Disclaimer: Now really...what in all hell makes you think I own Inuyasha. If
I did, three things would happen: one, I wouldn't have to wait till 11:30
to watch it. Two, I'd own a Kirara plushie and the Inuyasha soundtrack.
Three, the clouds would be jealous.
Again, Kagome and Rin were out in the courtyard, sitting amid the fallen sakura blossoms.
"Kagome, are you sure that Sesshoumaru-sama will be alright?"
"Yes, Rin."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, Rin."
"Are you sure you're sure?"
"Look, he'll be fine. With his demon powers, he'll be able to heal completely within a few days and give me the jewel shard back as well." Rin looked past Kagome at a smaller building than the main one where Sesshoumaru's and Kagome's bedrooms were.
"What about Jaken-sama? You didn't give him a sacred jewel shard."
"First of all, I didn't give Sesshoumaru one. I...lent it to him. And Jaken's gonna be fine. Darn." Rin stood up and began to play some make-believe game she had just invented, leaving Kagome time to think.
'Why did I rescue him? Was it just to stop Rin's crying? Or was it for the sake of saving a life? I don't like Sesshoumaru one bit, especially now that it's so obvious who did...this...to me. Yet I saved him. Why?'
***
"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" asked Miroku. Inuyasha had suddenly fallen on his knees, holding his sleeve over his nose.
"It smells like Sesshoumaru's blood...a whole lot of it...ugh..."
"Well, come on!" Inuyasha staggered to his feet and ran on with the others.
When they reached the riverbank, Inuyasha actually sank to his knees from the reek of all the blood. Miroku, Sango, and Shippou staggered a bit, but Kirara halted beside Inuyasha, laid down on her stomach, and transformed back to her kitten form, covering her snout with her front paws as best she could.
"It appears that someone got to Sesshoumaru before you could, Inuyasha," said Miroku.
"Damn. Can we leave now? It reeks!"
"Yes, we have to find Kagome. Inuyasha, are you still in enough of your right mind to point us in the direction of the castle?" All Inuyasha could do was point and black out.
***
"Why does he weigh so much?" grunted Sango, who had been supporting Inuyasha's torso for the past half hour.
"I don't know. Maybe we should stop here."
**
"Miroku?"
"Yes, Shippou?"
"Do you think Kagome's alright?"
"...I don't know. I hope she is, but there's really no saying. If Sesshoumaru really is dead, then who's to say that whoever his attacker didn't go and attack Kagome next?"
"No way Sesshoumaru is dead. If I know him and his 'royal blood' he won't give up so easy. He wasn't attacked long ago, and we haven't seen him patrolling the lands yet, so I guess he's at the castle resting," said Inuyasha weakly from a curled up position beside the fire. Sango rubbed Kirara's head, as she too was still recovering from the overwhelming stench of blood.
"I think he's biding his time until Inuyasha attacks. That's what any other wounded demon would do."
Sitting up, Inuyasha said, "Well Sesshoumaru isn't just any other demon. He's a full-blooded greater Inuyoukai, and he can heal twice as fast as any other demon you've ever encountered. He'll be up and fighting tomorrow morning."
"Great."
***
'What am I doing?' Sesshoumaru asked himself. He was still weak, weaker than he should have been, but he was up in the middle of the night, staring at the shoji that separated him from Kagome.
'She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen, human or otherwise. I swore to myself that I would never love a human, and yet...First, there is the fatherly feeling I have towards Rin, my little cherry blossom of a human child. Then there is this...admiration that I feel towards my brother's wench...surely I had taken leave of my senses when I did what I did, but I intend to take full responsibility for the pup when it is born, hanyou though it will be.'
He could hear Kagome breathing on the other side of the thin rice-paper door, and for some reason he decided to go back to his room.
'I have to tell her I love her, somehow...Perhaps when he returned the jewel shard to her the next day...yes, that would work...' he stumbled slightly as his head spun; Sesshoumaru was still at a loss for blood after being attacked by the tanuki impersonating his brother.
Of course, Sesshoumaru didn't know that it was a tanuki, and neither did the tanuki know that he would be sent back to the forest near the castle to finish his job and attack Inuyasha.
What was Naraku planning...?
[A/N: Well, I don't know, either. Quit looking at me like that!
Inuyasha: *evil eye*
Sesshoumaru: *hits Inuyasha on head* Don't look at her like that!
Inuyasha: *growl* I'll look like I want!
SPK: Chill, guys!
Inuyasha: Chill?! He took my woman!
Sesshoumaru: Oh, stop whining! IT wasn't my idea.
Inuyasha: *round on SPK*
SPK: *looks around nervously* Sesshoumaru...help me!
Sesshoumaru: What if I don't want to?
