Chp 22: Of Sparring and ice packs
Disclaimer: *sigh* I don't *grumble* own *grumble* Inuyasha. *grumble, pout*
Eheheheh..... You're not still mad from last chappy are you? YIKES!!! *dodges giant rubber chicken* Okay, I guess you still are. *crawls into bomb shelter* Read on!
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Kagome slowly returned to consciousness. She was dimly aware that she was very warm, and she was holding something fluffy.
'Wait, fluffy?' she looked at her hands, and sure enough, she was clutching a white fluffy object. And it was twitching every now and then.
It was then that she realized there were arms around her. She stiffened with fear. She started shaking as she vividly remembered her dream. She let go of the white object she held and tried to pull away from the person who held her.
But the arms only tightened.
She was so scared; she forgot that she could use her powers to get away.
The shifting of Kagome in his arms awoke Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru peeked through his eyelids at Kagome. She appeared confused as she looked at her hands. They were still clinging to his tail, and he would not deny that it felt good. She stiffened and the heavy scent of fear made the hair at the nape of his neck prickle. She shifted, trying to get away, but his arms tightened of their own accord.
"Kagome." He said quietly.
Kagome, at the sound of his voice, immediately relaxed. She lifted her head to look at Sesshoumaru.
Amber eyes met blue green in a clash. Kagome smiled slightly, before her eyes teared and she grabbed Sesshoumaru in an embrace that probably would have crushed a lesser man. She sobbed against his chest and said, "Arigatou Sesshoumaru-sama. Arigatou." She squeezed him around his torso once before lessening her embrace to a comforting hug.
Sesshoumaru didn't know whether to pry her off or return the embrace. Eventually the latter won.
He gently wrapped his arms around Kagome's upper body. Kagome pulled back and laughed slightly as she wiped her eyes. "I must look terrible." She said as she looked away.
Sesshoumaru took Kagomes chin in his hand and turned her to face him. "Kagome, what happened." He asked in a soft, yet, authoritive tone.
Kagome looked up into his eyes and opened her mouth to speak, but all that came out was a small squeak. She shut her eyes and took a shaky breath.
She whispered, "Why tell you when I can show you?" she said softly.
She raised her index and middle finger to Sesshoumaru's forehead, placed them on his crescent moon and closed her eyes. His crescent moon glowed blue, and Kagome's glowed red.
Immediately Sesshoumaru was bombarded with images from both dreams, the shadow violating her, Rin, Shippou and himself lying in the ground as Kagome stared at her hands. Everything.
All at once they stopped. Kagome removed her fingers. Sesshoumaru opened his eyes and looked down at Kagome. He wrapped her in a comforting embrace. She grabbed his haori, which he had removed, as he picked her up. He walked out of the room and down the hall.
Kagome took comfort in his scent of ferns and lilies. Her tail had somehow wrapped itself around Sesshoumaru's midsection and was now hanging lazily by her face. She wondered how easily Sesshoumaru could carry her when she had wings. (?_?)
Sesshoumaru opened a door and walked in. It was his private hot springs. He called for Tsume to come with a kimono and set Kagome on her feet. He looked her in the eyes and said, "Kagome, Tsume will come to help you bathe, come down to the dining hall when you finish, Sare is here." He turned and started to walk away when Kagome grabbed his hand and said, "Wait, Sesshoumaru, thank you, for, helping me." She released his hand and backed up a few steps.
Sesshoumaru looked at her from the corner of his eye and gave a curt nod.
When Kagome finished bathing, she dressed herself in the red and blue kimono that had been given to her. She took a moment to compose herself; pushing the memory of her dream to the back of her mind. As usual, she shifted herself so the colors of the stripes in her tail, hair, and wings were a color that matched her outfit. In this case, navy blue.
She hesitantly pushed the door of the dining hall open. She stepped in to be greeted by the sight of, Sare, Shippou, Rin, and Jaken. Rin was poking Jaken with her chopsticks, and Shippou was happily mimicking her actions.
Souta just sat there eating with a smile on his face, trying to suppress giggles every time Jaken twitched.
Kagome sat down and greeted everyone. Sare studied her for a moment before asking telepathically, 'What happened.'
Kagome sent him a freezing glare that said, 'Shut up before I kill you, and, not now.' in one.
Kagome looked around and asked, "Where's Sesshoumaru?" she said while raising an eyebrow.
Souta shrugged. "I don't know. He disappeared this morning after you woke up."
Shippou looked at Kagome with a pouty expression. "Yeah! And he wouldn't let us see you last night! He was being mean!" Shippou whined.
Kagome sweatdropped; she patted Shippou on the head. "Well Shippou, I wasn't, *ahem* well. I needed to rest." She said softly.
Then Rin spoke up with a confused voice, "But Kagome, how come Sesshoumaru-sama was able to see you?" she looked up at Kagome with her innocent amber eyes, oblivious to the awkward position she had just placed Kagome in.
Sare raised an eyebrow at her.
Kagome sweatdropped and glared.
Souta was thoroughly confused.
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Sesshoumaru had spent the first part of the day pondering what had happened in Kagome's dream. The kageboushi (shadow figure) hadn't totally violated her innocence, but had come drastically close. And for a sleeping spell, of any kind, to last that long on Kagome, it had to be a powerful magery. (Magery is the practice of magic.)
'But why would it make Kagome think she had killed all of her friends and family? And then again, why was I laying on the ground as well, and why did she cry so much over me?' He thought frustrated. Yes, the almighty Sesshoumaru was frustrated.
'Baka, she cares about you. Even I know that.' Said his common sense.
'I thought I got rid of you.' Sesshoumaru said while narrowing his eyes at nothing.
'Nope!' Said his common sense happily.
Sesshoumaru thought, 'Why does my common sense, have to have the voice of a ditz?'
'You care for her and you know it.' It said again.
'Do not.'
'Do too.'
'Do not'
'Do too.'
'Do not.'
'Do too.'
'Do not'
'Yes, you do. If you keep lying to yourself, it will give you a migraine.
'I already have a migraine. Fine, I care about her, it means nothing.'
'Yeah, and I'm going to leave you alone when you are having problems with a girl.'
'I do not have problems in my ability to handle women if that is what you are talking about. You speak as if I am freaking virgin!' he yelled at his annoying voice.
'Well duh. I know you aren't a virgin, but it is still fun to annoy you.'
'If only you had a body.'
'Okay junior, you have some issues you need to sort out, what the hell is the kageboushi, you know you care about Kagome but you are to much of a stubborn jack ass to admit it, and what are you going to do that will get me to go away. No such fuckin' luck dude. See ya.'
'Why did the gods have to curse me with that damned voice?'
'I heard that!' came the irritating voice of his common sense.
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Kagome had exited the dining hall to leave Rin to torture Jaken, she would never admit it, but she thought Jaken was starting to like Rin. She already knew that Jaken didn't mind Souta TOO much, but hey, the kid didn't play dress up with him. Who wouldn't?
She had sniffed Sesshoumaru out, and had found him in his room on his balcony. Kagome approached him and said, "Sare is waiting for you to show your face."
Sesshoumaru briefly glanced at her and said, "I know."
Kagome huffed and said, "Then why aren't you down there?" She said in an accusing tone.
Sesshoumaru gave a barely audible smirk. "I will be down shortly, besides, Sare has no intention of leaving until tonight."
Kagome mouthed an 'o' of understanding. She looked up at him, she was STILL shorter than him, even in her demon form, and she was still shorter.
Kagome glanced out over the forest and said, "I need to go check on my friends back at the village. I should either go sometime today, or wait until tonight, or tomorrow. Screw it, I just need to go check on them! I feel like I'm going to have an anxiety attack if I don't find out how they are doing!" She said while holding her head in her hands.
Sesshoumaru glanced at her and briefly wondered if Kagome had lost it.
Kagome looked up and got an irritated look on her face. She glared angrily out across the balcony at something. "I wish that bird would stop making so much racket!" She said as she glared at it. Her eyes glowed red and she tore the bird that had been cawing to pieces with telekinesis. Kagome smiled, "Much better."
Sesshoumaru marveled at how fast she could change moods. From seemingly happy, to anxiety/crazy, to pissed, then back to annoyingly cheerful. It was enough to give one a headache.
Kagome sighed and stood up straight, "Well, if you insist on staying there and being all, 'I'm in a sulky mood and don't want any contact with the outside world', then come down when you won't tear the first thing that annoys you to pieces."
Sesshoumaru thought one word as she walked out, 'Hypocrite.'
Kagome walked down the hall and out into the gardens. With full intentions to just sit in the weeping willow by the koi pond and brood.
She sat there about five minutes before she felt Sare approaching.
