Disclaimer: The fic is mine, Soun Yee is sort of mine, Sono and Hegiowu are mine, Inuyasha the show itself...not a chance.

Sesshomaru's Forbidden Bonds 2

Illness

With the strength of the winds Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, and the others reached the edge of Keade's village. As if precisely on schedule an old grey haired woman stepped out of her hut and spotted them landing. "Back so soon. Truly yee and Kagome are impossible." Keade calmly jogged to the Kirara and Ah Un where they landed outside her door. "Inuyasha. What are you doing back? Yee left only two days ago."

Kagome jumped off of the hanyou's back and raced to Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru reluctantly allowed the meko to take the firerat fur bundle.

Kagome: "Something's seriously wrong with Hegiowu."

Keade briefly glanced in at Hegiowu. The pup whimpered and squeaked loudly. "Bring him inside.

"There appears to be no signs of infection." Keade said as she uncorked a vile of herbal formula, "Once he's had some food and rest he'll be good as new." She scooped a small mouthful of green paste from the vile and pride Hegiowu's mouth open. The priestess swerved the gunk down the little pup's throat and retracted her hand before he slammed his jaw shut.

The poor sickly Hegiowu tried to lap out the medicine but ended up swallowing it all.

"Brother be well?" Sano asked after he rubbed his nose against his twin's fur.

The priestess gently rubbed her hands on the pup massaging his small muscles so they wouldn't stiffen, "He'll be fine yee child. If yee like his father and uncle he'll recover quickly."

Sano then leaned up next to Keade's knee and rolled over on his back, "Is Sano alright? Sano want fin too."

The priestess smiled and tickled his soft belly.

The women and other children watched from the other side of the hut as the younger twin giggled and laughed.

Kagome: "Well at least he isn't too depressed."

Shippo: "Phew! For a moment I thought he was in trouble."

"Thank goodness." Rin said as she wrapped her arms around Soun Yee.

Miroku slipped inside from another exercisem and sat next to Soun Yee, "It's so good to see the shine of thankfulness in a young beautiful mother's face." He said flowery as he slid his hand behind her back. Immediately she goosed up and jabbed him in the stomach. "Whoaa!" the monk screamed as he fell back out the door and tumbled down the stairs.

Kagome: "That was gutsy even for him."

Sango: "You'd think he'd learned after the first time she threw him into a tree."

Shippo: "Are you letting up on him? That wasn't a very strong hit."
Soun Yee placed a hand on her chest and breathed in heavily, "Thought I'd give him a break. So to speak."

"You know child I should examine you too. You do not appear as well as you were last time you visited." Keade said looking up from examining Sano's bright golden eyes.

"Really? If that's so it's because I haven't been getting much sleep lately. With three children and Sesshomaru I've been on my feet about every minute of the day." Soun said in mid yawn. At that moment Inuyasha and Sesshomaru came I from patrolling the village.
Inuyasha: "Judging by the new floor met Miroku took another beating."

All Girls: "Yep."

Sesshomaru sat down next to Soun and lightly rubbed her back.

"Hum, hum, hum, hum!" Sano whimpered as he crawled up to his feet and scratched the back of his ear with his foot. He ran to the others still scratching like crazy.

Inuyasha watched curiously, "What's the matter kid?"

The little pup sprung to the rest of his family and motioned for someone to check his this white fur. Sighing his uncle fingered through the young hanyou's coat till he found a growing lump raising up from the skin.

Inuyasha: "Meoga! How many times have I told you about eating the kids!"

Meoga: "I'm sorry my lord. It's just that I can't resist a good meal, and his was especially sweet!"

Inuyasha grabbed the parasite and squashed him between his fingers.
Meoga: (shrieky) "I guess I deserved that."

A few minutes later the wise yet annoying adviser Meoga studied Hegiowu who had fallen asleep on a folded over futon with a fur lined blanket over him. "So he's been like this for a while?

"Yes. Apparently he breathed some pollen from a plant we found in a demons body." Kagome reported anxiously.

Miroku: "But what was strange was that the body was freshly killed. Not two minutes ago."

Meoga placed a claw hand to his rounded chin and thought, "This does sound sort of familier. But it would require some tests to be sure…"

Kagome: "Well can you? Please."

