Chapter 5
Kagome had walked up to a small hut that looked completely abandoned. She knew she was going to return to Sesshomaru and Shippo, but wanted some time alone. She hated being called a wench. She didn't know why since there was many other insults she had heard from the hanyou, but wench pissed her off.
"Why the hell do they call me a wench!" She growled through her teeth as she grabbed her own hair, resisting the urge to rip it out, "I have been called ugly, stupid, idiot, moron, bitch, slut, and whore! Why does being called a wench piss me off so much!"
She walked up to the hut looking through the window. It was certainly trashed. Broken tables, chairs, and ripped cloth were everywhere. She heard a slight whimper from a corner of the hut and looked over to see what it was. It looked as if a baby animal was struggling to get out from under a blanket. She ran inside and took it off of whatever was under it and gasped when she saw a small child, no more then five months old.
"Oh wow." She picked the baby up and held it gently in her arms, "Where did you come from little one."
She stood up and walked out of the hut. She stared down at the baby in her arms and softly tickled its stomach. It giggled a little and its little hand grabbed onto her index finger. Kagome smiled as she looked at the child and came to the conclusion it was a boy. He looked at her finger with wide eyes and his mouth shaped in an "o" as if he was in shock about her.
Suddenly the boy burst into laughter and began waving his arms still holding on to her finger for dear life. Kagome couldn't help, but giggle at the child. Out of nowhere a bad feeling came over her. Something was sneaking up behind her and it was not human. She held the child to her chest and waited for a moment. As she heard the ding of a chain she jumped to the side and dodged what would have been a fatal attack.
"Who are you and what the hell do you want?!" Kagome asked as she turned to the person attacking her.
"Give me the baby!" the man yelled throwing what looked a lot like Kohaku's weapon at her. Kagome turned away to keep the baby from harm as the blade attached to the chain scraped along her back causing a large gash to form.
"THIS ISN'T EVEN YOUR BABY!" Kagome yelled trying to stand up.
"And how would you know that?" The man said.
"No father would ever attack someone holding their baby with such carelessness! You almost hit him!"
"Well you caught me. Give me the kid!"
He threw the thing forward toward her again and she turned away once more to protect the baby, but she was never hit. She opened her eyes and looked back to see Sesshomaru holding the chain.
'He saved me…' Kagome thought in a bit of shock, but mostly awe over him.
"You keep your hands of her." Sesshomaru said ominously.
"Lord Sesshomaru! I… I am so sorry!" the man said bowing down, "I had no idea she was your wench."
"You watch your tongue." Sesshomaru said as he swung his arm forward and his "lightening whip" whipped itself through the man's body, killing him instantly.
"Thank you Sesshomaru." Kagome said trying to stand up.
"Are you okay Kagome?" Shippo asked looking down at her from Sesshomaru's shoulder.
"Yeah I am fine." She answered.
"What were you protecting?" Sesshomaru asked.
Kagome looked up at him confused and then realized what he was talking about. She looked down at the baby who was chewing on her hair. She stood up fully ignoring the pain that shot through her body. She turned to him smiling and showed him the baby.
"I think he was kidnapped from the village near by." Kagome said remembering there was a village about a mile north.
"Leave it here." Sesshomaru said.
"What?!" Kagome yelled in appalled by his demand.
"Leave the baby here."
"No!" Kagome disagreed with him, "I will never!"
"You leave that baby here!" He demanded once more, "You are my slave!"
"Lord Sesshomaru?" Shippo said.
"What!" Sesshomaru said looking to the child on his shoulder.
"Imagine that was Rin. What would you want someone else to do?" he told him.
Sesshomaru stared at the kitsune a bit amused at him. For some reason this child had gained a great deal of respect from him and he did consider most things that he said. He looked down to the baby and sighed.
"We will take it to the village." Sesshomaru said.
"Thank you." Shippo and Kagome both said in unison.
Sesshomaru turned north and began to walk toward the village. Kagome followed with the baby in her arms. Sesshomaru kept his eyes straight, but once again a little inner bastard was bothering him again.
'Hehehehehe. Look at you. You are following what the child says now?'
'Shut up. I am going to do what I feel is right.'
'Yeah right. I think you and Kagome need to have some kind of talk.'
