Thank you Miss Shel for always helping me even when I keep you up past your bedtime

Ch22

Kohaku turned around in Kagome's arms and hugged her back, burying his face into her shoulder, his shoulders shaking. Sesshoumaru glared at Naraku and said to Kagome, "I'm going after Keski." she just nodded, keeping her eyes on Naraku as well as Sesshoumaru ran off after the human.

Naraku leaned against a tree. "This is all your fault." Karas said to Naraku.
"I didn't start the fight, Sesshoumaru was the one that got him all riled up you idiot." Naraku tells him,
Kira placed his hand on Karas shoulder before he started something he couldn't finish. Kagome kissed Kohaku atop his head and rubbed his back.
Keski was sitting in the grass now unarmed Sesshoumaru found him and looked at him. "Keski why are you doing this?" Sesshoumaru asked him,
"I just want to please Naraku, I didn't mean to hurt Kohaku's feelings, I know Naraku marked him, I've known since yesterday." Keski tells him
Sesshoumaru sat down next to him and said, "Why do you want to please Naraku so much? It's not like he controls you, Keski."

"I want to be loved Sesshoumaru, I use to watch you and Kagome and others showing how much love there was and then when Naraku came along I was happy to have someone love me care for me, he had his moments, I don't want to lose to Kohaku, I see how Naraku looks at him even when I am around." Keski tells him

Sesshoumaru sighed and said, "Keski, Kohaku is just another version of you. He is the old you, when you were in your teen years. Just because Naraku's interested in both of you doesn't mean that he's interested in one of you more than the other. Don't let you and Kohaku get into fights just over him, okay? He's an asshole, anyway. I can't even see what you see in him."

"Hmm you never did like him, I'll tell you what I'll try my best not to get in fights with Kohaku, Naraku is handsome and I did find a way to control him."Keski reminds him.
"Mhmm well if you're going to travel with him, I won't fight him unless he does something I can't ignore, that includes him hurting you." Sesshoumaru tells him.
"I know, and Shippo will be with me, I'll keep him safe." Keski tells him.
Sesshoumaru nodded "Good come on let's get back you know how Karas is with his mouth." Sesshoumaru says to him

Keski laughed and said, "Yeah, I know how he is." The two stood up and started walking back towards the small group.

Shippo walked over to Kagome. "Kagome you think Keski is okay?" he asked her.
"He's fine, he's with Sesshoumaru." Kagome says with a smile,
Naraku snorted "I'll be glad when he comes back so we can leave you pain in the assess." Naraku tells her.
Kohaku had stopped crying and was sitting next to Inuyasha now. "You can go, I'll take care of my brother." Karas tells him

Inuyasha nodded and said, "I better go check on the kids, anyway." He turned and ran, heading back for the others. Karas and Kira sat down next to Kohaku to wait for the two males. Kagome walked up to Naraku, glaring, and said so only he could hear, "What's in it for you, having both Kohaku and Keski?"

Naraku smirked at her. "I love Keski, I realized what a mistake it was to kill him, and I have grown fond of Kohaku it's fun to see what Keski once looked like." Naraku said so only she could hear.
"You scum!" she growled at him.
"Tsk, tsk name calling from the lady of the west." Naraku says to her.
"You did this Naraku, Keski would never harm another human, only demons and Kohaku isn't a demon!" she says
Naraku smirked and leaned against a tree, saying, "I didn't do anything. Your mate did by provoking Keski, which provoked Kohaku, making it end up in a huge fight."
Kagome glared at him and said nothing, just raised her hand back and slapped Naraku across the face.

Kohaku, Kira, Karas and Shippo all looked up hearing the slap. "Kohaku you may have to use that command." Karas says to him.
Naraku growled low in his throat "Bitch you have just shortened your life!" Naraku hissed at her and pushed away from the tree.
"You killed Keski with no regard, you didn't care if he had a brother who loved him now he is back but he's not the same, he's not kind like he was, there is hate in his eyes you 're the cause of this!" Kagome yelled and lunged at Naraku.

Naraku lunged at her as well, and their bodies slammed together. Kagome got the upper hand and pushed Naraku back into a tree, holding him there with one hand and punching him in the face with the other.

