The Kiss
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For the next week, Kikyo traveled to various villages, shopping for the ingrediants for the antidote. Rin was constantly clinging to Jakin like glue. And poor Jakin was less than pleased. Once, Rin even took him to a wedding dress shop. Needless to say, Jakin ran out of there at lightning speed! Sesshomaru chose to stay right by Kikyo's side while she was shopping. He even offered to pay for the ingrediants she needed. The entire time, he held her hand, causing her heart to continuesly pound. The last week with Sesshomaru had been wonderful for her. He was actually a perfect gentleman around women. Whenever they ran into a monster, he became the warrior that he always was before the potion. But at night, after Rin and Jakin were asleep, they would just stay up and talk. They were never very romantic. Kikyo wasn't too comfortable with that as yet. After all, as soon as he took the antidote, he would be back to normal. But at least he was treating her with respect.
Kikyo and Sesshomaru were walking together through the street, passing the shops and searching for the last vew ingrediants. Rin and Jakin were at the bridal shop... even though Jakin hated it. Kikyo sighed. "I guess they don't have the rest of the ingrediants... We'll have to look somewhere else."
"Good. Then we can have more time together," Sesshomaru replied.
Kikyo held back a chuckle. He was so cute when they were alone together. Just as they were about to turn the corner, she noticed a familiar group of people walking in their direction. She quickly took off running back down the path with Sesshomaru running after her.
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She ran into the inn and into the room they had checking into, letting out a sigh of releaf. Sesshomaru ran in after her. "Kikyo, what's wrong?"
She chuckled, realizing just how rediculous she must have seemed. "Well, I just saw Inuyasha and his friends... I didn't want him to see me."
Sesshomaru made an angry face. "Has he been giving you trouble?"
"Oh, no! Nothing like that... I just don't want him to see me."
"Why not?"
"Well, you see..." She gulped. "I don't know if you ever knew this, but before he and Kagome met, Inuyasha and I were together... as a couple."
Sesshomaru really didn't know what to say. "Oh..." He looked away for a moment. "Do you still love him?"
"No. And I'm trying my best to stay away from him -- for Kagome's sake. She's happy with him and I don't want to ruin that."
For a moment, there was nothing but silence in the room. Kikyo felt like she really blew it. Now that Sesshomaru knew that she was once Inuyasha's girlfriend, he would never love her, even after the effect of the potion wore off... Wait, why did she care? Why was she feeling these things? Her thoughts were interupted when she felt Sesshomaru's hand on her cheek. She looked at his face, almost frightened at what he was going to do next. He had an almost sleepy look in his eyes. Then, he slowly leaned in and kissed her gently. She closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around the back of his neck. He responded by wrapping his arms around her waist. They held the kiss for several moments. When they finally parted, Sesshomaru leaned in to her ear and whispered, "Kikyo, would you love me if I were not under the influence of the love potion?"
This question surprised her. Love him? She had to admit that she was clearly attracted to him. But she was once attracted to Inuyasha as well. Still... her heart had never beat so fast when she was around him. But with Sesshomaru, she was in a complete state of bliss. "I..." She didn't really know how to answer. Finally, she gently pushed herself away from him, freeing herself from his gently hold. "I need time to think about my answer to that question."
He lowered his head. "I see..."
She turned to leave the room. "I'll be going on to the next village alone. I want you, Rin, and Jakin to stay here for a while. I'll be back in a few days with the ingrediants." With that, she left the room, not looking back at him.