Someone to watch over me by LadyInuko

who are you?

From the moment he saw the woman, he knew that –despite her beauty- she was already taken.

He followed his young ward, Rin, toward the river, the cold mist clinging to his skin and clothes, forming little water beads. He kept his hands tucked in his sleeves, while his gaze chased restlessly around the scene. The river took on a shimmery glow in the falling sun. Chilly waves lapped against the sides of the bank. A wintry breeze curled around his face and ears, slipping past him, making his silver-white hair blow behind him. Rin turned around to face him, pointing at a certain spot on the bank. "Sesshomaru-sama, I think I see something on the shore." Sesshomaru followed he line of sight, not really thinking anything of it, then saw what it was.

He could see a petite body, lying on its side. 'A mortal woman,' he thought, narrowing his eyes in disgust. His ward wasn't thinking about saving this woman, was she? 'If so, I will have no part in it,' and at that thought, he turned away, planning on leaving the woman to die.

But, at fate would have it, Rin decided not to follow. Instead, she took off toward the bank, coming to kneel beside the unconscious woman. Rin turned the soaked woman on her back, and gasped in recognization. "Oh! It's Kagome-chan!" Hearing this, Sesshomaru stopped and turned, his eyes widening a fraction. What was Inuyasha's wench doing wandering about by herself? Moreover, why is she in a half-drowned state? He walked over to where the onna and his ward were at, his curiosity ignited. He stared at Kagome's small, half-drowned form. He could hear her breathing, but very faintly.

Rin turned her big brown eyes up to her lord with a pleading look. "Sesshomaru-sama, can we please bring her with us? She'll die if we leave her here. Please???" Sesshomaru sighed inwardly, wondering when Rin had this kind of effect on him. He looked down at Kagome again, then thought, 'Hm. Maybe...I can use this to my advantage. With this girl in my possession, I can finally make that brat, Inuyasha, pay.'

"Rin, go to find Ah-Un and Jaken, we are bringing the girl with us." Rin gave him her huge, adorable grin and ran toward the campsite saying, "Yes Sesshomaru-sama!"

Sesshomaru kneeled down and picked up Kagome, then began the trek back towards the camp where his companions waited. He smirked and evil smirk, anticipating when the girl would wake up to find out was she was with. Surprisingly, after that thought, she stirred a bit, her eyes straining to see where she was and who was holding her.

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed a bit at her, then widened a little with shock at what she said. Her voice was raspy, and the words were hushed to the point where he could barely make them out even with his superior hearing. After she spoke, she slipped back into unconsciousness, leaving a stunned western Taiyoukai lord standing there holding her.

The words ran around in his head for a bit before he continued walking, still stunned by the words "who are you?"