Somber Twilight
Princess of Ikana
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the works of InuYasha. It belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.
Prompt: Pillow talk
Reiko was summoned and escorted Rin away to rest, once the news had sunk in, she didn't react as badly as Kagome but perhaps Kagome had kept it to herself for however long since she left Edo.
Narumi remained.
"Mother, what is it you needed?" Sesshomaru finally asked when the silence dragged one longer than he would have liked.
"Your plans for the West. We are never fond of the human population but there are villages under your rule…" she drawled while inspecting her nails.
"As lord of the Western lands, I have already sent out healers to the affected villages to see if there is anything we can do to help…" he responded lightly while reading a scroll.
"Alright, I suppose that there isn't much we can really do for them, being non human" she said with an afterthought.
Sesshomaru looked at her over his scroll in weary disregard. She glided away without another word. He shook his head, his parents were going to be the death of him.
Kagome went through hazy dreams of languishing anguish as she watched her loved ones slowly suffer through the disease that would eventually kill them and there was nothing she could do but sit by and ease some of their discomfort.
She would wake at weird times during the day before drifting away again but at one point in the evening hours, she managed to stay awake when she smelt the most enticing smell of broth.
She cracked her eyes to see a magenta colored striped claw holding out a spoon. Before registering who it was she slurped greedily the soup that was offered.
Savoring flavors of vegetables, and herbs met her taste buds and she was grateful.
Moments after regaining her senses, she opened her eyes again and saw Sesshomaru sitting beside her, she quietly crept back in shock, he was the last person she was expecting to care for her.
"Calm, Miko you are safe… I only wanted to ask you some important questions… Rin insisted I bring you some food first though" he explained lightly putting the soup down and crossing his arms.
Kagome breathed in, and slouched a bit before nodding her acceptance to his query.
"I know you are recovering, but as my father's last surviving offspring, I need to know where Tetsusaiga is?" he asked.
"After I departed the village, I took it to Bokuseno who asked me to seal it in his trunk for safekeeping." Kagome revealed.
"Do I require your assistance to retrieve it?"
"No, I made a paper sutra you can take and unseal it yourself. I wasn't sure when I would come across you so just in case I made sure I wouldn't have to be present"
Sesshomaru nodded his understanding before lifting the bowl once more and offering another scoop of heavenly broth.
Kagome suspected that there must be some level of humanity to him, being that Rin followed him to the ends of the earth but now she saw it first hand and it bought her some hope for the dreary future ahead of her.
A/N: :3 Sesshomaru is a big softy and we all know this but I had to see him be a little nice to poor Kagome who's been through so much already.