Chapter Ten
Looking through a spell book that Kagome kept hidden in her room from everyone she read it carefully just looking for anything that could possibly help her. Then finally she had found something. It was a spell that she could use by taking just a piece of her hair and transform it into any kind of small creature then use a mirror to see through its eyes. It was perfect.
"What kind of creature," Kagome thought out loud. "I know!" She then pulled a strand of hair from her head and set it on her bed on top of a small mirror. She then held her hand over it and spoke the incantation using her miko powers. "Natera vera nobin." Kagome moved her hand and there sat a sold white butterfly. "Perfect," was all that she could say. She picked up the mirror, which held the butterfly on it and carried it out on to the balcony. "Find Sesshomaru, Lord of the Western Lands," she spoke and off it flew.
She stood there for a moment till the butterfly completely disappeared from her sight. The she looked down into her small mirror and concentrated. Then there she saw what it did. From the treetops everything just looked so beautiful and she wished that she really could be a butterfly. Kagome walked back into her room and grabbed a book. She decided to go ahead and get comfortable, because she didn't know how long it would be before till she found Sesshomaru.
It wasn't long though till her mirror lit up and caught her attention. Kagome picked up her mirror and instantly stood up. There through that piece of mirror was the person that occupied her thoughts. She didn't know where he was or where he was going, but she had found him and couldn't take her eyes off of him. She knew that she shouldn't be agreeing with her feelings, but at that moment it could not be helped. She did feel something for him. It was a feeling that gave her butterflies in her stomach. Sesshomaru was no longer just the Lord of the Western Lands, but he was becoming the Lord of her heart. She knew that she shouldn't like him, but it did not matter because the feeling she was feeling at that moment was love.
A simile came to her face and tears to her eyes. If only she could be near him to hear his voice and hope for an embrace of his strength. Suddenly then Kagome heard someone unlocking the door to her room and she quickly through the mirror on to the bed. This action caused the butterfly watching Sesshomaru to disappear with the wind without him never noticing it. Kagome began to read the book that was in her hand and pace around the room to make it appear that she was reading. Only to stop and look up from it when she saw that it was her mother who walked in.
With caring eyes and a cheerful simile, "Come with me Kagome. Your brother and I have agreed that you need to be outside for a while. How about a walk in the gardens?" It was nice to see her mother cheerful for once. It had been hard for her to simile since her husband's death and even harder after what she has been going through with Kagome. "Alright," was all Kagome could say. She closed her book and brought it with her giving the mirror on the bed a quick glance. She walked out into the hall only to see that her mother had rushed away quickly with a servant. Kagome was left alone with a few guards who were her escorts to the outside. Once she had made it outside though she just couldn't lose them and in the end she was stuck with them and made the best of it by looking for the perfect spot to read.
Queen Suki rushed off with a servant stated that her son, Prince Souta needed her to immediately come in to the banquet hall. When she had arrived she did not expect to see the western lord in front of her. "Ah, mother! Please do join me and Lord Sesshomaru." Souta had stated to her taking her hand. "Lord Sesshomaru has come to the northern lands for a visit keeping the bond between us strong." As Lady Suki came up to Sesshomaru he bowed deeply to show his gratitude. "How long will you be staying with us Milord?" You could see in Suki's eyes that she was scared, but her face showed a warrior that could not be harmed. "For a week Queen Suki, if you do not mind me staying?" "Oh, I do not mind at all. Please feel free to go were ever you please Lord Sesshomaru, but for the moment my mother and I have some business that needs to be attended to." Souta stated taking his mothers arm and took her from the room leaving Sesshomaru by himself. 'Where ever I please?' he thought to himself.
Sesshomaru stood there for a moment until a light breeze washing over him from an open window and with that breeze the scent of Kagome fill the air around him. He made his way outside though a pair of balcony doors that were slightly open. As he walked to the edge there her saw the woman that had been occupying his thoughts for the longest time.
Kagome sat leaning against a willow tree next to a small pond reading a book. Her dress that she was wearing had a western touch to it and it was fanned out around her. To Sesshomaru at that moment couldn't help but to stare. She was stunning. 'Why?' Was the word that occupied his thoughts over and over again. Why couldn't he get this stunning human woman out of his head? He wanted to move to leave, but his feet moved him closer to the girl of his thoughts. That is when she looked up from her booked and noticed the demon before her that had been occupying her thoughts.
"Sesshomaru." Was the only thing that escaped her lips as she slowly stood from where she was sitting. When he went to move within ten feet of her is when her guards blocked his path. "Please I am a guest here. Drop your weapons." Sesshomaru stated. "I'm sorry Milord, but direct orders from the queen and prince no one is to go near the princess but them for the time being." This angered Sesshomaru. Biting his tongue knowing he was not at his home and waiting to keep the peace between the western and northern lands he did not pursue to speak with Kagome. Sesshomaru bowed to Kagome then left.
A tear ran down her face. This is what her life had become. She should have never been brought back home. Kagome headed inside to be left alone in her room again.