(A/N) I'm baaaaaaaack. Good to be here. I've written another chappie... with the next one coming up, as soon as I start and finish writing it. I'm not sure if this one is gopod.. or.. now that I've looked back, the first few chappies are sorta cheesy, I mite have to redo them… a bit, make them sound more real… anyway, thx for the reviews.. there is hardly.. any… Japanese in this chappie.. I have to get used to writing this book first…. K, enjoy.. if I'm not too lazy, I think I might reply to the reviews.. or, if I don't look in the next chappie.
Disclaimer: don't own them…don't remind me.
Hmmm… lets try a limerick
Own them, I do not
I tell them to do what
Now I'm telling u
Please don't sue
No money have I got
Chapter Ten: Explanations
BEFORE: And she fainted once again, as she did in the hot springs, Kagome that is. To be awaken once more in her room.
NOW:
Kagome was starting to get used to these blank moments of her life. After all, they were happening to her all the time. First time it happened, she was taking a bath in the nearby hot springs. Well, they weren't nearby anymore, but at that time they were. She remembered getting into the water then fainting as all of her miko energy went *boom* and flew out of her body. Without any energy to sustain consciousness, she just fell and woke up in the middle of nowhere attacking a mirror.
Next time she was in the library and Sesshoumaru stroked something on her forehead releasing most of her energy and then using up the rest by telling her she was supposed to be marrying an arrogant and totally mysterious demon lord that enjoyed referring to himself as 'I, Sesshoumaru', killing random youkai, attacking Inuyasha to get some stupid sword and reading. She woke up in her room once more to find him staring at her with those seriously annoying and boring, but wonderfully golden eyes of his.
And finally the last and most recent time. She was taking one of her favorite midnight baths and wondering what the hell was happening to her and exactly how she was supposed to get out of it. So, she stood up and went to look at the moon when, what do you know? Everything went all hazy and lost color and then when she was back to normal, Sesshoumaru was catching her in his arms in the middle of some kind of vast field and she awoke once more in the middle of her room with aching hands and a depleted amount of energy. (a/n that summarizes rather nicely doesn't it?)
To be honest, she was getting annoyed and bored herself. And those weird dreams don't help. Changing colors and weird glowing orbs of fire aren't something you look forward to seeing in your mind, especially while your vulnerable and sleeping. She wanted some answers, now!
And she found them right in front of her eyes. The burned letters, Tamishinoeien. Her second identity, it explained everything, she had multiple personalities! That had to be it, otherwise she didn't know what else. Kagome yawned and decided the best thing for her to do was to ask Sesshoumaru if anything had happened at the battlefield she saw before her last faint.
Kagome opened her bedroom door and practically ran down the stairs before she came to a complete halt centimeters away from Sui.
"Is something wrong Kagome? What is causing you to rush so early in the morning?"
"Morning, oh yes, what time is it Sui?"
"Time… time, I suppose you mean what part of the morning you are currently in… I suppose dawn was about fifteen minutes ago."
"That early, wow I was always known for being a late sleeper."
"Well, mist- I mean Kagome, you have slept through an entire day, so I do suppose you are quite a 'late sleeper' as you call it."
"A WHOLE DAY? How is Rin, did Shippo misbehave? OH KAMI-SAMA-"
"Calm down Kagome, everything is fine. Rin was up and about yesterday, and has even been in the garden for her first time in weeks, your medicine has done wonders! And Shippo has been by your side for the most part of yesterday, but then escorted the young mistress to the gardens, it seems they are great companions."
The look of worry vanished from Kagome's face replaced by relief. "Glad to here some good news"
"That isn't all, Master Sesshoumaru wished to see you the moment you have awoken, I am to take you to him."
"Perfect, Sesshoumaru's just the person I need to talk to, after all, I really need to know what happened, that would be, I think before yesterday."
"Yes, well, the only thing I can tell you is that he barely managed to return to the castle, it seems he fought some sort of war and saved you from a great danger, but that is only the gossip of the servants. After you ask him, would you be so kind as to tell me of his great battle."
"Did he look that beaten up?"
"Let me just say that he was in a very bad mood, well, we are at his study."
"Thank you Sui, if it isn't confidential, I will surely tell you in his exact words."
Kagome stepped into his so-called study just to see another room resembling the library. There were scrolls everywhere rather than books. In fact a few scrolls were on a rather large desk and Sesshoumaru himself was reading one of them. She closed the door quietly as not to disturb him.
"So you're awake. It's about time, if you would have kept me, the Great" he paused for a moment, glanced at Kagome, coughed and started over," If you would have taken more time in bed, your pup would have been at his wits end."
"Oh so kind of you to take others best interests at mind." Then catching his smirk (a/n he smirked while she was speaking) asked, "What's with the smirk Sesshoumaru?"
"Come here and find out." Kagome took a few cautious steps closer with a confused expression on her face.
