Cause no one else cared
He had to be feeling better; he was talking, and making light humor, well to her he was, he was just stating facts. They sat in silence as she washed the blood away. He looked off and sighed in deep and let out fast, why on earth was she helping him? Stupid, she always over cared for people.
"I tried to kill you once."
"Once" She repeated not looking at him,
"I failed"
"You did."
He looked down at her "Why care Miko?" She cared when no one else didn't.
She looked up at him "You also saved me a few times."
"Only because you happened to be in the right place at the right time and you know it."
"Can't let a girl dream can you" She joked,
"You dream of me saving you?" He asked confused,
She blushed "It was kidding Sesshomaru, a joke?"
He looked away "Why not let the world be free of me if they fear me as you say."
She really didn't know, the moment she saw him bleeding to death, her skin crawled, and her heart jumped "I just, reacted, I saw you, my skin crawled, and my heart jumped"
She put the cloth back in the water, and he looked down at her again "I guess, I guess I care about you" Her heart raced, he could tell she was having a hard time with this "You care too much about everyone Miko."
She snapped her head up "It's not that, Sesshomaru Iv known you for what, 4 years, your, you, you have been in my life, and while I don't see you every day and we don't always get along, I think, I think I would be sad to see you go, Id miss you"
She would miss him?! This girl was crazy.
It went silent again, save the rain. He found after a while he didn't like the silence believe it or not "There is nothing your friends can do, you already have the answer."
"I know, I told them that if Kaede said the same thing as Kouga just to stay there, that I would come after the storm."
"You plan to stay with me?"
She looked up "You're ungrateful you know that, but I knew you would be, yes I am going to stay, no need to waste my effort now is there" She slightly snapped at him.
He laid back "Do as you please."
She shook her head "Your brother hates me now."
"Does it bother you?"
Odd enough, no "No, right now he is probably laying with her, and I, I don't really care, I'm tired of trying with him."
"You should sleep well knowing he can not sire a child with her"
"Sesshomaru, didn't you know?"
He looked at her,
"Kikyo is human now; she's not dead anymore."
He sat up "Explain."
"When we kill Naraku when her arrow hit the jewel, it saved her, she was its protector, after all, she did her job, she is ageless, she will forever be the jewels vassal."
"And what of you?"
She shrugged her shoulders "I am part of her, or was, so it affected me as well, I can't go come, but it seems I won't be able to stay here, now that he chose her"
"Are you also ageless?"
She smiled "Iv known that for a while, do you recall the princess, the one who wanted me because time did not affect me?"
He did recall that,
"It was then, she told me, I'll never die."
He laid back down "Never say never."
She shook her head,
"Miko"
"Hm"
"I need to leave this place."
"When you can walk, you can leave, why are you always in such a rush."
"There is something I must do."
"I know, you're the king of all things."
"That is not what I meant, will you aid me or not"
"What do you need" She sat on her knees next to him,
"Blood" The lighting hit at perfect timing,
She sighed and held out her arm "Well then Sesshomaru-sama, it looks like I am your only choice."
Their eyes met in a hash soul-searching moment, and he pulled up and took her wrist and looked at it "Your wrist is a waste of blood" He pushed it down, he looked up at her, and she followed his eyes to her neck, it made her lose her breath, but she understood and nodded slowly.
His hand brushed her hair back, and as he did so, she closed her eyes at his touch.
"Are you afraid."
"Not of what your about to do."
She could feel him lean closer to her "Are you sure about this Miko."
"Mmmhmm" She wished he would just do it already!
"Your heart is racing, I can feel it."
"You have never touched me like this before" She whispered, "If you where anyone else, I would think this was romantic."
He snorted air out of his nose, and though she could not see it, he held a slight smirk, but then his lips brushed her neck "This will hurt, but your neck will give me the most blood."
She swallowed hard "K."
He kissed her neck and sent goosebumps down her arms; then he bit down.
Blood rushed into his mouth, and it was warm, and he could feel her calming power, her blood would not only heal him but save him. He would not drink much, it would kill her, and this was different from a mating mark, he was not giving her power. Her hands went to his arms as soon as he bit down and at first she hissed, but then as he slowed and as his lips moved against her neck, she moaned, and he found it a pleasing sound indeed, in fact, if he were a lesser demon, he would lay her down and take more than she had offered to give.