InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Daughter of the West ❯ A Reunion of Lovers Past ( Chapter 11 )

[A/N: Kikyo101, I am sooooooo sorry I couldn't have this up by Sunday! I was having trouble reading my Media Miner reviews and I didn't see yours until Sunday night! Please accept my humble apologies. P.S. If any of you know how to submit entries to the Big-Ass award thingy…could you tell me. I'm kinda new and I don't know the ropes too well. (But I am cooking up something real good for next year!]

Daughter of the West

Chapter 11: A Reunion of Lovers Past

Aikina's eyes slowly opened. She turned her head slightly, in the direction of her mother's futon, and saw that she was gone. She slowly sat up on her elbows and examined the room further. "Mama? Mama, where are you?" she asked, trying to keep her voice down to a low whisper. Even though she tried no to wake anyone, Sango stirred a little, and when Aikina called for her mother again, she was fully awakened.

She sat up and looked over at Aikina. "Are you okay?" she asked. Aikina shook her head slightly in reply. "Did you happen to see my mother leave?" she asked, the calm tone of her voice quickly giving way to panic. Sango looked around. "No, I didn't even realize she was gone," Sango reply. At this point, Kagome was awake, too. "What's wrong? Hey, where'd Kimi go?" she asked. The both shrugged. "I don't know. That's what we're trying to figure out," Sango said. That's when they heard a gentle knock at their door.

"Yeah?" Kagome asked. "It's us," two male voices replied. It was Miroku and Shippô . Aikina pulled her blanket over her scarce clothing. "Uh…come in," she said, only after getting the okay nod from the other two girls with her.

When they walked in, they saw that they were in full clothing. "What's wrong?" Kagome asked. "Inu-Yasha's gone, Kagome," Shippô said, jumping onto Kagome's lap. "So is Kimi. Do you think they went somewhere together?" she asked. "Well, there's only one way to find out," Aikina said. Miroku and his young companion stood in the doorway for a moment before it hit them.

"Oh, yeah, sorry."

With that, the young monk grabbed the fox child by his bushy tail and took him out of the room.

Sesshomaru gazed at Kimi for a moment, an almost empty expression on his face. He lowered his sword, and in a moment, dropped it completely. "This…this can't be. I thought that…" The tinge of a tear in his eye was now more of a full-blown tear rolling down his cheek.

Kimi was trembling, breathing irregular, biting her lips shut to keep herself from crying out. She had never felt such an unnamable joy before that moment. Her heart had skipped plenty of beats at that point. Clutching her fists to her chest, she slowly took a step forward, as if she was not sure she was making the right decision. In what seemed like a single moment, she ran to him and threw her arms around the unsuspecting demon.

"This is…impossible," Sesshomaru said, gaping at Kimi. After a second of crying into his chest, Kimi looked up, her teary, sapphire eyes gazing up at him, a slight smile on her face. He gave the same in return and put his arm around her, his hand weaving through her black hair. By now, he had completely forgotten about his battle with his half-brother, who stood gaping in amazement at the scene before him.

"Whoa…" he gawked, re-sheathing the Tetsusaiga. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Sesshomaru, basically the king of hatred and coldhearted-ness, was apparently in love. It was an astonishing, and particularly complex situation for the hanyou. He had been around the block quite a few times, but nothing had prepared him to see his hateful, cynical half-brother in love. At first, he thought that it was some kind of extremely elaborate joke, as Kagome called it, a hidden-camera show, not matter how farfetched it seemed.

Kimi rested her head against Sesshomaru's chest, soaking as much of the moment in as she could. "It's been so long," she whispered, her hold on him tightening. Sesshomaru smiled a little. "Kimi…this is impossible," he said. Kimi silently enjoyed his embrace for a moment, and then looked back up at him.

"Sesshomaru…it's been so long, I don't know where to start," she said, a slightly dreamy look on her face. Inu-Yasha coughed a little, and under his breath, even though no one cared to notice, he had said: "Maybe you should start with his daughter." Although she hadn't noticed him say it, Kimi took a deep breath and began to spoke, but then she heard Aikina approach behind her. "Mama?"