Chapter 10

Soon a weak passed and Kagome had just returned home very early that morning. After letting Lady Kaede know that she was back, Kagome had gone to her room and gathered her things to go take a bath. She could tell that Koga was still gone she quickly made her way to the bath area that had been built for the stable workers, dragon rider, trainers, and miko riders. Meanwhile, Inuyasha and his family had just appeared in the stable only to be surprised when they saw three dragons being fed and cleaned outside the stables. Recognizing one of the dragons, Inuyasha ran forward and up to one of the guards and asked, "Who arrived last night and why do we have an extra dragon here?"

"Lady Kagome just returned with Eri and Dante, Dante is weak and is currently sleeping in his stable." The boy answered.

"What about this dragon, who is he?" Inuyasha asked since he had never met Shikamaru before.

"This is Shikamaru, his rider was badly wounded so he has come back to be looked after Lady Kaede, Lady Kagome stated at she has moved Sakura and her rider to the village Shikamaru and his rider had been in so that they can help stabilize the village before returning home."

"She had no such right." Sesshomaru growled.

"However it would seem that she was thinking about the villager, what could a wounded rider do for them?" Izayoi stated.

"Where is she now?" Inuyasha asked.

"Kaede has told her to rest, she tired."

"Was she pale?" Inutaisho asked.

"No my King, she looked healthy to me."

"But with all due respect my King she really could use the rest." A voice was heard.

"Name yourself." Izayoi stated.

"I am Eri, the master of Dante, the flame miko." She stated with a bow.

"Are you alright?" Rin asked in a worried voice as she held her pup.

"I am fine, thanks to Kagome, but she really does need to rest." Eri stated.

"Feh, let the wench sleep." Inuyasha growled.

"Very well then, which dragon shall we try riding now?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Will ye not continue to ride Riku?" Kaede was heard.

"No, we have already established a link with him, since Miyazu has not arrived; I believe we shall try Helios now that he has had time to rest." Inutaisho stated.

"I don't think that's a good idea." Inuyasha stated.

"If they are loyal then they will allow us to ride them." Sesshomaru growled.

"Besides, I don't think he would hurt a harmless pup." Rin added.

"Ye must wait for Kagome to be rested." Kaede warned.

"We do not have time, from what we have heard from the villages; Naraku continues to attack only our outer villages." Sesshomaru stated.

"We have to form a bond with all of them so that we can start the war that will end his rule." Inutaisho added.

Hearing their plans, Eri quickly ran to go look for Kagome. She knew that out of all the dragons that were there, the one she had a strongest link with was Helios, even though he already had a rider. Dante and Helios would listen to her as if she was the one ordering them to listen to the orders that were given to them. Just as she had entered the bath house, Eri covered her mouth and said, "Oh my god, Kagome you need to go see Kaede."

"I know you didn't run in here to tell me that." Kagome hissed as she finished wrapping her wound on her chest.

"What happened to you? I didn't see you get attacked." Eri asked as she took a step forward to try to help her.

"I'll be fine, really, now what is it?" Kagome hissed as she slowly stood up to finish getting dressed.

"Well, I know how you had a link with Helios and Dante but I just tought I'd let you know that the royal family are about to try to ride Helios without you there to calm him." Eri stated.

'Shit, he will attack them, the only royals Dante and Helios are allowed to let ride them is me…their only master.' Kagome thought as she began to work faster while minding her wounds to get dressed. "Eri, take Dante to Helios so that he can try to calm him. If that doesn't work come and get me."

"Kagome, why are you going to let them ride Helios?" Eri asked.

"What do you mean?" Kagome asked in a low voice.

"I'm sorry to say but every dragon here has told every miko who you really are." Eri whispered.

"Damn, I know that is why I'm hoping they give up on them; I'm going to my room." Kagome stated as she turned to leave. "Thank you for looking out for me."

The dragon raged and growled as he tried to get free and attack the hanyou that had just tried to get on him. No royal other than the one he was born with was allowed to ride him. As he tried to get them to back away, he made sure that he was careful enough so that he could not hurt the mother and the pup that stood in his stable. Just as he had thrown the hanyou and the demon away from him again, Kaede walked in and said, "Ye should wait."

"We have no time to wait, have him moved to the larger stable and bring in Dante as well." Inuyasha ordered.

"Why Dante?" Izayoi asked.

"Helios is a lot calmer when he is with Dante." Inuyasha answered.

"That will not work." Kaede spoke, "Ye must wait."

"Kaede, will you are will you not listen to the orders my son has just given you?" Inutaisho growled.

"I will listen to ye." Kaede whispered before she walked off.

Kagome sat in her room as she tried not to move, Dante and Helios would probably realize that she really was hurt after all in some way when she wouldn't show up. At least that's what she thought. It had taken her hours to finally block out her pain enough to start falling asleep when there was a loud banging on her door. With a low hiss, Kagome kept her eyes closed and hissed out, "Go away, I'm tired and I'm not going to work today."

"Kagome, by orders of the King you are to come with us." Ken was heard.

"Uh, great, I'll be there in a minute." Kagome hissed as she slowly stood up only to rush when they banged on her door again.

"You are needed to serve the king." Another growl was added.

