InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Rock, Paper, Scissors: Love Beats All ❯ Because You Won't Let It ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter Two: Because You Won't Let It

 

Sesshomaru's Point-Of-View

 

"How foolish humans are to cause themselves pain for people who care nothing of others. I trust that you sincerely believe that you are hiding your emotions well? How naive." Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed as he stared at the back of Kagome's head that, as expected, bowed in surrender at his words. Humans fell so easily at mere words. He, himself, would never allow another person's simple utterances to distract him. Words were only words, after all.

 

Suddenly, a demon sprung from the darkness in front of Kagome, but as her head remained bowed and she was so busy feeling sorry for herself, she didn't realize it right off. Sesshomaru turned slightly, intending to allow the girl to deal with the demon herself, and smirked when he noticed she was unarmed. She had left her bow and arrows some place else. He was about to walk away when he seen Rin peeking out from behind a bush in front of the ravenous demon.

 

He felt something claw him from the insides as he flew towards the demon, drawing his sword—the one that was actually worth something. Rin looked around, seen the demon behind her, and leapt out of the way. She must have been too surprised to squeal. Kagome turned and seen him running towards her, his sword held off to the side, as the demon bounded towards Sesshomaru. And Kagome just stood there, staring at Sesshomaru like an idiot, as two ruthless demons came at her from either side. The demon bit into the dumbfounded human girl as Sesshomaru came within a foot of her. She collapsed to the ground as blood spread over her white blouse. Sesshomaru brought his sword up and plunged it through the demon, which roared out in agony as it died. Sesshomaru stared down at it with distaste before glancing over at the unconscious human girl. She was bleeding pretty badly. She'd probably die if he didn't do something soon. Sesshomaru turned around and started walking away from the corpse of the demon and soon-to-be corpse of the human girl.

 

"Sesshomaru-sama! We can't just leave Kagome-chan here! What if she...? What if she dies?!" Rin's voice squealed from behind him. Sesshomaru didn't stop walking as he replied,

 

"She leads a useless life, commanded by emotion and feeling. A human cannot live painlessly. Death is a welcome gift to her." Sesshomaru hoped that Rin would see things his way soon. He didn't like to disappoint her so much. Usually, she would get her own way before that.

 

"But, Sesshomaru-sama, she's so nice to everyone! I don't want her to—" Suddenly, she cut herself off with a high-pitched shriek closely accompanied with gnashing fangs and hungry growls. Eyes narrowing, Sesshomaru spun around and drew his sword, but hesitated as he took in the scene. Rin was not been attacked by a demon, as he had suspected, but had screamed for Kagome, who had awoken and threw herself in front of the slain demon's vengeful parent in order to protect Rin. Kagome was dangling by her right side—the one that had escaped injury from the demon's offspring—in the demon's jaws, unconscious once again. Sesshomaru sliced through the demon with ease and glanced to Rin for a moment, looking her over for any possible injuries. When he found none, he allowed his gaze to fall upon the injured Kagome. “Hn.” She had protected Rin, though already badly injured and left for dead. He would look after her until she regained her health as compensation for saving the human child from certain death.

 

"Where is Ah-Un?" Rin pointed to where she'd been standing when the demon appeared. "Come, Rin. The human's injuries require treating." Sesshomaru bent down and lifted Kagome from the ground as carefully as he could with one arm...and frowned when he noticed her blood get onto his fluff.

 

"Thank you, Sesshomaru-sama! Kagome's really nice! I hope she'll play with me when she gets better!" Rin said chirpily as she skipped over with Ah-Un following close behind. Sesshomaru draped her over the beast's hindquarters and helped Rin atop it before heading back down the road towards his castle.

 

Kagome's Point-Of-View

 

Kagome's eyes winked open, but she sat up with a start when she noticed that where she had awoken was not their group's campsite. A jolt of pain erupted from either of her sides and she fell back on the bed, rigid, as she clutched her sides in terrible agony. It hurt so badly that she shook. It was almost too much to bear. 'What...happened...?' Kagome wondered through the pain that clouded her mind. A crystal clear picture of InuYasha and Kikyo popped into her head in response to her question, followed by Sesshomaru running at her with his sword. Then she remembered Rin and the demon. She still wasn't sure if the first injury of hers was from the demon or from Sesshomaru. She didn't remember seeing any blood on the demon's snout that had tried to attack Rin...but she hadn't seen any blood on Sesshomaru's sword after she'd gotten attacked either. There must have been another demon.

