Disclaimer: On Chapter One, though I do own Fusae.
'thought' "speech" +emphasis+ *dreams/flashbacks*
Yay and thanks to the reviewers! ^^ I'll probably update once a day. Possibly more then once some days if I get a lot of reviews. Lol. So, don't you worry your pretty little heads off if I leave it with a major cliff hanger and your freakin' out. Chances are, I'll be so anxious that I'll post it within the next few hours of when I left it! ;D
Windmage: I wouldn't dream of seperating Shippo and Kagome! Don't worry, he comes in along with the rest of the gang in this chapter. No Tama: Lol, okie dokie. I'll be looking forward to what you have to say about the rest of the story. Yep, I was an Inu/Kag fan too, but then I kinda grew out of it 'cause it's too predictable and stuff, y'know? Ami: Yes, I agree. Sesshoumaru. *Drools* Major hotty. I'm all for those kinda people. :D So fun to try and make them so emotion. Wolfboy: Aww, what? No constructive criticism? Lol, I'm surprised! But, thanks. Glad you like it. And to the rest: Okay, okay! I'm updating. Lol. Thanks for the reviews.
AN: In the manga Inuyasha, Kagome has blue-grayish eyes, and in the anime she has brown eyes. in this fanfic, she has brown eyes, mmkay?
Chapter 2- Confusion in more ways then one
Sesshoumaru walked through the halls of his castle, thinking silently to himself. 'Why did I save that pathetic human? My brothers wench, no less.'
'You didn't want to disappoint Rin and you would've gone back for her after anyways.' Replied a voice in the back of his head.
'What?! Go back for a human?! Never.' Sesshoumaru stopped abruptly, realizing what was going on. 'Now I'm talking to myself. First, saving a human, now this. I have nothing to be guilty of so why should I have another voice in my head!' "I'm not going crazy!" He said out-loud, mostly to convince himself that he wasn't. 'I'm just regretting saving that stupid, pathetic, worthless..'
He didn't get to finish before the voice came back, 'She's got a nice body, though. You saw it when the servant bandaged her up.'
'She does not. I was just making sure that servant didn't try anything,' He paused before extending his answer, 'She's a human! I wouldn't dare to think such a thing.' The taiyoukai was getting frustrated with the voice so he started walking again, this time, heading towards his guests room, determined on proving the voice wrong.
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Kagome mumbled incoherent things while she tossed and turned on the futon, the sheets getting tangled in her legs.
*Kagome's Nightmare/Memory of before]
Inuyasha smirked at Kagome as she flew back against a tree, blood gushing from the wound in her side and dripping from his claws. His blank eyes glared down at her as she struggled to speak, "Inu.. Inuyasha.. Fight." Before she could get anything else out she collapsed and Inuyasha took off into the forest in a blur.*
When the image of her collapsing in the forest happened, she rolled off the futon and landed hard on her side which caused her to whimper in pain.
Her eyes shot open and her hand slowly moved to her side, oblivious to her surroundings, "Oww." She mumbled silently when she touched it, but noticed it didn't hurt as much as she remembered. 'Must have healed a bit.'
Rubbing the sleep from her eyes and ignoring the growing pain from muscle movement, Kagome untangled the sheets from her legs and tossed them behind her then stopped in mid-movement. 'What? Sheets? What happened to the forest? Where am I? How did I get here?' Her thoughts were frantic as she slowly stood up, using the wall to steady herself. She looked down at her clothes and saw not her school uniform, but a red button up nightgown. 'Okay. where'd this come from?'
"You shouldn't be up with the condition your in, M'lady. You should still be resting, the wounds need time to heal." Came a soft voice from a corner of the room.
"What?" Kagome slowly turned to see who the voice belonged to and saw a tall woman with short red hair and glowing green eyes. She had a pin in her hair carved from ivory in the shape of a lotus and her outfit made her look like a warrior, "Wh-who are you? Where am I?" Her voice came out rimmed with fear and curiosity.
