There has been a mistake and I appologize I posed chapter 18 instead of 17 and i didn't notice
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Chapter 17:
He had felt that something was wrong, he wasn't sure what it was but he was sure that something wasn't right. His thoughts were only confirmed as he watched the odd behaviour of the miko's kit, normally he would run around and play with Rin and ever since his mother returned he seemed more carefree.
The kit now was not playing and torturing Jaken and there was no carefree grin Sesshomaru had gotten use to in the past two weeks that the miko had been back. Whatever was wrong the kit felt it too, and Sesshomaru bit back the urge to rush across Japan to check on his pack. He had fought the urge to track down Inuyasha as the new moon approached, it wasn't the first time he had felt the urge but it had never been so prominent in his mind.
Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Rin, Inuyasha, and the miko Kagome were all main parts of his pack. The miko's relationships caused this pack to further and gain Sesshomaru some allies that he would have trouble gaining by himself, like Kouga and his wolves. Now something was wrong with one of his pack, obviously not Shippo or since they were safe in the castle and not Sango and Miroku since Kouga would have been here in an instant to report something going wrong. Inuyasha was a strong half-demon and could take care of himself and he was smart enough to seek shelter on his human night, and Kagome had Susuki so nothing should be amiss.
Still he couldn't stop his instincts as his feet forced him out of his castle and his senses were at the highest point he could reach. He drew his sword as he heard the sound of a demon crashing through the forest, it was still far away but it would be there soon enough.
Sesshomaru's eyebrows shot up in surprise as Prince Ozu of the northern lands burst through the tree line, his mask however was in place before anyone noticed it had diapered. The Prince was injured and there were still several demons behind him, he hadn't noticed Sesshomaru yet and turned to deliver a final attack before dropping weakly to his knees.
Sesshomaru was next to him in a second, all these humans making him weak enough to actually show concern for a fellow demon. Not that he would notice the change in Sesshomaru and he would not comment on it even if he did notice, his life was on the line at the moment.
"Prince Ozu," Sesshomaru greeted coldly, not to say he didn't like the demon he did but that doesn't mean he gets a different tone then the rest of the world.
"Lord Sesshomaru. . .help" the northern prince looked like he was trying to say more and whatever had caused him to seek out Sesshomaru was great enough that he wouldn't give up and fall unconscious like he clearly wanted to.
Sesshomaru didn't say anything as he deftly hefted the demon on to his shoulder and carried him into the castle. He walked at a controlled and easy pace as to not aggravate the demon's wounds. Perhaps this is what was wrong another Taiyoukia was injured on his lands, or at least that's what he was assuming.
He lowered the demon into one of the many healing cots in the north wing of his castle, he wasn't gentle and the demon gasped in pain. The healer immediately checked over his wounds and quickly stripped the demon of his cloths, the woman was efficient and not easily distracted by a good looking male.
She poured a foul smelling concoction into the demons mouth and looked up shyly at the lord who was giving her a curious look, "there was a woman I met she had the oddest healing techniques and she taught me a f-few. She was not experienced in healing demons but she said that this potion often helped the few she came u-upon" the healer stuttered out and Sesshomaru remained impassive despite his curiosity. The healers he employed rarely left the castle unless he ordered it like he had done so for Miroku and Sango, but he did not care enough to ask.
"When will he be well enough to talk?"
"With his power levels and the potion I just gave him a few hours at least," the healer said taking a small almost unnoticeable pause to think. She knew her stuff well and was very confident.
Sesshomaru nodded and left the northern wing, he had thought the feeling would have gone away with the demon prince being taken care of but it wasn't. Maybe it would ease when he discovered what had done this.
He paced his study occasionally picking up one of the many scrolls he had to go over, he wasn't one to show his worry so openly but the feeling of running to his pack members had not left and he disliked his beasts constant nagging. Especially since he repeatedly stated that 'their' miko was in danger and that he should run and help the powerful woman. At least his beast had yet to go off about finding a mate to help take care of the pack, he doubted his sanity would last if that happened.
The door creaked open and Sesshomaru turned to glare at whoever was interrupting his pacing, it was his healer and he followed her into the northern wing.
