A Demon's True Nature

by Sk8er7

Chapter 9

Demonic Meetings

Kagome and Tojo raced to a nearby stream. This time, Tojo won.

"You're pretty fast," commented Kagome. Tojo nodded as he unscrewed his water cannister. He put it into the small stream and let the water flow through.

"I have been a demon for a few centuries," he told her. "But you are very good for being a demon for a day." Kagome smiled at him and began to fill up her water cannister as well.

Kagome stood up and twisted her lid back on. Tojo put his on, but continued to stare into the clean water. She watched him questioningly. After a few minutes of silence, he stood up.

"So," began Kagome. "What do we do now?" Tojo smiled at her as he strapped his water cannister to his clothing.

"I must visit someone," he replied. Kagome cocked her head to one side in a very cute fashion.

"Who?" she asked.

"A demon lord," he told her vaguely. "His name is Sesshomaru." Kagome's eyes bulged as she registered his words. Without warning, she blurted out, "What?" Tojo looked at her strangely.

"Is there something wrong?" Tojo asked. Kagome just stared at him, disbelief clearly on her face.

"Don't you know who his brother is?" exclaimed Kagome. Thinking that it was a rhetorical question, he did nothing. "He's Inuyasha's half brother!" Now it was Tojo's turn to gape.

"What?" he asked rudely. Kagome sat down by the small stream and gestured for Tojo to join her. This would take a while.

"So that is the reason that Sesshomaru's arm was cut off?" Tojo asked. Kagome nodded. He sat up straight and rubbed his temples. Kagome's words were too much to handle. It seemed too... unrealistic.

"Hard to believe?" Another rhetorical question. Kagome turned and looked at her reflection in the stream. "It's so weird..." Kagome dipped her hands into the clear water and splashed her fact. It felt so cool and refreshing.

"Siblings that dislike each other so much," Tojo stated. "And all because his brother is a half demon. That is horrible... even for high demon standards." She nodded.

"I thought so too," she replied. "But he's been traveling with Rin, so he's getting better." Tojo thought for a moment.

"Rin..." he murmured under his breath, "would Rin be the young child he travels with?" Again, Kagome nodded. "That is so unlike him." He sighed and uncharacteristically ran a hand through his hair, turning the soft, perfect locks into imperfection. "Times are changing. But everything around us is so strange. We can onlywatch and waitfor the future." Kagome smiled warmly at him.

"You have some real words of wisdom, there," she stated. Tojo returned her smile.

"Well, it is hard not to learn when you live for many centuries."He stared off into space and his eyes glazed over with a faraway look.

"Learning is a necessity when one lives as long as I," he began. (Kagome watched him, wondering if he even saw her there anymore) "You see and hear as well. Some things can be amazing. Others can be horrifying. I've had my fair share in life." Tojo frowned and a sad look was clearly visible on his face.

"Tojo...?" Kagome asked uncertainy. Tojo's eyes widened as they came back into focus.

"Sorry, was I disturbing you?" he asked. Tojo smiled and there was not a single trace of sadness left behind. Maybe all demons could control their emotions, like Sesshomaru. (Although it seemed as if he had none to begin with) A vein popped on Kagome's head as she thought of Inuyasha. Quick to anger, overprotective and selfish. In otherwords, an arrogant idiot. Always rushing off to Kikyo. Stupid jerk, he never once thought about her own feelings. Only his love for a dead corpse. Moron.

Standing, up, Kagome brushed off her kimono off the few strands of grass that had come onto her clothing. She smiled as she let the cool breeze run over her. She tucked a stray strand of hair over her ear, not knowing that she was being watched.

Tojo watched as Kagome straightened herself to look more presentable. Her loose hair was tousled around by the wind. He had always known that she was beautiful, even from the first time he had seen her as a human. But... what were her thoughts?

"Shouldn't we get going?" asked Kagome. She extended her hand to Tojo and he took it lighly before helping himself up.

"Thank-you for your assistance," he thanked her in a polite manner. Kagome smiled. (a/n: she seems to be doing that a lot lately) Tojo was always trying to be polite.

