When the two flew back I checked on Rin to see if she was hurt.
"Are you alright?" She nodded and I sighed in relief before hitting her in the head.
"Then what were you thinking, Rin? You could have gotten killed doing that," I scowled softly as she held her head.
"Kagome," she whined.
"Don't 'Kagome' me! If I hadn't woken up when I did then who knows what would have happened."
"But they were fighting and I didn't want them to kill each other." I sighed and brought her close to me.
"They would never kill each other, I whispered, "I'll tell you a secret. Both act like they hate each other but they really like and care for each other."
"Really?" I nodded before continuing, unaware that both demons were behind me giving me dark looks.
"I'd say they love each other but don't want to show it because they both are giant, egotistical jerks."
"That explains it all then!" Suddenly we were both picked up by the back of our shirt and were turned to face Sesshomaru and InuYasha.
"Who's an egotistical jerk, Kagome," InuYasha asked. I looked away childishly and crossed my arms.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"What! Don't play dumb with me! You just told Rin that we were both giant, egotistical jerks!" I leaned to whisper to Rin once more but would still hear it with they're dog ears.
"Add hot head to InuYasha's list." Rin giggled before whispering herself.
"It may not look like it but lord Sesshomaru is a hot head too." I watched an ear on Sesshomaru twitch and a vein pop from his head so I continued teasing.
"Really? He shows emotions like that?"
"Yeah, when master Jakken is irritating him, he gets angry."
"Enough of this," Sesshomaru said. He put me down and turned to leave.
"Miko, your a bad influence to Rin." I giggled but then remembered what happened earlier and stopped him from walking away.
"Hold on a second! You aren't off the hook either! You both carelessly started fighting and Rin could have been hurt!"
"Kagome-"
"Be quiet," I yelled to InuYasha who immediately backed away in fear.
"What you both did was careless and stupid!" I went over to Sesshomaru and took Rin from him.
"And you can't call me a bad influence. Now then, the both of you will get along or so help me on everything I will makeKotodama no Nenju for the both of you." With that, I carried Rin away from them.
"Kagome, you remind me of how scary moms can be," Rin said.
I said nothing but ecalled my mother in her scary moments.
Back at the village I was doing laundry with Kaede.
"-and then he told me that I was a bad influence on Rin! Can you believe that guy! I swear one of these days I'll give him a piece of my mind."
"Did ye not do so already?"
"Well, yes but I'll give him an even bigger piece!"
"Pay ye no mind to Sesshomaru, child. Keep in mind that he grew up with a cold heart."
"You're right about that. But still, someone needs to teach him."
"And is that someone going to be you?" I thought about it before nodding.
"You know what, I just might. Rin is here learning more about humans so why shouldn't he?"
"Do ye know what ye speak, Kagome?"
"Yes, its gonna be tough but I believe that if we give Sesshomaru a look into the life of humans he will have a better understandimg of us."
"Do not involve this old woman with your idea. I hope you realize what ye are saying."
I was hanging up the laundry when Sesshomaru came around with InuYasha who was pouting and grumbling.
"InuYasha, is everything okay?"
"Never better," he said lowly. I was going to press for more but remembered my conversation with Kaede and rushed to Sesshomaru.
"What do you think of humans," I asked him.
"What?"
"Kagome, you can't just-"
"Answer the question, what do you think of humans," I said, interrupting InuYasha.
Sesshomaru looked at me with those cold, distant eyes and I was temped to back away from him.
"What do I think of humans, you ask. I think human's are lowly, weak creatures." I sighed and gave him a look of disappointment.
"I thought you'd say that." I turned my back to him and scratched my head.
"Well at least you were truthful." I look up at the sky and see that it's almost night time.
"InuYasha, it's almost night time. Didn't you have something to tell me?"
"Hold on a sec, why'd you ask him that question?"
"It's none of your concern. Lets go." I took his hand and dragged him into the forest.
At the tree, InuYasha grumbled about me being weird and having super human strength while massaging his hand.
"So, what did you want to tell me?"
InuYasha
I looked at her and back to the tree behind her, the tree that I was pinned to for fifty years by the woman I loved, all because of Naraku's manipulations. It's also the tree where I first met Kagome. I believed she was Kikyo until I smelled her scent which was really different from Kikyo's.
"InuYasha," Kagome called out, waving her hands in my face. I snapped out of my thoughts and focused on the woman before me.
"InuYasha, are you okay? You seem out of it."
"Kagome, can you..." I paused to think of the right words to say, "Kagome, while I'm talking could you just listen."
"Huh?"
"I need you to just hear me alright." She nods and I prepare my words.
"Kagome, I love you. I know that sometimes I screw it all up but I love you. I will be honest here, there will always be a part of me that will care for Kikyo and if she's near by sometimes I may go to her." I watched as she looked away from me, hiding her tears.
"I'll let you come along as well because I know I made mistakes in the past. I thought I could have both of you but now, I see that its only you. It will always be you Kagome." I finished and grabbed her hand gently and carefully. It was shaking violently.
"Is that all?" Her question threw me off because of her low tone of voice but I nodded my head anyways.
"Y-yeah." Before I could register it, Kagome punched me in the head.
"Ya know, I never thought you could become a bigger moron then you are now. Your right, you will always care for Kikyo and I understand that. I don't want to be there and see you both together like that, even if its just friendly."
"Kagom-"
"Honestly, I want to hate her. I want to hate Kikyo with eveything in me. I mean this woman comes back to life with part of my soul, tries to kill you multiple times, tries to take you away from me, dies and then comes back to life only to try to take you again. I have every reason to hate her but I just can't bring myself to do it. I feel so pathetic sometimes trying to be her for you to see me, however that makes sense."
"Kagome, look, you don't have to be Kikyo for me to notice you. Your not pathetic, and your incapable of hating someone no matter who it is. You've befriended Sesshomaru of all people."
"Yeah, because Sesshomaru is just misguided is all."
"Misguided?"
"About humans. I don't think Sesshomaru has had any human interactions except with me and Rin. He barely speaks to Sango and Miroku. I've also seen him tolerate children better than some half demons I know."
"Some half demons? You know more half demons than me?" She gave me a look of annoyance.
"And once again, InuYasha misses the point."
I grew confused even further.
"Anyways, Sesshomaru just needs to try to understand humans better. Maybe he fears of being like your father. He said that he was weak because of his love for your mother but I don't think he really meant that."
"So what, you and Sesshomaru are all buddies now?"
"No but I pick up on things better than you do."
Sesshomaru
I listened intently to the miko and an unknown feeling swelled within me. What she said about my father was correct, he was weak due to his infatuation with InuYasha's wench of a mother. I'm amazed that a once proud, terrorizing demon like my father could just give it all up for one woman, a human woman.
"So what, you and Sesshomaru are all buddies now?"
"No," she said and I felt slightly hurt for an unknown reason, "but I pick up on things better than you."
This woman, what is she?
They both continued they're pointless talk so I walked away and tried to make sense about what the miko was saying. What did she pick up on about me?