"Well? What- OW!" When she took another step, some of her hair, which had gotten caught on the door, pulled her back, causing a great scream to emerge from her mouth. Kagome lost her balance and fell hard on her bottom. (a/n, I can say 'but' but, bottom sounds more dignified, don't you think?) She scowled as hard as she could to hide her blush and rubbed her sore bottom. "Sesshoumaru! Is that what you like to do in your free time? Amuse yourself by watching other people embarrass themselves?"
"No, it just seems to me you haven't gotten accustomed to your hair yet, I did nothing myself, I just didn't say anything either. It looks as though you are more graceful on your bottom rather than your feet, perhaps you will decide to stay on the floor, like you are currently doing."
"Urgh, and I took a vacation away from Inuyasha for this, to be lectured on grace by and overgrown dog" Kagome gulped when she saw the expression on Sesshoumaru's face.
"Watch your tongue when you are talking to the Lord of this house. I will never hear you speak of me that way, to think! A mongrel! Is that what the Great Tamishinoeien thinks of one of the greatest Demons of Japan? I'm a Taiyoukai, and you, are the new Guardian of Life, please act your station. Treat me with respect, not with a repulsive manner."
'What? Why is he acting like I'm greater than he? Now I know I missed something. This isn't like the Sesshoumaru I met. The cold-blooded killer that wanted the Tetsusaiga. That's who he was. The conceited, selfish and emotionless demon. Why is he showing respect for me, the previous human, so-called wench of his brother?'
"Uh,
Sesshoumaru what happened when I fainted. All I could remember was a
battlefield. Did something occur that I have no knowledge of?"
"So, you have no memory
of the great battle?"
"If I did, would I be asking you?"
"No, well, I suppose not…"
~At the Village~
"This is the last straw! She would have been back by now? The human brat could not have gotten another fever or something! I'm going to get her NOW!"
"Inuyasha, you know what will happen if you try to rush Kagome. Are you willing to risk back pain from 100 'sits' just because you've got a hunch, I suggest you wait two more days, at least- Kaede-?"
"Putting on the last seal Miroku."
"Good-"
"YOU WILL NOT KEEP ME AT BAY BY A FEW MEASLY CHARMS"
"We did it once, we'd do it again."
"SHUT UP" Inuyasha reached for the exit of the hut. Electric shocks threw him back quite easily, onto a convenient pile of recently washed and folded kimonos.
"I remember a time when you even took pains to block the well just to get rid of Kagome, now you are so stubborn and won't listen to logic, just because you want her back. We all know Sesshoumaru wouldn't stoop so low as to harm her, so, why are you so hasty to get her back? Sometimes I wonder if you really want to do, half the things you do," said the monk.
'Or maybe I'm just full of regrets. Things I can't fix 'cuz I was too late. I can't bear to see that happen again.'
"LET ME OUT!" Inuyasha screamed, using as much power as he could muster to break down a close wall. Once again he was thrown back, this time onto the opposite wall causing the massive amount of electricity to drain his remaining energy as he slid down the wall. Wincing under the pain, he glanced around the room for a means of escape.
~Back at the Castle~
"So, you're telling me, that the previous Guardian of Life basically beat you up and then told you that you were too arrogant to see beyond your nose?" laughed Kagome, not believing a single word. "What a believable story that is."
"You asked for a fully detailed account and yet now you laugh at the truth. Exactly what do you want?"
"I want to know what really happened. My closest guess is that I sleep walked into the forest and were about to be eaten by some terrible monster of some kind and then, you, rushed to save me and to yell at me for burning… what was it… Tamishinoeien, onto a wall. Now, that's something I can believe, and it would also explain the 'battlefield' I saw, just before I fainted once more."
"Your imagination is getting ahead of you, no youkai would dare strike down a Child of Heart, not especially the controller of life."
"Child of Heart? What is that anyway?"
"I haven't the slightest idea."
Kagome= -.-
"I'll ignore that then. So, what really happened?"
"You still try to seek a different story? It is one that doesn't exist. I, Sess-. I will not go so low as to lie to you."
"Yeah, well, I guess that will have to do for now. It seems pretty funny though, you looking all bruised up and all. Well, what did you want to see me about?"
"Of, course. Something has come up that needs your immediate attention-"
"Stop right there, did I imagine things, my immediate attention."
"Why, yes, is there anyone else? You cannot quite control your powers, but I need you to focus. This is something like a trial. There is a village that had just been burned down and I would like to see if you can heal all of the survivors, then I would like to see if you have the power to bring back the dead."
"And I'm supposed to do that how?" Kagome= -__-;
"You are the guardian of life. Seeing how you restored my left arm by touch, you will know what to do."
"I will, will I? Why don't you just use Tenseiga?"
"This isn't for the mortals, it is to test your powers"
"And
I want to test them?"
"Will you cease pointless
chatter, we leave by dawn."
"That was more than 30 minutes ago."
"Then we're late"
Kagome: sigh
End of another chappie! Any reviews.. well…. Maybe later, right now... I just want to finish
My god.. that place has NO technology… even the VCR broke there…but, it wasn't such a bad summer, hope u didn't have a reeli bad one either…
Though most normal people probably did