You and you alone can save me
Kira
By: Kuraii-chan
Kuraii-chan: Hi-lai-lo! I'm back, thank you reviewers and my first flamer. Now I can roast marshmallows!
Inu: Fire. WE CAN MAKE RAMEN!
Everybody: oO;
Kuraii-chan: Anyways! The start of day two...
Author Notes: Woohoo! As everyone saw on my last chapter fanfiction has now enabled me to use all sorts of wonderful things. Eventually I will go back and fix the first... err, how many chapters was it? Ah, the first five chapters. Oh, and both flashbacks and Kagome's conscious will be in italics... Erm, anything else? Naw, on with the show!
Kuraii-chan: This ish meh wonderful flame! . Everyone stare at it in awe! It was left for me by First-Chair-Flute!
hey no this isnt a flame, and u r free 2 think whatever u please about it (that just means i dont care, not that u care if i care, because no one can constrict wat u think)
i kno u said there would be bad words and i headed ur warning and aproached it with caution
i found 2 many bad words 4 my liking and a slightly bad story, my simple suggestion, more description of plot, more intertwining of the action and description
that is my advise
y i didnt even finish the chapter, didnt enjoy it, didnt enjoy the bad words, very simple
take wat u want leave wat u want, tho i have no control over it
(here is a hint : i fully recognize, i will think wat i will think and u will think wat u will u will take wat u will take and u will deside upoon who u r and what u believe, i respect that,i wont even attempt a debat because that would be futile, u have an attitude and could be proud of it, i dont kno u so i dont kno, with that attitude u would escalate, lose ur reasoning and then make a fool out of urself and i hate it when people do that. the moking voicetake wat u want. . . is all a simple formality showing, it doesnt matter 2 me an i kno u dont care about that at all)
if u choose 2 read my works, they r on w.fictionpress.com same sn ect
not that u care
my appologies if u r a diff kind of person
w/e
peace out
Kagome turned on her side. Then turned on her other side. Then turned back where she had first started, on her back.
Finally heavy lidded eyes slowly crept open. And with a huge yawn Kagome slowly got up.
Rubbing one sleepy eye with the back of her hand it took a few moments before Kagome finally registered where she was.
Large room. Comfortable futon, not hard cold floor. Room, richly furnished and big enough to find about thirty people. Small desk next to futon. Large yellow backpack resting against the desk.
Sesshomaru's castle.
The door to her room slid slowly open and Kyo's head hesitantly peeked itself in.
"Lady Kagome, you're awake. Good morning." He quickly entered the room and bowed. "Hotohori will want to see you once you've fully awoken and dressed."
Kagome nodded her head slowly, barley able to comprehend what Kyo had just said. Ugh, and her scrapes were killing her! 'Hotohori's medicine had better work' Kagome thought idly. What she wouldn't give for some painkillers right about now...
"Lady Kagome, you should find a closet full of clothes to your right. Please pick out a pair and come and get me once you are done. By then I shall have gathered Hotohori." Stifling a huge yawn she nodded and waved a hand in Kyo's general direction.
"Yes, Kyo-kun. Just give me a few minutes..." Kyo bowed once more. "Yes Lady Kagome. I shall be waiting just outside the door." And with that he was gone.
Kagome stifled another yawn and gracelessly got to her feet. Soon after she stumbled to where Kyo had said the closet would be. 'Ah, and that would be it...' Kagome thought as she reached a rather large door.
Placing a hand upon the wooden fame she noiselessly slid the door open and was greeted with what appeared to be hundreds of yukata lined up in a row. Of course the closet shouldn't have been able to hold so much so each yukata seemed almost connected to another two or three.
The silk fabric came in so many colors and possessed a huge variety of designs. How the hell was she to choose? And after just waking up, was everyone mad? With her luck she would manage to mismatch everything.
Ugh, fun.
'Mmm...' Kagome's blue-gray eyes began skimming over the multiple yukata possibilities before being drawn to one in particular. Seemingly the yukata was a liquid silver in color and had little blue sakura blossoms dancing about upon various multiple places. A light plain purple obi went well with the outfit. And thus, Kagome had somehow decided what to wear.
