Disclaimer: On chapter one.
'thought' "speech" +emphasis+ *dreams/flashbacks*
Rabid-Inu-Girl: Yeah, kouga/kag is good too.
No Tama: Si, I know some Spanish :D Feel free to do your reviews with whatever language your more comfortable with. I can always find an online translator if I can't understand it all, so don't worry about it. Lol And, *Bows* Thank you, thank you, I try.
Stacerue: Thanks a bunch, glad ya like it!
Trihn: And I love you for loving my story! :D Platonically, of course! Hehe.
RandomCharacter: Ooooh, yeah. DUN DUN DUUUNNNNN!!!!! *Plays suspense music*
Aku-Hitokiri-Kitsune: Overly eager are we? Okay dokay, calm down, the next chapter is here! Lol.
Chapter 3- Wonders
Miroku sighed and nodded, instinctively putting his arm out to stop Inuyasha from attacking Shippo, "Naraku?" He paused his conversation with Sango and turned to Inuyasha, "Inuyasha, will you stop that, please! You're the one who lost Kagome, so just sit down and listen."
Inuyasha gave his normal 'feh' and sat back, continuing to glare at the kitsune that always made him lose his temper but Shippo just glared back and stuck his tongue out, sitting politely in Sango's lap.
"No, Miroku, I don't think it was Naraku this time." She gazed thoughtfully at the fire burning in front of her while Inuyasha, Shippo and Miroku stared at her like she was crazy.
The hanyou suddenly stood up and looked down at Sango, completely confused and angry that she was acting so calm about her best friends kidnapping, "Listen, Sango, I dunno who you think is responsible for Kagome's disappearance, but it's always Naraku! How could you even think of."
Shippo stood in front of Sango and puffed up his chest, looking up at Inuyasha, "Listen, you, don't get all mad just because Sango thinks it's someone else! Naraku isn't the only bad guy out there." Miroku nodded in agreement, then looked to Sango, who was still staring at the fire.
"Inuyasha, you say the only thing you remember is Kagome leaving for a walk, and then searching for her?" Sango gave a quick glance to Inuyasha to see his expression, which seemed to be saying 'Didn't I just say that?'. She sighed and nodded, "Hai, yes. Just getting my facts straight. How far are we from the Western Lands, Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha gave Sango a side-glance and spoke slowly, "Are you seriously thinking. Sesshoumaru?"
Sango sighed and repeated her question, knowing if she voiced what she thought, Inuyasha would probably have a heart attack, "How far are we from the Western Lands, Inuyasha?" She looked over at Miroku and they shared a knowing glance for a second before Sango returned her gaze to Inuyasha.
"A few days." Inuyasha looked back and forth between Miroku and Sango, "Oh, I see what's goin' on here. Your both just trying to make me get all paranoid, aren't ya?"
Shippo, by now, was completely confused at why Sango wanted to know how far they were from Sesshoumaru's lands, and what she and Miroku knew, so he just curled up into a ball in Sango's lap and slowly fell asleep.
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Kagome continued to look at the floor in front of her. 'Why isn't he killing me?! What's he waiting for? Here I am, in front of him, having no ways to escape.' She finally got sick of waiting and snapped her head up, glaring at Sesshoumaru, her voice demanding, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and kill me so I don't have to sit here all day worrying about it!"
After getting no answer from him, she brushed his hand off her shoulder and turned away from him, biting her lip and ignoring the pain in her side. 'Oh Gods, it hurts.' She put a hand on the wall beside her to keep from falling over at the sudden loss of blood she felt begin to seep through her bandages. 'What are you doing, Kagome?! You can't go unconscious at Sesshoumaru's castle! Don't give him the satisfactory of knowing your this weak.'
Struggling to keep her eyes open, Kagome looked back at Sesshoumaru, wondering if he would allow Fusae to come back in and change her bandages, "Well, are you just going to stand there or is Fusae allowed to come and change my bandages? She said she had to, y'know."
