InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Condom City ❯ Midnight Talks ( Chapter 6 )
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By: broken_angel 
Just what the title says; some conversations between our characters.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Inuyasha.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Comedy | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.21.2005 | Updated On: 01.21.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 1.2K | Status: Work In Progress
Just what the title says; some conversations between our characters.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Inuyasha.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Comedy | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.21.2005 | Updated On: 01.21.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 1.2K | Status: Work In Progress
A/N: Alright boys and girls, only a few more chapters to go until the end. And then you'll all know which of my other stories this one is a prequel to. If you've been paying attention to my other fics. And yes, I know it's been forever between updates, and no, yelling at me to update really won't help. But I will update as soon as possible. Now that I have a clear idea where I'm going with this, I'll work on finishing this fic. Hope you all enjoy and happy reading.
Chapter 6: Midnight Talks
Sango and Miroku cleaned their weapons in a calm silence, a routine they had fallen into after the long time spent travelling together. They finished at the same time, put their supplies away in small satchels Kagome had given them as gifts, and spread out their bedding. Laying down, Sango tried to put some distance between them, but it didn't quite work. The familiar sound of palm hitting cheek rang out in the camp site as Sango encouraged Kirara to sleep between the two.
Inuyasha had jumped into a tree opposite of the one Sesshoumaru was perched in, and had fallen asleep, secure in the knowledge that his elder brother would not let anything happen to Kagome, and subsequently, the rest of the group. Mainly because anything that attacked them was usually after the jewel shards that the young miko kept on her at all times.
Kagome laid in her sleeping bag, waiting for everyone else to fall asleep, remembering to stay calm, and to keep her breathing nice and even while her mind mulled over the short conversation she had heard between the brothers. They had stood practically at the foot of her sleeping bag, and although they had whispered, she had still heard them just fine.
Before she could really think about what had been said, Sesshoumaru was at her side.
"Why are you awake? You should be resting," he whispered.
"I couldn't sleep," she replied, getting lost in his golden eyes. She hadn't even heard him jump from the tree, but she hadn't been that surprised to see him next to her sleeping bag.
"Would you like to take a walk with me? Perhaps the night air and a bit of exercise would make you tired," he suggested.
Kagome thought about the offer for a minute, wondering if it would really be a good idea to go off with the youkai lord alone. Not because she feared he would do her harm, but because she feared her own budding attraction to him. She watched him extend his hand to her in an invatation, and without really thinking about it, placed her much smaller hand in his and watched his slender fingers wrap around hers.
Sesshoumaru helped her out of her bag without waking the children, and helped her to her feet, but even then, he didn't relinquish his hold on her hand. Instead, he used it as a means to guide her away from the camp, into the surrounding forest. She didn't even try to stop him as he led her towards the hot spring they had bathed in.
They kicked off their shoes, and Sesshoumaru rolled up the legs on his pants, and together, they sat down on the bank of the spring and dangled their feet in the warm water.
Sesshoumaru wrapped an arm around Kagome's shoulders, and smiled when she leaned her head against his shoulder.
"Why couldn't you sleep?" Sesshoumaru asked after they had sat there in silence for a few minutes.
"I was thinking about what you and Inuyasha had said after you thought I had gone to sleep," she told him.
"I didn't know you were still awake," Sesshoumaru said, raising an eyebrow at her.
Kagome smiled, not looking at him. "That was the point of me pretending to be asleep."
That sat in silence for a few minutes, before Kagome broke the stillness of the night air.
"You want me to give you a chance, so I have to know more about you.
"What do you want to know?" Sesshoumaru asked, looking down at the top of her head.
Kagome thought about it for a minute. What did she want to know about the youkai sitting next to her? "Tell me about your childhood," she said.
"Not much to tell," he said. "I was raised to be the next ruler of the Western Lands. I sat in on meetings, learned politics, and was trained by the best scholars my parents could find."
"That's all? You didn't have any friends that you played with?" Kagome asked. She looked up at him to see his expression, but he had turned from her, his face blank.
"I had no need for companions when I was young," Sesshoumaru said.
Kagome nodded, dropping the subject. It was obviously a touchy subject.
"Where's your mother?" she asked, changing the subject.
"She lives at the castle still."
"Oh, um," Kagome stuttered, confused.
Their father had taken another mate after Sesshoumaru's mother, since Inuyasha had a different mother. So she had assumed that she had been essentially divorced and kicked out. Or dead.
"After my father met Inuyasha's mother, my parents had a fight, and after that, my mother stopped sleeping in the same room as my father," he offered by way of explanation.
"Oh," Kagome said quietly. She wrapped an arm around his waist and scooted a bit closer to him, her head resting against his shoulder. They stayed like that for a while.