A bit clumsily Kagome bent and picked up the yukata and obi before shutting the screen door with one foot, crossing the small expanse from the closet to the futon, and laying the clothing upon the futon as if they were the most precious things in the world.
It was slow and painful work, but Kagome managed to fully clothe herself without putting something on the wrong body part. With another stifled yawn Kagome crossed over to the door and slid it open.
She was greeted with the faces of both Kyo and Hotohori. Hotohori was adorned in the same clothes as yesterday; perhaps she had been busy all night?
"Morning Lady." Hotohori greeted with a deep bow. A small smile was place delicately upon her lips as her gaze caught on Kagome's choice of wardrobe. She slowly nodded approvingly and murmured "Good choice."
Kyo seemingly thought so as well seeing as he was just staring at her while a small blush crept its way up to color his cheeks.
"Thank you Hori-chan!" Kagome said, smiling brightly. Hotohori gave her a startled glance, before smiling as well. She seemed to accept her new nickname.
"Ahem." Kyo said clearing his throat. "Hotohori? Do you have Lady Kagome's medicine?" Hotohori nodded.
"Hai Kyo, I have it. Lady, are you ready to take it?" Hotohori produced a rather small cup filled with a amber colored liquid.
Kagome nodded and gently wrapping her fingers around the cup brought it to her lips. The drink smelled greatly of cinnamon sticks.
It was gone in a few seconds. With a grateful smile Kagome handed the now empty cup to Hotohori.
"Thank you Lady, now if you will excuse me I have some business elsewhere." And with one more graceful bow Hotohori was gone.
Kagome turned to Kyo. "Kyo-kun, what am I to do today?" she inquired. Being confined to her room didn't sound appealing so she was hoping for the chance to maybe go play with Rin. The little girl was lots of fun and full of energy.
"Well Lady Kagome, you are to attend lunch with Sesshomaru-sama." Kyo mused to himself, racking his brain for some forgotten thing that Kagome was to do in the space of a whole day. There was none.
Kagome looked thoughtful. "Kyo-kun do you suppose I could explore the castle?" Now it was Kyo's turn to look thoughtful.
"I don't see why not Lady Kagome..." Kyo said at last. "As long as you don't try and leave the grounds in your condition I think you would be fine. I shall find you when it is time for your lunch with Sesshomaru-sama if you wish."
Kagome nodded enthusiastically. "Yes, that is wonderful! Thank you Kyo- kun!" she exclaimed in a hurried rush. All she had to do was put her hair up and she would be set to explore as much of the castle as she possibly could before Kyo came and escorted her to where ever she was to dine with the Taiyoukai.
Kyo smiled softly and nodded as he watched the excited human rush back into her room and begin to dig hastily through the large yellow item she had arrived with.
"I will be going now then Lady Kagome." Kyo said with an amused and lazy grin. Kagome shouted a distracted "Yea, okay! See ya later Kyo-kun, oh where did I put those damn chopsticks?!" and waved a hand in the direction she thought Kyo to be.
After minutes of agonized searching Kagome finally found just what she was looking for.
"Muah, and you thought you could hide from me!" Kagome grinned triumphantly. In her right hand was a pair of chopsticks. They were a coal black with delicate silver designs lacing and winding themselves in complicated patterns. Rather valuable looking if you asked her.
Kagome then ran her brush through her uncooperative raven tresses before expertly twisting it into a bun upon the top of her head. And now for the chopsticks part, they were carefully stuck in the bun and when Kagome haltingly to her hand away the hair stayed.
She then got to her feet with more grace than she had ever thought possible and hurried out the door to her room.
As soon as she had come to a new unexplored hall Kagome slowed and lazily looked around.
'Ah, finally I get some time to explore.'
