Chapter 10 – To Meet

Kagome awkwardly tried to stretch her arms as she yawned, a task that wasn't easy to do when you had a sleeping kit on your lap and an annoying toad sitting behind you. They had been flying for a while and Kagome couldn't wait to finally land and get some sleep, she had spent the past two nights awake learning how to fight with Sesshoumaru, and her body was starting to feel the consequences of it.

Rin giggled as she stared at the miko's weird position and Kagome glared playfully at her, making the girl laugh even more.

''What's happening?'' Shippo asked as he yawned and sat up, making both humans burst out laughing.

Frowning in confusion, the kit looked around to find what was so funny but got confused when he saw nothing. He was about to ask what was wrong with them when something fell on his eyes and blocked his vision.

''Oh no!" Shippo groaned in annoyance as he picked the object from his head and stared at it with disgust clearly written on his chubby face. Glaring at his friend and his mother, Shippo huffed and threw the crown made of pink flowers on Jaken's sleeping form, snickering at the funny sight the toad made when covered in pink.

Kagome and Rin giggled louder and the kit rolled his eyes, his mother could be worse than him when it came to acting like a child, sometimes he wondered who the adult in the family really was.

''Now, don't give us that look." Kagome said as she smirked.

''You looked great, Shippo-chan!" Rin innocently smiled, not once fooling him with her angelic face. She was worse than him when it came to creating pranks, with her mischievous mind and his kitsune tricks, they were unstoppable.

Kagome smiled and was about to say something when Ah-Un abruptly moved to the left, making everyone that was on his back scream in surprise. Looking down, Kagome saw that they barely avoided a wave of youki and her eyes widened when she realized what was happening.

There, on the field below them, stood a hanyou with a sword, swinging it back and forth and creating some sort of youki-based attack. Next to him stood a woman in a black suit with a giant weapon on her hands, ready to attack, just like the monk next to her.

''Sesshoumaru you bastard! What do you want? Trying to steal father's sword again?!" The hanyou dressed in red shouted, making Kagome's eyes widen in surprise at his boldness. Few were the ones who spoke to the Lord of the West in such a way and escaped alive.

''Foolish as ever, I see.'' Sesshoumaru spoke, making Kagome turn to look at him and finally notice that he also had a sword in his hand.

Kagome wondered for a second if this was the group they were searching for but she failed to see the miko that was supposed to travel with them. Biting back a scream when another wave of youki almost hit Ah-Un, Kagome's eyes twitched in annoyance and she glared at the hanyou who almost killed her twice in less than a minute. Quickly putting a barrier around them, Kagome put Shippo on Rin's lap and told them to hold on tight as she woke Jaken with a hit on his head.

Once the toad stopped shouting profanities at her, he finally noticed what was happening and started to swing his staff back and forth, making Kagome question her decision of waking him up as she got her bow ready and infused an arrow with her holy powers. Rin screamed as the next wave of power hit the barrier, making Sesshoumaru turn away from the battle to look at them.

In the second he did this, Kagome noticed that there was something wrong until then she felt it, a purifying arrow was coming straight to his heart and her eyes widened. Aiming and firing in a matter of seconds, Kagome watched Sesshoumaru's eyes widen slightly as her arrow flew right past him and hit the other one, making them both explode in the air.

The daiyoukai evaded another hit from the hanyou's sword and when Kagome saw a miko stepping out of the woods with another arrow aimed at Sesshoumaru, she got annoyed. They did absolutely nothing against them, it was the crazy hanyou that started the fight while they were just flying and those humans were getting ready to attack her too, she was completely innocent. This was simply stupid and she refused to just watch them try to hurt her.

Narrowing her eyes, Kagome waited until the miko got close to the slayer and fired, the arrow hitting the grass next to her. Quickly aiming another arrow, Kagome shot and hit the monk's side this time, and when Sesshoumaru threw the hanyou back and he fell right in front of the miko, she smirked. The last arrow hit the ground right in front of his feet and the three arrows suddenly started to burn, her reiki cracking in the air until all the arrows were connected by it and everyone was trapped inside a triangle of holy energy.

The slayer could move freely if she wanted to but the monk and the miko couldn't, Kagome's reiki overpowered theirs and made it impossible to get out without suffering from dizziness. This was one of the many trapping barriers Kaede had taught her to create and it was one of the most innocent ones too because to anyone who didn't know what she was doing, it looked as if she had simply missed a shot.

''Sesshoumaru you asshole!'' The hanyou screamed, struggling to breathe inside the trap. ''What the fuck are you doing with a miko on your side? Don't tell me the mighty Lord of the West has requested a wench's help to search for the shards too?''

Kagome lost it the moment she heard him call her a wench, her left eye twitched in annoyance and she glared darkly at him as she jumped from Ah-Un's back to the ground. Sesshoumaru was standing right behind her and she walked to stand in front of the half-breed with red clothes, narrowing her eyes at him.

