Chp 15: The winds whispered song
Disclaimer: Do I have to do this every time? Some people can be soooo dense. I don't own Inuyasha, Kagome, Sesshoumaru, Kouga, Shippou, Sango, Miroku, Kikyou *gag*, Myouga, Kaede, Jaken *shudders*, or Rin. So don't sue me for using them.
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Sesshoumaru sat in his study staring at the moon from behind his desk.
'What is taking that wench so long? She said she would be back in no more than three hours. She has been gone 30 minutes longer than she said. I suppose I shall just have to go get her. Wait, the wench is a youkai. She can protect herself. I don't need to go get her.'
He sighed and leaned back in his chair.
'Then why do I have this nagging feeling like something is wrong? Stupid wench. Even if she can protect herself, she will not keep this Sesshoumaru waiting.'
He stood and was about to leave his study when the wind blew in from his open window.
Sesshoumaru.
He heard his name whispered on the wind.
Sesshoumaru.
'Damn it! There it is again! Wait, what is that smell?' He sniffed the air and his eyes widened momentarily.
It was Kagome.
And blood.
A lot of it.
He took another sniff of the air and then took off for the front entrance to of his castle where the scent was coming from.
When he reached the front of the castle what he saw stopped him in his tracks.
Kagome was lying on the ground.
Covered in blood.
Her blood.
Sesshoumaru's breath hitched in his throat as he listened intently. He heard a faint heartbeat and weak breathing. He quickly walked over to her and kneeled beside her still form. He turned her over and his mouth made a grim line at what he saw.
There was a gaping hole in her right shoulder it looked as if something had eaten away at the skin around the wound. He sniffed it and growled at what he smelt. It was the smell of dirt and bones, mingled with the smell of miasma. He could also smell Inuyasha all over her.
He picked her up bridal style and walked quickly into his castle.
"Tsume!" He bellowed.
The pattering of feet could be heard and then Tsume appeared around the corner.
"Yes my lor-," She gasped when she saw Kagome in Sesshoumaru's arms.
"Ready a bed in the hospital wing now. And get a bowl of water and some rags and bandages as well."
Tsume nodded and ran off to the hospital wing of the house. Sesshoumaru kept a finger on her pulse as he walked after Tsume.
'This is not good. Her pulse is steadily weakening. How far did she go with this wound? By the amount of blood she has lost, youkai or not, she should be dead.'
When he got to the room in the hospital wing, he carefully set her down on the bed. Not long after, Aiko came running into the room.
"What happened!?"
Sesshoumaru didn't spare her a glance. He just stated, "I do not know, but if you do not leave, she will surely die."
Aiko gave Sesshoumaru a death glare. "I'm not going anywhere Fluffy! I will help you with Kagome. And if you say otherwise, you'll find yourself purified before you know it."
Sesshoumaru growled but let her stay. He took Kagome's hand and felt her pulse. It was still weakening. He quickly sliced off the top of her out fit with his claws and Aiko gasped. Her wound was still bleeding but probably not as profusely as before. He removed the rest of her shirt, but kept the small garment that covered her breasts on, because it was not in the way.
He grabbed a cloth and applied pressure to both sides of the wound. (The arrow had gone in her back and stuck out of the front of her shoulder. Exit wound.) Kagome whimpered making Aiko wince. She got a good look at the wound and said, "What could have done this? It's eaten away at the wound."
Sesshoumaru had a grim expression. He turned to Aiko. "There was a poison on the arrow that pierced her. I do not know if any of the cleansers we have will destroy it."
Right before he said that Shippou had scampered into the room. He stared at Kagome in disbelief.
"Mama!" He hurled himself onto her stomach and started whimpering. Sesshoumaru glared at him.
"Remove yourself kit. If you move her around too much, Naraku's poison will start to spread."
Shippou snapped up as he heard Naraku's name. "N-Naraku's p-p-poison? You mean miasma!"
Sesshoumaru growled at him and Shippou jumped on to Aiko's shoulder.
"Yes. And like I said before, I do not know if any of the cleansers I have will destroy the poison."
Shippou wrung his hands together worriedly. "Well, ummm. Kaede has an antidote to Naraku's miasma, but it's at her hut. We used it on Miroku when he sucked the saimyosho into his kazanna."
Sesshoumaru looked thoughtful for a moment. Then he looked at Shippou with his amber gaze.
"Kit, take Ah-Uhn and go to this Kaede and get the antidote. You will make haste unless you want your mother to die."
Shippou puffed out his chest with pride at being appointed for such a task, then scampered off to do Sesshoumaru's bidding.
Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome. There was a feeling in his chest that made him wish the kit speed. Kagome's shallow breaths rung in his ears, causing him to get a heavy feeling in his chest. He knitted his eyebrows together in confusion.
'Could this be worry? Why would I worry for this wench? And why did I just tell that kit to go to that village just to get the antidote so the wench would live? I can't care for this wench can I?'
He dispelled those thoughts and concentrated on cleaning the blood from the wound. He removed the cloths from the wound. 'Good. It stopped bleeding.' He dunked a cloth in the searing hot water beside him and pressed it around the wound.
Kagome whimpered.
Sesshoumaru winced.
Kagome's eyes peeked open.
Sesshoumaru took this chance to ask her what happened.
"What happened to you? Who shot you?" He asked in a monotone voice.
Kagome coughed lightly and said. " Fought.,.,Inuyasha,.,.,K- Kikyou.,.,,Sh-Shot me,.,. With arrow,.,., P-Pinned her,.,., to tree,.,., Flew here. Lost.too.much,.,., blood,.,., Sesshoumaru." She passed into unconsciousness once more.
Sesshoumaru felt her pulse. It was the same as when he last checked it. He put a hand to her forehead.
'Great. The poison is taking effect faster than I thought. That kit better hurry.'
Aiko smiled at Sesshoumaru from the doorway where she had been standing since Shippou left.
'Well, it seems that lord Sesshoumaru has some feelings toward my adoptive daughter. Ahhh. Pity he's in denial, I think Kagome likes him. Well, she's going to get a little motherly advice on this one.'
With those thoughts, Aiko walked to go check on a sleeping Rin. Completely trusting Sesshoumaru to take care of her daughter.
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Shippou clung onto Uhn's head and peered at the treetops passing in a blur below him. He sniffed the air as Ah-Uhn descended, confirming that Inuyasha was at Kaede's village.
Shippou sighed sadly and sniffled.
