When We Speak Again
by: trueloverkagome89
Kagome was stood there as Sesshoumaru took control of the kiss. Her eyes closed as he leaned forward his hands coming to rest against her hips. Kagome held a slight blush on her face as he pulled back to look over the effect he held on her during the kiss. As he saw her eyes start to open it was amazing to him, just the look on her face that seemed to capture him like no other ever had. Kagome wasn't sure what to say as he pulled back. Her eyes were barely open as she looked to him he seemed just so calm and relaxed she had never seen him like that before. Though as there was a knock on the door kagome jumped a little as she couldn't help but wonder just who it was that was at her door now.
"Come in" she called out as they took a step back from one another as not to get caught in bad way before anything was really decided between the two.
Though as the door opened she saw her father's head poke in.
"Am I interrupting something?" he asked as kagome shook her head.
"No your okay really Sesshoumaru was just leaving" she said to him as Sesshoumaru gave a bow before heading towards the door. She knew she had pushed sesshoumaru out the door but she didn't want to raise any questions.
Taikan felt something there as he watched his daughter follow sesshoumaru out the door with her eyes. As she turned towards looked to him, she gave a soft smile to him. Taikan looked to her as she truly looked very much like her mother. It gave him such happiness to know that she grew up so nicely. Though, as he looked away with a blush he couldn't help but notice the present on the bed.
"Did he give you an early birthday present?" Taikan asked her as kagome looked to the box with a soft smile before going to open the box to show him the mirror.
"He told me that it would show me anything from the future past or even present though he warned that if I looked into the future it would filter out things I am not to learn yet" she explained to him as she pulled out the mirror from the box.
Though, as he looked a little closer to the mirror he was shocked, he had heard stories of such a mirror never thinking them true. He held out his hands asking in a way to hold it. Kagome gave a nod as she handed him the mirror. Taikan looked to her with a smile as he sat down with her.
"Why don't we give it a try" he asked her as he knew just the memory to show her. It would be the day of her birth that he would bring up. Though as kagome heard him asked if they should test it out it sounded like a great idea.
"I don't see why not it's meant for use is it not" she said to him with a smile, as she took a seat right next to him on the bed. "Why don't you pick a memory father" she said to him with a slight blush that she was actually even talking to her father. After being without one for so long she just didn't know what to think anymore.
"I know just the one too" Taikan said to her as he looked deep within the mirror as the mirror itself began to fog a little as it swirled inside kagome was amazed as she slowly began to see the palace garden appear.
~In the Mirror~
Susume sat under the cherry tree as the flower petals seemed to shower down on her. Her long silken black hair shined under the flickering lights as the wind blew the branches. Her hair flowing with the wind as her hand came up to brush her hair out of her face. The markings showing three pink stripes bright in the light as she sat there, her hand on her fully belly showing just how far along she was. She was just simply glowing there as she sat there; she wasn't alone for long as she looked up seeing her husband coming up. Taikan gave a smile to her as he came to sit alongside of her.
"How do you fair love?" he asked her as susume gave a laugh.
"As well as a pregnant woman can do" she teased him with a small laugh.
"Yes well if I remember correctly it was your idea to have a child so soon" he teased back as susume gave another laugh.
"Oh yes I remember that long conversation before going to bed that night" she laughed to him. In truth the really hadn't cared that night had been a night of passion and that was the whole point.
They sat there for a few hours before susume started to show signs of pain. She whimpered a little at first though as a few minutes passed she was soon crying against her mate. Taikan called out for the healers that were to be around his mate at all times. As they came rushing up to help as they were quick to get her into the birthing room.
Taikan stood outside pacing back and forth as a large male with a high ponytail that still seemed to have hair that reached his bottom came up to Taikan. He placed a hand on his shoulder giving a soft smile as he looked to the door.
"Pacing my friend will help no one" the male stated to Taikan, while Taikan looked up to the male he gave a laugh.
"Speaks the lord that about tore down half a castle to be kept out of the birthing room" Taikan stated while the male raised an eyebrow.
"Well one would be smart to get out of this lords way" the male spoke out as he laughed.
"Lord Taisho I don't think it would ever be wise to stand in your way" Taikan laughed as Taisho joined in.
"Indeed old friend Indeed" Taisho laughed a little more as he turned away. "Come its best to be away from the door when the screaming starts" he stated as he knew how his own beast had truly about drove him mad though in truth there was nothing either of them could do about such pain as it was very much needed.
