InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bad Day ❯ Chapter 8

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Authors Notes: This is a semi boring chappy, but I have a semi case of writers block. Its only one convo but hey, its better than nothing. Plus Im throwing a bone out there.

 

Bad Day

Chapter 8-She said I would not understand

 

Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru's eyes. The Sesshoumaru in her time was so much different. Why couldn't she be dealing with that Sesshoumaru right now instead of the one that looked at her with the cold calculating glance he had always had.

“Miko, you will help me kill Naraku.”

Kagome felt her jaw drop and her eyes go wide.

What in the seven circles of hell was this guy talking about? Was he insane? Did he have a death wish?

“I can't.”

“Why not? You are strong, you are a miko, and now you have more shards. All you must do is gather the rest with me and we can go fight Naraku.”

“Sesshoumaru, you don't understand,” Kagome began, right as Rin and Shippou bounced into the room, Rin carrying a mewling baby.

“This is Lin. She is the orphaned cub of that evil neko youkai we fought. Rin is going to be her mommy,” Shippou told Kagome.

Rin cooed to the small youkai and giggled. Kagome wondered just how Rin was going to be the youkai's mother when she herself was only eight or nine years old.

“This makes Sesshoumaru-sama her ojiisan!” Rin giggled. Kagome almost laughed at the indignant glare Sesshoumaru sent the little girl, who was too busy looking at the baby youkai to notice.

“Miko, we will speak more in my study,” Sesshoumaru growled. “Get ready, be there in ten minutes. If you are late, you will pay for it.”

Abruptly he left the room, and Kagome stuck her tongue at his retreating back.

“Rin, you and Shippou go play while I get ready. After I'm done talking to Sesshoumaru I'll come play with you all,” She told the little girl. Rin nodded and cooed to the youkai cub once more, then left with Shippou trailing behind her.

Kagome got out from under the blankets on the futon and padded over to a small chest. She opened it and looked through the kimono within.

After finding a simple yet beautiful blue and grey kimono she selected a black obi and put the kimono on the best she could. At some point a servant had come in, a kitsune. She helped Kagome tie the obi in a box knot and then put her hair up in a bun. Kagome couldn't see the back, but she was scared it was the split peach style, which would be mortifying because it spoke of her innocence.

After half an hour of getting prepared she followed the silent kitsune through the halls.

“This is the study.”

Kagome watched as the kitsune silently glided off, not even having a chance to thank the youkai for helping her tie the difficult obi.

Kagome opened the door and walked into the study. She saw Sesshoumaru sitting on a small mat, a low able in front of him covered in papers and neatly wrapped scrolls. A few brushes were in a small jar, as well as a jar of water and a small block of charcoal.

The lord himself was busy writing in kanji on a piece of parchment. Kagome didn't know what to do, didn't even know if he noticed her standing there.

Her question was answered though,, when Sesshoumaru looked up at her and sighed and almost (note the almost) rolled his eyes.

“Proper etiquette says you should tell me you're here. But since I am a youkai, I can smell you. But still, next time, knock miko. Now go sit on that mat while I finish this correspondence and we will talk.”

Kagome huffed and sat down on a mat in front of his desk instead of the one near the corner. If he wanted a snowballs chance in hell of getting her to help him, he'd have to be a little bit nicer. Kagome saw him glance at her then go back to his writing, totally ignoring her.

Ten frustratingly silent, boring minutes later, he set the brush down and dabbed the charcoal piece dry and then looked back at Kagome.

“Now miko, we will leave in two days,” He started.

“My name is Kagome. Ka-Go-Me,” She told him flatly. “I didn't think you were as rude as Inu Yasha, but I guess it runs in the family. Your father must have been an asshole too.” Kagome had no clue what she was saying, but her temper had been running short as of late and being called miko, wench, bitch, human etc, was beginning to tweak a nerve or two.

“Fine then, Kagome. Now, you will refrain from making any comments that remotely direct me to that hanyou, and if you ever speak of my father again I will kill you,” Sesshoumaru told her. Kagome gulped as she looked at his cold eyes. His voice was still calm, but the undertone of anger in it carried promise.

“Whatever. But if you want my help, you will at least endeavor to be polite,” Kagome told him with ice lacing her voice. If he wanted to play the etiquette game with her, bring it on! Her mother had drilled her for years on her p's and q's.

“Very well then. Now, Kagome, why did you refuse my bargain? You dislike the hanyou from what I gathered. And I am faster and stronger. All in all a better choice to go against Naraku,” Sesshoumaru told her. Kagome sighed, wondering why the hell she was even considering this. And she had to admit, she was considering it. He had good points in his offer.

“Sesshoumaru, I have to go home every now and again to see my family and let them know I'm alright. I don't think you'd want to take the time to do that. Plus, someone in th future who was close to Inu Yasha asked me to save him. I don't know what they meant or what to do, but it's important to that person that I do so. If I look for shards with you I don't see how I'll be able to fulfill my promise,” Kagome told him.

