Chapter 38: what is going on?
Miroku heard the agonised calls and knew instantly that his friend needed help. He parried another blow and made a quick glance behind him to see a tail being lifted and pulled into a van as the door closed behind it. Shit was the first word that came to mind when he heard the van pull away.
"Guys, she is being taken." Spoke Miroku into his head set as he threw a sutra at the youkai that burst into flames on impact.
"Sorry Miroku, she's going to be taken then, I have my hands full with this litter and Yasha is unconscious." Grunted Shippo over the line. Miroku cursed internally as he barely missed a swipe at his left side and came down on the youkai's side with his staff, sending a bit of purification through the staff and zapping the nekoyoukai. Sherissa howled in pain as she jumped back.
"Enough!" The ground rumbled under their feet as the girl who stood watching made herself known. With a surge of demonic power the ground split open throwing Miroku to the other side of the youkai child and Sherissa.
"That is enough, we shall take our leave now." Stated the girl as she glared angrily at the monk, turned and walked stiffly away, her neko following closely behind. Once they were gone the ground closed so abruptly it was as if it had never moved.
Shippo shot fox fire at the cats that tried to jump Inuyasha's unconscious body and dodged a deadly swipe for his neck. He was tiring fighting five on one, but he wouldn't give up. He was just about to call upon the power of his beast when suddenly the neko's stopped and left. He stood flabbergasted before he snapped out of it and went to check on Miroku and Yasha.
"Miroku, are you ok?"
"Yeah all is good here, meet you and Yasha back at the car."
"Kay." Grunted Shippo as he hefted Inuyasha's unconscious body over his shoulder and stood.
After throwing Inuyasha into the back of the car, Shippo hopped into the front seat and told Miroku to head back to his place to regroup.
"What happened, who took kaa-San?"
"The group with the van. I don't know why they were out there though."
"Yasha said you knew that girl?"
"Yeah kinda, her name is Sango, she works at a diner that we visited before heading to your house."
"Well you know what that means."
"Ah, Yasha nice of you to finally join us after your conveniently timed nap."
"Look bitch, I got knocked out when they ambushed us, it wasn't my fault, they jumped me knowing I was the strongest so that they could take out the runt."
"Or they jumped you so they could get rid of the easy target and take on the bigger threat as a team." Stated Shippo matter-of-factly.
"Keh, whatever, the point is Miroku needs to smooth talk this girl in order to find our friend so we can go home."
"No, I think it's time sesshomaru was involved in this, he will be here soon enough anyways." Mentioned Miroku calmly.
Kagome watched the dryfoot ones wearily, but she was tired. Whatever they had stuck her with was keeping her sleepy and she could barely call her powers up past her skin, it was an annoying muddy feeling, like swimming through muddy shallow waters.
"What have you done to me?" She asked as she continued to glare at the two, her vision swam once before refocusing on their faces, and then she was confused. Why did they seem concerned when they were the ones that made her like this, listless and barely able to move.
"It might have been to much, she doesn't seem like a threat Sango." Stated the boy warily.
"I didn't know how much to give her kohaku, I thought she was bit bigger and I noticed. We used a youkai tranquilliser to sedate you." Spoke Sango "you kept thrashing and we had to put a brace on a friend of ours because you smacked him in the ribs and arm with your tail. Here let us help you into the water we drew a bath for you."
Kagome nodded in understanding, these seemed like generally concerned people. As the young one grabbed her tail gingerly and the older one her back and shoulders to put her in the tub she asked another question.
"Why did you come looking for me in that pond?" She asked curiously. Sango answered again with "because there was a myth of youkai lurking in the waters so we were already curious.."
"But the power outage started at the lake and we needed to check it out before the government figured it out and searched themselves. If the youkai had an evil heart and meant wrong we would have dealt with it, but if it was good we would have moved it because once the government gets their hands on it..." Kohaku trailed off as him and his sister shared a look.
Kagome was slightly amazed that the river she appeared in had this type of rumour about it, the "luck" she seemed to have amazed her.
