A/n: I own nothing. Please review it inspires me to write.
He put his sword back in its sheath and supported the fallen demon from the forest floor. He placed the woman on the dragon's saddle and they traveled towards the west. Rin smiled as she follows their lord.
Kagome
Kagome felt horrible, her head hurts like hell and her body feels as if she was ran over by a truck. She put her hand on her face to feel if it was still intact, no wounds, scars, the eye-patch was still there, and besides her aching body everything was fine. She tried to sit up and stifled a groan as pain shot through her body, 'pathetic, even sitting up is a challenge for me' she thought dejectedly.
She opened her eyes to adjust to the light, she noticed immediately that she was lying inside a cave; she noticed the burnt firewood near her it was already put out. Her hands fell on her chest as she remembered the attack of the *oni yesterday, she was surprised to feel that she was bandaged and by the scent someone putted healing herbs to prevent infection.
She stood up and held on to the cave walls for support, she followed the sunlight to find the exit. She straightened her back and went out of the entrance. She squinted her eye to adjust to the sunlight; she immediately noticed that she was out of the foggy forest from yesterday and into a beautiful field filled with yellow flowers. She suddenly turned around when she heard movement she tried to reach for her gun to find it was not in her holster. She saw that the dog demon from yesterday standing with only his *juban on. "I see you're awake" he stated, his golden eyes glaring coldly at her, Kagome returned her own glare.
"How long was I out?"
"About a day since yesterday"
"Why did you help me?"
"This Sesshoumaru did not help you. You are of use to me"
"You are in no position to tell me what to do, and besides I don't follow orders from anyone"
"You will, if you want this back"
Sesshoumaru took out a black object; she noticed that it was her gun, he pointed it at her the same way she did yesterday and it looked as if he was using a gun for years. She glared harder at him; if looks could kill he would be dead already. Kagome took a step forward with her claws extended with blue flames extending through her fingers and went into a fighting stance. Sesshoumaru returned the strange object into the sleeve of his juban and extended his own claws and filled it with his poison and went into a fighting stance. They raced towards each other to swipe the other with their claws. "Sesshoumaru-*sama, come look at how pretty I made master Jaken"
Both of them stopped at mid-air with their faces only inches from each other as well as their claws, Kagome looked over Sesshoumaru's shoulder to see a young girl of ten with her brown hair filled with yellow flowers. Sesshoumaru and Kagome both gracefully landed on the ground. Sesshoumaru turned to face the little girl and patted her gently on the head "Rin, I will see what you have done to Jaken later" he said indifferently. Kagome raised her eyebrow at their interaction, it was hard to believe that an aristocratic assassin is being nice or as close to nice he can be to a human child; she putted up her poker face when the little girl returned to, what was his name Jaken.
"I want you to wash that when you're done" he said whilst not looking at her. She looked down at what she was wearing, she was so exhausted that she didn't even notice that she was wearing his *haori "What happened to my clothes?" she asked suddenly
"'twas burned for it was too much filled with blood and 'twas too torn up for you to wear anyway"
"my trench coat?"
"You'll have to ask Rin, she took it while she bandaged your wounds" he started to walk away
"Can I have my gun back?"
"We'll see"
he took off, leaving Kagome in the clearing alone. She scowled at the demon that is slowly disappearing in the horizon, she sighed and scented for the human girl Rin, and she scented that she is only by a clearing where there is a lake and waterfall. She saw the little girl joyfully frolicking and picking varieties of flowers and messily putting the flowers in her hair, she saw the toad thing yelling at the little girl
"Rin stop fooling around (sigh) you impudent child"
"Oh, master Jaken loosen up" she smiled brightly at the kappa
Kagome stepped out from behind the trees and Rin went to her while holding bunches of flowers.
