(Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.)
Chapter 28: To Find Kagome
As they flew to the battleground as the light dissipated. They saw a
shadow off to their left. They stopped and stood in a battle stance. As
the shadow became clearer and they could see Kagome dragging Tokijin on
the ground as she staggered.
Kagome, upon seeing everyone, smiled faintly. Due to the fight and
amount of miko power she used to destroy Naraku, she collapsed to the
ground. Everyone gasped when she hit the ground. Sesshoumaru ran over
and pulled his mate onto his lap to check if she was alright. Sango came
up and told him that Miroku and she would make camp and a fire.
Sesshoumaru nodded.
As night fell and the moon so bright. The moonbeams came through the
trees shining upon the group when Kagome began awaken.
"Sesshoumaru, where are the bodies of my family? So I might bury
them?" She asked softly.
"The bodies of your family are in the Northern Lands. We'll travel
there in the morning. We will all be there with you." Sesshoumaru hugged
her close.
"Yes, Kagome. Sesshoumaru-sama is right. We'll go with you and support
you." Sango stated. "We'll not let a friend down who's in need."
Kagome leaned her head back and looked into Sesshoumaru's eyes as he
lowered one of his hands to rub her belly. "I'm sorry you had to go
through this but I'm glad my mate and pup are safe." He said as she fell
back to sleep.
Everyone in camp, except Kagome, was up. They let her sleep in due to
the fact that she was pregnant and because of the battle and the amount
of miko power she had used. All of a sudden she leaped up and ran for
the nearest bush to throw up.
Lady Kumiko stood up.
"It's alright son. I'll get her. I've been through this when I was carrying you. It's normal."
She walked into the woods and knelt down behind Kagome.
"Lady Kumiko, how much longer till I stop throwing up?" She asked
before she threw up again.
"It depends. Youkais' time of giving birth is different to human time
of giving birth. You see human's give birth in nine months. We, youkais,
give birth in six mouths. So you still have close to four months left.
But you won't be throwing up all the time that will pass soon." After
Kagome was done, Lady Kumiko helped her up and they walked back to camp.
After everyone ate, they headed to the Northern Lands. They took
Inuyasha's body with them.
When they got to the castle Kouga's father greeted everyone.
"Welcome home son, and welcome lords and ladies of the Western Lands, and fellow
guests." Loren saw that on the fire cat was the body of Inuyasha.
"I'll have a servant take the body of Inuyasha and put it in the shrine. It'll
also have my servants show you to some rooms and fresh clothes brought
to you. Then won't you join us in the formal greeting room. A guest will
show you where".
After they freshened up, they went to the formal greeting room.
"Well, let me start out by saying Congratulations to the young lord
and lady of the western lands and an extremely warm welcome back Lord
InuTaisho and Lady Kumiko. And to you Lady Kagome, my most humble
apologies towards you and your loss. If my senses are right,
Congratulations are in order to you both young Lord Sesshoumaru and Lady
Kagome for your unborn pup." Loren said.
"Thank You, Lord Loren." Sesshoumaru spoke up for the both of them.
"InuTaisho if I may ask, How was it that you and your mate Lady Kumiko
were brought back?"
"We have lady Kagome to thank for that. She used the Tetsusaiga and a
kimono along with her miko powers and did a risky procedure that could
have ended in her own death." InuTaisho told them.
"Pardon me Lord Loren, where might the bodies of my family be?" Kagome
asked.
"They are in our family shrine. I'll take you to it after dinner. We
should head to the formal dining hall." Which all of them walked out of
the greeting room and heading across the hall when a voice called out.
"Kouga, you're back, my love!" As a female wolf youkai ran up and
jumped into Kouga's arms. Kouga's face turned red as he blushed.
"Everyone, I'd like you to meet my mate Emi which means 'Blessed with
beauty in Japanese'. Emi, I'd like you to meet my friend that I told you
about. She was once a human miko and now an inuyoukai; her name's Kagome
and this is her mate, Lord Sesshoumaru. This is Sesshoumaru's parents
Lord InuTaisho and Lady Kumiko, and my human friends Sango, and the monk
is Miroku. The Inuyoukai's are the lords and ladies of the Western
Lands." Kouga introduced everyone.
"Hello everyone, Nice to meet your acquaintance." Emi said. Kagome
took a good look at Emi and noticed her hair was a light brown, her eyes
were a warm gray, and she had a leaf with a star over the leaf on her
forehead.
Now everyone was going into the dining hall. As they were sitting
down. Lord Loren spoke up.
"We are still waiting for one of our other
guest to show up. He'll be here in a few." Loren spoke.
Just as Loren was finishing talking, the door opened and a servant
lead a small boy in and sat him across the table. In time for Kagome to
look up and across from her the sight shocked her.
"SOTA..." She said pushing her chair a
way from the table and ran around the table.
"Kag-Kagome!" Sota ran and met his sister. Kagome went to her knees
holding her brother crying.