'Why did you have to do that Inuyasha? Kagome loved you. And I looked up to you like a big brother. Why did you have to choose Kikyou? Now Kagomes sad, and hurt. Even though you always hit me and called me names, I still thought of you as my big brother, and maybe one day, you could have been my Outou-san. I even sorta miss you.'
Shippou jumped as they landed out side Kaede's village. Shippou, remembering Kagome, started to panic. He ran toward Kaede's hut and burst through the door yelling,
"KagomeshurtKagomeshurtKagomeshurt!!!!"
Kaede looked up from putting bandages on Inuyasha to regard the yelling Kitsune.
"KaedeKaedeKaede! I, *pantpant* need, *pantpant* the, *pantpant* antidote to, *pantpant* Naraku's poison! An arrow covered in it shot Kagome! She's hurt and she needs it now!!!!"
Shippou threw himself at Kaede's chest and started crying. Sango stood up and went to the crying kit.
"What do you mean Kagome was shot?"
Inuyasha tried to jump up but was stopped by a jolt of pain from his injured back. He glared at Shippou and yelled.
"Where is she? And how the hell did she manage to get shot?"
Kaede set Shippou in Sango's arms as she went to get the antidote from a cupboard in the hut.
Shippou sniffled as he wiped his eyes and said, "Sesshoumaru is taking care of her back at his castle. I, I don't know how she got shot, but I do know she was out on a walk when it happened." His answer was met by a bunch of dropped jaws and wide eyes.
He stared at all of them confusedly. "What?"
"Sess-Sesshoumaru is taking c-care of Kagome? Are you sure?" Sango stammered out, disbelief evident in her voice,
Inuyasha snorted at Shippou. "Sesshoumaru wouldn't care for anyone else if his life depended on it."
Shippou glared at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha glared back.
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Shippou hmphed at Inuyasha and said, "Well Inu-baka, I saw it with my own eyes. Sesshoumaru was taking care of Kagome. And he's waiting so I need to get going!"
Kaede held out the herbal antidote to Shippou, who snatched it and scampered out of the hut. Sango grabbed Miroku's arm and dragged him outside.
"Kirara!" yelled Sango.
Kirara transformed and Sango and Miroku got on. Kirara flew after Ah- Uhn. Leaving a very pissed Inuyasha behind.
Shippou didn't notice he was being followed.
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~`~`~`~Kagome dreamscape~`~`~`~
Kagome found herself in that oh so familiar clearing. She called for Midoriko and was greeted with her appearing with a worried expression on her face.
"Kagome, you are badly injured. You are practically dead. Shippou went to get the antidote from Kaede. He knows not to reveal that you are a youkai."
Kagome sighed and sat down. "Mio, I'm so confused. I go to a gathering to find out my parents were killed by a hanyou, that I don't think is Naraku by the way, my uncle is the lord of the northern lands, and my real name is Noyoroha. And now a dead woman has shot me! Could my life possibly get more complicated?!?!"
Mio sighed and sat down next to her. "Well, yes. And it's about to. Don't ask me any questions on this Kagome, but you need to go back to your time with your mother, only for a little while, you'll find out why you need to go there when you get there. Oh, and bring that pendant with you. For now, you just need to dream."
Suddenly, Kagome found herself in an entirely different place. It was black, it looked like there were mountains jutting up in the distance, and there were fields of black grass all around her. She heard a voice whisper as the wind blew the grass around her savagely.
You'll never escape me my young miko.
Kagome whirled around trying to find the source of the voice, but there was nothing.
Nobody will save you this time. It will only be so long before you are mine.
Kagome was starting to get scared. That voice was frighteningly familiar.
You will be the death of your precious Sesshoumaru and all you hold dear and love.
All of the sudden Sesshoumaru appeared in the grass. Standing with his back to her. She called out his name but he didn't turn. She ran up to him and grabbed his shoulder, but as she did, she noticed he was staring at his hand. That was covered in his blood. She trailed the blood to a gaping hole in his chest and gasped.
"Sesshoumaru!"
Before she could do anything, he dropped to his knees, his eyes glazed over with a white film. Then he dropped to the grass, sprawled out on his stomach, blood still pouring from the wound in his chest.
She shrieked and went to grab his shoulder again, but as she did she pulled her hand back. It was coated with Sesshoumaru's blood.
'No!' she thought as she stared at Sesshoumaru's unmoving form.
Then, Rin's body appeared next to Sesshoumaru's. She had a horrid cut across her neck.
"No." Kagome gasped as she felt blood drip down her fingers, she also felt tears trickle down her face.
Then Shippou's lifeless form appeared on the other side of Sesshoumaru, his back torn open.
Kagome could only watch in horror and disbelief as she watched the bodies of her friends and loved ones gather on the black grass. The more bodies appeared, the more blood ran down her hands and arms.
Souta, Grandpa, Sango, Miroku, Kaede, Inuyasha, Kouga, Tsume, Aiko, Kirara, Yuka, Eri, even Jaken. All of them were spread all around her; some grotesque wound on them somewhere. All of they're staring lifeless eyes had the same look.
Utter betrayal.
She stared, shaking uncontrollably, at her hands.
Covered in blood.
They're blood.
On her hands.
She did the only thing she could. She cried. Dropped to her knees and gave a heart wrenching sob. She screamed out one name.
"SESSHOUMARU!!!"
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Shippou and Ah-Uhn got to the castle as quickly as they could. It was then that he noticed he had been followed. He blanched when he saw Sango and Miroku on Kirara.
"Uh-wha-how-um- What are you doing here?!?!" He screeched. He remembered how Kagome had told him that she wanted as little people to know, especially Sango and Miroku, of her transformation.
He deiced to let Ah-Uhn take care of it and went scurrying into the castle to deliver the antidote.
Ah-Uhn watched as Shippou went into the castle. He turned to the three figures below him.
-Kagome cannot be seen right now. She is not well.- said Ah to Kirara, the only one who could understand him.
Kirara told Sango what he had said and Sango scowled.
"We figured that much. She was shot with a goddamned arrow! Care to give us a different, more believable answer?
Uhn shot her a dark look.
$She made it known before she passed out, that she wanted no others, aside from the kit, Sesshoumaru-sama, and Tsume, to see her until she was well.$
Kirara translated.
Miroku gave Sango a look and said. "I believe that we should respect her wishes. She probably finds it embarrassing to be in such a state in the presence of others, though, I don't know why she would want Sesshoumaru there." He looked deep in thought for a moment before he got that lecherous grin of his.
