Chapter 14

As soon as they had packed everything and after Inuyasha had made sure that his mate would not be purifying the imp that followed his brother around for his every need, their pack had gathered and had gotten ready to leave only to be stopped by Kohaku's refusal to leave. Shippo's anger and Sango's worry about her pups since it would be a long trip. A trip that they could not afford to take their time in, but just as all the pups had been put to sleep and after Inuyasha and Kagome had promised their son that they would call on him once they were certain of what they were going to do, the rest of the pack had taken their leave so that the demons could speak in private. Once the hut had been left alone, and after Kagome had made sure that no one would be able to hear them speak, Jaken let out a long sigh and growled out, "He will not be pleased with this, you know your brother my Lord, there is going to be hell to pay."

"Feh, like that matters now? You will report to him Jaken and you will tell him that he is to do nothing until we have arrived." Inuyasha growled out in his own angry filled voice.

"What makes you think that he would follow your order Lord Inuyasha? He is the current ruler of the West, he obeys no one." Jaken growled out.

"He'll listen because you will not be returning on your own Master Jaken." Kagome's cold, calm, and emotionless voice was heard as she turned to face the two that were sure to have gotten into an argument, "I am the Lady of the West, if he is in the process of trying for a treaty with the demons that were responsible for her death then it will be my right to be present and to talk to him about my suggestion in the matter."

"I plan to leave as soon as we are done here my Lady, should you truly intend to follow me I will not be stopping until I have returned to my Lord." Jaken quickly answered as he kept his gaze locked with hers.

"Kagome…you are not going without me." Inuyasha growled in anger as he felt and could tell where it was that her thoughts were leading her.

"There is no other way love, you have to stay with the pack and make sure that they all make it alright. I'll have guards sent to protect the village but until then you all cannot come to us until after the guards have arrived." Kagome pointed out as she turned to lock her passion and enraged filled eyes with those of her mates.

"Damn it Kagome I am not going to lose you, you are not going without me." Inuyasha growled out in anger of his own as his eyes began to bleed red.

"Are you suggesting that I cannot take care of myself? That I am still the weak human that I once was and that I still need protecting?"

Before Inuyasha could growl out his anger and annoyance, Kagome had filled the hut with her power as Inuyasha had unleashed his own aura she had unleashed own miko and demonic power at once much like she had done once before to kill the Master General of the West when he had dared to attack her mate. Once she was sure that he would stay silent, Kagome let out a low growl of her own and said, "I will not back down on this Inuyasha. The time you sent me home for my own good I had no choice in this just like you have no choice in this matter as well. I am going, it is my duty as the Lady of the West and I will not have our brother protect the idiots that thought they could get away with killing my daughter."

After a tense moment of silent and after fearing that the Lady was the West was about to not only purify her mate but him as well, Jaken let out a long sigh of relief when he heard Inuyasha's enraged growl fill the hall with his words, "Feh, fine wench but if you don't have those guards here in two days, I'll be leaving to come and find you and you won't like it."

Before she could say a word to try to reassure him that everything was going to be alright and that she knew that all would be well, Inuyasha had shattered her barrier using the bond that they shared as mates and stormed out of the hut. After letting out a long sigh and knowing that he would be upset with her for the rest of the day, Kagome turned to lock eyes with Jaken and said, "Get Ah-Un ready, we'll leave in a few hours and we won't be stopping."

"Of course my Lady." Jaken whispered before running out and toward the forest where the two headed dragon demon was waiting for him.

Once she was left alone in the room, Kagome took in a deep breath and tried to get her emotions under control. While a part of her knew that she was being unreasonable, that she was only looking for trouble, another part, her demonic instincts were screaming at her to kill the idiots that had taken her child from her, that had broken her pack up and caused all of this sorrow and sadness. Just as she was about to turn around to go and look for her mate, Kagome found herself facing her sister and offered her a small, sad smile as she heard her say, "Miroku is out getting him back, they'll be back by the time you leave."

"And my son? How did he take the news?"

"What news?"

"Uh…I know he told everyone Sango, he told you lot before storming off the way he did, now how did my son take the news?"

"He didn't like it but he knows that Kohaku needs him more right now so he isn't going to try anything…what are you going to tell him when you get there?"

"The truth, it's time we tell him, while not much time has passed I'm sure that he will take it better…besides I'm the only miko that has any hope of binding him and holding him in place should he lose himself to his rage."

"I don't like this and I hate that I can't go with you but it is what it is and we must all accept it for now."

"I promise, the guards will not take long to get here and you all will be with the rest of the pack back in the West as quickly as possible."

"I know and I understand it, but I still don't like it. I'm with Inuyasha on this one sis; this isn't the time to be caught alone." When she took note of Kagome's facial expressions as she spoke, Sango raised her hand and said, "Don't, you can't tell me that Jaken counts, we both know that he doesn't."

"Uh…just…watch over him for me ok? I know that he'll be upset and a pain but he has to understand that this is what needs to be done." Kagome whispered as she began to walk out of the hut and toward the forest in hopes of finding her mate.

