Chapter Four – Kaede's Village
Sango was following the figure for hours now. Many times in her pursuit through the tunnels did she lose sight of him. Her stealthy movements became sloppy, although he didn't seem to notice. He ran quickly and turned many corners, though Sango grew weary. She couldn't take too much more of this and had thought of going back. The Kohaku-like being started to slow down, looking around him before stepping further. Sango followed only to be halted in a chamber-like area. The tunnel had come to a dead end. Kohaku was nowhere in sight.
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Kaede's Village. Every time they had gone to see Kaede, Kagome couldn't help but get a chill going down her spine. Kagome asked that she may speak to the High Priestess, alone, of course. The others were escorted to the village temple. On her way she was praised and kneeled before.
"Lady Kikyo." One had said.
"That's Kikyo-Sama for those who respect her." Another corrected.
Kagome wasn't used to such admiration. Granted, it wasn't her name they were acclaiming. Kaede had come to greet her.
"Welcome back, Kagome." She addressed.
Kagome was more then happy to hear her voice again.
"Come this way." Kagome was notified.
Kaede had already boiled some herbs for her to drink. Kagome reluctantly accepted.
"Why is it ye come to see me?" Kaede asked.
Kagome waited a few seconds before searching through her bag. She pulled out the fur from this morning. She'd laid it in her palm for Lady Kaede to observe. Kagome handed it to Kaede.
"Can you tell me what animal this came from?" Kagome questioned.
She'd analyzed the fur thoroughly, though it took her an extended amount of time to conclude.
"I be not certain, though it hath the scent of the great Lord Sesshoumaru." She assumed.
Kagome had doubt written on her face. There was another secret on her mind.
"What's wrong, child?" Kaede noticed.
Kagome hadn't felt she had a choice. She'd decided to tell the priestess of the dreams she's been having. After her brief synopsis, she had taken a pause, then continued onto her next dream. Kaede-sama assessed her dreams, though did not respond.
"Does it mean anything?" Kagome asked
"Ay, child" said Kaede "Did ye say Sesshoumaru was in these nightmares?"
"Y-yes" She hesitated.
"It could be that ye have felt passion towards Inuyasha's half-brother." She paused.
Kagome sipped the tea curiously.
"In ye's case, anger, of course." Of course, she thought.
That was all she needed to know. Kagome was sure if she knew how the dreams were caused she would be able to stop them.
"If that's all, I guess we should be going now" Kagome informed Kaede.
Lady Kaede escorted Kagome to the others, who were in the middle of dinner. The others were ready to leave, though Inuyasha was still eating.
"Hey, what gives?!" Inuyasha yelled, with pieces of meat escaping his mouth.
"Don't you have any manners?" Shippo asked. "Its time to go, Inuyasha."
Kirara started to whine. Miroku instantly knew why.
"Don't worry, Kirara," He said "I'm sure Songo's safe."
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Sango was starting to feel nervous. The area she had before entered through was now replaced with another wall. She tried to climb, but it was no use; the edges were too flat, and her hands were starting to sweat. Sango started to feel a sense of claustrophobia coming on. Perhaps it was a trap.
The walls started closing in slowly. She tried to budge, but only ended up tripping over the rocks. She couldn't get up; the walls started moving faster and faster. Not even her boomerang could block the walls from moving in. The sounds of the rocks screeching were too much for her ears to take. The walls would collide around her in moments.
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Sesshoumaru, Rin and Jaken were resting nearby to a village. Rin was wandering nearby, venturing the area when she'd come across a book. Excitedly, Rin picked it up and brought it to Jaken.
"What is it, Master Jaken?" Rin asked cheerfully.
Jaken analyzed the strange book, flipping through its pages.
"It belongs to the human girl," Jaken whispered. "Don't let Lord Sesshoumaru find this or he'll have my head."
At the sound of his name Lord Sesshoumaru instantaneously took place of Jaken's shadow, standing over him. Jaken jumped out of place.
"Mi'lord" Jaken wheezed "I meant no disrespect! This insolent child had brought over this book of spells; I hadn't known what to do!"
Sesshoumaru was not interested in excuses, but hit Jaken over the head with Jaken's own staff. He then turned over to Rin, who was slightly nervous.
"Where did you find this, Rin?" He inquired.
"I found it near the village, Lord Sesshoumaru, honest!"
Sesshoumaru too flipped through the pages, baffled himself of what was written inside, until looking at the back page.
"Kagome Higurashi" He read.