InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Demon's Diary ❯ The Missing Sesshoumaru ( Chapter 19 )

Chapter 19: The Missing Sesshoumaru

 

A few weeks later they were still trying to find where Naraku had hidden himself. They all stopped to rest by a lake and the children were taking advantage of the cool water to swim and play. The only one missing was Koneko who was not that fond of water. Kagome was beginning to get worried for her as she hadn't seen her for awhile but soon breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the cat hanyou and Sesshoumaru come walking out of the woods towards her.

 

“Where have you guys been?” Kagome asked curiously.

 

“Just talking,” replied Koneko stopping to talk as Sesshoumaru continued on towards the lake.

 

“Is he okay?” questioned Kagome.

 

“He will be, being here with everyone is helping him.”

 

“How can you tell?” Kagome couldn't see any difference in his demeanour at all. He still seemed like the same old closed off youkai that she always knew. The only thing that wasn't the same was that the demon lord wasn't trying to kill them.

 

Koneko gave a small smile. “You'll get used to him.”

 

The two girls wandered over to the lake and sat on the bank watching the younger kids playing with Bougumaru. They had all ganged up on him and were trying to dunk him under the water, much to his delight.

 

“He's such a big kid,” Koneko blushed, which caused Kagome to give her a teasing smile.

 

“You like him,” the older girl said, elbowing the cat.

 

Koneko blushed a deeper shade of red, “No I don't, he's too immature.”

 

“Uh huh,” Kagome replied still smiling, her eyes sparkling.

 

“Chame is really coming out of his shell,” Koneko stated, changing the subject.

 

Chame and Shippo had become fast friends and now instead of being so shy and frightened all the time, he had blossomed into the curious, mischievous fox he should have been. He no longer clung to Sesshoumaru or Bougumaru all the time. Shippo had even taught him how to use and control his fox fire, something the smaller fox demon would not even try before. The two of them delighted in teasing the daylights out of a certain inu hanyou.

 

Sesshoumaru had been quite pleased in the changes in his little fox. I knew being with another of his kind would be helpful to him, he thought, watching as the two of them, with Rin's help almost succeed in pushing the older human boy under the water. He sighed inwardly; it was going to be so hard to leave them.

 

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Three days later Sesshoumaru was gone. At first no one thought much of it as the demon lord would leave for a few days on his own from time to time, always returning. He told the others he was scouting ahead for signs of Naraku and could move faster by himself. By the time another six days had gone by and still Sesshoumaru had not returned everyone started to get worried.

 

“Do you think he got tired of being with us and just left?” Kagome asked Inuyasha.

 

“That doesn't seem right. He seemed happy to me, or at least as happy as he can get.” Inuyasha was mystified as to why his brother hadn't come back. They had spent a great deal of time together getting to know each other and it seemed as if everything was going to work out for the two of them. The hanyou was certain that his brother would not just up and leave for no reason.

 

“Where's lord Sesshoumaru?” Rin asked as they sat around the fire that evening.

 

“Yeah,” stated Bougumaru, “He should have been back by now.”

 

Chame and Rin had small tears starting to form in their eyes. “You don't think anything is wrong, do you, Inuyasha-sama?” the small human girl asked.

 

“No, no, I'm sure he's fine,” consoled Kagome. “He's a strong demon right, nobody could hurt him,” she smiled at the two youngest of their group, not entirely convinced herself that something hadn't gone wrong. She could see Inuyasha was worried as well. Chame and Rin seemed calmed by her assurances and followed Sango as she got them ready for bed.

 

“You don't seem very worried, Koneko,” stated Bougumaru.

 

“He's probably found Naraku,” she informed the group.

 

“What!?” exclaimed Inuyasha. “He wouldn't be so stupid as to try and take him on his own.”

 

Koneko didn't answer. “What do you know about this?” Miroku asked the cat hanyou.

 

“He told me not to tell,” she replied, casting her eyes to the ground.

 

Inuyasha knelt in front of her and lifted her chin so she had to look at him. “This is really important, tell us what he said.”

 

“He told me that he knew where Naraku was and he was going to go fight him. He said if we were there it would distract him,” the young cat told him.

 

“Shit! Damn it, he's so damn stubborn!” Inuyasha was steaming at his brother. “Did he tell you where Naraku was?” he asked Koneko.

 

“No, he just said not to tell anybody he was going.”

 

Of course, Inuyasha thought. It's been nine days since he's been gone; he's hoping his scent will be too slight for me to follow. Well, I got a good nose, brother and I will track you and Naraku down. “Come on, pack up, we're leaving,” the hanyou ordered.

 

“Where?” questioned Kagome as she helped Sango wake up Rin and Chame who were not pleased to be woken so soon after going to bed. Inuyasha was already down on all fours sniffing around the camp. It took him awhile but he finally found the faint lingering scent of his brother

 

“This way,” he called out to everyone as they all gathered on Ah-Un or Kirara and took off after the fast disappearing hanyou.

 

Authors Note:

Okay, the next chapter is going to be sad and please don't kill me for what happens. The next chapter just sort of wrote itself and was actually not what I had originally intended. I think it came out well though so I hope you'll continue to read. Thanks for listening to me ramble.