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Sesshomaru cleared his throat and got everyone's attention. "Let us begin." It was then Inuyasha finally looked up and locked eyes with Kagome and froze.

"Ka…Kagome?"

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Chapter 31

Sesshomaru pressed down the urge to growl at Inuyasha's pathetic face watching his mate. His hands tightened around her waist as he watched the different emotions flashing through the hanyou's eyes until it settled upon confusion. He felt Kagome's hands tighten upon his own seeking his attention. He realized everyone was now seated and waiting for him to start. He forced himself to ignore his brother and cleared his throat.

"We are at the final and most vulnerable state in this war," he started, "the northern Lord knew too much and now so does Naraku. We have little time to prepare; they can strike at any moment." He said tightly. The room grew quiet as the tension continued to rise, no one knew what to expect of this upcoming battle.

"My lord," started a lesser lord, "how do you plan for our preparation? We do not know where he will strike first."

Though from the outside, Sesshomaru's face was blank, but in actuality, he was angry. He had no plan on how to go about it and he had no way of knowing when or where Naraku will strike. He always has a plan though, and he's sure his mate might have one too. After a few seconds of silence Kagome cleared her throat.

"This also means, Naraku is now watching our moves very closely, we have to find a way to gather an army under his nose." Kagome added catching everyone's attention.

"How do you think we can do this okaa-san? We know very well we would have to trick him into focusing somewhere else but I doubt he can be distracted long enough to gather a whole army." Shippou said surprisingly calm.

"You're right about not being able to distract him for long, but I was hoping we could trick him right before his eyes." Kagome said with a beaming smile that faltered slightly when she realized everyone were looking at her oddly.

"Please elaborate on how my lady" said one of the lesser lords with sarcasm dripping from his voice. That did not bother her though, because even though majority doesn't even fully know her, they still judge her base on her human appearance. But then again she wanted the element of surprise on her side.

"Like my son just said, we're going to trick him. If I'm correct, Naraku uses Kanna's mirror to watch our moves-"

"And this Kanna is who?" Interrupted the same Lord except he didn't attempt to hide his rudeness

Kagome only smiled and nodded. "She is one of his detachments with no scent. She holds this mirror that allows him to see everything happening at the moment. The mirror also absorbs souls and absorb offensive attacks then send it right back to you-"

"How do you know all this information hum-" before he could finish the sentence her felt something gushing from the side of his face. He looked around the long table a noticed almost everyone had their head down while the more gully ones where staring at him wide eyes; he looked at the head of the table and made eye contact with Sesshomaru and he froze in fear- if looks could kill...

"Your mouth shall stay close for the remainder of the meeting or I shall part your head from your shoulders… now." He said with an icy tone in his voice and the fluctuation of his youki only added more tension in the room that was making everyone uncomfortable.

It was then the lord noticed half of his shirt was soaked with his own blood already. Sesshomaru had used his poison whip and made a clean slice going down his face. He didn't even see him move a finger. If he wasn't a youkai, he's sure he would have die from severe blood since the poison was slowing his healing dramatically.

Kagome felt herself being pulled closer and tighter against her mate. She felt him touch her hip causing her to slightly shiver but she quickly composed herself. "Continue," said Sesshomaru's voice snapping her out of her slight daydream. Kagome looked up and almost choked on laughter. Everyone's eyes were on her, she knew by the look on their faces that she had 100 percent of their attention. 'Danm fluff, you sure know how to scare people.'

"So like I said, since Naraku will most likely spy on us in that mirror and might occasionally send out spies, I think if we can get enough kitsune youkais, they can create an illusion strong enough to make him believe we're unorganized as ever." She said feeling more confident in her plan

"What of this Kanna, will she not sense the illusion?" asked another lesser lord in a soft tone, you can definitely tell he was not trying to be the next victim to Sesshomaru's wrath.

"See, I also thought of that, I think if we can in the process collect a good amount of mikos, they can help set up multiple barriers to prevent her from even sense something off. I also thought of making the Western Lands the main gathering, for we would have a barrier covering majority of that land and that will also tip Naraku's spies of balance." She said excitedly almost as if she knew it would work. While there were a few who quickly agreed and smiled along with her, there were still selective few that seemed skeptical.

"You believe mikos will come to the Western Land?" Sesshomaru asked with a slight raise of his eyebrows.

Kagome smiled sheepishly. She didn't know how they would react, but she's damn sure going to try. "Well, if they don't help us then they will all die under the hands of Naraku anyways, we'll just make sure to tell them that first." Kagome said chilly "Or we can do it ourselves". You can tell Sesshomaru has been rubbing off on her. Her response only made him smirk.

"We'll handle getting the mikos, my son and a few others will be in charge of collecting as much kitsune youkais you can find, even sorceress if you find some willing to help us." She saw everyone's faces turned sour at the mentioning of sorcerers. She didn't care though, "We need that illusion on the mirror extremely strong, and not to mention we also have to set up illusions over a vast amount of land in the west. This plan is supposed to buy us enough time for us to gather our army and get ready. Naraku likes to play around and the man is very patient, if the Illusion works, we can bet we have a good amount of time before he strikes." Kagome said with such confidence that some people were ready to go on the search.

"We shall set out in a few hours; our search can only last up to three days the most. We can't make it suspicious thus be on guard…always. Everyone will set out in small groups, complete different directions from the other and if any of Naraku's pets were to catch you in the middle of something they shouldn't know about, kill it." She said with such force and malice it made Sesshomaru proud. "No matter what, we can't risk of this plan getting out, which is why you guys are the selective few in this meeting."

"What if it doesn't work?" Kagome smiled. Just the person she expected to say something like that especially right before meeting is almost over. The question had caused a few to settle back down and actually wonder about it.

"Kikyo, maybe I didn't make myself clear, this plan has to work and it will. If Naraku finds out before it can go into action, I shall dispose of the traitor myself no matter who they are." She said frigidly, friend or foe, they will go down regardless.

Kikyo shifted uncomfortably but said nothing. " So, understood?" There is no room for mistakes; I'm not allowing it." And without missing a beat, Sesshomaru added, "This meeting is over." Kagome got up from his lap and waited till he got up. "We shall meet in the Dojo, everyone will have their assigned jobs" Sesshomaru said then grabbed Kagome's hands leading her out of the room.

As soon as Kagome and Sesshomaru disappeared from sight, the room was filled with chatter and discussion as everyone started filing out to their quarter. After a few minutes, only Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, and Kikyo were in the room. "Can…can someone tell me why Kagome is alive and is with my brother..." Inuyasha said strangely really calm.

Sango grabbed Miroku's hands and stared Inuyasha down. "That's something you would have to ask her. That is if her mate allows you to get close enough." With that Sango left the room pulling Miroku along with her.

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Kagome closed her eyes when Sesshomaru tightened his grip around her waist inhaling her scent from behind. "You did well. I was…impressed," he said softly. Kagome smiled widely. "I learned from the best," she whispered as she turned around to kiss him on his lips. They shared a long kiss for they had to separate to catch their breaths. "I really hope this goes well."

"It shall. Your plan is flawless in this Sesshomaru's intellect."

His tone of confidence made her heart swelled up. She lovingly pulled him into another passionate kiss. The moment was ruined the moment they heard a slam of the door. They both turned at the same time to see a snarling Inuyasha breathing extremely hard. He's hair looked shaggier and you can see the slight red tint in his eyes.

He let out a vicious growl, and then every word was spoken with malice. "What. Is. Going. On?"

NEW NOTE: This one was quick so I figured why not! Now I'm extremely tired. Hopefully the suspense is building. Keep reading and don't forget to REVIEWWW!