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Chapter 5: Mes Amis
The Once and Future Taiyoukai
Chapter 5: Mes Amis
She sat on the large, flat stone and looked out over the valley. The sun had set a few minutes before, leaving a cast of orange and red over the green lands below her. It was darker where the hills came together, leaving deep clefts of shadow like a black scar on the land. There was a village near the foot of the cliff where she was sitting. Smoke began to curl out of the huts as the adults came in from the fields. She could even imagine the shrieks of laughter as the children got their last minutes of daytime play in the streets.
"It fits."
The miko turned to see him standing behind her, although she hadn't heard him approach. She smiled to see that he was wearing her gift, the kimono she had bought earlier that afternoon when they passed by a larger town. "Good. It was difficult enough to get."
He nodded and came closer. "The merchant found out that the recipient was a demon."
"Yeah. Midoriko kind of let it slip." She rolled her eyes and turned back to the valley. "She's a good person. I just wish she would lose the passive aggressive thing."
"I see nothing passive about it," he muttered.
She bit back a grin, nodding. The past two days had been full of cold silences that had become so familiar in her time with Kikyo. Kagome's throat was raw from talking so much, trying to fill the awkward quiet. Her companions would only answer her, and not speak to one another. It was tiring to be a go-between, especially when they refused to even acknowledge each other most of the time. "You know, I actually had to threaten the guy," she laughed, trying not to think of Midoriko. "Told him that I would send you to get the kimono personally."
The taiyoukai glanced at her out of the corner of his eye. "And why did you go through so much trouble for me?"
Kagome shrugged. "You've been putting up with Midoriko for two days. With me for two days. All with no shirt and blood all over the rest of your clothes. I thought you deserved it." Her smile softened as she met his gaze. "Plus, I saw it and just knew it was you."
Sesshoumaru looked down at the red blocks of color at the hem of his sleeves and at his collar. There were a few hexagons at the edge of the pattern with small flowers inside, dyed white in order to be noticed. "It is... suited to me," he agreed.
"I know," she murmured, her smile broadening. It was strange to see him in his customary outfit of white and red, here and now when in the future the same sight would strike fear into her heart. She wondered again, for the hundredth time, what had happened to effect such change. "You still need a breastplate."
He nodded. "I am considering it."
Is this my effect on the future, she asked herself. To dress Sesshoumaru? What a ridiculous idea. But it was so odd, to see that kimono in the market, and to know that it belonged to him, although he had never worn it before. "I'm glad," she said. "I want you safe."
Sesshoumaru felt the unusual urge to smile back, but successfully suppressed it. "I am your protector. It makes sense that you would want me safe."
"Yes. That's the reason," said Kagome, rolling her eyes. "Not as if you're my friend or anything."
His golden eyes widened slightly. "You consider yourself a friend of mine?"
"Well, yeah. I suppose I do," she said, the smile dropping into a small frown. "Is that bad?"
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