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Chapter 4: The Pain of Doubt
Kagome couldn't believe he just doubted her loyalty to him. She quickly gathered her jacket, car keys, and purse and started to the door. "Kagome!" Eiri called after her as she ran down the hall. "Kagome, where are you going?!"
"I don't know...just somewhere that's not here. I...I can't be here right now," Kagome said as the elevator doors opened, and closed behind her. Eiri quickly ran back inside his apartment and called Kagome's cell phone, but she didn't answer. Instead of trying again, he called Aya's number.
"Hello..?" A sleepy Aya answered.
"Aya, I completely screwed up."
"Eiri?"
"Aya, Kagome is gone. She left."
"What!? Wha...Why!?!?"
"I questioned the way Takamada and Hitami were looking at her and because she knew them from before and she dated Inu Yasha..."
"You didn't...! Eiri, oh my god!!!"
"I know! Please, will you help me look for her?!"
"Yeah, come get me and we'll go look. I'll have Tatsuya stay here and keep an eye out for her."
"Thanks, I'll be over there in five minutes."
He hung up the phone, grabbed his coat, wallet, cell phone, and car keys before running out the door to head to Aya's place.
Kagome drove to her mom's house and parked the car in front of the shrine. She instantly got out and walked to the Goshinboku tree, sitting underneath it as it started to pour. She looked up into the tree and saw the branch that Inu Yasha used to sit on when he was deep in though and the hole in the tree where he had been pinned to by Kikyo's arrow.
Memories flashed through her mind and tears filled her eyes as she watched each one pass by. Then she remembered the night's events and everything that had happened since she had returned from Sengoku Jidai. How could he doubt me? I've done nothing but support and trust him... Just then she heard a branch snap and she slowly raised her gaze to meet amber eyes staring down at her.
After dropping Inu Yasha off at his apartment, Sesshomaru continued to drive around the city. For some odd reason, he couldn't bring himself to go home. As he drove, images of Kagome flooded his mind like crazy. Finally, he slowed down in front of a shrine and wondered what had brought him there. He stepped out of his car, making sure to grab an umbrella since it was pouring and started towards the shrine.
Suddenly he smelt it. He could barely make it out with the rain, but since he was a inu-youkai his nose was keener than most, picking up the faint scent of cherry blossoms coming from the large tree that looked like the one his brother sat in during Sengoku Jidai. He followed the scent until he saw her. She was sitting at the base of Goshinboku, soaked, finally picking up the salty smell of tears coming from her direction.
A branch snapped under his shoe and her head slowly looked up to meet his gaze. He immediately realized where the scent of tears was coming from. She was crying...or still is... He walked over to her and took off his jacket, draping it over her shoulders. "Come on. Let's get you to my place," he said as he helped her to her feet.
"But my car..." Kagome began.
"You'll get it tomorrow. The first thing we're going to worry about is getting you out of the rain and out of these clothes," Sesshomaru said as he helped her to his car. He made sure she was in and grabbed a blanket from the back seat, wrapping it around her before closing the door and running to the other side. HE got in and drove away, taking her to his place.
~*~4 AM, Monday morning~*~
Eiri and Aya walked into Eiri's apartment sluggishly. They couldn't find her. Eiri hung up his coat in the closet sadly. "Aya, I'm worried. I'm really worried. I mean her car was at her mom's, but there was no Kagome. She's not at home; we've checked with all her friends from everywhere; all her places to get away..."
"Ok. Ok, Eiri, you need to calm down. Listen...I'll stay here and wait to see if Kagome calls or comes back, so why don't you take a nap?" Aya suggested, and Eiri was about to protest, but she stopped him. "Please? You're not going to be much help if you don't get some sleep and calm down. I'm sure Kagome is fine. She's a tough girl. I know she can take care of herself."
Eiri sighed and started towards his bedroom. "Fine...Fine...I'll take a nap. Wake me up in two hours," he said and shut the door to his room.
Aya sat down on his couch and sighed with worry. Please be okay, Kagome...
~*~Elsewhere~*~
Kagome told Sesshomaru everything. For some reason, she felt completely comfortable telling him. So comfortable that she had her head in his lap and he was running his fingers through her hair. "Sesshomaru?"
