Hey GUYS! I can't believe I got so many reviews! I was so excited 'cuz I didn't think it was that good! I'm glad people like it. It's actually my first Sessh and Kags full blown story. Most of them are oneshots lol But here's the next chapter! Onto Sessh and Shippou!
Keith: Thanks all! It's all MY work ya know...
SM: WHAT?
Disclaimer: THIS GOES FOR ALL THE CHAPTERS BEFOE AND AFTER THIS! I do not own Inuyasha because if I did... do you really think I would be here and not with sessh?
Last Time
The kit's eyes glistened with unspoken questions, but transformed into his smaller hieght. He looked exactly like he did when he was only six. Sesshoumaru bent down and scooped the kit up, placing him on his shoulder. Before any of them could react, he was gone.
Now
Sesshoumaru flew to the 'sacred tree' on his rather large red cloud, making sure Shippou didn't fall off his shoulder. His mind was reeling on how to approach the subject of the disappearance of Kagome.
'Why did This Sesshomaru volunteer for such a thing?'
Because you l-o-o-ove her!
'You have gone insane.'
Actually, I was thinking about a nice long rut with are chosen female. It IS mating season you know. His inner demon stated matter-of-factly, giving a mental image of inuyoukai known as Kagome.
'Damn. I forgot.' (I don't know if he would say damn, but hey! I like it!)
.:snicker:. I know.
'.:growl:. Silence. You are not helping the matter.
Just think about it. Three months to rut with any female we so choose. But wait! The female we want is not here!... WAIT! SHES NOT HERE! .:GROWL:. .:SNARL:. BRING HER BACK! She's ours!
'She is not ours. .:Grrr:. She was never ours, and will never be ours. She is gone, and you have to deal with it.'
.:whimper:. Easy for you to say, you have no feelings. With that the angry, and slightly depressed more emotional side of Sesshoumaru proceeded to leave the rational side of Sesshoumaru to his thoughts. Well, we all know that wont last long, don't we?
Sesshoumaru looked to his right, his eye catching the glistening green orbs of the concerned, confused, and scared kit atop his shoulder. He mentally sighed as they reached his destination. He stepped of his cloud with a grace so few possessed, and slowly sat down to lean against the base of the tree. He placed his tail behind him to cushion his back and head. With a quick sniff of the area he could smell the stale scent of himself, violets and an upcoming storm, and Kagome. Rose petals bathed in spicy vanilla.
:FlashBack:
It was late at night, and the crescent moon was high in the sky as the Lord of the Western Lands left the village of the inu-tachi, hoping to avoid the disgusting smells of the humans. He walked about two miles from the village before he came to a clearing. It adorned a rather large tree with a few vines along the base. It smelled of his half brother, the dead wench, and the little miko. With another discrete sniff of the air, he could easily tell that the miko was close by.
Sesshoumaru looked up, and not to his surprise, the little miko had somehow gotten herself atop one of the higher branches of the tree. He smirked softly, knowing that she had also come out to escape the village. But definitely not for the same reasons as himself. He took two steps before she once again surprised him.
"Hello, Sesshoumaru," came her soft melodic voice across the gentle breeze. He was not as surprised as the last time, so he wasted no time in jumping to land on the branch she sat on. He looked down at her as she gazed at the moon.
Her black hair seems to glisten and shine as the moon cast it's light upon her figure. Her chocolate eyes sparkled with warmth as her somewhat pale skin seemed to illuminate her somewhat pouted lips. She turned her gaze and she smiled warmly at him, yet the smile did not quite reach her deep, endless eyes.
"What ails you, miko." He bottled up his concern for the girl, hiding it behind a bored mask and bland tone. He sat down with his right knee bent to hold up his right arm, and his left leg dangled to join the swinging motions of the miko.
"I am just worried about the upcoming battle. I'm worried about who will make it alive." Her eyes were downcast and she had brought up her legs to to wrap her arms around, resting her smooth chin atop her knees. Surprisingly, she kept her balance. "I just can't help but feel as if something will happen. Something bad, and it's killing me not to know what it is." She tilted her head upwards and cast her tear filled eyes to the moon, as if it's glow could give her all the answers.
Sesshoumaru couldn't help himself. He let his gaze travel her curvaceous form, resting on her face. She looked like a fallen goddess with her shining face and the sparkling water falling out of her glistening brown eyes. His hand twitched, as if it wanted to smooth her bottom lip that she chewed on in her nervous state.
"Kagome," he smirked at the gasp that escaped her perfect lips when he said her name. "you can worry about the future, you can dwell on the fear you have that stops you from moving on, but it is the true way that you make it through them that defines how strong you are. I cannot say that I do not have the same feeling of foreboding, yet I do not think on it."
