The whole ride with Sesshomaru I fought off the urge to fall asleep. I wanted to stay awake and feel the warmth of his body holding onto mine. We didn't speak at all. He only looked into the starry horizon with intense purpose. There must have been something weighing on his mind. I thought to ask him what it was, but didn't want to ruin the peaceful silence rotating around us.
The night was so serene, especially as high in the air as we were. Nothing could have gotten to us to interrupt the moment and I liked it that way. I dozed in and out throughout the trip, so I wasn't sure how long we had been traveling. Though, I didn't really care where we could have been heading, I was still curious. A vibration buzzed in the pocket of my shorts and startled me. My head shot up from Sesshomaru's shoulder and he looked at me with a perplexed expression. Reaching into the small pocket I pulled out my phone. There was no way that I got service 500 years in the past. Regular phones hadn't even been invented yet, let alone cellphone towers.
"What is it", the dog demon questioned.
When he asked I wasn't sure myself. Pressing the button on the side of the device I looked for a new notification. There was only one and it was a low battery warning. I let out a surprised laugh of relief.
"It's nothing! I was worried grandma had found a way to call me from the modern world but there's no way", I said.
She gave me four days to be gone before I got in trouble so I should be fine. To be honest, I wasn't even sure how long I had been away. There was the first day, and then the day we cleaned up the demon slayer's village, then when we met Sango and now today.
"Holy shit! Today is the fourth day! I promised Grandma I'd be back today! She's going to kill me!", I wailed out into the open air.
"I will not let anyone harm you, Kimmy. You have nothing to worry about", Sesshomaru calmly reassured me.
"No, not like really kill me. Well maybe…", I sighed. "My parents don't think it's safe for me to be here and they're kind of right. Without you protecting me this whole time I'd probably be dead already. Grandma lied and told them I was staying at Kagome's house back in our time and that I had to be back in four days. Today is that day. If I don't return on time, they may not let me come back…"
"Then I will accompany you back home and make sure you return safely", he said.
I looked up at him in shock. He had finally confessed that he loved me and was now shipping me back home. I wasn't ready to let him go and he knew that. I can't lie and say it wasn't disappointing that he'd be so eager to release me from his side.
"You'd let me go back home so easily?!", I snapped at him. "I thought you liked me and now you're taking me back? What the hell!"
"It is not permanent, correct? You said you would not be able to return if you did not go home first. I will take you home and stay with you until you are capable of coming back here", he said.
"Can you do that", I asked.
Inuyasha could go back and forth with Kagome, but it wasn't guaranteed that my well would work the same way. We did come from two different portals.
"I have come to you world once before through your well. Does your human brain forget things that quickly?", he teased.
Then I remembered his appearance in my room when he first confessed his feelings for me. My mind still thought of the encounter as a dream. The whole thing was too surreal. A shiver went up my spine just thinking about it and my skin burned with embarrassment.
"Oh, yeah", I whispered to myself. "You did come see me once. Well, if you could do it before you should be able to do it again. Inuyasha goes back and forth all the time! Do you remember where the well is?"
"Of course I do. My memory is much more efficient that your's is, Human Girl. I will take us there after finding Jaken", he said very matter-of-factly.
"Is that where we've been going this whole time? To find Jaken", I asked.
"Not exactly", he huffed. "Jaken is supposed to be summoning Totosai for me, however I have yet to hear any good news of his whereabouts."
"I heard you talking about that guy before. Something about making a sword for you, right?", I chimed in. A memory of that name popped into my bed. When Jaken had interrupted our 'encounter' in the pond, Sesshomaru had said something about a guy named Totosai.
"So, your memory is not as bad as I assumed then", he lowly chuckled. "Yes, that is correct. I sent Jaken to find him and bring him to me. But, the old man seems to be avoiding me at all costs", he grumbled, changing his playful tone.
"Maybe because you're terrifying", I laughed.
"I am terrifying", he asked with genuine intrigue. "My intentions with most are to intimidate, but am I terrifying to you?"
"Uh, well", I stammered. "You used to be. Not really anymore, though. I know how much of a softy you are on the inside now, so you don't scare me", I said with a smile.
He had really started to change in front of my eyes. Upon first meeting Sesshomaru he was cold and menacing but now he was holding me tightly, flying romantically through the night sky with me. No one could be frightened of a person that treats them like that.
