Ch 19
After they were back at the village they went looking for Sango.
"Kagome-chan! She's over there." Ayumi pointed to a river bank. Sango was sitting under a tree in the shade next to the bank of the river, with Kohaku.
"This will be harder than I thought. Ayumi-chan you need to take Kohaku somewhere else." Ayumi nodded and walked over to them.
"Hi, Sango-chan may I steal Kohaku from you?" Sango nodded and urged Kohaku to follow her. Ayumi took his hand and walked off. Kagome walked over and sat next to Sango.
"Kagome-chan, He still isn't doing well. In fact he is going backwards. He doesn't talk to me about anything. He just sits there. I have to do all the talking. I don't know what I should do." Sango slumped a little and started to sob. Kagome rubbed her back.
"Sango-chan, I can't make that decision for you. But I think you shouldn't give up. I don't think he will give up so you shouldn't either." Sango looked at her friend.
"Thank you Kagome-chan. But I'm sure you didn't come over here to listen to me cry." Kagome nodded.
"Right, well you know that I was able to get Kouga's shards. We are almost finished. And then this will be all over." Sango nodded. "Just one left. And we will be rid of the jewel." Sango looked at her and realized what she was talking about before her eyes clouded over.
"I see." Tears began to trickle down her face.
"Oh Sango-chan, we will figure some other way, I promise." Sango wiped her eyes. "We can talk to Kaede-obbachan about it." They got up and walked to the herb fields where Kaede was working.
"Hello child. Can I help you? Sango you have been crying?" Kagome and Sango sat in front of Kaede.
"We have a problem. There is one shard left. And it is Kohaku's life. I can't take Kohaku from her. Is there anyway around his death?" Kaede sat in thought for a moment.
"I'm not sure. There might be but you would have to find it on your own." Kagome sat still for a moment. She doesn't know any rumors about elixirs of life or something. We would have to find a way to bring him back. Then it dawned on her. She stood.
"Sango-chan we are going on a little trip with Kohaku. We need Kirara." Sango looked at her in question. Kaede looked at her knowingly. You never give up do you child? You love to play with fate. Kaede watched Kagome drag Sango off and chuckled to herself.
"Kagome-chan, what are you doing?" Kagome stopped and turned to Sango.
"I figured out how we will help Kohaku, but for this to work we will have to work hard. This will not be easy." Kagome turned and tapped her index finger to her lips. "Hm definitely not an easy task." She turned around again. "Okay we should go before Inuyasha decides to ask questions." Sango nodded and followed the bouncy girl.
After they were all ready for their trip Kagome started off in a run followed by Sango and Kohaku on Kirara. Kagome looked up and smiled to her friends. "How 'yuh doing?"
"Great here. So are you going to tell us where we are headed?"
"Nope." Kagome sped up and Sango sighed and followed.
After three days traveling west they came to their destination. Kagome stopped and put her hands on her waist in pride.
"Okay, we're here. Now let's find the royal pain." Kagome stopped in her tracks. "I am spending way to much time with Inuyasha. His language is starting to rub off on me." She mentally shook herself and started to walk again. Sango and Kohaku followed closely behind as they traveled through the large castle.
They walked in aw as they stared at the marble floors and tall ceilings. Portraits hung all over the walls and when they passed a window they would see large gardens that surpassed that of Eden. Flowers of every color imaginable grew as tall as can be. On the ceiling lilies were painted blowing in a breeze dancing across the blue sky. The detail was amazing you would think it were real.
Finally they came to large oak doors. Kagome knocked on them and they slowly opened.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" A little girl with long black hair and a pony tail on the side ran out in laughter. As she ran into Kagome she looked up and squealed, causing Kagome pain.
"Ah, Rin remembers you. You help me from…Kohaku." Rin looked to Kohaku who didn't show any emotion towards the little girl. "Kohaku, are you alright?" Rin walked over to him and shook his arm to grab his attention. He looked at her blankly. She stepped back. "Kohaku?"
"Rin-chan. Is Sesshomaru in there? We need to talk to him." A tall man with silver hair appeared behind Rin. Kohaku looked up at Sesshomaru and fear flashed through his eyes. It was quick but Sesshomaru caught it.
"Hello Sesshomaru. We have a favor to ask of you." Sesshomaru looked at her coolly.
"This boy. It has to do with him?" Kagome nodded slowly.
"Yes, it does. How did you know?"
"I'm not interested." He turned to go back into the office like room. Kagome grabbed his empty sleeve. He glanced over his shoulder.
"Please. We are not asking for much. I know doing a good thing isn't one of your favorite pastimes…" Sesshomaru gave her a smug look. "But all we ask is one thing. All it will require is you moving your arm in a slashing motion." Kagome studied his features waiting for a response.
'And besides that is the purpose of the sword right?' All Sango and Kohaku heard were grunts and growls emitted from Kagome but Sesshomaru's eyes widened as he heard every word she said in the Inu language. He narrowed his eyes at her.
"What do you want?" He said this blankly. Kagome's face lit up.
"EEE! Thank you Sesshomaru…" He cut her off.
"I never agreed. I merely want to know what you want." Kagome's smile never ceased.
"Okay, well…um…mind if we sat down? It won't make sense if I just plain out told you. There is an explanation." Sesshomaru turned and walked into the study, Kagome looked to Sango and Kohaku and followed into the large room.
