Art Felt Drawings

**Out front Sarah’s Cottage**

“Well, a hyuume, is.. “ She trailed off and thought how is the best way to explain to a demon from Japan. What the hell was she thinking? She’s talking to a demon, for God’s sake, he’ll know. “A hyuume, is a person with special powers either received from family or bestowed on to them from God Almighty Himself. But if a faye likes a human, they can then turn that human into a hyuume with their love. A hyuume can last for eternity, but it must be happy and in love. Peace is its true calling.” Searching his face to see if he understood she waited for him to give a sign to continue or stop.

Stopping there to gather herself and try to remember where she was on her story, the village children began to gather around the young demon lord that they started to warm up to and waited for the story to begin. He nodded his head in understanding so the story could continue from where it last had to end.

Sarah scanned the clearing to make sure no more children were to come. She hated when a straggler came and whisper what happened while she tried to talk to thirteen youths at once. Clearing her throat for quite amongst the murmurs she continued her stories past from her grandmother to her mother than to her. “Oh now where was I? That’s right, “ she winked at the youngest child in the bunch.

Scott’s body was aglow with some sort of magics.. The little wood nymph paused from where she hovered in the air and turned slowly. The man that brought her to her freedom, his body glowed an orange-ish colored hue and he groaned out his pain. She was on his forehead to check for fever to see if he was in need of herbs. She noticed he had no heat coming from his brow but his eye’s squinted open.

Suprised eyes stared back at her hazel ones in a flash before a feeling of gratitude set in and finally a peace about his face.

The orange glow intensified to an even brighter shade till it was a yellow and than it turned to a pure white, blinding light. She closed her eyes and covered her face and flew up to flee the pain it set in her irises’. Peaking through her lashes, she saw empty grass, no human that saved her live laying on the ground. Nothingness plagued where he once was. Panic set in her small frame and she searched until her head bumped into a solid chest having her sprawled on her behind in the grass.

There the he stood in all his prideful stance, neither human nor faye. His wings were murky-clear with lines detailing where they were but not clearly seen. A wisp of wings as they held him up beating too fast to truly be seen at the moment. A hyuume blocked her path home now, in all his naked glory, trying to cover his is exposed skin with his hands. He flushed and looked down, any where but the nymph eyes. He figured it would keep his pride intact that way.

The children laughed out loud at poor Scott, imagining a small human trying to cover what was left of his pride. Shushing them once, the demonic lord looked at Sarah to continue from the immature children. Though if they were to look a light tint of pink was on his cheeks as well. Shaking her head she waited for silence, than started once more.

Realization hit her what she caused, or furthermore what he caused from his kind nature and lack of understanding of falling in love so quickly. Now like she, he was immortal and probably he had not realized what just happened. She took his hand, smiling at him and they flew to her home. Till forever ended they would be happy.

Sarah had a tear in her eye as she looked beyond the children at some invisible beings and absently swiped the tear and looked at the kids coughing to pretend it was that, that caused her to tear up. She was remembering a sad time, and used the story as a cover. Sesshomaru knew better. For the first time since he got there he spoke. “I think it is time for the small ones to go.” He looked directly at Sarah and nodded his head. Leaving her alone to her own devices while he went to get meat for his body to recover somewhat of his energy.

** To the Feudal Era**

Kagome sat stunned trying to serving tea to the stoic demon who sat across from the hearth fire, telling her about his younger years in Ireland and very briefly about Sarah. “So a hume, or hyuume as the irish say, is a immortal human? So does that mean you think I am an immortal?”

“Yes. And no, I am saying that you are eternally at peace with your surroundings and human feelings,” shaking his head and sighing at her lack of understanding. Remembering that he still had her art tools and journals in his sleeves of his haori he dug around and gave them to her and returned to preoccupied hands with something new. He cupped the warm tea and sniffed, “What kind of tea is this? Smells very spicy?” He’s never had a spicy tea before, or black for that matter.

Placing her supplies and journals down next to her walkman she glanced back at the demon in front of her. She smiled now, after being scolded about her questions she loved how somethings come full circle. “I just told you what its called. Its an indian tea from my time. Normally, we drink it with cream and sugar to cut the spicy down. I have honey, but I made your weaker so it won’t seem strong. If you want you can smell mine, but I warn you, it is very strong and you might not like the smell.” She offered the cup and continued, “I like to steep mine for five to ten minutes, so it’s not like yours try to keep that in mind.”

Pondering what to do, not loose face or take the plunge and risk sneezing in front of her?

He plunged.

