So Beautiful

Then the door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew then disappeared
The curtains flew then he appeared...saying don't be afraid
-Blue Öyster Cult: Don't Fear the Reaper

3 months later


Kagome woke feeling as weak as a newborn kitten, she wanted to sit up but didn’t have the energy to do so. “Hello?” she called out.

“So you have finally decided to wake up I’m glad to see my potion did its job, it makes you sleep till its purged all of the poison from your body, you must have had quite a bit in your system oh where are my manners I am Kaili my grandson who I am sure you know rescued you.” Kaili prattled. Kagome wished she hadn’t of woken up to some woman chattering non stop at speeds where no one could understand what she was saying to begin with.

“H...how long have I..b...been...asleep?” Kagome asked, her throat dry from non-use.

“Three months.” came a deep recognizable voice from the corner of the cave. Sesshomaru did save her she remembered his face looking at her for a brief second before she fainted.

“Could...I...h..have..a..drink?” she rasped. She felt stupid being so weak in front of two demons, especially one who had tried to kill her on several occasions. She felt someone prop her head up and a bowl brought to her lips, she drank deeply her whole body was starved for nutrition and sustenance.

“Your food will be ready in a bit, Sesshomaru will be the one nursing you back to health, I have important matters to tend to in a different area and will return soon” Kaili said before grabbing a satchel and exiting the cave.

“Don’t get used to the pampered life miko as soon as you can take care of yourself you will be traveling with me do not expect special treatment then.” Sesshomaru said coldly, as he filled a bowl with what looked like crushed rice (think of what cream of wheat looks like) mixed with milk and honey then heated over a fire. He walked over to her, placing his hands under her arms and lifting her into a sitting position against a pile of furs and blankets. When he was satisfied that she wouldn’t fall over he grabbed the bowl and wooden spoon he scooped up a portion and held it up to her mouth, she hesitantly opened her mouth and took the offered food.

“Thank you for saving me, I know you didn’t have to” she said after she had swallowed, Sesshomaru just spooned some more “cream of rice” and held it to her mouth which she immediately ate.
“What happened?” he asked, stirring the spoon around in the goopy mess. Kagome tensed as much as her weakened state allowed her to.

“We had just set up camp for the night when we were ambushed... we didn’t really have time to react, Naraku’s spider trapped me in his web. Naraku forced me to watch as he tore my friends apart, he told them I would be spared if they threw down their weapons and accept their fate. I shouted at them that I wasn’t worth it, but they did as he said, and just when he was about to kill Inuyasha he made his spider incarnation inject poison into my body then he killed them one by one. He did it every time he was about to kill them have them watch as I was poisoned before ending their lives.” kagome said before breaking down into dry sobs.

“Forgive me I should not have asked you while you are still weak from your injuries.” he said bringing her water up to her mouth, she drank most of it in one swallow.

“It’s okay I feel better letting it out, and I’m sorry to cause so much trouble for you I know you don’t like me.” she said a slight smile on her face which didn’t match the haunting melancholy of her brown eyes.
He just lifted another spoon full up to her mouth.

The hours carried on in a similar fashion the whole day, Sesshomaru spoon feeding Kagome, Kagome trying to hold a conversation to distract herself from thoughts of her friends and Sesshomaru all but shoving the spoon in her mouth to shut her up... if only for a minute. He would never admit that he kind of liked the company but only when she was quiet.

Kagome drifted off to sleep around sunset. Sesshomaru left to his thoughts he let them flutter from one thing to another, eventually landing on when the time would come for Kagome’s bandages to come off, would she really be scarred and feel disgusted with her appearance? In a way they were battle scars there to show everyone she had survived, she was still here. Sesshomaru soon fell asleep where he had been sitting when he had first started feeding Kagome.

Kagome woke feeling warm and constricted, she glanced to her right to find sesshomaru lying next to her his silver hair falling in front of his face, his arm draped over her stomach, she would have laughed if the circumstances had been better. “I slept with Sesshomaru..yeah that would have gotten Miroku to hinting around about perverted things, and stir Inuyasha’s jealousy” she thought sadly.


Sesshomaru didn’t want to wake up, he was comfortable for the first time in a long time, the warmth next to him soothing his nerves, “warmth?” he thought, slowly cracking an eye open... he jumped ten feet away like a scalded ape when he realized just where he was sleeping and who he was sleeping next to. Kagome couldn’t help but giggle at the wide eyed shocked look on his usually emotionless face.

“Geez Sesshomaru you act like you got drunk and went to bed with a love goddess and woke up to find a beached whale in bed with you.” Kagome said with a laugh. He replaced his Icy mask back on his porcelain face and shot a glare Kagome’s way. She quit laughing and got a sad and serious look on her face. “I’m going to be ugly aren’t I? I’m going to be scarred?” She asked sadness lacing her voice.

“I don’t know.” he lied, he knew she would be scarred. Silent tears escaped from the corners of her eyes.

“Whose going to want a scarred Miko who carries the weight of her friends deaths and the shikon no tama? No one that’s who I’ll be like a cracked vase, lines running through the design on the outside and nothing on the inside, just a cracked shell an imperfect copy of an original masterpiece.” she said mostly to herself.