And into his lap.
She slipped right through his fingers. And into his lap.
He looked for her. But she was with him.
She didn't want this to happen. Neither did he.
But it did anyway.
And into his lap.
Sesshomaru felt a human nearby. He stiffened. The human smelt like Inuyasha. He knew that stench anywhere. His arrogant half-brother. It was above him. He tensed and readied for an attack. When none came. He loosened himself again. But when he did, down she came.
And landed in his arms as he was sitting down. He caught her on reflex, she was unconscious. Great. Leave it to him to catch a knocked out human girl, one of which that reeked of Inuyasha.
His face hardened as he threw the worthless human to the ground. Her face became visible in the light of the moon. It was her. The one that Inuyasha dragged with him. Protected. This was the one who stood by little Rin when she was knocked unconscious by the little Naraku servant.
He smirked in remembrance. Rin was probably off with Jaken at his new tribal sight. Even though that girl meant something to him, the death of Naraku brought him to the point that his journeys were too dangerous for her. He sent her and Jaken back to his little pack of lowly demons. They would do fine without him. He'd keep a close eye on them from afar.
The human girl stirred slightly, but didn't wake. What was wrong with the wench? Why wasn't she with Inuyasha and his pack? He was sure that even though Naraku was gone, their adventure would continue, since the Shikon Jewel was now re-shattered, and a new source of demon enemy was at bay.
He sniffed the air. Inuyasha was miles away from here. What was the girl doing? Was she trying to get herself killed? He looked at her face. It was tear-streaked and cold. possibly a disagreement with the low half-demon? He really did not care, he just remembered how he would catch the two bickering at the end of a battle.
"Pathetic human." he muttered.
Sesshomaru growled at the girl, but she obviously did not hear him.
He growled louder, but she was out.
Growling louder, he approached the sleeping form and placed a finger to her temple.
'A fever.' he thought.
He remembered one time when Rin had a fever. He ordered Jaken to revive her, but the miserable fool claimed he didn't know how, so Sesshomaru had to treat her himself.
He had to stay a whole night by her side, making sure she drank water, and had a damp cloth at her forehead until the fever went down. Humans were sad. They lived, only to be sick. That annoyed Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru sighed and thought about what Rin would say.
"But Sesshomaru-sama! This lady helped Rin, and Rin has to show respect by at least helping her back! Can we just stay until she wakes up?" she would whine.
Sesshomaru smirked again. He missed that girl. Yes, it had taken him nearly a year to admit it, but that girl had calmed him some. Shook the dust off of his compassion. Changed his view on others. Rin was, a character.
So it was decided. He would help the human girl until she released the fever and woke up. Then he would leave without so much as a goodbye. That was what he would do.
Kagome groaned.
"Ow my head. What happened?" she asked to no one.
"You fell, human."
Kagome blanched and turned in fright to see the dog demon starring at her. He wasn't going to strike. That was a good thing. Unless he was plotting a calm approach to slowly and painfully kill her.
Then all of the evenings events fled back to her mind.
'Oh never mind.' she thought, 'he can kill me.'
She felt a warm hand press against her forehead.
"Ah! Ok you can kill me but do it quick I hate pain!" she yelled.
Sesshomaru gave her a look of amusement.
"Still feverish I see. There is water by your side human. Drink it."
Kagome watched as he went to another spot at wherever they were and gazed up into the sky.
'Well if it's poison it's my lucky day.' she thought as she looked into a small stream of water floating by her side. She cupped her hands and sipped slowly. It was cool and felt good against the warm of her face.
"Thank you." she whispered. She got no reply.
"I am curious. Why are you not with the half-demon Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru asked randomly.
Kagome looked down.
"We're having problems. I think I'm going to return to my home for good."
When Kagome got no answer back, she slowly lulled back asleep, lying on the soft grass beneath her. But before she drifted off, she couldn't help but wonder what Sesshomaru was doing here and why he had noticed her.
Sesshomaru sensed the girl falling back into sleep. That was probably for the best. Her fever would break sooner and then he could leave her.
So she did have a fight with Inuyasha. He realized that he wasn't surprised one bit. He heard rumors of him going off and mingling with some dead miko by the name of Kikyo. It was sad, Sesshomaru thought, he let himself get caught up in a drama that was oh too old.
He turned and looked at the human. She was well into sleep now. He tore off some off his sleeve and dipped it into the stream. He wouldn't have dared any other time to tear his own clothing. But this girl was different. She aided Rin when needed, this human girl was worthy of his attention.
Sesshomaru placed the wet cloth on her forehead and sat a small distance away from her.
Watching and waiting for her fever to drop.