Sesshoumaru just nodded to his son and grabbed the buck by the back legs showing it to Mitsuaki. "Cook it. The woman of the house will be home shortly, you'll have to explain to her why her daughter is missing." Sesshoumaru looked at the disgusted look on his son's face. He would have laughed, but he could feel the miko's presence approaching fast. "Hurry."
Sesshoumaru stepped outside, staring at the village below him. 'I know this village some where before, I have seen it.'
"It is the village where I found the pup." Kagome's human body shifted out of the air. "It is why I wanted Inuyasha to built our hut here, so that I would always remember Mitsuaki, no matter what."
"Who are you, you are not the wench, she has a differnet scent, even when she was a human." Sesshoumaru eyed the figure closely.
"You're right, I am not Kagome, nor am I her former self. I am Kikyou's soul. Now that Kagome wished to become a Hanyou, her soul was what I like to call rewritten. Her body was just right for my soul to take over." The ghost smiled.
"Then why is it that you look like a mere ghost wench?" Sesshoumaru shook his head slightly, trying to get the image to go away.
"Because she I near." Kikyou got dimmer.
"What about when she turns back to a human?" Sesshoumaru looked more carefully. There was something not right with this Kagome.
"My soul wanders the earth for a night, then returns to her body when she is again a Hanyou. It is not a complicated manner Sesshoumaru." Kikyou smiled as she started to fade even more.
"It may not be complicated, but it is wrong. The wench's former body should remain in the ground, and your soul should remain in hell." Sesshoumaru tried to say, but the ghost had already disappeared.
"It is not like you to talk to yourself." Kagome muttered. She was now standing there, letting the scents catch her nose, a little neko in her hand.
"This Sesshoumaru was not talking to himself." Sesshoumaru cut off. "Stupid wench." Sesshoumaru muttered, not remembering that she could hear him.
"I suppose I should be use to you calling me that shouldn't I." Kagome looking to the hut and sniffed again. "Where is Rian?" worry caught her voice as her words faltered.
"She was, oh how my son put it. 'Worth nothing to anyone?'" Sesshoumaru smirked.
"Are you kidding me?" Kagome stepped back.
"It appears they are more like us then we first believed." Sesshoumaru didn't look at her yet.
"Where is that bastard?" Kagome stormed into the hut, but Sesshoumaru didn't even seem to care. She found Mitsuaki kneeling around a caldron cooking something. She bolted up to him and grabbed him by the throat. "You spoiled little brat where is my daughter?" Kagome barked.
"I don't know who you are talking about!" Mitsuaki looked to his father for help, but he knew that he had to do this on his own. Quickly he kicked Kagome in the stomach and twisted behind her. 'He is fast for a Hanyou.' Kagome thought, but she grabbed on of her katanas and thrust it up, blocking his attack. Kagome studied her son's sword. 'Call of the moon. It is possible-…' Kagome stopped and backed up slowly. 'Call of the moon, cry of the wild. That's the prophecy too all this mess, oh no my daughter is to…' Kagome blacked out, her miko powers protecting her from further attack.
"Father?" Mitsuaki called to his father. Sesshoumaru walked in, after standing outside the door the whole time. "Father I didn't do it. She looked at my sword and fainted, I didn't even strike her I swear." Sesshoumaru looked down at Kagome and bent down, staring at her.
"Mitsuaki go retrieve some cool water from the river and bring it back here." Sesshoumaru said, not sounding to worried. Slowly he bent down and attempted to wrap his arms around her, but her bubble rejected him. "Wench it is alright." Sesshoumaru cooed, but her bubble didn't go down. His hands stayed against the bubble, unable to pull away as words echoed through his soul. 'And the call of the moon shall sacrifice the cry of the wild and the world will stop in time itself.' Sesshoumaru pulled back quickly as the voices died. Slowly he touched the bubble again, panicking slightly as her powers flushed through his soul, speaking to him again. 'The departure of the cry of the wild will be so and nothing shall be at peace, the world will be swallowed in hell itself, accumulated in war and despair, unless a soul full of guilt and the meaning of repentance is to take its place.' Sesshoumaru pulled away again. He had no clue what this prophecy meant, he had never come across it but then again he was not from the future.
"Father I have to water." Mitsuaki walked in with a basin of water. Watching as Sesshoumaru just nodded and motioned his son to come forward. Mitsuaki knelt down by Kagome opposite side and stared at the woman. "Rian looks a lot like her, doesn't she." Mitsuaki tried to start a conversation.
