Inside The Carriage
Kagome moved the curtain on the window and looked up into the sky as she thought to herself. "Please Sesshoumaru, come back to me safe. What did he say his parents names were? I don't remember his mother's name but I do remember his father's." Then she took in a deep breath then closed her eyes and prayed "Please if you can hear me in the after life, lord InuTaisho please protect your eldest son, Sesshoumaru and help him in this battle and bring him back to me and his unborn pup which is your grandson. Bring him back alive were he will live and see his son or daughter grow please!" Kagome finished and opened her eye's.
"Are you alright, Lady?" Lord Toru asked.
"Yes, I'm fine just saying a prayer that my mate would return safely." Kagome looked down at Rin who was laying with her head on Kagome's lap. As Kagome brought her hand to her stomach "Ouch! Looks like, the little one is active already this morning." She rubbed her stomach again. When it started kicking again she looked at Toru "Here, place your hands here and feel the pup or pups kick." She placed Toru's hands on her belly and he felt the kicking she was talking about.
"Amazing!" Then he got a worried look on his face as Kagome's hand shot to her chest and looked at the window with panic. "Lady, what's wrong?" Toru placed his hand on her free knee.
"I feel the shards calling to me. They are not that far away!" She kept her hand to her chest for a little bit longer then took her hand away. They traveled until mid-day and all of a sudden the feeling of the shards hit her again but this time there was a deep feeling of dread along with it that did not set well. So Kagome spoke up.
"Lord Toru, I need to relieve myself so could we please stop?" She asked. She watched as lord Toru moved the flap in the doorway and motioned for a guard to come up close and he said something then left. A few seconds later the carriage was put down.
"There, M'Lady. We have stopped." Toru said as he got out of the carriage.
"Could you and your men please turn your backs to the carriage so when Rin and I go behind the trees and bushes even though you won't see us we would still feel we have some privacy." She watched as Toru and his men turned and faced their backs to the carriage. Then she reached and got her bow and quiver full of arrows and then opened her yellow bag and pulled a bottle of water out. "Rin, wake up honey, let's go and relieve ourselves." Rin woke up and Kagome took Rin's hand and they got out of the carriage and went into the trees and bushes to relieved themselves and used the bottled water to wash their hands. Then Kagome knelt down to Rin and put her bow down then spoke "Rin, please listen. I know that Sesshoumaru-sama told you to listen to me and lord Toru. So please listen. I have to go find Sesshoumaru-sama on my own because I fear something is really wrong and if I tell lord Toru he will not let me leave to go find Sesshoumaru. So I need you to do me a big favor. I need you to watch what way that I leave then go back out there to lord Toru and the guards and give me a few minutes so I could get closer to where I need to go ok. Can you do that for me?" Kagome asked.
"Will you be alright?" Rin looked at Kagome with sad eyes.
"I will be fine, Rin. Don't worry." Kagome answered.
"Then Rin will do it." Rin said with cheer in her voice.
"Ok, Thank you, Rin." Kagome hugged and kissed Rin. Then Kagome grabbed her bow and stood up. After Kagome was gone Rin slowly walked back picking flowers as she headed to where lord Toru and the guards were. When Rin walked out of the bushes to where Toru could see her and he noticed that Kagome was not with her and he walked over to Rin and knelt down.
"Where is Lady Kagome? Why did she not come back with you? Did something bad happen? Please tell me!" Toru looked into the child's eyes.
"No, lord Toru nothing bad happened while we were over there. Kagome told me she felt something wrong is happened and then she said she will be fine and left heading that way with her bow and arrows." Rin pointed in the direction that Kagome left in.
"Rin, wait right here don't move."Toru stood up and walked over to his guards and talked to them. Then he turned back and walked over to Rin with a guard coming with him. "Rin, listen this is my head guard and his name is Osamu, he is going to take you to my castle along with the other guards but he will stay with you the whole time not leaving you. I am going to go make sure your mother returns safe alright!" Toru watched her nod. "Ok now go with Osamu." Toru watched as Rin went with his head guard and watched as he put Rin into the carriage and got in with her. When the carriage left three of the guards stayed behind.
"Where do we go sir?" One of the guards asked.
"We head north following the Lady's scent. But we must hurry!" After saying that all four left heading north.
With Kagome
Kagome was running throw the trees and bushes heading towards the feeling of where the shards felt the strongest. While running she had to fight with her quiver of arrows so they would stay on her shoulder. As she was running she was praying.
"Oh Kami, please let me get there on time before anything bad happens and please have Sesshoumaru's father protect my mate give him more strength and in body even have his father show in bodily form and help his son in battle." She stopped praying and stopped a second to catch her breath and rubbed her stomach. "Sorry, my pup." Then took off running again. She knew she was putting her body through a strain but she had to get to her mate. She reached up and grabbed ahold of her bow and took it off her shoulder and ran with it in her hand so it would be one less thing she had to reach for when she got to where she was going. About a half hour later she could hear clashing of swords and yelling off in the distance.
The Battle
Within a huge clearing that had a grove of trees around the area there was Inuyasha and his gang along with Sesshoumaru. Everyone was battling there own demons. The battle had been going a while and they all were getting tried.
