Sesshoumaru awoke to see Kagome already up and about; she was walking towards the river with several items in her arms. "Where are you going Kagome?" Sesshoumaru asked, sitting up and using his arms to support himself as he leaned back. "I'm going to go take a bath in the river." She called over shoulder, not bothering to stop. "Can I come?" Sesshoumaru asked with a cocky grin; which, at one time would've been rather uncharacteristic of him, but that had seemed to change. Kagome turned around, her eyes wide with shock and her jaw dropped with her cheeks so red they looked like cherries. Sesshoumaru chuckled; he couldn't help but to love to tease that girl. 'She is so cute when she gets caught off guard like that… wait cute? No… nothing is 'cute'.' Sesshoumaru thought as he watched Kagome walked towards the river seeking her bath.
Kikyou looked down at the stripping priestess, who resembled her so much. Kagome's full lips were parted lightly as the cold icy flowing water of the river danced over her fair skin, as she sunk further and further into it. Kikyou's own dark eyes, now flickered with life, took on a brief look at pity, as she looked down at her now soft, warm hands. She didn't really understand how she was brought back into this form, but she remained thankful; She was now a human again, no longer forged of clay and earth, but a living, breathing, beauty of the gods. She smirked lightly at that thought; She was able to feel again. Soon after that thought however, a masculine human looking hand landed on her shoulder, her neck twisted and some of her raven locks fell from behind her shoulder, "I know." She whispered gently.
"Then do it." Naraku responded forcefully. Kikyou shook her head, not yet. She paused and looked down at the blissfully unaware priestess, almost dancing around in the water. "She has some sort of power, naturally within her. Kagome possesses a glow that even I will admit to being jealous of. She has the ability to make people smile and laugh; with her kindness and this mystical aura around her, she has the ability to make people's scars from the past, heal. She is no ordinary priestess." She paused and turned around now looking directly at Naraku,
"She has the strength to heal scars from the past, and to open people up, and allow them a second chance at happiness, no matter who they may be, they could be as evil as you, and she could purify them and make them happy again. That ability is beyond the norm for priestess, even one such as myself; if you wish to destroy Sesshoumaru and Inu Yasha both, wait. Wait until she heals him more, he is not as healed as Inu Yasha is. Not to mention, Sesshoumaru has far more scars than Inu Yasha to heal." Kikyou explained. Naraku simply nodded lightly taking the information into consideration.
Miroku yawned widely, allowing Sesshoumaru to see every detail within his mouth; Which, Sesshoumaru could've gone without seeing. Miroku soon after closed his mouth and they remained there in an awkward silence. "Aren't you curious as to where your brother may be?" Miroku eventually asked gently, his eyes were glued onto the proof that yesterday was not a dream; the ashes and coals of embers that had burned between them last night. "No, I am not curious, for I do know exactly where they he is. Unfortunately, I have a feeling this small battle, will escalate into something more." Sesshoumaru said, his elfin ears twitching lightly with the sounds of the forest. He picked up two sets of steps walking in the distance, their feet cracking branches and what not, but he put no mind to it; there was plenty of travelers who could be wandering through. After that brief comment, they sat in silence, each coming up with some ending to this in their own minds. Kagome eventually made it back into camp, wearing her miko uniform; the blue long pants, firmly tied around her waist, and her long white sleeved kimono style top.
She soon lifted her smaller yellow backpack over her shoulder and slung it over the other, resting all of the weight upon her shoulders. In this brief action, her pants rose, allowing Sesshoumaru and Miroku to both lay eyes on her hiking boots, which were firmly strapped upon her feet. They both stood up, having cleaned the area very thoroughly since Kagome had left. Sesshoumaru smiled lightly at Kagome's returned, and Miroku simply blinked, "Kagome-sama, you seemed to be a lot more lean than the last time we traveled together." Miroku commented, looking at the girl who used to be already quite thin, but still had but of childish chubby-ness about her. Now she appeared lean, sleek and defined and more like an adult than a child. Kagome in turn also blinked at Miroku's observation. She looked down and placed a hand on her small stomach, to feel the hardness of her muscles; in place used to be a soft cushy pouch that was soft and gentle, not hard and firm.
Smiling to herself, "Guess so." She said with a shrug. Sesshoumaru on that note, reached for Kagome's hand, grabbing it and lacing his longer fingers through hers, and walking forward. Which left Miroku, to humbly follow behind them.
Soon the sun was to be hidden behind the far away hills, the insects buzzed about, and the land stirred with the life hidden among it. Sesshoumaru looked down at Kagome, who seemed to have a puzzled look on her face, "Sesshoumaru, where are we going? I mean, it seems we are heading back to the castle but..." Sesshoumaru placed a finger upon Kagome's lip, pausing her melodic voice from continuing. "We are going back to our castle, for you see, Naraku will follow us. If we were to fight, I would prefer to be close to the children, so I am assured they are safe.
I would put you, the slayer, and the children into one of the many hiding places in the castle to keep you safe. There is no point in involving anyone else. Naraku will come to us this time." Sesshoumaru said firmly. Kagome bit her lip lightly and nodded, knowing well that it wasn't a good time to ague with Sesshoumaru. Out of nowhere, Kagome slapped the back of her neck, which caused Sesshoumaru to look at her. She only blinked for a second. "Oh, some bug was on my neck I guess." She said with a shrug, continuing to walk a half step behind Sesshoumaru. She tossed a look back at Miroku, who seemed deep in thought, as his sapphire eyes were slightly glazed as he was walking. With a shrug, Kagome looked forward again, awaiting a good spot to camp.
Sango signed, her wrists tied firmly behind a chair. Her chocolate eyes were half lidded in a dull horror, as Rin pushed open the door to who's ever room this was. Within the small child's hand, was a large bag of make up, clearly belonging to Kagome, as the bag was translucent plastic. She unzipped it and pulled out the first item, a pearly pink lipstick. Shippou looked in awe at it, as he scurried next to Rin. Both of their eyes became shiny with a bright sense of awe. Rin slowly approached Sango, who now made an attempt to scoot away in her chair, only to find it in vain. Rin hopped onto the demon slayer's lap, "I think Kagome called this cheek stick, you roll it on their cheeks." Rin said, obviously imitating one of her past teachers. She stroked her chin with her free hand before rolling the bright pink stick across Sango's cheek, and the bridge of her nose.
"What's this?" Shippou asked, tossing Rin a small container holding three different colors of eye shadow; Mint green, golden brown and Forest green. Rin looked down at it, humming a little, 'Hmmm.' to herself. "This is used to make her mouth stand out!" Rin said, taking the little applicator and smearing the powder on her chin, under her nose and all around her lips, but not placing a single particle on her actual lips, "Oh wow, that does really make her lips stand out!" Shippou said, queuing a whine from Sango, "Isn't it time to let me go?" Sango asked hopefully, only to receive a quick simultaneous "No" from the two of them. She gulped, "Now let's play with the hair." Sango's eyes grew wide. 'Uh oh.' Were her only thoughts.
Notes: Oh wow…. Ok, long period before this update! I am so sorry. I wish I could've updated sooner. I will make updates more frequent however. Especially because now I have come up with an actual plot! I haven't had a plot up until this point… Kind of bad to do but, thank you all for your wonderful reviews! I hope you all like the update. I'm not sure when the next poll will be, but it will be soon!