Hey people! Back again with another chapter of strange happenings.
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Chapter 3: Strange Thoughts
Kagome rolled over gently in her sleep, her head rolling to its other side, as she obliviously lay in between Sesshomaru's legs, with her head against his chest and his arms around her.
Sesshomaru's eyes snapped open, he looked down at Kagome a slightly annoyed expression lighting his features before it melded into one of cold indifference. He hadn't been sleeping, just thinking. His senses had been fully aware of everything around him, painfully aware of her smell hovering just below his nose. He decided to let her rest a bit more, after all it was still a little while until dawn. He would wake her just before it.
Kagome rolled her head, all her senses coming back to her. She didn't want to move from the warmth and softness her back was against. She didn't want to wake up to see the pale arm, with magenta stripes adorning the wrists, wrapped securely around her waist. She wanted to happily rest in peace. That was until she realised just who it was that she was to comfortably leaning against.
Sesshomaru had noticed that she had woken; he had also noticed how she had slightly snuggled into his chest, but moreover he noticed her tense just before sitting upright, and turning looking over her shoulder glaring daggers at him. He looked at her with a look of cold indifference.
"You are awake I see" he said, pulling her back against his chest "However, if you remove yourself from this Sesshomaru you will surely freeze because it is not quite dawn and the air is still cold."
That was probably the longest thing he had ever said to her, except for his 'I despise all humans' speech when he tried to kill her the first time.
The thought made her smile, then it become a giggle, then a chuckle, then a laugh. But none the less she relaxed back into Sesshomaru as her laugh died back into a chuckle before disappearing completely.
"What is it that you find so amusing?" He asked coolly, glaring down at her.
She glanced over her shoulder at him, the glare not affecting her one bit.
'When did that happen?' he thought idly, still glaring at her, waiting for her to answer.
"I was just thinking about how that was probably the most you've said to me at one time other than your droning speech about how you despise humans when we first met. Just before you tried to kill me" She said with a light giggle and a distracted sigh.
Sesshomaru was shocked to say the least; here was this human laughing about the amount of him talking in a memory when she could have quite possibly died. "You find that amusing?"
"Well, yes I do. I mean, it's not everyday that you hear you talking a lot and it definably isn't everyday you stand up to a taiyoukai and live to tell the tale." She said, giggling again. "I mean how many people have insulted you and have lived to tell the tale? Really?"
"Hn" Was his indifferent reply.
"I'll take that as a not many" She said leaning back and shifting to get comfortable, her eyes fluttering closed.
He stared down at her quietly, a look of cold indifference gracing his features, really, how did she know so much about him.
"And don't look at me like that" She spoke, not opening her eyes.
"Hn" He continued to look at her; maybe she wasn't so bad after all. After all her company was not... Unpleasant. 'I refuse to think such things of a human''But you know they're true' He inwardly growled, of course the voice was annoyingly true again, not that he'd admit it. "Eat" He said suddenly, his gaze shifting to a bowl of hot rice sitting at her feet.
"When did that get there?" Kagome muttered, leaning forward to retrieve the bowl and chopsticks. She instinctly leaned back after shivering from the sudden loss of warmth. "When do you think we'll get back hom-? " She blushed, "Get back to the castle?" She quickly said, covering up slight mistake. 'I almost called Sesshomaru's castle home! Home! Sesshomaru's castle!'
"By night fall" He knew perfectly well what she was about to say and really for some reason it didn't bother him as much as it should have. "We will leave after your meal"
Kagome held on tightly to his armour, even though he had his arm around her waist she still didn't feel quite comfortable with flying. I mean, in an airplane or something, even on InuYasha's back wasn't bad because she had something solid underneath her, but with Sesshomaru's cloud thingy ( As she called it) wasn't solid, and she felt that if she didn't hold on tight enough she'd fall right through and to her death.
"Um… Sesshomaru-sama?" She asked after they'd been travelling for a few hours. The sun was now high in the sky, signalling the nearing of the end of their patrol.
Sesshomaru didn't answer her, in fact he didn't even look at her, but she knew he was listening. Somehow she could tell, she didn't know when this started or how it happened, she just knew.
Sesshomaru suddenly felt very wary, she only called him that when she wanted something. He listened knowing that he would more than likely say no.
