Have you ever felt like your head was full of sand? Not you regular loose sand mind you, but compacted sand. And bugs or something are jumping on the compacted sand, well sometimes I do. Next chapter.
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I'm Sick and Tired of This and I Don't Care
Chapter 7
While on towards Sesshomaru's castle, Sango had ordered Kilala to drift back away from the keen ears of Sesshomaru and Kagome, although not suspiciously. Miroku whispered to Sango, "I'm very worried about Kagome. She's become frighteningly cruel and vicious. I'm afraid that vampire, Akimi, has changed her more than she knows." Sango nodded, "Yeah, and did you hear that strange accent she spoke in. I've never heard anything like it." "We need to talk to her," they both said in unison. Sango gave Kilala a gentle kick to catch back up to the others.
Kagome was preoccupied with her new nails to pay attention to the large castle forming in the distance. Shippo exclaimed loudly in awe, "'Kaasan! Do you see that castle?! It's HUGE!!" Kagome looked up and was speechless. She looked at Sesshomaru, she swore he was smirking at hers' and everyone else's amazement. Her gaze caught his eye, Kagome mouthed 'wow' to him. She thought, "You could put at least ten Higurashi shrines inside the wall!" Sesshomaru was the first to descend and land within the castle's outer wall. Inuyasha went under the wall and continued following Kagome.
The Taiyoukai already began walking as the others were still in the air. Kagome, who touched down second, caught up with him. He spoke, "I take it that you like my home." There was an odd pause, then she spoke, although in the Russian accent, "It reminds me of home." Kagome was walking fairly close to Sesshomaru, as the accent was fading she gave his hand a quick squeeze. This action had a strange affect on him, he felt it, deep within. "I must speak with you, come," he said as they reached the castle's main door. Kagome made the Inuyasha vine-bubble to wait outside.
Sesshomaru strode toward his study. As he passed a couple servants he ordered, "Tend to the guests, chambers, food, clothes." There was no reply from the cat and eagle youkai, just a very low bow. Kagome and Sesshomaru arrived at the study in no time. The room welcomed Kagome with a fireplace, two chairs and a couch, a few small tables, a large desk with papers on it, and books. Books were everywhere, on tables, on chairs, on the floor, on the desk. Not to mention the book shelves that were on every wall from floor to ceiling.
Kagome was wondering around looking at this and that, Sesshomaru opted to sit by the fireplace. He rubbed the bridge of his nose, it had been a terribly tiring day. From fighting with a vampire-miko to becoming a vampire-youkai himself, and regaining his arm on top of it. "Kagome." She jumped a little at the break in silence, "Da, Tovarish?" (Da is yes in Russian.) The Taiyoukai gestured to the chair next to him. "I've been thinking about your vampire half. Akimi seems to have more control than either of us thought."
"Control? Vhat do you mean?" Sesshomaru pointed a finger at her, "Right there, your speech changes to hers." Kagome crossed her arms, "Vhat makes you sink I'm not letting 'er do zat?" Sesshomaru settled a little in the chair, "Then why allow it? What's to say that the vampire essence within myself won't try to take over." Kagome answered with the suggestion of Akimi in her head, "And vhat's wrong with seeing an old tovarish of mine." Sesshomaru's eyebrow rose, "You know the vampire inside of me?"
Kagome smiled reminiscently, still in the accent, "Da. He vas actually more than a tovarish to me. Hidenori vas my husband. (he-day-nor-ee, just in case you were wondering) We were married for sree hundred years, until he died. On his deathbed, I drank his blood to keep his essence alive wit-in me." Sesshomaru nodded with a 'mmm,' just as he was about to speak, Kagome interrupted and without an accent. "Oh! That reminds me, I need to get Inuyasha." Kagome closed her eyes and concentrated.
Outside, the vine-bubble emerged from the ground. It floated still for a moment, then the bubble began to reshape itself. It closed down on Inuyasha, he screamed in pain. It formed an Inuyasha vine suit, it constricted so tightly on his body that he couldn't make a sound. Kagome ordered the vine suit to come to the study. As it approached every door, a small amount of vines came from Inuyasha's hand area to form a hand to manage door handles. Kagome got up and opened the study door just in time for Inuyasha to appear.
