A new life

by Chikara-Yuy

okies for any of you who might be angry I am sorry I haven't been on in so long!

I was grounded because of a bunch of...-is muted by my yami-

Scc: okay as she said sorry about being late! We hope you like this chapter and hope that it makes of for our long absence.

Kagome entered Kaede's hut first and informed her of the events of the night before. Kaede came out and ushered Sesshomaru into an empty hut with Serenity still in his arms. She instructed him to place her on a pallet, after she placed a blanket and a sleeping bag from kagome on top of it.

Sesshomaru did as instructed then was ushered out again as Kagome and Sango hurried in with a rag and a bowl of water in case Kaede needed it. To Sesshomaru and the others, (Inuyasha more than sesshomaru as Inuyasha is always so impatient) it seemed like hours before Kaede walked out of the hut.

"How is Lady Serenity?" asked Miroku.

Kaede looked up at him with a sigh. "She should be fine. The change took its toll on her because she tried to restrain it with her magic. She needs sleep and a lot of peace and quiet."

Miroku nodded at the answer and he walked off with Kaede and the others leaving Sesshomaru as he entered the hut. Miroku looked back for a moment and watched Sesshomaru enter before walking into Kaede's hut.

Sesshomaru looked around the small hut. The fire was going in the middle keeping it warm, he noticed. He looked to his left and noticed that Serenity had been placed in the sleeping pallet offered by the Miko. He sat down across from her sleeping body and leaned against the wall of the hut. Serenity looked to be sleeping peacefully, her hair was spread out on a white contraption. Sesshomaru poked it, in case it was a youkai in disguise. Instead he found that it was just a fluffy something or other.

"Its called a pillow Sesshomaru-sama." came a voice from behind him. Sesshomaru turned around to see the young miko behind him. She had another strange futon and she laid it down and unrolled it laying it in front of him and placed one of the pillows at the end of it. She looked up at him after she had done that and smiled at him. She stood straight and looked at Serenity for a moment then she sat down and looked at him.

"What is it you need Miko?" asked Sesshomaru.

Kagome was silent for a moment then she spoke. "Sesshomaru-sama is it okay if I speak with you?"

Sesshomaru at first didn't answer but then he nodded. Kagome didn't relax but got into an almost business mode. Sesshomaru started to think there was something familiar about it. He had of course noticed she had become a youkai. But he hadn't thought about till now. But she now strongly reminded him of someone.

"I think I should tell you something about Lady Serenity." she stated.

Sesshomaru didn't say anything but nodded for her to continue.

"You do know that you hurt her terribly. She has told Sango and I much of her past. It didn't take us long to fill in the blanks she left." Kagome's voice surprised him it seemed aged with wisdom, yet she was much younger than him even in Youkai years.

"Do you know the reasons of which she left your castle My lord?" questioned Kagome.

Sesshomaru looked her in the eye. "I do now. She left me a parting gift after seeing me a little while back."

Kagome looked surprised he was now sure that Serenity had not told her that she had though she had been unconscious at the time, taken back to Sesshomaru's home.

Kagome nodded. "My lord, I think..." she shook her head. "I know she still cares for you. You just have to prove that you still care for her. She is still hurting, it is obvious to all of us in the group. She spaces out sometimes and her eyes are always pain filled. She regrets hurting you, though we told her she did it to protect you."

Sesshomaru listened to all this. He looked down to the sleeping figure on the futon. His eyes flickered for a moment then he looked back up at Kagome.

"I worry about her, even though she is youkai, she can die, and she can get sick." said Kagome.

"And if you don't mind my saying so Lord Sesshomaru. I know that you still care for her."

Sesshomaru stared at her for a moment. "Miko, how do I go about showing her anything when I wish not to. You do not know what I feel. She betrayed me and didn't believe in my abilities. I do believe in her, if she cares for me she should get rid of such emotions."

"But, how can she succeed where you have failed?" after saying that he watched her stand and walk towards the door of the hut, but before exiting she looked back at him with sad eyes. "Eyes are windows to the soul, they give away our fears, and emotions. It is impossible to hide them all the time." Kagome then turned her head from him and exited the door.

Sesshomaru was stunned. There was much wisdom in that young miko's words. He turned his head and looked back down on the sleeping serenity. He wondered silently on her last words before passing out. 'Not you..'her eyes had been a swirl of emotions at the time. He sighed silently. He then picked at the futon the miko had laid out for him beside serenity. It was also soft. Hesaw a fold in it where it opened. He looked and saw that serenity was inside the soft futon. He slipped in and laid back for a moment. He looked over at serentiy's face and stretched out a hand tracing one clawed finger over her face lightly.

He pulled his hand back and looked back up at the ceiling and soon he fell asleep.

-outside with Kagome-

Kagome sat in a tree by herself. After leaving sesshomaru alone with serenity she had gone straight to the tree and leaped high into it on its highest branch. She pulled her knees up to her wrapping her arms around them and her tail around her arms.

The limb she was on was bent like a seat so she could sit like that without falling. She set her head down on her knees and sighed silently until a voice from bellow interrupted her thoughts.

"Mind if I join you?"

Kagome looked down and saw Inuyasha standing bellow her. She nodded silently that he could come up. He jumped up and sat down beside her. "Are you feeling alright?"

Kagome nodded and looked at the stars. "Yeah but worried about Serenity."

Inuyasha smirked. "Don't worry about her if she can actually tackle me or my brother to the ground anymore like when we were kids, and the way she chucks rocks she should be fine. Now let's go inside and sleep I can't have my shard detector getting sick."

Kagome's head snapped up and her anger flared. "Damn it Inuyasha sit boy!"

"Arrrgh!" yelled inuyasha as he fell from the branch to land face first in the dirt creating a crater.

She then jumped down and walked across him to Kaede's hut in an angry huff.

Lol sorry had to end the tension there.

Okay hope you liked the chapter. Later!