Just as she was about to completely walk out of the hut, Kagome couldn't help but smile and silently thank her sister with a nod of her head before running off to find her mate with Sango's parting words whispering in her mind, "Don't do this to him…we have your son, Kohaku, and we are still well trained…take him with you or it will kill him…we can take care of ourselves and we know that Shippo will play his part, your son is no longer the pup he once was."

With their bond as strong as it was, it had not taken her long to find her mate. Of course bond or no bond she would have known to find him at their tree, the tree of ages that held so many memories for them; good and bad. Once she was close enough she let out a long sigh when she heard his low enraged growl say, "I would have figured you left by now wench."

"Inuyasha get down here." Kagome growled out in anger. While she now understood better what he truly met when he called her such things she would not put up with it for long.

"What for? So that you can growl at me and tell me what to do bitch?" Inuyasha growled out in anger as he did as she asked and landed before her. "So that you can tell me what a good boy I have to be while you're gone."

"No you idiot so that I can apologize and ask if you still want to go with me but if you're going to act like a spoiled brat Inu I mind as well leave without you after all." Kagome growled out as she turned to leave.

Before she could even get too far, Kagome froze in place and bared her neck to her already enraged mate as she felt him wrap his arms around her waist while lightly nipping at her neck. When he had let out a low growl of approval at her quick submission, Kagome had quickly turned the tables on him and had him pinned to the tree as she growled out, "You should thank our sister for getting me to see some reason, she is the whole reason that I am here but know that you have gone and opened your mouth I'm unsure if I would like for you to join me."

"You're not getting rid of me that easily. You're not going anywhere without me love, I am staying by your side just as you have always fought to stay at mine." Inuyasha whispered into her ear as he began to run his hands down her sides.

"We don't have time…we need to leave…the sooner the better." Kagome growled out as she tried to fight back the need that was starting to take hold of her.

"We will fix this…we'll find a way to fix this I promise you love…I'll give you another daughter…one we'll name in honor of her…I promise you…" Inuyasha growled as he began to feel his mates resolve break.

"Inuyasha…" Kagome moaned out as she arched her back into her mate instead of away.

But before things could go any further the two Inu hanyou's froze in place and both let out a low growl when they heard the sound of footsteps approaching. The scents of their pack reached them a few moments later which told the two who it was that had interrupted them. As she pulled free from her mate Kagome offered him a small smile and said, "I promise you'll get to full fill your promise but we still have a village to protect and a few things to settle before we can start growing our pack."

"Feh, if he offers to allow our pack to move in with him I'm going to accept his offer and there is nothing you or the others will be able to do about it." He growled out as he allowed her to pull free of him.

"We'll see, I still want to protect this place, it's where we all came to rest, a place we knew as home and I don't want to abandon it now that we have your brother's approval and his protection. This is where Kaede taught me and this is where we spent our time. I will not abandon it easily or the villagers."

"You do know that Miroku and I would be the ones to stay and protect the village right…sis?" Sango's amused filled voice was heard as she and Miroku finally made the clearing.

"Feh, like if we would leave you alone with no protection." Inuyasha growled out as he took note of his son's upset scent.

"We don't need protecting Inuyasha, we can protect ourselves." Miroku pointed out with a grin on his face.

"And look how well that training and no protection turned out for Rin." Kohaku's angry, hurt and still grieving voice was heard growl out.

Silence filled the clearing at the young boy's words. Choosing to ignore his grieving and knowing that he still had a ways to go, Sango let out a long sigh and stated, "If we must we'll move but only if the East chooses to go to war over their mistakes."

"We'll wait for the guards to fill the village before we go to join you in the West. Just make sure that Lord Sesshomaru doesn't do anything irrational until we have figured out what to do." Miroku pointed out.

"I want to come with you. I want to be there when he is told the truth." Kohaku was heard as he took a step toward the leaders of his pack.

"Kohaku we need you here, you know why we need you to stay with your sister and brother. I promise that they will arrive here quickly and that it will not take long." Kagome stated in a gentle but firm voice.

"You need to stay, you have more experience than your pack brother, and you will have more say should you all be divided during your travel to the West. You all know the plan, stick to it." Inuyasha growled out in a firm and deep tone of voice.

Knowing that he would have no choice but to do as he was being told to do, Kohaku let out a long sigh and nodded his head. Once they were all sure that he would keep his head long enough to get him to the west, where he would be able to let loose and work out all of his pain, hurt, grieve and more while being trained under the Lord General with Shippo at his side, they began to talk about what was to be done, how things were to work and just how long they were all planning on staying and what was to be done with their home should they really go to war. Once everything was planned and set in motion, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kohaku watched the two Inu hanyou's take their leave to go and rejoin their brother in the west so that they could fix their shattered family.

A/N: well that is it for this chapter, it was short, sweet, and to the point I think. It was not a Rin chapter but I do hope that you all like it any way. Please let me know what you all think and continue reading.