Finally The Truth
By TrueloverKagome
Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
Kagome woke the next morning to rin in front of her. She gave the girl a smile as she sat up.
"Good morning lady kagome rin thought to bring you to breakfast" she said to her with a smile as she just couldn't help but enjoy that she was staying with them.
"Good morning rin but when you speak about yourself don't state your name just simply say I" kagome informed the child as she started to get up and out of bed.
"Oh yes of course ri…..I will remember that" she stated with a smile on her face as she moved to allow kagome out of bed.
"Good now would you enjoy a bath before breakfast" she asked the young girl as she nodded before calling out for Setsuna.
"Yes my lady" she asked as she was now at the door.
"Will you please bring us to the hot springs and I would like for you to stay and join us as well" she said to her with a smile as she wanted to be friend the woman. She seemed kind enough and she reminded her of shippo who she missed dearly. He was like her son and nights seemed to get to her as she thought of her son often.
"Oh I would enjoy that greatly my lady but" setsuna hadn't a chance to finish talking when kagome came into interrupt her.
"Well good then I wouldn't want you to miss out on such a chance" she said to her maid with a smile as at that moment any resolve Setsuna had against the woman in front of her just melted away. She seemed to know what she wanted and most of the time it seemed that she wished more for others happiness more than her own and in a human alone was amazing.
"As you wish My Lady" she said as kagome gave her a look as Setsuna remembered her words and corrected herself. "Kagome"
"Good now I say we go now before we waste much more time" she stated with a smile as she saw Rin start to bounce off towards the hot springs as kagome couldn't help but smile and laugh at the sight of the little girl like that.
As they got to the hot springs they enjoyed getting undressed and dipping into the warm water. Kagome and Setsuna spoke as they helped wash Rin. Kagome told her and Rin about shippo and how he had came to be her adoptive son. Setsuna had been shocked to hear this human priestess had a demon child she called her own. She kept out the fact that she wasn't from another time though she told them of how she came to meet inuyasha and even as they finished rin and sent her off to breakfast kagome told setsuna of her first meeting with Sesshoumaru and how she wished more than a few times to get his arm back and how shocked she had been that she had already done that when he attacked her.
Setsuna had listened to her and was soon telling her of her own life of her brother in the castle only to find out she had already meet her brother kenta. They looked rather similar other than size as he did have the same looks as they were only a good two years from one another Setsuna was the younger one and it had been Kenta that got her the job in the castle. So that they would still be with one another as their parents had died a while back. She had still been rather young as she didn't have many regrets with her parents but it had been kenta that was having regrets as he had always fought with them on not becoming a fighter like they wanted and when they died he did as they wanted in their memory.
Kagome had been happy to hear such things as she was being dressed once again into another kimono though she knew after breakfast she would be changed once more with a fighting Gi so to train with Sesshoumaru. She wasn't sure how that was going to happen though as she was finished placing the simple white kimono as it had blue flowers at the hem of the kimono that floated about. She gave a smile as she tied her hair back with a simple string before turning to leave. She knew that breakfast would be served soon and she didn't wish to be late.
~Back with Inuyasha~
Inuyasha sat up in the tree as morning started to come to break as he opened his eyes that are when he sensed it. Soul collectors passing by as he stood and started to follow. As he came to a clearing he saw kikyo within the branches of a tree. She looked almost peaceful as he came upon her. As she sensed him there her eyes shot open at first they were cold and as she saw him they seemed to soften a little.
"You came" she said to him with a smile as she just laid there not moving. Not that she really could as she was waiting for the soul collectors for more lost souls. She was growing weak and only she knew that. As she looked to inuyasha she made it look to him that she trusted him as that was why she didn't move.
"Why wouldn't I come" he asked her she really in truth didn't know of kagome disappearance.
"My Reincarnation" she simply stated as inuyasha took a step closer to her.
"She's no longer with me" he stated to her as his eyes were just memorized by the dead miko in front of him.
"What happened to her inuyasha" she asked of him as he looked a little hurt that she would ask instead of be with him.
"She was kidnapped by Sesshoumaru" he stated to her as she was a little shocked by such an act was below the lord as she doubt that was the whole of the story. Though as the collectors came to her with glowing orbs as they came and gave her more souls she grew stronger and moved to get out of the tree.
"So you are going after her?" she asked as she knew for him to be this close to the border meant only that as even she knew how he hated his home land for banishing for being half demon.