'What do you mean?'
'Well she is going to be traveling with you for a while. Why not get to know her?'
'You talk to much.'
'You talk to little.'
'No I don't.'
'Yes you do.'
'No… I don't.'
'Yes you dooooo.'
'NO I DON'T!'
'There. That is the Sesshomaru that I know.'
'Oh god. Leave me alone.'
'Fine, but you should get to know the girl. You just might begin to like her.'
'Whatever…'
'Bye bye.'
Sesshomaru sighed as he felt a massive headache coming on. Ahead of them he could see a light. The village was pretty close. He could already smell the disgusting stench of many different humans. He wrinkled his nose in absolute repulsion of the smell that now haunted his nostrils.
"We are almost there." He said.
"You okay?" Kagome asked able to hear the strain in his voice, "You sound like you can't breathe."
"I will be fine." He pulled her up in front of him, "Just don't move. Stay right in front of me the whole time."
Kagome realized what he was doing. She knew he hated the smell that humans gave off and with his keen sense of smell he probably gets it worse then Inuyasha does. She looked down at the baby and poked his stomach. He giggled and waved his arms happily. Kagome set her finger on the tip of his nose and laughed when the baby tried to look at it and made himself go cross-eyed. She closed the baby's eyes and when he opened them again his eyes were normal.
(Note: That is something I learned in one of my classes that many people need to learn. When a baby goes cross-eyed run your fingers down over their eyes GENTLY so they will close. If you do not and they continue to stay cross-eyed there is a higher chance that they may grow up to be cross-eyed.)
"Oh he is so cute!" She smiled and lifted the baby into the air. He looked at Sesshomaru wide eyed and reached out to him. Kagome stopped and looked back at Sesshomaru.
"Take him." Kagome said.
"No." He said shaking his head.
"Sesshomaru, you may not be used to it, but when you have a baby in your arms, it's like a whole new world. They are just so little compared to so many things. It makes you feel good when they giggle and smile up at you." She said putting the baby into his arm.
Sesshomaru took at deep breath and wrapped his arm around the baby. He felt kind of bad because he wasn't able to completely hold the baby. He gave him back to Kagome and went on. Shippo, who stayed quiet most of the time now, jumped onto Kagome's shoulder.
"Kagome!" He whispered to her angrily.
"What?" She whispered back confused.
"Sesshomaru only has one arm remember! He probably felt bad because he wasn't able to hold him like you."
"Oh no…" Kagome looked to the floor and covered her mouth. She didn't even think about it. That damn Inuyasha had taken his brothers arm away and now Sesshomaru wasn't able to do many things that he might have wanted to.
Sesshomaru could sense Kagome's sadness, but was too prideful to tell her it was okay and that he was used to not being able to do things. He continued walking and shortly after Kagome and Shippo followed. Kagome seemed deep and thought and began to bore Shippo, so he jumped over to Sesshomaru's shoulder.
"Hi Sesshomaru." Shippo said.
"Hm." Was all the he got in return.
"You know Kagome didn't realize right?"
"I know."
"So you do have insecurities about it?"
"Why do you ask so many questions?"
Shippo shrugged. On the way to find Kagome he continuously asked Sesshomaru random questions that just popped into his mind. What shocked him mostly was that Sesshomaru actually answered.
Flashback"So Sesshomaru, what is your favorite color?" Shippo asked.
"What?" Sesshomaru looked at him baffled at his question.
"Well Kagome said it is good to get to know everyone around you."
"If I had one it would be black."
"Cool! Do you have any hobbies?"
"No."
"Awe. That's boring. What about…"
"How about you? What is your favorite color and what is your hobby?"
"I love blue! And my favorite hobby is to draw! Kagome brings me this things called crayons!"
"Crayons?"
"Yea look!"
Shippo reached inside of his shirt and pulled out a box of crayons. He showed them to Sesshomaru, who examined them thoroughly.
"Each color is different and when you draw with them they actually come out that same color!"
"You will have to show me this one day."
"COOL!"
Sesshomaru handed the box of what he considered interesting colored sticks back to Shippo. Shippo set them in his shirt once more and continued asking questions.
"What is your favorite food?"
"I hardly
eat."
"Where do you live?"
