Chapter 6
Rin and Jaken watched as their lord walked off further into the woods. He had been acting strange as of late. He dragged both of them all around, never having an actual destination, for several weeks. Never had they seen him behave so carelessly.
To some extent it worried Rin, but she could tell he was happy. The looks he had on his face at times were enough. While it was never a full out smile, his features were relaxed, and his eyes lost the hardness in them. Lord Sesshoumaru's happiness was all that mattered.
At night, when Rin was asleep, and only the males were awake, Jaken saw his master smile. Granted it was small, but it was still there, and had no inner meaning, except content. That on its own was amazing.
Both had watched as Sesshoumaru pulled out a strange object at sundown. Jaken knew it was a book, used to write in, from an odd world, completely different than Japan. Their lord wrote in it every night, for at least an hour, pausing once and a while.
Their lord was different, but that's why they love him.
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Kagome climbed up the small hill over looking the spring. She sat in the slightly dewed grass, waiting for Shinpi to arrive. After her discovery, the girl from the future decided that she would tell this unknown demon of her growing feelings.
The miko was one never truly sure of her emotions. They always changed, no matter what was going on. At first, she thought she disliked Inuyasha, but then she slowly grew to love him. Twice as fast, that love changed into an unbreakable friendship. And now, and now she was starting to fall for someone she did not even know.
The feelings Kagome held for Shinpi were different than those she had felt with Inuyasha. He listened to her, granted it was in writing, but he truly did. He did not have to write to her every day, heck, he did not have to write to her at all, but he did, and deep down Kagome knew that that was hard to do for someone with no patients. His dry sense of humor brought a smile to her face every time it was presented. Sometimes Shinpi would draw, trying to copy the futuristic pictures that Kagome grew up with. It was quite hilarious, and if he was really next to her as he did that, she most likely jump on him, hugging the demon.
A strong breeze brought the girl back to reality. It seemed to want to dace with her hair, but she did not want to play its game. She looked up to the bubbling spring, as if blaming it for the wind, even though she knew that . A soft thud grabbed Kagome's attention.
Looking to the ground, a sakura branch laid against the dark green of the night. Sakura flowers did not bloom in that time of year. It was fall, the opposite time of year to be exact. "That's odd,"
"How so?" a whispered question in her ear.
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Sesshoumaru had watched as the girl named Kagome walked into the clearing, and sat down. She was so childish, it was quite amazing. No one, not even Rin had been able to gain the lord of the west's attention in any way like this. When they had began to write, he had almost instantly become relaxed with her. Even now, with her scent much like honey drifting in his nose, Sesshoumaru was relaxed.
Grasping the sakura branch tighter, the demon ran past Kagome. He was quite amused when she looked at the spring, as if looking for him. Dropping the branch, he heard her mumble thoughts to her self. Sliding his face beside hers, he answered, almost seductively.
Excitement and fear entered Kagome's scent as she slowly turned around. When she directly looked at him, the fear when thru the roof, and her eyes increased considerably. He did not want her to fear him. At one point he might have, but now, after spending so much time getting to know each other, her fear was far from what he wanted. Her mouth opened, her pink tongue slipped out, licking her lips nervously. It made Sesshoumaru slightly aroused. Those large doe-like eyes shifted slightly, looking past him, and if possible became larger. The fear in her increased to unknown heights, making him slightly dizzy. She stood up abruptly and ran, the scent of tears reached his nose, stinging it slightly.
He spoke as soon as she was out of eyesight. "She does not want me." He said in almost tonelessly, but if you could listen to the slight emotion, you would hear the sadness in Sesshoumaru's voice.
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Kagome had run. Not from the fact that there was Sesshoumaru right behind her. That fact just freaked her out a little. She knew he was Shinpi, as soon as she turned around. It wasn't that terrible of a thought really. Either that, or her mind was still in shock. What really made her run was that there was a half- demon by the name of Inuyasha standing off into the distance of Sesshoumaru, a deep frown placed upon her face.
He knew. She knew he knew. What's worse, he saw, and now Kagome was going to pay the price for meeting up with a feared demon lord. Of course she could argue the point that she did not know that he was the demon lord named Sesshoumaru, but unfortunately she knew that Shinpi was supposed to be a demon. A demon by the name of Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha's older half-brother. How is it possible that life could become so twisted in just a matter of a few seconds?
As Kagome entered the hut in a hurried rush, both Sango and Miroku were jarred from their sleep. The girl ran to her bag, tears steaming from her eyes. This was too much for her.
"Kagome-" Sango was cut off by the door flap being pushed out of the way. In the frame, was Inuyasha, growling viciously. Miroku had moved to block the half-demon, but he merely pushed him out of the way. Sango went to help her husband up.
"Traitor," the gurgled word came out and lashed at Kagome.
Not being able to stand it, the girl grabbed the book that she communicated with, pushed Inuyasha out of the way, and ran, not even stopping to catch her breath. She placed the book down once she got to her destination. The old wood of the well seemed to invite her to jump into its depts.
