AN: Chapter 11 Complete thank you for all the kind comments 3
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"Show it to me." Sesshomaru went to remove her other hand from covering the healing wound but Kagome flinched away.
"It's nothing more than a cat scratch." she had amused herself with the pun but Sesshomaru looked unimpressed.
"The blood says otherwise." Kagome looked to the floor, true she was stood in a puddle of blood that, to her bewilderment, seemed to be being sucked up into the floor like a sponge. Mystifyingly grotesque. Yet another wonder of the school.
"I have thin blood, it's a troublesome condition." She said, slowly edging away, each step strategically inching her closer to the exit.
Faster than she could blink, her good wrist was snatched away from the other leaving her injury exposed. With surprisingly gentle hands, Sesshomaru lifted her abused limb and inspected the five dragged out punctures on the underside of Kagome's wrist; they weren't too deep and had just started to scab, nothing so serious it would leave a scar though.
"Told you, just a scratch." She said, trying to pull away from his vice like grip.
"It would make a scene if it reopened." He threw her words back at her.
"Wha-?"
Sesshomaru brought her hand to his mouth then gave it a long lick. Kagome stood in a stupefied manner, eyes wide and unblinking as a half naked demon casually lapped at her wrist.
Licking ones wounds is an exclusively pack only thing, it's instinctual, especially to inu youkai, who had evolved to have saliva laced with an excessive amount of antibodies that accelerate healing.
The primal act stirred a strange feeling in Kagome; it was longing something, sat in the back of her mind whining like a pup. A piece of her she'd never been able to outgrow. It wanted a pack- others to rely upon and be relied on in turn. When Kagome was younger she had lived with other inus but they were her teachers or servants, no one was close enough to be called a friend let alone pack.
Yet another thing she despised Naraku for.
The clearing of a throat and Kagome's hand was dropped. Inu no Taisho stood by the door with his arms crossed and a strange glint in his golden eyes.
"Son, I wondered where you were." The great demon lord strolled towards them at leisurely pace, "We need to talk." He then looked down at Kagome and gave a warm smile. "Your friend Sango is out there waiting for you, she's quite worried."
At the unspoken command, Kagome awkwardly bowed and said thanks before retreating to the changing rooms. As soon as she crossed through the door, Sango sprung at, a jumble of 'are you ok' and 'I'll kick her butt' spewing from her mouth as she fretted about looking for any further injuries on her friend.
Kagome raised her hand in mock surrender, "Sango calm down I'm ok."
Her friend seemed to deflate and go quiet before she let out a small chuckle.
"By the way the guys from your class explained it; I thought you wouldn't have a hand."
Kagome showed her hand and wiggled her fingers for added measure, "Still there, just got turned into a living scratch post." They both laughed.
Kagome noted her friend was still in her kit, "Let's get changed and go I want a shower before dinner."
Sango pulled at the collar of her shirt and puffed out a sigh, "Tell me about it, physical training is intense – a boy had to do two hundred push ups for sneezing and the kid who said bless you did double."
They continued to chat animatedly as they changed, talking through the cubicle walls and laughing like they'd known each other for years.
Once they had changed back into their school clothes they put the kit back into their locker, Sango assured her friend it would be washed tonight- or so the instructor had told them.
Now they made their way back to their dorms, "Have you thought about joining a club yet?" Sango asked as they walked the quiet corridor.
"No, I was thinking maybe the library. What about you?" Kagome questioned back, she'd completely forgotten about club activities to be honest...
"I'm signing up for training, apparently InuTaisho runs it." Sango sounded enthusiastic, of course an opportunity to train with the Inu Lord of the West couldn't be passed by, for normal people at least.
"This is my stop; I'll see you tomorrow probably." Kagome said a little glum at the departure.
"I'll see you then, bye." They both waved and went their separate ways.
When Kagome entered her abode she took no shame in shedding her clothes as soon as she got into her chambers. It took no time to turn on the shower and step under the hot beams of water. She let herself relax.
So much had happened on the first day; she basically got into a fight for Kami's sake! Though it was completely one sided. Not to mention she'd already made enemies.
As Kagome stood there she absentmindedly wondered; was this really what she wanted?
She slumped against a wall, of course this was what she wanted, it was many times better than waiting for Naraku and her parents wanted this. Her parents, what would they think of her now?
Kagome sighed, straitening herself and continuing her washing routine before stepping out and drying herself. She exited the bathroom and went to the closet, she pulled out another uniform then donned it. Leaving the closet she picked up her disrobed clothes and folded them to the side. She finished putting on her concealments when she felt Jun approaching. Kagome met her outside.
"Dinner already?" Kagome asked the petite inu.
"Yes, how's your wrist by the way?" Jun asked.
"It's fine thank you, how did you know?" she questioned, hesitantly curious to know the impact of the scuffle.
"You're the talk of the school at the moment." Jun smiled sympathetically, "It will blow over in no time don't worry."
"I hope so." Kagome sighed once again.
The rest of the journey was idle back and forth talk until they reached the hall and split.
As soon as Kagome walked in the chat died down and everyone stared. Kagome but the inside of her cheek as she walked to her seat. Her beast snorted in her mind, still feeling pent up and agitated the eyes glued to her back didn't help. She sat and the talk started up again, a few wandering eyes verifying what –or who- they were talking about. Great. Face planting exactly what she wanted to avoid, attention.
InuTaisho and InuKimi arrived, soon followed by the food. Kagome noticed something different with her dish; an extra side plate of leeks, spinach and asparagus had been added. She looked at the other dishes no-one else on the table had it... Maybe a fault on the kitchens behalf?
No wait, she thought back to some medicinal books she had read a while back, they thicken the blood. Rich in vitamin K they were used to prevent or cure thin blood. Kagome looked to Sesshomaru's space to catch a glimpse of his golden irises flickering on her.
"How perplexing..." her beast mumbled, seemingly serious for but a second.
Kagome carried on eating until her plate was clean.
InuTaisho said a few scolding and comforting words about today then dismissed everyone until curfew.
Some people started making plans to explore the school, Kagome decided to head to bed tired from the day's events she could turn the academy inside out another day.
Ever been writing then all of a sudden it's past midnight? Where does time go? \('-')/
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