The woman only smiled and made her way to Kagome, "My name is Fusae. I'm one of Lord Sesshoumaru's high warriors and was given the job to watch over you while you heal. And you, are in the Lord of the Western Lands castle." She motioned for Kagome to sit, "Sit. I have to check your bandages. With the amount of movement you've just had, the wounds might have re-opened."
'Lord Sesshoumaru? Western Lands? Warrior? Watch over me?! Isn't Sesshoumaru Inuyasha's half-brother? Oh, Kami. That can't be good.' Kagome sat on the bed, more because she felt like she was going to faint then because Fusae asked her too. While she let the warrior open her nightgown, she silently thanked whoever appointed Fusae the job. She was much more comfortable with a woman checking her wounds, which she found out were three large gashes in her right side. 'Why was I brought here? I thought I was in the middle of a forest with Inuyasha? What happened to Shippo, Sango and Miroku? What if Inuyasha found them? They won't understand what happened.' Her train of thought was broken when she felt a strong hand on her shoulder and a slightly irritated voice, "Wench, I asked you your name."
Kagome blinked and looked at the spot beside her where Fusae should've been but was greeted by a vacant spot. She then looked at the hand on her shoulder and her brown eyes widened when she saw the two magenta stripes on the wrist. 'Oh, gods, it's him. I'm gunna die, I'm gunna die, I'm gunna die, I'm gunna die. I can't believe this! I don't want to die. Not today. I'm only 15, I have too many things to do, I have a life to live!' Remembering what he had said before she spoke in a shaky voice and looked back down at her feet, not wanting to face the man who was going to kill her, "My name's Kagome."
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Sesshoumaru stood outside Kagome's door and listened to the mumbling and then a loud *thud* followed by the voice of his top warrior who he had sent to watch over Kagome, and then the one of his guest. When he heard Fusae tell the miko to sit, and then the sound of Kagome plopping down on whatever she had decided to sit on, he slid the door open and walked into the room, "Fusae, leave us." As the warrior left Kagome's side, she bowed and quickly left the room.
He silently inspected [AN: I love that word for some reason.] the girl from behind, and then walked in front of her, "What's your name, girl?" When she didn't reply, he noticed her expression. She seemed to be deep in thought so he took a step closer grabbed her shoulder, knowing she would snap out of it, and asked again, this time letting the irritation seep into his voice, but continuing to keep his expression and eyes emotionless, "Wench, I asked you your name."
When she looked at the space beside her where Fusae used to be, then at his hand and return her gaze to the floor. He grew angry. Was this not the girl who had stood her ground so many times when he tried to kill her? Wasn't she the one who refused to give up and die? When he heard her tone, the little voice in his head came back. 'Look what you did, Sesshoumaru. Your scaring her.'
'Shut up. She has every right to be scared. I am Lord Sesshoumaru. Feared by many.' Sesshoumaru argued back, 'Now, leave my head. I'm looking at her and she's not at all good looking.'
The little voice laughed, 'Ah, but what about her eyes? She hasn't looked at you with them yet. I bet when she does, and they're filled with fear or hatred this time, you'll regret causing her such harm and agree with me.'
'No! She's a human! How dare you think that I, Sesshoumaru, will regret causing someone fear! I'm a powerful demon, I cause lots to fear me.'
'Don't get cocky, Sesshoumaru.' And with that, it vanished and left Sesshoumaru trying to sort out his thoughts.
"Kagome." He spoke her name so quietly, he doubted she could hear it. He liked the way it rolled off his tongue, but hated to admit it. 'No, she's a +human+. Humans are disgusting creatures.'
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"WHADDYA MEAN SHE'S NOT HERE?!" The shouting caused several flocks of birds to shoot out of the safety of their nests in the tree's and a few critters to scurry for cover.
"I mean, she's not here. She was with you yesterday, and when you two didn't come back, well, we thought." Sango glanced over at Miroku who had broken out with a huge grin.
