A/N: I do not own Inuyasha or Goblin: the Lonely and Great God

Chapter Six

She stared at the flowers on her desk, fingers ever so gently brushing against the puffy white flowers. The small buds almost seemed like a wilder form of baby's breath, and that gave her some sort of solace, not that she knew why. Kagome thought about the events of earlier that week. She had met Sesshomaru. Not only had she met him, but he had admitted to being he. Her imagination had not conjured a familiar face when she most wanted to see one, but instead she genuinely encountered what one would maybe call a "blast from the past". Her heart fluttered at the thought and a small chuckle made its way past her throat.

For the first time since she was locked from the well and its flow of time, loneliness did not weigh on her chest like some impending brick of depression.

Someone lived here, in her time.

"Do not summon me again," he stated flatly, his voice monotone as he continued to walk away from her. "This one is not a dog for your beck and call."

His cold gold eyes, albeit slightly surprised, flashed in her mind again and she felt a pout bubble in her expression. That guy! He really could be rude sometimes. Just when she thought that she might be able to have a decent conversation with the Inuyoukai, he disappeared in a flash of smoke. Poof!

Humming, her fingers drummed on the wood top of her desk. That factor had been a bit of a surprise to her. In the short time that she had known Sesshomaru in the feudal era, he had not be able to just whisk himself away in wisps of steam and color. He had a ball of light that he seemed to transform himself into. Or if he was being energy efficient, he would extend his youki into his mokomoko and fly off into the sunset like the dramatic Western Lord he was. But the disappearing act, that had been new. Perhaps since it had been so much "time" since the last she had seen him, he had developed more abilities. Afterall he was a much older youkai then when he had been in Edo. Older by five hundred years to be exact. She was sure the old dog had picked up quite a few tricks since their last encounter. With a giggle she covered her mouth, not sure how he would've reacted to her calling him an "old dog". He probably would have beheaded her or disemboweled her on the spot.

A thought crossed her mind. He had not given her an ultimatum like he normally would have. He merely commanded her to not summon him again. So, unless he had come up with a really great punishment (and he seemed like a busy demon given his nice button-down shirt and iron pressed trousers), she doubt that he had given any more thought about it. Besides, in the modern era, it wasn't like he could just lop off her head and be done with it.

Maybe he would sue her.

Jokes on him, she smirked, I'm a broke high school student.

So now she had to consider just exactly how she had summoned him the first time. It wasn't like she had been thinking about him. She hadn't wished him there. Wishes were out of the question. In fact, she had not done anything unusual other than drop the lighter on the grass. The lighter! Maybe the object had been magical?

No, it was just an old lighter. But she did think she was getting somewhere. Perhaps, wishing wasn't entirely out of the option. She had just inadvertently wished for him. Determined to try it again, she wandered downstairs to where her mother kept matches in their utility closet. She grabbed the pack and went back up to her room. For the first time in a while, Kagome felt a spurring determination to figure something out. To figure out how to bring the Inu back. Because one grumpy Inu with limited killing capabilities, was better than no Inu at all. Sitting on the edge of her bed, she opened the match box and pulled out one of the small pieces of green-tipped wood. With a quick strike against the checkered side of the box, a flame erupted on the match in a pretty sound of combustion and orange and yellow flickers. Four days had passed since the day on the beach—what was the chance that he had forgotten. Shaking the match so that way the flame pittered out, she frowned and looked down at her lap. Sesshomaru had never been keen on anything other than a strict allyship between them. That had been during the attack on Naraku. But now, there was nothing holding any ties between them, nothing that said he wanted to have anything to do with her. What if he did not come even if she called him here? Afterall, it was like he had said, he was not a dog for her to beck and call.

The used match dropped to the floor and black ashes sprinkled on her rug like miniscule ink colored snowflakes. What was she doing? Whether or not there were more youkai that she had not known about, Sesshomaru had been one of the most powerful during the feudal era. If five hundred years had passed since she last saw him, who knew just how powerful the dog demon had grown since their last meeting. She was making a very big chance to try and meet him. But as her doubt began to make her close the cartridge in her hand, her minded traveled to thoughts of a little girl traveling side by side with a powerful youkai, joy in her step.

She had not thought about Rin.

No matter how powerful Sesshomaru may have been in being able to stall death with Tenseiga, he could not have stretched Rin's life. She must have been long passed since this moment in time. Maybe, even though he would never say anything, he was alone too.

Steeling her resolve, she made her decision. The miko settled with the fact that she would continue to pester and bother the youkai for as long as she could, because even the oldest and most stubborn of demons could grow lonesome. That was a fact. Scraping another match against the box, another putter of fire came to life on the green tip, and she blew it out of with a quick gust from her lips.

As she waited, her room filled with plumes of lilac colored smoke and the scent of lavender incense.

a/n: thank you so much to everyone who reviewed! It really made my day. Sometimes I feel like this story isn't read, but knowing that you guys out there who do read it like it means so so much to me!

Small little update, but I will add another chapter relatively soon, so stay tuned!:D

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