Theme 17: Blood
Sesshomaru pondered the words of the girl. "Well, do you promise you'll protect me with it, forever and ever?" but he could not understand and it frustrated him to no end.
They travelled on a rocky mountain, Sesshomaru leading the pack while the humans followed.
Sesshomaru found in interesting that while the others should travel, the girl Kagome does not walk. She always travels on the back of the fire cat. At first he found it no business of his own, but now he was realising how the cat was growing weary of both its passengers. In the two weeks of travels, the group had found no sign of Naraku and only three sacred jewel shards. The journey was growing tiresome.
He stopped "Miko, the Fire cat is tired, you shall walk"
The entire group did not react well to his statement.
"Inuyasha, Kagome can't walk!" the fox kit Shippo exclaimed.
"Lady Kagome, climb on my back and I shall carry you" Miroku said but both women recoiled.
"Uh, no thanks" she said "Inuyasha's right, I should exercise my le a bit anyway."
She climbed off and began to walk.
The pace was slow and hobbled. Sesshomaru tried to hurry them along, but the group would not budge, choosing to follow Kagome's pace.
Suddenly, the scent of something metallic reached his nose from the Miko's direction. He turned and leapt, landing before her as she fell back. "Inuyasha!" she screeched "Don't scare me like that!"
Sesshomaru only pulled down the white clothing on the woman's leg as she cried out profanities.
Her leg was badly burnt and the newly healed skin was peeling off, most likely from the walk. "Why did you not inform me of this injury Miko!" he said, annoyed.
She huffed "I'd think you'd remember, you took most of the lava in the attack. But then again, that was before you became Lord cold-icy-jerk.
Sesshomaru ignored her comments. Inuyasha put himself in the path of injury, all for a mortal?
But that did not irritate him as much as seeing the injury on the girl itself. Her face scrunched in pain, somehow bothered him. But he did not allow it to show.
He was aware of the Monks lecherous actions, and knew the girl would not allow herself to be carried, but the cat was too weak and she could not walk. Thought the final option was not one he desired, it was the only solution. He bent down "I will carry you" he stated.
The girl looked in shock "Seriously?"
At his glare she clambered on, hooking her legs by his hips and her arms around his neck, her face buried into his hair. She was incredibly light and carrying her was easier than carrying Jaken, she fit so well.
As they ran, he noticed her scent was clean and fresh. And words of Inuyasha came to mind, 'Kagome, you smell nice'
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He finally had the jewel. His heart filled with anger and hatred was now alight with excitement. Finally a way to become a full Youkai, a way to make everyone who ever looked down on him run in fear instead.
He was so close, when suddenly and arrow of sacred light came from nowhere and struck him in the chest against a tree, blood dribbled down from the wound under his haori. The jewel slipped from his hands. No, why!
"INUYASHA!" a woman's voice.
He looked upon her. So beautiful, with hard brown eyes and long straight ebony hair that fluttered down her priestess garb, but her eyes were cold and full of pain.
His heart burst with a blend of emotion, betrayal and pain at the forefront, but also something else, a sorrowful pain, longing, love?
"Ki-Kikyo…how could…I thought…" his heart burned. How could she betray him, when he had been so ready to give up everything for her? She was the first woman he ever loved, the first to open his heart. How could she betray him so?
He would never trust again.
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