InuYasha is NOT owned by me, however, Rumiko and all the other companies
that have reserved rights to InuYasha DO!. I'm so jealous of them.
I really appreciated those of you who reviewed, and left such demands for me to write another chapter. I'm sorry that it took me so long, but time consumes a lot of what I have left of every day.
Without further Adieu, I present to you Chapter Six...
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Inuyasha: Of Graves and Bones.
The undead miko walked the earth still, keeping a close watch on Inuyasha as he traveled with his pack of friends. She was sure that he still had thoughts in his mind of what she had said about her reincarnation. The thought of him believing her brought a smile to her cold lips.
She could feel his presence coming closer, and she stopped, awaiting his arrival. It didn't take more then a few moments and Inuyasha crashed through the leaves of some bushes and landed on the ground in front of her.
"Why are you following us?" he asked her, standing up straight.
Kikyou did not answer right away, and came up closer to him, reaching out a hand and placing it on the upper part of his left arm. Inuyasha watched her actions and looked back at her.
"I'm only watching over you. This whole thing with Kagome has you worried, and you shouldn't be. Until you realize that she is not faring as bad as you think she is, I'll be here to watch over you." Kikyou stated, soothing his arm with her hand.
It was sending shocks through his body, from old feelings coming back to him. When she was close, he always felt as if his thoughts were clouded and muddled. He looked down at her, and he almost thought he saw love in her eyes, but realized that he was only seeing Kagome's brownish ones. He blinked and looked back down at her, back into her cold and lifeless eyes.
"Do you not think that being within your handsome brothers presence, that she would not see him in a way that she sees you. Attraction can spark from almost nothing. Think about you and I. Think about how impossible it was, but it happened. It was there, no matter how much you wished to be naive and deny it.. there was love between us. There is still some as of yet." She said, coming in closer to him, pulling him into her web of deceit and lies.
Inuyasha, being that who he was. fell into her trap and thoughts of Kagome's ultimate and painful betrayal on him ran through his head. He could emagine images of Sesshoumaru kissing and holding her in the ways he always invisioned himself doing. Tears started to stream down his face, when all he could see was their embrace in his minds eye.
Kikyou hugged him to her, and she could tell that he was crying. She had done it, she had finally broken his barrier of emotions.
Kikyou grinned maliciously, 'This is going to be good.'
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After she had rocked Rin to sleep, Kagome had carried the little girl back to her own quarters and laid her on the little bed. She looked so peaceful and quiet as she slowly breathed. Kagome stood and walked about the room, pacing back and forth at the end of Rins bed.
"Sesshoumaru has given me a second chance. I didn't think about it then, but he did. He trusts me now. to a certain extent." She said, walking up to the window and opened the large curtains. "I guess that's a good thing."
When she peered outside the glass she could see both wings of the castle on either side, extending quite a distance from where she was. They were elaborate and the stone was well taken care of. Gardens grew in-between and she spotted the little piece of land she had encountered the demon earlier. Scanning the eastern side of the castle wing, something moving came into view from another terrace.
Sesshoumaru had opened his windows and stepped out onto the small landing outside his room. Kagome was surprised that he was so close to this room. It was only a couple of rooms away. She opened the glass slightly and half stepped out onto her own landing, and stood there hidden by the vines and overgrowth from the castle wall beside her, she watched him. He stood there, starring off into the distance, and then his head turned as he scanned the area. Kagome slowly noticed that his chest was entirely bare. He had discarded his kimono. He stood there, his hair flowing slowly in the wind, whipping about as if it was meant to be in constant movement, yet it looked as if it could fall back into place with precision.
He was handsome, beautiful, and many other words her mind could not muster as she watched him stand there. He was much more beautiful then Inuyasha had ever been. Kagome pondered that if he wasn't so cold looking when his eyes roamed over you, he might not seem so menacing.
