Hey folks I'm back! Well temporary xD Just always busy but least I've updated right? Well here is chapter 12 for this one and I have also updated What Death can not take, after this update don't know when I will update again, it's a long haul but if ya'll luck out I might do it again in a couple weeks. Actually Kagome's frustration and feelings quite often reflect my own cause my life is so freaking hectic one thing after another its exhausting! Also have this really kind of new idea fresh that haven't ever ran across for another Sesshy/kags fic although I know already have two started I think I will write a long first chapter for my new idea and post it and see if I get any hits. Any way here I am rambling on! Chapter 12 batter up!
"Myru?" Kagome questioned eyeing the female who didn't look much older then herself. Ack! this only complicated things more so! Escaping tonight just got ten times harder with being 'babysat' . "Yes, I'm Myru." Kagome sighed mentally at the news of now having a personal guard and keeper, this was ridiculous this whole bloody mess she was in. How come she seemed to be the only one who had to be man handled from time to time, task to task on this whole forsaken planet. How to do this, how to manage her escape with this new obstacle now posted to be glued at her side night and day she assumed. The idea clicked like a light bulb illuminating a room with its heavy glow. To brew a herbal concoction which would knock the female before her out for a few hours. This wasn't going to stop her, she had to get moving and soon. The winter weather would soon come to wrap its greedy hands upon the land and make travel difficult. Kagome knew she would rather have a good head start before having to fend off the elements.
"So I am guessing Myru , the Inu lords decided this?" The woman gave a nod of her head casually her, as her frame continued to lean on wall in a bored manner. Kagome took a deep breath and moved to the wash basin and brought the cloth to the water dipping it into the cool liquid and brought it to her face and began scrubbing. She would get out of here, if it was the last thing she did. She had a task to continue and this new era and a younger demon lord wouldn't stop her. Squaring her shoulders she took a deep breath and turned back to the new female companion whose gaze was staring aimlessly out the window in thought. "Myru, what exactly are your orders?" Kagome watched the demon look back to her before speaking. " I am to watch over you when neither of the lords are with you, and also aid you in anyway you need it. I am a trained soldier but also use to be of service of Master Inutaisho former mate, so I am quite in knowledge of feminine routine of higher ladies."
"So does that mean you have to hang in my room all the time?" She watched the youkai raise a delicate brow in question before responding. "I am to be within five yards of you at all times, that was my order, but I can remain outside your door while you dress and have other company, but you are not to be alone." The statement sounded final and a bit harsh as if she was repeating the tone of her lord. Kagome then just gave a curt nod as she processed the words of the other occupant of the room. "Well um…" Kagome started but then trailed off a moment. " I am in need of a bath and to change…" Kagome then reached for the other kimono that she had been given. "Very well I shall bring you to the hot spring which the guests use while they are here." Sighing the miko knew she couldn't take her bathing supplies with her considering the odd looks and explantions that she would have to give so she settled for just taking the kimono with her. The elder female led her out the room and down the hall and with several twists and turns , and a staircase later they arrived at a pair of large oak doors which had the carvings of weeping cherry trees in mid bloom in midst of a garden. Kagome marveled at the art work for a moment before the youkai shoved the doors open enough for them to slip through and Kagome once again found her breath caught in her throat as a large hot spring was set before her and steam left a fog over the area.
The walls were covered in odd smoothing scenes of rolling green hills and what she would have once called mythical creatures but were all too real in this era. She stayed in awe a moment before moving further into the room and towards the source of heat and bubbling waters which stretched most the room. She was slightly relieved to find a large selection of oils and crudely made soaps of this era which only the rich had the luxury to afford. They were laid out along the side of the hot spring along with a couple large piles of different sized clothes which she assumed for drying. Not wasting anymore time on searching the area with her gaze, soon stripped and dived in as she noticed her guard had lingered near the doors so she was alone some what for the time being. Allowing herself to some what rest and relax in the warm waters for a few moments she let a sigh cross her lips , she knew she couldn't loiter to long for she had much to do still before attempting her escape in the late hours of the night to come.
