(A/N) Welcome to my first fic. As you can see, I'm back, rewriting the first couple of chapters, because, they sounded weird to me. This is a Sesshoumaru/Kagome fic, and I'm kind of, changing my mind about the plot, but then agreeing that it'll be a *hopefully* interesting read. Please r/r.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any other characters pertaining to him… *unfortunately*
Children of Heart
Chapter One: A Fever
A series of coughs were heard from the room to the left of his. The Demon Lord, Sesshoumaru dropped his expressionless mask for a moment as his emotion of worry overpowered it. His human ward, the little girl Rin was terribly sick with a human illness and he, the Great Lord of the Western Lands could not do anything about it, nor could any of his servants.
How could this happen to him? This human child had managed to melt his stoic mask a few times, a mask that had took him centuries to mold and perfect. But this isn't what had troubled him; it was his pride that was going to get hurt. In order for Rin to be healthy again, he was going to have to ask the miko for help. To think, his brothers wench! But she was his only hope for it seemed that no matter how much sleep Rin was getting, her situation only worsened.
He was aware that the miko was from the future; he had once overheard his brother say something about her coming back to him, from the future. It was obvious that she would know what to do, and possibly have special medication designed for this purpose. There was no way of going around it, tomorrow; he would have to ask for her help.
~Village~
'What a beautiful morning' thought Kagome as she stretched her arms while producing a long yawn from her mouth. 'Where is everyone?' She looked around to see that the place was empty.
"'Bout time you woke up, I was starting to think that you had died, wench."
No, unfortunately she wasn't alone; Inuyasha was there too, brooding about the jewel. That's all he seemed to care about. The jewel may have been completed, but Inuyasha didn't know what to do with it. It seemed that Kagome would have to take her responsibilities as the guardian of the sacred jewel and make sure that no one used it with evil intentions. She sighed. 'I'm almost 18, and I have no way in getting into a good college, so the only way to live was to stay in the past with all her friends and visit her family once in a while. That was the best choice she could make. After all, after the Shikon was complete, she had been so sure that she would be sent back into the future. Maybe allowing her to stay was the jewel's way of saying, something still needed to be done.' She missed her family, but it seemed that her friends were sufficient replacements.
"What are you doing Kagome?" asked the hanyou, "Sango told me to tell you to meet her in the hot springs. You know, what was the expression, 'have a good soak'"
"Fine Inuyasha, I'm going, but you better not peek, otherwise you'll be on the ground before you can say 'sorry'".
"Why would I want to peek at you?" asked Inuyasha with a smirk on his face, they have gone through this many times and he really stopped caring about peeking, he wasn't interested that much, well at least that was all he let on.
"You either Miroku!" she yelled at the monk whose eyes were getting a bit hopeful, ignoring Inuyasha's previous comment.
She ran to the hot springs and found her friend waiting for her in the water. This was the place to relax; it was almost like a spa. They soaked in the water for 15 more minutes and then dried themselves off. They put on their clothes and Sango giggled at the knocked out monk who had chosen to ignore Kagome's warning. Poking fun at the lecher was becoming like a routine. Suddenly a familiar blur appeared in front of the demon exterminator and whisked Kagome into the air.
~Nearby Forest~
"Let go of me Sesshoumaru!" she yelled at the Demon Lord. "What do you want?"
"Shut up wench, do not speak unless asked a question."
"Humph, another one" struggled the so-called wench, "My name is NOT 'wench' it is KAGOME" she screamed into his ear which had amplified the sound at least 10 times. This caused the lord to release he from his grip and grasp her by his tail. "Urgh" muttered the annoyed miko. Being tossed in the air wasn't a good experience, but the soft tail had helped in her not loosing her breakfast, which she didn't have. Then surprised as the Demon Lord landed on tree in the middle of a nearby forest.
"I am not here to harm you," said Sesshoumaru, "rather I order you to help me. Rin, my ward, is currently sick and you are the only one that I have met that may have knowledge to cure her illness." This took a lot out of him to say, asking his brother's wench was unthinkable. Nevertheless, he was doing it to save… a human? This had made no sense, but he continued his request. "You are to help her. She has series of un-pleasurable sound making, a hot head and pale skin. Do you know of any remedies?"
Kagome laughed on this. 'He probably was talking about a fever, 'series of un-pleasurable sound making, a hot head and pale skin' or in other words, coughing, high temperature and no energy. This was a normal fever and The Great Demon Of The Western Lands didn't know the remedy. Maybe this was the chance the Shikon had given her, a chance to just relax in the feudal era.' Even if it meant going to her enemy's castle, she was determined to see what it was like, to live as a Taiyoukai, rather than a peasant. All her time in the future had taught her a few rules, one of these was, 'ever pass up a vacation, no matter what the circumstances'
"Something funny wench, I, Sesshoumaru, will not be laughed at. I asked you a question and I asked if you know a remedy! I also inquired if you would come to my castle and treat her, yet you have not answered either of them! ANSWER THEM NOW!"
"Sorry Sesshoumaru-sama, but it looks as if she has the common cold, and a high fever. Very easy to help ridden, but it must go away naturally. Oh, and so that you don't scream your head off, yes to both of your questions, with a few exceptions."
'Common cold and fever, what was the hanyou's wench talking about? And why is she helping me, I thought that I would have had to at least knocked her out.' Confusion took over his stoic mask and then he answered in a calm tone, " What are the exceptions?"
"Seems to me that you have no idea what I'm talking about" said Kagome in response to the confusion that was on his face previously, "The common cold and fever are normal illnesses that go away with time. As for the exceptions, one is that I would like permission to bring my pup, Shippo, and the second is I won't go with you right now. My eighteenth birthday is the day after tomorrow. I will have enough time to get the supplies I need and to celebrate my birthday if you give me three days. I promise that Rin will survive them without my assistance." Then the miko drew in some air, as it seemed that she had said a very long run on sentence, though it wasn't.
The demon lord responded with a short nod. "I will come for you exactly at noon, in three days. Get your supplies and celebrate you precious 'birth-day' but if the girl dies, it will be you that will pay."
"I just need to ask you of a favor, Sesshoumaru-sama," said the miko.
"Which is what, wench?"
"Kagome", she corrected, " Um, can you by any chance bring me back to the village, um, I have no idea where we are…" her voice trailed off as her expression was filled with worry.
Sesshoumaru grabbed her with his tail once more, this time with a sigh, 'stupid wench' he thought. They neared the hot springs he took her from and landed on a nearby tree branch that was low to the ground. He released her from his grasp and acknowledged the short thank you as she went to calm her friends down. They were apparently looking for her. Then the Demon Lord took off and with a disgusted look, noticed that his tail had caught her scent. 'sakura blossoms' he thought, 'how very strange'.
YaY first chappie complete. The second one will hopefully come out later. PLEASE review, I really need advice, and even if you tell me that it sucked, it gives me the idea that SUMONE had actually read and told me what they thought of my efforts…
-Spoken