Chapter 31
Everything was set now it was a waiting game. They move Kagome almost two months ago to the safe house as his father referred to it. A safe house was normally small and unnoticeable Well this was a definitely a noticeable home. This one of the many homes that his father had,he grew up here. It was a large three story house with high ceilings and hardwood floors. It had eight rooms and four bathrooms and a large living area and a large kitchen. There was also a large yard, courtyard would be more like it with a long circle drive. It was all fenced in and had a large gate at the end of the drive with a keypad to put a code in to gain access to the estate.
Miroku, Mushin put the seals up to keep Kagome hidden from view of anyone. It was tricky but they managed to keep it where her reiki energy was able to be sensed from the outside in hopes that it would bring the enemy to them. So far it has worked Sesshomaru had picked up the scent of a few man surveying the area trying to find a way in. They hoped with in time they would be able to finish this and give Kagome some peace of mind.
The woman had grew on everyone in the last few days, that had surprised Sesshomaru. He had always dislike humans with the exception of a few. But this woman had been able to warm his heart a little he would admit. Since they have brought her here she had been fighting for her life. She was in stable condition thanks to her borrowing some of Inuyasha's energy but it hasn't healed all of her wounds. They were able to take her off the vent a day after her arrival she had most of her color back and had even spoke a few words. She sounded awful her voice cracked and you could barely hear or understand her. He found it confusing that after everything that she has been through that she was able to smile.
"She a true piece of work huh son?" his father said to him.
"I don't see how she can keep smiling after almost dying and there is still people out there trying to kill her." Sesshomaru told the older man.
"This is true but there is nothing wrong with finding a little happiness in dark times." his father said as he walked away leaving his son to think about what he had just said.
He looked at the sight before him and head back for the doors he need to get back outside and talk to the security staff to see if there was any changes.
"So they have moved her?" came the voice over the phone.
"Yes sir we were able to find her with the help of Urisue. They moved her to a mansion on the outskirts of the city. There is a security team around the perimeter but it should be easy enough to get in and get the girl." said the other voice.
"Good job Naraku you have served me well with this new information. Do you know the condition of the girl?" came the voice.
"She was brought in by ambulance from what my source has told me. They have her inside and guarded from what they have told me she is still in critical condition. I was told she came in on life support." Naraku told him.
"Good then this will be easy we need to prepare for the next step of the plan then. Now do you know who owns the estate that she is at. They may play a key role in this." he asked
"I was told it was an inu youkai named Inutaisho. I don't know how much of a problem he will be, but i know that the demons from the warehouse that took her away are here as well and they may cause us a bit of a problem." Naraku relayed all of the other information that he had received to his boss and waited for his response to it.
"Inutaisho you say, interesting then so my theory was correct then. This is indeed a little more problematic than i originally thought." the boss told naraku.
"What will you have me do then, i'm still waiting to hear from my guy about where she is located in the home. Hes having to be really careful with what he ask or does do to the fact that Jakotsu and hojo messed things up for us." Naraku told him
"We will give him three hours to tell us something but we move at sunset this has to be taken care of then." the boss said before hanging up on Naraku.
He was furious how did this all happen in such a short time. Does that mongrel know that the woman that he has in his care is my offspring. Sure he does why else would he get involved.
"Perhaps you are overthinking this Senji, whether he knows or not i can find her and we can finish what you started. I just want you to keep in mind things may not go the way that you have planned them. The girl's powers are now active and have even surpassed you." Urisue told him. He spun around on his heels and grabbed the old woman.
"You say this little bitch has surpassed me, one of the best reiki users! There is no way that is possible unless you have been keeping something from me." he shouted at the older woman as he gave her a slight shove.
"She is far stronger than you give her credit. A normal reiki user or normal human would have been pretty well dead now. I have heard that there is ways for a user to heal themselves but never i have known one." she told him.
"So you're telling me this me that bitch healed herself!" she shouted at her.
"No I'm not but it is possible. I won't know till we get closer to her." she calmly told him
He walked out of the room then his mind racing. What if he was to late what would happen to him then. He was determined that he would kill her before he would let her keep his power.
Inuyasha watched over her as she rested he would do anything to keep her safe to see her smile again. They got her off the vent and she was doing Well she had some of her strength back. She still had a ways to go though. From his talk with Miroku she had used him as a way to heal most of her injuries but didn't heal them all.
