Sesshy: Ok, explain this to me again. Where are we?
Landlady: *munching on Doritos while watching the Gargoyles marathon* In my domain, Ellycian.
B0b: Watch, he'll try to beat it out of her.
J0rge: No one's that stupid.
B0b: Wanna bet?
J0rge: You're on.
Sesshy: And how do I get out of here?
LL: Mmmph, mmph, mph. *swallows* I told you, you get to find your own way out.
Sesshy: How am I supposed to get out when there aren't any doors?
LL: Umm, find a window?
Sesshy: There aren't any windows either!
LL: *waves her hand and a bucket of dog treats appears* Here. Shut up and watch TV.
A/N: I'm really swamped with school work, so the next chapter may be a little late. *winces* I'll try my best to get the next chapter out this weekend, but I can't promise anything. *sniffles* Oh yea, and thanks for all your wonderful feedback so far, it's been really inspiring!
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I don't own Sesshy, he's just 'visiting'.
Chapter 4: Befriending the Devil
Kagome held her breath as the deer that she was hunting trotted warily past her hiding place in the surrounding trees. Her hand tightened around her glaive as she shifted ever so slightly into a better position. The buck paused, sniffing the surrounding air. Kagome wasn't worried; she had positioned herself upwind. Satisfied that he was safe, the deer began to graze.
Kagome leapt, and with a swish of her blade, the animal was dead.
Pulling out a dagger that she had borrowed from Sesshoumaru, she began to skin the animal, taking as much meat as she could carry. It still bothered her, killing an innocent animal, but she knew that the 'great lord' Sesshoumaru wasn't going to bother to feed her. And since she was no longer going back and forth between her world and this one, she no longer had the option of snitching food from her fridge. Who would have thought that she would miss chocolate so much?
Pausing in her work, Kagome glanced up at the sky. One month, it had been one month since she had last seen her family. Was her grandpa ok? How was her mom holding up? Kagome sighed, and forced herself to concentrate on her task. Worrying would do her no good, especially since she was no longer just a short distance away from the well. It would take at least ten days to get back, and right now, they couldn't afford to turn away from their path, no matter how much she wanted to go home.
Packing her meat into the small pack that she had brought with her, Kagome rose, leaving the corpse to the wolves, or whatever scavenger happened upon it first. Before she left, however, she ran a finger across the creatures nose, giving a silent prayer for the life that she had destroyed to sustain hers. With that, she was gone, faster than she would have thought possible before she had begun to train with Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru. Kagome frowned at the name. The demon lord had been acting very strangely the past few days. Things had started out all right between them. He had been a lot nicer than she had expected when she came to him for help. They hadn't talked too much, but when they did, it was civil, which was more than could be said for her conversations with Inu-Yasha. He listened to her when she spoke; he wasn't afraid to say what he thought either, but he didn't blurt out the first thing that came to mind either. She had almost got him to smile a few times, and he'd actually cracked a joke in her presence. True, it was a rude, sarcastic remark at her expense, but Kagome had decided that it meant that the youkai actually had a sense of humor. A demented sense of humor, but one nonetheless. They had almost become rather friendly.
Then, a few days ago, he had become pissy all of the sudden. It was as if suddenly, he was disgusted by her presence. Kagome frowned at the memory. She didn't like him, she decided, not that it really mattered. But she tried to at least establish a working relationship with him, seeing as they would be traveling together for a while. And the demon lord could try to at least speak with her. But nooo, he had to have violent mood swings and not talk to her for three days. If she didn't know better, Kagome would have said that Sesshoumaru was really a woman and was suffering from PMS. How were they supposed to work together if he wouldn't say two words to her at a time?
Screw it, Kagome thought as she slipped back into camp, its not as if I really expected to become his best friend or anything. He's not going to kill me, or let me be killed, anytime soon, and that's the important part. Dropping her bag, the girl began to gather some firewood to start a blaze to cook on. She was getting pretty good at campfire cooking, if she did say so herself.
Looking around, Kagome vaguely wondered where the demon of her thoughts was hiding. He wasn't at the campsite, not that she had really expected him to be. Most likely, he was off doing whatever dog-demons did to get information. Kagome wasn't about to ask.
A quick glance up at the sun told the girl that it would be getting dark in a few more hours. "Guess we're staying here tonight," she said to no one in particular.
"Oi, Kagome-chan! What are you doing this far north?"
Kagome looked up with a start. Standing on the other side of her small fire was, "K-Kouga-kun! I could ask you the same question." The wolf-youkai grinned at her, and walked around to her, sitting down without an invitation.
