HISTORY LESSONS

Chapter 6- Steady


I do not Inu Yasha and this goes for all the chapters!


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Sometime Later, the Same Night

Knock Knock

“Enter,” came a cool reply. Avian, taking a deep breath, opened the door and walked inside the study, bowed, and knelt.
“Well?” his lord asked with a raised brow.
“My Lord, the message has been delivered to Lady Kagome.”
“Good. And?”
“She seems to be willing to come.”
“Anything else?”
“I heard her say she didn’t have any appropriate attire for such an event, and that she did not know the customs of the youkai ways.” Avian wondered if he should speak of the other more inappropriate discussions he heard the priestess say at the hot spring, but then decided he wanted to live.
“I see. You will escort her here at the arranged time.”

With a wave of his hand Avian was excused. He bowed and left quickly, pondering what could be so special about a mere human that she could get herself invited to a demons’ festival. He paused at the door. “There was one more thing…”
“……”
“It seems that it will be her birthday soon. I think she’ll be turning 17…”
“……”
“That’s… all.”

When the door closed behind Avian the tall, handsome youkai rose from his seat and strode to the window, sliding it open. The cool, refreshing breeze lifted his silvery bangs off his forehead, and his piercing golden eyes scanned the still, quiet lands that belonged to him. Sesshoumaru leaned against the sill of the window. Has it only been a year? A year, to an immortal like him, was only a speck of moment in time. But somehow it felt as if it had been a lifetime since he’s last seen the young priestess, and Rin has been talking only of Kagome nonstop. This would be interesting…

He was sure he had been going through a fit of insanity when he decided to invite a human, but it would have been dishonorable to do so otherwise. Even the other lords have taken interest in the girl, due to certain interesting rumors circulating the entire country. Lord Sesshoumaru wondered if Kagome knew how famous, well-known, and the center of gossip she had become. That was one of the reasons why he chose to invite her, although he pretended to be persuaded by the curious lords. He was just as determined to find out what had been exactly going on with Kagome, what made the nobility take such wide interest, and what made her stand out. He has been asked many questions about her as well. There was nothing he told them, and he considered it a waste of breath to even bring her up in a conversation. At least, that’s what he thought to himself. If only for Rin’s sake he’d show her hospitality.

There was, after all, nothing special about the girl; she was another insignificant mortal, whose life was like a vapor in the wind. Who was she that the Lord of the Western Lands would care to know her name? What she’s done and who she was… were like a flower quickly fading; here today and gone tomorrow, a wave tossed in the ocean... only a flash of light in his eternal life, lasting no longer than a twinkle in an eye.

He had been keeping an eye on her from time to time when they used to spend the days together. The eyes that saw her stumble saw her rise again. Who was she… she that calmed the turmoil-filled lands… to call out through the wind, and calm the storm in him? Sesshoumaru somehow managed to forget the truth in Kagome, and couldn’t recall what had made her different in the first place.

But all that was over now. She managed to disorient him for a moment, but no more.

He was steady.