sweetkagome89- Fluffy was nice in the last chap, you'll find out why in this one, and exactly how 'polite' he can be in this one. Damn, I'm mean! Haha! And for chap 1, thanks!
inu-lover-2004 - It has been, but things will change soon, and believe it or not, all will be well to those who deserve it.
Lady Rebecca - I want an evil demon dust bunny! You have one for sale?
A few translations I left out! Sorry!
Houshi-sama - Sir monk, or just a polite way of saying monk
Shikon no tama - The jewel/bead of four souls
Youkai - Demon
Hanyou - Half demon
Oswari - SIT! (Don't know If I'll be able to use this one in here yet...lmao)
Miko - Female monk
Chapter 4
Kagome awoke, the little girl Rin sitting beside her, drawing on a book, the pages pressed flowers. She turned to grab her grinding stone and noticed Kagome's eyes awake. "Good morning, Miko." The girl smiled and for the first time in a while Kagome smiled back. "Good morning. You're Rin, right?"
"Yes! Sesshoumaru-sama says you'll be here for a while. He says I should help you, so do you need anything?" Kagome sat slowly, and finally responded. "Can I have a glass of water, please?" Rin jumped from her seat and ran through the door. Kagome wondered where this girl had come from and why she followed Sesshoumaru around. Was she a daughter? She looked human. A friend? Kagome thought about this for a moment before stifling a giggle. Before the girl returned, Sesshoumaru walked through the door and came up, sitting next to Kagome. Without a word he lifted the blanket and pulled up the kimono she wore to check on her leg. Kagome was quite embarrassed by this, but bit her lip to keep quiet after the hospitality he'd shown towards her. "How long does a human take to heal?"
Kagome looked at him for a moment before answering. "For a wound like this, it can take weeks. Maybe months. I'm not sure." Sesshoumaru looked up at her, and a look of displeasure came across him for a moment. "Miko, Tell me the truth. What were you doing at the bottom of that well?" It took a moment for the meaning of this to sink into Kagome's head. "I didn't lie! The well sends me to my home, 500 years into the future! It's made out of the time tree next to it! I tried to go home and fell wrong..." Kagome hung her head to break the Icy glare Sesshoumaru shot at her. She realised something. "Take me to the well with the Shikon no tama and I'll show you! You're the backstabber's brother, maybe you can cross like he can!" Sesshoumaru looked at her, assessing the information and evaluating the claim, and nodded. He stood and once again lifted her in his arms. Kagome looked down at the kimono she wore, and realised it wasn't her school uniform. She also realised she wore nothing under the garment and the way she was being held... "Sesshoumaru, where are my cloths!?!!" Sesshoumaru looked at her, his face unchanged from the distaste shown earlier. "They've been burned. The blood had stained them badly, and honestly, they made you look like the worst sort of whore." Kagome held back her next comment, but she felt the blood rush to her face and could taste the blood from her newly bitten lip. Sesshoumaru looked to Jaken. "Keep an eye on Rin. If anything happens to her, it's your life." Jaken gulped before nodding his agreement. Sesshoumaru walked down the hall, and went out onto a balcony overlooking his estate. Kagome gasped when she saw the gardens, ponds, the rock garden and the small area of trees following a creek down the lawn. She couldn't see how far his land was, but from what she could see she was very impressed. "This is beautiful!" Kagome looked around in wonder. Sesshoumaru responded, his face now emotion-less. "I guess it could seem so to you..." Kagome looked at him for a moment before deciding she didn't want dropped. They reached the well in under an hour.
"What do you do?" Sesshoumaru looked over the side. "Just go down. As long as you have the Shikon no tama, we should be able to go through." Sesshoumaru growled in annoyance as he carted her around and jumped down the well. He'd prepared to touch down when the familiar blue light surrounded them both, and they appeared at the bottom of the well. Kagome looked up to see the roof, and sighed happily. "Please go up!" Kagome was so happy to be home! They popped out and Sesshoumaru looked around, highly unimpressed. He walked out of the small shelter and onto the patio, where Kagome started yelling. "Mama! Souta! Grandpa! I'm home!" Souta ran out the back door, his grandfather close behind. The instant they saw the youkai they froze. "Souta! Grandpa! Where's Mama?"
