Chapter Four- Where Do I Belong
Kagome shuffled through the kimono's that hung in her closest. She looked for something special something that told Sesshoumaru that she would do whatever it took to redeem her composure. 'Blue, green, yellow, orange, black, pink, purple. All these colors seem wrong!' Kagome sighed roughly. Her eyes skimmed the selection. Her eyes fell on a deep crimson kimono with a white ori. A sly smile crept on her face as she seen how the decorative leaves floated down the left side.
Kagome grabbed the outfit and went to the mirror. Quickly she dressed, looking absolutely stunning, but it wasn't enough. Kagome's hair had grown past her thighs. She picked it up from behind her and ran a brush though it quickly. She put it in a ponytail, but hated how it looked. After redoing her hair time and time again Kagome ran the brush through her hair once more. Slowly she picked up the top layer of her hair and twisted it, and then after settling a clip to hold it she let the rest of her hair drop. She couldn't help but smile at the way she looked. 'I look like I belong here.' Kagome's smile twisted, she ran to her bag and took out a red butterfly necklace, along with earrings that matched.
A knock came on the door between Sesshoumaru's and her room. Kagome didn't answer, amused when he tried to open it and got shocked. She could hear him curse. Quickly Kagome grabbed a small dagger and slipped it in the small sheath that rested on the inner part of her leg. She could feel Sesshoumaru move around to the front door and knock.
Kagome ran to the balcony and stood there, looking outside as she gathered herself. Another knock sounded at the door.
"Enter." Kagome said slightly icy. Her words were a little uneasy, but she knew she could fix it later.
The door crept open up Kagome didn't move. She could faintly make out the steps of the Lord. When he was directly behind her she turned around, her hair swayed. Sesshoumaru stared at her for several long moments. His eyes a bit wider then what they had been.
"Lord Sesshoumaru." Kagome bowed deeply. Her hair draped over her shoulder. She stayed that way until Sesshoumaru reached under her chin and lifted her face.
"You look beautiful." His statement was so innocent, causing Kagome to blush ever so slightly.
"Thank you milord." Kagome forced her head back down before dipping up. "Are you ready to eat lord Sesshoumaru?" Kagome smiled, driving him crazy.
"What is your decision?" His voice turned gruff and even slightly hoarse. He was shifty, nervous and hoping.
"We shall discuss the matter over dinner." Kagome replied boldly, walking out of the room, her posture was filled with complete elegance and well being.
Sesshoumaru let out a little growl. 'She really like's to push this Sesshoumaru.' He followed her, stopping behind her as she stood that the entrance of the hall. Gazing beyond the miko he could see that all the servants bowed deeply. Rin was at the front of the group, bowing and then standing straight, running to Kagome.
"Lady Kagome!" Rin's words hit the women harder than her body did as the little girl ran into her. "Rin is so glad that you are back, Rin was always asking lord Sesshoumaru when lady Kagome would come back." Rin smiled, stars in her eyes. "Do you know what lord Sesshoumaru said Kagome?"
"Rin-…" Sesshoumaru's voice was cold but Kagome cut him off.
"What did lord Sesshoumaru say Rin?" Kagome was curious, Sesshoumaru was protecting something and Rin was being the innocent little girl she always was.
Rin looked at Kagome's face and laughed a little. "He said ' this Sesshoumaru doesn't know, but I hope we will find her soon Rin.' We all missed you lady Kagome." Rin jumped towards Kagome again, the woman wrapped her arms around the happy child.
"I missed all of you too Rin." Kagome's voice sorrowed, sounding hollow in the grand halls.
"Ladies, shall we eat?" Sesshoumaru barked, watching the servants as they bolted upright and hurry off to their work.
"Lord Sesshoumaru where is master Inuyasha? Should he not be here to celebrate lady Kagome's return?" Rin was still standing in front of Kagome her small face had confusion written all over it. Slowly she turned to Kagome, feeling she needed to explain as much as she could. "Master Inuyasha has not been coming to dinner since a little while after you left and he returned to the palace. I think-…"
"Rin, some things are better off when you don't know what happened ok." Kagome mood darkened. Inuyasha had ignored his honour. His place in the palace all because the woman he wanted to use for her replacement was dead. "Lord Sesshoumaru, Rin, let us eat." Kagome held her head up higher then spotted a servant. "You there, servant, fetch the boy Kyouko and master Inuyasha, it is demanded that they are at dinner. Now go quickly!" Kagome barked the order then entered the dining room. The table had been replaced, the chair looked new but Kagome knew that they were just redone. Everything looked wonderful, just like she had left it.