'Perhaps that is what he tries to convey. Fear in all that he meets, so he does not appear weak, nor have any weaknesses.' She thought, watching him run his fingers through his long white tresses.
It was quite a site, even for Kagome.
Rin turned over in her bed and moaned in her sleep, as her wonderful dream unfolded. Kagome didn't hear it, but Sesshoumaru had and he glanced over to find the human girl looking straight at him from his wards window.
Kagome immediately saw him starring back at her, and she could see a smirk forming on his lips, and he turned his body straight towards her and took a great leap into the air and bounded from his balcony to hers. Kagome gulped as she backed into the room and fell backwards onto the floor. Sesshoumaru opened the window a bit more and stalked inside, starring down at Kagome where she sat on the floor.
Kagome gulped, but he only continued to stare at her. His eyes weren't like they were before. They weren't filled with a deep cold, but with something warm and tingling.
Rin awoke from the sudden noise of Kagome hitting the floor, and saw her sitting there, with Sesshoumaru standing over her, his look warm and constant. Rin smiled and bounded from the bed and took firm hold of his silk pants. Sesshoumaru took notice of the girl clutching onto him and looked back to Kagome.
"I had a good dream, Sesshoumaru!" she squeaked, and he in return patted her small head.
"What was it about, Rin?" he asked her, his voice as monotone as any other time. His eyes were laced with warmth as he looked down at her.
"I got a new mommy!" she said exuberantly.
----------------------- Inuyasha paced back to camp hours later and started gathering things together. Miroku and Sango looked at him in a strange way and stood up.
"What are you doing Inuyasha? We just set up camp a few hours ago!" Miroku said, coming to put the things back where the hanyou had grabbed them from.
"Yeah and where have you been all this time?" Shippou asked him.
Inuyasha dropped what he was holding and looked down at the kitsune with murderous eyes. Shippou sprang up behind Miroku and Sango and shivered with fright.
"It's none of your damn business bratt!" he spat, coming close towards them. "I don't remember having to tell any of you where I go when I want to go there!" he yelled again and stomped off to ignore them in some corner of their camp.
Sango looked over at Miroku, and they both had the same silly suspicion.
"I think Kikyou has visited our dear friend again. I sort of wish she would just let old love die. She's really getting involved to much with Inuyasha, when she knows she doesn't really have any hold over him anymore." Miroku whispered to her.
She nodded and looked over at Inuyasha as he brooded.
"Problem with that is.. Inuyasha still thinks she does have a hold over him. He's letting her manipulate him and for the wrong reasons. I know he still cares a great deal for her, but her time has passed. It's time to wake up and realize that he has someone in front of him that loves him more then Kikyou ever could." She replied, and looked back over to Inuyasha.
Miroku smiled and stuck his arm around her and pulled her in close.
"My my.. that reminds me of something I wanted to ask you." He stated, pulling her in closer.
Sango got wide eyes and she fought to remove herself from his hold, but it was to late.
"Sango, would you bare my children for me?" he stated, and she looked shocked.
"Umm.. um. You PERVERT!" Sango yelled, and slapped him across the face.
She removed herself from his grasp and went to sit on the other side of the fire. All the while Miroku looked quite pleased with himself for saying his piece, the throbbing handprint on his face forgotten.
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Sesshoumaru detached Rin from his silk leggings and picked her up, placing her back in the bed.
"You need your sleep, Rin."
"Yes, Sesshoumaru."
He tucked her under the blankets and turned back to Kagome. He gave her a look she couldn't judge and walked right past her and out the large wooden doorway. Kagome looked on at his retreating form and decided that he wanted her to follow him. Walking briskly out the door she was surprised that after she had closed it that he was right there, breathing down her neck. She could actually almost feel it, and it gave her shivers that ran up her spine.
"Such delusions the child carries. It is the human memories she harbors that makes her think of such things. If she were a deamon, thoughts such as those would never occur." He stated, staring down at her, a tower of shadows.
