Once More, With Feeling by Aurora

Once More, With Feeling

Title: Once more, with feeling
Author: DawningAurora
Genre: Romance

Rating: K
Word Count: 503
Character(s): Sesshomaru, Kagome, (mention of Miroku)

Warnings: None

Summary: He was her taijitu; pushing and pulling her from the highest of mountains and the deepest of chasms.

He turned and walked away in a quiet tempest of silk, sword and silver hair. Her knees buckled beneath her, as she fell-sat quite suddenly. The swarm of memories that swelled and ebbed like tides, fought for recognition in her mind's eye.

The air tasted tantalizingly of sandalwood, of him. A faint, effervescent feeling bubbled from within her to the tip of her tongue.

"Sesshomaru-sama" she spoke softly, knowing he would hear her despite.

He stilled his steps but did not turn. She spoke with feeling in her silence before speaking with words "Won't you stay? Just for tonight?"

The youkai before her seemed unmoved. He started forward and did not look back. She was glad of having been seated, when the crush of sadness threatened to overwhelm her. She swallowed past the vacuum in her throat and shouldered her pack. She started forward towards the hotspring that beckoned with the promise of relief and the sharp tang of minerals.

She reached the pool and used the sutras that Miroku had taught her to make to secure her perimeter before she rested her pack on a flat stone. The barrier should hold against both human and demons so she was allowed a small slice of her own world.

She undressed quickly and stepped into the pool. It was the right depth and she gratefully sank into it, hoping against hope to wash away the pains of her journey, physical and otherwise.

The warmth of the pool gathered around her, intending to swallow her whole. She happily complied. The drugging effects of the pool lulled her into slumber, from which she did not rise until the moon did.

She awoke with a body that felt weighted by the water and a sudden fear as she felt youki brush teasingly against her barrier. Dressing quickly, she breached the walls she had crafted and went in search of the youki. It led her to a minuscule patch of land free from trees. A fire crackled cheerily in the center. She felt confused. Youkai did not need light. She felt a very familiar youki brush against her skin.

She shivered pleasingly.

Both light and shadow shied away from the ethereal figure that sat at the base of a tree. Luminous honey dipped irises met her gaze as an indigo moon shimmered in the wake of the real moon. The silks of his kimono barely rustled as he rose gracefully despite heavy embellishments of armor and pelt.

"You are late." He enunciated.

She smiled in time to the swell of happiness against the ebb of her fear. She bowed lightly as she spoke "Forgive me, Sesshomaru-sama"

Aurora's Note- I hope you enjoyed that.

Posted on 08 February 2013.

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