Authoress: Hi ya people! Thanks for the support! nn here's the 2nd chapter, hope you'll like it!
Eastern kingdom
"Now, where is it…where is it?" kagome mumbled, as she scanned the shelves for the familiar ancient book of miko spells and enchantments.
"What does it look like kag?" Sango asked.
"Umm…it's very old and has a thick brown cover…"
"Well that is a lot of help, considering that practically every book in here is old and brown!" Sango bit out sarcastically.
"Well, if you were a bit more patient and let me finish what I was saying…I would have told you the name of the book! Which is by the way called Mikorlin."
With that the two continued their prowl through the massive library…that is, until their rumbling tummies forbid them to carry on any further. When they were about to take a break, Kagome exclaimed.
"Ye-es! I've found it!"
"Thank god that is over; I am beginning to think that I have a rock band residing in my stomach…finally I'll get to eat something!" Sango cried, as she dusted off herself and made a beeline for the kitchen.
"Hey, you found it yet?" Sango queried.
"I think so…this should work…well, at least I hope so…"
"Well, it had better work considering how long we took to find the damn book!"
"Ok, all I have to do is chant these words when I want my hair to look short, and say the words in reverse to undo the spell…sounds easy enough."
"Here goes nothing…" Kagome took a deep breath and chanted the whole string of words, remembering what the book said about channeling one's energy into the spell.
"Oh hell!" Sango gasped. "Your hair is…it's…it's…you're bald!"
"What? Ahhh…" Kagome cried, as her hand shot up immediately to her head. 'Hair! I feel hair…wait a minute…'
"Sango!" Kagome cried. "That is so low! You scared the living daylights out of me; I swear you cut my lifespan down by a quarter! Girl, sometimes I just feel like strangling you…" kagome said shaking her head.
"Oh kag, I just can't resist…besides, it's so funny, the look on your face is Priceless!" Sango guffawed.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, go ahead, laugh at my expanse, I'm the clown..."
"Hahahaha…" Sango spluttered, clutching onto her stomach.
"Hey! You're not supposed to take it literally." Kagome sighed.
After, a long long Long while, Sango finally managed to regain her composure, with the occasional giggle or so…
"Ouch! My stomach hurts so bad from all that laughing…" Sango moaned.
"Serves you right!" Kagome huffed. "Anyway, I think the spell worked out quite well, I definitely look more like a guy with my hair short…and quite a cute one too…" Kagome said, as she pranced around the full length mirror.
"You are so full of yourself kag."
"Come on, I do look quite good right."
"Hmm…I guess so...if it makes you stop pouting into that mirror." Sango said exasperated.
"Knock, knock."
"Uh oh!" Kagome and Sango cried in unison.
"Quick! Change your hair back!" Sango cried.
Kagome nodded, and tried to say the spell backwards.
"Nothing's happening! Kagome, are you sure you had said it right?"
"Lady Kagome, may I enter?" the servant at the door asked.
"In a minute…"kagome shouted, starting to panic, if her mother gets wind of what she is up to, she'll be dead.
"Ah…I'm not going to make it…" kagome cried in despair.
"Kagome, calm down and try again…" sango said with authority.
Kagome tried again, and luckily she succeeds, and not a moment too soon, as the impatient servant decided to throw open the doors to her room at that very moment.
"Please lady kagome, your presence is needed at the fitting room immediately, your wedding gown have just arrived."
"Yes, of course. Lead the way Leila" kagome said.
As kagome trailed reluctantly after Leila, she let her thoughts wander. 'now that my hair's been taken care off, all I need to do is get hold of some commoners clothes, and I shall be on my way soon, I believe sango would be able to help me in that aspect…oh ya, I'll better pack some food along too…'
Western Kingdom
"Lord Sesshoumaru, this Jaken is so happy to see you back here, thank heavens…" Jaken cried, while drying off his tears of happiness on his sleeves.
"You think this Sesshoumaru will fail to return..." Sesshoumaru stated, throwing jaken a glare.
"No, no…no this is not what I mea…"
However, Jaken did not manage to finish his sentence, as Sesshoumaru had swiftly kicked him, effectively sending the small figure flying down the stairs. He stood there watching the ugly toad tumbling down the stairs, a slight smile gracing his usually cold mask, before he turned and resumed his walk to his father's study.
