Title: Don't Turn Away
Author: Dark Whispers
Rating: PG
Pairings: Sess/Kag
Summary: After a bizarre happening of events during a stormy day, Sesshomaru find himself in the debt of a human and unable to stop thinking about her. Sess/Kag
A/N: New chapter here! Thanks to everyone who reviewed and to everyone who didn't; SHAME ON YOU! J/k! *laughs nervously* On with the story!
"Sesshomaru-sama!"
The moment Sesshomaru stepped out of his study the next morning, he was tackled by a small girl who promptly wrapped her arms around his leg and hugged it tightly. A few moments later a toad demon turned the corner of the hallway and ran up to Sesshomaru, panting.
"M-my Lord! I am sorry! The foolish girl would not sit still and when I turned my back-"
"Jakken."
"Yes my Lord?"
"Shut up."
"Right away my Lord!"
Ignoring Jakken who continued to kneel on the floor, groveling for mercy, he turned his attention back to Rin. She was sobbing into his leg, her words muffled by the fabric of his pants.
"Sesshomaru-sama! Rin is so sorry! Rin didn't know where she was! Rin was scared and she thought Sesshomaru-sama would never find her!"
Sesshomaru looked down at the sobbing girl, not showing his uncertainty of what to do.
'Should I try to get her to stop crying? Maybe I should just let her- did she just BLOW HER NOSE ON ME?!'
"Rin."
"Yes, Sesshomaru-sama?"
"Go outside and play."
Rin looked up and her eyes widened excitedly.
"Can Rin play in the garden?"
Sesshomaru sighed in defeat. "Yes, you may."
She squealed excitedly and ran off, dragging Jakken behind her.
Shaking his head and mumbling, Sesshomaru made his way out of the palace to sit in a tree overlooking the garden. Someone had to watch over Rin, since Jakken was useless.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Inuyasha, what's wrong with you?!"
"Nothing is wrong with me, bitch!"
Sango highly disagreed with what Inuyasha said. There was definitely something wrong with him. Ever since the encounter with Naraku. . .
Inuyasha had come back to the ruins of the village, dragging Kagome behind him. He had not told them much about the attack. His description of what happened was, "Naraku kidnapped Kagome and some kid of Sesshomaru's so we both kicked the shit out of him." This had not been very informative at all and was obviously not what was bothering him.
However, they had more important things to worry about now. Helping the villagers rebuild their homes was one of them. Most of the huts weren't damaged too severely, and within a couple of days they might be totally rebuilt. Other houses had been completely destroyed and would have to be built from scratch. Kaede also had her hands full healing the burns of villagers.
The shard hunting group was currently resting in Kaede's hut. Shippou had rejoined them. The kitsune had been quite annoyed he hadn't been able to help in the fire, but Sango insisted it would have been safer with him if he had stayed with Kaede.
"Inuyasha, please, just tell me what's wrong! I'm sorry for falling into Naraku's trap! I just. . .I guess I really am kind of worthless aren't I?"
Inuyasha turned to face her upon hearing her depressed tone. His eyes softened when he saw the tears in her eyes. He reached out and grabbed her hand, holding it gently.
"You aren't worthless Kagome, and I'm not mad at you. . .it's just. . .look, do you remember what my brother said to you?"
Kagome looked at him blankly which made him want to growl in frustration.
"About he was in your debt?"
A look of recognition came upon her face. "Oh yea. . . I remember that! But Inuyasha, why does that worry you so much? He was probably just being polite-"
Inuyasha did growl in frustration this time.
"He WAS NOT just being polite! Don't you know anything about a Demon's Debt?!"
"I do," Sango interrupted. She averted her gaze to the floor uncomfortably as everyone stared at her.
"As a demon slayer," she began slowly. "I had to learn the customs of demons, not just how to kill them. When a demon tells someone he is in someone's debt, it pretty much declares that person an equal to the demon. A Demon's Debt is extremely rare, even ones given to other demons from a demon. A demon in the debt of a human. . . that is something I have never heard of. You must of done Sesshomaru one BIG favor if he told you he was in your debt, Kagome."
