Kagome woke up in her bed, in the comfort of her room. It was strange to call it her room, since technically she was just a guest at the castle. Somehow though, it felt nice to wake up in this room. She was so use to it. Kyo and Sani had come to visit. Kyo had cried, saying she was dead when Sesshomaru had found her and he had use the Tensaiga to bring her back. Sani was quiet, like he was deep in thought about the situation but did give her a hug. Nanashi hadnt come to visit but Kagome really wasnt worried about it. He must be busy. She grabbed a nice blue kimono nad some bathing supplies and walked toward the built in Hot springs. As she was walking she was deep in thought. "Sesshomaru has saved my life twice now. Im sure he only saved my life for the sake of Rin. But still, I have to thank him. I guess he isnt that bad of guy." She thought to herself as she rounded another corner and went down another hallway. In the mist of thinking she didnt notice an aproaching figure. Bam. She ran right into him.
"Umph- Sorry." She said looking up to see whoever she ran into. She let out a minor gasp when She saw it was Sesshomaru. He looked down at her in his usual nothingness expression but his eyes were alittle softer. She wondered for a brief moment what that was until she was cut off of her thoughts by the sound of his voice.
"Pay attention next time." he said, lacking anything other than his chillsome voice. Kagome scoffed at herself.
"And i thought he was different...I still have to thank him though." She reminded herself. She looked up at him but he wasnt looking at her. She looked back to see Nanashi approaching. Kagome looked back at Sesshomaru. He seemed to be glaring. Kagome gulped. She didnt want to hear it on such a nice day. She sighed.
"Hey Sesshomaru." She called. He shifted his eyes towards her. "I just wanted to say Thank you for saving my life." She replied. He looked back at Nanashi who was rapidly approaching and then back at her.
"I need to speak to you. Come by my study when you are finished." was all he said and then he took his leave. Kagome sweatdropped.
"He could have said your welcome or something, sheesh...I wonder what he wants to talk about?" She thought to herself. She turned back to see Nanashi turn down a hallway.
"Why didnt he come to say hi to me??" She thought. She looked away from the empty hallway and began to walk towards her orignal destination.
"Whatever the reason, it must be something important." She reassured herself, but she still couldnt shake this uneazy feeling. She opened the door that led to the hot springs and took a deep breath. It was so peaceful in here. It wasnt as peaceful as the garden at night but at least her she can wash away her troubles of the day. She stripped her clothing and slid into the warm water.
"This is so nice..." She thought to herself. She relaxed into the water and leaned her head back while closing her eyes. Truth be told, she would stay there all day if she could. But alas, she has to talk to Sesshomaru about somethign that beyond her, she had to eat, she had to check on Rin, She had trainging with Sani and training with Sesshomaru as well. Hopefully she could make time to visit Nanashi. Thinking of Nanashi brought her back to her conversation with Inuyasha, the night before. She sighed.
"So I heard it from his mouth in privacy. He really is happy. For some reason though, It doesnt affect me as much as I thought it would." She thought to herself. Last night was kinda blurry. She remembered talking to Inuyasha, then going to get Rin, She remember bits and pieces of the fight, and she remembered winning. She remembered nothing but darkness and then something flashed over and she wokeup. Sesshomaru had picked her up. She asked about Rin, and he said she was safe, and then she fell back asleep. She vaguley remembered getting back to the castle and being set in her bed. who put her there, she wasnt quite sure. Kagome scrubbed the shampoo into her hair. She briefly missed hot showers but hot springs were nice too. She missed going to the hot springs with Sango. They would have girl chat and be always on guard for a certain perverted peeping monk. She sighed. Yeah, she missed Miroku too. He was so ensightful when he wasnt groping anyone. Though she knew better. He cut down loads, and only groped Sango rather than any other female. Kagome smiled. Those two were in love til the end. She missed Shippo, and his childish wonder. She missed them all really but for some reason she really liked it here in the castle. She rinsed the rest of her body and rinsed her hair and then got out of the water. She dried quickly and put on her blue silk Kimono. The stitching was of cherry blossoms. She brushed her long black/magenta hair and put it into a loose bun. She put on her shoes and gathered her bathing supllies. She walked to her room and dropped off her stuff and then walked down the hallway towards Sesshomaru's study. She was alittle nervous but continued to walk.
