Love: Lost and Found

Chapter 4-Unsociable Lia/Ladytigresa- thank you for your faithful reviews and for teaching me the right way on how to spell Jaken! Woo! Lol. O, and your welcome! Kams- wow! Big compliment! Lol wow thanks! I try, I try, lmao. And no- he's the hottest thing since ... magmaaa!!! Lol hehe ...............(aah! The funny noise! Ha-ha. If any of u have a new(er) Mac computer and Microsoft word on it hold down the period key, it makes a funny sound!!! ::amazed and addicted to the period sound o.O::......................................... *He strode to door adjoining their rooms, placing a fine-clawed hand on the knob, turning slowly.* Sesshomaru pushed the door in, and was greeted with Kagome's pleasant smell, which smelled of course like nature and the outdoors, and of campfire smoke. He made a mental engraving of her scent, never wanting to forget it. Kagome's tear-stained face looked up as she heard a door open. She hadn't even noticed it before: it was painted the same color as her wall, as were the knob and hinges. She blinked away watery eyes as a tall, silver-haired demon stepped into her room. He was bare-footed and wearing a pale blue robe, Kagome's a slightly darker blue. He seemed much less intimidating without the red eye shadow and armor and with flowing and baggy clothes. Kagome unknowingly was staring at his lean and taut-muscled form until the said form cleared his throat. She was immediately jerked from her odd trance to look up at his face, for her eyes had been trailing down his perfectly formed body. "Kagome," he said lightly and walked to her bedside, "are you feeling any better?" She looked at him blankly for a moment, he had used her first name again. She answered his question with a few others. "Why are you being so kind? Why have you taken me in, and why did you rescue me, and HOW did you know how to find me!?" she asked quickly, though not rude, just desperate for some sort of answer, her sorrow being flushed away by curiosity. He looked down at his feet as his inner voice dared him to sit on the edge of her bed. He accepted the dare and slowly positioned himself next to her, contemplating his answers for the miko. "Hmm. To begin, I am not as cold hearted as most believe, and I have an enormous debt to repay to you," he said, raising an arm and clenching his fist and unclenching it in demonstration. She nodded, remembering her regenerating his arm for him. It had been one of her hardest feats, but she had done it. (wooo! Pause to go and watch INUYASHA! Yay! Epi: nursing battle of the rival lovers! A new one, for me anyway!) (k, back, lol. It was a really good one! As much as I like seeing Inu and Kagome put together, I would looooove to see Kagome and my beloved Sess! They need to make more episodes with my dear Sesshomaru! Lol. Sorry!... I get carried away on my ramblings sometimes!) "Oh," was her simple reply. He nodded. "I rescued you because I took it as part of my debt to you, Miko," he said, using his sort-of pet name for her, half-lying. He did it in debt and in concern for her. "And I happened to be close by and heard your pleas for help. I can't not answer the call to one I am indebted to," he sort-of made up. How part of him wished to spill out his thoughts of her, how he wanted to pet her raven hair, brush her full lips with his own, feel her soft skin upon him - 'Stop it, Sesshomaru!' he told himself furiously. His thoughts were getting carried away, enough to cause him to re-position himself on Kagome's bed. (^_~) Kagome looked at him and nodded, pulling herself to sit upright. They looked at each other in silence for a while, each engrossed in their own thoughts. "How long will be staying here?" Kagome asked him, breaking their thick and awkward silence. Sesshomaru looked up at her again, blinking. "As long as you desire. I am willing to house you until the end of your days, if you so desire," he said, his emotions blank. She gave him a toothy grin. "Why, thank you, Lor-" she began, but was silenced by a long fingered, clawed hand. "Please. If you are to stay here for any length of time you so desire, call me by Sesshomaru. I am no Lord or Sir to you, Miko," he said calmly and set his hand down upon her bed. She smiled. "Thank you, er, Sesshomaru!" she exclaimed. It was in her instinct and nature to want to throw herself at him and hug him, but she got the feeling that might end quite awkwardly. She kept herself in check to a warm smile. His lips twitched at their gentle corners, but no full smile came. A rare joy came over him as he soaked up Kagome's cheerful aura. Though at the moment it seemed tinged with sorrow. 