"Oh, really", he asked with a smirk appearing at the corner of his mouth.
With an arrogant huff of breath he released me from his arm. I clung to his sash for dear life and let out a scream as it began slipping from his shoulder. I fell from his hip and plummeted into the open air. I looked up at him for help to see him still grinning down at me with amusement. He had dropped me on purpose and was actually pleased with himself about it. The wind around me sucked my body closer and closer to the ground alarmingly fast. I didn't have time to turn around and brace myself. All I was able to do was wait to crash into the dirt below. Closing my eyes, I screamed a bloody cry until my lungs couldn't take it anymore.
"Why are you still screaming, Kimmy", his voice whispered into my ear. "We are on the ground now. You can stop yelling, it's beginning to hurt me ears."
When I looked around, he was right. We were safely on the ground and he was cradling me in his arm like a baby.
"Put me down, you asshole! Did you just drop me?! Why would you do that", I screeched while flailing free from his grasp. I landed on my feet and straightened out my clothes to compose myself.
"To keep you on your toes. You implied that I was no longer scary to you, which is good. But being too comfortable around demons like myself can put you in danger. You can not let your guard down completely, not even around me", he said with a serious face.
"I understand what you're saying, but could you have done it a little easier than that? I could have had a heart attack and died!", I yelled over at him. He smirked and flung his hand dismissively back in my direction.
"If you are so weak that a small fall like that could kill you just by experiencing it, then I may have to rethink keeping you by my side. You may become more of a hindrance than a companion", he mischievously grinned.
My mouth hung open at his words in disbelief. I couldn't tell if he was actually being serious or joking with me. It was so hard to tell with this guy. He very rarely showed much emotion and when he did it was so confusing, with mixed signals flying around everywhere.
"That's not funny, Sesshomaru", I grumbled.
"I found it very amusing", he teased.
I could feel my rage building up inside as I looked up at his smug face. My fists balled up at my sides, ready to hit him but we were thankfully saved by a timely interruption.
"Master Sesshomaru, there you are! I have been searching everywhere for you", Jaken exclaimed, stammering out of the brush of the forest.
He rushed into the open field we stood in at stopped abruptly upon seeing his master and I so close. My face was only inches from Sesshomaru's as I stood on my tiptoes to scold him. From an outsider's perspective, it probably appeared like we had been caught in an intimate moment.
"Ah, Foolish Human Child…. You have also returned. How splendid", Jaken groaned sarcastically. The excitement he harborbed in his twisted face had faded into dismay when he saw that I was still around.
"My name is Kimmy, Little Freak. Stop calling me 'foolish human'", I mocked the henchman in a cartoonish voice.
"I do not speak like that!", he wailed. "Do not attempt to belittle me in front of my Master! I have been his servant much longer than you have even been alive, Foolish Human, and I will not be treated with such disrespect!"
"That's enough. Let him go, Kimmy. ", Sesshomaru interjected.
Luckily for Jaken, because I now had his tiny throat in my hands, ready to give the final squeeze of eternal slumber. I released the annoying creature with reluctance and stood back up giving him the evil eye.
"Did you find Totosai, Jaken?", Sesshomaru continued. Rubbing his tiny hands around his neck Jaken answered sullenly, "No, Master, I could not. Everywhere I have heard that he moves, he is gone upon my arrival."
"I see", Sesshomaru mumbled with his hand resting under his chin in thought.
"I humbly apologize, Lord Sesshomaru! I will find Totosai for you at all cost, so do not fret over such matters, Me Lord", the small henchman said while dropping to his knees. He was annoying, but I had to respect his dedication to his master. I don't think I could stick around for a guy that treated me like Sesshomaru does him.
"I was hoping you would say that, Jaken. You are serving me well", the dog demon praised the little man.
"You think so? I am so pleased to hear that my master is happy with my work! Will you be returning to accompany me on my journey, Lord Sesshomaru? You have been away for quite some time now", Jaken asked with a hopeful expression.
"No, I will not be", Sesshomaru said shortly, crushing the small man's hope. I choked down a laugh as I looked into his defeated face.
"But why, Me Lord? Where will you be going?", he asked while scurrying over to his master. Begging at his feet for him to stay until he was swiftly kicked back where he came from.
"I will be accompanying Kimmy back to her world. We will return shortly and I expect to hear good news about you're mission, unlike these last few attempts. Am I clear?", Sesshomaru asked, glaring down at his sidekick.