Sesshomaru sat in his study, thinking to himself, as he always did.He found himself thinking of her once again. It was slightly annoying how she was able to work her way into his thoughts. He had found himself thinking about her alot since the day they had fought one another. Something other than her sword stop him from choking her that day. It wasnt Nanashi, though he did interupt. No- it was that look in her eyes. She was fearless. She had nothing of an expression. She looked so emotionless. Her facial expression was so much...like his. His orginal plan was to make her a warrior so they can win the battle and then he would despose of her. That's still the plan, right? "Of couse it is." He reassured himself. He dismissed the annoying plagueing thoughts of his when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in." was his cold reply. There was a slight hesitation with the door knob but then it swung open and then closed, revealing Kagome.
"Um..you wanted to talk to me?" She asked. He moved his hand to direct her to sit, which she did.
"I wanted to ask you why you would sacrfice yourself for Rin, when you did not know if I would even save you?" He asked, trly curious. Kagome looked down.
"Rin is just a child. She has so much to live for, so much left to exprience. I may be still young but in reality, my mind is not much of a child anymore. I've seen things and exprience things people my age shouldn't. I'm a very giving person and if that means giving my life for a child so be it. I've sacrificed my safety for other's loads of times knowing if I died there is no turning back. I dont care for my life if I can save another." She answered. Sesshomaru stared at her with nothing writen on his face although she could tell he was deep in thought. Kagome stood up and left without another word.
"Did...did we just have a conversation without argueing??" She thought to herself. Well, ok it wasnt much of a conversation but it was a start. While walking towards her room to get ready for training she began to wonder, why he wanted to know. Kagome changed out of her Kimono, into some clothes more fitting for training and left her room.
"Hey Kagome!" Soemone called. She turned aorund to see Kyo walking toward her. "Hey Kyo." She greeted him with a warm smile.
"So- why did you leave the castle in the first place?" He asked, while they walked down the hallway toward the courtyard outside.
"Well, I need some closure with Inuyasha before I could trully move on and so I went to see him. Rin wanted to go and I just couldnt say no to her cute little begging face so i brought her along." She answered. They arrived to the courtyard where Sani awaited.
"Hello Kagome, Kyo." Sani greeted with a small nod to each of them.
"Hi Sani." She replied. Kyo smiled and gave his hello's. Kyo sat down some feet away from where they would practice. Kagome took her stance, as well as Sani. She unsheathed her beautiful sword. Sani did the same, and the training began. Kyo watched them go back and forth with clinks of the sword. It was like a ballad except it was with swords. Kyo noticed a presence next to him and he looked up. Lord Sesshomaru stood next to him watching the Kagome train. When it came time for break, they sat down and took deep calming breathes'. Sesshomaru approached them.
"Hello Lord Sesshomaru." Kagome greeted. He was almost tooken back by the greeting. He hadnt heard her call him Lord Sesshomaru, since, well He wasnt sure if she ever called him Lord Sesshomaru. Maybe Sesshomaru-sama or maybe her favorite Lord fluffy but not Lord Sesshomaru. Sani seemed equally confused but his face showed it. Kagome smiled. She didnt answer there silent questions though. Sesshomaru was, of course, the first one to recover.
"Sani, I will be taken over today." he informed. Sani slowly nodded and then stood up. He walked over to Kyo and took a seat. Kagome stood up and stretched out alittle. Sesshomaru just stood there. Once she was done stretching they took their stances.
Savannah: Oo she gets to spar with Lord Fluffy...YAY!
Adrian: hehehe
Savannah: what are you plotting?
Adrian: ...um nothing...Review!