Kagome blushed. "I still don't get why you're mad Inuyasha! Sesshomaru owes us a big favor! That's a good thing, right?"
Inuyasha growled, and Miroku was hit with a sudden understanding.
"Oh, I get it now!" Miroku began smugly. "Inuyasha is jealous!"
Everyone proceeded to stare at Miroku like he had four heads (except for Shippou; he's asleep ^_^).
Miroku sighed in exasperation. "Don't you get it? Inuyasha has never earned respect for his brother, not in his entire life, while Kagome was able to do it in one day!"
Miroku was promptly pinned against the wall by a fuming Inuyasha. "Don't assume things you stupid monk! You don't know anything about-"
He was interrupted by a sniffle from Kagome.
"Is that what's wrong Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, her voice trembling. "You can't accept that I can do something you can't? I'm never going to be good enough for you, am I?!"
Inuyasha's eyes widened, panicked. "Kagome, wait!"
He was too late; Kagome quickly ran from the hut, not looking back.
Sango sighed wearily as Inuyasha spent five minutes pounding Miroku's head in before taking off to find Kagome. She approached the monk and knelt down beside him, trying to see if he was still conscious. "Miroku, did you have to do that? Sometimes you can be so insen-"
THUD!
Miroku quickly retracted his offending limb after being reacquainted with Sango's giant boomerang.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome sniffled as she sat underneath the God Tree. 'Inuyasha can be such a jerk sometimes. I don't know why he's so mad. . .'
She heard footsteps approach and someone sat down next to her. She caught a glimpse of red out of the corner of her eye, but did not look at him.
"Kagome. . .I know you're listening to me even though you're pretending to ignore me."
Kagome bit her lip to keep from retorting.
"I just want you to know that I'm. . .sorry. . .for hurting your feelings. I know I should be happy that Sesshomaru owes us something, but he's never shown me respect. Not once. Not even when I was a kid and he was semi-friendly to me. He's always been my superior and better than me, and I guess I did get a little. . .jealous. . ."
Inuyasha stopped babbling when Kagome finally acknowledged him with a hug.
"Oh, Inuyasha, it's okay! You just got me worried when you started sulking! I'm kind of worried about this whole Demon's Debt thing myself. How is he going to repay me anyway?"
Inuyasha pulled away from Kagome, glad it was dark so she couldn't see him blushing. "I'm not sure. But just remember that if you feel uncomfortable around him, all you have to do is call me."
Kagome smiled, "Thanks Inuyasha. I think I'd feel safer around him if you're with me. I mean, even though I'm in his debt, he has tried to kill us all before. It's kind of hard to forget that."
Inuyasha hesitantly wrapped a comforting arm around her shoulders. "Don't worry Kagome; I'll always be here to protect you."
The two of them sat together for awhile, enjoying the silence, before heading back to Kaede's.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Ugh, I'm so tired!" Kagome whined.
It was about noon and the sun was beating down on the backs of the villagers unmercifully. Everyone in the village was helping to rebuild the destroyed houses and Kagome was finding it very tiring. Kirara dropped another pile of lumber at her feet before heading back to the forest to find more.
'Kirara is a lot more useful than me, especially in demon form.'
Kagome sat on the ground for awhile longer before she was joined by Sango.
"How are you doing Kagome?" Sango asked. Kagome just moaned.
They were talking about shard hunting when a large bucket of water was dumping on top of their heads, soaking them to the bone.
Blinking water out of her eyes, Kagome turned to face to culprit. Miroku stared back at Kagome and Sango who were glaring furiously.
"Opps! I am so terribly sorry girls! You're just so hott and I figured I needed to cool me-I mean you-down." Miroku said all of this without looking at their faces, but instead at their chests.