"Is there anything else you want to know about me?" Sesshoumaru asked, squeezing her shoulder.
Kagome thought for a moment. Well, she tried to think of something else to ask him, but she was starting to feel tired. She shook her head and pulled her feet from the water, curling them underneath her body, leaning against Sesshoumaru, taking in his warmth. She slowly drifted off to sleep cuddled up against Sesshoumaru's side.
He sat there for a while longer, just holding her against his body. He pulled his feet from the spring and rolled his pants back down before standing up with Kagome in his arms and slipped his shoes back on. Sesshoumaru walked back to the campsite and slipped Kagome back in her bag, placing a gentle kiss on her cheek before returning to his spot in the tree.
/.../
The next day found the group back on the road, travelling in the direction the rumors pointed them in.
Kagome stayed close to Inuyasha, but not as close as she had over the previous days. She felt safer than she had in the past around Sesshoumaru, confident that he would protect her as fiercely as Inuyasha would. All of her friends would protect her.
Sesshoumaru no longer walked at the very front of the group. Instead, he now walked closer to Kagome, keeping an eye on her and Inuyasha.
Now, Miroku and Sango were forced to walk at the front of the group, Ah-Un following behind them with Shippo, Rin, and Kirara on his back. The two humans both thought it odd that the inu brothers were not fighting over who got to be 'leader of the pack'.
Needless to say, everyone was confused by everyone else's behavior.
/.../
That night, as everyone settled in for the night, Kagome laid her sleeping bag next to the base of a tree, causing Inuyasha to raise an eyebrow at her. He said nothing, and jumped up into a different tree that he could see her clearly from. But he wouldn't be staying up that night. Nope, it was Sesshoumaru's turn to keep watch yet again.
Shippo and Rin had gone to sleep with Sango, to protect her from the lecherous monk.
After everyone else had gone to sleep, Kagome still lay awake, staring at the stars through the trees. She wasn't surprised when Sesshoumaru dropped out of the tree she was sleeping under and sat next to her.
"What are you doing?" Kagome asked him as he peered down at her.
"Sitting down here. It's much more comfortable than the tree," he told her.
"Oh. Then why do you always sit up there until Inuyasha is asleep if it's so uncomfortable?" she asked, sitting up and scooting backward until her back was pressed against the tree next to Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru smiled in the dark. "If I stayed on the forest floor, so would Inuyasha, and we wouldn't be able to speak with each other," he explained.
"I didn't know I was so interesting that you feel compelled to trick your brother just so you could speak with me," Kagome said with a small smile.
Sesshoumaru said nothing, only began to stand up. Until a hand on his sleeve stopped him. But he didn't sit back down.
"Please, don't go. I was only joking," Kagome said, her hand wrapped in the material of his sleeve.
"You don't want me to go?" he asked, not looking at her.
"No, I don't. I want you to stay down here with me," Kagome said, a pleading note in her voice. She reached up with her other hand and grabbed his hand, squeezing tightly.
Sesshoumaru nodded and sat back down next to her.
Kagome snuggled up to Sesshoumaru's side, wrapping his arm around her shoulder, using his hand she still held. She rested her head against his shoulder, still clinging to his hand.
"You do know I was just joking, right?" Kagome asked, peeking at him out of the corner of her eye.
"I wanted to see what your reaction to me leaving would be."
Kagome sat up and stared at Sesshoumaru. "That was a mean trick."
"I know," he said, pulling her back against his side. "But, if it was so mean, why is it you are still hanging onto my hand?" he asked.
"Because I want to," Kagome replied, snuggling against his side. "But don't do that again."
They stayed awake, talking for a long time afterwards. Kagome stayed snuggled against Sesshoumaru's side until she fell asleep. After a while, he tucked her back into her sleeping bag and just stayed sitting by her, watching her sleep.
/.../
The next morning, Kagome awoke feeling refreshed. More refreshed than she should have, considering how late she had stayed up talking with Sesshoumaru.
Kagome got up and grabbed clothes and went out into the woods where she could get dressed without worrying about being watched. She quickly got dressed and took care of her necessities before heading back in the direction she had come from, wanting to return to the group as soon as she could. She couldn't quite shake the feeling that she was being watched since she entered the forest.
But she never made it back to the group.
/.../
Kagome awoke with a start, in the dark, sitting up and looking around. She saw long, flowing, white hair to her left and snuggled up to Sesshoumaru's side.
"I had a nightmare," she said quietly. She heard a grunt from above, and assumed that was him telling her to continue. "It was morning and I had gone out into the woods to get dressed, and I was on my way back to the camp, but I ran into Naraku and he kidnapped me. And I couldn't get away from him."
