Chapter Four
He saw her try to take her own life and didn't step in. He saw her sleep for three days and just watched her intently from afar. He saw her run from her home not even taking a glance back to say good-bye. Then he saw him kill her with just a single arrow. He walked up to her body and could smell the poison coming from her wound. He did not know why he cared for this simple human woman. He pulled the arrow out of her back and unsheathed one of his swords. He then waited and saw death demons trying to consume her soul. He then ran the blade of his sword across her body. He listened for a moment and then heard her heart begin to beat again. Quickly he picked her up bridal style and took off with youkai speed through the forest towards his palace.
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At the Higurashi palace everyone was in a panic. They were all afraid what might happen to their Princess Kagome. To go outside the palace walls alone was dangerous. Youkai's roamed the land and many of them dispised humans. The Queen was absolutely a mess and was given herbs to calm her and help her sleep. The Prince was wide-awake though administrating orders to find his sister. Prince Souta may have been a couple years younger than his sister, but he was the one who was going to succeed the thrown. No one had any clue what could have driven Kagome to do what she did and take off. Messages were being sent to the other Lords to tell them that Princess Kagome was not healthy and needed to be brought home as soon as possible if anyone found her. Prince Souta figured that the Youkai lords would ignore his message and his sister would die because of it.
A knock came to the door of the study with a quick entry by a guard. "Your Highness I have important news! We have found Princess Kagome's horse, but I regret to inform you that it has been killed. It was shot to the head with an arrow. We are searching the surrounding area as quick as possible for her." The guard was down on one knee with his head down as he informed the prince with this information. Did Kagome kill her horse? Did someone kidnap her? What had happened? Things that Souta wanted answers for which no one knew.
"Keep searching! I don't care how long that it takes to find her! GO NOW!" Anger and rage clear in his voice. With that the guard ran out of the room leaving Souta by himself. A single tear ran down his face. He could tell that his sister was dead.
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He watched her sleeping form quietly from a chair across the room. He still couldn't figure out what was it about this human woman that intrigued him so that he brought her back to life. A light knock came to the door. "Enter," was all that came from him. A small toad youkai stepped into the room, "Lord Sesshomaru-sama I have an urgent message for you from the northern lands." Handing Sesshomaru the letter he opened it. Reading it quickly he glanced over at the sleeping girl in his bed. 'So that is why she is so familiar to me. She is Princess Kagome Higurashi.' "Jaken! Make sure that no one speaks of this human woman being here!" Sesshomaru said in a stern, cold voice. Hurrying quickly out of the room Jaken went to send word around the palace.
Dawn came with a pink and red sky without a single cloud in sight. Kagome slowly awoke from her dream world. Coming into the conscious world memories of the night flooded back into her mind. She sat up quickly feeling her back. Nothing. No arrow. She looked around the room discovering she was not in her own. Still though she thought the room was quiet beautiful. Ancient paintings covered the walls; the bed was a few feet off the ground, and the sheets. The sheets had to be pure silk with a wool blanket on top. Beautiful was all that could be said about the room. Kagome stood up out of the bed with her feet meeting a cool ground of black and white marble. Light was coming through a large window near the other side of the room covered with what appeared to be white satin curtains. As Kagome neared it she noticed that it was a pair of doors leading out to a balcony. Opening the doors the cool breeze washed over her blowing her raven hair behind her. She walked out leaning on the railing. She could tell she wasn't home, but her surroundings were just…outstanding. You could hear the forest move with the wind. Taking a deep breath of the fresh air and amazed of what was around her, she heard someone say her name.
