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"Lord Sesshoumaru! Wait for Rin!!" Sesshoumaru, Rin, and Jaken were once again trekking through the woods towards Inuyasha. Why? There was the simple matter of returning the jewel shard. That was it, Sesshoumaru had decided. If Kagome wouldn't have him, he wouldn't try to take her away from Inuyasha.
"Hurry up, stupid girl!" yelled Jaken. He was promptly stepped on by Sesshoumaru.
"But my lord—"
"Be quiet, toad."
"Yes, my lord." Sesshoumaru waited for Rin to catch up and then moved on. He had mixed emotions about what he was going to do. He was glad because he would get to see the one he loved, but he would never see her again, except for when she was at the fights he had with Inuyasha. Inuyasha...The only way he would give up Kagome was if he was dead.
Things would have been a lot simpler if Sesshoumaru's stupid hanyou brother was dead. But the idiot had gone and learned all the Tetsusaiga's techniques; including the two nobody had ever thought he would learn: the Kongousouuha and the Red Blade...
But this proved nothing. Those attacks, while impressive, were but flukes.
Sesshoumaru sighed and continued walking.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome trailed off, not sure what to say. There he was, standing in front of her, holding a neatly folded kimono. She took the material in her hands. It was white silk, beautifully made...she smiled.
"Thank you, Inuyasha!!" She leapt at Inuyasha and hugged him around the neck. "It's beautiful!!"
"I thought you might like it," he said, a little embarrassed. But he hugged her back.
"Aw, isn't that sweet!" yelled Shippou, jumping up on top of Inuyasha's head. He was sharply and abruptly thrown about ten feet away, smashing into the ground. Kagome rushed over to him, concern etched on her face for her young friend. Inuyasha just stood there, arms folded.
"Will you be as protective of your pup when it's born as you are of Shippou?" he asked, genuinely curious.
"I can only be assured that you won't throw him around like you do Shippou. RIGHT, Inuyasha...?" Sensing the tone of her voice, he answered.
"Of course."
Back at camp, Sango was sitting closer to Miroku than was wise. As Kagome, Inuyasha, and Shippou entered the campsite, a very loud SMACK was heard, and Miroku fell backwards over the fallen tree they had been leaning back on.
"You had better drop those lecherous habits, monk. Or I might endanger your life more than the kaazana does."
"Yes ma'am... (ow, ow, ow...)"
"What's that you have there, Kagome?" asked Sango. Holding the kimono up, Kagome smiled.
"Inuyasha gave it to me. Isn't he sweet?" she hugged Inuyasha around the neck again. Letting go, she walked on into the camp. Again, Miroku was at Inuyasha's side like that butler guy from Mr. Deeds. (If you haven't seen that movie, he moves around so that nobody notices him, and is quiet and creepy, and really quick.)
"Sucking up to her, eh? Hoping to get closer than just sleeping BESIDE her at night, huh?" The next instant, two things happened to him. One, a water bottle from Kagome's general direction hit him square on the forehead, and two, Inuyasha ground his fist into the side of Miroku's face so hard that his knuckles bruised.
"Inuyasha, why did you give me the kimono? It's beautiful, and I love it, but I'm just wondering." She snuggled deeper into his embrace.
"I just wanted to give you something. I don't know. I thought it would make you happy."
"It did make me happy, but I'm happy just to be here with you." She leaned up and kissed him. "I love you."
"I love you, too, Kagome."
Again, the pair was watched from above by a pair of beautiful golden eyes. A tear was barely caught in time not to fall on Inuyasha's ear from above.
So she really loved him. Sesshoumaru had thought, for a while at least, that there was a tiny bit of hope, but this proved that she was only for Inuyasha. For Inuyasha, and him alone. No room for Sesshoumaru.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, where are you?" called Jaken loudly from beneath Sesshoumaru's tree. Wiping the rest of the tears away from his face, Sesshoumaru jumped down and landed beside the toad. He smashed his head into the ground as far as he could, resolving that if he was indeed dead, there was always the Tenseiga.
Inuyasha and Miroku appeared at the edge of the firelight.
