Ch.5
Kagome put everything she had taken out last night back into her backpack. It was a good thing she had it. While she packed, she thought about the rest of the gang. She hoped they were okay. Even Inuyasha. Especially Inuyasha. She loved him, and she would always love him, no matter what. But he only saw her as a shard detector, and now he hated her. What could she do? Where would she go? Not home, not to Koga, especially not back to Inuyasha. There was only one option. She was going to go to Sesshomaru. She was still curious as to what he wanted her for, and if he just wanted to kill her, then at least she would be out of her misery. Inuyasha could no longer break her heart.
'Whoa..... back up' Kagome thought to herself. 'I'm going to Sesshomaru's castle by choice? The same Sesshomaru who has tried to kill me so many times? Have I gone crazy?' her conscience answered –no, merely desperate. What do you have to lose? - With that thought in mind, Kagome started towards the west. She had only gone a few miles when she sensed a demon presence. She looked up, and there was Sesshomaru, floating right above her on his cloud. He jumped off, landing gracefully in front of her. "What are you doing here?" Kagome asked. Sesshomaru just regarded her coldly out of expressionless eyes. "Come here, wench." He finally said. That did it. Kagome was sick and tired of being told to come here and do this and do that by these pushy demon jerks. She went berserk. "That's it! Leave me be, Sesshomaru. You have screwed up everything! I hate you! You jerk!" Sesshomaru's eyes flashed and he growled. "No one speaks to the Lord of the Western La---"but he was interrupted as Kagome began mocking him. "Oh yes." she said sarcastically. "All hail Lord Sesshomaru, ruler of the jerks!" She mock bowed. "All hail the mighty-"Kagome was flung backwards as the back of Sesshomaru's hand connected with her face. "Do not speak to me that way, wench." He finalized. Then he picked up the unconscious miko, flung her over his shoulder, and rode away on his cloud.
Sango, Shippo, Miroku, and Kirara walked along the forest trails, following Inuyasha who was following Kagome's scent. He breathed in deeply, the quickened his pace. His gaze narrowed. His brother's scent was starting to mix with Kagome's, and both were getting stronger. "Inuyasha" panted Miroku, "Slow down!" Inuyasha stopped and waited for the rest of the group to catch up. "You guys stay here." He said. "Kirara and I will go on and look for Kagome. When we find her, we'll come back for you." They all nodded and Inuyasha and Kirara leapt off.
'This is better' thought Inuyasha. 'We'll find Kagome quicker if we don't have to wait.' After about an hour of searching, Inuyasha heard Kirara calling him. He went in that direction, noticing that both his brother and Kagome's scent were getting stronger and stronger. Sesshomaru's scent was repulsively near hers. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes; he didn't like this at all. When he reaced Kirara, the first thing he noticed was the long scud mark with hints of Kagome's blood on it.
Inuyasha growled. Only a body could have made that long, shallow hole, and it wasn't Sesshomaru's. He cracked his fingers. "He took her." The hanyou fell to his knees in defeat. "She's gone. He took her and it's all my fault. I couldn't save her" Inuyasha would have sat there and wallowed in his misery all day, but Kirara sat in front of him. The neko kagati looked straight into his eyes and gave a growl. Inuyasha gave a small smile.
"Thanks Kirara." He said. He got up and looked at the fire cat, who looked right back at him, waiting for instructions. "Kirara, you go and get the others. When they are rested, bring them to Sesshomaru's castle. I'll go on ahead and see if I can get Kagome out." Kirara nodded, gave a small growl, and took off into the air.
Inuyasha watched her go, then started towards the west. He cracked his claws again. "Big brother, you've gone too far."