"So," she began, "where do we find Sesshomaru? He usually walks around with Jaken and Rin." Tojo nodded at this already known bit of information.

"Every three months, two lords meet in a special meeting place. Unless he is somehow delayed, he should be there as we speak." Kagome's head bobbed up and down on her neck.

"Does that mean that we're late?"

"Not necessarily," he replied. There was a large cloud of dust and Tojo was gone. He did not have to leave the trail of dust; he could be as stealthy as he wished. Kagome's demonic talents had not entirely kicked in yet, this was to help guide her.

She grinned and followed after the Demon Lord.

"Oh my god." Kagome stared wide-eyed at the supposed meeting grounds. It was butt-ugly. There was nothing there. It was plants and trees growing everywhere in a messy style. There was a lingering odor that could be traced to animal droppings. There were even a few animal carcasses lying upon the barren grass.

"Is this really it?" She asked, trying to keep the disgust out of her tone.A smile tugged on the corner of Tojo's lips.

"Yes," he replied. He sniffed the air, although there was a putrid smell of dead animals, and nodded. "Sesshomaru must already be inside." Kagome stared at him oddly while holding her extra sensitive nose. How could Tojo handle the ghastly smell of death?

Tojo jumped up gracefully onto a largehalf rotted tree. He landed lightly and Kagome was afraid that it was going to break under the pressure. With one quick motion, Tojo used his claws to cut apart a larged hold in the tree.

"Kagome," he called down to her, "would you care to join me?" She followed, puzzled.

"What are you doing?" she asked him. "How does this get us to Sesshomaru?" Tojo gestured down the hollow tree trunk. Kagome looked down.

It was incredibly wide, even more so that it already appeared. The 'tunnel' continued down deeply, she could not even see the bottom.

"We must hurry," he told her. "It will close if we don't enter quickly enough." Tojo jumped and allowed himself to be taken along the slidelike path. Kagome followed suit.

With a sharp intake of breath her eyes bulged. Her heart was racing. She was using all her power to stop herself from screaming. She loved carnival rides, but this was straight, straight, down.

Soon enough, the rush was over as she landed softly ont the ground. Kagome held a hand to her heart, trying to calm it down. What the hell was that? She would never go on that ever again.

As her heart stopped thumping, she took the chance and sniffed the air. Sifting through the smells of decay, she found the one that she had been looking for. Kagome followed it until she reached a large wooden door. She pushed it open.

You can imagine her surprise when she found that there was no creaking. That should have been impossible; it had obviously been there for a long time, but there was no rust on the hinges. You can probably also imagine her surprise to see Sesshomaru and Tojo sitting at a large, long table, talking very civilly to each other.

"Hello, Kagome," Tojo greeted. "This is Sesshomaru." The name in question just looked past her, as if barely seeing her at all.

"So this is your wench," he stated calmly. Kagome felt her face redden out of embarassment and anger. "This is rather unexpected of you Tojo. Never in three hundred years did I expect that you would find yourself a woman." Tojo looked away, ignoring his fellow lord's words.

"Hey!" Kagome interrupted. "I'm no wench! That is NOT my name! Call me by my real name; Kagome!" Sesshomaru continued to stare past her, expression the same.

"Wench, I shall call you whatever I wish," he replied. Tojo sensed the discomfort between Kagome and Sesshomaru. He stood up.

"Kagome," he began. "Rin and Jaken are in the room over there. You may wait there." She knew that through his politeness, it was an actual order. With a withering backwards glance at Sesshomaru, she opened the door and entered.

She stared in awe at her surroundings. What was this place? Kagome was surrounded by grass and wild flowers, all healthy and very alive. Rin was amidst them, picking flowers, probably for Sesshomaru. Jaken watched nearby, making sure that she got into no trouble.

"My lord, I am glad -- Who are you?" Jaken had noticed Kagome's prescence and now pointed his staff at her. "What have you done with lord Sesshomaru?" She snorted.

"That guy? He's in the other room with Tojo." Jaken looked at her questionably. She referred to both lord's as if she was in the same standards!

"Do not talk about Lord Sesshomaru with that tongue!" Jaken spat back. Kagome shrugged. "You speak as if you wereknow him!"

