NOTES: Wow! So many reviews... I feel so proud ^.^ Thanks so much! I promise there will be even more surprises along the way between all the characters. Also, just for reference... I have no clue where to place this fic. It really won't fit in with any timeline, so don't worry about trying to figure it out unless you really just wanna think about something... lol. Well, anyways, have fun reading! ^_^
DISCLAIMER: Rumiko Takahashi owns Inu Yasha and co., not I. So don't sue me pweese. I need my dollars to buy more anime and manga stuffs! ^.~ Thanks!
Oh, and to Micah17: The reason she fainted wasn't because of her anger. Imagine how fast Sesshoumaru would have to be moving to grab her and put the sword away, and get away before Inu Yasha could respond. The force to her stomach made her pass out. ^^; Sorry I didn't make that too clear.
By the way... does anyone think I should write responses to each review I get? Tell me! Thanks again. ^_^ Enjoy!
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Kagome could hear voices as she came awake, but she kept her eyes closed to the sunlight. Her head felt fuzzy inside and she wondered why she couldn't match the voices to any of her friends' voices. She yawned, and immediately the voices stopped. She felt a small pair of arms wrap around her own in a weak effort to pull her up. "Shippou...?" Kagome opened her eyes and shot wide awake at the sight of a little girl grinning madly at her.
Rin grinned back at Kagome, and Kagome stood up. "Where...?" She didn't get to finish because Rin started up in her own excited line of talk. "Rin wondered when you would wake up! Sesshoumaru-sama went to get breakfast and told Rin not to wake you up yet. Jaken said that you wouldn't ever wake up, but Rin knew you were going to wake up and now we can play games together!" She grinned madly at Jaken, who was scowling at his misfortune. Now he had TWO human females to deal with. He managed by pretending he didn't notice them there.
Kagome sat back down, trying to smile kindly at little Rin, but trying at the same time to recall how she had ended up with Sesshoumaru's group. As her body woke up more, so did her mind, and she remembered about the jewel thief, then Inu Yasha ready to fight Sesshoumaru, then... then....
She dropped her face into her hands and wept. She cried and cried, not even noticing a worried Rin sitting next to her and gently stoking the weeping woman's arm. Kagome didn't even know how long she cried, but by the time she quit she was out of tears and could feel how red her face was from the tears. She took her hands from her face long enough to use her sleeve as a towel to dry her face, then looked at Rin. The child was still beside her, with some fruit and bread wrapped in a cloth at her feet. Part of her mind heard Rin ask if she was okay now, but the greater part of it realized that if the food was there, then so was...
Sesshoumaru was standing just a foot behind where Rin was sitting. He was looking down at her, in the most literal sense of the words. "Are you quite finished yet?" He calmly asked; though he didn't wait for the nod she gave. He could tell just by her face that she was more than a little confused. He liked it that way. He had the advantage. However, if he was to make her his servant then he had best remind her of her own words before she did anything foolish.
"Eat, girl. You slept two nights and a day, and wake only to make a fool of your human emotions." She didn't glare at him as he remembered she would normally have done, but instead she looked down at the fruit and bread wrapped by her own feet and watched as Rin began to eat her own meal. 'I may as well...' Kagome thought, trying to ignore how sick she felt at the moment. Forgetting for a moment that she had company around her, she spoke to herself. "Baka... you even left your bag with them... you can't get home and you can't even have the last of the items that you'll ever get from your home. What a fool..." She bit down on her bread in silence, and for a while that's all she had.
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Miroku and Sango sat by each other under a tree, sharing a troubled silence. The monk didn't even try to grope her... he had behaved himself since Kagome had been taken away. Sango sighed, breaking the silence. "I still say that it's his fault. His brother surprising him was not a good reason to forget himself and seal the well like that! She has every right to be upset." Miroku nodded to her, but added, "Still, she didn't need to invite Sesshoumaru to kidnap her like that. We don't really have the right to even go after her because it was her choice to leave."
Sango looked up at the branches above. "Still, she was upset too. I think we should go get her back. Maybe Shippou was right... maybe we can fix the well? I mean he only cut it open. It's worth a shot. She's just... she's not..."
"Safe with him?" Miroku offered. "I agree. We should go, but maybe we shouldn't bring Inu Yasha with us. They have a tendency to be... stubborn around each other." Sango nodded. He continued "What about Sesshoumaru? We can't fight him. Not as we are. In that case, we need Inu Yasha. So that leaves us at a loss." Sango nodded again, followed by another sigh.
