Chapter 25 A moment through time
I disclaim ever chapter involving affiliates to INUASHA -gawd! SO it is future time- what happens when they ALL go in? hmm I wonder what happens to Sesshomaru- hmm yea hes dead…JOKING
Sesshomaru was disappointed. Angry even. Saiyuri hadn't acknowledged him the remainder of the day. She avoided his gaze, and hadn't even bothered to comment when he threatened Inuyasha. He would catch her tense up whenever he looked at her, but still she did not return the favor. She would blush an angry red, sending the other two females in a fit of giggles that would quickly dissipate with and glare by Saiyuri.
Everyone had seen that she had been released from her restraints and were shocked, but none the less happy for her that she got the freedom she wanted. The eight pointed star and upturned crescent moon plastered itself once again on her porcelain forehead.
But to Sesshomaru's dismay, so did her mating mark on her neck.
She was mated. He couldn't see it. He couldn't fasten the idea that she was actually with another. He had become protective of her-because she was an assignment, a means to his life-nothing more.
He didn't like it. She was ignoring him.
And after he had taken the bracelet off.
He would punish her for it.
No one ignores him.
No one.
Night was upon them, and they had just reached the fore front of Kaede's village. The whole way there, no one mentioned anything about where Kagome's home was exactly.
"I would like to meet your mother and thank you for the…ramen? And lunch boxes." Saiyuri smiled cheerfully, tickling her adopted son's nose.
Kagome exchanged nervous glances with the rest of her group and it didn't go unnoticed by Sesshomaru.
"Well…I am sure she would appreciate it." Kagome said nervously. Inuyasha and her friends had decided the were wary about having to share some information around the Tai Youkai and were debating whether or not it would be safe.
Kagome hesitated a moment before looking to Inuyasha for reassurance. Sesshomaru was on their side. What interest would he have for the future?
No! You could alter the future Kagome! She screamed at herself mentally.
They were heading toward the outskirts of the village, the forest creeping upon them again.
"I didn't know you lived so far away from your own village Kagome." Saiyuri said, consciously staying as far away from Sesshomaru as possible.
It happened after he took the bracelet off, after she had put his flower in her hair, and way after she had looked at him feeling her heart jump into her throat with longing. How could she be so blind? So dumb? So naïve? Sesshomaru had went his way to patrol around the camp and she had stopped off by a brook to cool herself off.
Because I was getting a little too hot.
Her face began burning again. She couldn't think of him in that way. It was wrong. So wrong. When she had knelt down to wash her face she caught a good look at her reflection and who she really was. Her bangs had shifted to reveal her mark on her forehead and the sight tore the temporary longing emotions that she had begun feeling.
Soon I will go back home and he will go on his way.
Her eyes had fallen to the red mark on her neck. A Dragon rearing in flames. Her mating mark. She had put a hand over in disgust. She was tied to Fujiko for the rest of her life, or his.
We mate for life… Where is my life though? It has gone with you. You took everything from me Fujiko.
At the brook, she had realized that she would never be able to pursue what ever feelings she had been developing for Sesshomaru. She was taken, and a mere obligation to him. Could there be a possibility that he considered her a friend? Maybe. Would he admit that? Never.
Without thinking she looked at him hazily, for a moment not realizing that he was meeting her gaze with a cold, annoyed stare. She snapped out of it and her breathing hitched. He looked angry at her and she immediately turned away from him. Sesshomaru took note that he would have to remind her why he should always be acknowledged.
"I think I can go on m way from here, thanks guys." Kagome said nervously.
"I'll walk you the rest of the way, you guys just go wait with Kaede or something." Inuyasha nodded.
Saiyuri and Sesshomaru arched an eyebrow. "What are you hiding?" They said at the same time, ending in slight growls of annoyance.
"What do you mean by hiding? We are so not hiding anything." Kagome sputtered. She rolled her eyes exasperated, she had never been a good liar.
Saiyuri inched closer, trying to tap into the girl's mind to see what it was. It could be viable information or something horrible. Saiyuri could see what she would call castles, but only they-weren't? She could see shiny boxes move fast along roads, and then a new image clouded all that; Sesshomaru.
Saiyuri snarled unexpectedly, bringing everyone's attention to her. She ignored the awkward glances and whimpers from the children and stepped forward despite Inuyasha's disapproving glare. "Kagome? Where are you from?" She asked quietly, even though she knew demon ears could hear her.
