Kikyo hurried out of the dining room and went back to the room she had gotten changed in. "Thank goodness It's a straight line from the dining room to this room." She said sighing. Kikyo picked up her outfit. "Still damp…" She walked around the room examining everything near her for a good twenty minutes. She picked up her outfit again. "Finally. It's dry." She said picking it up and taking off the silk outfit she was wearing and putting on her usual kimono.
She narrowed her eyes when the door opened her back was to the demon whose aura filled the room.
"You weren't sick at all were you?" Sesshomaru asked calmly closing the door behind him.
Kikyo turned around and smiled. "I was sick. Sick from the thought of eating liver, sick of sitting in the field you call a room, and I was sick of being stuck in that awkward silence!"
"It wouldn't have been awkward if you wouldn't have brought up my pathetic brother." Sesshomaru said bitterly.
Kikyo smiled slightly. "Oh." She shook her head.
"What the hell are you thinking about now?" Sesshomaru said demanding more than asking.
"You…well you just sounded like InuYasha." Kikyo shrugged.
Sesshomaru grabbed her wrist and pulled her over harshly. "Don't tell me I'm like that damned half breed." He hissed.
Kikyo locked eyes with Sesshomaru. "You're hurting my wrist." She said surprised at her own calmness.
Sesshomaru smirked lightly. "Am I now?" He asked sarcastically. "Perhaps you'll learn to keep your mouth shut." He said loosening his grip slightly.
"I wish you would learn to. Dog breath, yuck!" Kikyo spat and used his loosen grip as a welcome to try and pull her hand away.
"Would you just hold still?" Sesshomaru asked holding her wrist in his hand with what appeared to be no effort.
"Why? Give me one good reason!" Kikyo demanded twisting and turning her hand around in frenzy.
"Because I'm not going to let go until I'm good and ready to let go. And at this rate you're going to hurt yourself." Sesshomaru replied still cool and collected.
Kikyo put her foot on Sesshomaru leg and pulled with all her might. Sesshomaru couldn't help but sweat drop when she fell over. Kikyo seemed to have given up on getting her arm back after hitting the floor. "Are you done now?" Sesshomaru asked leaning down to talk closer to her face.
Kikyo glared up at him. Sesshomaru paid no attention. He let go of her wrist and stood up straight, seeming in a much better mood then earlier. "Well that was fun." He said looking down at Kikyo. "Are you going to sit there pouting all day?"
Kikyo crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm not pouting." She mumbled.
Sesshomaru seemed to have grown tired of this game. "Kikyo. Stop lying." Sesshomaru said dangerously.
"Was that a warning?" Kikyo asked turning around. "Over me pouting?" She continued finding this a bit amusing.
"Don't take my words lightly wench." Sesshomaru said adding the wench part just to annoy her as she often did to him.
"My name is Kikyo!" She snapped. "Stop calling me wench, that's not my name!" She basically yelled. "I don't like it!" She whined standing up.
Sesshomaru smirked, now he was winning. "I don't care what your name is, and I really don't care whether or not you like my ways. I care about myself, and what I like. You are just a nuisance." Sesshomaru sighed.
Kikyo stared at him, mostly watching his golden eyes. She turned around and flopped onto the floor again her back to him. "I don't care what you say!" She stated hatefully.
Sesshomaru studied her. He was slightly upset, knowing he was hurting her, but he couldn't let her win their little battle. "The weird part is. You do care. Why is that miko?"
"My name is Kikyo. Not wench, and not miko." She continued.
"Could it be, that you are just stubborn?" He asked walking around to her side. "No, no, that's not it. Perhaps, you just don't like to be talked down to?" He continued walking around her until he was in front of her.
Kikyo stood up and opened her mouth to tell him to shut up but he just continued walking around to her other side while speaking emotionlessly. "Maybe you know you've lost this fight?" He asked. He stopped when he was behind her.
"Or wait, I know what it is." Sesshomaru pulled the ribbon out of her hair casually. Kikyo clenched her fists angrily. "It's because of InuYasha isn't it? I remind you of him? So it's like your pathetic little love story is going all wrong all over again, isn't it?" He asked already knowing the answer was yes.
