Disclaimer: the only person in this fic that i own is Kenny boy! He is mine. although Sess is my alter ego, so, yeah. anywho!
Chapter 9: Back at Keade's Hut
"Well, we did what you wanted, Keade, now will you tell us how to break the curse?" Kagome was glad to have done what Keade asked and to be rid of the Hanyou. Now she could fix what she did to Lord Sesshoumaru-sama, and then he could go home. Then she wouldn't have to drag him around……. But she kind of liked him……. She didn't want him to leave her.
"Well……. No doubt, it is his head, but he is alive. I thought I requested just his head?"
"Yeah, you asked for just his head, I just thought I'd bring you the whole thing, seeing as I have no use for him. Maybe when you're done with him, he can go home with his brother." Now Kagome was angry; Keade was picking a pointless fight because she had done what had been asked of her. "But if you don't want him, I'll just take him and be on my way, and find another priestess to break the curse."
Sesshoumaru was impressed. She was willing to stand up to the being who had taught her all about being a miko, and now she was going to leave if Keade didn't do what she wanted. That took some merit, seeing as she used to study under the woman. (Yes, in this story, he's semi-polite.) that had to take some will power to do that!! What if Keade doesn't do what we asked, and has that pitiful human kill us? That wouldn't help us. Maybe I can get her to do it without having to kill Little Brother……. But that would take a lot of work…….
Kagome was thinking that Keade had no reason to be fighting with them. That old, decrepit miko!! So what if she taught me everything she knows, she didn't teach me everything I know……. So what does it matter? I can still prove to her that I am the greatest miko that ever lived!!! She's just trying to get me angry……. And it almost worked. Almost. I can still make her do this and learn to hide emotions. It can't be that hard, Sesshoumaru did it.
As she thought this, her face was perfectly impassive, not including the moment of anger that had showed. Just because she was angry didn't mean that she had to flaunt it. She needed to keep calm and take care of this in her own way. She WOULD get that cure, if not for her sake, for Sesshoumaru's!!
Sesshoumaru felt a strange connection to the feelings that he smelt: affection, anger, confusion, and annoyance. He felt that they were his feelings as well as Kagome's, especially the affection. He wanted her to know how he felt, but wasn't sure how to express it. Now they had to get the cure for his curse, although he wasn't mad at Kagome for that now……. He didn't care that she was once a miko, or that she was once a human too. She was so graceful as a demon, he couldn't see how she had ever been a human. In his mind, ningen Kagome was a figment of his imagination, and demoness Kagome was real, real as Kenshaw could ever be! But not in the same way, that would just be wrong.
Kenshaw saw the struggle between emotions in Sesshoumaru's face. He felt confused. He didn't want to be the only one who knew that Sesshoumaru and Kagome had the same feelings for each other, but he was afraid that each of them would deny it. He didn't want to hurt either demon, because he wanted to love out the rest of his days taking care of his Lord and master.
Inuyasha saw the hopeless love for each other on Sess and Kagome's faces. He knew that he had lost the love of his life, and would never get her back……. But at least he got to see her one last time, if not as the Kagome he knew. She was completely Sesshoumaru's now, and nothing could change that. He was completely hopeless with love.
That was all there was to it. That was all that mattered. It didn't need an explanation, that's just all there was. Finito, final, and end.
(A/N)Heh, heh, heh...... so, did you like? R&R, people!! Flames welcome!