InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bring Me to Life ❯ Preparation ( Chapter 4 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
Chapter 4 : Preparation
When Kagome reached the village she gained stares of all sorts, but she was use to it. The villagers always gave her strange looks, but perhaps it was because of the trail of blood droplets she was leaving, and her torn and bloody clothes.
"Kagome! What happend!" Sango's eyes were wide with surprise at the state of her friend.
"Don't worry about it Sango." Kagome said casually. The basket of herbs was still in her hand and thus she dropped it off for Kaede, then picked out a new set of priestess clothes. "Sango, I'm going to go soak in the hot springs. Do you want to come?"
"Sure. I could really use it after today." Came Sango's reply, and Kagome nodded in agreement and they headed to the springs after recruiting Shippou for guard duty.
As Kagome settled down in the spring her cuts began to sting, she held her breath and waited for the pain to stop, which didn't take long. Oddly, the cuts had already began to heal. They were neither deep, nor wide, so they were hardly noticeable, that is, unless you're wrapped in a towel.. sitting in a hot spring.
"Kagome, what happened? How did you get those cuts?"
"It's a long story Sango."
"Well, you can tell me. Who did it?"
Kagome sighed. "Alright, but come here. I don't want to say it too loudly." When Sango had got closer and tilted her head in to listen Kagome began."Sesshoumaru did it. I was a bit snippy, so he pinned me against a tree, and things kinda went down hill until I stabbed him in the side with the dagger you let me borrow. The down part is, it's useless now."
Sango gasped. "Sesshoumaru? You stabbed him, and you came back alive?"
"Well, I stabbed him, and he let go, so I went for my bow and arrows, but he sort of tackled me, and I ended up on the ground with the wind knocked out of me. I figured he wanted the Tessaiga or the Shikon, but he just came because he wants me to help Rin, the human girl that follows him everywhere. Appearantly she's sick, and no one's been able to help."
"And you're going to help him?"
"Not him; Rin. I can't just say no to her."
"You mean he asked you to go?"
"No. He said he had 'come to collect me.'" Kagome rolled his eyes. "But I told him I would, and said I'd be back in an hour." Kagome finished her bath and changed into a clean clothes as Sango did the same.
"Thanks Shippou." Kagome gave him a hug and let him perch on her shoulders.
"Yes, thank you for protecting us from that dirty lecher." Sango smiled. "I don't know what we would have done without you."
"No problem." The kitsune replied happily.
"I just have to get some supplies ready to take and I'll set off to meet him. Don't tell Inuyasha, though." Kagome resumed their conversation.
"Were are you going,mom?"
"I'm going to go help a little girl who is sick."
"Can I go, too? I don't want to stay here with dog breath!"
Kagome smiled sadly. "I'm sorry, Shippou, but I don't want you to get sick."
"Aww.. Alright."
Shippou and Sango helped Kagome gather a small sack of medicines, plus the medicine she brought from the future.
"I'll be back soon." She kissed and gave Shippou a hug before handing him to Sango and setting off for the forest.
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Kagome found Sesshoumaru in a clearing where he was leaning against a tree, waiting for her to arrive so they could go. Kagome looked at him and thought of a tiger; beautiful, yet dangerous and vicious. Suddenly she wondered how she had ever gotten pulled into all of this... that and why all the sexy guys had to be assholes, idiots, or gay.
"So how are we getting there, Lord Sesshoumaru?" She added the honorific so she would not get into it later with him about it.
"We're flying." Quickly and quietly a dense mist swirled about them, and soon they were airborn, headed towards Sesshoumaru's castle in the Western Lands. Kagome looked over the side at the ground below, and hoped it would be a quick and quiet ride.