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What Fate Decides... Part 9

Eight years had pasted, and Sessho-maru had been unable to find Kagome or the brat. He was sick of Jaken's failed attempts to find her and was disgusted at his own lack in competence.

He sighed as he walked into a small village. He was to meet with the Lord of the land to maintain the peace his father had kept.

He had mourned over the lose of his father, but he did not care for the death of his father's mortal wench, Lady Sakura. He was glad he had disposed of her! He didn't care how much his father had loved her, he was glad she was gone. Forever out his sight!

The servants scurried to escort him as he entered the large home where their Lord a waited his arrival.

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Kagome wandered through the large home of Lord Ashitaka. She enjoyed the new life she had; at times the work was stressful, but the reward was all in itself.

She and Inu-Yasha lived in a small hut just at the skirt of the village. They lived quite well despite the fact that Kagome did not have a large income, but they were able to make due with what they had and were content to live that way.

Kagome had explained to Inu-Yasha, once he became a bit older, what had happened to his parents and why they had left the western lands. To her, he had seemed quite pleased that she hadn't kept the truth from him like most people would have done to a child.

She thought of his happy grin as he watched her walk up the path to their small hut. Like her own brother, he would be extremely happy to see her and would chatter endlessly about his day then he would start to ask many questions about her day.

She went through the large home and finished up her cleaning. Soon she would be able to go to her own home and get some rest! She walked down the hall, but stopped cold in her tracks; Sessho-maru was at the far end of the hall.

It took only a split second, Sessho-maru's golden eyes turned and his gaze landed upon her. She couldn't move; all those years of training for this confrontation and she still didn't feel as prepared as she should've. He couldn't still possibly want her?! She began to worry.

Now that Sessho-maru had found her, he would as be seeking Inu-Yasha as well.

Kagome knew all too well how much Sessho-maru detested his younger half brother and he would stop at nothing until he finally killed him.

Sessho-maru's breath seemed like it came to a complete holt. For years he had been searching for her and the one place Jaken had swore she that she was not, was exactly where she had been the whole time! He was going to kill that simpering toad once he returned to his lands.

"Ahhh...Lord Sessho-maru, you've finally arrived."

Sessho-maru's attention turned to the young lord standing to his left, but when he glanced over toward the area she had been, he found her gone.

" Lord Ashitaka, I have some personal matters to attend to. I will be back in short time."

"Of course, Lord Sessho-maru. If it is of that great importance..."

Sessho-maru gave a slight bow and then bolted out of the mansion.

He persecuted her scent hotly and bound effortlessly in the direction she had fled. He wasn't about to lose her now! He had spent too long trying to find her!

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Kagome ran up along a narrow path and into a small hut. She quickly dropped to her knees and began to pry up the floor plank. She removed a sword which she had bought for such an emergency.

She wouldn't run away! She would face Sessho-maru...she would not let him win. Not ever...

To be continued...