Cautiously Kagome opened one door and peered inside. A study from the looks of it. Multiple half-finished pieces of parchment were strewn across a desk. Two shelves were on opposite walls looked as if ready to charge for battle. Books were crammed on each shelf, looking as though the owner had been in some great hurry when placing them there. A bit messy, yes, but it had a rather pleasing smell of ink and musty book pages.
With one last reluctant sniff Kagome eased the door closed and went down the hall and stopped at the next door she came too.
Upon opening it Kagome found a bedroom. Quite similar to hers in fact bit not nearly as large. Spare room perhaps?
A fair sized futon was placidly cowering in one corner with the closet on the opposite wall. No fancy decorations or anything. Just as Kagome was about to shut the door and continue her search when a voice stopped her cold.
"And just what do you think you're doing?" an icy voice inquired from behind her. Stiffly Kagome slowly turned to face her visitor.
"I-I was just, ah, exploring and came upon this room. I was just looking, honest!" Kagome stammered in horror. She could plainly see it was another guard by looking at his kimono, obi, leggings, shoes, and weapon that so closely resembled the one Kyo and the other guards wore. Tucked into his midnight colored obi was a rather long and sharp looking katana.
His eyes were a strangely breathtaking molten color and his hair a dark azure. His rather silky looking hair reached just past finely chiseled cheekbones. What was with all the guards all being good looking? Did Sesshomaru have something against hiring ugly guards? Err... On the other hand it meant the only really ugly thing she would have to worry about would be Jaken.
"And if that is so then just why would you be afraid?" the guard asked after seemingly sniffing the air with more grace and delicacy that ever thought possible.
"Well, you are a scary threatening youkai. Just what about that shouldn't I be scared of?" Kagome answered haughtily.
'Mmm, and a rather handsome looking scary youkai at that.'
Ah, but he really was scary looking. Could have been related to Sesshomaru if not for his tail that obviously set him apart. The appendage in question wasn't nearly as long as Sesshomaru's, about Kouga's length. But more so fluffy like Shippou's... Was this guard a kitsune? An artic one perhaps, like the kind you would find in Antarctica?
The guard's tail flicked to the side, and then to the other side. As if knowing it was being stared at and questioned. Eheh, did Mr. Ice Guard know she was staring at his tail? Oops...
Kagome quickly snapped her attention back the face of the possible artic kitsune.
"Sir? Might I ask your name?" Though his face remained expressionless and his eyes cold as ice the pregnant pause told quite clearly that he was hesitating.
"Kira. What is yours and why is my name of any importance to you?" Sheesh, you would think she had just asked something offending...
But Kagome just smiled, bowed politely, and answered as best as she could, "Higurashi Kagome. It is nice to meet you Kira-san."
Obviously a bit startled at being addressed so formally by someone he had just met, Kira just stared at Kagome. But soon regained his usual air of frostiness.
"Higurashi? Would you then be Higurashi-sama? Or rather as most have adopted 'Lady Kagome'?" A healthy shade of red filled Kagome's cheeks as she bowed once more and mumbled something like, 'Erm, yes that would be me.' It was either that or 'I really like blue cheese.' But Kira didn't think it was the second one...
"Should you not be dining with Sesshomaru-sama?" That monotone voice was getting a bit annoying, how could they stand to be so emotionless for so long? She knew that she could do that for that long. Hah, if she would probably crack up about five minutes into the job.
"Really? Its already that time? Agh! Where is Kyo-kun?? I have no idea where the room is..." Kagome was on panic mode now... "Oh no! What if Sesshou- kun thinks I didn't want to dine with him so I was late on purpose? Or what if he thinks I'm a slob or something? Ah!!" Kagome looked frantically about the room and then to the only exit. Which was blocked by a certain evil cold youkai...
"Er, Kira-san? I need to go try and find Sesshou-kun now and get hopelessly on the way so if you could just please let me by..."
Kira stared coldly at Kagome as if she were just some annoying pest until she ceased her babbling.
"I shall assist you to where Sesshomaru-sama is currently residing." He said before turning and quickly striding down the hall.
