The Wishing Well
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, I wish I owned Sesshomaru.
Chapter 2
Sesshomaru woke when the sun came up. Soft light filtered through the window and a light scent of jasmine hung in the air. Sesshomaru, not wanting to wake up, snuggled deeper into the source of the scent. It came from something very warm … and breathing. Sesshomaru snapped open his eyes and looked at the sleeping girl in front of him. During the night, both children managed to migrate to the middle of the bed. Now Kagome was hugging the mokomoko which came loose during his sleep, while he was burying his face in her hair.
Sesshomaru drew back abruptly, tugging his mokomoko from her grasp and hopped off from the bed. Today, he decided, he would get back to the Western Palace. Although yesterday was mostly a blur, Sesshomaru arrived at the conclusion that the well probably teleported him to some strange place where youkai does not exist. This also means that he was currently the strongest youkai in the vicinity despite his age because he was the only youkai in the vicinity. With those facts laid out, it should be relatively easy for him to jump back into the well again and head for the Western Palace. Once back, he could probably further investigate the well after giving his father a report.
Sesshomaru wandered downstairs where Mama Higurashi was making breakfast.
"Ah, Sesshomaru, you are up early I see. Would you like some milk?"
Sesshomaru nodded and the woman smiled as she handed him a glass.
"I hope you had a good night sleeping."
"It was passable. This Sesshomaru slept well" Sesshomaru replied.
"Sesshomaru, do you want me to help you find your parents?" Mama Higurashi asked
Sesshomaru shook his head.
"This Sesshomaru will be able to find them on his own in due time. I only need time."
Mama Higurashi gave him a contemplative look.
"If you say so. You are welcome to stay here for the while then if you have nowhere else to go."
"Your hospitality is greatly appreciated."
"Could you go up and wake Kagome for me? Breakfast is ready."
Sesshomaru nodded and walked upstairs to Kagome's bedroom. Kagome was expectedly, still asleep. Sesshomaru began poking at her face.
"Human, it is time to wake up. How you can be asleep when time is of such importance is beyond me." He drawled out. Kagome stirred, but didn't wake up. Sesshomaru frowned and began pushing and prodding the girl harder.
"Your mother requires your presence downstairs human. It would be in your best interest to go." Sesshomaru continued. Kagome cracked open an eye, looked at Sesshomaru, and snuggled back into the blankets. Giving a great sigh, Sesshomaru pulled the blankets off Kagome and carried her downstairs instead of trying to wake her. He reasoned if she was out of bed, then she has no place to sleep, which means she will be awake soon enough.
His thoughts were proven correct as Kagome finally became aware of her surrounding after five minutes. She looked around in a daze, then at the breakfast in front of her.
"Good morning Kagome." Mama Higurashi greeted, "Why don't you take Sesshomaru around the shrine grounds today?"
Kagome nodded. "Sure!"
Breakfast was eaten in relative silence. Mostly because Sesshomaru didn't talk and it was a bit early in the morning for Kagome to start talking. After breakfast, Kagome brought Sesshomaru to the entrance of the shrine to give him a tour.
"Here is the entrance of the shrine. You can see Tokyo from here." Kagome announced as she pointed to the sprawling city that rose to meet the sky.
Sesshomaru stared in awe. Humans have created this? How was that possible? Never in any records has he come across something like this.
Kagome, not noticing Sesshomaru's awe, continued walking into the shrine. She gave him a brief history of the courtyard and the main temple before moving to the well house.
"And this is the well house. It is where I first found you. Hmm, now that I think about it I wonder what you were doing here." She gave Sesshomaru a speculative look but shrugged her thoughts away.
"Oh well, I guess you wouldn't be stealing anything since there is nothing valuable."
Sesshomaru bristled at her insinuation that he would stoop so low as to teal from some humans but he kept his mouth shut when Kagome began talking about the legacy off the well.
"You know, they say the well was sealed a long time ago. It was known as the Wishing Well because it had the power to grant wishes, but humans and youkais began abusing it which caused the well to be sealed up by a great miko. During the sealing, a centipede youkai tried to interfere but she didn't succeed, so she is now also sealed up in the well. This is why we usually never show the well to visitors, in case the youkai broke free, that would be bad."