"How are your wounds ah-"
"Kagome"
"Kagome-sama"
"Kagome"
"Kagome-*san"
'This child is unbelievably respectful' Kagome thought as she looked at her bright brown eyes
"You must be looking for your clothes; I washed them while you were asleep. 'Tis right there by the tree" she said while pointing at the tree with Kagome's clothes. Kagome nodded at the child as a sign of thanks, if it was possible her smile was even bigger than before, Kagome was afraid that her face will break. Rin began to run towards a dragon demon with two heads and took his reigns to lead him to a patch of grass. Kagome headed towards the tree were her clothes were hung. She stopped near the lake and started removing her red *obi and the haori of Sesshoumaru. She started to wash some of her blood out of the fabric and hung it by the tree.
She carefully removed the bandages, her wounds have healed nicely it only has pink tender flesh and would soon heal, she removed her eye-patch, and she removed her leather boots and she removed her belt and her leather pants and neatly folded them and placed it on the grass. She jumped into the cold refreshing lake; she noticed her reflection on the lake. Her right eye looked like a broken mirror with only four pieces of the shards glittering under the sunlight. 'I still need to figure out why this is inside me. I want answers' her eyebrows knitted in concentration as she runs her fingers through her hair.
She waded in the water and walked towards the shore, she noticed Rin coming towards her with something, a parcel perhaps.
"Here you go Kagome-sama; Sesshoumaru-sama wanted me to give you this since your clothes got dirty" Rin handed Kagome the parcel and removed the string that tied it closed, it revealed a black silk kimono designed with white *sakura blossoms scattered on the sleeves and across the chest, its edges was red like blood and it also has matching black shoes. Rin's eyes glittered as she watched Kagome with childish glee. Kagome nodded as a sign of thanks then Rin ran back towards the dragon.
Kagome stared at the kimono with no expression. She contemplated on how she will wear it because the kimono though beautiful will restrict her movements. She thought about it for a while and came up with an idea.
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Sesshoumaru
He continues to fly in search of his father's trusted sword maker, Totosai. Ones he crossed the large mass of darkened earth. He saw the sword maker's home, a very large skull of a demon; he landed by its mouth where the entrance was. He saw the old man shooting fire from his mouth forging a new sword; he saw different kinds of demon bones and blades for sword making. The old man finally noticed Sesshoumaru's presence and turned around to see the demon lord in all his glory
"What brings you here lord Sesshoumaru?" he asked casually.
Sesshoumaru took out Kagome's strange weapon and handed it to Totosai. He examined the black object, its edges lined with gold design, his hands fumbled with the strange object, he accidentally opened the side of gun revealing 10 holes with only three gold objects stuck on three of the holes, and he concluded that it was the ammo of the strange weapon.
Sesshoumaru noticed the old man's face which was filled with curiousness and awe; he obviously doesn't know what that thing is. "This could be *Tanega-shima, but it is much more developed and its ammo is not simply black powder." his eyebrows knitted in confusion as he tried to figure out where Sesshoumaru would get such an advance weapon.
Totosai outstretched his right hand to Sesshoumaru, one of his eyebrows raised at the gesture.
"Sesshoumaru, I need you to unsheathe your sword I will need to see something"
Sesshoumaru unsheathed his bakusaiga; Totosai putted the strange weapon on the flat surface of a rock and Sesshoumaru stood before it; he raised the sword and green lightning came out going towards the stone table.
A loud explosion caused clusters of dust and smoke to surround the two beings within the demon skull. Totosai coughed off the smoke he inhaled whilst Sesshoumaru covered his nose and mouth with the sleeve of his kimono. When the smoke cleared it revealed that the whole table disintegrated but the black object remained without the slightest dent on it.
Totosai took the object and cleaned it using a clean cloth and also used some oil to make the weapon shine and ones he was done he covered it in a white cloth and tied it with a string. Sesshoumaru watched Totosai take care of the weapon and handed it to him. Sesshoumaru turned around preparing to leave "Oh do you mind finding out what that weapon is made of I would like to use it on one of my weapons" Totosai said; Sesshoumaru flew on his cloud and returned to his companions.