Kagome raised a brow in mock confusion. "Here?"
"Are you asking me or telling me?"
"No…I'm from here? Why on earth would you ask that?" She could feel herself sweating now and Sesshomaru watched on with bemused interest.
"Kagome, I saw things in your mind." Saiyuri said, disregarding Kagome's privacy.
Kagome narrowed her eyes at her and her jaw clenched. "I didn't give you permission to travel into my head. Don't do it again." She seethed, but it had little effect on the woman.
"Alright. As long as you tell me. And why does Sesshomaru appear in your thoughts?" Saiyuri said quietly through clenched teeth.
Sesshomaru narrowed his golden orbs. "I did not give you permission to think about me."
Everyone rolled their eyes at him, but Kagome looked more stricken than she had before. She thought about how Sesshomaru despised humans, and what his reaction would be to hear that humans now ruled the world, and that all Youkai-as she knew it-disappeared? What if he made it his quest to destroy all human life?
Saiyuri wouldn't allow it.
Another thought hit her; it wasn't like they could pass through the well. Only her and Inuyasha could. Really, would Sesshomaru be a threat? That was the hard question. Kagome hesitated, glanced over her shoulder at Inuyasha, then dashed for the well on her own, leaving the group in confusion. Saiyuri handed off her son to Rin, who was riding with Jaken on Ah Un, before making a dash after her. Inuyasha knew he wouldn't get in the way because for one, Saiyuri was faster, and two, Kagome just outed herself and Saiyuri already knew.
There was no getting around it. Inuyasha looked at his half brother and sighed, "Let's go."
Sesshomaru, not particularly fond of his brother ordering him around but he nodded his head once before following his brother. "Jaken, take the children to Kaede's village. Find a nurse for the child." With that he left his small pack behind and followed the demon slayer, monk, his brother, and her.
Rin looked on with sad eyes as her lord and friends disappeared amongst the trees, "Why does Shippou get to go!" She whined.
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Saiyuri stood in front of Kagome, her arms crossed. They had reached an old well and Kagome had tried to jump in it but Saiyuri pulled her to the ground just in time. "What the hell is the matter with you? Are you trying to kill-" She paused for a moment and glanced over at the well in confusion. Kagome shut her eyes tightly, her secret about to come out. Saiyuri peered inside the well with peeked curiosity.
Saiyuri could feel the slightest of something, like a pulling force that was coming from the well. She peered over the edge and narrowed her eyes. The well was empty. There was nothing special about it at a glance, but she knew better.
"This well is enchanted."
Kagome met her gaze with utter horror that confused Saiyuri. Kagome's mind was racing and she was afraid. This could alter her time.
"You are from here. But not here."
Kagome closed her eyes and nodded slowly.
Inuyasha and Sesshomaru busted through the trees first, followed by Sango, Miroku, and Shippou. Inuyasha knew by the look on Kagome's face her secret was out.
"So when do you come from?" Saiyuri asked gently.
Kagome looked at Sesshomaru with doe like eyes and to Inuyasha, who nodded encouragingly. "I-I come from five hundred years from now. In the future." She said quietly and everyone tensed. Sesshomaru didn't think he heard the girl right, but his ears had not deceived him.
"I see…" Saiyuri said quietly, kneeling down to face Kagome. "Kagome, you don't need to worry about altering anything. Everything that happens is meant to happen, there is no changing it. Once it is set in history there is no change. I know you are worried, but Sesshomaru will not hurt anyone."
Sesshomaru arched a brow at Saiyuri. She had acknowledged him by using his name yet she still would not look at him.
Saiyuri knew what Kagome was worried about the fact that there were no demons present in her time, to her knowledge at least. She looked directly into her eyes and smiled. "The well is calling to me. I think I can pass through."
"Wh-what? You can?" Kagome stuttered.
Saiyuri nodded. "I am not bound by time Kagome, I travel between universes regularly and in the Heaven there is no time yet we still measure by it because if not we would lose track of everything. Your well is sacred and for some reason allows Inuyasha to pass through…"
Kagome nodded, trying to understand. Sesshomaru took a step forward, cautiously approaching the well despite the pensive gazes he was receiving.
"What of this future?" He asked in a low voice.