Kagome seated herself to the right of Sesshoumaru as Rin sat beside her. The girls kept their heads bowed until Sesshoumaru gave the order for the food to be set on the table. The door crept open and Kyouko shoved his head inside. "Lady Kagome!" he cried, but he held his composure and walked over to her gracefully.
"Kyouko." Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru, who gave an approving nod. Only then did she rise quickly and walk to the center of the room, meeting Kyouko in a huge hug.
"Lady Kagome, when will we continue our search?" Kyouko looked eager, he never was one for the palace life, then again neither was she.
"When I have repaid a favour and finished my leftover business in the palace." Kagome looked to the servant who had lead Kyouko to the room. "Servant, where is master Inuyasha?" Kagome seen the servant bow her head slowly, then looked up.
"He says he is sorry to inform you that he shall not be joining the group for dinner." The servant said swiftly, watching Kagome's face turn red in anger.
"Wanna bet!" Kagome walked out of the dining hall and up the stairs, taking two lefts and a right, then stared down a long hallway, Sesshoumaru's room was the first one, then Kagome's then on the opposite side of Sesshoumaru's was Rins room, then the one across from Kagome's was Kyouko's. It was the third room down that belonged to Inuyasha. Kagome stormed up to the door and pounded on it three times waiting for an answer. "Inuyasha open the door right now!" Kagome screamed at the closed door. She heard footsteps and the door crept open slowly.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha's face reddened as he could see her face flushed with anger.
Kagome shoved the door farther open, revealing a quickly dressing demoness. "Kyo!" Kagome snapped. She barged into the room and quickly grabbed the demon's hair. "What the hell are you doing in this room, get out right now! Go make yourself useful!" Kagome threw her to the ground and watched as the beauty scurried out of the room, shutting the door behind her.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Inuyasha stormed up to her. Kagome was angered beyond all words. She was gone and Inuyasha was having his fun screwing with the one person who tried to kill her and return her to Naraku.
"I think I am Kagome Higarashi, the lady of this palace!" Kagome snapped back, trying not to take her anger out on Inuyasha.
"You have no right to kick her out of my room how dare you-…?" Inuyasha stared at her like she was an alien.
"No how dare YOU Inuyasha. I was gone, fighting with my life to stay alive and here you were having sex with the one person who almost killed me in the first place-…" Kagome waved her hands around like she was retarded.
"Kyo never would have hurt you, you don't even know her-…" Inuyasha tried to defend the demoness.
"No you don't know her. She belongs to Naraku and he wants me for some stupid reason, that's why the mixed blood Kouji took me in the first place." Kagome stalked up closer to the knucklehead. "Maybe it is you who doesn't know her!"
"You have no decision in the matter!" Inuyasha growled. Kagome flung her katana and held it to the denying Hanyou's throat.
"The decision I have is deciding whether I should kill her the next time I see her!" Kagome broke. Her anger flared her aura and send dangerous waves of power through the palace. "I am not as defenseless as I was the last time you left me Inuyasha. I have learnt to kill without mercy and don't think for a second that you mean anything important to me that makes you so special. I could kill you just as quick as I could anyone else.
"But you won't will you Kagome?" Inuyasha taunted the angered miko. Kagome stared to gather her miko powers when the door burst open, Sesshoumaru and Kyouko scrambled into the room, Kyouko running up to Kagome and Sesshoumaru to his brother.
"Lady Kagome, he is not the enemy, you don't want to kill him, he is your friend!" Kyouko hugged her, but her gaze did not faultier.
"If I see that whore again I will kill her cleanly and then let her blood spill over your bed you got the Inuyasha." Kagome huffed and spun around, walking out the door and slamming it behind her.
"I am sorry master Inuyasha, lady Kagome has been uptight ever since she had an extreme encounter with Naraku. She won't tell anyone about it, but ever since my brother died, we haven't been able to talk about our pasts at all." Kyouko looked at the ground, thoughts of Shinya flashed in his conscious. He let out a small bow and left the room in a hurry.
"What the hell just happened?" Sesshoumaru shot Inuyasha dirty looks. "Why did the palace feel like it was going to fall apart!" the lord gripped his brothers shoulders and shook then harshly. "Inuyasha!"
"Kagome has so much power. I didn't know what happened, I was with Kyo going over battle plans and Kagome burst into my room, snapping at me. She threw Kyo and then her power was-…" his explanation faltered, staring at his brother in deep shock. "She sent a shock wave of her miko powers through the palace, so she wouldn't hurt me." Sesshoumaru smirked a little.
"Sesshoumaru, she has so much power now, she isn't the Kagome I know-…"