Ch13
~*Kagome's P.O.V*~
I feel something hit me and open my eyes to find that I am currently laying in a hole. A deep, rectangular hole, with Tetseiga resting upon my stomach, my hands on the hilt of Tetseiga. Ok, this is a tad bit creepy. Wait, holding Tetseiga semi-dramatically, laying in the bottom of rectangular hole, and apparently the thing that was hitting was dirt....oh shit. My throat hurts, but I still manage to get out the words, "I'm not dead yet!"
Surprisingly, it's SesshouMaru's face that pears down from the top of the hole. WAIT! Rewind. And Pause. SesshouMaru's looking at me from the top of my 'grave' and I still have Tetseiga. Two things. Fear and confusion. And now one of his hand is coming towards me....OH NO! HE'S GOING TO POISON ME!!! I DON'T WANT TO EVER HAVE TO FEEL THAT STUFF AGAIN! WHAT IF TETSEIGA DOESN'T PROTECT ME THIS TIME?! WHAT IF HE SLITS MY THROAT THEN PUTS POISON IN IT?! WHAT IF- hold on...I'm not dead yet. In fact, he's pulling me up by my wrist.
Inuyasha was just kind of watching, ~Is it just me, or is this odd? I mean, if he really thought that you were dead, why would he burry you, much less let you keep Tetseiga?~
I honestly don't know.
~*Normal P.O.V*~
SesshouMaru smirked as he smelt fear radiating off of the miko, then confusion replaced fear. He grabbed her wrist, and pulled up to meet his eye level, "Boo."
Kagome almost pissed herself, "Uhm.......hi?"
"You're not dead."
"Yes, I noticed that. Can you put me down now?"
SesshouMaru smirked, "I CAN, but I don't think that I WILL."
Inside Inuyasha was upset, ~What the Hell is he doing?! Where's the fox?!!!
"WILL you put me down, please?" Kagome was just as confused as Inuyasha.
"If you insist." SesshouMaru released her wrist, causing her to drop to the ground. "In case you're wondering, the thief is still out there burring bodies, and the kit and the cat are paying their respects to your former companions."
Kagome stood up, "Why-"
He cut her off, "Am I not trying to kill you?" Kagome nodded, so he continued, "Because I hold some amount of respect for you."
"Can you point in the direction my friends are at?" She asked. SesshouMaru pointed, and she walked in that direction.
Inuyasha was now talking, ~I bet it's a trick! SesshouMaru is probebly working with Naraku, he'll kill us in our sleep.~
'Inuyasha, can you shut up for a moment. I know that you don't like your brother, but that doesn't mean that he's going to kill us when our backs are turned. Besides, I can see the graves now, we might as well give them a moment of silence out of respect for the dead.' Kagome walked up to the graves, and kneeled down next to Shippou. She lowered her head, and gave a silent prayer for her friends.
Shippou looked over at Kagome, and smiled, "You're alive!" he said as he jumped up and hugged her.
"Yes, I've established that." Kagome said as she held her kit. "Can you tell me where Yoko is? I heard that he was burying bodies, and figured that he might need a hand."
Shippou nodded, "He's that way." the young fox pointed north-west and Kagome left in that direction.
~*~*~*~
Yoko dug a hole, and tossed a body in. He was startled when he heard Kagome's voice behind him, "If you're going to burry the dead, do it respectfully. It's not right to simply toss them in like that."
He turned around to see her standing there, smiling at him. Kagome was a bit bruised, but not too bad. He ran over and hugged her, "You're not dead!"
"I've been hearing things like that a lot today...why would you think that I was dead?"
Yoko put her down from the hug and looked her in the eyes, "Kagome, your heart stopped."
"W-what do you mean by 'your heart stopped'?"
"After Naraku left, you dropped to the ground. I asked SesshouMaru to leave, since neither of us wanted to fight, but he insisted upon staying to burry Sango, Miroku, Kohaku, and Naraku's minions. We thought that you had fainted, but when I picked you up...I couldn't hear a heartbeat. Your body was cold, you weren't breathing, and you had no pulse, so we thought that you were dead. Shippou, Kirara, and myself couldn't bring ourselves to burry you because...that would mean that we would have to admit the fact that you were really gone, so SesshouMaru volunteered to do it."
