Chapter 9: Chapter 9

Flower of ages

CHAPTER 9.

Kagome was having a nightmare of when she was younger.

FLASHBACK

"Mommy why is daddy in bed and not out playing with me anymore" asked a seven year old Kagome.

"Because he is sick baby and he can't come out and play right now" said Kagome's mother.

"Wahh, wahh, wahh" was heard and Kagome's mother ran to her room to grab Souta who was two years old in the meantime Kagome entered in her father's room to see him.

Kagome looked at her father's bed to see her father connected to all type of machines with cables and beeping sounds.

"D-Daddy?" Kagome said in a shaky voice starting to cry.

"Kagome…. Honey….come over…here baby" said Kagome's dad in an extremely rasped and pained voice.

"Daddy what happened to you are you ok" said Kagome going to her father's side careful not to trip or pull any of the cables that where connected to her father.

"No Kagome…I'm not very well…and I'll be going to heaven soon…but…I don't…want you…to feel bad it's only natural…for me to be going away …k'" said Kagome's father regaining his breath, but started to cough blood.

"Kagome…remember… I love you your mother and Souta and … I wished I could have stayed longer with…you guys" said Kagome's father hugging her one last time before saying "Bye bye honey remember i…love…y..o…u" Kagome hugged her father back and then she started to scream.

"NO DADDY DON'T LEAVE ME NOOO" then Kagome's father passed away "I love you to daddy".

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Kagome was covered in a thick layer of sweat and was screaming.

"NO DON'T LEAVE ME!" when she felt a strong hand shake her.

"Miko you are going to wake up everyone" Kagome open her eyes and looked at Sesshomaru who was trying to untangle his tail from her.

"Sorry to bother you" said Kagome realizing her death grip and disentangling from Sesshomaru's tail and sitting on top of her sleeping bag.

Sesshomaru stood up and covertly stretched his abused tail and surprised Kagome by asking.

"Were you dreaming with the half breed you were screaming" Kagome blushed and looked away.

"I was dreaming about my past , I was just… having a nightmare" said Kagome.

"You shall look at this one when you speak and stop your useless crying and screaming" said Sesshomaru going back to his siting position besides Kagome and leaned in his tail.

Kagome looked at him with a very hurt expression and went back to her sleeping bag.

That night was extremely cold, Sango and Miroku were cuddled together, Kirara and Anyaru were in their transformed form and were cuddled together with Rin hidden away in their fur and Kagome was in her sleeping bag.

Sesshomaru noticed Kagome shiver and the strong smell of salty tears heavy on the air all the meantime he noticed she was already at sleep and was trying to keep herself warm sinking deeper into her sleeping bag but she still kept shivering.

'Hey help her keep warm… this Sesshomaru will not do such a thing…Will you shut up and just make her warm… hn' Sesshomaru slipped his tail under Kagome's sleeping bag and laid it there, Kagome rapidly grabbed it and hugged it and wrapped herself around her soon she stopped shivering.

'How cute!… you're infantile…and you are the next ice age… do not insult this one… whatever you know you like it…be silent…whatever'.

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Kagome was feeling cold and suddenly could hear everything stuff that where miles away like the hot springs how the fire was burning, how every fiber of the wood was burning and how her companions breathed in and out and everything, she could smell everything as well.

Then suddenly she felt something snake in her bag and lay beside her, it warmed her up and she instinctively hugged it.

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Next morning Kagome woke up to being poked hard on the ribs with something really hard.

Kagome opened her eyes and looked at the cause of the poking and looked at the face of Jaken poking her with his two head staff.

"Wench release my Lord's tail this instant, stupid girl" Sesshomaru looked at Jaken and then at Kagome.

Sesshomaru saw Kagome turn beet red and fume with anger she grabbed Jaken's staff then grabbed Jaken and throw him in the air and when he was falling she hit him hard with his own staff, like he was some kind of baseball and to end the job she throw the staff at his head making him pass out.

Then Kagome noticed what Jaken was talking about she was basically stealing Sesshomaru's tail, it was wrapped around her hip, her belly and came up to her shoulder posing in a proud form.

Kagome considerably blushed a very deep shade of red and started to untangle herself from his tail.

"What do you like about this one's tail?" said Sesshomaru.

Kagome looked at his tail and blushed a soft pink.

"I don't know I guess because it's fluffy and warm?" Kagome said stretching her stiff arms.

"Hey Sesshomaru, Rin and me are starting to suffer changes and developing our demonic abilities, both Rin and me have super hearing, but Rin already has super smell… but mine will take a little longer for some reasons…" Sesshomaru lifted an eyebrow at her and Kagome took this and continued to talk.