"Can I go home tomorrow to see my family, 'cause it's my eighteenth birthday, I don't know if it's something special for demons but it signifies something for human beings. And my family will be very worried as well as disappointed if I'm not there for my own eighteenth?"
"No" was all he said. No explanation, no contemplation, no nothing, just a straight out 'no'.
"Why not!?" Kagome burst out, feeling suddenly very angry.
He didn't answer, but then she didn't really expect him to, after all the 'great' Sesshomaru never explains himself without good reason, much to her utter annoyance.
"Argh! You are so impossible sometimes!" She fumed loudly.
"You will refrain from yelling at this Sesshomaru" Sesshomaru answered coolly.
"Oh yeah? What are you gonna do about it?" She spat angrily.
Sesshomaru adjusted how he was holding her so that he was holding her with one arm by her arm over the edge of his cloud. "What am I going to do about it?" He growled "Do not test this Sesshomaru"
Kagome scrunched up her face in fear, gripping his arm with her free one. "This isn't fair! You're a youkai! I'm not!"
"I know that you are a pathetic human, which is why I'm not going to drop you at the moment. But continue to test me and I will not hesitate." He growled, pulling her back onto the cloud his arm again around her waist.
"That was soooo uncalled for" She muttered clinging to his armour, face buried in his fur.
"Hn" He replied coolly, a look of cold indifference gracing his features.
"One day you'll know what it's like to be human. Then you won't think of us as pathetic" She mumbled, looking to where they were going.
Sesshomaru looked down at the Miko, just what was she implying? That he would one day be human? 'Preposterous''It's not as preposterous as you think. Don't you remember that sorceress?''That sorceress was merely a human trying to scare me as she died That's it''Okay, don't say I didn't warn you' Sesshomaru growled, at least the voice was wrong for once, that sorceress had just been a normal human hadn't she?
A younger Sesshomaru walked through the forest, listening to the wind in the trees and the animals scurry past. It was night time, late at night.
He had wanted to get out, so he had escaped the castle for a midnight walk. He didn't make a noise, each step he took in his dark brown boots as silent as if they weren't being taken at all.
This younger Sesshomaru looked like the Sesshomaru that we recognise from today. His hair was the same; he wore the same outfit, though he was slightly shorter.
This event had occurred before InuYasha was born, just after his father had mated with Izayoi. He had needed to get away, but his father would never allow it. He wanted to see his mother but she kept moving so as not to be tracked down.
He kept walking, not sure exactly where he was going. But knowing that he would get there eventually.
He heard a rustle from behind some bushes, he glanced in that direction, but there was no more movement. He hadn't sensed or smelt anyone he knew or that would trouble him.
He heard a sob, 'A sob?' he had thought in annoyance, just when he had been enjoying his walk he had to be disturbed by a, he smelt the air, human. how he hated humans, ever since his father had taken that human princess as his new mate, he had been devastated to find out his father had replaced mother with a human. It was a disgrace, first of for finding a new mate and second for the new mate being human. He hated his father for it, and he despised all humans.
He heard another sob. 'Really, how idiotic can humans get? It's dangerous to be out here all alone' he thought slowly and quietly moving towards the sound, his curiosity getting the better of him. What he saw disgusted him. It was a human female, bleeding from wounds on her back and stomach. There was a lot of blood and he was surprised she was still conscious. He stepped into the light, so as to see her better.
He saw her tense and look at him, blood all over her face. "Please sir, help me" she had said, he remembered it as clear as day, the look of pain that had adorned her face. He hadn't moved, not an inch since he stepped into the light. "Please sir" she repeated still looking at him.
"Why would I the heir of the Western lands help a pathetic human?" He had said, his new look of cold indifference gracing his features.
He had created that look and his cool manner after his mother had left, and had started to use it more often when his father had mated the human, Izayoi.
"It doesn't matter your status, please. I might survive if you take me to the nearby village." She had whispered.
"And get your filthy blood all over my clothes? I think not" He had turned to leave when he heard her.
"Wait!" She had called weakly, he didn't know what it was but it made him stop and turn.