Kagome looked down at her soaked shirt and shrieked, crossing her arms over her chest. Sango didn't bother and instead picked the forgotten bucket of the ground and beat Miroku over the head with it furiously.
You stupid!-THUD-perverted!-THUD-monk!
Inuyasha hurried over after hearing Kagome shriek and the loud bangs.
"W-what's going on? What happened?!"
Inuyasha turned from Sango beating Miroku (who seemed to be unconscious now) to Kagome who was still drenched. He ogled at her. As soon as Kagome noticed this she grabbed a rock of the ground and threw it at his head.
"Not you too, Inuyasha! I swear, you and Miroku are so-ugh!" She turned to Sango. "Come on Sango, since we're already wet, we might as well go take a bath."
Sango halted her beating and nodded, tossing the bucket away loftily. She sent a death glare at Inuyasha. "You two are in enough trouble already, so you better not follow us!"
Inuyasha watched the girls leave before delivering a swift kick to Miroku's abdomen and dragging him off to Kaede's.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome and Sango returned from their bath an hour later, extremely cheerful that they didn't have any peeping toms to disturb them. It was around three o' clock when they entered the hut. Inuyasha was pacing the hut while Kaede was bandaging Miroku's head.
Inuyasha looked up when they arrived. "Finally! You took forever with that stupid bath. Hurry up and eat something because we're leaving to go shard hunting as soon as possible."
Kagome's eyes widened. "Now? Why not just wait until to-"
"No freakin way," Inuyasha said. "We've already wasted enough time. We're leaving today, before the sun sets, so get ready to go."
Shippou pouted. "You're so mean Inuyasha!"
~*~*~*~*~*~
An hour later, the group was all set to go and had just left the village, heading in the direction of the mountains.
"The next shard is said to be buried deep within a lake in one of the valleys of those mountains," Inuyasha stated.
The sun was just starting to set when a figure appeared in front of them down the path. Inuyasha brought the group to a halt and stared at the person disbelievingly. The rest of the group couldn't tell who the person was, but Inuyasha and Shippou could seem him perfectly.
Shippou jumped out of Kagome's arms and landed on Inuyasha's shoulders. He tugged the hanyou's ear and asked, "What's he doing here Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha simply knocked Shippou off his ear. The kitsune landed on the ground, grumbling. Inuyasha mumbled, "Stay here." and walked toward the figure.
The rest of the group watched curiously as Inuyasha approached the figure.
~*~*~*~*~*~
'WHAT THE HELL IS SESSHOMARU DOING HERE?!'
His brother's appearance was becoming a usual occurrence for Inuyasha and the hanyou was not happy about this.
"What do you want, Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha growled menacingly.
Sesshomaru looked at him with obvious disdain. "I'm here for the girl."
Inuyasha's eyes widened. "What do you want with Kagome?"
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes before stepping past his brother. "I believe I owe her a Demon's Debt."
Sesshomaru ignored Inuyasha and continued to walk toward his target. Inuyasha followed momentarily, ready to pull out Tessaiga if Sesshomaru proved himself to be a threat.
The dog demon stopped in front of the group, his eyes on Kagome.
"You, girl, I owe you a Demon's Debt, and I am here to repay it."
Kagome simply nodded, her mouth too dry to speak.
"You will come with me now."
'WHAT THE FUCK?!'
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Inuyasha said, aloud this time.
Sesshomaru spared him a glance. "I owe her a debt, I am repaying it by taking her with me."
Inuyasha scoffed, "How is that repaying her? What if she doesn't want to go with you?"
"That is irrelevant," said Sesshomaru. "I am repaying my debt by making her my chosen mate, therefore, she must come with me."
Everybody's jaw dropped at this statement.
A/N: YAY! Another chapter finished! I tried to make a cliffhanger this time so I'd get more reviews! ^_^ Cuz if I don't get enough reviews I discontinue the story. So if you want another chapter you have to review! It's a simple concept!
