InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bad Day ❯ insert cheesy title here ( Chapter 12 )

Authors Notes. Okay, Aisoku means beloved son. Akari means alabaster. Kentetsu means wise one.

Imma be going on vacation to FL for two weeks, but I wont stop writing. Ill update at least once or twice in those two weeks, if not more. See, I really am dedicated to this story.

 

 

 

Bad Day

Chapter 12-++insert cheesy title here++

 

 

Sesshoumaru pulled away from her, and she leaned into him, not realizing he was letting her. But that was okay, he didn't realize either.

They both trembled, he more than she surprisingly. Kagome didn't know if the thundering beat in her ears was her own blood pulsing through her veins, or Sesshoumaru's heart under her ear. Briefly she wondered whether demons hearts even beat much at all, then dismissed the thought entirely and reveled in the feel of Sesshoumaru's hard chest and his hands resting on her back heavily.

What seemed like hours later, but was probably only seconds, Kagome felt Sesshoumaru draw back away from her sharply, not even slowly, but in a tug away from her that left the miko feeling…Incomplete. The loss of his warmth and the steady bass of their commingled heartbeats(which she figured was the only thing so loud a pulse could have been) left her bereft and empty.

“Why did you do that?” Sesshoumaru asked in a deadpan voice.

“You were, I, I can't explain why. I just felt like it was right. Please don't kill me,” Kagome replied meekly.

After several moments of tense silence, he finally spoke.

“I won't kill you,” He told her. “But never do that again,” He told her as he stood abruptly and left the room.

Kagome still lay on the bed, shaking and feeling rejected. How could he have seen the pure need in her eyes and left/

Kagome resolved to never kiss him again, not even the future one. Right now she had more important things to think about than the demon lord who was frigid and made of stone!

But that kiss was…Amazing.

 

Several hours later found Kagome walking through the corridors behind Shippou and Rin, who chattered happily while she stayed silent. Their words went in one ear and out the other, she didn't even try to decipher what they were talking about. A buzzing had filled her head and she tried to contemplate when she would tell her friends that she had to travel with Sesshoumaru(though surely it was a bad idea) and when she would go home(if he would let her).

After a time Kagome felt the children tugging on her kimono and she looked down to see Shippou and Rin's anxious faces.

“Are you alright Kagome-san?” Rin asked in a quavering voice.

“Yes Rin. Now, we're at a bath, so why not take baths?” Kagome asked in a playful voice when she felt like dropping dead into the baths and never waking up. But she kept a smile on her face as the children's faces lit up and they undressed and jumped into the giant bath(which in all technicalities was in fact a medium sized hot spring).

Kagome undressed and slipped gingerly into the bath and sighed in half hearted contentment. It was in fact the most comforting thing she had ever felt. She watched the children closely and began to drift off into her own little world, soon asleep.

This didn't last long however, as Kagome slipped into the water and snorted a large amount of water up her nose in an attempt to breathe. She came back to the surface quickly, flailing her arms, and noticed the children where still playing. How long had she been out?

“You've been asleep for approximately ten minutes Lady Kagome,” Kentetsu's voice said. Kagome almost jumped out of the water, then turned and looked at the old kitsune, making sure her *ahem* assets were beneath the murky depths of the mineral water.

“That's really creepy Kentetsu,” She growled.

“What is my dear?” He asked innocently.

“You always knowing what I'm thinking. You're not telepathic are you?”

“No dear, I'm just very, very used to life and people's thoughts. I'm very old, so over time I notice patterns. Now, the children are playing freely, yet you look haggard, as if you have been dragged through town by the ankles. You did not seem that tired when you woke. Sesshoumaru is storming about, not speaking even to me. Is there some connection I wonder?” Kentetsu said aloud. Kagome wanted to throttle the old demon for being so nosey, and for reminding her so much of Shippou that she couldn't.

“I see,” He said as she growled. “I wish to speak with you once again. Here's a towel,” He told her as he turned. A towel floated in front of Kagome, and the miko being used to the powers of demons, quickly stepped out, dried, and then began to pull her under kimono on. Then she pulled on the over robe of the kimono and drew it around her. She was trying to tie the obi into a box knot when suddenly she felt two clawed hands helping her.

“I helped my daughter and wife do this for many years. There we go,” He told her as he finished the knot. Kagome turned and bowed slightly.

“Thank you. Who will watch,” She began. Suddenly Jaken appeared in the room and looked at the miko warily.

“Yes Lord Kentetsu?” The toad demon asked.

“What the children while I speak to Lady Kagome,” Kentetsu ordered in a stern voice. :Make sure they are alive and unharmed when I come back.”

Kagome watched the toad pale and nod in acquiescence.

The two left the room in companionable silence, strolling through the corridors until Kagome and Kentetsu reached another sliding door, and he opened it and gestured for her to step out. Kagome smiled at his unusual kindness. Most men of this time would have expected her to open the door for them and follow them out.

