Blood and Passion
Chapter 3: Gecko Demon
'Oh god oh god oh god! I'm going to die!'
Kagome clenched her eyes shut, bracing herself for the killing blow.
She flinched, hearing a sickly scrunching sound very close to her, gasping as she was splashed by a warm liquid.
The coppery taste of the liquid that has splashed into her mouth made her feel nauseous.
Her heart was beating loudly in her ears. No wait…that wasn't her heart.
She opened her eyes slowly and let out a scream, finding a still beating heart a matter of inches from her face. She stumbled back, staring in horror and shock
The Gecko like demon was suspended in the air by a clawed hand that was protruding out of its chest and holding its heart
The demon's mouth opened and shut silently, blood gurgling in its mouth
The hand squeezed the heart, crushing it easily
Sesshomaru tossed the demon from his arm with a quick movement. His clothing was, miraculously, spotless. As usually not a drop of blood stained it.
Kagome gapped at him in awe and relief.
She herself was drenched in the demon's blood from head to toe.
She was so distracted by the sight of Sesshomaru she forgot about the white stuff that restricted her movement and she tripped, falling backwards
Sesshomaru watched her fall with a bored expression the walked over, picking her up and cutting her free with a single claw
"What is it, Miko?" he asked, setting her down
Kagome blinked up at him, confused "What?"
"You were calling my name. What is it you want?"
"Oh" Kagome blushed, feeling stupid "R….right…" she laughed lightly, shaking now. Such a close brush with death had unnerved her
Sesshomaru watched her with a raised eyebrow then sighed
"Remove your clothing"
Kagome's head jerked up looking at him, her face red and her eyes wide
"Wha….what!?" she stammered, her mind once again wandering to the incident of the previous day.
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes at her reaction as he shrugged off his armour
"You are covered in that demon's blood. His clan will track you down if you continue to smell like this." He pulled off his haori and dropped it onto her head
"O…oh" Kagome was shocked at that her voice almost made her sound slightly disappointed
Sesshomaru turned away from her allowing her to strip off her bloody uniform. She could tell at a glance that there was no way she could get them clean. She pulled his haori on and as she fastened it around her she breathed in through her nose
Sesshomaru had a rather pleasant smell about him
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"Hey! Wait!" Kagome stumbled through the forest awkwardly as she tried to keep up with the demon, who was paying her no heed.
"Sesshomaru!" she yelled, frustrated "I needed to talk to you!"
He stopped and glanced over his shoulder at her, stopping her in her tracks
"Uh…um…" she stuttered, suddenly nervous. Seeing him prepare to move on she pulled herself together "The village!" she yelled, making sure she had his attention again "It was slaughtered last night as we sle-"
"What is it to me?" He asked cutting her off. There was a slight edge to his voice but Kagome didn't notice
Instead she stared at him in shock
"Slaughtered" she repeated with emphasis "Men woman and children. Children! All killed. And you don't ca-"
"The lives of humans mean nothing to me" he said, bored
Kagome's jaw dropped in horror and then she set her jaw, becoming angry
"Rin's human! You care about her!"
"Hm" he turned to leave "She was not killed" he said simple before moving on
"She could have been!"
Sesshomaru sighed and stopped again
"None in our part were killed"
"Well…no…" she replied "but our hosts were…I don't know why-" she froze in horror as she came to the realization "You saved us"
"Hm…you are not quite as stupid as you seem. Still quite slow though" he said, moving on again
"But….Why didn't you even save our hosts!?"
She stormed her way over to him angry
"Would it have killed you to save the village if you were going to save us anyways?" she growled at him
Sesshomaru looked down at her calmly "I simply did not care. I acted to protect Rin. That is all"
Kagome clenched her hands into tight fists and for a second Sesshomaru thought she would attempt to strike him
"YOU DISGUST ME!" She yelled instead "I can't believe I thought for a minute that you could be a good guy!" she turned angrily and ran back towards the village, angry tears spilling down her cheeks
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"I'm worried about Kagome"
Miroku looked up at Sango then glanced at Kagome, who sat in the corner of the house, alone and silent.
By the time the grave digging was complete the sun had already started setting, things moving much slower without the half demon's aid.
Miroku had set to work when they decided to spent the night again, setting up scrolls to protect them as they slept, putting many throughout the house.
Jaken didn't like it of course. He was concerned that they would harm his lord Sesshomaru is he decided to rejoin them
He didn't react too nicely when Kagome response to his concerns was "good let them hurt him"
Which was why Jaken sat as far from her as he could, his back to her, still fuming
Miroku sighed "I can't help but wonder what could have happened to Kagome while she was away" he said in response
Kagome was now wearing Sango's Kimono instead of the haori, which lay beside her in a heap
They had burnt the uniform, agreeing that it would not help keep the demons away and wasn't going to be usable anymore anyways
The haori was another reason Jaken's mood had become foul.
It bothered the others as well. Kagome refused to tell them anything of what happened so all they really knew is that she had return in Sesshomaru's haori and carrying her bloody uniform, fuming
The thought was mind-boggling.
Sesshomaru, lord of the western lands, and Inu Yasha's vicious half brother, was wandering the forest, half naked because he had, obviously given his haori to a human priestess, of all things.
Thinking on it made no difference so they decided to ignore it. Kagome wasn't going to wavering in her decision not to say anything. And knowing Kagome, it was likely simply because she didn't want to say anything to affect their opinions of a certain dog demon
Eventually they all settled down, ignoring the mystery, and decided to get some sleep.
Sango and Miroku remained with them this time
Despite what happened the night before they all fell asleep fast enough, feeling secure in the protection of the monks ward.
Kagome didn't though. She sat in the night, shivering until she gave in and pulled the haori around her one more.
As she hugged her knees and laid her head on them she couldn't help but note once more the nice musky smell of Sesshomaru it had on it.
All this did was make her angrier. How could she be attracted at all to that jerk?
No…it was just from seeing him naked. It was her hormones and nothing else. Not real attraction.
She closed her eyes, trying to sleep.
The sun was just starting to rise when she opened them again, hearing a noise around her.
She looked up to see Rin sitting up and playing with a book she had taken from Kagome's pack.
Kagome was just about to say something to the child when a branch broke outside and Rin looked up
"Lord Sesshomaru!" she cried, running out the door to greet him
Kagome got up as well, deciding to return his shirt right away then froze in the doorway.
If it had been Sesshomaru she would have sense him.
She moved to call out to Rin only to see the girl get snatched up by gangly green arms
The demon had the child's mouth covered and stared at Kagome, making a clicking nose with its throat before taking off.
"No!" Kagome ran and grabbed her bow and quiver and followed after it, not taking the time to wake the others.