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Sesshoumaru had to admit, he was a little surprised at the miko's boldness when she addressed him in the tone she had, but then again, she was never one to just sit back and take orders. He knew from observing her during battles and the way she didn't back down when Inuyasha told her to, that was one of the things he admired about her. 'Does she seriously think I brought her here only to kill her? That's almost worth a laugh. Maybe she's not as smart as I give her credit for.' Instead of punishing her for talking to him in such a way, he spoke almost calmly to her, as if she were a child, like Rin, "I didn't bring you here to kill you, wench. You should actually be glad I didn't leave you in the middle of my lands, bleeding to death with no Inuyasha to save you." He stopped his little lecture there when the smell of fresh blood attacked his senses. 'Can't say I didn't expect her not to bleed. Humans are such fragile creatures. Always bleeding.'
To his surprise, and Kagome's he was sure, he picked her up and carried her out of her room, heading to his indoor hot springs. He tightened his grasp when she began to struggle, "If you continue to do that, your going to lose more blood. And I don't think that's good for a human." He growled. 'What are you thinking?! Why would you care if she lost a large amount of blood? She's a human, your brothers wench, the miko who's stopped you from stealing the tetsusaiga, your not supposed to care.'
'Ahh. but she's just so helpless and.. Slightly submissive when she's like this. You can't help but care. Look at her. You know why your helping her.' That annoying little voice had come back.
'What are you doing in my head? Go away. Stop putting these thoughts in here. Humans are disgusting. vile.' While he was thinking he looked down at the girl in his arms who was glaring up at him with her arms crossed over her chest, 'She's cute when she does that.'
The voice laughed and replied happily before fading away, 'I'm glad you see it my way, my friend.'
Sesshoumaru growled, realizing what this voice was making him think and he slid the doors open to the hot springs with his foot and set Kagome down, "You need to bathe. I'll send a servant to help you with the bandages." Without another word he turned and walked out of the hot springs, closing the doors behind him then running down the hall and out an open window, fleeing into the darkness of the forest. 'That silly girl did something to me. The annoying voice came when I rescued her. I want it gone.'
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Kagome had been angry the whole time Sesshoumaru carried her, but was jumping for joy in her head when she saw the hot springs. 'Just what I need. A nice, long bath. It's so beautiful too.' She sat near the edge of the water, taking in her surroundings.
The hot springs was located in a huge room, almost the size of an arena with a main spring in the middle and a few smaller ones attached and off to the sides of it with small waterfalls falling from the ones that were higher then others. Around it looked like a forest, it was breath taking with the small animals that were scurrying around. She never thought there would be actual creatures in here, but she could sense that they weren't demon and for that, she was glad.
After undressing while making sure nobody was around, she began to peel off the bloodied bandages and winced when she saw the wounds. 'I wonder if they'll leave scars. I hope they don't sting in the water.' Kagome placed the bandages beside her clothes and slowly walked into the hot springs and let out a gasp when the water touched the open cuts, "Oh, Kami, that stings!"
Gritting her teeth and telling herself to get over it, that she'd been through worse things, she began to rub the dried blood off her body and wash her hair. Her expression saddened when she though of the group. 'I wonder what Sesshoumaru did with them. What if he didn't find them? Oh, I hope he didn't, Inuyasha will probably do something too rash and get himself killed. And what about Shippo? Hope he's okay. Sango can probably take care of herself and Miroku.' She giggled when she remembered the last time she had come back after leaving them alone. Miroku had a hand mark bruise on his chin but he was still grinning. 'Yes, Sango can definitely take care of him.'
When the door to the springs opened, Kagome quickly covered herself and dunked under the water to her nose, allowing herself to breathe. 'Uh oh. That better not be Sesshoumaru. No matter how badly my side hurts I'll slap him if he comes in here. He should know better!' But she sighed when she saw the short red hair and green eyes, "Fusae. I'm glad it's you." 'I feel so calm around her. strange since I thought warriors would have a different aura, more, serious.'