She still had a broken leg and her ribs were still broken. She never complained about it but he could tell she was in pain. She refused the pain medicine and that irritated him. He was pulled out of his thoughts when Rin and Ayame approached him,
"Hey we are going to have to give her a bath so shoo mister." Ayame said as she pushed him towards the door.
"Asking would have been easier you know." He said in protest to being pushed.
"Would it now you haven't left her since the incident at the hospital." Rin said to him
"That was different I know she's going to be okay now."he said in defense of his actions. Thinking it was perfectly, logical.
They didn't say anything else to him as the closed the door and left him looking frustrated with them.
'she's going to be fine.' he told himself there is just a door a simple wooden door in the way.
He heard the girls talking to Kagome and knew that if anything was to go wrong they would get him. He decided that he would give them some space, he walked down the hallway and nodded to one of the guards that were walking the halls and headed for the door.
He stepped out into the sunlight and he felt that warmth wash over him and smiled,
"What's got you grinning?" Asked Miroku.
He felt so relaxed and calm when he felt her connect with him. It was strange to him at first but now he realized her was getting used to it and it was a way that he could tell if she was alright.
"Kagome, she made a connection with me again. It like she knows when i walk away, it's kinda strange in a way it's like she's keeping tabs on me you know." he told his friend. They chuckled and then watched the others walk over to them.
"I spoke to agent Yamanaka a few moments ago i told him he would be reassigned that his job of looking over Kagome was done and his services where no longer needed." Sesshomaru said casually.
"You what, and how did that go cause he was the head of this operation and he brought me in." said Inuyasha confused.
"Well he did such a great job. She was almost blown up in his care. Then she was taken by one of his agents that was with that team for almost a year and look where she is. She almost died because of his lack of skill." Sesshomaru told his brother. It was strange to see the older brother get worked up. Kagome had grown on him and he didn't like to think that she had almost died because of someone else's carelessness.
"I KNOW SHE ALMOST DIED, I WAS THERE REMEMBER!" Inuyasha growled at him. His brothers poor choice of words angered the half-demon, he already felt responsible for what happened to her.
"I know you was, but that's not what i'm getting at. You saved her yes, this could have all been prevented had he been more careful and tactful about the whole situation." Sesshomaru stated he turned and looked at Koga and Miroku.
"I will be bringing only two outside members in for this team. They have been with kagome the moment that she left the orphanage. She trust them, i need to make sure that this will not be a problem for you ." Sesshomaru said to the two . He knew that they were territorial and that they considered kagome family and bringing in two more would most likely cause a problem. He didn't care though he had already talked to Kagome and she was so happy to hear that they would be here and he wasn't going back on his word even if his brother started a fight over it.
"Why would we have a problem with it wouldn't mutt face have more of an issue with it." Koga asked. Sesshomaru ignored the mutt comment. If anything it amused him to see that inuyasha had met a match with the name calling.
"I don't care what he has to say the reason that i even brought it up to you was the two i'm bringing in they are also wolf demons." Sesshomaru told them.
"I guess not if Kagome trust them i'm okay with it and i'm sure Ayame will be okay." he said but he looked at Inuyasha to see what his reaction was and he didn't have an outward problem with it.
"What time will they be here?" Inuyasha asked which left a confused Koga and even Miroku was a little confused with his relaxed stance and even his attitude was relaxed.
"I'm going to go check on Kagome." Inuyasha said to the others he passed Mushin and gave him a greeting as he walked passed the older man.
"Man he acting right to you?" koga asked the others. Inuyasha's attitude was throwing him off he had never seen him act like this before. He was normally short tempered and quick to jump especially anything to do with Kagome.
"It's the connection with the young woman. I sensed it as we passed each other. It seems to me that their connection is deeper than I thought." Mushin said to the group. The older demon finally spoke up.
"He has claimed her as his mate, I'm thinking she has done the same in a manner of speaking. From my knowledge and Mushin correct me if I'm wrong. When a reiki user is close to someone they make a special connection to them. Her bond is really close with him it's pretty well soul deep. For us youkai it's the same when we mate we give part of our self to our mate we know their feelings their pain it's almost the same for them. If all goes well if they do mate their connection will be unlike any other." Inutaisho told the group. Mushin and Miroku were both nodding their heads when Sesshomaru turned away from them.
"There here." was all he said as he walked towards the front of the estate. He met them in the circle driveway.