'Of course, Sesshomaru, you prick - she's still at a loss over InuYasha! She must have cared for him, then, if she's that tinged and filled with sorrow...,' he thought solemnly. "You are welcome, young Miko," he said. He had now changed the title of 'miko' to a name for her, and sort of had been using it more as a name than label for a bit. "Do you find your accommodations meeting your needs?" he asked, attempting to make small talk. He didn't socialize often, therefore he wasn't experienced at this sort of thing. "Yes!" she exclaimed, "In fact they exceed! Even my home back in the future isn't so lovely as this! Not at all so lovely," she said. Sesshomaru had basic knowledge of her being a reincarnation of Kikyo, though from a future era. Another smile threatened to overtake his lips, but he restrained it and kept it to a twitch. "I am glad you like it. I hope that your stay in my home will be long and an overall pleasing experience for you," he said with a hint of kindness in his normally stoic and monotone voice as he stood up again. "And if those friends of yours who travel with you wish to visit they may, and you are free to come and go as you please. The gates only open for those whom I allow. I will have your scent imprinted in them tomorrow, so that you might always be permitted into my home." He gave her one more good look over, giving an inward sigh to himself, wishing he were more sociable-inclined. Kagome nodded. "Thank you, Lo - Sesshomaru," she said, catching herself. He walked toward the door, though a bit awkwardly - he wasn't used to having beautiful girls watch him as he walked away - and turned in front of it, giving her a small bow. "Have a fair night, and peaceful sleep," he said. "You, too!" Kagome grinned and gave him the best bow she could while sitting atop a bed. He nodded slightly at her and disappeared through the door. Once it was closed, Kagome sank back into her pillows, never knowing that the so-rumored cold and ruthless Lord of the West could be so kind and caring. She grabbed the pillow she had been sobbing into only moments before and hugged it tightly, ready for sleep to come and claim her. After shutting the door softly behind him, Sesshomaru slumped back against it, his straight back and stance that he had been trained to keep as a boy vanishing in an instant. 'What sort of girl could make This Sesshomaru's heart skip about like that? It's not natural, is it? Maybe it's some sort of disease or something...," Sesshomaru rambled on, talking to himself. 'Of course it's not, you fool!' the other voice made itself known. 'Well, then what is it! I surely do not know,' his mind mumbled to the other voice. 'It's you feelings for the girl, Fool! You all ready know you like her, just accept it and let her know somehow. You must, otherwise you will only let yourself down in the end!' Sesshomaru became angry at himself. He picked up a nearby throw pillow off of his couch and threw it across his room, it hitting the opposite wall and sliding down to hit the floor with a gentle 'plump.' "I will NOT fall for a human! Nor will I fall for anyone at all! This feeling I get scares me," he yelled to no one in particular, his fists balled. 'Ah, but dear Sesshie, the feeling you get also gives you a wonderful, tingling feeling, does it not?' he haughty inner voice retorted. "Shut up. Shut the hell UP!" he angrily stormed to his bed and sat on the side of it and dusted his feet off. "Why do such battles wage within This Sesshomaru?!" he continued to himself. 'There is no battle occurring this time, Sesshie. You are in blatant denial. She might be mortal now, but if you take her as your own and you two become life mates she will be as you are, a full-fledged dog demon.' "But that would mean putting her through intense pain, you dolt!" the real Sesshomaru said, grinding his fists into his mattress. 'But if you win her heart she won't mind doing things such as that for you!' Sesshomaru sighed. He wasn't in the mood for arguing with himself. He picked up his feet and swung them onto his bed and slid them under silken and wool sheets and blankets. Kagome thought she heard some yelling, but it was probably her oncoming dream, she concluded. Sesshomaru lay awake for several hours, his hands laced behind his head as he stared pointlessly at the ceiling. He sniffed: Kagome was sleeping soundly. He rose, since apparently the god of sleep had forgotten him tonight, and walked softly to Kagome's door. He opened it gently and looked at her through the darkness. Padding softly to her bedside, Sesshomaru knelt down next to her head, brushing a few stray strands from her face. He sighed lightly, wondering what she was dreaming of. ... you guys like? Lol. 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