Prince Ozu was sitting up declining the food offered to him; he refused to eat until he saw the Lord of the west. Upon sight the demon prince attempted to stand but was held back so he inclined his head in a polite greeting.
"Forgive my rudeness milord, but do you have a miko in your pack?" Sesshomaru nodded once, "She's in trouble!"
That sentence had Sesshomaru's stomach plummeting to the ground, how did the miko manage to find herself in trouble again and again over such a short period of time?
"She had entered into my lands and with her power levels even with most of it contained was enough to make me think she was a threat so I sent puppets of myself to dispatch her. The kit with her took over the fight after she was injured quite seriously and she ran off to find me and she explained that she meant no harm and that she was part of your pack. She had forgotten that she was injured and losing a lot of blood and then hordes of demons showed up attracted by the scent of her blood. We were going to fight but the miko had lost far too much blood and fainted. Susuki is there with her now but her power is tied to the miko."
"Where?" Sesshomaru's beast was in control not out of anger towards the demon lord for attacking her but he was out due to the worry and dread he was feeling.
"The border of the northern lands. She has a barrier up but I do not know how long it will last," the northern prince realised that the last part of his statement was directed at thin air since Sesshomaru had already taken off headed down the path he had taken to get to the castle.
His aura was wavering out of his control and every minor demon in the vicinity hid from the angry demon lord. He attempted to rein in his powers, but then his pace would slow and that would anger him. Even now going as fast as possible on land was far too slow, concentrating as much as he could he formed his youkai cloud and was at the border in an instant.
There was a swirling mass of youkia surrounding one clearing and there would be an occasional break where a flash of pink could be seen. If there had been any doubt where the miko was it was gone, only she could attract that many demons.
Releasing several attacks one after another a large section of the horde had been dealt with and in more continuous attacks the only thing left in the clearing was a pink dome that pulsated with pure energy. He approached slowly and noticed that the ground was saturated with blood, not just any blood but the miko's and it was scentless. That wasn't right, the minute she fell unconscious the barriers she had around her scent, aura, and the shards auras should have dissipated to keep up this one barrier. Yett her blood held no scent and he couldn't really see anything familiar in her aura except for her extraordinary powers.
He walked closer although hesitant, he didn't want to get purified but the pulsating energy surrounded him in a comforting way. Until of course the pain started, it wasn't bad enough for him to want to stop it was just mildly distracting as it was concentrated on the one spot.
He reached the barrier and stepped in, surprised that it had allowed him entrance. He noticed Susuki curled by Kagome's head and as he stepped closer her head snapped up and she started to growl until she noticed who it was. He growls stopped up she studied him carefully. He noticed her eyes widen as she stared at the vacant spot where his arm should have been.
He glanced down and noticed that there was his hand where he had expected there to be nothing. From his lethal claws to the fine markings his arm had been replaced. He would have spent a great deal of time contemplating what had happened, but at the moment he had a slightly more pressing matter. The miko had lost a great deal of blood and was continuing to do so.
He scooped the small limp woman up and formed his cloud which Susuki jumped on without a second thought. The kit's eyes never left the miko as they travelled towards the west, not that Sesshomaru was doing any better he had only glanced away when the cloud was descending into the castle. In an instant several healers rushed out and took the bloodied body from their lord, and he allowed one of the serving maids to lead him to his own personal hot springs where he would wash the scentless blood off of him.
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Kagome's mother let out a sigh as she looked up at the now abandoned building, she had wanted to see if her daughter was alright in the past and she had hoped that they would know. Her luck wasn't great today though and so this shouldn't have been such a surprise to her.
It had started out like it would be a fantastic day, the sun had woken her bright and beautiful and she had a wonderful breakfast with what remained of her family. These small things she would never again take for granted not as long as she continued to live, and so sh had set out on her day with a happy smile.
She was headed to work in her fairly expensive suit when it had started to rain, but the ruined material was not enough to get her overly upset. She had been through worse and would not allow something as small as clothing make her upset.
