Chapter 17- The problems begin
For the next couple of days Kagome had handed out her gifts to her family and was able to surprise everyone when she handed everyone a present. Once she was done, Kagome had spend the day at Inuyasha's and Sesshomaru's house. She had no idea that he was waiting for his house to be finished until tonight. Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Sota, Kim, Ms. Higurashi, her grandfather, and both Shippo's and Sesshomaru's family were all eating in the dining room when Inuyasha's cell phone rang.
"Inuyasha either ignore the call or take it elsewhere." Sesshomaru was heard.
"I know…hello?" Inuyasha replied as he began to stand up. "Oh, hey Koga…really that's great…I'll start moving in tomorrow…yeah…wait…is everything ready….I mean everything."
"Shippo since when did Inuyasha and Koga get along?" Kagome turned to face her son.
"Since Koga was the one remodeling his house and since Koga was the best in the business." Shippo answered.
"Grandmamma Kagome…can you come play with us?" Shippo's youngest daughter was heard as she was joined by her brothers and sisters.
"I'd love to…if you all will excuse me." Kagome said as she stood up for her seat.
"Kagome…you haven't eaten much. Are you feeling alright?" her mother asked in a worried voice.
"You must eat to keep up your strength." Her grandfather added.
"I'm fine…really." Kagome said before she left.
"Are you going to attend our New Year's party?" Emeri was heard as she watched her walk out.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world."Kagome answered before she ran after the kids.
"What time will you all be arriving? We will have a limo pick you all up." Rin asked as she turned to face Ms. Higurashi.
"Oh, well Kagome wanted to be here on time so I'm sure that we're going to be joining her when she comes here." She answered.
"Yeah, sis said she wanted to make sure that she was here to meet all of your friends and any other family that was out of town." Sota added.
"We will all be arriving together and we will be arriving ten minutes before the party begins." Gramps was heard.
"I shall send a limo to pick you four up at six thirty." Sesshomaru stated.
"Thank you dear…Emeri how have you gotten use to being a mother?" Ms. Higurashi was heard.
Meanwhile Kagome was running in the garden and was chasing after her grandchildren. Kagome knew that they loved her as much as she loved them. Just as she caught Shippo's grandchild she felt it. It was a strong demon aura. Kagome quickly placed a barrier around each of her grandchildren's and her great grandchildren's. 'I don't have my bow or arrows…I left my weapons at home…shit.' She thought as she kept her guard up and waited for the demon to appear.
After growing tired of waiting for the demon to show his or herself, Kagome took in a deep breath and said, "Show yourself or leave."
"Well…it would seem that it is true…the miko that holds the shikon jewel is related to the Takahashi family. Well I will be taking the jewel or your family." He growled as a huge bear demon appeared in the garden.
"Grandmamma!" all the children yelled.
"Stay back." Kagome ordered as she began to glow a dark blue color. "If you hurt any of them I will make sure you live through hell and back." She growled.
"I'd like to see you try…girl." He growled before he attacked her.
Just as he was about to land a blow, Kagome was pulled out of the way as she felt a bow and some arrows being handed to her. Kagome turned to see Inuyasha landing in front of their family. "I'll get them out of the way…do you think you can purify him with one arrow?" she heard him say.
"Yeah, just get them out of the way." Kagome answered as she gripped the bow and arrow before stepping up. 'Is he really letting me do this on my own? Inuyasha…you've changed…what happened to you?' she thought.
"You better not get hurt wench." He growled.
"Just go and make sure that everything is ok inside." Kagome hissed as she allowed her energy to escape from the jewel. The jewel was no longer the clear color it once was but a brilliant white color.
"I will kill you and take the jewel." He growled.
Without another word Kagome acted as if she was about to ran away and made the demon jump over her. By the time he had realized what she had done it was too late, he was hit in the chest with an arrow surround by purifying energy. As she closed her eyes to hid the jewel again, Kagome heard her mother's and grandfathers shocked voice say, "Kagome…when did you get so strong?"
"Oh, did you see that?" Kagome asked in an innocent voice.
"Grandmamma, grandmamma…that was so cool." She heard the children yell.
"Shippo! I told you not to let them watch!" an enraged Lilly was heard as she walked over to her mate.
"Kagome you have no idea how proud of you I am." Her grandfather was heard.
"Yeah, well…I think we should all get inside. I'm going to leave now so that I don't cause any more trouble." Kagome stated. "I'm sorry for this." She added as she turned and bowed at Sesshomaru and Rin.
"Kagome, would you like us to go with you?" her worried mother was heard.
"No, I'm fine, I'll leave you the car and I'll walk home. I could use some time to think about some things." Kagome answered.
"I'll take her home. I have to go and meet up with Koga anyway." Inuyasha was heard as he placed his grandchild down.
"I think that would be wise…Sango are you two still going to go to the mall and the park tomorrow?" Rin was heard as she sniff all of her family members to make sure that they were all alright.
"Kagome…do you want me to go with you?" Sota was heard.