Saiyuri met his gaze with the same cold, emotionless eyes. "Demon's are myths and legend, they either don't exist or their existence is not known. She fears that if you know the truth you will attempt to destroy human life. But I know you wont. No one else is to know of this well Sesshomaru."
Sesshomaru took all in that she. His eyes more wide than usual. Humans ruled the world? That could not be. Was he going to be some myth? Some legend? All the times that he had strived to be recognized as a powerful demon, would all be forgotten and told as children's tales? No. He had known that humans had been becoming stronger, more populated, but he didn't think that they would overthrow all demons and force them into hiding…Or kill them all. Sesshomaru was a reasonable being. He wouldn't go on a rampage to destroy all human life, it was beneath him. Still he needed proof. He needed to see what the world would be like five hundred years from where he was standing. But he heard Saiyuri say that the well had only let Inuyasha and Kagome pass through, and was just now accepting Saiyuri.
"Saiyuri.' He said her name quietly and strong, sending chills up her spine. ' You will take me through this well. I want to see for myself."
Everyone else gasped in protest but Saiyuri held his gaze and saw passed his mind to see if he had any ill intentions. There were none. "I will see what I can do. But if the well does not except you, then it is not meant to be. I will not force it, because that could alter something…"
Kagome shot her a worried look, "But Saiyuri-"
"Like I said, if he cannot pass than it was not meant to happen."
"Do you think he will be able to go through Inuyasha?" Shippou asked with excitement. "If he can doesn't that mean we can too?"
Inuyasha held his breathe, not answering the little kitsune. If Saiyuri pulled this off…
Saiyuri helped Kagome off the grass and nudged her to jump in. "I will see you on the other side." Kagome nodded slowly and dropped her backpack into well and it engulfed into a strong blue light before disappearing. Kagome followed after and the same light caused her to vanish. Saiyuri motioned for everyone to come closer to her and with ought looking she held her hand out for Sesshomaru to take. He looked from her hand to her face and gently took it with a slight squeeze. Sango and Miroku joined hands with Shippou and Inuyasha who linked his arm with Saiyuri's free one. She leaned forward and concentrated, pinpointing where the well's power was coming from, it was in the center of the ground, a small pink and blue swirl of light.
"Everyone jump at once." She commanded.
She waited a few moments…
She squeezed Sesshomaru's hand and she saw the light dim just a bit before brightening. She expanded her aura out and around her friends, keeping in mind that she would not force it. The well's portal broadened and in an instant it pulled her forward.
"Now!"
Everyone fell forward, tumbling into nothingness for a moment before the light engulfed them all. Saiyuri opened her eyes to see that they were passing through a tunnel of swirling mist and colors. She clutched onto Sesshomaru tighter and he immediately brought her close to him for comfort.
Shippou screamed, "I don't wanna die! I never even got a chance to masterba-"
"Shippou! QUIET!" Sango yelled.
The light disappeared and they all found themselves wrapped in darkness, pressed up against cold walls, no room to even wiggle. Everyone was silent for a moment before Miroku cheered and Sango laughed, Inuyasha scowled and Shippou cried.
"Oh my god! You are all here!"
They looked above them to see Kagome's face, stricken with worry and excitement.
"Yeah. But we are all kinda stuck…" Inuyasha muttered.
Saiyuri actually felt kind of comfortable in the well despite the fact that there was no wiggling room. Saiyuri however managed wriggle against something behind her. She heard a soft cough coming from above her and she looked up to see Sesshomaru looking down from his nose, no emotion to him. She stopped suddenly and her face flushed before she muttered a thousand apologies to him.
Sesshomaru found himself pressed against the damp walls of the well, and to his disgust, surrounded with humans too near to his person. His attention was quickly drawn to the figure pressed tightly against his chest and Saiyuri began wiggle against him, causing unwanted friction. She looked up at him then after feeling him tense and her eyes widened with embarrassment. She began uttering apologies and nonsense, and a smile tugged at his lips.
She was such a child at times.
"Kagome! Can you help us get out?" Miroku called up from the shaft, using the opportunity to grab at Sango's ass.
"Listen monk! Touch me again and I will be making the hospital your best friend." Sango growled.