After a few minutes of being motionless in the water Kagome then began scrubbing and washing herself clean by using the odd soap shapes before bringing one of the scented oils to massage over her upper body and hair. After being satisfied with her current condition she pulled herself from the spring and grabbed one of the thick cloths , bringing it over her damp figure to dry herself as much as possible before pulling on the kimono which she had left near the other edge. She soon walked back to her protector who waited patiently at the doors. "I suppose I am ready to go back to my room Myru, I would still like to have a talk with one of the Inu lords." Myru glanced over to the miko briefly before exiting back into the corridor and heard the girl on her heels soon enough. "I shall relay the message next I see one of the lords." The elder female stated while leading Kagome back to her room. Once there Kagome was able to shoo Myru to stay outside for now while she hurriedly stuffed her overly worn yellow travel bag and stashed it beneath the bed once more. She then set to mixing and grounding several herbs together which would lure the demon who was on guard by her door to sleep soundly a while, although she still plotted on how to administer the powdery substance to the female demon later tonight.
Kagome wasn't worried about nourishment for she still had most her supplies from her own time so she should be good to go. She had done decided that she would use her rope in her bag to lower herself to the ground from her balcony , it seemed more logical to do so then try to navigate around the palace walls which seemed to her like a large maze. A sudden knock came to her ears as she then hurriedly shoved the herbal vials back into there places and stashed the concoction she had made up. "Come in." She stated softly as she turned to face the door, leaning upon the vanity. Sesshomaru stepped in and their gazes met briefly. She couldn't help but notice the difference between the younger Sesshomaru and the one in Inuyasha's time. This one had a bit more emotion then the elder one , but the cold stoic behavior he would soon develop was already noticeable.
His smooth tone broke her thoughts. "You wanted a audience with myself?" Kagome just gave a nod to his question. "Have you asked your father about my departure? My services are no longer required here and as I have mentioned before I have else where to be." She watched as he strolled over the window to view the court yard below which bustled with activity. "I have Lady Kagome, and he declines that you leave the grounds without a proper escort to take you where you need." Kagome scrunched her nose in annoyance and at the given title to her name, neither suited her liking. "I am able to go alone and tend to myself." She spoke back a bit forcefully.
"It is my father's word and his word is law here, you are a miko but we are in debt to you for your services and we do not wish you in harms way, so until you are willing to let us assist you, I'm afraid you are to reside here." He didn't look at her until he turned on heel and walked back to the door. "If that is all Lady Kagome , I am must take my leave my father requires my presence." Kagome was biting her tongue as she just gave a curt nod as her arms crossed beneath her breasts in a frustrated gesture. He then left without another word as it seemed final she would have to escape tonight. The rest of the day was uneventful for the most part, she had her meals brought to her and the female youkai wasn't much of a conversationalist, to say the least she was bored , more of stir crazy. Nor had she seen hide or hair of the western lords. Something just didn't seem right, felt off but she didn't know what. Their auras were absent most of the day except a flicker now and then that she felt through the many stone walls. She also admitted to herself she still couldn't get a grip on the fact that the mighty Inutaisho was alive and well. Shaking her head she had to clear her mind, focus. Her next step was to put her plan in action to make Myru snooze.
She pulled the biscuit from her dinner plate which and rolled it around in the white powdery substance which was the herbal mixture. Calling Myru in the demon raised a brow at the female at her indication. "I just want you to smell this and tell me if it smells bad to you, I mean I don't need to be getting sick." Kagome hoped it would work, all the youkai had to do was inhale some of the powder and it should work at least long enough for her to get a head start. "Very well my lady." Myru took the overly large biscuit and brought it to the level of her face and took a slight sniff of the aroma. It took her but a couple of seconds to find the herbal smells which rested over the breaded item. She pulled it back the abruptly. She had no idea why herbs would be within a mixture of biscuits, she wasn't a expert on human food but did seem odd. Myru went to ask Kagome if that was normal but then she felt her mind slightly haze over. "Lady Kagome there is something …wrong with that bread…should..g..go tell my lords…" the elder female trailed off and stumbled slightly as her vision blurred. Kagome helped eased her over to the bed to sit, insisting her to do so that she would get help. The miko stayed within the room but away from the youkai who was slowly dozing.
She was glad it worked out, but she also knew Myru would be very upset once finding out what happened. Step two… She mentally told herself and focused a moment, and calling forth her powers as she formed a slight barrier and then pushed it out letting the energy shatter across the room. That should confuse all demon senses into thinking she was still there. She silently amused. She pulled her bag, bow and arrows, and rope from beneath the bed. Strapping everything in place she then tied off the rope onto the balconies secure railing before beginning to lower herself down into the dark depths of the earth below…
**** Well I think that is the longest chapter I have wrote, I hope you enjoy and I won't update again until I get my 100 review mark come on people R&R