The Silence In Black And White
Chapter Two
By
Frozen
Sesshoumaru's molten amber eyes stared at Inuyasha's wench in disbelief. A frown tugged deeply on his mature face, his eyes narrowing as he stared directly at her blank eyes. They seemed to stare at absolutely nothing, rock still. Quite frankly, at first, he had thought she was dead. Though now he would never admit such a thing. After one good, long sniff close to her, he knew for sure she was not dead.
Her scent thrived and changed with her different emotions but her body didn't move. He could sense the heat coming off her body in waves, yet little bumps rose on her skin. It puzzled him, but when Rin urgently inspected her, he saw her nasty head injury.
It looked like someone had hit her with a mallet, almost crushing the whole side of her skull in. Blood ran down from time to time, though he could tell the wound was slightly old. Kneeling closer to her next to his ward, he took an ever closer look. With an expression of disgust, he saw the pink and green of her skin around the wound. It was infected.
How she could have lived, the Demon Lord had no idea, but what had actually stunned him was that she had lived this long. From what he could tell, from his experience, was that the injury was at least six hours old. Six hours. She was probably wounded around late afternoon, because now it was night. How a human could survive that long shocked him to no end.
It wasn't just her head that was hurt, either. Her body was black and blue with bruises, her right arm was broken, and her legs were purple with cold. They were most likely numb or had eternal bleeding within them. Her left arm seemed alright except for a few scratches, but otherwise nothing else was okay. A dirt skid mark was on the ground, indicating that she had slide about five or six feet after she had been struck.
Sniffing the air cautiously he scented for Inuyasha. After about two minutes, he stood once more. Inuyasha was extremely far away, but his scent was in the clearing. He must have run off, thinking the girl was dead. Looking down at the girl once more, he nearly scoffed. 'Pity.'
With mastered indifference, he gracefully turned on his heel, walking away from the 'sure-to-be-dead' human. If anybody could do anything to help her, they would have to be impressively powerful. That, he was positive, would not happen. If he would not help the girl, Sesshoumaru knew no one else would.
"Sesshoumaru-sama," came Rin's small voice. He stopped his stride, looking over his shoulder with an expression of blankness. Rin's head was down as if she was ashamed. He knew this was going to happen, he knew Rin would want to save her. The wench's skin was warm, she was still breathing, and she could feel, meaning she was alive. Though barely. Sesshoumaru knew well what Rin wanted.
"Sesshoumaru-sama," she whispered with a begging tone. He turned further to look at Rin, surprised by his ward. Usually if he did nothing when she wanted him to do something, that meant no. She had never asked twice.
His eyes narrowed in distaste and disappointment. They had always respected each other in a strange way, always knew when to keep quiet and always knew how to react. He had never before had to scold Rin, to actually voice the word 'no' in her face when she wasn't doing anything wrong. Many people said there was always a first for everything, but he didn't want a first for this.
"Rin," he said sternly. The tone almost dared to be called father-like. He watched with his golden gaze as she visibly winced. Rin knew she was not suppose to ask him twice, but she had to. She desperately wanted to save Kagome.
With her fiery spirit determined to save Kagome, she bravely looked up at her guardian. Sesshoumaru almost sighed. Tears leaked from the dark curtain of bangs, her brown eyes watery and starting to turn pink. His chest clenched and his stomach turned, but he still did not move. He would not save an enemy.
His demonic eyes shifted slowly over to the girl, the blood still running from her wound. He silently recalled many times she had actually helped him, how powerful she was. With a frown, he turned fully toward his ward and the girl. With deep regret, he walked toward them.
He noticed a shooting star fly overhead, but instead of looking at it like usual, Rin just stared at him. She really wanted this, wanted to save this human. With an invisible sigh, he bent down and used his one arm to wrap around the wench's waist. Rin's eyes grew wide and with it her smile. Instantly, she tried to help him, making sure the girl's head did not move much.
Sesshoumaru tried not to touch her much, only having contact when necessary. She suddenly went limp, slipping from his grasp. His eyes narrowed into a heated glare, annoyed that she had slipped away. Rin still held Inuyasha's wench's head in her hands. With great irritation, he picked her up yet again, cradling her against his breast plate armor.
In humiliation, he walked toward where Jaken and Ah Un were, anger smothering his liquid eyes for a moment. Rin was indeed making him soft, and if he started to get worse he didn't know what he would do.
"Kagome-chan will be okay." His eyes shifted to look at Rin, staring at her. It was not a statement nor a fact, but more like a reassurance for her. Rin didn't know if the girl would survive or not, but she wanted her to. Rin knew he had Tensaiga but she also knew he would not use it.
She was right. He would not use it on his enemy.
He looked back at the path before him and Sesshoumaru thought he saw the girl's eye twitch. He nearly scoffed. If he had ever been this weak in his entire life, he would have ended it right there and then. He would never rely on anyone. Never, even if it meant his demise.
His feet swished lazily against the long, damp grass. Rin's pattering followed close behind him, noticing the little skip in her beat. She was happy, he knew, but he would not be sure for how long. If the wench proved to be an annoyance, he would get rid of her. He slowly looked down at the girl's blank eyes, glaring at them as if she could see him.
He knew for sure he would have left the girl to die had his ward not convinced him.
Note: Okay, short but sweet. This one will probably be revised a little to in the near future. This is totally new grounds to me and I will try to make Kagome as Kagome as she can possibly be, k? So please do not flame me and be nice! I will have chapter three up soon! Be gentle man.
