Chained In More Ways Than One
Diabolical
The ball of light zoomed through the sky traveling quite a distance away before finally descending and landing in an empty field lighting the evening into day before dispersing.
Kagome stumbled a step away from Sesshoumaru before gravitating back towards him, panting. Needing something to hold onto to be able to keep her footing because she was so dizzy.
Sesshoumaru just raise an eyebrow at her weird actions. Standing straight as always like he didn't just almost travel faster than the speed of light.
"Never do that again without a proper warning." Kagome mumbled angrily trying to get a better grip on his sleeve because she was slipping to the ground.
"I did warn you." Sesshoumaru stated as a fact and not a question. Scratching his head in confusion.
"You did say prepare yourself but you didn't specify WHAT FOR!" Kagome glared at him and Sesshoumaru ignored her as if she said nothing at all.
"Where are we anyway? Is it even safe here?" Kagome questioned looking both ways. It just looked like a normal field in the middle of no ware to her but there must be a reason that he picked it if they traveled so far.
They may not have been in that ball for more than ten minutes but at that speed they must be far away from the Elder's castle.
"The safest place you can be." Sesshoumaru stated proudly.
Kagome waited for a reason that didn't seem forthcoming any time soon. She signaled with her hand for him to continue because she was too out of breath to voice it out loud.
"The Western Lands." Sesshoumaru claimed like a proud papa who was introducing his new born child for the first time.
Kagome shook her head in exasperation. 'Of course he would bring us to his own territory.' Sesshoumaru's a dog demon and canines always feel most secure when at home.
"So that was the eastern lord you mentioned earlier, right?" Kagome questioned as she let go of him to go sit on a near by rock.
"Yes. I've known Shizaru since I was a pup. His father and mine used to bring us both to war meetings to supposedly play together but all he ever did was play pranks on me and others." Sesshoumaru stood with a thoughtful expression.
"I thought all the lords had a symbol on their foreheads marking them as the leader of their lands. I didn't see any mark on his forehead, did you?" Kagome questioned.
"I have only ever seen the mark on him once. One war meeting he decided to stand in the middle of the table and pants himself in front of the lords and Elder."
"He MOONED them." Kagome responded in surprise. Sesshoumaru looked up at his own mark when she said that in confusion. "Never mind that, so his marks on his butt. What is it?"
"It's a sun of course. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. We are determined to be opposites." Sesshoumaru responded like he was taught that from birth.
Kagome leaned back and closed her eyes. "He explained why he wanted me but why would he get you involved in all this? You say you've known him for along time so he must know how skilled you are? And what about the elder?"
"My observation is that Shizaru is trying to start a war. There are four lords in all. I am rumored, which has never been proven for we have never fought each other, to be the strongest. If he takes me out first the plan will probably be for the other two to surrender under his rule. The Elder was probably threatened to take his side in all this, or die."
"Woe, diabolical." Kagome commented just to say something as she thought what he said over.
"What?" Sesshoumaru said in confusion. 'Why is the Miko always use such weird words'.
"Diabolical means to show your cunning, ingenuity, or wickedness." Kagome sprouted off the dictionary meaning.
"Whatever. We can't do anything about that situation until we fix our own." Sesshoumaru dismissed the word as the miko's foolishness and started to pace as he thought of a way to remove the chain and solve their problem.
"I have an idea." Kagome stated. Sesshoumaru stopped pacing to listen to her idea to humor her. "I think that we should have Totosai take a look at it."
"That would never work." Sesshoumaru immediately dismisses her idea without even thinking about the possibilities and began to pace again.
"Fine then. I'm just going to set up camp while you try and think up an ingenious plan all by your self if my idea's are so useless." Kagome raised her voice in frustration and had to keep following him with her head back and forth because he was pacing so fast.
Kagome huffed and stomped over to her bag to get her sleeping bag and matches. After she had the camp fire going she boiled some water she had in a bottle for ramen while she waited.
She wasn't worried Kagome thought as she slurped her noodles. He'd give into her eventually. All she had to do is play the waiting game. She knew how stubborn Inuyasha could be and Sesshoumaru couldn't be that different.
It had grown dark by the time Sesshoumaru decided to finally sit down.
"Are you ready to listen to my idea now?" Kagome asked in a disinterested tone while poking the camp fire with a stick.
"Totosai would run away at the first sight of me like he always does. He's afraid of me." Sesshoumaru stated his reason.
"Like he doesn't have a reason to be." Kagome responds sarcastically giving him a blank look and crossing her arms.
Sesshoumaru just got a satisfied proud look on his face. You could see the situations of terror he inflicted on the old sword maker replaying across his eyes.
"Stop that!" Kagome demanded wiping the expression off his face and putting the mask back up.
"Now he may be afraid of you but he loves me." Kagome reassured. Well maybe she was over stretching with the love part but he at least liked her.
She wouldn't have been able to tell before but after being in his company constantly for a couple days she was able to read Sesshoumaru's body language. It was all in his hands and shoulders. His shoulders were an inch lower than usual and his hands were laying lax at his side.
"We'll leave in the morning." Sesshoumaru gave in begrudgingly to her whims. He managed to come up with no better ideas. Shizaru said that only he could remove it and after already trying everything in his power before, he believed him.
Kagome couldn't help but give a small squeal at her accomplishment and a whoop of excitement. "Ok now that we have that settled hand over your mokomoko so that I can get some sleep." She said with a yawn and put both her arms out to receive the heavy fur pelt.
"Why should I do something like that?" Sesshoumaru asked turning around so he wasn't looking the miko in the face.
Kagome's happy expression disappeared to frustrated. "Don't you remember our deal? If we weren't separated and still together you have to let me use your fur pelt as a pillow the rest of the time we're attached."
"I don't know what you are talking about." Sesshoumaru lied. Trying a last ditch effort to get out of it.
"We SHOOK ON IT." Kagome yelled in frustration finally braking Sesshoumaru's resolve.
She wasn't prepared for the item of digression to hit her in the face. It managed to knock her to the ground but luckily she landed on her sleeping bag. She decided to just stay put and give into her exhaustion.
"Good night, Sesshoumaru." Came the muffled greeting from the talking pile of fur.
Not even waiting for his reply the miko's breathing evened out as she feel into a deep sleep.
"Good night." Sesshoumaru whispered his reply before loosening his poster into a slouch. There was no one to witness his show of exhaustion. It had been a very long day even for him. He almost dragged his feet over to the nearest tree before sliding down to the base.
How come it's only been since he's met the miko that he can sleep almost every night. Is it because she's so hard to keep up with or does he find her presence comforting. He'd think about it in the morning Sesshoumaru thought as his eyelids slid shut.