Chapter fourteen
Kami's voice lingered in the air, creating a thick atmosphere. The message sunk into the minds of all, at the event. The hall was shocked into silence. Truly they were amazed at, the fact that there in the middle of the room. Were four Gods Kagome's former group had felt their breath hitch. Inuyasha was still was this what Kagome meant by when, she told them of her 16th year? Why her mother had even stressed to HIM that she needed to be home on her birthday. The family of the east looked at Sen with concern. In their eyes Sen would die trying to fight. It was one thing when Kagome was a ningin but now...she was a Megami? A goddess daughter to the fallen goddess of fate, and Kami who stood still in front of his Children.
Sesshomaru who was seated on the tall dais, had a board look on his face. The look he wore suggested he already knew, the fate of the insufferable insect. And didn't give two dams of his courted ripped her head off. Glancing over to where her old group where he found shock and amazement in each of their eyes, though he couldn't really blame them he was feeling the same set of emotions as the others though he didn't let it show.
Kagome looked at her father and bowed, when she rose she made her path to Sesshomaru who stood to great her. Kagome walked up the steps of the dais and looked, in to his eyes. Placing her hand in his tangled hair she brought, him to her and let her lips press against his own. Sesshomaru smirked in to the kiss. It was a public kiss one that told all sexes to back off. Kagome felt the caress of her lower lip by the tongue of her courted. She opened her mouth to him letting him dominate her. It soon turned rough and she loved every second of it. Though the time to breath caught up to them and they parted with a sound of small slippery pop. Gazing into the twin pools of sparkling sapphire. Sesshomaru licked her cheek in affection. A small blush painted her cheeks as she felt her, father's aura spike. Kagome looked to him, with pleading eyes. What she was pleading for she didn't know. Was it to accept that she was the courted of the Taiyoukai, she had just shared her first kiss with? Was it that he allowed her to continue being that courted of the Taiyoukai?
"You have, a matter to attend to. I will speak to you about, it when you have succeeded" his voice left no room for argument or protest, he was Kami and his words were law.
Kagome looked down at her boot clad feet, and that of Sesshomaru. She was a little afraid that her father, would not approve of her and her courted. She let a small whimper out one only Sesshomaru, Dalmai, her brothers and Kami heard. Sesshomaru let his arms hug her tighter to his body. Mindful of their armour he nuzzled the side of her face, trying to give her small comfort. Kagome smiled before looking towards Sen. She reluctantly left the warmth of her courted's arms and walked back down the dais. She stood in front of Sen with, cold hard glass eyes.
"Will you be as so foolish to fight a Megami for her chosen?" the family of the east turned to the butterfly youkai. "If you think! I will let you have what is mine just because you appear to be a Megami then your mistaken!" Sen spat Kagome nodded "I admire your bravery, though it is really your foolishness that I cannot tolerate. Sen...safe journey on to the next world" walking back to Sesshomaru, Kagome bowed her head in submission to him and smiled."I will be back, my Taiyoukai"
Kagome then turned her back, and followed Sen out into the large garden. There she handed spring and winter to her brothers and gave gateway to her father with a silent plea in her eyes. Sesshomaru couldn't wait until this was finished with, there was so much he wanted to do, speak to Kagome's father, pack his belongings and send them back to the castle and get the main meeting over and done with. So he could return home with hopefully his San's which were like brothers to him and hopefully would be. His daughter and his courted.
They were in a large clearing, just a little ways of the beautiful garden. The crowd gathered around not wanting to miss, the public display of a Megami's wrath. Kagome sucked in a deep and calming breath. Kagome could see Sesshomaru, her brothers and father all standing together. Her father was standing next to Sesshomaru. She spotted Inuyasha and the others Sango, Miroku and Kikiyo.
Once Kagome had her attention back on Sen she glared at her. This was the insect that had challenged her for Sesshomaru, the insect that dare harm her child. Sen didn't waste any time, she attacked blindly, with out any real thought of what she was doing. Releasing a cry of war Sen tried to swipe at Kagome. Kagome simply moved her head to the left at the right time to avoid, Sen 's claws. She kept doing this just shifting her heard to the right or left to avoid contact.
