He looked up at the sound of a few more little rocks hitting the ground. His face lit up and he jumped to his feet and started running. The others followed his gaze. Sesshoumaru was standing about ten feet away from the boulder holding Kira tightly in one arm. She had her face buried against him crying and he made no move to stop her or throw her down. "I believe you." He whispered in her ear. She glowed white for about a minute but Sesshoumaru never let her go. Then Kira looked up at him and gave a slight smile. Both her eyes were a deep sad blue, two long fangs protruded from her mouth on either top corner, her hair was a pure black shiny wave that went down past her waist, and her face was red and slightly puffy from crying so much. But the thing Sesshoumaru noticed was that her markings were back. There, on the center of her forehead, was the familiar light blue crescent moon, identical to his. He let her down, stroked the mark and then hugged her close. Only then did he acknowledge the others. He turned to them.
"How did you find her?"
Inuyasha answered boastfully, "I caught her scent around an old well a few miles away. I jumped in and it brought me to her human world. I followed the smell through an old forest and to her human family's house where we found her. We told her who she really was and then brought her back here so she could find you."
"I see." Was Sesshoumaru's short reply, "You don't expect to keep her do you?"
Inuyasha went on guard, his hand moving towards the Tetsusaiga. "What do you mean?"
"Well, you're always around those humans and that woman, Kikyo is always after you, as well as Naraku. It's simply not safe for her. I have nothing after me at the moment. You, on the other hand, seem to gain a new enemy every time you go somewhere."
Inuyasha's face grew red with anger. "That's not true!" he shouted.
"Actually it is Inuyasha." Miroku replied simply, and Inuyasha turned to glare at him as Sesshoumaru spoke again. "You can relax little brother. I will not attack you in front of her. Besides, I have something to give her from father." With that he turned and took Kira's arm. "Come with me." He started pulling her away.
"Wait! Come back here!" Inuyasha roared.
Kira turned as she was being dragged away. "Don't worry, I'll find you after he shows me whatever it is!" and with that they entered the trees and were gone.
Kagome walked over to Inuyasha who had plopped down in shock again. "Kira said she'd be back Inuyasha. Don't worry about it! And you know how good her sense of smell is so she'll be able to find you no problem."
"Well, I'm gonna stay right here 'til she gets back!" with that he looked away from everyone and sat, unmoving.
Kagome walked away to the others, and Miroku immediately began plotting. "Ok Kagome. We'll wait one day and if he still refuses to move you yell 'sit' and I'll hit him upon the head with my staff. Then we'll carry him away!"
Kagome rolled her eyes. "There's no harm in him waiting for his sister to return! He wants to be sure that he won't loose her again and hopes that if he stays where he is she'll come back sooner. Maybe we should get him to move into the cover of the trees to hide from new Naraku attacks, but that's it." She stormed off to sit by his side and starting talking while the others retreated to the trees cover.
Meanwhile, Sesshoumaru and Kira were tramping though the woods. He preferred not to let her know about Ren and Jaken yet for he knew not what his sister's reaction would be at hearing her older brother being called "Lord Sesshoumaru."
"Where are we going?" Kira questioned. She had kept herself from asking but it finally burst out. "Father left something for me?"
"Yes, he never truly believed you were gone for good and I guess he was right." He touched the sword at his side. "He left me this sword, the Tenseiga and he left Inuyasha the Tetsusaiga. He also made a sword for you."
"He, he did?"
"Yes. He gave it to me to keep in case you were ever found. That's where we're going."
"Oh..."
They walked quietly and then, "What was it like? Living in a human world away from us and your home?"
"It wasn't that bad... I didn't know I didn't belong there. My memories were lost of you and this place. I had a friend and a family there too." She thought about it. "But I never actually felt like I belonged. Everything almost seemed foreign to me and I never totally fit in. When Inuyasha came it was explained to me why. I really wasn't supposed to be there."
"Oh, I see..." They walked a bit further and came to a huge tree. It's limbs spread out in every direction and totally blocked out the sun with its massive leaves. Under it was dark and shady, a big change from the hot summer day.
"Is it-?" Kira started to ask, but Sesshoumaru held up his hand and she quieted. It was a sign for her to stop everything that she remembered from when she was a child. Sesshoumaru smiled, satisfied that she remembered and walked up to the tree. He ran his hand down the trunk until he came to a certain spot, then he knocked on it and it sounded almost hollow. Kira thought she saw it move. Then he pulled his hand back, tensed it, and slammed his claws deep into the wood. When he pulled his hand back for the second time, a large circle of the tree came with it. He pulled the chunk off his hand and reached deep into the hollowed trunk. Kira looked on in amazement as he withdrew a sword. The sheath was all black with narrow gold lines running squiggly circles around the ends. When Sesshoumaru grabbed the handle, it shocked him and he quickly let go. He picked it up agian and quickly handed it to Kira who timidly took it and held it in her hands, staring.
"He... made a sword for me?" she asked.
"Yes. Yours is more powerful than Inuyasha's and mine. It's a combination of both of ours. Unsheathe it." Kira looked at him and he added, "don't worry. It will not shock you. It was made for only you and to prevent anyone from stealing it before you got it, father made it do what it did to me. Not even I can wield the Tetsuseiga."
Kira slowly wrapped her clawed fingers around the jeweled hilt and felt no pain so she slowly unsheathed it. It was a beautiful blade, curved slightly at the end, with not a scratch or nick to be seen, it was very light and easy for her to handle. "The Tetsuseiga?"