Kagome stared at Yoko blankly for a little while, and Inuyasha was yelling about lying foxes and impossibilities. ~HE'S NOT TELLING THE TRUTH AND YOU KNOW IT! THERE'S NO WAY YOUR HEART COULD OF STOPPED! I KNEW HE WASN'T TRUSTWORTHY!~
'Inuyasha. SHUT UP! Why would he lie about something like this? Huh? You don't know, do you?!' When Inuyasha failed to respond, Kagome spoke out loud, "How is any of that possible?"
"I don't know."
"Well," Kagome looked around, "we can worry about that later, now we have to burry people. Have you preyed for them?" Yoko shook his head 'no'. Kagome sighed, "I'll do that, and you can work of putting bodies in the ground. But, don't just throw them in like that." Yoko nodded, and they spent the rest of the day laying the dead to rest.
~*~*~*~
That night Shippou and Kirara slept in Kagome's arms, and Kagome stayed awake, glancing at SesshouMaru every so often. SesshouMaru sighed, "I'm not going to kill you in your sleep, if that's what you think, miko."
~He will too!~ Inuyasha said. Kagome just ignored both of them.
Yoko chuckled, "I don't that's what's keeping her awake. It might be the slight embarrassment of you hearing her have an argument with your late brother."
"Do not insult my family by making jokes out of my fool of a HALF- brother!" SesshouMaru growled out.
"I don't mean to offend, but he isn't as gone as you might think. Isn't that right, Kagome?"
Kagome frowned, "You think this is funny don't you? Feh, I'd like to see YOU put up with an annoying voice in your head!"
Yoko chuckled again, "Kagome, your Inuyasha is showing."
"Whatever. I'm going to bath." Kagome said as she stood up. "Shippou, Kirara, do you two want to come?" Kagome asked. Shippou nodded, and Kirara mewed. The three walked off to the spring they had been at the night before. (the group didn't move too far away from where they were.)
Yoko watched them leave, then stood up and started to follow. He stopped when a certain demon lord got in his way, "Might I remind you that the only reason Naraku was able to trap you was because no one guarded your camp?"
Yoko growled, but went back to where he was and sat down, "I was just going to make sure that nothing happened to her." He pouted a few minutes, before dashing off. SesshouMaru growled, but decided it would be a waist of time to follow the fox.
~*~*~*~
Kagome and Shippou undressed, and got into the water. They played around for a little while, and Kirara laid on a near-by rock. After a little while, Kagome began to wash herself, and Shippou. She hummed the tune to 'Glycerin' as she did.
A thorned (I'm not sure if that's a real word, but it is now!) whip came at her from the forest. This time, Kagome didn't hesitate to grab Tetseiga. When the whip came again, she blocked it, and ran towards the spot it came out of. Waiting for her was Yoko, smirking, "You were able to get your sword and find me quickly, but will that be enough?"
Kagome put Tetseiga in an offensive pose, "Bring it on!"
Yoko tried to hit her with his whip, but it was blocked every time. He decided to discard the whip in favor of his claws. He rushed her, but got thrown into a tree by a white blur before he got to his 'pray'. Groaning, he looked up to see SesshouMaru standing in front of a blushing Kagome, who was now trying to hide herself behind Tetseiga.
SesshouMaru scoffed, "If you two are done playing, I would like to have some questions answered back at the camp." That said, he looked at Kagome, "Oh, and miko, learn some modesty for Kami's sake!" Then he started to walk back.
Kagome growled, "Basterd." She went back to the spring, and started to get dressed.
Yoko followed her, "My, my, I do believe that Inuyasha's presence is having quit the effect on you. Was he always like that?"
"No, Inuyasha wouldn't have stopped at calling him a basterd."
"I was talking about SesshouMaru's attitude, not Inuyasha's."
Shippou, who was now dressed and watching the two grown-ups, spoke, "Every time that I have seen SesshouMaru, he's trying to get Tetseiga, and kill Inuyasha. That's about all we know about him."
