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Title: Seeking comfort
Author: Hairann
Theme: Glomp
Genre: Drama, Action
AU/CU: Cannon
Rating: T
Warnings: None for this prompt.
Word Count: 300
Prompt Summary: Rin and Jaken return to the clearing.
Story Summary: There once was a priestess who found binding a demon to be the hardest thing she ever had to do. 50 years later another priestess found releasing him to be the easiest. History repeats itself, only this time binding the demon was easy, it was releasing him that proved to be difficult.
AN: Part 12 of Voluntary Obligation
Sesshoumaru stood silently watching as the girl weeped in his half-brother's arms, not wanting to remain in the clearing any longer than he had to, but at the same time, having no desire to rush someone who had just risen from the dead. Inuyasha could easily discern that his brother wished to leave, but having no way to know when the next time he would see his best friend would be, he refused to let her go.
Kagome on the other hand, remained unaware of the inner battles that were going on around her as she sought comfort in Inuyasha's arms. She'd been close to dying many times before, but this was the first time she had ever really died and she wasn't sure how she was supposed to feel. She found herself overwhelmed by confusion, fear and a strange obligation toward Sesshoumaru.
Brushing it off as him saving her being the cause, Kagome glanced up when a loud squeal pierced the air of the clearing around them. Rin, followed by a stumbling and wailing Jaken, charged into the clearing, glomping onto Sesshoumaru's leg the moment she reached him. "Lord Sesshoumaru you're okay!" she cheered as she gazed up at him with a large grin plastered on her face. "She did it, she saved Lord Sesshoumaru. Just like she said she would," she pointed out as she turned toward Jaken as though the toad demon couldn't see it for himself.
"Well it's about time," he griped, only half seriously, through the waterworks. "Does that mean we can leave now, Lord Sesshoumaru?" he questioned as he turned his attention to him.
"We will leave in a moment," Sesshoumaru decided, speaking more to his half-brother than to Jaken, as he kept his gaze on Kagome. Finally nodding, Inuyasha released her.
