Chapter 2: Kagome Heads West
Dawn beam down on to the group. Inuyasha is the first to wake up. He looks around and finds Kagome is missing. He looks far and wide and can't find her anywhere he sees. "Damn it Kagome." He cursed as he gets up and smells the area to get her scent. "Great I lost her…again!" He walks back to the group. "Guys wake up." He yells them. "What is it now Inuyasha?" Shippo whines as he rubs his tired eyes. "Kagome is missing." Inuyasha said to him. "Why on earth would she just leave us and leave no note?" Miroku asks as he gets his staff. "I have to admit that Kagome has been going here and there. Why would she do it?" Sango asks with worry. Inuyasha sighs and tells them this. "It's faint but her scent is coming from the west." So they head off in that direction.
Kagome is somewhere in a village. She decides to get something to eat. She goes into a food stall, "How may I help you ma'am?" A man asks he kindly. Kagome smiles, "I'll take some of your rice please." She asks politely to him as she pays him. "Thank you, sir." Kagome said as she leaves and finds a spot to sit and eat. While eating she begins to get deep in thought. "I feel so ashamed to abandon them, but I had no choice." She said. When she was finished she leaves the village and continue to head west. "Only he can help me." She last said as she disappears into the forest up ahead.
About an hour later, Inuyasha and his friend arrive at the village that Kagome passed by. "I can tell she's been her." He informs them. They nod, "Just make sure we can find her before she gets into any trouble." Miroku said as they walk around to find which way Kagome took. "More like trouble has got into her." Shippo corrects Miroku's comment. Miroku twitches his eye as he can't get over what Shippo said.
Kagome has been walking for three days and three nights to go find the place she's hoping to find her answer. As she gets into the clearing outside of the forest she traveled in. She looks up to find a castle up on the mountain. "Let's hope that he can help me." She said as she walks towards the castle.
Sesshomaru is in his office doing random work while Rin and Jaken are playing in the garden. He places his Tenseiga & the Bakusaiga onto a display case, knowing he doesn't need to use it anytime soon, unless on he travels anywhere. He smells a familiar scent that's getting close to the castle. "I know that scent." He said as he gets up and walks out of the office.
As Kagome approaches the gate, it just opens up when she got in front of it. "Odd, unless someone is already there." She said as walks onto castle grounds. "Hello anyone home?" She calls out to anyone who can hear her. "Kagome is that you?" A little girl calls out to her as she turns around the corner on one side of the castle. "Kagome it is you!" She cries as she comes running up to her. Kagome smiles to her. "Hey Rin. How are you doing?" Kagome asks as she hugs her like she was her own daughter. "I'm great and Jaken is being cranky as usual." She replies as she leads her to the back yard. Jaken looks around the backyard to find Rin with Kagome behind. "Rin you're going to be in trouble when Lord Sesshomaru finds her." He warns the girls. Rin scoffs. "As if Jaken, Kagome as you didn't know is part of the family, even though she hasn't been mated to Inuyasha yet." Kagome blushed at the last part of Rin's lecture. Jaken runs to her, about to hit Kagome on the side until a flash catches him before it happened. Sesshomaru appears as the flash dies down. "Jaken what did I say about my brother's mate?" He serious said to the imp. Jaken stiffens, "I just wanted her out of the castle before you came." Sesshomaru growls back, "When I say that Kagome is Inuyasha's mate, she is not to be harm by the likes of you. Now get out of my sight, or suffer the punishment." Sesshomaru said as he stomps on Jaken's back to prevent his from escape until further notice. "Yes sir." Jaken said as the lord let him go. "Rin, make sure he doesn't come into this conversation that Kagome and I will have." He said nicely to her with a smile. "I will my lord." Rin responds as she goes the direction Jaken took.
Sesshomaru gestures Kagome to follow him to his office. "So what is it that you like from me Kagome?" He asks her as they enter the office. Kagome takes a seat across from his desk. "It's hard for me to say this, but I feel that I'm not reliable in my group." She said so far. Sesshomaru nods as she continues, "Ever since I returned to this era, I felt like I needed to more dependable to them for my sake." Sesshomaru smiles to her, "My brother couldn't help but to rely on you on anything that you guys do. And yet you have doubted to admit to them." He persuades her. Kagome looks up to him, "Even though I'm a priestess, but I also want to be something else…"
Inuyasha and his group end up at the gate of Sesshomaru's castle. "Why would Kagome be here?" Shippo asks Inuyasha who was sitting on his shoulder. "I'm not sure, but I'll get to the bottom of this." Inuyasha replies as they enter the castle. Shippo gets off his shoulder and sniffs around the area. "I can smell her. I bet you can as well, Inuyasha." Shippo said to him. Inuyasha flicks his ears trying to find where Kagome could be in the castle. "I know where she is." He said as he follows the voice.