When she had gotten to work it had been flooded and the entire building was sent home, probably to not get paid for the day. It wasn't even the rain that caused the flooding, one of the employees the bosses brother had managed in one night to break every single sink and toilet in the building, and a twenty-four floor building had a lot of bathrooms.
That was alright to her too, for it gave her a little more time to complete what she had wanted to this day. So she had happily drove out into the 'country' side and stood staring at the building she had visited only a few times. She had knocked and bussed and there was no answer, there were no lights on and the entire building gave off an 'abandoned' vibe. She knew there had been someone here, a demon to be exact, but no one answered and there was no one to tell her how her daughter was fairing on the other side.
"Mrs. Higurashi?" the voice that spoke her name seemed familiar, but it was one she hadn't heard in a very long time she turned around and stopped dead in her reply.
"I-Inuyasha?"
"Yea," he nodded his head and felt his eyebrow twitch as Kagome's mother rubbed one of his ears as if to make sure that he was really there.
"But I thought that the well closed," she looked exactly like Kagome did when she got confused her big innocent eyes would get wider and there would be a small pout on her lips.
"It is," Inuyasha affirmed, "But I am a hanyou and have a longer life span then most humans, it's been five hundred and one years since I saw you last, at least for me. For you it's only been a year and a few weeks. It's funny how time works like that, and if things go well the rift in time will be healed,"
"Inuyasha you're not making any sense," there was the pout again. It was very easy to see where Kagome inherited most of her traits.
"We just wanted to check up on you, make sure you're doing alright now that Kagome's gone again."
"We?" Mrs. Higurashi asked and Inuyasha smirked.
"Yeah. Me and my brother Sesshomaru."
"Half-brother," Sesshomaru droned and stepped forward and Kagome's mother looked surprised to see him, ignoring his brother's coustomary 'Feh' Sesshomaru bowed his head slightly and lifted the woman's hand to his mouth, "It is a pleasure to meet my mates mother."
"M-mate?" Mrs. Higurashi stuttered and Sesshomaru's eyes darkened slightly as he remembered the exact same shocked question coming out of Kagome's mouth.
"In human terms she was my wife," Sesshomaru said calmly and took a better grasp on the woman as she looked like she was about to fall down.
"W-wife?" her eyes were much bigger now as her confusion spread, "h-human?" her mouth opened into a small 'o' shape as things started to click in her head, "Wait 'was'?"
Both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru flinched slightly, "Yeah," Inuyasha started, "The cycle had to be started again."
Sesshomaru led the woman to her car where she sat shell shocked for a few minutes she really had no idea what was going on.
"Kagome thought that I had rejected her and our," Sesshomaru swallowed stiffly and Mrs. Higurashi could see the small trace of tears and pain in the demon's eyes, "pup. She believed that I had rejected her and ended our mating, and she," he choked again and the woman in front of him understood.
"She died of a broken heart," Sesshomaru nodded only once at the small whisper and worked hard to keep his control.
"So the cycle started over again, Kagome was born and raised and on her fifteenth birthday was dragged down the well to release me, break the jewel, and start on the journey to defeat Narkau and fall in love. Each time Kagome or Sesshomaru die the cycle is started over again and the rift in time with continue to be there until the two pin heads get it right," for his last comment Inuyasha received a small put pronounced smack to the side of the head.
"Me and this baka were just coming to inform you that your daughter is doing fine and has started on a chain of events that could change the future. We were driving to your shrine when we saw you here, let me drive you home."
Kagome's mother nodded her head although she didn't remember agreeing to it, she had wanted to say no that she was okay. However her head felt like it had been used in a basketball came and she couldn't think clearly, and so allowed the tall demon to lead her to the other side of her car sit he carefully in the seat and drive all the way back to the shrine. Inuyasha followed after them in Sesshomaru's car.
Shippo had wanted to meet his 'grandmother' and Sesshomaru was glad he was able to resist the kit now that he had grown older. He doubted that Kagome's mother could handle meeting so many people from five hundred years in the past, although she was handling the news of Kagome's multiple deaths better than he had thought she would.
For a brief moment he had wondered if they should avoid telling this woman the truth, but then again she deserved it.
End Chapter.
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