Okay, so I'm starting to write this chapter at about. 11 o'clock, roughly,
and after thinking about what would happen in this chapter all day, I
decided that I couldn't make up my mind and that I was just going to wing
it. I hope you like it! Enjoy! And remember, jawbreakers are really hard,
hence the name, so don't try to bite one!
-Star Shine Dragon
^_^
Chapter 6: Of Escapes and Returns
She slammed the door. Who did he think he was, anyway? "Eriko!" she yelled.
The attendant arrived at the door. "Yes, My Lady?"
"I need a bandage," she said bitterly The scratch that Sesshoumaru had left on her face was now bleeding freely and didn't look like it was going to stop any time soon
"Oh, my. What happened?" Eriko asked.
"Your Lord and Master happened, that's what," there was silence as Eriko went to summon the healer and then, as the healer cleaned the fresh wound and put a bandage on it. The two left Kagome to her silence.
She waited until she couldn't hear any footsteps, and then waited an extra 10 minutes just to make sure. Locking the door, she turned to the closet, opened the doors, pulled out all the sheets, and started to work.
About 20 minutes later, she judged that she had enough sheets to make it to the ground from the third story.
^_^
He had her scent, but what would she be doing here, and why didn't he smell Inu-Yasha with her? He followed his nose until he saw a stone fortress at the foot of the mountains. Stopping about 30 feet inside the woods that surrounded the fortress, he looked up, and to his surprise, saw Kagome hanging from the window by a rope. He leapt into action and went to retrieve her.
^_^
She was about halfway down when something grabbed her from the rope of blankets and pulled her into the forest. She refrained from screaming in terror and surprise only because she didn't want Sesshoumaru to find her. She suddenly found herself sitting on the ground about a mile from the fortress. Kagome looked up and saw Koga standing over her protectively. She jumped to her feet and threw her arms around his neck. "Koga! I'm so happy you're here!"
"You are?" he asked in surprise. "You are," he said, "Of course you are, especially if you were climbing out of the window to get away. So. does that mean you've decided to be my mate?"
"What?" She was really confused now. Oh, no, she thought. I'm not the one who's confused. "Oh. No, Koga, I'm trying to get back to Inu-Yasha. I was. Look, do you think that we could travel while I'm explaining this to you? I don't want to get caught, okay? I just got away."
"Sure," he said smiling. "Where to?"
"Do you mind taking me to Inu-Yasha's forest?" she asked, flinching because she was sure that he would say 'no'.
" Of course," he said reluctantly. Maybe if I do this for her, she'll choose me over Inu-Yasha. Grabbing her by the waist, he said, "Let's go!" and they were off.
^_^
It was the nightfall by the time they stopped for a rest. He doesn't look the least bit tired, Kagome thought. I wonder how he does it? We've been traveling for over 10 hours by now.
"So who were you trying to escape from?" he asked as she pulled some dried fruit out of her pack and started to eat.
"Sesshoumaru," she said simply.
"Why?"
"Well, he captured me about five days ago now, I guess, I don't really know how long it's been. He was going to use me to get to Inu-Yasha, and then he was going to kill me too," she offered him some fruit, although he refused. "You're in a lot of danger now, Koga. Are you sure you want to help me?"
"Of course, Kagome-chan," he said. "Now, how about we start moving again. If he's as fast and powerful as I've heard, he'll catch up to us soon," and they started off again. In one and a half a day's time, they had reached Inu-Yasha's forest.
"Can you smell him, Koga?" Kagome asked anxiously.
"Smell who?" a voice inquired from behind the tree.
Kagome's heart skipped a beat. "Inu-Yasha!" she cried, running towards him as he stepped out of the shadows. She wrapped her arms around him and buried her face in his chest, crying.
He held her close, whispered, "Kagome. I missed you," and placed a kiss on her forehead. He looked up at Koga, who looked slightly uncomfortable by the whole scene. "Where did you find her?" Inu-Yasha asked him.
