DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha or the book called 'Hasse Simonsdochter' written by Thea Beckman, nor do I own the characters of these two stories!! But I do own the idea of mixing these two ingredients into a new story.
INTRODUCTION TO CHARACTERS OF THIS CHAPTER:
Miroku: A (former) wandering houshi (=priest). He helps people by using
his houshi power to earn his living. He uses prayers and ofuda's (=small rectangular
papers with writing on them used to protect against or exterminate evil beings).
He knows skills of an average doctor; he knows how to tend wounds and heal poisons.
Miroku is now about 24 years old; he's quite wise but also quite dense. NOTE:
he doesn't have a cursed hand but is still a bit lecherous.
He got severely wounded by a youkai once during his travels 5 years ago and
was saved by Sango. After she tended his wounds, they had decided to travel
together. They fell in love with each other after 5 long years of traveling
and fighting youkai together and they got married.
Sango: A retired youkai taijiya (=exterminator). Sango had lost her family when a swarm of youkai attacked their village, that's why she decided to train herself as a youkai taijiya. She took jobs and killed youkai to earn her living. She was wandering on her own before she accidently met the wounded Miroku in the woods. Sango is now about 22 years old and a very caring and quite smart woman.
They both started a business together after they got married and had decided not to care about the war between the four kings anymore. They open their business to both youkai and humans because they've decided to ignore the disagreements between youkai and humans.
Shippou: A small kitsune youkai, who vowed to repay Sango and Miroku by helping them with their business after they saved him when he was chased by a youkai, who was still a child. His parents were killed by hunters when he was little and he wandered alone through the woods ever since.
Kirara: A fire-cat, owned by Sango. She is very loyal to Sango and stays by her side to protect and fight alongside her.
Italic: thoughts
-- --: locations
"...": spoken words
~*~*~*~*~: time gap
*...* : noises
-by Kittymui-
Kagome's first battle (lower part): gaining respect
Previously:
"Sesshoumaru!! Behind you!!!" she cried out, while dashing.
Sesshoumaru heard his mate's cry and turned to see her running towards him,
but quickly turned back to the tiger youkai in front of him when it launched
a claw-attack at him. He quickly blocked its claw with his sword.
*CLASH*
He saw the tiger leader raise its claw behind him out of the corner of his eye
but it was impossible to dodge it since he was already blocking another attack.
Damn it! This is bad!! Sesshoumaru gritted his teeth.
The tiger leader swung its claw at Sesshoumaru.
*SLASH*
When Sesshoumaru heard the cracking sound of armor and clothes being torn but
didn't feel anything, he quickly looked over his shoulder.
He froze when he saw some strands of black hair falling on his shoulder out of the corner of his eye.
Kagome!?! Sesshoumaru's mind screamed as he felt a weight leaning on his back.
Kagome had thrown herself between the tiger-leader and Sesshoumaru and blocked
the claw-attack with her own back in order to protect him. The backside of her
armor broke and pieces flew everywhere. Even the back of her haori were torn
apart by sharp claw of the tiger-youkai. And her braid was slashed loose in
the process, causing some strands to land on Sesshoumaru's shoulder.
Kagome clasped the arrow in her one hand and her bow in the other. She groaned as she raised her head, only to see the side of Sesshoumaru's face, who was looking over his shoulder to her with a worried look on his face.
Kagome smirked weakly as determination filled her eyes. She gathered up all her strength and bent her bow.
Within a blink of an eye, Kagome had turned around and leaned her injured back onto Sesshoumaru's. She pointed her arrow at the tiger-youkai's heart and immediately fired it without saying anything.
The arrow spinned and pierced right through his heart.
*TSRRRKK*
The tiger-youkai stood silent for a moment, realizing what had happened in the past 5 seconds and slowly raised his claw to his wound. He took several steps backwards and coughed a pool of blood to the floor. "I can't believe I've lost against a boy..." he groaned before he collapsed backwards to the grass, dead.