"I want a full report on the current situation." Lord Taisho said.
"Victory is ours, and kikyou is dead."
"Naraku's daughter is dead. Well, that man is definitely not going to take this lying down…we must be prepared for any surprise attack on his part."
"I understand, I will inform the guards to be on the alert." Sesshoumaru replied, before taking his leave from the room.
Just as he closed the study door, he was hit by a wave of dizziness. He staggered, and had to lean against the wall for support. 'What is happening to me? I don't usually tire out so easily…maybe I had spent more energy finishing that bitch than I thought…and what is that thing she threw at me…could it be the cause of this dizzy spell…no, that's absurd, there is nothing that this Sesshoumaru can't handle. She is foolish to think that her pathetic potion could harm me…' Sesshoumaru shook his head, trying to clear his head of the dizziness. After a while, the dizziness appeared to have lessened some what, and Sesshoumaru straightened himself and headed for his chambers, acting as though nothing had happened to him. That night, Sesshoumaru slept fitfully, and beads of sweat formed on his forehead, causing his hair to clump to his damp skin. When he awoke the next morning, he felt really drained, as though he had been fighting a long tiresome battle all night long. But, he stubbornly refuse to admit his weakened state, as he changed and headed to the library to research for a possible cause for Rin's sickness, and hopefully a cure too.
Eastern kingdom
After another long and tiring session at the fitting room, kagome is more than glad to leave the room, and begin her preparation for her escape. However, she did feel kinda bad for the servants who are working so hard to prepare for a wedding with no bride.
"Sango, there you are, have you prepared the things yet?
"Yep! All of your requests have been carried out!" Sango said, with a mock salute.
"Thanks sango! You are really efficient." Kagome said, giving her friend a hug.
"Hey, hey…not so tight…I …can't…breathe…" sango chocked out.
"Oops! Hehe…sooo sorry." Kagome replied sheepishly.
With that, kagome hurriedly released sango. After that, the two proceeded to kagome's room to pack her things for her long journey.
"Alright, I've packed all the essentials" Kagome cried in triumph. "Yawn! I guess it's time to take a little nap, before my big escape…" with that, kagome went to bed.
Hours later, when the sun has set…
"Wake up kagome!" Souta shouted, shaking the sleeping form vigorously.
"Ummm….uh…huh?" mumbled a groggy kagome, as she rubbed her sleep induced eyes.
"Finally!" souta cried, "you sure can sleep sis…"
"What! I'm up already, so can you just cool it."
"Yeah, yeah, I am aware of that, it's just that you took so very long to wake up. Seriously, if there's a fire or something, it would have been too late for escape, because by the time you actually decide to wake up, you'll probably find yourself in Heaven or at best surrounded in a sea of fire." Souta said in a rush.
"Whoa, you are freaky…don't you run of air?" asked a bugged eyed kagome.
"Well, I have my means…" souta said, puffing out his chest with pride.
"It's not a compliment…" Kagome said, rolling her eyes.
"Whatever, I just came to remind you that you are supposed to escape…"
"Ahhh…I forgot!" kagome shrieked.
"Figures." Souta sighed, with a shrug of his shoulders. "Anyway, Sango asked me to past you these garbs, said that is all that she could find…" he said, gesturing to the neat pile of clothes at the foot of the bed.
"Wow! I get changed immediately."
"You'll better; sango has been waiting for you in the kitchen for quite a while now…"
"OUT! I need to change!" kagome cried, pushing souta swiftly out the doors.
Snatching the first set off the pile, kagome quickly worked on her transformation from a beautiful princess into a common boy. She started out by binding her chest in bandages, before putting on the clothes and uttering the spell to make her hair short once again. As a finishing touch, she sprayed on some of that fragrance that souta uses.
"Hmm… not bad, I look like a cute guy; smell like one…all I need to do now is to act like one." Kagome mumbled to herself, as she inspected her handiwork in front of the full length mirror.
With that, she strode out of the room.
"Wha..what? kag, is that you?" Souta asked.
"hehe…who else! If you can't recognize me, I'm pretty sure no one will." Kagome cried gleefully, doing a little victory dance round souta.
