Here it is! Finally relations between Sesshy and Kagome! ^ 3^ I'm sorry it's not terribly long, but it is indeed longer than the last. Again I apologize for the mild delay, but I was faced with the horrid dilemma of not one, not two, but three toilets in my house not working. The only three. 0-o I did eventually get two back up and running though. Yeah me ^-^

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Entwined.

Chapter Ten

"Hello."

The male didn't respond at all to her greeting. His face remained blank, unyielding despite the strange encounter each shared.

Her head tilted gently, "You don't talk much do you."

Nothing.

Kagome set her bags back upon the ground, then took a few steps forward, trying to close the distance between the two. Also, as she curiously thought, she wished to better see his features.

"You seem familiar."

Though it was swift and hardly discernable, the girl was fairly sure she noticed a flicker of interest pass over his penetrating eyes. Her steps furthered more.

Her brow quirked as her mind thought, when a possibility crossed her, "You remind me of my favorite flower. Both very beautiful." Grinning naively as he remained still.

Coming up yet closer, she paused her footing, only a few feet separating the two beings.

"Your lovely hair is like the threads coming from its center, and your gold eyes are like the petals."

Sapphire followed the pristine tresses flowing in dull breezes, her hand reached on its own with desire to feel but she retracted it slowly. He did not seem one that would be pleased with such unpermitted contact.

"Since you're a full demon and very strong from your aura, then you are again like the flower." She smiled brightly. "I never got that flower out of the ground, it's really strong. Also it has some sort of…liquid or poison or something inside its plant veins. It ruined the sleeve of my favorite furisode…" lowering her voice, "…Hoshi-san was not pleased with me."

Although Kagome began to mull over the past events, she soon refocused her attention to the stranger before her.

"Anyways, sorry for rambling. Sometimes I just babble about things I like." Her smile came again accompanied by a soft giggle, when a sudden gasp brightened her features.

The male did not make any sort of reaction along the entire duration of her speaking. Not that she was terribly bothered.

With the idea popping into her mind, Kagome turned and ran for the larger of her two bags. Rustling carefully, albeit hurriedly, through the items the girl soon discovered what she had been in search of.

Twisting of her body, she went again to face the stoic demon male, oddly bound papers in her hands.

Kagome stopped in her previous place. "I had meant to show this to my family when I got home but, it's okay. I think…I feel like…like you should have it."

Bound by handmade holes laced with thick blades of grass, several pages decorated with drawn flowers was held out to him by small hands.

"On days when I felt homesick and lonely, I would go into the fields and sit with the flower I loved. Sometimes I brought paper and I would draw it and the pretty blue and black ones beside it. It always made me feel…happy. The flower always cheered me up."

Their eyes locked for a while, until the girl shifted under his glaze and placed the gift on the grasses she stood on. When she returned, a gentle smile grazed her lips.

Blinking, a magenta strip along his eyelids reminding her of Hisako, the handsome youkai gracefully turned his figure and started walking away.

Kagome frowned lightly. "Maybe the flower will also make you less lonely." Her words mumbled to herself.

Even though she didn't know anything of the demon whom now walked from her, she wished she could sooth the sadness in his eyes; comfort his loneliness. Sighing mildly, she went back to her things and lifted them up once the tie had been redone on the opened one.

Looking back to his swaying hair once more, she leapt over the well lip and with a warm flash of light was caught up into a familiar transport. With a laugh of happiness, she mentally prepared herself to finally return home.

-/-

The girl's voice rang in his ears.

With a light cock of her head, the human spoke again. "You don't talk much do you?"

She certainly was presumptuous. What would let her believe he would speak to her anyways? A human. A strange one no less. Blue eyes watched him from her place at the structure, carrying with her what appeared to be two small bags. Was the thing traveling alone?

Her eyes not leaving him, the girl unsurprisingly placed her things down and headed towards him. Curious about the human with such a large aura, he did not upset her movements.

"You seem familiar."

Familiar? What could a human child know of the great Sesshoumaru? He focused more intently upon her, observing the slow steps she made to close the gap between each other. The human continued to watch him, her brow ruffling as though she were trying to discern why she believed him recognizable.

"You remind me of my favorite flower. Both very beautiful."