'Heh...s-serves...y-you...r-right..." Kagome chuckled with a hoarse voice before unconsciousness took over. She closed her eyes, dropped her bow to the grass and leaned completely onto Sesshoumaru's back.
When Sesshoumaru felt the weight on his back increase, he knew something was
wrong. He quickly pushed back the tiger-youkai he was blocking. The tiger-youkai
had a shocked expression on his face as he backed away and stared wide-eyed
at the motionless body that laid on the grass behind Sesshoumaru. "L-leader!?"
he cried out.
"Where are you looking at!!" Sesshoumaru roared before he caught the
youkai off guard and slashed him in two with his Toukijin. The tiger-youkai
dissolved in the air.
Sesshoumaru quickly turned around, only to see Kagome starting to collapse
to the grass, since he had moved away. He quickly caught her limp body before
it hit the grass.
"Sora!!" he cried out, knowing that he should not reveal her true
identity no matter what. His eyes widened as he saw the blood spreading all
over the soil below Kagome.
Kyoukotsu, Renkotsu and Kouga all finished their last remaining opponents and
jerked their heads to where the cry came from.
Their eyes widened. "Sora-sama!!" they all cried in unison and dashed
to their leader's side.
Kouga gasped as he saw how much blood Kagome had lost. But he quickly pulled
himself together and knelt down next to Sesshoumaru.
"Sesshoumaru-sama, I've discovered that there's a small inn nearby, let us take Sora-sama there." he said with a calm voice.
Sesshoumaru looked at Kouga and nodded. He slowly stood up, carrying Kagome
in his arms and turned to Renkotsu.
"Renkotsu, take the leader's head and retrieve our reward in Paedra. Come
join us again as soon as you have retrieved it." he ordered.
Renkotsu quickly nodded. "Understood." With that he dashed into the direction of Paedra and disappeared into the trees.
Sesshoumaru sighed relieved and turned to the other two. "Let us go. Kouga,
you lead the way." he ordered.
Kouga nodded and dashed into a direction. Sesshoumaru and Kyoukotsu quickly
followed.
~*~*~*~ Late afternoon~*~*~*~
With their speed, they've reached the inn within 5 minutes. It was a small building, not any bigger than an average residence. A small stable was located next to the inn. It kind of looked like the one in Paedra, only a much smaller version. The inn stood in a small open area with in unpaved road running in front of it.
Without time to lose, Sesshoumaru kicked the door of the tavern open and entered.
"Quickly!! Get us a doctor!!" he shouted, still carrying the unconscious
Kagome.
The front door led directly to the dining room. The stairs to the first floor stood exactly opposite to the front door, only 5 meters away. The stairs divided the ground floor into two spaces: the kitchen, which was located in the direction of the stable and the dining room.
Suddenly a woman ran down the stairs. She was wearing a loose light purple yukata embedded with white flowers, with short sleeves. Her hair was black, but not the same shade of black like Kagome's hair, and tied in a long ponytail on the back of her head.
"What the hell are you__!!" the woman cried angrily as she reached
the ground floor. She halted herself when she saw the injured young person that
the silver-haired inuyoukai was carrying.
"W-what happened?" she asked.
"A tiger-youkai." Sesshoumaru explained shortly. "Please, get a doctor. She has lost a lot of blood." he continued. He was never so afraid in his life.
S-she?? the hostess wondered, looking at the unconscious young lad,
but quickly shook of her thoughts. No time for questions.
The hostess quickly ran to one of the windows, which leaded to the stables and
shouted. "Shippou!! Run as fast as you can to the woods and find the master!!
Tell him there is an injured person!! Go!!"
"Understood!" a young voice sounded from the stables.
The hostess ran back to Sesshoumaru. "She needs to lie down, please follow
me." she said before running up the stairs.
Sesshoumaru quickly followed her.