Kikyo turned around, unclenching her fists as she did so, and smacked Sesshomaru against the face. "Don't you think that for one second that you can get away with being an asshole just because you act calm and cool! I don't care if you are stronger than InuYasha!" Kikyo yelled apparently still having a lot of frustration after that hit. "You don't get any special treatment just because you look so much like that damn InuYasha!" Kikyo yelled tears slipping down her red face.
Sesshomaru stared at Kikyo, obvious shock plastered over his face. He put his hand to his cheek where a red mark was forming. "Did you just do that?" He asked blinking his eyes back to their normal slits.
Kikyo blinked several times trying to erase the tears that just didn't seem to want to stop flowing. "I was just wondering the same thing." She said breathing heavily from the rage she just had.
Sesshomaru kept his hand on his face and watched Kikyo. There was a long odd silence, in which both Kikyo and Sesshomaru wondered what Sesshomaru planned on doing.
"Well?" Kikyo said locking eyes with the floorboards. "If you're going to hit me. Could you do it already?" She asked her face no longer red from anger but still wet from the still flowing tears.
Sesshomaru turned around and looked at the door. "Stop hiding." He demanded.
Rin and Jaken peaked out from behind the door. Jaken walked into the room the full way and dropped to the floor bowing. "Forgive me my lord! I only spied out of worry and concern for you!" Jaken assured him.
Rin was looking at the red mark on Sesshomaru's face. "Lord Sesshomaru…we heard yelling." She exclaimed still lingering at the doorway.
Kikyo looked at Sesshomaru nervously.
"Rin, Jaken. Leave us." Sesshomaru said to his loyal followers.
Rin hesitated but Jaken dragged her out of the room just as she yelled, "Yes milord!"
Sesshomaru turned back around to Kikyo. Sesshomaru knew she was waiting for him to return the slap; not doing anything just didn't seem like an option. He put his hand on her damp cheek.
"…?" Kikyo blinked in pure confusion. So, I slap him, and instead of getting any kind of pain, I get a cheek rub? Not even a cheek pinch? No pain at all? That's not like Sesshomaru at all is it?
"Don't ever do that again." He warned. "Or I will take back my gift." He said referring to bringing her back to life.
Kikyo blinked several more times leaned forward wrapping her arms around him and entwining her fingers behind his back.
"…Why are you hugging me…?" Sesshomaru asked stumbling forward a bit his foot landed on the silk outfit Kikyo had been wearing earlier.
"Because, I'm a girl, I'm crying, and you were in reach." She said softly. "You could at least hug me back you know." Kikyo said.
"Kikyo wait." Sesshomaru said trying to keep her from moving. It was useless. Sesshomaru's feet slid out from underneath him and they both fell.
Kikyo landed on flat on her back with an, "Oomph!" Sesshomaru fell only a few seconds after her. He caught himself on his elbows, which he'd placed on either side of her shoulders.
"Ouch…" Kikyo said with her eyes closed. She opened her eyes. "Sorry!" She blushed.
Sesshomaru locked eyes with the blushing miko that laid only inches under him.
"Wait, why am I sorry?" She asked looking in every which direction to avoid Sesshomaru's eyes, though somehow she managed to always come back to them. "You're the one on top of me!"
Sesshomaru remembered Kikyo swearing not to let anyone steal the moment from her. "Kikyo..." He said almost in a whisper.
Kikyo locked eyes with Sesshomaru again and grew quiet, as her face got hot.
"…Let me steal this moment from you…" He said just as quietly, but with more softness in his voice. Kikyo couldn't reply she kept her eyes on his and merely nodded slowly. Sesshomaru switched from letting his elbows holding him up, to letting his hands hold him up. He lowered himself to Kikyo's level and pressed his lips gently against hers.
---Author's comments---
YAY! They finally kissed. It seemed to take me forever to get to this stupid chapter. Haha, but I'm glad I got here. Only now I don't know what else to do in the upcoming chapters…BUT THEY KISSED! So it's ok I guess. I think that this was my favorite chapter so far. Even if Sesshomaru got out of character by not killing Kikyo when she slapped him. Oh well!
Sadly I don't think I'll be able to update this much with school coming up soon. But I'll try to update at least once a week when school starts if at all possible! For now, I should still be able to update a lot.
Read and please review if you love it! (If you hate it…well good for you!)
