A/N: I am sorry it took so long for me to update but i have a broken wrist so it is taking me a lot longer to type with one hand. sorry

Chapter Four: Alone

The demon lord paced the halls, listening for the miko's breaths, her foot steps, anything that would prove that she was not doing anything. Since when had she become so emotional? Was the place she called home really real? Did it exist? Was he a fool to believe that it didn't? Questions attacked his mind as he listened to foot steps in the room. They were light and cautious, making half of him actually want to go in there and check on her, but the then foot steps started to echo, causing him to worry. Was Celene in there? She wasn't out in the halls, wasn't she supposed to be getting the guards for Kagome's room?

There was skidding, then nothing for a few seconds. Sesshoumaru listened intently as he started towards the door, listening as foot prints in the halls caused him to look back at Celene and four of his finest warriors. Sesshoumaru's face showed nothing but shock. If the servant Celene was out here, who was in the bedroom with the miko?

An ear-piercing screamed thundered in his ears as he heard his name being called within the room. The voice was filled with terror, no doubt echoing throughout the whole palace. Within seconds Sesshoumaru was in the room, but there was nothing. It was empty, but the scent caused him to panic. It was the miko's scent mixed with one he hadn't smelled in centuries. He followed the scents to the balcony where he found a slightly crumpled envelope.

Slowly he picked it up. All too aware of Celene's hoard cry, the smell of her tears, the feeling of the guards in total shock that the palace had been penetrated by an enemy they hadn't heard of in one hundred years. Sesshoumaru's hands trembled slightly with anger as he ripped open the envelope and quickly scanned over the letter, written by the miko.

Sesshoumaru,

I'm sorry for my absence, but there is something I cannot

Tell you until it is too late. I never meant for this to happen

And I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your

Hospitality, but it is time for me to leave. As of recently I have

Become a danger to all demons and humans alike who take

Residence in your lands. I want to take leave before I cause

Too much trouble. I hope we meet again, sometime in the near future

Under friendlier conditions. All to sorry for this outcome

-Kagome

The letter was written neatly, but quick. Was this was she was trying to hide earlier this morning in his office? If she had run then and he had not stopped her would this have happened? Would her life be at stake? Was his?

He lifted his head and listened as Celene came up beside him, slowly he handed Celene the letter and turned around, watching as little Rin came through the door, silent. It was too easy for the ten year old to see that something was wrong.

The young girl kept her mouth quiet as Sesshoumaru walked past her, followed by the servant as Celene. Rin didn't move as the two demons stormed out of the room and started talking. Rin listened intently to the conversation, wanting to do anything she could to get lady Kagome back to the palace.

"What are we going to do?" Celene's feminine voice asked, trying to be calm.

"I am not going to do anything. There is nothing to be done." Sesshoumaru said evenly an he to walk.

"Nothing to be done, are you serious. You are telling me that the woman who just risked her life for your lands is going to die because you are too much of a coward to go and save her?" Celene said through clenched teeth "If you were half the demon your father was you would get your ass in gear and find her!"

In a flash Celene found herself pinned against the beige walls, fighting for her breath. "I am not the demon my father was, I'm better. I will not be found wasting my time with a disrespectful human. She has been nothing but trouble since she's been here. There is nothing that even almost makes me want to go save that good for nothing wench."

"You-…are just-…like your-…brother." Celene squeezed out, only to be pushed against the wall harder.

"I am nothing like my half brother." Sesshoumaru said, his eyes bleeding red then fading back into gold. With one final push he released her, watching as she fell to the ground as he turned his back on her and begun to walk away.

"Aren't you? You're leaving her to die. You're sentencing her to death. Are you sure you can live with her death on your hands." Celene watched as her lord's shoulders when tense with the last thought, freezing enough until she almost allowed herself to believe he would listen to her.

