The next morning Kagome awoke in bed. Shippo and Rin were on either side of her. Kagome smiled they must have been worried about her. Kagome snuck out of bed and walked to the library. The library was Kagome's favorite place to go half of the library was full of her stories. Kagome went to the very back where she kept the portraits of her family. She pressed a panel on the wall. A secret door opened inside was the album. She opened it up to the first page where she was standing in front of the lake with her mother and father. Moro wasn't born yet.
Kagome flipped the page there was a picture of Kagome standing in front of her parents holding a newborn Moro. Each page Kagome turned she shed another tear until she was outright crying. She came to the pictures of when she finished her swordsmanship training and miko training. In the portrait that showed she was finished with her training Sesshoumaru was standing next to her with and equally big grin like her's. In the portrait where she finished miko training her mother and father were smiling with a look of pride in there eyes.
Kagome finally came to the last portrait where it was the last time her family was whole. Inutasho stood with his human wife and Inuyasha as far away from Kagome as he could for the sake of his wife and youngest son. Next to him stood Kagome's mother with Sesshoumaru in front of her. Kagome stood next to Sesshoumaru in front of her father. The painting was done an hour before Kagome and her siblings were separated from there parent's.
Sesshoumaru was walking by Kagome's library when he heard crying and smelt tears in the air. He followed the sound and came upon the scene of Kagome crying and stroking a book. Sesshoumaru crept behind her and saw what had caused her such distress. It was the portrait of the last day they were all together. "Kagome?" Sesshoumaru asked. Kagome looked up and quickly dried her tears she always hated it when someone saw her cry. "What is it Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked sniffling. "It's okay to cry you know you just got your memories back so you didn't get the chance to morn for them." Sesshoumaru said.
Kagome flung herself to Sesshoumaru's chest and sobbed. Grateful that Sesshoumaru felt safe enough in her house to take off his armor. Kagome cried for her parents and for Sesshoumaru's parents. She cried for half an hour before she stopped. "Thank you Sesshoumaru I needed that." Kagome said. She suddenly had an idea. She quickly got up and dried her tears. "Sesshoumaru I have to go do something do not come looking for me. I want you to stay in the house until I say do you understand?" Kagome asked
"Yes but why do you want me to stay?" Sesshoumaru said. Kagome was halfway out of the library when she yelled "You'll see!"
Kagome ran to the throne room and called for Sakura. "Yes milady?" Sakura asked. "Sakura assemble the best trackers in the land and send them to the dojo." Kagome said. Sakura nodded and closed her eyes. Sakura had an unusual power she had the power to talk to anyone in the land and transport them anywhere. Sakura reopened her eyes and nodded. "Good come with me and bring a portrait of Aboshi." Kagome said. "Aboshi why do you want her portrait?" Sakura asked. Kagome told her in her mind.
"Oh right away milady." Sakura said. She came back a minute later with a roll of parchment in her hands. Kagome led the way to the dojo after putting a barrier on the palace that Sesshoumaru couldn't go through but everybody else could. Kagome opened the double doors of the dojo to revile fifty men all demons. All of them asking where they were and why they were hear. "Quite!" Kagome shouted. All the demons turned to her and stared at her in amazement. "Princess Kagome your finally back to us." One yelled.
"Yes I am now I have a job for you all that is why I assembled you hear." Kagome said. "Are you all willing to do this task I'm about to ask of you?" Kagome asked. Shouts of yes rang out through the room. "Good now I want you to find this demoness. Bring her back to me alive and put her in this dojo." Kagome said.
She took the portrait of Aboshi and enlarged it. "I want you to search all of Japan if the Lord of the Lands asks you why you are in there lands tell them you are doing a job for me." Kagome said. "Sakura will transport you to different parts of Japan if you found her shout it in your head Sakura will bring you back with Aboshi. If you haven't found her then you will be transported back to your home and a bag of money will arrive for helping me." Kagome said.
