Well, I can't wait to keep going, so here we are.

Not the owner of InuYasha etc. etc. etc.

Chapter Two: The Palace of the West

Kaminari entered the grand hall with a bitter smile, knowing that she would find her portrait hanging on the marble next to that of her father. The painting gave a glow to her, with long curled hair cascading around her and the moko-moko hanging from her armor with honor. The dye used for her eyes gave off a luminous tone of melted gold.

From the door the hanyou entered. "So you are my half-sister then?" He asked with crossed arms over his puffed up chest. "Just like Sesshomaru aren't you?"

"In many ways yes, my litter mate and I are the same. Yet I remember a time when my brother looked forward to having a younger brother to teach the politics of war to." She welcomed his presence at her side. "One day Sesshomaru will be on this wall, and so will you."

"I don't want anything to do with this family." He snapped as he took in the sight of his father. "That bastard left me to a world where no one wanted anything to do with me. Every creature in this world hates me." InuYasha turned his face to the female. "Except Kagome, she has proved that even a human can love something like me."

"I do not doubt that many females enjoy you, little brother." The words felt foreign on her tongue. "But know that with my return many changes will come to the palace of the west. Including your role here." She turned on nimble feet and left the hall.

Sesshomaru looked from his papers laying on his desk to find the miko companion of his brother standing in the open door. "Can we talk?" It was the first time that the miko had come to him for a 'talk' since they had changed relationships months before. InuYasha had never been clued in to their meetings, or the deal the pair had reached regarding the Shikon Jewel. Kagome entered the room fully, closing the door behind herself before walking up to sit across from him at the low table.

Sesshomaru placed the reed back in the case and laid his hand over the paper he had been working on to wait for her to begin. She was fidgeting once more before him, with her hands working away at the loose threads of her skirt. He cleared his throat and watched as she sighed, lifting her hands and resting them on the table.

"What is it miko?"

"You never mentioned a sister." Her statement hung in the air for a full minute before he leaned away from the desk to examine her. "We talked about everything, about every one… but not her."

"I did not see reason in bringing someone into knowledge that was thought dead for nearly two hundred years." He sighed. "Was that all miko, I am very busy." She stood walking from the room with her head held high, at the door she stopped and looked back at the demon. He had his reed back in his hand and was trying with all of his might to write as neatly as possible.

"I can write for you, if you wish." She smiled when he looked up and growled. Approaching his side of the desk she took his seat and began to work on his letters.

"She seems nice." Kagome mentioned finishing the last of the letters and handing it to him to seal. "Were you close?"

"Closer than even you can imagine." He stood and called for a messenger to receive the letters and deliver them to the other lords. "To the other houses' within the night." The messenger bowed and left the room. Sesshomaru felt her approach; she stood behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Miko…"

"I am sorry that you have hurt for so long." She sniffed past tears. "And I hope that you can express how it felt to me some day." She released her hold and stepped to the door, her soft palm coming to rest on his cheek before leaving him alone in his study. Kagome entered her quarters to find Shippou and Rin enjoying the achievements of her time. "Time for bed you two." Pouting Shippou turned large green eyes up at his mother.

"Please just a few more minutes." He whimpered next to Rin.

"Alright, but only because you two hardly see each other." Kagome stretched on her bed and closed her eyes to think about all that had occurred since the battle had begun that morning.

Sesshomaru felt his sister approaching his study; he leaned away from the table as she entered without knocking. "You have sent the letters?" She demanded coming to a stop before him. He nodded watching her face changed through several emotions before stopping at annoyed. "And you made sure to send one east didn't you?"

"The one you are worried about was killed nearly a decade after you vanished… he left behind a nephew to take his place." Sesshomaru watched Kaminari lower herself onto the cushion across from him with a gasp. "I seen that he was buried properly, I can take you to his grave when you have been acknowledged as an heir to the west once more." His twin nodded leaning against the table.

"So who is this nephew of his, did I know him?"

"He has the family eyes, large and blue… a bit young though."

Kagome went to find InuYasha, rounding a corner to find him looking at the paintings in the great hall. Standing beside him she looked to her feet as she cleared her throat. "I have something to tell you…"

"She says that everything is going to change." He looks to her sadly. "What's on your mind girl?"

"Oh, well Sesshomaru and I—"

"I knew you were helping him with those letters, I checked in on you before I came back here." InuYasha grumbled. "I don't see how you can stand to be so close to him with him being so callous."

"He seems that way to a lot of people but he acts different around me." Kagome hooked her arm into InuYasha's and they left the hall in search of restful sleep. They parted ways at Kagome's door and InuYasha left to find Kikyo, needing to speak with her about all that had happened.

Oh yeah, I went there.

Pleasant Readings;

Addy Eli