Chapter 34

Kagome dropped her keys on the island with a sigh. She was exhausted. Rin was beside her, watching as a servant carried in all of the things they bought. More like all of the things Rin bought. Kagome still wasn't comfortable spending Touga's money, and she was sure she never would be.

She had gotten her first paycheck just the other day. She had tried to give it to Touga, but he had actually seemed offended. He showed her just how upset he was by bending her over his desk and making her beg for him. It was the most embarrassing and yet arousing thing she had done. She secretly wanted to offend him more.

"That was fun. We haven't seen Sango and Miroku in a while. It was good to catch up." Getting a drink from the fridge, Rin refreshed herself and then smiled towards Kagome. "I hope they get pregnant soon. Sango is so excited about trying for a baby."

"Yea, but she is also getting discouraged. It's taking longer than she thought." Kagome leaned her elbows against the island, thinking about her friends. "Maybe we can do something to help them. We can look up ways to get pregnant online and go from there. They might even have classes for this kind of thing."

"Like a, let's have sex in front of an audience class and hope this works?" Rin laughed at Kagome's blush and pout. "Miroku would love the idea, but Sango not so much."

Letting her head fall to the counter, Kagome exhaled loudly. "I guess you're right. Let's just make them a naughty get pregnant basket." She lifted her head in excitement. "One thing I heard is that when you are trying to get pregnant the passion and fun can go out of the sex. We can make them a basket reminding them not to let it get them down."

"I like it. I'll look up what all should be in a basket like that. That or maybe Sesshomaru will know." Rin laughed again and Kagome's look of disgust at the mention of Sesshomaru and sex. "You could always ask Touga."

"Nope. Not happening. There is no way I would ever ask Touga anything that has to do with that." Kagome shook her head violently, then stiffened when she felt a familiar aura on hers.

"What is it we aren't asking Touga?" The man himself walked up to Kagome and nuzzled into her neck, his arms going around her waist.

"We are making a get pregnant basket for Sango and Miroku. But we aren't sure what to put in it." Rin took far too much enjoyment in Kagome's embarrassment. "We want to remind them to keep sex fun."

"A loaded question, My Dear." Sesshomaru mimicked his father's movements, wrapping himself around Rin. "Not everyone enjoys the same things."

"Perhaps just stick to the basics." Touga was enjoying the torment of his female. He didn't remember a time he saw her so red before.

"Kagome was talking about finding a class for it."

"Shut up, Rin!" it was official. Kagome was never going to live that one down.

"A class? Would they be required to have intercourse in front of someone to make sure they are doing it right.?" Touga's chest vibrated against Kagome's back in a chuckle and she spun on him, glaring at his mirth.

"Keep it up, Touga. I may not be able to do anything to Rin, but I can get you back easily?" She poked his chest, and suddenly his amusement turned to passion.

Grabbing her hand, he kissed her fingers, his molten eyes never leaving hers. "Tell me, my love, how you plan to punish me. You cannot even decide what to put in a basket for your friends." He nipped the tip of her finger, and she flushed in arousal. "Perhaps we can come up with ideas. Together, in our room."

"You are a dog." Stomping her foot, Kagome pushed away from the laughing male. She angrily walked to the room she shared with Touga, ignoring the laughter she still heard from her so-called friends. She would find a way to get them all back.

The moment she reached the room she shared with Touga; her phone vibrated in her back pocket. Pulling it out, she didn't recognize the number but quickly answered it. At first, she didn't hear anything, just muffled noise in the background.

"Kagome." It was a voice she recognized. The feline council member Kagome had the problem with a few days ago. Looking at her phone, Kagome wondered how the woman got her number but quickly listened to what the feline had to say. "I know you're a Miko. You shouldn't have tried to keep it a secret from us. Now you will suffer."

"I don't know what you are t-"

"Don't play stupid, Little Human Girl. The moment this phone call ends, you will receive a picture and an address. You will come to this address, and you will come alone. Do you understand." The feline laughed, sending shivers down Kagome's spine.

"What makes you think I will come. Didn't we est-"

"You have an hour." The line went dead, and Kagome immediately pulled her phone from her ear. It vibrated in her hand, and she gasped as she opened the picture. It was her friends. Sango and Miroku, both tied to chains on a wall. Souta was between them. Their arms were above their heads in shackles, their ankles connected together. They had gags in their mouths and fear in their eyes.

Pure red-hot fury surged through Kagome, her eyes sliding shut as she fought to control the seal that she kept on her powers constantly. The moment Kouga had attacked all those years ago, Kagome realized that she was a Miko. From that moment she worked to hone and strengthen those powers, and now she kept them hidden. She chose not to retaliate against those that hurt her, but when her family became involved that was a different story.