SPK: *flames of rage* YOU'LL DO WHAT I TELL YOU TO.
Sesshoumaru: yes ma'am.
Again, Kagome and Rin were out in the courtyard, sitting amid the fallen sakura blossoms.
"Kagome, are you sure that Sesshoumaru-sama will be alright?"
"Yes, Rin."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, Rin."
"Are you sure you're sure?"
"Look, he'll be fine. With his demon powers, he'll be able to heal completely within a few days and give me the jewel shard back as well." Rin looked past Kagome at a smaller building than the main one where Sesshoumaru's and Kagome's bedrooms were.
"What about Jaken-sama? You didn't give him a sacred jewel shard."
"First of all, I didn't give Sesshoumaru one. I...lent it to him. And Jaken's gonna be fine. Darn." Rin stood up and began to play some make-believe game she had just invented, leaving Kagome time to think.
'Why did I rescue him? Was it just to stop Rin's crying? Or was it for the sake of saving a life? I don't like Sesshoumaru one bit, especially now that it's so obvious who did...this...to me. Yet I saved him. Why?'
***
"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" asked Miroku. Inuyasha had suddenly fallen on his knees, holding his sleeve over his nose.
"It smells like Sesshoumaru's blood...a whole lot of it...ugh..."
"Well, come on!" Inuyasha staggered to his feet and ran on with the others.
When they reached the riverbank, Inuyasha actually sank to his knees from the reek of all the blood. Miroku, Sango, and Shippou staggered a bit, but Kirara halted beside Inuyasha, laid down on her stomach, and transformed back to her kitten form, covering her snout with her front paws as best she could.
"It appears that someone got to Sesshoumaru before you could, Inuyasha," said Miroku.
"Damn. Can we leave now? It reeks!"
"Yes, we have to find Kagome. Inuyasha, are you still in enough of your right mind to point us in the direction of the castle?" All Inuyasha could do was point and black out.
***
"Why does he weigh so much?" grunted Sango, who had been supporting Inuyasha's torso for the past half hour.
"I don't know. Maybe we should stop here."
**
"Miroku?"
"Yes, Shippou?"
"Do you think Kagome's alright?"
"...I don't know. I hope she is, but there's really no saying. If Sesshoumaru really is dead, then who's to say that whoever his attacker didn't go and attack Kagome next?"
"No way Sesshoumaru is dead. If I know him and his 'royal blood' he won't give up so easy. He wasn't attacked long ago, and we haven't seen him patrolling the lands yet, so I guess he's at the castle resting," said Inuyasha weakly from a curled up position beside the fire. Sango rubbed Kirara's head, as she too was still recovering from the overwhelming stench of blood.
"I think he's biding his time until Inuyasha attacks. That's what any other wounded demon would do."
Sitting up, Inuyasha said, "Well Sesshoumaru isn't just any other demon. He's a full-blooded greater Inuyoukai, and he can heal twice as fast as any other demon you've ever encountered. He'll be up and fighting tomorrow morning."
"Great."
***
'What am I doing?' Sesshoumaru asked himself. He was still weak, weaker than he should have been, but he was up in the middle of the night, staring at the shoji that separated him from Kagome.
'She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen, human or otherwise. I swore to myself that I would never love a human, and yet...First, there is the fatherly feeling I have towards Rin, my little cherry blossom of a human child. Then there is this...admiration that I feel towards my brother's wench...surely I had taken leave of my senses when I did what I did, but I intend to take full responsibility for the pup when it is born, hanyou though it will be.'
He could hear Kagome breathing on the other side of the thin rice-paper door, and for some reason he decided to go back to his room.
'I have to tell her I love her, somehow...Perhaps when he returned the jewel shard to her the next day...yes, that would work...' he stumbled slightly as his head spun; Sesshoumaru was still at a loss for blood after being attacked by the tanuki impersonating his brother.
Of course, Sesshoumaru didn't know that it was a tanuki, and neither did the tanuki know that he would be sent back to the forest near the castle to finish his job and attack Inuyasha.
What was Naraku planning...?
[A/N: Well, I don't know, either. Quit looking at me like that!
Inuyasha: *evil eye*
Sesshoumaru: *hits Inuyasha on head* Don't look at her like that!
Inuyasha: *growl* I'll look like I want!
SPK: Chill, guys!
Inuyasha: Chill?! He took my woman!
Sesshoumaru: Oh, stop whining! IT wasn't my idea.
Inuyasha: *round on SPK*
SPK: *looks around nervously* Sesshoumaru...help me!
Sesshoumaru: What if I don't want to?
SPK: *flames of rage* YOU'LL DO WHAT I TELL YOU TO.
Sesshoumaru: yes ma'am.