Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters belonging to the franchise
Prompt: Melt
Words: 300
Rating: K
Warnings: None
Title: Progress
He had been silent.
More silent than usual, that is.
As in, he hadn't said a word since he had woken her that morning and growled, "Training."
Kagome fiddled with her wooden katana. Last night she had lapsed back into a polite tone and re-added the "-sama" to his intimidating name, cowardly deeming her familiar behavior inappropriate.
She could tell he had noticed, and that it had bothered him. But, she figured, it was for the best.
However, now that he was reciprocating the distance, she felt uncomfortable and…bereft.
Weird, huh? She actually missed that twisted sense of humor.
"Wench, cease your dawdling and attack."
Her eyes snapped up.
"What?"
"I will not repeat myself, wench. Now, attack."
"What did you call me?" she hissed.
"Are your human ears that feeble, wench?"
She growled, and charged. Over and over again, she was deflected, and over and over again, she was taunted with that hated name. He was degrading, condescending, and cold.
Finally, after one last failed attempt, she snapped, and demanded, "Why are you acting like this?"
He regarded her frigidly. "If you will revert to your former persona, so shall this Sesshomaru."
She blinked in surprise as her anger melted. Relaxing her stance, she let her eyes soften. "We've been through a lot since then, huh?"
"Hn."
Her face broke into a smile. "Yeah. Sorry about all that…Sesshomaru."
Instantly, his face relaxed minutely and he gave the smallest nod of approval.
"Hn. Now attack, miko."
She playfully pouted. "Hey, how come you're promoted to 'Sesshomaru' and I only get 'miko'?"
"That is what you are. You may refer to me as 'daiyoukai', 'milord', or 'my superior' if you wish."
"Hey—!" She stopped herself, eyes widening in recognition, and laughed.
She really did miss that twisted sense of humor.
A/N: Reviews appreciated :)