Chapter 4- Meeting you

Yeah I'm updating! Sorry its taken so long! School is very annoying... Anyways here's chapter 4! Enjoy!

Flashback

A young boy slowly sauntered along the path while kicking a small pebble. He continued to mutter under his breath and never noticed where his feet were leading him. Finally he stopped as he looked up he gasped.

"What… What happened!"

He stared in shock as he gazed at acre upon acre of forest trampled and destroyed. The trees were knocked down; some were only ashes while others were bore scorch marks. The smell of blood and death hung in the air.

He continued to walk along the path, as he did he saw countless carcasses littered on the ground. Dried blood stained the grass a rusty color and he nearly gagged as came to a clearing. Everywhere there were dead demons. Body parts and organs were everywhere and some of the lesser demons were beginning to feed upon the dead bodies. The entire clearing reeked of death and the smell of the rotting bodies made him gag. "What happened?" He walked through the clearing when he sensed a unidentified aura close by.

Waaaaaah! Waaaaaah!

'What the hell was that?' He zoned in on the area of where the sound was coming from. "There. In that cave over there…" He cautiously walked over into the cave to investigate. It was damp and dark with the smell of mildew in the air. Sesshomaru sniffed to find the location of the crying creature that he heard. 'Rain and jasmine, what is this?'

There in the back of the cave lay a baby surrounded by a pink barrier. Sesshomaru slowly approached the baby. As soon as he was close to the barrier it dropped and the cave was suddenly filled with mist. Sesshomaru growled, he had let his guard down and hadn't thought what would've happened if this were all a trap set by another youkai. Out from the mist walked a figure.

"Thank you for coming Sesshomaru-sama." A mysterious woman stood before him cloaked in a gold and white robe. She pulled the hood down and revealed her face. "Please… Protect my daughter, and give this," She pointed to a letter that was placed next to the baby, "letter to your father. It is very important that he receives this. He will know what to do." She smiled at him. "You have grown up so much since I last saw you." She motioned for him to step towards the child. (A/N: Kagome's mother is just an astro projection, she is dead but she left this message behind for her daughter)

"Who are you?" His eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"Me?" She laughed; her laughter was like heaven to his ears. She shook her head from side to side, her long hair fanning out beside her. "I am Sahori Kurumi and… I am the last of my tribe." Her face paled. "I can not stay her any longer. I'm sorry… I must go." Her body began to fade back into the mist. "Please take care of my baby… My dear Kagome…" She smiled, but she had tears streaming down her cheeks.

Sesshomaru nodded and carefully took Kagome into his arms. "I will. I will protect her with my life."

End Flashback

"Sesshomaru."

"What is it Inu no Tashio-sama." He turned around to face his father.

"Your skills have grown and you have been commanding your battalion well."

"Arigotou gozai-masu Inu no Tashio-sama. I was trained by the best." Sarcasm dripped from his voice.

Inu no Tashio growled and ignored him. "I have decided to make you general of my army that is camped out in the northern mountains." He produced forth a gold necklace amulet, with their family crest engraved on it, and placed around Sesshomaru's neck. "This amulet shows your status of commander of the eastern section of my army."

Sesshomaru nodded his head. "When do I leave?"

Inu Tashio turned around. "You leave tonight."

Sesshomaru's eyes widened. "But Inu Tashio-sama why so soon?"

"There is no need for you to question my orders." He turned around and left Sesshomaru standing alone in the pale moonlight.

'Something just doesn't feel right…' She sighed and shook her head and continued to walk towards Sesshomaru's room. 'What? His light is out?' She opened the door and gasped as she saw his room to be bare. His armor was missing and his swords were missing from their place on the wall.

She ran over to his wardrobe and was shocked to see most of his traveling and fighting yukatas missing. Her body shook and she felt her tears sliding down her cheeks. "No… It… Can't be…" She stood up and ran out of the room… Right into a maid that was holding a bundle of clothes. "Oh! I'm so sorry!" She helped the maid up and smiled at her.

The maid looked at her, gasped and began to walk away with at a great speed. Keeping her head low the maid rushed off into the opposite direction of Kagome.

"Huh? What was that all about?" Her mind drifted over the possibilities of who the maid was. 'Wait… It couldn't be… Isn't that one of Sesshomaru's maids!' She hit her forehead as she understood. That was Sesshomaru's maid… But for some reason she didn't want Kagome to see her… Why?

She looked around and began to chase the maid. The maid heard Kagome's footsteps and began to run. Kagome was really confused now. Why would the maid want to run away from her? Is there something she's hiding from me? Her eyes set in determination. 'I will find out what is going on here!' With that in mind she tackled the maid to the ground and held her down so she couldn't escape.

"Why are you running away from me!" Unfortunately for Kagome the maid was a youkai and the maid in questioning pushed Kagome off of her and began to sprint off down the hall once more. Kagome sighed and placed her hand on the ground. "I was hoping that it wouldn't come to this… Oh well…" She concentrated on locating the fleeing youkai's aura and once she found it she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Listen to your master. Find her and bring her back to me." A pulse went through the ground and the maid's eyes widened with fear as she saw the ground around her ripple and suddenly she couldn't move.

