Hey guys well here's another chapter sorry for the little delay, but test and projects have been piling up at me. Well in this chapter some things well for me might confuse you, but it will be explained in the next. Please review and no flames.
A Fateful Meeting
Itachi walked towards the opening of the gates and saw a bunch of soldiers gathered there. He noticed a white haired head with a pair of dog ears in the pack.
Inuyasha's ears twitched and his nose detected the scent of Itachi. He turned and saw him walking up the road.
"There you are. I thought you had gotten lost or ran away." He said running towards him.
He flung his arm around his shoulder and led him inside the gates.
"Come on we're already late for dinner."
As they passed by the group of guards they started heading towards the village.
"What are they going to the village for?"
Inuyasha looked straight ahead as he answered.
"There just going to bring back somebody who has already stayed out passed their curfew."
"Curfew?"
"Yeah, Kagome or 'Lady Kagome' as you've heard some people around the village call her. She's not meant to go outside for a long time…"
"Master Inuyasha, Lord Sesshomaru told me to tell you, you will not be fed if you are not present at the dining room in five minutes." A maid called out from the door way.
"Leave it to Lord Fluffy." Inuyasha sighed under his breath. "Well come on before he decides to not leave us any food."
He walked inside his hands behind his head and left Itachi to follow him.
…...
Kagome walked around the village after spying at Itachi looking at the street vendors and seeing if anything caught her eye.
"Lady Kagome, Lady Kagome!"
Children ran towards her and circled around her tugging at the sleeves of her kimono. "Play a game with us." They begged.
Kagome smiled tenderly down at them as she bent down to their height.
"Sorry children, but Lady Kagome has to come back home."
A chorus of whines echoed as the children stepped away from her.
Kagome stood up and turned to face the guards.
"Did he really have to send all of you after me." She said emotionlessly not showing any emotion on how pissed she really was.
"We are sorry my lady but Lord Sesshomaru is just trying to…"
"…keep you safe. Yeah I know."
She waved at the children and started walking away. She stopped and turned her head side ways.
"Well aren't you guys coming."
…...
Itachi watched appalled as Inuyasha stuffed his face with a chicken leg and basically everything that was in his plate. It looked like his mouth could hold in it a whole watermelon. He looked at where Sesshomaru was eating and saw how mannerly he was using the fork and knife. It seemed that this two were complete opposites in both character and manners.
The door to the dining room opened and in walked one of the guards. He bowed down to Sesshomaru.
"My lord, Lady Kagome has been returned. She went to her room and said she was not eating dinner today. Sesshomaru glared at that but composed himself with a sigh.
"Leave her for now, I will see her later, but make sure she does not leave the manor. Make sure guards are posted around the ground's perimeter."
"Yes, my lord." The guard bowed and left.
"I wonder if she's feeling sick." Kikyo who was sitting besides Inuyasha asked worry in her voice.
"Ah, don't worry knowing her she's probably sulking because she had to been retrieved and is mad at Sesshomaru right now so she's refusing to eat, knowing this will annoy him." Inuyasha said not noticing that he was right on target about it annoying Sesshomaru.
"Well maybe I should check on her just in case."
"Don't." Was the sharp response that came from the taiyokai. Kikyo stopped midway from getting up and sat back down.
"I will check on her later. Leave her alone."
Kikyo seemed to have been angered at what he said.
"Sesshomaru you know you can't be controlling of her like that. Yes we all have to look after her because of weak she is now, but that doesn't mean we have to dictate how long she can be out or where she can go. I know last time you promised her a little bit of freedom, you didn't give it to her since you followed her.
Sesshomaru stood up and made his way to the door.
"Yes I followed her but look at what that little bit of freedom I gave her brought her. Him. If I had never let her leave to wherever she wanted she wouldn't be like this. She wouldn't have saved him and bring upon herself this fate."
With a glare towards Itachi, Sesshomaru walked out and left all three of them in silence.
Kikyo brought her hands to her face. She smiled sadly.
"That stubborn dog."
Inuyasha stood up and hugged from behind.
"You shouldn't worry we are only doing this because we care to much for her that we don't want her to be hurt."
Itachi watched everything and processed it in his mind. So it seems that Sesshomaru was blaming him for something that he knew nothing of.
The scrape of his chair against the tiled floor alerted the hugging couple.
"If it's alright I will be going to my room now."
"Yeah just make sure not to get lost."
Was the last thing Itachi heard as the door closed behind him.
…...
"What do you want Sesshomaru." Kagome said. She was sitting on the window seat looking out at the moon. He whole for was silhouetted by the silver light. Making her glow ethereal.
Sesshomaru stepped besides her.
"Why did you not want to eat."
Kagome sighed. "I just didn't feel like it okay, and no I wasn't trying to annoy you. I just didn't feel well to eat is all."
Sesshomaru frowned at that.
