Chapter 27
The next day Kagome was nowhere to be found. Inuyasha had even assigned some of his guards to look for her but still, not even Sango could find her. Shippo wouldn't talk; all he would do was train with Kirara like his mother has asked him to do. Shippo wouldn't even try to talk to him; all he would do is train with Kirara and Sango when Sango had time to help him. Just as he was about to approach him again to try to talk to him with, Shippo stopped what he was doing, as he jumped out of the way so that Kagome, and Eri could land on the court yard with Helios and Dante.
'Mistress, your intended is here.' Dante stated in a serious voice.
'He may be my intended but that does not mean I wish to see him as such at the moment.' Kagome replied as she turned to Eri and said, "So you understand…right?"
"I understand, I shall so and in from Princess Sango at once." Eri replied before she ran off.
"Oka! You're back!" Shippo cried as he lifted up by Helios.
"I'm back, were you training like I asked you to?" Kagome asked.
"Of course, Sango and Miroku helped a bit too." Shippo answered in a sad voice.
"Do you want your Otu to help you out for a while?" Kagome asked as she looked up and locked eyes with Inuyasha.
"Feh, he should have just asked." Inuyasha growled as he took a step toward them.
"I want you and Otu to help me." Shippo whispered.
With a smile on her face, Kagome turned to lock eyes with the two dragons before they began to walk away. Before Inuyasha could ask what she had told them, Kagome look at him and asked, "What do you say? Will you join me and help train our son?"
"Feh, where do you want to train?" Inuyasha asked.
"Our spot, if you don't mind." Kagome answered.
"Feh, come on, let's go then." Inuyasha stated as he began to lead the way.
"Alright, Shippo, honey do you want to get your sword from the room?" Kagome asked.
"Yea!" Shippo cried as he jumped out of his mother's arms before running toward his room.
"Sword? When did the runt get a sword?" Inuyasha growled.
"I had one made, I didn't get it until today." Kagome answered.
"Feh, I could have had a better sword made for our son if you would have told me." Inuyasha growled.
"I know the royal swords smith; I met him when I was helping the neighboring villages." Kagome explained. "He is the one that made it for me."
"Sneaky wench." Inuyasha growled.
"Stupid mutt." Kagome hissed as she walked into her room.
For the first time since they were friends, Inuyasha walked into the her bed room only to be surprised at what he saw. Although Kikiyo had a larger room, Kagome had a much smaller one. In the corner of the room was a small bed where by the looks of it he could tell that only Shippo slept in. where she had been staying all this time was beyond her. Before he could even ask what was going and why she had such a small room, Kagome turned to Shippo and said, "Thank you honey, I was thinking of using my weapons to help you train sooner or later."
"Wait, what?" Inuyasha asked.
"We're going to make sure he can fight with a sword, I want to make sure he can handle a real battle if needed be." Kagome answered.
"I want to learn too." Shippo added.
"Kagome…" Inuyasha called.
"Yeah, I know, I'll answer any and all of your questions once Shippo has gone to bed." Kagome whispered.
"Feh you better wench." Inuyasha growled as he walked out of the room.
Before Kagome or Shippo could walk out of the room, Kagome was not surprised when she heard Kikiyo's upset voice ask, "Why are you walking out of her room? I thought you were not to spend any time with either one of us until we settle this."
"That does not apply to Shippo, his son." Kagome hissed in a cold tone as she handed Shippo over to Inuyasha so that he would not be in harm's way. "Unless you wish to demand Princess Inuyasha from seeing his son that is."
"I have no desire to demand anything of the Princess, however I do demand you to stop following the prince while he spends time with his son." Kikiyo hissed as she took a step toward Kagome, Inuyasha and her son.
Before Inuyasha could say or do anything, he found himself in a very protective barrier as Kagome took a step toward Kikiyo to accept the silent challenge Kikiyo had made. Once she was sure that her son and Inuyasha were safe, Kagome locked eyes with Kikiyo and asked, "What do you think you can do if I do not?"
"I will make you." Kikiyo hissed as she formed a bow and arrow with her miko energy alone.
"I'd very much like to see you try." Kagome stated as she easily pushed Kikiyo back so that they were futher from her son and intended. 'Helios, Dante, get everyone calm, I will fight my mother alone.'
'Do you have any idea what kind of knowledge she has, she has created most of the spells that allow you to heal us…she created those spells when she was two years younger than you.' Dante replied.
'Helios, Dante…now.' Kagome's dragon/demon like voice growled in their minds.
"Kagome." Inuyasha called.
"No, you have no right to ask me to ignore a threat against my son." Kagome hissed as she turned to face Inuyasha and Shippo. "You have no right so do not ask it of me!"
"Oka look out!" Shippo cried out as Kikiyo released her arrow.
'Now what will you do my daughter…will you be seen as who you really are or will you allow my arrow to hit so that I may take you back?' Kikiyo thought as she kept her eyes locked with Kagome's.
With a grin on her face, Kagome moved out of the way and allowed the miko arrow to pass her by and hit her barrier. Kikiyo watched in shock as her daughter's barrier not only stopped her barrier but convert her miko energy into pure energy that Kagome could use against her knowing that it would be completely unaffected by Kikiyo's miko energy. Kagome locked eyes with Kikiyo and said, "How dare you shot at me with my back turned to you…you bitch."
"Enough!" a loud growl was heard.
Kagome, Kikiyo, Inuyasha, Shippo, and even some of the workers all turned around only to find a very pissed off King Inutaisho and his family standing at his side. Kagome took a step back from them while Kagome grin and bowed before the royal family. King Inutaisho turned to his eldest son and nodded before Rin and Izayoi looked away with sad eyes. Before anything could be said or done, Shippo jumped out of Inuyasha's arms and toward his mother only to be caught and held back by Sesshomaru.
