As midnight draws near, Kadae continues dancing and humming a song on the balcony. The moonlight bounces off her radiant black hair. She closes her eyes and spins around to bump into a large figure. A familiar voice speaks.
"It's getting late," Sesshomaru notes.
She steps back and looks up with a smile. On the contrary, Sesshomaru is looking downwards and to the side. His mouth seems to be in a slight frown.
"What's wrong?" Kadae asks as she begins to frown as well.
Sesshomaru looks up, but not towards her, but instead at the sky and walks to the edge of the balcony. "It's nothing."
Kadae follows him and leans against his arm. "Something's bothering you, Lord Sesshomaru."
"It's just…" he pauses. "No, I shouldn't involve you in any of this."
She lets out a heavy sigh. But as Kadae begins to open her mouth, Sesshomaru speaks.
"You should go to bed." He turns around and walks back into her room.
Kadae follows him in and he stands by her bed. She is confused, but lies down anyway. She closes her eyes, waiting for him to climb into the bed next to her. But instead, she hears him walking out into the hall and sees the candle beside her bed blown out. Kadae rolls over and stares at the door in sorrow. She pulls the covers over her head and falls asleep.
The next day, Kadae wakes up and turns her head to look out the window. The sun is high in the sky, and its location is marking near 3 PM. She had overslept- completely! She shoots up to get out of bed, but feels a great pain overcome her body. She clutches her stomach and puts a hand down on the bed in pain.
"What is this pain?" She says to herself. "Could it be…?"
Her eyes bolt open in shock.
"No, it couldn't be. Could it?" She leans over to look out the door to see if Sesshomaru is there.
"Sesshomaru?" she shouts.
A few moments later, the door pushes open. She smiles but then notices Jaken at the door, panting. The smile disappears.
"Jaken… where is Lord Sesshomaru?" Kadae asks him miserably.
"He is not here right now, I'm sorry M'lady."
"Please call me Kadae," she says with a slight smile.
"But Lord Sesshomaru has ordered me to-"
Kadae cuts him off. "I don't care what he said, please call me Kadae."
"In any case, Lord Sesshomaru is not here. He left quite early this morning. He told me not to tell you any of that, but I feel that I should. I just hope I don't get in trouble." Jaken pushes his index fingers together.
"Thank you for telling me Jaken. I'll see to it that nothing bad happens to you because of this."
"Oh! Really? Thank you very much M-" she gives him a smug look. "-I mean Kadae. What did you need from him?"
She grabs her stomach again. "I just don't feel good," she says as she peers down at her stomach. "…But it's nothing."
She lies back down in the bed and pulls the covers to her shoulders. Jaken leaves. She drifts back into a sleep again.
Kadae wakes up to hear Sesshomaru yelling and Jaken running around frantically. She tries to look out the door, but they seem to be in the dining room. Kadae slowly sits up, as not to feel too much pain. She turns to face the edge of the bed and slides over to it. As she tries to stand up, she falls on the floor.
"Ungh…"
She put her hands on the floor to support herself. Her arms are shaking as she pushes herself upwards.
"Why… why do I feel so weak?"
After multiple attempts, Kadae finally succeeds and is standing up. She grabs onto the wall and walks towards the door. She hears Sesshomaru's voice from the dining room.
"Jaken if you ever tell Kadae about this I swear to cut your head off!" he shouts.
Kadae finally reaches the door and looks out the hallway. Her vision is blurry, but she can see Sesshomaru's figure. She slowly walks towards it. Sesshomaru is still yelling but Jaken cuts him off.
"Lord… Lord Sesshomaru," Jaken says looking at Kadae.
"Jaken I was in the middle of a sentence! I highly doubt whatever you have to say is important enough to cut me off!"
"But it is My Lord…" he says pointing and looking at her.
"Hmm?" Sesshomaru says confused as he turns around.
As he turns around Kadae's vision returns slowly. He has blood pouring from his forehead and his normally white outfit is now completely bloodstained. The blood on his head had flowed down to almost cover the left side of his face.
"Sesshomaru…" Kadae mutters.
"Lady Kadae! What are you doing here?" he looks at her in shook.
She pushes on the wall to straighten her posture some more. "What happened?" she asks with drowsy eyes.
"I apologize for interrupting, but Sesshomaru, if we don't get you some help soon, you're going to bleed to death!" Jaken shouts anxiously.
Kadae's eyes widen. "…Death…?"
She lets go of the wall to walk over to Sesshomaru but falls. She wraps her arms around his neck and holds onto him. He looks down with the same expression from last night. Kadae pulls herself up and puts her head in his bloodied chest.
"Lady Kadae…" Sesshomaru starts. "Lady Kadae, please leave."
Her head shoots up. "Am I not supposed to worry about you? I can't just leave you when you look like this. I won't leave you."
"Lady Kadae," his eyes shoot down at her. "This is how my life is. I cannot hide that from you. If you do not like that, then I suggest you leave right now."
Kadae looks up in despair. "But I-" She was cut off as she collapsed.
"Lady Kadae!" Sesshomaru grabs her as she falls so that she doesn't hit the floor.
"Lord Sesshomaru, we don't have time for this!" Jaken shouts as he scurries around the room.
"Fine. Just let me put her back into her bed."
Sesshomaru carries Kadae back into her room, limping every few steps. He puts Kadae on her bed and pulls the covers over her. He brushes a stray strand of hair behind her ear and kisses her forehead, then walks out. He stops and looks through the door one last time in guilt, then leaves.
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Kadae rolls over, and then finally realizes if she has rolled over, then she's in bed. She sits up, once again with a similar pain as before. She looks out the large window and notices the full moon.
"Hmm… it's a lovely night… wait. NIGHT?" She thinks out loud.
Kadae tries to get out of bed, and notices dry blood on her outfit from earlier. She then remembers what happened and tries even harder to get up. After eventually succeeding, she walks towards the hallway. She grips the door frame with her right hand and puts out her left to stand still. Kadae stumbles from the sides of the walls, back and forth, towards the dining room, where she last saw Sesshomaru. Her vision wasn't blurry anymore but she still was having trouble walking. As she approaches the table, she can see the back of Sesshomaru sitting at the table, quietly drinking tea.
"Lord Sesshomaru…" Kadae says as she puts a hand on his shoulder.
He turns around to face Kadae. "Lady Kadae… are you feeling better?"
She looks down, "Not… not really. But I think I know what's wrong… I need to see a doctor from my time though."
Sesshomaru let out a sigh. "I see. I'll take you there and stay hidden for a while. Shall we leave in the morning?"
Kadae nods her head and Sesshomaru stands up. He helps Kadae back to her room, putting his arm around her waist and walking slowly. After getting her back to her room safely, Sesshomaru lies down next to her and pulls Kadae into his arms. She rests her head on his arms and falls asleep.