Sesshoumaru didn't turn around. He focused on the miko's words, what she said the night she begged him to keep this servant. Was it worth it to have listened to the miko? "I'm sure Naraku would be please to get his hands on the shikon jewel and become a full fledged demon, since I won't be protected. And when you stare into the soulless eyes of your ward, you'll regret everything you have done."

Images of Rin flashed through his head. Could he have handled her death on his hands? The miko was right, but was there a chance that the hyena demon Calishe was in a pact with Naraku. If Naraku had the shikon jewel in his hands where would that leave the world?

Celene watched as he continued his walk down the hall to his study. That soulless, heartless demon didn't deserve to be a lord.

Rin watched as Celene walked back into lady Kagome's room then left to find lord Sesshoumaru. Once in the study she saw his pacing, his hands clenched as his eyes showed glimpse of confusion. "Lord Sesshoumaru? Are we going to go find lady Kagome?" She asked out of innocence. Sesshoumaru tensed then continued his pacing. Could he bear to see Rin disappointed again like she was when Kagome was in to healing room?

Sesshoumaru sighed then looked closely at his ward, then nodded. "I will try to look for her Rin, now go along and play."

Rin smiled then left the room to go and tell Celene.

Kagome woke slowly, opening her eyes as she found herself lying in a comfortable red bed. Her blue eyes scanned the room taking in the mahogany furniture set, in the middle of the room, directly in front of her stood the hyena demon that had brought her here. Kagome opened her mouth to speak, only to be stopped by the demons raised hand.

The demon walked over in a graceful fashion making Kagome nervous, as she tried to move her hands she noticed they were tied to the head board. The hyena demon chuckled then stared at her intently, as if trying to figure something out.

"What do you want from me?" Kagome asked, slightly afraid of the black eyed demon in front of her.

Once again the demon chuckled and walked beside her, sitting on the edge of the queen sized bed, starting to stroke Kagome's black locks. "My very dear Kagome, you are going to help me get something I have wanted for a very long time."

"What's that?" Kagome asked, in panic. The demon moved up, sitting directly by her watching her struggle against the ropes that held her to the bed.

"You are connected to lord Sesshoumaru, I want him dead. You, my little miko are going to help me with that."

"I'm not going to help you with anything!" Kagome screamed as she thrashed to get away from the demon.

The hyena demon sat calmly on the bed as he gripped her leg and smiled when she tensed up. Slowly he pulled something out of his haori and smiled when she opened her mouth. "And by the way, my name is Calishe."

"So I see you decided to help the search." Celene asked calmly, her blue hair floating slightly in the wind.

"I didn't do this for you or the wench. I did it for my ward." Sesshoumaru said coldly, starting to walk forward as he left his servant behind him. One thousand times he had questioned himself why was he really searching for the miko, what did he hope to find other then her dead body?

Celene watched her lord and caught up to him. It wasn't hard to see he was thinking, but what could he be thinking about with that much concentration. You could have hit him with a rock and he wouldn't have felt it. She followed him quietly until they found the hyena's trail and followed it.

An ear piercing screamed echoed through the room as the hyena demon shoved the jewel shard into Kagome's neck. She tried to fight it, she tried to resist it but all she could do was feel her hate for Sesshoumaru and his land growing until she knew she would die trying to kill him and destroy his lands. She let out another scream, but all that answered her was a laugh that sent chills down her spine. "Kagome my dear, you will kill Sesshoumaru." Calishe said happily.

All of Kagome's heart and mind wanted to do was kill the bastard in front of her, but instead she nodded her head, her body knowing that if she was to talk she would answer with a no. "Good, now he has found the trail I left for him, go find him and kill him and the servant Inu demoness too, go now." Calishe said sternly before he cut the binds that held her and left the room.

Kagome's mind screamed coward as she fought to control her body. A battle she was losing quickly. The path wasn't hard to follow as Calishe made it as easy as he could to notice.

Sesshoumaru stopped when he saw the footprints on the ground. This was way too easy. The Calishe he knew was always careful, always smart. This was a trap, but what other choice did he have? "Servant, keep the others here, I want to do this alone."

