Disclaimer: I do not own the following characters I've used in this fan fiction! That is the almighty job of Rumiko Takahashi-sensei!
Warning(s): None yet but I will warn when sexual relations come into play in later chapters.
Summary: Sesshoumaru is ill, possibly dying, and poor Rin is in search of a way to cure her master's sudden illness. Going against Jaken's orders, the young girl seeks out the one person she thinks might be able to heal him, but can a certain miko cure a sick dog demon without falling head over heals for him first? SessxKag
"Hold Me Closer"
Chapter 5
Written by: UnspokenDreams
At hearing the familiar and surprising voice, Kagome managed to exit the trance she'd been in, turning and finding a breathless Inuyasha staring at them.
"KYAAAAAAH! Inuyasha! It's not what it looks like! He, I, We!" Kagome fumbled with her words as she backed away from Sesshoumaru, face redder then the fire-rat attire the hanyou wore. Ignoring her words for the time being, Inuyasha sped forward and stood face to face with his older brother.
He snarled viciously, "You stay the hell away from her you bastard! Keep your damn hand to yourself or I'll fucking cut it off!" He spat as Sesshoumaru kept the same, neutral stare. He didn't flinch whatsoever.
"I was not aware that Kagome belonged to you Inuyasha. Then again it's only natural for a half demon such as yourself to hold onto whatever he can. You're pathetic," Sesshoumaru said, eyes narrowing in his disgust.
Biting back a gasp of offense, Inuyasha snorted and turned, grabbing Kagome's wrist and pulling her along with him. "Eh? But, but Inuyasha!" Kagome stuttered as she looked behind her shoulder, getting one last glance at Sesshoumaru. Not even giving her a warning, Inuyasha mounted Kagome onto his back forcefully and turned to shout one last statement.
"AND DON'T YOU EVER SAY HER NAME AGAIN!" And with that Inuyasha leapt out of the area, Kagome on his back. Soon after the departure Rin walked to stand beside her master's side, sniffling and burying her face into Sesshoumaru's side. Resting his clawed hand upon the child's head, the dog demon watched as Kagome left, knowing that this wouldn't be their last meeting.
XXxX
Once they arrived back within the woodland area they were currently staying in, Inuyasha sat Kagome down onto the grass, leaning in and staring at her until their noses were practically touching. Kagome returned the glare that was given to her, lightning seeming to flash within their deadly stares.
"What the hell were you two doing?" Inuyasha said slowly as Kagome backed away from his face.
"We were just talking," Kagome answered coolly, arms crossing as she turned her head.
"Yeah, and I'm going to marry Miroku…HELL NO YOU TWO WEREN'T TALKING! His hand was stroking your hair and obviously you weren't doing anything to stop it!"
"Oh so now it's a crime for someone to stroke my hair?"
"He could have ripped your face off!"
"He wouldn't do that!"
Inuyasha's eyes widened. Was she defending him? Sesshoumaru? The hanyou's ears flickered. "That stupid pimp…" He mumbled as Kagome's eyebrow arched. Uncrossing her arms and leaning forward, she blinked.
"What did you say Inuyasha?" She asked, not believing what she had heard him say.
"I SAID HE WAS A STUPID PIMP! ARE YOU HAPPY?" He roared as Kagome's eye twitched. Inuyasha took note of her expression and smirked proudly. "Yep, that's right! I know what a pimp is. You thought I was stupid didn't you?" he asked as Kagome continued to twitch.
"Pfft….pfftt……PAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA!" Kagome nearly fell over in the laughter wave that seized her, Inuyasha trying to recall a time she'd laughed this hard. "Se-Sesshoumaru? A PIMP? Oh my God Inuyasha, are you kidding me?" She made out through the undying laughter as Inuyasha growled.
"Well, it's what he is!"
This only caused Kagome to laugh harder as she finally fell over with laughter into the soft grass beneath. No sooner then this, the cry of a child's voice filled the area as a small fluff-ball attached himself to Kagome.
"Kagomeeee! You're back! I missed you so much!" Shippo cried as Kagome ceased in laughing, sitting up to give Shippo a hug.
