Kagome's head snapped up when she heard yell from outside and muttered to herself, "Noel-chan?"
Walking back outside, she skirted around the old well house that her family owned then entered it to find it empty. Kagome's eyebrows dipped down into a confused look, "There is no way that she…." She trailed off then suddenly gasped when she saw Noel's cell phone lying beside the well. Kagome immediately turned tail and ran out of the shack.
"KAA-SAN!"
The hand around my shoulder tighten immensely, something sharp dug into the back of shoulder and as I looked down at his other hand, I saw that he had….CLAWS?!
"OW!" I yelped flinching backwards but found myself immobile.
What is going on here?! Where am I?!
I looked back up into the man's eyes as they flickered over to something that was coming up beside him, and my mouth almost fell all the way onto the ground. IT WAS A GIRL. A little girl at that, 8 years old at most.
But she was a cute little thing, with long brown hair that was slightly wind knotted and an adorable dimpled grin would win the heart of any creature. But was off was that she was in a kimono and barefoot. People in Japan didn't wear kimonos out anymore unless it was to a public event or if they were upper class. A horrible feeling washed over me, as I looked back to the man's clothing.
When was I?
"Sesshomaru-sama, Sono josei wa daredesu ka?" I heard.
It was the little girl.
"Chinmoku, Rin" He murmured back to her, she clamed up instantly but she looked curiously at me.
'Sesshomaru-sama' peered down his nose at me, his previous anger forgotten since the appearance of the little girl, 'Rin'. He seemed to mulling something over and I could almost see something be decided in his eyes. "Anata wa Rin no sewanin to narimasu." He spoke lowly.
A beat of silence.
"YAY! Rin no atarashī haha o nyūshu shimasu!" Rin cried happily, the little girl seemed a bit confused at his words but was untimely overjoyed with his decision. I on the hand, was so bewildered since I had no idea what they wear saying. Rin, in her happiness, darted over and locked her arms around her lord, and squealed into his knees, "Soshite kanojo wa kanojo no kin'iro no kami to hijō ni kireidesu!"
Sesshomaru calmly patted her head once before letting go of my shoulder and stepping away. I hadn't noticed but he was in my personal space, so I was very relieved when he did so. But before I could open my mouth, Rin wrapped her little arms around my thighs and looked up at me with a gaped tooth smile.
"Watashi no namae wa rindesu! Anata wa kanari no josei wa, nandesuka?"
I blinked and scrunched up my nose a little before shrugging at her. Rin frowned briefly before she seemed notice I couldn't understand them, her pretty brown eyes lit up with wonder and understanding.
Clearing her throat, she patted her chest in childish seriousness "Rin." Then she pointed at me.
She wants to know my name.
Kneeling down with a smile, I touched my collar bone and said, "Noel."
Instantly, a bright grin drew her lips up, "Noel-chan!"
Giggling, I nodded at her. Rin pointed behind her, "Sesshomaru-sama." I raised an eyebrow and huffed, I didn't want anything to do with that asshole. Glaring slightly in his direction, I could tell he was intently watching me interact with Rin, taking my measure. But as soon as he saw look at him, he turned his back to us and started to walk away.
"Rin, taizai."
The little girl let out a "Hai!" and grabbed my hand, starting to tug me to flower field a little ways off, pointing at it with her finger. I sighed and consented to be dragged away.
Sesshomaru was confused.
And that was saying something, the Dog Demon was always confident in everything he did.
Walking away from Rin and the human woman, Noel. What kind of name was that? Nothing he was familiar with, and that irritated him greatly. And her hair….no human had that light shade of hair. It was always the same plain brown or black. Not….yellow.
He had picked up the scent of young Dog Demoness that was coming from around Inuyasha's Forest near the Bone Eater Well. And lo and behold, he came up to find a human woman crawling out of the well. She smelled of…
Honey comb, hot spices, and…the lightest trace of sage.
He wanted her.
Sesshomaru growled.
NO.
The woman didn't understand them when they had spoken to her, she also spoke in another language. One he had never heard before. She also was wearing clothing that was similar to the Miko his brother hung out with, had the same attitude.
Irritating. There was the word he was looking for.
He was mildly surprised when the girl spat back some words in his native tongue, but of course the words had been an insult. But surprised none the less. He was even more surprised when his beast growled in the back of head, seeming upset at the frightened expression on the girl's facial expression.
Sesshomaru had acted on a whim and claimed the girl as his new caretaker of Rin while he was away, Jaken was not exactly that best at caring for a young human girl. But this new woman, Noel, would surely fill that role of a mother figure Rin had been yearning for.
So now he was stuck with a snarky wench for a caretaker, who did not understand a word of what he was saying to her. He was not pleased with that.
He knew of a witch deep in the Inuyasha Forest, one that might be able to aide him with this language barrier. Well, she had no choice in the matter. But that was beside the point. And that was exactly where he was heading.
Having been lost in his own thoughts, he noticed he was coming up at the witch's hut. Smirking when he felt the wards that had been placed on the grounds to ward off any unwanted visitors, but they held no ground with him as he just walked right through them.
Just as he stepped in front of the door, it opened.
"How may I be of service, Sesshomaru-Sama?"
