[A/N Ok, you guys I know its been awhile but I had writers block. I just didn't know where to take the story because of that this is a short chapter, sorry. If you have any interest in being a BETA or a ghost writer, let me know. Just email me at out.
Previous chapter
Kouga ran towards the western castle, he had heard of his relationship with Kagome and he wanted some answers.
'There is no way I am going to lose Kagome to InuTrasha's older brother let alone the half breed himself. If he had to kill a thousand demons to ensure Kagome was his then he would.'
Kouga picked up speed as the castle came into view. He was going to get answers, all the answers that he needed, even if it meant war.
Chapter 9
The Western palace gates finally came into view and the wolf prince's temper only seem to get worst the closer he got to the gates.
'God damn dogs, always taking what doesn't belong to them,' Kouga fumed.
He finally came to a complete stop once he reached the outer gates of the western palace. The gates were huge, taller than any demon he ever seen in his lifetime. There standing guard were two very large sententials, all white inuyoukai bearing their fangs and growling. Suddenly a figure appeared from around the leg of one of the sententials.
'He's tall,' Kouga thought, 'about my height, one sword standard issued. Maximum amount of armor that might prove to be bothersome, but I can take'em,' the wolf prince thought.
Carefully the guard came into view thinking through his battle plan if one was needed. The wolf prince can often be unpredictable. The guard continued his slow walk over to the angered wolf prince, once he was a safe distance away but close enough to strike quickly if need be the case, he stopped.
"What is your business here wolf prince, Kouga?" the guard spoke.
"What's it to ya? I have a bone to pick with your lord, now get out of the way," Kouga growled out.
'So the wolf prince wants a fight now does he?' the guard thought with a delighted smile on his face.
'It had been awhile since he had a good fight and he was definitely looking forward to beating the royal jackass to a bloody pile of worthless wolf crap.'
The guard smiled at the last thought, it being a thought that appeased his inner beast.
"Does my lord know of you're…um… "Visit"?" the guard asked, knowing full well that the lord of the palace had no earthly idea the wolf prince was coming. Kouga just growled at the last statement. He knew the guard was just toying with him, and he did not like it one bit.
'I'll teach that lowly demon to mess with me.' Kouga fumed.
"Ah, prince Kouga, to what do we own this pleasure?" the mysterious demon asked from amongst the fogged covered palace.
"Who the hell are you?" Kouga shout out into the distance.
The shadowy figure slowly came into view. There he stood in all his glory, 'Sesshoumaru', Kouga thought.
"Sesshoumaru, so you finally decided to show your ugly face?" Kouga teased.
The demon laughed at the wolf prince's lack of respect and informality.
"I believe your eyes are failing you my dear friend. Can you not see that I am not he who you proclaim, that I am second son to the late western lord, and your savior."
The demon laughed again at the obviously annoyed look upon the young prince's face.
'Classic,' Kenji thought to himself.
"And who the hell would that be? It sure as hell isn't Inuyasha."
"My, my, my, and you call yourself a prince. It is your duty as a noble to know the names and faces of all who rule and will rule. Shame on you, well since you lack basic formality, allow me to introduce myself, my name is Kenji, but you will call me Kenji-sama understood?"
Kouga stared at the inuyoukai demon in disbelieve, 'what the hell?' was all Kouga could come up with. He had no idea that Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha had another brother. Hell he didn't even know Inuyasha had an older brother until a short while ago.
'Damn I wonder how many more damn puppies are gong to crawl out of the cracks of this family,' Kouga mused to himself, 'Wait did he just give me an order?'
"Are we understood, wolf prince?" Kenji repeated.
"Yeah whatever, now are you going to let me in or are you going to talk my head off?" Kouga growled out, obviously fed up with the whole situation.
"Of course." Turing his attention to the two great all white inuyoukai sententials, "release the gate!" he yelled.
The gates open and just like magic, what was once endless miles of fog turned into vision of true beauty. The sun shined brightly over the vast castle; the light hitting it in ways that made the castle itself look as if it was made of crystal. Suddenly the sound the crashing waves filled the air along with the fresh smell of the sea.
'Oddly enough, these were the smells he associated with the lord himself, saltwater, fresh breeze, and wildflowers.' Kouga thought.
Man was there wildflowers; everywhere he looked the grounds were covered in beautifully arranged mixture of flowers, shrubs, and sakura trees. The whole castle was almost magical. Kenji smirked to himself; he knew bringing the wolf prince through the gardens would calm him down, now it was time to take him to Sesshoumaru.
They entered into the great castle almost as quickly as they entered the gardens, Kouga still was caught up in the beauty of it all, in the air of mystery that surrounded the castle, and he had not even noticed that he was now in the company of the western lord himself.
"Wolf, are you here to daydream or do you have a purpose?" Sesshoumaru bit out.
To tell the truth, he was still mad about the fact he had two unwanted wolf demoness on their way to his castle as he spoke, and now a very unwanted wolf prince. His day could even get any worse, he thought, but man was he wrong.
"Sesshoumaru, what the hell do you think you are doing with MY woman?" the wolf prince yelled.
Meanwhile
Kagome and Sango had finally reached the springs, and was now currently relaxing in the rejuvenating hot spring. It was quiet in the forest this evening, which was gladly welcome by both females. The day had been crazy, and weird to say the least. The two figures in the now quickly approaching darkness, lay completely still with only their slow intake of air, and the rise and fall of their chest to accompany the usual sounds of insects and fallen leaves.
"Aa, this is nice," Kagome commented to no one in particular, "I just love these hot springs. It is so nice to just relax."
"Um." Sango replied, not wanting to exhaust anymore energy than what was necessary.
The steam rose heavily from the hot spring; creating a thick blanket of mist and fog to shield the girls from unwanted attention, however, the mist would not be enough to keep out the presence that lay hidden within the forest.
"Hey Sango?"
"Yeah Kagome?"
"Do you feel that?"
"Feel what?"
Kagome turned around only to be meet with a shadowy figure in the distance. Pointing a delicate finger in the mist covered spring,
"That. Do you feel that?"
Well this chapter was just a way to set up for all the juice confusions of all the characters involved. Read and Review. Let me know if you think I should change anything with the story.
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