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Kagome
Only the stars were out on the sky; Kagome sat Indian style and stared lazily into the fire and contemplated on whether to go home or stay here and look for the answers she is seeking, not that she could go and look for the village and well she will probably end up lost, much more than she already is. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Rin roasting the meat of the rabbits she hunted, skinned and gutted for her. She smelled Sesshoumaru from a few kilometers away and will land in 3,2,1. Sesshoumaru appeared as if on cue in front of the cave Sesshoumaru landed gracefully.
Rin noticed that her lord is back and stood up and went to greet him with a bow and 'you're back Sesshoumaru-sama'. Sesshoumaru patted her on the head, both of them sitting by the fire. Kagome continued to stare into the fire as if in a trance, Kagome noticed that Sesshoumaru was staring at her so she turned her head and both of them caught each other in a gaze. Kagome stood up from her seat and went over to Sesshoumaru; she gave him the haori and obi which was washed and neatly folded. Sesshoumaru nodded and she returned to her place by the fire.
Rin ate in silence while Jaken poked the fire with a stick and added a few logs to keep it aflame,
Ah-Un lay near the entrance of the cave to keep watch. As Rin finished her dinner
"Rin go to sleep" Sesshoumaru said
"But can Rin hear one story" Rin pleaded. Sesshoumaru was taken back by her request, she never asked for a story before.
"Why don't you ask Kagome?" he said coolly
"Huh?" Kagome snapped her attention to them at the sound of her name.
"Will you tell Rin A story" she said with a puppy dog look
Kagome's eyes widen at the request she never told a story before. She glared at the dog demon who had his eyes closed but she knows he isn't asleep 'd*mn b*stard's smirking' she thought spitefully.
"What kind of story would you like?"
"Hmm, how about a love story about a princess and a prince"
"Alright I'll tell you the story about Romeo and Juliet"
Sesshoumaru listened to Kagome as she relayed the story to the enthusiastic child as she listened, he smelled tears when Kagome was in the part were their parents discovered their secret love and was forced to be apart.
"Will they ever meet again?" she said tearfully.
"Please stop crying" she never can handle a child who cried. Rin nodded and sniffled
"When their parents noticed how miserable their children were they decided to have a peace treaty, thus allowing their children to be married and they live happily ever after" Sesshoumaru noticed her lie and wondered why.
"That was an amazing story Kagome-san. Goodnight" she curled up by the fire and fell asleep.
When Rin's breathing evened out Kagome stood from her seat and went out of the cave and into the cold night. Sesshoumaru stood from his position and followed Kagome out of the cave. He found her sitting in the field of flowers meditating he walked over to her and sat in the same meditating position as her. Kagome opened her eye to see Sesshoumaru by her staring.
"If you're wondering why I'm wearing the kimono like this it's because it will hinder my movements" the kimono has its right sleeve completely cut off which showed her right arm filled with silver markings of vines with curled leaves and eight pointed stars at the ends, the kimono was also cut just above her knees with slits on both sides, the obi tied a container of sorts for the weapon he took from her.
"Tell the real ending to your story"
"You mean Romeo and Juliet. The ending is not for children to hear"
"What is it?"
"Do you really want to know? Alright." so she began telling the original ending where both the lovers died which cause the peace between the two families.
"So both the lovers died that is why I don't want to tell her"
"Rin has seen death straight in the eye I don't think that a death from a story will bother her too much"
"She cried, what was I suppose to think? And what do you mean she looked death straight in the eye?"
"She died before"
Silence filled them until Kagome spoke up
"Ha ha very funny, tell me what really happened"
"Her village got attacked by demon wolves and three of them got to her and I found her on the forest dead"
"What about her parents?"
"Killed by thieves"
"But how?"
"I used tenseiga to revive her"
"You can revive the dead"
"…."
"Why did you revive her?"
"To return a favor"
"What could possibly a young girl do for you to owe her"
"…"
"Can I have my gun back?"