"Oh, that was no nightmare, my dear," a smooth voice said from above her head.
Kagome sat up, away from the warm body she had been snuggled up against, and saw Naraku's face wrapped in his baboon pelt.
"Oh kami," Kagome whimpered, scooting away from the evil hanyou, until she bumped into a stone wall, and she knew she was trapped.
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Chapter 6: Midnight Talks
Sango and Miroku cleaned their weapons in a calm silence, a routine they had fallen into after the long time spent travelling together. They finished at the same time, put their supplies away in small satchels Kagome had given them as gifts, and spread out their bedding. Laying down, Sango tried to put some distance between them, but it didn't quite work. The familiar sound of palm hitting cheek rang out in the camp site as Sango encouraged Kirara to sleep between the two.
Inuyasha had jumped into a tree opposite of the one Sesshoumaru was perched in, and had fallen asleep, secure in the knowledge that his elder brother would not let anything happen to Kagome, and subsequently, the rest of the group. Mainly because anything that attacked them was usually after the jewel shards that the young miko kept on her at all times.
Kagome laid in her sleeping bag, waiting for everyone else to fall asleep, remembering to stay calm, and to keep her breathing nice and even while her mind mulled over the short conversation she had heard between the brothers. They had stood practically at the foot of her sleeping bag, and although they had whispered, she had still heard them just fine.
Before she could really think about what had been said, Sesshoumaru was at her side.
"Why are you awake? You should be resting," he whispered.
"I couldn't sleep," she replied, getting lost in his golden eyes. She hadn't even heard him jump from the tree, but she hadn't been that surprised to see him next to her sleeping bag.
"Would you like to take a walk with me? Perhaps the night air and a bit of exercise would make you tired," he suggested.
Kagome thought about the offer for a minute, wondering if it would really be a good idea to go off with the youkai lord alone. Not because she feared he would do her harm, but because she feared her own budding attraction to him. She watched him extend his hand to her in an invatation, and without really thinking about it, placed her much smaller hand in his and watched his slender fingers wrap around hers.
Sesshoumaru helped her out of her bag without waking the children, and helped her to her feet, but even then, he didn't relinquish his hold on her hand. Instead, he used it as a means to guide her away from the camp, into the surrounding forest. She didn't even try to stop him as he led her towards the hot spring they had bathed in.
They kicked off their shoes, and Sesshoumaru rolled up the legs on his pants, and together, they sat down on the bank of the spring and dangled their feet in the warm water.
Sesshoumaru wrapped an arm around Kagome's shoulders, and smiled when she leaned her head against his shoulder.
"Why couldn't you sleep?" Sesshoumaru asked after they had sat there in silence for a few minutes.
"I was thinking about what you and Inuyasha had said after you thought I had gone to sleep," she told him.
"I didn't know you were still awake," Sesshoumaru said, raising an eyebrow at her.
Kagome smiled, not looking at him. "That was the point of me pretending to be asleep."
That sat in silence for a few minutes, before Kagome broke the stillness of the night air.
"You want me to give you a chance, so I have to know more about you.
"What do you want to know?" Sesshoumaru asked, looking down at the top of her head.
Kagome thought about it for a minute. What did she want to know about the youkai sitting next to her? "Tell me about your childhood," she said.
"Not much to tell," he said. "I was raised to be the next ruler of the Western Lands. I sat in on meetings, learned politics, and was trained by the best scholars my parents could find."
"That's all? You didn't have any friends that you played with?" Kagome asked. She looked up at him to see his expression, but he had turned from her, his face blank.
"I had no need for companions when I was young," Sesshoumaru said.
Kagome nodded, dropping the subject. It was obviously a touchy subject.
"Where's your mother?" she asked, changing the subject.
"She lives at the castle still."
"Oh, um," Kagome stuttered, confused.
Their father had taken another mate after Sesshoumaru's mother, since Inuyasha had a different mother. So she had assumed that she had been essentially divorced and kicked out. Or dead.
"After my father met Inuyasha's mother, my parents had a fight, and after that, my mother stopped sleeping in the same room as my father," he offered by way of explanation.
"Oh," Kagome said quietly. She wrapped an arm around his waist and scooted a bit closer to him, her head resting against his shoulder. They stayed like that for a while.
"Is there anything else you want to know about me?" Sesshoumaru asked, squeezing her shoulder.
Kagome thought for a moment. Well, she tried to think of something else to ask him, but she was starting to feel tired. She shook her head and pulled her feet from the water, curling them underneath her body, leaning against Sesshoumaru, taking in his warmth. She slowly drifted off to sleep cuddled up against Sesshoumaru's side.