"Well," she started, "I have known him for awhile." Jaken could only stare. "Jaken, I'm appalled; don't you remember me?" He racked his brain, trying to remember this beautiful demon. But... he had not seen her before.

"What are you talking about?" he asked. Kagome sighed.

"Never mind." She walked over to Rin, who was picking flowers. Jaken blocked her path.

"You stay away from her!" he exclaimed. Kagome frowned.

"I'm not going to hurt her," she told him. Jaken was not convinced. He held his staff menacingly in front of him, but she continued to move forward.

"Staff of Two Heads!" he cried. Out of the man's mouth came a long river of flames. Kagome leapt up into the air, easily dodging that hasty blast.

"Geez, Jaken!" she mocked in exasperation, "you could have killed me!"

"That was exactly my point!" Jaken watched carefully as Kagome's hands went up to her neck to undo her necklace. Was this some sort of weapon.

"You nose isn't as sharp as Sesshomaru's," she stated, "but I think that you can tell the difference." She let the jewelry fall into her hands.

Jaken got the surprise of his life when he took in her smell. Other than smelling wonderful, he could catch traces of familiarity. From one human wench...

"You are Inuyasha's wench!" he announced. Kagome hit him on the head.

"I have a name!" she told him through clenched teeth. "It's Kagome. Use it." Jaken watched, from his place deep within the ground, as Kagome walked up to Rin. She went down on her knees.

"Hi Rin," she greeted. Rin looked at her unsurely.

"Hello," she replied. "Do you know my lord?" Rin cocked her head to one side. Kagome had to smile; the kid was cute.

"It's me, Kagome." Rin studied her before announcing, "But you look different."

"Yep, I'm a demon now," Kagome told her. She looked at the flowers in the little girl's hand. "Who are those flowers for?" Rin smiled widely as she held them up.

"They're for Lord Sesshomaru!" she exclaimed happily. "He says that he love my flowers and that I should always pick them for him and Lord Jaken!" Kagome's eye twitched as she tried to picture Sesshomaru say the word 'love' to a little girl. Nope, pretty much impossible.

For the next hour, Kagome and Rin played happily in the field, picking flowers. Kagome even taught Rin how to make flower crown's. Rin's cheerfulness spread, and even Jaken, who had somehow gotten onto the ground only watched as she and Kagome played together.

"Rin." The door opened to reveal Sesshomaru. "We are leaving." He paid not even the slightest bit of attention to Kagome; at least until he caught her scent. His eyes widened slightly, but they went back down.

"You are that human girl that travels with my half demon brother," he stated. Kagome nodded.

"Yeah" was her only reply. She turned her attention to Rin. "Bye, Rin." Rin ran up to her with a ring of flowers.

"Kagome," she told her in an excited tone. "I made this for you!" Kagome bent down on one knee and allowed the child to place it on her head.

"Thank-you Rin," she said softly. Rin was beaming with pride.

"So, what did you talk about?" asked Kagome. She and Tojo were now headed back to thepalace.

"We only spoke about news and the odd problem about our land's," he replied. Kagome's eyes widened as she saw a whirlwind coming straight towards them. Oh no.

As the small tornado ceased, a figure clad in brown fur ran out and immediately took Kagome's hands.

"Kagome, what happened?" He allowed her no time for answering before he said, "You're a full demon! Now we can mate for sure. And our pups won't be half demons!" Tojo bared his fangs and growled.

"What is your relation with Kagome?" he asked solidly. Kouga regarded him carefully.

"Kagome is my mate-to-be," he replied simply. Kouga let go of her hands and his whirlwind started up again. "Bye, Kagome! I'll be sure to bring you back Naraku's head!" Kouga was no coward, but Tojo was a lot stronger than Inuyasha. But, where was the dumb mutt?

"Sorry about him," Kagome turned to Tojo, who had now calmed down. "He has a huge crush on me."

"No, I am sorry that I lost my temper," he replied. Kagome smiled. What an unusual day.

DONE!

the funny thing is that im just making things up as i go. only sometimes at night when i sleep i think up what will happen next. :P

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