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Scientific Method
Chapter 20
Kagome silently rinsed the dishes with the water stored in her biggest water bottle. It was not much really only a tea cup and the kettle.
"Miko, why are you educated so?" the taiyoukai studying her a proper distance away bluntly inquired.
Kagome's eyes glance up at him and she tilted her head in thought. "I guess…it is tradition. People in my time study well into their adulthood; women included."
The taiyoukai snorted, "Knowledge is a weapon," stated the taiyoukai firmly, "It is foolish to share it in such a way. It would make controlling the Lands harder."
A black eyebrow rose at his masochist comment. It hit home deeper than he may believe. The futuristic girl had her share of arrogant and demeaning males before, including Inuyasha and Koga, but his chauvinistic comment displeased her more than the others. She thought he was different. His royal ways and silent contemplation had hinted at his over-developed senses…but apparently, it was only a façade. "It is," Kagome finally replied and began to store away the items she had cleaned.
Sesshomaru kept silent for a few moments, "How do they do it then?"
Kagome sighed, knowing politics was a sensible topic. "They really don't," she explained vaguely, "Politics spread around the same way a variety of religions do. People just choose the one they like the most."
Golden pools of amber narrowed dangerously, "Humans do not choose their rulers," he growled, affronted, "We choose them for them."
With a slow shake of her head she negated him, "Not in my time Sesshomaru," she voiced out sadly, "There are no demons in my time."
Anger swelled inside the taiyoukai's chest but he held it firm. "Impossible." Kagome merely shrugged her shoulders. "You are not even trained miko. It could very well be that your meager abilities are not enough to feel them. This Sesshomaru is not dead."
Anger flashed through Kagome's brown eyes before dying out a moment later, "Believe what you will Sesshomaru." She opened her sleeping bag and quickly settled in. She rested her eyes for a few minutes…almost an hour. She knew the taiyoukai was stubborn and proud. Frankly, she tired of his dismissal of her thoughts and teachings.
Softly, she heard him mutter something; the words too soft to hear to perfection, but cliché enough for her to catch.
"We are not extinct, right Father?"
Kagome's heart squeezed painfully.
TBC
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