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Chapter 12

"I am teaching the dog a lesson he will never forget," Merlin said smiling faintly.

"What?" Kagome couldn't figure what was harder to comprehend, the fact that this person called Sesshomaru a dog in a derogatory way or that he believed he could teach Lord Sesshomaru a lesson.

"All I wanted was to know where I was. You see, I had just arrived, but he wouldn't even bother to be polite and started to spout all these things about being on his lands and to get off of them. Well, I thought he needed a lesson in humility and manners."

Kagome could only look on in wonder at Merlin. It was hard to come to terms that something Merlin did caused the Lord of the West to disappear. It just could not happen, it was impossible, Sesshomaru was too strong to be defeated by anyone.

"What happened to Sesshomaru?"

"I cast a spell on him and now he is…gone."

"Impossible."

"Nothing is impossible little one," Merlin said smiling at Kagome in triumph.

"Sesshomaru is too strong."

"Too arrogant if you ask me."

Kagome didn't want to agree with Merlin on that, so she let it go instead; in favor of asking, "What kind of spell did you cast on him, and where is he now?"

"My spell is only meant to teach him a lesson not to hurt him, so calm yourself, and the where…well I can't just tell you everything now can I? Where would the fun be if I did?"

"Fun?" Kagome just glared at him harder.

"Yes fun, you seem like you need some fun in your life little one…I know! Why don't you look for this Sesshomaru and when you find him tell him I said, 'you're welcome' okay."

"What do you mean you're welcome? Are you insane? I think that would be the farthest thing on his mind when it comes to you, and my name is Ka-go-me, not little one!" Huffing she counted to ten before continuing; "So, what is this lesson he needs to learn according to you?"

"Now that is something he needs to figure out."

"You're not very helpful are you?"

"Oh I wouldn't say that. I am willing to help you find your friend." He gave her his most innocent look.

Something in her wanted to refuse, but her logical side decided to kick in at that moment. "You will help me?" She asked, knowing that with his help she had a greater chance of finding Sesshomaru.

"Yes."

Taking a moment to think about the pros and cons about teaming up with the person responsible for the actual disappearance of Sesshomaru, Kagome eventually responded, "Okay I accept your offer to help find Sesshomaru." And even though it was still hard to believe that something like that could even happen. She knew if InuYasha was here he would say good riddance and either walk away, or attack Merlin just to be able to fight someone. InuYasha had not changed much ever since they defeated Naraku. Good thing she wasn't InuYasha.

"Excellent!"

"But…if we are to take this new mission on, we have to prepare before we leave."

"Oh?"

"If you are going to help us, where do you think we should start looking for him?" She asked ignoring his question for the moment.

"I am not sure, it all depends on the person the spell was cast on."

"Why?"

"Because everyone is unique little o…Kagome," he said giving her an innocent smile.

It was official, she couldn't hate this person; and even though that didn't exactly answer her question she decided to leave that for another time. Smiling, she started to think of all the things she needed to take care of before she left on this mission. Cuddling her new pet, she made some mental notes to get some special items for her baby kitten.

"We need to stop at the village first to pick up our supplies." Kagome said smiling at Merlin.

"I'll follow you where ever you decide to go," Merlin said with a big smile.

"Good…and Merlin?"

"Yes Kagome."

"If you hurt any of my friends…you will answer to me," she said with the most radiant smile Merlin had ever seen.

Walking away toward the village with Shippo on her shoulder looking down at the purring kitten, she left Merlin to follow.

Merlin had to gather his wits. The spiritual energy he had just felt from her didn't hurt him, but it sent a clear warning of dire consequences if he ever displeased Kagome. He knew he wouldn't survive intact to see the next sunrise if he made her angry. Shivering, he decided that his little adventure just got a lot more dangerous for him.


A/N - Thanks to my sister Susi8 for the help correcting this story. Sorry this chapter is so late, but when you lose inspiration it's hard to write anything. So it figures that before I go on a month-long vacation I get my inspiration back. Hopefully by the time I get back home I have more chapters ready to upload because I am not going to have internet where I am going. I hope you like my story and are not too upset about my late updates. Thanks to the people that added this story to your alerts and favorites, that makes me happy. Thanks to the people that review they make my day a good one. Thanks to iloveyou99 for giving the kitten its name you rock! And if you find something wrong with my story let me know so I can fix it. Thank you Leomhaiin