Kagome's Tale or Kagome's Tail?!
Chapter 8: The Castle of Keago
Last Time: "This is the western sun, Koro!" exclaimed Kina, holding Kagome's hand tightly. "Umm…..Kina, what does that mean?" smiled Kagome nervously. "I don't really know but the lord would!!" exclaimed the wolf child sweetly. "Great," said Kagome, pretending to be enthusiastic. Kagome was frightened of the lord. Lord Keago may be her father but she didn't remember him. "Let's go!!!" exclaimed Kina, tugging on her hand. Kagome snapped out of her thoughts and followed Kina, Inuyasha, and the others into the castle.
This Time:
Kagome looked around the elaborate palace's sylvan courtyard and the beautiful gardens. "These gardens are the most magnificent gardens I've ever seen! Who planted them, Kina?" asked Kagome, looking down at the young wolf demon in front of her. "The Lady of the North did when she visited," said Kina, looking around the courtyard for someone. "Oh," was all she could say. 'I can't believe my mother planted such gardens of beauty,' she thought, smiling slightly. "Inuyasha, could you please sniff the air to find my father? I still haven't mastered the use of a keen nose yet," she said with a nervous grin. Inuyasha shrugged and sniffed the air. "I don't smell any wolf demons except for you, the girl, Bakutso, and a female," said Inuyasha, stuffing his arms into his sleeves.
"Oh, that might be my mommy!" said Kina of the North, her smile widening. "When will we get to meet her?" asked the demon slayer, carrying Kirara in her arms. "In a few seconds. Just be patient," said Kina, opening the huge ice doors of the elaborate palace itself. Sango opened her mouth to say something else but she was silenced by a warning look from Miroku. Sango gave the monk a questioning look as to why she couldn't speak. Miroku nodded forward towards the walls and the large open doors. Nobody was there. No guards, no servants, no anybody. "Kina, uhm, where is everybody?" asked Kagome, looking around for signs of life. "Lord Keago told me they wouldn't be here on his orders. Everyone but Koro, Mommy, Daddy, myself, you, and your friends were supposed to leave the castle grounds for the day," said little Kina, leading them into a large conference room.
Kagome looked around the large room. The walls were a deep cherry wood with a silk banner on each wall and each banner had a different symbol on it. The banner on the northern wall had a star-like symbol in hunter green with an ice blue background. The banner on the eastern wall had an orange sun on a yellow background. The western wall held a white banner with a navy blue crescent moon in the middle. The final banner was on the southern wall and it was a light green in color with a black teardrop in the middle. In the middle of the room was a large oak table with eight seats around it with the four symbols craved in the middle of the table. Little did Kagome know, her entire fate was decided in that very room over eighteen years ago.
Kagome looked around the large room again and began to feel sorrow swell in her heart. "Kina, what happed in this room to cause such an agonizing grief?" asked Kagome, falling to her knees due to the pain the grief brought. Inuyasha ran to Kagome's side and brought her close to his chest, hoping to bring some small bit of comfort. Kina opened her mouth to answer Kagome's question but she was interrupted by a female's voice that sounded quite angry. "Little Kina, you know that you shouldn't be in the conference room!" said the voice. Kina and Kagome both looked behind them and saw a wolf demon female wearing a sky blue kimono with the insignia of the North on the back of it with a dark green obi around her waist. Kina smiled sweetly and ran towards the woman. "I know that Momma, but I thought she needed to know about this room," said Kina, pointing at Kagome.
The woman looked at Kagome in suspicion. "Who are you dear child?" asked the woman, placing a delicate hand on Kina's head. "I guess I'm known as the western sun in prophecy but Kagome is the name," smiled Kagome brightly, bowing in respect. "Are you Lady Eera?" asked Sango, trying to put a name to the wolf demon's face. "Yes I am. Welcome home Lady Kagome," smiled Eera, bowing low at Kagome's feet. "Please don't bow! It's not necessary!" laughed Kagome nervously. "But it is milady! You are going to save our people and restore the peace!" exclaimed Eera as she rose from the ground. "What? No! I just came to find my father!" screeched Kagome, shaking her head vigorously. "Well the old man isn't here. He won't be here until tomorrow," said a familiar voice in the doorway. Everyone turned towards the door to see a smiling Bakutso leaning against the door frame. "Monk Bakutso! You didn't tell me that I had to save these lands!!" yelled Kagome, stomping towards him. "It must've slipped my mind!" exclaimed Bakutso, hiding behind his mate, Eera.
"Well, he wasn't supposed to," explained Eera, trying to stop the princess from acting foolishly. Kagome calmed down and picked up her son, who was sleeping on the floor. "May we go to our rooms, please?" asked Kagome politely, smiling down at the sleeping kitsune in her arms. Eera nodded and Kina led Miroku and Sango down the hall to two rooms on the right and Eera led Inuyasha and Kagome down to the east corridor, where the special guests stayed, and into a huge bedroom. The bedroom had a huge four poster bed with hunter green silk bedding and ice blue hangings. In the corner of the room was a cherry oak desk with a beautiful chair to match the elegant desk. "This room is amazing!" said Kagome as she put Shippou on the bed and looked around the room.
Inuyasha was by the desk, observing the room, when he noticed an open drawer that had letters crammed into it. "Hey Kagome! Look at this!" exclaimed Inuyasha, pulling out one of the letters. Kagome walked over to him and took the letter from his hands. She opened it and read, "Dearest Keago, Kagome is sixteen now and she is an angel to this world. She is able to cross through the Bone Eater's Well and she met a lovely young man who is a half demon like her. I believe his name is Inuyasha, which I think is the son of the dog demon you know. I wish you were here. Sayonara. Love, Rei." Kagome dropped the letter and stared down at it as if it were a venomous snake. "How could she keep information like this hidden?" she asked, placing the letter on the desk after she picked it up.
Inuyasha shrugged as he walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind. "Maybe you weren't ready to know," he whispered in her ear, then kissing her neck. "Possibly," she said with a huge yawn. Inuyasha smiled and picked her up and carried her to the bed and set her down. She fell asleep within seconds after her head hit the pillow and as soon as Inuyasha laid down on the bed, sleep soon engulfed him.
Kagome: It took you forever to write this chapter!!!
Me: Shut up! My mom isn't doing to well so this was kinda on the low side of priority!
(Everyone watches us argue. Sesshomaru breaks it up and I calm down.)
Me: Sorry 'bout that but I've been busy with school, church and my mom's health. Chapter 9's coming soon.