"They will, if they see you giggling and prancing around…honestly, you've got to work on your acting skills, and keep a tight rein on those whacked emotions of yours."
Kagome scowled and made a face. "Hmph…let's go already." She cried, grabbing souta by the scuff of his shirt, and dragging him towards the kitchen.
"Kagome!" Sango cried, rushing to give her friend a hug, "I'll…miss you…"
"Me too…" kagome chocked out, "I didn't realize how hard it'll be for me to say good bye…"
Souta stood awkwardly at the side as the two friends said their last goodbyes, and wipe the last tears off their cheeks. Once they regain their composure, Souta cleared his throat, getting both their attention.
"Sorry to break this up, but kagome you'll have to leave, before it's too late."
With that, Kagome gave sango a final hug before following souta out the door. Souta lead kagome down the corridors, telling anyone who questions that Kagome is a friend of his from town. Finally, they made it to the tower at the northern wing, where the secret tunnel that led to outside the castle walls lies.
"well…I guess it's good bye here sis."
Kagome just nodded mutely.
"You'll better get going before some servant chance upon us."
"Ok…when I'm gone, you must take care of mother. I will return when this marriage episode blows over…so don't worry too much ok?" Kagome said, with a watery smile.
"Don't worry about a thing sis, I can handle it, now, you better get moving." With that, souta gave kagome a shove, causing her to slide down the dark tunnel.
"Take care sis, bye…" Souta whispered into the air, as he closed the secret tunnel.
Outside the tunnel…
"Ouch!" Kagome cried out, as she landed none too gently on the hard ground.
"That souta is too much, I could have broken something there…I'll give him a piece of my mind when I come back." Kagome mumbled angrily.
'Now, where am I?' kagome stood up, as she studied her new surroundings carefully.
"Hmm…I see trees, trees, and more trees. Well, I guess I'm really outside then!" Kagome cheered.
"Who goes there!"
"Eeep." Kagome squeaked.
'Damn, I'm not outside the castle walls yet, this must be the backyard or something…'
Thinking quickly, kagome immediately pressed herself flat against one of the trees nearby, praying that the guard wouldn't notice her.
"Hey, Ricoshi! Come're you've got to try this sake I brought." Another guard called.
"Hai, I'm coming!"
With that, the guard was gone, leaving Kagome by herself once again. 'Whew! That was close…saved by the sake…now… I'll better keep quite, least I get caught for real…what should I do? I can't just walk out the gate, the guards on duty would notice…hmm, I know, I'll try that invisibility trick mother taught me…but I'm not too good at it, I can't make myself invisible for long, what if I lost my invisibility half-way…'
After a while, Kagome decided that she'll have to risk it. Taking a deep breath, she searched within herself for her miko powers, concentrating hard on it, she spoke some words, and instantly she became invisible. She gathered up what little things she brought and made a mad dash towards the gates.
"Hey! What's that?" One of the guards cried out.
'Oops! I'm dead meat…the spell wore off too soon.' Kagome thought, starting to panic.
"Ahhh! A ghost!" the other guards cried, abandoning their posts.
'A…a…a…Ghost!' Kagome thought, truly terrified. 'Where?'
Just then, it hit her. She is the ghost the guards were referring to. In her rush to get out, she forgot to make her belongings invisible, so the guards mistook the floating bag to be the workings of ghosts.
'Ha! I couldn't have planned it better, now I can make my escape without problem, considering that the guards left the gates open…Hehe…'
"Thanks you guys!" kagome called out, as she bounded out the gates towards freedom.
Western Kingdom
'Damn…I can't find it.' Sesshoumaru thought angrily. 'Rin is suffering and I can't even
do anything.'
Suddenly, he was hit with another wave of dizziness. This time it was worse than the one he had before.
Sesshoumaru winced in pain, clutching his head with his left hand, while his right hand held onto the nearby table for support. However, the pain was too overwhelming, Sesshoumaru's legs gave way, and he fell to the ground unconscious.
'What happened…who…?' Sesshoumaru thought, as he stared at the blurred figure of someone with long silvery hair leaning against the door frame, with his hands crossed over his chest.
"Keh! Took you long enough to wake up."