"Yes, it's a combination of the Tenseiga and the Tetsusaiga that were made for Inuyasha and I. It can do what both of ours can. In my hands he feared I would cause mass destruction so I cannot touch it. I do not know if Inuyasha can, for he was never told of its existence. It was left to me to give it to you if you were ever found and I have done so. Now, what shall you do with it?"
"How did you find her?"
Inuyasha answered boastfully, "I caught her scent around an old well a few miles away. I jumped in and it brought me to her human world. I followed the smell through an old forest and to her human family's house where we found her. We told her who she really was and then brought her back here so she could find you."
"I see." Was Sesshoumaru's short reply, "You don't expect to keep her do you?"
Inuyasha went on guard, his hand moving towards the Tetsusaiga. "What do you mean?"
"Well, you're always around those humans and that woman, Kikyo is always after you, as well as Naraku. It's simply not safe for her. I have nothing after me at the moment. You, on the other hand, seem to gain a new enemy every time you go somewhere."
Inuyasha's face grew red with anger. "That's not true!" he shouted.
"Actually it is Inuyasha." Miroku replied simply, and Inuyasha turned to glare at him as Sesshoumaru spoke again. "You can relax little brother. I will not attack you in front of her. Besides, I have something to give her from father." With that he turned and took Kira's arm. "Come with me." He started pulling her away.
"Wait! Come back here!" Inuyasha roared.
Kira turned as she was being dragged away. "Don't worry, I'll find you after he shows me whatever it is!" and with that they entered the trees and were gone.
Kagome walked over to Inuyasha who had plopped down in shock again. "Kira said she'd be back Inuyasha. Don't worry about it! And you know how good her sense of smell is so she'll be able to find you no problem."
"Well, I'm gonna stay right here 'til she gets back!" with that he looked away from everyone and sat, unmoving.
Kagome walked away to the others, and Miroku immediately began plotting. "Ok Kagome. We'll wait one day and if he still refuses to move you yell 'sit' and I'll hit him upon the head with my staff. Then we'll carry him away!"
Kagome rolled her eyes. "There's no harm in him waiting for his sister to return! He wants to be sure that he won't loose her again and hopes that if he stays where he is she'll come back sooner. Maybe we should get him to move into the cover of the trees to hide from new Naraku attacks, but that's it." She stormed off to sit by his side and starting talking while the others retreated to the trees cover.
Meanwhile, Sesshoumaru and Kira were tramping though the woods. He preferred not to let her know about Ren and Jaken yet for he knew not what his sister's reaction would be at hearing her older brother being called "Lord Sesshoumaru."
"Where are we going?" Kira questioned. She had kept herself from asking but it finally burst out. "Father left something for me?"
"Yes, he never truly believed you were gone for good and I guess he was right." He touched the sword at his side. "He left me this sword, the Tenseiga and he left Inuyasha the Tetsusaiga. He also made a sword for you."
"He, he did?"
"Yes. He gave it to me to keep in case you were ever found. That's where we're going."
"Oh..."
They walked quietly and then, "What was it like? Living in a human world away from us and your home?"
"It wasn't that bad... I didn't know I didn't belong there. My memories were lost of you and this place. I had a friend and a family there too." She thought about it. "But I never actually felt like I belonged. Everything almost seemed foreign to me and I never totally fit in. When Inuyasha came it was explained to me why. I really wasn't supposed to be there."
"Oh, I see..." They walked a bit further and came to a huge tree. It's limbs spread out in every direction and totally blocked out the sun with its massive leaves. Under it was dark and shady, a big change from the hot summer day.
"Is it-?" Kira started to ask, but Sesshoumaru held up his hand and she quieted. It was a sign for her to stop everything that she remembered from when she was a child. Sesshoumaru smiled, satisfied that she remembered and walked up to the tree. He ran his hand down the trunk until he came to a certain spot, then he knocked on it and it sounded almost hollow. Kira thought she saw it move. Then he pulled his hand back, tensed it, and slammed his claws deep into the wood. When he pulled his hand back for the second time, a large circle of the tree came with it. He pulled the chunk off his hand and reached deep into the hollowed trunk. Kira looked on in amazement as he withdrew a sword. The sheath was all black with narrow gold lines running squiggly circles around the ends. When Sesshoumaru grabbed the handle, it shocked him and he quickly let go. He picked it up agian and quickly handed it to Kira who timidly took it and held it in her hands, staring.
"He... made a sword for me?" she asked.
"Yes. Yours is more powerful than Inuyasha's and mine. It's a combination of both of ours. Unsheathe it." Kira looked at him and he added, "don't worry. It will not shock you. It was made for only you and to prevent anyone from stealing it before you got it, father made it do what it did to me. Not even I can wield the Tetsuseiga."
Kira slowly wrapped her clawed fingers around the jeweled hilt and felt no pain so she slowly unsheathed it. It was a beautiful blade, curved slightly at the end, with not a scratch or nick to be seen, it was very light and easy for her to handle. "The Tetsuseiga?"
"Yes, it's a combination of the Tenseiga and the Tetsusaiga that were made for Inuyasha and I. It can do what both of ours can. In my hands he feared I would cause mass destruction so I cannot touch it. I do not know if Inuyasha can, for he was never told of its existence. It was left to me to give it to you if you were ever found and I have done so. Now, what shall you do with it?"