Dear readers, today I reread what I had typed up so far and thought to myself, 'Wow keeping Sesshomaru in character is going to be difficult'. Just the same I'll try to keep him in character. Anyway here is chapter 4, you're lucky I'm updating today because I have finals for three days starting tomorrow. I won't guarantee that there will be an update on Wednesday.
Harumi-beautiful spring
The camp was very quiet before the sun was up, well that is what Kagome had discovered. Typically Sango and she trained at about midnight yet the previous night they skipped it because everyone was tired. That is everyone but Kagome. What no one else knew was that Kagome sneaks out of camp sometimes to train before daybreak.
"Wow usually a day without training has me jumping with joy," Kagome mumbled to herself, "Yet strangely I feel weird without my daily training." The place where she slept was in the center of all four armies along with their leaders, it was an honor to sleep there, yet was a very inconvenient place to be if you wished to sneak out unnoticed.
Kagome had easily cleaned up her things and prepared them for the departure the group would take after everyone woke up and ate breakfast.
'Breakfast, not a bad idea,' thought Kagome. As she finally stood with her things in her new black string bag she made her way across the field. She attempted to not wake anyone up from their slumber. She finally reached the edge of the field and everyone was still in a deep sleep, just the way they had been when she had awoken.
'They deserve a rest. After all they were in the fight to finally put an end to Naraku. This is probably their first content sleep in years.' As Kagome disappeared in the forest she left no trace to where she had gone. There were no foot prints, no sent trail and not one disturbed piece of grass. Though she did make sure her companions knew that she had not been captured she left her bag under a tree within sight of the camping grounds. She took her swords with her and turned to the direction where there was a stream and walked off.
Dew still covered the ground and by the looks of the sky there was going to be about two hours till the sun was to rise. After Kagome finished washing her face then catching a fish to eat for breakfast she left the stream in favor of the clearing by the well. When she arrived she sat in front of the well and began to meditate. She could feel everyone's and everything's aura, from the armies in the nearby field to the smallest insect crawling along the forest floor. She sat meditating for an hour then instinctively rose onto her feet and began her stretches and taichi poses. After she was finished she spent the last 50 minutes training. At first it started off slowly with simple kata techniques, then escalated into a complicated pattern of movements at an alarming rate. As her pace went faster and faster her hair began to swish around with her every move she made. If anyone was watching they would have seen a girl that seemed to be a goddess of battle. Kagome's movements made a deadly dance seem tempting yet it was so frightening that it would render a watcher frozen. Nearing the end of her private training Kagome abruptly came to a perfect stop, and stood still as a stone with both of her swords resheathed and in their rightful place. Though she had practiced for a good amount of time her body wasn't sweaty and tired rather it was refreshed and ready for the day. Yes the jumps, slashes and dodges were difficult to do yet Kagome had done them for so long that they seemed to be second nature to her.
"Well, I'd better go back to camp. I'm sure that everyone is starting to wake up and I don't need them coming to find me here," Kagome said to no one in particular. Sure everyone knew that Kagome was an adequate warrior, yet what they didn't know was what her level of skill was. They didn't know that she had been training since she was only four years old and she loved the idea of a good fight. They didn't even know what she was capable of, sure they had seen some of Miyako's and Youta's attacks, yet she had only scraped the surface of their true power.
As she entered camp everyone was awake and preparing to leave. The sun had been up for a while and the cardinal rulers were waiting for their soldiers to finish packing up.
"Kagome!" yelled Sango as she spotted her friend walking calmly towards them.
"Hey Sango," Kagome said as she went to put on her bag.
"Where were you Kags? We woke up and you weren't here?"
"I felt like taking a walk. The air in the morning is very fresh and the forest is quite quiet and calm," commented Kagome.
"Yeah, but did you get enough sleep? I mean you were up pretty early."
"Sango I'm fine. Let's just get going." Just then both Sesshomaru and Isamu walked up to the rest of them.
"We are departing now for the Palace of the Moon," said Isamu. Everyone else nodded till...
"Hey has anyone seen Inuyasha?"