Author: Dark Whispers
Rating: PG
Pairings: Sess/Kag
Summary: After a bizarre happening of events during a stormy day, Sesshomaru find himself in the debt of a human and unable to stop thinking about her. Sess/Kag
A/N: New chapter here! Thanks to everyone who reviewed and to everyone who didn't; SHAME ON YOU! J/k! *laughs nervously* On with the story!
"Sesshomaru-sama!"
The moment Sesshomaru stepped out of his study the next morning, he was tackled by a small girl who promptly wrapped her arms around his leg and hugged it tightly. A few moments later a toad demon turned the corner of the hallway and ran up to Sesshomaru, panting.
"M-my Lord! I am sorry! The foolish girl would not sit still and when I turned my back-"
"Jakken."
"Yes my Lord?"
"Shut up."
"Right away my Lord!"
Ignoring Jakken who continued to kneel on the floor, groveling for mercy, he turned his attention back to Rin. She was sobbing into his leg, her words muffled by the fabric of his pants.
"Sesshomaru-sama! Rin is so sorry! Rin didn't know where she was! Rin was scared and she thought Sesshomaru-sama would never find her!"
Sesshomaru looked down at the sobbing girl, not showing his uncertainty of what to do.
'Should I try to get her to stop crying? Maybe I should just let her- did she just BLOW HER NOSE ON ME?!'
"Rin."
"Yes, Sesshomaru-sama?"
"Go outside and play."
Rin looked up and her eyes widened excitedly.
"Can Rin play in the garden?"
Sesshomaru sighed in defeat. "Yes, you may."
She squealed excitedly and ran off, dragging Jakken behind her.
Shaking his head and mumbling, Sesshomaru made his way out of the palace to sit in a tree overlooking the garden. Someone had to watch over Rin, since Jakken was useless.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Inuyasha, what's wrong with you?!"
"Nothing is wrong with me, bitch!"
Sango highly disagreed with what Inuyasha said. There was definitely something wrong with him. Ever since the encounter with Naraku. . .
Inuyasha had come back to the ruins of the village, dragging Kagome behind him. He had not told them much about the attack. His description of what happened was, "Naraku kidnapped Kagome and some kid of Sesshomaru's so we both kicked the shit out of him." This had not been very informative at all and was obviously not what was bothering him.
However, they had more important things to worry about now. Helping the villagers rebuild their homes was one of them. Most of the huts weren't damaged too severely, and within a couple of days they might be totally rebuilt. Other houses had been completely destroyed and would have to be built from scratch. Kaede also had her hands full healing the burns of villagers.
The shard hunting group was currently resting in Kaede's hut. Shippou had rejoined them. The kitsune had been quite annoyed he hadn't been able to help in the fire, but Sango insisted it would have been safer with him if he had stayed with Kaede.
"Inuyasha, please, just tell me what's wrong! I'm sorry for falling into Naraku's trap! I just. . .I guess I really am kind of worthless aren't I?"
Inuyasha turned to face her upon hearing her depressed tone. His eyes softened when he saw the tears in her eyes. He reached out and grabbed her hand, holding it gently.
"You aren't worthless Kagome, and I'm not mad at you. . .it's just. . .look, do you remember what my brother said to you?"
Kagome looked at him blankly which made him want to growl in frustration.
"About he was in your debt?"
A look of recognition came upon her face. "Oh yea. . . I remember that! But Inuyasha, why does that worry you so much? He was probably just being polite-"
Inuyasha did growl in frustration this time.
"He WAS NOT just being polite! Don't you know anything about a Demon's Debt?!"
"I do," Sango interrupted. She averted her gaze to the floor uncomfortably as everyone stared at her.
"As a demon slayer," she began slowly. "I had to learn the customs of demons, not just how to kill them. When a demon tells someone he is in someone's debt, it pretty much declares that person an equal to the demon. A Demon's Debt is extremely rare, even ones given to other demons from a demon. A demon in the debt of a human. . . that is something I have never heard of. You must of done Sesshomaru one BIG favor if he told you he was in your debt, Kagome."
