Kagome fell asleep rather quickly in Sesshomaru's arms. The next thing she knew, she was standing beside the futon, looking away from it. Once she did turned around, she shrieked as her eyes widen like saucers. She patted all over my body as if there was something missing.
"How in the seven hells that I am out of my body?! Am I dead?"
A feminine voice echoed throughout the room. "No, you are not dead."
Kagome quickly turned around to see who spoke to her, but there was no one there. She gulped.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" "Oh, what fun would that be, if I'd done that." "Enough of your games! I am really not in the mood for them, kami-muchi!" "Ha! You think I am one of the Kami. I am flattered, but I am not a kami, Kagome." "Then, who or what are you?" "Oh, now I am insulted. You don't recognized my voice." "Uh... well come to think about it. You do sound familiar." "Is that a riddle?"
"I'll give you another hint on who I am. I am your sister, yet not. I'd bore a pup, not out of love, but hate. I have two brothers that had the same father, yet not the same mother. I am a miko, yet a youkai. Who am I, Kagome?"
Silence.
"Ok... *thinking about the riddle with her finger tapping on her chin*... are you... no you couldn't be."
The unknown, yet known female quirked one of her eyebrows.
"Who, Kagome? Guess, who I am." "Inuhime? "Inuhime, huh? How did you came up with that person?" "Well, Inuhime's my sister-in-law, not my biological sister. Inuhime bore a pup from a loveless and vile hanyou, Naraku. She had two siblings that are only half-brothers. She's a miko-youkai."
There was silence until The unknown, yet known female voice broke in the silent moment. She appeared from behind Kagome and tapped on her shoulder. When she turned around, she saw something not pleasant, but it was comforting.
"Inu... Inuhime? I thought... how did... what's going on?"
The said female, at the acknowledgement of her name, nodded her head as she gave a light laugh.
"Are you... are you laughing at me?" "Sorry, but I couldn't tell you who I was because Naraku..."
Kagome gasped when she heard that name.
"Naraku? But Naraku's dead."
Inuhime shook her head. "Not anymore, he isn't." "But...how? When? Who resurrected him? Why your eyes are black? Are you are on our side?" "Oh, so many questions; so little time...
Kagome was silent while processing the information that Inuhime had just given her. She saw the sorrow within Inuhime's black eyes. She knew then that Inuhime wasn't completely taken over by the darkness, yet.
"Inuhime, what's the name of your son? And you didn't answer my last two questions." "The son of a inuyoukai miko and hell will take the lands into chaos and darkness. She, who has the pure divine blood flowing throughout her mortal, yet eternal veins, and her dark, yet great and honorable consort will become one to create a power to match the hell's son. Through their bond they will battle the hell's son. Who's blade will defeat the other are only known by the gods."
While Inuhime was saying that, she slowly faded away. Kagome was there just long enough to see her faded. The next thing she knew she woke up as a drop of cold sweat was rolling down her forehead. She wiped it off with the back of her hand. She was heavily breathing. She got out out the futon, then she went to the hot springs to bathe.
Afterwards, she put a long-sleeved robe and went to look for Sesshomaru to tell him about the 'dream' that she had about Inuhime. She went towards the stairs, but then she stopped. She looked over her shoulder like she felt something.
"Strange. Why do I have this urge to go the other way? It's as if something is telling to down that way."
Then she turned her head and looked downwards to the first floor. At first, she shrugged and started to go down the stairs. Then she just stopped half-way down the stairs. She wanted to go forward, but it was like her body wasn't listening to her. When she looked up the stairs, she saw a little girl... well this girl was actually a full inuyoukai female. She had the dark blue eyes, silver hair. She also had two magenta stripes on both cheeks. The female pup giggled.
"I need to show you something, momma!" "Yes, momma." "Um, okay."
Kagome yelled in her mind. "MOMMA!"
Kagome was certain that she was dreaming again. She whispered, "I must be dreaming again."
The female pup giggled. "You are silly, momma. You are not dweaming. Please come and follow me, momma. It's ve-we im-port-ant."
"Um, sweetie, where are you taking me?" "Um, why?" "Because there's something that auntie wanted you to use, later on."
The pup giggled. "Momma, we are go-wing to auntie's room."
The pup was so eager to go to her auntie's room. Once they were back on top of the stairs. The pup stopped pulling her mother. So, that she could catch her breathe. Kagome hadn't walked that fast since before they defeated Naraku.
The pup looked up at her. She saw that her mother was exhausted.
"Momma, I'm sor-we. I didn't mean to make you walked upstairs that fast."
Kagome deeply inhaled. She was disturb by the fact that she wasn't in shape like she used to be.
She thought, "Well, if my mate just let me train for the upcoming war, then I wouldn't be like this. Oh, that overbearing, overprotective, stubborn ass dog...*she sighed*... I know he just wanted to protect me and our pup, but still..." "Momma, are... are you angr-wee at me?"
