InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Voices at Midnight ❯ Goshinboku ( Chapter 1 )

~*Voices at Midnight*~

Meamiko

I don't own Inuyasha and this is the first and last time I'll say it in this story.

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"Inuyasha no BAKA!" Kagome fumed at the poor hanyou who was obviously injured from his fight with Sesshoumaru. "You can't use the 'Kaze no Kizu' on him when he's wearing the Tensaiga! You did that last time and he still came back!" The resilient hanyou finally jumped up to defend himself.

"And just how am I supposed to get it away from him?! He 'bout beat the shit out of me! And who the hell knows where he went so just get off my back bitch." Kagome balled her fists and tried to count to ten but it just fueled her anger.

"OSUWARI!" When Inuyasha was firmly planted in the ground Kagome went on. "My name is KAGOME! Not bitch, not wench, not girl, not woman, KAGOME! OSUWARI!" She stalked away, heading for the forest to cool off.

"Oi, wen-Kagome…where are you going?" A dirty-faced Inuyasha called after her.

"I'm going for a walk to chill out so leave me alone." She called back over her shoulder sound just as peeved as before.

"Get back her wen-"

"Osuwari!" With that last thought she ran off into the forest. When she was a good distance away from him she slowed down and continued to fume.

"Ooo that jerk. One of these days I hope Sesshoumaru does kick his butt. It'll teach him a lesson." She stopped abruptly and turned back toward the general area Inuyasha and everyone else was. "INUYASHA NO BAKA!"

She sighed finally calming down. Screaming actually helped and she liked the way it echoed. She glanced around to see exactly where she was. 'Oh, I didn't know I got this far…the Goshinboku should be around here somewhere.'

As she neared the clearing the Goshinboku was she heard a low growl. 'What's that…' She got closer to the tree to see a blood covered figure lying in front of the tree that had held Inuyasha for fifty years. There lay his brother, the great Lord of the Western Lands, Sesshoumaru.

Kagome gasped and stared at the figure lying there growling and glaring threateningly at her. His eyes were telling her that if she came any closer he would attack though they both doubted he could cause too much damage in his shape.

She turned to run back to Inuyasha then froze. There was something in her that said she shouldn't leave him like this but…he brought it on himself…but she shouldn't…

She turned back and started edging closer. His growls became deeper, more threatening but she edged closer. 'I should leave him here…I really should. What am I doing? Gods, I should leave him here.' Her mind was screaming at her to run but she just kept getting closer and closer until she was a little more than an arms length away from him.

"Sesshoumaru…I…I want to help." His eyes narrowed dangerously but his growl ceased. She edged closer and when he didn't swipe at her or move she took it as an 'ok.' She kneeled down next to him but he started growling again. She fought the urge to run away and she took her rucksack off her back and placed it next to her.

She slowly reached a hand toward the wound on his chest but stopped when his hand came flying toward her. She yelped and caught it around his wrist. 'Thank the gods he's weak or he could have done some real damage.'

"Damnit Sesshoumaru, I'm trying to help you."

He paused in his growling to finally speak. "I do not need your help human." He jerked his hand free of her grasp and flinched slightly at the pain it caused. She frowned down at him.

"For God's sake, Sesshoumaru, swallow you pride and let me help you." He closed his eyes and proceeded to ignore her only causing her to huff. "You're worse than Inuyasha." Finally finding her courage or rather blinded by her anger she reached both hands toward him and pried open his shirt.

The youkai Lord's eyes widened slightly but it went unseen to the miko. 'Does she not fear for her life? She is worse than Rin.' He thought idly as the girl lightly touched around the wound as if she were assessing the damage. 'I should kill her now for having the nerve to touch me. Stupid human woman. Does she not know I could kill her even in this weak state?' Still his curiosity got the better of him, as he wanted to know why she was helping him. She didn't even get sick at the sight of his wound.

Kagome turned to her bag to reach for bandages and anesthetic. Once again the youkai Lord growled warning. Kagome sighed wistfully.

"I'm just getting medical supplies. I wont hurt you, I promise." His eyes narrowed at her again as she continued to pull things out of her bag. She stood suddenly with a bottle in hand, slightly startling the youkai Lord but of course she would never know it. "I'll be right back. I'm just going to get some water." She turned away then paused and looked back at him. "Please stay. I want to help and I promise I wont get Inuyasha. We'll keep this a secret just between you and me, ok? Besides Inuyasha would kill me if he knew I was helping you so please just stay here."

Sesshoumaru just turned his head away, which apparently was good enough for her as she dashed off. 'Stupid human. Where in the seven hells would I go? I want to save my energy should I need to kill her. I should just kill her now.' He gave an annoyed snort. 'Perhaps Rin is making me soft.' He scowled at that thought and felt anger bubbling up. He was disturbed from his thoughts as he heard the human girl come running back.

She had her small bottle and a wet rage as she came to kneel down next to him again. She lightly dabbed at the wound and cringed when his muscles tightened. She knew it was hurting him but he would never say anything.

