Hello! Hey, I decided to update earlier because I had this chapter
finished. Heh! Anywayz, hope ya'll enjoy!
BTW: this chappie is dedicated to my friend who's birthday was on March 13. Sorry I couldn't get this out earlier, kurohyou!^_^;
Chapter 12
~X~
Kagome woke up to a gentle blowing wind.
'What happened to me?' she thought. She sat up and put a hand to her pounding forehead. 'Ugh! My head feels like a steamroller ran over it!'
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Kagome-sama," a voice said. She whipped her head around to find out where it came from but the movement made her dizzy.
"Don't move first, Kagome-sama. Shesshoumaru-sama instructed me that you should not do so."
"Jaken. . ."
"Yes, Kagome-sama?"
'So it was Jaken. . .' Kagome looked around her slowly. She was laying on some furs and was blanketed with something that seemed like deer. She sniffed. Yup. It was deer alright. A fire was blazing on one side, the wind carrying the scent of cooking fish to her sensitive nose. When she looked closely she saw 3 pieces of fish cooking on the fire.
'Something's missing. . .' she thought. 'Where are Shippo and Rin? And Shesshie's gone too.'
"Kagome-sama?"
Kagome sighed. She'd forgotten that he was even there for a while.
"Do you need anything, Kagome-sama?"
"Why do you call me by name and address me with respect? I was only 'wench' to you before."
"I apologise for my previous disrespect, Lady Kagome. I had not known of your position. It was my belief that you were only a gold-digging hanyou after my Lord, Shesshoumaru."
'Position? What position?!'
Kagome threw off the fur and rose to stand unsteadily on her feet, ignoring the toad's protests that she shouldn't be getting up. For a while there, she'd actually thought that he was right.
The dizziness faded after awhile and she padded towards the fire, her skirt swishing around her ankles.
She stopped walking, in shock.
'Skirt. . .' she thought. 'Since when did my skirt reach my knees let alone my ankles?'
Quickly, she looked down at what she was wearing. A kimono in a dark shade of blue with flowers patterned on it. The flowers were spread all over in no apparent pattern, contrasting with the dark blue of the background and the light sky blue obi around her waist.
It was the kimono she'd bought in the village along with the herbs.
The herbs. . .she'd already made the potion right? And drank it too. . .hadn't she?
Suddenly, a loud pain-filled shriek shattered the quiet of the forest and brought Kagome back to reality. She recognised the shrill scream and rushed into the forest, ignoring the pain when a thorn slashed at her bare feet.
Bare feet? When had she taken off her shoes?
But it didn't matter and she shoved all other thoughts aside when she smelled the stench of blood. She ran even faster, calling upon the wind and any other gods that were listening to give her feet wings as she struggled to reach that person . . .that person who was bleeding.
Only one thought remained in her head. . .
'Shippo. . .'
~X~
Oohhh!!! Well? How'd ya'll like that one?
Can anybody guess who it was that got hurt? What?! Oh no! you got it. . .
*buries face into hands and cries*
Anyway, review please. And a belated happy birthday again, Kurohyou!!!
BTW: this chappie is dedicated to my friend who's birthday was on March 13. Sorry I couldn't get this out earlier, kurohyou!^_^;
Chapter 12
~X~
Kagome woke up to a gentle blowing wind.
'What happened to me?' she thought. She sat up and put a hand to her pounding forehead. 'Ugh! My head feels like a steamroller ran over it!'
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Kagome-sama," a voice said. She whipped her head around to find out where it came from but the movement made her dizzy.
"Don't move first, Kagome-sama. Shesshoumaru-sama instructed me that you should not do so."
"Jaken. . ."
"Yes, Kagome-sama?"
'So it was Jaken. . .' Kagome looked around her slowly. She was laying on some furs and was blanketed with something that seemed like deer. She sniffed. Yup. It was deer alright. A fire was blazing on one side, the wind carrying the scent of cooking fish to her sensitive nose. When she looked closely she saw 3 pieces of fish cooking on the fire.
'Something's missing. . .' she thought. 'Where are Shippo and Rin? And Shesshie's gone too.'
"Kagome-sama?"
Kagome sighed. She'd forgotten that he was even there for a while.
"Do you need anything, Kagome-sama?"
"Why do you call me by name and address me with respect? I was only 'wench' to you before."
"I apologise for my previous disrespect, Lady Kagome. I had not known of your position. It was my belief that you were only a gold-digging hanyou after my Lord, Shesshoumaru."
'Position? What position?!'
Kagome threw off the fur and rose to stand unsteadily on her feet, ignoring the toad's protests that she shouldn't be getting up. For a while there, she'd actually thought that he was right.
The dizziness faded after awhile and she padded towards the fire, her skirt swishing around her ankles.
She stopped walking, in shock.
'Skirt. . .' she thought. 'Since when did my skirt reach my knees let alone my ankles?'
Quickly, she looked down at what she was wearing. A kimono in a dark shade of blue with flowers patterned on it. The flowers were spread all over in no apparent pattern, contrasting with the dark blue of the background and the light sky blue obi around her waist.
It was the kimono she'd bought in the village along with the herbs.
The herbs. . .she'd already made the potion right? And drank it too. . .hadn't she?
Suddenly, a loud pain-filled shriek shattered the quiet of the forest and brought Kagome back to reality. She recognised the shrill scream and rushed into the forest, ignoring the pain when a thorn slashed at her bare feet.
Bare feet? When had she taken off her shoes?
But it didn't matter and she shoved all other thoughts aside when she smelled the stench of blood. She ran even faster, calling upon the wind and any other gods that were listening to give her feet wings as she struggled to reach that person . . .that person who was bleeding.
Only one thought remained in her head. . .
'Shippo. . .'
~X~
Oohhh!!! Well? How'd ya'll like that one?
Can anybody guess who it was that got hurt? What?! Oh no! you got it. . .
*buries face into hands and cries*
Anyway, review please. And a belated happy birthday again, Kurohyou!!!