Miko's Chamber
Rin had been sitting in the chamber all day either drawing, looking out of the balcony window singing or napping next to Kagome. Rin had just got done looking out the balcony and walked over and picked up her parchment and ink quill and sat down next to Kagome to start drawing when the body next to her moved. So she laid down the parchment and quill and turned to face Kagome and took Kagome's hand into her's and looked down into Kagome's face.
"Kagome-chan, it's me, Rin! Are you waking up? Please, Kagome-chan, please wake up." Rin said. Rin watched as movement started under the closed eyelids then slowly Kagome's eyelids tried to open. Then they tried it again. "That's it Kagome-chan, keep it up." Then Kagome opened her eyes.
"R-I-N!" Kagome said softly trying to swallow. "Where am I?"
"Hello, Kagome-chan. You are in Sesshoumaru-sama's castle, silly. Hold on, ok!" Rin went to the door of the chamber and opened it and stepped out for a second and yelled out "SESSHOUMARU-SAMA COME QUICKLY!" Then closed the door and ran over and got a goblet of water that was on the table and walked back over to Kagome and helped her to sit up to drink some water. A few seconds later the door of the chamber opened.
"Rin, what's wrong?" Sesshoumaru asked with the three other lords standing behind him.
"Look, Sesshoumaru-sama! Kagome-chan woke up!" Rin said.
"So, this is the Kagome-chan, in whom we heard about the last time, we were here!" Lord Toru said. They watched as Kagome tried to cover up more as the scent of fear slowly filled the room. Sesshoumaru turned and looked at the other three lords and moved towards the door and walked out into the hall motioning for them to follow once all were in the hall and the door closed lord Toru spoke "What's wrong with the miko and why did your ward say she woke up?"
"The miko had been wounded and had been unconscious for about a week!" Sesshoumaru said.
"What happened?" Lord Kenshin asked.
"She was traveling in the northern lands between the territory that is not under any lords rule when she was attacked by someone in her group that she thought was a friend and was mortally wounded. Her friends brought her to me since she is friends with my ward and asked if I'd heal her." He stated. "She will be returning when she's well to travel." Sesshoumaru told the others.
"A shame to be betrayed by a close friend!" Lord Naoko said. "Well we'll be off. Until next time western lord." The lords turned and walked to the stairs and headed down. Sesshoumaru turned and opened the door and walked back in shutting the door behind him.
"Welcome back to the land of the living, miko!" Sesshoumaru stated walking closer to the futon and knelt down "How are you feeling?" He asked.
"I feel tired and sore! Sesshoumaru, may I ask how long have I been here and how did I get here?" Kagome asked then sipped her water.
"You've been at my castle for a week now. Your friends the monk and the youkai exterminator brought you here. They asked this Sesshoumaru to heal you." He told her as the door opened and a servant walked in.
"My lord dinner is ready." The servant bowed.
"Rin, go down to the dining hall and eat. You are to take your time eating. Then you may come back and visit with Kagome." He looked at the servant "Bring some food here to this chamber for my guest to eat." He commanded. The servant left.
"But Sesshoumaru-sama, I want to eat in here with Kagome-chan!" Rin spoke sadly.
"Rin, don't disobey." Sesshoumaru spoke.
"Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama." Rin lowered her head and left the room. When the child left the room Sesshoumaru turned back to the miko.
"This Sesshoumaru stopped by the village around dawn while on patrol and at the time I told them that you had not woke up yet!" He felt a little uncomfortable making small talk.
"How did they look and sound?" Kagome asked while looking around the room.
"They looked fine. The monk and youkai exterminator and Kitsune along with the old miko are very worried about you. But there was tension in the air as well because of the half breed was there." He watched as she went sad.
"Oh! I bet, he's glad I'm gone so his dead lover can take over my place looking for the jewel shards." She told Sesshoumaru.
"Your friend the monk told me what happened between you and the dead priestess and the half breed." He said.
"Sesshoumaru, this room is different from the one I stayed in before! Who's room is it? It's huge!" She asked. Sesshoumaru stood up and moved away from the futon. "I'm sorry, if I brought up something painful." She moved slowly to the edge of the futon and pulled back the blankets. The sound caught his attention and he turned around to see her uncovered and at the edge of the extra large futon.
"What are you up to?" He asked her as he came back over to her.
