Chapter 18- Plan in motion
Inuyasha woke up the next morning to the usual call of breakfast. He knew that he would have to be on time for once if he wanted to talk to his brother before he went to the office. Inuyasha had no idea what he was going to do but he knew that he would not be able to protect Kagome if he was working while she was at a public shrine and all alone. 'I won't let her be unprotected. I will always protect her.' He thought as he walked into the dining room only to meet the shocked faces of his family.
"Uncle Inuyasha?" a shocked Kira was heard.
"Yes, I'm up earl and if any one of you makes one joke you will regret it." Inuyasha growled as he bared his fangs as a sign that they better to what he said or else.
"I see that my lazy brother if out of bed. I am glad to see that your miko has had this affect on you." Sesshomaru was heard as he walked right by his brother.
"Sesshomaru that goes for you too." Inuyasha was heard as he followed his brother.
Shippo, quickly knowing his place, stood up and moved from his spot so that his father would be able to sit next to his uncle. 'I wonder why Otu is up so early. He doesn't go into work until another two hours.' He thought as he took a seat next to his meat. Once they were all seated Sesshomaru turned to his brother and asked, "Do you have a meeting today?"
"No, I need to talk to you and Shippo in your study before you leave. This can't wait." Inuyasha growled out in a serious voice.
"I see…well than let us go now. I have meeting that I cannot be late for." Sesshomaru stated as he stood up.
"Sesshomaru?" Rin was heard.
"Rin, you are welcomed to join us…as for the rest of you I shall see you all at dinner." Sesshomaru growled as he walked out and led the way to his study. 'What has my brother so tense…has she given him her answer so soon?' he couldn't help but think.
Once they were in the study, Sesshomaru closed the door and turned to face his brother only to be surprised that he had taken his sit at the desk. Sesshomaru let out a warning growl and said, "Unless you intend to take off this family I suggest you stand down…little brother."
"I intend to take control now." Inuyasha growled back as his kept his eyes locked with his brother. He knew that the only way he would be listened to and that all of his orders were carried out without the approval of his brother he would have to become the leader of the pack.
"Otu? Otu what happened? Is Oka alright?" a very worried Shippo was heard as he approached his father.
"Sesshomaru unless you give me full control over the matter I am about to state I will not stand down." Inuyasha was heard.
"Damn it! What's wrong with my mother?!" Shippo explored.
"I see…whatever that has to deal with this matter the pack will answer to you. Now speak." Sesshomaru was heard.
"Kagome is going to be attacked once the dragon miko is born. We have to find the dragon miko before new years and we have to have protection over Kagome's family. There is a demon that wants the same power that Naraku wanted and there is a group of miko's, demon's, hanyou's and demon slayer's that want to kill Kagome if she doesn't purify the jewel." Inuyasha explained as he turned to face his son.
"No" Shippo whispered.
"Shippo I know that we thought it was over with but we have to find the dragon miko now…I need your help." Inuyasha was heard as he kept his eyes locked with that of his son.
"Inuyasha what will you need of me?" Sesshomaru quickly asked.
"I need you to make sure that everyone does their part in keeping a watch on Kagome and her family. Have Eri look after Kagome and make sure that she isn't obsessed." Inuyasha ordered. "Rin I need you and Shippo to start looking for Kagome's other classmates. Have them come and see me at my office."
"Inuyasha what about Koga?" Shippo asked.
"I already know what he is going to do for us. Just do what I asked for please." Inuyasha answered.
"We'll have everything you have asked for by the end of the day." Sesshomaru answered as he began to walk out of the study.
"Sesshomaru…I need you to stay for a while longer. Shippo you go and make sure that your family is safe and make sure that Lilly starts training your pups again." Inuyasha ordered.
"Yes, Otu." Shippo replied as he and Rin began to walk out.
Once they were out of the study, Inuyasha turned to his brother and waited for him to sit down. Once he was seated, Inuyasha took in a deep breath and said, "I need something from you."
"I know…you need me to use my role as role of these lands to find out who the hell is after our family." Sesshomaru stated.
"I also need you to train Kagome." Inuyasha replied.
"Why should I train your miko when she is already a miko and demon slayer master from what Sango had told me." Sesshomaru asked.
"I know but I want to make sure that she knows how to fight like a demon when she faces demons. I want her to be able to keep up with them." Inuyasha replied.
"I shall do my best, however you will tell her why it is she is training with me, otherwise I will." Sesshomaru stated before he left the room.
'Great, now I still have to tell her…I just hope she doesn't take it that bad.' Inuyasha thought as he slammed his fist on the desk.
Meanwhile Kagome stood outside with the bow that Inuyasha had given her the day before. The bow would change to fit her power and it wouldn't crack when she would put too much power behind it. She could even use it with other powers. She knew that she would have to someone sooner or later and she knew that she had to do something about it than but right now all she wanted to do was practice let out her stress.
