Hi!!!!!!! I'm back!!! Sorry I didn't update in a long time! I was having major writer's block and still am! Anyways, It's my birtday!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, I made this chapter3 pages longer! Trust me, that's hard when you've got writer's block, but I had promised you a better chapter and I intend on keeping the promise! And also, Thank you soooo much for the reviews!!! They were so motivating!
Disclaimer-Come on! It's my birthday. Give me a break.
He turned around and started to lead Kagome to the dreaded training grounds. Great. I haven't even been here for 3 days and I'm going to already die. This is just fantastic. Kagome thought to herself in dry humor and made to follow Sesshoumaru.
Sweat poured off of Kagome in buckets as she ran back and forth between the edge of the forest and to the spot Sesshoumaru was standing at. That would probably be about 500 yards. Kagome had been ordered to run back and forth 50 times. This was her punishment for being late. She could just imagine what her penalty for acting insolent would be. 20. Great, almost halfway. Damn that Sesshoumaru. What the freak is his problem? Ow ow ow, my stomach! I hope that cramp goes away soon. Deep breathes. Breath in, breath out. Ow, that cramp still hurts. Kagome grit her teeth and pushed herself foreword. She was determined not to give in.
Sesshoumaru watched Kagome run back and forth. Actually, she wasn't going any faster trying to run than walking. He smirked but he couldn't help but be a bit surprised at her determination. He would have expected her to complain by the 10th lap she completed.
5 hours later
Kagome panted heavily as she slump onto the ground in a messy heap.
"I'm done." Kagome moaned out. Sesshoumaru looked down upon her distastefully but on the inside, he was just a bit surprised that she had made it. He had expected her to collapse down unconscious from the stress she had put on her body, running that whole distance. Well, that just proves that she was decently strong for a human and had a fierce enough spirit. Good, that will be necessary when we have to go to battle. He decided.
"Get up miko. You're not done yet." Sesshoumaru ordered. Let's see how much longer she can hold out. Sesshoumaru thought to himself.
Kagome groaned. Not done yet??!!!! Damn him. She shakily stood up. She took an uneven step forward. Why is the world spinning? Kagome thought as she tripped over her own feet and started to plummet toward the ground. Kagome squeezed her eyes shut and braced herself but pain never came. Slowly, she cracked an eye open and saw that Sesshoumaru had his arms around her.
Sesshoumaru was shocked when he realized that he had stopped the girl from falling. Quickly, he dropped her unceremoniously to the ground, causing her to black out. He then used this time to really study her. Her hair was matted on her head and sweat covered her body. Her face was smooth and innocent, so different from when she was awake, where it was full of a rebellious spirit.
The sun was starting to dip low in the sky, it's rays lighting the clouds ablaze. Sesshoumaru stood up while carrying Kagome over his shoulders like a sack potatoes. He made a cloud and flew to Kagome's balcony. He landed lightly and slid open ther balcony door. Then, he entered her room and treaded to her bed. Pulling aside the covers, he gently laid her down. Why was he being gentle? He shook his head and went away to search for Sango.
She wasn't hard to find. Sesshoumaru smelled her out in 1 minute and made his way toward her.
"You will have to do better next time." Sango jumped and spun around to see Sesshoumaru. She quickly bowed and replied, "Yes, Lord Sesshoumaru. I am so sorry about today. Kagome and I did not hear the bell ring. It will not happen again."
Sesshoumaru nodded. "Good, but I will not let this go unpunished. Since you don't usually cause trouble, your punishment is rather light. You will take care of Kagome and after that, you will scrub every floor and wash all the clothes." Sango nodded. She supposed that she did sort of deserve it. After all, she was responsible to deliver Kagome to her training on time.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, where is Kagome-chan?" He raised an eyebrow at her.
"Kagome-chan? I believe I instructed you to call her Lady Kagome? Hm?" Sesshoumaru asked.
Sango blushed. "Kagome prefers to not be called Lady." Sesshoumaru inwardly snorted. He should have been able to guess that, seeing that Kagome wasn't really like most other females. That afternoon had proved that part
"Kagome is in her room. She will be needing a bath and some food. You are dismissed." Sango nodded and headed to Kagome's room.
Sango quietly pushed the door open. She tip-toed over to her bed. Tenderly, she shook Kagome's right shoulder.
"Kagome, wake up." Sango whispered. But Kagome didn't even stir. Shaking her a little harder, Sango said in a louder voice, "Kagome, wake up! Come on. I brought you some food." No luck. Sango then heard light footsteps and the shuffling of feet at the door. She turned around and saw Rin.
Rin shifted from foot to foot.
"Is Kagome-chan here?" Rin asked. Sango nodded so Rin hurried into the room.
"Rin, do you have any idea as to how to wake Kagome-chan up?" Sango asked. Rin gave a mischievous grin. She took a couple of steps back, and jumped.
"Argh!!!!" Kagome yelled and jerked up. Sango sweat dropped.
Seeing her awake, Rin bombarded Kagome with questions. "Yay!! Kagome-chan is awake!!! Why did you not play with Rin today? Where were you? Why do you smell stinky like jaken?"
Kagome moaned. "Hi Rin! I'm sorry I wasn't able to play with you. I had-something- to do." She then noticed Sango standing aside.
