InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Second Chance At Love ❯ Two Steps Forward... But Neither One Knows. ( Chapter 10 )

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Chapter 10: Two Steps Forward... But Neither One Knows

Sesshoumaru felt a small sensation and twitched his eyelids trying to wake up. His demon blood had released him sometime in the middle of the night and he'd fallen asleep from exhaustion. When he felt the sensation again he opened his eyes. He noticed the sun was already high in the sky, but that wasn't all that caught his eye. He opened his eyes to see the most beautiful sight he'd ever seen, though he would never say it aloud. She was sitting there; her head leaned back against the tree, with her eyes shut to the world. Her dark hair was reflecting the rays from the sun as it rested over her shoulders and covering her breast on both sides. It went through his mind, briefly, that he would not mind waking up to that sight more often. `Where'd that come from,' he frowned to himself.

He could tell she was in a light sleep and just the slightest movement from him would open her eyes to him. That's when he realized the cushion beneath his head was actually her thigh. Sesshoumaru knew it had to be about midday from the position the sun was in and wondered how long she'd sat there watching him. He remembered it was nighttime when he'd given in to his demon blood and figured it had to have been a while.

He gingerly turned his head, trying not to wake her, to see about the others when he noticed the others were not there. He wondered if Jakin had made it there with Rin, yet as he slowly turned back to look at her. He watched her slowly open her eyes and blink at the sun shining in down on her, before she lifted her head and lowered her eyes to his face.

Kagome felt the soft movement on her legs and opened her eyes. She'd just shut them after the rest of them had gone off to check on the village. Sango had carried Rin in her arms, since the child was so gloomy and worrying about her `Sesshoumaru-sama'. The child and her toad had arrived late last night, not too long after she'd woken up, and the girl had immediately run to her `Sesshoumaru-sama' and screamed his name. She'd quickly reassured the girl that he wasn't dead and wasn't going to die. After Sango had recovered from being startled awake by the girl's scream she'd fed and settled the child in with her. Rin had stayed with Sango the entire night and starred at the resting Taiyoukai until she'd fallen to sleep. In the morning,Sango and she, had decided a trip to the village and the children in would help the child get her mind off of her adopted otousan, so they'd all decided to go see how the village was faring with its new found freedom and left her behind to watch over Sesshoumaru. Shippou had wanted to stay with her, but she'd shooed him off and got a promise from him to watch over Rin.

They starred at one another for a moment; both happy to see the other, but unsure of voicing their feelings. Kagome finally gave him a soft, watery smile before filling the silence. She was trying not to cry; she was so happy to see him awake.

"Are you feeling better?" she whispered softly.

Just then Sesshoumaru felt the sensation that had woken him run through his body again. He had felt a sudden need to purr, but grimaced at the thought instead. He stop to contemplate the feeling then he saw where it was coming from...her. She was stroking his tail very softly and it was sending waves of ecstasy up and down his body. He thought about moving his tail but admitted to himself he didn't really want to... then he noticed why his tail was so close to her and froze; not that he wasn't already still. His tail was wrapped around her waist! Not only that, it seemed that she was stroking his tail, but absently. `Like she didn't even realize she was doing it,' he thought. Sesshoumaru observed her quietly for a moment before giving her a slight nod when he remembered why she was starring at him; she was waiting for an answer to her question.

Sesshoumaru watched one, lone tear slip down her cheek and reached his hand up to wipe it away. He caressed her cheek softly, before he realized what he was doing and started to remove his hand... only to stop when she leaned her face into the palm of his hand.

He had no idea how right he was; Kagome had no idea that her hand was stroking his tail. She'd actually forgot that it was wrapped around her waist. He'd done that while he was still in the dormant sleep. She had a feeling it was his way of letting her know that he was alright, like he could hear her whispering to God for him to be alright. She had just finished a prayer to her Maker-one of many-when she'd felt the softness wrap around her. She couldn't help thinking Sesshoumaru had done it to make her feel better... and it had worked. Her worrying had immediately stopped, than she'd just leaned back against the tree and settled in to wait for him to wake up.

Kagome also had no idea that she'd shed a tear until she felt him wipe it away. She was just so happy to have him awake!! When his hand had caressed her cheek Kagome had become all warm inside and that same butterfly feeling she got in her stomach when he kissed her had returned. Unconsciously she pressed her cheek more firmly to his hand before she turned her face and softly grazed his palm with her lips as she closed her eyes briefly. `Thank you Kami-sama,' she couldn't help giving thanks that he was okay.