"Come to think of it Miroku I haven't," said Sango.
"The young Lord Inuyasha left while the troops began awaking earlier this morning," said Chieko, "If I recall correctly he left towards the east." Kagome just nodded in understanding,
"He's probably off with Kikyo again. We should just go, Inuyasha can track us by our scent."
"Great then let's go! I don't want mutt face ruining the beginning of a new Narakuless day," said Kouga, "Want to ride on my back Kagome?" Everyone else had their own way of transportation. Sesshomaru was riding on his demonic cloud, Isamu was on his own cloud with Toshiko safely tucked in his arms, Chieko had her whit feathered wings spread, Ah-Un had Jaken, Rin and Shippo on his back and Kirala had Sango and Miroku on her back.
"Thanks for the offer Kouga, but I think I'll run." Kouga's eyebrows disappeared beneath his bangs in surprise and asked,
"Are you sure you can keep up? You won't get tired?" From Kirala's back you could hear a loud feminine laugh.
"Trust me Kouga; Kagome has a lot of endurance and speed. She can effortlessly keep pace with the rest of us. I think the real question is, can you keep up with her?" said a grinning Sango.
"That's a dumb question. Of course I can keep running next to my woman."
"Kouga how many times do I have to tell you? I, am not, your, woman."
"Yet." Kagome just let out a sigh of frustration at his response. Then out of nowhere she dashed off. The rest of them followed suit.
Time Skip: It's about noon.
*slight pant*,*slight pant*
"Damn Kagome you sure can run fast," a somewhat tired Kouga said. Kagome just smirked and said,
"I know that." Kouga was barely panting, yet he was panting all the same. All the other demons (except for the cardinal rulers of course) were also somewhat out of breath. Most even sported a thin amount of sweat. You see they had been traveling since sunrise without a break. Though the large groups finally were at the front steps of the Western Castle beyond the heavily guarded stone walls and gates. Most humans, even the highly trained ones would have collapsed once they hit the 8 mile mark, yet even though they had run a good 50 miles Kagome had just as much energy as she had when she returned to camp that morning. Miroku and Sango had gotten off of Kirala and Sango was making her way to Kagome and Kouga.
"I told you so, Kouga."
"Oh, my men need me," Kouga said then walked off. Kagome and Sango exchanged glances once Kouga was out of earshot then simultaneously said,
"Pride."
"Miss Kagome will you come play with Shippo and Rin in the gardens?"
"I'd love to Rin, but I've got to get my bags-"
"No need," a rich baritone interrupted, "A maid will do it." Kagome turned to see Sesshomaru approaching her with Jaken in toe.
"Thank you, Sesshomaru."
"That's Lord Sesshomaru to you wench! How dare you call my master something so informal!" yelled an outraged Jaken.
"Jaken."
"Y-yes, mi-milord?"
"See to the plans for the ball."
"Yes Lord Sesshomaru," Jaken said the scurried off.
"Jaken, don't disappoint me."
"N-no! O-of c-co-course n-not milord!" Sesshomaru turned to the grand front doors that stood tall enough for him to get in and out of the castle even in true form. There was a woman standing there. She was dressed in a plain grey kimono with a dark blue obi. This symbolized that she was a maid in the Palace of the moon.
"Harumi, take the miko's bags up to her room in the royal wing." Harumi bowed deeply to Sesshomaru then to Kagome and said,
"Of course." she easily took a hold of Kagome's bag and nearly dropped it. Though the size was smaller than her old yellow monster of a book bag it's weight nearly quadrupled.
'Goodness what on earth could make this little bag so heavy?" thought Harumi. Her curiosity peeked even if she was, an inu youkai. But she did what she was told without any sort of an argument. Though Harumi thought no one had seen her falter Sesshomaru and Kagome did. While Kagome was praying to every kami listening to make sure that her bag remained unopened Sesshomaru wondered about the items the bag held. Nothing that bag could possibly hold would make that bag weigh that much. Now Harumi wasn't the only one with a curious mind.