She had taken a breath before continuing "Great Youkai, Great ningen,One despise the other kind, the other really doesn't mind.When they meet on one's special birthday,A change will take place upon the two.While one is blind, the other sees.Stuck like this they will be, stuck like this forever and eternity,Unless both are blind no more,And realise that only in harmony can they be forever more.With my last breath I seal your fate,To forever more have a human as your mate."
He had just looked at her as she had finished the spell, a light glow around them both. After the glow dimmed the woman died. He had looked on in disgust, 'She must have been a sorceress of some kind…' he had thought as he turned and walked away.
'Why should I avoid the Miko just because of some sorceress from more than fifty years?' He thought in annoyance as he looked to where they were heading. They were on their way back to the castle. Thankfully, he really didn't want to spend the night with the Miko in his arms again.
The rest of the journey had been travelled in silence. Kagome fuming silently over him not letting her go home and Sesshomaru thinking about the sorceress and how it was so obviously false.
'If it's so false, why are you worrying about it?''I'm not worrying. This Sesshomaru never worries.''You worried about Rin when she was kidnapped.' Sesshomaru didn't reply as they set down in the courtyard.
Kagome turned and looked at him as he retracted his arm from her waist.
The sun had set while they had been travelling and the last rays of sun had gone below the horizon about half an hour ago. "Um, Sesshomaru-sama?"
He turned and looked at her, but didn't answer, he guessed she was going to try and ask him to go home again, which the answer to would be the same.
"Thank you for taking me with you" She said looking at the ground.
He looked at her, shock running through his mind, but not on his face. The expression he wore was again one of cold indifference. "You may eat in the dining hall that you ate in for your morning meal before we left" He said after a moment.
"Um… About that… Can you show me where it is again?" She said a light blush rising to her cheeks.
He raised a delicate eyebrow at her, she had forgotten? He moved into the building but after a minute he turned back to see her still standing in the exact place. He didn't say anything, he just stood there looking at her.
Kagome watched him turn around and look at her. She took that as his way of saying come-on-already and quickly caught up with him, just before she was beside him he turned and kept walking. She raced to walk next to him.
They reached the dining hall in a matter of minutes, he stopped and opened the door for her, deciding that he'd join her for the meal. He walked in behind her closing the door.
She sat in the seat she had occupied when they ate breakfast in here and Sesshomaru again sat across from her.
"You're still not sitting in Inu no Taisho's seat?" She asked, idly.
"No" he replied, after a minute, he glanced at the empty seat that was the head of the table. Was she going to pester him about this again?
"Oh ok." She said looking at him. "Sorry if I bothered you at all last night while I was asleep, I've been told that I toss and turn…" She said after a minute.
Well at least they were off the subject of his father's chair. "Hn. You only turned your head every now and then" He replied calmly as their meal was brought out.
Two bowls of rice and fish. Raw fish for Sesshomaru. She looked at his platter of fish, a look of disgust on her face "Do you eat fish raw?" She asked after a moment of looking at the platter.
"So it seems…" he said picking up his chopsticks and eating some of the rice.
Kagome was hungry, she was used to having three meals a day and sometimes more. So she also picked up her chopsticks and began eating the rice.
After finishing the rice Kagome ploughed through the chopped up and boneless pieces of fish.
Sesshomaru had finished eating completely just as she finished her rice. He waited patiently for her to finish before standing. "Miko I will es-"
"I have a name" She stated as she put down her chopsticks.
"I will escort you to your room" He said turning and walking towards the door, completely ignoring what she had said.
She glared at his back while she followed him, muttering curses in her head.
He was surprised when she had stayed walking behind him, but then he realised she was more than likely glaring at him and one quick glance over his shoulder confirmed his thoughts, 'Women… Human women' He thought, mentally shaking his head.
They reached her room in a couple of minutes, she walked past him and opened her door. "Thank you Sesshomaru-sama, I enjoyed spending the time with while on patrol." She almost had to choke the words out of herself. Luckily it didn't sound forced.
Sesshomaru looked at her critically, did she really mean what she said or was it just a plan to make him says she could go home tomorrow. "Hn" he replied, it was the only thing he could think of to say.
She smiled, "Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow. Good Night Sesshomaru" She disappeared into her room, closing the door behind her. She leaned against the back of the door for a couple of minutes.