"I had some business with another wolf-clan up here. Stinking assholes won't give me the men I need to get my revenge against that bitch."
Kagome nodded as she grabbed a few thin sticks and began sharpening the edges with her dagger to make skewers. "Are you hungry, Kouga-kun?" she asked with a laugh when the wolf-youkai began sniffing at her bag. "I have plenty."
"Sure!" he said enthusiastically, as he grabbed a few sticks from her and helped to skewer some of the meat for cooking. "But why do we have to cook it?"
The girl rolled her eyes without looking away from her task. "You don't have to cook yours if you don't want to."
Kouga grinned and set about devoring some of the meat from her pack. They chatted aimlessly for a while, about rumors of shikon shards and their individual reasons for being in this part of Japan. Kagome was very careful to avoid the subject of her companions. Unfortunately for her, it didn't take too long for the wolf-youkai to notice. "Hey!" he exclaimed, standing up and sniffing the surrounding air, "Where is dog-turd anyway? I don't smell him anywhere near, and I don't appreciate that halfling leaving my woman out here all alone."
"He's," Kagome began, but she stopped when she sensed a familiar presence. A rush of wind blew past her and Sesshoumaru was gripping Kouga by the neck about ten feet away. Oh shit. Kagome carefully set down the meat that she had been cooking before walking over to where the two demons were facing off.
"Who are you?" Sesshoumaru was growling, "And what are you doing in my camp?"
The wolf-demon glared at the demon lord who was holding him a full foot above the ground, but Kagome cut him off before he could answer. "He's my friend, Fluffy. And in case you hadn't noticed, this is my camp too. Let him go." Sesshoumaru obliged by dropping the wolf-demon onto the ground in an undignified heap.
Kouga sprung up with a growl and yelled at the other demon's retreating form, "Hey, dog breath! What are you running away for, you scared?"
Sesshoumaru settled himself by the fire without responding. Kagome sighed and put a hand on Kouga's shoulder to stop him from charging forward. The other went to her forehead in an attempt to ward off a headache. Were all men like this, or was it just the demon blood in them?
"Kouga-kun, I'd like you to meet Sesshoumaru. Fluffy, this is Kouga. You two try not to kill each other." Kagome sat back down at her place by the fire, gnawing on some deer meat that had cooked by now.
"Surely you aren't suggesting that this wolf could kill me." The demon lord asked calmly, turning his flat golden stare to Kagome. She shrugged nonchalantly, and continued to eat.
Expecting some insane boast form the wolf-demon, Kagome turned slightly when none was forthcoming. Kouga was standing a few feet behind her, his eyes fixed on Sesshoumaru and his jaw working furiously. "The lord of the Western Lands? You're that Sesshoumaru?" he finally managed to squeak.
"Do you know any other Sesshoumaru?"
Kouga fell to the ground in a bow, and Kagome nearly choked. Kouga was showing respect for someone? She turned back to Sesshoumaru who was looking on with indifference plastered all over his face like a mask. Kagome couldn't even pick up on any of the subtle signals that she usually used to tell his mood, which probably meant that he was really ticked off.
Springing up, she grabbed the wolf-youkai by the arm and had dragged him nearly twenty feet before his head cleared enough to realize what was going on. He planted his feet firmly, stopping their progress. "Why didn't you tell me you were traveling with Sesshoumaru-sama?" he practically shrieked.
"You didn't ask!" The girl glanced back at her traveling companion and added hastily, "You'd better go, he's getting pissed."
Kouga frowned at her, "You his mate?"
Kagome blinked, "Huh?"
"You heard me."
Lightly shoving the wolf-demon she said, exasperated, "No! I made a deal with him is all. Now go, before he kills you."
Kouga brightened, planting a kiss on her hand. "Ok, then. You take care of my woman, Sesshoumaru-sama!" With one final wave, the wolf-youkai bounded off.
Kagome trudged back to the fire and plopped down, again. "Hey, you didn't tell me you were famous."
He stared at her a moment, before smirking. "You didn't ask." He fell silent for a moment, and when Kagome looked up she realized he was studying her. Instantly, the wolf-youkai's last words popped into her head.
"Just ignore Kouga-kun. He's nice and all, but he's…"
"A moron." Sesshoumaru finished for her.
Kagome sighed. "You could put it that way." Just once, I'd like a quiet meal.
