"Who was she?" Kagome asked but was shook out of her dream by the feel of hands shaking her and nausea in her stomach. Kagome sat straight upon the futon, to see Rin looking at her along with the servant from earlier.
"Are you alright, Lady Suki?" But before she could answer the door to the chamber opened and in rushed the guards that were assigned to watch over her and Rin.
"Lady, are you alright?" One of the guards asked.
"Yes, I'm fine. I just had a bad dream about some battle and something that involved with the western lord, that's all. You may return to your post for I must rest." Kagome dismissed them.
"Yes, Milady." The guards bowed and left the room. The servant bowed and left as well. Kagome tried to lie back down beside Rin but could not fall asleep and she was still wide awake several hours later when the servant showed back up in the chamber as the sun was starting to rise.
"Lady Suki, you're still awake! Did you not get any sleep?" The servant asked as she walked over to where the kimonos were and sat two out. One for Kagome and the other for Rin. "We must get you and Chika dressed and to the dinning hall to await and have the morning meal with Lord Toru! So would you and Chika come in here please Milady?" Kagome got Rin up and they walked into the changing room. The servant dressed Rin in a baby pink kimono with a white obi. Then the servant dressed Kagome in a shimmering blue kimono that flowed behind her a bit on the floor with little dolphins swimming around and a sea green obi that had coral and star fish on it. "You both are dressed now, so follow me to the dining hall." The servant walked back into the main part of the chamber and over to the door and opened it letting Kagome and Rin walk out first then the servant followed shutting the door. The guards bowed as Kagome and Rin walked out past them. A few minutes later they were at the dining room door and the servant opened it and walked in first.
"Milord, they are here. Lady Suki and the child, Chika." The servant stepped aside and bowed as they Kagome and Rin walked into the room. In which they stood by the door as they watched as Lord Toru walked over to them.
"Greetings and good morning! I hope, you slept well." Toru said as the servant left the room.
"Greetings and a good morning to you as well lord Toru. No, I did not sleep well. For I'd had a disturbing dream about the western lord, that ended with a female in it that I know not who it was." Kagome said.
"Fear not for it's just a dream that you had. What do you have planned to do today, lady Suki?" Lord Toru asked.
"I know not of yet what to do with our day." Kagome said.
"You are not hungry? You touched not much of your food!" Toru asked and he watched Kagome shake her head.
"No, I'm afraid that food does not agree with me or the unborn is going to be very picky eater like it's father!" Kagome rubbed her belly.
"So, have you not had any pups before?" said Toru.
"No, I have not had any children before. This will be my first. So, I don't know what to expect while being pregnant let alone of all the changes that are do to start." Kagome said looking at her stomach.
"Your mate will be there to help you along with your friends. So, you will have no worries. Now, you mentioned about a female in your dream. What did this female look like?" Toru looked at Kagome.
"All that I got to see was that her skin and hair was a pale white and her eyes were a violet. She wore a royal blue kimono with carriages and fans on it along with a yellow obi with a phoenix on it. She told me to fear not and that everything will be fine and I'll see him again. The female did not give a name of who she was." Kagome looked over at lord Toru and saw that his eyes had gotten bigger then they were.
"Was there any other markings or anything else, you could tell me about her? Anything at all?" Toru asked.
"Well, if I would go by her height she would stand just passed Lord Sesshoumaru's shoulders and her hair were almost touching the ground." Kagome answered. Kagome watched the reaction to what she had said. "Who would she be? Or would you have any idea?" Kagome asked.
"From what you described it sounds as though Lord Sesshoumaru's mother visited you inside your dream, to let you know that everything will be fine and you'll see the western lord soon." Lord Toru said. Then Lord Toru stood up "I must leave you but feel free to roam the castle and when business is done, I'll meet up with you." With that lord Toru walked out of the room. After he left Kagome looked at Rin.
"How would you like to walk the beach and play in the sand and waves today?" Kagome asked Rin. "But you must remember you must call me Suki as I must call you Chika, alright?" She watched as Rin nodded. "We'll have one of the guards who are standing at the main door take us to the land." With that Kagome took Rin's hand and walked out of the dinning room and headed to the main door to the castle. When both Kagome and Rin stepped outside on the platform over looking the ocean the guards stood at more of attention. Kagome walked over to one of them.
"Greeting, Milady." The guard bowed to her then stood attention once more. "Is there something that we can help you with, Lady Suki?" One of the guards asked.
"We would like for one of you to take us to shore." Kagome said.
"Yes, Lady Suki. Just let me call and have a boat sent here from shore Milady." The guard said.
"There's no need for a boat is there?" Kagome questioned.
"Yes, Lady Suki, it's a must for those of royal blood." The guard answered and then signaled a guard on shore to bring forth a boat. A half hour later Kagome and Rin were on shore.
"Lady Suki, would you and the child be needing any assistance?" One of the shore guards asked.
