The Other Side

Chapter 44

Preperation for Battle

"I am quite glad to have Kagome back," Sango said with a smile. "I'm glad that I don't have to panic as much as when the...other her was here."

"I agree." Miroku nodded as Inuyasha hummed in agreement.

"I do have a question though," Kenichi began as they turned to him. There were only a few doors down from Sesshomaru's study in case Kagome called them back. "Has anyone seen Touga?" They all paused. "Yeah, I thought so. I mean, it is weird that suddenly he comes back and then suddenly disappears just as quickly."

"Well, that ain't good," Inuyasha uttered, furrowing his brows in thought. "That is a good point though; why would he suddenly turn up? This doesn't bode well."

"Perhaps Sesshomaru has seen Touga?" InuKimi and Inuyasha shared a look before looking to Sango, who seemed to walk away to the door that Sesshomaru and Kagome were in. Then they tried hopelessly to stop her from knocking on the door; they failed, miserably.

Sesshomaru growled loudly as he ripped open the door, snarling at Sango, who suddenly thought that this was a horrible idea and probably should've asked someone else to do this. "What?" Sango audibly gulped.

Kagome poked her head out from under Sesshomaru's arm and saw the fear in Sango's eyes. "What's going on—what's up?" she asked as Sango looked to her.

"Well the thing is—is that um...have you seen Touga at all recently?" He glared at her before raising his brow at her in question.

"Yes, I saw him just yesterday; why?"

"You saw him yesterday? That's not possible, he hasn't been in the castle since you two awoke from that sleep," InuKimi said, suddenly worried.

"Did he say anything of importance to you, Sesshomaru?" Kenichi looked at his friend, watching and waiting for something that would help them with this situation.

Sesshomaru shook his head. "No, he did not." Well that was that then. He turned his head to the side as if he was thinking about that conversation from before. "He did say that he was heading to the East to talk to Lord Raiyu about a possible alliance." They watched as he, himself, paused. "That would not make sense though; the East and West have always have an alliance. I do not understand."

Kenichi bit his lip; that was not good. "You and I both know just how bad my father is. I am worried that your suddenly alive father might have stepped into unknown territory."

"This does not bode well for anyone," Sesshomaru admitted.

"That's what I said," Inuyasha added.

Kagome's eyes widened and gasped, causing everyone to stare at her. She started shaking her head, walking further back into the study before settling on a chair, feeling like the wait of the world was on her shoulders. "Oh god no; please don't let this be what I think this is..."

"Kagome, if you know what is going on, then please enlighten us all," Miroku cautioned as he didn't understand entirely what was going on. Just that whatever it was; was bad.

"Inuyasha and Sesshomaru both explained to me that something bad was going to happen but before that, Zhou-Mao was the one to tell that to me something similar. It only confirmed it when I disappeared from here," she informed as she dropped her head into her hands.

"That doesn't really give anything away though. Do you know what is going to happen?" Kenichi asked gently as Kagome shook her head. He sighed softly.

She groaned. "God I wish. I wish one thing in my life didn't have to be life or death; I mean seriously." Kagome looked to Kenichi. "Has your father been doing anything suspicious lately?"

"Well..." he trailed before having a distant look cross over his face. "The week that Sesshomaru banned me from the West, forced me to go home and my father was in fact acting weird. Like one moment he was the guy that I knew when I was little and then the next, he looked like he was plotting something. He felt...evil."

There was an explosion seconds later. "Shit!" Inuyasha yelled out, holding onto something when the castle shook. "What the hell was that?!" Another explosion was happened, glass breaking and what sounded like pots landing everywhere were heard. "Was that in the kitchens?"

Sesshomaru growled. "Kenichi, your toys are here." Kenichi blinked and stared at him like he didn't know what he was talking about, then made an long 'oh.' The demon lord looked to his mother. "Mother, you and Kagome are to head to my rooms; you two will be safe there," he ordered as InuKimi grabbed ahold of Kagome before moving out of their way. "Inuyasha, you and Kenichi will be at the front lines; do not miss your target." They saluted him—well, Inuyasha mockingly did before leaving. He looked to the remaining humans. "You two are to scout out the area; report back to me if you see or hear anything. Go!"

He headed to the dojos, ordering everyone that he saw to get to their stations and to prepare for battle before grabbing his armor and heading out to the courtyard.

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