An Unimpressive Ending | By : Sarafeenuh Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Kagome > Sessh?maru/Kagome Views: 7811 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 5 |
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Chapter 1
It had been a little over a month since Kagome had become trapped in the past. She was currently hauling a very heavy yellow backpack in search of a nice, open clearing. She had passed the well some time back and had been proud of herself for not crying at the sight of it. Once she was satisfied that she was far enough away from the village and not too close to any dry brush or too many trees she dropped her pack to the ground. She took a moment to smooth the simple yukata she wore and inhaled deeply focusing on her power, she stretched her senses and found no immediate threats in the vicinity. She pulled a tasuki from her backpack and tied her sleeves up before beginning to collect kindling.
Starting the fire had been simple, it was a task she had mastered over the years. What was difficult was waiting for all of her futuristic items to actually burn. The thick canvas of the backpack made an acrid black smoke and seemed to melt more than actually burn to ash. At this realization she made sure to separate any plastic items and figured she would have to find some other way to dispose of them. As she sat and watched her best blue jeans slowly smolder her senses detected a foreboding wave of youki. Kagome stiffened, suddenly tense and on high alert. Her anxiety lasted only a moment though, once she recognized the aura.
As the presence grew closer Kagome wondered if the daiyoukai would actually visit with her. In the end they had been allies, but that didn’t mean he would retain enough interest to seek her out. He did just that though, his white silhouette breaking the distant tree line as he headed toward her. When he was standing just on the other side of her fire Kagome stood and bowed a greeting. The Western lord regarded her for a moment before he spoke.
“You stayed.”
Kagome shifted, wondering how to respond, or if he even wanted her to. As the silence stretched between them and she began to feel uncomfortable under his stare she finally settled on replying, “I was not given a choice.”
“Ah,” Sesshomaru responded. It was then he seemed to fully take notice of what she was doing. “Why do you not burn all of the items?”
“Well, some of the materials won’t actually burn completely. They also create poisonous fumes if burnt. I must find some way to dispose of them though, it won’t do to leave evidence of my presence… …of my origins.”
Sesshomaru’s gaze lingered on her pile of oddities. A mirror too fine to belong to this period, a brush made of a material he had never seen before, various box shaped items too brightly colored and shiny to be in this place. He then shifted his line of sight to the miko, she too used to be too brightly colored and unblemished to belong here. Now, she was dressed as a plain village woman and if it weren’t for the aura of miko energy that sparked at his senses he would believe her to be just another human villager. He was unsurprised that she chose not to dress in the garb of a miko, she had never been comfortable with that role. She wouldn’t want to become fully the shadow of his half brother’s mate.
Still, she looked out of place. She looked older and tired, and something within Sesshomaru wanted to ask her what she would do now. How was she going to provide for herself, who was going to protect her? Instead he walked over to her pile of evidence and allowed his poison to enter his claws. Slowly, he dripped acid onto the last of the miko’s belongings and watched them disintegrate.
“Thank you, Sesshomaru-sama.”
The daiyoukai merely shrugged and left the clearing.
Hours later when Kagome returned to the village she was surprised to see a two headed dragon outside of Kaede’s hut, Sesshomaru’s toad retainer napping on its back. She was even more surprised when she entered the hut to see Lord Sesshomaru himself seated, drinking tea with Kaede and a now teenaged Rin kneeling next to him.
“Ah, Kagome. It is good you are back. Lord Sesshomaru has come to us with a proposition.”
Kagome’s eye widened and she fought back the squeak she felt forming in her throat. She bowed to the daiyoukai for a second time that night and kneeled between Kaede and Rin on the floor. She gratefully accepted a cup of tea from the older miko before asking,
“And what is it that Sesshomaru-sama proposes?”
Rin fidgeted next to Kagome and anxiously looked between her Lord and the young woman. Kagome quirked a brow but waited for Sesshomaru to speak.
“I have come to ask that the miko allow Rin to train under her in order that she may one day become the priestess of this village. Upon finding you here, I have decided to offer you a place in my home.”
Kagome couldn’t stop the shocked gasp that came out at that. Beside her Rin giggled and bounced excitedly. Kaede cleared her throat and spoke first,
“Rin is most welcome to train as my successor, Lord Sesshomaru.”
Kagome was still in a state of shock and it was only when Kaede elbowed her arm that she seemed to remember her manners.
“I am most humbled and honored by your offer Sesshomaru-sama. However, I fear that I wouldn’t be able to contribute anything of worth to your household.”
The daiyoukai set his cup down and locked eyes with Kagome. She forced herself not to look away despite the embarrassment she felt. Of course she wouldn’t be able to contribute, and of course he knew that. Her own hands clenched around the cup she held and she fought the urge to laugh nervously.
“You need not contribute. You are the Shikon miko, you aided in the defeat of Naraku, and you are pack. It is only right you should have a place in my household.”
Well! Kagome had certainly not expected that! Though it sounded like an obligation, like yet another imposition, it felt like… a compliment.
Kagome smiled, “Oh.”
“I will make preparations and return for you in ten days’ time. Rin, you will behave.”
“Yes, Sesshomaru-sama!”
And with that he was gone, and Kagome was filled with bubbling, nervous energy. She never found sleep that night.
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