The Other Side
Chapter 36
The Bond's Has Been Opened
It was two weeks later that it happened; Sesshomaru sat up, breathing heavily, trying to grasp what just happened. He looked around the room, noting that Kagome was right besides him and that his friend, Kenichi, and his half-brother, Inuyasha, were staring at him with wide eyes. They looked a little pale as well. "Holy fucking shit, you're awake!" Inuyasha exclaimed, pointing at Sesshomaru with his mouth dropped. Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at that, not entirely understanding why Inuyasha would yell that out.
Kenichi blinked, taking one look at the children that were staring at the male like he just came back from the dead. It was like that, he supposed. Sesshomaru had been asleep for two weeks and four days. "Welcome back to the land of the living, my friend," he said, a lot calmer then Inuyasha. Sesshomaru then turned to him with a blank look.
"Kenichi, go get everyone else," Inuyasha ordered as Kenichi gave him a dark look before listening and leaving to fetch the others. Inuyasha sat quietly, waiting the others to return as he watched his brother. "How are you feeling?"
Sesshomaru didn't say anything as he glanced down to the woman next to him. Inuyasha couldn't help it; he gawked at Sesshomaru when he cupped Kagome's cheek as he leaned down and started whispering things that Inuyasha couldn't understand nor hear.
The air around the three of them shifted as the older male backed up. Kagome sat up, panting as if she was breathing for the first time. She looked around the room. Inuyasha was making a great impression of a fish and Sesshomaru was looking at her with an unreadable expression. Kagome blinked then eased herself into a smile before wrapping her arms around Sesshomaru. "I was afraid he did something to you," she muttered into his shirt.
Kenichi came back with InuKimi, Touga, Miroku and Sango. Of course, he wasn't expecting to see Kagome up and hugging Sesshomaru. He joined Inuyasha in gaping. InuKimi sniffled as she walked further into the room, settling herself down in a chair that was to the left of Kagome.
Touga hung back and stayed near the door, watching the scene unfold with a knowing smirk. Miroku and Sango crossed the room and were near Kagome within seconds with smiles that their friend was awake.
"You have no idea how happy I am to see that you two are awake!" InuKimi admitted happily as Kagome let go of Sesshomaru and turned her attention to the female with a half-smile. "It's been a hell of a couple of weeks."
Sesshomaru and Kagome blinked simultaneous, then blinked again, then shared a look before glancing back to the others. "Weeks?" Kagome squeaked out. "Are you sure it's been a couple of weeks?" Now it everyone's turn to blink at that. Kagome turned to her bond mate. "I thought it was at least a little over a day?"
"At the very least," he answered.
"You two have been out for eighteen days," Touga said from the door.
Kagome looked to be trying to figure out how many weeks that was then her face dropped. "A little over two weeks?!" All of them nodded at her as she flopped back down on the bed to stare at the ceiling.
"What are those weapons in your lap?" questioned Miroku, once he knew that the two of them were okay. He watched both of them look to their lap as Sesshomaru's eyes went to their fullest. Kagome examined the bow in her lap in awe.
"Are these—they can't possibly be—what?" Kagome fingered the bow as she thought about just in seven hells the items managed to jump from that plane to this one. She stared at the sword that Sesshomaru had brought out of its sheath. "They came with us?"
"It appears that way. As to why, I am not entirely sure," Sesshomaru said quietly, mostly to Kagome, who was too flabbergasted.
There was a moment of silence before Kagome broke it, "So, what did we miss in the last two weeks?"
"Nothing really happened," InuKimi confessed with a smile. Kagome's brows furrowed in thought, almost like she didn't believe her. Inuyasha and Kenichi both, at the same time, made a noise with their throat that caused all eyes to travel to them.
Inuyasha had moved from the chair that InuKimi had taken and was standing closer to his newly alive father with Kenichi beside him. Kagome pinned them with a look that told both to start talking or she would see to it that she would hurt them. Inuyasha was the first to cave. "Two weeks ago—someone appeared next to the bed. It was a woman saying—"
Kenichi took over, "—that you two would awake in two weeks. She said that Fate—"
"—intervened and attacked something. She didn't actually say what Fate attacked but it was—"
"—one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. Both Inuyasha and I had a really bad—"
"—feeling and she also said that it was a matter of—"
"—life or death, should Sesshomaru accept wrongly," Kenichi finished. It was odd; they talked as if they were twins.
Kagome paled as Sesshomaru growled. "Did she tell you her name?" she requested as Inuyasha shared a glanced with Kenichi.
"Yeah, she said her name was Destiny," Inuyasha nodded.
"I give up! I'm so done," Kagome growled, pushing the bow towards her feet as she turned over and threw a pillow over her head. They all heard the mumble, "Can I please just be alone for once?"
"Kagome, that doesn't sound like a good idea. I mean, you just woke up," Sango pointed out but was silenced when Kagome snarled at her from underneath the pillow. Sango didn't know what to make of that, aside to be sad.
"Just get out!" Well that sure made the room clear out fast.