 

"You're awake..." Sesshomaru's voice met her from the shadows. Kagome jumped and her sides gave out another burst of pain, making her cry out slightly. She winced and looked over at Sesshomaru out of the corner of her eye.

 

"Why...did you bring me here? And you bandaged my wounds...?" Kagome looked down and ran her fingers over her bandages curiously. Sesshomaru stepped from the shadows and met her eyes without any expression whatsoever.

 

"You saved Rin. It might have simply been in your nature, but you were fortunate to have done such a thing. It saved your life." Sesshomaru turned to leave, but Kagome wasn't finished with him yet.

 

"Wait!" Sesshomaru obeyed, looking back at her questioningly. However, his sudden consideration towards her and her requests had shocked Kagome so much that she completely forgot what she was going to say. Stunned, she relaxed on the bed and pulled herself together. "Never mind. Thanks for taking care of my wounds, even if it was a little reluctantly..." Sesshomaru studied her with vague suspicion before he turned around and walked to the door. But he paused as his hand touched the handle.

 

"It's strange, human girl..." Sesshomaru began. Kagome looked after him with a puzzled expression over her face, about to ask him what he meant was strange, when he finished. "I was under the impression that you would think unfavorably of me, being the despised brother of your half-demon companion. I'm surprised that you did not reprimand me for tending to your injuries." Kagome blinked. Why would she hate Sesshomaru? Just because InuYasha did? She had a mind of her own...most of the time.

 

“I only think unfavorably of you when you're attacking InuYasha or my friends. If you're helping me, why should—?”

 

“You saved Rin. My aid is a result of that deed. Nothing more,” Sesshomaru interrupted icily. Kagome closed her mouth and struggled against a scowl. She was still a guest. If she got herself thrown out, she would have trouble getting around with such painful injuries. She stayed quiet. “Rin will visit you soon. She's asked about you during these past three days.” Sesshomaru then left the room, quickly and quietly closing the door after himself.

 

Kagome almost sat back up again, but she caught herself just before she tensed. It didn't hurt if she stayed relaxed. 'I've been out for three days? Geez, I'm glad that everyone thinks I'm back in my own time. They'd be really worried right now, otherwise.' She closed her eyes and thought about InuYasha and Kikyo. How were they doing right now? Were they happy? Was InuYasha as happy as he was fifty years ago? Before Naraku destroyed their happiness? She sure hoped so. If not, then why on Earth had she let the one she loved go? She preferred to think that all was going well between them. She wouldn't allow herself to think anything less. A tear slid down the side of her face and dropped onto her ear lobe. He was gone, anyway. No matter how things ended up, he wasn't in that part of her life anymore. She soon fell into a deep sleep.

 

Sesshomaru's Point-Of-View

 

Sesshomaru walked up the seventh flight of stairs and went to the third door down. Rin followed just behind him, humming quietly as she skipped after the demon lord. She was excited to see Kagome, of course, but he tried to keep an eye on her while she acted so carelessly so high up. After all, the seven-story hallway they were walking on didn't have a banister. One wrong move and Rin would plummet to the stone floor below. Needless to say, he was thankful when he opened the door to the third bedroom and ushered Rin inside to visit Kagome. He stepped in as well, and closed the door behind him.

 

He stood under the cover of the shadows and watched as Rin approached the human girl's bed. Kagome appeared to have fallen back asleep again. He didn't think it likely that she would have perished after he had personally tended her wounds, but it was always a possibility. Rin reached over and nudged Kagome slightly, whose eyes fluttered open drowsily.

 

"Kagome-chan! Are you feeling any better? Thank you for saving me from that demon!" Kagome seemed surprised at Rin's loud, chipper voice and flinched as she tried to sit up.

 

"I'm feeling much better, thanks. Sesshomaru said that you've wanted to visit me for a while now, so what would you like to do? I think that I have some crayons from my time, if you'd like to play with those. I brought them for Shippo, but he's got so many now that I don't think he'd mind so much if I gave you some." Sesshomaru watched as she reached around towards her back for something, but then sighed as she turned to look back at the hopeful Rin. "Sorry...I left them in my backpack at our campsite!" Sesshomaru found himself mildly disgruntled. He was somewhat curious to know what these "crayons" were.