"Sango, you don't think they-"
BONK!
THUD.
"Hentai." Sango muttered as she dragged Miroku up to a tree bordering the forest. Ah-Uhn looked at Kirara.
-You are welcome to come and reside in the castle for the time being. I am sure that Sesshoumaru-sama already knows of your presence.-
Kirara translated and Miroku and Sango gave uneasy nods.
They followed Ah-Uhn into the castle and into something that looked like a lounge room. Cushions were spread on the floor and there were low tables in between them. There were also stuffed chairs here and there, that Kagome would have said looked suspiciously like Lay-z- boy.
They sat down, but jumped up when they heard a scream.
"SESSHOUMARU!!!"
Sango's face contorted to one of pain. Emotional pain. She looked sadly at Miroku.
"I think that was Kagome. Whatever Naraku is doing to her, he will pay." Sango said with resoluteness that Miroku could not dislodge. Miroku put a hand on her shoulder all the while saying in his head,
Do not grope, do not grope, do not grope.
He looked at Sango sympathetically. "I guess we should sit down and prepare to here more screams. By the sound of the first, she must be in pain. I suggest we respect her pride, even if we may not want to."
Sango sat down and nodded. She sighed. "It's gonna be a long night."
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Sesshoumaru had been sitting by the edge of the bed when Kagome's heartbeat started to speed up. The scent of fear was thick in the air. She started to whimper and roll around.
Sesshoumaru went over to her and held down her thrashing arms and pinned her legs by wrapping his tail around them. This only served to increase her struggles.
Tears were now streaming from her closed eyes, and her facial expression was one of, sadness, grief, fear, and disbelief all in one. Kagome suddenly stopped struggling and whispered,
"No."
Sesshoumaru gazed down at her face. The tears streamed down in thick rivulets, they're salty scent permeating the air. That, along with the abundant fear and sorrow that Kagome was releasing, was enough to make the hair on his arms and the neck prickle. Then abruptly, Kagome resumed her struggles with a fervor. She screamed and kicked.
Sesshoumaru had to use slight force to keep Kagome from rolling herself off the bed. She screamed louder than she had before and it rung in his ears.
"SESSHOUMARU!!!"
He blinked in surprise. 'Why on earth did she scream my name?'
She stopped struggling and the only sound she made were the heavy sobs as she cried. As if possessed, his hand made it's way to her face to brush the bangs away from her forehead. He traced the mark upon it with a claw. She still had a fever. That wasn't good.
He crying seemed to slow somewhat but she still had the tears flowing freely, and she was sobbing again. He brought his hand down from her forehead to trace her jaw-line. He took his tail from her legs, and let go of her arms. He had begun to stand, when he found that her hands were firmly, but not painfully, latched onto his tail.
'Well this isn't good.' He thought as he tried to remove his tail from her grasp. She whimpered and he stopped. He sighed and glared at the sleeping form of Kagome. He had some mobility, but not much. He tried to pull away but couldn't.
He sat down exasperated.
Shippou stepped in from his place at the doorway. He bounded over to Sesshoumaru and placed the antidote in his hands.
Sesshoumaru quickly stood up, but regretted it when a sharp tug on his tail almost made him yelp. He glared at the offending hand with annoyance. He opened the little bag and took out some of the herbs and put them in a little dish. He pulled a flask of water from a small cupboard by the bed. He poured a little bit of water into the herbs and then ground it together to form a paste.
Shippou sat wringing his little hands together in worry. He could only faintly hear his adoptive mother's heartbeat.
Sesshoumaru spread the paste over both sides of her wound. He placed bandages around the wound and lay her back down on the bed. Shippou had jumped to her side and pressed his small ear to her chest.
Sesshoumaru didn't know whether to growl or smile at the kits actions, so he didn't do anything.
Shippou was rewarded by the sound of Kagome's steadily strengthening heartbeat. It was like a lullaby, he was soon asleep on his mother's chest.
Sesshoumaru's tail had been released from Kagome's death grip in favor of the sleeping kit on her chest. Sesshoumaru almost missed the warmth her hand had provided on his tail. He turned and left to go deal with the humans that were now in his castle.
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****Kagome's dreamscape sometime earlier****
After Kagome had screamed and broke down crying, she felt a cool touch on her forehead; she stopped crying in favor of whimpering and silent hiccups. She found herself by the body of Sesshoumaru again. A strangled sob ripped itself from her throat. She fell to her knees beside his body and laid her hands on his chest and lay her face on her hands.
She felt something fluffy by her hand and looked up to see his tail. She gave another sob and grabbed it in her hand, not hard, but lovingly, she held his tail to her chest, staining it with the blood on her hands, but she didn't notice. She lay next to the unmoving form of Sesshoumaru and held his tail to her chest like a teddy bear. She wept silently. She wasn't sure if this was a dream anymore. She didn't feel any pain; except for the fact that her heart hurt so badly it was unbearable. She didn't make a sound as the tears continued to stream down her face.
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Sango and Miroku were sitting in a companionable silence.
*grope*
SLAP!
"Hentai."
Or awkward.
Sango was beating the shit out of her mind because she wanted to see Kagome so much.
Miroku was beating the shit out of his hand for not obeying his mind. or for obeying it.
They sat like that for a while until Sesshoumaru stepped into the room.
Miroku jumped slightly, and Sango went rigid.
Sango, showing none of the fear she felt, said, "Is Kagome okay?"
Sesshoumaru looked at her with something akin to nothing in his eyes. "Yes. However, you may not see her until she wakes. Which will probably be in the morning. I suggest if you want to see her you sleep. I will have a servant show you to a guest room for each of you. Do not think I missed the fact that the monk is perverted."
Miroku looked the perfect picture of innocence, aside from the imaginary horns and pitchfork. "Who me?"
Sesshoumaru gave him a glare that would have killed a hundred demons, screw the Tetsusaiga, his glare was killer. Literally.
Miroku gulped and nodded.
Two servants led them to two separate rooms right next to each other, Sango on the right and Miroku on the left. The rooms were identical. A futon, a chest, an armoire, and a window.
They both sat on the futons with a sigh. They both went into a light sleep.
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***Next morning****
Sango had woken up at dawn, and Miroku was up before her. A servant came in and said they were welcome to see the gardens before breakfast. Sango and Miroku both went down to the gardens, knocked speechless by it, and then walked through it.
