Sesshomaru watched them fade into the forest, and the scent of Rin mingled in the air. Maybe he would follow this girl. Find out more about her, he took a final smell of the sweet scent that was Rin's and decided that, that was what he would do; he would follow them.
Naraku glared over his shoulder at a young demon woman, she looked no more then 17 but he knew that really she must have been Atleast 200 years old. "Wench, is my food prepared yet? I do not like to be kept waiting." The young demon glared at him with such a disgust. "Hold your tongue, Hanyou. Lord Kouga wants me to watch over you, and I can do that whether your dead or alive." Naraku let out a sarcastic laugh. "Are you challenging me? A worthless demon who isn't even full into her power!" Her glare soon turned to a burning hatred, her right eye burst into flames that seemed to do her no harm as her left eye flowed water that seemed to be moving but did not go past her cheek. "My name is Rai, and you better watch yourself Hanyou! I just might be!" Naraku, believing that no woman had the power to challenge him, waved a hand as if dismissing her. Rai, with eyes still flaming a green hue and flowing an everlasting water, put her arms about shoulder height so her hands were right above her breast. Her first two fingers on each hand were extended while all her other fingers curled down, as she lifted her right wrist up the flame protruding from her eye froze. She pointed her finger at Naraku and the flame from her eye wrapped around his neck. "Respect me, Hanyou, respect me and I shall do no harm to you." She dropped her arms and the flame put itself out. Strange that he had no burn marks on his neck, yet he could feel the scorching heat from the fire.
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"Inuyasha! Are we there yet?" Rin whined as she bumped playfully into him. "If you couldn't handle it you shouldn't have came!" Inuyasha didn't ever look at her when he spoke, was he mad that she had come?
"Inuyasha? Why don't we stop for a while and rest? I'm sure the girls need their rest as well as you too." Miroku ran up to Inuyasha and began to walk beside him, leaving Sango to travel behind the rest. Sure, she could have easily caught up to them and walked beside Rin but she didn't know how much more her legs could take.
When Inuyasha didn't respond to him, Miroku waved a hand in front of his face. "Inuyasha what do you plan to do? Barge in the castle and kill everyone until you find Kagome?" Inuyasha stopped for a minute, his chin dropped to his chest. "I... I don't know. We just have to get her back...soon." Miroku looked at Inuyasha with an understanding. "Maybe we can walk a little bit further." Rin looked at the two. "Yeah, i guess i am over exaggerating a bit." The three decided that they would continue the journey and rest later.
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Sesshomaru watched them from a near by tree, all three of them walked on. 'Are they so blind that they did not see the wench get taken?'
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"Kagome?" Minota splashed some water on her face. "My Lady, please, wake up." Kagome grudgingly opened her eyes. "Minota? What happened, i feel like I've been hit my a horse." Minota breathed a sigh of relief that she was finally awake. "I'm not sure, my Lady. Lord Kouga just brought you back and said you had fallen asleep.." Kagome grabbed her head in a moan. "Lady Kagome, i have some distressing news for you." Kagome only let out a moan to signify that she was listening. "The wedding, it has been moved to tomorrow. Apparently Lord Kouga has some urgent business to attend to today." Kagome felt like someone had taken off the rock that weighted down her body. "I know you must be distraught, But he has sent Kagura to keep you company today."
"Yes, he has sent me." A new voice that Kagome had never heard before had rung through the room. She lifted her head out from under the pillow. "Minota, leave us." Kagura spoke sharply. Kagome instantly got an uneasy feeling from her. She slid to the end of her bed slowly. "Do you mind if i get dressed, Kagura is it?" Kagome slowly stood up, then pausing made a run for the door. Just before she set foot in the hallway she was repelled across the room. "Compliment of Lord Kouga, to make sure you don't pull a stunt like last night." Kagura laughed malicisouly. Kagome stood up and went over to the slender woman. "What is it your supposed to do again?"
"I'm here to make sure you don't hurt yourself, and to give you company and what not." Kagura spat the last part out in a rude manner. Kagome held her hand out. "i guess its nice to meet you." Kagura took her hand, a tingle feeling ran up her arm and Kagome instantly let go. "What was that!" Kagura demanded. "I don't know!" Kagome looked at her hand. "What, are you a seer now!" Kagome just stared at her hand. "I don't know..." Kagura looking a bit distressed sat down, 'Could she have seen Lord Kouga's true intentions!'.
"Well! Did you see anything!" Kagura asked her a little harshly. "What...oh yeah, yeah i did." Kagome still staring at her hand, was starting to get on Kagura's nerves. "AND WHAT WAS IT!"
