Sesshoumaru caught the scent of her tears and looked down at her, and as much as he despised the thought he ever so slightly felt bad for her. It wasn't her fault completely that he was having such issues with her. How many times did he have the perfect opportunity to be rid of her, but instead of letting her go or killing her he kept her and even sank so low as to cater to her whims and wishes. No this was his own fault and taking it out on her was unfair to her, yet who ever said that the lord of the west was fair about anything?
He bit down the groan that threatened to surface and removed his foot from his chest. "Dress yourself." He stated coolly. "Then we shall take our leave of this area."
Kagome looked up at him, tears still flooded her eyes, and her fear held her in place.
Sesshoumaru clenched his jaw in irritation, not at the girl but at himself. Again he was going to do something because of this girl that he never would even let cross his mind, let alone actually do. Yet here he was having feelings about his behavior that should NOT matter, yet they did.
He released the growl that he couldn't hold down and removed his armor, then his haori, and dropped it over the girl. He then turned away from her so that she could cover herself and then they could be on their way. Simple… right? He was going to be one disappointed demon lord if he thought that it would be that easy.
Kagome quickly adorned the over sized haori, then crawled her way over to the kami's leg and once again used him as a means to bring herself to her feet. Once she made it up his side, she maneuvered herself so that she was facing him. "What the hell is your problem?! What, now I can't take a simple bath without your permission?!"
Sesshoumaru looked down at the girl and wanted to flinch at how shrill her voice was. Yet he didn't. "Girl silence your tongue." He stated in a voice that promised death if she disobeyed. Which of course she did.
"No you will listen to me! I don't know what your problem with me is exactly, but whatever it is GET OVER IT!" She fisted her hands in his undershirt and gave it a jerk after each word was said. Forgetting about her injured ankle she had every intention of turning and storming away from him. Well that didn't exactly go over as planned.
Sesshoumaru's ears were assaulted with another one of her shrill screams as the stupid girl placed her weight upon her swollen foot and began to fall to the ground. Using his demon reflexes he caught her before she hit the ground. Maybe he should have let her fall so that maybe just maybe she would stop trying to use the injured appendage. It was highly doubtful that she would learn her lesson that easy, or at all for that matter. He wondered how many more times she would attempt to use her foot knowing full well that she couldn't, prolonging the healing process. This was just another flaw in her that was added to his ever growing list of faults with ningens.
At the rate they were going it would take a full moon cycle just for them to leave the clearing they had been occupying. So making the decision to bring himself into continuous physical contact with the female, he slung her over his shoulder, then gathered his armor and her clothing, then took off into the woods. He had to get home so that he could get some peace and quiet. Maybe he would lock her up in the dungeon for the rest of her days. Now that was an idea he really liked.
"Hey! Put me down!" Kagome yelled as she pounded his back with her fists.
"Silence" He stated then bounced her on his shoulder causing her to grunt in slight pain. He then gathered his energy and began running for home.
Kagome yelped then wrapped her arms around his chest, pressing her face into his back. Moving this fast while hanging upside down was not her idea of a good time. Better yet it was causing her to feel a little nauseous. She took slow, deep, cleansing breaths trying to calm her protesting stomach and was finding that that wasn't working. "Oh kami" She groaned against the muscled back of the man carrying her.
Sesshoumaru curled his lip. He could sense the girls impending upheaval and came to a halt removing her from his shoulder just in time to avoid a major catastrophe, namely her breakfast down his back.
Kagome turned to the kami behind her in embarrassment and smiled a weak apologetic smile to him. "Sorry" She whispered.
Sesshoumaru looked down at the pale girl with a bored expression, then picked her up and carried her to a small stream so that she could cleanse herself.
Kagome kneeled by the water grateful for how cool it was. She splashed her face, rinsed her mouth, then cupped her hands to take several large drinks. Once satisfied she looked over her shoulder at the male behind her and again smiled her thanks to him.
Sesshoumaru curled his lip in response to her smile, then picked her up, and instead of throwing her over his shoulder he held her pressed up against his chest, then took off, heading for home.
He was only about an hour from home when the stench of his enemy hit his nose. Coming to a halt he set the girl down and turned to face north waiting for his enemy to make his appearance.
"What's going on?" Kagome whispered to her companion. She felt that if she spoke to loudly something terribly bad would happen.
Sesshoumaru glared at the forest not bothering to answer the girl. Naraku was nearby, but unmoving. "Show yourself worthless half-breed." He stated in his cold lordly voice, a voice that none dared disobey… well none used to disobey that is until he met the girl standing at his side. She was the paragon of disobedience and since her arrival into his life, he found that all beings around her were slowly following her example of insolence.
"My, my, Lord Sesshoumaru. It seems you have followed in your fathers footsteps." An evil voice chuckled from the darkness of the forest. "Carrying around a pathetic ningen female and caring for her no less. My how the mighty have fallen."