Kagome huffed as she ended her long explanation. Sesshomaru had to admit that the explanation did explain some things regarding his travel here. He went to the well and subtly used his youki to feel around the well. There was no pulse of power. To him, it seemed that the well was dead. Perhaps it used all its power to send him here? Sesshomaru growled at the many unanswered questions in his mind. He needed to go back to the Western Palace. It wasn't an option, but a necessity. Now, the only possible way to get back seemed to be powerless. Sesshomaru was at loss, and his ire grew with the feeling of helplessness within him. He knew he had to get out of the girl's vicinity soon in case his instinct went feral. He couldn't stop the anger and the frustration. It was too much. He didn't ask to be teleported to some strange place with strange, albeit good people.
Kagome was about to lead Sesshomaru to the other parts of the shrine when Sesshomaru coldly pulled away and told her he was going somewhere alone. She knew something was up. When Sesshomaru came into the well house, his expression had gotten darker and darker as she explained the history of the well. Kagome was extremely worried when Sesshomaru stalked off. Being the only child at the shrine, Kagome did not have many friends at all. Although Sesshomaru was a rude brat (according to her) she still considered him a friend and friends take care of each other.
As she viewed the disappearing image of Sesshomaru into the nearby forest, she began chasing after him, taking care not to make too much noise as she followed from the distance. As for Sesshomaru, he had let his instincts take over. Once he felt like he had went far enough, he began gathering his youki and lashing out at the trees surrounding him. Nearby animals fled in terror but he didn't care. He just needed to get this rage out. When he slashed at a cluster of trees particularly far away, he heard a small "eep" and immediately pounced on the source of the sound – his instincts telling him that it was an attacked.
Kagome felt true terror as Sesshomaru pinned her down, his hands gripping at her throat. She struggled and lashed out but he didn't move. Instead, Sesshomaru kept growling menacingly. Belatedly, Kagome noticed that his beautiful golden eyes had bled red. They didn't recognize her.
"Sesow-wa-ru… It … hurts…"
Kagome struggled to speak as she gasped for air. Sesshomaru showed no sign of hearing her. Instead he kept on growling. His hold did not tighten, but it didn't loosen either. Kagome was getting mad. Here she was, trying to help and worried about if her friend was okay, and he repays her by trying to kill her. How ungrateful! The more Kagome thought about it, the madder she got. Finally, she stopped struggling and locked eyes with Sesshomaru. Taking a deep breath, she screamed.
"Fluffy … GET OFF"
A crackle of electricity leapt into the air and surrounded the two kids as Kagome shoved Sesshomaru off her. Sesshomaru was pushed back with a resounding thud while Kagome stared at him, tears starting to well up in her eyes as the magnitude of the events got to her four year old brain.
"Stupid Fluffy! Why are you so mean? I was so worried that so – something may have happened to you so I came to see if you are alright b-but you tried to kill me! Even though we are friends and friends are supposed to c-care about each other."
Kagome began wiling and hiccupping while Sesshomaru sat on the ground in confusion. Neither child noticed the light pink glow that quickly disappeared from Kagome's hand. Gathering his bearings, Sesshomaru turned his attention onto the crying child and their surroundings. He had really done a lot of damage in his anger. He had cleared out a small part of the forest tearing trees down. Now, they were both in a small clearing he had created. Kagome's crying was grating on his ears and he turned to her.
"Human, this Sesshomaru does not make friends. Cease you incessant whimpering."
This however, was obviously not the right thing to say as Kagome launched into a new fit of crying after she heard him. Sesshomaru was getting increasingly agitated. The sadness laced in her scent was bothering him greatly for some reason. He remembered an action that he noticed humans do to children when they were crying. He had come across it when he was spying on the human servants in the palace. Sighing at the utterly human behavior he was about to commit, Sesshomaru walked to Kagome and put his hands on her shoulders. Kagome looked at him in confusion and Sesshomaru stared back at her.
"Pain, pain, fly away." Sesshomaru muttered and placed a gentle kiss on the girl's forehead. Once done, he looked away blushing profusely from the embarrassment.
"There. Now stop crying."
There was no response and Sesshomaru turned around to check if she was alright when he was tackled into the ground for a bear hug. Kagome had buried her head in his haori and she was sniffling lightly. However, the sadness was replaced by happiness in her scent and Sesshomaru felt his nerves calm down as he awkwardly hugged her back. After a minute, Kagome looked up and smiled at him.
"Fluffy, I swear you are going to be my bestest friend ever!"
Sesshomaru hmmed, but didn't reply. Instead, he offered her a hand and they walked had in hand back to the shrine. Not that he would ever admit it, but Sesshomaru thought that being friends may not be such a bad thing either.
A/N: AHHHH THE FLUFFF!