"At the store. Who's your friend?" The grandfather was now standing partially in front of Souta, obviously he recognised Sesshoumaru as a youkai. "This is Sesshoumaru. You remember about him, right?" Finally the grandfather stepped slowly forward, and noticed the bandage around Kagome's leg. "What happened? Where's InuYasha?"
"InuYasha could die for all I care! Evil bastard! And to think Souta called him brother! He left me for the dead miko! DEAD!" Kagome fumed, and Sesshoumaru was now looking bored and slightly irritated. "I fell wrong down the well and injured my leg. Sesshoumaru found me." Kagome realised she'd forgotten to do something, and turned towards him. "Thank you for saving me. If there's anything I can do to make it up to you, Please let me know." Sesshoumaru nodded and returned his gaze upon the grandfather. "What year is this?"
"Two thousand and three."
"Not anymore grandpa!" Kagome and Souta exclaimed at the same time. He looked around confused for a moment before stating "Please excuse me, Getting old. Memory's not what it used to be. I'll be 84 next month." Sesshoumaru raised his eyebrows. "I'll be 312 in the spring." Grandpa looked surprised. "You look great for your age! Please come in!" Sesshoumaru was getting tired of carrying Kagome, so she was laid upon the couch once they were inside. "So, you're the youkai son of the great dog demon, right?" Sesshoumaru nodded at the grandpa, and he ran to grab one of his books from the shelves. After a moment he found the book, and turned to a dog-eared page and looked up to Sesshoumaru. "Odd, I thought you'd look more like InuYasha." He turned his book around to show the pictures of the family, One of the father, and one of a demon looking similar to InuYasha, but with Sesshoumaru's tail. Sesshoumaru looked surprised at the book, and turned towards the shelves full of books. Kagome had forgotten, In Shinjenkyo Gedai a book was worth a fortune. And here before the lord of the western lands were hundreds of the best made books he'd ever seen. "Where...How?" Kagome noticed he now had a look of curiosity and shock. The first time she'd seen him with anything other than fury, anger or another form of unhappiness on his face. He looked kinda cute...
No! Kagome thought to herself. The last time you fell for someone they threw you to the dogs...bad analogy..."It would be better to spend the rest of my life alone than to feel this pain anymore!" Everyone turned to look at her. She looked around, confused for a moment before realising. "I said that last part out loud, didn't I?" She held her head down before she said this, and wouldn't look back up. She felt really stupid, and was happy her mother wasn't home yet. "Souta! Dad! I'm home!" she heard from the next room. "Mom! Kagome's back! And she got hurt!" Souta yelled, and this was immediately followed by a crash and her mother running into the room, but she stopped dead at the door and looked in horror at Sesshoumaru. "Where's InuYasha?!" She was petrified. Too scared to move. "Mom, this is Sesshoumaru, InuYasha's brother. InuYasha won't be coming here anymore."
"He was here earlier today!" Souta called. "That explains the smell..." Sesshoumaru murmured. "What was he doing here??!?!?!" Kagome yelled, throwing herself in a standing position, and quickly fell to the floor screaming in agony. "Kagome!" Her mother dashed to her side, and looked at the bandage on her leg. "What happened?!?"
"InuYasha left me, mom. He gave himself to Kikyou."
"I meant to your leg."
"I fell." Her mother gave her a bitter look. "I fell down the well coming home. Sesshoumaru saved my life. He found me down there after..." Kagome balled her fists and covered her eyes with them before the tears began to fall. Sesshoumaru now looked amused as he watched this. "You really cared for that hanyou, didn't you?" Kagome went from light sobs to racking ones quickly. Souta turned towards him. "Why did you say that! That's mean!"