Sesshoumaru shook his head lightly to clear his vision, frowning slightly at the sight of Inuyasha.
"What do you want Hanyou…" Sesshoumaru stated coldly.
"Heh! Back to being the old icicle already. That was fast, for someone who had been out cold for days." Inuyasha retorted.
"What do you mean you half-breed." Sesshoumaru said, his eyes narrowing.
"Well, it's nothing, just that you are too weak! In bed recuperating for six days, you even broke my record! Heh!" Inuyasha said snidely.
"…"
"Keh! Nothing to say icicle?" Inuyashe taunted.
In a flash, Sesshoumaru was out of bed, his claws tightening around Inuyasha's neck as he held him by his neck in mid-air.
"Believe me 'dear brother' when I say that you can't even hold a candle to me. I'm twice the youkai you'll ever dream to be." Sesshoumaru said acidly.
"That's enough sesshoumaru, let your brother go." Lord Taisho ordered.
Sesshoumaru dropped inuyasha unceremoniously to the ground.
"Inuyasha, I want to have a word with your brother, could you leave." Lord Taisho said.
Still choking slightly, Inuyasha grasped his assaulted throat and left the room.
"Sesshomaru, what happened?" Taisho asked.
"I do not know the cause, but I'll be fine. I can still fight." Sesshoumaru said.
"No, I won't risk having you lead the next troop to battle. You will rest, and the healers will find the cause of the problem and solve it." Taisho stated firmly.
"I can handle it." Sesshoumaru said.
"No, and that's an order." Taisho stated.
Hence, for the next few days, Sesshoumaru was in bed, the occasional dizzy spells seems to get worse with each occurance, leaving him weak and helpless.
Even Inuyasha was starting to get worried for Sesshoumaru, seeing that Sesshoumaru had been a lot paler than before, and had to lie in bed all day. As much as the healers tried, they were baffled by this new disease that seems to plague Sesshoumaru…even the healers from outside the castle could not alleviate the problem.
Authoress: All you people who bother to review, Thanks so much, I'll do my best, so bear with me for now, the fun is just beginning…
Special thanks to…
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Authoress: Hi ya people! Thanks for the support! nn here's the 2nd chapter, hope you'll like it!
Eastern kingdom
"Now, where is it…where is it?" kagome mumbled, as she scanned the shelves for the familiar ancient book of miko spells and enchantments.
"What does it look like kag?" Sango asked.
"Umm…it's very old and has a thick brown cover…"
"Well that is a lot of help, considering that practically every book in here is old and brown!" Sango bit out sarcastically.
"Well, if you were a bit more patient and let me finish what I was saying…I would have told you the name of the book! Which is by the way called Mikorlin."
With that the two continued their prowl through the massive library…that is, until their rumbling tummies forbid them to carry on any further. When they were about to take a break, Kagome exclaimed.
"Ye-es! I've found it!"
"Thank god that is over; I am beginning to think that I have a rock band residing in my stomach…finally I'll get to eat something!" Sango cried, as she dusted off herself and made a beeline for the kitchen.
"Hey, you found it yet?" Sango queried.
"I think so…this should work…well, at least I hope so…"
"Well, it had better work considering how long we took to find the damn book!"
"Ok, all I have to do is chant these words when I want my hair to look short, and say the words in reverse to undo the spell…sounds easy enough."
"Here goes nothing…" Kagome took a deep breath and chanted the whole string of words, remembering what the book said about channeling one's energy into the spell.
"Oh hell!" Sango gasped. "Your hair is…it's…it's…you're bald!"
"What? Ahhh…" Kagome cried, as her hand shot up immediately to her head. 'Hair! I feel hair…wait a minute…'
"Sango!" Kagome cried. "That is so low! You scared the living daylights out of me; I swear you cut my lifespan down by a quarter! Girl, sometimes I just feel like strangling you…" kagome said shaking her head.
"Oh kag, I just can't resist…besides, it's so funny, the look on your face is Priceless!" Sango guffawed.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, go ahead, laugh at my expanse, I'm the clown..."
"Hahahaha…" Sango spluttered, clutching onto her stomach.
"Hey! You're not supposed to take it literally." Kagome sighed.
