Chapter 11

"I will not put up with this anymore!" I hissed at mother "if they come near me one more time I will kill them"

"Now now, you know you can't do that"

"THAT'S IT!" I shouted as loud as I could

"Calm down Sesshomaru"

"Calm down! Calm down you say" I growled lowering my voice "you're not the one having them things hang off you"

"one of them GIRLS is going to be your wife, so you better get used to it… but you know, if you would like a brake from them I may be able to help you out" Mother said with a smile

"What will it cost?" I hissed threw my teeth closing my eyes

I couldn't believe what I had sunk to, making deals with mother, dodging people, acting like some scared coward; it was enough to make anyone sick.

"No more complaining"

MY eyes snapped open; I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

"I have better things to do then listen to you complain all day"

"Is that all?"

"There is one more thing"

"I knew it"

"It seems Takara has run off somewhere…. I need you to find her"

"She ran away?" I said in disbelieve

"From what I know she went looking for something"

"Then won't she come back once she has found what ever she was looking for?"

"That's what I thought but that was yesterday afternoon… no one has seen her since then, once you find her I will give you the rest of the day to yourself"

"Very well then"

I left the room and headed towards Takara's, I walked into her room and saw Hana standing near the open window holding something in her hands. I cleared my throat to get her attention; she turned around with teary eyes holding onto Takara's white dress, brown apron and one of her brown shoes.

"I'm sorry Lord Sesshomaru" she said with a shaky voice "if you're looking for Takara she is not here"

"Takara and this servant seemed to be friends, perhaps she knows what has happened to her"

"Do you know where she is?"

"N..no"

"Lying"

"You would do well to tell me"

"Even if I did know I wouldn't tell you" she glared at me

"How dare you talk to me like that"

"It's your fault she is gone"

"How could it be my fault, I have not seen her for over a day"

"Exactly" Hana said walking towards me

"What is that supposed to mean"

"Why do you want to find her? What is in it for you huh?"

She was standing right in front of me now, glaring up at me with cold eyes.

"What makes you think there is something in it for me" I said in a voice not my own

"Why else would you care that she is gone?"

I had no answer to that so I just stood there looking down at the girl, she half heartedly laughed then walked past me to the door.

"She headed that way" she pointed out of the window before leaving the room

There was something about her voice that was daring me to go after her, I didn't know what she meant by any of it but I did know I wouldn't get any peace and quiet until I found Takara.

After many hours of searching Sesshomaru had finally managed to track down Takara to a small village that looked like it was deserted long ago, he followed her scent to what looked like a house that had been burned to the ground. Takara was standing in the middle of the ruins oblivious to Sesshomaru's presence, he didn't understand her behaviour, all she was doing was staring out at something far in the distance it was like she was in a trance or something.

"Takara?"

There was no response so Sesshomaru took a step closer, once he did a small electrical field zapped him, he looked down to see sutures covering all around the house.

"How can she do all this? It's what priestess do not demons"

Ignoring the small electric field he kept walking closer towards her knowing that such a weak spell could cause him no real harm.

"Takara" he said louder

There was still no response and as he got closer the spells got more powerful, he was just out of arms reach when he was forced to stop. He tried to reach out to her but she was just out of reach, the electric field was getting stronger and he could feel it reaching into his very bones slowly paralysing him, he knew he wouldn't be able to stand there much longer so he did the only thing he could. Using his fur he grabbed Takara and pulled her away from the house, she got thrown onto the ground while Sesshomaru gracefully remained standing.

"Sess…Sesshomaru? What are you doing here?" she said sitting up rubbing her head

"What am I doing here? What are you doing here?"

"What do you mean?"

"No one has seen you since yesterday afternoon!"

"Yesterday… but.. I mean I haven't… I don't understand.."

Takara was still sitting on the ground looking like a helpless child and that was starting to annoy Sesshomaru, as she sat on the ground with that helpless look on her face his rage got worse he was after all in no mood to put up with any of this he just wanted to be alone for a few hours.

"That's it your going back home" he said grabbing her arm pulling her to her feet

"What are you talking about" Takara shouted ripping her arm free

"I'm taking you back to mother's house, to your home"

"My home? My home is right here" she said standing in front of the burned down house "this is my home"

"What are you talking about!"

"Just leave me alone, I can't stand seeing your face anymore"

Takara turned away from him and fought the tears that were threatening to show, Sesshomaru stood there stunned by what she had said, it never occurred to him that maybe he was really the problem.

"Was Hana right? Did she leave because of me, but how is that possible I hardly know her"

"Why are you still here?"

"Tell me something, why are you here?"

"I told you already, this is my home"

"You haven't been here in 200 years, so why now"

"Because of you"

"Me? What could I have possibly have done"

"You dug up the past"

"What do you mean?"

"What am I meant to tell him… he doesn't even remember me, or at least who I used to be"

"Tell me what's going on!" he demanded

"I… I knew a girl that used to live here… a long time ago"

"A girl?"

"Yes, she was a human girl, a priestess"

"Could she be talking about that child I once knew?"

"She was born with great power, power that no one had seen in a very long time and because of this power she was put into training as soon as possible, it was the only thing she knew. She was taught that demons were evil and to never be trusted and she believed them after all she didn't know any better, but then one day she met a demon.." she explained turning to face Sesshomaru ".. She met you"