"I'm just glad that we have a chance now." Kagome told herself as she lowered her bow.
"Are you really going to forgive him?" Sota's voice entered her ears as began to relax.
"Sota…I told you that I wasn't going to help you anymore if you wouldn't stop sneaking up on me." Kagome hissed. 'I was just about to work on my technique with earth and he almost caught me.' She thought.
"Sorry sis but you also told me to come back once I found your old bow and I found it." Sota stated in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Uh…come one because I still need to see how much energy you can put into an arrow and how many of them you can shot before you run out of energy." Kagome said as she handed him a quiver of arrows.
"Come on Kagome…I want to try something other than the same shit every day." Sota said as he lifted his bow and took aim.
"Sota…I don't want you to overdo it." Kagome stated as she turned to face her brother.
"You know…you can always have someone else teach me if you don't want to teach me the right way. I know I was suppose to stop doing this a week ago." Sota stated in a soft tone as he took his aim.
"Sota it's not that I don't want to, I'm glad that I can teach you but I don't want you to hate me if I put you through the same training I was put through. I don't want you to break down." Kagome explained in a softer tone as she kept her eyes on her brothers energy filled arrow as it hit its target.
"That's why you should just let me find my own teacher…someone you trust." Sota growled as he turned to face his sister. "I can take care of myself and I want to prove it to you."
"Sota…I…"but before she could continue saying what she wanted to say, Sango and Miroku appeared at the top of the stairs as she began to relax. Once she was sure that everything was ok she turned to her brother and said, "Fine, you want someone else than you'll have it your way."
"Kagome?" Sango asked.
"Miroku…can you take Sota so that Vetis and Verin can train him. I trust them and don't tell them that he is my brother. I don't want him to get special treatment." Kagome replied as she kept her eyes on her friend.
"Sure…lets go kid." Miroku said as he began to back away slowly.
"Uh…right behind you." Sota was heard as he broke out into a run.
"Ok…what was up with that?" Sango asked as she turned to face her best friend.
"Oh, my brother didn't like the fact that I was going easy on him so I'm having Miroku take him to the toughest miko trainer around." Kagome answered in an innocent voice.
"I see…so you really don't want to hurt him so you send him to someone that he will be able to hate." Sango replied.
"Exactly…anyway what were you guys doing here? I thought you guys had some things to do." Kagome stated in an innocent voice.
"Oh, yeah, Sesshomaru wanted to talk to you and gave me a call. We were already going to stop by and talk to you but he just asked me to take you to his house." Sango stated.
"Oh, well let me just leave a note for my mom and we'll go. I was just about to tell Sota I had to go but I guess it could wait." Kagome explained as she turned to face her friend with a smile.
"Ok, but I think we're going to have to take your car." Sango said as she couldn't help but laugh.
"I know…just give me a minute." Kagome stated.
He watched from a distance knowing that he would soon have what he wanted. He would find the dragon miko and he would use her and this weak miko in order to become the strongest demon alive. 'I will become stronger than any other demon and I will rule the world.' He thought as he turned to leave.
He was a cat demon and had been keeping an eye on Kagome since he had found out of the jewel. He was born just as the feudal era came to an end and knew that he would never get the chance to rule his own lands or to fight to become the lord of any lands. His parents had been killed and he had been left to be raised by some weak humans that knew nothing about him.
'Now all I have to do is make sure that they don't get to my prize first.' He thought as he walked away while keeping himself well hidden.
Once they were ready to go, Kagome and Sango got into Kagome's car and drove off to meet Sesshomaru. Kagome had no idea what it was he wanted but she just hoped that this wasn't about her and Inuyasha. So far no one was staying out of it but she had a feeling that that was going to change soon. 'I just hope that things don't get to weird. I mean I already know what my answer is but I just want to make sure that I'm not going to get hurt again.' She thought as they entered the house.
"Kagome, Sango, I'm so glad you two are here. Come on Sesshomaru is in the dojo with Kira, and Misa…they should be finishing up soon." A very happy Rin was heard.
"You're pregnant again aren't you?" Sango asked as she closed the door.
"Uh…yeah, is it that noticeable?" Rin asked as she tried to hide her growing blush.
"Short of…you acted like this when you were pregnant with Kira." Sango answered.
"Well let's get going because it's my turn to start dinner today." Kagome said as she began to walk up ahead.
Once she was out of ear shot, Rin stopped Sango and turned to face her. Knowing that Sango would never betray her trust she asked, "Does she think that anything is wrong?"
"No, she just wants to make sure that the family is alright. She doesn't know what's going on." Sango answered.
"Good because if she finds out about our plans Inuyasha is going to be very upset." Rin said as she let out a long sigh.
"So how long?" Sango asked.
"Oh, for about a month now…he was just able to pick up the scent two days ago." Rin answered as they quickly caught up to meet up with Kagome and Sesshomaru.