"Thanks for coming, we will talk more about our plan in about an hour." sesshomaru told them. Coming up behind him he introduced the two to the others and they made there way up to the front of the home. They had just made it into the home and we're walking out of the foyer when someone spoke up,
"Hows Kagome doing?" Ginta asked.
"She is recovering fine, inuyasha can give you more details on her condition when he is ready." Sesshomaru told him. They walked farther into the home and was just walking from the living area towards the hall that links up with the one that Kagome is on when he heard,
"How long have you two know her,did you try to pull any moves on her?" Koga asked he didn't know why but it bothered him a little to know that she had befriended two more wolf demons. He let it go as a territorial thing being he thought of her as family.
"No we didn't we are only friends with her. She's like a little sister to us. Why did you?" Hakkaku asked him giving him a dirty look.
"Absolutely not she is like family to me i would never do that not to mention i was with my mate even back in those days." Koga told him in a louder town.
Inuyasha heard the commotion and walked down the hall and around the corner and gave them all a dirty look.
"You can take that shit outside you are to loud Kagome needs peace and quiet not three yelling morons." he yelled at them. He didn't realize he had contradicted himself till Rin and Ayame stepped out from around the corner of the hall giving them all dirty looks.
"What on earth is wrong with you men. Kagome is recovering and here you all stand yelling at each other. Be quiet or go outside." Rin scolded them. There was a small chuckle in the back of the group and they all turned. Everyone was a little surprised when they say that it came from Sesshomaru.
"You think to kick me out of my family home." he asked a little curious of her answer and out of amusement. She walked forward and stood toe to toe with him
"If you start yelling and disturb Kagome absolutely she is my patient after all and does not need this excitement right now. If you don't find my answer to your liking i don't know what to tell you then." she told him calmly she was serious. She didn't care if it was the queen or the pope she would throw them all out if they became to loud.
She rendered him speechless, he wasn't prepared for that. He thought she would have been slightly intimidated but no she stood her ground. He watched as the women walked back towards kagome's room with inuyasha right behind them laughing.
"I tell you Rin the look on his face was hilarious." Inuyasha said laughing. She didn't say anything to him about his comment. They rounded the corner and walked into the large room. Kagome Sat in a small chair by the window, she was looking a little pale. He walked up and kneeled in front of her,
"How are you feeling? Are you in any pain." Inuyasha asked her. She smiled lightly
"Just a little tired." she said in a soft voice. Her throat was still really sore, she was also a little winded she still had some broken ribs from receiving cpr. One of the ribs had punctured her lung and collapsed it and now she had a small chest tube out her right side.
"You should rest, maybe this was too soon to move you around so much." he said to her he placed his hand on hers which was resting in her lap. She didn't say anything to him.
"Are you in pain?" he asked her
"A little, not to bad. Don't give me that look i'm not taking anything other than normal tylenol for it." she said to him giving him a disgruntled look. He had been trying to get her to take something a little stronger so that the pain wasn't bad on her and she wouldn't.
"I wasn't going to say anything. I did want to let you know that Hakkaku and Ginta are here. If you feel like you are up to it i can send them in to see you." he said to her. He loved her smile she was beaming a little after that news. She looked down at their hands in her lap then,
"I was going to see if i could get out of this room for a little while if that was okay with you?" she timidly said to him
"I wish that i could make that choice but that honestly isn't up to me ." he said to her as he looked over to Rin. He patted her hand told her he would be back in just a moment and kissed her forehead. Walking over to Rin,
"Do you think that she would be up for a tour of the house she is you patient after all?" he asked her. He was hoping that he didn't have to fight her over this because he would do anything to keep Kagome happy.
"I really wish that i could say that she could do that. Unfortunately with her having that chest tube that isn't possible." she told him he nodded his head to her then they were quiet for a moment.
"Look she says she is in a little pain and i know that she will refuse anything that's not tylenol but do you think that we could possibly sneak something to her that's a little stronger." he asked sheepishly. Rin didn't like that idea much at all,she knew how Kagome felt about pain medicine.
"I don't know Inuyasha I will see how she is feeling after her visit with the other's." She told him. She walked out of the room and closed the door behind her .
Inuyasha walked back over to Kagome and pulled the chair From the other corner of to sit in front of her.
Her mind was racing everything has been happening so fast she can't seem to keep up. She felt different and didn't know how to even describe it to herself much less anyone else. She watched as Inuyasha pulled up a chair and sat in front of her,
"Rins going to see if she can find Hakkaku and Ginta so that they can come and visit with you ." he explained to her she smiled softly.