"Are you not feeling well right now."
Kagome abruptly stood up and faced Sesshomaru.
"Stop it! Stop it already." She shouted. Her spiritual powers suddenly flared.
"Stop treating me like a porcelain doll. Yes I know I'm not healthy like I used to be, and I know my life is in danger if I go overboard on things but still…"
"Why did you have to save him?"
The question caught her off guard.
"What?"
"Why did you save him." He said getting closer at her and looking menacingly.
"I…I saved him because I couldn't just come back and leave him there. He didn't deserve to die like that. Something inside me was pulling me towards him, and you know what I don't regret saving him, yes because of that the Sacred Jewel reacted to my powers and now it's endangering my life…" Her spiritual powers spiked even higher.
She stopped talking as she suddenly started coughing up blood. Her spiritual powers disappeared. But it only brought her even more coughing fits.
Sesshomaru suddenly carried her to her bed and sat her up. Kagome was still coughing blood.
He made his youki flare up and surround her. The jewel suddenly made its presence know and started glowing on her chest where her heart was.
The jewel sucked in his youki and this made Kagome stop coughing.
He laid her down on the bed and started wiping the blood away with his sleeve.
"I still don't regret saving him." Kagome whispered as she closed her eyes and fell asleep from exhaustion.
Sesshomaru stared down at her tenderly down at her he leaned down and kissed her.
He leaned back and traced his hand across her cheek. Even if she didn't know how he felt for her he will always love her from a far. He stood up and left the room, not hearing when she whispered. That other man's name.
"Itachi."
…...
It was later on at night when Itachi roamed the gardens. He was feeling restless and decided to take a walk to clear his mind. As he turned the corner he stopped as he saw a woman sitting next to the fountain looking up at the moon.
Kagome looked up at the moon letting it comfort her. After the whole ordeal with Sesshomaru she slept for what seemed like a whole day only to wake up to find it was still night. So to comfort her she came to the gardens and let the scent of the flowers, the warm summer breeze, and the glow of the moon, lull her away from everything.
The sound of breathing made Kagome's head snap to the side and come face to face with the man she had saved. His black eyes roamed her as if calculating her.
Itachi stared at the woman in front of him, she had black blue hair cascading down her back and blue eyes shone from her face. She was clad in a white nightgown that looked to go down to above her knees and was wearing white slippers.
Kagome stood up and both stood there in uncomfortable silence.
"You, you're the woman who saved me aren't you, Lady Kagome." He said breaking the silence.
Kagome's eyes widened.
"How do you know, I can by all means be a maid or something." She said glaring at him.
She watched as a smirk played on his lips.
"No maid can afford a nightgown like that or slippers, and you couldn't possibly be any of Sesshomaru's or Inuyasha's relations although you do look like Kikyo."
Kagome huffed at that she turned her head away from him.
She was totally surprised when he suddenly knelt in front of her.
"I thank you for saving me, even though at first I was ready to die, thank you for giving me another chance in life, another chance towards a new beginning."
He grabbed her hand and kissed it.
Kagome snatched her hand and held it against her chest as a blush started forming on her cheeks.
"W-what were you doing."
Itachi stood up and sat down next to the fountain.
"I was just showing my gratitude." He said closing his eyes.
Kagome sat next to him.
"You really do show gratitude in a weird way Itachi."
Itachi opened his eyes and looked at her. She just smiled at him.
"You didn't think I would save somebody and not know their name now would you?"
"Hm." He said and turned his head looking forward.
They spent the whole time getting to now each other and Itachi for the first time felt comfortable around a girl. A girl who was no older than his brother. She wasn't any fan girl, she didn't swoon at his smiles, or giggle annoyingly.
"I'm glad you are doing fine. When I saw you die I couldn't stand there and do nothing. By the way who was that man who you fought."
Itachi looked down at the ground.
"It's better if he is left in the past."
Kagome didn't question any more she looked up at the sky and saw splashes of pink and purple creeping from the horizon the moon was already starting to vanish.
"It's already morning." She said disappointment evident in her voice.
"It seems it is." Itachi said.
Kagome stood up and walked towards the middle of the garden she turned around and faced him her hands behind her back.
"Will you later on come with me to the village. Well, mostly sneak out of here to go to the village with me. I don't have anybody to be with who are my age. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru are too overprotective to be with and Kikyo is to busy to have anytime to be with me. Will you." She said her eyes looking hopeful.
Itachi smiled gently at her. She reminded him so much of his brother when he was younger and asked him to train him.
"I will."
She broke into a smile and her eyes started sparkling.
"Thank you so much. I can't wait till later on."
She turned around and started running back inside. Before going inside she turned and waved at him.
Itachi stayed outside and watched the sunrise before he went inside.
Never noticing a pair of angry golden eyes that watched the whole exchange.
Please review and no flames. Next chapter might be up next week depending if I'll have time.