"Hanging out of a window," he said bluntly, "trying to escape your brother," he took a step closer. "It was very irresponsible of you to let her get into such danger, Inu-Yasha."
Inu-Yasha just hung his head, "I know," he said. "I know, and I have no excuse for why it happened. But, thank you for bringing her back," he said reluctantly.
"Just know that I did not bring Kagome back by my choice, but as a favor," he said, and was gone.
"Kagome. I. I'm so sorry that this happened," he said. "Can you ever forgive me?"
"There's nothing to forgive, Inu-Yasha. It wasn't your fault. It wasn't anybody's fault," she sighed. "I'm just happy to be back, happy that I get to see you again. I was so scared."
"What do you mean?"
"I'll tell you later," she said, although she was reluctant to leave his embrace, "Right now, I want to see that others."
As if on cue, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara walked into the clearing. Shippo was the first to reach her, giving her a big hug and telling Kagome how much he had missed her. Kagome turned around and look at the other two, " I've missed you guys so much," she said giving Sango and Miroku both hugs, surprise to find that he hadn't taken the opportunity to rub her bottom as her would have done on another occasion.
"What happened, Kagome? Where were you? Who had took you prisoner?" Shippo asked.
"I'll tell you and everybody else later," she said, "but first, I need a bath, I need to eat, and I haven't slept in about two and a half days," she turned around to Inu-Yasha, smiled at him. "I'm just glad to be back," she said, giving him a hug. "Now, could we go to Kaede's village?" Kagome asked.
^_^
She's so peaceful when she sleeps, Inu-Yasha thought as he watched over her. I wonder what she's dreaming about? I wonder what it was like being a prisoner of my brother's? Kagome moaned in her sleep, and for the first time, Inu-Yasha noticed that she wasn't wearing the clothes that she normally did. She was wearing a green kimono. He crept closer and noticed that it still smelled slightly like Sesshoumaru, that so did Kagome. He sat down next to where she lay, reveling in just the fact that he was once again near her, promising himself silently that he would never again leave her, or let her get away.
^_^
She opened her eyes slowly, looking at where Inu-Yasha had been sitting when she had fallen asleep, but he wasn't there. Strange, she thought. I wonder where he is? She looked around and saw him sleeping about a foot away, his back against the wall. Sighing, she went back to sleep.
^_^
She sat down next to Inu-Yasha and started her story. "Well, I guess I should start from the beginning. All I remember is you and Sesshoumaru fighting. Then it was all black. When I woke up, I found that I was in Sesshoumaru's forest. I was blindfolded, my arm was broken, and I had a huge cut on my forehead. I was a little surprised to find that my wounds had been tended to. Then there were these trolls. They had five of the Shikon on Tama shards. I blacked out when they got near, but I don't know why. The presence of evil was just too over powering, I guess. But anyway, Sesshoumaru gave me the shards and then carried me to his castle, where he had a healer tend to my wounds. When I woke up - they told me that I had been asleep for about three days - my arm and forehead were completely healed! And without even leaving a scar!"
The next couple of days were sorta boring," she sighed, shifting her position and moving ever so slightly closer to Inu-Yasha, who did the same. "There were three meals a day. Besides that, I was basically left to myself. One night, I had this dream that you," she was looking at Inu- Yasha, "and Sesshoumaru were fighting, and then the full moon began to rise. Your powers were gone, and so he killed you. I used my last arrow on him, and he, too, died, and then I was all alone. I woke up in to middle of the night and couldn't sleep, so I decided to take a walk around the castle to cool my nerves. I got lost and spent a whole hour trying to find my way back to my chambers - which I couldn't - and then Sesshoumaru found me walking around. He got really ticked off, but just led me to my room without much of a fight. The next morning we had an argument and he cut my cheek," she put her hand up, placed it where the cut had once been, Inu- Yasha growled. "I went to my room, made a rope of blankets, and was about half-way down when Koga found me. You know the rest of the story."