'Come to ask me what happened no doubt.' She sighed and cringed at the memory of the shadow. She sighed again as Sare walked up and looked up, at her. She had her head rested on her folded arms, which were rested on one bent knee, while the other leg dangled off the branch, below her.
Sare sat beneath her and said, "You obviously know why I'm here." He said softly.
Kagome sighed and said, "Yeah."
Sare looked up at her and said, "Yeah, so spill it."
Kagome just sighed again and jumped down from the branch to land right in front of Sare, she toughed her index and middle finger to the starburst on his forehead and it glowed as did Kagomes crescent moon.
The same thing that happened to Sesshoumaru, happened to Sare, only, when it was over, Sare immediately rushed over to Kagome and gave her a bone crushing hug.
Kagome's eyes widened as Sare started to rant about 'her being okay', and 'what the hell was that.' She said, "Sare....... Can't....... Breathe......" She choked out.
Sare released her and said softly, "Are you okay?" he asked.
Kagome held him at arms length and said, looking into his cobalt blue eyes, "Yes. Now, ahem, I believe I need to go have some fun with Souta before he goes off to be all Sesshoumaruish. That'll be the day....." She said as she started walking to the dining hall where the children were currently engaged in a food fight. Jaken occasionally being thrown, but each time he left the ground, Souta caught him. Obviously he held no small amount of pity for the toad. (As much as I think he is annoying, I don't hate him like I do *gag* Kikyou. So, he doesn't get tortured too much.)
After they had gotten the dining hall cleaned up, Kagome took them just outside the castle walls, and hosed them down with her hands. (*cough*elemental powers*cough*)
So, a sopping wet, Souta, Rin, Kagome, and Jaken all went back into the castle. Jaken grumbling the whole way. Rin, deciding to be evil, shook her fluffy tail and everyone was immediately drenched again. Kagome glared at Rin and shook her own tail and wings. But after that, Kagome blow-dried everyone using her wings and her fire abilities.
Sesshoumaru had come out just in time to see everyone being blow-dried. Jaken looked the same, Souta had a fro, Rin's tail was doing an admirable impression of a fuzzy caterpillar, her hair was totally frizzed, and Kagome, well, Kagome looked just peachy. Sare was laughing his ass off at the way they all looked, and Sesshoumaru had to hide a smirk at the sight of Rin's tail. He would have to show her how to prevent that from happening again. He had lived with a tail a good three and a half centuries; he had learned a few things about grooming them.
Kagome was turning red in the face, and her body was shaking from trying to hold in her laughter. 'Oh.My.God. Souta looks like a freaking disco dancer! Oh gods, look at Rin's tail! Poor Fluffy has the job of showing her how to un-puff it. *evil snicker* Have fun.....' she thought as she released her laughter. Her eyes were a deep sea green and they shone with merriment. Kagome decided to cheer them up, even if they already were laughing their heads off.
Kagome shape-shifted so she looked exactly like Sesshoumaru. She stood next to him and put on an emotionless mask. All of them, except Sesshoumaru, looked at them. Sesshoumaru glanced at Kagome, a his height Kagome, and discovered a mirror.
He smirked.
Everyone present, except for Sesshoumaru and Kagome, pointed to the real Sesshoumaru and said, "That's Kagome."
Sesshoumaru glared at them icily and was about to say something when he felt a tingle pass through his body, Kagome had put her hand on his shoulder, and she had shifted him into... A dog?
No.
A puppy.
He, Sesshoumaru, had just been shifted into a puppy. Not only that, but it was a small, white, amber eyed, floppy eared, bushy tailed, innocent looking, puppy. Oh my. Kagome was going to get it.
Kagome shifted back to Kagome, and took a look at her handy work. She smirked.
Puppy Sesshoumaru growled.
Kagome looked at the puppy and then picked him up.
Puppy Sesshoumaru's eyes widened and he froze. If word of this ever got out, his reputation would be forever scarred.
Everyone stared at them in amazement for a moment, before laughing so hard Kagome was sure they would explode. Sesshoumaru said to Kagome, 'Change me back. Now.'
Kagome pouted and said telepathically, 'Oh fooie. You're no fun.'
Kagome reluctantly shifted Sesshoumaru back. He glared at her.
Kagome knew what was coming, her eyes widened as Sesshoumaru started to growl. Kagome quickly got an idea.
She shape-shifted into the cat that had molested Sesshoumaru the previous day and hid behind Rin's leg. She poked her head out from behind it and twitched her kitten ear at Sesshoumaru in a show of 'ha ha!' (Think Nelson from the Simpsons')
Rin squealed and scooped Kagome up into her arms. Kagome purred contentedly and snuggled into Rin's embrace, giving Sesshoumaru a look that said, 'Ha! You can't kill me now! Rin thinks I'm cute!'
Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed. He stalked off, presumably to the study or the dojo; cheated out of being able to kill the aggravating wench.
Kagome 'meowed' in triumph and hoped out of Rin's arms, making her pout. Kagome shifted back and smiled victoriously. "HA! Take that Mr. Personality!"
Souta snickered, but no one else seemed to get the joke. Sare nudged Souta, "Secret joke?" Souta nodded. Sare raised an eyebrow. Souta whispered in his ear, "It's a future thing, you wouldn't get it." Sare nodded.
Shippou was rolling ion the ground laughing. "Hahahahaha!!! D-did you s- see, hahaha, the l-look on h-his face!?" Then he started laughing again.
Rin grinned, "Sesshy-sama did look pretty kawaii..." She agreed slowly.
Jaken huffed and walked off muttering, "Disgraceful!"
Kagome was staring at Rin, open mouthed, "Since when has that block of ice let ANYONE call him by that name? I have to dodge his claws every time I call him Fluffy! That's not fair!" She pouted.
Rin smiled and said, "It's 'cause he loves me!" she said, not knowing how much of the truth it was. She skipped off to the gardens, her tail streaming out behind her, not the least bit un-puffed.
Kagome stood rubbing her chin. 'Hmmm... Maybe that IS why..." she shrugged her shoulders and turned to Souta, "Souta, I'm going to be going to the well to visit mom and Ji-chan before you leave with Sare. D'you want to come with?" She asked.
Souta nodded vigorously. "Yeah! When are we leaving?" he asked.
Kagome shrugged, "I don't know. it depends on when Sare wants to leave."
Sare smiled and said, "It doesn't matter when we leave, as long as we do before midnight." Kagome nodded and said, "Okay, we'll leave in about an hour. Make sure you are ready, we'll be flying." Kagome walked off to the dojo.
When she got there, Sesshoumaru was practicing with his sendokei. 'Whoa,' Kagome thought, 'that thing looks scary. And Sesshoumaru handles it so well.'
The three flails swung around Sesshoumaru as he wielded it expertly. The flails were a stark contrast to the silver hooks and Sesshoumaru's white hakama. She had just noticed he wasn't wearing a shirt. (A/N: OMG! *drools* Sesshy without a shirt, so good, so close, but yet so far! *sobs*) He looked like a diamond dagger. Shan zetsumei. (Beautiful death) He moved with fluid, almost ghostly, grace. The whip seemed only fit for his hands. The vicious hooks coming dangerously close to himself, but never cutting a single piece of fabric. He looked like a God.
Kagome hoped her jaw wasn't hanging open; that would be embarrassing. She shook her head and coughed. "Ahem!"
Sesshoumaru had been well aware of her entrance to the dojo, but chose to finish his practice before speaking. But the wench obviously didn't. He was on his last couple moves when she coughed. He finished the move and leveled his icy stare at her.
Kagome shifted under the weight of his gaze. "Um, Souta and I will be going to visit my mother and Ji-chan in an hour, I came to tell you. Sorry for interrupting."
Sesshoumaru gave a curt nod and said, "I was just finishing." Kagome said "Ah." And turned to walk out. Sesshoumaru was in front of her in an instant. He glared down at her.
"You didn't think I would just let that slide did you?" he growled.
Kagome took a step back. She was very aware of the sendokei still in his hand, and his, ahem, chest. She laughed nervously, "Uhhh...eheheh... ummm... No?" she said.
Sesshoumaru took a step towards her. "Good, because I don't intend to." He lunged forward and Kagome barely had time enough to dodge. He swung at her with his sendokei and Kagome countered with her own whip. The whips became snared within each other and Sesshoumaru and Kagome tossed them away. Kagome drew her katana as Sesshoumaru drew Tensaiga. 'Whew!' Kagome though, 'For a second there I thought he was really trying to kill me.'
Sesshoumaru attacked and Kagome blocked.
