InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lady Kagome ❯ Chapter 37 ( Chapter 37 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

"Kagome?" Inu Yasha wandered into Kagome's room and did not find her.

He noticed her balcony door open and the undeniable scent of Kagome and Kikyo.

'Kikyo is here?' he wondered.

There lay Kagome passed out on the balcony with her two swords in hand. He noticed ashes on the floor of the balcony and froze. It smelled of Kikyo.

'Did Kagome kill Kikyo?'

"Sesshoumaru get in here," he shouted and picked Kagome up, noting how she still gripped her katanas.

He laid her on her bed, as Sesshoumaru entered.

"What happened?" Sesshoumaru stood by Kagome's bedside, trying to assess the situation.

"Kikyo. She was here. I think Kagome put her to rest. It was inevitable," Inu Yasha said, very sadly.

"Why mourn over the undead bitch? She was already dead years ago and it was obvious that the soul she carried was stolen from Kagome, since we are aware she was never a reincarnation of Priestess Kikyo," Sesshoumaru stated, kneeling down to tuck a stray hair of Kagome's behind her ear.

"Call it a bad habit. I know I shouldn't mourn. I had thought that Kikyo would just go peacefully, but obviously she was determined to ruin Kagome first, and then kill her. I can't believe I was at one time in love with the bitch," Inu Yasha spat.

"One less enemy to deal with. Now we can focus on Naraku. Jaken!" Sesshoumaru said.

Sesshoumaru could hear Jaken scampering down the hall.

"Yes, milord?" Jaken inquired, bowing.

"Get some water and towels. This Sesshoumaru will attend to his mate- to- be," he replied, sitting by Kagome and positioning her so her head lay upon his lap.

He stroked her hair, and noticed a faint blue glow from her.

"I see," Sesshoumaru said.

"Nani? What do you see," Inu Yasha asked, peering over his brother's shoulder.

"Kagome's soul is now complete. It is healing and needs a little time. It could be days considering she has been missing a partial piece of her soul for a few years. We must watch her close as the piece of her soul that resided in Kikyo could have become slightly tainted. In fact, I am definitely sure it was tainted, so we must watch to make sure she comes out okay. She is fighting so that piece will not taint the rest of herself. Inu Yasha, have the houshi come in here and set up incense and to start praying. Anything to that will keep her soul at ease will make her healing process faster. She may be a demon, but missing a part of your soul can be dangerous no matter being ningen or youkai.. We are lucky she has been strong this long," Sesshoumaru explained.

"I'll be back. I hope this works," Inu Yasha said and then ran out of the room.

Sesshoumaru stroked Kagome's hair.

'What to do with you, my beloved Kagome? You are taking this Sesshoumaru for one adventure to another.'

He sighed. It did not matter if he showed feelings anymore, especially in her presence. He was tired of it. Just for her, he was letting his emotions run rampant. It was new to him and quite frightening. In fact, he had never felt this way since it he had been a child.



**FLASHBACK**



"Okaa-san! Jaken says there are men outside looking for Otou-san," a young Sesshoumaru said.

"I am aware, dear," his mother said, her face stoic, but Sesshoumaru could see that her eyes were filled with worry.

"Jaken!" his mother said, calling down the hallway.

"Yes, milady?" Jaken hurriedly down the hall.

"Take Sesshoumaru and hurry him to the treasury. The castle is under attack and Lord Inu Taisho is not here. I must help keep the castle intact," she said, her amber eyes observing the commotion outside.

"My son, go with Jaken. I must go to battle," she kneeled down and hugged her son. "Be strong and know that I love you."

"Demo, milady! We have soldiers to protect the citadel. You must go with Master Sesshoumaru," Jaken insisted frantically.

"No, this Sakura must do her duty in her lord’s stead. He is fighting the demons from the continent, so I must fight at the home front," she stated, quite determined while putting her silver hair into a high ponytail.

"Okaa-san! Do not make me hide. Let me fight," young Sesshoumaru insisted, tears flowing freely from his big expressive amber eyes.

"No, my son. You are but a pup. You must be protected. You are the last hope of the Inu no Taishou line if one or both of us should die. Go," she said and pushed him to Jaken.

Young Sesshoumaru did not know until days later that the last images of his mother strapping on battle armor was her last actions. The soldiers said that she fought valiantly, using the poison whip that Sesshoumaru himself had inherited and the twin miko katanas that a miko blessed as a gift to her years before.

It was his father who had opened the door of the treasury room to find Sesshoumaru cowering in the corner, frightened and unknowing of the events that had happened.

"My son, your mother did not survive the battle. I came too late. Sumimasen," his father said, his face in anguish.

He had never seen his father cry. He was always told it was weak to show emotion, especially for any taiyoukai. He decided that day after seeing his father that way that he would never show such weakness.



**END FLASHBACK**


Inu Yasha and Miroku rushed in and set up incense around Kagome's bed. Miroku calmly sat on the floor and began praying.

Inu Yasha sat on the other side of Kagome, and held her hand.

"Brother," Sesshoumaru started, "I now have someone to protect. Remember when we had to face Takemaru and Sou'unga? I kept remembering the day you were born that father asked 'do you have something to protect?' I did not have anyone to protect. I was bitter for years that father left mother to fend for herself and she had died. I only lived to make myself perfect in father's eyes as that was the only person I had left. When he died, my heart had died and I was angry that he had taken the ningen hime Izayoi and died saving her. I had thought his act was pathetic, yet took you and your mother in for a time as I had assumed father would have wanted. For years I hated for a reason that I now laugh at. Until I met the ningen Rin and then Kagome, I did not care for anything. Now I am filled with so many emotions. It is frightening. Is this normal?"

"Hai, my brother," Inu Yasha looked Sesshoumaru in the eye and smiled. "I was also angry for stupid reasons. I was livid when Kikyo had shot me with the arrow. Once it had hit me, I fell into a deep dreamless slumber. When I awoke, it was Kagome's blue- grey eyes that I saw. I can't believe I called her Kikyo. At first the resemblance was uncanny, but after a second look, they were not the same. It actually took three years with Kagome's maturing body to see the major difference between her and my former love. I was such a baka to her at times, actually more than I would fuckin’ like to admit. I often made her cry. But she stuck by my side and I began to love her with such fierceness. I had not cried since my okaa-san had died, but when Kagome almost died after the poisoning with Mukotsu and the shrine fire done by Renkotsu, everything came out. It no longer matters if I kept the angry façade up. Only her. That is was the final thing that made me love Kagome with all my heart."

"I am glad we are talking like this, my brother," Sesshoumaru's eyes softened.

"Hai, so do I," Inu Yasha patted Sesshoumaru on the shoulder and then turned to gaze upon Kagome’s slumbering form.