InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Trust in a Youkai ❯ Is It Me? ( Chapter 13 )

Kagome walked into her room and sat down on the bed with a loud yawn. Dinner was entertaining with Rin rambling about her going home with Tiara and Von. First Von started and argument about wanting to keep Rin and how mean she was when she refused to let him keep her. Then of course Irvine had to start a small food fight with Von but luckily Sesshoumaru stopped it before it became too out of hand. Everything was going perfect that was until Rin decided to ask if Kagome was going to be her new 'mommy' causing Kagome to choke on her food. Kagome then had to explain to Rin that she was visiting as a friend and not staying to be her mother without the help of the others. That was fun.
After dinner was finally over Kagome walked out to the garden. She sat in a patch of flowers and could barely hear Rin protesting that she didn't want to go to bed. Kagome sighed to herself. If some one didn't help Tiara get Rin to bed Sesshoumaru was bound to get angry and that wouldn't be good. Picking a flower Kagome lazily got to her feet and headed back into the castle to help Tiara find the child with a never ending supply of energy and get her to bed before a certain Youkai Lord became angry.
It took about an hour to get Rin to bed since she decided to turn bed time into a game of hide-and-seek. Rin ran right by Sesshoumaru who just seemed to smile at Kagome's distress. Kagome then just crossed Sesshoumaru off her favorite list for the time being along with that annoying ball of energy named Rin. Finally much to Kagome's distress Rin was in bed and she was able to go to bed herself.
Finding a simple white yukata Kagome slipped it on. Kagome yawned again while pulling the covers back and sliding beneath the silk covers and fell asleep.
When morning came Kagome was woken up by someone or something jumping on her bed. Kagome slowly opened her eyes to see Rin jumping up and down on the foot of her bed. Giving a loud groan Kagome rolled over, grabbing one of the many pillows and covered her head. It was too early in the morning to wake up. When the jumping continued Kagome rolled over to lay on her stomach while keeping the pillow over her head. After a couple of minutes the jumping stopped and the pillow over her head was taken off.
"I take it that your wake up call did not work" came a smooth voice.
Kagome lifted her head up and glared at the taiyoukai. "I take it that you started it" she growled.
"The other Lords will be leaving in a couple of hours. I merely thought that you would want to say goodbye to them and Rin"
Kagome sat up in bed still glaring at Sesshoumaru and grumbled. "You could have at least thought of a better way to wake me up rather than sending in this ball of energy," she lifted one of her hands and gestured to Rin who again started jumping on the bed.
"I'll remember that next time" Sesshoumaru tossed the pillow back at Kagome. Since Kagome was still half asleep the pillow hit her directly in the face.
Kagome flopped back down on the bed and sighed "Alright I'm up."
"Good, breakfast will be ready soon" Sesshoumaru walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.
Kagome propped herself upon her elbows and looked at Rin. Rin smiled at Kagome and sat sown on the bed. A little staring contest went on between the two before Kagome sat up all the way. "Alright pick out something for me to wear."
"Yeah" Rin jumped off the bed and ran over to the closet.
Kagome crawled out of bed and met Rin at the closet. "So what did you pick out?" she yawned.
"How about this one?" Rin came out of the closet holding a bright pink kimono with butterflies embroidered on it.
"It's way too pink, let's find another one" Kagome said with a hopeful smile.
"Ok" Rin chirped and ran back inside the closet. A few moments later, Rin came out holding a delicate green kimono lightly embroidered with silver flowers.
"I think that will work" Kagome smiled as Rin handed it to her. Kagome walked over to the screen so she could change. After she was dressed Kagome walked over to her dresser with a mirror and picked up her brush. When she was done brushing her hair, Kagome pulled it up into a bun, leaving a few strands hanging down to frame her face. She used a pair of ivory chopsticks to hold her long hair in place. Nodding at her reflection, Kagome took Rin's hand and started on their way to the dinning hall.
When breakfast was done everyone gathered in the stables to say their goodbyes. Everything was packed on the horses and ready to leave. Tiara got up on her horse along with Von on his. Rin said goodbye to Sesshoumaru and Kagome then Sesshoumaru lifted Rin onto the horse with Tiara. When Irvine and Leena were done saying their goodbye's, they too mounted their horses.
As they were leaving Von shouted over his shoulder. "Now you two behave yourselves...see you in two weeks!"
Sesshoumaru shook his head as Kagome brought her hands up to rub her temples. "I swear I am going to kill him" Kagome sighed.
"Then he'll just haunt you" Sesshoumaru stated as he started back to the castle. Kagome laughed and followed behind.
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Kagome wandered around the castle. It has been three days and Kagome was already bored out of her mind without Rin. If truth be told she kind of missed her so called 'wake up' calls. Without Rin there was really nothing to do, and Sesshoumaru, hiding in his library every day, all day long didn't help matters either. She was starting to think something was wrong because the only time Sesshoumaru ever came out of his library was for dinner and when he was ready for bed.
"Could it be something I did?" Kagome asked herself. "If I did something he would have told me right?" Kagome continued her musing as she walked down the hall. Kagome was in deep thought when she ran into a wall or something. She expected to hit the hard ground but wasn't expecting the wall to grab her. She was still in a daze when she heard the supposed wall speak.
"Been walking long?" it said.
Kagome looked up and saw that it was actually Sesshoumaru that she ran into. Blushing slightly Kagome turned her head from Sesshoumaru not noticing the slight frown that appeared on his face as she did so. "Sorry, I wasn't paying attention" she whispered.
Sesshoumaru nodded and let go of Kagome, then continued his walk down the hall. Kagome stood her ground and watched Sesshoumaru walk away.
'It has to be me' she thought with a sigh. Deciding to make the walk longer, Kagome continued down the hall, making her way out to the garden.
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Sesshoumaru's walk ended up taking him to his room. He walked inside and lay down on his bed staring at the ceiling. " She does not feel the same way about me" he mused. "She doesn't even want to look me in the eye. I was foolish to believe that she could love me...once the ball is over I will send her away and forget about her." Sesshoumaru sat up on his bed and looked out at the balcony. He could smell Kagome's scent. Slowly Sesshoumaru walked stood and walked out onto the balcony. He watched Kagome walk around in the garden picking flowers. 'Once she is gone I will forget about her' were his last thoughts as he left the room.