Kagome gulped and tried her best to keep composed at his closeness. She couldn't see the look on his face for the shadows about the hall were great. The moon from the window illuminated the backside of him, making his silver hair glisten. Kagome looked away and at the first piece of ground she could find, as he was standing so close there wasn't much there to see.
"Perhaps if she were a deamon, she wouldn't be so kind to you. Perhaps she would treat you as any other deamon would. As a threat. Then you wouldn't have her to look after. If she were a deamon, she wouldn't need looking after. Making your job useless as her protector." Kagome said, before she even knew she spoke it.
Sesshoumaru turned his head slightly and the moonlight illuminated his eyes, and they did not look at all pleased with what she had just said to him. Kagome gulped when he made a fast movement past her field of vision. Sesshoumaru had placed his hands on either side of her, pinning her to the wall near his wards doorway.
"She's not a deamon, however, and as her protector I demand that she stay that way." He stated dryly.
"Why?" Kagome found herself asking, knowing she really shouldn't have.
Sesshoumaru stepped back away from her and turned towards the light coming from the window. There was anger in his eyes, but it did not seem to be directed towards her. He almost looked, to her, that he was thinking about something in the past.
"Your stay here is not warranted to such information. Do not ask again!" he pointed out, his tone sharper then before.
Kagome nodded and left him, only to turn back halfway down the hallway to find that he was still starring outside the large window. Kagome sighed and resigned to return to her own room. This nights events had tired her out and she needed a good nights rest in a normal bed again. Gaining entrance into her own room, she flopped herself upon the satiny covers and sighed.
"Just like at home." She said, and drifted off to sleep without even getting underneath the covers.
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Welp, sorry that it took me SOO long to get back to this chapter. I've had work and lots of other things to do.. I'm really really sorry. I know no one probably reads this story no more because of me taking so long, but who knows.. I'll just sit back and wait.
Welp, I'm about loosing my muse sometimes.. I think it divorced me.. let me know what you think about this chapter.. I'm not too sure about.. some things. '
I really appreciated those of you who reviewed, and left such demands for me to write another chapter. I'm sorry that it took me so long, but time consumes a lot of what I have left of every day.
Without further Adieu, I present to you Chapter Six...
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Inuyasha: Of Graves and Bones.
The undead miko walked the earth still, keeping a close watch on Inuyasha as he traveled with his pack of friends. She was sure that he still had thoughts in his mind of what she had said about her reincarnation. The thought of him believing her brought a smile to her cold lips.
She could feel his presence coming closer, and she stopped, awaiting his arrival. It didn't take more then a few moments and Inuyasha crashed through the leaves of some bushes and landed on the ground in front of her.
"Why are you following us?" he asked her, standing up straight.
Kikyou did not answer right away, and came up closer to him, reaching out a hand and placing it on the upper part of his left arm. Inuyasha watched her actions and looked back at her.
"I'm only watching over you. This whole thing with Kagome has you worried, and you shouldn't be. Until you realize that she is not faring as bad as you think she is, I'll be here to watch over you." Kikyou stated, soothing his arm with her hand.
It was sending shocks through his body, from old feelings coming back to him. When she was close, he always felt as if his thoughts were clouded and muddled. He looked down at her, and he almost thought he saw love in her eyes, but realized that he was only seeing Kagome's brownish ones. He blinked and looked back down at her, back into her cold and lifeless eyes.
"Do you not think that being within your handsome brothers presence, that she would not see him in a way that she sees you. Attraction can spark from almost nothing. Think about you and I. Think about how impossible it was, but it happened. It was there, no matter how much you wished to be naive and deny it.. there was love between us. There is still some as of yet." She said, coming in closer to him, pulling him into her web of deceit and lies.
Inuyasha, being that who he was. fell into her trap and thoughts of Kagome's ultimate and painful betrayal on him ran through his head. He could emagine images of Sesshoumaru kissing and holding her in the ways he always invisioned himself doing. Tears started to stream down his face, when all he could see was their embrace in his minds eye.
