Kagome woke to find that he husband was gone. She smiled she knew where he was. Kagome got dressed and went to meet up with Miroku and Kikyo in the garden.
Ichiro sat in the woods as he waited. He had tracked Kagome the last two days and knew that every afternoon the group of three would meet in the garden alone and that would be the time to attack.
Rin was walking towards the war room where her father, Inuyasha, Sango and her grandfather were. Rin was about to turn the corner when she saw her mother in the garden with Kikyo and Miroku. Rin watched as the three stood looking towards the wall. Rin then felt the air and took off.
"Dad! Ichiro is right over the garden wall!" Rin screamed as she ran heading towards the war room.
Kagome looked back a smile on her face her daughter was worried but this time there was nothing to fear.
Kikyo took hold of her bow.
"Fear gives me power." Kikyo spoke holding her arrow.
"Fear will not stop me." Miroku spoke his staff glowing.
"My path ends with Naraku. Fear pushes me to stop him." Kagome spoke her aura growing.
Rin ran into the war room screaming about Ichiro and the group stopped working.
Sesshoumaru and the others were now running down the hall when they stopped right at the grass. The sky was filled with a blue light that showed Ichiro on the wall of the garden.
"I see you Ichiro." Kagome spoke holding her aura.
"I see you too." Ichiro spoke kneeling on the stone.
Kikyo let her arrow fly making Ichiro jump to the left. Miroku moved fast swinging his staff causing Ichiro to slide to a stop.
Sesshoumaru, Sango and Inuyasha came running to help when they stopped. The fire was back in the monk and mikos. As the three before them were fighting again. Then for the moment the three realized this was their partners fight and they had to wait to help.
Kagome took in a deep breath as she started to glow a sky blue. Her wing opened wide as she jumped and landed before Ichiro.
"You are not welcome here traitor." Kagome spoke as Ichiro stood.
"What you got married and you think can order me around. DO not forget I am a high noble's son." Ichiro spoke.
"You turned your back to join that monster. You are not a noble but a traitor." Kagome spoke her light getting brighter.
Miroku and Kikyo stood in the grass together whispering as their light joined with Kagome's.
"You will be mine again!" Ichiro yelled as he pulled his sword.
Kagome flipped back kicking Ichiro as she did. Kagome then pulled her sword out of thin air.
"I am back and my path is clear I will kill him Ichiro. Make peace now before you end up in a cell." Kagome spoke as Ichiro swung his sword once more.
Sesshoumaru smiled as he took off his wife was back.
"No one sees you as his wife. None will call you lady here. Mia is his true princess." Ichiro screamed knocking Kagome to the ground.
Ichiro was about to swung his sword again when a sword clashed with his inches from Kagome's side.
"She in my princess. Kagome is my love, my world. I will always stand by her side. Mia was my friend. You will face me for your crimes Ichiro I promise that." Sesshoumaru yelled as he pushed Ichiro back.
Ichiro knew his time was up, he smiled as a black cloud circled around him.
"Are you truly ready to leave your daughter in the state she is in now Kagome?" Ichiro spoke as he faded into the black cloud.
Kagome stood as Sesshoumaru was wrapping around her. Her mind was racing Rin was no where near old enough to hold her own power. Kagome felt lost how she could let a war go on for four years to give Rin a chance.
"Tell me how to help." Sesshoumaru spoke bringing Kagome back.
"I need time. I need to slow him down enough to give her time. " Kagome spoke.
"Find the plan and we will follow you my love." Sesshoumaru spoke as his fluff pulled Kagome in tighter.
Two days later:
Kagome was looking at her white board. Her plans all pointing at one option. Kagome kicked a chair near her in frustration.
"Well daughter-in-law you gained my son's temper I see." Inu no Taisho spoke with a smile.
"Oh…..I guess I have." Kagome spoke reaching to put the chair back.
"So what is causing all the anger?" Inu no Taisho asked as he sat down.
"To give us four years with few causalities at first seemed unlikely. Then I have a path but…" Kagome stopped and looked at the board.
"Go on. If you can get me to back it up the others will follow." Inu no Taisho spoke.
"I have to reach in and take souls. I have to remove enough for four years from Naraku. Ichiro is a little easier I need to take back the rest of Kanna and one other soul that would weaken him long enough." Kagome was starting to shake.
"So where is the problem?" Inu no Taisho asked.
"I've timed it. I need the others to hold Ichiro back for four minutes while I drain Naraku. I have to hit first, once the souls start to flow he won't be able to take my soul and so he won't kill me. Then I need Ichiro for four minutes." Kagome spoke her face pale.
"I see that does seem long. Sesshoumaru what do you think?" When Inu no Taisho spoke Kagome froze.
Sesshoumaru and the others walked in through the door. It hit Kagome her father-in-law planed this out so she would tell them her plans. Kagome was shaking fighting back tears.
"We need two weeks to practice Kagome. Will that be okay?" As Sesshoumaru spoke Kagome was in shock.
"That would be fine. You all will help me with this knowing I'm putting my life on the line again?" Kagome asked knowing this plan would work.
"Kagome I will follow you into the fires of the next world if that was your plan." Sesshoumaru spoke with a rare smile.
The next two weeks the group practiced how the attacked had to go. Kagome moved with a new grace in her moves as she saw her plan could work. Kagome new the next plan had to be to draw both her targets to them.
"Sesshoumaru, we need to use Mia." Kagome spoke as they laid in bed.
"Couldn't we use someone else?" Sesshoumaru asked his heart dropping at the idea of talking to Mia again.
"Well it's more like asking her father if we all could use the open space near his home for a training ground. We both know Mia will know and tell Ichiro who should bring Naraku." Kagome spoke then kissed Sesshoumaru on the neck.
Sesshoumaru couldn't come up with a better plan as he pulled Kagome's face to his and kissed his wife. He knew where they would make the stand and give their daughter a fighting chance. He let his mind clear and pulled Kagome in closer moving his hand through her long dark hair. Kagome let her soul fall in with her husband letting her feel only him. As the night moved on the two knew only each other.
