InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lady Kagome ❯ Chapter 58 ( Chapter 58 )

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

The Suburban arrived at the site with little troubles.

“This winter has been pretty calm. It’s been a few years since we had a blizzard, but in case you all get cold, I have extra blankets folded in the back,” the officer informed them, as he shifted into park.

Kagome was the first to climb out, immediately scanning the area before laying her eyes upon where Sesshoumaru laid frozen. Shippou laid a hand on her shoulder and said, “Don’t worry, okaa- san. We’ll get him out and then we can go home.”

The sight of him under the ice was nowhere near the comparison to the dream she had this morning. She berated herself for her hentai thoughts and almost cursed Miroku for being such an influence on her.

As Kagome neared the frozen Sesshoumaru, she sensed his youki, but also a peculiar barrier. She closed the distance, putting forth her hand until it touched the ice. Her eyes immediately widened.

‘This ice is not cold. This barrier is holy energy! Someone locked him in suspended animation and put him in the water.’

She panicked at the thought that Sesshoumaru may have been awake the whole entire time under water. She could remove the barrier, which was easy, but she was not sure what kind of damage was done to Sesshoumaru. He was frozen by the sealing spell and a barrier in a way that his eyes were open. She was not sure if he was asleep or had to endure seeing everything as he was without being able to sleep. She slumped over and Shippou asked, “Okaa –san?”

“This is not ice. He was sealed and then there was a barrier placed on top of him, leaving him in suspended animation. The good thing is that he is not frozen and I can remove the spell,” she forced out, trying not to let the tears fall that were threatening to spill.

“Okay, and the bad news?” Shippou wondered, beginning to worry.

He knew Kagome did not break down for stupid things and she was strong. Usually if she cried, she was by herself, and to almost cry in front of him was alarming.

She tried to breath in and out, but it came out ragged and stuttering before she replied, “The bad news is that he may not be the same Sesshoumaru we knew. His eyes were open when the sealing spell was conjured and then a barrier was placed around him. I can feel his youki leaking through but the barrier holds it back, meaning that despite him not being able to move, he can hear and see everything.”

Shippou gasped.

‘What torture.’
He thought about it.

‘If Sesshoumaru is not himself, we have people he can talk to. He has okaa –san and me, Rin, and even Inu Yasha.’

He then grabbed Kagome’s hands in his and looked her square in the eye.

“Sesshoumaru will have all of us to talk to and sort out anything that may surface. I know it might be difficult for him and us as well, but we can’t let him stay in there any longer. You can do it, okaa –san. Out of all of us, you have always been the strongest. Through all the ordeals you have experienced, you came out ahead of everyone with a kind smile on your face.”

Kagome nodded her head and wiped the tears from her face. She turned again to Sesshoumaru’s sealed form and placed her hands on the barrier once again. She closed her eyes and focused on centering her power into her hands. It had been a while since she had tapped into her miko powers, so she felt shaky. Slowly her hands were glowing blue. Usually she glowed pink, but she assumed it was because a lot of the time she healed, the pink signified purificatin powers and the blue was for healing.

She pushed on the barrier with her hands and felt it crack as if it were glass. As soon as the barrier disappeared, her body was pitched forward by her lack of balance, sending her into Sesshoumaru’s body. She was not sure when the seal was broken, whether when she removed the barrier or had tumbled into him, but they both landed and she heard the air from his lungs come out with a ‘whoosh.’

She hesitantly looked at him, and his eyes were closed.

‘He is moving. That is good.’

He did not look gaunt from the centuries he had been sealed and Kagome was relieve on that. She listened to him breath deeply and evenly. He was sleeping!

‘Well hello, Sesshoumaru. No greeting?’ she huffed sarcastically then her eyes softened as she stroked the stripes on his cheek.

“Bring the extra set of clothes and make sure that cop is not nearby when we do this,” Lee said and Shippou did as he said while the other youkai prepared to make the switch.

The mannequin was almost the very image of Sesshoumaru. Kagome silently thanked Inu Yasha for being thurough as she had been nervous. Inu Yasha had never shown himself to be very thurough in anything he did and usually it was rushed. Everything about this was rushed, but it seemed with time he had finally harnessed the knack to get things done properly.

“Sesshoumaru, you are in the year 2006. I am not sure how you were sealed, but it seemed you were for a couple centuries. We are taking your attire and changing it into something to the modern times. Right now, we are in Alaska, something back before you were sealed was known as the New World. We will be getting back to Japan soon, koiishi. I’ve missed you so much. Rest well,” Kagome whispered to him as he slept, hoping he heard her.

Shippou handed her some clothes, some casual wear.

“I think you should change him. I don’t think he’d appreciate it if some male youkai changed him,” he said with amusement, knowing Kagome would blush.

Kagome growled and grabbed the clothes that Shippou proffered, her face very red.

She quickly changed Sesshoumaru, finding his body pliant, as if he had heard her words. All of his other clothes were quickly placed on the mannequin.

As soon as the demon lord was dressed, Shippou picked him up.

“I’ll be back quick. Lucky for me I inherited my father’s energy for travel. I’ll place him in my private jet. Rin is in there and ready to tend to him if he awakens,” Shippou said.

Kagome nodded and watched as Shippou and Sesshoumaru’s forms were encompassed in white light. In a blink, they were gone.

Kagome turned to Lee. Lee had a shocked look on his face and Kagome almost giggled.

‘I forgot, until he met me, he never knew youkai existed. Must be an amazing experience for him.’

“Is the mannequin ready? Shippou is placing Sesshoumaru in a safe place. We need to finish. The sooner we are done, the sooner we can go home and wrap up this ordeal,” she said.

“Hai. Just waiting for you, Kagome,” Lee smiled. “I can tell how much you love him. I have heard the legends about him, mostly scary ones, but seeing you with him is a revelation. Though I would never tell Lord Sesshoumaru this personally, more out of preservation of my person, he is a softy inside.”

Kagome smiled back, “Hai, indeed he is.”

Shippou’s crew, two artic kitsune youkai had the mannequin floating in the nearby water ready to be frozen. Kagome formed a barrier around it, letting the water fill it. The kitsune approached the barrier from each side and held their hands up, gathering their youki. Both slowly started to glow red and they pushed their youki to surround the barrier, the air around them getting colder than it already was. Kagome could hear Lee’s teeth chattering behind her. The kitsunes’ power only took a minute to freeze their fake Sesshoumaru.

Kagome examined it and clapped her hands, “Perfect! Now lets go!”

As promised, Shippou had returned as they all were about to reach the Suburban.

“Done already?” Shippou asked.

Kagome climbed in the Suburban and sat back, sighing, “Hai, now lets go home.”