"Yes, Me Lord! I will find Totosai for you I swear it", he said with his head bowed into the dirt. His beady eyes shot over to me and made me shutter in surprise. "You had better return my master to me, Child. Or else", he whispered in my direction.
"Or else what, Jaken? Are you really threatening me? I could have sworn I just had my hands around you tiny throat", I growled under my breath. My aggravation with the tiny creature was beginning to bubble over. The continuous disrespect was starting to wear my patience very thin.
"We will be going now, Jaken", Sesshomaru said placing a calming hand on my shoulder. When he felt how tense it was he flexed his strong fingers into my muscle. I nearly collapsed as his grip on my shoulder got stronger. "Before we go, I would like both of you to apologize to one another."
"I have nothing to apologize for, Me Lord. The human started it", Jaken cried.
"If he refuses to apologize then so do I!", I said. Sharp nails dug into the cloth covering my skin and I let out a moan of discomfort. "Okay, Fine! I'm sorry, Jaken…. Ouch! I said it, why are you still crushing my shoulder!?"
"Sorry for what?", Sesshomaru asked.
"For being mean to you,'' I groaned quickly. Sesshomaru shot me a terrifying look and I could feel his talons piercing my shirt. "I'm sorry for being a jerk to you, Jaken. Truthfully. I don't think we'll be able to get rid of each other anytime soon so we should at least attempt to get along."
"Perfect", the dog demon grinned, releasing me. With the same deadly grip, he took Jaken's delicate throat into his hand. The little being squirmed with his tiny hands around his Master's pulsing muscular arm. "Now it's your turn, Jaken. Apologize to the girl."
He looked at me with reluctant eyes and continued to let his master choke him in rebellion of the request. It appeared that he would rather die than say he was sorry to me. I placed my hand around Sesshomaru's and motioned for him to release the henchman. Jaken fell to the ground with a thud and I bent down to meet his gaze. He shivered up at me in fear that I would hurt him, but I only grabbed his little hand and gave it a friendly shake.
"I promise not to be mean to you anymore, Jaken. Can you just say it so I can go home. I really need to eat and change and I have a feeling I won't get to do that until you say you're sorry", I said.
"I-I'm sorry as well, Miss Kimmy. I will also no longer treat you this way. My Master seems to have taken a liking to you, so, I will have to get over my discomfort being in your presence", he finally gave in.
"You two both have the attitudes of small children. This should not have been so difficult", Sesshomaru said in aggravation. "The sun is coming up now. We should be heading back to your world, Kimmy."
"Okay", I said.
Smiling down at Jaken, I bench my body down to his and gave him a tight hug. He wriggled violiently in my arms for a moment before giving in to my advances. We are going to be around each other quite a lot in the future, almost like family, and I wanted to be on good terms from now on. I placed him back onto his feet on the ground and he looked up at me with a small smile.
"ACHOO!", I blurted out. The aftermath of my sneeze had hit Jaken right in the face, leaving him covered in saliva and germs. I profusely apologized but he only stomped back into the woods without a word.
"Just when I thought things were getting better I had to ruin it", I said to myself.
"You must be coming down with an illness. We should get you home", Sesshomaru said scooping me up from the ground. "The well is close by. It shouldn't take long to get there."
"Do you think he's mad at me?", I asked timidly.
"He will be fine. Don't worry yourself over him. I could tell what you said was genuine and I'm sure he could as well. Although, it was very entertaining to watch", he said with a devious smirk.
I rested my head on the soft fur of his sash and watched as the sky shifted from night to morning. The sunrise was bright with orange and red colors swirling around and glistening onto the forest below us. Ahead there sat an open plot grass enriched in a circular arrangement of thick trees. In the middle was an old wooden well. We landed just in front of it and I tried to detach myself from his arm to head inside, but he wouldn't let me go no matter how hard I tried.
"Stop squirming. We will go in together", Sesshomaru stated. "I promised that you would never leave my side and I meant it. Hold on to me tightly so we do not get separated through the portal."
I responded with a firm grip around his neck and he jumped into the well's opening. The striking colors around us inside of the portal were hard not to be enchanted by. A galaxy of glittering walls and swirling purples and pinks should have had my entire attention, but all I could look at was the man holding onto me tightly. He was far more beautiful to me than anything else ever could be.