Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Flickering Flame ❯ Chapter 6: One Day ( Chapter 6 )

A/n: Sorry for the long wait, I’ve been working on my other stories. For those of you who want to know, current update schedule’s and such will be posted on my xanga page, which you can link to from my profile.

*Flickering Flame*

By: Kage Otome

Chapter 6: One Day

Her hands clenched in her anger, in her pain. Blood fell to the ground in small drops, her darkened violet-blue eyes closed in an attempt to calm her clenching heart. ‘How come it hurts so much? It shouldn’t...What’s wrong with me? Why do I still feel...?’
Kagome’s eyes opened to see her team looking at her, she knew her eyes showed her renewed pain, but she couldn’t seem to stop herself. Closing her eyes she took in a deep, shaky breath in an attempt to calm herself.

‘I will not fall apart. Not again.’

“Are you all right?”

Kagome snapped.

“I’m fine.” Sesshoumaru drew back as if he’d been burned, his eyes turned icy in return, hiding his pain at being so easily dismissed.

Kagome sighed, wincing mentally.

“Sesshoumaru I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to...” Kagome bit out uncomfortably.

“Understood.” Kagome shot him a grateful look, he always seemed to understand her. No one else did.

“I need to be alone.” Her voice came out soft and pleading, so unlike her that they immediately left to do as she wished, except for one.

“Why couldn’t he stay gone?”

“Do not worry about the hybrid.” Juuromaru’s voice came out smooth and soft.

Kagome turned a slightly softer look towards her companion. Towards her friend. Maybe for them, for him, she could show emotions, for them, she could feel. Juuromaru wrapped his strong arms around her slender form, and just held her. Leaning her head back against him, he rested his head on hers, closing his eyes in bliss. He’d missed this. And unknown to him, so did she.

“Thank you, Juuromaru.” She whispered softly, glad that she met him.

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Flashb ack

Kagome and Sesshoumaru were patrolling their lands when, sensing a slight disturbance, at the border of the West and the North, both, from there own sides, sped toward the border. Both arrived at nearly the same time to find a demon, bleeding very badly, with a dead B-class demon next to him. His long, light, lilac hair, lay tangled and bloody beneath his heavily bleeding body, and his blue eyes cold and unfeeling. One would never be able to tell he was in pain. If it weren’t for his shallow, choppy breathing and tightness around those lovely eyes.

Without saying a word she kneeled down next to him, carefully out of his reach. It wasn’t like he could do anything though, with as injured as he was. Staring at him curiously he made no move to defend himself. Kagome reached out and tilted his face up, so he had to look her in the eye. Blue and blue-violet met as he growled softly, not liking the feeling he got from her. He wanted to nuzzle his face into her hand, he wanted to lick it, so he closed his eyes and defended himself against what he thought was a spell, but in all reality was instinct.

He’d never known this feeling. He had after all been controlled his whole life, a cage fighter. A pet, fighting for his masters amusement. He’d gotten tired of it, therefore fighting back, breaking free of him. Unfortunately his master would not allow for his escape so easily and therefore sent that brutal demon after him. They called him, Bruce from the America’s of Ningenkai.

“Be calm, we mean you no harm.” The woman stated to him. He turned untrusting eyes to her. Honestly neither of them blamed him.

“Why?” Juuromaru managed with his barely used voice.

“You intrigue me.” Kagome replied.

“We will save you, but you must decide to come with us now, or turn us away and die here.” Sesshoumaru said coldly.

Juuromaru nodded his assent. Kagome very gently eased him off the ground, careful of his injuries and cradled him against her, being extra careful of her armor. It wouldn’t do to further injure the youkai. Curiously looking him over she muttered to herself rather then him

“What an interesting puzzle you are.”

End Flashback
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Juuro maru had picked her up and taken her to a large tree in the middle of her expansive gardens Sitting down, taking her with him, he easily settled her down in his lap. Away from prying eyes. Kagome glanced up at him with something akin to adoration. She truly cared for them, she did for all of hers, Her Hakai. Her eyes began to close in comfort as Juuromaru ran his hand through her, loose locks. Nuzzling her head she purred drifting off into the land of dreams.

Juuromaru knew he wasn’t the smartest of the group, he wasn’t the strongest, nor the wisest, but he was loyal; to her, to their group; to his---friends. Genuinely, he cared for her, and honestly, a part of him did feel something deeper for her. But he knew it wasn’t to be. Kagome was colder now, maybe not around them as much, but she doesn’t want to love, as she loved Hiei. Not again. Juuromaru knew that she was afraid of a broken heart, and he understood why she would shun that love. But maybe...

One day.

As he sat there with her curled in his lap, his arms snaked around her slender form. As she slept he watched over her, enjoying the sunset, enjoying the cool brisk air curling around his form. He leaned his head against her own, and as he closed his eyes, joining her in slumber he thought to himself;

‘One day, she’ll be ready for love again...’

‘One day...’

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A /n: Okay, kind of short, I know. But it’s better then nothing. Reviews are always welcome!