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****Kagome's room****
Kagome woke to a weight on her chest she peeked her eyes open to see Shippou lying on her chest with his ear to her heart. She smiled at him. She sniffed the air around her, trying to see if a servant or Sesshoumaru were near. She couldn't smell any, but she did catch two other scents.
Sango and Miroku?
She gently shook Shippou awake. He cracked an eye open. As soon as he saw that she was awake, he launched himself from her chest to her face. He kissed her several times on the cheek and hugged her fiercely.
She laughed softly. "Shippou? Could you go get Sesshoumaru or Tsume? I think I'm gonna need help getting out of bed, my back hurts like hell."
Shippou saluted, as he had seen Kagome do several times and scampered away to go find either of the two she had mentioned.
Kagome dropped her smiling face as soon as Shippou was gone. She remembered her dream clearly. She remembered seeing everyone she loved, lying on the black grass, they're blood on her hands. The same look of betrayal in everyone's eyes. She remembered how she had cried when she laid next to the dead figure of Sesshoumaru.
Did she really care for him that much?
She sighed and sat up, she winced at the ache in her shoulder. She peeled away the bandage on her arm to reveal,
A scar?
There was a scar in the shape of a starburst on her shoulder. About the same size as a circle made when she touched her index finger and thumb together. She guessed that she hadn't gotten the antidote to Naraku's poison quick enough to keep her from scarring.
She sighed.
A permanent memento that she would never be Kikyou's equal. The old pain in her chest started acting up again. She forced it down when she saw Sesshoumaru walk in.
"Are you sure you can be moving about yet?" He asked in a stoic voice.
Kagome huffed. "Yes, I'm sure. Now could you help me get off this damned bed?"
He raised an eyebrow at her as he walked over to her. He held out his hand and she took it. He set her on her feet and took his hand from hers.
"Can you walk?" He asked indicating my wobbly legs.
Kagome folded her arms and started to take a few steps. She briefly wondered why her legs were like jell-o if she had only been asleep for a night.
'Gee maybe it had something to do with the fact that I flew all the way here with a hole in my shoulder.'
She took three wobbly steps before her knees gave out. She braced herself for the hard impact of the ground, but it never came. Instead, she felt two arms underneath hers. She opened an eye to see a striped hand holding her by the forearms.
Kagome blushed and said, "I think I can walk now."
He looked at me skeptically but set me on my feet and stood next to me. I put a hand out to steady myself. As soon as my legs stopped shaking, she took a step forward. She could walk fine now. She was about to take another step, when she noticed she was only wearing a sleeping yukata.
She looked at Sesshoumaru and said; "I think I need Tsume to get me a kimono that will fit me in human shape. I don't want Sango and Miroku to know I'm a youkai."
Sesshoumaru nodded and called Tsume. She came in with a kimono already in hand.
"I thought that you might be needing proper dress, and since your friends are here, you probably don't want them to know that you are a youkai"
Kagome looked at her with surprise written on her face. Tsume just smiled and walked away.
Kagome shrugged and then turned to Sesshoumaru. "Hey you need to amscrey until I'm done changing."
Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow and said, "Amscrey?"
Kagome sighed and said, "Could you please leave until I am done changing?"
Without another word Sesshoumaru turned and left to stand in the hallway. She shifted into human form and the sleeping yukata she had worn slipped off her shoulders. She quickly put on the other kimono and stepped into the hall.
Sesshoumaru started walking towards the garden and Kagome followed, unaware of a small figure behind her that was trying to copy Sesshoumaru's every move.
When they reached the gardens, Shippou had abandoned imitating Sesshoumaru in favor of riding on Kagome's shoulder. She walked through the gardens following Sesshoumaru to where Sango and Miroku sat. Before they got within sight of them they heard,
"HENTAI!!!"
SLAPSLAP!!!
Kagome sweatdropped when they came into her view. As soon as Sango saw her she ran up to her and gave her a hug, not a hard one because she thought she was still injured, but a hug all the same.
"Kagome! Are you okay? How are you walking? Where did you get hit?"
Kagome almost laughed at Sango's face. "Sango, I heal almost as fast as Sesshoumaru because of my miko powers." She lied. "See?" She showed her the scar that she had acquired.
Sango briefly inspected it before looking at Kagome again. "Kagome? I need to talk to you, alone." Sango brought us to a separate part of the garden and they sat down on a bench under a sakura tree. She looked at her with curiosity and worry in her eyes.
"Kagome, a while before Shippou came to get the antidote to Naraku's poison, we encountered a strange youkai. She had black wings, hair, and tail, she had horns, and she carried twin athemaes. She kicked Inuyasha's ass, pinned Kikyou to a tree and flew away, but not before Kikyou shot her. She said she was your friend. Do you know her?"
Kagome sighed and said, "Yes, she is a friend of mine. She does not come around often, so don't expect to see her. I am assuming she gave Inuyasha a piece of her mind?"
Sango smiled. "Yeah, what's her name?"
Kagome hesitated for moment before answering. "Noyoroha."
Sango nodded and stood up "C'mon, I need to go make sure Miroku isn't asking a servant to bear his child. I swear, one of these days he will find someone who will say yes, and he won't know what to do."
Kagome laughed but then remembered what Midoriko had said before she had that dream.
Don't ask me any questions on this Kagome, but you need to go back to your time with your mother, only for a little while, you'll find out why you need to go there when you get there.
She decided to tell Sesshoumaru about that after breakfast.
"I hope Sesshoumaru didn't scare you too much when you got here."
Sango looked thoughtful for a moment before answering. "I was fine, but I think Miroku's life has been shortened by about ten years."
Kagome scowled. "Let me guess, Mr. Personality used his ice glare on him."
Sango nodded.
Kagome sighed. "Oh! Here comes Rin!"
Rin ran to Kagome and wrapped her legs in an embrace.
Kagome introduced Rin and Sango to each other and said, "Come on. Or we'll be late for breakfast and Shippou will eat it all!"
Rin ran inside and Sango and Kagome walked to the dining hall.
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I didn't want to end it here, but it's late. Got school tomorrow and it sucks. *sigh*
Peeps are saying I should cut down on the authors notes, I will. But they will still be there. Did anyone find it funny that Jaken's name means hard headed? I did. But what I really think is funny, is that, when I was looking up the name Inuyasha, even though I already know what it means, yasha really means. *snicker*
,,,,,,,Female demon! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!! So funny.
Well, now that I have access to Japanese stuff, I wil finally be able to get the names for things like, Kagome's sword, peeps names and stuff like that.
Neway, JA NE!!!