"To think! After 50 years he's able to manage to get a girl, a miko at that, to fall for him and he ditches it for a dead woman!" Sesshoumaru's lip was nearly at a smile and Souta turned away from him, then promptly ran up the stairs. Sesshoumaru walked up to Kagome, then picked her up. "It's time to return."
"But sniff my family! I waSniffwanted to stay here! The jewel is complete..."
"No. Your services are still needed in my time. A miko may be just what I need..." With this he began walking towards the well. "No!" Kagome fought him, and her mother and grandfather also joined in, struggling to free her from his grip, but after jumping over them three times he barred his teeth and slashed at the mother with his arm. Kagome was now wrapped in his tail, in the same place before him as if she were still being held. Kagome saw the slash, and her mother back away, and her eyes rolled back in her head. Kagome noticed the prick marks across her arm. "You poisoned her! Let me go! Mama! MAMA!!!" but that was all she could see before falling back through the well. "Quiet, human!"Sesshoumaru looked at her menacingly, which for once scared her half to death. "If she dies, she dies! The loss of one human to that world will be of no great consequence! Be thankful I pulled you from this well at all!" Kagome was honestly too scared to move on the way back to her new home.
But on the way she saw the tree she'd left Miroku at, and there was no body. 'Eaten by youkai' Tears fell from her cheeks, but Kagome was too scared to allow herself to cry. She feared if she angered him further, it may be her next to that tree as well...
Suddenly a thought occurred to her. It may be a long shot, but it was the only way she felt she could keep her sanity through this. "Sesshoumaru, May I please get my cub if I will be staying with you longer?"
"Your cub?"
"Yes." Kagome swallowed. "Shippo is my cub. He was orphaned, and I took him in. If I'm to remain here, at least let me have my son back! Please!"
"I'll not deal with foxes destroying my home! He hasn't the responsibility to deal with such surroundings! Maybe after you're able to walk." and with that he continued flying along, leaving the loneliest woman in the world in his wake.
inu-lover-2004 - It has been, but things will change soon, and believe it or not, all will be well to those who deserve it.
Lady Rebecca - I want an evil demon dust bunny! You have one for sale?
A few translations I left out! Sorry!
Houshi-sama - Sir monk, or just a polite way of saying monk
Shikon no tama - The jewel/bead of four souls
Youkai - Demon
Hanyou - Half demon
Oswari - SIT! (Don't know If I'll be able to use this one in here yet...lmao)
Miko - Female monk
Chapter 4
Kagome awoke, the little girl Rin sitting beside her, drawing on a book, the pages pressed flowers. She turned to grab her grinding stone and noticed Kagome's eyes awake. "Good morning, Miko." The girl smiled and for the first time in a while Kagome smiled back. "Good morning. You're Rin, right?"
"Yes! Sesshoumaru-sama says you'll be here for a while. He says I should help you, so do you need anything?" Kagome sat slowly, and finally responded. "Can I have a glass of water, please?" Rin jumped from her seat and ran through the door. Kagome wondered where this girl had come from and why she followed Sesshoumaru around. Was she a daughter? She looked human. A friend? Kagome thought about this for a moment before stifling a giggle. Before the girl returned, Sesshoumaru walked through the door and came up, sitting next to Kagome. Without a word he lifted the blanket and pulled up the kimono she wore to check on her leg. Kagome was quite embarrassed by this, but bit her lip to keep quiet after the hospitality he'd shown towards her. "How long does a human take to heal?"
