Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any other characters (except Katsurou).
Fortress
They continued traveling on past dusk. Katsurou had gotten sleepy, and Rin had pulled him on her back to carry him. Kagome rolled her shoulders, trying to ease her aching muscles. "Sesshoumaru-sama, are we getting close to the fortress? I am starting to feel like we are going in circles."
He looked back at her. "Miko, we will arrive soon. It lies past that tree line."
To the tired travelers, that distance seemed so far away, yet it only took them about an hour to reach it.
They stepped between the trees, and Kagome only saw an empty clearing.
"Aw, come on, where is..." She stopped mid-sentence, when the air around them shimmered with youki. Kagome looked on in awe as the giant fortress walls appeared before them. Kagome could only marvel at the kinds of magics it would take to hide a whole fortress. She had not even felt the youki in front of her. If youkai could do this, perhaps there were more youkai around in her time than she had previously thought.
As soon as they entered the fortress the walls, three servants followed by Jaken, came rushing towards them.
Sesshoumaru spared them no glance and kept walking.
"Welcome back, Sesshoumaru-sama! Oh! Rin!" Jaken squawked excitedly upon seeing her.
"Jaken-sama!" Rin cried. She rushed to squat down and hug his small body.
"Take Rin, the miko, and the child to the family quarters, and attend to their rooms immediately." Sesshoumaru ordered.
"Hey! I do have a name! It's Kagome! I'm getting tired of being called the miko." She protested.
Jaken looked between them, and his eyes settled on Katsurou. "My lord! You have declared an heir!"
Sesshoumaru stopped and turned back to look at them. "Yes, Katsurou is my heir. Treat him as such." He turned back around and continued walking towards the great palace.
Kagome marveled at how immediately, she could hear servants whispering, gossiping.
Sesshoumaru ascended the stairs and great massive doors were opened for him.
"Jaken, come, there is much to discuss."