Celene gasped and stood in front of him, looking him in the eyes with her own. "There is no way I can-…"

"You concern is appreciated, but I will not have all my soldiers walking into a trap. Am I the only one who thinks this is way to easy-…?" Sesshoumaru began when he sensed something, someone coming his way.

He turned to see the hyena demon they were all looking for, staring at them with his solid black eyes filled with malevolence. "My my lord Sesshoumaru, what brings you out of you palace, and with so many demons too."

Everyone could hear Sesshoumaru growl but it was Celene who spoke first. "Shut up you sadistic pig and tell us where lady Kagome is!" she said in anger, taking a step forward as Sesshoumaru gripped her wrist. Kagome wouldn't have liked it very much if he let the demoness die today.

The words seem to strike an interest with the demon as his eyes lit up. "Oh how rude of me, I didn't know the young miko was being greeted with a title. Lord Sesshoumaru maybe you should be more informative with the royals about is going on in your pathetic lands."

"There is nothing for me to tell, but you on the other hand do. Where is the miko, Calishe she is of no business to you." Sesshoumaru said coolly, keeping his head while the dog demons beside him tighten the grip on this sword. That was the good things about dogs, there were rather loyal.

"Oh the miko, how could I have forgotten my little flower? Kagome come here dear." Once called Kagome walked forward, coming into view of her palace friend.

"Kagome!" Celene called as she dashed forward, once again stopped by Sesshoumaru.

"Servant, can't you tell something is wrong with her!" Sesshoumaru said in his harsh voice, whispering it in her ear. Celene stopped fighting as Kagome walked right beside the hyena, her face blank and her eyes glazed.

"Kagome, do what you were told, kill them." Calishe whispered in her ear. Kagome's body grew stiff as her forced muscles nodded and she lifted her arms, bow in hands.

The air was still. Muscles were tense, hands were shaking. Everything in Kagome's body screamed at her, forcing her, slowly to move the arrow and direct it at Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru, the one who had been loyal, the one who had saved her, helped her, given her a place in the world again. She heard his harsh words, telling her to shoot.

Kagome's heart control her body for a spilt second, as soon as her miko powers flooded through the arrow she swung to the side, hitting Calishe in the side, the raw miko powers tearing through his body as he screamed and pushed Kagome back. She hit the ground with to much force, losing her breath, watching as Celene ran forward.

Her friend started to cradle her body checking for any injuries that were noticeable.

Sesshoumaru watched his inner eyes wide with shock. She had almost killed them all. She harnessed that much power. He would've been the only one who would've lived, until she attacked again.

That much power in her little body, the same fragile body that lied on the ground at the tip of his brother's sword. It surprised him that Inuyasha had reacted that way to what he had said few days earlier. Now that very same weak pathetic girl stood, miko power radiated off of her body, but it didn't harm his servant.

His eyes watched Calishe as he started to back away with a wicked smile. "I will see you soon, my Kagome." Quickly Sesshoumaru launched himself forward only to have Calishe completely disappear on him. Once he was sure the demon was gone he walked over to where Kagome was one the ground. He stood behind the servant and listened, but he could hear nothing. "Servant, get up." He said harshly, but she remained sitting like she didn't hear him at all.

With a flick of his wrist he made contact with the wrench's miko powers, only to pull back in pain. How was it that the servant could make contact with the barrier and not be fried?

The contact with the barrier seemed to break the servant out of her trance like state as she stared up at the demon lord in shock. "We need to take her back to the palace, she needs medical attention." Celene said in a rushed voice.

"We will not take her back. She is a danger to both me and my people, we leave her-…"

"I will not leave her!." Celene said, determined.

"You will leave her!" Sesshoumaru growled, grabbing the servant's wrists. "Guard take her back to the palace!"

He listened to the servant girl scream profanities at him, but he ignored them, taking the woman's body to the nearest village the leaving her there at the village miko's doorsteps. "It is better if you are left alone, Kagome."