xXxSesshoumaru's MatexXx: As promised, a new chapter. I started working on this one as soon as I posted the other one. I hope you enjoyed it and will enjoy this one.
Sesshoumaru: my mate does not own Inuyasha, nor the song she uses in this chapter.
S.M.: To those of you wondering about the fact that Kagome picked up the gloves and walked out… yes, she did steal them. It's really easy to do in Hot Topic. I should know .
"Speech" 'thoughts' lyrics dream
Kiss From a Rose
Chapter 8: On The road Again
I woke up a few hours after healing Sesshoumaru because the baby was started crying. I looked at her and smiled. I got an apple I had from my messenger bag and cut out the core, placed it inside a bowl and got a smooth round rock and rinsed it with some water to clean it. I then started to mash the apple and when it was easy to swallow with no chunks what so ever I got a spoon and fed the baby. When I finished feeding her, I burped her and laid her down to sleep again. I took off my kimono because it was covered with a lot of blood and was mostly just a rag. I sighed when I realized my battle outfit wasn't any better. I would just have to deal. That's when I looked around and noticed that Sesshoumaru was gone. I got worried when he suddenly came out of the bushes and came up behind me.
"So you're awake?" I turned around and jumped back a little at how close he was to me. I got up and smiled at him, hands behind my back and leaned forward.
"Why did you heal me?"
"Because I was worried about you. And you can't deny that you're happy that you have your arm back."
"Did you regain you're strength? You used a lot of your powers today."
"I didn't regain all of it, but enough so I can withstand another fight like this one." He just nodded.
"Get your things ready. We're leaving. We will drop of the baby at a village okay?" I nodded but I didn't want to let the baby go, but I had too. She would only slow us down… unless. I started putting my stuff away and strapped my scythe to my back.
"Sesshoumaru?"
"Yes?"
"Can I keep the baby?"
"No."
"Please? The next village doesn't have a priestess, I checked with my aura, so this baby won't get proper training. I can teach her, and she can be like a sister to Rin."
"No."
"Please? Rin would like it if she had a little sister, and I can take care of her. Pretty please please with a cherry on top?" I knew he couldn't say no because he knew I was right. He couldn't say no when Rin's happiness was involved. He sighed and gave me a small nod.
"Fine. But you have to give her a name if you want to adopt her."
"I know. I want to name her Seikansha (A/N: Japanese for survivor)"
"How fitting. We must hurry if we want to reach the place in three days."
I nodded and smiled, holding my adopted daughter close. She looked up to me with a smile and cooed. It was the cutest thing ever. I just smiled and kept on walking to the left of Sesshoumaru. Around an hour and a half later we came across a village and walked straight through it, ignoring the stares we got from the villagers. I only paid attention to Seikansha and smiled at her. I tickled her chubby cheeks and she grabbed my finger and I just smiled, holding in a squeal. We walked out of the village, Sesshoumaru spoke.
"They thought she was our child."
"Let them think what they want. It's not their business"
He just nodded and we continued walking. Soon came twilight and we decided to walk a little bit further when I heard a growl. My stomach started to hurt and it growled. I looked at Sesshoumaru who cocked an elegant eyebrow at me and I turned away blushing. We came upon a clearing and Sesshoumaru told me too start a fire. I gathered some nearby firewood and lit it with a lighter and Sesshoumaru went to go hunting. I took out another apple from my bag and mashed it. I fed it to Seikansha who happily ate it. I cleaned her up and burped her. I took out my sleeping bag and rolled it out near the fire, setting her on it and I sat next to her. I just stared at the fire and thought about my family. My stomach started to growl again when I heard Sesshoumaru walk into the clearing.
He caught two fish and I looked at him. I took them from his hand because I didn't want to get finned if he threw them at me. I stabbed them onto separate sticks and put them over the fire to cook. A few minutes later they were finished and I handed the bigger one too him and he took it. We ate in comfortable silence and I smiled for no reason. When I fished up I threw the stick and bones into the fire and headed toward my sleeping bag and curled up. Sesshoumaru took his customary spot under the tree closest to me. A few minutes of controlled breathing later I fell asleep and had a dream that was the combination of a nightmare and a fantasy.
Begin Dream Sequence
I was walking in a field of paper flowers when I heard a growl from behind me. I turned around and saw Inuyasha a few yards away from me in his demon form.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, paper flowers
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, paper flowers
I linger in the
doorway
Of alarm clock screaming
Monster's calling my name
Let
me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops,
as they're falling, tell a story
Without even thinking I ran as fast as I could but I couldn't seem to reach the end of the field. While I was running I looked around me and remembered this place from my childhood when my father was still alive. He told me that if things got tough I could lie down and think about a place I could get away from it all. I decided to make a field of paper flowers, so that I could lie inside myself to get away from the cruelty of the world. I looked over my shoulder to see Inuyasha getting closer to me, but he flickered and for a moment I thought I saw Sesshoumaru.
