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Chapter 37: A Good Deed
2:30 am Kagome and Kaede
Kaede held her breath as they walked in companiable silence together through the halls and back towards the castle. The sound of crickets and footsteps could be heard moving about the castle as silence became the nightly soundtrack. Kagome walked forward down the chilly halls with Kaede's quiet footsteps walking beside her. Her own thoughts consumed her as she pieced everything together and was still left in the darkness it seemed.
"What do you know?" Kaede whispered as her ancient heart thumped inside of her ribcage full of life and sorrow. They went into Kaede's room before she sealed it off from prying ears with an ofuda. Kaede went quickly about getting a pot of relaxing tea in her kettle while Kagome's mind wandered. Kagome watched Kaede run about the small receiving room stacking two delicate ornate teacups and setting up the carrying tray as if nothing abnormal had happened.
Kagome watched the woman routinely do her job noting her attributes as to why she was put in charge of the house. Kaede bared witness to a shocking bit of information yet here the woman was bustling about with trained fingers and a calm spirit as if nothing had happened. As if she did not here the truth about the actions of her concubines in her own home which she saw over. Kaede simply worked diligently pouring the tea and adding mint leaves to the concoction of chamomile and vanilla as it filled the air. Minutes passed before the teacups were distributed and the two began calmly relaxing in each other presence with a cup in hand.
"What all do you know child." Kaede asked again gently placing the cup to her lips blowing wistfully waiting patiently. "And before you speak, just know you have my undying loyalty as the new Lady of the house."
Kagome blinked pausing over her own cup as her eyes roamed upward and captured Lady Kaede's. Kaede smiled before taking a sip of her own cup. "I have been notified of your change in status to that of a live in resident and intended mate for the young Lord."
Kagome smiled as a light blushed reflected onto her cheeks while her eyes had a hint of curiosity deep within them. Kaede took a sip of her hot drink before setting it down and pointing to a stack of papers. "I have been assigned to help you, young one. Your things have already been brought to the west wing in separate quarters and as of tonight I adhere to you, Lady Kagome." Kaede spoke with a light smile and a small bow.
Kagome nodded and smiled bowing to her playfully. "Thank you Lady Kaede."
Kaede picked her cup up and sipped again. "Now, will you answer my pending question?"
Kagome's palms hugged her warm cup before blowing the steam gently over the rim. She thought for a few minutes before speaking. "What I do know and confirmed…Kikyo is the true villain behind all of this. Kikyo wanted power and a title so she came to Inuyasha. He loved her and agreed but the council prohibited it. Inuyasha was going to give up everything to be with her but she wouldn't have it. So she tried to get pregnant and found out she was barren. She needed to find other methods of getting her way so she left and I guess slept with many men which is why Inuyasha was angry with her and wanted her out of the castle. She got angry and went to Naraku for help seeking power since she knew he was very powerful and without a mate or mistress. Naraku made a deal if she would help him in his search for the Shikon jewel he would mate her. But, she failed and Naraku never intended on going through with it anyway. Kikyo needed someone to take the blame for her so she framed Yura. But two questions remain. "Why poison Bankoustu? And why kill so many people for their souls?"
Kaede pondered on this for a moment. "I cannot answer your first but the second I can maybe shed some light." Kaede spoke before standing up and walking into her office. Kagome watched the elderly woman disappear with her long white haired ponytail swinging behind her. Seconds passed before she came out with a tarnish scroll and laid it down on the table next to their tea. Kagome helped her move everything to the side including their cups as they spread the scroll out.
"Soul stealers are serpent type demons that collect the souls of the dead and deposit them into a living canister. Now Kikyo is stealing massive amounts of souls which is only used to for two things. To sustain life or create it. "
Kagome's eyes widened reading the scroll with mumbling lips. "Kikyo is barren right…but with this technique if she gets a lot of souls she can create life using her womb as the living canister."
