UnSpoken Love By: OtakuSailorV

Chapter 11:: Destination

Light of my life, where have you gone?

The air grew cold about him as dusk approached. Narrowing his eyes, he looked below him, certain that he was near his destination finally.

'It should be around here somewhere. . .' He mused as he came to a halt in the middle of the street. 'This is the correct street. . .'

Looking at his papers, he searched for the address briefly before dropping them at his side again and looking to either side of the road in search of the house.

'If this side is evens, and this is odds, then the house should be this way.' He noted, turning around and traveling back down the middle of the road on foot, watching the house numbers carefully.

He stopped in front of a large western-looking home. Raising an eyebrow, he noted the even larger shrine set back among a set of trees right next door. 'Strange. . .'

Despite this strange setting, he walked up to the front of the house and knocked loudly on the door, only briefly wondering what he would actually say when the door was opened.

For the longest time, he heard nothing from the other side of the door, but, finally, he caught the sound of light feet coming forward, and felt over-whelming purify power as well.

'A miko.' He grit his teeth as the hair raised on the back of his neck.

Suddenly, the door clicked, and was swung open to reveal a young woman in miko's clothes. She looked startled to see him, as was he to see the robes.

"Oh, hello." She greeted him, regaining her composure and smiling softly. "Can I help you?"

He became a bit disgruntled as he noticed that she was not the one he was searching for, but was most likely one of the two cousins. "I'm looking for someone. A Miss Rin Higurashi."

The woman before him changed her expression as he spoke, his eyes watching him intently.

When he had finished, she nodded with another smile, as if confirming something. "I'm sorry, but she's not here right now, however, you can wait here for her."

Sesshoumaru shook his head. "Thank you, but no. Can you just tell me where she is?"

The raven-haired girl looked down the street. "She went to the store not too long ago, if you hurry, you can catch her."

He looked down the street and nodded, handing her the papers he had of Rin. "Thank you, miko. You can dispose of these."

She took the papers he pressed into her hands, and watched as he took off into the cool night air, his long silver hair billowing out behind him.

"Oh Rin," she mused, looking at the papers. "What do I possibly think you can learn from that demon?"

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Sesshoumaru glided through the air, liking the exhilarating feeling of the cool air in his hair and the pink and purple sky over him.

Every sense he had was sharpened as he looked down at the trees, and the paved black streets.

And the senses became instantly handy when he saw something dart out of the way as he landed back on the black street.

Instead of shooting right back up, out of the way, he stayed still, watching for the creatures that had spied him.

"Come out, Council dogs." He growled, his eyes shifting left and right.

There was a squeal of delight before a demoness, leading two other demons behind her came forward. "Lord Sesshoumaru, Demon Lord of the Western Lands, you are under arrest for committing the following crimes: attempting to start an illegal relationship with a human, threatening humans to get information on a human, using your demonic powers in front of humans, and the illegal killing of five demons under the protection of The Council. Do you deny these charges?"

Sesshoumaru glared. "I deny that I am attempting an illegal affair with a human wench."

"Then where are you going?" The demoness cooed, the two demons behind her laughing.

Sesshoumaru growled at her. "Fool, get out of my way. I have no intention of taking a human bitch for a mate."

The demoness cooed softly again. "I really don't care. I have orders from The Council to arrest you, and I will not disobey them."

Sesshoumaru, for the first time in years, pulled forth one of his swords: Toukijin, it's demonic power swirling around it.

"Move, or I cut you down."

The demons growled ferociously, their eyes glowing and hair standing up as he pointed the sword at them.

"Stand down." He warned them again.

"You are the one who should stand down!" They growled, charging him.

Sesshoumaru sighed, raising Toukijin slightly. "You bore me." He proclaimed as he gracefully dodged them and cut down the two demons. Leaving a large wound on the demoness whom watched him with large frightened eyes.

"Tell your Council that I will not be taken prisoner in such a futile manner." He growled before taking off again, his heart telling him that he was almost right on top of the thing he had been searching for now.

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Kagome gasped, dropping the plate she had been cleaning as a wave of evil aura hit her.

Sango looked up from her work. "Kagome? Kagome, what's wrong?!"

Sango placed her hands on her sister's shoulders.

Kagome blinked, shaking her head. "Sango, I have to go, can you watch the house for a while?"

Sango blinked as Kagome rushed out of the room. "Uh, yeah, sure." She mumbled as Kagome ran back passed her, down a hallway and into the locked room.

"Kagome, what's in there?" Sango called, racing toward the black entrance.

Kagome came out; something clasped in her left hand. Slamming the door shut, she shook her head at Sango.

"You can't go in there, sis. I'm sorry, but I have to go, I'll explain some other time."

Sango narrowed her eyes at her. "Kagome! What are you leaving me out of?!" She demanded as her sister pulled on a coat with one hand.

"Sango, I'm sorry, not right now." Kagome said, shaking her head. "If you knew, it would jeopardize you as well. I've already pulled poor Rin- chan into this, which was a stupid mistake of mine." She muttered the last part, wishing she could kick herself for being so stupid.

Sango sighed angrily. "Fine, but you had better tell me everything when this is all over, Kagome." She huffed.

Kagome smiled at her. "Don't worry, I will." She winked at her sister before she flung open the door and ran out.

"Be safe!" Sango called, waving as Kagome ran to her car, and drove away as fast as she could.

"YOU HAD BETTER COME BACK KAGOME!! YOU HEAR ME?!"

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Rin stepped out of the store, bags in her arms, with a sigh. "Kagome-chan, why do you ALWAYS put me on grocery duty?" She grumbled to herself, unlocking the vehicle and climbing in after settling the bags carefully.

Starting it up, she drove out, stopping at the first red light. "Ah, damn thing." She cursed it, a bit irritated at the moment. "Wouldn't ya know it's my bad luck to get stuck at the first frickin' red li-!"

Rin jumped, not completing her thought, as something crashed into the roof of her car, making the metal pop and crack above her head.

Giving a gasp-like scream of shock, she rolled down her window and stuck her head out, only to meet the golden eyes of a silver-haired man.

"Rin Higurashi?"

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So they (sorta-kinda) finally meet.

The song from the last chapter is called 'Stepsisters' Lament', and is from the original Broadway soundtrack of Cinderella. As I have seen no other rendition, including the multiple remakes. And I had the CD handy to just pop in the computer and listen to while I typed the chapter.

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