Amreld the sky elf
Disclaimer: Do I have to do this every time? Some people can be soooo dense. I don't own Inuyasha, Kagome, Sesshoumaru, Kouga, Shippou, Sango, Miroku, Kikyou *gag*, Myouga, Kaede, Jaken *shudders*, or Rin. So don't sue me for using them.
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Sesshoumaru sat in his study staring at the moon from behind his desk.
'What is taking that wench so long? She said she would be back in no more than three hours. She has been gone 30 minutes longer than she said. I suppose I shall just have to go get her. Wait, the wench is a youkai. She can protect herself. I don't need to go get her.'
He sighed and leaned back in his chair.
'Then why do I have this nagging feeling like something is wrong? Stupid wench. Even if she can protect herself, she will not keep this Sesshoumaru waiting.'
He stood and was about to leave his study when the wind blew in from his open window.
Sesshoumaru.
He heard his name whispered on the wind.
Sesshoumaru.
'Damn it! There it is again! Wait, what is that smell?' He sniffed the air and his eyes widened momentarily.
It was Kagome.
And blood.
A lot of it.
He took another sniff of the air and then took off for the front entrance to of his castle where the scent was coming from.
When he reached the front of the castle what he saw stopped him in his tracks.
Kagome was lying on the ground.
Covered in blood.
Her blood.
Sesshoumaru's breath hitched in his throat as he listened intently. He heard a faint heartbeat and weak breathing. He quickly walked over to her and kneeled beside her still form. He turned her over and his mouth made a grim line at what he saw.
There was a gaping hole in her right shoulder it looked as if something had eaten away at the skin around the wound. He sniffed it and growled at what he smelt. It was the smell of dirt and bones, mingled with the smell of miasma. He could also smell Inuyasha all over her.
He picked her up bridal style and walked quickly into his castle.
"Tsume!" He bellowed.
The pattering of feet could be heard and then Tsume appeared around the corner.
"Yes my lor-," She gasped when she saw Kagome in Sesshoumaru's arms.
"Ready a bed in the hospital wing now. And get a bowl of water and some rags and bandages as well."
Tsume nodded and ran off to the hospital wing of the house. Sesshoumaru kept a finger on her pulse as he walked after Tsume.
'This is not good. Her pulse is steadily weakening. How far did she go with this wound? By the amount of blood she has lost, youkai or not, she should be dead.'
When he got to the room in the hospital wing, he carefully set her down on the bed. Not long after, Aiko came running into the room.
"What happened!?"
Sesshoumaru didn't spare her a glance. He just stated, "I do not know, but if you do not leave, she will surely die."
Aiko gave Sesshoumaru a death glare. "I'm not going anywhere Fluffy! I will help you with Kagome. And if you say otherwise, you'll find yourself purified before you know it."
Sesshoumaru growled but let her stay. He took Kagome's hand and felt her pulse. It was still weakening. He quickly sliced off the top of her out fit with his claws and Aiko gasped. Her wound was still bleeding but probably not as profusely as before. He removed the rest of her shirt, but kept the small garment that covered her breasts on, because it was not in the way.
He grabbed a cloth and applied pressure to both sides of the wound. (The arrow had gone in her back and stuck out of the front of her shoulder. Exit wound.) Kagome whimpered making Aiko wince. She got a good look at the wound and said, "What could have done this? It's eaten away at the wound."
Sesshoumaru had a grim expression. He turned to Aiko. "There was a poison on the arrow that pierced her. I do not know if any of the cleansers we have will destroy it."
Right before he said that Shippou had scampered into the room. He stared at Kagome in disbelief.
"Mama!" He hurled himself onto her stomach and started whimpering. Sesshoumaru glared at him.
"Remove yourself kit. If you move her around too much, Naraku's poison will start to spread."
Shippou snapped up as he heard Naraku's name. "N-Naraku's p-p-poison? You mean miasma!"
Sesshoumaru growled at him and Shippou jumped on to Aiko's shoulder.
"Yes. And like I said before, I do not know if any of the cleansers I have will destroy the poison."
Shippou wrung his hands together worriedly. "Well, ummm. Kaede has an antidote to Naraku's miasma, but it's at her hut. We used it on Miroku when he sucked the saimyosho into his kazanna."
Sesshoumaru looked thoughtful for a moment. Then he looked at Shippou with his amber gaze.
"Kit, take Ah-Uhn and go to this Kaede and get the antidote. You will make haste unless you want your mother to die."
Shippou puffed out his chest with pride at being appointed for such a task, then scampered off to do Sesshoumaru's bidding.
Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome. There was a feeling in his chest that made him wish the kit speed. Kagome's shallow breaths rung in his ears, causing him to get a heavy feeling in his chest. He knitted his eyebrows together in confusion.
'Could this be worry? Why would I worry for this wench? And why did I just tell that kit to go to that village just to get the antidote so the wench would live? I can't care for this wench can I?'
He dispelled those thoughts and concentrated on cleaning the blood from the wound. He removed the cloths from the wound. 'Good. It stopped bleeding.' He dunked a cloth in the searing hot water beside him and pressed it around the wound.
Kagome whimpered.
Sesshoumaru winced.
Kagome's eyes peeked open.
Sesshoumaru took this chance to ask her what happened.
"What happened to you? Who shot you?" He asked in a monotone voice.
Kagome coughed lightly and said. " Fought.,.,Inuyasha,.,.,K- Kikyou.,.,,Sh-Shot me,.,. With arrow,.,., P-Pinned her,.,., to tree,.,., Flew here. Lost.too.much,.,., blood,.,., Sesshoumaru." She passed into unconsciousness once more.
Sesshoumaru felt her pulse. It was the same as when he last checked it. He put a hand to her forehead.
'Great. The poison is taking effect faster than I thought. That kit better hurry.'
Aiko smiled at Sesshoumaru from the doorway where she had been standing since Shippou left.
'Well, it seems that lord Sesshoumaru has some feelings toward my adoptive daughter. Ahhh. Pity he's in denial, I think Kagome likes him. Well, she's going to get a little motherly advice on this one.'
With those thoughts, Aiko walked to go check on a sleeping Rin. Completely trusting Sesshoumaru to take care of her daughter.
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Shippou clung onto Uhn's head and peered at the treetops passing in a blur below him. He sniffed the air as Ah-Uhn descended, confirming that Inuyasha was at Kaede's village.
Shippou sighed sadly and sniffled.
