A.N: thnx 4 giving me the heads up about the sword thing…I kno the swords it was my mistake sorry. Don't worry you guy Naraku's gone but the story isn't over yet
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Sesshomaru got up slowly from the patch of grass he laid on. He had quickly noticed that the village was no longer there, only a field of lush grass filled with fully bloomed flowers. He noticed others around him, mostly humans. He ignored the questions they asked aloud and set upon the mission of finding the miko.
He soon found her on a small hill lying amongst some flowers. She looked absolutely beautiful, the flowers framing her innocent face and her hair sprawled out.
'She brought us back to life,' he thought, looking down at her. 'But how?' Stooping, he picked her up in his arms and turned to leave when he noticed that the humans were surrounding him. He growled in warming and they kept their distance, but a man stepped forward. Sesshomaru smelled the fear from the human and was pleased he had that effect.
"Milord, we wanted to give our gratitude to Lady Kagome," he said. Sesshomaru didn't reply immediately. He turned with Kagome before speaking.
"She is asleep at the moment," the faces of the villager's fell. "But I will let her know." He then left.
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Sango got up and looked around, only to meet eyes with Miroku.
"Miroku!" she exclaimed, embracing him tightly, him returning the hug. "I thought you were…"she started, but he shushed her, rubbing soothing circles in her back before he pulled away slightly and helped her stand.
"What happened? Naraku's gone, isn't he?" he asked, looking at his left hand, which was still covered with the sacred beads.
"Kagome killed him…but if you want reassurance then take the beads off," she said with a smile. Miroku stared at his hand with a serious expression. He was reluctant to take it off, afraid that it might still be there. But when Sango touched his shoulder he decided to do it. Slowly he took off the beads, revealing a plain looking hand.
'It's gone…finally,' he thought, retuning Sango's smile before they shared a loving kiss.
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Kagura got up quickly as if jumping out of a nightmare. Her hands immediately went to her throat, remembering how she died. She looked around, realizing she was no longer in the village.
"Is Naraku dead?" she asked aloud.
"Yes he is," came a familiar voice. She turned to the voice, surprised that she got an answer, only to see Kikyo with the hanyou standing beside her. Kagura felt her chest and it was there…her heart. It quickened its pace due to her surprise and she looked at Kikyo as she came nearer to her and took her hand. She placed something inside it.
'The jewel,' she thought, looking at the object as it gleamed.
"Why do you trust me with this?" she asked with curiosity.
"Kagome brought you back to life so you are in debt to her," Kikyo replied. Kagura looked down at the jewel once more. "I want you to return this to her, if you don't mind," she add.
"Fine…where is she?" Kagura asked.
"She's with Sesshomaru. It's likely she's at his castle," Inuyasha finally said as Kikyo came to stand beside him once more. Kagura stood as they left .Kagura looked over her shoulder, seeing Kanna appear.
"Naraku is dead. We have control over our own lives," she informed the young girl, who was considered her sister. She turned from her and looked ahead. "You can follow me or go on you own, which ever you want," she said before walking off, expecting the young girl to follow, but instead Kanna turned to the other direction. Kagura sighed. 'I guess I'm on my own,' she thought as she left, not looking back.
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Kagome slowly opened her eyes to find herself inside an unfamiliar room. The room was filled with furniture. She wouldn't have expected to be in the Feudal era and she was laying on a bed big enough for four. She was lying beneath silk sheets, which she knew were expensive actually. The entire designs in the room were luxurious.
Kagome got up and out of bed and realized that she was no longer in her original clothing, but a black kimono with similar markings Sesshomaru had on the sleeves and the bottom left of his kimono. She walked over to the door and slid it open. A silent gasp escaped her lips.
The lands were vast with vegetation and seemed to stretch on and on. But Kagome could vaguely spot a large wall running as far as her eyes could see, and there was a stone path that was lined with sakura tress on both sides, though they had yet to bloom. The balcony she was on gave her a great view. Kagome came back inside when she sensed someone at the door. Knowing full well who it was, she slid her door closed then sat on the bed.
"Come in," she said and the door slowly opened before Sesshomaru was revealed .He looked her over to see if she had fully healed and this caused Kagome to blush. Sesshomaru stepped into the room and moved towards her; stopping when he was an inch away, then he lifted her chin to him.
"You're alive?" Kagome said, hoping this wasn't a dream.
"Yes. You revived a lot of persons, including myself. They were all grateful, as am I." He released her chin.
"How?"
"You do not know how?"
"No."
"Hm," there was a long silence and Kagome realized that Sesshomaru must've been in thought so she waited for him to speak.
"You have been sleeping for thirteen days," he said. Kagome's eyes widened.
"Thirteen days?" she exclaimed, searching his eyes to see if he was serious. Of course he was.
"Much time has been wasted so we will have the mating ceremony in three days, after you have met the other lord and their mates," he informed.
