Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or it's characters!
So, I was going to leave this as a one-shot. But I've been pulled into the SessKag love.
I figured I'd turn it into a story and see how it went.
When Kagome woke up to what she assumed was a few hours later (the sky was turning red), Sesshoumaru was gone. At first, she shot up from her spot on the ground, worried about the demon. He had been badly injured: what if he was killed? She glanced around herself frantically before she realized she was being foolish. After all, any demon that killed him would have killed her as well, right? So then he must have left on his own. She frowned, pretty sure he hadn't been well enough to move. What if something happened to him?
Wait, why did she even care? Kagome quickly shook her head and shouldered her pack, walking forward a few steps. Just because she had taken care of him for a few days didn't mean anything. She wasn't his keeper -he would be fine. She had repeated this a few times to herself before she turned back around and ran back to the tree. Reaching down, she grabbed a few of the bloody flowers. She held them in her hands for a moment before putting her bag down on the ground, sticking them in one of the front pouches. Nodding to herself, she pivoted on her heel and started off back to Kaede's village.
Kagome had taken quite a few baths in a near spring when she was taking care of Sesshoumaru. She needed to, because after tending to him, she always ended up bloody. She wondered idly if Inuyasha would smell the blood on her. Would he realize it was his half-brother's? Would he think she had fought him off or killed him? Maybe that they had spent the last two days together? Well, technically, they had, but not in the way the boy would see it. She pursed her lips in thought before shrugging to herself. Oh well. He could think what he wanted, she didn't care.
Thankfully, Kagome had made it back to Kaede's village before night completely fell. She wiped her legs off from some of the leaves she had gotten stuck to them from walking through a couple of small bushes. Running a hand through her hair, she made her way to the hut in which the rest of the gang stayed when they were in the village. When she got there, Sango, Miroku, and Shippou were all sitting around a fire in the middle of the building.
"Kagome!" Shippou gave her a beaming grin and launched himself at her, wrapping his arms around her neck. She reached up to make sure he wouldn't fall, and smiled down at him. "Where have you been? Inuyasha went to look for you in your world, but said your family hadn't seen you!" he pulled away from her neck so she could see he was frowning.
Kagome shook her head and pulled off her bag, leaning it against the wall. "I didn't go to my world. I went for a walk," she replied, walking the few steps to sit around the fire. It was warmer than the cold air she had been walking in, which was a relief.
Sango looked at her, her lips tilted downward. "A two-day long walk?" Apparently, Miroku knew better than to say anything, because he had kept quiet so far. Smart man.
Kagome frowned, her eyebrows pulling together. She opened her mouth to ask why she had to explain where she had been, when Inuyasha burst into the hut. She turned to narrow his eyes at him.
"Where the hell have you been!" The hanyou stomped up to her in a childish manner, crossing his arms. She imagined he was like this when he was just a little boy: standing with a stubborn look on his face in front of his mother.
Kagome stood, Shippou being smart enough to jump off of her and into Sango's arms. She turned to Inuyasha and crossed her own arms: she looked more threatening than the dog demon. "Why do I have to explain myself to you, huh?" She used the line she was going to use on Sango. Inuyasha was much more deserving of it.
Inuyasha glared defiantly at her, not backing down. Which was a stupid move. He should have just let it go and sat down to enjoy the fire. "What if something happened to you?" He kept shouting.
But Kagome's voice dropped deathly low. "Why should you care? You were with Kikyou." She all but spat out her name, and Inuyasha, as well as the others, flinched. Not giving him a chance to reply, and figuring he wouldn't, she turned and grabbed her bag once more, taking the same exit as the hanyou's entrance.
"Where are you going?" He turned his head to look at her, his face sad. Sad because he was losing her, and he knew it? Sad because he knew she was right? Sad because he actually loved her, just didn't want to admit it? She didn't know anymore, and that was the problem.
Kagome almost stopped and asked. Almost. Instead, she simply said, "Kaede's," and walked out. She slowed her fast pace, her eyes stinging with the tears she didn't spill in front of Inuyasha. She refused to do something as pitiful as cry in front of him. She cleared her throat, nodding to herself in an assuring matter. "He made his choice, Kagome." She spoke aloud to herself. "He made it long ago."