"I said…" Kagome hissed as she opened the door. "I'll be right there."

"Don't keep our king waiting." The guard growled back as he stepped aside so that she could walk out of the room.

"Where are they?" Kagome asked as she walked out of her room.

"They are in the largest stable with Dante and Helios." The other guard answered.

The two dragons stood side by side growling at the royal family in anger. They would not let them ride her unless their mistress was on their first. They would keep their loyalty to their princess first and no one else. Just as Dante was about to slam Inuyasha against the wall again, the two dragons froze when a very pissed off Kagome walked into the room. Before the royals could even say or face her, Kagome glared at them as if to say, 'Harm any of them especially the pup and you will no longer be my dragons.' As she turned to face the royals, both Dante and stopped their growling as they heard her say, "What can I do for you my King, Queen?"

"It would seem your aura really does calm these dragons." Sesshomaru stated as he took a step toward Dante without being attacked.

"I was told that you need my help." Kagome replied.

"It would seem that we only need you to stay in the room for a while, if you don't mind." Rin answered as she glared at her mate.

"I would be no trouble at all Princess." Kagome answered.

"Very well, you may do whatever it is you do when in this room, so long as you are out of harm's way." Inutaisho stated.

"Thank you." Izayoi added.

"Feh, I'll try it again now." Inuyasha stated as he looked away from Kagome. 'She looks pale.'

"Be careful dear." Izayoi stated.

"Helios down." Inuyasha ordered in a stern voice.

"It would seem that they are still unwilling to listen to you brother." Sesshomaru stated.

"Feh, I'd like to see you try." Inuyasha growled.

"Sesshomaru, be careful." Rin stated as she watched her mate take a step forward.

"Helios, down and allow me to ride you." Sesshomaru growled.

"Perhaps we should try it with Rin first." Inutaisho stated.

"Or…"Izayoi stated as she turned to look at Kagome. "Kagome, dear, perhaps you could calm him more if you were to get on with my son."

"You have already proven that you will be alright if you got on a dragon after all." Sesshomaru added.

Knowing that she had no other choice but to listen, Kagome dropped what she was doing and quickly walked over to Helios. Making sure that she would not be caught, Helios's growls slowly died down as she began to pet him. Once he was calm, Kagome smile at the dragon before her and said, "Would you please let me ride you Helios…it will only be for a while."

"Feh, like if that…is…going." Inuyasha began only to stop as he watched the dragon lower itself so that Kagome could get on it.

Once Helios had lowered himself, Kagome turned to Inuyasha and without thinking said, "Respect is his main thing, you respect him and he will allow you to ride him."

"It would seem that you know all of the dragons very well." Sesshomaru growled.

Ignoring his comment, Kagome, lowered her head and leaned into Helios while saying, "Please, allow Prince Inuyasha to ride you as well."

"Feh," Inuyasha growled as he jumped on and switched places so that Inuyasha was the first one and Kagome was behind him holding on to him.

"Helios, fly." Kagome whispered in a weak voice.

Before anything else could be said, Inutaisho and Izayoi watched as Inuyasha and Kagome flew into the air. Once they were in the air, Kagome and Inuyasha looked down at the royals with a smile on her face. Once she had done, so, Kagome turned to Inuyasha as Helios began to fly in circle in the room and said, "You should have known better."

"Feh, like if I would listen to a wench like you." Inuyasha growled back as he made sure that Kagome wouldn't fall off.

Kagome quickly loosened her grip on Inuyasha and said, "It would be wise to do so."

"How is it dear?" Izayoi called.

"Its good, who wants to go next." Inuyasha growled as Kagome got Helios to land.

"I would like to go next, and don't look at me like that Sesshomaru." Rin hissed.

"With or without your pup?" Kagome asked as she glared at Helios to make sure he would be extra careful.

"Yes, I think it would be best for them to be use to pups with the…or would you think that would be too much?" Rin replied.

"That's fine, I actually agree." Kagome answered. 'Shit, please tell me they will have something to do once I'm done with Rin.' Kagome thought as she began to feel dizzy.

"Rin…please be careful." Inutaisho stated as he held his son back.

"I will." Rin answered as she walked over to Kagome. "Please help me."

With a smile on her face, Kagome did the same thing that she had done with Inuyasha and helped Rin and her young pup up and onto Helios. Once they were on safely, Kagome ordered Helios to slowly fly up so that the pup would not be scared and so that Rin could calm herself. As they watched for the stable floor, Inutaisho turned to Sesshomaru and asked, "Why has that girl not been made into a dragon rider?"

"She has no miko powers and no training what so ever." Sesshomaru answered. "The only thing that made her useful to work with the dragons was to help train and calm the untrained dragons that were found in our lands."

"I don't think she needs to be made into a dragon rider, she look quite happy." Izayoi stated.

"Indeed." Sesshomaru replied.

"Sesshomaru, I think our daughter likes it up here." Rin was heard as Kagome got Helios to speed up just a little bit more.

However their bliss full moment was ruined when Izayoi let out a terrified scream.

A/N: Well there you have it, sorry about the cliff hanger but I just couldn't help it. What do you think if it so far? Please let me know what you all think about it. I would really like to know.

Darkiceone