"Yes." Sesshoumaru tried again to touch her but the bubble stopped him again. He pulled away to quick to let the words consume him.
"Do you know the woman father?" Mitsuaki looked intently at his father.
"Yes." Sesshoumaru looked at the bubble. Studying it closely.
"How?" Mitsuaki looked at the woman lying in front of him. "She reminds me of someone, but I can't put a finger on it. Do you know."
"If you do not know, then you do not deserve for me to tell you." Sesshoumaru stood and looked for a clean cloth.
"But how do you know her." Mitsuaki didn't hear a growl so he knew his father was just finding a way to put the answer.
"I met her a long time ago. She was a friend of mine and I let her down." Sesshoumaru found a cloth and brought it back to Kagome. Slowly he dipped it in the water and waited for his son to ask another question.
"What did you do to let her down?" The question was quiet, but it was the very one Sesshoumaru was expecting. A small growl came from Sesshoumaru's throat, warning Mitsuaki to back off, but Sesshoumaru knew it was up to him to answer the question anyway.
"I let her believe she meant nothing to anyone." Mitsuaki flinched as Sesshoumaru tried again to reach Kagome, but ever time he touched the bubble the prophecy echoed through his head. 'This isn't going to work, she won't respond to me.' "Mitsuaki, try to dab this on her forehead." Sesshoumaru demanded while Mitsuaki took the cloth and obeyed, picking up the cloth he touched to barrier, jumping back in pain.
"The wench zapped me!" Mitsuaki stared in surprise.
"It looks like she does not wish for us to help her." Sesshoumaru said as if it was a defiant answer.
"Who cares the bitch just zapped me, she can die and burn in hell for all I care." Mitsuaki wanted to kill the woman that was hiding beside him. Another deep growl came from the lords throat as he gave his son a death glare.
'If only he knew who this woman was. The one who saved him, the one who gave him the hope to live, even if it was just the smallest light of hope.' "This woman will not die like this, nor will she die by your hands." Sesshoumaru stood and signaled the Hanyou to do also. "You are to hurry to the east and find small Rian. Then meet back here." Sesshoumaru stared at the confused half demon. "If this woman dies before you come back, I will have your hide."
"What is she to you anyway?" Mitsuaki growled and started to sit down, quickly Sesshoumaru withdrew tokijin and had it at his sons throat, he was not afraid to kill his son, not when the life of the woman he loved was on the line. Sesshoumaru could hear Mitsuaki gulp and back away. "Yes lord Sesshoumaru."
Rian awoke late in the day, looking on the fur that was lying on the ground. "Where am I?" she asked herself.
"You are in my quarters. You have finally awakened." A male voice echoed through the shadows.
"Who are you, where is my mother?" Rian could feel fright rush through her body.
"We are going to find your mother. My name is Kouga, prince of the eastern lands. You came her looking for your mother Kagome." Kouga stepped out of the shadows and Rian relaxed a little bit. She remembered now.
"But what if my mother is not here?" Rian said worried.
"My wolves have spotted her on the edge of the eastern borders. Some describe her differently then others, but she is Kagome Higirashi all the same-…"
"Her name is Kagome Taisho and she looks as any Hanyou looks." Rian snapped.
"Kagome would not become a Hanyou, no matter if she truly was in love with that half breed-…"
"That 'half breed' is my father now if you will excuse me I will like to return home so that I may ask for help from that half breed and lord Sesshoumaru." Rian stood and received a low growl from Kouga.
"I cannot let you do that, you see you look so much like my Kagome, and I happen to be in need of an heir. My last mate died with pup and I have no one to take on my kingdom." Kouga said greedily. Rina freaked out, she bolted to the other side of the room, but the wolf just blocked her way. She slowly tried to back away, but he followed her every step of the way. Soon he had her backed right to the wall, unable to go from side to side without risking being caught.
"My father will find you, you will lose your life for this!" Rian panicked and jumped to the side, feeling a rough hand grab her and the waist. Kouga's strength forced her to the ground and she could feel his lust and desire. He had her on the ground, his weight kept her there, unable to move. Rian let out a high pitched scream, letting her powers lose as the movement of time froze. She could see Kouga on top of her, taking almost all of her strength not to puke she slipped from underneath him and ran out the cave.
She was a good way from the cave before she released time. With her scent masked she knew it was only a matter of time before she was out of the eastern lands. If only she knew the way she came from. She could pick up no scent that told her which way to go.