Chapter 4: Hatred or Compassion
Searching for Rin had taken longer then expected and it was beginning to take its toll on Kagome. Turning the corner going to the basement, Kagome heard sniffles. Walking faster, she found Rin huddled in a corner crying. Bending down to sit, Kagome took Rin into her arms and began to rock her back and forth the way her mom once did for her when she was sad and crying.
"Rin, why did you start to cry when me and your dad were talking?" Kagome asked, still trying to calm the crying girl down.
"Its because that's how Rin's mother died. She and Daddy always fought and one day daddy said something really mean and so Mommy left and never came back. Dad told me she'd gone out with friends, and was killed in a fire that started in her hotel room. Nobody knows how the fire started but if Mommy hadn't left she would still be here with Rin." Rin gave a little hiccup, then looked up at Kagome with wide, pleading eyes. "Kagome, I don't want that to happen to you! You're the best friend and sister and sort of mom I wish I had!"
Sesshoumaru POV
'Damn where could she have gone, this school's not that big!'
Right when he thought that, he came upon the stairs to the basement. It was the only place he had not looked because he did not think Rin would dare go down there because of how dark it was.
He started to descend the stairs and as he got closer he heard sniffles and he found Kagome was rocking them back and forth while she was sleep.
'Women and the way they act, it is so tiring.' He thought as he picked them up into his arms and carried them off to the car.
"Alex, take us home, and make sure Kagome's car is picked up and brought to the house." He added as an afterthought, thinking of how she would react if she did not have car with her when she woke up.
"Hai, my lord, shall I have Maurice come to get the car or myself come back to retrieve it?" Alex inquired of his lord.
"Maurice can come to get the car just take us home."
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Kagome's POV
When Kagome woke up she was in a room that she'd never seen before. Sitting up, she suddenly felt very cold, like someone had forgotten to close the window and a cool breeze was coming through. Looking down, she found that she had a nightgown on but she'd never seen it and it made her wonder who undressed her and where in the seven heavens and hells was she.
Getting up and walking down the hall and looking around, she came to a room that was cracked open. She pushed it open only to find that it was the master bedroom. Thinking it rude to enter further, she turned to leave when two strong arms encircled her waist and whispered in her ear.
"Kagome, why are you in my room? Especially with barely anything on but the gown that you have on?" He said the last huskily in her ear.
"I well, I didn't know where I was so I went to explore. The gown, well, this is what I had on when I woke up. Do you know how that came to be Sesshoumaru?" Kagome said looking up at him.
"The gown was put on by my head servant Renesme. You're in my home away from home you could say. I brought you along with Rin here when I found you both sleep in the basement of the school." He then nipped her neck lightly.
'What is this feeling he is evoking into me and why does it feel so comforting to be in his arms? It's as if I'm the only one in his mind.' Kagome turned in Sesshoumaru's arms and was now nestled into his chest while staring at his molting gold eyes.
"Kagome..."
"Hai, Sesshoumaru-sama?" Kagome said, still feeling the high feelings that she does not understand.
"Would you like to take a tour of my home before we head out to breakfast and class?" Sesshoumaru asked, but started leading her before she could answer.
Letting Sesshoumaru lead her away from his room, he took her to Rin's room first having sensed her hesitant curiousity of where the girl was.
Seeing that Rin was happily asleep and well. Kagome unknowingly leaned into Sesshoumaru and sighed as if she were in a happy dream. 'What's this vibrating feeling that's all over my body, it feels so good! Kagome thought.
"Kagome, we should hurry to breakfast." Sesshoumaru said with a satisfied look on his face.
Looking down she saw the time and realized that the vibrations were coming from Sesshoumaru's velvet voice.
"Hai, we should hurry and go before we are both late, that would not look good, now would it?" Kagome said only getting her bearings mid-sentence.
Sesshoumaru only nodded as he led her off to her room to get ready and then gave her keys.
"I will spare you the embarrassment of having to ride with me and Rin," Then as if a second thought said, "Or would you like to take her yourself?" he asked her.
"I'll take her. She has to go to her old school to pick up her last few tests right?"
"Hai."
"Ok then, thank you." Kagome smiled, then turned and closed the door and began to get ready for the day that would bring her to her knees