For a reply to her statement, Fusae smiled and set down a kimono that was dark green with a dragon embroidered on it with rhinestones with a matching obi, a towel and held the fresh bandages in her hands, "Hai, M'lady. It's only Fusae. I brought you a kimono and new bandages. Lord Sesshoumaru wishes for you to meet him in his study when your done."
Kagome frowned at the mention of Sesshoumaru but slowly got out of the hot springs after asking Fusae to turn around and wrapped the towel around her, wondering how she was going to get the bandages on with not exposing herself. 'Oh, Fusae's a girl too. she doesn't have anything I don't have. Except, maybe weapons hidden and, she's a demon.'
Letting out a sigh, she sat on a near by boulder and reluctantly let Fusae wrap the bandages around her stomach, keeping the towel wrapped around her waist, "Um, Fusae. Do you know why I was brought here and. when?"
Fusae looked up at her and took a step back, now finished bandaging Kagome, "I only know that you were brought here a day and a half ago. Though I don't know why. Gomen."
Kagome blinked, "Oh. Okay, then. Umm. I'm curious, what kind of demon are you? Does Sesshoumaru have many female warriors? I would've thought he had males."
Fusae smiled at this and simply stated, "I'm a fire demon. And I'm Lord Sesshoumaru's only female warrior and I have to say, you'll want to watch out for the males. They aren't used to having very many attractive females around. Now, if you just get dressed, I'll take you to the study."
Kagome thought about what Fusae meant by having to watch herself around the males then blushed and picked up the kimono, starting to get dressed with the help of the warrior, "Oh. Um, okay. Thank you, Fusae."
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Sorry it's so short. I promise to make up for it on the next chapter, but I caught my brothers flu bug and this is the only time I've been able to get off the couch. Lol. I'll try to update tomorrow! Remember to review, and, tell me what you guys might want to happen in the next chapter. It's gunna be called "Attractions" and I might just use some of your guys ideas! Okay, until next time, Adios!
-Nothika [Krys]
'thought' "speech" +emphasis+ *dreams/flashbacks*
Rabid-Inu-Girl: Yeah, kouga/kag is good too.
No Tama: Si, I know some Spanish :D Feel free to do your reviews with whatever language your more comfortable with. I can always find an online translator if I can't understand it all, so don't worry about it. Lol And, *Bows* Thank you, thank you, I try.
Stacerue: Thanks a bunch, glad ya like it!
Trihn: And I love you for loving my story! :D Platonically, of course! Hehe.
RandomCharacter: Ooooh, yeah. DUN DUN DUUUNNNNN!!!!! *Plays suspense music*
Aku-Hitokiri-Kitsune: Overly eager are we? Okay dokay, calm down, the next chapter is here! Lol.
Chapter 3- Wonders
Miroku sighed and nodded, instinctively putting his arm out to stop Inuyasha from attacking Shippo, "Naraku?" He paused his conversation with Sango and turned to Inuyasha, "Inuyasha, will you stop that, please! You're the one who lost Kagome, so just sit down and listen."
Inuyasha gave his normal 'feh' and sat back, continuing to glare at the kitsune that always made him lose his temper but Shippo just glared back and stuck his tongue out, sitting politely in Sango's lap.
"No, Miroku, I don't think it was Naraku this time." She gazed thoughtfully at the fire burning in front of her while Inuyasha, Shippo and Miroku stared at her like she was crazy.
The hanyou suddenly stood up and looked down at Sango, completely confused and angry that she was acting so calm about her best friends kidnapping, "Listen, Sango, I dunno who you think is responsible for Kagome's disappearance, but it's always Naraku! How could you even think of."
Shippo stood in front of Sango and puffed up his chest, looking up at Inuyasha, "Listen, you, don't get all mad just because Sango thinks it's someone else! Naraku isn't the only bad guy out there." Miroku nodded in agreement, then looked to Sango, who was still staring at the fire.
