Oh, since I got to fed up with the stupid thing taking my breaks out (it's still not fixed) I'll put a load of periods instead. ï
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Inner Love
Chapter 9: Depression and the Return
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"Sessho-maru, why are we here? What do you want to do with me!?" Kagome started to get afraid of Sessho-maru's intentions, because she had watched a lot of soap operas and romance movies.
He motioned for her to sit on the bed, "Do you not trust me?" He voice was cool and unconcerned.
Kagome did as he wished, but she was ready to smack him if he tried anything on her, "Of course I do, but, well..."
He sat down next to her, "Why did you kiss InuYasha?" He words were clipped short, and it took her a moment before she could comprehend what he had asked.
Not knowing what to say, her mouth opened and closed many times before she actually spoke, taking a deep breath each time, "Well, I'm... I'm not exactly sure. I mean, I had just, like, broken his heart and I felt bad," she looked at him with owlish eyes, "or something."
Hesitation wore into Sessho-maru's voice, as he didn't want to ask too much from her, "Broke his heart?"
Sensing the hesitation, Kagome figured it would be best to answer him, considering he forced himself to ask, "He wanted me to promise him that I would not go with you again. Of course, I couldn't promise, so he tried to convince me. That was why he kissed me." She made sure there was assurance in her voice to hopefully give Sessho-maru confidence in his questioning. He did have all right to know, after all.
Thinking for a moment, Sessho-maru kept quiet. He wasn't sure how to respond to Kagome's words. Finally, he found some words, "So you told him that he could not stop you from visiting me?"
Kagome nodded, "Of course." She could feel the blush claiming her cheeks.
Sessho-maru wrapped an arm around her, pulling her closer, "Thank you," he whispered, laying his head on top of hers.
Kagome felt slightly uneasy as Sessho-maru moved his ram around her, but began to relax and she grabbed his hand. She knew he could feel her uneasiness, and didn't want to spread it to him, seeing as it was his first show of affection in a long time, if ever.
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InuYasha looked up at the sky, his eyes glittering in the moonlight that now shone down upon the group's camp. Shippo was playing with twigs from the ground, trying to amuse himself, and Sango and Miroku were having a pleasant conversation. Every so often you'd hear Sango screaming at Miroku, a sharp smack sound, and Miroku whimpering in pain, but it's not like it was anything new. It just wasn't the same without Kagome around.
"InuYasha?" Shippo had, apparently, given up trying to amuse himself with the small twigs and had come to find amusement with InuYasha, "Are you awake?"
"Of course," InuYasha muttered gruffly, still brooding over Kagome's leave with Sessho-maru, his youkai half brother.
"InuYasha, when do you think Kagome will come back?" His voice was sad and distant sounding, not like Shippo at all.
"In two days," InuYasha said, beginning to get annoyed with the child's presence. "Why do you care?"
"Because I miss her. Everyone's boring when she's not around, plus we don't have any good food."
"Stop complaining. You can wait two days. Now leave me alone."
Sango beckoned Shippo over to her, "It's best to leave him along, Shippo. Remember, Kagome's at Sessho-maru's. Telling InuYasha about how much you miss her will only make him ill-tempered."
Miroku nodded in agreement, "Sango's right. He's brooding over it now, and I do not believe you're helping him."
Shippo slumped to the ground, "Yeah, I guess. But... It's boring around here!"
"Just give it a few days. Then everything will be back to normal... I hope," Miroku said, looking up at the stars.
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Kagome looked out her windows at an intensely bright star, "I wonder if InuYasha can see this star right now?" She said to herself, smiling at its twinkle. "It really is beautiful."
She heard a sharp rap on the door on the floor below, "Someone's here? Now?" Sessho-maru's voice sounded from the front entrance.
"You? What do you want, fool?" His voice was sharp, but quiet, as though he didn't want Kagome to hear. There were more sounds, but she couldn't make out if they were words or not.
"Darn it," she muttered, sneaking from her room and to the top of the staircase. It was Kagura, Naraku's servant, that had visited the castle.
"You bring my sword back?" Sessho-maru raised his eyebrow as Kagura held the sword out to him. "Why?"
"Do you not want it back?" Kagura glared at him. She had gone through hell to get out of the castle and over here.
"Not if there's a catch. Why do you bring it to me? Didn't Naraku want it? That is the reason you stole it, is it not?" He was curious about her sudden appearance, but he was not about to fall into one of Naraku's traps.
"You don't trust me?"
"I trust no one who follows Naraku." This was true. But he knew that she did not follow by her own will. However, he was not about to admit it to her.
"Just take it. I will give you my head on a silver platter if this is a trap." She forced the sword into his hands, "Got it?"
Sessho-maru frowned, "I will hold you to that. I trust this is my sword?"
"You don't know your own blade?"
With a quick, nearly unseen movement, she struck Kagura in the neck with the sheathed blade, "Do not insult me, low life."
It was as though he had never hit Kagura. No blood, no red mark- nothing. "I gave you your sword and that is how you repay me?"
"Leave." Sessho-maru turned and walked back down the hall to his office.
Huffing, Kagura stomped out the door, slamming it behind her.
Astonished, Kagome crept back to her own bedroom, trying to figure out what she had just witnessed.
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Hope that's long enough for everyone. :D