Inuyasha looked between the two with a bemused and angry look, "You two thought we had mated! Are you guys crazy?! I was out looking for Kagome all night!"
Miroku's grin faded and he sent Inuyasha a worried glance, "You were? Where then where is she?"
"I was asking you where she is!" Inuyasha's patience had burnt out a long time ago, so he was more short-tempered then ever.
"Calm down, Inuyasha. You're the one who lost Kagome, no need to yell at us for it! You should start taking responsibility for your own actions." Replied a small kitsune, who was busy hiding behind Sango's shoulder.
Inuyasha glared and took a few steps towards Shippo with his claws ready, "Why, you little."
"Inuyasha, violence will be of no use now. Just sit and let us think. What do you remember about yesterday." Miroku had given up on groping Sango in this time of thinking.
The hanyou grumbled and continued to glare at the young kitsune before sitting down beside the monk, with his arms in his sleeves, "Feh. The only thing I remember about yesterday is that stupid girl going off for a walk." He then looked over at Sango who had spoken up, "That's when you two had left. what went on after that?"
Inuyasha looked confused as he tried to think, "I. don't remember."
Shippo moved to sit in Sango's lap and yelled at Inuyasha, "You lost my mother! You lost her! Go find her, dog-boy!!"
Miroku sighed as Inuyasha and Shippo argued over losing Kagome, "Sango, who do you think is responsible for this?"
Sango gently ruffled Shippo's hair, trying to make him calm down some, "I think we both know the answer to that, Miroku."
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Aaaannnnndddd, I think I'll leave it there. Lol, your probably all thinking 'Naraku. No questions asked. It's always Naraku.' But, you'll just have to wait and see! Mwahahaha! All reviews, again, are appreciated. Along with constructive criticism. Flamers can be sent to me through email or AIM, if they're posted as a review, I'm gunna postpone my next update for. dunno how long. But, okay! Anyways! Review, please and thanks! And, I'll update soon! Until next time. Adios.
-Nothika [Krys]
'thought' "speech" +emphasis+ *dreams/flashbacks*
Yay and thanks to the reviewers! ^^ I'll probably update once a day. Possibly more then once some days if I get a lot of reviews. Lol. So, don't you worry your pretty little heads off if I leave it with a major cliff hanger and your freakin' out. Chances are, I'll be so anxious that I'll post it within the next few hours of when I left it! ;D
Windmage: I wouldn't dream of seperating Shippo and Kagome! Don't worry, he comes in along with the rest of the gang in this chapter. No Tama: Lol, okie dokie. I'll be looking forward to what you have to say about the rest of the story. Yep, I was an Inu/Kag fan too, but then I kinda grew out of it 'cause it's too predictable and stuff, y'know? Ami: Yes, I agree. Sesshoumaru. *Drools* Major hotty. I'm all for those kinda people. :D So fun to try and make them so emotion. Wolfboy: Aww, what? No constructive criticism? Lol, I'm surprised! But, thanks. Glad you like it. And to the rest: Okay, okay! I'm updating. Lol. Thanks for the reviews.
AN: In the manga Inuyasha, Kagome has blue-grayish eyes, and in the anime she has brown eyes. in this fanfic, she has brown eyes, mmkay?
Chapter 2- Confusion in more ways then one
Sesshoumaru walked through the halls of his castle, thinking silently to himself. 'Why did I save that pathetic human? My brothers wench, no less.'
'You didn't want to disappoint Rin and you would've gone back for her after anyways.' Replied a voice in the back of his head.
'What?! Go back for a human?! Never.' Sesshoumaru stopped abruptly, realizing what was going on. 'Now I'm talking to myself. First, saving a human, now this. I have nothing to be guilty of so why should I have another voice in my head!' "I'm not going crazy!" He said out-loud, mostly to convince himself that he wasn't. 'I'm just regretting saving that stupid, pathetic, worthless..'
