I have bad news. I have been grounded from the computer until Monday because I didn't pass some friggin test. I will hopefully be able to get on Monday, but if I don't pass the test, then make it Wednesday. Sorry to my... nine reviewers?
Chapter Three: Questions
"Really, Lord Sesshoumaru! Does that mean that I get to play with her? Will she be your mate, Lord Sesshoumaru?" She asks, giving small bounces of excitement. The lord grit his teeth. This isn't what he had hoped to come back to. He just wanted to have a meal of food then to go to sleep. Now that chance seemed rather slim.
He sighed. How do you explain to a human child that you won't keep the human role model she desires? He had no intentions of hurting the human any more than he had to.
"Rin, she is not here to stay. She will merely be healed then returned to her traveling companions." Sesshoumaru explained. Rin's features all sank in depression then he saw her eyes fill with tears. Damn. He didn't mean for her to cry.
"But why, Lord Sesshoumaru! I want her to stay! What's her name? Tell me, Lord Sesshoumaru!" Rin demanded. Sesshoumaru raised his hand to rub on his temple. This was a headache. The wench wouldn't complain this much. Well, not without him attacking her first. But Rin was still a child, he couldn't attack her, no matter how much he had hoped to.
"Rin. Go back to bed, I will speak of this subject during daylight." He told her. Rin whined then began to trudge upstairs, going slow to get the point of sadness across to the great demon lord. The demon lord turned his attention to getting food.
Kagome continued thrashing about until a servant poked a wound of hers. She stopped then grasped her chest in pain. The servant continued to hold her down and this time, she didn't refuse.
"What are you doing?" She asked them. None answered as the shirt was pulled off and bandages were wrapped around her stomach and chest. Kagome, having started to grow irritated by no answers, slapped the hands of one of the demon servants.
"I asked, what are you doing to me?" She asked testily. The servant growled at her, gritting his teeth together.
"Lord Sesshoumaru has instructed us to wrap your wounds." He replied. Kagome grew silent as they continued their work. 'Why would Sesshoumaru care?' She had asked herself.
"What are your lord's intentions?" She asked again. This was growing annoying for the servants. Surely the lord had given her to them as a form of punishment. The servant finished with wrapping up her cuts then turned to leave.
"Don't ignore me!" She snapped. The servant left without another word, leaving a very angry to sit down. 'He must be trying to use me bait to get Inuyasha's sword.' She decided. She gave herself a nod. Yes, that had to be it. Why else would the demon lord let her heal?
Her attention was reverted to the door when it creaked open. If this room weren't lit by candle, she'd have screamed. But she could see perfectly. The silver hair, white clothes, gray armor. The demon lord had come to see her, but why?
"What do you want?" She asked him, doing her best to sound threatening. The problem with being a human was no matter how hard you tried to sound threatening, you never were. This only made Sesshoumaru more angry.
"You will show respect. I saved your life." Sesshoumaru informed her. This got Kagome to stop and think. She remembered the demon coming after her for the jewel shards and she remembered closing her eyes. Had she died? No, that was silly. If she had died, then she would still be dead.
"By bandaging me up? Oh, right. That's an accomplishment." She sneered. Sesshoumaru gave her a warning growl then approached the bedside.
"You died, wench. It was Tensaiga's doing that you came back to life." He replied. Everything about his voice was telling her that she only pissed him off more. But, wait. The Tensaiga. Wasn't that the sword that brought things back to life?
"Why did you save me?" She asked. Sesshoumaru groaned. All he ever got was questions, mainly after she came along.
"So I could regret it now." He replied. Kagome stared at him for a while. Did the human not understand how annoying she was? Surely even her companions had to tell her to be quiet. She asked too many damn questions! After a few moments of silence, the human wench decided to speak.
"If you're going to use me as bait to get Inuyasha's sword, it won't work." She informed him.
"Why is that?" The demon lord had asked. Not like he really cared for the reason, but he was curious as to why Inuyasha wouldn't come to save his wench. He gave small notice to the tears filling the young girl's eyes.
"He loves Kikyou." She told him. Did he care? No.
"And you assume I will care because you are crying?" He asked her. She shook her head.
"I don't expect any sympathy from you." She told him. Everything in her voice and demeanor said otherwise. She wanted the demon lord to tell her he loved her or that Inuyasha didn't really love the clay pot. He snorted. He would never do that for a woman, a human woman at that.
"Then stop crying. I don't care." He told her. She glared up at him then backed down when he gave her a glare of his own.
"Go to sleep. The sooner you heal, the sooner I can rid myself of you." He told her. He turned around and left the room. Kagome stared at the candle light before blowing it out. She gently laid herself down then closed her eyes. It was hard to sleep when you felt so restless. But, in no time, she had fallen asleep.