Every one in the room nodded there head's as they disappeared one by one. Kagome waited until the last one left to turn to Sakura. "Thank you Sakura you go rest you've done more then enough for me thank you." Kagome said. Sakura nodded and left.
Kagome returned to the library where Sesshoumaru still sat. "Kagome tell me what were you doing?" Sesshoumaru asked. "Nope you'll just have to wait and see." Kagome said getting up to look for a book to read. Kagome was half way through the book when the children came running into the room. "Mommy Inuyasha is being mean to us!" they both yelled. "Inuyasha Sit!" Kagome yelled so loud it echoed of the walls. A loud slam was heard out side of the library then another and another until the echoes stopped.
"There he shouldn't bother you for a while." Kagome said. She then once again started to read.
At dinner Kagome wasn't there. "Hay Sesshoumaru where's Kagome?" Sango asked. "She must be still in the library one she gets into a book she won't leave then she's read the whole series or even the library." Sesshoumaru said. "So she won't be coming out for a long time huh?" Sango asked. "Nope unless something real important comes up like the end of the world." Sesshoumaru said.
The whole table laughed at that. Well all except Inuyasha that is who was still sulking over Kikyou's death.
The next three day's Sesshoumaru kept visiting Kagome and asking Kagome what she was planning hoping that while she was reading she would answer. But his answer was always the same. "You'll find out soon enough now stop bothering me."
One day Sesshoumaru was walking out of the library after once again asking Kagome what she was up to only to receive the same answer. Sakura asked him where Kagome was after he just left. "She's in the library. But don't get your hopes up of getting her to come." Sesshoumaru said. Sakura nodded and left to the library. She came out soon after with Kagome in tow. Sesshoumaru was surprised what ever Sakura wanted Kagome for was really important.
Kagome looked up from her book when she heard footsteps thinking it was Sesshoumaru trying to find out what she was doing. But she only saw Sakura. "Milady she has arrived." Sakura said silently so that Sesshoumaru would not be able to hear. Kagome grinned and put down her book she followed Sakura out of the library leaving a surprised and bewildered Sesshoumaru behind.
Kagome walked into the dojo to see a very disgruntled demoness and an irritated demon. "Thank you your reword will be given to you just follow Sakura." Kagome said. The demon looked relived to be leaving and followed Sakura willingly. "Why have you brought me hear?" Aboshi asked. "Hello to you to Lady Aboshi. I'm lady Kagome of the Eastern Lands. So you remember me?" Kagome asked. The irritated look disappeared off the demonesses face as she ran to Kagome giving her a big hug. "Oh of course I remember you. Oh last time I saw you you were a tiny little thing. Oh look how you have grown into a beautiful demon." Aboshi said holding Kagome at arm's length. "Do you know why I have brought you hear?" Kagome asked. "No would you please tell me that demon wouldn't tell me a thing only that milady wanted to see me." Aboshi said.
"Here's how you will find out. Go to the lake on the grounds and wait there for me." Kagome said. Aboshi had a confused look on her face but did as told.
Kagome waited until she was sure Aboshi made it to the lake before she ran back to the house. "Sesshoumaru! Sesshoumaru!" Kagome called. Kagome turned a corner and bumped into something soft. "Oomph!" Kagome said as she fell. She felt two arms wrap around her middle. "Watch out Kagome. You always were clumsy." Sesshoumaru said. "I'll clobber you later for saying that. Now you want to know what I've been up to." Kagome asked.
"Yes I've been asking you incessantly for the past for days." Sesshoumaru said "Well go to the lake and you'll find out." Kagome said. "I would accept there's only one problem I can't get out you put a barrier on the house remember?" Sesshoumaru asked. "Oh yea that oops." Kagome waved her hand. "There you can go now." Kagome said.
Aboshi waited restlessly for Kagome to come when she heard a rustling of the bushes. "Finally I've been waiting for you Kagome what took you so long." Aboshi said. A figure came out form the bushes but it wasn't Kagome it was Sesshoumaru. He stood there looking as regal as ever looking down on Aboshi to see if she were real or not.
