InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ It is you I have loved ❯ Questions ( Chapter 9 )

 

A/N: This chapter is somewhat shorter than the others. Sorry about that.

The night air was clear and rang with chirps of small insects. Grassy hills could be seen sprouting in the distance, pushing up against the cloudless sky. Sesshomaru hated it. He felt like he was being mocked by the earth itself. The air was clear, his mind was not. The grass on the hills was fresh and new while his anger and confusion was growing sour and bitter. Worries clouded his thoughts in extreme contrast to the starry sky.

 

“Sit.” He pointed with his palm to a grouping of rocks. Always less than hospitable, Sesshomaru only glared at her until she followed his command.

 

Sesshomaru did not really know what to say and he could feel the priestess's eyes on him, watching as he paced . She was confused by this because even if he didn't realize it, Sesshomaru was showing a great deal of emotion. Pacing is something one does when they are nervous. `Why is he nervous? How could the great Sesshomaru be nervous?' Kagome had been patient almost too long though. She was about to break the silence and ask him why in the world he'd brought her out here this late but it seemed he'd finally figured out what he wanted to say.

 

“How did he save you? What is `CPR'?” `WHAT!?' neither had been expecting this question. Kagome figured she would get some question about where she'd been or why she was gone so long when the group had so much ground to cover. Sesshomaru was shocked too. He'd meant to inquire about any possible powers she might have that would lure demons so that she could kill them. He'd figured maybe that's why he felt drawn to her. She must have some innate ability, as a miko, to attract demons to her presence so she could slay them. Though, he ended up asking another question that had been plaguing him.

 

“Wh-uh…What?”

 

“You were talking to your group earlier about Inuyasha's use of something called CPR. The monk made mention of what some of it entailed. This Sesshomaru wishes to be informed about the procedure.” Although he had not originally been planning on asking her about CPR, he had already mentioned it and figured he might as well continue on that path. He was, after all, curious about it.

 

“Er…CPR is…well it's something you do to help someone start breathing again. That is, if they've drowned or choked or something.”

 

“How is it performed?”

 

“Well, uhm, if someone has, like in my case, drown you need to perform CPR. To do that, you lie them on their back and tilt their heads back slightly. Then you plug their nose, so when you breath into them they won't lose the air. Next you…you, uh put your mouth over theirs and you blow in a couple of breaths. The air goes to their lungs. Then you put your hands together like this,” Kagome put one hand over the other and pushed out her palm to demonstrate the proper way to do the next step, “And, if they're an adult, you push like five or six times on their lungs to push the air out again.” As she said this, she put her hands over the spot on her chest where one would push when performing CPR.

 

“Inuyasha did this to you?”

 

“I guess.”

 

“And you'd been bathing?”

 

“Yes. I'm sorry, but where are you going with this?”

 

“How did Inuyasha know you were in trouble?”

 

“Uh, well he said he was patrolling.”

 

“Yes this Sesshomaru heard what he said but how did he know you were in trouble?” What was Sesshomaru talking about?

 

“I don't understand.”

 

“He should not have been patrolling that close to your bath. True, he would have been able to hear a scream of yours and known you were in trouble, had you screamed that is. You did not.” When the monk had made mention of lips on lips and hands on chests earlier Sesshomaru felt a strange boiling. Picturing Inuyasha's hands on Kagome when she'd been pulled from her bath, made him angry for some reason. Now that Kagome had confirmed what Inuyasha had done to her, he felt the need to let Kagome know she should not be praising her savior so much. He would not have known she was in trouble if he had not followed her, like he usually did.

 

“What are you talking about?” Kagome's tone was slightly angry and very confused. What did any of this have to do with anything? Why had he taken her out here in the first place if he was just going to ask these weird questions? Her tone must have made him angry though because he took two swift steps towards her and bent down so he was mere inches from her face.

 

“Do you not find it odd that he knew exactly when, in enough time to save you, you were in danger? His patrol route must have been inappropriately close to your bath. Either that or he was already watching you.” `WHAT!?' Sesshomaru was being so direct! What did he mean Inuyasha was watching her!? She would have noticed, right? Even if she hadn't, what reason would Inuyasha have for watching Kagome bathe of all things? “Have you not ever noticed Inuyasha's odd reactions when you return from bathing?”

 

“I'm not sure where you are going with this but Inuyasha was not watching me bathe. Nor does he ever. He just luckily happened to be close enough to me when I was-”

 

“No. It was not luck. Not for you that is. This rescue was a product of Inuyasha's blatant disrespect for the privacy of his companions, and although it saved you this time, there should be no forgiveness for such an act.” Neither knew why he did what he did next. Sesshomaru reached out a clawed finger and traced her lips, slowly bringing his entire hand to rest over her heart. Kagome shivered. “Had this “CPR” not allowed him to touch these lips, this skin, I doubt he would have ever have revealed the perversion he allows himself to indulge in.” Kagome was speechless. And confused. Obviously she was missing a crucial part of what he was talking about. And his face…was that…was that anger…jealousy? No. Sesshomaru was void of emotion. It must have just been a trick of the light…or lack thereof.