"Shall we go the dungeon?" Kagome waited for Sesshomaru to lead the way. "So, do you have anyone down there," she asked as they walked, with Inuyasha behind. "The last time it was used, my father was at the throne." "I've read horror stories about Feudal dungeons. My favorite one was where they kept crazy people down there. I could only imagine the screams that were heard." Sesshomaru stayed unusually quiet. Kagome broke the silence after they were on the stairs. "Whoa, your dungeon must be deep underground." The Taiyoukai answered simply, "Not many places one would be able to escape to."
They proceeded down to meet a corridor with cells on both sides. Sesshomaru lead the way to the farthest cell before the corridor split off into a T. When he reached the door he let out a youkai breath to clear the dust off the handle. (Dust in his house, I'm surprised.) The door creaked and whined as it was opened due to years upon years of nonuse. Kagome moved Inuyasha inside, he remained in the middle until Sesshomaru to close the door. The wood from the door and frame whined even more with its closure. Kagome released the vines and ordered them to form bedding in the corner.
With the release of the vines Inuyasha fell to the floor, unconscious. Kagome motioned 'shall we' with her hand. She was looking at Sesshomaru, but something caught her eye. Beyond the Taiyoukai there was a pink glowing wall. "What is that?" Sesshomaru knew what she was referring to, but looked anyway. "That is a forbidden part the dungeon. Not even I have seen it. My father erected that barrier to keep everyone out." He gently pushed Kagome to get her to walk with him. "I have searched all of my father's records and books about it." They were already on the stairs. "Did you find anything?"
"Only one book, it's from my father to me…but I am unable to read it." Kagome stopped to look at Sesshomaru when they reached the hallway atop the stairs. "Why can't you read it?" "It is written in a foreign language. Despite my power and knowledge, I have never come across anything quite like it." Kagome put her hand on Sesshomaru's, "May I see it?" Sesshomaru sensed Sango and Miroku coming, "Later." Kagome saw a flash of black and purple in her peripheral, she took her hand away quickly.
"Ah, Kagome, we've been looking for you." "Yeah, do you think we can talk…alone?" Kagome looked at the two, then at Sesshomaru questioning. He nodded then walked away. Kagome felt this odd feeling, almost like she lost something. She continued to stare as the Taiyoukai walked away. ahem Kagome's head snapped back to Sango and Miroku, "Uh, um, yeah. What was it you guys wanted to talk about?" Sango saw Miroku become uneasy, so she stepped in, "Kagome, we are worried about you. Are you aware of all that went on back in the forest?"
"Of course I do! I fought Sesshomaru, and then Rin got hurt so I turned her into a vampire. Then that whole ordeal with me and Sesshomaru transforming into youkai-vampires. Then we decided to come here." Miroku had worry all over his face, "What about you making Inuyasha crazy? Do you remember that?" Kagome scratched her head, "Uh, I think so…well not every detail." "Kagome, that happened four hours ago, how could you forget something like that?" "I don't know…" There was an awkward silence.
"Kagome," Sango said, "You put Inuyasha in the dungeon because you made him crazy. Didn't you realize why you were putting him down there?" Kagome was concerned about this too, but decided to play it dumb. "Ahh...not really. Hehe." Sango and Miroku exchanged glances. Thankfully for Kagome, a servant came up to them. Bowing low, "My lord and ladies, the Master has summoned you for dinner. Please follow me." They followed the dragon youkai, Kagome directly behind her and the monk and taijia behind.
Kagome wondered how much longer it would be before they reached their destination. She decided to make conversation to pass the time. "Hey, um, what's your name?" The dragon youkai looked at her curiously, "I am Miyeko." "I'm Kagome." Kagome looked at Miyeko, really noticing her features. She was about eight inches taller than Kagome, she had silvery hair that was kept in a perfect bun. "No where near Sesshomaru's hair," she thought. Miyeko had emerald green eyes, "and perfect full lips," the miko thought with slight jealousy. Miyeko wore a haori and yukata, though made to look very feminine.