In my field of
paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby (flowers)
I lie
inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
(flowers)
I ran, not bothering to look behind me anymore. Suddenly, Inuyasha jumped on me and tackled me to the floor. He rolled me over and straddled me. He flickered again and this time for sure saw Sesshoumaru. Inuyasha started to kiss me and I struggled to get away. Suddenly I became paralyzed and tried to cry out for help but I couldn't move or make a sound. I looked beyond Inuyasha and looked at the purpley-orange sky over us, with pink clouds floating by here and there. I looked at Inuyasha and saw him flicker again and he turned into Sesshoumaru. I started to panic as Sesshoumaru put his hands under my shirt and touched my flat stomach.
Don't say I'm
out of touch
With this rampant chaos - your reality
I know well
what lies beyond my sleeping refuge
The nightmare I built my own
world to escape
I looked at him in the eyes and he saw the panic I my eyes so He got up and he helped me up. He walked away and with every step he took, he faded a little. I turned around and saw a doorway, leading to the real world. I could see my camp with demons surrounding it. I knew all about the cruelties of it. No matter how hard I tried to convince myself, I knew I'd have to go back. The place I built to escape wouldn't always be my refuge. Sometimes it would be a nightmare, like tonight.
In my field of
paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby (flowers)
I lie
inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
(flowers)
I walked around, keeping the doorway in sight the entire time. I heard a giggle and looked around me. I saw a little girl, around the age of five, and she looked very familiar. I looked closer and realized that it was Seikansha. She smiled at me and then slowly faded away. I frowned and started to run when I heard a growl. I collapsed from exhaustion and looked at the sky when a shadow blocked my view of the bunny shaped cloud I was looking at.
Swallowed up in
the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent
nights
Oh, how I long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess
of imaginary light
I saw red eyes and thought it was Inuyasha so I screamed and got up to try and runaway, but the figure just grabbed my wrist and hugged me. I looked closely and realized it was Sesshoumaru. I hugged him and smiled. This was one freaky dream. Suddenly, I started to glow and Sesshoumaru backed up and smiled lovingly at me. For once, I wanted a normal dream, but no. Well, I continued to glow, and the light got brighter with every passing second. I started to feel weird, as if my powers were increasing, and I felt a bit numb in my heart. Then everything became white, the flowers, the sky, and the clouds, even the doorway, which was a ways off. The only normal thing was Sesshoumaru.
In my field of
paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby (flowers)
I lie
inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
(flowers)
Suddenly the light stopped and Sesshoumaru flickered and turned into Inuyasha. I saw myself in his eyes and noticed that my hair had a few golden highlights with a few silver streaks here and there, and my eyes seemed to be the definition of light, and had an underlying tone of my original eye color. My battle clothes turned into a knee-length, golden colored kimono, with a cream colored obi. I began to flicker between my regular self, and this new version of myself, while Inuyasha began to flicker between his hanyou form and his demon form. Suddenly, broke into a run and headed towards the doorway leading to the real world. I stopped flickering and turned into my regular self. Inuyasha was about to pounce on me again when I ran outside and I woke up.
End Dream Sequence
I woke up and felt a little weird. I wasn't sure if that was a nightmare, or a really freaky dream. I sat up and looked around and thought about the demons I saw when I looked through the doorway. I didn't see any and plopped down onto my sleeping bag. I looked at the sky and noticed that the sun hadn't even started to rise. I turned my head slightly too see Sesshoumaru looking at me. I raised an eye brow with a questioning look in my eyes. He motioned for me to get up so I did and then he left with a few canteens. I took this as a signal to pack up and I did. I looked at the remains of last night's fire and thought about my dream. I felt weird, like I did when I was glowing. I Picked up Seikansha who was still sleeping when Sesshoumaru returned. He handed me the canteens and I put them in my bag, which I put on and we started to walk. Soon the weird feeling wore off. We walked for a while when I sensed life a ways off, and realized we were headed towards a village. I sensed there was a miko there, and I held the baby closer to me, who by this time was already awake.
"Sesshoumaru?"
"Yes?"
"Um… we're headed towards a village, and I was wondering… could I get a new kimono. This outfit is pretty much in rags, and stained in blood. Also, we need to get baby supplies."
He nodded and we kept on walking in silence. About an hour later, at eleven a.m., we reached the village and I walked close to Sesshoumaru as I realized the villagers were staring at us. More specifically me. Especially the men. For some reason that seemed to tick off Sesshoumaru. We walked into the shopping district and Sesshoumaru told me to pick out a kimono. I looked at them as Sesshoumaru patiently waited. I then saw a kimono like the one I wore in my dream. I picked it up and smiled. I went up to Sesshoumaru and told him I wanted it. He went and paid the lady who ran the shop and then I walked into another shop and bought diapers, another baby blanket, and a baby version of the traditional miko robes. I handed the lady in charge of the shop the money and left, putting the stuff away in my bag. We walked towards the other end of the village when the village miko walked up to us. And we were so close too! The miko then spoke to me.
