InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Please ❯ Searching For Kiri ( Chapter 7 )

Chapter 7: Searching For Kiri

"I can't find anything what about you Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. Three hours now the group has been searching the area where a battle was.

"Nope can't find anything, what about you Miroku?"

"Not a single thing…hey Sango did you find anything?"

"No, nothing"

"I found something, I found something, I found something" Shippo yelled as he ran out from behind a broken tree waving something that looked like a rag and jumping into Kagome's arms.

"What is it Shippo?" Kagome asked

"It's a part of Kiri's kimono" Inuyasha butted in "that means Kiri did get into a fight…wait, I smell something, Shippo hand me that"

Okay, here" Shippo handed over the cloth.

When Inuyasha had the cloth the scent was a little stronger, barely there but he could smell it and it wasn't good.

"Naraku, damn it" Inuyasha cursed

"What do you mean Naraku?" Kagome asked to see if she heard right.

"Kiri fought with Naraku, if she fought him by herself who knows what could have…could have…" Inuyasha was unable to finish in fear that it was true.

"Remember Inuyasha like you said Kiri's a strong girl she will be ok" Miroku spoke up always being the voice of reason.

"It might be a trap" Sango suggested

"I don't care, we need to get her back" Inuyasha protested

"We should leave tomorrow morning and rest to get our energy back for the rest of the day" Miroku suggested

The group agreed and headed back to the village.

*** (Sesshoumaru's Castle) ***

Sesshoumaru was in his study reading over some papers but he couldn't get Kiri out of his thoughts. No matter how much he tried to think of something else Kiri always came back. Having enough of not being able to do any work Sesshoumaru decided to go for a walk hopping that he could think of something else.

Kiri was unable to stay in bed any longer. She had to get out of bed even if it was only for a little while. With some effort Kiri was able to get out of bed. Once out Kiri noticed how dirty and torn her clothes were but at the moment she didn't care, she only wanted to get out. Kiri's leg was still sore but she was able to limp towards the door and down the hall by using objects and walls to keep her balance.

"Finally, I had to get out of that room. It was driving me crazy" Kiri thought out loud. After a few turns down different halls Kiri's walk finally lead her to a garden. She walked into the garden to get a better view. There was a beautiful pond with lily pads, flowers grew everywhere adding to the beautiful scene in front of her. Next to the pond grew a beautiful cherry tree. A certain silver haired youkai sitting under the cherry tree caught Kiri's eye.

`He looks so beautiful sitting there' Kiri thought. Kiri limped over and stood next to Sesshoumaru who showed no sign of noticing that she was even there. "This garden is beautiful" Kiri spoke up not really liking the silence.

Sesshoumaru said nothing.

"Okay fine ignore me then, you bring me to this big castle, take care of me by making sure I heal right, keep me here, then ignore me, you are the most annoying person I've ever met!" Kiri spun around to walk off but her leg was still too weak to hold the pressure and gave out on her causing her to slip. Kiri closed her eyes tight and stiffened waiting for the ground to come into contact. The ground never came. Kiri opened her eyes to see Sesshoumaru's tail wrapped around her waist catching her.

"Why are you up? You should still be in bed" Sesshoumaru asked making eye contact as he pulled her up with his tail and sat her down on the grass.

"I couldn't sleep, and besides I had to get out of that room, I felt like a trapped animal and I wanted out.

"It's getting dark, you should go back inside"

"Why, is the great Lord Sesshoumaru afraid of the dark?" Kiri teased

"Never mind"

"So are you ever going to tell me why your keeping me here?"

"I told you that I will tell you when I think you need to know"

"Fine…again I think you are the most annoying person I've met" Kiri stated and left it at that leaving an uncomfortable silence but at the moment Kiri could care less.

It was now dark and Kiri has been ignoring Sesshoumaru for over ten minutes now. Out of the corner of his eye Sesshoumaru watched Kiri, watching the way the light breeze played with her hair and the way the moon light shone upon her soft skin.

`She looks even more beautiful now then she ever has. She looks like an angel...wait why am I thinking this? I cant have feelings for her she's only a half-breed and besides she is here for Rin not me…but could I also have feelings for her, could I actually love…' Sesshoumaru was brought out of his thoughts by something putting pressure against his shoulder. He looked down to see Kiri leaning against him sleeping.

Sighing Sesshoumaru picked up Kiri and started walking to her room. Once there he laid her down and covered her up. He moved some stray strands of hair off her face then left to his study to see if he could at least get a little bit of work done.

After an hour of sitting behind his desk doing nothing on the account of not being able to get a certain person off his mind Sesshoumaru decided to go to his room and get some sleep.

*** (Morning at The Village) ***

"Are we all ready?" Kagome asked coming out of the hut with her bow and supply of arrows.

"Sango and I are ready" the monk Miroku replied

"Ok then lets go" Inuyasha said walking past the group

"Do you think Kiri's alright Inuyasha?" Shippo asked while sitting on Kagome's shoulder

I hope so…lets get going its going to take a while to find Naraku's castle"

"How long do you think it will take to find him?" Sango asked

"It depends if he wants to be found" Miroku butted in

"If we find Kagura we might be able to talk her into showing us where Naraku's castle is" Inuyasha added "You know she wants Naraku dead just as much as we do"

So how do we find her?" Shippo asked joining in on the conversation

"I don't think we can track her down, your know with that feather she can hide easily" Kagome interjected

"We don't have to find her" Inuyasha stated as calmly as ever

"What do you mean" a confused Kagome asked

""She found us" Inuyasha pointed in front of him. The group turned to look at the figure in front of them known as Kagura.

"I believe you wanted to make a deal with me" Kagura spoke up