They went at it like that for about ten minutes before Sesshoumaru flung Kagome's sword from his hand. Sesshoumaru went to attack again. Kagome produced her green glowing youki whip and cracked it. As she dodged Sesshoumaru's attack, she swung it at Tensaiga, it wrapped around the blade and she pulled. It was wrenched from his grasp and into the wall. Sesshoumaru produced his own whip and swung it at Kagome, Kagome dodged, but it caught her arm, making a small gash on it. Now Kagome was mad. (A/N: Kag is wearing her leather outfit, it doesn't have any sleeves. She isn't wearing the hooded trench coat right now.)
Her whip changed from glowing green to glowing red. She swung it at Sesshoumaru and he countered with his own whip. While he did that, Kagome swung her claws. Five small icicles flew from her claws and hurtled toward Sesshoumaru. With lightning speed, Sesshoumaru's youki whip slid back into his claw, he drew Toukijin, and he swung it at the five icicles with deadly precision. All of the icicles dropped to the ground, shattered. Kagome narrowed her eyes and threw a fireball at him instead. The red ball sped toward him and he dodged it, barely.
'Damn those things are fast!' He thought. The ball hit the other side of the dojo and half the wall burst into flames from the intensity.
Kagome sighed at the irony of it and held her hand up at Sesshoumaru, causing him to freeze in place, which was mid dodge mind you, and she sent a wave of water at the opposite wall. There was a smoking scorch mark left there.
Kagome dropped her hand, and Sesshoumaru dropped, rather unceremoniously to the ground. He jumped up with the grace only he possessed, and lunged toward Kagome faster than the eye could blink. And Kagome didn't even have time enough to do that before she was pinned to the wall by Sesshoumaru.
"That is the second time you have done that wench." he growled.
Kagome was in a fix. She was pissed, she was pinned to the wall, and the object of her anger was the one pinning her.
Oh goody.
Kagome growled low and rumbling in her chest, she hissed and said in a low voice. "Sesshoumaru. If you don't let me go in three seconds, I will make sure you will never be able to have children." (O.O.O O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O)
Sesshoumaru just then realized that her knee was positioned right in front of his groin. He silently swore and loosened his hold on Kagome's wrists.
Kagome quickly got her arms out of Sesshoumaru's grasp and blasted him away from her.
'That's gonna leave a mark.' Thought Kagome.
Sesshoumaru sailed through the air, but instead of landing on his back, he did a back flip and landed on his feet.
Kagome growled and shape-shifted. She was now what looked like a green striped, Black Panther. She growled and lunged at Sesshoumaru with a roar.
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Inside the castle they all heard the roar and went to investigate.
What met their eyes when they got there was a green striped Black Panther baring its fangs and growling at Sesshoumaru as it circled him.
Sare and Souta recognized it as Kagome, but Shippou and Rin didn't.
"What is that?!" asked Rin worriedly.
Sare looked over the situation briefly before saying, "It's Kagome. Sesshoumaru and she are sparring."
Rin relaxed visibly.
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Kagome noticed the entrance of Sare and the others, but paid them no heed as she was pissed as hell at Sesshoumaru. She lunged at him with blurring speed and sent a kick to his chest. Sesshoumaru was knocked backwards and Rin winced. Her still very puffy tail twitched in worry.
Sesshoumaru growled and kicked back at Kagome and sent her flying. Kagome landed and slid across the floor of the dojo.
Kagome shifted back and thought for a second. 'Hey, if I can bring my dragon blood to life, why can't I bring my Inu-youkai blood to life? I would be smaller. But I think I'll leave that for later, right now I just want to kick his ass, that gash is starting to sting.'
She flew at Sesshoumaru and landed a roundhouse kick to his jaw. Sesshoumaru dodged before the second foot could hit and punched her in the midsection, causing her to stagger backwards. She growled and moved in a blur to land crouched behind Sesshoumaru. She swung her leg out and kicked his legs out from underneath him. Kagome flew upwards using her wings and hovered about fifty feet away. Sesshoumaru landed on his back, but swung his legs up and out so he was on his feet again. Now he was the one that was pissed.
'Grrrrrrrr... That wench is seriously pissing me off.' He thought as he saw Kagome fly towards him.
Kagome tried to dive kick him but he caught her foot and sent her spinning into the ground. She land on her stomach with an 'oof.'
Both of them were now covered in a sheen of sweat. Kagome was breathing rather heavily, and Sesshoumaru was slightly panting. Kagome stood up and said, "Okay, can we call it quits? This gash is starting to hurt. And your jaw is definitely gonna need ice."
Sesshoumaru was, once again, baffled by how quickly she could change moods, from' 'I'm going to kill you' to, 'that was fun.' It was unnerving. Then he realized that his jaw, and chest, (From where Kagome blasted him.) did hurt.
He gave a curt nod and walked over to pick up his owagi and haori.
Everyone was staring at them. They had gone from at each other's throats to talking civilly!? Damn...
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Kagome was now sitting in the hospital wing with a scowl on her face. Her poor tail had been landed on and now it was throbbing. And that stupid gash wasn't healing fast enough for her tastes. Sesshoumaru walked in and sat down about ten feet away from her. Her tail was starting to hurt pretty badly. She whimpered.
Sesshoumaru glanced over at her. She had finished bandaging her arm and now she was rubbing her tail. His jaw hurt like hell and he was sure that he had a bruise.
Kagome glanced at Sesshoumaru and saw that there was a faint bruise on his face. Kagome stared at it. "Whoa. I didn't think I hit you that hard. Owie. Stupid tail. Ouch! Damn that hurts!" She glared at her tail and rubbed it ruefully.
Sesshoumaru was trying really hard not to touch the bruise on his jaw. He couldn't speak or the whole side of his face would explode in pain. His chest had a dull ache, as did most of his other limbs.
Kagome wrinkled her nose and said, "I am soooo going to the hot springs after I ice my tail." She held out her hand, palm facing up, and it swirled with blue and silver mist; some of it sparkled. She placed it over her tail and pretty soon, what resembled a clear bead, adorned it. Kagome smiled at the now numb part of her tail and admired how it looked.
She glanced briefly over at Sesshoumaru and decided that his jaw probably hurt pretty badly. She walked up to him and knelt down. "Here, let me see this." She said while reaching for his jaw.
Sesshoumaru growled but let her. He had to stop himself from wincing at her touch on his jaw. Kagome looked at it with a frown. She placed her palm over it and a blue light emitted from underneath. His jaw suddenly felt really cold. She kept her palm there for about five minutes before taking it away. She looked at it and was pleased to see that the bruise had receded a bit. She wasn't skilled enough in her miko powers to know how to heal yet, but she would train herself.
Sesshoumaru could talk now, but before he could say anything, Kagome had starting removing his haori. "Wench, what are you doing." He asked in a low voice.
Kagome looked up at him and said, "Looking at your chest." Then she realized how suggestive that sounded and blushed. "Not like that! I am looking at where I blasted you." She muttered while relieving him of his owagi.
Kagome looked at it and frowned. "It looks like I burned you." She said.
Sesshoumaru looked down and, indeed, there was a large red burn mark on his chest. IT looked quite awkward on the rest of his body, as did the bruise on his jaw.
Kagome stood up and walked to the cupboard. She took out some herbs, but mostly a lot of mint. The scent filled the room and Kagome smiled. She shed the leaves of their stems and put them in a small dish. She added a little bit of water, provided by her hand, and crushed them together. She sniffed it and held it up, with her other hand, she held her index finger about three inches underneath it and from the tip of her finger a blue colored flame spouted. When the mixture started to bubble, Kagome flicked her finger and the flame was gone. She iced the mixture to cool it down.
She walked back over to Sesshoumaru with a few bandages. Sesshoumaru looked at the mixture and said, "What is that?"
Kagome laid out the bandages and said, "It's a burn ointment. The mint should stop the burning and the other herbs should help it heal faster." She said while cooping up some of it on two fingers. She gingerly applied it to his chest on and around the burn. When there was none left, she set the dish down and picked up the bandages. She wrapped it around his chest from front to back. When she finished she looked over it for a moment before standing up and saying, "Finished! Now I can go to the hot springs." She began to walk out, but Sesshoumaru's voice stopped her. "Thank you." He said.
Kagome stopped dead and turned around. 'Did he just thank me? Wow.' "Your welcome." She said before bowing and leaving.
He hated to admit it, but his chest and jaw felt a lot better now.
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While Kagome was sitting in the hot spring, she couldn't help but remember how Sesshoumaru's chest felt. 'Gods.' Kagome thought, 'I am sorry but that guy has the sexiest chest I have ever seen.' Kagome smiled and shook her head.
'I should not be thinking these thoughts about Sesshoumaru.' She thought.
#Why not? # Asked Midoriko.
Kagome balked at open space. 'MIO!!! Where the hellevyu been?!?!?!?!!'
Midoriko sighed, #Researching what happened to Souta and Rin. # She said softly.
Kagome growled. 'Fine... Then tell me what you found out.' She said.