Kagome blushed. "I still don't get why you're mad Inuyasha! Sesshomaru owes us a big favor! That's a good thing, right?"
Inuyasha growled, and Miroku was hit with a sudden understanding.
"Oh, I get it now!" Miroku began smugly. "Inuyasha is jealous!"
Everyone proceeded to stare at Miroku like he had four heads (except for Shippou; he's asleep ^_^).
Miroku sighed in exasperation. "Don't you get it? Inuyasha has never earned respect for his brother, not in his entire life, while Kagome was able to do it in one day!"
Miroku was promptly pinned against the wall by a fuming Inuyasha. "Don't assume things you stupid monk! You don't know anything about-"
He was interrupted by a sniffle from Kagome.
"Is that what's wrong Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, her voice trembling. "You can't accept that I can do something you can't? I'm never going to be good enough for you, am I?!"
Inuyasha's eyes widened, panicked. "Kagome, wait!"
He was too late; Kagome quickly ran from the hut, not looking back.
Sango sighed wearily as Inuyasha spent five minutes pounding Miroku's head in before taking off to find Kagome. She approached the monk and knelt down beside him, trying to see if he was still conscious. "Miroku, did you have to do that? Sometimes you can be so insen-"
THUD!
Miroku quickly retracted his offending limb after being reacquainted with Sango's giant boomerang.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome sniffled as she sat underneath the God Tree. 'Inuyasha can be such a jerk sometimes. I don't know why he's so mad. . .'
She heard footsteps approach and someone sat down next to her. She caught a glimpse of red out of the corner of her eye, but did not look at him.
"Kagome. . .I know you're listening to me even though you're pretending to ignore me."
Kagome bit her lip to keep from retorting.
"I just want you to know that I'm. . .sorry. . .for hurting your feelings. I know I should be happy that Sesshomaru owes us something, but he's never shown me respect. Not once. Not even when I was a kid and he was semi-friendly to me. He's always been my superior and better than me, and I guess I did get a little. . .jealous. . ."
Inuyasha stopped babbling when Kagome finally acknowledged him with a hug.
"Oh, Inuyasha, it's okay! You just got me worried when you started sulking! I'm kind of worried about this whole Demon's Debt thing myself. How is he going to repay me anyway?"
Inuyasha pulled away from Kagome, glad it was dark so she couldn't see him blushing. "I'm not sure. But just remember that if you feel uncomfortable around him, all you have to do is call me."
Kagome smiled, "Thanks Inuyasha. I think I'd feel safer around him if you're with me. I mean, even though I'm in his debt, he has tried to kill us all before. It's kind of hard to forget that."
Inuyasha hesitantly wrapped a comforting arm around her shoulders. "Don't worry Kagome; I'll always be here to protect you."
The two of them sat together for awhile, enjoying the silence, before heading back to Kaede's.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Ugh, I'm so tired!" Kagome whined.
It was about noon and the sun was beating down on the backs of the villagers unmercifully. Everyone in the village was helping to rebuild the destroyed houses and Kagome was finding it very tiring. Kirara dropped another pile of lumber at her feet before heading back to the forest to find more.
'Kirara is a lot more useful than me, especially in demon form.'
Kagome sat on the ground for awhile longer before she was joined by Sango.
"How are you doing Kagome?" Sango asked. Kagome just moaned.
They were talking about shard hunting when a large bucket of water was dumping on top of their heads, soaking them to the bone.
Blinking water out of her eyes, Kagome turned to face to culprit. Miroku stared back at Kagome and Sango who were glaring furiously.
"Opps! I am so terribly sorry girls! You're just so hott and I figured I needed to cool me-I mean you-down." Miroku said all of this without looking at their faces, but instead at their chests.