The flea puffed out his chest and pounced onto the back of Hegiowu's neck "Never fear my lady! I'll get to the bottom of all this!" Meoga leaped into the air and landed directly on a vine hidden past the pup's thick fur. After a couple full glugs of blood the flea jumped back on Inuyasha's finger. He shot the blood boack out and into the older hanyou's eye.

Inuyasha: "Ahh! Jeez Meoga at least point that thing to Kagome!"

After jumping around madly to eject the acquired blood the flea demon crossed his arms in deep thought, "Oh dear. I'm afraid that the young lord has breathed in the spores of the Kutoso plant!"

Kagome gasped in fear, "Kutoso? What is that?"

Meoga: "It's the most deadliest plant that ever existed. It grows in the fallen bodies of demons and spread it's toxic spores. They lie dormant underground for a thousand years till the demon presence becomes too much for the earth to bare. Then they energe and begin spreading their seeds."
Kirara sprung up to Sango and buried herself in her arms, "How deadly is it?

Meoga: "Just the tiniest spores can drive the strongest of demons to their knees."

Soun Yee gasped and snatched the flea off Inuyasha's hand. "Then what about Hegiowu! Don't tell me he's going to die!"

Meoga squirmed and squealed, "No no madam it's only lethal to demons! Since Lord Hegiowu is half demon he might have a chance for survival!"
Soun Yee: (squeezes harder) "Might!"

Meoga: (chokes for air) "I'm just being honest!"

Kagome leaned forward to Soun, "I think you can let him go now."
Soun Yee paused in surprise and released her grasp on Meoga. The flea floated down to the down thinner than sheet of rice paper.

Kagome grabbed up her large yellow backpack and headed out the door, "I'm going to go back to my time and see what can be used to help him."

Sesshomaru gave only a slight bow of the head, "Thank you."

The old priestess met Kagome at the door and moved the straw door completely. The others gazed out to a smaller abandoned hut on the other side of the road. "Yee can stay in there until the situation has been resolved."

"Thank you Lady Keade. We greatly appreciate everything you have done." Soun Yee said tiredly as she lifted Sano from the floor and waked out the door with Sesshomaru not far behind.

Miroku stretched his arm up and yawned heavily, "I ehh, think we should all turn in for the night."
Sango: "I'm pretty much beat."

Miroku: "Care to join a little closer? It's going to get pretty cold tonight?"
Sango: "It's going to be even colder for you if you don't remove your hand off my butt."

On the way down the creaky stairway Soun Yee nearly collapsed on herself. The Eastern Lord quickly caught her as she grasped her chest and groaned slightly.

"Soun?"
"I'm alright. Just tripped. That's all"

The early morning sun crept through the tattered bamboo blinds over the windows. The dim beams shone in Sesshomaru's eyes reluctantly waking him from an already broken sleep. He slowly opened his tired golden eyes and checked his brood. Rin was still asleep at his right side with Sano snuggled in her lap. His heart raced a little realizing that Hegiowu was missing, but remembered that he was in the old priestess's cabin so he calmed a little. The Eastern Lord then moved aside some of his fluffy boa wrapped around his left side to see Soun Yee laying next to him. Her head was resting comfortably between his chest and the stub where his lost arm used to be. Her face was as pale as ever and her eyelids were winching with discomfort. Sesshomaru shifted the fur blanket and placed his remaining hand on her chest. He frowned deeply, "It's getting worse."

Soun Yee moaned slightly as she opened her eyes, "Morning." she forced out of her mouth while trying to smile.

Sesshomaru: "Couldn't sleep?"

She shook her head and reached her hand up to his, "I'm fine."

Sesshomaru: "Just get back to sleep."

"Don't you try bossing me around." Soun Yee said raising her voice aggressively, "You're not in a good position to be ordering me." With that she jabbed her elbow slightly against his kidney.

The Eastern Lord smiled (gasp) and slid his fingers to the side of his neck.

She cringed slightly and lightly punched him on the stump.

The older yoki brother nuzzled his nose next to her face, "Try to sleep?"

Soun Yee moaned again and laid her head against his chest, "Alright."

"Mom! I'm going back to the feudal era!" Kagome shouted as she rushed out the door to the whellhouse. Atop of her bag she carried another full load of book, medical supplies and roman to spare. In her hand she carried a grocery bag.

"Ok darling just be careful out there!" her mother shouted back from the kitchen. "Say 'Hi' to Inuyasha for me!"