Kaede shook her head. "The odds of her succeeding is slim. The fetus must be sustained with the natural biological processes like nourishment. A barren woman lacks the vitals to do such a thing so it is useless. So, she still needs a large amount of power to complete it and give life to her own womb to support the babe."
"The jewel!" Kagome gasped clutching her wrist in her hand. "I bet Kikyo is looking for the Jewel not for Naraku but for herself. To use the power to create a child!"
Kaede's face darkened at the realization as she stared down at the scroll. "Ye child. I believe you are on to something. Kikyo is a very smart woman and I'm sure she would have found Naraku's deception. But, in order to do the ritual she needs something that belongs to a male, a child's soul, and witch's blood."
"Rin…" Kagome muttered gasping in horror at the ugly truth. "I bet she was chasing Rin that night when Yura saved her. She was going to use Rin as her sacrifice."
Kaede nodded in morose understanding. "If she's collecting souls I believe she is too far gone into the ritual. Now, she needs 1,000 souls to complete the ritual and find enough power to sustain her womb to carry." Kagome gaped at her and shook her head. Rin was going to be the sacrifice but Yura saved her. Someone's child had died already maybe more to complete the ritual.
"This is strictly witchcraft and a miko cannot do such a thing without risking her miko abilities and purity. I believe Kikyo has crossed over which is why she cannot see the Jewel. " Kaede expressed before rolling up the scroll. "I tried to believe Kikyo was a woman of value but now I see she was already tainted before she came here but it doesn't matter. What she has done goes beyond this house but has now pushed forward the war Kagome."
Kagome looked down at her wrist in acknowledgment. 'Kikyo's actions has cost lives and will cost more of them. Kikyo why?'
"Kikyo's actions has caused a lot of trouble and finger pointing. I believe our Lords will go to war against the entire council for the sake of their own beliefs of what's right and wrong. Not to mention the human population has grown scared of the demon attacks and is rallying together to once again form their own army against the demons. I feel this will turn into another Great Demon War."
Kagome nodded understanding that war was inevitable rather it was against Naraku or the council. But, she didn't like it. People did not deserve to die over nonsense. The only way to stop the new war was to get everyone on the same page and open communication. This meant someone had to speak with Naraku and get an understanding of his situation. If it's true that Kikyo killed all those people and not Naraku then she simply needed him to help them and talk to the council. A tear escaped her eyes for the pain inflicted on everyone and she silently prayed to meet and provide him with peace. An itch aggravated her skin suddenly and she reached to rub it before looking at the now intense purple mark of the spider and bright red shape of the arrow. A tear fell from her eyes and landed on the marks as she compared it to her lovers half-moon on her other wrist sensing it pulse before dying down.
Kaede sighed before standing indicating Kagome should do so as well. "Now quickly the night is almost over." she said before moving to her fire pit and stroking it. Go use my wash room quickly. Wash thoroughly of the scent of the prison and give me your yakuta and rag to be burned. And I will go get you another one. We must not remember this night." She stated before walking forward to leave.
Kagome looked to the washroom entrance before looking after the elderly woman. "That purple miko energy back there. Did you?"
"Must I erase your memory too?" She playfully threatened. "Now quickly. You must wash and be back in bed watching over Rin. What you do afterward is of your own conscious." And with that she quickly exited the room into her private chambers closing the shoji door behind her. Kagome sighed before looking down again at the marks that now glowed brightly. She reached up and covered it with her hand seemingly soothing it for the time being. Making quick steps, she followed the woman's directions to erase the night from her mind and body.
5:15 am Bankoustu
Soft footsteps walked along marble steps outside of the castle near the barracks before stopping suddenly. Crickets began their song of the coming of the new day along with the sound of birds joining in their song. The wind blew gently and rustled the elderly woman's long shiny grey ponytail gently lifting it off her old shoulders along with the billowing of her miko robe as she stared at the man across from her with cut eyes.
