Chapter 6
Ryu shivered in the elevator, rubbing his arms, the thought of Sesshomaru's face as he left the office haunting him.
"Are you alright" the receptionist questioned as he headed for the exit of the building.
"I'm fine" he nodded, looking at his faded reflection in the glass; he could see that his blood had drained from his face.
"I guess this is what happens when you get threatened by Sesshomaru" he chuckled nervously, walking down the street he made his way to the park close by, hoping the peaceful silence would clear his mind.
Ryu made a bee line for his favorite spot in the park, often he would come here to rest when he was digesting a meal that cause him problems. Coming to a more mountainous area of the park, he climbed up a tree to make his way on top of a large bolder. The sun bathed these rocks in delicious heat every day, even in the winter, once his body got rid of the initial chill he could soak in the heat of the rocks.
He stretched his arms over his head, rolling his jacket up; he placed it under his head. Quickly the light of the sun faded and he was peacefully asleep.
Ryu stirred as the sound of sobbing reached his ears; rolling onto his stomach he looked down to see a teenage girl crying. He could tell she wasn't youkai, he felt no challenge to his own.
He sighed, knowing his nap was over, and he couldn't exactly sneak away seeing as the girl was beneath the tree he used to get up to and down from the bolder, once again he sighed, knowing he would have to speak to the girl or wait for her to finish crying and leave if he wanted to continue to sleep here.
He coughed lightly, trying to get the girl to notice his head peeping over the rock.
"Oh" she looked up, shocked to find someone with her. "Were you…were you watching me" she asked nervously. Ryu shook his head quickly, a slight blush spreading over his cheeks.
"No, no" he stated, shaking his hands as he climbed into the tree. "I was asleep" he smiled down at the girl, carefully making his way down the tree.
"Oh, did I wake you? I'm sorry" She wrapped her arms around her knees, watching him climb down.
"It's alright…sooo" he started awkwardly, shuffling his feet, "are you alright" he asked, sitting down next to the girl.
"Yeah" she sniffled, flicking her hair from her face.
"Want to talk about it" he asked, lightly nudging her side, she smiled back at him.
"I guess it won't hurt. Today was my high school entry exam, I stayed up all night studying and overslept" she sighed heavily, picking at the laces of her shoes, "I almost missed the most important thing in my life" she exclaimed, shaking her head. "I ran some guy over and didn't get to say sorry, which I feel guilty about. And now I'm just so nervous about whether I got in or not. I guess I was crying because of stress. I'm sorry I woke you" she breathed deeply and smiled with relief.
"Thanks, I feel better, the main reason I came here was to relax" Ryu smiled back at her, patting her back.
"No problem, I usually come here to relax, maybe that's why you came here. We were supposed to meet" he reached out to shake her hand, "My name's Ryu" her hand slipped into his open one.
"My name is Kagome Higurashi" Ryu's eyes widened in surprise. Kagome Higurashi, maybe we were supposed to meet, he mused.
"Well" Kagome pulled her hand back, "Thanks for helping me, I have to get home or my mom will kill me" with that said she picked up her bike that was close by and left.
"Bye" Ryu waved aimlessly completely lost in his thoughts.