"Stirring an Affection" by Enemytosleep [Drabble #126]
Title: Stirring an Affection
Author: enemytosleep
Word Count: 400
Rating: PG
Characters: Kagome, Sesshoumaru
Prompt: dokuga_contest - Yearn
Summary: Kagome's plight peaks his interest.
Warnings: a bit of after-battle gore, angst
Notes: The word count needing to be exact in order to qualify makes me nervous since each word counter can read differently. This is the one I used in case the count differs.
Help! She needs help! Shippo's vest is far too small to plug the hole in Inuyasha's chest, and truthfully she's almost afraid to even try given the extent of the wound. Her hands are shaking, and she settles for dabbing the sweat from his brow. She doesn't have her First Aid kit with her: it's in her bag, which was abandoned somewhere near the castle wall at the start of battle. She doesn't think she could find it in this state. She knows she's panicking, but she can't stop herself. Inuyasha needs help.
She looks up and desperately hopes her head will clear enough for her to do something, anything. She sees Sesshoumaru standing on the spot where Naraku had been, simply looking down at the ground beneath him. Sesshoumaru!
Scrambling to her feet, Kagome runs straight for him. She realizes she's screaming, but he doesn't seem to hear her. He doesn't even look at her until she grabs his coat by the sleeves.
"Sesshoumaru! We need your help! Inuyasha's hurt, and he needs treatment; we need to get him back to Kaede right away. Please, Sesshoumaru, we need you to take him-"
He glances at her hands smearing blood on his sleeves, a gruesome and messy contrast to the crisp red of sakura blossoms. It's a terrible time to notice that this is the first she's ever seen anything mar his clothing. She tugs him forward as if to lead him, her tears falling freely now. She can't even understand her own words anymore - but he follows.
She lets go and runs back to Inuyasha, once again trying and failing to find a place to begin treating the wound. Sesshoumaru leans forward and scents the air, grimacing. "He won't last much longer."
"How can you say that? He has to make it. He has to be fine … he always gets better. Always."
Seshoumaru raises an eyebrow, as if daring her to further contradict his assessment.
"Please! I need to get him back to the village, the one by the Bone Eater's Well. Kaede can help him, but he needs to get there quickly!"
Sesshoumaru cants his head to the side and studies her face for a moment, then he looks back to his half-brother on the ground next to her. With one last glance at Kagome, he scoops Inuyasha into his arms, then envelopes them both in a ball of youkai light.
Then they are gone.
Author: enemytosleep
Word Count: 400
Rating: PG
Characters: Kagome, Sesshoumaru
Prompt: dokuga_contest - Yearn
Summary: Kagome's plight peaks his interest.
Warnings: a bit of after-battle gore, angst
Notes: The word count needing to be exact in order to qualify makes me nervous since each word counter can read differently. This is the one I used in case the count differs.
Help! She needs help! Shippo's vest is far too small to plug the hole in Inuyasha's chest, and truthfully she's almost afraid to even try given the extent of the wound. Her hands are shaking, and she settles for dabbing the sweat from his brow. She doesn't have her First Aid kit with her: it's in her bag, which was abandoned somewhere near the castle wall at the start of battle. She doesn't think she could find it in this state. She knows she's panicking, but she can't stop herself. Inuyasha needs help.
She looks up and desperately hopes her head will clear enough for her to do something, anything. She sees Sesshoumaru standing on the spot where Naraku had been, simply looking down at the ground beneath him. Sesshoumaru!
Scrambling to her feet, Kagome runs straight for him. She realizes she's screaming, but he doesn't seem to hear her. He doesn't even look at her until she grabs his coat by the sleeves.
"Sesshoumaru! We need your help! Inuyasha's hurt, and he needs treatment; we need to get him back to Kaede right away. Please, Sesshoumaru, we need you to take him-"
He glances at her hands smearing blood on his sleeves, a gruesome and messy contrast to the crisp red of sakura blossoms. It's a terrible time to notice that this is the first she's ever seen anything mar his clothing. She tugs him forward as if to lead him, her tears falling freely now. She can't even understand her own words anymore - but he follows.
She lets go and runs back to Inuyasha, once again trying and failing to find a place to begin treating the wound. Sesshoumaru leans forward and scents the air, grimacing. "He won't last much longer."
"How can you say that? He has to make it. He has to be fine … he always gets better. Always."
Seshoumaru raises an eyebrow, as if daring her to further contradict his assessment.
"Please! I need to get him back to the village, the one by the Bone Eater's Well. Kaede can help him, but he needs to get there quickly!"
Sesshoumaru cants his head to the side and studies her face for a moment, then he looks back to his half-brother on the ground next to her. With one last glance at Kagome, he scoops Inuyasha into his arms, then envelopes them both in a ball of youkai light.
Then they are gone.