The man stood tall under the shadow of the dark sky as the light of the rising sun could be seen just barely peaking over the horizon. His braid lifted as well behind his back as his own eyes challenged the short ancient woman before him with piercing red eyes. His hands clutched his long sword behind his back in fury as the pain of the horrific memory of his love being threatened on the muddied ground paid a quick visit to his mind.
"You shouldn't be here, Kaede." He stated with all formalities gone from his vocabulary.
Kaede bristled a little at his tone but did nothing but stare at the broken man in front of her simply caught in the middle of the chaos with no exit to reach for. Kaede sent Kagome to bed long before her last deed for the night. She had long sense burned Kagome's yakuta ridding the world of any evidence that she had left her bedding. And after this last visit this night, she too would burn her own.
No sound was heard as the two glared at each other from across the way. Enraged and pained red eyes glared at her own stoic dark brown ones. She had many years of practice to stand and seem unemotional in front of others no matter what the cause since the reign of the Inu brother's great grandfather. It was one trick in her arsenal she prided herself on. She turned away from him with a smile after seeking him out.
Bankoustu grew furious as she turned her back to him and took a step away. He had questions and he knew she knew something. How could she let one of her own get treated such a way despite the wrongful accusations. He saw for himself, Yura did not do those nasty things she was accused of. Kikyo had done them but no one was in the mood for listening until Zara was found if ever. And that made him angrier that the life of another woman was seemingly more important than another's. He made to speak but Kaede spoke quickly cutting him off.
"You have every right to be angry for it is justified. I know you have been cheated and manipulated beyond your full understanding. Know that we are working very hard to bring justice to our home. Yura's cause wasn't lost." And she took another step forward feeling the hatred and hot air building inside of her General deflate as her words of understanding flowed over him giving him some peace.
Bankoustu ran up behind her as she kept walking before she stopped and turned her head to look at him. "You have one hour to take your beloved from the cell to a place of safety for which you must hide. I placed an ofuda on her cell that will unlock for just thirty minutes at the end of this conversation. No one will smell or remember what you have done tonight if you choose to save her. And if you do decide to leave her to rot in her cell, she will die if Zara is not found. Choose wisely and don't look back."
And with that said she walked off muttering a string of words underneath her breath before rounding the corner and disappearing.
He stood there in shock before determination flooded his sense and he took off towards the cell. Long agile legs ran down corridors as his mind focused on doing the one good deed he could. He knew saving her wouldn't make things right but it would be a start. He avoided his men stealthily going through the back tunnels towards the prison. As he ran he noticed an odd occurrence where none of the guards were really walking the lengths of his current hallway which is protocol. He could feel many of them practically caging the place but none were on his route in the prison. He carefully snuck through making sure to grab a set of keys before making his way into the cell unit.
Immediately his nose stung and his eyes watered at the stench of feces, copper, decay, and filth as he ran to the cell where he could feel her oppressed aura. He knew those chains weren't any ordinary cuffs but life draining ones. Yura was a demon so naturally they would lock her into something that kept her demonic powers at bay. His eyes scanned the empty cells before he ran up to one that made his heart jerk. Losing his momentum, he approached her dark cell with a breaking heart at the image before him. Quickly he unlocked the cell door and rushed to her broken body. Her head immediately popped up at the sound as wide pained red eyes glanced into his own. She looked away in her own shame not able to meet his gaze.
"I-I'm so sorry!"
Her head snapped to his own as she watched him unlock the seals of her cuffs. Her limps fell down like rocks onto her thighs with trembling lips mumbled words that had yet to gather courage to gain a voice.
"W-What are you doing, Bank!" She hissed keeping her voice down while watching him work. His face was concentrated as he worked the last cuff on her ankle before pulling the chains off of her completely tossing it away like paper. Without words he lifted her lithe body gently making sure to hold her just in case she sustained any injuries. She quickly grasped the front of his shirt while the other arm wrapped around his neck as he held her bridal style. Suddenly, something soft touched his chin causing him to look down in shock.