As her smile radiated, he had to resist from arcing a brow at her peculiar connection. He resembling a flower? Something so frivolous seemed absurd.

Her movements again inched towards him, though cleverly she kept a small distance. At least she was somewhat intelligent.

Pink lips parted, "Your lovely hair is like the threads coming from its center and your gold eyes are like the petals."

As she spoke, he watched with interest while her blue eyes appeared entranced by his perfection, the glorious flow of his hair in the wind. Yet again she showed good thinking, as her outreached limb retreated, knowing better than to try and touch the youkai lord.

"Since you're a full demon and very strong from your aura, then you are again like the flower." She smiled brightly, eyes seeming to glimmer with delight. "I never got that flower out of the ground, it's really strong. Also it has some sort of…liquid or poison or something inside its plant veins. It ruined the sleeve of my favorite furisode…" lowering her voice to a tone she may have suspected he could not ascertain, "…Hoshi-san was not pleased with me."

Furisode? Again he scrutinized her appearance. While her clothing was quite odd, she was an attractive child, clean and fresh in scent. It stood to reason the girl was of a noble family with good breeding. The woman she spoke of was likely a maidservant who oversaw her well being. Then why would such a human be here, in a clearing with belongings?

The eyes of each gave them the appearance of great thought. The voice of the girl breaking his reverie.

"Anyways, sorry for rambling. Sometimes I just babble about things I like." Her smile came again accompanied by a soft giggle. The sound pleasant and almost melodious to his ears, not a common occurrence among humans he was certain. A sudden gasp broke the musical laughter, her soft features brightening.

Her petite form spun around and headed back to her packs where she started digging anxiously through one of the small bags. The demon arched a brow at the human's clear abnormality and truly unafraid nature. Nobility or not a human, let alone a female child would never have the bravery to face a full blooded daiyoukai. That aura, that great presence was the only thing he could not place. Such a bright scented thing, so warm and bright.

Her front turned back to him, small palms held something paper and wrought together which she carried back to her original position before him, her expressive eyes somewhat downcast.

"I had meant to show this to my family when I got home but, it's okay. I think…I feel like…like you should have it." Voice soft and friendly, she presented the object to him. Many pages of what appeared to be drawn flowers, tied together with plant pieces. Though the girl looked to be just on the cusp of womanhood, still a child really, the pictures were not badly done.

With a sigh he doubted she even realized had slipped away, she spoke again. "On days when I felt homesick and lonely, I would go into the fields and sit with the flower I loved. Sometimes I brought paper and I would draw it and the pretty blue and black ones beside it. It always made me feel…happy. The flower always cheered me up."

Their eyes caught one another; how could such a young creature, a human girl present such a creation to him? Sesshoumaru studied the blue depths before him, understanding…empathy swirled in such midnight orbs. The human then tore away to collect herself, a tangy sadness flowing from her. Regardless her returning countenance was again tender, drawn with a smile.

Inwardly he sighed; despite the immensity flowing from her the human presented nothing more than a sweet presence, warm and bright as he had thought prior. Nothing more remained for him to stay. Looking down at the girl a moment longer, the demon moved to leave and return to his companion, ignoring the book that had been gifted to him.

Caught on the wind's dance, her voice spoke parting words not intended for him to hear.

"Maybe the flower will also make you less lonely."

Marginally he faltered, she was indeed perceptive, especially for one so young. Not wanting to believe such a truth he moved on as the child's aura pulled away from his own, until, unexpectedly, the expanse vanished entirely.

This caused him to take notice. Golden eyes once again upon the clearing he found the human no longer remained, her items gone, her presence vanished fully. The mere lingering of her potent scent remained floating through the grasses.

Sesshoumaru reached down for the pages of drawn images, unusual plants depicted on the paper with mild color painted within the lines. The mentioned flower resembling himself, beside one he had seen before, a common plant, though its color unnatural to the type. Blue petals and black stemmed. A snort responded, must be a whimsical fantasy, that particular flower was never such colors nor so filled with blooming petals.

Although he had intended to leave it, the youkai tucked the human scented pages into his white haori. A chance at happiness was at least welcome in furtive solitude.

Stance replaced, he went back on his intended path; Ah-Un would be waiting.

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Tada! Interaction achieved, I just hope that it will suffice for you all until they again meet, as you surely all have foreseen ;P

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