"When we start to get powers and attacks, super speed and others we will need someone to train us and…" Sesshomaru then stood up and towered over her at least a foot and a half and said to her.

"And this one supposes you are asking this one to assist you on your training" basically demanded Sesshomaru.

"Well if you'd like you can help me train but if not only Rin I want you to train her mostly" Sesshomaru lifted and eyebrow and said "This one shall train you both since Rin and you have my blood running in your veins" said Sesshomaru turning around and signaled with his head to be followed.

"Where are we going" asked Kagome trotting to catch up with him.

"To fetch some nutrients your companions are going to need some energy for the day".

With that he headed towards a river.

When they were there he sat in the shade of a tree and looked at her.

"you shall fish your nutrients".

Sesshomaru closed his eyes and completely ignored her.

"You big jerk!" murmured Kagome while looking for something to use as a weapon to fish.

She saw a very nice shaped branch and went and broke it from the tree it was in.

She sharpened the tip of it with a very sharp rock she found near the river and she made a spear out of the branch.

Then she went to stand in a boulder in the middle of the river and looked inside it.

Sesshomaru looked at her from the corner of his eye and thought.

'How clever… indeed she has some common sense… yeah at least she knows how to hunt… hn'.

Kagome was thinking on how to fish when she suddenly heard the water severing and the sound of what she thought where fins moving in the water, then she turned to the direction of the noise and she saw a fish coming her way, then she tried to catch it but was unfortunate and the fish escaped because of her bad aim.

After a while and multiple tries she finally had caught enough fish to feed everyone.

Then Kagome and Sesshomaru started their walk towards camp.

When Kagome finally reached camp after being abandoned by Sesshomaru she found a fire set and everyone waiting for food.

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Sango woke up to find herself cuddled up with Miroku who was asleep. Anyaru and Kirara cuddled in their transformed form with Rin sleeping between them, Jaken to what seem to her to be passed out under a tree and Ah-Un happily eating grass on the field.

Sango noticed Kagome missing and Sesshomaru nowhere to be seen.

Sango then thought 'Hmm interesting development Kagome, hmm Kirara and Anyaru seem to be getting along nicely".

After that thought Sesshomaru came into camp and went to rest at the base of a tree.

5 minutes later Kagome entered with a bunch of fishes tied together with a vine and a very undignified expression.

'Interesting' thought Sango getting up to go help her friend carry the excessive amount of fishes.

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Sesshomaru was quietly walking back to camp while Kagome was trying to catch up trying not to fall and keeping the fish and not dropping it.

She had tied them with a vine she found before they started to walk back to camp.

Kagome saw Sesshomaru disappear and then she hurried back to camp trying not to trip too much; in the process she found some pretty and juicy berries and grabbed them and put them in her pocket.

Kagome then started to trot towards the campsite and when she got there she found Sesshomaru sitting at the base of a tree Sango stacking some fire wood in case the fire ran out and Anyaru and Kirara cuddled together and Rin running towards Sesshomaru to chat about what happen in the while she was awake.

Kagome hurried to get her back pack and get the necessary cooking and cleaning utensils to get breakfast ready.

In the process to get to her back pack she glared holes in Sesshomaru's back.

He ignored it and Kagome continued her way to her back pack.

10 minutes later the fish where cooking and there was lively chatting.

Sango was talking with Miroku and Kagome when she suddenly asked "Kagome what will we do now with the jewel Naraku is after it, we are after it, Inuyasha and Kikyo are after it and we can't travel as freely as we could now that we are Sesshomaru's pack".

Kagome flinched a bit in the name of Kikyo and her ex best friend, and crush names.

'What will we do we can't travel everywhere and at any time as we used to do….mmm, you should ask the alpha inu to help us?…yeah right like he'd like to keep us safe and travel all over japan in the search of jewel shards…you never know alpha i…call him Sesshomaru will you?…ehem, Sesshomaru will be willing to he wants the evil half breed gone…well you are kind of right there he wants Naraku gone as well… hey they are talking to you… huh?'.

Kagome looked around and found Rin and Shippo talking to her.

"So can we mama/nee-chan" asked Sippo and Rin in unison.

Kagome looked at Shippo and then at Rin.

"Babies, I didn't hear you very well could you repeat that".

Rin and Shippo looked at each other and giggled.

"We said if we can go play in the river after we eat our breakfast!"

Shippo basically exclaimed jumping in her shoulder.

"Yes but, Rin you have to go ask Sesshomaru, and Shippo I'm going to go with you guys ok" said Kagome kissing Shippos's cheek and hugging Rin causing both children to giggle and Shippo to blush.

"Ok mama/nee chan" said both kids in unison.

Rin went to ask permission of Sesshomaru and Shippo went to play while he waited for the fish to be cooked.