As she walked through, Kentetsu stepped out behind her and slid the door shut. She was only dimly aware of this as she saw a garden very similar to Sesshoumaru's in the future, only this one lacked the momo trees with their pink blossoms. Kagome wondered why. She followed Kentetsu as he took the lead, and they sat at a small pond still filled with water. Koi swam lazily within, Kagome watched as their brightly colored scales flashed and danced in the light as it hit the water.

“Kagome, what happened?” Kentetsu asked solemnly. Kagome blushed and looked down at the pond, not answering the question.

“I would not ask this unless I felt it was important Kagome. Did you two mate?” Kentetsu asked.

“No. It was just a kiss,” Kagome answered.

“I see.”

It was only a small reply, but Kagome felt like going over the edge. Sesshoumaru had rejected her, and she had to stay with him because of her stupid powers. It wasn't fair! Now some old man was making comments and demanding answers!

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN `I SEE'? Are you going to tell me he's out of my league or that I'm a vile human who has no right to even be here?” Kagome shouted, not remembering just who she was talking to.

“No, I won't Kagome. I mated to a human. It might sound vile and animalistic to a human, but to we youkai, mating to someone has deep connotations than you think. I think you're only voicing your own fears,” Kentetsu told her, looking her dead in the eye.

“I- I don't know,” Kagome said, suddenly faltering and crumpling into the old youkai's arms, sniffling. “He rejected me.”

“How so?” Kentetsu asked in a soothing voice as he rubbed her back.

“He told me to never kiss him again. But he reminds me so much of the Sesshoumaru in the future sometimes, the one I like,” Kagome asked.

“You speak as if Sesshoumaru is two different people,” Kentetsu told her.

“Might as well be.”

“Kagome, I think you are not seeing the entirety of this. Sesshoumaru has, up until now, seen humans as only bringing weakness and vulnerability because to him, they cause emotions. For many years, Sesshoumaru saw no emotion or love pass between his mother and father. I won't say his father was kind to him, in fact he was a bit overbearing. His mother Akari was the perfect mother to him. We were good friends of a kidn, as much as our stations allowed us to be. She chose me as Sesshoumaru's godfather when he was born. She was so kind and gentle, very unlike the face she presented to the courts. Sesshoumaru gets the moon birthmark from her.

“But when Inu Taisho produced another son about thirty years later, Akari was devastated. You see, Inu Taisho had thus far only produced several daughters to his concubines. Akari accepted this, accepted the geisha and concubines, though she did not like it. But when Inu Yasha was born, Inu Taisho brought him and his mother into the household. Akari had no problem with humans, in fact she often went into town to the markets to see the women and their wares. She employed several. She even employed Inu Yasha's mother, who was later, unknown to her, taken into the okiya for geisha training. But many demons have a complex towards humans. Most youkai think they are superior to humans.

“Because of this, many youkai made life hard for Akari, because now a human woman shared Inu Taisho's bed, and a hanyou had the same privileges as Sesshoumaru, the first son. Court life soon took it's toll on her, because of the rumors and intrigues, and she took very ill,” Kentetsu explained.

“She died,” A new voice said. Kagome jumped and looked over to see Sesshoumaru, who wore a deadpan expression.

“Kentetsu, please do not flaunt my family business to those who are of no concern,” He told the kitsune. Kagome swallowed as she saw a flash of rage in the inu youkai's eyes.

“Yes Sesshoumaru. I was only trying to inform her so she would not irk you during your travels. When do you begin by the way?” Kentetsu asked.

“In a week. Kagome will travel to her own time for a few days so that she may get some of her `tests' out of the way. After she returns we will go see her friends the demon exterminator and the monk to see if they will travel with us, since that is the bargain.”

“Thank you for letting me return home,” Kagome told him. He had not told her she could return home, or that it would be for a whole week!

“It is necessary. If you worry so much about your own family, you will not be able to concentrate on our task.”

`What a cold way to look at it,' Kagome thought to herself. How did Sesshoumaru ever change? He was the same in the future, but softer too. Kagome refused to dwell on it because it was only going to end in nothing.

“I see. I wish I could see your future Kagome,” Kentetsu told her, his voice almost…Wistful?

“I could take you,” Kagome began.

“Oh no Kagome. There are some things we are not meant to see. I know, more than most, that seeing and knowing the future can lead to foolish actions,” Kentetsu said, gazing at Sesshoumaru the entire time.

Kagome wondered why Kentetsu had looked at Sesshoumaru in such an odd manner as he said the last. Her thoughts were broken as Rin and Shippou came into the garden, followed by a haggard looking Jaken.

“Momma, I'm sleepy,” Shippou yawned as he crawled up into her lap. Rin followed.

“Okay aisoku, let's get you two to bed,” Kagome told the two small children.

As she walked out of the garden, she looked back at Sesshoumaru and Kentetsu, who had not exchanged a word. They both just looked at her expectantly. Without saying a word, she left the garden.