Authors Notes:Another one day peice. Im already almost finished with 20 as well, but I have another lesson tomorrow, so I have to go to that, so the next chappy should be out in a few days. Be ready for some tear jerker in 20. My thanks are at the bottom. As well as an apology to someone whom's name I misspelled. (Sorry about that).
Disclaimer: Now why would I say I own anything that I don't? Well, I don't own any of this stuff, Im just using previously created characters for my own little sick and twisted games. I also do not own Fuels Lyrics(or Fuel for that matter. I want Brett! Wahhh!)
Bad Day
Chapter 19- Kids, enemies, punishment?
The next morning Kagome walked down the halls and towards the dining room. She had bags under her eyes and was growling at anybody in general, but especially those who dared to speak to her. Especially them, they were prime targets. The only few spared were Sango(as she was growling at everyone else as well), the children (for they are cute and innocent and would never keep you tossing and turning all night) and Sesshoumaru, who wasn't even there. Kagome figured that since the main object of her ire wasn't present, she'd just have to settle for another deserving target.
Any adult male.
Grumbling she sat down at the table and immediately looked at the food. Nothing would satisfy her craving for eggs. She wanted, no, needed them, like a pregnant woman needs her Ben and Jerrys.
"I'm going to the kitchen to cook. Sango, you want to come?" Kagome asked her friend, who so far hadn't eaten anything. Sango quickly stood, and with one last dirty look to Miroku, she went to Kagome's side.
"Kentetsu, do you know where the kitchen is?" Kagome growled. The kitsune stood and smiled serenely at the two young women. He had dealt with women in volatile moods before, and he was sure this wouldn't be the last time.
"Come with me dears, I will help you in your endeavors to create something more to your taste," He said as he walked down another hall. Thankfully they followed him, and thankfully the kitchens weren't too far away form the dining room. Kagome walked in front of Kentetsu, followed quickly by Sango.
With amusement, Kagome looked at the three servants in the room and pointed out the door. All three looked to Kentetsu for guidance, and he merely nodded in agreement.
And Kagome took over the kitchens with Sango's help, quickly whipping up several plates of eggs over easy. Adding a couple of pieces of bread, she called for the servants and they came running to her call, as if they expected her to come and purify them as she had to Karasu.
Directing them to take the plates to everyone in the dining room, she followed behind them, finally glowing. Sango looked somewhat confused.
"Kagome, what did you make?" She asked.
"I made eggs over easy. It's really yummy when you dip bread into it and I've been craving them since I woke up!" She exclaimed. Sango looked somewhat unsettled as she sat down and looked at the eggs in front of her. Following Kagome's example, she dipped a piece of bread into the runny yolk and took a tentative bite.
And couldn't stop eating after that.
Miroku took a bite and found the taste agreeable, as well as Kentetsu, Rin and Shippou.
Sesshoumaru walked in scant minutes later and sat down at his place, where a steaming pile of eggs over easy awaited them.
"Who made this…Concoction?" He asked as he stared at it. He had never seen anything like it before!
"I did, and it's eggs over easy. Dip some bread in it and try it," She told him in such a voice that brooked no argument, at least not from a lesser man that Sesshoumaru.
'She probably poisoned it,' He thought skeptically. Rin smiled at him brightly.
"It really is good Sesshoumaru-Sama. Please try it, or you might hurt Kagome-san's feelings," Rin told him. Sesshoumaru sighed and took the piece of bread Rin offered him and dipped it into the runny yolk.
He quickly bit down and chewed, trying not to taste anything he swallowed. Oddly, he did, and surprising, he liked the taste. He nodded his head and continued to eat, his face nothing more than an apathetic mask.
"You like it!" Rin crowed happily. Kagome felt a small smile flit around her lips, but stubbornly kept it from showing. She had a long ways to go before she could feel any sort of triumph.
Wait a minute! She had just introduced him to a new food!
