Chapter 18

"Hey Takara you ok?"

"Oh yeah I'm fine, what makes you think I'm not ok, I mean look at me I'm perfectly fine" Takara said waving her arms around

"Well your obviously not fine… dumb question, so what happened?"

"Oh nothing much really, just the usually, saw Lady Rikana, ran into Lord Sesshomaru then came here… oh and one more thing I knocked Lord Sesshomaru down with my barrier!"

Hana couldn't stop herself from laughing as she watched her friend pace around the room throwing her hands in the air; she fell onto the bed in a fit of laughter at the thought of Takara knocking down a demon as strong as Sesshomaru.

"It's not funny!"

"Ok ok I'm sorry, so… what happened" she asked trying to control her laughter

"Well I don't know exactly.."

"What do you mean?"

"I was just thinking about what I had to do for the day and next thing I knew my barrier was up and Sesshomaru was on the floor..."

"Has that ever happened before, maybe your getting stronger"

"Well the only time it happens is when my body senses danger… but Lord Sesshomaru isn't dangerous so I don't understand"

"Well that's easy to explain"

"It is?"

"Yeah, when he... umm well you know… said what he said, I know you were hurt by it"

"I was not hurt by it, I didn't expect him to give up anything for me, I knew he would still be getting married, I am fine with it all!"

"Ahh Takara... Your barrier"

Takara stopped glaring at Hana and once again saw her barrier around her, only this time it was fading away.

"Oh no… what am I going to do"

"Just try to… well you know stay calm"

"Hana you don't understand, I'm meant to be in the hall when Lord Sesshomaru leaves! I can't go if I'm like this"

"Why do you have to be there?"

"I don't know, Lady Rikana just told me to go there when Lord Sesshomaru leaves"

"I wonder why…"

"It won't matter if this barrier doesn't go away!"

"Oh yeah right… well try to I don't know, what do you normally do to get rid of it"

"It normally goes away on its own when what ever made it appear is gone, and as you can see Lord Sesshomaru is not here!"

"I have an idea, stay here, ill be back soon!" Hana said jumping off the bed and running out of the room

"Wait Hana where are you going!"

Hana ran up and down the halls, around the servant area and through the gardens looking for Sesshomaru, last time she saw him he was standing in her house but he was no longer there and now one else had seemed to see him.

"Where could he be!"

"Kyo! I… have a… question… I need to… ask" Hana shouted out of breath

Kyo dropped the buckets of water he was carrying and caught the breathless Hana in his arms.

"Hana! Are you ok!"

"Kyo…."

"Yes what is it"

"Have you seen… Lord Sesshomaru…"

Hana pulled herself out of Kyo's arms and took some deep breaths while she waited for him to answer, that's when she noticed the water all over the ground.

"Why is there water on the ground? You know you should really be more careful"

"I dropped it when you came flying at me" He said with a twitching eye

"Oh right.. Thanks for catching me" Hana said with a slight blush

"Yeah what ever, so what is it you wanted to ask me again" Kyo mumbled with his fingers through his hair

"Have you seen Lord Sesshomaru, I have been looking for him EVERYWHERE"

"Why do you need him?"

"Because I just do"

"You know you sure do spend a lot of time around him, he was even in your house this morning"

"What are you getting at mister?"

"I'm not getting at anything"

"Sure your not" Hana mumbled "if you must know its for Takara, so have you seen him or not?"

"Yeah, he was walking that way a few minutes ago, he looked kind of weird… for a demon that is"

"Thanks Kyo" Hana shouted running off into the house

"Be careful!" he shouted after her

"LORD SESSHOMARU!" Hana shouted running down the hall

Sesshomaru turned around at the sound of his name, Hana was running down the hall waving her arms in the air to get his attention.

"What does she want now"

"You have to come with me"

"I don't have to do any such thing"

"It's about Takara; she needs your help with something"

"Takara needs my help..."

"Find someone else"

"You're the only one who can help, look I'm sorry about what I said this morning but right now she needs your help"

"No"

"What to scared she is going to knock you down again?"

"What did you say?"

"You heard me; Takara knocked you down without even trying, goes to show how strong you really are"

"How dare you!"

"Prove me wrong, if you can face Takara I won't tell everyone here about her kicking you're a…"

"FINE!"

"Good, she is in her room, have fun"

"Annoying servant"

Sesshomaru walked to Takara's room and stood in front of her door, after standing there for a few minutes he managed to force himself to open the door. The room was the same as he remembered, curtains drawn back, bed neatly made, everything was perfect but he couldn't see Takara anywhere so he walked further into the room closing the door behind him.

"Hana is that you?" Takara asked walking peering out of the cupboard

The second Takara saw Sesshomaru standing there her barrier got a burst of energy, Sesshomaru wasn't to sure why he was here, he didn't even ask Hana why he was needed so he just stood close to the door not knowing what to say to her.

"Lord Sesshomaru.. What are you doing here?"

"Hana told me to come; she said you needed my help"

"SHE WHAT!"