'Why did you have to do that Inuyasha? Kagome loved you. And I looked up to you like a big brother. Why did you have to choose Kikyou? Now Kagomes sad, and hurt. Even though you always hit me and called me names, I still thought of you as my big brother, and maybe one day, you could have been my Outou-san. I even sorta miss you.'
Shippou jumped as they landed out side Kaede's village. Shippou, remembering Kagome, started to panic. He ran toward Kaede's hut and burst through the door yelling,
"KagomeshurtKagomeshurtKagomeshurt!!!!"
Kaede looked up from putting bandages on Inuyasha to regard the yelling Kitsune.
"KaedeKaedeKaede! I, *pantpant* need, *pantpant* the, *pantpant* antidote to, *pantpant* Naraku's poison! An arrow covered in it shot Kagome! She's hurt and she needs it now!!!!"
Shippou threw himself at Kaede's chest and started crying. Sango stood up and went to the crying kit.
"What do you mean Kagome was shot?"
Inuyasha tried to jump up but was stopped by a jolt of pain from his injured back. He glared at Shippou and yelled.
"Where is she? And how the hell did she manage to get shot?"
Kaede set Shippou in Sango's arms as she went to get the antidote from a cupboard in the hut.
Shippou sniffled as he wiped his eyes and said, "Sesshoumaru is taking care of her back at his castle. I, I don't know how she got shot, but I do know she was out on a walk when it happened." His answer was met by a bunch of dropped jaws and wide eyes.
He stared at all of them confusedly. "What?"
"Sess-Sesshoumaru is taking c-care of Kagome? Are you sure?" Sango stammered out, disbelief evident in her voice,
Inuyasha snorted at Shippou. "Sesshoumaru wouldn't care for anyone else if his life depended on it."
Shippou glared at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha glared back.
(_ ~ ~ ~ _)
Shippou hmphed at Inuyasha and said, "Well Inu-baka, I saw it with my own eyes. Sesshoumaru was taking care of Kagome. And he's waiting so I need to get going!"
Kaede held out the herbal antidote to Shippou, who snatched it and scampered out of the hut. Sango grabbed Miroku's arm and dragged him outside.
"Kirara!" yelled Sango.
Kirara transformed and Sango and Miroku got on. Kirara flew after Ah- Uhn. Leaving a very pissed Inuyasha behind.
Shippou didn't notice he was being followed.
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~`~`~`~Kagome dreamscape~`~`~`~
Kagome found herself in that oh so familiar clearing. She called for Midoriko and was greeted with her appearing with a worried expression on her face.
"Kagome, you are badly injured. You are practically dead. Shippou went to get the antidote from Kaede. He knows not to reveal that you are a youkai."
Kagome sighed and sat down. "Mio, I'm so confused. I go to a gathering to find out my parents were killed by a hanyou, that I don't think is Naraku by the way, my uncle is the lord of the northern lands, and my real name is Noyoroha. And now a dead woman has shot me! Could my life possibly get more complicated?!?!"
Mio sighed and sat down next to her. "Well, yes. And it's about to. Don't ask me any questions on this Kagome, but you need to go back to your time with your mother, only for a little while, you'll find out why you need to go there when you get there. Oh, and bring that pendant with you. For now, you just need to dream."
Suddenly, Kagome found herself in an entirely different place. It was black, it looked like there were mountains jutting up in the distance, and there were fields of black grass all around her. She heard a voice whisper as the wind blew the grass around her savagely.
You'll never escape me my young miko.
Kagome whirled around trying to find the source of the voice, but there was nothing.
Nobody will save you this time. It will only be so long before you are mine.
Kagome was starting to get scared. That voice was frighteningly familiar.
You will be the death of your precious Sesshoumaru and all you hold dear and love.
All of the sudden Sesshoumaru appeared in the grass. Standing with his back to her. She called out his name but he didn't turn. She ran up to him and grabbed his shoulder, but as she did, she noticed he was staring at his hand. That was covered in his blood. She trailed the blood to a gaping hole in his chest and gasped.
"Sesshoumaru!"
Before she could do anything, he dropped to his knees, his eyes glazed over with a white film. Then he dropped to the grass, sprawled out on his stomach, blood still pouring from the wound in his chest.
She shrieked and went to grab his shoulder again, but as she did she pulled her hand back. It was coated with Sesshoumaru's blood.
'No!' she thought as she stared at Sesshoumaru's unmoving form.
Then, Rin's body appeared next to Sesshoumaru's. She had a horrid cut across her neck.
"No." Kagome gasped as she felt blood drip down her fingers, she also felt tears trickle down her face.
Then Shippou's lifeless form appeared on the other side of Sesshoumaru, his back torn open.
Kagome could only watch in horror and disbelief as she watched the bodies of her friends and loved ones gather on the black grass. The more bodies appeared, the more blood ran down her hands and arms.
Souta, Grandpa, Sango, Miroku, Kaede, Inuyasha, Kouga, Tsume, Aiko, Kirara, Yuka, Eri, even Jaken. All of them were spread all around her; some grotesque wound on them somewhere. All of they're staring lifeless eyes had the same look.
Utter betrayal.
She stared, shaking uncontrollably, at her hands.
Covered in blood.
They're blood.
On her hands.
She did the only thing she could. She cried. Dropped to her knees and gave a heart wrenching sob. She screamed out one name.
"SESSHOUMARU!!!"
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Shippou and Ah-Uhn got to the castle as quickly as they could. It was then that he noticed he had been followed. He blanched when he saw Sango and Miroku on Kirara.
"Uh-wha-how-um- What are you doing here?!?!" He screeched. He remembered how Kagome had told him that she wanted as little people to know, especially Sango and Miroku, of her transformation.
He deiced to let Ah-Uhn take care of it and went scurrying into the castle to deliver the antidote.
Ah-Uhn watched as Shippou went into the castle. He turned to the three figures below him.
-Kagome cannot be seen right now. She is not well.- said Ah to Kirara, the only one who could understand him.
Kirara told Sango what he had said and Sango scowled.
"We figured that much. She was shot with a goddamned arrow! Care to give us a different, more believable answer?
Uhn shot her a dark look.
$She made it known before she passed out, that she wanted no others, aside from the kit, Sesshoumaru-sama, and Tsume, to see her until she was well.$
Kirara translated.
Miroku gave Sango a look and said. "I believe that we should respect her wishes. She probably finds it embarrassing to be in such a state in the presence of others, though, I don't know why she would want Sesshoumaru there." He looked deep in thought for a moment before he got that lecherous grin of his.