"Why exactly were you in that lake ms...?"asked kohaku as he trailed off at the name.
"Kagome, and I'm not quite sure myself,one moment i was fighting a spider demon with my inu and his brother, and then I was here." Kagome stated, leaving out a few details.
"Was this spider demons name Naraku by any chance?"
"Yes.." Kagome answered warily.
"Mis Kagome, Naraku was killed roughly 500 years ago... If what you say is true then do to his and the girl from the legends combined wish on the jewel sent her 500 years in the future instead of what was originally thought, and you are that girl, or rather mermaid. That's pretty cool." Said Kohaku as he sat on the ground and smiled at Kagome who was half in the tub half out due to her tails length.
"What did the legend say?"asked Kagome curiously looking between the two in the room with her.
"It said that the combined wish made her disappear from both her lovers and Naraku's grasp never to be seen again. It said that her lover continued to search for her till this very day with a tiny piece of hope on finding her because she had wished he would be able to, and that he still searches to this very day."
Kagome laid back in the tub and stared into space thinking. Sesshomaru was out there still looking for her that much was true considering she had just seen Miroku a few hours ago at the lake. She reached around her neck to find her necklace still in tact. She grabbed the jewel and held tightly with one wish that she spoke aloud.
"Come for me inu, I'm waiting."
The other two watched a little worried for their lost friend and hoped for her to be reunited with her lost lover, even if they had to find him themselves.
Heat radiated through the jewel around his throat and coursed through his whole entire being. Her voice echoing in his head, pulling the strings of his tired, lonely heart.
"Come for me inu, I'm waiting." As she herself had whispered it into his ear, he heard her voice as clear as night and day. His eyes tinted red as he tried to suppress his inner self that rose to the challenge that she had unknowingly bestowed upon him, and he was more then eager to comply. He sat up from where he had been laying and as he righted himself into a sitting position his phone began to ring. He quickly lifted the thin device slid the bar over and moved it near his ear.
"Sesshomaru, we found and lost her you see..."
"I'm coming." He then hung up the phone and began to prepare for his departure, packing a small and old bag full of clothes. No matter how much he put in the bag it never looked full, and he filled it with clothes for him and her because he wasn't leaving with out her. True it wasn't his bag but it was hers, and he had kept it all these years so he could return it to her. A lot had changed since she left and he would have to be the one to tell her. Once done he fixed his concealment and then jumped into his silver mustang and peeled off into the dead of predawn, sleep completely forgotten, one phrase resonating in his mind, a promise for her.
"I come for what is mine."
Miroku looked at his phone, he had been hung up on. He then looked at the other two faces inside the little car and then relayed the message.
"He is on his way here now."
"Fuck, that dog is going to tear this city apart looking for his girl, I pity the fool that gets in his way."
"Well get your pity party ready Inuyasha because its going to be you."
"Wha?! Hell Fuck No you crazy ass monk, this is why humans aren't supposed to live long, they get senile after 100 years or so."
"Miroku, is right Yasha, your the best candidate for the job considering."
"What ever liar, if he gives me that look that says he is two seconds from killing me, I ain't gonna stand in his way I hope you know."
"That is all we can ask of you my friend." Said Miroku before they arrived back at Shippo's house.
"Kagome we are what's left of the demon slayers of old, we keep the peace between humans and youkai here, but as a mermaid I guess you are neither?" Asked kohaku, his head cocked to the side curiously as he spoke.
"Yeah."stated Kagome cautiously.
"What were you doing in that lake Kagome-sama?" Asked kohaku as he watched her intently.
"Why did you take me, I was completely capable of handling myself and was actually going to leave with a friend till you interfered."
"Oh really? We had no idea." Said Sango slightly shocked. "Your friend must be a youkai or one of your own to have lived so long."