''The only asshole I'm seeing here is you, asshole!" She said, overwhelmed with the urge to just accidentally purify his sorry ass. ''What the fuck did you think you were doing when you attacked us? We were just flying and suddenly you're waving your sword around like it's a goddamn stick and trying to kill everyone!'' She shouted, feeling tempted to burn him a little.

''Bitch, I don't know who you are but unless you're being held captive by the bastard over there, you're hanging with the wrong crowd.'' He barked and Kagome's hands twitched. If she shot just a small spark of reiki, no one would even notice he would be hurt.

''You are as stupid as I remember, InuYasha.'' Sesshoumaru spoke and Kagome turned to face him, trying to focus on anything but the urge to murder the idiot in front of her.

''Do you know him, Sesshoumaru-sama?'' She asked and he nodded, looking slightly annoyed because of this fact.

''He is my half-brother.'' He spoke and Kagome did a double take.

''He is your what?!'' She squealed as she proceeded to stare at Sesshoumaru, then at InuYasha, and finally repeat the whole process again.

''Half-brother.'' Sesshoumaru spoke, though it sounded awfully a lot like a sigh to Kagome.

''But-but…'' Kagome started to stutter as she pointed at him, there was no way that creature without manners could be his brother. ''You are so- and he is so-"

''Keh, is the bitch dumb?'' InuYasha scoffed and Kagome turned to glare at him again, gritting her teeth as she wondered if it would really be that bad to kill the brother of the Western Lord.

''Don't talk to my mama like that, mutt!" Shippo suddenly said as he ran to stand in front of Kagome in a protective stance.

''Shut up kid, I can crush you with my eyes closed!'' InuYasha barked and Shippo's eyes narrowed.

''Shippo-chan, Kagome-chan!" Rin screamed as she ran to hug the woman's leg. ''Come back, Sesshoumaru-sama will deal with them!" She said as she started to tug on Kagome's kimono, still hiding behind her legs.

''Rin you stupid human, come back here!" Jaken screamed as he ran to stand in front of the miko and started waving his staff wildly in the air. ''If something happens to you Sesshoumaru-sama will kill me! Back off, half-breed, you will never be strong enough to defeat my Lord!"

''Kagome?'' The other miko spoke as she took a step forward, making Kagome turn to look at her and frown in confusion.

''Do you know this wench, Kikyou?'' The half-breed barked and Kagome's eyes widened.

''Kikyou? Are you alive?!" She spoke, suddenly feeling dumb for not recognizing the woman she came to consider as a sister. ''What happened to your hair?''

''I should be the one asking this question!" Kikyou said as she pushed InuYasha back and stood as close as possible to her friend, ignoring the urge she had to puke. Moving inside this kind of trap was always exhausting, and she wondered why she hadn't recognized her friend in the second the spell became active. This was Kagome's signature move, and a strategy that was passed on in the shiro she lived.

''I cut it.'' Kagome shrugged, wanting to hug the other miko but not daring to break her spell because the hanyou looked dangerous to her. ''You never put your hair back though, it was always loose!''

''It was getting on my face, I couldn't fight properly.'' Kikyou answered, completely ignoring the hanyou behind her and his questions.

''What the fuck is happening here? How do you know the wench, Kikyou?'' He asked and both women suddenly turned to glare at him.

''Don't speak of my sister like that!" Kikyou hissed and everyone's eyes widened.

''She's your sister, Kagome-chan?'' Rin asked and Kagome nodded.

''Not by blood though, we spent much time together when we were younger and I started to think of her as my older sister.'' She explained and Rin nodded, peeking from behind her.

''You two could pass by as real sisters though, almost twins.'' The slayer spoke as she put her weapon down and stretched. If Kikyou knew this woman, there was no reason to fight.

''We have much to discuss, Kikyou...'' Kagome said and the miko nodded.

''You disappeared, what happened?'' Kikyou asked, making Kagome shake her head.

''It's a long story, we need to sit down and rest before I start to explain.'' She answered and turned to face Sesshoumaru, who was watching the scene with a glint of curiosity in his eyes.

''She's the one who was guarding the jewel, Sesshoumaru-sama,'' Kagome spoke, biting her lip. ''May I release them and proceed to camp for the night?''

''Hn, you have much to explain, miko.'' The daiyoukai nodded but saw the miko hesitating to release the spell she had put on the arrows.

''You,'' Kagome spoke as she narrowed her eyes at InuYasha, who glared at her in return. ''Behave. If I see you threatening anyone here, and that includes the dragon and the annoying toad, I will purify your ass to hell.''

''You will be good, won't you, InuYasha?'' Kikyou said with a sweet voice that made the hanyou shiver in fear and nod. He didn't want to mess with an annoyed miko, much less two.

''Good,'' Kagome said as she kneeled in front of one of the arrows and touched it, making her reiki fade and the spell break. ''Now, shall we find a place to rest? I believe we have much to discuss.''