……. Yes….indeed…. Sorry about ahem the lateness, but, well,
….yeah…incase I never said so; Kagome's mother's name is Oko or middle of ocean.
Enter Kouga
"How did you know I was Lord Kouga?"
"…how many people come to out castle, in wolf furs, with a wolf tail, with blue eyes and black hair?"
"Not many I guess." Kouga said with a chuckle.
"Oh yea, you're also wearing the crest of the Ruler of the North on your forehead." Kagome said echoing his chuckle. He blushed at that comment before Kagome's father begun to talk.
"Let me give you a proper introduction. This is my youngest daughter Kagome." Kagome bowed as did Kouga. Then Kouga took her hand and placed a kiss upon her knuckle.
"It is a pleasure to meet one as beautiful as yourself. I can only hope that you have a soul as beautiful as you seem." Kagome gritted her teeth and pulled back her hand instantaneously. Her eye twitched as she controlled her anger. Before she lashed out at him Sesshomaru introduced himself.
"I am Sesshomaru of the Western Lands. I am the oldest, my younger brother Inu-"
"Yes, I had the discomfort of meeting the annoying little puppy." Kouga said disdainfully.
"Please Kouga-san, Inuyasha is quite a good friend of mine" Kagome said while emphasizing 'good friend'.
"It's amazing how you can stand even the most unbearable creatures ever! You are truly and angel." Kouga said excitedly. Kagome smiled uneasily. "Oh, also, please call me just Kouga; there is no need of titles between us." Kouga said as he grasped Kagome's hand once more.
"So Kouga-san" Kagome said, taking back her hands as Sesshomaru began to get angry himself, "What brings you to our humble abode?"
"Well your fathers and I are discussing about a treaty of peace, so we can all fight that vile Naraku" Kouga said with a slight growl, his mood changing dramatically. "I will get revenge for his betrayal and I will kill that wind witch Kagura who killed my brethren."
"Naraku did that?" Kagome uttered in disbelief.
"Yes." The Lord of the West said solemnly.
"It seems that he is gathering more troops each day, and if we don't do something soon, then…" The Lord of the East answered in a melancholy voice.
"Okay, enough with the glumness! We'll beat him! We have 3 Lords against 1 fool!" Kagome said with a smile. The surrounding members of the room smiled.
"Anyway, Kagome and Sesshomaru," Lord Nibori (That is Kagome's Father; it means rising to eminence) told the two "the reason we interrupted you" the two fathers had the all knowing smirk on their faces "was because we want you to attend the meeting along with Inuyasha and Kikyo, about the treaty and Naraku." The two nodded before they got up and followed them. Kagome walked next to her father and Sesshomaru by his. On the other side of Kagome was Kouga, who was starring at Kagome transfixed.
"So Sesshomaru," Lord Inutaisho said with an all knowing smirk, "You've taken quite a fancy with the youngest Higurashi." Sesshomaru ignored his prodding. "She is quite special, is she not?" Sesshomaru was still ignoring him. "Apparently she is quite skilled with artistic things." Inutaisho starred in awe at Kagome who was laughing at something Kouga said. "She looks almost nothing like her mother, yet she was born from her. She is the only one of her race with wings of an angel. She has a wonderful scent, don't you agree?" Inutaisho inhaled her calming scent, knowing Sesshomaru agreed with her.
"Apparently, she only stayed in a place in the garden, and her room, well for the most point anyway. She would practice calligraphy and painting, even with Western style paint. She taught herself beyond the knowledge of most men… and the only way people knew what she did was when she would walk into the library with a large variety of books, then leave. She truly is mysterious…yet, open up to her a little and she creeps into your heart, like a plant through the barren ground." Sesshomaru looked curiously at his father's form that crept up to the rest of the group.
"Yes, she is…an amazing light that bathes me with her glow. Perhaps, she will send this dark time to a glorious age?" Sesshomaru questioned silently to himself. He sped his walk so that he was next to Kagome, separating her from Kouga, who seemed to taken a liking to her. She glanced at him and smiled before chatting to her dad once more.