Kagome decided that it was her turn, lifting her index and third finger together she flicked them towards, Sen' s face. The air connected with Sen's forehead and knocked her backwards. Sen seethed in rage, knocked back by air how embarrassing. Sen ran back towards Kagome, as the little attack Kagome had dealt pushed her back by five feet. Sen clenched her right fist and pulled her arm back, ready to deal a punch. Kagome caught the fist that was aimed for her face with ease and annoyance. Kagome tightened her grip on Sen's fist, before looking into Sen's now angry red eyes . Kagome could tell that she was holding back. It made her laugh though, by holding back Sen believed that she was stronger than Kagome. "You wish to release your beast, go a head just know that I will too" pushing Sen back was easy. Kagome did it with little effort on her part.
Sen once again ran back towards Kagome. This time Kagome planned on fighting back. Sen dealt or tried to land the first blow, however she was blacked by the fore arm of the one she was fighting against. Series of kicks and punches followed and all were made by Kagome. Releasing her beast was what she just may have to do. Pulling away by landing a smooth kick to Kagome's stomach Sen back flipped away from Kagome. Fangs grew and claws followed suite her face seemed to stretch as it became that of a horrid sight. It was Sen just in a larger body, her eyes were ovals of blue and green, her skin was an ugly shade of grey and the wings were enormous. Her hair that was once blond was a dingy dirty white and silver. She wore no cloths apart from, the stretch of cloth that bound her breasts.
The lower half of her body...was that of a moth. Four long thin insect legs and, the lower body of said insect which was grey in colour. Kagome's eyebrow arched in bewilderment. "I knew you were no butterfly" she said as she jumped from the hand that tried to swipe at her. Kagome's eyes turned a deep blood red that glowed with in the darkness. The moon that was above was in its fullest. It shone brightly providing light. Kagome turned tail and ran in to the forest. "Ha! The little bitch fore fits! I have won, the Taiyoukai is mine to mate mine to-" Sen was unable to finish her rant as a bone chilling howl, filled with the promise of death, was heard. Birds abandoned their perch on the branches and the creatures of the ground scuttled away.
Sesshomaru felt his breath hitch for a moment at the suspense. It was quite ...too quite. The ground trembled and shook. Sen turned her back to the crowd and faced, the tree line of the forest. Five seconds had passed until, she walked forwards. On all fours. Sesshomaru looked with stunned wide eyes at his courted. There she stood the rarest kind of inu female youkai but what made her even more unique was that she was a lunar inu. Making her Kagome the nine tailed Lunar Inuyoukai.
Sen looked at the beautiful beast that was in front of her. Kagome was a black lunar inu, but her body, from her neck till her tails, were covered in random electric blue stripes. She almost looked like a tiger youkai. Her muzzle and face were angular you could clearly tell, she was a female. Kagome's pure silver eyes rested on the form of Sen, with the sight of her enemy she saw red and began her attack on the insect. Kagome's jaws clamped down on to Sen's right arm, ripping it from her body completely. "That was for our pup" Kagome screamed after spitting the limb from her mouth. Kagome made a swipe at Sen' s face, being injured so Sen lost her sense of balance for a small while, and so could not avoid the clash of the lunar Inu's poison claws. Sen screamed as the acid from Kagome's claws burnt away the flesh of her face and slithered in to her blood stream. Sen fell to the ground in a heap of her own blood, the acid killing her from the inside making it come out of her nose, ears and mouth. Sen's body shook with hard and random spasms of pain. The blood red eyes of Sen locked on to her death, Kagome: lunar nine tailed Inuyoukai, Sesshomaru's chosen...Megami of moon. Her eyes closed and Sen was no more. The crowd watched as Kagome stood her front paws on Sen's still chest. Throwing her head back Kagome howled long and load. Declaring to all she had defended her right to have Sesshomaru, as a mate.