"Sesshoumaru!" growled Inuyasha savagely. "What are you doing here?!" Sesshoumaru kicked the squished toad back into the forest and put his hand in his pocket. He with drew the shard and held it out.
"I wish only to return this sacred jewel shard to Kagome. I will leave after she has the shard back." Kagome walked up behind Inuyasha and Miroku. She was slightly surprised to see Sesshoumaru; she had expected him to keep the shard.
"You stay away from her! Give me the shard. Then get out of here before I rip your tongue out and hang you with it." Sesshoumaru looked at Inuyasha. A heavy feeling of defeat settling around his heart, he dropped the shard into his half-brother's outstretched hand.
Inuyasha gave Kagome the jewel shard and growled at Sesshoumaru.
"Go on, get out of here." Sesshoumaru bowed to Kagome and picked the smashed green mess that was Jaken out of the dirt and began walking west. Inuyasha watched him retreat before placing his arm around Kagome's shoulders and leading her back to the fireside.
Nestled snugly against the smooth fabric of Inuyasha's inner shirt, with the slightly rougher material of the haori coat over her like a blanket, Kagome stared at the shard with a strange light in her eyes. She was looking at it, but not seeing it. She saw Inuyasha's face.
It was actually a reflection, because his face (so cute when he was asleep) was behind her, but Kagome saw her boyfriend's face in a plane on the jewel's surface. Then, the eyes became colder, the hair different, lines appeared on the sides of his face, and a crescent moon-shaped mark appeared in the middle of his forehead. She was looking at Sesshoumaru.
Kagome blinked. Sesshoumaru's face snapped back to Inuyasha's, still peacefully asleep. She sighed and put the shard in a small glass bottle. As she pulled the haori more snugly around her, Kagome thought she heard something moving in the bushes behind her, but she ignored it.
[A/N: SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY!!!!!!!! I didn't mean to make you wait this long for an update!!!! But I wasn't inspired...but now I am!! Yet you must remember, I have another story I'm working on. For Yu Yu Hakusho. Read it. Now. Go. You read it? Good. Now you...not you...the one there in the glasses who didn't review last chapter...yeah, you. Go and do thou likewise.]
"Lord Sesshoumaru! Wait for Rin!!" Sesshoumaru, Rin, and Jaken were once again trekking through the woods towards Inuyasha. Why? There was the simple matter of returning the jewel shard. That was it, Sesshoumaru had decided. If Kagome wouldn't have him, he wouldn't try to take her away from Inuyasha.
"Hurry up, stupid girl!" yelled Jaken. He was promptly stepped on by Sesshoumaru.
"But my lord—"
"Be quiet, toad."
"Yes, my lord." Sesshoumaru waited for Rin to catch up and then moved on. He had mixed emotions about what he was going to do. He was glad because he would get to see the one he loved, but he would never see her again, except for when she was at the fights he had with Inuyasha. Inuyasha...The only way he would give up Kagome was if he was dead.
Things would have been a lot simpler if Sesshoumaru's stupid hanyou brother was dead. But the idiot had gone and learned all the Tetsusaiga's techniques; including the two nobody had ever thought he would learn: the Kongousouuha and the Red Blade...
But this proved nothing. Those attacks, while impressive, were but flukes.
Sesshoumaru sighed and continued walking.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome trailed off, not sure what to say. There he was, standing in front of her, holding a neatly folded kimono. She took the material in her hands. It was white silk, beautifully made...she smiled.
"Thank you, Inuyasha!!" She leapt at Inuyasha and hugged him around the neck. "It's beautiful!!"
"I thought you might like it," he said, a little embarrassed. But he hugged her back.
"Aw, isn't that sweet!" yelled Shippou, jumping up on top of Inuyasha's head. He was sharply and abruptly thrown about ten feet away, smashing into the ground. Kagome rushed over to him, concern etched on her face for her young friend. Inuyasha just stood there, arms folded.
"Will you be as protective of your pup when it's born as you are of Shippou?" he asked, genuinely curious.
"I can only be assured that you won't throw him around like you do Shippou. RIGHT, Inuyasha...?" Sensing the tone of her voice, he answered.
"Of course."