He glanced at her, looking to see how she would take it. He almost gave a small smile when she looked at him with wonderment and awe. He instead settled for a small twitch of his thin yet scrumptious (Sorry, I couldn't help it. It fit perfectly! Heehee) lips. "It is up to you, Kagome, if this feeling you have will overtake you, or if you will conquer it."
After the initial shock of him saying her name, and not to mention the most he had ever said to her in the past five years, she nodded and grinned at him. "Thanks, Sesshoumaru." He just nodded and turned to watch the night pass them by. Both of them never noticed that his tail had somehow betrayed him, wrapping around the little woman-child in order to keep her warm.
FlashBack Ends
Sesshoumaru fell out of his past when he felt a small weight settle on his left raised knee. "Sesshoumaru? What's going on? Why am I here? Are you going to kill me? Where's Kagome?" Shippou couldn't hold back the few tears that forced their way out of his emerald eyes. He was scared for his safety, and if everyone would be okay, but most of all, he was scared for his caring mother.
Sesshoumaru looked the kit in his eyes. He knew the kit's name, and decided that he should use it in order to soften the blow. "Shippou, you are here because This Sesshoumaru has to speak with you. I'm not going to harm you in any way." Shippou nodded but realized That he left perhaps the most important question unanswered.
"But, where's momma?" he whispered it as if he feared the answer. And he did. Sesshoumaru felt three things that he hardly ever felt before in his life. Sympathy, he only felt when Rin was hurt, guilt, he had never felt, and regret, which he CHOSE to never feel. He felt sympathy now for the kit's lost, guilty that he was losing his second mother and couldn't do anything about it, and regret because he didn't know how he would tell the kit. 'Nonsense, This Sesshoumaru never regrets his actions. Still... I must tell him.'
"Shippou, we defeated the half-breed. In fact, it was the miko who defeated him." He looked into the kit's eyes, silencing him with a small look in order for him to continue his explanation. "Your mother was taken back to the future by the jewel."
Shippou was silent for a few moments as he absorbed this information. Suddenly he let out a loud cry, hurting the taiyoukai's sensitive ears. But he didn't notice as the tears fell down his face. "Why! Why did my momma get taken away!"
Sesshoumaru shook his head slightly. "I do not know. But she wishes for you to be happy, as any mother would."
Shippou shook his head as he tried to dart off to the well. He didn't believe it. Kagome could always come back. Even when Kikyo pushed her down the well when Menomaru possessed her. A strong clawed hand stopped him, however.
Sesshoumaru grabbed the kit before he could dart off, most likely to the well. He tightly held onto the back of the kit's neck. He didn't put any pressure, but he didn't let the kit slide out of his grasp either. "Let me go! Let me go! I have to try the well! That's my momma!" He thrashed about, clawing at the inu-youkai's hand. "That's my momma," he added in a whisper, sounding rejected and lost. The tears kept falling down the kit's face, splashing onto Sesshoumaru's clothing. But he didn't seem to mind.
Sesshoumaru let out a low growling noise. It was usually meant in order for youkai to soothe their mates and other blood pack, but the kit seemed to understand. He still had tears pouring out of his eyes, but he settled down enough for Sesshoumaru to set him on his knee.
"Kagome is in her home, Shippou." Shippou's eyes widened when he said Kagome's name, but he didn't say anything. "She did not want to leave you, but for some unknown reason, the well pulled her back home. I am truly sorry, but you must understand that you cannot bring her back."
Shippou was silent once again, but he turned his gaze to the youkai. "It just hurts. But I will try, Sesshomaru." Sesshoumaru nodded curtly, and once again put the kit on his shoulder. "Come, we will return to the village. I must get my ward."
:Kagome Time:
It had been a full week since Kagome Higurashi returned to her home. Her little brother had found her crying and sobbing at the bottom of the well. It had taken some effort, but him and his grandfather had finally coaxed her to come out of the wooden well.
Her grandfather had gasped as she stepped into the light. He threw ofudas at her as she continued to walk to her home. "Demon, begone!" he yelled angrily. Kagome turned to him and let the tears fall down her face.
"It's me grandpa. Kagome." she tried to smile at him in reasurrence, but try as she might, she couldn't. She just couldn't bring herself to smile when she had just lost her second family. Her family that had become almost as important as her own blood family.
After that, her grandpa had run to his room, searching old scrolls and books in order to find a spell that would help his grandaughter live in this seemingly human world. Souta of course found it 'cool', while her mother accepted it with a weak, yet caring smile. Kagome began to take college studies at home in order to lock herself stay from the real world. Her friends stopped calling, since she didn't answer. Hojo finally gave up after she went right up to him and basically said, "I don't like you, find someone else."
