Round 6. Enjoy have a good week –DP
Kagome groaned as the blinding sun made its self-known over the horizon, she none too willingly opened her eyes to a new day, though at least she wasn't cold anymore. The memories of last tumbled through her thoughts as she glanced around, Sesshomaru not in sight but the two headed dragon still in place, letting Rin and her lean on him. She gave the beast a gentle pat as she made herself stand, her legs protesting some from all the walking they had done the day before. Well, I mines well make myself toward that village from last night…rather not upset the demon lord. She shook her head and stretched, making her slightly aching muscles cooperate. She was fixing to head back toward the village, straightening her clothes and such as she took a few steps, but a voice halted her in mid stride. "Miko…" She glanced behind her seeing Sesshomaru holding two rabbits. "Lord Sesshomaru?" She asked cautiously. She turned to face him fully, rather being somewhere else.
"You will travel with us, until we find your companions." He said it in the, that is final tone and he went back to his task of cleaning the rabbits he had returned with. Kagome didn't know whether to be annoyed or grateful, though ordering her around didn't sit well with her. She was somewhat glad she wouldn't be alone for the next few days. She watched him idly and soon he had the rabbits laid over some rocks he had dropped in the fire. Rin moving caught her attention, the girl rolled over yawning, half waking up, she smiled lopsidedly at seeing Kagome before sitting up. "Morning Kagome-chan, glad you are still with me." The girl giggled lightly. Rin always easily cheered Kagome up a bit, she hoped if she ever had a daughter she would be similar to Rin, she was so adorable and care free normally.
"Yes, Rin seems I will be in your company for a few days." Jaken brought them out of their little happy moment. Squawking to his lordship about one thing or another. Sesshomaru had long finished the rabbits and was leaning on the same tree had been last night. The humans would be fed, then he would send them to bathe in the hot spring a ways off and they'd be on their way again. Well several minutes later the eating part seemed to be the easier of the two tasks. As soon as he brought of bathing the miko near threw a fit and flat out said no, and Rin was whining about freezing to death. With a mental sigh he moved with his unnatural speed to the saddle bags on the dragon, and withdrew two paper wrapped objects. He dropped one in each of the females unprepared grasp making them juggle the object. "Go bathe." He pointed to the general direction of the hot spring not too far off. "Will I will bathe you myself." He threatened idly. Kagome gave a huff and took the hand of Rin and strolled off toward the hot spring he claim was there.
Kagome definitely didn't miss Sesshomaru being around, him and his commanding ways and overly strong aura, could smother someone. After a couple minutes they came face to face with a decently sized hot spring. Kagome first helped Rin undress hay falling from their clothing making them both giggle lightly and she then stripped herself, they quickly got into the spring avoiding the biting cold air around them. After they settled in, each girl opened a paper wrapped object, one contained two towels with a handful natural oils and handmade soaps, and the other was kimonos, one larger than the other, though they were near matching, light blue long sleeves thick soft material with designs of white magnolias across one hip and down to the bottom length of the garment. To Kagome it just screamed expensive and too fine to even wear for her taste, she didn't want to ruin it.
