Hi!
Note: Guess what?? Inuyasha and company don’t belong to me.
;_;
Thanks to everyone who is still reading my fic on Kagome.
^_^ Honto ni gomenasai for taking this long. I've been going crazy, what with having
a midterm every week for the last 2 months. Torture! Anyways, this chapter is
finally ready to be read.
Onto the story...
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Inuyasha carefully
eased up to Kagome's window and opened it. The room smelled of Kagome's scent
but she wasn't anywhere to be seen. Crouching beside Kagome's bed, he looked
around curiously. He got up and started rummaging through Kagome's drawer for
the Shikon shards, throwing papers around at random.
Meanwhile, Souta
saw papers flying around through the doorway of Kagome's room. Peeking in he
saw Inuyasha with his back to him. "Inuyasha nii-chan, what are you doing
here?" Inuyasha jumped at the voice and tried to not look guilty for
rummaging in the kid's older sister's room.
"Kagome isn't
here right now. Actually, she left last night through the well. Why are you
looking for her here?"
Inuyasha froze in
shock. She hasn't been back? How can that be? Where can she go in my
time? Doesn't that stupid wench know how dangerous it is? Not to mention she's
running around in a place full of youkai with the Shikon shards. Inuyasha
realized that the kid was beginning to look worried at his continued silence.
Souta opened his mouth to ask about Kagome when Inuyasha interrupted.
"Don't
worry about it, kid. I'm off to find your sister. Ja ne." So saying,
Inuyasha leaped out of the open window and headed for the well house. Leaping
into the well the hanyou went back to the Sengoku Jidai. Inuyasha headed for
Kaede’s village, hoping Kagome had returned there and wasn’t lost somewhere
like he thought.
Inuyasha
ran through the trees as he tried to catch Kagome’s scent. She had not been at
the village and now Kaede was also worried about the girl. Where can she be?
Why is that wench always getting into trouble? She hadn’t been back to her
time since she saw him and Kikyo together. The thought of Kagome seeing him and
Kikyo kissing bothered him. When he saw her retreating back he felt as if he
was losing something important but that was silly. She was just a girl who can
help him find the Shikon shards. But then why did he get a dull ache at the
thought of her never returning, of never seeing her again. Inuyasha growled to
himself, frustrated by his thoughts. I’m going to find her and get the
Shikon shards. Then I’m going to send her back to her time… When she goes back
things will be as they should be. Kikyo can help me collect the Shikon shards
and we will destroy Naraku.
So
distracted by his thoughts was he that Inuyasha did not really see where he was
heading. Inuyasha suddenly realized he was getting closer and closer to a very
familiar scent.
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Kagome woke slowly
to the feeling that she was being watched. She opened her eyes a crack and then
felt them widen with shock. Staring right into her face was a little girl who
looked to be about 6 years old. Kagome rubbed her eyes in confusion. I
can't really be seeing a little girl here, can I? The girl smiled down at
Kagome impishly as she mimicked Kagome's actions and rubbed her eyes with the
back of her hands. In spite of her surprise, Kagome smiled as the kid giggled.
Then the girl
seemed to see something else that interested her. "Sesshoumaru-sama,
Sesshoumaru-sama, Rin made nee-chan smile." Then the girl began talking to
Sesshoumaru about nothing in particular. "... Jaken fell and Rin laughed
but Jaken got mad at Rin... Rin beat Jaken to Sesshoumaru."
Kagome stared at
the girl with some wonderment as the child named Rin babbled on in front of
Sesshoumaru about nothing at all. She's
human, I'm sure of it. I don't sense any youkai energy about her. But then why
would a youkai who hates humans tolerate a human. And he's actually listening
to her and not getting mad at the kid for talking on and on. Kagome's
thoughts were interrupted as Jaken burst noisily out of the bushes.
“Sesshoumaru-sama,
I have lost the human girl.” Rin giggled and hid slightly behind Sesshoumaru
while he just looked at Jaken. “I am so sorry Sesshoumaru-sama, I have failed
you. But I hope you will spare me as she was just a human girl and I have been
your loyal servant for many years.” Sesshoumaru back-handed the youkai into a
tree.
“Jaken, I told you
to look after Rin, do not fail me again.” The toady youkai groaned and
prostrated himself in front of Sesshoumaru in apology.
