Authors Note~
AHHH I'm so sorry i haven't undated TT_TT. I want to say i have been super busy with other stuff and make it sound ligit....but truth is im lazy :( and i haven't been motivated to write for a while, but i hope im out of that slump now and i can get back on tract. Thanks so much for your patients. hope you enjoy and sorry for any typos i don't have anyone to proof read my chapters _ lol.
When they landed at the castle kagome hopped off Ah-Un and waited for Rin and Jaken to disappear. Kagome smiled slightly as Jaken hurried to take Ah-Un to the stables, but Rin didn't go as easily.
"Come on Kagome," Rin said beconing for kagome to follow her as she headed for the castle.
"um.." thinking quickly she said what she thought would get Rin to leave. "I think I'm going to wait for lord Sesshomaru." she let a false smile curve her lips.
Rins eyes widened slightly "That's a great idea!" she blurted cheerfully. She turned to face Kagome, but stopped when Kagome spoke again.
"No, you should'nt stay out here Rin...it's to cold. Go inside and wait there." With a small pout the little girl turned back around and headed for the caste again. Her misfortune was quickly forgotten and she began humming quietly to herself. Kagome let out a sigh of relief when Rin left and as soon as the little girl was out of sight Kagome took off in the opposite direction of the castle.
'Gotta get outta here!' her mind screamed at her. She ran as fast as she could, despite the harsh ache she felt in her side, till she reached the forest. But soon her legs slowed down on thier own accord, and then she wasn't moving at all. 'Why am I running, he'll catch me if he wants to and then I'll be put through more hell.' she turned around looking back towards the castle debating weather or not to return. Without thinking about it her hand moved to her still sore side and she flinched. 'I'm sure I'll get much worse than this if he has to chase me down...' she let out a heavy sigh and just as she was about to start walking back towards the castle it started to rain. The cold water felt like ice against her skin, and in no time she was shivering. The ground was covered in water in a matter of seconds and Kagome sloshed through the slick mud. Rain was coming down so hard it was hard to see three feet in front of her, but she continued in the direction she knew the castle was in.
Just as the castle came into view, she saw the outline of sesshomaru as he landed. She froze, watching him carefully hoping he wouldn't turn around. But to her dismay he did.
When he turned around she froze. The words she was gonna say to explain herself, getting caught in her thoat as his eyes travled up and down her body taking notice that the haori wasn't doing a very good job covering her. With the haori being white and it raining, she was soaked and the light cloth clung translusently to her body. A faint flush colored her cheeks when she noticed him staring, and as she gazed down to see what he found so interesting she felt her whole body start to burn despite the freezing rain. She found herself, again, trying to preserve her modesty. Her faced showed first embarassment, and then flashed to anger. "What are you staring at you pervert!". She found herself wishing she had taken Rin up on her offer to go inside.
"Hn." Sesshomaru turned around without saying anything directly to her and headed inside. Instead of throwing indignant words at him, like she so offten did, she followed after him.
The chill of the wind was cut off when she stepped in the castle. It was surprisingly warm. She looked right and saw sesshomaru turn the corner at the far end of the corridor. Her feet hurried to catch up, but when she turned the corner he was gone. She walled down the hall slowly, passing an open door way, then stopped in front of one covered by a shoji screen. Kagome pushed the the screen aside with both hands and turned to face the room. Her breath stopped, because standing in the middle of the room was a half naked Sesshomaru. His wet undershirt discarded on the floor and his boots tossed aside. His hands were on the ties of his hakamas ready to loosen them when he turned around. "I'm....its not...I....I.. don't." Kagome failed misrabley to form a coherent sentence under his intense gaze. Her face burned a bright red. He waited a minute to see if she would try to explain again. When she didn't he walked past her stiff posture into the corridor.
"Follow." his commad was instiantly heeded. She couldn't look at him directly even though she'd be looking at his back. Instead she followed the water trail left by his dripping pants. They entered another room, but she didn't notice the change till she bumped into the back of him. Her head shot up, flushed yet again, and tried to mumble an aplogie. She was cut off "You will bathe." he instructed pointing to the hot spring in the middle of the room. She nodded and moved to the edge. She turned back to him, still not able to look him in the eye.
"Aren't you gonna..." She was cut off again.
"No, this Sesshomaru will wait in the next room till you are finished." With that he left the room briskly. When he was out of sight Kagome quickly dropped the haori and stepped into the hot water. A sigh escaped her lips and she rested her back against a rock. Then a thought struck her.
"what did he mean 'no, i'll wait in the next room.'? It's not like i was asking him to join me!" her face flushed again at the thought. "Stupid pervert." she mumbled under her breath.
A shuffling sound from behind her brought her out of her grumblings. She turned around to see the so called 'stupid pervert' standing in the entrance. Kagome ducked in the water. "Don't you have any sence of privacy!" she yelled. He gave no response but instead dropped the pile of clothes he was holding by the edge of the spring and left as quickly as he had come. Kagome huffed indignantly and began to scrub her body to rid it of all the sents and grime she had aquirred over the last couple days. She especially wanted to rid herself of his sent. when she finished with her body, she worked on her hair till she could run her fingers through it without getting caught on any tangles. She finished washing and stepped out of the water to examine the clothes. Her fingers found a fine blue silk kimono with a similar pattern that adorned Sesshomarus haori. She marvaled at the feel of the silk where it touched her skin. She picked up a silver obi and skillfully tied it around her waist before leaving to tell the arogant demon lord she was done.
