"Kagome, what the hell is going on here?" Inuyasha's voice sounded slightly muffled but I really couldn't care less. Was it not just hours ago when he wanted to send the vulnerable child to hell? Even now I was slightly wary though I knew from the look of awe that had crawled over Inuyasha's face as soon as Inuyasha had Fluff in his arms that he wouldn't. Despite the fact that Inuyaha had momentarily thought about-and nearly acted mind you- about it, he loved kids.
In fact, he told me once that when he and I mated-. I blushed fire at the thought. Though, at the time he was dying from the final battle with Naraku. A part of me still hoped that that would still be possible after Sango, Miroku and Kohaku rebuilt the village.
"Earth to Kay, is anyone in there?" Inuyasha knocked on my forehead bringing me out of my reverie.
"What Inu-Baka?" I rolled my eyes and heaved-and very theatrically at that- a heavy sigh.
"Don't make me step on you, wenchy-midget." He smirked and I ignored his comment playfully. "We have a problem in the name of Bastard."
I groaned. "C'mon, you go find Shippou and I'll take him and go see Kaede again."
He nodded.
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"Lady Kaede!" The older priestess turned and frowned slightly.
"Child, this is not the curse I thought it was at first. I'm thankful but his one in detrimental." Kaede sat down in the field and motioned for me to follow suit." The apparent purpose of this curse is to weaken a youkai-especially a Daiyoukai-greatly. By making him a child, the caster lowers his strength. Since the curse was tampered with it doesn't work right." She paused to watch Fluffy play and dig in the dirt.
"He was supposed to be a demon child at night and a human child during the day." This was supplied by me. I'd just realized the intent of the caster. Someone with great magical capability wanted Sesshomaru dead.
All color ran screaming from my face and body. Sesshomaru, while brutal and calculating, was honorable and trustworthy. He'd helped to defeat Naraku, for which I granted him the growth of his arm.
"Aye child..." A long pause. "I suggest you take your kitsune and the child to the Western lands. Something is afoot there."
I nodded just as Inuyasha bounded to us and dropped Shippou in my lap. He was not going to take this very well.