Then the grownups resumed their serious talk, after that breakfast was ready and everyone ate in silence.

"Rin did Sesshomaru give you permission" asked Kagome to the little girl.

"YES!" said Rin jumping and pulling Shippo and Kagome with her.

"OK, hey guys I'll go take Rin and Shippo to the river".

Sango smiled at Kagome and Miroku nodded with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

Kagome narrowed her eyes at Miroku and went with Rin and Shippo who were pulling her.

When they got there Rin and Shippo immediately ran to the river bank.

After a good while of playing in the river they decided to go pick some flowers for Kagome

After a little while they came back and gave the flowers to Kagome.

Kagome received the flowers and hugged each of the little kids.

"Hey you guys it's about time we start to head back to camp, but you guys go first I have to wash my dirty t-shirt ok" Kagome said making emphasis in a few dirt stains in her shirt.

Shippo and Rin giggled and nodded and started to walk back to camp.

Kagome got her dirty t-shirt off and started washing it; when she finished she put it on a rock where the sun was hitting and she then decided to see what flowers had Rin and Shippo given her she grabbed them and sniffed them to see if she had super smelling yet and that is when she felt it a chain in her throat causing her to fall to the floor on her knees and then she tried to turn around to see where the chain was coming from, when she was able to see where it was coming from she saw Kohaku holding it and Kagura waiting in her feather for him.

Kagura got closer to Kagome and Kohaku, and then he pushed her into the feather.

'Thank kami I don't have the jewel shards with me, but now what the hell should I do…'

"Where are you taking me?" asked an angered Kagome.

Kagura glared at Kagome and slapped her.

"Shut up you wench… we are taking you to get what you deserve".

Kagome was about to try and purify Kagura when Kohaku hit her in the side of her neck and Kagome blacked out still holding onto the flowers that Rin and Shippo had given her.

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Sango saw Rin and Shippo walking towards camp alone and Kagome not with them.

"Shippo, Rin where is Kagome?".

"Kagome ane chan, said she was going to wash her shirt" said Rin going to sit beside the fire.

"Yea but she forgot her bow and arrows and the jewel shards to" said Shippo sitting beside Rin.

"Well then I'll go give them to her, Kirara, Anyaru come with me Miroku you stay and watch yourself" said Sango grabbing the bottle where the jewel shards are and grabbing Kagome's bow and arrows and going towards where Kagome and the kids had gone to.

When Sango got there she saw Kagome be pushed in Kagura's feather and flying away.

"Kirara lets go. Anyaru go tell Sesshomaru NOW AND HURRY!" said Sango climbing on Kirara's fur and going to where Kagura had set of flying soon losing track of them.

"Dammit now what the hell are we going to do…. Kagome…" said Sango saddened by the fact her friend has to suffer so much.

Kirara landed and started to sniff soon she started to growl and took off.

"What is it Kirara?" asked Sango.

Kirara moved her head to a little track of flowers.

"Kami, Kagome you're so bright this way we can follow you by the trail of flowers or the smell of flowers" said Sango grabbing Kirara's fur tightly.

Soon after they were following Sesshomaru who had taken the lead.

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Miroku was vividly chatting with Rin about random things when he saw Anyaru in his transformed form and frantically sniffing the air while running towards them.

Miroku quickly noticed what Anyaru was doing and pointed at a hill "He Is over there" said Miroku.

Anyaru nodded and ran in that direction. Behind the hill there was a little forest that Anyaru started to cross as fast as he could.

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Sesshomaru was standing in a hill top with the wind brushing his back and making his hair whip around in the wind making him look handsome.

Sesshomaru heard and sensed something coming his way and in less than a moment Anyaru was standing beside him.

Sesshomaru looked at the neko and Anyaru growled Sesshomaru understood that the neko was in some kind of panic and by what he smelled coming of the neko it was serious so he immediately summoned his demon cloud and flied towards the direction Anyaru was leading him to soon he saw Sango and Kirara following someone's trail and he soon smelled who it was so he took the lead and started to lead the way towards Kagome.

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Kagome had woken up and had looked around she soon realized she was in Naraku's castle and surrounded by a disgusting looking black and red wall.

'Ugh what disgusting smell, I think I'm going to throw up… it's old and new blood it's problally a torture chamber… I think I'm gonna trow up as well….'

At that moment Kagome threw up from the mixture of rotten blood, old blood and new blood the mixture of smells where causing her to get dizzy and fall to her knees where she had just vomited.

Then Kagome heard a door of the room she was in open and she looked at the door to find Naraku standing in the door and wearing a hateful smirk.

"Hey little girl I see Inuyasha finally abandoned you for Kikyo" Kagome looked at him angrily and spat in front of his feet.

"And what the hell if he did?"

