Kagome began her new life in the castle with a stumble and a jerk. The
jerk was Sesshoumaru, and the stumble was when he pulled her towards the
door. Recovering was only a matter of placing a hand on the jerk's
shoulder and gripping the fluffy tail for balance.
Of course, this resulted in Sesshoumaru stopping and turning his head, ever so slightly to pierce her with his cold, golden eyes.
Kagome refused to look cowed. She had had enough of that while traveling with InuYasha. If it was her time to go, then there was nothing she could do about it.. yet.
She did, however, remove her hand under the silent reproach of the figure in front of her. They resumed their way through the door and into an immense foyer of smooth marble and exquisite textured woodwork. Kagome also noted the fact that although they were moving at a brisk pace, Sesshoumaru no longer was gripping her wrist with the intent to bruise it.
Passing through an entry to the left, the silent pair entered a long hallway that Kagome assumed was the west wing. She had the feeling that unless she spoke up soon, she would spent the next few days confined and alone in wait of a non-existant answer from InuYasha. She had to ask, and soon.
There's no time like the present.
"Ano, Sesshoumaru-sama?"
Silence greeted her, so she waited a bit longer. More silence.. Time to try again.
"Sesshoumaru-sama?" Doors were being passed, and the hallways stretched for ages.
Obviously more drastic measures needed to be taken.
"Hey! Fluffy!" caused a tightening of the hand on her wrist and a quiet, venomous, "What?!"
"Does your palace come equipped with an arms-master?"
"." A long, pregnant pause filled the air, and then, chillingly, but curiously, "Why do you want to know?"
"Ano." Quick nitwit! Think of an answer to explain why you want to be taught self-defense without him getting suspicious! "Ano, since it might be a while before Inu-jerk gets around to coming over to you, I think that I could stay out of your way easier if I was occupied by something useful."
"You cannot find yourself some sewing or other mortal woman's work?" Kagome bristled at that. No self-respecting 20th century girl would let that comment go! "If you must know, Sesshoumaru-sama, it might do you well if I were taught to defend myself."
Smirking abounds on icy chiseled features. "And why is that?"
Tossing a smirk of her own, since she had long consigned herself to not worrying about the immediate status of her life, she replied, "If ever there was an attack, one of your precious youkai would not have to be detailed to guarding this worthless human investment of yours."
Sesshoumaru was startled that a human could come up with such sound logic. Really, he could not find fault with her freeing up his menials in these times of crisis in return for a few hours of teaching. Of course, he would not send his master at arms to teach the worthless girl. No, he would have.Another faint grin slashed across his features.The perfect teacher ready for her in the morning.
--Good place for a cliffhanger, no? --
Ah yes, I am a little snot. All flames will be fed to .damn, what does happen to the flames? Maybe if I ignore them, they will flicker out into oblivian.Eh, I dunno. Sorry ppl for this short chappy. It was just to get the creative juices flowing again after finals and midterms. Damn that college damn them! Please please please review. I wanna hear some suggestions to where I should take this. I know I said that it might be Sess/Kag/Inu, but I'm not sure where to insert Inu back in. Taskite!!!
Of course, this resulted in Sesshoumaru stopping and turning his head, ever so slightly to pierce her with his cold, golden eyes.
Kagome refused to look cowed. She had had enough of that while traveling with InuYasha. If it was her time to go, then there was nothing she could do about it.. yet.
She did, however, remove her hand under the silent reproach of the figure in front of her. They resumed their way through the door and into an immense foyer of smooth marble and exquisite textured woodwork. Kagome also noted the fact that although they were moving at a brisk pace, Sesshoumaru no longer was gripping her wrist with the intent to bruise it.
Passing through an entry to the left, the silent pair entered a long hallway that Kagome assumed was the west wing. She had the feeling that unless she spoke up soon, she would spent the next few days confined and alone in wait of a non-existant answer from InuYasha. She had to ask, and soon.
There's no time like the present.
"Ano, Sesshoumaru-sama?"
Silence greeted her, so she waited a bit longer. More silence.. Time to try again.
"Sesshoumaru-sama?" Doors were being passed, and the hallways stretched for ages.
Obviously more drastic measures needed to be taken.
"Hey! Fluffy!" caused a tightening of the hand on her wrist and a quiet, venomous, "What?!"
"Does your palace come equipped with an arms-master?"
"." A long, pregnant pause filled the air, and then, chillingly, but curiously, "Why do you want to know?"
"Ano." Quick nitwit! Think of an answer to explain why you want to be taught self-defense without him getting suspicious! "Ano, since it might be a while before Inu-jerk gets around to coming over to you, I think that I could stay out of your way easier if I was occupied by something useful."
"You cannot find yourself some sewing or other mortal woman's work?" Kagome bristled at that. No self-respecting 20th century girl would let that comment go! "If you must know, Sesshoumaru-sama, it might do you well if I were taught to defend myself."
Smirking abounds on icy chiseled features. "And why is that?"
Tossing a smirk of her own, since she had long consigned herself to not worrying about the immediate status of her life, she replied, "If ever there was an attack, one of your precious youkai would not have to be detailed to guarding this worthless human investment of yours."
Sesshoumaru was startled that a human could come up with such sound logic. Really, he could not find fault with her freeing up his menials in these times of crisis in return for a few hours of teaching. Of course, he would not send his master at arms to teach the worthless girl. No, he would have.Another faint grin slashed across his features.The perfect teacher ready for her in the morning.
--Good place for a cliffhanger, no? --
Ah yes, I am a little snot. All flames will be fed to .damn, what does happen to the flames? Maybe if I ignore them, they will flicker out into oblivian.Eh, I dunno. Sorry ppl for this short chappy. It was just to get the creative juices flowing again after finals and midterms. Damn that college damn them! Please please please review. I wanna hear some suggestions to where I should take this. I know I said that it might be Sess/Kag/Inu, but I'm not sure where to insert Inu back in. Taskite!!!