"I missed you too Shippo," She giggled a bit and then turned watered eyes to Inuyasha who currently had his back to her.
"What's so funny?" The fox kit asked, nose scrunching as he looked to Kagome and Inuyasha.
"Nothing Shippo, it's nothing. Anyway, where are the others?" Kagome questioned as Shippo's tail flickered in excitement.
"They're over by the stream. Want me to take you to them?"
But before Kagome could reply, Shippo had bounded off ahead of her, turning and waving for her to follow him. Turning back to the hanyou, Kagome stood and dusted off any stray particles of dirt and grass from her skirt and then approached him from behind. "Look, I'm sorry if I worried you while I was gone. You know…Sesshoumaru really isn't that bad," she said softly and gave him a reassuring rub on the shoulder before walking off in the direction Shippo had gone.
Silver bangs shadowing his eyes, Inuyasha lowered his head. It's not so much what he was doing to you Kagome…it's the look in your eyes you had while he was doing it that worries me…
XXxX
"Welcome back Kagome. How is Sesshoumaru fairing?" Sango asked as she arose to hug Kagome, a small cat demon at her side. Kagome embraced her friend and bent down to give small Kirara a nice rub on the head.
"He's doing better. I guess it's a good thing demons heal faster then humans. I might have been with him for two weeks," The miko giggled a bit and caught a glance at Miroku. The monk was seated not to from them, violet eyes intent as he looked to Kagome. The teenager walked over towards Miroku and placed her hands upon her hips when reaching him. "I see Inuyasha knows what a pimp is Miroku. Tell me…how did that happen?"
Miroku looked away, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Rolling her eyes a bit Kagome lightly kicked Miroku's knee, "Alright then Mr. Innocent, can you please leave Sango and I alone? We need to have a girl talk."
The monk arose, dusting some grass off of him, and faced Kagome with a sly smile. "Do I really have to leave? You know how much I enjoy these 'girl talks' of yours."
"That's the problem," Sango added as Miroku sighed in defeat, walking over and picking up Shippo by the tail. "Come along young one. Us men aren't welcome here."
Shippo pouted and crossed his arms, "No fair! Why do I have to leave too? I'm not a pervert like you are Miroku!" The fox child fussed.
"That may be so Shippo however, your ears are far too inexperienced to hear of bras and other feminine objects."
Kagome shrieked, "YOU WERE LISTENING TO US LAST TIME WEREN'T YOU!"
Miroku merely increased his pace and was out of the area before Kagome's thrown rock could reach him. Once out of Miroku's earshot, Kagome sighed and sank to the ground. Sango sat next to her and shook her head. "Honestly, that pervert is too much sometimes. Anyway how was your stay Kagome? By the looks of it Sesshoumaru didn't harm you."
Kagome nodded and stroked Kirara's golden fur as the cat demon came to sit within her lap. "You know Sango…spending time with Sesshoumaru really taught me something. Something I've known ever since I was little but I guess I never applied it to life."
Sango was interested, "Really? What did it teach you?"
"It taught me not to judge a book by its cover. I mean from past battles and stuff Sesshoumaru seemed really mean and just plain scary. Sure he's killed a lot of people, maybe even humans but…" her voice trailed off.
"But…?" Sango started for her to continue.
Kagome jumped a little at Sango's voice. "I don't know how to describe it really. Sesshoumaru has these eyes. They're just so memorizing and whenever I look into them I just can't look away."
The demon slayer pondered with Kagome's words for a few minutes, trying to process a decent answer. "Did it ever occur to you that maybe you've developed recent feelings for Sesshoumaru?" She finally said as a blush claimed Kagome's face. Standing up, Kirara tumbling out of her lap, Kagome looked to Sango and immediately declined the suggestion.
"That's crazy Sango! I would never like that creep!" She shouted as Sango's eyes widened.
"But I thought that—"
"Besides he's not my type. Sesshoumaru, hah, don't make me laugh…" Kagome interrupted as she turned her back on the demon slayer and faced the stream. Sango also stood and placed a hand to Kagome's shoulder, leaving her one last comment before she left.