She drew mostly in her free time. Most of the pictures were that of her friends in the Sengoku-jidai. Shippou seemed to take up most of the pages in her scrap books. Sesshoumaru took up a good portion as well, even though she did not know why. Although Kagome was hurt emotionally and the pian in her heart almost physical, Kikyo and Inuyasha took up some pages as well. Along with Sango, Miroku, Kirara, and any other person she met on her five year travels.
Her mother constantly worried about her daughter, and sometimes wished that the well was open for her little miko-gone demon. Even though she had continuously wished that her daughter was safe and home, Kagome was mostly happy when she was visiting the Sengoku-jidai. She tried so hard to bring her daughter happiness, but the young woman never seemed to want to be happy.
Kagome was sitting at her desk taking her course over the internet, and drawing as well. She was busy darking Shippou's eyes when all of a sudden she felt a deep pulsing. she paused in her drawings and looked towards her door. She came face to face with her wall, wooden rim mirror. She wore black sweatpants with a red and black shirt. Her hair was back to it's normal color, and her claws had receaded back into her fingernails. Her eyes were back to their normal chocolate brown, but they were no longer the endless pools they once were. Instead they ended ubruptly in blackness and sorrow. Her face was cold to look at, and relayed no emotion to the seeing eyes.
Kagome stood up as another pulse came from outside her door. She gracefully walked towards the door, opened it, and found no one there. She narrowed her eyes and walked down her stairs. She sniffed around as she whispered the counter spell to her disguise.
She could easily smell her three family members, but her eyes widened as she smelt the disgusting smell of about five youkai. She growled low, but walked down the hall in order to find the tresspassers.
Surprisingly the smell was combined with that of her family, and led to her cellar. She opend the cellar door and leaped the stairs, landing in the darkened basement. She could easily make out her katanna and the old seighs that she practiced with when drawing didn't help the pain. Her gaze traveled the damp room, and soon landed on eight figures. Three were huddled on the ground, and were quickly identified as her family, and the other five were different types of higher level youkai.
Kagome slowly walked towards them, keeping her eyes on the five figures. Her left hand began to glow a bright pink, while her right hand began to glow a deep blue. "Back away from my family." Her eyes narrowed into her freezing home of her eyesockets, and her aura screamed awesome power and anger. But her face held that of one greatly annoyed or bored.
"What ya gonna do about it, girly?" One youkai growled smuggly. Kagome noticed that he was a kitsune, with dark red hair, silver eyes, and a red tail that wrapped around his waist.
"Are you going to fight us?" Another asked. This one was a inu-youkai, and had blueish colored hair, with almond colored eyes. His blue tail wrapped around his shoulder.
"ENOUGH!" A dark voice growled. "We are to do our mission and get this over with. Understand?" The youkai was a bat youkai with silvery blue hair, and redish eyes. The other youkai grumbled and muttered a yes as the he turned to Kagome. "Miko, we are here in order to ask you to join us. Our boss wishes to use your power in order to retrieve something of great power."
"The Shikon No Tama was lost to the past, and hasn't been sensed." She stated boredly, her hands still glowing their youkai and miko colors. "I should know. I'm its protector."
"You misunderstand." The youkai smiled, almost warmly, but it was more evil than not. "We are not after the pitiful jewel. In fact, we are after you."
A/N... YAY! Another chapter! I'm sooo happy!
SM: Ya know what? I wasn't going do that, but it suddenly hit me! I was like, 'WHOA!'
Sessh: Fool.
SM: SHUT IT!
Sessh: why should I?
SM: Fine, no lemon later...
Sessh: NO! I'll be good!
SM: GOOD BOY! (pats sessh's head)
Kouga and Keith: .:sniker:. you really are a dog!
SM: .:BONK:. (hit's Kouga and Keith) Guess you have to do the recomendation Sessh.
Sessh: This Sesshomaru did them last time.
SM: FINE! I'll have... NARAKU! do it!
Nar: Kay, wheres the script? (SM hands script to Nar Sessh and SM arguing) idiots. Anyway, we recomend the story 'In Under Deep' by Beautiful Silent Death. It's about Kagome being a lead biologist in an under water base. Sesshoumaru is recruited there as well and has to work with her in order to develop a deadly weapon for the American goverment.
SM: God job! Here's a cookie! (gives cookie to Nar)
Sessh: HEY! I wanna cookie!
SM: NO!
Sessh: YES!
SM: NO!
Sessh: YES!
Nar: They REALLY ARE bakas. (sigh) anyway, REVIEW people, they make the world go round,
