Chapter 11 - One-sided Conversation
Kagome followed behind Sesshoumaru as they travelled through the village, the increasingly familiar weight of insecurity and anxiousness threatening to slow her down to a snail's pace. Sesshoumaru made that impossible. "If you do not continue moving at a reasonable pace, wench, I shall be forced to drag you." Her ultimatum dealt out she carefully judged the two options and decided that walking faster was probably the easier option.
However, there was something that bothered her. She raced up to stand in front of him, hands on hips. "My name is Kagome. Ka-go-me. Not Kikyo, not miko and most certainly not wench." Some men whom they passed looked at her in wonder, telling off the powerful dog demon like he was a naughty child.
Sesshoumaru, in return, blinked at her, 'hn'ed, then changed his course only slightly, walking past her like she was but a mere tree in his path. Kagome huffed and followed after him, a stone of dread settling in her stomach as she caught sight of the elderly miko'shut just around the corner.
Sesshoumaru fearlessly strode forward while Kagome felt her feet encased in sudden iron shoes. Annoyed at her slow pace he roughly grabbed her by the arm, (her uninjured one, thankfully), and hauled her up the last few steps until they got to the doo-erm... mat. Her heart beat seemed to slow down then speed up when Sesshoumaru opened the entryway, the former from dismay and the latter from nervousness.
They all sat around the blazing hearth, the fire casting its warm glow onto them. Inuyasha looked almost alien without his beads, Miroku and Sango both looked older while Kaede seemed to be ageless. Rin wore a new kimono and looked much taller; the same could be said for Shippo.
"Hi guys, I'm back."
Word Count: 300
Prompt: Fire, for Riku Ryuu's Random Prompts #27 over on Dokuga.
