Chp. 4: A sad goodbye and a stow away!
Sesshoumaru's P.O.V *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
'I can't believe I actually let this wench's mother along! I must be going soft! Well, I was in danger of being purified. BY A HUMAN! Grrrrr.' He thought angrily.
'that's an understatement' said his common sense.
'UGH!!! NOT YOU AGAIN! Can't you just leave me alone!'
'FINE! Just BE that way!' snapped his common sense.
'Whew! Finally got rid of it!' .*. He looked at Kagome who was just staring at the trees passing by below. "You do know that we are only going to my castle to drop off your mother. We have a stow away we need to give back to your friends." He took Kagome's bag and took Shippou out of it, and handed him to Kagome. "Shippou! What are you doing here?!?!?" Shippou looked up at her teary eyed. "I didn't want you to leave! It's scary with Kikiyou there instead of you! She's always got those snaky demons around her and Inuyasha just ignores them! I wanna go with you!" Kagome sighed as Shippou cried into her chest.'So, I'm gone not even three hours and I'm already replaced. Kikyou was probably watching the whole ordeal and threw herself at Inuyasha the moment he was out of sight. Undead whore.' "Shippou, you know I can't go back and you can't come with me. You heard what Inuyasha said." Shippou looked up at her and scowled. "Inuyasha's just a son-of-a-bitch!" "SHIPPOU!! You've been around Inuyasha too long, your picking up his language." Shippou looked at Kagome pleadingly. "Please let me go with you Kagome! Kikiyou is really mean! And it's making Inuyasha meaner too! Even Sango, Miroku and Kaede can't do anything about it. And she stinks!" Kagome looked at Shippou sympathetically. "I'm sorry Shippou, but it's not for me to decide."
"We're here." Said Sesshoumaru monotonously. By now her mother had woken up and was standing on her own. "Sorry for not telling you about my acrophobia, If I had known we were going to be flying I would have told you." "Ac-ro-phob-I-a?" "Oh! That means your afraid of heights." She said. " You'll both stay at the castle tonight and tomorrow you'll go give the brat back to your friends." " EEEEEEEE!" They all turned at Rin's squeal of delight. She had found Shippou, and had him in a death hug. "Rin, put him down before he suffocates." Said Sesshoumaru. Rin set Shippou down and said, "HI! Rin's name is Rin! What's your name?" "*pantpant* I'm ,*pantpant* Shippou." "Do you want to go play with Rin?" Rin asked "Sure!" they ran off inside Rin leading the way. All of them stared at the retreating forms of Rin and Shippou.
Kagome thought, 'She is waaaay too trusting. If she goes around hugging everything that's cute and fuzzy, she'll get stung by a bumblebee, or worse, be hurt by a demon.'
*BlinkBlink*
Sesshoumaru broke the silence. "I'll bring you to your rooms"
Sesshoumaru brought them to a hallway with a lot of shoji doors. "This is your room." He said to kagome. "Rin's room is to the left of yours, and your mothers to the right, my room is next to Rin's. The kitsune may sleep in either you or your mother's room. The bathhouse is at the end of the hall behind the double doors. The dining hall is three halls to the left of the bathhouse, and has doors similar to it. A servant will come get you when it is dinnertime." Aiko, Kagome's mother bowed and said, "Arigatou Sesshoumaru sama." With that Sesshoumaru turned and walked down the hallway.
The rooms were beautiful. There were queen sized beds, a large armoire than seemingly held kimonos, a vanity set, a trunk at the foot of the bed that was probably for storage, the walls were lined with bamboo and the floor had woven brown material to cushion. She walked over to the armoire and opened it to reveal kimonos of every color and design imaginable. She pulled out a white one that had golden outlines of leaves that went in a spray from the shoulder down the back and then around to the waist where it stopped, then she pulled out a blood red kimono that had navy blue dragons on the front and back, the sleeves widened as it got closer to the wrist and when your hands were folded in the kimono sleeves, they pooled at knee length. If she were to go through all the kimono's she would probably be there for hours so she decided she'd put away her things and listen to her music. She put all of her things away, which wasn't much, and took out her cd player and cd. 'Ummmm. # 3!'