When they reached the door of the bedroom, Sesshoumaru turned to Kouga and
Kyoukotsu. "Guard this room and don't let anyone in besides me and the
hostess until I say so." he ordered before he went inside.
They understood and both stood in front of each side of the door.
-- In the bedroom --
It was a small bedroom, with white painted walls and a floor made of wood. Only a cabinet and a chair stood against the wall that was opposite of the wall with the window. From the doorway, you could immediately see the bed. It was a queen-size bed build inside the wall; it was like the bed had a solid roof.
Sesshoumaru carefully laid Kagome on the bed with her back on top, since she was injured on her back. Her head laid on its side, facing the bedroom door instead of the wall.
"We should remove her armor and clean up her wound first." the hostess suggested.
Sesshoumaru nodded and sat down on the bedside. He began to take off her armor as carefully as possible, not touching the wound.
"Quite a youkai, to slash through an armor that easily." the hostess
said when she saw the broken armor and torn clothes, which were stained with
blood.
She handed a towel to Sesshoumaru. "Clean up the blood around her wound,
I'll get some water." she said before hurrying out of the room.
Sesshoumaru carefully ripped the already torn part of her haori further open to reveal the wound. He growled at the sight.
The bleeding had stopped and dried blood was all over her back. Among the dried blood, five dark red gashes could be seen; running from her right shoulder to the left side of her waist.
Sesshoumaru slowly placed the towel on her back and began the clean up the blood around the gashes.
"Baka! You should have let me take the blow...I'm a youkai, I'm able to heal myself...but...but you..." Sesshoumaru mumbled as he continued to clean up her back. But while he was mumbling, he accidentally touched the wound with the towel. When Kagome's body twitched by his touch, he quickly pulled away the towel.
"S-Seshoumaru..." he heard her groan.
"Kagome?" Sesshoumaru said worriedly.
"Do not... call me b-baka..." she whispered as she slightly opened her eyes.
"You almost got yourself killed, baka!" Sesshoumaru said with a low growl.
"I...I am NOT a baka!!!" Kagome cried out, using all her strength, as she tried to jerk her head up. But she froze and gasped as the wound hurt tremendously, caused by her sudden exertion.
Kagome laid her head back down on the pillow and panted, as a few strand of hair landed in front of her eyes.
Sesshoumaru sighed and gently moved the strands away from her face back to where it belonged behind her ear. "Baka..." he sighed. "...arguing with me while you're injured."
"I'm not stupid...I-I'm brave..." she insisted. Her voice sounded weaker than before.
"Yeah...brave AND stupid." Sesshoumaru chuckled, looking at the window.
A moment of silence took place.
Why isn't she reacting on my comment? Sesshoumaru wondered and looked down at Kagome.
"Kagome?" he called when he saw that her eyes were closed again.
"Kagome??" he repeated
"Kagome!!" he repeated again, starting to panic.
"What's wrong!?" the hostess asked as she entered the room again and ran to the bedside, carrying a bucket of water in her hands.
"She woke up a while ago but now she's unconscious again." Sesshoumaru explained as calm as possible.
The hostess knelt down and examined Kagome. "Well, she has lost a lot of blood." the hostess responded. "I'm surprised that she actually regained consciousness before her wound was tended."
A short moment of silence broke in until Sesshoumaru heard Kouga's voice.
"Who are you?! What is your business inside this room??" Kouga's angry voice sounded from the hallway.
Sesshoumaru frowned and became cautious.
"Such manners towards the host of his tavern." a calm male voice replied. "My name is Miroku and I was called back here by my servant, bearing the message from my wide that someone is injured and needs to be tended."
The hostess stood up and turned to Sesshoumaru. "It's my husband, he knows how to tend wounds." she explained reassuringly.
Sesshoumaru relaxed. "Let him in, Kouga." he ordered.
The door opened and a man appeared in the doorway. He looked younger than Sesshoumaru. He had black hair, but just like the hostess, his hair wasn't of the same shade of Kagome's hair. He has two small earrings in his left ear and one in the other. A small ponytail was suspending on the lower back of his head. He was dressed in a long black robe. On his back he carried a basket that looked like a fyke.