"How long have you worked for Sesshomaru?" Miyeko looked up thoughtfully, "For eighty-three years." "Wow, that's a long time!" "For a human maybe, but not us youkai. I am one hundred and fifty-nine years old. I would be eighteen in human terms." Kagome downcast her eyes, she had kinda forgotten that she was youkai herself. She inched closer to Miyeko and whispered, "Um...how old is Sesshomaru...in human terms?" "He is about twenty-two." Kagome thought to herself, "And I'll be nineteen in two more months. So that means in youkai terms I'm...about one-sixty-eight?" (By Miyeko's age terms, multiply human age by 8.3 (19 x 8.3 167.8))
Kagome had contemplated her age almost to the point of a headache. The group had made it to the dinning hall. Miyeko opened the door for them, and upon seeing Sesshomaru, she bowed and exited quickly. Kagome walked into a quaint dinning hall, not super big but bigger than a single floor of her house. She saw the slightest hand gesture from the Taiyoukai telling her to sit at his right hand. As she approached, a servant from nowhere pulled the chair for her. Across from Kagome was Rin, then Shippo next to her and finally Sango. Miroku across from Sango and next to Kagome.
Sesshomaru snapped his fingers and a precession of food came from the swinging doors from the kitchen. All manner of beef and poultry and fish and vegetables were laid before them. Kagome was impressed by the extravagance of it all. Rin squeeled joyfully, she practically dove for the food. She stopped dead in her tracks by a glare from Sesshomaru. She sat back down, slapped her hands together, "Itadakimasu, Kami-sama." (Did I spell that right?) Sesshomaru nodded his approval and allowed her to eat. Everyone else followed her actions (not the diving for food part:P), before being granted permission to eat.
Dinner was pretty uneventful, Rin and Shippo babbled and Miroku and Sango chatted. Kagome kept her face toward her plate but watched Sesshomaru as he ate. "Only he would be able to make eating graceful," she thought. Sesshomaru, finished already, stood, "I have assigned rooms and servants for each of you. They will show you to your chambers when you are done." With that, he left. Rin and Shippo finished soon after, servants guiding them to their chamber. Sesshomaru saw to it that Shippo would stay in Rin's room as they took a liking to each other.
Sango, Miroku and Kagome left at the same time. They each followed their guides together, but as they approached a four-way corridor, Sango and Miroku went left and Kagome proceeded right. "Goodnight guys," Kagome called out as she turned another corner. Kagome was glad that her servant had been Miyeko. She was curious, "Why do I have a room away from everyone else?" "You are not away from everyone else." "Then who sleeps down this hallway?" "The Master does," Miyeko said plainly.
"Huh!?" She stopped as they reached Kagome's room, "Lord Sesshomaru's chamber is right there." She pointed to the door ten feet away. Kagome turned red, "Why do I have to sleep here?" "It is not in me to analyze or judge the Master's commands." Miyeko lead her in the room, "There is a bath and wash basin in this room and there are clothes in this closet." The closet was large enough to put a king size bed in and still have room left over. "Lady Kagome, would you like me to set out something for you to wear to bed after your bath?" "Something light blue, please. And you don't have to call me Lady."
Miyeko leaned in close to Kagome's ear, "The Master can hear us from his room, if I don't address you as such, I will see his wrath first hand." "Oh, okay." Kagome went to the bathroom and settled in the already made bath. Miyeko recovered her clothes and stashed them deep within the closet. "Mmm, this is so much better than when Miroku cons village leaders to give us rooms." Kagome hadn't noticed that she fell asleep in the soothing water. (Does anyone actually notice that they fall asleep?) Miyeko shook her, the miko shot up out of the tub. The dragon youkai quickly wrapped her in a large and soft towel.
"My Lady, it is not safe to sleep in the water. You should lay down," Miyeko dismissed herself. Kagome dried off and put on the silk pajamas that had sakura petals floating all over it. She heaved into the bed of silk and fir and fell quickly asleep, not bothering with the covers. Unknown to her, she was being watched. Sesshomaru moved deftly to her bed and brought the sheets and blanket up to her chin. Kagome caught his hand just before he let go of the blanket. She squeezed it gently but endearingly. The Taiyoukai forced himself to wiggle out of her grasp and leave.
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