"I will! Oof!" In mid stampede the girl literally tripped over her grandfather dropping an extra bag out of the floor. "Ohh! I'm sooo sorry grandpa!"

An old man with dark grey hair and a triangular beard rubbed his head and moaned a little, "Good grief Kagome, I would think you you'd have learned to look where you're going by now." He said while gathering the objects that fell out.

Kagome: "I know…I'm sorry."

Her grandfather nodded forgiving her. His cold stone-hard face froze in surprise when he took a closer look at what she was carrying. The old man starred at his granddaughter with a suspicious glare in his eyes, "Care to explain this Kagome."

The meko starred at him curiously till she remembered what who had packed. The extra bag was full to bursting with tiny jars of meat flavored baby food. "Now this isn't what it looks like!"

"I hope so. Cause I'm not ready to be a great grandfather."

Quickly the collage girl scrambled up her things and raced to the well, "Don't worry!"

Once she crossed over the time berrier she leaned up against the wall of the well, "Phew! That was close. I can't believe grandpa would think of something like that. This stuff is great for puppies at least that's what I heard. Oh well, I better get going."

With the heavy bags pulling her down and the steep slope of the inner well walls Kagome slowly climb up to the top. She nearly lost her grip on the wooden railing when she was Sesshomaru standing above her. "Whoaa!"

The strong grip of his hand caught her by the bag and tossed her over the side.

Kagome: "Phew! Thanks Sesshomaru."

Sesshomaru: "Don't mention it. Ever."

"Okey." She stood up straight and adjusted her backpack, "How's Hegiowu?"
Sesshomaru: "Same as yesterday."

Kagome frowned in disappointment. "Well I hope some of these things will cheer him up." She said as she lifted up the grocery bag to his view.

Sesshomaru gazed out toward the village, "Meko. There is a matter of great importance that I've been trying to speak to you about earlier."

"I know."

Sesshomaru: "It's about Soun Yee."

Kagome: "Don't tell me you two are having problems again."
Sesshomaru: "No it's not that. If you have noticed Soun has not been….herself lately."

Kagome: "Yes I have. Normally when she smacks Miroku he brings a few walls down with him."

At that moment Both Soun Yee and Rin emerged from the surrounding woods a few yards away with short sword in their hands. They stood still on a grassy plain nearly twenty feet apart.

"Are you ready Rin?" Soun Yee asked lifting her katana to the girl.

Rin drew out her own short sword from its sheath, stumbling a little, "Ah huh, whops. Er, ready!"

Soun Yee: "Now come at me."

Rin drew her sword and charged at her seriget mother. "Eraaa!"

Soun Yee tossed the child's blade away and thrust her katana to Rin's shoulder. Rin dodged out of the way just in time and thrashed at Soun Yee's side. Soun dashed to the right but tripped over herself. She fell and rolled on the ground gripping her chest in pain, "Ah hsss!"
"Lady Soun!" Rin screamed as she ran to Soun Yee's side, "Are you ok? Did I hurt you?"

Soun Yee struggled to get back on her feet. She tightened her heart even tighter with every breath she took. "No no I'm alright. I just tripped that's all. Eah!" She collapsed down on the grass winching painfully.

Kagome starred in shock she had never seen her in such agony and torture, "How long has this been going on?"

Sesshomaru: "Nearly a month now. At first she just felt the faintest discomfort after a long battle. I thought she was just exhausted because she was training all three children at the same time. But it steadily grew worse and more frequent."

"I see…"
"She's been losing energy faster by the day. Yet every night the growing pains prevent her from regaining her energy."

"Why don't you use the Tensaiga on her?

"I have. The sword could only subside the discomfort for a short while. The cause still remains."

"What does this have to do with me?"

Sesshomaru: "The medicine from your time are more effective then most herbs or priestess prayers. If you could perhaps examine her-"
"Oh no, no no no no NO! She's a nice woman but I'm not suicidal. She can be dangerous when she's irritable." Kagome squealed. She shrieked when she felt Sesshomaru turn her around to face him. Here eyes widened when she saw for the first time, a desperate worry look in his eyes.

"Please."

Kagome took a deep breath and sighed, "Alright, I'll see what I can find out."

What will she find? Are the Kotoso plants affecting her aswell? Read and Review if you want to find out.