So sorry for this late chapter i lost inspiration to write this story for a while but i guarantee that i am not quitting on it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha only my hopeless imagination.
Chapter 11
Sesshomaru fur was on end. Just what was that girl doing. He could feel her reiki throughout the palace, which was causing uneasiness among the youkai there. So he went in search for her. When he saw she was not within her room, he followed her scent toward the garden where she was seated under one of the trees. On closer inspection, he saw both she and the pup were asleep. With a growl he let his youki flow out toward Kagome, effectively waking her.
The girl looked up at him through sleepy eyes. "Sesshomaru?"
"Miko are you trying to purify everyone within my domain." he demanded raising a brow and ignoring the lack of his title.
"Huh?" was Kagome's half asleep response. She looked around for a moment. "I'm sorry I feel asleep trying to get Mizuki to stop crying."
"Did you not realize you were letting your reiki slip out?"
Kagome eyes widen slightly. "I'm so sorry! I didn't know." Her eyes went to the sleeping pup in her arms. "Why isn't Mizuki affected?"
Sesshomaru walked over to the two and sniffed the pup. "Her scent is infused with your reiki"
"How?"
"From feeding. Your reiki must have also been infused within the milk you bare."
Kagome sighed with relief before turning curious eyes toward the stoic daiyoukai. "So how will this affect her when she gets older."
"Only time will tell. In the meantime, I suggest you go inside before you fall ill."
She nodded her head in response, noting the small drop in temperature. "Thank you." With that she headed back to her room and into her bed, where she quickly fell back to sleep.
Dark purple eyes glittered in the shadows and waited for the western lord to return inside. The youkai turned away and headed back to his post, where two others awaited him.
"What did you find out?" one of them, a bear youkai, asked in a gruff voice.
"The rumors were true. It seems our lord has taken in yet another human. This time a miko"
The third youkai, a boar, growled. "You lie! Lord Sesshomaru would never acquaint himself with a priestess."
The first youkai, which was a snake, hissed at his companion. "I do not lie. I saw her with my own eyes sitting in the garden with an inu pup."
"An inu pup?" the bear asked. "What is she doing with an inu pup?"
"She is taking care of it apparently."
"To have something so distasteful within these walls is a disgrace to youkai kind." the boar said almost in a whisper. "We will have to rid of this miko"
"Inuyasha let us stop for a rest." Miroku said. He didn't mind traveling through the night but Kirara was becoming exhausted.
"Fine but we move again at dawn. I want to get to the western lands quickly."
"Does it deal with that old witch?" Sango asked, clearing a patch in the ground to make a campfire.
"Yeah just something about what she said got me on edge."
"Like what?" The monk asked handing Sango some wood for the fire.
"Katsurou" Inuyasha said. "That name, for some reason it sounds familiar."
"Yes, I too feel as if I have heard that name before."
"Someone that is stronger than Naraku." The taijiya whispered, but the two males heard her well. "I certainly hope Sesshomaru can help answer our questions."
'So that's where she's hiding.' Meichiko laughed silently. Her plan was working fine. She'll just let the group lead her to the western palace and hopefully to the missing miko. Unfortunately she would have to address Naraku of the situation... but that could wait until she had her fun. She was not Naraku's servant nor would she give him any acknowledgement of his power. He was just a tool in her master's plan.
Once the group began moving again, she hid her aura (making sure they couldn't sense her this time) and followed at a distance. Now that she knew where they were heading, the question that remains unanswered is why would a priestess be with the terrifying daiyoukai of the west?
"Kagome, it's time to wake up." Tsume shook the girl's shoulder gently.
"Hmm, five more minutes."
Tsume giggled lightly. "Kagome get up. You'll be late for breakfast."
Kagome sighed deeply. "Okay I'm getting up." The young miko sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes drowsily. She glanced over at the still sleeping inu-pup and smiled softly. For the past two days the little pup was restless and Kagome found herself in the gardens with the pup as before. After a good stretching of her tired limbs, Kagome allowed Tsume to help her dress. No sooner she was on her way through the corridors that led to the dinning hall. She was about to open the doors when a clawed hand grabbed her arm.
"Eep!" she let out a little yelp, which she regretted right away, looking at the annoyed expression of the inu-youkai. "Sorry"
"Hn." He released her arm and turned away, motioning for her to follow. "Miko I will be leaving for a while."
"Oh, is something wrong?" she asked, not to sure why he would tell her.
"Your group of friends seem to be heading this way."
"What are you going to do?" Kagome asked, a little nervous about the unpredictable youkai before her.
"Relax, I will not harm them. I simply do not want the hanyou to cause more trouble on my lands. While I'm gone, if anything is to happen you will let Hayate know."
Kagome nodded, knowing he was referring to her little 'visions'.
"Go eat. I will return shortly."
Again Kagome nodded. Inside she hoped that Sesshomaru would allow her to see her friends. It had been almost a whole week since she'd seen them. Sighing dejectedly, she turned back and headed into the hall for breakfast.
Not to far from the western border the rest of the inu-taichi was also resting and eating their morning meal. No even Inuyasha could ignore the rumblings of his stomach.
"How long do you suppose we will reach?" Sango asked fixing a piece of meat over the fire of their camp.
Inuyasha shrugged and stared at the sky. "If we by pass lunch we could get there before sunset."
"Then we should leave as soon as we have finished eating." Miroku commenting, taking the last bite of his portion of food.
Inuyasha stared at the monk incredulously. "How did you even finish that quickly?"
"Simple. I take small amounts of food unlike you my pointy eared friend."
"Whatever." Inuyasha grunted before stuffing the rest of his food in his mouth. "There, I'm done. Let's get a move on before-"
"What's wrong?" Sango asked stoking out the fire and grabbing her Hiraikotsu.
"Sesshomaru's coming." Inuyasha said preparing to face his brother. It didn't take long for the daiyoukai to enter their little campsite.
"Inuyasha, why are you here?" Sesshomaru questioned stopping in front of the hanyou.
"For once Sesshomaru I'm not here to pick a fight. There's something important we need to discuss."
"What is it?"
"Do you know a some one name Meichiko?" Inuyasha asked.
"Tell me is she a witch?"
"Yeah. You know her or not"
The inu-youkai didn't answer. Instead he turned away and walked back the way he came. "Let's not discuss this here."
Inuyasha gave his two companions a shrug when they stared questioningly at him. He walked after his brother, the taijiya and monk following close behind. Unbeknown to them all a certain witch was still tailing behind.
okay please don't be mad at me for this. at least the other story got completed. just know that i will not be discontinuing this fic, i had a miserable couple of weeks that kept me from writing.