InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Cloak and Dagger ❯ Owned ( Chapter 6 )

“Ermmmm.” Kagome groaned as she began to come to. Her head hurt like a mother, and her back wasn't much better. Her eyes fluttered and opened only to be met with the sight of cool amber eyes, mere centimeters from her own, staring back at her.

 

“What the HELL?” she shouted as she skittered backwards on the cool grass.

 

Sesshomaru remained crouching beside the place she had so recently vacated. “You lost consciousness miko. This Sesshomaru was merely assessing your condition.”

 

Kagome was breathing hard, her heart slamming into her ribcage from the shock. “Well could you do it from further away or something?”

 

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed. “If this Sesshomaru's touch so disgusts you wench, then perhaps you seek training from another source.”

 

Great. Now he was all pissed off. Not good. “It's not that. You just scared me, that's all.” Kagome told him, trying to soothe his injured pride. Funny that she had been able to do that, hurt his feelings. She hadn't thought that he'd had any to injure. She felt suddenly bad about that. Of course he had feelings. He was still a living being after all.

 

A large hand appearing in her field of vision interrupted her thoughts. She moved her eyes from the long claws up to the now stoic face of the taiyoukai. The fingers flexed and she understood that he was attempting to help her up. She shot him a questioning and slightly suspicious look.

 

Sesshomaru actually rolled his honey eyes. “This Sesshomaru is merely attempting to help you and will not use this as opportunity to attack you miko.”

 

Still unsure, Kagome slowly reached her little hand up and grasped the proffered one. He immediately seized it and lifted her gently to her feet. She had been surprised at the way his hand had engulfed her own. He was truly enormous in comparison to her petite stature.

 

“This Sesshomaru was under the assumption that you found his touch repellant miko, and yet you have not released me.” Sesshomaru told her cheekily.

 

Kagome looked down to see that she was till tightly grasping his hand. With a slight blush staining her cheeks she mumbled a quick “sorry,” before releasing her hold.

 

“Hn.”

 

“So what just happened?” Kagome was at a loss as to how she had ended up on the ground.

 

“This Sesshomaru attacked you. While you barely managed to avoid the first attack, you failed in dodging the second.”

 

“Oh.” Well then.

 

“Therefore, we shall try a different type of training.” Here he stood, regal and seemingly waiting for something.

 

“Ummm… kay.” She stared at him. What did he want her to do?

 

“Well miko, what are you waiting for? Come at this Sesshomaru.”

 

Say what? “You want ME to attack YOU?”

 

“Indeed.” Sesshomaru flipped his hair over his shoulder in a haughty manner and looked at her.

 

“No way. Not happening. I am NOT attacking you. I'm not THAT crazy.” Kagome was incredulous. He wanted her to attack him? He had to be joking.

 

Sesshomaru actually sighed and rolled his eyes. “I assure you miko, this Sesshomaru is not joking, and while I may indeed be near immortal, my time is precious. If you no longer wish to learn from me, then I will be on my way.” He turned his back to her and began to exit the clearing in large strides.

 

Oh crap! She didn't want him to leave! She NEEDED to learn how to fight, to be independent of others. And so she did the only thing she could think of to keep him there; she launched herself forward and attempted to tackle him from behind.

 

He had heard her approach, and with a tiny smile, turned and grabbed her around her tiny waist while she was still air born. However, she had come at him with such and unexpected force that when her body slammed into his chest, he was forced to overcompensate for the blow. His great body toppled forward slightly, and she shifted her weight his hold. Thus miko and taiyoukai, still slaves to simple physics, ended up headed for the ground.

 

Sesshomaru, realizing what was happening, shot one arm forward to land on the ground beside the woman's head so that his weight did not crush her small frame. The other arm wrapped around her so as to soften the blow that she was about to receive.

 

For her part, Kagome wrapped both her arms around the taiyoukai's neck nanoseconds before her small body slammed into the ground. The air was forced painfully from her lungs with an audible “ommph!” and her eyes closed in pain. She lay there on the cool grass, not breathing, eyes closed, body throbbing for what seemed like ages.

 

“Miko?” He hated to admit it, but Sesshomaru was actually worried about his little student. Despite the fact that he had done everything he could to ease the blow, she was not moving, and did not appear to be breathing. He did not want to be the one responsible for killing the miko with the power to destroy Naraku.

 

He slipped a large hand behind her neck, mindful of his sharp claws, and raised her head slightly closer to his own. He lowered his face to hers and was relived when he felt the faint puff of her breath against his cheek. So, she was still alive. He was secretly pleased.

 

Kagome felt the hand that settled behind her head and lifted it upwards. Her whole body was wracked with pain, and she was pissed off. It was the taiyoukai's stupid idea to have her attack him, and then when her forced her to, she ended up back on the ground, in pain. He was going to pay.

 

So she lay still, kept her eyes closed while breathing shallowly. She felt his almost touch his cheek to her mouth , listening and feeling for breath. The moment had come, and she seized it with a sudden fury.

 

To say that her attack was unexpected would have been a huge understatement, The only thing that Sesshomaru knew was that at one moment he was checking her vitals, feeling pleased that she was still among the living, and the next he was slammed on his back into the ground. His head smacked against the solid earth, and he only barely registered the pain through his shock. Opening his golden eyes, he saw the little miko sitting on top of his chest, a smile on her face. Somehow, she had managed to best him.

 

“Sucker.” Kagome told him with a smile.