"Don't be afraid of your feelings Kagome. In the end that's all you'll really have."
Alone now, Kagome allowed the breeze to brush freely against her face. Why did I blow up like that? It's not Sango's fault I feel the way I do… Wait a minute…. It can't be true can it? It took me forever to admit my feelings for Inuyasha and here I go spend a couple days with Sesshoumaru and I'm all over him! Oi…why me…
XXxX
"Are you still blubbering over that stupid girl leaving? Get over it Rin!" A green frog-like creature complained to the small girl that sat, knees drawn up to chest and arms tightly wrapped around them. His only reply was a continuation of the soft sobs he heard. Jaken sighed and sat down next to her, running his stubby little hands across his staff's shaft. "Look…it's better if she isn't here." The demon tried in a softer tone. Apparently this got through to Rin as the girl looked up with large teary eyes.
"No it's not Master Jaken. Kagome was so nice and she really did a good job taking care of Lord Sesshoumaru. I miss her so much—what if I never see her again?" The girl put her head down once more as Jaken shook his head.
"I'm sure as long as that half demon Inuyasha is around, so will that girl."
Rin looked up once more, suddenly taking on an aggravated look. "Master Jaken don't you get it?"
Jaken slightly inched away at Rin's icy look, "Get what? Stop looking at me like that!"
"If Kagome and Lord Sesshoumaru were to spend some more time together, well, maybe…they would…" Rin trailed off as a small blush painted her cheeks.
Jaken twitched, "You're not serious. Please tell me you're not serious!" At Rin's nod and slight giggle the poor frog demon got to his knees and raised his hands to the sky. "Oh please mighty gods! Forgive this girl's insolence for she knows not what she speaks. The idea of a mere human and a demon of Sesshoumaru's power together makes my skin crawl. Oh please forgive her!" Jaken cried and repeatedly bowed. Without warning Rin tackled the small creature into a heap of tangled limbs and gave him a good rub to his hair-less head.
"Master Jaken is so silly. He's just jealous that no one loves him!"
"Am not! I am certainly loved!"
"Watch out, Lord Sesshoumaru is going to throw a rock at you!"
"GYAH! WHERE?"
Rin laughed and being the first do ever do so, kissed Jaken on the cheek before scampering away. "Can't catch me!" She called behind and gave him a nice showing of her tongue.
Mouth literally touching the ground, Jaken stood in amazement. He could almost feel the skin of his cheek slowly melt off. "RIN! YOU GET BACK HERE! IF MY FACE BURST INTO FLAME YOU'RE THE FIRST THING I'M CATCHING ON FIRE!"
XXxX
The night came quickly and soon stars littered the bruised sky. The cicadas in the bush sounded off with their nightly songs and the forest creatures had long since retired to a nice resting spot. Inuyasha and the others sat all around a well-built campfire and each ate the wonderful ramen Kagome had brought. This being so, the atmosphere was quite tense. No one spoke or breathed a word. Shippo, noticing this, decided to break the silent shield.
"What's with everyone tonight? It's too quiet!" The small fox stated as everyone continued to eat, not even bothering to look up.
"Pass the ramen please," Kagome said in Miroku's direction who did as she asked.
Shippo sighed and sat back down, drawing circles in the dirt with his index finger. "I give up…"
Once the cup of ramen was within her grasp, Kagome gazed deep within the noodles and could almost see Sesshoumaru's disgusted face. She recalled just how she and Rin had tried to get the dog demon to try some and how Sesshoumaru simply refused. In the end though, thanks to Rin's adorableness, they were able to persuade Sesshoumaru into at least taking a small bite. Before she realized it Kagome had started laughing, this catching everyone's attention.
"What's so funny Kagome?" Sango asked as the miko looked in her direction.
"Oh, it's nothing. When I was with Sesshoumaru, Rin and I tried to get him to try some ramen. The way he looked at it… as if it were poisoned or something!"