When morning came around, Kagome hadn't awoken. That didn't stop someone from entering her room and staring at her. The feeling that she was being watched came to Kagome then she opened her eyes slowly. Every part of her wished it wasn't the demon lord.
The biggest pair of brown eyes stared at her while she woke up. Somewhat startled, she jumped back and sighed. This was a surprise. Kagome looked at the young human child for a small while. She had seen this child before, but she didn't know her name.
"Hi Lady Kagome! My name is Rin!" She exclaimed. Kagome nodded slightly then Rin climbed onto the bed. This was something she didn't expect in the morning. Rin began to climb all around Kagome to see if she was better. Her eyes rested on the abundance of bandages around Kagome's stomach and chest.
"Wow... Those much hurt a lot, huh, Lady Kagome! How did you get them? Are they almost healed? Are you bleeding?" Rin had asked. Kagome stared at the child for a while then slowly started giving her answers. Was Rin this hyper when she was around Sesshoumaru?
"Yes, it hurts... I got them when a demon attacked me and I'm not healed." She replied. Rin opened her mouth to speak then closed it when Sesshoumaru opened the door.
"Rin, go eat." Sesshoumaru ordered. Rin pouted and stuck out her lip in attempts to sway the demon lord into letting her stay with Kagome.
"But, my lord, I want to be with Lady Kagome!" She whined. Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow that told her she'd better listen then she began to slink off the bed. She ran out to eat breakfast then Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome.
"Don't look at my like I did something wrong." Kagome bossed him around. Sesshoumaru stood at the foot of the bed, looking down at the pathetic human that he was sheltering. He should just throw her out now. She was fine enough to talk back to him, she was fine enough to be released.
"Rin desires a play mate. You are here so you shall entertain Rin until I say you must go." He ordered. Kagome gave him a glare.
"I don't have to listen to you!" She snapped. Sesshoumaru calmly walked to the bedside then grasped her neck.
"You do not have to live, either. This time I will not revive you." He threatened. Kagome choked then he let her go, walking back to the door.
"You will entertain Rin today. If you are not fully healed tomorrow, then you shall entertain her again. If Rin says you treat her anything apart from kind, then you shall see to my blade." He told her. Kagome nodded then he left the room. What a jerk. How could he be nice to Rin and not her?
Nevertheless, Kagome had moved her feet over the edge of the bed and taken a deep breath. If she had to entertain the young child, she had to learn to walk first. She slowly pushed her weight off of her feet. This was good, standing was very good. She urged her feet forward. The second her right foot moved to take a step, she had fallen down.
Okay, this was it. She had decided to herself that this was much harder than it looked. But, whether or not it was hard, she would get to walk. She tried pulling herself up then sighed. This was way harder than it looked. Perhaps she should call for help.
No. It was bad enough that Sesshoumaru thought she needed help in surviving. She wouldn't encourage that type of thinking. She slowly grasped a chair then began to pull herself up. Once she was on both feet, she leaned against the wall. Okay, let's try this again.
She urged her left foot forward then it touched the ground. When her right foot went forward, she felt her knees buckle from something. Was her left leg too weak to support her? She managed to keep her balance this time, but she needed to turn around.
She changed direction with minimal problems then began to walk. That's why her leg wouldn't work. She had been sleeping on it all night, the blood had stopped flowing to it. As the cold and tingling feeling took over her leg, she made moves to sit down. Once her leg had the blood it was deprived of, she'd try again. She looked up as the door began to open. Rin came in, bouncing about.
"Lady Kagome! Lord Sesshoumaru says that I can play with you today! Come on Lady Kagome! I want to go to the gardens!" She nearly screamed. She grabbed one of Kagome's hands and began trying to pull her up.
There, this is the only chapter you can get until I can pass that test. If you're lucky, I'll be able to come up with another one today for you. But that is doubtful.
Oh, I now have a grand total of 12 reviews. Maybe I should wait until I get 15 to get the next chapter. That's it. When I get 15 reviews, I'll post the next chapter. Ha. Now you have to review.
- inu-yukai clan: Heh, thank you for the entertaining review. I had a rough day and that helped a lot in getting over it. Wait... Didn't you review for Wishes? I seem to remember a reviewer having arguments with Sesshoumaru over the reviews. Was that you?
To everyone who told me to update soon and said they liked it: Thank you very much. Like you read before, I am having a rough day and without the four reviews I got this morning, I wouldn't have updated it until I got back from school... Speaking of which, I have to leave in an hour. Ugh. Anyway, thank you for your reviews, they are greatly appreciated.
- Bipolar Tangerine