They reached the meeting room to find that Inuyasha, Kikyou, and her mother were already there. They all sat down. Sesshomaru pulled Kagome's chair out; which she smiled at. The room suddenly grew serious as they began to discuss the situation with Naraku.
"He is starting a force and it is growing rapidly. My spies have informed me that the army is trying to take over the other lands." Lord Inutaisho said.
"He is going against three other lords, he must be crazy." Inuyasha said.
"That or he's pulling something out of his sleeve, giving him a right to be cocky." Kagome said, surprising the room. "If I do remember correctly," Kagome said, recalling to past scripts she had read, "He had appeared out of nowhere. Then he suddenly rose against the lord, using the guise of a servant of the castle. He killed the previous lord and immediately gained the power. Lord Yuki was a kind man, whom never had the experience of fighting with anyone. He inherited the throne at a young age after his father's death and so he had few to train him of his powers. He was also a rat demon, was he not? Yes…he was, he was also sick when he was taken over. So if Naraku was able to account what was happening, then he must indeed, be using everything to his full advantage. He must be very sly. I don't believe he actually did kill the lord, but what was it…oh yes, it was poison that did him in. He must be very patient…yes…this Naraku is a hard one isn't he." By now Kagome was pacing through the room. She looked up to find many shocked faces. She had never been asked to attend a meeting like this and she had never been quizzed mentally. This was her first time, and she was willing to bet they didn't expect her idealness.
"I told you we would need her." Lord Nibori said in awe. Kagome sweat dropped.
"How do you know that stuff?" Inuyasha asked.
"When your freedom is limited, what you can do is excelled at." Kagome responded unaffected. Lord Nibori coughed.
"Now that we know something about him, we need to learn how to defeat him." Sesshomaru added in to the conversation.
"If all you say is true, Kagome, we may have a bigger problem then we thought." Lord Inutaisho said aloud.
"If all she says is true, he must be a powerful guy." Kikyou voiced.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." Kagome said once more.
"We must charge him head on." Kagome's mother said trying to seem useful compared to her daughter.
"No," Kagome responded. "I don't think that would be the best approach. Not only in Naraku known for his sly ways, but he is also known to have only his children with him at his castle; which no one knows where. He gets his information on what is going on through spies and other sources. We would never to know where he was. I think we should be patient. He obviously wants something that the lands and that something is power. He probably thinks that because he has the power he has now, he has wisdom. So we just have to find a crack in his reflection of wisdom and then the whole mirror will shatter. For now, all we can do is gathering information and soldiers." Kagome said finally sitting down. The other lords nodded as Kagome's mother scowled at her intelligence.
"We can't let this out of this room. No one is to discuss this to anyone." Lord Nibori said with a strait face.
"Next time we talk about this we need to make sure that there is no one listening." Lord Inutashio agreed.
"We must be careful. The spies of Naraku are very experienced." Kouga added while looking around suspiciously.
"Alright. We'll have a meeting next time we find new information. Keep an eye out" Kouga said.
"Until our next meeting, let me please extend our hospitality to you Lord Kouga. We will place you in one of our guest rooms." Kouga nodded as he walked over to Kagome and with a wolfish grin, extended an elbow to her.
"Let me escort you to your room, Kagome" Kouga offered while Kagome nodded hesitantly. Kagome noticed that Sesshomaru looked pissed and she laughed mentally at his jealousy. Her mother was glaring at her and Kikyou was looking at Inuyasha…somewhat, lovingly. Kagome mental added this in to her mind as something to work on. She smiled.
They walked down the hall way in a comfortable silence. When she saw her door she thanked Kouga before going inside. She went over and sat onto her bed. She sighed.