After, a long long Long while, Sango finally managed to regain her composure, with the occasional giggle or so…
"Ouch! My stomach hurts so bad from all that laughing…" Sango moaned.
"Serves you right!" Kagome huffed. "Anyway, I think the spell worked out quite well, I definitely look more like a guy with my hair short…and quite a cute one too…" Kagome said, as she pranced around the full length mirror.
"You are so full of yourself kag."
"Come on, I do look quite good right."
"Hmm…I guess so...if it makes you stop pouting into that mirror." Sango said exasperated.
"Knock, knock."
"Uh oh!" Kagome and Sango cried in unison.
"Quick! Change your hair back!" Sango cried.
Kagome nodded, and tried to say the spell backwards.
"Nothing's happening! Kagome, are you sure you had said it right?"
"Lady Kagome, may I enter?" the servant at the door asked.
"In a minute…"kagome shouted, starting to panic, if her mother gets wind of what she is up to, she'll be dead.
"Ah…I'm not going to make it…" kagome cried in despair.
"Kagome, calm down and try again…" sango said with authority.
Kagome tried again, and luckily she succeeds, and not a moment too soon, as the impatient servant decided to throw open the doors to her room at that very moment.
"Please lady kagome, your presence is needed at the fitting room immediately, your wedding gown have just arrived."
"Yes, of course. Lead the way Leila" kagome said.
As kagome trailed reluctantly after Leila, she let her thoughts wander. 'now that my hair's been taken care off, all I need to do is get hold of some commoners clothes, and I shall be on my way soon, I believe sango would be able to help me in that aspect…oh ya, I'll better pack some food along too…'
Western Kingdom
"Lord Sesshoumaru, this Jaken is so happy to see you back here, thank heavens…" Jaken cried, while drying off his tears of happiness on his sleeves.
"You think this Sesshoumaru will fail to return..." Sesshoumaru stated, throwing jaken a glare.
"No, no…no this is not what I mea…"
However, Jaken did not manage to finish his sentence, as Sesshoumaru had swiftly kicked him, effectively sending the small figure flying down the stairs. He stood there watching the ugly toad tumbling down the stairs, a slight smile gracing his usually cold mask, before he turned and resumed his walk to his father's study.
"I want a full report on the current situation." Lord Taisho said.
"Victory is ours, and kikyou is dead."
"Naraku's daughter is dead. Well, that man is definitely not going to take this lying down…we must be prepared for any surprise attack on his part."
"I understand, I will inform the guards to be on the alert." Sesshoumaru replied, before taking his leave from the room.
Just as he closed the study door, he was hit by a wave of dizziness. He staggered, and had to lean against the wall for support. 'What is happening to me? I don't usually tire out so easily…maybe I had spent more energy finishing that bitch than I thought…and what is that thing she threw at me…could it be the cause of this dizzy spell…no, that's absurd, there is nothing that this Sesshoumaru can't handle. She is foolish to think that her pathetic potion could harm me…' Sesshoumaru shook his head, trying to clear his head of the dizziness. After a while, the dizziness appeared to have lessened some what, and Sesshoumaru straightened himself and headed for his chambers, acting as though nothing had happened to him. That night, Sesshoumaru slept fitfully, and beads of sweat formed on his forehead, causing his hair to clump to his damp skin. When he awoke the next morning, he felt really drained, as though he had been fighting a long tiresome battle all night long. But, he stubbornly refuse to admit his weakened state, as he changed and headed to the library to research for a possible cause for Rin's sickness, and hopefully a cure too.
Eastern kingdom
After another long and tiring session at the fitting room, kagome is more than glad to leave the room, and begin her preparation for her escape. However, she did feel kinda bad for the servants who are working so hard to prepare for a wedding with no bride.
"Sango, there you are, have you prepared the things yet?
"Yep! All of your requests have been carried out!" Sango said, with a mock salute.
"Thanks sango! You are really efficient." Kagome said, giving her friend a hug.
"Hey, hey…not so tight…I …can't…breathe…" sango chocked out.
"Oops! Hehe…sooo sorry." Kagome replied sheepishly.
With that, kagome hurriedly released sango. After that, the two proceeded to kagome's room to pack her things for her long journey.
