Okay, so it's been a while since I've updated. In fact, for a while there,
I had lost my inspiration for the story and had debated for a while whether
or not to go along with it. Then I got this review from lulu. I admit, it's
one of the reasons that I'm writing this chapter. For the last one, I
didn't get as many as I expected, but hey, as long as I get some, I'm
happy. Oh, and when you're done reading this chapter, go and read
"Goodbye." It's a one shot about Sesshoumaru having to say goodbye (go
figure) to someone very important in his life. I've been told that it's
really good, and I'd appreciate your feedback on it. Well, onto the story
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"You broke my heart I said goodbye. When you came back I started to cry."
Kagome crumpled up the piece of paper. "What a lousy opening," she said, throwing it at the wall.
"You know, you COULD throw that in a trash can," Hikaru said, walking in the door. She stopped to pick it up. "What is this anyway? You broke my heart I said goodbye. When you came back I started to cry. Sounds like it's about my renegade cousin."
"So what if it is?"
"I think that Sesshou would be upset to find this."
"How do you know? Most of the time, he acts like he wouldn't care if the world blew up."
"Well, I guess that's just his way. He wasn't always like this, you know. He used to be a really sweet boy, open with his feelings. And then, well, I don't think he'd appreciate me telling. He does care. It's just that he has a hard time expressing it. He doesn't want to seem weak."
"I guess he's opening up more, though."
"How so?"
"Well, um," Kagome blushed as she thought about the day when they had been ready to leave.
"Hmmm. I think that something's going on between you two."
"What gave you that idea?"
"Well, the fact that you blushed just a second ago, and the fact that you had your head on his shoulder last night. Speaking of which, what happened last night anyway? Nobody ever told me. I tried to ask Rin, but, well, she's a little confused herself."
"Oh, that," Kagome responded, happy to have the subject change. "Some vampires cam to pay Sesshoumaru a visit. I killed them."
"YOU killed them?" Hikaru asked incredulously. "I would have thought that Sesshoumaru would have done it."
~*~*~*~
She pursed her lips in firm resolve. 'This time, I'm not going to back out,' she thought, as she looked at her reflection, at last satisfied with how it looked.
"Are you ready to leave now?" Sesshoumaru asked impatiently from the doorway.
"Have you been watching me change clothes?" she asked him indignantly.
"No, as a matter of fact, I just got here."
"Liar," she mumbled. She continued to speak when she saw Sesshoumaru open his mouth to retort. "What about Rin?"
"She'll be staying here with the servants and, if he ever gets back, Jaken."
Once again Kagome donned her bow and arrows. "Okay, I'm ready," she nodded to him.
The two quickly left the castle, and made their way towards Inu-Yasha's forest, neither wanting to stop long enough for Kagome to change her mind.
Sesshoumaru, though, finally deemed it a good time to rest when when Kagome had fallen to sleep. He stopped in a clearing near the border between the two forests. Gently, he lifted Kagome off of Ah and Oun's (sp?) saddle and placed her on the ground. He saw her start to shiver and built up a fire.
Sighing lightly, Sesshoumaru sat down near Kagome and leaned his back into a tree. 'What am I doing here? Why is she here with me?' he wondered. 'Why couldn't I kill her when I found her? What's stopping me now?' His hand raised involuntarily and slowly made its way down to remove a piece of hair from her face. His expression was one of confusion at that moment, hers one of peace.
Kagome mumbled something inaudibly in her sleep. "Sesshoumaru.." She whispered. His eyebrow raised in wonder. 'What is she dreaming about?' She moved again, this time resting her head on his lap. He jumped at her touch, but soon fell to sleep himself.
~*~*~*~
She woke early the next morning. Seeing that Sesshoumaru was still asleep, she quietly got up and stretched, leaving for a short walk to clear her mind and think. 'I've be shown time and time again that I'm Kikyo's reincarnation,' she thought. Kagome sat down on the riverbank and stared into the clear water. "But.what of the others? Sango? Miroku? Shippo? Have they been reincarnated too? In my time?' she bit her lip. 'And what about Inu-Yasha? Does that mean there's one for me in my own time?'
A rustle in the bushes interrupted her thoughts. She whipped around and saw Inu-Yasha step into the open. "What are you doing here?" he demanded.
Kagome clenched her fists at her sides. "Why should I tell you? It's none of your business what I'm doing here. You lost the right to ask me that question when you chose Kikyo."
Inu-Yasha flinched, knowing what she said to be true.
"So why don't you just go back to that clay doll that you love so much and leave me in peace?"
Inu-Yasha growled and unsheathed the tetsusaiga. "What in the seven hells are you doing here?" he yelled in to the forest.
Sesshoumaru stepped out into the open. "I could ask you the same thing. This area IS still my territory."
Inu-Yasha lunged at Sesshoumaru to attack.
"Osuwari!"
There was a loud thud as Inu-Yasha was thrown face-first into the ground. "What the hell was that for, bitch?"
"Osuwari!" Kagome yelled again. "Don't you DARE call me that ever again!"
"Bitch! Bitch! Bitch!"
"Osuwari! Osuwari! Osuwari! Osuwari! And don't you even think of asking Kikyo to take that off, because I'M the only one with the power to!"
"You don't think I know that? Don't you think she's tried already, Bitch?"
"Osuwari!"
Sesshoumaru raised his eyebrow in question.
"Come on, Sesshoumaru, let's go before he decides to bother us again," she said before coldly storming off.
Sesshoumaru turned and followed Kagome's trail, not uttering a word.
"What the hell is going ON here?" Inu-Yasha yelled.