"No, I'll be fine. I'll meet you guys at home. Besides, I want to go and talk to Koga and Ayame. I want to clear things between us." Kagome replied as she walked over to join Inuyasha's side.
"Inuyasha you better keep my daughter safe." Ms. Higurashi's cold voice was heard.
"I will always protect her." Inuyasha growled as he began to lead the way.
"Oh and take the car not your bike." Rin called out as she walked over and wrapped her arms around her mate.
Once they were in the car, Kagome looked though Inuyasha's CD collection and was glad that he listened to some of the music she had recently started to listen. As she popped in a CD she said, "After we meet Koga are you going to take me home or did you plan this?"
"I'll take you home if that's what you want." Inuyasha answered in a calm tone. 'How did you know that I wanted to take her somewhere. Howe did she know that I had planned this?' he couldn't help to think as he kept his eyes on the road.
"I could use some time on my own." Kagome answered.
"Then I guess we're going to go to the park after words. But I'm going to have to go back home early seeing as how I have to pack." Inuyasha said as he made a left.
Once they arrived at the house, Kagome got down and was glad to see Ayame and Koga standing at the front of the house waiting for them to reach them. Once they were close enough, Kagome smiled and said, "I'm glad that you're here also Ayame."
"I was told to be here. So what is it you wanted to talk to me about?" Ayame asked as she led Kagome away from the boys. 'Koga you better tell him now.' She thought.
Once Kagome was out of ear shot, Inuyasha turned to Koga and asked, "Why did you want Kagome to come with me? Why did you need to see me now?"
"Inuyasha, Ayame and I have heard some things that concern Kagome." Koga stated. When it came to the safety of his friends and family he would not beat around the bush. He would be bold and blunt about it.
"What have you heard?" Inuyasha asked as he tried to keep calm. 'I have Tetsusiga in the trunk so if I need it I'll be fine.' He thought.
"Inuyasha, there is someone after Kagome. They want the jewel so that they can rule the world. They aren't going to come after her until they find out who the dragon miko is." Koga explained as he lead Inuyasha away from the house and to the giant tree in the front. The house was not the one like Sesshomaru but a simple one. It was a two story house and that had a decent front yard.
"Do you know who is after them and why?" Inuyasha asked.
"They are after the dragon miko because they know that she is the only one that can either purify the jewel or make it stronger." Koga answered.
"Who are they?" Inuyasha growled as he tried to control his demon.
"Who are…Inuyasha sit!" Kagome yelled as she quickly noticed his eyes bleeding into a red color.
"Kagome." A shocked Koga was heard.
"Kagome! Why did you ran off and why is Inuyasha in the ground." Ayame was heard as she approached them.
"I felt his demon aura waking up. Inuyasha if you were about to attack Koga just because of what happened then you better forget out that second chance of yours." Kagome hissed as she walked over to Koga's and Ayame's side.
"Uh…Kagome…he didn't know about that." Koga whispered into her ear knowing that the inu-hanyou could still here him.
"Oh…um…Ayame why don't you show me the inside of the house." Kagome offered before she pulled her away knowing that she would be yelled at if she stayed.
"Bitch." Inuyasha growled.
"Don't let her here you say that." Koga warned.
"Just tell me who I have to go and kill." Inuyasha growled.
"You can't go and kill any one because I have no idea where or who these demons are at. There is also word that some miko's, demon, hanyou's, and demon slayers are planning on killing and dragon miko and if necessary Kagome." Koga explained.
"Does anyone else know about this?" Inuyasha asked as he led the way to his car to grab a hold of Tetsusiga. 'Even after this long, I still have to worry about her safety…her innocence.' He thought sadly.
"Just you and me…Ayame wants me to talk to Sesshomaru also but I thought that you would talk to him and then let me know that you would talk to me once you two had something planned out." Koga answered.
"Ok…make sure that no one knows about this. I will handle this and I will call you later when I know what we are going to do." Inuyasha stated as he looked at the house only to see Kagome looking down at him with a smile on her face before she mouthed the word sit.
'Wench knows what she does to me.' He thought before he turned to Koga and said, "I'm going to start moving in tomorrow and hopefully I'll have Sesshomaru help me talk to her family."
"Why?" Koga asked in a curious voice.
"Because they need to be protected. As for Kagome, I think it would be better if she didn't know. She would push herself to much in order to protect her family instead of herself." Inuyasha explained as he began to walk over to the house.
"Ok, but you better make sure that she doesn't find out about this unless you tell her. The last thing she needs is to think that you are keeping more secrets form her." Koga warned as he opened the front door.
"I know…but the truth is that sometimes you have to keep stuff from the one you love for their own good." Inuyasha stated as he turned to face the front part of the house.
After they had talked and all eaten together, Kagome went home and made sure that she wasn't alone in the house. After making sure that her family was in the house, Kagome placed up a barrier around the shrine and went to bed. 'I wonder if I can do what happened the last time I trained with Vetis…I guess I could try it when I meet Sango for practice before we go to the mall.