"Sesshoumaru?" Aboshi asked silently. Sesshoumaru nodded "Sesshoumaru oh Sesshoumaru I've missed you so much." Aboshi said running to Sesshoumaru and hugged him. She only came up to the top of his shoulders. "Mother?" Sesshoumaru asked. Aboshi nodded "Yes it's me Sesshoumaru." Aboshi said. Sesshoumaru wrapped his arms around his mother and rested his head on her's and cried along with his mother.
After ten minuets of crying the two stopped and sat down on the bank of the lake. "Sesshoumaru what's this I heard about you being a ruthless killer?" Aboshi asked. "I was after you left and Kagome disappeared and then soon after the Eastern rulers where killed then father as well. Well I kind of shut out the world and turned into a cold ruthless killer bent on having power." Sesshoumaru said.
"You poor baby. I'm so sorry I left you with a human." Aboshi said. "It wasn't you fault mother." Sesshoumaru said. The two talked for hour's talking about what has happened so far in there lives.
"It was so wonderful of Kagome to send out a search for me." Aboshi said "Yes it was I'm glad she did." Sesshoumaru said. "On the subject of Kagome isn't she such a wonderful girl. She's strong, fun, gentle, caring, and loving. She would make a perfect mate someday eh Sesshoumaru?" Aboshi asked. Sesshoumaru was staring up into the sky as his mother listed off all of her traits that is until she said the word mate.
"Yes whoever takes her will be lucky indeed to have her she is a wonderful girl." Aboshi said. "Yea wonderful." Sesshoumaru said. "Sesshoumaru what are your feelings about Kagome?" Aboshi asked. "I honestly don't know mother. Every time I'm near her my heart beats faster. If she smiles on of her beautiful smiles at me it my heart jumps. When I'm near her I fell as if I were flying. I feel as if I can be myself around her not a powerful Lord that could kill you if I wish." Sesshoumaru said.
"Oh my baby boy is in love oh this is so wonderful I'm so glad I can witness this." Aboshi said. "I guess I am in love with her the only problem is I don't know if she returns my feelings I think she only thinks of me as a friend." Sesshoumaru said.
Just then Kagome landed in the middle of the lake on top of a bolder put there for training purposes. "Well I think I've given you two enough time to reunite care to join the rest of the world?" Kagome asked. "Of course Kagome we'll return thank you for returning my mother to me." Sesshoumaru said. "No problem now do you two want to walk or fly?" Kagome asked. "Fly how are we going to do that?" Aboshi asked.
Kagome formed two of her disks and sent them in front of the two. "In style. Just get on." Kagome said calling down the one she came on and jumped on it. On it Sesshoumaru stepped on his Aboshi followed his example and got on her's as soon as she steadied herself the disk moved following Kagome.
On the way back to the palace Aboshi decided to have another little talk with Kagome and do what mother's do best. Intrude.
Kagome was sitting at the study. She was looking over a letter from the Lord of the Southern Lands Lord Onimuyasha he wanted to invite her to a party to celebrate her homecoming. She knew what it really was about. His son Prince Tulle wants to mate her. Like that will ever happen. Because Kagome is now the ruler of her lands and her parents are deceased she was able to choose her mate.
Kagome looked up when she heard someone come in. It was only Aboshi "Can you believe this Aboshi? Lord Onimuyasha wants to throw a homecoming party as a disguise for his son Prince Tulle to try and make me fall madly in love with him." Kagome said. "Prince Tulle isn't he the one that look's like he's going through what the humans call puberty? With the red bumps all over his face with the white stuff coming out of it? And the really bad hair cut?" Aboshi asked. "Yep that's the one." Kagome said
"Well are you going?" Aboshi asked "I have to its only proper to come to a party he planned for me." Kagome said. "Yes well I bet you're glad you can pick your mate aren't you?" Aboshi asked. "Am I ever?" Kagome said. She opened a letter from the Lord the Northern Lands. "Hmm it look's like right after the party I have to go to Lord Aoushi for an official orientation." Kagome said.