^_^ ^_^ ^_^
So. a peaceful interlude to the story as Kagome and Inu-Yasha have finally found each other again (Much thanks to Koga for rescuing our heroine). Well, peace out, and PLEASE! R&R
~Star Shine Dragon
-Star Shine Dragon
^_^
Chapter 6: Of Escapes and Returns
She slammed the door. Who did he think he was, anyway? "Eriko!" she yelled.
The attendant arrived at the door. "Yes, My Lady?"
"I need a bandage," she said bitterly The scratch that Sesshoumaru had left on her face was now bleeding freely and didn't look like it was going to stop any time soon
"Oh, my. What happened?" Eriko asked.
"Your Lord and Master happened, that's what," there was silence as Eriko went to summon the healer and then, as the healer cleaned the fresh wound and put a bandage on it. The two left Kagome to her silence.
She waited until she couldn't hear any footsteps, and then waited an extra 10 minutes just to make sure. Locking the door, she turned to the closet, opened the doors, pulled out all the sheets, and started to work.
About 20 minutes later, she judged that she had enough sheets to make it to the ground from the third story.
^_^
He had her scent, but what would she be doing here, and why didn't he smell Inu-Yasha with her? He followed his nose until he saw a stone fortress at the foot of the mountains. Stopping about 30 feet inside the woods that surrounded the fortress, he looked up, and to his surprise, saw Kagome hanging from the window by a rope. He leapt into action and went to retrieve her.
^_^
She was about halfway down when something grabbed her from the rope of blankets and pulled her into the forest. She refrained from screaming in terror and surprise only because she didn't want Sesshoumaru to find her. She suddenly found herself sitting on the ground about a mile from the fortress. Kagome looked up and saw Koga standing over her protectively. She jumped to her feet and threw her arms around his neck. "Koga! I'm so happy you're here!"
"You are?" he asked in surprise. "You are," he said, "Of course you are, especially if you were climbing out of the window to get away. So. does that mean you've decided to be my mate?"
"What?" She was really confused now. Oh, no, she thought. I'm not the one who's confused. "Oh. No, Koga, I'm trying to get back to Inu-Yasha. I was. Look, do you think that we could travel while I'm explaining this to you? I don't want to get caught, okay? I just got away."
"Sure," he said smiling. "Where to?"
"Do you mind taking me to Inu-Yasha's forest?" she asked, flinching because she was sure that he would say 'no'.
" Of course," he said reluctantly. Maybe if I do this for her, she'll choose me over Inu-Yasha. Grabbing her by the waist, he said, "Let's go!" and they were off.
^_^
It was the nightfall by the time they stopped for a rest. He doesn't look the least bit tired, Kagome thought. I wonder how he does it? We've been traveling for over 10 hours by now.
"So who were you trying to escape from?" he asked as she pulled some dried fruit out of her pack and started to eat.
"Sesshoumaru," she said simply.
"Why?"
"Well, he captured me about five days ago now, I guess, I don't really know how long it's been. He was going to use me to get to Inu-Yasha, and then he was going to kill me too," she offered him some fruit, although he refused. "You're in a lot of danger now, Koga. Are you sure you want to help me?"
"Of course, Kagome-chan," he said. "Now, how about we start moving again. If he's as fast and powerful as I've heard, he'll catch up to us soon," and they started off again. In one and a half a day's time, they had reached Inu-Yasha's forest.
"Can you smell him, Koga?" Kagome asked anxiously.
"Smell who?" a voice inquired from behind the tree.
Kagome's heart skipped a beat. "Inu-Yasha!" she cried, running towards him as he stepped out of the shadows. She wrapped her arms around him and buried her face in his chest, crying.
He held her close, whispered, "Kagome. I missed you," and placed a kiss on her forehead. He looked up at Koga, who looked slightly uncomfortable by the whole scene. "Where did you find her?" Inu-Yasha asked him.
"Hanging out of a window," he said bluntly, "trying to escape your brother," he took a step closer. "It was very irresponsible of you to let her get into such danger, Inu-Yasha."