When her howl ended Kagome pushed down with all her might, successfully braking Sen's ribs and stabbing her heart from the inside. Turning from them she sat on the ground on all fours. A blinding white light caressed her and with in a few seconds. There stood the ruler of the moon in her humanoid form.
The crowed was shocked into silence. The display was merciless yet just and fair. Sesshomaru almost interfered at the mention of, his pup being hurt by that thing of an insect. Kagome walked with even steps towards, Sesshomaru and the others. It was growing even colder, and so she shuddered a little. When Kagome had made it to where her family and courted stood, she bowed to her courted first and then her father and then her brothers. Kami held back a snarl, he had just found his daughter and now, this Taiyoukai was trying to take her away from him. He wouldn't allow such a thing to come to pass. Sesshomaru felt the ire that was coming from Kagome's father and mentally sighed. I have not uttered a word, and already I can tell he dose not approve of Kagome's pairing with me. Kami or no Kami. Will not back down from mate. Ours, female ours. Our mate, the mother of pup and pups to come.
Sesshomaru had to faintly agree with his inner inu, after all he cared for her. He knew it wasn't what some may call love it was too early for that. But he cared for her and,had a deep ever growing affection for her. He hated the fact that Inuyasha had even treated the kind soul, with such a betrayal. To leave her where he found her purposely , was something that should be a crime in itself He was highly annoyed at the fact that the vile hanyou had the nerve to even show, his face after what he had done to her. Kagome was right in he r mind as she riddled her person of him with her slap of the wind. Kami looked over to where his 'son in law' was making the analysis of his daughters previous companions, one mainly.
Inuyasha looked at the woman, who was now stood in the arms of his bastard brother Sesshomaru. Slinging an arrogant arm around his now shard blind mate, he pulled her body close to his own. Trying to reassure himself that he had the original! he didn't have the reincarnation! He didn't have the copy! ...but Kagome wasn't apart of Kikiyo. She was a Megami who was a pure mystery.
Kagome bowed before, her courted again before her father. Kami looked with a bitter taste as he received the bow from his daughter. "Did your brothers approve of this match? Or did he simply take what he wanted with out any kind of honour at all. Like his father" The insult had Sesshomaru choking. He had a respect for the Kami, however what right did he have to assume that he had no honour. Sesshomaru tried to control his most inner rage. Kami smirked some what rueful, at the disturbed Taiyoukai. Sesshomaru looked in to the sapphire eyes of Kagome with a subtle pained look. Kagome was for the first time annoyed with her father. What right did he have to talk that way about her courted. Sesshomaru scowled, why was he portraying such emotions. There wasn't any real reason to fear the out come of Kami's decision about the coupling of himself and Kagome, but it did effect his daughter who already saw her as her mother. He was taken from his musings, as a small delicate hand made its way into his own. Looking down at where his appendage was caught, was his little girl. "Rin, I told you to stay in your room" he told her softly. The fight was over but he didn't want her to have to hear that her mother couldn't be with her father because Kami deemed it not so. Picking the child up he held her close to his heart. Kagome watched with warm sapphire eyes, she decided that she would join her family in their little family hug. Sesshomaru pulled her close to his body and nuzzled the black blanket that was, his courted's hair.
The bitterness left Kami as he witnessed the affection that the Taiyoukai displayed freely with his daughter and...his granddaughter. Nodding he decided to fore-fit the fight of his daughter. She was and always will be in safe hands. Kami sighed, and looked at his boys with a silent message of protection, to his daughter should she ever need it. Walking over to the family Kami cleared his throat to gain the attention of the western family.
"Taiyoukai, what I said was not true. I wished to see your reaction. Your father I knew and still do know. He is a very honourable man and as his son so are you. Take care of my daughter...and my granddaughter. Kagome has a mission I am sure she will share with you, later. Until we meet again Taiyoukai"
Sesshomaru nodded once and allowed Rin to be picked from his arms by Kami who gave her a smile and a secret gift. "So as my granddaughter, what would you like from me little one?" Rin closed her eyes in a cute manor and whispered in his ear. Kami looked at the child who had so much knowledge and was only what? Two and a half summers. Kami nodded his head and kissed her forehead. "I will grant your wish little one. It shall surprise your parents greatly. He said with a chuckle.