"Hiraikotsu!" Sango had just thrown her giant boomerang and caught it after her boomerang sliced throw a group of six demons coming her way. Then she took a quick look around and saw three demons going after Shippo. "Shippou, watch out!" Sango said as she throw her boomerang and killed two of the three.
"Thanks, Sango!" Then Shippou turned around fast "FOXFIRE!" He yelled out as he throw a greenish ball at the demon but it did not slow down as Shippou turned back around but tripped which caused the demon to come and hover over Shippou "Eeeeek!" Shippou squealed as the demon reached down to get Shippou but all of a sudden the demon froze then fell over backwards and was dead. Shippou looked and saw a arrow sticking out of the demon's chest. Shippou looked around and then behind him as Kagome came out of the forest then stopped and tilted her head back placing her hand on her stomach trying to catch her breath. "Kagome!" Shippou breathed out softly as he took a better look and called out louder this time "KAGOME, IT IS YOU!" As he took off towards her.
"Kagome-chan!" Sango looked to her side.
"Lady Kagome!" Miroku called out as he whacked a demon with his staff then throw a spirit ward on it.
"KAGOME, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Inuyasha yelled.
"Jeez nice to see you too, Inuyasha!" As she watched everyone fight as more demons came into the area with the demons that where there already. "Where's Sesshoumaru?" She yelled.
"He's somewhere in the middle there." A small voice came up from the ground.
"Let's even up the score shall we?" Miroku looked to see if there was any of Naraku's poison insects the saimyoushou's where around. Not seeing any he yelled "Wind Tunnel!" Then he took and wrapped his hand back up after sucking in a great amount of demons.
"You think to win this battle that easy do you?" A deep voice came as a black and purple dressed figure came out of the trees.
"NARAKU!" Yelled Inuyasha. "Is that the real you or a mere puppet of you as always?"
"Rest assured Inuyasha that this time it is my real self here to battle!" Naraku voiced. Then Naraku summoned a small horde of demons.
"Good!" Inuyasha ran towards Naraku only to be cut off by a arrow flying across his path which he stopped short and looked to where the arrow came from. "K-kikyo!"
"Shippou, I want you to stay by Kirara!" Kagome told him as she pulled another arrow out and notched it. Just as lord Toru and the three guards showed up.
"Lady Kagome, we are here!" Lord Toru announced.
"Go help my friends. I'll be just fine here." Voiced Kagome. Kagome watched as the small horde of demons narrowed down to where the only one's left fighting anything was Inuyasha, lord Toru who was fighting two demons, and Sesshoumaru was fighting Naraku. Kagome looked around and saw Kikyo about to fire a arrow at Inuyasha. Kagome notched another arrow and ran forward "INUYASHA, LOOK OUT BESIDE YOU!" As she came up beside Inuyasha and fired her arrow at Kikyo. But Kikyo turned the arrow that was for Inuyasha and fired it at Kagome just as Kagome's arrow struck and purified Kikyo but as Kikyo was purified the arrow Kikyo fired went into the flesh just off to the side of Kagome's heart just missing all the vital organs and veins. Inuyasha killed the demon he was fighting and turned to see Kagome grab where the arrow was.
"Kagome, easy." As he helped her over to the side. What are you thinking?" Inuyasha sounded harsh.
"Inuyasha, please break the arrow and pull it out then go over and check the others please." She looked at him. "I'll be alright remember I am not a human anymore I'll be able to heal fast like you and your brother.
"Are you sure you'll be alright?" He watched her nod. "This will hurt so hold onto me!" Inuyasha waited as Kagome grabbed onto his haori then he reached down and grabbed the shaft of the arrow and snapped it in then grabbed the arrow tip and pulled out the arrow. Kagome cried out in pain when he snapped the arrow and pulled it out. He winched in he was doing so. "I'm sorry, Kagome!" As he throw the arrow down on the ground and saw her blood on his hands.
"That's alright, Inuyasha, it could not be helped. But I'm sorry I killed Kikyo." Kagome looked away so that she did not have to face Inuyasha if he had gotten angry about what she had done. But he used a clawed finger and turned her head back to face him.
"You did what you had to do. You saved my life by doing so and I thank you even though I will miss her greatly but if I would of died I would of missed your smiling face more. Now, I'll go check on Sango, Miroku, Kirara, and then the runt, Shippou." Inuyasha stood up and walked over to them. When he did Kagome saw that lord Toru was still fighting the last of the two demons and Sesshoumaru was still fighting Naraku. Then she struggled to stand up but before doing so she grabbed her bow. But when she stood up she looked to the side and saw the same picture that was in her dream happening in real life. She watched her mate battle as her friends were on one side of the battlefield as she on the other as she saw Inuyasha turn around and yelled out.
"Come on and beat that fucking, Naraku! Don't tell me brother that you've became weak in your fighting after you got Kagome pregnant!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Shut up half breed or you'll be next after this Sesshoumaru beats this hanyou!" Sesshoumaru yelled behind him to Inuyasha. When a tentacle shot forth while Sesshoumaru was off guard and went through Sesshoumaru's shoulder armor and his shoulder.
