The Winds of Change by LoudlySilent

The Winds of Change

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. But I have achieved my goal! I own Sesshoumaru! Granted I didn't buy him myself. I was sifting through different mangas at the mall and my boyfriend (the most wonderful person on this planet!) went and bought him for me! Whoo Hoo! It is actually not really Sesshoumaru though. It is a Sesshoumaru plushie. But hey, I am one step closer!

Authors Note: This idea came to me while I was out of town (I just got back today) and while it isn't the next chapter of ILACOCP it is a S/K story that I think is very cute.

"Do you hear that?

"Hear what?"

"That noise. Do you hear it?"

"Obviously I do not, or I would have mentioned it long before you. What is it that you believe you hear?"

Kagome smiled mysteriously at her silver haired companion. She had convinced him to come to the hilltop with her to watch the clouds pass by and in a minute she thought she might try to convince him to look for funny shapes in the clouds with her. It was long shot but to her, it was worth trying for. It was so rare that they got to spend a moment alone together.

"I don't think you deserve to know."

"And why do you believe that?"

"Because as you remind me every chance you get, your senses are supposed to be superior to mine." She turned her nose up and raised her chin haughtily. "You should have heard it before I did. If you aren't paying enough attention to it, I'm not going to help you."

"Hn." He turned away from her and stared out into the sky.

Kagome couldn't help but smile. He was just so cute when he was sulking. She had loved every minute they spent together since the year before when they had admitted to having feelings for each other. Or rather, when she had admitted and he had stated the 'she was not as bothersome as she once was'. The guy wouldn't admit to having feelings if someone was offering to pay him.

They sat in silence for a few more minutes before he decided to break it. "You will not tell me?"

She turned her had to look at him and noticed that, though he was trying to hide it (and if she didn't know him as well as she did, she wouldn't have noticed), he was intensely curious about what she had managed to hear that his demon senses had not picked up on.

"I might . . ."

His eyes widened ever so slightly in what Kagome was sure was hope.

"But then again, I might not." She watched as his eyes drooped back into place.

"This Sesshoumaru does not appreciate your teasing woman."

"I know that 'this Sesshoumaru doesn't appreciate being teased." She breathed deeply before exhaling loudly. "But it is good for you."

He quirked a silver eyebrow. "How so?"

"Everyone else is too scared you'll kill them if they tease you. Even Shippo won't and he knows you wouldn't kill him. He's a kitsune. It's in his nature to play tricks on people and he won't play a single trick on you."

"It could be argued that he refrains from doing so out of respect."

"I suppose it could." She gave him a slanted look. "But that isn't it, at least not entirely. He doesn't want you to punch him. It's just an added deterrent that he looks up to you."

"At least he has enough sense not to antagonize me."

"He's like eight years old."

"Correction. He acts like and appears to be that age, but in reality he is at least 60 summers." Kagome's mouth dropped open and moved up and down without any sound actually coming out of her mouth. "It appears I have achieved the impossible." Remarked Sesshoumaru.

Kagome found her voice. "And what is that?"

"Found a way to keep you silent for longer than a second."

Kagome's eyes narrowed and she stuck out her tongue.

"I have accomplished another miracle. I've silenced her twice in one day."

Kagome crossed her arms over her chest making the red bow attached to the front of her school uniform bunch at the tops of her arms.

"It seems I shall have some peace and quiet for a while to come."

If possible Kagome's eyes narrowed further.

Sesshoumaru let out a puff of air that would have been a sigh had he been anyone else, stretched out his arm, curved it around her back to her shoulder, and pulled her closer until she was nestled in the crook of his arm. "Now Kagome," he started while never taking his eyes off of the cloud he was watching. "Being teased is good for you."

Kagome elbowed him in the ribs to show him her appreciation at having her own words thrown back at her.

"So you still refuse to tell me?" He asked reminding her of what started the teasing.

Kagome quirked one of her eyebrows to mimic what he had done earlier. "Do you still want to know?"

"Yes."

"Well before I tell you," she snuggled closer. "IF I tell you, I have a question."

"Very well. I will accept those terms."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Okay here's the question: does my being human bother you?"

Looking at him, Kagome realized that she had made him a little uncomfortable with her question. She brushed aside the slight hurt feelings at having no immediate response, knowing that she had asked a potentially difficult question.

He sat without saying anything for a long minute, and just when Kagome was really starting worry about his answer he said, "No it does not. When I first met you I despised all humans for their disgusting cowardice, petty arguments, and blind hate. But then I met the exception to my view of humans. You. You did not act like the others. You were not overcome by your fear of those stronger than you if one you cared for was in danger. Your intelligence when I battle Inuyasha, however, is what caught my attention first. You are unlike other humans."

"That is so sweet."

"Nonsense. It is the truth. If this Sesshoumaru is to be courting a human, then naturally I would be courting the best one of them all." He finally stopped watching the clouds to look down at Kagome. "Now tell this Sesshoumaru what it is you heard."

"Well," Kagome started. "I don't think I have to tell you now"

"Why not?"

"Because what you just said proves that you have heard it too."

Sesshoumaru looked puzzled.

"You used to hate all humans. Now you look at them in a different light. Or at least, you don't condemn all to have come from the same mold. You've changed. What I heard," she said turning to face him completely. "Was the winds of change."

AUTHORS NOTE: THIS STARTED OUT AS A ONE SHOT AND EVERY CHAPTER BUT THIS ONE TAKES PLACE BEFORE THE EVENTS OF THIS ONE. ALL OTHER CHAPTERS ARE THE EVENTS THAT LEAD TO THIS CHAPTER.