It had been what? Five minutes since she had walked into her room? He hadn't moved at all, not even blinked. He decided that it would be smart to move. So he quickly turned and disappeared into his study.
Kagome changed into another short nightdress. It was made of a white silk, and was very pretty with its small crescent moon that adorned the bottom of the dress. She moved to her window and opened it, the light night breeze was warm against her skin. She had never been this close to her window and realised that it had a balcony. She climbed out of the window and onto the balcony. She sighed a sigh of content, it was so peaceful here. The balcony was a lot longer than just her window, it went further along the wall in one direction. There was a window about five to ten metres away (16-32 ft?). And another five to ten metres after that was another window. And just beyond that window was the end of the balcony.
She had been sitting on the balcony looking up at the almost full moon for about two hours when a dim light suddenly appeared on the inside of the open window at the farthest end of the balcony. She wondered if it was someone's room. She decided not to move in case she got in trouble for spying or in case she was heard and got in trouble for being on the balcony. The light in the farthest window slowly got brighter as whatever it was moved closer to the window. She guessed they were going to close the window but she was proved wrong when the light was set down just to the side of the window and someone climbed out of it.
She sat as silently as possible watching the person climb out of the window. By the looks of it the person was a man and by the looks of it he was more than likely a demon. She saw silver hair in the moon light and golden eyes as they settled on her.
She gasped quietly, she'd been caught out on the balcony by none other than Sesshomaru himself. She swallowed, she was probably in for it now.
He looked at her, he had not long ago come in from his study to rest for the night when he had noticed the window was open. As he moved to the window to close it and he smelt the distinct smell of the Miko wafting into his room. So he had put down the candle and climbed out onto the balcony.
And there she was. Sitting in that very short, very revealing nightdress that he had picked for her, for some reason he did not know why. He moved over to her and sat down.
She looked at him quietly, her blue eyes shining in the darkness. He was looking at her, those golden eyes piercing into her very being.
"Sorry." She muttered.
He looked at her, why was she sorry? Was it because she had disturbed him? Or because she thought she had done something wrong.
As she looked back up at him she saw the small hint of confusion in his eyes. "I meant that I was sorry for being out here. I didn't know that was your room at the other end." She looked past him to his bedroom window.
He looked at her quietly "it does not matter" he said after a moment, he quickly averted his gaze to the almost full moon. How beautiful the moon was.
She looked at the moon also and he wondered idly if she thought the same thing about the moon, not that he cared or anything. He glanced at her as she stared up at the moon and he saw on the bottom of her dress there was that familiar crescent moon shape in the same colour as was the symbol on his forehead.
Kagome glanced at him as he looked at the moon. 'He's so calm and beautiful. What? Did I just think that Sesshomaru was beautiful?' She mentally slapped herself for thinking such thoughts.
They sat in silence for quite a while until dawn started to approach and yet Kagome still did not feel tired, much to her surprise. She should have been exhausted. She shrugged it off. They continued to sit there, feeling the sun rise behind them. And even after the sun had risen they continued to sit there.
Kagome stood up "Thank you Sesshomaru, that was very peaceful" She said disappearing into her room and closing the window. She pulled the curtains across so she could get changed without him peeking not that she thought he would after all she was just a human. She walked to the chair where her clothes for the day were set out. 'A miko garb? I guess I'm doing something physical today instead of sitting around.' She thought as she dressed.
Sesshomaru disappeared back into his room, his room was much like her's but more fit for a king. It had gold lined furniture and was much bigger than her room.
He dressed into his usual attire and left his room, he guessed he wouldn't see much of the Miko today because of last night, even though he had hoped to go down to the dojo and teach her some basic moves with a katana, how to defend and attack.
Ash he walked down the hall and approached her room, her door opened and out stepped the Miko, looking like she had the best night's sleep ever. He was surprised to say the least but he didn't let it show.
Kagome closed her door and turned around to see him, how was it that they ran into each other like that? All well she'd ponder about that later "Good morning Sesshomaru" She said happily, smiling up at him.
'She looks happy to see me''Shut up fool.' He thought, mentally slapping himself.
She looked at him before heading off in the direction of the dining hall intending on having something to eat.
'Where is she going?' He though idly as he walked after her, curiosity getting the better of him.