"Is this all you have western lord?" Naraku chuckled.
"You filthy hanyou! Do you honestly think that you can beat this Sesshoumaru?" Sesshoumaru growled at Naraku. With that said Sesshoumaru stood up and rushed towards Naraku with tokijin drawn and ready to strike Naraku.
Kagome watched as her dream was playing out right in front of her. She thought to herself I've got to do something. As she watched as Naraku managed to restrain Sesshoumaru with a tentacle with another tentacle hovering over the part of Sesshoumaru's chest that held his heart.
"Well, well western lord, it seems you have lost that edge to you that made you fight extremely well since you have mated. I thought this would of been a hard battle but I guess that I was wrong! Know that your mate, and unborn pup along with your ward will soon join you in the afterworld." As Naraku raised the tentacle a little higher Kagome ran forward with her bow and a notched arrow.
"NOOOOOOO!" Kagome yelled as she fired a purifying arrow which struck the tentacle hovering above Sesshoumaru's heart and purified it till nothing was left hovering over Sesshoumaru's chest. "Yes, that part of the dream did not happen." She said to herself unaware of a tentacle coming towards her.
"KAGOME, WATCH OUT!" Shippou yelled and as Sesshoumaru shot a glance over a tentacle wrapped around Kagome and throw her across the field missing a tree but did land hard on the ground. At seeing this Sesshoumaru struggles with his tired body to get free.
"NO, KAGOME!" Sango ran over to Kagome with the rest of the Inu gang and lord Toru ran over as well. When Sango got over to Kagome and lifted Kagome's head and placed it on her lap Sango heard Kagome saying something.
"Kami send help now to protect my mate and help him fight." Then she opened her eyes slightly and gave a faint smile to Sango. When all of a sudden her body was racked with pain.
"Ah why is the ground from under Kagome and by me wet?" Shippou asked.
"What do you mean?" Sango asked then checked. Her eyes got wide "OH KAMI this is not good. From the force of her hitting the ground her body is stressed which is causing her to go into labor. To put is simple her baby is coming and is going to be born soon." She looked up and yelled "Sesshoumaru, your mate's body is going through labor! In short it mean your pup is going to born anytime and we are too far from Kaede's village and she is in bad pain." She watched as Sesshoumaru struggled when harder to get free when a loud growl as heard. And out of the Inu gang's sight two figures appeared. One walked in front of Sango, and the rest around Kagome and knelt down. The lady that appeared had long white hair and violet eyes and wearing a royal blue kimono and smiled down at Kagome.
"Lord Toru, take my mate and get her out of here and to your castle and fast!" Sesshoumaru yelled slicing through the tentacle holding him.
"N-no, I can't leave please! I must stay with my mate!" Kagome cried. Then the woman in the royal blue kimono touched Kagome and said.
"Fear not my young lady of the western lands everything will be fine! You will see him again. For he has help with him. Look!" The woman said. But before she looked Kagome looked at the woman.
"Y-you're her! Your Sesshoumaru's mother!" Kagome said.
"Yes young one, I am Sesshoumaru's mother. The same one who was in your dreams. My son prayed and asked for me to keep you safe. As well as he will be safe because of the prayer you prayed for help for my son." Sesshoumaru's mother said.
"Lady Kagome, who's that over there by Sesshoumaru?" Miroku asked and everyone looked over to see who he was talking about.
"F-Father!" Inuyasha said.
"Aaahhhhh!" Kagome's hands went to her stomach. Toru came over and picked Kagome up and took off for the southern lands.
"Inuyasha, you stay here with Sesshoumaru and get the jewel and bring it back to Kagome when Naraku is dead, Kirara!" Sango said then got on Kirara along with Miroku, and Shippou then followed behind Toru and Sesshoumaru's mother leaving Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, and their father behind.
About fifteen minutes later they touched down and lord Toru burst through the main door and heading down to the stairs to the royal level while on the way Kagome's friends followed. Once in the royal level Toru went through the first door and gently laid Kagome down. While her friends except Sango and Sesshoumaru's mother were standing by the door gawking over the layout of the room and the shimmering walls and floor. They were even more amazed as they watched as a dark gray dolphin with white streaks going down it's side swam up to the shimmering wall and in walked a female wearing a dark green kimono that had Burgundy shapes around the kimono with a Burgundy obi, her hair was flowing about three inches off the floor.
"Lord Toru, you summoned for me?" The woman spoke.
"Yes Lady Kagome, body is forcing her into delivering her pup. She got thrown in battle." Toru said as the woman walked over to him. The woman went over and check Kagome.
"All males leave the chamber as well the child there and I'll need stuff to clean her up with." Just then in ran a child.
"What happened to Kagome?" Rin ran over but before she could get to the futon Toru caught her.
"Rin, that will be explained later. How about you and me take the monk and the little kitsune and show them around a bit." Then seeing a servant passing by he went over and told the servant to bring all the items to help in the birthing and for Kagome's pup and bring it back to the chamber that they were in. Then he walked back over and Toru and Rin took Shippou and Miroku and showed them around.
Glossary of Japanese Word or Names
Osamu Japanese name means Law Abiding