"Inuyasha, you say the only thing you remember is Kagome leaving for a walk, and then searching for her?" Sango gave a quick glance to Inuyasha to see his expression, which seemed to be saying 'Didn't I just say that?'. She sighed and nodded, "Hai, yes. Just getting my facts straight. How far are we from the Western Lands, Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha gave Sango a side-glance and spoke slowly, "Are you seriously thinking. Sesshoumaru?"
Sango sighed and repeated her question, knowing if she voiced what she thought, Inuyasha would probably have a heart attack, "How far are we from the Western Lands, Inuyasha?" She looked over at Miroku and they shared a knowing glance for a second before Sango returned her gaze to Inuyasha.
"A few days." Inuyasha looked back and forth between Miroku and Sango, "Oh, I see what's goin' on here. Your both just trying to make me get all paranoid, aren't ya?"
Shippo, by now, was completely confused at why Sango wanted to know how far they were from Sesshoumaru's lands, and what she and Miroku knew, so he just curled up into a ball in Sango's lap and slowly fell asleep.
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Kagome continued to look at the floor in front of her. 'Why isn't he killing me?! What's he waiting for? Here I am, in front of him, having no ways to escape.' She finally got sick of waiting and snapped her head up, glaring at Sesshoumaru, her voice demanding, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and kill me so I don't have to sit here all day worrying about it!"
After getting no answer from him, she brushed his hand off her shoulder and turned away from him, biting her lip and ignoring the pain in her side. 'Oh Gods, it hurts.' She put a hand on the wall beside her to keep from falling over at the sudden loss of blood she felt begin to seep through her bandages. 'What are you doing, Kagome?! You can't go unconscious at Sesshoumaru's castle! Don't give him the satisfactory of knowing your this weak.'
Struggling to keep her eyes open, Kagome looked back at Sesshoumaru, wondering if he would allow Fusae to come back in and change her bandages, "Well, are you just going to stand there or is Fusae allowed to come and change my bandages? She said she had to, y'know."
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Sesshoumaru had to admit, he was a little surprised at the miko's boldness when she addressed him in the tone she had, but then again, she was never one to just sit back and take orders. He knew from observing her during battles and the way she didn't back down when Inuyasha told her to, that was one of the things he admired about her. 'Does she seriously think I brought her here only to kill her? That's almost worth a laugh. Maybe she's not as smart as I give her credit for.' Instead of punishing her for talking to him in such a way, he spoke almost calmly to her, as if she were a child, like Rin, "I didn't bring you here to kill you, wench. You should actually be glad I didn't leave you in the middle of my lands, bleeding to death with no Inuyasha to save you." He stopped his little lecture there when the smell of fresh blood attacked his senses. 'Can't say I didn't expect her not to bleed. Humans are such fragile creatures. Always bleeding.'
To his surprise, and Kagome's he was sure, he picked her up and carried her out of her room, heading to his indoor hot springs. He tightened his grasp when she began to struggle, "If you continue to do that, your going to lose more blood. And I don't think that's good for a human." He growled. 'What are you thinking?! Why would you care if she lost a large amount of blood? She's a human, your brothers wench, the miko who's stopped you from stealing the tetsusaiga, your not supposed to care.'
'Ahh. but she's just so helpless and.. Slightly submissive when she's like this. You can't help but care. Look at her. You know why your helping her.' That annoying little voice had come back.
'What are you doing in my head? Go away. Stop putting these thoughts in here. Humans are disgusting. vile.' While he was thinking he looked down at the girl in his arms who was glaring up at him with her arms crossed over her chest, 'She's cute when she does that.'
The voice laughed and replied happily before fading away, 'I'm glad you see it my way, my friend.'
Sesshoumaru growled, realizing what this voice was making him think and he slid the doors open to the hot springs with his foot and set Kagome down, "You need to bathe. I'll send a servant to help you with the bandages." Without another word he turned and walked out of the hot springs, closing the doors behind him then running down the hall and out an open window, fleeing into the darkness of the forest. 'That silly girl did something to me. The annoying voice came when I rescued her. I want it gone.'