Miroku's gaze shifted from his wife to Sesshoumaru and then to the person on the bed.
"Get me my toolbox." he said to the hostess before walking towards the wall and putting down the basket on his back. The hostess nodded and exited the room.
Sesshoumaru finally saw the content of the basket. It was filled with all kinds of herbs and plants.
Miroku felt his gaze on him. " I went out to the woods to gather herbs." he explained.
Sesshoumaru didn't say anything, he only stood next to the bed and watched Miroku approach the bedside.
"So this is the injured person." he said as he knelt down. At the same time, the hostess returned and put down a small box next to Miroku on the floor.
Miroku visually examined the wound. "I see..." he mumbled before
he stood and turned to the hostess. "I'll need a bowl of boiled disinfecting
herbs and some bandages." he ordered. The woman nodded and hurried out
of the room again.
He turned to Sesshoumaru and scanned his arms and clothes. "I think you'll
need a bath." he stated plainly.
Sesshoumaru looked down to his clothes. He didn't have the time to notice before but his sleeves and hakama were indeed stained with Kagome's blood. He looked over at Kagome and then shifted his gaze to Miroku suspiciously.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure he won't." the hostess' voice spoke from the doorway. She was holding a small pot in one hand and a basket full of bandages in the other.
"The bathroom is two doors further down the hall. There are clothes lying near the bath for you to wear until I've washed your garments." she explained as she entered the room and put the basket on the chair next to the cabinet.
Sesshoumaru thought for a while before he nodded and left the room silently.
After Sesshoumaru closed the door behind him. He turned to his companions.
"Guard this room and notice me if there's something wrong." he ordered.
Kouga and Kyoukotsu nodded.
With that, Sesshoumaru made his way to the bathroom.
~*~
"Sango! What did you mean by that?!" Miroku asked annoyed after he watched the inuyoukai leave the room.
"Preventing him from shredding you into pieces, you moron." Sango
explained as she put down the pot with boiled herbs. She looked at the unconscious
Kagome. "This girl must be very important to him."
She turned to Miroku. "You know what? You'll tell me how to tend her wound
and I'll be your hands." she suggested. "Surely the youkai wouldn't
want to smell your scent on this girl." she said as she sat down on the
bedside.
"B-but!"
"No but's!" Sango cut him off. "Knowing you, you shouldn't even be here at all!" Sango spat. "Now stop arguing with me and tell me what to do!"
~*~*~Around evening~*~*~
After taking a bath, Sesshoumaru put on the clothes that the Sango prepared for him. It was a white haori and hakama, just like the one he was wearing before.
When he returned, he told Kouga and Kyoukotsu that they didn't have to guard the room anymore and that they could wait downstairs. Both youkai obeyed and went downstairs to the dining room.
Sesshoumaru sat down on the bedside and watched Kagome's sleeping form. That
Miroku's scent isn't on her body. Sesshoumaru thought relieved as he noticed
the white bandage around her body. Kagome was wearing a white sleeping gown
that was slightly see-through.
He dropped his face as he remembered what the hostess told him when she was about to leave the room with the pot and bandages and Kagome's outfit.
[FLASHBACK]
"I have tend her wounds and given her different clothes. I'm going downstairs
to wash the garments." the hostess explained to Sesshoumaru, who stood
by the bedside. "But_" she suddenly added. "it's still a question
whether she'll regain consciousness again since she had lost so much blood."
The hostess walked towards the door and opened the door. "She will have
to fight through this on her own."
With that she walked out of the room and closed the door behind her.
[END FLASHBACK]
Sesshoumaru looked up at Kagome's face, which was facing him as she laid on
her stomach. He raised his hand to her cheek and stroked it.
"You have to wake up Kagome...you have to..." he whispered softly, with a sad tone in his voice.