"Yes?"
"You've changed so much since the first time we met," Kagome said recalling the first time he tried to kill her and Inu Yasha because she withdrew the Tetsusaiga from the brothers' father's grave. "What made you change?"
"Someone..." He said softly.
"Like who?" Kagome asked curiously.
Sesshomaru remained silent for awhile, but in the end, he opened up. "You and then...Rin," Sesshomaru answered as he ran the back of his hand over her cheek soothingly. Kagome looked up at him and smiled. She sat up and turned to face him. She was no longer in the black dress she had worn earlier that day, but in a purple sleeping yukata, Sesshomaru had from when Rin was alive.
"Me? How?" She asked, not sure how she fit in to softening his heart.
"You were the first one to stand up to me, to show no fear towards me. You always feared for your friends' lives, but never me directly. You tried and succeeded at looking past the mask I put up to hide my emotions, which I believed to be weak. You're powerful, beautiful, a ningen, and female. You, Kagome...you intrigued me...and continue to do so..." He told her and stopped himself from saying more, like that he had secretly fallen in love with her.
"Really?" Kagome asked as her cheeks tinted red. "That's one of the sweetest things anyone has ever said to me."
Seshomaru smiled and brushed her hair out of her face. "You should get some rest. I'll sleep on the couch tonight..." He began, but as he went to stand up and walk out, he felt her small hand grasp his. He turned around and saw her staring at him.
"Please...stay here with me tonight. I...I don't want to be alone," Kagome begged as tears began to form in her eyes again.
Sesshomaru walked back towards her and wiped her tears away before laying down next to her in his bed. He pulled her into his arms and covered themselves with the blanket. "Good night," he whispered.
"Good night," she replied before drifting off to sleep in his arms, feeling the safest she had ever felt in her life.
Sesshomaru smiled at the sleeping girl in his arms. You continue to steal my heart after 500 years, Kagome... With that happy thought, he drifted off to sleep after her, taking comfort in her presence.
***Thanks for reading!!! I hope you enjoyed it and I will try to get the next chapter in soon.
Ja ne!
~Yuki
Chapter 4: The Pain of Doubt
Kagome couldn't believe he just doubted her loyalty to him. She quickly gathered her jacket, car keys, and purse and started to the door. "Kagome!" Eiri called after her as she ran down the hall. "Kagome, where are you going?!"
"I don't know...just somewhere that's not here. I...I can't be here right now," Kagome said as the elevator doors opened, and closed behind her. Eiri quickly ran back inside his apartment and called Kagome's cell phone, but she didn't answer. Instead of trying again, he called Aya's number.
"Hello..?" A sleepy Aya answered.
"Aya, I completely screwed up."
"Eiri?"
"Aya, Kagome is gone. She left."
"What!? Wha...Why!?!?"
"I questioned the way Takamada and Hitami were looking at her and because she knew them from before and she dated Inu Yasha..."
"You didn't...! Eiri, oh my god!!!"
"I know! Please, will you help me look for her?!"
"Yeah, come get me and we'll go look. I'll have Tatsuya stay here and keep an eye out for her."
"Thanks, I'll be over there in five minutes."
He hung up the phone, grabbed his coat, wallet, cell phone, and car keys before running out the door to head to Aya's place.
Kagome drove to her mom's house and parked the car in front of the shrine. She instantly got out and walked to the Goshinboku tree, sitting underneath it as it started to pour. She looked up into the tree and saw the branch that Inu Yasha used to sit on when he was deep in though and the hole in the tree where he had been pinned to by Kikyo's arrow.
Memories flashed through her mind and tears filled her eyes as she watched each one pass by. Then she remembered the night's events and everything that had happened since she had returned from Sengoku Jidai. How could he doubt me? I've done nothing but support and trust him... Just then she heard a branch snap and she slowly raised her gaze to meet amber eyes staring down at her.
After dropping Inu Yasha off at his apartment, Sesshomaru continued to drive around the city. For some odd reason, he couldn't bring himself to go home. As he drove, images of Kagome flooded his mind like crazy. Finally, he slowed down in front of a shrine and wondered what had brought him there. He stepped out of his car, making sure to grab an umbrella since it was pouring and started towards the shrine.
