Author's Note: Ahh, I know, I said I would update more often but I had stupid Biology homework to do and it pissed me off. Blargh!So anyways, here's the next chapter!
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Chapter Six
"Are you alright, Kags?" Eri asked as she drove home.
Kagome was pale and trembling slightly when they got into the car. "I…I'm j-just shaken up," Kagome answered shakily.
"Maybe you should stay home tomorrow," Eri suggested. "You know, so you can get over the shock."
"How come you aren't affected, Eri?" Kagome asked.
Eri shrugged. "I guess I'm just not as…fragile," she said smugly.
Kagome took a minute to register that thought. "Hey!" she pouted. "I'm not fragile!"
Eri waved her hand in a careless gesture. "Sure, sure, whatever you say, Kags," she said, still wearing a grin on her face.
Kagome stared out the window, tuning out the rest of Eri's blabber. Why did Sesshoumaru seem so…nonchalant about the murder? She thought. Even though he is nonchalant about almost everything, why does it surprise me that he was so stoic about that? Even if he was the type of person who doesn't get emotional, he seemed almost too calm about it.
Kagome was so deep in thought that she didn't notice the car had stopped moving.
"Earth to Kags! Come in Kags," Eri called. "KAGOME!"
Kagome jumped a little in her seat when she heard Eri scream her name. Wincing slightly at the noise, she clapped her hands over her ears. "What, Eri?" she said, slightly annoyed that she had been so rudely interrupted.
"Aren't you going to come inside?" Eri asked.
"Inside where?" Kagome asked stupidly.
Eri gawked at Kagome. "Are you feeling okay?" Eri asked, putting her hand to Kagome's forehead.
"I'm fine," Kagome said.
" I don't think so," Eri said, "Or else you would have noticed that we're home."
"Oh," Kagome said, a slight blush appearing on her face.
Eri saw the blush on her friend's face and had a sly grin on her own. "You were thinking about him weren't you?" Eri asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah…I mean NO…No I wasn't," Kagome said, faltering.
Kagome fidgeted with her shirt and she dared not to look Eri in the eyes. Eri's smile grew bigger as Kagome's discomfort was becoming more and more noticeable. Finally, Kagome caved. "Fine!" she said, "I was thinking about him but it wasn't in the way you're thinking about!"
Eri just went on smiling and Kagome was a little creeped out by the way her friend was acting.
Sesshoumaru was back at his mansion with his loyal-as-ever servant, Jaken, squawking as he usually did. (A/N: Just so you aren't confused, Sesshoumaru is in his house in Japan…not Transylvania. Just thought you'd like to know. Shutting up now.)
"Sesshoumaru-sama," the toad youkai called.
"Do not speak to me unless you have useful information," Sesshoumaru said coldly.
Sesshoumaru was still angry about the fight that broke out in his club. It wasn't so much the guy being killed as it had torn Kagome away from him.
"Sesshoumaru-sama," Jaken tried again. "This lowly one…"
Sesshoumaru threw the toad youkai an impatient glance. "Well?" he asked, his patience wearing thin.
"Has Sesshoumaru-sama located Midoriko-sama yet?" Jaken asked.
"You annoy me with your idiocy," Sesshoumaru remarked.
Jaken immediately prostrated himself before the vampire. "Forgive me, Sesshoumaru-sama! This lowly one only meant to…" Jaken started saying.
"Enough!" Sesshoumaru roared.
Jaken shrank back from the fearsome immortal being. "Y-yes, S-Sesshoumaru-sama," Jaken said.
Sesshoumaru stalked out of the room, needing to clear his head from Jaken's incessant ramblings. Walking to his chambers, Sesshoumaru bypassed his coffin and went straight for the balcony. Heavy drapes normally covered the door to the balcony but tonight, the drapes were pushed aside to allow their master to pass.
Leaning on the railing, Sesshoumaru stared out to see the ocean of lights that signaled where Tokyo was. Tokyo. He thought. Such a large city could prove difficult to find the reincarnation of the man who took Midoriko from me.
Sesshoumaru flashed back to the time when he found out where Midoriko was to be reincarnated, as well as the man who was her "husband."
Flashback"Midoriko," Sesshoumaru breathed, allowing a little bit of emotion in his voice, as he was walking back to his mansion.
"Sesshoumaru-sama," a voice called out to him. It seemed to come from every direction.
"Who dares to spy on me?" Sesshoumaru demanded, all emotion gone in the blink of an eye.
"I have information regarding your precious Midoriko," the voice said.
Sesshoumaru's eyes darted from tree to tree, trying to locate the owner of the disembodied voice.
"You dare to insult me?" Sesshoumaru spat.
"Insult you? Of course not! I merely want to help," the voice continued. "I know you still pine for the woman."
Sesshoumaru growled. "Be gone," he ordered.
"Then you do not wish to know the information regarding…" the voice asked.
"You waste my time," Sesshoumaru said.
He started to walk towards his mansion again.
"She will be reincarnated, as will the man who took her from you," the voice said.
Sesshoumaru whirled on his heels at those words. "How can I trust what you say?" he asked.
"It is about the woman you love after all," the voice continued.
"Tell me what you know," Sesshoumaru demanded.
"She will be reborn in a country called Japan in the year (A/N: I'm going to make this up okay?) 1980," the voice said.
"And the man?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"Same country," the voice said.
Sesshoumaru growled. "He will be at my mercy yet again," Sesshoumaru vowed. Then he narrowed his eyes, suspicion getting the better of him. "How are you so confident that what you say is true?" he asked.
"I believe you have heard of the Shikon Prophecy," the voice continued.
Sesshoumaru nodded slightly. "It is a legend," he said.
The voice laughed. "Ironic that you, a creature of legends, does not believe in legends," the voice said.
"You mock me," Sesshoumaru growled, his claws flexing.
"I am stating a fact," the voice said. "The 'legend' as you call it, is in fact no legend at all."
"Explain," Sesshoumaru said.
"The Shikon Prophecy tells of a woman who is the bearer of a mystical item," the voice said.
"Will you elaborate or keep the information to yourself?" Sesshoumaru said, anxiously waiting to hear the rest of the information.
"Patience, milord," the voce said.
"My patience wears thin," Sesshoumaru warned.
"Very well, the Shikon Prophecy foretells of the Shikon no Tama; a jewel that has the power to grant any wish," the voice said. "I believe you woman was the possessor of the Shikon no Tama."
Sesshoumaru was a skeptical. "You conclude too many things," he said.
"Events in history are doomed to repeat themselves," the voice said cryptically. "Your woman will be reborn, only to be ripped from you and reincarnated once more. A cycle that will not end."
Sesshoumaru's eyes grew cold.
"It is up to you, to save her…" the voice said, fading slowly.
Sesshoumaru could barely hear the last words, even with his superior hearing.
"…if you can,"
A light ring of laughter accompanied to words until that too, died and Sesshoumaru was once again, engulfed in the sounds of the forest.
End Flashback(A/N: Don't worry, the whole Shikon Prophecy thing, I'll explain later…if I can.)
Sesshoumaru replayed that conversation over and over in his head. Who dared to threaten me? He thought. No matter. I will kill Lord Mitaru's reincarnation first. The voice in the forest will fall to me soon enough.
Feeling slightly better, Sesshoumaru turned and walked back into his room. He pulled the drapes securely in place, and then settle down in his coffin to await the next moon's rising.
Author's Note: Aw, who am I kidding? This chapter was really bad, gomen nasai. I think that I'm trying to incorporate too many things in my story. ::sweatdrops:: I just hope I can explain them well enough. And besides, I was writing this coming off a many-days writer's block. Forgive me!
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