#Okay, well, if you want me to put it bluntly, your mother and father's souls have been reincarnated into Souta and Rin. #
Kagome was sitting there with a blank look on her face. Stunned was the biggest understatement. You could have knocked her over with a feather. 'What.' Was her answer.
Midoriko sighed. #Just what I said Kagome. #
Kagome was sputtering, 'B-b-but how?'
Midoriko took a deep breath and said, #Kagome, remember the pendant? Well, that pendant was created after the death of your parents to house their souls. Why they needed to be there was because, when a person or youkai of pure heart and soul came near enough, their soul would go into their bodies. Since in your case it was two humans, they became dragon and Inu-youkai. Obviously Souta got you father's soul, and Rin was got you mothers. The reason they do not look exactly like your parents did is because judging by their aura and nature; that would be how they got how they looked and their powers. Souta is a kind and caring young child, and that is why his powers are based on healing. Rin, well, when Sesshoumaru revived her with the Tensaiga, he created a sort of bond with her. So, that bond is how Rin got her looks and powers. She is pretty much Sesshoumaru's daughter, or as close as you could get without her actually being it.#
Kagome blinked and said, 'Wow. Okay, shit, I need to get out, I'll talk to you later Mio.'
Kagome climbed out of the hot springs and shook herself.
'Now, to go and visit Aiko and Ji-chan.'
She dressed herself in her black outfit and adorned her trench coat. She walked into the hall and called, "Souta!"
She heard the sound of pattering feet and Souta skidded to a stop, looking irritated. "Where's the fire?" He asked irritably.
Kagome got a good look at him and saw that he was carrying his trident and was wearing his training garb. "We are leaving now. Make sure you don't bring too much."
Souta's face brightened and he nodded. "Kay! I'll go tell Sesshoumaru that I'm leaving."
Souta ran off and Kagome had to wonder; 'since when have Souta and Sesshoumaru been so buddy buddy?'
Kagome shrugged and went to her room to gather her, athemaes, katana, whip, and bow. She grabbed them; strapped her katana to her side, strapped one athemae to each side, slung her bow and quiver of her shoulder, and secured her whip at her waist. She wrapped her tail around the shoulder that was not occupied by her bow and walked in the direction of the front gate.
Souta bounded into the dojo where Sesshoumaru was patiently standing. Souta took a breath and said, "Kagome said we were leaving now and I just came to say goodbye so bye!" He said in one long sentence.
Sesshoumaru nodded and Souta ran out of the dojo to the front gate. He had his sword strapped to his side, his trident strapped to his back in a special sling, and a slim stiletto attached to his ankle.
Kagome had put on her armor and was wearing her hood. Souta had his armor on too.
Kagome gave him the once over and said, "do you want to ride on my back? Or do you want to fly by yourself?"
Souta puffed out his chest and said, "I can fly by myself!" he said confidently.
Kagome poked him and said, "Fine, but warn me if you are going to drop out of the sky."
They launched off, Souta slightly behind, and flew in the direction of Inuyasha's forest.
Souta cast a glance at the treetops passing below. "Are we going to see Inuyasha?"
Kagome looked at him briefly, "Maybe." She said in an aloof tone.
Kagome landed just outside the village and sniffed the air, Inuyasha was a good distance away, but Sango and Miroku were in Kaede's hut.
Kagome approached the hut but was stopped at the entrance by a magical barrier.
"AHH!!" She said as she was thrown back into Souta. She knocked them both into the ground and sat up rubbing her tailbone. She silently swore and shifted her and Souta to look like and smell like humans, much to his displeasure. Even though Kaede knew about her being a youkai, she didn't want Sango and Miroku to know just yet. She hated deceiving them, but it had to be done.
Sango and Miroku came running out, Hiraikotsu and staff at the ready. But when they saw Kagome and Souta, they got confused looks on their faces.
Kaede walked out and her eye widened. "Kagome child. What are ye doing here?"
Kagome rubbed her butt one more time before saying, "I came to visit Yuka, Eri and their families. I also need to drop by my time. What was that barrier for anyway?" She asked before turning to Sango and squealing. "SANGO!!!" She attacked Sango, the barrier no longer in effect, and knocked the wind out of her.
Sango said, "OUCH!!! Kagome, watch it with those spikes!"
Kagome remembered her spiked armor and pulled back. "Heheheh...Gomen. But I'm really happy to see you! Shippou couldn't come though; he wanted to stay with Sesshoumaru back at his castle."
Kaede looked at Kagome and said, "There have been many youkai attacks of late and we have taken precautions."
Miroku walked up to Kagome and embraced her. "I don't know why the barrier reacted to you though. It is good to see you Kagome-sama..." His hands went lower.
Kagome, feeling her space violated, remembered her dream and jumped away from Miroku. Her eyes glowed red and she took out her whip. Before anyone could blink, Kagome had cracked the whip across his hand twice, and he was clutching it and rubbing it ruefully.
Sango had Hiraikotsu in mid whack and she was staring at Kagome's whip. "Wow Kagome-chan, You've gotten faster."
The red seeped from Kagome's eyes and she just muttered, "Hentai..."
She spoke with Sango, Miroku and Kaede for a while before departing to go find Yuka and Eri.
She sniffed the air once, and followed their scent to a hut near the center of the village.
"Yuka! Eri! Are you here?" Yuka came flying out and saw Kagome. "KAGOME!!! Where have you been?"
Eri came zooming out after her, followed by the family of both. "Yeah. We've been waiting for you to visit. We went to see your mom and she said she hasn't seen any sign of Hikari."
Kagome walked over to them and embraced her friends, being wary of the spikes that protruded from her chest. "I've missed you guys! I hope Ji-chan didn't make up some weird illness about you and your family.
Yuka looked at her mournfully. "Kagome! He said that all of us had been at a party and had contracted shingles from something we all ate! It was soooo embarrassing! At least you didn't have anything like that! You still had the story of leukemia..."
Eri looked pissed, "That stupid Lech of a monk asked me to bear his child! And he groped my mom!!"
Kagome's face darkened and she called out, "MIROKU!!! YOU'D BETTER START RUNNING NOW!!!!"
Kagome was about to take off but Yuka stopped her. "Oh come on Kagome. We don't have that much time together and you can kill the baka hentai anytime."
Kagome sighed and said reluctantly, "Fine..."
Eri looked at her pleadingly. "Kagome-chan? Can we pleeeease see your tail?"
Kagome looked skeptical but Eri's big yes made her give in. She allowed her tail to appear and she was immediately set upon by her two friends yelling, "KAWAII!!!"
Kagome sighed and allowed them to torture her poor defenseless tail. Souta was watching her like he would watch an anime. Kagome just endured it until she smelled Inuyasha getting close.
"Yuka, Eri, Sorry, but I have to go now, I will see you next week and when I get back."
She grabbed Souta's hand and walked off, forgetting about the tail that was wrapped around her shoulder.
She walked passed Kaede's hut and saw that Miroku was nowhere in sight. She snickered. Souta nudged her and said, "Kagome, tail." Was all he said and Kagome swore, "Fuck!" she quickly got rid of her tail. Not a second too soon, Sango emerged from the hut and waved goodbye to her, "Ja ne Kagome!"
Kagome waved back and said, "Ja ne Sango-chan! Which way did the lech go?"
Sango pointed in the direction opposite she was going and Kagome shrugged, "Oh well, I guess I'll just have to beat him later. I can't believe he asked Eri to bear his child! Even after I told him not to!" she walked off grumbling.
She got to the bone eaters well and got a sense of foreboding. 'Something's wrong.' She thought.
Kagome sensed Inuyasha coming towards them at a fast pace and said, "Souta, you go first."
Souta jumped into the well and Kagome followed suit. Inuyasha reached the clearing just in time to see the back of Kagome's trench coat disappearing down the well.
'Kagome.' He thought in despair.
Kikyou had disappeared since their encounter with the unknown female demon called Noyoroha, and hadn't been seen since. 'Off to gather souls to seal her wound no doubt. Kagome, if I have Kikyou, why do I wish you were here so much? She is gone more often than you ever were.'
He bowed his head and jumped up into the God tree to sulk.
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Yeah, I know the mood in this chapter changed a lot. But, yeah, +_+ SUGAR HIGH!!!!!!
Dun dun duuuuuunnn...... Next chappy! "The dangers of the future"!!
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Any way, review and be happy. I will start putting quotes at the end of each chappy; here is the first:
"Give everyone a first chance because they deserve it,
Give them a second chance because you are a good person,
Give them a third chance if you are a fool,
Give them a fourth chance if you are a moron,
And give them a fifth chance if you want everybody to know it."
