Chapter 7

Sesshoumaru looked at his younger brother in disbelief. He was supposed to have been sealed for eternity. The being that sealed him to the tree was still alive and he was positive that he would make an appearance soon.

"Sesshoumaru, I have to find Kikyo. If she's not alive then I have to know what happened to her after that bastard sealed me to the tree."

Sesshoumaru merely nodded.

"You might wish to talk to one of the servants. Kaede was around when your sealing took place; she is wise, for a human." Sesshoumaru said stoically.

Inuyasha nodded and flopped roughly into a chair across from Sesshoumaru.

"How come you're being so nice to me 'brother'? When we last spoke, you had a severe hatred of me, which I never understood." Inuyasha whispered.

Inuyasha glared at Sesshoumaru. They were brothers. At least they where supposed to be. Sesshoumaru, however, despised Inuyasha. Ever since he was a small boy, Sesshoumaru never paid him any attention, and as he grew, so did the fights that sparked between them.

"Do not presume that I feel anything other then hate for you. However, I am extending my hospitalities to you for now. Tell me what occurred when the Miko unsealed you." He stated.

"I woke up lying on the forest floor. I talked to her a bit, and then followed her here. Then you found us, and that's it." Inuyasha said quickly.

"If that is the truth, why do you carry her scent?"

Inuyasha blushed and stiffened in the chair.

"I just, Uh, I don't know."

"Did you touch her?" The lord said with a dangerous tone.

"NO!" Inuyasha practically shouted.

Sesshoumaru silently moved before Inuyasha and lifted him by the collar of his shirt.

"You lie. Her scent covers you." Sesshoumaru said, eyes narrowing.

Inuyasha gripped Sesshoumaru's wrists and tried to pull him off, with no success.

"Let go of me. I mistook her for Kikyo is all. I kissed her. That's it! I didn't know she was yours. Damn!" Inuyasha spat.

Sesshoumaru tossed the Hanyou back into the chair, and turned to sit back in his own chair.

"Keep away from her. She is of no concern to you." Sesshoumaru said, once again using his stoic voice.

"I think she is. After all, she is my new sister in law. I was wondering why you where acting so strangely around her. Why didn't you tell me you had a mate? Although, I didn't notice a. . ."

"You talk too much!" said a now growling Sesshoumaru.

A knock sounded at the door, thankfully interrupting the brothers' on-coming argument, before it was opened. Kagome came in carrying a silver tray of food and hot tea for the brothers.

"Milord, I was sent to bring this to you." Kagome said, bowing in the general direction of Sesshoumaru.

"You. Girl. You ever heard someone called Kikyo?"

Kagome looked up to find Inuyasha standing directly in front of her with his hands on his hips. He looked, serious. She peered around him to Sesshoumaru, who was staring at the back of his brother in annoyance.

"I'm sorry. I've never heard of anyone by the name of Kikyo." Kagome said regretfully.

"Inuyasha, I suggest you calm yourself before you upset me. If your wench is still alive, then she surely did not remain in the Western Lands." Sesshoumaru said, snarling.

Inu-Yasha turned and glared at his brother. The truth, somewhat, sinking into his head.

"She's really not here?"

"She is not. If she where, she would have been here to greet you long ago."

Inuyasha ran out of the room faster then Kagome could blink.

"I'm sorry Lord Sesshoumaru. I did not mean to disturb your meeting with Mr. Inuyasha. I will leave now."

Kagome bowed quickly and was nearly out of the door when Sesshoumaru held something out to her.

"Take this with you, human. Read it. Study it. I will test you on the subject. There will be another lesson tomorrow as well."

Kagome nodded at him and took the book he held out for her. Once she was out in the hallway, she sighed. It had been two weeks since she'd been home. She missed her family terribly. Glancing down at the book, she noted that there was no writing on the front of it. Sighing again, she continued on to the northern wing to her room.

'Where is she? She couldn't have died!'

Inuyasha ran around the large mansion, from corridor to corridor, venting his rage. As he rounded the corner, he saw the girl, Kagome, walk into a room. Once she had the door shut, he walked up to the door, listening.

"I want to go home." He heard.

She sounded tired and lonely.

'Is she a hostage?' Inuyasha wondered.