Sesshomaru braced himself before grabbing Saiyuri by the waist and hauling her up and out of the well, with her screeching all the way. When they landed next to Kagome, they looked around, noting that they were no longer surrounded by the familiar meadow, but a wooden shed. Kagome looked nervously at them and backed away. Shippou followed Inuyasha out and they helped haul Sango and Miroku out carefully, letting everything sink in.
"Kagome! I cant believe we are actually here!" Sango laughed happily, hugging her friend close to her.
Kagome was sweating now. They all made it through. But what if someone saw them? What if someone found them out? What if the demon lord decided he would rather stay in this time? Fear clung to her, she didn't know what to do or how to handle it. She knew that when Inuyasha first came to her time it had all been new to him and he was wild and rowdy. She could just imagine the confusion and destruction that would end up playing itself because of their time traveling.
Saiyuri sighed, "Kagome. Don't worry."
Shippou launched himself at his mother and gripped her tightly, the new surroundings and smells overwhelming him. "Kagome! It doesn't smell as nice here."
Kagome frowned, "That's because over the years, something called pollution has taken over. It is the build up of smoke and other things man made-"
"Figures. Humans gain control of the world only to destroy it." Sesshomaru scoffed.
"Stop that." She said angrily.
Saiyuri stepped between them, for Sesshomaru was looking ominously impatient. Inuyasha growled and laid a hand on his sword, ready. "Stop with all that prejudice. Don't you see? It's that kind of attitude that has separated demon and human."
He narrowed his eyes at her, "No. It's the fact that humans are such mundane creatures that they don't fall in the same category as demons."
"Keh. Shows what you know." Inuyasha retorted.
His head snapped in that direction and he growled.
"Sesshomaru. Do you bleed?" Saiyuri glowered, her eyes hidden by her bangs. He would have laughed at her question if he had it in him to do so. If it wouldn't throw off his dark demeanor and give the other reasons not to fear him.
"I do not bleed as easily as humans."
"But you still bleed. You hurt. You were born. You will die. Just like any other creature walking this earth. That sounds pretty mundane to me." She said darkly.
A low rumble emanated from his throat. She had a the nerve to ignore him, the nerve to dare speak to him like this, and the audacity to call him mundane. " I am anything but." He said dryly.
Sango and Miroku could feel the tension and backed away slowly. This was not how their first visit to the future was supposed to go. At all. Miroku could see their auras, and both Saiyuri's and Sesshomaru's matched with the same stubbornness. He watched on with interest as the two's auras clashed together, testing each other, before seeming to be dancing against each other.
"Sesshomaru. The only thing that makes you less mundane is the sword you carry at your side, and the magic you hide behind. Had humans had been as weak as you so assume, then why are they in power and not you?" She snapped angrily, heading for the exit.
She slid the wooden door open and stepped out into the new world and had lost her breathe.
Sesshomaru would have choked if it wasn't beneath him. She had insulted him, assaulted his pride, and then left like nothing happened. He could feel a vein begin to permanently pop out on his forehead and throb angrily. He couldn't shake her words though. Humans ruled? Demons fell in the cracks, struggling to survive and humans came into power. What was this world he stepped into?
"Oi? You coming?" Inuyasha asked abrasively.
He snapped back then, trying to hold his composure as he stepped out into the light of the sunny day in a new time. Where fields of grass and flowers were suppose to be were roads, and where trees had been were now houses. Shippou was in awe as well as the other new comers. They had imagined it, but not like this. Tall buildings seemed to touch the sky in the distance. Something Kagome called an airplane flew over their heads and Sesshomaru immediately went to his sword.
What got him was the smell. It didn't smell fresh or clean like it had. And it was overfilled with the scent of humans, not demons.
"What of my lands?" He said in a whisper barely audible that actually made Saiyuri had pangs of guilt. She looked to Kagome for an answer and the girl was afraid to answer.
"Well, they are reserved for wild life. They are owned by someone else…"
His stomach sank. But he said nothing and treaded to the shrine's staircase leading down to the streets below. He stopped at the top step and examined what was in front of him. A passerby looked up at him at the top of the staircase and gasped, taking out their camera and flashing a picture. It stunned him for a moment before he launched himself down and ripped the camera from the person's hands.
Kagome nearly fainted. Sesshomaru was going to kill this guy.
Saiyuri had to do a double take before she too, launched herself over the stairs and grabbed Sesshomaru by the waist and pulling him away with an oomph. He hadn't been expecting it and looked behind him to see Saiyuri pulling him off to the side and away from the scared human, giving him the opportunity to run off.
