An Inuyasha Story

Chapter 9

We stood, the lecher of a priest and I, out side of Kagome's home. Kouga sent us to bring the girl back to the castle. I don't know what him and the hanyou spoke of earlier, but I have never seen our lord so angry. I fingered the pouch of sleeping powder at my belt. I saw the priest smile seductively at me and growled. Don't get me wrong, I like Miroku a lot, I just don't appreciate him grabbing my ass every chance he gets, or the asses of every pretty girl he sees for that matter. I inwardly smiled at the thought of what Kouga would do if Miroku groped Kagome.

"So," Miroku whispered, "What now?" I frowned at his undertone. He gave me an innocent smile.

"We spread this." I replied and poured a large amount of the blue powder into my hand. It was very lite and sparkled in the light of the full moon. I took a deep breath and blew the powered at Lady Kagome's house. The monk and I watched as the powder settled over the house and lawn and gave it a slight glow. "The effect will last a few hours. Let's go."

"What about the Hanyou?" Miroku asked.

"Let's just hope he is under the effects of the powder…" I let the sentence hang. The hanyou Inuyasha seemed to have taken the job of Kagome's personal bodyguard and I really didn't want him to catch us kidnapping the girl. Miroku took a quick look around as he opened the door and gestured me in. The fire had long ago burned low so the room was very dark and chilled. We stood still and waited for our eyes to adjust. I slugged Miroku when I felt his wandering hand.

Once our eyes adjusted we made our way to the bed in the far corner. What we found there gave us pause. Kagome and Inuyasha were fast asleep in each other's arms. I felt a twinge of guilt. These two must have formed a bond. Taking her away was bad enough, but taking her from the arms of a lover…

I glanced at Miroku and could see the same internal battle raging in his eyes. We both knew what we had to do, this just made it that much harder. I sighed and gently pulled the hand made quilt away. With help from Miroku, I kept a close eye to make sure he didn't let his hands wander, we managed to part the entangled pair. I lifted Kagome on to my back as Miroku tucked the quilt back over the sleeping demon. We left as quietly as possible. We loaded the sleeping girl into the back of a green and gold carriage in which we had made a pallet on the floor. Miroku and I climbed into the driver's seat and urged the horses forward in silence. For some time the only sound was of the carriage and horses, then I spoke the question that was plaguing me.

"Are we doing the right thing Miroku?"

"Does it matter?" He replied dryly, "We must do as Lord Kouga orders us until such time as he is no longer ruler."

"I know but, couldn't we say Inuyasha stopped us?"

"Then we would just be back tomorrow or the next day or the next."

"We killed her family, Miroku. Their blood is on our hands. She doesn't want to marry Kouga and we both know that! And now we're taking her away from the last person she has in her life. It's not right!"

"I know, Sango. I know." Miroku took the reins in one hand and wrapped the other around my shoulder. He pulled me close and kissed me gently on the forehead.

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I yawned as sleep slowly lifted from my mind. I can't remember sleeping so well. Of course this is the first time I have every slept next to Kagome…wait! My eyes flew open. Kagome was gone! I looked up and saw that the sun was well into the sky. Maybe she was already out side. I rushed from the house to the barn, then the pastures, then Souta's grave, and then the pottery house. Nothing. Rushing back into the house, I checked the wash room and the bedroom. Still nothing. I forced myself to calm down and focus.

I took a deep breath, sampling the scents the room offered. There was Kagome's smell but that was to be expected. There were also two other smells, faint; they hadn't been here long. I recognized neither. But mixed in with them, faintly very very faintly, I could smell Kouga. A growl rose in my throat. I don't know what he thinks he's playing at but I'm going to kill him!

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"Good morning my love." A warm voice purred into my ear. Inuyasha. I rolled over and opened my eyes with a smile. I nearly fell out of the bed. There in a chair next to the bed that wasn't my own sat Kouga. He was giving me that creepy smile.

"What the…" sat bolt up right. I was in a room with a polished marble floor. To my right was a wooden door that led into the hall and to my left was a pair of double French doors that led to a balcony. I was lying in an enormous four poster bed with silk sheets and fancy quilt. Matching sheer curtains blew in the slight breeze that came through the slightly open balcony doors. "Where am I? How did I get here?"

"This is my home, the castle of Tama, and I brought you here my love." Kouga answered, "Breakfast will be served in a few minutes. Sango will help you get ready." With that he left.