Chapter 60: Nirvana

"Good morning, Lord Sesshoumaru." Kagome said happily as she passed him in the living room on her way to the kitchen. She had slept great. The events that had unfolded last night between herself and the demon lord were tucked away in the back of her mind. While she had a million questions she wanted answers to, she could be patient. "Would you care for some breakfast?"

She didn't receive an answer. She hadn't expected one. He had already told her he didn't eat human food. So, she was pleasantly surprised when he again joined her at he table while she ate. After cleaning, she showered and dressed herself, before seating herself in front of her laptop. She had research to do.

It was well after lunch before she gave up her searches online. She wasn't going to find any useful imformation on how to remove the necklace from Sesshoumaru. Time for her next plan, the twins. Picking up her cellphone she dialed Kati.

"Hey Kagome."

"Kati, I have a question. Remember when we were in the back with the other demons?"

Kati laughed dryly, "Yes, it was two days ago. Why?"

"You had told me you had wanted to free Rivka. Do you know how a person can remove the necklace?" Kagome asked, chewing her lower lip.

"It's not possible. As far as I know, once the beads are on the first time, they can only be replaced, like yours replaced Rolf's on your demon."

"Have you tried to remove them?"

"No. I don't have a death wish." Kati laughed.

"What do you mean?" Kagome asked.

"I mean, if you try to take them off they give off some sort of shock that will kill you and the demon they were on. Once they are on, you aren't even able to touch them, they zap you. Why are you asking?"

"Just curious. I don't know much about all of this, demons and necklaces and binding." Kagome half lied, she knew demons well enough. "Could I get Rolf's number from you? Maybe he has more information on all of it since it's his job."

"Sure." Kati told her the number as Kagome wrote it down.

"Hum, okay, thanks Kati... I'll talk to you later." Kagome hung up the phone and stared at it. ~Strange, nothing happened last night when the beads touched me.~ She dialed the number Kati had given her.

"Speak." Rolf's voice came over the line, instantly causing her blood to boil.

"This is Kagome, I was there two days ago with Kati and Liliane..."

"I know who you are. I can hear you are still alive. What do you need?" He interupted.

"Can you explain to me more about these necklaces and the binding?" Kagome asked nicely.

"Being a priestess, you would think you would already be aware." He bit out. "You come into MY house and order me to sell you a demon that wasn't for sale. Threatening to purify my entire crop if I did not cooperate, sending me into financial ruin. Now, you come asking me for favors? Tell me, what was so special about this demon?"

"Everything." Kagome answered honestly. "You'd never believe me if I told you."

"Try me."

So Kagome told him the truth. About how at the age of 15 she had fallen down a well on her families shrine, about how she was the Shikon Miko of legends, about how she knew Sesshoumaru. She didn't explain in great details, but enough that he could understand.

"I see." was all Rolf said at the end of her story.

"I am sorry I threatened you the way I did, but it was important for me to get him out."

"If you are seeking a way to free him, I can not be of help."

"Why not?" Kagome asked, growing frustrated.

"The beads you placed on that demon will never come off, even if someone else tries to place another set of beads on him."

"Wait why? Yours fell off when I put these on."

"I wasn't lying when I said he would be bound to you forever. The beads work in a reversed rainbow, violet being the weakest, red being the strongest. When you fused your blood into the beads, it glowed Red. I have never heard of someone gaining a red spectrum before, and I have been in this business all my life. I expected the priestess energy from your blood would have killed any demon you placed them on, but now I suspect that is what made them go red. Those beads will not come off." He explained. "You have a powerful demon at your disposal, why would you even consider removing them. He could achieve for you anything you could want out of life. Kagome, don't throw away that chance, all for some demon." Rolf said, his voice thick with greed.

"Thank you for the information, Rolf. I will conside what you have said." Kagome replied before hanging up he phone.

"Idiot." she scoffed, throwing her phone to the end of her bed and flopping backwards onto her pillows. "As if I would consider anything you said." she put one of her pillows over her face and screamed into it.

The rest of the week was not any better as far as her search went. Nothing she found in the library had any answers. She had even called her grandfather to ask him, but he didn't know such a necklace even exisited, except the one Inuyasha had worn, but that one was different. No matter how much she wracked her brain, no other options were coming on where to find information. She resigned herself to wait a while, then resume her search.

Things had reached an almost state of nirvana between herself and Sesshoumaru when Friday rolled around. It was one week ago that she had purchased Sesshoumaru. They had fallen into a pattern, each night she would tend to his wounds, and each meal she ate he would join her at the table. Kagome hadn't spoken much to him other then pleasantries, the typical 'good morning', 'would you like something to eat?', 'can I tend to your wounds?' and the like. She didn't ask questions when she cleaned and changed his injury dressings. Sesshoumaru didn't offer up conversation either. She was hoping that she would have found a way to free him by now, but that had only led to dead ends.