***
Inu-Yasha grinned wildly at the demon in front of him as he pulled out Tetsusaiga. She grinned back at him, taunting him with a claw, daring him to come closer. He sprung with a growl. Behind him, he could vaguely hear his companion's shouts, but the blood rushing through his ears dulled the words so that he couldn't make them out. Before he realized what was happening, the demon ignited a spell that would have burned him to a crisp had something not grabbed him and sharply tugged him backwards out of harm's way. He landed firmly on his rear just as he saw Sango's boomerang whiz past to destroy the demon.
Kikyo was beside him in an instant. "Are you all right?" He nodded, allowing her to help him up, and together they went to grab the shard that the demon had eaten. Shippou's antics drew his attention away for a moment, just as Kikyo bent down to pick up the shard. He caught the dead priestess from the corner of his eye just as she was straightening, and for just a moment, a visage of Kagome flashed through his mind.
Kagome… Why would he think of her now? He had what, or rather who, he wanted. Now that Kikyo and he were finally together again, why should he worry about Kagome? Yet the fact that she was either with or being trailed by his half-brother disturbed him. He knew what Sesshoumaru was capable of, and the thought of him doing anything like that to Kagome made him ill.
Shaking his head furiously, Inu-Yasha tried to rid himself of those thoughts. Kagome didn't belong in this world anyway, she never had. It wasn't like she was important to him or anything; she was just a reincarnation of Kikyo.
The dead priestess put her hand on his shoulder, startling the dog-demon out of his thoughts. He smiled at her when she handed him the shard she had picked up and, on an impulse, pressed a chaste kiss to her lips.
He didn't need Kagome anymore. But why wouldn't the annoying girl from the future stay out of his thoughts?
***
"Are you sure there's a shard around here?" Sesshoumaru asked looking around the abandoned town. The place stunk of humans and fear, and the demon lord had to fight with himself not to cover his sensitive nose. Normally, he enjoyed the tinge of fear, but if there was ever a classic example of too much of a good thing, then this was it. The blind fear the saturated this ghost town unnerved him. It was as if whatever had scared the people had been playing with them before it made the final kill. No one had tried to fight back; there was no scent of the adrenaline rush that usually accompanied a fight.
"Mmm, more than one," Kagome replied distracted by something. When she started away, Sesshoumaru's hand instinctively shot out and grabbed her collar, dragging her back. Before she could protest, he clapped a hand over her mouth to keep her quiet.
"Stay with me," he told her as she glared up at him, "I don't like this place." The fury in her eyes dulled and she nodded. He released her immediately, and together, they set off to explore. Coming to the first house, Kagome pushed at the door, not daring to knock. Neither of them was very surprised when it came open.
The demon lord pushed past his companion and entered the building, checking for any dangers. When he was satisfied that they wouldn't be attacked, he motioned for Kagome to enter. She did, releasing a small gasp as she looked around.
Bodied littered the floor, half-decayed, half-eaten. The silence that could only accompany death filled the place, filling every orifice and threatening to drown them. Kagome inched towards her companion automatically, seeking comfort in his strength. Sesshoumaru didn't seem to be affected by the sight; he was used to it.
The demon was about to turn and leave when a wail cut through the silence. Kagome jumped and latched onto Sesshoumaru's arm, dropping her glaive with a clatter.
"Pick that up," he growled. Kagome obeyed without a word, and set off in the direction of the cry. "Wench!" She was such an idiot sometimes. He followed her, fully expecting to have to rescue her from some danger.
Kagome had a baby in her arms and was cooing softly. There was a crib in the corner that the child had apparently come from. For a moment, the babe quieted, comforted by the reassuring presence. Then, all of the sudden, she was wailing again.
"If you don't shut that thing up, then I will," Sesshoumaru said, wincing at the sound. Kagome merely rolled her eyes and stuck her thumb into the baby's mouth for her to suck on.
"She's just hungry. Here," she thrust the baby at Sesshoumaru, who looked at her as if she was crazy. "Just for a minute Sesshoumaru, please?" With a sigh, he held out his hand. The girl frowned at him and adjusted his arm so that he could hold her safely. Once he had the child, Kagome took off her pack and began digging through it.
The demon lord looked down at the child in disgust. Human babies had to be the ugliest things on the planet. "You're not going to feed this thing are you?"
"Of course," Kagome replied, pulling out her canteen and exchanging the child for her bag. She carefully tipped some of the water in to the child's mouth, wishing that she had a bottle.
Sesshoumaru looked on, bored. "It's just going to die, you know." She ignored him, continuing to feed the baby.