Suddenly he smelt it. He could barely make it out with the rain, but since he was a inu-youkai his nose was keener than most, picking up the faint scent of cherry blossoms coming from the large tree that looked like the one his brother sat in during Sengoku Jidai. He followed the scent until he saw her. She was sitting at the base of Goshinboku, soaked, finally picking up the salty smell of tears coming from her direction.
A branch snapped under his shoe and her head slowly looked up to meet his gaze. He immediately realized where the scent of tears was coming from. She was crying...or still is... He walked over to her and took off his jacket, draping it over her shoulders. "Come on. Let's get you to my place," he said as he helped her to her feet.
"But my car..." Kagome began.
"You'll get it tomorrow. The first thing we're going to worry about is getting you out of the rain and out of these clothes," Sesshomaru said as he helped her to his car. He made sure she was in and grabbed a blanket from the back seat, wrapping it around her before closing the door and running to the other side. HE got in and drove away, taking her to his place.
~*~4 AM, Monday morning~*~
Eiri and Aya walked into Eiri's apartment sluggishly. They couldn't find her. Eiri hung up his coat in the closet sadly. "Aya, I'm worried. I'm really worried. I mean her car was at her mom's, but there was no Kagome. She's not at home; we've checked with all her friends from everywhere; all her places to get away..."
"Ok. Ok, Eiri, you need to calm down. Listen...I'll stay here and wait to see if Kagome calls or comes back, so why don't you take a nap?" Aya suggested, and Eiri was about to protest, but she stopped him. "Please? You're not going to be much help if you don't get some sleep and calm down. I'm sure Kagome is fine. She's a tough girl. I know she can take care of herself."
Eiri sighed and started towards his bedroom. "Fine...Fine...I'll take a nap. Wake me up in two hours," he said and shut the door to his room.
Aya sat down on his couch and sighed with worry. Please be okay, Kagome...
~*~Elsewhere~*~
Kagome told Sesshomaru everything. For some reason, she felt completely comfortable telling him. So comfortable that she had her head in his lap and he was running his fingers through her hair. "Sesshomaru?"
"Yes?"
"You've changed so much since the first time we met," Kagome said recalling the first time he tried to kill her and Inu Yasha because she withdrew the Tetsusaiga from the brothers' father's grave. "What made you change?"
"Someone..." He said softly.
"Like who?" Kagome asked curiously.
Sesshomaru remained silent for awhile, but in the end, he opened up. "You and then...Rin," Sesshomaru answered as he ran the back of his hand over her cheek soothingly. Kagome looked up at him and smiled. She sat up and turned to face him. She was no longer in the black dress she had worn earlier that day, but in a purple sleeping yukata, Sesshomaru had from when Rin was alive.
"Me? How?" She asked, not sure how she fit in to softening his heart.
"You were the first one to stand up to me, to show no fear towards me. You always feared for your friends' lives, but never me directly. You tried and succeeded at looking past the mask I put up to hide my emotions, which I believed to be weak. You're powerful, beautiful, a ningen, and female. You, Kagome...you intrigued me...and continue to do so..." He told her and stopped himself from saying more, like that he had secretly fallen in love with her.
"Really?" Kagome asked as her cheeks tinted red. "That's one of the sweetest things anyone has ever said to me."
Seshomaru smiled and brushed her hair out of her face. "You should get some rest. I'll sleep on the couch tonight..." He began, but as he went to stand up and walk out, he felt her small hand grasp his. He turned around and saw her staring at him.
"Please...stay here with me tonight. I...I don't want to be alone," Kagome begged as tears began to form in her eyes again.
Sesshomaru walked back towards her and wiped her tears away before laying down next to her in his bed. He pulled her into his arms and covered themselves with the blanket. "Good night," he whispered.
"Good night," she replied before drifting off to sleep in his arms, feeling the safest she had ever felt in her life.
Sesshomaru smiled at the sleeping girl in his arms. You continue to steal my heart after 500 years, Kagome... With that happy thought, he drifted off to sleep after her, taking comfort in her presence.
***Thanks for reading!!! I hope you enjoyed it and I will try to get the next chapter in soon.
Ja ne!
~Yuki