Inside the room, Kagome tossed the book on her bed and changed into her sleeping gown. She missed sleeping in her own bed, waking up grouchy and snapping at her brother, listening to her grandfather tell tall tales of demons and wars that she was thankful never to have been a part of.

"I guess he wasn't just telling stories then." She whispered, thinking about Sesshoumaru and picking up the book.

Laying on the bed and crawling under the covers, she began to read the strange book the creepy lord gave her.

Several hours later, in the thick of night, Kagome had at last finished the book. Not feeling too tired she crawled out of bed and went to the window. The stars twinkled brightly in the sky, so brightly in fact, that she could spot Sesshoumaru sitting underneath a tree several yards away. All she could do was stare at his magnificent beauty. He was like a god sitting there, and lord how her breath caught in her chest.

Blushing and shaking it off, she noticed that there was no emotion on his face. It was obvious that he only went out there when no one was around, and that he enjoyed his time alone. Sighing, she turned away from the window and went back to the bed. The book Sesshoumaru had given her was interesting to say the least. It was just like the first book she had read. It had been written by the same person, with the same exact hand style.

The story was still about the Hanyou and Miko, but it must have been from before the other events took place. In this book the Miko recorded a load of things that the hanyou probably wouldn't have wanted her too. Like there was a small section on when Hanyous' lose their power once a month. Her hanyou had lost his on the new moon, or around the first of every month.

"My hanyou and I where visiting a neighboring village, when something strange happened. He became human! I had personally never seen this before, but the transformation was both amazing and scary to watch. My hanyou would not like what I'm about to say, but, I think I need to record this. The change first happened when there was no moon."

"When I asked him why he changed that night, he said that it happens to all hanyou occasionally. But as time progressed, I finally figured out that it only happens once a month, and on the same day every month. Amazing…"

There was also talk of the one named Naraku. She knew that the pair had been tricked by him in the first book she read. But now, she was dying to find out what exactly had happened to the pair. It was all so confusing. How can someone trick two people in love into killing each other? Who where these two people?

Not once in either book, was a name mentioned as to who the hanyou and the miko where. Deciding to quit before she got a headache, she decided to take a quick walk.

Sesshoumaru sat under the large tree in his gardens, still staring up at the dark sky. He had smelled the humans scent on the wind. Why was she awake at this late hour? Why did he constantly feel as if he needed to have her attention focused solely on himself when she was around?

Images came back to him of the night when she had healed him. She had cried for him, she had helped him when no other could or would. Why would she do that? Sesshoumaru stared into the sky so lost in his thoughts that he didn't even hear the foot steps approaching him.

"Lord Sesshoumaru? May I sit with you?" the small voice said, coming seemingly from nowhere.

Sesshoumaru's heart froze with momentary fear as he was brought from his thoughts. A snort was all he gave the one behind him for an answer.

"Thank you." Kagome said, sitting next to him.

She stared up at the sky and watched as the stars seemed to twinkle above them.

"Why are you here, human?" Sesshoumaru said, not looking at her.

Kagome turned her head slightly to look at him out of the corner of her eye. He was still staring into the sky, as if he had never asked the question. She watched in glorious wonder as his long slivery strands twisted and twirled around him in the wind. He was, in that moment, unearthly, to her.

"I finished that book that you gave me. I guess I couldn't sleep when I finished it. It made me think of too much I suppose." She said, still watching him.

"What was the thing that most stood out in your mind once you read the book?" he asked, his voice sending chills down her spine.

"I believe it was the fact that the hanyou turned into a human every month on the new moon. I never knew that demons existed until I came here, but to find that they can change into humans once in a while is a little frightening."

"Why?"

"I'm not sure my lord. I guess I am just not too used to demons and I haven't learned to fully accept their existence yet."

"Hm." Was the only reply she got from him.

She had once again begun staring at the sky, admiring the perfect shining diamonds above her.

"I will not test you on the book of the miko." Sesshoumaru said, getting up.

"Yes my lord." Kagome watched as moved past her.

"Be in the training room at sun rise. We have a lot to cover." He said walking towards the mansion.

"Yes, my lord." She said to herself, since the lord was now gone from her sight.

A/N

OMG. I haven't updated in HOW long? I'm so sorry to all the loyal readers that followed this story! But, I am back and you can expect updates at least every other day. I know this chapter is rather short, 5 pages to be exact, but more will be coming soon. So please review for me ok. Thanks!

Angel

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