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Kagome had been angry the whole time Sesshoumaru carried her, but was jumping for joy in her head when she saw the hot springs. 'Just what I need. A nice, long bath. It's so beautiful too.' She sat near the edge of the water, taking in her surroundings.
The hot springs was located in a huge room, almost the size of an arena with a main spring in the middle and a few smaller ones attached and off to the sides of it with small waterfalls falling from the ones that were higher then others. Around it looked like a forest, it was breath taking with the small animals that were scurrying around. She never thought there would be actual creatures in here, but she could sense that they weren't demon and for that, she was glad.
After undressing while making sure nobody was around, she began to peel off the bloodied bandages and winced when she saw the wounds. 'I wonder if they'll leave scars. I hope they don't sting in the water.' Kagome placed the bandages beside her clothes and slowly walked into the hot springs and let out a gasp when the water touched the open cuts, "Oh, Kami, that stings!"
Gritting her teeth and telling herself to get over it, that she'd been through worse things, she began to rub the dried blood off her body and wash her hair. Her expression saddened when she though of the group. 'I wonder what Sesshoumaru did with them. What if he didn't find them? Oh, I hope he didn't, Inuyasha will probably do something too rash and get himself killed. And what about Shippo? Hope he's okay. Sango can probably take care of herself and Miroku.' She giggled when she remembered the last time she had come back after leaving them alone. Miroku had a hand mark bruise on his chin but he was still grinning. 'Yes, Sango can definitely take care of him.'
When the door to the springs opened, Kagome quickly covered herself and dunked under the water to her nose, allowing herself to breathe. 'Uh oh. That better not be Sesshoumaru. No matter how badly my side hurts I'll slap him if he comes in here. He should know better!' But she sighed when she saw the short red hair and green eyes, "Fusae. I'm glad it's you." 'I feel so calm around her. strange since I thought warriors would have a different aura, more, serious.'
For a reply to her statement, Fusae smiled and set down a kimono that was dark green with a dragon embroidered on it with rhinestones with a matching obi, a towel and held the fresh bandages in her hands, "Hai, M'lady. It's only Fusae. I brought you a kimono and new bandages. Lord Sesshoumaru wishes for you to meet him in his study when your done."
Kagome frowned at the mention of Sesshoumaru but slowly got out of the hot springs after asking Fusae to turn around and wrapped the towel around her, wondering how she was going to get the bandages on with not exposing herself. 'Oh, Fusae's a girl too. she doesn't have anything I don't have. Except, maybe weapons hidden and, she's a demon.'
Letting out a sigh, she sat on a near by boulder and reluctantly let Fusae wrap the bandages around her stomach, keeping the towel wrapped around her waist, "Um, Fusae. Do you know why I was brought here and. when?"
Fusae looked up at her and took a step back, now finished bandaging Kagome, "I only know that you were brought here a day and a half ago. Though I don't know why. Gomen."
Kagome blinked, "Oh. Okay, then. Umm. I'm curious, what kind of demon are you? Does Sesshoumaru have many female warriors? I would've thought he had males."
Fusae smiled at this and simply stated, "I'm a fire demon. And I'm Lord Sesshoumaru's only female warrior and I have to say, you'll want to watch out for the males. They aren't used to having very many attractive females around. Now, if you just get dressed, I'll take you to the study."
Kagome thought about what Fusae meant by having to watch herself around the males then blushed and picked up the kimono, starting to get dressed with the help of the warrior, "Oh. Um, okay. Thank you, Fusae."
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Sorry it's so short. I promise to make up for it on the next chapter, but I caught my brothers flu bug and this is the only time I've been able to get off the couch. Lol. I'll try to update tomorrow! Remember to review, and, tell me what you guys might want to happen in the next chapter. It's gunna be called "Attractions" and I might just use some of your guys ideas! Okay, until next time, Adios!
-Nothika [Krys]