"Kagome-San we want to help you find your friend, is he a mermaid like you?"asked kohaku. "As peace keepers we make sure that youkai don't get out of line and ruin the peace that we have managed to keep with the help of a few youkai lords. Now this person your looking for, we need to know what kind of demon he is so we can help you locate him and not have to worry about you being dissected in some governmental laboratory or you falling into trouble on the streets and us having to deal out a punishment which will probably end badly, for you."
"He is an inu daiyoukai."
"He is a what?!" Asked Sango with wide eyes.
"Inu..." Said Kagome as she trailed off a slighttly worried.
"And his name?" Asked Sango urgently.
"Sesshomaru-sama." Stated Kagome proudly.
"Of course because you couldn't be with no one other then The demon Lord himself, right." Stated Sango.
"I don't understand..."
"Sango means no offence miss Kagome it's just that there are only two living inus left both being silver inus and lord Sesshomaru is a very powerful demon lord who keeps mostly to himself. Rumour says it was because he had lost someone dear to him, but we had no clue it was him in that story, wow, so much makes sense because of it, but there is something else to. Since he likes to keep to himself no one but his brother and close friend knows where he is. We would have to locate one of those two to even get a start on where the big inu is." Said kohaku as he shook his head looking at Kagome a bit differently, lord Sesshomaru did not just pick a mate so easily, she had to be powerful, and if he found they had her, it could end badly for the entirety of his people, let alone himself.
"Ok, that's easy enough, let me come with you when you leave this home and I can help search for him, I'll know him anywhere, besides I just saw Miroku a few hours ago."
"Wait you know a Miroku?" Sango felt that it couldn't be coincidence that the man she had met was named Miroku as well. She pulled the card from her pocket.
"Yeah, he wears his hair in a ponytail and when I saw him he was wearing, funny clothes." Stated Kagome as she thought hard on what the monk was wearing.
Sango quickly pulled up a replica picture of what the monk was wearing from the Internet and showed it to Kagome.
"Is this it?"
"Yeah, it is." Stated Kagome.
"I've seen your Miroku as well, but how he still manages to walk the earth now as a human I don't know."
"Sesshomaru must have bonded Miroku to him, I could sense some of my inu's energy mixed in with the monk's when he found me earlier."
"Wait you mean he was there at the pond?" Asked Sango.
"Yeah. Right before you guys showed up. He was coming to get me."
"Omg Kagome we are so sorry, we stood in your way, no wonder you were trying to get away so viciously." Said Sango as kohaku gave her an apologetic hug and a soft "sorry".
"But what do you mean let you walk around with us, that was what you were saying right?"
"Yeah, I can walk, you dry foot people aren't the only ones who can have legs, you just don't get tails when in the water is all. I can switch back and forth, just like the rest of my people." Kagome quickly pushed away the thoughts of her parents, brother, and Ren that popped up upon mentioning her people, knowing that now wasn't a good time to think of them.
"Ok I have some clothes you can change into that I haven't been able to wear yet, they might fit you, will you need any help getting into them?"
"Yes." Kagome said quietly a little embarrassed that she wouldn't be able to dress herself in these new clothes.
"Ok, no problem kohaku go get a couple towels so she can dry off while I get some clothes."
"Okay sis." Sid kohaku as he jumped up to do as asked.
Alone Kagome moved her tail ok it's position of being draped over the side of the tub to a curled position next to her and sat up till she was sitting up right and more comfortable her tail coming back around to where her hands were. Kohaku showed back up briefly and put the towels down on the edge of the tub near her and then left again. The next person to come in was Sango her arms full of clothes, some big and others small.
"Okay it's pretty warm outside so I brought you some shorts and skirts you can probably fit. You can get out and put some of the towels around you if you want.
Kagome closed her eyes and began to concentrate on her form and felt her tail easily shift to legs within the water. Once done with the task she opened her eyes and began to lift her self from the tub. She placed a towel on her head and another around her top and waist. Once done she looked towards Sango who had just turned around from putting things down on the counter tops and glanced at her.
