I was having some problems getting this chapter up. Sorry for all of those who I made wait. From now on, I'll tell you all if something happens on my profile page.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Kagome stood shaking with cold on the back of Sesshomaru's cloud. She had never been this high and not having anything stable-looking under her feet didn't help at all. To take her mind off the ground far below her, she looked up at Sesshomaru. He was in the same position he had been the whole time.
'Has he even twitched? Or shivered?' She wondered. She looked at his face. He was looking straight ahead, his face as cold as the current temperature, like he didn't care that he had a human female sitting right behind him. Kagome sighed and looked up at the sky.
'I wonder how long this will take. It probably won't be a very quick search since there are only four bells. Sesshomaru needed a miko to find them though, so maybe they give mikos the same feeling that the Shikon does. Wait. That means that I've gone from being a shard detector to a bell detector in just a day! Oh joy. Again, Inuyasha and his brother are more alike than they even dream.'
Kagome was brought out of her thoughts when she sneezed and shivered. 'It's freezing! But at least I have a good view of the stars.'
Meanwhile, a demon lord was puzzling over the miko sitting behind him. She was a strange creature. She hadn't complained once about the cold that she was probably feeling. His little esteem for her went up a notch.
Sesshomaru scanned the area ahead of him. 'I'll stop at the castle to drop off her kit and talk to Zerin. I want to see if he has found out anything else on these bells.'
He knew that Zerin would have at least looked for information concerning the bells. If he hadn't found anything on the bells, well, he'd have another helper. Sesshomaru wondered if the miko even knew that the fox kit was in her bag. He heard the miko sneeze quietly. It was a good thing that they were almost there. He didn't want the miko to get sick. It would take too long for him.
'Wow.' Was all Kagome could think as they landed at Sesshomaru's castle. It had a huge lawn covered in all different kinds of vegetation and flowers. There were two oak doors that were blocking her view of the inside of the giant white castle. Kagome watched in awe as the doors slowly opened to reveal… Jaken. Something seemed different about him, though.
"Lord Sesshomaru!" he called, running up to him. Sesshomaru looked down at him.
"What are you wearing, Jaken?" He asked
Kagome then noticed what was wrong with the little toad. He was wearing a green fluffy dress that probably belonged to a little girl. The sleeves poofed out at the ends and there were large orange bows running along the bottom of the dress. She didn't know whether to laugh or throw up
"My lord!" Jaken began "It was the small human child and that dirty raccoon that did this to your poor loyal servant! I am grateful that you returned to your loyal servant after only a day with…" Jaken paused when he saw Kagome. He seemed to stand there, thinking, for a while before he finally recognized Kagome. He let out an indignant squawk.
"InuYasha's wench! What is she doing here, my lord?" He asked.
Kagome glared at him. Jaken returned it.
"She will be staying with me for a short period of time; you will treat her with respect while she is here." He answered, walking inside. "Come miko."
Kagome glared at his back. 'He talks about showing respect, and he doesn't even use my name! Does he even know my name! Argh!'
She considered staying outside, just to spite him, but her curiosity got the better of her and she followed him inside.
She had walked into a big entry room, with a winding staircase that led to one of the upper floors. At the top of the staircase was a little girl in a flowered kimono smiling down at them. Her smile showed Kagome a gap in her teeth. 'Cute!' Kagome thought when she saw the girl.
"Lord Sesshomaru!" The little girl yelled as she came running down the stairs. When she reached the bottom, she threw herself onto Sesshomaru's leg. "Rin missed you Lord Sesshomaru! Jaken said that you were leaving Rin, but Rin did not believe him!"
Sesshomaru reached down and patted Rin on the head. "Where is Zerin?" He asked her.
Rin giggled. "Rin was playing a game with Zerin when he got lost. Rin tried to find Zerin but Rin found Lord Sesshomaru first!" Rin looked around Sesshomaru's leg at Kagome. She smiled up at her. "Rin's name is Rin!" Rin said holding out her hand. Kagome reached down and took it.
"My name is Kagome. It's very nice to meet you Rin." Kagome said, smiling down at her.
"Will you play with Rin?"
"I will sometime."
"There you are!" said a voice from upstairs.
Kagome looked up and saw a raccoon demon standing at the top of the stairs playfully glaring down at Rin.
"I was wondering where you went off to." He looked down at Jaken, and seemed to be holding back a snigger. "Well, at least you haven't been bored!" He said walking down the stairs. "It's nice to see you back so soon. Though, I'm guessing you haven't found anything yet."
"This is Kagome." Sesshomaru said, stepping aside so Zerin could see her "She will be assisting me search for the bells."
"My name is Zerin," Zerin said, bowing to Kagome "and I am the temporary baby sitter of Rin and Jaken."
Jaken let out another squawk at this, but otherwise chose to remain silent.
"Have you found out anything else about the bells?" Sesshomaru asked Zerin.
"I have actually." He said smiling
Sesshomaru stood there waiting
"Right, well it turns out the rumor that all the bells were here was a lie. It turns out that all the bells had shot over the ocean and each one had landed in a different place."
Sesshomaru inwardly cursed his luck. This was going to take longer then he thought.
Kagome could vaguely here Rin chasing Jaken to some unknown part of the castle. 'None of the bells are in Japan? This is going to take awhile.'
"We will leave shortly." Sesshomaru said. "Get your things and come."
Kagome grumbled, but complied. She grabbed her bag and walked over to Sesshomaru. 'Hmmm,' she thought 'This stop did some good. My bag seems lighter now.'
Kagome wasn't as surprised when she felt the cloud materialize under her feet this time, but she was still getting used to the feeling. As they rose up she could hear Zerin shouting
"Goodbye. Don't get lost or eaten!"
Zerin saw Kagome look down at him like he was crazy and sighed
"That poor girl really doesn't know what she got herself into, does she?" He asked himself. He shook his head and walked off to find Rin. He was eager to see what she had done to Jaken this time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
It's me again. I was wondering if anyone knew what Sesshomaru's name means. I heard it meant something, but I couldn't find out what. I would be very grateful if someone told me.