Sesshoumaru and Kagome spent several days together, both to let his
injuries heal completely and to enjoy the bliss that they had just found in
each other. One morning they were sitting under a large plum tree talking
happily when Sesshoumaru grew serious and quiet.
"What's wrong, love," Kagome asked.
Sesshoumaru looked at her tenderly, "You will still leave me, won't you?"
Kagome looked down and tears came to her eyes. "Sesshoumaru, it is not what you think," she said softly. Still he looked hurt so she continued, "I came from a different time, 500 years in the future. One day I fell down the well you found me in and was transported here. It was the Shikon jewel that allowed me to go back and forth between both times. I don't belong here."
Sesshoumaru took all this in and sighed as he wrapped his arms around Kagome and pulled her onto his lap. "You don't belong here, but you belong with me," he whispered in her hair so softly she couldn't hear it. "What if," he said aloud, "I were to go with you to your time?"
"But what about Rin, and your lands? Who would take care of them?" Kagome asked seriously. Sesshoumaru sighed. It seemed impossible. Kagome thought of her life in modern Japan. What was she going back to? School? No, while school was important, it really wouldn't be necessary if she decided to stay in the feudal age. Her family? She could always go back to see them, it would just be like she lived in a different town. More than anything it was the comfort that she felt in knowing the customs of the modern age. Not to mention all the conveniences. She had always felt a bit like an outsider in the warring era.
"What are you thinking of?" Sesshoumaru asked her.
"I was wondering why I wanted to go back home," she whispered.
"And what did you decide?" he asked seriously.
"That I want to go back because I am used of that time," she said with a little laugh. "Kind of foolish, huh?"
"No, I do not think so. But, does this conclusion mean you will stay here with me?" he asked eagerly. Kagome laughed again. Never would she have guessed that she would see that side of Sesshoumaru. She hadn't even thought he had that side to him.
"I think I will," she said with a smile. "But, please let me go back to my time for a year to settle some things there." He looked at her with the cutest sad puppy-dog eyes causing her to laugh again. "I'll come see you as much as I can," she laughed.
On the morning that Sesshoumaru and Kagome set out for the Bone- Eaters Well, they were accompanied by Kali, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Rin, and Xing (the revived fox youkai who had warned Sesshoumaru to the fall of the North Fort). Shippo was fascinated by Xing, who was teaching him how to do a foxfire illusion that made a pine needle look like a sword, and Rin was fascinated by both of the foxes beautiful tails.
Sesshoumaru was back in his normal regal personality. Distant enough from Kagome to look the part of a powerful youkai lord, but close enough that he could her the wind whistle through her hair. Kagome didn't mind that he wasn't paying much attention to her, because her attention was elsewhere too. In her mind she turned over the events of the last months, trying to piece together the puzzle that had pained her so much in the beginning. Why had Inu-Yasha betrayed her?
As they walked along the dusty road they came across an old man sitting cross-legged on the road side. His eyes were closed and he appeared to be deep in mediation. As they came closer to him his blind eyes opened. "The eternal child," he called out in a raspy voice. The group came to a surprised halt.
"What did you say, kind sir?" Miroku asked politely.
"The eternal child walks with you," he said.
"Why do you speak in riddles, human?" Lord Sesshoumaru asked firmly. "Explain yourself."
"In your presence walks she who was a goddess. She who fought the evil forgery of the jewel of four souls. An wicked conjurer set a spell upon her and she shall never to grow until the jewel of the four souls rested in her breast again." All eyes turned to Rin who had started playing again with Shippo. Could it be that she was this eternal child?
"What's wrong, love," Kagome asked.
Sesshoumaru looked at her tenderly, "You will still leave me, won't you?"
Kagome looked down and tears came to her eyes. "Sesshoumaru, it is not what you think," she said softly. Still he looked hurt so she continued, "I came from a different time, 500 years in the future. One day I fell down the well you found me in and was transported here. It was the Shikon jewel that allowed me to go back and forth between both times. I don't belong here."
Sesshoumaru took all this in and sighed as he wrapped his arms around Kagome and pulled her onto his lap. "You don't belong here, but you belong with me," he whispered in her hair so softly she couldn't hear it. "What if," he said aloud, "I were to go with you to your time?"
"But what about Rin, and your lands? Who would take care of them?" Kagome asked seriously. Sesshoumaru sighed. It seemed impossible. Kagome thought of her life in modern Japan. What was she going back to? School? No, while school was important, it really wouldn't be necessary if she decided to stay in the feudal age. Her family? She could always go back to see them, it would just be like she lived in a different town. More than anything it was the comfort that she felt in knowing the customs of the modern age. Not to mention all the conveniences. She had always felt a bit like an outsider in the warring era.
"What are you thinking of?" Sesshoumaru asked her.
"I was wondering why I wanted to go back home," she whispered.
"And what did you decide?" he asked seriously.
"That I want to go back because I am used of that time," she said with a little laugh. "Kind of foolish, huh?"
"No, I do not think so. But, does this conclusion mean you will stay here with me?" he asked eagerly. Kagome laughed again. Never would she have guessed that she would see that side of Sesshoumaru. She hadn't even thought he had that side to him.
"I think I will," she said with a smile. "But, please let me go back to my time for a year to settle some things there." He looked at her with the cutest sad puppy-dog eyes causing her to laugh again. "I'll come see you as much as I can," she laughed.
On the morning that Sesshoumaru and Kagome set out for the Bone- Eaters Well, they were accompanied by Kali, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Rin, and Xing (the revived fox youkai who had warned Sesshoumaru to the fall of the North Fort). Shippo was fascinated by Xing, who was teaching him how to do a foxfire illusion that made a pine needle look like a sword, and Rin was fascinated by both of the foxes beautiful tails.
Sesshoumaru was back in his normal regal personality. Distant enough from Kagome to look the part of a powerful youkai lord, but close enough that he could her the wind whistle through her hair. Kagome didn't mind that he wasn't paying much attention to her, because her attention was elsewhere too. In her mind she turned over the events of the last months, trying to piece together the puzzle that had pained her so much in the beginning. Why had Inu-Yasha betrayed her?
As they walked along the dusty road they came across an old man sitting cross-legged on the road side. His eyes were closed and he appeared to be deep in mediation. As they came closer to him his blind eyes opened. "The eternal child," he called out in a raspy voice. The group came to a surprised halt.
"What did you say, kind sir?" Miroku asked politely.
"The eternal child walks with you," he said.
"Why do you speak in riddles, human?" Lord Sesshoumaru asked firmly. "Explain yourself."
"In your presence walks she who was a goddess. She who fought the evil forgery of the jewel of four souls. An wicked conjurer set a spell upon her and she shall never to grow until the jewel of the four souls rested in her breast again." All eyes turned to Rin who had started playing again with Shippo. Could it be that she was this eternal child?