"Ok, good, your actually pretty small without your tail. These were a few sizes to small when I bought them but I hadn't noticed and just didn't feel like returning them. I guess it was a good thing after all, huh."
Sango then passed Kagome some fruit of the looms bottoms still in the bag.
Kagome looked at the strange triangle shaped garments and asked "what are these?"
"Oh, you don't know, silly me. These are underwear and they go under your pants, skirts, or whatever bottoms you want to wear. These are ones for girls and guys have their owns and they all come in different shapes and sizes. You stick your legs through the two smaller holes and pull them up, now go ahead and put them on while I find that skirt in this pile somewhere."
Sango turned around to give Kagome some privacy while she pulled on her new panties. Once done Sango turned around and handed Kagome skirt which she instructed her on how to put on, and also handed her a stretchy tube top, that showed her smooth flat tummy just above the belly button. Sango did a quick look over and decided that they would need to go out and get her some clothes.
"Well, that is the s,ablest top I have and it's a bit big on you, so I think today we should go shopping for some clothes that you might like as well as looking for your mate, what do you think?"
"Okay, that sounds nice."
"Good because you need some shoes anyways maybe I have a pair of sandals that don't fit anymore, but wow girl your feet are tiny." Sango giggled and then sobered slightly."but you are pretty short too huh."
Kagome pouted. " it's not my fault your so tall, besides I was born this way for a reason."
Sango stared at her new friend, there was a lot she didn't know, but she hoped to find out. It wasn't often Sango got to have some girl time, being the leader of a group with mostly boys and men, she had to be strong fast and tuff, an iron woman: Unyielding and unbending. Having Kagome around didn't seem like a bad thing and the innocent little thing she was, she could see em becoming fast friends. She smiled, Kagome wouldn't be getting rid of her so easily now, even if her man, or rather, inu was big, bad and scary. She was just as determined to learn more about Kagome, besides it should be awhile before the find the inu lord anyways.
"Ok, ok, I'm sorry for teasing, lets go, we not gonna find your man just sitting around, now are we?"
"No, your right." Spoke Kagome as she jumped up hand clutching the jewel around her neck for a quick second and then following behind Sango on slightly wobbling legs. Once getting back into using her limbs Kagome followed Sango down crowded streets. At one point she could barely see the girl that weaves in out of bodies so easily that as soon as she got the chance she grabbed onto a sleeve of her shirt and held on for dear life as she followed. Once they sopped a huge metal machine that made a lot of noise pulled up next to them.
Sensing her friends slight fear Sango reached an arm around her friend reassuringly.
"It's just a bus, it's going to take us to the mall faster then walking." She waited for her friends timid "ok." Before proceeding to enter the bus, pay the man for both of them and then taking their seats, letting Kagome get the window seat so she could look around.
The guys were awakened by a low baritone voice and a presence that spelled death for all that were against him.
"What do you know of the people that took her."
It wasn't stated as a question, but all awake knew to answer what they could.
"All I know is that Miroku and Inuyasha met the girl that was with them briefly at a diner."
"Thanks runt, ratting us out like that..."
"Shut up Inuyasha. Miroku what do you know of this girl."
Inuyasha silenced continued his tirade internally glaring between his brother and the kit, while Miroku spoke about the night he first laid eyes on Sango.
"Is this diner open today?"
"No, it's open tomorrow though, we might find the girl at the mall nearby though." Said Miroku. He was fibbing and he hoped sesshomaru wouldnt notice. the look shippo threw him told him that he would play along with his bluff, if they stayed away from the diner, they might be able to stop sesshomaru from destroying everything they worked so hard to do. They would have to slow the inu lord down, it would not be good for Kagome's presence to be noticed by their enemies, and he knew personally that they were being watched and that they would have to find the girl soon, or they would loose her for good. Miroku shifted his train of thought that way he could continue with his slight deception, it would take all of his acting skills toil it off. Everyone looked at the monk weirdly as he smiled serenely before explaining himself.