"That no one will come to save a stupid little girl like you" sneered Naraku.

"Now give me the jewel shards wench" said Naraku.

"I don't have them with me bastard" said Kagome using Inuyasha's favorite word.

Naraku got really pissed and slapped Kagome making her give a huge pull in the chains that were holding her and hurt her shoulders.

"Stupid bitch" said Naraku going out the door and telling Kagura something.

"Torture her"

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Sesshomaru and Sango where starting to see a castle surrounded by a sickly dark miasma and a horrid smell even for Sango and a strong barrier.

Then Sesshomaru took his Tokijin out and at the same time he heard Inuyasha yell out "RED TETSUAIGA" and made a hole in the barrier.

Sesshomaru ignored Inuyasha and entered into the courtyard of the castle he then proceeded to sniff out Kagome meanwhile Inuyasha insulted him and tried to catch up with him.

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Kagome was losing consciousness because of the multiple wounds and the pain, when she heard a loud bang and crash and felt familiar auras around her she then let herself fall to the floor and be unconscious.

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Sesshomaru, Sango, Kirara, Anyaru, Kikyo and Inuyasha where blasting true doors and corridors, until they all found where Kagome was being held and what they saw made them all angry and lose their color to a ghostly white well all but Sesshomaru who stayed impartial trying to hide the fact that he felt a little nausea because of the blood in the room.

Kagome's hand where being held by metal shackles and so where her ankles witch were being held together by a chain and tied closely to the wall.

Kagome was covered in blood and slashes that were very deep and that she was in a huge pool of blood she had a deep slash in her throat that was not deep enough to kill her but enough to make lots of blood come out of them.

When she finally fell limp and unconscious in the floor.

Inuyasha heard her breathing start to get short and rasphy and her heart beats starting to slow down and fall to the floor.

Then Inuyasha's Tetsuaiga pulsed and Inuyasha's eyes started to turn red.

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Sesshomaru heard her breathes start to get short and raspy and her heart beets start to slow down and his blood ran cold and his Tenseiga pulsed.

Then Naraku appeared in front of them and Kagura appeared from behind Kagome with the knife and chain she had used to hurt Kagome.

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'Kill them they hurt our beloved sister… who are you and who is our sister?… she is and that does not matter now KILLL… fine but I'll stay in control whoever you are watch it…sure grrr'.

Inuyasha started to transform and Sango worried but readied her Hiraikotsu Kikyo prepared her arrows and the nekos took battle pose.

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Kagura went directly to Kikyo and Sango and Kohaku went to stand behind them.

Kohaku strikes Sango from behind but Sango turned her Hiraikotsu in time to block the sharp chain coming at her but not the dragon dance that Kagura sent her leaving her with a mortal wound, leaving Kikyo trying to protect herself and Sango.

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Inuyasha smelled Sango's blood and fully transformed.

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Sesshomaru saw Inuyasha transform wearing his Tetsuaiga and thought.

'So he is that attached to her…and he is not losing his self…GRRR… what are you growling at… nothing much just that I don't like that and the fact that Naraku appeared you dimwit…. Grrr….'.

Sesshomaru took Tokijin out and swinged at Naraku and missed landing back in his feet and putting Tokijin in front of him.

Meanwhile Inuyasha turned back to back with Sesshomaru since Kanna and Hakudoshi appeared.

"I thought we had destroyed you" all but growled Inuyasha.

They just ignored him and started to attack them.

Anyaru and Kirara were protecting Kikyo and Sango and the battle begun against Naraku and his minions while trying to keep Kagome and sango alive.

Fran: OMG that took me forever….

Kags: why? And I think it's cool but why do I get hurt so much?

Fran: come over here kag chan. Whispers in ear. And it's going to stop soon it's just part of the story…

Kags: hugs Fran oh I know what you feel. And please stop having me nearly dead and when will the fluffyness start with me and Sesshy?

Fran: smirks. Who knows.

Kags: pouts. Well ppl lets wrap this up. Byebye thanks for reading and review and if you guys have ideas contact us.

Authors note: I'm so sorry ppl and readers I's just that I've had a very busy 2 week because of school and teachers day and then I got a writer's block because….of my reasons that if you want to know you'll have to review and ask…. Hope you like the cliffy and what will happen will Kagome and Sango die…. Or will Kikyo die….muhahah and will Inuyasha say sorry for his bad attitude…. Ehehe.

Oh and ppl i have a block and can't get out of it so i don't know when i will be updating sorry :(

Special thanks to sesshomarumaiden1901 for your help I had a major block…. And you got me out of it :) hope you keep being my loyal reader and reviewer and thanks to everyone who has added me to their story alert, favorites and others =^-^=.

Bows in thankfulness… bye bye R&R