"You've said I've been laying here for a week, right? Well, my body is telling me that I've got to go and relieve myself. You know nature calls." She slowly pushed herself up onto her feet and because of wobbly feet for not being on them for a week they gave out and fell but Sesshoumaru's arm shot around her waist. "Thank you!" She said leaning against his chest.
"Welcome. This chamber by the way was father's chamber. This chamber is the largest sleeping chamber in the whole castle. Mine is the second largest. The only other things that will top this room is the throne room which is hardly or not at all used anymore." He opened the door and left it open and walked her down the hall to where one could go to relieve themselves which it also had a door that lead into the hot spring. He opened the door and walked her inside. "When your done just call out and I'll come and help you back to your chamber. I'll be outside this door." He turned and walked out shutting it. When he was gone she pulled up the sleeping kimono and relieved herself. While relieving herself she saw another door.
"Hmmm, I wonder were that goes?" After she was done she used the wall and wobbled over to the other door and quietly opened the door to reveal a large hot spring that could hold twenty people at one time. She managed to make it to the edge and pulled up the kimono to mid-thigh and stepped in and sat on the edge and closed her eyes. "Ahhhh this feels so good! Well since I'm in here I don't think he'd mind." She untied the small belt around the sleeping kimono and stripped off the garment and throw it a little behind her, not seeing a person in white walk in. After throwing the garment behind her she made her way to deeper water and dunked herself under the water. Then came back up. "Now I wonder were the washing stuff is to wash my body and hair." She said out loud but to herself.
"It's always by the door as you walk in." A deep voice answered her. She plunged her body down till the water was at her neck then turned around to see Sesshoumaru standing there with a bucket. She raised her arm to reach for it but raised for far up to where her breasts were above the water and uncovered when she realized they were uncovered she submerged under the water again but not before Sesshoumaru had a full view of her full rounded breasts.
"HENTAI!" She blushed and turned her back to him."Ummm, thanks, ah... umm...
could you please turn around!" She asked she peeked over her shoulder to see he turned around and walk towards the door "Wait, could you at least stay so I could have someone to talk with?" Kagome moved over to the bucket that had some kind of sweet smelling stuff in it. She stuck her hand in the bucket and loaded her hand with the powder and brought her hand to her chest then with a little bit of water the powder started to form suds. "So Sesshoumaru, could you tell me something. Could you tell me what I did to make you mad that morning that your eyes were red and you pushed me away and told me to get the wood and return to my camp?" She asked while washing herself as she heard a slight growl.
"That's for another time, miko!" He said Behind him he heard the sound of water splashing as if someone was moving to get out of the water.
"My name is Kagome! Not miko. Eep" She squealed as she steeped out of the hot spring and tripped. She closed her eyes as she tripped but the ground never came but rather felt something soft around her waist and a hand right under her left breast. She opened her eyes and looked up into the face of Sesshoumaru. "Ah... you can let me go, so I ah... can get dressed."
Her face blushed as she looked around for the sleeping kimono. She shot her eyes back to Sesshoumaru's as she felt a clawed thumb slid out from under her breast and over her nipple and rubbing gently back and forth. She closed her eyes and titled her head back. When the feeling stopped and Sesshoumaru spoke.
"Remain right here, I will bring you a fresh sleeping kimono for you." He let go of her and left the hot spring. True to his word he had came back and brought her a sleeping kimono and she dressed in it while he was turned and now she was back in her chamber on the futon with a hyper and very high spirited child asking questions and playing games and tickling each other and the time just past so quickly it seemed until a knock came to the door and Kagome walked over and opened it to see a servant.
"My lady," The servant bowed. "I've come to get the child for it's time for her to retire for the night." The servant said with her head bent looking down.
"Oh please, don't call me 'My Lady!' Call me Kagome and please don't bow to me." She spoke sweetly.
"But, I must my lady for it shows respect to a lady." The servant spoke. Kagome turned towards Rin.
"Rin, it's time for you to retire." Kagome held out her hand. The child ran over to her.
"Oh, alright. But will Kagome-chan go to the gardens with Rin in morning?" Rin smiled up to Kagome.
"Sure, why not?" She bent down and gave the child a hug. "Now go on, and go to bed." Then stood up and watched Rin walk with the servant down the hall aways before turning and slowly walking back into the huge room and over to the balcony window and looked out while talking to herself. "Why does the servant insist on calling me 'My Lady?' I'm not royalty. That's another thing why would Sesshoumaru put me in his father's room when there are alot of other rooms that are secondary for lower guests?" She sighed.
