Chapter 19
Once everyone was ready to leave, Inuyasha led them all toward Kaede's village.
"No! We have to keep going!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Isn't he eager to her rid of Kagome?" Sango whispered to Miroku and Sesshoumaru.
"But we're tired Inuyasha! We need to stop!" Kagome yelled back "We are either human or a demon child! Not including you or Sesshoumaru. We need to rest!"
"Well Shippou will never get any stronger if he's always resting! And you need to stop being such a weak human." He shouted at her.
"Well then." Kagome said, her voice was so cold you could almost imagine the penguins walking by. "You can go ahead and I will meet you there. A weak human such as myself has no right to make you wait to go see your precious Kikyo!" With that she turned her back to Inuyasha, who was frozen in place, and walked over to the others.
When she sat down under a tree, Sango and Shippou went and sat beside her, they all grabbed some water bottles and some snacks, and Kagome offered some to Miroku and Sesshoumaru who had walked over to them but hadn't sat down. Once everything was all handed out to everyone but Inuyasha, who was being ignored by everyone but Miroku (he couldn't ignore his friend) they all became busy in eating and drinking.
"Well I might as well make my list now. Who wants what from back home?" Kagome says breaking the silence "I'll being the usual, some batteries for you Sango, so you can listen to some more music. Anything else?"
"could you bring some colouring books and crayons Kagome?" Shippou asked, "For me and Rin?" He quickly added, knowing that Rin would want some also.
"Of course Shippou." She smiled.
"Could you bring those soaps for your hair?" Sango asked, running her fingers through her dirtying hair. "Mine is no where near as soft as it was before."
"Of course, there would be no way I would leave home without more shampoo and conditioner!" she laughed.
"When you said the usual…was the soda drink that I love included?" Miroku asked looking hopeful.
"It certainly was." Kagome laughed "I know how much you love them and it would be just mean not to bring you some. And I'll bring a few things for you and Rin to try Sesshoumaru." She added, turning and speaking to Sesshoumaru now.
"Thank-you." Was his reply.
When Kagome looked in Inuyasha's direction she noticed his hesitant look. "Yes Inuyasha, I'm bringing more Ramen, and potato chips." She sighed. 'The same thing every time." She thought. 'I'm glad that Sesshoumaru will be able to tell me if he's gone to see Kikyo, my trip this time will be much more relaxing.'
"Kagome…Kagome!" Sango was now waving her hands in front of Kagomes face, successfully snapping her out of her daze "Oh good." She sighed.
"Huh?" Kagome asked stupidly.
"We thought we lost you there." Miroku joked, Sango giggled, and Kagome laughed nervously.
"So what did you want to tell me?" Kagome asked, quickly changing the subject.
"Oh yeah, we were supposed to tell you that we are leaving now." Shippou said, hopping on Sango's shoulder and remembering what he was told. "Inuyasha would have came and told you himself, but he was scared because of how angry you got at him when you told him we needed to stop. And Sesshoumaru went to go and get Rin who went to go and pick flowers."
"Oh alright then. I'll just pack my things and when Sesshoumaru gets back with Rin, we can leave." She said, getting up from her seat under the tree ad packing her things. "Did anyone see a stream near by?" she asked, holding the dishes that the snacks had been held on, indicating that she needed to wash them.
"Yeah, there's a small one just behind those trees." Sango said pointing in the direction of the stream.
"Alright, thanks. I'll be back in a little bit." Kagome smiled and walked away.
"Would you like someone to accompany you Kagome?" Miroku asked, not sure if she should be going on her own when no one knew anything about this area.
"No, but thanks, I won't be too long." She replied with a wave.
Sesshoumaru was walking back to the camp site with Rin in tow, when he smelt Kagome's sweet scent. 'Where is that girl going? Doesn't she know that it could be dangerous around here when she is by herself?' he thought to himself. So he quickly brought Rin back to the camp and headed off to go and get Kagome, ignoring the groups complaints about his leaving too close to when they would be going after Inuyasha.
When he found Kagome, she was on her knees with her sleeves rolled up so they wouldn't get wet and she was washing dishes. She still hadn't noticed him there yet, so he slowly and silently walked right behind her, watched her for a moment and said "you know, anyone could have attacked you right now." He saw her jump at the sudden noise. She looked up and when she was it was Sesshoumaru, she let out a small gasp. Then smiled.
"You scared me. You shouldn't sneak up on people like that." She scolded gently.
"My apologies. But you are aware that I could have been any demon. I could have attacked you at any moment." He answered.
"But you weren't, so it's ok." She dismissed the thought, or the warning, whatever Sesshoumaru wanted to call it. "It's not like I was putting anyone in danger."
"You certainly were." Sesshoumaru almost yelled, but he remembered his emotionless demeanor and controlled himself as much as possible "You put yourself in danger."
"Oh no I didn't!" She insisted
"Yes you did, you were not aware of your surroundings, surroundings where any demon could have attacked and no one would be there to help you."
"That's where you're wrong Sesshoumaru, you where there." Kagome giggled.
"But you were not aware that I was there." Sesshoumaru insisted, emotionlessly.
"But just because I didn't know you were there doesn't mean you weren't." she said.
"Why are you throwing away your safety so carelessly?" he asked, almost sounding shocked…almost, he was still emotionless.
"As long as I'm not putting anyone else in danger it's alright. I would rather put myself in danger rather then someone else." Kagome sighed.
"Just because you put others safety above your own does not mean that you much completely disregard your own." Sesshoumaru explained. "And if you still feel that you must, then I will worry about your safety so you do not have to burden yourself with it."
"Thanks Sesshoumaru, that's really sweet." Kagome sighed. Her vision began to blur as tears formed in her eyes, one fell down her cheek and Sesshoumaru took a clawed hand and wiped it away being careful not to scratch her with his deadly poisonous claws. She looked up at him and smiled gently before saying "We should probably head back. The others will start to worry." And she headed back in the direction of Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kirara and Rin.
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