Chapter 14

Realizing that there was nothing else he could do, Inuyasha left the room so that he could so and talk to his parents and his brother about the recent news of Sango. Inuyasha had made sure to make a note to himself so that he would remember to ask Kagome why she had never said a word to anyone or him. Meanwhile, Kagome closed her eyes as she tried to take small, calming breaths, as she did this, Kagome used her dragons eyes and tried to see what it was that Miroku was going to do about this.

It wasn't until Kagome had suddenly pulled away that Sango looked up only to be pulled into Miroku's arms. Before she could try to pull away she heard Kagome's cold voice say, "Listen to him."

"Sango, you have no idea how happy you have made me." Miroku whispered into her ear. "I get to be the father of your child, please, don't leave me…let me take care of you."

"Miroku…but…you…I lied to you." Sango whispered as she completely forgot about her wounded fried.

Knowing that this was probably a good time to leave them alone, Kagome quietly walked out of the room and tried to go find a place where she could tend to her wounds. Just as she had made it to the queens garden, Kagome turned around when she heard a voice say, "I'm sorry but you are not allowed in here."

"Sorry, I just need to rest a bit." Kagome replied before she fell forward and passed out in a pool of her own blood. 'Now I know I over did it?' Were her last thought before she completely passed out.

"Princess…Princess Kagome?" the servant whispered as she quickly picked her up and carried her to her room to tend to her wounds.

Inuyasha stood before his family as he tried to see if he would have to run and protect his friends or if he had nothing to worry about. It wasn't until Rin spoke up that broke all the tension in the room. "Well, that would explain as to how and why that young girl, Kagome-chan, has the manners to rival that of a noble."

"It would." Izayoi stated.

"That still doesn't change the fact that the two lied to us." Inutaisho stated.

"I agree, for all we know, they could be trying to take the dragons with them to try to kill that bastard." Sesshomaru growled.

"Do you really believe that those girls are capable of such things?" Rin hissed in a cold tone.

"Really, if anything they would have left without a word and tried to protect our lands without getting caught." Izayoi added.

"If you think so then I'm sure that Princess Sango will have no trouble in telling us where the princess of the dragons is at." Sesshomaru stated.

"Watch it Sesshomaru." Inuyasha growled.

"Sesshomaru." Inutaisho growled.

"What makes you think that she would know about the dragon princess?" Rin hissed as she handed her pup to her mother and challenged her mate by taking a step forward.

"Because from what the people have said, some of the outer villages have found some of their belongings hidden in the dirt. By the looks of it, they might be hiding in the same village." Sesshomaru stated.

"What makes you think that it is this village?" Inutaisho asked.

"We have outer villages as well as other villages that have dragons from the east." Izayoi stated. "She may well be hiding there with the her dragon."

"It has always been said that the heir to the eastern lands would be born at the moment the black dragon of death awakened." Sesshomaru explained. "What if that is the reason that the war began, Naraku plans to control the dragon of death."

"If he gets his hands on that dragon that bastard will be able to kill anyone that gets in his way." Inuyasha growled.

"What do you suggest we do then?" Rin asked. "If we try to force her out of hiding then she will only run."

"I suggest we have Princess Sango talk to her so that she may come out of hiding, if she chooses then she will have our support and army to help her get her lands back." Sesshomaru answered.

"Alright, but she might not like it, I mean if it were me it would be personal and I wouldn't want anyone to interfere." Inuyasha growled.

"I would have to agree to that, I mean if I was forced to watch my family killed before I had the bastard that did it purpose to me I would make sure to keep it personal." Rin growled.

"Whatever the case may be I don't think she should go in alone if she isn't even close to her dragon." Izayoi stated. "From what I heard, if a miko if to far from her dragon for too long she or he could die."

"Well that would be the case, but this princess was strong enough to be born with three dragon's total. For all we know she could be with one while the others are locked up by Naraku." Sesshomaru stated.

"How do you know all of this?" Inuyasha growled.

"That one time when Queen from miko country visited us, she left behind a book that she thought we should have and could find useful." Sesshomaru answered. "Perhaps she for saw this."

"Feh, when did you get the chance to talk to her or even get to know her?" Inuyasha growled as he turned to leave.

"Come now dear, please don't tell me that you still think that that Queen was really meant to be your mate?" Izayoi stated in a gentle voice. "Why would she be meant for you when she was married and with a child when she was here?"

Ignoring his mothers statement, Inuyasha stormed out of the room to go check on Kagome. Once he was gone, Rin turned to her mother and asked, "What?"

"It would seem our son will need to be forced to claim a mate soon." Inutaisho stated. "I no longer wish to see him like this."

"As do I." Izayoi stated. "If only there was some way we could get him interested in another girl."

"I think we should let him look for the right girl, he might find her sooner then you think." Rin stated as she too took her leave.

"Sesshomaru, who does your mate speak of?" Inutaisho asked.

"I don't know, but I will find out, if you will excuse me." Sesshomaru growled as he walked after his mate and pup.

"What are we going to do now love?" Izayoi asked in a tried voice.

"Now, you and I will start sparing again and we can only hope the princess will allow us to help them." Inutaisho answered as he reached for his mates hands. "It is the only thing we can do at this point."

Inuyasha stormed down that halls and toward his room. At this point he couldn't even look at Kagome. Truth be told he never did tell Kagome the truth as to why he always wished to protect her since he first saw her. Just as he walked past his mother's garden he was stopped by two things. First off the scent of Kagome's blood led him in front of the garden to a small pool of blood that was left behind along with a trail of blood. Secondly, Sango and Miroku had come up running to him and said, "We can't find her, we can't find Kagome."

