A Story of Hope
Author's Note: Yeah, I know that this chapter's short, but I decided that I wouldn't be evil so I'd just give you a short chapter so you don't get upset with me. And to make this clear. This is STRICTLY a Inu/Kag fic!
"Sesshoumaru!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Yes." The taiyoukai replied, "That is my name." She heard a sighed and he continued, "I spent good money to find Rin a human female companion, and I get you, Inuyasha's wench." So that's what he had wanted a new slave for.
"I'm no one's wench!" Kagome snapped, "You understand that?"
"If you say so." Sesshoumaru replied, "But what should I do with you? I cannot use you for Rin, kill you, or leave you here as a normal slave. Inuyasha would come and I am in no mood for a fight. Besides, you would not be much help. You are blind."
"How did you know!" Kagome demanded. What would Sesshoumaru do with her now that he knew her little problem?
"The way that you are looking blankly at nothing next to my cupboard." He told her.
"Well maybe I just don't want to look at you!"
"Do not try hiding the fact that you are blind, human." Sesshoumaru said, "You already admitted to it." Kagome had nothing to say to this. He was right. She had lost the fight.
"So if you can't kill me or use me for what you bought me for, what are you going to do?" she asked.
"I suppose I'll just have to drop you somewhere near where Inuyasha is." He told her.
"You're going to just leave me somewhere!" she exclaimed, "What if something gets me before Inuyasha comes!"
"Then that is your problem." Sesshoumaru told her, "I told you before, I am not in the mood for a fight, therefore I cannot leave you with Inuyasha. You should be lucky I am not just throwing you out of my home human. Take my generosity without complaint."
Kagome thought about this. He was right. To ensure there was no fight all he had to do was get rid of her while making sure he wasn't the cause of her death. There wasn't much to it. He was being nice even if he wouldn't leave her with her friends.
While she thought about it, a servant had come into the room. "Take this human to Rin's room." Sesshoumaru said, "You might want to take her hand."
The servant took her hand gently. "Please follow me miss." She said before leading Kagome out of the room.
"Rin?" Kagome repeated once the door was closed, "Is that the little girl who travels with Sesshoumaru?"
"Yes." the servant answered, "A cute little girl if I may say so myself. She's very lively, but very sweet. You'll have a good time taking care of her." She laughed, "But it won't be as easy as you think."
"I'm not going to be staying." Kagome commented.
"But aren't you the new slave that Milord just bought to take care of her?"
"I am." She admitted, "But uh, Sesshoumaru can't use me. I'm, uh, traveling with his brother. I was kidnapped."
"Inuyasha!" the servant exclaimed.
"Yeah." Kagome replied, "Sesshoumaru said he'd drop me near them." She laughed a bit, "God, when I first heard him talk I was scared out of my wits. I thought he was going to kill me on the stop once he recognized me."
"Milord does not kill without a good reason." The servant commented, "But sometimes he good reasons are, uh, not as good as other people's good reasons. But you knew Milord before this?"
"I'm afraid so." She said, "And they haven't been friendly encounters either. Near fatal is a better way to describe them."
Kagome must have made the servant nervous because she did not speak to her again through the duration of the trip to Rin's room. Finally they were there. The servant slipped the door open.
"Sesshoumaru-sama?" a young girl's voice called from the next room.
"No Rin, it's only me." The servant called back, "Sesshoumaru sent you someone to talk to though."
Rin came running into the room. "Neika-san!" She exclaimed happily, "And who's this?"
"I'm Kagome." The older girl said, "Nice to meet you Rin."
"Did Sesshoumaru-sama send Kagome?"
"Yes."
There was a happy squeal and Kagome found herself in the girl's embrace. "We're going to have so much fun!" Rin said excitedly, "Rin'll show you everything Sesshoumaru-sama's given her! She has a lot!"
Kagome sighed. She might as well tell the kid now before she found out on her own. "I'm blind Rin."
"Blind?" Rin repeated
"I'm afraid so."
"What's blind mean?" the little girl asked.
Kagome could have laughed out loud. This kid was so cute in her own, innocent ways! "It means I can't use my eyes." She explained.
"So you can't see anything?" Rin questioned.
"That's right."
The miko once again found herself in the younger girl's embrace, but this time it was softer. She heard a sniffle. Rin was crying for her! "Oh don't cry!" Kagome said quickly, leaning over to hug the girl. "It's not that bad!"
"But the word's so beautiful and you can't see it!" she insisted, "That's the worst thing I've ever heard happening to a person!"
"You could be deaf." Kagome put in.
"What's deaf?"
"When you can't hear anything." She told the girl.
"But that wouldn't be as bad as being blind." Rin exclaimed, "You could still see everything in the world! Sure you wouldn't be able to hear the birds or anyone speak, but people could write to you and you could still see the birds."
"I can still hear the birds." Kagome offered.
The girl giggled. "Have you been blind all your life?" she asked.
"No. It's actually a new problem." The older girl replied.
"Well that's good." Rin said happily, "At least you can always remember what they look like."
"Wake up." Inuyasha said growling, kicking Miroku lightly in the head. "We're going."
The group slowly woke up. "Inuyasha." Sango grumbled, "The sun's not even up.
"That's the point!" he retorted, "We're going to be searching for Kagome today from sun up to sun down!"
"What about finding shards?" Shippo questioned.
"A little hard to do that without Kagome, what do you say?" Inuyasha asked sarcastically. He bonked Shippo on the head just for the sake of doing it.
"Everyone up?" Miroku asked, collecting his blanket.
"Seems like that." Sango replied, "Ready to go?"
"Course we are!" Inuyasha said, "Now let's go!"
Kagome and Rin somehow managed to talk the whole day away. Before they knew it there was a knock on the door. "Come in!" Rin called.
Sesshoumaru walked into the room. "It is time to go." He announced.
"Kagome's very interesting to talk to, Sesshoumaru-sama." The little girl said happily, "She said she was going soon, but when is soon?"
"Now." He replied. There was a pause. "You can come with us if you wish Rin."
"Yay!" the little girl cheered, "Thank you-Sesshoumaru-sama!"