"Isn't that a little fast?" Kagome said more to herself. She looked down on the floor. He forced her to look into his eyes.
"The sooner the better," he replied. "You had agreed before, why are you having second thoughts?" sensing her doubt.
"..It's just that you…"she sighed in defeat, "okay three days," she said, forcing a smile. He raised and eyebrow at her incomplete sentence but said nothing of it.
"The children have been very worried. You should see them," he said, turning from her to leave.
"Aren't you going to show me to them or send someone?" Kagome asked.
"You are a miko, are you not?" he asked, but it seemed like a statement. He then left. Kagome stayed in the room to collect her thoughts. 'I'm going to mate Sesshomaru and I don't have a choice. Although, I don't mind. He has been rather sweet before, maybe that's how he'll treat me after we are mated.' Kagome stood as she readied herself to leave the room in search of the children she knew were worried about her.
Kagome walked down the hallway. She had been surprised when she saw no servants in the halls. The place was dull and silent but she could sense their presence and that kept gnawing at the edge of her senses. She ignored it for the moment. She was going to find the children, after all.
The halls were mixed with lots of different smells, but she distinguished Shippo and Rin and soon found a door that emitted their scents strongly. Kagome knocked first and when she got no answer, went inside.
Shippo and Rin were lying on the bed sleeping peacefully, and both looked so adorable. Kagome couldn't help the smile that came on her face as she walked over to their beds and kissed them lightly on their foreheads.
"Sleep tight you guys," she whispered when she heard a silent knock.
'Who could that be?'She thought, realizing that the person didn't have a scent and their aura was a bit dimmed. She went to the door nonetheless and slid it open. Bowed before her was a rabbit demoness with short blonde hair.
"Yes?" Kagome said. The demoness looked up, revealing her pale but freckled covered face and she did not look directly into Kagome's eyes.
"I was said to lead you to the meeting room, My Lady," the girl spoke in a voice that was barely above a whisper.
The demoness turned and she followed her after closing the door behind her. The halls were filled with different artifacts and lots of beautiful pictures. But because they were walking too fast and turning so many times, she didn't get to see them much so she looked ahead. She realized they were heading towards a large door. She could clearly sense the power of six demons, besides Sesshomaru's, of course, behind it.
"What is your name?" Kagome asked suddenly, causing the demoness to jump slightly. It May have been because she was use to the silence, or no one had ever asked her what was her name, Kagome didn't know.
"My name is Asako, my lady," she replied.
"Asako, why is it that your aura seems dimmed?"
"Because, my lady, all servants' auras should be dimmed and scent hidden, unless told not to," she replied. "Lords don't normally want a slave's scent to taint their domain." They stopped in front of the door and Asako turned to leave.
"Thanks, Asako." She stopped in her tracks, not expecting that responses from her lady since most demons she had met were all high and mighty, never lowering themselves to have conversations with servants.
"For what, my lady?" she said, turning to her puzzled.
"For bringing me here."
"Oh…of course but it was my duty."
"Thanks anyway …and from now on just call me Kagome," she said with a smile as she opened the door and went in then closed it behind her. Asako stood staring at the door for a moment before she turned around and left with a smile.
'Lord Sesshomaru has made a fine choice. I'm going to like Lady…I mean Kagome."
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Kagome stood where she was for a moment as they all turned and looked at her, including Sesshomaru. Kagome inclined her head as did the others, and Sesshomaru beckoned for her to sit beside him. She walked over to him so gracefully she surprised herself as eyes followed her every move.
"Lady Kagome," she heard Sesshomaru begin as she looked at him, "this is the Northern Lord, Keito, and his mate, Kozakura." He gestured to the pair. The woman had long blue hair, half of it in a pony tail while the other half fell down her back in waves. She had red eyes. Her mate had brown eyes and black hair in a pony tail. He had a yellow stripes and his forehead had a yellow dot.
"This is the Eastern lord, Sadami, and his mate, Kukiko." Both looked like plain demons without markings, except a cross on the lord's forehead. They both had dark hair. Kagome could sense their enormous power.
"….and this is the Southern Lord, Tomo, and his mate, Miya." The demoness had blonde hair but her eyes looked like light lavender. She had a marking on her cheeks alone, while her mate had short brown hair and sported a blue diamond on his forehead. They were tiger demons.
"It's a pleasure to meet all of you," Kagome said.
"No, the pleasure is all mine," replied Lord Kozakura before his mate gave him a hard nudge in the side with a serious expression on her face. Kagome stifled a giggle at the scene, which reminded her so much of Sango and Miroku.
'I wonder if they are okay,' she thought.
"Lady Kagome, are you alright?" asked Lord Sadami, noticing the change in her aura, as did everyone else.
"Of course," she replied quickly, but instead of pressing the subject they started asking questions.
"So I hear you defeated that demon named Naraku who had been causing havoc all over the lands," said Kukiko. Kagome nodded her head.