"Alright, I've packed all the essentials" Kagome cried in triumph. "Yawn! I guess it's time to take a little nap, before my big escape…" with that, kagome went to bed.
Hours later, when the sun has set…
"Wake up kagome!" Souta shouted, shaking the sleeping form vigorously.
"Ummm….uh…huh?" mumbled a groggy kagome, as she rubbed her sleep induced eyes.
"Finally!" souta cried, "you sure can sleep sis…"
"What! I'm up already, so can you just cool it."
"Yeah, yeah, I am aware of that, it's just that you took so very long to wake up. Seriously, if there's a fire or something, it would have been too late for escape, because by the time you actually decide to wake up, you'll probably find yourself in Heaven or at best surrounded in a sea of fire." Souta said in a rush.
"Whoa, you are freaky…don't you run of air?" asked a bugged eyed kagome.
"Well, I have my means…" souta said, puffing out his chest with pride.
"It's not a compliment…" Kagome said, rolling her eyes.
"Whatever, I just came to remind you that you are supposed to escape…"
"Ahhh…I forgot!" kagome shrieked.
"Figures." Souta sighed, with a shrug of his shoulders. "Anyway, Sango asked me to past you these garbs, said that is all that she could find…" he said, gesturing to the neat pile of clothes at the foot of the bed.
"Wow! I get changed immediately."
"You'll better; sango has been waiting for you in the kitchen for quite a while now…"
"OUT! I need to change!" kagome cried, pushing souta swiftly out the doors.
Snatching the first set off the pile, kagome quickly worked on her transformation from a beautiful princess into a common boy. She started out by binding her chest in bandages, before putting on the clothes and uttering the spell to make her hair short once again. As a finishing touch, she sprayed on some of that fragrance that souta uses.
"Hmm… not bad, I look like a cute guy; smell like one…all I need to do now is to act like one." Kagome mumbled to herself, as she inspected her handiwork in front of the full length mirror.
With that, she strode out of the room.
"Wha..what? kag, is that you?" Souta asked.
"hehe…who else! If you can't recognize me, I'm pretty sure no one will." Kagome cried gleefully, doing a little victory dance round souta.
"They will, if they see you giggling and prancing around…honestly, you've got to work on your acting skills, and keep a tight rein on those whacked emotions of yours."
Kagome scowled and made a face. "Hmph…let's go already." She cried, grabbing souta by the scuff of his shirt, and dragging him towards the kitchen.
"Kagome!" Sango cried, rushing to give her friend a hug, "I'll…miss you…"
"Me too…" kagome chocked out, "I didn't realize how hard it'll be for me to say good bye…"
Souta stood awkwardly at the side as the two friends said their last goodbyes, and wipe the last tears off their cheeks. Once they regain their composure, Souta cleared his throat, getting both their attention.
"Sorry to break this up, but kagome you'll have to leave, before it's too late."
With that, Kagome gave sango a final hug before following souta out the door. Souta lead kagome down the corridors, telling anyone who questions that Kagome is a friend of his from town. Finally, they made it to the tower at the northern wing, where the secret tunnel that led to outside the castle walls lies.
"well…I guess it's good bye here sis."
Kagome just nodded mutely.
"You'll better get going before some servant chance upon us."
"Ok…when I'm gone, you must take care of mother. I will return when this marriage episode blows over…so don't worry too much ok?" Kagome said, with a watery smile.
"Don't worry about a thing sis, I can handle it, now, you better get moving." With that, souta gave kagome a shove, causing her to slide down the dark tunnel.
"Take care sis, bye…" Souta whispered into the air, as he closed the secret tunnel.
Outside the tunnel…
"Ouch!" Kagome cried out, as she landed none too gently on the hard ground.
"That souta is too much, I could have broken something there…I'll give him a piece of my mind when I come back." Kagome mumbled angrily.
'Now, where am I?' kagome stood up, as she studied her new surroundings carefully.
"Hmm…I see trees, trees, and more trees. Well, I guess I'm really outside then!" Kagome cheered.
"Who goes there!"
"Eeep." Kagome squeaked.
'Damn, I'm not outside the castle walls yet, this must be the backyard or something…'
Thinking quickly, kagome immediately pressed herself flat against one of the trees nearby, praying that the guard wouldn't notice her.