A flash of awareness at the edge of his senses warned him suddenly of danger. He looked up at the roof, tracking whatever was after them. "Kagome. Come here now; get behind me."
She looked up, "What?"
"Just do it." She obeyed, setting down the water bottle and grabbing her glaive. The child started to cry. "Keep that thing quiet." Behind him, Kagome crouched down, desperately trying to comfort the baby.
"What's going on?" she whispered. Before the demon lord got a chance to answer, the roof blew in on them. Kagome bent over, trying to protect the child on her lap, but Sesshoumaru remained standing. The only move he made was to place his hand on his sword hilt.
Two lumps that were attempting to take on human shape landed in front of him. The demon lord narrowed his eyes slightly. Shadow demons. They were called that only because they were the same dark gray color as a shadow, and slightly translucent. But unlike shadows, these creatures were very tangible, and they died just like any normal creature. They weren't true demons, though, but no one was quite sure what they were. Sesshoumaru knew two things about them for sure: they were dangerous and they had an insatiable appetite for humans.
"Kagome," the demon lord called, drawing his sword, "Take the child and get out of here." Without waiting for her argument, he sprung forward. Behind him, he could hear the girl scramble away and out the door. Good. Now he wouldn't have to worry about them getting in the way.
The two shadow demons sprung away from him, looking at each other curiously. "You not human," one of them rasped at him. "Where humans?"
Sesshoumaru didn't bother to answer as he sprung again, slashing at them with his sword. They hissed simultaneously, jumping back again, this time through the hole in the roof that they had come through. The demon followed, hoping that they weren't headed in Kagome's direction.
***
Kagome, at that very moment, was running for her life. Once she felt that she was a good distance from the house where Sesshoumaru was battling those … things, she stopped to comfort the child, who was screaming her head off. Her mind was only half on the task. She kept glancing over her shoulder to where the demon lord was fighting.
While she was looking back, a thud sounded in front of her, and when she turned, one of those things was standing there. The baby started wailing again, and Kagome couldn't blame her; she was tempted to join her. Gripping her glaive in her right hand and cradling the baby close in her other arm, the girl glared defiantly at the creature. He ignored her stare, instead fixating on the child held in her arm.
"You give me child, yesss?" he said, sounding like one would expect a snake to if it had vocal chords. Kagome shivered and cursed her inattention that had allowed him to come so close. The thing was stretching towards her, beginning to look like a snake. Kagome stepped back, holding her glaive in front of her warningly.
"W-What do you want her for?"
A crack opened in the blob that she assumed to be it's head, and a tongue darted out to lick lips that weren't there. "Lunch," it said with a grin. A sick feeling settled into her stomach as Kagome saw that the thing had a jewel shard embedded in its mouth. She looked down at the babe in her arms, and warm feeling fizzed violently under her skin. Carefully, she turned and set the child down at the base of a nearby tree, making a mental note not to back up and step on her.
Against all reason, she slid into an offensive stance. Despite the fact that she had no idea what this thing was, or how powerful it was, despite the fact that it had a jewel shard to make it even stronger, despite the fact that even if she screamed for her protector, there was no way he'd make it in time, Kagome was determined that this thing would never get a hold of the baby.
The creature slid back for a moment, considering. Then, it broke into a wide grin. "You lunch," it proclaimed happily. "That dessert."
"You wish!" Kagome ruthlessly pushed back the fear that coursed through her, and attacked.
***
Sesshoumaru cursed silently as he dodged a blow from the shadow demon, searching for an opening. Blood poured freely from a few of his more serious wounds, but all in all, the shadow was far worse off. One more hit, and he could take this thing down once and for all.
But that wasn't what he was worried about. The other demon had disappeared at the beginning of their fight. He had noticed right away, but this one prevented him from leaving to search for Kagome. He hadn't thought that these two would be a problem, but they were far stronger than any shadows that he had heard of before. They had to have the shards that Kagome had sensed. And if that was the case…
He could only hope that Kagome could hold off the other one until he got there.
Distracted by a scream, he didn't see the creature lunge until it was too late.
***
Kagome launched herself at the creature with a yell. He sprung back effortlessly, only to lunge again. Fingers and claws formed just as he dug into her shoulder, biting deeply. From the corner of her eye, Kagome could see blood, her blood spurt forth, but she bit back a scream and tried to make use of Sesshoumaru's training.
Her glaive darted forward, and she sliced deep into the creature's belly. Thick black ooze seeped from the wound as he darted back. So he can be hurt, good. Kagome didn't stop. She followed up with another quick series of slashes. Each one hit their mark, but it didn't seem to be doing any real harm to the thing.