"No, sir, that will be all. I'll summon you if anything arises." With that Kagome dismissed the guard.
"Yes, Milady." The guard bowed and went on his way and Kagome and Rin took off their slippers that matched their kimono's and walked along the beach through the waves that came up and covered their feet. They walked along talking and picking up shells. Then Kagome found some stones, she could walk on and managed to get to some fairly good sized boulders in the water that and walked out. Where she was at she saw another boulder a bit away that she jumped off the others and landed on. The boulder, she was now on if she was to fall in the water it would be well past her hips and more at being just below her breasts. Once on the boulder, she looked around then she sat down on the boulder with her legs together but laying to her side. While she closed her eyes and titled her head back facing her closed eyes to the sky.
"Lady Suki, look I'm making pretty sand pictures and using all the pretty shells that we found." Rin called out using the name that Lord Toru gave Kagome as a cover up name who she really was. Kagome opened her eyes and looked over to where Rin was playing in the sand.
"You're doing well Chika, keep up the good work." Then Kagome looked down at the water that had gotten a little bit higher upon the boulder that she was sitting upon. Then she placed her feet in the water.
Inside Lord Toru's Castle Lord Toru had just got out of his morning duties and had walked out of his study and walked down to Kagome's and Rin's chamber and knocked on the door and got no reply. He turned and looked at the guards that were signed over to watch over and to protect Kagome and Rin while they were there at the castle.
"Have you not seen Lady Suki and the child, Chika? Are they not in their chamber?" Toru asked.
"No, M'Lord. They are not in their chamber. We have not seen Lady Suki or the child, Chika since they left the chamber to meet you in the dinning hall for the morning meal." One of the guards mentioned.
"You are assigned to watch over and protect Lady Suki and Chika while they are here. That means when they are in the castle your to keep an eye on them but don't have to follow them around. But if they go anywhere outside you are to follow them like a shadow as you would guard my person! Do I make myself clear on this?" Lord Toru reprimanded the guards that he assigned to watch over Kagome and Rin.
"Yes Sir." The guards said in unison.
"Follow me and we will search for Lady Suki and the child, Chika." Toru and the guards left and searched the castle and found not Kagome and Rin so they walked to the main door into the castle and walked out.
"Greetings, M'Lord." The outside guards bowed as they saw their master and the other guards behind him. "Is there anything wrong, M'Lord?" The outside guards asked.
"We are looking for Lady Suki and the child, Chika for they are no where in the castle and they did not take their guards with them to where they went." Toru said.
"Lady Suki and the child are on shore, sir. They left over an hour ago to the shore. No clue, as to what they are doing." One of the outside guards said. Lord Toru nodded then walked to the bottom step that had water on it and dived into the water of the ocean and transformed into his true form which is a dolphin. Then the guards that are to protect Kagome and Rin followed suit jumping in the water and turning into their forms and following their master to shore.
Back at the Beach
Kagome was just coming out of her thoughts that she was having about Sesshoumaru when she heard a males voice coming from behind her somewhere.
"Enjoying yourself, Lady Suki?" The male's voice rang out to her. Kagome turned her head and saw Lord Toru and some guards standing by Rin.
"Oh Lord Toru, I'm sorry I'll be there in a moment." Kagome did not notice how or what she placed her feet before she attempted to stand up and since her feet were still wet from having her feet in the water when she stood up she placed her wet feet on her shimmering blue kimono which ended up making her kimono tight so she tried to pull it out from under her feet which in turn caused her to fall backwards. "AAAAHHHHH, NOOOO!" Kagome cried out as she fell backwards into the surf of the ocean making a splash.
"Lady Suki!" Rin yelled out as she ran to the waters edge. When what looked like a gray and aqua flash ran past her and into the water. Then off a little ways away from the boulder which Kagome fell in at came a big splash.
"You are safe now, M'Lady." Lord Toru said close to her ear.
"Ah...Thank you." Kagome turned her face to see Lord Toru but came nose to nose to him and she blushed and looked down to see one of his arms around her underneath her breast area and his hand from his other arm was on her hip. Which they stayed that way for a bit before Kagome spoke "I think, it's time for me to return to the shore now, lord Toru! So if you would be so kind as to take me there, I would be grateful." Without saying a word Toru swam them back to the shore line.
"Lady Suki!" Rin called as she ran to Kagome and wrapped her arms around Kagome's waist. "I was so worried about you! Are you ok? Did Lord Toru try to kiss you?" Rin asked.
"Yes Chika, I am fine. Now let's fine a way back to the castle for I am much exhausted." She took Rin's hand and walked over to two of the four guards "Would you two take Chika and myself to the castle it is time for Chika to take her nap and I am exhausted!" Kagome asked.
"Yes, M'Lady. This guard must pick M'Lady up by the waist to carry you." The guard informed Kagome. Kagome gave him a nod and in a few seconds they were in the air. Lord Toru watched them leave. But no sooner were they in the air they had landed again outside the main door of the castle.