`So she has a sense of honor. That's very good.'

“Kagome, the hanyou will make whatever decision he desires. In the end you cannot change it. If someone from the future wishes you to alter the past, they are mad. It would alter the fabric of time and possibly change the entire world. Do you wish for that to happen?”

Kagome shook her head no, and considered her words carefully.

“Sesshoumaru, what if it was you who requested me to change something in this time. What if you asked me to save Rin from pneumonia or the measles by bringing medicine from my own time? Wouldn't that change everything?” Kagome asked.

“I would never be so soft. I know that when the time comes for someone, no matter what, it is their end. If they are strong enough to fight off a disease or illness, then it was not their time, but otherwise, it is fates choice,” Sesshoumaru told her.

“You believe in fate?” Kagome asked.

“I believe in something's, but I do not believe that fate is what everyone thinks it is. I believe we shape our own fates and destinies with our own choices. “

But Rin is a child who hasn't had the time to make enough choices to control her destiny.”

Sesshoumaru didn't answer, or even look at her. Kagome sighed softly and crossed her legs on the tatami mats.

“If I let you see your family, will you travel with me? I do not like the idea much, but Naraku must be defeated, and soon. Otherwise the youkai world will die out. Humans are taking up the idea that since Naraku is merciless, we all are. And since they think that, they have begun killing weaker youkai. Now Mi-, Kagome, if we can kill Naraku off quickly enough, they will stand down. But if we do not, not only will you have to face Naraku and his children, but also humans. Inu Yasha is part youkai, and humans will not distinguish the difference. They will kill him and you,” Sesshoumaru told her. Kagome took this information in carefully, wondering what the hell she should do. Should she travel with Sesshoumaru? Or should she travel with Inu Yasha?

“What if we all traveled together?” She mumbled to herself. She had forgotten Sesshoumaru was even there, but the youkai lord herd it and snorted in contempt.

“I will not travel with that lowly half breed,” He sneered as he told her.

“But you'll travel with a human?” Kagome asked.

“You are a miko with strong powers. I refuse to travel with that abomination of my family's name,” Sesshoumaru told her flatly. Kagome knew that was that. But Sesshoumaru was right. They had to stop Naraku and soon, before he got all the youkai and hanyou in feudal Japan killed.

“Kagome, if the humans can kill youkai, they will kill Shippou,” Sesshoumaru told her.

Kagome jerked as if he had slapped her.

“No!” Kagome shouted, tears filling her sapphire eyes.

“I'll take him to my time. No one will hurt him,” She exclaimed, fire filling her eyes at the thought of someone killing her kit.

“Kagome, I must stop Naraku. Soon. The only way I can do that is to get the shards, and you can sense them,” He told her in a calm flat voice. Clearly he hated himself for asking for her help, but he had no other option, and he wasn't blind, nor a fool. He could use the girl, then get rid of her through that well. Then everything would go back to being perfectly normal. At least it would if he could get her riled up enough to pin Inu Yasha against that damned tree again.

“Only if Miroku and Sango can come with us too. If they won't come with Inu Yasha then I stay with the group,” Kagome told him.

He had to admit, she had loyalty to her friends and to her cause, and that he admired above all. He believed strongly in honor, and admired that quality in anyone. Whether he spoke of that admiration aloud was another matter.

“If they do not consent, I will follow your group, and I will make it harder. You understand. I will kill off that hanyou so that you all have no choice,” He told her. Kagome nodded and thought to herself for a few moments.

`If he kills Inu Yasha, then the group will never join him. And Inu Yasha needs to survive. Sesshoumaru regrets not having him with him in the future. Oh Kami, if the group doesn't come, I have no choice, I have to go with Sesshoumaru either way,' Kagome thought to herself, saddened by the thought that in a best case scenario, she would have to betray Inu Yasha and join Sesshoumaru.

Would the others ever consent to being in the same group as such a cold, determined demon?

“It is a simple decision miko,” Sesshoumaru broke her reverie.

“You would never understand. You have a servant and Rin, they are your only companions on your travels. Miroku and Sango and Shippou have become family. To keep them safe I would do anything, but it is so hard to decide. I do not wish to betray Inu Yasha,” Kagome began.

“Who has already betrayed you with the dead miko,” Sesshoumaru countered.

“And Sango is a taijiya,” Kagome started.

“Who is already traveling with a kitsune and a half demon.”

“And Miroku is a monk…”

“Who gropes women and asks every pretty lady to bear him a child.”

“You don't understand! I barely get to see my family anymore, and those people have become my family! Shippou is my adopted son for kami's sake! But you would never understand because you try to kill your own brother!” Kagome shouted, finally losing her temper as he cut her off or countered her words.

“You have no idea what you speak of human. I will take you to your comrades tomorrow. Now leave,” Sesshoumaru commanded.

Kagome heard the tightly reigned anger in his voice and shuddered as she stood to leave. His eyes had red in them. He was close to losing his control and killing her.

With that thought she ran as fast as she could from the room.