The pup had downcast her beautiful, blue eyes. That tugged Kagome's heartstrings so much that it hurt. Kagome used one of her hands to caress the pup's cheek. The pup nuzzled into Kagome's hand. Then the pup looked into her mother's eyes that are so much like her own.
"No, sweetie, momma's not mad at you. Did you say that you want to show me something."
The pup's saddened eyes quickly turned into contentment.
"Oh, yes, momma!"
Kagome giggled as the pup grabbed her hand again. Instead of walking, they ran to the southwestern part of the palace. Kagome hadn't been there since the discovery of Inuhime's disappearance.
The pup let go of her hand and slid the door. She beckoned her mother to come inside. At first, Kagome was hesitant, but then she walked inside of the room.
Whenever Kagome entered Inuhime's sitting room, she noticed that the pup was on the floor, on all fours, with her tongue out on the corner of her mouth. She looked so adorable. Kagome couldn't help but giggle at the pup's antics. The pup, herself, was knocking on the wood flooring to find a hollow space. When she found it, she squealed.
"Momma, look! I found it." "I found the golden box that has her son's scent inside."
Kagome just humored her. "What did you find?"
The pup looked back down at the secret space again. She suddenly let out a loud squeal.
"Momma, I also found auntie's Seitoshi no Tenga."
The pup noticed that her mother had a perplexed expression on her face. She frowned as Kagome noticed all the contentment turned into seriousness. It was also heard by the pup's voice.
"Mother, please listen to me. I know that you don't understand, but I am your daughter. The very daughter, who you are currently carrying. I know that father probably would want you to fight because of me, but you must, mother. It's because you and father are one. Your bond with father will help later on. Oh, um, please don't tell father about me, because he wouldn't understand. If you do, he would pretend that he does understand, but in re-al-it-y. He wouldn't."
Kagome got on her knees so she could be at the pup's eye level.
"Sweetie, I, myself, don't understand how you could be there while you are still inside my womb."
The pup only giggled. "Well, auntie said that you or everybody else couldn't understand, but it's simple really. I get bored while I am inside your womb. That's why, I am out here. I wanted to help you find the items that auntie said you'll need. Oh, you need to retrieve something from a tree-youkai. Auntie said that it would be useful. Momma, I must return now, but before I do. I want to tell you something."
Kagome nodded at her to continue. "Momma, don't worry about hurting us because I'll protect us from harm. I promise, momma."
With that said, the pup turned into an orb and returned to her mother's womb. Kagome was still perplexed and confused as she looked at the golden box that held the scent of Inuhime's 'real' son and the Seitoshi no Tenga. She stood up and left Inuhime's rooms. She wanted to be next to her mate.
"Was that really my soon-to-be daughter?"
She was subconsciously rubbing her pregnant belly.
"I guess, it's possible. I mean, earlier I was outside of my body. I think I just experience... what was it... oh yeah, astral projection."
She made her way to the dining hall. She knew that it was almost lunch time. When she opened the door, she bumped into Nanami and then fell on her ass on the cold marble floors.
"Oh, milady! I am so sorry! I was distracted by the pups that I didn't sensed your aura!"
Just before Kagome said anything Sesshomaru had Nanami against the wall as he was choking her. Sesshomaru said in a cold icy tone.
"You dare to push the Lady of the West, my mate, down on the floor! You will die for that, wench!"
Just before Sesshomaru used his poison claws on Nanami, who was shivering in fright, Kagome yelled...
"Sesshomaru, stop it! Stop it, right now!" "Mate, she pushed you."
"Anata, please, it was my fault. I wasn't paying any attention when I bumped into Nanami."
While she was speaking, she grabbed his hand that was choking Nanami. The said hand was dripping his green acid and to Kagome's astonishment that the acid wasn't burning her. Sesshomaru was breathing in his mate's scent. He discovered that Kagome was being truthful. He knows that she didn't like him and anyone for that matter hurting anyone unless it was needed like training or fighting in a battle. He removed his hand completely off Nanami's neck. Nanami slid down the wall while rubbing her bruised neck. She wasn't angry at her lord, but still... it sort of hurt that he would had thought that she would bring any harm to her lady. Every since Kagome's been there, she was fond of her lady, even before she was her lord's mate.
As soon as Nanami slid down on the floor. Kagome knelt down to her. She tended to her injured neck. Kagome wasn't angry that Sesshomaru because... well he was being... Sesshomaru. At first, Nanami was afraid that her lady would hurt her. As soon as she saw an apologetic smile on her face. She returned it. Kagome used her healing miko reiki to heal the acidic burns on her person assistant.
After, she finished. She stood and turned to her mate. At first, she looked at angry.
Sesshomaru's beast was talking to his master.
"Master, I think our mate is angry at us."
Then she suddenly smiled, sweetly. Both Sesshomaru and his beast knew that smile means. He gulped, but it wasn't noticeable. His face remained expressionless. But Kagome learned how to read Sesshomaru over the years. She also learned how to read his movements rather it was the way he walked and moved his body. Yep, Kagome learned his body language.
