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Recap: After Kagome's departure, the gang is in trouble. No one can persuade Inu to go look for her until Kikyo (of all people!) finally does. Meanwhile, Rin has a fun day playing at the castle with Kagome while Sess goes to a secret meeting with Naraku. They plan on taking Kagome to Winter Mountain ( . ). When he gets back, he sees Kagome and Rin in angel costumes and realizes that Kag is beautiful. Does Kag like him now? What about Inu?
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A Torn Heart
Chapter Three:
'His eyes are so beautiful', Kagome thinks. 'Why can't I keep my eyes off him? It's as if we are two magnets that can't help but stick together.'
Suddenly, Sesshomaru clears his throat, and breaks the staring contest. Kagome also snaps out.
"Umm," ::cough:: "uh..."::cough, cough::. "Kagome... you look very...uh... nice...uh...tonight." ::cough:: "Err...and umm... so do you, Rin." After saying that, Sesshomaru's eyes immediately glance upon the ground.
'Is he...blushing?' Kagome thinks as she scrutinizes him. 'Wow. I never thought I'd see the day when the powerful Lord Sesshomaru would blush over a girl! Wait a minute! That girl...it's...me!'
"Well, thank you. ...Uhh, you look very nice as well."
At that last sentence, Sesshomaru looked up.
'On my god!' Kagome realizes, 'Did I just say that he looked nice as well?? What was I thinking? Oh, this is what happens when I try to be charming.'
Under other circumstances, Sesshomaru might've cut the other person's head off if they said that to him. Not this time though. Kagome slowly lifts up her head to find him staring at her again --- this time though, with a very amused look on his face. A face that reminds her of someone else.
"Huh huh", he chuckles. "Well, I just came to tell you that I'm back and that dinner will start shortly. You might want to change out of those ...um... costumes." He clears his throat another time, turns on his heel, and leaves Rin's "heaven".
'Oh my', Kagome thinks, 'he blushes and chuckles all in one day! All in one hour! What have I done?' With that, Kagome does a little of her own chuckling. She starts walking out the door when she finally remembers who Sesshomaru's look reminded her of.
"Inuyasha," she whispers. Inuyasha looks the exact same way whenever he is amused. "They really are brothers." The proceedings of that day had taken her mind completely off of Inuyasha and Kikyo. Now reality has hit Kagome again. With her high spirits gone, Kagome slowly makes her way back to her room.
"Oh Inuyasha."
"Don't worry. I'll find her. Whatever it takes, I'll find her... for you."
'I will Kikyo. I will find Kagome...I promise.'
Inuyasha is running at full speed through the forest, trying to find Kagome. He looks everywhere, but isn't able to find a thing. Suddenly, he stops running, hops to the very top of a tall tree, and yells at the very top of his lungs, "KAGOME!" Nearby birds flutter off (A/N: Hee hee. Just had to add that ) as he collapses panting.
"Kagome...Kagome, I'm...I'm sor-sorry," he whispers. "Oh, you know that right? Please don't be mad anymore and come back. We'll work something out." Inuyasha stops and looks out over the horizon. "I told Kikyo that I'm looking for you because she wanted me to. That's not true. I want to find you because I...I-- " Through the thick leaves of the tree, Inuyasha suddenly spots something. He jumps down, and runs over to the place. His eyes narrow as he realizes what he had found. A big rock is sitting there along surrounded by bushes. On one of the bushes, a single strand of glistening silver hair lays there.
"Sesshomaru!"
"Uhh, you look very nice as well."
Sesshomaru lets out another little chuckle. If anyone else said that to him, he would've been deeply offended. When Kagome says it though, the only thing he can do is laugh uncomfortably. 'What is this feeling?' he thinks. 'I've never felt this way before...especially towards a ...a human.' Sesshomaru is sitting at the dinner table waiting for everyone else to come. 'Could I be having...romantic feelings towards her? No! No, that's not possible! That foolish girl means nothing to me! It's my half-demon brother who loves her...not me! Wait! Did I just say "love"?'
Just then, Jaken comes in with the food, closely followed by Rin...who is pulling on ...Kagome. Sesshomaru gasps softly. 'What is she doing here?'
"Rin asked Kagome to eat with us!!" Rin declares proudly. "We can be all one happy family!" Jaken grunts at this, but Sesshomaru can only nod. Kagome and Rin sit down and only then does he realize what he has accepted. 'Why did I nod? I should have said no,' he thinks furiously. 'Now the stupid human girl will be dining with us.' Even as he is thinking this, Sesshomaru knows that the truth is that part of him does want to have Kagome's company during dinner. He quickly glances over at her. Kagome's head is down and she's staring at the table as if there's something really interesting on it.
"If you stare at it long enough, the table will come alive and dance for you. But that won't be convenient because our food is on it" he teases.