By, Amreld {a.k.a Mitsukai no Shouten} (Angel of death)
Disclaimer: *sigh* I don't *grumble* own *grumble* Inuyasha. *grumble, pout*
Eheheheh..... You're not still mad from last chappy are you? YIKES!!! *dodges giant rubber chicken* Okay, I guess you still are. *crawls into bomb shelter* Read on!
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Kagome slowly returned to consciousness. She was dimly aware that she was very warm, and she was holding something fluffy.
'Wait, fluffy?' she looked at her hands, and sure enough, she was clutching a white fluffy object. And it was twitching every now and then.
It was then that she realized there were arms around her. She stiffened with fear. She started shaking as she vividly remembered her dream. She let go of the white object she held and tried to pull away from the person who held her.
But the arms only tightened.
She was so scared; she forgot that she could use her powers to get away.
The shifting of Kagome in his arms awoke Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru peeked through his eyelids at Kagome. She appeared confused as she looked at her hands. They were still clinging to his tail, and he would not deny that it felt good. She stiffened and the heavy scent of fear made the hair at the nape of his neck prickle. She shifted, trying to get away, but his arms tightened of their own accord.
"Kagome." He said quietly.
Kagome, at the sound of his voice, immediately relaxed. She lifted her head to look at Sesshoumaru.
Amber eyes met blue green in a clash. Kagome smiled slightly, before her eyes teared and she grabbed Sesshoumaru in an embrace that probably would have crushed a lesser man. She sobbed against his chest and said, "Arigatou Sesshoumaru-sama. Arigatou." She squeezed him around his torso once before lessening her embrace to a comforting hug.
Sesshoumaru didn't know whether to pry her off or return the embrace. Eventually the latter won.
He gently wrapped his arms around Kagome's upper body. Kagome pulled back and laughed slightly as she wiped her eyes. "I must look terrible." She said as she looked away.
Sesshoumaru took Kagomes chin in his hand and turned her to face him. "Kagome, what happened." He asked in a soft, yet, authoritive tone.
Kagome looked up into his eyes and opened her mouth to speak, but all that came out was a small squeak. She shut her eyes and took a shaky breath.
She whispered, "Why tell you when I can show you?" she said softly.
She raised her index and middle finger to Sesshoumaru's forehead, placed them on his crescent moon and closed her eyes. His crescent moon glowed blue, and Kagome's glowed red.
Immediately Sesshoumaru was bombarded with images from both dreams, the shadow violating her, Rin, Shippou and himself lying in the ground as Kagome stared at her hands. Everything.
All at once they stopped. Kagome removed her fingers. Sesshoumaru opened his eyes and looked down at Kagome. He wrapped her in a comforting embrace. She grabbed his haori, which he had removed, as he picked her up. He walked out of the room and down the hall.
Kagome took comfort in his scent of ferns and lilies. Her tail had somehow wrapped itself around Sesshoumaru's midsection and was now hanging lazily by her face. She wondered how easily Sesshoumaru could carry her when she had wings. (?_?)
Sesshoumaru opened a door and walked in. It was his private hot springs. He called for Tsume to come with a kimono and set Kagome on her feet. He looked her in the eyes and said, "Kagome, Tsume will come to help you bathe, come down to the dining hall when you finish, Sare is here." He turned and started to walk away when Kagome grabbed his hand and said, "Wait, Sesshoumaru, thank you, for, helping me." She released his hand and backed up a few steps.
Sesshoumaru looked at her from the corner of his eye and gave a curt nod.
When Kagome finished bathing, she dressed herself in the red and blue kimono that had been given to her. She took a moment to compose herself; pushing the memory of her dream to the back of her mind. As usual, she shifted herself so the colors of the stripes in her tail, hair, and wings were a color that matched her outfit. In this case, navy blue.
She hesitantly pushed the door of the dining hall open. She stepped in to be greeted by the sight of, Sare, Shippou, Rin, and Jaken. Rin was poking Jaken with her chopsticks, and Shippou was happily mimicking her actions.
Souta just sat there eating with a smile on his face, trying to suppress giggles every time Jaken twitched.
Kagome sat down and greeted everyone. Sare studied her for a moment before asking telepathically, 'What happened.'
Kagome sent him a freezing glare that said, 'Shut up before I kill you, and, not now.' in one.
Kagome looked around and asked, "Where's Sesshoumaru?" she said while raising an eyebrow.
Souta shrugged. "I don't know. He disappeared this morning after you woke up."
Shippou looked at Kagome with a pouty expression. "Yeah! And he wouldn't let us see you last night! He was being mean!" Shippou whined.
Kagome sweatdropped; she patted Shippou on the head. "Well Shippou, I wasn't, *ahem* well. I needed to rest." She said softly.
Then Rin spoke up with a confused voice, "But Kagome, how come Sesshoumaru-sama was able to see you?" she looked up at Kagome with her innocent amber eyes, oblivious to the awkward position she had just placed Kagome in.
Sare raised an eyebrow at her.
Kagome sweatdropped and glared.
Souta was thoroughly confused.
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Sesshoumaru had spent the first part of the day pondering what had happened in Kagome's dream. The kageboushi (shadow figure) hadn't totally violated her innocence, but had come drastically close. And for a sleeping spell, of any kind, to last that long on Kagome, it had to be a powerful magery. (Magery is the practice of magic.)
'But why would it make Kagome think she had killed all of her friends and family? And then again, why was I laying on the ground as well, and why did she cry so much over me?' He thought frustrated. Yes, the almighty Sesshoumaru was frustrated.
'Baka, she cares about you. Even I know that.' Said his common sense.
'I thought I got rid of you.' Sesshoumaru said while narrowing his eyes at nothing.
'Nope!' Said his common sense happily.
Sesshoumaru thought, 'Why does my common sense, have to have the voice of a ditz?'
'You care for her and you know it.' It said again.
'Do not.'
'Do too.'
'Do not'
'Do too.'
'Do not.'
'Do too.'
'Do not'
'Yes, you do. If you keep lying to yourself, it will give you a migraine.
'I already have a migraine. Fine, I care about her, it means nothing.'
'Yeah, and I'm going to leave you alone when you are having problems with a girl.'
'I do not have problems in my ability to handle women if that is what you are talking about. You speak as if I am freaking virgin!' he yelled at his annoying voice.
'Well duh. I know you aren't a virgin, but it is still fun to annoy you.'
'If only you had a body.'
'Okay junior, you have some issues you need to sort out, what the hell is the kageboushi, you know you care about Kagome but you are to much of a stubborn jack ass to admit it, and what are you going to do that will get me to go away. No such fuckin' luck dude. See ya.'
'Why did the gods have to curse me with that damned voice?'
'I heard that!' came the irritating voice of his common sense.
'I know.' Sesshoumaru thought dryly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kagome had exited the dining hall to leave Rin to torture Jaken, she would never admit it, but she thought Jaken was starting to like Rin. She already knew that Jaken didn't mind Souta TOO much, but hey, the kid didn't play dress up with him. Who wouldn't?
She had sniffed Sesshoumaru out, and had found him in his room on his balcony. Kagome approached him and said, "Sare is waiting for you to show your face."
Sesshoumaru briefly glanced at her and said, "I know."
Kagome huffed and said, "Then why aren't you down there?" She said in an accusing tone.
Sesshoumaru gave a barely audible smirk. "I will be down shortly, besides, Sare has no intention of leaving until tonight."
Kagome mouthed an 'o' of understanding. She looked up at him, she was STILL shorter than him, even in her demon form, and she was still shorter.
Kagome glanced out over the forest and said, "I need to go check on my friends back at the village. I should either go sometime today, or wait until tonight, or tomorrow. Screw it, I just need to go check on them! I feel like I'm going to have an anxiety attack if I don't find out how they are doing!" She said while holding her head in her hands.
Sesshoumaru glanced at her and briefly wondered if Kagome had lost it.
Kagome looked up and got an irritated look on her face. She glared angrily out across the balcony at something. "I wish that bird would stop making so much racket!" She said as she glared at it. Her eyes glowed red and she tore the bird that had been cawing to pieces with telekinesis. Kagome smiled, "Much better."
Sesshoumaru marveled at how fast she could change moods. From seemingly happy, to anxiety/crazy, to pissed, then back to annoyingly cheerful. It was enough to give one a headache.
Kagome sighed and stood up straight, "Well, if you insist on staying there and being all, 'I'm in a sulky mood and don't want any contact with the outside world', then come down when you won't tear the first thing that annoys you to pieces."
Sesshoumaru thought one word as she walked out, 'Hypocrite.'
Kagome walked down the hall and out into the gardens. With full intentions to just sit in the weeping willow by the koi pond and brood.
She sat there about five minutes before she felt Sare approaching.