Kikyou hugged him to her, and she could tell that he was crying. She had done it, she had finally broken his barrier of emotions.
Kikyou grinned maliciously, 'This is going to be good.'
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After she had rocked Rin to sleep, Kagome had carried the little girl back to her own quarters and laid her on the little bed. She looked so peaceful and quiet as she slowly breathed. Kagome stood and walked about the room, pacing back and forth at the end of Rins bed.
"Sesshoumaru has given me a second chance. I didn't think about it then, but he did. He trusts me now. to a certain extent." She said, walking up to the window and opened the large curtains. "I guess that's a good thing."
When she peered outside the glass she could see both wings of the castle on either side, extending quite a distance from where she was. They were elaborate and the stone was well taken care of. Gardens grew in-between and she spotted the little piece of land she had encountered the demon earlier. Scanning the eastern side of the castle wing, something moving came into view from another terrace.
Sesshoumaru had opened his windows and stepped out onto the small landing outside his room. Kagome was surprised that he was so close to this room. It was only a couple of rooms away. She opened the glass slightly and half stepped out onto her own landing, and stood there hidden by the vines and overgrowth from the castle wall beside her, she watched him. He stood there, starring off into the distance, and then his head turned as he scanned the area. Kagome slowly noticed that his chest was entirely bare. He had discarded his kimono. He stood there, his hair flowing slowly in the wind, whipping about as if it was meant to be in constant movement, yet it looked as if it could fall back into place with precision.
He was handsome, beautiful, and many other words her mind could not muster as she watched him stand there. He was much more beautiful then Inuyasha had ever been. Kagome pondered that if he wasn't so cold looking when his eyes roamed over you, he might not seem so menacing.
'Perhaps that is what he tries to convey. Fear in all that he meets, so he does not appear weak, nor have any weaknesses.' She thought, watching him run his fingers through his long white tresses.
It was quite a site, even for Kagome.
Rin turned over in her bed and moaned in her sleep, as her wonderful dream unfolded. Kagome didn't hear it, but Sesshoumaru had and he glanced over to find the human girl looking straight at him from his wards window.
Kagome immediately saw him starring back at her, and she could see a smirk forming on his lips, and he turned his body straight towards her and took a great leap into the air and bounded from his balcony to hers. Kagome gulped as she backed into the room and fell backwards onto the floor. Sesshoumaru opened the window a bit more and stalked inside, starring down at Kagome where she sat on the floor.
Kagome gulped, but he only continued to stare at her. His eyes weren't like they were before. They weren't filled with a deep cold, but with something warm and tingling.
Rin awoke from the sudden noise of Kagome hitting the floor, and saw her sitting there, with Sesshoumaru standing over her, his look warm and constant. Rin smiled and bounded from the bed and took firm hold of his silk pants. Sesshoumaru took notice of the girl clutching onto him and looked back to Kagome.
"I had a good dream, Sesshoumaru!" she squeaked, and he in return patted her small head.
"What was it about, Rin?" he asked her, his voice as monotone as any other time. His eyes were laced with warmth as he looked down at her.
"I got a new mommy!" she said exuberantly.
----------------------- Inuyasha paced back to camp hours later and started gathering things together. Miroku and Sango looked at him in a strange way and stood up.
"What are you doing Inuyasha? We just set up camp a few hours ago!" Miroku said, coming to put the things back where the hanyou had grabbed them from.
"Yeah and where have you been all this time?" Shippou asked him.
Inuyasha dropped what he was holding and looked down at the kitsune with murderous eyes. Shippou sprang up behind Miroku and Sango and shivered with fright.
"It's none of your damn business bratt!" he spat, coming close towards them. "I don't remember having to tell any of you where I go when I want to go there!" he yelled again and stomped off to ignore them in some corner of their camp.