"Is this chamber not to your liking?" The voice asked. Kagome turned.
"Oh yes, the chamber is to my liking. Your father had great taste but I just wondered why you would put me in here is all." She looked at him.
"There's just somethings that are not to be said right now. You should get some rest." He motioned towards the futon. Then left the room and headed to his chamber. As he lay there awake he heard the faintest sound of crying from his father's room. He was at a loss of what to do so he just stayed laying on his futon.
Morning dawned many hours later and as always everyone was at their daily task. But for the great Sesshoumaru it was proving to be difficult. For one remembering the feel of the miko's breast, second remembering the sound of the miko crying until she fell asleep and lastly for he had to decide if he was going to send word about the miko. For surely he knew when the group got word of her they would most surely show up wanting to see her. But he gave his word. So he walked to his study door and opened it and called for his general. When his guard came into the study Sesshoumaru spoke while writing.
"I want you to take this message to the village that is located by the old dried well and hand it to a monk known as Miroku. Once, you have given it to the monk return back to the castle." Sesshoumaru rolled up the parchment and sealed it with the western lands seal and handed it to his general.
"Yes, sir! Right away, sir!" The general bowed and left the study and hurried down the stairs and out of the castle.
Kaede's Hut
Everyone of the village were up and starting their daily routine. Some of the men and women went down and worked in the rice fields and others in their vegetable gardens and other women with young children went to wash the dirty clothes and still their were men who stayed at the village to help guard and fix things around the village.
For the Inu gang minus Kagome were outside of the hut along with Kaede. Kaede was working in her herbs with Sango helping her, Miroku was working on his staff while trying to keep his eyes off the young women of the village who were trying to catch his attention. Shippou was sitting by Kirara watching Kaede and Sango. Inuyasha was up in a tree lazy as ever all sprawled out with his arms and legs dangling off the tree.
Everything was going as normal as it should when Kirara perked ears perked up as well as her head and the Inu gang started hearing screams from some of the women of the village and loud shouts from the men.
Inuyasha jumped down from the tree branch with his hand on the hilt of the sword while everyone else stood up and looked at each other then went and followed the source of the commotion. When they got to the center of the commotion they saw three armored youkai with their hands on their swords. The men of the village moved slightly away when they saw Kaede and the Inu gang coming.
"Make way for lady Kaede." One of the village men announced. Kaede stepped up to the youkai.
"I'm known as Kaede! I'm the priestess of this village. Who might you be and why are ye here?" Kaede said.
"Answer her or feel my sword in your guts!" Inuyasha bit out a challenge.
"Inuyasha, silence ye tongue!" Kaede rebuked Inuyasha. As they heard laughter coming from the three youkai's.
"Little puppy you think you could beat a high ranking general of the western lands and two of my top men! The fight would be not be started before you would be dead! Younger son of the Great Dog Demon and brother to our master Lord Sesshoumaru." The general said. "Now for the reason, we are here. I am to give a message to a monk in this village by the name Miroku. Who might he be?" The general looked over everyone close by. Miroku stepped around Inuyasha and stood in front of the general.
"I'm the monk named Miroku!" Miroku tried to swallow the lump in his throat as he stood there. He watched as the general pulled out a scroll.
"Then, this is far you." The general handed the rolled up parchment to the monk. "Now, we'll be on our way!" With that they turned and left the village.
"What does it say, Miroku?" Sango asked.
"Did you get a woman to bare you a child and now your in trouble?" Shippou asked. Miroku gave them a sheepish grin.
"I don't know. Let me open it and see!" Miroku said as he broke the seal and unrolled it and read it. A big smile came onto his face as he rolled the parchment back up.
"Well what did it say?" Sango asked.
"Ah you don't want to know. It only from Sesshoumaru and has to do with our lovely comrade Kagome!" He said and started to walk away when Inuyasha grabbed ahold of his monk outfit.
"What did it say about Kagome!" Inuyasha bellowed.
"It says that she is fine and that she finally woke up." Miroku told them. "He also knows that we would want to see her."
"Well what are we waiting for!" Shippou cheered. With in a matter of minutes everyone was heading to the western castle to see Kagome.