Grabbing her cup and taking a dignified sniff of its contents he felt his eyes water and his throat close on the contact to his senses. He never smelt anything so different and knew, cinnamon and ginger were present as other odd spices. But one stood out the most. Before he could get a better scent of it he sneezed, it burned on the way in and it burned on the way out that's for sure. He shook his head after sneezing to try and stop, but another spasm of a sneeze assaulted his body.

Now he knew why the miko warned him, as he wiped his eyes of their residual moisture, he shrank away from the offending cup and glanced at his own tea in hand and decided to taste it. A single taste turned in to downing the whole concoction in one gulp than handing his cup the onna for seconds. Seconds turned to thirds, than thirds to sixth. It was very nice, felt like his body was with an extra something he just did not know what it was. Looking down at his fingers he noticed he couldn’t stop it from moving. He wanted to do something, all this excess energy was making him twitchy. Demon lords, he scolded to himself, do not get twitchy. His eyes dilated and looked at the miko.

“Hey, are you all right? I know its not decaffe but-” Before she could get another word in edge wise as she was being lifted up and practically dragged out of the hut by a very dominating presence. “Hey Sesh, come on! I want my tea too. You nearly drank the whole pot of hot water. Can’t you just wait for me?” She all but whined at him, digging her heels in to the dirt to make him slow.

Where the Hell am I going to take her? That’s all that passed into his mind as he glanced around, further on what the Hell were we going to do? The poor demon had no idea what the caffeine was doing to his system at the moment. He was acting strictly as an do-things-ask-questions-later kinda demon and it was reeking havoc on his mind. His energies felt very off, even mokomoko felt full of something. He stopped and looked around than at the woman next to him.

“I,” he began very dignified, ” wanted you to come were I live.” Noticing her get nervous he pressed on, trying to ignore the deer struck by terror eyes. “But I know of your..” He paused trying to decide how to name her, ah ha! “Condition. So do not fret. I than decided that the elder miko’s hut is far to small for one such as this Sesshomaru, and upon further investigation I made up my mind.” She looked at him like he was a mime, odd and different, with a hint of crazy. “ Since this Sesshomaru has so much energy, I would like to build you and your kit a.. umm... home.” As he stated his last thoughts out loud he smashed his hands together as if he was thinking bing bong! (A/N : Learned that in japanese class, bulls eye!)

Kagome gave him a double take, than an even longer take in his appearance. He looked like a kid on a sugar high, I wonder when he will crash? She got the giggles than imagining him crashing while dragging a log around. She covered her mouth and smiled and giggled two fold harder. “I think we should..” Than she noticed his eyes. They looked so determined, did he really mean it though? Well if he was like her kit no matter what she said he would do it. “ Well let me get Shippou to help you, ok?” She just knew he would crash and if he did than having Shippou would let her know where he would fall.

“Yes, my ward would want to help as well. Let me retrieve them. They are by the stream, yes?” He looked at her than the stream and sniffed. Before she could say anything all she heard was a whirl of silk was the only indication that he left.

Skipping back to the inside the hut she grabbed her walkman, brown journal and charcoals. She didn’t bother to look at what was in the player or what number it was on she wanted the volume up and she waited till the were the gaggle of beings would return. She sat on the outskirts of town waiting for them to arrive, this was where she wanted it to be. Near her willow tree, just in front of the hill. Their house! It sounded so official, the miko and her son, with a home of their own. Stretching out she sat back on her hands and waited.

Not being disappointed, they welcomed her like they were family. Everyone, and I mean everyone, jumped on her. Sesshomaru felt like he was a hundred again. Throwing caution to the wind was a constant with miko in his presence, it played on his nervous though to never think before he did something. They looked at the little human girl and kitsune and smiled as they hugged the female of the day. Kagome leaned in and whisper to her fox cub, “ Sesshomaru wants to build us a hut, today. I told him that since your a big boy you would help him.”

Shippou puffed his chest out with pride and banged it with his paws, feeling very grown up. He nodded his head in understanding.

Rin looked at her lord and smiled a toothy grin at him, suprise that he returned it with such enthusiasm she tackled him. Not caring that he could rip her in to shreds or poison her with just the tips his claws. She felt the need to and he reciprocated in kind, by tickling her till a near bladder mishap! “Chotto! Chotto matte!”** Squealing at the top of her lungs, tears coming down her cheeks.

