Welcome back to my little story, the second one.
I was sitting at home, waiting for my mom to fall asleep. The second she did, I opened my closet and put the old uniform back on. I grabbed a bag, putting in some knives and small arrows and the map Ichijo had given me when I originally came back the evening. I grabbed the bow and real arrows and jumped out my window with a flashlight.
I first went back to HQ, where Ichijo and Nobe were waiting for me. "Alright. Nobe, you take this lead over here, that's where they're most likely to be. I will go over to check on the spots where the magic might be and then I'll go over to the south end and scout over there. Does that sound okay?" They all nodded. "Then let's move out."
Nobe ran to the north and I ran to the east. My first location was a clearing in the woods. There was a small hint of magic there, but apparently not enough to temp any Souleater. My next location was more east than this was, and had no magic tint at all, but they were there. Nineteen of them to be in fact. I killed all of them, with some blood of mine spilled of course.
My last magic location was the hotspot north of here. There was one of them, and I killed her and loved it. I missed this life a lot.
I went on to the south and found a cave of them. I knew it was a bad idea, but I was rash tonight, so I tried to face all of them.
I started out with knives and killed nine of the thirty of them. I shot at them next, killing another ten. I had eleven left to go, so I just rushed in and started fighting with my sword. I'll admit, I've kept just the way I was when I cut these things down when guarding, but these guys were tough. I think they were in league with Naraku, so they've been training hard. I was able to kill all of them but one, Naraku's closest follower from what I can guess.
He cut me on my forehead and I punched him. I wasn't able to make a good hit, so he then kicked me where he cut me and I blacked out.
When I woke back up, I was in a cave and there was a big light flowing in. I remember when I got here it was just midnight. I sat up and then regretted it. I leaned over and kind of threw up a little, but got back up anyway. I knew I needed to get out of here and go back to Nobe and then home. I checked for my map and everything was still where I'd hidden it.
I walked out of the cave and into someone's lawn. I don't know whose lawn it was, but they were living large. I saw a few swings out there and a lovely door leading out to it. I looked at my watch and it was ten in the morning. I'd been out for almost twelve hours. I checked my phone in my bag and there were two texts from Nobe, telling me he was done and the other wanted to know if I was alright. I went back into the cava and called him.
"Kagome, where were you? What happened?"
"There were a lot of them on my lead. I killed all of them, but was really tired so I went home and fell asleep. I'm sorry it took me this long to get back to you."
"That's fine, just don't do it again. So you killed all of them?"
I sighed. "I killed twenty nine of them. One of them got away from me though. He reminds me of Naraku. I don't like this Nobe. I don't like it one bit. I think they're trying to get him back into life or find another one like him."
"They can't Kagome, not as long as you and I are here to stop it. Now go get some food, you little anorexic thing." I laughed and hung up the phone and the back door opened and I ran into the cave to see who it was.
Guess who had silver hair and purple stripes under his eyes of gold? Sesshomaru walked out of his house and I walked out.
"How are you doing Sesshomaru? You haven't seen me in a day, have you?" It hit me where I was and what had happened last night.
The Souleaters were this close to a house full of people I love.
"KAGOME WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!" He ran over to me with demon speed. "Let's get you cleaned up." He lifted me and carried me through his yard. "How long have you been here?"
I sighed. "Let's see, I got knocked out at around twelve-thirty or so, so a few hours in that cave back there." I nodded.
He paled, just like Ichijo. "You've been back there for almost twelve hours? What happened?"
I looked around. "Maybe I should discuss this with your father in private if you don't mind." He nodded and set me on the counter.
"Stay here."
"I still don't know how anyone finds their way around here, where am I going to go?" He rolled his eyes and yelled for his father and he came in.
He rolled his eyes. "You jinxed yourself yesterday Kagome."
I laughed. "I'm sorry. We need to talk. It's a matter of the up-most urgency." He nodded. "It should be soon and private." He nodded again, worry and wonder creeping into his face.
"I'll go get some bandages from the bathroom." Sesshomaru ran out of the room and Mr. Takahashi and I began to talk about stuff.
"How did Sesshomaru find you?"
"There is a cave in your backyard."
His eyes widened. "Did you get knocked out back there? You were in that cave all night? That sounds painful."
"It was. Part of why I was out there is to be talked about later." He nodded as Sesshomaru came in with a half-awake InuYasha.
"What's all the noise down here for?" He yawned and opened his eyes wide. "Why is Kagome bleeding?" He looked over at me. "What happened to you?"
"None of your business."
He glared at me as all of us remembered when InuYasha choked me and brought me here because I said that same thing.
"What happened the last time you said that?"
