The Moon Hides Its Light from Me
*~Faded_Moon~*
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING of Inuyasha, heck… I don't even own any plushies or wallscrolls or ANYTHING! *coff coff coff CHRISTMAS coff coff*
Yeah, by the way… I DID start another fanfic: Everything I Dreamt Of, And More. Its an angst fic. Yep, ANGST ALL THE WAY. See? I put my depression to good use ^-^ now on to the story…
Chapter 8
The Healing Process
"Sesshoumaru-sama, I brought the pretty lady her food. She'll be coming as soon as she's done." Sesshoumaru's eyes snapped open again. 'KAGOME! That wench… such power she had that she could not even control it… I'll kill her once I'm able to move.' Sesshoumaru tried to curl his hand into a fist, but failed miserably. His world went dark. [A/N: Once again, he did not die! Just fainted (sorry sounds so girly)]
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He hated her. Every inch in his worn and partly purified body ached to spill her blood. However, he could not. It was not just because of his physical state. Something else tugged at him in the back of his mind, though he just pushed it further away. 'Why am I even letting her recuperate in MY home?! She tried to murder me, even if it wasn't intentional…'
After having to rest for four days already to recover from almost being wholly purified, he had resorted to using his ears to pick up any sounds in his castle or near it. There was not much to listen to other than Rin and Jaken's frequent arguments and Jaken's grumbling and complaining about Rin. Every now and then, Rin would visit Sesshoumaru in his quarters and report the same thing: she had brought the 'pretty lady' her food and she would be coming after she was done. However, the 'pretty lady' never came. Inwardly, Sesshoumaru frowned. Most of the time, he heard her even breathing as she slept, except when Rin visited her. Sesshoumaru's ears would always perk up when he heard Rin talk to the girl in the room next to his, but as soon as Rin stepped out of her room, Kagome would faint. It seemed as if she was in as bad of a state as him.
Sesshoumaru tried to refocus his thoughts, but his whole body hurt and the girl who caused that pain was breathing peacefully next door. 'How hard can be this be?!' he reprimanded himself, 'Just because your murderer is in the next room and the pain is all you can think of doesn't mean…' Sesshoumaru gave a long sigh. It was hopeless for him. No matter how hard he tried to get his mind off the girl, he could not. His hands itched to grasp her neck and wring it. He tried to drift off into a sleep, but that proved unsuccessful as well. Her breathing was ringing in his ears. The great demon lord grimaced and formed a fist with the only arm he had. Just as he started debating with himself how he should kill her, he heard a gasp come from her room. His ears perked up as sobs that were trying to be kept quiet resounded throughout her quarters and through the wall.
'How interesting…' he mused. 'Is she crying because she's afraid that I'll come kill her any second? Or that she is completely helpless in this situation? What a pitiful human…'
The next thing he heard that came from her room nearly wrenched his heart out and totally blew his mind away: his half brother's name, Inuyasha.
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~*~*~Four days ago~*~*~
"Where in the seven hells is that wench?!?!" an angry hanyou stormed out of Kaede's hut as a sleepy-eyed Sango and Miroku emerged from the shelter.
"Inuyasha?" Sango wearily eyed him, "Why are you so mad? Come on… it's way too early for this. She probably went to bathe or something." Inuyasha whirled on the exterminator.
"Went to go bathe?! Why?! Did you two not go last night?!?!" he stopped short as he raised his nose a bit. "She went to the well…? " The hanyou's expression changed from anger into confusion. The sleepy monk gave the exterminator by him a raised eyebrow as she returned the same look. Both relayed the same message though: either Kagome had gone to get something, or she had seen something… however… her bows and arrows were missing while her bag was left behind.
"Inuyasha…" Miroku started slowly, "Why were you up so early this morning?" Inuyasha gave him a funny look.
"What do you mean? I never sleep when I'm human… too risky. Why do you ask?"
"Well, Inuyasha," Sango stated, "You're going to become one tired and paranoid hanyou after one week like that. However, that is besides the point… Did you GO anywhere this morning?" The couple tapped their toes patiently as the hanyou's calmed confusion started flaring toward anger again.
"What do you mean by THAT?" the seething hanyou pointed tenaciously. The demon exterminator's forbearance broke first.
"LOOK INUYASHA! We ALL know that Kagome could have gone home for one of two reasons: 1) she went to go get supplies or 2) you upset her in some way, namely being with a certain incarnation! And it's obviously the latter because her bag is left behind!"
Inuyasha's angry features showed no reaction to the girl's statement, but Sango could still tell she had hit him where it hurt. His eyes flashed as a twitch jolted on the side his lips. Miroku stared intently at Inuyasha. He had not noticed the flinch that passed over his face in a millisecond, but he had noticed that Inuyasha had not replied to the Sango's accusation.
"Inuyasha…" the weary monk started, but Inuyasha had already whirled and stormed off towards the well, however, not before letting out a warning growl. Miroku looked back at Sango, whom you could almost see the steam rising from her, and inched away slightly. Sango let a 'humph' and turned to go back into the hut. Miroku let out a sigh then followed the demon exterminator's suit.