They starred at one another, both consumed with their own thoughts about the other. Kagome knew that she was already half in love with him, but she was doing battle with the other half to keep it from doing the same. She knew he didn't want her love and had a feeling he would probably laugh at her for it. She also had a feeling that deep down, love was the one thing the Taiyoukai wanted most of all. He didn't understand what was happening to him. Why was she starting to mean so much to him, so much that he would cause drastic pain to himself out of a need to protect her? `Why?' he asked himself. He found her to be intriguing in so many ways, but he also thought her foolish for loving that stupid hanyou of a half-brother of his. That alone would have made him keep his distance, for the simple fact that he did not tolerate stupidity well... and he was even worse with foolishness. Foolishness was worse, to him, because it meant that the person knew what they were doing was wrong, stupid, completely dumb, and utterly hopeless; yet they still went and did it.

`With love comes trust... Gomen ne, koishi... Aishiteru Inuyasha.' Sesshoumaru could still hear her words in his head. `Aishiteru Inuyasha...'. He knew she'd said a lot more, but that was the only thing that played over and over in his mind. When he felt himself softening to her, these words would ring out like a bell and he'd step back. He would not want something that wanted his brother. `Does she still love him?' he wondered to himself as his hand still rested on her face. Did it even matter?

`Aishiteru Inuyasha... Inuyasha... Inuyasha... Inuyasha...'. Not Sesshoumaru. Not that he expected or imagined that she could ever love someone like him. No. Sesshoumaru knew that they had formed a sort of `friendship' with each other, but he wondered how long that would last if Inuyasha just suddenly announced that he was not going to go with Kikyo and had instead chosen to stay with her. Would she still want to be his friend? Would she even be sitting allowing his head to rest in her lap?

Sesshoumaru was not afraid of many thing-actually he wasn't afraid of anything- but, he had to admit, if only to himself, that the answer to those questions did make him feel a little uneasy. He frowned at his own honestly and removed his hand from her soft skin.

Kagome saw the frown and his eyes darken for a brief moment before the icy mask that he was known for slip over his face and hide what was there from her. `What?' She watched in confusion as he turned his head away from her and then leveled himself out of her lap. The whole time he never, not even once, looked at her. He sat side-ways to her as he starred off in direction of the village and where the rest of their group happened to be as well.

Kagome starred at him and tried not to feel hurt that he wouldn't look at her. It was almost as if he couldn't stand the sight of her. She trembled slightly and put out a hand, but pulled back just before touching him. She had a feeling her touch would not be welcomed right now. She felt like crying.

"Sesshoumaru?"

He heard her whisper his name and could hear the silent plea in her voice. Sesshoumaru shut his eyes and took a deep breath to steel himself before turning around to face her. His amber gaze immediately locked on to her liquid brown ones. He could see the tears she was fighting to keep from shedding. He wanted to gather her to him and reassure her that everything was fine, but everything wasn't fine.

She saw the calmness in his face and could read nothing in his eyes. She had no idea what he was thinking. She wanted to tell him that she was half in love with him, but lost her nerve when she saw his face and its icy calmness.

"Yes?" he intoned impersonally.

"Nothing," she shook her head as she said this and gave him a half smile. "I just... I just wanted to say thank you."

"For what?"

Kagome looked down at her hands then and realized that his tail was still wrapped around her waist and her hand was still resting on its softness. She smiled to herself. `He must not be too mad at me,' she thought as she rubbed his fur softly with the tip of her fingers.

"For saving my life," she whispered in answer. She bit her bottom lip as she starred up at him.

Sesshoumaru's ears twitched to catch what she said. He'd almost forgot he'd asked her a question when he felt her rub his tail with her fingertips. That wonderful sensation had caught him again and he'd sighed inwardly with the pleasure of her touch. He wondered fleetingly why she had the power to do that to him.

He had a sudden urge to kiss her and for once he decided he'd do it before he could think about it and throw the idea away. He watched her chew on her bottom lip as he leaned towards her, slowly closing the gap between them.

Kagome's eyes grew wide as saucers as she watched him lean closer and she realized what his intentions were. She knew that it wasn't a good idea to let him kiss her, it was just going to make her fall further in love with him and then she'd be lost, but she couldn't make herself move away. For one thing her legs were asleep from him laying on them for so long and secondly, she wanted him to kiss her.