Sesshoumaru not one to mince words, especially when they weren't needed, raised his hand and released his green whip destroying the tree that the hanyou was hiding in.
Kagome watched in shock as the tree crumbled to the ground, then her mouth fell open when a being covered in a white baboon's pelt appeared before them. She reached over and wrapped her fingers around his bare arm. "Was that thing alive once?"
Sesshoumaru didn't bother looking over at the girl. He was a warrior and as a great warrior he knew that you never take your eyes off your enemy for any reason. That included stupid questions from impudent females. "Hanyou remove yourself from my presence or I shall remove your life from your body."
Naraku chuckled at the demon lord's threat and decided to attack the being in white where it would hurt the most, and hopefully cause him to rid his self of the miko wench at his side. Then he would be able to gain control of the jewel with in the girl's body without any interference from the bastard of the west. "So tell me lord Sesshoumaru. Have you taken your pleasures of this girl yet? Its only fitting that you should do so since your father mated with a ningen causing your hanyou sibling to be created. Oh and isn't your idiot half-brother in love with a ningen wench? Kikyo isn't it?"
Naraku pushed the baboon mask back revealing his smirking face. "That same human loving blood runs in your veins, so there should be no shame for you in taking this female. Besides she looks to be a pansuke and a good one at that. By my summation you have taken this girl being she is wearing nothing but your haori."
Before Sesshoumaru could respond, the female next to him let loose her tongue. "I AM NOT A WHORE!! JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!" Kagome hopped to the front of the being next to her and pointed a finger at the dark hanyou.
Before another word could leave her lips a clawed hand grabbed her by the shoulder and shoved her back to the side causing her to cry out in pain as she landed on her rear, not to mention her ankle turning in an unnatural way forcing tears to her eyes.
Sesshoumaru dug his foot into the ground and leapt off to attack the hanyou before him. With a quick swipe of his claws the puppet fell into two pieces. Sesshoumaru glared down at the empty baboon pelt, disgusted with the hanyou. A coward that couldn't even face his foes in person. Oh how he would love to feel the blood of the half-breed upon his perfect claws.
A whimper brought his attention to the girl on the ground holding her foot weeping almost silently. He quietly stepped over to her and kneeled down grabbing her foot to check and make sure it wasn't damaged worse than it already was. He knew that when he pushed her away that the force of her fall caused her foot to twist inwardly at an odd angle. He just hoped that it didn't do more damage to the girls foot. She was already annoying enough with the minor injury to her ankle, he couldn't imagine what she would be like if she was to be in worse shape than she already was.
As he raised her foot to his face he waited for the onslaught of her accusing voice to yell at him for pushing her down, but to his shock she kept silent, except for the occasional whimper. He raised his head and looked into her red puffy blue eyes, and with what he saw in her eyes he felt slightly bad for causing her more pain. Yet had she held her tongue and not interfered he wouldn't have had to remove her from in front of his person and she wouldn't be in pain as she now was.
He gathered her up into his arms and using his jaki he rose to the air and flew off heading for home. He figured that he should arrive at his estate just after sundown, and hoped that there would be no more hindrances between now and then.
The sun had just set and Sesshoumaru could see the mountain that his home sat at the base of in the distance. He looked down at the girl in his arms, she was lightly sleeping curled up against his chest. He was thoroughly disgusted with himself for the simple fact that he wasn't as bothered by her cuddling up against him as he should be. He should be sickened with the feel of her pressed up against him, but found that her body against his was almost tolerable.
Yep his fathers blood did run through his veins and it liked the feel of human females. He curled his lip in rage at his father and his liking of ningen females. A gasp caused him to look back down at the girl in his arms and he saw the fear in her eyes at seeing his angered face. Dropping his face back to its preferable emotionless state, he adjusted the girl unconsciously pulling her closer to him and vibrating his chest in order to calm her.
A giggle brought his attention back to her. "You're purring." She said as she smiled up at him.
Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at her. "Girl I do not purr."
Kagome lightly poked him in the chest. "Then what do you call the vibrations coming from your chest?"
"It is called a heartbeat or are you to simple to understand the simple workings of a living body."
Kagome sighed in exasperation. "Sure, a heart beat, if you say so."
Sesshoumaru dug his claws into her thigh causing her to grunt in slight pain. "Cease your prattling. We shall arrive at our destination soon."
Kagome turned her head to look in the direction they were headed in and far in the distance all she could see was a mountain. "Where are we going anyway?"
"Home" Was all he said.
"Home? Whose home? Yours?" She questioned as she looked up at him and was only received with a slight nod. "Well, this should be exciting." She stated as she pressed her head against his chest.
Sesshoumaru glanced down at her and watched as her eyelids slowly fell closed. 'Exciting is not the word I would choose girl.' He thought to himself. Somehow he knew that what he had endured with her so far was nothing compared to what he was about to suffer having her contained within the wall of his home. Life would never be the same again.