The Devil You Know by *~*Missy*~*

In which Kagome prepares and thinks about reactions and consequences

Kagome sat near the fire like a statue waiting for the men to return from getting food.  Everything she had just went through really had wiped her.  She knew that they were going to be intense, given that they were trials granting her an insane amount of temporary power, but she hadn’t expected that.  This got her thinking about something else though.  What would happen when the two demons found out that she was promised to them both?  She could basically figure out Naraku’s reaction, she didn’t think that he would care very much, a threesome suggestion would be brought up most likely, and everything would be joked off.  But Sesshoumaru, she shivered as her eyes closed and she saw his red eyes, claws bared and the rage in his face.  Sesshoumaru would most likely view it as her essentially spitting on him and his lineage.  He didn’t understand though.  It was before she had been around him, before they had been anything more than mere acquaintances; she had only needed him for her alliance.  But now, now that she had gotten to know him, done several things with him.  There was so much more to it and the same for Naraku.  She had gotten closer to him she believed than anyone she had known for such a short period of time.  She heard rustling in the bushes and she directed her eyes the way the sound came from.  There was a large pink spotlight put on the area as the two demons walked out, she looked elsewhere.  She could barely look at them or talk to them right now.  Everything that happened in that last trial just wouldn’t stop running through her head.  Soon food was ready though and she dug in quite happily.

“So what happens next?”  Sesshoumaru asked, he wanted to know what had happened to her in the trail, her move at been flailing ever since she had came back.  It was clearly something that had strained her psyche.  But he knew that right now was not a good time to talk about it, he would find out though, of that much he was ceratin. 

“Next I have to undergo the weight of the heart ceremony.  They weigh my heart against my character and the sins I have committed throughout my life.  If it balances then I will receive the power.  It’s more about me than anything else, although their view is taken into account a bit.  I am hoping that since they seem to like me that will weight in my favor.”  Kagome said as she kept her eyes directed down and ate her food. 

“Sounds intense.”  Naraku said.

“Oh it is, it was also be extremely painful, I am not looking forward to it in the slightest.”  Kagome said as she sighed and finished her food.  It’s just about nightfall.  We should go over that way.”  She said as she spared a fleeting glance at them both.  She just needed to keep her head clear for now, she could deal with everything that she had undergone later.

Inspired by:

Sunset Miko's Prompt Challenge

Statue