Upon stepping out of the room she bumped into a half naked Sesshomaru again. He was still soaking wet, his pants must have been like ice against his skin. Briefly Kagome wondered why he hadn't changed, but then remebered his demon herritage and that he most likely coulnd't get sick by simply being cold.
Sesshomaru was going to check if the little miko was done bathing when something bumped into him. he looked down and saw Kagome. He insitintively sniffed her and found himself slightly mad when he couldn't smell his sent on her. Her face was one of puzzlement which quickly changed to understanding He found himself wishing he could know what she was thinking. His thoughts were interupted when she spoke. "Sesshomaru." a quick 'Hn.' Was the only indication he gave that she had his attention. "Do you ever get sick?" She looked up at him innocently.
He was taken aback by her question. He figured she was going to shout indignat words at him again, so he was confused by her sudden caring attitude. Not sure how to respond he didn't answer. When he didn't answer she asked another question. "Aren't you cold?" She asked reminding him of his wet state. He was going to shake his head 'no', but he relized he was cold. He took to long in answering her. "Nevermind.." she huffed. "Where am I to stay?" He was again caught off gaurd by her question.
"You are not planning to run again?" He asked without meaning to. She shook her head, looking dejected. "Follow." Kagome was begining to think that was his favorite command but she did as she was told. She followed him to another shoji screen. He pushed it aside to reveal a big room with a single futon on the floor, that was covered in thick looking furs that made her to run over to it and suggle up in them. She waited to tell her what this room was meant for though she was pretty sure she already knew. "You will stay h..." he was interuppted by a sneeze. Again without thinking, Kagome stretched up on her tiptoes and placed her hand against his forehead.
Her eyes grew wide with worry. "Oh my gosh, Sesshomaru, you're burning up. You need to ger out of those wet pants and get warm." Forgetting her anger at the demon lord for the time being she tried to push him back towards the hot spring. He didn't budge. "Now is not the time to be stubborn." She pushed him again and surprisingly he gave in. They walked back to the hot spring. "Get undressed and get in the water I'll be back in a little bit to check on you" Sesshomaru bit back a growl. He didn't like being told what to do, but despite it he obey, or rather did what he was going to do anyways.
Kagome ran down corridor after corridor looking for someone or somekind of information center. She was genuienly conserned for Sesshomarus health, she had never heard of a demon getting sick. After pointless wasted minutes of running around she tried to find a pan and a rag. After a few more minutes she was back at the hot spring. She timidly entered and kept her eyes averted from the demon in the water. "feeling any better?" she asked. No response. "Sesshomaru?". Still no response. She huffed andrisked a glance at him. He sat slumped against a rock, resembling someone who was passed out. "Sesshomaru!"
Kagome started to run to his side, then remember his clothing condition and Quickly ran the other way. She hurried down the halls again this time looking for clothes. She ran back to the first room she saw Sesshomaru in. She sighed in relief when she found a dry pair of hakamas and a haori to match. Quickly grabbing them, she rushed back to Sesshomaru to find him looking at her when she entered, an unwelcome smile graced her lips. She set the clothes on the side of the spring like he had done for her, and she walked out the door.
A few minutes later Shesshomaru appeared before her, no nod, no thanks, no nothing. He started to walk away from her when he wavered. She rushed to his side again, grabbing him around the waist trying to support him.
Sesshomaru turned from her and began walking away, trying to walk straight to keep his pride intact, but failing when his foots slipped. The miko rushed to his side and unexpectedly wrapped her arms around his waist, in a futile attempt to keep him standing. If he had gone down she coulnd't have stopped him. While he was angered that she thought she could be of assistance to him, he was also content with her very close proximity. Despite his contentment he pushed her off. She stared at him as he tried to walk again. Hsi head felt light and dizzy, and when he placed his hand on his forehead he could feel the outragious out of nowhere heat. His vision blurred a little around the edges and he stumbled again. Kagome was at his side, but this time he didn't push her off. He let her 'help' him walk. When they neared the Kagomes room, she broke the akward sileince. "Where's you room?" she peeked up at him from under his arm. He pointed at the door down the hall from Kagome.
Kagome shoved the shoji screen out of the way and watched as the ever stoic demon made his way to the futon. Beore he could even get on the bedding Kagome was gone. He looked around for her relieved she was gone and not wittnessing him in this state anymore, but also dissapointed that she wasn't by his side. He quickly shook that last thought from his head, and was about to lay down when Kagome reappeared in the door way holding a wooden basin with steaming water in it. She set it on the ground and dipped a rag in it then rug the excess water out. she folded it into a triangle then made to set it on Sesshomarus forehead. He grabbed her arm "You do no have permission to touch this Sesshomaru's person." he bit out. His strength for holding her off waned when he remembered how much relief her touch brought last time his head was throbbing. He let her go and waited for her to continue being uncharacteristically helpful.
She waited a minute after he dropped her hand, afraid he might bite her or something. When she reached forward a little and, he showed no signs of resistance, she continued. GEntly brushing his bangs aside, she placed the hot clothe on his forhead. She sat there for a while and watched him, and his sudden cough made her jump. Tonight was going to be long.
You know I'm not really sure if Sesshomarus sudden illness has to do with me being suddenly ill as of yesterday night or just cause i wanted to......oh well i guess. Hope you enjoyed this chapter :)