"Welcome back, Lady Suki and Chika!" The door guards said. Kagome only gave them a slight nod and walked into the castle. Inside the main hallway she took Rin's hand and they walked down to the royal level to their chamber with their the guard following behind them. Upon entering the bed chamber and shutting the door Kagome walked over to the and laid Rin on the futon then walked into the changing room and grabbed her sleeping kimono and walked back out and to and saw Rin asleep then she untied her obi and laid it on the floor then slipped off the wet kimono to where she was nude and slipped on the sleeping kimono and then climbed onto the futon. But unaware to her the was a gray dolphin underneath where she was standing before she walked to the futon watching but now was gone. Kagome at first could not asleep but put her face in her hands and started weeping.
"Kagome, are you alright?" Rin turned over and came up to Kagome.
"Yes Rin, I'm alright. I just miss Sesshoumaru." Kagome told Rin while thinking in her head 'Imagine that me missing the lord of the western lands.' As she laid Rin next to her and lightly fell asleep. Then opened her eyes and sat up because she had a idea and then she got up and went to get a fresh kimono and changed into it. Then she walked over to the door and opened it and walked out. She looked at the guards and spoke. "I need to talk to Lord Toru could one of you be so kind to take me to where I may talk to him."
"Come with me, Lady Suki, I'll take you to a place." Kagome nodded to the guard and watched him turn then she followed him. They entered a room and the guard motioned for her to take a seat. "Lady, please take a seat and I'll let Lord Toru know you request to talk with him." Then the guard left. A little while later lord Toru entered the room where she was sitting and waiting for him.
"Thank you, please wait outside." Toru told the guard. Then turned back to Kagome. "You needed to talk to me, Kagome?"
"I have now been here three days as you are well aware of. I was wondering if there is a carriage that would be able to travel in? For in the morning I would like to take Rin to a village in a forest that's called Inuyasha's forest which is located in the southern part of the western lands." Kagome said.
"Your mate said to keep you safe. So, that would not be a wise choice, Kagome." Toru said.
"We would travel in the pretense of seeking council or help of a miko. Anyway you have put a concealing spell on us to make us look different as though we are from the southern lands and not the western lands and we'd have the guards you assigned us along wit you if you wanted to come along to ensure our safety. We could stop on the way back at the western castle under the pretense of business. Please I miss seeing my friends and now added onto that my mate and father of my unborn pup." Kagome said with tears in her eyes. Lord Toru saw the tears and breathed in a deep breath and let it out in a great sigh.
"Alright, Lady Kagome, we will leave in the morning in the royal covered carriage. Now that we got that talked about, we need to talk about you getting more rest for you have to think about yourself and your unborn. Let's get you back to your chamber for you to rest. I as lord of this castle order you to get some sleep. I'll have food delivered to you and when we get you to your chamber I'll head to my study and send a message out about our plan of action." Toru told Kagome.
"No, please don't write to inform him that we are planning to come tomorrow. Please, I want it to be a surprise to him. Just write a message saying that we are doing fine and that all of us meaning his mate, ward, and his unborn misses him very much and hope to see him soon. But write it to were if Naraku's spies intercept it and take it back to Naraku that Naraku won't know that you are talking about me or Rin." Kagome said with tremendous sadness.
"That is not the way a lord does. Because before another lord is able to enter another lord's lands they must always inform the other lord first or it would at times cause a war or that lord of that land could kill any lord that enters his lands unannounced. But alright as long as you promise to take better care of yourself and go to sleep once you get to your chamber." Lord Toru saw Kagome nod her head so he held out his hand to Kagome and after she took it Toru lead them to the door and opened it and walked out into the hall with Kagome and closed the door. Then they walked towards her chamber with the guard following once there Toru opened her door for her and grabbed her hand and brought her hand up and he bent to kiss her hand. "Rest well, Lady Suki and your evening food will be brought to you and I'll see you and Chika in the morning." Lord Toru said. After that Kagome shut the door and walked to the changing room and stripped down and happened to look down to see that her breasts were even larger now and her nipples stuck out a lot more as well as now you could definitely see that her abdomen was getting larger She looks like a pregnant woman around the ending of her first trimester. Because the baby is growing fast.. She rubbed her hand over her swollen belly. Then slipped on the sleeping kimono and walked out and over to the wardrobe and picked out what kimono that she and Rin would wear in the morning. The kimono she picked for herself was a shimmering rose pink with carriages and plum flowers with a silver obi. Then for Rin she picked out a purple kimono with red phoenix and scrolls and a red obi.
"Now, that I got that done, I will go over and get some sleep before the servant gets here with the food." Kagome walked over to the futon and laid down. A few hours later the servant came in and Kagome and Rin ate then went to bed after the servant came and got the food tray.