"I just need you to help me find an antidote. I will explain later. Just help me now and these two as well." Inuyasha nodded and scooped Sango in his arms and ran inside the castle.
"I-Inuyasha! Can you slow down a bit? I mean, it isn't that bad!" Sango cried. "Hmph. You think you're all that just because you're an exterminator. Well, listen up, because I have news for you. Even though you can't feel or see it, you're dieing slowly. Only demons can see this. He used an hmm…How should I put it? An invisible poison in you. It is kinda interesting how he learned this though…" Inuyasha went on babbling about how Sesshomaru learned this, while Sango worried. "But the only cure is to stop worrying and well…Can't really continue. You have to read one of his books. I'll take you there and give you the book. Hang on!" Inuyasha changed directions and sped towards the north wing.
Miroku was in deep thought. He had set the book down a few hours ago and started thinking about that entire racket downstairs. He was about to open the door when a flash of red burst through. "Inuyasha! What are you doing here? What is wrong with those three?" Miroku said in a daze. "Nothing you need to know, monk. It was because of you they are like this!" Inuyasha bonked him on the head with his fist. Miroku rubbed his head while on the ground. "Hey you pervert! Hand me that book over in that corner on the far left!" Inuyasha commanded. "Hai!" Miroku sped in the direction of the library where Inuyasha pointed to. "You want a book on healing invisible poison? Why?" The monk was confused. "I will explain later. Sango, will you take those two to the table and rest yourselves there. I will read this boring crap. This is your fault monk." Inuyasha grumbled while he set Sango down and grabbed a chair.
Kagome put her head down on the pillow and screamed. She lifted her head and started to curse the demon. "Damn that guy! Why does he have to be so rude! I mean, all I did was bump into him by ACCIDENT! And what does he do? He blows his head off and takes it out on me!" Kagome continued to ramble on when she heard a knock at the door. "Who the hell is it?" Kagome said emphasizing the 'hell' part. "Ano, gomen. But this is not Sesshomaru-sama. It is Wakana. May I come in?" Wakana asked politely. "Sure. Come in." Kagome sighed, feeling relieved that it wasn't that bastard. "Sorry about the cursing and all." Kagome apologized. "Daijoubou." Wakana nodded. "Arigato for understanding and all." Kagome giggled. "Well, I came in here to give you the news Sesshomaru-sama received from the demon ninjas. Here it is." Wakana handed Kagome a piece of paper. "Hmph. I can't accept that. Sorry, but if Sesshomaru wants to tell me something, he should just come to me and tell me!" Kagome turned her head away. "Oh, okay. I will tell him that. He will come into your room if he wants to tell you. But I assure you; he won't come in because of some 'incident'." Wakana bowed before leaving. 'What a jerk!' Kagome thought.
"Are you sure?" Sesshomaru growled. "Hai, Sesshomaru-sama. She certainly is. She is a witch that performs witchcraft to burden others. We found out this information by secretly going into her room, which we got caught. Her room is filled with an ominous evil that we couldn't detect where it was coming from." Sasuke replied. "Sode. I will go and see this 'witch' or should I call her the Serpent Demon." Sesshomaru growled once more before dismissing the two. They bowed and left. Sesshomaru thought about this while pacing back and forth. "Sesshomaru-sama, I have news for you." Wakana politely tapped on his door. "Proceed." Sesshomaru turned to the door. Wakana handed him the note that she was supposed to give to Kagome. "Why didn't she take it?" Sesshomaru demanded an answer. "That would be easy to answer, my lord. She says this, '. I can't accept that. Sorry, but if Sesshomaru wants to tell me something, he should just come to me and tell me!' Those were the exact words." Wakana bowed to her lord. "So, being stubborn, aren't you miko? Fine. I will tell you in another way." He told Wakana to hand him the note. She did as she was told and he left the room. Wakana sighed. She knew this was going to be really hard for two stubborn people to get along. Wakana shook her head, turned to the door, and left.
Sesshomaru went through 3 hall ways just to get to Kagome's room. Before he knocked, he heard some muffled shouts. He used his demonic hearing to pick up what the girl was saying. "If he wants to tell me something, he should just say it to me! It was an accident. I didn't mean to bump into the all-mighty prince. But I just curious! He can't even hear me out. God. What a spoiled rotten bastard!" Kagome continued until she heard a knock. "Who is it?" She expected it to be someone other than Sesshomaru. Outside, Sesshomaru rolled his eyes. He had enough with her cussing about him. It ruined his pride and honor! "Who else can it be?" And Sesshomaru opened the door. "Oh. It is you. Hey!" Kagome stared at the prince. "What! You got a problem?" Sesshomaru raised a brow. "No. You weren't eavesdropping, were you?" Kagome looked at him suspiciously. Sesshomaru just stared at the ceiling and simply said, "No."