"Yes We need the shards she has as well as her ability to see the shards" he stated to her as he wanted to convince her that he cared only for her.
"So maybe I could join your group seeing…..as you already promised that I could once you rid the world of 'her'" she said venom in her words as she spoke the word 'her' as she really did want kagome's death.
"But Kikyo what of Miruko and Sango surely they wouldn't agree with such a change without reason" he mentioned to her as she had a glimmer in her eyes.
"oh but inuyasha did you not say that kagome had shards on her. If that's true wouldn't I be able to sense them for you so to help you find Sesshoumaru's castle faster seeing as you don't know where it is" she stated to him as he gave her a smile.
"That is a perfect reason my love" he stated to her as he placed a hand at her waist as he pulled her to him bring his lips to crash upon his own. As they stayed that way while her hand came to rest behind his head as he pulled back from air he looked to see her smile. Kikyo's plan was working all she had to do now was wait for things to unfold in her favor.
~Back with Kagome~
Kagome had gone to breakfast as it had been an uneventful breakfast and just as she thought she returned to her room dressed into a fighting gi and walked out with setsuna to the dojo that was on the edge of the western garden as it was a large structure all in itself making her wonder how she hadn't seen it when she had been out before. Though it was a ways off from the normal gardens she knew that if she hadn't been looking for it she wouldn't have really paid it all that much attention. As she came to the large door that had a portrait of a large white dog. As opened the door she already saw Sesshoumaru standing in the middle of the dojo. He was in the middle of warm up paces an with the way he moved it was just so graceful his sword like a part of him.
"come in" he said to her as kagome blushed at the thought that she had been staring at the demon lord. As she walked in she came up to him a bowed.
"Oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to just stand there' she said to him as she bowed. Sesshoumaru raised an eye brow to her as he hadn't seen that coming from her.
"You need to pick out your weapons as your bow, will not due well in close range fights and battles." He stated to her as he turned to a small room that was off to the right with the doors open. She followed after him as she walked into the small room. She had never seen so many weapons before. As she looked about she came across twin blades. One black with a black crystal within the blade with the other was a silver sheath with a pink crystal in the blade.
"You've picked well I see. The sword of light that will pull out your miko powers will the sword of darkness will not become anything for a while yet" he stated as he knew something more than kagome as he really did.
Kagome nodded her head to him as she understood that. As she thought back to when she took hold of the blade it seemed to make er power flare but in turn she had been able to control it better than before.
"You will keep the swords on you at all times" he stated as he knew that just having Akuria ((Japanese word for light the sword's name)) on her would help her gain control of her miko powers and that was important and one of the top problems she'll have if she didn't get it under control.
"Let us leave and start training" he stated to her as she just wasn't all that sure how this would go for her as she knew she was not good in battle.
As they reached the middle of the dojo once more she looked to him with a smile. She knew that things could turn into a good thing if she tried hard enough. So when he started to show her the paces he had been doing before when she entered she copied and was sure to put everything into it.
As they went on he showed her a few stances moves to defend and attack as they were readying to spar. He wanted to see just how much she would put into and as well gage where she was in fighting. As he looked her over from across the dojo he couldn't help but wonder just if she would get to the level needed for her.
"You are to attack me. If you land a strike on me then training will be over but if you don't I will be the one to call off the training only when this sesshoumaru feels you have done enough" he stated to her as kagome looked rather shocked at the comment. He stood there watching her as her eyes started to glaze over.
'you can do that!' shouted the voice in her head as it seemed eager to get started.
'yeah right its Sesshoumaru for chirst sake' she cried to the voice thinking it impossible.
'if inuyasha can do it you can' the voice shouted back to her as she just didn't see such a thing happening.
'yeah well thats different!' she shouted back in her head.
'how whats the difference he tried and you didn't' the voice teased as she was about the answer was when she felt something coming towards her fast. She didn't have the time to dodge as she moved quick enough to at least block.
As she brought her sword up to block the attack itself as it sent her flying back into the wall as there was a loud crack while she hit the wall. Sesshoumaru thought nothing of it as kagome was trying to get up from the hit.
"never loose concentraction in a fight or battle it could mean certain death. I don't care if someone just got killed or your in pain from anything. Never let it effect your fighting!" he snapped at her a little disappointed that she had already made such a major mistake.