"I saw... Sesshomaru," Kagome looked up at her. "and a child." Kagura lifted her finger tips to her lips. "No! You lie!" Kagura stormed out of the room. "WAIT! Kagura!" Kagome was intrigued by Sesshomaru, he faintly reminded her of someone she once thought was important.
Flash Back
"Kagura! Kagura!" Sesshomaru called out to her, his voice still covered with an endlessly blank tone. "Kagura, where are you going." Kagura didn't look back at him, she couldn't. It was too painful. "When will i get to see you again, when will i see Toru again!" Kagura stopped, her face flushed and her lips a light blue. The rain started to fall, she wrapped her arms tighter around the bundle she held. "Sesshomaru, if you knows what's good for you...for us, you wont look for us!" Kagura ran into the depth of the forest. 'What could she mean, how could not seeing them be better.'
4 years later
"Toru! Will you come inside?" Kagura called out to her son, her hair was loose and blew with the wind. It curled around her face, a light pink graced her lips with color. Her beige complexion fit perfectly with the sun kissed light brown of her hair. "Yes, Mom." Toru ran over to the hut. "Toru, do me a favor ok? Go pack some things, we're going to take a trip." Kagura patted her son on the back. "Where are we going, Mom?" Kagura followed him into the room. "We're going to a market. Not just any market though," Kagura handed Toru a dark blue kimono "we are going to a market on the Inu's land." Toru looked up at his mother with hope. "Will i get to meet Father?" Kagura smiled at him sadly. "No, my son." Toru looked down to the floor. "Maybe someday Toru, you know Father loves you, but right now its not a good idea for either of us to see him"
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"You called me Father." Sesshomaru opened the door to the den. "That i did." Lord Inu gestured for his son to enter the room. "I'm fine right here."
"Well, if you insist. I just need you to run to a market for me, nishioka." Sesshomaru squinted at his father. "What could you possibly want from the West hills?" Lord Inu put a picture down on his desk. "Aka hana." Sesshomaru walked into the room, he picked up the picture and examined it. "Red pine. Fine, see you, Father"
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"Mom, where are we going again?" Kagura looked down at her son, he was carrying his clothes in a sack perched on his back, as was she. "It's a market, Toru. Niskioka, i need to pick up some things that our market doesn't offer."
Kagura and Toru walked for about an hour before they reached the market. "Mother, if the market isn't that far away why did i need to bring an extra set of clothes?" Kagura smiled sweetly. "Because Toru what if something happened to the ones your wearing? A wise woman once told me, better safe then sorry."
Kagura and Toru browsed around the market. "Mom, can i go over there?" Toru pointed to a craftsman booth, he has many toys made of wood and painted bright colors. "Yes, but be careful, Toru. Don't be gone too long either." Kagura handed her son 3 silver pieces. "Thanks, Mom!" Kagura turned around and started looked at the fabric on the table in front of her.
Toru ran over to the craftsman. "Hello young man." The craftsman looked down at Toru. "Are you looking for some new toy's?" Toru nodded excitedly. "Well, then, which one would you like to look at?" Toru pointed at a very brightly colored toy. "That one!" The craftsman reached over to the toy but before he could get it he was interrupted. "Merchant, where can i find red pine." Toru looked up at a very tall man, he had long white hair and a crescent moon on his forehead. Two lavender stripes graced the side of his face. "Oh, Lord Sesshomaru, nice to see you again. You can find Red Pine just down there, next to the fabric table." Sesshomaru nodded and looked down at the wide eyed boy, there was something oddly familiar about him, but he brushed it off. "And just what are you looking at, boy." Toru looked up at him and smiled. "I'm Toru!" Sesshomaru bent down to him. "Well, Toru. You might want to get back to your mother. There are many guys around here that wouldn't hesitate to kill you." Toru's eyes opened wide and he ran back to his mother.
Kagura felt someone latch onto her leg, and looked down to see her son crying. "Toru? What's wrong?" Toru pointed back to the craftsman table, Sesshomaru still knelt on the ground. "Sesshomaru..." Sesshomaru's eye soon became as wide as Toru's. "Kagura..." Toru sniffed. "Mom, he said that i should come back because i could be killed. Mom is that true?" Kagura stared blankly at Sesshomaru, her eyes began to swell with tears. "Toru, we have to go." Toru looked up at his mom. "What about the fabric?" Kagura stood up slowly. "Forget it, lets go." She turned around her sons hand clasped in hers. "Wait, Mom!" Toru broke free of his mothers grasp and started to run back to the craftsman's table. "Toru! No!" Toru didn't listen to his mother, when he reached the table the craftsman smiled at him. "Back already?" Toru nodded and put his money on the table. "Is this enough to get that toy?" Toru pointed at the brightly colored toy. The toy was 2 gold pieces, but the crafts man gave Toru the toy anyway. "Thank you!" Toru looked up at the tall man again, except this time the tall man's face didn't seem so cold, he almost looked as if he was going to cry. Sesshomaru knelt down again. "Toru?"