"A girl like that would have to get Kagome something her size to wear, considering the difference in sizes of the two and knowing Kagome she is looking for us and not sitting around when she has a guide to tell her about this new world and the people in it. I don't think she would be a threat to Kagome and it wasn't just blind luck that she found Kagome, she knew something was up with that pond and did some investigating, my bet is she knows about demons as well. From what I was able to see while in my scuffle I would think they were demon slayers."
"Which means she probably lives in those apartments." Gushed Shippo a bit of mischief lurking in his smirk. "I'll watch the apartments with Inuyasha, you and Sesshomaru should check out the mall, that way if she is there Sesshomaru will be able to find her scent amongst all those human bodies and Inuyasha and me can figure out which apartment they were in or are in just incase they're not at the mall."
"That sounds like a good idea, Ship."
Sesshomaru stood up and turned to leave with Miroku following behind shortly leaving the other two to their own devices.
Once Inuyasha was sure that Sesshomaru was long gone he spoke.
"The monk seemed off..."
"He is buying us time, since you were not able to think on your feet quickly enough, we know that they are slayers so they must be at those apartments we have to check them out now."
"Key, lets just go already, damn runt and hentai monk always doubting my abilities."
Inuyasha and Shippo quickly left through the back window taking a short cut to the apartments where they hoped Kagome was located.
Once in the car they sped off into downtown Tokyo traffic. They quickly located a parking garage and proceeded on foot. Miroku hoped that the boys would find her at the apartment because he didn't know how long he could hold Sesshomaru at bay, the look of determination on the inu's face unwavering and almost frightening in its intensity.
Kagome and Sango had been in the mall all of five minutes and it felt like Kagome had asked over three million gazillion questions. Kagome was now sporting some nice blue sandals that matched her blue skirt and white tube top. They decided to stop and get some frozen lemonades before continuing. Once that was done they moved from store to store buying t-shirts and shorts here and there. Once they got to Victoria Secrets they bought different types of lingerie for both of them. Sango laughed when Kagome blushed cherry red at what she said.
"It's true, women buy these mostly to entice their men when they see them in it, I'm pretty sure sesshomaru will have a very hard time keeping his hands off you in this my little friend. It's perfect for you." Laughed Sango as she pushed Kagome to try on a see-through blue lace matching bra and panties that had black fishnet stockings with light blue bows on the side. Sango quickly bought a small sized pair and dragged Kagome into a costume shop to finish off the rest of the outfit that was forming in her mind. They bought a blue hair tie and a tiny blue sailors outfit to go with it and some white high heels. Before buying the heels they had Kagome practice walking in them and learned quickly that she was very clumsy and decided that she would be better off with some white wedges that were just as tall but a bit more stable when walking in. After trying those on and testing them they were good to go. They bought her some white gloves to go with her outfit, and Kagome finally got Sango to stop and they decided to just focus on having fun.
They were walking and laughing, mostly Sango as Kagome blushed and followed beside her.
"Ok Kagome you have to wear this outfit for him the first night you stay with him and I want all the dirty details. You better call me, I put my number on the receipt that's in the shoe box."
Kagome giggled at her friend. When she started thinking of Sango as friend she didn't know, but they lady was nice and kind and she could easily see that she was a good person and meant well in everything that she did. She just wanted to protect those she loved. Kagome giggled more, Sango would have some trouble getting rid of her now. "okay Sango." That's when Kagome froze.
Sango looked back at her friend.
"Kagome, are you okay?"
"He's here." The jewel on her breasts humming its agreement.
The guys arrived at the apartments easily enough and began their search for their friend following her scent easily. Once outside the apartment they cracked a window and moved inside, dropping their concealments that ways they would have more access to their youkai abilities.
"Inuyasha, Kagome was here.." Stated Shippo worriedly as he sniffed the air.
"And now she is gone." Finished Inuyasha as he looked at his young friend, this was not good.
They both froze as they heard the cock of two guns.
"Don't move or ill shoot you two demons where you stand, and don't even think of it, these bullets are made just for killing your kind."