Mwuh, another short chapter. ::pout:: Next one will probably be the
same. Ah well. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far!
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Kagome slept quietly in the small cave Sesshoumaru had discovered. She hardly stirred at all making him wonder at times if she had died. But she did not die, though she would wish she had when she woke.
The first awareness that told her she was alive was the searing pain that tore throughout her body. She struggled to sit up but it made her head pound something awful. Small hands touched with calluses placed themselves on her forehead and shoulder, easing her back to the rocky floor.
"Kagome mustn't move yet. She is hurt."
'Wait, I know that voice.' "Rin?"
She could almost hear a smile in the girl's voice as she replied. "Yes, Rin is here!"
'That is good.' She thought numbly, glad to hear a friendly, familiar voice for once. 'But, wait. If Rin is here, then Sesshoumaru...'
"I see that you are awake." Came the cold voice that she knew all too well. Kagome started, and white flashes purged the blackness of the world as she sat straight up once more.
"Kagome!" Rin protested. But Kagome was not going to lie down before this demon. She wasn't going to show more weakness in front of him. 'He must have been the one I heard before I passed out. It figures...NO! Don't think like that! Inuyasha is STILL alive! He's gotta be!'
"Rin, go outside." Sesshoumaru spoke once more toward the girl who was clutching Kagome in a comforting manner. Rin nodded respectfully, and did as she was told. Kagome wanted to call out "Don't!" but she didn't. She couldn't.
Fading, little, scampering footsteps told Kagome that Rin had left the cave. She was alone and did not dare to call Sesshoumaru "company". She scuttled backwards the best she could on the uneven ground until she hit a solid wall of stone. Taking deep breaths, she verbally confronted the demon.
"W-where am I?" She asked with a stuttering voice that grew stronger as she continued. "Why did you take me? Where's Inuyasha? You know he's gonna be real angry when he catches up with you! You're gonna regret kidnapping me! Inuyasha will find me! Just you wait!"
"He can do no such thing."
It was this one simple sentence that sapped Kagome of all her new found strength. She noticed he said "can do" rather than "will do".
"Wha- what d-do you...?"
"He is dead. That would make retrieving you rather difficult, ne?"
'No. It can't... be... he... can't have... died. No... he's lying...Inuyasha...is still...alive...'
"YOU'RE WRONG!" she cried out at him, her face soaked with tears that she ignored. Sesshoumaru looked at her skeptically. "Inuyasha's still alive! He didn't die! He can't have!"
'So to avoid the pain of acceptance, she will delve into denial. Humans... No matter. If she does not come to her senses herself, I can make her come to them myself.'
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Rin slept fitfully that night. It seems that she was completely immune to nightmares or night noises. Sesshoumaru greatly believed that should a tsunami sweep through while she slept, she would not be awakened by it. He wished he had this gift.
Unearthly cries escaped Kagome's mouth. He could smell the pain and fear as if it were radiating from her body. 'She knows Inuyasha is dead. She just wishes it were not true.' A plus point he supposed. He had seen cases of denial so severe that it almost made he, Sesshoumaru, feel a slight of pity. But what bothered him now was sound of longing on her voice. It reminded him of the call of a kinless wolf, crying for something to answer. Sesshoumaru knew this call well as a canine demon. He himself had heard it resound from his own throat. But just as well as he knew it, he had learned to ignore it as well.
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Kagome slept quietly in the small cave Sesshoumaru had discovered. She hardly stirred at all making him wonder at times if she had died. But she did not die, though she would wish she had when she woke.
The first awareness that told her she was alive was the searing pain that tore throughout her body. She struggled to sit up but it made her head pound something awful. Small hands touched with calluses placed themselves on her forehead and shoulder, easing her back to the rocky floor.
"Kagome mustn't move yet. She is hurt."
'Wait, I know that voice.' "Rin?"
She could almost hear a smile in the girl's voice as she replied. "Yes, Rin is here!"
'That is good.' She thought numbly, glad to hear a friendly, familiar voice for once. 'But, wait. If Rin is here, then Sesshoumaru...'
"I see that you are awake." Came the cold voice that she knew all too well. Kagome started, and white flashes purged the blackness of the world as she sat straight up once more.
"Kagome!" Rin protested. But Kagome was not going to lie down before this demon. She wasn't going to show more weakness in front of him. 'He must have been the one I heard before I passed out. It figures...NO! Don't think like that! Inuyasha is STILL alive! He's gotta be!'
"Rin, go outside." Sesshoumaru spoke once more toward the girl who was clutching Kagome in a comforting manner. Rin nodded respectfully, and did as she was told. Kagome wanted to call out "Don't!" but she didn't. She couldn't.
Fading, little, scampering footsteps told Kagome that Rin had left the cave. She was alone and did not dare to call Sesshoumaru "company". She scuttled backwards the best she could on the uneven ground until she hit a solid wall of stone. Taking deep breaths, she verbally confronted the demon.
"W-where am I?" She asked with a stuttering voice that grew stronger as she continued. "Why did you take me? Where's Inuyasha? You know he's gonna be real angry when he catches up with you! You're gonna regret kidnapping me! Inuyasha will find me! Just you wait!"
"He can do no such thing."
It was this one simple sentence that sapped Kagome of all her new found strength. She noticed he said "can do" rather than "will do".
"Wha- what d-do you...?"
"He is dead. That would make retrieving you rather difficult, ne?"
'No. It can't... be... he... can't have... died. No... he's lying...Inuyasha...is still...alive...'
"YOU'RE WRONG!" she cried out at him, her face soaked with tears that she ignored. Sesshoumaru looked at her skeptically. "Inuyasha's still alive! He didn't die! He can't have!"
'So to avoid the pain of acceptance, she will delve into denial. Humans... No matter. If she does not come to her senses herself, I can make her come to them myself.'
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Rin slept fitfully that night. It seems that she was completely immune to nightmares or night noises. Sesshoumaru greatly believed that should a tsunami sweep through while she slept, she would not be awakened by it. He wished he had this gift.
Unearthly cries escaped Kagome's mouth. He could smell the pain and fear as if it were radiating from her body. 'She knows Inuyasha is dead. She just wishes it were not true.' A plus point he supposed. He had seen cases of denial so severe that it almost made he, Sesshoumaru, feel a slight of pity. But what bothered him now was sound of longing on her voice. It reminded him of the call of a kinless wolf, crying for something to answer. Sesshoumaru knew this call well as a canine demon. He himself had heard it resound from his own throat. But just as well as he knew it, he had learned to ignore it as well.