"What… What's happening!" She was suddenly dropped from the air and found herself in a cage. She reached out to try and destroy the cage but was shocked instead. "Ow!"

"Now," Said Kagome glaring at the maid, "Why did we have to go about that through the hard way huh?"

The maid backed away from Kagome as far as the cage would allow, without getting shocked. "I… I don't know what you're talking about Lady Kagome." She closed her eyes and sighed. "I am only a lowly servant running an errand for her master."

"Speaking of master… Where is Prince Sesshomaru?"

The maid's eyes widened with fear. "I… I do not know my Lady."

Kagome rolled her eyes in frustration. She raised her hand and inside the cage a glowing blade appeared. "Now we can do this the easy way. Or," She made a slashing motion with her hand and the maid's sleeve was torn and her arm received a deep gash. "We can do this the hard way." Kagome looked up her eyes glowing a slightly reddish color. "Now which one would you prefer to do?"

The maid's face paled. She did not remember Kagome being so violent. Or ever seeing her eyes that kind of color. "Please my Lady, have mercy! I am but a humble servant! I know nothing!" Kagome sighed and lowered her hand and the maid took in a breath of relief. 'I knew she would never go as far as to hurt someone.' She smiled. "Now could you please release me from this cage?" She looked at Kagome in confusion.

Kagome had her head held low and her body shook. A dark aura began to surround her body. Her hair began to float around her giving her a wicked look. Her head suddenly shot up and the maid gave a cry of surprise and fear as she saw her face. Her eyes were completely red and her face ghastly pale. Kagome gave a wicked, and almost hollow, laugh. "So… We shall do it this way?" She chuckled. "This shall be fun…" She made slashing motions through the air and maid gave out cried of pain with each blow that she took.

Blood began to seep through her clothes and she could barely stand up. 'What… Ahh! What is wrong with her?' She gazed at Kagome and watched in horror as Kagome slowly began to lick the blood off of her fingers. "What… What has happened to you?" Suddenly Kagome's eyes changed back to her normal cerulean blue color.

"Please… Please just tell me what I need to know." Her eyes were pleading and tears began to form. "Please… I don't want to do this."

"Then don't! Release me! Please!" Her body was racked with sobs as she continued to plead for her release. "I'm sorry Lady Kagome I can not tell you."

Her eyes began to slowly revert back to red and a single tear slid down her cheek. "Then you have left me with not choice." She turned her head away and her hand made a crushing gesture.

The maid gasped as she felt an iron vice grip itself around her heart. The pain was unbearable and she felt that she was going to die. Tears welled up in her eyes again. 'I don't want to die!' She clutched at her heart and sank to the floor and continued to whimper and cry in pain.

Kagome kneeled down next to her. "Just tell me what I need to know and this will all be over with." She smiled and reached through the cage to brush the maid's hair. "Now be a good little girl and tell me where he is."

The maid sobbed and began looked into Kagome's eyes. She searched for some part of the Kagome she had seen earlier. The kind and forgiving side of her, but she found none. "He… He is at the northern gates…"

Kagome put her hand next to her ear. "What did you say?"

"Can't breathe!"

"Very well then." Kagome opened her hand and the maid to in many deep and shaky breaths of air. "Now where is he?"

Tears continued to pour down her cheeks. "He is at the northern gates."

Kagome smiled and patted her on the head. "Now wasn't that much easier?" The maid backed away from her and rejected her touch.

"Who… Who are you!" She shook her head and continued to back away until she was against the wall. "Lady Kagome would never be so cruel." She pointed her finger at Kagome. "You… You are a monster!"

"A monster am I?" She threw back her head and laughed. She smirked and turned to face the maid. "Now we can't have you running around telling people about this side of me now can we?"

The maid gazed at her in terror and closed her eyes expecting the worse. She felt warm lips pressed against her forehead and felt herself begin to feel drowsy. "Sleep and forget all that has happened." Kagome stood up and debated whether or not she should heal her or not. She sighed and waved her hand over the maid's now unconscious form. Her wounds and cloths mended themselves in seconds. Kagome smile and her eyes returned back to their normal color. She turned and ran off towards the northern gate.

'I wish I didn't have to do that…. Sesshomaru… Where are you going?' She closed her eyes and ran faster towards her destination.

When she arrived at the gate she gasped in surprise at all of the warriors that stood prepared for a long journey. "What…. What is going on!"

In the Northern Castle…

A hooded figure stood over a large fountain filled with a misty silver liquid. Their red eyes gazed into the contents of the bowl and smirked. There stood Kagome standing confused in front of the massive army. He traced her form with his fingers, while causing ripples to form in the pool.

"Ahh.. My dear Kagome... You have grown up so much." The hooded figure smiled wickedly and waved his hand "Soon Kagome… Very soon you shall become mine."

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Edit: Ok! I'm veeeeery sorry! A lot of you read it this chapter and were like WTF do u mean my "dead Kagome"! So I went back and found a typing error... Yes I am veeeery sorry! So please forgive me! I will most likely say this again in the next chapter to make sure everyone understands my mistake! Please please please forgive me! Thanks.