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Everyone looked at him, they all knew he would have no problem killing Kouga. What had most of them worried, the one's who knew Kouga anyway. Was even if Kouga was to give them up peacefully they knew he was going to go on and on about Kagome and that would piss Sesshomaru off enough to kill him. With knowing this Inuyasha being the leader of his group felt it was his place to talk to Sesshomaru about what will most likely happen when Kouga finds out about Kagome. Inuyasha decided he would speak to Sesshomaru later about it. Not wanting to say some things in front of Rin.
The rest of the meal was in silence. Rin, Shippo and Sango decided to go to the spring to play and wash cloths while they had a chance. So that gave the guys time alone. Inuyasha had talked to Sango so this worked out well. Miroku and Inuyasha went off in search for Sesshomaru. They found him sitting in the Tree Of Ages. Sesshomaru had seen them coming and heard them before he saw them. So he jumped down to see what they wanted. Inuyasha was a little afraid to talk to his brother about this subject but he knew it had to be done.
"Sesshomaru I need to speak to you about tomorrow. It is about Kouga." Sesshomaru just raised an eye brow and waited for him to continue. Kagome had already told him all about Kouga but if his brother thought he needed to speak of it. He was going to let him have his say. He could sense Inuyasha nervousness and smelt it. He found this amusing and almost funny. Miroku who stood next to Inuyasha was just as nervous.
As he waited Sesshomaru leaned up against The Tree Of Ages. Soon Inuyasha finely got up his nerve and looking Sesshomaru in the eye and he started to speak. "Kouga has always been a great pain in my ass. He has always tried to lay claims to Kagome. He even went as far as to kidnap her and tried to force her into being his mate..." This made Sesshomaru stand up straight and give off a low growl. This was something that Kagome had never told him about. Now he wondered what else she had not told him about.
Inuyasha seeing his reaction and hearing the growl stopped and waited for his brother to calm himself before he started talking again. As soon as he sensed he had he continued."Like I was saying Sesshomaru. We got there in time to stop anything from happening to her. But he is always calling her his woman so when we go there tomorrow I know he is going to say it so be ready for hearing it. She has always tried to discourage him in that manor but he just does not listen.
Kagome has always called Kouga a friend. I had at one time made a promise to her to never harm any of her friends. When he did this she would not let me attack him for it. So I went back later without her knowing and beat the hell out of him for it. He has never tried anything that stupid again.."
Inuyasha stood and waited to see what Sesshomaru's reaction would be to what he had said . He could tell that most of what was said he seemed to already know about. But the part about the kidnapping was news to him. He didn't have to wait long for his answer.
"Thank you for the warning of the wolf. Although Kagome had already spoke to me of him but she left out the kidnapping he did. She also ask me to promise not to harm her friends. Now I know why." Inuyasha and Miroku watched as Sesshomaru's eyes changed from the soft look to a hard cold killers eyes so fast if they had blinked they would not have seen it. " But be warned Inuyasha. If the wolf is to come to harm It will be I who does it." Inuyasha stood and looked at him for a minute before answering him.
" I will have no problem with that if you promise me to keep Kikyo safe for me. As I will have to take the little ones out of the area to keep them safe and she would haft to be there because of the shards." Sesshomaru paused for a second then replied. "Agreed" said Sesshomaru "Only if it is the only way." said Inuyasha At this they all 3 nodded and Inuyasha satisfied with the conversation returned to the village with Miroku at his side.
Once back at the village Inuyasha went to talk to Kikyo. He explained all that they had talked about at The Tree Of Ages. He was concerned for her safety even thou Sesshomaru had promised to keep her safe if it came down to it. But he knew that Kikyo knew everything she needed to know about demons to be safe in case Sesshomaru was to be out of control. Kikyo reassured Inuyasha she did not think it would come down to a fight. Even thou she to had some doughts herself but she did not want to let Inuyasha or anyone else know about them.
Kikyo and Inuyasha told Sango they where going to The Bone Eaters Well to try to brake though the seal that was on it. Kikyo knew it would take some time before they would be able to do it and it would take allot of her powers and strength to do it. She also knew that only Inuyasha would be able to go though if it was opened up so he would be the one to be testing each time she would try.
Kikyo had explained to Inuyasha it all depended on how strong Kagome's seals where and how many she had placed on the well that would determinate how hard and how long it would take to do it. But she was sure she could do it with some time. One reason she was so sure she could do it was because she also held the Jewel and the powers it had would help her do it.
It was Sango and Miroku's jobs to keep Sesshomaru away from the well whenever they where trying to brake though. They did not want to let him know what they where doing. It would only make things harder on him and shorten his life span. Plus make life harder on them as well. With most cases of a demon walking away from their soul mate it is hard but this was different.
With Kagome being Kikyo's reincarnation she looked just like her but younger. So each time he looked at Kikyo it was like a shock to his soul. This was another reason why he was trying to stay away from the group as much as he could and everyone understood this. Kikyo took no offence at all to this she understood more than anyone else did what seeing her must be doing to him. Knowing this made her feel even worse than she already did. She really wanted Sesshomaru and Kagome to be able to be together again for many reasons.
In the past few months that Kikyo and Kagome had made there peace with each. Kikyo had gained allot of respect for Kagome. She had seen her powers and had even started helping her learn them better. In this amount of time she had started liking Kagome. She found her personality and happy ways refreshing to be around and always felt good when she was near by.
But there was another reason why Kikyo liked Kagome. Kagome had saved Kikyo on 1 occasion by taking a sword that was meant for her in by doing this the sword went all the way though her shoulder. If Kikyo had taken the blow from the sword the wound she would have gotten would have let all her souls that kept her alive escape and she would have died. In the battle they where in Kagome had went looking for Kikyo simply because she was worried about her. After both where hurt badly. Kagome from the sword thou the shoulder and Kikyo with a broken arm.
They where both sure to die. But with fast thinking Kikyo was able to hold the bow and Kagome was able to string the arrow and pull the bow string. With them working together they where able to save each other from death. After the battle was over Kikyo had ask Kagome why she did not run when she had the chance 2 times to do so. Why she stayed even thou it looked as if she was going to die for doing it. Kagome just smiled at Kikyo and replied.
" Because Inuyasha is my best friend and he loves you. I would do anything to make him or any friend of mine happy. Plus I will not leave anyone to die if there is a chance I can save them." They dressed each others wounds and went there own ways after that. It was on that day that Kikyo realized that Kagome did not love Inuyasha and was not trying to take him away from her. After that all the hate she had felt to Kagome slipped away.
When Kikyo and Inuyasha reached the well they started their work. Kikyo would do her part then Inuyasha would jump into the well to try to brake though to the other side. Each time with the same results. What they didn't know was they where doing good. Because in the modern time with Kagome One of the 10 sutra seals she had placed on the well had started to crack not much but it was a start.
While they worked Inuyasha kept a close watch on Sesshomaru's aura that was still at The Tree Of Ages. He had fallen asleep up in it's branches. While in Kagome's time she had been laying in her room all day and was tired of being there. As she looked out her window she saw the tree that stood in the court yard. She decided to go and sit under it. She always felt at ease while being near the old tree. She hoped it would help make things a little easer for her now. So with that in mind she got ready and told her mother she was going outside for a bit but not far and not to worry about her.