"Hi Sango!! So, did Sesshoumaru give you any-um-chores?" Kagome asked, careful at what she was saying since she didn't want Rin to know about it, seeing that she adored her father. She moved to stand up, but winced when a sharp pain shot through her body, catching her off guard. Sango hurried over to help her.
"Actually, he did talk to me. I have to scrub all the floors and wash all the clothes single-handedly as my chore. What about you? You don't look too good."
Kagome's face instantly hardened. "That bastard made me run 500 yards back and forth 50 times!!" Sango winced.
"Ouch. Not too fun, I suppose? Well, come on, I brought some food for you to eat. Then, we can get you a nice, hot, steamy bath. That should help your sore muscles a bit."
Carefully, Sango helped Kagome out of bed. She hooked her arm around Kagome and lifted her out of bed. Then, acting as a support pole, she led a limping Kagome to a small coffee table at the side of her room and sat her down in a chair. Sango brought out a wooden basket filled with mouth-watering food.
"Here you go, Kagome-chan. Rin, would you like some food as well?" Sango asked as she served Kagome a bowl of steaming rice with freshly cooked vegetables.
Rin nodded her head vigorously and bounded over, plopping herself into the chair beside Kagome's. Sango and Kagome smiled at Rin's cuteness and Sango placed a bowl full of hot rice in front of her.
"So Sango, why don't you eat as well?" Kagome inquired while stuffing her face with food.
Sango shifted a bit. As nice as Kagome was, Sango still felt a bit weird acting as an equal. She hesitantly served herself some food. But after taking a bite, she joined Kagome and Rin eagerly in stuffing her face. She hadn't had such good food in a long, long time. They ate their meal in compatible silence. After they finished eating, Kagome helped Sango load the dirty dishes into the basket to be brought down to the kitchen and be cleaned.
Sango dusted off her hands and asked, "So Kagome, do you want to take the bath now?"
"Sure! Hey, do you mind if we bring Rin as well? I had promised her I would play with her today but didn't, so I feel a bit guilty." Kagome replied as she made her way toward Rin.
Sango nodded her head and led Kagome and Rin into the bathroom that was connected to Kagome's room (from chapter three), and grabbed three fluffy towels.
Sango then helped undress Kagome and Rin and led them to the hot spring in the middle of the room and gently aided them into the steaming water. Peering around, she spied some scented oil and shampoo on the other side of the spring. She walked over there and gathered the objects.
"Come on in Sango. Why don't you take a bath with us?" Kagome insisted. Sango brightened up at the request and gave a shy smile, then removed her clothes and quickly slipped into the relaxing water.
"Here, I'll help rub some of this oil on you and work out some of those kinks you have in you shoulder." Sango offered. Kagome gave her a grateful smile and scooted over. Sango squeezed some oil onto her palm and gently rubbed it over Kagome's smooth skin in a motherly fashion.
The lavender scent engulfed Kagome as she let her body fully relax. Sango's hands suddenly reminded Kagome of how Kaede-san use to help bath her, also using the same lavender oil. A pang of homesickness shot through Kagome heart as she remembered about the life that was left behind. She was suddenly over come by emotions.
The reality of everything intensified as salty tears started to run down her cheeks. It was all so sudden, the way she had abruptly decided to come here with Sesshoumaru, not that she had any choice any ways. She should have listened to her instincts, to not have helped Sesshoumaru when she found him hurt. She could've been home right now, talking and laughing with the girls from the village, or helping the mothers take care of their children, or even practicing her miko powers with Kaede-san.
Kagome was so upset that she didn't notice that Sango had stopped rubbing oil. She was now in front of her, looking at her with concern.
"Kagome-chan, are you okay? Do you want to talk about it?" Sango inquired gently. Her voice broke through Kagome's thoughts and she shrugged. She really didn't know what she wanted to do except break down and cry. Actually, that didn't sound as that bad of an idea to her, so she threw herself at Sango and started to sob uncontrollably.
"Shhhhh. Its okay Kagome-chan, its okay." Sango consoled.
"Oh Sango, I miss my family and friends so much. I know I haven't been away long but, I know Sesshoumaru isn't planning on letting me go any time soon. I didn't even get to say good-bye to them." Kagome said tearfully, " Sesshoumaru is such a heartless bastard."
"I know Kagome. I felt like this when I first came here as well. But you'll see, Sesshoumaru is a rather-kind leader. He isn't as unfeeling as you think her is. From what I've seen, he has a gentle soul, but he hides behind a cold, emotionless mask. Yes, he can be rather demanding and unreasonable at times, but I can promise you living here won't be so bad." Sango comforted Kagome in a soothing voice.
Kagome gave a tearful smile. "I hope you're right Sango. I hope. Sango, do you mind telling me about your past?"
A far away look entered Sango's eyes. She nodded and started to explain. "It started one rainy night…"
Done!!!!!!!!!! So…. How do you like it?? Did I keep my promise well enough?? just so you know, I didn't forget that Rin is there with them and Sango still needs to do her punishment.
I have a favor to ask. Can all you reviewers review me an idea or something because frankly, my imagination is fried. This is like, the first time for me to experience writer's block, and I don't like it. So can y'all help me out?? I mean. It is my birthday. Please??????? Luv you all!!!!