Shaking her head the two girls quickly got to scrubbing themselves with the natural soaps only affordable to the rich in this era, they each the selected an oil to dab onto their skin before quickly exiting the spring, drying, and each helping one another with the couple layers of kimono. They both made their way back to the trio who waited on them, Kagome had folded her clothes up and Rin's tucking them in the saddle bag when they returned to Ah-Un. Sesshomaru eyed them in their winter Kimonos, the miko surely cleaned up decently when wearing the proper clothes for this era. His thought went to his new enemy, they had wanted the miko for something, and if he had the right hunch, they would track her down again for same purpose. He brought his attention back to his growing group, they had linger long enough in this area and it was time to go. "Let us go." Was all he simply stated, Kagome helped Rin onto Ah-Un, followed by pulling herself up onto the dragon. They soon strolled behind Sesshomaru, going to where ever he decided. ***
"You are an idiot, near as much as that creator of yours Naraku. How could you let two little human females escape? Not only escape unable to track them at that, now we have to start all over. Which will set us back near three days, we only have two weeks left, than we will miss our deadly to do what we came together to do to begin with." The snow leopard demon near roared at the incarnation of Naraku's he was working with currently, without the priestess they couldn't even come close to summoning and bring back the creature they had in mind. She was needed to break the barriers that held him captured, and then she was needed with her pure soul to awaken Conosubo himself, the demon that had abilities like a god and took four demonic war lords to take him down, and a powerful priestess to seal him. Oh he would rise again, but this moon only came every 40 years and he wasn't going to miss it again. "Go find the girls again, don't fail me or you won't get the shards I have, we need them back within the week." He bit out at the other demon before kicking up snow as he was gone in a whirl wind. ***
The last couple days with Sesshomaru's group had been fairly uneventful besides for a couple demons that crossed his path and were incinerated within thirty seconds. Rin was a little chat box and bouncing with energy throughout the day, which helped distract Kagome from her boredom fairly well. She missed her friends, and she really wanted to go home, winter often depressed her when she was away from her family, because it meant holidays were near and she was going to miss them as usual. She released a sigh which turned into a puff of foggy mist, the cold wasn't helping either, although she wasn't really cold the thick kimono Sesshomaru had given her plenty made up for lack of thick coat and such. Kagome watched Rin collecting snow balls to attempt to throw at poor Jaken, she had given the girl her pair of gloves which were a bit too big for the child, though protected her hands more from the biting cold. So that is how their current day progressed, Rin chasing Jaken around Ah-Un, Kagome sat upon Ah-Un and Sesshomaru out front leading the pack. Kagome's gaze looked at the male's back, he still confused especially now since he took her in, he had been feeding her, he gave her clothes, protected her, gathered wood for them and yet he was supposed to dislike humans.
Shaking her head she cleared it of thoughts of the youkai before her, his silver hair slightly swaying with his stride. The miko was forced from her thoughts when she felt a familiar tug at her senses. Oh great a jewel shard…I guess going to have to pass this one up…I highly doubt Mr. high and mighty over there will go for it…. She sighed again letting her gaze go back to Rin who had just got a good shot in at Jaken, right upside the head. Kagome was just glad it wasn't her though her brow creased when she felt the shard move closer to them, what creature would be dumb enough to come toward the Inu lord himself. Though as if on cue the snow picked up and the familiar unnatural wind caressed throughout the area, Rin instantly hid behind Ah-Un and Kagome. So the snow demon has the jewel piece? Though why didn't I feel it on him before? Shaking her head she quickly dug through the pouch and found the small bottle of sand she had saved from yesterday. Rin or she was not going to be captured again, she knew what she was up against now, and she would not go without a fight.
Sesshomaru had stiffened, even Kagome saw it, and did this demon irk him that much, though then again it did capture Rin last time around. With bottle of sand in hand she slid off of Ah-Un and stepped forward, she was going to put an end to this pretty soon once he made his appearance and as if on cue the familiar white whirl wind made it's entrance few feet away. Staring down Sesshomaru himself, the cocky leopard had hand on him strolling toward them. "Surprises me Lord Sesshomaru, that you would take on another human, makes it even easier for me to round them both up this time." Sesshomaru drew his sword wickedly fast and sparks flew as the leopard block the sword, sparks flying from the metal wrist band he wore to complete such a task as if blocking the Inu Lord. "Ah no, no sword play canine." With those words the whole area was swarmed with heavy wind causing the snow to pick up, the leopard doing his previous hide and go seek trick attempting to fool Sesshomaru. Kagome had to balance against a tree not to be knocked on her rear as she made out figures in the now created blizzard.
She already had enough she pulled the stopper from the glass bottle and poured some of the sand in her hand, she laced it with her powers, she was planning on charging the atmosphere making the whole thing stop, any spells or demonic energy control the weather would be halted at her word. She learned the trick a couple years ago from Kaede. Kagome took a deep breath and focused before tossing the sand up and calling out the two words, a flash of like a electrical charge lit the air connecting the sand together, and in an instant all the snow dropped, the wind calmed to a breeze, and just as it did Sesshomaru saw the leopard's next move and wam, right hook to the snow demons face. He went flying into the trees…K-o for Sesshomaru… Kagome winced at the contact, she only disliked violence no matter how much she had seen in her time here. Sesshomaru turned and looked directly at her, Kagome blushed lightly near wanting to crawl under a rock. He wasn't glaring at her just observing her idly, as if sizing her up.