Sesshomaru looked down to her with a question on the tip of his tongue but withheld it for the time being. Instead, he focused on the bond for a second then felt it come to life. It consumed them both in calming waves. "I suppose Fate has more plans for us."
"As does Destiny for that matter," she said, her anger gone. She turned on her side to look up at the male. "I don't think I can do this; I don't think I'm the right person for this." He noticed that her eyes were dull as if she was shrinking into herself.
"Kagome," he uttered as her eyes flickered to a shine when her name was said, "there will be days that you feel as if you want give up but if you give up, you no longer want to work for it. Is that how you want it to be now?"
She didn't answer; she tried to search for the right words but came up with nothing. Did she want to give up on everything that they have been through now? No. "No; I want to be able to have a say in how I change my fate or destiny. I don't want them to decide for me," she paused then added, "but at the same time, I don't—think I have a choice in the matter."
"I see."
The next thing that happened—and Kagome would swear to every fiber of her being that she didn't know how it happened—but one moment they seemed to be fine, just talking, then Sesshomaru seemed to snap and he was on top of her. Kagome's eyes widened, staring up at him with her mouth parted. "W-What are you doing?"
Completely ignoring her question, he pondered, "You are not used to others saying that you are worth it, are you not?"
"What g-gave that away?"
"My half-brother has deprived you of a lot, so I will have to make up for it. That is my choice," he said with authority as her lip trembled. She stared at him with blurry eyes and gasped when he placed his own lips on hers.
And if it wasn't already blinding enough, the bond surged when Sesshomaru willing made contact with her. He absentmindedly noticed the colors swirling around them but ignore them for the moment as he grabbed ahold of her neck, bringing her closer to him.
Neither heard the door creak or the squeaks that followed but both definitely felt a pair of bodies colliding with them. Kagome groaned at the sudden pain—mainly because the bodies that fell on them, landed on Sesshomaru, pushing him further onto her body. The giggles that came with the bodies were named Shippo and Rin.
Sesshomaru let out a warning growl, one that Shippo bounced away from and flopped above Kagome's head. Rin didn't seem fazed by it whatsoever as if she was used to it, which she was. She crawled up and over her lord, playfully moving him out of the way to sit on Kagome's chest.
"Kagome, we should do something now that you're up!" Rin happily stated with a big goofy grin on her face as Kagome resisted the urge to pinch her nose.
Sesshomaru smirked when he heard Kagome muttered under her breath, "I was in the middle of something."
"Yeah!" Shippo agreed.
"If this is what having kids feels like, I don't want any—especially if they interrupt certain things!" Kagome complained with a moan that caused Shippo to giggle knowingly. Sesshomaru frowned at the thought of her not wanting to have children...
"Come on Kagome! Let's have some fun!" Rin tried and failed to push Kagome off the bed. If anything, Rin didn't seem to understand body language. The older female wanted nothing to do with fun; she wanted to sleep and rest or to go back to what she was doing.
"Rin, honey, how about we have some fun tomorrow?"
Rin's eyes watered at the thought of not having fun now. Kagome knew that if she looked at Rin's face, she would cave. Suddenly Sesshomaru's face was much more interesting then the girl, who was on her chest. His face was blank, eyes flickering over her then landed on Rin before going back to hers. Oh, damn him.
"You don't love me enough to play now?"
Damn her! Kagome was weak for guilt trips! Her mother used to do that to her all the time. She sighed deeply before giving in and saying, "Alright, I'll make a deal. You allow me an hour of sleep then come get me in an hour and I'll play with you while dragging Sesshomaru as well." His glare made Kagome throw a self-satisfied smirk his way.
"Promise?"
"I promise. Now shoo and let me sleep," she commanded as both children saluted her as they hauled themselves out of the room. Kagome turned on her side again and came face to face with Sesshomaru. "And you will let me sleep as well."
"Says who?"
"Says me, myself, and I."
"Hn, I do not see how that helps you in any case."
"Well it should."
"It does not."
"I said, it should. This is not allowing me to sleep."
"That is the point."
"I hate you."
"I am sure you do."
"I hate you so much."
"Hm?" He smirked at her as she turned on her left side to ignore him. She didn't get very far. He wrapped her in his arms, thoroughly enjoying the way that she struggled against him.
"Oh come on! Let go!"
"I think not."
"Don't make me send one of those purification balls at you again!" She smiled to herself when he went quiet then her mind went blank when she felt his mouth on her neck. Was does he always have the upper hand? And what was with him and her neck?
She felt rather then heard the rumble against her body. Kagome didn't need to know what that was but knew that he was pleased with himself. "Perhaps now would be a good time to see what happens when you open the bond fully."
Kagome paused. "That sounds like a horrible idea."
"You have an hour." Her jaw dropped open before she scoffed.
"You are unbelieveable!"
Sesshomaru chuckled at her. "Scared?"
Scared didn't even bring to decribe what she was feeling; she was downright terrified to do what he asked. On one hand, the bond would send shivers of pleasure throughtout her body, which she supposed should be a good thing. On the other hand, she gave into him as if she had no control.
She opened it.
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