It took about an hour for things to wrap up with the cops, and for his mate's mother and cousin to be hauled off the premises in handcuffs, Sesshomaru had helped Kagome to stand up as she motioned for him to follow her. She knew that she owed him a little bit of an explanation about the fact that her power was mostly disabled while she was on shrine grounds.
Sesshomaru followed her around the back of her home where she walked over to a tree with some low hanging branches on it and used a hand to sweep some of the branches out of her way and held them up so that he could see the enchanted talisman sticking to the tree's trunk.
"What is this?" Sesshomaru asked as he viewed the piece of paper with glowing pale green spell on it.
"This is my mother's handy work, and the reason why you were finally able to sense my...er, handicap. The talismans were placed all around the perimeter of the shrine long before I was even born. From what I understood of things, some human's with a lot of spiritual power tried making trouble for my parents. And because those people tended to abuse their power, my mom concocted these talisman's and the spells on them so that if anyone with a more than significate amount of spiritual energy should step foot within the perimeter of the shrine, their power would automatically be disabled. With the exception of course of a little bit of healing ability and defensive ability."
"And these disable your power as well?"
"I'm the Supreme Miko, Sessho. My power is far greater than an ordinary person's. I was once told that my power- if truly tapped into correctly- could level an entire nation and even purify not only demon's but human's to ash as well. I believe that that is just one reason why my mother kept the talismans up, even after the other people left and stopped causing issues. But...at the same time, I doubt that she fully understood the long term ramifications of her work."
"What do you mean?" Sesshomaru asked looking at her.
"Well, despite the obvious drop in my spiritual power when I come here, unlike my father- I'm still able to wield my powers fairly freely. Whereas he wasn't able to do so- and it is the partial cause of his death."
Sesshomaru blinked as he considered his mate for several seconds before catching on.
"You're father was someone of significate, wasn't he?"
"Yeah. Before I was born, he held a similar title to my own. Though not nearly as great. Part of the reason that he died when he was attacked by the demon that injured him was because we were still on shrine grounds and his power was disabled. If it hadn't have been...he may have survived long enough to partially regenerate the injuries to this heart and lung. Even if he still hadn't survived, then maybe he still would have been able to hold on for a little while. At least long enough for help to arrive. And maybe he would have been able to say goodbye to my mom and she wouldn't have become the person that she is today."
Reaching out, Sesshomaru laid a large hand on top of her head and gently ruffled her hair as he said, "That is a lot of maybe's to lay one's hopes upon, mate. You should not dwell on such things."
"I'm not. Not really." She said as he cast her a knowing look that caused her to visibly bristle a little bit before saying defensively, "Well I'm not! Dwelling on something that is long over and done with is just plain stupid-"
He cracked a grin knowing that she would think he was thinking about her words applying to their forced mating and had to hold back his laughter when she growled at him to 'get that damn look off of his face before she knocked it off' and then said something to the effect of, "I'm not dwelling on our mating. I'm holding a proper grudge. I'll probably let it go in about fifty or so years- depending on how you treat me."
"Now you are simply splitting hairs, mate." He said before asking, "You seem fine, but I wish to know if the power drain will harm you or the pup?"
"Am not," Kagome argued before quickly tacking on. "And no. It shouldn't hurt either of us. The drain will last only as long as I'm on shrine grounds. Once we leave, the drain will stop and I'll be back to full power again."
That was a small relief to hear, Sesshomaru supposed as he argued back. "Are too."
"How old are you?"
"I am well over a thousand years old. Why?"
"You act like your two. Temper tantrums and all."
"I am not the one contradicting my own words." He pointed out simply to aggravate her.
"I'm not contradicting my words- I'm holding a proper grudge!" She practically shrieked at him as she shook her fist at him. He bit the inside of his cheek to keep from sniggering at her humorous little display before finally asking.
"And how does one go about holding a proper grudge anyways?"
"Ask my grandpa and brother."
"That is certainly an ominous sounding reply."
"It's the only one that your getting." Kagome said as she stomped past him and headed back around to the front of the house, leaving him standing underneath the tree just long enough to reach over and rip the talisman apart. He didn't want his mate subjected to anymore shit today, and he would much rather weaken the spell that her mother placed on the shrine grounds than simply leave things be.
Once he was done shredding the little bit of paper in his grasp, he let the pieces flutter to the ground and then stomped on them before walking off to see what mischief his mate was getting into now.