"Sis, I thought I'd never see you again
after Inuyasha killed Grandpa…" Sota cried.
"But I don't know what happened to mother. Ahh, sis what happened to you?"
"Oh Sota, I have so many things to tell you both good and bad. But
first let's eat and I'll tell you about it after dinner. So now let's
stand up and go back to our seats." She stood up and led Sota to his
seat and pushed it in for him then walked over to hers.
After dinner lord Loren took Kagome and her brother as well as
everyone else to the family shrine where the bodies were.
"Kagome, where would you like them to be buried as well as Inuyasha?"
Loren asked.
"I would like my family to be buried by the sacred tree. As for
Inuyasha, I will take him and bury him underneath one of the Japanese
Crab Apple trees by the rose garden on the Western Lands." She told
Loren. She turned to InuTaisho and Sesshoumaru and they nodded.
"Kagome, when we go back to the village Sango and I'll take the bodies
of your family and back with us and bury them for you." Miroku said.
"We will all go with you in the morning, monk" Sesshoumaru said. "My
mate, I'll leave you with your brother so you can talk with him."
"Thank You, Sesshoumaru." She looked at him as he and everyone left
them at the shrine.
"Sota, I'm sorry that I was not able to save mother
and grandfather. I told mother that she was going to be a grandmother
just before she died but I was not able to tell grandpa." She said.
"It was not your fault sis so don't blame yourself. You mean I'm going
to be an uncle. So does that mean I have to go back to live with other
family members or can I stay here with you? What about Buyo?" Sota
asked.
"Well, Sota you may stay here. And even though I'm your sister, it
would be polite to ask my mate and his father because they are the Lords
of the lands that we live at. This era has a lot of traditions and is
way different then the time we are used to. But don't think that you can
skip any kind of schooling because you'll be taught reading,
mathematics, history, how to defend yourself, you'll learn to hunt as
well as many things. You'll have many teachers that you'll be learning
from. So if you would like to live in this era you'll have to ask
Sesshoumaru and his father." Kagome said. "As for Buyo, you'll have to
ask about him as well. But wait until we get to the village and bury
mother and grandpa first." She told him. "Let me know when you want to
talk to them and I'll pass the request to them and then I'll bring you
before them."
"Sis, would I be able to become like you?" Sota asked. "Alright sis I
will."
"I'm not sure how that would work. I'd have to talk to Sesshoumaru and
his father about that to
find out. Then I'll let you know. Let's walk you back to your chambers
because we leave early and to live here you're going to have to learn to
get up early." They both got up and walked towards the castle and up to
Sota's chamber to put him to bed. Then she went to hers and
Sesshoumaru's chamber.
She walked into her chamber to see Sesshoumaru sitting on the futon
reading a scroll he got from the library while Sota and Kagome were in
the shrine and talking. She walked over to the futon and untied the obi
and slipped off the kimono and pulled the blanket back and climbed in
next to her mate.
"Sessho, sometime tomorrow Sota might want to talk to
you and your father. I told him the things that he wants he'll have to
talk to the both of you about them because you both are the Lords of the
Western Lands. Also he asked me a question that I have no clue to
answer. I'll ask that after he asks the others." She said then she
started to nip at his side and working up to his ear.
"Alright that will be fine. We better get some rest before we have to
travel in the morning." He said as he drew Kagome into his arms and
kissed her. "Sleep well, my love."
"You too, my mate." Kagome snuggled in close to him and went to sleep.
An hour later, a servant snuck into the room and shook Kagome's
shoulder.
"Lady Kagome…" The servant said lightly.
"Mmmmm, Yes." Kagome said opening her eyes.
"Pardon me, Lady Kagome. But your little brother ran out of his
chambers crying. He ran outside." The servant said.
"Please get me a robe!" The servant got her the robe and she put it on
and slide off the futon and left the room and headed outside to the
shrine. When she got to the shrine, she found Sota, lying on the floor
by their mother, crying. She walked over and wrapped her arms and tail
around them both.
"Oh! Sis, why did they have to die? Why did Inuyasha have to kill
them?" Sota cried out. "I already miss them, sis!" Sota said turning and
sobbing into her chest.
"Shhhh, Sota! It's alright." She brought him more into her arms and
began to rock him back and forth.
"I don't know why they had to die and
I don't know why he killed them. Yes I miss them too Sota!" She wiped
his tears away as she rocked him to sleep. When he was asleep she stood
up and walked back to the castle and to his chambers putting him back
into bed. She then walked back to her chamber and back into the
futon.
"How is your little brother?" Sesshoumaru wrapped his arms around her.
"He misses mother and grandpa already. Why did Inuyasha have to kill
them?" She had tears in her eyes. "I miss them as well but Sota more
because he's a young kid."
Sesshoumaru leaned down and licked her tears away. "I'll try to
comfort him for I know all too well how it is to lose a parent." But
when he looked down he saw his mate asleep. So he brought her closer and
went to sleep as well.