Kagome nodded, "Inuyasha says that he's an 'Arrogant basterd who can't handle the fact that he can't get what he wants, like an egotistical little brat who walks around as though he owns everything.' But, I don't think he's that little. I mean, he totally dwarfs Inuyasha." (I'M TALKING ABOUT HEIGHT YOU HENTAIS! Although.....) Yoko looked like he was trying not to laugh, and Shippou looked like he was going to piss himself. Kagome took the hint a moment to late, "He's right behind me, isn't he?"
"Yes, I am." SesshouMaru said, as he scowled at her. "By the way, since we're currently in the Western Lands, I DO own everything. Now come on, there's better things to do than wasting time by talking about me 'behind my back', and failing to do so at that." Then he turned back to camp. Everyone followed him in silence, and Kagome looked like she was about to have a heart-attack.
~*~*~*~
Kagome explained about Inuyasha to SesshouMaru. (I don't feel like re- stating it, but if you are completely clueless as to why Inuyasha is in her head, or 'subconscious', then feel free to ask, and I'll explain it to the best of my abilities.) SesshouMaru raised an eyebrow, "And you've been putting up with his endless bantering since he died? I'm surprised that you have yet to go insane."
~What the Hell was that suppose to mean?! That's it, I'm gonna kill him!~ Inuyasha ranted on like that for a while.
Kagome sighed, "He can hear you. And now he won't shut up." Kagome threw a rock at SesshouMaru, who easily dodged.
Yoko decided to as something that was bothering him, "SesshouMaru, where is the ward that you were prepared to die for?"
"While you and the miko were fighting, I took her to my palace. She is to wait there with Jaken." SesshouMaru said in his monotonous voice.
Kagome shuddered, "You left her alone with Jaken?!" (for convenience, we're going to pretend that Kagome knows Rin, and vice-verse)
"Do you have a problem with my decision, miko?"
"Yes, I do."
"Care to be more specific."
"Let's put it this way, would YOU like to be left alone with Jaken?"
After thinking about this, SesshouMaru stood up, "I'll be back in the morning." After saying that, he left to retrieve Rin. Yoko smirked as Kagome laid down to bed, Shippou on her stomach, and Kirara next to her.
~*Kagome's P.O.V*~
I feel something hit me and open my eyes to find that I am currently laying in a hole. A deep, rectangular hole, with Tetseiga resting upon my stomach, my hands on the hilt of Tetseiga. Ok, this is a tad bit creepy. Wait, holding Tetseiga semi-dramatically, laying in the bottom of rectangular hole, and apparently the thing that was hitting was dirt....oh shit. My throat hurts, but I still manage to get out the words, "I'm not dead yet!"
Surprisingly, it's SesshouMaru's face that pears down from the top of the hole. WAIT! Rewind. And Pause. SesshouMaru's looking at me from the top of my 'grave' and I still have Tetseiga. Two things. Fear and confusion. And now one of his hand is coming towards me....OH NO! HE'S GOING TO POISON ME!!! I DON'T WANT TO EVER HAVE TO FEEL THAT STUFF AGAIN! WHAT IF TETSEIGA DOESN'T PROTECT ME THIS TIME?! WHAT IF HE SLITS MY THROAT THEN PUTS POISON IN IT?! WHAT IF- hold on...I'm not dead yet. In fact, he's pulling me up by my wrist.
Inuyasha was just kind of watching, ~Is it just me, or is this odd? I mean, if he really thought that you were dead, why would he burry you, much less let you keep Tetseiga?~
I honestly don't know.
~*Normal P.O.V*~
SesshouMaru smirked as he smelt fear radiating off of the miko, then confusion replaced fear. He grabbed her wrist, and pulled up to meet his eye level, "Boo."
Kagome almost pissed herself, "Uhm.......hi?"
"You're not dead."
"Yes, I noticed that. Can you put me down now?"
SesshouMaru smirked, "I CAN, but I don't think that I WILL."
Inside Inuyasha was upset, ~What the Hell is he doing?! Where's the fox?!!!
"WILL you put me down, please?" Kagome was just as confused as Inuyasha.
"If you insist." SesshouMaru released her wrist, causing her to drop to the ground. "In case you're wondering, the thief is still out there burring bodies, and the kit and the cat are paying their respects to your former companions."