"Way to attract attention." Kagome said angrily.
Sesshomaru held up the piece of equipment. "He attacked me first. He tried to hit me with the light that came from here." He pointed near the lens with the slightest air of cockiness.
"Idiot." His half brother laughed.
"Inuyasha SIT!"
THUD!
"Damn it! Kagome!"
"You were no better when you first came here, don't treat your brother badly!"
Sesshomaru inwardly smiled. Inuyasha's mate was sticking up for him and it angered the hanyou, which pleased him more.
"Sesshomaru this is called a camera. It takes pictures. See." She took the camera from him and held it to her face, pressed a button, and again the flash assaulted him. He let out an angry growl but stop when he heard her giggle. "Relax. It's just a way to capture a moment in time. Like a drawing. It's harmless."
As if he didn't take her word for it, He sniffed it before he leaned back, satisfied. Saiyuri gave it a quick sniff before doing the same.
The others had been exposed to things like cameras a long time ago and the used the little knowledge they had about the future to their advantage. Some things, like the cars that passed by, intrigued them immensely. Even Sesshomaru had stopped to watch the contraption glide along the road.
"Kagome! You're home!" A small boyish voice screamed happily. A boy with brown, wavy hair came rushing out of the nearby house and ran to her. Kagome opened her arms to greet her brother.
"Souta!"
Souta looked around at everyone curiously and his eyes landed on Sango. His face bgan to brighten with a red tinge. "Oh my god. Tell me that's my birthday present." He whined.
Sango's face flushed and Miroku laughed. "Sorry she's taken."
"Souta, this is Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Saiyuri, and… Sesshomaru." Kagome hesitated for a moment when the Tai Youkai narrowed his golden eyes at her.
Souta nearly shit himself. "Are you CRAZY? Didn't he try to kill you and Inuyasha like a hundred times?" He backed away when Sesshomaru turned his attention to him and snorted.
"Uh… Well, yeah. But we are on the same team right now. Right Sesshomaru?" She asked nervously. Inuyasha growled to himself. He hated the idea that they were partners, even if it was for a short while. When Sesshomaru didn't answer the girl everyone's sweat dropped and the looked to Saiyuri with silent pleas.
She nudged him then. When he didn't look at her she leaned into him and whispered, " Just reassure them please. They are frightened."
"As they should be." He said wryly. Still he would not reassure them of anything.
"Well, anyway. I guess I'll give you a tour of my house. Don't mind my grandfather, he's an odd one." Kagome laughed.
Shippou rushed ahead of them and ran into the house first. Kagome escorted the rest of them quickly through the halls and into the kitchen, where her mother of course was cleaning. Sesshomaru eyed the domain. The girl had luxuries that even he didn't have. And he had everything. The woman turned from her place and met his gaze. He immediately saw that Kagome and her shared the same soft face.
The woman was silent, though the demons in the house knew she was a ball of mixed emotions, all struggling with each other. The strongest was relief. Sesshomaru wondered why she didn't seem afraid of the new people in her home.
"Welcome back, my daughter." Miyu smiled gently and hugged her daughter close to her.
"I am sorry Mama. I would have been home sooner but I couldn't get here in -"
"DEMON!"
Kagome shrank in size. "Ah, shit. Gramps."
An old man appeared in the doorway holding poorly made sutras. He aimed at Sesshomaru and Saiyuri and through them. Sesshomaru didn't even flinch and he looked down at the little old man with little interest. The old man shrank back and ran behind his granddaughter. "Demon, be gone." He stammered.
Inuyasha laughed at his brother's offended face. Sutras clung to his nose. Saiyuri gently removed them and smiled at him, calming him down.
"Do you have to assault my friends you old man?" Kagome groaned.
"Gramps, don't you have need to go change your DEPENDS?" Souta sneered.
"Why you little runt!" Grandpa seemed to forget all about the demons in his home and chased the boy out of the kitchen and into the living room, loud banging and muttered curses could be heard. Miyu looked on fondly at everyone.
"Welcome. I am Miyu, Kagome's mother. You can call me Mama if you want." She smiled gently and Shippou peered at her from around Kagome's back, getting a good look at his grandmother for the first time. Miyu saw the little child that was hiding behind her daughter and knelt down with twinkling eyes.