"We need to do this soon though. It's not safe for her to be with him, just as it's not good for Shippou to act as he has in her absence." She motioned towards Kaede's home, where they had taken Kagome's backpack for safekeeping as they asked for advice, which the old woman had been unable to provide. They were on their own in this.
Shippou had spent the last two nights sleeping curled up inside Kagome's bag, keeping as close to her scent as he could. He tried to pretend nothing had happened by pretending he was in her arms, though he had cried to himself more than he had slept. He was afraid for Kagome, and afraid OF Inu Yasha. The hanyou had spent his time killing any youkai who may or may not have a jewel shard, trying in his anger to prove to Kagome and the others that he really didn't need their help. He'd do this on his own. So what if he had made a mistake, and was lonely now? So what! He didn't need friends, not any of them!
However, each in their own place, they seemed to sigh at once in the longing that they would wake up and this had never happened.
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Kagome was in front of a small stream, trying to wash the redness from her eyes. Rin was not far away. Jaken had insisted that Sesshoumaru's servant be presentably clean, for a human, and Kagome was in no mood to argue. She remembered her words to Inu Yasha...
**Flashback**
"I'd rather serve Sesshoumaru than help you to get the jewel shards"
**End Flashback**
She coughed at her reflection and vowed to keep up her end of the deal until Inu Yasha came to apologize. Besides, if Rin were any example, then she could count on being well protected until then. All she had to do was be submissive. She would be a 'weak human' for Inu Yasha's brother, if that would get back at Inu Yasha for taking her entire life away. What would her mother think...? She shuddered and stood up, turning to call Rin to her.
So, of course, she would turn to see Sesshoumaru right before her. Rin was at his feet, smiling and trying to convince him to look at her quick work with water and dirt. To Kagome's amazement, he looked, even nodding his head to Rin to show that he liked it (or was pretending to like it).
Kagome bowed slightly, deciding it was time to start her act of loyalty. "A-arigatou, Sesshoumaru-sama, for taking me away from your... from Inu Yasha." She nearly growled the hanyou's name, finding once again that her anger had lessened not at all. She nearly missed the quick smirk that passed across Sesshoumaru's face. 'This shall be easy,' he thought to himself.
"Come, girl. It is time to leave." Rin would automatically follow him, he knew, but this new addition to the group would have to get used to his routines, and quickly. He paid her no mind as she tried to catch up to his quickly paced walk, though he noticed how she made a quick offer to carry Rin if she wanted, to which the child declined. Rin was used to this. Kagome was too, though her friends would always wait for her if she fell behind...
As for Jaken, he was but a nuisance to Kagome from the start. Kagome had been trying to be a humble, weak human for their minds, but the little imp of a demon was getting on her last nerve. She noticed that he made it a point to put her down for every time she slipped behind again, or when the wind shifted to bring her "putrid human scent" to his nose. She decided that later, when Sesshoumaru would leave for food again, she'd make it a point to leave a nice bruise on his head. She grinned at the thought, using her time to decide just how many times to punch him. Jaken, as if feeling the violent aura coming from Kagome's thoughts, moved away from her and chose that moment to ignore the human. Sesshoumaru pretended not to notice anything, as amusing as this had been already.
This promised to be very, very fun for him.
He could even get used to the wench. All he had to decide was what her service would be, though it was good on his mind to have her take care of Rin, leaving Jaken to do real youkai work (away from the child). Yes, this could be very nice indeed. He would have to remember to thank his half-brother later for so easily handing this miko over to him so readily.
That was when Rin decided to take up her role of asking Kagome so many questions that the miko had hardly enough time to attempt to answer one before another was fired at her. Kagome grinned, knowing that she liked the girl already, as she tried her best to supply a quick answer to Rin's every question.
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Sango and Miroku had managed to get Shippou to come with them, Kirara carrying them all as well as Kagome's bag, as they went to find Kagome. Kaede had promised to look into the tales of the well, and see if there were any way to fix what had been done, and thus the search began.
Inu Yasha, not far away at the moment, followed them from a distance, certain that he would do well in getting his woman to come back to him. He was making enemies too quickly by killing every demon he met, and had decided that he needed Kagome for the hunt. That was his reason, and he convinced himself that it was his only reason. Kagome HAD to come back. She always did before...
Shippou shivered and used the excuse to crawl back into Kagome's pack, curling again into her scent and drifting into memories of her kindnesses to him. He vowed to himself the even if Kagome didn't come back, he'd stay with her and protect her. She was all he had...
Thus he fell asleep, remembering the same moments that Kagome was trying so hard at the same time to forget.