Beast thought, "Master, explain our actions before she used her reiki on us!
Just before Kagome spoke, he spoke first.
"Mate, I believed that she pushed you down and had hurt you. It was my instinct to protect..."
Kagome shook her head. "I know."
Sesshomaru quirked his eyebrow. Then he heard her giggling.
"Is there something amusing to you, mate." Kagome was still giggling.
Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at her. Kagome looked down at Nanami, who was still on the floor starring in awe at her lord and lady.
"Nanami?"
Kagome looked into Sesshomaru's eyes. She noticed that his beast was still present.
"Yes, milady." "I need some time alone with my mate. Would you go and watch the pups? And make sure that no one disturbs us."
Sesshomaru lift one of his black eyebrows.
"Yes, milady. Once again, I apologized." "Nanami, I'd forgiven you. Please go now." "Yes, milady."
After Nanami left. Kagome started to giggle again. She couldn't explain why she was giggling. Maybe something just tickled her funny bone. Sesshomaru looked at her as if she just lost her mind. He stepped closer to her, but she stepped back. They repeated the same thing until they reached the study. Kagome was still giggling when she turned and had her back against the wall by the shoji door. Sesshomaru took that opportunity to block her again on both sides. So, she had no way to escape him.
"Now, omae, answer my question."
All Kagome could do was giggle. She had no earthly idea why either.
"I... I can't." "And why not?" "Because... I... don't... know!"
He stared at her incredulously, yet he knew the she was being honest. He looked up the ceiling like he was thinking, 'Why me?'.
While her mate was looking up at the ceiling, she took that opportunity to escape him. When he felt that she moved he looked down, but now his was looking at the wall. The beast and himself growled, then he turned to see Kagome running down the hall. She was giggling her ass off.
"You can't get me, Sesshomaru!" "Who cares? Lets chase down our mate!" "Hn."
He asked his beast, "Is she taunting us?"
His beast then gave a hentai-ish laugh.
Afterwards, Zoku, Inuyasha, Kikyo, Inukimi, and InuTaisho walked in the dining hall. They instantly noticed that Sesshomaru or Kagome wasn't there. InuTaisho, however, noticed that Nanami was there as well as Jaken. It wasn't all that strange, but still... it was...
"Nana, where's momma and papa," Rin asked.
Nanami thought, "I don't know what to say. I guess..." "I don't know Miss Rin, however, I do know that they are together." "Oh." "Who care where they are. It's there problem, that they're not here to eat,"
Kikyo said, "Inuyasha, Sesshomaru and Kagome are lord and lady of the house. It's tradition that they are here at every meal to..." "But I thought that the lord and lady get to have the first bite before the household does." "Normally, that's true, however, I am alpha over Sesshomaru, when it comes to this household. He may be the Lord of the West, but I am his father. Therefore, we could eat before he and his mate shows up."
InuTaisho interrupted Kikyo. "Forgive me, my dear, but just because my son and Kagome aren't here doesn't mean we couldn't eat."
Inukimi said, "Well said, darling."
InuTaisho winked at her and then she blushed.
"You wenches, bring out the food! So we can eat! I am half starved!"
Rin reprimanded, "Uncle Inuyasha, that's not very nice."
InuTaisho chuckled after Rin reprimanded his second son.
Inuyasha was going to retort to what Rin had said. It clicked in his mind that she just called him 'uncle.'
"Hey, when did you started to call me, 'uncle'." "Uncle Inuyasha, I'd always called you, 'uncle."
InuTaisho interjected, "Inuyasha, you might as well as get use to it."
After he said that, he thought, "Damn, I forgot that Kagome wanted to tell everyone, herself."
He looked at Inukimi as she gave him that look that says, 'you better tell me what you mean or else.' InuTaisho slouched. Inukimi, Inuyasha, and Zoku took noticed immediately.
Inukimi and Zoku thought in unison, "InuTaisho is slouching! He never slouches, not even in his first life!" "Alright, old man! Spill it!" "Spill what,"
Inuyasha thought, "I may not knew my old man very well, but I could never see him slouching."
Inuyasha sighed because he's not really good at explaining terms that were used in Kagome's birth era.
"Dad, 'spill it,' it's a slang term from Kagome's birth era. It... I guess... it means to explain it in more detail or to get out what you really want to say or some shit like that."
InuTaisho was saved by Kagome laughing as she ran by the dining hall. They overheard...
Kagome was really laughing now, yet she just couldn't really explain why. She turned around while running backwards.
"What's the matter, anata?! You couldn't catch up in your old age!" "Kagome! I am not old! Now stop all this nonsense before you hurt yourself!" "Not in your life, anata! I hadn't have this much fun in years! If you want me to stop, then you have to catch me in the garden! Hehehehe! "Kagome!"
All those who heard were very curious to what was happening, so they left the dining; lunch forgotten. They went to the gardens only to see...
Inuyasha (c) Rumiko Takahashi
Fanfiction & OCs (c) ladytari