Kagome's eyes closed when his lips gently met hers.

"Your welcome."

She heard him-more like felt him-whisper against her lips. Kagome's lips parted as she sucked in a breath when she felt his tongue lick her bottom lip.

All Sesshoumaru could see in his mind was her biting her lip, so from his need to soothe the offended flesh he stroked the area with his tongue. He had not intended for the kiss to be any deeper then a top kiss of lips meeting lips, but when her lips parted on a gasp all of his good intentions immediately flew out the proverbial window. He quickly dipped his tongue to accept the offer she unintentionally gave him and mated his tongue with hers. When he heard her sigh in pleasure he gave a soft growl of his own.

Suddenly, just touching her lips and tongue wasn't enough anymore. He needed more contact with her. Remembering that his tail was around her waist still, Sesshoumaru tightened it and pulled her closer to him.

When he pulled her closer to him with his tail it caused the upper part of her body to move, but her bottom was still firmly planted on the ground. It caused Kagome's back to arch as her breast came into contact with his chest and her head to fall backwards in an effort to keep his mouth locked to hers.

Kagome's nipples hardened at the feel oh his muscular chest pressed against her softer form. She sighed into his mouth in pleasure.

Sesshoumaru could smell her arousal and feel her nipples harden against him. For the first time in a very long time he wished he had two arms and therefore two hands. He silently cursed Inuyasha to Hell, again, for his missing appendage, but didn't stop kissing her. He nipped, licked and sucked on her lips and tongue; reveling in the taste of her. She tasted like warm honey and he had a feeling he could kiss her forever. `Forever??', he froze at that thought and pulled back to stare down at her.

Sesshoumaru couldn't help thinking she was the most beautiful sight he'd ever seen. He didn't even care that she was human; she was still beautiful. Her lips were rosy from his kisses and her skin was smooth as marble. He rested his hand on her cheek and watched her open her eyes to look at him.

Kagome starred into those honeyed eyes of his and sighed. She thought he was more beautiful then words could say... and he was a damn good kisser. Her face flushed at her thought and she saw him arch an eyebrow at her as if to ask her what she was thinking. Instead of telling him she asked him a question.

"Why'd you kiss me?" she asked softly. She prayed he didn't say something like before.

He starred at her for a moment and could read the hope and apprehension in her eyes. He knew she was thinking about the last time he kissed her... and the resulting argument. He decided to tell her the truth... his truth. At least as far as he was willing to go with it, anyhow.

Sesshoumaru leaned down again and rubbed his lips to hers before he pulled back slightly leaving only a hairs width of space between their mouths before he spoke.

"I wanted to."

He watched the smile grow slowly on her face and kissed her mouth one last time before he stood up and in the process removed his tail from around her waist.

Kagome immediately felt cold without the fluff around her waist and stifled a sigh. She watched him stand up and felt her heart flip at the grace of his body. She could almost imagine the movement of his muscles as they glided to make his every move beautiful. She wondered what he looked like without his clot--`Kami-sama, what am I saying?!'

Sesshoumaru watched her face turn three shades of red and wondered what was going through her head to make her blush like that. He had to fight down a laugh when he saw her eyes roam over his body again. He had an idea of what she was thinking especially after the kiss and what had went through his mind... and still was. He couldn't help enjoying the fact that she wanted him too. `Now, if only she loved me too...'

Sesshoumaru went dead still then. `I do not love her!' he said in irritation to himself. There was no way he could. He' d locked himself off from that emotion a long time ago. `Koi,' he scoffed, was an emotion that brought nothing, but trouble. He refused to have any dealings with it and preferred it that way.

"Yes, say it three times then click your heels together three times and we just might begin to believe it."

`I am Sesshoumaru, Lord of the Western Lands. You would dare to speak to me with no respect?'

"Umm... yeah! What you gonna do? Kill me?" laughed the voice in his head.

Sesshoumaru growled a warning. `You are here because of me, you would do well to remember that fact."

"`So would you," the voice shot back. "Just because you are emotionally blocked don't mean I am. I have enough for us both... want some?"

"Leave. Now."

"Alright, sheesh! Somebody got up on the wrong side of the bed! Oh, and Fluffy?"