"Thank you." She muttered looking up at him with a slight blush to her cheeks. Warmth spread through him seeing her in such a vulnerable state. He nuzzled her neck with a silent promise to do everything in his power to make things right. She sighed happily with understanding before he began walking forward out of her cell, closing the cell behind him, and picking up speed down the hallway out of sight.
Minutes passed as the guards rotated their shifts with more than three hundred men on site. A guard grew curious and walked the halls of the prison before going to take a peek at their newest guest. He walked towards the cell noting a lack of energy signal coming from the small unit. Slowly he looked to see the cell unit empty. His demonic vision scanned the room before something purple began to glow in the lock. An ofuda became present as he read the kanji on the offending piece of paper glowing with ancient magic. He stood straight and made to yell before his vision went purple.
The light died down within his eyes. The guard slowly stood up and turned towards the exit with an autopilot control of his body. His once vibrant eyes dulled as he took steps away from the cell in silence to stand back at his post. No one came back to visit the cell with the missing woman. The ofuda slowly began to fade back into the lock from which it came vanishing in a light of purple mist.
6:37 am Kagome and Inuyasha
Sleep clung to the young woman's senses before the clouds of lethargy began to drift. She could feel her body suddenly lift and move of its own accord before her fingers clung subconsciously onto the soft fabric that smelled of trees and rainwater. Her nose breathed in deeply before her eyes slowly opened to gaze at the red fabric she loved so much. The gentle worn textures grazed her finger in welcome as she clutched tightly to it. She peered through thick black lashes upward taking note of the return of Inuyasha holding her tightly in his grasp with a pained expression. He held onto her tightly with a clenched lip and a tense posture making sure not to disturb the little body of Rin's curled next to her before another presence came and blocked her view of the little child.
A warm nose touched her neck in salutation and thanks before pulling away. She quickly glanced to see Sesshoumaru walk his way back to Rin before sitting down heavily on the pile of pillows and furs. His posture lacked its preeminence and command that it held not to long ego. She watched him take up the stance of one of Inuyasha's sitting positions late at night as a look of agony etched its way on his face. A soft gasp escaped her having never seen mush of any emotion on the older's face and certainly didn't want this one to reside there. Inuyasha began to walk forward out of the room leaving his brother and the child behind. She knew the results then of their search were fruitless.
A lone tear came forward and made its way down her cheek before Inuyasha bent down to nuzzle her neck in acknowledgement of her confirmation. Kagome's heart broke for the demon Lord knowing what it's like to lose someone close in your life. But, she could do nothing for his pain but get to the bottom of the situation and hopefully give Sesshoumaru some peace and time to go through the mourning process.
She watched idly as they turned corners and made their way into his quarters. She knew Inuyasha was feeling the loss as well; the loss of a pack member and the hurt of his brother on his shoulders. So she did not complain nor say anything as he laid her down and took refuge in her body. Here she allowed him to dump his grief and sadness while he searched for love within her and begging for a promise that his heart wouldn't suffer the way his brother's was now doing.
She led him into her laying him down on the soft bedding as he stared up at her hoping that his personal safe haven would never leave him unless they went together. Kagome smiled gently down at him in the dark room where his eyes glowed brightly back at her while she bent down to kiss him. His clawed hands ran into her hair trailing down to cup her neck and push her passionately into his own lips. Kagome mewed into the kiss before feeling his canines bite her lip in silent query. She opened for him allowing him to take from her and taste her as their tongues mixed together seeking to connect forever.
Kagome slowly moved her hands to her own yakuta pushing it down revealing her naked body before pulling away from his heated kiss. She knew what he needed and so she obliged quickly massaging his lusting desire bulging at the front of his hakamas. She took her hand a rubbed him through the fabric before slipping her hand inside to grab him. She could already feel his desire for her blossom as he leaned forward and captured a perky breast between his lips. A gasp escaped her mouth along with a toss of her head backwards. Her own fingers stalling at the sensation before continuing to rub his penis in her hands gingerly.