~*~*~*~ In the meantime ~*~*~*~
To Kyoukotsu and Kouga's surprise, Kagome's horse had loyally followed them to the inn and was standing in front of the door. After they had explained explained that the injured person owned the horse, the horse was allowed to stay in the stables.
Kyoukotsu and Kouga sat downstairs at a large oval dining table, which stood in the middle of the dining room. The dining table had 8 chairs in total, and all were made of wood. It wasn't a large dining room, but it was very cozy. There was a small fireplace in one of the walls made of stone. For the rest, there weren't much decorations, except for some dried plants and flowers hanging on the walls.
"I wonder if Kagome-sama will be okay..." Kyoukotsu suddenly started.
Kouga almost jumped up of shock. "Baka! It's Sora-sama!!" he panicked. "What if they hear__"
Kouga was cut off by the hostess' voice as she walked down the stairs. "You don't need to hide it anymore, I already know." she said with a calm voice.
"WHAT!?!" Kouga jumped up of his chair.
"You might want to lower your voice, everybody's sleeping, you know??" the woman shushed him.
Kouga suddenly realized it was bedtime and slowly sat down again.
The hostess smiled. "I tended her wounds, that's why I know." she explained as she sat down on one of the chairs facing Kouga and Kyoukotsu.
"Thank you." Kouga said politely after a moment of silence.
"Don't thank me too soon, it's still a question whether she'll wake up again." she replied.
"I know...but still I want to thank you for helping us, in spite of the fact that we're youkai." Kouga responded.
"My husband and me do not care about the disagreements between youkai and human anymore. We just keep ourselves to our little business." she smiled. "If youkai don't bother us with threats, that is."
"There aren't many customers." Kyoukotsu finally decided to join the conversation.
"That's correct. Humans fear us for welcoming youkai and youkai hate us for being humans." the hostess explained.
"But there are still those who travel alongside the unpaved road and take a break here, enough to support our lives here." she added.
A short moment of silence broke in until the hostess suddenly stood up. "Oh right, I haven't introduced myself yet." she said cheerfully. "My name is Sango. And you've already met my husband before, his name is Miroku. And the little help in the stables is Shippou."
Kouga smiled. "I'm Kouga." he said and pointed at Kyoukotsu next to him. "And this is Kyoukotsu."
"Alright then, Kouga and Kyoukotsu..." she repeated their names for herself. "Are you guys hungry?"
Kouga and Kyoukotsu hesitated for a moment before they slightly nodded.
"Okay then, I'll__" Sango was cut off when the front door smacked open.
"I'm BACK!!" a voice cried from the doorway.
Everyone turned their attention to the person standing at the doorway, who held a large bag in his hand.
Sango turned to Kouga and gave him a puzzled look.
Kouga sighed. "That's Renkotsu." he explained. "One of our group members, he went back to Paedra to get our reward."
"In short, we're a group of mercenaries that earn our living by completing missions. And Kagome-sama was injured during our mission."
"I see..." Sango replied. "Well, mercenaries can still be hungry." she smiled. "I'll be right back with something to eat." With that she entered the kitchen.
Renkotsu didn't quite understand the situation and shrugged before he walked towards the dining table.
*KCCHHIINGG*
He put the large bag with a thump on the wooden table and smirked. "Our reward guys!" Renkotsu said proudly. "Five thousand gold pieces!!"
Renkotsu stopped cheering when he realized nobody was responding. He noticed their saddened expressions.
Then it suddenly struck Renkotsu. "She's not..." he said in disbelief.
"She's still unconscious and might not wake up again." Sango spoke as she came out of the kitchen, holding a small pot and several soup plates.
Kyoukotsu suddenly slammed his fist on the wooden table. "Damn it! I...I haven't even had the chance to apologize to her for looking down on her..." he growled.
At the same time Kouga and Renkotsu lowered their faces to the floor.