As kagome heard the words it only stealed her will power to do what was truly needed of her as she wasn't going to be letting anything stop her from really getting what she needed to do and that was killing naraku. She stood up and looked to him with fire in her eyes making sesshoumaru rethink how to push her buttons. As she came to him attacking much like inuyasha would but still even he needed training. Sesshoumaru easily dodged as he looked to her with a small smirk though it was instantly gone when she went to try another.
"your attacks are to wild they should flow together remember the paces this morning" he stated calmly to her as it seemed to just push her on as within moments she was already there with grace in her step and swings. As they went on for hours going at it. Each time sesshoumaru mentioned something she picked up on it and it didn't take long that he could no longer dodge but actually had to block and even throw in some attacks to mess her up.
Sesshoumaru put his hand up to halt her attack as she stopped and put the sword back in its sheath. As she stood proud with her hair clamped about her face and her chest heaving under such stress. As he looked her over he was sure that she had done enough. If she kept it up like this it wouldn't be long before she was able to really hit him.
"dinner will be ready within two hours. You rest bathe and This Sesshoumaru will see you again at dinner" he stated to her as kagome nodded her head bowed and left for the door. As she got out she was met up by Setsuna who go in front to show her the way. Though as they got half way across the field that led back to the castle kagome let out a scream of pain as the addrinaline was wearing off so that the crack they had heard what one of her ribs breaking with the blow. As the pain hit her it was so sharp and intense that she blacked out within seconds of the pain.
Setsuna turned to look at just what was happening only to see kagome falling to the ground as she rushed over the next thing that happened shocked her as Sesshoumaru was hovering over them looking about the tree lines then over to the castle and as he looked down to kagome his eyes were tainted red as her seemed to be battling his beast over her pain. Setsuna had never seen her lord in such a way before.
"What happened" he asked quickly trying to cover the anger he held in his voice.
"I'm not sure my lord Lady Kagome was fine just seconds ago" she stated to him as he watched her turn to move her to her back she gave another cry of pain as he rushed forward with a snap to setsuna for hurting her more so. He was quick in picking the frail miko's body as he looked her over. He couldn't see much due to her clothes as he knew what was going to have to happen. "Leave and tell the healers to be on call" he told her as he hoped that this was minor enough that he could take care of it himself. As at the moment he couldn't hand the woman over his beast just wouldn't allow him.
Sesshoumaru had been in the dojo still to mediatate as he needed to think over all that had ocurred during the training as he was rather shocked that she was so quick to pick up the sword. Though as he was thinking this over he was interrupted by kagome's scream as he jumped up running to her side but never bent down to her until he was certain it hadn't been an attack on her. As he saw the coast was clear and asked her maid was had happened he could only figure that he had taken it a little to far. Though he thought of no event at the moment when he did. All the while his beast was crying out each time they heard her crys from the pain. He didn't think when he bent over scooping her up into his arms to take her. He turned and started to walk off with him whimpering in his arms.
'she's hurt!!' his beast cried out as he wanted to be let out to comfort her but was held back
'she's not ours!' he barked as he sent his beast images of the times that they had seen her with inuyasha.
'she's not his!!! She's ours!' his beast roared as sesshoumaru just 'hn' back as he couldn't think of taking his own brothers bitch.
'you know you like her..... Just her scent gets you calm' his beast stated trying to reason with the mind part of them.
'that is nothing' he stated back as the beast almost laughed.
'No other woman demon or human as calmed you' as that was a fact all knew. The woman in their hands was very rare in many fashions.
'quiet I will not speak of this' he stated as he pushed the beast down as the beast went silent sesshoumaru was reaching the hot springs that was connected to his room. He wasn't going to have anyone coming to interrupt him while he was treating her.
Sesshoumaru was quick to walk into the large hot spring placing her down on a plate of furs before coming down to rid her of the clothes she was wearing. As his hand went over her ribs with taking it off she cried out once more still not waking as he saw the spot that had blackened and dipped in. It was no doubt in his mind that she had broken it but the black worried him. It showed that she was bleeding from the inside. There wasn't much that his healers could do. It was then that his beast came out while sesshoumaru was stunned from lack of what to do. As his eyes bleed red and he leaned over and gently placed his lips on kagome's. As he did this kagome began to wake and respond to the kiss as he gave a slight growl sparking enough in her to open her mouth to him. As he let his tongue slip in. As he kissed her something started that made the black of her skin leave. He was healing her with a kiss. Though as he pulled back he knew he had to move the bone back in place before moving on. As he was quick and made a small whimper as he did as kagome gave another cry but the pain wasn't enough to push her back to blacking out once again.