Back at camp, Sango was sitting closer to Miroku than was wise. As Kagome, Inuyasha, and Shippou entered the campsite, a very loud SMACK was heard, and Miroku fell backwards over the fallen tree they had been leaning back on.
"You had better drop those lecherous habits, monk. Or I might endanger your life more than the kaazana does."
"Yes ma'am... (ow, ow, ow...)"
"What's that you have there, Kagome?" asked Sango. Holding the kimono up, Kagome smiled.
"Inuyasha gave it to me. Isn't he sweet?" she hugged Inuyasha around the neck again. Letting go, she walked on into the camp. Again, Miroku was at Inuyasha's side like that butler guy from Mr. Deeds. (If you haven't seen that movie, he moves around so that nobody notices him, and is quiet and creepy, and really quick.)
"Sucking up to her, eh? Hoping to get closer than just sleeping BESIDE her at night, huh?" The next instant, two things happened to him. One, a water bottle from Kagome's general direction hit him square on the forehead, and two, Inuyasha ground his fist into the side of Miroku's face so hard that his knuckles bruised.
"Inuyasha, why did you give me the kimono? It's beautiful, and I love it, but I'm just wondering." She snuggled deeper into his embrace.
"I just wanted to give you something. I don't know. I thought it would make you happy."
"It did make me happy, but I'm happy just to be here with you." She leaned up and kissed him. "I love you."
"I love you, too, Kagome."
Again, the pair was watched from above by a pair of beautiful golden eyes. A tear was barely caught in time not to fall on Inuyasha's ear from above.
So she really loved him. Sesshoumaru had thought, for a while at least, that there was a tiny bit of hope, but this proved that she was only for Inuyasha. For Inuyasha, and him alone. No room for Sesshoumaru.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, where are you?" called Jaken loudly from beneath Sesshoumaru's tree. Wiping the rest of the tears away from his face, Sesshoumaru jumped down and landed beside the toad. He smashed his head into the ground as far as he could, resolving that if he was indeed dead, there was always the Tenseiga.
Inuyasha and Miroku appeared at the edge of the firelight.
"Sesshoumaru!" growled Inuyasha savagely. "What are you doing here?!" Sesshoumaru kicked the squished toad back into the forest and put his hand in his pocket. He with drew the shard and held it out.
"I wish only to return this sacred jewel shard to Kagome. I will leave after she has the shard back." Kagome walked up behind Inuyasha and Miroku. She was slightly surprised to see Sesshoumaru; she had expected him to keep the shard.
"You stay away from her! Give me the shard. Then get out of here before I rip your tongue out and hang you with it." Sesshoumaru looked at Inuyasha. A heavy feeling of defeat settling around his heart, he dropped the shard into his half-brother's outstretched hand.
Inuyasha gave Kagome the jewel shard and growled at Sesshoumaru.
"Go on, get out of here." Sesshoumaru bowed to Kagome and picked the smashed green mess that was Jaken out of the dirt and began walking west. Inuyasha watched him retreat before placing his arm around Kagome's shoulders and leading her back to the fireside.
Nestled snugly against the smooth fabric of Inuyasha's inner shirt, with the slightly rougher material of the haori coat over her like a blanket, Kagome stared at the shard with a strange light in her eyes. She was looking at it, but not seeing it. She saw Inuyasha's face.
It was actually a reflection, because his face (so cute when he was asleep) was behind her, but Kagome saw her boyfriend's face in a plane on the jewel's surface. Then, the eyes became colder, the hair different, lines appeared on the sides of his face, and a crescent moon-shaped mark appeared in the middle of his forehead. She was looking at Sesshoumaru.
Kagome blinked. Sesshoumaru's face snapped back to Inuyasha's, still peacefully asleep. She sighed and put the shard in a small glass bottle. As she pulled the haori more snugly around her, Kagome thought she heard something moving in the bushes behind her, but she ignored it.
[A/N: SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY!!!!!!!! I didn't mean to make you wait this long for an update!!!! But I wasn't inspired...but now I am!! Yet you must remember, I have another story I'm working on. For Yu Yu Hakusho. Read it. Now. Go. You read it? Good. Now you...not you...the one there in the glasses who didn't review last chapter...yeah, you. Go and do thou likewise.]