Sesshoumaru growled again, this time more menacingly. He did not bother answering to such a disgraceful name. Not that he imagined it would stop the voice from saying what it was going to say next, after all it was him and he knew he wouldn't stop if he had more to say. Sesshoumaru wasn't disappointed or kept waiting long.

"I will be back. Besides, she's already looking at us like we're crazy!" Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome and noticed that what he said was true... she was giving him an odd look.

"And you can't ignore me...I'm you." with that the voice stopped

Kagome was giving him a suspicious look. She wondered if Sesshoumaru was all there? She hadn't heard that he was crazy though she had entertained the thought it on one or two occasions herself.

Sesshoumaru ignored the look she was giving him and spoke.

"Lets find the others. I have not seen Rin or Jaken, yet I can smell their scent and know they have been here."

`Wow, that was the longest sentence, she could remember him giving.' Kagome didn't know what to make of his sudden change in mood, but decided to let it go... she would never figure it out without being told. He was not an easy person to get to know or love and she didn't think it had anything to do with him being a Taiyoukai or a youkai. She had a sinking suspicion that he would be just as difficult as the youngest son of a human family. No, he was not easy to love.

Kagome went still when she realized what she just thought. She loved him! The other half had fallen and now she was doomed. She didn't delude herself into thinking their was a future with them. He hated humans. Kagome was not going to go in this with rose-colored glasses like she did with Inuyasha. She knew where she stood with him and was not going to lose sight of that. To do that was to get hurt, though she had a feeling she was going to be hurt anyway. Kagome thought about what he had just said then and cleared her throat. For some reason she was feeling nervous all of a sudden and was worried he would smell it. `Damn dog!'

"Yes they were here. They're all at the village now. Sango felt it would be a good idea to get Rin out of here. She was so depressed and worried you would die and wouldn't listen to any of us when we told her you were fine. So, since they wanted to see how the village was coping with its new, found freedom they decided to take Rin with them. Jaken of course followed along. He was worried for you as well, though I'm not sure if it was for you personally or for what Inuyasha would do to him if you didn't wake up." Kagome gave a half smile then shut up. She'd just realized she was babbling.

Sesshoumaru could smell her nervousness. It had a kindof floral scent to it, like it couldn't decide on what flower it wanted to be. He liked it even though he didn't understand why she was nervous. She really was a fascinating creature to watch.

"Shall we go then?" it was more of a command then a question though.

Kagome nodded and gingerly got to her feet. She took a step towards him and felt the shots of pain shoot up her legs. Their was all these tiny little pin points going up and down her leg and she bit her bottom lip to keep from crying out. Her eyes shot to his just when she felt a muscle spasm in her right thigh; she sat back down and cradled her thigh.

Kagome held her thigh through her blue jeans and took deep breaths. It hurt like hell! She swore she could see her muscle bunching when she looked down at her thigh.

Sesshoumaru saw the pain on her face and the tears she was fighting not to shed. He started to worry. He guessed there was something wrong with her leg since she was cradling it. Sesshoumaru stooped down in front of her and put his hand over hers.

"Kagome. What's wrong?"

Kagome brought her eyes up to his and felt the tears roll down her cheek.

"My leg. Sesshoumaru it hurts."

Sesshoumaru saw the two tears fall down her cheek. He could tell the pain was strong and he admired her for holding her control... for a human. He removed her hands from beneath his and pressed his hand directly to her jean-clad thigh and felt her muscle bunch. He heard a hissing sound and guessed she was sucking in her breath at the pressure. He figured from the position he was in he was probably putting too much of his weight on the cramped muscle.

With a swift movement he sat on the ground and had her positioned between his legs with her back to his chest. Sesshoumaru leaned forward over her shoulder and pressed his palm to her thigh. He slowly rubbed his hand along her thigh in a circular motion `til he found the muscle and pressed against it. He could sense her temperature rising. Sesshoumaru felt her body shake a little and wondered if it was from the pain or his closeness to her.

Kagome was immediately incased in his warmth when he changed their positions. `For a man with one arm, he sure didn't let it hinder him much, if at all' she thought ruefully. Not that she was complaining. Kagome started to blush at the feel of his hard body pressed against hers. She could feel his middle pressed firmly against her backside and unconsciously leaned forward in embarrassment. She looked down at their legs as they were side-by-side and observed how much taller he was then her. She was desperately trying to take her mind off of his body being so close to hers... and failing miserably. Kagome tried to lean forward again by using the fact she wanted to see what he was doing to her leg, only to be stopped by his lips against her ear. She'd never even seen him move.