"Perfect by nature, Icons of self indulgence, Just what we all need, More lies about a world that,
Never was and never will be, Have you no shame don't you see me, You know you've got everybody fooled.
Look here she comes now, Bow down and stare in wonder, Oh how we love you, No flaws when your pretending, But now I know she,
Never was and never will be, You don't know how you've betrayed me, Somehow you've got everybody fooled.."
She couldn't take it. This song reminded her too much of Inuyasha. She let one tear slip down her check and she changed the song. She didn't realize a pair of golden eyes were watching her as she listened to her music. She took off her head phones and unplugged them from the cd player and re- hooked a small speaker to it. '# 2.' She turned the volume down as the song started.
".How can see into my eyes, Like open doors, Leading you down into my core Where I've become so numb, Without a soul, My spirits' sleeping somewhere cold, Until you find it there and lead it back home.
(wake me up) Wake me up inside, (I can't wake up) Wake me up inside, (save me) Call my name and save me from the dark, (wake me up) Bid my blood to run, (I can't wake up) Before I come undone (save me) Save me from the nothing I've become.
Now that I know what I'm without, You can t just leave me, Breathe into me and make me real, Bring me to life,
(wake me up) Wake me up inside, (I can't wake up) Wake me up inside, (save me) Call my name and save me from the dark, (wake me up) Bid my blood to run, (I can't wake up) Before I come undone (save me) Save me from the nothing I've become. Bring me to life (I've been livin a lie, there's nothing inside) Bring me to life,
Frozen inside without your touch without your love, Darling only you are the life among the dead, (All of this time I can't believe I couldn't see, Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me)
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems, Got to open my eyes to everything, Bring me to life,
(wake me up) Wake me up inside, (I can't wake up) Wake me up inside, (save me) Call my name and save me from the dark, (wake me up) Bid my blood to run, (I can't wake up) Before I come undone (save me) Save me from the nothing I've become. Bring me to life, Bring me to life, Bring me to life."
Kagome turned off the CD player and put it away. She sighed as she got up and walked toward the door. Sesshoumaru quickly and silently left her doorway and went into his room just as she walked out. She was about to go looking for Shippou when she heard giggles and Jaken's voice from Rin's room. She walked in to a hilarious sight.
Rin and Shippou had dressed Jaken in a pink Kimono, had put flowers on his head, made a necklace of flowers and hung it around his neck and somehow had found a powdery pink substance and powdered Jaken's face with it. You could say he resembled a female Minnie-me with a spa treatment, gone bad. Kagome was fighting to hold in her laughter, and losing. "Hahahahaha! Wha- what'd, Hehehehe! Y-y-you do to h-him.er.her?" Rin giggled. "Rin and Shippou-chan are playing dress up with Jaken-sama!" Kagome sympathized Jaken so she said, "How about you come to the garden with me so we can play there?" Rin and Shippou nodded vigorously. After they were out the door, she turned around and winked at Jaken. Then she hurried off after the two children.
When she got to the garden she followed the children while they ran around, Rin occasionally stopping to pick a flower that she thought was pretty. After what she thought was forever they stopped beside a pond and lay down on the grass, exhausted. Rin piped up. "Kagome-Chan? Will you sing us a song?" Kagome looked at the child adoringly. "Of course Rin-chan. Hmmm. Oh I know! I've got the perfect song.
"Listen children to a story, that was written long ago, About a kingdom on a mountain and the valley folk below, On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone, And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own.
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat a friend, Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end, There wont be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day, On bloody morning after, Who? Who? One tin soldier rides away.