"Thank you, for everything that you have done for me." she told him. She was quiet a moment longer.
"Why did Sesshomaru have them come here?" she asked him. He was a little surprised by this, he knew that sesshomaru had said something to her about it but he could have swore that she was still sedated when his brother had talked to her. It was strange the connection that he had made with her to begin with Sesshomaru hates humans well most humans.
"That's a very good question, we will ask him that when we see him." He said to her as He took her hand.
She couldn't explain how or why she felt the way she did, or even when it happened but she knew without a shadow of a doubt in her mind she had somehow fell in love with the man sitting in front of her. She kept thinking about everything she had been through and when this could have possibly happened when she was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard the door open. Rin walked in with a couple more chairs with a small smile on her face. She wanted to make sure that their was enough seats for the guest. She just hoped that it wouldn't be to hard on Kagome to have so much company at once,
"Kagome i found some extra chairs for everyone to sit in. Are you sure that you are feeling up to this, you have been moved around alot today?" Rin asked her. She was in pain and rather tired but she didn't want to lose the chance of actually being able to see everyone,
"Yes rin i am alright, i will let you know when i have had enough." She assured her friend. Rin nodded. Rin watched kagome for any signs of pain or even a change in appearance to make sure that she was actually able to handle having more than one person as company. Rin walked around and checked Kagome's chest tube and then changed out her small oxygen take and added a new one. She hated seeing her friend like this and having all of these tubes on her was a sight she wished she could forget but at least she was off the vent.
Her lung had air around it from the broke ribs which wouldn't let it inflate all the way was why she needed the chest tube to begin with and the oxygen to help her breath.
"Okay Kagome you let me know if you start to hurt or any of this becomes to much for you." inuyasha told her.
"I will." she said to him. She knew that she wouldn't of course she wasn't much of a complainer to begin with and she wasn't going to let him make everyone leave her room. She was hoping to recover soon so that she could actually be able to leave her room and feel a little freedom. Though she didn't know when that would ever be possible, she hoped this would all be over soon.
She asked for her windows to be open to let fresh air in and the curtains to be pulled. She watched as the light flooded the room and the smell of fresh air was nice and crisp. She heard a small knock on the door and watched Inuyasha walk over to answer it. She chuckled at the sight of inuyasha opening the door and being shoved to the side as the two wolf demons ran to her. Inuyasha was shocked at the wolves behavior he turned around and was about to give them a piece of his mind when he saw the huge smile on Kagome's face he let out a sigh instead he wasn't about to start yelling at them and upset her.
"Weren't you going to say something to them." he heard the voice from behind him say. He didn't have to turn around to know that his brother was there and he chose to ignore his statement as he walked back towards Kagome.
"It's good to see you, i'm glad that you two are doing well." Kagome told the two wolf demons. She was glad to see that they we not injured from the fight at the warehouse.
"Kagome we are fine our main concern is how are you doing? How is he treating you do we need to ruff him up some ?" Ginta said tilting his head towards inuyasha. She chuckled at his his questions.
"He's been treating me fine, you guys have nothing to worry about. I'm doing okay as well just a little tired is all." she told Hakkaku and Ginta. They nodded their approval of the information that they had given her. They sat and chatted idly catching up on how they all had been. It turned serious as the topic approached the matter of who was after her.
"Kagome do you know who is after you and why?" Ginta asked. He watched her for any signs of recognition. She had her head down and nodded. She knew who was after her but she didn't know why, she was puzzled about the whole situation.
"It's my father, i don't really know why but i know that he had my mother and brother killed and is now after me. Do you know why?" she asked them she looked a little hopeful and she just needed to know why the man that help raise her that she called father and had loved was trying to do this. Why would he do such a horrible thing to begin with didn't he love them or was that a lie too. She felt a hand on her shoulder and glanced up and gave him a small smile,
"What are you two getting at?" asked Inuyasha who was standing behind kagome.
The two wolves looked at each other then back at the pair in front of them.
"We found out why he is after you, in a manner of speaking you have part of his reiki that was taken from him and put into you from when you was a child. The only way that he could have got them back was to kill you on the night of the blue moon and take them back." Hakkaku told them. Ginta was about to speak but was interrupted by a huge boom.
They took off running Inuyasha instructed Rin to stay with Kagome and don't make a sound