He sat there for a while longer, just holding her against his body. He pulled his feet from the spring and rolled his pants back down before standing up with Kagome in his arms and slipped his shoes back on. Sesshoumaru walked back to the campsite and slipped Kagome back in her bag, placing a gentle kiss on her cheek before returning to his spot in the tree.
/.../
The next day found the group back on the road, travelling in the direction the rumors pointed them in.
Kagome stayed close to Inuyasha, but not as close as she had over the previous days. She felt safer than she had in the past around Sesshoumaru, confident that he would protect her as fiercely as Inuyasha would. All of her friends would protect her.
Sesshoumaru no longer walked at the very front of the group. Instead, he now walked closer to Kagome, keeping an eye on her and Inuyasha.
Now, Miroku and Sango were forced to walk at the front of the group, Ah-Un following behind them with Shippo, Rin, and Kirara on his back. The two humans both thought it odd that the inu brothers were not fighting over who got to be 'leader of the pack'.
Needless to say, everyone was confused by everyone else's behavior.
/.../
That night, as everyone settled in for the night, Kagome laid her sleeping bag next to the base of a tree, causing Inuyasha to raise an eyebrow at her. He said nothing, and jumped up into a different tree that he could see her clearly from. But he wouldn't be staying up that night. Nope, it was Sesshoumaru's turn to keep watch yet again.
Shippo and Rin had gone to sleep with Sango, to protect her from the lecherous monk.
After everyone else had gone to sleep, Kagome still lay awake, staring at the stars through the trees. She wasn't surprised when Sesshoumaru dropped out of the tree she was sleeping under and sat next to her.
"What are you doing?" Kagome asked him as he peered down at her.
"Sitting down here. It's much more comfortable than the tree," he told her.
"Oh. Then why do you always sit up there until Inuyasha is asleep if it's so uncomfortable?" she asked, sitting up and scooting backward until her back was pressed against the tree next to Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru smiled in the dark. "If I stayed on the forest floor, so would Inuyasha, and we wouldn't be able to speak with each other," he explained.
"I didn't know I was so interesting that you feel compelled to trick your brother just so you could speak with me," Kagome said with a small smile.
Sesshoumaru said nothing, only began to stand up. Until a hand on his sleeve stopped him. But he didn't sit back down.
"Please, don't go. I was only joking," Kagome said, her hand wrapped in the material of his sleeve.
"You don't want me to go?" he asked, not looking at her.
"No, I don't. I want you to stay down here with me," Kagome said, a pleading note in her voice. She reached up with her other hand and grabbed his hand, squeezing tightly.
Sesshoumaru nodded and sat back down next to her.
Kagome snuggled up to Sesshoumaru's side, wrapping his arm around her shoulder, using his hand she still held. She rested her head against his shoulder, still clinging to his hand.
"You do know I was just joking, right?" Kagome asked, peeking at him out of the corner of her eye.
"I wanted to see what your reaction to me leaving would be."
Kagome sat up and stared at Sesshoumaru. "That was a mean trick."
"I know," he said, pulling her back against his side. "But, if it was so mean, why is it you are still hanging onto my hand?" he asked.
"Because I want to," Kagome replied, snuggling against his side. "But don't do that again."
They stayed awake, talking for a long time afterwards. Kagome stayed snuggled against Sesshoumaru's side until she fell asleep. After a while, he tucked her back into her sleeping bag and just stayed sitting by her, watching her sleep.
/.../
The next morning, Kagome awoke feeling refreshed. More refreshed than she should have, considering how late she had stayed up talking with Sesshoumaru.
Kagome got up and grabbed clothes and went out into the woods where she could get dressed without worrying about being watched. She quickly got dressed and took care of her necessities before heading back in the direction she had come from, wanting to return to the group as soon as she could. She couldn't quite shake the feeling that she was being watched since she entered the forest.
But she never made it back to the group.
/.../
Kagome awoke with a start, in the dark, sitting up and looking around. She saw long, flowing, white hair to her left and snuggled up to Sesshoumaru's side.
"I had a nightmare," she said quietly. She heard a grunt from above, and assumed that was him telling her to continue. "It was morning and I had gone out into the woods to get dressed, and I was on my way back to the camp, but I ran into Naraku and he kidnapped me. And I couldn't get away from him."
"Oh, that was no nightmare, my dear," a smooth voice said from above her head.
Kagome sat up, away from the warm body she had been snuggled up against, and saw Naraku's face wrapped in his baboon pelt.
"Oh kami," Kagome whimpered, scooting away from the evil hanyou, until she bumped into a stone wall, and she knew she was trapped.
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