"Hey, Ricoshi! Come're you've got to try this sake I brought." Another guard called.
"Hai, I'm coming!"
With that, the guard was gone, leaving Kagome by herself once again. 'Whew! That was close…saved by the sake…now… I'll better keep quite, least I get caught for real…what should I do? I can't just walk out the gate, the guards on duty would notice…hmm, I know, I'll try that invisibility trick mother taught me…but I'm not too good at it, I can't make myself invisible for long, what if I lost my invisibility half-way…'
After a while, Kagome decided that she'll have to risk it. Taking a deep breath, she searched within herself for her miko powers, concentrating hard on it, she spoke some words, and instantly she became invisible. She gathered up what little things she brought and made a mad dash towards the gates.
"Hey! What's that?" One of the guards cried out.
'Oops! I'm dead meat…the spell wore off too soon.' Kagome thought, starting to panic.
"Ahhh! A ghost!" the other guards cried, abandoning their posts.
'A…a…a…Ghost!' Kagome thought, truly terrified. 'Where?'
Just then, it hit her. She is the ghost the guards were referring to. In her rush to get out, she forgot to make her belongings invisible, so the guards mistook the floating bag to be the workings of ghosts.
'Ha! I couldn't have planned it better, now I can make my escape without problem, considering that the guards left the gates open…Hehe…'
"Thanks you guys!" kagome called out, as she bounded out the gates towards freedom.
Western Kingdom
'Damn…I can't find it.' Sesshoumaru thought angrily. 'Rin is suffering and I can't even
do anything.'
Suddenly, he was hit with another wave of dizziness. This time it was worse than the one he had before.
Sesshoumaru winced in pain, clutching his head with his left hand, while his right hand held onto the nearby table for support. However, the pain was too overwhelming, Sesshoumaru's legs gave way, and he fell to the ground unconscious.
'What happened…who…?' Sesshoumaru thought, as he stared at the blurred figure of someone with long silvery hair leaning against the door frame, with his hands crossed over his chest.
"Keh! Took you long enough to wake up."
Sesshoumaru shook his head lightly to clear his vision, frowning slightly at the sight of Inuyasha.
"What do you want Hanyou…" Sesshoumaru stated coldly.
"Heh! Back to being the old icicle already. That was fast, for someone who had been out cold for days." Inuyasha retorted.
"What do you mean you half-breed." Sesshoumaru said, his eyes narrowing.
"Well, it's nothing, just that you are too weak! In bed recuperating for six days, you even broke my record! Heh!" Inuyasha said snidely.
"…"
"Keh! Nothing to say icicle?" Inuyashe taunted.
In a flash, Sesshoumaru was out of bed, his claws tightening around Inuyasha's neck as he held him by his neck in mid-air.
"Believe me 'dear brother' when I say that you can't even hold a candle to me. I'm twice the youkai you'll ever dream to be." Sesshoumaru said acidly.
"That's enough sesshoumaru, let your brother go." Lord Taisho ordered.
Sesshoumaru dropped inuyasha unceremoniously to the ground.
"Inuyasha, I want to have a word with your brother, could you leave." Lord Taisho said.
Still choking slightly, Inuyasha grasped his assaulted throat and left the room.
"Sesshomaru, what happened?" Taisho asked.
"I do not know the cause, but I'll be fine. I can still fight." Sesshoumaru said.
"No, I won't risk having you lead the next troop to battle. You will rest, and the healers will find the cause of the problem and solve it." Taisho stated firmly.
"I can handle it." Sesshoumaru said.
"No, and that's an order." Taisho stated.
Hence, for the next few days, Sesshoumaru was in bed, the occasional dizzy spells seems to get worse with each occurance, leaving him weak and helpless.
Even Inuyasha was starting to get worried for Sesshoumaru, seeing that Sesshoumaru had been a lot paler than before, and had to lie in bed all day. As much as the healers tried, they were baffled by this new disease that seems to plague Sesshoumaru…even the healers from outside the castle could not alleviate the problem.
Authoress: All you people who bother to review, Thanks so much, I'll do my best, so bear with me for now, the fun is just beginning…