Kagome looked down at her soaked shirt and shrieked, crossing her arms over her chest. Sango didn't bother and instead picked the forgotten bucket of the ground and beat Miroku over the head with it furiously.
You stupid!-THUD-perverted!-THUD-monk!
Inuyasha hurried over after hearing Kagome shriek and the loud bangs.
"W-what's going on? What happened?!"
Inuyasha turned from Sango beating Miroku (who seemed to be unconscious now) to Kagome who was still drenched. He ogled at her. As soon as Kagome noticed this she grabbed a rock of the ground and threw it at his head.
"Not you too, Inuyasha! I swear, you and Miroku are so-ugh!" She turned to Sango. "Come on Sango, since we're already wet, we might as well go take a bath."
Sango halted her beating and nodded, tossing the bucket away loftily. She sent a death glare at Inuyasha. "You two are in enough trouble already, so you better not follow us!"
Inuyasha watched the girls leave before delivering a swift kick to Miroku's abdomen and dragging him off to Kaede's.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome and Sango returned from their bath an hour later, extremely cheerful that they didn't have any peeping toms to disturb them. It was around three o' clock when they entered the hut. Inuyasha was pacing the hut while Kaede was bandaging Miroku's head.
Inuyasha looked up when they arrived. "Finally! You took forever with that stupid bath. Hurry up and eat something because we're leaving to go shard hunting as soon as possible."
Kagome's eyes widened. "Now? Why not just wait until to-"
"No freakin way," Inuyasha said. "We've already wasted enough time. We're leaving today, before the sun sets, so get ready to go."
Shippou pouted. "You're so mean Inuyasha!"
~*~*~*~*~*~
An hour later, the group was all set to go and had just left the village, heading in the direction of the mountains.
"The next shard is said to be buried deep within a lake in one of the valleys of those mountains," Inuyasha stated.
The sun was just starting to set when a figure appeared in front of them down the path. Inuyasha brought the group to a halt and stared at the person disbelievingly. The rest of the group couldn't tell who the person was, but Inuyasha and Shippou could seem him perfectly.
Shippou jumped out of Kagome's arms and landed on Inuyasha's shoulders. He tugged the hanyou's ear and asked, "What's he doing here Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha simply knocked Shippou off his ear. The kitsune landed on the ground, grumbling. Inuyasha mumbled, "Stay here." and walked toward the figure.
The rest of the group watched curiously as Inuyasha approached the figure.
~*~*~*~*~*~
'WHAT THE HELL IS SESSHOMARU DOING HERE?!'
His brother's appearance was becoming a usual occurrence for Inuyasha and the hanyou was not happy about this.
"What do you want, Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha growled menacingly.
Sesshomaru looked at him with obvious disdain. "I'm here for the girl."
Inuyasha's eyes widened. "What do you want with Kagome?"
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes before stepping past his brother. "I believe I owe her a Demon's Debt."
Sesshomaru ignored Inuyasha and continued to walk toward his target. Inuyasha followed momentarily, ready to pull out Tessaiga if Sesshomaru proved himself to be a threat.
The dog demon stopped in front of the group, his eyes on Kagome.
"You, girl, I owe you a Demon's Debt, and I am here to repay it."
Kagome simply nodded, her mouth too dry to speak.
"You will come with me now."
'WHAT THE FUCK?!'
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Inuyasha said, aloud this time.
Sesshomaru spared him a glance. "I owe her a debt, I am repaying it by taking her with me."
Inuyasha scoffed, "How is that repaying her? What if she doesn't want to go with you?"
"That is irrelevant," said Sesshomaru. "I am repaying my debt by making her my chosen mate, therefore, she must come with me."
Everybody's jaw dropped at this statement.
A/N: YAY! Another chapter finished! I tried to make a cliffhanger this time so I'd get more reviews! ^_^ Cuz if I don't get enough reviews I discontinue the story. So if you want another chapter you have to review! It's a simple concept!