Kagome looked at him for a moment before answering. "For a wound like this, it can take weeks. Maybe months. I'm not sure." Sesshoumaru looked up at her, and a look of displeasure came across him for a moment. "Miko, Tell me the truth. What were you doing at the bottom of that well?" It took a moment for the meaning of this to sink into Kagome's head. "I didn't lie! The well sends me to my home, 500 years into the future! It's made out of the time tree next to it! I tried to go home and fell wrong..." Kagome hung her head to break the Icy glare Sesshoumaru shot at her. She realised something. "Take me to the well with the Shikon no tama and I'll show you! You're the backstabber's brother, maybe you can cross like he can!" Sesshoumaru looked at her, assessing the information and evaluating the claim, and nodded. He stood and once again lifted her in his arms. Kagome looked down at the kimono she wore, and realised it wasn't her school uniform. She also realised she wore nothing under the garment and the way she was being held... "Sesshoumaru, where are my cloths!?!!" Sesshoumaru looked at her, his face unchanged from the distaste shown earlier. "They've been burned. The blood had stained them badly, and honestly, they made you look like the worst sort of whore." Kagome held back her next comment, but she felt the blood rush to her face and could taste the blood from her newly bitten lip. Sesshoumaru looked to Jaken. "Keep an eye on Rin. If anything happens to her, it's your life." Jaken gulped before nodding his agreement. Sesshoumaru walked down the hall, and went out onto a balcony overlooking his estate. Kagome gasped when she saw the gardens, ponds, the rock garden and the small area of trees following a creek down the lawn. She couldn't see how far his land was, but from what she could see she was very impressed. "This is beautiful!" Kagome looked around in wonder. Sesshoumaru responded, his face now emotion-less. "I guess it could seem so to you..." Kagome looked at him for a moment before deciding she didn't want dropped. They reached the well in under an hour.
"What do you do?" Sesshoumaru looked over the side. "Just go down. As long as you have the Shikon no tama, we should be able to go through." Sesshoumaru growled in annoyance as he carted her around and jumped down the well. He'd prepared to touch down when the familiar blue light surrounded them both, and they appeared at the bottom of the well. Kagome looked up to see the roof, and sighed happily. "Please go up!" Kagome was so happy to be home! They popped out and Sesshoumaru looked around, highly unimpressed. He walked out of the small shelter and onto the patio, where Kagome started yelling. "Mama! Souta! Grandpa! I'm home!" Souta ran out the back door, his grandfather close behind. The instant they saw the youkai they froze. "Souta! Grandpa! Where's Mama?"
"At the store. Who's your friend?" The grandfather was now standing partially in front of Souta, obviously he recognised Sesshoumaru as a youkai. "This is Sesshoumaru. You remember about him, right?" Finally the grandfather stepped slowly forward, and noticed the bandage around Kagome's leg. "What happened? Where's InuYasha?"
"InuYasha could die for all I care! Evil bastard! And to think Souta called him brother! He left me for the dead miko! DEAD!" Kagome fumed, and Sesshoumaru was now looking bored and slightly irritated. "I fell wrong down the well and injured my leg. Sesshoumaru found me." Kagome realised she'd forgotten to do something, and turned towards him. "Thank you for saving me. If there's anything I can do to make it up to you, Please let me know." Sesshoumaru nodded and returned his gaze upon the grandfather. "What year is this?"
"Two thousand and three."
"Not anymore grandpa!" Kagome and Souta exclaimed at the same time. He looked around confused for a moment before stating "Please excuse me, Getting old. Memory's not what it used to be. I'll be 84 next month." Sesshoumaru raised his eyebrows. "I'll be 312 in the spring." Grandpa looked surprised. "You look great for your age! Please come in!" Sesshoumaru was getting tired of carrying Kagome, so she was laid upon the couch once they were inside. "So, you're the youkai son of the great dog demon, right?" Sesshoumaru nodded at the grandpa, and he ran to grab one of his books from the shelves. After a moment he found the book, and turned to a dog-eared page and looked up to Sesshoumaru. "Odd, I thought you'd look more like InuYasha." He turned his book around to show the pictures of the family, One of the father, and one of a demon looking similar to InuYasha, but with Sesshoumaru's tail. Sesshoumaru looked surprised at the book, and turned towards the shelves full of books. Kagome had forgotten, In Shinjenkyo Gedai a book was worth a fortune. And here before the lord of the western lands were hundreds of the best made books he'd ever seen. "Where...How?" Kagome noticed he now had a look of curiosity and shock. The first time she'd seen him with anything other than fury, anger or another form of unhappiness on his face. He looked kinda cute...