Sango looked over at Miroku, and they both had the same silly suspicion.
"I think Kikyou has visited our dear friend again. I sort of wish she would just let old love die. She's really getting involved to much with Inuyasha, when she knows she doesn't really have any hold over him anymore." Miroku whispered to her.
She nodded and looked over at Inuyasha as he brooded.
"Problem with that is.. Inuyasha still thinks she does have a hold over him. He's letting her manipulate him and for the wrong reasons. I know he still cares a great deal for her, but her time has passed. It's time to wake up and realize that he has someone in front of him that loves him more then Kikyou ever could." She replied, and looked back over to Inuyasha.
Miroku smiled and stuck his arm around her and pulled her in close.
"My my.. that reminds me of something I wanted to ask you." He stated, pulling her in closer.
Sango got wide eyes and she fought to remove herself from his hold, but it was to late.
"Sango, would you bare my children for me?" he stated, and she looked shocked.
"Umm.. um. You PERVERT!" Sango yelled, and slapped him across the face.
She removed herself from his grasp and went to sit on the other side of the fire. All the while Miroku looked quite pleased with himself for saying his piece, the throbbing handprint on his face forgotten.
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Sesshoumaru detached Rin from his silk leggings and picked her up, placing her back in the bed.
"You need your sleep, Rin."
"Yes, Sesshoumaru."
He tucked her under the blankets and turned back to Kagome. He gave her a look she couldn't judge and walked right past her and out the large wooden doorway. Kagome looked on at his retreating form and decided that he wanted her to follow him. Walking briskly out the door she was surprised that after she had closed it that he was right there, breathing down her neck. She could actually almost feel it, and it gave her shivers that ran up her spine.
"Such delusions the child carries. It is the human memories she harbors that makes her think of such things. If she were a deamon, thoughts such as those would never occur." He stated, staring down at her, a tower of shadows.
Kagome gulped and tried her best to keep composed at his closeness. She couldn't see the look on his face for the shadows about the hall were great. The moon from the window illuminated the backside of him, making his silver hair glisten. Kagome looked away and at the first piece of ground she could find, as he was standing so close there wasn't much there to see.
"Perhaps if she were a deamon, she wouldn't be so kind to you. Perhaps she would treat you as any other deamon would. As a threat. Then you wouldn't have her to look after. If she were a deamon, she wouldn't need looking after. Making your job useless as her protector." Kagome said, before she even knew she spoke it.
Sesshoumaru turned his head slightly and the moonlight illuminated his eyes, and they did not look at all pleased with what she had just said to him. Kagome gulped when he made a fast movement past her field of vision. Sesshoumaru had placed his hands on either side of her, pinning her to the wall near his wards doorway.
"She's not a deamon, however, and as her protector I demand that she stay that way." He stated dryly.
"Why?" Kagome found herself asking, knowing she really shouldn't have.
Sesshoumaru stepped back away from her and turned towards the light coming from the window. There was anger in his eyes, but it did not seem to be directed towards her. He almost looked, to her, that he was thinking about something in the past.
"Your stay here is not warranted to such information. Do not ask again!" he pointed out, his tone sharper then before.
Kagome nodded and left him, only to turn back halfway down the hallway to find that he was still starring outside the large window. Kagome sighed and resigned to return to her own room. This nights events had tired her out and she needed a good nights rest in a normal bed again. Gaining entrance into her own room, she flopped herself upon the satiny covers and sighed.
"Just like at home." She said, and drifted off to sleep without even getting underneath the covers.
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Welp, sorry that it took me SOO long to get back to this chapter. I've had work and lots of other things to do.. I'm really really sorry. I know no one probably reads this story no more because of me taking so long, but who knows.. I'll just sit back and wait.
Welp, I'm about loosing my muse sometimes.. I think it divorced me.. let me know what you think about this chapter.. I'm not too sure about.. some things. '