Inuyasha's tongue swirled over one rose bud before switching to other as he groaned at the sensation her hand was having upon his now enlarged member. In that moment he wanted to be rid of his sadness and more so wanted to explain in ways he could never do with words to the woman before him…how meaningful she was in his life. She made him happy and angry, she challenged him to do things he never thought he would or think in ways he never saw the world. Even when he was wrong she stood by him and he for once knew what it felt to have someone other than family to love you and give you everything they could. And to have that gone was simply the worst he thought he could feel. How Sesshoumaru was coping so…sanely was beyond him. His mind went blank as a kiss rocked his world before he opened his eyes to see her pulling back. He watched her straddle his hips as he looked upon her with wide eyes as she took control. He watched her rub his engorged mushroom head up and down her clit practically teasing him. She looked into his eyes with a reassuring smirk before lowering herself onto him. A moan escaped her lips as the tip of him breached her opening and glided deep within her as she sunk down fully taking all of him deep inside of her.
His sharp claws gripped the sheets at the sensation and the erotic image that will forever be immortalized in his head. Her head tossed back as he hit something deep inside of her as she rested at his hilt feeling his balls beneath her. The air flew from his lungs at the sensation before he looked to see her rise slowly along his length leaving a trail behind of glistening juices before releasing her weight and coming down on him again. Her round breasts bounced at each meeting of skin making his cock twitch inside of her. He reached up and grabbed them gently playing with them in rotation as she gasped. Kagome did this a few time before she developed a glorious rhythm of sliding up and down while pushing onto his hips for support.
Inuyasha watched her with glowing heated eyes while she bounced up and down trying her best to please him. He reached up and cupped her cheek softly in the palm of his hands. She paused slowly going downward on his shaft agonizingly slowly feeling the tip of him deep within her womb. Her eyes captured his own, watching him sit up moving her slightly as a loose moan escaped her lips. He pulled her to him and kissed her passionately entwining his tongue with hers. While clutching her hips in his own hands he moved his shaft inside of her reveling the tightness of her moist cavern stroking him and sucking him in. Without warning he lifted her and pushed her down onto to her. Kagome's lips ripped from his own as a loud yell released from her lips. He did it again and each time she got louder and louder until she was repeating his name like a mantra.
"I-Inu" Kagome clutched onto him with one hand before reaching down with the other and massaging his balls. Inuyasha's eyes closed as a moan released from his own lips at the feel of her holding him and rolling the pair in her hand. His cock tightened in warning at the sensation. He licked his fingers before reaching down he began to massage her own little pearl watching her eyes go wide before closing slightly. He rolled the nub gently providing a little pressure onto it, knowing it would overwhelm her senses. She let go and reached for his shoulder blades hugging him to her tightly feeling the coil within her stomach began to spiral tightly. The sound of wet skin slapping against skin rang loudly along with Kagome's loud calls of abandon abashed pleasure. With each thrust he promised to put every amount of energy in protecting her. With each kiss to her body he thanked her for being who she was. And she did the same. It was the least she could do for now.
Inuyasha's eyes pinkened the closer he came to his orgasm. He could feel her tighten with a monstrous grip around him vacuuming him deep within her womb. Kagome held on for dear life feeling him hit a place so deep within her that it rocked her. She looked into his eyes as he continued to slam her down onto him while she moved to help with the increase of pace to match his demonic speed. A low growl escaped his lips as he rocked into her.
Inuyasha bent his head to kiss the side of her shoulder where his courting mark lay. His tongue licked over it before he kissed it tenderly. "Come Kagome." He growled out into her ear before kissing the shell of it gently. She squeezed his shoulders tightly at his words. Her muscles clenched tightly within her gripping him in a vice like grip before she exploded. A loud scream erupted from her lips and burst out of her for the world to know of her pleasure with arms holding onto him tightly. Colors erupted behind her eyelids at the sensation feeling his teeth sink in the side of her neck again.