Sesshoumaru took out something covered in cloth and handed it to Kagome; she pulled the string and revealed her kuroneko which was cleaned and shined. She opened the barrel and saw only three bullets left; she putted seven additional bullets and putted the gun back in its holster.
"What is it made of?" Sesshoumaru asked
"The gun?" Kagome said
"It is made of orichalcum a kind of metal which is very rare and the strongest material known in my time"
"Your time?"
Kagome noticed her slip and has no choice but tell him the truth.
"I came from the future"
Sesshoumaru noticed no lie in her scent.
"In this well I found I fell in and got here"
"How far?"
"Five-hundred years from now at least I think it is"
That explains her strange clothing and things but is time traveling even possible? Sesshoumaru thought, 'I will have to ask her as to how this well works' Kagome stood up from her seat and went back inside a cave but not before saying a goodnight to Sesshoumaru. Kagome noticed the fire was out so she let Rin borrow her trench coat as blanket for the night; she settled herself by the cave wall and closed her eyes.
Next day by noon they encountered several lower class demons their reasons were either to foolishly challenge Sesshoumaru or get more shards of the youkai no shinju. Kagome has already collected about twenty shards but she knows there are more out there. After a few minutes after noon they saw a human village just below them.
"Sesshoumaru-sama do you mind if we stop? I will need to buy a few things from that village" Kagome asked
"Lord Sesshoumaru would be caught dead in that filthy *ningen village" Jaken exclaimed
"I'm not asking him to come with me, I only asked permission to go to that village"
Sesshoumaru has placed himself beneath a tree and closed his eyes
"I guess that would be a yes"
"Can I come?" Rin asked
Kagome nodded and closed her eyes and chanted a spell that conceals her demonic attributes, after her chant her claws turned into dull human nails, her demonic markings disappeared, her fangs appeared as dull human teeth, and her elfin ears appeared as human ears.
"Kagome-san, why did you change?"
"If humans knew I was a demon it would cause an unnecessary ruckus"
"Oh"
They walked hand in hand, when they reached the village they were greeted with different sights and sounds. Lots of vendors shouted the kinds of items they are selling and their prices, many children ran around by the streets playing. Rin saw a jewelry shop with different kinds of ornaments; she walked to it with Kagome and looked.
"Kagome-san look" she said while pointing to a sapphire crescent moon necklace
"Do you want that?" 'She certainly idolizes him' Kagome thought.
Rin nodded shyly
"Excuse me, give me that one." She said to the woman selling them
"Do you want it wrapped?" she said politely
She shook her head and took the necklace from the sales lady and clasps the necklace around Rin's neck. Rin's eyes sparkled with glee and said "Thank you very much Kagome-san" Kagome nodded.
Kagome headed for another shop that sells a variety of weapons. She went through the door, leaving Rin outside within her hearing range, different types of *katana were hung by the wall, on a table were different kinds of throwing and grappling weapons, on another table were different kinds of daggers but one has caught her eye; a dagger with a golden hilt encrusted with rubies. She took it and examined the weapon she felt a demonic aura coming from it and it's a powerful one.
"Look boys, a little *onna" one rough looking man said
"Hey what's a little girl like you doing in a place like this?" another said
She let the comments slide since their only human; she took the weapon and started going to a man behind the counter who looked about in his mid fifties
"Excuse me; I would like to buy this dagger"
The man turned his face to her with a scowl "Why should I sell it to you? You women should be doing household chores, not playing with weapons like they are mere toys" he said disdainfully
That was the last straw Kagome balled her hand into a fist and punched the counter breaking it in two
"I have no time for games. If you want to leave here with your lives, I suggest you stop insulting me" she coldly replied
The man shook and stuttered "Fine just go away" Kagome gave him the money and left
Kagome saw Rin waiting just outside the shop; she slid the dagger inside a black sheath and slid it in the opening of her kimono. Rin walked towards her and took her by the hand. They were about to go outside the village when Kagome stopped in her tracks "Kagome-san, what's wrong?" Rin asked, and then suddenly smoke covered the whole village. Kagome tried to cover Rin's nose with her sleeve but she alredy inhaled some of the gas. Rin became limp in her arms; she wouldn't be affected since the sleeping potion is only made for humans. Kagome quickly took Rin and ran out of the village. She made her lie down just beneath a tree. She sensed three shards coming their way 'she'll be fine Sesshoumaru is just above us' Kagome ran back into the smoke being careful with her steps; she nearly stepped on one child that passed out. She found a place on the floor and pretended to be asleep; she evened out her breathing to make it believable for the demons that decided to attack the village. She felt herself being lifted up by the one who holds the shards and smelled the sweat that was so overpowering for her nose; she nearly gagged but forced herself not to because she doesn't want to give herself away. She saw other women being carried away as well, she dropped her black shoe to help the others track her, and you know if they are going to.