He glared up at the miko as she washed his wound and paused to wet the rag some more. She looked away from the wound to meet his eyes then smiled slightly then looked back at his wound.

"I met Inuyasha the first time right here, at this spot. He was trying to kill me." She smiled a little wider at him then put the rag aside, finished cleaning the wound. "I'll bet," She started as she began to squeeze some kind of liquid on her hands then rubbed them together. "That if Inuyasha didn't have the subduing spell on him he'd probably still try to kill me. Well maybe when he was finished using me…" Anyone could have heard the bitterness in her words but she moved her hands to rub the antibiotic carefully into his wound. Her fingers gently touched the outside of it and messaged the muscles around it that were spasming from her touch.

"You subdue your mate?" She scowled at him.

"Inuyasha is not my mate. He's just my protector." She scoffed slightly at that thought but kept to herself, turning her attention back to his wound.

Sesshoumaru shivered slightly at the gentle strokes she was applying to his muscles. It was strangely relaxing and it helped to ease the pain a bit. Her hands were warm against his skin and her touch was blurring his mind. The girl was talking again but he couldn't hear her, he could only feel her hands running nimbly down his chest as she massaged the area around the wound. He shivered again when her hands left his chest and opened his eyes.

She picked up a roll of cloth then looked hesitantly at him. "Do you think you could sit up? It would be easier to wrap you while you're sitting." His eyes narrowed again then he used his arm to prop himself and began to sit. He felt the miko's hand slide behind him and guide him to lean against the tree. For one fleeting moment he wondered if she was going to tie him to the tree with the cloth but no…the cloth was flimsy and oddly enough he trusted her to help.

She held the start of the cloth to the side of his chest then looked up at him. "Could you hold it here for me?" He didn't respond he just pressed his fingers to the cloth holding it in place. She moved to lean over him as she went to move his shirt more. She gave an annoyed huff then a hesitant look at him again then climbed onto his lap, straddling his thighs.

"Human…" He growled threateningly. She rolled her eyes.

"I don't like the position either but I need to be able to wrap this around you so just relax." She snaked her left hand through the right side of his shirt that was only still on him because his arm was still in the sleeve, and brought it toward the left side to catch the roll she hand in her right hand. Then she brought it around the front to repeat the process.

Once again Sesshoumaru shivered as her warm hands touched his skin. This shouldn't have been thought of as sexual but his body was reacting as such. The way she straddled his thighs, her arms wrapping around his back, the way her scent dominated even the smell of blood, when her hair would brush up against his bare shoulder…his blood was boiling for a mere human. He scowled and tried to be angry but his body was rebelling. He was suddenly bombarded with images of the girl lying beneath him, her body shaking with pleasure, her mouth slightly parted as if beckoning him to kiss her.

"There." Her gentle voice broke his thoughts…thankfully…and not. "That should do it." She glanced at the stub where his arm used to be, thoughtfully. She glanced over to the golden eyes that were now narrowed not with warning but with something she couldn't quite place. She never broke her gaze as her hand went to the stub and as she pulled all of her energy then pushed it out through her hand.

It didn't grow back as she thought it would but it just appeared. Sesshoumaru's left hand just appeared out of nowhere...but they both knew what had happened. Kagome slumped forward slightly tired as Sesshoumaru flexed his arm experimentally. He looked away from his new arm to glare at the miko.

"Why?" She glanced up with slightly glazed eyes.

"It was an experiment. Besides," She smiled weakly. "You look better with two arms." She slumped forward again but was caught by Sesshoumaru. He heard a weak but surprised "Oh!" She glanced down at her. "If I knew I could just heal your wound that easily then I wouldn't have bothered to wrap it and all." He glanced down at his chest where the once blood soaked cloth was. The cloth was clean. She had given him his arm back, healed his wound and cleaned up his blood.

"Why?" He asked again as he moved her to sit on his lap so he could support her. She smiled weakly at him again.

"I don't know. I just couldn't leave you there…not when I could do something about it." She mumbled the last part then fell asleep in the youkai lord's arms.

'These humans…Rin and now this girl…they're different from other humans. Any other human would have left me to die but they didn't. This miko even went so far as to heal my wounds and give me the arm back that her mate…no, companion stole.' He stood with the miko in his arms. 'I am not giving her back to the hanyou. But she is not staying with me. She will recover in my lands then I will send her away. I do not need another human following me.' With that final thought he effortlessly launched into the air and headed toward his mansion in the Western Lands.

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O.o I started another story. I know I should be working on the other two but I had to get this out of my head! It was driving me insane! Besides 'Prices' only has a chapter left…two at most and 'Two Weeks' is being thoroughly thought out. Anyhoozles this is a Sesshoumaru/Kagome fic cuz I like the coupling, although I didn't used to, and I don't think there are enough out there. ^_^

BTW: This is not the time Inuyasha uses the Kaze no Kizu and Sess meets Rin. This is another time and Inu just made the same mistake again ^_^ Did ya follow? That's why kag called him stupid cuz only a moron would do the same futile thing twice!Tell me what you think and if I should continue it! Review or email me it doesn't matter I just want to know if I should keep going or drop it.