"So bored!" She said before falling back on to the bed. Kagome suddenly sprung up with a knowing smile on her face. "I'll train!" She said excitedly. She usually trained in her hidden spot so know one would know how good she was, or that she had such different wings. She smirked. Maybe she could even spar with her dad. She ran to her closet and discovered her usual training outfit. It was a black dress that came down past her feet to fan out below her/ with slits to her upper thigh. The top cut off at the shoulders with no collar. Underneath the dress, she had tight black shorts so that the dress wouldn't flap up and shown anything she didn't want to bear. There was two slits in the back for her wings that protruded happily in the air. There was a pattern in a crimson red color of a dragon rapping around her. She took her long hair and braided it. She stretched her wings and flew to the hanging chandelier above her, where she took her sword: Denjirousu Kanzen (dangerous perfection). She had gotten it from her master when she had completed her training.
Her master was a wise man who had been traveling. He was exiled from his village because he once was an overly cruel army leader in his village. He was now wondering to repay his wrong doings. He had come to the castle to visit when she spotted him. She instantly remembered him from the scripts and asked him to train her. He asked if she new of his past and she nodded and asked anyway. She finally convinced him to train her. So everyday she trained for years in her other secret garden.
The day he left she got a gift from him and she gave him a special potion that healed him when ever he got injured. She also gave him money to help him get by. He thanked her and slowly descended down the path out of the castle as she watched him go wistfully. She longed to be able to go out of the castle and join him, her sword and herself her provider and the world her home.
Kagome sighed in remembrance. She wondered where her sensei was and silently questioned if he was okay. Getting out of her daze, Kagome fixed her sword at her waist and began walking out of her room. She closed her door silently and proceeded to reach her final destination. She walked down the halls and looked out into the outside. The open walls allowed a chilling breeze to graze her flesh. She shivered and sped up. She pushed the screen aside as she heard grunts and yells. Kagome rolled her eyes. That meant one thing: Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were fighting. She completely slides the door over and entered the room. Sure enough the boys were fighting and so were her father and Lord Inutashio. Both pairs briefly paused before the boys started at again. Both Lords decided it was a truce and walked over to the servants were located waiting on Kikyou and Kagome's mother. The lords took a cup and began to drink tea. Lord Nibori and Lady Oko looked questioningly at her clothing. She laughed inside. Of course they didn't know that her clothing was something she made. She made two after sending Sango for materials. She strolled over to her mother who looked at her with a sharp glare. She was silently asking but it was Kikyou who voiced it.
"Where did you get such a great outfit?" Kikyou asked in awe.
"More like who did you steal it from, you have no clothing like this" Lady Oko said angrily.
"One: I don't steal. Two, I made it after I sent a servant to get the materials for it." Kagome said with an icy glare. She smirked when her mother shuddered. Kagome turned to her father who was looking at the sword at her waist like Lord Inutashio.
"What an amazing sword, Kagome! Where did you get it?" Lord Inutashio asked.
"My sensei." Kagome answered simply.
"You has a sensei?" Lady Oko asked angrily.
"Yup." Kagome said as she walked to a corner of the Dojo and paused. She turned to face her father before beginning her workouts. She purposely was going slow to mislead them, but she had to act face when Inuyasha was sent hurling in her direction. She disappeared then reappeared next to her shocked father. Sesshomaru was smirking as Inuyasha weakly got up. He picked up his sword in to ready stance getting ready to rush Sesshomaru again.
"Why you…" Inuyasha said as he began to charge. Kagome flew up and down, landing in between. Inuyasha paused somewhat angrily. "What did you do that for?" he snarled out.
"Well… I was wondering if I could possibly get a chance to spar with Sesshomaru." Everyone in the room visibly faltered at her words.
"Sesshomaru doesn't go easy on anyone, Kagome" Inuyasha said lowering his sword.
"That's what I'm hoping for." Kagome said turning to Sesshomaru. "Well? Do I get the honor?"
Sesshomaru shrugged. "As you wish, Kagome." He turned into a defensive stance. Kagome taking one also.
"Be careful, Kagome" Inuyasha breathed out to her.
"Don't need to!" Kagome said as she looked for a fault in his defense. Finding none, she decided to make one. In less then the blink of an eye she disappeared into her attack…
I'm sorry I haven't been updating lately. I've really gotten into I really need to get money for an Inner Fire Kimono. So if you want to hangout or Pm me, My Gaia account is Flippinfilippino. Bye!