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Sesshoumaru
"Where are those wenches, making us wait for them the nerve" Jaken said angrily
Sesshoumaru thought the same thing what can be keeping those girls. He snapped his eyes open when he sensed a pack of wolf demons coming straight for the village. Smoke suddenly covered the whole village; he saw Kagome carrying Rin and settling her by a tree, after that she ran back into the smoke and disappeared. Jaken stood with mouth agape Sesshoumaru ran past him followed by
Ah-Un, Jaken followed while screaming "Wait for me lord Sesshoumaru"
Sesshoumaru went to Rin, she was out cold, and he noticed a slight shimmering of her necklace but will ask about it at a later date. He carried her gently and placed her on the dragon making sure that she will not fall off. After the smoke cleared he noticed most of the young women were not present including Kagome.
All of the villagers are all passed out but he could care less about the humans. He walked through the village and noticed Kagome's black shoe. The scent headed towards the eastern lands; on his cloud he flew being followed by the others.
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Kagome
She continued to lay motionless on the demons shoulder; she discovered that this was the pack leader by the name of Kouga; it is hard to not hear their conversation when they are shouting. She noticed the terrain has change, from grassy fields to rocky grounds. She felt him jump to climb the mountains and the others followed. They entered a cave that was at the top of the mountain. They tied up their hands behind them and legs together then placed them within a deeper cave and covered the entrance with a large boulder. Kagome opened her eyes and saw their only source of light a hole on the roof of the cave; she was surrounded by around fifteen women from the village they started to awaken from the effects of the potion.
"Where are we?" one said with fear evident in her voice
"What are they going to do with us?"
"I'm scared"
They started crying and shouting for help. She was thankful that the kidnappers are not present to hear them but this has got to stop their noise is grating on her ears.
"Shut up!" she said coldly they all quieted to snivels
"Look, crying and shouting for help won't work, so quiet down while I think of a plan" They all nodded and quieted down giving her a moment's peace. She can't just change into a demon and push the bolder open, her cover would be blown. She remembered the dagger hidden in her kimono. She propped herself against the cave wall and moved her hands under her and moved it under her legs and feet. She reached into her kimono and removed the dagger she proceeded with cutting the ropes on her wrists and ankles, she looked to the women and contemplating on whether to help them or leave them be. With a sigh she proceeded to cut their ropes 'What would father think? His best assassin saving humans, that would not go over too well' after the last girl she thought on how they will get out of here.
"I need all of you to be quiet, no reactions to what I am about to do understand" Kagome said to them, they all were confused but nodded in agreement. Kagome pushed the boulder to one side but not all the way through because they will be heard. The opening was big enough to fit them if they pass through one at a time. Kagome got out first then signaled the others to follow her. They remained quiet. She saw two guards by the entrance, in their case their exit. She used the hilt of the dagger to knock them out; they both fell on the floor with a thud. 'We've been spotted d*mn' she cursed to herself. She already hears them coming as well as the shards, so she lets the demon behind her grab her arms, take her weapon which he in turn point it at her neck; she hears the women gasp at her, but she didn't even flinch.