The walls held thousands of books holding information about who knows what. Long amber velvet curtains hung over large windows. Even more portraits hung on the walls of many people or for that matter Youkai. But one picture stood out to Kagome. As she walked past it she studied the portrait. A woman looking about her mid 20s sat in what seemed like a garden. Her hair was as long as Sesshomaru's but was a midnight black. She wore a flowered kimono that flowed around her. She is so beautiful. But why does she look so familiar? Then it dawned on Kagome. Izayoi! Why does Sesshomaru have a picture of her in HIS study? Perhaps, did Izayoi and Inuyasha used to live here? And Inu no Taisho too? As Kagome thought about this she sat down. Sango and Kohaku followed suit. Sesshomaru sat in front of them waiting for Kagome to tell her story. Sango nudged Kagome out of her thoughts.
"Huh! Oh right. Well as you know we are trying to complete the Shikon no Tama. Well the last shard is Kohaku's life force." She paused to look at her friends. "And we need to complete the jewel and we need to take the shard from Kohaku's back. But in turn he will die. We want to avoid that so we were hoping for your assistance.'' Sesshomaru looked off at the back wall thinking. Kagome coughed to get his attention.
"And we were hoping you could use the tensaiga to bring him back after we take the shard out. Sango can't be without him. And I believe that without the shard in his system he will be in lighter spirits." Sesshomaru stood. Kagome did also.
"Meet me in the garden by the east wing." Sango quickly stood and bowed respectfully to him as he left.
Kagome turned to her friend after Sesshomaru was gone. She smiled softly as Sango held Kohaku close to her. Kagome knelt by them and rested her hand on Sango's shoulder.
"Everything is going to be okay, Kohaku will be okay." Sango nodded as tears slid down her cheek.
Shortly after a short green toad walked in with a smug look. "Sesshomaru-sama will see you now." Jaken walked out followed by the small group.
"You are lucky that Sesshomaru-sama hasn't beheaded you. Humans in his castle, it's a disgrace."
"With all do respect to him, toad. Rin is none in the least bit Youkai. And she seems to be able to go about freely. And if my assumption is correct he wants her here. So I don't feel in the least bit threatened by him or rather your threats, small and green." Kagome smiled innocently at the gawking toad as they walked on. Jaken had no trouble with being quiet the rest of the way to the gardens. As they entered the gardens they saw Sesshomaru standing by some rose bushes holding tensaiga at his side. As they approached him he looked up from his thoughts.
"Shall we proceed? I would rather not waist my time with this." Kagome shuffled over to Sango she could smell how pissed Sesshomaru. 'You really need to get some anger management. Honestly, you are too uptight.' Sesshomaru growled low at her as she tried to suppress a laugh.
'Just keep going, you are close to having nothing.' He ended with a very deep warning growl. Kagome submitted instinctively to him being the alpha male (not part of her pack but just because in their terms he is higher in 'society' so to speak, just so everyone knows.) with a small whimper and a wine.
"Sango, just sit tight, Kohaku will be better in a few minutes. If you would rather not watch his…motionless state, you can take a walk through the gardens. They do look lovely. Why don't you go see if you can find a nice bouquet?" Kagome turned to Sesshomaru to see if she could pick some flowers and he nodded curtly. Kagome turned to her friend and smile reassuringly. Sango slowly walked off and Kagome turned back to Kohaku.
"Okay. Kohaku, if you would be so kind as to let me see your back?" Kohaku turned around and loosened the ties to let the cloth covering his shoulder fall just a little to reveal a scare where the shard lay. Kagome stood behind him with one arm around his waist to support him if need be. She put her hand over the scare and a purple glow emitted from it as the shard came out. A surge went through Kohaku and he let out a gasp. Then his body fell limp in Kagome's grasp. She sat down with his body lying over her lap as she tucked the shard away.
Next she repositioned herself so his head rest in her lap and his limp body on the ground. Kagome could already feel his body becoming cold. She looked up at Sesshomaru who stared back at her showing no emotion.
"Now if you can use tensaiga, please bring him back." Kagome looked up at him eagerly. He made a swift motion to pull tensaiga from his waist. He held it over the body. Then he went into a sort of trance that Kagome couldn't understand.
Sesshomaru narrowed his glare at the gremlins poking at his body. He slashed at each of the beings and watched as they disappeared with a shriek. He sheathed his sword. And watched as did Kagome.
Then Kagome felt a pulse surge through his body and she felt the rhythm of his heart beating. Her own heart skipped a beat as his eyes flickered open and he sat up. He turned to look at Kagome.
"Kagome-chan? Where is nii-chan?" Kagome smile to him as she heard feet running to them. Then she saw Sango fall by her.
"KOHAKU!" Sango hugged Kohaku fiercely as he held onto her for life.
Kagome stood and walked up to Sesshomaru. She looked at him thoughtfully for a few seconds before bowing deeply.
"Thank you Sesshomaru. I don't know how we could repay you." Sesshomaru looked at her for a moment more before turning around to walk away.
"You have nothing to repay me for. Just finish your business and leave my castle." With that Sesshomaru walked away and into the castle.
Kagome turned to her friends. She almost fell over when she saw Kohaku smiling. He ran up to her.
"Thank you, Kagome-chan. I do feel better than before." His face softened. "Though I still feel the sin of what I did." Kagome knelt in front of him.
"I'm not going to say forget it, and that it is in the past. Because I know it is not easy to forget something like what you have gone through. But I will say I am happy that you do feel better than before. And I'm happy that I helped." Kohaku hugged Kagome and she returned it.
Soon they were on their way back to the village to tell everyone the great news of Kohaku and discuss what was to become of the Shikon no Tama.
A/N: In unison...AWWWWWWW. Isn't that just cute Sango has her little brother back, and he is happy. dont ask why, just like it. :) until next time. i will try to get the next chapter in as soon as i can. but the process is a long and stupid one.
Jamatane!