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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 4
Two weeks later found the palace a bustle of activity as the daiyoukai and miko prepared to leave. A-Un was saddled with packs housing clothing for Kagome as well as bathing supplies, blankets, and some small cooking pots and cups. The summer months allowed for Kagome to wear lighter yukata, though they were hardly less extravagant than the kimono she wore at the palace, she was glad she would have a bit more mobility. While she didn’t miss her days of traipsing around the countryside in miniskirts, she did miss her loafers. She expected that no matter how thick her tabi her feet would become blistered from walking around in geta.
Sesshomaru didn’t seem to need much in the way of supplies. From what Kagome could tell all the items loaded onto A-Un were for her benefit. The beast was ready and waiting just outside the gate. The miko and daiyoukai were due to leave just after breakfast. Kagome was seated in the dining hall sipping tea when Sesshomaru entered. He was wearing his armor and swords and carried a beautiful bow and quiver which he propped against the wall before he seated himself. Kagome smiled upon seeing Sesshomaru looking like his old self and then gazed admiringly at the weapon he’d set down.
“Is it to your liking?” Sesshomaru asked as he accepted the tea Kagome poured for him.
“Oh, it’s lovely! Is it for me?”
“Obviously. This one wouldn’t allow you to travel undefended.”
Kagome chuckled as she reached for her bowl of rice. “I would hardly call traveling with the Lord of the West being undefended. Thank you though, I would never have expected to have anything so fine.”
Sesshomaru was pleased both that she liked her gift and that she trusted him to protect her. Still, he didn’t like the idea of her being unarmed while on the road. That he had requested the bow and quiver to be made specially and with very little notice had less to do with practicality but he enjoyed her reaction.
“Are your other things not so fine? Your kimono, your rooms? I do my best to provide well for you, Kagome,” his voice was teasing and the miko seemed flustered by it.
“What? No! Everything you allow me to use is far beyond what I would expect. I didn’t mean insult, I was merely complimenting your choice. I…just…oh! You know what I meant!” Kagome knew her face must be red by now.
Sesshomaru hummed as he took a sip of tea. “I don’t simply allow you to use things. But, yes, I know what you meant. You are most welcome.”
Kagome was thoroughly unnerved by Sesshomaru’s teasing. He seemed to be in an especially good mood today and while she liked it, she wasn’t used to him being so playful. Any woman would blush if the youkai lord had spoken to them so. If this was how he was going to behave while they were traveling alone together she was going to have this nervous feeling in her stomach for the duration. It was hard not to react to such a beautiful man, or youkai rather, when he directed his attentions at her.

After breakfast Sesshomaru left to speak with Jun and Saito, the advisors he had hired at Kagome’s recommendation. Kagome was escorted to the palace gate and had just been helped to mount A-Un when the daiyoukai joined her again.
“Are you ready to leave?”
Kagome adjusted her position on the two-headed dragon and nodded. Sesshomaru gathered his youki cloud beneath him and A-Un reared back in preparation to take flight. Kagome tightened her grip on the reigns and before she knew it the three of them were off.
The group flew for the majority of the day. Just before dusk the demon lord began his descent and A-Un followed. They found themselves in a small clearing surrounded by thick, tall trees. Kagome threw her legs over the side of A-Un and for the first time realized just what a jump getting down would be. She placed her palms flat against the saddle behind her and was preparing to push off when she felt two large hands encircle her waist. Her eyes widened as Sesshomaru lifted her with ease and set her down lightly in front of him.
She looked down to where his hands rested against her sides, “Thank you.”
Sesshomaru slipped his fingers from her slowly, his claws lightly dragging across her ribs as he did so, “Hmm. I am going to hunt. I trust you can manage on your own for a bit?”

“Yes, of course.” She straightened her yukata and began to look around the clearing. Sesshomaru left and she took a moment to collect herself. In all the time she’d lived with him he hadn’t once touched her. While she realized it was out of necessity she couldn’t help the way her pulse had quickened when his hands had gripped her waist. She found herself thankful that youkai limbs regenerated. If he had had to do that with one arm she imagined she would have been pressed against him in a much more intimate manner. If she reacted this strongly to being held at arm’s length she might have just died of embarrassment over the response being closer would have elicited.
Deciding that hunting for Sesshomaru meant cooking for herself, Kagome set about gathering kindling in order to start a fire. A-Un laid down at the edge of the clearing and kept an eye on the miko as she busied herself setting camp. By the time Sesshomaru had returned with a boar Kagome had a fire steadily burning and a blanket set out halfway between the dragon and the heat of the embers.
Sesshomaru was glad she had made herself useful and even more glad that he had taken his time during his hunt. He hadn’t expected that picking her up would stir any sort of feeling in him. However, once he felt her slim waist beneath his fingers, her warmth seeping into him, and her scent wrapping around him he found himself momentarily lost. He wanted to pull her against him and slide his hands down to her hips. That she herself reacted with excitement at the contact made it all the more difficult to let her go. He left as quickly as possible and took his time finding dinner so that he could attempt to process his reaction.
He knew he cared for the miko, she was pack and he was responsible for her wellbeing. He respected her and wanted her happiness, and while he had not been oblivious to the fact that she was attractive he hadn’t put much thought into the matter. They didn’t really know each other all that well. Though, he couldn’t help thinking about how much that had been changing over the past few weeks.
He watched her closely as she began to spit the meat he had brought her. He allowed himself a smile as she exclaimed gratitude over the fact that he had brought her an already cleaned kill. She wasn’t at all hard to please and he liked being the one to make her happy. Deciding that if things led down a different path than he had originally anticipated it wouldn’t necessarily be a bad outcome, the daiyoukai settled in next to his miko to enjoy dinner.
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