"Look we got a feisty one" the one behind her said
Kagome's focus was only on the demon that was coming toward them.(a/n: you already know what Kouga looks like so I'm not going to describe him for you) a gust of wind passed then appear Kouga in all his glory.
"Kouga-kun what do you want to do with all these women?" one asked
"Let them go I'm bored with them" he said with a yawn
"What about this one?" pertaining to Kagome; he walked over to her and asked the man behind her
"Did she knock them out?" while he look over to the two men
"Looks like it" he said with a tone of doubt. Kouga's expression broke into a goofy grin and what he said to her caught her off guard
"You're going to be my new woman" he said while taking her chin by two fingers. He raised her face up as if to inspect her.
"You're cute. Come on don't bottle up your joy at being my new woman" his face inching towards her. In one swift movement she banged her head against his causing him to move back; she stepped on the foot of her captor and elbowed him at the gut; she took her dagger from him and took Kouga by the neck, went behind him, then placed the dagger under his chin.
"Don't make any sudden movements" she warned them
"Let go of him" they said as they help their companion who was clutching his abdomen
"You have jewel shard I want them" speaking to Kouga
"Nani? You can see them" he said confused
"Are you going to give them willingly, or will I remove them in an unpleasant way?"
"You can't have them" he said while struggling with his breath
Kagome began moving toward the edge of the cliff, the wolf's companions started moving towards them, so she jumped off the cliff with Kouga in hand. She heard them shout 'Kouga!' She raised her dagger and slashed his right arm, his face showed a pained expression; Kouga got free and she caught the shard and placed it above her right eye. "Are you crazy? You won't survive this jump and I won't save you since you took my jewel shard" "For your information this is mine, and another thing I am not human" she removed her concealment spell and her demonic attributes returned.
As they neared the ground, Kagome jumped on a flat surface of a rock after another until she reached the bottom. Kouga on the other hand crashed onto the bottom creating a crater; he lay limp on his self induced hole and Kagome landed in front of him and flexed her claws. "Now for the other two." She said while moving towards him. She stopped in her tracks when she heard someone saying 'Kagome-san' repeatedly 'Rin?' She saw Rin awake on Ah-Un. Sesshoumaru landed behind her with his claws extended and filled with poison, they stood back to back when the wolf demon tribe's warriors started to surround them with their weapons raised ready to attack them.
"You know I had things under control" she said to Sesshoumaru
"They will still attack you nonetheless"
"But not in these numbers" she retorted
They knew that their arguing would do no good so they brought out their weapons and prepared to fight. Kouga awoken from his hole with a huge bump in his head, he jumped out and rubbed his sore head. He saw his army surrounding his claimed woman and another demon fighting along side her. He grabbed one of his men and started shaking him back and forth.
"What the hell are you doing, attacking my woman!"
There was a pregnant silence until Kagome shouted
"I told you I am not your woman" she said coldly, Sesshoumaru turned to her and gave her a look of disbelief. "Come on babe you don't need to deny it" he said while he took her hands in his. Sesshoumaru started to walk away for he did not have time for this foolishness. She took her hands from him and started to follow Sesshoumaru but not before using the grip of her gun to knock out Kouga. They both used their youki to fly off into the horizon.
"Hey" Kagome called out to Sesshoumaru
"Thanks for saving me back there. Um you don't suppose you could help me get to the village that I came out do you?"
"Why don't go for yourself?"
"I can't say"
"Then I can't help you with that"
"P-please" she said hesitantly
"Tell me you reason"
"I have unfinished business in my time"
"Then why can't you go on your own"
Kagome flew closer and whispered her problem. His eyes widened at her statement.
"Do not fool this Sesshoumaru"
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Translation:
*oni- demon *obi- sash
*juban- worn under the kimono *sakura- cherry
*-sama- lord/ lady *Tanega-shima- feudal era gun
*haori- jacket
*-san- ms./ mr.
A/n: you already know what her problem is so you figure it out