So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill, Asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill, Came an answer from the kingdom, with our brothers we will share, All the secrets of the mountain, all the riches buried there,
Now the valley cried with anger Mount your horses! Draw your swords! And they killed the mountain people, so they won their just rewards.
Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain dark and red, Turned the stone and looked beneath it..Peace on earth, was all it said.
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat a friend, Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end, There wont be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day, On bloody morning after, Who? Who? One tin soldier rides away."
When she finished the song she noticed Rin and Shippou had fallen asleep. She smiled and picked them up. She brought them to her room and sat against the headboard with Shippou on her left side and Rin on her right side. Soon she fell into a dreamless sleep.
Sesshoumaru had seen and heard everything from his view behind the aspen tree he was leaning against. 'Wow, she has a voice like an angel.' He thought. He followed her and the sleeping children to her room where he watched from the door. 'Gods she's beautiful when she's sleeping. WHAT! Okay, mindoutofthegutter! (I like that phrase. ^_~)' He walked to his study where he sat reading a scroll.
Kagome awoke to the sound of a knock on the door. (I know it's a shoji door, but, work with me here!) She carefully set the children aside and walked to the door. "Yes?" She saw a Neko-youkai slightly taller than herself come in and say, "Konnichiwa, Kagome-sama. It is an hour till dinner and I've been sent to help you prepare." She smiled at the nervous youkai. "Konnichiwa. And please just Kagome is fine. What is your name?" The neko-youkai smiled back. "Tsume. Would you like a bath Kagome-san?" Kagome's face lit up at the mention of a bath. "I would love a bath, thank you Tsume. While I gather my things for the bath would you mind choosing a kimono for me?" Tsume walked over to the armoire. "Not at all Kagome-san." She rummaged through the kimonos until she pulled one out. "How about this one Kagome-san?" She held up a soft pink kimono, with a spray of sakura blossoms extending from the left shoulder to the bottom right of the back, and a dark red obi. "I think it's beautiful Tsume-san. Arigatou." Tsume led her to the bathhouse, which was actually a part of the castle that had been built over some hot springs. She quickly took her back and changed into the kimono Tsume had picked for her. She would have relaxed but she only had an hour, so she was being quick. When she got back to her room Tsume said, "Would you like me to do your hair for you?" Kagome smiled at the youkai she had become quick friends with. "I would like that. Arigatou Tsume- chan!"
She sat at the vanity while the youkai did her hair. She couldn't help but space slightly. She suddenly wondered, how had Sesshoumaru gotten Rin? Where did she come from? "Tsume-chan?" "Yes Kagome-chan?" "How did Sesshoumaru come to have Rin?" Tsume thought about this for a moment. "Well, if you want to know the whole story, then you will have to go to Sesshoumaru-sama himself, but, from what I've heard from Jaken and the other servants, Sesshoumaru had found Rin's body in the forest, and revived her with the Tensaiga. And now she follows him and he does not seem to mind."
Dinner was uneventful, aside from the fact that Rin was bugging the hell out of Jaken through most of it. After dinner she took a walk in the gardens with Rin and Shippou. When the children started to yawn, she picked them up and brought Rin to her room and Shippou to her own room. Then she realized how truly tired she was. And so she leaned back against the pillows of her bed, and fell asleep listening to music with her headphones on while stroking Shippou's bushy tail.
Three songs in this chapter. THREE! Even for me that's a lot. Okay, your probably sick of singing and songs so I'll cut it down to none or one in a chapter, unless more are called for. The reason my fic is rated R, is cuz that was the highest rating they got. I'm bumping it up to NC-17 for possible future lemons. This being my first fic, it will be my first attempt at a lemon so don't flame me. Every flame I get, will be one more day you have to wait for me to post new chapters. HA! Okay, I hate doing authors notes, I like writing chappys better.
All of you out there who know my real name and age. Keep it a secret! I don't want people to think an old geezer is writing fanfiction for them. *shudders* That's just creepy..
Ja ne. I'm not in a good mood, people love to piss me off.