"Thank you so much Kira-san!" She smiled brightly but was soon just talking to empty air. "Hey! Wait up!" Hurrying to catch up with the rather quick artic kitsune Kagome gave him an evil glare.
"You could wait for me ya know." She pouted once she was finally at Kira's side. Her glare was quickly returned.
"I am offering to guide you to Sesshomaru-sama and you dare tell me as to what I should and shouldn't do? I am being more trusting than I should be of some onna ningen and the thanks I get is being told that I should wait for you because you were not even paying enough attention to see that I had already left the room." Well when it was put like that...
"Well if it bothers you that much to help this 'onna ningen' out then you shouldn't do so! Baka." Kagome muttered fuming. Turning away from the infuriating kitsune Kagome stalked down the rest of the hallway......
And ran right into Kyo.
"Kyo-kun? Oh! Konnichiwa Kyo-kun!" Kagome was rewarded with a warm smile. "Konnichiwa Lady Kagome. How are your wounds faring?"
Kagome smiled happily. "Just fine actually! Hori-chan's medicine seems to have helped greatly."
"Good, I would hate for you to be in pain." Kyo then nodded to someone behind Kagome. She wanted to turn and see who it was but resisted. It would be rude to turn and stare, and she didn't particularly like the idea of becoming enemies with some powerful youkai...
"Konnichiwa Kira." Kyo bowed deeply. Kira? As in the Kira-san she had met earlier? Eheh, oops? She hadn't meant to argue with him earlier, really. It's just that he was being such an ass...
"Kyo." Came the velvety but icy reply. The soft swishing of fabric told Kagome that Kira had just bowed, mirroring Kyo's earlier performance.
"Have you met Lady Kagome yet Kira?"
"Yes, we had just met when Higurashi-sama decided to leave and thus ran into you. She was rather worried of what Sesshomaru-sama would think if she showed up late."
Kyo nodded. "I see, well we must go or risk Sesshomaru-sama's wrath." Kyo bowed once more, grasped Kagome's right hand firmly and pulled her away leaving a bemused Kira standing in the hallway.
'How odd it is that Kyo seems to show so much compassion for the ningen wench... Well I must see what it is that is just so special about her then.'
{A/N: Kira, you are so cold hearted and villain-like. Wheee! (glomp/cling)}
Kyo and Kagome soon arrived in front of one particularly large screen door.
"Here it is Lady Kagome. I will be out here the whole time so you need not feel vulnerable to Sesshomaru-sama or any attacks."
Kagome nodded appreciatively, "Thank you Kyo-kun. You don't know how much that means to me."
A faint blush stained the guards cheeks, "Think nothing of it Lady." Kagome made a face and stuck out her tongue. "I have to go in now don't I?"
Kyo chuckled. "Yes Lady Kagome, you do."
"Awww, come on Kyo-kun. Do I have to?" She whined unhappily.
"Yes Lady. Now come on." Said Kyo before opening the screen doors, shoving Kagome through, and closing them quickly with a snap.
Kagome had no time to survey her surroundings before Sesshomaru's voice captured all her attention. And the coldness in his voice told her he was unhappy to say the least.
"Just where have you been? You were to be here ten minutes ago. Where you dawdling with Kyo?" said Sesshomaru icily.
"N-No! How dare you even think of such a thing?! I just happens that I was doing a bit of.. exploring and ran into a most, err, interesting guard by the name of Kira. He offered to bring me here but I declined and soon ran into Kyo who instead led me to this place." Answered Kagome angrily.
'How DARE he?! He has no right to presume I was doing ANYTHING wrong! And look at that woman hanging all over him! See, and he dare assumes that I was doing something.'
And true to it some female youkai had just entered the room. Neko youkai. She had the cat ears and tail to prove it too. Her hair was the color of the sun, a bright golden color and was pulled back into a ponytail. Her eyes were a clear green that sparkled whenever she looked at Sesshomaru. A silver yukata with a midnight black obi greatly accented the curves that she possessed. More than Kagome possessed.
Wow. You've never been this worked up about one persons thoughts before...
'Shut up.'
I wonder...
'I said shut up!'