"Do not move Kagome. Lean back."

Kagome could feel his breath in her ear and shuddered from the feel. He was effectively taking her mind off her legs and putting it on him. Kagome sighed helplessly and leaned her back against his chest. She felt like sighing again when she relaxed against him; barely holding it in.

Sesshoumaru liked the feel of her against him... everywhere, though it was almost painful. His merry fellow wanted to come out and play too. When Kagome gave a slight wiggle with her behind he had to shut his eyes and hold his breath. The pleasure at her innocent move was intense. He was a little confused he'd never had a woman affect him like this or so strongly and definitely not by a human woman.

Sesshoumaru noticed that her muscle was no longer bunching and figured the spasm had stopped, though he didn't stop the circular motion his hand was making on her thigh. She'd closed her eyes when she'd finally relaxed against him so he was able to observe her reaction to what he was doing without her seeing him doing it. Her head was leaning back to an angle giving a complete view of her face. He slowly inched his hand up her thigh, still keeping up with the circular rotation, but as he came closer to the junction between her legs he moved his hand to the inside of her thigh. He could hear her breathing hitch with every move he made that brought him closer to her private area.

Sesshoumaru had no problem getting to it since her legs were open in a V-shape like his own. Careful, not to scratch her with his claws, he slowly brushed a finger against her and watched her body jerk and her eyes fly open to slam into his at the sudden intrusion of his finger. As amber gazed into chocolate he moved two fingers against her middle in a circular motion. He watched her full lips part in a quiet gasp. He leaned towards her and at the same time as his lips claimed hers his hand fully cupped her between her legs. Kagome's hips lifted just then as she gave a small moan. He gently pressed her body back down against his as he slipped his tongue between her lips to deepen the kiss. For the first time, he wished she had on one of her outfits that bared her legs from the thighs on down.

Just then Sesshoumaru's ears twitched from a sound coming from the direction of the village. He lifted his mouth from hers slowly, reluctant to leave her just yet, and sniffed the air. `Inuyasha,' he could smell the idiot hanyou's scent already. He could also smell the soft scent of the taijiya and the innocent scent of his ward. He figured they were heading back here. He knew that Inuyasha would immediately smell the miko's aroused scent and cloaked her scent as he removed his hand from between her legs. He was tempted to let the hanyou see what he could make her feel... something that he knew the hanyou had never done just by her strong reaction, but nixed the idea because of the miko herself. He would not put her through that. What was wrong with him? A month ago he wouldn't even have thought of her if he had a chance to piss off his brother.

Decided, he stood up with her in his arms and hoped no one noticed that he was cloaking her or at least, not comment on it. He hoped she wouldn't take too long to take control of herself. He hated to say it, but he guessed it was his fault. He should not have done what he did knowing she'd never experienced the feelings before... at least, not unless they were assured of their privacy. He sighed as the group came into sight.

Kagome leaned against his chest as her breathing slowly started to normalize. She couldn't believe she'd just let him touch her... down there. The feeling was a bit scary because of the strength of her reaction, though she had to admit that it also felt nice. She was aroused by him and prayed that no one could tell. She couldn't help wondering what would have happened if her friends hadn't come back yet. She also wondered why he was carrying her. Her legs no longer hurt... come to think of it, she didn't even recall when they had stopped hurting. She was just glad they did.

Kagome had no idea Sesshoumaru was cloaking her scent to protect her. He could since her gaining control of her body. He didn't know whether to be proud or offended that she could calm herself so easily and frowned at his own confusion.

"Kagome!" yelled Shippou as he bounded over to them. "Are you okay? Why is Sesshoumaru-sama carrying you?"

Kagome went still for a moment as she waited to see if Shippou would say anything else. She wondered if she smelled differently. She bet she did. Inuyasha had told her once that emotions have different smells to them pertaining to the person. When her adopted child said no more she inwardly sighed and took a peek at Sesshoumaru, who was watching her intently. She almost froze at the gleam in his eye. `Was he laughing at her?' she wondered in disbelief. She was having trouble believing he even knew how to laugh. Kagome turned back to Shippou to answer him.

"I'm fine Shippou-chan. Sesshoumaru is carrying me because my legs fell asleep from him laying on me for so long. We were on our way to find you guys."

Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow at her. It wasn't exactly a lie. All of that was true... to a point. They were going to go find them and he was carrying her because of her leg situation, but he knew her legs no longer hurt and they had become `distracted' from their plans of finding them.

"How is the village?" she asked a question of her own.

"Actually they're doing pretty good," answered Sango standing beside Mirouku. "Some of the people are too set in their ways to bother worrying about what's out here, but some of the younger folk have already left the village to explore."

"They do not heed warnings well. They are so excited about the new possibilities, but they will see that the door we opened is not always full of happy endings," stated Mirouku thoughtfully.

"You can say that again..." Kagome said under her breath. She felt Sesshoumaru's arm tighten around her and she figured he'd heard her.

"We only came back here to grab you and Sesshoumaru. Inuyasha says we need to keep heading towards the spot where Naraku's palace used to be. He said we should confront Kagura before she tries anything else"

After a bit of a debate they all agreed this was a wise choice of action, even Sesshoumaru agreed with Inuyasha though he tried his hardest not to put it into words. Kagome had giggle at that, earning her an angry glare from the Taiyoukai, but he no longer scared her.

So they set out for whatever it was they were going to find there and hoped that this journey was going to be over soon.

Sesshoumaru came to halt and turned to look over his shoulder when he felt a strange presence behind them, yet not hostile. He looked up into the trees, and then he saw them... a pair of red eyes. Sesshoumaru recongnized the little girl in the tree as the child, Eri, the group had met on the road to the village. He wasn't fooled for a moment though. He knew the child was Kagura, but he didn't understand how she mad the change and why she wasn't trying to attack them. He still didn't since any aggression from her towards them and after a moment he resumed walking.

Kagome had sensed Kagura in the tree for a while now actually, she'd known the wind demon was there almost from the moment she'd landed in the tree.

Kagome caught his eye and gave a small nod to let the Taiyoukai know she'd seen the woman/girl in the tree as well. She'd already decided she wasn't going to tell Inuyasha. She knew the hanyou would trying to battle the girl and Kagome didn't see any reason in doing that. Besides, she had a feeling Kagura and Kanna were not the brains behind the chaos. No, she had a gut feeling there was someone else in the game they were playing.

Kagome was walking beside Sango with Rin in the middle of them. The girl had returned to her naturally happy self the moment she saw her Sesshoumaru-sama. Jaken looked very pleased to see him too she thought with a laugh.

They continued on to their destination and prayed.

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~* Somewhere in the Trees*~

Kagura watched the group walk away in the dirction of the palace. She knew the Taiyoukai and the Miko had seen her, yet they did not give her a way. Such trust they had in each other. She was shocked to see the miko and the taiyoukai making out. She'd always figured that the miko would end up with Inuyasha. She'd wanted the Lord for herself, but she knew it would not happen now. She could see he loved the miko even though he swore he hated humans. Ahh, well...

She was glad to see the miko had bounced back from her battle with the tree spirit! It had only taken a day and not even an entire day! That was much shorter then she'd imagined. `Maybe the miko will be able to do it after all... and survive,' she thought to herself. She knew he would not like the miko to survive, but she, Kagura, didn't want the priestess to die.

`He wants her dead though. He still fears her. Even now, after all that has happened he still fears her. She can no longer hurt him where he is now, but yet he still fears the miko.' Kagura figured the miko must be very powerful to have her boss cowering from her. Kagura hoped so. She watched the group until they were out of sight, befoe she tossed a small feather on the wind and made it transform into a much larger version of its self and took off on it.

"Kagura?"

She heard the voice of her master in her head and cringed.

"Hai?"

"How is the miko, Kagura?"

"The miko," she echoed before she answered. "Shes doing good. She is alive."

"Do you believe she can do what is necessary of her? I want free, Kagura,"

Kagura sighed, but did not lie. He would find out soon enough anyway.

"I think she can do it. Her powers are strong." Kagura had a feeling that the miko's powers were probably stronger then her master's and that's why he wanted her to get out of his way.

"Good. I'm counting on it. Do not fail me Kagura. I still control your heart. Remember that!"

Then the connection was cut and she was by herself again. Kagura hated him with a passion she couldn't explain and she vowed she would get her and her sister away from him, if it was the last thing she did. Kagura headed back to the palace... it wouldn't be long now.