Disclaimer: Check the first one :p

Okay, that was first time when I tried to erite a oneshot and it's... horrible, but I need to have it out from my computer so.. yeah you can call it trash. And by the way-ginnie thanks for your concern, but don't worry the previous piece was old, I'm not going to live in a past ^_~

Now to the trash!

prompt: marathon

words: 716

"I'm so tired," murmured Kagome laying her head on the cold desk. It may not be the best pillow she had had, but still it was something she could rest her head on and just maybe if she closed her eyes, she would be able to rest. Her heavy eyelids slowly closed and the miko probably would have fell asleep, if she didn't hear how someone cleared his throat somewhere from beside her.

Kagome's blue eyes slid open just to see the man she was working for standing over her with quirked eyebrow. She groaned sending him her best glare.

"It's all your fault." she said angrily.

"Hn, and what exactly are you blaming me for?" The lord asked with bland tone. The miko slowly sat up and gave him yet another glare that probably would gave heart attack to some lesser youkai.

"That," she said, pointing at herself. The daiyoukai's eyebrow rose higher not understanding to what she was referring to. Perhaps the girl was having that strange PMS again?

She leaned her head on her bent hands.

"I'm feeling like I have run a marathon." Now the daiyoukai was totally confused. Marat-what? What was she talking about? 'Maybe the miko is going insane?'

While the great inuyoukai was busy with his thoughts Kagome was having her own mental rant. She was cursing the day when Sesshoumaru got the message that his mother would come to the visit. Not only he was frustrated for the next three days, but also left her with the list of tasks that needed to be done before her arrival.

The tasks that Kagome was not prepared to wield. Sure she worked with Seshoumaru for few months already and she was living in his shiro, but working with the servants was another tale. Making the long story short, they gave her the hardest time of her life.

The worst thing was that, that Kagome wasn't sure if that was because she was the only human and was giving them an orders, or their negative attitude towards her came from the rumors that she was trying to seduce Sesshoumaru. Not knowing the source she couldn't fight it.

But thankfully, after all the troubles they gave her everything was finally ready and set. Sesshoumaru's mother could come any moment now.

The miko was cut from her thoughts by the baritone voice of her boss.

"What is that maratoon?" Sesshoumaru asked cocking his head slightly, reminding Kagome of the curious puppy. She bit her lower lip to stifle back the 'aww-ing' that was already rising in her throat.

She shook her head lightly and started explanation.

"Marathon. You see long ago under the town of that name was the great battle. The victorious army sent one soldier to deliver the message about the victory to the nearest town. The soldier run 42 km without one stop and when he arrived he was only able to say 'victory' before dying."

"In the place I come from, every four years we are having the contest in which some people are running the same distance as the soldier from the story had. It's very popular." Kagome finished while Sesshoumaru frowned at her.

"Humans are foolish." he said suddenly. The woman just blinked at him waiting for some explanation.

"You're killing your own species without reason-it's utterly foolish." Kagome gazed at him owlishly not even a bit understanding what her boss meant.

"Killing?" she asked dumbly.

"You said that the soldier died." Kagome blinked again before bursting into laughter.

"The competitors are not falling dead at the end. They're training before the contest." she said once she calmed a bit. The youkai frowned at her.

"Then perhaps miko, all you need is the training in the task I gave you." Kagome smiled a bit.

"Perhaps." she agreed.

Unnoticed by the pair, the whole exchange was watched by the pair of the yellow eyes that was burning with jealousy. Yes, thought the little creature, he was glad that The Great, Terrible Mother of his lord was coming here. If someone would be able to take of the human girl it was her.

Jaken smirked to himself. He wouldn't mind to help her with the task too.

'Only wait miko, your days here are getting to it's end.'

AN: The drama is coming! Sorry that it's soo bad, but I'm in bad mood :(