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NOTES: Thus the story continues! Yes, it was uneventful, but now she's settled in and the real story can start! Yay! Read and review please! Thanks!
DISCLAIMER: Rumiko Takahashi owns Inu Yasha and co., not I. So don't sue me pweese. I need my dollars to buy more anime and manga stuffs! ^.~ Thanks!
Oh, and to Micah17: The reason she fainted wasn't because of her anger. Imagine how fast Sesshoumaru would have to be moving to grab her and put the sword away, and get away before Inu Yasha could respond. The force to her stomach made her pass out. ^^; Sorry I didn't make that too clear.
By the way... does anyone think I should write responses to each review I get? Tell me! Thanks again. ^_^ Enjoy!
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Kagome could hear voices as she came awake, but she kept her eyes closed to the sunlight. Her head felt fuzzy inside and she wondered why she couldn't match the voices to any of her friends' voices. She yawned, and immediately the voices stopped. She felt a small pair of arms wrap around her own in a weak effort to pull her up. "Shippou...?" Kagome opened her eyes and shot wide awake at the sight of a little girl grinning madly at her.
Rin grinned back at Kagome, and Kagome stood up. "Where...?" She didn't get to finish because Rin started up in her own excited line of talk. "Rin wondered when you would wake up! Sesshoumaru-sama went to get breakfast and told Rin not to wake you up yet. Jaken said that you wouldn't ever wake up, but Rin knew you were going to wake up and now we can play games together!" She grinned madly at Jaken, who was scowling at his misfortune. Now he had TWO human females to deal with. He managed by pretending he didn't notice them there.
Kagome sat back down, trying to smile kindly at little Rin, but trying at the same time to recall how she had ended up with Sesshoumaru's group. As her body woke up more, so did her mind, and she remembered about the jewel thief, then Inu Yasha ready to fight Sesshoumaru, then... then....
She dropped her face into her hands and wept. She cried and cried, not even noticing a worried Rin sitting next to her and gently stoking the weeping woman's arm. Kagome didn't even know how long she cried, but by the time she quit she was out of tears and could feel how red her face was from the tears. She took her hands from her face long enough to use her sleeve as a towel to dry her face, then looked at Rin. The child was still beside her, with some fruit and bread wrapped in a cloth at her feet. Part of her mind heard Rin ask if she was okay now, but the greater part of it realized that if the food was there, then so was...
Sesshoumaru was standing just a foot behind where Rin was sitting. He was looking down at her, in the most literal sense of the words. "Are you quite finished yet?" He calmly asked; though he didn't wait for the nod she gave. He could tell just by her face that she was more than a little confused. He liked it that way. He had the advantage. However, if he was to make her his servant then he had best remind her of her own words before she did anything foolish.
"Eat, girl. You slept two nights and a day, and wake only to make a fool of your human emotions." She didn't glare at him as he remembered she would normally have done, but instead she looked down at the fruit and bread wrapped by her own feet and watched as Rin began to eat her own meal. 'I may as well...' Kagome thought, trying to ignore how sick she felt at the moment. Forgetting for a moment that she had company around her, she spoke to herself. "Baka... you even left your bag with them... you can't get home and you can't even have the last of the items that you'll ever get from your home. What a fool..." She bit down on her bread in silence, and for a while that's all she had.
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Miroku and Sango sat by each other under a tree, sharing a troubled silence. The monk didn't even try to grope her... he had behaved himself since Kagome had been taken away. Sango sighed, breaking the silence. "I still say that it's his fault. His brother surprising him was not a good reason to forget himself and seal the well like that! She has every right to be upset." Miroku nodded to her, but added, "Still, she didn't need to invite Sesshoumaru to kidnap her like that. We don't really have the right to even go after her because it was her choice to leave."
Sango looked up at the branches above. "Still, she was upset too. I think we should go get her back. Maybe Shippou was right... maybe we can fix the well? I mean he only cut it open. It's worth a shot. She's just... she's not..."
"Safe with him?" Miroku offered. "I agree. We should go, but maybe we shouldn't bring Inu Yasha with us. They have a tendency to be... stubborn around each other." Sango nodded. He continued "What about Sesshoumaru? We can't fight him. Not as we are. In that case, we need Inu Yasha. So that leaves us at a loss." Sango nodded again, followed by another sigh.
"We need to do this soon though. It's not safe for her to be with him, just as it's not good for Shippou to act as he has in her absence." She motioned towards Kaede's home, where they had taken Kagome's backpack for safekeeping as they asked for advice, which the old woman had been unable to provide. They were on their own in this.