Than he froze and looked at her. Afraid that he actually hurt he he righted himself and checked her for injuries than sniffing all around her head to make sure she had no poison. He was shocked when she started to giggle once more and continued to sniff, earning her to run in circles. Than he realized something that the tears she shed were of happiness, not fear or being hurt. Humans were truly a strange breed indeed, he muttered in his head. But he had more important things to do and he did what he did best. Taking charge.

“Young kit, you and I will go retrieve lumber for the structure. Rin, ask a carpenter and farmers or any villagers if they would want to help the miko with a hut of her own. Wait until no one else wishes to come, than bring them here and wait for this Sesshomaru.” The little girl skipped down to the village humming as she went. The fox kit looked at Sesshomaru skittishly than made a decision and jumped on his shoulder, waiting. “Miko,” He stalled in his orders when he saw her buried in her journal with a flat piece of something black, sniffing the air he determined graphite, and her hand hovering over her noise maker. “Well it appears you already knew what I was going to say. When I return show this Sesshomaru what you have come up with.” Once he was done he turned and listened.

Kagome waited for him to look back than pushed play. “Are you lonesome tonight, Do you miss me tonight, Are you sorry we drifted apart...” She glanced at the demons retreating backside and sighed. What a song to listen to alone, maybe its a sign that its time to move on from her tragedy? The song never listened to her prattling brain it continued as if it was wanting her to find what she needed. “Does your memory stray, To a bright summer day, When I kissed you, And called you sweetheart..”

The Lord of the West listen to the song and wondered if it was a meaning that the female was trying to give him in there. She might be trying to tell him something in that song. His demonic hearing heard no ill in it, and from how far away he was he sensed no dangers. So why did he listen and his heartache? Sinatra pressed on and he faintly heard the girl serenade the noise maker and wondered when she would sing to him.

“Do the chair in your parlor, Seem empty and bare, Do you gaze at your doorstep, And picture me there.. .. Is your heart filled with pain, Shall I come back aga-in, Tell me dear, Are you lonesome to-ni-ght..” Brushing the graphite stick across the paper in a slow motion and spread it down and to the left with her fingers. Gazing at what she started so far she was impressed the song was doing something to her work. Not bad, actually it looked like a huge home. Maybe too big for the modest village. Well too involved now to stop what she started she continued, like the music in her skull candy, and sang her heart at the last lines. “ Are you lonesome tonight, Is your heart filled with pain, Shall I come back a-gai-n... Tell me dear, Are you lonesome to-ni-ght...”

As Rin approached with a squadron of villagers she heard faint singing coming from where Kagome-sama was. When she waved at the miko she was disappointed to not hear the singing anymore, her shoulder slumped slightly. She stared at the miko as she was looking at her work and glancing at a vacant area bringing her arms up at what appeared to be measurements. Rin shook her head and thought back to the singing. My, thought the young child, she sounds like...

Before Rin could think into that further she saw her lord coming with a tree trunk under one arm while mokomoko carried the other one and wrapped around his armor in a sling fashoin to hold it up and still not ache it. And the young Shippou-kun carrying bundles of smaller saplings under his arms. Her lord had a small smile on his face, as he noticed the little ward, he looked .. content. That, even thinking it, seemed foreign to her. She only shared a few tender, fatherly moments with him as it was. So for him to act so open she was in an awkward state of shock.

She sat next to Kagome and poked her trying to get her attention. When the woman looked down at Rin, she motioned for her to bring her head closer and waited. Kagome squatted down next Rin and was suprised to have her cup her ear and whisper, “Sesshomaru-sama is acting really funny today. Rin thinks he hit his head. Looky, look. He’s humming too! Does he seem ok to Kagome-sama?”

“Rin, sweetie, he’s probably just really happy. Ok? Don’t worry, he’ll be back to his old self in no time.” Kagome than walked to Sesshomaru and showed him her sketch of what she wanted. Rin watched her lords eyes grow huge and than he did it, laughed at loud. Really, really loud.

The little girl nodded her head and walked away to the field of flowers on top of the hill. Why not make Sesshomaru-sama a crown, wondered the ward, it’ll make him even happier today. Once she was surrounded by her flowers nothing else mattered. She sat down and hummed the pretty song she heard earlier, committing it to memory.

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**Chotto matte : Wait. Wait a minute.
bing bong : is like bulls eye.

Alrighty guys heres the next type stuff... so umm.. wait a little on the grammer and spelling corrections. k? i just got it done and need a bit o'break. i know totally oc.. but meh. i think caffine and demons dont really mix soo thats the whole mind set in there... and i really liked that song..

Reviews are fuel, so come baby light my fire! oo god that was horrible. but u get the idea.

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