And out stepped a seemingly middle aged woman with flowing black hair that looked as if it was alive and waving around by itself. She had sharp yellow eyes over an equally sharp nose, with a small chin and cunning smirk. The witch was a beautiful woman, but her looks were very deceiving as she was over a thousand years old.
"Ai. I require your assistance."
"Do come in."
So basically at the moment, I was covered in tiny yellow flowers.
Flower rings, flower crowns, flower necklaces, you name it.
Apparently, Rin had a talent for braiding the flower stems together to making whatever she wanted. And I was her dummy that she was dressing up. I sighed and watched as Rin plucked more flowers then sat down to start her twining,
We haven't said much since we couldn't understand what the other was saying. But I was having a nice time, it was almost like having a little sister.
"Kagome-san!"
Kagome?
Looking up from my daze, I saw a very familiar black hair girl climbing from the well.
My eye twitched, what the hell is going on?
As Kagome jumped over the wall of the well, she looked over and spotted us, "Noel-chan!"
She looked very surprised and almost…concerned? I lifted a hand and waved at her, then blushed when I saw just how many flower rings I had on. "Oi, Kagome."
I smiled as she came closer but as she got close enough, still grinning, I grabbed her shoulder and said in a very slow, strained voice "Where the hell am I?" Kagome gulped and laughed nervously before stuttering out, "W-well, this might be a big shock to you but…."
My eyes narrowed down on the shorter girl "But what?" I hissed as panic flooded my viens.
"You're….500 years into the past."
Pause.
"WHAT!" I yelled jerking away from her. My mind was reeling, 500 YEARS?!
As I was having a mental break down, Rin walked up to Kagome, who looked down and smiled at the girl.
"Ohayo, Rin-chan. Doko ni ari Sesshomaru-Sama?"
"Kare wa watashi o hidari Noel-chan"
"Eh? Naze?" That was Kagome sounding confused.
"Watashi no omo wa, kanojo ga watashi no atarashī sewanindearu to iimashita" Rin giggled.
Kagome took a sudden intake of air. That caught my attention as I snapped out of my despair, "What? What did she say?" I asked hurriedly.
The shorter girl looked baffled, worried almost at Rin then turned her gaze on me. "I….Sesshomaru has appointed you as caretaker of Rin." She said slowly. I frowned, "What? No way. I don't even know them." I said watching as Rin went back to her flower braiding. "This isn't like Lord Sesshomaru….he is usually very distrusting." Kagome trailed off.
Snorting disdainfully, I crossed my arms. "Well, he can go fuck himself. I'm not a babysitter. I am going back home away."
Kagome looked behind me and her face turned a sickly white.
"What?"
"Sesshomaru-Sama!"
Oh, great. Dickhead was back. Good that meant I could give him a piece of my mind.
"Miko."
His deep voice trailed over to us as he caught sight of Kagome. Said girl turned an even whiter shade and bowed in greeting, "Sesshomaru-Sama."
Sesshomaru's eyes glanced at me before looked back over to the nervous blue eyed girl, "Anata wa, miko o kono shōjo o shitte imasu ka?" He asked her, to which she nodded.
"Kagome! Translate for me." I demanded walking to stand beside her but keeping my glare on Sesshomaru. Kagome turned in shock at my words and look apprehensive before nodding slowly. "Hey, ass! You can't just make your kids babysitter!"
Kagome visibly looked shaken at my words but managed to transfer them back to Sesshomaru while keeping her head lowered and gaze away from the man. Instead of anger this time, amusement lit up his amber orbs and a shadow of a smirk could be found on his lips.
"Ā? Korehanandesuka? Ningen wa, bakkubōn o motte imasu ka?" Sesshomaru asked with a raised black eyebrow, then pointedly looked at Kagome to translate back to me.
"H-He says, 'Oh? What is this? Does the human have a backbone?" Kagome stuttered wringing her hands behind her back. My jaw clenched, What a jerk! Who does he think he is?!
"Damn right I do! You can find yourself another caretaker, I don't take orders from you!" I growled keeping eye contact with him, he leveled me with a stare before huffing out a chuckle when Kagome translated back to him. Sesshomaru shifted for a second before reaching into his sleeve, and pulling out a black bracelet.
"A bracelet?" I thought out loud and looking toward Kagome, she looked just as confused as I felt.
"Sore o ue ni oku." He held it out to me, the black beads hanging from his clawed fingertips. Note to self: Ask about claws.
I looked over to Kagome, "He wants you to put it on." Scowling, I shook my head at him and just as soon as the smirk appeared it was gone and a flat line took its place.
Before I could even comprehend that he had moved, HOW DID HE MOVE THAT FAST?! My wrist was yanked from my side and rough fingers slid the bracelet onto my wrist. Immediately, a shock flew from the contact of it on my skin and I yelped before trying to snatch it off.
WHAT?! It won't come off!
My brain was in a frenzy, as frantic fingers tried to peel it from my skin. The beads burned! Red hot fire soared under my skin and up my arm, all the way through my chest to my head where a blackness started to form. I was going to pass out!
I felt my knees buckle but just as my body swayed to side, I was caught and pressed into a hard chest.
Sesshomaru….That bastard.
Our eyes made contact, the sun setting on a field on green grass. I could hear Kagome in the background. Just before the blackness settled over, I caught the sight of his smirking lips saying,
"Sleep well, woman."
And I understood him.