Before Kagome could say or do anything, King Inutaisho turned to Inuyasha and said, "You are to never see this girl again."
"What the hell are you talking about?!" Inuyasha roared as his demon blood began to boil.
'So this is what you came up with mother…cheap shot.' Kagome thought as she silently called for the dragons that would be joining her.
"What the hell is going on here?!" Sango roared in anger as she and Miroku came running up to everyone.
"Kagome, you are hereby under arrest for crimes against the Prince." A guard was heard.
"Please Kagome go quietly until everything is proven false." Rin was heard.
"What has she done and to whom?" Inuyasha asked.
"Oka! Oka!" Shippo cried.
"Shippo…let go of my son." Kagome stated in a calm voice.
"We cannot allow my son's child go with an imposter." Izayoi hissed out in a cold voice.
"What the hell are you talking about and how dare you talk to my sister that way." Sango roared as she reached for her weapon. "Do you intend to start a war?"
"She is not your sister as she claims." King Inutaisho growled.
"Oka!" Shippo cried as he pulled his sword and cut Sesshomaru so that he could go to his mother.
But before Inutaisho could grab the fox kit and hit him for such disrespect, Shippo was caught and surrounded by the wings of two very pissed off dragons. Before Kagome or anyone could say a word, Kikiyo turned to the king and said, "I was right, I told you that she had bewitched the dragons so that they would only listen to her…I warn you know, allow me to deal with her."
Before anything else could be said or done, all eyes were turned to Kagome. Not only were they confused they were slightly scared of her. Kagome had began to laugh as what Kikiyo had said was nothing more than a joke. Even Sango had no idea what she was up to since she could no longer hear the thoughts of Dante or Helios. Inuyasha looked at Kagome and yelled out, "What the hell is your problem wench! They are going to lock you up and you are just standing there laughing!"
As soon as Inuyasha was done yelling at her, Kagome quickly stopped laughing before she locked eyes with everyone around her. Once she was sure that Ayame was in place, Kagome faced Inutaisho and said, "Do you really think you can arrest me when I am of royal blood?"
"You are not of royal blood." Inutaisho growled back. "You are royal only by name."
Sango quickly pulled Miroku a few steps back so that he wasn't that heavily effected by her aura. She know what was to come and knew that it would not be nice. Kagome took a step back and toward her two dragons and said, "I am of royal blood, the last of the royal miko family. I am Princess Kagome Higurashi, the sole heir to miko country, how dare you disrespect me."
"You are not who you claim you are!" Kikiyo yelled as she tried to take control of the situation once more.
As soon as Kikiyo had yelled that out all the dragons in the stables began to go wild; trying to attack her. With a smile on her face, Kagome yelled out, "Stop that now!"
Inutaisho and the rest of his family watched with mouths open as all the dragons easily broke free and bowed before the miko that stood before them. Before they could say or do anything, Kagome turned to Kikiyo and said, "Now mother, to think you would have been able to find a better plan, this one just back fired on you…that and I was clearly still able to see it." as her eyes became like those of a dragon.
"Kagome." Sango called.
"Sorry Sango, my sister but this is something I wil have to do alone, seeing as how it is what my mother wishes." Kagome replied.
"Wait, you mean to tell us that that miko is your dead mother?" Miroku asked.
As soon as Miroku had voiced it out, all eyes were turned to Inuyasha. Inuyasha now stood before everyone with blood red eyes filled with rage and anger. Not only had he been lied to by the woman he loved, the miko that he had once thought he loved was alive and stood before him. Realizing what he was thinking, Kagome turned sad eyes to Inuyasha and said, "Oh, I'm so sorry my love…but you have to understand that I did not want you to get hurt, I wouldn't stand it if anything happened to you."
"Inuyasha, are you really sure you were meant to be with my daughter?" Kikiyo was heard as her dark aura began to grow.
"Mother leave him alone!" Kagome yelled as Helios bared his fangs.
"Kagome, my darling daughter, am I to understand that we are in an argument?" Kikiyo asked with a wicked grin.
"We are, Ayame!" Kagome called as she walked over to Inuyasha while Rinji waited for Kikiyo to get on her so that they could leave.
Inuyasha watched as the wolf tribe quickly got everyone and knocked them out so that they wouldn't follow after Kagome It was then that he realized what she was planning and knew that he would have to do something if he didn't want his intended to leave him behind while she went to war. Before he could say or do anything, Kagome placed her hands on his face as she whispered, "Forgive me my love, my beloved, we were meant to be together yet that might not happen, but should I pass the guardians that were meant to protect me will live and will be passed to you, please, my intended, be the king of my people should I die fighting."
"Kagome, don't you dare." Inuyasha growled as he found himself unable to move.
"Kagome! Kagome don't you dare go in alone!" Sango's cries were heard as she easily avoided each and every hold they tried to get her in.
"Emeri…calm her." Kagome called out into all the madness.
"Inuyasha know that I've always loved you, even when we were younger." Kagome whispered as she closed her eyes while lowering her lips onto the left side of his neck. "Know that you I will always be with you so please, please wait for me and do not forget that I shall forever be yours."
Before he could say or do anything, Kagome bit her lips before she sank her dragon like fangs into Inuyasha. As she allowed some of her blood flow into him she knew that everything would be alright, that her people, her country would survive and would have a good leader. Once she pulled back, Inuyasha fell to the floor in pain. She knew what it would look like, to everyone else it would look like she had used her miko filled blood to purify part of his demon blood so that he would be unable to follow after her. However, only she would know what she had really done, she had made him the King of dragons, should she die the ties she shared with her three dragon would immediately go to him, her intended, the man who would never get the chance to be with his true mate."