*silence*
"You all must be tired..." Sango suddenly started after she put the pot and plates on the table. "I have cleaned up several rooms. You can go upstairs and rest after you've finished eating." she said as she spooned up the soup from the pot and filled the plates.
The three youkai finished their soup silently and went upstairs to their rooms.
~*~*~*~
Three days have passed and Kagome still hadn't woke up from her coma. And Sesshoumaru
had not left the bedroom even for a second. Sometimes Kouga would leave a jug
of water and some food on the floor in front of the bedroom door. The jug would
be empty at the end of the day but the food would remain untouched.
During these days, Kouga, Renkotsu and Kyoukotsu would help Miroku and Sango with the inn. Kouga would stay at the inn and help with all kinds of chores. Renkotsu and Kyoukotsu would keep Miroku company when he's going to gather herbs out in the woods.
Not that they liked the work, but they still had to do something to kill the time. They were worried sick about their leader and Kagome, but there was nothing they could do but to wait.
~*~*~*~
Another five days have passed, and still, nothing had changed.
Sesshoumaru, like always, was sitting on the bedside and looking at Kagome's sleeping face.
"Will I ever see those beautiful blue orbs again?" he thought aloud as he strokes her cheek with the back of his hand. He lowered himself to her face and place a soft kiss on her forehead.
Sesshoumaru had become weak after eight long days without eating anything. Even for a full-blooded youkai like himself, eight days was still a bit much. Especially after that fierce battle.
"I'm sorry for giving up that easily." Sesshoumaru whispered as he stood up and walked towards the door. "But I don't want to see you like this when I lose hope completely." he said before he took one last look at the sleeping Kagome and left the room, closing the door behind him.
[AN: Sesshoumaru is wearing his normal outfit.]
~*~*~*~
Kagome twitched her eyelids before she slowly opened them. Where...
She thought puzzled.
Everything was blurry at first, but things began to take shape through her eyes
after a while. It was an unfamiliar bedroom to Kagome, with only a chair and
cabinet.
Kagome gently pushed herself up from the bed. She noticed she was lying on a queensize bed build in the wall.
Ehh?? she thought surprised when she realized she was wearing a long
white nightgown instead of her normal outfit. She looked at the white bandage,
which was wound around her shoulder and body.
That's right...I got wounded after I shielded Sesshoumaru from the claw-attack.
Kagome remembered.
Sesshoumaru...? Kagome didn't know why, but she really wanted to see
him right now.
Without second thought, Kagome sat up and moved to the bedside.
As soon as she set her foot on the wooden floor, a surge of pain ran through
her back, causing her to wince. Ite...I haven't fully recovered yet...
Kagome thought painfully. But she ignored the pain and continued to climb off
the bed.
With much effort she finally managed to stand up without falling and grabbed
the windowsill for support.
Her attention turned to the small pond outside when her eyes caught a silverhaired figure.
-- In the small garden --
Sesshoumaru stood near the pond that was located in the small garden of the
inn. The garden wasn't big; it only had a small oval shaped pond with rocks
around it on the ground.
Honestly, the inn didn't even need a garden, since there were already tons of
trees surrounding it.
He was looking at the bottom of the pond and deep in thoughts. It must be my imagination...Kagome's scent should not be approaching at all... he thought, as a sad expression appeared on his face.
Suddenly he heard some grass rustling and quickly looked over his shoulder.
His eyes widened when he saw a familiar figure with raven black hair dressed in white, but his emotionless expression took over again before he turned to the pond again.
"Go away..." he muttered under his breath.
Kagome was taken aback by those cold words. She could barely stand properly on her trembling and weak legs.
"You're just my imagination...stop haunting me and go away..." she heard him growl softly.
Kagome smiled weakly. He's afraid that I'm made up from his imagination and despair.
Sesshoumaru closed his eyes when the rustling continued. Damn it... leave me alone...stop playing with my mind!!! he cursed his mind.
*rustle rustle....silence*
He sighed when the rustling finally stopped.
