"I'd still feel better with a parachute."
"Are you saying that I could not protect you better than a piece of cloth?"
Kagome rolled her eyes. "No, I'm not. I'm just saying that…" She looked down at the moonlit ground, at the fires, and huts that seemed so tiny. "I just want a parachute."
Sesshoumaru sighed. "You are the one that suggested this 'night jumping' to begin with."
"That was out of boredom. And before I was all the way up here. Without a parachute."
Kagome turned to him with worried eyes. "Why don't you just fly me around on Ah-Un some more? That was fun." She poked a foot against the cloud of youki holding her up. "That was…steadier."
"Do you recall what you told me? About not allowing you to 'back out' of doing this? You had me promise. On my honor."
"Pffpt. That was when I was still on the ground. Fly me around, then take me back…awwwww, you sonofabitch!!"
Kagome screamed as the youki disappeared from beneath her feet, and she began plummeting towards the ground. She glanced up to see Sesshoumaru getting smaller, and she knew she was going to haunt him if she died.
Turning, she looked around, and slowly started to take in the view. Her worry from before had kept her from really paying attention to anything, but now that she'd (haha) taken the plunge…she saw a lake in the distance, and the glimmer of moonlight striking off it's surface. Her gaze took in the forest that spread out for miles, and everything was just so pretty, so gorgeous.
And getting closer. She started to feel the panic returning, and then she felt firm arms circling her, pulling her into a gradual arch away from the ground.
He turned her face towards him with a gentle hand.
"I will always catch you."