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Scientific Method
Chapter 52
The miko wandered door after door for a good hour until she reached a specific, elegant room.
Kagome was stupefied, her heart's pumping nearly dangerous at its current pace.
"What…" brown eyes contemplated the human-sized painting of her hanging on the otherwise plain, wodden wall. "Why is this…here?" The painting had a beautiful texture and was full of tiny details that made her shiver. The person that drew this knew her very well. She felt stalked somehow…but pleasantly so. This was undoubtedly a Masterpiece, but why were the colors so dark and lonely? Somehow she felt so sad…and guilty.
A man, tall with short black hair, shifted on a sofa and drew her attention. His hazel eyes swept over her body slowly, assesingly. His Japanese clothes, eyes, and hair didn't tell her much about him but there was something so very familiar about him that made her heart race. "I did that painting," the man said with a monotonous, manly voice.
The voice seemed too familiar, but before she could even try to pinpoint it another man, with silver hair adorned by doggy-ears, opened the door behind her loudly. She turned startled and their eyes met. She recognized the golden color of her long-lost friend's eyes.
"Inuyasha?" she wheezed out between pain and surprise.
"Catch me if you can," Inuyasha challenged playfully before rushing down the hall with a huge, gleeful smirk and two glowing Shikon shards on his right hand.
"Follow miko," Sesshomaru prompted from the sofa. His Japanese glamourwas gone and the Taiyoukai she knew and had traveled with for weeks greeted her. Again, her heart squeezed painfully. He looked the same. Perfect face and long, silky silver hair.
She didn't know if she was scared of what they thought about her or happy because they were alive and well. She feared they had died. She was so happy she had been wrong.
The mix of relief and guilt began to go up her throat, but she bit her lip to stop the traitorous tears that wanted to come. She had missed them so much, she realized, that it didn't matter if they betrayed her, accidentally or as a collateral damage, or not. She loved them so dearly!
"Miko." Once again Sesshomaru's voice urged her to action.
Without thinking she followed Inuyasha, because he wanted her to. Because, somehow, she still trusted him blindly.
To be continued...
JeniNeji's Note:
Sorry for the confusion. I hope everything settles soon. Finally, they meet :3