He tensed his body when he suddenly felt something wrapping around his waist.
Sesshoumaru opened his eyes and looked down, only to see two delicate hand resting
on his chest.
He hesitated for a while before he raised his hands to touch the two hands.
Sesshoumaru held each hand in his and widened his eyes.
They're cold...but they're real!!! he thought surprised.
Sesshoumaru quickly let go of the hands and turned around, only to find himself looking into two beautiful dark blue eyes. The ones he longed for for the past eight days, which seemed like eternity.
"K-Kagome...?" he whispered as he raised his hand to her cheek. "Is it really you?" he wondered aloud as he cupped her cheek with his hand.
Kagome touched his hand with her hand and smiled weakly.
"Baka...ofcourse it's me..." Kagome said with a weak and hoarse voice.
Without saying anything else, Sesshoumaru pulled her into his embrace and hugged her tight. When he felt her wince in his arms, he suddenly remembered her wounds and loosened his grip a little.
Kagome wrapped her arms around his waist and leaned against his chest. "I...missed...you..." she whispered.
"Me too." Sesshoumaru responded before he pulled away slightly to look in her eyes.
Kagome had to push back her tears of joy as she saw the relieve and joy in Sesshoumaru's eyes. Before she knew, his lips had already caught hers in a passionate kiss.
~*~*~*~
Renkotsu, Kyoukotsu and Miroku finally returned from the woods. Kouga, Sango
and Shippou finished cleaning the stables.
They were now sitting at the dining table, except for Sango and Miroku who were preparing supper, chatting and waiting for their meal at the same time.
"Shouldn't we call Sesshoumaru-sama?" Kouga suddenly asked, when Sango came out of the kitchen and put some dishes on the table.
"I don't think he's in the mood of eating anything. Anyway let's eat!! I'm starving!" Kyoukotsu replied hasty and held up his plate to Sango.
"How are you jump into conclusions without asking me first?" a voice
spoke from the doorway. The voice didn't sound angry.
Everyone turned their attention to the doorway.
Kyoukotsu quickly put his plate on the table when he realized who it was. "B-but I thought...Kagome-sama..." he halted himself when he noticed that Sesshoumaru was carrying a familiar person in his arms.
His eyes widened as he realized who is was, Kyoukotsu and Kouga did the same at the same time. "K-Kagome-sama!!!" he cried out.
To Kagome's surprise, all three youkai jumped out of their chairs and kneeled
in front of Sesshoumaru, with their heads facing the floor. [AN: With one knee
up and the other on the floor, like a knight kneeling in front of a king]
"W-what are you guys__" Kagome asked startled but was cut of by Renkotsu.
"I apologize for my disrespectful and impudent behavio r before, Kagome-sama." he said with a low voice, without looking up.
Kagome widened her eyes.
"We would like Kagome-sama to know that we respect her and will continue to do so for the rest of our lives." Kyoukotsu continued.
"And we will always be loyal to her and Sesshoumaru-sama." Kouga finished.
Kagome couldn't say anything; she only looked down at the three youkai that kneeled down for her.
When she looked up at Sesshoumaru, he only smiled at her.
Kagome wanted to say something, but before she could do it, her body became gradually limp and exhausted. M-my body...I feel...so...tired.... Kagome thought as she slowly closed her eyes and let her head fall against Sesshoumaru's chest.
Sesshoumaru's eyes widened when he felt Kagome's head against his chest.
"Kagome!" he called out worriedly.
Kyoukotsu, Renkotsu and Kouga quickly looked up and all cried out her name worriedly at the same time. "Kagome-sama!!"
Sango smiled. "Don't worry, she's only sleeping." Sango said reassuringly, standing behind the dining table.
[AN: In case you might be wondering the whereabouts of Kirara, she's outside guarding the stables most of the time.]
Posted: 11 August 2003
Last Edited: 12 February 2004 (re-edited because of tags problem)
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