Somber Twilight
Princess of Ikana
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the works of InuYasha. It belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.
Prompt: Excuses
Kagome giggled as she won once again. Sesshoumaru had spent the last 4 days by her side, hiding from the arriving demons, Rin was ill for two days before recovering enough to go back to being a perfect hostess and so poor Jaken was at everyone's wrath when they discovered no one important was there to greet them.
Conversation only went so far with Sesshomaru so after the 1st day, Kagome proposed to teach him a card game from the future. She only bought a handful of small items from her time with her as she couldn't bring anything too weird and out of sorts that it could mess with the timeline. And one of the things was a deck of playing cards.
She was making him play crazy 8's as it was something easy to explain and though she had thought to play go fish, she figured he wouldn't play for long after having to say the words go fish out loud but the thought was highly amusing.
Kagome also knew that Sesshomaru could be a bit of a sore loser, and he was threatening all sorts of stuff after losing three rounds in a row.
"Miko, I think it's time we stopped." he bit out frustrated, knowing she had an advantage over him having played before.
*Knock*
Rikka entered the room with the midday meal. She opened her mouth to greet Sesshoumaru but he rose from his spot beside Kagome.
"I must go back to my office, I have some items to attend to, please let Kizu-san know I will have my meal there." he commanded, walking past her leaving.
She bowed as he passed before continuing to put the food in front of Kagome, smiling.
"Kagome-sama, it seems like my lord has taken a liking to you these past few days." she commented cheerfully.
"Hardly Rikka-san, Sesshoumaru-sama is just using me to get out of his duties to his guests." she murmured, taking the first bite of a lovely salad.
"That may be so milady, but milord wouldn't just visit anyone cause it would help avoid certain obligations" she mentioned while laughing about it.
Kagome felt overwhelmed at the mention that she was someone important. Perhaps InuYasha was Sesshoumaru's half brother and a son of the great dog demon. Where did she fit into this new dynamic as InuYasha's widow?
Rikka, noticing the mood had changed, looked at Kagome with some concern.
"I'm sorry Kagome-sama, I overstepped my boundaries" she said while kneeling on the ground.
"No, I agreed to come here to serve milord but ever since i arrived i've been treated like some important guest, InuYasha is gone from this world, I'm nobody" Kagome declared becoming distraught again.
Rikka felt sorry for the miko who had lost everyone she knew. Grief wasn't easy and it would take time to heal but didn't she know that she had found a place here in the fortress, Lady Rin adored her and Lord Sesshomaru, though he didn't say it out loud thought her to be a valuable ally, his mother may have enlisted her for help around the castle but she was worthy of so much more.
A:N: Yes Kagome fits in so easily and though Sesshoumaru doesn't treat her like her friends would have, he does respect her in that she helped get rid of Naraku and loved his brother.
Rin knows her thorough their adventures prior and her short time spent in the village training under Kaede.