"And you must be Shippou. Kagome said you had striking green eyes. You are just the cutest little thing." She Held out her hand and Shippou sniffed it curiously.
"You smell nice." He concluded.
"Why thank you. Help yourself to that whole box of cookies on the counter."
"Mama! You will spoil his appetite."
"A young boy needs to be spoiled every now and again." Miyu laughed cheerfully. "Inuyasha, thank you for taking care of my baby."
Inuyasha blushed and turned away from her. "It wasn't anything really. Same shit different day."
Miyu turned her attention to the other four new people she hadn't met. She held out her hand for Miroku to take and he took it eagerly, bringing it to his lips, but before he could utter his famous line she already answered him. "Don't ask me. I will hurt you." The monk smiled anyway.
"My name is Miroku. It is a pleasure to meet Kagome's mother. She is striking just like you."
"Thank you.' She held out her hand for Sango. "You are Sango. Kagome said you were beautiful. She has pictures of you in her bedroom."
"Kagome is a very dear friend of mine." She answered.
Miyu nodded her head and looked up at Sesshomaru. She narrowed her eyes and he felt her fury. "You tried to kill my daughter." She said simply.
He looked down at her, unmoving. "Hn."
Her eyebrows furrowed together, " You are friends now?"
"No." He answered with disgust.
"Don't mind him. He's not so bad." Saiyuri said.
"I don't think I know of you."
"I am Saiyuri. I recently met your daughter, we are friends… I think."
Miyu looked from Saiyuri to Sesshomaru, "Is he yours?"
Saiyuri faltered for a moment and blushed before practically shouting, "No! We aren't together! Not like that! He just has an obligation to me that is all. Once it's finished we wont ever see each other again."
Sesshomaru's face warped for a second. What she said had hurt him. Over the past few weeks had had become accustomed to her and her nagging. He was starting to forget what it had been like prior to her.
You were alone.
"Oh well. I'm sorry for saying it. I'm assuming Kagome told you about the festival tonight?"
Kagome slapped her forehead. "No! I forgot all about it! I mean-their visit was so unexpected-"
" It's a festival dedicated to demons."
Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow. "Interesting."
"So we can go?" Shippou asked excitedly.
"Feh. Why not?"
"Well, you kids can take this opportunity to relax and enjoy it." Miyu said.
"I have extra kimonos from previous festivals, come on Saiyuri, Sango. We have about an hour before it starts." Kagome motioned for them to follow her to her bedroom, leaving the men awkwardly with Miyu.
Once she was sure they had gone, she whirled on Inuyasha, "SO Inuyasha. Have you had sex with my daughter?"
Shippou's eyes bulged out of his head and he started attacking Inuyasha's ankles. "You bastard! That's my mother!"
He nearly choked on his own saliva. "Wha-What the fuck?"
She put her hand on her hips. "Don't play coy with me young man. Last time you were here you and Kagome were in that room of hers and don't think I couldn't hear." She said dangerously, latching onto his ears with her hands and pulling. "When did you deflower my daughter?"
Shippou wailed.
"I didn't have sex with her yet! I mean-OUCH! FUCK, WOMAN!"
Sesshomaru didn't need to hear this, so he headed for the direction Saiyuri's scent had gone and followed it upstairs. It lead him to a closed white door, instead of it being sliding door, it was a wooden one with a handle, so he latched on and turned. It creaked open slowly and the three women were busy talking and blushing.
Kagome had pulled out a long, red and white flowered Kimono, and it immediately reminded Saiyuri of Sesshomaru. "That one." She said pointedly. Kagome handed it to her and ran her fingers across the fabric. The flowers were lightly jeweled and twinkled in the light, and it was pretty heavy. It had large trimmings and detailed lacing with a red detachable back tie and white sash. She quickly undressed and fastened the belt around her waist tightly and left her shoulders bare, the sleeves hiding her hands and flowing with every movement. She stepped in front of Kagome's full length mirror and smiled.
Sango was dressed in a similar pink Kimono and Kagome had made her put her hair down and curled it with something called a curling iron, having the girls once straight hair now falling in ringlets down her back. Saiyuri had let Kagome play with her hair that already had natural waves and she had kept muttering things under her breathe.
"Just for the finishing touches." Kagome said, going to the ground and pulling a rather large box from under her bed.