The council member had given Kagome an hour to get there, but she didn't need it. Sliding open the window to her room, she looked down to the ground from four floors up. Looking at a map of the address, Kagome sent the picture and address to Rin, telling her friend to be quiet for at least an hour, and then threw her phone on the bed.

She wasted not a second before she called on her reiki, allowing it to seep into her muscles and strengthening them. She jumped from the window, landing silently with deadly intent on her gaze. The feline was going to realize that she had messed with the wrong woman.

Her legs carried her as fast as any demon could. She was given an hour, but she had made it to the address in a quarter of the time. She stood outside the abandoned warehouse, rolling her eyes at how cliché all of this was. They could have at least thought up of something a bit more original.

Knocking on the door, she smiled as a council member pushed it open. Rearing back, she threw her fist into his nose, sending the idiot slamming into the opposite wall. She moved past him, following the sounds of the other three council members.

Just before she rounded the corner, and arm went around her waist, pulling her back into a familiar chest. She looked up, seeing a red-eyed Touga, Sesshomaru standing behind him. "She wasn't supposed to tell you." Her voice was soft, and he growled, upper lip curling to show his fangs.

"You foolish woman. Tell me why I should not lock you away for the rest of your life." His anger was moving over her, his aura furious that she would dare to try and free her friends without him. She turned towards him, wrapping her arms around his neck. His fury did not abate.

"Trust me. You know I am strong, but you do not know the extent of it. I can save them on my own." She kissed his lips, calming him. His hands were still tight on her hips, and she knew he wasn't going to let her go. "Let me show you."

For the first time in years, Kagome let go of the seal that held back her powers. Her eyes burned bright pink, her hair floating around her as her reiki left her skin and glowed around her. Touga's eyes widened, stepping back as he took in her true strength for the first time. She shot out her aura, and they all heard the council began to scramble at the intensity of it.

Turning from the flabbergasted Touga and Sesshomaru, Kagome began to walk around the corner, her feet inches above the floor. Touga and Sesshomaru followed her, wanting to see just what it was Kagome had kept hidden all this time.

The moment Miroku and Sango saw her, they started crying out for her, their voices muffled by the cloth in their mouth. Kagome didn't look at them but instead focusing on the council members who looked at her with pure terror.

"Is this what you wished to see." Kagome's voice was different. It was still hers, but now it was laced with the power that she had kept hidden so well. "You captured my friends, my brother, just so you could see me at my strongest."

"Y-You can't be a Miko and mate the-"

Kagome didn't let the feline finish. Her hand snapped out, and the woman fell to her knees, choking off a scream as agonizing pain engulfed her. Kagome had taken a step forward, and she hadn't laid a finger on her, but her will wished for the woman to suffer, and that was enough.

"Tell me then, what you plan to do now? Will you stop me? Will you attempt to keep me from mating the one I wish to be with?" Kagome stepped towards the woman, watching as the feline scratched at her own throat, trying to get the invisible hand away so she could breathe. "Had you come at me, perhaps you would have won. It is not often that I will defend myself. However, you went after my family, and that was your fatal mistake."

"You can not possibly take on all of us!" Another council member stepped up bravely, and Kagome simply looked at him, sending him and all of the others to his knees.

"The Shikon Miko, you have heard of her correct?" Kagome smiled; her grin wicked as she watched everyone who wanted to harm her family writhe in agony. Kagome was a caring person, kind and sweet-hearted. Her reiki not so much. Just like Touga and Sesshomaru had their beast, Kagome had a version of her own. It explained the little outburst of violence that Kagome sometimes had or the way she was able to know instinctually what to do at a time that required something bestial of her. She had her own inner beast, her reiki.

"Now you've met her." Waving her free hand, the chains around her friends and brother glowed a bright pink before vanishing into dust. Miroku helped his wife, who grabbed a shocked Souta to stand behind Touga. Kagome continued, walking past each member, and making eye contact with them. "This is how we will continue after today. You will do your jobs. Watch over the parts of Touga's land that you are supposed to, and report to him as you always have. You will not interfere in our lives, nor will you come against my family again. Should he wish to still mate me, then I will be your lady, and you will accept it."

She dropped her hand, and all the members of the council fell to the ground gasping for air. Slowly she pulled her reiki back into her, sealing it once more. Her eyes returned to normal, her hair falling down her back, and both feet firmly on the ground. All of a sudden, she felt human once more. Anyone who didn't know would have no idea the amount of power contained in her tiny body.

"Who told you about me?" Kagome looked to the feline, not reacting as the female coward back in fear.

"Someone named Kouga. We don't know who he is, he just said that you were a Miko, and left it at that." The woman positioned herself into a crouched position on her knees. Her forehead touched the floor, and she gave Kagome the respect someone with that much power deserved.

Looking up to meet Touga's eyes Kagome made her way to his side. "Let's return home. I'll explain more there."