No! Kagome thought to herself. The last time you fell for someone they threw you to the dogs...bad analogy..."It would be better to spend the rest of my life alone than to feel this pain anymore!" Everyone turned to look at her. She looked around, confused for a moment before realising. "I said that last part out loud, didn't I?" She held her head down before she said this, and wouldn't look back up. She felt really stupid, and was happy her mother wasn't home yet. "Souta! Dad! I'm home!" she heard from the next room. "Mom! Kagome's back! And she got hurt!" Souta yelled, and this was immediately followed by a crash and her mother running into the room, but she stopped dead at the door and looked in horror at Sesshoumaru. "Where's InuYasha?!" She was petrified. Too scared to move. "Mom, this is Sesshoumaru, InuYasha's brother. InuYasha won't be coming here anymore."
"He was here earlier today!" Souta called. "That explains the smell..." Sesshoumaru murmured. "What was he doing here??!?!?!" Kagome yelled, throwing herself in a standing position, and quickly fell to the floor screaming in agony. "Kagome!" Her mother dashed to her side, and looked at the bandage on her leg. "What happened?!?"
"InuYasha left me, mom. He gave himself to Kikyou."
"I meant to your leg."
"I fell." Her mother gave her a bitter look. "I fell down the well coming home. Sesshoumaru saved my life. He found me down there after..." Kagome balled her fists and covered her eyes with them before the tears began to fall. Sesshoumaru now looked amused as he watched this. "You really cared for that hanyou, didn't you?" Kagome went from light sobs to racking ones quickly. Souta turned towards him. "Why did you say that! That's mean!"
"To think! After 50 years he's able to manage to get a girl, a miko at that, to fall for him and he ditches it for a dead woman!" Sesshoumaru's lip was nearly at a smile and Souta turned away from him, then promptly ran up the stairs. Sesshoumaru walked up to Kagome, then picked her up. "It's time to return."
"But sniff my family! I waSniffwanted to stay here! The jewel is complete..."
"No. Your services are still needed in my time. A miko may be just what I need..." With this he began walking towards the well. "No!" Kagome fought him, and her mother and grandfather also joined in, struggling to free her from his grip, but after jumping over them three times he barred his teeth and slashed at the mother with his arm. Kagome was now wrapped in his tail, in the same place before him as if she were still being held. Kagome saw the slash, and her mother back away, and her eyes rolled back in her head. Kagome noticed the prick marks across her arm. "You poisoned her! Let me go! Mama! MAMA!!!" but that was all she could see before falling back through the well. "Quiet, human!"Sesshoumaru looked at her menacingly, which for once scared her half to death. "If she dies, she dies! The loss of one human to that world will be of no great consequence! Be thankful I pulled you from this well at all!" Kagome was honestly too scared to move on the way back to her new home.
But on the way she saw the tree she'd left Miroku at, and there was no body. 'Eaten by youkai' Tears fell from her cheeks, but Kagome was too scared to allow herself to cry. She feared if she angered him further, it may be her next to that tree as well...
Suddenly a thought occurred to her. It may be a long shot, but it was the only way she felt she could keep her sanity through this. "Sesshoumaru, May I please get my cub if I will be staying with you longer?"
"Your cub?"
"Yes." Kagome swallowed. "Shippo is my cub. He was orphaned, and I took him in. If I'm to remain here, at least let me have my son back! Please!"
"I'll not deal with foxes destroying my home! He hasn't the responsibility to deal with such surroundings! Maybe after you're able to walk." and with that he continued flying along, leaving the loneliest woman in the world in his wake.
