DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA, JUST THE CHARACTERS THAT I BRING INTO THE STORY LINE
Chapter Seven
Kagome woke to the cool morning breeze that made its way through the bamboo curtain leading to the outside world. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and rolled onto her back, slightly flinching at the small beam of light that made its way through the window onto her pillow. She blinked to adjust to the light and looked to her side, Sango still lay sleeping with Shippo and Kirara cuddling next to each other next to her pillow. She smiled to herself as she looked to her friends...her family. She was home.
Sesshomaru stood on the cliff looking down on the village before him. A breeze blew by shifting his hair as he closed his eyes to the familiar scent on the wind. He turned his head slightly to see Rin standing behind him with a smile on her face. Older now than before, he observed her slight, feminine form. Standing just a foot shorter than him, she wasnt anywhere near the same girl he had saved from the wolves years before. He turned his body slightly to face her a little more as she walked past him to stand in front of him, also looking down to the village.
"Thats where Lady Kagome stays, is it not Lord Sesshomaru?"
"It is."
Rin turned her head enough to look to him from the corner of her eye, his breath catching slightly as her hair fell across her eyes to form a hood of sorts. He silently cleared his throught before responding quietly.
"What is it, Rin?"
"I just wonder Lord Sesshomaru. Now that your brother and Lady Kagome have completed the Shikon No Tama and it is once again safe in its shrine, why is it that your standing here to observe the village."
She turned to fully face him with a concerned look on her face as she crossed her arms, jutting her breasts out just a hair. Sesshomaru took a slight step back as he took in the attitude she was projecting. He wrinkled his nose before speaking in a stand-off-ish tone.
"Why is it that you seem to feel you have the authority to speak to me in such manners or give me this attitude."
"Lord Sesshomaru, I simply dont understand why you stand here to observe. If you hate your brother as you say then why do you watch over him so?"
Sesshomaru growled low in his chest and stepped close to Rin, placing his face close to hers. His lips curled as he spoke in low, angry tones.
"He is not...my brother. That halfbreed means nothing, and you would do well to mind your mouth."
Rin raised an eyebrow and took a breath before stepping away from him and rolling her eyes, combating him with a tone almost level to his own.
"I am not the same child my Lord, and I will not be treated as such. I have my own opinions and am allowed them. Perhaps it is time I make my own way if you feel so strongly as to my presence being a burden or an annoyance."
Rin turned and started walking away, Sesshomaru growled to himself as he catched himself watching her bottom as she walked away. He snorted and turned away, taking one last glance at the village before turning and stalking back into the forest behind him.
Keade turned from her kettle to see Kagome walk into the cottage. She smiled brightly as Kagome bowed her head before fully entering. She walked over and sat next to the old priestess speaking in friendly tones to her long time friend.
"Hello child. It is good to have you home."
'Thank you Lady Keade," Kagome started before losing her smile slightly and staring at the fire beneath the kettle, "I wonder if I can speak to you."
"Of course child, what bothers ye?"
"Inuyasha... how did you know you could trust him with the jewel when you gave it to him?"
Kaede took a moment to examin Kagome and her expression of solomness before responding carefully.
"Inuyasha came to me with sincere sorrow in his tone. He wished for you to be home once more and it was clear in his actions. I trusted he truly wanted you home."
Kagome nodded and remained quiet, staring into the fire. Kaede looked down, speaking softly.
"What bothers ye, child?"
Kagome remained silent for a moment before speaking quietly, "Lady Keade, Inuyasha and I...I'm afraid. I know Kikyo was his past, but there is still a part of me that feels like I dont belong here. Like I should have never come in the first place."
"Child, ye know we believe everything happens for a reason. Ye were meant to be here, and ye were meant to meant to do all the things and meet all the people ye have while being in our world."
Kagome nodded, before looking to Kaede with a serious expression. Kaede sat silent, waiting for what was to come next, being suprised by Kagomes next words.
"I want to use the Shikon No Tama."
Inuyasha stood on the edge of a field full of flowers. He closed his eyes as he remembered the last time he was here.
"I love you Inuyasha"
"I love you too Kikyo."
He fluttered his eyes open as the words came back to him. She smiled lightly at remembering the past, when he was struck with a sudden pain in his shoulder. He reached up to rub his shoulder as a thought came to his mind.
'How could you Inuyasha?'
He flinched at Kagomes voice in his mind. He frowned and looked to the ground, memories of his time with Kagome coming back to him. From thier first kiss as a desperate attempt from Kagome to keep him in his half demon form to thier most recent exploitation of each others bodies. Thier blood coursing into the others bodies as they mated with each other. He smiled remembering her smell, the feel of her skin under his fingers, the pure happiness in her eyes when he finally showed her how he felt for her. He furrowed his brow as he thought of how he could have ever dissapointed her in the ways that he had.
He had left her for Kikyo countless times when all she had ever done was stand by his side. His frown deepend when he thought of how she had stood up for him with his brother, sat by him as his wounds healed, and cried over him as he left her countless times when angry.
He set his expression and looked up from his feet, looking to the field of flowers once more. He turned to head back to the village when he was dropped to his feet by a sharp pain in his shoulder. He reached up and grabbed his shoulder, his fangs sharpening and his talons lengthoning. His eyes flew open in panic as his demon side started to take over. Full of confusion and fear he took off at top speed towards the village, being knocked back to the ground by a wave of power.
"The sacred jewel."
