Dessert and a nap
After the show was over it was already half way through the day and lunch was promptly served. Kagome felt much more at ease than in the morning and could finally enjoy her meal. The Lords were chatting about politics and new farming tactics used on their most advanced colonies. Kagome was listening intently and once in a while nodded her head on remembering something read and learned on her history class. Sakary glanced at the miko eventually glaring at her unknowing figure. Suddenly her complexion changed and an evil smile spread across her red painted lips. She called to a servant and ordered for something in a whisper. The servant went away and came back a few minutes later with a small leather pouch.
"Let's see if the miko is as powerfull and tough as she says she is" she said emptying half the contents of the pouch on a tart the she held away from the rest of the guests so they wouldn't see it.
Right after lunch they sat at the lake shore again to continue their chatting until something else came up. Kagome once again sat on her cushions. She had found the food to be extremely delicious, specially a tart that had something like very small berries on top. She had eaten a double ration. Now she felt heavy and sleepy and could barely keep her eyes open and her back straight. Her stomach was not happy at all.
Sesshomaru suddenly felt her energy plummet and her strong sweet scent turn bitter with sickness. He reacted just in time to avoid her fall and possible head trauma by hitting a rock. Her skin burned and her breathing was too shallow and forced. He took a quick sniff at her and immediately detected the problem.
The other lords approached them with concern on their faces, keeping their distance to allow some air to travel to her lungs.
"Sesshomaru! what's wrong with lady Kagome?" asked Lord Arai extremely concerned.
"Its poison form the fruit of the death rose bush" answered the bear Lord "I recognize the scent. My youngest daughter ate them by accident last summer and got severely ill for a weeks time"
"How is it possible that she ate those? None of us is sick and we all ate the same thing" said lord Arai a bit puzzled.
"I can smell sugar and vanilla on her breath, it was dessert." Declared Sesshomaru. "Search the leftover of the food, especially desserts! If there was poison on a tart there may be more" the servants scrambled smelling the leftovers but found nothing.
On the meantime Sesshomaru took Kagome to his tent and laid her on a longchaise and covered her with a blanket for she was shivering violently due to the high fever.
"Don't you dare to die on me miko! Not on my birthday party!" he said menacingly to her ear. All too suddenly a bright light shone and Sesshomaru had to cover his eyes.
When it finally subsided and he could see again the miko was still laying unconscious but her skin seemed to glow a soft blue and her breathing was even and deep as if she were in a deep sleep. When he tried to check her temperature he had to snatch his hand away for the glow was pure holly energy and it burned his flesh.
Due to the outburst of holly power the other lords entered the tent alarmed but stopped on their tracks as they saw Kagome. They waited for a few minutes in silence, just watching the glow subside. Sesshomaru tried to touch her once again and this time his hand came in contact with her skin finding no holly barrier. He pushed a lock of onyx hair away from her face and earned a soft moan from her.
"Sesshomaru? What happened?" She said clearing her still hazy blue eyes.
"Food poisoning" he simply stated.
"Oh… " She tried to get up but lost her balance and Sesshomaru had to catch her.
"Rest for a while so you can recover" He ordered more than suggested.
"Oh, but I´m fine. Besides id like to see the next show, the first one was soo beautiful."
"It seems she is unstoppable Sesshomaru, let her take some fresh air it should do her good. " Said Lord Arai, in gentle tone. On his insides however something else occupied his mind. how did she recover so quickly? Even a full fledge youkai take at least three days to recover from such poison. Who would want to hurt such a gentle creature as Kagome?´
In the meantime Sesshomaru was helping her up and out the tent. She sat on the cushions again resting against Shesshomarus legs like in the morning but this time he kept his hand on her head to prevent any more blackouts.
When everyone was seated again, a beautiful female youkai stepped in front of everyone and bowed to the audience. Her long hair was gold with fine streaks of red and orange held up in a high ponytail. Gentle orange eyes and markings adorned her face accompanied with a benevolent and pleasing expression. Her green robe contrasted tremendously with her features making her stand out like a sore thumb among all the lords and ladies.
The performer begun a slow, sweet melody that progressed into a relaxing melody that went on for a few minutes, this time Kagome could understand it perfectly. It was about a nightingale that lived in a small little cage longing to be free. The song became a lullaby for Kagome who closed her eyes and begun to doze off. Unintentionally she turned to become more comfortable unaware that she had placed her head on Sesshomarus lap.
Sesshomarus mind went 90 miles a minute trying to decide what to do with the sleeping miko on his lap. After a few minutes his hand unconsciously begun to caress her hair marveling on its softness. Shortly after, he stopped trying to come up with a way to get her off of him and sat still not wanting to wake her up. Kagome had felt really sick and even scared as she was about to faint for her body told her something was off. But now, she felt most relaxed and content just by sitting there.
Short… I know…. Mental Block…. Sorry…. (