Kagome lifted the box lid to reveal all sorts of things that sparkled and were in little containers. There were brushes, combs, small flowers that didn't smell.
"This is where I keep jewelry and makeup." She explained, lifting up a small hair comb that had only three teeth and twisted into vines of silvery flowers and she picked up a pair of small earrings. She fastened it to the side of Sango's head and put the earrings as a final touch and stepped back to admire her work. "Your turn Saiyuri." She held up larger comb, with three sparkling red flowers on them and twisted it into her hair. She handed Saiyuri a pair of studs to put in and held up a tube of red lipstick and an eye makeup palate.
Saiyuri looked at the determined look on her face and laughed. Kagome glided the tube along her lips and then took out a bunch of little sticks with bushy brush tips and dipped them into a red and black powder. Quickly, she stroked the powder along the lid to try and create a smoky effect, lifting the liner into a wing to enhance her violet eyes.
Sango clapped her hands excitedly when Kagome was finished.
Saiyuri heard the door open behind them and turned to see a very stunned Sesshomaru, his eyes dark with something she had never seen before. She blushed and hid behind her large sleeve, but felt his arm pull it down. He stared at her quietly for a few moments.
She was beautiful. He knew that. But seeing her like this, in his colors, as if she were his, stirred up something primal in him. He wanted her. She was always around, and when she wasn't he went crazy. He missed her. Her eyelashes fluttered before her eyes closed and he sniffed. She smelled amazing.
His hand reached out to her face, forgetting that there were two other occupants in the room with him, watching intently and holding their breathes, hoping not to break the spell.
She caught herself at the same time he did and she sputtered, "I need some air." She opened Kagome's window and jumped onto her roof, gasping for air.
He doesn't want you. Stop it. You aren't here to love. Once this is over, it will all be gone.
But right now, they were in the future, where nothing could get to them that wanted to kill them.
Right now it could happen. Just once.
"Sesshomaru…" She whispered dizzily.
He straightened himself, not remembering when she alluded him. His face never changed, though, not even when he noticed the two blushing females in the room with him. He turned to leave when he heard her whisper his name, so softly, form the roof. He stopped for just a moment before heading downstairs to go out the front door.
Kagome and Sango began to breathe again. "Did you see that? That was a moment!"
"Kagome, do you really think it's possible he could like her?"
"Not like. Love."
Saiyuri looked up at the darkened sky, listening to the rustle and bustle in the city. There were no stars in this time.
She couldn't see her Heaven.
She felt his presence behind her and stiffened. "Did you need air too."
"Hn."
He sat down gracefully beside her and looked up at the sky. They were silent for a while before she turned to him. "What are we doing?"
He peered at her from the corner of his eye. "Sitting."
"Sesshomaru… I cant stay with you."
He closed his eyes, acting as if what she had just said didn't tear at him.
"Nonsense. I am supposed to help you."
You need to stay.
"You aren't bound to me."
I cant handle it.
"It's about honor."
You've been around too long and I cannot let go.
"I can handle this."
I'll leave forever.
"No."
I need you but I wont admit it.
"Sesshomaru-"
"Why are you so eager to go?" He said coldly.
Why do you want to leave me?
"I- I am not…"
It will destroy me when it's over.
"So stay. And don't be so naïve."
I would miss you…
She sighed in frustration and he snorted in amusement. "Is something funny?"
"No."
"So don't laugh."
"Don't tell me what to do!" He said in his mock voice that always surprised her. Her face again flushed and her heart skipped a beat. The corner of his lip tilted upward slightly and his eyes were closed. She could see the paleness of his face even in the darkness and she reached her hand out to touch the stripes along his cheek.
When her hand met the smooth lines his eyes snapped open, but she didn't move her hand. He looked at her than and smelled the salty tears before he saw them.
She was crying.
"Why do you cry?" He asked with little emotion to his voice. Her hand rested on his cheek and slowly she leaned into him and buried her face in his chest.
"I don't know if I can do this. I don't think I can." She sobbed, clutching to him for dear life.
She felt right against him, and it felt right to hold her, yet he was having difficulties bringing himself to do it. He had never been good at comforting. When Rin had a nightmare he would tell her to sleep with him and he would wrap his boa around her while she slept. He never hugged Rin affectionately, at least to her knowledge. When he carried her to safety on the occasions that he did, he took the moments to silently hold her. A child that he was taking care of. That he'd risk his own life for.