Kagome couldn't believe what was going on as she woke she felt sesshoumaru's lips on her in such a way she felt like her body was starting to be on fire. As he gave her a growl she gasped in turn he slipped his tongue in making her moan as she felt the pain slip away little by little. She just couldn't believe that this was really happening. though as he pulled back she noticed his eyes were red and when she last saw that he was trying to hurt her. As she tensed under him he then moved the bone making her cry out only to have sesshoumaru's lips on hers again as his hands this time sliped up to her breast to give her pleasure while the bone mended with his touch. She would moan into the kiss as she felt his fore finger and thumb come up to pinch at her nipple just making her groan in wetness as Sesshoumaru could smell her arousal.
Sesshoumaru fought against this as he pulled back looking down to kagome as she seemed to really trust him more so than he would have thought. As he thought things over he started to remember just when that might have happened. The first blow she took and yet she kept going through the entire session never stopping because of this. He should have been more careful with her. She was still in human form and such a thing would kill her at the moment.
"This sesshoumaru should have stopped the session much sooner" he said as it was his way or saying sorry.
"I thank you for the concern but I'm fine" she stated to him as kagome had yet to even realize she was under him nude. Though as he pulled back she started to react from it blushing wildly as he actually smiled from seeing that. She had a great body that seemed almost too perfect to be true. "uh.....Sesshoumaru why am I nude" she asked him as she used the furs to cover herself. As he looked to her as his eyes were back to normal.
"Well my beast wouldn't let another touch you while you were hurt like that. So I had to treat you myself" he stated with his normal cold tone a little more than pissed that he hadn't had control enough to do anything against his beast. "I trust you don't think this sesshoumaru had done anything wrong" he question as his eye brow rose a little as kagome blushed and shook her head at the thought. She didn't think sesshoumaru would ever touch a human. "We will take the day off and you will rest I have healed all I could but til will still be sore" he stated to her as she nodded her turned and left.
Kagome couldn't believe it as setsuna came in already with a kimono in hand and everything they would need.
"Lady kagome are you okay?" she asked as she helped her over into the water.
"Yes I'm fine" she said to her with a smile. "Setsuna what happened?" she asked her as she eased into the water. "and why wouldn't sesshoumaru's beast? let anyone touch me and what is a beast for that matter" she whimpered out wishing she understood more
~Back With Inuyasha~
((A/n: oh yes I know I'm mean but where else do I get my fun! lol))
Inuyasha walked back with kikyo in tow as she knew this would work no would would go against finding her reincarnation faster when they wanted to find her so badly as she was in the hands of Seshoumaru.
"Inuyasha what is the meaning of this!" shouted Sango as she was rather pissed to see the dead miko. Though kikyo said nothing it was Inuyasha that stepped up.
"What of it!!" he shouted as he didn't take to yelling all that well. It was then that miroku stepped in and looked to Inuyasha.
"We want to know why Kikyo is here" he asked calmed as he placed a hand on sango's shoulder to calm her.
"Kikyo can sense the jewel shards. If we want to find kagome quickly we can locate her with the shards around her neck' he stated as he stood proud that he was going to take credit of thinking of such a thing. Though the monk and slayer knew better but they were indeed of help in finding their friend. Shippo jumped onto miroku's shoulder and eyed the woman that has tried to kill his adoptive mother many times.
"I don't like her" he whimpered out as he wanted his mother back. it was then that he got a firm bonk on the head from inuyasha.
"Well you'll just get over it!' he shouted as he wasn't going to all anyone to say anything bad about kikyo while he was about.
"Inuyasha don't do that he just wants his mother' Miroku said as sango went and picked the young kit up to comfort the child.
They went on like this not really saying all that much as sango nor miroku wanted to start something fighting right now was not the smartest thing to do. They were worried that maybe this was a trick but couldn't do anything about it. At the moment the smartest thing to do was to let things play out and hope that this would just work out for the best for everyone.
A/N: Alright I've finished it!!! Its the longest one i've written so far and I have even more bad news. My computer got fried so i don't know when or how I'll be able to get the story up though i've been told its possible it just needs drying out so Wish me luck with it being up and ready for me once more. I'll be taking a little longer not only for that but I have so many twists I want to throw in here that I need to make up a plot line that works so that will take some time as well! I hope to make this the best story I can but from now on when we get to action part it'll take me a little longer as that is not my forta' to do so. So I ask you to bare with me