After a few hours of labor there was a cry of a child. Taikan was called for as he came to his mate he looked down to see a very small child in the hands of his mate. The black hair with the gold and red strips through the hair gave him a smile.
"She looks so much like her grandmother" Taikan said to his mate as he spoke of his mate's mother.
"Let's name her after her" Susume said towards her mate. Taikan nodded his head as he looked down to his daughter.
"Indeed Kagome fits" he stated as it seemed to be just perfect.
~With Kagome~
As the mirror seemed to die down she looked to her father with amazement. She had never known that she was named after her grandmother, though in truth she really didn't know a lot about her past.
"I look like my grandmother?" she asked him as she wondered a little about it.
"Actually you look almost exactly like her" Taikan answered her as he held out his hand. "Here walk with me I can show you your family history" he said to her with a smile.
Kagome placed her hand in his as she stood and walked with him, as he led her down the halls and into a grand room that seemed to be filled with pictures all along the wall. Kagome gasped and awed at how the room was truly filled.
"This place is amazing" she said to her father as she walked around but as she came to a picture it truly did look just like Kagome was standing there in the painting.
"This is your grandmother kagome. She was the one that founded the Northern Lands as they are now. The laws the way it functions, all of it was put in place by her. It was the northern lands that were the first to accept both human and demon as ones to protect under our laws. Most even now have laws that only protect the demons. It was my mother that felt that there was no reason for humans to be left out on account of the fact that would need our help the most" he said with a smile. "She truly held humans close to her heart it was something that Sesshoumaru's father took into his own teachings." He stated to kagome as she looked back and forth from him to the painting.
"Is that why Lord Taisho wanted Sesshoumaru to combine the two lands?" kagome asked him as she wondered a little as to why Lord Taisho had wanted such a thing.
"Yes actually its one of the reasons" he stated to her as he looked towards his daughter. "I believe another one is how you and young sesshoumaru use to be like as pups." He stated to kagome as kagome was a little shocked at that.
"What do you mean me and sesshoumaru knew each other growing up?" she asked him as Taikan nodded his head.
"Actually you and Sesshoumaru use to be the best of friends. You see his mother use to be great friends with yours. So they would come and visit often as you grew older she brought sesshoumaru with her. He was born about ten maybe twenty years before you hard to remember such a long time ago." He said to kagome with a small laugh, as he looked to kagome she seemed to be so entranced by the story.
"You and he would run about the castle always making trouble no matter what we did you guys had to get into it somehow. Even back then sesshoumaru was rather hard to get along with. There was something different though when he was around you it seemed like he was a normal person for once. It was truly a sight to see." He stated to his daughter as he looked to his mother's painting.
"So we use to get along" she said almost with a laugh.
"Do you not get along now?" Taikan asked as he hadn't been able to truly see how the two were with one another just yet.
"Well it's complicated" Kagome sighed out as she rubbed the back of her neck.
"Then why don't you explain it to me" Taikan told her as she gave a sigh.
"It's a long story you know" she said to him as Taikan nodded his head.
"Yes I've been told his side I think it's only fair I hear yours" he said with a smile as kagome nodded her head and started her tale. She told him of how she had first meet Inuyasha as well as the Shikon in her body. He had heard part of that from her friends but the detail she went into the story really let him understand her side a little better than before. Though as they came up to the first meeting with sesshoumaru Taikan had to keep himself at bay as he heard how sesshoumaru had attacked his daughter though kagome calmed him down as she went to keep going. It was the attack when she had the necklace on that really had him going as he knew that not a single finger was to be laid on her when she had such a necklace on.
Kagome handled her father rather nicely though as she defended Sesshoumaru it was then that Taikan noticed it. Kagome was actually defending Sesshoumaru even when he had almost killed her and had tried in the past and yet here she was defending him. That to him must mean she was truly starting to fall for him. He gave a smile as kagome looked to him she wondered just where the smile had come from.
"What are you thinking?" she asked him as she raised an eye brow. He shook his head as he stood from the bench they had taken a seat on during the stories.
"I'm thinking it's late and you need your rest for the festival tomorrow" he told her as he took her hand to lead her back to her room. It was already fairly late as it was though he knew that morning would soon be on them before they knew it.
Kagome nodded her head as she followed her father back to her room. As she walked she just wasn't all that sure how tomorrow was going to be like though. She knew that her father was going to announce her return even against the words of her mother. She shook her head looking up to her father.