Fine, fine. But you need to watch your temper, jealously beyond a certain point stops being cute.
'WHAAA? WHO SAID I WAS JEALOUS??'
...
'I'll... KILL... YOU...'
Annoyed Kagome stared heatedly at Sesshomaru. She hadn't said anything that had indicated jealousy! How could she be jealous? There was nothing to be jealous over! Her conscious was getting weirder and weirder...
"Sesshomaru-sama, is there anything else I can get you?" she purred softly.
"No, that will be all Tsubasa," said Sesshomaru. The look on his face clearly showed that he held no desire for the neko youkai to stay and fawn over him.
"Aww, are you sure Sesshomaru-sama?" Tsubasa asked, her face showed hurt when Sesshomaru nodded wordlessly, dismissing her. But soon filled with anger as she glared pointedly at Kagome.
"This is your fault you ugly ningen wench! I will get my Sesshomaru-sama back, you cannot have him!" she hissed to Kagome as she passed on her way out.
Kagome just sat there, silently fuming. There would be no use in yelling at the neko youkai that she was a baka. That she didn't like or want her precious 'Sesshomaru-sama'! She would be leaving soon anyway so what did it matter.
"Now. Tea?" Sesshomaru asked his expressionless mask back into place.
It was going to be some lunch...
Kuraii-chan: Gomen! I would have posted it sooner but we lost our cable for a while... But its all better now! Like? No like? Tell me!
Kouga: Where the hell am I?
Kuraii-chan: Shut up Kouga. If keep bugging me about that I will stick you with Ayame.
Kouga: You wouldn't..
Kuraii-chan: You care to test that theory wolf-boy? {evil look}
Kouga: Ah, no. That's okay, I'm fine the way I am... 0.0'
Leira1- Pocky ish food. Good food might I add. Um, I'm not quite sure how to explain it to anyone... gomen?
Leiea1- Onee-chan= sister, Onii-chan= brother. You really like it? Thank you so much! I enjoy writing it very much! I saw it on one of my favorite stories and decided when I finally write a fanfic I wanted to do it too!
last vampire- But I am crushed! I really want people to enjoy my poor excuse for a story!! Ah, but I'm glad you like it. You can't really hate it too much if you keep reviewing now can you?
INUGIRL- I have. Be happy! .
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First-Chair-Flute- It is a flame. And I thank you for your opinion! But I must say that I didn't really use that many bad words...hell and damn, are not really all that bad. Fucking is but that word is something Inu-chan would say.. it fits his personality. Now, even though I am thanking you that you should voice your opinion I will also say however that EVERYONE will be able to see your flame and that you should honestly learn how to spell. And no, I don't think I want to read your work. The only work I read off of fictionpress.com is Juliet's. No one else's. (And yes I have an attitude and am PROUD of it.)
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This chapter's recommendation: 'To Bear Witness' by Striking Falcon
Kuraii-chan: That's all then.
Inu: How come Sesshomaru gets to end up with Kagome? What about me??
Kuraii-chan: You dare question who I put Kagome with?
Inu: Yeah! What are you gonna do about it?
Kuraii-chan: I think you will be stuck... hmmm... Kouga!
Inu/Kouga: WHAAAA?
Kuraii-chan: Well you said....
Inu: I TAKE IT BACK! I TAKE IT BACK!!
Kouga: HE TAKES IT BACK!!
Kuraii-chan: {pouts} Fine, fine. You two sure know how to ruin a yaoi- loving girls fun...
Cast: Oo'
Kuraii-chan: Oh, hehe, none of you knew did ya? Ah, well I'm a fan of Yaoi!
All the male members of the cast: AHHH! WE AREN'T SAFE ANYMORE!!! {runs away}
Female cast members: As long as she doesn't care for Yuri...
Kuraii-chan: Yuri? Ewww, no!
Female cast members: All right then! Anyone got popcorn? Oh yea, and review!
Kuraii-chan: Oh, and the next chappie is going to be called: Playing with Rin and Ah-Un, so R&R!