“Yes,
Sesshoumaru-sama.” Kagome was more confused than ever. Rin was definitely human
and Sesshoumaru ordered Jaken to protect her. This is getting weirder by the
minute.
After
a quick breakfast, Sesshoumaru’s small group continued their journey. Kagome
was just beginning to wonder where it was exactly that they were going when
Sesshoumaru decided to take a rest. She thought that that was pretty strange
for a youkai to get tired so quickly. But Kagome suspected that Sesshoumaru did
not stop to rest but to let the little girl rest. Of course, he would not be
very happy if she even suggested that to him. Shrugging, Kagome plopped onto
the ground for some much needed rest. I wonder what everyone is doing.
They’ve probably realized something was wrong by now since I don’t usually stay
away from them this long. Would they know that I’m not in my time but stuck in
the Sengoku Jidai?
Kagome
looked at Sesshoumaru’s expressionless profile. She wondered how he expected
her to explain one of mortal’s greatest mysteries to him. Love. It was a
mystery to her too. Who was she to say when the man, well hanyou, she cared
about chose another? Kagome wasn’t sure if what she felt for Inuyasha was real
love or remnants of the love Kikyo’s soul felt for him. It was all very
confusing to her. Shaking her head in frustration she sighed. It shouldn’t
matter anymore since Inuyasha chose Kikyo. But yet it did matter, because
it hurt.
Sesshoumaru
studied the girl as she seemed to stare into nothingness, lost in her thoughts.
To his superior senses, he could almost see a glow around her that shone with
the color of her emotions. Her ki, her life’s energy, seemed to flow
constantly, changing in moments. While Rin’s ki was often filled with the
brightness of life and affection for himself, Kagome’s ki was a chaotic mix of
emotions. That warm emotion she held towards Inuyasha reminded me of
something. It’s something I have experienced before at one point.
Focusing his
energies, Sesshoumaru studied the swirl of emotions around Kagome but couldn’t
seem to understand why the girl felt as she did. Subsiding for the moment,
Sesshoumaru studied the human girl and her strange appearance. She is
different somehow from every other human I have met thus far. Sesshoumaru
watched as Kagome’s hair moved with the wind. Her scent is not that of
others. Every other human I have encountered reeked of sweat and combinations
of odors. But her, she has a pleasant scent. But it’s not only her humanity
that made her different. It was her. At first I thought she was
frightened of me and hated me because I was a youkai. But that assumption does
not seem to fit. I thought that she would be wary of Rin just because she is
with a youkai as others, human and youkai, are wary. But it seems as though
that does not matter to her.
“What is your
name, human?” Kagome started, as she was distracted from her thoughts of
Inuyasha together with Kikyo. For once, she had reason to be thankful to
Sesshoumaru.
“Kagome.”
“So tell me, what
is it that causes you such mind-numbing pain? And how you are able to hold such
warm emotions in the midst of such pain?” Sesshoumaru watched as emotions
flashed across the girl’s face. He saw that the girl was shocked that he would
ask such a question of her. But she also seemed to want to talk about it for
reasons of her own.
Kagome studied
Sesshoumaru’s passive face as she tried to think of the words to say. I
don’t see why I can’t tell him. It’s not as though he cares either way and
there’s no one I can talk to about my problems except him now. Shrugging
her shoulders Kagome began telling Sesshoumaru about her relationship with
Inuyasha. During the story, Kagome expected Sesshoumaru to tell her to get to
the point at anytime and stop with the foolishness of the story of her and
Inuyasha’s romance but he did not. Sesshoumaru interrupted once to indicate
that they would be continuing their journey and that she was to continue her
story while they walked.
Sesshoumaru trained
his senses upon the girl as she told her story filled with happiness, sadness,
triumphs and failures. The swirling emotions around her changed with her
feelings as she relived each happy or sad moment. And with her, Sesshoumaru
also felt what she felt as she relived each moment. When she finally reached
the end of her story, Kagome went silent as she experienced the pain as if it
was new.
Sesshoumaru eyes
widened in shock. I… can feel her pain.
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Yay, I’ve finished the chapter. ^_^
I would love to get some feedback on this chapter.
Arigato minna for reading. ^_~