'Come to ask me what happened no doubt.' She sighed and cringed at the memory of the shadow. She sighed again as Sare walked up and looked up, at her. She had her head rested on her folded arms, which were rested on one bent knee, while the other leg dangled off the branch, below her.
Sare sat beneath her and said, "You obviously know why I'm here." He said softly.
Kagome sighed and said, "Yeah."
Sare looked up at her and said, "Yeah, so spill it."
Kagome just sighed again and jumped down from the branch to land right in front of Sare, she toughed her index and middle finger to the starburst on his forehead and it glowed as did Kagomes crescent moon.
The same thing that happened to Sesshoumaru, happened to Sare, only, when it was over, Sare immediately rushed over to Kagome and gave her a bone crushing hug.
Kagome's eyes widened as Sare started to rant about 'her being okay', and 'what the hell was that.' She said, "Sare....... Can't....... Breathe......" She choked out.
Sare released her and said softly, "Are you okay?" he asked.
Kagome held him at arms length and said, looking into his cobalt blue eyes, "Yes. Now, ahem, I believe I need to go have some fun with Souta before he goes off to be all Sesshoumaruish. That'll be the day....." She said as she started walking to the dining hall where the children were currently engaged in a food fight. Jaken occasionally being thrown, but each time he left the ground, Souta caught him. Obviously he held no small amount of pity for the toad. (As much as I think he is annoying, I don't hate him like I do *gag* Kikyou. So, he doesn't get tortured too much.)
After they had gotten the dining hall cleaned up, Kagome took them just outside the castle walls, and hosed them down with her hands. (*cough*elemental powers*cough*)
So, a sopping wet, Souta, Rin, Kagome, and Jaken all went back into the castle. Jaken grumbling the whole way. Rin, deciding to be evil, shook her fluffy tail and everyone was immediately drenched again. Kagome glared at Rin and shook her own tail and wings. But after that, Kagome blow-dried everyone using her wings and her fire abilities.
Sesshoumaru had come out just in time to see everyone being blow-dried. Jaken looked the same, Souta had a fro, Rin's tail was doing an admirable impression of a fuzzy caterpillar, her hair was totally frizzed, and Kagome, well, Kagome looked just peachy. Sare was laughing his ass off at the way they all looked, and Sesshoumaru had to hide a smirk at the sight of Rin's tail. He would have to show her how to prevent that from happening again. He had lived with a tail a good three and a half centuries; he had learned a few things about grooming them.
Kagome was turning red in the face, and her body was shaking from trying to hold in her laughter. 'Oh.My.God. Souta looks like a freaking disco dancer! Oh gods, look at Rin's tail! Poor Fluffy has the job of showing her how to un-puff it. *evil snicker* Have fun.....' she thought as she released her laughter. Her eyes were a deep sea green and they shone with merriment. Kagome decided to cheer them up, even if they already were laughing their heads off.
Kagome shape-shifted so she looked exactly like Sesshoumaru. She stood next to him and put on an emotionless mask. All of them, except Sesshoumaru, looked at them. Sesshoumaru glanced at Kagome, a his height Kagome, and discovered a mirror.
He smirked.
Everyone present, except for Sesshoumaru and Kagome, pointed to the real Sesshoumaru and said, "That's Kagome."
Sesshoumaru glared at them icily and was about to say something when he felt a tingle pass through his body, Kagome had put her hand on his shoulder, and she had shifted him into... A dog?
No.
A puppy.
He, Sesshoumaru, had just been shifted into a puppy. Not only that, but it was a small, white, amber eyed, floppy eared, bushy tailed, innocent looking, puppy. Oh my. Kagome was going to get it.
Kagome shifted back to Kagome, and took a look at her handy work. She smirked.
Puppy Sesshoumaru growled.
Kagome looked at the puppy and then picked him up.
Puppy Sesshoumaru's eyes widened and he froze. If word of this ever got out, his reputation would be forever scarred.
Everyone stared at them in amazement for a moment, before laughing so hard Kagome was sure they would explode. Sesshoumaru said to Kagome, 'Change me back. Now.'
Kagome pouted and said telepathically, 'Oh fooie. You're no fun.'
Kagome reluctantly shifted Sesshoumaru back. He glared at her.
Kagome knew what was coming, her eyes widened as Sesshoumaru started to growl. Kagome quickly got an idea.
She shape-shifted into the cat that had molested Sesshoumaru the previous day and hid behind Rin's leg. She poked her head out from behind it and twitched her kitten ear at Sesshoumaru in a show of 'ha ha!' (Think Nelson from the Simpsons')
Rin squealed and scooped Kagome up into her arms. Kagome purred contentedly and snuggled into Rin's embrace, giving Sesshoumaru a look that said, 'Ha! You can't kill me now! Rin thinks I'm cute!'
Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed. He stalked off, presumably to the study or the dojo; cheated out of being able to kill the aggravating wench.
Kagome 'meowed' in triumph and hoped out of Rin's arms, making her pout. Kagome shifted back and smiled victoriously. "HA! Take that Mr. Personality!"
Souta snickered, but no one else seemed to get the joke. Sare nudged Souta, "Secret joke?" Souta nodded. Sare raised an eyebrow. Souta whispered in his ear, "It's a future thing, you wouldn't get it." Sare nodded.
Shippou was rolling ion the ground laughing. "Hahahahaha!!! D-did you s- see, hahaha, the l-look on h-his face!?" Then he started laughing again.
Rin grinned, "Sesshy-sama did look pretty kawaii..." She agreed slowly.
Jaken huffed and walked off muttering, "Disgraceful!"
Kagome was staring at Rin, open mouthed, "Since when has that block of ice let ANYONE call him by that name? I have to dodge his claws every time I call him Fluffy! That's not fair!" She pouted.
Rin smiled and said, "It's 'cause he loves me!" she said, not knowing how much of the truth it was. She skipped off to the gardens, her tail streaming out behind her, not the least bit un-puffed.
Kagome stood rubbing her chin. 'Hmmm... Maybe that IS why..." she shrugged her shoulders and turned to Souta, "Souta, I'm going to be going to the well to visit mom and Ji-chan before you leave with Sare. D'you want to come with?" She asked.
Souta nodded vigorously. "Yeah! When are we leaving?" he asked.
Kagome shrugged, "I don't know. it depends on when Sare wants to leave."
Sare smiled and said, "It doesn't matter when we leave, as long as we do before midnight." Kagome nodded and said, "Okay, we'll leave in about an hour. Make sure you are ready, we'll be flying." Kagome walked off to the dojo.
When she got there, Sesshoumaru was practicing with his sendokei. 'Whoa,' Kagome thought, 'that thing looks scary. And Sesshoumaru handles it so well.'
The three flails swung around Sesshoumaru as he wielded it expertly. The flails were a stark contrast to the silver hooks and Sesshoumaru's white hakama. She had just noticed he wasn't wearing a shirt. (A/N: OMG! *drools* Sesshy without a shirt, so good, so close, but yet so far! *sobs*) He looked like a diamond dagger. Shan zetsumei. (Beautiful death) He moved with fluid, almost ghostly, grace. The whip seemed only fit for his hands. The vicious hooks coming dangerously close to himself, but never cutting a single piece of fabric. He looked like a God.
Kagome hoped her jaw wasn't hanging open; that would be embarrassing. She shook her head and coughed. "Ahem!"
Sesshoumaru had been well aware of her entrance to the dojo, but chose to finish his practice before speaking. But the wench obviously didn't. He was on his last couple moves when she coughed. He finished the move and leveled his icy stare at her.
Kagome shifted under the weight of his gaze. "Um, Souta and I will be going to visit my mother and Ji-chan in an hour, I came to tell you. Sorry for interrupting."
Sesshoumaru gave a curt nod and said, "I was just finishing." Kagome said "Ah." And turned to walk out. Sesshoumaru was in front of her in an instant. He glared down at her.
"You didn't think I would just let that slide did you?" he growled.
Kagome took a step back. She was very aware of the sendokei still in his hand, and his, ahem, chest. She laughed nervously, "Uhhh...eheheh... ummm... No?" she said.
Sesshoumaru took a step towards her. "Good, because I don't intend to." He lunged forward and Kagome barely had time enough to dodge. He swung at her with his sendokei and Kagome countered with her own whip. The whips became snared within each other and Sesshoumaru and Kagome tossed them away. Kagome drew her katana as Sesshoumaru drew Tensaiga. 'Whew!' Kagome though, 'For a second there I thought he was really trying to kill me.'
Sesshoumaru attacked and Kagome blocked.