Kagome stood up, "Why-"
He cut her off, "Am I not trying to kill you?" Kagome nodded, so he continued, "Because I hold some amount of respect for you."
"Can you point in the direction my friends are at?" She asked. SesshouMaru pointed, and she walked in that direction.
Inuyasha was now talking, ~I bet it's a trick! SesshouMaru is probebly working with Naraku, he'll kill us in our sleep.~
'Inuyasha, can you shut up for a moment. I know that you don't like your brother, but that doesn't mean that he's going to kill us when our backs are turned. Besides, I can see the graves now, we might as well give them a moment of silence out of respect for the dead.' Kagome walked up to the graves, and kneeled down next to Shippou. She lowered her head, and gave a silent prayer for her friends.
Shippou looked over at Kagome, and smiled, "You're alive!" he said as he jumped up and hugged her.
"Yes, I've established that." Kagome said as she held her kit. "Can you tell me where Yoko is? I heard that he was burying bodies, and figured that he might need a hand."
Shippou nodded, "He's that way." the young fox pointed north-west and Kagome left in that direction.
~*~*~*~
Yoko dug a hole, and tossed a body in. He was startled when he heard Kagome's voice behind him, "If you're going to burry the dead, do it respectfully. It's not right to simply toss them in like that."
He turned around to see her standing there, smiling at him. Kagome was a bit bruised, but not too bad. He ran over and hugged her, "You're not dead!"
"I've been hearing things like that a lot today...why would you think that I was dead?"
Yoko put her down from the hug and looked her in the eyes, "Kagome, your heart stopped."
"W-what do you mean by 'your heart stopped'?"
"After Naraku left, you dropped to the ground. I asked SesshouMaru to leave, since neither of us wanted to fight, but he insisted upon staying to burry Sango, Miroku, Kohaku, and Naraku's minions. We thought that you had fainted, but when I picked you up...I couldn't hear a heartbeat. Your body was cold, you weren't breathing, and you had no pulse, so we thought that you were dead. Shippou, Kirara, and myself couldn't bring ourselves to burry you because...that would mean that we would have to admit the fact that you were really gone, so SesshouMaru volunteered to do it."
Kagome stared at Yoko blankly for a little while, and Inuyasha was yelling about lying foxes and impossibilities. ~HE'S NOT TELLING THE TRUTH AND YOU KNOW IT! THERE'S NO WAY YOUR HEART COULD OF STOPPED! I KNEW HE WASN'T TRUSTWORTHY!~
'Inuyasha. SHUT UP! Why would he lie about something like this? Huh? You don't know, do you?!' When Inuyasha failed to respond, Kagome spoke out loud, "How is any of that possible?"
"I don't know."
"Well," Kagome looked around, "we can worry about that later, now we have to burry people. Have you preyed for them?" Yoko shook his head 'no'. Kagome sighed, "I'll do that, and you can work of putting bodies in the ground. But, don't just throw them in like that." Yoko nodded, and they spent the rest of the day laying the dead to rest.
~*~*~*~
That night Shippou and Kirara slept in Kagome's arms, and Kagome stayed awake, glancing at SesshouMaru every so often. SesshouMaru sighed, "I'm not going to kill you in your sleep, if that's what you think, miko."
~He will too!~ Inuyasha said. Kagome just ignored both of them.
Yoko chuckled, "I don't that's what's keeping her awake. It might be the slight embarrassment of you hearing her have an argument with your late brother."
"Do not insult my family by making jokes out of my fool of a HALF- brother!" SesshouMaru growled out.
"I don't mean to offend, but he isn't as gone as you might think. Isn't that right, Kagome?"
Kagome frowned, "You think this is funny don't you? Feh, I'd like to see YOU put up with an annoying voice in your head!"
Yoko chuckled again, "Kagome, your Inuyasha is showing."
"Whatever. I'm going to bath." Kagome said as she stood up. "Shippou, Kirara, do you two want to come?" Kagome asked. Shippou nodded, and Kirara mewed. The three walked off to the spring they had been at the night before. (the group didn't move too far away from where they were.)