"What the hell do you mean you can't find her?" Inuyasha growled as he turned to face them. "Didn't she stay in the room?"

"She left when we weren't looking, please, Inuyasha, she reopened her wounds to catch me." Sango begged.

"Feh, Miroku get the guards to start looking for her, Sango go and check all the places she would go to first." Inuyasha growled.

"Where are you going?" Miroku asked.

"I'm going to see if I can find her with the old scent that her blood left behind." Inuyasha answered as he turned to leave.

"Well wouldn't that be faster?" Sango asked.

"Yeah but she might have walked this way until she stopped bleeding to get us to leave her alone." Inuyasha explained. "Just go, I'll find her."

Knowing that Inuyasha would not hurt her, Sango and Miroku ran off to do what they had been told to do by Inuyasha. Meanwhile, Kagome opened her eyes and looked around only to realize she was yet again in a room she had never been in before. As she struggled to sit up, she heard a familiar yet distant voice say, "You should stay still Kagome. You need to wait for the herbs to take effect."

"Uh…where am I? who are you?" Kagome asked as she stayed still.

"I'm surprise you don't remember me. But I suppose an old maid wouldn't be remembered."

"Wait a minute…you…Emeri?" Kagome asked as she could feel the effect of the herbs that had been used take effect.

"Who else can use the right herbs that will quickly heal all of your wounds." Emeri replied.

"Wait, so what am I going to do about my secret?" Kagome asked.

"I wouldn't do that to you my princess, I mean sure that the wounds would stay but you won't be bleeding as much from now on, as long as you allow them to completely close." Emeri explained.

"I see, so how long until you will hand me back?" Kagome asked.

"No long, the prince will find you soon; I have to get back to my duties so you will have to wait here." Emeri stated. "Tell him whatever you like and I will agree to it."

"Alright, then be prepared to visit me more often." Kagome stated.

After a few minutes that Emeri had left, Kagome was not surprised when Inuyasha walked in and ran to her side. Kagome quickly bared her neck and made sure that he knew that she would completely submit to him if he asked her to. Once she was sure that he was done making sure that she was alright and that she didn't have any new wounds, Kagome turned to Inuyasha and said, "I'm alright, thanks to one of your caring servants."

"Feh, who helped you?" Inuyasha asked as he didn't recognize the scent in the room.

"A maid named Emeri, I don't know what she does for your family but she said that she had to leave." Kagome explained, "How did things go with Miroku and Sango?"

"Alright, it seems that Miroku doesn't care about what or who Sango really was all along." Inuyasha answered as he moved to pick her up.

"Where are you taking me know?" Kagome asked.

"I don't want to risk you running off again; you're going to sleep in my room for tonight." Inuyasha growled out in anger.

"OH, come now, don't you think you are over doing it just a little bit." Kagome hissed. "I only wanted to give Sango and Miroku the privacy that they needed and deserved. Is that really so bad?"

"Yes, especially when you reopened your wounds, you're lucky that maid is knows how to clean wounds and wrap them properly." Inuyasha answered.

"Really, I'm alright." Kagome stated in a weak voice as she began to feel sleepy again.

"Feh, I won't believe that until I see it." Inuyasha growled.

"Really, that is hardly necessary of you." Kagome hissed. "Further more if you truly want to make sure that I'm alright then would you please let me have some fresh air every once in a while."

"You're not around Sango you don't have to talk that way you know." Inuyasha stated as he turned the corner into the east hall where his room was located.

Before Kagome could say a thing about what he had just told her, Inuyasha stopped walking when two different guards came running up to them. Once they had stopped Inuyasha nodded his head before they ran off again. Before Kagome could ask what that was all about, Inuyasha took in a deep breath and said, "Don't worry about it, I was only telling them that they could let the others know to stop the search and to let Sango and Miroku know that I found you after all."

"Oh," Kagome stated in a low voice.

"Feh, now go to bed, I'm going to go make sure that Miroku and Sango don't run in here." Inuyasha growled as he laid her down onto the bed.

"Inuyasha…please be here when I wake up." Kagome whispered as she allowed herself to fall asleep.

"I'll be here…I'll always be here for you." Inuyasha whispered as he walked out of the room only to be met by a very pissed off inu demon.

Before Inuyasha could ask what she was doing there, he took a step back when he heard her cold, and enraged voice say, "We have to talk now dear brother."

"I don't have time to talk to you right now Rin, perhaps another time. Right now I need to go and get Kaede to fix Kagome and I need to make sure that Sango and Miroku don't come and wake her." Inuyasha growled back.

"Then you better make time to talk to us soon brother, come Rin, our daughter is waiting for us in our bed room." Sesshomaru was heard as he pulled his mate away.

'Feh, I wonder what that all was about, shit, I better find Sango and Miroku fast.' Inuyasha thought as he ran off to go and look for his two friends.

Once he was gone from the door Kagome opened her eyes to reveal the eyes of a dragon as she looked around the room. She could see anything and everything he had in his room as if it were completely lit up with light. Once she had made sure to remember where everything was, Kagome closed her eyes and said, 'I'm sorry I haven't been to see any of you…please wait for me…I'll be back soon.'

'And we'll be here…waiting for your return.' Helios and Dante's voice range in her mind as she slowly drifted to sleep.