 

His bastard of a brother had really done it this time. Sesshomaru knew that Inuyasha watched her bathe often. It hadn't bothered him at first, knowing that his brother was a senseless animal that allowed himself to be driven purely by desire and instinct. Recently though, it really bothered him. And he'd truly found out that Inuyasha had touched her. His lips had touched hers. Her naked body had been touched by his brother's filthy hands. Sesshomaru would not let any of this continue.

 

“Come.” Sesshomaru immediately turned and started walking back towards camp. Kagome wondered if she would ever understand him. Or if she wanted to understand him…

 

“The hell?! It's about time!” `Crap! That was fast! How'd he get clean so fast!?' Kagome knew, though, that unlike herself, Inuyasha did not treat a bath so leisurely. A bath to Inuyasha was merely a means to quickly clean off.

 

“The choice was yours if you were waiting for us to return. We made no promise of when we'd return.”

 

“Yah. And you didn't say you were leaving in the first place, did you?”

 

“This Sesshomaru informed the Taijiya. If you fail to see that as acceptable then that is unfortunate.”

 

“You ass! You waited until I left!”

 

“Your arrogance never ceases to amaze. Not only is your opinion unimportant, but even if you'd still been here, you would have been unable to hold this Sesshomaru back.” Inuyasha snarled.

 

“You know damn well that you waited until I left camp!”

 

“This Sesshomaru's actions are not the ones that should be being questioned.” Inuyasha's eyes

narrowed.

 

“What are you getting at?”

 

“Uh…guys…” Sango's voice was positively quivering at having to interrupt the two deadly brothers.

 

“What!?” Inuyasha snapped, harder than he should have. Sango gulped visibly.

 

“Did…uh, did either of you notice that Kagome left?” The brothers blinked at Sango, quickly turning to scan for Kagome. She had indeed left. She'd feared Inuyasha's questions and honestly, she needed some time to think.

 

`ugh! Why do I always have to be such a child!? I must look so stupid, always running away like this.'

While the two half-brothers argued, Kagome had snuck to Sango, asking for permission to borrow Kirara. And before asking what for, a stunned Sango, who was focusing on the argument in front of them with apprehension, had agreed. Using Sango's distraction against her was wrong but she really couldn't help it. She knew she'd blow up at Inuyasha the moment he started questioning her. She really needed to stop that. Inuyasha would never care about her if all he ever saw was her angry side. She also didn't know if the cold, callous demon lord wanted Inuyasha to know about their conversation. Nothing had been said that was too open or emotional…on the surface, that is. Kagome knew she wasn't always the brightest but she could tell something was up. Sesshomaru had been acting weird lately. Kagome would catch him looking at her from the corner of his eye. This, at first, scared her. Thinking he was still planning on killing her, she tried as hard as she could to avoid his glances. Though, she found herself strangely craving them recently. The glances continued and no longer made her feel scared, at least in a fearing-for-your-life kind of way. Now, the glances made her nervous in a more excited way. Like the feeling you get when you get when you are doing something you know you shouldn't because you could get caught, but the thrill is enough to keep you going. And even before that, Sesshomaru had gazed so hungrily into her eyes. Even now, she couldn't tear that image from her head. Then, tonight, he'd had that discussion with her and he'd….well, she couldn't help but feel that Sesshomaru had more feeling than he let on, although she knew his thoughts were still in the “male” frame of mind…

 

Inuyasha had been acting different too. His moods would change so rapidly, they were beginning to rival Kagome's famous mood swings. One moment he'd be furious at Kagome for jumping into a battle, and the next be completely apologetic, followed by a bought of sullenness.

 

Kirara had landed before Kagome had realized her descent, causing Kagome to lurch forward in surprise. She shot an apologetic glance at the worried fire cat before patting her on the head, thanking her, and walking over to the well, the portal to her time.

 

Kagome looked down into the well. She didn't know how many times she'd jumped through that well. And, like usual, she was running away from Inuyasha. Would she ever stop this? But this time it wasn't because she was angry at him. She just didn't want to answer his questions. And honestly, she was confused. Something about what Sesshomaru had said…made sense. Why was Inuyasha so close…how had he known she was in trouble so soon? `Oh crap…I promised him I'd stay a week. Oh well. I just can't take all this at once.' And with that, Kagome threw her legs over the edge and jumped down into a swirling of bright light.

A/n: So, definitely sorry about the wait on this chapter. I just started college and already I have like 3 hours worth of homework (it's the first day!!!!) Well, when I wrote this author's note, it was the first day but by the time it gets posted, (I pretty much wrote this chapter backwards) I'lll probably be graduating (kidding!)This chapter took a bit longer than I expected because on top of starting college I had MAJOR writers block, oh man it was horrid. I kind of knew what I wanted Sesshomaru to say but somehow I still had writers block on exactly how the scene would play out. I could see it in my head but getting it written was the hard part. In fact, I wrote the second part of this chapter first. The thing was, I knew I would never get anywhere with this story if I didn't write something, so I figured I'd write what happened afterword first. Ok, about the chapter... the quality is lacking slightly. But I needed to get this chapter posted cuz I have MANY of the next chapters already written.

I tend to get discouraged when I'm stressed…So a comment on the story a little and that will keep me writing. Not trying to be manipulative or anything…haha, ok maybe just a little, but those of you who write must know that when you get that email saying that someone's commented on your story you just want to write more!!!! Please excuse the childish behavior…