Shippou had spent the last two nights sleeping curled up inside Kagome's bag, keeping as close to her scent as he could. He tried to pretend nothing had happened by pretending he was in her arms, though he had cried to himself more than he had slept. He was afraid for Kagome, and afraid OF Inu Yasha. The hanyou had spent his time killing any youkai who may or may not have a jewel shard, trying in his anger to prove to Kagome and the others that he really didn't need their help. He'd do this on his own. So what if he had made a mistake, and was lonely now? So what! He didn't need friends, not any of them!
However, each in their own place, they seemed to sigh at once in the longing that they would wake up and this had never happened.
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Kagome was in front of a small stream, trying to wash the redness from her eyes. Rin was not far away. Jaken had insisted that Sesshoumaru's servant be presentably clean, for a human, and Kagome was in no mood to argue. She remembered her words to Inu Yasha...
**Flashback**
"I'd rather serve Sesshoumaru than help you to get the jewel shards"
**End Flashback**
She coughed at her reflection and vowed to keep up her end of the deal until Inu Yasha came to apologize. Besides, if Rin were any example, then she could count on being well protected until then. All she had to do was be submissive. She would be a 'weak human' for Inu Yasha's brother, if that would get back at Inu Yasha for taking her entire life away. What would her mother think...? She shuddered and stood up, turning to call Rin to her.
So, of course, she would turn to see Sesshoumaru right before her. Rin was at his feet, smiling and trying to convince him to look at her quick work with water and dirt. To Kagome's amazement, he looked, even nodding his head to Rin to show that he liked it (or was pretending to like it).
Kagome bowed slightly, deciding it was time to start her act of loyalty. "A-arigatou, Sesshoumaru-sama, for taking me away from your... from Inu Yasha." She nearly growled the hanyou's name, finding once again that her anger had lessened not at all. She nearly missed the quick smirk that passed across Sesshoumaru's face. 'This shall be easy,' he thought to himself.
"Come, girl. It is time to leave." Rin would automatically follow him, he knew, but this new addition to the group would have to get used to his routines, and quickly. He paid her no mind as she tried to catch up to his quickly paced walk, though he noticed how she made a quick offer to carry Rin if she wanted, to which the child declined. Rin was used to this. Kagome was too, though her friends would always wait for her if she fell behind...
As for Jaken, he was but a nuisance to Kagome from the start. Kagome had been trying to be a humble, weak human for their minds, but the little imp of a demon was getting on her last nerve. She noticed that he made it a point to put her down for every time she slipped behind again, or when the wind shifted to bring her "putrid human scent" to his nose. She decided that later, when Sesshoumaru would leave for food again, she'd make it a point to leave a nice bruise on his head. She grinned at the thought, using her time to decide just how many times to punch him. Jaken, as if feeling the violent aura coming from Kagome's thoughts, moved away from her and chose that moment to ignore the human. Sesshoumaru pretended not to notice anything, as amusing as this had been already.
This promised to be very, very fun for him.
He could even get used to the wench. All he had to decide was what her service would be, though it was good on his mind to have her take care of Rin, leaving Jaken to do real youkai work (away from the child). Yes, this could be very nice indeed. He would have to remember to thank his half-brother later for so easily handing this miko over to him so readily.
That was when Rin decided to take up her role of asking Kagome so many questions that the miko had hardly enough time to attempt to answer one before another was fired at her. Kagome grinned, knowing that she liked the girl already, as she tried her best to supply a quick answer to Rin's every question.
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Sango and Miroku had managed to get Shippou to come with them, Kirara carrying them all as well as Kagome's bag, as they went to find Kagome. Kaede had promised to look into the tales of the well, and see if there were any way to fix what had been done, and thus the search began.
Inu Yasha, not far away at the moment, followed them from a distance, certain that he would do well in getting his woman to come back to him. He was making enemies too quickly by killing every demon he met, and had decided that he needed Kagome for the hunt. That was his reason, and he convinced himself that it was his only reason. Kagome HAD to come back. She always did before...
Shippou shivered and used the excuse to crawl back into Kagome's pack, curling again into her scent and drifting into memories of her kindnesses to him. He vowed to himself the even if Kagome didn't come back, he'd stay with her and protect her. She was all he had...
Thus he fell asleep, remembering the same moments that Kagome was trying so hard at the same time to forget.
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NOTES: Thus the story continues! Yes, it was uneventful, but now she's settled in and the real story can start! Yay! Read and review please! Thanks!