Handing her back to her father, Kami smiled at his daughter. "You have won, so enjoy your prize in your rooms, you have my blessing" Sesshomaru grinned while Kagome blushed a hot pink. The colour staining her neck up to her ears.
Rin had placed her arms out in front of her, wanting to be held by her mother. Sesshomaru smiled and let, Rin slide from his hands into the loving ones of Kagome. There would be a lot to talk about in the morning. This treaty with the east just might, come to an end. If they decide to back out because of the foolishness of their daughter. Sesshomaru looked at the beautiful female closer to his body as he nuzzled her hair. He could smell her nervousness from her. But he could also smell her curiosity. He decided that he would wait until they were back at the, palace of moon to mate with each other. For now he would give her small pleasures.
Sesshomaru cased a warning glance at his brother. He knew that his mate would want to continue to travel, with them to complete the jewel. Kagome looked at her old group. Kishamaru cleared his throat. "The final meeting will take place, after the morning meal" He dismissed every one, before glancing at the death of his daughter.
The crowed left becoming just Kagome and her family and Inuyasha and the others. They stared at each other. Sango was the first to break. She wept and sobbed and ran over to Kagome and fell to her knees. "Forgive me, I didn't know you were still alive. He told us you had been raped and killed" Kagome's eyes hardened for a brief moment before she picked Sango up by her hands. "It wasn't your fault. I forgive you" Sango embraced her sister and lady. The next to ask for forgiveness was Miroku. Inuyasha was too proud, and so he cast a apathetic glance at her while, he held Kikiyo.
Kagome understood the statement. He no longer cared and he had betrayed her in the worst possible way. After telling her friends that, further plans would be made after the meeting the next morning. They bowed even to Kagome's insistence that they didn't. They were left alone, Rin hugged her mother's neck tightly. Sesshomaru wrapped his arms about his girls.
Pulling out of the embrace they walked back to the castle, they first entered Rin's room and got her ready for bed. Once they had finished they bid Rin goodnight and left for Kagome's room. She noticed that on her bed was her three swords and a small bundle of clothing. Sesshomaru followed her in, and asked what it was. She blushed and said it was something that would be used on a later date.
He smirked and watched as she visibly shook with anticipation. She went behind the screen to change out of her clothing. She now wore a simple black silk nighty. Sesshomaru went to kiss her goodnight, but she stopped him. "I intend to spend the night with you. If that is all right with you my Taiyoukai" her voice was sweet and it pleased him, that she was trying to get to know him physically.
He nodded, how could he ever deny her?
Once they had grabbed a robe for her, they walked along the corridor to Sesshomaru's room. Pulling back the covers from the king sized futon, he allowed her to get comfortable. He disrobed and pulled on a pair of white sleeping hakamas. He then crawled in to the futon next to her. Pressing his naked and warm chest to her small back. He felt her relax at his movements and he smiled softly. Slinging an arm around her in a possessive manor. He stroked her silk covered hip which helped her to fall a sleep.
Kagome smiled while she slept in her dreams she was safe in her Taiyoukai's arms.
Naraku had watched the battle and the transformation, of the still shikon miko. He snarled, so she would be joining forces with her old group to track down the shards again. Too bad he already had a good size of it in the centre of his chest. Kagome's grandfather was still breathing down his neck, was the little miko truly something even a Mighty Death God would fear?
He glanced one more time at the sleeping couple of Kagome and Sesshomaru in Kanna's mirror. Smirking the spider youkai smiled at the handy work of said God. When he had reconstructed him, he had made him into what he always wanted to be...a full fledged demon. "It will only be a matter of time before, we see each other again my dear. And when we do, I will rid the world of you, for I know some thing you don't" Naraku's laugh echoed through out his castle in the south.
A/N due to the fact that I now have two jobs chapters will go back to being short, unless I write on my days of or when ever I have time really. Sorry for this sad sad news but here I hope you enjoyed it, updates will be quicker I suppose