Somber Twilight
Princess of Ikana
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the works of InuYasha. It belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.
Prompt: Contenders
Two weeks had come to an end and it was time to announce who the top 3 were, and the rest of the guests would just stay to enjoy the gathering and events.
Rin was nervous, but she walked into Sesshomaru's office with a piece of parchment which she handed over when Sesshoumaru lifted his hand to receive.
Her choices were Keisuke, a human nobleman from the east named Hiro, and Itsuki, Lord of the Southern lands.
Kagome congratulated her before walking her out.
Sesshomaru sent the notice with Jaken to announce at breakfast. Just one more week of this and Rin would be taken care of by someone else.
Sesshomaru wandered over to one of his windows and looked outside, reflecting on the past and how much time had passed since he met her all those years ago, of course it was nothing for him, a human lifespan.
In the final week before the ball, Each bachelor would get two days to finish wooing Rin, the order was picked, Hiro, Keisuke and last Itsuki.
Rin was off to a lovely date with Hiro, he was taking her into a nearby forest to show her some sights. Jaken was preparing Aa uh for the short journey.
Kagome was feeling a bit hinged for time, as more reports came in this week, of youkai villages beginning to be affected by the smallpox epidemic… she was surprised how far it had spread since she left Edo… course that was only about two months ago now…
She was torn between her duty here and wanting to travel again to see what she could do for smaller villages that perhaps didn't have a Miko on hand.
Distracted, she missed Sesshomaru calling her name.
"Miko!" he called a little louder.
Kagome jumped, not used to hearing him shout.
"Sorry, milord, just worried about the human and youkai villages" she explained pointing to the reports on his left.
Sesshomaru never asked but now he was curious.
"Kagome, you never explained how you were the sole survivor of Edo" he stated.
She bowed her head with the grim reminder before gathering her thoughts.
"I am the sole survivor because the sickness won't harm me, because I come from the future… there is no sickness in 500 years, medicine got rid of it forever." she told him somberly.
"What kind of medicine" he integrated further.
"Future kind, I'm afraid, we don't have the means to make it here at the moment, not to mention it's beyond my skills as a healer" she replied.
Sesshomaru tsked quietly before letting it go.
"There's not much we can do, besides console the families and hope it runs its course out soon" she answered his unasked question.
Sesshoumaru nodded before waving her away, he had to get back to his report on migrating bird youkai, flying into his territory.
A knock on the tatami screen, alerted them to Jaken's presence.
"Rin, has come down with a fever milord…." he said carefully.
A/N: and now the illness has arrived. Poor Rin, and poor Kagome who's worst recent fear has shown up on their door possibly.