"How do you know my name, Sir?" Toru looked at the man closely. "Hey, i have that too!" Toru moved his light blonde hair to the side to reveal a crescent moon.
Kagura ran over to the table and grabbed Toru into her arms. "I'm sorry we have to be going." She started to run with her son in her arms. "Kagura! Wait." Sesshomaru pushed through the crowd that was now surrounding him. By the time he got to the edge of the market Kagura was already into the forest he saw her figure and Toru's figure running. Sesshomaru ran as fast as he could, he grabbed the back of Kagura's arm and spun her around. "Kagura..." He held her in his arm and in mere seconds she stopped protesting and let him old her. "Sesshomaru..." Kagura closed her eyes and hot tears ran down her cheek. "Mom? Who's that?" Toru pointed behind Sesshomaru. Kagura opened her eyes and looked, Yukio, a spy sent to watch Sesshomaru, was glaring at her. "No! NO, it was a mistake!" Kagura pushed Sesshomaru back and grabbed Toru. She ran as fast as she could away from the guard.
Sesshomaru turned around. "Yukio, why are you here." Yukio looked at the young lord. "Your father sent me." Sesshomaru glared at him. "And why did Kagura run at the sight of you." Yukio tightened his grip on the spear he was holding. "She must have confused me with someone else."
Kagura ran as fast as she could, by the time they reached the river she couldn't run anymore. She sat Toru down beside the river, he began to play with the he bought. Kagura went to the river to get a drink of the water. "MOM!" Toru screamed out. Kagura spun around to see Toru in the arms of Yukio, two guards slammed her against a rock. She struggled to get free, but it didn't work. "NO! Please Yukio, its not his fault. It was an accident! We didn't know he was to be there!" Yukio smirked "Yeah, right bitch!"
"MOM! Help me! Mommy, please!" Yukio wrapped his arm around Toru's neck. "STOP! Let him go, please!" Kagura begged. "We will move further away, i promise please!" Yukio looked at Kagura with disgust. "I don't think so."
Toru's eyes expressed the shock of pain as Yukio's spear went through him. "NO! TORU!" Kagura shook violently, two blasts of lighting went out each arm and pierced the guards holding her. Toru's eyes closed and Yukio withdrew his spear, he let Toru's body fall to the ground and watched Kagura run over. "Let that be a lesson to you." Kagura looked at Yukio eyes glowing. "Don't even think of it, wolf. The mutt child deserved it in the first place!" Behind Kagura rocks rose to the air and lunged themselves at Yukio, smashing his head. 'Let your blood fall.' Kagura thought as she watched the blood ooze from his crushed skull. Toru made a small gurgling sound that she made out to be mom.
"Toru...no..." She knelt beside him, she cradled his body. "No, Toru don't talk sweetie, don't talk..." More tears poured down the face. "Mommy... don't cry, don't cry mommy." Toru's words made the tears only flow more profusely. "Toru, please don't leave me. I love you Toru." Kagura held her son closer to her. "I love you too... Mom? Can you tell me a story...tell me about dad..." Toru's sentences came out as slurs, Kagura looked down at her dying son. "Yes, baby, yes." Toru smiled at her, a drop of blood came from his mouth and mingled with the salty tears. "You know, me and your father were never meant to be. I was just his house maid." Kagura smiled sadly, she could feel Toru's breathing become shallow. "Don't stop mommy..." Kagura let out a sob. "But we fell in love, and then we found out we were going to have you. My bright...sweet boy. Oh Toru! I love you so much!" Toru eyes were blank. "Toru? Toru answer me, please Toru!" Toru blinked once, his amber eyes shined. "Mom...tell dad... i love hi-" Toru's eyes went blank once more and drifted shut. Kagura held her son closely. 'This isn't fair! IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME!' Kagura screamed into the air, the only thing that made living worth while was just stripped from her... The only thing...
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Well, that's all, hope you liked it. I know it sounds corny but i almost cried... ANYWAY please review please please please... pretty please? with a new chapter on top?