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Kagome was having such a great time with Rin, but suddenly she sensed something that made her freeze. "Rin," she ordered suddenly serious "Run now go and find Sesshoumaru." What she felt made her hair stand on end as she quickly drew her sword. Before the aura that was approaching reached her Sesshoumaru was at her side.
"You feel it," he asked?
"Yes" she calmly replied "Naraku"
Chapter 11:
Naraku, how could it be? Kagome was certain that she had witnessed his demise before she made her wish on the jewel. But, she was certain that she felt his presence that she felt. Her priestess powers still held the memory of his aura, and she was positive that she was feeling him now, but the scary thing was that he felt even stronger than before.
Sesshoumaru did not like this development. He could feel the filthy half breed that had given him so much trouble before, but he also felt the presence of another that he knew well. Whatever this meant it could not be good. Sesshoumaru stood ready the half breed had never bested him before and he would be damned if he allowed it to happen now.
Kagome was ready for Naraku, as a matter of fact she felt more prepared to deal with him now than she ever had before. She finally felt the presence just on the other side of the trees, but when the man who held the presence stepped into the open he was not what she was expecting. He was a demon, a full demon. Standing before her was a tiger demon who seemed to exude power and Naraku's aura. Kagome dared a glance at Sesshoumaru to try and gauge his reaction, but of course his face was as emotionless as her own.
Finally Sesshoumaru decided to speak "Lord Yakunan, what are you doing on my territory? And why do you reek of the half breed Naraku?"
"Sesshoumaru, I should have known that you would quickly figure me out. You see Lord Yakunan does not live in this body anymore," the creature before them said.
"Naraku, how did you get in that body?" Kagome demanded in a icy voice.
"Well I was going to keep Sesshoumaru in suspense, but I didn't plan on such a lovely demoness being present. You I will answer. It is simple really when I was in my half breed form it is true that I was destroyed, however there were two priestesses present that day. One of them ran to gather the jewel shards that I had in my possession while the other was left to purify the remainder of what was left of me. The priestess that tried to purify me was no longer a pure being herself being dead and feeding off of the souls that should have passed on and all. She no longer held the power to purify a human soul which of course originally I held, she was able to purify the demon half of me, but my human soul survived as tainted as it always was. I was left floating for a while until I found a suitable host body, and what could have been better than a Lord of great power, but little spiritual strength. Now that you know all about me why don't you tell me who you are sweetheart," Naraku finished.
Before Kagome could even speak Sesshoumaru cut her off "who she is, is of no concern to you. You are trespassing on my lands and I will destroy you for such insolence."
Naraku laughed, which Kagome had to admit was a lot less annoying of a sound in his new body, but then he made a move towards Sesshoumaru. Before Naraku could even blink Kagome had her whip wrapped tightly around his neck and her sword drawn. "You want to know who I am, you filth. I am Kagome, the priestess who should have purified you 5 years ago, but since I am a demon now maybe I should just rip you apart. I think that would be more enjoyable," she said as red started to bleed into her eyes.
"Do not taint your hands with such trash," Sesshoumaru interjected. It wasn't that he would not have utterly enjoyed watching her tear him into pieces but unfortunately before he could allow the death of another Lord, even if it was only his body, he would have to get the approval of the other Lords. Sesshoumaru had a feeling that Naraku knew that and that was the only reason that he felt secure enough to appear here like he did today. "For today we will leave him," He stated turning to Kagome "you may spill his blood on another day."
With that said Kagome released her whip from Naraku's neck, but was sure to shove him back hard enough to make him loose his balance.
"You will pay for that Demoness," he said to her "and I will make sure to make it a punishment that I will enjoy as much as you will despise." With that said he seemed to vanish before their eyes.
Kagome turned to Sesshoumaru "I suppose that you wish to hold council with the other Lords before you allow me to kill him," she said allowing a slight sound of displeasure to show in her voice.
Kagome was almost floored when Sesshoumaru graced her with a small smile. "The time to end his days will come, until then you must let him go. We will send request for a meeting to be held the day after tomorrow. In the mean time you and I will discuss strategy.
It was an answer that she could not argue with so she gave him a nod and at the last moment decided to give him a smile in return.
There it was, her smile. The smile which seemed to have a way of making the rest of his world fade away, and this time it was for him. One thing that he was certain of, if he was going to have to wage war against the Lord of the North there was no other creature that he would rather have by his side. Such an intriguing being, one that could be so cold as to make even his blood freeze in his veins, but then in the next moment could issue a smile that could touch even his heart.
That evening after they had returned to the castle and retired to their own chambers Kagome had a nagging thought that simply would not leave her mind. Miroku, if Naraku had returned then did that mean that so had Miroku's cursed wind tunnel? There was only one way to find out. Kagome walked to her changing table and pulled out the mirror that she had used to find Sesshoumaru. "Miroku," she said. Once the fog cleared the image that she saw almost broke her heart. Her two old friends were holding each other each trying their hardest to lend the other strength. She knew at that moment that even though she had promised herself that she would not reveal her new life to them that she had to now. While going through her extensive training she had learned much about curses and spells, and she was certain that she would be able to break the curse that had been placed upon her friends ancestors. With that decided she did not want to leave them suffering any longer than she had to, so she walked out on her balcony and headed off into the night.
Sesshoumaru felt her presence leaving. For a moment he was concerned that she may be going to go after Naraku, but he decided that she was much to smart for that. To him it didn't really matter where she was going, he didn't like it. He felt a fierce protectiveness over her, even though rationally he knew that she could care for herself. Perhaps after all of this was over he should have his head checked, but for now he was going to follow after her to make sure that she would be safe. After all they did have a powerful enemy roaming around at the moment. He did however wisely decide that he would keep himself hidden from her and only interfere in whatever it was that she was doing if she was in danger.