After breakfast Takara slowly walked back to Sesshomaru's room.
"I have so much to do and now I have to drag him around with me.." she sighed reaching his room.
"Come in" Sesshomaru called out before she had a chance to knock
"I'm sorry to disturb you but i would like to get a start on my days work"
Sesshomaru growled remembering the promise he had been forced to make with his mother, he was to stay with her from morning till night even if that meant following her while she worked. He hated the thought of following her around and she wasn't to happy about it either, Takara had hopped to avoid him as much as possible during his stay here not wanting him to find out her secret but now she was stuck with him all day.
"How am I meant to get anything done with him around?"
"How dare mother force me to spend my time with this girl, but I could use this to my advantage, this may be the best way to find out who she really is"
He stood from his chair and walked over to Takara; Sesshomaru stopped near her and gestured for her to lead the way. Takara lead Sesshomaru outside to the servants quarters.
"I should check on Sora and her mum first"
Sesshomaru followed Takara to a small house, after she knocked on the door the sound of feet came running towards the door. The door was pulled open by a small human child.
"Hello Sora can I come in" Takara smiled
Sora looked cautiously at Sesshomaru then back at Takara with worry.
"Lord Sesshomaru would you be so kind as to wait here"
"Very well"
He watched as she entered the house following the small child, not long after Takara had entered the house Sesshomaru noticed a familiar scent coming towards him, he turned to see Hana walking with a jug full of water.
"Oh.. Umm.. Lord Sesshomaru… what brings you here?" she stuttered with a bow
"Hello Hana" Takara said suddenly at the door "your just in time I need your help.. in here"
Hana bowed once more before disappearing into the house.
"How is she? Is there something wrong?"
"No everything is fine, she is still unconscious but she will wake up when she is ready"
"What about her work, she is set to water the gardens today"
"Ill do that don't worry about it ok"
"What do you think happened? Was it a demon?"
"No.. I don't think so… I couldn't find any trace of demons last night"
"Then how did this happen"
"Best guess is that she fell, it can be pretty slippery down by the lake"
"Yeah that's true I have nearly fallen in many times"
"Yes I know" Takara laughed "well I should get going, let me know if you need anything"
"So that's what happened last night, she was helping the humans" he thought as he listened into their conversation
"Why do you do the work of a servant?" he asked watching her tend the garden
"Because I am a servant"
"If you are a servant then why do you not live with the others?"
"Because I'm a demon and when I first came here everyone was scared of me so Lady Rikana was kind enough to give me a room in the castle"
"Why do you pretend to be a demon when your clearly not"
Takara stoped in her place and turned to face Sesshomaru.
"You have no demon blood in you"
"You're right I am not a fully fledged demon I am merely a half… no I wouldn't even be that I only have small traces of demon blood running through my veins. Surly you can tell that I'm not all human"
"She's right; she is defiantly not all human"
"Lord Sesshomaru… my I ask you a question?"
Sesshomaru nodded his head in response
"Why do you hate humans so much?"
"Because they are weak"
"Humans are stronger then you think, it is true that they don't have the same physical strength but they are still strong.
Sesshomaru grunted in response with nothing more to say.
"Look a rainbow… isn't it so pretty" Takara smiled up at the rainbow
"This is all so familiar…" he thought staring at her
Once Takara was finished in the garden she moved into the house to help the others clean, she had nearly finished one of the rooms when Lady Rikana called her into the throne room.
"Takara I need you to go to some friends of mine and give them a message"
"Since when was I the messenger" she thought slightly annoyed
"everything you need to know is in here" Lady Rikana said throwing something wrapped in cloth "and Sesshomaru you are to stay and be ready to welcome our guest"
Takara left the second they were dismissed following the directions Lady Rikana had given her, Sesshomaru was less then please but he managed to hold his tongue. As he walked back to his room he once again stopped at Takara's door.
"She will be gone for a while, this is my chance"
He went into the room grabbed the chest then went straight into his room at lighting speed, he sat the chest on the table and stood over it with his hand overing over the latch. He opened the chest and saw a small priestess outfit that was fit for a child, some black hair tied in a plait, a small worn out home made doll, a shell, a hand full of pink stones and a small piece of metal that was in the shape of a love heart. He picked up the metal love heart and held it in the air.
"I remember this… I gave it to someone long ago… but why would Takara have it"
He placed the heart back into the chest and picked up one of the pink stones closing his eyes.
"Sesshomaru look what I found" A young girl shouted out running to him
He opened his eyes with shock at the sudden memory; he placed the stone down and looked over everything once more.
"This stuff belonged to a human… a human I once knew long ago… a human who is long dead, what was her name"
He closed his eyes and tried to remember the girl he had long forgotten about.
"Sesshomaru lets be friends forever ok" a girl said standing in front of him
"Friends" Sesshomaru whispered
The girl turned to face him, she was wearing priestess clothes and had long black hair; her chocolate brown eyes were filled with excitement and wonder and her smile was enough to brighten anyone's day. The girl reached out to grab Sesshomaru's hand. Her hand was soft and warm in his; he could hear her heart racing as she tightened her grip.
"She was the first human I met that didn't run away from me… the first and only friend I ever had"
He gently touched the priestess clothing and the small bundle of hair.
"These things belonged to that girl, why does Takara have them"
"Lord Sesshomaru?" came a voice from his door
His head jerked towards the closed door
"Who is it?" he called out annoyed
"My name is Hana… Lady Rikana sent me"
"That girl from before" Sesshomaru thought remembering earlier that morning
He closed the chest and walked to his door opening it slightly, Hana bowed quickly as he opened the door.
"Lady Rikana request…"
"Tell me how long have you known Takara?" Sesshomaru said interrupting
"Huh?" she looked up at Sesshomaru surprised "oh well I have known her my whole life"
"What do you know about her?"
"I only know stories passed down from my family…"
"Tell me them"
"But Lady Rikana…"
Sesshomaru frowned at the thought of talking to his mother; every time she had called him it hasn't been good. He closed his door and started to walk down the hall leaving Hana behind.
"Come" he called out to her
Hana quickly caught up to him and walked silently by his side blushing slightly.
"Tell me what you know of Takara"
"Lady Rikana brought her here nearly 200 years ago when she was only a child, at first she lived with us in the servant quarters, she lived there for a while until Lady Rikana found out about her powers that's when she took her away… no one really knows what happened during the time she spent with Lady Rikana but it was around 50 years later until anyone saw her again and she was much more powerful then she had been that's when she started to live in the castle alone. You see everyone was afraid of her because she is a demon and it stayed that way until 80 years ago when she saved my grandmothers life"
"Thankyou" Sesshomaru said as they stopped in front of the throne room
"Umm you're welcome…"
Hana started to walk away when she turned around just as Sesshomaru had his hand on the door handle.
"Lord Sesshomaru, if you really want to know why don't you just ask Takara"
Then she was off skipping down the hall.
"Strange girl.." Sesshomaru thought entering the throne room.