Things began to click together. His future self'slove for eggs over easy, and what he had told her. She had just created the memory Sesshoumaru of the future had told her about.
Smiling, she continued to eat until her plate was wiped clean. Standing, she looked at the children.
"What would you like to do today?" Kagome asked them.
"It can not include you for a time Kagome. We all are going to map out a route. Tomorrow the other two Lords will be here. Some will try to send fighters, or even an army, with us. I do not trust any of the soldiers or fighters they may send. I trust the Lords, but no one else. At this point, I can not tell just who Naraku was recruited and who he has not," Sesshoumaru spoke with a flat voice, filled with no concern at all.
Kagome nodded, knowing it was something they had to do.
"Wait a minute, you said other two. I know you are the Lord of the Western Lands. What about the other one?" Sango asked.
"That would be me dear Sango. I am the Lord of the Northern Lands," Kentetsu spoke aloud. Kagome gasped.
She had cried and whined and even ordered the Lord of the Northern Lands around!
She waited for punishment.
"Kagome, I know what you're thinking. And I quite enjoy being around you and your friends. Sesshoumaru here makes me feel my age. You all bring a little bit of youth in my life," Kentetsu told her. Kagome smiled at him, nodding happily as she finally understood.
Sesshoumaru stood after finally finishing (Kagome noticed that there wasn't a bit of egg left on his plate) and began to walk towards the hallway. He didn't look back to see if the rest of them followed.
"Jaken," He said as he reached the door.
"Yes, my lord?"
"Take care of the children. They are to be well when I return," Sesshoumaru stated clearly. Jaken bowed in acceptance as the group filed down the hallway. Kagome knew the path from before and realized they were going to Sesshoumaru's study.
As they stepped in, Kagome saw Kentetsu make a weird gesture and Sesshoumaru nod approvingly.
"A barrier, so the other's may not hear our words," Kentetsu provided.
All sat around a table that had a map weighted down flat.
And Kagome relaxed. She didn't realize that she was in for the longest four hours of her life.
As they finished four hours later, Kagome practically ran for a bathroom. She then walked outside to the garden where everyone had agreed to meet for a light midday meal. Sesshoumaru and Kentetsu were already there, sitting cross legged, speaking quietly.
Rin and Shippou ran up to Kagome when they saw her, smiling and giggling.
"Mama, Kentetsu and Sesshoumaru are talking about you! Sesshoumaru seems mad, what did you say during the meeting?" Shippou asked naively.
"If only I knew," Kagome growled. She had only suggested certain places to look for Naraku, being elected spokesperson for the humans in the meeting it seemed. Her suggestions had been perfectly reasonable because it was in places she knew Naraku didn't dwell. So why had Sesshoumaru been so against every suggestion she made? It was like he just had to be right!
'Typical male,' She thought to herself as she walked up to Sesshoumaru and Kentetsu.
"Ah, we were just discussing you Kagome. I still agree that there are certain places Naraku would not be," Kentetsu started.
"Please, no more. No more," Kagome begged. Kentetsu understood her words perfectly and let the subject go.
Sango and Miroku joined them. As was expected, Miroku once again had done something to earn a slap, though it looked like it hadn't been as hard as most.
Sango sat down next to Kagome once again and started to bite down on the daifuku when she stopped and sniffed it gingerly, then licked it.
"There's something wrong with this," She said. Quickly she smelled the other food. With all of it she wrinkled her nose in disgust.
"Sesshoumaru, who cooked and served this food?" Sango demanded.
"What is it wench?" Sesshoumaru asked, not letting the fear creep into his voice. Had Rin eaten any of the food? Had any of them?
"Someone has put Yellow Allamanda in the food, powdered fine. But deadly enough to youkai and human alike. It's used for assassinations because it can't be detected until it's too late and because of it's rarity in our lands, there is no known antidote" Sango told him.
"SHIPPOU, RIN!" Kagome called out, her voice loud but calm. Sesshoumaru wanted to nod his head in approval. She didn't want to alarm the children.
