I leave" Yukio reached in to his Haori and pulled out a small square cloth with a brown string wrapped around it "A gift for you"
'OH NO' Sesshomaru screamed in his head as his eyes widened 'Please Please don't be-'
"Oh WOW!"
'No' Sesshomaru cried in his mind but kept his face emotionless
"Is this a true Blue Rose?!" Kagome picked up the rather large blooming flower
"Yes" Yukio laughed
"Why are you acting funny momma?" Shippo watched a Kagomes smiled grew and she started to bounce on her toes
"This is a blue BLUE rose!" Kagome bounced a little faster
"And?" Shippo didn't understand the meaning
"Ashley Fieldcroft came across it on one of his explorations, but when he returned later with photography equipment, it was gone...They searched everywhere, of course, but the Blue Rose hasn't been seen since." Kagome smelled the rose before speaking again "And here I am holding what used to be a Myth"
"Who is this Ashley Fieldcroft? And whats Photography?" Yukio cocked his head to the side
"Oh um," Kagome looked to Sesshomaru but he had his eyes closed looking like he was angry "Another time"
"Very well" Yukio bowed "I must be going now, Enjoy your gift"
"Thank you so much" Kagome bowed as he left the hut "Now Sesshomaru-sama you said you wanted to talk"
Sesshomaru said nothing as he rose and left the hut, Kagome was nervous but followed him, She noticed they were walking towards her secret spot on the hill, well it wasn't much of a secret since both Shippo and Sango knew of it and now Sesshomaru but still.
"Are you okay?" Kagome couldn't hold back the question any longer
"Hn"
Kagome knew that was his 'Yes' Answer So Kagome just nodded and dropped it and finished the walk in silence... As they neared the tree Kagome could feel the uneasy feeling of Sesshomaru's anxiety.
Sesshomaru stopped under the large tree and faced Kagome, He looked in to her blue eyes and saw innocence, fear, and something else he could not name "Kagome?"
"Kagome?" she raise her brows in surprise
"That is your name isn't it?" Sesshomaru arched an eye brow
"Of course it is.. But.. But you never use my name, you call me Miko"
"And?"
"Never mind, what where you going to say?"
"Why did you bow to me?" Kagome could see true confusion in his eyes
"Yukio said I was being rude in not doing so, you never told me to but I should show respect, the same with using your full title. I used to use it every time I saw you but I became lazy and stopped." Kagome told the truth, Yukio explained in detail that Kagome was being rude and dishonoring him.
"I have never asked you to bow to me" Kagome could hear the anger in his voice
"I know you haven't but its out of respect that I do" Kagome was now confused.
"I wish you wouldn't, there is no need for you to bow to me" Sesshomaru turned his head looking over to the river in the distance
"Okay then I shall not do it again" Kagome didn't understand Sesshomaru logic but she would do whatever he wanted, After a few minutes of silence Sesshomaru spoke again
"What is Yukio to you?"
"What do you mean?" Kagome truly didn't understand the question
"Do you love Yukio?" Sesshomaru was tired of the games and just wanted honest answers
"What?!" Kagome stepped back in shock "Yukio is a friend, I enjoy talking to him"
"Is that all you do with him?"
"Sesshomaru what has gotten in to you," Kagome stepped up so she could see in his eyes "Why are you asking these questions?"
"Do you know what the Blue flower from the North symbolizes?"
"No, I didn't even know they existed till a few minutes ago"
"Good" Sesshomaru leaned up against the tree facing the valley
"Sesshomaru I-" Kagome was cut off by Shippos voice
"Momma!" Shippo jogged into the clearing "There is a family here to see you"
"What for?" Kagome turned her attention to her son
"Their son is sick, That's all I know"
"Alright take them to the Hut on the east side away from the village, I will be there soon"
"Right" Shippo jogged back
"Seems there is work to be done" Kagome looked back to the Daiyokia leaning against the tree with his eyes closed, Kagome smiled as she walked over to him stopping just a few inches from his face "You have nothing to be jealous about" Kagome kissed Sesshomaru lightly on the cheek "See you later" Kagome smiled then turned to walk back to the village before she entered the tree line she heard Sesshomaru rough voice
"This Sesshomaru is not jealous" Sesshomaru tried to hide the smile playing at his lips
"Whatever you say" Kagome knew his feelings, granted they weren't easy to read like Shippos or even Rins but if she paid close enough attention he could read him like a book and the Actions he displayed when she walked to in the hut with Yukio gave him away.
It was after night fall when Kagome finished treating the sick boy, He would be up in no time but needed a lot of rest, Kagome didn't like treating children; to see them in pain, their body going though so much. Even a simple virus like the cold would have them in bed for weeks.
