Title: Finder's Fee
Author: Linay
Theme: Tremor – Drabble 107
Genre: Romance, Angst, Adventure
Rating: T
Warnings: None
Word Count: 300
Summary: Being found isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Disclaimer: I do not own Rumiko Takahashi's characters.
Author's Notes: The chapters in this story have largely been written in response to the prompts given at the livejournal community, dokuga contest (see the link in my profile). I am ever so grateful to the moderators of the community for the challenges and inspiration they have provided.
Current Theme/Prompt: Tremor (300-word drabble #107)
3. Finder's Fee
As it turned out, she didn't find Sesshoumaru. He found her.
She'd been attempting to climb out of a gulley – in a direction she could only hope was West – when she looked up to see him standing at the crest of the sharp incline, looking down his nose at her.
"Lord Sesshoumaru," she greeted him respectfully, dipping her head in what she hoped could still be perceived as dignified – even with the twigs and leaves sticking out from her hair.
"Miko," He returned evenly.
Dread knotted her stomach, and Kagome decided to wait until she was on as equal ground as possible before trying to talk with Inuyasha's brother. And if he was just going to stand there and watch her struggle, she might as well take her sweet time. She reached for an exposed root, testing its strength with a few experimental tugs. With an unladylike grunt, she pulled herself upward, scrambling up the hillside at a snail's pace.
"Miko," Sesshoumaru asked, when she finally clambered over the edge, "Where is my half-brother?"
Kagome straightened, brushing her hands on her green skirt. She raised her head and forced herself to meet his pale amber eyes.
"He is dead." She could not stop the tremor in her voice.
Sesshoumaru's brow arched.
"It was the night of the new moon. And a band of dragon demons descended on the village."
Something flashed behind his eyes and was gone in an instant. With nothing but a thinning of his lips, he turned on his heel to walk away.
"Follow." A barked command.
Kagome was very glad she hadn't needed to beg for permission to go with him. And she would've obeyed him as well – had the ground not suddenly rushed up to meet her. How curious, she thought as her vision darkened.