"Why are you traveling with a demon young miko?"
"I have my reasons, now can you please get out of the way?"
We started to walk away when she suddenly grabbed Seikansha from my arms. I instantly got mad. When the miko held my daughter close to her, Seikansha started to cry.
"Give me back my daughter!"
"Sorry. But she is not your daughter so I will not permit her to travel with you and that…that demon."
"I saved her from soul eating demons. I adopted her, now give me back Seikansha!" She growled and shook her head. I could I started feeling weird again. I then flickered back into my "golden" self from my dream and back to normal faster than a second. Nobody seemed to notice.
"I am going to ask you one more time. Please give me back Seikansha."
"No."
"Sesshoumaru, stand back. You miko will pay!" Sesshoumaru took a few steps back and I could see a hint of amusement in his eyes. I put down my bag and soon villagers started to gather staying a safe distance away. I then growled and I flickered between my normal self and my dream self. Each time I flickered I stayed in each form longer and longer until I stopped flickering and stayed in my dream form.
(Sesshoumaru's P.o.V.)
Kagome stopped flickering and she seemed to become more beautiful. Her hair had grown down to her hips and seemed to glow. She had golden highlights and short silver streaks here and there. Her eyes were bright and golden, the very definition of light, and they had an underlying tone of their original chocolate color. She seemed to be radiating a golden color. The miko had given the baby to one of the nearby villagers.
Suddenly she jumped, taking off her scythe, and swung at the miko who barely had enough time to dodge it. The village miko then summoned two swords and swiped at Kagome. Kagome jumped out of the way with a dancer's grace. She then started a kata that she had tweaked. The miko had a difficult time dodging, and had already gained a few scratches. Then The miko merged her two swords together and slashed at Kagome. She hit Kagome in the side, but no blood came out. Kagome smirked as a look of horror came upon the miko's face. Kagome grabbed the sword and took it out of her side and growled.
"Give me back my baby!" the miko stubbornly shook her head and told the villager that had the baby to run and she did. Kagome then tossed aside the sword that was covered in blood. I saw a gash in Kagome's side which started closing up and healed itself. She then started to run after the villager who had run the way we were headed. I picked up the bag she left behind and ran after them I soon caught up and saw Kagome towering over a frightened woman who was holding a crying Seikansha close to her. Kagome bent down and pried the baby away from the villager's hold. The village miko then came running up to us with her sword in hand. Kagome held the baby close and Seikansha slowly stopped crying and Kagome then flickered to her normal self. She turned and glared at the miko.
"Stay away unless you wish to die. The only reason I haven't already done so is because I am a miko and have a duty to protect humans and the Shikon no Tama." We then started to walk away and I could tell the miko was helping the villager off the ground.
(Kagome's P.o.V.)
We soon reached a river that wound its way to the western palace. We found a clearing to take a break and I took out my new kimono from my bag. I took out my daggers from my clothes and held them in my hand as I walked a few feet away, into the forest to change. I put on the golden kimono that ended just above my knees. I tied the cream-colored obi on the side of my hip as if it were a sash. I put my hair up in its customary bun with my daggers, letting a few strands frame my face. I looked closely at the kimono and realized that there were slightly brighter stitches that formed fluttering butterflies. If held in the right light they shimmered like a rainbow and had their own glow.
I walked into the camp and picked up Seikansha and I sat down on a nearby fallen log and put her in my lap. I played with her for a while until Sesshoumaru spoke up and Seikansha fell asleep in my arms.
"The distractions have prolonged our journey, so it will take us another day to reach the palace."
"That's okay Lord Sesshoumaru. As long as there isn't a repeat of what happened at the village I'm good."
He nodded and motioned for me to get my bag. I put it on and wrapped Seikansha in her new blanket and we started walking again. Instead of reaching the palace tomorrow, we were going to get there the day after. Doesn't that suck? I swear if I don't take a bath in a hot spring soon, I'm gonna do something worse than the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (A/N: Let's just say she learned about it in school. Also that movie is scary, and it's prequel too.)!! We walked until one p.m. and then I sensed two jewels headed our way. Then a small tornado came and stopped in front of us, revealing Kouga.
xXxSesshoumaru's MatexXx: O.o What will happen next? Even I don't know!
Sesshoumaru: … Why does she change?
S.M: Err… I will explain eventually in the story. The song gave a good idea. "The goddess of imaginary light" No she is not a goddess, but that is my inspiration.
Disclaimer: I do not own the song "Imaginary" which was used in the dream. Evanescence is the rightful owner. How I want to meet Amy Lee so badly…. Well I gotta go. Amazing how I wrote most of this today.