She walked into the dining hall and sat in her seat, waiting for him to walk in, somehow she knew he was there and had been following her.
He walked into the dining hall after her, closing the door behind him. She had remembered her way surprisingly. He sat across from her in his seat.
"Not in Inu no Taisho's seat today either huh? That's not surprising… I guess I should have guessed that you wouldn't sit there seeing as where you're sitting now is where you have always sat." She said with a slight smile.
He looked at her, finally she was seeing some sense in why he sits where he sits.
She smiled as her meal of soup was sat in front of her, 'Mmm, it looks better than normal…' She thought as she picked up her spoon and began to eat.
Kagome watched as Sesshomaru finished his soup, she had finished before him today, much to her surprise. 'All well, no harm done' She thought. "So is there any particular reason why I'm in the traditional Miko garb?" She asked looking at him as he set down his bowl.
'She's quick', he thought watching her fiddle with her hair. "We will be going to the dojo today. I will be teaching you some basic moves with a katana" he informed her as he stood.
She stood and followed him as he left for the dojo.
When they got there she walked right up to the table holding the many katanas. She eyes them all before one suddenly seemed to call out to her. She picked it up and it pulsed lightly, she smiled and moved to the middle of the floor.
He would be easy on her today seeing as it was her first time and she hadn't slept the night before. He watched her pick one of the demonic blades, it was a weak blade, seeing as he only set out the weak blades for practice in the dojo. He picked up his usual practice katana and moved to the floor with Kagome.
He had taught her some basic defensive moves and she had learnt very quickly so he ended up teaching her more advanced ones. Then he taught her basic attacks, like before she learnt very quickly so he taught her some more advanced moves.
He had decided a little spar couldn't do too much damage. "Brace yourself, for we will be sparring for real this time, I will not be as easy on you"
She nodded moving into a basic stance. He had taught her to always keep her eyes on the enemy's eyes, that way she could see what he was going to do. She watched him carefully, her eyes locked with his as he prepared himself.
"Attack" the command was simple but she did not budge.
"You attack" Came her reply.
He blinked quickly before launching himself into an attack.
She dodged, jumping back from him. She watched him as he moved to attack again, she watched his eyes, she knew Sesshomaru for his tricks and she could see in his eyes that he was going to attack her right side, so she simply dodged to the right, because she could see in his eyes that he wasn't actually going to attack her right.
Surprise lit his eyes before he jumped back from her as she moved to attack.
He jumped at her again and she moved to dodge but she wasn't fast enough so she blocked him with her katana. It was a battle of force for a moment before she focused some of her powers into the katana.
His eyes widened for a split second before he too focused some power into his katana.
They both focused more power into their katanas until they held as much as they could. Kagome and Sesshomaru were still gazing into each other's eyes, katanas still against each other. Either of them not willing to back down. They held it a bit longer adding little bits by little bits of power into it before they were both blasted away from each other.
Kagome flew back into the wall, sliding to the floor, eyes scrunched up from the impact.
Sesshomaru tried to stop himself from crashing into the sturdy dojo wall, but the pulsating energy that was still coming from the middle of the room forbid him to move and he crashed into the wall. He slid to the floor, eyes shut.
It was about ten minutes from the blast when Kagome jumped to her feet. She noticed Sesshomaru still slumped against the wall and she guessed he hadn't woken up seeing as he had a somewhat peaceful expression on his face. She walked over to him, reaching an arm out to his shoulder.
She saw the slight flicker of his eyes under the lids, jumping back just as his arm shot out with inhuman speed to grab her arm.
Sesshomaru jumped to his feet, he should have caught her, and he had used his demonic speed to try. He looked to where Kagome was standing, she wasn't panting or bleeding from the energy force that had slammed them both back into the walls of the dojo.
He jumped at her, planning on catching her. He saw her eyes widen before she jumped out of his reach. She had done it again, she had escaped from him when he was using his demonic speed. 'How is that possible?' he thought in slight confusion, just before everything went blank.
Kagome watched him crumble to the floor, she was just about to move to him to see if he was okay when she felt a wave of dizziness wash over her before everything went black.
End of Chapter 3! are we happy! I am!
Uhh... The flashback is a bit dodgy and the chapter name is uncreative...
But hey! This is my first story!
See yas next chapter!
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