"Kagome for that party you have to bring and escort right?" Aboshi asked. "Yes, Why?" Kagome asked. "Who are you bringing?" Aboshi asked. "I was thinking of asking Sesshoumaru." Kagome said. "Kagome what are your feelings toward my son and be honest."
"Oh how to explain it every time I'm with him my heart pounds. I feel as if it's going to burst from my chest. My palms get all sweaty and I feel as if I can't speak. I try my hardest just to see a sincere smile on his face one full of happiness rather hen hate and malice. Is it wrong to feel those feelings about my best friend?" Kagome asked.
"No child it is normal. After all we can't choose who we fall in love with." Aboshi said. Kagome nearly fell out of her chair after that. "L love no you must be mistaken I'm not in love." Kagome poised for a moment. "I think." She finally said.
Aboshi just smiled "Kagome listen to your heart tonight and listen to what it says." Aboshi said and left.
That night Kagome went to bed hopping that her heart will tell her what it needs.
Dream
Kagome was standing in the middle of the ballroom in her palace. She was dressed in a light blue dress. It had a low neckline that stopped just above her cleavage. The dress hung to her curves delicately but tight. The sleeves stopped ant her wrist and continued like and arrow and stopped at her middle finger knuckle. The dress was long and touched the floor and spread out.
Kagome looked up when the orchestra played but was nowhere in sight. Behind her Kagome heard footsteps. She turned around to see Sesshoumaru walking up to her wearing his regular kimono except it was light blue and silver the color of his lands.
He extended and hand out to her. She took it and he placed his other hand on her waist. Kagome set her free hand on his shoulder. The two danced across the ballroom floor. Around them ghostly images of her best friends appeared. But she paid them no mind all that mattered was she was in Sesshoumaru's arms.
Kagome rested her head on his chest listening to the steady beat. The song ended and Sesshoumaru pulled away a little. "Always stay by my side." He said before he placed his lips on her's."
End
Kagome woke up at the glare from the sun. She brought her hand up to her lips. She could almost feel the touch of Sesshoumaru's lips upon her's. 'I guess I really am in love with Sesshoumaru.' Kagome thought. She turned her head when she heard the door open in the doorway she saw Sesshoumaru. "Yes what is it Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked. "The children what you. I think they want to play with sine you're not in the library." Sesshoumaru said. "Oh alright tell them I'll be right there will you I just have to change." Kagome said.
Sesshoumaru nodded and turned around. As he was walking he thought about his dream last night.
Flashback to dream
Sesshoumaru was standing out side the double door's of the ballroom. He was dressed in a kimono similar to his own except it was silver and blue where his were white and red. He heard music in the ballroom and decided to see what it was. When he walked into the room he saw the back of Kagome. She was dressed in a light blue dress that clung loosely to her curves but was tight. Her sleeves stopped at the wrist put the top continued in a triangular fashion and stopped at the knuckle of her middle finger.
The dress fell to the floor and bellowed out a little. As he walked toward her she turned around. He held his hand out and she took it. With his other hand he grasped her waist and she laid her hand on his shoulder. The two danced around the ballroom floor. Around them ghostly images of his best friends appeared. But he paid them no mind all that mattered was Kagome was in his arms.
Kagome rested her head on his chest listening to the steady beat. The song ended and Sesshoumaru pulled away a little. "Always stay by my side." He said before he placed his lips on her's."
end flashback
Sesshoumaru could almost feel the soft smoothness of her lips. Sesshoumaru guessed that his mother was right and that he really was in love with Kagome. Sesshoumaru located the children and called to them. "Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama?" the kid's asked. "Your mother said she'll be out in a minute." Sesshoumaru said. "Yay! Sesshoumaru-sama will you play with us?" Rin asked. "No Rin I'll just watch." Sesshoumaru said. The children awed and ran to Kagome's bedroom.
Kagome came out with the children later as they were dragging her out to play. "Hold on a minute kids I have to ask Sesshoumaru-sama something."