"But I couldn't have done it without Lord Sesshomaru," Kagome said, including the demon lord who had yet to speak.
"What of that jewel that I heard everyone speaking of?" asked Kukiko, gaining everyone's interest.
"I don't know where it is actually…"
'I just hope no one finds it,'
"Come," said Sesshomaru suddenly, almost startling everyone. They saw the door open and saw Asako stepping inside with head bowed. "What is it?" he asked.
"The children wish to see Kagome," said the demoness, still not looking up. Kagome looked at Sesshomaru for permission. He nodded his head.
"Excuse me," Kagome said, getting up and following the servant out of the room.
"Well I have to commend you on your choice Sesshomaru …the moment she stepped into the room her power flooded it. she will bare strong offspring" said Keito with arms folded.
"Yes she is quite beautiful and her aura is so pure for a demon," Lord Tomo said.
"She possesses miko abilities," said Miya. "I could see it with my own eyes."
"A miko demoness …Sesshomaru you lucky bastard," said Keito with a grin.
"You have our blessing and we would be honored to witness your mating," said Sadami and the others nodded their heads in agreement.
"Hm I thought so," said Sesshomaru as he stood. "You may leave," he said, and they got up as well and left the room.
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Souta was sitting in the kitchen as his mother prepared dinner. No one spoke of it, but he knew they all missed Kagome. It seemed like forever since she had come back and it was starting to get to him. He had tried countless times to jump down the well, hoping to get through, but it always ended with a broken leg or other injury. His mother had forbid him from even going near the well, but he so wanted to and he was sure he would get through this time, with the help of the object he got from Tyu.
Souta was walking home from school in a fast pace. Night was nearing and he didn't want to reach home late. Then he spotted Tyu walking in the same direction in front of him.
"Hey Tyu!" he shouted to gain the attention of the guy in front of him and when he turned around he ran up to meet him. "Where are you headed?" he inquired, walking along side him.
"Actually I was headed to your house,"he said, stopping.
"Really?What for?"
"This," he replied, handing him a purple looking bottle.
"What is it?" Souta asked, looking keenly at the bottle.
"My grandmother made it after her encounter with Kagome. It's supposed to transform a human into a demon. I tried drinking it, but it didn't work. Maybe you or your family can try it and tell me how everything goes."
"Why did she make it?" Souta asked.
"She said she got it from a dream, a man named Dentai told her," he said before turning to go in the direction he was coming from, leaving Souta standing there with the bottle.
"Mom I want to see if I can get through the well again. I know I might this time, with this," said Souta showing the bottle to his mother.
"What is that?" she asked with curiosity, turning off the stove and looking at the vial as Souta's grandpa came into the kitchen, led by the scent of food.
"Is the food ready? I am absolutely famished," he said, rubbing his stomach. He then saw the vial his grandson had. "What is that?" he asked, grabbing the vial from him.
"Hey!" Souta exclaimed. His grandfather inspected the bottle then opened it. He sniffed it later, wrinkling up his in disgust. "What is this vile thing?" he said, putting the bottle at arms length. Mrs. Higurashi took it from Gramps and sniffed it as well before quickly handing it back to Souta, who closed the bottle.
"Where did you get that?" she asked.
"Tyu gave it to me. It should help me get"-
"Don't you dare think about it. It is Kagome's destiny to go there, not yours," his grandfather said.
"But what if she is in trouble?"
"Inuyasha can protect her." Souta looked at his grandfather one more time before he ran from the house.
"Souta!" he heard them call, but he didn't look back. He raced to the well house and it was only when he is inside did he stop. Souta took a breather, opened the bottle and drank half of it. He almost gagged, but forced the awful tasting liquid down his throat. He looked behind him as he stood on the lip of the well to see his mother and grandfather running towards him. Swallowing his fears, Souta jumped. He descended fast and had expected the warm blue light, but instead was greeted by the cold hard ground of the bottom of the well.
"Ahhh!" Souta yelled as a pain shot up his right leg. Looking down at it, he saw that it was red, swollen and was twisted in a weird angle.
"Souta, are you alright?" he heard from above. Looking up, he saw his mother's and grandfather's heads looking down at him with worried expressions.
"No, I think my ankle is sprained again," he replied, trying to adjust his uncomfortable position. He found he could not.
"Hold on I'll get a ladder." They both disappeared but when they appeared again 5 minutes later, they had a ladder, which they eased down into the well. Mrs. Higurashi climbed down first, inspecting her son.
"Didn't I tell you not to jump down here? Now look what happened," she scolded him as Gramps descended as well. As soon as his feet touched the bottom of the well, the blue magic of the well engulfed them in its light and they were teleported.
Thanks 2 evry1 who gave their reviews, thank you! This chap is a bit long huh…I just got into it too much I didn't know when to stop.
Hope u like it like you did the other chapters !
