DISSCLAIMER: I do not own Inuyasha…………..
Thank you fro the quick reviews. I am going to update as soon as possible. This Next weekend I will not be able to. But who knows I may have a lot of updates before then, At least that is my hope. I would like to say thank you to those that have reviewed my story already.
Aisuru - Thank you for pointing that out. I have made the changes. I feel so foolish ; )!
Kagome waves goodbye to her family as she walks back to the well. 'I need to start regulating what Mom puts in my bag.' she thinks to herself as she once again shifts the weight before jumping over the rim of the well.
Kagome feels the usual disorientation of being pulled through time as she lands hard on the other side of the well. "Ouch!! When am I ever going to get that landing down?" She gingerly rubs her behind as she looks up to the opening of the well. Kagome sees the fall of white hair shinning in the sun and yells up, "Hey! Inuyasha are you just going to lean against the side of the well or are you going to help me. Mom loaded me down again. But she did give me treats for everyone!" If Kagome knew Inuyasha the last would at least motivate him to help with her backpack, if nothing else.
"My, my. If I didn't know better I would think that my brother really was just a stupid dog to be lured into following orders for the sake of a 'treat'," Sesshomaru said in disdain. He gracefully pushed himself off of the well and fully turned to look down at the miko struggling to maintain her composure.
"Sesshomaru! What are you doing here? Where is Inuyasha?" Kagome then realized how perilous her situation was. She was trapped in the well! If she could turn around and go back to her time she would be safe , but she needed the momentum from the height of the well to open the time rift.
As she looked around frantically for an escape route Sesshomaru breathed in her sent. 'Fear mixed with cherry blossoms. How odd.' Usually the sweaty stench of frightened humans repulsed him, but this pathetic girl smelled almost unnatural. "Inuyasha seems to have left with the others to look for you elsewhere." He reached a hand down to help her up. He was sick of craning his neck to look down into the well and he wanted answers.
Kagome looked up to the offending hand, "HA! YOU are going to help ME out? You have got to be kidding me!" She continued to stare up at Sesshomaru's hand, wondering if she should trust him or not. Thinking better of it she plopped ungracefully down on the hard floor.
"If I were going to kill you I would have by now. But I do have some questions for you. I will give you a choice. Be forewarned you will answer them ether way." With this he jumped down the well to grab her gear and toss her over his shoulder.
"EEEEEEK!!!! Just what do you think you are doing? Let me down you creep!" Kagome started flailing and hitting his back and front with her legs and arms.
"ENOUGH!" With his exclamation Kagome froze. All action on her part stopped as he fluidly jumped out of the well and unceremoniously dumped her on the ground. " Would you rather I left you down there to rot while I watched? As entertaining as that might have been I will have the answers to my questions."
Kagome watched his face in amazement. Not one emotion marred his stoic features. She could hear the heat in his voice yet every other aspect of Sesshomaru remained calm and steady. So unlike Inuyasha. Yet, the same annoyance came through his soft voice. "How on earth do you do that?", she wondered out loud.
" I, Lord Sesshomaru, do not have time for your pathetic antics. Now, as I was saying , you WILL answer all of my questions. One way is by me asking and you politely telling me. The other….Well, lets just say one of us will not like that option as much as the first. Trust me when I say I will be happy to show you if you don't cooperate." As he said this he crept closer and closer to Kagomes form still sprawled where he dropped her. His golden eyes sparkling in anticipation. Willing her to challenge him.
Kagome, finally realizing how close he was getting, began to slide away her legs scraping on the rough ground. " I can not help you get the Tetsusaiga. Kill me now and get it over with. You would have to go after a girl to get what you want. Not enough of a man to take it from Inuyasha. You have no honor." Her head jerked up in defiance, eyes glittering with anger.
"You dare speak to Sesshomaru about honor bitch?" CRACK! He could fell the slight sting in his hand from the smack he had given her. He hoped he hadn't hit her to hard. He still had questions he wanted answered.
He walked over to where Kagome's body had landed from the blow. None to gently nudging her with the toe of his shoe. "Wake up bitch," Sesshomaru growled. "You speak to me about honor yet you follow my useless hanyou brother."
Kagome woke with a start as he nudged her with his foot again. "Baka!" She slowly set up feeling all the new bruises and bumps that were quickly making themselves known. She looked up into the cold golden eyes that were watching her. " What do you want to know Sesshomaru?"
Sesshomaru smirked at how easy it was to get her to cooperate. " I knew you would be easy to tame. My brother should have taken care of your defiant streak long ago."
He began surveying the area listening for the return of her companions. The day was getting late and they were due to be back soon. He still was not entirely sure he wanted his brother to know he had been here. He contemplated taking the miko with him but decided that he wouldn't be able to tolerate her presence for that long. Finally coming to a decision he spun around to the girl.
"I shall leave you here as you are. You WILL NOT let any one know you have seen me. You WILL come to the springs where you wash tomorrow. You WILL be alone. You WILL answer my questions. If you do not comply, those you hold dear will come to a horrific end. Never say that I am not a merciful Lord Sesshomaru." With that last order he turned and with one fluid jump, Sesshomaru was gone.
"Damn, what am I going to do now. I feel like hell. I can feel my face bruising. And HE doesn't want anyone to know he has talked to me!" Kagome slowly stood up searching for her discarded backpack in the waning light. She knew she couldn't go back to her time. Her mother would kill if she seen her face. Maybe she could keep the truth from Inuyasha and the others. The last thing she wanted to happen is someone else getting hurt because of her stupid actions. Why couldn't she ever just go home in peace anymore? Things were getting so complicated.
Kagome gathered up her things and walked slowly toward the village trying to think of a reasonable excuse as to why her body was sore and her face were bruised.