"All done?" Sango asked as Kagome cleaned her supplies
"Yes, the boy will be better in a few days, I asked them to stay until he is well enough to travel"
"Would you like a bath?" Since Kagome had been in the village Sango took to her ways of bathing every night.
"I would love one, Let me put this away and I will join you"
"See you there" Sango waved and walked off to the hot spring on the south west side of the village.
Kagome finished cleaning, Then whet back to her hut to put up the bucket and supplies before grabbing her robe and bathing supplies. Once everything was ready and she told Shippo and Rin where she was going Kagome headed towards the spring were Sango a waited
"Sango?" Kagome couldn't see her though the mist
"Yeah over here" Sango waved so Kagome could hopefully see her
"Oh okay" Kagome undressed and stepped in "Feels great tonight" Kagome sank down to her nose in the water letting the hot water relax her sore muscles from treating the young boy
"So I have to ask," Sango couldn't hold it in any longer "Are you in love with Yukio" Sango smiled
"What?" Kagome froze 'Can I just be friends with a guy without being in love with him?'
"Come on I saw the Blue rose"
"So? He said it was a gift"
"Yeah a gift of three, before you mate"
Kagome nearly jumped out of the water "WHAT!"
"You didn't know?"
"Of course not!" Kagome was shaking
"You give three gifts to your intended, the clan flower, a protection rob and finally a weapon made from their bone or skin"
"Oh god" Kagome covered her face "I thought he was just being nice not asking me to marry him"
"He wont till the last gift is given"
"I need to talk to him tell him I don't want this... I just wanted to be friends"
"Better do it soon, and do not take another gift from him" Sango warned
"I'll be on the lookout" Kagome continued bathing and Sango did the same, Kagome was lost in thought when something Sango said started to bug her "You said the Clan flower what did you mean by that?"
"Oh well you see Every Clan has a different set of Gifts like the flowers. The Dragons of the North Give a Blue rose, The Bats of the South Give an Origami Blossom, The Wolves of the East give a Alpine Howler, And The Inu of the West Give a Sleeping beauty"
"Alpine Howler?" Kagome never heard of that type of flower
"It's really neat; It has a finger-sized hole in the center. When the wind blows, it rushes through this gap, causing a sound like the howling of a wolf."
"And the sleeping Beauty?" Kagome was intrigued by this flower because it belonged to Sesshomaru
"The Sleeping Beauty flower hibernates for years at a time. During its slumber its petals fill with a deadly poison. So other Animals that eat plants wont kill it."
"I see now, Sesshomaru has poison Claws and the flower has poison petals" Kagome smiled at the thought, something so deadly must be very beautiful
"Yeah" Sango smiled "Sesshomaru probably has his Flower locked away" Sango laughed
"Do they grow their own flower or is it passed down?"
"It's passes down, That Blue flower you have was probably Yukios fathers that he gave to his mother, It could be centuries old"
"Great" Kagome moaned "Just what I need a old and meaningful flower in my house, I'll lose it or break it somehow"
"I doubt it; just give it back when he comes back again"
"Good point I'll just place a barrier around it until then"
"Good idea" Sango giggled as they continued to talk... What the girls didn't know was Sesshomaru was in a tree not ten feet from them listing on their conversation.
'I see now' Sesshomaru jumped from the tree and ran west
"Sesshomaru-sama, you are back so soon!" The green toad known as Jaken Called from the steps of Sesshomaru's palace
"Hn" Sesshomaru walked past the toad but could hear him a few steps behind "Jaken!"
"Y-Yes Mi lord"
"Get away from This Sesshomaru"
"O-Of Course" Jaken bowed and walked away in a fast pace
'Pathetic' Sesshomaru frowned but continued to walk in to his palace
"Good morning Sesshomaru-sama" His servants said in unison
"Away" He responded
"Yes" They bowed and went their separate ways
'Annoying' Sesshomaru continued his walk thought is dark and quite hallways, After five minutes of walking Sesshomaru stopped in front of a set of double sliding doors, Sesshomaru took a deep breath and entered the doors.
Sesshomaru could feel the tingle of the barrier as he stepped in and shut the door softly behind him, Sesshomaru turned and looked with cold eyes at the depressing site before him. Rotten tree barely standing, Black dirt with twigs and bones of dead animals poking out here and there, a dry dirty hill of rocks that used to be a waterfall, a dry pond now filled with dead moss and more animal bones.
'This place' Sesshomaru thought as he walked towards the center of the dead waste land 'I remember mother brought me here once when I was a pup... It was filled with beautiful things, flowers as far as the eye could see, small animals that I would chase, the waterfall father and I once played in' Sesshomaru thought as he heard the dry crunch of the dead dirt 'Now it has turned to a place of death and unhappiness' Sesshomaru looked to the right to see a old broken rock bench his mother talked on him on.