Upon hearing this, Kagome looks up at him, her cheeks beet red, and smiles shyly.
Sesshomaru feels something stir inside of him, and he takes a sharp breath. Kagome is wearing her normal school uniform again, but to him, she still looks like an angel, especially when she blushes. Although he asks himself why he's being so nice to her, Sesshomaru can't help but smile back at that lovely face. 'Shit. What's happening to me?'
"Yum!! Look at all the food! Let's chow down!" Rin exclaims and digs in.
As Kagome is eating, her head is swarming with questions. 'Why did Sesshomaru kidnap me? Also, if I'm his prisoner, why is he allowing me to eat with him? And why is he being to nice? I mean, he just made a joke with me didn't he? "Sesshomaru" and "joke"? Wow, never thought I'd put those two words together in one sentence. And also, what's this feeling? Why do my insides always squirm whenever he's in the same room as me? I felt it when he came in while Rin and I were playing, and I'm still feeling now. Do...do I have feelings for him?' She looks at him. At first glance, Sesshomaru seems overpowering and intimidating. Looking farther, she sees that Sesshomaru isn't that scary at all. His face has almost a tranquil vibe to it. His hair and his outfit seem to make him glow supernaturally. (A/N: Oh the irony!!) Unlike Inuyasha, ::cringe:: whose features look very rough, Sesshomaru looks smooth, and perfect. And those eyes; Kagome can stare at those entrancing eyes forever. As she's staring at the perfect Sesshomaru, he senses her gaze and looks up. Kagome immediately blushes and looks down. 'Damn. It's that feeling again,' she thinks. 'You know what? I'm not going to solve anything by being shy.' Feeling brave, she decides to ask Sesshomaru some questions.
"Umm...why did you bring me here?"
Utensils chatter as everyone stops eating and looks at her. Against her will, Kagome feels herself blush again. "Well, I was just confused. I mean you brought me here, and made me feel like a prisoner, but now you're letting me eat with you. Why?"
After about two minutes of total silence, Kagome gives up. Suddenly, Sesshomaru answers. "I...I needed company."
Whatever Kagome predicted that he was going to say, this is not it. "Oh! Well, you could have just asked then," she answers back with a smile. Sesshomaru returns a little smile back.
"Yay! You guys can be friends!" Rin says. She starts laughing, but then sneezes.
"Rin, are you coming down with a cold again?" Sesshomaru questions. "You know what I said before. Come on, you need to eat lots of vegetables if you want to stay healthy." He puts some vegetables on her plate, and commands, "Eat."
'Wow,' Kagome thinks. 'He really cares about her. I never thought he was so caring.'
Satisfied that Rin's eating her vegetables, Sesshomaru decides to question Kagome. "So why were you in the middle of nowhere by yourself?"
Kagome's eyes start watering when she hears this. 'Should I tell him? Well, he is more of a friend to me than Inuyasha is right now.' She takes a deep breath and tells him the story.
"And so I just ran off," she concludes. Tears were rolling down her cheeks by now. "What made me even more angry was that he didn't even try to stop me, or come after me! It's like now that Kikyo is here, I don't exist anymore." She finishes, wipes her tears, and continues eating in silence.
'That bastard!' Sesshomaru thinks. 'Poor Kagome. She cares so much for that bastard, and this is how he treats her! If I ever get my hands (A/N: I'll explain.) on him! If only I can help her feel better. It is such a shame that I had to lie to her about the reason why I brought her here. Oh well, I'll think of something later. She just looks so helpless now. It makes me want to wrap my arms (A/N: Again, I'll explain) around her.' Whoa! What is he thinking? He must be going insane!
Dinner ends, and Jaken and Rin clear the table. Kagome gets up and so does Sesshomaru. She turns to face him and says, "Thank you very much for letting me eat with you", and bows. Seeing that her face is once again beet red, Sesshomaru grins. 'She looks very cute when she's embarrassed. Oh my lord. Did I just think that? What is it with these weird thoughts I'm having?' Kagome turns to leave, and Sesshomaru suddenly has the urge to stop her. He didn't have to though. Halfway out the door, Kagome turns back around, dashes towards him, and gives him a light peck on the cheek. Shocked, Sesshomaru could do nothing to stop it. Her flowery scent and soft lips didn't help either.
Kagome pulls away, and says cheerfully, "Thanks again and good night!" As quickly as she came, Kagome disappears through the door. Sesshomaru is left standing there, one hand on his cheek, savoring the scent of flowers left behind by Kagome, while a million thoughts are swimming through his mind.
"There! There it is!" Inuyasha says angrily as he sees Sesshomaru's castle in the far off distance. He can already smell the strong demon scent of his half-brother as he's running.
"Don't worry Kagome, I'm here now," he whispers as he speeds in that direction.
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