He wasn't heartless, just hard shelled. Slowly, he wrapped his arms around her and breathed in her scent before nuzzling into her soft hair. He began to tut and click soothingly, the dog demon way for affection, though he never had another to do it to.
She sobbed for a few minutes before shuddering away the last wisps of unhappiness and resting quietly against him.
"You need to have more faith in yourself." He said, rubbing her back carefully.
She laughed softly and lifted her reddened face, not realizing just exactly how close their faces would be.
Her cheek brushed against his and she pulled back slightly to see his face. "I'm sorry." She whispered, not taking her eyes from him.
He said nothing and brought his hand to her face and brushed his thumb against her forehead and across her mark. She closed her eyes. He brushed back her hair to reveal her neck and gently rubbed her mating mark to Fujiko, as if it would rub off. His fingers trailed to the scar he had left with his teeth and had she had her eyes open she would have saw him wince.
Gently, he brought his lips to it and kissed, before resting his head on her shoulder. "I… Am… Sorry."
And he truly was.
And that's when she lifted his chin and didn't care if he got angry. She pressed her lips against his and held the sides of his face with her hands.
Sesshomaru hadn't expected it. He hoped for it. He had wanted it. He had wanted to initiate it, but her mating mark stopped him.
She belongs to someone else.
He had been with many women when he wanted to be, but he never let them kiss him on the mouth, not deeming the power hunting whores worth that kind of intimacy. No one kissed him on his mouth.
But when her lips met his he lost all though of her belonging to someone else, and she was more than worthy. In that moment, even if it was only this one time, she was his, and only his. He could taste the salt of her tears on her lips and affectionately licked them away. She shuddered against him and sniffled. He brought his and to the back of her head and as unsure he was that it was okay, he still pulled her harder against him, realizing that at any moment it could all be spoiled. Her lips moved against his in unison, uncertain and worried unlike his eager, and greedy way.
Saiyuri felt a thousand things at once and it confused her. This would all disappear. She would kill Fujiko, go home, and take her place there. Sesshomaru would stay on earth. Where he was meant to be, she couldn't ask him to leave Rin or Jaken or his lands behind.
And she would never do that.
In this moment of time we are together.
Her tongue grazed his and it sent shock between both of them and they parted for a second and gazed into each others eyes.
He knew then he wanted her. She knew the same. He attacked her mouth once again and this time she was more certain and demanding of him, she fought for dominance but found herself quickly losing-miserably. He sucked on her bottom lip and bit down, drawing blood and making her shake with delight and fear.
She was opening something primitive in him and he felt the beast inside him stir, a snarl escaping his lips. He needed her. She had to be his. She was powerful and never backed down. She was a natural mother. She was beautiful. She was in his arms moving feverishly against him, clawing at him.
"Saiyuri." He breathed against her mouth and she moaned.
He'd kill for her. He needed her.
She bit his neck. He groaned angrily.
This was his mate.
His.
He nuzzled her neck and breathed in her essence.
He had to kill Fujiko, for her.
For them.
If he didn't, they could never be together.
"We can never be together." She said sadly, bringing him back to reality for a moment. He wanted to order her around. To tell her to stop being so defiant. To even deny what had just transpired, because it wasn't like him. She was wounding him. But still, he understood. Once her duty was done she had to leave, and he needed to stay.
She was in his arms. And yet they were worlds apart.
"Sesshomaru…"
He closed his eyes, trying to keep his composure, feeling a gentle brush of her lips against his.
"I think I've fallen in love with you."
His eyes snapped open and he saw her there, staring back at him with true sorrow. Knowing that he couldn't say it back because if he did it would just hurt her more when she had to leave.
Saiyuri was waiting-waiting for him to say it back, but he wouldn't. Instead he sighed and pulled her away from him.
"I know." He said coolly, before standing up and jumping off the roof, away from her.
And in that moment of time, they had each other. In that same moment, she had found herself alone, and more crushed than ever.
From a distance he heard her sob again, but he walked back into the house and sat down in the kitchen alone.
I love you too.
Please fucking review, I have never written a fifteen pager before and I hope you guys like what I did here. I finally gave you some smooching and they both came to terms with their feelings about one another, but will they ever be together? Find out what happens in the festival.
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