Wounded

Karappo grunted as she opened her eyes. She grunted again when she tried to raise her upper body of the bloodstained ground. She was in severe pain. Her entire body hurt even while it was motionless. She supported herself on her elbows as she tried to remember what had happened. The last thing she could remember was when Naraku had hurled her into the wall and it fell on top of her. She placed her head in her bloody hands and tried to think harder. After a moment, she decided to look around.

The first think Karappo saw was the remains of Naraku, the pieces were scattered all over the place. She then turned her gaze to the large crater from when Sango and Miroku were sucked into the wind tunnel. She hoped that they were happy in the after life. Especially since Miroku was with his father and Sango was with her brother. Her gaze then traveled to the impaled Inuyasha. She noticed his heart stuck at the top of the rod he was impaled on and nearly barfed. She then saw SesshoMaru laying face down on the ground. From what she could see, he wasn't breathing.

Panicking, Karappo tried to stand. It hurt a lot but she ignored the pain. Once she was standing, she began to wobble over to SesshoMaru. She fell face first onto the ground when she was about one meter from him. She stood again and painfully ran over to his body. She collapsed on her knees next to him. She grasped his shoulders and gently turned him over. Her eyes began to tear up as she gazed at his blood covered face. She stroked his cheek. She pulled him to rest upon her lap. She stroked his hair as her tears fell. Each landed upon his face.

SesshoMaru opened his eyes to see Karappo crying over him. After a moment, he sat up and wiped her tears away with his thumb. She looked at him with a mixture of happiness and shock. He cupped her face in the palm of his hand. She placed a hand upon his. They leaned toward each other until their lips sealed together. It was a gentle kiss. As they kissed, he wrapped his ARMS around her waist. It was then she broke the kiss and stared at him with pure shock.

"What is it Karappo?"

"You have two arms."

"What do you mean? I only have one."

Karappo placed a hand upon SesshoMaru's once missing left arm. He looked at it in shock. He bent and flexed the new appendage. He then looked to her. They both had questioning looks upon their faces. It was then he remembered that one of the tentacle things that had erupted from her body had grazed the stub of his left shoulder and then knocked him out. This must have been what it had done. She really did have some control, no matter how small the amount. She had healed him.

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"For healing me."

SesshoMaru then stood. Karappo tried to but collapsed from pain. He bent down, and with his new arm, hosted her up and carried her. She wrapped her arms around his neck and fell asleep against his muscular form. He smirked at this. He stroked her skin with his tail, causing her to giggle. He did it again. She giggled again. A wicked smile appeared upon his face, she was ticklish!

'I will have to use this against her in the future.'

After about a day of walking, they arrived at the palace of the moon. SesshoMaru carried Karappo to her room and laid her in the bed. He watched her during that night, considering they had gotten back at midnight. In the morning, he bathed, changed and went to breakfast with Shippo, Rin and Jaken. The conversation went as such.

"SesshoMaru Sama! You have returned!"

"Greetings Lord SesshoMaru!"

"Where's Kagome?"

"Good morning every one. Yes Rin I have returned and Shippo, Kagome is resting."

"Ok, will she be awake later on?"

"I don't know."

"Is Kagome-Chan ok SesshoMaru Sama?"

"I'm pretty sure she's fine Rin."

"Mi lord! You have your arm back!"

"Yes I know Jaken."

"Yeah! SesshoMaru Sama is fully healed!"

"Did Kagome do that?"

"Yes Shippo she did."

"Why?"

"You'll have to ask her when she wakes up."

"Ok."

"Jaken was mean to Rin and Shippo while SesshoMaru Sama and Kagome-Chan were away!"

"He was, he hit Rin with his staff and yelled at me. So I set him on fire with my foxfire!"

"It was funny SesshoMaru Sama! Jaken was running around screaming, I'm on fire again!"

"I'm sure it was Rin, I'm sure it was."

"I did not think it was funny."

"That's because you were the one on fire Jaken."

"I know milord but it still wasn't funny."

After breakfast, Shippo checked on Karappo. Then, he and Rin went out into the gardens. SesshoMaru went to his office for some privacy. He had a lot of things to think about. He was pacing the room when he heard laughter outside. He pulled back the wine colored curtain to see a 13yr old Rin and a 14yr old Shippo sitting under the sakura tree. They were laughing while Rin picked flowers. He watched as the two talked. He continued to watch them when Rin did something neither him nor Shippo expected. She turned and kissed the fox. She then got up and ran to the palace. He chuckled as Shippo sat there stunned with a blush upon his face. After a moment, he got up and followed Rin.

'Good choice Rin, a very good choice. I greatly approve.'