Soon the Lord of the North showed his face, with him, to guards. Sesshomaru's eyes went to him as did everyone else's.
"Why the long faces?" The Lord of the North asked in his deep voice. No one said a word. "Where is the half-breed, the one who is fond of the girl I figured he would want to be here when I bid her to awaken."
Miroku held firm to his staff for some reason, he tensed up, Sesshomaru picked up on it.
"Inuyasha will not be here, im afraid," Miroku said, speaking up. "
Very well, it matters not,"
"Ah, Lord Sesshomaru, I'm glad you are here you shall be witness to my claim on the girl."
Sesshomaru said nothing. The Lord of the North walked up to Kagome. He knelt down beside her but did nothing. The guards stood behind him outside the barrier. "Miroku," Sango whispered. She was begging him to do something; for some reason, she was scared. Sesshomaru could pick up on everyone's emotions. The monk was tense, the slayer scared and the dead one was holding the breath she didn't have. Sesshomaru came forward but stopped before even reaching the guards "I wish to know," Sesshomaru asked.
"What is it, Lord Sesshomaru?" But he did not take his eyes off Kagome.
"Why is it you wish for this mortal girl?"
The Lord of the North gave a short laugh. "Because she is the one and only, she is last of the last. There will be her, and no other she is but pure power."
For the first time ever, Sesshomaru was lost. The Lord of the North stood and turned and looked at Sesshomaru. "I know of this, Miko; word travels fast when it comes to a girl from the future with holy powers." He still didn't know what his point was. By this time, Kikyo was smiling, her evil all-knowing smile; no one was paying her any mind, though.
"She comes from a time when we do not exist. We do not exist. Miko's do not exist, power does not exist, and yet she was born with holy power in her blood and power in her hands when no other power exists,"
It was true, and it made sense. "She, when in her time holds the power of the world and Kami's, no one can defeat her, challenge her. She has supreme power over them all, over the world, and who will be by her side in rule but I?" He looked back at her and slid his hand down her face. "Together, we will change the future and rule,"
It was a lot. But Sesshomaru knew Kagome had no desire to rule people.
"The future is not set in stone," Came the cold voice of Kikyo.
She smirked. "The future can change, and change it will just as he states," She said, still looking at the Lord of the North.
"Indeed it will." The Lord of the North knelt down beside Kagome and lifted her head. "You shall awaken now, little Miko."
And the Lord of the North leaned down, but his lips never made it to her.