~~~~FLASH BACK~~~~~~~~
"Sesshomaru look around you" Katsumi looked toward her only pup
"What am I looking for mother" Sesshomaru asked
"This garden is important"
"How so?"
"Before I met your father," Katsumi growled the last part "This garden was dead, the dirt was black, the trees nothing but stumps, rotting at the core"
"The point mother" Sesshomaru wanted to get back to training
"I am getting to it you ungrateful child" Katsumi said in a monotone "Before we mated your father brought me here and told me to think beautiful thoughts, so naturally I did. I listen as he started to laugh, when I opened my eyes the once dead garden turned in to this beautiful place. He told me to walk around look from something special, I had no idea what he meant but I did it, and at the very center on this place lay a beautiful purple flower, The Sleeping Beauty. A beautiful but deadly flower, We in the west use it as a indicator, it will only appear when your true mate shows up and heals the garden"
"This Sesshomaru still does not understand"
"Child" Katsumi sighed "When you take over for your father and become lord of the west, this garden will turn back to the dry waste land it once was, and the sleeping beauty will return to its slumber"
"Because"
"It's how we choose our mates" Katsumi stood "Follow me" And Sesshomaru did "The Sleeping Beauty is a way to help in the choosing of a mate, if you bring a demon here and she does not heal the garden and the Sleeping Beauty does not bloom it will release a poison and within seconds it will kill the false mate" Katsumi stopped at a dirt circle in the middle of the garden with a large blooming purple flower "Once you become the new lord this flower will return to it slumber and its petals will fill with poison, Choose your mate wisely"
"This Sesshomaru has no need for a mate"
"One day son-" Katsumi turned to see her beloved Inu-No-Tashio in his demon form running though the skies "Again?" Katsumi growled and stomped off inside
~~~~~END FLASHBACK~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'When father started to fall in love with that human, I watched as the garden slowly started to die, the colors faded, the animals died off, the water stopped flowing, it became this' Sesshomaru reached the center where his mother showed him for the first time the Sleeping Beauty 'Yet you survive in this land of death' Sesshomaru knelt down and touched the flower 'The poison is thick with in you'
'Will you ever bloom again?' Sesshomaru thought back to when he attempted to heal the garden
~~~~Flash back~~~~
"Sesshomaru-sama where are we going?" Rin Laughed beside him
"Here" Sesshomaru's heart was racing; he did not want a human for a mate, let alone wait for one to grow up. Rin was like a daughter to him he could not see her as a mate but everything about their situation seemed to point that way 'It doesn't hurt to try, if this does not work I must bring her out of the garden before she is killed' Sesshomaru opened the door and lead Rin inside
"What happened" Rin gasped at the site before her
"Rin think happy thoughts, picture the Garden full of life" Sesshomaru ordered
"Okay?" Rin started to think, she thought of big beautiful flowers, white rabbits jumping thought the grass, the sound of water falling from a great height
As Rin thought of a beautiful garden, Sesshomaru looked for changes but nothing happened, He was about to the Rin to think harder when the faint smell of poison filled his nose "No" Sesshomaru grabbed the tops of Rins arms and pulled her back inside of the palace "Rin are you okay?"
"I'm fine Sesshomaru-sama, but what was that for?"
"Never mind child, Go find Jaken and play" Sesshomaru waited for Rin to run around the Corner before leaning against the wall letting out a sigh of relief, not only for Rins safety but That a human child was not his mate.
~~~~END~~~~~~~~~~~
'When will I see the beauty again?' Sesshomaru stood and looked down upon the flower 'There once was so much beauty here and now it's nothing but dirt and a memory of what used to be' Sesshomaru turned on the balls of his feet and slowly stomped towards the doors 'It would be easier if I could just give the flower away instead of the female coming here' Sesshomaru entered the house and made his way to the front of the Palace again
"Are you leaving again Mi lord?" A small woman with red hair and silver eyes asked with a seductive smile barring her fangs
"Hn" Sesshomaru didn't look twice at her as he passed and went outside.
A/N:: Well What did you think? The flowers I chose for the clans are either very rare or a myth... Go look them up they are beautiful flowers (Which is why I picked them) Mostly because the sleeping beauty releases poison -Sesshomaru- and the Alpine Howler sounds like a wolf howling -Koga-, it just made COMPLETE Sense to use those flowers as their Clan flowers? What do you think?
I have chapter 3 written I might post it tonight, I might not, it depends on if I get busy :P But REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!