He didn't get to finish before the voice came back, 'She's got a nice body, though. You saw it when the servant bandaged her up.'
'She does not. I was just making sure that servant didn't try anything,' He paused before extending his answer, 'She's a human! I wouldn't dare to think such a thing.' The taiyoukai was getting frustrated with the voice so he started walking again, this time, heading towards his guests room, determined on proving the voice wrong.
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Kagome mumbled incoherent things while she tossed and turned on the futon, the sheets getting tangled in her legs.
*Kagome's Nightmare/Memory of before]
Inuyasha smirked at Kagome as she flew back against a tree, blood gushing from the wound in her side and dripping from his claws. His blank eyes glared down at her as she struggled to speak, "Inu.. Inuyasha.. Fight." Before she could get anything else out she collapsed and Inuyasha took off into the forest in a blur.*
When the image of her collapsing in the forest happened, she rolled off the futon and landed hard on her side which caused her to whimper in pain.
Her eyes shot open and her hand slowly moved to her side, oblivious to her surroundings, "Oww." She mumbled silently when she touched it, but noticed it didn't hurt as much as she remembered. 'Must have healed a bit.'
Rubbing the sleep from her eyes and ignoring the growing pain from muscle movement, Kagome untangled the sheets from her legs and tossed them behind her then stopped in mid-movement. 'What? Sheets? What happened to the forest? Where am I? How did I get here?' Her thoughts were frantic as she slowly stood up, using the wall to steady herself. She looked down at her clothes and saw not her school uniform, but a red button up nightgown. 'Okay. where'd this come from?'
"You shouldn't be up with the condition your in, M'lady. You should still be resting, the wounds need time to heal." Came a soft voice from a corner of the room.
"What?" Kagome slowly turned to see who the voice belonged to and saw a tall woman with short red hair and glowing green eyes. She had a pin in her hair carved from ivory in the shape of a lotus and her outfit made her look like a warrior, "Wh-who are you? Where am I?" Her voice came out rimmed with fear and curiosity.
The woman only smiled and made her way to Kagome, "My name is Fusae. I'm one of Lord Sesshoumaru's high warriors and was given the job to watch over you while you heal. And you, are in the Lord of the Western Lands castle." She motioned for Kagome to sit, "Sit. I have to check your bandages. With the amount of movement you've just had, the wounds might have re-opened."
'Lord Sesshoumaru? Western Lands? Warrior? Watch over me?! Isn't Sesshoumaru Inuyasha's half-brother? Oh, Kami. That can't be good.' Kagome sat on the bed, more because she felt like she was going to faint then because Fusae asked her too. While she let the warrior open her nightgown, she silently thanked whoever appointed Fusae the job. She was much more comfortable with a woman checking her wounds, which she found out were three large gashes in her right side. 'Why was I brought here? I thought I was in the middle of a forest with Inuyasha? What happened to Shippo, Sango and Miroku? What if Inuyasha found them? They won't understand what happened.' Her train of thought was broken when she felt a strong hand on her shoulder and a slightly irritated voice, "Wench, I asked you your name."
Kagome blinked and looked at the spot beside her where Fusae should've been but was greeted by a vacant spot. She then looked at the hand on her shoulder and her brown eyes widened when she saw the two magenta stripes on the wrist. 'Oh, gods, it's him. I'm gunna die, I'm gunna die, I'm gunna die, I'm gunna die. I can't believe this! I don't want to die. Not today. I'm only 15, I have too many things to do, I have a life to live!' Remembering what he had said before she spoke in a shaky voice and looked back down at her feet, not wanting to face the man who was going to kill her, "My name's Kagome."
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Sesshoumaru stood outside Kagome's door and listened to the mumbling and then a loud *thud* followed by the voice of his top warrior who he had sent to watch over Kagome, and then the one of his guest. When he heard Fusae tell the miko to sit, and then the sound of Kagome plopping down on whatever she had decided to sit on, he slid the door open and walked into the room, "Fusae, leave us." As the warrior left Kagome's side, she bowed and quickly left the room.