"Kag-" His shaft tightened painfully before releasing his semen deep in her womb. His orgasm rocked him while he continued to rock inside of her spilling everything he had deep inside of her. He bit into a soft flesh reclaiming her as his intended putting more power within it. Kagome continued to ride out her orgasm feeling him empty his juices inside of her. She looked down feeling full watching as some of it exploded out between them. He slowly let go running his tongue along her skin for it to heal. He shook with the aftershocks of his own orgasm running throughout every nerve of his body.
Both held each other tightly with many different emotions running throughout them. And yet as they caught their breaths and stared at each other they knew all what was left unsaid. Both leaned in suddenly with a kiss and right there promises were made.
One to protect, provide, and never leave the other at all cost.
Loyalty, love, and healing that would last to the last breath taken.
His eyes bore into the wall before him as his own head hung back. Dilated red eyes filled with various emotions for the first time in many years since the death of his mate and the loss of his child. The room was dark with no lighting mush how it always is. The only light filtering into the room, was from the grace of the half-moon shining into his window. His hair hung behind his back wildly as he sat in his baboon pelt wondering what kind of sick sense of humor did the kami's have. His eyes stared upward in a daze as warmth spread through him. His hands had stopped shaking but his mind was on a spiral of thoughts, dreams, and wishes that somehow came true.
His wrist itched profoundly causing him to once again look at the mark on his wrist that did not lie. A mark that could never be duplicated or magically created. A mark created by the foundations of family and the love of his mate. On his wrist was the symbol of his wife's miko heritage enflamed into the ridges of his skin. It didn't lie. His child was alive and in need of him.
The woman lying on the opposite side of the wall cried on his behalf since he refused to allow himself to grieve. Her long black silky hair lay wildly about her on the single futon covered in soft silk blankets. Her tanned body racked with pain catching his attention as he stood and walked over to her to administer some relief using his own poison.
"You should have allowed me to take you to him." He stated blandly as the woman watched him with puffy sapphire eyes like crystals built from the ocean itself. He looked away finding her gaze to intense for his liking.
"You speak now." She jested as she coughed from the poison. She frowned at the thought of Kikyo paralyzing her with her arrows. She surely thought she had died in the fire having fallen down a slope only to wake up in the soft cushions of the demon she least expected to help her especially after their petty altercations. "Surely, I thought you would have threatened me by now to give to you what you seek."
Red eyes glanced sideways at her before looking down at his wrist. "You are no good to me dead." He stated with a smirk. "Besides Sesshoumaru wishes to fight me, I would like for him to do so at his best and not deranged with bloodlust, Zahra." He sank down to his resting spot to glare out at the dark sky with many questions brewing in his mind and yet his one unanswered one still standing. "Why won't you allow me to take you back to him?"
Said woman looked away with a smile. "I am needed here."
Naraku continued to look forward into the distance. "For what purpose?"
Zahra looked away. "You will find out shortly when she arrives. But, I must beg of you to not go searching for her. You do not need any more pain added to your plate especially when you have a little reprieve entering into your life. My heart truly breaks for you." Naraku at her with a glare as she spoke again. "And I need you to be here when the time comes. Especially, now that you have something bigger than yourself to protect. A second chance is upon you. Now will you risk it is the question of the hour."
Naraku sighed with a smirk at the change of events. The desire to scratch his wrist grew with unfathomable intensity as what was of his making in its purest form called out to him. The demon stood up and began to pace the small room as he thought of new plans and yet solidifying old ones.
Finally, after much of time died down the woman spoke. "What will you do now, Naraku?"
A small smirk played on his lips. "Do what I know best." He stated walking over to her with piercing glowing red eyes. Wait." He stated before turning his back to walk out the room.
Zahra laid back down adjusting herself comfortably. "And wait we shall." She thought with a soft smile at what was to come in the next day or so.
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