8.) Action-seeking type of dialogue (...) in which the goal of one party is to bring about a specific course of action by the other party (8-9).
Kagome blushed in front of her computer screen. She was nearing the end of her examples and this one was particularly embarrassing. It was too good to overlook so Kagome typed it out with a pained expression on her face. Sesshomaru looked over at her and asked her if something was wrong. She turned an even, deep shade of red and shook her head. She typed like lightening after that, to get the example over with.
They had begun walked around the lake. Kagome still held Sesshomaru's hand. Her mind was hyper aware of this yet, at the same time, she did not seem to have a clue she was doing it. She was going to speak but when she looked at Sesshomaru's face she decided not to. He look very very deep in thought and she did not think that he want her idle chit chat at the moment. She walked beside him in silence.
Sesshomaru was deep in thought. He was not thinking about the future really, it was incredible but all it did was answer questions about Kagome; which is what he was really interested in. He knew she was different from the others in his time and now he knew why. He was glad he had been able to see this part of her world, which had clearly shaped who she was today. Sesshomaru thought about Kagome too much for his own liking but he found it hard to stop.
Once, when he was thinking about the kiss they had shared, Rin had stopped picking flowers to look at him. When she saw the look on his face, she ran over to him and asked: "Lord Sesshomaru, are you in love?" He had glared at her slightly but realized that she was only a child and her question had been innocent. But Rin's question made him think about this. He did not think he was "in love," as Rin put it, but he was having new and unnerving feelings for Kagome.
While he was walking next to her, he decided that he would try to get her to admit that she was attracted to him. If she was, which he was slightly sure of, then maybe he would consider advancing their relationship. When they were nearing the half way point of the path around the lake, Sesshomaru stopped walking and Kagome stopped as well, once she felt the tug on her arm.
Kagome turned to face Sesshomaru with questioning eyes. He looked down at her intensely and she shrunk into herself a little.
"Kagome, how do you feel about Inuyasha?" He asked her in a blunt tone. Kagome recoiled a little at the question.
"I love his very much... as a friend," She started. Sesshomaru could see she was thinking about what to say next and so he remained silent. Then she said, "he has hurt me a few too many times for me to feel too confident in any relationship we might start."
"So you want a relationship with him?" Sesshomaru growled a little but it was enough for Kagome to catch his sinister tone. She frowned at him.
This was good for her essay. Sesshomaru had committed the "fallacy of many questions." This occurs when a question is posed in an overly aggressive manner, presupposing commitment to prior answers to questions not yet asked (19) because of his tone and his assumption that her previous answers also applied to questions he had not yet asked. Sesshomaru also committed the fallacy of ignoratio elechi, which occurs when an argument is directed towards proving the wrong, or an irrelevant conclusion (19). Their conversation had turned from him asking her questions that led to very sloppy answers from her. His questions were about Inuyasha's relationship with her and her past feelings. She thought of another one he had committed as well! Argumentum ad baculum which was committed by an appeal to force or the threat of force to gain acceptance of a conclusion without giving proper or adequate argument for it. Sesshomaru had changed his stance to seem more dominant and threatening while he continued to question her. Kagome smiled to herself as she typed. Sesshomaru had many faults when it came to dialogue
"I do not," Kagome shot back quickly but her tone convinced neither of them. Kagome sighed in frustration.
"I think that you do," Sesshomaru tested her, "you seem hesitant to show your interest in anyone else. Are you afraid that if you do, Inuyasha will be lost to you forever?" Kagome opened her mouth to speak at his first comment but as he continued she left her mouth open but had no words to say. She was not liking this. She had refused to think about these things on her own and she did not like being forced into it now.
"That's not true," Kagome final managed to say, "I haven't shown interest in anyone else because..." She tried to find a reason but she could not. There was someone she was interested in... why was she hiding it. Then she added, "because I'm scared of rejection." Kagome knew there was some truth to that but Sesshomaru could see it was deeper than that.
"I think not. You are not so shy as to hide you emotion from someone you really are attracted to," Sesshomaru used this fact as more evidence for the supposed relationship between Inuyasha and herself. After his statement, he could see Kagome's resolve weakening and he shifted his stance to tower over her a little more. He knew that if she truly was interested in him then she would not back down. He knew she was stronger than that. Kagome felt his body heat closer to her and became scared for a slight second. Then she became angry. He was trying to force her accept his false conclusion! Kagome's mind screamed.
"Sesshomaru!" Kagome pointed an angry finger into his chest, "I do not love Inuyasha so stop behaving like an idiot! I like you! Okay!? But I would never want you to know that because humans disgust you and even though you kissed me I though it would be better to leave you alone since you looked fairly repulsed by what you had done. Got it!?" Kagome shouted at him in one long breath. Sesshomaru smirked, he had gotten just what he wanted. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her into towards him. He ducked his head down to kiss lips which, to his delight, were parted perfectly as she was about to say something. Kagome closed her eyes and felt her anger melt away. She wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned into him. Sesshomaru's arm slid around her waist and he pulled her tighter up against him. Kagome parted her lips and let Sesshomaru slip his tongue inside. She sighed deeply and he smirked against her lips. She broke the kiss and hugged him tightly. She felt so comfortable in his arms.
Kagome thought back on the memory fondly. That was only yesterday but it felt so long ago. She was comfortable in Sesshomaru's presence now that some unresolved questions had been answered. She did not like the "in between" stage they had been in after their first kiss. Kagome finished the last line of her essay and stretched out dramatically. She arched her back over her chair and she did not miss the way Sesshomaru's eyes locked on her form.
"I'm done," She told him with a large smile on her face, "I have to hand this in tomorrow so I'll take you back now and edit it after." Sesshomaru nodded and rose. Kagome opened her closet so he could grab his armour and put it on. Then they walked to the well together. Kagome jumped through with him and he held Kagome as he jumped out of the well. She watched as he took in the familiar surroundings of the feudal era. She could see a hint of love in his eyes as his gaze drifted over the trees and mountains. Kagome smiled to herself. She squeezed his hands to get his attention.
"I'm going back now. See you soon," She said to him and looked into his eyes. Sesshomaru cupped her chin in his large palm. He rubbed her cheek with his thumb and gave her a small, quick but tender kiss. Then he was gone so fast that Kagome's eyes did not have a change to catch the direction he went in. She stepped back onto the well and jumped in. She re-emerged in her time and climbed out of the well. She went back to her room and began editing her essay. She made sure her examples were equal length and that the formatting was good. She also changed her name to another. She laughed to herself as she read over her friends' antics. Then she printed it out and stapled it.
"There!" She said to herself. She was happy to finish the assignment.