InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sleeping Savior ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 2 )

 

A small spring stood at the center of the clearing; framed by trees it was the perfect secluded spot.

 

Near the water stood an old stone shrine dedicated to a water kami. Worn away by weather, the design could only faintly be seen. If Kagome squinted her eyes and looked real close she could almost see the features of the woman carved into it.

 

She had found the place by pure accident one day when she had been hiding from her lessons, a common occurrence.

 

Aunt Kiki was the only aunt that would fall for the distractions that allowed Kagome to slip away, and so on that day she was the one who was close to Kagome's trail.

 

Giving up to the fact that she would be caught, Kagome sat down in the clearing and waited for her aunt to emerge. But it never happened, she heard Aunt Kiki come to the very bushes that hid the clearing but then move on past them, deeper into the forest.

 

This greatly confused Kagome, for her aunts possessed an uncanny ability to find her. Even if she had left no trail, they would come straight to her, admonishing her for her escape into the woods. It was almost as if they had a little Kagome sensor built in that let them keep a tab on her at all times.

 

But the clearing seemed to negate that tab.

 

Unknown to Kagome, when she would be in the clearing her aura would be invisible; making it impossible for her aunt to find her by searching for it.

 

Little Kagome did not really care how she was kept hidden, except that she now had her secret place. Somewhere she could go and be alone.

 

Still, she routinely brought flowers to the stone shrine, just in case it was the deity that was helping her.

 

Skipping around and splashing in the water was an enjoyable pastime, but it soon lost its appeal to the young girl. After all there is only so long that a young one can entertain themselves.

 

The sun was shining, the trees rustling and the clearing was beautiful. But Kagome had seen it all before. She loved her special spot and the solace it gave her, but she desperately wished for someone that she could play with.

 

`I've got it' Kagome exclaimed as she jumped to her feet.

 

She raced to the wild flowers on the edge of her clearing and quickly picked the nicest bouquet a five year old could.

 

She skipped over to the Water Kami's shrine and laid it in offering.

 

`Oh please Kami-sama give me a friend. I don't care who they are just as long as they will play with me. I promise to bring you lots of pretty flowers every day if you could just get me a friend.'

 

The little girl was looking so pleadingly at the small shrine; her knees stained by the grass as she knelt with her hands clasped together. Her eyes scrunched shut as she prayed with all of her might that her wish would be granted.

 

Fortunately the Water Kami had been keeping an eye on the petit child; she felt gratitude to her for keeping the shrine dedicated to her so nice and in turn decided to aid her. She had watched Kagome playing in her waters many a time and felt that the lonely child deserved a playmate.

 

And she knew just the one for such a task. Many a Kami had been searching for an answer to the problem growing in the young Western prince. Kagome seemed to be just the girl to crack open his feelings.

 

Grinning, the Kami subtly directed the other presence in the forest to her banks, and sat back to watch.

 

 

Prince Sesshomaru stalked through the forest, easily keeping ahead of the bumbling retainer loudly stumbling after him.

 

`My Prince please come back to your lessons. Jaken pleads to you, come back or your father will be mad at Jaken'

 

The sniveling toad continuously tripped over branches, stones and even his own feet.

 

The young prince snickered under his breath as he heard the old toad fall in a particularly nasty bit of green slime. He would not even under torture admit to deliberately leading the ass-kissing toad to that slime hole, but if Jaken really wanted to get on Sesshomaru's good side then he would have to have some major attitude adjustments.

 

Still snickering as he heard the retainer retching at the stench now covering him, he continued through the forest.

He had escaped his extremely boring lessons, but could it really be called escape if you just walked out? But deciding that it was too nice of a summer day to be wasted indoors, he had ventured to the deep wooded area surrounding the Western Lords Summer residence.

 

Feeling drawn deeper in, he decided to trust his instincts and delved deep into the heart of the forest.

 

Slowly his senses began to pick up the sounds of soft breathing and a sure heartbeat. Sesshomaru did not need to even use his developing tracking senses to find where they came from as he was quickly drawn to the owner of them.

 

Starting to run, his deft nose caught a sent that had escaped him before, the soft sent of lavender. He felt a need to find the owner of this sent, for once the cynical young one did not question and just followed.

 

All of a sudden he burst through some bushes and was in a small clearing by a spring. He whipped his head around, searching out the owner of the now clear sent, he knew they were there.

 

It was then he saw the small body resting on the edge of the water.

 

Slowly he crept up, his eyes fixed upon the softly rising back. Kneeling down beside the petite body, he softly rolled whoever it was to their back.

 

It was ..a …human? Surely not, humans smell disgusting and were an ugly stupid race.

 

But this sweetly sleeping cherub was anything but disgusting. Sesshomaru could not think of a sweeter face.

Long, thick eyelashes brushed her skin. Dimples appeared as she giggled in her sleep. Silky midnight black hair flowed softly to her shoulders.

 

Sesshomaru sat in a trance as he watched the sleeping girl. Suddenly he shook his head as if to wake himself up.

 

This is not how the heir to the Western throne acts, staring blankly at some mortal filth. His father's voice rang inside his head, but Sesshomaru could still not take himself away from this enchanting child.

 

She only looked a bit younger than him, he would guess her to be around five years of age, and he was very good at estimating the ages of those around him.

 

His mind on his inner musings, Sesshomaru did not notice the signs of waking coming from the small girl in front of him. When a small yawn broke him from his thoughts.

 

Mystified, he could only stare as she blinked into awareness, her blue eyes capturing his golden ones.

 

`Wh-o are you?' her question was interrupted by another large yawn.

 

Shesshomaru had opened his mouth to answer when another exclamation came from the girl in front of him.

 

`Oh, they granted my wish, are you here to be my friend?' without waiting to hear his reply she talked on, `I'm just so happy that you've finally come. We can play all the tim—oh-no, it's really late, Obasan is going to be so worried'

 

Without taking a break in talking, she jumped to her feet and began racing out of the clearing when she suddenly remembered her companion.

 

Sesshomaru sat in a state of shock, she was already showing herself to be entirely unlike any other girl he had ever meet.

 

`Come back here tomorrow so we can play' she sassily demanded, without meaning to Sesshomaru mutely nodded along.

 

Beginning to leave again, she stopped as if having another thought come to mind. Hesitantly turning around she now shyly questioned, `You are here to be my friend right?' sounding almost as if she were afraid of his answer.

 

Trying to find his voice, Sesshomaru just managed to croak out a `Yes'

 

A yip of `yay' was heard and then the petit girl skipped out of the clearing heading in the opposite direction that where he had come from.

 

Still in shock at the whirlwind that had just occurred, Sesshomaru tried to place what had just happened. When he suddenly realized something…

 

…She never told me her name. How did she manage to pull one past me, the Western Prince?

 

Unknown to him, another pair of eyes watched him from the depths of the spring. Inwardly rejoicing at the beginning of this fated friendship.

 

 

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a/n: Hey, sorry it took me so long to update and that it is so short. I was in an accident shortly after posting the first chapter and unfortunately really messed up my knee. I was in a lot of pain for a long time and by the time I began to feel somewhat normal I was hit by an extremely bad case of the flu that almost sent me to the hospital.

 

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