"Yes Momma?" Shippou said as they walked up from their spot in the fields.
"Did you two eat anything?" Kagome asked, gesturing towards the table. Shippou shook his head no, as well as Rin. Kagome sighed in relief and hugged them both tightly to her chest.
"Kagome, take the children and Sango to your room. We'll look into this," Kentetsu told her. Kagome nodded.
"When you find them, I want to see them," Kagome said, her voice a deadpan whisper. But the adults saw the silver maelstrom in her eyes.
"Consider it done," Sesshoumaru told her as the men left. Kagome walked through the garden and into her rooms, holding Shippou and Rin in her arms.
"What's wrong mama?" Shippou asked several times.
"Nothing aisoku. Let's all take a nap, okay?" Kagome asked. Shippou pouted by accepted the agreement by laying down on the bed with Kagome and Rin, who was already yawning slightly. Sango laid down beside them, putting the two children between herself and Kagome.
"Thank you," Kagome told her best friend. Sango nodded, smiling.
An hour later Miroku slid open the door to Kagome's room and beckoned to the two women, who still lay awake, but with their eyes closed. They were waiting for an attack.
Kagome stood, looking at the children. Jaken stepped in and nodded dutifully, as if anticipating pain and torture (as was his usual lot with these children) and Sango and Kagome quickly followed Miroku down different halls, and finally to a small room they had never seen before.
Stepping in, Kentetsu slid the door shut behind him.
A small bird-like demon was in the middle of the room, visibly quaking as Kagome entered.
"This is Onryou. He is Karasu's son. After hearing of his father's death he came in to kill Kagome. He disguised himself as a servant and poisoned the food before another servant brought it out," Sesshoumaru told them.
Suddenly all anger Kagome possessed left her body in a huge rush.
"I, I'm sorry about your father," Kagome told the young male. Onryou merely spat at her feet.
"You killed my father! He was a good man!"
"On the contrary. Your father was working for Naraku, the very hanyou who will be the death of all demons if he is not stopped. Your father used Kagome as a shield. He held no honor in life, and his death was karma. The result of shameful actions," Kentetsu said in a steady voice.
The youkai looked stunned for a moment as he digested this.
"Truly?" He finally asked.
"Yes," Kagome whispered. "I'm sorry. I couldn't control my reaction when he used me as a shield. I've lost my own father, and I know how painful it is," She said as she stood in front of him. The youkai seemed chastened in a way, and ashamed.
"I did not know my father was working for the hanyou. I had thought the miko killed him because of his youkai blood. Please, forgive my dishonorable actions. I will take whatever punishment you choose to give," Onryou said humbly.
"I can think of a good punishment," Sango said with a smirk. Kagome looked at her friend, about to say something.
"The little ones?" Sango interrupted.
"You think that's wise?" Sesshoumaru asked. Kentetsu laughed.
"Old son, I think it's perfect. Onryou is truly sorry and merely acted without much thought. He didn't have all the information. And I'm sure Jaken will adore to have someone to be with him as he endures his duty," Kentetsu laughed. Onryou merely looked terrified.
And he should have been.
He was going to be helping Jaken watch Rin and Shippou.
Crutches The Magic Hippie: Im sorry for the typo, I was in a rush when I wrote it, I wanted to go ahead and get the chapter posted. Again, I'm really sorry about misspelling your name.
Thankies to: Serrinaus,(and no, it isn't cheating they're technically the same guy) Meaghan, Lyn,SilverRyu07(and I'll never stop), DemonQueen14, Kjinuyasha, Lacykatt08, Crutches The Magic Hippie, Sesshoumaru Lover, WTF101, Draegon-Fire, Hoshiko Megami, Lucy-Fic, EmChi, Joey, InlovewithSesshoumaru, AnimeAngelz, Bluediamond-Hime, Dark Inuyoukai