Sango and Miroku exchanged looks. "Sesshoumaru eating ramen? You're joking right?" The two said in perfect unison.
"Nope! Oh man, if only you guys would have been there."
"I'm sure we would have loved to be there Kagome but why don't you tell Miroku and Sango just what else you were doing while you were with my good old brother…" Inuyasha entered the conversation, fangs bared in a sly grin. Kagome blushed and quickly looked down into her lap.
"What do you mean? There was nothing else!" She denied and began to nervously twiddle with her fingers.
Miroku leant against Sango's shoulder, "Do tell Lady Kagome. This sounds like a lovely little affair, I MEAN tale."
Sango removed herself from Miroku's leaning path and smiled as the monk fell onto the ground. "Hentai…" She muttered as Miroku twitched.
Kagome's eyes traveled to Inuyasha. "Just drop it Inuyasha, okay? It's none of your business what went on while I was there."
"So there's more! OH REALLY NOW! What, did you two make-out too?" Inuyasha continued, as he grew more jealous and angry by the moment.
"You don't even know what making-out—Miroku…" Kagome paused mid-sentence and looked to the monk that had hid behind Sango. "I'll deal with you later! And you Inuyasha! Sit boy!"
THUD
"You've said some pretty insulting things to me before but this one takes the cake! How dare you think that I'm some kind of sleazy girl who'd let any guy have his way with her! For your information, Sesshoumaru and I didn't do anything. I barely even saw him!" She partially lied as she stood and began to walk away.
"Where you going Kagome? Off to find your lover Sesshoumaru?" Inuyasha called after her as Kagome stopped to shout one last statement.
"YOU'RE SUCH A JERK INUYASHA!" After these words the girl broke into a run and Inuyasha knew, despite his demon speed, he would never be able to catch her. Picking himself up off of the ground Inuyasha turned to find three pairs of eyes staring at him. "What are you guys lookin' at?" he growled.
"Nothing," Shippo, Sango, and Miroku all answered as they resumed in eating.
XXxX
"That jealous no-good, immature, dog-eared brat!" Kagome spoke to herself as she came to stand beside the quickly moving stream beside her. It was late and dark and quite frankly she was the only one there. Sitting herself on a large rock, she crossed her legs and leant forward a bit.
"Oh, yeah, heh. Ummm, if you wouldn't mind, can you please let me down?"
Kagome could almost hear her voice and feel the bump on her rear as she remembered Sesshoumaru dropping her.
"You know you just could have let me down easy."
"You instructed only to let you down. As so, I did."
"You should learn how to treat a lady!"
"As you may or may not know, I do not associate with humans outside of battle. I don't have time for such a useless thing."
If only the dog demon had realized just how much those words had stung. Vision blinded by an unexpected screen of tears, Kagome brought her hands to her face and cried. She cried not only for what Sesshoumaru had said but also for Inuyasha's words of jealousy and her untamed feelings that were galloping through her at an unseen speed. After a few minutes of this Kagome managed to overcome the tears and get herself under control. Through this all she couldn't help but smile. A good cry always did make one feel better most of the time. She supposed now would be a good time to return to her friends and apologize to Inuyasha for her bitter words.
Standing up Kagome failed to notice a misplaced rock and soon found herself tripping over it. As to where she landed was not on her schedule. Water that felt like ice soon encased her as she felt herself fight to stay above the stubborn stream that sped along the bank. She attempted to scream but was rewarded nothing but a mouthful of water. Coughing and spluttering for what little air she could catch, the miko tried to grab onto whatever she could. What felt like years passed and soon Kagome felt herself growing tired and less willing to save herself. With the feeling of sinking and eyes closing the girl managed to see a final image before her world became as black as the sky above. The image wasn't of a red-dressed hanyou but of a silver-haired, stone-armor coated dog demon.
-To Be Continued-
Author's Notes: -Insert evil laughter of doom- Gosh I love cliffhangers. I can imagine you all know who's going to save her and what not. I told everyone I would warn them when 'certain things' came to play in later chapters so be warned my precious readers! The next chapter will be when things really start to heat up. Review please! –G-chan.