AN: I'm so sorry this took so long! Like the smart person I am I have started a whole bunch of fan fics and am now trying to keep up with them :D, unfortunately this one will probably have chapter added at quite spaced out intervals, but I hope they are worth it…anyway, hope you enjoy reading. :D
Chapter Three: Healing of Mind
Contrary to what Kagome believed, Sesshoumaru truly did not know how to fish. Not that that made much of a difference. He only had to watch Rin do it once before he was standing ankle deep in the stream and catching fish like he had been born to it. She glared at him jealously as his clawed arm struck out piercing through another fish with relative ease.
Sticking her tongue out at him she turned her hungry gaze to his mountain (obvious exaggeration) of fish that just seemed to be growing faster and faster. Rin had dragged them away before they could eat any of their hard earned catch, and her stomach was reminding her (rather forcefully might she add), that she hadn't eaten anything since yesterday afternoon.
Tearing her gaze from the fish her eyes were drawn to Sesshoumaru's as he stared at her, his mask on, but an amused light in his eyes. She blushed and clutched her stomach as it let out another rumble before jutting out her jaw and glaring at him. As far as she was concerned, it was his fault! If he hadn't got the bright idea to have Rin teach him how to fish!...
A smirk appeared on his face as he easily returned her glare, it only widened when she attempted to strengthen her own stare only to fail miserably. Seriously, this guy had had centuries to practice the 'die with one look' look, she didn't stand a chance. But that didn't mean that she couldn't imagine all the highly unlikely but probably pretty amusing ways to kill him, ranging from meteorites to freak tornado accidents.
'Miko, if you will stop planning my death you would notice we are missing someone.'
Her gaze snapping away from his she lost the slightly sadistic grin she was wearing and suddenly noticed that Rin had disappeared. How did she do it? Even when the girl was depressed she was louder than the average child, but still she managed to move around silently and lose everyone when she chose to. Well, mostly everyone, Sesshoumaru could probably hear her from a mile away…
She turned to glare at him and pointed a righteous finger in his direction,
'You know exactly where she is? Don't you?! And still you were planning on making me look for her! Sometimes you are so sadistic.' She jabbed her finger at him to emphasise her point only to have him suddenly appear in front of her.
'If you continue to point that finger at me, Miko, it will come off.' She grinned at him, trying to push away the feelings his close proximity stirred.
'Oh? I got nothing to worry about. It will just re-attach.' A slow smirk spread across his face as she promptly lost her grin. He leaned forward slightly until his face was a mere hand span from hers. She stared into his eyes filled with some emotion, from what she could tell it was deep sadistic amusement.
'I'm sure the psychological trauma of watching that happen does not faze you.' His breath breached the space between them and she could smell something spicy on it. A smell she would link with hot and dangerous, if she had to link it with words…which she didn't so she was going to stop now!
His smirk grew until it was on that line between smirk and smile, then he calmly stepped away, breaking gazes with the wide eyed priestess, he turned to the right and spoke with a dead pan voice to a bush,
'Rin, go prepare the fish for your…okaa-san. I believe she is hungry.' Rin walked out of the bushes a small pout on her lips before she saw Kagome staring into space, sighing she walked over to the older woman and started shaking her until, finally, Kagome looked at her,
'Okaa-san, come help Rin with the fish.' And then, leaning in as if it were a secret, 'The trick is to not look him in the eyes. Otou-san has deep eyes.' Grinning she whirled around and with a blushing and Sesshoumaru eye-avoiding Kagome in tow she went to prepare the meal.
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Sighing in complete contentment Kagome leaned back. Sesshoumaru apparently didn't need to eat as much as they did and so had given them his fish, to Kagomes' and Rins' delight.
Resting on her elbows, Kagome looked at the child she was already in love with. Rin had come along way. It had only been a day or two but already the shadows were starting to pass from her gaze, though Kagome knew they would never completely leave. As Kagome watched Rin grinned happily across the fire at Sesshoumaru as he stared blankly up at the sky.
It was edging into afternoon already and Kagome was beginning to wonder how long she was going to have to stay with this group. She figured a couple more days aught to do it. She tried to hold back the tears she felt rising when she thought of leaving Rin. How did the girl do it? She snuck into peoples (and apparently demons) hearts so easily, as if the walls people naturally set up were nothing but mist to her.
Even as Kagome watched the child hesitantly moved towards Sesshoumaru, he turned a questioning gaze on her as she eyed the ground and drew circles in the dirt with her foot. He simply let a small smile cross his face before opening his arm in invitation. Rin let out a happy squeak before huddling in his lap and promptly falling asleep.
Sesshoumaru's deep gaze turned to her and he raised an eyebrow in question, to which she responded with a wide grin and happy shake of her head. She turned her own gaze to the sky. Yes, it would only be a couple of days before she had to leave. Maybe she and Sesshoumaru could figure out, in that time, why he apparently couldn't kill her, nor hurt her in any way. She had a funny feeling it had something to do with the failed subjugation spell; maybe there was more to it than she realised?
Sighing she idly watched as a bird flitted past to land on a nearby branch, she wondered what she was going to do now. She had no doubt that Kikyo had joined their group whilst she was gone, and unfortunately that meant that she was really of no more use to her group, other than as an extra archer/healer, both of which she was really bad at.
Staring into space she let a content smile cross her face. Well, for right now, she needn't worry about the other group, as she turned to watch Sesshoumaru idly twist some of Rin's hair around a clawed finger. For now she had a group, and for now at least, they needed her.
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AN: This chapter is more a setup chapter for what is to come later. I'm beginning to organise a plot in my head (bit late, eh?:D) and I'm starting to actually enjoy planning it out. This fanfic had been more of a last minute idea my muse had thrown at me, but you never know where you're going to start enjoying them, right? Anyway, hope you enjoy and I'll try to add these other chapters faster, considering how short this one is.
Oh and thank you everyone for you fantastic reviews! I seriously wouldn't have continued this fic if I hadn't received them.
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