They went at it like that for about ten minutes before Sesshoumaru flung Kagome's sword from his hand. Sesshoumaru went to attack again. Kagome produced her green glowing youki whip and cracked it. As she dodged Sesshoumaru's attack, she swung it at Tensaiga, it wrapped around the blade and she pulled. It was wrenched from his grasp and into the wall. Sesshoumaru produced his own whip and swung it at Kagome, Kagome dodged, but it caught her arm, making a small gash on it. Now Kagome was mad. (A/N: Kag is wearing her leather outfit, it doesn't have any sleeves. She isn't wearing the hooded trench coat right now.)
Her whip changed from glowing green to glowing red. She swung it at Sesshoumaru and he countered with his own whip. While he did that, Kagome swung her claws. Five small icicles flew from her claws and hurtled toward Sesshoumaru. With lightning speed, Sesshoumaru's youki whip slid back into his claw, he drew Toukijin, and he swung it at the five icicles with deadly precision. All of the icicles dropped to the ground, shattered. Kagome narrowed her eyes and threw a fireball at him instead. The red ball sped toward him and he dodged it, barely.
'Damn those things are fast!' He thought. The ball hit the other side of the dojo and half the wall burst into flames from the intensity.
Kagome sighed at the irony of it and held her hand up at Sesshoumaru, causing him to freeze in place, which was mid dodge mind you, and she sent a wave of water at the opposite wall. There was a smoking scorch mark left there.
Kagome dropped her hand, and Sesshoumaru dropped, rather unceremoniously to the ground. He jumped up with the grace only he possessed, and lunged toward Kagome faster than the eye could blink. And Kagome didn't even have time enough to do that before she was pinned to the wall by Sesshoumaru.
"That is the second time you have done that wench." he growled.
Kagome was in a fix. She was pissed, she was pinned to the wall, and the object of her anger was the one pinning her.
Oh goody.
Kagome growled low and rumbling in her chest, she hissed and said in a low voice. "Sesshoumaru. If you don't let me go in three seconds, I will make sure you will never be able to have children." (O.O.O O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O)
Sesshoumaru just then realized that her knee was positioned right in front of his groin. He silently swore and loosened his hold on Kagome's wrists.
Kagome quickly got her arms out of Sesshoumaru's grasp and blasted him away from her.
'That's gonna leave a mark.' Thought Kagome.
Sesshoumaru sailed through the air, but instead of landing on his back, he did a back flip and landed on his feet.
Kagome growled and shape-shifted. She was now what looked like a green striped, Black Panther. She growled and lunged at Sesshoumaru with a roar.
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Inside the castle they all heard the roar and went to investigate.
What met their eyes when they got there was a green striped Black Panther baring its fangs and growling at Sesshoumaru as it circled him.
Sare and Souta recognized it as Kagome, but Shippou and Rin didn't.
"What is that?!" asked Rin worriedly.
Sare looked over the situation briefly before saying, "It's Kagome. Sesshoumaru and she are sparring."
Rin relaxed visibly.
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Kagome noticed the entrance of Sare and the others, but paid them no heed as she was pissed as hell at Sesshoumaru. She lunged at him with blurring speed and sent a kick to his chest. Sesshoumaru was knocked backwards and Rin winced. Her still very puffy tail twitched in worry.
Sesshoumaru growled and kicked back at Kagome and sent her flying. Kagome landed and slid across the floor of the dojo.
Kagome shifted back and thought for a second. 'Hey, if I can bring my dragon blood to life, why can't I bring my Inu-youkai blood to life? I would be smaller. But I think I'll leave that for later, right now I just want to kick his ass, that gash is starting to sting.'
She flew at Sesshoumaru and landed a roundhouse kick to his jaw. Sesshoumaru dodged before the second foot could hit and punched her in the midsection, causing her to stagger backwards. She growled and moved in a blur to land crouched behind Sesshoumaru. She swung her leg out and kicked his legs out from underneath him. Kagome flew upwards using her wings and hovered about fifty feet away. Sesshoumaru landed on his back, but swung his legs up and out so he was on his feet again. Now he was the one that was pissed.
'Grrrrrrrr... That wench is seriously pissing me off.' He thought as he saw Kagome fly towards him.
Kagome tried to dive kick him but he caught her foot and sent her spinning into the ground. She land on her stomach with an 'oof.'
Both of them were now covered in a sheen of sweat. Kagome was breathing rather heavily, and Sesshoumaru was slightly panting. Kagome stood up and said, "Okay, can we call it quits? This gash is starting to hurt. And your jaw is definitely gonna need ice."
Sesshoumaru was, once again, baffled by how quickly she could change moods, from' 'I'm going to kill you' to, 'that was fun.' It was unnerving. Then he realized that his jaw, and chest, (From where Kagome blasted him.) did hurt.
He gave a curt nod and walked over to pick up his owagi and haori.
Everyone was staring at them. They had gone from at each other's throats to talking civilly!? Damn...
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Kagome was now sitting in the hospital wing with a scowl on her face. Her poor tail had been landed on and now it was throbbing. And that stupid gash wasn't healing fast enough for her tastes. Sesshoumaru walked in and sat down about ten feet away from her. Her tail was starting to hurt pretty badly. She whimpered.
Sesshoumaru glanced over at her. She had finished bandaging her arm and now she was rubbing her tail. His jaw hurt like hell and he was sure that he had a bruise.
Kagome glanced at Sesshoumaru and saw that there was a faint bruise on his face. Kagome stared at it. "Whoa. I didn't think I hit you that hard. Owie. Stupid tail. Ouch! Damn that hurts!" She glared at her tail and rubbed it ruefully.
Sesshoumaru was trying really hard not to touch the bruise on his jaw. He couldn't speak or the whole side of his face would explode in pain. His chest had a dull ache, as did most of his other limbs.
Kagome wrinkled her nose and said, "I am soooo going to the hot springs after I ice my tail." She held out her hand, palm facing up, and it swirled with blue and silver mist; some of it sparkled. She placed it over her tail and pretty soon, what resembled a clear bead, adorned it. Kagome smiled at the now numb part of her tail and admired how it looked.
She glanced briefly over at Sesshoumaru and decided that his jaw probably hurt pretty badly. She walked up to him and knelt down. "Here, let me see this." She said while reaching for his jaw.
Sesshoumaru growled but let her. He had to stop himself from wincing at her touch on his jaw. Kagome looked at it with a frown. She placed her palm over it and a blue light emitted from underneath. His jaw suddenly felt really cold. She kept her palm there for about five minutes before taking it away. She looked at it and was pleased to see that the bruise had receded a bit. She wasn't skilled enough in her miko powers to know how to heal yet, but she would train herself.
Sesshoumaru could talk now, but before he could say anything, Kagome had starting removing his haori. "Wench, what are you doing." He asked in a low voice.
Kagome looked up at him and said, "Looking at your chest." Then she realized how suggestive that sounded and blushed. "Not like that! I am looking at where I blasted you." She muttered while relieving him of his owagi.
Kagome looked at it and frowned. "It looks like I burned you." She said.
Sesshoumaru looked down and, indeed, there was a large red burn mark on his chest. IT looked quite awkward on the rest of his body, as did the bruise on his jaw.
Kagome stood up and walked to the cupboard. She took out some herbs, but mostly a lot of mint. The scent filled the room and Kagome smiled. She shed the leaves of their stems and put them in a small dish. She added a little bit of water, provided by her hand, and crushed them together. She sniffed it and held it up, with her other hand, she held her index finger about three inches underneath it and from the tip of her finger a blue colored flame spouted. When the mixture started to bubble, Kagome flicked her finger and the flame was gone. She iced the mixture to cool it down.
She walked back over to Sesshoumaru with a few bandages. Sesshoumaru looked at the mixture and said, "What is that?"
Kagome laid out the bandages and said, "It's a burn ointment. The mint should stop the burning and the other herbs should help it heal faster." She said while cooping up some of it on two fingers. She gingerly applied it to his chest on and around the burn. When there was none left, she set the dish down and picked up the bandages. She wrapped it around his chest from front to back. When she finished she looked over it for a moment before standing up and saying, "Finished! Now I can go to the hot springs." She began to walk out, but Sesshoumaru's voice stopped her. "Thank you." He said.
Kagome stopped dead and turned around. 'Did he just thank me? Wow.' "Your welcome." She said before bowing and leaving.
He hated to admit it, but his chest and jaw felt a lot better now.
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While Kagome was sitting in the hot spring, she couldn't help but remember how Sesshoumaru's chest felt. 'Gods.' Kagome thought, 'I am sorry but that guy has the sexiest chest I have ever seen.' Kagome smiled and shook her head.
'I should not be thinking these thoughts about Sesshoumaru.' She thought.
#Why not? # Asked Midoriko.
Kagome balked at open space. 'MIO!!! Where the hellevyu been?!?!?!?!!'
Midoriko sighed, #Researching what happened to Souta and Rin. # She said softly.
Kagome growled. 'Fine... Then tell me what you found out.' She said.