Naraku took his hand and wrapped it around her neck. Keski and Sesshoumaru walked in on the scene seeing their mates fighting. "Kagome, Naraku!" Keski yelled at them
"Why are you three just sitting there!?" Keski asked Karas, Kira and Kohaku.
"Naraku sit!" Keski yelled which made Naraku fall on top of Kagome bringing them crashing to the ground.
"Dare I ask how this started?" Sesshoumaru asked as he picked Naraku up not to gently and threw him off of Kagome and picked her up in his arms glaring at her.
Naraku growled as he stood up ."She started it she slapped me for no reason." Naraku tells him as he looks at Keski.

Keski sighed, running his fingers through his hair. He said nothing, just turned around and headed in the general direction he thought the rest of Sesshoumaru's party was.

Shippo followed after Keski, Naraku glared at Sesshoumaru and followed after Keski. "Keski what are you doing we were headed in the other direction." Naraku tells him.
"I decided that we will travel with Sesshoumaru." he says.
"Excuse me when did I okay this?" Naraku asked him

Keski didn't look at him as he bent down, picking Shippo up as he continued walking. 'You didn't have to. I made the decision," he said, placing the kit on his shoulder.

"Oh is that so and what about our agreement?"Naraku asked him.
"I haven't forgotten Naraku, but I want to be near Karas since you don't want him at your castle."Keski tells him.
Naraku growled and walked up to Keski and turned him around to face him and grabbed him by his chin. "From now on you don't make decisions without talking to me first understand?" he said to him

Shippo glared at Naraku and said, "You don't have to talk to him like that!"
"Stay out of it, kit," Naraku said, not taking his eyes from Keski's.
Keski swatted Naraku's hand from his chin and said, "You don't need to make such a big deal out of this, Naraku." He turned and started walking again.

Keski walked back to the camp and looked around it, Shippo noticed how quite Keski was now since Naraku talked to him that way. he saw sadness in his father's eyes. Sesshoumaru walked in and placed Kagome on her feet. "You behave Kagome." Sesshoumaru says to her.
"Hi daddy, hi mommy." Rin says. Kohaku , Kira and Karas walked in behind them.
"Shall we continue?" Bankotsu asks as he looks at Keski.

"Yes," Sesshoumaru said, nodding. Kagome walked over and started walking next to Ah Un, both Rin and Souta on his back. She smiled at the two and kissed their cheeks, while Kohaku walked next to his parents, Inuyasha and the other two teens in the back, Naraku, Keski and Shippo on the side.

Keski kept his head down not saying anything. Karas wondered what was wrong ."Hey Keski are you okay?" he asked him.
Keski just nodded his head. Naraku smirked to himself he would make Keski submissive one way or the other.
Sesshoumaru looked over his at Keski. "So Keski how about teaching Kohaku and them some spells?" Sesshoumaru asks him.

Keski looked up at him and nodded. "Sure. I've always wanted to finish my brother's training, anyway," he said, smiling at Karas. He then looked at the other two boys and said, "We'll start after dinner."

"Good luck with that." Caren said to Keski as he looked at Karas.
"Why do you say that?" Keski asked him.
"Well Karas doesn't have good aim trust me I had a enough injuries on my body to prove it." Caren tells him.
"I see well then I will help him it's just a matter of relaxing." Keski says to him
"Sesshoumaru don't you think you should take it easy my mate needs rest." Naraku says to him

Sesshoumaru didn't look at him as he said, "And the boys need training,Training a priest is rigorous work. They barely got any breaks while at my home. I had Caren and Dante training them constantly." He wrapped an arm around Kagome's waist and kissed the top of her head. "Don't worry, he'll get rest. When he sleeps," he added after a moment.

Naraku narrowed his eyes at Sesshoumaru, "When he sleeps, no I will take him home that is your fault you hired two second rate priest and we all know that Karas just doesn't have the talent that Keski has."Naraku says to them.

Karas got ready to start a fight with Naraku when Kira placed his hand on Karas's shoulder. "Naraku a few hours isn't going to tire me out."Keski tells him as he rubs Shippo's tail.
"You still need rest. If you go to bed late and we wake up extremely early, then you'll be tired for the rest of the day," Naraku said, looking down at Keski.
"I have been resting for 15 years in his body so leave me alone!" Keski yelled at Naraku his brown eyes blazing now with a hint of blue in them. "And if you don't leave me alone I'll SIT you."Keski warns him