Amreld the short-tempered sky elf.
Sesshoumaru's P.O.V *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
'I can't believe I actually let this wench's mother along! I must be going soft! Well, I was in danger of being purified. BY A HUMAN! Grrrrr.' He thought angrily.
'that's an understatement' said his common sense.
'UGH!!! NOT YOU AGAIN! Can't you just leave me alone!'
'FINE! Just BE that way!' snapped his common sense.
'Whew! Finally got rid of it!' .*. He looked at Kagome who was just staring at the trees passing by below. "You do know that we are only going to my castle to drop off your mother. We have a stow away we need to give back to your friends." He took Kagome's bag and took Shippou out of it, and handed him to Kagome. "Shippou! What are you doing here?!?!?" Shippou looked up at her teary eyed. "I didn't want you to leave! It's scary with Kikiyou there instead of you! She's always got those snaky demons around her and Inuyasha just ignores them! I wanna go with you!" Kagome sighed as Shippou cried into her chest.'So, I'm gone not even three hours and I'm already replaced. Kikyou was probably watching the whole ordeal and threw herself at Inuyasha the moment he was out of sight. Undead whore.' "Shippou, you know I can't go back and you can't come with me. You heard what Inuyasha said." Shippou looked up at her and scowled. "Inuyasha's just a son-of-a-bitch!" "SHIPPOU!! You've been around Inuyasha too long, your picking up his language." Shippou looked at Kagome pleadingly. "Please let me go with you Kagome! Kikiyou is really mean! And it's making Inuyasha meaner too! Even Sango, Miroku and Kaede can't do anything about it. And she stinks!" Kagome looked at Shippou sympathetically. "I'm sorry Shippou, but it's not for me to decide."
"We're here." Said Sesshoumaru monotonously. By now her mother had woken up and was standing on her own. "Sorry for not telling you about my acrophobia, If I had known we were going to be flying I would have told you." "Ac-ro-phob-I-a?" "Oh! That means your afraid of heights." She said. " You'll both stay at the castle tonight and tomorrow you'll go give the brat back to your friends." " EEEEEEEE!" They all turned at Rin's squeal of delight. She had found Shippou, and had him in a death hug. "Rin, put him down before he suffocates." Said Sesshoumaru. Rin set Shippou down and said, "HI! Rin's name is Rin! What's your name?" "*pantpant* I'm ,*pantpant* Shippou." "Do you want to go play with Rin?" Rin asked "Sure!" they ran off inside Rin leading the way. All of them stared at the retreating forms of Rin and Shippou.
Kagome thought, 'She is waaaay too trusting. If she goes around hugging everything that's cute and fuzzy, she'll get stung by a bumblebee, or worse, be hurt by a demon.'
*BlinkBlink*
Sesshoumaru broke the silence. "I'll bring you to your rooms"
Sesshoumaru brought them to a hallway with a lot of shoji doors. "This is your room." He said to kagome. "Rin's room is to the left of yours, and your mothers to the right, my room is next to Rin's. The kitsune may sleep in either you or your mother's room. The bathhouse is at the end of the hall behind the double doors. The dining hall is three halls to the left of the bathhouse, and has doors similar to it. A servant will come get you when it is dinnertime." Aiko, Kagome's mother bowed and said, "Arigatou Sesshoumaru sama." With that Sesshoumaru turned and walked down the hallway.
The rooms were beautiful. There were queen sized beds, a large armoire than seemingly held kimonos, a vanity set, a trunk at the foot of the bed that was probably for storage, the walls were lined with bamboo and the floor had woven brown material to cushion. She walked over to the armoire and opened it to reveal kimonos of every color and design imaginable. She pulled out a white one that had golden outlines of leaves that went in a spray from the shoulder down the back and then around to the waist where it stopped, then she pulled out a blood red kimono that had navy blue dragons on the front and back, the sleeves widened as it got closer to the wrist and when your hands were folded in the kimono sleeves, they pooled at knee length. If she were to go through all the kimono's she would probably be there for hours so she decided she'd put away her things and listen to her music. She put all of her things away, which wasn't much, and took out her cd player and cd. 'Ummmm. # 3!'
