20Chapter 4: Nothing more, Nothing less
"Since when?"
The years have allowed her memory to rust. Forgetting was a sin. Forgetting who she was, who is...it was impertinent of her. Had Sesshoumaru not have abolished the Demon Courts, this would have amounted to a week submerged in poison.
But suddenly, just as the smell of burning flesh danced around her conscious, it all came crashing into her. Kagome's eyes went wide and she nearly choked, the memories of her torture hammering against her skull like nail after nail. Her eyes shot to the demon several feet away, surprise and disbelief and pain erupted, before her eyes turned back to the chains that bound her, tears falling freely as pain so fresh and new overtook her entire body.
I see. She thought bitterly, grinding her teeth as she gripped the now familiar feeling of cold metal against her skin.
Turning her neck to the fiery sensation of his gaze. A multitude of questions, bombarded her mind. But the one thought that triumphed above all others 'Why won't you tell me?'.
It seems that he hadn't changed at all.
While he wasn't one for mindless chatter, Kagome still thought that in the very least their relations with one another superseded his self-righteous attitude.
But, it wasn't like she knew him very well, after all, he guarded himself very well. And she was only a dispensable pawn in his plans. Nothing more, nothing less.
Grounding her teeth, Kagome's vision blurred, her breaths coming out as pants.
She could see Sesshoumaru's profile, blanketed by the morning sun, but all she could think of was how she so desperately wished he didn't see how weak and pitiful she really was.
Fresh blood dripped down from her palms once again.
"From the very start."
A/N: I find myself restless. I feel as if this chapter doesn't do my past ones justice. it just seems so...out of place somehow-inconsistent.
sigh
But anyhow, I've updated. I just know that I'll rewrite this chapter once more in the near future...but, until then, I suppose this one will have to do for now.