Title: Wake Up
Author: Linay
Theme: Chest – Drabble #108
Genre: Romance, Angst, Adventure
Rating: T
Warnings: None
Word Count: 200
Summary: Reality hurts
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.
This drabble won second place at Dokuga's Weekly Perfection Contest
Current Theme/Prompt: Chest (200-word drabble #108)
4. Wake Up
Kagome woke with a start, her eyes wide and searching. Everything hurt, and she blinked past the dizzy veil of pain.
A pair of golden eyes, luminescent in the half-light, appeared in her field of vision.
"Inuyasha?" She rasped, squinting to see.
"No." The voice was deep and dark, and she felt the stirrings of ancient youki in the air around her.
"Oh, forgive me," she said, struggling to sit up, "Lord Sesshoumaru."
A clawed hand firmly planted on her shoulder, Sesshoumaru eased her back down with gentleness incongruent with the coldness in his face. Kagome frowned, her brow creasing; she was missing something, something important.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, where am I?" Panic crept into her voice.
"We are in a demon village. At an inn," he replied flatly. He tilted his head to consider her anxious expression. "You are safe here," he added shortly.
Kagome only grew more confused, her eyes searching Sesshoumaru's impassive face.
Then, reality caught up to her consciousness, the memories washing over her with tidal force. Time slowed to a crawl as her skin turned to ice. They were gone.
Pain of a completely different sort bloomed in her chest. She'd been wrong.
Now everything hurt.