Inu-Yasha just hung his head, "I know," he said. "I know, and I have no excuse for why it happened. But, thank you for bringing her back," he said reluctantly.
"Just know that I did not bring Kagome back by my choice, but as a favor," he said, and was gone.
"Kagome. I. I'm so sorry that this happened," he said. "Can you ever forgive me?"
"There's nothing to forgive, Inu-Yasha. It wasn't your fault. It wasn't anybody's fault," she sighed. "I'm just happy to be back, happy that I get to see you again. I was so scared."
"What do you mean?"
"I'll tell you later," she said, although she was reluctant to leave his embrace, "Right now, I want to see that others."
As if on cue, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara walked into the clearing. Shippo was the first to reach her, giving her a big hug and telling Kagome how much he had missed her. Kagome turned around and look at the other two, " I've missed you guys so much," she said giving Sango and Miroku both hugs, surprise to find that he hadn't taken the opportunity to rub her bottom as her would have done on another occasion.
"What happened, Kagome? Where were you? Who had took you prisoner?" Shippo asked.
"I'll tell you and everybody else later," she said, "but first, I need a bath, I need to eat, and I haven't slept in about two and a half days," she turned around to Inu-Yasha, smiled at him. "I'm just glad to be back," she said, giving him a hug. "Now, could we go to Kaede's village?" Kagome asked.
^_^
She's so peaceful when she sleeps, Inu-Yasha thought as he watched over her. I wonder what she's dreaming about? I wonder what it was like being a prisoner of my brother's? Kagome moaned in her sleep, and for the first time, Inu-Yasha noticed that she wasn't wearing the clothes that she normally did. She was wearing a green kimono. He crept closer and noticed that it still smelled slightly like Sesshoumaru, that so did Kagome. He sat down next to where she lay, reveling in just the fact that he was once again near her, promising himself silently that he would never again leave her, or let her get away.
^_^
She opened her eyes slowly, looking at where Inu-Yasha had been sitting when she had fallen asleep, but he wasn't there. Strange, she thought. I wonder where he is? She looked around and saw him sleeping about a foot away, his back against the wall. Sighing, she went back to sleep.
^_^
She sat down next to Inu-Yasha and started her story. "Well, I guess I should start from the beginning. All I remember is you and Sesshoumaru fighting. Then it was all black. When I woke up, I found that I was in Sesshoumaru's forest. I was blindfolded, my arm was broken, and I had a huge cut on my forehead. I was a little surprised to find that my wounds had been tended to. Then there were these trolls. They had five of the Shikon on Tama shards. I blacked out when they got near, but I don't know why. The presence of evil was just too over powering, I guess. But anyway, Sesshoumaru gave me the shards and then carried me to his castle, where he had a healer tend to my wounds. When I woke up - they told me that I had been asleep for about three days - my arm and forehead were completely healed! And without even leaving a scar!"
The next couple of days were sorta boring," she sighed, shifting her position and moving ever so slightly closer to Inu-Yasha, who did the same. "There were three meals a day. Besides that, I was basically left to myself. One night, I had this dream that you," she was looking at Inu- Yasha, "and Sesshoumaru were fighting, and then the full moon began to rise. Your powers were gone, and so he killed you. I used my last arrow on him, and he, too, died, and then I was all alone. I woke up in to middle of the night and couldn't sleep, so I decided to take a walk around the castle to cool my nerves. I got lost and spent a whole hour trying to find my way back to my chambers - which I couldn't - and then Sesshoumaru found me walking around. He got really ticked off, but just led me to my room without much of a fight. The next morning we had an argument and he cut my cheek," she put her hand up, placed it where the cut had once been, Inu- Yasha growled. "I went to my room, made a rope of blankets, and was about half-way down when Koga found me. You know the rest of the story."
^_^ ^_^ ^_^
So. a peaceful interlude to the story as Kagome and Inu-Yasha have finally found each other again (Much thanks to Koga for rescuing our heroine). Well, peace out, and PLEASE! R&R
~Star Shine Dragon