"Sango, you don't think they-"
BONK!
THUD.
"Hentai." Sango muttered as she dragged Miroku up to a tree bordering the forest. Ah-Uhn looked at Kirara.
-You are welcome to come and reside in the castle for the time being. I am sure that Sesshoumaru-sama already knows of your presence.-
Kirara translated and Miroku and Sango gave uneasy nods.
They followed Ah-Uhn into the castle and into something that looked like a lounge room. Cushions were spread on the floor and there were low tables in between them. There were also stuffed chairs here and there, that Kagome would have said looked suspiciously like Lay-z- boy.
They sat down, but jumped up when they heard a scream.
"SESSHOUMARU!!!"
Sango's face contorted to one of pain. Emotional pain. She looked sadly at Miroku.
"I think that was Kagome. Whatever Naraku is doing to her, he will pay." Sango said with resoluteness that Miroku could not dislodge. Miroku put a hand on her shoulder all the while saying in his head,
Do not grope, do not grope, do not grope.
He looked at Sango sympathetically. "I guess we should sit down and prepare to here more screams. By the sound of the first, she must be in pain. I suggest we respect her pride, even if we may not want to."
Sango sat down and nodded. She sighed. "It's gonna be a long night."
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Sesshoumaru had been sitting by the edge of the bed when Kagome's heartbeat started to speed up. The scent of fear was thick in the air. She started to whimper and roll around.
Sesshoumaru went over to her and held down her thrashing arms and pinned her legs by wrapping his tail around them. This only served to increase her struggles.
Tears were now streaming from her closed eyes, and her facial expression was one of, sadness, grief, fear, and disbelief all in one. Kagome suddenly stopped struggling and whispered,
"No."
Sesshoumaru gazed down at her face. The tears streamed down in thick rivulets, they're salty scent permeating the air. That, along with the abundant fear and sorrow that Kagome was releasing, was enough to make the hair on his arms and the neck prickle. Then abruptly, Kagome resumed her struggles with a fervor. She screamed and kicked.
Sesshoumaru had to use slight force to keep Kagome from rolling herself off the bed. She screamed louder than she had before and it rung in his ears.
"SESSHOUMARU!!!"
He blinked in surprise. 'Why on earth did she scream my name?'
She stopped struggling and the only sound she made were the heavy sobs as she cried. As if possessed, his hand made it's way to her face to brush the bangs away from her forehead. He traced the mark upon it with a claw. She still had a fever. That wasn't good.
He crying seemed to slow somewhat but she still had the tears flowing freely, and she was sobbing again. He brought his hand down from her forehead to trace her jaw-line. He took his tail from her legs, and let go of her arms. He had begun to stand, when he found that her hands were firmly, but not painfully, latched onto his tail.
'Well this isn't good.' He thought as he tried to remove his tail from her grasp. She whimpered and he stopped. He sighed and glared at the sleeping form of Kagome. He had some mobility, but not much. He tried to pull away but couldn't.
He sat down exasperated.
Shippou stepped in from his place at the doorway. He bounded over to Sesshoumaru and placed the antidote in his hands.
Sesshoumaru quickly stood up, but regretted it when a sharp tug on his tail almost made him yelp. He glared at the offending hand with annoyance. He opened the little bag and took out some of the herbs and put them in a little dish. He pulled a flask of water from a small cupboard by the bed. He poured a little bit of water into the herbs and then ground it together to form a paste.
Shippou sat wringing his little hands together in worry. He could only faintly hear his adoptive mother's heartbeat.
Sesshoumaru spread the paste over both sides of her wound. He placed bandages around the wound and lay her back down on the bed. Shippou had jumped to her side and pressed his small ear to her chest.
Sesshoumaru didn't know whether to growl or smile at the kits actions, so he didn't do anything.
Shippou was rewarded by the sound of Kagome's steadily strengthening heartbeat. It was like a lullaby, he was soon asleep on his mother's chest.
Sesshoumaru's tail had been released from Kagome's death grip in favor of the sleeping kit on her chest. Sesshoumaru almost missed the warmth her hand had provided on his tail. He turned and left to go deal with the humans that were now in his castle.
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****Kagome's dreamscape sometime earlier****
After Kagome had screamed and broke down crying, she felt a cool touch on her forehead; she stopped crying in favor of whimpering and silent hiccups. She found herself by the body of Sesshoumaru again. A strangled sob ripped itself from her throat. She fell to her knees beside his body and laid her hands on his chest and lay her face on her hands.
She felt something fluffy by her hand and looked up to see his tail. She gave another sob and grabbed it in her hand, not hard, but lovingly, she held his tail to her chest, staining it with the blood on her hands, but she didn't notice. She lay next to the unmoving form of Sesshoumaru and held his tail to her chest like a teddy bear. She wept silently. She wasn't sure if this was a dream anymore. She didn't feel any pain; except for the fact that her heart hurt so badly it was unbearable. She didn't make a sound as the tears continued to stream down her face.
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Sango and Miroku were sitting in a companionable silence.
*grope*
SLAP!
"Hentai."
Or awkward.
Sango was beating the shit out of her mind because she wanted to see Kagome so much.
Miroku was beating the shit out of his hand for not obeying his mind. or for obeying it.
They sat like that for a while until Sesshoumaru stepped into the room.
Miroku jumped slightly, and Sango went rigid.
Sango, showing none of the fear she felt, said, "Is Kagome okay?"
Sesshoumaru looked at her with something akin to nothing in his eyes. "Yes. However, you may not see her until she wakes. Which will probably be in the morning. I suggest if you want to see her you sleep. I will have a servant show you to a guest room for each of you. Do not think I missed the fact that the monk is perverted."
Miroku looked the perfect picture of innocence, aside from the imaginary horns and pitchfork. "Who me?"
Sesshoumaru gave him a glare that would have killed a hundred demons, screw the Tetsusaiga, his glare was killer. Literally.
Miroku gulped and nodded.
Two servants led them to two separate rooms right next to each other, Sango on the right and Miroku on the left. The rooms were identical. A futon, a chest, an armoire, and a window.
They both sat on the futons with a sigh. They both went into a light sleep.
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***Next morning****
Sango had woken up at dawn, and Miroku was up before her. A servant came in and said they were welcome to see the gardens before breakfast. Sango and Miroku both went down to the gardens, knocked speechless by it, and then walked through it.