Yoko watched them leave, then stood up and started to follow. He stopped when a certain demon lord got in his way, "Might I remind you that the only reason Naraku was able to trap you was because no one guarded your camp?"
Yoko growled, but went back to where he was and sat down, "I was just going to make sure that nothing happened to her." He pouted a few minutes, before dashing off. SesshouMaru growled, but decided it would be a waist of time to follow the fox.
~*~*~*~
Kagome and Shippou undressed, and got into the water. They played around for a little while, and Kirara laid on a near-by rock. After a little while, Kagome began to wash herself, and Shippou. She hummed the tune to 'Glycerin' as she did.
A thorned (I'm not sure if that's a real word, but it is now!) whip came at her from the forest. This time, Kagome didn't hesitate to grab Tetseiga. When the whip came again, she blocked it, and ran towards the spot it came out of. Waiting for her was Yoko, smirking, "You were able to get your sword and find me quickly, but will that be enough?"
Kagome put Tetseiga in an offensive pose, "Bring it on!"
Yoko tried to hit her with his whip, but it was blocked every time. He decided to discard the whip in favor of his claws. He rushed her, but got thrown into a tree by a white blur before he got to his 'pray'. Groaning, he looked up to see SesshouMaru standing in front of a blushing Kagome, who was now trying to hide herself behind Tetseiga.
SesshouMaru scoffed, "If you two are done playing, I would like to have some questions answered back at the camp." That said, he looked at Kagome, "Oh, and miko, learn some modesty for Kami's sake!" Then he started to walk back.
Kagome growled, "Basterd." She went back to the spring, and started to get dressed.
Yoko followed her, "My, my, I do believe that Inuyasha's presence is having quit the effect on you. Was he always like that?"
"No, Inuyasha wouldn't have stopped at calling him a basterd."
"I was talking about SesshouMaru's attitude, not Inuyasha's."
Shippou, who was now dressed and watching the two grown-ups, spoke, "Every time that I have seen SesshouMaru, he's trying to get Tetseiga, and kill Inuyasha. That's about all we know about him."
Kagome nodded, "Inuyasha says that he's an 'Arrogant basterd who can't handle the fact that he can't get what he wants, like an egotistical little brat who walks around as though he owns everything.' But, I don't think he's that little. I mean, he totally dwarfs Inuyasha." (I'M TALKING ABOUT HEIGHT YOU HENTAIS! Although.....) Yoko looked like he was trying not to laugh, and Shippou looked like he was going to piss himself. Kagome took the hint a moment to late, "He's right behind me, isn't he?"
"Yes, I am." SesshouMaru said, as he scowled at her. "By the way, since we're currently in the Western Lands, I DO own everything. Now come on, there's better things to do than wasting time by talking about me 'behind my back', and failing to do so at that." Then he turned back to camp. Everyone followed him in silence, and Kagome looked like she was about to have a heart-attack.
~*~*~*~
Kagome explained about Inuyasha to SesshouMaru. (I don't feel like re- stating it, but if you are completely clueless as to why Inuyasha is in her head, or 'subconscious', then feel free to ask, and I'll explain it to the best of my abilities.) SesshouMaru raised an eyebrow, "And you've been putting up with his endless bantering since he died? I'm surprised that you have yet to go insane."
~What the Hell was that suppose to mean?! That's it, I'm gonna kill him!~ Inuyasha ranted on like that for a while.
Kagome sighed, "He can hear you. And now he won't shut up." Kagome threw a rock at SesshouMaru, who easily dodged.
Yoko decided to as something that was bothering him, "SesshouMaru, where is the ward that you were prepared to die for?"
"While you and the miko were fighting, I took her to my palace. She is to wait there with Jaken." SesshouMaru said in his monotonous voice.
Kagome shuddered, "You left her alone with Jaken?!" (for convenience, we're going to pretend that Kagome knows Rin, and vice-verse)
"Do you have a problem with my decision, miko?"
"Yes, I do."
"Care to be more specific."
"Let's put it this way, would YOU like to be left alone with Jaken?"
After thinking about this, SesshouMaru stood up, "I'll be back in the morning." After saying that, he left to retrieve Rin. Yoko smirked as Kagome laid down to bed, Shippou on her stomach, and Kirara next to her.