"On the shore in the West."
"Is your home big."
"Yes it is."
"And…"
Sesshomaru darted forward causing Shippo to almost fall off, but luckily he had a hold of his haori.
End of Flashback
"I am sorry." Shippo said, "I won't ask any more for a long time."
"Thank you." Sesshomaru smirked.
Sesshomaru had just exited the forest. Kagome followed and smiled when she saw the village.
"You're gonna be home really soon, little one." She kissed the baby's forehead.
"Let's go."
Sesshomaru continued down a large hill and into the village with Kagome following him. The people of the village went silent at the sight of the Demon Lord and they all gathered their kids and stood off to the side as if to let him pass.
"I am no here to harm anyone." He said to them reassuringly, "But did anyone here lose a child recently?"
"I did." A woman came out from the shadows and walked closer to Sesshomaru, "Have you seen him? Have you seen my baby?"
Sesshomaru stepped to the side and revealed Kagome, who was still in her own little world playing with the child. Kagome snapped out of her thoughts and looked to the mother. She held the baby out to her.
"Is this your boy?" Kagome asked.
"YES!" His mother ran forward and gently took him from Kagome's arms, "Oh thank you!!!"
"You're welcome, but thank Sesshomaru." Kagome said shocking Sesshomaru though he wouldn't show it, "He is the one that saved your baby. I may have found him, but if it wasn't for Sesshomaru your baby and I would both be dead."
"Oh thank you so much Lord Sesshomaru!" She turned to him and bowed, "Is there anything I can do to thank you?"
"Nothing. I just want to be on my way." He said.
"Yes, but before you go, would you like me to sharpen your sword." She said as a man walked up behind her, "You see my husband is very very skilled at sharpening weapons and…"
"We would both me honored if you would allow us to do out finest work on yours." Her husband said.
"Hm…" He said looking down to his sword, then to Kagome, and then back to the couple, "I know you have only offered one thing, but is there any way you can provide her with a strong bow and a quiver full of arrows?"
"Yes definitely." The man said running into his shop.
"May I take your sword?" the woman asked.
Sesshomaru nodded and removed his Tokijin from its sheath. He handed it to her carefully knowing it might be a bit heavy for a woman to carry, especially with a baby in her hands. Kagome reached out and grabbed the sword from Sesshomaru.
"I will take it in for you, okay?" she said to the woman, "You go in and take care of your baby. I am sure he missed his mother."
She nodded thankfully to Kagome and walked into the hut. Kagome followed after she got permission from Sesshomaru. When she entered the hut she set the sword down on a table and heard her name being called. She ran outside and over to Sesshomaru and Shippo.
"Yes?" She said.
"Is this good for you?" Sesshomaru asked as he handed her a beautifully carved bow.
"Wow…" She grasped the bow in her hand.
The bow was perfect. It was about a foot shorter then she was and had a nice design that made the bow look like it was covered in vines. She looked up at the man confused.
"I do not deserve such…" Kagome started.
"Yes. Please take it ma'am. If it is too heavy I can bring it down. P… Pull back on the string and see if it's good." The man said pleadingly.
"Alright." Kagome pulled back on the string and smiled, "Its perfect!! I have never had a bow so beautiful!"
"Thank you, ma'am! It's yours!" The man said, "Now I will start on your sword Lord Sesshomaru and my wife will be working on the arrows for her."
Sesshomaru nodded and the man ran inside his hut. The fire immediately started to burn and they could tell they were working hard on those weapons.
"What do we do while they are working?" Shippo asked.
"You got anymore questions?" Sesshomaru asked with an eyebrow raised. He had never had someone be so interested in him before.
"Yes. Just one." Shippo said, "If I have permission to ask it."
"You may ask."
"If you were able to get your arm back, would you?"
Kagome looked back and forth between the two. When the hell did they get so close was all she could think. Sesshomaru looked at the sky for a minute thinking on everything he could and couldn't do without his arm.
"Yes." He said.
"You would want to get it back?" Kagome asked.
"Yes I would."
Kagome narrowed her eyes and looked off into the distance as if she was thinking very hard on something.
'I am going to try to get his arm back for him…' she thought to herself as she stared off over a large cliff that was hiding the sun from her sight.
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