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~*~*~Present~*~*~
'Inuyasha… how could this happen? Why?' Kagome cried out in her head. The aching miko turned onto her side and crumpled up into a ball, weeping as silently as she could into the silk sheets. 'I thought that you finally realized how much I cared for you, Inuyasha… how can you keep doing this? Do I mean that little to you?' she squeezed her eyes tightly shut, hoping that the room around her would disappear and she would be back with her friends, but instead of being greeted with the peaceful black, the image of Kikyo and Inuyasha together on the field appeared. Her eyes snapped open again as a fresh wave of tears poured forth. Kagome looked around the room through her tear-filled eyes. It was huge and beautiful compared to all the huts she had spent nights at during her stays in the feudal era. The brokenhearted miko blinked off a tear that clung to her eyelashes.
'Have you even noticed that I'm gone?' Kagome thought bitterly, 'Why haven't you come for me yet? Are you having fun with your new wench, Kikyo?' Kagome gasped. 'No, no, no… I cannot think like that… What if Kikyo dragged him off to hell? It is my fault that I couldn't stop her.' She curled up tighter as more tears streamed from her red eyes. "Oh Inuyasha…"
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Next door to the crying girl, the demon lord lay silently as he concentrated on her waves of emotions. They confused him though: sorrow, bitterness, regret, then love… He scoffed to himself, how pitiful these human feelings were. He sensed that they hurt her more than her aching body and wounds. How he wanted to talk to this miko girl. He wanted to probe around her feelings, but he knew very well that there was no way to do such a thing. Of course, he could always cut her open and probe with her feelings of fear and extreme pain. However, there were so many more feelings exposed now- he wanted to go and figure out her deepest feelings… there had to be someway to do that. Sesshoumaru sank deeper into the cushions of his futon contemplating how to examine those human feelings when a knock came to his door.
"Lord Sesshoumaru?" the ugly green toad-like youkai crept into the youkai lord's quarters. "My lord, your worthless, humble, obedient, loy-"
"Silence, Jaken. What do you want? Explain your business then leave me." An irritated Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes then sank even deeper into his bedding.
"Yes, milord. This unworthy servant is eternally sor-"
"Jaken…" Sesshoumaru said in a warning tone.
"I'm dreadfully sorry. Ah, yes. Um, I have found a way to bring about the healing faster." Sesshoumaru gave his servant a indifferent look.
"Continue…"
"Yes, milord. I have found a dark youkai priest from the Northern Lands, Kuyaki. He says that knows of a way make demon blood become stronger and return back to its original way, the way before the miko had purified it…"
'Hm… a dark priest- from the Northern Lands, too. I smell trouble written all over this, but… this should be interesting.'
"He says he needs the object that saved you from becoming completely purified. He says that you are extremely lucky to be alive after a untrained miko purified you. It could have been fatal…" Sesshoumaru shot a death glare at the rambling toad then turned his eyes toward the open window next to his futon. A light breeze blew in as the silk curtains danced around the invisible force. The demon lord took a deep breath, all the smells from the outer world filling his nostrils.
'Another weak youkai dares to walk into my territory once again?'
"M-milord?" Jaken asked timidly. Sesshoumaru looked back toward the servant with bored eyes.
"So this youkai priest needs Tenseiga? Very well," Sesshoumaru said as the green youkai nodded quickly, "He may use Tenseiga for his… experiment." At that moment, the small human girl flew in.
"Sesshoumaru-sama!!! You can't trust that bad youkai!!! He's evil, I can tell. He's mean and evil! You might use your sword-"
"Silence, Rin! I already know the dangers of this stranger, but there is no other way. I'm dead either way." Rin looked at the injured youkai lord with confused eyes. "If this priest does not use my sword against me, then we might as well die by the hands of intruding youkai…" Tears welled up in the tiny human girl's chocolate brown eyes.
"Sesshoumaru-sama…?"
"Rin. Jaken. Leave me now… and take the Tenseiga with you to that dark priest, get him started on his dark magic right away. I have business that needs to be attended to."
The normally arguing pair bowed slightly and took their leave of their protector and lord. Nevertheless, just as they stepped out of the room, Rin shot a death glare at the ugly toad youkai and stomped away into the recuperating miko's room. Jaken stuck out his tongue at the retreating human's figure then sighed and carried his master's precious weapon to the dark youkai priest who waited patiently at the entrance of the castle.
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Ah…… uhmm… uhhh… bad news? I kinda slacked off like the slacker-offer I am and I only got 1 chapter done… PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!!! *gets on hands and knees* you see… I kinda had a small writer's block. Okay, okay. It wasn't even a block… more like a pebble, but still!!!
I'm TERRIBLY sorry… I'll try to get one more done… ½ of the work I promised? Is that okay? I mean it's like better than nothing at all right? I'm sorry. I'm sorry… I'll go get to work right away sir! I'm going!!! I'm goinggg!!!!