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Mrs. Higurashi watched as her daughter entered the house late at night. When Naraku was defeated, the young girl would come by during the day, and sometimes at night, but never this late. The tears that streamed down her face were a sure sign that there was something wrong. Quickly, the older woman ran to young Kagome. "What's wrong, dear?"
After the question was asked, the shakes that racked the girl became much worse. She started to hiccup uncontrollably, and all Mrs. Higurashi could do was slide her hands back and forth on her daughter's back. Slowly she brought the girl upstairs, and placed her on the toilet seat. Moving away from Kagome, she turned on the water, and started the shower. As the girl cried, the woman undressed her, and placed her in the shower. After a few minuets of standing in the water, Mrs. Higurashi brought the girl out and draped a towel around her body. She brought the girl to her room and made sure that she got dressed, and was placed in her bed.
Kagome cried thru it all, never saying a word.
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"Inuyasha, what do you think you are doing?" Sango yelled from next to Miroku. She was disappointed at the one word the half-demon said to greatly upset the one true friend to any living soul.
Shippou woke up from the loud words, rubbing his eyes to see what was going on. He could tell that there was something going on between the humans and the dog demon.
The white haired male, ran off, not saying a word.
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Several days had passed. Kagome had returned the morning after the 'incident'. Inuyasha had disappeared all together. No one had mentioned anything to the futuristic girl, fearful that she would get upset.
Something had happened, and no one could tell what. Miroku, who knew about the rendezvous', did not know what was going on. All he could see was that his friend was going into a slight depression. That smile that had adorned Kagome's face, for the past few weeks, had disappeared.
"Sango?" Miroku looked to his pregnant wife. "Could you please distract Kagome. I fear that what is going on is going to eventually kill her." Sango nodded and went to look for her friend.
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This really was not the best time for anything. First off, her only chance to meet the male her dreams was ruined by his brother. Then said brother did not even show his face so she could yell at him.
When she had finally come back from her time, she had tried to write to Sesshoumaru, but he refused to answer. Somehow Kagome knew she ruined her relationship with the demon lord. After she had realized that, she did not sleep much, nor did she eat. Kagome could tell that her friends were worried about her health. That is why she agreed to go with Sango and Shippou to collect leaves for a fall festival that the village held every year.
"Look Kagome, I found an oak leaf!" Shippou exclaimed. The one he was talking to gave a small smile, and continued to walk, looking for more leaves. "Where are you going?" The young boy asked.
"I'll be just over here. Don't worry about me." Kagome gave another brief smile, and walked further into the woods.
'It's so hard to believe that I somehow fell in love with Sesshoumaru.' He had been on her mind ever since she had discovered that he was really Shinpi. The personalities between the two were the same, even though the Shinpi part of him told about his past. 'I just wish that none of this happened.' She did not need this heart break.
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Sesshoumaru was truly upset. Never had he been rejected by a female. Almost every one that he had passed in his life would try to get into his bed; most were rejected. Never had he ever felt anything for any of those females, but without even her being in his bed, she had somehow wiggled her way into his heart.
When Kagome had left him, running, he felt as if even a small child could easily destroy. He believed that when she had tried to write back to him, she was trying to humiliate him even further. He knew, deep down in his frosted heart that it was just a lie, he refused to write back to her, it would break him down even further, knowing that she would make things worse with 'lies'.
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Rin had never seen her lord so hurt before. He had come back one night, and commanded that they leave, telling Jaken that this place was now forbidden.
Sesshoumaru's form was slumped as he sat under a tree not far from Rin. He refused to look at anyone, his head in his hands. He was in a low point in time, and the young girl felt as if he had his heart broken. She did not need to know anything, except she had seen similar things to this when she grew up in the village. A couple would be in love, then they would have a fight. Both would be greatly upset for the next few days, and once they got back together, both would be joyous again.
Rin was going to make her Lord Sesshoumaru happy, all she needed to know was who the female was.
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As Kagome walked down the path, covered by trees. An odd tingling sense grasped at her mind. 'Jewel shards!' Instantly she ran in the direction. There were ten of them, and no matter what, she was going to defeat the creature.
As she finally got to the clearing, she saw the snake from earlier. He was lying on the ground sleeping, a slight hissing sound coming from his mouth. Kagome drew an arrow and placed it on her bow. Drawing in back she shot the large dart, missing the scaly creature by just a few feet. He looked at her, picking himself up with his even bulkier arms. Unexpectantly, he shot his large body at her. The only thing Kagome could do was drop to a fetal position.
OMG! I am so sorry that I was not able to update. My father decided to play musical computers with me, so I had to restart writing this chapter three times! Okay, well the story is almost complete, but I have some good news. I just saved a bunch of money on car insurance. JK (I can't even drive) I am actually planning on writing two new stories, so look for those!
