Hey everyone. I plan on having a lot of fun with this one. Most likely this chapter will be medium in length most likely no longer than 1,500 words but that is just a guess. Any ways as I like to say for chapters like this. Sit back and enjoy the chaos.
My Lord Once Again
I raise my torso but keep my head bowed not looking him in the eyes. I hear him just barely growl at me but still keep my head bowed.
"Look at me," Sesshomaru demands in his usual emotionless voice.
I slowly raise my head to look at him but not his face. I am scared of what his face will tell me. Has he changed back after so many years of me being gone? Has he started to hate me for leaving him in such a way and leaving him without anyone prepared to take my place and do for him what I did.
"I do not hate you Kagome. I lost that a long time ago," Sesshomaru tells me in a calm and slightly emotional voice.
My head jerks up in surprise at his statement. His face shows his feeling of betrayal and some hurt. I thought that he would hate me for eternity for sure. I left him with no one to take my place as ambassador to humans and the other Cardinal Lords. I left him without an advisor who knew of ways to repair the hatred between humans and demons.
"My lord," I whisper.
"Why Kagome, why did you leave," he asks as he sits in one of the chairs.
"My lord there was only one way for her to live. It was either her or me. My job as your advisor and ambassador was to make sure you never showed any weakness and always were in the best position when it came to power in the lands. I could not let you lose her it was too soon after losing someone else you cared very deeply for," I tell him.
"She was going to die anyways. I would have missed her but at some point I would have forced myself to move on for the good of my people," he told me.
"You would have done it but there would have been no light in your life. There would have only been darkness and pain. You would have not moved forward very much even with me there to bring you back. Some time you would have lost me as well," I remind him.
"I was trying to find a way to fix that and you knew that. Our connection as Lord and Advisor would have extended your life to twice if not longer your life expectancy," he reminds me.
"Yes, it would have but I would not have lived until know. You need me more now. . . ." I tell him.
Sesshomaru growls loudly at me. His claws come to wrap around my throat but I hold still knowing that one move could be the death of me.
"I needed you then. What difference does it make if you were there then or if you are here now," he growls out.
"Humans are becoming smarter my lord. Soon you will need my skills again. I have seen demons in the streets at night trying to bring them into power. I have the skill to negotiate with humans effectively and you know that. I have proven myself time and time again. Back then yokai and humans were beginning to blend well together but now some of the lower yokai are getting restless," I reply with a pause for him to say something.
"Continue on," he commands.
"The bad thing is that humans do not have many people trained to kill demons who go and break the rules established many years ago in the treaty. Over time yokai have fallen into myth but now things are getting worse than they were back in The Feudal Era," I tell him.
"How is it that you know all of this? You have been out of the court for the last five centuries," squawks Jaken.
"You forget that I am a miko. I may not have been around for the past five hundred centuries but that does not mean I have not been busy," I tell him.
"Oh, and what have you been doing," demands Sesshomaru.
"Same I did back when I was with your court. I kill off the yokai that have broken the treaty. I know it has not changed because my shrine has kept a scroll from the agreement for the past half millennia. I communicate with the few other priests and priestesses that are trained and fight here in Japan. I have been keeping track of events for the past five almost six years that I have been back," I tell them.
Jaken gasps at even thinking there is priests and priestesses that are trained still alive. I smirk at his expression. Sesshomaru just stares at me.
"What has happened in the past few years," Sesshomaru demands.
"Attacks by lower level demons have increased all over Japan. In the past year a hundred and twelve attacks have occuried. . . ." I say.
"That is not much," Jaken yells.
"Let her finish Jaken," scolds Sesshomaru.
"That is just in Tokyo and a twenty mile radius around it. In the Japan there has been a total of three thousand and fity-four attacks. That is almost as many attacks as there was in the Feudal Era in a year," continue.
"What do you believe to be the cause of this," asks Sesshomaru.
"My lord, I believe and know it is that the lower demons grow tired of hiding who and what they are. They want to have the freedom and abilities they had during the Feudal Era. As well as revenge for having to hide for the past few centuries," I tell him.
Sesshomaru stands and hands me a card with his name and address. I look up at him confused.
"No one has taken your position in the past five centuries. No one could meet the standards that you set up. I want you to retake your place in court. You will do this," he orders in his serious voice.
"As you wish, Sesshomaru-sama," I say with another bow.
Sesshomaru leads the way out of the room and down the stairs. Silvia and some of the children are waiting down at the bottom. Silvia bows like a person outside of court and on the streets would to a person of higher power would. The children imitate her. Good thing all of my human customers are no longer in the museum and only us are left.
"Kagome-sama," she questions.
"Everything will be fine, Silvia. Watch over the museum for me. I will be back next Friday," I tell her.
"And why is that miko," demands Jaken.
"Jaken was it not one of the agreements of me taking the position when I was younger that I get every other Friday off," I ask him.
"It was," agrees Sesshomaru. "What makes you think you will still get that?"
"Do you want a person of my position tired and unable to work properly," I ask him.
Sesshomaru just silently starts to walk out of the room. I watch him and wait to see if he will say anything else.
"Things are still the same in my home. Report to that address tomorrow by noon," he demands. "You know my expectation."
"Of course my lord," I say with a bow.
The kids and Silvia do the same just a second after me. Jaken follows just behind Sesshomaru from the room. As soon as the door closes, the kids surround me and start asking me questions.
"I am sorry guys but you will have to wait until next Friday for you to ask me questions," I tell them as I motion them out of the museum.
We all go our separate ways and I drag my feet on the way home while still keeping myself prepared for anything. Things are really getting worse around here.