"Perfect by nature, Icons of self indulgence, Just what we all need, More lies about a world that,
Never was and never will be, Have you no shame don't you see me, You know you've got everybody fooled.
Look here she comes now, Bow down and stare in wonder, Oh how we love you, No flaws when your pretending, But now I know she,
Never was and never will be, You don't know how you've betrayed me, Somehow you've got everybody fooled.."
She couldn't take it. This song reminded her too much of Inuyasha. She let one tear slip down her check and she changed the song. She didn't realize a pair of golden eyes were watching her as she listened to her music. She took off her head phones and unplugged them from the cd player and re- hooked a small speaker to it. '# 2.' She turned the volume down as the song started.
".How can see into my eyes, Like open doors, Leading you down into my core Where I've become so numb, Without a soul, My spirits' sleeping somewhere cold, Until you find it there and lead it back home.
(wake me up) Wake me up inside, (I can't wake up) Wake me up inside, (save me) Call my name and save me from the dark, (wake me up) Bid my blood to run, (I can't wake up) Before I come undone (save me) Save me from the nothing I've become.
Now that I know what I'm without, You can t just leave me, Breathe into me and make me real, Bring me to life,
(wake me up) Wake me up inside, (I can't wake up) Wake me up inside, (save me) Call my name and save me from the dark, (wake me up) Bid my blood to run, (I can't wake up) Before I come undone (save me) Save me from the nothing I've become. Bring me to life (I've been livin a lie, there's nothing inside) Bring me to life,
Frozen inside without your touch without your love, Darling only you are the life among the dead, (All of this time I can't believe I couldn't see, Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me)
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems, Got to open my eyes to everything, Bring me to life,
(wake me up) Wake me up inside, (I can't wake up) Wake me up inside, (save me) Call my name and save me from the dark, (wake me up) Bid my blood to run, (I can't wake up) Before I come undone (save me) Save me from the nothing I've become. Bring me to life, Bring me to life, Bring me to life."
Kagome turned off the CD player and put it away. She sighed as she got up and walked toward the door. Sesshoumaru quickly and silently left her doorway and went into his room just as she walked out. She was about to go looking for Shippou when she heard giggles and Jaken's voice from Rin's room. She walked in to a hilarious sight.
Rin and Shippou had dressed Jaken in a pink Kimono, had put flowers on his head, made a necklace of flowers and hung it around his neck and somehow had found a powdery pink substance and powdered Jaken's face with it. You could say he resembled a female Minnie-me with a spa treatment, gone bad. Kagome was fighting to hold in her laughter, and losing. "Hahahahaha! Wha- what'd, Hehehehe! Y-y-you do to h-him.er.her?" Rin giggled. "Rin and Shippou-chan are playing dress up with Jaken-sama!" Kagome sympathized Jaken so she said, "How about you come to the garden with me so we can play there?" Rin and Shippou nodded vigorously. After they were out the door, she turned around and winked at Jaken. Then she hurried off after the two children.
When she got to the garden she followed the children while they ran around, Rin occasionally stopping to pick a flower that she thought was pretty. After what she thought was forever they stopped beside a pond and lay down on the grass, exhausted. Rin piped up. "Kagome-Chan? Will you sing us a song?" Kagome looked at the child adoringly. "Of course Rin-chan. Hmmm. Oh I know! I've got the perfect song.
"Listen children to a story, that was written long ago, About a kingdom on a mountain and the valley folk below, On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone, And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own.
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat a friend, Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end, There wont be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day, On bloody morning after, Who? Who? One tin soldier rides away.
So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill, Asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill, Came an answer from the kingdom, with our brothers we will share, All the secrets of the mountain, all the riches buried there,
Now the valley cried with anger Mount your horses! Draw your swords! And they killed the mountain people, so they won their just rewards.
Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain dark and red, Turned the stone and looked beneath it..Peace on earth, was all it said.
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat a friend, Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end, There wont be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day, On bloody morning after, Who? Who? One tin soldier rides away."
When she finished the song she noticed Rin and Shippou had fallen asleep. She smiled and picked them up. She brought them to her room and sat against the headboard with Shippou on her left side and Rin on her right side. Soon she fell into a dreamless sleep.
Sesshoumaru had seen and heard everything from his view behind the aspen tree he was leaning against. 'Wow, she has a voice like an angel.' He thought. He followed her and the sleeping children to her room where he watched from the door. 'Gods she's beautiful when she's sleeping. WHAT! Okay, mindoutofthegutter! (I like that phrase. ^_~)' He walked to his study where he sat reading a scroll.
Kagome awoke to the sound of a knock on the door. (I know it's a shoji door, but, work with me here!) She carefully set the children aside and walked to the door. "Yes?" She saw a Neko-youkai slightly taller than herself come in and say, "Konnichiwa, Kagome-sama. It is an hour till dinner and I've been sent to help you prepare." She smiled at the nervous youkai. "Konnichiwa. And please just Kagome is fine. What is your name?" The neko-youkai smiled back. "Tsume. Would you like a bath Kagome-san?" Kagome's face lit up at the mention of a bath. "I would love a bath, thank you Tsume. While I gather my things for the bath would you mind choosing a kimono for me?" Tsume walked over to the armoire. "Not at all Kagome-san." She rummaged through the kimonos until she pulled one out. "How about this one Kagome-san?" She held up a soft pink kimono, with a spray of sakura blossoms extending from the left shoulder to the bottom right of the back, and a dark red obi. "I think it's beautiful Tsume-san. Arigatou." Tsume led her to the bathhouse, which was actually a part of the castle that had been built over some hot springs. She quickly took her back and changed into the kimono Tsume had picked for her. She would have relaxed but she only had an hour, so she was being quick. When she got back to her room Tsume said, "Would you like me to do your hair for you?" Kagome smiled at the youkai she had become quick friends with. "I would like that. Arigatou Tsume- chan!"
She sat at the vanity while the youkai did her hair. She couldn't help but space slightly. She suddenly wondered, how had Sesshoumaru gotten Rin? Where did she come from? "Tsume-chan?" "Yes Kagome-chan?" "How did Sesshoumaru come to have Rin?" Tsume thought about this for a moment. "Well, if you want to know the whole story, then you will have to go to Sesshoumaru-sama himself, but, from what I've heard from Jaken and the other servants, Sesshoumaru had found Rin's body in the forest, and revived her with the Tensaiga. And now she follows him and he does not seem to mind."
Dinner was uneventful, aside from the fact that Rin was bugging the hell out of Jaken through most of it. After dinner she took a walk in the gardens with Rin and Shippou. When the children started to yawn, she picked them up and brought Rin to her room and Shippou to her own room. Then she realized how truly tired she was. And so she leaned back against the pillows of her bed, and fell asleep listening to music with her headphones on while stroking Shippou's bushy tail.
Three songs in this chapter. THREE! Even for me that's a lot. Okay, your probably sick of singing and songs so I'll cut it down to none or one in a chapter, unless more are called for. The reason my fic is rated R, is cuz that was the highest rating they got. I'm bumping it up to NC-17 for possible future lemons. This being my first fic, it will be my first attempt at a lemon so don't flame me. Every flame I get, will be one more day you have to wait for me to post new chapters. HA! Okay, I hate doing authors notes, I like writing chappys better.
All of you out there who know my real name and age. Keep it a secret! I don't want people to think an old geezer is writing fanfiction for them. *shudders* That's just creepy..
Ja ne. I'm not in a good mood, people love to piss me off.
Amreld the short-tempered sky elf.