"You can't use that this time, we're in a different situation. I win this, so move on." Sesshomaru started to clean my head.
"You have a footprint type thing right here."
"I got cut in the head and then kicked in the head on the same place."
They all cringed. "I see you're in regular uniform. Why are you in uniform if all of it is done with?"
"Nobe and Ichijo wanted me to go look for something, and I just happened to get beat up while I looked for it." I shrugged and Sesshomaru slammed his hand on the counter.
"Kagome, so help me if you don't stop moving around, I will tie you up." I laughed, but I was the only one.
"Oh, so you guys can make jokes about me almost dying, but I can't make one about me getting hurt? How is that fair?" InuYasha cringed. Sesshomaru finished and Mr. Takahashi lifted me down off the counter.
"I believe we have things to talk about." I nodded and we went into his office and I told him everything that had happened.
"I think that Nobe and I should take turns guarding your house. I would do it all this week, and when I'm gone Nobe would do it. Someone needs to though."
He sighed. "Are you sure about this? It couldn't have been a freak accident?"
"No, they don't do accident, they plan and have a purpose. All the time, and that's what makes them hard to kill, but we do it anyway. I'll be happy to do it myself, but I have school."
"I understand. I don't want this to be as stressful as with Kikyo was, so if you want to crash here when you're done feel free to."
I smiled. "Thank you, but I'm good, and it's best to keep doors locked."
"Then I guess you'll be needing this then, won't you." He handed me a key. "Go home and eat some food, unless you want some here?"
I shook my head. "My mom's probably calling Nobe right now, so I better get going. I'll see you tonight, okay?" He nodded and I did too and left the room, key in hand.
"So, what's going on?" InuYasha looked up from his waffles, but I didn't answer him. "Thanks for being talkative!" I could hear him getting up and following me out the back door to Sesshomaru.
"Thank you Sesshy, for everything today." I hugged him and left the same way I came in, observing the cave.
As I looked around I knew they planned to be here, but I needed to know why. "What's so cool about this spot right here?" InuYasha hadn't stopped bothering me since I hugged Sesshomaru. I'm going to kill him.
"Go inside and leave me alone."
"Not until you tell me what's going on. You'll just have to deal with me bothering you until you just tell me what's going on." When I didn't answer, he grabbed my arm and yanked me closer to him. "What's going on, Kagome? You're back in your old uniform and you're hurt. I thought that part of your life was over with."
"You have two options: let me go of your own free will, or let go by my will. Take your pick." I narrowed my eyes and he tightened his grip on me.
"I'm not letting you go any time soon." I rolled my eyes and kicked him in the shin, making him lean forward. I punched him in the shoulder and then tripped him, making his grip fall on my arm. I took the back of his shirt and dragged him back into his house.
"Could you get this thing a leash for me?" I tossed him lightly on the carpet at Sesshomaru's feet. "Or at least could you get him to leave me alone while I'm working?"
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes and grabbed his brother roughly by the arm and yanked him up. "Why is everyone yanking me today?"
"If you'll recall, you're the one who yanked me back outside before I dragged you back here." I glared at him and then looked back up to Sesshomaru. "I'm telling you, a leash would work on this kid."
Sesshomaru laughed. "I'll keep him out of your way, but if you're still here by noon, I'm feeding you."
I smiled. "I'll be gone soon, I promise. I'll see you later." I turned around and walked back out to the cave to look for anything that they might have left behind. Tucked away in a small corner, there was a packet of folded paper that was old and fragile. I carefully opened the packet, the dust looking like they had already wiped it off. Inside there were symbol that looked like Greek letters and Egyptian hieroglyphics. I took it and put it in my bag. It looked like they were doing some conversions on some paper, but the paper they were doing it on was gone. It must have been that guy I fought.
I looked around again for some sort of conversion chart, but it was gone with the guy. I swear I'm going to kill him. I zipped the bag back up and walked out of the cave. I saw a girl with black hair going through the back gate and knocking on the back door. Sesshomaru answered and glared at her, but let her in. He looked over at me and I nodded.
"What's wrong?" He asked as soon as he got over to me.
I sighed. "There was a purpose for them being here. I don't know why they had to be here for it, but they were. I don't think there's any magic here, and this isn't where Naraku's body is, so I don't know why they were here." I sighed and shrugged. "This just got more confusing than I ever thought it could when I was guarding for Kikyo's father." I thought about something. "I think it's time for me to pay him a visit. Do you want me to tell Kikyo you said hi?"
His glare was his only response.
So that was that chapter! So, what do you think the packet is and what were they decoding? This just got real! So I hope you liked it!