 

"It's okay! I just wanted to give you this," Rin said cheerfully as she held out a doll made entirely of straw. "This way, you'll have someone you can talk to while your recovering from your injuries when you're all alone!" Sesshomaru found himself wondering how Rin's mind worked. Why would anyone talk to something that couldn't listen? Nonetheless, Sesshomaru was pleased to see that Kagome humored Rin.

 

"Thanks, Rin-chan! What should I name it...? Is it a boy or a girl?" Rin beamed at Kagome's enthusiasm and they talked for quite awhile before Kagome began to get drowsy. Sesshomaru stepped from the shadows and gestured for Rin to leave with him. Kagome had already fallen asleep by that time, clutching the doll—which had been declared a little girl named “Chisa”—close to her heart as she slept. Sesshomaru gave her one last glance before leaving the room.

 

Kagome's Point-Of-View

 

When Kagome awoke, she was still hugging the little doll—Chisa—to her chest. She looked around the room for Rin or Sesshomaru, but they weren't to be found. She stared at the doll with a small smile before setting her down beside her on the bed. She sat herself up with some effort and leaned against the wall. She stared up at the ceiling and looked at an odd crack. It looked like InuYasha's puppy ears! She sighed and looked down at the doll.

 

"You'd better not start resembling InuYasha, too, or I'll have to ask Rin to take you back," she told Chisa. Chisa only looked back at her, smiling that same smile. She didn't reply, nor did she show any response—negative or positive—to what Kagome had just said. Not that Kagome really expected her to. "Personally, I'm glad you can't talk. Sometimes, people need people like you, Chisa. You're just what I need—someone to talk to that won't get worried about me." Chisa stared back up at her blankly in response. Kagome smiled back down at her. Rin simply didn't know what a great thing she'd done for Kagome when she gave her Chisa; she'd given her a personal therapist! Kagome sighed, frowning at the straw figure. She supposed it was worth a shot. "Why do you think it hurts so bad, Chisa? Even after I've let him go and know that there's no more hope for us...? It's silly, isn't it? I should just forget love, shouldn't I?" Chisa kept right on smiling at her. "I knew that you'd agree." Kagome said, smiling broader. Then, she laughed. "I'm so strange..." She let her head fall back and it thumped against the brick wall. She hardly felt it. In fact, it made her giggle a little more. “Strange,” she sighed. Staring up at the crack from before, she imagined the rest of InuYasha while she was at it. He was smiling just as he had when she'd told him to stay with Kikyo. She sighed and squeezed Chisa slightly. "Why won't this feeling just go away, already!" she shouted to the image of InuYasha on the ceiling; it instantly returned to being just a regular crack.

 

"Because you won't let it," came Sesshomaru's voice from the shadows. Kagome jumped and clutched her sides. Her eyes snapped over to lock onto Sesshomaru's.

 

"That's creepy! Don't you knock?!" Kagome demanded, blushing furiously.

 

"I believe that this is still my home. Why should I knock?" Kagome growled and was about to retort that he was supposed to knock out of courtesy, when he spoke again. "The pain you feel won't subside, because you won't let it. Humans are so incredibly pathetic. They love others, even if the love is unreturned, and torture themselves with what could have been." Sesshomaru stepped up to her bed and picked up Chisa from Kagome's lap. "If you hold on to the feeling, you hold on to the pain. It's simple." Sesshomaru dropped the little doll and strode to the door with swift steps...but Kagome had to say it.

 

"There's nothing simple about true love, Sesshomaru. Someday, you'll understand that. Nobody who lives long enough escapes love." Kagome had smiled as she spoke, but when Sesshomaru looked over his shoulder at her, his face still expressionless, she realized that what she had said to the demon lord was unusually forward. Why would she say something so sensitive to the Lord of the Western Lands—the guy that Sango had secretly nicknamed, the “Ice Lord?” He held his frigid gaze against hers for a few minutes before pushing the bedroom door open.

 

"Love is for the weak and the humans. I am neither." Kagome picked up Chisa, still somewhat embarrassed, and stared at her smiling face as Sesshomaru left her room. “Love makes a person weak in all sorts of ways, though. So he isn't completely wrong, is he, Chisa? If he falls in love someday, then he WILL be weak...” Chisa smiled knowingly and Kagome slipped back beneath the covers and closed her eyes. “That's what I thought you'd say...” The door closed the rest of the way with a loud “click” and Kagome winced.

 

Oops.