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Sorry, folks! I know this is really short.but I really didn't know what it was going to be about. If you have any suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them! Thanks for all the reviews! I'd respond, but I'm sorta short on time right now, so I'll just say for now collectively to you all as a group thanks for the reviews and I'm glad that you like it!
~Densetsu Unmei
~*~*~*~
"You broke my heart I said goodbye. When you came back I started to cry."
Kagome crumpled up the piece of paper. "What a lousy opening," she said, throwing it at the wall.
"You know, you COULD throw that in a trash can," Hikaru said, walking in the door. She stopped to pick it up. "What is this anyway? You broke my heart I said goodbye. When you came back I started to cry. Sounds like it's about my renegade cousin."
"So what if it is?"
"I think that Sesshou would be upset to find this."
"How do you know? Most of the time, he acts like he wouldn't care if the world blew up."
"Well, I guess that's just his way. He wasn't always like this, you know. He used to be a really sweet boy, open with his feelings. And then, well, I don't think he'd appreciate me telling. He does care. It's just that he has a hard time expressing it. He doesn't want to seem weak."
"I guess he's opening up more, though."
"How so?"
"Well, um," Kagome blushed as she thought about the day when they had been ready to leave.
"Hmmm. I think that something's going on between you two."
"What gave you that idea?"
"Well, the fact that you blushed just a second ago, and the fact that you had your head on his shoulder last night. Speaking of which, what happened last night anyway? Nobody ever told me. I tried to ask Rin, but, well, she's a little confused herself."
"Oh, that," Kagome responded, happy to have the subject change. "Some vampires cam to pay Sesshoumaru a visit. I killed them."
"YOU killed them?" Hikaru asked incredulously. "I would have thought that Sesshoumaru would have done it."
~*~*~*~
She pursed her lips in firm resolve. 'This time, I'm not going to back out,' she thought, as she looked at her reflection, at last satisfied with how it looked.
"Are you ready to leave now?" Sesshoumaru asked impatiently from the doorway.
"Have you been watching me change clothes?" she asked him indignantly.
"No, as a matter of fact, I just got here."
"Liar," she mumbled. She continued to speak when she saw Sesshoumaru open his mouth to retort. "What about Rin?"
"She'll be staying here with the servants and, if he ever gets back, Jaken."
Once again Kagome donned her bow and arrows. "Okay, I'm ready," she nodded to him.
The two quickly left the castle, and made their way towards Inu-Yasha's forest, neither wanting to stop long enough for Kagome to change her mind.
Sesshoumaru, though, finally deemed it a good time to rest when when Kagome had fallen to sleep. He stopped in a clearing near the border between the two forests. Gently, he lifted Kagome off of Ah and Oun's (sp?) saddle and placed her on the ground. He saw her start to shiver and built up a fire.
Sighing lightly, Sesshoumaru sat down near Kagome and leaned his back into a tree. 'What am I doing here? Why is she here with me?' he wondered. 'Why couldn't I kill her when I found her? What's stopping me now?' His hand raised involuntarily and slowly made its way down to remove a piece of hair from her face. His expression was one of confusion at that moment, hers one of peace.
Kagome mumbled something inaudibly in her sleep. "Sesshoumaru.." She whispered. His eyebrow raised in wonder. 'What is she dreaming about?' She moved again, this time resting her head on his lap. He jumped at her touch, but soon fell to sleep himself.
~*~*~*~
She woke early the next morning. Seeing that Sesshoumaru was still asleep, she quietly got up and stretched, leaving for a short walk to clear her mind and think. 'I've be shown time and time again that I'm Kikyo's reincarnation,' she thought. Kagome sat down on the riverbank and stared into the clear water. "But.what of the others? Sango? Miroku? Shippo? Have they been reincarnated too? In my time?' she bit her lip. 'And what about Inu-Yasha? Does that mean there's one for me in my own time?'
A rustle in the bushes interrupted her thoughts. She whipped around and saw Inu-Yasha step into the open. "What are you doing here?" he demanded.
Kagome clenched her fists at her sides. "Why should I tell you? It's none of your business what I'm doing here. You lost the right to ask me that question when you chose Kikyo."
Inu-Yasha flinched, knowing what she said to be true.
"So why don't you just go back to that clay doll that you love so much and leave me in peace?"
Inu-Yasha growled and unsheathed the tetsusaiga. "What in the seven hells are you doing here?" he yelled in to the forest.
Sesshoumaru stepped out into the open. "I could ask you the same thing. This area IS still my territory."
Inu-Yasha lunged at Sesshoumaru to attack.
"Osuwari!"
There was a loud thud as Inu-Yasha was thrown face-first into the ground. "What the hell was that for, bitch?"
"Osuwari!" Kagome yelled again. "Don't you DARE call me that ever again!"
"Bitch! Bitch! Bitch!"
"Osuwari! Osuwari! Osuwari! Osuwari! And don't you even think of asking Kikyo to take that off, because I'M the only one with the power to!"
"You don't think I know that? Don't you think she's tried already, Bitch?"
"Osuwari!"
Sesshoumaru raised his eyebrow in question.
"Come on, Sesshoumaru, let's go before he decides to bother us again," she said before coldly storming off.
Sesshoumaru turned and followed Kagome's trail, not uttering a word.
"What the hell is going ON here?" Inu-Yasha yelled.
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Sorry, folks! I know this is really short.but I really didn't know what it was going to be about. If you have any suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them! Thanks for all the reviews! I'd respond, but I'm sorta short on time right now, so I'll just say for now collectively to you all as a group thanks for the reviews and I'm glad that you like it!
~Densetsu Unmei