"Rin you and the kitsune will go to the gardens and wait for the miko. This Sesshomaru will send her there in a while."
"Okay Sesshomaru-sama. Come on Shippo-chan!" said an excited Rin as she grabbed Shippo's hand and practically dragged him to the gardens. Everyone else had left the area and were either in their rooms or preparing for the ball. Sesshomaru and Kagome stood outside together with the cool summer breeze blowing at their hair softly. It would have been a lovely picture that is if they were lovers, which they were obviously not. They were nothing but allies, nothing more, nothing less.
"What do you want, Sesshomaru?" Kagome said in a 'you're wasting my time and you are being annoying voice.' Sesshomaru growled,
"That is Lord Sesshomaru miko. I will not have you address my person so disrespectfully."
"Ha! I'll call you whatever I please Sesshomaru." Sesshomaru kept on growling though it grew louder and he started to take slow steps towards Kagome. Kagome stood there completely unaffected with a small smirk painted on her face.
"I'm not some coward Sesshomaru. That may work on other people, but not on me. I'm not afraid of you Sesshy-chan," Kagome said in a 'matter-of-factly' voice. Sesshomaru's eyes just narrowed,
'She doesn't fear me?' he thought as he sniffed the air. He was hit with a strong cherry blossom/fresh air smell. Her scent was intoxicating yet there wasn't even a hint of fear laced within the aroma, 'Sesshy-chan! How dare she defile this one's name!' Without realizing what was happening Sesshomaru's eyes started to bleed red and he unsheathed Tokijin and swung the deadly blade. To his surprise instead of hearing the sound of the blade hitting flesh the sound of metal hitting metal was heard. Kagome had brought up Youta just in time to block the blow that was aimed at her right shoulder. When Kagome saw the pink enter Sesshomaru's eyes she knew she'd have quite a fight on her hands. The two opponents jumped apart then the deadly dance began.
Sesshomaru lunged at Kagome and Kagome dodged a blow that would have cut her head clean off. She had fallen into a crouched position and kicked her feet out to sweep Sesshomaru's feet out from under him. Sesshomaru effortlessly avoided the attack then swung Tokijin in a downward arc. Kagome barely had time to use her left hand to flip herself backwards then used her feet to propel herself over the demon lord. In midair Kagome turned and landed a hard kick to the center of Sesshomaru's spine. Sesshomaru turned to face Kagome and that is when she saw that his eyes had gone completely red and he used his demon speed to pin her to the wall of the palace. Then he did something totally unexpected. He dropped Tokijin and used his now free hand to grasp Kagome's chin and gave her the hottest kiss of her life.
Kagome had gasped with surprise. That gave Sesshomaru enough time to slip his tongue into her mouth and his tongue began its exploration. The warm, wet muscel mapped out her whole mouth. It glided over all her teeth, both her inner cheeks and the roof of her mouth before going to attempt to get Kagome's tongue to dance. Kagome had dropped her sword out of pure shock. She didn't resist yet found her tongue moving in sync with his. Then the kiss abruptly ended. Kagome had opened her eyes to see that Sesshomaru was gone and so was the dropped Tokijin. Kagome slid down the wall into a sitting position. It had finally dawned on her on what just happened.
'I...just...kissed Sesshomaru,' thought Kagome. Her cheeks were suddenly felt hot, 'Great, now I'm blushing!' The blush started on her cheeks then it spread to the rest of her face down to her neck then disappeared under her haori.
'I can't believe that I, Kagome Higurashi, just KISSED SESSHOMARU, LORD OF THE WESTERN LANDS! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME! AND WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT! OH, MY FREAKING GODS!' After a moment of several deep breaths Kagome had calmed down significantly and remembered that Shippo and Rin were waiting for her in the gardens. As she stood up and made her way towards them the blush was there but, just barely. While walking along Kagome only had a single thought in her confused and embarrassed mind which was, 'SESSHOMARU YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO!'
Ha, ha cliffhanger. Well should I continue it? Or should I stop it here? I won't know unless I get reviews. Tell me what you think, okay? Ja ne!