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****Kagome's room****
Kagome woke to a weight on her chest she peeked her eyes open to see Shippou lying on her chest with his ear to her heart. She smiled at him. She sniffed the air around her, trying to see if a servant or Sesshoumaru were near. She couldn't smell any, but she did catch two other scents.
Sango and Miroku?
She gently shook Shippou awake. He cracked an eye open. As soon as he saw that she was awake, he launched himself from her chest to her face. He kissed her several times on the cheek and hugged her fiercely.
She laughed softly. "Shippou? Could you go get Sesshoumaru or Tsume? I think I'm gonna need help getting out of bed, my back hurts like hell."
Shippou saluted, as he had seen Kagome do several times and scampered away to go find either of the two she had mentioned.
Kagome dropped her smiling face as soon as Shippou was gone. She remembered her dream clearly. She remembered seeing everyone she loved, lying on the black grass, they're blood on her hands. The same look of betrayal in everyone's eyes. She remembered how she had cried when she laid next to the dead figure of Sesshoumaru.
Did she really care for him that much?
She sighed and sat up, she winced at the ache in her shoulder. She peeled away the bandage on her arm to reveal,
A scar?
There was a scar in the shape of a starburst on her shoulder. About the same size as a circle made when she touched her index finger and thumb together. She guessed that she hadn't gotten the antidote to Naraku's poison quick enough to keep her from scarring.
She sighed.
A permanent memento that she would never be Kikyou's equal. The old pain in her chest started acting up again. She forced it down when she saw Sesshoumaru walk in.
"Are you sure you can be moving about yet?" He asked in a stoic voice.
Kagome huffed. "Yes, I'm sure. Now could you help me get off this damned bed?"
He raised an eyebrow at her as he walked over to her. He held out his hand and she took it. He set her on her feet and took his hand from hers.
"Can you walk?" He asked indicating my wobbly legs.
Kagome folded her arms and started to take a few steps. She briefly wondered why her legs were like jell-o if she had only been asleep for a night.
'Gee maybe it had something to do with the fact that I flew all the way here with a hole in my shoulder.'
She took three wobbly steps before her knees gave out. She braced herself for the hard impact of the ground, but it never came. Instead, she felt two arms underneath hers. She opened an eye to see a striped hand holding her by the forearms.
Kagome blushed and said, "I think I can walk now."
He looked at me skeptically but set me on my feet and stood next to me. I put a hand out to steady myself. As soon as my legs stopped shaking, she took a step forward. She could walk fine now. She was about to take another step, when she noticed she was only wearing a sleeping yukata.
She looked at Sesshoumaru and said; "I think I need Tsume to get me a kimono that will fit me in human shape. I don't want Sango and Miroku to know I'm a youkai."
Sesshoumaru nodded and called Tsume. She came in with a kimono already in hand.
"I thought that you might be needing proper dress, and since your friends are here, you probably don't want them to know that you are a youkai"
Kagome looked at her with surprise written on her face. Tsume just smiled and walked away.
Kagome shrugged and then turned to Sesshoumaru. "Hey you need to amscrey until I'm done changing."
Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow and said, "Amscrey?"
Kagome sighed and said, "Could you please leave until I am done changing?"
Without another word Sesshoumaru turned and left to stand in the hallway. She shifted into human form and the sleeping yukata she had worn slipped off her shoulders. She quickly put on the other kimono and stepped into the hall.
Sesshoumaru started walking towards the garden and Kagome followed, unaware of a small figure behind her that was trying to copy Sesshoumaru's every move.
When they reached the gardens, Shippou had abandoned imitating Sesshoumaru in favor of riding on Kagome's shoulder. She walked through the gardens following Sesshoumaru to where Sango and Miroku sat. Before they got within sight of them they heard,
"HENTAI!!!"
SLAPSLAP!!!
Kagome sweatdropped when they came into her view. As soon as Sango saw her she ran up to her and gave her a hug, not a hard one because she thought she was still injured, but a hug all the same.
"Kagome! Are you okay? How are you walking? Where did you get hit?"
Kagome almost laughed at Sango's face. "Sango, I heal almost as fast as Sesshoumaru because of my miko powers." She lied. "See?" She showed her the scar that she had acquired.
Sango briefly inspected it before looking at Kagome again. "Kagome? I need to talk to you, alone." Sango brought us to a separate part of the garden and they sat down on a bench under a sakura tree. She looked at her with curiosity and worry in her eyes.
"Kagome, a while before Shippou came to get the antidote to Naraku's poison, we encountered a strange youkai. She had black wings, hair, and tail, she had horns, and she carried twin athemaes. She kicked Inuyasha's ass, pinned Kikyou to a tree and flew away, but not before Kikyou shot her. She said she was your friend. Do you know her?"
Kagome sighed and said, "Yes, she is a friend of mine. She does not come around often, so don't expect to see her. I am assuming she gave Inuyasha a piece of her mind?"
Sango smiled. "Yeah, what's her name?"
Kagome hesitated for moment before answering. "Noyoroha."
Sango nodded and stood up "C'mon, I need to go make sure Miroku isn't asking a servant to bear his child. I swear, one of these days he will find someone who will say yes, and he won't know what to do."
Kagome laughed but then remembered what Midoriko had said before she had that dream.
Don't ask me any questions on this Kagome, but you need to go back to your time with your mother, only for a little while, you'll find out why you need to go there when you get there.
She decided to tell Sesshoumaru about that after breakfast.
"I hope Sesshoumaru didn't scare you too much when you got here."
Sango looked thoughtful for a moment before answering. "I was fine, but I think Miroku's life has been shortened by about ten years."
Kagome scowled. "Let me guess, Mr. Personality used his ice glare on him."
Sango nodded.
Kagome sighed. "Oh! Here comes Rin!"
Rin ran to Kagome and wrapped her legs in an embrace.
Kagome introduced Rin and Sango to each other and said, "Come on. Or we'll be late for breakfast and Shippou will eat it all!"
Rin ran inside and Sango and Kagome walked to the dining hall.
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I didn't want to end it here, but it's late. Got school tomorrow and it sucks. *sigh*
Peeps are saying I should cut down on the authors notes, I will. But they will still be there. Did anyone find it funny that Jaken's name means hard headed? I did. But what I really think is funny, is that, when I was looking up the name Inuyasha, even though I already know what it means, yasha really means. *snicker*
,,,,,,,Female demon! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!! So funny.
Well, now that I have access to Japanese stuff, I wil finally be able to get the names for things like, Kagome's sword, peeps names and stuff like that.
Neway, JA NE!!!
Amreld the sky elf