"Are we really going to let Naraku know that I'm a demon?" she asked him as she worried about it. Taikan looked to her he gave a nod.
"I know it seems rather off but in truth if we announce who you really are then you will have the northern and the western army behind you and from what I've heard its truly something you will need." He said to her as kagome nodded her head she just hoped that that was truly for the best.
"Sleep well dear and I'll see you at breakfast" he said to her with a smile as kagome had reached her bedroom door. Kagome gave a nod before getting on her toes to give his cheek a peck.
"Love you daddy" she said to him with a smile as she couldn't help but really love her father. She had finally gotten to know him a little more. Ever since the day her mother told her that he was alive she had been waiting for the moment to meet him again.
~Morning~
Kagome woke when she felt the first morning's rays on her face through the window of her room. She looked around seeing her room once more just in awe that it was truly her own room. She couldn't' take for granted of this time like she had the future. She just couldn't allow herself to miss such perfect things for her.
As she got up and out of bed heading for the hot springs she was a little more than shocked as she opened the door she saw sesshoumaru sitting in the springs already fully nude. Kagome whipped around covering her eyes as she couldn't believe she had really just walked in on him during bathing.
"I'm sorry I didn't….know you were in here" she said to him as she started to fumble around for the door as she didn't want to turn around and look for it.
"You may join me if you like" he said it caught her off guard that she turned back to make sure this was the same sesshoumaru.
"After all last night I intend to make my claim on you as my intended mate you might as well get use to being in my presence in such a manner" he teased as kagome's face went pure red as she growled a little before going into the room and getting behind the screen to change out of her nightgown.
"You know sometimes you're an arrogant jerk like your brother" she teased back though as she heard the growl come from sesshoumaru she gave a laugh.
"Oh come now you really think yourself like Inuyasha" she laughed as she wrapped the towel around herself and walked up to the springs. "Close your eyes" she said to sesshoumaru as he rose an eye brow kagome just crossed her arms until he did as she told. Once he did she was in the water and looked to him.
"Alright you can open your eyes now" she said to him.
Sesshoumaru nodded his head as he opened his eyes he saw her sitting across from him everything that was really worth seeing below the water though he had seen it all before. Kagome was still blushing as she sat there.
"Would you like some help with washing up?' he asked her with a smile as he just couldn't resist offering that to her knowing it would have her blushing even more.
"I'm sure I can handle it" she said to him as sesshoumaru shook his head moving towards her as kagome seemed to just blush even more.
"What are you talking about I'm sure you wouldn't mind" he said to her as he came to be around her. He was really just testing his boundaries with her though as he came up behind her seeing her dunk under the water to get her hair fully wet.
"Alright then I guess I'll allow you to wash my hair" she said as she seemed to finally push back to him. Though Sesshoumaru only gave a soft grin as he knew she was only doing the same with him. As strange as this might look to someone for him to act so kind or lay back in truth he had always acted like this towards kagome as children.
Sesshoumaru reached behind him to the shampoo for her hair as he knew how to really take care of hair seeing as how nice his was. Though as he started to pour the liquid in his hand before he lathered her scalp with the shampoo before slowly moving it down into her hair fully all the way down to her tips though he moved his way back up to her scalp slowly messaging it in such a way Kagome found herself purring against his hands as it just felt so amazing.
As kagome really seemed to relax into his touch there was another knock on the door. It was her hand maid that was there.
"Lady Kagome your father sent me to hurry you along" the maid spoke though it was then sesshoumaru stopped and looked to kagome.
"I'll be right out pull out my kimono" she shouted to the maid as she looked to Sesshoumaru.
"You should wash out your hair' he stated to her as she nodded her head before she dunked her hair under once more.
As she came back up sesshoumaru would already be out of the bath and have a towel wrapped around him as he headed towards his room.
"See you at the festival" he said right before going into his own room. It was then the maid came into the room to help her.
"Was someone else here?" the maid asked as kagome just shook her head.
"No now please let's get to work" she said as to get the topic off sesshoumaru.
A/N: Alright I'm finally back sorry for all the wait and I know it's a rather short chapter but trust me I've made a goal to have another chapter up by Monday so I have over the next couple days and the weekend to have it up. I'm truly sorry for the wait as things have gotten a little crazy with a new job and full time student now. Hope everyone is still with me on this story the next chapter is heading back to Inuyasha and Kikyo as well as the Festival.