"Yah you were! Liar! Just because you look away, doesn't mean I can't tell you're lying!" Kagome turned away. "Anyways, what are you here for?" Kagome stared at him. "You know. The usual, or maybe unusual. But anyways, I was eavesdropping and I heard all that cursing. You better apologize." Sesshomaru made a face at her that made her mad. "Hrr! If you were listening, it was an accident that I bumped into you! I don't need to apologize to anyone!" Kagome turned away. "Whatever. But anyways, since I forgive you, I will tell you this personally." Sesshomaru hated to forgive anyone, but this was his fault, so he had to admit it. 'This girl is strange. I never forgave anyone before. And I wanted to keep it that way! But this girl is just so strange. And she does look good in that kimono.' Sesshomaru shook his head in disgust. "What? You have a problem now? Actually, you always do." Kagome mocked. "Whatever, bitch. I was just thinking about what they said. Here. You read this." Sesshomaru handed her the paper. "Fine, I'll read it for your sake." Kagome unfolded the paper and began reading. Sesshomaru had to leave once she opened it. "Interesting, but Sesshomaru? Ano? Where did he go?" Kagome looked around and stared at the note. It stated:
Hinako is a serpent demon that does dirty witchcraft. You have to escape to your time. I know this, Inuyasha told me. But you must go back. I know what is good for humans in this world, and believe me, I can't really explain why I'm acting strange these days. I don't know what is wrong with me. Sorry, Kagome. But you have to go. I don't want you to, but you must, for yours and everybody's safety. You will depart for the ancient well tomorrow after dinner. Don't show this letter to anyone else. And Kagome, I didn't tell you this before, but I think I like you. Or even more. Love maybe? Perhaps. I will find out after you leave. I have to think about this. Gomen. I will see you in about, say, a month or two after we get rid of Hinako. I will send Inuyasha for you after we kill Hinako. I will take care of everything. Don't worry about your friends. They will be safe. It appears Hinako is after us. Just the two of us. Sorry. But you must.
Sesshomaru
Kagome burst into tears after reading the letter once more. Was she ready for another love? She didn't know if she could take it. But she had to listen to him for their safety and others.
Kagome got up, wiped her tears, and went to the nearest bathroom. She stared at herself in the mirror she brought with her. 'Does he really like me? I mean, for a demon lord to like a human miko…isn't that quite the love I was looking for? No, I don't think so. But he is really nice if it was just me and him alone, but with others, he gets stubborn, like Inuyasha…I don't want to think about that retarded half-breed right now.' Kagome thought to herself. She really wanted to know if she loved Sesshomaru. She knew Rin would like that, but with her friends, they might be shocked. 'I don't want to put my friends in a tight spot, but, if it is fate, then I'll go along with it.' Kagome shook her head and opened the bathroom door. She sighed as she shuffled back to her room. She sat on her bed and thought. "Should I love him? Should I? But, what if the same thing happens all over again? I mean, what if he tries to use me like Inuyasha, and then try to kill me after words?" She thought to herself and forgot that she had to pack up. "Oh my God. I forgot that I had to leave first thing or actually after dinner or I forgot! Hrr!" Kagome rushed around the room looking for her belongings. "Okay. Got everything. Just tonight, just one more night in Feudal Era and that is all, until they get that bitch of a what ever she is." Kagome grumbled.
Sesshomaru sighed as he was in his study. 'Gosh, did I have to admit it that fast? Wow…And I thought…Wait! I love a human? T-th-that is over my rules. I had to mate with a demon lord's daughter! Gosh…what do I do now?' Sesshomaru paced around his room. 'What do I do now?' Sesshomaru thought. A knock was heard from outside his door. "Reveal yourself." Sesshomaru looked at the door. "Sasuke."
"Come in." Sesshomaru turned his back to the ninja. "Sumimasen. Ano, about Kagome-sama, who is taking her to that ancient well? She has to be accompanied, if she was to get hurt you know…" Sesshomaru broke in. "She will not get hurt. She knows the way. The miko can protect herself, if she has the weapon." Sesshomaru emphasized the 'the'. "Hai, I understand. I will supply her with her bow and arrows." Sasuke said simply. "No! Not that! The other weapon!" Sesshomaru glared at his ninja. He knew Sasuke wasn't stupid. He was well educated and knew the lethal points in humans and demons. "Hai, hai! I was joking! You mean the so specialsecretswordformikosonly one! Heh! I knew that!" Sasuke rubbed his head. 'I'm so stupid.' He put his head down. "Sasuke. I know that you aren't stupid. It is just that you like to fool around?" Sesshomaru raised his brow. "Iei. That isn't it. I wasn't playing. I didn't really know which kind of weapon you were talking about. I mean, Kagome-sama uses a lot of weapons." Sasuke answered with a deep tone. "I see. Anyways, Kagome wouldn't need to be accompanied. If she knows how to use the weapon, I will see to it that she would be safe." Sesshomaru said with a sigh. 'I hope.' He thought. "Hai, Sesshomaru-sama. But I wasn't here for that. I just came to let you know that Hinako has fled back to her land." Sasuke stated. "Nani? Fled? When did you find out?" Sesshomaru had a shocked look on his face, but tried really hard not to show it. "Just now. I went with my sister to go and spy on her once more, but all I found was a shattered mirror. The same mirror that linked to the spirit world. Maybe she was possessed." Sasuke looked up to the ceiling to think about it. "No time for that. Let's go!" Sesshomaru jumped out the balcony and flew to her room. Sasuke followed but in a different form. Sesshomaru jumped into the room and found the shattered glass. "She did run away. Find clues." He ordered Sasuke. "Hai. I shall look with my sister. Sakura!" Sasuke called out from the shadows. Sakura appeared within the same shadows. "You called, nii-chan?" Sakura teased. "No time! Sesshomaru gave us another mission. We have to find out why Hinako broke the mirror and why she left so sudden. I think I know about the leaving, but the mirror, we need to find out." Sasuke knelt down to the broken pieces. He picked one up and looked at it. "Nii-chan, it seems to be cursed with evil. Lemme see." Sakura also knelt down to pick it up. "Hmm…Strange…I thought this mirror was to see the spirit world or contact them. It just looks like a regular mirror…" Sasuke paused then passed out. "Sasuke!" Sakura dropped the piece and grabbed her brother.