He silently inspected [AN: I love that word for some reason.] the girl from behind, and then walked in front of her, "What's your name, girl?" When she didn't reply, he noticed her expression. She seemed to be deep in thought so he took a step closer grabbed her shoulder, knowing she would snap out of it, and asked again, this time letting the irritation seep into his voice, but continuing to keep his expression and eyes emotionless, "Wench, I asked you your name."
When she looked at the space beside her where Fusae used to be, then at his hand and return her gaze to the floor. He grew angry. Was this not the girl who had stood her ground so many times when he tried to kill her? Wasn't she the one who refused to give up and die? When he heard her tone, the little voice in his head came back. 'Look what you did, Sesshoumaru. Your scaring her.'
'Shut up. She has every right to be scared. I am Lord Sesshoumaru. Feared by many.' Sesshoumaru argued back, 'Now, leave my head. I'm looking at her and she's not at all good looking.'
The little voice laughed, 'Ah, but what about her eyes? She hasn't looked at you with them yet. I bet when she does, and they're filled with fear or hatred this time, you'll regret causing her such harm and agree with me.'
'No! She's a human! How dare you think that I, Sesshoumaru, will regret causing someone fear! I'm a powerful demon, I cause lots to fear me.'
'Don't get cocky, Sesshoumaru.' And with that, it vanished and left Sesshoumaru trying to sort out his thoughts.
"Kagome." He spoke her name so quietly, he doubted she could hear it. He liked the way it rolled off his tongue, but hated to admit it. 'No, she's a +human+. Humans are disgusting creatures.'
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"WHADDYA MEAN SHE'S NOT HERE?!" The shouting caused several flocks of birds to shoot out of the safety of their nests in the tree's and a few critters to scurry for cover.
"I mean, she's not here. She was with you yesterday, and when you two didn't come back, well, we thought." Sango glanced over at Miroku who had broken out with a huge grin.
Inuyasha looked between the two with a bemused and angry look, "You two thought we had mated! Are you guys crazy?! I was out looking for Kagome all night!"
Miroku's grin faded and he sent Inuyasha a worried glance, "You were? Where then where is she?"
"I was asking you where she is!" Inuyasha's patience had burnt out a long time ago, so he was more short-tempered then ever.
"Calm down, Inuyasha. You're the one who lost Kagome, no need to yell at us for it! You should start taking responsibility for your own actions." Replied a small kitsune, who was busy hiding behind Sango's shoulder.
Inuyasha glared and took a few steps towards Shippo with his claws ready, "Why, you little."
"Inuyasha, violence will be of no use now. Just sit and let us think. What do you remember about yesterday." Miroku had given up on groping Sango in this time of thinking.
The hanyou grumbled and continued to glare at the young kitsune before sitting down beside the monk, with his arms in his sleeves, "Feh. The only thing I remember about yesterday is that stupid girl going off for a walk." He then looked over at Sango who had spoken up, "That's when you two had left. what went on after that?"
Inuyasha looked confused as he tried to think, "I. don't remember."
Shippo moved to sit in Sango's lap and yelled at Inuyasha, "You lost my mother! You lost her! Go find her, dog-boy!!"
Miroku sighed as Inuyasha and Shippo argued over losing Kagome, "Sango, who do you think is responsible for this?"
Sango gently ruffled Shippo's hair, trying to make him calm down some, "I think we both know the answer to that, Miroku."
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Aaaannnnndddd, I think I'll leave it there. Lol, your probably all thinking 'Naraku. No questions asked. It's always Naraku.' But, you'll just have to wait and see! Mwahahaha! All reviews, again, are appreciated. Along with constructive criticism. Flamers can be sent to me through email or AIM, if they're posted as a review, I'm gunna postpone my next update for. dunno how long. But, okay! Anyways! Review, please and thanks! And, I'll update soon! Until next time. Adios.
-Nothika [Krys]