#Okay, well, if you want me to put it bluntly, your mother and father's souls have been reincarnated into Souta and Rin. #
Kagome was sitting there with a blank look on her face. Stunned was the biggest understatement. You could have knocked her over with a feather. 'What.' Was her answer.
Midoriko sighed. #Just what I said Kagome. #
Kagome was sputtering, 'B-b-but how?'
Midoriko took a deep breath and said, #Kagome, remember the pendant? Well, that pendant was created after the death of your parents to house their souls. Why they needed to be there was because, when a person or youkai of pure heart and soul came near enough, their soul would go into their bodies. Since in your case it was two humans, they became dragon and Inu-youkai. Obviously Souta got you father's soul, and Rin was got you mothers. The reason they do not look exactly like your parents did is because judging by their aura and nature; that would be how they got how they looked and their powers. Souta is a kind and caring young child, and that is why his powers are based on healing. Rin, well, when Sesshoumaru revived her with the Tensaiga, he created a sort of bond with her. So, that bond is how Rin got her looks and powers. She is pretty much Sesshoumaru's daughter, or as close as you could get without her actually being it.#
Kagome blinked and said, 'Wow. Okay, shit, I need to get out, I'll talk to you later Mio.'
Kagome climbed out of the hot springs and shook herself.
'Now, to go and visit Aiko and Ji-chan.'
She dressed herself in her black outfit and adorned her trench coat. She walked into the hall and called, "Souta!"
She heard the sound of pattering feet and Souta skidded to a stop, looking irritated. "Where's the fire?" He asked irritably.
Kagome got a good look at him and saw that he was carrying his trident and was wearing his training garb. "We are leaving now. Make sure you don't bring too much."
Souta's face brightened and he nodded. "Kay! I'll go tell Sesshoumaru that I'm leaving."
Souta ran off and Kagome had to wonder; 'since when have Souta and Sesshoumaru been so buddy buddy?'
Kagome shrugged and went to her room to gather her, athemaes, katana, whip, and bow. She grabbed them; strapped her katana to her side, strapped one athemae to each side, slung her bow and quiver of her shoulder, and secured her whip at her waist. She wrapped her tail around the shoulder that was not occupied by her bow and walked in the direction of the front gate.
Souta bounded into the dojo where Sesshoumaru was patiently standing. Souta took a breath and said, "Kagome said we were leaving now and I just came to say goodbye so bye!" He said in one long sentence.
Sesshoumaru nodded and Souta ran out of the dojo to the front gate. He had his sword strapped to his side, his trident strapped to his back in a special sling, and a slim stiletto attached to his ankle.
Kagome had put on her armor and was wearing her hood. Souta had his armor on too.
Kagome gave him the once over and said, "do you want to ride on my back? Or do you want to fly by yourself?"
Souta puffed out his chest and said, "I can fly by myself!" he said confidently.
Kagome poked him and said, "Fine, but warn me if you are going to drop out of the sky."
They launched off, Souta slightly behind, and flew in the direction of Inuyasha's forest.
Souta cast a glance at the treetops passing below. "Are we going to see Inuyasha?"
Kagome looked at him briefly, "Maybe." She said in an aloof tone.
Kagome landed just outside the village and sniffed the air, Inuyasha was a good distance away, but Sango and Miroku were in Kaede's hut.
Kagome approached the hut but was stopped at the entrance by a magical barrier.
"AHH!!" She said as she was thrown back into Souta. She knocked them both into the ground and sat up rubbing her tailbone. She silently swore and shifted her and Souta to look like and smell like humans, much to his displeasure. Even though Kaede knew about her being a youkai, she didn't want Sango and Miroku to know just yet. She hated deceiving them, but it had to be done.
Sango and Miroku came running out, Hiraikotsu and staff at the ready. But when they saw Kagome and Souta, they got confused looks on their faces.
Kaede walked out and her eye widened. "Kagome child. What are ye doing here?"
Kagome rubbed her butt one more time before saying, "I came to visit Yuka, Eri and their families. I also need to drop by my time. What was that barrier for anyway?" She asked before turning to Sango and squealing. "SANGO!!!" She attacked Sango, the barrier no longer in effect, and knocked the wind out of her.
Sango said, "OUCH!!! Kagome, watch it with those spikes!"
Kagome remembered her spiked armor and pulled back. "Heheheh...Gomen. But I'm really happy to see you! Shippou couldn't come though; he wanted to stay with Sesshoumaru back at his castle."
Kaede looked at Kagome and said, "There have been many youkai attacks of late and we have taken precautions."
Miroku walked up to Kagome and embraced her. "I don't know why the barrier reacted to you though. It is good to see you Kagome-sama..." His hands went lower.
Kagome, feeling her space violated, remembered her dream and jumped away from Miroku. Her eyes glowed red and she took out her whip. Before anyone could blink, Kagome had cracked the whip across his hand twice, and he was clutching it and rubbing it ruefully.
Sango had Hiraikotsu in mid whack and she was staring at Kagome's whip. "Wow Kagome-chan, You've gotten faster."
The red seeped from Kagome's eyes and she just muttered, "Hentai..."
She spoke with Sango, Miroku and Kaede for a while before departing to go find Yuka and Eri.
She sniffed the air once, and followed their scent to a hut near the center of the village.
"Yuka! Eri! Are you here?" Yuka came flying out and saw Kagome. "KAGOME!!! Where have you been?"
Eri came zooming out after her, followed by the family of both. "Yeah. We've been waiting for you to visit. We went to see your mom and she said she hasn't seen any sign of Hikari."
Kagome walked over to them and embraced her friends, being wary of the spikes that protruded from her chest. "I've missed you guys! I hope Ji-chan didn't make up some weird illness about you and your family.
Yuka looked at her mournfully. "Kagome! He said that all of us had been at a party and had contracted shingles from something we all ate! It was soooo embarrassing! At least you didn't have anything like that! You still had the story of leukemia..."
Eri looked pissed, "That stupid Lech of a monk asked me to bear his child! And he groped my mom!!"
Kagome's face darkened and she called out, "MIROKU!!! YOU'D BETTER START RUNNING NOW!!!!"
Kagome was about to take off but Yuka stopped her. "Oh come on Kagome. We don't have that much time together and you can kill the baka hentai anytime."
Kagome sighed and said reluctantly, "Fine..."
Eri looked at her pleadingly. "Kagome-chan? Can we pleeeease see your tail?"
Kagome looked skeptical but Eri's big yes made her give in. She allowed her tail to appear and she was immediately set upon by her two friends yelling, "KAWAII!!!"
Kagome sighed and allowed them to torture her poor defenseless tail. Souta was watching her like he would watch an anime. Kagome just endured it until she smelled Inuyasha getting close.
"Yuka, Eri, Sorry, but I have to go now, I will see you next week and when I get back."
She grabbed Souta's hand and walked off, forgetting about the tail that was wrapped around her shoulder.
She walked passed Kaede's hut and saw that Miroku was nowhere in sight. She snickered. Souta nudged her and said, "Kagome, tail." Was all he said and Kagome swore, "Fuck!" she quickly got rid of her tail. Not a second too soon, Sango emerged from the hut and waved goodbye to her, "Ja ne Kagome!"
Kagome waved back and said, "Ja ne Sango-chan! Which way did the lech go?"
Sango pointed in the direction opposite she was going and Kagome shrugged, "Oh well, I guess I'll just have to beat him later. I can't believe he asked Eri to bear his child! Even after I told him not to!" she walked off grumbling.
She got to the bone eaters well and got a sense of foreboding. 'Something's wrong.' She thought.
Kagome sensed Inuyasha coming towards them at a fast pace and said, "Souta, you go first."
Souta jumped into the well and Kagome followed suit. Inuyasha reached the clearing just in time to see the back of Kagome's trench coat disappearing down the well.
'Kagome.' He thought in despair.
Kikyou had disappeared since their encounter with the unknown female demon called Noyoroha, and hadn't been seen since. 'Off to gather souls to seal her wound no doubt. Kagome, if I have Kikyou, why do I wish you were here so much? She is gone more often than you ever were.'
He bowed his head and jumped up into the God tree to sulk.
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Yeah, I know the mood in this chapter changed a lot. But, yeah, +_+ SUGAR HIGH!!!!!!
Dun dun duuuuuunnn...... Next chappy! "The dangers of the future"!!
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Any way, review and be happy. I will start putting quotes at the end of each chappy; here is the first:
"Give everyone a first chance because they deserve it,
Give them a second chance because you are a good person,
Give them a third chance if you are a fool,
Give them a fourth chance if you are a moron,
And give them a fifth chance if you want everybody to know it."
By, Amreld {a.k.a Mitsukai no Shouten} (Angel of death)