Chewing nervously on her lower lip, Kagome's eyes darted to the baby, who had been amazingly quiet. The girl gasped at what she saw.
While they had been fighting, the demon had formed a tendril that had wrapped around the child. She wasn't moving, and Kagome had no idea whether she was alive or dead. Needless to say, Kagome saw red.
She screamed.
***
Sesshoumaru went down hard, but he was faking most of the damage. When the shadow demon bent over him to make sure he was dead, his hand shot up and went straight through the thing's neck. He shook the creature off with distain, and finished him with a hefty blast of his poison claws.
In the puddle that was all the remained of the shadow demon, something glinted. Bending over, the demon lord plucked it out of the ooze. A jewel shard. Pocketing it, he glanced over in the direction that Kagome had run.
Just as he turned, a bright red light flashed, nearly blinding him. Sesshoumaru took off at a run. Hoping he wasn't too late.
***
He found Kagome cradling the baby with her back to him. Her glaive was a few feet away, smoking where the blade met the wooden staff. The shadow demon was nowhere to be seen, but a few suspicious spots gave him a pretty good clue as to what had happened to him.
Taking a few steps closer to the girl, he realized she was crying softly. An icy hand gripped his heart as he looked her over anxiously. Grabbing her shoulder, he half-turned her so that he could look her in the face. "Are you injured?" he asked.
"I-I couldn't save her," she whispered, looking down at the baby in her arms. With a start, Sesshoumaru realized that she was dead, her neck probably broken. "I tried to protect her, but I failed." With shaking hands, she set the child down carefully. Sesshoumaru watched intently, fascinated that she would feel so strongly about someone that she had no connection to. "We should bury her," Kagome continued in a firmer voice.
The demon lord frowned. "You killed the shadow demon?" he asked, looking around.
The girl nodded without looking up from the dead baby. "I don't know how though." She pointed at her glaive, "Something happened to it." Her fingers stroked the baby's hair, as if willing her to come back to life. Tears fell from her eyes unheeded.
The demon lord glanced at the smoking glaive next to him one more time, then back at the grieving girl. She had started to dig a grave under the tree with her hands, full of determination but obviously not thinking correctly. As he watched, he touched the hilt of Tenseiga, making up his mind.
Rising, he gripped the girl by the shoulder and pushed her back a bit. She protested with a soft cry, and outright yelled when he unsheathed his sword. "Trust me, Kagome," he said without turning as he watched the body of the child. A few quick slashes, and it was done.
Kagome, on the other hand, was furious. "What are you doing? Stay away from her!" She slapped him, but in her weakened condition, it was nothing more than a tap. Sesshoumaru caught her hand before she could try again.
"Look," he ordered, spinning her around to face the baby. The child wailed, Kagome screeched, and before he realized it, Sesshoumaru found himself at the receiving end of an enthusiastic hug.
"You saved her!" Kagome exclaimed, squeezing him harder. "Thank you!" Releasing him suddenly, she went to the child to calm her down. The demon lord watched her comfort the child with more enthusiasm than was necessary. Pretty soon, the baby was asleep.
Sesshoumaru found the other shard in moments and handed both of them, along with the glaive, to Kagome. She purified the shards with a touch, tucking them into a pouch that contained all they had collected so far. Her glaive she took with more reverence, peering intently at the spot where the heat of the blade had charred the wood. "You must have inserted a spell into the metal," Sesshoumaru theorized.
Kagome shrugged. "Maybe. I was just so mad … I can't explain what happened." She looked at the glaive again to check for any damage and caught sight of herself. "He exploded, and … eww, look at me! I'm covered in demon guts!"
The demon sighed. Why did he ever think that Kagome wasn't squeamish?
Next time on 'Promises': Trouble in the City of Lost Souls…
B0b: *winces as he looks over at Sesshy* Pay up.
J0rge: *grumbles as he pulls out 20 bucks from his pocket* Damn it all, Sesshy! I thought you had some brains.
*LL is pressing an antiseptic soaked cloth to Sesshy's scrapes*
Sesshy: Oww! *swipes at LL* Cut that out!
LL: It's not my fault you decided to attack me. Ellycian happens to take offense when you try that.
Sesshy: I noticed.
LL: Aww, poor Sesshy. *glomps* I'll make it all better. Hmm… *knocks Sesshy down and climbs on top of him* Take off your clothes!
B0b and J0rge: o.O!
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